dict_dl/en_merriam_webster/d_mw.json

{
  "Delphic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of or relating to ancient Delphi or its oracle",
      ": ambiguous , obscure"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8del-fik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ambiguous",
      "arcane",
      "cryptic",
      "dark",
      "deep",
      "double-edged",
      "elliptical",
      "elliptic",
      "enigmatic",
      "enigmatical",
      "equivocal",
      "fuliginous",
      "inscrutable",
      "murky",
      "mysterious",
      "mystic",
      "nebulous",
      "obscure",
      "occult",
      "opaque"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "accessible",
      "clear",
      "nonambiguous",
      "obvious",
      "plain",
      "unambiguous",
      "unequivocal"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the Delphic pronouncements that are so typical of many stock market prognosticators"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194720"
  },
  "Divinity":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "theology",
      "the quality or state of being divine",
      "a divine being such as",
      "god sense 1",
      "god sense 2",
      "goddess",
      "fudge made of whipped egg whites, sugar, and nuts",
      "the quality or state of being God or a god",
      "a god or goddess",
      "the study of religion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"d\u0259-\u02c8vi-n\u0259-t\u0113",
    "synonyms":[
      "deity",
      "godhead",
      "godhood"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Christians believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ.",
      "the divinities of ancient Greece",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Poke at the divinity , and see the human beings on the inside. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Some 1,600 women were enrolled in Southern Baptist divinity programs, many of them likely seeking ordination. \u2014 Avital Chizhik-goldschmidt, The Atlantic , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Self-doubt is not in either man\u2019s vocabulary \u2014 in Davey\u2019s case because of the foundation of his faith in God, in Darren\u2019s because of his belief in himself as an untouchable divinity . \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "The two actors are locked in a battle for the future of Earth in which both call on the powers of ancient divinity \u2014 and the intrigue comes from the fact that Isaac\u2019s characters are only fitfully aware of the rules of the game. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "The mattress sale\u2019s fleeting nature is, arguably, the source of its divinity . \u2014 Mary Gulino, The New Yorker , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "In this intimate autobiographical narrative Francis questions her identity until discerning that healing comes from radical self-acceptance and connection to her own divinity . \u2014 Sharine Taylor, Variety , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Shamans induce, like Jesus Christ, an alchemy of people awakening and accepting their own two things their own divinity and their own light. \u2014 Yasmine Shemesh, Billboard , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "The earliest of Subin\u2019s man-god case studies arrives fourteen centuries later, announcing his own divinity . \u2014 Casey Cep, The New Yorker , 6 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "Dunkirk":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a retreat to avoid total defeat",
      ": a crisis situation that requires a desperate last effort to forestall certain failure"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259n-\u02cck\u0259rk",
      "\u02ccd\u0259n-\u02c8k\u0259rk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "boiling point",
      "breaking point",
      "clutch",
      "conjuncture",
      "crisis",
      "crossroad(s)",
      "crunch",
      "crunch time",
      "emergency",
      "exigency",
      "extremity",
      "flash point",
      "head",
      "juncture",
      "tinderbox",
      "zero hour"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "with the company facing a financial Dunkirk , it was hoped that the new CEO could turn things around\u2014and fast"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" Dunkirk or Dunkerque , France, scene of the evacuation of Allied forces in 1940",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1941, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174300"
  },
  "dab":{
    "type":"noun (1)",
    "definitions":[
      "a gentle touch or stroke pat",
      "something that is dabbed on daub , smear",
      "a small amount",
      "a concentrated extract of cannabis that is prepared by treating cannabis with a solvent (such as butane) and is used by heating the concentrate on a hot surface (as of metal or glass) and inhaling the vapors",
      "a single dose of dab",
      "a dance move originating in hip-hop that is performed by bending one arm at the elbow, dropping the head so that the face is near the crook of that arm, and usually extending the other arm so that it is parallel with the forearm of the bent arm",
      "a sudden blow or thrust poke",
      "to strike or touch lightly pat",
      "to apply lightly or irregularly daub",
      "to inhale the vapors of (a heated concentrate of cannabis)",
      "to touch or pat something lightly",
      "to inhale the vapors of a heated concentrate of cannabis to take a dab (see dab entry 1 sense 4b )",
      "to perform a dab (see dab entry 1 sense 5 ) or a series of dabs (as while dancing or in celebration)",
      "flatfish",
      "any of several flounders (genus Limanda , especially L. limanda ) \u2014 compare sand dab",
      "a skillful person",
      "Dictionary of American Biography",
      "a small amount",
      "a light quick touch",
      "to strike or touch lightly",
      "to apply with light or uneven strokes"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8dab",
    "synonyms":[
      "dig",
      "jab",
      "lunge",
      "poke"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "ace",
      "adept",
      "artist",
      "authority",
      "cognoscente",
      "connoisseur",
      "crackerjack",
      "crackajack",
      "dab hand",
      "expert",
      "fiend",
      "geek",
      "guru",
      "hand",
      "hotshot",
      "maestro",
      "master",
      "maven",
      "mavin",
      "meister",
      "past master",
      "proficient",
      "scholar",
      "shark",
      "sharp",
      "virtuoso",
      "whiz",
      "wizard"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 6",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (3)",
      "1691, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "daddy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": father sense 1a",
      ": granddaddy sense 2",
      ": father entry 1 sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8da-d\u0113",
      "\u02c8da-d\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dad",
      "father",
      "old man",
      "pa",
      "papa",
      "poppa",
      "pater",
      "pop",
      "sire"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "I stopped calling my father \u201c Daddy \u201d because I thought it sounded childish.",
      "Cook's Tours can be considered the daddy of all organized travel tours.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And a klatch of daddy bloggers was trying to cajole the nation\u2019s leading online retailer into making its parent-discount program more inclusive for men. \u2014 Daniel Engber, The Atlantic , 7 June 2022",
      "But Butcher's not just visiting Ryan for some daddy /son time. \u2014 Alex Raiman, EW.com , 3 June 2022",
      "Tobler, who goes by @cowturtle, has amassed 205,000 followers who tune into his TIkTok channel to watch his eel daddy adventures. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 13 May 2022",
      "Kendall Roy ended season 2 by throwing his father under the bus after seemingly giving up on his desperate need for daddy 's approval. \u2014 Erica Gonzales, ELLE , 10 May 2022",
      "His father is a drummer, Gammon explained, and Finn likes to drum just like his daddy . \u2014 Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal , 4 May 2022",
      "Getting to play a baseball game, be a daddy and getting through that process. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 7 Sep. 2021",
      "And on a funnier side, Chuck does desire to be a daddy one day. \u2014 Julie Beck, The Atlantic , 14 May 2021",
      "The music, beauty, and fashion mogul and her baby daddy , A$AP Rocky, skipped the biggest night in fashion. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 3 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1523, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220002"
  },
  "daffy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": crazy , foolish",
      ": silly or oddly funny"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8da-f\u0113",
      "\u02c8da-f\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "balmy",
      "barmy",
      "bats",
      "batty",
      "bedlam",
      "bonkers",
      "brainsick",
      "bughouse",
      "certifiable",
      "crackbrained",
      "cracked",
      "crackers",
      "crackpot",
      "cranky",
      "crazed",
      "crazy",
      "cuckoo",
      "daft",
      "demented",
      "deranged",
      "fruity",
      "gaga",
      "haywire",
      "insane",
      "kooky",
      "kookie",
      "loco",
      "loony",
      "looney",
      "loony tunes",
      "looney tunes",
      "lunatic",
      "mad",
      "maniacal",
      "maniac",
      "mental",
      "meshuga",
      "meshugge",
      "meshugah",
      "meshuggah",
      "moonstruck",
      "non compos mentis",
      "nuts",
      "nutty",
      "psycho",
      "psychotic",
      "scatty",
      "screwy",
      "unbalanced",
      "unhinged",
      "unsound",
      "wacko",
      "whacko",
      "wacky",
      "whacky",
      "wud"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "balanced",
      "compos mentis",
      "sane",
      "sound",
      "uncrazy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The actress is starring in a daffy new comedy this summer.",
      "The book is filled with daffy characters.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The songs on the album are tamped down and less flamboyantly daffy than his previous ones, presumably in performance of a gritty authenticity. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
      "The routine was a little bit daffy \u2014 a wuxia grandmaster with a hint of Lucille Ball. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "For Hollywood oomph, Uma Thurman subbed in as the Swedish secretary, and Will Ferrell played a daffy ex-Nazi. \u2014 Mara Reinstein, Vulture , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "But to a degree, the charmingly daffy anachronistic dialogue compensates for a plot that feels like a fait accompli. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Nov. 2021",
      "In For Your Consideration, from 2006, Coolidge is a daffy film producer. \u2014 E. Alex Jung, Vulture , 7 July 2021",
      "More than once, Barbarisi must find a diplomatic way to let Beep know how daffy his latest take on a Fennian ambiguity appears to an outsider. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 May 2021",
      "The humor is not as daffy as in Edward Lear, and not as elaborate as in Lewis Carroll. \u2014 Joan Acocella, The New Yorker , 7 Dec. 2020",
      "Biden\u2019s daffy proposal to rely on wind and solar power would gut our economy and make our energy supply weather-dependent. \u2014 Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner , 24 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"obsolete English daff , noun, fool",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1884, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185140"
  },
  "daft":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "silly , foolish",
      "mad , insane",
      "frivolously merry",
      "foolish , crazy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8daft",
    "synonyms":[
      "balmy",
      "barmy",
      "bats",
      "batty",
      "bedlam",
      "bonkers",
      "brainsick",
      "bughouse",
      "certifiable",
      "crackbrained",
      "cracked",
      "crackers",
      "crackpot",
      "cranky",
      "crazed",
      "crazy",
      "cuckoo",
      "daffy",
      "demented",
      "deranged",
      "fruity",
      "gaga",
      "haywire",
      "insane",
      "kooky",
      "kookie",
      "loco",
      "loony",
      "looney",
      "loony tunes",
      "looney tunes",
      "lunatic",
      "mad",
      "maniacal",
      "maniac",
      "mental",
      "meshuga",
      "meshugge",
      "meshugah",
      "meshuggah",
      "moonstruck",
      "non compos mentis",
      "nuts",
      "nutty",
      "psycho",
      "psychotic",
      "scatty",
      "screwy",
      "unbalanced",
      "unhinged",
      "unsound",
      "wacko",
      "whacko",
      "wacky",
      "whacky",
      "wud"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "balanced",
      "compos mentis",
      "sane",
      "sound",
      "uncrazy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Your idea seems a bit daft to me.",
      "She looked at us as if we'd gone daft .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But unlike the first film, Sonic 2 has a daft sense of fun that feels totally self-assured, a proper blend of kid-friendly gags and deeply dorky world building, complete with post-credit sequences and ever-expanding lore. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Someday soon \u2014 maybe in a year, maybe at the next Olympic trials \u2014 Americans will look back at last week's events and ask how any organization could have been so daft , so anachronistic, so wrongheaded. \u2014 Jim Souhan, Star Tribune , 4 July 2021",
      "Does this praise even track for a generation raised on politicians who make hay exploiting daft cultural skirmishes? \u2014 Virginia Heffernan Los Angeles Times, Star Tribune , 23 Apr. 2021",
      "The internet has accelerated the spread of absurd theories, but these are a continuation of the sort of daft rumors that have always circulated in human communities. \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2020",
      "Nevertheless, emotion resonates through this delightful memoir, which offers a candid, humorous look inside the royal family and the daft world of the British aristocracy. \u2014 Moira Hodgson, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2020",
      "Which, of course, sounds daft since voters headed to the polls last Tuesday or headed to their mailboxes at some point to send in their absentee ballots. \u2014 Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 Apr. 2020",
      "Yet just as Shoplifters conceded that its low-class antiheroes were actually horrible people, Parasite is fairly kind to the upper crust, portraying the rich as sweet if slightly daft people. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 3 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English daffte, daft, defte \"well-mannered, gentle, dull, foolish,\" going back to Old English ged\u00e6fte \"gentle, mild, meek,\" adjective derivative of a Germanic base *da\u0180- \"becoming, fit\" (whence also Old English gedafen \"appropriate, fitting,\" Gothic gadaban \"to happen, be suitable,\" with lengthened grade Old English ged\u0113fe \"fitting, worthy, quiet, tranquil,\" Middle Dutch onghedoef \"wild, rough,\" Gothic gadob ist \"it is fitting\"), going back to dialectal Indo-European *d h ab h - or *d h ob h -, whence also Old Church Slavic podobati \"to become, be fitting,\" dobr\u016d \"good, pleasant,\" Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian d\u00f4ba, d\u020dba \"time, season,\" Lithuanian dab\u00e0 \"nature, character,\" dabn\u00f9s \"well-dressed, elegant\"",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "daftness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "silly , foolish",
      "mad , insane",
      "frivolously merry",
      "foolish , crazy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8daft",
      "also",
      "\u02c8daft"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "balmy",
      "barmy",
      "bats",
      "batty",
      "bedlam",
      "bonkers",
      "brainsick",
      "bughouse",
      "certifiable",
      "crackbrained",
      "cracked",
      "crackers",
      "crackpot",
      "cranky",
      "crazed",
      "crazy",
      "cuckoo",
      "daffy",
      "demented",
      "deranged",
      "fruity",
      "gaga",
      "haywire",
      "insane",
      "kooky",
      "kookie",
      "loco",
      "loony",
      "looney",
      "loony tunes",
      "looney tunes",
      "lunatic",
      "mad",
      "maniacal",
      "maniac",
      "mental",
      "meshuga",
      "meshugge",
      "meshugah",
      "meshuggah",
      "moonstruck",
      "non compos mentis",
      "nuts",
      "nutty",
      "psycho",
      "psychotic",
      "scatty",
      "screwy",
      "unbalanced",
      "unhinged",
      "unsound",
      "wacko",
      "whacko",
      "wacky",
      "whacky",
      "wud"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "balanced",
      "compos mentis",
      "sane",
      "sound",
      "uncrazy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Your idea seems a bit daft to me.",
      "She looked at us as if we'd gone daft .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But unlike the first film, Sonic 2 has a daft sense of fun that feels totally self-assured, a proper blend of kid-friendly gags and deeply dorky world building, complete with post-credit sequences and ever-expanding lore. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Someday soon \u2014 maybe in a year, maybe at the next Olympic trials \u2014 Americans will look back at last week's events and ask how any organization could have been so daft , so anachronistic, so wrongheaded. \u2014 Jim Souhan, Star Tribune , 4 July 2021",
      "Does this praise even track for a generation raised on politicians who make hay exploiting daft cultural skirmishes? \u2014 Virginia Heffernan Los Angeles Times, Star Tribune , 23 Apr. 2021",
      "The internet has accelerated the spread of absurd theories, but these are a continuation of the sort of daft rumors that have always circulated in human communities. \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2020",
      "Nevertheless, emotion resonates through this delightful memoir, which offers a candid, humorous look inside the royal family and the daft world of the British aristocracy. \u2014 Moira Hodgson, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2020",
      "Which, of course, sounds daft since voters headed to the polls last Tuesday or headed to their mailboxes at some point to send in their absentee ballots. \u2014 Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 Apr. 2020",
      "Yet just as Shoplifters conceded that its low-class antiheroes were actually horrible people, Parasite is fairly kind to the upper crust, portraying the rich as sweet if slightly daft people. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 3 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English daffte, daft, defte \"well-mannered, gentle, dull, foolish,\" going back to Old English ged\u00e6fte \"gentle, mild, meek,\" adjective derivative of a Germanic base *da\u0180- \"becoming, fit\" (whence also Old English gedafen \"appropriate, fitting,\" Gothic gadaban \"to happen, be suitable,\" with lengthened grade Old English ged\u0113fe \"fitting, worthy, quiet, tranquil,\" Middle Dutch onghedoef \"wild, rough,\" Gothic gadob ist \"it is fitting\"), going back to dialectal Indo-European *d h ab h - or *d h ob h -, whence also Old Church Slavic podobati \"to become, be fitting,\" dobr\u016d \"good, pleasant,\" Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian d\u00f4ba, d\u020dba \"time, season,\" Lithuanian dab\u00e0 \"nature, character,\" dabn\u00f9s \"well-dressed, elegant\"",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-164645"
  },
  "dais":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a raised platform (as in a hall or large room)",
      ": a raised platform (as in a hall or large room)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101-\u0259s",
      "nonstandard",
      "\u02c8d\u0101-\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "platform",
      "podium",
      "rostrum",
      "stage",
      "stand",
      "tribune"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the speaker took his place at the front of the dais",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Johnson sat at the dais , eyes wide and eager to answer any question lobbed his way. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Alamo Heights and Terrell Hills residents can expect to see some familiar faces at the dais even after May election season rolls by. \u2014 Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "Even the nameplate usually affixed to his spot on the dais was MIA. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
      "There was no way that Mary Martin, of Batavia, Illinois, was going to keep quiet when her mom, Deborah Martin, walked across the dais to receive her bachelors of nursing Sunday afternoon at the school\u2019s Hammond campus. \u2014 Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune , 16 May 2022",
      "But prosecutors argued that Husel\u2019s intent to end lives was clear, citing the amount of medication given and lining up the 20 vials given to Penix along a dais . \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Purdue coach Matt Painter couldn't help but flash a sly glance at center Trevion Williams from across the dais during the Boilermakers postgame news conference. \u2014 Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "The house was transformed into something like a dais , with a wide, flat surface. \u2014 Zach Williams, The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "But seated there in front of a dais in the bowels of Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Donald was already planning for the future. \u2014 Dylan Hern\u00e1ndez, Los Angeles Times , 28 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English deis, des \"high table, elevated platform occupied by a court or council,\" borrowed from Anglo-French deis, dais (continental Old French deis \"table of honor set up on a platform\"), going back to Medieval Latin discus \"raised table, platform,\" going back to Latin, \"discus, kind of plate, gong,\" borrowed from Greek d\u00edskos \"discus,\" in Late Greek also \"dish, round mirror, the sun's disk, gong\" \u2014 more at discus ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190028"
  },
  "dalliance":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an act of dallying : such as",
      ": play",
      ": amorous play",
      ": frivolous action : trifling"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8da-l\u0113-\u0259n(t)s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "frolic",
      "frolicking",
      "fun",
      "fun and games",
      "play",
      "recreation",
      "relaxation",
      "rollicking",
      "sport"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "an extremely serious scientist who is not much given to dalliance or idle chitchat",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But this dalliance with aubade was short-lived, after which Tower and Weilerstein hit the ground running. \u2014 Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
      "Coca-Cola's primary dalliance in this world came with MyCoke, an online chat space that revolved around Flash in its years of operation and included pedestrian mini-games and music remixing tools. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Hearst went furthest in his dalliance with Nazi Germany. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
      "Jim Harbaugh will stay at Michigan after all, ending his dalliance with a return to the NFL after interviewing with the Minnesota Vikings for their head coaching vacancy Wednesday. \u2014 Dave Campbell, chicagotribune.com , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "Jim Harbaugh will stay at Michigan after all, ending his dalliance with a return to the NFL after interviewing with the Minnesota Vikings for their head coach vacancy. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "Harbaugh to stay at Michigan: Former Stanford and 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh will stay at Michigan after all, ending his dalliance with a return to the NFL after interviewing with the Vikings for their head-coach vacancy. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "Walker re-signed with the Lions after a brief dalliance with free agency this spring. \u2014 Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "That suggests women may be ready to approach getting dressed as a complex dalliance between fabric, body, and identity. \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 6 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202404"
  },
  "dally":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to act playfully",
      "to play amorously",
      "to deal lightly toy",
      "to waste time",
      "linger , dawdle",
      "to act playfully",
      "to waste time",
      "linger sense 1 , dawdle"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8da-l\u0113",
    "synonyms":[
      "disport",
      "frolic",
      "play",
      "recreate",
      "rollick",
      "skylark",
      "sport",
      "toy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Please don't dally . We need you here right away.",
      "The two of us dallied over our coffee that morning.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The deadline for submitting ideas for the next set has also been extended until Sept. 1, so don\u2019t dilly- dally with yours. \u2014 Adam Lashinsky, Fortune , 10 Apr. 2020",
      "Before taking control of the Gaullist party in 1976, Mr. Chirac dallied with the Communist and Socialist Parties. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Sep. 2019",
      "No unplugged shows for her, no Bon Iver covers or dallying with avant-garde producers David Guetta and Sia will do, thank you very much. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Feb. 2020",
      "WikiLeaks has also been accused of serving as a conduit for Russian misinformation, and Assange has alienated some supporters by dallying with populist politicians including Brexit-promoter Nigel Farage. \u2014 NBC News , 24 Feb. 2020",
      "In an attempt to egg him on through jealousy, Ness herself has been dallying , with unfortunate consequences. \u2014 Clair Wills, The New York Review of Books , 7 Jan. 2020",
      "Harry Kane scored the crucial goal five minutes from the end after Jack Grealish was caught dallying on the ball, and the Villa captain was punished by the clinical striker. \u2014 SI.com , 10 Aug. 2019",
      "Enough dilly dallying , when are the Broncos going to put in Drew Lock as their starting quarterback? \u2014 Ryan O\u2019halloran, The Denver Post , 26 Nov. 2019",
      "Books are meant to be long, dallying detours into other worlds. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Sep. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English dalyen , from Anglo-French dalier ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "dallying":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to act playfully",
      "to play amorously",
      "to deal lightly toy",
      "to waste time",
      "linger , dawdle",
      "to act playfully",
      "to waste time",
      "linger sense 1 , dawdle"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8da-l\u0113",
    "synonyms":[
      "disport",
      "frolic",
      "play",
      "recreate",
      "rollick",
      "skylark",
      "sport",
      "toy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Please don't dally . We need you here right away.",
      "The two of us dallied over our coffee that morning.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The deadline for submitting ideas for the next set has also been extended until Sept. 1, so don\u2019t dilly- dally with yours. \u2014 Adam Lashinsky, Fortune , 10 Apr. 2020",
      "Before taking control of the Gaullist party in 1976, Mr. Chirac dallied with the Communist and Socialist Parties. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Sep. 2019",
      "No unplugged shows for her, no Bon Iver covers or dallying with avant-garde producers David Guetta and Sia will do, thank you very much. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Feb. 2020",
      "WikiLeaks has also been accused of serving as a conduit for Russian misinformation, and Assange has alienated some supporters by dallying with populist politicians including Brexit-promoter Nigel Farage. \u2014 NBC News , 24 Feb. 2020",
      "In an attempt to egg him on through jealousy, Ness herself has been dallying , with unfortunate consequences. \u2014 Clair Wills, The New York Review of Books , 7 Jan. 2020",
      "Harry Kane scored the crucial goal five minutes from the end after Jack Grealish was caught dallying on the ball, and the Villa captain was punished by the clinical striker. \u2014 SI.com , 10 Aug. 2019",
      "Enough dilly dallying , when are the Broncos going to put in Drew Lock as their starting quarterback? \u2014 Ryan O\u2019halloran, The Denver Post , 26 Nov. 2019",
      "Books are meant to be long, dallying detours into other worlds. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Sep. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English dalyen , from Anglo-French dalier ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "dam":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "biographical name",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a barrier preventing the flow of water or of loose solid materials (such as soil or snow)",
      ": a barrier built across a watercourse for impounding (see impound sense 2 ) water",
      ": a barrier to check the flow of liquid, gas, or air",
      ": a body of water confined by a barrier",
      ": to provide or restrain with a barrier that prevents the flow of water : to provide or restrain with a dam (see dam entry 1 sense 1a )",
      ": to stop up : block",
      ": the female parent of an animal and especially of a domestic animal",
      "dekameter",
      ": the female parent of a domestic animal (as a dog or horse)",
      ": a barrier (as across a stream) to hold back a flow of water",
      ": to hold back or block with or as if with a dam",
      ": a female parent",
      ": rubber dam \u2014 see dental dam",
      "dekameter",
      "(Carl Peter) Henrik 1895\u20131976 Danish biochemist"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dam",
      "\u02c8dam",
      "\u02c8dam",
      "\u02c8dam",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dike",
      "embankment",
      "head",
      "levee"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "block",
      "choke",
      "clog",
      "clot",
      "congest",
      "gum (up)",
      "jam",
      "obstruct",
      "occlude",
      "plug (up)",
      "stop (up)",
      "stuff"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "ice floes were damming the river"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1) and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173842"
  },
  "damage":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": loss or harm resulting from injury to person, property, or reputation",
      ": compensation in money imposed by law for loss or injury",
      ": expense , cost",
      ": to cause damage (see damage entry 1 sense 1 ) to",
      ": loss or harm caused by injury to a person's body or property",
      ": money demanded or paid according to law for injury or damage",
      ": to cause harm or loss to",
      ": loss or harm resulting from injury to person, property, or reputation",
      ": the money awarded to a party in a civil suit as reparation for the loss or injury for which another is liable \u2014 see also additur , cover , mitigate , remittitur \u2014 compare declaratory judgment at judgment sense 1a , injunction , specific performance at performance",
      ": damages deemed to compensate the injured party for losses sustained as a direct result of the injury suffered",
      ": special damages in this entry",
      ": damages for a loss that is an immediate, natural, and foreseeable result of the wrongful act \u2014 compare special damages in this entry",
      ": punitive damages in this entry",
      ": damages recoverable for breach of contract and designed to put the injured party in the position he or she would have been in had the contract been completed",
      ": damages for a loss that is the natural, foreseeable, and logical result of a wrongful act \u2014 compare special damages in this entry",
      ": damages for losses (as pain and suffering, inconvenience, or loss of lifestyle) whose monetary values are difficult to assign",
      ": damages deemed to compensate for the loss of enjoyment of life resulting from a wrongful act",
      ": damages recoverable under section 2-715 of the Uniform Commercial Code in breach of contract cases for losses that include expenses incurred in handling and caring for goods which were the subject of the contract, reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining cover, and any other reasonable expenses resulting from the breach that do not fall into any other category",
      ": damages whose amount is agreed upon by the parties to a contract as adequately compensating for loss in the event of a breach",
      ": damages recoverable for loss resulting from an obligor's delay in performing",
      ": damages awarded in a small amount (as one dollar) in cases in which a party has been injured but no loss resulted from the injury or in which the injured party failed to prove that loss resulted from the injury",
      ": damages that are presumed under the law to result naturally and necessarily from a tortious act and that therefore do not require proof",
      ": damages awarded in cases of serious or malicious wrongdoing to punish or deter the wrongdoer or deter others from behaving similarly",
      ": damages awarded in an amount deemed to compensate for losses that arise not as a natural result of the injury but because of some particular circumstance of the injured party",
      ": damages relating to a business, profession, or property that are easily calculable in monetary terms",
      ": liquidated damages in this entry",
      ": damages awarded in an amount that is three times the amount for which the trier of fact finds the wrongdoer liable",
      ": losses for which damages are recoverable",
      ": of or relating to damages"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8da-mij",
      "\u02c8da-mij"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "affliction",
      "detriment",
      "harm",
      "hurt",
      "injury"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "blemish",
      "bloody",
      "break",
      "compromise",
      "crab",
      "cripple",
      "cross (up)",
      "deface",
      "disfigure",
      "endamage",
      "flaw",
      "harm",
      "hurt",
      "impair",
      "injure",
      "mar",
      "spoil",
      "vitiate"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Duke says repairs and damage assessment are underway. \u2014 Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer , 14 June 2022",
      "Wagner, of Florissant, Missouri, the one person charged in connection to the property damage incident, was with Garland and among those arrested in Idaho, according to jail records. \u2014 William Lee, Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022",
      "Many of the vehicles sport bullet holes or other obvious battle damage . \u2014 Mac William Bishop, Rolling Stone , 12 June 2022",
      "Defending race winner Alex Palou was knocked out of contention with suspension damage caused by wheel-to-wheel contact from his teammate Ericsson on the third lap. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel , 12 June 2022",
      "For more ways to protect against water damage inside and out, check out our picks for the best gutter guards and gutter-cleaning tools! \u2014 Alex Rennie, Popular Mechanics , 12 June 2022",
      "Upon further review, police say that both drivers should be considered at fault in a May 30 Jeep and motorcycle accident that resulted in no injuries and relatively minor damage . \u2014 Thomas Jewell, cleveland , 12 June 2022",
      "Left untreated, Ramsay Hunt syndrome can lead to permanent hearing loss, eye damage and postherpetic neuralgia \u2014 painful condition that occurs when a shingles infection damages nerve fibers. \u2014 Ebony Williams, ajc , 11 June 2022",
      "This look can be achieved by women of color (particularly Black women) with little to no hair damage . \u2014 Emerald Elitou, Essence , 10 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Pets can damage lawns by doing their business in the grass and even just walking and running across the yard. \u2014 Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star , 14 June 2022",
      "Just like tobacco, smoking weed can damage the lungs and increase the risk of respiratory diseases. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 8 June 2022",
      "Dust storms also damage crops and deplete fertile soil. \u2014 Kasha Patel, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
      "For example, the inflammation in scalp psoriasis\u2014which shows up as red, scaly, plaques\u2014can damage the hair follicles. \u2014 Melanie Rud, SELF , 26 May 2022",
      "Debris such as twigs and acorns can damage the blades on a reel mower. \u2014 Will Briskin, Popular Mechanics , 22 May 2022",
      "After taking so much time and energy to interview, not receiving offers can damage your self-esteem. \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
      "The strong winds could also damage trees and power lines. \u2014 Brook Endale, The Enquirer , 20 May 2022",
      "Even in the shorter term, climate disasters can damage the economy and impact aggregate supply and demand\u2014for example, extreme weather events are linked to food price shocks which can have profound inflationary effects. \u2014 Aaron Regunberg, The New Republic , 19 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-172908"
  },
  "damaging":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": causing or able to cause damage : injurious"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8da-mi-ji\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "adverse",
      "bad",
      "baleful",
      "baneful",
      "dangerous",
      "deleterious",
      "detrimental",
      "evil",
      "harmful",
      "hurtful",
      "ill",
      "injurious",
      "mischievous",
      "nocuous",
      "noxious",
      "pernicious",
      "prejudicial",
      "wicked"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "anodyne",
      "benign",
      "harmless",
      "hurtless",
      "innocent",
      "innocuous",
      "inoffensive",
      "safe"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the damaging effects of the sun on your skin",
      "The storm may produce damaging winds.",
      "He says he has damaging information about the candidate.",
      "The evidence was very damaging to their case.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Milwaukee, like much of the Midwest, saw heavy rains and damaging winds after strong thunderstorms swept through on Monday. \u2014 Ashley R. Williams, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
      "Rush County residents are assessing damage from a storm system that brought tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail across Central Indiana Wednesday afternoon and evening. \u2014 Hannah Brock, The Indianapolis Star , 9 June 2022",
      "Again damaging winds, heavy rain and lightning will all be possible. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 7 June 2022",
      "Forecasters said the primary threat of these storms is damaging winds and large hail. \u2014 Brook Endale, The Enquirer , 21 May 2022",
      "Storms across large parts of Arkansas on Sunday could produce severe weather, including damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes, forecasters said. \u2014 Arkansas Democrat-gazette, Arkansas Online , 15 May 2022",
      "Additionally, strong to severe thunderstorms are possible bringing the potential for damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. \u2014 Ngan Ho, Baltimore Sun , 6 May 2022",
      "All severe weather hazards will be possible including damaging winds, hail, and tornadoes. \u2014 Allison Chinchar, CNN , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "In addition to damaging winds, the National Weather Service is forecasting possible large hail and a tornado across eastern New Mexico on Sunday. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1828, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190533"
  },
  "damn":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adjective or adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to condemn to a punishment or fate",
      ": to condemn to hell",
      ": to condemn vigorously and often irascibly for some real or fancied fault or defect",
      ": to condemn as a failure by public criticism",
      ": to bring ruin on",
      ": to swear at : curse",
      ": curse , swear",
      ": the utterance of the word damn as a curse",
      ": a minimum amount or degree (as of care or consideration) : the least bit",
      ": damned",
      ": beyond doubt or question : certainly",
      ": to condemn to everlasting punishment especially in hell",
      ": to declare to be bad or a failure",
      ": to swear at : curse",
      ": very bad"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dam",
      "\u02c8dam"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "curse"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "beans",
      "bubkes",
      "bupkes",
      "bupkus",
      "continental",
      "darn",
      "durn",
      "diddly",
      "diddly-squat",
      "doodley-squat",
      "doodly-squat",
      "fig",
      "ghost",
      "hoot",
      "iota",
      "jot",
      "lick",
      "modicum",
      "rap",
      "squat",
      "syllable",
      "tittle",
      "whit",
      "whoop"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Be big, run fast, jump high, do good around cones, and damn the game tape. \u2014 Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Both adore print and know their way around a logo\u2014and damn if their joint show wasn\u2019t the glammest event of the season as Naomi Campbell closed their Milan runway in Versace metal mesh, emblazoned with Fendi\u2019s double-F\u2019s. \u2014 Nicole Phelps, Vogue , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Swing wide, ye driver\u2019s door of temptation: The interior space is cavernous, and its d\u00e9cor gorgeous and sophisticated, damn it. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "In his mind, this is his moment, his triumphal historical drama, and damn the cost. \u2014 David Remnick, The New Yorker , 26 Feb. 2022",
      "For Copperheads, the idea of us bearing up as fully men would damn near signal the apocalypse. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Familiarity does not damn this or any other promising approach to this play, because its circumstances are simply too strange. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 15 Jan. 2022",
      "Others are trying to change careers, damn the consequences. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 16 Oct. 2021",
      "Of people not afraid to deal with epic problems, damn the odds. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Nov. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "This is a life-or-death emergency that divides responsible gun owners and responsive lawmakers from people who just don\u2019t seem to give a damn . \u2014 Van Jones, CNN , 7 June 2022",
      "Michelle is perfectly capable of saving her own damn self. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "What if the world were ending and no one gave a damn , including most of the people in a position to actually do something about it? \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "What if the world were ending and no one gave a damn , including most of the people in a position to actually do something about it? \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "The number of people who gave a damn about who got into Amherst, or Swarthmore, or Bowdoin was small enough that those schools could get away with being themselves. \u2014 Matt Feeney, The New Yorker , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "What the Ultimae brings is a few new visuals tics, some interior design twists, and some additional power from the no- damn -turbos, no-hybrid-kludges 6.5-liter V-12. \u2014 John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Find some civility, reel in your Me-ism, give a damn about people other than yourselves. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "None of the photographers gave a damn about my past. \u2014 Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com , 29 Dec. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective or adverb",
      "For Arnold, that looks like training six days a week, doing five sets of 20 reps for every damn exercise. \u2014 Katie Dupere, Men's Health , 15 June 2022",
      "It\u2019s this banality \u2014 the purposeful obliviousness of the assumed safety of minding your damn business \u2014 that Payton Gendron allegedly hoped and prepared for. \u2014 Damon Young, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
      "Maybe next time go find your own damn office building. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
      "The thousands of Missourians who showed up today want to be able to live their own lives on their own terms and make their own damn choices. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 14 May 2022",
      "Every parent in America should be mad as hell that the Senators of the greatest country in the world have chosen not to do a damn thing about innocent people gunned down in innocent places. \u2014 Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel , 25 May 2022",
      "And one hot topic in business circles, and even among viewers, is just how much damn TV there is right now. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 2 May 2022",
      "Life ain\u2019t always perfect but this damn jumpsuit is. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Milder terms include \u2018God\u2019, \u2018hell\u2019, \u2018butt\u2019 and \u2018 damn \u2019. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 26 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb, Noun, and Adjective or adverb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1619, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective or adverb",
      "1775, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223426"
  },
  "damned":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "damnable",
      "complete , utter",
      "extraordinary",
      "extremely , very"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8dam(d)",
    "synonyms":[
      "absolute",
      "all-out",
      "arrant",
      "blank",
      "blooming",
      "bodacious",
      "categorical",
      "categoric",
      "clean",
      "complete",
      "consummate",
      "crashing",
      "damn",
      "dead",
      "deadly",
      "definite",
      "downright",
      "dreadful",
      "fair",
      "flat",
      "flat-out",
      "out-and-out",
      "outright",
      "perfect",
      "plumb",
      "profound",
      "pure",
      "rank",
      "regular",
      "sheer",
      "simple",
      "stark",
      "stone",
      "straight-out",
      "thorough",
      "thoroughgoing",
      "total",
      "unadulterated",
      "unalloyed",
      "unconditional",
      "unmitigated",
      "unqualified",
      "utter",
      "very"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "achingly",
      "almighty",
      "archly",
      "awful",
      "awfully",
      "badly",
      "beastly",
      "blisteringly",
      "bone",
      "colossally",
      "corking",
      "cracking",
      "damn",
      "dang",
      "deadly",
      "desperately",
      "eminently",
      "enormously",
      "especially",
      "ever",
      "exceedingly",
      "exceeding",
      "extra",
      "extremely",
      "fabulously",
      "fantastically",
      "far",
      "fiercely",
      "filthy",
      "frightfully",
      "full",
      "greatly",
      "heavily",
      "highly",
      "hugely",
      "immensely",
      "incredibly",
      "intensely",
      "jolly",
      "majorly",
      "mightily",
      "mighty",
      "monstrous",
      "mortally",
      "most",
      "much",
      "particularly",
      "passing",
      "rattling",
      "real",
      "really",
      "right",
      "roaring",
      "roaringly",
      "seriously",
      "severely",
      "so",
      "sore",
      "sorely",
      "spanking",
      "specially",
      "stinking",
      "such",
      "super",
      "supremely",
      "surpassingly",
      "terribly",
      "that",
      "thumping",
      "too",
      "unco",
      "uncommonly",
      "vastly",
      "very",
      "vitally",
      "way",
      "whacking",
      "wicked",
      "wildly"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "only a damned fool would say such a thing",
      "Adverb",
      "it's a damned fine day",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
      "Mystery Science Theater 3000 proves that sometimes a premise is just too damned good to die. \u2014 Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone , 10 May 2022",
      "What the Ultimae fixes from previous Aventadors is not a damned thing. \u2014 John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "An old expression is that there are three kinds of lies lies, damned lies and statistics. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 2 May 2022",
      "Lyoya\u2019s name was added to a list of such victims that was already far too damned long. \u2014 Issac Bailey, CNN , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "In the residue of all this reluctance, tennis awaits a female player who sees light through the darkness, finds the sport unrelentingly appealing, idolizes the likes of Serena or Martina and wants to take on the whole damned world. \u2014 Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "With summer approaching quickly and red sauce be damned , white denim proved a popular selection for many partygoers, including Ahn Duong, Charly Sturm, Vogue\u2019s Naomi Eliz\u00e9e and Mark Guiducci, Jacquelyn Jablonski, and Brendan Fallis. \u2014 Zachary Weiss, Vogue , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "The city also inspired a Harry Chapin song, and for Frank Sinatra, a whole damned album. \u2014 Heather Ainsworth For Cnn, CNN , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "Why would someone from Pulaski County advocate for breaking up their own damned county? \u2014 Ryan Tarinelli, Arkansas Online , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adverb",
      "That said, if The Club can take two in Minneapolis, a 5-4 roadie will look pretty damned good. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 22 June 2021",
      "The Duro was purpose-built for right-hand use and, at 8.5 ounces, left me damned thirsty on a 12-mile test run, but this handheld deserves both respect and a spot on this list. \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 12 June 2021",
      "Be so damned vivid that Biden would look even paler than usual. \u2014 Frank Bruni New York Times, Star Tribune , 30 Sep. 2020",
      "This far into Netflix's existence, the subscription model is very clearly volume and has been, second quarter downturn excluded, working pretty damned well. \u2014 Tim Goodman, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 July 2019",
      "Remember, Nvidia revealed its Pascal GPU at GTC 2016 in the form of the Tesla P100, and that full-fat version eventually trickled down into the Titan Xp, with the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti coming damned close. \u2014 Brad Chacos, PCWorld , 10 May 2017"
    ],
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    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adverb",
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    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
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      ": a noxious gas \u2014 compare black damp , firedamp",
      ": moisture :",
      ": humidity , dampness",
      ": fog , mist",
      ": discouragement , check",
      ": depression , dejection",
      ": to affect with or as if with a noxious gas : choke",
      ": to diminish the activity or intensity of",
      ": to check the vibration or oscillation of (something, such as a string or a voltage)",
      ": dampen",
      ": to diminish progressively in vibration or oscillation",
      ": being confused, bewildered, or shocked : stupefied",
      ": depressed , dull",
      ": slightly or moderately wet : moist",
      ": humid",
      ": moisture",
      ": a harmful gas found especially in coal mines",
      ": dampen",
      ": slightly wet : moist",
      ": a noxious or stifling gas or vapor",
      ": one occurring in coal mines",
      "\u2014 see black damp , firedamp"
    ],
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      "\u02c8damp",
      "\u02c8damp",
      "\u02c8damp"
    ],
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      "dampness",
      "humidity",
      "moistness",
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      "castrate",
      "dampen",
      "deaden",
      "dehydrate",
      "desiccate",
      "devitalize",
      "enervate",
      "geld",
      "lobotomize",
      "petrify"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Tomorrow (Friday): Morning is probably gray and a little damp , but the real rain doesn\u2019t get going until later. \u2014 Ian Livingston, Washington Post , 27 July 2017",
      "The internet is a virtual catacomb, where the skeletons of human decency line the damp , mildewed walls. \u2014 Christine Flowers, Philly.com , 15 June 2017",
      "This damp \u2014a byproduct of industrial smog mixing with moisture from the nearby ponds\u2014is omnipresent, and repeated mentions more than illustrate Louis\u2019s disgust. \u2014 Samuel Metz, New Republic , 8 June 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Yellen\u2019s speech, which lacked clear rate cues, did little to calm the price swings and damped expectations of a rate hike this year. \u2014 Fortune , 25 Aug. 2017",
      "BROOKS RIVER \u2014 A brown bear sow emerged from the alder fringes of the Naknek Lake shoreline, ambled to the water's edge and dropped in a huge blond lump onto pumice pebbles and damp black volcanic sand. \u2014 Clark Fair, Alaska Dispatch News , 29 July 2017",
      "Apply the mixture to damp , clean hair and also massage it onto your scalp. \u2014 Lori Keong, Marie Claire , 19 July 2017",
      "Babies need to be constantly damp for some reason, like the whale at the end of Free Willy. \u2014 Frank Kobola, Redbook , 10 Mar. 2017",
      "A Milan judge on Saturday ordered Silvio Berlusconi to be tried on corruption charges, damping the former Italian premier\u2019s hopes of running soon for office again after being sidelined by a tax-fraud conviction. \u2014 Frances D&, Orange County Register , 29 Jan. 2017",
      "These masterful shocks have somewhat redefined the state of the art in damping . \u2014 Jim Resnick, Ars Technica , 18 July 2017",
      "But thoughts of the team\u2019s imminent departure did not seem to be souring the sweetness of the celebration, nor damping the blaring of horns or thinning the throngs downtown and along the edges of Lake Merritt on Thursday. \u2014 Erin Baldassari, The Mercury News , 15 June 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Take a damp towel or cloth and apply over the burn to provide some pain relief. \u2014 Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
      "Wrap tortillas in a damp paper or cloth towel and microwave for about 30 seconds to soften. \u2014 Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press , 29 Jan. 2022",
      "Place 8 to 10 sheets of phyllo in tins, first brushing each layer with melted butter, reserving unused sheets under a damp towel. \u2014 Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Dec. 2021",
      "Instead, put the tablecloth in the dryer along with a damp towel. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Dec. 2021",
      "Tamales can also be reheated in the microwave covered with a damp paper towel for 2 or 3 minutes. \u2014 Minerva Ordu\u00f1o Rinc\u00f3n, The Arizona Republic , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "Wash and dry the bunch of watercress, wrap a damp paper towel around the bottom of the stems and place in a plastic zip bag. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 17 June 2021",
      "Anything that comes bunched\u2014like spring onions and scallions\u2014unfurl, then wrap in a damp paper towel and tuck them into a bag or airtight container. \u2014 Sarah Jampel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 17 May 2021",
      "Apply all over damp hair post-shower and on dry hair, glide a small dab over strands to smooth and shape as needed. \u2014 Dori Price, Good Housekeeping , 3 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Adjective",
      "1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174112"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a noxious gas \u2014 compare black damp , firedamp",
      ": moisture :",
      ": humidity , dampness",
      ": fog , mist",
      ": discouragement , check",
      ": depression , dejection",
      ": to affect with or as if with a noxious gas : choke",
      ": to diminish the activity or intensity of",
      ": to check the vibration or oscillation of (something, such as a string or a voltage)",
      ": dampen",
      ": to diminish progressively in vibration or oscillation",
      ": being confused, bewildered, or shocked : stupefied",
      ": depressed , dull",
      ": slightly or moderately wet : moist",
      ": humid",
      ": moisture",
      ": a harmful gas found especially in coal mines",
      ": dampen",
      ": slightly wet : moist",
      ": a noxious or stifling gas or vapor",
      ": one occurring in coal mines",
      "\u2014 see black damp , firedamp"
    ],
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      "\u02c8damp",
      "\u02c8damp",
      "\u02c8damp"
    ],
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      "dampness",
      "humidity",
      "moistness",
      "moisture"
    ],
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      "castrate",
      "dampen",
      "deaden",
      "dehydrate",
      "desiccate",
      "devitalize",
      "enervate",
      "geld",
      "lobotomize",
      "petrify"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Tomorrow (Friday): Morning is probably gray and a little damp , but the real rain doesn\u2019t get going until later. \u2014 Ian Livingston, Washington Post , 27 July 2017",
      "The internet is a virtual catacomb, where the skeletons of human decency line the damp , mildewed walls. \u2014 Christine Flowers, Philly.com , 15 June 2017",
      "This damp \u2014a byproduct of industrial smog mixing with moisture from the nearby ponds\u2014is omnipresent, and repeated mentions more than illustrate Louis\u2019s disgust. \u2014 Samuel Metz, New Republic , 8 June 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Yellen\u2019s speech, which lacked clear rate cues, did little to calm the price swings and damped expectations of a rate hike this year. \u2014 Fortune , 25 Aug. 2017",
      "BROOKS RIVER \u2014 A brown bear sow emerged from the alder fringes of the Naknek Lake shoreline, ambled to the water's edge and dropped in a huge blond lump onto pumice pebbles and damp black volcanic sand. \u2014 Clark Fair, Alaska Dispatch News , 29 July 2017",
      "Apply the mixture to damp , clean hair and also massage it onto your scalp. \u2014 Lori Keong, Marie Claire , 19 July 2017",
      "Babies need to be constantly damp for some reason, like the whale at the end of Free Willy. \u2014 Frank Kobola, Redbook , 10 Mar. 2017",
      "A Milan judge on Saturday ordered Silvio Berlusconi to be tried on corruption charges, damping the former Italian premier\u2019s hopes of running soon for office again after being sidelined by a tax-fraud conviction. \u2014 Frances D&, Orange County Register , 29 Jan. 2017",
      "These masterful shocks have somewhat redefined the state of the art in damping . \u2014 Jim Resnick, Ars Technica , 18 July 2017",
      "But thoughts of the team\u2019s imminent departure did not seem to be souring the sweetness of the celebration, nor damping the blaring of horns or thinning the throngs downtown and along the edges of Lake Merritt on Thursday. \u2014 Erin Baldassari, The Mercury News , 15 June 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Take a damp towel or cloth and apply over the burn to provide some pain relief. \u2014 Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
      "Wrap tortillas in a damp paper or cloth towel and microwave for about 30 seconds to soften. \u2014 Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press , 29 Jan. 2022",
      "Place 8 to 10 sheets of phyllo in tins, first brushing each layer with melted butter, reserving unused sheets under a damp towel. \u2014 Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Dec. 2021",
      "Instead, put the tablecloth in the dryer along with a damp towel. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Dec. 2021",
      "Tamales can also be reheated in the microwave covered with a damp paper towel for 2 or 3 minutes. \u2014 Minerva Ordu\u00f1o Rinc\u00f3n, The Arizona Republic , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "Wash and dry the bunch of watercress, wrap a damp paper towel around the bottom of the stems and place in a plastic zip bag. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 17 June 2021",
      "Anything that comes bunched\u2014like spring onions and scallions\u2014unfurl, then wrap in a damp paper towel and tuck them into a bag or airtight container. \u2014 Sarah Jampel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 17 May 2021",
      "Apply all over damp hair post-shower and on dry hair, glide a small dab over strands to smooth and shape as needed. \u2014 Dori Price, Good Housekeeping , 3 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Adjective",
      "1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202046"
  },
  "dance":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to move one's body rhythmically usually to music to engage in or perform a dance (see dance entry 2 sense 2 )",
      "to move or seem to move up and down or about in a quick or lively manner",
      "to perform or take part in as a dancer",
      "to cause to dance",
      "to bring into a specified condition by dancing",
      "to attend in an eager and servile manner",
      "an act or instance of moving one's body rhythmically usually to music an act or instance of dancing (see dance entry 1 sense 1 )",
      "a series of rhythmic and patterned bodily movements usually performed to music",
      "a social gathering for dancing",
      "a piece of music by which dancing may be guided",
      "the art of dancing",
      "to step or move through a series of movements usually in time to music",
      "to move about or up and down quickly and lightly",
      "an act of stepping or moving through a series of movements usually in time to music",
      "a social gathering for dancing",
      "a set of movements or steps for dancing usually in time to special music",
      "the art of dancing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8dan(t)s",
    "synonyms":[
      "foot (it)",
      "hoof (it)",
      "step"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "ball",
      "cotillion",
      "cotillon",
      "formal",
      "hop",
      "prom"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "The trees will dance to eight songs, followed by a short intermission and then the show repeats. \u2014 Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "These folks can dance the line between being selfish and self-reliant and do well to partner with patient types as friends, lovers, or business partners who will understand their sometimes brash nature. \u2014 Glamour , 27 May 2022",
      "Soloist and section strings dance around harmonics on the string, lending gauzy transparency to the sound, while wind players start blowing unpitched air through their instruments. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 24 May 2022",
      "People just dance in the street, and it\u2019s so much fun. \u2014 Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 May 2022",
      "The northern lights dance to an electromagnetic rave party. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2022",
      "Besides music provided by DJs, patrons can dance to music from a juke box at The Salon in downtown Providence. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2022",
      "The young son of a coal miner in mid-80s Britain takes an interest in ballet, but due to his father and brother\u2019s traditional views on masculinity, i.e. \u2018boys don\u2019t dance \u2019, is forbidden from it. \u2014 Sophie Hanson, Harper's BAZAAR , 5 May 2022",
      "Principal dancer Iago Breschi will dance the role of Basilio for the first time. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "Office space \u2014 some of it low cost \u2014 on the upper floors will help pay the bills while the ground floor will be dedicated community space featuring an art gallery, a demonstration kitchen, a 130-seat theater, and a dance studio. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
      "Stanton, 32, also shared that Bushnell Lane, 32, couldn't help shedding a tear when Haley took a twirl around the dance floor with her father. \u2014 Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
      "People reports that during the reception, Spears was seen hitting the dance floor with Madonna\u2014the two shared a kiss too. \u2014 Erica Gonzales, ELLE , 11 June 2022",
      "Improvements to the daycare center, after school center, gym, dance studio and multipurpose room are expected to cost $70,000 and another $15,000 has been budged for replacing the multi-purpose room carpet. \u2014 Carrie Napoleon, Chicago Tribune , 10 June 2022",
      "Sitting in an empty dance studio at YG headquarters on this April afternoon, Jennie is friendly and candid, with minimal makeup and recently dyed orange hair. \u2014 Haeryun Kang, Rolling Stone , 26 May 2022",
      "But when their career paths take yet another turn with Beth returning to the dance studio and Randall running for public office, their relationship finally hits what could be an impasse. \u2014 Helena Andrews-dyer, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
      "The first location was a former dance studio tucked behind the lobby of an Upper West Side apartment building. \u2014 New York Times , 7 May 2022",
      "Located in a 6,000-square-foot building just down the street from the Monarch School, the Chrysalis has a 99-seat theater, a dance studio, gallery spaces to display art and maker spaces for teaching visual art workshops. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "dandle":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to move up and down in one's arms or on one's knee in affectionate play",
      ": pamper , pet"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dan-d\u1d4al"
    ],
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      "baby",
      "cocker",
      "coddle",
      "cosset",
      "indulge",
      "mollycoddle",
      "nurse",
      "pamper",
      "spoil",
      "wet-nurse"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "abuse",
      "ill-treat",
      "ill-use",
      "maltreat",
      "manhandle",
      "mishandle",
      "mistreat",
      "misuse"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the college president is a past master at dandling wealthy alumni"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223228"
  },
  "dandy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a man who gives exaggerated attention to personal appearance",
      ": something excellent in its class",
      ": of, relating to, or suggestive of a man who gives exaggerated attention to personal appearance : foppish",
      ": very good : first-rate",
      ": a man who is extremely interested in his clothes and appearance",
      ": something excellent or unusual",
      ": very good"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dan-d\u0113",
      "\u02c8dan-d\u0113"
    ],
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      "beau",
      "Beau Brummell",
      "buck",
      "dude",
      "fop",
      "gallant",
      "jay",
      "lounge lizard",
      "macaroni",
      "pretty boy"
    ],
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      "A-OK",
      "A1",
      "awesome",
      "bang-up",
      "banner",
      "beautiful",
      "blue-chip",
      "blue-ribbon",
      "boffo",
      "bonny",
      "bonnie",
      "boss",
      "brag",
      "brave",
      "bully",
      "bumper",
      "capital",
      "choice",
      "classic",
      "cool",
      "corking",
      "crackerjack",
      "cracking",
      "divine",
      "dope",
      "down",
      "dynamite",
      "excellent",
      "fab",
      "fabulous",
      "famous",
      "fantabulous",
      "fantastic",
      "fine",
      "first-class",
      "first-rate",
      "first-string",
      "five-star",
      "four-star",
      "frontline",
      "gangbusters",
      "gangbuster",
      "gilt-edged",
      "gilt-edge",
      "gone",
      "grand",
      "great",
      "groovy",
      "heavenly",
      "high-class",
      "hot",
      "hype",
      "immense",
      "jim-dandy",
      "keen",
      "lovely",
      "marvelous",
      "marvellous",
      "mean",
      "neat",
      "nifty",
      "noble",
      "number one",
      "No. 1",
      "numero uno",
      "out-of-sight",
      "par excellence",
      "peachy",
      "peachy keen",
      "phat",
      "prime",
      "primo",
      "prize",
      "prizewinning",
      "quality",
      "radical",
      "righteous",
      "sensational",
      "slick",
      "splendid",
      "stellar",
      "sterling",
      "superb",
      "superior",
      "superlative",
      "supernal",
      "swell",
      "terrific",
      "tip-top",
      "top",
      "top-notch",
      "top-of-the-line",
      "top-shelf",
      "topflight",
      "topping",
      "unsurpassed",
      "wizard",
      "wonderful"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "That was a dandy of a game.",
      "that dandy was willing to spend all day and hundreds of dollars just to get the perfect pair of shoes",
      "Adjective",
      "We thought something was wrong, but he said everything was just fine and dandy .",
      "that's a dandy new racing bike",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "With each character trait that was added, the image of Wags as a dandy of the Wall Street underworld came into focus. \u2014 Sean T. Collins, Vulture , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "In Abercrombie\u2019s fiction, the shining hero on horseback may be the most wretched cretin of them all, while the dandy of a prince, despised by his own people, is the one person with real courage and decency. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 6 Sep. 2021",
      "But this year, Kansas State has a dandy of a running back in freshman Deuce Vaughn. \u2014 Brice Paterik, Dallas News , 30 Sep. 2020",
      "The champions and runners-up in the Western Conference from last year square off in what's sure to be a dandy of a match. \u2014 Briar Napier, The Arizona Republic , 12 July 2020",
      "Last night, dappers and dandies gathered at\u2014where else?\u2014. Jazz and chatter filled the legendary shop as editors, models, and men-about-town toasted the opening of Bergdorf\u2019s Bar. \u2014 Ian Malone, Vogue , 31 Jan. 2020",
      "Meanwhile, Ryan Colbert is the straw that stirs the mystery as a devious dandy in the first play before becoming a wide-eyed med-tech nerd in the second. \u2014 Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities , 20 July 2019",
      "There are other solid dancing performances, too; Luca De-Poli and Joshua Stayton and the corps de ballet, who are called into service as everything from Munchkins and dancing bricks to dandies and Popcorn Girls who enliven the Emerald City streets. \u2014 Cincinnati.com , 26 Oct. 2019",
      "The first large Baignoire was a model for men, for dandies . \u2014 Jill Newman, Town & Country , 1 Oct. 2019",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Here\u2019s a handy- dandy A-Z (or A-W) guide to the most important and their comics origins. \u2014 Michael Ordo\u00f1a, Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
      "The era is marked by the dandy , known better as the Aesthetic Dress movement, which was popularized by writer, Oscar Wilde. \u2014 Nadja Sayej, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Four years ago, Johnnie Walker added a female foil, Jane Walker, to go toe to toe with the company\u2019s strutting dandy . \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "On the long bicycle ride to her ramshackle home in the woods, Svetla gets propositioned by old dandy Ivan (Ivan Savov), the closest thing left to a local tycoon. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Golden Nest makes dandy corned beef hash, as a main dish ($15, with eggs) or a side ($5). \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "With directorial efforts like Spy, The Heat and Ghostbusters earning north of $1.2 billion in the past decade and a reputation for donning three-piece suits, Paul Feig may be Hollywood\u2019s highest-grossing dandy . \u2014 Mikey O'connell, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "The Linton-Stockton vs. Providence game should be a dandy in the second game at Southridge. \u2014 Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "In addition to being a dandy , Suzuki was a criminal. \u2014 Akhil Sharma, The New Yorker , 24 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "circa 1780, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "1792, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211241"
  },
  "dang":{
    "type":[
      "adjective or adverb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": damn sense 4",
      ": damned"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8da\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "accursed",
      "accurst",
      "blasted",
      "confounded",
      "cursed",
      "curst",
      "cussed",
      "damnable",
      "danged",
      "darn",
      "durn",
      "darned",
      "durned",
      "deuced",
      "doggone",
      "doggoned",
      "freaking",
      "infernal"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective or adverb",
      "That was a lot of fun for tonight personally and just seeing the way the guys had reacted to getting down early and battling back against a pretty dang good team. \u2014 Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "The Crossfade 2 Wireless are an excellent pair of over-ear headphones that are also pretty dang life-proof. \u2014 Scott Gilbertson, Wired , 1 Dec. 2020",
      "The Crossfade 2 Wireless are an excellent pair of over-ear headphones that are also pretty dang life-proof. \u2014 Scott Gilbertson, Wired , 1 Dec. 2020",
      "The Crossfade 2 Wireless are an excellent pair of over-ear headphones that are also pretty dang life-proof. \u2014 Scott Gilbertson, Wired , 1 Dec. 2020",
      "The Crossfade 2 Wireless are an excellent pair of over-ear headphones that are also pretty dang life-proof. \u2014 Scott Gilbertson, Wired , 1 Dec. 2020",
      "The Crossfade 2 Wireless are an excellent pair of over-ear headphones that are also pretty dang life-proof. \u2014 Scott Gilbertson, Wired , 1 Dec. 2020",
      "The Crossfade 2 Wireless are an excellent pair of over-ear headphones that are also pretty dang life-proof. \u2014 Scott Gilbertson, Wired , 1 Dec. 2020",
      "Because finding gifts for tea lovers is a pretty dang easy task. \u2014 Anna Borges, SELF , 2 Dec. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "circa 1797, in the meaning defined above",
      "Adjective or adverb",
      "1914, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213204"
  },
  "danger":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": exposure or liability to injury, pain, harm, or loss",
      ": a case or cause of danger",
      ": jurisdiction",
      ": reach , range",
      ": harm , damage",
      ": endanger",
      ": the state of not being protected from harm or evil : peril",
      ": something that may cause injury or harm"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101n-j\u0259r",
      "\u02c8d\u0101n-j\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "distress",
      "endangerment",
      "harm's way",
      "imperilment",
      "jeopardy",
      "peril",
      "risk",
      "trouble"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "safeness",
      "safety",
      "secureness",
      "security"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The president claimed the stipulation would put Medicare and Social Security in danger . \u2014 Fox News , 14 June 2022",
      "Mahmoud Entezari, a relative who leads tours in Yazd, said on his Instagram page that the engineer had worried that his life was in danger after the photographs of him with Mr. Rouhani surfaced in local media. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
      "The floodgate danger zone flashed red in consecutive innings Sunday, but Snell steered clear of the type of damage that allows games to sail out of reach. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022",
      "While some of these mistakes can be easily fixed, others can be very costly and put your business in danger if they are not addressed. \u2014 Marius Vetrici, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "Coronavirus cases have entered the danger zone in many parts of the state, prompting officials to implement new indoor mask rules. \u2014 Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
      "Call that a highway to the danger zone for U.S. security. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 1 June 2022",
      "Top Gun: Maverick is finally here, just 36 short years after Tom Cruise first took viewers to the danger zone in 1986's Top Gun. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 28 May 2022",
      "So jump on Maverick's bike, hug him tight and join him on the highway to the danger zone. \u2014 Mark Kennedy, Chron , 12 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "But the proximity to danger in Taesung is mixed with an odd sense of security. \u2014 Motoko Rich, New York Times , 20 Apr. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181736"
  },
  "dangerous":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "involving possible injury, pain, harm, or loss characterized by danger",
      "able or likely to inflict injury or harm",
      "involving possible harm or death full of danger",
      "able or likely to injure",
      "creating a risk of bodily injury",
      "able or likely to inflict especially serious bodily injury",
      "deadly",
      "likely to engage in repeated criminal activity"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8d\u0101n-j\u0259-r\u0259s",
    "synonyms":[
      "grave",
      "grievous",
      "hazardous",
      "jeopardizing",
      "menacing",
      "parlous",
      "perilous",
      "risky",
      "serious",
      "threatening",
      "unhealthy",
      "unsafe",
      "venturesome"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "harmless",
      "innocent",
      "innocuous",
      "nonhazardous",
      "nonthreatening",
      "safe",
      "unthreatening"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Such heat is dangerous and abnormal for even the hottest regions in the country. \u2014 Kyla Guilfoil, ABC News , 15 June 2022",
      "Please be aware that there is an ongoing and dangerous tendency these days to anthropomorphize AI. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "Denunciation of an oppressive regime is a virtue but not an intrinsically artistic one; Rasoulof creates a form\u2014nearly an anti-style\u2014of stark confrontation that gives an aesthetic identity to his righteous and dangerous candor. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 14 June 2022",
      "But sometimes the heat can be extreme and dangerous for some people. \u2014 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
      "Temperatures in metro Detroit this week are expected to soar, reaching close to 100 degrees Wednesday, with humidity making for dangerous and sometimes life-threatening conditions. \u2014 Layla Mcmurtrie, Detroit Free Press , 14 June 2022",
      "Mental health issues have also become an increasing problem as fires have grown more dangerous and damaging. \u2014 Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
      "Davidson, who was considered armed and dangerous , was later located, according to the sheriff's office. \u2014 Fox News , 13 June 2022",
      "Edson Fachin, a Supreme Court judge and Brazil\u2019s top election official, said in an interview that claims of an unsafe election were unfounded and dangerous . \u2014 New York Times , 12 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see danger  entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "dangle":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to hang loosely and usually so as to be able to swing freely",
      ": to be a hanger-on or a dependent",
      ": to occur in a sentence without having a normally expected syntactic relation to the rest of the sentence (such as climbing in \"Climbing the mountain the cabin came into view\")",
      ": to cause to dangle : swing",
      ": to keep hanging uncertainly",
      ": to hold out as an inducement",
      ": the action of dangling",
      ": something that dangles",
      ": to hang loosely especially with a swinging motion",
      ": to cause to hang loosely"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8da\u014b-g\u0259l",
      "\u02c8da\u014b-g\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "hang",
      "sling",
      "suspend",
      "swing"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Let your arms dangle at your sides.",
      "She sat on the edge of the pool, dangling her feet in the water.",
      "He dangled a piece of string in front of the cat.",
      "The money she dangled in front of him wasn't enough to convince him to sell.",
      "They refused to accept the money that was dangled before their eyes .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "So are Aysoy\u2019s new necklaces that feature varying cuts of colored gemstones, along with her Tahitian black pearl Catena necklace,which sparkles with tiny pendant diamonds that dangle at different levels of the chain. \u2014 Kyle Roderick, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "Unlike boring ordinary train lines that stay determinedly fixed to terra firma, suspension railways dangle beneath a track suspended from pylons. \u2014 Marcel Krueger, CNN , 16 May 2022",
      "Even with an uptick in leasing, supply continues to reach records and landlords have to dangle incentives like months of free rent and tenant improvement allowances to get deals done. \u2014 Natalie Wong, Fortune , 10 May 2022",
      "Sparks now fly as the third-generation metalworker\u2019s laser machines slice plates for bulletproof vests from Swedish or German steel, make dog tags to dangle from young soldiers\u2019 necks and build metal braces for limbs broken in battle. \u2014 Phil Mccausland, NBC News , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Publishers then dangle these baubles to get the books and their authors featured on cable news, which, reliably, drives book sales. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "These assemblages dangle on the wall via long cords. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "The drum and marimba pound while the suns dance, change color and even dangle menacingly over the audience\u2014their combined heat makes the Earth burn and die. \u2014 Heidi Waleson, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Shorter men, who often end up with sweaters that dangle well below the waistline, turn to the tuck to look less unkempt. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Strands of electrical lighting dangle from the ceilings and sheets of translucent plastic are still attached to the walls \u2013 the sheets enabled the mushroom growers to create just the right temperature and humidity for the cultivation of fungi. \u2014 Nick Squires, The Christian Science Monitor , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "That's a fine carrot- dangle for fun secrets, but earning skulls by beating side quests seems more fun to me. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "Kenneth Choi and Ethan Suplee dangle Jon Spinogatti from a building for The Wolf of Wall Street. \u2014 Vulture Editors, Vulture , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "Cathy Waterman has created a rustic yet elegant alternative to the traditional diamond dangle . \u2014 Beth Bernstein, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
      "My final dangle over the desert floor felt almost casual. \u2014 Edmund Vallance, Los Angeles Times , 7 May 2021",
      "But while admitting this much, Mr. Manafort \u2014 seeing the dangle of a potential pardon from Mr. Trump \u2014 refused to cooperate further. \u2014 Charlie Savage, New York Times , 21 Sep. 2020",
      "White rosary beads Garza threads through her fingers when there\u2019s a need for prayer dangle at the ready on a shelf behind her sewing machine. \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com , 2 Mar. 2020",
      "For the sparkly occasion, the went for an sequined one-shoulder version with a contrasting fuschia belt and accessorized with massive heart dangles . \u2014 Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen , 2 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1565, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1756, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213143"
  },
  "dapper":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": neat and trim in appearance",
      ": very spruce and stylish",
      ": alert and lively in movement and manners",
      ": neat and trim in dress or appearance"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8da-p\u0259r",
      "\u02c8da-p\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "natty",
      "sharp",
      "smart",
      "snappy",
      "spruce"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "disheveled",
      "dishevelled",
      "frowsy",
      "frowzy",
      "sloppy",
      "slovenly",
      "unkempt"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The students all looked very dapper in their uniforms.",
      "the dapper gentleman drew admiring glances from all over the ballroom",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This night, one of his guests is an elderly, dapper gentleman named Plennie Wingo. \u2014 Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com , 3 May 2020",
      "Actor and choreographer Darnell Pierre Benjamin is one of those people who manages to look dapper even when he is dressed down. \u2014 David Lyman, Cincinnati.com , 7 May 2020",
      "Lined with fuzzy lamb's wool and featuring a non-skid rubber sole, these are the ultimate house slipper for the dapper dude in your life. \u2014 Anna Heyman, USA TODAY , 29 Oct. 2019",
      "Clearly a fashion fan himself, Hawke has accompanied his mother to Prada shows in New York sporting very dapper bespoke tailoring by the Italian house. \u2014 Liam Hess, Vogue , 20 Jan. 2020",
      "His fresh Celine by Hedi Slimane tux with its red flower on the lapel was dapper and delightful on the red carpet. \u2014 Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY , 10 Feb. 2020",
      "Turner, 23, was clad in sleek black dress and festive headpiece while Joe, 30, wore a similarly dark and dapper suit. \u2014 Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com , 1 Jan. 2020",
      "Both Jim and Deacon looked dapper in their suits, and Ava totally stunned in a lace dress which was complemented by her loose waves. \u2014 Megan Stein, Country Living , 14 Dec. 2019",
      "In a bright neon green, Lil Nas X looked dapper , styling his cropped jacket with a bold zebra-print top underneath. \u2014 Vogue , 25 Nov. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English dapyr , from Middle Dutch dapper quick, strong; akin to Old High German tapfar heavy, Old Church Slavonic debel\u016d thick",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212422"
  },
  "dapple":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of numerous usually cloudy and rounded spots or patches of a color or shade different from their background",
      ": the quality or state of being dappled",
      ": a dappled animal",
      ": to mark with dapples",
      ": to produce a dappled pattern",
      ": to mark or become marked with rounded spots of color"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8da-p\u0259l",
      "\u02c8da-p\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blotch",
      "dot",
      "eyespot",
      "fleck",
      "mottle",
      "patch",
      "pip",
      "point",
      "speck",
      "speckle",
      "splotch",
      "spot"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "blotch",
      "dot",
      "fleck",
      "freckle",
      "marble",
      "mottle",
      "pepper",
      "shoot",
      "speck",
      "speckle",
      "splotch",
      "spot",
      "sprinkle",
      "stipple"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "the clouds threw dapples of shadow over the eerily quiet street",
      "Verb",
      "sunlight dappled the canopy of vines over our heads",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Piglet is a Chihuahua-dachshund mix, with a genetic condition called double dapple that causes eyesight and hearing difficulties. \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 29 Jan. 2022",
      "What happens when athletes, guilty or not, cry sabotage and cite the ease with which the Cologne study manufactured positive tests from a dime-sized dapple of translucent ointment? \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 July 2021",
      "Fill shadowy areas with shade-loving plants to take advantage of the leftover sun dapple . \u2014 Jessie Kissinger, Popular Mechanics , 1 Mar. 2020",
      "Creaky wood sounds echo over speakers, dapples of light reflecting off the water shine through cracks and portholes, and the bar slings tiki drinks to every good pirate in attendance. \u2014 Tirion Morris, azcentral , 24 Oct. 2019",
      "White Anemone japonica dapple Achnaterum brachytrichum, an ethereal plume whose downy flower heads, Mr. Quibel noted, glitter in the early morning dew. \u2014 Amy Merrick, WSJ , 5 Oct. 2018",
      "As the butter melts, begin to season it: let a few sprinkles of rosemary dapple the foaming butter, a few pinches of salt, and a grind or two of pepper. \u2014 Talia Lavin, Bon Appetit , 15 May 2017",
      "Missing dog: Shadow, a black-and- dapple Aussie-Shepard mix with dark brown eyes and weighing about 50 pounds is missing and was last seen June 14 near West Street and Morse Road in Berea. \u2014 Rich Heileman, cleveland.com , 16 June 2017",
      "The sun streams through the multicolored leaves of oak trees and dapples thousands of alumni and fans in patches of light and shade. \u2014 Matthew Davis, The Atlantic , 10 May 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Slow down, take deep breaths and enjoy how the trees dapple the sunlight. \u2014 New York Times , 5 July 2021",
      "Nine dental suites, a pharmacy and a state-of-the-art demonstration kitchen branch off the sun- dappled atrium. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2020",
      "In press dispatches and news analysis pieces, the stately old Southern order is evoked with scenes of dappled sunlight under Spanish moss\u2013draped oak trees. \u2014 Paul Bowers, The New Republic , 16 Mar. 2020",
      "Cheese slices start at $3 (or $2 during happy hour) and come with an almost translucent crust dappled with pretty brown spots. \u2014 oregonlive , 11 Mar. 2020",
      "As the frigid Alaskan waters lapped at his heels, Patrick Druckenmiller repositioned his saw against the algae- dappled rock. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine , 5 Mar. 2020",
      "Tiffany also exploited the abstract, mottled effects of molten glass to evoke the textures of foliage and a sky softly dappled with clouds. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 12 Jan. 2020",
      "De Hooch was fascinated by the interplay between light and various surfaces, painting calm, sun- dappled courtyard and interior scenes. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian , 2 Dec. 2019",
      "In Mozambique\u2019s Gorongosa National Park, Charlie Hamilton James photographed an elephant amid sun- dappled ferns. \u2014 Natasha Daly, National Geographic , 25 Nov. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1580, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1599, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183136"
  },
  "dare":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "biographical name",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to be sufficiently courageous to",
      ": to have sufficient courage",
      ": to challenge to perform an action especially as a proof of courage",
      ": to confront boldly : defy",
      ": to have the courage to contend against, venture, or try",
      ": an act or instance of daring (see dare entry 1 sense 1 ) : challenge",
      ": imaginative or vivacious boldness : daring",
      "Dictionary of American Regional English",
      ": to have courage enough for some purpose : be bold enough",
