{ "ape":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a large uncouth person":[], ": any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon)":[ "\u2014 compare great ape" ], ": crazy , wild":[ "\u2014 usually used in the phrase go ape" ], ": mimic":[], ": to copy closely but often clumsily and ineptly":[] }, "examples":[ "Noun", "Her boyfriend's some big ape she met at a party.", "Verb", "She apes the speech and manners of the rich.", "was caught aping the substitute teacher's thick accent", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "The rules were written before people paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for a JPEG of an ape , but such investments certainly would violate the spirit of the rule too. \u2014 Spencer Jakab, WSJ , 17 June 2022", "Humans sleep less than any ape , monkey or lemur that scientists have studied. \u2014 Elizabeth Preston, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 May 2022", "People outside the cage step try to help by pulling at him and kicking at the ape , but the viral clip cuts out before a resolution is seen. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 8 June 2022", "Almost every famous musical has one version that dwarfs the rest One that is so resonant that all others either ape or try to consciously avoid. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 1 June 2022", "Unlike our big toes, apes' big toes stick out to the side and move more freely than the other four, almost like a thumb; A. afarensis' big toes still very noticeably stuck out to the side, although not as much as an ape 's. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 6 Dec. 2021", "Well his ape illustrations attracted 1,500 people to the Long Beach pop-up, on its April 9th grand opening. \u2014 Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 May 2022", "NFTs can be sold individually or as part of a collection, as in the case of Bored Ape Yacht Club, a collection of thousands of digital ape illustrations on the Ethereum blockchain. \u2014 Erin Prater, Fortune , 16 Apr. 2022", "Stephen Ross studies ape behavior and cognition at Lincoln Park Zoo as director of its Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes. \u2014 Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com , 14 Apr. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "The Ohio race was particularly insane: a half-dozen candidates reportedly spent at least sixty-six million dollars, and many of them tried to ape Trump\u2019s style and seek his endorsement. \u2014 The New Yorker , 4 May 2022", "As Vivian, Olivia Valli wears replicas of the same outfits that Julia Roberts wore in the movie, but doesn\u2019t ape her movements or mannerisms. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 28 Apr. 2022", "Indeed, Isbell, a former Muscle Shoals resident now based in Nashville, is more of a rocker than the Americana strummers who ape him. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 12 Jan. 2022", "He\u2019s been replaced by a second Samurai who uses technology to ape the original\u2019s powers, but nobody cares. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 11 Dec. 2021", "Season 2 tried to ape the confusing timeline trickery of the first and mostly failed miserably. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 10 Nov. 2021", "But Mann and his cinematographer Dion Beebe consciously chose not to ape the look of film in Miami Vice. \u2014 Bilge Ebiri, Vulture , 4 Oct. 2021", "Later With John Mayer would ape the format of the long-running British chat show, Later With Jools Holland. \u2014 Bethy Squires, Vulture , 28 Apr. 2021", "But though there have been many iterations of Kong, none can ape the impact of the original. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 26 Mar. 2021", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "Each faces resistance from his own side, since anti- ape prejudice is still part of the formerly dominant species\u2019 worldview. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2021", "But now the world\u2019s gorillas, and also their great- ape cousins, the chimpanzees, bonobos and orang-utans, face another threat from their human neighbours: covid-19. \u2014 The Economist , 16 May 2020", "But a close analysis of the rounded head of the femur revealed that their hips were carrying weight differently and much more ape -like by hanging out in trees. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 2 Apr. 2020", "Every hominin species in the fossil record has its own unique mix of familiar human traits and more ape -like ones, shaped by their environments and lifestyles. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 30 Mar. 2020", "Walking upright on two legs is considered a human trait that separates us from our ape relatives, like chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 2 Apr. 2020", "That species was an early member of our genus who walked upright and had a mixture of human and ape -like features. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 3 Feb. 2020", "The fire started in a corner of the ape house\u2019s roof in the first minutes of the new year and spread rapidly. