{ "Tractarian":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a promoter or supporter of the Oxford movement":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "circa 1839, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "from Tracts for the Times , series of pamphlets expounding the Oxford movement":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "trak-\u02c8ter-\u0113-\u0259n" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210117", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "Tractarianism":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a system of High Church principles set forth in a series of tracts at Oxford (1833\u201341)":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1840, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "trak-\u02c8ter-\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccni-z\u0259m" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162039", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "Trafalgar, Cape":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ "cape in southwestern Spain southeast of C\u00e1diz at the western end of the Strait of Gibraltar":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "Spanish \u02cctr\u00e4-f\u00e4l-\u02c8g\u00e4r", "tr\u0259-\u02c8fal-g\u0259r" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014303", "type":[ "geographical name" ] }, "trace":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a course or path that one follows":[], ": a minute and often barely detectable amount or indication":[ "a trace of a smile" ], ": a path, trail, or road made by the passage of animals, people, or vehicles":[], ": a sign or evidence of some past thing : vestige":[], ": an amount of a chemical constituent not always quantitatively determinable because of minuteness":[], ": delineate , sketch":[], ": either of two straps, chains, or lines of a harness for attaching a draft animal to something (such as a vehicle) to be drawn":[], ": engram":[], ": leader sense 1e(2)":[], ": one or more vascular bundles supplying a leaf or twig":[], ": something (such as a line) traced or drawn: such as":[], ": the ground plan of a military installation or position either on a map or on the ground":[], ": the intersection of a line or plane with a plane":[], ": the marking made by a recording instrument (such as a seismograph or kymograph)":[], ": to adorn with linear ornamentation (such as tracery or chasing)":[], ": to be traceable historically":[], ": to copy (something, such as a drawing) by following the lines or letters as seen through a transparent superimposed sheet":[], ": to discover by going backward over the evidence step by step":[ "trace your ancestry" ], ": to discover signs, evidence, or remains of":[], ": to follow or study out in detail or step by step":[ "trace the history of the war" ], ": to follow the footprints, track , or trail of":[], ": to form (letters, figures, etc.) carefully or painstakingly":[], ": to impress or imprint (a design or pattern) with a tracer":[], ": to lay out the trace of (a military installation)":[], ": to record a tracing of in the form of a curved, wavy, or broken line":[ "trace the heart action" ], ": to travel over : traverse":[] }, "examples":[ "Verb", "The children traced their hands onto the sidewalk with chalk.", "You can put a piece of paper over the pattern and trace it.", "She traced the letters of her name.", "We will need to trace the electrical wires through the walls.", "The word \u201camiable\u201d traces back to the Latin word for \u201cfriend.\u201d" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun", "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 6":"Noun", "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English trais , from Anglo-French tres , plural of trait pull, draft, trace \u2014 more at trait":"Noun", "Middle English, from Anglo-French tracer , from Vulgar Latin *tractiare to drag, from Latin tractus , past participle of trahere to pull":"Verb", "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from tracer to trace":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101s" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for trace Noun (1) trace , vestige , track mean a perceptible sign made by something that has passed. trace may suggest any line, mark, or discernible effect. the killer left no traces vestige applies to a tangible reminder such as a fragment or remnant of what is past and gone. boulders that are vestiges of the last ice age track implies a continuous line that can be followed. the fossilized tracks of dinosaurs", "synonyms":[ "define", "delineate", "outline", "silhouette", "sketch" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052106", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ] }, "traceable":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": capable of being traced":[ "a traceable phone call" ], ": suitable or of a kind to be attributed to something specified : due":[ "\u2014 used with to \u2026 perhaps 35 percent of cancer cases in the U.S. are traceable to dietary factors. \u2014 Gary Blonston" ] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Adding blockchain technology will make sure that all parts or products are traceable at all times. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 10 June 2022", "Nor could any allegedly cognizable injuries be fairly traceable to any specific misrepresentations or deception alleged in the Complaint. \u2014 Michael I. Krauss, Forbes , 4 June 2022", "Consumers today are demanding a greater understanding of where products are sourced and manufactured, and having a truly transparent and traceable supply chain is a commitment to authentic sustainability. \u2014 Mark Burstein, Forbes , 20 May 2022", "But the identity of the operator of Libs of TikTok is traceable through a complex online history and reveals someone who has been plugged into right-wing discourse for two years and is now helping to drive it. \u2014 Taylor Lorenz, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Apr. 2022", "Heymann, who is also a professor of infectious diseases at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said the monkeypox outbreak was likely a random event that might be traceable to a single infection. \u2014 Maria Cheng, ajc , 23 May 2022", "Heymann, who is also a professor of infectious diseases at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said the monkeypox outbreak was likely a random event that might be traceable to a single infection. \u2014 Marcia Cheng, Anchorage Daily News , 23 May 2022", "Heymann, who is also a professor of infectious diseases at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said the monkeypox outbreak was likely a random event that might be traceable to a single infection. \u2014 Fox News , 23 May 2022", "Heymann, who is also a professor of infectious diseases at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said the monkeypox outbreak was likely a random event that might be traceable to a single infection. \u2014 Maria Cheng, BostonGlobe.com , 23 May 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101-s\u0259-b\u0259l" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125012", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "traced":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a course or path that one follows":[], ": a minute and often barely detectable amount or indication":[ "a trace of a smile" ], ": a path, trail, or road made by the passage of animals, people, or vehicles":[], ": a sign or evidence of some past thing : vestige":[], ": an amount of a chemical constituent not always quantitatively determinable because of minuteness":[], ": delineate , sketch":[], ": either of two straps, chains, or lines of a harness for attaching a draft animal to something (such as a vehicle) to be drawn":[], ": engram":[], ": leader sense 1e(2)":[], ": one or more vascular bundles supplying a leaf or twig":[], ": something (such as a line) traced or drawn: such as":[], ": the ground plan of a military installation or position either on a map or on the ground":[], ": the intersection of a line or plane with a plane":[], ": the marking made by a recording instrument (such as a seismograph or kymograph)":[], ": to adorn with linear ornamentation (such as tracery or chasing)":[], ": to be traceable historically":[], ": to copy (something, such as a drawing) by following the lines or letters as seen through a transparent superimposed sheet":[], ": to discover by going backward over the evidence step by step":[ "trace your ancestry" ], ": to discover signs, evidence, or remains of":[], ": to follow or study out in detail or step by step":[ "trace the history of the war" ], ": to follow the footprints, track , or trail of":[], ": to form (letters, figures, etc.) carefully or painstakingly":[], ": to impress or imprint (a design or pattern) with a tracer":[], ": to lay out the trace of (a military installation)":[], ": to record a tracing of in the form of a curved, wavy, or broken line":[ "trace the heart action" ], ": to travel over : traverse":[] }, "examples":[ "Verb", "The children traced their hands onto the sidewalk with chalk.", "You can put a piece of paper over the pattern and trace it.", "She traced the letters of her name.", "We will need to trace the electrical wires through the walls.", "The word \u201camiable\u201d traces back to the Latin word for \u201cfriend.\u201d" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun", "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 6":"Noun", "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English trais , from Anglo-French tres , plural of trait pull, draft, trace \u2014 more at trait":"Noun", "Middle English, from Anglo-French tracer , from Vulgar Latin *tractiare to drag, from Latin tractus , past participle of trahere to pull":"Verb", "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from tracer to trace":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101s" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for trace Noun (1) trace , vestige , track mean a perceptible sign made by something that has passed. trace may suggest any line, mark, or discernible effect. the killer left no traces vestige applies to a tangible reminder such as a fragment or remnant of what is past and gone. boulders that are vestiges of the last ice age track implies a continuous line that can be followed. the fossilized tracks of dinosaurs", "synonyms":[ "define", "delineate", "outline", "silhouette", "sketch" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125920", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ] }, "tracer":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a device (such as a stylus) used in tracing":[], ": a person who traces missing persons or property and especially goods lost in transit":[], ": ammunition containing a chemical composition to mark the flight of projectiles by a trail of smoke or light":[], ": an inquiry sent out in tracing a shipment lost in transit":[], ": one that traces , tracks down, or searches out: such as":[], ": one who traces designs, patterns, or markings":[] }, "examples":[ "The enemy fired tracers at the aircraft carrier.", "They injected her with a radioactive tracer and tracked it via X-rays.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Job description: Prepare, administer, and measure radioactive isotopes in therapeutic, diagnostic, and tracer studies using a variety of radioisotope equipment. \u2014 Zachary Smith, cleveland , 29 Mar. 2022", "General Dynamics is paid $4,601.30 a month for each contact tracer and $20,000 a month for each case investigator. \u2014 Andy Davis, Arkansas Online , 21 Aug. 2021", "But a call from a tracer did help people in other ways. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Mar. 2022", "Heavy artillery barrages again shook the city early Tuesday and a firefight overnight lit up the western horizon with tracer bullets. \u2014 Alan Cullison And Isabel Coles, WSJ , 15 Mar. 2022", "The test involves injecting a tracer chemical into the bloodstream so a scan can reveal amyloid plaques in the brains of Alzheimer\u2019s patients, a hallmark of the disease. \u2014 Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY , 22 June 2021", "Answer the call or text if a contact tracer from the CA COVID Team or your local health department tries to connect. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Dec. 2021", "With little official guidance, principals increasingly took on the roles of contact tracer , epidemiologist, and public-health official. \u2014 Jessica Winter, The New Yorker , 23 Dec. 2021", "But the myriad safety risks, high costs, and production obstacles associated with blocking dozens of shots using live rounds made filming an actual tracer shoot-out all but impossible. \u2014 Chris Lee, Vulture , 30 Nov. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101-s\u0259r" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114510", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "tracery":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a decorative interlacing of lines suggestive of Gothic tracery":[] }, "examples":[ "This window is an example of Gothic tracery .", "the delicate tracery of a butterfly's wing", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Their graceful tracery was apparently preferable to the more blunt alternative, exercised by some in those days, of marking time by rhythmically pounding a large staff on the floor in front of the orchestra. \u2014 Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com , 12 Feb. 2022", "Nor were its sets especially assertive: Buckingham Palace and other locations were thinly suggested by some electric bulb tracery . \u2014 New York Times , 30 Dec. 2021", "They are perched amid seven plump oranges, more than a dozen orange blossoms in flower or bud, four honeybees and a tracery of stems and leaves. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 July 2021", "There is also a small silver horseshoe and leaf spray, along with white decorative icing tracery laid on top. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 4 Aug. 2021", "Its stark lines, the gothic tracery of its wings, the fetching retro color scheme of orange and black and its ruby eyes all suggest some arts and crafts jewel. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 May 2021", "No one builds 14th-century Gothic stonework anymore, these thick, load-bearing masonry walls, arches, tracery . \u2014 Marjorie Hunt, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 July 2020", "Boudin, who is slim, with a tracery of facial hair and a hyper-focussed social manner, walked around the deck, greeting old friends (Dohrn\u2019s former law student! \u2014 Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker , 5 Oct. 2019", "The light work is particularly impressive in a movie that can shift with ease from the neon luridness of the midway to the delicate tracery of sunlight refracted through a stately retinue of chandeliers. \u2014 The Washington Post, The Mercury News , 20 June 2019" ], "first_known_use":{ "1669, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101s-r\u0113", "\u02c8tr\u0101-s\u0259-r\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123806", "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "traces":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a course or path that one follows":[], ": a minute and often barely detectable amount or indication":[ "a trace of a smile" ], ": a path, trail, or road made by the passage of animals, people, or vehicles":[], ": a sign or evidence of some past thing : vestige":[], ": an amount of a chemical constituent not always quantitatively determinable because of minuteness":[], ": delineate , sketch":[], ": either of two straps, chains, or lines of a harness for attaching a draft animal to something (such as a vehicle) to be drawn":[], ": engram":[], ": leader sense 1e(2)":[], ": one or more vascular bundles supplying a leaf or twig":[], ": something (such as a line) traced or drawn: such as":[], ": the ground plan of a military installation or position either on a map or on the ground":[], ": the intersection of a line or plane with a plane":[], ": the marking made by a recording instrument (such as a seismograph or kymograph)":[], ": to adorn with linear ornamentation (such as tracery or chasing)":[], ": to be traceable historically":[], ": to copy (something, such as a drawing) by following the lines or letters as seen through a transparent superimposed sheet":[], ": to discover by going backward over the evidence step by step":[ "trace your ancestry" ], ": to discover signs, evidence, or remains of":[], ": to follow or study out in detail or step by step":[ "trace the history of the war" ], ": to follow the footprints, track , or trail of":[], ": to form (letters, figures, etc.) carefully or painstakingly":[], ": to impress or imprint (a design or pattern) with a tracer":[], ": to lay out the trace of (a military installation)":[], ": to record a tracing of in the form of a curved, wavy, or broken line":[ "trace the heart action" ], ": to travel over : traverse":[] }, "examples":[ "Verb", "The children traced their hands onto the sidewalk with chalk.", "You can put a piece of paper over the pattern and trace it.", "She traced the letters of her name.", "We will need to trace the electrical wires through the walls.", "The word \u201camiable\u201d traces back to the Latin word for \u201cfriend.\u201d" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun", "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 6":"Noun", "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English trais , from Anglo-French tres , plural of trait pull, draft, trace \u2014 more at trait":"Noun", "Middle English, from Anglo-French tracer , from Vulgar Latin *tractiare to drag, from Latin tractus , past participle of trahere to pull":"Verb", "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from tracer to trace":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101s" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for trace Noun (1) trace , vestige , track mean a perceptible sign made by something that has passed. trace may suggest any line, mark, or discernible effect. the killer left no traces vestige applies to a tangible reminder such as a fragment or remnant of what is past and gone. boulders that are vestiges of the last ice age track implies a continuous line that can be followed. the fossilized tracks of dinosaurs", "synonyms":[ "define", "delineate", "outline", "silhouette", "sketch" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122649", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ] }, "tracing":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a copy made on a superimposed transparent sheet":[], ": a graphic record made by an instrument (such as a seismograph) that registers some movement":[], ": something that is traced : such as":[], ": the act of one that traces":[] }, "examples":[ "the tracing of this mountain lion is going to be difficult if the rain washes away all of the tracks", "Recent Examples on the Web", "His case is not related to the two earlier Georgia cases, according to DPH, which is also doing contract tracing . \u2014 Helena Oliviero, ajc , 17 June 2022", "Chinese leaders have repeatedly vowed to stick to the zero-Covid policy, which aims to swiftly stamp out local outbreaks with mass testing, snap lockdowns, extensive contact tracing and quarantining. \u2014 Nectar Gan And Steven Jiang, CNN , 10 June 2022", "Franklin said gun tracing was used to determine that Louis purchased an AR-15-style rifle from a local gun store on June 1 and a pistol from a local pawn shop on May 29. \u2014 Christine Fernando, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022", "Prosecutor Ryan Mears said the office relied on investigators\u2019 firearm tracing and electronic evidence for its ability to file the charges. \u2014 Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star , 31 May 2022", "Careful surveillance, isolation of infected people, contact tracing and quarantine of contacts should contain the outbreak, Dr. Rimoin said. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022", "Experts remain optimistic that the outbreak can be contained through contact tracing and targeted vaccinations. \u2014 Aria Bendix, NBC News , 26 May 2022", "Contact tracing needs to stretch back six weeks prior to a positive test, said Antonio Zapatero, a senior health official for Madrid, because the virus can spread weeks before a person feels unwell and exhibits symptoms. \u2014 Denise Roland And Cecilia Butini, WSJ , 25 May 2022", "Several players were in testing and contact tracing protocol. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 Dec. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101-si\u014b" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "chase", "chasing", "dogging", "following", "hounding", "pursuing", "pursuit", "shadowing", "tagging", "tailing", "tracking", "trailing" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230448", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "track":{ "antonyms":[ "bird-dog", "chase", "course", "dog", "follow", "hound", "pursue", "run", "shadow", "tag", "tail", "trace", "trail" ], "definitions":{ ": a course laid out especially for racing":[], ": a footprint whether recent or fossil":[ "the huge track of a dinosaur" ], ": a group of grooves on a phonograph record containing recorded sound":[], ": a path made by or as if by repeated footfalls : trail":[], ": a sequence of events : a train of ideas : succession":[], ": a usually metal way (such as a groove) serving as a guide (as for a movable lighting fixture)":[], ": a way of life, conduct, or action":[], ": achieving or doing what is necessary or expected":[], ": an awareness of a fact, progression, or condition":[ "keep track of the costs", "lose track of the time" ], ": detectable evidence (such as the wake of a ship, a line of footprints, or a wheel rut) that something has passed":[], ": either of two endless belts on which a tracklaying vehicle travels":[], ": material recorded especially on or as if on a track":[ "instrumental tracks", "a bonus commentary track on a DVD" ], ": one of a series of parallel or concentric paths along which material (such as music or information) is recorded (as on a phonograph record or magnetic tape)":[], ": one of several curricula of study to which students are assigned according to their needs or levels of ability":[], ": the course along which something moves or progresses":[], ": the parallel rails of a railroad":[], ": the projection on the earth's surface of the path along which something (such as a missile or an airplane) has flown":[], ": the tread of an automobile tire":[], ": the width of a wheeled vehicle from wheel to wheel and usually from the outside of the rims":[], ": to carry (mud or other material) on the feet and deposit":[ "tracking mud into the kitchen" ], ": to fit a track or rails":[], ": to follow accurately the corresponding fore wheel on a straightaway":[], ": to follow by vestiges : trace":[], ": to follow the groove undulations of a recording":[], ": to follow the tracks or traces of : trail":[], ": to keep track of (something, such as a trend) : follow":[], ": to leave tracks (as on a floor)":[], ": to maintain a constant distance apart on the straightaway":[], ": to make tracks upon":[], ": to observe or plot the moving path of (something, such as a spacecraft or missile) often instrumentally":[], ": to search for by following evidence until found":[ "track down the source" ], ": to travel over : traverse":[ "track a desert" ], ": travel":[ "a comet tracking eastward" ], ": where one stands or is at the moment : on the spot":[ "was stopped in his tracks" ] }, "examples":[ "Noun", "Follow the track into the forest.", "The train to Chicago will leave track 3.", "Verb", "He tracked the deer for a mile.", "The detectives tracked the killer to Arizona.", "The ship can track incoming missiles with radar.", "Meteorologists are tracking the storm.", "The study tracked the patients over the course of five years.", "The squadron will track north by northeast for 40 miles.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Some prominent American women\u2019s athletes, including the soccer star Megan Rapinoe and the track star Allyson Feix, have voiced their opinion on Friday\u2019s Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade. \u2014 New York Times , 25 June 2022", "Jefferson was eighth in the NCAA Championships on this same track . \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 25 June 2022", "Star hurdler Sydney McLaughlin will be in the 400-meter final, while Allyson Felix will take the track in the women\u2019s 400 final. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 June 2022", "The track is the perfect soundtrack to cruising with your windows down this summer. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 24 June 2022", "Epidemiologists around the country track disease activity at county, city, and state health departments and the CDC. \u2014 Mark Kortepeter, Forbes , 24 June 2022", "Shuttle buses are available along the closed section of Green Line track . \u2014 Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022", "The track was the pop-rock singer\u2019s major-label debut and helped bump her overall streams year-on-year by 500%. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 23 June 2022", "The track was the first major speedway to host night races. \u2014 Mike Hembree, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Funds \u2014 specifically, index funds that track the market \u2014 are a great, cheap way to buy stocks and bonds. \u2014 New York Times , 24 June 2022", "Michael Norman\u2019s counters are covered by empty water bottles that track his daily intake. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022", "The department is based in Richmond and coordinates with 35 local health districts, which track disease outbreaks, promote prevention to combat illness and conduct emergency preparedness training. \u2014 Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post , 18 June 2022", "For example, the administration appears likely to ask the Federal Trade Commission to push makers of apps that track menstrual cycles to warn users that the data could be used to identify women in the early stages of pregnancy. \u2014 Charlie Savage, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022", "With the proliferation of apps on the market that track stress and diet (with even some targeting small-business owners), and more tools arriving on the market every day, this is quickly becoming the new reality. \u2014 Rachel Yarcony, Forbes , 16 June 2022", "However, the city law department said that system does not track fires in vacancies. \u2014 Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun , 15 June 2022", "On the LM Sequential EVO there is one movement operating two chronographs that can track multiple timing modes. \u2014 Paige Reddinger, Robb Report , 10 June 2022", "Do Kwon, which are already facing scrutiny from the regulator for offering another crypto project known as the Mirror Protocol, which lets people to trade digital assets that track the price of US stocks. \u2014 Matt Robinson And Bloomberg, Fortune , 9 June 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1565, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb", "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English trak , from Middle French trac":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8trak" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for track Noun trace , vestige , track mean a perceptible sign made by something that has passed. trace may suggest any line, mark, or discernible effect. the killer left no traces vestige applies to a tangible reminder such as a fragment or remnant of what is past and gone. boulders that are vestiges of the last ice age track implies a continuous line that can be followed. the fossilized tracks of dinosaurs", "synonyms":[ "imprint", "trace", "trail" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105817", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "track (down)":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":[ "to come upon after searching, study, or effort I'll try to track down his last known address" ], "examples":[], "first_known_use":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-111248", "type":[ "verb" ] }, "track-and-field":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, or being any of various competitive athletic events (such as running, jumping, and weight throwing) performed on a running track and on the adjacent field":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1905, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cctrak-\u0259n-\u02c8f\u0113ld", "\u02cctrak-\u0259n(d)-\u02c8f\u0113ld" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111021", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "trackage":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a right to use the tracks of another railroad line":[], ": lines of railway track":[], ": the charge for such right":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The rail lines have different owners but railroad companies frequently share trackage rights, said Tom Crosson, a spokesman for Norfolk Southern. \u2014 Andy Peters, ajc , 23 Nov. 2021", "The trip covers most of the current operating trackage of the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad. \u2014 Jessica Poitevien, Travel + Leisure , 6 Oct. 2020", "China\u2019s government was using manual labor to maintain its railway system\u2019s trackage . \u2014 WSJ , 7 Aug. 2020", "Caltrain already has benefited from this approach to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars for electrification on the premise that, at some point in the future, high-speed trains would use the same trackage . \u2014 John Horgan, The Mercury News , 11 Sep. 2019", "The commission said then there were signs that lack of competition in interconnection and trackage rights, which is allowing use of tracks by other operators, had restricted access to lines and pushed up freight costs. \u2014 Anthony Harrup, WSJ , 8 Mar. 2018" ], "first_known_use":{ "1880, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tra-kij" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124217", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "tracking":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": the assigning of students to a curricular track":[], ": the standard distance between adjacent characters (as in composed text) : letterspacing \u2014 compare kerning":[] }, "examples":[ "took a class in the tracking of game that the hunters' association offers", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Groups with tracking devices fanned out to look for clothing or footprints from his size 12 Air Force 1 sneakers. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 June 2022", "The latest bison population estimate based on aerial surveys and tracking devices shows 216 bison on the expansive Kaibab Plateau, according to Grand Canyon National Park. \u2014 Felicia Fonseca, The Arizona Republic , 27 June 2022", "The latest bison population estimate based on aerial surveys and tracking devices shows 216 bison on the expansive Kaibab Plateau, according to Grand Canyon National Park. \u2014 Felicia Fonseca, ajc , 26 June 2022", "Wearable tech, for example, has long been an asset for people with conditions like diabetes, but the broader rollout of data- tracking devices has been hampered by problems with usability for both patients and providers. \u2014 Shafin Tejani, Forbes , 7 June 2022", "Soldiers were digging up no end of tracking devices in the rubble. \u2014 James Verini, New York Times , 19 May 2022", "To better understand hawksbill turtles\u2019 navigational skills, the researchers attached GPS tracking devices to 22 individuals who had completed nesting on Diego Garcia in 2018 and 2019. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 May 2022", "In several episodes, Anthony worked with state wildlife biologists in Maine to enter bear dens and tag bears with tracking devices, ostensibly to help researchers monitor the population. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 12 May 2022", "Like all aircraft, planes going to Antarctica are fitted with tracking devices. \u2014 Lilit Marcus, Cnn; Video By Max Burnell, CNN , 5 May 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "circa 1929, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tra-ki\u014b" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "chase", "chasing", "dogging", "following", "hounding", "pursuing", "pursuit", "shadowing", "tagging", "tailing", "tracing", "trailing" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191358", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "tracking shot":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a scene photographed from a moving dolly":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "circa 1940, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120408", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "tracks":{ "antonyms":[ "bird-dog", "chase", "course", "dog", "follow", "hound", "pursue", "run", "shadow", "tag", "tail", "trace", "trail" ], "definitions":{ ": a course laid out especially for racing":[], ": a footprint whether recent or fossil":[ "the huge track of a dinosaur" ], ": a group of grooves on a phonograph record containing recorded sound":[], ": a path made by or as if by repeated footfalls : trail":[], ": a sequence of events : a train of ideas : succession":[], ": a usually metal way (such as a groove) serving as a guide (as for a movable lighting fixture)":[], ": a way of life, conduct, or action":[], ": achieving or doing what is necessary or expected":[], ": an awareness of a fact, progression, or condition":[ "keep track of the costs", "lose track of the time" ], ": detectable evidence (such as the wake of a ship, a line of footprints, or a wheel rut) that something has passed":[], ": either of two endless belts on which a tracklaying vehicle travels":[], ": material recorded especially on or as if on a track":[ "instrumental tracks", "a bonus commentary track on a DVD" ], ": one of a series of parallel or concentric paths along which material (such as music or information) is recorded (as on a phonograph record or magnetic tape)":[], ": one of several curricula of study to which students are assigned according to their needs or levels of ability":[], ": the course along which something moves or progresses":[], ": the parallel rails of a railroad":[], ": the projection on the earth's surface of the path along which something (such as a missile or an airplane) has flown":[], ": the tread of an automobile tire":[], ": the width of a wheeled vehicle from wheel to wheel and usually from the outside of the rims":[], ": to carry (mud or other material) on the feet and deposit":[ "tracking mud into the kitchen" ], ": to fit a track or rails":[], ": to follow accurately the corresponding fore wheel on a straightaway":[], ": to follow by vestiges : trace":[], ": to follow the groove undulations of a recording":[], ": to follow the tracks or traces of : trail":[], ": to keep track of (something, such as a trend) : follow":[], ": to leave tracks (as on a floor)":[], ": to maintain a constant distance apart on the straightaway":[], ": to make tracks upon":[], ": to observe or plot the moving path of (something, such as a spacecraft or missile) often instrumentally":[], ": to search for by following evidence until found":[ "track down the source" ], ": to travel over : traverse":[ "track a desert" ], ": travel":[ "a comet tracking eastward" ], ": where one stands or is at the moment : on the spot":[ "was stopped in his tracks" ] }, "examples":[ "Noun", "Follow the track into the forest.", "The train to Chicago will leave track 3.", "Verb", "He tracked the deer for a mile.", "The detectives tracked the killer to Arizona.", "The ship can track incoming missiles with radar.", "Meteorologists are tracking the storm.", "The study tracked the patients over the course of five years.", "The squadron will track north by northeast for 40 miles.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Some prominent American women\u2019s athletes, including the soccer star Megan Rapinoe and the track star Allyson Feix, have voiced their opinion on Friday\u2019s Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade. \u2014 New York Times , 25 June 2022", "Jefferson was eighth in the NCAA Championships on this same track . \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 25 June 2022", "Star hurdler Sydney McLaughlin will be in the 400-meter final, while Allyson Felix will take the track in the women\u2019s 400 final. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 June 2022", "The track is the perfect soundtrack to cruising with your windows down this summer. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 24 June 2022", "Epidemiologists around the country track disease activity at county, city, and state health departments and the CDC. \u2014 Mark Kortepeter, Forbes , 24 June 2022", "Shuttle buses are available along the closed section of Green Line track . \u2014 Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022", "The track was the pop-rock singer\u2019s major-label debut and helped bump her overall streams year-on-year by 500%. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 23 June 2022", "The track was the first major speedway to host night races. \u2014 Mike Hembree, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Funds \u2014 specifically, index funds that track the market \u2014 are a great, cheap way to buy stocks and bonds. \u2014 New York Times , 24 June 2022", "Michael Norman\u2019s counters are covered by empty water bottles that track his daily intake. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022", "The department is based in Richmond and coordinates with 35 local health districts, which track disease outbreaks, promote prevention to combat illness and conduct emergency preparedness training. \u2014 Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post , 18 June 2022", "For example, the administration appears likely to ask the Federal Trade Commission to push makers of apps that track menstrual cycles to warn users that the data could be used to identify women in the early stages of pregnancy. \u2014 Charlie Savage, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022", "With the proliferation of apps on the market that track stress and diet (with even some targeting small-business owners), and more tools arriving on the market every day, this is quickly becoming the new reality. \u2014 Rachel Yarcony, Forbes , 16 June 2022", "However, the city law department said that system does not track fires in vacancies. \u2014 Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun , 15 June 2022", "On the LM Sequential EVO there is one movement operating two chronographs that can track multiple timing modes. \u2014 Paige Reddinger, Robb Report , 10 June 2022", "Do Kwon, which are already facing scrutiny from the regulator for offering another crypto project known as the Mirror Protocol, which lets people to trade digital assets that track the price of US stocks. \u2014 Matt Robinson And Bloomberg, Fortune , 9 June 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1565, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb", "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English trak , from Middle French trac":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8trak" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for track Noun trace , vestige , track mean a perceptible sign made by something that has passed. trace may suggest any line, mark, or discernible effect. the killer left no traces vestige applies to a tangible reminder such as a fragment or remnant of what is past and gone. boulders that are vestiges of the last ice age track implies a continuous line that can be followed. the fossilized tracks of dinosaurs", "synonyms":[ "imprint", "trace", "trail" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111306", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "tract":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a bundle of nerve fibers having a common origin, termination, and function":[], ": a defined area of land":[], ": a system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function":[ "the digestive tract" ], ": an area either large or small: such as":[], ": an indefinite stretch of land":[], ": extent or lapse of time":[], ": verses of Scripture (as from the Psalms) used between the gradual and the Gospel at some masses (as during penitential seasons)":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun", "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Noun", "1760, in the meaning defined above":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English tracte , from Latin tractus action of drawing, extension, from trahere to pull, draw":"Noun", "Middle English tracte , from Medieval Latin tractus , from Latin, action of drawing, extension; perhaps from its being sung without a break by one voice":"Noun", "Middle English, treatise, from Medieval Latin tractus , perhaps alteration of Latin tractatus tractate":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8trakt" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052654", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "tract house":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": any of many similarly designed houses built on a tract of land":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Midway, as in between downtown Portland and the city of Gresham. Cathy Holmlund has been living in a 1959 ranch-style tract house in outer Southeast Portland for 35 years. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 Sep. 2020", "Our modest tract house in a New York suburb was too small for a family of seven; Helen found and moved us into a much bigger, far more elegant one. \u2014 Ellen Pall, The New York Review of Books , 25 Aug. 2020", "According to Adweek, Hollywoodland was actually a subdivision of tract houses and the sign was a billboard for the development. \u2014 Martha Sorren, refinery29.com , 3 May 2020", "The extra-large hyoid bones in their vocal tract house massive air sacs that amplify their bombastic voice to superlative heights; they are often regarded as the loudest of any land animal. \u2014 Jessica Boddy, Popular Science , 3 Feb. 2020", "The four children of Jack and Dorothy Hall \u2013 three girls and one boy \u2013 lived a comfy post-WWII middle-class life in a four-bedroom Southern California tract house with their civil engineer father and homemaker mother. \u2014 Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY , 3 Feb. 2020", "Aerial video showed the 55-foot-long, 75-foot-wide building in the 7300 block of Somerset Avenue backing up to tract houses perilously close to the blaze. \u2014 Colleen Shalbystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 19 Aug. 2019", "The tight-knit, family-friendly community of Mira Mesa epitomizes San Diego\u2019s tract house boom of the 1970s. \u2014 Martina Schimitschek, San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 June 2019", "Joe\u2019s father, an Air Force officer, bought a small tract house with mortgaged furniture; even the children\u2019s bunk beds and the radio were on loan. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive.com , 22 June 2019" ], "first_known_use":{ "1956, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105321", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "tractability":{ "antonyms":[ "balky", "contrary", "contumacious", "defiant", "disobedient", "froward", "incompliant", "insubordinate", "intractable", "noncompliant", "obstreperous", "rebel", "rebellious", "recalcitrant", "refractory", "restive", "unamenable", "ungovernable", "unruly", "untoward", "wayward", "willful", "wilful" ], "definitions":{ ": capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile":[ "a tractable horse" ], ": easily handled, managed, or wrought : malleable":[] }, "examples":[ "This new approach should make the problem more tractable .", "He's a very tractable child.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Figuring out which of these to activate under different circumstances is an economic optimization problem but computationally tractable enough that a solution could be calculated in as little as 220 seconds. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 5 June 2022", "As the document took on a life of its own, tractable rubrics emerged\u2014Does social media make people angrier or more affectively polarized", "Indeed, docile and tractable torque is this motor\u2019s defining characteristic. \u2014 Tim Pitt, Robb Report , 31 May 2022", "To keep things computationally tractable , the team screened through all the chemicals at each generation and threw out anything that didn't look related to the target list of drugs and agricultural chemicals. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 3 May 2022", "As often turns out to be the case, though, there\u2019s One Weird Math Trick that makes the problem more tractable . \u2014 Chad Orzel, Forbes , 6 Oct. 2021", "Similarly, a local logistics manager can fill an increasingly critical role as supply-chain issues become more complex and less tractable . \u2014 Tonushree Mondal, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022", "Starr therefore decided to focus on a subsection of the spike protein known as the receptor binding domain, which is just a few hundred amino acids \u2014 a much more tractable problem. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 11 Jan. 2022", "Some liquid biopsy start-up companies, daunted by these complexities, have begun to focus on the early detection of relapses\u2014a much more tractable challenge. \u2014 Siddhartha Mukherjee, WSJ , 17 Dec. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1502, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin tractabilis , from tractare to handle, treat":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8trak-t\u0259-b\u0259l" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for tractable obedient , docile , tractable , amenable mean submissive to the will of another. obedient implies compliance with the demands or requests of one in authority. obedient to the government docile implies a predisposition to submit readily to control or guidance. a docile child tractable suggests having a character that permits easy handling or managing. tractable animals amenable suggests a willingness to yield or cooperate because of a desire to be agreeable or because of a natural open-mindedness. amenable to new ideas", "synonyms":[ "amenable", "biddable", "compliant", "conformable", "docile", "law-abiding", "obedient", "submissive" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113643", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ] }, "tractable":{ "antonyms":[ "balky", "contrary", "contumacious", "defiant", "disobedient", "froward", "incompliant", "insubordinate", "intractable", "noncompliant", "obstreperous", "rebel", "rebellious", "recalcitrant", "refractory", "restive", "unamenable", "ungovernable", "unruly", "untoward", "wayward", "willful", "wilful" ], "definitions":{ ": capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile":[ "a tractable horse" ], ": easily handled, managed, or wrought : malleable":[] }, "examples":[ "This new approach should make the problem more tractable .", "He's a very tractable child.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Figuring out which of these to activate under different circumstances is an economic optimization problem but computationally tractable enough that a solution could be calculated in as little as 220 seconds. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 5 June 2022", "As the document took on a life of its own, tractable rubrics emerged\u2014Does social media make people angrier or more affectively polarized", "Indeed, docile and tractable torque is this motor\u2019s defining characteristic. \u2014 Tim Pitt, Robb Report , 31 May 2022", "To keep things computationally tractable , the team screened through all the chemicals at each generation and threw out anything that didn't look related to the target list of drugs and agricultural chemicals. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 3 May 2022", "As often turns out to be the case, though, there\u2019s One Weird Math Trick that makes the problem more tractable . \u2014 Chad Orzel, Forbes , 6 Oct. 2021", "Similarly, a local logistics manager can fill an increasingly critical role as supply-chain issues become more complex and less tractable . \u2014 Tonushree Mondal, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022", "Starr therefore decided to focus on a subsection of the spike protein known as the receptor binding domain, which is just a few hundred amino acids \u2014 a much more tractable problem. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 11 Jan. 2022", "Some liquid biopsy start-up companies, daunted by these complexities, have begun to focus on the early detection of relapses\u2014a much more tractable challenge. \u2014 Siddhartha Mukherjee, WSJ , 17 Dec. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1502, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin tractabilis , from tractare to handle, treat":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8trak-t\u0259-b\u0259l" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for tractable obedient , docile , tractable , amenable mean submissive to the will of another. obedient implies compliance with the demands or requests of one in authority. obedient to the government docile implies a predisposition to submit readily to control or guidance. a docile child tractable suggests having a character that permits easy handling or managing. tractable animals amenable suggests a willingness to yield or cooperate because of a desire to be agreeable or because of a natural open-mindedness. amenable to new ideas", "synonyms":[ "amenable", "biddable", "compliant", "conformable", "docile", "law-abiding", "obedient", "submissive" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224136", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ] }, "tractableness":{ "antonyms":[ "balky", "contrary", "contumacious", "defiant", "disobedient", "froward", "incompliant", "insubordinate", "intractable", "noncompliant", "obstreperous", "rebel", "rebellious", "recalcitrant", "refractory", "restive", "unamenable", "ungovernable", "unruly", "untoward", "wayward", "willful", "wilful" ], "definitions":{ ": capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile":[ "a tractable horse" ], ": easily handled, managed, or wrought : malleable":[] }, "examples":[ "This new approach should make the problem more tractable .", "He's a very tractable child.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Figuring out which of these to activate under different circumstances is an economic optimization problem but computationally tractable enough that a solution could be calculated in as little as 220 seconds. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 5 June 2022", "As the document took on a life of its own, tractable rubrics emerged\u2014Does social media make people angrier or more affectively polarized", "Indeed, docile and tractable torque is this motor\u2019s defining characteristic. \u2014 Tim Pitt, Robb Report , 31 May 2022", "To keep things computationally tractable , the team screened through all the chemicals at each generation and threw out anything that didn't look related to the target list of drugs and agricultural chemicals. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 3 May 2022", "As often turns out to be the case, though, there\u2019s One Weird Math Trick that makes the problem more tractable . \u2014 Chad Orzel, Forbes , 6 Oct. 2021", "Similarly, a local logistics manager can fill an increasingly critical role as supply-chain issues become more complex and less tractable . \u2014 Tonushree Mondal, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022", "Starr therefore decided to focus on a subsection of the spike protein known as the receptor binding domain, which is just a few hundred amino acids \u2014 a much more tractable problem. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 11 Jan. 2022", "Some liquid biopsy start-up companies, daunted by these complexities, have begun to focus on the early detection of relapses\u2014a much more tractable challenge. \u2014 Siddhartha Mukherjee, WSJ , 17 Dec. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1502, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin tractabilis , from tractare to handle, treat":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8trak-t\u0259-b\u0259l" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for tractable obedient , docile , tractable , amenable mean submissive to the will of another. obedient implies compliance with the demands or requests of one in authority. obedient to the government docile implies a predisposition to submit readily to control or guidance. a docile child tractable suggests having a character that permits easy handling or managing. tractable animals amenable suggests a willingness to yield or cooperate because of a desire to be agreeable or because of a natural open-mindedness. amenable to new ideas", "synonyms":[ "amenable", "biddable", "compliant", "conformable", "docile", "law-abiding", "obedient", "submissive" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190259", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ] }, "tractate":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": treatise , dissertation":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "For cognoscenti, this is page 59b of tractate Bava Metzia. \u2014 National Geographic , 15 Oct. 2019", "The play\u2019s plot comes from the Talmud tractate Gittin, which primarily deals with laws related to divorce. \u2014 Josefin Dolsten, sun-sentinel.com , 5 Sep. 2019" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin tractatus , from tractare to draw out, handle, treat \u2014 more at treat entry 1":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8trak-\u02cct\u0101t" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020522", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "tractator":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a writer of tracts or treatises":[], ": tractarian":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "Late Latin, from Latin, handler, from tractatus (past participle) + -or":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u0101t\u0259-", "-\u0101t\u0259(r)" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210438", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "tractatule":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a small or minor tractate":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "tractate + -ule":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8trakt\u0259\u02ccty\u00fcl" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084801", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trade":{ "antonyms":[ "deal", "traffic" ], "definitions":{ ": a customary course of action : practice":[ "thy sin's not accidental, but a trade", "\u2014 William Shakespeare" ], ": a firm's customers : clientele":[], ": a path traversed : way":[], ": a publication intended for persons in the entertainment business":[ "\u2014 usually used in plural" ], ": a track or trail left by a person or animal : tread sense 4":[], ": an occupation requiring manual or mechanical skill : craft":[], ": business , market":[ "novelties for the tourist trade", "did a good trade in small appliances" ], ": dealings between persons or groups":[], ": intended for or limited to persons in a business or industry":[ "a trade publication", "trade sales" ], ": of, composed of, or representing the trades or trade unions":[ "a trade committee" ], ": of, relating to, or used in trade":[], ": sell sense 3":[], ": serving others in the same business rather than the ultimate user or consumer":[ "a trade printing house" ], ": the business of buying and selling or bartering commodities : commerce":[], ": the business or work in which one engages regularly : occupation":[], ": the group of firms engaged in a business or industry":[], ": the persons engaged in an occupation, business, or industry":[], ": to do business with":[], ": to engage in frequent buying and selling of (stocks, commodities, etc.) usually in search of quick profits":[], ": to engage in the exchange, purchase, or sale of goods":[], ": to give one thing in exchange for another":[], ": to have dealings : negotiate":[], ": to make one's purchases : shop":[ "trades at his store" ], ": to take often unscrupulous advantage of : exploit":[ "traded on their influence \u2026 in securing special favors", "\u2014 T. C. Pease" ], ": trade wind":[ "\u2014 usually used in plural" ] }, "examples":[ "Noun", "the trade between the two countries", "Trade accounts for half of our gross national product.", "The Tigers made a few good trades this season and picked up some promising players.", "Verb", "If you don't like your seat, I'll trade with you.", "I traded seats with her halfway through the show.", "He was traded to the Yankees.", "They traded him to the Broncos.", "I traded my pen for a pencil and kept writing.", "Their firm specializes in trading bonds.", "She mostly trades in stocks.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Leroux, 32, joined Orlando City in 2018 in a trade with Utah Royals FC. \u2014 Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel , 29 June 2022", "Prior to the 2002 season, the Pistons acquired Hamilton in a trade that featured Jerry Stackhouse. \u2014 Chandler Engelbrecht, Detroit Free Press , 29 June 2022", "But the contract also provides the Heat with a mid-tier salary to eventually utilize in a trade . \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 29 June 2022", "Sears, an 11th-round draft pick by Seattle in 2017, was obtained after that season in a trade for right-hander Nick Rumbelow, whose last big league appearance was three years ago. \u2014 Ronald Blum, Hartford Courant , 28 June 2022", "Phillips was the player to be named later in the Jesse Winker/Eugenio Su\u00e1rez trade with the Seattle Mariners. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer , 27 June 2022", "Already with three picks, the Cavs acquired one more in an afternoon trade with the Sacramento Kings. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 26 June 2022", "After acquiring De'Anthony Melton in a draft-night trade with the Memphis Grizzlies, the Philadelphia 76ers must now turn their attention to free agency. \u2014 Bryan Toporek, Forbes , 25 June 2022", "But Sacramento didn\u2019t select Ivey or even cash out the fourth pick in a trade . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "The financial fate of nearly 300 Chinese companies that now trade on Wall Street but could be forced off U.S. changes unless regulators in the U.S. and China reach a deal on disclosure rules remains unclear. \u2014 Clay Chandler, Fortune , 27 June 2022", "Oklahoma City could ultimately decide to trade this pick on draft night, especially considering the team already has 15 players under contract for next season. \u2014 Nick Crain, Forbes , 22 June 2022", "The 27-nation bloc will restart the infringement procedure launched against the U.K. government last year after Britain unilaterally extended a grace period that applies to trade on the island of Ireland. \u2014 Fox News , 15 June 2022", "Bitcoin continues to tumble this week to trade just above $20,000 on Wednesday as the cryptocurrency sell-off shows little sign of abating. \u2014 Anna Cooban, CNN , 15 June 2022", "Carbon offsets are, after all, already digital goods that trade on markets\u2014$84 billion worth in 2021, an increase of 60% from 2020. \u2014 Christopher Mims, WSJ , 4 June 2022", "The Teucrium Wheat Fund, whose shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange much like a stock, had witnessed a more than fivefold increase in trading volume beginning in March. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022", "Deputy director of Industries at the Ministry of Industrialization and Trade in Kenya King\u2019uru Wahome said to trade better with the EU, east Africa must improve the skill sets of its workforce and draw more women into technology. \u2014 Faustine Ngila, Quartz , 27 May 2022", "Speculators are people who trade commodities with the sole intention of making a profit from price movements. \u2014 Jagdeesh Prakasam, Forbes , 17 May 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "Chinese exports to the U.S., for instance, have rebounded to pre- trade war levels, though much of the export gains are in products like mobile phones, laptops and toys, which weren\u2019t hit by tariffs, says Mr. Bown, the Peterson Institute economist. \u2014 Bob Davis, WSJ , 20 May 2022", "Non- trade barriers such as FDA labeling and ingredient requirements also limit imports even during shortages. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 13 May 2022", "Beijing\u2019s pro- trade steps have fueled concerns among American businesses and close allies. \u2014 Yuka Hayashi, WSJ , 6 Feb. 2022", "At first, the e-tailer Overstock, under the brilliant and maverick direction of its then CEO, Patrick Byrne, started tZero, whose main aim was to disrupt the post- trade landscape, but under the regulator\u2019s eye. \u2014 Vipin Bharathan, Forbes , 2 Jan. 2022", "For two months of Norris, who didn't make the Brewers' playoff roster after struggling post- trade , the Tigers gained their new No. 11 prospect, according to MLB Pipeline. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 16 Nov. 2021", "Every day, banks generate millions of post- trade expenses associated with executing transactions. \u2014 Alexander Duggan, Forbes , 28 Oct. 2021", "While the offense had its moments post- trade deadline, including a season-high stretch of 14 straight games scoring four or more runs \u2014 their longest span since 15 straight from Aug. 11-26, 2016 \u2014 the pitching staff too often crumbled. \u2014 Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com , 4 Oct. 2021", "When the Cubs have played well post- trade deadline, Schwindel\u2019s performance has been a key role in that success. \u2014 Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com , 14 Sep. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1553, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 4":"Verb", "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 7b":"Noun", "1625, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Middle Low German; akin to Old High German trata track, course, Old English tredan to tread":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101d" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for trade Noun business , commerce , trade , industry , traffic mean activity concerned with the supplying and distribution of commodities. business may be an inclusive term but specifically designates the activities of those engaged in the purchase or sale of commodities or in related financial transactions. commerce and trade imply the exchange and transportation of commodities. industry applies to the producing of commodities, especially by manufacturing or processing, usually on a large scale. traffic applies to the operation and functioning of public carriers of goods and persons.", "synonyms":[ "back-and-forth", "barter", "commutation", "dicker", "exchange", "quid pro quo", "swap", "trade-off", "truck" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115223", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "trade acceptance":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a time draft or bill of exchange for the amount of a specific purchase drawn by the seller on the buyer, bearing the buyer's acceptance, and often noting the place of payment (such as a bank)":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1916, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124910", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trade agreement":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": an agreement resulting from collective bargaining":[], ": an international agreement on conditions of trade in goods and services":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Not to mention the fact that China has not lived up to the Phase One trade agreement signed in early 2020. \u2014 Matt Egan, CNN , 23 June 2022", "Meanwhile, many Asia-Pacific countries are already participating in a free- trade agreement involving China, called the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 24 May 2022", "The two sides signed a Phase One trade agreement in January 2020, which acted as a kind of truce in the trade war. \u2014 Bob Davis, WSJ , 20 May 2022", "Giant plans to start production at its new factory in Vietnam by the end of the year, benefiting from the country\u2019s free- trade agreement with the European Union, which accounts for almost 40% of Giant\u2019s total sales. \u2014 Cindy Wang, Bloomberg.com , 12 Apr. 2022", "Ukraine has been pushing for years to further integrate with the E.U., and a free- trade agreement is already in place. \u2014 Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post , 10 June 2022", "Meanwhile, many Asia-Pacific countries are already participating in a free- trade agreement involving China, called the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 24 May 2022", "Meanwhile, many Asia-Pacific countries are already participating in a free- trade agreement involving China, called the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 23 May 2022", "One answer will be a new free- trade agreement with Australia, a large producer of coal. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1749, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121011", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trade discount":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a deduction from the list price of goods allowed by a manufacturer or wholesaler to a retailer":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1818, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110131", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trade dollar":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a U.S. silver dollar weighing 420 grains .900 fine issued 1873\u201385 for use in east Asian trade":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The state expects as much as $11.4 billion in cap-and- trade dollars through 2030, bringing the project\u2019s total funding to less than a third of the expected cost. \u2014 Kurtis Alexander, SFChronicle.com , 12 Feb. 2020", "In that sense, trading dollars for cryptocurrencies is like most forms of investing. \u2014 Alexander George, Popular Mechanics , 13 Mar. 2018" ], "first_known_use":{ "1873, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113119", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trade fair":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a large gathering in which different companies in a particular field or industry show their products to possible customers":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115538", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trade fixture":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": fixture sense 2c(3)":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130610", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trade publisher":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a publisher of trade books":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134347", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trade rat":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": pack rat":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "so called from its habit of replacing with some other article any article it takes away":"" }, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132955", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trade school":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a secondary school teaching the skilled trades":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "This gap was a bit wider on the second quiz question (58% versus 38%), with college attendees/graduates and trade school graduates both in the middle at 50%. \u2014 David Paleologos, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022", "Another trend that should help is younger people are gravitating toward more education options, like on-the-job training, trade school or apprenticeships. \u2014 Sean Mcdonnell, cleveland , 18 Nov. 2021", "Mark Martin, the founder of the trade school BuildUP stands next to the school's student service coordinator, Gerrell Jones. \u2014 Saige Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 May 2022", "Unable to afford art school, Meyer enrolled in a trade school and learned to weld. \u2014 Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 Apr. 2022", "Four $2,500 scholarships are available to graduating high school seniors, current ROP, trade school , college and/or graduate students in Carlsbad, Escondido, Fallbrook, Oceanside, San Dieguito, San Marcos and Vista. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Mar. 2022", "For many, the option of trade school offers third option, one that now appeals to roughly three-fifths of the American public and is increasingly seen by companies as a more useful form of education than just collecting degrees. \u2014 Joel Kotkin, National Review , 29 Mar. 2022", "The program is designed to support former foster youth who are enrolled in community college, trade school or university programs. \u2014 Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Feb. 2022", "The Military Friendly program was created to help service members and their families select the best college, university or trade school to receive the education and training needed to pursue a civilian career. \u2014 Shirley Macfarland, cleveland , 17 Mar. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1829, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122808", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trade secret":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": something (such as a formula) which has economic value to a business because it is not generally known or easily discoverable by observation and for which efforts have been made to maintain secrecy":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "While Phoenix Tailings has patented the designs of some of its equipment, its liquid salt solution is a trade secret , like the formula for Coca-Cola. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022", "An Alabama federal judge denied AAI\u2019s trade secret claims before the trial. \u2014 Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al , 14 Feb. 2022", "Waymo, Google's self-driving company, sued Uber in February 2017 alleging trade secret and intellectual property theft, and Levandowski was fired from Uber that May after failing to cooperate with the company on the case. \u2014 Matt Mcfarland, CNN , 7 Dec. 2020", "Motorola won a civil judgment in a trade secret theft and copyright infringement case against Hytera in February 2020, and was awarded $764.6 million. \u2014 David Smagalla, WSJ , 7 Feb. 2022", "Few lawyers dispute the idea that a legitimate trade secret should be protected by law. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Jan. 2022", "Those investigations are part of the China Initiative, an effort launched by the Justice Department to crack down on Chinese digital espionage and trade secret theft. \u2014 Eric Tucker, ajc , 14 Jan. 2022", "The public access counselor initially found that the hospitals had failed to show that the spending amounted to a trade secret . \u2014 Tony Cook, The Indianapolis Star , 8 Jan. 2022", "In an example of a viewable drug report in the database that Vargas showed during the hearing, the manufacturer had marked that its marketing data was a trade secret , however the information was disclosed. \u2014 Emily Green, oregonlive , 26 Dec. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1825, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132528", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trade show":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a large exposition to promote awareness and sales of especially new products within an industry":[ "a computer trade show" ] }, "examples":[ "The company unveiled a new product at the annual trade show this week.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The first major trade show to cancel at McCormick Place as the pandemic hit in March 2020, the Inspired Home Show was also the first to welcome visitors back to the city\u2019s convention center two years later, drawing 20,000 visitors over three days. \u2014 Robert Channick, chicagotribune.com , 16 Mar. 2022", "The trade show will conclude with the Paris Images Digital Summit, which will tackle questions related to the visual effects field from Jan. 26-29. \u2014 Ben Croll, Variety , 20 Jan. 2022", "Despite these developments, organizers have given no indication that the trade show will be canceled or rescheduled. \u2014 Zachary Snowdon Smith, Forbes , 24 Dec. 2021", "Ryan Chitwood, a forest products wholesaler from Annapolis, Maryland, recently sent a sales team to an annual trade show , where meetings were scheduled back to back in a hotel restaurant throughout the day. \u2014 Harriet Baskas, NBC News , 1 June 2022", "That will be followed by the 65-project trade show , where the Class of 2022 will showcase their research and innovative solutions for sponsoring organizations. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 May 2022", "That is exactly when people make decisions to travel and attend the trade show , especially international guests on the buyer side. \u2014 Cathy Huyghe, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022", "Watch Week, the watch trade show and forum the family has hosted since 2015. \u2014 Carol Besler, Robb Report , 11 Apr. 2022", "Reilly was also during the 1990s the chief executive officer of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, which owns McCormick Place and Navy Pier and oversees Chicago\u2019s trade show and convention business. \u2014 Sarah Freishtat, chicagotribune.com , 4 Apr. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1895, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012502", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trade surplus":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a situation in which a country sells more to other countries than it buys from other countries : the amount of money by which a country's exports are greater than its imports":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125244", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trade wind":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{}, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "On weekends the bright red urban farmhouse opens its on-site restaurant, a small, open-air cafe with picnic benches that catch the trade winds . \u2014 Shannon Sims, New York Times , 11 Feb. 2020", "Meanwhile, heat from the warming tropical Atlantic has goosed the Walker Circulation, an equatorial pattern that drives the Pacific trade winds . \u2014 Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS , 5 Feb. 2020", "Those trade winds have since turned into a tornado. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 21 Apr. 2020", "Some have sea views, but even those farther inland can feature charming notes of Aruban traditional architecture, like central courtyards with pools and layouts intended to allow maximum ventilation for the trade winds to blow through. \u2014 Shannon Sims, New York Times , 12 Mar. 2020", "If the trade winds relax, the strength of upwelling is significantly reduced. \u2014 Jennifer Fitchett, Quartz Africa , 16 Feb. 2020", "The phenomenon appears to disrupt and intensify trade winds at the equator and over the Pacific Ocean, one of the biggest drivers of global climate. \u2014 Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com , 27 Jan. 2020", "Scientists debated the role of trade winds and the chemical composition of the atmosphere. \u2014 Jennifer Tucker, Smithsonian , 9 Dec. 2019", "During El Nino years, trade winds in the Pacific slow down, creating warmer-than-usual ocean waters and speeding the warming of the atmosphere. \u2014 Abby Smith, Washington Examiner , 13 Feb. 2020" ], "first_known_use":{ "1615, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120553", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trade-in":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": an item of merchandise (such as an automobile or refrigerator) taken as payment or part payment for a purchase":[], ": exchange sense 2":[], ": to turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase or bill":[ "trade the old car in on a new one" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1891, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb", "1915, in the meaning defined above":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101d-\u02ccin" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124511", "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "trade-last":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a complimentary remark by a third person that a hearer offers to repeat to the person complimented if he or she will first report a compliment made about the hearer":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1890, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101d-\u02cclast" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115809", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trade-off":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a balancing of factors all of which are not attainable at the same time":[ "the education versus experience trade-off which governs personnel practices", "\u2014 H. S. White" ], ": a giving up of one thing in return for another : exchange":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1909, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101d-\u02cc\u022ff" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "back-and-forth", "barter", "commutation", "dicker", "exchange", "quid pro quo", "swap", "trade", "truck" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223901", "type":[ "noun", "transitive verb" ] }, "tradeless":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": having no trade":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101dl\u0259\u0307s" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120124", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "trademark":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a device (such as a word) pointing distinctly to the origin or ownership of merchandise to which it is applied and legally reserved to the exclusive use of the owner as maker or seller":[], ": a distinguishing characteristic or feature firmly associated with a person or thing":[ "wearing his trademark bow tie and derby hat" ], ": to secure trademark rights for : register the trademark of":[] }, "examples":[ "Noun", "\u201cKleenex\u201d is a registered trademark .", "Outspokenness has always been his trademark .", "Courtesy is the company's trademark .", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "What happens now that The Ohio State University has its trademark ", "This isn't the first time Theron has switched up her trademark blonde. \u2014 Michelle Lee, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022", "In 1991, Gerber adopted it as their official trademark , according to their website. \u2014 CBS News , 4 June 2022", "Game 6 didn't entirely disprove that theory as the Celtics began the game playing the same sloppy basketball that has been their trademark during their many inexplicable playoff losses this year. \u2014 Hunter Felt, Forbes , 28 May 2022", "Upholding a federal judge\u2019s ruling, the court said AK Futures was selling a legal product and therefore could sue for violation of its trademark . \u2014 Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle , 19 May 2022", "But the Kings, after showing more of the resilience that has become their trademark and pulling even in the third period of a game the Edmonton Oilers seemed to control on Thursday, couldn\u2019t finish the deal. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022", "However, the legal advisor strongly recommends using an attorney while attempting to register a trademark . \u2014 Emerald Elitou, Essence , 8 June 2022", "The IP Accelerator, that helps brands get a trademark , protects their brand anywhere, not just on Amazon. \u2014 Carolina Milanesi, Forbes , 8 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "The 2019 announcement that her forthcoming shapewear brand would be titled Kimono, going as far as to trademark the word for her line, despite the traditional Japanese garment existing for thousands of years before her butt-lifting biker shorts. \u2014 Ana Escalante, Glamour , 23 May 2022", "That\u2019s three years before Sycamore registered to trademark the tagline, which was granted in August 2021, according to Stone. \u2014 Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 May 2022", "Almost a year ago, Tesla filed applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to trademark a \u2018T\u2019 logo for an array of restaurant concepts, from self service to take out. \u2014 Kate Krader, Fortune , 24 May 2022", "Her high-energy music, contagiously positive personality, super colorful costumes, and trademark high ponytail are the go-to ingredients of her personal brand, but one of those things just changed dramatically. \u2014 Marci Robin, Allure , 8 Apr. 2022", "The tech behemoth has opposed singer-songwriters, school districts and food blogs for trying to trademark names or logos featuring an apple \u2014 and even other fruits. \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022", "His friend German Hernandez coined the term, and Pe\u00f1a is trying to trademark it, with the idea of selling Hal Pastor in supermarkets some day. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022", "General Motors has filed to trademark a new Buick logo with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 21 Mar. 2022", "In March 2021, Schmidt and Myers applied to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to trademark Crystal Visions. \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 16 Apr. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1839, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun", "1881, in the meaning defined above":"Verb" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101d-\u02ccm\u00e4rk" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "brand" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163914", "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "trader":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a person who buys and sells (something, such as stocks or commodities futures) in search of short-term profits":[], ": a person whose business is buying and selling or barter: such as":[], ": a ship engaged in the coastal or foreign trade":[], ": merchant":[] }, "examples":[ "She is a stock trader .", "early explorers and fur traders", "Recent Examples on the Web", "She was swiftly snapped up by Glencore, the Anglo-Swiss commodities trader . \u2014 Simon Usborne, Town & Country , 15 June 2022", "Purchasing a put is akin to buying insurance against bearish moves and the option starts gaining value rapidly once the market drops below the level at which the trader has bought the protection. \u2014 Omkar Godbole, Forbes , 3 June 2022", "As villagers were at worship one evening in late April, said Bara, the trader , three militants arrived and announced that anyone who valued their lives should leave the village before 6 a.m. the next day. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022", "The 25-year-old bond trader for the Harris Bank and Trust Co. in Chicago was en route to Honolulu to visit his father. \u2014 Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune , 25 May 2022", "Although Severson clearly has faith in crypto\u2019s future, Phillips felt the trader could be counted on not to give the seniors a hard sell. \u2014 Nate Dicamillo, Quartz , 13 May 2022", "In a high-stakes move that goes farther than official Western sanctions, the Swiss commodities trader plans to stop exporting Rosneft\u2019s crude altogether. \u2014 Joe Wallace, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022", "As oil trader Pierre Andurand told me last month for this Forbes Magazine feature, not even peace in Ukraine could bring a return to normal. \u2014 Christopher Helman, Forbes , 2 June 2022", "The Expendables 3 \u2013 Barney augments his team with new blood for a personal battle: to take down Conrad Stonebanks, the Expendables co-founder and notorious arms trader who is hell bent on wiping out Barney and every single one of his associates. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 1 June 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101-d\u0259r" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "dealer", "merchandiser", "merchant", "tradesman", "trafficker" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195721", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "tradesfolk":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{}, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093438", "type":[ "plural noun" ] }, "tradesman":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a worker in a skilled trade : craftsman":[], ": one who runs a retail store : shopkeeper":[] }, "examples":[ "electricians, plumbers, and other tradesmen", "He joined the tradesmen's union.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Among the eight men \u2014 all escaped slaves \u2014 was William B. Gould, a skilled tradesman who had worked as a plasterer around Wilmington. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022", "Brothers said it\u2019s about creating opportunities, not only for a longtime tradesman but also for a new apprentice looking for a career in the emerging U.S. offshore wind industry. \u2014 Jennifer Mcdermott, Hartford Courant , 28 May 2022", "Shy, solitary Stefan Silbermann, grieving the recent death of his mother, is shunted off to school in faraway Leipzig by his well-meaning father, a tradesman who builds and tends church organs. \u2014 Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor , 29 Apr. 2022", "His father was a glazier \u2014 a tradesman who works with glass \u2014 and his mother was a cleaner, according to the London Daily Telegraph. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Nov. 2021", "In his immediate family, Italiaander is the only tradesman . \u2014 Cnaan Liphshiz, sun-sentinel.com , 27 Oct. 2021", "The patient who has dinner with her doctor at a country club is more likely to be able to jump the queue than a carpenter, bricklayer or other tradesman . \u2014 John C. Goodman, Forbes , 3 Mar. 2021", "Villarreal, who is also a skilled tradesman and has experience with aquaponics, became a co-owner of the company in February. \u2014 Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Aug. 2020", "Hansen spent the last 10 years researching and building his skills as a skilled tradesman . \u2014 Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Aug. 2020" ], "first_known_use":{ "circa 1591, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101dz-m\u0259n" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "dealer", "merchandiser", "merchant", "trader", "trafficker" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-115051", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "tradespeople":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": people engaged in trade":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "But supporters claim the program has spurred the creation of hundreds, if not thousands, of jobs for local tradespeople while supporting businesses in ways not captured in state data. \u2014 Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022", "North Carolina\u2019s massive, year-round 30,000 square-foot farmers market \u2014 the lifeblood for hundreds of independent tradespeople \u2014 is just a stone\u2019s throw from the research park and tech juggernaut Centennial Campus. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 25 May 2022", "Home builders have increased production but are hamstrung by volatile material costs, supply-chain troubles and shortages of skilled tradespeople and available land. \u2014 Nick Timiraos, WSJ , 24 May 2022", "Jenn and John acted as general contractors, calling on tradespeople Jenn knew through her job working for a builder. \u2014 Sarah Egge, Better Homes & Gardens , 4 May 2022", "Vendors and tradespeople offer home project essentials as well as thoughtful ideas. \u2014 oregonlive , 16 Feb. 2022", "In the early 2000s, the $5,000 Wuling Sunshine microvan became the de facto transport for China\u2019s tradespeople and, circa 2010, the third-best-selling vehicle in the world. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 28 Jan. 2022", "The accord between the labor organization and the development team memorializes specific job conditions for tradespeople , most notably guaranteeing prevailing wage. \u2014 Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Jan. 2022", "Delivery delays can cause a domino effect of rescheduling work crews, which is worsened by a shortage of skilled tradespeople in many markets. \u2014 WSJ , 9 Jan. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "circa 1652, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101dz-\u02ccp\u0113-p\u0259l" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021200", "type":[ "noun plural", "plural noun" ] }, "trading estate":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": industrial park":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112537", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trading limit":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a maximum number of contracts an individual is allowed to hold at one time in commodities covered by regulation":[], ": one of the prices above or below which trading on commodity exchanges is not allowed during any one day":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-085257", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trading market":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a securities market without a definite price trend and with few traders other than professionals":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045838", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trading post":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a station of a trader or trading company established in a sparsely settled region where trade in products of local origin (such as furs) is carried on":[], ": post entry 6 sense 3b":[] }, "examples":[ "The French set up a trading post on the coast.", "The town was first established as a trading post .", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The first European settlement at what is now Weymouth was established in 1622 as a trading post by London merchant Thomas Weston. \u2014 Robert Knox, BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022", "But by the time the Nieupoort trading shiparrived, 18 years later in the late summer of 1659, a frequently changing succession of opperhoofd had made the island a fully functional trading post under the auspices of the Dutch East India Company. \u2014 Rob Goss, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 May 2022", "The blaze fed on brush surrounding structures on the property \u2013 site of a 17th-century trading post along the Santa Fe trail \u2013 until La Junta firefighters beat it back, KKTV reported. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 15 Apr. 2022", "The garden will also include four picnic tables, a movable wood fire pit, a table to serve as a trading post , a storage structure and a covered compost bin. \u2014 Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 10 Mar. 2022", "The wagon train is off from Doan\u2019s Crossing, the final main trading post for at least a few months of travel, and into the wild west\u2014bandits, war tribes, the works. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 6 Feb. 2022", "Barbara Burget built a trading post near the White River in an area north of 96th Street. \u2014 Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star , 31 Jan. 2022", "Wilson, whose husband, Hanks, appeared in week 2 of the series opposite Tim McGraw (James Dutton), played a trading post clerk who ends up boozing it up with stranger Margaret Dutton (Hill). \u2014 Lynette Rice, EW.com , 30 Jan. 2022", "In addition to the traditional 360-degree panorama, visitors may explore Nova Tuskhut, a life-size Arctic trading post , and meander through the site\u2019s tranquil and verdant gardens. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Jan. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1773, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113132", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trading stamp":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a printed stamp of value given as a premium to a retail customer to be redeemed in merchandise when accumulated in numbers":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Adding insult to injury, Hong Kong announced the stock trading stamp tax will be increased by 0.1% to 0.13%. \u2014 Brendan Ahern, Forbes , 24 Feb. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1896, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110534", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "tradition":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a belief or story or a body of beliefs or stories relating to the past that are commonly accepted as historical though not verifiable":[ "\u2026 the bulk of traditions attributed to the Prophet \u2026", "\u2014 J. L. Esposito" ], ": an inherited, established, or customary pattern of thought, action, or behavior (such as a religious practice or a social custom)":[], ": characteristic manner, method, or style":[ "in the best liberal tradition" ], ": cultural continuity in social attitudes, customs, and institutions":[], ": the handing down of information, beliefs, and customs by word of mouth or by example from one generation to another without written instruction":[] }, "examples":[ "One of our town's time-honored traditions is to have an Easter egg hunt the week before Easter.", "It is their tradition to give thanks before they start eating.", "There's an office tradition of wearing casual clothes on Fridays.", "They no longer follow the traditions of their ancestors.", "We broke with tradition and had goose for Thanksgiving instead of turkey.", "By tradition , the celebration begins at midnight.", "They no longer follow tradition .", "According to tradition , the goddess lies sleeping beneath the mountain.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Every year, the small community of Glacier View becomes the home of what is arguably the most Alaskan Fourth of July tradition around: the car launch. \u2014 Naomi Stock, Anchorage Daily News , 3 July 2022", "The event is aiming to become a local tradition by attracting a global array of talent. \u2014 Brad Japhe, Forbes , 2 July 2022", "Participation is capped at 50, with no faith tradition allowed to receive more than half of the slots. \u2014 Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online , 2 July 2022", "That means Notre Dame will be the next driver in any movement with the Big Ten, which has long coveted the Fighting Irish for all of the obvious reasons \u2014 brand power, football tradition , academic reputation and location. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 July 2022", "The annual summer tradition honors Boston\u2019s maritime and revolutionary history with numerous free activities and events. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022", "The Bruins are also possibly the most tradition -laden basketball program in the country. \u2014 David Jesse, Detroit Free Press , 1 July 2022", "From inside a prison cell, after he was denied bail in another of the NSL\u2019s deviations from Hong Kong\u2019s common-law tradition . \u2014 WSJ , 1 July 2022", "The grand tradition was destined to dwindle further under playoff expansion. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 1 July 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English tradicioun , from Middle French & Latin; Middle French tradicion , from Latin tradition-, traditio action of handing over, tradition \u2014 more at treason":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "tr\u0259-\u02c8di-sh\u0259n" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "convention", "custom", "heritage", "prescription", "rubric", "rule" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061147", "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "traditional":{ "antonyms":[ "nontraditional", "unconventional", "uncustomary", "untraditional" ], "definitions":{ ": following or conforming to tradition : adhering to past practices or established conventions":[ "traditional morality", "traditional values/beliefs", "employing traditional methods of cooking" ], ": handed down from age to age":[ "traditional history", "traditional songs/stories" ], ": of or relating to tradition : consisting of or derived from tradition":[ "a traditional celebration" ] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Republicans are pushing a bigger point: As financial technology start-ups angle to compete with traditional banks, the Fed needs to explain its standards for doling out access to its payment rails. \u2014 Tory Newmyer, Washington Post , 3 July 2022", "Many Latinos use both their maternal and paternal last names, but traditional US banks often only allow for one last name on an account or application. \u2014 Chiara Grimes, CNN , 1 July 2022", "More recently, with its borders shut because of the pandemic, and traditional banks strengthening their firewalls against hackers, cryptocurrency theft has become an increasingly vital source of foreign currency for the regime. \u2014 New York Times , 30 June 2022", "But even though the couple went the non- traditional route of getting ready together for the ceremony, Love says he was still taken aback by seeing his wife-to-be in her wedding dress. \u2014 Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022", "Rather than take the traditional theatrical route, the Hocus Pocus sequel will premiere exclusively on Disney's streaming service. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 29 June 2022", "The clock is ticking, though, as the Globes\u2019 traditional submission process typically begins in July. \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 27 June 2022", "With traditional banks, those dollars are often lent to fossil-fuel developers or other corporate entities that may not align with a customer\u2019s values. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022", "HairTok is buzzing about the process that promises to lighten and remove previous tones from your hair in less time than the traditional hair-bleaching process. \u2014 Alexis Benveniste, Allure , 20 June 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1545, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "tr\u0259-\u02c8dish-n\u0259l", "tr\u0259-\u02c8di-sh\u0259-n\u1d4al", "-\u02c8di-sh\u0259-n\u1d4al" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "classical", "conventional", "customary", "prescriptive" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182740", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ] }, "traditionalism":{ "antonyms":[ "broad-mindedness", "liberalism", "liberalness", "open-mindedness", "progressivism" ], "definitions":{ ": adherence to the doctrines or practices of a tradition":[], ": the beliefs of those opposed to modernism, liberalism, or radicalism":[] }, "examples":[ "a staunch supporter of grammatical traditionalism , my English teacher didn't care what the experts in linguistics said", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Lumpkin said her husband never intended to champion traditionalism as his critics claimed. \u2014 Sam Metz, USA TODAY , 27 Nov. 2021", "Lumpkin said her husband never intended to champion traditionalism as his critics claimed. \u2014 Sam Metz, USA TODAY , 27 Nov. 2021", "Evans regarded the main strains of traditionalism and libertarianism not as conflictual but as reciprocal, each requiring the other for liberty and limited government to survive. \u2014 Lee Edwards, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022", "Beloved for his dedication to country music traditionalism with a garage-rock twist, Dallas Good, the co-founding vocalist and guitarist for the Sadies, died Thursday. \u2014 A.d. Amorosi, Variety , 18 Feb. 2022", "Lumpkin said her husband never intended to champion traditionalism as his critics claimed. \u2014 Sam Metz, USA TODAY , 27 Nov. 2021", "Far from being a beacon of responsible statecraft, and cooperation, Putin\u2019s Russia is a hostile competitor seeking to undermine our national interests while hiding its own decline behind a charade of traditionalism . \u2014 Joseph S. Laughon, National Review , 2 Mar. 2022", "Lumpkin said her husband never intended to champion traditionalism as his critics claimed. \u2014 Sam Metz, USA TODAY , 27 Nov. 2021", "Lumpkin said her husband never intended to champion traditionalism as his critics claimed. \u2014 Sam Metz, USA TODAY , 27 Nov. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1840, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "tr\u0259-\u02c8dish-n\u0259-\u02ccli-z\u0259m", "-\u02c8di-sh\u0259-n\u1d4al-\u02cci-" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "conservatism", "conservativeness", "die-hardism", "reactionaryism", "ultraconservatism" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071632", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "noun or adjective" ] }, "traditionalist":{ "antonyms":[ "broad-mindedness", "liberalism", "liberalness", "open-mindedness", "progressivism" ], "definitions":{ ": adherence to the doctrines or practices of a tradition":[], ": the beliefs of those opposed to modernism, liberalism, or radicalism":[] }, "examples":[ "a staunch supporter of grammatical traditionalism , my English teacher didn't care what the experts in linguistics said", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The through line connecting all of Jenkins\u2019s work is a polished traditionalism infused with color and pattern. \u2014 The Editors Of Elle Decor, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022", "Lumpkin said her husband never intended to champion traditionalism as his critics claimed. \u2014 Sam Metz, USA TODAY , 27 Nov. 2021", "Lumpkin said her husband never intended to champion traditionalism as his critics claimed. \u2014 Sam Metz, USA TODAY , 27 Nov. 2021", "Evans regarded the main strains of traditionalism and libertarianism not as conflictual but as reciprocal, each requiring the other for liberty and limited government to survive. \u2014 Lee Edwards, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022", "Beloved for his dedication to country music traditionalism with a garage-rock twist, Dallas Good, the co-founding vocalist and guitarist for the Sadies, died Thursday. \u2014 A.d. Amorosi, Variety , 18 Feb. 2022", "Lumpkin said her husband never intended to champion traditionalism as his critics claimed. \u2014 Sam Metz, USA TODAY , 27 Nov. 2021", "Far from being a beacon of responsible statecraft, and cooperation, Putin\u2019s Russia is a hostile competitor seeking to undermine our national interests while hiding its own decline behind a charade of traditionalism . \u2014 Joseph S. Laughon, National Review , 2 Mar. 2022", "Lumpkin said her husband never intended to champion traditionalism as his critics claimed. \u2014 Sam Metz, USA TODAY , 27 Nov. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1840, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02c8di-sh\u0259-n\u1d4al-\u02cci-", "tr\u0259-\u02c8dish-n\u0259-\u02ccli-z\u0259m" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "conservatism", "conservativeness", "die-hardism", "reactionaryism", "ultraconservatism" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-114726", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "noun or adjective" ] }, "traditionalistic":{ "antonyms":[ "broad-mindedness", "liberalism", "liberalness", "open-mindedness", "progressivism" ], "definitions":{ ": adherence to the doctrines or practices of a tradition":[], ": the beliefs of those opposed to modernism, liberalism, or radicalism":[] }, "examples":[ "a staunch supporter of grammatical traditionalism , my English teacher didn't care what the experts in linguistics said", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Lumpkin said her husband never intended to champion traditionalism as his critics claimed. \u2014 Sam Metz, USA TODAY , 27 Nov. 2021", "Lumpkin said her husband never intended to champion traditionalism as his critics claimed. \u2014 Sam Metz, USA TODAY , 27 Nov. 2021", "Evans regarded the main strains of traditionalism and libertarianism not as conflictual but as reciprocal, each requiring the other for liberty and limited government to survive. \u2014 Lee Edwards, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022", "Beloved for his dedication to country music traditionalism with a garage-rock twist, Dallas Good, the co-founding vocalist and guitarist for the Sadies, died Thursday. \u2014 A.d. Amorosi, Variety , 18 Feb. 2022", "Lumpkin said her husband never intended to champion traditionalism as his critics claimed. \u2014 Sam Metz, USA TODAY , 27 Nov. 2021", "Far from being a beacon of responsible statecraft, and cooperation, Putin\u2019s Russia is a hostile competitor seeking to undermine our national interests while hiding its own decline behind a charade of traditionalism . \u2014 Joseph S. Laughon, National Review , 2 Mar. 2022", "Lumpkin said her husband never intended to champion traditionalism as his critics claimed. \u2014 Sam Metz, USA TODAY , 27 Nov. 2021", "Lumpkin said her husband never intended to champion traditionalism as his critics claimed. \u2014 Sam Metz, USA TODAY , 27 Nov. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1840, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "tr\u0259-\u02c8dish-n\u0259-\u02ccli-z\u0259m", "-\u02c8di-sh\u0259-n\u1d4al-\u02cci-" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "conservatism", "conservativeness", "die-hardism", "reactionaryism", "ultraconservatism" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185741", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "noun or adjective" ] }, "traditionist":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": one versed in traditions : one who transmits a tradition":[], ": traditionalist":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "-n\u0259\u0307st" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130906", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "traditive":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": traditional":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "probably from obsolete French, feminine of traditif , from Latin traditus (past participle of tradere to hand over) + French -if -ive":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8trad\u0259tiv", "-\u0259tiv" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203800", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "traditor":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": one of the Christians giving up to the officers of the law the Scriptures, the sacred vessels, or the names of their brethren during the Roman persecutions":[], ": traitor":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English traditour traitor, from Latin traditor":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8trad\u0259t\u0259(r)" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030844", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "traduce":{ "antonyms":[ "comply (with)", "conform (to)", "follow", "mind", "obey", "observe" ], "definitions":{ ": to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation":[], ": violate , betray":[ "traduce a principle of law" ] }, "examples":[ "He was traduced in the press.", "a law that traduces one of our most cherished rights: the right to privacy", "Recent Examples on the Web", "In Philip\u2019s case, the myth was the good Jewish boy traduced by inner anarchy. \u2014 Benjamin Taylor, The Atlantic , 21 Apr. 2020", "Authors and illustrators are being flamed online and having their reputations traduced and their careers threatened for transgressing the capricious new standards of ideological purity. \u2014 Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ , 31 Jan. 2020", "The site functions first as a watchdog to the government of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, a profane populist who not only traduces norms but also urges the assassination of Filipino citizens in the name of combatting drugs. \u2014 Karl Vick, Time , 12 Dec. 2019", "But though subsequently traduced as extreme, Friedman\u2019s position had a fair amount of give in it. \u2014 The Economist , 22 Aug. 2019", "Think of Lucrezia Borgia, traduced by slander and gossip, and of Isabella d\u2019Este, greedy for art. \u2014 Sarah Dunant, New York Times , 1 June 2018", "The idea of someone who works directly for the Trump White House supervising the bureau traduces its entire purpose. \u2014 Kimberly Harrington, The New Yorker , 24 July 2017", "Partly, there\u2019s the tonic shock of encountering again, in person, works that are traduced by reproduction, which muffles their keynotes of material, touch, and scale. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 6 Feb. 2017", "Some players\u2019 records reflect abilities enhanced by acts of bad character \u2014 surreptitious resorts to disreputable chemistry that traduces sportsmanship. \u2014 George F. Will, The Mercury News , 21 Jan. 2017" ], "first_known_use":{ "1573, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin traducere to lead across, transfer, degrade, from tra-, trans- trans- + ducere to lead \u2014 more at tow entry 1":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "tr\u0259-\u02c8d\u00fcs", "-\u02c8dy\u00fcs" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for traduce malign , traduce , asperse , vilify , calumniate , defame , slander mean to injure by speaking ill of. malign suggests specific and often subtle misrepresentation but may not always imply deliberate lying. the most maligned monarch in British history traduce stresses the resulting ignominy and distress to the victim. so traduced the governor that he was driven from office asperse implies continued attack on a reputation often by indirect or insinuated detraction. both candidates aspersed the other's motives vilify implies attempting to destroy a reputation by open and direct abuse. no criminal was more vilified in the press calumniate imputes malice to the speaker and falsity to the assertions. falsely calumniated as a traitor defame stresses the actual loss of or injury to one's good name. sued them for defaming her reputation slander stresses the suffering of the victim. town gossips slandered their good name", "synonyms":[ "breach", "break", "contravene", "fracture", "infringe (on ", "offend", "transgress", "violate" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000543", "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "traduced":{ "antonyms":[ "comply (with)", "conform (to)", "follow", "mind", "obey", "observe" ], "definitions":{ ": to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation":[], ": violate , betray":[ "traduce a principle of law" ] }, "examples":[ "He was traduced in the press.", "a law that traduces one of our most cherished rights: the right to privacy", "Recent Examples on the Web", "In Philip\u2019s case, the myth was the good Jewish boy traduced by inner anarchy. \u2014 Benjamin Taylor, The Atlantic , 21 Apr. 2020", "Authors and illustrators are being flamed online and having their reputations traduced and their careers threatened for transgressing the capricious new standards of ideological purity. \u2014 Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ , 31 Jan. 2020", "The site functions first as a watchdog to the government of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, a profane populist who not only traduces norms but also urges the assassination of Filipino citizens in the name of combatting drugs. \u2014 Karl Vick, Time , 12 Dec. 2019", "But though subsequently traduced as extreme, Friedman\u2019s position had a fair amount of give in it. \u2014 The Economist , 22 Aug. 2019", "Think of Lucrezia Borgia, traduced by slander and gossip, and of Isabella d\u2019Este, greedy for art. \u2014 Sarah Dunant, New York Times , 1 June 2018", "The idea of someone who works directly for the Trump White House supervising the bureau traduces its entire purpose. \u2014 Kimberly Harrington, The New Yorker , 24 July 2017", "Partly, there\u2019s the tonic shock of encountering again, in person, works that are traduced by reproduction, which muffles their keynotes of material, touch, and scale. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 6 Feb. 2017", "Some players\u2019 records reflect abilities enhanced by acts of bad character \u2014 surreptitious resorts to disreputable chemistry that traduces sportsmanship. \u2014 George F. Will, The Mercury News , 21 Jan. 2017" ], "first_known_use":{ "1573, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin traducere to lead across, transfer, degrade, from tra-, trans- trans- + ducere to lead \u2014 more at tow entry 1":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "tr\u0259-\u02c8d\u00fcs", "-\u02c8dy\u00fcs" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for traduce malign , traduce , asperse , vilify , calumniate , defame , slander mean to injure by speaking ill of. malign suggests specific and often subtle misrepresentation but may not always imply deliberate lying. the most maligned monarch in British history traduce stresses the resulting ignominy and distress to the victim. so traduced the governor that he was driven from office asperse implies continued attack on a reputation often by indirect or insinuated detraction. both candidates aspersed the other's motives vilify implies attempting to destroy a reputation by open and direct abuse. no criminal was more vilified in the press calumniate imputes malice to the speaker and falsity to the assertions. falsely calumniated as a traitor defame stresses the actual loss of or injury to one's good name. sued them for defaming her reputation slander stresses the suffering of the victim. town gossips slandered their good name", "synonyms":[ "breach", "break", "contravene", "fracture", "infringe (on ", "offend", "transgress", "violate" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083427", "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "traducian":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a believer in traducianism":[], ": of or relating to traducianism or traducians":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "Medieval Latin traducianus , from traduc-, tradux heredity (from Latin, layer, layerage, from traducere to lead across) + Latin -ianus -ian":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u00fcsh\u0259n", "\"" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105028", "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "traducianism":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a theological doctrine that the human souls of new infants are generated from the souls of their parents at the moment of conception much in the same manner as the generation of human bodies \u2014 compare creationism , infusionism":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin traducianismus , from Medieval Latin traducianus + Latin -ismus -ism":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u0259\u02ccniz\u0259m" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162100", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "traducianist":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a believer in traducianism":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin traducianista , from Medieval Latin traducianus traducian + Latin -ista -ist":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u0259n\u0259\u0307st" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180114", "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "traducing":{ "antonyms":[ "comply (with)", "conform (to)", "follow", "mind", "obey", "observe" ], "definitions":{ ": to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation":[], ": violate , betray":[ "traduce a principle of law" ] }, "examples":[ "He was traduced in the press.", "a law that traduces one of our most cherished rights: the right to privacy", "Recent Examples on the Web", "In Philip\u2019s case, the myth was the good Jewish boy traduced by inner anarchy. \u2014 Benjamin Taylor, The Atlantic , 21 Apr. 2020", "Authors and illustrators are being flamed online and having their reputations traduced and their careers threatened for transgressing the capricious new standards of ideological purity. \u2014 Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ , 31 Jan. 2020", "The site functions first as a watchdog to the government of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, a profane populist who not only traduces norms but also urges the assassination of Filipino citizens in the name of combatting drugs. \u2014 Karl Vick, Time , 12 Dec. 2019", "But though subsequently traduced as extreme, Friedman\u2019s position had a fair amount of give in it. \u2014 The Economist , 22 Aug. 2019", "Think of Lucrezia Borgia, traduced by slander and gossip, and of Isabella d\u2019Este, greedy for art. \u2014 Sarah Dunant, New York Times , 1 June 2018", "The idea of someone who works directly for the Trump White House supervising the bureau traduces its entire purpose. \u2014 Kimberly Harrington, The New Yorker , 24 July 2017", "Partly, there\u2019s the tonic shock of encountering again, in person, works that are traduced by reproduction, which muffles their keynotes of material, touch, and scale. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 6 Feb. 2017", "Some players\u2019 records reflect abilities enhanced by acts of bad character \u2014 surreptitious resorts to disreputable chemistry that traduces sportsmanship. \u2014 George F. Will, The Mercury News , 21 Jan. 2017" ], "first_known_use":{ "1573, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin traducere to lead across, transfer, degrade, from tra-, trans- trans- + ducere to lead \u2014 more at tow entry 1":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "tr\u0259-\u02c8d\u00fcs", "-\u02c8dy\u00fcs" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for traduce malign , traduce , asperse , vilify , calumniate , defame , slander mean to injure by speaking ill of. malign suggests specific and often subtle misrepresentation but may not always imply deliberate lying. the most maligned monarch in British history traduce stresses the resulting ignominy and distress to the victim. so traduced the governor that he was driven from office asperse implies continued attack on a reputation often by indirect or insinuated detraction. both candidates aspersed the other's motives vilify implies attempting to destroy a reputation by open and direct abuse. no criminal was more vilified in the press calumniate imputes malice to the speaker and falsity to the assertions. falsely calumniated as a traitor defame stresses the actual loss of or injury to one's good name. sued them for defaming her reputation slander stresses the suffering of the victim. town gossips slandered their good name", "synonyms":[ "breach", "break", "contravene", "fracture", "infringe (on ", "offend", "transgress", "violate" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232236", "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "traduction":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": logical inference in which premises and conclusion are of the same order of generality":[], ": the repetition of a word or one of its derivatives or a term with a change in sense for rhetorical or argumentative effect":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "Late Latin traduction-, traductio , from Latin, act of transferring, from traductus (past participle of traducere to lead across, transfer) + -ion-, -io -ion":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "tr\u0259\u02c8d\u0259ksh\u0259n" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-082609", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "traductive":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": capable of being deduced : derivative":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "Late Latin traductivus , from Latin traductus (past participle) + -ivus -ive":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "-ktiv" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095105", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "traf":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ "traffic":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104645", "type":[ "abbreviation" ] }, "traffic":{ "antonyms":[ "deal", "trade" ], "definitions":{ ": a concentration of participants or players and especially defensive players":[ "force difficult shots in traffic" ], ": communication or dealings especially between individuals or groups":[], ": congestion of vehicles":[ "stuck in traffic" ], ": exchange":[ "a lively traffic in ideas", "\u2014 F. L. Allen" ], ": existing conditions will allow or permit":[ "charge what the traffic will bear" ], ": illegal or disreputable usually commercial activity":[ "the drug traffic" ], ": import and export trade":[], ": the business of bartering or buying and selling":[], ": the business of transporting passengers or freight":[], ": the information or signals transmitted over a communications system : messages":[], ": the movement (as of vehicles or pedestrians) through an area or along a route":[], ": the passengers or cargo carried by a transportation system":[], ": the vehicles, pedestrians, ships, or planes moving along a route":[], ": the volume of customers visiting a business establishment":[ "restaurant traffic" ], ": to carry on traffic":[], ": to travel over":[ "heavily trafficked highways" ], ": to visit as a customer":[ "a highly trafficked bookstore" ], ": trade , barter":[], ": wares , goods":[] }, "examples":[ "Noun", "Let's leave early to avoid rush hour traffic .", "Traffic is backed up to the bridge.", "Barge traffic was halted because of flooding.", "Airlines saw a decrease in passenger traffic this year.", "Verb", "arrested him for trafficking in drugs", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Fifty neighborhoods will also be transformed into low car traffic zones. \u2014 Carlton Reid, Forbes , 4 July 2022", "The protest was not related to a trucker convoy that was causing traffic delays on Interstate 95, police said. \u2014 Terence Mcardle, Washington Post , 4 July 2022", "Walker had one traffic ticket and no criminal record. \u2014 Luke Vander Ploeg, BostonGlobe.com , 4 July 2022", "Just after midnight on Monday, Walker fled from Akron police, who were attempting to pull him over for traffic and equipment violations. \u2014 Megan Sims, cleveland , 3 July 2022", "An officer observed the vehicle swerving and committing traffic violations. \u2014 Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star , 3 July 2022", "The shortage has affected the special operations unit, which investigates violent crimes; the motor unit, which provides traffic enforcement; the neighborhood policing division, which coordinates homeless outreach efforts, and others. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 July 2022", "The perimeter will block non-official vehicular traffic , but pedestrians will be free to walk in the zone. \u2014 al , 3 July 2022", "An officer initially tried to stop Walker for a traffic or vehicle equipment violation a week ago about 12:30 a.m., Akron Police Chief Steve Mylett said during a Sunday news conference. \u2014 James Queally, Los Angeles Times , 3 July 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Other criminals traffic everything from gold to the prized pirarucu fish, police said. \u2014 Luciana Magalhaes, WSJ , 18 June 2022", "Stories of hacks of high-profile companies and growing awareness of the fact that some companies traffic their data for a profit have made many consumers think twice about sharing their personal information. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 13 May 2022", "Criminals with systems for smuggling ivory are perfectly positioned to traffic other contraband. \u2014 Dean Paton, The Christian Science Monitor , 28 Apr. 2022", "Their projects often traffic in provocative visuals and effects, sending their viewers down unanticipated rabbit holes, testing people\u2019s limits for farts, warts, and all. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 7 Apr. 2022", "The indictment accuses Trevi\u00f1o of conspiring to traffic large quantities of marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine and using firearms \u2014 including machine guns \u2014 to facilitate those crimes. \u2014 Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News , 16 Mar. 2022", "Or, foster kids who get trafficked will be used by the traffickers to traffic their friends. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Jan. 2022", "The directors who traffic in these stories often do so from a place of detachment, able to register the suffering of their subjects while ignoring the many layers of their humanity. \u2014 Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Jan. 2022", "Smith said the fundamental problem with ODOT\u2019s approach is the assumption that highway congestion is the main cause of emissions \u2014 rather than simply traffic itself. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 Nov. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1511, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun", "1537, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle French trafique , from Old Italian traffico , from trafficare to trade in coastal waters":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tra-fik" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for traffic Noun business , commerce , trade , industry , traffic mean activity concerned with the supplying and distribution of commodities. business may be an inclusive term but specifically designates the activities of those engaged in the purchase or sale of commodities or in related financial transactions. commerce and trade imply the exchange and transportation of commodities. industry applies to the producing of commodities, especially by manufacturing or processing, usually on a large scale. traffic applies to the operation and functioning of public carriers of goods and persons.", "synonyms":[ "business", "commerce", "marketplace", "trade" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181743", "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "traffic block":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": traffic jam":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112419", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "traffic circle":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": rotary entry 2 sense 2":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "His administration also announced plans to transfer ownership of the grassy island in the middle of a traffic circle where the statue was located to the city of Richmond. \u2014 NBC News , 6 Dec. 2021", "Eventually the state put concrete barriers and metal fencing all around the traffic circle , and police rousted overnight campers. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Dec. 2021", "Vehicles traveling fast dump off I-91 into the traffic circle near Bushnell Park. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, courant.com , 6 Mar. 2022", "But the city of Richmond asked the state to remove the pedestal, as well, in preparation for deeding the traffic circle around it back to the city. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Dec. 2021", "The trail would extend three-quarters of a mile across the city\u2019s southeast corner between the boulevard intersection at Cedar Avenue and the SOM Center Road traffic circle . \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 21 Jan. 2022", "The plan got the approval of Sherman Park resident Jordan Morales, who recently took matters into his own hands with an improvised traffic circle that slowed drivers in his neighborhood. \u2014 Alison Dirr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 22 Dec. 2021", "The father of two girls from Ras al-Ayn joined a line of reinforcements at a nearby traffic circle . \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Feb. 2022", "At a nearby traffic circle in the center of Hasaka, a New York Times team took cover along with local journalists and civilians caught in the middle as S.D.F. forces traded fire with ISIS gunmen. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Jan. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1914, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200741", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "traffic cone":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a conical marker used on a road or highway (as for indicating an area under repair)":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Hughes allegedly hit one of the teens with the traffic cone , WESH 2 News reports. \u2014 Aaron Parsley, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022", "Corsi is also facing a weapons charge for allegedly throwing the rock through the 16-year-old\u2019s window and Hughes, accused of hitting another teenager \u2014 a white 15-year-old boy \u2014 with the traffic cone , is facing battery charges. \u2014 Desiree Stennett, Orlando Sentinel , 16 June 2022", "Her latest tease: A monochromatic, traffic cone -orange belted suit styled over a cutout bodysuit. \u2014 Sam Reed, Glamour , 26 Apr. 2022", "Police released a photo of the truck Sunday, showing the pickup with an orange traffic cone , a cardboard box and a white bucket in its bed, among other items. \u2014 Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant , 1 May 2022", "In the Cone Mouth form, Kirby can pierce through cracks in the ground, but players wouldn't expect Kirby to be able to do this at the point Kirby inhales the traffic cone . \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2020", "In bedazzled, traffic cone orange jumpsuits, feathery rainbow shoulder appliques dancing in the wind, Gilles and Poirier ensured their routine would be a memorable one. \u2014 Scottie Andrew, CNN , 19 Feb. 2022", "Cloud showed up in a bright orange Versace suit, catching your attention like a traffic cone . \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 15 Feb. 2022", "The traffic cone patter directs drivers through the former IRS site and across Johnson Street to the parking lot where tests are conducted. \u2014 Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer , 10 Jan. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1949, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180827", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "traffic cop":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a police officer who directs traffic or gives fines to people who break traffic laws":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130520", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "traffic court":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a minor court for disposition of petty prosecutions for violations of statutes, ordinances, and local regulations governing the use of highways and motor vehicles":[] }, "examples":[ "She has to be in traffic court this morning.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The traffic court run by the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit has thousands of cases to hear and only 20 people to hear them. \u2014 Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel , 9 May 2022", "The move marks the first time that all courts in the Marion County system, from criminal courts to traffic court , will be housed in the same building. \u2014 Johnny Magdaleno, The Indianapolis Star , 19 Apr. 2022", "In a perfect world, there would be no need for traffic court . \u2014 Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel , 9 May 2022", "Richardson, a Gainesville native, is scheduled to appear in traffic court on May 25 for a mandatory hearing of going at least 30 mph over the speed limit. \u2014 Staff Report, USA TODAY , 15 Apr. 2022", "That document says Code Enforcement found 105 violations -- 14 Life Safety violations and 91 Non Life Safety violations -- in addition to the single traffic court citation. \u2014 Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online , 11 Mar. 2022", "In this case, Packingham was prosecuted for violating registration requirements after posting a celebratory message on Facebook after leaving traffic court . \u2014 Sarah Lageson, Wired , 23 Feb. 2022", "This specific statute is not one that comes up often by itself in traffic court . \u2014 Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star , 6 Jan. 2022", "The main Vista courthouse \u2014 not including the traffic court annex \u2014 is made up of two sides. \u2014 Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Jan. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1896, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174839", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "traffic density":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": density of freight traffic":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195429", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "traffic hazard":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": something that could cause an accident involving a car, bicycle, etc.":[ "bright cones that warn motorists of a traffic hazard" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174612", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "traffic island":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": island sense 2a":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Charles Sumner, the Massachusetts senator who led the legislative fight against slavery before and during the Civil War, has both a spot in the Public Garden and on a traffic island across from Harvard Yard\u2019s Johnston Gate. \u2014 The New Yorker , 22 Oct. 2021", "On a recent Saturday morning, the group planted more than 400 American flags at the Fort Square traffic island . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2021", "In Quincy, nearly 50 junior ROTC members decorated a traffic island with American flags. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2021", "The 100-second silent video from a security camera shows the girl alone on the traffic island across from some woods at 7 a.m. Tuesday. \u2014 Terry Spencer, Star Tribune , 19 May 2021", "According to the arrest report and a surveillance camera video released by detectives, the girl is seen sitting on the traffic island with her backpack on the ground near her when a white SUV passes by. \u2014 al , 21 May 2021", "The security camera video shows Alyssa alone on the traffic island at 7 a.m. Tuesday. \u2014 orlandosentinel.com , 20 May 2021", "The city later took down a third Columbus statue from a traffic island in South Chicago. \u2014 John Byrne, chicagotribune.com , 9 Apr. 2021", "This is no surprise to Portlanders familiar with Mill Ends Park, located on a traffic island in the middle of Naito Parkway at the intersection with Southwest Taylor Street. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 Apr. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1911, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-175209", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "traffic jam":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a situation in which a long line of vehicles on a road have stopped moving or are moving very slowly":[ "stuck in a traffic jam" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-175952", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "traffic lane":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": lane sense 3c":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181532", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "traffic ticket":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a piece of paper that officially tells a person that he or she has driven or parked a car improperly and will have to pay a fine":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194325", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "traffic warden":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": someone whose job is to check for cars that are parked illegally":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195502", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trafficability":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": the quality of a terrain that permits passage (as of vehicles and troops)":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1899, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cctra-fi-k\u0259-\u02c8bi-l\u0259-t\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102729", "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "trafficator":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a movable directional signal on a vehicle":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "blend of traffic entry 1 and indicator":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8traf\u0259\u02cck\u0101t\u0259(r" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083939", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trafficker":{ "antonyms":[ "deal", "trade" ], "definitions":{ ": a concentration of participants or players and especially defensive players":[ "force difficult shots in traffic" ], ": communication or dealings especially between individuals or groups":[], ": congestion of vehicles":[ "stuck in traffic" ], ": exchange":[ "a lively traffic in ideas", "\u2014 F. L. Allen" ], ": existing conditions will allow or permit":[ "charge what the traffic will bear" ], ": illegal or disreputable usually commercial activity":[ "the drug traffic" ], ": import and export trade":[], ": the business of bartering or buying and selling":[], ": the business of transporting passengers or freight":[], ": the information or signals transmitted over a communications system : messages":[], ": the movement (as of vehicles or pedestrians) through an area or along a route":[], ": the passengers or cargo carried by a transportation system":[], ": the vehicles, pedestrians, ships, or planes moving along a route":[], ": the volume of customers visiting a business establishment":[ "restaurant traffic" ], ": to carry on traffic":[], ": to travel over":[ "heavily trafficked highways" ], ": to visit as a customer":[ "a highly trafficked bookstore" ], ": trade , barter":[], ": wares , goods":[] }, "examples":[ "Noun", "Let's leave early to avoid rush hour traffic .", "Traffic is backed up to the bridge.", "Barge traffic was halted because of flooding.", "Airlines saw a decrease in passenger traffic this year.", "Verb", "arrested him for trafficking in drugs", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Fifty neighborhoods will also be transformed into low car traffic zones. \u2014 Carlton Reid, Forbes , 4 July 2022", "The protest was not related to a trucker convoy that was causing traffic delays on Interstate 95, police said. \u2014 Terence Mcardle, Washington Post , 4 July 2022", "Walker had one traffic ticket and no criminal record. \u2014 Luke Vander Ploeg, BostonGlobe.com , 4 July 2022", "Just after midnight on Monday, Walker fled from Akron police, who were attempting to pull him over for traffic and equipment violations. \u2014 Megan Sims, cleveland , 3 July 2022", "An officer observed the vehicle swerving and committing traffic violations. \u2014 Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star , 3 July 2022", "The shortage has affected the special operations unit, which investigates violent crimes; the motor unit, which provides traffic enforcement; the neighborhood policing division, which coordinates homeless outreach efforts, and others. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 July 2022", "The perimeter will block non-official vehicular traffic , but pedestrians will be free to walk in the zone. \u2014 al , 3 July 2022", "An officer initially tried to stop Walker for a traffic or vehicle equipment violation a week ago about 12:30 a.m., Akron Police Chief Steve Mylett said during a Sunday news conference. \u2014 James Queally, Los Angeles Times , 3 July 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Other criminals traffic everything from gold to the prized pirarucu fish, police said. \u2014 Luciana Magalhaes, WSJ , 18 June 2022", "Stories of hacks of high-profile companies and growing awareness of the fact that some companies traffic their data for a profit have made many consumers think twice about sharing their personal information. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 13 May 2022", "Criminals with systems for smuggling ivory are perfectly positioned to traffic other contraband. \u2014 Dean Paton, The Christian Science Monitor , 28 Apr. 2022", "Their projects often traffic in provocative visuals and effects, sending their viewers down unanticipated rabbit holes, testing people\u2019s limits for farts, warts, and all. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 7 Apr. 2022", "The indictment accuses Trevi\u00f1o of conspiring to traffic large quantities of marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine and using firearms \u2014 including machine guns \u2014 to facilitate those crimes. \u2014 Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News , 16 Mar. 2022", "Or, foster kids who get trafficked will be used by the traffickers to traffic their friends. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Jan. 2022", "The directors who traffic in these stories often do so from a place of detachment, able to register the suffering of their subjects while ignoring the many layers of their humanity. \u2014 Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Jan. 2022", "Smith said the fundamental problem with ODOT\u2019s approach is the assumption that highway congestion is the main cause of emissions \u2014 rather than simply traffic itself. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 Nov. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1511, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun", "1537, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle French trafique , from Old Italian traffico , from trafficare to trade in coastal waters":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tra-fik" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for traffic Noun business , commerce , trade , industry , traffic mean activity concerned with the supplying and distribution of commodities. business may be an inclusive term but specifically designates the activities of those engaged in the purchase or sale of commodities or in related financial transactions. commerce and trade imply the exchange and transportation of commodities. industry applies to the producing of commodities, especially by manufacturing or processing, usually on a large scale. traffic applies to the operation and functioning of public carriers of goods and persons.", "synonyms":[ "business", "commerce", "marketplace", "trade" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174528", "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "tragedy":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a disastrous event : calamity":[], ": a medieval narrative poem or tale typically describing the downfall of a great man":[], ": a serious drama typically describing a conflict between the protagonist and a superior force (such as destiny) and having a sorrowful or disastrous conclusion that elicits pity or terror":[], ": misfortune":[], ": the literary genre of tragic dramas":[], ": tragic quality or element":[] }, "examples":[ "Her son's death was a terrible tragedy .", "The situation ended in tragedy when the gunman shot and killed two students.", "The biggest tragedy here is that the accident could have easily been prevented.", "\u201cHamlet\u201d is one of Shakespeare's best-known tragedies .", "The students are studying Greek tragedy .", "an actor who is drawn to tragedy", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Monday\u2019s tragedy comes as the number of migrants apprehended at the southern border recently reached record-breaking numbers. \u2014 Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News , 28 June 2022", "In recent years, there have been several deadly human trafficking incidents on U.S. soil \u2014 but the death toll in Monday\u2019s tragedy surpassed all those events. \u2014 Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post , 28 June 2022", "San Antonio has been a recurring scene of tragedy and desperation in recent years involving migrants in semitrailers. \u2014 Eric Gay And, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022", "If the tragedy directly affects any employees in the office, perhaps bring in an onsite counselor. \u2014 Eugene Dilan, Forbes , 28 June 2022", "The tragedy , among the worst suffered by people being snuck across national borders around the world, swiftly became a vehicle for political attacks on the Biden administration. \u2014 Chris Megerian, ajc , 28 June 2022", "Most government investigations ended and laws and regulations were changed, but the families press on, encouraged by help from the industry experts and driven by a desire to avert further tragedy . \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022", "The President expects the law to take its course following investigations into the tragedy , the statement added. \u2014 Larry Madowo, CNN , 27 June 2022", "The tragedy comes on the heels of a social media post by local resident Jason Repak, who posted a photo of three alligators behind his condominium to Twitter on May 8. \u2014 Amethyst Tate, PEOPLE.com , 27 June 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2c":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English tragedie , from Middle French, from Latin tragoedia , from Greek trag\u014didia , from tragos goat (akin to Greek tr\u014dgein to gnaw) + aeidein to sing \u2014 more at troglodyte , ode":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tra-j\u0259-d\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "apocalypse", "calamity", "cataclysm", "catastrophe", "debacle", "d\u00e9b\u00e2cle", "disaster" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042423", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trail":{ "antonyms":[ "footpath", "path", "pathway", "trace", "track" ], "definitions":{ ": a chain of consequences : aftermath":[ "the \u2026 movement left a trail of bitterness and prejudice behind it", "\u2014 Paul Blanshard" ], ": a continuous line produced photographically by permitting the image of a celestial body (such as a star) to move over the plate":[], ": a course followed or to be followed":[ "hit the campaign trail" ], ": a marked or established path or route especially through a forest or mountainous region":[], ": a trace or mark left by something that has passed or been drawn along : scent , track":[ "a trail of blood" ], ": a track made by passage especially through a wilderness":[], ": a trailing arrangement (as of flowers) : spray":[], ": a trailing plant":[], ": dwindle":[ "her voice trailing off" ], ": haul , tow":[], ": something that follows or moves along as if being drawn along : train":[ "a trail of admirers" ], ": something that trails or is trailed : such as":[], ": the part of a gun carriage that rests on the ground when the piece is unlimbered":[], ": the streak produced by a meteor":[], ": the train of a gown":[], ": to carry or bring along as an addition, burden, or encumbrance":[], ": to drag (something, such as a limb or the body) heavily or wearily":[], ": to draw along in one's wake":[], ": to draw or drag loosely along a surface : allow to sweep the ground":[], ": to extend in an erratic or uneven course or line : straggle":[], ": to extend over a surface in a loose or straggling manner":[ "a vine that trails over the ground" ], ": to follow a trail : track game":[], ": to follow along behind":[], ": to follow in the footsteps of : pursue":[], ": to follow upon the scent or trace of : track":[], ": to grow to such length as to droop over toward the ground":[ "trailing branches of a weeping birch" ], ": to hang down so as to drag along or sweep the ground":[], ": to lag behind (someone, such as a competitor)":[], ": to lag behind : do poorly in relation to others":[], ": to move, flow, or extend slowly in thin streams":[ "smoke trailing from chimneys" ], ": to walk or proceed draggingly, heavily, or wearily : plod , trudge":[] }, "examples":[ "Verb", "The little girl went to her room, trailing her teddy bear behind her.", "The dog's leash was trailing along the ground.", "The little girl's teddy bear trailed behind her.", "He trailed us as we worked our way up the mountain.", "The President is trailing in the polls as the election approaches.", "We were trailing by 3 runs at the end of the 6th inning.", "Our team trailed their team at the end of the 6th inning.", "Noun", "Stay on the trail if we get separated.", "The car left a trail of smoke as it sped off.", "following the trail to success", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "The Braves, who trail the New York Mets by four games in the NL East, have won 12 straight against left-handed starters and are 18-6 overall against southpaws. \u2014 John Scheibe, Los Angeles Times , 24 June 2022", "The Sox have won 12 of their last 16 games but now trail the Yankees by a season-high 14\u00bd games in the division. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022", "Bond yields that trail inflation push investors to seek an alternative; many found it in the stock market, powering a surge in risky assets. \u2014 Julia-ambra Verlaine, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022", "However, the Nets, who trail the Celtics 3-0 in the first-round series, ruled him out of Monday\u2019s game with back soreness/return to competition reconditioning. \u2014 USA TODAY , 24 Apr. 2022", "These policies have alarmed low-tax, pro-business Tories but have yet to improve the party\u2019s poll ratings, which trail those of Labour. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022", "Our favorite overall is the Keen Drift Creek H2 Sandal, but this round-up covers the gamut of warmer-weather activities, from hanging on the beach to whitewater rafting and trail running. \u2014 Nathan Borchelt, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022", "His 882 Heat career postseason points trail only Wade (3,864), James (2,338), Chris Bosh (1,163) and Alonzo Mourning (989). \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 20 May 2022", "The Bulldogs have just 1 hit and trail 2-0 entering the fifth inning. \u2014 Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al , 17 May 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Big Bone Lick's website recommends visiting the bison herd, touring the museum and diorama pit, seeing the salt springs along the Big Bone Creek trail , camping overnight and, of course, grabbing a souvenir t-shirt. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 23 June 2022", "The untouched serenity of the dunes is contrasted at some points along the trail by a chain of gigantic red and white electricity pylons that stride over the horizon in the distance. \u2014 Barry Neild, CNN , 23 June 2022", "Recent trips along the trail have seen plenty of families and hikers of all ages enjoying the route. \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022", "Mateys search for clues along a 1-mile trail that leads to a treasure chest. \u2014 Susan Soldavin, Baltimore Sun , 14 June 2022", "Margaret and James demonstrate their love, strength and respect for each other all along the trail . \u2014 Daron James, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022", "According to the Facebook post, the Canyon Fire Department, Randall County Fire Department, Randall County Sheriff's Office and Palo Duro Canyon park personnel rescued the hikers along the Lighthouse trail . \u2014 Priscilla Aguirre, Chron , 13 June 2022", "Along the trail , cascading falls vary; some tower above the valley floor while others span vast rivers. \u2014 Camille Fine, USA TODAY , 12 June 2022", "The group purchased one of the five fitness machines along the trail . \u2014 Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune , 10 June 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb", "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, perhaps from Anglo-French *trailer , alteration of trainer to drag, trail on the ground \u2014 more at train":"Verb" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101l" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for trail Verb chase , pursue , follow , trail mean to go after or on the track of something or someone. chase implies going swiftly after and trying to overtake something fleeing or running. a dog chasing a cat pursue suggests a continuing effort to overtake, reach, or attain. pursued the criminal through narrow streets follow puts less emphasis upon speed or intent to overtake. friends followed me home in their car trail may stress a following of tracks or traces rather than a visible object. trail deer trailed a suspect across the country", "synonyms":[ "bird-dog", "chase", "course", "dog", "follow", "hound", "pursue", "run", "shadow", "tag", "tail", "trace", "track" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164746", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "trail goes cold":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{}, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104659", "type":[ "idiom" ] }, "trail handspike":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a long stout handspike used in moving the trail of a gun carriage":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125632", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trail-eye":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": lunette sense 9":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111137", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trailing":{ "antonyms":[ "footpath", "path", "pathway", "trace", "track" ], "definitions":{ ": a chain of consequences : aftermath":[ "the \u2026 movement left a trail of bitterness and prejudice behind it", "\u2014 Paul Blanshard" ], ": a continuous line produced photographically by permitting the image of a celestial body (such as a star) to move over the plate":[], ": a course followed or to be followed":[ "hit the campaign trail" ], ": a marked or established path or route especially through a forest or mountainous region":[], ": a trace or mark left by something that has passed or been drawn along : scent , track":[ "a trail of blood" ], ": a track made by passage especially through a wilderness":[], ": a trailing arrangement (as of flowers) : spray":[], ": a trailing plant":[], ": dwindle":[ "her voice trailing off" ], ": haul , tow":[], ": something that follows or moves along as if being drawn along : train":[ "a trail of admirers" ], ": something that trails or is trailed : such as":[], ": the part of a gun carriage that rests on the ground when the piece is unlimbered":[], ": the streak produced by a meteor":[], ": the train of a gown":[], ": to carry or bring along as an addition, burden, or encumbrance":[], ": to drag (something, such as a limb or the body) heavily or wearily":[], ": to draw along in one's wake":[], ": to draw or drag loosely along a surface : allow to sweep the ground":[], ": to extend in an erratic or uneven course or line : straggle":[], ": to extend over a surface in a loose or straggling manner":[ "a vine that trails over the ground" ], ": to follow a trail : track game":[], ": to follow along behind":[], ": to follow in the footsteps of : pursue":[], ": to follow upon the scent or trace of : track":[], ": to grow to such length as to droop over toward the ground":[ "trailing branches of a weeping birch" ], ": to hang down so as to drag along or sweep the ground":[], ": to lag behind (someone, such as a competitor)":[], ": to lag behind : do poorly in relation to others":[], ": to move, flow, or extend slowly in thin streams":[ "smoke trailing from chimneys" ], ": to walk or proceed draggingly, heavily, or wearily : plod , trudge":[] }, "examples":[ "Verb", "The little girl went to her room, trailing her teddy bear behind her.", "The dog's leash was trailing along the ground.", "The little girl's teddy bear trailed behind her.", "He trailed us as we worked our way up the mountain.", "The President is trailing in the polls as the election approaches.", "We were trailing by 3 runs at the end of the 6th inning.", "Our team trailed their team at the end of the 6th inning.", "Noun", "Stay on the trail if we get separated.", "The car left a trail of smoke as it sped off.", "following the trail to success", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "The Braves, who trail the New York Mets by four games in the NL East, have won 12 straight against left-handed starters and are 18-6 overall against southpaws. \u2014 John Scheibe, Los Angeles Times , 24 June 2022", "The Sox have won 12 of their last 16 games but now trail the Yankees by a season-high 14\u00bd games in the division. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022", "Bond yields that trail inflation push investors to seek an alternative; many found it in the stock market, powering a surge in risky assets. \u2014 Julia-ambra Verlaine, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022", "However, the Nets, who trail the Celtics 3-0 in the first-round series, ruled him out of Monday\u2019s game with back soreness/return to competition reconditioning. \u2014 USA TODAY , 24 Apr. 2022", "These policies have alarmed low-tax, pro-business Tories but have yet to improve the party\u2019s poll ratings, which trail those of Labour. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022", "Our favorite overall is the Keen Drift Creek H2 Sandal, but this round-up covers the gamut of warmer-weather activities, from hanging on the beach to whitewater rafting and trail running. \u2014 Nathan Borchelt, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022", "His 882 Heat career postseason points trail only Wade (3,864), James (2,338), Chris Bosh (1,163) and Alonzo Mourning (989). \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 20 May 2022", "The Bulldogs have just 1 hit and trail 2-0 entering the fifth inning. \u2014 Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al , 17 May 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Big Bone Lick's website recommends visiting the bison herd, touring the museum and diorama pit, seeing the salt springs along the Big Bone Creek trail , camping overnight and, of course, grabbing a souvenir t-shirt. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 23 June 2022", "The untouched serenity of the dunes is contrasted at some points along the trail by a chain of gigantic red and white electricity pylons that stride over the horizon in the distance. \u2014 Barry Neild, CNN , 23 June 2022", "Recent trips along the trail have seen plenty of families and hikers of all ages enjoying the route. \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022", "Mateys search for clues along a 1-mile trail that leads to a treasure chest. \u2014 Susan Soldavin, Baltimore Sun , 14 June 2022", "Margaret and James demonstrate their love, strength and respect for each other all along the trail . \u2014 Daron James, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022", "According to the Facebook post, the Canyon Fire Department, Randall County Fire Department, Randall County Sheriff's Office and Palo Duro Canyon park personnel rescued the hikers along the Lighthouse trail . \u2014 Priscilla Aguirre, Chron , 13 June 2022", "Along the trail , cascading falls vary; some tower above the valley floor while others span vast rivers. \u2014 Camille Fine, USA TODAY , 12 June 2022", "The group purchased one of the five fitness machines along the trail . \u2014 Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune , 10 June 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb", "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, perhaps from Anglo-French *trailer , alteration of trainer to drag, trail on the ground \u2014 more at train":"Verb" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101l" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for trail Verb chase , pursue , follow , trail mean to go after or on the track of something or someone. chase implies going swiftly after and trying to overtake something fleeing or running. a dog chasing a cat pursue suggests a continuing effort to overtake, reach, or attain. pursued the criminal through narrow streets follow puts less emphasis upon speed or intent to overtake. friends followed me home in their car trail may stress a following of tracks or traces rather than a visible object. trail deer trailed a suspect across the country", "synonyms":[ "bird-dog", "chase", "course", "dog", "follow", "hound", "pursue", "run", "shadow", "tag", "tail", "trace", "track" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061531", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "trailing edge":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": the rearmost edge of an object that moves and especially of an airfoil":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "There will be no sunroof option, and the roof can either be in high-gloss black or in the optional body colour, though there is an extra small lip spoiler on the trailing edge of the roof. \u2014 Michael Taylor, Forbes , 22 June 2022", "The potential for excessive rain begins Monday afternoon and extends until the end of Tuesday because of a trailing edge of Tropical Storm Alex, which is well out in the Atlantic Ocean. \u2014 Kathy Laskowski, Sun Sentinel , 6 June 2022", "Their tests showed that a smooth trailing edge creates the most noise. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 11 Mar. 2022", "Having a pointy, sawtooth shape at the trailing edge somewhat reduces the noise. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 11 Mar. 2022", "In Florida, the trailing edge of that cold front is lingering and will support showers and storms into the weekend. \u2014 Adam Klotz, Fox News , 1 Apr. 2022", "This is possible because the wing itself is so deep, from leading edge to trailing edge . \u2014 Thomas E. Stimson, Popular Mechanics , 15 July 2021", "The pilot righted the plane just as the string flew past, one foot behind the trailing edge of the port wing and about two feet from the fuselage. \u2014 WSJ , 3 Oct. 2021", "In addition to the trailing edge , this image confirms the Raider incorporates two new features. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 8 July 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1909, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123640", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "train":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a connected line of railroad cars with or without a locomotive":[], ": a line of combustible material laid to lead fire to a charge":[], ": a moving file of persons, vehicles, or animals":[], ": a part of a gown that trails behind the wearer":[], ": a series of moving mechanical parts (such as gears) that transmit and modify motion":[ "a gear train" ], ": a series of parts or elements that together constitute a system for producing a result and especially for carrying on a process (as of manufacture) automatically":[], ": accompanying or resultant circumstances : aftermath":[ "consequences the discovery will bring in its train" ], ": an automotive tractor with one or more trailer units":[], ": an orderly succession":[ "a train of thought" ], ": order of occurrence leading to some result":[ "\u2014 often used in the phrase in train this humiliating process had been in train for decades \u2014 Paul Fussell" ], ": retinue , suite":[], ": scheme , trick":[], ": the vehicles, personnel, and sometimes animals that furnish supply, maintenance, and evacuation services to a combat unit":[], ": to aim at an object or objective : direct":[ "trained his camera on the deer", "training every effort toward success" ], ": to direct the growth of (a plant) usually by bending, pruning, and tying":[], ": to form by instruction, discipline, or drill":[], ": to go by train":[], ": to make prepared (as by exercise) for a test of skill":[], ": to teach so as to make fit, qualified, or proficient":[], ": to undergo instruction, discipline, or drill":[], ": trail , drag":[] }, "examples":[ "Verb", "He was never formally trained as a chef.", "I've been trained in first aid.", "I'm training her to take over my job when I retire.", "My boss is training me on the new equipment.", "We need to train more nurses.", "They are highly trained professionals.", "I'm training to be a nurse.", "I trained at that hospital.", "He's training as a chef.", "She had to train her mind to think scientifically." ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun", "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5":"Noun", "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 5":"Verb" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English traine treachery, from Anglo-French, from trahir to betray, from Latin tradere \u2014 more at traitor":"Noun", "Middle English, from Anglo-French trainer , from Vulgar Latin *traginare ; akin to Latin trahere to draw":"Verb", "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from trainer to draw, drag":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101n" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for train Verb teach , instruct , educate , train , discipline , school mean to cause to acquire knowledge or skill. teach applies to any manner of imparting information or skill so that others may learn. taught us a lot about our planet instruct suggests methodical or formal teaching. instructs raw recruits in military drill educate implies development of the mind. more things than formal schooling serve to educate a person train stresses instruction and drill with a specific end in view. trained foreign pilots to operate the new aircraft discipline implies training in habits of order and precision. a disciplined mind school implies training or disciplining especially in what is hard to master. schooled the horse in five gaits", "synonyms":[ "condition", "season" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102400", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "train case":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a small boxlike piece of luggage used especially for toilet articles":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The Caboodles Voyager train case is an ideal bag for those who like their luggage to have a touch of pizazz and glamor. \u2014 Robin Raven, Forbes , 20 Apr. 2021", "Encased in a vibrant train case with an extendable tray, this collection will give you or your gift recipient $172 worth of cruelty-free makeup goodies from Ulta\u2019s house brand\u2014all for less than the cost of one high-end lipstick or mascara. \u2014 Arielle Tschinkel, USA TODAY , 6 Dec. 2020", "Accessorized to the hilt with several diamond and aquamarine David Webb necklaces, a teensy train case , a Stalvey bag, and a matching pair of Manolo Blahnik high heel sandals, the outfit was arresting. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 7 June 2018" ], "first_known_use":{ "1948, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115320", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "train dispatcher":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a railroad employee who directs the movement of trains within a division and coordinates their movement from one division to another":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Just after 9 am on December 6, 1917, in Halifax, mustachioed 45-year-old train dispatcher Vincent Coleman knew the lazy plume of smoke coming from the explosive-laden vessel in Halifax harbor was a terrifying portent of worse to come. \u2014 Rachel Lance, Wired , 6 Aug. 2020", "At one train terminal, every train dispatcher had fallen ill, leaving supervisors to take their place. \u2014 Christina Goldbaum, New York Times , 8 Apr. 2020", "Wendt also thanked the train dispatchers and 911 dispatchers in Kenton County who helped. \u2014 Chris Mayhew, Cincinnati.com , 6 July 2018", "Supervisors weren\u2019t confirming that workers were following procedure, and track workers weren\u2019t given vital pieces of equipment that would have warned a train dispatcher that there were men on the tracks. \u2014 Jason Laughlin, Philly.com , 30 Jan. 2018" ], "first_known_use":{ "1855, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204057", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "train down":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to reduce one's weight by exercise and diet":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "train entry 4":"" }, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001532", "type":[ "intransitive verb" ] }, "train ferry":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a ferry equipped to carry railroad cars":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011307", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "train guard":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a force protecting a military train":[], ": a railroad guard":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013712", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "traineau":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": sledge , sleigh":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "French tra\u00eeneau , from Old French trainel , from trainer to draw, drag":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02c8)tr\u0101\u00a6n\u014d" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014426", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trained seal":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": an author, celebrity, or expert hired by a newspaper to lend color or authority to its coverage of a conspicuous news story":[ "the veteran newsmen, big byliners and trained seals who covered the royal wedding", "\u2014 Time" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182137", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trainee":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": one that is being trained especially for a job":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "After joining Sotheby\u2019s London in 2002 as a cataloguer trainee in the watch department, Hines sharpened his skills at Henri Stern Watch Agency, also known as Patek Phillipe USA. \u2014 Kyle Roderick, Forbes , 24 June 2022", "Akoka worked as a casting director and acting coach, Gu\u00e9ret was a casting trainee , and the two became fast friends. \u2014 Gregg Goldstein, Variety , 23 May 2022", "In July, a California deputy trainee collapsed after finding drugs in a car in an incident caught on bodycam. \u2014 Michael Ruiz, Fox News , 15 Jan. 2022", "The dissemination came to light after a deputy trainee showed images on his cellphone to patrons at a Norwalk bar. \u2014 Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times , 5 Jan. 2022", "Ambika Mod and Rory Fleck Byrne play his trainee and his boyfriend, respectively. \u2014 Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com , 30 May 2022", "The group\u2019s main rapper, Jennie grew up in Seoul, South Korea, and Auckland, New Zealand, before joining YG in 2010 \u2014 the first Blackpink member to sign on as a trainee . \u2014 Haeryun Kang, Rolling Stone , 26 May 2022", "Wilson started off as a management trainee with SIA in New Zealand in 1996. \u2014 Niharika Sharma, Quartz , 12 May 2022", "Wright\u2019s fatal encounter began when Potter and her field trainee , Officer Anthony Luckey, pulled him over for having air fresheners hanging from the car\u2019s rearview mirror and for having expired tabs on the license plate. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Nov. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1833, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "tr\u0101-\u02c8n\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011316", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trainer":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a person who trains someone or something: such as":[], ": a person who treats the ailments and minor injuries of the members of an athletic team":[ "\u2026 he landed so hard that the wind was knocked out of him. He lay writhing on the ground as Herm Schneider, the team trainer , rushed to his side.", "\u2014 William Nack" ], ": one who oversees the training of animals":[ "a dog/horse trainer", "A trainer uses the clicker to create an auditory cue that marks a particular behavior and then rewards the dog with a treat.", "\u2014 C. C. Holland" ], ": one whose occupation is to guide or instruct people in fitness and exercise routines":[ "a personal trainer", "When we run the track, Stan Ward, a boxing and conditioning trainer , times us.", "\u2014 Bridgett Riley" ], ": sneaker sense 2":[ "They wore trainers , scuffed and old, with the laces loose and the tongues protruding in defiance at the ankle.", "\u2014 M. J. Trow" ], ": something (such as a machine or vehicle) used in training \u2014 see also elliptical trainer":[] }, "examples":[ "the boxer and his trainer", "She hired a personal trainer .", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Wynns took a backswing to the head in the fourth and was examined by a trainer but stayed in. \u2014 Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle , 12 June 2022", "After a brief meeting with the trainer , Stephenson was replaced by backup catcher Aramis Garcia. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 9 June 2022", "Ten years after that, poor John Gillespie Magee was killed during a training mission over Lincolnshire, in a collision with a Royal Air Force trainer . \u2014 Lance Morrow, WSJ , 6 June 2022", "Her opponent in Thursday\u2019s semifinals at Roland Garros, Martina Trevisan, was taking a medical timeout so her right thigh could be treated and taped by a trainer . \u2014 Howard Fendrich, Sun Sentinel , 2 June 2022", "Her opponent in Thursday\u2019s semifinals at Roland Garros, Martina Trevisan, was taking a medical timeout so her right thigh could be treated and taped by a trainer . \u2014 Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune , 2 June 2022", "After being tended to by a trainer , Davis remained in the game. \u2014 Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic , 28 May 2022", "Later in the seventh inning, closer Blake Burkhalter had his left leg tended to by a trainer . \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 2 May 2022", "Dacey and Sally even worked with a show trainer for a while. \u2014 Grace Cifranic, cleveland , 21 Apr. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1543, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101-n\u0259r" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "coach" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191756", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "training":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": the act, process, or method of one that trains":[], ": the skill, knowledge, or experience acquired by one that trains":[], ": the state of being trained":[] }, "examples":[ "The job requires special training .", "She owes her flexibility to her early training as a dancer.", "He received training in first aid.", "a young doctor who's still in training", "She's in training for the Olympics.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The group integrates dogs into law enforcement and military \u2014 and does training and breeding as well. \u2014 Fox News , 21 June 2022", "Does the firm offer mentoring, coaching, training and upskilling", "Glide offers meals, shelter, drug tests, job training and more. \u2014 Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY , 20 June 2022", "His organization offers education, training and consulting services that foster diversity, inclusion, and equity. \u2014 La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel , 20 June 2022", "The annual pay is $11,000, along with benefits, training and memberships. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 June 2022", "Despite countless hours spent in training and seminars, their results were unchanged for years. \u2014 Roland Fryer, Fortune , 20 June 2022", "Freeman says her managers are now getting her more training and experience in that field. \u2014 Beth Decarbo, Washington Post , 17 June 2022", "Now, in recognition of its commitment to quality training and instruction, the academy has received the Ohio Attorney General STAR Academy designation. \u2014 Rich Heileman, cleveland , 17 June 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1537, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101-ni\u014b" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "drill", "exercise", "practice", "practise", "routine", "workout" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181848", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "traipse":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": tramp , walk":[ "traipse the countryside" ] }, "examples":[ "I traipsed all over town looking for the right dress.", "I'm too old to go traipsing around Europe.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Now, there are unhoused people that traipse this whole community. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2022", "Prada sprinted so that Emily in Paris could traipse around France in a red beret. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 22 Dec. 2021", "Specifically, there are groups of Fremen who live out in the desert and are suspicious of any off-worlders who might traipse onto their planet. \u2014 Jackson Mchenry, Vulture , 19 Oct. 2021", "FARM FEST Guests can traipse through SummitWynd\u2019s 600-foot-long Sunflower Stroll, enjoy the Lavender Fields instead, or take their children to Farmer Chip and Granny\u2019s stable for Spring Horses, Pony Hops, and even Unicorn Hops. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 Sep. 2021", "And on off days, the relatively unknown cast was free to traipse around Prague, haunting local pubs in search of cheap beer. \u2014 Ashley Spencer, Vulture , 11 May 2021", "Although a few thousand fans continued to loyally traipse out to the new stadium to support Darlington, they were surrounded by row after row of empty seats. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 19 Apr. 2021", "And, there plenty of stylish poolsides to traipse around while sporting that thrifted seventies caftan. \u2014 Krista Simmons, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 30 Mar. 2021", "Later, there\u2019s a new type of mission type which is essentially unstructured patrol, where players can traipse around the Wasteland zone, free-farming at their will. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1647, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "origin unknown":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101ps" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for traipse wander , roam , ramble , rove , traipse , meander mean to go about from place to place usually without a plan or definite purpose. wander implies an absence of or an indifference to a fixed course. fond of wandering about the square just watching the people roam suggests wandering about freely and often far afield. liked to roam through the woods ramble stresses carelessness and indifference to one's course or objective. the speaker rambled on without ever coming to the point rove suggests vigorous and sometimes purposeful roaming. armed brigands roved over the countryside traipse implies a course that is erratic but may sometimes be purposeful. traipsed all over town looking for the right dress meander implies a winding or intricate course suggestive of aimless or listless wandering. the river meanders for miles through rich farmland", "synonyms":[ "ambulate", "foot (it)", "hoof (it)", "leg (it)", "pad", "step", "tread", "walk" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053649", "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "trait":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a distinguishing quality (as of personal character)":[ "curiosity is one of her notable traits" ], ": a stroke of or as if of a pencil":[], ": an inherited characteristic":[], ": touch , trace":[] }, "examples":[ "This dog breed has a number of desirable traits .", "honesty is one of her defining traits", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Hilariously, Bethesda revealed one trait that makes players stronger... \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 12 June 2022", "But the two of them undoubtedly share one trait : wanton shamelessness. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 7 June 2022", "Gretzky does see one common trait among the greats: the unquenchable drive to be better. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022", "On this episode: This week, the fellas take a tour through the Detroit Pistons roster and pick out one trait each key player should improve this offseason. \u2014 Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press , 3 May 2022", "That one trait has guided his two years in Columbus. \u2014 Stephen Means, cleveland , 13 Apr. 2022", "One trait that has served Mr. Burrow well on the football field has betrayed him on the chessboard. \u2014 Andrew Beaton, WSJ , 11 Feb. 2022", "One such trait is the form of an opening on the tongue side of the lower jaw (mandible) called the mandibular foramen. \u2014 David W. Frayer, Scientific American , 1 Feb. 2022", "One trait connects many American men who go on shooting sprees: a history of hating women. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 23 Jan. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1589, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle French, literally, act of drawing, from Latin tractus \u2014 more at tract":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "British usually \u02c8tr\u0101", "\u02c8tr\u0101t, British usually \u02c8tr\u0101", "\u02c8tr\u0101t" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "affection", "attribute", "attribution", "character", "characteristic", "criterion", "diagnostic", "differentia", "feature", "fingerprint", "hallmark", "mark", "marker", "note", "particularity", "peculiarity", "point", "property", "quality", "specific", "stamp", "touch" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051402", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trait-complex":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": complex entry 3 sense 1a":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190357", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "traiteur":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": the keeper of a French or Italian eating house":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "French, from traiter to treat, entertain, supply with food + -eur -or":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02c8)tr\u0101\u00a6t\u0259r(\u2027)" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215214", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "traitor":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": one who betrays another's trust or is false to an obligation or duty":[], ": one who commits treason":[] }, "examples":[ "She has been called a traitor to the liberal party's cause.", "He was a traitor who betrayed his country by selling military secrets to the enemy.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "By the end of the 20th century, the story of Malinche was the story of a traitor , to be a malinchista was to act against the interests of your people. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022", "On the far left, to be amarillo is tantamount to being a traitor . \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022", "As the great-granddaughter of slaveowners and the daughter of a segregationist, Mulholland said she was often referred to as a traitor to her race for her civil rights work. \u2014 Tori B. Powell, CBS News , 28 May 2022", "The Denver show goes deep on this topic, showing a number of works that touch on the idea of Malinche as traitor . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022", "As these videos began garnering attention, sometimes racking up more than 140,000 views, the number of critics rose too, with comments calling him a national traitor . \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 18 Mar. 2022", "And g\u00fcten tag to Lalo Salamanca, whose quest to prove that Gus Fring is a traitor has taken him a long, long way from home. \u2014 Kat Rosenfield, EW.com , 10 May 2022", "Gableman appeared at a rally on the state Capitol steps immediately after Vos\u2019 opponent, Adam Steen, called Vos a traitor . \u2014 Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 30 Apr. 2022", "West co-stars alongside Clarkson, who plays CIA spy Cornelia Gray who emerges from 20 years in hiding, dodging the government agents who suspected her of being a traitor . \u2014 Manori Ravindran, Variety , 7 Apr. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English traytour , from Anglo-French traitre , from Latin traditor , from tradere to hand over, deliver, betray, from trans-, tra- trans- + dare to give \u2014 more at date":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101-t\u0259r" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "apostate", "backstabber", "betrayer", "double-crosser", "double-dealer", "Judas", "quisling", "recreant", "serpent", "snake", "turncoat" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235224", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "traitorism":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": betrayal":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "-\u0259\u02ccriz\u0259m" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105131", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "traitorous":{ "antonyms":[ "constant", "dedicated", "devoted", "devout", "down-the-line", "faithful", "fast", "loyal", "staunch", "stanch", "steadfast", "steady", "true" ], "definitions":{ ": constituting treason":[ "traitorous activities" ], ": guilty or capable of treason":[] }, "examples":[ "when our coach took a job at a rival college, a few traitorous players went right along with him", "Recent Examples on the Web", "That language clashed markedly with hard-line rhetoric emanating from Moscow, where supporters of the war, who do not consider Ukraine to be a legitimate country, denounced Mr. Medinsky\u2019s diplomacy as bordering on traitorous . \u2014 New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022", "This was a sharp departure from a tradition under which those who reported crimes by fellow Haredim were viewed as traitorous informers. \u2014 Joseph Berger, New York Times , 18 Mar. 2022", "As the fighting in the east has raged, their sermons are often seen as overly forgiving of Moscow\u2019s ambitions in Ukraine, or even traitorous . \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Feb. 2022", "Announcers\u2014conditioned to steer fans to feel a certain way about characters on the show\u2014gently suggested his selfish or traitorous tendencies to deaf ears. \u2014 Martin Douglas, SPIN , 21 Jan. 2022", "In order to make up for her traitorous past, Rosalind works as a spy for her country. \u2014 Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com , 20 Jan. 2022", "However, that turnabout is nothing compared with McCarthy\u2019s head-snapping response to the violent and traitorous events of Jan. 6. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Jan. 2022", "The traitorous Confederate flag being carried through the halls of Congress. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Jan. 2022", "Two more Ts are thus added to Holton\u2019s roster of American grievances: traitorous slaves and treacherous Indians. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Nov. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101-t\u0259-r\u0259s", "\u02c8tr\u0101-tr\u0259s" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for traitorous faithless , false , disloyal , traitorous , treacherous , perfidious mean untrue to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance. faithless applies to any failure to keep a promise or pledge or any breach of allegiance or loyalty. faithless allies false stresses the fact of failing to be true in any manner ranging from fickleness to cold treachery. betrayed by false friends disloyal implies a lack of complete faithfulness to a friend, cause, leader, or country. disloyal to their country traitorous implies either actual treason or a serious betrayal of trust. traitorous acts punishable by death treacherous implies readiness to betray trust or confidence. a treacherous adviser perfidious adds to faithless the implication of an incapacity for fidelity or reliability. a perfidious double-crosser", "synonyms":[ "disloyal", "faithless", "false", "fickle", "inconstant", "perfidious", "recreant", "treacherous", "unfaithful", "untrue" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161850", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ] }, "trammel":{ "antonyms":[ "balk", "bar", "block", "chain", "clog", "cramp", "crimp", "deterrent", "drag", "embarrassment", "encumbrance", "fetter", "handicap", "hindrance", "holdback", "hurdle", "impediment", "inhibition", "interference", "let", "manacle", "obstacle", "obstruction", "shackles", "stop", "stumbling block" ], "definitions":{ ": a compass for drawing large circles that consists of a beam with two sliding parts":[ "\u2014 usually used in plural" ], ": a shackle used for making a horse amble":[], ": an adjustable pothook for a fireplace crane":[], ": an instrument for drawing ellipses":[], ": any of various gauges used for aligning or adjusting machine parts":[], ": something impeding activity, progress, or freedom : restraint":[ "\u2014 usually used in plural" ], ": to catch or hold in or as if in a net : enmesh":[], ": to prevent or impede the free play of : confine":[] }, "examples":[ "Verb", "laws that trammel our rights as citizens", "years after his death, she was still trammeled by inconsolable grief for her deceased husband", "Noun", "students and parents who want to throw off the trammels of outdated school policies", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "The Founders gave an independent judiciary the responsibility of preventing the other branches from trammeling fundamental liberties of citizens. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 Jan. 2020", "The Patriots defense, which is on pace to break NFL records for most sacks and fewest points allowed, has trammeled and trampled opposing offenses, but the schedule keeps serving up red meat or raw quarterbacks for them to prey upon. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 Oct. 2019", "Now the area is brimming with new construction, and Ms. Medvedow, 63, is leading her institution into another less- trammeled area. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2018", "Now the area is brimming with new construction, and Ms. Medvedow, 63, is leading her institution into another less- trammeled area. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2018", "Those federal laws, along with state and local equivalents, provide broad and effective remedies for unequal pay without trammeling the hiring process. \u2014 Gerald Skoning, WSJ , 12 Dec. 2017", "When applied to armed protests, that mindset takes our country to a dangerous place: The Second Amendment and state open carry laws cannot trammel the free speech rights of unarmed protesters and the necessity for law enforcement to keep the peace. \u2014 Olivia Li, Slate Magazine , 17 Oct. 2017", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Join the top and drop leaf; then use a large trammel to mark the curved edge. \u2014 Thomas Klenck, Popular Mechanics , 14 Aug. 2021", "Make a trammel , or beam compass, that pivots on a 3\u20448-in. \u2014 Neal Barrett, Popular Mechanics , 7 Aug. 2021", "Build the trammel out of 1\u20442-in.-thick plywood, mount the router on one end and install a straight bit. \u2014 Neal Barrett, Popular Mechanics , 7 Aug. 2021", "Step 2: Measure and Cut Cubby Dividers Use trammel points to mark a rounded edge (an arc with a 7-1/2-inch radius) on three 6-1/2 x 19-inch boards. \u2014 Lucy Wendel, Better Homes & Gardens , 6 Apr. 2020" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun", "circa 1606, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English tramayle , a kind of net, from Old French tramail , from Late Latin tremaculum , from Latin tres three + macula mesh, spot \u2014 more at three":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tra-m\u0259l" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for trammel Verb hamper , trammel , clog , fetter , shackle , manacle mean to hinder or impede in moving, progressing, or acting. hamper may imply the effect of any impeding or restraining influence. hampered the investigation by refusing to cooperate trammel suggests entangling by or confining within a net. rules that trammel the artist's creativity clog usually implies a slowing by something extraneous or encumbering. a court system clogged by frivolous suits fetter suggests a restraining so severe that freedom to move or progress is almost lost. a nation fettered by an antiquated class system shackle and manacle are stronger than fetter and suggest total loss of freedom. a mind shackled by stubborn prejudice a people manacled by tyranny", "synonyms":[ "bind", "chain", "enchain", "enfetter", "fetter", "gyve", "handcuff", "manacle", "pinion", "shackle" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101051", "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "trammel net":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a rectangular net made of a middle layer that is slack and of fine mesh and two outer layers that are stretched and of coarse mesh so arranged that fish attempting to pass in either direction carry some of the fine net through the coarse and are thus pocketed":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-175520", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trammel point":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": either of the metal points of a beam compass":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181902", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trammer":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{}, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "tram entry 3 + -er":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tram\u0259(r)", "-raam-" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065847", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "tramontana":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{}, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "Italian, from feminine of tramontano":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cctr\u00e4(\u02cc)m\u014dn\u2027\u02c8t\u00e4n\u0259" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201800", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "tramontane":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": lying on or coming from the other side of a mountain range":[], ": transalpine":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1593, in the meaning defined above":"Noun", "1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Italian tramontano , from Latin transmontanus , from trans- + mont-, mons mountain \u2014 more at mount":"Adjective" }, "pronounciation":[ "tr\u0259-\u02c8m\u00e4n-\u02cct\u0101n", "\u02cctra-m\u0259n-\u02c8t\u0101n" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095625", "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "tramp":{ "antonyms":[ "bindle stiff", "bum", "bummer", "hobo", "sundowner", "swaggie", "swagman", "vagabond", "vagrant" ], "definitions":{ ": a foot traveler":[], ": a ship not making regular trips but taking cargo when and where it offers and to any port":[], ": a walking trip : hike":[], ": an iron plate to protect the sole of a shoe":[], ": having no fixed abode, connection, or destination":[ "a tramp dog" ], ": the succession of sounds made by the beating of feet on a surface (such as a road, pavement, or floor)":[], ": to journey as a tramp":[], ": to travel about on foot : hike":[], ": to travel or wander through or over on foot":[ "have tramped all the woods on their property" ], ": to tread on forcibly and repeatedly":[], ": to walk, tread, or step especially heavily":[ "tramped loudly on the stairs" ], ": vagrant sense 1a":[] }, "examples":[ "Verb", "We spent the day tramping through the woods.", "He tramped the streets looking for his dog.", "Noun", "a tramp through the woods", "the police encouraged the tramps who were sleeping in the park to spend the bitterly cold night in the homeless shelter", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Malls in Dubai now have Chinese on their signs alongside Arabic and English, with tour groups tramping through and high-end shoppers targeting luxury stores. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Jan. 2020", "On pavements where Soviet workers once tramped to shifts at the Uralmash heavy-machinery plant, babushkas now lay out their wares: apples, mushrooms, smoked fish. \u2014 The Economist , 3 Oct. 2019", "Home to Regan is beyond the reach of modern technology, tramping the loamy forest foraging for mushrooms, wood sorrel and tiny wild strawberries. \u2014 Deborah Reid, Washington Post , 12 Aug. 2019", "Most backcountry tramping involves climbing mountains using tree roots as a ladder or shimmying across precarious three-wire bridges (or just plain old river crossings) and wading through mud up to your chest. \u2014 Liz Carlson, Outside Online , 24 June 2019", "To view these almost-overgrown messages and art today, our small group tramped through prickly underbrush and tried to imagine the hard, solitary lives the sheepherders led. \u2014 Sara Lessley, Los Angeles Times , 1 Aug. 2019", "The walls were spattered, from baseboard to ceiling, in blood and so much pooled on the floor that the police had to build a makeshift bridge to get to the body without tramping through it. \u2014 Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com , 23 July 2019", "In the meantime, Strong will continue tramping around fields in Vermont, looking for more of the striking birds that have become a significant part of his research. \u2014 Brian Macquarrie, BostonGlobe.com , 21 July 2019", "On June 23rd the residents of Turkey\u2019s biggest city will be tramping to the polls all over again. \u2014 The Economist , 21 June 2019", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Be prepared to go without a shower or electricity for the duration of your tramp . \u2014 Ali Wunderman, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022", "Sitting atop an immaculate glass coffee table was an overflowing ashtray and a small pile of hardcover books, the top one of which teased a history of tramp steamers. \u2014 Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 Mar. 2022", "The second time netted $1,500 in gold and silver coins \u2014 and eventual life sentences because the crash killed a train fireman and a tramp . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Jan. 2022", "The movie thus plays like a throwback in several respects, back to an era when audiences dutifully flocked to theaters to see the likes of Robert Taylor or Alan Ladd tramp around in armor. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 14 Oct. 2021", "Synonyms for beggar include hobo, pauper, tramp , vagrant, derelict, mendicant, bum, supplicant, deadbeat, borrower. \u2014 Stephen Miller, WSJ , 11 Oct. 2021", "And finally, from the column of false negatives, the tart is a bit of a tramp . \u2014 Beth Segal, cleveland , 17 Sep. 2021", "All eyes are drawn to the two tramp -like figures who command the stage. \u2014 Marilyn Stasio, Variety , 22 Aug. 2021", "Her family received calls and letters calling her a drug addict, a tramp , a communist. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 Apr. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb", "1790, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun", "1873, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English; akin to Middle Low German trampen to stamp":"Verb" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u022fmp", "intransitive sense 1 & transitive sense 1 are also \u02c8tr\u00e4mp", "senses 3 & 4 are also \u02c8tr\u00e4mp", "\u02c8tramp" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "barge", "clump", "flog", "flounder", "galumph", "lumber", "lump", "plod", "pound", "scuff", "scuffle", "shamble", "shuffle", "slog", "slough", "stamp", "stomp", "stumble", "stump", "tromp", "trudge" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111935", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "tramp art":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{}, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Moe, an art major, compared the medium to tramp art out of North Carolina, a folk tradition taking simple objects like cigar boxes and turning them into intricate, incredible pieces. \u2014 Jenna Ross, Star Tribune , 25 Aug. 2020", "This space is featuring Harry Gould Harvey IV\u2019s intricate and peculiar driftwood dioramas \u2014 tramp art \u00e0 la Brancusi. \u2014 Will Heinrich, New York Times , 26 Apr. 2018", "Summerland's Lillie Avenue flows past garden shops, continental antiques stores, and Just Folk, one of the West Coast's best galleries for American crafts and tramp art . \u2014 David Keeps, ELLE Decor , 11 May 2011" ], "first_known_use":{ "1974, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184151", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "tramp's-trouble":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": china brier":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190016", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trampdom":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{}, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "-d\u0259m" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200644", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "tramper":{ "antonyms":[ "bindle stiff", "bum", "bummer", "hobo", "sundowner", "swaggie", "swagman", "vagabond", "vagrant" ], "definitions":{ ": a foot traveler":[], ": a ship not making regular trips but taking cargo when and where it offers and to any port":[], ": a walking trip : hike":[], ": an iron plate to protect the sole of a shoe":[], ": having no fixed abode, connection, or destination":[ "a tramp dog" ], ": the succession of sounds made by the beating of feet on a surface (such as a road, pavement, or floor)":[], ": to journey as a tramp":[], ": to travel about on foot : hike":[], ": to travel or wander through or over on foot":[ "have tramped all the woods on their property" ], ": to tread on forcibly and repeatedly":[], ": to walk, tread, or step especially heavily":[ "tramped loudly on the stairs" ], ": vagrant sense 1a":[] }, "examples":[ "Verb", "We spent the day tramping through the woods.", "He tramped the streets looking for his dog.", "Noun", "a tramp through the woods", "the police encouraged the tramps who were sleeping in the park to spend the bitterly cold night in the homeless shelter", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Malls in Dubai now have Chinese on their signs alongside Arabic and English, with tour groups tramping through and high-end shoppers targeting luxury stores. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Jan. 2020", "On pavements where Soviet workers once tramped to shifts at the Uralmash heavy-machinery plant, babushkas now lay out their wares: apples, mushrooms, smoked fish. \u2014 The Economist , 3 Oct. 2019", "Home to Regan is beyond the reach of modern technology, tramping the loamy forest foraging for mushrooms, wood sorrel and tiny wild strawberries. \u2014 Deborah Reid, Washington Post , 12 Aug. 2019", "Most backcountry tramping involves climbing mountains using tree roots as a ladder or shimmying across precarious three-wire bridges (or just plain old river crossings) and wading through mud up to your chest. \u2014 Liz Carlson, Outside Online , 24 June 2019", "To view these almost-overgrown messages and art today, our small group tramped through prickly underbrush and tried to imagine the hard, solitary lives the sheepherders led. \u2014 Sara Lessley, Los Angeles Times , 1 Aug. 2019", "The walls were spattered, from baseboard to ceiling, in blood and so much pooled on the floor that the police had to build a makeshift bridge to get to the body without tramping through it. \u2014 Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com , 23 July 2019", "In the meantime, Strong will continue tramping around fields in Vermont, looking for more of the striking birds that have become a significant part of his research. \u2014 Brian Macquarrie, BostonGlobe.com , 21 July 2019", "On June 23rd the residents of Turkey\u2019s biggest city will be tramping to the polls all over again. \u2014 The Economist , 21 June 2019", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Be prepared to go without a shower or electricity for the duration of your tramp . \u2014 Ali Wunderman, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022", "Sitting atop an immaculate glass coffee table was an overflowing ashtray and a small pile of hardcover books, the top one of which teased a history of tramp steamers. \u2014 Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 Mar. 2022", "The second time netted $1,500 in gold and silver coins \u2014 and eventual life sentences because the crash killed a train fireman and a tramp . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Jan. 2022", "The movie thus plays like a throwback in several respects, back to an era when audiences dutifully flocked to theaters to see the likes of Robert Taylor or Alan Ladd tramp around in armor. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 14 Oct. 2021", "Synonyms for beggar include hobo, pauper, tramp , vagrant, derelict, mendicant, bum, supplicant, deadbeat, borrower. \u2014 Stephen Miller, WSJ , 11 Oct. 2021", "And finally, from the column of false negatives, the tart is a bit of a tramp . \u2014 Beth Segal, cleveland , 17 Sep. 2021", "All eyes are drawn to the two tramp -like figures who command the stage. \u2014 Marilyn Stasio, Variety , 22 Aug. 2021", "Her family received calls and letters calling her a drug addict, a tramp , a communist. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 Apr. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb", "1790, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun", "1873, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English; akin to Middle Low German trampen to stamp":"Verb" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u022fmp", "\u02c8tramp", "intransitive sense 1 & transitive sense 1 are also \u02c8tr\u00e4mp", "senses 3 & 4 are also \u02c8tr\u00e4mp" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "barge", "clump", "flog", "flounder", "galumph", "lumber", "lump", "plod", "pound", "scuff", "scuffle", "shamble", "shuffle", "slog", "slough", "stamp", "stomp", "stumble", "stump", "tromp", "trudge" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040032", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "trampish":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": having the characteristics of a tramp especially in appearance":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "-pish" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113208", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun," ] }, "trampy":{ "antonyms":[ "bindle stiff", "bum", "bummer", "hobo", "sundowner", "swaggie", "swagman", "vagabond", "vagrant" ], "definitions":{ ": a foot traveler":[], ": a ship not making regular trips but taking cargo when and where it offers and to any port":[], ": a walking trip : hike":[], ": an iron plate to protect the sole of a shoe":[], ": having no fixed abode, connection, or destination":[ "a tramp dog" ], ": the succession of sounds made by the beating of feet on a surface (such as a road, pavement, or floor)":[], ": to journey as a tramp":[], ": to travel about on foot : hike":[], ": to travel or wander through or over on foot":[ "have tramped all the woods on their property" ], ": to tread on forcibly and repeatedly":[], ": to walk, tread, or step especially heavily":[ "tramped loudly on the stairs" ], ": vagrant sense 1a":[] }, "examples":[ "Verb", "We spent the day tramping through the woods.", "He tramped the streets looking for his dog.", "Noun", "a tramp through the woods", "the police encouraged the tramps who were sleeping in the park to spend the bitterly cold night in the homeless shelter", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Malls in Dubai now have Chinese on their signs alongside Arabic and English, with tour groups tramping through and high-end shoppers targeting luxury stores. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Jan. 2020", "On pavements where Soviet workers once tramped to shifts at the Uralmash heavy-machinery plant, babushkas now lay out their wares: apples, mushrooms, smoked fish. \u2014 The Economist , 3 Oct. 2019", "Home to Regan is beyond the reach of modern technology, tramping the loamy forest foraging for mushrooms, wood sorrel and tiny wild strawberries. \u2014 Deborah Reid, Washington Post , 12 Aug. 2019", "Most backcountry tramping involves climbing mountains using tree roots as a ladder or shimmying across precarious three-wire bridges (or just plain old river crossings) and wading through mud up to your chest. \u2014 Liz Carlson, Outside Online , 24 June 2019", "To view these almost-overgrown messages and art today, our small group tramped through prickly underbrush and tried to imagine the hard, solitary lives the sheepherders led. \u2014 Sara Lessley, Los Angeles Times , 1 Aug. 2019", "The walls were spattered, from baseboard to ceiling, in blood and so much pooled on the floor that the police had to build a makeshift bridge to get to the body without tramping through it. \u2014 Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com , 23 July 2019", "In the meantime, Strong will continue tramping around fields in Vermont, looking for more of the striking birds that have become a significant part of his research. \u2014 Brian Macquarrie, BostonGlobe.com , 21 July 2019", "On June 23rd the residents of Turkey\u2019s biggest city will be tramping to the polls all over again. \u2014 The Economist , 21 June 2019", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Be prepared to go without a shower or electricity for the duration of your tramp . \u2014 Ali Wunderman, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022", "Sitting atop an immaculate glass coffee table was an overflowing ashtray and a small pile of hardcover books, the top one of which teased a history of tramp steamers. \u2014 Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 Mar. 2022", "The second time netted $1,500 in gold and silver coins \u2014 and eventual life sentences because the crash killed a train fireman and a tramp . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Jan. 2022", "The movie thus plays like a throwback in several respects, back to an era when audiences dutifully flocked to theaters to see the likes of Robert Taylor or Alan Ladd tramp around in armor. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 14 Oct. 2021", "Synonyms for beggar include hobo, pauper, tramp , vagrant, derelict, mendicant, bum, supplicant, deadbeat, borrower. \u2014 Stephen Miller, WSJ , 11 Oct. 2021", "And finally, from the column of false negatives, the tart is a bit of a tramp . \u2014 Beth Segal, cleveland , 17 Sep. 2021", "All eyes are drawn to the two tramp -like figures who command the stage. \u2014 Marilyn Stasio, Variety , 22 Aug. 2021", "Her family received calls and letters calling her a drug addict, a tramp , a communist. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 Apr. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb", "1790, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun", "1873, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English; akin to Middle Low German trampen to stamp":"Verb" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u022fmp", "intransitive sense 1 & transitive sense 1 are also \u02c8tr\u00e4mp", "senses 3 & 4 are also \u02c8tr\u00e4mp", "\u02c8tramp" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "barge", "clump", "flog", "flounder", "galumph", "lumber", "lump", "plod", "pound", "scuff", "scuffle", "shamble", "shuffle", "slog", "slough", "stamp", "stomp", "stumble", "stump", "tromp", "trudge" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090741", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "tran":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ "transit":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115941", "type":[ "abbreviation" ] }, "trance":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a sleeplike state (as of deep hypnosis) usually characterized by partly suspended animation with diminished or absent sensory and motor activity":[], ": a state of profound abstraction or absorption":[], ": entrance , enrapture":[], ": stupor , daze":[] }, "examples":[ "Noun", "The spiritual healer fell into a trance .", "He was staring out the window in a trance .", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "There might be a principled symmetry in that tactic, but these pulses ultimately feel too faint to induce any kind of trance state, let alone a committed two-step. \u2014 Chris Richards, Washington Post , 20 June 2022", "Malley appeared to speed-read it, entered a kind of trance , and started talking in voices that were not his own. \u2014 Chris Heath, The Atlantic , 17 June 2022", "Observed are the animals, people and shapes which were revealed to them while in trance . \u2014 Chadd Scott, Forbes , 1 June 2022", "In the real world, Max enters a trance ; meanwhile, her psyche is trapped in an otherworldly realm, the Upside Down, on the verge of being killed by Vecna. \u2014 Nojan Aminosharei, Harper's BAZAAR , 1 June 2022", "Agnetha Faltskog swirled her arms as if in a hippie trance , adding her voice to the chorus. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022", "Lebrun, eyes staring off at what might be another world, appears to be acting in a trance of dissociative distance. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 28 Apr. 2022", "She's made her mark on the trance /EDM space, working with artists like Gareth Emery, Markus Schultz, and Shane 54. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 9 May 2022", "The Spanglish bop steps away from urban and perfectly brings to life a chill, indie-pop gem that will have you in a trance . \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 6 May 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Here a barrage of triple threat acts have made a long list of the genre's most enduring tracks, from glitch hop, to pop crossovers to trance to vocal house to straight up EDM. \u2014 Katie Bain, Billboard , 25 Aug. 2020", "This lineup adds follow previous announcements that trance legend Armin van Buuren will also headline the longstanding UK dance festival, launched in 1998. \u2014 Katie Bain, Billboard , 17 Jan. 2020", "Once inside, there's something happening everywhere, with sounds from techno, to house, to hardstyle to bass to EDM to trance coming at your ears from all directions. \u2014 Brittany Gaston, Billboard , 23 July 2019", "As Florence trances the edge of this high pressure system, by later Friday or so, the atmospheric steering currents essentially break down. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 12 Sep. 2018", "But as people danced, shouted along, tranced out or (sometimes) shielded their ears, all the gear was still at the service of human beings. \u2014 Jon Pareles, New York Times , 22 May 2017" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun", "circa 1598, in the meaning defined above":"Verb" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English traunce , from Anglo-French transe death, coma, rapture, from transir to depart, die, from Latin transire to cross, pass by \u2014 more at transient":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8trans", "\u02c8tran(t)s" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "daydreaming", "reverie", "revery", "study", "woolgathering" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062701", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "trancedly":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": in or as if in a trance":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "tranced (past participle of trance entry 1 ) + -ly":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "-nstl\u0113", "-ns\u0259\u0307dl\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182906", "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "tranche":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u00e4\u207fsh" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "With the second tranche of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal pandemic aid expected to soon land in Milwaukee city and county coffers, officials are facing new decisions on how to spend the historic sums. \u2014 Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel , 17 June 2022", "The second tranche of new Eastman emails involves a Dec. 24, 2020, discussion with Trump campaign officials and Wisconsin lawyer Kenneth Chesebro. \u2014 Peter Weber, The Week , 16 June 2022", "But the reallocation of the second tranche of funds to those facing higher demand won't begin until the end of March. \u2014 Sarah Ewall-wice, CBS News , 24 Feb. 2022", "The Archives has turned over a tranche of vice presidential records, as well as documents chronicling calls to the vice president that were White House records. \u2014 Ryan Nobles, CNN , 31 Mar. 2022", "Roughly 60% of the organizations receiving donations in this tranche are led by women, Scott noted. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 23 Mar. 2022", "Given that Webb has a much larger mirror and will be able to image red galaxies around 250 million years after the Big Bang, expect to see something similar\u2014though whether that will be in the first tranche of show-off images is anyone\u2019s guess. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 22 Jan. 2022", "The most recent tranche \u2014more than $10 billion for the CDC in the American Rescue Plan, passed earlier this year\u2014was also approved for spending on general pandemic preparedness. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 2 Aug. 2021", "Streetlight construction from the first tranche of money will take place between 2023 and 2024. \u2014 Vanessa Swales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 10 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "French, literally, slice, from Old French, from trenchier, trancher to cut \u2014 more at trench":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1893, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-171157" }, "tranche de vie":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": slice of life":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "tr\u00e4\u207fsh-d\u0259-\u02c8v\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115217", "type":[ "French noun phrase" ] }, "tranquil":{ "antonyms":[ "boisterous", "clamorous", "clattery", "deafening", "loud", "noisy", "raucous", "rip-roaring", "roistering", "romping", "rowdy", "tumultuous", "unquiet", "uproarious", "woolly", "wooly" ], "definitions":{ ": free from agitation of mind or spirit":[ "a tranquil self-assurance" ], ": free from disturbance or turmoil":[ "a tranquil scene" ], ": unvarying in aspect : steady , stable":[] }, "examples":[ "the house was once again tranquil after the kids moved outside to play", "though she should have been upset, she felt oddly tranquil upon learning that she would not be receiving the scholarship", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Volunteers to the country\u2019s territorial defense forces, reserve units of Ukraine\u2019s armed forces, were initially assigned unglamorous but safe tasks in relatively tranquil regions like western Ukraine, where the Russians did not invade. \u2014 Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com , 2 July 2022", "But winter snows this year were below normal and spring runoff has been more tranquil . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2022", "James Bond is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica after leaving active service. \u2014 Travis Bean, Forbes , 10 June 2022", "Sallus, whose early life struggles with behavioral issues sent him to boarding school in Sedona, soon found that horses were an avenue toward a peaceful, more tranquil life. \u2014 Mary Grace Grabill, The Arizona Republic , 17 May 2022", "As soon as my feet touched back on the ground, I was jolted back to reality, into the busy, noisy Anacapri city center, confirming how tranquil the chairlift ride truly was. \u2014 Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure , 7 May 2022", "This property, tucked into otherworldly cliffs along the Ojo Caliente River, boasts one of the country's most tranquil thermal spring experiences. \u2014 Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure , 10 June 2022", "In a tranquil Ukrainian monastery, dozens driven from homes by war find refuge. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022", "The scene today plays like an anvil tossed into a tranquil pond. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 11 Mar. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English tranquill , from Latin tranquillus":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tra\u014b-kw\u0259l", "\u02c8tran-" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for tranquil calm , tranquil , serene , placid , peaceful mean quiet and free from disturbance. calm often implies a contrast with a foregoing or nearby state of agitation or violence. the protests ended, and the streets were calm again tranquil suggests a very deep quietude or composure. the tranquil beauty of a formal garden serene stresses an unclouded and lofty tranquility. watched the sunset of a serene summer's evening placid suggests an undisturbed appearance and often implies a degree of complacency. remained placid despite the criticism peaceful implies a state of repose in contrast with or following strife or turmoil. grown peaceful in old age", "synonyms":[ "arcadian", "calm", "hushed", "peaceful", "placid", "quiet", "restful", "serene", "still", "stilly" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212240", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ] }, "tranquility":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": the quality or state of being tranquil":[ "the tranquility of the quiet countryside" ] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "There's also a tranquility pool (for adults) along with a whirlpool. \u2014 Judy Koutsky, Forbes , 3 Sep. 2021", "Our peace and tranquility have been attacked by the enemies of the people. \u2014 Julia Jacobo, ABC News , 5 June 2022", "Highland Lakes, Texas Just an hour from Austin, the Highland Lakes area is a hamlet of peace and tranquility with plenty of small-town charm. \u2014 Rebecca Deurlein, Travel + Leisure , 13 May 2022", "Nestled outside a home in Marrakech, Morocco, is a small patio designed for peace and tranquility . \u2014 Kelsey Mulvey, ELLE Decor , 10 May 2022", "But Harper's hopes for healing and tranquility are quickly dashed, due in part to the estate's patronizing landlord (Rory Kinnear) and other prying townsmen, all of whom bear an eerie resemblance. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022", "People visit the abbey\u2019s Benedictine monks in search of reflection, tranquility and a deeper connection with the divine. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 May 2022", "The bossa nova pattern and strings return, but the general tranquility is interrupted by a trenchant guitar solo about halfway through, only to restore its former quietude a little while later. \u2014 Grant Sharples, SPIN , 6 Apr. 2022", "In the Fang worldview, activity and determination are male, while tranquility and deliberation are female. \u2014 Susan Delson, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "tra\u014b-", "tran-\u02c8kwi-l\u0259-t\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060905", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "tranquilize":{ "antonyms":[ "agitate", "discompose", "disquiet", "disturb", "key (up)", "perturb", "upset", "vex" ], "definitions":{ ": to become tranquil : relax sense 1":[], ": to make one tranquil":[] }, "examples":[ "They tranquilized the bear with a dart so that it could be safely moved to a different area.", "at long last the crying baby was tranquilized by the steady rocking of her cradle", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The bear had been sitting 50 feet up a pine tree as deputies waited below for bear trappers to come tranquilize it, a Palm Beach County Sheriff\u2019s Office news release says, but the trappers didn\u2019t arrive in time. \u2014 Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel , 20 June 2022", "Many asked wildlife officials to do something for the moose, to tranquilize it and treat it. \u2014 Mitchell Willetts, Anchorage Daily News , 13 May 2022", "An arms-control agreement can also help tranquilize the clerical regime\u2019s domestic troubles. \u2014 Reuel Marc Gerecht, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022", "Lions living in such refuges aren\u2019t able to disperse naturally, so maintaining physically and genetically healthy populations requires that wildlife managers frequently tranquilize lions and swap them between reserves. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Mar. 2022", "But recently, Big Bruin apparently returned to its older patterns, and wildlife officers were able to tranquilize it in a vacant wood lot, TWRA said. \u2014 Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News , 28 Mar. 2022", "Current plans are to tranquilize Hank and his brethren, tag them, and move them to a place with few people. \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022", "Wildlife officers Dawson Swanson and Scott Murdoch were able to tranquilize the bull on private property in Pine Junction on Saturday evening, according to a press release from the Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife. \u2014 Michael Hollan, Fox News , 12 Oct. 2021", "Over that time, wildlife officials confirmed numerous sightings of the bull elk and tried several times to tranquilize it, all efforts at freeing it from its rubber-and-steel yoke. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Oct. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1623, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tran-", "\u02c8tra\u014b-kw\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "becalm", "calm", "compose", "lull", "lullaby", "quiet", "quieten", "salve", "settle", "soothe", "still" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075037", "type":[ "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ] }, "tranquilizer":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a drug used to reduce mental disturbance (such as anxiety and tension) \u2014 compare antipsychotic":[], ": one that tranquilizes":[] }, "examples":[ "a patient who is on tranquilizers", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The research on ketamine, primarily used in the past as a horse tranquilizer , is the furthest along, and has been proven as an antidepressant treatment. \u2014 Ronit Molko, Forbes , 19 May 2022", "However, there was no working tranquilizer gun found in the home and authorities say Barry's DNA was not on that plastic cap. \u2014 Paul Larosa, CBS News , 21 Apr. 2022", "If an animal needed to be captured to treat an injury or for another reason, Massena said keepers would work with veterinarians who would shoot a tranquilizer dart at it. \u2014 Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 May 2022", "Prosecutors believe the cap was from a syringe used to fill a tranquilizer dart. \u2014 CBS News , 30 Apr. 2022", "There\u2019s a new drug beginning to spread rapidly through the street drug supply of the United States: Xylazine, an animal tranquilizer , increasingly used as a synthetic cutting agent for opioids like heroin. \u2014 Joseph Friedman, Time , 6 Apr. 2022", "McNabney died by a lethal dose of horse tranquilizer on September 12, 2001. \u2014 Joseph Rhee, ABC News , 1 Apr. 2022", "Prosecutors believe Barry Morphew shot his wife with a tranquilizer gun before disposing of her body. \u2014 Linda Takahashi, NBC News , 2 Mar. 2022", "After Suzanne went missing, authorities found the cap of a tranquilizer dart in the couple's dryer, KDVR reported. \u2014 Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com , 25 Feb. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1800, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tran-", "\u02c8tra\u014b-kw\u0259-\u02ccl\u012b-z\u0259r" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064316", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "tranquilizing":{ "antonyms":[ "agitate", "discompose", "disquiet", "disturb", "key (up)", "perturb", "upset", "vex" ], "definitions":{ ": to become tranquil : relax sense 1":[], ": to make one tranquil":[] }, "examples":[ "They tranquilized the bear with a dart so that it could be safely moved to a different area.", "at long last the crying baby was tranquilized by the steady rocking of her cradle", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The bear had been sitting 50 feet up a pine tree as deputies waited below for bear trappers to come tranquilize it, a Palm Beach County Sheriff\u2019s Office news release says, but the trappers didn\u2019t arrive in time. \u2014 Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel , 20 June 2022", "Many asked wildlife officials to do something for the moose, to tranquilize it and treat it. \u2014 Mitchell Willetts, Anchorage Daily News , 13 May 2022", "An arms-control agreement can also help tranquilize the clerical regime\u2019s domestic troubles. \u2014 Reuel Marc Gerecht, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022", "Lions living in such refuges aren\u2019t able to disperse naturally, so maintaining physically and genetically healthy populations requires that wildlife managers frequently tranquilize lions and swap them between reserves. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Mar. 2022", "But recently, Big Bruin apparently returned to its older patterns, and wildlife officers were able to tranquilize it in a vacant wood lot, TWRA said. \u2014 Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News , 28 Mar. 2022", "Current plans are to tranquilize Hank and his brethren, tag them, and move them to a place with few people. \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022", "Wildlife officers Dawson Swanson and Scott Murdoch were able to tranquilize the bull on private property in Pine Junction on Saturday evening, according to a press release from the Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife. \u2014 Michael Hollan, Fox News , 12 Oct. 2021", "Over that time, wildlife officials confirmed numerous sightings of the bull elk and tried several times to tranquilize it, all efforts at freeing it from its rubber-and-steel yoke. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Oct. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1623, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tran-", "\u02c8tra\u014b-kw\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "becalm", "calm", "compose", "lull", "lullaby", "quiet", "quieten", "salve", "settle", "soothe", "still" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221848", "type":[ "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ] }, "tranquillity":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": the quality or state of being tranquil":[ "the tranquility of the quiet countryside" ] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "There's also a tranquility pool (for adults) along with a whirlpool. \u2014 Judy Koutsky, Forbes , 3 Sep. 2021", "Our peace and tranquility have been attacked by the enemies of the people. \u2014 Julia Jacobo, ABC News , 5 June 2022", "Highland Lakes, Texas Just an hour from Austin, the Highland Lakes area is a hamlet of peace and tranquility with plenty of small-town charm. \u2014 Rebecca Deurlein, Travel + Leisure , 13 May 2022", "Nestled outside a home in Marrakech, Morocco, is a small patio designed for peace and tranquility . \u2014 Kelsey Mulvey, ELLE Decor , 10 May 2022", "But Harper's hopes for healing and tranquility are quickly dashed, due in part to the estate's patronizing landlord (Rory Kinnear) and other prying townsmen, all of whom bear an eerie resemblance. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022", "People visit the abbey\u2019s Benedictine monks in search of reflection, tranquility and a deeper connection with the divine. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 May 2022", "The bossa nova pattern and strings return, but the general tranquility is interrupted by a trenchant guitar solo about halfway through, only to restore its former quietude a little while later. \u2014 Grant Sharples, SPIN , 6 Apr. 2022", "In the Fang worldview, activity and determination are male, while tranquility and deliberation are female. \u2014 Susan Delson, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "tra\u014b-", "tran-\u02c8kwi-l\u0259-t\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053529", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "tranquillize":{ "antonyms":[ "agitate", "discompose", "disquiet", "disturb", "key (up)", "perturb", "upset", "vex" ], "definitions":{ ": to become tranquil : relax sense 1":[], ": to make one tranquil":[] }, "examples":[ "They tranquilized the bear with a dart so that it could be safely moved to a different area.", "at long last the crying baby was tranquilized by the steady rocking of her cradle", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The bear had been sitting 50 feet up a pine tree as deputies waited below for bear trappers to come tranquilize it, a Palm Beach County Sheriff\u2019s Office news release says, but the trappers didn\u2019t arrive in time. \u2014 Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel , 20 June 2022", "Many asked wildlife officials to do something for the moose, to tranquilize it and treat it. \u2014 Mitchell Willetts, Anchorage Daily News , 13 May 2022", "An arms-control agreement can also help tranquilize the clerical regime\u2019s domestic troubles. \u2014 Reuel Marc Gerecht, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022", "Lions living in such refuges aren\u2019t able to disperse naturally, so maintaining physically and genetically healthy populations requires that wildlife managers frequently tranquilize lions and swap them between reserves. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Mar. 2022", "But recently, Big Bruin apparently returned to its older patterns, and wildlife officers were able to tranquilize it in a vacant wood lot, TWRA said. \u2014 Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News , 28 Mar. 2022", "Current plans are to tranquilize Hank and his brethren, tag them, and move them to a place with few people. \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022", "Wildlife officers Dawson Swanson and Scott Murdoch were able to tranquilize the bull on private property in Pine Junction on Saturday evening, according to a press release from the Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife. \u2014 Michael Hollan, Fox News , 12 Oct. 2021", "Over that time, wildlife officials confirmed numerous sightings of the bull elk and tried several times to tranquilize it, all efforts at freeing it from its rubber-and-steel yoke. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Oct. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1623, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tran-", "\u02c8tra\u014b-kw\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "becalm", "calm", "compose", "lull", "lullaby", "quiet", "quieten", "salve", "settle", "soothe", "still" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192507", "type":[ "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ] }, "tranquillizing":{ "antonyms":[ "agitate", "discompose", "disquiet", "disturb", "key (up)", "perturb", "upset", "vex" ], "definitions":{ ": to become tranquil : relax sense 1":[], ": to make one tranquil":[] }, "examples":[ "They tranquilized the bear with a dart so that it could be safely moved to a different area.", "at long last the crying baby was tranquilized by the steady rocking of her cradle", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The bear had been sitting 50 feet up a pine tree as deputies waited below for bear trappers to come tranquilize it, a Palm Beach County Sheriff\u2019s Office news release says, but the trappers didn\u2019t arrive in time. \u2014 Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel , 20 June 2022", "Many asked wildlife officials to do something for the moose, to tranquilize it and treat it. \u2014 Mitchell Willetts, Anchorage Daily News , 13 May 2022", "An arms-control agreement can also help tranquilize the clerical regime\u2019s domestic troubles. \u2014 Reuel Marc Gerecht, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022", "Lions living in such refuges aren\u2019t able to disperse naturally, so maintaining physically and genetically healthy populations requires that wildlife managers frequently tranquilize lions and swap them between reserves. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Mar. 2022", "But recently, Big Bruin apparently returned to its older patterns, and wildlife officers were able to tranquilize it in a vacant wood lot, TWRA said. \u2014 Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News , 28 Mar. 2022", "Current plans are to tranquilize Hank and his brethren, tag them, and move them to a place with few people. \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022", "Wildlife officers Dawson Swanson and Scott Murdoch were able to tranquilize the bull on private property in Pine Junction on Saturday evening, according to a press release from the Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife. \u2014 Michael Hollan, Fox News , 12 Oct. 2021", "Over that time, wildlife officials confirmed numerous sightings of the bull elk and tried several times to tranquilize it, all efforts at freeing it from its rubber-and-steel yoke. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Oct. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1623, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tran-", "\u02c8tra\u014b-kw\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "becalm", "calm", "compose", "lull", "lullaby", "quiet", "quieten", "salve", "settle", "soothe", "still" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213005", "type":[ "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ] }, "tranquillo":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": in a quiet or calm manner":[ "\u2014 used as a direction in music" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "Italian, from tranquillo tranquil, from Latin tranquillus":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "tr\u00e4n\u02c8kw\u0113(\u02cc)l\u014d" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201259", "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "tranquilness":{ "antonyms":[ "boisterous", "clamorous", "clattery", "deafening", "loud", "noisy", "raucous", "rip-roaring", "roistering", "romping", "rowdy", "tumultuous", "unquiet", "uproarious", "woolly", "wooly" ], "definitions":{ ": free from agitation of mind or spirit":[ "a tranquil self-assurance" ], ": free from disturbance or turmoil":[ "a tranquil scene" ], ": unvarying in aspect : steady , stable":[] }, "examples":[ "the house was once again tranquil after the kids moved outside to play", "though she should have been upset, she felt oddly tranquil upon learning that she would not be receiving the scholarship", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Volunteers to the country\u2019s territorial defense forces, reserve units of Ukraine\u2019s armed forces, were initially assigned unglamorous but safe tasks in relatively tranquil regions like western Ukraine, where the Russians did not invade. \u2014 Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com , 2 July 2022", "But winter snows this year were below normal and spring runoff has been more tranquil . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2022", "James Bond is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica after leaving active service. \u2014 Travis Bean, Forbes , 10 June 2022", "Sallus, whose early life struggles with behavioral issues sent him to boarding school in Sedona, soon found that horses were an avenue toward a peaceful, more tranquil life. \u2014 Mary Grace Grabill, The Arizona Republic , 17 May 2022", "As soon as my feet touched back on the ground, I was jolted back to reality, into the busy, noisy Anacapri city center, confirming how tranquil the chairlift ride truly was. \u2014 Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure , 7 May 2022", "This property, tucked into otherworldly cliffs along the Ojo Caliente River, boasts one of the country's most tranquil thermal spring experiences. \u2014 Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure , 10 June 2022", "In a tranquil Ukrainian monastery, dozens driven from homes by war find refuge. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022", "The scene today plays like an anvil tossed into a tranquil pond. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 11 Mar. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English tranquill , from Latin tranquillus":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tran-", "\u02c8tra\u014b-kw\u0259l" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for tranquil calm , tranquil , serene , placid , peaceful mean quiet and free from disturbance. calm often implies a contrast with a foregoing or nearby state of agitation or violence. the protests ended, and the streets were calm again tranquil suggests a very deep quietude or composure. the tranquil beauty of a formal garden serene stresses an unclouded and lofty tranquility. watched the sunset of a serene summer's evening placid suggests an undisturbed appearance and often implies a degree of complacency. remained placid despite the criticism peaceful implies a state of repose in contrast with or following strife or turmoil. grown peaceful in old age", "synonyms":[ "arcadian", "calm", "hushed", "peaceful", "placid", "quiet", "restful", "serene", "still", "stilly" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105319", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ] }, "trans":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": beyond (a specified chemical element) in the periodic table":[ "trans uranium" ], ": characterized by having certain groups of atoms on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of a double bond or of the plane of a ring in a molecule":[], ": on or to the other side of : across : beyond":[ "trans atlantic" ], ": relating to or being an arrangement of two very closely linked genes in the heterozygous condition in which one mutant allele and one wild-type allele are on each of the two homologous chromosomes \u2014 compare cis sense 3":[], ": so or such as to change or transfer":[ "trans literate", "trans location", "trans amination", "trans ship" ], ": through":[ "trans cutaneous" ], ": trans":[ "trans- dichloro-ethylene" ], ": transgender":[ "The Affordable Care Act included trans health care in many places and that was a remarkable step in the right direction for trans people, but in some ways it still remained difficult to receive personalized and comprehensive transgender healthcare.", "\u2014 Alexa Coraz\u00f3n" ], ": transsexual":[], "transaction":[], "transitive":[], "translated ; translation ; translator":[], "transmission":[], "transportation":[], "transverse":[], "\u2014 compare cis- sense 2":[ "trans- dichloro-ethylene" ] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "Tropical Storm Alex is marching east toward the middle Atlantic where it is expected to end its long, trans -oceanic journey. \u2014 Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel , 6 June 2022", "The administration now sees a chance to punish Russian aggression, weaken Mr. Putin, shore up NATO and the trans -Atlantic alliance and send a message to China, too. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022", "Turkey's objections have dampened Stockholm's and Helsinki's hopes for joining NATO quickly amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine and put the trans -Atlantic alliance's credibility at stake. \u2014 Suzan Fraser, ajc , 25 May 2022", "The Legislature in November set aside $150 million in federal coronavirus aid to help construct such a trans -state pipeline for natural gas, which is a byproduct of oil production. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 24 May 2022", "All the large and relatively fast-moving ships that China is fielding to support their sovereignty-eroding distant fishing fleets\u2014the support tenders, trans -shipment craft and surveillance platforms\u2014face a mortal threat. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 7 May 2022", "Led from the front by pocket-powerhouse Amy Taylor, Amyl and The Sniffers are rocking out abroad with their trans -Atlantic tour well underway, following two Coachella performances and their U.S. late night debut on Seth Meyers. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 5 May 2022", "Fifty years ago, Divoky was doing a pre- trans -Alaska pipeline assessment of birds in the Beaufort Sea. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Apr. 2022", "Without witnessing a tragedy in a toilet bowl, how do trans -masculine people cathart" ], "first_known_use":{ "1892, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "(sense 1) by shortening of transgender or transsexual ; (senses 2-3) from the prefix trans-":"Adjective", "Latin trans-, tra- across, beyond, through, so as to change, from trans across, beyond \u2014 more at through entry 1":"Prefix" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tran(t)s", "\u02c8tranz" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224929", "type":[ "abbreviation", "adjective", "prefix" ] }, "trans fat":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a fat containing trans-fatty acids":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Instead of bombarding and adding hydrogen, the hydrogen in trans fat is rearranged. \u2014 Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal , 24 Mar. 2022", "The agency also urged states not to take action for repeat violations of the requirements for food quantities and whole grain-rich foods, as well as for violations of the dietary specifications for calories, saturated fat, sodium and trans fat . \u2014 Katie Lobosco And Tami Luhby, CNN , 29 Sep. 2021", "For instance, eateries now face city Health Department fines of $200 for both exceeding a half-gram of trans fat per serving and being caught offering children soda or other sugary drinks in kids\u2019 meal packages. \u2014 Rich Calder, WSJ , 16 June 2021", "High-quality dark chocolate that will be good for you in moderation contains no milk and shouldn\u2019t have trans fat . \u2014 Laura Wheatman Hill, chicagotribune.com , 17 Apr. 2021", "Eateries now face city Health Department fines of at least $200 for exceeding a half-gram of trans fat per serving and up to $200 fines if they are caught offering children soda or other sugary drinks in kids\u2019 meal packages. \u2014 Rich Calder, WSJ , 28 Feb. 2021", "The grocer sells natural and organic foods that are free of hormones, artificial sweeteners, antibiotics and trans fats . \u2014 Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN , 3 Feb. 2020", "While her husband was in office, Obama helped the USDA usher in requirements demanding that schools offer more fruits and vegetables, abolish trans fats , serve only low-fat milk, and cut back on sodium. \u2014 Madison Dibble, Washington Examiner , 17 Jan. 2020", "But watered with care, skill and possibly love, the show grew into a kind, funny celebration of American life, in particular life in a Midwestern town where no one worries too much about the health effects of trans fats . \u2014 Tom Gliatto, PEOPLE.com , 23 Dec. 2019" ], "first_known_use":{ "1978, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115714", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trans-":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": beyond (a specified chemical element) in the periodic table":[ "trans uranium" ], ": characterized by having certain groups of atoms on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of a double bond or of the plane of a ring in a molecule":[], ": on or to the other side of : across : beyond":[ "trans atlantic" ], ": relating to or being an arrangement of two very closely linked genes in the heterozygous condition in which one mutant allele and one wild-type allele are on each of the two homologous chromosomes \u2014 compare cis sense 3":[], ": so or such as to change or transfer":[ "trans literate", "trans location", "trans amination", "trans ship" ], ": through":[ "trans cutaneous" ], ": trans":[ "trans- dichloro-ethylene" ], ": transgender":[ "The Affordable Care Act included trans health care in many places and that was a remarkable step in the right direction for trans people, but in some ways it still remained difficult to receive personalized and comprehensive transgender healthcare.", "\u2014 Alexa Coraz\u00f3n" ], ": transsexual":[], "transaction":[], "transitive":[], "translated ; translation ; translator":[], "transmission":[], "transportation":[], "transverse":[], "\u2014 compare cis- sense 2":[ "trans- dichloro-ethylene" ] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "Tropical Storm Alex is marching east toward the middle Atlantic where it is expected to end its long, trans -oceanic journey. \u2014 Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel , 6 June 2022", "The administration now sees a chance to punish Russian aggression, weaken Mr. Putin, shore up NATO and the trans -Atlantic alliance and send a message to China, too. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022", "Turkey's objections have dampened Stockholm's and Helsinki's hopes for joining NATO quickly amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine and put the trans -Atlantic alliance's credibility at stake. \u2014 Suzan Fraser, ajc , 25 May 2022", "The Legislature in November set aside $150 million in federal coronavirus aid to help construct such a trans -state pipeline for natural gas, which is a byproduct of oil production. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 24 May 2022", "All the large and relatively fast-moving ships that China is fielding to support their sovereignty-eroding distant fishing fleets\u2014the support tenders, trans -shipment craft and surveillance platforms\u2014face a mortal threat. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 7 May 2022", "Led from the front by pocket-powerhouse Amy Taylor, Amyl and The Sniffers are rocking out abroad with their trans -Atlantic tour well underway, following two Coachella performances and their U.S. late night debut on Seth Meyers. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 5 May 2022", "Fifty years ago, Divoky was doing a pre- trans -Alaska pipeline assessment of birds in the Beaufort Sea. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Apr. 2022", "Without witnessing a tragedy in a toilet bowl, how do trans -masculine people cathart" ], "first_known_use":{ "1892, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "(sense 1) by shortening of transgender or transsexual ; (senses 2-3) from the prefix trans-":"Adjective", "Latin trans-, tra- across, beyond, through, so as to change, from trans across, beyond \u2014 more at through entry 1":"Prefix" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tranz", "\u02c8tran(t)s" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200303", "type":[ "abbreviation", "adjective", "prefix" ] }, "transcend":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to be prior to, beyond, and above (the universe or material existence)":[], ": to outstrip or outdo in some attribute, quality, or power":[], ": to rise above or extend notably beyond ordinary limits":[], ": to rise above or go beyond the limits of":[], ": to triumph over the negative or restrictive aspects of : overcome":[] }, "examples":[ "music that transcends cultural boundaries", "She was able to transcend her own suffering and help others.", "Her concerns transcended local issues.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "But there are Black writers in sci-fi, romance and other genres whose works transcend race. \u2014 John Blake, CNN , 19 June 2022", "But Howard himself is a cost: a human being who was not without his own foibles, but who was also generous and open-minded enough to encourage both Kim and Jimmy in their quests to transcend their backgrounds and become attorneys. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 24 May 2022", "Certainly, ties to Russia raise issues that transcend the ordinary business of a company and should properly be discussed among a company\u2019s investors. \u2014 Charles K. Whitehead, Fortune , 2 Mar. 2022", "The problem is, Rooney\u2019s trademark style of writing doesn\u2019t always transcend to the screen. \u2014 Sonia Rao, Washington Post , 18 May 2022", "Ukrainka insisted that her spirit was stronger than her body and her willpower could transcend physical suffering. \u2014 Sasha Dovzhyk, CNN , 11 May 2022", "Brodick said that interrupters know how to interact with people and develop successful relationships and that those skill sets transcend violence interruption work. \u2014 Safia Samee Ali, NBC News , 10 May 2022", "And despite their age, the songs in Loggins\u2019s catalogue transcend the constructs of time, revered by Gen Xers and embraced by Gen Zers. \u2014 Stephanie Williams, Washington Post , 1 June 2022", "By telling stories visually, comics can transcend language, age, and even time and space. \u2014 Esther Bergdahl, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 May 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Latin transcendere to climb across, transcend, from trans- + scandere to climb \u2014 more at scan":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "tran(t)-\u02c8send", "tran-\u02c8send" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for transcend exceed , surpass , transcend , excel , outdo , outstrip mean to go or be beyond a stated or implied limit, measure, or degree. exceed implies going beyond a limit set by authority or established by custom or by prior achievement. exceed the speed limit surpass suggests superiority in quality, merit, or skill. the book surpassed our expectations transcend implies a rising or extending notably above or beyond ordinary limits. transcended the values of their culture excel implies preeminence in achievement or quality and may suggest superiority to all others. excels in mathematics outdo applies to a bettering or exceeding what has been done before. outdid herself this time outstrip suggests surpassing in a race or competition. outstripped other firms in sales", "synonyms":[ "beat", "better", "eclipse", "exceed", "excel", "outclass", "outdistance", "outdo", "outgun", "outmatch", "outshine", "outstrip", "overtop", "surpass", "top", "tower (over)" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001000", "type":[ "verb" ] }, "transcendence":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": the quality or state of being transcendent":[] }, "examples":[ "makes a case for the transcendence of Louis Armstrong's contributions to the field of jazz", "Recent Examples on the Web", "That\u2019s a tad severe, but if Ms. Riley is the exemplar, transcendence is possible though not guaranteed. \u2014 Peter Plagens, WSJ , 19 Mar. 2022", "Most up-tempo Bleachers numbers are straightforward rock songs\u2014four or five chords, a shout-along refrain, maybe a saxophone solo\u2014about love and loss, ennui and transcendence , and, more often than not, New Jersey, where Antonoff grew up. \u2014 Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022", "Anonymity and secrecy are key to the work but also a source of deep melancholy, and the novel uncovers a plaintive connection between artistic transcendence and personal loneliness. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 13 May 2022", "These are self-control, caring, intelligence, fairness, positivity, and transcendence . \u2014 Stav Dimitropoulos, Popular Mechanics , 12 May 2022", "Nietzsche was convinced that human life is about transformation and transcendence , and that our best hope for achieving them is reflection in the presence of strong ideas. \u2014 Nate Anderson, Ars Technica , 11 May 2022", "Arcade Fire\u2019s promise from the beginning was transcendence through emotional grandeur. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022", "For the pianist Kirill Gerstein, hearing Mr. Lupu was an experience that approached transcendence . \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022", "Traipsing through a 15-song set that included numbers from the White Stripes, Raconteurs and Dead Weather, White offered his reliable mix of dynamic push-and-pull, leading the band into explosive moments of musical transcendence . \u2014 Brian Mccollum, USA TODAY , 9 Apr. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1601, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "tran(t)-\u02c8sen-d\u0259n(t)s" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "distinction", "dominance", "eminence", "noteworthiness", "paramountcy", "preeminence", "preponderance", "preponderancy", "prepotency", "prestigiousness", "primacy", "superiority", "supremacy" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032128", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transcendent":{ "antonyms":[ "natural" ], "definitions":{ ": being beyond comprehension":[], ": being beyond the limits of all possible experience and knowledge":[], ": exceeding usual limits : surpassing":[], ": extending or lying beyond the limits of ordinary experience":[], ": transcending the universe or material existence \u2014 compare immanent sense 2":[], ": universally applicable or significant":[ "the antislavery movement \u2026 recognized the transcendent importance of liberty", "\u2014 L. H. Tribe" ] }, "examples":[ "a firm belief in angels, demons, and other transcendent beings", "the star player's transcendent performance helped the team to a surprise victory", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Desire is tricky, mercurial, alternately fleeting and enduring, tragic and transcendent . \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022", "Zelensky has mastered the tools of communications to send Ukraine's poignant message to the world, crafting the narrative of this conflict in a way that is credible, transcendent and understandable. \u2014 Frida Ghitis, CNN , 9 Mar. 2022", "Her intelligence is vast and curious and childlike and insatiable and transcendent , like yours. \u2014 Jennifer Senior, The Atlantic , 9 Feb. 2022", "Still, for all these mystical interpretations, the film appears to recognize that repetition is not always transcendent . \u2014 Meghan O\u2019gieblyn, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022", "The film\u2019s embrace of the natural world is absolutely transcendent . \u2014 Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 Dec. 2021", "Though perhaps not as wholly transcendent as his previous two (which is a very, very high bar), this latest is still an unmistakable joy. \u2014 Lindsey Bahr, Detroit Free Press , 3 Dec. 2021", "UConn guard Paige Bueckers, the team\u2019s leading scorer, delivered a number of showstopping baskets, and in the first half the Huskies\u2019 ball movement looked nearly transcendent . \u2014 New York Times , 22 Nov. 2021", "Briones, the University of Chicago professor, said what baseball could really use is a transcendent Black star to increase the sport\u2019s visibility among Black Americans. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Oct. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Latin transcendent-, transcendens , present participle of transcendere":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "tran(t)-\u02c8sen-d\u0259nt" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "metaphysical", "otherworldly", "paranormal", "preternatural", "supernatural", "transcendental", "unearthly" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051006", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ] }, "transcendental":{ "antonyms":[ "natural" ], "definitions":{ ": abstruse , abstract":[], ": being, involving, or representing a function (such as sin x , log x, e x ) that cannot be expressed by a finite number of algebraic operations":[ "transcendental curves" ], ": incapable of being the root of an algebraic equation with rational coefficients":[ "\u03c0 is a transcendental number" ], ": of or relating to experience as determined by the mind's makeup":[], ": of or relating to transcendentalism":[], ": supernatural":[], ": transcendent sense 1a":[], ": transcendent sense 1b":[], ": transcending experience but not human knowledge":[] }, "examples":[ "the concept of the soul as a transcendental entity that exists entirely apart from the body", "in his speeches he manifests a transcendental ability to inspire people from all points on the political spectrum", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Every genre can be represented in these songs about dads, whether that's transcendental chart-toppers like The Beatles, emphatic anthems of love from Stevie Wonder, or the Motown sound of Jackson 5. \u2014 Mia Uzzell, Glamour , 19 June 2022", "Through Casey\u2019s plight of suburban isolation, the artist reaches out to us from a corner of the web\u2019s endless abyss with an unmissable invitation, quite literally demonstrating the transcendental prowess of storytelling. \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022", "Is King representing the transcendental journey of Black people across continents over centuries, film has also helped reaffirm the idea of communities returning home. \u2014 Christian Adofo, Billboard , 19 Apr. 2022", "Amleth\u2019s transcendental initiation involves crawling around on all fours underground with his father, howling like wolves. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Apr. 2022", "In whatever way Sibelius achieved it, his final symphony can, in the right hands, have a transcendental power. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Feb. 2022", "The designer sneakers phenomenon is another testament to how the humble rubber shoe has become a transcendental fashion accessory. \u2014 Bianca Salonga, Forbes , 25 Oct. 2021", "Classical music, in theory, is supposed to serve some sort of higher, almost transcendental purpose. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 17 Mar. 2022", "Jos\u00e9 Luis Dalmau, president of Puerto Rico\u2019s senate and a member of the main opposition party, also praised the plan and called it a transcendental step for the island\u2019s economic recovery. \u2014 D\u00c1nica Coto, ajc , 18 Jan. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1624, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "-s\u0259n-", "\u02cctran(t)-\u02ccsen-\u02c8den-t\u1d4al" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "metaphysical", "otherworldly", "paranormal", "preternatural", "supernatural", "transcendent", "unearthly" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173008", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ] }, "transcribe":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to cause (DNA or RNA) to undergo genetic transcription":[], ": to make a copy of (dictated or recorded matter) in longhand or on a machine (such as a typewriter)":[], ": to make a musical transcription of":[], ": to make a written copy of":[], ": to paraphrase or summarize in writing":[], ": to record (as on magnetic tape) for later broadcast":[], ": to represent (speech sounds) by means of phonetic symbols":[], ": to transfer (data) from one recording form to another":[], ": translate sense 1a":[], ": write down , record":[] }, "examples":[ "He transcribed all of his great-grandfather's letters.", "The senator's speech was transcribed .", "a Mozart string quartet transcribed for piano", "a system that allows linguists to transcribe the sounds of any language", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Windows has been able to display captions for videos that include them, but with Windows 11 Live Captions, currently in preview, the feature will transcribe any audio coming through the PC into captions. \u2014 Michael Muchmore, PCMAG , 7 June 2022", "Then Google\u2019s artificial intelligence will transcribe the meeting, crediting comments to individual users or as an aggregate for those participating from a conference room. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022", "Also new are more natural voices for text-to-speech and systemwide Live Captions to transcribe any audio on the system. \u2014 Michael Muchmore, PCMAG , 7 June 2022", "More recent crowdsourcing projects include soliciting volunteers to transcribe the papers of Clara Barton and Walt Whitman. \u2014 Maris Kreizman, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 May 2022", "Later this year, the company\u2019s video calling service, Google Meet, will be able to automatically transcribe meetings for select users. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022", "The report detailed how the Ukrainian army used the A.I. services of the company Primer to listen in and transcribe the conversations of Russian soldiers who were communicating via unencrypted channels. \u2014 Jonathan Vanian, Fortune , 26 Apr. 2022", "Spot Meetings: Spot will transcribe conversations, take notes, and highlight follow-ups from phone meetings conducted away from your desk. \u2014 Heather Landy, Quartz , 5 Apr. 2022", "Instead of simply directly assaying the contents of your nose swab, the first step with RT PCR tests is to transcribe any viral RNA in the sample into DNA (the RT steps) and then amplify that result for detection (the PCR bits). \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 14 Feb. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin transcribere , from trans- + scribere to write \u2014 more at scribe":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "tran(t)-\u02c8skr\u012bb", "tran-\u02c8skr\u012bb", "tran(t)s-\u02c8kr\u012bb" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203802", "type":[ "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ] }, "transcription":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a recording (as on magnetic tape) made especially for use in radio broadcasting":[], ": an act, process, or instance of transcribing":[], ": an arrangement of a musical composition for some instrument or voice other than the original":[], ": copy , transcript : such as":[], ": the process of constructing a messenger RNA molecule using a DNA molecule as a template with resulting transfer of genetic information to the messenger RNA \u2014 compare translation sense 2 , reverse transcription":[] }, "examples":[ "Transcription of the tapes took weeks.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The following is a close transcription of Director Steven McCraw's comments, edited for order and clarity. \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 27 May 2022", "Here, the nonstructural proteins help with viral replication by regulating transcription and impairing host defenses. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 2 May 2022", "And a computer transcription program turned the handwritten Jefferson into Japperson. \u2014 Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online , 10 Apr. 2022", "That idea began to unravel in 1994, when Low discovered that a chemical tag called a methyl group could block transcription in bacteria\u2014something scientists had thought was exclusive to eukaryotic cells. \u2014 Carrie Arnold, Scientific American , 30 Mar. 2022", "The project makes searchable transcripts of texts written in the Deseret Alphabet, something that was previously impossible because there was no transcription system that recognizes Deseret characters, according to a news release. \u2014 Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 May 2022", "In addition to receiving redactive and transcription software, a big component of the new contract involves video footage storage. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 28 Apr. 2022", "Robert Roeder revealed the principle of the regulatory mechanism of transcription in eukaryotes through his 50+ years of transcriptional research. \u2014 David L. Coddonwriter, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Apr. 2022", "The new images revealed much more of the original Greek transcription , which was subsequently translated. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 11 Apr. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "tran(t)-\u02c8skrip-sh\u0259n", "tran(t)s-\u02c8krip-sh\u0259n" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-204004", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ] }, "transexual":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, or being a person whose gender identity is opposite the sex the person had or was identified as having at birth":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130314", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "transf":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ "transfer ; transferred":[], "transformer":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124949", "type":[ "abbreviation" ] }, "transfer":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to convey from one person, place, or situation to another : move , shift":[], ": to cause to pass from one to another : transmit":[], ": transform , change":[], ": to make over the possession or control of : convey":[], ": to print or otherwise copy from one surface to another by contact":[], ": to change from one vehicle or transportation line to another":[], ": conveyance of right, title, or interest in real or personal property from one person to another":[], ": removal or acquisition of property by mere delivery with intent to transfer title":[], ": an act, process, or instance of transferring : transference sense 2":[], ": the carryover or generalization of learned responses from one type of situation to another":[], ": a place where a transfer is made (as of trains to ferries or as where one form of power is changed to another)":[], ": a ticket entitling a passenger on a public conveyance to continue the trip on another route":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "trans-\u02c8f\u0259r, \u02c8trans-\u02ccf\u0259r", "tran(t)s-\u02c8f\u0259r", "\u02c8tran(t)s-\u02ccf\u0259r", "\u02c8trans-\u02ccf\u0259r", "trans-\u02c8f\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[ "alien", "alienate", "assign", "cede", "convey", "deed", "make over" ], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Verb", "We transferred the baby's car seat to the other car.", "The patient was transferred to a different hospital.", "transfer data on the hard drive to a disk", "He transferred my call to another line.", "The virus is transferred by mosquitoes.", "He transferred control of the company to his son.", "She was able to transfer her organizational skills to her new job.", "Her skills transferred well to her new job.", "Noun", "We switched to another car, and the transfer only took a few minutes.", "They arranged for a transfer of the prisoner to a different prison.", "a material that reduces heat transfer", "speeding up data transfer between computers", "We are doing everything possible to ensure a smooth transfer to the new system.", "a transfer by deed or will", "a transfer to the home office", "My overseas transfer has been approved.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Much of the worldwide success of Japanese companies in manufacturing has been to transfer their homegrown philosophy of unrelenting, steady, incremental improvement to their operations and workforces everywhere. \u2014 Dale Buss, Forbes , 30 June 2022", "Those who transfer to four-year private nonprofit universities lose more than 1 in 4. \u2014 Jon Marcus, NBC News , 29 June 2022", "The service through Ria allowed customers to transfer as much as $2,500. \u2014 Yiwen Lu, Washington Post , 29 June 2022", "Darity said the nation's wealth gap has made is difficult for Black families to maintain financial savings or transfer wealth through generations like many White families have been able to do. \u2014 Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN , 28 June 2022", "The port authority plans to transfer more than $11 million to its infrastructure fund as well, which provides loans for building projects, although the budget doesn\u2019t specify any projects. \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 June 2022", "Once completed, Phillips said that the facility will sort and transfer glass, plastics, food waste and bulk waste dropped off by residents. \u2014 Alison Cross, Hartford Courant , 27 June 2022", "After serving as backup quarterback to future NFL first-round pick Dwayne Haskins as a redshirt freshman, Martell looked to transfer following the resignation of Urban Meyer as Buckeyes head coach. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 25 June 2022", "In April, Puisis signed a grant-in-aid to transfer to the University of South Florida. \u2014 Alex Harrison, The Enquirer , 24 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Martinez was arrested in another district and is awaiting transfer to San Antonio, court records show. \u2014 Arelis R. Hern\u00e1ndez, Nick Miroff, Maria Sacchetti, Anchorage Daily News , 1 July 2022", "In January 2020, Juventus paid a $4.3 million transfer fee to acquire Vrioni. \u2014 Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022", "Those add-ons would take the total transfer fee to $72 million, and will go some way towards helping Everton balance their books in order to avoid Financial Fair Play issues. \u2014 James Nalton, Forbes , 30 June 2022", "No court dates have been set for Martinez, who was arrested Tuesday in Palestine and awaits transfer to the Western District of Texas. \u2014 Camilo Montoya-galvez, Robert Legare, CBS News , 30 June 2022", "Metro encouraged riders to select destination stations on the same line as their origin to avoid crowding at transfer stations. \u2014 Gaya Gupta, Washington Post , 30 June 2022", "Her fund has already financed 60 companies that include Sendwave, a money transfer app; MasterClass, which offers online lessons in several topics; and Daily Harvest, a food delivery service. \u2014 New York Times , 29 June 2022", "Unofficial final results show 60% voting in favor of the transfer tax and almost 40% voting against it. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 29 June 2022", "Walmart, which offers some financial services, acts as an agent for money transfer services such as MoneyGram and Western Union. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 29 June 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English transferren , from Anglo-French transferrer , from Latin transferre , from trans- + ferre to carry \u2014 more at bear":"Verb" }, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb", "1674, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170812" }, "transfer RNA":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a relatively small RNA that transfers a particular amino acid to a growing polypeptide chain at the ribosomal site of protein synthesis during translation":[ "\u2014 compare messenger rna" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1961, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tran(t)s-\u02ccf\u0259r-" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015240", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transfer process":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": any of several processes in which a pigmented or dyed image is transferred from one surface to another":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135159", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transfer reaction":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a chemical reaction (as a transamination) in which a group is transferred from one molecule to another":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-082626", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transfer rna":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a relatively small RNA that transfers a particular amino acid to a growing polypeptide chain at the ribosomal site of protein synthesis during translation":[ "\u2014 compare messenger rna" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1961, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tran(t)s-\u02ccf\u0259r-" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191402", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transfer stamp":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a sales transfer tax stamp":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230726", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transfer station":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a site where recyclables and refuse are collected and sorted in preparation for processing or landfill":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Police who had conducted an eight-hour search of medical refuse at Republic Waste transfer station on Howard Avenue in Roxbury followed up with another search of the site based on the pathologist\u2019s comments. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022", "Norfolk plans to use the transfer station to move materials like ethanol, oil or other commodities from train cars into trucks, pipelines or storage tanks, DeGraff said. \u2014 J.d. Capelouto, ajc , 25 Nov. 2020", "The Fourth Avenue subway station is at the core of the neighborhood\u2019s sizable Latin American community, as well as a major transfer station for commuters across Brooklyn. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022", "Three structures on the Ferry Street side, including the transfer station , will remain for adaptive reuse, said Tyrone Clifton, director of the Detroit Building Authority. \u2014 Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press , 24 May 2022", "And every other week, the 27-year-old dutifully packed up the recyclables into his own car, on his own time, and dropped them off at a transfer station 20 minutes away. \u2014 Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post , 20 May 2022", "The job of the vendor will be to haul the recyclables from the transfer station to the vendor\u2019s material-recovery facility where items will be separated and baled for sale to processors.. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 1 Feb. 2022", "The natural gas receiving and transfer station of the European gas connection pipeline in Lubmin, Germany, Feb. 28. \u2014 William S. Scherman, WSJ , 21 Mar. 2022", "City trucks will collect recyclables placed curbside for delivery to a transfer station on Ridge Road. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 1 Feb. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1969, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015630", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transfer table":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a platform with one or more tracks moving laterally on wheels for shifting railroad locomotives or cars from one track to another one parallel to it":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162552", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transfer track":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a railroad station track for loading or unloading freight":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023532", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transferrible":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":[ "Definition of transferrible archaic variant of transferable" ], "examples":[], "first_known_use":[], "history_and_etymology":[], "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-061440", "type":[] }, "transferrin":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a beta globulin in blood plasma capable of combining with ferric ions and transporting iron in the body":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "UConn also has commitments from Lee Molette, a 6-foot-3 all-around athlete from Brentwood, Tenn., and Tres Barbosa, a 295-pound lineman transferrin from Texas-El Paso, and Sokoya McDuffie, a defensive lineman from Old Dominion. \u2014 Dom Amore, courant.com , 1 Feb. 2022", "Her nasal drainage was later analyzed and tested positive for beta-2 transferrin , a marker that\u2019s found almost exclusively in cerebrospinal (aka brain) fluid. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 2 Oct. 2020", "The organoid also pumped out standard human liver proteins, including albumin and transferrin . \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 22 July 2017" ], "first_known_use":{ "1947, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "trans- + Latin ferrum \"iron\" + -in entry 1 \u2014 more at farrier":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "tran(t)s-\u02c8fer-\u0259n" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174439", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transferring machine":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a press for impressing an engraved and hardened steel die on a soft steel roller that is afterward hardened and used to impress a plate (as for printing banknotes or stock certificates)":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192757", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transfiguration":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a Christian feast that commemorates the transfiguration of Christ on a mountaintop in the presence of three disciples and that is observed on August 6 in the Roman Catholic and some Eastern churches and on the Sunday before Lent in most Protestant churches":[], ": a change in form or appearance : metamorphosis":[], ": an exalting, glorifying, or spiritual change":[] }, "examples":[ "after his transfiguration into a Buddhist monk, all his family and friends were amazed by his newly found patience and tranquillity", "Recent Examples on the Web", "But the process of transfiguration \u2014denaturing her pain, turning it into song\u2014can also be healing. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022", "Punctuating the transfiguration in 1946, Mrs. Roosevelt and President Harry Truman appeared on its steps for an outdoor meeting of the NAACP. \u2014 Harold Holzer, WSJ , 21 May 2022", "For Casey, however, the transfiguration is taking place within. \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022", "All three open with songs contemplating death, and her other solo songs explore desire, myth, memory and transfiguration : as narrative, as images, as parable. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Jan. 2022", "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is returning to the stage - with a little transfiguration to its structure. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 28 June 2021", "That kind of transfiguration snuffs out the complexity of his everyday humanity. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2021", "There was an implied story line hinting at death and transfiguration . \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Jan. 2021", "But, definitely in that scene, in the transfiguration classroom, there was a monkey of some kind in a cage that did just start jerking off relentlessly. \u2014 Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen , 4 Dec. 2020" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02cc)tran(t)s-\u02ccfi-gy\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n", "-g\u0259-" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "changeover", "conversion", "metamorphosis", "transformation" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063642", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transfigure":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to give a new and typically exalted or spiritual appearance to : transform outwardly and usually for the better":[] }, "examples":[ "Her face seemed transfigured by happiness.", "married life has seemingly transfigured his formerly aimless existence", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Their sorcery can transfigure people and things, bestow good or bad luck, heal or hurt \u2014 or even offer protection from danger. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Nov. 2021", "Klagsbrun is known for paintings that flowingly interpret classical myths in which women transfigure into trees or flowers. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 May 2021", "For many, these numbers transfigured Covid-19 from something that might be a problem, to a near inevitability. \u2014 C. Brandon Ogbunu, Wired , 18 Mar. 2020", "Always the black angel asleep on my lips, always The dove\u2019s moan in the mimosa tree, The blue faces of the twice transfigured closing their stone eyes. \u2014 Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker , 4 Nov. 2019", "Discovering the particular genre conventions that Obreht has chosen to transfigure or to uphold soon becomes central to the novel\u2019s propulsive appeal. \u2014 Francisco Cant\u00fa, The New Yorker , 12 Aug. 2019", "Its story, about a fiery Scottish lass whose desire to fight and hunt like her father inadvertently leads her mother to be cursed and transfigured into a bear, is as interesting as the studio\u2019s best. \u2014 Allegra Frank, Vox , 27 June 2019", "The slaughter transfigured North America's waterways. \u2014 Ben Goldfarb, Science | AAAS , 7 June 2018", "Yet unlike other Chameleon programs, this one took as its thematic subject the very idea of a historical sense, of composers turning to older vessels, filling them with new wine, and transfiguring them altogether in the process. \u2014 Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com , 22 May 2018" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Anglo-French transfigurer , from Latin transfigurare , from trans- + figurare to shape, fashion, from figura figure":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "especially British -\u02c8fi-g\u0259", "tran(t)s-\u02c8fi-gy\u0259r" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for transfigure transform , metamorphose , transmute , convert , transmogrify , transfigure mean to change a thing into a different thing. transform implies a major change in form, nature, or function. transformed a small company into a corporate giant metamorphose suggests an abrupt or startling change induced by or as if by magic or a supernatural power. awkward girls metamorphosed into graceful ballerinas transmute implies transforming into a higher element or thing. attempted to transmute lead into gold convert implies a change fitting something for a new or different use or function. converted the study into a nursery transmogrify suggests a strange or preposterous metamorphosis. a story in which a frog is transmogrified into a prince transfigure implies a change that exalts or glorifies. joy transfigured her face", "synonyms":[ "alchemize", "convert", "make over", "metamorphose", "transform", "transmute", "transpose", "transubstantiate" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030257", "type":[ "verb" ] }, "transfix":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to hold motionless by or as if by piercing":[ "he stood transfixed by her gaze" ], ": to pierce through with or as if with a pointed weapon : impale":[] }, "examples":[ "transfixed the inanimate butterfly specimens to the collection board", "Recent Examples on the Web", "In any setting, this 27-year-old San Diego band can transfix devotees with the intensity of it post-hardcore-meets-exploding-blender music, while sending neophyte listeners swarming to the exits. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 Dec. 2021", "Undoubtedly one of the best movies of 2020, Lovers Rock is crafted directly from McQueen\u2019s childhood and will transfix you with its evocative vibes. \u2014 Kevin L. Clark, Essence , 28 Nov. 2020", "The world is transfixed by the novel coronavirus outbreak spreading around the globe. \u2014 Liz Specht, Wired , 13 Mar. 2020", "Young Alexei was transfixed by aviation from an early age and also studied art. \u2014 Matt Schudel, Washington Post , 12 Oct. 2019", "What, a reporter wondered, was Baker\u2019s biggest concern in taking the Houston Astros managerial job \u2014 one left vacant by an electronic sign-stealing scandal that\u2019s transfixed the sport. \u2014 Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle , 30 Jan. 2020", "After a delay to allow the FBI probe, Judge Kavanaugh cleared his biggest hurdle Friday, when Sen. Susan Collins of Maine delivered the key 50th expected GOP vote for his confirmation in a floor speech that transfixed the chamber. \u2014 Natalie Andrews, WSJ , 6 Oct. 2018", "The jacket, a \u201960s-style number with ostentatious fringe on the front, sides and sleeves, transfixes Georges and then unhinges him. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Apr. 2020", "The investigation transfixed the state and became national news. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 Mar. 2020" ], "first_known_use":{ "1590, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin transfixus , past participle of transfigere , from trans- + figere to fasten, pierce \u2014 more at fix":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "trans-\u02c8fiks", "tran(t)s-\u02c8fiks" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "gore", "harpoon", "impale", "jab", "lance", "peck", "pick", "pierce", "pink", "puncture", "run through", "skewer", "spear", "spike", "spit", "stab", "stick", "transpierce" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093252", "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "transform":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a linguistic structure (such as a sentence) produced by means of a transformation":[ "\"the duckling is killed by the farmer\" is a transform of \"the farmer kills the duckling\"" ], ": a mathematical element obtained from another by transformation":[], ": to become transformed : change":[], ": to cause (a cell) to undergo genetic transformation":[], ": to change in character or condition : convert":[], ": to change in composition or structure":[], ": to change the outward form or appearance of":[], ": to subject to mathematical transformation":[], ": transformation sense 3a(1)":[] }, "examples":[ "Verb", "A little creativity can transform an ordinary meal into a special event.", "The old factory has been transformed into an art gallery.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "At most, a new coach and front office may profess to need two years to transform a struggling team into a playoff contender. \u2014 Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes , 30 June 2022", "Instead, his firm, Susquehanna International Group, found creative ways to transform the wrong sort of income into the right kind, generating tax savings that exceeded $1 billion over just six years. \u2014 Paul Kiel, ProPublica , 29 June 2022", "Purchasers of unfinished receivers need only to make a few changes with a common drill press to transform an unfinished receiver into an operational one. \u2014 Aaron Katersky, ABC News , 29 June 2022", "In both works, her intimate fantasies of time and place have mingled with the fantasies of others to transform the institutions and categories of history into a new, imaginary archive. \u2014 Erik Morse, Vogue , 28 June 2022", "Seriously, Halloween night is the perfect time to transform into some of the most iconic characters to ever show up on the big (and small) screen. \u2014 Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping , 24 June 2022", "These are the moments when stories transform from fragile mirrors into shields. \u2014 Lily Houston Smith, The Atlantic , 23 June 2022", "These artists transform garbage into garb to take a stand 4 eco-friendly ways to keep pests out of your yard Forests as 'carbon offsets'", "These artists transform garbage into garb to take a stand How the Ukraine war is accelerating Germany's energy transition 4 eco-friendly ways to keep pests out of your yard Forests as 'carbon offsets'" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb", "1853, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Middle French transformer , from Latin transformare , from trans- + formare to form, from forma form":"Verb" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tran(t)s-\u02ccf\u022frm", "tran(t)s-\u02c8f\u022f(\u0259)rm", "trans-\u02c8f\u022frm", "tran(t)s-\u02c8f\u022frm" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for transform Verb transform , metamorphose , transmute , convert , transmogrify , transfigure mean to change a thing into a different thing. transform implies a major change in form, nature, or function. transformed a small company into a corporate giant metamorphose suggests an abrupt or startling change induced by or as if by magic or a supernatural power. awkward girls metamorphosed into graceful ballerinas transmute implies transforming into a higher element or thing. attempted to transmute lead into gold convert implies a change fitting something for a new or different use or function. converted the study into a nursery transmogrify suggests a strange or preposterous metamorphosis. a story in which a frog is transmogrified into a prince transfigure implies a change that exalts or glorifies. joy transfigured her face", "synonyms":[ "alchemize", "convert", "make over", "metamorphose", "transfigure", "transmute", "transpose", "transubstantiate" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234411", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ] }, "transformation":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": an act, process, or instance of transforming or being transformed":[], ": false hair worn especially by a woman to replace or supplement natural hair":[], ": function sense 5a":[], ": the formula that effects a transformation":[] }, "examples":[ "The building underwent various transformations over the years.", "a raven-haired starlet who underwent an attention-getting transformation and showed up at the awards ceremony as a blonde", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Disney did not say when the current Frontierland ride would shut down for the transformation . \u2014 Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel , 1 July 2022", "The breadth and depth of change needed for successful transformation require people to buy into the program and the process. \u2014 Dave Hart, Forbes , 29 June 2022", "Inns of Aurora, one of the chicest spots in the Finger Lakes, wants to be your home base for transformation . \u2014 Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure , 19 June 2022", "As for the physical transformation , de Armas would spend two and a half to three hours getting her hair and makeup done every morning for the production\u2019s 47-day shoot. \u2014 Erica Gonzales, ELLE , 17 June 2022", "While most people see silos as an agricultural necessity, Australian muralist Guido van Helten saw them as a blank canvas begging for a transformation . \u2014 Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 June 2022", "Chile\u2019s most militant leftists agitated for a sweeping transformation of society. \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022", "Ahead, Angelyne's makeup, hair, prosthetics, and costume team detail the entire process for Rossum's otherworldly transformation . \u2014 Marie Lodi, Allure , 26 May 2022", "For the outfit transformation , the men stripped down to their good underwear, grabbed gold cardboard letters (spelling G-L-A-M) and lined up by the pool. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cctran(t)s-f\u0259r-\u02c8m\u0101-sh\u0259n, -f\u022fr-", "-f\u022fr-", "\u02cctran(t)s-f\u0259r-\u02c8m\u0101-sh\u0259n", "\u02cctrans-f\u0259r-\u02c8m\u0101-sh\u0259n" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "changeover", "conversion", "metamorphosis", "transfiguration" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165213", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transformational":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, characterized by, or concerned with transformation and especially linguistic transformation":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Cumberland Gap offers a unique combination of natural beauty and transformational American history. \u2014 Fox News , 29 June 2022", "These countries understand the transformational potential of quantum computing and wish to limit their dependence on other countries. \u2014 Yehuda Naveh, Forbes , 29 June 2022", "In a typical three-hour session, the journey begins with an invocation to support a departure from this realm into a transformational space. \u2014 Melissa Whippo, Glamour , 23 June 2022", "But in the past six years, two transformational events have begun to reshape the United States\u2019 place in the world. \u2014 Daniel Bessner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022", "FordDirect was labeled a joint venture between Ford and its franchise owners, and VanDyke was credited with transformational efforts. \u2014 Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press , 21 June 2022", "As the transformational law heads into its second half-century on the books, the Biden administration wants transgender athletes to enjoy the same protections Title IX originally gave to women when it was passed 50 years ago. \u2014 Eddie Pells, Anchorage Daily News , 20 June 2022", "The Warriors acquired Wiggins, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2014 draft, in 2019 \u2014 a transformational time for the franchise. \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022", "Canyon Ranch\u2019s wellness resorts are going through some kind of transition, including career changes, retirements and relationship breakups, says Jim Eastburn, Canyon Ranch\u2019s corporate director of transformational experiences. \u2014 Andrea Petersen, WSJ , 12 June 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1894, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "-sh\u0259-n\u1d4al", "\u02cctran(t)s-f\u0259r-\u02c8m\u0101-shn\u0259l", "-f\u022fr-" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202340", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ] }, "transformational grammar":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a grammar that generates the deep structures of a language and converts these to the surface structures by means of transformations":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1961, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202425", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transfuse":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to cause to pass from one to another : transmit":[], ": to diffuse into or through : permeate":[ "sunlight transfuses the bay" ], ": to subject (a patient) to transfusion":[], ": to transfer (fluid, such as blood) into a vein or an artery of a person or animal":[] }, "examples":[ "The hospital staff transfuses more than 8,000 units of blood annually.", "a teacher who is able to transfuse his enthusiasm and passion for history to his students", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Doctors then transfuse the liquid part of the blood, called plasma, into the COVID-19-positive patient\u2019s blood. \u2014 Cassidy Morrison, Washington Examiner , 3 Aug. 2020", "Doctors then take the liquid part of the blood from the healthy patient, called plasma, and transfuse it into the blood of those who need treatment. \u2014 Cassidy Morrison, Washington Examiner , 23 Aug. 2020", "Doctors then take the liquid part of the blood, called plasma, and transfuse it into the COVID-19 positive patient\u2019s blood. \u2014 Cassidy Morrison, Washington Examiner , 3 Aug. 2020", "Doctors then take the liquid part of the blood, called plasma, and transfuse it into the patient\u2019s blood. \u2014 Cassidy Morrison, Washington Examiner , 10 July 2020", "Alvarado prepared to transfuse a unit of convalescent plasma into a patient. \u2014 Lauren Caruba, San Antonio Express-News , 12 June 2020", "The therapy is based on the idea, well documented in laboratory research, that transfusing plasma from patients who\u2019ve recovered from a virus transfers its healing power. \u2014 Todd Ackerman, Houston Chronicle , 13 May 2020", "Using convalescent plasma to transfuse antibodies into an ill patient is different from the antibody testing that is occuring globally. \u2014 Sarah Ravani, SFChronicle.com , 12 May 2020", "When transfused into a patient, the plasma hangs from an IV bag alongside the hospital bed. \u2014 Erika Hayasaki, The Atlantic , 5 May 2020" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Latin transfusus , past participle of transfundere , from trans- + fundere to pour \u2014 more at found":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "tran(t)s-\u02c8fy\u00fcz" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "communicate", "conduct", "convey", "give", "impart", "spread", "transfer", "transmit" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093213", "type":[ "adjective", "transitive verb", "verb" ] }, "transgender":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{}, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Coverage of Tierramarie Lewis, a Cleveland transgender woman who was murdered in 2021, led to her inclusion on a national registry. \u2014 Annie Nickoloff, cleveland , 20 June 2022", "The film tells the whimsical tale of Nicki, a slightly bougie transgender woman living in Los Angeles who desperately needs money for breast augmentation surgery. \u2014 Jordaan Sanford, Variety , 19 June 2022", "In March, Lia Thomas made history in the United States as the first transgender woman to win an NCAA swimming championship, the 500-yard freestyle. \u2014 Ciar\u00c1n Fahey, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022", "In March, Lia Thomas made history in the United States as the first transgender woman to win an NCAA swimming championship. \u2014 Ciar\u00c1n Fahey, ajc , 19 June 2022", "In March, Lia Thomas made history in the United States as the first transgender woman to win an NCAA swimming championship, the 500-yard freestyle. \u2014 Ciar\u00c1n Fahey, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022", "Myra Breckinridge, a doomed adaptation of a Gore Vidal novel, which improbably cast Raquel Welch as a transgender woman who infiltrates Hollywood. Film critic Rex Reed was cast in the movie as Myron Breckinridge, the pre-transition Myra. \u2014 Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 June 2022", "Jillian Celentano, a transgender woman who began her transition in 2015, will share her personal journey, victories, and hardships. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 9 June 2022", "Gore, who identifies as a Black transgender woman, drew from her experiences, as well as those of some of her peers, and recognized the problem of trans people of color suffering from homelessness. \u2014 Okla Jones, Essence , 9 June 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1974, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "tranz-", "tran(t)s-\u02c8jen-d\u0259r" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203825", "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "transgress":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to go beyond a boundary or limit":[], ": to go beyond limits set or prescribed by : violate":[ "transgress divine law" ], ": to pass beyond or go over (a limit or boundary)":[], ": to violate a command or law : sin":[] }, "examples":[ "He who transgresses must seek forgiveness.", "There are legal consequences for companies that transgress the rules.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Black Image Center, in a sense, is a way to transgress all of these things. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022", "In fact, his impulse toward disobedience created something of a rut for him in the chaotic mid-Nineties under Boris Yeltsin: when everything is permitted, there is nothing to transgress . \u2014 Jennifer Wilson, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022", "Bad teachers are rarely held accountable, but the public school bureaucracy seems to be less tolerant of teachers who transgress against the Democratic-union establishment. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 14 Oct. 2021", "Revision can be retrospectively kind to artists, especially to those who transgress the societal mores of their day. \u2014 Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue , 24 Aug. 2021", "Politics, for example, cannot shed light on why employees are willing to transgress and endanger their job security yet may fail to go to the polls and vote. \u2014 Caterina Bulgarella, Forbes , 24 June 2021", "Nonetheless, to act violently on the basis of such fictions \u2013 and to transgress against the humanity of others for nothing at all \u2013 is perhaps the most nihilistic act of them all. \u2014 Ani Kokobobo, The Conversation , 13 Jan. 2021", "Through it all, Chicagoans went to the movies, usually to escape the realities of the day, sometimes to transgress a little or to see what everybody was talking about. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 31 Dec. 2020", "At times, the legislative or executive branches may transgress the boundaries the people established in the Constitution. \u2014 Brian Hagedorn, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 Oct. 2020" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Middle French transgresser , from Latin transgressus , past participle of transgredi to step beyond or across, from trans- + gradi to step \u2014 more at grade entry 1":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "tran(t)s-\u02c8gres", "tranz-", "tranz-\u02c8gres, trans-" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "err", "fall", "offend", "sin", "stray", "trespass", "wander" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002442", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ] }, "transgression":{ "antonyms":[ "noncrime" ], "definitions":{ ": an act, process, or instance of transgressing : such as":[], ": infringement or violation of a law, command, or duty":[], ": the spread of the sea over land areas and the consequent unconformable deposit of sediments on older rocks":[] }, "examples":[ "acts that are transgressions against the laws of civilized societies everywhere", "a dying woman asking for divine forgiveness for a lifetime of transgressions", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Christian had downloaded an HBO series on his phone, our one urban transgression . \u2014 Andrea Sachs, Washington Post , 10 June 2022", "Two weeks after Maines insulted the president on foreign soil \u2014 a transgression many considered unforgivable \u2014 the Chicks were out of the top 40 of Billboard\u2018s Country Airplay chart. \u2014 Steve Knopper, Billboard , 14 June 2022", "There are repercussions for looking past a transgression . \u2014 Matthew Hutson, WSJ , 24 Apr. 2022", "Second-time offenders of the same transgression receive a two-year suspension. \u2014 Christian Red, Forbes , 26 May 2022", "Your friend was a bit too eager to bask in your appreciation, but this was not a major transgression . \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022", "As a result of that transgression , which Baffert has denied and fought vigorously but unsuccessfully through various legal remedies, he\u2019s been banned from running horses at Churchill Downs for two years. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 6 May 2022", "The transgression occurred early in the first quarter, after Green caught an elbow to the face from Memphis\u2019 Xavier Tillman as the two scrambled for a loose ball. \u2014 C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle , 5 May 2022", "The spaces most celebrated by the film\u2014dingy, fabulous nightclubs, stylish down-at-heel neighborhoods\u2014are those of transgression , invention, and remaking of the kind the movie as a whole celebrates. \u2014 Nicholas De Monchaux, Wired , 1 Dec. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "tran(t)s-\u02c8gre-sh\u0259n", "tranz-", "trans-\u02c8gre-sh\u0259n" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "breach", "crime", "debt", "error", "lawbreaking", "malefaction", "misdeed", "misdoing", "offense", "offence", "sin", "trespass", "violation", "wrongdoing" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194006", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transient":{ "antonyms":[ "ceaseless", "dateless", "deathless", "endless", "enduring", "eternal", "everlasting", "immortal", "lasting", "long-lived", "permanent", "perpetual", "timeless", "undying", "unending" ], "definitions":{ ": a guest or boarder who stays only briefly":[], ": a person traveling about usually in search of work":[], ": a temporary oscillation that occurs in a circuit because of a sudden change of voltage or of load":[], ": a transient current or voltage":[], ": affecting something or producing results beyond itself":[], ": one that is transient (see transient entry 1 ): such as":[], ": passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory":[ "transient beauty" ], ": passing through or by a place with only a brief stay or sojourn":[ "transient visitors" ] }, "examples":[ "Adjective", "A Summer in New York is actually Europe, the Sequel\u2014city of transient Danes and Italians and Spaniards and French. \u2014 Guy Trebay , Village Voice , 30 July 1991", "But Vandenberg, who had already written a hagiographic biography of Hamilton, was doing his personal hero no service. Rather, he trivialized him by dragging him into the transient issues of the day. \u2014 John Steele Gordon , American Heritage , July/August 1990", "The mountain lies between his residence and the main road, and occludes the expectation of transient visits. \u2014 Thomas Jefferson , letter , 4 Aug. 1820", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "If a student threatens violence, a member of the team first interviews him to help decide whether the threat is transient \u2014a joke, a figure of speech, a momentary outburst. \u2014 Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker , 7 June 2022", "According to a law enforcement source, Felipe appears to be transient and has been living out of his vehicle for the past few months. \u2014 CBS News , 3 June 2022", "Long ago, French soldiers would mettre un pied \u00e0 terre\u2014that is, dismount their steeds at the end of the day and spend the night in transient housing. \u2014 Kristin Tablang, House Beautiful , 20 Apr. 2022", "The covenant was designed to eliminate concern that the center, should Russell Group decide to abandon the project down the road, could be turned into an apartment complex or other transient housing. \u2014 Michelle L. Quinn, chicagotribune.com , 2 Nov. 2021", "Cremation is more popular in states that vote Democratic, include large transient populations or endure brutal winters that make the earth frozen solid. \u2014 Karen Heller, Anchorage Daily News , 19 Apr. 2022", "Over the first two and half years of living in Los Angeles, transient populations had surged right around my house. \u2014 Alex Wagner, SPIN , 6 Apr. 2022", "The story could be particularly potent in New Hampshire, a state where Republicans have looked to crack down on who can vote in their elections, especially targeting transient populations and short-term residents like students. \u2014 Dan Merica, CNN , 5 Apr. 2022", "People who chose Johnson & Johnson\u2019s single-dose vaccine out of convenience or people in transient populations who could not commit to a second dose may now be opting for an mRNA booster since the benefits can be delivered in just one booster shot. \u2014 NBC News , 12 Nov. 2021", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Jack Stanley Seprish, a transient , was arrested in Monte Rio on Thursday night after residents reported two separate vegetation fires near the 9500 block of Bohemian Highway, according to Cal Fire. \u2014 Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 June 2022", "Will these folks, steeped in the transient , honestly put down their phones and start filling out mortgage applications", "The suspect was identified as Robert Nunez, 42, a local transient , according to Lt. Efren Aguirre. \u2014 Ruben Vivesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 Mar. 2022", "Researchers recently found a transient that outshines all others like it\u2014a supernova known as AT2020mrf. \u2014 Briley Lewis, Scientific American , 21 Feb. 2022", "The word ' transient ' refers to something that isn't permanent. \u2014 Jessica Migala, Health.com , 22 Feb. 2022", "The researchers labeled the object a repeating transient . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 7 Feb. 2022", "The 56-year-old transient was discovered by city workers cleaning up the park across the street from City Hall about 8 a.m. that Saturday. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 1 Jan. 2022", "Authorities said George was a transient who died of natural causes. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 1 Feb. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1599, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective", "1660, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin transeunt-, transiens , present participle of transire to cross, pass by, from trans- + ire to go \u2014 more at issue entry 1":"Adjective and Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tran(t)-sh(\u0113-)\u0259nt", "\u02c8tran-zh\u0259nt", "-j\u0259nt", "\u02c8tranch-\u0259nt", "\u02c8tran-sh\u0259nt", "\u02c8tran-z\u0113-\u0259nt", "\u02c8tran(t)-s\u0113-" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for transient Adjective transient , transitory , ephemeral , momentary , fugitive , fleeting , evanescent mean lasting or staying only a short time. transient applies to what is actually short in its duration or stay. a hotel catering primarily to transient guests transitory applies to what is by its nature or essence bound to change, pass, or come to an end. fame in the movies is transitory ephemeral implies striking brevity of life or duration. many slang words are ephemeral momentary suggests coming and going quickly and therefore being merely a brief interruption of a more enduring state. my feelings of guilt were only momentary fugitive and fleeting imply passing so quickly as to make apprehending difficult. let a fugitive smile flit across his face fleeting moments of joy evanescent suggests a quick vanishing and an airy or fragile quality. the story has an evanescent touch of whimsy that is lost in translation", "synonyms":[ "brief", "deciduous", "ephemeral", "evanescent", "flash", "fleeting", "fugacious", "fugitive", "impermanent", "momentary", "passing", "short-lived", "temporary", "transitory" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195951", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ] }, "transisthmian":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": extending or going across an isthmus":[ "a transisthmian canal", "transisthmian route" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "trans- + isthm us + -ian":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "-nz+", "(\u02c8)tran(t)s", "-raan-" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130453", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "transistor":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a solid-state electronic device that is used to control the flow of electricity in electronic equipment and usually consists of a small block of a semiconductor (such as germanium) with at least three electrodes":[], ": a transistorized radio":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "But Buddy had turned eagerly toward the place, and was now walking fast up to the gate where the guard was snoozing in his hut, a little transistor radio playing beside him. \u2014 Lauren Groff, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022", "In conventional computer processor a transistor is either up or down, heads or tails. \u2014 Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American , 30 May 2018", "Another differentiator on the GSX-S1000GT+ is Suzuki\u2019s first-ever integration of a thin-film transistor (TFT) display. \u2014 Peter Jackson, Robb Report , 6 May 2022", "This isolated everything but the edge of the graphene from the rest of the transistor hardware. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 10 Mar. 2022", "True, boring old Bell Labs scientists developed the transistor ; the first popular web browser was created at the University of Illinois; military computer scientists invented the internet. \u2014 Kim Phillips-fein, The New Republic , 11 May 2022", "One of the more recent efforts involved using graphene and molybdenum disulfide to make the transistor with the smallest gate length. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 27 Apr. 2022", "My dad gave me his transistor radio to listen to the game after class. \u2014 Demetria Gallegos, WSJ , 14 May 2022", "At the beginning of the semiconductor era, engineers worried about the possibility of cosmic rays occasionally flipping a single transistor and changing the outcome of a computation. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 7 Feb. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1948, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "trans- + (re)sist(ance) entry 1 + -or entry 1":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "tran-\u02c8zi-st\u0259r", "tran(t)-\u02c8si-", "tranz-\u02c8is-t\u0259r, tran(t)s-" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115341", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transistorize":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to equip (a device) with transistors":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "-t\u0259\u02ccr\u012bz" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120731", "type":[ "transitive verb" ] }, "transit":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a theodolite with the telescope mounted so that it can be transited":[], ": an act, process, or instance of passing through or over":[], ": change , transition":[], ": conveyance of persons or things from one place to another":[], ": passage of a celestial body over the meridian of a place or through the field of a telescope":[], ": passage of a smaller body (such as Venus) across the disk of a larger (such as the sun)":[], ": to cause to pass over or through":[], ": to make a transit":[], ": to pass across (a meridian, a celestial body, or the field of view of a telescope)":[], ": to pass over or through":[], ": to turn (a telescope) over about the horizontal transverse axis in surveying":[] }, "examples":[ "Noun", "the problems of urban transit", "Verb", "once you transit that stretch of dense woods, the hiking should be much easier", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Mass transit is better for the environment and more cost-effective \u2014 but watch out for labor unrest. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, Forbes , 30 June 2022", "Amtrak ridership is recovering faster than many local transit agencies. \u2014 Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star , 23 June 2022", "Like other transit agencies, Metro has no plans to phase out physical forms of payment. \u2014 Gaya Gupta, Washington Post , 18 June 2022", "Mont\u00fafar says that during this transit , situations from the past come back for revision. \u2014 Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com , 5 June 2022", "While this trying transit can be rather difficult to deal with at times, the 6th house is your personal domain, Virgo, so don't forget that you're naturally equipped to handle the issues coming your way! \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 4 June 2022", "Staffing shortages have plagued transit agencies, disrupting service. \u2014 David Wickert, ajc , 1 June 2022", "Earlier this year, the Globe requested full budget breakdowns from eight transit agencies across the United States and Canada that have recently completed or are working on large bus facilities. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022", "Mass transit may be the region\u2019s best hope for cutting greenhouse emissions in car-loving Los Angeles. \u2014 Rachel Urangastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "The low price reflects a number of factors, including the need to tow the ships around South America\u2019s Cape Horn, as the ships are too big to transit the Panama Canal. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 6 June 2022", "Her mom had been on her way to visit, and originally planned to transit through Shanghai -- but at the advice of a travel agent, changed her flight to go through Guangzhou. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 23 Mar. 2022", "The Biden administration is also asking countries that migrants transit through to help the U.S. reduce the number of arrivals to the Mexican border. \u2014 Camilo Montoya-galvez, CBS News , 26 Apr. 2022", "Hong Kong\u2019s border has effectively been shut since 2020 with very few flights able to land and hardly any passengers allowed to transit , effectively isolating a city that had built a reputation as a global financial hub. \u2014 NBC News , 21 Mar. 2022", "It is estimated that by 2034, more 17 million passengers will transit through the Tijuana airport. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Feb. 2022", "Hawks argue with his decision to support European Union sanctions on Putin while refusing to allow weapons to transit his country to Ukraine. \u2014 John Fund, National Review , 5 Apr. 2022", "With the influx of southern moisture and rising air, waves of showers will develop and transit our region through the afternoon and evening. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Mar. 2022", "Traveling to Asia just got easier as Hong Kong will allow passengers to transit through its airport as of April 1. \u2014 Lilit Marcus, CNN , 26 Mar. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb", "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English transite , from Latin transitus , from transire to go across, pass":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "-z\u0259t", "\u02c8tran-z\u0259t", "\u02c8tran-s\u0259t", "\u02c8tran(t)-s\u0259t" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "course", "cover", "cross", "cut (across)", "follow", "go", "navigate", "pass (over)", "perambulate", "peregrinate", "proceed (along)", "track", "travel", "traverse" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021135", "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "transit floater":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a blanket insurance policy covering all types of shipments without requiring the insured to report all the numerous items to the underwriter in advance":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104121", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transit instrument":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a telescope that is mounted at right angles to a horizontal east-west axis on which it revolves with its line of collimation in the plane of the meridian and that is used in connection with a clock and chronograph for observing the time of transit of a celestial body over the meridian of a place":[], ": transit sense 4":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083520", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transiter":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a transit attachment consisting of a wire that can be made to traverse the field of a transit at a rate that will keep it continuously bisecting an object (as a star) passing across the field of view and of a device for registering such passage across definite points in the field":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "transit entry 1 + -er":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "-t\u0259(r)" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123547", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transition":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another":[ "a peaceful/orderly transition of power", "the actor's transition to directing", "the patient's transition from the hospital to home", "\u2026 the transition from print reading to screen reading has increased our reliance on images \u2026", "\u2014 Christine Rosen", "The program works with newcomer families, and their students, to help support the transition and integration into the school system.", "\u2014 Chris Sumner", "The National Portrait Gallery's emphasis in its caricature collection underscores the field's subtle transition between the world wars, when it went from mostly political uses to the light-hearted entertainment of celebrity caricature.", "\u2014 Jane Addams Allen", "\u2026 having told all her griefs \u2026, she was soon able to make a voluntary transition to the oddities of her cousin \u2026", "\u2014 Jane Austen", "Since the eye retains images slightly longer than it is actually exposed to them, it tends to meld two successive images into one, creating a smooth transition between them. This phenomenon \u2026 is responsible for the illusion of motion in movies \u2026 and television.", "\u2014 Edward Pincus and Steven Ascher" ], ": a passage of discourse in which a shift (as of subject or location) is effected":[ "Every aspect of the book\u2014its narrative transitions , dramatic changes in pictorial scale, fluctuations of mood, interlinking of visual themes\u2014is handled with pinpoint control.", "\u2014 Holland Cotter" ], ": a period or phase in which such a change or shift is happening":[ "\u2026 you're at the cusp, kids. You're at the edge between childhood and everything that comes after. You're in transition .", "\u2014 R. J. Palacio", "\u2026 non-REM sleep, which normally comprises the transition between waking and REM sleep \u2026", "\u2014 Marina Chicurel", "Perched at the very point of transition between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance \u2026", "\u2014 Kirkus Reviews", "\u2026 today's average marrying age in America happens to coincide with a time of life when people have historically been less religiously active: the transition period between moving out of your parents' house and starting a household of your own.", "\u2014 Emma Green" ], ": a process by which a transgender person comes to live in accordance with their gender identity through changes to their appearance and presentation often with the aid of medical procedures and therapies":[], ": a segment connecting one dramatic scene to another":[ "Another misstep: the overuse of historical footage as a transition between scenes. The images are disruptive and used completely out of context, often predating the era depicted here.", "\u2014 Nicole Herrington" ], ": an abrupt change in energy state or level (as of an atomic nucleus or a molecule) usually accompanied by loss or gain of a single quantum of energy":[], ": something that links one state, subject, place, etc. to another : a connecting part or piece":[ "[The front porch] served \u2026 as a vital transition between the uncontrollable out-of-doors and the cherished interior of the home.", "\u2014 Reynolds Price" ], ": such as":[ "[The front porch] served \u2026 as a vital transition between the uncontrollable out-of-doors and the cherished interior of the home.", "\u2014 Reynolds Price" ], ": to cause (something or someone) to change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another":[ "Teaching children to read first in their nonstandard Swedish dialect and then transitioning them to standard Swedish speeds and improves the acquisition of reading skills.", "\u2014 Geoffrey K. Pullum", "In the United States, the company's plans for transitioning prescription products to over-the-counter is easier now, as the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) unwritten standards for such switches have evolved.", "\u2014 Robin Madell" ], ": to come to live in accordance with one's gender identity through a process that involves changes to one's appearance and presentation often with the aid of medical procedures and therapies":[ "Not all transgender people transition , and transitions look different for all kinds of people. They can be fast, or slow, and include lots of different kinds of treatments. \u2026 Transition is not one-size-fits-all. You may be comfortable altering your gendered existence without hormones or surgery; other people will feel those kinds of physical transitions are necessary for their survival.", "\u2014 Diana Tourj\u00e9e", "\u2026 her [Jan Morris'] superb account of transitioning from male to female in the 1960s, when it was even more difficult than it is now.", "\u2014 Peter Bradshaw", "\u2026 she wanted to be helpful to other trans people who might not have had the same educational and cultural advantages she'd had. She had even written a guide about the practical aspects of transitioning , such as changing your name and updating legal documents, for others who might be following a similar path.", "\u2014 Rebecca Mead" ], ": to make a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another : to make a transition":[ "transitioning to a new facility", "a student transitioning into college", "Too many of the exterior shingles had transitioned from weathered to warped, and the interior walls all needed a fresh coat of paint.", "\u2014 Richard Russo", "Because tornadoes are generated when these different air masses \u2026 collide, they are most common in the spring, when the weather is transitioning from cold on the northern Plains to hot on the Gulf Coast.", "\u2014 Donald Prothero" ] }, "examples":[ "Noun", "We want to have a smooth transition when the new owners take control of the company.", "the sometimes difficult transition from childhood to adulthood", "The country made a peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.", "Verb", "The company has transitioned to new management in the past year.", "a student who is transitioning to a new school", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "The former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide\u2019s party, Fanmi Lavalas, recently withdrew from the coalition, citing differences on the choice of leaders, and some have called for Aristide to lead the transition . \u2014 Edwidge Danticat, The New Yorker , 5 July 2022", "Recently, an old colleague of mine with over 10 years of digital marketing experience in the outdoor industry made the transition to the financial services sector. \u2014 Charlie Grinnell, Forbes , 5 July 2022", "The transition from gas to electric has unlocked another level of performance and automakers are taking full advantage of the technology. \u2014 Fox News Staff, Fox News , 3 July 2022", "For patients diagnosed with terminal illnesses, palliative care can also ease the transition to hospice care. \u2014 John Mulder, STAT , 3 July 2022", "Karam is trying to make the transition from open-wheel racing to stock cars. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel , 2 July 2022", "Salt Lake City hopes to captivate its audience and entertain people of all ages with the transition to a laser light display hosted on July 2 and July 23. \u2014 Payton Major And Haley Brink, CNN , 2 July 2022", "The challenge will be accentuated by the fact that the transition will take time and require frequent software upgrades. \u2014 Vinit Patel, Fortune , 1 July 2022", "Currently my full-time job is president of the Northeast Clean Energy Council, an organization promoting the rapid and equitable transition to a clean energy future and a diverse climate economy. \u2014 John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com , 30 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "After attending Lakewood City Schools through the first half of sixth grade, a concussion forced Yeung to transition into Lakewood City Academy TRECA Digital Academy. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 25 May 2022", "The goal is to keep the stays short and transition them into permanent housing. \u2014 Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press , 25 May 2022", "Nightly rituals improve sleep quality by allowing the body to unwind and easily transition into deep rest. \u2014 Amiah Taylor, Fortune , 12 May 2022", "Nunez\u2019s arrival at Old Trafford would hint at United\u2019s desire to transition their attack into a new era. \u2014 Graham Ruthven, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022", "As April comes to an end, some of the industry\u2019s top artists are putting out some great projects to transition us into the new month. \u2014 Okla Jones, Essence , 29 Apr. 2022", "After gaining consumer knowledge through work in advertising over a number of years, Parachute CEO and founder Ariel Kaye decided to transition her business acumen into a new venture: home design and furnishing. \u2014 Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR , 14 Apr. 2022", "The snow showers are expected to transition into rain after 11 a.m., according to the National Weather Service. \u2014 oregonlive , 11 Apr. 2022", "Irena seemed to naturally transition into motherhood. \u2014 Glamour , 6 Apr. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1545, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun", "1877, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin transition-, transitio , from transire":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "tran-\u02c8zi-", "tran(t)s-\u02c8ish-\u0259n, tranz-, chiefly British tran(t)s-\u02c8izh-", "tran-\u02c8si-sh\u0259n", "-\u02c8zi-", "tran(t)-\u02c8si-sh\u0259n", "chiefly British tran(t)-\u02c8si-zh\u0259n" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-081826", "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "transition area":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": graded area":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113001", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transition metal":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": any of various metallic elements (such as chromium, iron, and nickel) that have valence electrons in two shells instead of only one":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The first rare earth magnet to have been developed was based on the rare earth samarium and the transition metal cobalt. \u2014 Mary Hui, Quartz , 14 May 2021", "Rhenium is a rare transition metal , found at a concentration of about 0.001 parts per million in minerals around the world, particularly in Chile and the United States. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Jan. 2020", "As a transition metal , rhenium can be creative with its bonds. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Jan. 2020", "Most atoms can only form bonds with the electrons on their outermost shells, but transition metals can use the electrons from two outer layers. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Jan. 2020", "Ruthenium is a transition metal , similar to platinum, that is used in electronics, solar cells, and some jewelry. \u2014 Wired , 15 Aug. 2019" ], "first_known_use":{ "1929, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "from their being transitional between the more highly and the less highly electropositive elements":"" }, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115246", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transition point":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a single point at which different phases of matter are capable of existing together in equilibrium":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084754", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transition region":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": the region of a plant axis within which the vascular arrangement characteristic of the stem changes to that of the root":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084549", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transition temperature":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a transition point on a temperature scale":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084426", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transitional":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": marked by transition : involving, providing, or consisting of a passage, movement, or change from one state, condition, subject, place, etc., to another":[ "a transitional passage in music", "They are often transitional areas between water environments and dry land, and are populated by many trees and plants that can put up with the occasional flood \u2026", "\u2014 JoAnn Shroyer", "The social worlds of neighborhood and village are now less important as transitional zones between home and nonhome settings.", "\u2014 Theano S. Terkenli", "\u2026 turning into a civilian coup, that \u2026 established a transitional government and prepared the way for multi-party elections.", "\u2014 Larry Diamond", "\u2026 an animal about the size of a turkey that they contend was a flightless bird, a transitional figure between some carnivorous dinosaurs and modern birds.", "\u2014 John Noble Wilford" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "tran(t)-\u02c8sizh-", "-\u02c8ish-n\u0259l, -\u02c8izh-\u0259n-\u1d4al", "tran(t)-\u02c8sish-n\u0259l", "tran-\u02c8zi-", "-zh\u0259-", "tran-\u02c8zish-", "tran(t)-\u02c8si-sh\u0259-n\u1d4al" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The Jamaica Plain senator also supports passing legislation to fund more affordable housing and investing in transitional housing and services aimed at ending homelessness. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022", "Homelessness is a major problem for the city, and 66% of those in emergency shelters, transitional housing, and safe spaces identify as Indigenous. \u2014 Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor , 2 June 2022", "In January, Wu cleared out several homeless encampments and moved more than 175 people into transitional housing. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 24 May 2022", "The numbers include both people on the street and those in shelters or transitional housing. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 May 2022", "Isaiah Lee, 23, is accused of stabbing his roommate during a fight Dec. 2 at a transitional housing apartment, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said in a news release. \u2014 Tim Stelloh, NBC News , 19 May 2022", "The state awarded $2 million to Kingman and the Jerry Ambrose Veterans Council to convert an existing building into a 25-bed transitional housing facility. \u2014 Jessica Boehm, The Arizona Republic , 2 Nov. 2021", "The needed funds identified by the group so far would include $6 million for acquiring land, $7 million in incentives from cities to developers for infill homes and $2 million for a 20-bed emergency shelter or transitional living facility. \u2014 John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star , 10 Aug. 2021", "LeMay had her son transferred to a Chicago hospital and then a transitional facility. \u2014 Rochelle Olson, Star Tribune , 28 May 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1819, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150705" }, "transitional cell":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": monocyte":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-102659", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transitional epithelium":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": epithelium (as of the urinary bladder) consisting of several layers of cells which become flattened when stretched (as when the bladder is distended)":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103227", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transitional fossil":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a fossil that exhibits characteristics of both ancestral and derived forms":[ "During the past 30 years, new discoveries and reinvestigations of long-forgotten specimens have coalesced into a flood of transitional fossils . Paleontologists have unearthed walking whales from Pakistan, feathered dinosaurs from China \u2026", "\u2014 Courier News (Bridgewater, New Jersey) , 27 Feb. 2011", "However, although the mammal and bird origins are both documented by numerous transitional fossils , turtles appear abruptly.", "\u2014 Michael S. Y. Lee , Science , 24 Sept. 1993" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1850, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112210", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transitive":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": being or relating to a relation with the property that if the relation holds between a first element and a second and between the second element and a third, it holds between the first and third elements":[ "equality is a transitive relation" ], ": characterized by having or containing a direct object":[ "a transitive verb" ], ": of, relating to, or characterized by transition":[] }, "examples":[ "In \u201cI like pie\u201d and \u201cShe makes hats,\u201d the verbs \u201clike\u201d and \u201cmakes\u201d are transitive .", "Recent Examples on the Web", "M\u00e1ximo, who by transitive property receives her mother\u2019s negative image but not the good part, could be looking to succeed Aunt Alicia Kirchner in the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz. \u2014 Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes , 6 June 2022", "In one paper, Choi\u2019s team used an algorithm to sift through more than seven hundred movie scripts and count the transitive verbs connoting power and agency. \u2014 Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker , 5 Apr. 2022", "Bakhtin shows us what fires the world\u2019s admiration of Zelensky: that dignity is available to those who smile at degradation, and that courage and comedy have a transitive relationship. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 13 Mar. 2022", "Even those bigwigs paid obeisance to someone and, eventually, by the transitive property of Saudi deference, to the king himself. \u2014 Graeme Wood, The Atlantic , 3 Mar. 2022", "If a teacher\u2019s intellectual, subjective role in educating her students is belittled, this has a transitive effect. \u2014 Jessica Winter, The New Yorker , 20 Dec. 2021", "By the transitive property of wins, that means the Raiders have a shot at keeping Atlantic\u2019s offense at bay. \u2014 Adam Lichtenstein, sun-sentinel.com , 8 Sep. 2021", "All of this begs the question: how can a defense stop Bernhardt and \u2014 by transitive property \u2014 the Terps offense", "Zach Morrison: Remember the transitive property in middle school math class" ], "first_known_use":{ "circa 1525, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Late Latin transitivus , from Latin transitus , past participle of transire":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tran-z\u0259-", "\u02c8tran(t)-s\u0259-tiv", "\u02c8tran(t)s-tiv", "\u02c8tran-s\u0259-tiv", "-z\u0259-" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-081529", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ] }, "transitory":{ "antonyms":[ "ceaseless", "dateless", "deathless", "endless", "enduring", "eternal", "everlasting", "immortal", "lasting", "long-lived", "permanent", "perpetual", "timeless", "undying", "unending" ], "definitions":{ ": of brief duration : temporary":[ "the transitory nature of earthly joy" ], ": tending to pass away : not persistent":[] }, "examples":[ "the transitory nature of earthly pleasures", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Wood may be urging the Fed to reduce its pace out of her own interest, since many of the stocks in her funds have fallen from their highs in November 2021 after Fed signalled it was no longer convinced inflation was transitory . \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 20 June 2022", "Six months ago, the world economy was booming, the pandemic appeared nearing an end, and inflation was thought to be transitory , requiring no Central Bank action. \u2014 Michael Lynch, Forbes , 8 June 2022", "Once considered only a transitory concern, supply chain disruption lingers as a major operational, financial and inflationary risk during the worldwide pandemic. \u2014 Michael Peregrine, Forbes , 3 June 2022", "The closed loop system can only be a transitory solution even if the model succeeds in driving the economy, because the social burdens are mounting. \u2014 Fortune , 27 May 2022", "This debut collection explores and celebrates uncertain and transitory moments of gender identity with humor and verve. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022", "Latinos have had few political successes here, reflecting what experts say are more divisions and other leadership challenges for a culturally diverse and more transitory community. \u2014 Don Leestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022", "Recall that the transitory crowd said goods inflation was caused by supply-chain issues related to the pandemic and would ease over time. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 11 May 2022", "The question is whether all of these trends are representative of something transitory at Netflix. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 3 May 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English transitorie , from Anglo-French, from Late Latin transitorius , from Latin, of or allowing passage, from transire":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tran(t)-s\u0259-\u02cct\u022fr-\u0113", "\u02c8tran-z\u0259-" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for transitory transient , transitory , ephemeral , momentary , fugitive , fleeting , evanescent mean lasting or staying only a short time. transient applies to what is actually short in its duration or stay. a hotel catering primarily to transient guests transitory applies to what is by its nature or essence bound to change, pass, or come to an end. fame in the movies is transitory ephemeral implies striking brevity of life or duration. many slang words are ephemeral momentary suggests coming and going quickly and therefore being merely a brief interruption of a more enduring state. my feelings of guilt were only momentary fugitive and fleeting imply passing so quickly as to make apprehending difficult. let a fugitive smile flit across his face fleeting moments of joy evanescent suggests a quick vanishing and an airy or fragile quality. the story has an evanescent touch of whimsy that is lost in translation", "synonyms":[ "brief", "deciduous", "ephemeral", "evanescent", "flash", "fleeting", "fugacious", "fugitive", "impermanent", "momentary", "passing", "short-lived", "temporary", "transient" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082934", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ] }, "transl":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ "translated ; translation ; translator":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115214", "type":[ "abbreviation" ] }, "translate":{ "antonyms":[ "quote" ], "definitions":{ ": enrapture":[], ": lead , result":[ "\u2014 usually used with into believes that tax cuts will translate into economic growth" ], ": to bear, remove, or change from one place, state, form, or appearance to another : transfer , transform":[ "translate ideas into action" ], ": to convey to heaven or to a nontemporal condition without death":[], ": to express in different terms and especially different words : paraphrase":[], ": to express in more comprehensible terms : explain , interpret":[], ": to subject (genetic information) to translation in protein synthesis":[], ": to subject to mathematical translation":[], ": to transfer (a bishop) from one see to another":[], ": to transfer or turn from one set of symbols into another : transcribe":[], ": to turn into one's own or another language":[], ": to undergo a translation":[] }, "examples":[ "My client speaks only Spanish. Will you translate for me", "The French word \u201cbonjour\u201d translates as \u201chello\u201d in English.", "We need someone who can translate Japanese into English.", "We have translated the report.", "The book has been translated into 37 languages.", "Can you translate this technical jargon", "Seventy million Americans\u2014that translates into one American out of every four\u2014are under the age of 24.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Oregon\u2019s steady increases over the past several years didn\u2019t translate into higher unemployment, though. \u2014 Mike Rogoway | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 26 June 2022", "Bergeron, whose processing power is rivaled by few in the sport, would help translate the new coach\u2019s tactics for his teammates. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022", "The Panthers\u2019 pretty play of the regular season didn\u2019t translate to the playoffs. \u2014 Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel , 23 June 2022", "When fuel costs rise that quickly, high fares do not always translate into profits. \u2014 Tom Stalnaker, CNN , 22 June 2022", "Inclusive Leaders must help to translate inclusive requirements. \u2014 Simone E. Morris, Forbes , 19 May 2022", "An interpreter had to translate the hearing for Bonola, who is a Queens transplant from Mexico. \u2014 Lorraine Taylor, Fox News , 22 Apr. 2022", "Some signs of weakening consumer electronics demand have yet to translate into relief for manufacturers of other silicon-hungry products and devices. \u2014 Debby Wu, Bloomberg.com , 21 Apr. 2022", "The actors have to translate German (the language of Beethoven\u2019s opera, and one that few of them know, so lip-reading is not an option for most) into American Sign Language. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2a":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Anglo-French translater , from Latin translatus (past participle of transferre to transfer, translate), from trans- + latus , past participle of ferre to carry \u2014 more at tolerate , bear":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tranz-", "tranz-", "\u02c8tran(t)s-\u02ccl\u0101t", "tran(t)s-\u02c8l\u0101t, tranz-", "tran(t)s-\u02c8l\u0101t", "trans-\u02c8l\u0101t" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "paraphrase", "rephrase", "restate", "reword" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184302", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ] }, "translate (into)":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to lead to (something) as a result : result in":[ "Competition often translates into lower costs to the consumer.", "Artistic success doesn't always translate into financial success." ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230432", "type":[ "phrasal verb" ] }, "translate into":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to lead to (something) as a result : result in":[ "Competition often translates into lower costs to the consumer.", "Artistic success doesn't always translate into financial success." ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190757", "type":[ "phrasal verb" ] }, "translater":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": translator":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "translate entry 1 + -er":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u0101t\u0259(r)", "-\u0101t\u0259-" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180833", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "translating":{ "antonyms":[ "quote" ], "definitions":{ ": enrapture":[], ": lead , result":[ "\u2014 usually used with into believes that tax cuts will translate into economic growth" ], ": to bear, remove, or change from one place, state, form, or appearance to another : transfer , transform":[ "translate ideas into action" ], ": to convey to heaven or to a nontemporal condition without death":[], ": to express in different terms and especially different words : paraphrase":[], ": to express in more comprehensible terms : explain , interpret":[], ": to subject (genetic information) to translation in protein synthesis":[], ": to subject to mathematical translation":[], ": to transfer (a bishop) from one see to another":[], ": to transfer or turn from one set of symbols into another : transcribe":[], ": to turn into one's own or another language":[], ": to undergo a translation":[] }, "examples":[ "My client speaks only Spanish. Will you translate for me", "The French word \u201cbonjour\u201d translates as \u201chello\u201d in English.", "We need someone who can translate Japanese into English.", "We have translated the report.", "The book has been translated into 37 languages.", "Can you translate this technical jargon", "Seventy million Americans\u2014that translates into one American out of every four\u2014are under the age of 24.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Oregon\u2019s steady increases over the past several years didn\u2019t translate into higher unemployment, though. \u2014 Mike Rogoway | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 26 June 2022", "Bergeron, whose processing power is rivaled by few in the sport, would help translate the new coach\u2019s tactics for his teammates. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022", "The Panthers\u2019 pretty play of the regular season didn\u2019t translate to the playoffs. \u2014 Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel , 23 June 2022", "When fuel costs rise that quickly, high fares do not always translate into profits. \u2014 Tom Stalnaker, CNN , 22 June 2022", "Inclusive Leaders must help to translate inclusive requirements. \u2014 Simone E. Morris, Forbes , 19 May 2022", "An interpreter had to translate the hearing for Bonola, who is a Queens transplant from Mexico. \u2014 Lorraine Taylor, Fox News , 22 Apr. 2022", "Some signs of weakening consumer electronics demand have yet to translate into relief for manufacturers of other silicon-hungry products and devices. \u2014 Debby Wu, Bloomberg.com , 21 Apr. 2022", "The actors have to translate German (the language of Beethoven\u2019s opera, and one that few of them know, so lip-reading is not an option for most) into American Sign Language. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2a":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Anglo-French translater , from Latin translatus (past participle of transferre to transfer, translate), from trans- + latus , past participle of ferre to carry \u2014 more at tolerate , bear":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tranz-", "trans-\u02c8l\u0101t", "tran(t)s-\u02c8l\u0101t, tranz-", "tran(t)s-\u02c8l\u0101t", "tranz-", "\u02c8tran(t)s-\u02ccl\u0101t" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "paraphrase", "rephrase", "restate", "reword" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032741", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ] }, "translation":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an act, process, or instance of translating : such as":[], ": a change to a different substance, form, or appearance : conversion":[], ": a transformation of coordinates in which the new axes are parallel to the old ones":[], ": uniform motion of a body in a straight line":[], ": the process of forming a protein molecule at a ribosomal site of protein synthesis from information contained in messenger RNA \u2014 compare transcription sense 3":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "tran(t)s-\u02c8l\u0101-sh\u0259n, tranz-", "trans-\u02c8l\u0101-sh\u0259n", "tranz-", "tran(t)s-\u02c8l\u0101-sh\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[ "paraphrase", "rephrasing", "restatement", "restating", "rewording", "translating" ], "antonyms":[ "quotation", "quote" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "She is working on a translation of the novel.", "a new translation of the Iliad", "There were English translations on the menu.", "the translation of economic power into political strength", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Eiffel makes better sense, perhaps, as a high-gloss bodice ripper than a history lesson; the rest is lost in translation . \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 3 June 2022", "Only about 1% to 3% of books published in the United States are works in translation , according to Three Percent, a literature project at the University of Rochester in New York. \u2014 David Conrads, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 May 2022", "Although this classic bildungsroman may have been nipped and tucked in the transition from page to screen, in terms of scale and sweep and emotion, little appears to have been lost in translation . \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 18 May 2022", "When employees conduct most of their communication through a screen, words can easily be lost in translation . \u2014 Hanna Marie Asmussen, Forbes , 5 May 2022", "Some of the details about Tracy may have gotten lost in time or lost in translation . \u2014 Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN , 30 Apr. 2022", "His first attempt to explain the situation may have been lost in translation . \u2014 Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News , 29 Apr. 2022", "Some of those little nuisances can get lost in translation . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Apr. 2022", "This poem in translation is surreal in its depiction of grief. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-123133" }, "translational research":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": medical research that is concerned with facilitating the practical application of scientific discoveries to the development and implementation of new ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "More generally this is about translational research which is moving beyond research and into scalable practical solutions meeting specific needs. \u2014 Stephen Ibaraki, Forbes , 13 May 2022", "Now, Ravi\u2019s colleagues at MD Anderson are looking to address those gaps by partnering with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard on a new translational research platform focused on rare cancers. \u2014 Kevin Lin, STAT , 18 June 2021", "The money will back education and research efforts in applied microeconomics, business, digital medicine, global health, neuroscience, and translational research programs at the university\u2019s Feinberg School of Medicine. \u2014 Maria Di Mento, oregonlive , 31 Dec. 2021", "Research departments include biomedical engineering, cancer biology, pathobiology, and clinical and translational research . \u2014 Kristen Moon, Forbes , 26 Sep. 2021", "The program funds clinical and translational research , which starts in laboratories and eventually reaches clinical and community settings in diagnosis, treatment, and policy change stages. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 Sep. 2021", "The 75,000-square-foot, five-story building will become the world's largest translational research center dedicated to brain tumor drug development. \u2014 Andrew Favakeh, The Arizona Republic , 2 Aug. 2021", "In addition to exploring the potential for translational research 's impact, leaders in research should also consider the positive effects of bringing business practices into the fold. \u2014 Gabi Hanna, Forbes , 17 June 2021", "But 70% of translational research on Alzheimer\u2019s disease and related dementias continues to be funded by pharmaceutical and biotech companies. \u2014 Susan Peschin, STAT , 28 Apr. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1986, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114210", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "translative":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, or involving removal or transference from one person or place to another":[], ": of, relating to, or serving in translation from one language or system into another":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1657, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "tranz-\u02c8l\u0101-tiv, trans-", "tranz-", "tran(t)s-\u02c8l\u0101-tiv" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192043", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "translator":{ "antonyms":[ "quote" ], "definitions":{ ": enrapture":[], ": lead , result":[ "\u2014 usually used with into believes that tax cuts will translate into economic growth" ], ": to bear, remove, or change from one place, state, form, or appearance to another : transfer , transform":[ "translate ideas into action" ], ": to convey to heaven or to a nontemporal condition without death":[], ": to express in different terms and especially different words : paraphrase":[], ": to express in more comprehensible terms : explain , interpret":[], ": to subject (genetic information) to translation in protein synthesis":[], ": to subject to mathematical translation":[], ": to transfer (a bishop) from one see to another":[], ": to transfer or turn from one set of symbols into another : transcribe":[], ": to turn into one's own or another language":[], ": to undergo a translation":[] }, "examples":[ "My client speaks only Spanish. Will you translate for me", "The French word \u201cbonjour\u201d translates as \u201chello\u201d in English.", "We need someone who can translate Japanese into English.", "We have translated the report.", "The book has been translated into 37 languages.", "Can you translate this technical jargon", "Seventy million Americans\u2014that translates into one American out of every four\u2014are under the age of 24.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Oregon\u2019s steady increases over the past several years didn\u2019t translate into higher unemployment, though. \u2014 Mike Rogoway | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 26 June 2022", "Bergeron, whose processing power is rivaled by few in the sport, would help translate the new coach\u2019s tactics for his teammates. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022", "The Panthers\u2019 pretty play of the regular season didn\u2019t translate to the playoffs. \u2014 Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel , 23 June 2022", "When fuel costs rise that quickly, high fares do not always translate into profits. \u2014 Tom Stalnaker, CNN , 22 June 2022", "Inclusive Leaders must help to translate inclusive requirements. \u2014 Simone E. Morris, Forbes , 19 May 2022", "An interpreter had to translate the hearing for Bonola, who is a Queens transplant from Mexico. \u2014 Lorraine Taylor, Fox News , 22 Apr. 2022", "Some signs of weakening consumer electronics demand have yet to translate into relief for manufacturers of other silicon-hungry products and devices. \u2014 Debby Wu, Bloomberg.com , 21 Apr. 2022", "The actors have to translate German (the language of Beethoven\u2019s opera, and one that few of them know, so lip-reading is not an option for most) into American Sign Language. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2a":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Anglo-French translater , from Latin translatus (past participle of transferre to transfer, translate), from trans- + latus , past participle of ferre to carry \u2014 more at tolerate , bear":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tranz-", "tranz-", "\u02c8tran(t)s-\u02ccl\u0101t", "tran(t)s-\u02c8l\u0101t, tranz-", "tran(t)s-\u02c8l\u0101t", "trans-\u02c8l\u0101t" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "paraphrase", "rephrase", "restate", "reword" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182036", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ] }, "translatorese":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": the jargon of a translator : poorly translated matter":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "translator + -ese":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "-nz\u00a6l-", "-\u0113s", "tran(t)\u00a6sl\u0101t\u0259\u00a6r\u0113z" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-115822", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transliterator":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": one that transliterates":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "transliterate + -or":"" }, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133141", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "translocation":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": the act, process, or an instance of changing location or position: such as":[], ": the conduction of soluble material (such as metabolic products) from one part of a plant to another":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The final aspect of NSP12-mediated immunosuppression that Wang et.al examined was whether the RdRp domain, which contains the protein\u2019s enzymatic RNA synthesis function, was also the mechanism that inhibited IRF3 nuclear translocation . \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022", "The ambitious conservation translocation project began in 1998 when English aquarist Ivan Dibble arrived at Michoac\u00e1n University with some very precious cargo\u2014five pairs of tequila fish from England\u2019s Chester Zoo. \u2014 Sarah Durn, Wired , 29 Jan. 2022", "Both phosphorylation and nuclear translocation of IRF3 are critical steps in interferon production. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022", "This gut leakiness can lead to bacterial translocation inside the body. \u2014 Patrick Wilson, Outside Online , 2 Nov. 2020", "This program helps ensure that turtles are taken care of during the nesting season, including clutch translocation into a turtle camp until the baby turtles hatch. \u2014 Judy Koutsky, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021", "This is known as translocation : Particularly small particles might pass through the gut wall and end up in other organs, including the brain. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 22 Sep. 2021", "Previous translocation studies conducted in the region using quail from South Texas showed those birds experienced limited survival and reproductive success compared with resident birds or those reared closer to home. \u2014 Dallas News , 18 Sep. 2021", "But according to the October 2020 study, Orf6 inhibits translocation by binding to KPNA2. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 9 Sep. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1617, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cctran(t)s-l\u014d-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n, \u02cctranz-", "\u02cctran(t)s-l\u014d-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n", "\u02cctranz-" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055349", "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "translucence":{ "antonyms":[ "cloudiness", "opacity", "opaqueness", "turbidity", "turbidness" ], "definitions":{ ": the quality or state of being translucent":[] }, "examples":[ "the exceptional translucence of the sapphire adds to its value", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The work morphs with the day\u2019s light, moving between opacity and translucence , at times monochromatic and other times featuring bleeding color blocks, like a Rothko painting. \u2014 Deborah Vankinstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 4 Apr. 2022", "Nevertheless, the drawings, which depict bony and fleshy forms that dance ecstatically across the picture plane, appear to be lighted from within in ways that hint at Hesse\u2019s subsequent interest in the translucence of fiberglass and plastic. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 3 Apr. 2022", "The agate\u2019s translucence bestows celestiality on both images. \u2014 Judith H. Dobrzynski, WSJ , 12 Mar. 2022", "His signature technique involved thinning the pigment to near- translucence , then applying it layer over layer to create a luminous, glaze-like finish. \u2014 Susan Delson, WSJ , 29 Oct. 2021", "Glass frogs, which exhibit varying degrees of skin translucence , are another example. \u2014 Luna Shyr, Wired , 4 Sep. 2021", "According to Coleridge, a Symbol is characterized by a translucence of the Special in the Individual or of the General in the Especial or of the Universal in the General. . . . \u2014 Cameron Hilditch, National Review , 23 Apr. 2021", "Capote picked a few charms from each woman and mixed, rendering the character in full with Carol\u2019s whispery translucence , Gloria\u2019s imaginative fancies, Marguerite\u2019s bubbling bonhomie, and Doris looking spritely advantageous. \u2014 Callahan Tormey, Town & Country , 28 Dec. 2020", "For iridescence and translucence , the Judson windows are hard to match. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 21 Nov. 2020" ], "first_known_use":{ "1755, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "tran(t)s-\u02c8l\u00fcs-\u1d4an(t)s, tranz-", "tranz-", "tran(t)s-\u02c8l\u00fc-s\u1d4an(t)s" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "clarity", "clearness", "limpidity", "limpidness", "lucency", "translucency", "transparency" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054721", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "translucency":{ "antonyms":[ "cloudiness", "opacity", "opaqueness", "turbidity", "turbidness" ], "definitions":{ ": something that is translucent":[], ": translucence":[] }, "examples":[ "the translucency of a wine can only be appreciated if it is served in uncolored glasses, preferably of fine crystal", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Tech-minded, they were attuned to the plastic material\u2019s abstract capacities for luminous translucency and perceptual insight. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022", "One of the new CG ghosts, Muncher, took cues from a tardigrade (microscopic water bear) and glass frogs for translucency . \u2014 Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 Jan. 2022", "The Flora cabinet\u2019s botanical motif and translucency are a little bit Josef Frank (which Rusak directly referenced) and a little bit Shiro Kuramata \u2014 an elegant and unexpected mix. \u2014 Diana Budds, Curbed , 17 Dec. 2021", "The meat should begin to flake and be opaque with a slight translucency in the middle. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Nov. 2021", "The addition of bone ash, The Spruce Craft reports, helps makes the resulting dishes lightweight, stronger, durable, and with a creamy whiteness, while also giving bone china that trademark translucency . \u2014 Melissa Locker, Southern Living , 30 June 2021", "Now translucency is a design flourish, a way to direct or misdirect the eye. \u2014 Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired , 27 Apr. 2021", "For the Nintendo Switch, the sort of translucency made popular by the Game Boy is only available as a mod. \u2014 Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired , 27 Apr. 2021", "In a recording studio, microphones can capture the fortepiano\u2019s translucency , but concert promoters and their audiences may still expect the depth and sheer loudness of a grand piano. \u2014 J.s. Marcus, WSJ , 23 Apr. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "-\u1d4an-s\u0113", "tranz-", "tran(t)s-\u02c8l\u00fc-s\u1d4an(t)-s\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "clarity", "clearness", "limpidity", "limpidness", "lucency", "translucence", "transparency" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114443", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transmissible":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "noun," ], "definitions":{ ": capable of being transmitted":[ "transmissible diseases" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "tranz-", "tran(t)s-\u02c8mi-s\u0259-b\u0259l", "tran(t)s-\u02c8mis-\u0259-b\u0259l, tranz-" ], "synonyms":[ "catching", "communicable", "contagious", "pestilent", "transmittable" ], "antonyms":[ "noncommunicable" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "The virus is highly transmissible to humans.", "don't worry, the genetic disorder isn't transmissible from one generation to the next", "Recent Examples on the Web", "While the virus has not caused any deaths in the U.S. and is much less transmissible than COVID, a coordinated response is still required, the Biden-Harris administration said in a Tuesday evening statement on its outbreak response plan. \u2014 Erin Prater, Fortune , 28 June 2022", "The fact that each Omicron subvariant seems to be even more transmissible than the last only adds to the sense of futility. \u2014 Karen Kaplanscience And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022", "Although the latest omicron subvariants appear to be even more transmissible than the original variant, a combination of vaccination, boosters and effective and readily available therapeutics appear to have muted the impact of severe disease. \u2014 Mary Kekatos, ABC News , 29 May 2022", "In addition, the dominant variant in Connecticut \u2014 BA.2.12 \u2014 is more transmissible even than previous variants. \u2014 Kaitlin Mccallum, Hartford Courant , 12 May 2022", "It's is believed to be up to 27% more transmissible than BA.2, according to a statement from the New York State Department of Health. \u2014 Maggie O'neill, SELF , 10 May 2022", "The White House\u2019s chief medical adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, has estimated that BA.2 is 50 percent more transmissible than the original omicron lineage. \u2014 NBC News , 21 Apr. 2022", "Caused by a virus in the same family as smallpox, monkeypox is transmissible through person-to-person contact with rashes, scabs or bodily fluids, as well as touching infected items like clothes. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 28 June 2022", "Those are not only highly transmissible , but have shown the ability to reinfect survivors of earlier Omicron strains. \u2014 Luke Money, Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1644, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-162011" }, "transmission":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": an act, process, or instance of transmitting":[ "transmission of a nerve impulse across a synapse" ], ": something that is transmitted : message":[] }, "examples":[ "The equipment is used for the transmission of television signals.", "We are receiving a live transmission from the scene of the accident.", "the transmission of knowledge from one generation to the next", "My car has a manual transmission .", "This car comes with automatic transmission .", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Areas where monkeypox transmission is high can also request shipments the ACAM2000 vaccine. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 28 June 2022", "Many sensible policies\u2014say, mask mandates that toggle on in grocery stores, public transport, and other essential spaces when community transmission is high\u2014seem unlikely in this political climate. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 27 June 2022", "The transmission is fast enough to ensure there are no latency issues and that means the image on the TV always stays in sync with the audio. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 26 June 2022", "Northeastern cities such as New York or Philadelphia, meanwhile, are seeing a downtick in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations after a rise, though transmission is still high, according to the CDC. \u2014 Caroline Catherman, Orlando Sentinel , 15 June 2022", "Hospitalizations of young children with Covid is uncommon but does occur, and transmission can be high in school settings. \u2014 Rob Picheta And Hafsa Khalil, CNN , 15 June 2022", "While airborne transmission is not a significant concern, health officials are racing to contain the current outbreak and urging people to take it seriously. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 10 June 2022", "The team found that household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 was lower in homes with individuals with food allergies, according to the study. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 2 June 2022", "Though the increase in state cases has slowed in the past week, 159 of 169 municipalities fall in the red zone alert level, meaning transmission is high and people should take precautions to avoid contracting the virus. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 26 May 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle French, from Latin transmission-, transmissio , from transmittere to transmit":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "trans-\u02c8mi-sh\u0259n", "tranz-\u02c8mi-sh\u0259n, trans-", "tranz-", "tran(t)s-\u02c8mish-\u0259n", "tran(t)s-\u02c8mi-sh\u0259n" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113727", "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "transmit":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to admit the passage of : conduct":[ "glass transmits light" ], ": to cause (something, such as light or force) to pass or be conveyed through space or a medium":[], ": to cause or allow to spread: such as":[], ": to convey (infection) abroad or to another":[], ": to convey by or as if by inheritance or heredity : hand down":[], ": to send or convey from one person or place to another : forward":[], ": to send out (a signal) either by radio waves or over a wire":[], ": to send out a signal either by radio waves or over a wire":[] }, "examples":[ "The technology allows data to be transmitted by cellular phones.", "transmitting and receiving radio signals", "The radio transmits on two different frequencies.", "the different ways that people transmit their values", "The disease is transmitted by sexual contact.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "These beetles can transmit diseases like bacterial wilt and viruses, none of which are curable. \u2014 Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun , 9 June 2022", "Second, that resistant (or vaccinated) people cannot transmit the virus. \u2014 Dr. Genevieve Yang, ABC News , 3 June 2022", "The system can even transmit its data to his smartphone for easy viewing and transmission to his doctor. \u2014 Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 May 2022", "The message would transmit from two potential telescopes including the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope in China and the SETI Institute\u2019s Allen Telescope Array in northern California. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 10 May 2022", "The person managing the intern must transmit instructions, goals, guidance, expectations and more regularly and on time. \u2014 Expert Panel, Forbes , 6 May 2022", "Ticks can also transmit microbes that cause Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tularemia and human granulocytic anaplasmosis, among other diseases. \u2014 Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 Apr. 2022", "The agency also cited research suggesting children might even be more likely to transmit than seniors older than 60. \u2014 Alexander Tin, CBS News , 20 Sep. 2021", "The virus is much less likely, although not impossible, to transmit in outdoor settings than inside. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 Aug. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English transmitten , from Latin transmittere , from trans- + mittere to send":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "trans-\u02c8mit", "tranz-", "tran(t)s-\u02c8mit", "tranz-\u02c8mit, trans-" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "communicate", "conduct", "convey", "give", "impart", "spread", "transfer", "transfuse" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025749", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ] }, "transmittable":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to admit the passage of : conduct":[ "glass transmits light" ], ": to cause (something, such as light or force) to pass or be conveyed through space or a medium":[], ": to cause or allow to spread: such as":[], ": to convey (infection) abroad or to another":[], ": to convey by or as if by inheritance or heredity : hand down":[], ": to send or convey from one person or place to another : forward":[], ": to send out (a signal) either by radio waves or over a wire":[], ": to send out a signal either by radio waves or over a wire":[] }, "examples":[ "The technology allows data to be transmitted by cellular phones.", "transmitting and receiving radio signals", "The radio transmits on two different frequencies.", "the different ways that people transmit their values", "The disease is transmitted by sexual contact.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "These beetles can transmit diseases like bacterial wilt and viruses, none of which are curable. \u2014 Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun , 9 June 2022", "Second, that resistant (or vaccinated) people cannot transmit the virus. \u2014 Dr. Genevieve Yang, ABC News , 3 June 2022", "The system can even transmit its data to his smartphone for easy viewing and transmission to his doctor. \u2014 Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 May 2022", "The message would transmit from two potential telescopes including the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope in China and the SETI Institute\u2019s Allen Telescope Array in northern California. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 10 May 2022", "The person managing the intern must transmit instructions, goals, guidance, expectations and more regularly and on time. \u2014 Expert Panel, Forbes , 6 May 2022", "Ticks can also transmit microbes that cause Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tularemia and human granulocytic anaplasmosis, among other diseases. \u2014 Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 Apr. 2022", "The agency also cited research suggesting children might even be more likely to transmit than seniors older than 60. \u2014 Alexander Tin, CBS News , 20 Sep. 2021", "The virus is much less likely, although not impossible, to transmit in outdoor settings than inside. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 Aug. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English transmitten , from Latin transmittere , from trans- + mittere to send":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "trans-\u02c8mit", "tranz-", "tran(t)s-\u02c8mit", "tranz-\u02c8mit, trans-" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "communicate", "conduct", "convey", "give", "impart", "spread", "transfer", "transfuse" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230707", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ] }, "transmute":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form":[], ": to subject (something, such as an element) to transmutation":[], ": to undergo transmutation":[] }, "examples":[ "The stories of their lives were transmuted into works of fiction.", "The former criminal had transmuted into a national hero.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Slowly, painfully, by fits and starts, the heroic narrative of the Arab spring was transmuted into something much darker. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2020", "Similarly, the imperative to invent a vaccine as rapidly as possibly is not dissimilar from the effort at Los Alamos: Both require rapidly transmuting existing scientific knowledge into highly specific and practical technologies. \u2014 Mark P. Mills, National Review , 29 Apr. 2020", "Mysteries, like works of horror, transmute nebulous fears into tangible dangers. \u2014 Nora Caplan-bricker, The New Yorker , 13 Nov. 2019", "Instead, the hazy hue transmuted a femme fatale makeup staple into something softer and more romantic. \u2014 Calin Van Paris, Vogue , 20 July 2018", "Old Dolio's lack of lived experience transmutes into a kind of Buddhist wisdom; the family briefly gets to play-act at normalcy; everyone sees that, in disruptive ways, Melanie is different from them. \u2014 John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Jan. 2020", "The Lincoln that Trump conjured for this scenario\u2014a bizarre one even by the President\u2019s standards\u2014was transmuted into a leftist-socialist-globalist-radical-Democrat. \u2014 Sidney Blumenthal, The New Yorker , 24 Oct. 2019", "The other candidates, on the whole, hoped to transmute the lessons about Trump\u2019s character and dishonesty which emerged from the impeachment into material for the campaign trail. \u2014 Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker , 21 Dec. 2019", "At best, Maxo rapping about real-life trials and tribulations should be cathartic for both him and the crowd, but too often, the concert alchemy proved too delicate to transmute the experience. \u2014 Chris Kelly, Washington Post , 26 Oct. 2019" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Latin transmutare , from trans- + mutare to change \u2014 more at mutable":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "tranz-\u02c8my\u00fct, trans-", "tranz-", "tran(t)s-\u02c8my\u00fct" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for transmute transform , metamorphose , transmute , convert , transmogrify , transfigure mean to change a thing into a different thing. transform implies a major change in form, nature, or function. transformed a small company into a corporate giant metamorphose suggests an abrupt or startling change induced by or as if by magic or a supernatural power. awkward girls metamorphosed into graceful ballerinas transmute implies transforming into a higher element or thing. attempted to transmute lead into gold convert implies a change fitting something for a new or different use or function. converted the study into a nursery transmogrify suggests a strange or preposterous metamorphosis. a story in which a frog is transmogrified into a prince transfigure implies a change that exalts or glorifies. joy transfigured her face", "synonyms":[ "alchemize", "convert", "make over", "metamorphose", "transfigure", "transform", "transpose", "transubstantiate" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091813", "type":[ "adjective", "transitive verb", "verb" ] }, "transpadane":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": lying or situated on the farther or usually north side of the river Po":[ "\u2014 opposed to cispadane" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin transpadanus , from trans- + Padus the Po, river in northern Italy + Latin -anus -an":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02c8)tranz\u00a6p\u0101\u02ccd\u0101n", "\u00a6tranzp\u0259\u00a6d\u0101n", "-n(t)sp-", "-n(t)\u00a6sp-" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115257", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "transpalatine":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, or being the transverse bone of the skull of a reptile":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "trans- + Latin palat um palate + English -ine":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "-raan-", "-n(t)s+", "(\u02c8)tranz" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184437", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "transparence":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": transparency sense 1":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1594, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "tran(t)s-\u02c8per-\u0259n(t)s" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070940", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transparency":{ "antonyms":[ "cloudiness", "opacity", "opaqueness", "turbidity", "turbidness" ], "definitions":{ ": the quality or state of being transparent":[] }, "examples":[ "the transparency of a piece of glass", "the transparency of their motives", "He says that there needs to be more transparency in the way the government operates.", "The professor used transparencies and an overhead projector during her lectures.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Today, there are many calls from political organizations and society for greater transparency around AI. \u2014 Rik Chomko, Forbes , 21 June 2022", "In a broad victory for government transparency , an appeals court has ruled that the California Public Utilities Commission must comply with a state law requiring all agencies to promptly release information to the public. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022", "Still, experts and farmers are calling for more transparency on the market to avoid an unnecessary spike in global grain prices. \u2014 Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 June 2022", "This is only a draft rule, and not yet finalized, but the offsetting disclosures are considered uncontroversial so are likely to be included\u2014which would be a big step forward for transparency . \u2014 Sam Gill, Fortune , 10 June 2022", "With more companies leaving the public markets, executives and board directors of these newly private companies should expect governance changes as regulators push for more transparency from certain nonpublic companies. \u2014 Jennifer Williams-alvarez, WSJ , 9 June 2022", "One of Saban\u2019s other proposals at the SEC meetings was for greater transparency among NIL deals. \u2014 Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al , 7 June 2022", "The nonprofit group Fix the Court, which has pushed for greater transparency in the federal judiciary, has also noted concerns with some of the bill's language that could potentially limit information relevant to the public interest. \u2014 Eric Levenson And Boris Sanchez, CNN , 5 June 2022", "It has been bombarded with calls for more transparency . \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 4 June 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1591, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "trans-\u02c8per-\u0259n-s\u0113", "tran(t)s-\u02c8per-\u0259n(t)-s\u0113", "tran(t)s-\u02c8par-\u0259n-s\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "clarity", "clearness", "limpidity", "limpidness", "lucency", "translucence", "translucency" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104758", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transparent":{ "antonyms":[ "cloudy", "opaque" ], "definitions":{ ": allowing the passage of a specified form of radiation (such as X-rays or ultraviolet light)":[], ": characterized by visibility or accessibility of information especially concerning business practices":[], ": easily detected or seen through : obvious":[], ": fine or sheer enough to be seen through : diaphanous":[], ": free from pretense or deceit : frank":[], ": having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid":[], ": readily understood":[] }, "examples":[ "bottles of blue transparent glass", "his meaning in leaving the conversation is transparent : he doesn't want to talk about his combat experiences", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Gels: These include skincare products that are often transparent and leave no color on the skin. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022", "But public companies have to tell the truth and report clearly and be transparent . \u2014 Jenna Schnuer, Fortune , 9 June 2022", "Now is the time to start determining your definition of responsible AI and putting your standards in place to guide ethical, transparent , and fair use of AI. \u2014 Glenn Gow, Forbes , 5 June 2022", "As a Democrat, my primary goal is to make the Cook County property tax system fair, transparent , and equitable for everyone. \u2014 The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune , 2 June 2022", "In the event new boundaries are being drawn, the Board of Education should draw boundaries in accordance with the Board's policy and rules so that a clear, transparent , and objective process is undertaken. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 17 May 2022", "Her call for a more caring, transparent , and responsive government drew record crowds. \u2014 Sheila Coronel, The New Yorker , 17 May 2022", "In a statement, PG&E CEO Patti Poppe said the utility welcomed the chance to be more transparent - and ultimately more accountable - for its operations. \u2014 CBS News , 12 Apr. 2022", "In a statement, PG&E CEO Patti Poppe said the utility welcomed the chance to be more transparent \u2014 and ultimately more accountable \u2014 for its operations. \u2014 NBC News , 12 Apr. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Medieval Latin transparent-, transparens , present participle of transpar\u0113re to show through, from Latin trans- + par\u0113re to show oneself":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "trans-\u02c8per-\u0259nt", "tran(t)s-\u02c8per-\u0259nt", "-\u0259nt" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for transparent clear , transparent , translucent , limpid mean capable of being seen through. clear implies absence of cloudiness, haziness, or muddiness. clear water transparent implies being so clear that objects can be seen distinctly. a transparent sheet of film translucent implies the passage of light but not a clear view of what lies beyond. translucent frosted glass limpid suggests the soft clearness of pure water. her eyes were limpid pools of blue", "synonyms":[ "clear", "crystal", "crystal clear", "crystalline", "limpid", "liquid", "lucent", "pellucid", "see-through" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093808", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ] }, "transparent chromium oxide":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a moderate to strong green that is bluer and darker than Hooker's green":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211548", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transparentize":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to make transparent or more nearly transparent":[ "transparentize tracing paper" ] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Worse examples: resystematize, transparentize , essentialize, rightsize, dichotomize. \u2014 Gary Gilson, Star Tribune , 10 Oct. 2020" ], "first_known_use":{ "1925, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "tran(t)s-\u02c8per-\u0259n-\u02cct\u012bz" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035929", "type":[ "verb" ] }, "transpersonal":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": extending or going beyond the personal or individual":[], ": of, relating to, or being psychology or psychotherapy concerned especially with esoteric mental experience (such as mysticism and altered states of consciousness) beyond the usual limits of ego and personality":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "It\u2019s about data that is personal yet transpersonal . \u2014 New York Times , 27 Dec. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "circa 1906, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02c8p\u0259r-s\u0259-n\u1d4al", "-\u02c8p\u0259rs-n\u0259l, -\u1d4an-\u0259l", "(\u02cc)tran(t)s-\u02c8p\u0259rs-n\u0259l" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192652", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "transphenomenal":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": existing or lying beyond the phenomenal or apparent:":[], ": of or relating to a reality that is beyond or above that which is apparent to human senses":[], ": of or relating to what exists in itself and is the ground of what appears to our senses \u2014 compare thing-in-itself":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "trans- + phenomenal":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u00a6tranz", "-n(t)s+", "-raan-" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130314", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "transpierce":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to pierce through : penetrate":[] }, "examples":[ "got a thrill out of transpiercing butterflies with hat pins" ], "first_known_use":{ "1592, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle French transpercer , from Old French, from trans- (from Latin) + percer to pierce":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "tran(t)s-\u02c8pirs" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "gore", "harpoon", "impale", "jab", "lance", "peck", "pick", "pierce", "pink", "puncture", "run through", "skewer", "spear", "spike", "spit", "stab", "stick", "transfix" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211202", "type":[ "verb" ] }, "transpire":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to be revealed : come to light":[], ": to become known or apparent : develop":[], ": to pass in the form of a vapor from a living body":[], ": to take place : go on , occur":[] }, "examples":[ "No one will soon forget the historic events that transpired on that day.", "A plant transpires more freely on a hot dry day.", "Trees transpire water at a rapid rate.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The next large interdisciplinary conference on aging research will transpire in Europe, and is organized by the University of Copenhagen. \u2014 Alex Zhavoronkov, Forbes , 29 June 2022", "But school shootings often transpire over a matter of seconds, long before an officer has time to intervene. \u2014 Moriah Balingit, Anchorage Daily News , 26 May 2022", "Trees also shade the Earth, and their leaves transpire , cooling whole regions of the planet in much the same way that sweating prevents our bodies from overheating. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022", "Given a long enough time horizon, even the most unlikely event will transpire if the odds are above zero. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 24 Mar. 2022", "These events, experts say, are unlikely to transpire . \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 17 Mar. 2022", "My seminar allowed for a genuine conversation to transpire . \u2014 Leah Campano, Seventeen , 2 Mar. 2022", "Many months, and perhaps years, are likely to transpire before the chaos subsides. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Feb. 2022", "If anything, the situation has become a tad murkier, partly because of what happened on the field at Allegiant Stadium \u2014 a 38-10 victory for the Utes \u2014 and partly because of the situation that could transpire off the field. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 Dec. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1597, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle French transpirer , from Medieval Latin transpirare , from Latin trans- + spirare to breathe":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "trans-\u02c8p\u012br", "tran(t)-\u02c8sp\u012b(-\u0259)r" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "be", "befall", "betide", "chance", "come", "come about", "come down", "come off", "cook", "do", "go down", "go on", "hap", "happen", "occur", "pass" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215635", "type":[ "verb" ] }, "transpontine":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": situated on the farther side of a bridge":[], ": situated on the south side of the Thames":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1844, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "trans- + Latin pont-, pons bridge \u2014 more at find":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "tran(t)s-\u02c8p\u00e4n-\u02cct\u012bn" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194110", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "transport":{ "antonyms":[ "cloud nine", "ecstasy", "elatedness", "elation", "euphoria", "exhilaration", "heaven", "high", "intoxication", "paradise", "rapture", "rhapsody", "seventh heaven", "swoon" ], "definitions":{ ": a ship for carrying soldiers or military equipment":[], ": a transported convict":[], ": a vehicle (such as a truck or airplane) used to transport persons or goods":[], ": an act or process of transporting : transportation":[], ": strong or intensely pleasurable emotion":[ "transports of joy" ], ": to carry away with strong and often intensely pleasant emotion":[], ": to send to a penal colony overseas":[], ": to transfer or convey from one place to another":[ "transporting ions across a living membrane" ], ": transportation sense 2":[] }, "examples":[ "Verb", "A van at the hotel transports guests to and from the airport.", "the cost of producing and transporting goods", "The melons are transported in large wooden crates.", "The illness was first transported across the ocean by European explorers.", "The movie transports us to a world of stunning beauty.", "While reading, I was transported back to the year 1492.", "He was transported for stealing.", "Noun", "the transport of manufactured goods", "I was left without transport when the car broke down.", "She relies on public transport .", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "While vegan and gluten-free options are also available, its flavors like those above that transport you to a warm place in Mexico where the taste of sweet, ice cold, traditional Mexican ingredients melt on your tongue. \u2014 Roxana Becerril, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 June 2022", "Take a chair lift\u2014a skimpy open-air vessel that sits one person per lift\u2014from Anacapri, around the corner from the Jumeirah Capri Palace, which will transport you to the incredible views and an old 19th-century fort and gardens. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 17 June 2022", "Ahead, Jefcoate shares the scents that transport her to the south coast of Spain, the ones that feel like a warm hug, and the candle that will always remind her of home. \u2014 Jihan Forbes, Allure , 16 June 2022", "Don\u2019t worry about narrative throughlines, though; the experience is really about taking in visuals, sound, structures, and performers that together transport you to many different places beyond the normal. \u2014 David Bloom, Forbes , 16 June 2022", "The new round of sanctions that Brussels announced this week will ban imports of Russian oil by sea as well as insurance for shipping companies that transport it globally. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 31 May 2022", "These perennials bloom for a long time and offer a wonderful perfume that will transport you to the Mediterranean. \u2014 Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living , 26 May 2022", "The flavor brings a cornucopia of red fruits and zippy grapefruit with a whiff of florals that will transport you right to the Italian coast. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 18 May 2022", "From retro striped umbrellas that\u2019ll transport you to the Riviera to wide options perfect for a narrow deck, here are our recommendations to suit a range of setups and styles. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 17 May 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "The Logistics Report Top news and in-depth analysis on the world of logistics, from supply chain to transport and technology. \u2014 Liz Young, WSJ , 29 June 2022", "Tackling the approach to transport is a huge slice of the emissions pie. \u2014 Anila Siraj, Forbes , 28 June 2022", "Each of the kayaks featured won\u2019t need a large storage room or large vehicle to transport . \u2014 Chantae Reden, Popular Mechanics , 21 June 2022", "The agency said that if there is an emergency medical appointment or something else requiring a transport , there will be extra security. \u2014 Phil Helsel, NBC News , 7 June 2022", "Most city public transport in Africa is yet to go cashless, causing traffic congestion where petty thieves thrive. \u2014 Faustine Ngila, Quartz , 31 May 2022", "To keep these fast-growing cities, regions and megacities moving, efficient public transport is not just desirable, but imperative. \u2014 Ben Jones, CNN , 29 May 2022", "Yet ground transport is hardly the only sector of the economy where emissions are rising. \u2014 Benjamin Storrow, Scientific American , 27 May 2022", "Health apps on mobile phones govern access to transport and public facilities. \u2014 Time , 6 May 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb", "1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French transporter , from Latin transportare , from trans- + portare to carry \u2014 more at fare":"Verb" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8trans-\u02ccp\u022frt", "trans-\u02c8p\u022frt", "\u02c8tran(t)s-\u02ccp\u022frt", "\u02c8tran(t)s-\u02ccp\u014d(\u0259)rt, -\u02ccp\u022f(\u0259)rt", "tran(t)s-\u02c8p\u014d(\u0259)rt, -\u02c8p\u022f(\u0259)rt, \u02c8tran(t)s-\u02cc", "tran(t)s-\u02c8p\u022frt" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for transport Verb banish , exile , deport , transport mean to remove by authority from a state or country. banish implies compulsory removal from a country not necessarily one's own. banished for seditious activities exile may imply compulsory removal or an enforced or voluntary absence from one's own country. a writer who exiled himself for political reasons deport implies sending out of the country an alien who has illegally entered or whose presence is judged inimical to the public welfare. illegal aliens will be deported transport implies sending a convicted criminal to an overseas penal colony. a convict who was transported to Australia Noun ecstasy , rapture , transport mean intense exaltation of mind and feelings. ecstasy and rapture both suggest a state of trance or near immobility produced by an overpowering emotion. ecstasy may apply to any strong emotion (such as joy, fear, rage, adoration). religious ecstasy rapture usually implies intense bliss or beatitude. in speechless rapture transport applies to any powerful emotion that lifts one out of oneself and usually provokes vehement expression or frenzied action. in a transport of rage", "synonyms":[ "consign", "dispatch", "pack (off)", "send", "ship", "shoot", "transfer", "transmit" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184354", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ] }, "transportation":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": an act, process, or instance of transporting or being transported":[], ": banishment to a penal colony":[], ": means of conveyance or travel from one place to another":[], ": public conveyance of passengers or goods especially as a commercial enterprise":[] }, "examples":[ "the transportation of troops overseas", "She arranged for the transportation of her furniture to her new apartment.", "He was the U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President Reagan.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "From flight delays and outright cancellations to crowded airports and schedule changes, the air transportation system is struggling to get back to normal after the pandemic era slump. \u2014 Nathan Diller, USA TODAY , 29 June 2022", "The world\u2019s transportation system unfortunately still runs on oil. \u2014 Dakin Sloss, Fortune , 28 June 2022", "Karissa Hand, a spokeswoman for Healey\u2019s campaign, said Healey isn\u2019t necessarily a true believer yet but joined to learn more about the project and making the public transportation system more interconnected. \u2014 Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022", "The business leaders called Baltimore\u2019s transportation system underdeveloped. \u2014 Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun , 27 June 2022", "For next 13 years, Tribune campaigns against Yerkes\u2019 attempt to gain monopoly over public transportation system. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 26 June 2022", "Just over $1 million of the cost of the intelligent transportation system project, selected for funding through the Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, will be covered by federal dollars, with the city providing a $259,460 local match. \u2014 Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News , 17 June 2022", "Chaves said the biggest advantage organizers have is the technology to see real-time traffic and the sheer growth of the transportation system. \u2014 Rachel Urangastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022", "Disney World offers visitors a complimentary transportation system made up of buses, boats, and the famed Monorail that will zip you back and forth between parks and hotels. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 14 June 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cctrans-p\u0259r-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n", "\u02cctran(t)s-p\u0259r-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "lift", "ride" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164729", "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "transported":{ "antonyms":[ "cloud nine", "ecstasy", "elatedness", "elation", "euphoria", "exhilaration", "heaven", "high", "intoxication", "paradise", "rapture", "rhapsody", "seventh heaven", "swoon" ], "definitions":{ ": a ship for carrying soldiers or military equipment":[], ": a transported convict":[], ": a vehicle (such as a truck or airplane) used to transport persons or goods":[], ": an act or process of transporting : transportation":[], ": strong or intensely pleasurable emotion":[ "transports of joy" ], ": to carry away with strong and often intensely pleasant emotion":[], ": to send to a penal colony overseas":[], ": to transfer or convey from one place to another":[ "transporting ions across a living membrane" ], ": transportation sense 2":[] }, "examples":[ "Verb", "A van at the hotel transports guests to and from the airport.", "the cost of producing and transporting goods", "The melons are transported in large wooden crates.", "The illness was first transported across the ocean by European explorers.", "The movie transports us to a world of stunning beauty.", "While reading, I was transported back to the year 1492.", "He was transported for stealing.", "Noun", "the transport of manufactured goods", "I was left without transport when the car broke down.", "She relies on public transport .", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "While vegan and gluten-free options are also available, its flavors like those above that transport you to a warm place in Mexico where the taste of sweet, ice cold, traditional Mexican ingredients melt on your tongue. \u2014 Roxana Becerril, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 June 2022", "Take a chair lift\u2014a skimpy open-air vessel that sits one person per lift\u2014from Anacapri, around the corner from the Jumeirah Capri Palace, which will transport you to the incredible views and an old 19th-century fort and gardens. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 17 June 2022", "Ahead, Jefcoate shares the scents that transport her to the south coast of Spain, the ones that feel like a warm hug, and the candle that will always remind her of home. \u2014 Jihan Forbes, Allure , 16 June 2022", "Don\u2019t worry about narrative throughlines, though; the experience is really about taking in visuals, sound, structures, and performers that together transport you to many different places beyond the normal. \u2014 David Bloom, Forbes , 16 June 2022", "The new round of sanctions that Brussels announced this week will ban imports of Russian oil by sea as well as insurance for shipping companies that transport it globally. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 31 May 2022", "These perennials bloom for a long time and offer a wonderful perfume that will transport you to the Mediterranean. \u2014 Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living , 26 May 2022", "The flavor brings a cornucopia of red fruits and zippy grapefruit with a whiff of florals that will transport you right to the Italian coast. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 18 May 2022", "From retro striped umbrellas that\u2019ll transport you to the Riviera to wide options perfect for a narrow deck, here are our recommendations to suit a range of setups and styles. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 17 May 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "The Logistics Report Top news and in-depth analysis on the world of logistics, from supply chain to transport and technology. \u2014 Liz Young, WSJ , 29 June 2022", "Tackling the approach to transport is a huge slice of the emissions pie. \u2014 Anila Siraj, Forbes , 28 June 2022", "Each of the kayaks featured won\u2019t need a large storage room or large vehicle to transport . \u2014 Chantae Reden, Popular Mechanics , 21 June 2022", "The agency said that if there is an emergency medical appointment or something else requiring a transport , there will be extra security. \u2014 Phil Helsel, NBC News , 7 June 2022", "Most city public transport in Africa is yet to go cashless, causing traffic congestion where petty thieves thrive. \u2014 Faustine Ngila, Quartz , 31 May 2022", "To keep these fast-growing cities, regions and megacities moving, efficient public transport is not just desirable, but imperative. \u2014 Ben Jones, CNN , 29 May 2022", "Yet ground transport is hardly the only sector of the economy where emissions are rising. \u2014 Benjamin Storrow, Scientific American , 27 May 2022", "Health apps on mobile phones govern access to transport and public facilities. \u2014 Time , 6 May 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb", "1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French transporter , from Latin transportare , from trans- + portare to carry \u2014 more at fare":"Verb" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8trans-\u02ccp\u022frt", "trans-\u02c8p\u022frt", "\u02c8tran(t)s-\u02ccp\u022frt", "\u02c8tran(t)s-\u02ccp\u014d(\u0259)rt, -\u02ccp\u022f(\u0259)rt", "tran(t)s-\u02c8p\u014d(\u0259)rt, -\u02c8p\u022f(\u0259)rt, \u02c8tran(t)s-\u02cc", "tran(t)s-\u02c8p\u022frt" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for transport Verb banish , exile , deport , transport mean to remove by authority from a state or country. banish implies compulsory removal from a country not necessarily one's own. banished for seditious activities exile may imply compulsory removal or an enforced or voluntary absence from one's own country. a writer who exiled himself for political reasons deport implies sending out of the country an alien who has illegally entered or whose presence is judged inimical to the public welfare. illegal aliens will be deported transport implies sending a convicted criminal to an overseas penal colony. a convict who was transported to Australia Noun ecstasy , rapture , transport mean intense exaltation of mind and feelings. ecstasy and rapture both suggest a state of trance or near immobility produced by an overpowering emotion. ecstasy may apply to any strong emotion (such as joy, fear, rage, adoration). religious ecstasy rapture usually implies intense bliss or beatitude. in speechless rapture transport applies to any powerful emotion that lifts one out of oneself and usually provokes vehement expression or frenzied action. in a transport of rage", "synonyms":[ "consign", "dispatch", "pack (off)", "send", "ship", "shoot", "transfer", "transmit" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190501", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ] }, "transporting":{ "antonyms":[ "cloud nine", "ecstasy", "elatedness", "elation", "euphoria", "exhilaration", "heaven", "high", "intoxication", "paradise", "rapture", "rhapsody", "seventh heaven", "swoon" ], "definitions":{ ": a ship for carrying soldiers or military equipment":[], ": a transported convict":[], ": a vehicle (such as a truck or airplane) used to transport persons or goods":[], ": an act or process of transporting : transportation":[], ": strong or intensely pleasurable emotion":[ "transports of joy" ], ": to carry away with strong and often intensely pleasant emotion":[], ": to send to a penal colony overseas":[], ": to transfer or convey from one place to another":[ "transporting ions across a living membrane" ], ": transportation sense 2":[] }, "examples":[ "Verb", "A van at the hotel transports guests to and from the airport.", "the cost of producing and transporting goods", "The melons are transported in large wooden crates.", "The illness was first transported across the ocean by European explorers.", "The movie transports us to a world of stunning beauty.", "While reading, I was transported back to the year 1492.", "He was transported for stealing.", "Noun", "the transport of manufactured goods", "I was left without transport when the car broke down.", "She relies on public transport .", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "While vegan and gluten-free options are also available, its flavors like those above that transport you to a warm place in Mexico where the taste of sweet, ice cold, traditional Mexican ingredients melt on your tongue. \u2014 Roxana Becerril, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 June 2022", "Take a chair lift\u2014a skimpy open-air vessel that sits one person per lift\u2014from Anacapri, around the corner from the Jumeirah Capri Palace, which will transport you to the incredible views and an old 19th-century fort and gardens. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 17 June 2022", "Ahead, Jefcoate shares the scents that transport her to the south coast of Spain, the ones that feel like a warm hug, and the candle that will always remind her of home. \u2014 Jihan Forbes, Allure , 16 June 2022", "Don\u2019t worry about narrative throughlines, though; the experience is really about taking in visuals, sound, structures, and performers that together transport you to many different places beyond the normal. \u2014 David Bloom, Forbes , 16 June 2022", "The new round of sanctions that Brussels announced this week will ban imports of Russian oil by sea as well as insurance for shipping companies that transport it globally. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 31 May 2022", "These perennials bloom for a long time and offer a wonderful perfume that will transport you to the Mediterranean. \u2014 Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living , 26 May 2022", "The flavor brings a cornucopia of red fruits and zippy grapefruit with a whiff of florals that will transport you right to the Italian coast. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 18 May 2022", "From retro striped umbrellas that\u2019ll transport you to the Riviera to wide options perfect for a narrow deck, here are our recommendations to suit a range of setups and styles. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 17 May 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "The Logistics Report Top news and in-depth analysis on the world of logistics, from supply chain to transport and technology. \u2014 Liz Young, WSJ , 29 June 2022", "Tackling the approach to transport is a huge slice of the emissions pie. \u2014 Anila Siraj, Forbes , 28 June 2022", "Each of the kayaks featured won\u2019t need a large storage room or large vehicle to transport . \u2014 Chantae Reden, Popular Mechanics , 21 June 2022", "The agency said that if there is an emergency medical appointment or something else requiring a transport , there will be extra security. \u2014 Phil Helsel, NBC News , 7 June 2022", "Most city public transport in Africa is yet to go cashless, causing traffic congestion where petty thieves thrive. \u2014 Faustine Ngila, Quartz , 31 May 2022", "To keep these fast-growing cities, regions and megacities moving, efficient public transport is not just desirable, but imperative. \u2014 Ben Jones, CNN , 29 May 2022", "Yet ground transport is hardly the only sector of the economy where emissions are rising. \u2014 Benjamin Storrow, Scientific American , 27 May 2022", "Health apps on mobile phones govern access to transport and public facilities. \u2014 Time , 6 May 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb", "1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French transporter , from Latin transportare , from trans- + portare to carry \u2014 more at fare":"Verb" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8trans-\u02ccp\u022frt", "trans-\u02c8p\u022frt", "\u02c8tran(t)s-\u02ccp\u022frt", "\u02c8tran(t)s-\u02ccp\u014d(\u0259)rt, -\u02ccp\u022f(\u0259)rt", "tran(t)s-\u02c8p\u014d(\u0259)rt, -\u02c8p\u022f(\u0259)rt, \u02c8tran(t)s-\u02cc", "tran(t)s-\u02c8p\u022frt" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for transport Verb banish , exile , deport , transport mean to remove by authority from a state or country. banish implies compulsory removal from a country not necessarily one's own. banished for seditious activities exile may imply compulsory removal or an enforced or voluntary absence from one's own country. a writer who exiled himself for political reasons deport implies sending out of the country an alien who has illegally entered or whose presence is judged inimical to the public welfare. illegal aliens will be deported transport implies sending a convicted criminal to an overseas penal colony. a convict who was transported to Australia Noun ecstasy , rapture , transport mean intense exaltation of mind and feelings. ecstasy and rapture both suggest a state of trance or near immobility produced by an overpowering emotion. ecstasy may apply to any strong emotion (such as joy, fear, rage, adoration). religious ecstasy rapture usually implies intense bliss or beatitude. in speechless rapture transport applies to any powerful emotion that lifts one out of oneself and usually provokes vehement expression or frenzied action. in a transport of rage", "synonyms":[ "consign", "dispatch", "pack (off)", "send", "ship", "shoot", "transfer", "transmit" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184210", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ] }, "transpose":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a matrix formed from another matrix by interchanging the rows and columns":[], ": to bring (a term) from one side of an algebraic equation to the other with change of sign":[], ": to change in form or nature : transform":[], ": to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of":[ "transpose letters to change the spelling" ], ": to render into another language, style, or manner of expression : translate":[], ": to transfer from one place or period to another : shift":[], ": to write or perform (a musical composition) in a different key":[] }, "examples":[ "Verb", "I must have accidentally transposed the numbers when I dialed his phone number.", "a story originally set in London that has been transposed to Paris for this film", "a melody transposed to the key of C", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "The mere task of figuring out how to transpose Krakauer\u2019s version of events onto the screen would prove a challenge to anyone, let alone someone with such close personal ties to the material. \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 26 Apr. 2022", "This week\u2019s contest \u2014 to transpose two letters in a word or phrase \u2014 has often been an option in our change-a-letter neologism contests over the years. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022", "Plenty of hyper-prolific pop stars have figured out how to transpose their humanity into hits in real time, but Adele knows she\u2019s offering something else. \u2014 Chris Richards, Anchorage Daily News , 19 Nov. 2021", "Moreover, diverse parties could use the token and transpose value inside them without ever using banks. \u2014 Sani Abdul-jabbar, Forbes , 27 Sep. 2021", "But absent this explanation, the ambience did much to transpose the fauna of the Nocturnal House into a child\u2019s gathering nightmares. \u2014 Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic , 5 Oct. 2020", "Of all of these, the birthday may be the most challenging to transpose online: Birthday parties lack inherent structure. \u2014 Alix Wall, SFChronicle.com , 1 June 2020", "My morning labor, normally the joyful scrum of teaching 125 elementary schoolers, instead involved reconfiguring music lessons that could be transposed to a digital recording. \u2014 Roger Keane, WSJ , 1 May 2020", "Prints of Queen Anne\u2019s lace, ferns, and herbs from the NEPS garden were transposed into delicate images. \u2014 Denise Coffey, courant.com , 30 Sep. 2019", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "The sequence of data transfer, transpose and orchestration. \u2014 Prashanth Southekal, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Verb", "1937, in the meaning defined above":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Anglo-French transposer , from Latin transponere (perfect indicative transposui ) to change the position of, from trans- + ponere to put, place \u2014 more at position":"Verb" }, "pronounciation":[ "trans-\u02c8p\u014dz", "\u02c8tran(t)s-\u02ccp\u014dz", "tran(t)s-\u02c8p\u014dz" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for transpose Verb reverse , transpose , invert mean to change to the opposite position. reverse is the most general term and may imply change in order, side, direction, meaning. reversed his position on the trade agreement transpose implies a change in order or relative position of units often through exchange of position. transposed the letters to form an anagram invert applies chiefly to turning upside down or inside out. the number 9 looks like an inverted 6", "synonyms":[ "alchemize", "convert", "make over", "metamorphose", "transfigure", "transform", "transmute", "transubstantiate" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062906", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "transsexual":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, or being a person whose gender identity is opposite the sex the person had or was identified as having at birth":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The cast includes Elliot Page, whose character comes out as transsexual in the new season. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 June 2022", "Becker has even gotten offers to do a couple of movies, one of them about Ren\u00e9e Richards, the transsexual tennis player. \u2014 Angela Gaudioso, SPIN , 22 May 2022", "The trolls started spamming tags like #gaypride, #ableism, # transsexual , and #depression. \u2014 Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic , 1 Feb. 2022", "The doc is a portrait of 97-year-old Lucy, deemed to be the oldest transsexual woman in Italy, a living witness of the 20th century and all its dark shadows. \u2014 Nick Vivarelli, Variety , 13 Oct. 2021", "Porter in his work always flaunts the transvestite and transsexual issues that now preoccupy woke Hollywood. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 15 Sep. 2021", "The law would add women, people who are homosexual, transsexual or with disabilities, to those protected by a law banning discrimination and punishing hate crimes. \u2014 Colleen Barry, Star Tribune , 24 June 2021", "Vendors can register beginning this week, and people of color as well as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual people are encouraged to participate. \u2014 Katy Read, Star Tribune , 15 May 2021", "June Amelia Rose is an anarchist leatherdyke fiction writer and proud transsexual living in Brooklyn. \u2014 Juneameliarose, Longreads , 25 Mar. 2020" ], "first_known_use":{ "1957, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "-sh\u0259l", "(\u02cc)tran(t)s-\u02c8sek-sh(\u0259-)w\u0259l" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202534", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "noun," ] }, "transubstantial":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": changed or capable of being changed from one substance to another":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1567, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cctran(t)-s\u0259b-\u02c8stan(t)-sh\u0259l" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135553", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "transubstantiate":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to change into another substance : transmute":[], ": to effect transubstantiation in (sacramental bread and wine)":[], ": to undergo transubstantiation":[] }, "examples":[ "the novelist transubstantiated the joys and sorrows of his early years into a charming fable about childhood", "Recent Examples on the Web", "But his concerns are the same as artists 500 years gone \u2014 how bodies can be transubstantiated into precious metal, and take on new meaning and value. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Feb. 2020", "Our fathers poured the gold like priests / transubstantiating molten for the world\u2019s architecture. \u2014 Patrick T. Reardon, chicagotribune.com , 14 Nov. 2019", "Through football, a one-hour spectacle of peak human performance and perfect pageantry is transubstantiated in real time into the country\u2019s sustaining mythology. \u2014 Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic , 11 Aug. 2017", "And then there was Evie, the most beloved, who had transubstantiated into a postcard from Reno. \u2014 Sherman Alexie, The New Yorker , 5 June 2017" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English transsubstanciaten , from Medieval Latin transubstantiatus , past participle of transubstantiare , from Latin trans- + substantia substance":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cctran(t)-s\u0259b-\u02c8stan(t)-sh\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "alchemize", "convert", "make over", "metamorphose", "transfigure", "transform", "transmute", "transpose" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190638", "type":[ "verb" ] }, "transubstantiation":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": an act or instance of transubstantiating or being transubstantiated":[], ": the miraculous change by which according to Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox dogma the eucharistic elements at their consecration become the body and blood of Christ while keeping only the appearances of bread and wine":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Her Catholic upbringing also made a deep impression, especially the mystical aspects of religion such as transubstantiation . \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Forbes , 20 May 2022", "Lyrics are rich in Christian allusions to transubstantiation and the resurrection. \u2014 Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone , 8 Mar. 2022", "Some bishops have expressed concern over Catholics' acceptance of the doctrine, citing a 2019 survey that found most church members don't believe in transubstantiation . \u2014 Arkansas Online , 18 Nov. 2021", "Some bishops have expressed concern over Catholics\u2019 acceptance of the doctrine, citing a 2019 survey that found most church members don\u2019t believe in transubstantiation . \u2014 Peter Smith, chicagotribune.com , 17 Nov. 2021", "The document highlights the centrality of the doctrine of transubstantiation , which says that when a priest celebrates Mass, the bread and wine is transformed into Jesus' actual body and blood. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 18 Nov. 2021", "The document highlights the centrality of the doctrine of transubstantiation , which says that when a priest celebrates Mass, the bread and wine is transformed into Jesus\u2019 actual body and blood. \u2014 Peter Smith, chicagotribune.com , 17 Nov. 2021", "Found in Catholic doctrine, transubstantiation is when the substance of bread is turned into the substance of the body of Christ during the eucharist. \u2014 Marya E. Gates, Vulture , 10 Aug. 2021", "When the Protestant reformers in the 16th century rejected the Catholic teaching that the bread and wine substantively became the body and blood of Jesus, Catholic Church leaders affirmed the teaching, called transubstantiation . \u2014 New York Times , 26 June 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cctran(t)-s\u0259b-\u02ccstan(t)-sh\u0113-\u02c8\u0101-sh\u0259n" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113030", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transude":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to pass through a membrane or permeable substance : exude":[], ": to permit passage of":[] }, "examples":[ "sweat was transuding from the pores of his face despite his best efforts to look cool and collected during the interview" ], "first_known_use":{ "1664, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin transudare , from Latin trans- + sudare to sweat \u2014 more at sweat":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "tran(t)s-\u02c8(y)\u00fcd", "-\u02c8zy\u00fcd", "tran-\u02c8z\u00fcd", "tranz-", "tran(t)-\u02c8s\u00fcd", "-\u02c8sy\u00fcd" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "bleed", "exude", "ooze", "percolate", "seep", "strain", "sweat", "weep" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065405", "type":[ "verb" ] }, "transversale":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": placed so as to include three numbers in a row horizontally":[ "\u2014 used of a bet in roulette" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "French, feminine of transversal , from Medieval Latin transversalis":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cctr\u00e4\u207fsver\u02c8s\u00e4l" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131928", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "transversary":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a crosspiece on a nautical cross-staff":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin transversarium crossbeam, from neuter of transversarius situated transversely, from transversus transverse + -arius -ary":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "tran(t)s\u02c8v\u0259rs\u0259r\u0113", "-nz\u02c8-" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032140", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transverse":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": acting, lying, or being across : set crosswise":[], ": made at right angles to the long axis of the body":[ "a transverse section" ], ": something (such as a piece, section, or part) that is transverse":[] }, "examples":[ "Adjective", "The surgeon made a transverse incision across her abdomen.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "Low transverse incisions are now standard in the United States. \u2014 Anna Nowogrodzki, New York Times , 17 Apr. 2020", "Shoulder taps work you transverse abdominals and obliques as well. \u2014 Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Good Housekeeping , 16 Mar. 2020", "The transverse -engine GLA has available 4Matic all-wheel drive that primarily drives the front wheels but sends enough power around to improve acceleration in slippery conditions. \u2014 Jens Meiners, Car and Driver , 15 Apr. 2020", "Also, seemingly forgotten by many, the C8 finally retires the Corvette's long-running transverse leaf springs front and rear (since 1984 at both ends and since 1963 at the rear), in favor of conventional coils. \u2014 Jim Resnick, Ars Technica , 25 Feb. 2020", "Thompson said that the safety mechanism is similar to the tang safety of a shotgun and includes a mechanical block actuated by a transverse cam mounted on the side of the assembly. \u2014 Outdoor Life , 21 Jan. 2020", "This big bucket of parts and designs is used to make all of the group's transverse -engine vehicles\u2014everything from the Audi TT to the VW Atlas. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 27 July 2019", "This is Volkswagen\u2019s sixth U.S.-market vehicle, from Golf to Atlas SUV, to be built on the company\u2019s global MQB ( transverse -engine front drive) platform. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 10 Aug. 2018", "Well after Horch the man departed, the automaker was cranking out dual-overhead-cam straight-eights, servo-actuated brakes, four-wheel independent suspension, transverse leaf springs, and five-speed gearboxes. \u2014 Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver , 25 May 2019", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Finally, moves like the shoulder tap and plank up-down that work on core stabilization\u2014say, by resisting rotation or bending\u2014challenge your transverse abdominis. \u2014 Christa Sgobba, SELF , 27 Apr. 2022", "This rotational plane is called the transverse plane. \u2014 Jay Johnson, Outside Online , 16 Feb. 2021", "There's nothing particularly interesting about the control-arm front and beam-axle rear suspension other than the transverse leaf spring that suspends the front. \u2014 Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver , 22 May 2022", "Olmsted and Vaux, famously, insisted on sinking the transverse roads through Central Park, and asserted the importance of passive recreation\u2014of strolling as a civilizing influence. \u2014 Alexandra Lange, The New Yorker , 29 Apr. 2022", "The plank up-down, V-up, and suitcase crunch work your rectus abdominis (the muscles along the front of your abdomen) and your deeper, stabilizing transverse abdominis muscles. \u2014 Christa Sgobba, SELF , 20 Apr. 2022", "Even the most spectacular one, the ground-story event room, for all its glowing wood and dramatic transverse arches, seems better suited for housing machines than people, and has something of the character of an airplane hangar. \u2014 Michael J. Lewis, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2022", "Your transverse abdominis, your rectus abdominis are playing such key parts in not only ensuring that you're streamlined, but in the propulsion as well. \u2014 Greg Presto, Men's Health , 6 May 2022", "That includes the transverse abdominis, one of the deepest abdominal muscles, which wraps around the lower torso like a girdle. \u2014 Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online , 16 May 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun", "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Latin transversus , from trans- + -versus (as in adversus adverse)":"Adjective" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tranz-\u02ccv\u0259rs", "tran(t)s-\u02c8v\u0259rs", "\u02c8tran(t)s-\u02ccv\u0259rs", "tranz-", "\u02c8tran(t)s-\u02cc", "\u02c8tranz-", "trans-\u02c8v\u0259rs", "tranz-\u02c8v\u0259rs", "\u02c8tranz-\u02cc" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202410", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ] }, "transverse artery":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": one of the small branches of the basilar artery supplying the pons and adjacent parts":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "transverse entry 2":"" }, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182412", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transverse axis":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": the axis through the foci of a conic and especially of a hyperbola":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194308", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transverse bone":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a bone connecting the pterygoid and maxilla in some reptiles and forming part of the apparatus for erecting the fangs in various snakes":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175758", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transverse colon":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": the middle portion of the colon that extends across the abdominal cavity":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "circa 1860, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204601", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transverse crevasse":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a crevasse that commonly opens across a glacier where the slope of its floor abruptly steepens":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125150", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "transversely":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": acting, lying, or being across : set crosswise":[], ": made at right angles to the long axis of the body":[ "a transverse section" ], ": something (such as a piece, section, or part) that is transverse":[] }, "examples":[ "Adjective", "The surgeon made a transverse incision across her abdomen.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "Low transverse incisions are now standard in the United States. \u2014 Anna Nowogrodzki, New York Times , 17 Apr. 2020", "Shoulder taps work you transverse abdominals and obliques as well. \u2014 Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Good Housekeeping , 16 Mar. 2020", "The transverse -engine GLA has available 4Matic all-wheel drive that primarily drives the front wheels but sends enough power around to improve acceleration in slippery conditions. \u2014 Jens Meiners, Car and Driver , 15 Apr. 2020", "Also, seemingly forgotten by many, the C8 finally retires the Corvette's long-running transverse leaf springs front and rear (since 1984 at both ends and since 1963 at the rear), in favor of conventional coils. \u2014 Jim Resnick, Ars Technica , 25 Feb. 2020", "Thompson said that the safety mechanism is similar to the tang safety of a shotgun and includes a mechanical block actuated by a transverse cam mounted on the side of the assembly. \u2014 Outdoor Life , 21 Jan. 2020", "This big bucket of parts and designs is used to make all of the group's transverse -engine vehicles\u2014everything from the Audi TT to the VW Atlas. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 27 July 2019", "This is Volkswagen\u2019s sixth U.S.-market vehicle, from Golf to Atlas SUV, to be built on the company\u2019s global MQB ( transverse -engine front drive) platform. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 10 Aug. 2018", "Well after Horch the man departed, the automaker was cranking out dual-overhead-cam straight-eights, servo-actuated brakes, four-wheel independent suspension, transverse leaf springs, and five-speed gearboxes. \u2014 Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver , 25 May 2019", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "This rotational plane is called the transverse plane. \u2014 Jay Johnson, Outside Online , 16 Feb. 2021", "There's nothing particularly interesting about the control-arm front and beam-axle rear suspension other than the transverse leaf spring that suspends the front. \u2014 Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver , 22 May 2022", "Olmsted and Vaux, famously, insisted on sinking the transverse roads through Central Park, and asserted the importance of passive recreation\u2014of strolling as a civilizing influence. \u2014 Alexandra Lange, The New Yorker , 29 Apr. 2022", "The plank up-down, V-up, and suitcase crunch work your rectus abdominis (the muscles along the front of your abdomen) and your deeper, stabilizing transverse abdominis muscles. \u2014 Christa Sgobba, SELF , 20 Apr. 2022", "Even the most spectacular one, the ground-story event room, for all its glowing wood and dramatic transverse arches, seems better suited for housing machines than people, and has something of the character of an airplane hangar. \u2014 Michael J. Lewis, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2022", "Your transverse abdominis, your rectus abdominis are playing such key parts in not only ensuring that you're streamlined, but in the propulsion as well. \u2014 Greg Presto, Men's Health , 6 May 2022", "That includes the transverse abdominis, one of the deepest abdominal muscles, which wraps around the lower torso like a girdle. \u2014 Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online , 16 May 2021", "For example, someone with a transverse vaginal septum, meaning they\u2019re born with a wall of tissue that separates parts of the vagina6, might not menstruate or have a hard time inserting a tampon. \u2014 SELF , 25 Feb. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun", "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Latin transversus , from trans- + -versus (as in adversus adverse)":"Adjective" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tranz-", "\u02c8tran(t)s-\u02cc", "tranz-\u02c8v\u0259rs", "\u02c8tranz-\u02ccv\u0259rs", "tran(t)s-\u02c8v\u0259rs", "trans-\u02c8v\u0259rs", "\u02c8tranz-\u02cc", "tranz-", "\u02c8tran(t)s-\u02ccv\u0259rs" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072126", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ] }, "trap":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a defensive maneuver in basketball in which two defenders converge quickly on the ball handler to steal the ball or force a bad pass":[], ": a device for hurling clay pigeons into the air":[], ": a football play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then is blocked from the side while the ballcarrier advances through the spot vacated by the defensive player":[], ": a group of percussion instruments (such as a bass drum, snare drums, and cymbals) used especially in a dance or jazz band":[], ": a light usually one-horse carriage with springs":[], ": a measured stretch of a course over which electronic timing devices measure the speed of a vehicle (such as a racing car or dragster)":[], ": a piece of leather or section of interwoven leather straps between the thumb and index finger of a baseball glove that forms an extension of the pocket":[], ": an arrangement of rock strata that favors the accumulation of oil and gas":[], ": mouth":[], ": sand trap":[], ": stop , hold":[ "these mountains trap rains and fogs generated over the ocean", "\u2014 Amer. Guide Series: Calif." ], ": the act or an instance of trapping the ball in soccer":[], ": to adorn with or as if with trappings":[], ": to block out (a defensive football player) by means of a trap":[], ": to catch (something, such as a baseball) immediately after a bounce":[], ": to catch or take in or as if in a trap : entrap":[], ": to engage in trapping animals (as for furs)":[], ": to make a defensive trap in basketball":[], ": to place in a restricted position : confine":[ "trapped in the burning wreck" ], ": to provide or set (a place) with traps":[], ": to separate out (something, such as water from steam)":[], ": to stop and gain control of (a soccer ball) with a part of the body other than the hands or arms":[], ": traprock":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb", "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb", "1794, in the meaning defined above":"Noun", "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English trappen , from trappe caparison, from Anglo-French trape , probably from Medieval Latin trapus cloth, by-form of Late Latin drappus":"Verb", "Middle English, from Old English treppe & Anglo-French trape (of Germanic origin); akin to Middle Dutch trappe trap, stair, Old English treppan to tread":"Noun", "Swedish trapp , from trappa stair, from Middle Low German trappe ; akin to Middle Dutch trappe stair":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8trap" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for trap Verb (1) catch , capture , trap , snare , entrap , ensnare , bag mean to come to possess or control by or as if by seizing. catch implies the seizing of something in motion or in flight or in hiding. caught the dog as it ran by capture suggests taking by overcoming resistance or difficulty. capture an enemy stronghold trap , snare , entrap , ensnare imply seizing by some device that holds the one caught at the mercy of the captor. trap and snare apply more commonly to physical seizing. trap animals snared butterflies with a net entrap and ensnare more often are figurative. entrapped the witness with a trick question a sting operation that ensnared burglars bag implies shooting down a fleeing or distant prey. bagged a brace of pheasants", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095005", "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "trap tree":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a tree deadened or felled for the purpose of luring insect pests where they can easily be destroyed":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115501", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trap weir":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a weir built in the form of a fish trap":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080714", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trapezohedron":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a crystalline form whose faces are trapeziums":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "circa 1822, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from trapezium + -o- + -hedron":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cctra-p\u0259-", "tr\u0259-\u02ccp\u0113-z\u014d-\u02c8h\u0113-dr\u0259n" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111514", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trapezoid":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a bone in the wrist at the base of the metacarpal of the index finger":[], ": a quadrilateral having only two sides parallel":[], ": trapezium sense 1a":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The shape of the State House-- not a rectangle but a trapezoid -- was one of the findings Derry explained during her presentation. \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 18 Dec. 2021", "The village at the Ocmulgee Mounds site once held a grand plaza that stood in the shadow of the Great Temple Mound, a massive nine-story earthen trapezoid built of countless baskets of soil carried uphill by thousands of laborers. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Feb. 2022", "On a map of Los Angeles County, census tract 124300 is shaped like a trapezoid . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Feb. 2022", "The collection will include seven styles that are all made of leather and include a clutch with an angular trapezoid flap inspired by the futuristic style of the \u201980s and \u201990s and a roomy everyday tote bag. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Feb. 2022", "Why a trapezoid , which is a four-sided figure with one pair of parallel sides", "It is set in a platinum ring surrounded by trapezoid -cut diamonds and comes with an estimate of $220,000-$260,000. \u2014 Carol Besler, Robb Report , 21 June 2021", "The most visually distinctive similarity, though, is the signature tri-color chronograph registers in shades of gray and blue, along with the trapezoid date window at 04:30 (pictured below). \u2014 Carol Besler, Robb Report , 30 June 2021", "The trapezoid is the predominant structure shape, not the rectangle or square. \u2014 Lauren Beale, Forbes , 20 May 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "circa 1706, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin trapezo\u00efdes , from Greek trapezoeid\u0113s trapezium-shaped, from trapeza table":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8trap-\u0259-\u02ccz\u022fid", "\u02c8tra-p\u0259-\u02ccz\u022fid" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110759", "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "trapezoidal projection":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a projection in which straight parallels and straight converging meridians divide the field into trapezoids":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124230", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trapunto":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a decorative quilted design in high relief worked through at least two layers of cloth by outlining the design in running stitch and padding it from the underside":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Haines embellished his sofas with monochrome trapunto , an Italian padded quilting technique, topped with pale-blue flatwork embroidery. \u2014 Kathryn O\u2019shea-evans, WSJ , 23 Mar. 2018" ], "first_known_use":{ "circa 1924, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Italian, from past participle of trapungere to embroider, from tra- across (from Latin trans- ) + pungere to prick, from Latin \u2014 more at trans- , pungent":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02c8pu\u0307n-", "tr\u0259-\u02c8p\u00fcn-(\u02cc)t\u014d" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170635", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trash":{ "antonyms":[ "abuse", "assail", "attack", "bash", "belabor", "blast", "castigate", "excoriate", "jump (on)", "lambaste", "lambast", "potshot", "savage", "scathe", "slam", "vituperate" ], "definitions":{ ": attack , assault":[], ": empty talk : nonsense":[], ": something worth little or nothing: such as":[], ": spoil , ruin":[ "trashing the environment" ], ": things that are no longer useful or wanted and that have been thrown away : junk , rubbish":[], ": throw away sense 1":[ "standards of reality and truth were trashed", "\u2014 Edwin Diamond" ], ": to trash something or someone":[], ": trash talk":[], ": vandalize , destroy":[] }, "examples":[ "Noun", "Take out the trash , please.", "I put the dirty diaper in the trash .", "I can't believe you're reading that trash .", "She thinks that they're all trash .", "Verb", "a computer program that trashes useless files", "The vacuum cleaner couldn't be fixed, so I trashed it.", "The apartment had been trashed .", "He says that the government's policies are trashing the environment.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Workers had arrived to begin the labor of boarding up broken glass, sweeping final drifts of trash and carrying out cots. \u2014 Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News , 1 July 2022", "And, for the time being, tracking space trash is exceptionally difficult. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 30 June 2022", "So how does Waters feel about his now 50-year-old trash classic joining the likes of Citizen Kane and Seven Samurai in the catalog", "Also, don\u2019t try to burn trash , like cans or plastic or styrofoam \u2014 pack it out. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 June 2022", "Second, nobody wants to go to a sanctity-of-life anti-choice cookout \u2014 the potato salad is going to be trash . \u2014 Ky Henderson, Rolling Stone , 27 June 2022", "State Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Katie Dykes has said spending $300 million on an antiquated plant would not have solved the state\u2019s trash crisis. \u2014 Alison Cross, Hartford Courant , 27 June 2022", "But even before that video started, Justesten was antagonizing and threatening people while digging through the trash to search for his phone, according to Robinson. \u2014 Austen Erblat, Sun Sentinel , 26 June 2022", "With a little more work to clean up trash and algae, the place should look beautiful for The World Games. \u2014 Joseph Goodman, al , 25 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Which is people trash talking and the challenges around it. \u2014 Gustaf Lundberg Toresson, Forbes , 27 June 2022", "From early morning until late at night, seven days a week, Pushaw took to Twitter to trash anyone who presented the slightest critique of her boss. \u2014 Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022", "The effort of yearly planting and a spring cleaning in recreational areas has elevated the appearance of Rocky River, with the beauty of new or replaced flower beds to specific tree plantings to trash pickup to holiday Christmas lights and trees. \u2014 Linda Gandee, cleveland , 23 May 2022", "The researchers documented middens -- essentially trash piles -- that contained billions of shells. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 3 May 2022", "Rather, the boat would gather and then convert the ocean trash into a renewable fuel\u2014either in the form of green hydrogen or green ammonia. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 17 May 2022", "Adding ammonia to trash cans and bags will reduce odors that attract bears. \u2014 Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant , 21 May 2022", "People burned leaves in the fall, bacon in the pan, trash in a pit, and love letters from boyfriends in the school parking lot. \u2014 Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al , 9 Feb. 2022", "The challenge invites the community to offer approaches to waste management and conversion in four specific categories: trash ; fecal waste; foam packaging material; and carbon dioxide processing. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 18 Jan. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1902, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb", "circa 1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English trasch fallen leaves and twigs, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect trask rubbish; Old Norse tros fallen leaves and twigs, Old English trus":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8trash" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "chaff", "deadwood", "debris", "dreck", "drek", "dross", "dust", "effluvium", "effluvia", "garbage", "junk", "litter", "offal", "offscouring", "raffle", "refuse", "riffraff", "rubbish", "scrap", "spilth", "truck", "waste" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003402", "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "trash bug":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": an aphis lion that is the larva of a lacewing of the family Chrysopidae and that piles debris on its back":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191928", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trash can":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a container that holds materials that have been thrown away":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172623", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trash compactor":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a machine that presses trash together":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233506", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trash farming":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a method of cultivation in which the soil is loosened by subsurface tillage or other methods that leave stubble and other vegetational residues on or near the surface to check erosion and serve as a mulch":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113845", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trash-talk":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": disparaging, taunting, or boastful comments especially between opponents trying to intimidate each other":[] }, "examples":[ "He had to listen to a lot of trash talk from the other players.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "There\u2019s going to be a lot of trash talk during OTAs, minicamp also during training camp. \u2014 cleveland , 25 May 2022", "The first matchup of the season brought a heap of trash talk , a game El Camino Real won 2-1. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Feb. 2022", "The superstar quarterbacks had been exchanging trash talk over the last two weeks leading up to the exhibition match, but ultimately Rodgers and Brady came away with the victory. \u2014 Natasha Dye, PEOPLE.com , 2 June 2022", "The first three games of this slugfest of a series has featured three ejections, numerous technical fouls and nasty trash talk by both teams. \u2014 C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 May 2022", "There were players diving over the floor, competitive trash talk and elite level shotmaking. \u2014 Damichael Cole, USA TODAY , 1 May 2022", "As bits of what clearly was Smith\u2019s prepared remarks emerged in and among his thoughts about contrition, God\u2019s purpose and not putting up with anyone\u2019s trash talk anymore, the Oscars became the most riveting improv session in recent memory. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 28 Mar. 2022", "There's wild theatrics, ceiling-to-floor body slams and trash talk both inside and outside the ring. \u2014 Grace Hollars, The Indianapolis Star , 23 Mar. 2022", "After two years of training and trash talk , Bj\u00f6rnsson emerges the victor. \u2014 Brett Williams, Men's Health , 19 Mar. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1981, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055713", "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "trashery":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": trash , rubbish":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "trash entry 1 + -ery":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "-sh\u0259r\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191613", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "trashing":{ "antonyms":[ "abuse", "assail", "attack", "bash", "belabor", "blast", "castigate", "excoriate", "jump (on)", "lambaste", "lambast", "potshot", "savage", "scathe", "slam", "vituperate" ], "definitions":{ ": attack , assault":[], ": empty talk : nonsense":[], ": something worth little or nothing: such as":[], ": spoil , ruin":[ "trashing the environment" ], ": things that are no longer useful or wanted and that have been thrown away : junk , rubbish":[], ": throw away sense 1":[ "standards of reality and truth were trashed", "\u2014 Edwin Diamond" ], ": to trash something or someone":[], ": trash talk":[], ": vandalize , destroy":[] }, "examples":[ "Noun", "Take out the trash , please.", "I put the dirty diaper in the trash .", "I can't believe you're reading that trash .", "She thinks that they're all trash .", "Verb", "a computer program that trashes useless files", "The vacuum cleaner couldn't be fixed, so I trashed it.", "The apartment had been trashed .", "He says that the government's policies are trashing the environment.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Workers had arrived to begin the labor of boarding up broken glass, sweeping final drifts of trash and carrying out cots. \u2014 Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News , 1 July 2022", "And, for the time being, tracking space trash is exceptionally difficult. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 30 June 2022", "So how does Waters feel about his now 50-year-old trash classic joining the likes of Citizen Kane and Seven Samurai in the catalog", "Also, don\u2019t try to burn trash , like cans or plastic or styrofoam \u2014 pack it out. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 June 2022", "Second, nobody wants to go to a sanctity-of-life anti-choice cookout \u2014 the potato salad is going to be trash . \u2014 Ky Henderson, Rolling Stone , 27 June 2022", "State Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Katie Dykes has said spending $300 million on an antiquated plant would not have solved the state\u2019s trash crisis. \u2014 Alison Cross, Hartford Courant , 27 June 2022", "But even before that video started, Justesten was antagonizing and threatening people while digging through the trash to search for his phone, according to Robinson. \u2014 Austen Erblat, Sun Sentinel , 26 June 2022", "With a little more work to clean up trash and algae, the place should look beautiful for The World Games. \u2014 Joseph Goodman, al , 25 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Which is people trash talking and the challenges around it. \u2014 Gustaf Lundberg Toresson, Forbes , 27 June 2022", "From early morning until late at night, seven days a week, Pushaw took to Twitter to trash anyone who presented the slightest critique of her boss. \u2014 Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022", "The effort of yearly planting and a spring cleaning in recreational areas has elevated the appearance of Rocky River, with the beauty of new or replaced flower beds to specific tree plantings to trash pickup to holiday Christmas lights and trees. \u2014 Linda Gandee, cleveland , 23 May 2022", "The researchers documented middens -- essentially trash piles -- that contained billions of shells. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 3 May 2022", "Rather, the boat would gather and then convert the ocean trash into a renewable fuel\u2014either in the form of green hydrogen or green ammonia. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 17 May 2022", "Adding ammonia to trash cans and bags will reduce odors that attract bears. \u2014 Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant , 21 May 2022", "People burned leaves in the fall, bacon in the pan, trash in a pit, and love letters from boyfriends in the school parking lot. \u2014 Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al , 9 Feb. 2022", "The challenge invites the community to offer approaches to waste management and conversion in four specific categories: trash ; fecal waste; foam packaging material; and carbon dioxide processing. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 18 Jan. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1902, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb", "circa 1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English trasch fallen leaves and twigs, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect trask rubbish; Old Norse tros fallen leaves and twigs, Old English trus":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8trash" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "chaff", "deadwood", "debris", "dreck", "drek", "dross", "dust", "effluvium", "effluvia", "garbage", "junk", "litter", "offal", "offscouring", "raffle", "refuse", "riffraff", "rubbish", "scrap", "spilth", "truck", "waste" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073511", "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "trashy":{ "antonyms":[ "chic", "classic", "classy", "elegant", "exquisite", "fashionable", "fine", "posh", "ritzy", "smart", "sophisticated", "stylish", "tasteful" ], "definitions":{ ": being, resembling, or containing trash : of inferior quality":[], ": indecent":[] }, "examples":[ "Her outfit was a bit trashy .", "I know that sequined shirt cost a lot of money, but I still think it looks kind of trashy .", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Flashy, gaudy, trashy and thin on story, just like the Vegas myth. \u2014 Brian Mansfield, USA TODAY , 2 July 2022", "Just like in a relationship, if your environment is filled with electronics, junk food and lots of trashy television, your relationship will stay in that 2-foot pot. \u2014 Annie Lane, oregonlive , 17 May 2022", "The erotic thriller came to prominence in the prosperous Reagan era, which was politically conservative yet culturally trashy . \u2014 Abbey Bender, New York Times , 29 Mar. 2022", "And the writers simply seem to understand the specific weirdness of each lead more than before, like Deborah\u2019s unfettered love for seemingly trashy things like yard sales and gas station snacks. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 10 May 2022", "What exactly makes a reality dating TV show trashy ", "More than ever, Netflix is making low-brow content like trashy reality shows. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 27 Apr. 2022", "Is the Ultimatum on Netflix going to be trashy and ridiculous", "Everything, down to the VIP areas at the front of the theatre, felt like a trashy race down the plughole. \u2014 Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 Apr. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "circa 1620, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tra-sh\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "cheesy", "dowdy", "inelegant", "styleless", "tacky", "tasteless", "ticky-tacky", "ticky-tack", "unfashionable", "unstylish" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174347", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ] }, "travail":{ "antonyms":[ "bang away", "beaver (away)", "dig (away)", "drudge", "endeavor", "fag", "grub", "hump", "hustle", "labor", "moil", "peg (away)", "plod", "plow", "plug", "slave", "slog", "strain", "strive", "struggle", "sweat", "toil", "tug", "work" ], "definitions":{ ": a physical or mental exertion or piece of work : task , effort":[], ": agony , torment":[], ": labor , childbirth":[], ": labor sense 4":[], ": to labor hard : toil":[], ": work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil":[] }, "examples":[ "Noun", "They finally succeeded after many months of travail .", "no greater travail than that of parents who have suffered the death of a child", "Verb", "Labor Day is the day on which we recognize those men and women who daily travail with little appreciation or compensation.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Carolyn was able to capture the honor and travail of spending 24/7 with young children so well. \u2014 Carolyn Hax, Washington Post , 17 May 2022", "Cognates are words that are related etymologically, as travail and travel are \u2026 at least historically. \u2014 James Harbeck, The Week , 23 Feb. 2022", "But over time, travel and travail split into two different words. \u2014 James Harbeck, The Week , 23 Feb. 2022", "Steinbeck follows their trek through the travail and injustice that accompanied every step of their journey. \u2014 Steve West, sun-sentinel.com , 3 June 2021", "Who will miss the slaughterhouses, with their groan of travail that was never easy to bear in any age", "Forty is a biblical number, used as shorthand for a long period of isolation and travail . \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 12 Nov. 2020", "Douglas and Paula Rigby inevitably find no easy answers to their financial travails and everyday ennui. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Mar. 2020", "Luxe Antarctica: Modern-day Antarctic polar explorers don\u2019t have to endure the harrowing travails of British pioneer Ernest Shackleton. \u2014 Michael George, National Geographic , 15 Oct. 2019" ], "first_known_use":{ "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb", "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from travailler to torment, labor, journey, from Vulgar Latin *trepaliare to torture, from Late Latin trepalium instrument of torture, from Latin tripalis having three stakes, from tri- + palus stake \u2014 more at pole":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "tr\u0259-\u02c8v\u0101l", "\u02c8tra-\u02ccv\u0101l", "\u02c8trav-\u02cc\u0101l", "tr\u0259-\u02c8v\u0101(\u0259)l", "in prayer-\u200bbook communion service usually \u02c8tra-\u02ccv\u0101l" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for travail Noun work , labor , travail , toil , drudgery , grind mean activity involving effort or exertion. work may imply activity of body, of mind, of a machine, or of a natural force. too tired to do any work labor applies to physical or intellectual work involving great and often strenuous exertion. farmers demanding fair compensation for their labor travail is bookish for labor involving pain or suffering. years of travail were lost when the house burned toil implies prolonged and fatiguing labor. his lot would be years of back-breaking toil drudgery suggests dull and irksome labor. an editorial job with a good deal of drudgery grind implies labor exhausting to mind or body. the grind of the assembly line", "synonyms":[ "affliction", "agony", "anguish", "distress", "excruciation", "hurt", "misery", "pain", "rack", "strait(s)", "torment", "torture", "tribulation", "woe" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190858", "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "travel":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to go on or as if on a trip or tour : journey":[], ": to go as if by traveling : pass":[ "the news traveled fast" ], ": associate":[ "travels with a sophisticated crowd" ], ": to go from place to place as a sales representative or business agent":[], ": to move or undergo transmission from one place to another":[ "goods traveling by plane" ], ": to withstand relocation successfully":[ "a dish that travels well" ], ": to move in a given direction or path or through a given distance":[ "the stylus travels in a groove" ], ": to move rapidly":[ "a car that can really travel" ], ": to take more steps while holding a basketball than the rules allow":[], ": to journey through or over":[], ": to follow (a course or path) as if by traveling":[], ": to traverse (a specified distance)":[], ": to cover (an area) as a commercial traveler":[], ": to travel with a minimum of equipment or baggage":[], ": the act of traveling : passage":[], ": a journey especially to a distant or unfamiliar place : tour , trip":[ "\u2014 often used in plural" ], ": an account of one's travels":[], ": the number traveling : traffic":[], ": movement , progression":[ "the travel of satellites around the earth" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tra-v\u0259l" ], "synonyms":[ "journey", "peregrinate", "pilgrimage", "tour", "trek", "trip", "voyage" ], "antonyms":[ "expedition", "journey", "passage", "peregrination", "trek", "trip" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Verb", "The birds are traveling south for the winter.", "His job requires him to travel frequently.", "She enjoys traveling around Europe.", "They traveled cross-country from New York to California.", "The pain traveled down his back.", "the way that sound travels in an empty room", "That car was really traveling when it passed us.", "The order is traveling by plane.", "Noun", "She doesn't enjoy foreign travel .", "Air travel was affected by the storm.", "The book discusses the future of travel in outer space.", "We extended our travels for another week.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Around this point, Turcich briefly returned home to acquire the paperwork required to travel to Europe with Savannah. \u2014 Tamara Hardingham-gill, CNN , 1 July 2022", "Aguilar also plans to eventually travel overseas to Europe with the hopes of composing and singing in Italian and Portuguese. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 29 June 2022", "This year\u2019s Fourth of July is set to be the top holiday weekend to travel with nearly half (46%) of summer travelers planning to vacation over Independence Day, according to Vacasa\u2019s 2022 Summer Travel Trends report. \u2014 Roger Sands, Forbes , 26 June 2022", "Briefly: Starter Anthony DeSclafani (ankle) joined the team and will travel with the Giants to Atlanta. \u2014 Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle , 19 June 2022", "Americans are expected to travel in droves over the Fourth of July holiday weekend this year with big cities seeing a rise in popularity. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 17 June 2022", "That made Ryanair\u2019s questionnaire policy effectively discriminatory, as Black South African passengers were unlikely to be able to prove their nationality and therefore travel with the Irish carrier within Europe. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 15 June 2022", "Th Justice Department said Garland will travel Wednesday with Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta and Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Kristen Clarke, whose division is a part of the federal hate crime investigation. \u2014 Robert Legare, CBS News , 15 June 2022", "For example, Allie Bahn coaches people who travel with food allergies. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, Washington Post , 15 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Friday broke a single-day record for air travel during the pandemic, with nearly 2.5 million people taking to the skies. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 July 2022", "To deal with the staffing shortages, US airlines are also in the process of trimming their summer schedule, despite the strong demand for travel . \u2014 Chris Isidore, CNN , 4 July 2022", "Delta and American Airlines each canceled more than 100 flights on Friday, the busiest day for U.S. air travel since the COVID-19 pandemic began. \u2014 Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc , 2 July 2022", "When demand for travel began to bounce back early last year, Tajer hoped the summer would be a trial season for a more robust recovery this year. \u2014 Colin Lodewick, Fortune , 2 July 2022", "For road travel , experts say be prepared to spend more on gas \u2014 the national average Saturday morning was $4.82 per gallon of regular unleaded, AAA reports. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 2 July 2022", "We\u2019ve raved about Bose\u2019s noise-canceling headphones for travel before, but until now have failed to find a more portable version. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 2 July 2022", "Many offered reimbursement for travel , but few laid out plans on how employees could use such a benefit and maintain their privacy. \u2014 Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News , 2 July 2022", "Many airlines are facing shortages of pilots\u2014some of whom accepted early retirement packages during the pandemic, Gupta said\u2014and other employees after airlines cut staff due to sharply lower demand for travel because of the coronavirus. \u2014 Madeline Halpert, Forbes , 1 July 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English travailen, travelen to torment, labor, strive, journey, from Anglo-French travailler":"Verb" }, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb", "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013643" }, "travel bag":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": suitcase":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Another option is the 50 SPF mineral stick which can be thrown in your travel bag and used on the go. \u2014 Judy Koutsky, Forbes , 28 May 2022", "There's nothing worse than a travel bag that is a neverending abyss. \u2014 Rebecca Carhart, PEOPLE.com , 11 May 2022", "The travel bag held up very well during our ladder drop test, and neither tester noticed any visible scratches or scuffs on the durable nylon material. \u2014 Rebecca Carhart, PEOPLE.com , 11 May 2022", "Once you're finished, pack up your tools into the handy travel bag . \u2014 Raena Loper, Good Housekeeping , 6 May 2022", "The 70-liter version was the best travel bag our 2020 Summer Buyer\u2019s Guide. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 16 May 2021", "Some have even purchased a second pair that stays in their travel bag . \u2014 Roger Sands, Forbes , 1 May 2022", "Retire your underperforming travel bag and replace it with the O.G. 2 Bag from Lo & Sons. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 14 Apr. 2022", "Bigger Carry-on Suitcase and The O.G 2 travel bag from Lo & Sons had to work for each. \u2014 Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure , 6 Feb. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1826, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135918", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "travel(s)":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to go on or as if on a trip or tour : journey":[], ": to go as if by traveling : pass":[ "the news traveled fast" ], ": associate":[ "travels with a sophisticated crowd" ], ": to go from place to place as a sales representative or business agent":[], ": to move or undergo transmission from one place to another":[ "goods traveling by plane" ], ": to withstand relocation successfully":[ "a dish that travels well" ], ": to move in a given direction or path or through a given distance":[ "the stylus travels in a groove" ], ": to move rapidly":[ "a car that can really travel" ], ": to take more steps while holding a basketball than the rules allow":[], ": to journey through or over":[], ": to follow (a course or path) as if by traveling":[], ": to traverse (a specified distance)":[], ": to cover (an area) as a commercial traveler":[], ": to travel with a minimum of equipment or baggage":[], ": the act of traveling : passage":[], ": a journey especially to a distant or unfamiliar place : tour , trip":[ "\u2014 often used in plural" ], ": an account of one's travels":[], ": the number traveling : traffic":[], ": movement , progression":[ "the travel of satellites around the earth" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tra-v\u0259l" ], "synonyms":[ "journey", "peregrinate", "pilgrimage", "tour", "trek", "trip", "voyage" ], "antonyms":[ "expedition", "journey", "passage", "peregrination", "trek", "trip" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Verb", "The birds are traveling south for the winter.", "His job requires him to travel frequently.", "She enjoys traveling around Europe.", "They traveled cross-country from New York to California.", "The pain traveled down his back.", "the way that sound travels in an empty room", "That car was really traveling when it passed us.", "The order is traveling by plane.", "Noun", "She doesn't enjoy foreign travel .", "Air travel was affected by the storm.", "The book discusses the future of travel in outer space.", "We extended our travels for another week.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Around this point, Turcich briefly returned home to acquire the paperwork required to travel to Europe with Savannah. \u2014 Tamara Hardingham-gill, CNN , 1 July 2022", "Aguilar also plans to eventually travel overseas to Europe with the hopes of composing and singing in Italian and Portuguese. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 29 June 2022", "This year\u2019s Fourth of July is set to be the top holiday weekend to travel with nearly half (46%) of summer travelers planning to vacation over Independence Day, according to Vacasa\u2019s 2022 Summer Travel Trends report. \u2014 Roger Sands, Forbes , 26 June 2022", "Briefly: Starter Anthony DeSclafani (ankle) joined the team and will travel with the Giants to Atlanta. \u2014 Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle , 19 June 2022", "Americans are expected to travel in droves over the Fourth of July holiday weekend this year with big cities seeing a rise in popularity. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 17 June 2022", "That made Ryanair\u2019s questionnaire policy effectively discriminatory, as Black South African passengers were unlikely to be able to prove their nationality and therefore travel with the Irish carrier within Europe. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 15 June 2022", "Th Justice Department said Garland will travel Wednesday with Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta and Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Kristen Clarke, whose division is a part of the federal hate crime investigation. \u2014 Robert Legare, CBS News , 15 June 2022", "For example, Allie Bahn coaches people who travel with food allergies. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, Washington Post , 15 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Friday broke a single-day record for air travel during the pandemic, with nearly 2.5 million people taking to the skies. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 July 2022", "To deal with the staffing shortages, US airlines are also in the process of trimming their summer schedule, despite the strong demand for travel . \u2014 Chris Isidore, CNN , 4 July 2022", "Delta and American Airlines each canceled more than 100 flights on Friday, the busiest day for U.S. air travel since the COVID-19 pandemic began. \u2014 Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc , 2 July 2022", "When demand for travel began to bounce back early last year, Tajer hoped the summer would be a trial season for a more robust recovery this year. \u2014 Colin Lodewick, Fortune , 2 July 2022", "For road travel , experts say be prepared to spend more on gas \u2014 the national average Saturday morning was $4.82 per gallon of regular unleaded, AAA reports. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 2 July 2022", "We\u2019ve raved about Bose\u2019s noise-canceling headphones for travel before, but until now have failed to find a more portable version. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 2 July 2022", "Many offered reimbursement for travel , but few laid out plans on how employees could use such a benefit and maintain their privacy. \u2014 Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News , 2 July 2022", "Many airlines are facing shortages of pilots\u2014some of whom accepted early retirement packages during the pandemic, Gupta said\u2014and other employees after airlines cut staff due to sharply lower demand for travel because of the coronavirus. \u2014 Madeline Halpert, Forbes , 1 July 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English travailen, travelen to torment, labor, strive, journey, from Anglo-French travailler":"Verb" }, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb", "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-161845" }, "traveled":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": experienced in travel":[ "a widely traveled journalist" ], ": used by travelers":[ "a well- traveled road" ] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The road less traveled is difficult, but it can be done. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 10 June 2022", "Committed to sourcing the world\u2019s finest quality tea from the road less traveled , Chariteas works with sustainable tea farms to craft custom blends, giving a platform to teas from countries in Southeast Asia like as Indonesia and Vietnam. \u2014 Jeanne O'brien Coffey, Forbes , 5 May 2022", "To her, whose life has been filled with adventure along a road less traveled . \u2014 Tara Jamali, BostonGlobe.com , 18 Mar. 2022", "The road less traveled is currently full of incredible potential. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 29 Mar. 2022", "The opportunity to explore a part of the island that is less traveled while experiencing luxury at Club Med\u2019s Exclusive Collection property is a great way to reset. \u2014 Brittney Oliver, Essence , 23 Mar. 2022", "For something less traveled , stroll the 4.5-mile Scorpion Canyon Loop, which serves as prime habitat for the bright blue island scrub jay, a species endemic to Santa Cruz. \u2014 Shawnt\u00e9 Salabert, Outside Online , 23 June 2021", "Alice\u2019s daughter, perhaps relatable to our pre-pandemic selves, is the antithesis of Alice: a successful, unhappy writer, well traveled and independent, who has taken charge of the big things that define her life. \u2014 Apoorva Tadepalli, The Atlantic , 2 Mar. 2022", "The first season took the road less traveled , especially with Rue, boldly diving into the realities of teen substance abuse and its impact on those around her. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Feb. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tra-v\u0259ld" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084149", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "traveler":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a rod on the deck on which such a ring slides":[], ": an iron ring sliding along a rope, bar, or rod of a ship":[], ": any of various devices for handling something that is being transported laterally":[], ": one that goes on a trip or journey":[], ": one that travels : such as":[], ": traveling salesman":[] }, "examples":[ "Groups of travelers were everywhere that summer.", "The airport can handle large numbers of travelers .", "Recent Examples on the Web", "One of the major concerns is that not all cases had a connection with a traveler to an endemic area (Africa), so there has been some community spread. \u2014 Judy Stone, Forbes , 28 May 2022", "After testing positive in Stockholm in early April, one American traveler and her wife decided to return to Seattle via Vancouver, because a U.S.- Canada border crossing was relatively close to their home. \u2014 Ceylan Yeginsu, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022", "One active business traveler is Jonathan Adkins, executive director of the Governors Highway Safety Association in Washington, who has been traveling extensively since last July for conventions, trade shows and speaking engagements. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022", "One traveler was flying with her family to Palm Springs when her flight got canceled at the gate. \u2014 Scott Mcmurren, Anchorage Daily News , 14 May 2022", "The second person was unvaccinated and had close contact with the traveler . \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Dec. 2021", "One traveler was allegedly notified only days before her upcoming trip, leaving her to either pay her debt or forfeit already paid for accommodations, car rentals, and more. \u2014 Jessica Poitevien, Travel + Leisure , 13 Oct. 2021", "There's one menacing global traveler currently racing through countries faster than Phileas Fogg and its name is the Delta variant. \u2014 Maureen O'hare, CNN , 31 July 2021", "One seemingly frustrated traveler shared a video of the line this past Sunday to Twitter, which shows a massive amount of people standing in the building\u2019s parking garage. \u2014 Michael Hollan, Fox News , 14 Apr. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tra-v\u0259-l\u0259r", "\u02c8trav-l\u0259r" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "excursionist", "rubberneck", "rubbernecker", "sightseer", "tourist", "tripper" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071040", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "traveler's check":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a draft purchased from a bank or express company and signed by the purchaser at the time of purchase and again at the time of cashing as a precaution against forgery":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Bill Koch said that years later, their father discovered that $700 in traveler's checks were missing and believed that Frederick, who was visiting his parents at the time, had stolen them. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Feb. 2020", "Fidel Castro bought a bracelet for his sister (with traveler's checks ), and Andy Warhol amassed a collection, including a bracelet of emeralds, rock crystal, and diamonds from the 1940s. \u2014 Jill Gerston, ELLE Decor , 19 June 2012" ], "first_known_use":{ "1891, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023556", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "traveler's diarrhea":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": intestinal sickness and diarrhea affecting a traveler that is typically caused by ingestion of pathogenic microorganisms (such as some E. coli)":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "He was taken to a private hospital and initially appeared to have traveler's diarrhea , officials told the Globe and Mail. \u2014 Author: Antonia Noori Farzan, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Dec. 2019" ], "first_known_use":{ "1890, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8trav-(\u0259-)l\u0259rz-" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132829", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "traveler's-delight":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": groundnut sense 2a":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180857", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "travelers":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a rod on the deck on which such a ring slides":[], ": an iron ring sliding along a rope, bar, or rod of a ship":[], ": any of various devices for handling something that is being transported laterally":[], ": one that goes on a trip or journey":[], ": one that travels : such as":[], ": traveling salesman":[] }, "examples":[ "Groups of travelers were everywhere that summer.", "The airport can handle large numbers of travelers .", "Recent Examples on the Web", "One of the major concerns is that not all cases had a connection with a traveler to an endemic area (Africa), so there has been some community spread. \u2014 Judy Stone, Forbes , 28 May 2022", "After testing positive in Stockholm in early April, one American traveler and her wife decided to return to Seattle via Vancouver, because a U.S.- Canada border crossing was relatively close to their home. \u2014 Ceylan Yeginsu, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022", "One active business traveler is Jonathan Adkins, executive director of the Governors Highway Safety Association in Washington, who has been traveling extensively since last July for conventions, trade shows and speaking engagements. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022", "One traveler was flying with her family to Palm Springs when her flight got canceled at the gate. \u2014 Scott Mcmurren, Anchorage Daily News , 14 May 2022", "The second person was unvaccinated and had close contact with the traveler . \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Dec. 2021", "One traveler was allegedly notified only days before her upcoming trip, leaving her to either pay her debt or forfeit already paid for accommodations, car rentals, and more. \u2014 Jessica Poitevien, Travel + Leisure , 13 Oct. 2021", "There's one menacing global traveler currently racing through countries faster than Phileas Fogg and its name is the Delta variant. \u2014 Maureen O'hare, CNN , 31 July 2021", "One seemingly frustrated traveler shared a video of the line this past Sunday to Twitter, which shows a massive amount of people standing in the building\u2019s parking garage. \u2014 Michael Hollan, Fox News , 14 Apr. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tra-v\u0259-l\u0259r", "\u02c8trav-l\u0259r" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "excursionist", "rubberneck", "rubbernecker", "sightseer", "tourist", "tripper" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121933", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "traveling bag":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": suitcase":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Another option is the 50 SPF mineral stick which can be thrown in your travel bag and used on the go. \u2014 Judy Koutsky, Forbes , 28 May 2022", "There's nothing worse than a travel bag that is a neverending abyss. \u2014 Rebecca Carhart, PEOPLE.com , 11 May 2022", "The travel bag held up very well during our ladder drop test, and neither tester noticed any visible scratches or scuffs on the durable nylon material. \u2014 Rebecca Carhart, PEOPLE.com , 11 May 2022", "Once you're finished, pack up your tools into the handy travel bag . \u2014 Raena Loper, Good Housekeeping , 6 May 2022", "The 70-liter version was the best travel bag our 2020 Summer Buyer\u2019s Guide. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 16 May 2021", "Some have even purchased a second pair that stays in their travel bag . \u2014 Roger Sands, Forbes , 1 May 2022", "Retire your underperforming travel bag and replace it with the O.G. 2 Bag from Lo & Sons. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 14 Apr. 2022", "Bigger Carry-on Suitcase and The O.G 2 travel bag from Lo & Sons had to work for each. \u2014 Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure , 6 Feb. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1826, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085128", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "traveling salesman":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a traveling representative of a business concern who solicits orders usually in an assigned territory":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Another legend is that of The Leatherman, who is embodied in Brownell\u2019s story as a traveling salesman of French descent. \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 21 Apr. 2022", "Theatreworks of SoIN presents the story of Edward Bloom, a traveling salesman who lives life to its fullest. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 6 Apr. 2022", "Dennis Weaver is a traveling salesman in the Mojave Desert who passes a tanker truck. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com , 24 Mar. 2022", "His father was a traveling salesman of sewing supplies. \u2014 James R. Hagerty, WSJ , 3 Mar. 2022", "This Professor Hill seems less a traveling salesman than a song-and-dance man on a second-class national tour. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Feb. 2022", "White was born in Oak Park, Illinois, on January 17, 1922, to traveling salesman and electrical engineer Horace White and homemaker Tess Curts White, reports Stephen M. Silverman for People. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022", "Ironically, coming up with a time-saving itinerary is easy compared to other problems that the traveling salesman might face. \u2014 John Horgan, Scientific American , 3 Sep. 2021", "Jules was working as a traveling salesman in Turin when his son was born. \u2014 Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books , 14 May 2020" ], "first_known_use":{ "1833, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125451", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "traveller":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a rod on the deck on which such a ring slides":[], ": an iron ring sliding along a rope, bar, or rod of a ship":[], ": any of various devices for handling something that is being transported laterally":[], ": one that goes on a trip or journey":[], ": one that travels : such as":[], ": traveling salesman":[] }, "examples":[ "Groups of travelers were everywhere that summer.", "The airport can handle large numbers of travelers .", "Recent Examples on the Web", "One of the major concerns is that not all cases had a connection with a traveler to an endemic area (Africa), so there has been some community spread. \u2014 Judy Stone, Forbes , 28 May 2022", "After testing positive in Stockholm in early April, one American traveler and her wife decided to return to Seattle via Vancouver, because a U.S.- Canada border crossing was relatively close to their home. \u2014 Ceylan Yeginsu, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022", "One active business traveler is Jonathan Adkins, executive director of the Governors Highway Safety Association in Washington, who has been traveling extensively since last July for conventions, trade shows and speaking engagements. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022", "One traveler was flying with her family to Palm Springs when her flight got canceled at the gate. \u2014 Scott Mcmurren, Anchorage Daily News , 14 May 2022", "The second person was unvaccinated and had close contact with the traveler . \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Dec. 2021", "One traveler was allegedly notified only days before her upcoming trip, leaving her to either pay her debt or forfeit already paid for accommodations, car rentals, and more. \u2014 Jessica Poitevien, Travel + Leisure , 13 Oct. 2021", "There's one menacing global traveler currently racing through countries faster than Phileas Fogg and its name is the Delta variant. \u2014 Maureen O'hare, CNN , 31 July 2021", "One seemingly frustrated traveler shared a video of the line this past Sunday to Twitter, which shows a massive amount of people standing in the building\u2019s parking garage. \u2014 Michael Hollan, Fox News , 14 Apr. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tra-v\u0259-l\u0259r", "\u02c8trav-l\u0259r" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "excursionist", "rubberneck", "rubbernecker", "sightseer", "tourist", "tripper" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051103", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "traverse":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a compartment or recess formed by a partition, curtain, or screen":[], ": a curving or zigzag way up a steep grade":[], ": a formal denial of a matter of fact alleged by the opposing party in a legal pleading":[], ": a gallery or loft providing access from one side to another in a large building":[], ": a line surveyed across a plot of ground":[], ": a protective projecting wall or bank of earth in a trench":[], ": a route or way across or over: such as":[], ": a zigzag course of a sailing ship with contrary winds":[], ": lying across : transverse":[], ": obstacle , adversity":[], ": something that crosses or lies across":[], ": the act or an instance of traversing : crossing":[], ": the course followed in traversing":[], ": the lateral movement of a gun about a pivot or on a carriage to change direction of fire":[], ": to ascend, descend, or cross (a slope or gap) at an angle":[], ": to climb at an angle or in a zigzag course":[], ": to deny (something, such as an allegation of fact or an indictment) formally at law":[], ": to go against or act in opposition to : oppose , thwart":[], ": to go or travel across or over":[], ": to lie or extend across : cross":[ "the bridge traverses a brook" ], ": to make a study of : examine":[], ": to make a survey by using traverses":[], ": to make or carry out a survey of by using traverses":[], ": to move (a gun) to right or left on a pivot":[], ": to move back and forth or from side to side":[], ": to move or pass along or through":[ "light rays traversing a crystal" ], ": to move or turn laterally : swivel":[], ": to move to and fro over or along":[], ": to ski across rather than straight down a hill":[] }, "examples":[ "Verb", "The candidates traversed the state throughout the campaign.", "The river traverses the county.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "At Mile 15, marathoners will traverse up and over the Hoan Bridge \u2013 a rare treat, as the bridge is rarely open to pedestrian traffic. \u2014 Lori Nickel, Journal Sentinel , 16 June 2022", "Some of the communities are so remote that to reach them, the health care workers traverse thick rainforest and then travel by canoe for a whole day. \u2014 Michael Forster Rothbart, Scientific American , 10 June 2022", "Thanks to the Soo Locks, freighters over 1,000 feet in length can traverse freely along the St. Marys River all the way from Duluth, Minnesota outward into the Atlantic Ocean and beyond. \u2014 Alec Brzezinski, Detroit Free Press , 28 May 2022", "Players traverse surreal worlds and duke it out with sentient poker chips, demonic clowns and boxing frogs across elaborate, multistage boss battles. \u2014 Alyse Stanley, Washington Post , 17 May 2022", "With no cellphones and no GPS, teams traverse nearly 1,400 miles the old-school way (using maps, guidebooks, and a compass). \u2014 Outside Online , 12 May 2022", "The film, first announced in 2017, centers on modern-day London, and the story will traverse Hindu temples, British high society and the city\u2019s underground. \u2014 Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News , 12 May 2022", "However, an ancient Island deity is trapped in a restless sleep \u2013 and it\u2019s all down to Yoku to traverse the island using a unique blend of pinball mechanics, platforming and open world exploration, in an amazing adventure to help those in need! \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 31 May 2022", "Though there are different sections, the largest part of the tunnel is more than a mile long and takes anywhere between 10 to 15 minutes to traverse in the best scenario. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Apr. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Tourssimo also has rides designed around the Giro d\u2019Italia, second only among races to the Tour de France, and some specialty offerings including a 9-day coast to coast traverse of Sardinia. \u2014 Allison Olmsted, Forbes , 25 June 2022", "With temperatures dropping, Holland made another half-mile southbound traverse , fully loaded, to the main bus depot. \u2014 Eva Holland, Outside Online , 28 Mar. 2020", "For those uncertain about the safety of hiking to an active volcano, there is no need to worry, Pacaya is safe to traverse , a local guide told CBS. \u2014 Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure , 11 May 2022", "The 24,986-acre wilderness area draws hikers and cross-country skiers with its four-mile Norske Trail, while thru-hikers on Vermont\u2019s Long Trail traverse the Breadloaf Wilderness area for nearly 60 miles. \u2014 Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online , 26 July 2021", "Two trails that total about 1 mile traverse hardwood forest that represents what the area looked like before European settlement. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 Apr. 2022", "Both men completed the traverse alone, off trail and unsupported. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Mar. 2022", "The Peak Walk will also have a glass floor, so those making the traverse can peer into the 6,500-foot chasm that separates the two summits. \u2014 Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online , 5 Sep. 2014", "To make matters worse, there is an extreme scarcity of mental health professionals who are equipped with the tools to aid a Black woman traverse through this kind of situation. \u2014 Rayna Reid, Essence , 7 Mar. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "Similarly, some projects are simply too big or traverse too many internal silos to be handled by a single AI tool. \u2014 David Drai, Forbes , 3 May 2022", "How should marketers traverse this quickly evolving space", "Finland\u2019s Finnair has been forced to reroute many of its flights from the region that its aircraft typically traverse . \u2014 Emma Brown, WSJ , 3 Mar. 2022", "The route would have taken them through quiet countryside a few centuries ago, but today sees them traverse the busy city. \u2014 CNN , 24 Oct. 2021", "Common backpacking circumstances that warrant a dedicated ice pick include the need to clear and traverse snowy trails, as well as preparation of backcountry campsites and removal of ice from hard surfaces including wood, rock, and asphalt. \u2014 Popular Science , 25 Feb. 2021", "The Fairhope parade will include lining up floats parked along Section Street and have vehicles traverse along the parade route. \u2014 al , 27 Nov. 2020" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun", "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 5a":"Verb", "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English travers , from Anglo-French travers (as in a travers, de travers across), from Latin transversum (as in in transversum set crosswise), neuter of transversus lying across; senses 5\u20139 in part from traverse entry 1 \u2014 more at transverse entry 1":"Noun", "Middle English, from Anglo-French traverser , from Late Latin transversare , from Latin transversus":"Verb" }, "pronounciation":[ "especially for senses 6 and 8 also tr\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259rs", "\u02c8tra-(\u02cc)v\u0259rs", "tra-\u02c8v\u0259rs", "\u02c8tra-\u02ccv\u0259rs, tr\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259rs", "tr\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259rs, \u02c8tra-\u02ccv\u0259rs", "also tra-\u02c8v\u0259rs", "or tra-\u02c8v\u0259rs", "or \u02c8tra-(\u02cc)v\u0259rs", "\u02c8tra-v\u0259rs", "tr\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259rs", "also -\u02ccv\u0259rs" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "course", "cover", "cross", "cut (across)", "follow", "go", "navigate", "pass (over)", "perambulate", "peregrinate", "proceed (along)", "track", "transit", "travel" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034758", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ] }, "travesty":{ "antonyms":[ "burlesque", "caricature", "do", "imitate", "mimic", "mock", "parody", "send up", "spoof" ], "definitions":{ ": a burlesque translation or literary or artistic imitation usually grotesquely incongruous in style, treatment, or subject matter":[], ": a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation":[ "a travesty of justice" ], ": to make a travesty of : parody":[] }, "examples":[ "Noun", "It is a travesty and a tragedy that so many people would be denied the right to vote.", "The trial was a travesty of justice .", "Verb", "this comedy sketch mindlessly travesties the hard work of relief workers around the world", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Unfortunately, sometimes that timing happens after a major travesty . \u2014 Ali Jamal, Forbes , 9 June 2022", "Nudity plus travesty give Time Traveler's Wife a unique appeal. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 11 May 2022", "There\u2019s nothing conservative about maintaining a 50-year-old legal travesty in the name of stability. \u2014 Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review , 5 May 2022", "Others, Gauja among them, consider that a travesty . \u2014 Frances Vinall, Washington Post , 10 Apr. 2022", "At its core what happened on Jan. 6 was a travesty . \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022", "Although Vaught isn\u2019t being sent to prison, her conviction and sentencing, meted out for the kind of error that routinely occurs in health care institutions across the U.S., are a true travesty of justice. \u2014 Michelle Collins, STAT , 14 May 2022", "Instead, there appears to be a travesty of justice surrounding Fujitsu\u2019s involvement in the Horizon scandal. \u2014 Hec Paris Insights, Forbes , 13 May 2022", "Our blood pressure spikes just recalling that travesty . \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 2 May 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Readers may be tempted to side at one moment with the defenders of Jewish caution and Jewish sentiment, however their instincts are travestied , and soon afterward with Zuckerman\u2019s principled view of the autonomy of art. \u2014 Cynthia Ozick, WSJ , 25 May 2018", "Are miracle and faith being slyly travestied , or is this just another example of the going secular self-help usage" ], "first_known_use":{ "1667, in the meaning defined above":"Verb", "circa 1668, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "obsolete English travesty disguised, parodied, from French travesti , past participle of travestir to disguise, from Italian travestire , from tra- across (from Latin trans- ) + vestire to dress, from Latin \u2014 more at vest entry 2":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tra-v\u0259-st\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for travesty Noun caricature , burlesque , parody , travesty mean a comic or grotesque imitation. caricature implies ludicrous exaggeration of the characteristic features of a subject. caricatures of politicians in cartoons burlesque implies mockery especially through giving a serious or lofty subject a frivolous treatment. a nightclub burlesque of a trial in court parody applies especially to treatment of a trivial or ludicrous subject in the exactly imitated style of a well-known author or work. a witty parody of a popular novel travesty implies that the subject remains unchanged but that the style is extravagant or absurd. this production is a travesty of the opera", "synonyms":[ "caricature", "cartoon", "farce", "joke", "mockery", "parody", "sham" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185901", "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "tradescantia":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": spiderwort":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cctra-d\u0259-\u02c8skan(t)-sh(\u0113-)\u0259" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, genus name, from John Tradescant \u20201638 English traveler & gardener":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1757, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142034" }, "transaction":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the often published record of the meeting of a society or association":[], ": an act, process, or instance of transacting":[], ": a communicative action or activity involving two parties or things that reciprocally affect or influence each other":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "tran-\u02c8zak-sh\u0259n, -\u02c8sak-", "tran-\u02c8zak-sh\u0259n", "tran(t)-\u02c8sak-" ], "synonyms":[ "deal", "sale", "trade" ], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "The entire transaction took place over the phone.", "a record of your recent banking transactions", "the transaction of business over the phone", "Recent Examples on the Web", "That agreement was approved in March of this year by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, a crucial step to the transaction by the two schools\u2019 accrediting agency. \u2014 Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes , 2 June 2022", "But for some inside the 124-unit building, there could be a downside to that transaction . \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022", "Richardson was a name on a balance sheet, the salary number next to it more important to the transaction than the name itself. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 22 Apr. 2022", "Whoever holds the token has the money, and there is no third party to the transaction . \u2014 Gilad Edelman, Wired , 28 Mar. 2022", "By early January 2021, weeks into the Gloria administration, Wahl emailed Goldstone to request documents related to the Ash Street transaction \u2014 records that in some cases had not been released publicly. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Mar. 2022", "Overdraft fees hit spenders when their bank accounts run dry, generally adding around $35 to any transaction for which there aren\u2019t enough funds. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 18 Feb. 2022", "Buyer and seller sign purchase documents in the notary\u2019s presence, and the notary remits taxes related to the transaction on behalf of all parties. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Feb. 2022", "In virtually every such case, the information could be traced to an insider at that company or a party to a transaction with that company\u2014not to an outsider who acquired the information from his own company. \u2014 Jamie Quinn, Fortune , 8 Feb. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1632, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142707" }, "tradal":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": commercial":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101d\u1d4al" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143435" }, "transient ischemic attack":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a brief episode of cerebral ischemia that is usually characterized by temporary blurring of vision, slurring of speech, numbness, paralysis, or syncope and is often predictive of a serious stroke":[ "\u2014 abbreviation TIA" ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Dad\u2019s transient ischemic attack in July 2020 left him with slurred speech and unable to walk, feed, bathe, or go to the bathroom independently. \u2014 Carmen Cusido, refinery29.com , 20 June 2022", "Sometimes, blood is blocked for only a short time -- usually five minutes at most -- and that is called a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or a mini-stroke. \u2014 Madeline Holcombe, CNN , 17 May 2022", "Hailey Bieber\u2019s very public hospitalization led doctors to determine a transient ischemic attack (TIA) - also known as a mini-stroke. \u2014 Ebony Williams, ajc , 2 May 2022", "Doctors believe the transient ischemic attack was the result of Bieber recently having covid, traveling back and forth to Paris, and having begun birth-control pills despite previously suffering from migraines. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 1 May 2022", "In actuality, Bieber had suffered a transient ischemic attack (TIA)\u2014sometimes called a mini-stroke, according to the Mayo Clinic\u2014due to a small blood clot in her brain. \u2014 Serena Coady, SELF , 28 Apr. 2022", "The researchers defined the following conditions as new cardiovascular diseases in volunteers: heart attack, heart failure, chronic ischemic heart disease, stroke, and transient ischemic attack . \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 9 Nov. 2021", "He was diagnosed with having suffered a transient ischemic attack , which is characterized by a brief blockage of blood to the brain that lasts only a few minutes and causes no permanent damage, his spokesman said at the time. \u2014 Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com , 8 Nov. 2021", "The symptoms that would make a doctor want to check for blockages in the artery are stroke and transient ischemic attack . \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 2 Sep. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1958, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143725" }, "transitivize":{ "type":[ "transitive verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to make (a verb form) transitive (as by adding a suffix)":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-nz\u0259t-", "\u02c8tran(t)s\u0259t\u0259\u02ccv\u012bz" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "transitive entry 1 + -ize":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144211" }, "transient current":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an oscillatory or aperiodic current that flows in a circuit for a short time following an electromagnetic disturbance (as a nearby stroke of lightning)":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145112" }, "transient second class":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a class of mail in the U.S. and Canada comprising newspapers and periodicals sent as separate issues by the public or as samples by the publisher":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145158" }, "trade language":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a restructured language (such as a lingua franca or pidgin) used especially in commercial communication":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1662, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145843" }, "transmission bands":{ "type":[ "plural noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the bands used in certain types of planetary transmission to clutch and stop the low and reverse speed drums":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150327" }, "trade route":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": one of the sea-lanes ordinarily used by merchant ships":[], ": a route followed by traders (as in caravans)":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "With Russia\u2019s disruption of the Black Sea trade route contributing to rising global food prices and shortages of corn and wheat, U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on Wednesday urged Russia to end its blockade of Ukraine\u2019s ports. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022", "The Gaza Strip was once home to the Canaanite settlement and a trade route between civilizations. \u2014 Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY , 27 Apr. 2022", "Indeed, the Suez Canal\u2013Indian Ocean\u2013South China Sea trade route is one of the world\u2019s busiest, and a route upon which all U.S. allies in the Indo-Pacific rely. \u2014 Seth Cropsey, National Review , 18 Feb. 2022", "Even before the war in Ukraine, VW was struggling to keep assembly lines at its main plant in Wolfsburg, Germany, running as a result of the assorted global shortages and trade route disruptions. \u2014 William Boston, WSJ , 3 Mar. 2022", "These restaurants represent generations who have fled wars since the 1970s, and the cuisine of a region that has been interconnected with the rest of the world for centuries, owing to its location at the nexus of the ancient Silk Road trade route . \u2014 New York Times , 18 Apr. 2022", "The standoff at the bridge, which links Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, had paralyzed traffic between the US and Canada and crippled a key trade route for both countries. \u2014 Susannah Cullinane, CNN , 14 Feb. 2022", "Police cleared protesters from the Ambassador Bridge last night (Feb. 13) after six days of disruption, reopening a major trade route between the US and Canada. \u2014 Courtney Vinopal, Quartz , 14 Feb. 2022", "Others point to the earlier precedents of Ottoman culinary culture and Van's location on the Silk Road, an ancient trade route linking the Western world with the Middle East and Asia that would have supplied a constant flow of ravenous travelers. \u2014 Peter Yeung, CNN , 1 Apr. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1828, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150424" }, "train of thought":{ "type":[ "noun phrase" ], "definitions":{ ": a series of thoughts or ideas that someone is having":[ "You interrupted my train of thought .", "I lost my train of thought when you interrupted me." ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150849" }, "trade down":{ "type":[ "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to trade something in (such as an automobile) for something less expensive or valuable of its kind":[], ": to stock or purchase lower-priced items : economize":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1905, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-151626" }, "trapezohedral":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, or resembling a trapezohedron":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "tr\u0259\u00a6p\u0113z-", "tra\u00a6p\u0113z\u014d\u00a6h\u0113dr\u0259l", "\u00a6trap\u0259z- sometimes chiefly British -hed-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin trapezohedr on + English -al":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-151703" }, "trades":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": the business of buying and selling or bartering commodities : commerce":[], ": business , market":[ "novelties for the tourist trade", "did a good trade in small appliances" ], ": dealings between persons or groups":[], ": a firm's customers : clientele":[], ": the group of firms engaged in a business or industry":[], ": an occupation requiring manual or mechanical skill : craft":[], ": the business or work in which one engages regularly : occupation":[], ": the persons engaged in an occupation, business, or industry":[], ": a customary course of action : practice":[ "thy sin's not accidental, but a trade", "\u2014 William Shakespeare" ], ": trade wind":[ "\u2014 usually used in plural" ], ": a publication intended for persons in the entertainment business":[ "\u2014 usually used in plural" ], ": a path traversed : way":[], ": a track or trail left by a person or animal : tread sense 4":[], ": to give one thing in exchange for another":[], ": to engage in the exchange, purchase, or sale of goods":[], ": to make one's purchases : shop":[ "trades at his store" ], ": sell sense 3":[], ": to have dealings : negotiate":[], ": to engage in frequent buying and selling of (stocks, commodities, etc.) usually in search of quick profits":[], ": to do business with":[], ": to take often unscrupulous advantage of : exploit":[ "traded on their influence \u2026 in securing special favors", "\u2014 T. C. Pease" ], ": of, relating to, or used in trade":[], ": intended for or limited to persons in a business or industry":[ "a trade publication", "trade sales" ], ": serving others in the same business rather than the ultimate user or consumer":[ "a trade printing house" ], ": of, composed of, or representing the trades or trade unions":[ "a trade committee" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101d" ], "synonyms":[ "back-and-forth", "barter", "commutation", "dicker", "exchange", "quid pro quo", "swap", "trade-off", "truck" ], "antonyms":[ "deal", "traffic" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for trade Noun business , commerce , trade , industry , traffic mean activity concerned with the supplying and distribution of commodities. business may be an inclusive term but specifically designates the activities of those engaged in the purchase or sale of commodities or in related financial transactions. commerce and trade imply the exchange and transportation of commodities. industry applies to the producing of commodities, especially by manufacturing or processing, usually on a large scale. traffic applies to the operation and functioning of public carriers of goods and persons.", "examples":[ "Noun", "the trade between the two countries", "Trade accounts for half of our gross national product.", "The Tigers made a few good trades this season and picked up some promising players.", "Verb", "If you don't like your seat, I'll trade with you.", "I traded seats with her halfway through the show.", "He was traded to the Yankees.", "They traded him to the Broncos.", "I traded my pen for a pencil and kept writing.", "Their firm specializes in trading bonds.", "She mostly trades in stocks.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Leroux, 32, joined Orlando City in 2018 in a trade with Utah Royals FC. \u2014 Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel , 29 June 2022", "Prior to the 2002 season, the Pistons acquired Hamilton in a trade that featured Jerry Stackhouse. \u2014 Chandler Engelbrecht, Detroit Free Press , 29 June 2022", "But the contract also provides the Heat with a mid-tier salary to eventually utilize in a trade . \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 29 June 2022", "Sears, an 11th-round draft pick by Seattle in 2017, was obtained after that season in a trade for right-hander Nick Rumbelow, whose last big league appearance was three years ago. \u2014 Ronald Blum, Hartford Courant , 28 June 2022", "Phillips was the player to be named later in the Jesse Winker/Eugenio Su\u00e1rez trade with the Seattle Mariners. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer , 27 June 2022", "Already with three picks, the Cavs acquired one more in an afternoon trade with the Sacramento Kings. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 26 June 2022", "After acquiring De'Anthony Melton in a draft-night trade with the Memphis Grizzlies, the Philadelphia 76ers must now turn their attention to free agency. \u2014 Bryan Toporek, Forbes , 25 June 2022", "But Sacramento didn\u2019t select Ivey or even cash out the fourth pick in a trade . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "The financial fate of nearly 300 Chinese companies that now trade on Wall Street but could be forced off U.S. changes unless regulators in the U.S. and China reach a deal on disclosure rules remains unclear. \u2014 Clay Chandler, Fortune , 27 June 2022", "Oklahoma City could ultimately decide to trade this pick on draft night, especially considering the team already has 15 players under contract for next season. \u2014 Nick Crain, Forbes , 22 June 2022", "The 27-nation bloc will restart the infringement procedure launched against the U.K. government last year after Britain unilaterally extended a grace period that applies to trade on the island of Ireland. \u2014 Fox News , 15 June 2022", "Bitcoin continues to tumble this week to trade just above $20,000 on Wednesday as the cryptocurrency sell-off shows little sign of abating. \u2014 Anna Cooban, CNN , 15 June 2022", "Carbon offsets are, after all, already digital goods that trade on markets\u2014$84 billion worth in 2021, an increase of 60% from 2020. \u2014 Christopher Mims, WSJ , 4 June 2022", "The Teucrium Wheat Fund, whose shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange much like a stock, had witnessed a more than fivefold increase in trading volume beginning in March. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022", "Deputy director of Industries at the Ministry of Industrialization and Trade in Kenya King\u2019uru Wahome said to trade better with the EU, east Africa must improve the skill sets of its workforce and draw more women into technology. \u2014 Faustine Ngila, Quartz , 27 May 2022", "Speculators are people who trade commodities with the sole intention of making a profit from price movements. \u2014 Jagdeesh Prakasam, Forbes , 17 May 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "Chinese exports to the U.S., for instance, have rebounded to pre- trade war levels, though much of the export gains are in products like mobile phones, laptops and toys, which weren\u2019t hit by tariffs, says Mr. Bown, the Peterson Institute economist. \u2014 Bob Davis, WSJ , 20 May 2022", "Non- trade barriers such as FDA labeling and ingredient requirements also limit imports even during shortages. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 13 May 2022", "Beijing\u2019s pro- trade steps have fueled concerns among American businesses and close allies. \u2014 Yuka Hayashi, WSJ , 6 Feb. 2022", "At first, the e-tailer Overstock, under the brilliant and maverick direction of its then CEO, Patrick Byrne, started tZero, whose main aim was to disrupt the post- trade landscape, but under the regulator\u2019s eye. \u2014 Vipin Bharathan, Forbes , 2 Jan. 2022", "For two months of Norris, who didn't make the Brewers' playoff roster after struggling post- trade , the Tigers gained their new No. 11 prospect, according to MLB Pipeline. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 16 Nov. 2021", "Every day, banks generate millions of post- trade expenses associated with executing transactions. \u2014 Alexander Duggan, Forbes , 28 Oct. 2021", "While the offense had its moments post- trade deadline, including a season-high stretch of 14 straight games scoring four or more runs \u2014 their longest span since 15 straight from Aug. 11-26, 2016 \u2014 the pitching staff too often crumbled. \u2014 Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com , 4 Oct. 2021", "When the Cubs have played well post- trade deadline, Schwindel\u2019s performance has been a key role in that success. \u2014 Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com , 14 Sep. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Middle Low German; akin to Old High German trata track, course, Old English tredan to tread":"Noun" }, "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 7b":"Noun", "1553, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 4":"Verb", "1625, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152325" }, "transmissible spongiform encephalopathy":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": prion disease":[ "\u2014 abbreviation TSE" ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Chronic wasting disease is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy , similar to mad cow disease, scrapie and Creutzfeldt-Jakob. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 Dec. 2021", "The disease is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy , a class of diseases that includes mad cow disease in cattle, scrapie in sheep and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. \u2014 Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 16 Jan. 2018", "The disease is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE), a family of diseases that includes scrapie, mad cow disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 Feb. 2018", "Chronic wasting disease is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy that is fatal to deer, elk and moose. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 9 Sep. 2017", "Chronic wasting disease is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy , a family of prion diseases that includes Mad Cow and scrapie. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 9 Dec. 2017", "The disease is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy , a family that includes scrapie as well as mad cow disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob (both of which are fatal to humans). \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 30 Sep. 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1990, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152912" }, "transacting":{ "type":[ "intransitive verb", "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to carry to completion":[ "transact a sale" ], ": to carry on the operation or management of : do":[ "transact business" ], ": to carry on business":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "tran-\u02c8zakt", "tran(t)-\u02c8sakt", "tran-\u02c8zakt, -\u02c8sact" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "We had some important business to transact with our distributors.", "transact a real estate deal", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Partly this is by design, as PayPal lets users who rarely transact churn off, arguing that spending to keep them isn\u2019t a high-return investment. \u2014 Telis Demos, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022", "Headless commerce also allows online sellers to connect their front-end website to third-party sellers or enable customers to transact on their products via third-party sites. \u2014 Jim Stirewalt, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022", "In order to transact on OpenSea, users must purchase the cryptocurrency ether on a crypto exchange like Coinbase and set up a crypto wallet like MetaMask to connect to the platform. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 14 Oct. 2021", "So, if all Bitcoin held at exchanges amounts to a certain pool of Bitcoin and traders only transact a small percentage (top layer) of the total pool, the exchanges can lend the dormant (reserve) Bitcoin to unsuspecting buyers. \u2014 Rufas Kamau, Forbes , 14 May 2022", "Because that is essentially what banks do now, transact and settle (electronically) using reserve accounts held at the Fed, there aren\u2019t very many new and interesting wholesale CBDC policy issues. \u2014 Norbert Michel, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022", "The criminal industry\u2019s growth has been abetted by cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin, which allow hackers to transact with victims anonymously, though experts see virtual currency exchanges as a weak point for ransomware gangs. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Dec. 2021", "Bitcoin eliminates the need for a commercial bank to safely store your value and transact globally. \u2014 Rufas Kamau, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022", "Project Dunbar, as it is called, will use CBDCs to create platforms for financial institutions to transact directly with each other using digital currencies issued by the central banks. \u2014 Alexander Onukwue, Quartz , 28 Oct. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin transactus , past participle of transigere to drive through, complete, transact, from trans- + agere to drive, do \u2014 more at agent":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1585, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153441" }, "transaccidentation":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an originally medieval theological doctrine that the accidents of the eucharistic bread and wine are changed into the body and blood of Jesus Christ at the moment of their consecration \u2014 compare transubstantiation":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cctran(t)\u02ccsaks\u0259den\u2027\u02c8t\u0101sh\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Medieval Latin transaccidentation-, tranaccidentatio , from Latin accident-, accidens accident, after Latin substantia substance: Medieval Latin transubstantiation-, transubstantiatio transubstantiation":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153811" }, "trackable":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": capable of being tracked : suitable for tracking":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8trak\u0259b\u0259l" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-154453" }, "traveling staircase":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": moving staircase":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-154641" }, "train oil":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": oil from a marine animal (such as a whale)":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101n-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "obsolete train train oil, from Middle English trane , from Middle Dutch trane or Middle Low German tr\u0101n ; akin to Old High German trahan tear":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-155311" }, "trade guild":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a craft guild":[], ": trade union":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-155557" }, "transmission case":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a jacket usually of cast iron for the transmission of an automobile":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-160525" }, "trading":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": the business of buying and selling or bartering commodities : commerce":[], ": business , market":[ "novelties for the tourist trade", "did a good trade in small appliances" ], ": dealings between persons or groups":[], ": a firm's customers : clientele":[], ": the group of firms engaged in a business or industry":[], ": an occupation requiring manual or mechanical skill : craft":[], ": the business or work in which one engages regularly : occupation":[], ": the persons engaged in an occupation, business, or industry":[], ": a customary course of action : practice":[ "thy sin's not accidental, but a trade", "\u2014 William Shakespeare" ], ": trade wind":[ "\u2014 usually used in plural" ], ": a publication intended for persons in the entertainment business":[ "\u2014 usually used in plural" ], ": a path traversed : way":[], ": a track or trail left by a person or animal : tread sense 4":[], ": to give one thing in exchange for another":[], ": to engage in the exchange, purchase, or sale of goods":[], ": to make one's purchases : shop":[ "trades at his store" ], ": sell sense 3":[], ": to have dealings : negotiate":[], ": to engage in frequent buying and selling of (stocks, commodities, etc.) usually in search of quick profits":[], ": to do business with":[], ": to take often unscrupulous advantage of : exploit":[ "traded on their influence \u2026 in securing special favors", "\u2014 T. C. Pease" ], ": of, relating to, or used in trade":[], ": intended for or limited to persons in a business or industry":[ "a trade publication", "trade sales" ], ": serving others in the same business rather than the ultimate user or consumer":[ "a trade printing house" ], ": of, composed of, or representing the trades or trade unions":[ "a trade committee" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101d" ], "synonyms":[ "back-and-forth", "barter", "commutation", "dicker", "exchange", "quid pro quo", "swap", "trade-off", "truck" ], "antonyms":[ "deal", "traffic" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for trade Noun business , commerce , trade , industry , traffic mean activity concerned with the supplying and distribution of commodities. business may be an inclusive term but specifically designates the activities of those engaged in the purchase or sale of commodities or in related financial transactions. commerce and trade imply the exchange and transportation of commodities. industry applies to the producing of commodities, especially by manufacturing or processing, usually on a large scale. traffic applies to the operation and functioning of public carriers of goods and persons.", "examples":[ "Noun", "the trade between the two countries", "Trade accounts for half of our gross national product.", "The Tigers made a few good trades this season and picked up some promising players.", "Verb", "If you don't like your seat, I'll trade with you.", "I traded seats with her halfway through the show.", "He was traded to the Yankees.", "They traded him to the Broncos.", "I traded my pen for a pencil and kept writing.", "Their firm specializes in trading bonds.", "She mostly trades in stocks.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Leroux, 32, joined Orlando City in 2018 in a trade with Utah Royals FC. \u2014 Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel , 29 June 2022", "Prior to the 2002 season, the Pistons acquired Hamilton in a trade that featured Jerry Stackhouse. \u2014 Chandler Engelbrecht, Detroit Free Press , 29 June 2022", "But the contract also provides the Heat with a mid-tier salary to eventually utilize in a trade . \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 29 June 2022", "Sears, an 11th-round draft pick by Seattle in 2017, was obtained after that season in a trade for right-hander Nick Rumbelow, whose last big league appearance was three years ago. \u2014 Ronald Blum, Hartford Courant , 28 June 2022", "Phillips was the player to be named later in the Jesse Winker/Eugenio Su\u00e1rez trade with the Seattle Mariners. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer , 27 June 2022", "Already with three picks, the Cavs acquired one more in an afternoon trade with the Sacramento Kings. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 26 June 2022", "After acquiring De'Anthony Melton in a draft-night trade with the Memphis Grizzlies, the Philadelphia 76ers must now turn their attention to free agency. \u2014 Bryan Toporek, Forbes , 25 June 2022", "But Sacramento didn\u2019t select Ivey or even cash out the fourth pick in a trade . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "The financial fate of nearly 300 Chinese companies that now trade on Wall Street but could be forced off U.S. changes unless regulators in the U.S. and China reach a deal on disclosure rules remains unclear. \u2014 Clay Chandler, Fortune , 27 June 2022", "Oklahoma City could ultimately decide to trade this pick on draft night, especially considering the team already has 15 players under contract for next season. \u2014 Nick Crain, Forbes , 22 June 2022", "The 27-nation bloc will restart the infringement procedure launched against the U.K. government last year after Britain unilaterally extended a grace period that applies to trade on the island of Ireland. \u2014 Fox News , 15 June 2022", "Bitcoin continues to tumble this week to trade just above $20,000 on Wednesday as the cryptocurrency sell-off shows little sign of abating. \u2014 Anna Cooban, CNN , 15 June 2022", "Carbon offsets are, after all, already digital goods that trade on markets\u2014$84 billion worth in 2021, an increase of 60% from 2020. \u2014 Christopher Mims, WSJ , 4 June 2022", "The Teucrium Wheat Fund, whose shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange much like a stock, had witnessed a more than fivefold increase in trading volume beginning in March. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022", "Deputy director of Industries at the Ministry of Industrialization and Trade in Kenya King\u2019uru Wahome said to trade better with the EU, east Africa must improve the skill sets of its workforce and draw more women into technology. \u2014 Faustine Ngila, Quartz , 27 May 2022", "Speculators are people who trade commodities with the sole intention of making a profit from price movements. \u2014 Jagdeesh Prakasam, Forbes , 17 May 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "Chinese exports to the U.S., for instance, have rebounded to pre- trade war levels, though much of the export gains are in products like mobile phones, laptops and toys, which weren\u2019t hit by tariffs, says Mr. Bown, the Peterson Institute economist. \u2014 Bob Davis, WSJ , 20 May 2022", "Non- trade barriers such as FDA labeling and ingredient requirements also limit imports even during shortages. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 13 May 2022", "Beijing\u2019s pro- trade steps have fueled concerns among American businesses and close allies. \u2014 Yuka Hayashi, WSJ , 6 Feb. 2022", "At first, the e-tailer Overstock, under the brilliant and maverick direction of its then CEO, Patrick Byrne, started tZero, whose main aim was to disrupt the post- trade landscape, but under the regulator\u2019s eye. \u2014 Vipin Bharathan, Forbes , 2 Jan. 2022", "For two months of Norris, who didn't make the Brewers' playoff roster after struggling post- trade , the Tigers gained their new No. 11 prospect, according to MLB Pipeline. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 16 Nov. 2021", "Every day, banks generate millions of post- trade expenses associated with executing transactions. \u2014 Alexander Duggan, Forbes , 28 Oct. 2021", "While the offense had its moments post- trade deadline, including a season-high stretch of 14 straight games scoring four or more runs \u2014 their longest span since 15 straight from Aug. 11-26, 2016 \u2014 the pitching staff too often crumbled. \u2014 Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com , 4 Oct. 2021", "When the Cubs have played well post- trade deadline, Schwindel\u2019s performance has been a key role in that success. \u2014 Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com , 14 Sep. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Middle Low German; akin to Old High German trata track, course, Old English tredan to tread":"Noun" }, "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 7b":"Noun", "1553, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 4":"Verb", "1625, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-162455" }, "trade gap":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a situation in which a country buys more from other countries than it sells to other countries : the amount of money by which a country's imports are greater than its exports":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-162530" }, "trauma":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an injury (such as a wound) to living tissue caused by an extrinsic agent":[], ": a disordered psychic or behavioral state resulting from severe mental or emotional stress or physical injury":[], ": an emotional upset":[ "the personal trauma of an executive who is not living up to his own expectations", "\u2014 Karen W. Arenson" ], ": an agent, force, or mechanism that causes trauma":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u022f-m\u0259", "\u02c8trau\u0307-", "also \u02c8trau\u0307-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "She never fully recovered from the traumas she suffered during her childhood.", "She never fully recovered from the trauma of her experiences.", "an accident victim with severe head trauma", "repeated trauma to a knee", "The accident victim sustained multiple traumas .", "Recent Examples on the Web", "In recent years, new and older groups have had to adapt to support their members through moments of national trauma that tend to unevenly affect Black women and their communities. \u2014 Natachi Onwuamaegbu, Washington Post , 5 July 2022", "Women, and people generally, are driven mad due to trauma . \u2014 Anderson Tepper, Los Angeles Times , 5 July 2022", "Volodymyr, who declined to provide his surname out of security concerns, said that one person had been killed in his platoon and two had to leave the front because of mental trauma . \u2014 New York Times , 4 July 2022", "Burwinkel also noted that in addition to OB-GYN and fertility providers, emergency medicine physicians will be on the front lines, as will psychiatrists and psychologists handling trauma from unwanted pregnancies and other factors. \u2014 Jennifer Henderson | Medpage Today, ABC News , 2 July 2022", "After all, Jen Satterly has lived this trauma in multiple ways. \u2014 Fox News , 1 July 2022", "Reece comes home emotionally scarred, before discovering that his unit might have been the victims of an experiment gone wrong, one that has left him dealing with cognitive trauma that clouds his memories. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 1 July 2022", "Before the war was over, 280,000 men from France, Germany and Britain alone had sustained some form of facial trauma . \u2014 Lindsey Fitzharris, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 July 2022", "When Joy escapes an abusive relationship, her friend talks her into a retreat for women surviving trauma in the Rocky Mountains. \u2014 Marta Balaga, Variety , 1 July 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Greek traumat-, trauma wound, alteration of tr\u014dma ; akin to Greek titr\u014dskein to wound, tetrainein to pierce \u2014 more at throw entry 1":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1693, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163255" }, "trade places with (someone)":{ "type":[ "idiom" ], "definitions":{ ": to be in someone else's situation":[ "I would love to trade places with him." ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164028" }, "tracked":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": traveling on endless metal belts instead of wheels":[], ": moving along a rail":[ "a tracked air-cushion vehicle" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8trakt" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Bridgers\u2019 subdued, gentle multi- tracked vocals skate across a piano progression before the song explodes into a lounge music fever dream, complete with swirling psychedelic synth accents. \u2014 Kat Bouza, Rolling Stone , 1 July 2022", "Just in the last month, at least 13,700 startup employees have lost their jobs, per Layoffs.fyi, according to tracked figures, and the actual numbers are likely far higher. \u2014 Jessica Mathews, Fortune , 29 June 2022", "Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum have by and large tracked risk assets like stocks since late last year. \u2014 Anne Sraders, Fortune , 17 June 2022", "The tracked , open-hull gun and its accompanying support vehicle entered service with the Soviet army in 1976. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 23 May 2022", "Tobacco or alcohol made up less than 1 percent of tracked purchases. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Feb. 2022", "The tracked metrics are the main difference between the Gen 3 and Gen 2 rings too. \u2014 Christian De Looper, BGR , 27 Jan. 2022", "Stroud\u2019s numbers in adverse conditions at Michigan more or less tracked with his season-long performance. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 1 Dec. 2021", "The depot is Texarkana\u2019s biggest employer with 3,500 civilian workers who repair and refurbish a wide variety of tracked and wheeled vehicles for the Army. \u2014 Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News , 30 Sep. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1926, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165411" }, "tracking stock":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a stock the value of which is linked to the performance of a company division but which does not confer ownership in the company or the division":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Ford finance chief John Lawler later added that there are no current plans for a spinoff or to create another way for investors to bet on the EV portion of Ford\u2019s business, such as a tracking stock . \u2014 Mike Colias, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022", "According to GuruFocus Real-Time Picks, a Premium feature, Berkshire upped its holding of the tracking stock by 35.98% on Nov. 1, buying 5.35 million series A shares. \u2014 Gurufocus, Forbes , 5 Nov. 2021", "The tracking stock has a $19.76 billion market cap; its series A shares were trading around $53.16 on Thursday with a price-book ratio of 2.22 and a price-sales ratio of 2.02. \u2014 Gurufocus, Forbes , 5 Nov. 2021", "The company grouped its three investments, including its previous stake in iHeartMedia, as Liberty SiriusXM Group, a tracking stock that trades on the Nasdaq. \u2014 J. Kim Murphy, Variety , 19 Oct. 2021", "MicroStrategy, in other words, is now more of a bitcoin tracking stock than a software stock. \u2014 Dan Gallagher, WSJ , 9 June 2021", "To retire the tracking stock , VMWare paid an $11 billion special dividend to its shareholders. \u2014 Antoine Gara, Forbes , 18 Apr. 2021", "The tracking stock representing 53% ownership of VMWare could not keep pace with its soaring stock, at times trading at discounts of about 40%. \u2014 Antoine Gara, Forbes , 18 Apr. 2021", "With a tracking stock , a company would sell shares of a business unit that merely tracked the performance of the division. \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 9 Mar. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1989, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165428" }, "transverse process":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": either of the two bony processes of a vertebra that project laterally from the neural arch at the junction of a pedicle and lamina and that provide attachment for muscles and ligaments concerned especially with rotation, lateral flexion, and stability of the spinal column":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Gipson hasn't been on the injury report lately, but has dealt with a broken wrist and a transverse process fracture in his back this season. \u2014 Aaron Wilson, Houston Chronicle , 31 Dec. 2019", "The transverse process is a small bony projection off the right and left side of each vertebrae. \u2014 Tom Cavavan, courant.com , 25 Nov. 2019", "Peppers has broken bone in back: Giants safety Jabrill Peppers sustained a fractured transverse process in his back. \u2014 Tom Cavavan, courant.com , 25 Nov. 2019", "Cam Newton suffered two transverse process fractures in a 2014 car accident, missed one game with the injuries and returned for the final two weeks of the regular season and the playoffs. \u2014 Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press , 17 Nov. 2019", "The usual healing time for a transverse process fracture is 4-6 weeks, and as NFL quarterbacks Tony Romo, Cam Newton and Derek Carr can attest, this type of injury usually doesn\u2019t result in career-ending complications. \u2014 Rene Ferran For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 16 Sep. 2019", "Quarterback Derek Carr broke the transverse process in his back and missed just one game after being told he\u2019d have some pain but wasn\u2019t in danger of something more serious. \u2014 Jerry Mcdonald, The Mercury News , 11 June 2019", "Tony Romo and Cam Newton also notably had transverse processes in past seasons and missed a game. \u2014 Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com , 21 Jan. 2018", "Carr sustained a transverse process fracture in his back while getting sacked on Week 4. \u2014 Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY , 27 Apr. 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1696, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165851" }, "Tracaulon":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a genus of herbaceous vines (family Polygonaceae) occurring in North America and Asia, having prickly or bristly stems, prickly veined leaves mostly hastate or cordate at the base, racemose flowers, and angled fruits, and being commonly included in the genus Polygonum":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-l\u0259n", "tr\u0259\u02c8k\u022f\u02ccl\u00e4n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, probably from tra chy- + Greek kaulos stem, stalk":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170304" }, "transverser":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": one that transverses":[], ": plane table":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-s\u0259(r)" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "transverse entry 1 + -er":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170310" }, "transactinide":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, or being actual or hypothetical elements with atomic weights higher than those of the actinide series":[ "transactinide chemistry" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "tran(t)-\u02c8sak-t\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bd", "tran-\u02c8zak-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1969, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170348" }, "travelable":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": capable of being traveled : passable":[ "highway crews soon had the roads travelable after the storm" ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172258" }, "trache-":{ "type":[ "combining form" ], "definitions":{ ": trachea":[ "trache itis", "tracheo tomy" ], ": tracheal and":[ "tracheo bronchial" ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from Medieval Latin trachea":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172808" }, "trade edition":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an edition of a book intended for general distribution \u2014 compare text edition":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "All told, the book is 504 pages, and the trade edition weighs a hefty 15 lbs. \u2014 Raisa Bruner, Time , 14 Oct. 2019", "The second: a trade edition without the slipcase or portfolio. \u2014 Gail Mitchell, Billboard , 29 June 2018", "After the first trade edition , published in 1936, there has been a new edition roughly every decade as the family attempted to account for the changing world of available ingredients, kitchen appliances, food safety, and trends. \u2014 Genevieve Walker, Bon Appetit , 15 May 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1879, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172852" }, "transmitting":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to send or convey from one person or place to another : forward":[], ": to cause or allow to spread: such as":[], ": to convey by or as if by inheritance or heredity : hand down":[], ": to convey (infection) abroad or to another":[], ": to cause (something, such as light or force) to pass or be conveyed through space or a medium":[], ": to admit the passage of : conduct":[ "glass transmits light" ], ": to send out (a signal) either by radio waves or over a wire":[], ": to send out a signal either by radio waves or over a wire":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "tran(t)s-\u02c8mit", "tranz-\u02c8mit, trans-", "tranz-", "trans-\u02c8mit" ], "synonyms":[ "communicate", "conduct", "convey", "give", "impart", "spread", "transfer", "transfuse" ], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "The technology allows data to be transmitted by cellular phones.", "transmitting and receiving radio signals", "The radio transmits on two different frequencies.", "the different ways that people transmit their values", "The disease is transmitted by sexual contact.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "These beetles can transmit diseases like bacterial wilt and viruses, none of which are curable. \u2014 Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun , 9 June 2022", "Second, that resistant (or vaccinated) people cannot transmit the virus. \u2014 Dr. Genevieve Yang, ABC News , 3 June 2022", "The system can even transmit its data to his smartphone for easy viewing and transmission to his doctor. \u2014 Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 May 2022", "The message would transmit from two potential telescopes including the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope in China and the SETI Institute\u2019s Allen Telescope Array in northern California. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 10 May 2022", "The person managing the intern must transmit instructions, goals, guidance, expectations and more regularly and on time. \u2014 Expert Panel, Forbes , 6 May 2022", "Ticks can also transmit microbes that cause Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tularemia and human granulocytic anaplasmosis, among other diseases. \u2014 Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 Apr. 2022", "The agency also cited research suggesting children might even be more likely to transmit than seniors older than 60. \u2014 Alexander Tin, CBS News , 20 Sep. 2021", "The virus is much less likely, although not impossible, to transmit in outdoor settings than inside. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 Aug. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English transmitten , from Latin transmittere , from trans- + mittere to send":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-173410" }, "train order":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a written message to an engineer or conductor giving instructions about the operation of a railroad train":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174603" }, "trave":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a frame to confine an unruly horse or ox for shoeing":[], ": crossbeam":[], ": a division or bay (as in a ceiling) made by or as if by crossbeams":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101v" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Middle French, beam, from Latin trabs, trabes":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174918" }, "travels":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to go on or as if on a trip or tour : journey":[], ": to go as if by traveling : pass":[ "the news traveled fast" ], ": associate":[ "travels with a sophisticated crowd" ], ": to go from place to place as a sales representative or business agent":[], ": to move or undergo transmission from one place to another":[ "goods traveling by plane" ], ": to withstand relocation successfully":[ "a dish that travels well" ], ": to move in a given direction or path or through a given distance":[ "the stylus travels in a groove" ], ": to move rapidly":[ "a car that can really travel" ], ": to take more steps while holding a basketball than the rules allow":[], ": to journey through or over":[], ": to follow (a course or path) as if by traveling":[], ": to traverse (a specified distance)":[], ": to cover (an area) as a commercial traveler":[], ": to travel with a minimum of equipment or baggage":[], ": the act of traveling : passage":[], ": a journey especially to a distant or unfamiliar place : tour , trip":[ "\u2014 often used in plural" ], ": an account of one's travels":[], ": the number traveling : traffic":[], ": movement , progression":[ "the travel of satellites around the earth" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tra-v\u0259l" ], "synonyms":[ "journey", "peregrinate", "pilgrimage", "tour", "trek", "trip", "voyage" ], "antonyms":[ "expedition", "journey", "passage", "peregrination", "trek", "trip" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Verb", "The birds are traveling south for the winter.", "His job requires him to travel frequently.", "She enjoys traveling around Europe.", "They traveled cross-country from New York to California.", "The pain traveled down his back.", "the way that sound travels in an empty room", "That car was really traveling when it passed us.", "The order is traveling by plane.", "Noun", "She doesn't enjoy foreign travel .", "Air travel was affected by the storm.", "The book discusses the future of travel in outer space.", "We extended our travels for another week.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Around this point, Turcich briefly returned home to acquire the paperwork required to travel to Europe with Savannah. \u2014 Tamara Hardingham-gill, CNN , 1 July 2022", "Aguilar also plans to eventually travel overseas to Europe with the hopes of composing and singing in Italian and Portuguese. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 29 June 2022", "This year\u2019s Fourth of July is set to be the top holiday weekend to travel with nearly half (46%) of summer travelers planning to vacation over Independence Day, according to Vacasa\u2019s 2022 Summer Travel Trends report. \u2014 Roger Sands, Forbes , 26 June 2022", "Briefly: Starter Anthony DeSclafani (ankle) joined the team and will travel with the Giants to Atlanta. \u2014 Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle , 19 June 2022", "Americans are expected to travel in droves over the Fourth of July holiday weekend this year with big cities seeing a rise in popularity. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 17 June 2022", "That made Ryanair\u2019s questionnaire policy effectively discriminatory, as Black South African passengers were unlikely to be able to prove their nationality and therefore travel with the Irish carrier within Europe. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 15 June 2022", "Th Justice Department said Garland will travel Wednesday with Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta and Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Kristen Clarke, whose division is a part of the federal hate crime investigation. \u2014 Robert Legare, CBS News , 15 June 2022", "For example, Allie Bahn coaches people who travel with food allergies. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, Washington Post , 15 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Friday broke a single-day record for air travel during the pandemic, with nearly 2.5 million people taking to the skies. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 July 2022", "To deal with the staffing shortages, US airlines are also in the process of trimming their summer schedule, despite the strong demand for travel . \u2014 Chris Isidore, CNN , 4 July 2022", "Delta and American Airlines each canceled more than 100 flights on Friday, the busiest day for U.S. air travel since the COVID-19 pandemic began. \u2014 Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc , 2 July 2022", "When demand for travel began to bounce back early last year, Tajer hoped the summer would be a trial season for a more robust recovery this year. \u2014 Colin Lodewick, Fortune , 2 July 2022", "For road travel , experts say be prepared to spend more on gas \u2014 the national average Saturday morning was $4.82 per gallon of regular unleaded, AAA reports. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 2 July 2022", "We\u2019ve raved about Bose\u2019s noise-canceling headphones for travel before, but until now have failed to find a more portable version. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 2 July 2022", "Many offered reimbursement for travel , but few laid out plans on how employees could use such a benefit and maintain their privacy. \u2014 Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News , 2 July 2022", "Many airlines are facing shortages of pilots\u2014some of whom accepted early retirement packages during the pandemic, Gupta said\u2014and other employees after airlines cut staff due to sharply lower demand for travel because of the coronavirus. \u2014 Madeline Halpert, Forbes , 1 July 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English travailen, travelen to torment, labor, strive, journey, from Anglo-French travailler":"Verb" }, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb", "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-175353" }, "trapezium":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a quadrilateral with no parallel sides":[], ": trapezoid sense 1a":[], ": a bone in the wrist at the base of the metacarpal of the thumb":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "tr\u0259-\u02c8p\u0113-z\u0113-\u0259m", "tr\u0259-\u02c8p\u0113-z\u0113-\u0259m, tra-", "tra-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Every Friday night in towns and cities across Britain, neon trapeziums lure drunken men to gorge on greasy meat shaved from an elephant\u2019s leg. \u2014 1843 , 10 July 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from Greek trapezion , literally, small table, diminutive of trapeza table, from tra- four (akin to tettares four) + peza foot; akin to Greek pod-, pous foot \u2014 more at four , foot":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-175545" }, "trail (along) behind/after":{ "type":[ "idiom" ], "definitions":{ ": to walk or move slowly as one follows behind (someone or something)":[ "She marched down the street with her children trailing (along) behind/after (her) ." ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-181613" }, "tradership":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the position of a trader":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101d\u0259(r)\u02ccship" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-182330" }, "transacted":{ "type":[ "intransitive verb", "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to carry to completion":[ "transact a sale" ], ": to carry on the operation or management of : do":[ "transact business" ], ": to carry on business":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "tran(t)-\u02c8sakt", "tran-\u02c8zakt", "tran-\u02c8zakt, -\u02c8sact" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "We had some important business to transact with our distributors.", "transact a real estate deal", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Partly this is by design, as PayPal lets users who rarely transact churn off, arguing that spending to keep them isn\u2019t a high-return investment. \u2014 Telis Demos, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022", "Headless commerce also allows online sellers to connect their front-end website to third-party sellers or enable customers to transact on their products via third-party sites. \u2014 Jim Stirewalt, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022", "In order to transact on OpenSea, users must purchase the cryptocurrency ether on a crypto exchange like Coinbase and set up a crypto wallet like MetaMask to connect to the platform. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 14 Oct. 2021", "So, if all Bitcoin held at exchanges amounts to a certain pool of Bitcoin and traders only transact a small percentage (top layer) of the total pool, the exchanges can lend the dormant (reserve) Bitcoin to unsuspecting buyers. \u2014 Rufas Kamau, Forbes , 14 May 2022", "Because that is essentially what banks do now, transact and settle (electronically) using reserve accounts held at the Fed, there aren\u2019t very many new and interesting wholesale CBDC policy issues. \u2014 Norbert Michel, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022", "The criminal industry\u2019s growth has been abetted by cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin, which allow hackers to transact with victims anonymously, though experts see virtual currency exchanges as a weak point for ransomware gangs. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Dec. 2021", "Bitcoin eliminates the need for a commercial bank to safely store your value and transact globally. \u2014 Rufas Kamau, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022", "Project Dunbar, as it is called, will use CBDCs to create platforms for financial institutions to transact directly with each other using digital currencies issued by the central banks. \u2014 Alexander Onukwue, Quartz , 28 Oct. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin transactus , past participle of transigere to drive through, complete, transact, from trans- + agere to drive, do \u2014 more at agent":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1585, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-182405" }, "tragic":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": regrettably serious or unpleasant : deplorable , lamentable":[ "a tragic mistake" ], ": marked by a sense of tragedy":[], ": of, marked by, or expressive of tragedy":[ "the tragic significance of the atomic bomb", "\u2014 H. S. Truman" ], ": dealing with or treated in tragedy":[ "the tragic hero" ], ": appropriate to or typical of tragedy":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tra-jik" ], "synonyms":[ "deplorable", "distressful", "distressing", "grievous", "heartbreaking", "heartrending", "lamentable", "regrettable", "unfortunate", "unlucky", "woeful" ], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Their deaths were tragic and untimely.", "They both died in a tragic car accident.", "Romeo and Juliet's tragic love affair.", "We saw a tragic play about a man with AIDS.", "the tragic characters of her novel", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Their decisions, too, led to violence and tragic death. \u2014 Lindsay Kornick, Fox News , 24 June 2022", "Maine State Police on Thursday continued to investigate the tragic death of a South Portland activist who was killed last weekend in a hit-and-run crash in Acadia National Park. \u2014 Deanna Pan, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022", "District 11 Senator Randolph Bracy plans to meet with Fried 9:15 a.m. to discuss ICON Park\u2019s attractions following the tragic death of 14-year-old Tyre Sampson, whom died after falling off of the park\u2019s Orlando FreeFall ride in March. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel , 22 June 2022", "Bell narrates the part of Anna, her younger sister who dreams of seeing the world outside their castle walls following the tragic death of their parents. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 21 June 2022", "Ethan\u2019s senseless and tragic death touched many in the Akron community, including the city\u2019s mayor, Dan Horrigan. \u2014 Olivia Mitchell, cleveland , 11 June 2022", "But as the tragic death of George Floyd and so many others showed corporate America, the constant deluge of horrifying racist attacks in our country can be an enormous, emotional distraction for every worker. \u2014 Jonathan Vanian, Fortune , 3 June 2022", "In 1986\u2019s Top Gun, directed by the immortal Tony Scott, there was macho rivalry, tragic death, and the actual Soviet Union. \u2014 Taylor Antrim, Vogue , 27 May 2022", "In December 2019, the tragic death of a patient during the second phase of clinical trials brought the development of inarigivir to a grinding halt. \u2014 Jim Corbett, Forbes , 26 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Latin tragicus , from Greek tragikos , irregular from trag\u014didia tragedy":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-182925" }, "trapeziums":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a quadrilateral with no parallel sides":[], ": trapezoid sense 1a":[], ": a bone in the wrist at the base of the metacarpal of the thumb":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "tr\u0259-\u02c8p\u0113-z\u0113-\u0259m", "tr\u0259-\u02c8p\u0113-z\u0113-\u0259m, tra-", "tra-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Every Friday night in towns and cities across Britain, neon trapeziums lure drunken men to gorge on greasy meat shaved from an elephant\u2019s leg. \u2014 1843 , 10 July 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from Greek trapezion , literally, small table, diminutive of trapeza table, from tra- four (akin to tettares four) + peza foot; akin to Greek pod-, pous foot \u2014 more at four , foot":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-183322" }, "travel sickness":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a feeling of sickness caused by the motion of a car, airplane, boat, etc.":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8trav-\u0259l-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-183946" }, "transferring":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to convey from one person, place, or situation to another : move , shift":[], ": to cause to pass from one to another : transmit":[], ": transform , change":[], ": to make over the possession or control of : convey":[], ": to print or otherwise copy from one surface to another by contact":[], ": to change from one vehicle or transportation line to another":[], ": conveyance of right, title, or interest in real or personal property from one person to another":[], ": removal or acquisition of property by mere delivery with intent to transfer title":[], ": an act, process, or instance of transferring : transference sense 2":[], ": the carryover or generalization of learned responses from one type of situation to another":[], ": a place where a transfer is made (as of trains to ferries or as where one form of power is changed to another)":[], ": a ticket entitling a passenger on a public conveyance to continue the trip on another route":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "trans-\u02c8f\u0259r, \u02c8trans-\u02ccf\u0259r", "tran(t)s-\u02c8f\u0259r", "\u02c8tran(t)s-\u02ccf\u0259r", "\u02c8trans-\u02ccf\u0259r", "trans-\u02c8f\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[ "alien", "alienate", "assign", "cede", "convey", "deed", "make over" ], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Verb", "We transferred the baby's car seat to the other car.", "The patient was transferred to a different hospital.", "transfer data on the hard drive to a disk", "He transferred my call to another line.", "The virus is transferred by mosquitoes.", "He transferred control of the company to his son.", "She was able to transfer her organizational skills to her new job.", "Her skills transferred well to her new job.", "Noun", "We switched to another car, and the transfer only took a few minutes.", "They arranged for a transfer of the prisoner to a different prison.", "a material that reduces heat transfer", "speeding up data transfer between computers", "We are doing everything possible to ensure a smooth transfer to the new system.", "a transfer by deed or will", "a transfer to the home office", "My overseas transfer has been approved.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Much of the worldwide success of Japanese companies in manufacturing has been to transfer their homegrown philosophy of unrelenting, steady, incremental improvement to their operations and workforces everywhere. \u2014 Dale Buss, Forbes , 30 June 2022", "Those who transfer to four-year private nonprofit universities lose more than 1 in 4. \u2014 Jon Marcus, NBC News , 29 June 2022", "The service through Ria allowed customers to transfer as much as $2,500. \u2014 Yiwen Lu, Washington Post , 29 June 2022", "Darity said the nation's wealth gap has made is difficult for Black families to maintain financial savings or transfer wealth through generations like many White families have been able to do. \u2014 Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN , 28 June 2022", "The port authority plans to transfer more than $11 million to its infrastructure fund as well, which provides loans for building projects, although the budget doesn\u2019t specify any projects. \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 June 2022", "Once completed, Phillips said that the facility will sort and transfer glass, plastics, food waste and bulk waste dropped off by residents. \u2014 Alison Cross, Hartford Courant , 27 June 2022", "After serving as backup quarterback to future NFL first-round pick Dwayne Haskins as a redshirt freshman, Martell looked to transfer following the resignation of Urban Meyer as Buckeyes head coach. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 25 June 2022", "In April, Puisis signed a grant-in-aid to transfer to the University of South Florida. \u2014 Alex Harrison, The Enquirer , 24 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Martinez was arrested in another district and is awaiting transfer to San Antonio, court records show. \u2014 Arelis R. Hern\u00e1ndez, Nick Miroff, Maria Sacchetti, Anchorage Daily News , 1 July 2022", "In January 2020, Juventus paid a $4.3 million transfer fee to acquire Vrioni. \u2014 Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022", "Those add-ons would take the total transfer fee to $72 million, and will go some way towards helping Everton balance their books in order to avoid Financial Fair Play issues. \u2014 James Nalton, Forbes , 30 June 2022", "No court dates have been set for Martinez, who was arrested Tuesday in Palestine and awaits transfer to the Western District of Texas. \u2014 Camilo Montoya-galvez, Robert Legare, CBS News , 30 June 2022", "Metro encouraged riders to select destination stations on the same line as their origin to avoid crowding at transfer stations. \u2014 Gaya Gupta, Washington Post , 30 June 2022", "Her fund has already financed 60 companies that include Sendwave, a money transfer app; MasterClass, which offers online lessons in several topics; and Daily Harvest, a food delivery service. \u2014 New York Times , 29 June 2022", "Unofficial final results show 60% voting in favor of the transfer tax and almost 40% voting against it. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 29 June 2022", "Walmart, which offers some financial services, acts as an agent for money transfer services such as MoneyGram and Western Union. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 29 June 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English transferren , from Anglo-French transferrer , from Latin transferre , from trans- + ferre to carry \u2014 more at bear":"Verb" }, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb", "1674, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-184210" }, "Tragelaphus":{ "type":[], "definitions":{ ": a genus of African antelopes comprising the kudus, nyalas, and related forms":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-f\u0259s" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from Latin, a kind of antelope, from Greek tragelaphos , from tragos he-goat + elaphos deer":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-184339" }, "transference":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an act, process, or instance of transferring : conveyance , transfer":[], ": the redirection of feelings and desires and especially of those unconsciously retained from childhood toward a new object (such as a psychoanalyst conducting therapy)":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "tran(t)s-\u02c8f\u0259r-\u0259n(t)s", "trans-\u02c8f\u0259r-\u0259ns, \u02c8trans-\u02ccf\u0259r-", "\u02c8tran(t)s-(\u02cc)", "\u02c8tran(t)s-(\u02cc)f\u0259r-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "There are fights, disagreements, and a ton of psychological transference . \u2014 Oliver Munday, The Atlantic , 17 June 2022", "Trans people\u2019s lost faith in medical systems has led to a greater transference of trust in each other for healthcare recommendations and support. \u2014 Mailee Osten-tan, Longreads , 8 June 2022", "Other paths forward include the transference of debts and service responsibilities to Orange and Osceola counties, where Reedy Creek exists. \u2014 Colin Lodewick, Fortune , 29 Apr. 2022", "Latest reports indicate that the transference is being carried on safely. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Apr. 2022", "Since the last conference in 2019, there have been many changes on the climate change and environmental justice front, most notably, the presidential transference from Trump to Biden, and the ensuing re-dedication to preserving our planet. \u2014 Rayna Reid, Essence , 19 Apr. 2022", "Nevertheless, some form of transference did take place. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 31 Jan. 2022", "This version mimics the clamshell exercise, with more transference to running since this exercise is performed standing up on your feet. \u2014 Jon-erik Kawamoto, Outside Online , 4 Sep. 2020", "The extent of this year\u2019s train of transmission is not yet clear, but regulations require poultry and wild birds be kept separated to limit the chance of transference . \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Dec. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1681, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-185020" }, "track circuit":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an electrical circuit conducted partly through the rails of a track (as of a railway line)":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-185227" }, "trauma center":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a hospital unit specializing in the treatment of patients with acute and especially life-threatening traumatic injuries":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Brandenburgh died at the scene and paramedics took her daughter to a trauma center , police said. \u2014 Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 June 2022", "The state\u2019s only Level 1 trauma center is setting up a second emergency field hospital in a parking garage that will handle some of the sickest COVID-19 patients as the coronavirus continues to ravage Mississippi. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 17 Aug. 2021", "While serving in the Legislature, Santiago has worked weekend overnight shifts in the emergency department at Boston Medical Center, the city\u2019s safety-net hospital and New England\u2019s busiest trauma center . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 July 2021", "Mother and daughter were later taken to the area\u2019s largest trauma center . \u2014 Washington Post , 1 July 2021", "Two injured women were airlifted to a trauma hospital and a third woman was transported to another trauma center , according to the release. \u2014 Andy Rose, CNN , 21 May 2022", "Hutchins, 42, died after being airlifted to University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque, the state's only Level 1 trauma center , in critical condition, according to the sheriff's office and the hospital. \u2014 Bymorgan Winsor, ABC News , 28 Apr. 2022", "Because Espat didn\u2019t meet the legal requirements to sit on the board, some \u2013 including parent company Lifespan itself \u2013 worried that Rhode Island Hospital\u2019s emergency department could lose its designation as a Level 1 trauma center . \u2014 Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com , 4 Mar. 2022", "He was transferred to a local trauma center in Las Vegas after being immobilized on a stretcher. \u2014 Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 Feb. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1973, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-185335" }, "trabzon":{ "type":[ "geographical name" ], "definitions":{ "city and port on the Black Sea in northeastern Turkey population 143,941":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "trab-\u02c8z\u00e4n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-190637" }, "traveling rings":{ "type":[ "plural noun" ], "definitions":{ ": swinging gymnastic rings arranged in a row \u2014 compare flying rings":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-191215" }, "transmitted":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to send or convey from one person or place to another : forward":[], ": to cause or allow to spread: such as":[], ": to convey by or as if by inheritance or heredity : hand down":[], ": to convey (infection) abroad or to another":[], ": to cause (something, such as light or force) to pass or be conveyed through space or a medium":[], ": to admit the passage of : conduct":[ "glass transmits light" ], ": to send out (a signal) either by radio waves or over a wire":[], ": to send out a signal either by radio waves or over a wire":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "tran(t)s-\u02c8mit", "tranz-\u02c8mit, trans-", "tranz-", "trans-\u02c8mit" ], "synonyms":[ "communicate", "conduct", "convey", "give", "impart", "spread", "transfer", "transfuse" ], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "The technology allows data to be transmitted by cellular phones.", "transmitting and receiving radio signals", "The radio transmits on two different frequencies.", "the different ways that people transmit their values", "The disease is transmitted by sexual contact.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "These beetles can transmit diseases like bacterial wilt and viruses, none of which are curable. \u2014 Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun , 9 June 2022", "Second, that resistant (or vaccinated) people cannot transmit the virus. \u2014 Dr. Genevieve Yang, ABC News , 3 June 2022", "The system can even transmit its data to his smartphone for easy viewing and transmission to his doctor. \u2014 Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 May 2022", "The message would transmit from two potential telescopes including the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope in China and the SETI Institute\u2019s Allen Telescope Array in northern California. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 10 May 2022", "The person managing the intern must transmit instructions, goals, guidance, expectations and more regularly and on time. \u2014 Expert Panel, Forbes , 6 May 2022", "Ticks can also transmit microbes that cause Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tularemia and human granulocytic anaplasmosis, among other diseases. \u2014 Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 Apr. 2022", "The agency also cited research suggesting children might even be more likely to transmit than seniors older than 60. \u2014 Alexander Tin, CBS News , 20 Sep. 2021", "The virus is much less likely, although not impossible, to transmit in outdoor settings than inside. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 Aug. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English transmitten , from Latin transmittere , from trans- + mittere to send":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-191306" }, "track and slide":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a combination on a mast for hoisting and lowering a sail":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "track entry 1":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-191314" }, "travel shot":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a motion-picture shot made with the camera on a dolly accompanying the actors as they move from one set or place to another":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-191812" }, "transcription factor":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": any of various proteins that bind to DNA and play a role in the regulation of gene expression by promoting transcription":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "This cascade of reactions leads to the activation of the transcription factor NFkB. NFkB induces several cell defenses, including inflammation. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022", "Babonis found that a single transcription factor was enough to stop immature cells from developing as neurons and turn them into stinging cells instead, complete with a barbed, coiled filament for capturing prey. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 16 Aug. 2021", "The snapdragon gene in Martin\u2019s tomato, for instance, is known as a transcription factor : essentially, a kind of volume knob that regulates how much of something a particular gene will produce. \u2014 New York Times , 20 July 2021", "Frazer wanted to know how a heart-specific transcription factor called NKX2-5 influenced those traits. \u2014 Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS , 10 Sep. 2020", "Semenza discovered a protein complex called hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF), which is composed of two transcription factors \u2014proteins that control the transcription of DNA into RNA\u2014called HIF-1\u03b1 and ARNT. \u2014 Tanya Lewis, Scientific American , 7 Oct. 2019", "In 1952, well before developmental biologists spoke in terms of Hox genes and transcription factors , or even understood DNA\u2019s structure, Alan Turing had an idea. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 2 Jan. 2019", "Scientists achieve this transformation by bathing the stem cells in a solution containing the right cocktail of transcription factors , molecules that guide fetal development by regulating how genes are turned on or off. \u2014 Bret Stetka, Scientific American , 29 Aug. 2019", "In 1988, Ueli Schibler, now a professor of molecular biology at the University of Geneva, was studying transcription factors , cellular actors that control the transcription of genes into proteins. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 15 Sep. 2015" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1969, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-192114" }, "trailery":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": tracery , trail sense 1a(2)":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101l(\u0259)r\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "trail entry 2 + -ery":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-193204" }, "transient vendor":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": any person who either as principal or agent engages in a temporary or transient business either in one locality or in traveling from place to place buying or selling goods, wares, or merchandise":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-193624" }, "transitionary":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": transitional":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-sh\u0259\u02ccner\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "transition + -ary":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-194258" }, "travel trailer":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a trailer drawn especially by an automobile and equipped for use (as while traveling) as a dwelling":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Luxury travel trailer manufacturer Airstream is opening a museum celebrating the brand's history. \u2014 Drew Dorian, Car and Driver , 26 May 2022", "The travel trailer has made a huge comeback in recent years, bringing with it a surge of resorts that offer fully renovated, luxury versions of the popular lodging from yesteryear. \u2014 Amanda Norcross, Travel + Leisure , 6 July 2021", "The delightfully out-of-the-box collaboration is based on one of the caravan maker\u2019s most famous designs\u2014the single-axle travel trailer . \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 15 Feb. 2022", "Best for: Campers who need space but don\u2019t want to deal with the inconvenience of a hulking travel trailer . \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 1 Apr. 2022", "Airstream\u2019s latest concept travel trailer , the Airstream eStream, raises questions about what fully electric travel might be like. \u2014 Nicole Gull Mcelroy, Fortune , 1 Mar. 2022", "For the last five months, Tyler, 39, has been living with her husband and two children, 3 and 14, in a travel trailer parked in Tyler\u2019s brother\u2019s frontyard in Placerville. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Mar. 2022", "Like many classic Supreme collaborations, the caravan is a straightforward version of Airstream\u2019s travel trailer , only with special branding. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 15 Feb. 2022", "Luxury travel trailer Bowlus offers a similar electric concept with its Road Chief line, but unlike the Winnebago e-RV, that camping trailer doesn't run under its own power. \u2014 Drew Dorian, Car and Driver , 18 Jan. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1936, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-194404" }, "trade union":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": labor union":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "According to the German trade union Verdi, the shortage of staff in areas like security control, check-in and baggage handling is hitting large airports such as Frankfurt. \u2014 Scott Mcmurren, Anchorage Daily News , 18 June 2022", "Cast and crew were informed of the show\u2019s imminent closure in early May in an abrupt announcement that sparked demands for compensation from Equity, the trade union for performers and creative workers. \u2014 J. Kim Murphy, Variety , 12 June 2022", "The government supporters in 2014 firebombed a trade union building containing pro-autonomy demonstrators, killing over 40 people. \u2014 Cara Anna And Inna Varenytsia, Anchorage Daily News , 3 May 2022", "Berlin Mayor Franziska Giffey briefly interrupted her May Day speech at a trade union rally where someone threw an egg at her but missed. \u2014 Elaine Ganley, USA TODAY , 1 May 2022", "Before becoming president, Castillo was a trade union leader and a teacher in a small school in the rural region of Cajamarca demanding better wages and working conditions. \u2014 Stefano Pozzebon And Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN , 6 Apr. 2022", "Went to Columbia University on scholarships from his father\u2019s trade union , the American Legion, the VFW and the Lions Club. \u2014 CNN , 10 Apr. 2022", "Upon hearing the news, British trade union for rail, maritime, and transport workers RMT instructed workers to stay on board. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 17 Mar. 2022", "The city\u2019s largest teachers\u2019 union disbanded in August due to the political climate, followed later by the city\u2019s largest independent trade union . \u2014 Fox News , 30 Dec. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1828, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-194513" }, "track lights":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": lights that are spaced along a bar or rod placed on a ceiling or wall":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-194826" }, "trailing arbutus":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": arbutus sense 2":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1785, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-195423" }, "transcriptionist":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[ "-sh\u0259-n\u0259st", "tran(t)-\u02c8skrip-sh\u0259-nist" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The company provides her with a wealth of support services, including captioning, a live transcriptionist during Zoom calls, and an Otter.ai subscription. \u2014 Steven Aquino, Forbes , 5 May 2022", "Rachel Flores Jacinto, a medical and pathology transcriptionist with The Children\u2019s Hospital of San Antonio, will represent the medical professionals who have served and continue to serve the public during the coronavirus pandemic. \u2014 Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News , 14 Apr. 2022", "His wife, Misty, 46, a medical transcriptionist , died on September 23. \u2014 Colleen Murphy, Health.com , 15 Oct. 2021", "What do sheep shearers, rehab specialists, ventriloquists, medical transcriptionists , face-paint artists and test proctors have in common", "On job sites, search specifically for medical transcriptionist positions or run more of a generic search, like this one. \u2014 Kim Komando, USA TODAY , 24 Oct. 2019", "Jobs include working as an administrative assistant, customer care coordinator, transcriptionist , customer support person or virtual assistant. \u2014 Katie Winterburn, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Sep. 2019", "Nancy from Kingston says, explaining that her career as a medical transcriptionist was destroyed by NAFTA. \u2014 Josh Saul, Newsweek , 5 Dec. 2016", "While on the road, Ms. Brown, an Indiana native, started a new career as a transcriptionist . \u2014 John Hanc, New York Times , 28 Feb. 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1963, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-201225" }, "trans-fatty acid":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an unsaturated fatty acid characterized by a trans arrangement of alkyl chains that is formed especially during the hydrogenation of vegetable oils and has been linked to an increase in blood cholesterol":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tran(t)s-\u02c8fat-\u0113-", "\u02c8tranz-", "\u02c8tran(t)s-\u02c8fa-t\u0113-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1953, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-202858" }, "tragelaphine":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": belonging or related to or typical of the genus Tragelaphus":[ "tragelaphine antelopes", "peculiarities of tragelaphine anatomy" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "-f\u0259\u0307n", "tr\u0259\u02c8jel\u0259\u02ccf\u012bn" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin Tragelaphus + English -ine":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-203133" }, "track record":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a record of past performance often taken as an indicator of likely future performance":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "These stocks have a proven track record .", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Moving beyond the personal success and track record of your coach and finding one with relevant experience to your situation can yield additional benefit. \u2014 Jodie Cook, Forbes , 13 June 2022", "But from the perspective of a well connected, well funded and highly motivated producer with a track record like Seth MacFarlane, business has never been better. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 12 June 2022", "Pfizer has a pediatric track record -- its covid-19 vaccine is the only type the FDA allows for children of any age. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 12 June 2022", "Pfizer has a pediatric track record \u2014 its COVID-19 vaccine is the only type the FDA allows for children of any age. \u2014 Lauran Neergaard, Anchorage Daily News , 10 June 2022", "Pfizer has a pediatric track record -- its COVID-19 vaccine is the only type the FDA allows for children of any age. \u2014 Lauran Neergaard, ajc , 10 June 2022", "The Cleanance cleansing gel is manufactured in France by Avene, a company with an extensive track record for making outstanding skincare products. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022", "Second, women leaders have already established a track record of success in the industry, blazing a trail for the future. \u2014 Igor Dunaevsky, Rolling Stone , 8 June 2022", "For all the time and money health tech companies have poured into developing virtual care for type 2 diabetes, the field doesn\u2019t have much of a track record just yet. \u2014 Katie Palmer, STAT , 8 June 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "track entry 1 (track-and-field sports)":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1952, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-203826" }, "transom":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a transverse piece in a structure : crosspiece : such as":[], ": lintel":[], ": a horizontal crossbar in a window, over a door, or between a door and a window or fanlight above it":[], ": the horizontal bar or member of a cross or gallows":[], ": a window above a door or other window built on and commonly hinged to a transom":[], ": without solicitation or prior arrangement":[ "the manuscript arrived over the transom" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tran-s\u0259m", "\u02c8tran(t)-s\u0259m" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Part of Heesen\u2019s fast cruising series, the vessel sports a low-drag hull design with a reduced transom depth. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 28 June 2022", "Despite the many changes, several period details were preserved, such as the decorative etched-glass transom in the vestibule. \u2014 Kathy Orton, Washington Post , 13 May 2022", "Before the trip, Carman altered the boat by removing two forward bulkheads and trim tabs from the transom of the hull, the indictment states. \u2014 Lisa Rathke, Hartford Courant , 11 May 2022", "The yacht's transom door is unable to close and water is entering the stern, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. \u2014 Adam Sabes, Fox News , 7 May 2022", "Fold-down side doors in the beach club and a drop-down transom create a floating resort vibe with a sea breeze. \u2014 Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report , 7 Mar. 2022", "The Italian builder recently unveiled a new flagship of the series, known as the Gladiator 961 Speed, which features an underwater camera in the transom that can stream live footage directly to TV screens onboard. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 3 May 2022", "Here, large six-over-one transom windows bathe the room with light while exposing beautiful views. \u2014 James Alexander, Hartford Courant , 2 May 2022", "The owner reproduced decorative woodwork from the film onto the transom leading from the kitchen to the dining room. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun , 13 Apr. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English transyn, traunsom , probably alteration of traversayn , from Middle French travessain , from Old French traversain set crosswise, from Vulgar Latin *traversanus , from Latin transversus transverse":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-204721" }, "transmittance":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": transmission":[], ": the fraction of radiant energy that having entered a layer of absorbing matter reaches its farther boundary":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "tran(t)s-\u02c8mi-t\u1d4an(t)s", "-\u02c8mit-\u1d4an(t)s", "tranz-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Although the light transmittance is high, which is close to the experience of ordinary cameras, its UPC appearance is not perfect. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 11 June 2021", "According to him, the light transmittance is close to the experience of regular selfie cameras. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 7 June 2021", "It was based on a transmittance approach (shining light through tissues), incorporating fiber optics and eight wavelengths of light. \u2014 Amy Moran-thomas, Wired , 4 June 2021", "The teaser also says the optical fluid has high light transmittance , ultra-low dispersion, and can resist extreme environments. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 25 Mar. 2021", "Color classification is determined by measuring a syrup's internal transmittance by passing a 560nm wavelength of light through a 10mm sample. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 28 May 2020", "In those first weeks in late March, uncertainty about the virus\u2019s transmittance and the lack of adequate, accessible protective gear exposed medical personnel to unknown risks. \u2014 Yvette Orozco Staff Writer, Houston Chronicle , 2 June 2020", "For a golden syrup, there must be 75 percent or higher transmittance . \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 28 May 2020", "By adjusting the spacing of the holes, the team were able to make wafers with transmittances of between 20% and 50% of incident light. \u2014 The Economist , 12 Dec. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1855, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-204808" }, "trail herd":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a herd of cattle fit for trailing or being trailed especially from the range to a railhead or market":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-205106" }, "travel agent":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a person engaged in selling and arranging transportation, accommodations, tours, or trips for travelers":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Robbie was a travel agent and operated The Sand Lady agency out of Maryville, Tennessee, per the website. \u2014 Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com , 10 May 2022", "Luxury concierge Johnny Vegas is a travel agent for sports stars. \u2014 Maureen O'hare, CNN , 12 Feb. 2022", "Tickets for the Vinpearl Submarine Nha Trang are priced at $60 for adults and $40 for children and can be purchased online, at the Vinpearl ticketing office or via a travel agent . \u2014 Tamara Hardingham-gill, CNN , 3 June 2022", "And this is another case where a travel agent or operator can really help, whether it\u2019s by keeping on top of the restrictions or arranging your PCR test to return to the U.S. \u2014 Kaitlin Menza, Town & Country , 18 May 2022", "When thousands of Americans got stranded overseas as lockdowns quickly closed international borders, those who had a travel agent or an outfitter to lean on had a much easier time getting home than those who didn\u2019t. \u2014 Erin Riley, Outside Online , 21 May 2020", "Those with FCCs should call Crystal or work with your preferred travel agent to discuss options. \u2014 Aaron Saunders, USA TODAY , 22 Jan. 2022", "Brian Chima, a travel agent in Akron, Ohio, said bookings are up 70% from a year ago. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, Anchorage Daily News , 28 Apr. 2022", "Aya Li, a travel agent in Beijing, said ticket prices had also skyrocketed since the start of the pandemic. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Feb. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1885, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-210923" }, "tragic flaw":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a flaw in character that brings about the downfall of the hero of a tragedy":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Driver, such a physically imposing, intense, glowering presence, is inspired casting here: Henry seems unable to express any joy, grace, or awe \u2014 a tragic flaw that inspires a heartbreaking song late in the film. \u2014 Bilge Ebiri, Vulture , 6 July 2021", "Its hero refuses to confront its tragic flaw , which will be its downfall. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Oct. 2020", "At Esquire, editor Kelly Stout reveals the tragic flaw in that thinking. \u2014 Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads , 10 Aug. 2020", "At Esquire, editor Kelly Stout reveals the tragic flaw in that thinking. \u2014 Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads , 10 Aug. 2020", "At Esquire, editor Kelly Stout reveals the tragic flaw in that thinking. \u2014 Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads , 10 Aug. 2020", "At Esquire, editor Kelly Stout reveals the tragic flaw in that thinking. \u2014 Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads , 10 Aug. 2020", "At Esquire, editor Kelly Stout reveals the tragic flaw in that thinking. \u2014 Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads , 10 Aug. 2020", "At Esquire, editor Kelly Stout reveals the tragic flaw in that thinking. \u2014 Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads , 10 Aug. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1913, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-210935" }, "transabdominal":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": passing through or performed by passing through the abdomen or the abdominal wall":[ "transabdominal amniocentesis", "Transabdominal ultrasonography \u2026 may detect only 50% of common bile duct stones \u2026.", "\u2014 Kimberly M. Persley" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cctran(t)s-ab-\u02c8d\u00e4m-\u0259n-\u1d4al", "\u02cctranz-\u0259b-\u02c8d\u00e4m-n\u1d4al", "\u02cctran(t)s-ab-\u02c8d\u00e4-m\u0259-n\u1d4al" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1903, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-211400" }, "trapezist":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a performer on the trapeze":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "also tr\u0259-", "tra-\u02c8p\u0113-zist" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1875, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-211654" }, "transfer factor":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a substance that is produced and secreted by a lymphocyte functioning in cell-mediated immunity and that upon incorporation into a lymphocyte which has not been sensitized confers on it the same immunological specificity as the sensitized cell":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1956, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-213014" }, "track road":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": towpath":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "track entry 4":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-214216" }, "transfers":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to convey from one person, place, or situation to another : move , shift":[], ": to cause to pass from one to another : transmit":[], ": transform , change":[], ": to make over the possession or control of : convey":[], ": to print or otherwise copy from one surface to another by contact":[], ": to change from one vehicle or transportation line to another":[], ": conveyance of right, title, or interest in real or personal property from one person to another":[], ": removal or acquisition of property by mere delivery with intent to transfer title":[], ": an act, process, or instance of transferring : transference sense 2":[], ": the carryover or generalization of learned responses from one type of situation to another":[], ": a place where a transfer is made (as of trains to ferries or as where one form of power is changed to another)":[], ": a ticket entitling a passenger on a public conveyance to continue the trip on another route":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "trans-\u02c8f\u0259r, \u02c8trans-\u02ccf\u0259r", "tran(t)s-\u02c8f\u0259r", "\u02c8tran(t)s-\u02ccf\u0259r", "\u02c8trans-\u02ccf\u0259r", "trans-\u02c8f\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[ "alien", "alienate", "assign", "cede", "convey", "deed", "make over" ], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Verb", "We transferred the baby's car seat to the other car.", "The patient was transferred to a different hospital.", "transfer data on the hard drive to a disk", "He transferred my call to another line.", "The virus is transferred by mosquitoes.", "He transferred control of the company to his son.", "She was able to transfer her organizational skills to her new job.", "Her skills transferred well to her new job.", "Noun", "We switched to another car, and the transfer only took a few minutes.", "They arranged for a transfer of the prisoner to a different prison.", "a material that reduces heat transfer", "speeding up data transfer between computers", "We are doing everything possible to ensure a smooth transfer to the new system.", "a transfer by deed or will", "a transfer to the home office", "My overseas transfer has been approved.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Much of the worldwide success of Japanese companies in manufacturing has been to transfer their homegrown philosophy of unrelenting, steady, incremental improvement to their operations and workforces everywhere. \u2014 Dale Buss, Forbes , 30 June 2022", "Those who transfer to four-year private nonprofit universities lose more than 1 in 4. \u2014 Jon Marcus, NBC News , 29 June 2022", "The service through Ria allowed customers to transfer as much as $2,500. \u2014 Yiwen Lu, Washington Post , 29 June 2022", "Darity said the nation's wealth gap has made is difficult for Black families to maintain financial savings or transfer wealth through generations like many White families have been able to do. \u2014 Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN , 28 June 2022", "The port authority plans to transfer more than $11 million to its infrastructure fund as well, which provides loans for building projects, although the budget doesn\u2019t specify any projects. \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 June 2022", "Once completed, Phillips said that the facility will sort and transfer glass, plastics, food waste and bulk waste dropped off by residents. \u2014 Alison Cross, Hartford Courant , 27 June 2022", "After serving as backup quarterback to future NFL first-round pick Dwayne Haskins as a redshirt freshman, Martell looked to transfer following the resignation of Urban Meyer as Buckeyes head coach. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 25 June 2022", "In April, Puisis signed a grant-in-aid to transfer to the University of South Florida. \u2014 Alex Harrison, The Enquirer , 24 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Martinez was arrested in another district and is awaiting transfer to San Antonio, court records show. \u2014 Arelis R. Hern\u00e1ndez, Nick Miroff, Maria Sacchetti, Anchorage Daily News , 1 July 2022", "In January 2020, Juventus paid a $4.3 million transfer fee to acquire Vrioni. \u2014 Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022", "Those add-ons would take the total transfer fee to $72 million, and will go some way towards helping Everton balance their books in order to avoid Financial Fair Play issues. \u2014 James Nalton, Forbes , 30 June 2022", "No court dates have been set for Martinez, who was arrested Tuesday in Palestine and awaits transfer to the Western District of Texas. \u2014 Camilo Montoya-galvez, Robert Legare, CBS News , 30 June 2022", "Metro encouraged riders to select destination stations on the same line as their origin to avoid crowding at transfer stations. \u2014 Gaya Gupta, Washington Post , 30 June 2022", "Her fund has already financed 60 companies that include Sendwave, a money transfer app; MasterClass, which offers online lessons in several topics; and Daily Harvest, a food delivery service. \u2014 New York Times , 29 June 2022", "Unofficial final results show 60% voting in favor of the transfer tax and almost 40% voting against it. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 29 June 2022", "Walmart, which offers some financial services, acts as an agent for money transfer services such as MoneyGram and Western Union. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 29 June 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English transferren , from Anglo-French transferrer , from Latin transferre , from trans- + ferre to carry \u2014 more at bear":"Verb" }, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb", "1674, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-214258" }, "transmission dynamometer":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a dynamometer in which power is measured without being absorbed or used up during transmission \u2014 compare absorption dynamometer":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-214751" }, "trackman":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a runner on a track team":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02ccman", "\u02c8trak-m\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1922, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-214847" }, "transmittancy":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the capacity for transmission :":[], ": the ratio of the transmittance of a solution of a material to that of an equal thickness of the solvent":[], ": transmittance sense 2":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-si", "-\u1d4ans\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "transmit + -ancy":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215143" }, "travelogue":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a piece of writing about travel":[], ": a talk or lecture on travel usually accompanied by a film or slides":[], ": a narrated motion picture about travel":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02ccl\u00e4g", "\u02c8tra-v\u0259-\u02ccl\u022fg" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Part travelogue , part geopolitical study, this freewheeling book examines the kaleidoscopic histories and cultures of the countries fringing the Adriatic Sea. \u2014 The New Yorker , 13 June 2022", "The travelogue , published by National Geographic, highlights 100 of her favorite destinations. \u2014 Essence , 6 June 2022", "The resulting book, Cross Country: A 3,700-Mile Run to Explore Unseen America, is part travelogue , part photo diary, and, in the age of polished Instagram profiles, refreshing for its honesty. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 7 Aug. 2020", "Engagingly written by Lucie Tournebize with gorgeous photography by Guillaume Dutreix, the 256-page hardcover (published this month by Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollins) is a stylish travelogue in a league of its own. \u2014 Laura Manske, Forbes , 26 May 2022", "For Sebald, the conventions of travelogue are cursory at best, or a frame from which to hang his formidable abundance. \u2014 David Guterson, WSJ , 11 Mar. 2022", "The delicious food-and- travelogue series returns for a second season, that begins with Tucci in Venice. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 May 2022", "Oceanside \u2014 In a speech that was part policy report, part travelogue , San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond listed the merits of North County along with the county government\u2019s improvements to the region. \u2014 Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Apr. 2022", "My most recent book, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation, a hybrid work mixing history, travelogue , creative nonfiction, and personal discovery, is part of this tradition. \u2014 Imani Perry, The Atlantic , 8 Feb. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "travel + -logue":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1892, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215238" }, "trailer trash":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": poor people who live in trailers":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215302" }, "track scale":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a scale fitted with tracks for the weighing of loaded or empty railways cars":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215649" }, "transomed":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": having a transom":[ "\u2014 used of doors or windows" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "-md" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "transom + -ed":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-220602" }, "travel agency":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an agency engaged in selling and arranging transportation, accommodations, tours, and trips for travelers":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Rani Cheema, chief executive of Cheema\u2019s Travel, a culinary travel agency , says the basics are simple. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022", "Art supplies and cloth are provided on a number of tables in a room in Gone Again Travel & Tours, Dyer\u2019s travel agency in the Austin neighborhood. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com , 11 Mar. 2022", "Third Point also dumped all of its stakes in Walt Disney and online travel agency Expedia. \u2014 Jacob Wolinsky, Forbes , 1 June 2022", "In 1999, the online travel agency became an overnight success, going public just over a year after its founding. \u2014 Will Daniel, Fortune , 22 May 2022", "Spending most of her softball career as an amateur, Joyce was compelled to take various jobs to pay the bills \u2014 teaching, refereeing, serving part-time as a community college athletic director and running a travel agency . \u2014 New York Times , 29 Mar. 2022", "Another included a receipt from a travel agency with the group's itinerary. \u2014 Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN , 2 May 2022", "Khan went to a travel agency and found a scene of panic. \u2014 George Packer, The Atlantic , 31 Jan. 2022", "This spring, the algorithmic Yodas at online travel agency CheapAir released a study that analyzed a 2013 database of more than a billion domestic airfares. \u2014 Chris Clayton, Outside Online , 26 June 2014" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1898, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-220839" }, "transferee":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a person to whom a conveyance is made":[], ": a person who is transferred":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cctrans-\u02ccf\u0259r-\u02c8\u0113", "\u02cctran(t)s-(\u02cc)f\u0259r-\u02c8\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "If the property later appreciated in the transferee 's favor, too bad for the creditor as that simply doesn't matter. \u2014 Jay Adkisson, Forbes , 21 Oct. 2021", "That money judgments are awardable under the UVTA, but damages are not, is something that frequently throws courts for a loop when a creditor requests money from the transferee instead of simply avoidance of the transfer. \u2014 Jay Adkisson, Forbes , 30 Oct. 2021", "The problem for the creditor is how to get at that equity, and if the residence has been sold then the creditor is usually left (as here) with a fraudulent transfer action against the transferee . \u2014 Jay Adkisson, Forbes , 21 Oct. 2021", "Allows film and digital media production tax credits to be claimed against the sales and use tax if there is common ownership of at least 50% between the transferor and transferee and at 92% of face value. \u2014 Christopher Keating, courant.com , 22 Apr. 2021", "Supporters of the Guatemala-United States deal point to the large number of transferees who have left Guatemala as evidence that their asylum cases likely had little merit. \u2014 Kirk Semple, New York Times , 17 Mar. 2020", "Chapter members \u2014 active, inactive, on leave, transferees and their guests \u2014 must reserve by Tuesday at (951) 760-0086 or (760) 644-2394. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Aug. 2019", "With women now nearly half of its transferees , many men accompanying them use these career services, says a spokeswoman. \u2014 Joann S. Lublin, WSJ , 8 Mar. 2018", "All agents need to be knowledgeable about how to assist our clients through a relocation transaction, even if the relocation transferee is on the other side of the transaction. \u2014 Michelle Sandlin, Houston Chronicle , 24 Mar. 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1736, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-220930" }, "Trabzon":{ "type":[ "geographical name" ], "definitions":{ "city and port on the Black Sea in northeastern Turkey population 143,941":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "trab-\u02c8z\u00e4n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-221327" }, "transcribes":{ "type":[ "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to make a written copy of":[], ": to make a copy of (dictated or recorded matter) in longhand or on a machine (such as a typewriter)":[], ": to paraphrase or summarize in writing":[], ": write down , record":[], ": to represent (speech sounds) by means of phonetic symbols":[], ": translate sense 1a":[], ": to transfer (data) from one recording form to another":[], ": to record (as on magnetic tape) for later broadcast":[], ": to make a musical transcription of":[], ": to cause (DNA or RNA) to undergo genetic transcription":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "tran(t)-\u02c8skr\u012bb", "tran(t)s-\u02c8kr\u012bb", "tran-\u02c8skr\u012bb" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "He transcribed all of his great-grandfather's letters.", "The senator's speech was transcribed .", "a Mozart string quartet transcribed for piano", "a system that allows linguists to transcribe the sounds of any language", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Windows has been able to display captions for videos that include them, but with Windows 11 Live Captions, currently in preview, the feature will transcribe any audio coming through the PC into captions. \u2014 Michael Muchmore, PCMAG , 7 June 2022", "Then Google\u2019s artificial intelligence will transcribe the meeting, crediting comments to individual users or as an aggregate for those participating from a conference room. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022", "Also new are more natural voices for text-to-speech and systemwide Live Captions to transcribe any audio on the system. \u2014 Michael Muchmore, PCMAG , 7 June 2022", "More recent crowdsourcing projects include soliciting volunteers to transcribe the papers of Clara Barton and Walt Whitman. \u2014 Maris Kreizman, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 May 2022", "Later this year, the company\u2019s video calling service, Google Meet, will be able to automatically transcribe meetings for select users. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022", "The report detailed how the Ukrainian army used the A.I. services of the company Primer to listen in and transcribe the conversations of Russian soldiers who were communicating via unencrypted channels. \u2014 Jonathan Vanian, Fortune , 26 Apr. 2022", "Spot Meetings: Spot will transcribe conversations, take notes, and highlight follow-ups from phone meetings conducted away from your desk. \u2014 Heather Landy, Quartz , 5 Apr. 2022", "Instead of simply directly assaying the contents of your nose swab, the first step with RT PCR tests is to transcribe any viral RNA in the sample into DNA (the RT steps) and then amplify that result for detection (the PCR bits). \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 14 Feb. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin transcribere , from trans- + scribere to write \u2014 more at scribe":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-221847" }, "trackball":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a ball that is mounted usually in a computer console so as to be only partially exposed and that is rotated to control the movement of a cursor on a display":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8trak-\u02ccb\u022fl" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "While that might have been the result of stiff competition from flashier new cabinets like Street Fighter II, Atari blamed the performance on the game's trackball controls. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 26 May 2022", "For comparison, the MX Vertical is at the same angle, and Logitech's trackball mouse, the MX Ergo, is at a 20-degree angle. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 19 Apr. 2022", "The Deck's version of trackpads includes the same mix of high sensitivity, mild haptic feedback, and trackball emulation, which allows a thumb to carefully nudge a mouse pointer or rapidly spin the viewport in a first-person shooter. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 25 Feb. 2022", "The keyboard and trackball were part of a larger control system for a nuclear missile silo command center. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 3 Dec. 2021", "Showing them Centipede or Missile Command and how to use the trackball to play, soon piqued their interest. \u2014 Andy Robertson, Forbes , 25 June 2021", "That aside, there will be additional pads sold separately with trackball and other input options. \u2014 Ollie Barder, Forbes , 7 June 2021", "Integrated into Legends Ultimate is two sets of joysticks and six action buttons, two spinners/paddles, a trackball and customizable button mapping. \u2014 Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY , 22 May 2021", "In addition to traditional mice, Logitech also offers mice featuring a trackball , which is a spinning ball controlled by your thumb that acts as the mouse cursor. \u2014 Kevin Luna, chicagotribune.com , 14 Apr. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1967, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-221859" }, "trackshifter":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an appliance used in shifting a railway track laterally":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-221929" }, "trailership":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a ship designed to carry trucks, trailers , and automobiles":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-l\u0259(r)\u02ccship" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-222306" }, "trade waste":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an industrial waste":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-222402" }, "trail angle":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the angle between the trail sight and a vertical line from an airplane drawn at the instant of impact of a bomb dropped from the airplane":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-222514" }, "train of rolls":{ "type":[], "definitions":{ ": roll train":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-223101" }, "train set":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a toy train with its tracks, buildings, etc.":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-223305" }, "transmigrate":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to cause to go from one state of existence or place to another":[], ": to pass at death from one body or being to another":[], ": migrate":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02cc)tranz-\u02c8m\u012b-", "(\u02cc)tran(t)s-\u02c8m\u012b-\u02ccgr\u0101t", "\u02c8tranz-\u02ccm\u012b-", "\u02c8tran(t)s-\u02ccm\u012b-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Contreras and others from the transmigrating bus huddled together on the second floor of one of the shelter buildings. \u2014 Khushbu Shah And Emanuella Grinberg, CNN , 11 Apr. 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin transmigratus , past participle of transmigrare to migrate to another place, from trans- + migrare to migrate":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1559, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-223347" }, "traversal":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the act or an instance of traversing":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "tr\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259r-s\u0259l", "or \u02c8tra-\u02ccv\u0259r-", "also tra-\u02c8v\u0259r-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The game seems to have the right idea about how to do Sonic traversal in a big 3D space. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 14 June 2022", "That wrong warp can save a lot of tedious traversal and avoid many threats at the same time. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 11 Apr. 2022", "Brig will also travel much further with Shield Bash \u2014 10 meters \u2014 so that opens up some intriguing traversal options for her. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022", "The low rung garners four points, the medium six, the high bar 10, and the uppermost, known as the traversal , a solid 15. \u2014 Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic , 20 Apr. 2022", "But getting to the traversal , the highest bar, is proving more difficult. \u2014 Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic , 20 Apr. 2022", "As such, the PS5's ray-tracing cores may not be designed to efficiently handle the traversal as described in this patent. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 28 Feb. 2022", "But the Joro won\u2018t just resort to its traditional means of traversal to colonize new terrain. \u2014 Ben Turner, Scientific American , 7 Mar. 2022", "Simone Dinnerstein curates a Bach series for Miller Theatre that includes her own traversal of the Goldberg Variations (March 31). \u2014 Oussama Zahr, The New Yorker , 4 Mar. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1841, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-223508" }, "trade book":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a book intended for general readership":[], ": trade edition":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "These include decreases from .75 cents to $2.70 in the cost of sixth-through-eighth-grade Language Arts trade books and a .50 increase in kindergarten periodical subscriptions. \u2014 Jacky Wong, WSJ , 21 Jan. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1870, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-223516" }, "tragical":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": regrettably serious or unpleasant : deplorable , lamentable":[ "a tragic mistake" ], ": marked by a sense of tragedy":[], ": of, marked by, or expressive of tragedy":[ "the tragic significance of the atomic bomb", "\u2014 H. S. Truman" ], ": dealing with or treated in tragedy":[ "the tragic hero" ], ": appropriate to or typical of tragedy":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tra-jik" ], "synonyms":[ "deplorable", "distressful", "distressing", "grievous", "heartbreaking", "heartrending", "lamentable", "regrettable", "unfortunate", "unlucky", "woeful" ], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Their deaths were tragic and untimely.", "They both died in a tragic car accident.", "Romeo and Juliet's tragic love affair.", "We saw a tragic play about a man with AIDS.", "the tragic characters of her novel", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Their decisions, too, led to violence and tragic death. \u2014 Lindsay Kornick, Fox News , 24 June 2022", "Maine State Police on Thursday continued to investigate the tragic death of a South Portland activist who was killed last weekend in a hit-and-run crash in Acadia National Park. \u2014 Deanna Pan, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022", "District 11 Senator Randolph Bracy plans to meet with Fried 9:15 a.m. to discuss ICON Park\u2019s attractions following the tragic death of 14-year-old Tyre Sampson, whom died after falling off of the park\u2019s Orlando FreeFall ride in March. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel , 22 June 2022", "Bell narrates the part of Anna, her younger sister who dreams of seeing the world outside their castle walls following the tragic death of their parents. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 21 June 2022", "Ethan\u2019s senseless and tragic death touched many in the Akron community, including the city\u2019s mayor, Dan Horrigan. \u2014 Olivia Mitchell, cleveland , 11 June 2022", "But as the tragic death of George Floyd and so many others showed corporate America, the constant deluge of horrifying racist attacks in our country can be an enormous, emotional distraction for every worker. \u2014 Jonathan Vanian, Fortune , 3 June 2022", "In 1986\u2019s Top Gun, directed by the immortal Tony Scott, there was macho rivalry, tragic death, and the actual Soviet Union. \u2014 Taylor Antrim, Vogue , 27 May 2022", "In December 2019, the tragic death of a patient during the second phase of clinical trials brought the development of inarigivir to a grinding halt. \u2014 Jim Corbett, Forbes , 26 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Latin tragicus , from Greek tragikos , irregular from trag\u014didia tragedy":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-224807" }, "track instrument":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a treadle device on a railroad track depressed by a passing train to operate an alarm (as near a crossing)":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-225857" }, "transmigrant":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[ "-nz\u02c8m-", "tran(t)\u02c8sm\u012bgr\u0259nt", "traan-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin transmigrant-, transmigrans , present participle of transmigrare":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-230202" }, "transit duty":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a tax imposed on goods passing through a country":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-230740" }, "trade practice":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a method of competition, operating policy (as the use of standards of size, shape, and quality of materials), or business procedure common to members of a line of business or industry that may be formally adopted sometimes as a rule under government auspices":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-231439" }, "training college":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": teachers college":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "On July 20, 1968, Page was in the audience when Plant performed at a teachers\u2019 training college in Walsall with a group of little distinction called Obs-Tweedle. \u2014 James Wood, The New Yorker , 24 Jan. 2022", "Last month, bandits raided a military training college in Kaduna state north of the capital, killing two soldiers, grabbing more weaponry and kidnapping a ranking military officer, a major at the country\u2019s national defense academy. \u2014 Drew Hinshaw, WSJ , 17 Oct. 2021", "She had recently been married and had graduated from a teacher training college . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 Mar. 2021", "Just before midnight on March 11 gunmen barged into a school around 300 yards from a military training college in Kaduna state and seized dozens of students from their dormitories. \u2014 Joe Parkinson, WSJ , 23 Mar. 2021", "Before filing his paperwork to run for president in the fall of 2017, Mr. Yang ran the nonprofit organization Venture for America, whose mission involved training college graduates in entrepreneurship. \u2014 Matt Stevens, New York Times , 5 Mar. 2020", "After school, Moi opted to go to a teacher training college . \u2014 Gabrielle Lynch, Quartz Africa , 3 Feb. 2020", "Students from a rural teacher- training college were trying to secure buses for a trip to Mexico City. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Sep. 2019", "It was made for Osborne House, a training college for naval officers on the Isle of Wight. \u2014 Casey Quackenbush, Time , 5 July 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1839, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-231818" }, "travel time":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a usually specified period of time spent in traveling at work or from the entrance of a business establishment to the place where work is actually done (as in portal-to-portal travel or deadheading) for which compensation may be demanded or paid":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-232238" }, "transcribing machine":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a business machine designed to play back electrically recorded dictation (as on a wax cylinder, plastic belt, disc, wire, or tape) for transcription":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "transcribing , present participle of transcribe":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-232333" }, "trade up":{ "type":[ "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to trade something in (something, such as an automobile) for something more expensive or valuable of its kind":[], ": to stock or purchase higher-priced items":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1905, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-233024" }, "traumat-":{ "type":[ "combining form" ], "definitions":{ ": wound : trauma":[ "traumat ism" ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Late Latin, from Greek, from traumat-, trauma":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-234953" }, "transition fit":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a mechanical fit in which a clearance or interference fit may be obtained within the specified tolerance":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-235156" }, "transistor radio":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a small radio that has transistors":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-235233" }, "transilience":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[ "tran\u02c8sil\u0113\u0259n(t)s", "-ly\u0259n-", "traan-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "from transilient , after such pairs as English resilient : resilience":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-235453" }, "transmissometer":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an instrument for measuring the transmission of light through a fluid (such as the atmosphere)":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cctran(t)s-(\u02cc)mi-\u02c8s\u00e4-m\u0259-t\u0259r", "\u02cctranz-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1931, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-235512" }, "transference number":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the fraction of the total current carried either by the anion or the cation in electrolysis":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-235913" }, "track map":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a map showing existing physical plant including tracks, bridges, water service and mains, leases, station facilities, and all other physical property of a railway line":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-000430" }, "transcriptive":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[ "-ptiv", "-t\u0113v also -t\u0259v" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin transcript us (past participle of transcribere to transcribe) + English -ive":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-001532" }, "transfer payment":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a public expenditure made for a purpose (such as unemployment compensation) other than procuring goods or services":[ "\u2014 usually used in plural" ], ": money (such as welfare payments) that is received by individuals and that is neither compensation for goods or services currently supplied nor income from investments":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "But scammers are skilled at persuading job seekers to move their conversations to phone calls, conduct interviews over Skype or transfer payments using peer-to-peer cash transfer apps instead of Upwork's payment processing system. \u2014 NBC News , 20 Mar. 2020", "In fact, whether or not other OECD nations count their public health services as a transfer payment would have only a small impact on their income distributions since the benefits are supposedly distributed equally to everyone. \u2014 WSJ , 28 Aug. 2018", "The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the incomes of the top 1 percent of Americans more than tripled from 1979 to 2016, before taxes and government transfer payments are taken into account. \u2014 Jim Tankersley, New York Times , 5 Dec. 2019", "For example, some income that people receive is in the form of wages and salaries, and some is in the form of government transfer payments . \u2014 Joshua R. Hendrickson, National Review , 20 Nov. 2019", "After the price hikes had taken effect, the cash- transfer payments which go to the poorest 20% of the population were increased; but by then the damage had been done. \u2014 The Economist , 17 Oct. 2019", "Low-income Americans paid roughly 25%, the authors say, although this excludes transfer payments made to the very poorest households: a misleading omission, some critics reckon. \u2014 The Economist , 24 Oct. 2019", "One point of contention is how transfer payments \u2014for example earned income tax credit or Social Security payments\u2014are calculated. \u2014 Allison Schrager, Quartz , 12 Oct. 2019", "The bottom quintile earned 2.2% of all earned income in 2013, but after adjusting for taxes and transfer payments , its share of spendable income rose to 12.9%\u2014six times its proportion of earnings. \u2014 Phil Gramm And, WSJ , 24 June 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1945, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-002724" }, "trample":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to inflict injury or destruction especially contemptuously or ruthlessly":[ "\u2014 usually used with on, over , or upon trampling on the rights of others" ], ": to crush, injure, or destroy by or as if by treading":[ "trampled the flowers" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tram-p\u0259l" ], "synonyms":[ "champ", "stamp", "stomp", "tramp", "tromp" ], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "The workmen trampled on my flower bed.", "Her glasses were trampled underfoot by the crowd.", "Many people were trampled to death trying to escape the burning building.", "They are trampling on our rights.", "They are trampling our rights.", "Their most cherished traditions have been trampled .", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Cicilline was responding to an amendment offered by Republican Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida, who said that red-flag gun laws would trample on due-process and Second Amendment rights. \u2014 Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022", "In the final episode, another hole, arising from Luke\u2019s obsessive digging, welcomes a horde of buffalo which appear to trample him on their way out and across the plains. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 5 May 2022", "Step by step, the Edmontosaurus catches up with the rest of the herd and wiggles his way back into the crush of dinosaurian bodies as the duckbills trample their way through the woodland. \u2014 Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 Apr. 2022", "Blackburn suggested Jackson would trample parental rights. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Mar. 2022", "If any of them would whine or cry or bark the moose would trample them. \u2014 Blair Braverman, Outside Online , 7 Mar. 2022", "One of best creations at BLK Dot is borderline sacrilegious in its rejection of purism: a VTM layered with grassy high-grade Uji matcha, two distinct and pleasantly bitter tones that complement rather than trample each other. \u2014 Garrett Snyder, Los Angeles Times , 9 Jan. 2022", "That someone would be Vice-President Murillo, and though she is never seen or even named in the novel, Ram\u00edrez avails himself of the opportunity to trample merrily all over her shadow. \u2014 Alma Guillermoprieto, The New York Review of Books , 22 July 2021", "Several months later, the City Council postponed collection of the tax amid concerns that enforcing it could trample the will of voters. \u2014 Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle , 30 Dec. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, frequentative of trampen to tramp":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-004450" }, "tracker action":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a completely mechanical action in a pipe organ":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "tracker entry 1":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-005040" }, "trace fossil":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a fossil (as of a dinosaur footprint) that shows the activity of an animal or plant but is not formed from the organism itself":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "In other words, the scientists had discovered the rarest of the rare: trace fossils within a trace fossil . \u2014 Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica , 6 June 2022", "In the same year, the Austrian paleontologist Theodor Fuchs, an authority on trace fossils , independently arrived at the same conclusion. \u2014 Hans-dieter Sues, Smithsonian , 26 Nov. 2019", "These particular trace fossils consist of up to 12 parallel scratches, and had been thought to be connected to a trilobite but the evidence was never strong enough, Geggel reports. \u2014 Lauren Young, Smithsonian , 8 Feb. 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1956, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-010514" }, "track brake":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a brake (as on a streetcar) that presses the track instead of the wheels":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-013826" }, "tradevman":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a petty officer in the U.S. Navy who installs, operates, maintains, and repairs training devices used especially in gunnery, aviation, and electronics instruction":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "tr\u0259\u02c8devm\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "tra ining dev ices man":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-014003" }, "trapezius":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a large flat triangular superficial muscle of each side of the upper back":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "tr\u0259-\u02c8p\u0113-z\u0113-\u0259s", "tr\u0259-\u02c8p\u0113-z\u0113-\u0259s, tra-", "tra-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "McAvoy\u2019s disturbing body contortions were the result of his work with Lygdback, who similarly helped Skarsg\u00e5rd learn to shape his body so that his trapezius muscles were bulging and defined. \u2014 Zack Sharf, Variety , 22 Apr. 2022", "The exercise primarily targets back muscles such as the rhomboids and trapezius and posterior deltoids. \u2014 Ben Walker, Outside Online , 28 Aug. 2020", "The trapezius muscle stabilizes, elevates, depresses, retracts and rotates the scapula (shoulder blade). \u2014 Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF , 26 Jan. 2022", "The muscles that support the shoulders, including the rhomboids, trapezius , and deltoids, are a lot smaller than the quads and hamstrings, the big muscles that stabilize the knee joint. \u2014 Jen Murphy, WSJ , 15 Jan. 2022", "Why Face pulls are a great exercise for working the rear delts, trapezius and upper back muscles, ones which are often neglected and all of which play a pivotal role in good posture and an efficient running technique. \u2014 Ben Walker, Outside Online , 28 Aug. 2020", "Collectively known as the posterior chain, this group of muscles runs from the bottom of the skull to the heels and includes the hamstrings, calves, lats, trapezius and glutes. \u2014 Jen Murphy, WSJ , 11 Dec. 2021", "This drill works core stability while engaging the upper trapezius and neck muscles, and lengthening the spine. \u2014 Jen Murphy, WSJ , 10 July 2021", "Lynn, sidelined since April 17 because of a right trapezius strain, allowed four hits and struck out a season-low two. \u2014 Sarah Trotto, Star Tribune , 1 May 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from trapezium ; from the pair on the back forming together the figure of a trapezium":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1704, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-014656" }, "transitman":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": one who uses the surveyor's or engineer's transit":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "transit entry 1 + man":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-020006" }, "traulism":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": stammering , stuttering":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-rau\u0307\u02ccl-", "\u02c8tr\u022f\u02ccliz\u0259m" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Greek traulismos , from traulizein to mispronounce, lisp, stammer, from traulos , adjective, mispronouncing letters, lisping, stammering + -izein -ize":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-020652" }, "transilient":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[ "-nt" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin transilient-, transiliens , present participle of transilire to leap across, from trans- + -silire (from salire to leap)":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021921" }, "trailers":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": a nonautomotive vehicle designed to be hauled by road: such as":[], ": a vehicle designed to serve wherever parked as a temporary dwelling or place of business":[], ": mobile home":[], ": a selected group of scenes that are shown to advertise a movie : preview sense 3":[ "a theatrical trailer" ], ": a short blank strip of film attached to the end of a reel":[], ": one that trails":[], ": a trailing plant":[], ": to live or travel in or with a trailer":[], ": to be transportable by trailer":[ "a light boat that trailers easily" ], ": to transport (something, such as a boat) by means of a trailer":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101-l\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[ "camper", "caravan", "motor home", "recreational vehicle", "RV" ], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Noun", "We helped them load the furniture onto the trailer .", "the band packed their equipment back into their trailer and headed off to their next gig", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Jay McGeary, a freight hauler who lives in town, was leaving for D.C. that morning in his Dodge pickup, pulling a trailer load of steel to a construction site near the White House. \u2014 Paul Duggan, Washington Post , 1 July 2022", "This week, authorities confirmed that V\u00e1squez Guzm\u00e1n was one of the survivors from the trailer and was hospitalized in San Antonio. \u2014 Christopher Sherman, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022", "News of the trailer full of bodies struck horror in cities and villages accustomed to watching their young people leave, trying to flee poverty or violence in Central America and Mexico. \u2014 CBS News , 30 June 2022", "The trailer shows all the shenanigans the exes go through to try to stop the ceremony from happening, all while slowly growing closer together. \u2014 Morayo Ogunbayo, ajc , 30 June 2022", "San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood told reporters that the individuals found inside the trailer had no access to water. \u2014 Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone , 30 June 2022", "Authorities said Hinton struck the rear of a utility trailer that was being pulled by a truck. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 29 June 2022", "Two men detained following Monday's discovery of dozens of dead migrants in the trailer of a big rig in San Antonio have been charged with possessing a weapon while in the United States illegally. \u2014 Dennis Romero, NBC News , 29 June 2022", "Indeed, the trailer (watch, below) sees the exes attempting to trick their daughter into dumping her new fianc\u00e9, including stealing the wedding rings to spark a fight. \u2014 Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Those who own 2021 Escalades with Super Cruise and an active Super Cruise plan can get the automatic lane change software update, plus a new trailering capability so owners can trailer their boat, camper and more while driving hands-free. \u2014 Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press , 15 Mar. 2022", "Anglers will trailer their catches roughly 60 miles to daily weigh-ins set for Dickies Arena in Fort Worth. \u2014 Matt Williams, Dallas News , 6 June 2020", "The holder also has comfortable knob disconnects for trailering boats to and from the water. \u2014 : Bob Mcnally, Field & Stream , 7 May 2020", "On the day of departure, Andy picked Joe and me up at 3 a.m. in his mom\u2019s minivan, trailering a camper with a bumper sticker that read: LIFESTYLES OF THE POOR AND UNKNOWN. \u2014 The Editors, Field & Stream , 24 Feb. 2020", "Most important to Sierra HD owners is trailering capability, and GMC answers their needs with the available ProGrade Trailering System. \u2014 Tim Spell, Houston Chronicle , 10 Jan. 2020", "That is not true of trailers and trailered boats that may have internal ballast tanks. \u2014 Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post , 2 Dec. 2019", "This means that after trailering boats, and before getting on the road, boaters must pull plugs, drain water and remove plants and debris. \u2014 Maryann Struman, Detroit Free Press , 27 Aug. 2019", "Ted\u2019 Smith trailered his 1947 Cushman Scooter for showing in the Antique Motorcycle category. \u2014 Denise Coffey, courant.com , 19 Aug. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1590, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Noun", "1938, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-022334" }, "trackpot":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": teapot":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "track entry 4 + pot":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-022543" }, "trade board":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": one of the former British official boards consisting of representatives from the employers and workers of an industry and neutral appointed members and charged with setting minimum wages for the industry":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-023721" }, "track lighting":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": adjustable lamps mounted along an electrified metal track":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "We installed some track lighting in the kitchen.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "These stores for living are designed from the outside in as lackluster simulacra of Italian palazzos, with some Beaux-Arts doodadery thrown in along with the track lighting and requisite retail footprint. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022", "From ornamental pendants to unobtrusive track lighting , the options for kitchen light fixtures are endless. \u2014 Alicia Mies, Good Housekeeping , 31 May 2022", "Former University of Arizona rugby player Ryan Matyas owns and operates Oceanstone Architectural Lighting, a company that installs track lighting . \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 May 2022", "The previous owners, an American couple, had updated the original warren of rooms with track lighting and attempts at modern Moroccan detail. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Sep. 2021", "Cini recently helped a family in Florida transform their garage into a gaming room by adding LCD screens, track lighting , rugs and a row of gaming chairs spaced safely apart. \u2014 Melissa Rayworth, Star Tribune , 10 Mar. 2021", "Cini recently helped a family in Florida transform their garage into a gaming room by adding LCD screens, track lighting , rugs and a row of gaming chairs spaced safely apart. \u2014 Melissa Rayworth, chicagotribune.com , 10 Mar. 2021", "The original ceiling around the dome was painted black at some point, and harsh track lighting was installed. \u2014 Emma Alpern, Curbed , 26 Oct. 2019", "The kitchen and two bathrooms were renovated and a lighting consultant placed the track lighting . \u2014 Dallas News , 29 Nov. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1972, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-024825" }, "trapshooter":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a person who engages in trapshooting":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8trap-\u02ccsh\u00fc-t\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Nor would a trapshooter toe the line with eye and ear protection tucked in their vest. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 3 Sep. 2020", "The field included the best American trapshooters in the discipline of Olympic (also called bunker and International) trap. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 3 Mar. 2020", "Last year\u2019s inductees were Olympic medal-winning trapshooter Corey Cogdell, Major League Baseball pitcher Chad Bentz, the Alaska Run for Women and Kodiak\u2019s 2001 state basketball championship team. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 20 Nov. 2019", "Gene was a gunsmith, a lifetime member of the NRA, and a champion trapshooter . \u2014 orlandosentinel.com , 27 Oct. 2019", "In all, 463 trapshooters took part, making it likely the largest prep conference tourney in our region and perhaps the state. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 8 June 2019", "Bernau eventually earned a reputation as one of the top female trapshooters in the region, and beyond. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 16 June 2018", "When a trapshooter hits his mark, everyone watching knows it. \u2014 Beth Bragg, Alaska Dispatch News , 26 Oct. 2017", "Such bunkers are rare in the United States, said Curtis Lynn, an Anchorage trapshooter whose daughter, Abbigail, is teammates with Davey on the Birchwood Bears youth team. \u2014 Beth Bragg, Alaska Dispatch News , 26 Oct. 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1875, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-024922" }, "transverseness":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the quality or state of being transverse":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-025416" }, "transactional analysis":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a system of psychotherapy involving analysis of individual episodes of social interaction for insight that will aid communication":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02ccak-shn\u0259l-, -sh\u0259n-\u1d4al-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1961, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-025759" }, "transact":{ "type":[ "intransitive verb", "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to carry to completion":[ "transact a sale" ], ": to carry on the operation or management of : do":[ "transact business" ], ": to carry on business":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "tran(t)-\u02c8sakt", "tran-\u02c8zakt", "tran-\u02c8zakt, -\u02c8sact" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "We had some important business to transact with our distributors.", "transact a real estate deal", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Partly this is by design, as PayPal lets users who rarely transact churn off, arguing that spending to keep them isn\u2019t a high-return investment. \u2014 Telis Demos, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022", "Headless commerce also allows online sellers to connect their front-end website to third-party sellers or enable customers to transact on their products via third-party sites. \u2014 Jim Stirewalt, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022", "In order to transact on OpenSea, users must purchase the cryptocurrency ether on a crypto exchange like Coinbase and set up a crypto wallet like MetaMask to connect to the platform. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 14 Oct. 2021", "So, if all Bitcoin held at exchanges amounts to a certain pool of Bitcoin and traders only transact a small percentage (top layer) of the total pool, the exchanges can lend the dormant (reserve) Bitcoin to unsuspecting buyers. \u2014 Rufas Kamau, Forbes , 14 May 2022", "Because that is essentially what banks do now, transact and settle (electronically) using reserve accounts held at the Fed, there aren\u2019t very many new and interesting wholesale CBDC policy issues. \u2014 Norbert Michel, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022", "The criminal industry\u2019s growth has been abetted by cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin, which allow hackers to transact with victims anonymously, though experts see virtual currency exchanges as a weak point for ransomware gangs. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Dec. 2021", "Bitcoin eliminates the need for a commercial bank to safely store your value and transact globally. \u2014 Rufas Kamau, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022", "Project Dunbar, as it is called, will use CBDCs to create platforms for financial institutions to transact directly with each other using digital currencies issued by the central banks. \u2014 Alexander Onukwue, Quartz , 28 Oct. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin transactus , past participle of transigere to drive through, complete, transact, from trans- + agere to drive, do \u2014 more at agent":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1585, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-030224" }, "transilluminate":{ "type":[ "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cctran(t)s-\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fc-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t", "\u02cctran(t)s-\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fc-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t, \u02cctranz-", "\u02cctranz-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1890, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-031200" }, "trans man":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a transgender man : a man who was identified as female at birth":[ "\u2026 a rebalancing is under way because now, at last, trans men are getting some visibility in the media.", "\u2014 Charlie Kiss", "Despite a court ruling that overturned President Trump's ban on trans troops, one trans man has told BuzzFeed News that he was turned away multiple times by the Air Force Reserves because of his trans status.", "\u2014 Meka Beresford" ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1996, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-032517" }, "track boat":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a boat towed from the shore":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-032553" }, "transcranial magnetic stimulation":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a noninvasive technique for stimulating brain neurons that uses an insulated electromagnetic coil placed superficially on the skull to produce magnetic fields which penetrate cranial tissue and generate electric currents in specific areas of the brain":[ "\u2014 abbreviation TMS", "Transcranial magnetic stimulation , which has been cleared by the Food and Drug Administration for depression, targets neurons in areas of the brain involved in mood by placing a magnetic coil on the head.", "\u2014 Sarah Baldauf", "Now a small but growing number of researchers see hope in a tool called transcranial magnetic stimulation , which lets scientists spark activity in specific areas of the brain and watch what happens to patients' behavior.", "\u2014 Carolyn Y. Johnson" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cctranz-", "\u02cctran(t)s-\u02c8kr\u0101-n\u0113-\u0259l-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Other research subjects are receiving transcranial magnetic stimulation , in which current is delivered through a device held to the outside of the head. \u2014 Caleb Hellerman, CNN , 15 Feb. 2022", "Using either high- or low-frequency energy waves, the technique can reach brain structures much deeper than those accessible by transcranial magnetic stimulation . \u2014 Caleb Hellerman, CNN , 15 Feb. 2022", "And in 2020, the Food and Drug Administration approved a transcranial magnetic stimulation device to help patients quit smoking, a milestone for substance use disorders. \u2014 Isabella Cueto, STAT , 14 Jan. 2022", "More recently, studies have started to focus on writing brain waves to directly insert information to the brain through, for example, transcranial magnetic stimulation . \u2014 Rashed Haq, Wired , 20 Jan. 2022", "Another study led by VA researchers looked at transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), a noninvasive procedure that uses magnets to stimulate the brain, which has been shown to help treatment-resistant depression. \u2014 Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 Sep. 2021", "Several noninvasive techniques, like transcranial magnetic stimulation , can stimulate people\u2019s brain activity and are being tested as treatments for a range of psychiatric disorders. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2021", "The lack of buy-in isn\u2019t surprising to George, who saw a similar roadblock as a developer of a different form of noninvasive brain stimulation: transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of persistent depression. \u2014 Katie Palmer, STAT , 24 Apr. 2021", "Kim said that Ryan wound up continuing transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment at Insight Choices. \u2014 Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1988, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-032810" }, "trade deficit":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a situation in which a country buys more from other countries than it sells to other countries : the amount of money by which a country's imports are greater than its exports":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-034330" }, "trade insults":{ "type":[ "idiom" ], "definitions":{ ": to insult one another":[ "I got tired of listening to them trade insults ." ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-034843" }, "track gage":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a tool by which the gage of a track (as of a railroad) is determined":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-035107" }, "transcribing":{ "type":[ "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to make a written copy of":[], ": to make a copy of (dictated or recorded matter) in longhand or on a machine (such as a typewriter)":[], ": to paraphrase or summarize in writing":[], ": write down , record":[], ": to represent (speech sounds) by means of phonetic symbols":[], ": translate sense 1a":[], ": to transfer (data) from one recording form to another":[], ": to record (as on magnetic tape) for later broadcast":[], ": to make a musical transcription of":[], ": to cause (DNA or RNA) to undergo genetic transcription":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "tran(t)-\u02c8skr\u012bb", "tran(t)s-\u02c8kr\u012bb", "tran-\u02c8skr\u012bb" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "He transcribed all of his great-grandfather's letters.", "The senator's speech was transcribed .", "a Mozart string quartet transcribed for piano", "a system that allows linguists to transcribe the sounds of any language", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Windows has been able to display captions for videos that include them, but with Windows 11 Live Captions, currently in preview, the feature will transcribe any audio coming through the PC into captions. \u2014 Michael Muchmore, PCMAG , 7 June 2022", "Then Google\u2019s artificial intelligence will transcribe the meeting, crediting comments to individual users or as an aggregate for those participating from a conference room. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022", "Also new are more natural voices for text-to-speech and systemwide Live Captions to transcribe any audio on the system. \u2014 Michael Muchmore, PCMAG , 7 June 2022", "More recent crowdsourcing projects include soliciting volunteers to transcribe the papers of Clara Barton and Walt Whitman. \u2014 Maris Kreizman, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 May 2022", "Later this year, the company\u2019s video calling service, Google Meet, will be able to automatically transcribe meetings for select users. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022", "The report detailed how the Ukrainian army used the A.I. services of the company Primer to listen in and transcribe the conversations of Russian soldiers who were communicating via unencrypted channels. \u2014 Jonathan Vanian, Fortune , 26 Apr. 2022", "Spot Meetings: Spot will transcribe conversations, take notes, and highlight follow-ups from phone meetings conducted away from your desk. \u2014 Heather Landy, Quartz , 5 Apr. 2022", "Instead of simply directly assaying the contents of your nose swab, the first step with RT PCR tests is to transcribe any viral RNA in the sample into DNA (the RT steps) and then amplify that result for detection (the PCR bits). \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 14 Feb. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin transcribere , from trans- + scribere to write \u2014 more at scribe":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-035150" }, "track shoe":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the shoe of a track brake":[], ": a heelless leather shoe having steel spikes on the sole to give traction to a runner":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-040615" }, "trailhead":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the point at which a trail begins":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101l-\u02cched" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "The hikers met at the trailhead at 8 a.m.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "According to Phoenix police, on June 10 officers responded to a call that a woman was found dead near the 40th Street trailhead about 10:30 a.m. \u2014 Jodicee Arianna, The Arizona Republic , 29 June 2022", "The trailhead is even accessed from same Glen Alps parking lot that most hikers use going up the front side of Flattop. \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022", "Access to the trailhead and parking requires a permit from May 1 to September 30. \u2014 Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure , 13 June 2022", "The township is also hoping in the future the park serves as a trailhead link to the Cleveland Metroparks. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 10 June 2022", "Google Maps showed that his phone was still at the trailhead parking lot in Pleasanton. \u2014 Sarah Trent, Outside Online , 27 May 2022", "Passes can be purchased at some trailhead parking lots, online at discoverpass.wa.gov, or at local retailers. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 May 2022", "Start at the Avalanche Lake trailhead and end your ride at Logan Pass Visitor Center, the point between the west and east side of the park. \u2014 Ashley Dunne, Sunset Magazine , 1 June 2022", "Stroll along an elevated boardwalk above a spruce-tamarack bog at Lake Bemidji State Park, which is also the northern trailhead for the 115-mile-long multiuse Paul Bunyan State Trail. \u2014 Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 June 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1948, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-041120" }, "trabuco":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": blunderbuss":[], ": a strong Spanish cigar":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "tr\u0259\u02c8b\u00fc(\u02cc)k\u014d" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Spanish, from Catalan trabuc catapult, blunderbuss, from tra- across, through (from Latin trans- ) + buc belly, bulk, hull, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English b\u016bc belly":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-041723" }, "trails":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to hang down so as to drag along or sweep the ground":[], ": to extend over a surface in a loose or straggling manner":[ "a vine that trails over the ground" ], ": to grow to such length as to droop over toward the ground":[ "trailing branches of a weeping birch" ], ": to walk or proceed draggingly, heavily, or wearily : plod , trudge":[], ": to lag behind : do poorly in relation to others":[], ": to move, flow, or extend slowly in thin streams":[ "smoke trailing from chimneys" ], ": to extend in an erratic or uneven course or line : straggle":[], ": dwindle":[ "her voice trailing off" ], ": to follow a trail : track game":[], ": to draw or drag loosely along a surface : allow to sweep the ground":[], ": haul , tow":[], ": to drag (something, such as a limb or the body) heavily or wearily":[], ": to carry or bring along as an addition, burden, or encumbrance":[], ": to draw along in one's wake":[], ": to follow upon the scent or trace of : track":[], ": to follow in the footsteps of : pursue":[], ": to follow along behind":[], ": to lag behind (someone, such as a competitor)":[], ": a track made by passage especially through a wilderness":[], ": a marked or established path or route especially through a forest or mountainous region":[], ": a trace or mark left by something that has passed or been drawn along : scent , track":[ "a trail of blood" ], ": a course followed or to be followed":[ "hit the campaign trail" ], ": something that follows or moves along as if being drawn along : train":[ "a trail of admirers" ], ": a chain of consequences : aftermath":[ "the \u2026 movement left a trail of bitterness and prejudice behind it", "\u2014 Paul Blanshard" ], ": the streak produced by a meteor":[], ": a continuous line produced photographically by permitting the image of a celestial body (such as a star) to move over the plate":[], ": something that trails or is trailed : such as":[], ": a trailing plant":[], ": the train of a gown":[], ": a trailing arrangement (as of flowers) : spray":[], ": the part of a gun carriage that rests on the ground when the piece is unlimbered":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101l" ], "synonyms":[ "bird-dog", "chase", "course", "dog", "follow", "hound", "pursue", "run", "shadow", "tag", "tail", "trace", "track" ], "antonyms":[ "footpath", "path", "pathway", "trace", "track" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for trail Verb chase , pursue , follow , trail mean to go after or on the track of something or someone. chase implies going swiftly after and trying to overtake something fleeing or running. a dog chasing a cat pursue suggests a continuing effort to overtake, reach, or attain. pursued the criminal through narrow streets follow puts less emphasis upon speed or intent to overtake. friends followed me home in their car trail may stress a following of tracks or traces rather than a visible object. trail deer trailed a suspect across the country", "examples":[ "Verb", "The little girl went to her room, trailing her teddy bear behind her.", "The dog's leash was trailing along the ground.", "The little girl's teddy bear trailed behind her.", "He trailed us as we worked our way up the mountain.", "The President is trailing in the polls as the election approaches.", "We were trailing by 3 runs at the end of the 6th inning.", "Our team trailed their team at the end of the 6th inning.", "Noun", "Stay on the trail if we get separated.", "The car left a trail of smoke as it sped off.", "following the trail to success", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "The Braves, who trail the New York Mets by four games in the NL East, have won 12 straight against left-handed starters and are 18-6 overall against southpaws. \u2014 John Scheibe, Los Angeles Times , 24 June 2022", "The Sox have won 12 of their last 16 games but now trail the Yankees by a season-high 14\u00bd games in the division. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022", "Bond yields that trail inflation push investors to seek an alternative; many found it in the stock market, powering a surge in risky assets. \u2014 Julia-ambra Verlaine, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022", "However, the Nets, who trail the Celtics 3-0 in the first-round series, ruled him out of Monday\u2019s game with back soreness/return to competition reconditioning. \u2014 USA TODAY , 24 Apr. 2022", "These policies have alarmed low-tax, pro-business Tories but have yet to improve the party\u2019s poll ratings, which trail those of Labour. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022", "Our favorite overall is the Keen Drift Creek H2 Sandal, but this round-up covers the gamut of warmer-weather activities, from hanging on the beach to whitewater rafting and trail running. \u2014 Nathan Borchelt, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022", "His 882 Heat career postseason points trail only Wade (3,864), James (2,338), Chris Bosh (1,163) and Alonzo Mourning (989). \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 20 May 2022", "The Bulldogs have just 1 hit and trail 2-0 entering the fifth inning. \u2014 Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al , 17 May 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Big Bone Lick's website recommends visiting the bison herd, touring the museum and diorama pit, seeing the salt springs along the Big Bone Creek trail , camping overnight and, of course, grabbing a souvenir t-shirt. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 23 June 2022", "The untouched serenity of the dunes is contrasted at some points along the trail by a chain of gigantic red and white electricity pylons that stride over the horizon in the distance. \u2014 Barry Neild, CNN , 23 June 2022", "Recent trips along the trail have seen plenty of families and hikers of all ages enjoying the route. \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022", "Mateys search for clues along a 1-mile trail that leads to a treasure chest. \u2014 Susan Soldavin, Baltimore Sun , 14 June 2022", "Margaret and James demonstrate their love, strength and respect for each other all along the trail . \u2014 Daron James, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022", "According to the Facebook post, the Canyon Fire Department, Randall County Fire Department, Randall County Sheriff's Office and Palo Duro Canyon park personnel rescued the hikers along the Lighthouse trail . \u2014 Priscilla Aguirre, Chron , 13 June 2022", "Along the trail , cascading falls vary; some tower above the valley floor while others span vast rivers. \u2014 Camille Fine, USA TODAY , 12 June 2022", "The group purchased one of the five fitness machines along the trail . \u2014 Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune , 10 June 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, perhaps from Anglo-French *trailer , alteration of trainer to drag, trail on the ground \u2014 more at train":"Verb" }, "first_known_use":{ "13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb", "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Noun" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-045513" }, "tragicomedy":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a drama or a situation blending tragic and comic elements":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cctra-ji-\u02c8k\u00e4-m\u0259-d\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "The play is a tragicomedy about a man's search for love.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The process was bumpy, a tragicomedy that unfurled over decades. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Feb. 2022", "That quote would seem to portend a mournful reflection on death and the sacrifices of art, but sparks of illumination, irreverence, tragicomedy and even joy continually fleck the material. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 Feb. 2022", "And don\u2019t let its pure enjoyability mislead you into thinking it\u2019s not a tragicomedy . \u2014 New York Times , 8 Dec. 2021", "This essence of choice and ambiguity and convolution is what Sondheim gave to theater\u2014the idea that there\u2019s infinitely more contained within the tragicomedy of human experience than can ever be set to music and sung on a stage. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 30 Nov. 2021", "The British actress writes, produces, co-directs and stars in this tragicomedy as Arabella, a struggling novelist trying to piece together the night she was drugged and raped at a bar. \u2014 Usa Today Staff, USA TODAY , 15 Sep. 2021", "The scene was podcast gold, full of action and tragicomedy and winking references. \u2014 Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker , 7 Sep. 2021", "The basic components of the tone of my films are the tragicomedy and a dash of the grotesque. \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 25 Aug. 2021", "Ricky Gervais' tragicomedy about a widower returns. \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 5 Aug. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle French tragicomedie , from Old Italian tragicomedia , from Old Spanish, from Latin tragicomoedia , from tragicus + comoedia comedy":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1580, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-045729" }, "transplant":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to lift and reset (a plant) in another soil or situation":[], ": to remove from one place or context and settle or introduce elsewhere : relocate":[], ": to transfer (an organ or tissue) from one part or individual to another":[], ": to tolerate being transplanted":[ "does not transplant as well as other varieties" ], ": a person or thing that is transplanted":[], ": a manufacturing plant set up locally by a foreign automobile company to save on shipping costs":[ "bumpers shipped to a Japanese transplant in the U.S." ], ": the act or process of transplanting":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tran(t)s-\u02ccplant", "\u02cctran(t)s-\u02c8plant", "tran(t)s-\u02c8plant", "trans-\u02c8plant", "\u02c8trans-\u02ccplant" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Verb", "She carefully transplanted the seedlings.", "The bush was transplanted to a different part of the garden.", "Doctors transplanted one of his kidneys into his sister.", "a recipient of a transplanted heart", "The group transplanted the beavers to another part of the state.", "She is a New Yorker who recently transplanted to the West Coast.", "Noun", "The heart transplant was successful.", "He is going to need a liver transplant .", "The doctors are trying to keep him alive until a liver can be found for transplant .", "The patient's body rejected the transplant .", "She received a bone marrow transplant from an unknown donor.", "She's a Southern transplant who now lives in New York.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Tomatoes need about eight weeks and bell peppers about 10 weeks to be ready to transplant from seeds into the garden during their optimal planting time which is from May to the first part of June. \u2014 oregonlive , 16 Apr. 2022", "Be aware that these roses will not transplant successfully because of the spread-out root system. \u2014 Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 June 2022", "Or, transplant it to a larger pot so its roots won\u2019t be overcrowded all summer. \u2014 Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune , 23 Apr. 2022", "This mutation is predominantly found in people of northern European descent, limiting the ability to transplant to people who aren't White. \u2014 Tasnim Ahmed, CNN , 15 Feb. 2022", "Basically, scientists take stem cells and slowly transplant them into the patient. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 18 Feb. 2022", "When a kidney or lung fails, the surgeon gets paid to transplant an organ. \u2014 Robert Pearl, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022", "At this private island resort, encircled by the Great Astrolabe Reef, guests join marine biologists on snorkel trips and dives to help transplant live coral from seven nearby nurseries into a growing reef. \u2014 Heidi Mitchell, WSJ , 21 Jan. 2022", "Dig plugs from the thick areas and transplant them into the thin spots. \u2014 Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News , 14 Jan. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Such drugs need to be taken for life by organ transplant patients and come with serious side effects, including higher risks of cancer, diabetes, infections and high blood pressure. \u2014 Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al , 16 June 2022", "The most complicated group, however, is the immunocompromised, such as transplant patients and patients on certain cancer drugs. \u2014 Jason Mast, STAT , 29 May 2022", "And again, improving the quality of transplant patients around the world. \u2014 Stephen Ibaraki, Forbes , 13 May 2022", "At Nora's Home in Houston, transplant patients and their families are given the chance to form friendships, make memories, and heal. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 12 May 2022", "This includes organ transplant recipients, certain cancer patients and people with HIV or other conditions that impair the immune system. \u2014 NBC News , 20 Apr. 2022", "This week in 1968, Denton Cooley of the Texas Heart Institute performed the first successful heart transplant in the United States on Everett Thomas, 47, whose heart was damaged from rheumatic heart disease. \u2014 Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 May 2022", "Her fraternal grandfather, Dr. Mark Boucek, was involved in the world\u2019s first baboon-to-baby heart transplant . \u2014 Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star , 13 Apr. 2022", "With her father as the donor, Hyland underwent her first kidney transplant in 2012. \u2014 Serena Coady, SELF , 5 Mar. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English transplaunten , from Late Latin transplantare , from Latin trans- + plantare to plant":"Verb" }, "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb", "1756, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-051230" }, "trapshooting":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": shooting at clay pigeons sprung from a trap into the air away from the shooter":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8trap-\u02ccsh\u00fc-ti\u014b" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The competition is reserved for the world's top 12 shooters in various disciplines, including trapshooting and skeet. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 21 Oct. 2021", "On Saturday Bernau became the first state resident to win an Olympic trapshooting medal. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 1 Aug. 2021", "Today\u2019s guests spend time riding, trapshooting , fishing, doing ranch chores, and, of course, sitting around a campfire and eating s\u2019mores. \u2014 Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian Magazine , 11 Mar. 2022", "Bernau took the silver medal in May in women's trapshooting at the World Cup in Lonato, Italy. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 1 Aug. 2021", "Madelynn Bernau, 23, of Waterford hit 119 of 125 targets through the five qualification rounds of women's trapshooting at the Tokyo Olympics, placing her seventh out of 26 competitors in the event. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 30 July 2021", "Madelynn Bernau, 23, of Waterford is considered a medal contender in women's trapshooting based on her second-place finish at a World Cup event in May in Italy. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 July 2021", "Bednarek's the second Wisconsinite to medal at the 2020 Olympics, joining Waterford's Madelynn Bernau, 23, who notched bronze in mixed trapshooting . \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 4 Aug. 2021", "The mark set world and Olympic qualification records for women's trapshooting . \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 30 July 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1875, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-051633" }, "tracklaying":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the laying of tracks on a railway line":[], ": of, relating to, or being a vehicle that travels on two or more endless usually metal belts":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8trak-\u02ccl\u0101-i\u014b" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1852, in the meaning defined above":"Noun", "1884, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-052153" }, "train shed":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a part of a railroad station that covers the tracks":[], ": a building to protect trains from the weather":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-054134" }, "transmake":{ "type":[ "transitive verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to make over : refashion":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-nz+", "-raan-", "(\u02c8)tran(t)s" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "trans- + make ; translation of Greek metapoiein":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-054233" }, "travelling matt":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a film containing silhouettes of subjects or figures used to mask off selected areas during printing of motion-picture film":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-055026" }, "transverse rib":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a rib in a vaulting that crosses a nave or aisle at right angles to the long axis of the building":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "transverse entry 2":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-055536" }, "transmission shaft":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a shaft in the transmission of an automotive vehicle that carries the sliding gears and makes the driving connection between the clutch and the propeller shaft":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-060041" }, "trapezoidal rule":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an approximate rule for determining the area under a curve":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-060141" }, "trackbarrow":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a wheelbarrow with a wheel grooved for use on railroad tracks":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "track entry 1 + barrow":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-061139" }, "trapdoor spider":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": any of various often large burrowing mygalomorph spiders (especially family Ctenizidae) that construct a tubular subterranean silk-lined nest topped with a hinged lid":[ "Trapdoor spiders dig burrows using a spiny rake mounted on their jaws, then line the burrow and the opening with silk.", "\u2014 Richard and Joyce Wolkomir", "Tarantulas, trap-door spiders , and some other species still use their silk mainly for shelter \u2026", "\u2014 Richard Conniff" ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1826, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-061317" }, "trade name":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": the name used for an article among traders":[], ": brand name":[], ": the name or style under which a concern does business":[], ": to designate with a trade name":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Noun", "Ibuprofen is sold under several trade names ." ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1840, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun", "1888, in the meaning defined above":"Verb" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-061711" }, "transverse suture":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the suture between the frontal and facial bones":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-062625" }, "transmembrane":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": taking place or existing across a membrane":[ "a transmembrane protein" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02cc)tran(t)s-\u02c8mem-\u02ccbr\u0101n", "(\u02cc)tranz-", "(\u02c8)tran(t)s-\u02c8mem-\u02ccbr\u0101n, (\u02c8)tranz-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1944, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-063014" }, "trail away/off":{ "type":[ "phrasal verb" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-063326" }, "traveling":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": going to different places instead of staying in one place":[ "a traveling opera company", "a traveling executive", "Traveling merchants carried the caps to Mexico City, where tourists bought them.", "\u2014 Ambar Past" ], "\u2014 see also traveling salesman":[ "a traveling opera company", "a traveling executive", "Traveling merchants carried the caps to Mexico City, where tourists bought them.", "\u2014 Ambar Past" ], ": carried by, used by, or accompanying a traveler":[ "a traveling alarm clock", "a traveling companion", "Another useful traveling tool is the compass.", "\u2014 Barbara Riedel Sheedy" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tra-v\u0259-li\u014b", "\u02c8trav-li\u014b" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "a troupe of traveling actors", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The disease even spread within the continental U.S., sickening more than 200 people in Florida and Texas and affecting thousands more traveling and in U.S. territories, according to CDC data. \u2014 Robert Hart, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022", "But baby apparently got the non- traveling alleles from both parents, and therefore is not a time traveler. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 23 Nov. 2021", "As more states ease their indoor dining restrictions and the CDC has given the all-clear (for the most part) to the fully vaccinated for both traveling and small gatherings, restaurants are starting to feel alive again. \u2014 Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report , 13 Aug. 2021", "There\u2019s a little traveling wave of laughter as people spot the Nietzsche on his bedside table or register his Poetic Justice T-shirt. \u2014 Helen Shaw, Vulture , 9 Aug. 2021", "Fenhaus\u2019 team is comparable to weekly regulars but a relatively small, low-budget operation when held up to some of those that do more traveling and race in such regional series as the ARCA Midwest Tour. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 16 May 2021", "O'Brien played on PHH Prep's non- traveling Red team during the 2020-21 prep basketball season after transferring from Chandler Basha last summer. \u2014 Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic , 7 Apr. 2021", "Also the changes in lifestyle \u2014 less eating out, less traveling , no live entertainment \u2014 have allowed some Americans to make their financial lives healthier. \u2014 CBS News , 10 Mar. 2021", "This implies that the schedules will look a lot different if there is a season to be played, possibly with fewer games and less traveling . \u2014 Dallas News , 31 July 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-064616" }, "transindividual":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": going between individuals : passing from one to another":[ "the question whether environmental influences \u2026 have a transindividual action", "\u2014 Human Embryology", "the transindividual processes of interaction and societal circumstances", "\u2014 P. A. Sorokin" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\"+" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "trans- + individual (noun)":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-064938" }, "tragicomic":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, or resembling tragicomedy":[], ": manifesting both tragic and comic aspects":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cctra-ji-\u02c8k\u00e4-mik" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The tragicomic series is produced by X Filme Creative Pool and VIS, created and written by award-winning filmmaker Dani Levy (Alles auf Zucker!, Die K\u00e4nguru-Chroniken), who directs together with Johannes Naber (Curveball, Zeit der Kannibalen). \u2014 Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 June 2022", "An ensemble piece that starts slow before steadily getting pulled along by its gentle road-movie engine, Broker is led with immense warmth by Parasite\u2019s tragicomic patriarch Song Kang-ho. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022", "Hader, a passionate cinephile with a keen eye for tragicomic details and action choreography, directed the first two episodes of the new season. \u2014 NBC News , 21 Apr. 2022", "Voormann witnessed a tragicomic scene as John, dressed as a cleaning woman and knocking over mike stands, worked through his grief. \u2014 The New Yorker , 27 Mar. 2022", "But Atlanta's confident vision is reaching into the outer edges of tragicomic wonder. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 8 Apr. 2022", "Morisseau renders each scene in her distinctive empathetic, tragicomic style. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Mar. 2022", "Schnittke calls for the lights to slowly dim on this tragicomic ending. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Mar. 2022", "And Meat played the tragicomic biker\u2019s love song to the hilt. \u2014 A.d. Amorosi, Variety , 21 Jan. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-071048" }, "traveler's-tree":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a tree ( Ravenala madagascariensis ) of Madagascar having distichous leaves whose petioles contain large quantities of clear watery sap and yield a refreshing drink":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-071119" }, "transpolar":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": crossing or extending across either of the polar regions":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02cc)tran(t)s-\u02c8p\u014d-l\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Here, mimicking the first high-Arctic voyage, made in 1893 by Fridtjof Nansen, a Norwegian explorer, her captain fixed her into an ice floe that carried her along at about 7km/h, courtesy of an ocean current called the transpolar drift stream. \u2014 The Economist , 20 June 2020", "Leaving from Troms\u00f8, Norway on September 20, the ship will position itself in the transpolar drift stream and float, trapped in ice for a year, to northern Greenland. \u2014 Esther Horvath, National Geographic , 17 Sep. 2019", "China is dreamy-eyed about the prospects of shipping goods from Asia to Europe across the top of Russia, with visions of transpolar shipping dominating its brand-new Arctic strategy. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 8 Mar. 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1850, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-071224" }, "trace horse":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "trace entry 3":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-071657" }, "transfer company":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a transportation company that transfers passengers or baggage usually for a short distance between specified points or terminals":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-072522" }, "traik":{ "type":[ "intransitive verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to fall ill : break down":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101k" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "origin unknown":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-073156" }, "traveling companion":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a person who goes with someone who is traveling somewhere":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-073618" }, "track jack":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a device for raising railway track during ballasting or other track operations":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-074711" }, "tractor trailer":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a large truck with a long trailer attached to the back of it : semitrailer":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8trak-t\u0259r-\u02c8tr\u0101-l\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1898, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-075526" }, "transponder":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a radio or radar set that upon receiving a designated signal emits a radio signal of its own and that is used especially for the detection, identification, and location of objects and in satellites for relaying communications signals":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "tran(t)-\u02c8sp\u00e4n-d\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The color scale of aircraft traffic is based on the number of aircraft that sent transponder locations originating from that spot. \u2014 David Yanofsky, Quartz , 16 June 2022", "With a calm voice, the air traffic controller at Treasure Coast International Airport in Florida instructed the passenger how to use his transponder so the aircraft could be located via radar. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022", "Founder Dan Streufert said pretty much any plane flying around the globe has a transponder that broadcasts the plane\u2019s unique ID and its position, for safety reasons such as avoiding collisions. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Mar. 2022", "But while Anik F1R still had its uplink license and transponder slot lease, Koscher had the opportunity to take over and broadcast to the northern hemisphere. \u2014 Lily Hay Newman, Wired , 30 Mar. 2022", "Many of the unpaid tolls accrued between March 2020 and October 2020, when the Maryland Transportation Authority continued to charge tolls but did not mail bills for vehicles without an E-ZPass transponder , the authority said. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Feb. 2022", "Visitors who have a LeeWay, SunPass or other transponder (including E-ZPass) are assessed a $6 fee. \u2014 Susan Glaser, cleveland , 20 Jan. 2022", "Drivers use a SunPass transponder to pay to drive in the express lanes; the cost ranges from 50 cents to an estimated $10.50, depending on the time of day, the amount of traffic and distance traveled in the express lanes. \u2014 Lois K. Solomon, sun-sentinel.com , 13 Jan. 2022", "Should any transponder be placed in an item of clothing" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "trans mitter + res ponder":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1944, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-082115" }, "transferred":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to convey from one person, place, or situation to another : move , shift":[], ": to cause to pass from one to another : transmit":[], ": transform , change":[], ": to make over the possession or control of : convey":[], ": to print or otherwise copy from one surface to another by contact":[], ": to change from one vehicle or transportation line to another":[], ": conveyance of right, title, or interest in real or personal property from one person to another":[], ": removal or acquisition of property by mere delivery with intent to transfer title":[], ": an act, process, or instance of transferring : transference sense 2":[], ": the carryover or generalization of learned responses from one type of situation to another":[], ": a place where a transfer is made (as of trains to ferries or as where one form of power is changed to another)":[], ": a ticket entitling a passenger on a public conveyance to continue the trip on another route":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "trans-\u02c8f\u0259r, \u02c8trans-\u02ccf\u0259r", "tran(t)s-\u02c8f\u0259r", "\u02c8tran(t)s-\u02ccf\u0259r", "\u02c8trans-\u02ccf\u0259r", "trans-\u02c8f\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[ "alien", "alienate", "assign", "cede", "convey", "deed", "make over" ], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Verb", "We transferred the baby's car seat to the other car.", "The patient was transferred to a different hospital.", "transfer data on the hard drive to a disk", "He transferred my call to another line.", "The virus is transferred by mosquitoes.", "He transferred control of the company to his son.", "She was able to transfer her organizational skills to her new job.", "Her skills transferred well to her new job.", "Noun", "We switched to another car, and the transfer only took a few minutes.", "They arranged for a transfer of the prisoner to a different prison.", "a material that reduces heat transfer", "speeding up data transfer between computers", "We are doing everything possible to ensure a smooth transfer to the new system.", "a transfer by deed or will", "a transfer to the home office", "My overseas transfer has been approved.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Much of the worldwide success of Japanese companies in manufacturing has been to transfer their homegrown philosophy of unrelenting, steady, incremental improvement to their operations and workforces everywhere. \u2014 Dale Buss, Forbes , 30 June 2022", "Those who transfer to four-year private nonprofit universities lose more than 1 in 4. \u2014 Jon Marcus, NBC News , 29 June 2022", "The service through Ria allowed customers to transfer as much as $2,500. \u2014 Yiwen Lu, Washington Post , 29 June 2022", "Darity said the nation's wealth gap has made is difficult for Black families to maintain financial savings or transfer wealth through generations like many White families have been able to do. \u2014 Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN , 28 June 2022", "The port authority plans to transfer more than $11 million to its infrastructure fund as well, which provides loans for building projects, although the budget doesn\u2019t specify any projects. \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 June 2022", "Once completed, Phillips said that the facility will sort and transfer glass, plastics, food waste and bulk waste dropped off by residents. \u2014 Alison Cross, Hartford Courant , 27 June 2022", "After serving as backup quarterback to future NFL first-round pick Dwayne Haskins as a redshirt freshman, Martell looked to transfer following the resignation of Urban Meyer as Buckeyes head coach. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 25 June 2022", "In April, Puisis signed a grant-in-aid to transfer to the University of South Florida. \u2014 Alex Harrison, The Enquirer , 24 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Martinez was arrested in another district and is awaiting transfer to San Antonio, court records show. \u2014 Arelis R. Hern\u00e1ndez, Nick Miroff, Maria Sacchetti, Anchorage Daily News , 1 July 2022", "In January 2020, Juventus paid a $4.3 million transfer fee to acquire Vrioni. \u2014 Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022", "Those add-ons would take the total transfer fee to $72 million, and will go some way towards helping Everton balance their books in order to avoid Financial Fair Play issues. \u2014 James Nalton, Forbes , 30 June 2022", "No court dates have been set for Martinez, who was arrested Tuesday in Palestine and awaits transfer to the Western District of Texas. \u2014 Camilo Montoya-galvez, Robert Legare, CBS News , 30 June 2022", "Metro encouraged riders to select destination stations on the same line as their origin to avoid crowding at transfer stations. \u2014 Gaya Gupta, Washington Post , 30 June 2022", "Her fund has already financed 60 companies that include Sendwave, a money transfer app; MasterClass, which offers online lessons in several topics; and Daily Harvest, a food delivery service. \u2014 New York Times , 29 June 2022", "Unofficial final results show 60% voting in favor of the transfer tax and almost 40% voting against it. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 29 June 2022", "Walmart, which offers some financial services, acts as an agent for money transfer services such as MoneyGram and Western Union. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 29 June 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English transferren , from Anglo-French transferrer , from Latin transferre , from trans- + ferre to carry \u2014 more at bear":"Verb" }, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb", "1674, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-082501" }, "tragacanth":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a gum obtained from various Asian or eastern European plants (genus Astragalus and especially A. gummifer ) of the legume family that swells in water and is used chiefly as an emulsifying, suspending, or thickening agent":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "also \u02c8tra-g\u0259-\u02ccsan(t)th", "-k\u0259n(t)th", "\u02c8tra-j\u0259-\u02cckan(t)th", "\u02c8traj-\u0259-\u02cckan(t)th, \u02c8trag-, -k\u0259n(t)th; also \u02c8trag-\u0259-\u02ccsan(t)th", "\u02c8tra-g\u0259-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "All were molded out of a powdered sugar paste likely made with rose and orange blossom water and tragacanth , a resin from a plant indigenous to the Middle East and Asia: the yields of trade and Western expansion. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Aug. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle French tragacanthe , from Latin tragacantha , from Greek tragakantha , from tragos goat + akantha thorn":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1558, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-082743" }, "transcriptase":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[ "tran-\u02c8skrip-\u02cct\u0101s", "-\u02cct\u0101z", "tran-\u02c8skrip-\u02cct\u0101s, -\u02cct\u0101z" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The culprits are a class of drugs called nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NTRIs). \u2014 Brandon Keim, WIRED , 6 Apr. 2007" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "transcript ion + -ase":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1963, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-083445" }, "trag":{ "type":[ "abbreviation" ], "definitions":{ "tragedy ; tragic":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-083751" }, "transcontinental":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": extending or going across a continent":[ "a transcontinental railroad" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cctranz-", "\u02cctran(t)s-\u02cck\u00e4n-t\u0259-\u02c8nen-t\u1d4al", "\u02cctrans-\u02cck\u00e4n-t\u0259-\u02c8nen-t\u1d4al" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "In 1938, Corrigan made a celebrated transcontinental flight from Long Beach to New York. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 21 Apr. 2022", "Later that year, the Shenandoah did travel from New Jersey to California to Washington, the first transcontinental flight by a rigid airship. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Jan. 2022", "Before the transcontinental telegraph put it out of business in 1861, the Pony Express pledged that a letter from Missouri could reach California in 10 days or fewer. \u2014 Adam Chandler, The Atlantic , 31 May 2022", "On May 10, 1869, the first transcontinental railroad route across the United States was completed, ushering in a new era of transportation. \u2014 al , 23 May 2022", "Since then, a transcontinental convoy set out from California to potentially enter the District of Columbia itself. \u2014 Fox News , 3 Mar. 2022", "Canada is one of the greatest examples of the influence of railways, and its last remaining transcontinental train is a celebration of the country's breathtaking landscapes. \u2014 Ben Jones, CNN , 9 May 2022", "Further complicating things is that Russia, Turkey, and other countries are transcontinental , located in both Europe and Asia. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 13 Apr. 2022", "The ease of new transcontinental train travel brought thousands of prospective Angelenos here. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Apr. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1853, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-085603" }, "traumatic":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[ "trau\u0307-", "tr\u022f-", "tr\u0259-\u02c8ma-tik", "tr\u0259-\u02c8mat-ik, tr\u022f-, trau\u0307-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1650, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-090324" }, "trap shot":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": trapshooter":[], ": a half volley (as in tennis) made by hitting the ball immediately after it hits the ground":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-090808" }, "trampoline":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a resilient sheet or web (as of nylon) supported by springs in a metal frame and used as a springboard and landing area in tumbling":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tram-p\u0259-\u02ccl\u0113n", "\u02cctram-p\u0259-\u02c8l\u0113n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The festivities included a trampoline , bounce house and slide, ball pit, face painter, and pool. \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022", "Out back, there\u2019s a playground with a seesaw, swings and a trampoline , and a small water park complete with slides and a splash pad. \u2014 Jennifer Kester, Forbes , 6 May 2022", "The yacht is stocked with toys including an inflatable trampoline and slide, plus a six-person hot tub. \u2014 Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report , 16 Apr. 2022", "Is there access to exercise, a trampoline , a swing or another form of movement that could calm your nephew", "Outside, in addition to the pool and sports court, there is an in-ground trampoline , a summer kitchen, entertainment space with a fireplace and flat-screen television and a fountain. \u2014 Robyn A. Friedman, sun-sentinel.com , 28 Oct. 2021", "There were the trappings of a seemingly happy home: a large trampoline in the front yard, two colorful bird cages hanging on the porch, a sign congratulating this year\u2019s graduates of Garfield High School over the entryway. \u2014 Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2021", "With no Wi-Fi or TVs to distract them, our children ran in the woods and jumped on the trampoline while my husband and I took short hikes. \u2014 Gisela Williams, Travel + Leisure , 20 June 2022", "At the playhouse, parents can chat over London fogs, mochas and cappuccinos while kids bounce in the ball pit and on the trampoline . \u2014 Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News , 5 Feb. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Italian trampolino springboard, from trampoli stilts, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Low German trampen to stamp":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1798, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-091325" }, "train sheet":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a sheet used by a dispatcher to record the movement of railroad trains":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-092701" }, "tragelaph":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an antelope of Tragelaphus or a related genus":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8traj\u0259\u02cclaf" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin Tragelaphus":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1895, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-093549" }, "training day":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a day on which a volunteer military company is called out for drill or parade according to law":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-094004" }, "tractor propeller":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a propeller of an airplane that is placed at the forward end of its shaft and pulls on the thrust bearing instead of pushing \u2014 compare pusher":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-094235" }, "track pan":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a very long shallow trough between the rails of a railroad track for holding water to be picked up by a moving steam locomotive":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-094421" }, "trappings":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": outward signs":[ "conventional men with all the trappings \u2026 of banality", "\u2014 Robert Plank" ], ": outward decoration or dress : ornamental equipment":[], ": caparison sense 1":[ "\u2014 usually used in plural" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tra-ping" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The bills include stocking more pheasants and brook trout, simplifying turkey hunting seasons, and reducing Department of Natural Resources regulations for hunting, trapping and fishing. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 22 Oct. 2021", "Fish and Game said Idaho's wolf population is about 1,600 in the spring when pups are born, and then drops to below 900 during late winter due to hunting, trapping and other wolf mortality causes. \u2014 CBS News , 3 June 2022", "Live trapping and fitting of GPS collars will be focused initially on the capital city, West Hartford, Bloomfield and Windsor, starting on Nov. 1, Melissa Ruszczyk, research technician with the Connecticut Bobcat Project, said. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com , 23 Oct. 2021", "This trapping and cooling of atoms enables a broad range of use cases that are on the cusp of delivering transformational impact across multiple industries. \u2014 Paul Lipman, Forbes , 3 Sep. 2021", "At the same time, veins that carry fluids in and out of leaves close off, trapping sugars and promoting the creation of anthocyanins, which produce red and purple colors. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Sep. 2021", "The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife reports the end of spring trapping and euthanasia operations for sea lions at Willamette Falls and Bonneville Dam. \u2014 Bill Monroe, oregonlive , 29 May 2021", "Beaver trapping , popular for centuries, has tapered off, and the animals are thriving. \u2014 Kylie Mohr, Wired , 26 Feb. 2022", "Their calculations showed that Fishback\u2019s proposal of magnetic scooping (or particle trapping ) for a Bussard ramjet is physically feasible. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 6 Jan. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from gerund of trappen \u2014 more at trap":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-094852" }, "trackless trolley":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": trolleybus":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Sim, who was an army captain on a trackless trolley car towing an anti-aircraft gun in 1985, said his training then was primarily focused on maintaining his vehicle to prevent it from accidently stopping during the parade. \u2014 Fox News , 6 Sep. 2018", "Pyongyang Teacher Training College, a pharmaceutical and trackless trolley factories around the regime\u2019s capital. \u2014 Katherine Lam, Fox News , 13 Aug. 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1921, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-095648" }, "traveling case":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a usually rigid and box-shaped suitcase":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Way before Christo, Marcel Duchamp created a traveling case of miniatures of his work to extend their reach and allow Duchamp to sell more exemplars of his work. \u2014 Tom Teicholz, Forbes , 5 June 2022", "The newest recruit at the International Crane Foundation arrived last month in its own traveling case . \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 June 2021", "The heated razor starter kit has a traveling case ($250). \u2014 oregonlive , 14 June 2021", "This is perfect for the inside of a crate, traveling case , couch, sofa, bed, car, or RV. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 26 May 2021", "In the decades immediately following, the titular LV, his son Georges Vuitton, and grandson Gaston-Louis Vuitton became famous for their ability to make a traveling case for just about anything. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 23 Nov. 2020", "Equip your favorite makeup artist with this Sephora Collection brush set, which includes 10 complexion and eye brushes and a traveling case . \u2014 Jessica Kasparian, USA TODAY , 22 Oct. 2020", "The Philips Sonicare DiamondClean comes with three brush heads \u2014 each designed to tackle hard-to-reach areas \u2014 a brush body and a traveling case for convenient packing. \u2014 NBC News , 5 June 2020", "The retailer is even carrying a deluxe themed travel case for the Nintendo Switch, which was previously sold out as well. \u2014 Nina Huang, EW.com , 22 Apr. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1744, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-100432" }, "trailing fuchsia":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a New Zealand fuchsia ( Fuchsia procumbens ) that is often used in hanging baskets and has procumbent slender stems and purplish flowers without petals followed by persistent red fruits":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-100801" }, "trackside":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, or situated in the area immediately adjacent to a track":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8trak-\u02ccs\u012bd" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Gold, whose son attended UC San Diego and now is a physician at Rady Children\u2019s Hospital, unfortunately had to watch from 2,500 miles away, rather than trackside . \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 June 2022", "And the Big Boy would make dozens of brief whistle stops in small trackside towns along the way. \u2014 New York Times , 2 May 2022", "Those include 2,610 stadium club seats, 66 covered terrace dining tables for up to 440 guests, 30 trackside lounges for up to 200 guests and five private 60-person VIP hospitality lounges. \u2014 Ben Tobin, The Courier-Journal , 26 Apr. 2022", "So named because of the antique carousel bar at its center, the trackside venue has pop-ups by Spris Artisan Pizza, Los Altos Taqueria and Ms. Cheezious with more to come. \u2014 Rod Stafford Hagwood, sun-sentinel.com , 13 Apr. 2022", "The Border to Border volunteers had set up lunch on the porch of a trackside caf\u00e9. \u2014 Stuart Stevens, Outside Online , 11 Dec. 2019", "At the trackside Carousel Club, E11EVEN Nightclub Miami will host VIPs. \u2014 Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Jan. 2022", "There, the company can install trackside sensors to maximize control and feedback during flight while pushing the limits in a safe, controlled environment. \u2014 J. George Gorant, Robb Report , 11 Jan. 2022", "Moreover, the company has increased its use of renewable materials, eliminated single-use plastics from its trackside operations and has successfully complied with a number of sustainability audits that focus on carbon emissions. \u2014 Morgan Korn, ABC News , 11 Dec. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1886, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-102316" }, "trapezoidal thread":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": buttress thread":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-102846" }, "trace-bearer":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": lazy strap":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "trace entry 3":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-111803" }, "traveling steady":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": follow rest":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-112946" }, "tracing wheel":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a usually toothed wheel with a handle that is used on tracing paper to trace a pattern":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1891, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-115043" }, "transoceanic":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": crossing or extending across the ocean":[ "a transoceanic telephone cable" ], ": lying or dwelling beyond the ocean":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cctran(t)s-\u02cc\u014d-sh\u0113-\u02c8a-nik", "\u02cctranz-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Regarding range, the yard says Senses 62 is capable of transoceanic crossings. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 8 Apr. 2022", "The report identified a total addressable market of 90 transoceanic routes that includes 2.25 million annual passengers and a potential for $16.5 billion in revenue. \u2014 Paul Sillers, CNN , 4 Apr. 2022", "COVID-19 outbreaks continue to force periodic factory shutdowns, long-haul truck drivers \u2014 and more recently, even trucks \u2014 are in short supply, and the once-reliable transoceanic shipping industry is teetering on breakdown. \u2014 Don Stacom, courant.com , 15 Oct. 2021", "Perhaps Virgin Galactic rockets would help passenger planes make transoceanic flights in record time. \u2014 Anna Russel, The New Yorker , 3 Aug. 2021", "But until laws that prohibit overland supersonic flight are changed, Boom will be limited to transoceanic routes. \u2014 Fortune , 15 June 2021", "Given the advantage of supersonic on transoceanic flights, long-haul, cross-oceanic carriers are naturally very excited, according to a Boom Supersonic spokesperson. \u2014 Roger Sands, Forbes , 7 June 2021", "Designed to seat between 65 and 88 people, Overture will focus on over 500 primarily transoceanic routes that will benefit from the aircraft's Mach-2.2 speeds -- about three times as fast as today's subsonic commercial jets. \u2014 Maureen O'hare, CNN , 17 May 2021", "While transoceanic sailors could determine latitude from the altitude of the sun at noon with the aid of a table giving the sun's declination for the day. \u2014 Tim Bajarin, Forbes , 28 Apr. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1827, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-115309" }, "transcript":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a representation (as of experience) in an art form":[], ": a sequence of RNA produced by transcription from a DNA template":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tran(t)s-\u02cckript", "\u02c8tran(t)-\u02ccskript", "\u02c8tran-\u02ccskript" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "a transcript of a radio program", "a full transcript of the court proceedings", "a transcript of the senator's speech", "You must submit your college transcript with your job application.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The trial wasn\u2019t being broadcast, and no transcript was being published, but Carr\u00e8re could always refer to accounts from the daily papers. \u2014 Ian Parker, The New Yorker , 4 July 2022", "The tale is related in the form of an autobiographical transcript by Art with handwritten responses and notes from Mercy. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 30 June 2022", "Transcriptionists use multiple transcription methods to generate the best recording transcript . \u2014 Beth Worthy, Forbes , 29 June 2022", "Tribune first to publish entire 246,000-word transcript of Watergate tapes, scooping even the government printing office by several hours. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 26 June 2022", "Cook said when asked about Apple's metaverse plans, according to a Seeking Alpha transcript . \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 22 June 2022", "Officers had access to four ballistic shields inside the school, the Tribune said citing a law enforcement transcript , the fourth of which arrived 30 minutes before officers stormed the classrooms. \u2014 Travis Caldwell And Rosa Flores, CNN , 21 June 2022", "McCraw also provided his own timeline of the events the day of the shooting based on video and transcript of police communication, explaining that nine officers entered the school with rifles within three minutes of the shooter entering the school. \u2014 Ariana Garcia, Chron , 21 June 2022", "He was ordered not to possess any weapons, including guns, ammunition and knives, the transcript shows. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Anglo-French transecrit , from Medieval Latin transcriptum , from Latin, neuter of transcriptus , past participle of transcribere":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-115619" }, "traveling clock":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a small clock or large watch mounted in a folding case that serves as an easel when opened":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-115642" }, "traumatic brain injury":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1931, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-121149" }, "traveling carriage":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a carriage designed for long-distance travel":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-130725" }, "trash fish":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": rough fish":[], ": a usually marine fish having little or no market value as human food but used sometimes in the production of fish meal":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "As a brand, Asian carp have two big problems: The name strikes many as both racially insensitive and decidedly unpalatable \u2014 a trash fish . \u2014 Peter Kendall, Washington Post , 22 June 2022", "And his plan to beat the coronavirus relies on history\u2019s trash fish . \u2014 Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com , 31 Dec. 2020", "Truth is, trash fish , or rough fish, often save the day when more civilized species like bass and trout won\u2019t co-oper-ate. \u2014 Will Brantley, Field & Stream , 2 Aug. 2019", "Hell, even when those species are biting, trash fish make for a nice heretical change of pace and some good lowbrow fun. \u2014 Will Brantley, Field & Stream , 2 Aug. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1944, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-133829" }, "trapping":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": outward signs":[ "conventional men with all the trappings \u2026 of banality", "\u2014 Robert Plank" ], ": outward decoration or dress : ornamental equipment":[], ": caparison sense 1":[ "\u2014 usually used in plural" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tra-ping" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The bills include stocking more pheasants and brook trout, simplifying turkey hunting seasons, and reducing Department of Natural Resources regulations for hunting, trapping and fishing. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 22 Oct. 2021", "Fish and Game said Idaho's wolf population is about 1,600 in the spring when pups are born, and then drops to below 900 during late winter due to hunting, trapping and other wolf mortality causes. \u2014 CBS News , 3 June 2022", "Live trapping and fitting of GPS collars will be focused initially on the capital city, West Hartford, Bloomfield and Windsor, starting on Nov. 1, Melissa Ruszczyk, research technician with the Connecticut Bobcat Project, said. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com , 23 Oct. 2021", "This trapping and cooling of atoms enables a broad range of use cases that are on the cusp of delivering transformational impact across multiple industries. \u2014 Paul Lipman, Forbes , 3 Sep. 2021", "At the same time, veins that carry fluids in and out of leaves close off, trapping sugars and promoting the creation of anthocyanins, which produce red and purple colors. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Sep. 2021", "The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife reports the end of spring trapping and euthanasia operations for sea lions at Willamette Falls and Bonneville Dam. \u2014 Bill Monroe, oregonlive , 29 May 2021", "Beaver trapping , popular for centuries, has tapered off, and the animals are thriving. \u2014 Kylie Mohr, Wired , 26 Feb. 2022", "Their calculations showed that Fishback\u2019s proposal of magnetic scooping (or particle trapping ) for a Bussard ramjet is physically feasible. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 6 Jan. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from gerund of trappen \u2014 more at trap":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-134425" }, "track harness":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a light harness used in harness racing":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-135134" }, "trampolining":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the sport of jumping and tumbling on a trampoline":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cctram-p\u0259-\u02c8l\u0113-ni\u014b", "\u02c8tram-p\u0259-\u02ccl\u0113-ni\u014b" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "That\u2014and an undeniable fun factor\u2014is why trampolining is on the rise. \u2014 Michael J. Lewis, Men's Health , 1 July 2022", "After a whirlwind tour of their operation, with quick stops for tree climbing, rope swinging and trampolining , Alyssa and Will corral their guinea pigs to take them back inside. \u2014 Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times , 21 Mar. 2022", "Activities like go-karts, rock climbing, trampolining and virtual experience games. \u2014 Alison Steinbach, The Arizona Republic , 19 Sep. 2020", "That connection, along with Nissen\u2019s ceaseless promotional activities, propelled trampolining into the American consciousness during the post-war years and throughout the space era. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 5 Mar. 2020", "Areas for low-gravity basketball, low-gravity trampolining , and rock climbing (probably made significantly easier without the weight of Earth's pull on you) are all on the docket, according to Alatorre. \u2014 Jessica Puckett, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 6 Sep. 2019", "As for entertainment on the space station\u2014besides looking out onto the curve of the Earth\u2014Alatorre says there will be activities like low-gravity basketball, low-gravity trampolining , and even rock climbing. \u2014 Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful , 3 Sep. 2019", "Music, played for trampolining , is faintly audible. \u2014 Molly Creeden, Vogue , 30 Aug. 2018", "Here are some of the most amazing videos that demonstrate the versatility, challenge, and sheer fun of trampolining . \u2014 Jenny Mccoy, SELF , 19 Dec. 