      ": to challenge to do something especially as a proof of courage",
      ": to face with courage",
      ": a challenge to do something as proof of courage",
      "Virginia 1587\u2013? 1st child born in America of English parents"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8der",
      "\u02c8der",
      "\u02c8der"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "challenge",
      "defy",
      "stump"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Try it if you dare .",
      "We wanted to laugh but didn't dare .",
      "The actress dared a new interpretation of the classic role.",
      "She dared him to dive off the bridge.",
      "She dared me to ask him out on a date. I did, and he said yes.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Warm, always leaning toward the positive, but never enough to make others dare to cross him. \u2014 Terence Moore, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "Whether residents will dare to call the government's bluff and turn out in Victoria Park anyway is yet to be seen, but the national security legislation cited by Lam is a potent deterrent. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 3 June 2022",
      "Put another way: The more Jackson-Davis is willing to dare this season, the more IU will be allowed to dream. \u2014 Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star , 26 May 2022",
      "Celebrating the love that dare not speak its name \u2014 at least in Florida \u2014 June is Pride month for LGBTQ+ communities and their supporters. \u2014 Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel , 26 May 2022",
      "With one short scene, creator Julian Fellowes made a declaration: the love that dare not speak its name would be given voice here. \u2014 Hugh Ryan, Town & Country , 25 May 2022",
      "Against Milwaukee, the Celtics were able to load up on Giannis Antetokounmpo and dare players such as Grayson Allen and Brook Lopez to hit shots. \u2014 Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com , 16 May 2022",
      "VarietyThe Hollywood Reporter Daniel Radcliffe will dare to be stupid in his latest film. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 3 May 2022",
      "In a room with multiple windows, the death investigators dare crack only one in an effort to alleviate the oppressive stench of decomposing human flesh. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "With the seas churning with synergy after the Warner Bros./Discovery merger, Impractical Jokers stars Brian Quinn, James Murray, and Sal Vulcano will anchor a dare -ing shark education special. \u2014 Dan Snierson, EW.com , 14 June 2022",
      "The movie is itself kind of a dare , aimed at younger genre fans accustomed to playing games that are brutally hard. \u2014 Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "On September 20, 2017, Offset and Cardi made the relationship official when they got married in the bedroom of his Atlanta home, on what was something of a dare . \u2014 Brande Victorian, Essence , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Now, more than two years later, the Omicron variant is running rings around Beijing's zero-Covid strategy -- and apparently nobody in power dare say so. \u2014 Robert Mahoney, CNN , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Florida did take a dare from a radio station and spent their two-week honeymoon underground, where the radio station and her parents called them up too many times a day. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "After starting her drag journey on a dare from a friend, Aria goes to the global stage ready to score yet another win for her already impressive drag resume. \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "Iron Mike Tyson is not one to back down from any fight \u2013 or any dare . \u2014 Scott Boeck, USA TODAY , 18 Nov. 2021",
      "Carlo won\u2019t be a candidate for point duty, but while coach Bruce Cassidy tries to wring more scoring out of his mediocre offense, coaxing more dare and shooting out of Carlo might have to be a priority. \u2014 Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com , 13 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense",
      "Noun",
      "1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214706"
  },
  "daresay":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": venture to say : think probable",
      ": agree , suppose"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccder-\u02c8s\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "assume",
      "conjecture",
      "guess",
      "imagine",
      "presume",
      "speculate",
      "suppose",
      "surmise",
      "suspect",
      "suspicion"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "I daresay we might manage to finish on time after all."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202041"
  },
  "daring":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": venturesomely bold in action or thought",
      ": venturesome boldness",
      ": ready to take risks : bold , venturesome",
      ": bold fearlessness : readiness to take chances"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8der-i\u014b",
      "\u02c8der-ing"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "adventuresome",
      "adventurous",
      "audacious",
      "bold",
      "dashing",
      "emboldened",
      "enterprising",
      "free-swinging",
      "gutsy",
      "hardy",
      "nerved",
      "nervy",
      "venturesome",
      "venturous"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bottle",
      "bravery",
      "courage",
      "courageousness",
      "daringness",
      "dauntlessness",
      "doughtiness",
      "fearlessness",
      "gallantry",
      "greatheartedness",
      "guts",
      "gutsiness",
      "hardihood",
      "heart",
      "heroism",
      "intestinal fortitude",
      "intrepidity",
      "intrepidness",
      "moxie",
      "nerve",
      "pecker",
      "prowess",
      "stoutness",
      "valor",
      "virtue"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The choice is commendably daring , but Multiverse of Madness takes Wanda's heel turn a bit too far in a way that does some disservice to the character. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 6 May 2022",
      "The Marvel Universe\u2019s newest hero doesn\u2019t have the sort of super-powers used by Thor, Captain Marvel or Spider-Man, but some people think the figure is pretty daring all the same. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Some of these gambles were as daring as the UAE\u2019s net zero push. \u2014 Baker Institute, Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021",
      "Broadway hits for the Vineyard Theater shortly before the industry shutdown, and each is more formally daring than conventional Broadway fare. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "Interpretations of the dress code took many forms: sharp collared suit jackets over barely-there slip dresses (or, for the especially daring , just lingerie). \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 1 May 2022",
      "It\u2019s about casting your net far and wide near the 2nd and daring to follow your own intuition. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 1 May 2022",
      "But the Tochka is more valuable to Ukraine, which aside from saboteurs and daring helicopter raids lacks a reliable means of hitting Russian targets inside Russia. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Jackson\u2019s self-conscious caricatures of Blackness also ratchet up to fill the space, playfully daring audiences of any color to respond. \u2014 Naveen Kumar, Variety , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Compared to the daring outside, the Hyundai\u2019s interior style seems deliberately quotidian. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
      "This attitude yields not just greater visual daring but also less preciousness. \u2014 Julie Lasky, ELLE Decor , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "These latter movies don\u2019t fall into the category of Cage camp; many were dismissed by reviewers who objected to their powerful moral inquiry and political daring . \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The astounding upside-down maneuver with which Maverick flaunts his daring and prowess early on isn\u2019t a violation of rules, just a departure from textbook methods. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 26 May 2022",
      "As this album attests, Mr. Blackmore deserves an equal measure of praise for his swashbuckling speed, daring and inventiveness. \u2014 Marc Myers, WSJ , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "More specifically, compositions of artistic daring that require a performer to possess instrumental brilliance, pinpoint dynamic control and an ability to capture the emotional essence in even the knottiest music. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 May 2022",
      "Its protagonists are young, Black, and hip, leaping out from the historical framework with their bearing, their daring , and their sense of style. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 13 May 2022",
      "Few could strut through the streets of Paris in nothing but a thong and a transparent tulle dress, but such daring is what makes Rihanna unique. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 2 Mar. 2022"
    ],
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      "1584, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
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  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
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      ": venturesomely bold in action or thought",
      ": venturesome boldness",
      ": ready to take risks : bold , venturesome",
      ": bold fearlessness : readiness to take chances"
    ],
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      "\u02c8der-ing"
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      "courage",
      "courageousness",
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      "dauntlessness",
      "doughtiness",
      "fearlessness",
      "gallantry",
      "greatheartedness",
      "guts",
      "gutsiness",
      "hardihood",
      "heart",
      "heroism",
      "intestinal fortitude",
      "intrepidity",
      "intrepidness",
      "moxie",
      "nerve",
      "pecker",
      "prowess",
      "stoutness",
      "valor",
      "virtue"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The choice is commendably daring , but Multiverse of Madness takes Wanda's heel turn a bit too far in a way that does some disservice to the character. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 6 May 2022",
      "The Marvel Universe\u2019s newest hero doesn\u2019t have the sort of super-powers used by Thor, Captain Marvel or Spider-Man, but some people think the figure is pretty daring all the same. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Some of these gambles were as daring as the UAE\u2019s net zero push. \u2014 Baker Institute, Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021",
      "Broadway hits for the Vineyard Theater shortly before the industry shutdown, and each is more formally daring than conventional Broadway fare. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "Interpretations of the dress code took many forms: sharp collared suit jackets over barely-there slip dresses (or, for the especially daring , just lingerie). \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 1 May 2022",
      "It\u2019s about casting your net far and wide near the 2nd and daring to follow your own intuition. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 1 May 2022",
      "But the Tochka is more valuable to Ukraine, which aside from saboteurs and daring helicopter raids lacks a reliable means of hitting Russian targets inside Russia. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Jackson\u2019s self-conscious caricatures of Blackness also ratchet up to fill the space, playfully daring audiences of any color to respond. \u2014 Naveen Kumar, Variety , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Compared to the daring outside, the Hyundai\u2019s interior style seems deliberately quotidian. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
      "This attitude yields not just greater visual daring but also less preciousness. \u2014 Julie Lasky, ELLE Decor , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "These latter movies don\u2019t fall into the category of Cage camp; many were dismissed by reviewers who objected to their powerful moral inquiry and political daring . \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The astounding upside-down maneuver with which Maverick flaunts his daring and prowess early on isn\u2019t a violation of rules, just a departure from textbook methods. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 26 May 2022",
      "As this album attests, Mr. Blackmore deserves an equal measure of praise for his swashbuckling speed, daring and inventiveness. \u2014 Marc Myers, WSJ , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "More specifically, compositions of artistic daring that require a performer to possess instrumental brilliance, pinpoint dynamic control and an ability to capture the emotional essence in even the knottiest music. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 May 2022",
      "Its protagonists are young, Black, and hip, leaping out from the historical framework with their bearing, their daring , and their sense of style. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 13 May 2022",
      "Few could strut through the streets of Paris in nothing but a thong and a transparent tulle dress, but such daring is what makes Rihanna unique. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 2 Mar. 2022"
    ],
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      "Noun",
      "1584, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203050"
  },
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      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
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      ": devoid or partially devoid of light : not receiving, reflecting, transmitting, or radiating light",
      ": transmitting only a portion of light",
      ": wholly or partially black",
      ": of low or very low lightness",
      ": being less light in color than other substances of the same kind",
      ": arising from or showing evil traits or desires : evil",
      ": dismal , gloomy",
      ": lacking knowledge or culture : unenlightened",
      ": relating to grim or depressing circumstances",
      ": not clear to the understanding",
      ": not known or explored because of remoteness",
      ": intense in color, coloring, or pigmentation : not light or fair",
      ": secret",
      ": possessing depth and richness",
      ": closed to the public",
      ": a place or time of little or no light : night , nightfall",
      ": absence of light : darkness",
      ": a color of low or very low lightness : a dark or deep color",
      ": clothing that is dark in color",
      ": in secrecy",
      ": in ignorance",
      ": to become dark",
      ": to stop operating or functioning : to shut down",
      ": to stop broadcasting or transmitting : to go off-line",
      ": to grow dark (see dark entry 1 )",
      ": to make dark",
      ": without light or without much light",
      ": not light in color",
      ": not bright and cheerful : gloomy",
      ": arising from or characterized by evil",
      ": absence of light : darkness",
      ": a place or time of little or no light"
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      "\u02c8d\u00e4rk"
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      "black",
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      "darkish",
      "darkling",
      "darksome",
      "dim",
      "dimmed",
      "dusk",
      "dusky",
      "gloomy",
      "lightless",
      "murky",
      "obscure",
      "obscured",
      "pitch-black",
      "pitch-dark",
      "pitchy",
      "rayless",
      "somber",
      "sombre",
      "stygian",
      "tenebrific",
      "tenebrous",
      "unlit"
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      "black",
      "blackness",
      "candlelight",
      "darkness",
      "dusk",
      "gloaming",
      "gloom",
      "murk",
      "night",
      "semidarkness",
      "shade",
      "shadows",
      "twilight",
      "umbra"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Peter Dinklage and Shirley MacLaine star in this dark comedy from director Paul Dektor about a frustrated college professor who hatches a scheme to use a local widow and her mansion to help him out of his own tricky situation. \u2014 The Editors, Town & Country , 8 June 2022",
      "Heck, this isn\u2019t even the trailer for a \u2014 dark \u2014 romantic comedy. \u2014 Wayne And Wanda, Anchorage Daily News , 5 June 2022",
      "Brown \u2014 whose upcoming movies include the sci-fi drama Biosphere and The Defender, about pioneering lawyer Scipio Africanus Jones \u2014 also stars with Regina Hall in the dark comedy Honk for Jesus. \u2014 Dan Snierson, EW.com , 2 June 2022",
      "Rose Byrne is back in leotard and leggings in new episodes of this dark comedy set in the 1980s. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 29 May 2022",
      "Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd in a dark comedy about a therapist and a patient mix their personal lives to an unhealthily unprofessional degree? \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 25 May 2022",
      "OnStage Playhouse presents Christopher Durang\u2019s absurdist dark comedy about two sets of suburban next-door neighbors whose lives become crazily intertwined. \u2014 Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 May 2022",
      "There are two noteworthy aspects to the dark comedy that are low-hanging fruit for Academy Awards attention. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 23 May 2022",
      "The premium cable outlet has picked up Bill Hader and Alec Berg\u2019s dark comedy for a fourth season. \u2014 Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "And in the dark of space, your life is almost always on the line in some way, so having that experience should prove beneficial. NASA seems to have chosen two strong companies to lead the development of its new spacesuits. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 2 June 2022",
      "In the dark of the night, Hirata dons a headlamp and perches on the rocky cliff. \u2014 Rachel Ng, Bon App\u00e9tit , 19 May 2022",
      "She was then separated from the others, waiting in the dark of the basement until she was released around 2.30 pm that afternoon. \u2014 Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Deputy District Attorney Victor Avila said Avant was shot in the back after she was ambushed in the dark of her home. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "The crash occurred on a Monday, just after 3 a.m. A revving car engine, tires crunching on gravel and plaintive cries for help could be heard in the dark of night, a camper near the crash site recalled. \u2014 Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "Season 2 shifts setting from a glacial polar research station in the dark of an Antarctic winter to an equally isolated and inaccessible setting, an ocean freighter carrying a scientific mission. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "If the soul of Slayer belongs to Satan, it\u2019s not because of bloody rituals in the dark of night. \u2014 Bob Larsen, SPIN , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "In the dark of Friday morning, neighbors instead arose to find the lights of a police shootout. \u2014 Anne Ryman, The Arizona Republic , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "From dinnertime to dark every Wednesday in Livonia, enjoy a car show with food and music. \u2014 Layla Mcmurtrie, Detroit Free Press , 6 June 2022",
      "As the distorted guitar sets in, the room switches to dark with glowing lights illuminating the performance. \u2014 Izzy Col\u00f3n, SPIN , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Say goodbye to dark under-eye circles with this YSL option. \u2014 Rachel Dube, SELF , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "This means better contrast and less bleed from light to dark . \u2014 Parker Hall, Wired , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "As the search went on Monday night for the body of James Brown, who was working alone deep underground at the Darby Fork mine when a roof collapsed, the coal miner's wife watched and waited, not leaving a church parking lot as dusk turned to dark . \u2014 Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "Choose from half, single or double bag subscriptions every two or four weeks; as well their roast preference (light to dark or a variety) and grind type (whole bean or ground). \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "For the guy who\u2019s been wanting to test-drive a new skincare routine, this five-piece gift set from Geologie is specifically formulated to address men\u2019s skin concerns, from aging and acne to dark under eye circles. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "The transitions from light to dark in the matador\u2019s face and stockings, for instance, is abrupt to the point of coarseness. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective, Noun, and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184607"
  },
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    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to grow dark become obscured",
      "to become gloomy",
      "to make dark",
      "to make less clear obscure",
      "taint , tarnish",
      "to cast a gloom over",
      "to make of darker color",
      "to make or grow dark or darker",
      "to make or become gloomy"
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      "lour"
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      "perk (up)"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "For the film, Moreno was forced to wear makeup to darken her skin, alongside her white cast mates who played Puerto Ricans. \u2014 Elaina Patton, NBC News , 1 June 2022",
      "Whatever the consequences for Russia of the new sanctions that President Biden announced Tuesday, the invasion of Ukraine and ensuing global standoff will further darken the outlook for the U.S. economy. \u2014 Don Lee Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Small businesses are flashing warning signs on the U.S. economy as inflation, supply-chain snarls, a shortage of workers and rising interest rates darken the outlook for entrepreneurs. \u2014 WSJ , 23 May 2022",
      "Things change and darken when loner Shane Mungitt (Michael Oberholtzer), a sizzling pitcher from the minor leagues, joins the team. \u2014 Frank Rizzo, Variety , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Typically under home production only a few hands mature and the rest of the fruits darken and gradually drop from the stalks before those that remain ripen. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, Orlando Sentinel , 14 May 2022",
      "For example, an autistic individual may want to darken the room and shut their office door to reduce sensory input. \u2014 Ronit Molko, Forbes , 3 Nov. 2021",
      "When your skin is exposed to UV light, your body tries to protect itself by making melanin, the dark pigment in the outer layer of your skin, which causes your skin to darken a bit, according to the Mayo Clinic. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 6 May 2022",
      "Black peppercorns are simply green peppercorns that have been blanched and then dried, which causes the outer layer of the fruit to darken to its characteristic brown-black color. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
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      ": to grow dark : become obscured",
      ": to become gloomy",
      ": to make dark",
      ": to make less clear : obscure",
      ": taint , tarnish",
      ": to cast a gloom over",
      ": to make of darker color",
      ": to make or grow dark or darker",
      ": to make or become gloomy"
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    "pronounciation":[
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      "\u02c8d\u00e4r-k\u0259n"
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      "gloom",
      "glower",
      "lower",
      "lour"
    ],
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      "brighten",
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      "lighten",
      "perk (up)"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "For the film, Moreno was forced to wear makeup to darken her skin, alongside her white cast mates who played Puerto Ricans. \u2014 Elaina Patton, NBC News , 1 June 2022",
      "Whatever the consequences for Russia of the new sanctions that President Biden announced Tuesday, the invasion of Ukraine and ensuing global standoff will further darken the outlook for the U.S. economy. \u2014 Don Lee Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Small businesses are flashing warning signs on the U.S. economy as inflation, supply-chain snarls, a shortage of workers and rising interest rates darken the outlook for entrepreneurs. \u2014 WSJ , 23 May 2022",
      "Things change and darken when loner Shane Mungitt (Michael Oberholtzer), a sizzling pitcher from the minor leagues, joins the team. \u2014 Frank Rizzo, Variety , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Typically under home production only a few hands mature and the rest of the fruits darken and gradually drop from the stalks before those that remain ripen. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, Orlando Sentinel , 14 May 2022",
      "For example, an autistic individual may want to darken the room and shut their office door to reduce sensory input. \u2014 Ronit Molko, Forbes , 3 Nov. 2021",
      "When your skin is exposed to UV light, your body tries to protect itself by making melanin, the dark pigment in the outer layer of your skin, which causes your skin to darken a bit, according to the Mayo Clinic. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 6 May 2022",
      "Black peppercorns are simply green peppercorns that have been blanched and then dried, which causes the outer layer of the fruit to darken to its characteristic brown-black color. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203330"
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
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      ": to grow dark : become obscured",
      ": to become gloomy",
      ": to make dark",
      ": to make less clear : obscure",
      ": taint , tarnish",
      ": to cast a gloom over",
      ": to make of darker color",
      ": to make or grow dark or darker",
      ": to make or become gloomy"
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      "\u02c8d\u00e4r-k\u0259n"
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      "gloom",
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      "lower",
      "lour"
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      "brighten",
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      "lighten",
      "perk (up)"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "For the film, Moreno was forced to wear makeup to darken her skin, alongside her white cast mates who played Puerto Ricans. \u2014 Elaina Patton, NBC News , 1 June 2022",
      "Whatever the consequences for Russia of the new sanctions that President Biden announced Tuesday, the invasion of Ukraine and ensuing global standoff will further darken the outlook for the U.S. economy. \u2014 Don Lee Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Small businesses are flashing warning signs on the U.S. economy as inflation, supply-chain snarls, a shortage of workers and rising interest rates darken the outlook for entrepreneurs. \u2014 WSJ , 23 May 2022",
      "Things change and darken when loner Shane Mungitt (Michael Oberholtzer), a sizzling pitcher from the minor leagues, joins the team. \u2014 Frank Rizzo, Variety , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Typically under home production only a few hands mature and the rest of the fruits darken and gradually drop from the stalks before those that remain ripen. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, Orlando Sentinel , 14 May 2022",
      "For example, an autistic individual may want to darken the room and shut their office door to reduce sensory input. \u2014 Ronit Molko, Forbes , 3 Nov. 2021",
      "When your skin is exposed to UV light, your body tries to protect itself by making melanin, the dark pigment in the outer layer of your skin, which causes your skin to darken a bit, according to the Mayo Clinic. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 6 May 2022",
      "Black peppercorns are simply green peppercorns that have been blanched and then dried, which causes the outer layer of the fruit to darken to its characteristic brown-black color. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174803"
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    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "a dearly loved person",
      "favorite",
      "dearly loved favorite",
      "very pleasing charming",
      "a dearly loved person",
      "favorite entry 1",
      "dearly loved",
      "very pleasing charming",
      "river 1702 miles (2738 kilometers) long in southeastern Australia in Queensland and New South Wales flowing southwest into the Murray River"
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    "pronounciation":"\u02c8d\u00e4r-li\u014b",
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      "pet",
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      "favored",
      "favorite",
      "fond",
      "loved",
      "pet",
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      "special",
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      "white-headed"
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      "Noun",
      "She was mother's little darling .",
      "for a while that candidate was the darling of the news media and could do no wrong",
      "Adjective",
      "This is my darling daughter, Sara.",
      "That dress is just darling .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "Among those politicians was Hungary\u2019s autocratic prime minister, Viktor Orban, a rising darling of the international far right. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Although still seemingly the darling of streaming, Netflix report their earnings on Tuesday afternoon, and analysts are not anticipating good news. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "The meme darling of the Reddit crowd wants to initiate a stock split, a move that will drastically reduce the cost of one share, the company said late Thursday in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Even Instagram, the darling of the Meta empire, is not immune. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 29 May 2022",
      "But now it\u2019s the valley\u2019s newest AVA, Coombsville, that\u2019s having a moment, with reds that are vibrant, pure-fruited, minerally, and complex\u2014wines that deserve to make the region not merely Napa\u2019s next darling , but a lasting trend in great cellars. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 29 May 2022",
      "Hyaluronic acid is the new darling on the scene for skincare brands. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
      "The Longhorns will also face rising Group of Five darling UTSA for the first time at 7 p.m on Sept. 17. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 26 May 2022",
      "And so began a quest to find out how the sole ray of chicness in my oppressively pleasant childhood has resurfaced as a d\u00e9cor (and social-media) darling in 2022. \u2014 Dale Hrabi, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
      "Widen your horizons with a red Breton stripe, like this one with a darling bow toe at the back. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 2 May 2022",
      "While out in London today, Olivia Wilde wore a beanie, red Northface x Gucci puffer coat, spandex, New Balance sneakers, and a darling blue sweatshirt with a cartoon frog and the word Pleasing emblazoned on its chest. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "But perhaps the most noteworthy feature of the spring- and summer-friendly piece are the darling faux pearl buttons at the bodice that add a charming touch to the entire number. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Nothing says spring like pastel hues, and this baby-yellow, fur trim cardigan is too darling to pass up. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "In addition to the new boss, this Window Shop experience features the charming Elana Scherr, the endearing Jonathon Ramsey, the darling K.C. Colwell, and some guy who has never ever been hired by Car and Driver. \u2014 John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "Ahead, find out where to buy XXL scrunchies that are equal parts cool and darling . \u2014 Erin Parker, Glamour , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "Prince William and Kate Middleton posted the shot, which of course includes a darling Princess Charlotte too, to Instagram. \u2014 Abby Gardner, Glamour , 17 Dec. 2020",
      "The darling decor, showcased as a series of snapshots posted to her Instagram Story yesterday, gives off the same boho-chic vibes as the rest of her Manhattan apartment. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 8 Dec. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
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      ": a light spear",
      ": a small missile usually with a pointed shaft at one end and feathers at the other",
      ": a game in which darts are thrown at a target",
      ": something projected with sudden speed",
      ": a sharp glance",
      ": something causing sudden pain or distress",
      ": something with a slender pointed shaft or outline",
      ": a stitched tapering fold in a garment",
      ": a quick movement",
      ": to throw with a sudden movement",
      ": to thrust or move with sudden speed",
      ": to shoot with a dart containing a usually tranquilizing drug",
      ": to move suddenly or rapidly",
      ": a small pointed object that is meant to be thrown",
      ": a game in which darts are thrown at a target",
      ": a quick sudden movement",
      ": a fold sewed into a piece of clothing",
      ": to move or shoot out suddenly and quickly"
    ],
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      "\u02c8d\u00e4rt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "affront",
      "barb",
      "brickbat",
      "cut",
      "dig",
      "dis",
      "diss",
      "epithet",
      "gird",
      "indignity",
      "insult",
      "name",
      "offense",
      "offence",
      "outrage",
      "personality",
      "poke",
      "put-down",
      "sarcasm",
      "slap",
      "slight",
      "slur"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dance",
      "flick",
      "flicker",
      "flirt",
      "flit",
      "flitter",
      "flutter",
      "zip"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "He was hit with a poisoned dart .",
      "Her favorite game is darts .",
      "a quick dart to the left",
      "Verb",
      "We saw a deer dart across the road.",
      "The frog darted its tongue at a fly.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The restaurant also features a Tiki bar, live music, pool leagues and dart leagues. \u2014 Charles Infosino, The Enquirer , 9 June 2022",
      "Garage doors lead into a relaxed space dotted with pool tables and dart stations. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 8 June 2022",
      "Even so, from 2009 to 2012, Facebook and Twitter passed out roughly a billion dart guns globally. \u2014 The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
      "The sophomore left fielder sent a dart out to the centerfield fence as three Tiger runners scored. \u2014 oregonlive , 31 May 2022",
      "In fact, as your eyes dart about, objects are entering and leaving your field of view all the time, and this isn't even noticeable. \u2014 Charles Simon, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
      "His design for the X-wing, the Rebel Alliance\u2019s signature starfighter, was inspired by seeing a dart thrown at an English pub, and was meant to suggest the image of a cowboy drawing his guns outside a saloon. \u2014 Harrison Smith, Washington Post , 23 May 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",
      "But Hays\u2019 dart from the left-field corner beat Max Kepler to the plate, and catcher Robinson Chirinos held on to make the tag. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 5 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Between practices the players dart toward their phones, to check the latest news headlines or touch base with relatives back home. \u2014 Sean Gregory, Time , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "One of the most famous of those sightings, taken by jets from the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier in 2004, shows an object that appears to dart through the air in many directions at tremendous speed. \u2014 Shane Harris, Anchorage Daily News , 17 May 2022",
      "At the San Marcos Aquatic Resources Center, about 45 Texas blind salamanders are floating in a freshwater tank, ready to dart away at the slightest movement. \u2014 Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News , 16 May 2022",
      "As the boat rocked, Warren and Hamilton huddled and came to a decision: The gusts were too great to dart #3629. \u2014 Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "McVey couldn\u2019t dart her in the optimal spot \u2013 the neck \u2013 because of the lid, so opted for her rump. \u2014 Karen Ch\u00e1vez, USA TODAY , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "The video includes cars spinning in snow and performing parking maneuvers outside the mall, as well as scenes where stunt drivers dart around pillars inside the shopping center and launch cars into the air. \u2014 David Sharos, chicagotribune.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "At the luxury getaway nestled near the base of the Bradshaw Mountains, where monarch butterflies and dragonflies dart around like an animation, meals are made using ingredients grown steps away from the kitchen. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "And psychologist Penny Lewis of Cardiff University in Wales suggests that both rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep\u2014the phase in which our eyes dart back and forth and most dreams occur\u2014and non-REM sleep work together to encourage problem-solving. \u2014 Bret Stetka, Scientific American , 9 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1573, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200435"
  },
  "dash":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to move with sudden speed",
      "smash",
      "to break by striking or knocking",
      "ruin , destroy",
      "depress , sadden",
      "to make ashamed",
      "to complete, execute, or finish off hastily",
      "to knock, hurl, or thrust violently",
      "splash , spatter",
      "to affect by mixing in something different",
      "damn entry 1 sense 4",
      "a punctuation mark \u2014 that is used especially to indicate a break in the thought or structure of a sentence",
      "a stroke of a pen",
      "a small usually distinctive addition",
      "a sudden onset, rush, or attempt",
      "a short fast race",
      "animation in style and action",
      "dashboard sense 2",
      "a long click or buzz forming a letter or part of a letter (as in Morse code )",
      "flashy display",
      "a sudden burst or splash",
      "the sound produced by such a burst",
      "blow",
      "to knock, hurl, or shove violently",
      "smash entry 2 sense 1",
      "splash entry 1 sense 2",
      "ruin entry 1 sense 2",
      "to complete or do hastily",
      "to move with sudden speed",
      "a sudden burst or splash",
      "a punctuation mark \u2014 that is used most often to show a break in the thought or structure of a sentence",
      "a small amount touch",
      "liveliness in style and action",
      "a sudden rush or attempt",
      "a short fast race",
      "a long click or buzz forming a letter or part of a letter (as in Morse code)",
      "dashboard",
      "a diet that is designed to lower blood pressure and emphasizes the consumption of fruit, vegetables, grains, and low-fat or non-fat dairy products"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8dash",
    "synonyms":[
      "gallop",
      "jog",
      "run",
      "scamper",
      "sprint",
      "trip",
      "trot"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "beans",
      "bounce",
      "brio",
      "drive",
      "dynamism",
      "energy",
      "esprit",
      "gas",
      "get-up-and-go",
      "ginger",
      "go",
      "gusto",
      "hardihood",
      "juice",
      "life",
      "moxie",
      "oomph",
      "pep",
      "punch",
      "sap",
      "snap",
      "starch",
      "verve",
      "vigor",
      "vim",
      "vinegar",
      "vitality",
      "zing",
      "zip"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "The auction appears to dash whatever hope remained among collectors and academics that Dewitt\u2019s collection could remain in Connecticut, complete and as a center of political scholarship and tourism. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 8 May 2022",
      "Thursday night didn\u2019t dash those postseason dreams. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "There is the family who closed down a high-end interior design business and now drives around the city all day delivering food to needy residents, pausing only on occasion to dash into a basement for cover. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "In the sprint, skiers dash up a mountain and then down again, perhaps only 100 meters each way, and the race is over in minutes. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Feb. 2022",
      "The men dash down the course first; the women follow, their start times staggered depending on the finishing times of the men. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "But the prospect of a delay frustrated liberal Democrats, who had already been wary that centrist Democrats would dash their ambitions for passage of the bill after shepherding through a bipartisan infrastructure measure. \u2014 Emily Cochrane, BostonGlobe.com , 15 Dec. 2021",
      "And maybe a bucket of cold water to dash your comfort-TV dreams before the series does it first. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Brady was fortunate to come along just as the N.F.L. altered multiple playing rules that made the quarterback the cynosure of a pass-happy, high-scoring game with fleet receivers unfettered to dash upfield for long passes. \u2014 Bill Pennington, New York Times , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "Not that Gray, who ran a 4.33-second 40-yard dash at the NFL combine, is strictly about speed. \u2014 Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 May 2022",
      "The 6-3, 190-pound senior, who has been timed at 6.35 seconds in the 60-yard dash , was rounding third with a shot at a potential inside-the-park home run. \u2014 Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press , 14 May 2022",
      "For the boys, Eastern's Terrance O' Bannon owns the new fast mark in the 100 meter dash . \u2014 Jonathan Saxon, The Courier-Journal , 3 May 2022",
      "But there are still signs of antiquity, from the CD player in the dash to the cruise-control stalk lifted from the 2007 Toyota 4Runner. \u2014 Mike Sutton, Car and Driver , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Gesicki is a phenomenal athlete who has the prototypical blend of size, long arms (34 inches) and speed (4.54 in the 40-yard dash ). \u2014 Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com , 2 Sep. 2021",
      "Minich just broke the school 100-meter dash record and is being pursued by the likes of Duke, Iowa State, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, Army and Navy thanks to his physical and academic (4.5 GPA) ability. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 18 May 2022",
      "Ford won the 800-meter dash with a 2 21.77 time and Helena\u2019s Brooklyn Kirksey won the long jump with a winning leap of 18-00.5. \u2014 Al.com Reports, al , 17 May 2022",
      "Shah said the problem boils down to Europe's pivot away from Russia's Urals crude, which has triggered a mad dash to find replacement barrels in other parts of the market. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 17 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 8b"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "dashing":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marked by vigorous action : spirited",
      ": marked by smartness especially in dress and manners",
      ": very attractive"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8da-shi\u014b",
      "\u02c8da-shi\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "adventuresome",
      "adventurous",
      "audacious",
      "bold",
      "daring",
      "emboldened",
      "enterprising",
      "free-swinging",
      "gutsy",
      "hardy",
      "nerved",
      "nervy",
      "venturesome",
      "venturous"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "unadventurous",
      "unenterprising"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "She married a dashing young lawyer from the city.",
      "a brave and dashing soldier",
      "The actor cuts a dashing figure as a young Jack Kennedy.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Slow Horses is a story about British intelligence operatives \u2014 but not the dashing , heroic types. \u2014 Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Terremoto co-founder David Godshall with David Newsom, a dashing philosopher/gardener who runs the Wild Yards Project in L.A. with the mission to rewild domestic and shared urban spaces with the plants that used to call our city home. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Speaking of, is Buckingham not the coolest, most dashing zad-rocker in the biz? \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 8 Dec. 2021",
      "Idris Elba cuts a dashing figure even in workaday prison stripes. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 22 Oct. 2021",
      "Behind every savvy explorer is a dashing travel bag \u2014 wanderlust-y tourists would not be able to gallivant around the world without the help of some trustworthy luggage. \u2014 Alexandra Polk, refinery29.com , 10 May 2021",
      "Idris Elba cuts a dashing figure even in workaday prison stripes. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 22 Oct. 2021",
      "William cut a dashing figure in his blue velvet tux. \u2014 Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 18 Nov. 2021",
      "Idris Elba cuts a dashing figure even in workaday prison stripes. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 22 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1697, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212127"
  },
  "dastard":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": coward",
      ": a person who acts treacherously or underhandedly"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8da-st\u0259rd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chicken",
      "coward",
      "craven",
      "cur",
      "funk",
      "poltroon",
      "recreant",
      "sissy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "hero",
      "stalwart",
      "valiant"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the villain of the story is a dastard indeed"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195722"
  },
  "dastardliness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": cowardly",
      ": characterized by underhandedness or treachery",
      ": very mean and tricky"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8da-st\u0259rd-l\u0113",
      "\u02c8da-st\u0259rd-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chicken",
      "chicken-livered",
      "chickenhearted",
      "cowardly",
      "craven",
      "gutless",
      "lily-livered",
      "milk-livered",
      "poltroon",
      "pusillanimous",
      "recreant",
      "spineless",
      "unheroic",
      "yellow"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "brave",
      "courageous",
      "daring",
      "dauntless",
      "doughty",
      "fearless",
      "gallant",
      "greathearted",
      "gutsy",
      "hardy",
      "heroic",
      "heroical",
      "intrepid",
      "lionhearted",
      "stalwart",
      "stout",
      "stouthearted",
      "valiant",
      "valorous"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a dastardly attack on innocent civilians",
      "his dastardly conduct in a critical moment haunted him for the rest of his life",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But what Manuela doesn't know is that her fianc\u00e9 is the real dastardly pirate, long retired. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
      "The edgy novelist\u2019s new book imagines a wholly realistic medieval village rife with plagues and schemes and dastardly characters. \u2014 Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
      "Iain Batchelor is a master of disguise playing double roles as the overprotective Scottish Colonel Arbuthnot and the dastardly Samuel Ratchett. \u2014 Michelle F. Solomon, Sun Sentinel , 25 May 2022",
      "After Charlie\u2019s powers become noticed, a dastardly government operative (Gloria Reuben) dispatches Rainbird to hunt down the family and take possession of Charlie. \u2014 Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 May 2022",
      "The new pro-Biden talking point is that those dastardly Republicans are trying to have it both ways. \u2014 Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "In response, Carlton works overtime to make things difficult for his cousin, doing everything from publicly humiliating him to even being an unwitting accomplice in a dastardly drug setup that could have landed Will back in jail. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Surely a similar social movement might emerge in the U.S., in which like-minded patriots rise up in protest of the dastardly measures that have been put in place by D.C. bureaucrats and, in particular, the Biden administration. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "That Big Coffee, Big Burrito, and Big Bone-In Wings are all involved in various dastardly plots to gouge the public seems unlikely. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 4 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1542, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223721"
  },
  "dastardly":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": cowardly",
      ": characterized by underhandedness or treachery",
      ": very mean and tricky"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8da-st\u0259rd-l\u0113",
      "\u02c8da-st\u0259rd-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chicken",
      "chicken-livered",
      "chickenhearted",
      "cowardly",
      "craven",
      "gutless",
      "lily-livered",
      "milk-livered",
      "poltroon",
      "pusillanimous",
      "recreant",
      "spineless",
      "unheroic",
      "yellow"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "brave",
      "courageous",
      "daring",
      "dauntless",
      "doughty",
      "fearless",
      "gallant",
      "greathearted",
      "gutsy",
      "hardy",
      "heroic",
      "heroical",
      "intrepid",
      "lionhearted",
      "stalwart",
      "stout",
      "stouthearted",
      "valiant",
      "valorous"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a dastardly attack on innocent civilians",
      "his dastardly conduct in a critical moment haunted him for the rest of his life",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But what Manuela doesn't know is that her fianc\u00e9 is the real dastardly pirate, long retired. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
      "The edgy novelist\u2019s new book imagines a wholly realistic medieval village rife with plagues and schemes and dastardly characters. \u2014 Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
      "Iain Batchelor is a master of disguise playing double roles as the overprotective Scottish Colonel Arbuthnot and the dastardly Samuel Ratchett. \u2014 Michelle F. Solomon, Sun Sentinel , 25 May 2022",
      "After Charlie\u2019s powers become noticed, a dastardly government operative (Gloria Reuben) dispatches Rainbird to hunt down the family and take possession of Charlie. \u2014 Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 May 2022",
      "The new pro-Biden talking point is that those dastardly Republicans are trying to have it both ways. \u2014 Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "In response, Carlton works overtime to make things difficult for his cousin, doing everything from publicly humiliating him to even being an unwitting accomplice in a dastardly drug setup that could have landed Will back in jail. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Surely a similar social movement might emerge in the U.S., in which like-minded patriots rise up in protest of the dastardly measures that have been put in place by D.C. bureaucrats and, in particular, the Biden administration. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "That Big Coffee, Big Burrito, and Big Bone-In Wings are all involved in various dastardly plots to gouge the public seems unlikely. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 4 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1542, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184454"
  },
  "dated":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": provided with a date",
      ": outmoded , old-fashioned"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101-t\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "antiquated",
      "archaic",
      "d\u00e9mod\u00e9",
      "demoded",
      "fossilized",
      "kaput",
      "kaputt",
      "medieval",
      "mediaeval",
      "moribund",
      "mossy",
      "moth-eaten",
      "neolithic",
      "Noachian",
      "obsolete",
      "out-of-date",
      "outdated",
      "outmoded",
      "outworn",
      "pass\u00e9",
      "prehistoric",
      "prehistorical",
      "rusty",
      "Stone Age",
      "superannuated"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The band's music sounds dated now.",
      "The information was quite dated and no longer useful.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "While some might carp that the room d\u00e9cor is a little dated , the value was clear to hundreds of guests. \u2014 Michael Goldstein, Forbes , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "The interior of the once dark and dated house now has spaces that are more open \u2014 a wall was removed dividing the dining and kitchen \u2014 as well as glass barn doors and barn-wood floors that replaced old laminate ones. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 May 2022",
      "Some of these movies might feel dated to some people, especially in terms of things like sexuality and sexism and feminism. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Even the social media technology aspects haven\u2019t gotten dated yet. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "The infotainment is dated and clunky which makes navigating difficult. \u2014 Kyle Edward, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Ultimately, in what no longer seems like a dated resolution, the doctor is convicted. \u2014 Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022",
      "Even the most dated clothes seemed ready to spring to life, like actors of a certain age waiting to be rediscovered by Quentin Tarantino. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
      "NBCUniversal\u2019s Peacock, thanks to a deal with ViacomCBS that pre- dated the launch of its Paramount+ streaming service. \u2014 Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1578, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191458"
  },
  "dateless":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "endless",
      "having no date",
      "too ancient to be dated",
      "timeless"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8d\u0101t-l\u0259s",
    "synonyms":[
      "age-old",
      "aged",
      "ancient",
      "antediluvian",
      "antique",
      "hoar",
      "hoary",
      "immemorial",
      "old",
      "venerable"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "modern",
      "new",
      "recent"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "dateless artifacts left by an obscure people of the distant past",
      "the dateless cycle of the seasons"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162421"
  },
  "daub":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter plaster",
      "to coat with a dirty substance",
      "to apply coloring material crudely to",
      "to apply (something, such as paint) crudely",
      "to put on a false exterior",
      "to apply colors crudely",
      "material used to daub walls",
      "an act or instance of daubing",
      "something daubed on smear",
      "a crude picture",
      "to cover with something soft and sticky",
      "a small amount of something"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8d\u022fb",
    "synonyms":[
      "befoul",
      "begrime",
      "bemire",
      "besmirch",
      "blacken",
      "dirty",
      "distain",
      "foul",
      "gaum",
      "grime",
      "mire",
      "muck",
      "muddy",
      "smirch",
      "smudge",
      "soil",
      "stain",
      "sully"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "clean",
      "cleanse"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "He daubed some cologne on his neck.",
      "Daub the potatoes with a little butter.",
      "Various political slogans had been daubed on the walls.",
      "He sighed deeply and daubed his eyes with a tissue.",
      "Noun",
      "She added a few daubs of color to the painting.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "Edwina's radiant with joy as Mary and Kate daub her with the turmeric paste. \u2014 Sara Netzley, EW.com , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "In that way, Mitski creates a musical liminal space where every ballad has a bit of shimmer and every dance tune brims with tears, and blue-gray tones daub throughout both sides. \u2014 Lior Phillips, Variety , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "Wow\u2019s Dream Coat and daub of volumizing foam before going in with a round brush and curling iron. \u2014 Calin Van Paris, Vogue , 10 Sep. 2021",
      "Visitors queued for gobs of mineral mud to daub on faces and arms. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Aug. 2021",
      "With the paintbrush, daub a pattern onto your cards. \u2014 Sophie Bushwick, Popular Science , 21 Dec. 2020",
      "According to Diana\u2019s wedding day makeup artist, Barbara Daly, the bride spilled Quelques Fleurs perfume on her dress while attempting to daub the scent onto her wrists. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 Nov. 2020",
      "The range is mind-boggling a sweet potato and coffee marmalade from Taiwan sat alongside a lime glitter marmalade, which looked like something a teenage girl would daub on her eyelids. \u2014 Olivia Potts, Longreads , 10 Aug. 2020",
      "Residents built their houses out of wood lattices daubed with earth. \u2014 National Geographic , 12 May 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "Mama\u2019s makeup had blended well over the hours, turning her face into a daub of peanut butter. \u2014 Venita Blackburn, Harper's Magazine , 20 July 2021",
      "And the dark brown fellow with the daub of white between his eyes is Little Mike, one of the premier grass runners of the past decade. \u2014 Smithsonian Magazine , 10 May 2020",
      "And the dark brown fellow with the daub of white between his eyes is Little Mike, one of the premier grass runners of the past decade. \u2014 Smithsonian Magazine , 10 May 2020",
      "And the dark brown fellow with the daub of white between his eyes is Little Mike, one of the premier grass runners of the past decade. \u2014 Smithsonian Magazine , 10 May 2020",
      "And the dark brown fellow with the daub of white between his eyes is Little Mike, one of the premier grass runners of the past decade. \u2014 Smithsonian Magazine , 10 May 2020",
      "And the dark brown fellow with the daub of white between his eyes is Little Mike, one of the premier grass runners of the past decade. \u2014 Smithsonian Magazine , 10 May 2020",
      "And the dark brown fellow with the daub of white between his eyes is Little Mike, one of the premier grass runners of the past decade. \u2014 Smithsonian Magazine , 10 May 2020",
      "And the dark brown fellow with the daub of white between his eyes is Little Mike, one of the premier grass runners of the past decade. \u2014 Smithsonian Magazine , 10 May 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "daunt":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to lessen the courage of : cow , subdue",
      ": discourage sense 1 , frighten"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fnt",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4nt",
      "\u02c8d\u022fnt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chill",
      "demoralize",
      "discourage",
      "dishearten",
      "dismay",
      "dispirit",
      "frustrate",
      "unman",
      "unnerve"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "embolden",
      "encourage",
      "hearten",
      "nerve",
      "steel"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the raging inferno didn't daunt the firefighters for a moment",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Senator is taking on a task that would daunt most members of Congress, pushing forward a set of Coast Guard-boosting proposals that have, for one reason or another, failed to gain traction in Washington over the past several years. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 17 Sep. 2021",
      "And though that prospect would daunt many other New Yorkers, shoes have become an indelible part of the show\u2019s mythology. \u2014 Sarah Spellings, Vogue , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "Swimming can also genuinely daunt Black men and women whose hair might respond poorly to chlorinated water. \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 1 July 2021",
      "But its demands can also cow and daunt and unnerve them. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2021",
      "Neither the science nor statistics of the new vaccine daunt them. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Apr. 2021",
      "There are no right or wrong answers, but the choices can daunt us. \u2014 Kris Putnam-walkerly, Forbes , 1 Mar. 2021",
      "The Wings' 2019-20 struggles to score and defend do not daunt Greiss. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 11 Oct. 2020",
      "Still, the question of truth in any spy story proves daunting because intelligence assessments are fundamentally political dramas. \u2014 Howard Blum, Time , 2 June 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French danter, daunter , from Latin domitare to tame, frequentative of domare \u2014 more at tame ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181110"
  },
  "dauntless":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless , undaunted",
      ": bravely determined"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fnt-l\u0259s",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4nt-",
      "\u02c8d\u022fnt-l\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bold",
      "brave",
      "courageous",
      "doughty",
      "fearless",
      "gallant",
      "greathearted",
      "gutsy",
      "gutty",
      "heroic",
      "heroical",
      "intrepid",
      "lionhearted",
      "manful",
      "stalwart",
      "stout",
      "stouthearted",
      "undauntable",
      "undaunted",
      "valiant",
      "valorous"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "chicken",
      "chickenhearted",
      "chicken-livered",
      "coward",
      "cowardly",
      "craven",
      "dastardly",
      "fainthearted",
      "fearful",
      "gutless",
      "lily-livered",
      "milk-livered",
      "nerveless",
      "poltroon",
      "poor-spirited",
      "pusillanimous",
      "spineless",
      "spiritless",
      "timorous",
      "uncourageous",
      "ungallant",
      "unheroic",
      "weakhearted",
      "yellow"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "dauntless heroes who are inclined to rush to danger, not away from it",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In a story within the story, the dauntless Shahrzad visits the angry king and soothes him with tales, winning relief for his people. \u2014 Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Against all these handicaps, Fritz Pollard plays with dauntless spirit. \u2014 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "But for now, two of this continent\u2019s most dauntless hikers are done. \u2014 Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "But the world could explode in a fiery ball of chaos and still our dauntless Housewives would keep boldly moving forward. \u2014 Mary Sollosi, EW.com , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "Michelangelo, whose dauntless achievements Steinberg returned to again and again, is the subject of the first two volumes. \u2014 Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books , 13 May 2021",
      "The job falls, nonetheless, to the dauntless Beanie Feldstein. \u2014 Michael Schulman, The New Yorker , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "Michelangelo, whose dauntless achievements Steinberg returned to again and again, is the subject of the first two volumes. \u2014 Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books , 13 May 2021",
      "Michelangelo, whose dauntless achievements Steinberg returned to again and again, is the subject of the first two volumes. \u2014 Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books , 13 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see daunt ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1588, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192309"
  },
  "dauntlessness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless , undaunted",
      ": bravely determined"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fnt-l\u0259s",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4nt-",
      "\u02c8d\u022fnt-l\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bold",
      "brave",
      "courageous",
      "doughty",
      "fearless",
      "gallant",
      "greathearted",
      "gutsy",
      "gutty",
      "heroic",
      "heroical",
      "intrepid",
      "lionhearted",
      "manful",
      "stalwart",
      "stout",
      "stouthearted",
      "undauntable",
      "undaunted",
      "valiant",
      "valorous"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "chicken",
      "chickenhearted",
      "chicken-livered",
      "coward",
      "cowardly",
      "craven",
      "dastardly",
      "fainthearted",
      "fearful",
      "gutless",
      "lily-livered",
      "milk-livered",
      "nerveless",
      "poltroon",
      "poor-spirited",
      "pusillanimous",
      "spineless",
      "spiritless",
      "timorous",
      "uncourageous",
      "ungallant",
      "unheroic",
      "weakhearted",
      "yellow"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "dauntless heroes who are inclined to rush to danger, not away from it",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In a story within the story, the dauntless Shahrzad visits the angry king and soothes him with tales, winning relief for his people. \u2014 Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Against all these handicaps, Fritz Pollard plays with dauntless spirit. \u2014 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "But for now, two of this continent\u2019s most dauntless hikers are done. \u2014 Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "But the world could explode in a fiery ball of chaos and still our dauntless Housewives would keep boldly moving forward. \u2014 Mary Sollosi, EW.com , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "Michelangelo, whose dauntless achievements Steinberg returned to again and again, is the subject of the first two volumes. \u2014 Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books , 13 May 2021",
      "The job falls, nonetheless, to the dauntless Beanie Feldstein. \u2014 Michael Schulman, The New Yorker , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "Michelangelo, whose dauntless achievements Steinberg returned to again and again, is the subject of the first two volumes. \u2014 Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books , 13 May 2021",
      "Michelangelo, whose dauntless achievements Steinberg returned to again and again, is the subject of the first two volumes. \u2014 Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books , 13 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see daunt ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1588, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213621"
  },
  "dawdling":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to spend time idly",
      "to move lackadaisically",
      "to spend fruitlessly or lackadaisically",
      "to spend time wastefully dally",
      "to move slowly and without purpose"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8d\u022f-d\u1d4al",
    "synonyms":[
      "crawl",
      "creep",
      "dally",
      "delay",
      "diddle",
      "dillydally",
      "drag",
      "lag",
      "linger",
      "loiter",
      "lollygag",
      "lallygag",
      "mope",
      "poke",
      "shilly-shally",
      "tarry"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "barrel",
      "bolt",
      "career",
      "course",
      "dash",
      "fly",
      "hasten",
      "hotfoot (it)",
      "hurry",
      "race",
      "rip",
      "rocket",
      "run",
      "rush",
      "scoot",
      "scud",
      "scurry",
      "speed",
      "tear",
      "whirl",
      "whisk",
      "whiz",
      "whizz",
      "zip"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Hurry up! There's no time to dawdle .",
      "Come home immediately after school, and don't dawdle .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Many shoppers get free parking with a validation from certain stores and restaurants at the Grove, Americana and Palisades Village, but those who dawdle too long or don\u2019t spend at least $250 could pay as much as $30 at the Grove. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
      "Clearly, this isn\u2019t the time to dawdle or slack off. \u2014 Michael Dirda, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
      "Don\u2019t dawdle , though, because places are expected to book up fast. \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "The team couldn\u2019t dawdle because the dolphins might not stay long. \u2014 Jill Langlois, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "We are rushed through the establishment of this world, only to dawdle as time goes by. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 23 Dec. 2021",
      "Building for the future was too precious to dawdle . \u2014 Evan Grant, Dallas News , 9 Aug. 2021",
      "Pick a base and branch out or mix and match, but don\u2019t dawdle . \u2014 David Swanson, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2021",
      "Pick a base and branch out or mix and match, but don\u2019t dawdle . \u2014 David Swanson, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1656, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "dawn":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to begin to grow light as the sun rises",
      ": to begin to appear or develop",
      ": to begin to be perceived or understood",
      ": the first appearance of light in the morning followed by sunrise",
      ": beginning",
      ": to begin to grow light as the sun rises",
      ": to start becoming plain or clear",
      ": the time when the sun comes up in the morning",
      ": a first appearance : beginning"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fn",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4n",
      "\u02c8d\u022fn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "actualize",
      "appear",
      "arise",
      "begin",
      "break",
      "commence",
      "engender",
      "form",
      "materialize",
      "originate",
      "set in",
      "spring",
      "start"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "aurora",
      "cockcrow",
      "dawning",
      "day",
      "daybreak",
      "daylight",
      "light",
      "morn",
      "morning",
      "sun",
      "sunrise",
      "sunup"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "They waited for the day to dawn .",
      "A new age is dawning .",
      "Noun",
      "as dawn breaks over the city",
      "Winter brings late dawns and early sunsets.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "High pressure will clear out any remaining clouds overnight Wednesday, and Thursday should dawn clear and cold. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Sunday will dawn crisp and chilly with readings in the upper 30s in the suburbs and 40s elsewhere. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Oct. 2021",
      "The Saints provided a respite from contractors and insurance adjusters, but the week will still dawn with gloom. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Oct. 2021",
      "And while Biden lacks the ex-President's volcanic character, a new age of friendship with allies did not suddenly dawn with a new leader in the Oval Office. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "Portland\u2019s first day of September should dawn clear and cool with few, if any, clouds blocking a lovely sunrise. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 Sep. 2021",
      "Every year, the realization would dawn anew: This fellowship, this constant and present connection, was the high peak. \u2014 al , 13 Feb. 2021",
      "Tagovailoa\u2019s first start will dawn a new age for the Dolphins, who have long been in pursuit for another franchise quarterback since Hall of Famer Dan Marino retired in 2000. \u2014 Safid Deen, sun-sentinel.com , 28 Oct. 2020",
      "The new era would dawn some 40 years after Americans Walter Gilbert and Allan Maxam and Englishman Fred Sanger discovered different methods of reading the information on the double helix. \u2014 Mark Johnson And Kathleen Gallagher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 Dec. 2010",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "For context, dinosaurs appeared 294 million years after the dawn of the Cambrian. \u2014 Samuel Zamora, The Conversation , 24 May 2022",
      "Tornado warnings were also reported in Mississippi, where power outages were also reported shortly after dawn on Friday. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "Windsor police said about 25 to 30 people were peacefully arrested and seven vehicles were towed just after dawn near the Ambassador Bridge that links their city -- and numerous Canadian automotive plants -- with Detroit. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Windsor police said about 12 people were peacefully arrested and seven vehicles were towed just after dawn near the Ambassador Bridge that links their city \u2014 and numerous Canadian automotive plants \u2014 with Detroit. \u2014 Rob Gillies And Corey Williams, The Christian Science Monitor , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "Windsor police said about 25 to 30 people were peacefully arrested and seven vehicles were towed just after dawn near the Ambassador Bridge that links their city \u2014 and numerous Canadian automotive plants \u2014 with Detroit. \u2014 Rob Gillies And Corey Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "Windsor police said several arrests were made and multiple vehicles were towed just after dawn near the Ambassador Bridge that links their city \u2014 and numerous Canadian automotive plants \u2014 with Detroit. \u2014 Rob Gillies, chicagotribune.com , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "Since the 1950s, the diner has offered homestyle meals to customers who often queue up outside the front door just after dawn . \u2014 Martin E. Comas, orlandosentinel.com , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "As was the case when coronavirus vaccines first appeared for adults, the public was quick to respond, filling Rady\u2019s first-day schedule and bringing eager families to the hospital shortly after dawn . \u2014 Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204401"
  },
  "day one":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the first day or very beginning of something"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "alpha",
      "baseline",
      "beginning",
      "birth",
      "commencement",
      "dawn",
      "genesis",
      "get-go",
      "git-go",
      "inception",
      "incipience",
      "incipiency",
      "kickoff",
      "launch",
      "morning",
      "nascence",
      "nascency",
      "onset",
      "outset",
      "start",
      "threshold"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "close",
      "conclusion",
      "end",
      "ending",
      "omega"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "We've known this about the project since Day One .",
      "since day one of this project, we've always insisted that we would create the best product possible without any consideration of cost",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Fifty Shades circumvented the acquisitions process from day one . \u2014 Jamie Fewery, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
      "Rather than wait on months of lead times for items to arrive, new homeowners can move in, work from home, host dinner parties and start living in their space[s] from day one . \u2014 Jeffrey Steele, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "Keller had been considering pursuing medical school from day one . \u2014 Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022",
      "The couple thanked all those who helped make the pantry a reality including those volunteers who have with them from day one . \u2014 Alex Hulvalchick, Chicago Tribune , 10 June 2022",
      "Brown didn\u2019t hold back, as Horford was a part of his development from day one . \u2014 Shane Young, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "With their veteran expertise, expectations are in order from day one . \u2014 Shane Young, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
      "Her biggest priority from day one was how to tell it from the girls\u2019 perspective and not sort of treat them as outsiders. \u2014 Carole Horst, Variety , 25 May 2022",
      "Runway partnered with the team at Pareto Holdings, an investment and incubation vehicle created by Jon Oringer and Edward Lando, from day one . \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 23 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1971, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182037"
  },
  "daydream":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a pleasant visionary usually wishful creation of the imagination",
      ": to have a daydream",
      ": a person's pleasant and usually wishful thoughts about life",
      ": to think pleasant and usually wishful thoughts while awake",
      ": a visionary creation of the imagination experienced while awake",
      ": a gratifying reverie usually of wish fulfillment"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101-\u02ccdr\u0113m",
      "\u02c8d\u0101-\u02ccdr\u0113m",
      "\u02c8d\u0101-\u02ccdr\u0113m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chimera",
      "conceit",
      "delusion",
      "dream",
      "fancy",
      "fantasy",
      "phantasy",
      "figment",
      "hallucination",
      "illusion",
      "nonentity",
      "phantasm",
      "fantasm",
      "pipe dream",
      "unreality",
      "vision"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "I drifted off in a daydream during the class.",
      "hoped that one day world peace would be a reality and not just a daydream",
      "Verb",
      "Instead of studying, he spent the afternoon daydreaming about his vacation.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Portorosso, the fictional setting of the new Pixar movie, Luca, is a bright daydream of Italy. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 17 June 2021",
      "In the video, Lane lives out this nostalgic daydream . \u2014 Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone , 2 June 2022",
      "Hjerpe is three weekends away from living out that daydream . \u2014 oregonlive , 24 May 2022",
      "This success \u2014 28 wins in their final 35 games, blowout after blowout down the stretch, a final tally of 51 wins and the second seed in the Eastern Conference \u2014 still feels sudden, a little like a daydream . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "The captivating show, which introduced listeners to new talents, was over, like a brief daydream , but the baton had been passed to the next group of up-and-comers. \u2014 Billboard Japan, Billboard , 6 May 2022",
      "Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate During this series, the Memphis Grizzlies can look over at the opposing bench and daydream of being in the 2030 playoffs together. \u2014 Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 May 2022",
      "Research shows time and again that boredom and space to daydream spurs creativity. \u2014 Cheria Young, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Verdant green pastas, colorful salads, and flamboyant stir-fries are a mere summer daydream . \u2014 Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Bon App\u00e9tit , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "As the summer months approach, travelers daydream about their vacations. \u2014 Laken Brooks, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
      "The multiverse is a fascinating idea to daydream about \u2014 and, along with simulation theory, may be on track to become something like an agnostic, nihilism-friendly new religion. \u2014 John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 May 2022",
      "Anytime the temperature dips below freezing is a good time to daydream about the Caribbean. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "To have visited the Middle Fork is to be cursed to daydream forever about returning to the Middle Fork. \u2014 Christopher Solomon, Travel + Leisure , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "But that doesn't mean the three don't daydream about a reunion one day. \u2014 CNN , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "This is a hugely inspirational cycle, so be sure to stretch your creative muscles and give yourself permission to daydream more than normal. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "While recreational runners might daydream about having fewer obligations, some professional runners opt to work full time. \u2014 Elizabeth Carey, Outside Online , 10 June 2020",
      "Well, daydream a little thanks to the oh-so-dreamy beach accessories brand, Business & Pleasure Co.. \u2014 Felicity Carter, Forbes , 2 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1651, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "1820, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204020"
  },
  "daylight":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the light of day",
      ": daytime",
      ": dawn",
      ": knowledge or understanding of something that has been obscure",
      ": the quality or state of being open : openness",
      ": consciousness",
      ": mental soundness or stability : wits",
      ": a perceptible space, gap, or difference",
      ": the light of day",
      ": daytime",
      ": dawn entry 2 sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101-\u02ccl\u012bt",
      "\u02c8d\u0101-\u02ccl\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aurora",
      "cockcrow",
      "dawn",
      "dawning",
      "day",
      "daybreak",
      "light",
      "morn",
      "morning",
      "sun",
      "sunrise",
      "sunup"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "nightfall",
      "sundown",
      "sunset"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The massacre begins with this sequence of Sons getting picked off one by one in broad daylight \u2014 in a motel room, at a coffee cart, at a stoplight. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 1 June 2022",
      "Brazen thefts have increased in Los Angeles and have become a concern to law enforcement as thieves often target unsuspecting victims, even in broad daylight . \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 31 May 2022",
      "The deadly shooting was one of two that happened in broad daylight in less than an hour in the city. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 31 May 2022",
      "The world watched as a Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, a white man, ignored Floyd\u2019s pleas and kept his knee on Floyd\u2019s neck, murdering him in broad daylight . \u2014 Deidre Montague, Hartford Courant , 28 May 2022",
      "Most filmmakers would cut to the reaction of someone witnessing the theft of his expensive possession in broad daylight . \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 May 2022",
      "Four years after he was shockingly slain in broad daylight in Deerfield Beach, the late Broward County performer is still hugely popular. \u2014 Brett Clarkson, Sun Sentinel , 23 May 2022",
      "This series takes place in a world where some people are told the exact time of their death and are dispatched to their final unholy destination by giant demons in broad daylight . \u2014 Jennifer Mcclellan, USA TODAY , 12 May 2022",
      "The man quite nakedly interfered in our election and infiltrated a major political party in broad daylight and with global impunity! \u2014 Mary Anna\u00efse Heglar, The New Republic , 3 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220525"
  },
  "daylights":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the light of day",
      ": daytime",
      ": dawn",
      ": knowledge or understanding of something that has been obscure",
      ": the quality or state of being open : openness",
      ": consciousness",
      ": mental soundness or stability : wits",
      ": a perceptible space, gap, or difference",
      ": the light of day",
      ": daytime",
      ": dawn entry 2 sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101-\u02ccl\u012bt",
      "\u02c8d\u0101-\u02ccl\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aurora",
      "cockcrow",
      "dawn",
      "dawning",
      "day",
      "daybreak",
      "light",
      "morn",
      "morning",
      "sun",
      "sunrise",
      "sunup"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "nightfall",
      "sundown",
      "sunset"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The massacre begins with this sequence of Sons getting picked off one by one in broad daylight \u2014 in a motel room, at a coffee cart, at a stoplight. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 1 June 2022",
      "Brazen thefts have increased in Los Angeles and have become a concern to law enforcement as thieves often target unsuspecting victims, even in broad daylight . \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 31 May 2022",
      "The deadly shooting was one of two that happened in broad daylight in less than an hour in the city. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 31 May 2022",
      "The world watched as a Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, a white man, ignored Floyd\u2019s pleas and kept his knee on Floyd\u2019s neck, murdering him in broad daylight . \u2014 Deidre Montague, Hartford Courant , 28 May 2022",
      "Most filmmakers would cut to the reaction of someone witnessing the theft of his expensive possession in broad daylight . \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 May 2022",
      "Four years after he was shockingly slain in broad daylight in Deerfield Beach, the late Broward County performer is still hugely popular. \u2014 Brett Clarkson, Sun Sentinel , 23 May 2022",
      "This series takes place in a world where some people are told the exact time of their death and are dispatched to their final unholy destination by giant demons in broad daylight . \u2014 Jennifer Mcclellan, USA TODAY , 12 May 2022",
      "The man quite nakedly interfered in our election and infiltrated a major political party in broad daylight and with global impunity! \u2014 Mary Anna\u00efse Heglar, The New Republic , 3 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200001"
  },
  "daze":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to stupefy especially by a blow : stun",
      ": to dazzle with light",
      ": to stun by or as if by a blow",
      ": to dazzle with light",
      ": a state of not being able to think or act as quickly as normal"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101z",
      "\u02c8d\u0101z"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "rock",
      "stun"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the fall dazed him for a moment, causing him to become disoriented",
      "a skier dazed by the glare from the snow",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Two assists on two big baskets at a critical moment to daze Indiana. \u2014 Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press , 3 Mar. 2021",
      "The Spartans dialed up three plays of 25-plus yards in the first half to daze the Wolverines\u2019 defense. \u2014 Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press , 31 Oct. 2020",
      "Even the Progressives, who tended to favor more state and federal responsibility, must have been dazed at the expansion of government action beyond the conventional arenas of public policy. \u2014 Tom Saler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 Jan. 2020",
      "Right after their shows, designers often resemble brides: dazed , surrounded by gushing well-wishers. \u2014 Christina Binkley, The New Yorker , 2 Sep. 2019",
      "For the second time during the Stanley Cup playoffs, the St. Louis Blues took advantage of an opponent being dazed by scoring a key goal. \u2014 Mike Brehm, USA TODAY , 6 June 2019",
      "But this time, the player was dazed as a result of an uncalled penalty by a Blues player. \u2014 Mike Brehm, USA TODAY , 6 June 2019",
      "The beavers, not being natural aviators, were reportedly left dazed by this. \u2014 Aja Romano, Vox , 11 Aug. 2019",
      "Videos showed people being beaten on the floor and left bloodied and dazed . \u2014 James Griffiths, CNN , 24 July 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English dasen , from Old Norse *dasa ; akin to Old Norse dasask to become exhausted",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213334"
  },
  "dazzling":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": brilliantly or showily bright, colorful, or impressive"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8da-z(\u0259-)li\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beaming",
      "bedazzling",
      "bright",
      "brilliant",
      "candescent",
      "clear",
      "effulgent",
      "fulgent",
      "glowing",
      "incandescent",
      "lambent",
      "lucent",
      "lucid",
      "luminous",
      "lustrous",
      "radiant",
      "refulgent",
      "sheeny",
      "shining",
      "shiny",
      "splendid"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dim",
      "dull",
      "lackluster",
      "unbright",
      "unbrilliant"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Shortstop Andrew Velazquez, who is batting .131 but playing Gold Glove-caliber defense, made another dazzling play to save a run and possibly more with the bases loaded in the third. \u2014 Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times , 8 May 2022",
      "As his son tells it, his dad\u2019s career was in its way even more dazzling than Koufax\u2019s. \u2014 Edward Kosner, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
      "Step-and-repeat photos don't quite do the length justice\u2014the look is even more dazzling from an aerial view, as Twitter users were quick to note. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 3 May 2022",
      "B\u00e1ez completed a dazzling play of his own in the sixth, making a glove-flip to second baseman Jonathan Schoop on a ball fielded up the middle to start an inning-ending 6-4-3 double play. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Like the jewelry designer Elsa Peretti, Sch\u00f6neborn kept her hair close-cropped, and her grin was as dazzling as any Tiffany diamond. \u2014 Vogue , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Most people are dazzled by the features of the iPhone, but perhaps just slightly less dazzling is the speed at which factories in China can churn out such a small device, tightly packed with electronics. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Perfumed and painted, with smoky eyes and candy-red lips and her spectacular hair coiffed in studiously messy curls, Ruthanna Ryder was so dazzling that AnnieLee gasped. \u2014 Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Her engagement ring is almost as dazzling as the mega screens in Times Square that create a daylight-like luminescence long after sunset. \u2014 Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor , 21 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1581, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222010"
  },
  "de minimis":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lacking significance or importance : so minor as to merit disregard",
      ": lacking significance or importance : so minor as to be disregarded \u2014 compare substantial"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0113-\u02c8mi-n\u0259-m\u0259s",
