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44 lines
1.5 KiB
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{
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"ukase":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a proclamation by a Russian emperor or government having the force of law":[],
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": edict":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02c8k\u0101z",
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"\u02c8y\u00fc-\u02cck\u0101s",
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"\u00fc-\u02c8k\u00e4z",
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"-\u02cck\u0101z",
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"y\u00fc-\u02c8k\u0101s"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bull",
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"decree",
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"diktat",
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"directive",
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"edict",
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"fiat",
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"rescript",
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"ruling"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"she brazenly ignored the company's ukase about entering by the back door",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"To be clear, the Pennsylvania court\u2019s post\u2013November 3 ballot-counting ukase has not been validated. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 3 Nov. 2020",
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"After a brief sitting this week, under Johnson\u2019s ukase , Parliament was not scheduled to meet again until Oct. 14, leaving him with a lot of unaccountable power. \u2014 E.j. Dionne Jr., The Mercury News , 5 Sep. 2019",
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"Trump must have felt quite confident in issuing his ukase . \u2014 Garrett Epps, The Atlantic , 11 Aug. 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French & Russian; French, from Russian ukaz , from ukazat' to show, order; akin to Old Church Slavonic u- away, Latin au- , Sanskrit ava- and to Old Church Slavonic kazati to show":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1729, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204712"
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}
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} |