{
  "asylee":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": someone who is seeking asylum (see asylum sense 3b ) or who has been granted asylum":[
        "Asylum status may be terminated for the same grounds or if there are changed circumstances in the asylee's country which eliminates the need for asylum.",
        "\u2014 Federal Register Part V , 2 June 1980",
        "White House aide Jack Watson, according to The Wall Street Journal , refers to Cubans seeking asylum in the United States as \" asylees .\"",
        "\u2014 William Safire , New York Times Magazine , 15 June 1980",
        "\u2026 told me that one of the questions the authorities ask to determine whether or not someone qualifies for asylee status is \"Are you afraid to return to your own country",
        "\u2014 G. Willow Wilson , The Butterfly Mosque , 2010"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1950, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "asyl(um) + -ee entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02ccs\u012b-\u02c8l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031320",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "asyllabic":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": not syllabic":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "a- entry 2 + syllabic, syllabical":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073945",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "asylum":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a place of retreat and security : shelter":[],
      ": an institution providing care and protection to needy individuals (such as the infirm or destitute) and especially the mentally ill":[],
      ": an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary":[],
      ": protection from arrest and extradition given especially to political refugees by a nation or by an embassy or other agency enjoying freedom from what is required by law for most people":[],
      ": the protection or security afforded by an asylum : refuge":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "She asked for political asylum .",
      "She was granted asylum after it was made clear that she would be killed if she returned to her native country.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Johnson's government is pressing ahead with a policy to send some asylum seekers arriving in the UK to Rwanda for processing and possible resettlement. \u2014 Max Foster, CNN , 24 June 2022",
      "Another example is the cruel policy of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda. \u2014 Mike O'sullivan, Forbes , 18 June 2022",
      "One of that court\u2019s rulings this week grounded a flight that was scheduled to take some asylum -seekers to Rwanda from Britain. \u2014 Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
      "But, after dozens of successful legal challenges, only seven asylum seekers were taken to the airbase. \u2014 Sam Knight, The New Yorker , 17 June 2022",
      "Since September, the administration has relied on the Title 42 policy, which cites the pandemic, as a justification to remove Haitians and other asylum seekers arriving at the border. \u2014 Hamed Aleazizstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
      "The British government vowed Wednesday to organize more flights to deport asylum -seekers from around the world to Rwanda, after a last-minute court judgment grounded the first plane due to take off under the contentious policy. \u2014 Jill Lawless, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 June 2022",
      "The British government was preparing Tuesday to send a first set of asylum seekers to Rwanda, though Prime Minister Boris Johnson was defending the highly controversial policy hours before the first flight was scheduled to take off. \u2014 Karla Adam, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
      "The Union-Tribune is not fully identifying Frino or several other asylum seekers interviewed for this article because of their vulnerable situations. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Latin, from Greek asylon , neuter of asylos inviolable, from a- + sylon right of seizure":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8s\u012b-l\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bolt-hole",
      "harbor",
      "harborage",
      "haven",
      "refuge",
      "retreat",
      "sanctuary",
      "sanctum",
      "shelter"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034654",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "asym-":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "\u2014 see as-":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043836",
    "type":[]
  },
  "asymbolic":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": not symbolic":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "a- entry 2 + symbolic":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022617",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "asymmetric digital subscriber line":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a digital subscriber line in which information is transferred faster in one direction than the other":[
        "That is because Mr. Scaglia faces formidable competition from Telecom Italia, which is focusing on a less effective but also much less expensive broadband alternative known as ADSL ( asymmetric digital subscriber line ), which uses the telephone company's existing copper wires.",
        "\u2014 Eric Sylvers",
        "\u2014 abbreviation ADSL"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1991, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181019",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "asymmetrical":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": bonded to four different atoms or groups":[],
      ": having two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical":[
        "an asymmetrical design",
        "asymmetrical shapes"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Whether symmetrical or asymmetrical , the image should have a sense of balance visually and a radial arrangement as viewed from a central point. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 May 2022",
      "Human consciousness is too abstract and asymmetrical for any Turing machine to be used to model it for AGI creation. \u2014 Naveen Joshi, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "The foliage has varied textures and symmetrical or asymmetrical shaped leaves that are sharp and spiky, wide and flat, broad and fleshy or needle thin, usually with a central cup. \u2014 Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Unlike the symmetrical rays of fish fins, Tiktaalik\u2019s fin bones were noticeably asymmetrical , which allowed the joints to bend in one direction. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "The ends are curled up, similar to her first bob, but her bangs are asymmetrical , hanging at different lengths down her face. \u2014 Addison Aloian, Allure , 5 May 2022",
      "In that sense, it is definitionally suggested that power usually creates an asymmetrical relationship. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
      "Dobrev kept her hair slicked back in an elegant bun and paired the asymmetrical look with a pair of large hoop earrings. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 20 May 2022",