      "d\u0101-\u02c8m\u0113-ni-mis",
      "d\u0113-\u02c8mi-n\u0259-m\u0259s, d\u0101-\u02c8m\u0113-ni-mis"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chicken",
      "footling",
      "inconsequential",
      "inconsiderable",
      "insignificant",
      "measly",
      "Mickey Mouse",
      "minute",
      "negligible",
      "niggling",
      "no-account",
      "nominal",
      "paltry",
      "peanut",
      "petty",
      "picayune",
      "piddling",
      "piddly",
      "piffling",
      "pimping",
      "slight",
      "trifling",
      "trivial"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "big",
      "consequential",
      "considerable",
      "important",
      "material",
      "significant"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "stock dividends that were decidedly de minimis",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The real amount of exposure to PoolRe on its reinsurance agreement with Reserve Mechanical was, therefore, de minimis , and thus of corresponding little value to Reserve Mechanical. \u2014 Jay Adkisson, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
      "Companies can also take advantage of the de minimis rule using ocean shipping, which is cheaper than airfreight. \u2014 Josh Zumbrun, WSJ , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The use of de minimis has put a dent in tariff revenues, which go to the U.S. Treasury. \u2014 Josh Zumbrun, WSJ , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, who stepped down as CEO late last year, has long declined to take a salary from the social media platform, instead only taking a de minimis $1.40 annual paycheck. \u2014 Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Official government entities have de minimis control. \u2014 Harry G. Broadman, Forbes , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "Serious issues like: tariff exclusions, supply chain governance, China trade policy, the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), de minimis , or the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) are suffering from various degrees of immobility. \u2014 Rick Helfenbein, Forbes , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "Such decisions reflect an understanding of the enormous economic cost and de minimis impact on global climate change that would result from those policies. \u2014 Wayne Winegarden, National Review , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "This one bequest, though, will make a de minimis difference to inequality in the world. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"New Latin, concerning trifles",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1905, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181554"
  },
  "de-escalate":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "limit sense 2b",
      "to decrease in extent, volume, or scope"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8e-sk\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t",
    "synonyms":[
      "abate",
      "decrease",
      "dent",
      "deplete",
      "diminish",
      "downscale",
      "downsize",
      "drop",
      "dwindle",
      "ease",
      "knock down",
      "lessen",
      "lower",
      "reduce"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "aggrandize",
      "amplify",
      "augment",
      "boost",
      "enlarge",
      "escalate",
      "expand",
      "increase",
      "raise"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "1964, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "de-stress":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to release bodily or mental tension : unwind"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113-\u02c8stres"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chill",
      "chill out",
      "decompress",
      "loosen up",
      "mellow (out)",
      "relax",
      "unwind",
      "wind down"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "tense (up)"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1979, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185604"
  },
  "deacon":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a subordinate officer in a Christian church: such as",
      ": a Roman Catholic, Anglican, or Eastern Orthodox cleric ranking next below a priest",
      ": one of the laity elected by a church with congregational polity to serve in worship, in pastoral care, and on administrative committees",
      ": a Mormon in the lowest grade of the Aaronic priesthood",
      ": an official in some Christian churches ranking just below a priest",
      ": a church member in some Christian churches who has special duties"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113-k\u0259n",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-k\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "clergyperson",
      "cleric",
      "clerical",
      "clerk",
      "divine",
      "dominie",
      "ecclesiastic",
      "minister",
      "preacher",
      "priest",
      "reverend"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "layman",
      "layperson",
      "secular"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "my cousin was married by his uncle, who is also a deacon in his church",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Robert Underwood is a deacon at the Sanders Temple Church of God in Christ. \u2014 Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star , 30 May 2022",
      "In 1986, Harley Francis was a deacon and Sunday School teacher at Powers Drive Baptist Church, which closed in 2017. \u2014 Desiree Stennett, Orlando Sentinel , 27 May 2022",
      "Leonid Dzhalilov, who is forty-three, worked as a high-school math teacher and served as a deacon at a Moscow church. \u2014 Masha Gessen, The New Yorker , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "Myers also served as Pilot Station\u2019s Russian Orthodox deacon for 15 years. \u2014 Olivia Ebertz, Anchorage Daily News , 3 May 2022",
      "Alexi Rosenfeld\u2014Getty Images Adrian Mazhur, a deacon with the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Manhattan, has also noticed more Ukrainians coming in for church service since the war began. \u2014 Time , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "Parkinson and his wife, Whittney, went through pre-marital counseling with Korobov, a deacon of compassion ministries at One Fellowship Church. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Driving a truck for Waukegan Baptist Bible Church (WBBC) in Waukegan was James Brown, deacon , and in the front passenger seat was Rev. Gregory Randle, the church\u2019s founder and pastor. \u2014 Karie Angell Luc, chicagotribune.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "This group included journalists, academics, natural scientists, a developmental psychologist, a doctor, a musician, and a Russian Orthodox deacon . \u2014 Masha Gessen, The New Yorker , 20 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English dekene , from Old English d\u0113acon , from Late Latin diaconus , from Greek diakonos , literally, servant, from dia- + -konos (akin to en konein to be active); perhaps akin to Latin conari to attempt",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204851"
  },
  "dead":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": deprived of life : no longer alive",
      ": having the appearance of death : deathly",
      ": lacking power to move, feel, or respond : numb",
      ": very tired",
      ": incapable of being stirred emotionally or intellectually : unresponsive",
      ": grown cold : extinguished",
      ": inanimate , inert",
      ": barren , infertile",
      ": no longer producing or functioning : exhausted",
      ": lacking power or effect",
      ": no longer having interest, relevance, or significance",
      ": no longer in use : obsolete",
      ": no longer active : extinct",
      ": lacking in gaiety or animation",
      ": lacking in commercial activity : quiet",
      ": commercially idle or unproductive",
      ": lacking elasticity (see elasticity sense 1a )",
      ": being out of action or out of use",
      ": free from any connection to a source of voltage and free from electric charges",
      ": being out of play",
      ": temporarily forbidden to play or to make a certain play",
      ": not running or circulating : stagnant",
      ": not turning",
      ": not imparting motion or power although otherwise functioning",
      ": lacking warmth, vigor, or taste",
      ": absolutely uniform",
      ": unerring",
      ": exact",
      ": certain to be doomed",
      ": irrevocable",
      ": abrupt",
      ": complete , absolute",
      ": all-out",
      ": devoid of former occupants",
      ": incapable of being effective : stalled",
      ": as good as dead : doomed",
      ": with no chance of escape or excuse : red-handed",
      ": only by overcoming one's utter and determined resistance",
      ": someone who is no longer alive : one that is dead (see dead entry 1 sense 1 )",
      ": the state of being dead",
      ": the time of greatest quiet",
      ": absolutely , utterly",
      ": suddenly and completely",
      ": directly",
      ": no longer living",
      ": having the look of death",
      ": numb entry 1 sense 1",
      ": very tired",
      ": lacking motion, activity, energy, or power to function",
      ": no longer in use",
      ": no longer active",
      ": lacking warmth or vigor",
      ": not lively",
      ": accurate , precise",
      ": being sudden and complete",
      ": complete entry 1 sense 1 , total",
      ": facing certain punishment",
      ": a person who is no longer alive",
      ": the time of greatest quiet or least activity",
      ": in a whole or complete manner",
      ": suddenly and completely",
      ": straight entry 2 sense 2",
      ": deprived of life : having died",
      ": lacking power to move, feel, or respond : numb",
      ": one that is dead"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ded",
      "\u02c8ded",
      "\u02c8ded"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "asleep",
      "breathless",
      "cold",
      "deceased",
      "defunct",
      "demised",
      "departed",
      "fallen",
      "gone",
      "late",
      "lifeless",
      "low"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "deadness",
      "death",
      "grave",
      "lifelessness",
      "nothingness",
      "sleep"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The firefighter, a 27-year veteran of the department, was pronounced dead at the scene of the fire, the Philadelphia Police Department said in a Twitter statement. \u2014 Christine Fernando, USA TODAY , 18 June 2022",
      "The victim was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where she was pronounced dead . \u2014 Deanese Williams-harris, Chicago Tribune , 18 June 2022",
      "One of them was pronounced dead on the scene and the other one was taken to the hospital in critical condition. \u2014 Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic , 18 June 2022",
      "The other person, a 27-year-old veteran, was pronounced dead at the scene. \u2014 CBS News , 18 June 2022",
      "But a 27-year veteran of the department was pronounced dead at the scene, the Fire Department said. \u2014 Ava Sasani, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
      "The man, whose name was not released, had suffered an apparent gunshot wound and was pronounced dead . \u2014 Alison Knezevich, Baltimore Sun , 18 June 2022",
      "Lifesaving measures failed, and the child was pronounced dead at the scene, according to officials. \u2014 Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News , 17 June 2022",
      "One person was pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting, while two others were taken to the UAB Hospital. \u2014 Tommy Mcardle, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Directed by Stuart Gordon from a short story by H.P. Lovecraft, this video store favorite stars Jeffrey Combs as Herbert West, a medical student obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. \u2014 Katie Rife, EW.com , 17 June 2022",
      "The space is designed for the dead to be able to live on by uploading memories of their lifetime from their brain. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 15 June 2022",
      "The space is designed for the dead to be able to live on by uploading memories of their lifetime from their brain. \u2014 Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 June 2022",
      "Countries at war are obligated to make every possible effort to search for, record and identify the dead left on the battlefield, according to international convention. \u2014 Lauren Egan, NBC News , 13 June 2022",
      "Milwaukee police are investigating a shooting Saturday morning that left a motorist dead . \u2014 Isaac Yu, Journal Sentinel , 11 June 2022",
      "Not every case of voting on behalf of the dead has been discovered, adjudicated in court, and received media coverage. \u2014 Lou Jacobson And Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press , 2 June 2022",
      "In the hours after the Columbine shootings, parents still waiting for word about their children were asked to bring dental records to help identify the dead . \u2014 Jenny Deam, ProPublica , 31 May 2022",
      "While the overall goal is to get through all of the dead 's stories, Milne's current focus is getting through those buried at Arlington Cemetery in Virginia. \u2014 Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 27 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "Neighbors residing directly next to the apartment where the man was found shot dead peered over their own patios and craned their necks to see what occurred. \u2014 Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star , 31 May 2022",
      "Milne\u2019s current focus is on creating stories for all the World War II dead buried at Arlington National Cemetery, about 8,000 men and women. \u2014 John Kelly, Washington Post , 29 May 2022",
      "Outside the civic center, a father who had learned his child was dead fought tears as he was embraced by his cousins, according to CNN's Nicole Chavez. \u2014 Aya Elamroussi, CNN , 25 May 2022",
      "Most of the dead died from Russian bombs, missiles, and their wreckage. \u2014 ELLE , 24 May 2022",
      "Embalming was an innovative method of preserving bodies that allowed some Northern families to have their war dead retrieved from the mostly Southern battlefields and brought back to be buried in Northern soil. \u2014 Gary Laderman, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 May 2022",
      "Here, a genial Manhattanite runs afoul of Westchester's finest, and winds up dead in \u2014 horrors! \u2014 the suburbs. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 10 May 2022",
      "The body of Ruby Taverner was discovered in a wooded area in Independence Township, Michigan, near her apartment, where deputies found her brother and boyfriend dead early Sunday, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said Monday. \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 9 May 2022",
      "Marisa says Hansen had wound up dead not long after. \u2014 CBS News , 7 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective, Noun, and Adverb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adverb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185017"
  },
  "dead-end":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lacking opportunities especially for advancement",
      ": lacking an exit",
      ": unruly",
      ": to come to a dead end : terminate",
      ": an end (as of a street) without an exit",
      ": a position, situation, or course of action that leads to nothing further",
      ": an end (as of a street) with no way out"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ded-\u02ccend",
      "\u02c8ded-\u02c8end",
      "\u02c8ded-\u02c8end"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break off",
      "break up",
      "cease",
      "close",
      "conclude",
      "determine",
      "die",
      "discontinue",
      "elapse",
      "end",
      "expire",
      "finish",
      "go",
      "halt",
      "lapse",
      "leave off",
      "let up",
      "pass",
      "quit",
      "stop",
      "terminate",
      "wind up",
      "wink (out)"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "continue",
      "hang on",
      "persist"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "We came to a dead end and had to turn around.",
      "My career has hit a dead end .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "There was only the dead end of the commune, or the default of the corporation. \u2014 Benjamin Kunkel, The New Republic , 14 June 2022",
      "Only a tiny sprinkling of upscale houses break up the forest along Prattling Pond Road, a dead end . \u2014 Don Stacom, Hartford Courant , 13 June 2022",
      "And yet even this, which is designed to be Dominion\u2018s biggest no-brainer coup, feels like an easy nostalgia grab that turns into a no-go dead end . \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 8 June 2022",
      "As for the wider ecosystem, Samsung seems to have realized that Tizen is a dead end with app developers and appears to be all-in on Wear OS. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 23 May 2022",
      "The bill received a study order, which usually a dead end for legislation. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 11 May 2022",
      "Midway through the fourth quarter, the Celtics appeared, for once, to corral Antetokounmpo into a dead end . \u2014 New York Times , 1 May 2022",
      "On April 24, police were dispatched for a crash in which a man had driven into the barrier at the dead end of Moore Road at West Shore Road. \u2014 Cheryl Higley, cleveland , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Early on, a hallmark of SARS-CoV-2 transmission was that the majority of infections hit a dead end . \u2014 Megan Molteni, STAT , 4 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1919, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1944, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "1886, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201426"
  },
  "deaden":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to impair in vigor or sensation blunt",
      "to deprive of brilliance",
      "to make vapid or spiritless",
      "to make (something, such as a wall) impervious to sound",
      "to deprive of life kill",
      "to become dead lose life or vigor",
      "to take away some of the force of make less"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8de-d\u1d4an",
    "synonyms":[
      "castrate",
      "damp",
      "dampen",
      "dehydrate",
      "desiccate",
      "devitalize",
      "enervate",
      "geld",
      "lobotomize",
      "petrify"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "brace",
      "energize",
      "enliven",
      "invigorate",
      "quicken",
      "stimulate",
      "vitalize",
      "vivify"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "He took aspirin to deaden the pain.",
      "The new insulation will help to deaden the noise from the street outside.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With each needle drop, Foley\u2019s eyes deaden , as lifeless as the world outside. \u2014 Mike Postalakis, SPIN , 25 May 2022",
      "The glum surroundings deaden some of the livelier songs and the sheer size of the set, with staircases on either end, means that the cast needs to take a rather long time to enter or exit the stage. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "With virtually every swing-and-miss \u2014 especially against elevated fastballs \u2014 his right forearm appears to deaden , resulting in him dropping the bat. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Oct. 2021",
      "There is plenty of specially designed soundproofing materials that deaden the sounds from coming into the interior of the vehicle. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 13 Sep. 2021",
      "Andrelton Simmons hadn't realized MLB had tweaked its baseballs ahead of this season, a subtle change intended to deaden the distance by one or two feet on balls hit 375 feet or more. \u2014 Megan Ryan, Star Tribune , 11 May 2021",
      "But familiarity shouldn't deaden our sense of outrage. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 27 Mar. 2021",
      "The problem is that policies that directly redistribute income tend to deaden work incentives. \u2014 Robert Stein, National Review , 15 Nov. 2020",
      "Economists believe a second wave of infections could deaden a rebound and put the American economy in new danger. \u2014 Aj Willingham, CNN , 8 June 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "1613, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "deadhead":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one who has not paid for a ticket",
      ": a dull or stupid person",
      ": a partially submerged log",
      ": a devoted fan of the rock group the Grateful Dead",
      ": a faded blossom on a flowering plant",
      ": to make especially a return trip without a load",
      ": to deadhead a plant",
      ": to remove the faded flowers of (a plant) especially to keep a neat appearance and to promote reblooming by preventing seed production"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ded-\u02cched"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "airhead",
      "birdbrain",
      "blockhead",
      "bonehead",
      "bubblehead",
      "chowderhead",
      "chucklehead",
      "clodpoll",
      "clodpole",
      "clot",
      "cluck",
      "clunk",
      "cretin",
      "cuddy",
      "cuddie",
      "dim bulb",
      "dimwit",
      "dip",
      "dodo",
      "dolt",
      "donkey",
      "doofus",
      "dope",
      "dork",
      "dullard",
      "dum-dum",
      "dumbbell",
      "dumbhead",
      "dummkopf",
      "dummy",
      "dunce",
      "dunderhead",
      "fathead",
      "gander",
      "golem",
      "goof",
      "goon",
      "half-wit",
      "hammerhead",
      "hardhead",
      "idiot",
      "ignoramus",
      "imbecile",
      "jackass",
      "know-nothing",
      "knucklehead",
      "lamebrain",
      "loggerhead",
      "loon",
      "lump",
      "lunkhead",
      "meathead",
      "mome",
      "moron",
      "mug",
      "mutt",
      "natural",
      "nimrod",
      "nincompoop",
      "ninny",
      "ninnyhammer",
      "nit",
      "nitwit",
      "noddy",
      "noodle",
      "numskull",
      "numbskull",
      "oaf",
      "pinhead",
      "prat",
      "ratbag",
      "saphead",
      "schlub",
      "shlub",
      "schnook",
      "simpleton",
      "stock",
      "stupe",
      "stupid",
      "thickhead",
      "turkey",
      "woodenhead",
      "yahoo",
      "yo-yo"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "brain",
      "genius"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "people knew that he was a deadhead and voted for him anyway",
      "Verb",
      "She's out in the garden deadheading the rosebushes.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "This approach allows an Origin to make multiple deliveries on each trip, thus minimizing the deadhead miles and reducing unit costs and road congestion. \u2014 Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "After blooming, deadhead and retain the green shoots until brown, then remove. \u2014 Jodi Bay, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Sep. 2021",
      "Even at-home style was dominated by two completely different aesthetics: cottagecore versus gratitude journal deadhead . \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 10 Dec. 2020",
      "In very hot inland areas, be more conservative and deadhead very lightly. \u2014 Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Sep. 2020",
      "Use zinnias as cut flowers or deadhead spent blooms to encourage new blooms. \u2014 Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com , 4 June 2020",
      "Uber spokesman Harry Hartfield said the company is still not convinced that the garage is the best way to cut down on the deadhead trips. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 Dec. 2019",
      "After all, a deadhead relaxing in a passenger seat is paid the same as a working crew member. \u2014 Elliott Hester, latimes.com , 1 July 2019",
      "Recently Jonah Hill has been dressing like a former deadhead turned dad, recovered burnout, and grillmaster who just likes to unwind on weekends. \u2014 Liz Raiss, GQ , 1 June 2018",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "As flowers start to fade, deadhead frequently to encourage new buds and blooms. \u2014 Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "Second, when the flowers are finished making their show, deadhead the old blooms to keep them from going to seed. \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "Whenever practical, continue to deadhead cool-season annuals such as pansies, snapdragons and dianthus to keep them blooming through the spring. \u2014 Dan Gill, NOLA.com , 22 Dec. 2020",
      "On the least healthy bushes, maintain foliage and deadhead just the bloom. \u2014 Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Sep. 2020",
      "Kris doesn't deadhead her peonies even though some people believe that doing so can increase the flowers of certain varieties the following year. \u2014 Johanna Silver, Better Homes & Gardens , 8 Apr. 2020",
      "The latest rules are supposed to reduce deadheading by 30 percent. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Dec. 2019",
      "Goldfinches feed on the seed heads of my coneflowers, so cutting them back or deadheading removes this food source for the birds. \u2014 Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com , 2 Nov. 2019",
      "Most flight attendants would rather deadhead than work a flight. \u2014 Elliott Hester, latimes.com , 1 July 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1841, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1911, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201002"
  },
  "deadly":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "likely to cause or capable of producing death",
      "aiming to kill or destroy implacable",
      "highly effective",
      "unerring",
      "marked by determination or extreme seriousness",
      "tending to deprive of force or vitality",
      "suggestive of death especially in dullness or lack of animation",
      "very great extreme",
      "in a manner to cause death mortally",
      "suggesting death",
      "extremely",
      "causing or capable of causing death",
      "meaning or hoping to kill or destroy",
      "very accurate",
      "extreme entry 1 sense 1",
      "in a way suggestive of death",
      "to an extreme degree",
      "likely to cause or capable of causing death",
      "likely to cause or capable of causing death",
      "dangerous sense 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8ded-l\u0113",
    "synonyms":[
      "baleful",
      "deathly",
      "fatal",
      "fell",
      "killer",
      "lethal",
      "mortal",
      "murderous",
      "pestilent",
      "terminal",
      "vital"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "achingly",
      "almighty",
      "archly",
      "awful",
      "awfully",
      "badly",
      "beastly",
      "blisteringly",
      "bone",
      "colossally",
      "corking",
      "cracking",
      "damn",
      "damned",
      "dang",
      "desperately",
      "eminently",
      "enormously",
      "especially",
      "ever",
      "exceedingly",
      "exceeding",
      "extra",
      "extremely",
      "fabulously",
      "fantastically",
      "far",
      "fiercely",
      "filthy",
      "frightfully",
      "full",
      "greatly",
      "heavily",
      "highly",
      "hugely",
      "immensely",
      "incredibly",
      "intensely",
      "jolly",
      "majorly",
      "mightily",
      "mighty",
      "monstrous",
      "mortally",
      "most",
      "much",
      "particularly",
      "passing",
      "rattling",
      "real",
      "really",
      "right",
      "roaring",
      "roaringly",
      "seriously",
      "severely",
      "so",
      "sore",
      "sorely",
      "spanking",
      "specially",
      "stinking",
      "such",
      "super",
      "supremely",
      "surpassingly",
      "terribly",
      "that",
      "thumping",
      "too",
      "unco",
      "uncommonly",
      "vastly",
      "very",
      "vitally",
      "way",
      "whacking",
      "wicked",
      "wildly"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
      "Both deadly shootings happened in the Houston-area, within about 24 hours. \u2014 Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
      "His comments also come after a series of deadly shootings last month made national headlines. \u2014 Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
      "After the latest spate of deadly mass shootings, Hollywood creators like J.J. Abrams, Mark Ruffalo, and Shonda Rhimes are asking their peers to reconsider how guns and gun violence are used in films and television shows. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 13 June 2022",
      "Lawmakers have moved to seek common ground on the contentious issue after deadly shootings at a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket and a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school. \u2014 Natalie Andrews, WSJ , 13 June 2022",
      "He was seen with armed militia members, who appeared to be attending a counter-protest to the rally in downtown Phoenix, which called for stricter gun laws following recent deadly shootings in the U.S. \u2014 Sam Burdette, The Arizona Republic , 13 June 2022",
      "The March for Our Lives rally in Washington, D.C. will converge at noon on Saturday as millions across the country ask Congress to pass stricter gun laws in the wake of deadly mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas. \u2014 Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant , 10 June 2022",
      "With deadly mass shootings in Buffalo, New York; Uvalde, Texas; Tulsa, Oklahoma; and beyond in recent days, the country has been here before. \u2014 Donna M. Owens, NBC News , 8 June 2022",
      "After three deadly shootings in five days, residents of Carrollton Ridge are once again demanding more help from city officials and Baltimore Police, saying the violence in their struggling neighborhood has reached crisis levels. \u2014 Lea Skene, Baltimore Sun , 7 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adverb",
      "While that can be mild, severe heat exhaustion \u2014 known as heatstroke \u2014 can turn deadly . \u2014 Claire Thornton, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
      "Mears said the two cases serve as a reminder that domestic violence can turn deadly . \u2014 Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star , 10 June 2022",
      "The shelter is available at a time when metro Phoenix\u2019s scorching summer temperatures can turn deadly , especially for people who are unhoused. \u2014 Haleigh Kochanski, The Arizona Republic , 9 June 2022",
      "Starring Romain Duris and Berenice Bejo, Final Cut opens with a 30-minute sequence during which a zombie film shoot appears to turn deadly . \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 May 2022",
      "Nicolet said this diligent monitoring is crucial for young kittens, whose health can be so precarious that a simple respiratory illness or bout of diarrhea can quickly turn deadly . \u2014 Lauren Wethington, Detroit Free Press , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "But Mexico has been unable to stanch the flood of migrants stuffed by the hundreds into trucks operated by smugglers who charge thousands of dollars to take them to the U.S. border, trips that all too often turn deadly . \u2014 Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "In the past, multiple falls have triggered major pileups that cause injuries and occasionally turn deadly . \u2014 Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "What greater demands will insurers be making since that Texas festival pointed up how an entertainment event can turn deadly ? \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 14 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adverb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162656"
  },
  "deadness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": deprived of life : no longer alive",
      ": having the appearance of death : deathly",
      ": lacking power to move, feel, or respond : numb",
      ": very tired",
      ": incapable of being stirred emotionally or intellectually : unresponsive",
      ": grown cold : extinguished",
      ": inanimate , inert",
      ": barren , infertile",
      ": no longer producing or functioning : exhausted",
      ": lacking power or effect",
      ": no longer having interest, relevance, or significance",
      ": no longer in use : obsolete",
      ": no longer active : extinct",
      ": lacking in gaiety or animation",
      ": lacking in commercial activity : quiet",
      ": commercially idle or unproductive",
      ": lacking elasticity (see elasticity sense 1a )",
      ": being out of action or out of use",
      ": free from any connection to a source of voltage and free from electric charges",
      ": being out of play",
      ": temporarily forbidden to play or to make a certain play",
      ": not running or circulating : stagnant",
      ": not turning",
      ": not imparting motion or power although otherwise functioning",
      ": lacking warmth, vigor, or taste",
      ": absolutely uniform",
      ": unerring",
      ": exact",
      ": certain to be doomed",
      ": irrevocable",
      ": abrupt",
      ": complete , absolute",
      ": all-out",
      ": devoid of former occupants",
      ": incapable of being effective : stalled",
      ": as good as dead : doomed",
      ": with no chance of escape or excuse : red-handed",
      ": only by overcoming one's utter and determined resistance",
      ": someone who is no longer alive : one that is dead (see dead entry 1 sense 1 )",
      ": the state of being dead",
      ": the time of greatest quiet",
      ": absolutely , utterly",
      ": suddenly and completely",
      ": directly",
      ": no longer living",
      ": having the look of death",
      ": numb entry 1 sense 1",
      ": very tired",
      ": lacking motion, activity, energy, or power to function",
      ": no longer in use",
      ": no longer active",
      ": lacking warmth or vigor",
      ": not lively",
      ": accurate , precise",
      ": being sudden and complete",
      ": complete entry 1 sense 1 , total",
      ": facing certain punishment",
      ": a person who is no longer alive",
      ": the time of greatest quiet or least activity",
      ": in a whole or complete manner",
      ": suddenly and completely",
      ": straight entry 2 sense 2",
      ": deprived of life : having died",
      ": lacking power to move, feel, or respond : numb",
      ": one that is dead"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ded",
      "\u02c8ded",
      "\u02c8ded"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "asleep",
      "breathless",
      "cold",
      "deceased",
      "defunct",
      "demised",
      "departed",
      "fallen",
      "gone",
      "late",
      "lifeless",
      "low"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "deadness",
      "death",
      "grave",
      "lifelessness",
      "nothingness",
      "sleep"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The firefighter, a 27-year veteran of the department, was pronounced dead at the scene of the fire, the Philadelphia Police Department said in a Twitter statement. \u2014 Christine Fernando, USA TODAY , 18 June 2022",
      "The victim was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where she was pronounced dead . \u2014 Deanese Williams-harris, Chicago Tribune , 18 June 2022",
      "One of them was pronounced dead on the scene and the other one was taken to the hospital in critical condition. \u2014 Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic , 18 June 2022",
      "The other person, a 27-year-old veteran, was pronounced dead at the scene. \u2014 CBS News , 18 June 2022",
      "But a 27-year veteran of the department was pronounced dead at the scene, the Fire Department said. \u2014 Ava Sasani, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
      "The man, whose name was not released, had suffered an apparent gunshot wound and was pronounced dead . \u2014 Alison Knezevich, Baltimore Sun , 18 June 2022",
      "Lifesaving measures failed, and the child was pronounced dead at the scene, according to officials. \u2014 Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News , 17 June 2022",
      "One person was pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting, while two others were taken to the UAB Hospital. \u2014 Tommy Mcardle, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Directed by Stuart Gordon from a short story by H.P. Lovecraft, this video store favorite stars Jeffrey Combs as Herbert West, a medical student obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. \u2014 Katie Rife, EW.com , 17 June 2022",
      "The space is designed for the dead to be able to live on by uploading memories of their lifetime from their brain. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 15 June 2022",
      "The space is designed for the dead to be able to live on by uploading memories of their lifetime from their brain. \u2014 Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 June 2022",
      "Countries at war are obligated to make every possible effort to search for, record and identify the dead left on the battlefield, according to international convention. \u2014 Lauren Egan, NBC News , 13 June 2022",
      "Milwaukee police are investigating a shooting Saturday morning that left a motorist dead . \u2014 Isaac Yu, Journal Sentinel , 11 June 2022",
      "Not every case of voting on behalf of the dead has been discovered, adjudicated in court, and received media coverage. \u2014 Lou Jacobson And Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press , 2 June 2022",
      "In the hours after the Columbine shootings, parents still waiting for word about their children were asked to bring dental records to help identify the dead . \u2014 Jenny Deam, ProPublica , 31 May 2022",
      "While the overall goal is to get through all of the dead 's stories, Milne's current focus is getting through those buried at Arlington Cemetery in Virginia. \u2014 Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 27 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "Neighbors residing directly next to the apartment where the man was found shot dead peered over their own patios and craned their necks to see what occurred. \u2014 Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star , 31 May 2022",
      "Milne\u2019s current focus is on creating stories for all the World War II dead buried at Arlington National Cemetery, about 8,000 men and women. \u2014 John Kelly, Washington Post , 29 May 2022",
      "Outside the civic center, a father who had learned his child was dead fought tears as he was embraced by his cousins, according to CNN's Nicole Chavez. \u2014 Aya Elamroussi, CNN , 25 May 2022",
      "Most of the dead died from Russian bombs, missiles, and their wreckage. \u2014 ELLE , 24 May 2022",
      "Embalming was an innovative method of preserving bodies that allowed some Northern families to have their war dead retrieved from the mostly Southern battlefields and brought back to be buried in Northern soil. \u2014 Gary Laderman, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 May 2022",
      "Here, a genial Manhattanite runs afoul of Westchester's finest, and winds up dead in \u2014 horrors! \u2014 the suburbs. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 10 May 2022",
      "The body of Ruby Taverner was discovered in a wooded area in Independence Township, Michigan, near her apartment, where deputies found her brother and boyfriend dead early Sunday, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said Monday. \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 9 May 2022",
      "Marisa says Hansen had wound up dead not long after. \u2014 CBS News , 7 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective, Noun, and Adverb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adverb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224230"
  },
  "deadwood":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "wood dead on the tree",
      "useless personnel or material",
      "solid timbers built in at the extreme bow and stern of a ship when too narrow to permit framing",
      "bowling pins that have been knocked down but remain on the alley",
      "city in the Black Hills of western South Dakota that was settled circa 1876 following the discovery of gold nearby population 1270"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ded-\u02ccwu\u0307d",
      "\u02c8ded-\u02ccwu\u0307d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chaff",
      "debris",
      "dreck",
      "drek",
      "dross",
      "dust",
      "effluvium",
      "effluvia",
      "garbage",
      "junk",
      "litter",
      "offal",
      "offscouring",
      "raffle",
      "refuse",
      "riffraff",
      "rubbish",
      "scrap",
      "spilth",
      "trash",
      "truck",
      "waste"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "She's determined to get the deadwood out of the company.",
      "a healthy tree with no deadwood",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The camera wanders slowly over dirt and deadwood , scrub grass and scattered rock. \u2014 Kat Rosenfield, EW.com , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Neil, 39, combines his teacher\u2019s formal daring with Naka\u2019s open, idealistic approach, sculpting Rocky Mountain junipers into pale white streamers or rugged bursts of deadwood reaching out from plumes of foliage. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Nov. 2021",
      "This cost-effective approach has helped Alaska largely avoid the problem, common in the lower 48 states, of forests that are overgrown or have too much deadwood . \u2014 Randi Jandt, Scientific American , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "In the short term, Inter may try once more to streamline their squad, to shed some of the deadwood that was up for sale last summer. \u2014 Emmet Gates, Forbes , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "The resulting deadwood would be hauled out by truck and even helicopter to new biomass facilities and private timber mills to be transformed into electricity, boards and other products. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Aug. 2021",
      "The freedom to cut deadwood is a competitive advantage for the Pack and contributed mightily to the past three decades of success. \u2014 Luther Ray Abel, National Review , 3 Aug. 2021",
      "Another would be signing long-term contracts with companies to harvest deadwood from forests for commercial purposes. \u2014 Matt Canham, The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 June 2021",
      "Also stay clear of plants that produce fine, dry or dead leaves or needles, as well as those that accumulate deadwood within the plant. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 June 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-164555"
  },
  "deafening":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": that deafens",
      ": very loud : earsplitting",
      ": very noticeable"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-f\u0259-ni\u014b",
      "\u02c8def-ni\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blaring",
      "blasting",
      "booming",
      "clamorous",
      "clangorous",
      "earsplitting",
      "loud",
      "piercing",
      "plangent",
      "resounding",
      "ringing",
      "roaring",
      "slam-bang",
      "sonorous",
      "stentorian",
      "thundering",
      "thunderous"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "gentle",
      "low",
      "soft"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the deafening roar of the planes",
      "a boom box blasting deafening music",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Fans roared back, clapping and blowing their vuvuzelas at a more deafening pitch. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Tim Cook\u2019s silence on all this, by the way, is pretty deafening . \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 6 Aug. 2021",
      "Finally, people are being encouraged to say Taylor's name loudly and often; in the streets and online, so that in the deafening wave of dissent crashing over the country, her story is not washed away. \u2014 Aj Willingham, CNN , 5 June 2020",
      "Full coverage of George Floyd's death and protests around the country Angelenos who remember the riots recall an almost deafening silence settling over the city as unrest wore on. \u2014 NBC News , 4 June 2020",
      "Once every decade or so, though, that cacophony turns deafening as millions of the winged insects emerge at once in dense throngs. \u2014 Amy Mckeever, National Geographic , 3 June 2020",
      "Polar bear warning signs went unheeded; the deafening hum of the vicious, biting flies seemed like more of an imminent threat. \u2014 Hillary Richard, New York Times , 11 May 2020",
      "So at least 40 cars instead piled into the parking lot of the neighboring CatholicLife Insurance building, where drivers proceeded to blare their horns in a deafening cacophony. \u2014 Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com , 19 Apr. 2020",
      "At the very least, the shift in conservative news suggests that the debate over the president\u2019s competence will become yet another partisan one, obscuring Trump\u2019s objective, on-the-record negligence in the usual deafening crossfire. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 18 Mar. 2020"
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      ": to take action with regard to someone or something",
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      ": situation , story",
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      ": to carry on the business of buying or especially selling (something)",
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      ": to sell or distribute something as a business or for money",
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      "trade",
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      "Noun (1)",
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      "Noun (2)",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205439"
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      "transitive verb"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224756"
  },
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      "phrasal verb"
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      ": to be about (something) : to have (something) as a subject",
      ": to make business agreements with (someone)",
      ": to do something about (a person or thing that causes a problem or difficult situation)",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212050"
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      "noun"
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      ": method of business : manner of conduct",
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      "\u02c8d\u0113-li\u014b",
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      "relation"
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    "examples":[
      "There were reports of shady dealings between the two sides.",
      "He has a reputation for fair dealing .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Institutional systems are rarely, if ever, held accountable for the death dealing of Black girls and women. \u2014 Essence , 31 May 2022",
      "There is business to be done, production and distribution deals to be made, and this year that sort of wheeling dealing has been as full throttle as Top Gun\u2019s elite fighter jets. \u2014 Dana Thomas, Vogue , 26 May 2022",
      "Prostitution and drug dealing are part of the daily grind, and Melchor paints a hellscape of distrust, venality, private aggressions, and general grimness. \u2014 The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
      "Investigations by Spanish and Swiss prosecutors into Juan Carlos' dealing have since been shelved. \u2014 Ashifa Kassam, ajc , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "That, more than all the drug dealing said to take place, is the business world that produces many of these rappers. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "The defendants face maximum sentences of five years in prison for each count of conspiracy and unlawful dealing in firearms. \u2014 Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "San Francisco police arrested more than 65 people last year on more than one occasion for drug dealing in the Tenderloin. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "There are few directors as sure-handed dealing with murky moral questions than Farhadi, and this should be no exception. \u2014 Keith Phipps, Rolling Stone , 27 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212353"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adjective ()",
      "adverb",
      "interjection",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": highly valued : precious",
      ": affectionate , fond",
      ": high or exorbitant in price : expensive",
      ": heartfelt",
      ": noble",
      ": dearly sense 3",
      ": dearly sense 1",
      ": a loved one : sweetheart",
      ": a lovable person",
      ": severe , sore",
      ": greatly loved or cared about",
      ": having a high price",
      ": deeply felt : earnest",
      ": with love",
      ": a loved one : darling"
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      "\u02c8dir",
      "\u02c8dir"
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      "big-ticket",
      "costly",
      "expensive",
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      "precious",
      "premium",
      "priceless",
      "pricey",
      "pricy",
      "spendy",
      "ultraexpensive",
      "valuable"
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      "beloved",
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      "love",
      "squeeze",
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      "Noun",
      "Be a dear and take this for me."
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    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective (1), Adverb, Noun, and Interjection",
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      "Adjective (1)",
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      "Adverb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Interjection",
      "1694, in the meaning defined above",
      "Adjective (2)",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201144"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": scarcity that makes dear",
      ": famine",
      ": an inadequate supply : lack",
      ": scarcity , lack"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259rth",
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      "failure",
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      "inadequacy",
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      "insufficiency",
      "lack",
      "lacuna",
      "paucity",
      "pinch",
      "poverty",
      "scantiness",
      "scarceness",
      "scarcity",
      "shortage",
      "undersupply",
      "want"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "abundance",
      "adequacy",
      "amplitude",
      "opulence",
      "plenitude",
      "plenty",
      "sufficiency",
      "wealth"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "It may also be a respite for booksellers, who have been grumbling for several years about sluggish sales and a dearth of dependable blockbuster fiction. \u2014 Julie Bosman , New York Times , 19 Oct. 2006",
      "\u2026 Earnhardt has recently hinted that a company-wide dearth of talent is the core reason his Chevy simply isn't as fast in 2005 as it's been in the past. \u2014 Lars Anderson , Sports Illustrated , 11 Apr. 2006",
      "AirNet, which hauls bank checks and other time-critical freight, used to require that its pilots have at least 1,200 hours of flight experience. Then, faced with a dearth of experienced applicants, it dropped the requirement to 500 hours. Now, it has no minimum. \u2014 Scott McCartney , Wall Street Journal , 10 Aug. 2000",
      "there was a dearth of usable firewood at the campsite",
      "the dearth of salesclerks at the shoe store annoyed us",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But the slow speed of their advance is due to a variety of factors, including a dearth of troops to break through Ukrainian lines, say analysts. \u2014 Thomas Grove, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
      "Given soaring rents and the dearth of housing in the area, there will be interest. \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 June 2022",
      "Fenton noted the port authority\u2019s dearth of public disclosure in his letter, which The Salt Lake Tribune obtained through a public records request. \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 June 2022",
      "So, investing in the private market as an individual is fraught with obstacles and a dearth of good information. \u2014 Drew Spaventa, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "The dearth of scenic vistas did not bother Hussam al-Khatib, a soldier, who had learned of the trip on Facebook and brought his wife and their three sons. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
      "It\u2019s a perfect storm of implicit bias in clinical settings, a dearth of women\u2019s health research, and a lack of funding for female-focused solutions. \u2014 Laine Bruzek, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
      "Despite the depth of the crisis and dearth of funding, there is a glimmer of hope. \u2014 Steve Hamm, Hartford Courant , 7 June 2022",
      "They're angered by government parties that broke coronavirus rules, his handling of a deteriorating cost-of-living crisis and a dearth of clear policy goals. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 6 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English derthe , from Old English *dierth , from d\u0113ore dear",
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204350"
  },
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    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "a permanent cessation of all vital (see vital sense 2a ) functions the end of life",
      "\u2014 compare brain death",
      "an instance of dying",
      "the cause or occasion of loss of life",
      "a cause of ruin",
      "the destroyer of life represented usually as a skeleton with a scythe",
      "the state of being no longer alive the state of being dead",
      "the passing or destruction of something inanimate",
      "extinction",
      "civil death",
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      "the lie of life in matter that which is unreal and untrue",
      "close to death critically ill",
      "beyond endurance excessively",
      "the end or ending of life",
      "the cause of loss of life",
      "the state of being dead",
      "ruin entry 2 sense 1 , extinction",
      "very entry 1 sense 1 , extremely",
      "the irreversible cessation of all vital functions especially as indicated by permanent stoppage of the heart, respiration, and brain activity the end of life \u2014 see brain death",
      "the cause or occasion of loss of life",
      "the state of being dead",
      "a permanent cessation of all vital bodily functions the end of life \u2014 see also brain death , civil death"
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    "pronounciation":"\u02c8deth",
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      "curtains",
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      "dissolution",
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      "end",
      "exit",
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      "expiry",
      "fate",
      "grave",
      "great divide",
      "passage",
      "passing",
      "quietus",
      "sleep"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "birth",
      "nativity"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The death toll has risen to three following a Russian strike on an oil storage facility on Saturday, according to Ukrainian regional governor Valentyn Reznichenko. \u2014 David Keyton, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
      "Another violent weekend across Baltimore left behind grieving family members and concerned neighbors, all frustrated and overwhelmed by the growing death toll. \u2014 Lea Skene, Baltimore Sun , 20 June 2022",
      "The state's death toll, as tracked by the Department of Health, remained at 11,540. \u2014 Andy Davis, Arkansas Online , 20 June 2022",
      "Massive flooding and mudslides in northeastern India's Assam state have claimed eight more lives, officials said Sunday, taking the death toll to 62 from weeks of heavy rains that caused one of Asia\u2019s largest rivers to overflow. \u2014 Wasbir Hussain, ajc , 19 June 2022",
      "The death toll following a shooting inside a church near Birmingham, Alabama on Thursday night rose from two to three on Friday, after an 84-year-old victim being treated at a hospital died from her injuries, authorites said. \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 17 June 2022",
      "Thirteen more Utahns died of COVID-19 in the past week, bringing the state\u2019s total death toll since the pandemic began to 4,806, according to the Utah Department of Health. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 June 2022",
      "The death toll from insurgent attacks in Burkina Faso last year was higher than in Mali, making this landlocked nation of 21 million people the epicenter of the growing security crisis in the Sahel. \u2014 Borso Tall, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
      "The survey measures described above may be affected slightly by the pandemic\u2019s disproportionate death toll among already disabled people. \u2014 Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English deeth , from Old English d\u0113ath ; akin to Old Norse dauthi death, deyja to die \u2014 more at die ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": immortal , imperishable"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8deth-l\u0259s"
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    "synonyms":[
      "ceaseless",
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      "permanent",
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      "undying",
      "unending"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "impermanent",
      "mortal",
      "temporary",
      "transient"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "an author who craved deathless fame",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Those six words are a deathless expression of progressivism in 2022. \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "What becomes extremely clear is that their endurance for creating music is plainly the product of a neurotic, serious, deathless motor. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 June 2021",
      "Moore submitted dozens of wonderful, wondrous cognomens, including Mongoose Civique, Regina-rex, Aeroterre, Dearborn Diamant\u00e9 and the deathless Utopian Turtletop. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 20 Mar. 2020",
      "Blood doors, creepy tombs, deathless foes, and someone doing a hell of a good impression of actor Sam Neill. \u2014 Hayden Dingman, PCWorld , 1 Nov. 2019",
      "This memento mori is an intrusion of tragedy into an otherwise deathless space, but the ghost is also a hopeful sort of figure who somehow manages to elude oblivion. \u2014 Annika Neklason, The Atlantic , 26 June 2018",
      "His ethereal, atmospheric images respectfully capture the quest for immortality in Russia, home to a visionary gaggle of cosmists, cryonicists, and transhumanists who believe in a deathless future. \u2014 Laura Mallonee, WIRED , 22 June 2018",
      "There are dowdy newscasters risking frostbite to gin up color pieces on deathless topics like the contents of the athletes\u2019 goody bags. \u2014 Guy Trebay, New York Times , 21 Feb. 2018",
      "The deathless gods destroyed my looks that day / the Greeks embarked for Troy. \u2014 Gregory Hays, New York Times , 5 Dec. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1547, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184816"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": fatal",
      ": of, relating to, or suggestive of death",
      ": relating to or suggesting death",
      ": in a way suggesting death"
    ],
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      "\u02c8deth-l\u0113",
      "\u02c8deth-l\u0113"
    ],
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      "mortuary"
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      "A deathly silence filled the room.",
      "his deathly pallor suggested that any attempt to find a pulse would be futile"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202407"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character",
      ": to reduce the intrinsic value of (a coin) by increasing the base-metal content",
      ": to reduce the exchange value of (a monetary unit)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8b\u0101s",
      "d\u0113-"
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      "abase",
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      "lessen",
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      "poison",
      "profane",
      "prostitute",
      "subvert",
      "vitiate",
      "warp"
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    "antonyms":[
      "elevate",
      "ennoble",
      "uplift"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The governor debased himself by lying to the public.",
      "The holiday has been debased by commercialism.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Opponents say the changes will debase the 850-year-old cathedral and disturb the harmony of its Gothic design. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "The Milk Crate Challenge, like planking, or the Harlem Shake, or the countless other challenges that came before it, encouraged young people to violently debase themselves on camera for a small chance to enter Internet Valhalla. \u2014 Luke Winkie, Vulture , 10 Sep. 2021",
      "The central bank must be trusted not to debase the currency, but the history of fiat currencies is full of breaches of that trust. \u2014 Pete Rizzo, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2021",
      "Governments need and want to know where the money is, need to control it, debase it, confiscate it, know how much is in play. \u2014 Clem Chambers, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2021",
      "Bitcoin is nearing record highs after more than doubling this year, partly driven by fears that major central bank easing and fiscal stimulus will debase currencies. \u2014 Benjamin Stupples, Bloomberg.com , 18 Nov. 2020",
      "Exception: the federal government, which has (c) the option to debase the currency. \u2014 WSJ , 10 Sep. 2020",
      "To let your politics be defined by loathing or adoration of a single political figure is to debase yourself. \u2014 Isaac Schorr, National Review , 19 Aug. 2020",
      "The Winklevoss Twins this week transmuted that notion into a warning for Dave Portnoy (a.k.a. Davey Day Trader): Elon Musk is plotting to debase gold through space-mining, making Bitcoin a better inflation hedge. \u2014 Jeff John Roberts, Fortune , 19 Aug. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203115"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character",
      ": to reduce the intrinsic value of (a coin) by increasing the base-metal content",
      ": to reduce the exchange value of (a monetary unit)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8b\u0101s",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
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      "abase",
      "bastardize",
      "canker",
      "cheapen",
      "corrupt",
      "debauch",
      "degrade",
      "demean",
      "demoralize",
      "deprave",
      "deteriorate",
      "lessen",
      "pervert",
      "poison",
      "profane",
      "prostitute",
      "subvert",
      "vitiate",
      "warp"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "elevate",
      "ennoble",
      "uplift"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The governor debased himself by lying to the public.",
      "The holiday has been debased by commercialism.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Opponents say the changes will debase the 850-year-old cathedral and disturb the harmony of its Gothic design. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "The Milk Crate Challenge, like planking, or the Harlem Shake, or the countless other challenges that came before it, encouraged young people to violently debase themselves on camera for a small chance to enter Internet Valhalla. \u2014 Luke Winkie, Vulture , 10 Sep. 2021",
      "The central bank must be trusted not to debase the currency, but the history of fiat currencies is full of breaches of that trust. \u2014 Pete Rizzo, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2021",
      "Governments need and want to know where the money is, need to control it, debase it, confiscate it, know how much is in play. \u2014 Clem Chambers, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2021",
      "Bitcoin is nearing record highs after more than doubling this year, partly driven by fears that major central bank easing and fiscal stimulus will debase currencies. \u2014 Benjamin Stupples, Bloomberg.com , 18 Nov. 2020",
      "Exception: the federal government, which has (c) the option to debase the currency. \u2014 WSJ , 10 Sep. 2020",
      "To let your politics be defined by loathing or adoration of a single political figure is to debase yourself. \u2014 Isaac Schorr, National Review , 19 Aug. 2020",
      "The Winklevoss Twins this week transmuted that notion into a warning for Dave Portnoy (a.k.a. Davey Day Trader): Elon Musk is plotting to debase gold through space-mining, making Bitcoin a better inflation hedge. \u2014 Jeff John Roberts, Fortune , 19 Aug. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213130"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": claimed by more than one country",
      ": open to dispute : questionable",
      ": open to debate",
      ": capable of being debated",
      ": possible to question or argue about"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8b\u0101-t\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8b\u0101-t\u0259-b\u0259l"
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      "doubtable",
      "doubtful",
      "issuable",
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      "negotiable",
      "questionable"
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      "inarguable",
      "incontestable",
      "incontrovertible",
      "indisputable",
      "indubitable",
      "irrefragable",
      "positive",
      "questionless",
      "settled",
      "sure",
      "unanswerable",
      "unarguable",
      "unchallengeable",
      "undebatable",
      "undeniable",
      "unquestionable"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "it's always debatable which college football team is really number one, since there's more than one ranking system",
      "the debatable wisdom of going back for another helping from the buffet",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Whether this can be done in time for the May 9 parade is highly debatable . \u2014 James Nixey, CNN , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "And the forecasts for revenue from the wealth tax are highly debatable . \u2014 Josh Boak, ajc , 25 Oct. 2021",
      "On Monday, Whittingham spoke for 12 minutes without referencing Brewer once, but whether that qualifies as tipping his hand is highly debatable . \u2014 Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 Sep. 2021",
      "Whether a committee of central bankers, rather than a consensus of holders, would have made better decisions is debatable . \u2014 Telis Demos, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
      "Whether or not it's accomplished all of those goals is debatable . \u2014 Robert Samuels | For Iron Monk Solutions, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
      "Whether company practices actually changed in response is debatable . \u2014 Lila Maclellan, Quartz , 9 May 2022",
      "After their most recent defeat \u2014 a 27-17 loss to the Buffalo Bills \u2014 Lynn and his staff were ridiculed both locally and nationally because of numerous debatable issues with in-game decisions and clock management. \u2014 Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times , 1 Dec. 2020",
      "How much success those election reforms have had in doing that is debatable . \u2014 Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1536, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224639"
  },
  "debauched":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality",
      ": to lead away from virtue or excellence",
      ": to seduce from chastity",
      ": to make disloyal",
      ": an act or occasion of extreme indulgence in sensuality or carnal pleasures : an act or occasion of debauchery",
      ": orgy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8b\u022fch",
      "-\u02c8b\u00e4ch",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abase",
      "bastardize",
      "canker",
      "cheapen",
      "corrupt",
      "debase",
      "degrade",
      "demean",
      "demoralize",
      "deprave",
      "deteriorate",
      "lessen",
      "pervert",
      "poison",
      "profane",
      "prostitute",
      "subvert",
      "vitiate",
      "warp"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "elevate",
      "ennoble",
      "uplift"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "the long stay on a tropical isle had debauched the ship's crew to the point where they no longer acted like naval professionals",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The medical community and laypersons alike often blamed victims of the disease for their own suffering, believing that vicious, debauched , and unhygienic lifestyles begat typhus. \u2014 Timothy Kent Holliday, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Apr. 2020",
      "His voice is chirpy-thin, making his stories of debauched after-hours excess sound like child\u2019s play. \u2014 New York Times , 9 May 2018",
      "Given this is a bachelorette party, though, her activities are sure to be slightly more debauched \u2014 perhaps something fun with vaginal jade eggs? \u2014 Amanda Arnold, The Cut , 11 Apr. 2018",
      "This is middle ages debauchery, when people really knew how to debauch . \u2014 Kelly Kazek, AL.com , 16 Mar. 2018",
      "Prohibition failed because too few Americans agreed that all drinking was debauched . \u2014 The Economist , 19 Dec. 2017",
      "The ruling class became hoggishly self-indulgent: Mr Heffer lacerates Edward VII for his habit of sponging off his friends and debauching their wives. \u2014 The Economist , 7 Oct. 2017",
      "If memory serves, Sixx\u2019s proudly debauched autobiography was pretty graphic all by itself. \u2014 George Varga, sandiegouniontribune.com , 19 July 2017",
      "Lofing, who is married, faced a misdemeanor charge of debauching a minor and on Monday was sentenced to 90 days in jail. \u2014 Alex Thomas, ajc , 19 July 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But this year, the island is celebrating much more than Ernest Hemingway\u2019s six-toed cats, Duval Street pub crawls or a Fantasy Fest debauch . \u2014 Gwen Filosa, sun-sentinel.com , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "After the fashion industry disgraced itself by banishing Melania Trump, this latest debauch comes as no surprise. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 10 Mar. 2021",
      "Take a break from taking a break with a long debauch at the Chateau Marmont? \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Oct. 2020",
      "In stark contrast to Mr Sehic\u2019s debauches , hundreds of starving Bosniaks, led by small numbers of armed men, raid surrounding Serb villages for food. \u2014 The Economist , 3 Oct. 2019",
      "Pain and Glory Rated R for language, recreational drug use and remembrance of debauches past. \u2014 Manohla Dargis, New York Times , 3 Oct. 2019",
      "Hot Springs was a wild town in those days\u2014a spa for rich northerners, a debauch of illegal gambling, fancy nightclubs, and the Oaklawn racetrack. \u2014 Joe Klein, Daily Intelligencer , 30 June 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1595, in the meaning defined at sense 2b",
      "Noun",
      "1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195521"
  },
  "debauchee":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "one given to debauchery"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"di-\u02ccb\u022f-\u02c8ch\u0113",
    "synonyms":[
      "backslider",
      "debaucher",
      "decadent",
      "degenerate",
      "deviate",
      "libertine",
      "perv",
      "pervert",
      "profligate",
      "rake",
      "rakehell",
      "rip"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the debauchees that are legendarily found at any fraternity party",
      "the biography of a debauchee who underwent a late-life religious conversion and became a monk"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French d\u00e9bauch\u00e9 , from past participle of d\u00e9baucher ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1661, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "debilitate":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "to impair the strength of enfeeble",
      "to make feeble weaken",
      "to impair the strength of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8bi-l\u0259-\u02cct\u0101t",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8bi-l\u0259-\u02cct\u0101t",
      "di-\u02c8bil-\u0259-\u02cct\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "devitalize",
      "enervate",
      "enfeeble",
      "etiolate",
      "prostrate",
      "sap",
      "soften",
      "tire",
      "waste",
      "weaken"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "beef (up)",
      "fortify",
      "strengthen"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The virus debilitates the body's immune system.",
      "the heart surgery debilitated the college athlete beyond his worst fears",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The ministry said Moscow could be expected to continue bombarding the region from the air to debilitate Ukrainian air defenses as Russia builds up forces on the ground. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Chinese defense officials say the SJ-21 is meant to dispose of space debris, but US Space Command says the same arm can debilitate or disable rival satellites. \u2014 Khari Johnson, Wired , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Republicans view the Democrats\u2019 legislative plans as an overreach of excess spending and have accused Mr. Biden of careening from one crisis to another, saying both will debilitate the party\u2019s midterm message next year. \u2014 Ken Thomas, WSJ , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "The flu does not knock you down and debilitate you like COVID-19. \u2014 Claire Thornton, USA TODAY , 8 Aug. 2021",
      "The absence of strong copyright laws continues to debilitate Cambodian cinema. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 Apr. 2021",
      "Prodigious force is required to propel the 245-pound Texas senior skyward, and that sort of strain and joint load can debilitate over time. \u2014 Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com , 13 Nov. 2020",
      "Seizing the moment to debilitate Hezbollah would be a huge step forward for maximum pressure. \u2014 Carine Hajjar, National Review , 22 Aug. 2020",
      "The year after having my daughter, debilitating anxiety came out of the blue. \u2014 Health.com , 28 May 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin debilitatus , past participle of debilitare to weaken, from debilis weak",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1533, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-164504"
  },
  "debilitated":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to impair the strength of : enfeeble",
      ": to make feeble : weaken",
      ": to impair the strength of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8bi-l\u0259-\u02cct\u0101t",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8bi-l\u0259-\u02cct\u0101t",
      "di-\u02c8bil-\u0259-\u02cct\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "devitalize",
      "enervate",
      "enfeeble",
      "etiolate",
      "prostrate",
      "sap",
      "soften",
      "tire",
      "waste",
      "weaken"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "beef (up)",
      "fortify",
      "strengthen"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The virus debilitates the body's immune system.",
      "the heart surgery debilitated the college athlete beyond his worst fears",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The ministry said Moscow could be expected to continue bombarding the region from the air to debilitate Ukrainian air defenses as Russia builds up forces on the ground. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Chinese defense officials say the SJ-21 is meant to dispose of space debris, but US Space Command says the same arm can debilitate or disable rival satellites. \u2014 Khari Johnson, Wired , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Republicans view the Democrats\u2019 legislative plans as an overreach of excess spending and have accused Mr. Biden of careening from one crisis to another, saying both will debilitate the party\u2019s midterm message next year. \u2014 Ken Thomas, WSJ , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "The flu does not knock you down and debilitate you like COVID-19. \u2014 Claire Thornton, USA TODAY , 8 Aug. 2021",
      "The absence of strong copyright laws continues to debilitate Cambodian cinema. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 Apr. 2021",
      "Prodigious force is required to propel the 245-pound Texas senior skyward, and that sort of strain and joint load can debilitate over time. \u2014 Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com , 13 Nov. 2020",
      "Seizing the moment to debilitate Hezbollah would be a huge step forward for maximum pressure. \u2014 Carine Hajjar, National Review , 22 Aug. 2020",
      "The year after having my daughter, debilitating anxiety came out of the blue. \u2014 Health.com , 28 May 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin debilitatus , past participle of debilitare to weaken, from debilis weak",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1533, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191435"
  },
  "debris":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the remains of something broken down or destroyed",
      ": an accumulation of fragments of rock",
      ": something discarded : rubbish",
      ": the junk or pieces left from something broken down or destroyed",
      ": organic waste from dead or damaged tissue"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8br\u0113",
      "d\u0101-\u02c8br\u0113",
      "\u02c8d\u0101-\u02ccbr\u0113",
      "British usually",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8br\u0113",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8br\u0113, d\u0101-\u02c8, \u02c8d\u0101-\u02cc,"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chaff",
      "deadwood",
      "dreck",
      "drek",
      "dross",
      "dust",
      "effluvium",
      "effluvia",
      "garbage",
      "junk",
      "litter",
      "offal",
      "offscouring",
      "raffle",
      "refuse",
      "riffraff",
      "rubbish",
      "scrap",
      "spilth",
      "trash",
      "truck",
      "waste"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "After the earthquake, rescuers began digging through the debris in search of survivors.",
      "Everything was covered by dust and debris .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Search crews found his body in avalanche debris about 5:15 p.m. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
      "Searchers located the body of the second male climber in the avalanche debris at about 5:15 p.m. on Sunday, NPS said. \u2014 Kevin Shalvey, ABC News , 30 May 2022",
      "Other clues include thousands of fossilized fish that breathed in debris and a leg from a dinosaur that may have witnessed the strike. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 14 May 2022",
      "Wildland firefighters and local emergency responders responded Tuesday evening to a small fire that started in road construction debris near Cooper Landing. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 12 May 2022",
      "According to the Himalayan Times, crews performed an aerial search of the avalanche on Monday but were unable to locate Tamang in the debris . \u2014 Frederick Dreier, Outside Online , 9 May 2022",
      "The second-largest wildfire in California history decimated this small town, its center now a grid of bare lots and piles of debris . \u2014 Rosanna Xiastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
      "This would allow for quicker and more efficient clearing of the debris . \u2014 Mark Pittman, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "Each year, there are around 30 meteor showers, which occur when the Earth passes through the trail of debris left by a comet or asteroid, that are visible with the naked eye. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 31 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French d\u00e9bris , from Middle French, from debriser to break to pieces, from Old French debrisier , from de- + brisier to break, of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish brisid he breaks; perhaps akin to Latin fricare to rub \u2014 more at friction ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1708, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224935"
  },
  "debt":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something owed : obligation",
      ": a state of being under obligation to pay or repay someone or something in return for something received : a state of owing",
      ": the common-law action for the recovery of money held to be due",
      ": sin , trespass",
      ": something owed to another",
      ": the condition of owing something",
      ": sin entry 1 sense 1",
      ": something owed: as",
      ": a specific sum of money or a performance due another especially by agreement (as a loan agreement)",
      ": an obligation to pay or perform on another's claim",
      "\u2014 compare asset , equity sense 4",
      ": debt that is incurred prior to a property transfer paying or securing the debt \u2014 compare preference",
      ": a debt that cannot be collected",
      ": debt that is incurred by an individual primarily for the purchase of consumer goods or services \u2014 compare consumer credit",
      ": a debt established by a judgment and enforceable by a legal process (as an execution of judgment or attachment)",
      ": a state of owing",
      ": the aggregate of money owed",
      ": the common-law action for the recovery of a specified sum of money or a sum that can be simply and certainly determined"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8det",
      "\u02c8det"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "arrearage",
      "arrears",
      "indebtedness",
      "liability",
      "liabilities",
      "obligation",
      "score"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "That\u2019s a major consideration given that Comcast had some $92.7 billion in long-term debt on its books at the end of 2021. \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 14 June 2022",
      "Deep in debt , farmers are committing suicide in growing numbers. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
      "That sale provided an instant windfall for Khudainatov, enabling him to repay at least $3.9 billion in debt going back to 2014, when NNK acquired oil producer Alliance. \u2014 Giacomo Tognini, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
      "Sri Lanka has amassed $51 billion in foreign debt , but has suspended repayment of nearly $7 billion due this year. \u2014 Krutika Pathi, ajc , 12 June 2022",
      "San Diego\u2019s Shield AI, a fast-growing startup that makes artificial intelligence software to power military drones and other aircraft, has raised $90 million in venture capital and $75 million in debt in a new funding round. \u2014 Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 June 2022",
      "How a Florida couple paid off $190,000 in student loan debt in 27 months. \u2014 Fox News , 7 June 2022",
      "Meanwhile, 46 million Americans owe a collective $1.75 trillion in student debt . \u2014 Mary Moreland, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
      "Morgan Stanley and other lenders have committed a total of $13 billion in debt to help pay for Musk\u2019s takeover. \u2014 Mike Isaac, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English dette, debte , from Anglo-French dette something owed, from Vulgar Latin *debita , from Latin, plural of debitum debt, from neuter of debitus , past participle of deb\u0113re to owe, from de- + hab\u0113re to have \u2014 more at give ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201058"
  },
  "debug":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove insects from",
      ": to eliminate errors in or malfunctions of",
      ": to remove a concealed microphone or wiretapping device from"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8b\u0259g"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "amend",
      "correct",
      "emend",
      "rectify",
      "red-pencil",
      "reform",
      "remedy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "She's been hired to write and debug computer programs.",
      "the computer program ran much faster after it was debugged",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The architecture needs to be performant, easy to manage and easy to debug . \u2014 Jaspreet Singh, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "This isn\u2019t like Apple or Microsoft rolling out beta versions of their software for early-adopting users to debug on their own time; a failure of that technology usually can only harm the user. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 27 Oct. 2021",
      "Staff from the Canadian plant have been spending time with the team from Kuka to debug and refine the manufacturing processes before the equipment is shipped out. \u2014 Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes , 28 Sep. 2021",
      "Before heading out on a multiday road trip, try some midrange jaunts to help debug your process and systems. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 July 2021",
      "Company engineers use this mode to debug microcode before chips are publicly released. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 28 Oct. 2020",
      "Since its April 15 debut, the IRS has been debugging and adding features to the program. \u2014 Kathleen Pender, SFChronicle.com , 26 Apr. 2020",
      "The first four ships in the Freedom-class, including Independence, Fort Worth, and Coronado, had already been relegated to use as test platforms to debug the troubled program. \u2014 Jamie Mcintyre, Washington Examiner , 20 Feb. 2020",
      "That process is ongoing, as the team works to continuously debug the software, ensuring that the final mRNA product is as biological stable and reliable as possible. \u2014 Alice Park, Time , 2 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1944, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184524"
  },
  "debunk":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to expose the sham (see sham entry 1 sense 2 ) or falseness of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8b\u0259\u014bk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "belie",
      "confound",
      "confute",
      "disconfirm",
      "discredit",
      "disprove",
      "falsify",
      "rebut",
      "refute",
      "shoot down"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "confirm",
      "establish",
      "prove",
      "validate",
      "verify"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The article debunks the notion that life exists on Mars.",
      "The results of the study debunk his theory.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The group attempts to debunk the notion that being in the office together allows for serendipitous moments of collaboration and creation. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 9 May 2022",
      "In opening the Eames archive to the public, Demetrios embraced a forward-looking and rather radical message: to debunk the notion that her beloved grandparents were geniuses. \u2014 Anne Quito, Quartz , 3 May 2022",
      "Clearly, an organization with millions of followers should not debunk inane theories from a Twitter account with a few dozen. \u2014 Fortune , 2 June 2022",
      "Journalists and government officials have been trying to debunk the falsehoods and spread the truth. \u2014 Donie O'sullivan, CNN , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Efforts to debunk the rumors failed, and the Legislature adjourned without taking final action. \u2014 Nicole Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Efforts to debunk the rumors failed, and the Legislature adjourned without taking final action. \u2014 Nicole Santa Cruz, ProPublica , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "The notion that a team would eschew a QB upgrade just to punish the Browns makes no sense, and the events of last weekend debunk it. \u2014 cleveland , 8 May 2022",
      "American Indians themselves can debunk the notion that commercial tobacco is somehow an integral part of Indigenous culture. \u2014 Patricia Nez Henderson And Catherine Saucedo, CNN , 12 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1923, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223326"
  },
  "decadency":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": decadence sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-k\u0259-d\u1d4an-s\u0113",
      "also"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abjection",
      "corruption",
      "corruptness",
      "debasement",
      "debauchery",
      "decadence",
      "degeneracy",
      "degenerateness",
      "degeneration",
      "degradation",
      "demoralization",
      "depravity",
      "dissipatedness",
      "dissipation",
      "dissoluteness",
      "libertinage",
      "libertinism",
      "perversion",
      "pervertedness",
      "rakishness",
      "turpitude"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a novel that examines the decadency of a group of overprivileged teens in an affluent suburb"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1632, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221001"
  },
  "decadent":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": characterized by or appealing to self-indulgence",
      ": marked by decay or decline",
      ": of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a group of late 19th century French and English writers tending toward artificial and unconventional subjects and subtilized style : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of the decadents (see decadent entry 2 sense 1 )",
      ": one of a group of late 19th century French and English writers tending toward artificial and unconventional subjects and subtilized style",
      ": one that is marked by decay or decline : one that is decadent (see decadent entry 1 sense 2 )"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-k\u0259-d\u0259nt",
      "also"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "decayed",
      "degenerate",
      "effete",
      "overripe",
      "washed-up"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "backslider",
      "debauchee",
      "debaucher",
      "degenerate",
      "deviate",
      "libertine",
      "perv",
      "pervert",
      "profligate",
      "rake",
      "rakehell",
      "rip"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "In this cultural panic, many intellectuals were ashamed of the poverty and the illiteracy of the rural population, and of the weakness of a decadent and hidebound imperial \u00e9lite. \u2014 Ian Buruma, The New Yorker , 10 Jan. 2022",
      "Luckily, making your own decadent hot chocolate is pretty simple. \u2014 Lauren Vespoli, Outside Online , 20 Nov. 2021",
      "As a chef, Brooke Williamson loves to prepare decadent dishes at home for friends, pairing them with a beverage that balances flavor and helps to complement her culinary creation. \u2014 Miri Talabac, baltimoresun.com , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "There\u2019s no shortage of decadent dishes to sample all across Germany, but for Berlin in particular, the currywurst is an absolute must-try for new visitors. \u2014 Jared Ranahan, Forbes , 27 Sep. 2021",
      "These decadent accommodations also feature furnished terraces with sunbeds and an outdoor shower. \u2014 Christina Liao, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
      "In addition to its upscale lunch menu and glitzy dinner scene, this location serves a decadent breakfast. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 19 May 2022",
      "Want to sample something adventurous, creative, or decadent ? \u2014 Jeff Banowetz, Chicago Tribune , 11 May 2022",