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Jan. 2020", "Students primed with black faces detected ape images more quickly. \u2014 Douglas Starr, Science | AAAS , 26 Mar. 2020" ], "first_known_use":{ "1632, in the meaning defined above":"Verb", "1950, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective", "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Old English apa ; akin to Old High German affo ape":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8\u0101p" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for ape Verb copy , imitate , mimic , ape , mock mean to make something so that it resembles an existing thing. copy suggests duplicating an original as nearly as possible. copied the painting and sold the fake as an original imitate suggests following a model or a pattern but may allow for some variation. imitate a poet's style mimic implies a close copying (as of voice or mannerism) often for fun, ridicule, or lifelike imitation. pupils mimicking their teacher ape may suggest presumptuous, unoriginal, or inept imitating of a superior original. American fashion designers aped their European colleagues mock usually implies imitation with derision. mocking a vain man's pompous manner", "synonyms":[ "copy", "copycat", "emulate", "imitate", "mime", "mimic" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105534", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "aper":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a large uncouth person":[], ": any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon)":[ "\u2014 compare great ape" ], ": crazy , wild":[ "\u2014 usually used in the phrase go ape" ], ": mimic":[], ": to copy closely but often clumsily and ineptly":[] }, "examples":[ "Noun", "Her boyfriend's some big ape she met at a party.", "Verb", "She apes the speech and manners of the rich.", "was caught aping the substitute teacher's thick accent", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "The rules were written before people paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for a JPEG of an ape , but such investments certainly would violate the spirit of the rule too. \u2014 Spencer Jakab, WSJ , 17 June 2022", "Humans sleep less than any ape , monkey or lemur that scientists have studied. \u2014 Elizabeth Preston, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 May 2022", "People outside the cage step try to help by pulling at him and kicking at the ape , but the viral clip cuts out before a resolution is seen. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 8 June 2022", "Almost every famous musical has one version that dwarfs the rest One that is so resonant that all others either ape or try to consciously avoid. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 1 June 2022", "Unlike our big toes, apes' big toes stick out to the side and move more freely than the other four, almost like a thumb; A. afarensis' big toes still very noticeably stuck out to the side, although not as much as an ape 's. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 6 Dec. 2021", "Well his ape illustrations attracted 1,500 people to the Long Beach pop-up, on its April 9th grand opening. \u2014 Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 May 2022", "NFTs can be sold individually or as part of a collection, as in the case of Bored Ape Yacht Club, a collection of thousands of digital ape illustrations on the Ethereum blockchain. \u2014 Erin Prater, Fortune , 16 Apr. 2022", "Stephen Ross studies ape behavior and cognition at Lincoln Park Zoo as director of its Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes. \u2014 Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com , 14 Apr. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "The Ohio race was particularly insane: a half-dozen candidates reportedly spent at least sixty-six million dollars, and many of them tried to ape Trump\u2019s style and seek his endorsement. \u2014 The New Yorker , 4 May 2022", "As Vivian, Olivia Valli wears replicas of the same outfits that Julia Roberts wore in the movie, but doesn\u2019t ape her movements or mannerisms. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 28 Apr. 2022", "Indeed, Isbell, a former Muscle Shoals resident now based in Nashville, is more of a rocker than the Americana strummers who ape him. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 12 Jan. 2022", "He\u2019s been replaced by a second Samurai who uses technology to ape the original\u2019s powers, but nobody cares. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 11 Dec. 2021", "Season 2 tried to ape the confusing timeline trickery of the first and mostly failed miserably. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 10 Nov. 2021", "But Mann and his cinematographer Dion Beebe consciously chose not to ape the look of film in Miami Vice. \u2014 Bilge Ebiri, Vulture , 4 Oct. 2021", "Later With John Mayer would ape the format of the long-running British chat show, Later With Jools Holland. \u2014 Bethy Squires, Vulture , 28 Apr. 2021", "But though there have been many iterations of Kong, none can ape the impact of the original. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 26 Mar. 2021", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "Each faces resistance from his own side, since anti- ape prejudice is still part of the formerly dominant species\u2019 worldview. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2021", "But now the world\u2019s gorillas, and also their great- ape cousins, the chimpanzees, bonobos and orang-utans, face another threat from their human neighbours: covid-19. \u2014 The Economist , 16 May 2020", "But a close analysis of the rounded head of the femur revealed that their hips were carrying weight differently and much more ape -like by hanging out in trees. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 2 Apr. 2020", "Every hominin species in the fossil record has its own unique mix of familiar human traits and more ape -like ones, shaped by their environments and lifestyles. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 30 Mar. 2020", "Walking upright on two legs is considered a human trait that separates us from our ape relatives, like chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 2 Apr. 2020", "That species was an early member of our genus who walked upright and had a mixture of human and ape -like features. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 3 Feb. 2020", "The fire started in a corner of the ape house\u2019s roof in the first minutes of the new year and spread rapidly. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Jan. 2020", "Students primed with black faces detected ape images more quickly. \u2014 Douglas Starr, Science | AAAS , 26 Mar. 2020" ], "first_known_use":{ "1632, in the meaning defined above":"Verb", "1950, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective", "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Old English apa ; akin to Old High German affo ape":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8\u0101p" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for ape Verb copy , imitate , mimic , ape , mock mean to make something so that it resembles an existing thing. copy suggests duplicating an original as nearly as possible. copied the painting and sold the fake as an original imitate suggests following a model or a pattern but may allow for some variation. imitate a poet's style mimic implies a close copying (as of voice or mannerism) often for fun, ridicule, or lifelike imitation. pupils mimicking their teacher ape may suggest presumptuous, unoriginal, or inept imitating of a superior original. American fashion designers aped their European colleagues mock usually implies imitation with derision. mocking a vain man's pompous manner", "synonyms":[ "copy", "copycat", "emulate", "imitate", "mime", "mimic" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022125", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "aperiodic":{ "antonyms":[ "constant", "continuous", "habitual", "periodic", "regular", "repeated", "steady" ], "definitions":{ ": not having periodic vibrations : not oscillatory":[], ": of irregular occurrence : not periodic":[ "aperiodic floods" ] }, "examples":[ "released aperiodic reports on the results of their cancer research", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Penrose showed that a class of polygons now called Penrose tiles can combine to form aperiodic patterns, which never repeat themselves. \u2014 John Horgan, Scientific American , 16 June 2021", "The most famous aperiodic tiling pattern uses two different shapes. \u2014 Greta Lorge, WIRED , 22 Feb. 2007" ], "first_known_use":{ "1870, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cc\u0101-\u02ccpir-\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4d-ik", "\u02cc\u0101-\u02ccpir-\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4-dik" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "casual", "catchy", "choppy", "discontinuous", "episodic", "episodical", "erratic", "fitful", "intermittent", "irregular", "occasional", "spasmodic", "spastic", "sporadic", "spotty", "unsteady" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052836", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ] }, "aperture":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": an opening or open space : hole":[ "entered the cave through a narrow aperture" ], ": the diameter of the objective lens or mirror of a telescope":[], ": the diameter of the stop in an optical system that determines the diameter of the bundle of rays traversing the instrument":[], ": the opening in a photographic lens that admits the light":[] }, "examples":[ "We entered the cave through a narrow aperture .", "The photograph was taken using a fast shutter speed and a large aperture .", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Kuo said at the time that the selfie camera will support autofocus and come with an f/1.9 aperture . \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 13 June 2022", "This should make the Portrait mode effect even more realistic by more-accurately simulating the look of professional cameras with wide- aperture lenses. \u2014 Paul Monckton, Forbes , 10 June 2022", "Smartphones double as ideal, take-everywhere cameras that don't require you to think about aperture , shutter speed, ISO, or other photo enthusiast settings. \u2014 PCMAG , 10 Mar. 2022", "The second camera has a 162mm telephoto lens with an aperture of f/4.4 and 28x hybrid zoom. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 4 Nov. 2021", "The 12 Pro still has a 12-megapixel sensor but gets a wide-angle 26-millimeter lens that goes from an f/1.8 to an f/1.6 aperture for a 27 percent increase. \u2014 Jakob Schiller, Outside Online , 21 Oct. 2020", "If a Molotov impacts on or near an open aperture , burning liquid can flow through, causing panic, injuries, and even a fire inside the vehicle. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 7 Apr. 2022", "An accident, in this schema, is what happens when the holes in several layers of cheese line up perfectly: an aperture of atrocity. \u2014 Rhoda Feng, The New Republic , 6 Apr. 2022", "The satellite has an aperture of 64 square meters when fully extended; AST plans to provide Internet directly to standard mobile phones. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 11 Mar. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, borrowed from Latin apert\u016bra, from apertus, past participle of aper\u012bre \"to open\" + -\u016bra -ure \u2014 more at aperient":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8a-p\u0259r-\u02ccchu\u0307r", "-\u02cctu\u0307r", "-ch\u0259r", "\u02c8a-p\u0259-", "-\u02cctyu\u0307r", "\u02c8ap-\u0259(r)-\u02ccchu\u0307(\u0259)r, -ch\u0259r, -\u02cct(y)u\u0307(\u0259)r" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "hole", "opening", "orifice", "perforation" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015238", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "apex":{ "antonyms":[ "bottom", "nadir", "rock bottom" ], "definitions":{ ": the highest or culminating point":[ "the apex of his career" ], ": the narrowed or pointed end : tip":[ "the apex of the tongue" ], ": the point of sharpest curvature in a path (such as that followed by a turning vehicle)":[ "a driver hitting the apex as he races around a corner", "At the apex of the turn his rear wheels apparently came unstuck from the oil-drenched groove.", "\u2014 Robert F. Jones" ], ": the uppermost point : vertex":[ "the apex of a mountain" ] }, "examples":[ "she reached the apex of fame, only to find it wasn't what she expected", "the apex of the spear", "Recent Examples on the Web", "It\u2019s when Bowie famously got off the train, and Morgen obviously regards Eno as the apex of cool. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 25 May 2022", "His son Malcolm Forbes became synonymous with Nouvelle Society extravagance in the 1980s, a period whose apex was his 70th birthday party in Morocco. \u2014 Horacio Silva, Town & Country , 1 May 2022", "Yet the apex of the phenomenon of profiting off the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard case \u2014 and the groundswell of support for Depp himself \u2014 is vendors on Etsy making T-shirts, stickers, mugs, keychains, and pins expressing support for the actor. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 30 Apr. 2022", "Knowing cash is king, there is anecdotal evidence that portfolio owners are choosing to boost liquidity with strategic dispositions at apex pricing. \u2014 Zenger News, Forbes , 22 June 2022", "Frequent cuts back to D.C. let Chris Cooper and Brian Cox give apex frowns as CIA skullduggers hiding black-ops nastiness from an oversight committee. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 15 June 2022", "The Woodstock set, from later that summer, has a full nine songs, and performance is the band\u2019s apex . \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 9 June 2022", "Ilott appeared to lose control in the apex of the corner when the car snapped and spun 360 degrees before hitting head-on into the wall. \u2014 Rob Peeters, Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star , 29 May 2022", "Ilott appeared to lose control in the apex of the corner when the car snapped and spun 360 degrees before hitting head-on into the wall. \u2014 Rob Peeters, Wilson Moore, USA TODAY , 29 May 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8\u0101-\u02ccpeks" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for apex summit , peak , pinnacle , climax , apex , acme , culmination mean the highest point attained or attainable. summit implies the topmost level attainable. at the summit of the Victorian social scene peak suggests the highest among other high points. an artist working at the peak of her powers pinnacle suggests a dizzying and often insecure height. the pinnacle of worldly success climax implies the highest point in an ascending series. the war was the climax to a series of hostile actions apex implies the point where all ascending lines converge. the apex of Dutch culture acme implies a level of quality representing the perfection of a thing. a statue that was once deemed the acme of beauty culmination suggests the outcome of a growth or development representing an attained objective. the culmination of years of effort", "synonyms":[ "acme", "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", "zenith" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091354", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "aperient":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": gently moving the bowels : laxative":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u0259-\u02c8pir-\u0113-\u0259nt" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "borrowed from Medieval Latin aperient-, aperiens, going back to Latin, present participle of aper\u012bre \"to open, free from obstacles,\" from ap-, variant of ab- ab- + pre-Latin *-wer-je- \"open or close (as specified by prefix),\" going back to Indo-European *Hu\u032fer-, whence also, with various ablaut grades, Lithuanian \u00e0tveriu, atv\u00e9rti \"to open,\" Old Church Slavic zav\u012dr\u01eb, zavr\u011bti \"to close, bar,\" otvoriti \"to open,\" Sanskrit v\u1e5bnoti \"(it) covers, surrounds,\" ap\u0101v\u1e5bnoti \"(s/he) opens, uncovers,\" ap\u012bv\u1e5bta- \"concealed\"":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1626, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150925" }, "aperea":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a wild cavy ( Cavia porcellus ) possibly ancestral to the domesticated guinea pig":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cc\u00e4\u02ccper\u0113\u02c8\u00e4" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Spanish & Portuguese apere\u00e1, aperea , from Tupi apere\u00e1":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-175818" }, "aper\u00e7u":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a brief survey or sketch : outline":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u00e4-per-\u02c8s\u1d6b", "\u02cca-p\u0259r-\u02c8s\u00fc" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "French, from aper\u00e7u , past participle of apercevoir to perceive, from Old French aperceivre , from a- (from Latin ad- ) + perceivre to perceive \u2014 more at perceive":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1809, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-003809" }, "ape-man":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a primate (such as an australopithecine) intermediate in character between Homo sapiens and the higher apes":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02c8man", "\u02c8\u0101p-\u02ccman" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1869, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-033316" }, "Apennines":{ "type":[ "adjective", "geographical name" ], "definitions":{ "mountain chain of Italy extending the length of the peninsula \u2014 see corno, monte":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8a-p\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bnz" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-191515" } }