      "The short white dress featured a square neckline, billowing sleeves, and a lacy asymmetrical train attached to one sleeve. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 17 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1690, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek asymmetria lack of proportion, from asymmetros ill-proportioned, from a- + symmetros symmetrical":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cc\u0101-s\u0259-\u02c8me-tri-k\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180911",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "asymmetrical spinnaker":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a spinnaker that has a forward edge that is longer than its after edge":[
        "Race director Randy Draftz said Saturday one of the Vipers was videotaped doing over 20 knots under its asymmetrical spinnaker \u2026",
        "\u2014 Will Haynie, Post and Courier (Charleston, South Carolina) , 20 Apr. 2008"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1984, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115104",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "asymmetry":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": lack or absence of symmetry":[
        "As Mercury orbits the Sun, it experiences a small torque due to its slight asymmetry in the plane of its orbit \u2026",
        "\u2014 Johanna Miller",
        "French rococo was a part of this mood, which tended to favor pastel colors, asymmetry , a calculated disorder, a dreamy sensuality.",
        "\u2014 Jonathan D. Spence",
        "\"Handedness\"\u2014whether we are left- or right-handed\u2014is a convenient indicator of the development of the brain asymmetries that are thought to be required for language.",
        "\u2014 Tim Flannery"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1651, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)\u0101-\u02c8si-m\u0259-tr\u0113",
      "(\u02c8)\u0101-\u02c8sim-\u0259-tr\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092635",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "asymptomatic":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": not causing, marked by, or presenting with signs or symptoms of infection, illness, or disease":[
        "asymptomatic carriers of contagious disease",
        "Acute infection is usually asymptomatic , making early diagnosis difficult.",
        "\u2014 Francis V. Chisari",
        "Because gonorrhea is often asymptomatic in women, it can progress painlessly until the result is pelvic inflammatory disease with its sequelae of infertility or ectopic pregnancy.",
        "\u2014 Marsha F. Goldsmith",
        "Most patients with gallstones remain asymptomatic for many years and may, in fact, never develop symptoms.",
        "\u2014 The Journal of the American Medical Association",
        "Many of the fecal samples positive for Giardia were from asymptomatic pets.",
        "\u2014 Lawrence M. Fox"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Quarantine facilities and hospitals have overflowed with people who tested positive, who must be confined in such facilities even if asymptomatic . \u2014 New York Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "The biggest discussion has been on the new CDC isolation policy regarding COVID-19 positives, which allows people to come out of isolation after five days if asymptomatic . \u2014 Shreyas Laddha, courant.com , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "People who test positive for the virus should isolate and quarantine for five days and wear a mask around others if asymptomatic for the following five days. \u2014 Olivia Jakiel, PEOPLE.com , 29 Dec. 2021",
      "Even if asymptomatic , these detours are enough to derail a season. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 15 Dec. 2021",
      "Unvaccinated team members must isolate from the organization for 10 days and then can return only if asymptomatic . \u2014 Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star , 5 Dec. 2021",
      "Any player testing positive, even if asymptomatic , will not be allowed to exercise for a minimum of 10 days and then must be monitored in individual workouts for an additional two days, per NBA protocols. \u2014 Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News , 20 Nov. 2021",
      "For fully vaccinated people, the CDC recommends getting tested five to seven days after your last exposure even if asymptomatic . \u2014 Dr. Jacob Warner, ABC News , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "The player, if asymptomatic , can return to the team setting after that 10-day isolation. \u2014 Mark Maske, Anchorage Daily News , 4 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1856, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cc\u0101-\u02ccsim(p)-t\u0259-\u02c8ma-tik",
      "\u02cc\u0101-\u02ccsim(p)-t\u0259-\u02c8mat-ik"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-085154",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "asymptote":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a straight line associated with a curve such that as a point moves along an infinite branch of the curve the distance from the point to the line approaches zero and the slope of the curve at the point approaches the slope of the line":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Across the world, most countries have reopened but there remains disquieting uncertainty on whether or not the pandemic has indeed approached its asymptote of endemicity. \u2014 David Walcott, Forbes , 17 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1656, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably from New Latin *asymptotus , from Greek asympt\u014dtos not meeting, from a- + sympiptein to meet \u2014 more at symptom":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8a-s\u0259m(p)-\u02cct\u014dt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-085508",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "asymptotic curve":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a curve on a surface whose osculating plane at each point coincides with the tangent plane to the surface at that point":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-102721",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "asymptotic developable":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the developable surface generated by the tangent planes of a ruled surface whose rulings are supposed not to be minimal lines":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104429",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "asymptotic formula":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a formula that approaches perfect accuracy as the independent variable increases indefinitely":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112933",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "asynchronous":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": not simultaneous or concurrent in time : not synchronous":[
        "asynchronous sound"
      ],