      "Recipe editor Amy Machnak, a former mixologist for Kuleto\u2019s in San Francisco, whipped up this decadent hot white chocolate to serve on a chilly evening. \u2014 Jennifer Konerman, Sunset Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The citrusy key lime pie or decadent chocolate toffee brownie are finale options. \u2014 Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic , 16 May 2022",
      "The cameras were no doubt attracted by the promise of such decadent spectacle: the same could be said for the 2019 Broadway audience. \u2014 Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "The decision forced Cara, who was caring for her elderly grandmother full-time, to develop vegan-friendly versions of the decadent desserts her grandmother adored. \u2014 Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele (above) endorses\u2014feels a little decadent for everyday. \u2014 Todd Plummer, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "Cabo San Lucas features some of the most dramatic oceanfront dining options, like Sunset Monalisa, which serves a decadent , three-, five-, or seven-course tasting menu. \u2014 Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "The endless first episode focuses on a showdown between the rock star and Rand Gauthier (Seth Rogen), a regular schmo working on the Lees' decadent mansion. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "The omelet, like many of Lefebvre\u2019s takes on traditional dishes, is rich in flavor and makes for a decadent , elevated breakfast option. \u2014 Magdalena O'neal, Sunset Magazine , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "My mash-up of several versions of the wintry staple combines cocoa powder and bittersweet and semisweet chocolates with milk and heavy cream for the right balance of decadent and drinkable. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1837, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
      "Noun",
      "1886, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173335"
  },
  "decampment":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to break up a camp",
      ": to depart suddenly : abscond",
      ": to pack up gear and leave a camp",
      ": to go away suddenly"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8kamp",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8kamp"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "She took the papers and decamped .",
      "He decamped to Europe soon after news of the scandal broke.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Any Canadian filmmaker who achieves a measure of success is tempted to decamp to Los Angeles. \u2014 Adam Nayman, The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
      "In a week shortened by the public holiday on Monday across Europe, finance ministers and central bankers from around the continent will decamp to the U.S. for the IMF and World Bank gatherings. \u2014 Fortune , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "Perfect for families, a group of friends, or those looking to decamp to the mountain region for a longer stay. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 11 May 2022",
      "After 10 years in Seattle, Russell Wilson will decamp to Denver to supplant the Broncos\u2019 rotating cast of quarterbacks. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "The film centers around a group of rich 20-somethings who decamp to a regal estate to wait out a hurricane. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "The region drew middle-class retirees, akin to the snowbirds who seasonally decamp to Arizona or Florida, albeit with a distinct identity. \u2014 Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "While processing their grief, Davis and Daniels decided to decamp to Oaxaca, Mexico, in December 2020. \u2014 Evangeline Barrosse, Los Angeles Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "The parties eventually agreed that Ms. Siegel would decamp to Rolling Stone, committing 80 percent of her work to it, with the remainder going to The Ankler. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French d\u00e9camper , from Middle French descamper , from des- de- + camper to camp",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1676, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221243"
  },
  "decay":{
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to undergo decomposition",
      ": to decline in health, strength, or vigor",
      ": to fall into ruin",
      ": to decline from a sound or prosperous condition",
      ": to decrease usually gradually in size, quantity, activity, or force",
      ": to destroy by decomposition",
      ": to cause to decay : impair",
      ": rot",
      ": aerobic decomposition of proteins chiefly by bacteria",
      ": the product of decay",
      ": gradual decline in strength, soundness, or prosperity or in degree of excellence or perfection",
      ": a decline in health or vigor",
      ": a wasting or wearing away : ruin",
      ": decrease in quantity, activity, or force: such as",
      ": spontaneous decrease in the number of radioactive atoms in radioactive material",
      ": spontaneous disintegration (as of an atom or a particle)",
      ": destruction , death",
      ": to break down or cause to break down slowly by natural processes",
      ": to slowly worsen in condition",
      ": the process or result of slowly breaking down by natural processes",
      ": a gradual worsening in condition",
      ": a natural change of a radioactive element into another form of the same element or into a different element",
      ": to undergo decomposition",
      ": to destroy by decomposition",
      ": rot sense 1",
      ": aerobic decomposition of proteins chiefly by bacteria",
      ": the product of decay",
      ": spontaneous decrease in the number of radioactive atoms in radioactive material",
      ": spontaneous disintegration (as of an atom or a nuclear particle)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8k\u0101",
      "di-\u02c8k\u0101",
      "di-\u02c8k\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break down",
      "corrupt",
      "decompose",
      "disintegrate",
      "fester",
      "foul",
      "mold",
      "molder",
      "perish",
      "putrefy",
      "rot",
      "spoil"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "debilitation",
      "decaying",
      "declension",
      "decline",
      "degeneration",
      "descent",
      "deterioration",
      "ebbing",
      "enfeeblement",
      "weakening"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "These natural uranium isotopes decay into the element thorium, which in turn decays into protactinium, and each has its own isotopes. \u2014 Artemis Spyrou, The Conversation , 24 May 2022",
      "The Briarcliff Mansion is crumbling, unkempt and falling to decay . \u2014 Hunter Boyce, ajc , 16 May 2022",
      "The muck forms in Scotland\u2019s bogs, when layer after layer of dead vegetation resists decay and compresses into fuel, which is burned during scotch distillation. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 18 May 2022",
      "Historic structures such as the Ise Grand Shrine are torn down and rebuilt repeatedly rather than allowed to decay . \u2014 Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "In particular, some things grow with time, other things decay with time, and still other things remain the same with time. \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 15 June 2021",
      "These collisions briefly produce heavier particles that then decay back into lighter ones. \u2014 John Conway, The Conversation , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "These will decay this winter and your bushes will be all set. \u2014 Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News , 30 Sep. 2021",
      "This process is driven by the weak force, and since the early 1900s, physicists sought an explanation for why and how atoms decay . \u2014 John Conway, The Conversation , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But to the many who\u2019ve only seen the former Horace Bushnell Congregational Church from Albany Avenue, the overriding impression is decay that is only getting worse. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, courant.com , 19 Feb. 2022",
      "The garage\u2019s decay had long been obvious to Kansas City leaders. \u2014 New York Times , 20 July 2021",
      "Economic decay alone was not sufficient to bring down the communist regimes in Poland and Czechoslovakia. \u2014 Star Tribune , 26 Jan. 2021",
      "But some nuclei are unstable and undergo radioactive decay , slowly releasing energy by emitting particles. \u2014 John Conway, The Conversation , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Radioisotope Power Systems work by converting the heat generated from decay of specific radioisotopes directly into electricity, producing persistent, clean power for decades at a time. \u2014 James Conca, Forbes , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "The weak force is one that is unseen in daily life and exists at the subatomic particles accounting for the radioactive decay of certain particles into certain others. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 July 2021",
      "But the shrine to the halcyon days of movie-making was in decay . \u2014 Meg James, Los Angeles Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "There were no aspirations toward catharsis or changing the world, let alone meaning\u2014just the drama of slow decay , every day a new call to withstand and survive. \u2014 Hua Hsu, The New Yorker , 29 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 4",
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190008"
  },
  "decayed":{
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to undergo decomposition",
      ": to decline in health, strength, or vigor",
      ": to fall into ruin",
      ": to decline from a sound or prosperous condition",
      ": to decrease usually gradually in size, quantity, activity, or force",
      ": to destroy by decomposition",
      ": to cause to decay : impair",
      ": rot",
      ": aerobic decomposition of proteins chiefly by bacteria",
      ": the product of decay",
      ": gradual decline in strength, soundness, or prosperity or in degree of excellence or perfection",
      ": a decline in health or vigor",
      ": a wasting or wearing away : ruin",
      ": decrease in quantity, activity, or force: such as",
      ": spontaneous decrease in the number of radioactive atoms in radioactive material",
      ": spontaneous disintegration (as of an atom or a particle)",
      ": destruction , death",
      ": to break down or cause to break down slowly by natural processes",
      ": to slowly worsen in condition",
      ": the process or result of slowly breaking down by natural processes",
      ": a gradual worsening in condition",
      ": a natural change of a radioactive element into another form of the same element or into a different element",
      ": to undergo decomposition",
      ": to destroy by decomposition",
      ": rot sense 1",
      ": aerobic decomposition of proteins chiefly by bacteria",
      ": the product of decay",
      ": spontaneous decrease in the number of radioactive atoms in radioactive material",
      ": spontaneous disintegration (as of an atom or a nuclear particle)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8k\u0101",
      "di-\u02c8k\u0101",
      "di-\u02c8k\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break down",
      "corrupt",
      "decompose",
      "disintegrate",
      "fester",
      "foul",
      "mold",
      "molder",
      "perish",
      "putrefy",
      "rot",
      "spoil"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "debilitation",
      "decaying",
      "declension",
      "decline",
      "degeneration",
      "descent",
      "deterioration",
      "ebbing",
      "enfeeblement",
      "weakening"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "These natural uranium isotopes decay into the element thorium, which in turn decays into protactinium, and each has its own isotopes. \u2014 Artemis Spyrou, The Conversation , 24 May 2022",
      "The Briarcliff Mansion is crumbling, unkempt and falling to decay . \u2014 Hunter Boyce, ajc , 16 May 2022",
      "The muck forms in Scotland\u2019s bogs, when layer after layer of dead vegetation resists decay and compresses into fuel, which is burned during scotch distillation. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 18 May 2022",
      "Historic structures such as the Ise Grand Shrine are torn down and rebuilt repeatedly rather than allowed to decay . \u2014 Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "In particular, some things grow with time, other things decay with time, and still other things remain the same with time. \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 15 June 2021",
      "These collisions briefly produce heavier particles that then decay back into lighter ones. \u2014 John Conway, The Conversation , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "These will decay this winter and your bushes will be all set. \u2014 Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News , 30 Sep. 2021",
      "This process is driven by the weak force, and since the early 1900s, physicists sought an explanation for why and how atoms decay . \u2014 John Conway, The Conversation , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But to the many who\u2019ve only seen the former Horace Bushnell Congregational Church from Albany Avenue, the overriding impression is decay that is only getting worse. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, courant.com , 19 Feb. 2022",
      "The garage\u2019s decay had long been obvious to Kansas City leaders. \u2014 New York Times , 20 July 2021",
      "Economic decay alone was not sufficient to bring down the communist regimes in Poland and Czechoslovakia. \u2014 Star Tribune , 26 Jan. 2021",
      "But some nuclei are unstable and undergo radioactive decay , slowly releasing energy by emitting particles. \u2014 John Conway, The Conversation , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Radioisotope Power Systems work by converting the heat generated from decay of specific radioisotopes directly into electricity, producing persistent, clean power for decades at a time. \u2014 James Conca, Forbes , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "The weak force is one that is unseen in daily life and exists at the subatomic particles accounting for the radioactive decay of certain particles into certain others. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 July 2021",
      "But the shrine to the halcyon days of movie-making was in decay . \u2014 Meg James, Los Angeles Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "There were no aspirations toward catharsis or changing the world, let alone meaning\u2014just the drama of slow decay , every day a new call to withstand and survive. \u2014 Hua Hsu, The New Yorker , 29 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 4",
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200523"
  },
  "decaying":{
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to undergo decomposition",
      ": to decline in health, strength, or vigor",
      ": to fall into ruin",
      ": to decline from a sound or prosperous condition",
      ": to decrease usually gradually in size, quantity, activity, or force",
      ": to destroy by decomposition",
      ": to cause to decay : impair",
      ": rot",
      ": aerobic decomposition of proteins chiefly by bacteria",
      ": the product of decay",
      ": gradual decline in strength, soundness, or prosperity or in degree of excellence or perfection",
      ": a decline in health or vigor",
      ": a wasting or wearing away : ruin",
      ": decrease in quantity, activity, or force: such as",
      ": spontaneous decrease in the number of radioactive atoms in radioactive material",
      ": spontaneous disintegration (as of an atom or a particle)",
      ": destruction , death",
      ": to break down or cause to break down slowly by natural processes",
      ": to slowly worsen in condition",
      ": the process or result of slowly breaking down by natural processes",
      ": a gradual worsening in condition",
      ": a natural change of a radioactive element into another form of the same element or into a different element",
      ": to undergo decomposition",
      ": to destroy by decomposition",
      ": rot sense 1",
      ": aerobic decomposition of proteins chiefly by bacteria",
      ": the product of decay",
      ": spontaneous decrease in the number of radioactive atoms in radioactive material",
      ": spontaneous disintegration (as of an atom or a nuclear particle)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8k\u0101",
      "di-\u02c8k\u0101",
      "di-\u02c8k\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break down",
      "corrupt",
      "decompose",
      "disintegrate",
      "fester",
      "foul",
      "mold",
      "molder",
      "perish",
      "putrefy",
      "rot",
      "spoil"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "debilitation",
      "decaying",
      "declension",
      "decline",
      "degeneration",
      "descent",
      "deterioration",
      "ebbing",
      "enfeeblement",
      "weakening"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "These natural uranium isotopes decay into the element thorium, which in turn decays into protactinium, and each has its own isotopes. \u2014 Artemis Spyrou, The Conversation , 24 May 2022",
      "The Briarcliff Mansion is crumbling, unkempt and falling to decay . \u2014 Hunter Boyce, ajc , 16 May 2022",
      "The muck forms in Scotland\u2019s bogs, when layer after layer of dead vegetation resists decay and compresses into fuel, which is burned during scotch distillation. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 18 May 2022",
      "Historic structures such as the Ise Grand Shrine are torn down and rebuilt repeatedly rather than allowed to decay . \u2014 Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "In particular, some things grow with time, other things decay with time, and still other things remain the same with time. \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 15 June 2021",
      "These collisions briefly produce heavier particles that then decay back into lighter ones. \u2014 John Conway, The Conversation , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "These will decay this winter and your bushes will be all set. \u2014 Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News , 30 Sep. 2021",
      "This process is driven by the weak force, and since the early 1900s, physicists sought an explanation for why and how atoms decay . \u2014 John Conway, The Conversation , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But to the many who\u2019ve only seen the former Horace Bushnell Congregational Church from Albany Avenue, the overriding impression is decay that is only getting worse. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, courant.com , 19 Feb. 2022",
      "The garage\u2019s decay had long been obvious to Kansas City leaders. \u2014 New York Times , 20 July 2021",
      "Economic decay alone was not sufficient to bring down the communist regimes in Poland and Czechoslovakia. \u2014 Star Tribune , 26 Jan. 2021",
      "But some nuclei are unstable and undergo radioactive decay , slowly releasing energy by emitting particles. \u2014 John Conway, The Conversation , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Radioisotope Power Systems work by converting the heat generated from decay of specific radioisotopes directly into electricity, producing persistent, clean power for decades at a time. \u2014 James Conca, Forbes , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "The weak force is one that is unseen in daily life and exists at the subatomic particles accounting for the radioactive decay of certain particles into certain others. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 July 2021",
      "But the shrine to the halcyon days of movie-making was in decay . \u2014 Meg James, Los Angeles Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "There were no aspirations toward catharsis or changing the world, let alone meaning\u2014just the drama of slow decay , every day a new call to withstand and survive. \u2014 Hua Hsu, The New Yorker , 29 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 4",
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210927"
  },
  "decease":{
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": departure from life : death",
      ": departure from life : death"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8s\u0113s",
      "di-\u02c8s\u0113s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "curtains",
      "death",
      "demise",
      "dissolution",
      "doom",
      "end",
      "exit",
      "expiration",
      "expiry",
      "fate",
      "grave",
      "great divide",
      "passage",
      "passing",
      "quietus",
      "sleep"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "birth",
      "nativity"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "He had many debts at the time of his decease .",
      "in the event of the decease of the president, the vice president will immediately assume his duties"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English deces , from Anglo-French, from Latin decessus departure, death, from decedere to depart, die, from de- + cedere to go",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170528"
  },
  "deceitfulness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having a tendency or disposition to deceive or give false impressions:",
      ": not honest",
      ": deceptive , misleading",
      ": not honest : full of deceit"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8s\u0113t-f\u0259l",
      "di-\u02c8s\u0113t-f\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "crooked",
      "defrauding",
      "dishonest",
      "double-dealing",
      "false",
      "fraudulent"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "aboveboard",
      "honest",
      "truthful"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "charged the store owner with such deceitful practices as inflating the list prices for items only so he could put them on sale at drastically reduced prices",
      "the deceitful salesman neglected to mention some important information about the used car",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Others allege that some digital tokens are unregistered securities or that cryptocurrency issuers were deceitful in their marketing. \u2014 James Fanelli, WSJ , 1 June 2022",
      "Her existence is a mystery seeped in a tale of bloody retribution against her oppressors, a hellish supernatural nightscape and an uprising against the deceitful aristocracy. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 21 May 2022",
      "It\u2019s the kind of deceitful ad that Samsung made before Google. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 12 May 2022",
      "Any activity against the deceitful and thievish Putin\u2019s regime. \u2014 Paul Leblanc, CNN , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Walsh just may have written the first domestic suspense novel in which the deceitful spouse is also a genuinely nice person. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "Any activity against the deceitful and thievish Putin's regime. \u2014 NBC News , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "Any activity against the deceitful and thievish Putin's regime. \u2014 Danielle Wallace, Fox News , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "What can parents do about these gender-identity practices, teachings, and deceitful policies? \u2014 Keri D. Ingraham, National Review , 22 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see deceit ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-032443"
  },
  "deceive":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to cause to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid",
      "ensnare",
      "to be false to",
      "to fail to fulfill",
      "to while away",
      "cheat",
      "to make someone believe something that is not true to practice deceit",
      "to give a false impression",
      "to cause to believe what is not true mislead",
      "to be dishonest and misleading",
      "to cause to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid",
      "to practice deceit \u2014 compare defraud , mislead"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"di-\u02c8s\u0113v",
    "synonyms":[
      "bamboozle",
      "beguile",
      "bluff",
      "buffalo",
      "burn",
      "catch",
      "con",
      "cozen",
      "delude",
      "dupe",
      "fake out",
      "fool",
      "gaff",
      "gammon",
      "gull",
      "have",
      "have on",
      "hoax",
      "hoodwink",
      "hornswoggle",
      "humbug",
      "juggle",
      "misguide",
      "misinform",
      "mislead",
      "snooker",
      "snow",
      "spoof",
      "string along",
      "sucker",
      "suck in",
      "take in",
      "trick"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "undeceive"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Her parents punished her for trying to deceive them.",
      "He was accused of deceiving the customer about the condition of the car.",
      "People who think they can eat whatever they want without harming their health are deceiving themselves.",
      "Remember that appearances can deceive \u2014just because something looks good doesn't mean it is good.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In many cases, people are eager to deceive themselves into thinking the bots are real. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
      "Be aware that smart contracts can be designed to be intentionally deceptive with an intent to deceive people for the theft of tokens. \u2014 Jd Morris, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "After investigating this matter for a couple of weeks, Bealer said this week that there, that there is no way to determine whether Buddhists intentionally tried to deceive counsel. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 5 May 2022",
      "Moore then hid evidence, left the area and then tried to deceive police about his identity, Lancaster said. \u2014 John Lynch, Arkansas Online , 4 May 2022",
      "While some of these posts are from valid media outlets, many can be considered misinformation\u2014inaccurate information passed as fact in order to deceive . \u2014 Vikram Mittal, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "According to the Associated Press, prosecutors alleged that Pam had attempted to deceive others with the same lie. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Meanwhile, overconfidence and other forms of self-deception enable us to better deceive others. \u2014 Matthew Hutson, WSJ , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "And while our capacity to accurately judge trust improved with time, our tendency to deceive others improved in turn, resulting in a never-ending cat and mouse game. \u2014 Tomas Chamorro-premuzic, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French deceivre , from Latin decipere , from de- + capere to take \u2014 more at heave entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "decelerate":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to reduce the speed of : slow down",
      ": to decrease the rate of progress of",
      ": to move at decreasing speed",
      ": to slow down",
      ": to reduce the speed of : slow down",
      ": to move at decreasing speed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8se-l\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
      "d\u0113-\u02c8se-l\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
      "(\u02c8)d\u0113-\u02c8sel-\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "brake",
      "retard",
      "slacken",
      "slow"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "accelerate",
      "hasten",
      "hurry",
      "quicken",
      "rush",
      "speed (up)",
      "step up"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "she decelerated the car as we entered the school zone",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The housing market finally appears to be entering a cool-off period, with prices beginning to decelerate . \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "An electric compressor fan on the nose of the pod would theoretically transfer high pressure air from the front to the rear to ensure the capsule doesn\u2019t decelerate due to a build-up of wind resistance. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Employment gains could decelerate to 262,000 per month in the third quarter and 201,000 each month in the fourth quarter, Moody's forecast on Friday. \u2014 CBS News , 6 May 2022",
      "Over the coming year, CoreLogic predicts that home prices are set to decelerate to a 5% rate of growth. \u2014 Lance Lambert, Fortune , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Easing competition nationwide is a positive sign that the housing market is beginning to cool and prices might soon begin to decelerate . \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "That means inflation could decelerate in April, although analysts warn that the Ukraine conflict could lead to further energy shocks. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "The use of anti-aging products in your 20s as a preventative measure can significantly decelerate the visible aging course. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "Narrower tires actually provide better traction on off-road surfaces, require less energy to accelerate and decelerate , and create less wind resistance at higher speeds. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 19 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" de- + a ccelerate ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1899, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185024"
  },
  "deceleration":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to reduce the speed of slow down",
      "to decrease the rate of progress of",
      "to move at decreasing speed",
      "to slow down",
      "to reduce the speed of slow down",
      "to move at decreasing speed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8se-l\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
    "synonyms":[
      "brake",
      "retard",
      "slacken",
      "slow"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "accelerate",
      "hasten",
      "hurry",
      "quicken",
      "rush",
      "speed (up)",
      "step up"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "she decelerated the car as we entered the school zone",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The housing market finally appears to be entering a cool-off period, with prices beginning to decelerate . \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "An electric compressor fan on the nose of the pod would theoretically transfer high pressure air from the front to the rear to ensure the capsule doesn\u2019t decelerate due to a build-up of wind resistance. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Employment gains could decelerate to 262,000 per month in the third quarter and 201,000 each month in the fourth quarter, Moody's forecast on Friday. \u2014 CBS News , 6 May 2022",
      "Over the coming year, CoreLogic predicts that home prices are set to decelerate to a 5% rate of growth. \u2014 Lance Lambert, Fortune , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Easing competition nationwide is a positive sign that the housing market is beginning to cool and prices might soon begin to decelerate . \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "That means inflation could decelerate in April, although analysts warn that the Ukraine conflict could lead to further energy shocks. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "The use of anti-aging products in your 20s as a preventative measure can significantly decelerate the visible aging course. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "Narrower tires actually provide better traction on off-road surfaces, require less energy to accelerate and decelerate , and create less wind resistance at higher speeds. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 19 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" de- + a ccelerate ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1899, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162602"
  },
  "decency":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "the quality or state of being decent propriety",
      "conformity to standards of taste, propriety, or quality",
      "standard of propriety",
      "conditions or services considered essential for a proper standard of living",
      "literary decorum",
      "fitness",
      "orderliness",
      "a way or habit of behaving with good manners or good morals"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8d\u0113-s\u1d4an-s\u0113",
    "synonyms":[
      "decorum",
      "form",
      "propriety"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "impropriety",
      "indecency",
      "indecorum"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Decency , not fear of punishment, caused them to do the right thing.",
      "Sending aid to the victims was simply a matter of common decency .",
      "If you're going to be late, please have the decency to call and let me know.",
      "Have you no sense of decency ?",
      "He had been taught to observe the ordinary decencies .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Away from the decency of knives and forks, this break in normalcy, this ritualistic mess, is what levels us. \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 13 May 2022",
      "This approach recognizes truth and obliges anyone with human decency to pass judgment when the facts are evil. \u2014 Dahlia Scheindlin, The New Republic , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Both are set in a familiar world where decency and professionalism are revealed to be uneasy allies. \u2014 Jesse Hassenger, The Week , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Of decency and dignity and freedom and possibilities. \u2014 ABC News , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "Russell Westbrook is legitimately hurting from personal attacks and deserves to be treated with more decency and respect. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "In response comes the comedy of old-American resistance to all that explosive energy, struggling to hold on to order and decency and gallantry. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "Mara\u2019s sad-eyed Lana are heart-stopping portrayals of messy, fumbling decency and grace. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Unfortunately, a gentle warning from Disney and common decency preclude me from revealing too much about the movie. \u2014 cleveland , 3 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1567, in the meaning defined at sense 5a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-163636"
  },
  "decent":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marked by moral integrity , kindness, and goodwill",
      ": conforming to standards of propriety , good taste, or morality",
      ": modestly clothed",
      ": free from immodesty or obscenity",
      ": fairly good : adequate , satisfactory",
      ": appropriate",
      ": well-formed : handsome",
      ": meeting an accepted standard of good manners or morality",
      ": being moral and good",
      ": not offensive",
      ": fairly good"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113-s\u1d4ant",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-s\u1d4ant"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "all right",
      "ethical",
      "good",
      "honest",
      "honorable",
      "just",
      "moral",
      "nice",
      "right",
      "right-minded",
      "righteous",
      "straight",
      "true",
      "upright",
      "virtuous"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bad",
      "dishonest",
      "dishonorable",
      "evil",
      "evil-minded",
      "immoral",
      "indecent",
      "sinful",
      "unethical",
      "unrighteous",
      "wicked",
      "wrong"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But residents were not agitated enough to turn out in even decent -sized numbers, writes columnist Mark Z. Barabak. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
      "The Nebo note-taking app has decent , automatic handwriting recognition. \u2014 Sascha Segan, PCMAG , 2 June 2022",
      "The latter program offers assistance to very low-income families to buy decent , safe and sanitary housing, which can include single-family homes, townhomes and apartments, and is not limited to units located in subsidized housing projects. \u2014 Preston Byrd, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "Outside of Maryland and Paris, a decent chunk of Seydoux\u2019s upbringing was spent in Senegal, where Schlumberger once lived and where L\u00e9a would often vacation. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 May 2022",
      "There are, however, a number of smaller studies and a few decent -sized systematic reviews that speak to its effectiveness. \u2014 Colleen Stinchcombe, Health.com , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "The academy hopes this year's telecast will defy expectations and draw a decent -sized audience. \u2014 NBC News , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "The debut of Moon Knight put up decent numbers for Disney+, while Netflix\u2019s Bridgerton reigned over the Nielsen streaming rankings in the first full week after its second season premiere. \u2014 Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Since joining the race in August, Olikara has raised $372,000, decent numbers for a first-time candidate but far behind many of his rivals. \u2014 Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 21 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin decent-, decens , present participle of dec\u0113re to be fitting; akin to Latin decus honor, dignus worthy, Greek dokein to seem, seem good",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1539, in the meaning defined at sense 5a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214610"
  },
  "decently":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marked by moral integrity , kindness, and goodwill",
      ": conforming to standards of propriety , good taste, or morality",
      ": modestly clothed",
      ": free from immodesty or obscenity",
      ": fairly good : adequate , satisfactory",
      ": appropriate",
      ": well-formed : handsome",
      ": meeting an accepted standard of good manners or morality",
      ": being moral and good",
      ": not offensive",
      ": fairly good"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113-s\u1d4ant",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-s\u1d4ant"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "all right",
      "ethical",
      "good",
      "honest",
      "honorable",
      "just",
      "moral",
      "nice",
      "right",
      "right-minded",
      "righteous",
      "straight",
      "true",
      "upright",
      "virtuous"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bad",
      "dishonest",
      "dishonorable",
      "evil",
      "evil-minded",
      "immoral",
      "indecent",
      "sinful",
      "unethical",
      "unrighteous",
      "wicked",
      "wrong"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But residents were not agitated enough to turn out in even decent -sized numbers, writes columnist Mark Z. Barabak. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
      "The Nebo note-taking app has decent , automatic handwriting recognition. \u2014 Sascha Segan, PCMAG , 2 June 2022",
      "The latter program offers assistance to very low-income families to buy decent , safe and sanitary housing, which can include single-family homes, townhomes and apartments, and is not limited to units located in subsidized housing projects. \u2014 Preston Byrd, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "Outside of Maryland and Paris, a decent chunk of Seydoux\u2019s upbringing was spent in Senegal, where Schlumberger once lived and where L\u00e9a would often vacation. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 May 2022",
      "There are, however, a number of smaller studies and a few decent -sized systematic reviews that speak to its effectiveness. \u2014 Colleen Stinchcombe, Health.com , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "The academy hopes this year's telecast will defy expectations and draw a decent -sized audience. \u2014 NBC News , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "The debut of Moon Knight put up decent numbers for Disney+, while Netflix\u2019s Bridgerton reigned over the Nielsen streaming rankings in the first full week after its second season premiere. \u2014 Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Since joining the race in August, Olikara has raised $372,000, decent numbers for a first-time candidate but far behind many of his rivals. \u2014 Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 21 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin decent-, decens , present participle of dec\u0113re to be fitting; akin to Latin decus honor, dignus worthy, Greek dokein to seem, seem good",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1539, in the meaning defined at sense 5a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-230209"
  },
  "decentralize":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the dispersion or distribution of functions and powers",
      ": the delegation of power from a central authority to regional and local authorities",
      ": the redistribution of population and industry from urban centers to outlying areas"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02ccsen-tr\u0259-l\u0259-\u02c8z\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This decentralization of data distribution has made the story harder to track. \u2014 Amy Kellogg, Fox News , 3 June 2022",
      "Candidates in the recent election, as usual, made rural development and the decentralization of Manila prime talking points. \u2014 New York Times , 22 May 2022",
      "Despite varying opinions between internet denizens, decentralization is clearly emerging as the future of the internet. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
      "In the past few years, the crypto investing frenzy has gone entirely against the original principles of cryptocurrency blockchain systems such as decentralization and immutability. \u2014 Faustine Ngila, Quartz , 18 May 2022",
      "Based on the principles of openness and decentralization that are fundamental to Web 3.0, NFTs are being incorporated by major corporations into their routine business, while regular consumers are beginning to use them in their everyday lives. \u2014 Michelle Hsieh, Variety , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Near Protocol says the money will be used to accelerate the decentralization of its ecosystem. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "While the major blockchains such as the one behind bitcoin have remained secure, tech companies are building services on top or alongside them that don\u2019t always have the same level of security or decentralization . \u2014 NBC News , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Such decentralization makes physicians like Doraiswamy wary. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1846, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184907"
  },
  "deceptive":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": tending or having power to cause someone to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid : tending or having power to deceive",
      ": tending or able to deceive",
      ": tending or having capacity to deceive",
      "\u2014 compare fraudulent , misleading"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sep-tiv",
      "di-\u02c8sep-tiv",
      "di-\u02c8sep-tiv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beguiling",
      "deceitful",
      "deceiving",
      "deluding",
      "delusive",
      "delusory",
      "fallacious",
      "false",
      "misleading",
      "specious"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "aboveboard",
      "forthright",
      "nondeceptive",
      "straightforward"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "in his deceptive answer about the vehicle's history, the salesman said that the used car had never been hit by another car",
      "a mail-order firm indicted for deceptive business practices",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Now these deceptive online campaigns have returned, with activists reporting a surge on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and on private messaging apps like WhatsApp. \u2014 Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY , 22 Oct. 2020",
      "Federal securities regulators filed a lawsuit Friday accusing a Rancho Santa Fe financial advisory firm and two of its executives of making false statements to investors, among other deceptive acts. \u2014 Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
      "This deceptive remoteness conveniently comes with stylish hotels and comfortable Scandi-style lodgings; lip-smacking restaurants and bakeries are abundant; art galleries and vintage furniture stores have made the town a shopping destination. \u2014 Juyoung Seo, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
      "The allegedly deceptive behavior affected up to 140 million people, according to a statement from the FTC, which began its probe during the Trump administration. \u2014 David Uberti, WSJ , 26 May 2022",
      "Still, anybody who has stepped too impulsively into a dressing room, or rifled through a friend\u2019s closet, will know that this invitation is a deceptive one. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
      "The deceptive simplicity of Wynonna and Naomi\u2019s intricate harmonies paired with Don Potter\u2019s sophisticated country-jazz guitar licks. \u2014 Hunter Kelly, Rolling Stone , 2 May 2022",
      "Smith is correct in pointing out that most magic tricks are based not on real miracles but deceptive tricks and little white lies, all of which carry the ultimate goal of dazzling the audience. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel , 24 May 2022",
      "In the first half, there is a brief game show parody and a vaudeville comedy routine, both of which are simple and direct and also funny and deceptive . \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 21 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see deception ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1611, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-092149"
  },
  "decibel(s)":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "a unit for expressing the ratio of two amounts of electric or acoustic signal power equal to 10 times the common logarithm of this ratio",
      "a unit for expressing the ratio of the magnitudes of two electric voltages or currents or analogous acoustic quantities equal to 20 times the common logarithm of the voltage or current ratio",
      "a unit for expressing the relative intensity of sounds on a scale from zero for the average least perceptible sound to about 130 for the average pain level",
      "degree of loudness",
      "extremely loud sound",
      "a unit for measuring the loudness of sounds",
      "a unit for expressing the ratio of two amounts of electric or acoustic signal power equal to 10 times the common logarithm of this ratio",
      "a unit for expressing the ratio of the magnitudes of two electric voltages or currents or analogous acoustic quantities equal to 20 times the common logarithm of the voltage or current ratio",
      "a unit for expressing the relative intensity of sounds on a scale from zero for the average least perceptible sound to about 130 for the average pain level"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8de-s\u0259-\u02ccbel",
    "synonyms":[
      "babel",
      "blare",
      "bluster",
      "bowwow",
      "brawl",
      "bruit",
      "cacophony",
      "chatter",
      "clamor",
      "clangor",
      "din",
      "discordance",
      "katzenjammer",
      "noise",
      "racket",
      "rattle",
      "roar"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "quiet",
      "silence",
      "silentness",
      "still",
      "stillness"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a rock concert blasting music at 110 decibels",
      "the crowd decibels increased dramatically as the horses neared the finish line",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Tablecloths would warm things up and might bring down the decibel level. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "The decibel level soared when the Rangers scored first, on a goal from Kreider just one minute, 11 seconds into the game. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
      "Hundreds of thousands of golf fans descend upon the desert course daily during the tournament \u2014 a PGA Tour-record 216,000 in 2018 \u2014 creating decibel levels more suited for a football game. \u2014 John Marshall, ajc , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "Not far behind is the 2013 Orange Out at CSU, where decibel levels in Moby were recorded as high as 125.6. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "But the decibel level rose, slowly at first, before building to a crescendo with a flurry of Arizona backdoor layups and three-pointers. \u2014 Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "The two are conducting an affair with nonstop, high decibel shrieks, laughter, overly familiar conversations and behaviors and alcohol consumption. \u2014 Roxane Gay, New York Times , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "The sheer size and number of empty factories testify to the high- decibel , high-employment economy that flourished when shifts ran around the clock, between World War II and the 1980s, before global competition increased dramatically. \u2014 John Schmid, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 Aug. 2021",
      "In the aftermath, high- decibel shouts, whoops and laughter echoed from the visitor\u2019s locker room into an adjacent media room. \u2014 Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"International Scientific Vocabulary deci- + bel ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1928, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "decided":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": unquestionable",
      ": free from doubt or wavering",
      ": unmistakable",
      ": free from doubt"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8s\u012b-d\u0259d",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8s\u012b-d\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "apparent",
      "bald",
      "bald-faced",
      "barefaced",
      "bright-line",
      "broad",
      "clear",
      "clear-cut",
      "crystal clear",
      "distinct",
      "evident",
      "lucid",
      "luculent",
      "luminous",
      "manifest",
      "nonambiguous",
      "obvious",
      "open-and-shut",
      "palpable",
      "patent",
      "pellucid",
      "perspicuous",
      "plain",
      "ringing",
      "straightforward",
      "transparent",
      "unambiguous",
      "unambivalent",
      "unequivocal",
      "unmistakable"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "ambiguous",
      "clouded",
      "cryptic",
      "dark",
      "enigmatic",
      "enigmatical",
      "equivocal",
      "indistinct",
      "mysterious",
      "nonobvious",
      "obfuscated",
      "obscure",
      "unapparent",
      "unclarified",
      "unclear"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a decided hint of perfume on her skin",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The tinga had a decided chile pepper bite, but it was augmented with the most tantalizing sweetness, the kind that lingers just beneath the principal flavors, unobtrusive but essential. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "There's a decided and familiar lack of subtlety, too. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 2 Nov. 2021",
      "Darrell Luter appears to have a more decided advantage over Ryan Melton at field corner, though Melton started nine games last season and will be a factor before it\u2019s over. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 16 Aug. 2021",
      "Tessa had a clear vision when designing her engagement jewelry, but the wedding planning was a bit less decided . \u2014 Shira Savada, Harper's BAZAAR , 8 Mar. 2021",
      "Best of all was the two kinds of sausage, one mild and one with a decided kick. \u2014 cleveland , 26 Dec. 2020",
      "Instead, the judge cited a closely decided village proposal to allow a marijuana dispensary. \u2014 Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press , 15 Dec. 2020",
      "The Saints own a decided edge at quarterback with the future Hall of Famer going against career backup Case Keenum. \u2014 Jeff Duncan, NOLA.com , 13 Jan. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see decide ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1790, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223203"
  },
  "decidedness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": unquestionable",
      ": free from doubt or wavering",
      ": unmistakable",
      ": free from doubt"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8s\u012b-d\u0259d",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8s\u012b-d\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "apparent",
      "bald",
      "bald-faced",
      "barefaced",
      "bright-line",
      "broad",
      "clear",
      "clear-cut",
      "crystal clear",
      "distinct",
      "evident",
      "lucid",
      "luculent",
      "luminous",
      "manifest",
      "nonambiguous",
      "obvious",
      "open-and-shut",
      "palpable",
      "patent",
      "pellucid",
      "perspicuous",
      "plain",
      "ringing",
      "straightforward",
      "transparent",
      "unambiguous",
      "unambivalent",
      "unequivocal",
      "unmistakable"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "ambiguous",
      "clouded",
      "cryptic",
      "dark",
      "enigmatic",
      "enigmatical",
      "equivocal",
      "indistinct",
      "mysterious",
      "nonobvious",
      "obfuscated",
      "obscure",
      "unapparent",
      "unclarified",
      "unclear"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a decided hint of perfume on her skin",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The tinga had a decided chile pepper bite, but it was augmented with the most tantalizing sweetness, the kind that lingers just beneath the principal flavors, unobtrusive but essential. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "There's a decided and familiar lack of subtlety, too. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 2 Nov. 2021",
      "Darrell Luter appears to have a more decided advantage over Ryan Melton at field corner, though Melton started nine games last season and will be a factor before it\u2019s over. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 16 Aug. 2021",
      "Tessa had a clear vision when designing her engagement jewelry, but the wedding planning was a bit less decided . \u2014 Shira Savada, Harper's BAZAAR , 8 Mar. 2021",
      "Best of all was the two kinds of sausage, one mild and one with a decided kick. \u2014 cleveland , 26 Dec. 2020",
      "Instead, the judge cited a closely decided village proposal to allow a marijuana dispensary. \u2014 Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press , 15 Dec. 2020",
      "The Saints own a decided edge at quarterback with the future Hall of Famer going against career backup Case Keenum. \u2014 Jeff Duncan, NOLA.com , 13 Jan. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see decide ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1790, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215227"
  },
  "deciduous":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle",
      "having deciduous parts",
      "having the dominant plants deciduous",
      "ephemeral",
      "made up of or having a part that falls off at the end of a period of growth and use",
      "falling off or shed at a certain stage in the life cycle",
      "having deciduous parts"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"di-\u02c8si-j\u0259-w\u0259s",
    "synonyms":[
      "brief",
      "ephemeral",
      "evanescent",
      "flash",
      "fleeting",
      "fugacious",
      "fugitive",
      "impermanent",
      "momentary",
      "passing",
      "short-lived",
      "temporary",
      "transient",
      "transitory"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "ceaseless",
      "dateless",
      "deathless",
      "endless",
      "enduring",
      "eternal",
      "everlasting",
      "immortal",
      "lasting",
      "long-lived",
      "permanent",
      "perpetual",
      "timeless",
      "undying",
      "unending"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the bare branches of a deciduous tree in winter",
      "he chose not to fret about the deciduous discomforts of his existence",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The camera pans to a dream sequence set along a riverbank in a deciduous forest. \u2014 Michal Pietrzyk, The New Yorker , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "When an ash tree disappears from a deciduous forest\u2014because it\u2019s been killed off by an emerald ash borer, perhaps\u2014other leafy trees crowd out the carnage. \u2014 Zoya Teirstein, Wired , 14 Aug. 2021",
      "Lake Superior\u2019s shoreline contains everything from thousand-foot cliffs, miles-long white-sand beaches, and vast, empty wilderness up north to deciduous forest and caves carved from 500-million-year-old limestone on its southern side. \u2014 Stephanie Pearson, Outside Online , 23 May 2017",
      "Those cicadas are only found in the eastern part of the United States in deciduous forests. \u2014 Christina Zdanowicz, CNN , 27 July 2021",
      "Pruning may be required on deciduous trees and shrubs if branches are broken or dead. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "Only 6,000 are believed to remain in the evergreen broadleaf tropical and semi- deciduous forests along the country\u2019s Atlantic coast. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Oct. 2021",
      "Feed stone fruits, apples and other deciduous fruit trees with organic fruit tree fertilizer. \u2014 Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "Between 10 to 30 feet of a structure Plant tall perennial herbs and deciduous trees and shrubs sparingly. \u2014 oregonlive , 31 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin deciduus , from decidere to fall off, from de- + cadere to fall \u2014 more at chance ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1657, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "decimate":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to select by lot and kill every tenth man of",
      ": to exact a tax of 10 percent from",
      ": to reduce drastically especially in number",
      ": to cause great destruction or harm to",
      ": to destroy a large number of",
      ": to severely damage or destroy a large part of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-s\u0259-\u02ccm\u0101t",
      "\u02c8de-s\u0259-\u02ccm\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "annihilate",
      "cream",
      "demolish",
      "desolate",
      "destroy",
      "devastate",
      "do in",
      "extinguish",
      "nuke",
      "pull down",
      "pulverize",
      "raze",
      "rub out",
      "ruin",
      "shatter",
      "smash",
      "tear down",
      "total",
      "vaporize",
      "waste",
      "wrack",
      "wreck"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "build",
      "construct",
      "erect",
      "put up",
      "raise",
      "rear",
      "set up"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "This kind of moth is responsible for decimating thousands of trees in our town.",
      "Budget cuts have decimated public services in small towns.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With Elvis so closely tied to Vegas\u2019 wedding industry, some say the move could decimate their businesses. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
      "This is a big draw for smaller nations such as Azerbaijan, which used the TB-2 to decimate Armenian armor in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. \u2014 Michael Peck, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Member states are now scrambling for grains elsewhere, as the war threatens to decimate Ukrainian crops and exports, with farmers unable to access fields. \u2014 Time , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Climate events such as floods, deadly heat waves, drought and even some secondary fallouts such as declining tourism would decimate developing economies. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 25 May 2022",
      "In the weeks ahead, Russian forces would decimate Mariupol. \u2014 Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
      "The ingrained fears\u2014that kilotons of destructive energy and toxic radiation could decimate a city and incinerate tens of thousands of human beings\u2014began to dissipate. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "Sea urchins are dying across the Caribbean at a pace scientists say could rival a mass die-off that last occurred in 1983, alarming many who warn the trend could further decimate already frail coral reefs in the region. \u2014 D\u00c1nica Coto, ajc , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Sea urchins are dying across the Caribbean at a pace scientists say could rival a mass die-off that last occurred in 1983, alarming many who warn the trend could further decimate already frail coral reefs in the region. \u2014 D\u00c1nica Coto, Sun Sentinel , 14 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin decimatus , past participle of decimare , from decimus tenth, from decem ten",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1660, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170103"
  },
  "decipher":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": decode sense 1a",
      ": depict",
      ": to make out the meaning of despite indistinctness or obscurity",
      ": to interpret the meaning of",
      ": to translate from secret or mysterious writing : decode",
      ": to make out the meaning of something not clear"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0113-\u02c8s\u012b-f\u0259r",
      "d\u0113-\u02c8s\u012b-f\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break",
      "crack",
      "decode",
      "decrypt"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "cipher",
      "code",
      "encipher",
      "encode",
      "encrypt"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "I couldn't decipher his sloppy handwriting.",
      "we deciphered the hidden message to find out when we were supposed to meet",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "His absentee boss, whose own messaging often has been the dickens to decipher , obviously feels OK with what\u2019s gone on here. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
      "Six years after Mustill was nearly killed by the humpback, a group of scientists from, among other institutions, Harvard, M.I.T., and Oxford formed the Cetacean Translation Initiative, or CETI, to try to decipher whale communications. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
      "Legislators intentionally make laws about our own bodies hard to decipher . \u2014 Glamour , 1 June 2022",
      "Connections to today's inequities aren't hard to decipher . \u2014 Jake Coyle, ajc , 21 May 2022",
      "Mentors help students decipher their financial aid award letters and understand the various types of aid available to them. \u2014 Kat Mckim, Fortune , 6 May 2022",
      "Jake Gyllenhaal plays a cartoonist on the newspaper\u2019s staff who tries to decipher the code and find the real identity of the sender. \u2014 Sophie Hanson, Harper's BAZAAR , 5 May 2022",
      "Despite this, knowing which features and transformations are relevant, a user must have sufficient technical skills to decipher and translate from code and documents. \u2014 Paul Smith-goodson, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
      "Whoop's overlapping graphs, green-and-red up/down trend arrows, and emphasis on numbers are too much to decipher by comparison. \u2014 Corey Gaskin, Ars Technica , 30 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1545, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170717"
  },
  "decisive":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having the power or quality of deciding",
      ": resolute , determined",
      ": unmistakable , unquestionable",
      ": causing something to end in a certain way",
      ": unmistakable , unquestionable",
      ": firmly determined"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8s\u012b-siv",
      "di-\u02c8s\u012b-siv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bent (on ",
      "bound",
      "determined",
      "do-or-die",
      "firm",
      "hell-bent (on ",
      "intent",
      "out",
      "purposeful",
      "resolute",
      "resolved",
      "set",
      "single-minded"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "faltering",
      "hesitant",
      "indecisive",
      "irresolute",
      "undetermined",
      "unresolved",
      "vacillating",
      "wavering",
      "weak-kneed"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "That ability to work in lockstep proved decisive for Watergate, offering the most stunning unanticipated revelation in the past 50 years. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 9 June 2022",
      "The public vote from home, via text message or the Eurovision app, proved decisive , lifting them above British TikTok star Sam Ryder, who led after the national juries in 40 countries cast their votes. \u2014 Colleen Barry And Paolo Santalucia, BostonGlobe.com , 16 May 2022",
      "As Ukrainian officials voice concern that their troops are now outmanned and outgunned, the Russian push could prove decisive in the conflict. \u2014 Patrick Galey, NBC News , 26 May 2022",
      "David Beckham equalized for United and Andy Cole's deft lob in the 47th minute ultimately proved decisive . \u2014 Steve Douglas, ajc , 19 May 2022",
      "The public vote from home, via text message or the Eurovision app, proved decisive , lifting them above British TikTok star Sam Ryder, who led after the national juries in 40 countries cast their votes. \u2014 Colleen Barry And Paolo Santalucia, BostonGlobe.com , 16 May 2022",
      "The public vote from home, via text message or the Eurovision app, proved decisive , lifting them above British Tik Tok star Sam Ryder, who led after the national juries in 40 countries cast their votes. \u2014 Fox News , 15 May 2022",
      "The public vote from home, via text message or the Eurovision app, proved decisive , lifting them above British TikTok star Sam Ryder, who led after the national juries in 40 countries cast their votes. \u2014 Colleen Barry And Paolo Santalucia, USA TODAY , 15 May 2022",
      "The public vote from home, via text message, or the Eurovision app, proved decisive , lifting them above British Tik Tok star Sam Ryder, who led after the national juries in 40 countries cast their votes. \u2014 Colleen Barry, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1584, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170617"
  },
  "decisiveness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having the power or quality of deciding",
      ": resolute , determined",
      ": unmistakable , unquestionable",
      ": causing something to end in a certain way",
      ": unmistakable , unquestionable",
      ": firmly determined"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8s\u012b-siv",
      "di-\u02c8s\u012b-siv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bent (on ",
      "bound",
      "determined",
      "do-or-die",
      "firm",
      "hell-bent (on ",
      "intent",
      "out",
      "purposeful",
      "resolute",
      "resolved",
      "set",
      "single-minded"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "faltering",
      "hesitant",
      "indecisive",
      "irresolute",
      "undetermined",
      "unresolved",
      "vacillating",
      "wavering",
      "weak-kneed"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "That ability to work in lockstep proved decisive for Watergate, offering the most stunning unanticipated revelation in the past 50 years. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 9 June 2022",
      "The public vote from home, via text message or the Eurovision app, proved decisive , lifting them above British TikTok star Sam Ryder, who led after the national juries in 40 countries cast their votes. \u2014 Colleen Barry And Paolo Santalucia, BostonGlobe.com , 16 May 2022",
      "As Ukrainian officials voice concern that their troops are now outmanned and outgunned, the Russian push could prove decisive in the conflict. \u2014 Patrick Galey, NBC News , 26 May 2022",
      "David Beckham equalized for United and Andy Cole's deft lob in the 47th minute ultimately proved decisive . \u2014 Steve Douglas, ajc , 19 May 2022",
      "The public vote from home, via text message or the Eurovision app, proved decisive , lifting them above British TikTok star Sam Ryder, who led after the national juries in 40 countries cast their votes. \u2014 Colleen Barry And Paolo Santalucia, BostonGlobe.com , 16 May 2022",
      "The public vote from home, via text message or the Eurovision app, proved decisive , lifting them above British Tik Tok star Sam Ryder, who led after the national juries in 40 countries cast their votes. \u2014 Fox News , 15 May 2022",
      "The public vote from home, via text message or the Eurovision app, proved decisive , lifting them above British TikTok star Sam Ryder, who led after the national juries in 40 countries cast their votes. \u2014 Colleen Barry And Paolo Santalucia, USA TODAY , 15 May 2022",
      "The public vote from home, via text message, or the Eurovision app, proved decisive , lifting them above British Tik Tok star Sam Ryder, who led after the national juries in 40 countries cast their votes. \u2014 Colleen Barry, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1584, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194933"
  },
  "declamation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or an instance of declaiming : a rhetorical speech, oration, or harangue",
      ": the art or practice of rhetorical speaking or recitation as an exercise in elocution",
      ": a recitation of a speech or poem in a way that demonstrates one's elocution"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-kl\u0259-'m\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1523, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-172755"
  },
  "declare":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make known formally, officially, or explicitly",
      ": to make known as a determination",
      ": to make clear",
      ": to make evident : show",
      ": to state emphatically : affirm",
      ": to make a full statement of (one's taxable or dutiable property)",
      ": to make a bid or announcement naming (a trump suit or no-trump)",
      ": meld",
      ": to make payable",
      ": to make a declaration",
      ": to avow one's opinion or support",
      ": to announce one's intentions (as to run for political office)",
      ": to make known in a clear or formal way",
      ": to state as if certain",
      ": to make known formally, officially, or explicitly",
      ": to make a full statement of (one's taxable property)",
      ": to state the value of (one's taxable or dutiable property)",
      ": to make payable"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8kler",
      "di-\u02c8kler"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "advertise",
      "announce",
      "annunciate",
      "blare",
      "blaze",
      "blazon",
      "broadcast",
      "enunciate",
      "flash",
      "give out",
      "herald",
      "placard",
      "post",
      "proclaim",
      "promulgate",
      "publicize",
      "publish",
      "release",
      "sound",
      "trumpet"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The government has just declared a state of emergency.",
      "He openly declared his love for her.",
      "They failed to declare all of their earnings on their tax return.",
      "Large purchases must be declared at customs.",
      "Do you have anything to declare ?",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The panel's leaders said the evidence showed Trump wanted Pence to either declare Trump the winner or send the votes back to the states to be counted again. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
      "Eastman\u2019s theory was that Pence could either reject electoral votes outright or suspend the proceedings and declare a 10-day recess during which state legislatures would be ordered to reexamine election results. \u2014 Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
      "Born in the port city of Campeche, in the Mexican state of the same name, campechano tacos are the hedonists of the street food universe, tacos that proudly declare more is more. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
      "You might then be tempted to flip to the other side of this coin and declare that the AI driving system should never stop in such circumstances. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "More rate hikes are likely in the coming months because Jerome Powell and the rest of the Fed can't declare victory against rampant inflation anytime soon, especially since consumer prices rose 8.6% year-over-year through May. \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 12 June 2022",
      "Russian officials and their local appointees have talked about plans for those regions to either declare their independence or be folded into Russia. \u2014 Hanna Arhirova, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
      "In turn, Republican leaders would declare a mandate to relax regulations on gun ownership, not tighten them. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
      "As a result, Google\u2019s Russian subsidiary will soon declare bankruptcy in the country, Google said in a Russian regulatory filing published Wednesday. \u2014 Sam Schechner And Mauro Orro, WSJ , 18 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French declarer , from Latin declarare , from de- + clarare to make visible, from clarus clear \u2014 more at clear ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195417"
  },
  "declension":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": noun, adjective, or pronoun inflection especially in some prescribed order of the forms",
      ": a class of nouns or adjectives having the same type of inflectional forms",
      ": a falling off or away : deterioration",
      ": descent , slope"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8klen(t)-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "debilitation",
      "decay",
      "decaying",
      "decline",
      "degeneration",
      "descent",
      "deterioration",
      "ebbing",
      "enfeeblement",
      "weakening"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "comeback",
      "improvement",
      "rally",
      "recovery",
      "recuperation",
      "rehabilitation",
      "revitalization",
      "snapback"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a noticeable declension of the fitness of the baseball players over the winter",
      "a declension in her acting career from leading roles to cameos eventually"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English declenson , modification of Middle French declinaison , from Latin declination-, declinatio grammatical inflection, turning aside, from declinare to inflect, turn aside",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183445"
  },
  "declination":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": angular distance north or south from the celestial equator measured along a great circle passing through the celestial poles",
      ": a turning aside or swerving",
      ": deterioration",
      ": a bending downward : inclination",
      ": a formal refusal",
      ": a decision by a prosecutor not to pursue an indictment",
      ": the angle formed between a magnetic needle and the geographical meridian"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-kl\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "decadence",
      "declension",
      "decline",
      "degeneracy",
      "degeneration",
      "degradation",
      "d\u00e9gringolade",
      "descent",
      "deterioration",
      "devolution",
      "downfall",
      "downgrade",
      "ebb",
      "eclipse",
      "fall"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "ascent",
      "rise",
      "upswing"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "there's been a declination in basic civility in our society",
      "congressional declinations of cabinet appointments have been relatively infrequent, most senators believing that the president is entitled to pick his own advisors",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Less expensive compasses are often less accurate, while more expensive models offer features like declination correction, which allows for extremely precise readings. \u2014 Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics , 7 June 2022",
      "According to a declination obtained by Good Morning America, the statute of limitations had expired. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 31 May 2022",
      "After he was tackled, Chappelle got back on his feet quickly and pushed Lee away, according to the declination . \u2014 Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
      "He subsequently was interviewed by a Maryland State Police sergeant, at the request of Baltimore County Deputy State\u2019s Attorney Robin Coffin, according to her declination letter. \u2014 Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The response from the community should not be that this declination of prosecution means that nothing wrong happened. \u2014 Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "The letter to Jardine Lloyd Thompson is the first such declination awarded to a company in more than 18 months. \u2014 Dylan Tokar, WSJ , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "At the turn of the 18th century, Edmund Halley, the namesake of the famous comet, recorded a magnetic chart of compass declination over the Atlantic Ocean while on voyages of the Paramour Pink. \u2014 Kimberly Bowker, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "James Cook and Christopher Columbus often struggled with magnetic declination . \u2014 Kimberly Bowker, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English declinacioun , from Middle French declination , from Latin declination-, declinatio angle of the heavens, turning aside",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225558"
  },
  "declining":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of or relating to the period during which something is deteriorating or nearing its end"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8kl\u012b-ni\u014b",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bowed",
      "bowing",
      "declined",
      "descendant",
      "descendent",
      "descending",
      "drooping",
      "droopy",
      "hanging",
      "hung",
      "inclining",
      "nodding",
      "pendulous",
      "sagging",
      "stooping",
      "weeping"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "unbending",
      "upright"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the declining flowers perked up with the gentle rainfall",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "While pruning, remove any winter damage, along with dead and declining growths, to allow new shoots to reform the plant. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com , 6 Mar. 2021",
      "In order to reopen, counties must demonstrate declining prevalence of COVID-19, testing ability of 30 tests per 10,000 residents per week, contact tracing and isolation facilities. \u2014 Fox News , 15 May 2020",
      "Remove dead and declining portions back to the healthy trunks or to the ground. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com , 23 Nov. 2019",
      "During replanting, remove dead and declining portions, including old roots. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com , 26 May 2018",
      "The team then built mathematical models using the same data to assess how declining immunity might affect the susceptibility of the U.S. population. \u2014 Roni Dengler, Science | AAAS , 21 Mar. 2018",
      "Prune away dead or declining plant portions affected by summer weather or pests. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com , 26 Aug. 2017",
      "According to a new analysis by the McKinsey Global Institute, 81 percent of the United States population is in an income bracket with flat or declining income over the last decade. \u2014 Neil Irwin, New York Times , 6 Aug. 2016"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1597, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185325"
  },
  "declivity":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": downward inclination",
      ": a descending slope"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8kli-v\u0259-t\u0113"
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      "declension",
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      "descent",
      "dip",
      "downgrade",
      "downhill",
      "fall",
      "hang",
      "hanging"
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      "acclivity",
      "ascent",
      "rise",
      "upgrade",
      "uphill",
      "uprise"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the cabin is precariously perched on a declivity of the mountain's northern face"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin declivitat-, declivitas , from declivis sloping down, from de- + clivus slope, hill; akin to Latin clinare ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1612, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192850"
  },
  "decode":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
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    "definitions":[
      ": to convert (something, such as a coded message) into intelligible form",
      ": to recognize and interpret (an electronic signal)",
      ": decipher sense 3a",
      ": to discover the underlying meaning of",
      ": to change a message in code into ordinary language"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8k\u014dd",
      "d\u0113-\u02c8k\u014dd"
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    "synonyms":[
      "break",
      "crack",
      "decipher",
      "decrypt"
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    "antonyms":[
      "cipher",
      "code",
      "encipher",
      "encode",
      "encrypt"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Readers can easily decode the novel's imagery.",
      "I'm trying to decode the expression on her face.",
      "The box decodes the digital signal for your CD player.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Astros were found to have used a system to decode opponents' signs and relay them to hitters by banging on a trash can during the 2017 season. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Attorneys have had to wrestle with an alphabet soup of witness testimony and email evidence over the past seven weeks, stopping every few minutes to decode a jumble of letters or make sense of Navy jargon. \u2014 Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Technological devices that directly interact with the brain, known as brain-computer interfaces, offer the potential to decode an individual\u2019s thoughts and translate them into action using a robotic arm or a cursor on a screen. \u2014 David Caldwell, The Conversation , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Putin\u2019s order, issued as Russian troops face stiff resistance in the fifth day of their invasion of Ukraine, to decode what the enigmatic leader\u2019s decision meant in practice. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "The other big entrant that year, Facebook, had more modest designs: The company planned to build a noninvasive headset that could decode thought at a rate of 100 words per minute. \u2014 Kelly Clancy, Wired , 10 Jan. 2022",
      "Not a great skier himself, Mailer is trying to decode the secret of the skier\u2019s drive. \u2014 Rachel Kushner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "But that didn\u2019t stop football cryptologists from trying to decode the post\u2019s meaning. \u2014 Andrew Beaton, WSJ , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "The artificial voice revives his words and thoughts, but there are still aspects of the person who dictated them that can only be guessed at -- a colorful riddle that even an effort this comprehensive can't entirely decode . \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 9 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173303"
  },
  "decolorize":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove color from",
      ": to remove color from"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8k\u0259-l\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blanch",
      "bleach",
      "blench",
      "dull",
      "fade",
      "pale",
      "snow",
      "wash out",
      "whiten"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "darken",
      "deepen",
      "embrown"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the sample was decolorized before being examined under a microscope"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1830, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211555"
  },
  "decompose":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "noun,",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds",
      ": rot",
      ": to break up into constituent parts by or as if by a chemical process : decay , rot",
      ": to break down or be broken down into simpler parts or substances especially by the action of living things (as bacteria and fungi)",
      ": to separate a substance into simpler compounds",
      ": to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds",
      ": to undergo chemical breakdown : decay , rot"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113-k\u0259m-\u02c8p\u014dz",
      "\u02ccd\u0113-k\u0259m-\u02c8p\u014dz",
      "\u02ccd\u0113-k\u0259m-\u02c8p\u014dz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break down",
      "corrupt",
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      "disintegrate",
      "fester",
      "foul",
      "mold",
      "molder",
      "perish",
      "putrefy",
      "rot",
      "spoil"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Bacteria and fungi help decompose organic matter.",
      "the smell of decomposing leaves",
      "The compound will decompose in the presence of light.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Mike Feuer announced on Friday criminal charges against a former Sun Valley funeral home owner Friday for improperly handling 11 bodies, which were left to decompose . \u2014 Hyeyoon Alyssa Choi, Los Angeles Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Some of them do not always break down and decompose quickly. \u2014 Chris Mckeown, The Enquirer , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "The other option is to just leave the roots to slowly decompose and plant transplants. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "Even if the middle of the lichen begins to break down and decompose , the outer edge will keep spreading out like a ring. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "Asbestos used in construction is another urban hazard, and can linger for years because the mineral doesn\u2019t decompose or wash away in rains. \u2014 Nidhi Subbaraman, WSJ , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Several days later, with Vladimir\u2019s body starting to decompose , Gerasimenko called some neighbors to help bury him in the yard. \u2014 Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "On its own, however, vegetable oil takes 28 days to decompose , says Lady. \u2014 Sarah Jampel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Put the leaves into compost or layer them onto your garden beds to decompose in place. \u2014 Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French d\u00e9composer , from d\u00e9- de + composer to compose",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1718, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210713"
  },
  "decomposed":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "noun,",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds",
      ": rot",
      ": to break up into constituent parts by or as if by a chemical process : decay , rot",
      ": to break down or be broken down into simpler parts or substances especially by the action of living things (as bacteria and fungi)",
      ": to separate a substance into simpler compounds",
      ": to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds",
      ": to undergo chemical breakdown : decay , rot"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113-k\u0259m-\u02c8p\u014dz",
      "\u02ccd\u0113-k\u0259m-\u02c8p\u014dz",
      "\u02ccd\u0113-k\u0259m-\u02c8p\u014dz"
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      "break down",
      "corrupt",
      "decay",
      "disintegrate",
      "fester",
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      "mold",
      "molder",
      "perish",
      "putrefy",
      "rot",
      "spoil"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Bacteria and fungi help decompose organic matter.",
      "the smell of decomposing leaves",
      "The compound will decompose in the presence of light.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Mike Feuer announced on Friday criminal charges against a former Sun Valley funeral home owner Friday for improperly handling 11 bodies, which were left to decompose . \u2014 Hyeyoon Alyssa Choi, Los Angeles Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Some of them do not always break down and decompose quickly. \u2014 Chris Mckeown, The Enquirer , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "The other option is to just leave the roots to slowly decompose and plant transplants. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "Even if the middle of the lichen begins to break down and decompose , the outer edge will keep spreading out like a ring. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "Asbestos used in construction is another urban hazard, and can linger for years because the mineral doesn\u2019t decompose or wash away in rains. \u2014 Nidhi Subbaraman, WSJ , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Several days later, with Vladimir\u2019s body starting to decompose , Gerasimenko called some neighbors to help bury him in the yard. \u2014 Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "On its own, however, vegetable oil takes 28 days to decompose , says Lady. \u2014 Sarah Jampel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Put the leaves into compost or layer them onto your garden beds to decompose in place. \u2014 Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French d\u00e9composer , from d\u00e9- de + composer to compose",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1718, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210353"
  },
  "deconcentrate":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to reduce or abolish the concentration of : decentralize"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8k\u00e4n(t)-s\u0259n-\u02cctr\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1889, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220819"
  },
  "deconsecrate":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove the sacred character of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8k\u00e4n(t)-s\u0259-\u02cckr\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "desacralize",
      "desanctify"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bless",
      "consecrate",
      "hallow",
      "sacralize",
      "sanctify"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "hoping to raise much-needed funds, the church elders deconsecrated the 18th-century silver chalice and consigned it to a high-end auction house",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Perhaps the best thing would be to deconsecrate the site and create a museum that explains what happened at the Valley itself. \u2014 The Economist , 24 Oct. 2019",
      "The church was deconsecrated in 2010, and the charter school arrived in 2013. \u2014 Frederick Melo, Twin Cities , 13 Aug. 2019",
      "In late July, about 70 former members were drawn back to the synagogue for a service to deconsecrate the synagogue. \u2014 Karen Berkowitz, chicagotribune.com , 1 Aug. 2019",
      "Whether a gutted and deconsecrated former church building fits the definition remains to be seen. \u2014 Frederick Melo, Twin Cities , 3 June 2019",
      "There is no single answer, but protest, not piety, seems to be a recurring theme\u2014whether or not the venue is deconsecrated . \u2014 Vogue , 24 Apr. 2018",
      "The archdiocese, which had been bent on leveling the deconsecrated building, then reversed course and found a developer willing to convert the 19th century Polish church into apartments. \u2014 Inga Saffron, Philly.com , 22 Mar. 2018",
      "Under canon law, a church cannot serve secular purposes, like a restaurant, without first being relegated, or deconsecrated . \u2014 Jordan Otero Sisson, Courant Community , 25 Aug. 2017",
      "In the decree, Blair cited diminishing membership and intolerable financial burdens among the reasons for deconsecrating St. Margaret, built in 1910. \u2014 Jordan Otero Sisson, courant.com , 2 June 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1876, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194755"