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1949, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-135827" }, "transfer case":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a filing unit for storage of inactive correspondence or records":[], ": a housing containing gears used to distribute the driving power between the axles of vehicles equipped with more than one driving axle and usually having a shifting lever for disengaging the front-wheel drive":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-141055" }, "trade warranty":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a warranty in a marine insurance policy restricting the use of an insured ship to the type of cargo, the service (as the lake trade), and sometimes the season for which it was designed":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-143425" }, "transplacental":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": passing through or occurring by way of the placenta":[ "transplacental immunization" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cctran(t)s-pl\u0259-\u02c8sent-\u1d4al", "\u02cctran(t)s-pl\u0259-\u02c8sen-t\u1d4al" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "International Scientific Vocabulary":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1902, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-143501" }, "transire":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a customs document describing the cargo, consignors, and consignees for clearance and entry of coasting vessels":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "tran(t)\u02c8s\u012b\u02ccr\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin, to pass":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-143706" }, "trapeziform":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": having the form of a trapezium":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-z\u0259\u02ccf\u022frm" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "probably from (assumed) New Latin trapeziformis , from trapezium + Latin -iformis -iform":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-144819" }, "trap drum":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the bass drum in a set of traps to which are attached the various rhythm devices (as cymbal and block)":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-150330" }, "transmigrates":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to cause to go from one state of existence or place to another":[], ": to pass at death from one body or being to another":[], ": migrate":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02cc)tranz-\u02c8m\u012b-", "(\u02cc)tran(t)s-\u02c8m\u012b-\u02ccgr\u0101t", "\u02c8tranz-\u02ccm\u012b-", "\u02c8tran(t)s-\u02ccm\u012b-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Contreras and others from the transmigrating bus huddled together on the second floor of one of the shelter buildings. \u2014 Khushbu Shah And Emanuella Grinberg, CNN , 11 Apr. 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin transmigratus , past participle of transmigrare to migrate to another place, from trans- + migrare to migrate":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1559, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-151213" }, "trainsick":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": affected with train sickness":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-151847" }, "trap drummer":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a performer on traps":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-152256" }, "translucent":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": permitting the passage of light:":[], ": transmitting and diffusing light so that objects beyond cannot be seen clearly":[], ": clear , transparent":[ "translucent water" ], ": free from disguise or falseness":[ "his translucent patriotism", "\u2014 Newsweek" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u1d4ant", "tran(t)s-\u02c8l\u00fc-s\u1d4ant", "tranz-", "trans-\u02c8l\u00fc-s\u1d4ant" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for translucent clear , transparent , translucent , limpid mean capable of being seen through. clear implies absence of cloudiness, haziness, or muddiness. clear water transparent implies being so clear that objects can be seen distinctly. a transparent sheet of film translucent implies the passage of light but not a clear view of what lies beyond. translucent frosted glass limpid suggests the soft clearness of pure water. her eyes were limpid pools of blue", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Saut\u00e9 for about three minutes, until the onions are translucent . \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 23 June 2022", "Add green pepper, onion and celery to the pan and saut\u00e9 until onion is translucent , about 3 minutes. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 21 June 2022", "In a frying pan over medium heat, add oil, onions, garlic, cumin, oregano and chili powder; cook until the onions are translucent , about 5 minutes. \u2014 Alysha Witwicki, Journal Sentinel , 6 June 2022", "It's always been somewhat difficult to find a lip gloss that is as pigmented as your average lipstick, as most are translucent and don't last through meals or under a mask. \u2014 Angela Trakoshis, Allure , 6 June 2022", "The translucent , lightweight white fabric known as floating row cover or frost blanket is far superior for cold-weather protection than any solid or opaque tarps, blankets, bedsheets or commercial coverings. \u2014 Howard Garrett, Dallas News , 21 June 2021", "So did a shed with translucent tent fabric in Far Rockaway, Queens, used to store ice-melting salt for sanitation trucks to spread on winter roadways. \u2014 Sam Roberts, New York Times , 1 Apr. 2021", "Build the sauce: In the same pan, saut\u00e9 garlic, onions, celery and bell peppers until translucent , about 5 minutes, adding more oil if needed. \u2014 Adina Steiman, WSJ , 4 May 2022", "Add the onion and cook, stirring, until translucent , about 3 minutes. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin translucent-, translucens , present participle of transluc\u0113re to shine through, from trans- + luc\u0113re to shine \u2014 more at light":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1568, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-152525" }, "transmutation":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an act or instance of transmuting or being transmuted : such as":[], ": the conversion of base metals into gold or silver":[], ": the conversion of one element or nuclide into another either naturally or artificially":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cctranz-", "\u02cctran(t)s-myu\u0307-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n, \u02cctranz-", "\u02cctran(t)s-myu\u0307-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n", "\u02cctranz-my\u00fc-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n, \u02cctrans-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Now, maybe that\u2019s the point, maybe the goal here is whiskey transmutation . \u2014 Jonah Flicker, Robb Report , 26 June 2022", "After the war, a strange feat of transmutation took place. \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, The New Republic , 8 Mar. 2022", "Paquette, a theoretical physicist at the University of Washington, is not alone in thinking about this strange kind of dimensional transmutation . \u2014 Adam Becker, Scientific American , 20 Jan. 2022", "But what of the fabled transmutation of lead to gold", "Faced with the bankruptcy trustee's collection efforts, John Sarkisian and his wife Bernadette entered into a transmutation agreement whereby Bernadette apparently ended up with the most valuable assets as her separate property. \u2014 Jay Adkisson, Forbes , 30 Oct. 2021", "With the dawn of the atomic age in the 20th century, however, the transmutation of elements finally became possible. \u2014 John Matson, Scientific American , 31 Jan. 2014", "If a transmutation is voided by the UVTA, the effect is that the property goes back to being community property and thus becomes available to the creditors of either spouse. \u2014 Jay Adkisson, Forbes , 30 Oct. 2021", "In both cases, an act of transmutation is performed, turning something dated into something chic. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 25 Aug. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English transmutacioun , from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French transmutacion , from Latin transmutation-, transmutatio , from transmutare":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-153208" }, "transition curve":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": easement curve":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-155301" }, "traversing screw jack":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a screw jack that besides the raising and lowering device has a base piece with a slideway along which the jack proper can be traversed":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-155316" }, "trade cycle":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": business cycle":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-160230" }, "transfer paper":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a paper coated with a special preparation for transferring a design or imprint to another surface by heat, pressure, or moisture \u2014 compare decalcomania":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-160310" }, "trapdoor":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a lifting or sliding door covering an opening (as in a roof, ceiling, or floor)":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8trap-\u02c8d\u022fr" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The demon lets the hot molecules moving about the compartments pass through the trapdoor in one direction but not the other. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 26 May 2022", "The only specimen ever collected of Fagilde\u2019s trapdoor spider, in Portugal, for example, was lost in a museum fire in the nineteen-thirties. \u2014 Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker , 2 Apr. 2022", "The Sanctuary will have several kinds of treehouse rooms with wild features including a spiral slide, a climbing rope, a net swing, a secret ladder and a trapdoor . \u2014 Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022", "Or forage for them \u2014 as the recipe developer Zoe Yang has done, using periwinkles (small marine snails) in place of the trapdoor snails gathered from rice fields in Nanjing. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022", "But the real design fun comes with the tree house's spiral slide, climbing rope, bucket pulley, net swing, secret ladder, trapdoor , telescope, and even a custom drink shoot for bottles and cans from the kitchen to the lower porch. \u2014 Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure , 22 Mar. 2022", "The demand for oil fell through a trapdoor , and production plunged below 10 million barrels per day in May 2020. \u2014 Dominic Pino, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022", "In this way, a teen-ager in Kansas could warn an engineer in Shinjuku to watch out for a trapdoor . \u2014 Simon Parkin, The New Yorker , 25 Feb. 2022", "Pranksters could also trick players\u2014assuring them, for instance, that rumors of a trapdoor had been greatly exaggerated. \u2014 Simon Parkin, The New Yorker , 25 Feb. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-160330" }, "trail mix":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a mixture of seeds, nuts, and dried fruits eaten as a snack especially by hikers":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The low-sugar trail mix , which is free from artificial preservatives, flavors and colors, impressed our experts. \u2014 Good Housekeeping , 28 June 2022", "The kids are going to love coming home to this homemade trail mix in little bags, which makes for easy clean up. \u2014 Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day , 16 June 2022", "Energy bars are easy, as is the omnipresent trail mix . \u2014 Kathryn Miles, Outside Online , 24 Apr. 2019", "Protein-rich foods: Peanut butter, protein bars, unsalted nuts, trail mix , beans, etc. \u2014 Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel , 31 May 2022", "Bursts of charm, pathos, and action were sprinkled throughout like M&M\u2019s in a bag of trail mix . \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 14 Apr. 2022", "The training involved for a mountain race is like a bag of trail mix with a little bit of everything thrown in. \u2014 Outside Online , 14 Mar. 2018", "Manager David Ross recalled Suzuki approaching him one day in the weight room and pointed to the trail mix Ross was eating. \u2014 Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com , 26 Mar. 2022", "My lunch is usually a quick granola bar or some trail mix . \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Feb. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1976, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-161700" }, "tracer bullet":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a bullet that contains a tracer and leaves a path of smoke or fire":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-161837" }, "transaction tax":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": turnover tax":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-162436" }, "traffic engineering":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": engineering dealing with the design of streets and control of traffic":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The municipality\u2019s traffic engineering department ordered 200 of the panhandling signs. \u2014 Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Jan. 2022", "West Northern Lights Boulevard between Lake Hood Drive and Nathaniel Court could remain closed through Dec. 20, said Shane Locke, a traffic engineering technician with the city. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 4 Dec. 2021", "The Ohio Department of Transportation on Wednesday awarded $2.5 million to the city of Cleveland for a preliminary traffic engineering and economic development impact study of a proposal to extend the downtown Mall to the Lake Erie waterfront. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 22 July 2021", "In 2018 the city hired traffic engineering consultant Kenig, Lindgren, O\u2019Hara, Aboona Inc. at the request of Westside Home Owners Association, known locally as WHOA. \u2014 Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com , 8 Dec. 2020", "Parrott, the founder of a traffic engineering firm, has been in the House of Delegates since 2011. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Oct. 2020", "There\u2019s really no reason why cities can\u2019t get the benefit of a more balanced management of the public right of way as well.\u2019\u2019 Of course, that balance comes with traffic engineering , congestion, and safety questions. \u2014 Michael Laris, BostonGlobe.com , 25 May 2020", "Her professional focus is on traffic engineering , transportation planning, safe and intelligent transportation systems and walking and biking. \u2014 Alison Steinbach, azcentral , 22 Apr. 2020", "In 2011, then-Mayor Ed Lee appointed Reiskin \u2014 who had no experience in the transit world \u2014 as San Francisco\u2019s Municipal Transportation Agency director, overseeing Muni, bicycle and pedestrian safety, traffic engineering and parking. \u2014 Annie Vainshtein, SFChronicle.com , 3 Apr. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1908, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-162831" }, "tragal":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": of or relating to the tragus":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101g\u0259l" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin trag us + English -al":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1835, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-165001" }, "transverse mass":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the ratio of the accelerating force to the acceleration when the acceleration is perpendicular to the line of motion":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-165441" }, "tracker":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": a footprint whether recent or fossil":[ "the huge track of a dinosaur" ], ": detectable evidence (such as the wake of a ship, a line of footprints, or a wheel rut) that something has passed":[], ": a path made by or as if by repeated footfalls : trail":[], ": a course laid out especially for racing":[], ": the parallel rails of a railroad":[], ": material recorded especially on or as if on a track":[ "instrumental tracks", "a bonus commentary track on a DVD" ], ": one of a series of parallel or concentric paths along which material (such as music or information) is recorded (as on a phonograph record or magnetic tape)":[], ": a group of grooves on a phonograph record containing recorded sound":[], ": a usually metal way (such as a groove) serving as a guide (as for a movable lighting fixture)":[], ": a sequence of events : a train of ideas : succession":[], ": an awareness of a fact, progression, or condition":[ "keep track of the costs", "lose track of the time" ], ": the course along which something moves or progresses":[], ": a way of life, conduct, or action":[], ": one of several curricula of study to which students are assigned according to their needs or levels of ability":[], ": the projection on the earth's surface of the path along which something (such as a missile or an airplane) has flown":[], ": the width of a wheeled vehicle from wheel to wheel and usually from the outside of the rims":[], ": the tread of an automobile tire":[], ": either of two endless belts on which a tracklaying vehicle travels":[], ": where one stands or is at the moment : on the spot":[ "was stopped in his tracks" ], ": achieving or doing what is necessary or expected":[], ": to follow the tracks or traces of : trail":[], ": to search for by following evidence until found":[ "track down the source" ], ": to follow by vestiges : trace":[], ": to observe or plot the moving path of (something, such as a spacecraft or missile) often instrumentally":[], ": to carry (mud or other material) on the feet and deposit":[ "tracking mud into the kitchen" ], ": to make tracks upon":[], ": to keep track of (something, such as a trend) : follow":[], ": to travel over : traverse":[ "track a desert" ], ": travel":[ "a comet tracking eastward" ], ": to maintain a constant distance apart on the straightaway":[], ": to fit a track or rails":[], ": to follow accurately the corresponding fore wheel on a straightaway":[], ": to follow the groove undulations of a recording":[], ": to leave tracks (as on a floor)":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8trak" ], "synonyms":[ "imprint", "trace", "trail" ], "antonyms":[ "bird-dog", "chase", "course", "dog", "follow", "hound", "pursue", "run", "shadow", "tag", "tail", "trace", "trail" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for track Noun trace , vestige , track mean a perceptible sign made by something that has passed. trace may suggest any line, mark, or discernible effect. the killer left no traces vestige applies to a tangible reminder such as a fragment or remnant of what is past and gone. boulders that are vestiges of the last ice age track implies a continuous line that can be followed. the fossilized tracks of dinosaurs", "examples":[ "Noun", "Follow the track into the forest.", "The train to Chicago will leave track 3.", "Verb", "He tracked the deer for a mile.", "The detectives tracked the killer to Arizona.", "The ship can track incoming missiles with radar.", "Meteorologists are tracking the storm.", "The study tracked the patients over the course of five years.", "The squadron will track north by northeast for 40 miles.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Some prominent American women\u2019s athletes, including the soccer star Megan Rapinoe and the track star Allyson Feix, have voiced their opinion on Friday\u2019s Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade. \u2014 New York Times , 25 June 2022", "Jefferson was eighth in the NCAA Championships on this same track . \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 25 June 2022", "Star hurdler Sydney McLaughlin will be in the 400-meter final, while Allyson Felix will take the track in the women\u2019s 400 final. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 June 2022", "The track is the perfect soundtrack to cruising with your windows down this summer. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 24 June 2022", "Epidemiologists around the country track disease activity at county, city, and state health departments and the CDC. \u2014 Mark Kortepeter, Forbes , 24 June 2022", "Shuttle buses are available along the closed section of Green Line track . \u2014 Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022", "The track was the pop-rock singer\u2019s major-label debut and helped bump her overall streams year-on-year by 500%. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 23 June 2022", "The track was the first major speedway to host night races. \u2014 Mike Hembree, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Funds \u2014 specifically, index funds that track the market \u2014 are a great, cheap way to buy stocks and bonds. \u2014 New York Times , 24 June 2022", "Michael Norman\u2019s counters are covered by empty water bottles that track his daily intake. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022", "The department is based in Richmond and coordinates with 35 local health districts, which track disease outbreaks, promote prevention to combat illness and conduct emergency preparedness training. \u2014 Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post , 18 June 2022", "For example, the administration appears likely to ask the Federal Trade Commission to push makers of apps that track menstrual cycles to warn users that the data could be used to identify women in the early stages of pregnancy. \u2014 Charlie Savage, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022", "With the proliferation of apps on the market that track stress and diet (with even some targeting small-business owners), and more tools arriving on the market every day, this is quickly becoming the new reality. \u2014 Rachel Yarcony, Forbes , 16 June 2022", "However, the city law department said that system does not track fires in vacancies. \u2014 Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun , 15 June 2022", "On the LM Sequential EVO there is one movement operating two chronographs that can track multiple timing modes. \u2014 Paige Reddinger, Robb Report , 10 June 2022", "Do Kwon, which are already facing scrutiny from the regulator for offering another crypto project known as the Mirror Protocol, which lets people to trade digital assets that track the price of US stocks. \u2014 Matt Robinson And Bloomberg, Fortune , 9 June 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English trak , from Middle French trac":"Noun" }, "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":"Noun", "1565, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-172148" }, "transmedian":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": passing across or through the median plane":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "trans- + median, medial":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174209" }, "trail cutter":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a cowboy who breaks through a moving herd of cattle to search for strays":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174300" }, "transistorized":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": equipped with transistors":[ "a transistorized amplifier" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "tran-\u02c8zi-st\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bzd", "tran(t)-\u02c8si-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Its transistorized electronics and communications devices proved essential to the development of missiles and rockets, and, in later years, the personal computer and internet industries. \u2014 Margaret O'mara, Wired , 13 Jan. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1952, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175557" }, "trail bike":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a small motorcycle designed for off-road use":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Compared to the Atomic Vantage, the ride quality is plush, like a long-travel trail bike (the Atomic is more reactive, like a cross-country race bike). \u2014 Heather Schultz, Outside Online , 4 Mar. 2021", "For a lightweight trail bike these days, that\u2019s impressive. \u2014 Outside Online , 1 July 2020", "The singlespeed is mostly a winter trail bike , a kind of riding that works best on a tubeless setup, to allow the low pressure that produces a larger contact patch for better traction and flotation. \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Outside Online , 26 Jan. 2022", "The NSW Police said officers also utilized their trail bike officers, Dog and Mounted Unit, divers and helicopter teams to help find the boy. \u2014 Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com , 6 Sep. 2021", "In that analogy, the Shift would be a do-it-all 130-millimeter trail bike , and a lightweight tech binding would be a cross-country race bike. \u2014 Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online , 22 Feb. 2021", "Specialized cut weight from this 150-millimeter-travel trail bike by using a less powerful motor and a smaller battery. \u2014 Josh Patterson, Outside Online , 30 Sep. 2020", "Many of us have heard (sometimes apocryphal) stories about e-bike accidents, including one in which TV personality Simon Cowell fractured his back during his first ride on a new electric trail bike . \u2014 Gretchen Reynolds, Star Tribune , 25 Sep. 2020", "The Syco Entertainment record executive wrote on Twitter about his broken back a day after the accident along with some hard advice for electric trail bike users but hasn't personally shared any health updates since. \u2014 Heran Mamo, Billboard , 12 Aug. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1966, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175849" }, "transmasculine":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, or being a person whose gender identity is partially or fully masculine and differs from the sex the person had or was identified as having at birth":[ "It [the Australian National University's Gender-Inclusive Handbook] cites a 2019 study by researcher Lauren Dinour, who said that \"heterosexual and woman-focused lactation language \u2026 can misgender, isolate, and harm transmasculine parents and non-heteronormative families.\"", "\u2014 David Aaro" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "tranz-", "tran(t)s-\u02c8ma-sky\u0259-l\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "trans- (in transgender ) + masculine entry 1":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "2000, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182533" }, "trailer":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": a nonautomotive vehicle designed to be hauled by road: such as":[], ": a vehicle designed to serve wherever parked as a temporary dwelling or place of business":[], ": mobile home":[], ": a selected group of scenes that are shown to advertise a movie : preview sense 3":[ "a theatrical trailer" ], ": a short blank strip of film attached to the end of a reel":[], ": one that trails":[], ": a trailing plant":[], ": to live or travel in or with a trailer":[], ": to be transportable by trailer":[ "a light boat that trailers easily" ], ": to transport (something, such as a boat) by means of a trailer":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101-l\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[ "camper", "caravan", "motor home", "recreational vehicle", "RV" ], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Noun", "We helped them load the furniture onto the trailer .", "the band packed their equipment back into their trailer and headed off to their next gig", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Jay McGeary, a freight hauler who lives in town, was leaving for D.C. that morning in his Dodge pickup, pulling a trailer load of steel to a construction site near the White House. \u2014 Paul Duggan, Washington Post , 1 July 2022", "This week, authorities confirmed that V\u00e1squez Guzm\u00e1n was one of the survivors from the trailer and was hospitalized in San Antonio. \u2014 Christopher Sherman, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022", "News of the trailer full of bodies struck horror in cities and villages accustomed to watching their young people leave, trying to flee poverty or violence in Central America and Mexico. \u2014 CBS News , 30 June 2022", "The trailer shows all the shenanigans the exes go through to try to stop the ceremony from happening, all while slowly growing closer together. \u2014 Morayo Ogunbayo, ajc , 30 June 2022", "San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood told reporters that the individuals found inside the trailer had no access to water. \u2014 Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone , 30 June 2022", "Authorities said Hinton struck the rear of a utility trailer that was being pulled by a truck. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 29 June 2022", "Two men detained following Monday's discovery of dozens of dead migrants in the trailer of a big rig in San Antonio have been charged with possessing a weapon while in the United States illegally. \u2014 Dennis Romero, NBC News , 29 June 2022", "Indeed, the trailer (watch, below) sees the exes attempting to trick their daughter into dumping her new fianc\u00e9, including stealing the wedding rings to spark a fight. \u2014 Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Those who own 2021 Escalades with Super Cruise and an active Super Cruise plan can get the automatic lane change software update, plus a new trailering capability so owners can trailer their boat, camper and more while driving hands-free. \u2014 Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press , 15 Mar. 2022", "Anglers will trailer their catches roughly 60 miles to daily weigh-ins set for Dickies Arena in Fort Worth. \u2014 Matt Williams, Dallas News , 6 June 2020", "The holder also has comfortable knob disconnects for trailering boats to and from the water. \u2014 : Bob Mcnally, Field & Stream , 7 May 2020", "On the day of departure, Andy picked Joe and me up at 3 a.m. in his mom\u2019s minivan, trailering a camper with a bumper sticker that read: LIFESTYLES OF THE POOR AND UNKNOWN. \u2014 The Editors, Field & Stream , 24 Feb. 2020", "Most important to Sierra HD owners is trailering capability, and GMC answers their needs with the available ProGrade Trailering System. \u2014 Tim Spell, Houston Chronicle , 10 Jan. 2020", "That is not true of trailers and trailered boats that may have internal ballast tanks. \u2014 Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post , 2 Dec. 2019", "This means that after trailering boats, and before getting on the road, boaters must pull plugs, drain water and remove plants and debris. \u2014 Maryann Struman, Detroit Free Press , 27 Aug. 2019", "Ted\u2019 Smith trailered his 1947 Cushman Scooter for showing in the Antique Motorcycle category. \u2014 Denise Coffey, courant.com , 19 Aug. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1590, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Noun", "1938, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182811" }, "transmission efficiency":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-183307" }, "transocean":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": transoceanic":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02c8)tran(t)s", "-raan-", "-nz+" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "trans- + ocean":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-183852" }, "travertine":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a mineral consisting of a massive usually layered calcium carbonate (such as aragonite or calcite) formed by deposition from spring waters or especially from hot springs":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tra-v\u0259r-\u02cct\u0113n", "-t\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The starting price for a Contemporary sofa is under $10,000 and travertine coffee tables begin at around $5,000, though paying members of its loyalty program ($175 per year) get a 25% discount, but delivery is extra. \u2014 Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes , 10 June 2022", "The sofa, rug, and yellow- travertine screen are custom; LC4 chaise longue is from Cassina. \u2014 Ian Phillips, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022", "Fond du Lac limestone pavers from Wisconsin replaced the travertine . \u2014 Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine , 31 May 2022", "The Mammoth Hot Springs on the east flank of the 8,012-foot tall Terrace Mountain have created natural travertine steps, such as Minerva Terrace. \u2014 Fox News , 21 May 2022", "Plus, its beige travertine stone top is sealed to prevent water damage. \u2014 Daria Smith, Better Homes & Gardens , 11 May 2022", "The 10,400-square-foot museum, which opened in October 1965, was constructed with travertine marble, bronze and glass and is now considered to be among San Diego\u2019s finest examples of midcentury modern architecture. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 June 2022", "The Tile Shop sells marble, travertine , limestone, porcelain, ceramic, encaustic and wood tile. \u2014 Daniel Bortz, Good Housekeeping , 31 May 2022", "See only its brand new store on Worth Avenue, reopened after a complete redesign in travertine marble, walnut wood, and colorful ceramic sculptures. \u2014 Nick Remsen, Vogue , 12 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "French travertin , from Italian travertino, trevertino , from Latin tiburtinus , adjective, of travertine, literally, of Tibur (Tivoli)":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1669, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-184853" }, "traverse jury":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": petit jury":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tra-v\u0259rs-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1911, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185324" }, "traffic divider":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a barrier (as a guardrail, fence, or concrete wall) placed between the lanes of a highway to divide the traffic moving in opposite directions":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-190835" }, "trade test":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a test of proficiency in a given trade (as plumbing) standardized by obtaining norms for novices, apprentices, journeymen, and experts in the trade":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-191028" }, "transferotype":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "transfer entry 1 + -o- + type":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-191218" }, "transitions":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another":[ "a peaceful/orderly transition of power", "the actor's transition to directing", "the patient's transition from the hospital to home", "\u2026 the transition from print reading to screen reading has increased our reliance on images \u2026", "\u2014 Christine Rosen", "The program works with newcomer families, and their students, to help support the transition and integration into the school system.", "\u2014 Chris Sumner", "The National Portrait Gallery's emphasis in its caricature collection underscores the field's subtle transition between the world wars, when it went from mostly political uses to the light-hearted entertainment of celebrity caricature.", "\u2014 Jane Addams Allen", "\u2026 having told all her griefs \u2026, she was soon able to make a voluntary transition to the oddities of her cousin \u2026", "\u2014 Jane Austen", "Since the eye retains images slightly longer than it is actually exposed to them, it tends to meld two successive images into one, creating a smooth transition between them. This phenomenon \u2026 is responsible for the illusion of motion in movies \u2026 and television.", "\u2014 Edward Pincus and Steven Ascher" ], ": a period or phase in which such a change or shift is happening":[ "\u2026 you're at the cusp, kids. You're at the edge between childhood and everything that comes after. You're in transition .", "\u2014 R. J. Palacio", "\u2026 non-REM sleep, which normally comprises the transition between waking and REM sleep \u2026", "\u2014 Marina Chicurel", "Perched at the very point of transition between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance \u2026", "\u2014 Kirkus Reviews", "\u2026 today's average marrying age in America happens to coincide with a time of life when people have historically been less religiously active: the transition period between moving out of your parents' house and starting a household of your own.", "\u2014 Emma Green" ], ": something that links one state, subject, place, etc. to another : a connecting part or piece":[ "[The front porch] served \u2026 as a vital transition between the uncontrollable out-of-doors and the cherished interior of the home.", "\u2014 Reynolds Price" ], ": such as":[ "[The front porch] served \u2026 as a vital transition between the uncontrollable out-of-doors and the cherished interior of the home.", "\u2014 Reynolds Price" ], ": a passage of discourse in which a shift (as of subject or location) is effected":[ "Every aspect of the book\u2014its narrative transitions , dramatic changes in pictorial scale, fluctuations of mood, interlinking of visual themes\u2014is handled with pinpoint control.", "\u2014 Holland Cotter" ], ": a segment connecting one dramatic scene to another":[ "Another misstep: the overuse of historical footage as a transition between scenes. The images are disruptive and used completely out of context, often predating the era depicted here.", "\u2014 Nicole Herrington" ], ": a process by which a transgender person comes to live in accordance with their gender identity through changes to their appearance and presentation often with the aid of medical procedures and therapies":[], ": an abrupt change in energy state or level (as of an atomic nucleus or a molecule) usually accompanied by loss or gain of a single quantum of energy":[], ": to make a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another : to make a transition":[ "transitioning to a new facility", "a student transitioning into college", "Too many of the exterior shingles had transitioned from weathered to warped, and the interior walls all needed a fresh coat of paint.", "\u2014 Richard Russo", "Because tornadoes are generated when these different air masses \u2026 collide, they are most common in the spring, when the weather is transitioning from cold on the northern Plains to hot on the Gulf Coast.", "\u2014 Donald Prothero" ], ": to cause (something or someone) to change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another":[ "Teaching children to read first in their nonstandard Swedish dialect and then transitioning them to standard Swedish speeds and improves the acquisition of reading skills.", "\u2014 Geoffrey K. Pullum", "In the United States, the company's plans for transitioning prescription products to over-the-counter is easier now, as the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) unwritten standards for such switches have evolved.", "\u2014 Robin Madell" ], ": to come to live in accordance with one's gender identity through a process that involves changes to one's appearance and presentation often with the aid of medical procedures and therapies":[ "Not all transgender people transition , and transitions look different for all kinds of people. They can be fast, or slow, and include lots of different kinds of treatments. \u2026 Transition is not one-size-fits-all. You may be comfortable altering your gendered existence without hormones or surgery; other people will feel those kinds of physical transitions are necessary for their survival.", "\u2014 Diana Tourj\u00e9e", "\u2026 her [Jan Morris'] superb account of transitioning from male to female in the 1960s, when it was even more difficult than it is now.", "\u2014 Peter Bradshaw", "\u2026 she wanted to be helpful to other trans people who might not have had the same educational and cultural advantages she'd had. She had even written a guide about the practical aspects of transitioning , such as changing your name and updating legal documents, for others who might be following a similar path.", "\u2014 Rebecca Mead" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "chiefly British tran(t)-\u02c8si-zh\u0259n", "-\u02c8zi-", "tran-\u02c8zi-", "tran-\u02c8si-sh\u0259n", "tran(t)-\u02c8si-sh\u0259n", "tran(t)s-\u02c8ish-\u0259n, tranz-, chiefly British tran(t)s-\u02c8izh-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Noun", "We want to have a smooth transition when the new owners take control of the company.", "the sometimes difficult transition from childhood to adulthood", "The country made a peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.", "Verb", "The company has transitioned to new management in the past year.", "a student who is transitioning to a new school", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "The former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide\u2019s party, Fanmi Lavalas, recently withdrew from the coalition, citing differences on the choice of leaders, and some have called for Aristide to lead the transition . \u2014 Edwidge Danticat, The New Yorker , 5 July 2022", "Recently, an old colleague of mine with over 10 years of digital marketing experience in the outdoor industry made the transition to the financial services sector. \u2014 Charlie Grinnell, Forbes , 5 July 2022", "The transition from gas to electric has unlocked another level of performance and automakers are taking full advantage of the technology. \u2014 Fox News Staff, Fox News , 3 July 2022", "For patients diagnosed with terminal illnesses, palliative care can also ease the transition to hospice care. \u2014 John Mulder, STAT , 3 July 2022", "Karam is trying to make the transition from open-wheel racing to stock cars. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel , 2 July 2022", "Salt Lake City hopes to captivate its audience and entertain people of all ages with the transition to a laser light display hosted on July 2 and July 23. \u2014 Payton Major And Haley Brink, CNN , 2 July 2022", "The challenge will be accentuated by the fact that the transition will take time and require frequent software upgrades. \u2014 Vinit Patel, Fortune , 1 July 2022", "Currently my full-time job is president of the Northeast Clean Energy Council, an organization promoting the rapid and equitable transition to a clean energy future and a diverse climate economy. \u2014 John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com , 30 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "The biggest contributor to higher energy prices now and going forward are governments\u2019 forced attempts to transition from fossil fuels to renewables before the technology is ready to scale up and meet global demand. \u2014 Frank Holmes, Forbes , 6 June 2022", "Gauff is a quick and agile mover, able to transition from offense and defense on a dime. \u2014 Liz Clarke, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022", "The operators hope to eventually transition from processing salvage logs to milling trees removed from forests during thinning projects intended to restore the landscape to more fire-resilient precolonial conditions. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 May 2022", "The center will transition from a drive-thru testing center to a clinical testing setting staffed by UC Health clinicians, the release said. \u2014 Brooks Sutherland, The Enquirer , 11 Feb. 2022", "After attending Lakewood City Schools through the first half of sixth grade, a concussion forced Yeung to transition into Lakewood City Academy TRECA Digital Academy. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 25 May 2022", "The goal is to keep the stays short and transition them into permanent housing. \u2014 Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press , 25 May 2022", "Nightly rituals improve sleep quality by allowing the body to unwind and easily transition into deep rest. \u2014 Amiah Taylor, Fortune , 12 May 2022", "Nunez\u2019s arrival at Old Trafford would hint at United\u2019s desire to transition their attack into a new era. \u2014 Graham Ruthven, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin transition-, transitio , from transire":"Noun" }, "first_known_use":{ "1545, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun", "1877, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-191424" }, "train sickness":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": motion sickness induced by riding on a train":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-192203" }, "trachea":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the main trunk of the system of tubes by which air passes to and from the lungs in vertebrates":[], ": one of the air-conveying tubules forming the respiratory system of most insects and many other arthropods":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101-k\u0113-\u0259", "\u02c8tr\u0101-k\u0113-\u0259, British also tr\u0259-\u02c8k\u0113-\u0259" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "One was that Val Kilmer, who has difficulty speaking after throat cancer and numerous trachea surgeries, return to play Iceman. \u2014 Jake Coyle, ajc , 23 May 2022", "Gaal had suffered defensive wounds on her hands and fingers before her trachea and carotid artery were cut, according to authorities. \u2014 Michael Ruiz, Fox News , 22 Apr. 2022", "Emilio didn\u2019t leave the hospital for five months, following multiple surgeries on his trachea and abdomen. \u2014 Bryan Rogala, Outside Online , 6 Jan. 2020", "There was swelling in his trachea and at the back of his throat, according to the report. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022", "Among chickens, all strains of the infectious bronchitis virus affect the trachea , but some mutant strains have emerged that damage the kidneys. \u2014 Donald S. Burke, STAT , 18 Feb. 2022", "Whereas the larynx resides at the top of the main airway, the syrinx sits at the bottom, where the trachea (aka the windpipe) branches out to the lungs. \u2014 Michael B. Habib, Scientific American , 1 Jan. 2022", "Predators such as mountain lions which kill deer by biting into their trachea or over their nose and mouth, could be infected while feasting. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Feb. 2022", "Predators such as mountain lions which kill deer by biting into their trachea or over their nose and mouth, could be infected while feasting. \u2014 Emily Anthes, BostonGlobe.com , 7 Feb. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from Late Latin trachia , from Greek tracheia ( art\u0113ria ) rough (artery), from feminine of trachys rough":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-193625" }, "train off":{ "type":[ "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to get out of training by relaxing a regimen or by going stale":[], ": swerve , veer":[], ": to eliminate (excess body weight) by exercise and diet":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "train entry 4":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-195513" }, "traversing mandrel":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-195538" }, "traveling table":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a table or platform arranged to move on rollers or wheels":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-195701" }, "traveling card":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a card issued by a local union that enables a worker to take a job outside the jurisdiction in which the card is issued":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-195839" }, "tracheophyte":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": any of a division (Tracheophyta) comprising green plants (such as ferns and seed plants) with a vascular system that contains tracheids : vascular plant":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101-k\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccf\u012bt" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin Tracheophyta , from trache- + Greek phyton plant; akin to Greek phyein to bring forth \u2014 more at be":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1937, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200559" }, "trailman":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": trailsman":[], ": one of a group of mounted cowboys driving a herd of cattle":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101(\u0259)lm\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-203323" }, "transformer":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[ "trans-\u02c8f\u022fr-m\u0259r", "tran(t)s-\u02c8f\u022fr-m\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The slide below from Jensen\u2019s talk shows the increasing demand for transformer training compared to earlier AI training models. \u2014 Tom Coughlin, Forbes , 26 Mar. 2022", "That was the final verdict on why a transformer in one of the arena\u2019s three power stations failed right before Game 1. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 16 May 2022", "Last December, a tree fell on a transformer and blew out most of the mountain\u2019s electricity. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Apr. 2022", "The fractal burning process typically uses a high-voltage transformer , often repurposed from a microwave oven, to flow current across wood items that have been soaked with a chemical solution. \u2014 Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com , 25 Apr. 2022", "The biggest and best of these are all based on an architecture invented in 2017 called the transformer . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 14 Apr. 2022", "Each transformer , now connected on separate wires, is capable of powering three pumps. \u2014 Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press , 5 Apr. 2022", "Primer is an older competitor in this space, founded two years before the invention of the transformer . \u2014 Rob Toews, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022", "An electric power transformer blew up and lit up a woman\u2019s entire yard, knocking out her power at 8 p.m. Oct. 30. \u2014 Joan Rusek, cleveland , 17 Nov. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1596, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-204227" }, "transforms":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to change in composition or structure":[], ": to change the outward form or appearance of":[], ": to change in character or condition : convert":[], ": to subject to mathematical transformation":[], ": to cause (a cell) to undergo genetic transformation":[], ": to become transformed : change":[], ": a mathematical element obtained from another by transformation":[], ": transformation sense 3a(1)":[], ": a linguistic structure (such as a sentence) produced by means of a transformation":[ "\"the duckling is killed by the farmer\" is a transform of \"the farmer kills the duckling\"" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "trans-\u02c8f\u022frm", "tran(t)s-\u02c8f\u022frm", "\u02c8tran(t)s-\u02ccf\u022frm", "tran(t)s-\u02c8f\u022f(\u0259)rm" ], "synonyms":[ "alchemize", "convert", "make over", "metamorphose", "transfigure", "transmute", "transpose", "transubstantiate" ], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for transform Verb transform , metamorphose , transmute , convert , transmogrify , transfigure mean to change a thing into a different thing. transform implies a major change in form, nature, or function. transformed a small company into a corporate giant metamorphose suggests an abrupt or startling change induced by or as if by magic or a supernatural power. awkward girls metamorphosed into graceful ballerinas transmute implies transforming into a higher element or thing. attempted to transmute lead into gold convert implies a change fitting something for a new or different use or function. converted the study into a nursery transmogrify suggests a strange or preposterous metamorphosis. a story in which a frog is transmogrified into a prince transfigure implies a change that exalts or glorifies. joy transfigured her face", "examples":[ "Verb", "A little creativity can transform an ordinary meal into a special event.", "The old factory has been transformed into an art gallery.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "At most, a new coach and front office may profess to need two years to transform a struggling team into a playoff contender. \u2014 Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes , 30 June 2022", "Instead, his firm, Susquehanna International Group, found creative ways to transform the wrong sort of income into the right kind, generating tax savings that exceeded $1 billion over just six years. \u2014 Paul Kiel, ProPublica , 29 June 2022", "Purchasers of unfinished receivers need only to make a few changes with a common drill press to transform an unfinished receiver into an operational one. \u2014 Aaron Katersky, ABC News , 29 June 2022", "In both works, her intimate fantasies of time and place have mingled with the fantasies of others to transform the institutions and categories of history into a new, imaginary archive. \u2014 Erik Morse, Vogue , 28 June 2022", "Seriously, Halloween night is the perfect time to transform into some of the most iconic characters to ever show up on the big (and small) screen. \u2014 Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping , 24 June 2022", "These are the moments when stories transform from fragile mirrors into shields. \u2014 Lily Houston Smith, The Atlantic , 23 June 2022", "These artists transform garbage into garb to take a stand 4 eco-friendly ways to keep pests out of your yard Forests as 'carbon offsets'", "These artists transform garbage into garb to take a stand How the Ukraine war is accelerating Germany's energy transition 4 eco-friendly ways to keep pests out of your yard Forests as 'carbon offsets'" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Middle French transformer , from Latin transformare , from trans- + formare to form, from forma form":"Verb" }, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb", "1853, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-204358" }, "transmogrify":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to change or alter greatly and often with grotesque or humorous effect":[], ": to become transmogrified":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "tranz-", "tran(t)s-\u02c8m\u00e4-gr\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for transmogrify transform , metamorphose , transmute , convert , transmogrify , transfigure mean to change a thing into a different thing. transform implies a major change in form, nature, or function. transformed a small company into a corporate giant metamorphose suggests an abrupt or startling change induced by or as if by magic or a supernatural power. awkward girls metamorphosed into graceful ballerinas transmute implies transforming into a higher element or thing. attempted to transmute lead into gold convert implies a change fitting something for a new or different use or function. converted the study into a nursery transmogrify suggests a strange or preposterous metamorphosis. a story in which a frog is transmogrified into a prince transfigure implies a change that exalts or glorifies. joy transfigured her face", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "For most basketball fans, that joy will transmogrify into disappointment, sadness or even fleeting anger once their favorite team is eliminated. \u2014 Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com , 21 Mar. 2021", "Christians have been borrowing from other religions since the days when the pagan feast of Saturnalia transmogrified into Christmas and the Gaelic festival of Samhain became All Saints\u2019 Day. \u2014 The Economist , 24 Oct. 2019", "In 1992, the Bitterroot Valley was changing all around us, the beginning of the land-development boom that would transmogrify the valley during our years there. \u2014 Hal Herring, Field & Stream , 12 May 2020", "As Thursday\u2019s indictment shows, the two men largely plied their way into the Republican Party\u2019s political structures with raw cash, effectively transmogrifying it into congressional influence and presidential favor. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 11 Oct. 2019", "With an average of 31 wins and two playoff appearances over the last eight seasons, the Los Angeles Lakers have transmogrified into some version of, well, the old Los Angeles Clippers. \u2014 Jack Mccallum, SI.com , 9 July 2019", "And the widespread rioting in France shows the dangers of allowing a healthy dose of democracy to transmogrify into a brutal majoritarianism. \u2014 Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ , 6 Dec. 2018", "Within a matter of hours, a possible act of anti-auction protest by an inveterate art prankster had been transmogrified by the churning gears of the market into an auction-reifying, value-amplifying piece of monetizable performance art. \u2014 Julia Felsenthal, Vogue , 18 Oct. 2018", "Well that Don Lemon seems to have transmogrified into someone else, namely a person who has smart takes on the Confederate flag and NFL knee-taking. \u2014 Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune , 9 Jan. 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "origin unknown":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1656, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-204758" }, "traverse flute":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": flute sense 1c":[], ": flauto traverso sense 2":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-205350" }, "transform fault":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a strike-slip fault that occurs typically between segments of a mid-ocean ridge or other tectonic-plate boundary and that is characterized by shallow high-magnitude earthquakes":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tran(t)s-\u02ccf\u022frm-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The swarm occurred along the Blanco Fracture Zone, a transform fault zone off the coast of Oregon where tectonic plates slide past each other. \u2014 Jennifer Calfas, WSJ , 8 Dec. 2021", "Unlike the Cascadia Subduction Zone, where plates are sliding under one another, the San Andreas Fault is known as a transform fault , the tectonic plates are moving laterally, sliding past each other. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 Dec. 2019", "Much of California, including Los Angeles and the Bay Area, on the other hand, are positioned right on top of the San Andreas fault, a transform fault , where two plates slide past each other. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 18 Oct. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1965, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-205957" }, "trail car":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": trailer sense 4a":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-211125" }, "traveling wave":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a wave in which the particles of the medium move progressively in the direction of the wave propagation with such a gradation of speeds that the faster overtake the slower and are themselves in turn overtaken \u2014 compare standing wave":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-211234" }, "Traill's flycatcher":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": alder flycatcher":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101(\u0259)lz-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "after Thomas S. Traill \u20201862 British encyclopedist":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-211310" }, "trans-Neptunian":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": lying beyond the orbit of the planet Neptune":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u00a6tran(t)s", "-raan-", "-nz+" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "trans- + Neptune , formerly most distant known planet + English -ian":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-211913" }, "trade binding":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": edition binding":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212028" }, "transmuting":{ "type":[ "adjective", "transitive verb", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form":[], ": to subject (something, such as an element) to transmutation":[], ": to undergo transmutation":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "tranz-", "tranz-\u02c8my\u00fct, trans-", "tran(t)s-\u02c8my\u00fct" ], "synonyms":[ "alchemize", "convert", "make over", "metamorphose", "transfigure", "transform", "transpose", "transubstantiate" ], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for transmute transform , metamorphose , transmute , convert , transmogrify , transfigure mean to change a thing into a different thing. transform implies a major change in form, nature, or function. transformed a small company into a corporate giant metamorphose suggests an abrupt or startling change induced by or as if by magic or a supernatural power. awkward girls metamorphosed into graceful ballerinas transmute implies transforming into a higher element or thing. attempted to transmute lead into gold convert implies a change fitting something for a new or different use or function. converted the study into a nursery transmogrify suggests a strange or preposterous metamorphosis. a story in which a frog is transmogrified into a prince transfigure implies a change that exalts or glorifies. joy transfigured her face", "examples":[ "The stories of their lives were transmuted into works of fiction.", "The former criminal had transmuted into a national hero.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Slowly, painfully, by fits and starts, the heroic narrative of the Arab spring was transmuted into something much darker. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2020", "Similarly, the imperative to invent a vaccine as rapidly as possibly is not dissimilar from the effort at Los Alamos: Both require rapidly transmuting existing scientific knowledge into highly specific and practical technologies. \u2014 Mark P. Mills, National Review , 29 Apr. 2020", "Mysteries, like works of horror, transmute nebulous fears into tangible dangers. \u2014 Nora Caplan-bricker, The New Yorker , 13 Nov. 2019", "Instead, the hazy hue transmuted a femme fatale makeup staple into something softer and more romantic. \u2014 Calin Van Paris, Vogue , 20 July 2018", "Old Dolio's lack of lived experience transmutes into a kind of Buddhist wisdom; the family briefly gets to play-act at normalcy; everyone sees that, in disruptive ways, Melanie is different from them. \u2014 John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Jan. 2020", "The Lincoln that Trump conjured for this scenario\u2014a bizarre one even by the President\u2019s standards\u2014was transmuted into a leftist-socialist-globalist-radical-Democrat. \u2014 Sidney Blumenthal, The New Yorker , 24 Oct. 2019", "The other candidates, on the whole, hoped to transmute the lessons about Trump\u2019s character and dishonesty which emerged from the impeachment into material for the campaign trail. \u2014 Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker , 21 Dec. 2019", "At best, Maxo rapping about real-life trials and tribulations should be cathartic for both him and the crowd, but too often, the concert alchemy proved too delicate to transmute the experience. \u2014 Chris Kelly, Washington Post , 26 Oct. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Latin transmutare , from trans- + mutare to change \u2014 more at mutable":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212312" }, "transplace":{ "type":[ "transitive verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to put in another place : transpose":[], ": to interchange the places of":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-n(t)\u02c8sp-", "tranz\u02c8pl\u0101s" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "trans- + place":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212533" }, "trap cut":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": step cut":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "trap probably from Dutch, step":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-213700" }, "traffic department":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a department in a company or agency that supervises any of various operations (as sales, transportation, public relations, or the maintaining of production schedules)":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-213907" }, "transmitting station":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an assemblage of equipment to send out or transmit radio waves including an antenna transmitting set and telephone transmitter or key":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-215351" }, "trac":{ "type":[ "abbreviation or noun" ], "definitions":{ "tractor":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8trak" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-215459" }, "tragedian":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a writer of tragedies":[], ": an actor specializing in tragic roles":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "tr\u0259-\u02c8j\u0113-d\u0113-\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Over two millennia ago, the Athenian tragedian Sophocles first described the archetype in his portraits of an angry and old but still fearsome Ajax, and heroic but stubborn and self-fixated Antigone. \u2014 Victor Davis Hanson, National Review , 12 Nov. 2020", "New York Eugene O\u2019Neill, the dour tragedian of 20th-century American theater, was the least likely of men to have tucked a warmhearted family comedy in between his bleak tales of life at its direst. \u2014 Terry Teachout, WSJ , 31 Jan. 2019", "Euripides, the most irreverent of the Greek tragedians , cuts these Homeric figures down to size. \u2014 Charles Mcnulty, latimes.com , 8 Sep. 2017", "Yes, a cast of eight \u2014 a big number for a straight play these days, with a big story to tell that evokes the style of such classic American tragedians as Eugene O'Neill and Tennessee Williams. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 3 Aug. 2017", "The name of the island is true to myth, which suggests that someone at DC Comics has been knuckling down to Herodotus and the Greek tragedians . \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 5 June 2017", "There was plenty of rich material here for tragedians to debate. \u2014 Mary Beard, New York Times , 11 May 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English tragedien , from Middle French, from tragedie":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-215620" }, "tracklayer":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a worker engaged in tracklaying":[], ": a tracklaying vehicle":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02ccler", "\u02c8trak-\u02ccl\u0101-\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1853, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220203" }, "training table":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a table where athletes under a training regimen eat meals planned to help in their conditioning":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Dunn even remembers the first time her teams were provided a training table . \u2014 Gabby Hajduk, The Indianapolis Star , 1 July 2022", "Jeff Pietrowski worked in the first unit with Florida transfer Khris Bogle, who also spent time on the training table getting work done on his lower back and hips. \u2014 Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press , 16 Apr. 2022", "Hours before kickoff, Erzinger was on a training table in the bowels of FedEx Field in Maryland, hooked up to an I.V. as fluids coursed through his body. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Dec. 2021", "In his senior season, Erzinger came off the training table and I.V. drip and led a swarming defense to the brink of an Army victory. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Dec. 2021", "Could get up to 280 pounds or more once eating at a college training table , if desired. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Oct. 2021", "Before hopping on a training table to get his ankles taped, Jalen posed for promotional photos with two teammates. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Nov. 2021", "Nutritional options at the training table will improve. \u2014 Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News , 2 Nov. 2021", "Lou Williams was on the training table when his coach walked up to deliver some rather startling news. \u2014 Paul Newberry, Star Tribune , 30 June 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1866, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221131" }, "trap net":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": fish trap , pound net":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-222027" }, "Travel line":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": line of travel":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-222413" }, "traveling post office":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": railway mail car":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223006" }, "transom knee":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a knee bolted to a transom or after timber of a ship":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223713" }, "transphobia":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against transgender people":[ "Homophobia and transphobia are still major issues among LGBTQ youth, who are at higher risk for verbal harassment by classmates \u2026", "\u2014 Erica Lenti" ], "\u2014 compare homophobia":[ "Homophobia and transphobia are still major issues among LGBTQ youth, who are at higher risk for verbal harassment by classmates \u2026", "\u2014 Erica Lenti" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cctranz-", "\u02cctran(t)s-\u02c8f\u014d-b\u0113-\u0259" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "trans entry 1 + -phobia":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1992, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-224420" }, "tradeful":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": full of trade : commercial":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101df\u0259l" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-225017" }, "traversing":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to go or travel across or over":[], ": to move or pass along or through":[ "light rays traversing a crystal" ], ": to make a study of : examine":[], ": to lie or extend across : cross":[ "the bridge traverses a brook" ], ": to move to and fro over or along":[], ": to ascend, descend, or cross (a slope or gap) at an angle":[], ": to move (a gun) to right or left on a pivot":[], ": to go against or act in opposition to : oppose , thwart":[], ": to deny (something, such as an allegation of fact or an indictment) formally at law":[], ": to make or carry out a survey of by using traverses":[], ": to move back and forth or from side to side":[], ": to move or turn laterally : swivel":[], ": to climb at an angle or in a zigzag course":[], ": to ski across rather than straight down a hill":[], ": to make a survey by using traverses":[], ": something that crosses or lies across":[], ": obstacle , adversity":[], ": a formal denial of a matter of fact alleged by the opposing party in a legal pleading":[], ": a compartment or recess formed by a partition, curtain, or screen":[], ": a gallery or loft providing access from one side to another in a large building":[], ": a route or way across or over: such as":[], ": a zigzag course of a sailing ship with contrary winds":[], ": a curving or zigzag way up a steep grade":[], ": the course followed in traversing":[], ": the act or an instance of traversing : crossing":[], ": a protective projecting wall or bank of earth in a trench":[], ": the lateral movement of a gun about a pivot or on a carriage to change direction of fire":[], ": a line surveyed across a plot of ground":[], ": lying across : transverse":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "also -\u02ccv\u0259rs", "or tra-\u02c8v\u0259rs", "tr\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259rs, \u02c8tra-\u02ccv\u0259rs", "tra-\u02c8v\u0259rs", "\u02c8tra-v\u0259rs", "tr\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259rs", "\u02c8tra-(\u02cc)v\u0259rs", "or \u02c8tra-(\u02cc)v\u0259rs", "\u02c8tra-\u02ccv\u0259rs, tr\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259rs", "also tra-\u02c8v\u0259rs", "especially for senses 6 and 8 also tr\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259rs" ], "synonyms":[ "course", "cover", "cross", "cut (across)", "follow", "go", "navigate", "pass (over)", "perambulate", "peregrinate", "proceed (along)", "track", "transit", "travel" ], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Verb", "The candidates traversed the state throughout the campaign.", "The river traverses the county.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "To prove this, the demo eventually shifts away from the car chase and into a playable, open-world experience, which players can traverse on foot, via car, or as a floating, superfast camera. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 9 Dec. 2021", "At Mile 15, marathoners will traverse up and over the Hoan Bridge \u2013 a rare treat, as the bridge is rarely open to pedestrian traffic. \u2014 Lori Nickel, Journal Sentinel , 16 June 2022", "Some of the communities are so remote that to reach them, the health care workers traverse thick rainforest and then travel by canoe for a whole day. \u2014 Michael Forster Rothbart, Scientific American , 10 June 2022", "Thanks to the Soo Locks, freighters over 1,000 feet in length can traverse freely along the St. Marys River all the way from Duluth, Minnesota outward into the Atlantic Ocean and beyond. \u2014 Alec Brzezinski, Detroit Free Press , 28 May 2022", "Players traverse surreal worlds and duke it out with sentient poker chips, demonic clowns and boxing frogs across elaborate, multistage boss battles. \u2014 Alyse Stanley, Washington Post , 17 May 2022", "With no cellphones and no GPS, teams traverse nearly 1,400 miles the old-school way (using maps, guidebooks, and a compass). \u2014 Outside Online , 12 May 2022", "The film, first announced in 2017, centers on modern-day London, and the story will traverse Hindu temples, British high society and the city\u2019s underground. \u2014 Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News , 12 May 2022", "However, an ancient Island deity is trapped in a restless sleep \u2013 and it\u2019s all down to Yoku to traverse the island using a unique blend of pinball mechanics, platforming and open world exploration, in an amazing adventure to help those in need! \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 31 May 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Xi Chen had been forging ahead, desperate to reach shelter amid his Presidential Range traverse in New Hampshire\u2019s White Mountain National Forest. \u2014 Lindsey Bever, Washington Post , 21 June 2022", "What made the traverse of the Moose\u2019s Tooth massif an infatuation for you and Wilkinson as climbers, as well as a compelling subject for the film", "Though Leutze depicts the crossing as a sprawling, icy traverse , in reality Continental Army troops only breached a section of the river less than 300 yards wide during the 1776 attack. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Apr. 2022", "Tourssimo also has rides designed around the Giro d\u2019Italia, second only among races to the Tour de France, and some specialty offerings including a 9-day coast to coast traverse of Sardinia. \u2014 Allison Olmsted, Forbes , 25 June 2022", "With temperatures dropping, Holland made another half-mile southbound traverse , fully loaded, to the main bus depot. \u2014 Eva Holland, Outside Online , 28 Mar. 2020", "For those uncertain about the safety of hiking to an active volcano, there is no need to worry, Pacaya is safe to traverse , a local guide told CBS. \u2014 Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure , 11 May 2022", "The 24,986-acre wilderness area draws hikers and cross-country skiers with its four-mile Norske Trail, while thru-hikers on Vermont\u2019s Long Trail traverse the Breadloaf Wilderness area for nearly 60 miles. \u2014 Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online , 26 July 2021", "Two trails that total about 1 mile traverse hardwood forest that represents what the area looked like before European settlement. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 Apr. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "Similarly, some projects are simply too big or traverse too many internal silos to be handled by a single AI tool. \u2014 David Drai, Forbes , 3 May 2022", "How should marketers traverse this quickly evolving space", "Finland\u2019s Finnair has been forced to reroute many of its flights from the region that its aircraft typically traverse . \u2014 Emma Brown, WSJ , 3 Mar. 2022", "The route would have taken them through quiet countryside a few centuries ago, but today sees them traverse the busy city. \u2014 CNN , 24 Oct. 2021", "Common backpacking circumstances that warrant a dedicated ice pick include the need to clear and traverse snowy trails, as well as preparation of backcountry campsites and removal of ice from hard surfaces including wood, rock, and asphalt. \u2014 Popular Science , 25 Feb. 2021", "The Fairhope parade will include lining up floats parked along Section Street and have vehicles traverse along the parade route. \u2014 al , 27 Nov. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Anglo-French traverser , from Late Latin transversare , from Latin transversus":"Verb", "Middle English travers , from Anglo-French travers (as in a travers, de travers across), from Latin transversum (as in in transversum set crosswise), neuter of transversus lying across; senses 5\u20139 in part from traverse entry 1 \u2014 more at transverse entry 1":"Noun" }, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 5a":"Verb", "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun", "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231210" }, "train signal":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a signal conveyed from the cars of a railroad train to the locomotive by a mechanical device":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231605" }, "train-mile":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": one mile traversed by one train used as a unit in railroad accounting":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231631" }, "transmitting set":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "transmitting (gerund of transmit ) + set":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231930" }, "trail bridge":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a boat or raft attached to a pulley running on a rope stretched across a stream and moved from side to side by the action of the current":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231943" }, "tractor-mounted":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": bolted or clamped to a tractor rather than drawn behind it":[ "tractor-mounted implements" ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-232749" }, "transformed":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to change in composition or structure":[], ": to change the outward form or appearance of":[], ": to change in character or condition : convert":[], ": to subject to mathematical transformation":[], ": to cause (a cell) to undergo genetic transformation":[], ": to become transformed : change":[], ": a mathematical element obtained from another by transformation":[], ": transformation sense 3a(1)":[], ": a linguistic structure (such as a sentence) produced by means of a transformation":[ "\"the duckling is killed by the farmer\" is a transform of \"the farmer kills the duckling\"" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tran(t)s-\u02ccf\u022frm", "tran(t)s-\u02c8f\u022f(\u0259)rm", "tran(t)s-\u02c8f\u022frm", "trans-\u02c8f\u022frm" ], "synonyms":[ "alchemize", "convert", "make over", "metamorphose", "transfigure", "transmute", "transpose", "transubstantiate" ], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for transform Verb transform , metamorphose , transmute , convert , transmogrify , transfigure mean to change a thing into a different thing. transform implies a major change in form, nature, or function. transformed a small company into a corporate giant metamorphose suggests an abrupt or startling change induced by or as if by magic or a supernatural power. awkward girls metamorphosed into graceful ballerinas transmute implies transforming into a higher element or thing. attempted to transmute lead into gold convert implies a change fitting something for a new or different use or function. converted the study into a nursery transmogrify suggests a strange or preposterous metamorphosis. a story in which a frog is transmogrified into a prince transfigure implies a change that exalts or glorifies. joy transfigured her face", "examples":[ "Verb", "A little creativity can transform an ordinary meal into a special event.", "The old factory has been transformed into an art gallery.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "At most, a new coach and front office may profess to need two years to transform a struggling team into a playoff contender. \u2014 Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes , 30 June 2022", "Instead, his firm, Susquehanna International Group, found creative ways to transform the wrong sort of income into the right kind, generating tax savings that exceeded $1 billion over just six years. \u2014 Paul Kiel, ProPublica , 29 June 2022", "Purchasers of unfinished receivers need only to make a few changes with a common drill press to transform an unfinished receiver into an operational one. \u2014 Aaron Katersky, ABC News , 29 June 2022", "In both works, her intimate fantasies of time and place have mingled with the fantasies of others to transform the institutions and categories of history into a new, imaginary archive. \u2014 Erik Morse, Vogue , 28 June 2022", "Seriously, Halloween night is the perfect time to transform into some of the most iconic characters to ever show up on the big (and small) screen. \u2014 Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping , 24 June 2022", "These are the moments when stories transform from fragile mirrors into shields. \u2014 Lily Houston Smith, The Atlantic , 23 June 2022", "These artists transform garbage into garb to take a stand 4 eco-friendly ways to keep pests out of your yard Forests as 'carbon offsets'", "These artists transform garbage into garb to take a stand How the Ukraine war is accelerating Germany's energy transition 4 eco-friendly ways to keep pests out of your yard Forests as 'carbon offsets'" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Middle French transformer , from Latin transformare , from trans- + formare to form, from forma form":"Verb" }, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb", "1853, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234231" }, "tracheal commissure":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": one of the large transverse tubes that unite the tracheal systems of the opposite sides of the body in an insect":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234248" }, "transverse joint":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the metatarsal joint":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234708" }, "trafficway":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": right of way":[], ": a roadway open to traffic":[], ": highway":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-235807" }, "traveling apron":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": apron sense 3a(1)":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-001612" }, "trailblazer":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": pioneer sense 2":[ "a trailblazer in astrophysics" ], ": one that blazes a trail to guide others : pathfinder":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101l-\u02ccbl\u0101-z\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "In many ways, Visser was a trailblazer , reaching milestones for both herself and women in sports along the way of her career. \u2014 Katie Mcinerney, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022", "Lena Horne was a trailblazer during her lifetime, becoming one of the first Black female stars to make it to the top rungs of show business. \u2014 Paul Grein, Billboard , 20 June 2022", "Born in 1917 in Brooklyn, New York, Horne was a trailblazer . \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 June 2022", "Ra\u00eeche, Browns chief of staff/assistant wide receivers coach Callie Brownson is a trailblazer . \u2014 Jori Epstein, USA TODAY , 4 May 2022", "Troy Kotsur, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter\u2019s Awards Chatter podcast (which is accompanied by video at the bottom of the post), is a trailblazer . \u2014 Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 Mar. 2022", "The buzz: Roque, 21, was already a trailblazer , playing on her high school\u2019s boys team. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 5 Feb. 2022", "On the sidelines & in the booth, this voluble mountain of energy was a trailblazer . \u2014 Katie Campione, PEOPLE.com , 28 Dec. 2021", "Some stars dive into trends, but Kardashian, in her own right, is a trailblazer . \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 9 Dec. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1908, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-001956" }, "transfeminine":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, or being a person whose gender identity is partially or fully feminine and differs from the sex the person had or was identified as having at birth":[ "Transfeminine people are people who were assigned male at birth ( AMAB ) but identify more with a feminine identity.", "\u2014 Sian Ferguson" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "tranz-", "tran(t)s-\u02c8fe-m\u0259-n\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "trans- (in transgender ) + feminine entry 1":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "2009, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-002208" }, "transmutability":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the quality or state of being transmutable":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-nz\u02ccm-", "tran(t)\u02ccsmy\u00fct\u0259\u02c8bil\u0259t\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-002346" }, "training manual":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a book of instructions for a job or task":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003230" }, "tractor":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a 4-wheeled or tracklaying automotive vehicle used especially for drawing farm equipment":[], ": a smaller 2-wheeled apparatus controlled through handlebars by a walking operator":[], ": truck entry 1 sense 1b":[], ": an airplane having the propeller forward of the main supporting surfaces":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8trak-t\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Maintenance crews worked until after 12 midnight by dragging tractor tires across the surface and using a high-pressure washer. \u2014 Bruce Martin, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022", "The thorns are strong and can puncture tractor tires. \u2014 Nina Tran, USA TODAY , 30 Nov. 2021", "Tickets cost $12 for adults and $6 for children to watch the truck and tractor pulls on Wednesday and Thursday. \u2014 Eddie Morales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 22 July 2021", "Other highlights of the fair include truck and tractor pulls, demolition derby and the annual chili cook-off. \u2014 Annie Alleman, chicagotribune.com , 30 June 2021", "For the first time, deliveries will be made using 26-foot-long box trucks, much smaller than the heavy-duty Class 8 tractor -trailers typically used to transport products to stores. \u2014 Christine Mui, Fortune , 7 June 2022", "Authorities have deployed additional police and paramilitary troops on highways and in Islamabad, with tractor trailers parked across both lanes of traffic in several areas. \u2014 Time , 26 May 2022", "Pictures from the scene of the crash show heavy smoke, with several tractor trailers damaged. \u2014 Adam Sabes, Fox News , 21 Apr. 2022", "By late March, as Ukrainian forces took back occupied towns around Kyiv, bodies started arriving in the back of refrigerated tractor -trailers faster than morgues could process them. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from Latin trahere":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1900, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-004347" }, "tracheids":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a long tubular pitted cell that is peculiar to xylem, functions in conduction and support, and has tapering closed ends and thickened lignified walls":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02cck\u0113d", "\u02c8tr\u0101-k\u0113-\u0259d" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "International Scientific Vocabulary":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1875, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-005416" }, "transient cause":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a cause originating or having its effects outside an entity":[ "\u2014 contrasted with immanent cause" ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010414" }, "transpicuous":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": clearly seen through or understood":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "tran(t)s-\u02c8pi-ky\u0259-w\u0259s" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin transpicuus , from Latin transpicere to look through, from trans- + specere to look, see \u2014 more at spy":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1638, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011200" }, "trackhound":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a hound that tracks by scent":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011813" }, "transit camp":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a place for refugees to stay for a short period of time":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-012456" }, "transfd":{ "type":[ "abbreviation" ], "definitions":{ "transferred":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-012754" }, "transnature":{ "type":[ "transitive verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to change the nature of : transelement":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\"+" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "trans- + nature":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-012811" }, "trace bud":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a plant bud having a vascular trace and developing in the elongating portion of a stem \u2014 compare adventitious bud":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013025" }, "traveling backstay":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a backstay attached to a mast by a traveler sliding up and down with the yard":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013054" }, "training shoe":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a shoe with a rubber sole that is designed for people to wear while running, playing sports, etc.":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014021" }, "training aid":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a device (as a motion-picture film or a set of slides, charts, recordings, or models) to increase the effectiveness of training":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014123" }, "tragedienne":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an actress who plays tragic roles":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "tr\u0259-\u02ccj\u0113-d\u0113-\u02c8en" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Fingscheidt attempts to orchestrate \u2014 or to lend Bullock\u2019s hardworking lead performance the classical- tragedienne heft intended. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 24 Nov. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "French trag\u00e9dienne , from Middle French, from tragedie":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1841, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014246" }, "tragus":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the prominence in front of the external opening of the outer ear":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tr\u0101-g\u0259s" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Typically, Carillo buffs the Huda Beauty Tantour Contour & Bronzer Cream upwards from the cheekbones to the tragus . \u2014 Devon Abelman, Allure , 8 Jan. 2020", "The tragus is one of those piercings that has never really died down. \u2014 Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure , 15 Dec. 2017", "Grab a fan brush and using its flat side, apply color from your tragus (the little nub at the center of your ear) to the corner of your mouth, and blend very well. \u2014 Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen , 18 Mar. 2016" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from Greek tragos , a part of the ear, literally, goat":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1615, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020116" }, "tragedies":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a disastrous event : calamity":[], ": misfortune":[], ": a serious drama typically describing a conflict between the protagonist and a superior force (such as destiny) and having a sorrowful or disastrous conclusion that elicits pity or terror":[], ": the literary genre of tragic dramas":[], ": a medieval narrative poem or tale typically describing the downfall of a great man":[], ": tragic quality or element":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tra-j\u0259-d\u0113" ], "synonyms":[ "apocalypse", "calamity", "cataclysm", "catastrophe", "debacle", "d\u00e9b\u00e2cle", "disaster" ], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Her son's death was a terrible tragedy .", "The situation ended in tragedy when the gunman shot and killed two students.", "The biggest tragedy here is that the accident could have easily been prevented.", "\u201cHamlet\u201d is one of Shakespeare's best-known tragedies .", "The students are studying Greek tragedy .", "an actor who is drawn to tragedy", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Monday\u2019s tragedy comes as the number of migrants apprehended at the southern border recently reached record-breaking numbers. \u2014 Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News , 28 June 2022", "In recent years, there have been several deadly human trafficking incidents on U.S. soil \u2014 but the death toll in Monday\u2019s tragedy surpassed all those events. \u2014 Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post , 28 June 2022", "San Antonio has been a recurring scene of tragedy and desperation in recent years involving migrants in semitrailers. \u2014 Eric Gay And, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022", "If the tragedy directly affects any employees in the office, perhaps bring in an onsite counselor. \u2014 Eugene Dilan, Forbes , 28 June 2022", "The tragedy , among the worst suffered by people being snuck across national borders around the world, swiftly became a vehicle for political attacks on the Biden administration. \u2014 Chris Megerian, ajc , 28 June 2022", "Most government investigations ended and laws and regulations were changed, but the families press on, encouraged by help from the industry experts and driven by a desire to avert further tragedy . \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022", "The President expects the law to take its course following investigations into the tragedy , the statement added. \u2014 Larry Madowo, CNN , 27 June 2022", "The tragedy comes on the heels of a social media post by local resident Jason Repak, who posted a photo of three alligators behind his condominium to Twitter on May 8. \u2014 Amethyst Tate, PEOPLE.com , 27 June 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English tragedie , from Middle French, from Latin tragoedia , from Greek trag\u014didia , from tragos goat (akin to Greek tr\u014dgein to gnaw) + aeidein to sing \u2014 more at troglodyte , ode":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2c":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020739" }, "transmuted":{ "type":[ "adjective", "transitive verb", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form":[], ": to subject (something, such as an element) to transmutation":[], ": to undergo transmutation":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "tran(t)s-\u02c8my\u00fct", "tranz-", "tranz-\u02c8my\u00fct, trans-" ], "synonyms":[ "alchemize", "convert", "make over", "metamorphose", "transfigure", "transform", "transpose", "transubstantiate" ], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for transmute transform , metamorphose , transmute , convert , transmogrify , transfigure mean to change a thing into a different thing. transform implies a major change in form, nature, or function. transformed a small company into a corporate giant metamorphose suggests an abrupt or startling change induced by or as if by magic or a supernatural power. awkward girls metamorphosed into graceful ballerinas transmute implies transforming into a higher element or thing. attempted to transmute lead into gold convert implies a change fitting something for a new or different use or function. converted the study into a nursery transmogrify suggests a strange or preposterous metamorphosis. a story in which a frog is transmogrified into a prince transfigure implies a change that exalts or glorifies. joy transfigured her face", "examples":[ "The stories of their lives were transmuted into works of fiction.", "The former criminal had transmuted into a national hero.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Slowly, painfully, by fits and starts, the heroic narrative of the Arab spring was transmuted into something much darker. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2020", "Similarly, the imperative to invent a vaccine as rapidly as possibly is not dissimilar from the effort at Los Alamos: Both require rapidly transmuting existing scientific knowledge into highly specific and practical technologies. \u2014 Mark P. Mills, National Review , 29 Apr. 2020", "Mysteries, like works of horror, transmute nebulous fears into tangible dangers. \u2014 Nora Caplan-bricker, The New Yorker , 13 Nov. 2019", "Instead, the hazy hue transmuted a femme fatale makeup staple into something softer and more romantic. \u2014 Calin Van Paris, Vogue , 20 July 2018", "Old Dolio's lack of lived experience transmutes into a kind of Buddhist wisdom; the family briefly gets to play-act at normalcy; everyone sees that, in disruptive ways, Melanie is different from them. \u2014 John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Jan. 2020", "The Lincoln that Trump conjured for this scenario\u2014a bizarre one even by the President\u2019s standards\u2014was transmuted into a leftist-socialist-globalist-radical-Democrat. \u2014 Sidney Blumenthal, The New Yorker , 24 Oct. 2019", "The other candidates, on the whole, hoped to transmute the lessons about Trump\u2019s character and dishonesty which emerged from the impeachment into material for the campaign trail. \u2014 Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker , 21 Dec. 2019", "At best, Maxo rapping about real-life trials and tribulations should be cathartic for both him and the crowd, but too often, the concert alchemy proved too delicate to transmute the experience. \u2014 Chris Kelly, Washington Post , 26 Oct. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Latin transmutare , from trans- + mutare to change \u2014 more at mutable":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021731" }, "trapfall":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": trap , pitfall":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "trap entry 1 + fall":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-022112" }, "transalpine gaul":{ "type":[ "geographical name" ], "definitions":{ "the part of Gaul lying chiefly in what is now France and Belgium":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-022218" }, "trail arms":{ "type":[ "noun plural but singular in construction" ], "definitions":{ ": a position in military drill in which a rifle butt is raised a few inches from the ground and the muzzle inclined forward so that the barrel makes an angle of about 30 degrees with the vertical":[ "\u2014 often used as a command" ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "from the imperative phrase trail arms":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-022358" }, "tragedize":{ "type":[ "transitive verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to dramatize as a tragedy : make tragic":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8traj\u0259\u02ccd\u012bz" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "tragedy + -ize":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1593, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-022629" }, "transformance":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": transformation":[ "the transformance of any common event into a news story", "\u2014 Walter Rae" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u022frm\u0259n(t)s" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "transform entry 1 + -ance":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-023111" }, "tractorization":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": adoption of tractors as a source of draft power \u2014 compare motorization":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02ccr\u012b\u02c8z-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "obsolete English tractorize to use tractors (from English tractor + -ize ) + English -ation":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-025752" }, "trailer card":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a card that follows another card or group of cards in a computer and is provided to accommodate additional data or information":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-044344" }, "traversing gear":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the gear used in traversing a gun or other piece of machinery":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-045317" }, "trad":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": traditional":[ "\u2026 had partaken of the trad British breakfast \u2026", "\u2014 Pamela Vandyke Price", "Showcasing such trad virtues as live musicianship, brick-solid song structures and stylistic breadth, this is one sweet set.", "\u2014 Paul Evans", "\u2026 ski and surf outfits, not just in the dumb old trad black, either.", "\u2014 Bernice Peck" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8trad" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Expect their typical mix of originals and idiosyncratic takes on trad material. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2021", "The trad crowd, as well as those that like to test and tinker with different grain-weight heads, will be drawn to this new broadhead. \u2014 Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream , 9 Jan. 2020", "That already sets a competition running for who can be the first to grab a customer\u2019s commitment to investing in this new-yet- trad form of garb. \u2014 Nicole Phelps, Vogue , 6 Mar. 2019", "The band has a new album of trad English-Irish-Scottish folk songs called The Queen Of Hearts due in July. \u2014 Dan Deluca, Philly.com , 5 May 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1955, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-045551" }, "transverse wave":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a wave in which the vibrating element moves in a direction perpendicular to the direction of advance of the wave":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The longitudinal waves triggered by a rider slowing or braking spread twice as fast as the transverse waves triggered by riders moving side to side. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 19 Nov. 2018", "The second are transverse waves , produced as riders swerve left or right to avoid obstacles or find a more advantageous position. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 19 Nov. 2018", "Patterns for Alto\u2019 Aether: a medium that in the wave theory of light permeates all space and transmits transverse waves . \u2014 Jon Pareles, New York Times , 19 Jan. 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1912, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-050232" } }