      ": of, used in, or being digital (see digital sense 4 ) communication (as between computers) in which there is no timing requirement for transmission and in which the start of each character is individually signaled by the transmitting device":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The past two years have compressed a decade of digital disruption and created an appetite for asynchronous collaboration that enables hybrid work. \u2014 Jay Goldman, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "Collaboration tip #1: Hold meetings\u2014but not too many, and always for the right reasons At Doist, the all-remote company behind the productivity app Todoist and the workplace chat app Twist, asynchronous communication rules the day. \u2014 Heather Landy, Quartz , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Right now, many companies are too traditional for asynchronous schedules to really work and not penalize employees who may not work the same hours as their managers. \u2014 Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Before Covid-19, the world thought that the future of online learning would be mostly asynchronous because people thought there was no way to hold live classes that would place thousands of teachers and millions of students online. \u2014 Rod Berger, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "Applied is adopting best practices to facilitate innovation in remote and hybrid work such as virtual asynchronous brainstorming to sustain a competitive advantage. \u2014 Gleb Tsipursky, Fortune , 4 June 2022",
      "As more companies move toward a more asynchronous way of operating, Woolley has some additional advice. \u2014 Lila Maclellan, Quartz , 3 June 2022",
      "It is fitted with an asynchronous motor at the front axle and a synchronous motor at the rear. \u2014 Jens Meiners, Car and Driver , 24 May 2022",
      "There\u2019s still a lot for companies to iron out to make asynchronous models run smoothly, Ms. Dean, the former head of remote work at Facebook, said. \u2014 Katherine Bindley, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1748, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "see synchronous":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8sin-",
      "(\u02cc)\u0101-\u02c8si\u014b-kr\u0259-n\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172844",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "Asy\u00fbt":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "city in central Egypt on the left bank of the Nile River population 273,191":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00e4s-\u02c8y\u00fct"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150935"
  },
  "asymptotic freedom":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a phenomenon in physics: the attraction between quarks decreases as their proximity increases":[
        "What is especially intriguing about QCD is that\u2014contrary to what happens with such familiar forces as gravity and electromagnetism\u2014the coupling strength grows weaker as quarks approach one another. Physicists have called this curious counterintuitive behavior asymptotic freedom .",
        "\u2014 Michael Riordan et al. , Scientific American , May 2006"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1973, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-155004"
  },
  "asynchronous transfer mode":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a digital network communications system that allows high-speed broadband transmissions":[
        "The overhaul of AT&T's network is just as important. AT&T will deploy an Internet-like digital technology known as ATM, for asynchronous transfer mode . It converts information into the ones and zeros of computer language, breaks it into tiny pieces, stamps them with an address and sends them into a shared transmission line.",
        "\u2014 Steve Rosenbush",
        "\u2014 abbreviation ATM"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1984, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-203025"
  },
  "asyntactic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": not syntactic":[
        "an asyntactic narrative",
        "an asyntactic compound such as star-spangled , with a structure differing from that of the phrase spangled with stars"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek asyntaktikos , from a- a- entry 2 + syntaktikos syntactic, syntactical":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-224249"
  },
  "asyndeton":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": omission of the conjunctions that ordinarily join coordinate words or clauses (as in \"I came, I saw, I conquered\")":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)\u0101-\u02c8sin-",
      "\u0259-\u02c8sin-d\u0259-\u02cct\u00e4n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin, from Greek, from neuter of asyndetos unconnected, from a- + syndetos bound together, from syndein to bind together, from syn- + dein to bind \u2014 more at diadem":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1555, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-015939"
  },
  "asynapsis":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": failure of pairing of homologous chromosomes in meiosis":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cc\u0101-s\u0259-\u02c8nap-s\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin a- entry 2 + synapsis":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1929, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-022506"
  },
  "asyndetic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": marked by asyndeton":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cca-s\u1d4an-\u02c8de-tik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1823, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-125329"
  },
  "asynchrony":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the quality or state of being asynchronous : absence or lack of concurrence in time":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8sin-",
      "(\u02cc)\u0101-\u02c8si\u014b-kr\u0259-n\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Letters accept the absence of their addressee and the asynchrony of contact\u2014and out of those constraints make another kind of presence possible. \u2014 Kamran Javadizadeh, The New Yorker , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "The synchrony-versus- asynchrony issue is fundamental to the history of computer science. \u2014 Cal Newport, The New Yorker , 6 Aug. 2019",
      "In the emerging age of large offices, practical asynchrony seemed like a productivity silver bullet. \u2014 Cal Newport, The New Yorker , 6 Aug. 2019",
      "To figure out what causes this asynchrony , the researchers looked at participant\u2019s brains using structural magnetic resonance imaging, which uses radio waves to view internal organs. \u2014 Roni Dengler, Science | AAAS , 14 Dec. 2017",
      "Those signals will be equally affected by clock asynchrony , so the algorithm can just compare their relative change as the chip moves and ignore the drift of the clocks\u2019 timing. \u2014 Matthew Hutson, Science | AAAS , 24 July 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1850, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-162951"
  },
  "asyndesis":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": asynapsis":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)\u0101 +"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from a- entry 2 + syndesis":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185218"
  }
}