  },
  "decontaminate":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to rid of contamination (such as radioactive material)",
      ": to rid of contamination (as radioactive material)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113-k\u0259n-\u02c8ta-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t",
      "\u02ccd\u0113-k\u0259n-\u02c8tam-\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Special workers were called in to decontaminate the area after the oil spill.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Nearby, two workers wearing face shields, protective aprons and booties wiped down the temperature sensor that everyone entering the hotel must pass through after stations to decontaminate their luggage and hands. \u2014 Nathan Fenno, Los Angeles Times , 19 Feb. 2022",
      "Jenkins and other harm reduction advocates worry that spreading claims that fentanyl can kill you just be touching it, or that hazmat suits are needed to decontaminate , spreads stigma around opioids and makes intervention less likely in the future. \u2014 Seamus Mcavoy, courant.com , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "The other two students were later released, as students and faculty were required to decontaminate their shoes before leaving in case they had been exposed to the drug. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 16 Jan. 2022",
      "The Sport and Medical Science Academy where a student recently overdosed will remain closed on Tuesday while authorities continue to test the building for fentanyl traces and continue to decontaminate , according to the district. \u2014 Staff Report, courant.com , 17 Jan. 2022",
      "In 2020, the Department of Homeland Security even offered some tips on using your Instant Pot to decontaminate certain masks. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 13 Jan. 2022",
      "The jail also was closed temporarily so a hazmat team could decontaminate the area, prosecutors say. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 29 Oct. 2021",
      "Work on securing the cathedral was temporarily paused during the coronavirus pandemic last year and work was carried out to decontaminate the area of lead before work resumed in June 2020. \u2014 Joseph Ataman, CNN , 18 Sep. 2021",
      "Lab officials approved a $50,000 contract for BioClean, a remediation vendor, to decontaminate the space. \u2014 Lewis Kamb, Star Tribune , 31 July 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1936, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224253"
  },
  "decorate":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to add honor to",
      ": to furnish with something ornamental",
      ": to award a mark of honor to",
      ": to furnish something with ornamentation",
      ": to make more attractive by adding beautiful or festive things",
      ": to award a badge of honor to"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-k\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
      "\u02c8de-k\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "adorn",
      "array",
      "beautify",
      "bedeck",
      "bedizen",
      "blazon",
      "caparison",
      "deck",
      "do",
      "doll up",
      "do up",
      "drape",
      "dress",
      "embellish",
      "emblaze",
      "emboss",
      "enrich",
      "fancify",
      "fancy up",
      "festoon",
      "garnish",
      "glitz (up)",
      "grace",
      "gussy up",
      "ornament",
      "pretty (up)",
      "trim"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "blemish",
      "deface",
      "disfigure",
      "mar",
      "scar",
      "spoil"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "I always enjoy decorating the Christmas tree.",
      "I decorated my apartment in dark colors.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Most networks stuck with a fairly austere presentation, adding few of the whiz-bang touches that decorate their election nights and other live events. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 10 June 2022",
      "Graduating students are encouraged to decorate their vehicles, and faculty, staff, and administrators will line a route through campus to cheer students. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 May 2021",
      "Guests are encouraged to decorate the ornaments with materials provided and place their wishes for the New Year inside the ornament. \u2014 Alexis Oatman, cleveland , 13 Nov. 2020",
      "The blogger includes a printable to decorate the jar perfectly for the holiday. \u2014 Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "One easy way to decorate for spring without spending too much time and money is to liven up your front door with an artificial wreath and doormat. \u2014 Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Baldwin Park features many aesthetically-pleasing homes, especially with plenty of residents that make an effort to decorate for the holidays. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "Photos are also a great way to decorate for the holidays. \u2014 Anna Haines, Forbes , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "Bonnie then pulls out the next set of bins, ready to decorate for another holiday. \u2014 Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal , 9 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin decoratus , past participle of decorare , from decor-, decus ornament, honor \u2014 more at decent ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1530, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193559"
  },
  "decorated":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having been awarded a mark or marks of honor",
      ": furnished with something ornamental"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-k\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101-t\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1727, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174816"
  },
  "decoration":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or process of decorating",
      ": something that adorns, enriches, or beautifies : ornament",
      ": a badge of honor (such as a U.S. military award)",
      ": the act of adding things to improve the appearance of something",
      ": something that adds beauty",
      ": a badge of honor"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-k\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccde-k\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "adornment",
      "beautifier",
      "caparison",
      "doodad",
      "embellisher",
      "embellishment",
      "frill",
      "garnish",
      "garnishment",
      "garniture",
      "ornament",
      "ornamentation",
      "setoff",
      "trim"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The vase has a fancy decoration on one side.",
      "a plain sweater knit without decoration",
      "He's a genius at home decoration .",
      "a unique style of decoration",
      "He received a decoration from the President.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Production is slated to begin this summer on the series, which will engage local crew, suppliers and vendors for construction, catering, transportation and set decoration . \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 May 2022",
      "The Heritage Center in Anchorage primarily took in material culture that has artistic elements \u2014 that is, objects made for survival and social well-being that have some degree of decoration . \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Your table service is Japanese, likely entirely hand painted and, based on the style of decoration , likely dates to the second quarter of the 20th century. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "There, Michael Horan, the ocean manager, sat in a cubicle in an oddly silent room, the walls white and devoid of decoration . \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "The queen then watched demonstrations of traditional methods of enamel decoration and gilding by hand from master artisans Susan Shakespeare and Susan Jones, per Buckingham Palace. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "In 2021 almost any conceivable color, material and style of Christmas decoration can be had. \u2014 Mark Golin, WSJ , 11 Dec. 2021",
      "Production design by Jon Hutman and set decoration by Ellen Brill should be no-brainers. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 13 Nov. 2021",
      "The western film\u2019s props, set decoration , special effects and construction departments were staffed by a New Mexico crew, the union email said, not Local 44 members. \u2014 Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times , 22 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1585, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181321"
  },
  "decorative":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": serving to decorate",
      ": purely ornamental",
      ": serving to improve appearance : ornamental"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-k(\u0259-)r\u0259-tiv",
      "\u02c8de-k\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101-",
      "\u02c8de-k\u0259-r\u0259-tiv",
      "\u02c8de-kr\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "adorning",
      "beautifying",
      "cosmetic",
      "embellishing",
      "ornamental"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "functional",
      "utilitarian"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "We added some decorative details to the room.",
      "The handles are decorative and practical.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Residents of the 330 home community will selling a variety of items in their carports, rangning from household items, furniture, artwork, clothing and accessories to kitchen ware, and decorative items. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
      "The multi-day event (April 10 through May 1) at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini on the Island San Giorgio Maggiore highlights artisans from around the world who share their talents in the form of functional objects and decorative pieces. \u2014 Nancy Olson, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "And although the Sharmas are staying in the home of Lady Danbury, there are some decorative pieces on display that belong to them as well. \u2014 Mary Elizabeth Andriotis, House Beautiful , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Though lacking the narrative elements of the paintings and figurative textiles, some of the decorative pieces are the most striking. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "These ceramic figurines are some of the decorative pieces found at the site. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "The massive project has involved the meticulous replacement of thousands of decorative pieces in the station\u2019s waiting room, ceiling repairs and replacing hundreds of limestone blocks. \u2014 Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press , 27 Sep. 2021",
      "Ordinary utilitarian objects that have lost their precious metal coating over time have little interest to most serious collectors, who prefer fancier, more decorative pieces with a shiny finish. \u2014 Helaine Fendelman And Joe Rosson, Star Tribune , 22 June 2021",
      "His scheme included low-to-the-ground dining and seating coexisting with a smattering of more decorative pieces, with nary a plump sofa anywhere on the premises. \u2014 Wendy Goodman, Curbed , 21 June 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1791, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181547"
  },
  "decorous":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marked by propriety and good taste : correct"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-k\u0259r-\u0259s",
      "also"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "befitting",
      "correct",
      "de rigueur",
      "decent",
      "genteel",
      "nice",
      "polite",
      "proper",
      "respectable",
      "seemly"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "improper",
      "inappropriate",
      "incorrect",
      "indecent",
      "indecorous",
      "indelicate",
      "unbecoming",
      "ungenteel",
      "unseemly"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "we were asked to be on our most decorous behavior at the formal event",
      "the oppressively decorous standards of a royal court",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The disclosure of a draft opinion that would overrule Roe v. Wade, along with related reports of the court\u2019s internal workings, has transformed a decorous and guarded institution into one riven by politics. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
      "The costume, the jewelry, the decorous pose are all conveyed with superb dexterity, dazzling finesse. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "John Harnage danced the stand-alone role of the knight-like young man who remains apart from his squire-like companions, whose dashing moves frame his more decorous presence. \u2014 Robert Greskovic, WSJ , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "That piece opens with a decorous six-note gesture, which leads into an initial thematic statement. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "Since this one is set in an earlier period, with the decorous Ralph Fiennes now in charge (Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, Julianne Moore, Mark Strong, Samuel. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "And the public comment portions of board meetings have generally remained short and decorous . \u2014 Hannah Natanson, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "And the public comment portions of board meetings have generally remained short and decorous . \u2014 Hannah Natanson, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "And the public comment portions of board meetings have generally remained short and decorous . \u2014 Hannah Natanson, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin decorus , from decor beauty, grace; akin to Latin dec\u0113re to be fitting \u2014 more at decent ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1653, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203234"
  },
  "decorousness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marked by propriety and good taste : correct"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-k\u0259r-\u0259s",
      "also"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "befitting",
      "correct",
      "de rigueur",
      "decent",
      "genteel",
      "nice",
      "polite",
      "proper",
      "respectable",
      "seemly"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "improper",
      "inappropriate",
      "incorrect",
      "indecent",
      "indecorous",
      "indelicate",
      "unbecoming",
      "ungenteel",
      "unseemly"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "we were asked to be on our most decorous behavior at the formal event",
      "the oppressively decorous standards of a royal court",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The disclosure of a draft opinion that would overrule Roe v. Wade, along with related reports of the court\u2019s internal workings, has transformed a decorous and guarded institution into one riven by politics. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
      "The costume, the jewelry, the decorous pose are all conveyed with superb dexterity, dazzling finesse. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "John Harnage danced the stand-alone role of the knight-like young man who remains apart from his squire-like companions, whose dashing moves frame his more decorous presence. \u2014 Robert Greskovic, WSJ , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "That piece opens with a decorous six-note gesture, which leads into an initial thematic statement. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "Since this one is set in an earlier period, with the decorous Ralph Fiennes now in charge (Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, Julianne Moore, Mark Strong, Samuel. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "And the public comment portions of board meetings have generally remained short and decorous . \u2014 Hannah Natanson, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "And the public comment portions of board meetings have generally remained short and decorous . \u2014 Hannah Natanson, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "And the public comment portions of board meetings have generally remained short and decorous . \u2014 Hannah Natanson, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin decorus , from decor beauty, grace; akin to Latin dec\u0113re to be fitting \u2014 more at decent ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1653, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173534"
  },
  "decouple":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to eliminate the interrelationship of : separate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8k\u0259-p\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break up",
      "disassociate",
      "disconnect",
      "disjoin",
      "disjoint",
      "dissever",
      "dissociate",
      "disunite",
      "divide",
      "divorce",
      "part",
      "ramify",
      "resolve",
      "separate",
      "sever",
      "split",
      "sunder",
      "uncouple",
      "unlink",
      "unyoke"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "join",
      "link",
      "unify",
      "unite"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "to have a fruitful discussion, we need to decouple fact from opinion",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Walensky also expressed openness to changing the way CDC directors are selected, floating a shift to six-year terms to decouple the agency\u2019s fate from the four-year presidential cycle. \u2014 Lev Facher, STAT , 9 May 2022",
      "For earthquake risk, the building\u2019s base isolators essentially decouple the building from its foundation. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Headless commerce is the ability to decouple your front-end and back-end e-commerce systems to enable innovation and a fast pace of change. \u2014 Jim Stirewalt, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Lithuania\u2019s ability to decouple itself from Russian energy largely comes down to having already done work to wean itself off Russian gas. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "The edict could mark the opening step in a serious effort on the part of the Russian government to decouple the country from the global Internet. \u2014 Ilan Berman, National Review , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "To make matters more confusing, a separate code-execution vulnerability surfaced last week that affects Spring Cloud Function, which allows developers to easily decouple the business logic in an app from a specific runtime. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Signs of domestic pressure were evident Tuesday, as U.S. warnings against Chinese financial and military support for Russia deepened investor concerns that the world\u2019s two largest economies might decouple . \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "While women\u2019s-rights movements fought for decades to decouple womanhood from rigid stereotypes and social roles, modern gender ideology has melded them back together. \u2014 Colin Wright, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1938, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183841"
  },
  "decrease":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to grow progressively less (as in size, amount, number, or intensity)",
      "to cause to decrease",
      "the process of growing progressively less (as in size, amount, number, or intensity) the process of decreasing",
      "an amount of diminution reduction",
      "to grow less or cause to grow less",
      "the process of growing less",
      "the amount by which something grows less"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"di-\u02c8kr\u0113s",
    "synonyms":[
      "abate",
      "de-escalate",
      "dent",
      "deplete",
      "diminish",
      "downscale",
      "downsize",
      "drop",
      "dwindle",
      "ease",
      "knock down",
      "lessen",
      "lower",
      "reduce"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "abatement",
      "decline",
      "decrement",
      "dent",
      "depletion",
      "depression",
      "diminishment",
      "diminution",
      "drop",
      "drop-off",
      "fall",
      "falloff",
      "loss",
      "reduction",
      "shrinkage",
      "step-down"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "Nonprofits typically have specific missions aimed at niche audiences, but by not prioritizing the need for an accessible site, your ability to serve and collect feedback from intended audiences can decrease dramatically. \u2014 Kevin Xu, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "For instance, in sleep mode, the wind speed will gradually decrease throughout the night as temperatures cool down outside. \u2014 Nicol Natale, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
      "Unpaid internships would decrease pretty sharply if the company refused to post openings for them, thus cutting off the supply of ready labor to employers that wish to hire students without compensation. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
      "Preventing reckless people from getting guns will decrease the number of guns in communities where gun violence is most devastating. \u2014 Van Jones, CNN , 7 June 2022",
      "According to a study out of the University of Chicago, buying your prescriptions in three month increments can decrease costs by up to 29%. \u2014 Hunter Boyce, ajc , 7 June 2022",
      "Counselling could decrease violence, whereas suspensions and expulsions may ostracize students or cause anger and resentment, which could increase violence. \u2014 Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker , 7 June 2022",
      "Southern Californians must decrease their water use. \u2014 Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
      "Rain chances will decrease late in the evening with overnight lows dropping into the upper 50s. \u2014 Mike Rose, cleveland , 6 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "Additionally, there was a 6% decrease in births between 2017 and 2020. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 16 June 2022",
      "Painesville ZIP code 44077, with 334 listings, though this is a decrease of 23% from April 2021. \u2014 Zachary Smith, cleveland , 9 June 2022",
      "This is a decrease from 136 children who were victimized while missing in FY 2020. \u2014 Chandler France, Chron , 6 June 2022",
      "And the other way to think about it is a decrease in the purchasing power of your money. \u2014 Kira Bindrim, Quartz , 31 May 2022",
      "Many colleges and universities adopted test-optional policies during the pandemic, and so there was a decrease in over-all students taking the SAT. \u2014 The New Yorker , 24 May 2022",
      "For the quarter, Walmart\u2019s net earnings was $2.054 billion, down 24.8% from $2.73 billion a year ago, about a 25% decrease . \u2014 Sheryl Estrada, Fortune , 19 May 2022",
      "Since then, prices have risen slightly to $191 in March, the most recent data available, but that's still a 25% decrease compared with $255 in March 2021, according to figures from Michigan's Cannabis Regulatory Agency. \u2014 Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press , 2 May 2022",
      "For carpal tunnel, the study found that while there was less ulnar deviation with vertical mice, there wasn't a strong decrease in carpal tunnel pressure. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 19 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense",
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "decrement":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "a gradual decrease in quality or quantity",
      "the quantity lost by diminution or waste",
      "the amount of decrease (as of a variable)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8de-kr\u0259-m\u0259nt",
    "synonyms":[
      "abatement",
      "decline",
      "decrease",
      "dent",
      "depletion",
      "depression",
      "diminishment",
      "diminution",
      "drop",
      "drop-off",
      "fall",
      "falloff",
      "loss",
      "reduction",
      "shrinkage",
      "step-down"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "boost",
      "enlargement",
      "gain",
      "increase",
      "increment",
      "raise",
      "rise",
      "step-up",
      "uptick"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "each decrement in amount is limited to one third of the previous total"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin decrementum , from decrescere ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1610, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "decriminalize":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove or reduce the criminal classification or status of",
      ": to repeal a strict ban on while keeping under some form of regulation",
      ": to remove or reduce the criminal classification or status of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8kri-m\u0259-n\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz",
      "-\u02c8krim-n\u0259l-",
      "d\u0113-\u02c8kri-m\u0259n-\u1d4al-\u02cc\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Thailand on Thursday became the first country in Asia to decriminalize cannabis \u2013 but tough penalties will still apply to those who use the drug to get high, according to the minister who spearheaded the change. \u2014 Heather Chen, CNN , 9 June 2022",
      "After becoming the first Southeast Asian country to legalize medical cannabis in 2018, Thailand became the first Asian country to decriminalize cannabis with a THC level below 0.2% for personal use in January 2022. \u2014 Dario Sabaghi, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
      "Last week, the House of Representatives voted 228 to 164 to decriminalize cannabis. \u2014 Robin Abcarian, Star Tribune , 10 Dec. 2020",
      "The House of Representatives recently passed a bill to federally decriminalize marijuana. \u2014 Jennifer De Pinto, CBS News , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "The House recently passed a bill to decriminalize marijuana, and another bill that would legalize the plant is in the works in the Senate. \u2014 Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "In the first four days of April, the US House of Representatives (once again and narrowly) passed a bill to decriminalize marijuana and then, days later, (overwhelmingly) approved legislation to ease barriers to cannabis research. \u2014 Alicia Wallace, CNN , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "But the Florida legislature balked this year at a bill that would decriminalize the testing strips. \u2014 Andy Miller, ajc , 6 May 2022",
      "But the Florida legislature balked this year at a bill that would decriminalize the testing strips. \u2014 Andy Miller, CNN , 4 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1969, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211153"
  },
  "decrying":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly",
      ": to express strong disapproval of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8kr\u012b",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bad-mouth",
      "belittle",
      "cry down",
      "denigrate",
      "deprecate",
      "depreciate",
      "derogate",
      "diminish",
      "dis",
      "diss",
      "discount",
      "dismiss",
      "disparage",
      "kiss off",
      "minimize",
      "play down",
      "poor-mouth",
      "put down",
      "run down",
      "talk down",
      "trash",
      "trash-talk",
      "vilipend",
      "write off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "acclaim",
      "applaud",
      "exalt",
      "extol",
      "extoll",
      "glorify",
      "laud",
      "magnify",
      "praise"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "In her article, she decries the pollution of the environment by manufacturers.",
      "Violence on television is generally decried as harmful to children.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "My instinct, though, is not to decry those differences as evidence of inauthenticity, but rather to chalk them up to a different cultural reality. \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2022",
      "Activists will decry the shift as hippie-punching aimed at mollifying an unappeasable hard right, while moderates will blame the activists for continuing to tar the party's image with unpopular radical stances. \u2014 Noah Millman, The Week , 25 June 2021",
      "Here\u2019s a timeline of a few notable moments when musicians from many different generations, genres, and backgrounds have waded into the debate to decry gun violence or advocate for stronger laws regarding the sale and ownership of guns. \u2014 Al Shipley, Billboard , 26 May 2022",
      "At Ringling\u2019s final show in Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y., Alexander Lacey, 46, a big cat trainer, paused his act to decry the loss of wild performing animals. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
      "Democrats continue to decry high gasoline prices and accuse oil companies of price gouging, but lawmakers should consider whether their policies restricting domestic energy production are to blame for soaring consumer prices. \u2014 Dan Eberhart, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
      "Inside Kherson, people have taken to the streets to decry the Russian occupation. \u2014 Elena Becatoros And Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor , 12 May 2022",
      "So once again, clerks are trying to prepare for an election where millions are expected to use absentee ballots and critics will decry any delay in results. \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 17 May 2022",
      "May 2) night\u2019s City Council meeting audience was filled with parents, youngsters and other supports of the camp, and its founding director, Jill Koslen-Freireich, many of whom took to the speaker\u2019s podium to decry the decision to cancel camp. \u2014 cleveland , 4 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from French d\u00e9crier \"to discredit, depreciate,\" going back to Middle French descrier (15th century), from des-  de- + crier \"to cry entry 1 \"",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1614, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221006"
  },
  "decrypt":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": decode sense 1a"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8kript"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break",
      "crack",
      "decipher",
      "decode"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "cipher",
      "code",
      "encipher",
      "encode",
      "encrypt"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "decrypting the Germans' code was one of the Allies' greatest triumphs",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Even if the data is encrypted, bad actors can store the data and decrypt it at a later time or hold it for ransom. \u2014 John Prisco, Forbes , 4 May 2022",
      "Deadbolt offered to provide a master key that would decrypt all victims\u2019 files for a much steeper 50 bitcoin, or roughly $1.8 million. \u2014 Lee Mathews, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "Security researchers like Guerrero-Saade and Callow point out that hackers who create their own custom ransomware\u2014as the Cyber Partisans claim to have done in this case\u2014often make mistakes that allow their targets to decrypt their systems. \u2014 Andy Greenberg, Wired , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "Those responsible for introducing the software demand a ransom to unlock or decrypt the files. \u2014 Alex Mann, baltimoresun.com , 23 Dec. 2021",
      "Europol claimed the keys had helped more than 1,400 companies decrypt their networks, saving them almost $550 million in potential losses. \u2014 Thomas Brewster, Forbes , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "This has long been a challenge for researchers because the digital code used to encrypt a photograph has to be the same one used to decrypt it. \u2014 Harini Barath, Scientific American , 16 Sep. 2021",
      "Because of this communication dependency, if the key is communicated over a compromised or a non-secure channel, the keys can be intercepted and used to decrypt the message, making the best of the algorithms largely ineffective. \u2014 Konstantin Vilk, Forbes , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "After that, both devices can decrypt the images, allowing the user to view files as normal color photographs. \u2014 Harini Barath, Scientific American , 16 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" de- + -crypt (in cryptanalysis , cryptogram ), perhaps after decipher ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1935, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214539"
  },
  "dedication":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an act or rite of dedicating (see dedicate entry 2 sense 1 ) to a divine being or to a sacred use",
      ": a devoting or setting aside for a particular purpose",
      ": a name and often a message prefixed to a literary, musical, or artistic production in tribute to a person or cause",
      ": self-sacrificing devotion and loyalty",
      ": a ceremony to mark the official completion or opening of something (such as a building)",
      ": an act of setting apart for a special purpose",
      ": a message at the beginning of a work of art (as a book or a song) saying that it is written or performed to honor someone",
      ": extreme devotion",
      ": a giving up of property to public use that precludes the owner from asserting any further interest in it: as",
      ": an intentional donation of land for public use that is accepted by the proper public authorities",
      ": intentional or negligent surrender to the public of intellectual property that could have been protected by copyright or patent"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-di-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccde-di-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccde-di-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "adhesion",
      "allegiance",
      "attachment",
      "commitment",
      "constancy",
      "devotedness",
      "devotion",
      "faith",
      "faithfulness",
      "fastness",
      "fealty",
      "fidelity",
      "loyalty",
      "piety",
      "steadfastness",
      "troth"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "disloyalty",
      "faithlessness",
      "falseness",
      "falsity",
      "inconstancy",
      "infidelity",
      "perfidiousness",
      "perfidy",
      "treachery",
      "unfaithfulness"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "It took a lot of hard work and dedication , but we managed to finish the project on time.",
      "the dedication of the temple",
      "They celebrated the dedication of the new building with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Vietnam War veteran Eddie Morin, 79, says the monument, inscribed with a dedication to veterans of World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars, is known as the Americans of Mexican Descent Memorial. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
      "Middletown\u2019s Pride month events will begin June 1 at 10 a.m. with a crosswalk dedication on Main Street, followed by a ceremony to raise the Pride flag at 11 a.m. at City Hall. \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 20 May 2022",
      "Instead, the Grammys began the In Memoriam tributes to the musicians and music industry figures lost over the past year with a dedication to Hawkins. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Spelman was later established in 1881 with a similar dedication to Black women. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "When MLK Library finally opened with a dedication in September 1972, there was standing room only. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Construction of the memorial lasted eight years, ending in a dedication ceremony on May 30, 1922. \u2014 Haben Kelati, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
      "Lena, an elephant, with trainer Pat Derby on her trunk, charged through a paper bull\u2019s-eye at the visitors\u2019 gate at 11 a.m. yesterday to mark the dedication ceremony. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 May 2022",
      "Since its return to Alaska, at dedication ceremonies for a new or renovated house, the prow is on display. \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see dedicate  entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222604"
  },
  "deduce":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to determine by reasoning or deduction",
      ": to infer (see infer sense 1 ) from a general principle",
      ": to trace the course of",
      ": to figure out by using reason or logic"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8d\u00fcs",
      "d\u0113-",
      "chiefly British",
      "di-\u02c8d\u00fcs",
      "-\u02c8dy\u00fcs"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "conclude",
      "decide",
      "derive",
      "extrapolate",
      "gather",
      "infer",
      "judge",
      "make out",
      "reason",
      "understand"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "I can deduce from the simple observation of your behavior that you're trying to hide something from me.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But the paper\u2019s bigger goal was to deduce who exactly will be left holding that bag. \u2014 Tim Mcdonnell, Quartz , 27 May 2022",
      "The blood tests pick up antibodies to the virus, but exclude those sparked by vaccines, allowing researchers to deduce infection rates across the country. \u2014 Fortune , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "The two heroes have to deduce who the bigger threat is \u2014 Lex Luthor, or each other. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Eagle-eyed TikTokers compared previous photos and outfits to deduce that it\u2019s actually Kylie Jenner\u2019s daughter, Stormi, in the pictures. \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Whether these songs are autobiographical or not is difficult to deduce , as this batch of heartfelt tracks doesn\u2019t impede Tillman from adopting a fictional style every now and then. \u2014 Grant Sharples, SPIN , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Phillips O\u2019Brien, a professor of strategic studies at the University of St Andrews, analyzed satellite images to deduce that Russian military convoys are slowing down on their way into eastern Ukraine. \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "What have the Cowboys said on the record and what can fans deduce from those comments? \u2014 Jori Epstein, USA TODAY , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "The researchers were able to deduce from that exercise whether the creatures would have been nocturnal hunters, attentive parents or clumsy fliers. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 23 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin deducere , literally, to lead away, from de- + ducere to lead \u2014 more at tow entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181902"
  },
  "deduction":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "an act of taking away",
      "something that is or may be subtracted",
      "the deriving of a conclusion by reasoning",
      "inference in which the conclusion about particulars follows necessarily from general or universal premises (see premise entry 1 sense 1 ) \u2014 compare induction",
      "a conclusion reached by logical deduction",
      "subtraction",
      "an amount deducted",
      "a conclusion reached by reasoning",
      "an amount allowed by tax laws to be subtracted from income in order to decrease the amount of income tax due \u2014 see also Internal Revenue Code \u2014 compare credit , exclusion , exemption",
      "a deduction usually taken from gross income that is allowed for losses or expenses attributable to business activities or to activities engaged in for profit",
      "a deduction allowed for a contribution to a charity usually that is qualified under the tax law (as sections 170 and 2055 of the Internal Revenue Code)",
      "a deduction allowed to be taken in a set amount for a qualified dependent (as under sections 151 and 152 of the Internal Revenue Code)",
      "a deduction for a specifically recorded item that is allowed to be taken from adjusted gross income if the total of such deductions exceeds the standard deduction",
      "a deduction allowed under the Internal Revenue Code to be taken from the gross estate that amounts to the value of any property interest which is included in the estate and which was given by a decedent to the surviving spouse provided that the interest is not terminable during the life of the survivor",
      "a deduction allowed under the Internal Revenue Code of the value of any gift inter vivos subject to gift tax by one spouse to the other",
      "a deduction allowed to be taken for losses or expenses that are not necessarily attributable to a business activity or an activity engaged in for profit",
      "a deduction for an amount set by tax law that under section 151 of the Internal Revenue Code includes the dependency deduction",
      "a deduction of an amount set by tax law that is allowed to be taken from adjusted gross income unless the taxpayer elects to itemize deductions",
      "an item of property or an amount that an heir has a right to take from the mass of the succession before any of it is partitioned (as for a debt owed by the deceased to the heir)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"di-\u02c8d\u0259k-sh\u0259n",
    "synonyms":[
      "abatement",
      "discount",
      "reduction"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "accession",
      "addition"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The government is offering new tax deductions for small businesses.",
      "What is your pay after the deductions have been taken out?",
      "His guess was based on intuition rather than deduction .",
      "Our deduction was based on the information given to us at the time.",
      "It was a logical deduction .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The foregoing assumes all dividends and realized capital gains are reinvested and no deduction is made for taxes that might be due on any distributions of capital gains, dividends or interest, or otherwise incurred by an investor. \u2014 Dan Cupkovic, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "International productions shooting in Navarre can tap tax deduction is established at 35% of investment. \u2014 Emilio Mayorga, Variety , 15 June 2022",
      "The 22 cents a mile deduction applies to members of the Armed Forces on active duty who move because of a military order involving a permanent change of station. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 13 June 2022",
      "The loans were paid back through payroll deduction , reducing the risk of nonpayment. \u2014 Alexander Saeedy, WSJ , 13 June 2022",
      "The proposal would let New York state producers and distributors of adult-use marijuana book a deduction for amounts that are disallowed under the federal 280E provision. \u2014 Keshia Clukey, Bloomberg.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "The result would shrink a company\u2019s income from foreign sales, shrink its FDII deduction and increase its tax bill. \u2014 Richard Rubin, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
      "In addition, the government will essentially pay part of the landlord\u2019s $3 mortgage with the mortgage interest tax deduction . \u2014 John Wake, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
      "At this rate, Toyota expects to run out of these full credits\u2014which are limited to 200,000 for each automaker before starting a gradual deduction reduction throughout the course of a year\u2014sometime before the summer. \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 8 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see deduct ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162404"
  },
  "deed":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something that is done",
      ": a usually illustrious act or action : feat , exploit",
      ": the act of performing : action",
      ": a signed and usually sealed instrument (see instrument entry 1 sense 5 ) containing some legal transfer, bargain, or contract",
      ": to convey or transfer by a signed instrument containing a legal transfer, bargain, or contract : to convey or transfer by deed (see deed entry 1 sense 4 )",
      ": something that is done : act",
      ": a legal document by which a person transfers land or buildings to another",
      ": to transfer by a deed",
      ": something done : act sense 1",
      ": a written instrument by which a person transfers ownership of real property to another \u2014 see also deliver , grantee , grantor , recording act , registry , title \u2014 compare certificate of title",
      ": a contract resulting from a bargain between a buyer and a seller of real property that creates a use in the buyer and therefore transfers title to the buyer by operation of law",
      ": a deed in which the grantor makes no warranties of title to the grantee",
      ": deed in lieu of foreclosure in this entry",
      ": a deed from a mortgagor conveying title to the mortgaged property to the mortgagee in payment of the debt",
      ": an instrument securing a debt in which a debtor conveys the legal ownership of real property to a trustee to be held in trust for the benefit of the creditor or to be sold upon the debtor's default to pay the debt : a mortgage with a power of sale",
      ": a deed that submits the land described therein to the provisions of a state's law regarding condominiums and sets out various information (as about the units, common areas, bylaws, and rights of the owners) as required under state law \u2014 compare declaration of condominium at declaration sense 4",
      ": a deed that grants only whatever title or interest the grantor had to the property without any warranty as to the title",
      ": special warranty deed in this entry \u2014 compare warranty deed in this entry",
      ": a deed given to a buyer of property purchased at a sheriff's sale",
      ": a deed in which the property transferred is warranted to be free of all liens or encumbrances made by, through, or under the grantor but not otherwise",
      ": a deed evidencing the transfer of title acquired by the grantee as purchaser of property at a tax sale \u2014 compare tax certificate",
      ": deed of trust in this entry",
      ": a deed conveying a condominium unit",
      ": a deed warranting that the grantor has a good title free and clear of all encumbrances and will defend the grantee against all claims \u2014 compare quitclaim deed and special warranty deed in this entry",
      ": to convey by deed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113d",
      "\u02c8d\u0113d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "exploit",
      "feat",
      "number",
      "stunt",
      "tour de force",
      "trick"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "alien",
      "alienate",
      "assign",
      "cede",
      "convey",
      "make over",
      "transfer"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The city owns about 45 acres, or half of the 90-acre mall, and the city property is deed -restricted to be used only for parking. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2022",
      "In our testing, this version got to 60 mph in 8.0 seconds, while the Turbo did the deed in 6.4 seconds. \u2014 Joey Capparella, Car and Driver , 4 May 2022",
      "And the Economist Group is a part of it, quite literally, in word as well as in deed : Since the Climate issue in 2019, The Economist\u2019s climate coverage has permeated all aspects of our journalism. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "In the last few weeks, Russia has annexed Belarus, in deed if not in word. \u2014 Michael Kimmage, The New Republic , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "The buyer\u2019s address in the deed is also the same address as Blackstone\u2019s New York headquarters. \u2014 Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News , 8 Sep. 2021",
      "Generally, an easement that goes with the property is noted in the deed . \u2014 Donna Engle, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 12 June 2021",
      "Over time, board members modernized the institution, breaking with some restrictions in the original deed . \u2014 Bob Fernandez, ProPublica , 10 June 2021",
      "Gregory's lawyer, Joseph Blackburn Jr., said that his client, an heir to the land donors, retains the right to enforce covenants in the deed that prohibit removal of the statue, despite the General Assembly's actions last year. \u2014 Denise Lavoie, Star Tribune , 8 June 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "After the city considered a condo development for the site, residents raised $1.35 million to purchase the land and deed it to the city for the park. \u2014 Drew Dawson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 June 2022",
      "In the Windfall redevelopment agreement, the city would pay about $6.6 million in construction costs, which would not be needed until May 2023, as well as deed the 3.3-acre site to Windfall, a value of about $2 million. \u2014 Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "The schedule is designed to ensure that the residences, particularly the ones that are deed restricted, are constructed in a timely fashion, Bibler said. \u2014 Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "The process from scavenger sale to deed has been described by developers as complicated and lengthy, with a lot of rules and deadlines that cannot be missed if ownership is to be attained properly through the court. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "The first step would see the school district deed the land for the project to the city, Morgan explained. \u2014 Laurinda Joenks, Arkansas Online , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "In the Windfall agreement, the city will pay about $6.6 million in construction costs, which would not be needed until May 2023, as well as deed the 3.3-acre site to Windfall, a value of about $2 million. \u2014 Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "According to a 2020 treasurer\u2019s report on the sale\u2019s history, several years there were not many bidders and not enough properties or lots were going to deed . \u2014 Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "The statue was removed this year after the Virginia Supreme Court ruled the state, which owns the property, was not bound by a century-old land deed between a group of Henrico County citizens who paid for the bronze sculpture and the commonwealth. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 7 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1758, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215859"
  },
  "deep":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": extending far from some surface or area: such as",
      ": extending far downward",
      ": extending well inward from an outer surface",
      ": not located superficially within the body",
      ": extending well back from a surface accepted as front",
      ": extending far laterally from the center",
      ": occurring or located near the outer limits of the playing area",
      ": thrown or hit for a considerable distance : thrown or hit deep (see deep entry 2 sense 3b )",
      ": having a specified extension in an implied direction usually downward or backward",
      ": difficult to penetrate or comprehend : recondite",
      ": mysterious , obscure",
      ": grave or lamentable in nature or effect",
      ": of penetrating intellect : wise",
      ": intensely engrossed or immersed",
      ": characterized by profundity of feeling or quality",
      ": deep-seated",
      ": high in saturation and low in lightness",
      ": having a low musical pitch (see pitch entry 4 sense 4b ) or pitch range",
      ": situated well within the boundaries",
      ": remote in time or space",
      ": being below the level of consciousness",
      ": covered, enclosed, or filled to a specified degree",
      ": large",
      ": having many good players",
      ": in difficulty or distress",
      ": to a great depth : deeply",
      ": far on : late",
      ": near the outer limits of the playing area",
      ": long sense 6",
      ": a vast or immeasurable extent : abyss",
      ": the extent of surrounding space or time",
      ": ocean",
      ": any of the deep portions of a body of water",
      ": a generally long and narrow area in the ocean where the depth exceeds 3000 fathoms (5500 meters)",
      ": the middle or most intense part",
      ": any of the fathom points on a sounding line other than the marks (see mark entry 1 sense 2b )",
      ": reaching far down below the surface",
      ": reaching far inward or back from the front or outer part",
      ": located well below the surface or well within the boundaries of",
      ": coming from well within",
      ": completely absorbed",
      ": hard to understand",
      ": mysterious",
      ": extreme in degree : heavy",
      ": dark and rich in color",
      ": low in tone",
      ": to a great depth : deeply",
      ": late entry 2 sense 1",
      ": a very deep place or part",
      ": ocean sense 1",
      ": the middle or most intense part",
      ": extending well inward from an outer surface",
      ": not located superficially within the body or one of its parts",
      ": resulting from or involving stimulation of deep structures",
      ": being below the level of the conscious"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113p",
      "\u02c8d\u0113p",
      "\u02c8d\u0113p"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abysmal",
      "bottomless",
      "profound"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "depth",
      "height",
      "middle",
      "midst",
      "thick"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The Oscar-winning A Star Is Born actress is in talks to appear opposite Joaquin Phoenix \u2014 who is deep in his own negotiations to return \u2014 as Harley Quinn in a Joker sequel at Warner Bros., an inside source tells EW. \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 14 June 2022",
      "The Warriors have been deep at the position recently having sent Tamarion Crumpley to Pitt and Daylon Long and Caleb Tubbs to Miami University. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 14 June 2022",
      "But Michael Byers, an international law professor at the University of British Columbia who studies Arctic sovereignty, said the resources are too deep and the area too filled with icebergs to make offshore drilling likely. \u2014 Ian Austen, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
      "Milwaukee Fire Assistant Chief Dewayne Smoots said the water is deep and moving fast, posing a risk for the rescue teams. \u2014 Tim Stelloh, NBC News , 14 June 2022",
      "But Michael Byers, an international law professor at the University of British Columbia who studies Arctic sovereignty, said that the resources are too deep and the area too filled with icebergs to make offshore drilling likely. \u2014 Ian Austen, New York Times , 14 June 2022",
      "The stick went into my chest an inch above my nipple, and the wound was about three inches deep . \u2014 Outside Online , 10 June 2022",
      "AML RightSource stood out for how deep and extensive their learner journey is. \u2014 Kevin Kruse, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "The sales span all categories, including beauty, apparel, kitchen/dining, electronics, and more \u2014 and the discounts are deep . \u2014 Sarah Han, Allure , 7 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "For a sport with roots that run centuries deep , surfing has been comically misunderstood by mainstream pop culture. \u2014 Andrew S. Lewis, Outside Online , 10 June 2022",
      "Spoken and unspoken racial delineations run deep , not just in America, but globally. \u2014 Lynnette Nicholas, Essence , 10 June 2022",
      "Scars still run deep in both France and Algeria from the colonial period and the brutal war that ended it. \u2014 Claire Parker, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
      "In the lands of the midnight sun where Scandinavian roots run deep , the return of summer is celebrated. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 June 2022",
      "Its literary roots run deep , and books that might now be labeled as Afrofuturism have been around for decades. \u2014 Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY , 27 May 2022",
      "While those first 400 copies may be lost to time, the paper\u2019s archives run deep . \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune , 22 May 2022",
      "As casually as Moss talks about acting, the results run deep . \u2014 Michael Schulman, The New Yorker , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Establishment parties that fared poorly in the presidential election also are expected to field candidates across the country where their roots run deep . \u2014 Noemie Bisserbe, WSJ , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "However, the two- deep is not set at strong-side linebacker and the rotation at Jack isn\u2019t solidified yet either. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 June 2022",
      "Rivers played 10 deep in Game 7 and some of his lineups were baffling at times when the Sixers needed their stars in the game. \u2014 Dan Gelston, Star Tribune , 21 June 2021",
      "There is a case to be made that Bishop, Hubert, Latu and Isbell will make up the safety two- deep in some order, but Whittingham referenced Bryson Reeves and Darrien Stewart as also being in the mix. \u2014 Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "For a five-star offensive line recruit, getting into the two- deep should be the standard, setting you up to, at the bare minimum, be a two-year starter with a chance to go pro after your junior season. \u2014 Stephen Means, cleveland , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Another receiver who has been seen working with the first-team offense at times has been Dawson, the former four-star prospect who was the only true freshman to crack Auburn\u2019s two- deep at the start of last season. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "After that, the Buckeyes don\u2019t seem to know who fills out their two- deep on the offensive line. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Several jobs on the two- deep are open, especially in the secondary, and the Ducks are installing a new offense and defense. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Pittman can beat their secondary deep and provides leverage against a chalky Jonathan Taylor. \u2014 Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective, Adverb, and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adverb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170752"
  },
  "deep pocket":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "a person or an organization having substantial financial resources",
      "substantial financial resources",
      "a person or organization having substantial financial resources especially for the purpose of paying damages",
      "substantial financial resources"
    ],
    "pronounciation":null,
    "synonyms":[
      "capitalist",
      "Croesus",
      "fat cat",
      "have",
      "money",
      "moneybags",
      "plutocrat",
      "silk stocking"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "have-not",
      "pauper"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "argued that the deep pockets will benefit most from the tax cuts",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With a deep pocket and an elasticized bottom, the fitted sheet easily fits onto your mattress \u2014 no frustrating pulling required. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "The deep pocket sheets have earned 11,000 five-star ratings for durability, softness, and comfortable feel. \u2014 Jessica Leigh Mattern, PEOPLE.com , 14 May 2022",
      "Shown in the figure below, cGAMP sat in the ligand-binding domain, while C53 fit within a deep pocket within the transmembrane domain. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "There are even options for split sets and extra- deep pocket sets. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "Campion\u2019s film has consistently demonstrated a deep pocket of passionate supporters, which could help its chances at these precursor competitions. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Each set includes four pillowcases, a flat sheet, and a fitted sheet that's outfitted with a super deep pocket that can stretch around mattresses that are up to 16 inches deep. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "Shoppers can choose from all the traditional sizes ranging from twin to king, with each one boasting an extra- deep pocket that's designed to fit over even the thickest of mattresses. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 13 Nov. 2021",
      "Each set includes a flat sheet, two pillowcases, and a deep pocket fitted sheet that's outfitted with stretchy elastic to accommodate the extra height of a foam topper along with your mattress. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 26 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "1975, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "deep throat":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an informant who divulges damaging information under cover of anonymity"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "betrayer",
      "canary",
      "fink",
      "informant",
      "informer",
      "nark",
      "rat",
      "rat fink",
      "snitch",
      "snitcher",
      "squealer",
      "stool pigeon",
      "stoolie",
      "talebearer",
      "tattler",
      "tattletale",
      "telltale",
      "whistle-blower"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "an accountant who had turned deep throat , he was the first to leak the information that the company had been cooking its books for years"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"from the nickname given to such an informant in the Watergate scandal by Bob Woodward born 1943 U.S. journalist, from the title of a pornographic film (1972)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1973, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-175755"
  },
  "deep-seated":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": situated far below the surface",
      ": firmly established"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113p-\u02c8s\u0113-t\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bred-in-the-bone",
      "confirmed",
      "deep",
      "deep-rooted",
      "entrenched",
      "intrenched",
      "hard-core",
      "inveterate",
      "rooted",
      "settled"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1741, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202532"
  },
  "deepen":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make deep or deeper",
      ": to become deeper or more profound",
      ": to make or become deep or deeper"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113-p\u0259n",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-p\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "accentuate",
      "amp (up)",
      "amplify",
      "beef (up)",
      "boost",
      "consolidate",
      "enhance",
      "heighten",
      "intensify",
      "magnify",
      "redouble",
      "step up",
      "strengthen"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "abate",
      "moderate"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "As Ezra Miller grooming allegations deepen , a court \u2018cannot locate or serve\u2019 the actor. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
      "The World Bank on Tuesday forecast that the country\u2019s economy will contract by 8.9% this year and 2% in 2023, and that contraction could deepen if Europe\u2019s governments take further action to reduce their imports of Russian energy. \u2014 Paul Hannon, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
      "In a release announcing the move, the company said its new headquarters would help deepen its partnerships with the defense and intelligence agencies headquartered in Northern Virginia. \u2014 Aaron Gregg, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
      "Being able to draw on life experiences similar to what is in the music \u2014 love, loss, victory \u2014 helps deepen the performance. \u2014 New York Times , 4 June 2022",
      "Artificial intelligence, machine learning, cloud and other technologies can help accelerate and deepen insights, map compliance, and manage regulatory change. \u2014 Steve Culp, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
      "It\u2019s those moments when time elongates and relationships deepen . \u2014 Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022",
      "In Kashmere Gardens on a recent morning after a thunderstorm inundated streetside drainage ditches, bulldozers and dump trucks worked to widen and deepen Hunting Bayou to absorb runoff from future storms. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
      "But there are secrets held and kept, secrets that define and deepen characters. \u2014 Peter D. Kramer, USA TODAY , 10 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1598, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194227"
  },
  "deepness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": extending far from some surface or area: such as",
      ": extending far downward",
      ": extending well inward from an outer surface",
      ": not located superficially within the body",
      ": extending well back from a surface accepted as front",
      ": extending far laterally from the center",
      ": occurring or located near the outer limits of the playing area",
      ": thrown or hit for a considerable distance : thrown or hit deep (see deep entry 2 sense 3b )",
      ": having a specified extension in an implied direction usually downward or backward",
      ": difficult to penetrate or comprehend : recondite",
      ": mysterious , obscure",
      ": grave or lamentable in nature or effect",
      ": of penetrating intellect : wise",
      ": intensely engrossed or immersed",
      ": characterized by profundity of feeling or quality",
      ": deep-seated",
      ": high in saturation and low in lightness",
      ": having a low musical pitch (see pitch entry 4 sense 4b ) or pitch range",
      ": situated well within the boundaries",
      ": remote in time or space",
      ": being below the level of consciousness",
      ": covered, enclosed, or filled to a specified degree",
      ": large",
      ": having many good players",
      ": in difficulty or distress",
      ": to a great depth : deeply",
      ": far on : late",
      ": near the outer limits of the playing area",
      ": long sense 6",
      ": a vast or immeasurable extent : abyss",
      ": the extent of surrounding space or time",
      ": ocean",
      ": any of the deep portions of a body of water",
      ": a generally long and narrow area in the ocean where the depth exceeds 3000 fathoms (5500 meters)",
      ": the middle or most intense part",
      ": any of the fathom points on a sounding line other than the marks (see mark entry 1 sense 2b )",
      ": reaching far down below the surface",
      ": reaching far inward or back from the front or outer part",
      ": located well below the surface or well within the boundaries of",
      ": coming from well within",
      ": completely absorbed",
      ": hard to understand",
      ": mysterious",
      ": extreme in degree : heavy",
      ": dark and rich in color",
      ": low in tone",
      ": to a great depth : deeply",
      ": late entry 2 sense 1",
      ": a very deep place or part",
      ": ocean sense 1",
      ": the middle or most intense part",
      ": extending well inward from an outer surface",
      ": not located superficially within the body or one of its parts",
      ": resulting from or involving stimulation of deep structures",
      ": being below the level of the conscious"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113p",
      "\u02c8d\u0113p",
      "\u02c8d\u0113p"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abysmal",
      "bottomless",
      "profound"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "depth",
      "height",
      "middle",
      "midst",
      "thick"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The Oscar-winning A Star Is Born actress is in talks to appear opposite Joaquin Phoenix \u2014 who is deep in his own negotiations to return \u2014 as Harley Quinn in a Joker sequel at Warner Bros., an inside source tells EW. \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 14 June 2022",
      "The Warriors have been deep at the position recently having sent Tamarion Crumpley to Pitt and Daylon Long and Caleb Tubbs to Miami University. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 14 June 2022",
      "But Michael Byers, an international law professor at the University of British Columbia who studies Arctic sovereignty, said the resources are too deep and the area too filled with icebergs to make offshore drilling likely. \u2014 Ian Austen, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
      "Milwaukee Fire Assistant Chief Dewayne Smoots said the water is deep and moving fast, posing a risk for the rescue teams. \u2014 Tim Stelloh, NBC News , 14 June 2022",
      "But Michael Byers, an international law professor at the University of British Columbia who studies Arctic sovereignty, said that the resources are too deep and the area too filled with icebergs to make offshore drilling likely. \u2014 Ian Austen, New York Times , 14 June 2022",
      "The stick went into my chest an inch above my nipple, and the wound was about three inches deep . \u2014 Outside Online , 10 June 2022",
      "AML RightSource stood out for how deep and extensive their learner journey is. \u2014 Kevin Kruse, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "The sales span all categories, including beauty, apparel, kitchen/dining, electronics, and more \u2014 and the discounts are deep . \u2014 Sarah Han, Allure , 7 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "For a sport with roots that run centuries deep , surfing has been comically misunderstood by mainstream pop culture. \u2014 Andrew S. Lewis, Outside Online , 10 June 2022",
      "Spoken and unspoken racial delineations run deep , not just in America, but globally. \u2014 Lynnette Nicholas, Essence , 10 June 2022",
      "Scars still run deep in both France and Algeria from the colonial period and the brutal war that ended it. \u2014 Claire Parker, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
      "In the lands of the midnight sun where Scandinavian roots run deep , the return of summer is celebrated. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 June 2022",
      "Its literary roots run deep , and books that might now be labeled as Afrofuturism have been around for decades. \u2014 Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY , 27 May 2022",
      "While those first 400 copies may be lost to time, the paper\u2019s archives run deep . \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune , 22 May 2022",
      "As casually as Moss talks about acting, the results run deep . \u2014 Michael Schulman, The New Yorker , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Establishment parties that fared poorly in the presidential election also are expected to field candidates across the country where their roots run deep . \u2014 Noemie Bisserbe, WSJ , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "However, the two- deep is not set at strong-side linebacker and the rotation at Jack isn\u2019t solidified yet either. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 June 2022",
      "Rivers played 10 deep in Game 7 and some of his lineups were baffling at times when the Sixers needed their stars in the game. \u2014 Dan Gelston, Star Tribune , 21 June 2021",
      "There is a case to be made that Bishop, Hubert, Latu and Isbell will make up the safety two- deep in some order, but Whittingham referenced Bryson Reeves and Darrien Stewart as also being in the mix. \u2014 Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "For a five-star offensive line recruit, getting into the two- deep should be the standard, setting you up to, at the bare minimum, be a two-year starter with a chance to go pro after your junior season. \u2014 Stephen Means, cleveland , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Another receiver who has been seen working with the first-team offense at times has been Dawson, the former four-star prospect who was the only true freshman to crack Auburn\u2019s two- deep at the start of last season. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "After that, the Buckeyes don\u2019t seem to know who fills out their two- deep on the offensive line. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Several jobs on the two- deep are open, especially in the secondary, and the Ducks are installing a new offense and defense. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Pittman can beat their secondary deep and provides leverage against a chalky Jonathan Taylor. \u2014 Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective, Adverb, and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adverb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203605"
  },
  "deface":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details",
      ": impair",
      ": destroy",
      ": to damage the face or surface of",
      ": to destroy or mar the face or surface of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8f\u0101s",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8f\u0101s",
      "di-\u02c8f\u0101s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "trash",
      "vandalize"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The building was defaced with graffiti.",
      "He was fined for defacing public property.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Why would someone climb 100 feet above a busy highway to deface an ad for a religious TV show? \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022",
      "Hackers might deface Swedish websites and spread disinformation online, Mr. Lindahl said. \u2014 WSJ , 20 May 2022",
      "No one will make an attempt to deface a sign this evening. \u2014 Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant , 9 May 2022",
      "In ancient Egypt, pharaohs who didn't like their predecessors would literally deface their monuments \u2014 taking the faces off their statues and reworking the stone into their own likeness. \u2014 Jason Fields, The Week , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "This chat, for instance, appears to show a PF member discussing how to deface a civil rights mural in Detroit. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 22 Jan. 2022",
      "Under the Archaeological Resources Protection Act, those who deface cultural sites face up to two years in prison and a $20,000 fine per charge. \u2014 Gina Rae La Cerva, Outside Online , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "Nevertheless, unknown assailants attempted to deface the king\u2019s statue (and possibly the sculpture of Pitt, too) within just three years of its arrival in New York. \u2014 Wendy Bellion, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "That song plays when Joker and his goons deface an art museum. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 12 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French *desfacer, *deffacer , from des- de- + face front, face",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210657"
  },
  "defame":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel entry 1 sense 2a ) or slander (see slander entry 2 sense 2 )",
      ": accuse",
      ": disgrace",
      ": to make the subject of defamation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8f\u0101m",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8f\u0101m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "asperse",
      "blacken",
      "calumniate",
      "libel",
      "malign",
      "slander",
      "smear",
      "traduce",
      "vilify"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "He says he was defamed by reports that falsely identified him as a former gangster.",
      "of course I want to win the election, but I refuse to defame my opponent in order to do so",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Heard has countersued, claiming Depp directed his lawyers to defame her in the legal process. \u2014 CBS News , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Depp was awarded over $10 million in damages, as a jury found Heard did defame him in the article despite his name never being mentioned in it. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 2 June 2022",
      "The claim: Video shows Palestinians staging the shooting of a child by Israeli soldiers Some social media users have claimed that a video shows Palestinians staging fake violence to defame Israel. \u2014 Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY , 23 May 2022",
      "After a 10-day trial in Los Angeles, jurors determined the celebrity family did not defame Chyna and the panel declined to award any damages to her. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022",
      "Heard's lawyers say the article is accurate and doesn't defame him. \u2014 CBS News , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "After a 10-day trial in Los Angeles, jurors determined the celebrity family did not defame Chyna and the panel declined to award any damages to her, the Associated Press reported. \u2014 Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
      "Heard's lawyers say the article is accurate and does not defame him. \u2014 CBS News , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Heard's lawyers say the article is accurate and does not defame him. \u2014 Matthew Barakat And Ben Finley, Chron , 20 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French deffamer, diffamer , from Medieval Latin defamare , alteration of Latin diffamare , from dis- + fama reputation, fame",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202733"
  },
  "defeat":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to win victory over : beat",
      ": frustrate sense 2a(1)",
      ": nullify",
      ": destroy",
      ": frustration by nullification or by prevention of success",
      ": an overthrow especially of an army in battle",
      ": the loss of a contest",
      ": destruction",
      ": to win victory over",
      ": to cause to fail or be destroyed",
      ": loss of a contest or battle",
      ": to render null",
      ": to prevent or undo the effectiveness or establishment of",
      ": to prevail over",
      ": to thwart the claim of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8f\u0113t",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8f\u0113t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beat",
      "best",
      "conquer",
      "dispatch",
      "do down",
      "get",
      "get around",
      "lick",
      "master",
      "overbear",
      "overcome",
      "overmatch",
      "prevail (over)",
      "skunk",
      "stop",
      "subdue",
      "surmount",
      "take",
      "trim",
      "triumph (over)",
      "upend",
      "win (against)",
      "worst"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "beating",
      "drubbing",
      "licking",
      "loss",
      "lump",
      "overthrow",
      "plastering",
      "rout",
      "shellacking",
      "trimming",
      "trouncing",
      "whipping"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The Lions tandem went on to defeat Hawken\u2019s Kumar and Diderich 6-1, 6-1 in the district championship. \u2014 cleveland , 25 May 2022",
      "On Tuesday, the Heat went on to defeat the Philadelphia 76ers in a 120-85 victory in Game 5, which put the team up 3-2 in the series. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 11 May 2022",
      "Cincinnati built on its early success over the final 84-plus minutes and went on to defeat Toronto, 2-0, Wednesday at TQL Stadium before a crowd of 19,563. \u2014 Pat Brennan, The Enquirer , 5 May 2022",
      "In a clash between the two best boys volleyball teams in Arizona, Sandra Day O\u2019Connor went on the road to defeat Highland in four sets. \u2014 Ian Garcia, The Arizona Republic , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Roby went on to defeat Bright in the primary and retained her House seat, marking the first time Trump backed the winning horse in a competitive Alabama election. \u2014 Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "The Mustangs went on to defeat Muhlenberg County 36-32. \u2014 Jonathan Saxon, The Courier-Journal , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "Killea went on to narrowly defeat Bentley in the majority Republican district. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "The Badgers tied for second in the Big Ten West Division with a 6-3 mark, missing the Big Ten title game, and went on to defeat Arizona State in the Las Vegas Bowl to finish 9-4 overall. \u2014 Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "With the Pioneers' defeat , a public school from Detroit still has yet to win a state championship in baseball. \u2014 Mason Young, Detroit Free Press , 19 June 2022",
      "There\u2019s military history in Alotau (a 1942 Japanese defeat ) and extraordinary geology in Tufi, where sheer cliffs plunge 450 feet into glassy green water. \u2014 Sue Bryant, Town & Country , 17 June 2022",
      "But even in a moment when fear of crime and disorder is high, Villanueva\u2019s brashness has not translated into overwhelming support, leaving him vulnerable to defeat in a November runoff election. \u2014 Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
      "The invasion helped lead to Hitler's defeat and the end of World War II. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 7 June 2022",
      "The last time Britain faced that, its Labour government went down to a crushing defeat against Mrs. Thatcher\u2019s Conservatives. \u2014 Mark Landler, New York Times , 6 June 2022",
      "Many eminent Democratic Members of Congress went down to defeat . \u2014 Charles Tiefer, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
      "This year\u2019s Oregon primary featured many big-spending campaigns that went down to defeat , none more so than that of Carrick Flynn, a first-time Democratic candidate running for Congress. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 May 2022",
      "Gauff, in her first Grand Slam singles final at age 18, sat in her chair courtside with tears streaming down her face after the defeat . \u2014 Christopher Clarey, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3",
      "Noun",
      "1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214437"
  },
  "defect":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an imperfection or abnormality that impairs quality, function, or utility : shortcoming , flaw",
      ": an imperfection (such as a vacancy or an unlike atom) in a crystal lattice (see lattice sense 2 )",
      ": to forsake one cause, party, or nation for another often because of a change in ideology",
      ": to leave one situation (such as a job) often to go over to a rival",
      ": something that makes a thing imperfect : flaw",
      ": a lack of something needed for perfection",
      ": a lack or deficiency of something necessary for adequacy in form or function",
      ": something or a lack of something that results in incompleteness, inadequacy, or imperfection: as",
      ": a flaw in something (as a product) especially that creates an unreasonable risk of harm in its normal use \u2014 see also latent defect",
      ": an error or omission in a court document (as an indictment or pleading)",
      ": some imperfection in the chain of title to property that makes the title unmarketable"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113-\u02ccfekt",
      "di-\u02c8fekt",
      "di-\u02c8fekt",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-\u02ccfekt",
      "di-\u02c8fekt",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-\u02ccfekt",
      "di-\u02c8",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-\u02ccfekt, di-\u02c8fekt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blemish",
      "blight",
      "blotch",
      "deformity",
      "disfigurement",
      "excrescence",
      "excrescency",
      "fault",
      "flaw",
      "imperfection",
      "mar",
      "mark",
      "pockmark",
      "scar"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "desert",
      "rat (on)"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Fight For What Matters Even as a gatekeeper, QA needs to understand that not every single defect is worth fighting over and that there are times to let go. \u2014 Margarita Simonova, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "The rail cars, which make up 60 percent of Metro\u2019s fleet, were suspended in October after a federal safety investigation revealed a wheel defect on a small number of cars. \u2014 Luz Lazo, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
      "That defect is magnified in the writer-director\u2019s first English-language project, a work divided into three parts with their own chapter headings, only the first of them somewhat incisive. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
      "For instance, says Leilah Zahedi, a maternal-fetal-medicine physician in Tennessee, what if doctors see a severe heart defect on an ultrasound? \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 20 May 2022",
      "That usually indicates some sort of abnormality or genetic defect , Earl learned. \u2014 Becky Jacobs, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 May 2022",
      "Rivian issued a voluntary recall this week for 500 of its R1T pickup trucks for a sensor defect that could cause airbags to improperly deploy when a child is in the front passenger seat. \u2014 Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune , 12 May 2022",
      "That locking mechanism is at the heart of the bike\u2019s fault, though, as Fiido had received a report of a frame defect that can see the bike break in half. \u2014 Mark Knapp, PCMAG , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Store pet food and treats in the original container, so the UPC code, lot number and other information are easily available in case of a product defect or recall. \u2014 cleveland , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The Moon administration has been involved in a number of human-rights controversies, including the unprecedented decision to forcibly repatriate two North Koreans who wanted to defect . \u2014 Dasl Yoon, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Brian Lansing Martin entered pleas of not guilty and or not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect to all counts, according to WAFF. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Accusing the 69-year-old former cricket star of economic mismanagement and rights abuses, the opposition has spent weeks persuading Khan\u2019s coalition partners to defect and has seemingly done enough ahead of the vote on Apr. 3. \u2014 Hasan Ali / Islamabad, Time , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "The plaintiffs are among those who subsequently managed to defect , fleeing to Japan or South Korea. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "The Grecale's handsome but slightly familiar design is enough to show that one rival is being targeted more closely than others, however: The Maserati's core mission is to persuade Porsche Macan intenders to defect . \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "In Ukraine, however, hopes are high among Belarusian recruits that if Belarus\u2019s army invaded, its soldiers would seize the opportunity to defect , and their Belarusian battalion was ready to welcome them. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "The Taliban leadership is also aware that softening their policy on women could push their hard-line members to defect to Islamic State\u2019s regional offshoot. \u2014 Margherita Stancati, WSJ , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "China counter-offered $2 million to Taiwanese pilots, but the only pilot to defect was given just $370,000. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 16 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192346"
  },
  "defective":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having a defect or flaw : imperfect in form, structure, or function",
      ": having a physical or mental impairment",
      ": lacking one or more of the usual forms of inflection (see inflection sense 2 )",
      ": something that is imperfect in form, structure, or function",
      ": a person having a physical or mental impairment",
      ": having a defect or flaw",
      ": falling below the norm in structure or function"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8fek-tiv",
      "di-\u02c8fek-tiv",
      "di-\u02c8fek-tiv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "amiss",
      "bad",
      "faulty",
      "flawed",
      "imperfect"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "faultless",
      "flawless",
      "impeccable",
      "perfect"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "This computer is defective . I want my money back.",
      "The disease is caused by a defective gene.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "What if people could access all of those things without being told their brain is defective ? \u2014 Dr Sanah Ahsan, refinery29.com , 6 June 2022",
      "The suit, which seeks at least $75,000 in damages, says the AirPods, which were purchased in November 2019, were defective in its design and manufacturing, and there are no warnings or instructions on how to change the volume of certain sounds. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 22 May 2022",
      "The award was the largest in a series of cases that claim a version of 3M\u2019s earplugs sold to the military, called CAEv2, were defective and didn\u2019t protect the ears from harmful noise. \u2014 Joseph Pisani, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
      "Its technology inserts copies of healthy pairs of genes into the genome, irrespective of where or what the mutation is on the defective gene. \u2014 Katie Jennings, Forbes , 15 Sep. 2021",
      "The complaint filed by Brewer alleged that of the signatures Craig filed, nearly 7,000 were forged, over 300 were duplicates, nearly 200 came from nonregistered voters, 30 came from deceased voters and nearly 2,000 were otherwise defective . \u2014 Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press , 24 May 2022",
      "Gadkari urged electric vehicle companies to act responsibly and recall defective batches without waiting for government orders or guidelines. \u2014 Biman Mukherji, Fortune , 15 May 2022",
      "Tuesday\u2019s election results will likely be delayed in Clackamas County because officials mailed ballots with defective barcodes to most voters, requiring voters\u2019 ballot marks to be duplicated by hand, as The Oregonian/OregonLive has reported. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 May 2022",
      "Genetic diseases like sickle cell anemia or cystic fibrosis occur when a section of a chromosome or a single gene is defective or missing, and their effects are unmistakable. \u2014 Anne Skomorowsky, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "After two replacement phones (one defective , the next meant for another customer and locked) and 15 different Apple customer service representatives, Holland, a publicist in Wilmington, N.C., searched online for Jobs\u2019s email address. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Feb. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1562, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184242"
  },
  "defend":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to drive danger or attack away from",
      ": to maintain or support in the face of argument or hostile criticism",
      ": to prove (something, such as a doctoral thesis or dissertation ) valid by answering questions in an oral exam",
      ": to attempt to prevent an opponent from scoring at",
      ": prevent , forbid",
      ": to act as attorney for",
      ": to deny or oppose the right of a plaintiff in regard to (a suit or a wrong charged) : contest",
      ": to retain or seek to retain (something, such as a title or position) against a challenge in a contest",
      ": to take action against attack or challenge",
      ": to play or be on defense",
      ": to play against the high bidder",
      ": to protect from danger or attack",
      ": to act or speak in favor of when others are opposed",
      ": to drive danger or attack away from",
      ": to act as attorney for (a defendant)",
      ": to deny or oppose the rights of a plaintiff in regard to (a suit or claim)",
      ": to take action against attack or challenge",
      ": to present a defense"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8fend",
      "di-\u02c8fend"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bulwark",
      "cover",
      "fence",
      "fend",
      "forfend",
      "guard",
      "keep",
      "protect",
      "safeguard",
      "screen",
      "secure",
      "shield",
      "ward"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "assail",
      "assault",
      "attack"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The company must defend its own interests.",
      "We believed it was a cause worth defending .",
      "She defended her friend's behavior.",
      "Stop defending him. What he did was wrong.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "European court in Brussels rules that \u2018procedural irregularities\u2019 hindered Qualcomm\u2019s ability to defend itself against antitrust fine levied in 2018. \u2014 Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 June 2022",
      "The country also has to defend its 600-mile border with Belarus, a Russian ally. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
      "Black women constantly have to defend their beauty and fight for the acceptance of it. \u2014 Shelby Denise Smith, Essence , 9 June 2022",
      "The men were in contact with Orlando Possuelo, an Indigenous rights worker, launched an initiative last year to train Indigenous groups to defend themselves against attacks by land invaders seizing resources from their land. \u2014 Terrence Mccoy, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
      "Although this particular train does not run through Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), the party as a whole will still have to defend it publicly heading into campaign season. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 26 May 2022",
      "In 2022 alone, leaders of Spotify, Walt Disney, and Twitter all had to defend decisions to their employees on how content will be managed on their platforms. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 16 May 2022",
      "Sama will have to defend themselves in court over claims of inhumane working conditions after a law suit was filed against them in the Kenyan capital on May 10. \u2014 Faustine Ngila, Quartz , 11 May 2022",
      "The Warriors have to defend better overall, which should come once the rotation gets more set. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 30 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English defenden, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French defendre, defender, going back to Latin d\u0113fendere \"to ward off, fend off, repel danger from, protect,\" from d\u0113-  de- + -fendere, presumably, \"to strike, hit\" (unattested without prefixes), going back to Indo-European *g w hen-d h -, extended determinate form of *g wh en-, *g wh n- \"strike, kill,\" whence Hittite kuenzi \"(s/he) kills,\" kunanzi \"(they) kill,\" Sanskrit h\u00e1nti \"(s/he) strikes, kills,\" ghn\u00e1nti \"(they) strike, kill,\" Greek the\u00ednein \"to strike,\" \u00e9pethnon \"(I) killed,\" Old Irish gonaid \"(s/he) pierces, wounds, kills,\" Welsh gwan- \"stab, pierce,\" Lithuanian gen\u00f9, gi\u00f1ti \"to drive (cattle, etc.),\" Old Church Slavic \u017een\u01eb, g\u016dnati \"to drive, chase out, expel\"; also, from nominal derivative *g wh on-, Greek ph\u00f3nos \"bloodshed, murder,\" and from *g wh \u0144\u0325-tih 2 , Germanic *gun\u00fe\u012b, *gun\u00fej\u014d, whence Old English g\u016b\u00fe \"battle, combat,\" Old Saxon g\u016b\u0111ea, Old High German gund-, Old Norse gunnr, gu\u00f0r ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194336"
  },
  "defendable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to drive danger or attack away from",
      ": to maintain or support in the face of argument or hostile criticism",
      ": to prove (something, such as a doctoral thesis or dissertation ) valid by answering questions in an oral exam",
      ": to attempt to prevent an opponent from scoring at",
      ": prevent , forbid",
      ": to act as attorney for",
      ": to deny or oppose the right of a plaintiff in regard to (a suit or a wrong charged) : contest",
      ": to retain or seek to retain (something, such as a title or position) against a challenge in a contest",
      ": to take action against attack or challenge",
      ": to play or be on defense",
      ": to play against the high bidder",
      ": to protect from danger or attack",
      ": to act or speak in favor of when others are opposed",
      ": to drive danger or attack away from",
      ": to act as attorney for (a defendant)",
      ": to deny or oppose the rights of a plaintiff in regard to (a suit or claim)",
      ": to take action against attack or challenge",
      ": to present a defense"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8fend",
      "di-\u02c8fend"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bulwark",
      "cover",
      "fence",
      "fend",
      "forfend",
      "guard",
      "keep",
      "protect",
      "safeguard",
      "screen",
      "secure",
      "shield",
      "ward"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "assail",
      "assault",
      "attack"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The company must defend its own interests.",
      "We believed it was a cause worth defending .",
      "She defended her friend's behavior.",
      "Stop defending him. What he did was wrong.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "European court in Brussels rules that \u2018procedural irregularities\u2019 hindered Qualcomm\u2019s ability to defend itself against antitrust fine levied in 2018. \u2014 Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 June 2022",
      "The country also has to defend its 600-mile border with Belarus, a Russian ally. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
      "Black women constantly have to defend their beauty and fight for the acceptance of it. \u2014 Shelby Denise Smith, Essence , 9 June 2022",
      "The men were in contact with Orlando Possuelo, an Indigenous rights worker, launched an initiative last year to train Indigenous groups to defend themselves against attacks by land invaders seizing resources from their land. \u2014 Terrence Mccoy, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
      "Although this particular train does not run through Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), the party as a whole will still have to defend it publicly heading into campaign season. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 26 May 2022",
      "In 2022 alone, leaders of Spotify, Walt Disney, and Twitter all had to defend decisions to their employees on how content will be managed on their platforms. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 16 May 2022",
      "Sama will have to defend themselves in court over claims of inhumane working conditions after a law suit was filed against them in the Kenyan capital on May 10. \u2014 Faustine Ngila, Quartz , 11 May 2022",
      "The Warriors have to defend better overall, which should come once the rotation gets more set. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 30 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English defenden, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French defendre, defender, going back to Latin d\u0113fendere \"to ward off, fend off, repel danger from, protect,\" from d\u0113-  de- + -fendere, presumably, \"to strike, hit\" (unattested without prefixes), going back to Indo-European *g w hen-d h -, extended determinate form of *g wh en-, *g wh n- \"strike, kill,\" whence Hittite kuenzi \"(s/he) kills,\" kunanzi \"(they) kill,\" Sanskrit h\u00e1nti \"(s/he) strikes, kills,\" ghn\u00e1nti \"(they) strike, kill,\" Greek the\u00ednein \"to strike,\" \u00e9pethnon \"(I) killed,\" Old Irish gonaid \"(s/he) pierces, wounds, kills,\" Welsh gwan- \"stab, pierce,\" Lithuanian gen\u00f9, gi\u00f1ti \"to drive (cattle, etc.),\" Old Church Slavic \u017een\u01eb, g\u016dnati \"to drive, chase out, expel\"; also, from nominal derivative *g wh on-, Greek ph\u00f3nos \"bloodshed, murder,\" and from *g wh \u0144\u0325-tih 2 , Germanic *gun\u00fe\u012b, *gun\u00fej\u014d, whence Old English g\u016b\u00fe \"battle, combat,\" Old Saxon g\u016b\u0111ea, Old High German gund-, Old Norse gunnr, gu\u00f0r ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204110"
  },
  "defiance":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or an instance of defying : challenge",
      ": disposition to resist : willingness to contend or fight",
      ": contrary to : despite",
      ": a refusal to obey",
      ": a willingness to resist"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8f\u012b-\u0259n(t)s",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8f\u012b-\u0259ns"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "balkiness",
      "contrariness",
      "contumacy",
      "disobedience",
      "frowardness",
      "insubordination",
      "intractability",
      "obstreperousness",
      "rebellion",
      "rebelliousness",
      "recalcitrance",
      "refractoriness",
      "unruliness",
      "waywardness",
      "willfulness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "compliance",
      "obedience",
      "submission",
      "subordinateness",
      "subordination",
      "tractability",
      "tractableness"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "any defiance of the authoritarian regime would have dire consequences",
      "the troubled youth seems to have an ingrained defiance to authority of any sort",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In 2020, despite the lack of an organized vigil, thousands of Hongkongers went to the park anyway in defiance of the authorities. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 3 June 2022",
      "Tesla kept its Fremont factory open in defiance local health orders in 2020. \u2014 Ryan Kost, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 June 2022",
      "Boasting a unique soundtrack and layout in defiance of this era of sameness, the weird and award-winning engine is turbocharged to 401 horsepower at 6500 rpm and 369 pound-feet at 3500 rpm. \u2014 James Tate, Car and Driver , 1 June 2022",
      "The Flat-Ikea Society is made up of people who believe, in defiance of science and logic, that Ikea is flat. \u2014 Ian Frazier, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
      "At the head of this institution in 2002, Alarc\u00f3n led efforts to inscribe the permanence of the socialist system in the Constitution, in defiance of growing demands for democratic reforms from opponents and some governments. \u2014 Andrea Rodriguez, ajc , 1 May 2022",
      "Through it all, P\u00e8re Lachaise takes the young woman\u2019s side, which is curious, considering that McIntyre\u2019s novel had her acting in defiance of the Vatican. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "And then a jarring and unexpected note: a clenched fist at the lower right, a symbolic note of defiance in man\u2019s eternal battle for survival against the forces of nature. \u2014 William C. Agee, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
      "The Zwarte Piet mess drives Paper Boi to bail on his gig, a moment of defiance that only underscores how trapped his character is. \u2014 The New Yorker , 16 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English diffiaunce, defyaunce, borrowed from Anglo-French defiance, difiaunce, from defier, desfier \"to renounce, challenge, defy entry 1 \" + -ance, -aunce  -ance ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224657"
  },
  "deficiency":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of being defective or of lacking some necessary quality or element : the quality or state of being deficient : inadequacy",
      ": an amount that is lacking or inadequate : shortage",
      ": such as",
      ": a shortage of substances necessary to health",
      ": deletion sense 2b(1)",
      ": the condition of being without something necessary and especially something required for health",
      ": a shortage of substances (as vitamins) necessary to health",
      ": deletion",
      ": an amount that is lacking or inadequate: as",
      ": the difference between the amount of tax owed and the amount of tax paid",
      ": the difference between the amount owed under a security agreement and the amount the creditor is able to recover upon default of the debtor by selling the collateral"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8fi-sh\u0259n-s\u0113",
      "di-\u02c8fi-sh\u0259n-s\u0113",
      "di-\u02c8fish-\u0259n-s\u0113",
      "di-\u02c8fi-sh\u0259n-s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "crunch",
      "dearth",
      "deficit",
      "drought",
      "drouth",
      "failure",
      "famine",
      "inadequacy",
      "inadequateness",
      "insufficiency",
      "lack",
      "lacuna",
      "paucity",
      "pinch",
      "poverty",
      "scantiness",
      "scarceness",
      "scarcity",
      "shortage",
      "undersupply",
      "want"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "abundance",
      "adequacy",
      "amplitude",
      "opulence",
      "plenitude",
      "plenty",
      "sufficiency",
      "wealth"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The disease may be caused by nutritional deficiencies .",
      "The book's major deficiency is its poor plot.",
      "a deficiency of vitamin C",
      "There are several deficiencies in his plan.",
      "The accident was caused by deficiencies in the engine.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Specialty drugs tend to be high priced and treat chronic, potentially life-threatening conditions such as cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, growth hormone deficiency , and multiple sclerosis. \u2014 Maureen Testoni, STAT , 13 June 2022",
      "All of the patients had rectal cancer in a locally advanced stage, with a rare mutation called mismatch repair deficiency (MMRd). \u2014 Natacha Larnaud, CBS News , 8 June 2022",
      "Fourteen-year-old Gianna was born with proximal femoral focal deficiency , a condition affecting the femur bone that typically results in one leg being shorter than another. \u2014 Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
      "And as his Alabama softball team enters NCAA regional play, there\u2019s no deficiency there. \u2014 Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al , 20 May 2022",
      "Iron deficiency , which can result from periods can have an impact on cognitive ability. \u2014 Kim Elsesser, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "By addressing the root causes of stress, nutrient deficiency , hormonal imbalance, and pollution, the formula works from the inside out to support healthy hair follicles. \u2014 ELLE , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Outside experts say that the study is still too small to change the way patients with mismatch repair deficiency are treated. \u2014 Matthew Herper, STAT , 8 June 2022",
      "Even though the milk sugar can\u2019t be absorbed in a person with lactase deficiency , weight loss is uncommon. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 19 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" defici(ent) entry 1 + -ency ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192945"
  },
  "deficit":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": deficiency in amount or quality",
      ": a lack or impairment in an ability or functional capacity",
      ": disadvantage",
      ": an excess of expenditure over revenue",
      ": a loss (see loss sense 4b ) in business operations",
      ": a shortage especially in money",
      ": a deficiency of a substance",
      ": a lack or impairment of a functional capacity"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-f\u0259-s\u0259t",
      "British also",
      "or",
      "\u02c8de-f\u0259-s\u0259t",
      "\u02c8def-(\u0259-)s\u0259t;"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "crunch",
      "dearth",
      "deficiency",
      "drought",
      "drouth",
      "failure",
      "famine",
      "inadequacy",
      "inadequateness",
      "insufficiency",
      "lack",
      "lacuna",
      "paucity",
      "pinch",
      "poverty",
      "scantiness",
      "scarceness",
      "scarcity",
      "shortage",
      "undersupply",
      "want"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "abundance",
      "adequacy",
      "amplitude",
      "opulence",
      "plenitude",
      "plenty",
      "sufficiency",
      "wealth"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The government is facing a deficit of $3 billion.",
      "We will reduce the federal budget deficit .",
      "The team overcame a four-point deficit to win the game.",
      "She has a slight hearing deficit in her left ear.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Rusiecki drives in two with Southington down to its final out to cut the deficit to 7-3. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 11 June 2022",
      "Doncic powered a frantic third-quarter rally that trimmed Dallas\u2019s deficit to 8, but over the course of the series his singular talent was dwarfed by Golden State\u2019s advantages in experience and depth. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
      "A minute later, Leah Pruitt scored her first goal of the season off a shot to the left corner from the right side of the net with a Chicago defend nearby to cut the deficit to 2 goals. \u2014 Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel , 23 May 2022",
      "That gave the fans life again and trimmed the Kings\u2019 deficit to 5-2, but Nugent-Hopkins scored twice and Kane completed his hat trick in the final six minutes of the period. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022",
      "After the Beavers trimmed the deficit to 11 early in the second, Osborne scored five points during a 7-0 Bruins run to push the lead to 31-13. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "Maryland trimmed the deficit to 68-59 with 1:41 left, but couldn't get much closer. \u2014 Tim Booth, ajc , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "Michigan's final push began with a had-to-have-it 3-pointer from Brooks that trimmed the deficit to two possessions, stoking the maize and blue cheering section across from the team's bench. \u2014 Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "But despite a big fourth-quarter comeback that trimmed a 26-point deficit to single digits in the final minutes, Maryland was bounced from its third consecutive Sweet 16 appearance. \u2014 Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun , 25 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from French d\u00e9ficit, going back to Middle French, \"item lacking in an inventory,\" borrowed from Latin d\u0113ficit \"it is lacking,\" 3rd person singular present indicative of d\u0113ficere \"to be lacking, run short, fail\" \u2014 more at deficient ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1782, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184922"
  },
  "define":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to determine or identify the essential qualities or meaning of",
      "to discover and set forth the meaning of (something, such as a word)",
      "to create with established rules or parameters",
      "to fix or mark the limits of demarcate",
      "to make distinct, clear, or detailed especially in outline",
      "characterize , distinguish",
      "to make a definition (see definition sense 1a )",
      "to explain the meaning of",
      "to make clear especially in outline"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"di-\u02c8f\u012bn",
    "synonyms":[
      "delineate",
      "outline",
      "silhouette",
      "sketch",
      "trace"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a term that is difficult to define",
      "The government study seeks to define urban poverty.",
      "Her book aims to define acceptable social behavior.",
      "She believes that success should be defined in terms of health and happiness.",
      "That fence defines the far edge of the property.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Together with your employees, define their development areas. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "The answer will define the match and looms large as the Timbers try to get the second half of the season off to a positive start. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 June 2022",
      "For Spaulding, those same concerns define her work for reproductive justice. \u2014 Deena Zaru, ABC News , 16 June 2022",
      "Further, animals \u2014 and our treatment of animals, our mindset around animals \u2014 define the true depth of, or lack thereof, our own humanity. \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 16 June 2022",
      "Perhaps most ironically, Olmsted\u2019s designs, though conceived in a spirit of egalitarianism, now define some of the country\u2019s most exclusive neighborhoods, including in Boston and Brookline. \u2014 Malcolm Gay, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
      "How the Warriors respond could define the rest of the series. \u2014 USA TODAY , 5 June 2022",
      "The trial offered a glimpse into a potential future media ecosystem where content creators serve as the personalities breaking news to an increasing number of viewers \u2014 and, in turn, define the online narrative around major events. \u2014 Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
      "And sometimes just one witness, or even just one moment, can define a trial. \u2014 Ken Auletta, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English diffinen, defynen, borrowed from Anglo-French definer, diffiner, borrowed (with conjugation change) from Medieval Latin d\u0113f\u012bn\u012bre, diff\u012bn\u012bre ( dif- by association with dif-, assimilated form of dis-  dis- ), going back to Latin d\u0113f\u012bn\u012bre \"to mark the limits of, determine, give an exact description of,\" from d\u0113-  de- + f\u012bn\u012bre \"to mark out the boundaries of, limit\" \u2014 more at finish entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "defined":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to determine or identify the essential qualities or meaning of",
      ": to discover and set forth the meaning of (something, such as a word)",
      ": to create with established rules or parameters",
      ": to fix or mark the limits of : demarcate",
      ": to make distinct, clear, or detailed especially in outline",
      ": characterize , distinguish",
      ": to make a definition (see definition sense 1a )",
      ": to explain the meaning of",
      ": to make clear especially in outline"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8f\u012bn",
      "di-\u02c8f\u012bn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "delineate",
      "outline",
      "silhouette",
      "sketch",
      "trace"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a term that is difficult to define",
      "The government study seeks to define urban poverty.",
      "Her book aims to define acceptable social behavior.",
      "She believes that success should be defined in terms of health and happiness.",
      "That fence defines the far edge of the property.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Together with your employees, define their development areas. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "The answer will define the match and looms large as the Timbers try to get the second half of the season off to a positive start. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 June 2022",
      "For Spaulding, those same concerns define her work for reproductive justice. \u2014 Deena Zaru, ABC News , 16 June 2022",
      "Further, animals \u2014 and our treatment of animals, our mindset around animals \u2014 define the true depth of, or lack thereof, our own humanity. \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 16 June 2022",
      "Perhaps most ironically, Olmsted\u2019s designs, though conceived in a spirit of egalitarianism, now define some of the country\u2019s most exclusive neighborhoods, including in Boston and Brookline. \u2014 Malcolm Gay, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
      "How the Warriors respond could define the rest of the series. \u2014 USA TODAY , 5 June 2022",
      "The trial offered a glimpse into a potential future media ecosystem where content creators serve as the personalities breaking news to an increasing number of viewers \u2014 and, in turn, define the online narrative around major events. \u2014 Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
      "And sometimes just one witness, or even just one moment, can define a trial. \u2014 Ken Auletta, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English diffinen, defynen, borrowed from Anglo-French definer, diffiner, borrowed (with conjugation change) from Medieval Latin d\u0113f\u012bn\u012bre, diff\u012bn\u012bre ( dif- by association with dif-, assimilated form of dis-  dis- ), going back to Latin d\u0113f\u012bn\u012bre \"to mark the limits of, determine, give an exact description of,\" from d\u0113-  de- + f\u012bn\u012bre \"to mark out the boundaries of, limit\" \u2014 more at finish entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222148"
  },
  "definite":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": free of all ambiguity, uncertainty, or obscurity",
      ": unquestionable , decided",
      ": typically designating an identified or immediately identifiable person or thing",
      ": having distinct or certain limits",
      ": being constant in number, usually less than 20, and occurring in multiples of the petal number",
      ": cymose",
      ": having certain or distinct limits",
      ": clear in meaning",
      ": unquestionable"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-f\u0259-nit",
      "\u02c8def-n\u0259t",
      "\u02c8de-f\u0259-n\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bounded",
      "circumscribed",
      "defined",
      "determinate",
      "finite",
      "limited",
      "measured",
      "narrow",
      "restricted"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "boundless",
      "dimensionless",
      "endless",
      "illimitable",
      "immeasurable",
      "indefinite",
      "infinite",
      "limitless",
      "measureless",
      "unbounded",
      "undefined",
      "unlimited",
      "unmeasured"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "According to TVLine, that's a definite possibility. \u2014 Katie Bowlby, Country Living , 2 Jan. 2022",
      "In 2010 alone, more than 20 recent moms died as a definite or probable result of their mental health. \u2014 IndyStar , 20 Dec. 2021",
      "Now that La Ni\u00f1a has formed in the Pacific, the chances of a few more storms popping up before the end of the season is a definite possibility. \u2014 Jennifer Gray, CNN , 1 Nov. 2021",
      "However, Samuel says there's definite value in training with sets of lower reps, even down to just two to three reps. \u2014 Jeff Tomko, Men's Health , 26 May 2022",
      "Where once natural gas had a definite advantage, that gap is closing. \u2014 Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
      "Nowstalgia is always going to be a definite yes for me. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 26 May 2022",
      "But while the marketplace overall is more crowded than ever, Greenstein said there are definite benefits to marketing 21st century movies. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 24 May 2022",
      "What's so interesting about The Staircase is that viewers will walk away not knowing if Michael is truly innocent or guilty, but there's a definite point of view on the American justice system. \u2014 Rebecca Theodore-vachon, Harper's BAZAAR , 24 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Latin d\u0113f\u012bn\u012btus, from past participle of d\u0113f\u012bn\u012bre \"to mark the limits of, determine, define \"",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1553, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221002"
  },
  "deflect":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction",
      ": to turn aside : deviate",
      ": to change or cause to change direction"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8flekt",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8flekt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "divert",
      "redirect",
      "swing",
      "turn",
      "veer",
      "wheel",
      "whip"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "armor that can deflect bullets",
      "The goalie deflected the ball with his hands.",
      "The ball deflected off the goalie's shoulder.",
      "They are trying to deflect attention from the troubled economy.",
      "The blame was deflected from the chairman.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With charitable donations and public statements in support of Ukraine, Phillips auction house is trying to deflect those pushing for a boycott of the business, owned by two wealthy Russians. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "So, to deflect attention, Randall pulled out another kid\u2019s chair as the kid was about to sit. \u2014 Jessica Radloff, Glamour , 24 May 2022",
      "When the reporter asked about Saban, Fisher continued to deflect attention back toward the media. \u2014 Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al , 23 May 2022",
      "Catchings, true to form, is quick to deflect praise. \u2014 Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star , 22 May 2022",
      "And Robert Campeau, the Canadian real estate investor known for engineering buyouts, was unafraid to take legal action against companies that sought to deflect his advances. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
      "But Cienega was still able find success from players such as senior outside hitter/middle blocker Derrick Vargas, who stood tall at the net to deflect some of Moser's shot attempts. \u2014 Drew Schott, The Arizona Republic , 14 May 2022",
      "Americans face rising prices at nearly every turn, and the Biden Administration has picked a series of scapegoats to deflect responsibility. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
      "The truth is that technology alone won\u2019t be sufficient to deflect all hacking attempts and humans will never be totally invulnerable to breaches themselves. \u2014 Perry Carpenter, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin deflectere to bend down, turn aside, from de- + flectere to bend",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1555, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182355"
  },
  "deflection":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a turning aside or off course : deviation",
      ": the departure of an indicator or pointer from the zero reading on the scale of an instrument",
      ": a turning aside or deviation from a straight line",
      ": the departure of an indicator or pointer from the zero reading on the scale of an instrument"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8flek-sh\u0259n",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8flek-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "departure",
      "detour",
      "deviation",
      "divagation",
      "divergence",
      "divergency",
      "diversion"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "measuring the angle of deflection",
      "He scored with a deflection off another player's stick.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "However the Bolts youngster won't remember Sunday fondly \u2013 unlike Denver rookie CB Patrick Surtain II, who swiped Herbert twice, including a game-sealing pick-six off a deflection . \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 29 Nov. 2021",
      "Ocoee defender Jaylen Hicks nearly broke up the play, but Waseem extended his arms back toward the line of scrimmage to make the catch off a deflection and spark a 28-0 win for the Warriors. \u2014 J.c. Carnahan, orlandosentinel.com , 12 Oct. 2021",
      "Nicole Douglas put in her ninth goal of the season and first since March 14 off a deflection in the 10th minute. \u2014 Jeff Metcalfe, The Arizona Republic , 28 Apr. 2021",
      "Rockette\u2019s interception return, which came off a deflection . \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 25 Oct. 2020",
      "Porter threw a bad pass, Rivers got the deflection and the ball wound up in Gordon\u2019s hands. \u2014 C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Mertz saw cornerback Jay Shaw intercept a pass thrown into tight coverage early in practice, although the ball caromed off the hands of tight end Cole Dakovich and Shaw caught the deflection . \u2014 Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "It was later corrected, as Tuiloma touched it last on the incidental deflection . \u2014 oregonlive , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "The deflection fooled Bruins goaltender Troy Grosenick, giving Greco his 99th career AHL goal 11:02 into the game. \u2014 Staff Reports, courant.com , 27 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211414"
  },
  "deformed":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "distorted or unshapely in form misshapen",
      "misshapen especially in body or limbs"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"di-\u02c8f\u022frmd",
    "synonyms":[
      "distorted",
      "malformed",
      "misshapen",
      "monstrous",
      "shapeless"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "undeformed"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "his first sculpture looked more like a deformed rabbit than a galloping horse",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Robinson\u2019s middle and index fingers bled profusely, and the fingers became deformed and black, according to the lawsuit. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 6 June 2022",
      "As the hot parts cool, the alloy bounces back to its deformed shape. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 26 May 2022",
      "Born with a deformed hand, this looks like a unique opportunity for her, but doctor Alexander fails in his trials and people are dying. \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 26 May 2022",
      "Open one and check for no pit or maybe a deformed pit inside. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 May 2022",
      "The leaders twisted into deformed , mindless Demigods who engaged in countless fights. \u2014 Brittany Vincent, BGR , 26 Feb. 2022",
      "The fragile colt was weak and underweight, deaf, couldn\u2019t walk on his deformed hooves and was about the size of a housecat. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "The closest thing to a typical del Toro touch of the macabre is a deformed fetus in a jar named Enoch, whose forehead is split down the middle and houses a giant eyeball. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "In tectonically active regions, electric charges can accumulate over time in the deformed rocks. \u2014 David Bressan, Forbes , 8 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "defraud":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deprive of something by deception or fraud",
      ": to trick or cheat someone in order to get money",
      ": to deprive of something by fraud"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8fr\u022fd",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8fr\u022fd",
      "di-\u02c8fr\u022fd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beat",
      "bilk",
      "bleed",
      "cheat",
      "chisel",
      "chouse",
      "con",
      "cozen",
      "diddle",
      "do",
      "do in",
      "euchre",
      "fiddle",
      "fleece",
      "flimflam",
      "gaff",
      "hose",
      "hustle",
      "mulct",
      "nobble",
      "pluck",
      "ream",
      "rip off",
      "rook",
      "screw",
      "shake down",
      "short",
      "shortchange",
      "skin",
      "skunk",
      "squeeze",
      "stick",
      "stiff",
      "sting",
      "sucker",
      "swindle",
      "thimblerig",
      "victimize"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "They were accused of trying to defraud the public.",
      "They conspired to defraud the government.",
      "She was convicted of writing bad checks with intent to defraud .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The couple's accountant, Peter Tarantino, was found guilty of conspiring to defraud the IRS and filing two false corporate tax returns on behalf of the Chrisleys' company. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 9 June 2022",
      "Todd and Julie, along with their accountant, began conspiring to defraud the IRS after the family started earning millions from their reality show, prosecutors said. \u2014 Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
      "Their accountant, Peter Tarantino, was also convicted of conspiring with them to defraud the IRS and filing false corporate tax returns. \u2014 Gene Maddaus, Variety , 8 June 2022",
      "The unit of auto manufacturer Stellantis NV STLA -3.59%\u25bc formerly known as Chrysler agreed to pay $300 million for conspiring to defraud federal regulators and customers about vehicle emissions, authorities said. \u2014 Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ , 3 June 2022",
      "On Monday, a federal judge in California, in a civil case involving the House committee, concluded that Mr. Trump likely engaged in criminal conduct, including obstructing the work of Congress and conspiring to defraud the United States. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "On Monday, a federal judge in California, in a civil case involving the House committee, concluded that Trump likely engaged in criminal conduct, including obstructing the work of Congress and conspiring to defraud the United States. \u2014 Alan Feuer, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Both served jail time after pleading guilty to grand larceny, tax fraud, and conspiring to defraud . \u2014 Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Ultimately, Melngailis and Strangis pled guilty to grand larceny, tax fraud, and conspiring to defraud , and both served time in prison, with Melngailis being sentenced to four months on Rikers Island. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 15 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French defrauder , from Latin defraudare , from de- + fraudare to cheat, from fraud-, fraus fraud",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-172950"
  },
  "defrauder":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deprive of something by deception or fraud",
      ": to trick or cheat someone in order to get money",
      ": to deprive of something by fraud"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8fr\u022fd",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8fr\u022fd",
      "di-\u02c8fr\u022fd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beat",
      "bilk",
      "bleed",
      "cheat",
      "chisel",
      "chouse",
      "con",
      "cozen",
      "diddle",
      "do",
      "do in",
      "euchre",
      "fiddle",
      "fleece",
      "flimflam",
      "gaff",
      "hose",
      "hustle",
      "mulct",
      "nobble",
      "pluck",
      "ream",
      "rip off",
      "rook",
      "screw",
      "shake down",
      "short",
      "shortchange",
      "skin",
      "skunk",
      "squeeze",
      "stick",
      "stiff",
      "sting",
      "sucker",
      "swindle",
      "thimblerig",
      "victimize"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "They were accused of trying to defraud the public.",
      "They conspired to defraud the government.",
      "She was convicted of writing bad checks with intent to defraud .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The couple's accountant, Peter Tarantino, was found guilty of conspiring to defraud the IRS and filing two false corporate tax returns on behalf of the Chrisleys' company. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 9 June 2022",
      "Todd and Julie, along with their accountant, began conspiring to defraud the IRS after the family started earning millions from their reality show, prosecutors said. \u2014 Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
      "Their accountant, Peter Tarantino, was also convicted of conspiring with them to defraud the IRS and filing false corporate tax returns. \u2014 Gene Maddaus, Variety , 8 June 2022",
      "The unit of auto manufacturer Stellantis NV STLA -3.59%\u25bc formerly known as Chrysler agreed to pay $300 million for conspiring to defraud federal regulators and customers about vehicle emissions, authorities said. \u2014 Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ , 3 June 2022",
      "On Monday, a federal judge in California, in a civil case involving the House committee, concluded that Mr. Trump likely engaged in criminal conduct, including obstructing the work of Congress and conspiring to defraud the United States. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "On Monday, a federal judge in California, in a civil case involving the House committee, concluded that Trump likely engaged in criminal conduct, including obstructing the work of Congress and conspiring to defraud the United States. \u2014 Alan Feuer, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Both served jail time after pleading guilty to grand larceny, tax fraud, and conspiring to defraud . \u2014 Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Ultimately, Melngailis and Strangis pled guilty to grand larceny, tax fraud, and conspiring to defraud , and both served time in prison, with Melngailis being sentenced to four months on Rikers Island. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 15 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French defrauder , from Latin defraudare , from de- + fraudare to cheat, from fraud-, fraus fraud",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191227"
  },
  "deft":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": characterized by facility and skill",
      ": quick and skillful in action"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8deft",
      "\u02c8deft"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "adroit",
      "artful",
      "bravura",
      "delicate",
      "dexterous",
      "dextrous",
      "expert",
      "masterful",
      "masterly",
      "practiced",
      "practised",
      "skillful",
      "virtuoso",
      "workmanlike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "amateur",
      "amateurish",
      "artless",
      "rude",
      "unprofessional",
      "unskillful"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The photographer is known for her deft use of lighting.",
      "a luthier whose deft craftsmanship is prized by violinists the world over",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Harriet Tubman biopic, Erivo has shown a deft ability to capture the details of the inner lives of people in unimaginable circumstances, as well as the grand scale of an entire world at a turning point. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "The clever screenplay keeps coming up with new ways to escalate the crisis, while the directors are equally deft at staging both the violent action and persistent verbal spats between stubborn characters. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 2 June 2022",
      "Raimi helped usher in the modern era of superhero cinematic dominance at first with Spider-Man; his deft touch and warm care for the characters and world made an entire generation of people care about Peter Parker. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 25 May 2022",
      "Biden, though, has brought a deft touch to relationship-building as first lady. \u2014 Jada Yuan, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
      "At a lean 6-feet-1, Ramirez is athletic, capable of twisting his body on the run, along with a deft touch at the net. \u2014 Don Norcross & Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 May 2022",
      "That\u2019s not easy, and Williams guided the Suns through a long season with a deft touch. \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Because of Jokic\u2019s deft touch around the rim and ability to create for others, Nuggets Coach Michael Malone made Jokic the focal point of the Nuggets\u2019 offense in 2016-17, Jokic\u2019s second N.B.A. season. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Carmelita Wiley-Earls has the deft touch of a velvet hammer, a mix that\u2019s part grandmother, part drill sergeant. \u2014 William Lee, chicagotribune.com , 17 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"perhaps continuing Middle English daffte, daft, defte \"well-mannered, gentle, dull, foolish\" \u2014 more at daft ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-175934"
  },
  "defunct":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": no longer living, existing, or functioning",
      ": no longer existing or being used"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8f\u0259\u014bkt",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8f\u0259\u014bkt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bygone",
      "bypast",
      "dead",
      "departed",
      "done",
      "expired",
      "extinct",
      "gone",
      "nonextant",
      "vanished"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "alive",
      "existent",
      "existing",
      "extant",
      "living"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "She wrote for the now- defunct newspaper.",
      "a stack of brochures and a few faded placards are all that remain of the defunct organization",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The detectors were set up after the 1986 nuclear disaster at Chernobyl to monitor radiation levels around the defunct plant in northern Ukraine. \u2014 Dan Lamothe And Cate Cadell, Anchorage Daily News , 9 June 2022",
      "The detectors were set up after the 1986 nuclear disaster at Chernobyl to monitor radiation levels around the defunct plant in northern Ukraine. \u2014 Cate Cadell, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
      "Russian troops left the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant and returned control to Ukrainians on Friday. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "That concluded a five-week occupation of the defunct plant that began on the first afternoon of the Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, when Russian troops arrived at the plant, the site of the world\u2019s worst nuclear accident. \u2014 James Marson, WSJ , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Russia also said Thursday that its forces were leaving the defunct Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, according to a statement from Ukraine\u2019s state-run energy company. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Over the weekend, Russian forces captured the town of Slavutych where many workers at the defunct Chernobyl plant live. \u2014 Fox News , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "This week, Russian forces seized control of the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the site of the 1986 nuclear disaster. \u2014 Mary Kekatos, ABC News , 26 Feb. 2022",
      "In 2010, Tesla bought a defunct General Motors/Toyota assembly plant in Fremont. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin defunctus , from past participle of defungi to finish, die, from de- + fungi to perform \u2014 more at function ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1599, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193854"
  },
  "degeneracy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the state of being degenerate",
      ": the process of becoming degenerate",
      ": sexual perversion",
      ": the coding of an amino acid by more than one codon",
      ": the state of being degenerate",
      ": the process of becoming degenerate",
      ": sexual perversion",
      ": the coding of an amino acid by more than one codon of the genetic code"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8jen-r\u0259-s\u0113",
      "-\u02c8je-n\u0259-",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8jen-(\u0259-)r\u0259-s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "decadence",
      "declension",
      "declination",
      "decline",
      "degeneration",
      "degradation",
      "d\u00e9gringolade",
      "descent",
      "deterioration",
      "devolution",
      "downfall",
      "downgrade",
      "ebb",
      "eclipse",
      "fall"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "ascent",
      "rise",
      "upswing"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the sad degeneracy of the old neighborhood into a slum",
      "the degeneracy of the family into a gang of petty thieves",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Bird joins other impressive authors who have returned to Carter, despite his low popularity, because his life offers an antidote to the ethical degeneracy of our current moment. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 June 2021",
      "It wasn\u2019t sacked by Lego-man Visigoths or brought down by the parasitic forces of degeneracy . \u2014 Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired , 10 June 2021",
      "The only way to break this degeneracy would be to take accurate, independent measurements that would nail down the distance to this galaxy, irrespective of any assumptions made. \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 22 June 2021",
      "His presidency reminds us that the antidote to Trumpian degeneracy is not the devout straight man but the figure of integrity who can also inspire diverse people. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 June 2021",
      "Moral watchdogs cried foul and claimed these movies not only desensitized kids to degeneracy \u2014 think of the children! \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 11 June 2021",
      "The name conjured high-minded ideals of representative democracy, but this was a true fascist state, complete with shock troops, slavery, and degeneracy laws. \u2014 Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired , 10 June 2021",
      "Every word out of her mouth is an indictment not merely of Trump but of her fellow lawmakers' degeneracy and opportunism. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 9 May 2021",
      "The first mood defends liberal democracy as a precious inheritance that requires tending; the second excoriates it for its spiritual shallowness, cultural degeneracy and tendency toward an individualist myopia or socialist utopia. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Dec. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1664, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220709"
  },
  "degenerate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state",
      ": having sunk to a condition below that which is normal to a type",
      ": having sunk to a lower and usually corrupt and vicious state",
      ": degraded sense 2",
      ": being simpler (as by having a factor or constant equal to zero) than the typical case",
      ": characterized by atoms stripped of their electrons and by very great density",
      ": consisting of degenerate matter",
      ": having two or more states or subdivisions especially of the same energy or frequency",
      ": having more than one codon representing an amino acid",
      ": being such a codon",
      ": to pass from a higher to a lower type or condition : deteriorate",
      ": to sink into a low intellectual or moral state",
      ": to decline in quality",
      ": to decline from a condition or from the standards of a species, race, or breed",
      ": to evolve or develop into a less autonomous (see autonomous sense 2a ) or less functionally active form",
      ": to cause to degenerate",
      ": one that is degenerate (see degenerate entry 1 ) : such as",
      ": one degraded from the normal moral standard",
      ": a sexual pervert",
      ": one showing signs of reversion (see reversion sense 3a ) to an earlier culture stage",
      ": having declined (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state",
      ": having deteriorated progressively (as in the process of evolution) especially through loss of structure and function",
      ": having sunk to a lower and usually corrupt and vicious state",
      ": having more than one codon representing an amino acid",
      ": being such a codon",
      ": to sink into a low intellectual or moral state",
      ": to pass from a higher to a lower type or condition: as",
      ": to gradually deteriorate so that normal function or structure is impaired or lost",
      ": to decline from the standards of a species, race, or breed",
      ": to evolve or develop into a less autonomous or less functionally active form",
      ": one that is degenerate: as",
      ": one degraded from the normal moral standard",
      ": a sexual pervert"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8jen-r\u0259t",
      "-\u02c8je-n\u0259-",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8je-n\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8jen-r\u0259t",
      "-\u02c8je-n\u0259-",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8jen-(\u0259-)r\u0259t",
      "di-\u02c8jen-\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
      "di-\u02c8jen-(\u0259-)r\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "decadent",
      "decayed",
      "effete",
      "overripe",
      "washed-up"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "atrophy",
      "crumble",
      "decay",
      "decline",
      "descend",
      "deteriorate",
      "devolve",
      "ebb",
      "regress",
      "retrograde",
      "rot",
      "sink",
      "worsen"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "He criticizes what he believes is a degenerate society.",
      "a degenerate society in which people had no sense of being citizens, only consumers",
      "Verb",
      "over the years the community-minded organization degenerated into a club for loafers",
      "Noun",
      "a couple of degenerates on a crime spree",
      "a degenerate who is uninterested in anything but his own gratification",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "There was a glorious point in the \u201890s when Matt Damon seemed only to play unassuming boy genius to his degenerate friends, and Rounders is arguably his finest portrayal of the golden boy archetype. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Unfortunately, the governor has heard from his top-rate prisoner Tom Christie that Jamie is well-respected among the lads and requests that Mac Dubh tightens up the degenerate brood. \u2014 Lincee Ray, EW.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "The welfare state can eradicate poverty by distributing income to all non-workers \u2014 or Manchin can falsely smear poor people as degenerate drug addicts and protect rich people (like himself, incidentally) from higher taxes. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 20 Dec. 2021",
      "Fiona Nova and Will Neff; rising livestreamer CodeMiko; and a degenerate rat-puppet named Ratty. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 12 Oct. 2021",
      "Prior to the GameStop madness, when the subreddit Wall Street Bets was a quieter community of degenerate gamblers, members tracked Paul Pelosi\u2019s market moves, often treating them as a joke about their own compulsive trading. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 12 Aug. 2021",
      "Instead of rejecting Ji-Yoon\u2019s degenerate boyfriend, her father sees him safely home. \u2014 Amanda Whiting, Vulture , 21 Aug. 2021",
      "Prior to the GameStop madness, when the subreddit Wall Street Bets was a quieter community of degenerate gamblers, members tracked Paul Pelosi\u2019s market moves, often treating them as a joke about their own compulsive trading. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 12 Aug. 2021",
      "The Nazis viewed French culture as degenerate and dangerous but also as a useful distraction to keep Parisians from rebelling. \u2014 Timothy Schaffert, WSJ , 23 July 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The balance works fairly well, until the proceedings degenerate in the final act into the sort of manic, over-the-top vehicular mayhem that brings the film closer to an animated version of the Fast and Furious franchise. \u2014 Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "There is a tradition in far-right propagandist literature, to which Bronze Age Pervert is a modern-day inheritor, of a white male hero who rises up against a liberal, racially mixed, feminist, and/or otherwise degenerate society. \u2014 Ian Allen, The New Republic , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Your instinct here is to loll, sprawl, degenerate , create crumbs. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "History can degenerate into nostalgia from an imaginary golden age, or inspire a utopian quest to erase the past altogether. \u2014 Richard Cohen, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "But just as language can illuminate thought and regenerate politics, so too language can be used to obscure thought and degenerate politics. \u2014 Mark Satta, The Conversation , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Managers can\u2019t afford to sit back and let debate degenerate . \u2014 Sally Percy, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "These are the fine-lines to be walked and explored, since one or the other extremes can degenerate into crimes of their own. \u2014 Vipin Bharathan, Forbes , 2 Jan. 2022",
      "However, this must not degenerate into a pre-crime unit a la Minority Report. \u2014 Vipin Bharathan, Forbes , 2 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Nothing can top Penny Marshall\u2019s 1992 movie about women playing baseball in the \u201940s \u2014 Tom Hanks as a lovable degenerate ? \u2014 Washington Post Staff, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
      "Griswold effectively fashioned the portrait of the artist as an erratic degenerate . \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "When someone has Alzheimer's disease, the person's brain cells that retrieve, process and store information degenerate and die, according to the Alzheimer's Association. \u2014 Kristen Rogers, CNN , 30 Aug. 2021",
      "The activities often took place at cast members\u2019 ancestral plantations, but sometimes \u2014 and this is how Bonaparte, who is not a degenerate , comes in \u2014 at Bonaparte\u2019s restaurants. \u2014 Anna Peele, Vulture , 14 Apr. 2021",
      "In his most famous exchange from the movie, Sally Kellerman\u2019s Margaret Houlihan wonders how such a degenerate doctor as Donald Sutherland\u2019s Hawkeye Pierce could reach a position of responsibility in the U.S. Army. \u2014 Andrew Dealton, USA TODAY , 8 Dec. 2019",
      "Adam Sandler plays a lying degenerate gambler in Uncut Gems, which in its sordid candor turns out to be one of the grabbiest films of the year. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 11 Dec. 2019",
      "In his most famous exchange from the movie, Sally Kellerman's Margaret Houlihan wonders how such a degenerate doctor as Donald Sutherland's Hawkeye Pierce could reach a position of responsibility in the U.S. Army. \u2014 CBS News , 8 Dec. 2019",
      "Besides, too great a concern with origin degenerates too easily into a concern with purity, and folklore is most impure. \u2014 Kevin Young, The New Yorker , 2 Dec. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective, Verb, and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1545, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1555, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220112"
  },
  "degeneration":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": degenerate (see degenerate entry 1 ) condition",
      ": a lowering of effective power, vitality, or essential quality to an enfeebled and worsened kind or state",
      ": intellectual, moral, or artistic decline",
      ": progressive deterioration of physical characters from a level representing the norm of earlier generations or forms",
      ": deterioration of a tissue or an organ in which its function is diminished or its structure is impaired",
      ": intellectual or moral decline tending toward dissolution of character or integrity : a progressive worsening of personal adjustment",
      ": progressive deterioration of physical characters from a level representing the norm of earlier generations or forms : regression of the morphology of a group or kind of organism toward a simpler less highly organized state",
      ": deterioration of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality is diminished or its structure impaired",
      ": deterioration in which specialized cells are replaced by less specialized cells (as in fibrosis or in malignancies) or in which cells are functionally impaired (as by deposition of abnormal matter in the tissue)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02ccje-n\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccd\u0113-",
      "di-\u02ccjen-\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n, \u02ccd\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "decadence",
      "declension",
      "declination",
      "decline",
      "degeneracy",
      "degradation",
      "d\u00e9gringolade",
      "descent",
      "deterioration",
      "devolution",
      "downfall",
      "downgrade",
      "ebb",
      "eclipse",
      "fall"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "ascent",
      "rise",
      "upswing"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the organization's degeneration from a movement for political reform to just another political party",
      "the troubling degeneration of his memory since he reached middle age",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In South Africa, preventive lockdowns cause poverty, job losses, and declines in tax revenues, resulting in further service delivery degeneration . \u2014 Glen Retief, The New Republic , 11 May 2022",
      "The woman told police that Thomas suffered several concussions playing football and might have CTE \u2014 the term commonly used for brain degeneration caused by head trauma. \u2014 Ryan Autullo, USA TODAY , 6 May 2022",
      "Poor posture can lead to injuries, spinal problems, joints degeneration , rounded shoulders and a potbelly. \u2014 Ebony Williams, ajc , 3 May 2022",
      "The cause was senile degeneration of the brain, said a daughter, Kathryn Baird. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Synthetic musk compounds disrupt hormonal function, interfere with endocrine processes, and are linked to both neural degeneration and infertility. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Our minds play tricks on us, so that signs of degeneration can go unnoticed for years and then come into focus as harbingers of doom. \u2014 Rachael Bedard, The New Yorker , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "Predisposition to osteoarthritis is a factor in knee and hip degeneration . \u2014 Outside Online , 23 Apr. 2019",
      "Anolik said the cause was Huntington\u2019s disease, which causes a progressive degeneration of nerve cells in the brain. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see degenerate  entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194224"
  },
  "degradation":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or process of degrading",
      ": decline to a low, destitute, or demoralized state",
      ": moral or intellectual decadence : degeneration",
      ": change of a chemical compound to a less complex compound"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-gr\u0259-\u02c8d\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccdeg-r\u0259-\u02c8d\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "decadence",
      "declension",
      "declination",
      "decline",
      "degeneracy",
      "degeneration",
      "d\u00e9gringolade",
      "descent",
      "deterioration",
      "devolution",
      "downfall",
      "downgrade",
      "ebb",
      "eclipse",
      "fall"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "ascent",
      "rise",
      "upswing"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "English teachers bemoaning the degradation of the language that e-mail and instant messaging have allegedly brought about.",
      "the belief that moral degradation is an unmistakable sign of a nation in decline",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In fact, the Seychelles government is under pressure from watchdog organizations to mitigate the harm and to demand that the worst offenders pay fines for the degradation these nets inflict. \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Deforestation and forest degradation account for around 11% of the world's carbon emissions. \u2014 Ivana Kottasov\u00e1, CNN , 1 Nov. 2021",
      "According to the conservation non-profit World Wildlife Fund (WWF), deforestation and degradation are destroying forests at the rate of about 18 million acres per year, or 27 soccer fields per minute. \u2014 Danielle Bernabe, Fortune , 21 June 2021",
      "After roughly 20-30 years, degradation coupled with leaps in technology render old nuclear subs obsolete. \u2014 Cory Graff, Popular Mechanics , 17 Jan. 2021",
      "This is in addition to rapid degradation caused by human activity. \u2014 Julie Loisel, The Conversation , 7 Dec. 2020",
      "The Telegram chat revealed what many of us already knew: Urban music was never to blame for the degradation of Puerto Rican society. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Jan. 2020",
      "Conservative pastors have said mass shootings and other social harms are the result of an overall degradation in moral values and disregard for human life. \u2014 Deepa Bharath, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
      "Soil degradation is a natural and inevitable process amplified by human activity such as deforestation and poor land management practices. \u2014 Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer , 2 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see degrade ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211427"
  },
  "degrade":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to lower in grade, rank, or status : demote",
      ": to strip of rank or honors",
      ": to lower to an inferior or less effective level",
      ": to scale down in desirability or salability",
      ": to bring to low esteem or into disrepute",
      ": to drag down in moral or intellectual character : corrupt",
      ": to impair in respect to some physical property",
      ": to wear down by erosion",
      ": to reduce the complexity of (a chemical compound) : decompose",
      ": to pass from a higher grade or class to a lower",
      ": to become reduced in complexity",
      ": to lower in character or dignity",
      ": to break down or separate into simpler parts or substances",
      ": to reduce from a higher to a lower rank or degree",
      ": to reduce the complexity of (a chemical compound) by splitting off one or more groups or larger components : decompose",
      ": to undergo chemical degradation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8gr\u0101d",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8gr\u0101d",
      "di-\u02c8gr\u0101d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break",
      "bust",
      "demote",
      "disrate",
      "downgrade",
      "reduce"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "advance",
      "elevate",
      "promote",
      "raise"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The group accuses the company of degrading women in its ads.",
      "He felt degraded by their remarks.",
      "Scratches on a camera lens will degrade the image.",
      "Pollution has degraded air quality.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Plastic waste can take centuries to degrade , and causes extensive damage to marine ecosystems. \u2014 Ilan Ben Zion, ajc , 10 June 2022",
      "For sustainable ingredients, brands can choose to include plants that are grown and harvested sustainably (and ethically, ofc) and don't degrade the earth. \u2014 Abby Dupes, Seventeen , 16 May 2022",
      "Who knew if Andy was going to scream or yell at you, degrade you, be friendly, or just be confused or inquisitive? \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022",
      "But none of them degrade it more than spreading the lie that elections in the United States are systematically untrustworthy and rigged against one of the country's two parties. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 14 Sep. 2021",
      "Implementing such systems the wrong way can, too, degrade the employee-employer relationship. \u2014 Sarah Scoles, New York Times , 17 May 2022",
      "His fellow Republicans have amply demonstrated their ability to degrade American democracy all on their own. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "One is that the exit of a single transit provider from a country the size of Russia\u2014or two providers, in this case\u2014doesn\u2019t have enough of an impact to degrade overall service. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "That same characteristic can also make PFAS harmful, as the chemicals are virtually indestructible and do not fully degrade in the environment or within living tissue. \u2014 Kyle Bagenstose, USA TODAY , 7 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French degrader , from Late Latin degradare , from Latin de- + gradus step, grade \u2014 more at grade entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212747"
  },
  "degraded":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": reduced far below ordinary standards of civilized life and conduct",
      ": characterized by degeneration of structure or function"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8gr\u0101-d\u0259d",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "corrupt",
      "debased",
      "debauched",
      "decadent",
      "degenerate",
      "demoralized",
      "depraved",
      "dissipated",
      "dissolute",
      "jackleg",
      "libertine",
      "loose",
      "perverse",
      "perverted",
      "rakehell",
      "rakehelly",
      "rakish",
      "reprobate",
      "sick",
      "unclean",
      "unwholesome",
      "warped"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "pure",
      "uncorrupt",
      "uncorrupted"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "many observers deplored the fact that the city's festivities for Mardi Gras had become a degraded , drunken celebration",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "These drones are small surveillance UAVs that operate in high-threat, GPS degraded environments. \u2014 Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 June 2022",
      "The most pressing issue is the degraded state of our national dialogue. \u2014 Eric Loeb, Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
      "Even in its degraded state, the Russian garrison on Snake Island might be capable of defeating a heliborne assault. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 7 May 2022",
      "Scientists have found these tiny bits of degraded plastic\u2014along with fibers shed from synthetic fabric, and microbeads from cosmetics\u2014lurking throughout the oceans, lakes, soil and even the air. \u2014 Andrea Thompson, Scientific American , 12 Nov. 2018",
      "But degraded conventual forces could drive Putin to other means of exerting force. \u2014 Matt Seyler, ABC News , 10 May 2022",
      "The novel discloses a vision of urban life in which everyone from the poor, degraded street sweeper Jo to the haughty aristocratic Lady Dedlock turns out to be tightly connected. \u2014 Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "His startup is on a mission to diversify the food system with an environmentally-friendly crop that Langwallner says can restore degraded land, cut water consumption, improve our diet and increase food security: the Bambara groundnut. \u2014 Rebecca Cairns, CNN , 8 May 2022",
      "His rapid-fire sequences of degraded black-and-white imagery downloaded from the Internet flash up on a giant screen. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1643, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-230724"
  },
  "degrading":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": causing or associated with a low, destitute, or demoralized state : causing someone to be or feel degraded"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8gr\u0101-di\u014b",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "belittling",
      "contemptuous",
      "decrying",
      "demeaning",
      "denigrative",
      "denigratory",
      "deprecatory",
      "depreciative",
      "depreciatory",
      "derisory",
      "derogative",
      "derogatory",
      "detractive",
      "disdainful",
      "disparaging",
      "pejorative",
      "scornful",
      "slighting",
      "uncomplimentary"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "commendatory",
      "complimentary",
      "laudative",
      "laudatory"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1540, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210255"
  },
  "degree":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a step or stage in a process, course, or order of classification",
      ": a rank or grade of official, ecclesiastical , or social position",
      ": a particular standing especially as to dignity or worth",
      ": the civil (see civil sense 4 ) condition or status of a person",
      ": a step in a direct line of descent or in the line of ascent to a common ancestor",
      ": step , stair",
      ": a member of a series arranged in steps (as of parts of a structure)",
      ": a measure of damage to tissue caused by injury or disease \u2014 compare first-degree burn , second-degree burn , third-degree burn",
      ": the extent, measure, or scope of an action, condition, or relation",
      ": relative intensity",
      ": one of the forms or sets of forms used in the comparison of an adjective or adverb",
      ": a legal measure of guilt or negligence",
      ": a title conferred on students by a college, university, or professional school on completion of a program of study",
      ": a grade of membership attained in a ritualistic order or society",
      ": an academic title conferred to honor distinguished achievement or service",
      ": the formal ceremonies observed in the conferral of such a distinction",
      ": a unit of measure for angles equal to an angle with its vertex at the center of a circle and its sides cutting off \u00b9/\u2083\u2086\u2080 of the circumference",
      ": a unit of measure for arcs of a circle equal to the amount of arc that subtends a central angle of one degree",
      ": a position or space on the earth or in the heavens as measured by degrees of latitude",
      ": a step, note, or tone of a scale",
      ": a line or space of the musical staff",
      ": one of the divisions or intervals marked on a scale of a measuring instrument",
      ": any of various units for measuring temperature",
      ": the sum of the exponents of the variables in the term of highest degree in a polynomial , polynomial function, or polynomial equation",
      ": the sum of the exponents of the variable factors of a monomial",
      ": the greatest power of the derivative of highest order in a differential equation after the equation has been rationalized (see rationalize sense 2 ) and cleared of fractions with respect to the derivative",
      ": to a remarkable extent : exceedingly",
      ": in a small way",
      ": a step in a series",
      ": amount of something as measured by a series of steps",
      ": one of the three forms an adjective or adverb may have when it is compared",
      ": a title given (as to students) by a college or university",
      ": one of the divisions marked on a measuring instrument (as a thermometer)",
      ": a 360th part of the circumference of a circle",
      ": a line or space of the staff in music or the difference in pitch between two notes",
      ": a measure of damage to tissue caused by injury or disease \u2014 see first-degree burn , second-degree burn , third-degree burn",
      ": a title conferred on students by a college, university, or professional school on completion of a unified program of study",
      ": an academic title conferred honorarily",
      ": one of the divisions or intervals marked on a scale of a measuring instrument",
      ": any of various units for measuring temperature",
      ": a 360th part of the circumference of a circle",
      ": a step in a direct line of descent or in the line of ascent to a common ancestor",
      ": a measure of the seriousness of a crime \u2014 see also fifth degree , first degree , fourth degree , second degree , third degree",
      ": a measure of care",
      ": a measure of negligence especially in connection with bailments \u2014 see also care , negligence"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8gr\u0113",
      "di-\u02c8gr\u0113",
      "di-\u02c8gr\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chapter",
      "cut",
      "grade",
      "inch",
      "notch",
      "peg",
      "phase",
      "place",
      "point",
      "stage",
      "step"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "There are 360 degrees in a circle.",
      "These trees will thrive, to a greater or lesser degree , in a number of climates.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Irma Vep takes that self-referential element to a mind-boggling degree . \u2014 Erica Gonzales, ELLE , 22 June 2022",
      "Until then, this existential threat to the PGA Tour is nothing more than golf\u2019s equivalent of spoiled frat boys cheating their way to a degree at what the smart kids consider their safety school. \u2014 Nancy Armour, USA TODAY , 21 June 2022",
      "Instead, hundreds of thousands enlisted to fight the Russians, deluging recruiters from the army and the territorial defense force to the degree that many initially had to be turned away. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
      "But wage growth is not, to a material degree , driving inflation, said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics. \u2014 Alicia Wallace, CNN , 17 June 2022",
      "To some degree , the crash in cryptocurrencies is tied to the sharp drops in stock indexes \u2014 investors are shedding their riskier investments, like digital currencies, and fleeing to safer assets, like bonds. \u2014 Peter Weber, The Week , 17 June 2022",
      "Kallas acknowledged that Estonia\u2019s tough stance on Russia and the Ukraine war stem to a large degree from Estonia\u2019s own historical experiences, as a country occupied after World War II by the former Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991. \u2014 Liz Sly, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
      "That will still happen, Mr. Otto says, just not to the same degree . \u2014 Dave Shedloski, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "Pro-government forces have also used child fighters but to a much lesser degree and have taken greater measures to halt the practice, according to UN and aid officials. \u2014 Samy Magdy, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French degr\u00e9 , from Vulgar Latin *degradus , from Latin de- + gradus \u2014 see degrade ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-091948"
  },
  "deify":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make a god of",
      ": to take as an object of worship",
      ": to glorify as of supreme worth"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b",
      "\u02c8d\u0101-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "adore",
      "adulate",
      "canonize",
      "dote (on)",
      "hero-worship",
      "idolize",
      "worship"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The people deified the emperor.",
      "materialistic people who deify money",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Anyone with the will to correct this problem should not further deify those at the top, but strengthen and respect the less flamboyant levels of the system. \u2014 Douglas Board, Fortune , 12 Nov. 2021",
      "For those of us who deify Pen\u00e9lope Cruz, the new film is a case of d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 24 Dec. 2021",
      "Gandhi was suspicious of his followers\u2019 attempts to deify him. \u2014 Ian Beacock, The New Republic , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "From the Greek word apotheoun, meaning to make a god or to deify , apotheosis implies a polytheistic conception of gods while recognizing that some individuals straddle the boundary between gods and men. \u2014 Natasha Gural, Forbes , 21 Oct. 2021",
      "The hall was erected with the intent to venerate and deify , and the selections into it reflected the hubris of its creators. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 2 Oct. 2020",
      "This suggestion will enrage Americans who deify their constitution. \u2014 Joe Mathews, Fortune , 4 July 2020",
      "Which is harder in a way than just dying in the mountains and being deified . \u2014 Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker , 24 Feb. 2020",
      "In the fifteen years since his death, Bogle has been deified by the dancehall scene. \u2014 1843 , 16 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Middle French deifier , from Late Latin deificare , from Latin deus god + -ficare -fy",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203802"
  },
  "deity":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "the rank or essential nature of a god divinity",
      "god sense 1 , supreme being",
      "a god (see god entry 1 sense 2 ) or goddess",
      "one exalted or revered as supremely good or powerful",
      "god sense 1",
      "god sense 2 , goddess"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113-\u0259-t\u0113",
      "\u02c8d\u0101-",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-\u0259-t\u0113",
      "\u02c8d\u0101-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "divinity",
      "god"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "to the ancient Greeks, Zeus was the deity who ruled over the sky and weather, and Poseidon was god of the sea",
      "we prayed to the Deity for guidance",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Regarding possible concerns that a robot deity could be considered sacrilegious, Goto was firm in his stance that Buddhism was about following Buddha\u2019s way, not worshiping a god. \u2014 Byhyerim Lee, ABC News , 15 June 2022",
      "There is no deity except Him, the One who sustains Himself and sustains all of His creation. \u2014 Manal Aman, Woman's Day , 19 May 2022",
      "Ovid is describing a state of transformation again and again and again, shifting from that character to this person, to that deity to that animal. \u2014 Caryn James, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "In Egyptian mythology, Ammit, or Ammut, is described as a monstrous deity and the devourer of hearts and the dead. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "In Egyptian mythology, Ammit, or Ammut, is described as a monstrous deity and the devourer of hearts and the dead. \u2014 Tracy Brownstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "During this time, he was being portrayed as an antihero seen by fans as a wrestling deity . \u2014 Martin Douglas, SPIN , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Some climbed the colored stairs to pray at the Batu Caves temple just north of Kuala Lumpur to pay homage to their deity , Lord Muruga. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 4 Nov. 2021",
      "Some temples even use water from a spring or well on the premises, while farms located nearby traditionally offer part of their harvest to the temple's presiding deity . \u2014 Rakesh Kumar, CNN , 28 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English deitee , from Anglo-French deit\u00e9 , from Late Latin deitat-, deitas , from Latin deus god; akin to Old English T\u012bw , god of war, Latin divus god, dies day, Greek dios heavenly, Sanskrit deva heavenly, god",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-165859"
  },
  "deject":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dejected",
      ": to make gloomy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8jekt",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bum (out)",
      "burden",
      "dash",
      "depress",
      "get down",
      "oppress",
      "sadden",
      "weigh down"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "brighten",
      "buoy",
      "cheer (up)",
      "gladden",
      "lighten",
      "rejoice"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "nothing dejects a TV pundit more than the reality check that nobody cares what he thinks",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "This design feature, this core consequence of the Islamic creed, should hearten democrats and deject despots. \u2014 Haroon Moghul, CNN , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Taylor was dejected by the outcome but vowed to seek a retrial. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Oct. 2019",
      "Gabriela Gordillo walked out of the Mesa InterStake Center dejected . \u2014 Pamela Ren Larson, azcentral , 20 June 2018",
      "Jorge Alfaro, dejected a moment earlier, lifted his catcher\u2019s helmet and applauded. \u2014 Matt Breen, Philly.com , 28 Apr. 2018",
      "The professional deficits have been topped with dejecting personal tragedies. \u2014 Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times , 20 July 2017",
      "Dejected by his misfortune, Montana was unsure on how to proceed next. \u2014 Carl Lamarre, Billboard , 13 July 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "1581, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-175945"
  },
  "dejected":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": low in spirits : depressed",
      ": downcast",
      ": thrown down",
      ": lowered in rank or condition",
      ": sad sense 1",
      ": cast down in spirits : depressed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8jek-t\u0259d",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8jek-t\u0259d",
      "di-\u02c8jek-t\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bad",
      "blue",
      "brokenhearted",
      "cast down",
      "crestfallen",
      "depressed",
      "despondent",
      "disconsolate",
      "doleful",
      "down",
      "down in the mouth",
      "downcast",
      "downhearted",
      "droopy",
      "forlorn",
      "gloomy",
      "glum",
      "hangdog",
      "heartbroken",
      "heartsick",
      "heartsore",
      "heavyhearted",
      "inconsolable",
      "joyless",
      "low",
      "low-spirited",
      "melancholic",
      "melancholy",
      "miserable",
      "mournful",
      "sad",
      "saddened",
      "sorrowful",
      "sorry",
      "unhappy",
      "woebegone",
      "woeful",
      "wretched"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "blissful",
      "buoyant",
      "buoyed",
      "cheerful",
      "cheery",
      "chipper",
      "delighted",
      "glad",
      "gladdened",
      "gladsome",
      "gleeful",
      "happy",
      "joyful",
      "joyous",
      "jubilant",
      "sunny",
      "upbeat"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The dejected players left the field.",
      "the dejected players slowly made their way back to the locker room, where they could mourn their defeat in private",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Oldham County's Sam Powell walked out of the locker room with a dejected look on his face. \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 11 June 2022",
      "Resting a supportive hand on the shoulder of a slumping, dejected man, Adrian Feliciano encouraged him to talk with a mental health counselor \u2014 and brought one in \u2014 on a recent afternoon. \u2014 Jennifer Peltz, ajc , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Valles watched from the sidelines after turning her ankle in the first half, and Burghardt and Pacheco shared a dejected embrace walking off the floor. \u2014 Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Shiffrin\u2019s Beijing race results were startling and newsworthy, and her dejected reactions to her falls were heartbreaking. \u2014 Bill Pennington, New York Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Edwards at times struck a dejected tone during his meeting with the lawmakers. \u2014 NBC News , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "Minutes later, Gary walks out with a dejected look. \u2014 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, Affleck reflected on the infamous meme of him looking dejected while promoting Batman v Superman after the interviewer brought up the brutal reviews. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 10 Jan. 2022",
      "England\u2019s dejected players surely would rather just head back home and not have to suffer any more humiliation. \u2014 Tristan Lavalette, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see deject  entry 2 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204646"
  },
  "delay":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of postponing, hindering, or causing something to occur more slowly than normal : the state of being delayed",
      ": an instance of being delayed",
      ": the time during which something is delayed",
      ": put off , postpone",
      ": to stop, detain, or hinder for a time",
      ": to cause to be slower or to occur more slowly than normal",
      ": to move or act slowly",
      ": to cause delay",
      ": a putting off of something",
      ": the time during which something is delayed",
      ": to put off",
      ": to stop or prevent for a time",
      ": to move or act slowly",
      "Thomas (Dale) 1947\u2013 American politician"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8l\u0101",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8l\u0101",
      "di-\u02c8l\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "detainment",
      "detention",
      "holdback",
      "holding pattern",
      "holdup",
      "wait"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "crawl",
      "creep",
      "dally",
      "dawdle",
      "diddle",
      "dillydally",
      "drag",
      "lag",
      "linger",
      "loiter",
      "lollygag",
      "lallygag",
      "mope",
      "poke",
      "shilly-shally",
      "tarry"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Following the long delay , Choi lined an RBI single and Ren\u00e9 Pinto blooped a run-scoring single. \u2014 Ronald Blum, Hartford Courant , 16 June 2022",
      "On the other side of the ball, Artz was initially named coach in 2020, the year after he was named head coach at Norton, but the two-year delay allowed his son, two-way lineman J.D. Artz, to blossom into an all-star and a South selection. \u2014 Nate Weitzer, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
      "The bill\u2019s delay has already put hundreds of billions of dollars of investment in clean energy on hold. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
      "Lawyers from the Illinois attorney general\u2019s office argued that the delay would have unfairly hurt all the other applicants. \u2014 Robert Mccoppin, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
      "One of them, a theater student named Ya\u00ebl who is now 22, told me that the delay felt endless. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
      "The only way to counter this is to point out the urgent truth obscured by the competing narratives of dystopia and delay , which is that the climate crisis is already here. \u2014 Liza Featherstone, The New Republic , 15 June 2022",
      "WDW News Today, which covers Disney theme parks, was first to report the delay . \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
      "Lipa, however, attributed the delay to a power struggle between the ruling Self Determination Movement! \u2014 Llazar Semini, ajc , 15 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "However, Biden hasn\u2019t commented publicly since and could delay any potential decision until later this summer to coincide with the end of the student loan payment pause. \u2014 Zack Friedman, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "But a further market downturn would move stock portfolios, 401(k)s, and likely cryptocurrency holdings even lower, and could delay an eventual market recovery. \u2014 Max Zahn, ABC News , 16 June 2022",
      "Tobacco companies could then sue, which could further delay the policy\u2019s implementation. \u2014 Jennifer Maloney, WSJ , 11 June 2022",
      "The rejection of the report was a rare move that exposed divisions on the bloc's biggest climate change policy and could delay the measure. \u2014 Angela Dewan, CNN , 8 June 2022",
      "But Beiko told Fortune that developers could delay the bomb in roughly four weeks time, saying that the process isn\u2019t difficult. \u2014 Taylor Locke, Fortune , 3 May 2022",
      "Even if Biden proceeds with student loan cancellation, Republicans and other opponents of broad student loan relief could launch legal challenges, which could delay any implementation. \u2014 Zack Friedman, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
      "According to a 2017 Harvard Business School review, waiting period laws that delay the purchase of firearms by a few days reduce gun homicides by roughly 17%. \u2014 Gene Johnson, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
      "But at the last minute, the ISO decided to file a plan with FERC that would delay full elimination of the MOPR for two additional years, until 2025. \u2014 Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant , 31 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170419"
  },
  "delectable":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "highly pleasing delightful",
      "delicious",
      "something that is highly pleasing or delicious",
      "a delicious food item",
      "very pleasing delightful",
      "delicious"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"di-\u02c8lek-t\u0259-b\u0259l",
    "synonyms":[
      "agreeable",
      "blessed",
      "blest",
      "congenial",
      "darling",
      "delicious",
      "delightful",
      "delightsome",
      "dreamy",
      "dulcet",
      "enjoyable",
      "felicitous",
      "good",
      "grateful",
      "gratifying",
      "heavenly",
      "jolly",
      "luscious",
      "nice",
      "palatable",
      "pleasant",
      "pleasing",
      "pleasurable",
      "pretty",
      "satisfying",
      "savory",
      "savoury",
      "sweet",
      "tasty",
      "welcome"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bit",
      "cate",
      "dainty",
      "delicacy",
      "goody",
      "goodie",
      "kickshaw",
      "tidbit",
      "titbit",
      "treat",
      "viand"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "The meals he prepares are always delectable .",
      "one of the most delectable men she's ever met",
      "Noun",
      "a gourmet shop filled with delectables for every palate, albeit not for every pocketbook",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
      "The Relax Bears are CBD stress relievers in the form of delectable sweets. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 May 2022",
      "The new bakery, which was previously known as The Scoop, is managed by Pittsfield native Cheryl Murray, who doles out delectable sweets and candies, as well as quiches and coffee. \u2014 Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Consider it as an especially delectable Mother\u2019s Day gift. \u2014 Laura Manske, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Step one is a brown sugar crust, an unusually delectable crust that also involves flour, malted milk powder (such as Ovaltine or Carnation), vanilla and a great deal of butter. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "The trout dip appetizer and falafel or chicken wraps are delectable . \u2014 Andrew Nelson, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
      "Mouthwateringly simple, the City of Brotherly Love's most beloved sandwich is a delectable hot mess layered with ribeye steak sliced thin, oozing sheets of provolone and sauteed peppers and onions to your liking. \u2014 Terry Ward, CNN , 11 May 2022",
      "That girl could have been none other than Midge Decter, a unique and delectable personality. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 10 May 2022",
      "Instead, Sowell is enticing the tastebuds, showing the appeal of vegan food in a direct and delectable way. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "Andr\u00e9 Giroux used his fingers to manipulate the paint in the sky in delectable -on-all-counts Santa Trinit\u00e0 dei Monti in the Snow, from the late 1820s, a rarest-of-rare Roman snow scene. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "Hadid took to Instagram yesterday to share snapshots of delectable -looking bites she's indulged in while sheltering in place at her family's farm in Pennsylvania amid the coronavirus pandemic. \u2014 Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 Aug. 2020",
      "The camp fantasies of Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski, and Julie Walters riding jet skis on a yacht is delectable , but the number lacks the pizazz of so many others. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 11 June 2020",
      "Released earlier this week, the second cookbook from the Waco Wonder Woman is filled with delectable recipes for hits like Cajun shrimp sheet pan dinner, zucchini bread, oatmeal cream pies, and more. \u2014 Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living , 10 Apr. 2020",
      "One delectable Stonehenge entrant is a marshmallow masterpiece submitted by Priya Bhatnagar of Belle Mead, New Jersey. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Apr. 2020",
      "Three courses available for $45 dinner menu with choice of salad, entree and delectable dessert, or select 2-course lunch for $29 featuring lunch portion of entrees. \u2014 Alvaro Montano, Houston Chronicle , 3 Apr. 2020",
      "Skilled baristas know that achieving the perfect complex flavor profile for a delectable shot of espresso is as much art as science. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 22 Jan. 2020",
      "The chicken comes with a couple of sides, often lush macaroni and cheese, delectable collard greens or feathery buttermilk biscuits. \u2014 Florence Fabricant, New York Times , 9 Mar. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1921, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "delectably":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": highly pleasing : delightful",
      ": delicious",
      ": something that is highly pleasing or delicious",
      ": a delicious food item",
      ": very pleasing : delightful",
      ": delicious"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8lek-t\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "di-\u02c8lek-t\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "agreeable",
      "blessed",
      "blest",
      "congenial",
      "darling",
      "delicious",
      "delightful",
      "delightsome",
      "dreamy",
      "dulcet",
      "enjoyable",
      "felicitous",
      "good",
      "grateful",
      "gratifying",
      "heavenly",
      "jolly",
      "luscious",
      "nice",
      "palatable",
      "pleasant",
      "pleasing",
      "pleasurable",
      "pretty",
      "satisfying",
      "savory",
      "savoury",
      "sweet",
      "tasty",
      "welcome"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bit",
      "cate",
      "dainty",
      "delicacy",
      "goody",
      "goodie",
      "kickshaw",
      "tidbit",
      "titbit",
      "treat",
      "viand"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "The meals he prepares are always delectable .",
      "one of the most delectable men she's ever met",
      "Noun",
      "a gourmet shop filled with delectables for every palate, albeit not for every pocketbook",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The Relax Bears are CBD stress relievers in the form of delectable sweets. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 May 2022",
      "The new bakery, which was previously known as The Scoop, is managed by Pittsfield native Cheryl Murray, who doles out delectable sweets and candies, as well as quiches and coffee. \u2014 Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Consider it as an especially delectable Mother\u2019s Day gift. \u2014 Laura Manske, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Step one is a brown sugar crust, an unusually delectable crust that also involves flour, malted milk powder (such as Ovaltine or Carnation), vanilla and a great deal of butter. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "The trout dip appetizer and falafel or chicken wraps are delectable . \u2014 Andrew Nelson, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
      "Mouthwateringly simple, the City of Brotherly Love's most beloved sandwich is a delectable hot mess layered with ribeye steak sliced thin, oozing sheets of provolone and sauteed peppers and onions to your liking. \u2014 Terry Ward, CNN , 11 May 2022",
      "That girl could have been none other than Midge Decter, a unique and delectable personality. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 10 May 2022",
      "Instead, Sowell is enticing the tastebuds, showing the appeal of vegan food in a direct and delectable way. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Andr\u00e9 Giroux used his fingers to manipulate the paint in the sky in delectable -on-all-counts Santa Trinit\u00e0 dei Monti in the Snow, from the late 1820s, a rarest-of-rare Roman snow scene. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "Hadid took to Instagram yesterday to share snapshots of delectable -looking bites she's indulged in while sheltering in place at her family's farm in Pennsylvania amid the coronavirus pandemic. \u2014 Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 Aug. 2020",
      "The camp fantasies of Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski, and Julie Walters riding jet skis on a yacht is delectable , but the number lacks the pizazz of so many others. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 11 June 2020",
      "Released earlier this week, the second cookbook from the Waco Wonder Woman is filled with delectable recipes for hits like Cajun shrimp sheet pan dinner, zucchini bread, oatmeal cream pies, and more. \u2014 Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living , 10 Apr. 2020",
      "One delectable Stonehenge entrant is a marshmallow masterpiece submitted by Priya Bhatnagar of Belle Mead, New Jersey. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Apr. 2020",
      "Three courses available for $45 dinner menu with choice of salad, entree and delectable dessert, or select 2-course lunch for $29 featuring lunch portion of entrees. \u2014 Alvaro Montano, Houston Chronicle , 3 Apr. 2020",
      "Skilled baristas know that achieving the perfect complex flavor profile for a delectable shot of espresso is as much art as science. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 22 Jan. 2020",
      "The chicken comes with a couple of sides, often lush macaroni and cheese, delectable collard greens or feathery buttermilk biscuits. \u2014 Florence Fabricant, New York Times , 9 Mar. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1921, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215905"
  },
  "delete":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing",
      ": to take out especially by erasing, crossing out, or cutting"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8l\u0113t",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8l\u0113t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blue-pencil",
      "cancel",
      "cross (out)",
      "dele",
      "edit (out)",
      "elide",
      "kill",
      "scratch (out)",
      "strike (out)",
      "stroke (out)",
      "x (out)"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Delete this name from the list.",
      "When the movie was shown on TV all the swearwords had been deleted .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The second component can hijack industrial control systems from Schneider Electric to delete files, crash the device, or upload additional payloads. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Instead of threatening to expose certain documents, these new hackers threaten to overwrite a user's Windows Master Boot Record (MBR) and delete all the files making the device unusable, unless the user pays. \u2014 Gene Marks, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "With that prompt, users are given the option to delete the reply, edit it, or send it anyway. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "Authorities urged Apple and Google to delete the mobile app designed by Navalny\u2019s team to promote Smart Voting, warning them that their failure to do so will be interpreted as interference in Russian elections. \u2014 Daria Litvinova, ajc , 14 Sep. 2021",
      "Celebrities and musicians often delete their social-media accounts either to signal a major new announcement, such as an album, or when they\u2019re simply fed up. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 14 Sep. 2021",
      "Here\u2019s one way: Some sellers are reaching out to unhappy buyers to revise or delete their negative reviews, in exchange for refunds or gift cards. \u2014 Nicole Nguyen, WSJ , 8 Aug. 2021",
      "From June 30, Apple is mandating that developers have to provide the option for people to delete their accounts inside the iPhone app itself, if their app supports account creation, according to 9to5Mac. \u2014 Kate O'flaherty, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
      "Texas sued Facebook parent company Meta back in February for allegedly capturing and using millions of biometric identifiers without users' informed consent\u2014three months after Meta promised to shut down and delete its facial-recognition system. \u2014 Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG , 19 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin deletus , past participle of del\u0113re to wipe out, destroy",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1540, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220148"
  },
  "deleterious":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way",
      ": harmful often in a subtle or an unexpected way"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-l\u0259-\u02c8tir-\u0113-\u0259s",
      "\u02ccdel-\u0259-\u02c8tir-\u0113-\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "adverse",
      "bad",
      "baleful",
      "baneful",
      "damaging",
      "dangerous",
      "detrimental",
      "evil",
      "harmful",
      "hurtful",
      "ill",
      "injurious",
      "mischievous",
      "nocuous",
      "noxious",
      "pernicious",
      "prejudicial",
      "wicked"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "anodyne",
      "benign",
      "harmless",
      "hurtless",
      "innocent",
      "innocuous",
      "inoffensive",
      "safe"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There were more amino acid-altering mutations that had a stronger deleterious effect on fitness, and more neutral ones that had a minimal effect. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 11 June 2022",
      "An overarching question: Is there evidence, for the 12 to 18 population at large, that running is deleterious ? \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 5 Mar. 2021",
      "Scharf, echoing Solomon, said that a recession will be difficult to avoid and will have deleterious effects, such as increases in costs of banking products, such as mortgages, credit cards and loans. \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "Extreme theatergoing can have some deleterious side effects, particularly on the lower back. \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
      "The disease normally requires regular blood transfusions to limit its deleterious effects. \u2014 Joshua Cohen, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
      "Nearly half of medical students experience burnout and, before their professional education even begins, start to experience deleterious effects of stress, which continue and are amplified during medical school. \u2014 Anne N. Thorndike, STAT , 4 May 2022",
      "As the coronavirus showed, diseases can spill over from animals to humans with deleterious effect. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "While an error in certain applications of facial recognition like accessing one\u2019s records could be a hassle, mistakes in other applications such as law enforcement could have deleterious effects. \u2014 Dwight A. Weingarten, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 Apr. 2022"
    ],
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      ": characterized by or resulting from careful and thorough consideration",
      ": characterized by awareness of the consequences",
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      ": to think about carefully",
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      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "But still, the other claims remained for the jury to deliberate on, including claims for interference with a contract against Kim Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Khlo\u00e9 Kardashian and Kylie Jenner, plus defamation claims against the latter three stars. \u2014 Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety , 2 May 2022",
      "The jury went out Wednesday afternoon to deliberate and decide on a verdict. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "The jury took less than four hours to deliberate . Guy Wesley Reffitt's son, Jackson Reffitt, testified against him and offered some of the strongest evidence in the trial. \u2014 Robert Legare, CBS News , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "The jury is set to deliberate on Monday and is tasked with determining whether the onetime billionaire who claimed to have revolutionized blood testing knowingly misled investors, doctors, and patients about her startup in order to take their money. \u2014 Sara Ashley O'brien, CNN , 19 Dec. 2021",
      "Thomas said the candidates were scheduled to go through longer interviews with the Town Council on May 19, and the council will deliberate . \u2014 Steve Smith, Hartford Courant , 19 May 2022",
      "After hearing testimony from more than 800 witnesses, the jury retires to deliberate . \u2014 CNN , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "The jury took less than four hours to deliberate in the first January 6 case to go to trial. \u2014 Robert Legare, CBS News , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "The judges began to deliberate after nearly six hours of online testimony. \u2014 Jake Seiner, courant.com , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Applebaum argues that the destruction was deliberate : eliminating the Ukrainians would help cement Sovietization, and the regime\u2019s control over a resource-rich land. \u2014 Joseph Stalin, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
      "Regional governor Oleg Synegubov said the strike was deliberate . \u2014 Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post , 22 May 2022",
      "Another word for conservative could be deliberate , and that's a good way to describe Spieth these days. \u2014 Dave Skretta, ajc , 18 May 2022",
      "Being deliberate and intentional about solitude can re-energize your work and simultaneously do your body good. \u2014 Natalie Nixon, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
      "But the authorities were quick to dismiss any speculation that the blast had been deliberate . \u2014 Oscar Lopez, New York Times , 6 May 2022",
      "Eyal said there was no question the choice of the two countries was deliberate . \u2014 NBC News , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly were missing from the Grammy Awards tonight, and that absence was very deliberate . \u2014 ELLE , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "His process was so methodical and deliberate and intentional. \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 15 Dec. 2021"
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      "-\u02c8lib-r\u0259t-"
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      "verb"
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      ": to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully",
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      ": characterized by or resulting from careful and thorough consideration",
      ": characterized by awareness of the consequences",
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      ": to think about carefully",
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      ": to think about or evaluate",
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      ": characterized by or resulting from evaluation done in a cool state of blood and with a fixed purpose",
      "\u2014 compare premeditated",
      ": characterized by an understanding of the nature of a thing or act and its consequences"
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      "Verb",
      "The jury deliberated for two days before reaching a verdict.",
      "They will deliberate the question.",
      "Adjective",
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      "He advocates a slow and deliberate approach to the problem.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "But still, the other claims remained for the jury to deliberate on, including claims for interference with a contract against Kim Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Khlo\u00e9 Kardashian and Kylie Jenner, plus defamation claims against the latter three stars. \u2014 Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety , 2 May 2022",
      "The jury went out Wednesday afternoon to deliberate and decide on a verdict. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "The jury took less than four hours to deliberate . Guy Wesley Reffitt's son, Jackson Reffitt, testified against him and offered some of the strongest evidence in the trial. \u2014 Robert Legare, CBS News , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "The jury is set to deliberate on Monday and is tasked with determining whether the onetime billionaire who claimed to have revolutionized blood testing knowingly misled investors, doctors, and patients about her startup in order to take their money. \u2014 Sara Ashley O'brien, CNN , 19 Dec. 2021",
      "Thomas said the candidates were scheduled to go through longer interviews with the Town Council on May 19, and the council will deliberate . \u2014 Steve Smith, Hartford Courant , 19 May 2022",
      "After hearing testimony from more than 800 witnesses, the jury retires to deliberate . \u2014 CNN , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "The jury took less than four hours to deliberate in the first January 6 case to go to trial. \u2014 Robert Legare, CBS News , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "The judges began to deliberate after nearly six hours of online testimony. \u2014 Jake Seiner, courant.com , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Applebaum argues that the destruction was deliberate : eliminating the Ukrainians would help cement Sovietization, and the regime\u2019s control over a resource-rich land. \u2014 Joseph Stalin, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
      "Regional governor Oleg Synegubov said the strike was deliberate . \u2014 Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post , 22 May 2022",
      "Another word for conservative could be deliberate , and that's a good way to describe Spieth these days. \u2014 Dave Skretta, ajc , 18 May 2022",
      "Being deliberate and intentional about solitude can re-energize your work and simultaneously do your body good. \u2014 Natalie Nixon, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
      "But the authorities were quick to dismiss any speculation that the blast had been deliberate . \u2014 Oscar Lopez, New York Times , 6 May 2022",
      "Eyal said there was no question the choice of the two countries was deliberate . \u2014 NBC News , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly were missing from the Grammy Awards tonight, and that absence was very deliberate . \u2014 ELLE , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "His process was so methodical and deliberate and intentional. \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 15 Dec. 2021"
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    "type":"noun",
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      "something pleasing to eat that is considered rare or luxurious",
      "the quality or state of being dainty (see dainty entry 2 sense 2 ) fineness",
      "frailty sense 1",
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      "refined sensibility in feeling or conduct",
      "the quality or state of being squeamish",
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      "the quality or state of being luxurious",
      "indulgence",
      "something pleasing to eat that is rare or a luxury",
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      "weakness of body frailty",
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With this recording, the NEXT headphones articulated the French horn section with a sublime delicacy . \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "That featured the percussionist Jonny Allen jogging a precise route around the bells, hitting a gradually evolving riff \u2014 sometimes with delicacy , sometimes with violence. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
      "But in parts of China and Vietnam, the popularity of their meat as a delicacy , their scales for folk medicinal remedies and the destruction of their habitat for expanding development threaten this branch of the animal kingdom. \u2014 Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic , 25 May 2022",
      "Shark fins are commonly used for shark fin soup, which is considered a delicacy in certain areas. \u2014 Michael Hollan, Fox News , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "This dark and cloudy cocktail uses Montelobos Espadin mezcal infused with huitlacoche, a fungus that grows inside ears of corn and is considered a delicacy , sometimes referred to as Mexican truffles. \u2014 Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Crow meat also was considered a delicacy in the late 1800s. \u2014 Alexi Eastes, The Indianapolis Star , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "In the 1990s, the roe herring could sell for well over $1,000 per ton to buyers in Japan, where the skeins are considered a delicacy . \u2014 Laine Welch | Fish Factor, Anchorage Daily News , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Some were skinned for pelts, others had their tongues \u2014 considered a delicacy \u2014 torn out, and even more were left to rot. \u2014 David Kelly, Los Angeles Times , 21 Mar. 2022"
    ],
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    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 7a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
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      "noun"
    ],
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      "pleasing to the senses",
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      "pleasing to the sense of taste or smell especially in a mild or subtle way",
      "marked by daintiness or charm of color, lines, or proportions",
      "marked by fineness of structure, workmanship, or texture",
      "marked by keen sensitivity or fine discrimination",
      "fastidious , squeamish",
      "not robust in health or constitution weak , sickly",
      "easily torn or damaged fragile",
      "requiring careful handling",
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      "requiring skill or tact",
      "involving matters of a deeply personal nature sensitive",
      "marked by care, skill, or tact",
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      "something delicate",
      "pleasing because of fineness or mildness",
      "able to sense very small differences",
      "calling for skill and careful treatment",
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      "subtle"
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      "sturdy"
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      "Adjective",
      "He has a delicate stomach and often gets sick when traveling.",
      "The fabric has a delicate floral print.",
      "We hung delicate lace curtains in the windows.",
      "The tomb was adorned with delicate carvings.",
      "the delicate flavor of the wine",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
      "The Fed has been raising its benchmark interest rate to try to curb inflation and cool the housing market and the broader economy, but it\u2019s a delicate dance. \u2014 Orla Mccaffrey And Sam Goldfarb, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "Even if the Fed can pull off the delicate task of tamping down inflation without triggering a downturn, higher interest rates still put downward pressure on stocks. \u2014 Stan Choe And Alex Veiga, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 June 2022",
      "The draft, of course, is a delicate dance for Riley, particularly at a stage when the core of the roster \u2014including Jimmy Butler, at 32, and Kyle Lowy, at 36 \u2014 is in win-now mode. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 13 June 2022",
      "Jaffe, who recently turned 60, has in mind such steps as opening up artistic processes to the public and soliciting views from balletgoers and other stakeholders on the delicate task of updating thorny works from the classical canon. \u2014 Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
      "Even if the Fed can pull off the delicate task of tamping down inflation without triggering a downturn, higher interest rates still put downward pressure on stocks. \u2014 Alex Veiga, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
      "Even if the Fed can pull off the delicate task of tamping down inflation without triggering a downturn, higher interest rates still put downward pressure on stocks. \u2014 Stan Choe And Alex Veiga, Chicago Tribune , 19 May 2022",
      "Robots in Japan are found on factory floors carrying out simple tasks or delivering food to restaurant patrons, but researchers have now unveiled a robot capable of executing the delicate task of peeling a banana without squashing the fruit inside. \u2014 NBC News , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Selldorf took on the delicate task of honoring MCASD\u2019s architectural legacy while harmonizing it with its environs. \u2014 Leena Kim, Town & Country , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "On the global stage, China has attempted to straddle a delicate , if impossible line, of upholding its values of national sovereignty while also not condemning Russia, a geopolitical partner, for the deadly invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "They are infused with hyaluronic acid, caffeine and marshmallow extract, which help hydrate, depuff and soften the delicate under eye area. \u2014 Nicole Saunders, NBC News , 9 Apr. 2021",
      "Boyd suggests turning the item inside out, and agrees that using a mesh bag\u2014which also comes in handy for washing delicates and lingerie\u2014to protect from friction and snagging is best. \u2014 Alexandra Ilyashov, Glamour , 7 Apr. 2020",
      "The two steam levels, high for sturdy fabrics and low for delicates and the option to use it dry with no steam at all, helped it compete with the corded irons in our tests. \u2014 Sarah Bogdan, Good Housekeeping , 15 Feb. 2019",
      "Woolite is a home run, along with any other detergents geared toward delicates . \u2014 Shelby Deering, Country Living , 7 Feb. 2020",
      "One knocked its antlers against the boards and then tucked itself back into the flow, eyes rolling in a face delicate from the side but moose-like and broad from the front. \u2014 Juliana Hanle, Scientific American , 18 Nov. 2019",
      "When washing lingerie, sweaters, and other delicates by hand, avoid these common mishaps that could ruin your favorite fabrics. 1. \u2014 Carolyn Forte, Good Housekeeping , 2 Apr. 2015",
      "The top machine handles a full load while the mini washer is perfect for delicates , athletic wear, or small loads that need special attention. \u2014 Carolyn Forte, Good Housekeeping , 16 Jan. 2015"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
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    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-165852"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": affording great pleasure : delightful",
      ": appealing to one of the bodily senses especially of taste or smell",
      ": a sweet red or yellow eating apple of U.S. origin that has a crown of five rounded prominences on the end opposite the stem",
      ": giving great pleasure especially to the taste or smell"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
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      "di-\u02c8li-sh\u0259s"
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      "ambrosial",
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      "dainty",
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      "delish",
      "flavorful",
      "flavorsome",
      "luscious",
      "lush",
      "mouthwatering",
      "palatable",
      "savory",
      "savoury",
      "scrumptious",
      "succulent",
      "tasteful",
      "tasty",
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    ],
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      "insipid",
      "stale",
      "tasteless",
      "unappetizing",
      "unpalatable",
      "unsavory",
      "yucky",
      "yukky"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "This is the most delicious ice cream I have ever eaten.",
      "Delicious aromas were floating from the kitchen.",
      "a delicious bit of gossip",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "This whole-food and plant-based caf\u00e9 offers an array of vegan, gluten, and dairy-free options on its menu such as healthy smoothies, acai bowls, and a selection of sinfully delicious desserts. \u2014 Kimberly Lyn, Travel + Leisure , 19 June 2022",
      "November's Restaurant Week has an assortment of deals and delicious dishes offered across the city. \u2014 Sam Dangremond, Town & Country , 18 June 2022",
      "According to its website, the products are delicious , unique and often extremely difficult (or even impossible) to find in the United States. \u2014 Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al , 7 June 2022",
      "For moviegoers, there is no more delicious \u2014or more exasperating\u2014enticement than the art of the withheld. \u2014 The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
      "Cooking is the art of making food delicious to other people. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 4 June 2022",
      "Cooking is the art of making food delicious to other people. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Washington Post , 4 June 2022",
      "Cooking is the art of making food delicious to other people. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 4 June 2022",
      "Cooking is the art of making food delicious to other people. \u2014 cleveland , 4 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1898, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222936"
  },
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    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
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    "definitions":[
      ": to be very happy because of (something) : to enjoy (something) very much"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214913"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": delightful",
      ": highly pleased",
      ": very pleased"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8l\u012b-t\u0259d",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8l\u012b-t\u0259d"
    ],
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      "blissful",
      "chuffed",
      "glad",
      "gratified",
      "happy",
      "joyful",
      "joyous",
      "pleased",
      "satisfied",
      "thankful",
      "tickled"
    ],
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      "displeased",
      "dissatisfied",
      "joyless",
      "sad",
      "unhappy",
      "unpleased",
      "unsatisfied"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The children were especially delighted that there were enough cookies for each of them to have two.",
      "We were delighted by the performance.",
      "They are delighted at the prospect of a visit from their grandchildren.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Most people are delighted to have you here on Earth. \u2014 Ecleen Luzmila Caraballo, Rolling Stone , 9 June 2022",
      "Roger insists that his father-in-law will be delighted to have Christie, as well as the men and women traveling with him from the old country. \u2014 Lincee Ray, EW.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Mom passed away recently, and my sister was delighted . \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
      "Selling Sunset fans were delighted when the costars revealed their relationship in July 2021, and even more ecstatic when the show's season 5 trailer teased an inside look at the romance. \u2014 Jessica Sager, PEOPLE.com , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Pashka, who never liked living on a street named for the national poet of Ukraine, is delighted . \u2014 Keith Gessen, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Breaking Bad fans\u2014especially those partial to Pinkman\u2014will be delighted to know that the story doesn't end with the fifth season finale. \u2014 Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 May 2022",
      "The jolly old elves paraded around the square and delighted visitors to the season\u2019s first weekly Farmers Market. \u2014 Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland , 16 May 2022",
      "Howard, who is rail thin, with a resting face that projects a boyish geniality, seemed delighted with the spread. \u2014 Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222102"
  },
  "delightsome":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": very pleasing : delightful"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8l\u012bt-s\u0259m",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "agreeable",
      "blessed",
      "blest",
      "congenial",
      "darling",
      "delectable",
      "delicious",
      "delightful",
      "dreamy",
      "dulcet",
      "enjoyable",
      "felicitous",
      "good",
      "grateful",
      "gratifying",
      "heavenly",
      "jolly",
      "luscious",
      "nice",
      "palatable",
      "pleasant",
      "pleasing",
      "pleasurable",
      "pretty",
      "satisfying",
      "savory",
      "savoury",
      "sweet",
      "tasty",
      "welcome"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "disagreeable",
      "pleasureless",
      "unpalatable",
      "unpleasant",
      "unwelcome"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "any man would find it most delightsome to gaze upon her lovely face"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1520, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224454"
  },
  "delineate":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to describe, portray , or set forth with accuracy or in detail",
      ": to indicate or represent by drawn or painted lines",
      ": to mark the outline of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8li-n\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "define",
      "outline",
      "silhouette",
      "sketch",
      "trace"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Area rugs or a change in the flooring pattern or accent color can also help delineate spaces. \u2014 Kristin Tablang, House Beautiful , 9 May 2022",
      "For a simple outdoor gathering area, Belt recommends having a small firepit with a circular mulch pad surrounded by a stone perimeter to help delineate the space. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Oct. 2021",
      "And Erik Spoelstra has yet to delineate a specific role for Tyler Herro amid the Heat\u2019s roster makeover. \u2014 Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com , 18 Sep. 2021",
      "Most agreements to set up a corridor will typically limit access to neutral parties like the United Nations or aid organizations, outline any restrictions on modes of transport permitted and clearly delineate the area and time of the safezone. \u2014 Robert Hart, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "In order to use DNA to trace a person\u2019s ancestry, researchers must first delineate groups of individuals with similar genetic traits as being representative of different areas of the world. \u2014 Kimberly Hickok, Popular Mechanics , 24 May 2022",
      "First, clearly delineate the problem that your bank\u2019s community relations program is meant to solve, like homelessness, poor education, malnutrition, etc. \u2014 Jeff Bradford, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Here\u2019s a good way to delineate them: The NEH (again, with some exceptions) concerns itself with books and research, the NEA, by and large, with ephemeral experiences and audiences. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "To address this climate pollution, GSA will require that all potential contractors delineate the greenhouse gas emissions associated with their building materials, providing environmental product declarations. \u2014 Arianna Skibell, Scientific American , 30 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Latin d\u0113l\u012bne\u0101tus, past participle of d\u0113l\u012bne\u0101re \"to trace the outline of,\" from d\u0113-  de- + l\u012bne\u0101re \"to make straight, mark with lines,\" derivative of l\u012bnea \"string, cord, line entry 1 \"",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1559, in the meaning defined at sense 2a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214212"
  },
  "delineation":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of outlining or representing something with lines or words : the act of delineating",
      ": something made by delineating"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02ccli-n\u0113-\u02c8\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cartoon",
      "drawing",
      "sketch"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "his simple but striking delineations of Dutch landscapes",
      "a finely wrought delineation of a young woman's first experience with romantic love",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There is kind of a blurry delineation , though, as to how advanced a player needs to be in order to swing an authoritative hammer. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 June 2022",
      "The new contract includes more delineation between what Invest Aurora does, and the responsibilities of the Mayor\u2019s Office of Economic Development. \u2014 Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune , 12 May 2022",
      "From this perspective, ka\u2019chatzot is a delineation of time, i.e., that actual moment when the night was divided: midnight. \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com , 3 Jan. 2022",
      "The era of clear delineation between work and home life has steadily eroded over the past decade due to the proliferation of technology and connectivity. \u2014 Miriam Warren, Fortune , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Or the delineation of how money raised from poll taxes must be spent. \u2014 Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "People listening to a podcast, especially one with interviews, may not be as clear about the delineation between entertainment and journalism. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "There\u2019s a delineation between younger and older generations of talking heads. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "There\u2019s a clear delineation between what has come before, and what is coming up. \u2014 Ewan Spence, Forbes , 25 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Late Latin d\u0113l\u012bne\u0101ti\u014dn-, d\u0113l\u012bne\u0101ti\u014d \"description,\" from Latin d\u0113l\u012bne\u0101re \"to trace the outline of, delineate \" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192802"
  },
  "delinquency":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a delinquent act",
      ": conduct that is out of accord with accepted behavior or the law",
      ": juvenile delinquency",
      ": a debt on which payment is overdue",
      ": conduct that is out of accord with accepted behavior or the law",
      ": juvenile delinquency",
      ": the quality or state of being delinquent",
      ": juvenile delinquency",
      ": a debt on which payment is overdue"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8li\u014b-kw\u0259n-s\u0113",
      "-\u02c8lin-",
      "di-\u02c8li\u014b-kw\u0259n-s\u0113, -\u02c8lin-",
      "di-\u02c8li\u014b-kw\u0259n-s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "default",
      "dereliction",
      "failure",
      "misprision",
      "neglect",
      "negligence",
      "nonfeasance",
      "oversight"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "They tried to steer him away from delinquency by giving him a job in their store.",
      "She's been charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor.",
      "a series of minor delinquencies",
      "a high rate of delinquency",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In the same quarter, Gen X presented a 1.53% auto loan delinquency rate, with baby boomers landing even lower at 0.93%. \u2014 Colin Lodewick, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
      "The Utah Bar Foundation report notes that the average delinquency leading to eviction was $640 in 2019. \u2014 Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 May 2022",
      "In January, all states logged year-over-year declines in their overall delinquency rate. \u2014 Brenda Richardson, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "At that time, the total delinquency was $11.9 million, including surcharges and penalties, but the amount due has since dropped to close to $10.1 million because of additional payments made since then. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "By comparison, the delinquency rate for direct federal student loans was about 5.3% as of February 2020. \u2014 Megan Leonhardt, Fortune , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "The increases were fairly small: Charge-offs rose from 0.9% to 0.95% of loans, and delinquency was up from 0.8% to 0.82%. \u2014 Telis Demos, WSJ , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "Police arrested a man for contributing to the delinquency of a minor, interference with custody and underage possession of alcohol following a traffic stop at 11:53 a.m. April 3. \u2014 Brian Lisik, cleveland , 10 May 2022",
      "James Khuri was charged with a misdemeanor for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. \u2014 CBS News , 28 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" delinqu(ent) entry 2 + -ency ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1625, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222844"
  },
  "deliquesce":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to dissolve or melt away",
      ": to become soft or liquid with age or maturity"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-li-\u02c8kwes"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "flux",
      "fuse",
      "liquefy",
      "liquify",
      "melt",
      "run",
      "thaw"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "harden",
      "set",
      "solidify"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a rotting tomato slowly deliquescing in the hot summer sun"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin deliquescere , from de- + liquescere , inchoative of liqu\u0113re to be fluid \u2014 more at liquid ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1756, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212330"
  },
  "deliriousness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of, relating to, or characteristic of delirium",
      ": affected with or marked by delirium",
      ": not able to think or speak clearly usually because of a high fever or other illness",
      ": wildly excited",
      ": of, relating to, or characteristic of delirium",
      ": affected with or marked by delirium"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8lir-\u0113-\u0259s",
      "di-\u02c8lir-\u0113-\u0259s",
      "di-\u02c8lir-\u0113-\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "agitated",
      "distracted",
      "distrait",
      "distraught",
      "frantic",
      "frenzied",
      "hysterical",
      "hysteric"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "collected",
      "composed",
      "recollected",
      "self-collected",
      "self-composed",
      "self-possessed",
      "unhysterical"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "As the child's temperature went up, he became delirious and didn't know where he was.",
      "He was delirious with fever.",
      "a group of delirious fans celebrating the team's victory",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In the mid-1970s, the blight of New York\u2019s downtown scene \u2014 the delirious cross-pollination of daring music, visual art and fashion \u2014 birthed musicians like Patti Smith and artists like Keith Haring. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
      "The concert scenes, which reproduce much of the Pistols\u2019 brief catalog, explode with delirious violence. \u2014 James Poniewozik, New York Times , 30 May 2022",
      "Although Toyotomi died in a delirious stupor in 1598, subsequent shoguns continued his purges. \u2014 Rob Goss, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 May 2022",
      "Enric himself, the synopsis says, is still traumatised by a childhood marked by religious fanaticism and a mother with delirious messianic ambitions. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 5 May 2022",
      "When the throw got away and went out of play, Duran tossed his helmet and the delirious Lions spilled out of the dugout in celebration. \u2014 Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune , 5 May 2022",
      "Flocks of shrieking delirious teenagers moved hilariously from one place to another, settling and then taking off again into the distance. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "The Christie family came to the Fraser home to tell them that Malva was pregnant \u2014 and, according to her, by Jamie (Sam Heughan), who Malva claims began an affair with her while Claire was delirious in her sickbed. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "His movies have long paid homage to the delirious blood baths of the grind-house era. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see delirium ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1599, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203404"
  },
  "delish":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "delicious"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"di-\u02c8lish",
    "synonyms":[
      "ambrosial",
      "appetizing",
      "dainty",
      "delectable",
      "delicious",
      "flavorful",
      "flavorsome",
      "luscious",
      "lush",
      "mouthwatering",
      "palatable",
      "savory",
      "savoury",
      "scrumptious",
      "succulent",
      "tasteful",
      "tasty",
      "toothsome",
      "toothy",
      "yummy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "distasteful",
      "flat",
      "flavorless",
      "insipid",
      "stale",
      "tasteless",
      "unappetizing",
      "unpalatable",
      "unsavory",
      "yucky",
      "yukky"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The whole meal was delish .",
      "the homemade chocolate sauce was absolutely delish",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Fat Ben, Cincinnati\u2019s most instagrammable baker who can make absolutely anything into a delish cake formation and many other delights, is doing a Pop Up at Streetside Brewery. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Mostly, these state-sundering tantrums have been delish meat for national publications to chow down on cherished clich\u00e9s about the California dream dying, dying, dead. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "Mostly, these state-sundering tantrums have been delish meat for national publications to chow down on cherished clich\u00e9s about the California dream dying, dying, dead. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "Mostly, these state-sundering tantrums have been delish meat for national publications to chow down on cherished clich\u00e9s about the California dream dying, dying, dead. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "Visitors can also enjoy delish pumpkin beers that are on tap at several local brewpubs. \u2014 Noma Nazish, Forbes , 29 Oct. 2021",
      "Mostly, these state-sundering tantrums have been delish meat for national publications to chow down on cherished clich\u00e9s about the California dream dying, dying, dead. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "Mostly, these state-sundering tantrums have been delish meat for national publications to chow down on cherished clich\u00e9s about the California dream dying, dying, dead. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "Mostly, these state-sundering tantrums have been delish meat for national publications to chow down on cherished clich\u00e9s about the California dream dying, dying, dead. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 23 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"by shortening & alteration",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1920, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "deliver":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to set free",
      ": to take and hand over to or leave for another : convey",
      ": hand over , surrender",
      ": to send, provide, or make accessible to someone electronically",
      ": to assist (a pregnant female) in giving birth",
      ": to aid in the birth of",
      ": to give birth to",
      ": to cause (oneself) to produce as if by giving birth",
      ": speak , sing , utter",
      ": to send (something aimed or guided) to an intended target or destination",
      ": to bring (something, such as votes) to the support of a candidate or cause",
      ": to come through with : produce",
      ": to produce the promised, desired, or expected results : come through",
      ": to give results that are promised, expected, or desired",
      ": to take and give to or leave for another",
      ": to set free : rescue",
      ": to give birth to or help in giving birth to",
      ": say entry 1 sense 1",
      ": to send to an intended target",
      ": to do what is expected",
      ": to assist (a parturient female) in giving birth",
      ": to aid in the birth of",
      ": to give birth to",
      ": to give birth to offspring",
      ": to transfer possession of (property) to another : put into the possession or exclusive control of another",
      "\u2014 see also gift \u2014 compare bail , convey , donate , give , sell"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8li-v\u0259r",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8li-v\u0259r",
      "di-\u02c8liv-\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "redeem",
      "save"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Post offices will be closed on Monday, and the U.S. Postal Service will not deliver mail or packages. \u2014 Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
      "The winning formula will deliver a near-WYSIWYG admin experience by reusing the same components for administrative users and public web experience visitors. \u2014 Josh Koenig, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "Their scenes call for broad comedy, and both deliver , never wasting a line delivery or a pratfall to wring (or try to wring) a laugh. \u2014 Manuel Betancourt, Variety , 17 June 2022",
      "From operatic high notes to impassioned oratories, Adams, Franklin, Jefferson and Joanna Glushak as the infuriating-smug John Dickenson deliver four of best performances the ART has ever seen. \u2014 Jed Gottlieb, Hartford Courant , 14 June 2022",
      "But for villagers in the region, the retreat did not deliver a sense of security \u2014 or even a return to normal life. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
      "Biden will deliver remarks at 11 a.m. ET on the economy at the 29th AFL-CIO Quadrennial Constitutional Convention. \u2014 Alisa Wiersema, ABC News , 14 June 2022",
      "Dealers cannot deliver new vehicles to customers until the vehicles have the software update. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 14 June 2022",
      "Hogan will deliver the keynote address at the conference Tuesday afternoon. \u2014 Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun , 13 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French deliverer, delivrer , from Late Latin deliberare , from Latin de- + liberare to liberate",
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222744"
  },
  "delivery":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or manner of delivering something",
      ": something delivered",
      ": the transfer of something from one place or person to another",
      ": a setting free from something that restricts or burdens",
      ": the act of giving birth",
      ": speaking or manner of speaking (as of a formal speech)",
      ": the act or way of throwing",
      ": the act of giving birth : the expulsion or extraction of a fetus and its membranes : parturition",
      ": the procedure of assisting birth of the fetus and expulsion of the placenta by manual, instrumental, or surgical means",
      ": an act that shows a transferor's intent to make a transfer of property (as a gift)",
      ": the transfer of possession or exclusive control of property to another",
      ": a delivery (as by hand or shipment) of actual physical property (as jewelry or stock certificates)",
      ": a delivery after which ownership will be transferred upon fulfillment of a condition \u2014 compare gift causa mortis at gift",
      ": a delivery of a representation of property (as a written instrument) or means of possession (as a key) that is construed by a court as sufficient to show the transferor's intent or to put the property under the transferee's control"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8li-v(\u0259-)r\u0113",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8li-v\u0259-r\u0113",
      "-\u02c8li-vr\u0113",
      "di-\u02c8liv-(\u0259-)r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "discharge",
      "quietus",
      "quittance",
      "release"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Not, arranges delivery of unused or excess prepared foods from caterers and restaurants to individuals who need help. \u2014 Russ Wiles, USA TODAY , 19 June 2022",
      "Not, arranges delivery of unused or excess prepared foods from caterers and restaurants to individuals who need help. \u2014 Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic , 19 June 2022",
      "The transition to virtual delivery of health and care services will continue even after the Covid-19 pandemic ends. \u2014 Ann Aerts, STAT , 18 June 2022",
      "Poland, the Baltic countries and others say faster delivery of heavy weapons is needed to deal Russian President Vladimir Putin a lasting defeat that would discourage more expansionism by Moscow in the future. \u2014 James Marson, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "For example, a book distributor can move to home delivery of household items and extend into the strategic position of delivering food\u2014Amazon being an excellent example of this. \u2014 Dax Grant, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
      "Breeze has ordered 80 new Airbus A220 aircraft, with delivery of one per month over the next six years. \u2014 Susan Glaser, cleveland , 9 June 2022",
      "This would put delivery of the flight engines to ULA no earlier than mid-August. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 8 June 2022",
      "But as with any project Nora took on, the subject matter, and her signature warm delivery of it, was completely personal. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 2 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214734"
  },
  "delude":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive , trick",
      ": frustrate , disappoint",
      ": evade , elude",
      ": deceive sense 1 , mislead",
      ": to mislead the mind or judgment of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8l\u00fcd",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8l\u00fcd",
      "di-\u02c8l\u00fcd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bamboozle",
      "beguile",
      "bluff",
      "buffalo",
      "burn",
      "catch",
      "con",
      "cozen",
      "deceive",
      "dupe",
      "fake out",
      "fool",
      "gaff",
      "gammon",
      "gull",
      "have",
      "have on",
      "hoax",
      "hoodwink",
      "hornswoggle",
      "humbug",
      "juggle",
      "misguide",
      "misinform",
      "mislead",
      "snooker",
      "snow",
      "spoof",
      "string along",
      "suck in",
      "sucker",
      "take in",
      "trick"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "undeceive"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "we deluded ourselves into thinking that the ice cream wouldn't affect our diet",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Resist the urge to spin it, second-guess it or delude yourself out of it. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 May 2021",
      "While leaders typically realize that there are key ingredients required to create a truly collaborative team, too many delude themselves into thinking that this type of collaborative environment will just develop by osmosis over time. \u2014 Dana Brownlee, Forbes , 21 Oct. 2021",
      "And for those executives who don\u2019t delude themselves, who are clearheaded about the sub-par state of their customer experience, sometimes an even more warped sentiment prevails. \u2014 Jon Picoult, Forbes , 5 Oct. 2021",
      "Just keep chugging away and trying to improve and be open and never delude yourself that this is great. \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 29 Aug. 2021",
      "The world is witnessing in Afghanistan a vivid and painful display of what happens when leaders in Washington delude themselves regarding persistent threats, the nature of America\u2019s enemies and the ability to end wars by simply going home. \u2014 H.r. Mcmaster And Bradley Bowman, WSJ , 15 Aug. 2021",
      "Some lie brazenly, others appear to delude themselves. \u2014 Lidija Haas, The New Republic , 19 May 2021",
      "Here\u2019s why the direction of price changes matters: In a year when crypto is up, traders can delude themselves. \u2014 William Baldwin, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2021",
      "No one, though, should delude themselves by extrapolating G-League stats to mean NBA-readiness. \u2014 Dallas News , 12 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin deludere , from de- + ludere to play \u2014 more at ludicrous ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185411"
  },
  "deluxe":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": notably luxurious, elegant, or expensive",
      ": very fine or luxurious"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8l\u0259ks",
      "d\u0113-",
      "also",
      "-\u02c8l\u00fcks",
      "di-\u02c8l\u0259ks",
      "-\u02c8lu\u0307ks"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "Babylonian",
      "lavish",
      "Lucullan",
      "Lucullian",
      "luxe",
      "luxuriant",
      "luxurious",
      "luxury",
      "opulent",
      "palace",
      "palatial",
      "plush",
      "plushy",
      "silken",
      "sumptuous"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "ascetic",
      "ascetical",
      "austere",
      "humble",
      "no-frills",
      "spartan"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the deluxe model of the car",
      "The deluxe edition of the book includes many more illustrations.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This deluxe version is identical to the middle model but comes with an extra cable, spare earpads and a pouch to store the headphones in. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 11 June 2022",
      "The original song on the deluxe record, released in November 2021 following Donda's initial drop that August, was a collaboration with Andr\u00e9 3000, though the version in the music video just features Kanye's voice. \u2014 Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com , 9 May 2022",
      "The Weeknd\u2019s Dawn FM jumps from No. 35 to No. 2 \u2014 matching its debut and peak position \u2014 following the release of its vinyl LP, cassette and deluxe boxed sets on April 29. \u2014 Keith Caulfield, Billboard , 8 May 2022",
      "Lightweight and absorbent, this deluxe garment will create a spa-like experience right in the comfort of his home. \u2014 Karla Pope, Woman's Day , 4 May 2022",
      "There\u2019s no better way to show your gratitude than by spending a little extra time together on that special day \u2013 and what better way to do so than with a relaxing stay at a deluxe hotel. \u2014 Nel-olivia Waga, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
      "Staying There: Madrid is in the throes of a hotel boom, led by the Four Seasons, Mandarin Oriental Ritz, and the Rosewood Villa Magna, which has raised the quality of deluxe rooms in the city, with rates to match\u2014starting at about $650 a night. \u2014 Christian L. Wright, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Now, Chicken Shack's ready to bring their newest sandwich to Detroiters for $7.99, or $10.98 for the deluxe meal, including shack potatoes and coleslaw. \u2014 Elissa Welle, Detroit Free Press , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Each deluxe tent has a comfy queen-size bed (some have two) with high-end bedding and an adjacent campsite with a fire pit, grill, and picnic table. \u2014 Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure , 23 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French de luxe , literally, of luxury",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1819, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201909"
  },
  "demand":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an act of demanding or asking especially with authority",
      ": something claimed as due or owed",
      ": question",
      ": willingness and ability to purchase a commodity or service",
      ": the quantity of a commodity or service wanted at a specified price and time",
      ": a seeking or state of being sought after",
      ": urgent need",
      ": the requirement of work or of the expenditure of a resource",
      ": upon presentation and request for payment",
      ": when requested or needed",
      ": to call for something in an authoritative way : to make a demand : ask",
      ": to ask or call for with authority : claim as due or just",
      ": to call for urgently, imperiously, or insistently",
      ": to ask authoritatively or earnestly to be informed of",
      ": to require to come : summon",
      ": to call for as useful or necessary",
      ": a forceful expression of what is desired",
      ": something claimed as owed",
      ": an expressed desire to own or use something",
      ": a seeking or state of being sought after",
      ": to claim as a right",
      ": to ask earnestly or in the manner of a command",
      ": to call for : require",
      ": when requested or needed",
      ": a formal request or call for something (as payment for a debt) especially based on a right or made with force",
      ": something demanded",
      "\u2014 see also claim",
      ": upon presentation and request for payment",
      ": to ask or call for with force, authority, or by legal right : claim as due"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8mand",
      "-\u02c8m\u00e4nd",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8mand"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "claim",
      "dun",
      "importunity",
      "requisition",
      "ultimatum"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "call (for)",
      "claim",
      "clamor (for)",
      "command",
      "enjoin",
      "exact",
      "insist (on)",
      "press (for)",
      "quest",
      "stipulate (for)"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Energy demand has been volatile for months because of inflation and Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, pressing U.S. production and exports into overdrive. \u2014 Jacob Bogage, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
      "For starters, inventory is low and buyer demand is high. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
      "Rising energy costs and skyrocketing inflation have taken a toll on growth and profitability metrics of the transportation industry, but strong air travel demand is likely to drive DAL stock as macroeconomic tensions ease. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "And with the push to electric vehicles, many companies may not believe the demand will be there, some analysts said. \u2014 Medora Lee, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
      "And the result is that demand is outstripping supply a little bit. \u2014 CBS News , 5 June 2022",
      "Then, there\u2019s also the fact that the demand for peace and calm is not something that is asked for from all people. \u2014 Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 June 2022",
      "The demand to be in the office could certainly be a way of cutting those workers voluntarily. \u2014 Matthew Boyle, Fortune , 4 June 2022",
      "Landlords have the leverage to ask for higher rents because demand is strong. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 4 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Our community should want \u2014 should demand \u2014 that every high school graduate be able to apply to a CSU or UC campus immediately after graduating high school. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 June 2022",
      "Certainly, consumers today demand materials and fabrics that are alternatives to traditional leather. \u2014 Walter Loeb, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "When fuel prices rise, consumers demand action and can turn against presidents who seem unwilling or unable to bring them back down. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
      "As outlined in the 10-page color brochure, no NIL deal can demand that the player stay at Ohio State in order to be paid. \u2014 Doug Lesmerises, cleveland , 2 June 2022",
      "And all these kinds of films demand a standard of beauty, an aesthetic decorum enforced by its no-flats, no-denim dress code. \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 31 May 2022",
      "If the muscular engine puts you at ease, the Gullwing\u2019s all-round drum brakes demand your attention. \u2014 Tim Pitt, Robb Report , 31 May 2022",
      "California parents demand answers on school security, but there are no ironclad guarantees. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
      "Inspectors were supposed to identify potential food safety problems - and demand corrections - to keep bacterial contamination from spreading in food plants. \u2014 Kimberly Kindy And Laura Reiley, Anchorage Daily News , 25 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183936"
  },
  "demean":{
    "type":[
      "verb",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to lower in character, status, or reputation",
      ": to conduct or behave (oneself) usually in a proper manner",
      ": behave sense 2",
      ": to lower in character or dignity"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8m\u0113n",
      "di-\u02c8m\u0113n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abase",
      "bastardize",
      "canker",
      "cheapen",
      "corrupt",
      "debase",
      "debauch",
      "degrade",
      "demoralize",
      "deprave",
      "deteriorate",
      "lessen",
      "pervert",
      "poison",
      "profane",
      "prostitute",
      "subvert",
      "vitiate",
      "warp"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "acquit",
      "bear",
      "behave",
      "carry",
      "comport",
      "conduct",
      "deport",
      "quit"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb (1)",
      "1601, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb (2)",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182657"
  },
  "demeaning":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": damaging or lowering the character, status, or reputation of someone or something"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8m\u0113-ni\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "belittling",
      "contemptuous",
      "decrying",
      "degrading",
      "denigrative",
      "denigratory",
      "deprecatory",
      "depreciative",
      "depreciatory",
      "derisory",
      "derogative",
      "derogatory",
      "detractive",
      "disdainful",
      "disparaging",
      "pejorative",
      "scornful",
      "slighting",
      "uncomplimentary"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "commendatory",
      "complimentary",
      "laudative",
      "laudatory"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"from present participle of demean entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1770, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205702"
  },
  "demented":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "mad , insane",
      "affected by or exhibiting cognitive dementia",
      "insane sense 1 , mad",
      "affected by or exhibiting cognitive dementia"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"di-\u02c8men-t\u0259d",
    "synonyms":[
      "balmy",
      "barmy",
      "bats",
      "batty",
      "bedlam",
      "bonkers",
      "brainsick",
      "bughouse",
      "certifiable",
      "crackbrained",
      "cracked",
      "crackers",
      "crackpot",
      "cranky",
      "crazed",
      "crazy",
      "cuckoo",
      "daffy",
      "daft",
      "deranged",
      "fruity",
      "gaga",
      "haywire",
      "insane",
      "kooky",
      "kookie",
      "loco",
      "loony",
      "looney",
      "loony tunes",
      "looney tunes",
      "lunatic",
      "mad",
      "maniacal",
      "maniac",
      "mental",
      "meshuga",
      "meshugge",
      "meshugah",
      "meshuggah",
      "moonstruck",
      "non compos mentis",
      "nuts",
      "nutty",
      "psycho",
      "psychotic",
      "scatty",
      "screwy",
      "unbalanced",
      "unhinged",
      "unsound",
      "wacko",
      "whacko",
      "wacky",
      "whacky",
      "wud"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "balanced",
      "compos mentis",
      "sane",
      "sound",
      "uncrazy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Many of the patients there were demented .",
      "In the movie, he plays a demented man trying to survive on the streets of Los Angeles.",
      "Her demented ramblings are a symptom of her illness.",
      "He gave me a demented little smile.",
      "parents who are almost demented with worry",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But the hate \u2014 and the demented ideology \u2014 that has killed their neighbors and wounded a city forever has many sources of power. \u2014 Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
      "Chez Goodman is a demented palace of nouveau-riche aesthetic extravagance, the polar opposite of the clean, understated elegance of Howard Hamlin's mid-century home. \u2014 Kat Rosenfield, EW.com , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "When Crutcher instigates a plan to punish a student for his parents\u2019 relentless pressure to change their son\u2019s grade, Crutcher is pitched against three students out to uncover his demented schemes with a few of their own. \u2014 Carole E. Barrowman, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 May 2021",
      "Rinee has a wonderfully distinctive and demented style. \u2014 Wired Staff, Wired , 18 Mar. 2021",
      "But there\u2019s also a level of precision and progressiveness to the power delivery that makes the whole demented package work surprisingly well. \u2014 Basem Wasef, Car and Driver , 15 Dec. 2020",
      "But this book is a lot more demented than a simple whodunnit. \u2014 Megan Mccarthy, USA TODAY , 28 Mar. 2020",
      "And where there are two Harley Quinns, the original, quite sane Harleen Quinzel, and a doppelganger, the demented Marian Drews. \u2014 cleveland , 9 May 2020",
      "The show\u2019s ultimate depiction of Rock Hudson as a dumb-as-a-rock, barely sentient beefcake is one of its strangest choices; its decision to portray Vivien Leigh as a shrill maniac with a demented voice is yet another. \u2014 Philippa Snow, The New Republic , 1 May 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"from past participle of dement \"to deprive of reason, drive mad,\" borrowed from Medieval Latin d\u0113ment\u0101re, going back to Late Latin, \"to deceive, hoodwink,\" verbal derivative of Latin d\u0113ment-, d\u0113mens \"out of one's mind, frenzied, insane\" \u2014 more at dementia ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1632, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "dementia":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a usually progressive condition (such as Alzheimer's disease) marked by the development of multiple cognitive deficits (such as memory impairment, aphasia, and the inability to plan and initiate complex behavior)",
      ": madness , insanity",
      ": a usually progressive condition (as Alzheimer's disease) marked by the development of multiple cognitive deficits (as memory impairment, aphasia, and inability to plan and initiate complex behavior)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8men(t)-sh\u0259",
      "-sh\u0113-\u0259",
      "di-\u02c8men-ch\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aberration",
      "derangement",
      "insanity",
      "lunacy",
      "madness",
      "mania",
      "rage"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "mind",
      "saneness",
      "sanity"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "This patient suffers from dementia .",
      "a new study on age-related dementias",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "ElderHelp of San Diego will host a free virtual event to share tips and information about dementia care options with family caregivers on Thursday. \u2014 Lauren J. Mappstaff Writer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 May 2022",
      "But in episodes of confusion, particularly at night in what is known as sundowners syndrome in dementia patients, Ralph talked often about his childhood home in Astoria. \u2014 oregonlive , 19 May 2022",
      "Investigators criticized the leaders for combining veterans from two locked dementia units into one unit, crowding those who were infected or who showed symptoms with those who did not have symptoms. \u2014 Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 14 May 2022",
      "There\u2019s the typical family drama, but the crux of the storyline is the confirmation of Rebecca\u2019s upcoming dementia diagnosis, which comes near the close of the hour. \u2014 Mike Rose, cleveland , 12 May 2022",
      "Teepa Snow started creating TikTok videos in November to provide dementia care training. \u2014 Clare Ansberry, WSJ , 4 May 2022",
      "The company released a photo via social media of Licht and Zaslav with Turner, who has been suffering from Lewy body dementia in recent years. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Hinojosa-Smith, an English professor at the University of Texas at Austin for over 30 years, died Tuesday at an assisted living facility for dementia patients near Austin, said his daughter, Clarissa Hinojosa. \u2014 Jamie Stengle, Chron , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Robyn finds a note indicating a doctor\u2019s appointment and delivers Ptolemy to Dr. Rubin (Walton Goggins), who has developed a treatment \u2014 a magic potion, in essence \u2014 that can restore dementia patients to something better than normal cognition. \u2014 Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Latin d\u0113mentia \"derangement, insanity, folly,\" noun derivative of Latin d\u0113ment-, d\u0113mens \"out of one's mind, frenzied, insane,\" from d\u0113-  de- + -ment, -mens, adjective derivative of ment-, mens \"power of reason, mental balance, mind\" \u2014 more at mind entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1806, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174039"
  },
  "demesne":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "legal possession of land as one's own",
      "manorial land actually possessed by the lord and not held by tenants",
      "the land attached to a mansion",
      "landed property estate",
      "region sense 2 , territory",
      "realm sense 2 , domain"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"di-\u02c8m\u0101n",
    "synonyms":[
      "area",
      "field",
      "region",
      "zone"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the vast and frozen demesne of the northern tundra",
      "the view that the issue is not in the demesne of the courts and is something that should be decided by the state legislature"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French demesne, demeine \u2014 more at domain ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "demise":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": death",
      ": a cessation of existence or activity",
      ": a loss of position or status",
      ": the conveyance of an estate",
      ": transfer of the sovereignty to a successor",
      ": to convey by will or lease",
      ": to transmit by succession or inheritance",
      ": convey , give",
      ": die , decease",
      ": to pass by descent or bequest",
      ": death sense 1",
      ": an ending of existence or activity",
      ": to convey (possession of property) by will or lease",
      ": the conveyance of property by will or lease : lease",
      ": the transmission of property by testate or intestate succession",
      ": charter of a boat in which the owner surrenders completely the possession, command, and navigation of the boat"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8m\u012bz",
      "di-\u02c8m\u012bz",
      "di-\u02c8m\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "curtains",
      "death",
      "decease",
      "dissolution",
      "doom",
      "end",
      "exit",
      "expiration",
      "expiry",
      "fate",
      "grave",
      "great divide",
      "passage",
      "passing",
      "quietus",
      "sleep"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "check out",
      "conk (out)",
      "croak",
      "decease",
      "depart",
      "die",
      "drop",
      "end",
      "exit",
      "expire",
      "fall",
      "flatline",
      "go",
      "kick in",
      "kick off",
      "part",
      "pass (on)",
      "pass away",
      "peg out",
      "perish",
      "pop off",
      "step out",
      "succumb"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Price wars and a change in architectural taste, though, led to the brick's demise . \u2014 Ben Schultz, Journal Sentinel , 17 June 2022",
      "The last update for Internet Explorer was in 2013, meaning the legacy browser has suffered a slow demise . \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 15 June 2022",
      "According to the University of California at Davis department of obstetrics and gynecology, a fetal demise delivered at home in the second trimester presents an elevated danger of significant bleeding. \u2014 Jerald Walker, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
      "Traditional methods of doing things can create barriers to innovation, so much so that keeping to what has always been done has led to some companies\u2019 demise (think Blockbuster). \u2014 Max Simkoff, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
      "Revolution, colonial interference and social unrest finally caused the dynasty\u2019s demise . \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 May 2022",
      "Those who support stricter gun control in the state are looking back at the 2018 bill\u2019s demise with frustration. \u2014 Tyler Kingkade, NBC News , 26 May 2022",
      "Many investors hurt by Terra\u2019s demise are now looking for answers. \u2014 Taylor Locke, Fortune , 26 May 2022",
      "But political mismanagement and neglect are the more likely culprits in Buffalo\u2019s demise . \u2014 Jason L. Riley, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Ann, who\u2019s starring in a new opera at Disney Hall, embraces her character\u2019s nightly demise with a grand passion that her audiences find cathartic. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 July 2021",
      "Sadly, the bankruptcy of the company\u2019s battery supplier A123 Systems in 2012 led to the Fisker Automotive\u2019s demise a year later. \u2014 James Morris, Forbes , 27 Feb. 2021",
      "Ruby, a lifelong Californian, takes the country\u2019s demise seriously. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 30 Sep. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190336"
  },
  "demo":{
    "type":[
      "combining form",
      "noun ()",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": demonstration sense 1b",
      ": demonstration sense 4",
      ": an example of a product that is not yet ready to be sold",
      ": a recording intended to show off a song or performer to a record producer",
      ": demonstrator sense a",
      ": to give a demonstration of (something, such as a product or procedure) : to show how (something) works, is prepared, or is done",
      ": to create a demo (see demo entry 1 sense 2b ) recording of (a piece of music)",
      ": to use (something, such as a product) in order to test its quality or value : to try out (something)",
      ": demolish",
      ": demographic sense 2",
      ": democrat sense 2",
      ": people : populace : population"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-(\u02cc)m\u014d",
      "\u02c8de-(\u02cc)m\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "demonstration",
      "rally"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "That's why Shah sees Horizon World's relatively unflashy, avatars-in-the-office demo as a useful example of what interacting in the metaverse could look like. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
      "Even more surprisingly, the freefall was steeper in the 18-49 demo , which sank by 19% (116,000 viewers). \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
      "The exhibit was a technology demo that traded on mythology. \u2014 Anna Wiener, The New Yorker , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "The demo , which the company has uploaded to YouTube, purports to show that with Red Leader\u2019s software, a lidar system is able to see real-time images of the environment at 10 times higher resolution. \u2014 Kenrick Cai, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
      "This build included both a formal, official demo and a number of in-development maps and assets that could be loaded and played via console commands. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 9 May 2022",
      "From the initial live + same day viewing, the first episode is up 387% in the demo (0.40 vs. 1.93) and up 205% in total viewers (2.9 million vs. 8.7 million). \u2014 Jennifer Maas, Variety , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Women are brought into zoos to breastfeed their babies as a demo for naive apes with young who do not yet know how to nurse. \u2014 Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic , 6 May 2022",
      "These three-hour tours with one of No Taste Like Home\u2019s highly skilled guides end with a cooking demo and tasting session. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "There's also a remote possibility that Apple will demo AR and VR experiences without announcing any hardware, just to build up hype in advance. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 3 June 2022",
      "In a blog post on Monday, Meta said the store will let people demo various products and will include a VR space that lets customers try apps such as Beat Saber and Real VR Fishing. \u2014 Rachel Metz, CNN , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "She was hired even before shooting began, which enabled her not only to demo themes for the directors but to visit the shooting location in the Dominican Republic last June. \u2014 Jon Burlingame, Variety , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Musk also said Tesla in 2017 would demo a Model S driving from NYC to LA with no driver interaction. \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "Jared Isaacman, the billionaire aerospace enthusiast who paid for the first tourist flight onboard SpaceX\u2019s Dragon last year, is now paying for a series of missions, called Polaris, to demo new technologies for SpaceX. \u2014 Tim Fernholz, Quartz , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "Developers and publishers from around the globe converge on downtown Los Angeles, welcoming media and gamers to demo new and upcoming releases. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "His wife, Lisa, encouraged him to demo it at DunDraCon, a role-playing convention near San Francisco. \u2014 Christopher Byrd, The New Yorker , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "Short cutscenes from the campaign with Chief and a new AI that don\u2019t demo any significant gameplay. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 12 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "1904, in the meaning defined at sense 1b",
      "Verb (1)",
      "1969, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb (2)",
      "1994, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1980, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (3)",
      "1793, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210424"
  },
  "democracy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": government by the people",
      ": rule of the majority",
      ": a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections",
      ": a political unit that has a democratic government",
      ": the principles and policies of the Democratic party in the U.S.",
      ": the common people especially when constituting the source of political authority",
      ": the absence of hereditary or arbitrary class distinctions or privileges",
      ": government by the people : majority rule",
      ": government in which the highest power is held by the people and is usually used through representatives",
      ": a political unit (as a nation) governed by the people",
      ": belief in or practice of the idea that all people are socially equal",
      ": government by the people",
      ": rule of the majority",
      ": a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections",
      ": a political unit that has a democratic government"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8m\u00e4-kr\u0259-s\u0113",
      "di-\u02c8m\u00e4-kr\u0259-s\u0113",
      "di-\u02c8m\u00e4-kr\u0259-s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "republic",
      "self-government",
      "self-rule"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Tom Verdin \u2014 a more than 20-year veteran of the AP who spent the past seven years leading its state government team \u2014 will take up the role,managing coverage on challenges to democracy , voting rights, election processes and related areas. \u2014 Clare Duffy, CNN , 19 June 2022",
      "Both sides claimed to be defending democracy from the other. \u2014 New York Times , 18 June 2022",
      "Taiwan is a thriving democracy , but China considers the island its own territory and has never renounced the use of force to bring the island under its control. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 17 June 2022",
      "In his final statement, Luttig warned that Trump and his supporters are still out there plotting against democracy in the 2024 election. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 17 June 2022",
      "However, the Commission will not be endorsing Georgia for candidate status, von der Leyen said, pointing to the country\u2019s need to make further progress towards improving democracy , the judicial system and safeguarding fundamental rights. \u2014 Robert Hart, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "For 18 years, Libya was an evolving parliamentary democracy . \u2014 Mohammed El-senussi, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "Will Pence\u2019s act to preserve democracy help him politically? \u2014 Noah Biermanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
      "Some teachers discussed democracy , civil rights, and even the Tiananmen Square massacre as part of their lesson plans. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Middle French democracie, democratie, borrowed from Late Latin d\u0113mocratia, borrowed from Greek d\u0113mokrat\u00eda, from d\u0113mo-  demo- + -kratia  -cracy ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1539, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222814"
  },
  "demolish":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": tear down , raze",
      ": to break to pieces : smash",
      ": to do away with : destroy",
      ": to strip of any pretense of merit or credence",
      ": to destroy by breaking apart",
      ": to ruin completely : shatter"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8m\u00e4-lish",
      "di-\u02c8m\u00e4-lish"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "level",
      "pull down",
      "raze",
      "tear down",
      "unbuild"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The old factory was demolished to make way for a new parking lot.",
      "Tons of explosives were used to demolish the building.",
      "The town hopes to restore the old theater rather than have it demolished .",
      "The car was demolished in the accident.",
      "They demolished the other team 51\u20137.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The most recent owner and current seller is billionaire philanthropist and investor Ron Burkle, who bought the property for $15 million in 2018, and whose goal wasn\u2019t to demolish the home, but to restore and preserve it. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 30 May 2022",
      "According to McGarity, the Trump administration\u2019s playbook was to demolish restraints on business opportunities while downplaying the profound environmental, health, and consumer protection costs of doing so. \u2014 Rebecca Coffey, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
      "The plan is to demolish Hamner, which was built in 1967, and Highcrest, built in 1969. \u2014 Don Stacom, Hartford Courant , 19 May 2022",
      "The solution engineered by RHUGT producers was to demolish the fourth wall entirely, and on the other side was Ramona refusing to pay for glam. \u2014 Louis Peitzman, Vulture , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "The plan was to demolish the former Fair Oaks Ford dealership structure and put up a new 35,000-square-foot store as well as 5,000 to 7,000 square feet of additional retail space. \u2014 Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com , 17 Aug. 2021",
      "The only way to get rid of the stench was to demolish the Aztec houses to bury the dead in the rubble. \u2014 Mark Stevenson, ajc , 20 May 2021",
      "Prior plans to demolish the theater triggered opposition from some, who cited the building\u2019s iconic architecture and interior artwork. \u2014 Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News , 17 May 2022",
      "That nonprofit group plans to demolish the former DNR offices and develop a 50,000-square-foot arts and cultural center in its place. \u2014 Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Middle French demolir, extended stem demoliss- (with final conformed to earlier English verbs with the same ending, as nourish , perish ), borrowed from Latin d\u0113m\u014dl\u012br\u012b, d\u0113m\u014dl\u012bre \"to throw off, pull down, raze,\" from d\u0113-  de- + m\u014dl\u012br\u012b \"to labor to bring about, strive, build, construct.\" probably derivative of m\u014dl\u0113s \"large mass, massive structure, effort, exertion\" \u2014 more at mole entry 4 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201914"
  },
  "demonstration":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an act, process, or means of demonstrating to the intelligence",
      ": such as",
      ": conclusive evidence : proof",
      ": derivation sense 5",
      ": a showing of the merits of a product or service to a prospective consumer",
      ": an outward expression or display",
      ": a show of armed force",
      ": a public display of group feelings toward a person or cause",
      ": an outward expression (as a show of feelings)",
      ": an act or a means of showing",
      ": a showing or using of an article for sale to display its good points",
      ": a parade or a gathering to show public feeling",
      ": an act, process, or means of demonstrating to the intelligence",
      ": a proof by experiment"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-m\u0259n-\u02c8str\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccde-m\u0259n-\u02c8str\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccdem-\u0259n-\u02c8str\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "demo",
      "rally"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In a nation riven by ethno-religious differences, a makeshift protest village is a platform for sustained demonstration against political mismanagement, generating a sense of unity among diverse Sri Lankans. \u2014 Munza Mushtaq, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 June 2022",
      "Libyans lift placards and national flags during a demonstration against the House of Representatives in Tripoli, Libya, Feb. 11. \u2014 Mohammed El-senussi, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "Actor James Cromwell superglued his hand to a counter at a Starbucks in Manhattan on Tuesday as a part of a PETA demonstration against charging more for vegan milk. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 10 May 2022",
      "Police officers clashing with protesters during a demonstration against rising living costs in Colombo last month. \u2014 NBC News , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Video posted Saturday and verified by The Washington Post shows protesters, some carrying Ukrainian flags, in the city square during a large demonstration against the Russians. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "The fatal shooting prompted at least one public demonstration against San Diego police later in the summer. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Watch a live makeup demonstration with local celebrity makeup artist Marvin Dixon. \u2014 Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press , 7 June 2022",
      "Edward tried his hand at pulling a pint of Guinness at a diner, while Sophie took in a '50s and '60s dance demonstration . \u2014 Arkansas Online , 5 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English demonstracioun, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French demonstration, demustracioun, borrowed from Latin d\u0113monstr\u0101ti\u014dn-, d\u0113monstr\u0101ti\u014d \"action of pointing out, description, explanation\" (Late Latin, \"deduction, proof\"), from d\u0113monstr\u0101re \"to indicate, describe, show\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at demonstrate ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201620"
  },
  "demoralization":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : to corrupt the morals of",
      ": to weaken the morale of : discourage , dispirit",
      ": to upset or destroy the normal functioning of",
      ": to throw into disorder",
      ": to weaken the spirit or confidence of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8m\u022fr-\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz",
      "\u02ccd\u0113-",
      "-\u02c8m\u00e4r-",
      "di-\u02c8m\u022fr-\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "emasculate",
      "paralyze",
      "undo",
      "unman",
      "unnerve",
      "unstring"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "nerve"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the mere sight of the forbidding cliffs demoralized the climbers",
      "we refused to be demoralized by our humiliating defeat and vowed to come roaring back the following week",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Jordan Poole has also woken up, dropping 17 points off the bench, including some back-breaking baskets that really helped demoralize Boston. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 6 June 2022",
      "There is the programmatic violence meted out by Russian bombs and missiles against civilians as well as military targets, meant to demoralize as much as defeat. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "Don't mislead and try to demoralize our people and our troops with such crazy messages like yesterday. \u2014 Amy Kellogg, Fox News , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Attacks have affected just a handful of Ukrainian government contractors and financial organizations, and seem intended primarily to demoralize defenders in Ukraine. \u2014 Christopher Mims, WSJ , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "Beyond the numbers, Curry-Thompson-Poole pumped energy into the capacity crowd at Chase Center \u2014 and seemed to demoralize the Nuggets, who trudged toward the locker room. \u2014 Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "This serves no military purpose, but aims to demoralize the civilian population and undermine their will to fight. \u2014 David Hambling, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Russian forces have shelled nonmilitary areas from long distances in an attempt to demoralize Ukraine and drive civilians out of cities. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "And yet \u2026 This winning streak has also seen the offense get white-hot so quickly that the Jazz can demoralize opponents with incendiary streaks of shot-making. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1793, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221052"
  },
  "demoralize":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : to corrupt the morals of",
      ": to weaken the morale of : discourage , dispirit",
      ": to upset or destroy the normal functioning of",
      ": to throw into disorder",
      ": to weaken the spirit or confidence of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8m\u022fr-\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz",
      "\u02ccd\u0113-",
      "-\u02c8m\u00e4r-",
      "di-\u02c8m\u022fr-\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "emasculate",
      "paralyze",
      "undo",
      "unman",
      "unnerve",
      "unstring"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "nerve"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the mere sight of the forbidding cliffs demoralized the climbers",
      "we refused to be demoralized by our humiliating defeat and vowed to come roaring back the following week",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Jordan Poole has also woken up, dropping 17 points off the bench, including some back-breaking baskets that really helped demoralize Boston. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 6 June 2022",
      "There is the programmatic violence meted out by Russian bombs and missiles against civilians as well as military targets, meant to demoralize as much as defeat. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "Don't mislead and try to demoralize our people and our troops with such crazy messages like yesterday. \u2014 Amy Kellogg, Fox News , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Attacks have affected just a handful of Ukrainian government contractors and financial organizations, and seem intended primarily to demoralize defenders in Ukraine. \u2014 Christopher Mims, WSJ , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "Beyond the numbers, Curry-Thompson-Poole pumped energy into the capacity crowd at Chase Center \u2014 and seemed to demoralize the Nuggets, who trudged toward the locker room. \u2014 Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "This serves no military purpose, but aims to demoralize the civilian population and undermine their will to fight. \u2014 David Hambling, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Russian forces have shelled nonmilitary areas from long distances in an attempt to demoralize Ukraine and drive civilians out of cities. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "And yet \u2026 This winning streak has also seen the offense get white-hot so quickly that the Jazz can demoralize opponents with incendiary streaks of shot-making. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1793, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205725"
  },
  "demoralized":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : to corrupt the morals of",
      ": to weaken the morale of : discourage , dispirit",
      ": to upset or destroy the normal functioning of",
      ": to throw into disorder",
      ": to weaken the spirit or confidence of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8m\u022fr-\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz",
      "\u02ccd\u0113-",
      "-\u02c8m\u00e4r-",
      "di-\u02c8m\u022fr-\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "emasculate",
      "paralyze",
      "undo",
      "unman",
      "unnerve",
      "unstring"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "nerve"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the mere sight of the forbidding cliffs demoralized the climbers",
      "we refused to be demoralized by our humiliating defeat and vowed to come roaring back the following week",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Jordan Poole has also woken up, dropping 17 points off the bench, including some back-breaking baskets that really helped demoralize Boston. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 6 June 2022",
      "There is the programmatic violence meted out by Russian bombs and missiles against civilians as well as military targets, meant to demoralize as much as defeat. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "Don't mislead and try to demoralize our people and our troops with such crazy messages like yesterday. \u2014 Amy Kellogg, Fox News , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Attacks have affected just a handful of Ukrainian government contractors and financial organizations, and seem intended primarily to demoralize defenders in Ukraine. \u2014 Christopher Mims, WSJ , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "Beyond the numbers, Curry-Thompson-Poole pumped energy into the capacity crowd at Chase Center \u2014 and seemed to demoralize the Nuggets, who trudged toward the locker room. \u2014 Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "This serves no military purpose, but aims to demoralize the civilian population and undermine their will to fight. \u2014 David Hambling, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Russian forces have shelled nonmilitary areas from long distances in an attempt to demoralize Ukraine and drive civilians out of cities. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "And yet \u2026 This winning streak has also seen the offense get white-hot so quickly that the Jazz can demoralize opponents with incendiary streaks of shot-making. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1793, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210613"
  },
  "demote":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to reduce to a lower grade or rank",
      ": to relegate to a less important position",
      ": to reduce to a lower grade or rank"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8m\u014dt",
      "\u02ccd\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8m\u014dt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break",
      "bust",
      "degrade",
      "disrate",
      "downgrade",
      "reduce"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "advance",
      "elevate",
      "promote",
      "raise"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Teachers can choose to demote a student to a lower grade.",
      "The army major was demoted to captain.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The selloff of 10 years ago reflected concern that Netflix management was acting too rashly in rushing into streaming and seeming to demote the DVD service that was still generating the vast bulk of its revenue. \u2014 Dan Gallagher, WSJ , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "The changes: If a team wishes to demote a player already optioned five times that season, every other team must first get the chance to claim him on waivers. \u2014 Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "By opening up the algorithm that Twitter uses, those on the platform can see how Twitter decides to demote or promote material and potentially make suggestions on that code. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The corresponding move with Ahmed\u2019s activation was to demote Yonny Hernandez, who the Diamondbacks traded for earlier this month. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The same papers that once speculated about Mr. Sunak as a prime minister in waiting now question whether Mr. Johnson will demote him in a cabinet shuffle. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "After considering his response, Kendall decided to demote him to technical sergeant and grant his request to retire. \u2014 Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Ryder\u2019s memo, which veteran legal observers called rare, was a reaction to Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall III\u2019s decision to demote Master Sgt. \u2014 Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "If a breach of discipline is confirmed, authorities in Beijing have told Lam to either suspend, demote or even dismiss the officials, the South China Morning Post newspaper reported Monday. \u2014 Iain Marlow, Fortune , 11 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" de- + -mote (as in promote )",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1891, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193330"
  },
  "demure":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "reserved , modest",
      "affectedly modest, reserved, or serious coy",
      "proper and reserved in behavior and speech",
      "pretending to be proper and reserved coy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"di-\u02c8myu\u0307r",
    "synonyms":[
      "coquettish",
      "coy",
      "kittenish"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "So even if you think you've moved past your reputation as The Rebel, two minutes after getting together with your more demure sister, you're likely to fall back into that hell-raiser role. \u2014 Jessica Mehalic , Cosmopolitan , August 2001",
      "It looked as though the dress and capelet were one piece. It created a demure look, but if you take off the capelet, it's a seductive strapless dress. \u2014 Elizabeth Hayt , Vogue , December 1999",
      "I made a lot of friends at Les Tourelles with whom I have kept in touch over the years. There was one darling little girl, much younger than the rest of us, who was sweet, demure , and quiet, with beautiful long hair like Alice in Wonderland. \u2014 Anna Russell , I'm Not Making This Up, You Know , 1985",
      "She was wearing a demure gray suit.",
      "the demure charm of the cottage",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Velvet Buzzsaw star Ashton was extremely demure about her rock at the BAFTAs last weekend, keeping her ring finger hidden under her sleeve, which... \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "The boxy fit and exaggerated bow closures on this option are demure but not overly saccharine. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "But even in Sport+ mode, at legal(ish) and reasonable speeds, the Type S plants itself on the refined and demure side of the supercar spectrum. \u2014 Matt Farah, Car and Driver , 3 May 2022",
      "Among her trademarks are an engaging smile and demure wave to the camera at the start of a game; tattoos including Talking Heads song lyrics, and attire that's on the serious side but with a touch of personal flair. \u2014 CBS News , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Though her oversized leather jacket allowed for some modesty, Rihanna\u2019s bump reveal was a provocative take on a piece that could easily read demure with different styling. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Oversized cardigans are another chic way to keep things more demure , whether layered over a dress or your comfiest T-shirt. \u2014 Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Vogue , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Betty\u2019s stories evolved from exciting, outlandish and dangerous to domestic and demure . \u2014 Emily Wishingrad, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Lavigne appeared almost demure next to the maniacal energy of Kelly, who concluded the performance by spraying a bottle of champagne over the audience, with Lavigne following in his footsteps. \u2014 Sasha Urban, Variety , 26 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "demurral":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or an instance of demurring"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8m\u0259r-\u0259l",
      "-\u02c8m\u0259-r\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "challenge",
      "complaint",
      "demur",
      "demurrer",
      "difficulty",
      "exception",
      "expostulation",
      "fuss",
      "kick",
      "objection",
      "protest",
      "question",
      "remonstrance",
      "stink"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Suggestions that she run for president have been met with repeated demurrals .",
      "surprisingly, she wrote the check for the parking fine without demurral",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "As to the possibility of breaking his seven-Preakness tie with 19th century trainer R. Wyndham Walden, Baffert gave his usual demurral . \u2014 Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com , 2 Oct. 2020",
      "Nevertheless, all systems rely upon buy-in, and every demurral helps to chip away a little at the rock on which the country has been built. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 24 Sep. 2020",
      "Rather than giving the traditional I-would-be-honored-but-am-focused-on-my-current-job demurral , some interested parties have been more forthcoming. \u2014 Lissandra Villa, Time , 21 May 2020",
      "The demurral raised questions for the Saudis about the American commitment to Saudi security, which has underpinned the strategic layout of the Persian Gulf for decades. \u2014 Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times , 4 Oct. 2019",
      "Watching Peterson, in that video, you are reminded of the many Americans who may feel refreshed by Yang\u2019s demurrals on race. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Oct. 2019",
      "That said, any demurral is clearly a minority opinion. \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 22 Aug. 2019",
      "The Gerson woman poured them both another glass of whiskey, ignoring the maid\u2019s demurral . \u2014 Adam O\u2019fallon Price, Harper's magazine , 10 June 2019",
      "This time, she\u2019s lined up seven people to watch and wait and push through her demurrals and distractions, including her physician and midwife. \u2014 Nicole Cliffe, SELF , 26 June 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1810, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-234033"
  },
  "demurrer":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a response in a court proceeding in which the defendant does not dispute the truth of the allegation but claims it is not sufficient grounds to justify legal action",
      ": objection",
      ": one that demurs",
      ": a plea in response to an allegation (as in a complaint or indictment) that admits its truth but also asserts that it is not sufficient as a cause of action \u2014 compare confession and avoidance",
      ": a demurrer that asserts that the evidence is not sufficient to create a question of fact for the jury to decide",
      ": a demurrer that challenges the sufficiency of the substance of allegation",
      ": a demurrer that challenges the structure or form of an allegation as uncertain or ambiguous"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8m\u0259r-\u0259r",
      "-\u02c8m\u0259-r\u0259r",
      "di-\u02c8m\u0259r-\u0259r",
      "di-\u02c8m\u0259r-\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "challenge",
      "complaint",
      "demur",
      "demurral",
      "difficulty",
      "exception",
      "expostulation",
      "fuss",
      "kick",
      "objection",
      "protest",
      "question",
      "remonstrance",
      "stink"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "circa 1521, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1711, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200805"
  },
  "demystify":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to eliminate the mystifying features of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8mi-st\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "clarify",
      "clear (up)",
      "construe",
      "demonstrate",
      "elucidate",
      "explain",
      "explicate",
      "expound",
      "get across",
      "illuminate",
      "illustrate",
      "interpret",
      "simplify",
      "spell out",
      "unriddle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "obscure"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The class is intended to demystify the process of using a computer.",
      "a wine book that does a lot to demystify the subject for the casual drinker who just wants a good bottle for dinner",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Georgia Republican primaries will almost certainly help demystify Trump. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 24 May 2022",
      "In its aim to \u2018 demystify gardening\u2019, the business has enabled users to simplify their shop, making a few selections that then generate recommendations of other products to achieve a certain aesthetic. \u2014 Kate Hardcastle, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "No frills, yet draped in impeccably sleek packaging, with multi-use formulas that demystify lofty hair care routines. \u2014 Blake Newby, Essence , 4 May 2022",
      "This steady feedback is not to bombard employees, but to demystify the promotion process. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Leaders must see potential and be available, authentic and transparent in their relationship with team members, helping demystify their career growth and challenging them to take on challenges. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Nye, depicted as a being made from recycled plastic bottles, tries to demystify the process behind reuse. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "The brothers, who are of Jamaican descent, were raised in south London and have long wanted to demystify Caribbean cooking, busting the myths that its recipes are complicated and meat heavy. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "In honor of Women\u2019s History Month, WIRED asked four women photographers to demystify this process by telling us about their most challenging image. \u2014 Charis Morgan, Wired , 29 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1963, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195313"
  },
  "denigrate":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to attack the reputation of defame",
      "to deny the importance or validity of belittle"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8de-ni-\u02ccgr\u0101t",
    "synonyms":[
      "bad-mouth",
      "belittle",
      "cry down",
      "decry",
      "deprecate",
      "depreciate",
      "derogate",
      "diminish",
      "dis",
      "diss",
      "discount",
      "dismiss",
      "disparage",
      "kiss off",
      "minimize",
      "play down",
      "poor-mouth",
      "put down",
      "run down",
      "talk down",
      "trash",
      "trash-talk",
      "vilipend",
      "write off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "acclaim",
      "applaud",
      "exalt",
      "extol",
      "extoll",
      "glorify",
      "laud",
      "magnify",
      "praise"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Her story denigrates him as a person and as a teacher.",
      "No one is trying to denigrate the importance of a good education. We all know that it is crucial for success.",
      "denigrating the talents and achievements of women",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Republicans never miss an opportunity to denigrate Mr. Biden. \u2014 WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "Trump has repeatedly used Fauci's old remarks, such as urging people not to wear masks in the beginning of the pandemic because experts were afraid medical workers would run out of supplies, in an effort to denigrate the health official. \u2014 Mike Brest, Washington Examiner , 13 Oct. 2020",
      "Other memes use tropes and discredited data to denigrate the intelligence of non-white people. \u2014 Ben Collins, NBC News , 15 May 2022",
      "Those that seek to denigrate the erstwhile pursuit of the AI Confinement Problem are missing the bigger picture. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
      "To be clear, the rat reference wasn\u2019t meant to denigrate the caliber of candidates lining up to compete for the nomination. \u2014 Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "In France, Macron\u2019s opponents will continue to try to denigrate him, but the reality is that the centre has held, and this is ultimately good news for France and for Europe. \u2014 Mike O'sullivan, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Opponents of the initiative see it as an attempt to denigrate the LBTQ community. \u2014 al , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "In theory, that would allow the board to act more quickly when doctors denigrate COVID-19 vaccines and endorse unproved treatments, among other things. \u2014 Karen Kaplan Science And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 15 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin denigratus , past participle of denigrare , from de- + nigrare to blacken, from nigr-, niger black",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1526, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "denote":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to serve as an indication of : betoken",
      ": to serve as an arbitrary mark for",
      ": to make known : announce",
      ": to serve as a linguistic expression of the notion of : mean",
      ": to stand for : designate",
      ": to serve as a mark or indication of",
      ": to have the meaning of : mean"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8n\u014dt",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8n\u014dt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "express",
      "import",
      "intend",
      "mean",
      "signify",
      "spell"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The word \u201cderby\u201d can denote a horse race or a kind of hat.",
      "Her death denoted the end of an era.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Also, use statistics whenever possible and numbers to denote the size or amount to illustrate the magnitude of your accomplishments. \u2014 Robin Ryan, Forbes , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "By one measure, Syrda's study could denote progress; there are enough women breadwinners in the dataset to come to these statistically significant conclusions. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe And Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "In this scene, the blue and yellow subtitles denote two simultaneous, contradictory conversations. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Winding green arrows denote the birds\u2019 migratory paths \u2014 which transcend geographical borders, Carr notes \u2014 and meandering red lines represent the L.A. area freeway system. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Skipping the capitalization or leaving off a question mark doesn\u2019t denote a lack of respect. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 May 2016",
      "The name could be a contraction (L.A.\u2019s n/naka, for owner Niki Nakiyama\u2019s first and last name), or denote a meaningful phrase (Mi Tocaya\u2014meaning my namesake\u2014Antojeria in Chicago). \u2014 Maggie Hennessy, Bon App\u00e9tit , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "The show uses different colors to denote when a character is speaking one language or the other. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "In the wake of the Great Depression, when the federal government graded neighborhoods in hundreds of cities for real estate investment, Black and immigrant areas were typically outlined in red on maps to denote risky places to lend. \u2014 Raymond Zhong, New York Times , 9 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle French denoter , from Latin denotare , from de- + notare to note",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1562, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191311"
  },
  "denounce":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil",
      ": proclaim",
      ": to announce threateningly",
      ": to inform (see inform sense intransitive 1 ) against : accuse",
      ": portend",
      ": to announce formally the termination of (something, such as a treaty)",
      ": to point out as wrong or evil : condemn",
      ": to inform against : accuse"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8nau\u0307n(t)s",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8nau\u0307ns"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "anathematize",
      "censure",
      "condemn",
      "damn",
      "decry",
      "execrate",
      "reprehend",
      "reprobate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bless"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The government called on the group to denounce the use of violence.",
      "The film was denounced for the way it portrayed its female characters.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "British sports minister Nigel Huddleston suggested this week athletes who want to compete at Wimbledon might be asked to denounce Russian president Vladimir Putin before they\u2019re allowed to play. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Wilson himself refused to publicly denounce either lynching or the Klan. \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "This led Senator Lindsey Graham to publicly denounce the proposal. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Aug. 2021",
      "Pe\u00f1a is summoning his countrymen to gather Tuesday morning at the Convention Center to denounce the Ortega regime in absentia. \u2014 Soudi Jim\u00e9nez, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
      "The bank has reportedly suspended Kirk and launched an internal investigation, while other leaders of the financial institution have gone online to denounce his presentation. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 23 May 2022",
      "But the fact that a prominent Democrat would financially back a candidate in an open-seat primary was so off-putting that five of the other Democrats in the race held a joint press conference to denounce the spending. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 May 2022",
      "The protest was called by Chadian civil society coalition Wakit Tamma to denounce France\u2019s backing of the Transitional Military Council that seized power following the battlefield death of President Idriss Deby in April 2021, a spokesman said. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 16 May 2022",
      "It is intended, first and foremost, for Mr. Putin, but also for his key autocratic ally, Chinese leader Xi Jinping, and the dozens of leaders worldwide who have so far hesitated to denounce the invasion. \u2014 Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor , 4 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French denuncier to proclaim, from Latin denuntiare , from de- + nuntiare to report \u2014 more at announce ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202251"
  },
  "dense":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "marked by compactness or crowding together of parts",
      "having a high mass (see mass entry 2 sense 1c ) per unit volume (see volume entry 1 sense 2 )",
      "slow to understand stupid , thickheaded",
      "extreme",
      "having between any two elements at least one element",
      "demanding concentration to follow or comprehend",
      "having high or relatively high opacity (see opacity sense 2 )",
      "having its parts crowded together thick",
      "stupid sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8den(t)s",
      "\u02c8dens"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "close",
      "compact",
      "crowded",
      "jam-packed",
      "packed",
      "serried",
      "thick",
      "tight"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "airy",
      "loose",
      "open",
      "uncrowded"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This dish can be dense enough to serve as an entr\u00e9e or makes a great hors d'oeuvre with crusty bread and cornichons, which are tiny crisp pickles. \u2014 Foren Clark, CNN , 30 May 2022",
      "Further south, the National Weather Service warns drivers of dense fog in higher elevations where the marine layer is causing low visibility. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
      "What\u2019s more, despite zoning rules aimed at constraining suburban sprawl, much of the Portland area is not dense enough to support the amount of transit available in the city center. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Contest day dawned sunny and clear, except for a dense fog that lay on the ocean. \u2014 William Finnegan, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
      "It will primarily be used to monitor and predict disaster events like hurricanes, thunderstorms, floods, dense fog and fire. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel , 11 May 2022",
      "For example, high pressure aloft can squeeze the temperature inversion closer to the ground \u2014 below 1,000 feet above sea level \u2014 creating dense fog. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
      "The Fraser River water is fresh \u2013 light \u2013 and silty, and the Strait of Georgia water is salty \u2013 dense \u2013 and clearer blue. \u2014 Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY , 11 May 2022",
      "The Enablers\u2014 dense and compact, policy-oriented and prescriptive\u2014is the inverse of Dead in the Water in almost every way. \u2014 Ankush Khardori, The New Republic , 6 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin densus ; akin to Greek dasys thick with hair or leaves",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-165853"
  },
  "denseness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marked by compactness or crowding together of parts",
      ": having a high mass (see mass entry 2 sense 1c ) per unit volume (see volume entry 1 sense 2 )",
      ": slow to understand : stupid , thickheaded",
      ": extreme",
      ": having between any two elements at least one element",
      ": demanding concentration to follow or comprehend",
      ": having high or relatively high opacity (see opacity sense 2 )",
      ": having its parts crowded together : thick",
      ": stupid sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8den(t)s",
      "\u02c8dens"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "close",
      "compact",
      "crowded",
      "jam-packed",
      "packed",
      "serried",
      "thick",
      "tight"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "airy",
      "loose",
      "open",
      "uncrowded"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This dish can be dense enough to serve as an entr\u00e9e or makes a great hors d'oeuvre with crusty bread and cornichons, which are tiny crisp pickles. \u2014 Foren Clark, CNN , 30 May 2022",
      "Further south, the National Weather Service warns drivers of dense fog in higher elevations where the marine layer is causing low visibility. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
      "What\u2019s more, despite zoning rules aimed at constraining suburban sprawl, much of the Portland area is not dense enough to support the amount of transit available in the city center. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Contest day dawned sunny and clear, except for a dense fog that lay on the ocean. \u2014 William Finnegan, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
      "It will primarily be used to monitor and predict disaster events like hurricanes, thunderstorms, floods, dense fog and fire. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel , 11 May 2022",
      "For example, high pressure aloft can squeeze the temperature inversion closer to the ground \u2014 below 1,000 feet above sea level \u2014 creating dense fog. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
      "The Fraser River water is fresh \u2013 light \u2013 and silty, and the Strait of Georgia water is salty \u2013 dense \u2013 and clearer blue. \u2014 Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY , 11 May 2022",
      "The Enablers\u2014 dense and compact, policy-oriented and prescriptive\u2014is the inverse of Dead in the Water in almost every way. \u2014 Ankush Khardori, The New Republic , 6 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin densus ; akin to Greek dasys thick with hair or leaves",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201109"
  },
  "dent":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "biographical name",
      "combining form",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make a dent in",
      ": to have a weakening effect on",
      ": to form a dent by sinking inward : become dented",
      ": a depression or hollow made by a blow or by pressure",
      ": an appreciable impression or effect often made against resistance",
      ": a weakening or lessening effect",
      ": tooth sense 2a",
      "dental ; dentist ; dentistry",
      ": tooth : teeth",
      ": to make a hollow mark in or on",
      ": to become damaged by a hollow mark",
      ": a notch or hollow mark made in a surface by a blow or by pressure",
      "dental ; dentist ; dentistry",
      "1849\u20131926 English publisher"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dent",
      "\u02c8dent",
      "\u02c8dent"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abate",
      "de-escalate",
      "decrease",
      "deplete",
      "diminish",
      "downscale",
      "downsize",
      "drop",
      "dwindle",
      "ease",
      "knock down",
      "lessen",
      "lower",
      "reduce"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "cavity",
      "concavity",
      "depression",
      "dint",
      "hole",
      "hollow",
      "indentation",
      "indenture",
      "pit",
      "recess"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "I'm afraid I dented the wall pretty badly when I was hammering in that nail.",
      "Many of the cans were badly dented .",
      "Some types of metal dent more easily than others.",
      "The team's confidence has been dented by a recent series of losses."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun (1)",
      "1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1703, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192740"
  },
  "dented":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "biographical name",
      "combining form",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make a dent in",
      ": to have a weakening effect on",
      ": to form a dent by sinking inward : become dented",
      ": a depression or hollow made by a blow or by pressure",
      ": an appreciable impression or effect often made against resistance",
      ": a weakening or lessening effect",
      ": tooth sense 2a",
      "dental ; dentist ; dentistry",
      ": tooth : teeth",
      ": to make a hollow mark in or on",
      ": to become damaged by a hollow mark",
      ": a notch or hollow mark made in a surface by a blow or by pressure",
      "dental ; dentist ; dentistry",
      "1849\u20131926 English publisher"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dent",
      "\u02c8dent",
      "\u02c8dent"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abate",
      "de-escalate",
      "decrease",
      "deplete",
      "diminish",
      "downscale",
      "downsize",
      "drop",
      "dwindle",
      "ease",
      "knock down",
      "lessen",
      "lower",
      "reduce"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "cavity",
      "concavity",
      "depression",
      "dint",
      "hole",
      "hollow",
      "indentation",
      "indenture",
      "pit",
      "recess"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "I'm afraid I dented the wall pretty badly when I was hammering in that nail.",
      "Many of the cans were badly dented .",
      "Some types of metal dent more easily than others.",
      "The team's confidence has been dented by a recent series of losses."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun (1)",
      "1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1703, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-171015"
  },
  "deny":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to declare (something) to be untrue",
      "to refuse to admit or acknowledge (something) disavow",
      "to give a negative answer to",
      "to refuse to grant",
      "to restrain (oneself) from gratification of desires",
      "to refuse to accept the existence, truth, or validity of",
      "to report or note the absence of (a symptom)",
      "decline",
      "to declare not to be true",
      "to refuse to grant",
      "to refuse to admit",
      "to declare untrue",
      "\u2014 compare avoid",
      "to refuse to grant"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"di-\u02c8n\u012b",
    "synonyms":[
      "contradict",
      "disaffirm",
      "disallow",
      "disavow",
      "disclaim",
      "disconfirm",
      "disown",
      "gainsay",
      "negate",
      "negative",
      "refute",
      "reject",
      "repudiate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "acknowledge",
      "admit",
      "allow",
      "avow",
      "concede",
      "confirm",
      "own"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The committee request for testimony from Stepien said the campaign reportedly urged state and party officials to delay or deny certification of election results by sending alternates slates of electoral votes to Congress. \u2014 Bart Jansen, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
      "Meta has banned posts that deny the Holocaust on its platform since 2020. \u2014 Amanda Seitz, Chron , 10 June 2022",
      "The Merrimack Valley Conference MVP continued his impressive play by making key saves to deny any thoughts of a comeback. \u2014 Nate Weitzer, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
      "The Houston County Sheriff\u2019s Office cannot deny insurance coverage to one of its investigators for a gender reassignment surgery, a federal judge has ruled. \u2014 Bill Rankin, ajc , 9 June 2022",
      "San Francisco recall supporters disagreed with the public safety path taken by Boudin and his staff, but no one can deny that minorities in the city are caught in a vicious cycle of poverty, criminality and incarceration that needs to be disrupted. \u2014 Justin Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 June 2022",
      "In 2020, the Trump administration implemented a rule to curtail that review power and limit the time during which states and tribes could grant or deny permits. \u2014 Lisa Friedman, New York Times , 2 June 2022",
      "Should Griggsby deny Mosby\u2019s request to file a new motion for dismissal, her lawyers would be happy with another key piece of the case against her the government\u2019s instructions to the grand jury. \u2014 Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun , 2 June 2022",
      "For my uncle\u2019s medical tests, the plan will either approve or deny the request. \u2014 Diane Omdahl, Forbes , 1 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English denien, borrowed from Anglo-French denier, deneier (also continental Old French), from de-  de- (reinforcing the meaning of the base verb) + nier \"to renounce, deny, refuse\" (after Latin d\u0113neg\u0101re \"to deny\"), going back to Latin neg\u0101re \"to say (with the negative of a conjoined clause), deny, say no\" \u2014 more at negate ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "deodorize":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to eliminate or prevent the offensive odor of",
      ": to make (something unpleasant or reprehensible) more acceptable",
      ": to remove odor and especially a bad smell from",
      ": to eliminate or prevent the offensive odor of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0113-\u02c8\u014d-d\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz",
      "d\u0113-\u02c8\u014d-d\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "excuse",
      "explain away",
      "extenuate",
      "gloss (over)",
      "gloze (over)",
      "palliate",
      "whitewash"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "We had the carpet cleaned and deodorized .",
      "the propaganda film attempts to deodorize the dictator's history of human rights abuses",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The wipes are made with organic and natural ingredients, such as neem leaf extract to deodorize and citrus essential oils to refresh. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry And Samantha Lawyer, Woman's Day , 13 June 2022",
      "Pet owners will be delighted that the steam mop can clean and deodorize pet messes, making the house smell fresh. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "The brilliance lies in its formula, which uses tapioca starch (natural and sans talc) to help absorb oil, and persimmon powder to deodorize hair as if it\u2019s been washed. \u2014 Julie Tong, Vogue , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "While deodorants are meant to mask odor and deodorize \u2014as the name implies\u2014antiperspirants are designed to prevent the sweating process from occurring in the first place. \u2014 Joseph Deacetis, Forbes , 22 Dec. 2021",
      "It's designed to clean and deodorize pet messes as well as remove everyday dirt and stained grout on various flooring. \u2014 Sanah Faroke, PEOPLE.com , 22 Nov. 2021",
      "To deodorize and neutralize the stinky odor, sprinkle 3 or 4 tablespoons of baking soda in each shoe. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Aug. 2021",
      "This features powerful citric extracts and these naturally clean and deodorize appliances. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 7 June 2021",
      "Babcock said that the portable toilet industry, which includes porta potties, fancy restroom trailers, waste pumping trucks and chemicals to clean and deodorize the units, was growing steadily before Covid-19 hit. \u2014 David Williams, CNN , 29 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1856, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210102"
  },
  "depart":{
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to go away : leave",
      ": die",
      ": to turn aside : deviate",
      ": to go away from : leave",
      ": to go away or go away from : leave",
      ": to turn away from",
      ": die entry 1 sense 1",
      ": to fail to follow : deviate from a course or standard"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8p\u00e4rt",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8p\u00e4rt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bail",
      "bail out",
      "begone",
      "book",
      "bug off",
      "bug out",
      "bugger off",
      "buzz (off)",
      "clear off",
      "clear out",
      "cut out",
      "dig out",
      "exit",
      "get",
      "get off",
      "go",
      "go off",
      "move",
      "pack (up ",
      "part",
      "peel off",
      "pike (out ",
      "pull out",
      "push off",
      "push on",
      "quit",
      "run along",
      "sally (forth)",
      "scarper",
      "shove (off)",
      "step (along)",
      "take off",
      "vamoose",
      "walk out"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "arrive",
      "come",
      "show up",
      "turn up"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The group is scheduled to depart tomorrow at 8:00 a.m.",
      "Our flight departs at 6:15 a.m.",
      "The train departed the station on time.",
      "He is departing after 20 years with the company.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Actress Amber Heard, right, and her sister Whitney Heard, second left, depart the Fairfax County Courthouse on June 1, 2022 in Fairfax, Va. \u2014 Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News , 2 June 2022",
      "In the emails, which were leaked to electric car news website Electrek, Musk stated that all employees must be in the office for a minimum of 40 hours per week or depart the company. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 1 June 2022",
      "After the 2003 ordination of an openly gay man, Gene Robinson, as bishop in New Hampshire, entire dioceses attempted to depart the Episcopal Church U.S.A. \u2014 Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online , 31 May 2022",
      "Willy Adames, who Counsell said was to depart St. Louis on Saturday night to begin a minor-league rehab assignment. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 May 2022",
      "Oklahoma gained that quarterback from UCF and another from Pittsburgh but saw second-year star Caleb Williams leave for USC and former starter Spencer Rattler depart for South Carolina. \u2014 Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY , 27 May 2022",
      "Unaccompanied guests 17 and younger visiting Pinecrest earlier in the day must depart by 4 p.m. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 26 May 2022",
      "These merchants pay a cheap price and then depart with their haul. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
      "Next week, the vehicle is expected to depart the station and land under parachutes in a desert site in the western part of the U.S., according to NASA. \u2014 Micah Maidenberg, WSJ , 21 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, to divide, part company, from Anglo-French departir , from de- + partir to divide, from Latin partire , from part-, pars part",
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174540"
  },
  "departing":{
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to go away : leave",
      ": die",
      ": to turn aside : deviate",
      ": to go away from : leave",
      ": to go away or go away from : leave",
      ": to turn away from",
      ": die entry 1 sense 1",
      ": to fail to follow : deviate from a course or standard"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8p\u00e4rt",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8p\u00e4rt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bail",
      "bail out",
      "begone",
      "book",
      "bug off",
      "bug out",
      "bugger off",
      "buzz (off)",
      "clear off",
      "clear out",
      "cut out",
      "dig out",
      "exit",
      "get",
      "get off",
      "go",
      "go off",
      "move",
      "pack (up ",
      "part",
      "peel off",
      "pike (out ",
      "pull out",
      "push off",
      "push on",
      "quit",
      "run along",
      "sally (forth)",
      "scarper",
      "shove (off)",
      "step (along)",
      "take off",
      "vamoose",
      "walk out"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "arrive",
      "come",
      "show up",
      "turn up"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The group is scheduled to depart tomorrow at 8:00 a.m.",
      "Our flight departs at 6:15 a.m.",
      "The train departed the station on time.",
      "He is departing after 20 years with the company.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Actress Amber Heard, right, and her sister Whitney Heard, second left, depart the Fairfax County Courthouse on June 1, 2022 in Fairfax, Va. \u2014 Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News , 2 June 2022",
      "In the emails, which were leaked to electric car news website Electrek, Musk stated that all employees must be in the office for a minimum of 40 hours per week or depart the company. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 1 June 2022",
      "After the 2003 ordination of an openly gay man, Gene Robinson, as bishop in New Hampshire, entire dioceses attempted to depart the Episcopal Church U.S.A. \u2014 Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online , 31 May 2022",
      "Willy Adames, who Counsell said was to depart St. Louis on Saturday night to begin a minor-league rehab assignment. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 May 2022",
      "Oklahoma gained that quarterback from UCF and another from Pittsburgh but saw second-year star Caleb Williams leave for USC and former starter Spencer Rattler depart for South Carolina. \u2014 Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY , 27 May 2022",
      "Unaccompanied guests 17 and younger visiting Pinecrest earlier in the day must depart by 4 p.m. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 26 May 2022",
      "These merchants pay a cheap price and then depart with their haul. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
      "Next week, the vehicle is expected to depart the station and land under parachutes in a desert site in the western part of the U.S., according to NASA. \u2014 Micah Maidenberg, WSJ , 21 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, to divide, part company, from Anglo-French departir , from de- + partir to divide, from Latin partire , from part-, pars part",
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170224"
  },
  "departure":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or an instance of departing",
      ": death",
      ": a setting out (as on a new course)",
      ": divergence sense 2",
      ": an act of leaving or setting out",
      ": an act of turning away or aside (as from a way of doing things)",
      ": a failure to follow : a deviation from a course or standard"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8p\u00e4r-ch\u0259r",
      "di-\u02c8p\u00e4r-ch\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "decamping",
      "decampment",
      "departing",
      "exit",
      "exiting",
      "farewell",
      "going",
      "leave",
      "leave-taking",
      "lighting out",
      "outgo",
      "parting",
      "quitting",
      "walking out"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "advent",
      "appearance",
      "arrival"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "His departure is a moment to take stock of why his tenure, one of the most tumultuous in the history of American orchestras, has been so important. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
      "But her departure from Meta is the death knell of a movement defined by the economic boom times and expansive creep of capitalism of the 2010s. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 9 June 2022",
      "And the departure of Sheryl Sandberg, who announced her resignation from Meta Platforms on Wednesday after 14 years as chief operating officer, is likely to add to the disquiet many employees are feeling following a tumultuous year at the company. \u2014 Jonathan Vanian, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
      "The only notable departure is sharpshooter Drake Jeffries. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 May 2022",
      "Her departure was a shocking moment for many in America\u2019s largest Protest denomination. \u2014 al , 23 May 2022",
      "His departure is likely to draw a new burst of attention to the long-running program, which typically uses its summer hiatus to recalibrate its cast of players and contributors. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Chicago Tribune , 20 May 2022",
      "His departure is likely to draw a new burst of attention to the long-running program, which typically uses its summer hiatus to recalibrate its cast of players and contributors. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 20 May 2022",
      "The departure of McDonald\u2019s from Russia is particularly notable given that its arrival was emblematic of a rush among Western companies in the 1990s to enter the country, seeking to profit from its move from communism to capitalism. \u2014 Michael Dabaie, WSJ , 19 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183035"
  },
  "dependance":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "the quality or state of being dependent",
      "the quality or state of being influenced or determined by or subject to another",
      "reliance , trust",
      "one that is relied on",
      "drug addiction",
      "habituation sense 2b",
      "a condition of being influenced and caused by something else",
      "a state of having to rely on someone or something",
      "trust entry 2 sense 1 , reliance",
      "addiction to drugs or alcohol",
      "the quality or state of being dependent upon or unduly subject to the influence of another",
      "drug addiction",
      "habituation sense 2b"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"di-\u02c8pen-d\u0259n(t)s",
    "synonyms":[
      "dependency",
      "reliance"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "independence",
      "independency",
      "self-dependence",
      "self-reliance",
      "self-sufficiency",
      "self-support"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The company was hurt by its dependence on government loans.",
      "Our dependence upon foreign oil makes our economy vulnerable.",
      "a harmful dependence on foreign oil",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Domestic producers can help European and other allies limit dependence on Russian energy, while at the same time preserving U.S. energy independence. \u2014 Thomas J. Duesterberg, WSJ , 12 June 2022",
      "The president is also reportedly planning a trip to Saudi Arabia, as the U.S. looks to other parts of the world for increasing oil production to reduce global dependence on Russia, the world\u2019s third-largest oil supplier before the war in Ukraine. \u2014 Jeff Stein, Anchorage Daily News , 11 June 2022",
      "The administration is also promoting electric vehicles as a way to reduce the country\u2019s dependence on foreign oil and to fight climate change. \u2014 Lisa Friedman, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
      "The effort to democratize programming and reduce the dependence on heavy-duty engineering skills is not new. \u2014 Peter Bendor-samuel, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "That's why the US should increase exports of LNG, which would not only improve geopolitical stability by helping to supply energy to other nations in their time of need, but also reduce global dependence on dirtier energy sources like coal. \u2014 Ralph Izzo For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 7 June 2022",
      "Despite a heavy dependence on Russian fuel, E.U. nations have already banned Russian coal and the majority of them are eager to do the same with oil. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
      "Either way, the dependence on that foundational belief is found throughout the faith, its practices at every level, and the way it is led, run and structured. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 May 2022",
      "European nations have vowed to cut their imports of Russian gas by two-thirds this year, for example \u2014 a potentially crippling blow given Russia's dependence on energy exports. \u2014 Irina Ivanova, CBS News , 27 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-163750"
  },
  "dependence":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of being dependent",
      ": the quality or state of being influenced or determined by or subject to another",
      ": reliance , trust",
      ": one that is relied on",
      ": drug addiction",
      ": habituation sense 2b",
      ": a condition of being influenced and caused by something else",
      ": a state of having to rely on someone or something",
      ": trust entry 2 sense 1 , reliance",
      ": addiction to drugs or alcohol",
      ": the quality or state of being dependent upon or unduly subject to the influence of another",
      ": drug addiction",
      ": habituation sense 2b"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8pen-d\u0259n(t)s",
      "di-\u02c8pen-d\u0259ns",
      "di-\u02c8pen-d\u0259n(t)s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dependency",
      "reliance"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "independence",
      "independency",
      "self-dependence",
      "self-reliance",
      "self-sufficiency",
      "self-support"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The company was hurt by its dependence on government loans.",
      "Our dependence upon foreign oil makes our economy vulnerable.",
      "a harmful dependence on foreign oil",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Domestic producers can help European and other allies limit dependence on Russian energy, while at the same time preserving U.S. energy independence. \u2014 Thomas J. Duesterberg, WSJ , 12 June 2022",
      "The president is also reportedly planning a trip to Saudi Arabia, as the U.S. looks to other parts of the world for increasing oil production to reduce global dependence on Russia, the world\u2019s third-largest oil supplier before the war in Ukraine. \u2014 Jeff Stein, Anchorage Daily News , 11 June 2022",
      "The administration is also promoting electric vehicles as a way to reduce the country\u2019s dependence on foreign oil and to fight climate change. \u2014 Lisa Friedman, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
      "The effort to democratize programming and reduce the dependence on heavy-duty engineering skills is not new. \u2014 Peter Bendor-samuel, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "That's why the US should increase exports of LNG, which would not only improve geopolitical stability by helping to supply energy to other nations in their time of need, but also reduce global dependence on dirtier energy sources like coal. \u2014 Ralph Izzo For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 7 June 2022",
      "Despite a heavy dependence on Russian fuel, E.U. nations have already banned Russian coal and the majority of them are eager to do the same with oil. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
      "Either way, the dependence on that foundational belief is found throughout the faith, its practices at every level, and the way it is led, run and structured. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 May 2022",
      "European nations have vowed to cut their imports of Russian gas by two-thirds this year, for example \u2014 a potentially crippling blow given Russia's dependence on energy exports. \u2014 Irina Ivanova, CBS News , 27 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190950"
  },
  "dependency":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dependence sense 1",
      ": something that is dependent on something else",
      ": a territorial unit under the jurisdiction of a nation but not formally annexed by it",
      ": a building (such as a stable) that is an adjunct to a main dwelling",
      ": dependence"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8pen-d\u0259n(t)-s\u0113",
      "-d\u0259n-s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dependence",
      "dependance",
      "reliance"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "independence",
      "independency",
      "self-dependence",
      "self-reliance",
      "self-sufficiency",
      "self-support"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the country's dependency on foreign oil",
      "a dependency on foreign oil",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The dependency on video calls in virtual work settings has increased tenfold, and that gives rise to the big question of Zoom backgrounds. \u2014 Mythili Devarakonda, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
      "This has led to the newfound dependency on tools like automation. \u2014 Lior Elazary, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "The dependency on cars is clear in Metro\u2019s own ridership numbers. \u2014 Rachel Urangastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
      "Johnson needs Biden to cooperate \u2014 but the dependency is not mutual for Biden. \u2014 Madeleine Kearns, National Review , 15 Nov. 2020",
      "Russia supplies Finland with small quantities of gas and oil, but Finland was already preparing to sever those supplies in keeping with European Union decisions to reduce dependency on Russian energy. \u2014 Liz Sly, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
      "Bukele made Bitcoin legal tender for the 6.3 million citizens in September, the first country ever to do so, in a bid to reduce dependency on U.S.-sponsored institutions like the IMF and the greenback itself. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "In an effort to reduce dependency on hard-to-source cobalt and Chinese manufacturing, US makers are finally getting into the cathode business. \u2014 Gregory Barber, Wired , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "Skyryse hopes to refine its technology in the coming years, further automating the operation of aircraft in ways that will reduce the dependency on air traffic controllers and piloting expertise. \u2014 Ryan Young, New York Times , 25 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220257"
  },
  "dependent":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "determined or conditioned by another contingent",
      "relying on another for support",
      "affected with a drug dependence (see dependence sense 4 )",
      "subordinate sense 3a",
      "subject to another's jurisdiction",
      "not mathematically or statistically independent (see independent entry 1 sense 1e )",
      "equivalent sense 6a",
      "hanging down",
      "one that is dependent",
      "a person who relies on another for support",
      "dependency",
      "determined by something or someone else",
      "relying on someone else for support",
      "requiring or addicted to a drug or alcohol",
      "a person who depends upon another for support",
      "unable to exist, sustain oneself, or act appropriately or normally without the assistance or direction of another",
      "affected with a drug dependence",
      "occurring under the influence of gravity",
      "affecting the lower part of the body and especially the legs",
      "one that is dependent (as on drugs or a person)",
      "determined or conditioned by another contingent",
      "relying on another for especially financial support",
      "lacking the necessary means of support or protection and in need of aid from others (as a public agency)",
      "subject to another's jurisdiction",
      "a person who is dependent",
      "a close relative or member of a taxpayer's household who receives over half of his or her support from the taxpayer and is a U.S. citizen, national, or resident, or a resident of a bordering country (as Mexico) \u2014 see also dependency exemption at exemption"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8pen-d\u0259nt",
      "di-\u02c8pen-d\u0259nt",
      "di-\u02c8pen-d\u0259nt",
      "di-\u02c8pen-d\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dangling",
      "hanging",
      "pendent",
      "pendant",
      "pendulous",
      "suspended"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "He has been alcohol dependent for several years.",
      "the dependent willow branches swayed in the gentle breeze",
      "Noun",
      "The insurance provides coverage for workers and their dependents .",
      "a person's spouse and dependents",
      "Do you have any dependents ?",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
      "According to Reidenbach, shoe sales are largely dependent on trends and occurrences in the entertainment space. \u2014 Josh Wilson, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "The company also eased the cost of dependent care for those who make up to $100,000 per year and have kids ages six and under and/or disabled adult dependents. \u2014 Lambeth Hochwald, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
      "Meeting those demands would have been difficult for the Swedes and Finns in any case, but with Sweden\u2019s government dependent on Kavikabeh\u2019s support for its survival, there is little room to negotiate a compromise. \u2014 Karl Ritter, ajc , 14 June 2022",
      "Grosklos on Friday received a 20-year sentence in state prison after pleading guilty to neglect of a dependent resulting in death. \u2014 Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star , 14 June 2022",
      "Afghanistan\u2019s humanitarian crisis has been building for decades, driven not just by persistent poverty and too little rain, but also by generations of war and an economy almost entirely dependent on international support. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
      "The idea that these children, having spent their entire lives in America, can\u2019t continue staying on their dependent visas causes stress, anxiety, and depression in families. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 13 June 2022",
      "The deal sets up call and put arrangements that will give ITV the option of acquiring the remaining stake, with the price dependent on Plimsoll\u2019s profit growth performance in the period to December 2027. \u2014 Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 June 2022",
      "Veteran cemeteries allow former service members and a spouse or dependent to be buried in the same grave. \u2014 Will Langhorne, Arkansas Online , 12 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "In emotional testimony at the hearing, Athulya Rajakumar, 23, spoke of the toll of growing up in Seattle as a dependent of her single mother, who had a temporary work visa. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Some of the credits might be of special interest to those parents who had a child born to them in 2021 and can claim the child as a dependent . \u2014 Julie Jason, Jd, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "But the Broward Sheriff\u2019s Office, which investigates abuse allegations in the county, took custody of the boy at the hospital anyway, and asked a judge to make Elijah a dependent of the state. \u2014 Carol Marbin Miller, orlandosentinel.com , 21 Feb. 2022",
      "Can you be claimed as a dependent on another person's 2021 return? \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Information presented to jurors on Tuesday also alleged that Hyde had been a foster parent to the teen, even declaring him on his taxes as a dependent . \u2014 Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "To qualify, a young worker could not be claimed as a dependent on a parent's 2021 tax return. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Care provided by a relative who is not your dependent can qualify as an expense. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "The parents would need to be able to claim the child as a dependent on their 2021 income tax return and qualify based on income limits for the credit. \u2014 Susan Tompor, USA TODAY , 2 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1523, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-164633"
  },
  "depletion":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to empty of a principal substance",
      ": to lessen markedly in quantity, content, power, or value",
      ": to reduce in amount by using up",
      ": to empty (as the blood vessels) of a principal substance"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8pl\u0113t",
      "di-\u02c8pl\u0113t",
      "di-\u02c8pl\u0113t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "absorb",
      "burn",
      "consume",
      "devour",
      "drain",
      "draw down",
      "exhaust",
      "expend",
      "play out",
      "spend",
      "use up"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "renew",
      "replace"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Activities such as logging and mining deplete our natural resources.",
      "We completely depleted our life savings when we bought our new house.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "An injury to Mateo would further deplete the Orioles, who are already dealing with injuries to first baseman Ryan Mountcastle and outfielder Austin Hays. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 15 May 2022",
      "The high temperatures will only further deplete what little snow remains. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "The decision to stop bond payments will further deplete the resources Putin is using to continue his war against Ukraine and will cause more uncertainty and challenges for Russia's financial system, the Treasury official said. \u2014 Fatima Hussein, ajc , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "One manifestation of this system is the Ay\u00f5pare Cooperative, which trades only products that do not deplete nature and only with outsiders who support Apiwtxa's objectives. \u2014 Carolina Schneider Comandulli, Scientific American , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "As Kogan writes, some activities unnecessarily deplete your energy. \u2014 Anne Sugar, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "That would deplete their gas, and their ability to escape. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Repetitive cultivation throughout the growing season will deplete the root system and provide control. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Her cows move to different pastures and crop land, long enough to replenish the soil with their hooves and manure, but not enough to deplete it of nutrients. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin depletus , past participle of depl\u0113re , from de- + pl\u0113re to fill \u2014 more at full ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1807, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182957"
  },
  "deplorable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": deserving censure or contempt",
      ": wretched",
      ": lamentable",
      ": deserving to be deplored : regrettable",
      ": very bad : wretched"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8pl\u022fr-\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "di-\u02c8pl\u022fr-\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cheap",
      "contemptible",
      "cruddy",
      "despicable",
      "dirty",
      "grubby",
      "lame",
      "lousy",
      "mean",
      "nasty",
      "paltry",
      "pitiable",
      "pitiful",
      "ratty",
      "scabby",
      "scummy",
      "scurvy",
      "sneaking",
      "sorry",
      "wretched"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "admirable",
      "commendable",
      "creditable",
      "laudable",
      "meritorious",
      "praiseworthy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "we will not tolerate such deplorable behavior in a house of worship",
      "condemned the deplorable conditions in which the family was living",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "No animals should suffer or live in the deplorable conditions these animals had to endure. \u2014 Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com , 15 June 2022",
      "Dillon\u2019s deplorable character recounts his history of murders in gruesome detail to Verge (Bruno Ganz), Jack\u2019s demonic guide through the nine circles of hell. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 30 May 2022",
      "Only a few bold souls will walk out on even the most deplorable production before the curtain closes. \u2014 Joshua Ferris, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
      "The most apparent reason to confine AI would be to stop it from deplorable acts. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
      "It\u2019s because the state of Utah had been turning a blind eye to the problems, letting treatment centers operators in some instances get away with deplorable treatment of the youth in their care. \u2014 Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "Tenants have long decried deplorable conditions such as rodent infestations, mold and crumbling structures. \u2014 John Spink, ajc , 10 May 2022",
      "The animals left behind did not have proper access to food or water, and were living in deplorable conditions. \u2014 Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 May 2022",
      "Business or consumer affairs reporting, for reporter Ko Lyn Cheang's stories about deplorable conditions at the Lakeside Pointe apartment complex in Nora. \u2014 Tony Cook, The Indianapolis Star , 23 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see deplore ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1612, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170519"
  },
  "deploring":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to feel or express grief for",
      ": to regret strongly",
      ": to consider unfortunate or deserving of deprecation",
      ": to regret strongly",
      ": to disapprove of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8pl\u022fr",
      "di-\u02c8pl\u022fr"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bemoan",
      "bewail",
      "grieve (for)",
      "lament",
      "mourn",
      "wail (for)"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "delight",
      "exult (in)",
      "glory (in)",
      "joy",
      "rejoice (in)"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "We deplore the development of nuclear weapons.",
      "Many people deplored the change.",
      "Although deplored by many, her decisions have greatly benefited the company.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Both deplore the end of the Soviet Union, and both share a deep distrust of the West that is fueled by nonsensical conspiracy theories. \u2014 Susanne Sternthal, The Conversation , 7 June 2022",
      "The result is excessive tolerance, which conservatives deplore . \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "In a vote at the United Nations Security Council on a measure to deplore Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, China abstained. \u2014 Michael Schuman, The Atlantic , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "China abstained from a United Nations Security Council vote on Friday to deplore Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Earlier Wednesday, diplomats from dozens of countries took the floor at the U.N. General Assembly to deplore Russia\u2019s actions toward Ukraine and plead for dialogue, while Russia and ally Syria defended Moscow\u2019s moves. \u2014 Jennifer Peltz And Edith M. Lederer, Anchorage Daily News , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "Meanwhile, archetypal Trump Country is inhabited by the descendants of Scots-Irish anti-authoritarians who deplore outsiders, hierarchy, and learned university men. \u2014 Sam Adler-bell, The New Republic , 3 Dec. 2021",
      "Indeed, millions of French came out to applaud public workers every evening, during the early months of the pandemic\u2014something those who deplore the vaccine mandates have repeatedly pointed out. \u2014 Vivienne Walt, Fortune , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "Many deplore the lousy status of our existing roadways, replete with potholes, insufficient markers, and a slew of problems that endanger drivers and pedestrians alike. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 4 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle French or Latin; Middle French deplorer , from Latin deplorare , from de- + plorare to wail",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1559, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192442"
  },
  "deport":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to send out of the country by legal deportation",
      ": to carry away",
      ": to behave or comport (oneself) especially in accord with a code",
      ": behave sense 1 , conduct",
      ": to force (a person who is not a citizen) to leave a country",
      ": to send (an alien) out of a country by order of deportation \u2014 compare exclude"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8p\u022frt",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8p\u022frt",
      "di-\u02c8p\u014drt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "banish",
      "displace",
      "exile",
      "expatriate",
      "relegate",
      "transport"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Thousands of immigrants had been illegally deported .",
      "deported them back to their country of birth",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "His comments came following criticism from the head of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and several Congress Members who were upset after Brooks defended Alabama\u2019s controversial immigration law to deport large numbers of undocumented immigrants. \u2014 al , 22 May 2022",
      "Republicans are also insisting that the Biden administration suspend its plans to lift a public health order known as Title 42, which authorities have used to deport asylum-seekers during the pandemic. \u2014 Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times , 6 May 2022",
      "In 2019, Jackson issued a nationwide preliminary injunction that blocked the Trump administration from expanding its power to use a faster process to deport migrants who illegally entered the United States. \u2014 Robert Barnes And Ann E. Marimow, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "The government convinced them that Russia might deport her quickly only if her case did not become front-page news. \u2014 Gerald Posner, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "The policy allowed federal authorities to quickly deport migrants at the border to prevent cross-border spread of the virus. \u2014 Bradford Betz, Fox News , 3 May 2022",
      "Later that day, attorney Nicole Hallett argued to Judge Daniel Rippy for an emergency motion for release on recognizance and to seek a visa so that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities will not deport Navarro. \u2014 Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Already, the Biden administration has vowed to continue to enforce Title 42, a public health rule that\u2019s allowed U.S. officials to deport and deny entry to asylum seekers arriving in the U.S.-Mexico border during the pandemic. \u2014 Maria In\u00e9s Taracena, The New Republic , 13 Feb. 2021",
      "Under Title 42, the government could deport migrants immediately without giving them the chance to request asylum. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle French deporter , from Latin deportare to carry away, from de- + portare to carry \u2014 more at fare ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1598, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185804"
  },
  "deportee":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one who has been deported or is under sentence of deportation",
      ": a person who has been deported or is under an order of deportation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113-\u02ccp\u022fr-\u02c8t\u0113",
      "di-",
      "\u02ccd\u0113-\u02ccp\u014dr-\u02c8t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "\u00e9migr\u00e9",
      "emigr\u00e9",
      "evacuee",
      "exile",
      "expat",
      "expatriate",
      "refugee"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the deportee vowed that he would someday return to a liberated nation",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Eddy, a deportee who preferred not to give his surname, described his deportation to CNN earlier this week after trekking across 11 countries to reach the US from Chile. \u2014 Caitlin Hu, CNN , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "The results of medical screening results are noted on each deportee 's medical transfer form and all deportees are given masks to wear before and during deportation flights, ICE officials said. \u2014 Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic , 28 Oct. 2020",
      "If one deportee tests positive for COVID-19, all deportees arriving on that flight are supposed to be tested. \u2014 Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic , 28 Oct. 2020",
      "In Reynosa, Mexico, the largest city in the state, at least 16 deportees have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to Mayor Maki Ortiz. \u2014 Kevin Sieff, Washington Post , 27 May 2020",
      "Guatemala has confirmed 119 deportees arrived with COVID-19 from the United States. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 May 2020",
      "As of Monday, 117 deportees on four flights from the U.S. had tested positive for the virus, according to the Guatemalan Foreign Ministry. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2020",
      "Health Minister Hugo Monroy\u2019s comments were dramatically out of line with what the government had previously said about infected deportees . \u2014 Time , 14 Apr. 2020",
      "The flight with the infected deportees arrived in Guatemala\u2019s capital Monday from Brownsville, Texas, carrying 76 Guatemalans. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 Apr. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1865, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224624"
  },
  "deportment":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the manner in which one conducts (see conduct entry 1 sense 2 ) oneself : behavior"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8p\u022frt-m\u0259nt",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "actions",
      "address",
      "bearing",
      "behavior",
      "comportment",
      "conduct",
      "demeanor",
      "geste",
      "gest"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The new students were instructed in proper dress and deportment .",
      "His stiff deportment matched his strict demeanor.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Taliban show no sign of easing a crackdown not only on such basic rights as education and jobs for women, but on every facet of public life, from deportment to travel. \u2014 David Zucchino, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
      "Those were apparently old and quaint rules of deportment . \u2014 John Zogby, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Membership is determined by a student\u2019s scholastic achievement, attendance, deportment , participation in career-technical student organizations and teacher recommendations. \u2014 Carol Kovach, cleveland , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "More on the deportment of the Americans and British in a bit, but for now how could American and British leaders have been so easily duped? \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "And for business leaders, tasked with leading people through tough times, Zalenskyy's deportment offers lessons that are transferable even when the stakes aren't as high. \u2014 Aman Kidwai, Fortune , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "Flame Show Bar, Gordy had his performers tutored in deportment . \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "But where Navalny\u2019s public presentation is cocky, droll, and irreverent, Sobol has the deportment of a straight-A student, a tireless nerd. \u2014 Masha Gessen, The New Yorker , 19 July 2021",
      "Something in their door-to-door deportment , their earnestness and brio, seemed a soft rebuke to my own disenchantment. \u2014 Andrew Kay, Longreads , 17 July 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see deport ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1601, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222920"
  },
  "deposit":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to place especially for safekeeping or as a pledge",
      ": to put in a bank",
      ": to lay down : place",
      ": to let fall (something, such as sediment)",
      ": to become deposited",
      ": the state of being deposited",
      ": something placed for safekeeping: such as",
      ": money deposited in a bank",
      ": money given as a pledge or down payment",
      ": a place of deposit : depository",
      ": an act of laying or putting something or someone down : an act of depositing",
      ": something laid down",
      ": matter deposited by a natural process",
      ": a natural accumulation (as of iron ore, coal, or gas)",
      ": to place for or as if for safekeeping",
      ": to give as a pledge that a purchase will be made or a service used",
      ": to lay down : put",
      ": to let fall or sink",
      ": the state of being deposited",
      ": money that is deposited",
      ": something given as a pledge or as part payment",
      ": something laid or thrown down",
      ": mineral matter built up in nature",
      ": to lay down or foster the accumulation of as a deposit",
      ": matter laid down or accumulated especially in a living organism by a normal or abnormal process",
      ": to place for safekeeping or as security",
      ": to put in a bank account",
      ": to place (movable property) under a deposit",
      ": the state of being deposited (as in an account)",
      "\u2014 compare escrow , trust",
      ": something placed for safekeeping: as",
      ": money deposited in a bank especially to one's credit",
      ": a bank deposit that can be withdrawn without prior notice",
      ": a deposit of money in a bank that is to the credit of the depositor thereby giving the depositor the right to money and creating a debtor-creditor relationship",
      ": a deposit that is made for a specific purpose, that is to be returned to the depositor, and that creates a bailment or trust",
      ": a bank deposit that can be withdrawn only after a set period of time or with prior notice",
      ": something given as security \u2014 see also security deposit",
      ": the gratuitous transfer of possession of movable property to another for a limited time or specified purpose such that the depositary is liable to some extent for loss or damage to the property \u2014 see also sequestration \u2014 compare bailment , hiring , loan for consumption and loan for use at loan",
      ": a deposit compelled by a sudden emergency",
      ": a deposit that is made by the mutual consent of the depositor and depositary",
      ": the movable property that is the object of a deposit",
      ": an act of depositing",
      ": depository"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8p\u00e4-z\u0259t",
      "di-\u02c8p\u00e4-z\u0259t",
      "di-\u02c8p\u00e4z-\u0259t",
      "di-\u02c8p\u00e4-z\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bank"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "deposition",
      "dregs",
      "grounds",
      "precipitate",
      "sediment",
      "settlings"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The decree calls for buyers to deposit funds into the euro account that are then converted into rubles by Gazprombank and automatically withdrawn for payment. \u2014 Matthew Dalton, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
      "The Earthbanc app will provide a carbon bank with an easy way for global users to deposit and withdraw their investment, including for the unbanked. \u2014 Marianne Lehnis, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The new tax refund option from Coinbase arrives months after the cryptocurrency platform began allowing users to deposit their paycheck into their Coinbase accounts. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "In addition to the driver accepting cash and tickets, this internal account allows riders to deposit funds ahead of time by sending cash, checks or using a credit card (for a fee) for demand response rides. \u2014 Bob Blubaugh, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 26 Mar. 2021",
      "Spanish-speaking customers may now deposit checks, note their balance, lock their card, transfer money, pay bills and more simply by talking to their smartphones. \u2014 Nicole Gull Mcelroy, Fortune , 24 May 2022",
      "Parents or grandparents can deposit funds earmarked for future education costs, and the funds grow tax-free. \u2014 Larry Light, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Participants wipe their sweaty pits with a cotton pad, deposit it into a numbered jar, and proceed to smell each one before submitting their top five. \u2014 Genevieve Fullan, Longreads , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "On the other hand, semi-permanent dyes do not contain ammonia like permanent ones and deposit color onto hair strands. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 27 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "At Flowers, Nakisha Mebane \u2014 a teacher and the high school\u2019s 12th-grade sponsor \u2014 had to come up with funds for a $10,000 deposit on a location. \u2014 Nicole Asbury, Washington Post , 4 June 2022",
      "In April of 2020, Judge Gregory Vazquez reversed the no-bail hold and allowed Guardia to be released for a $500 bail deposit . \u2014 Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News , 31 May 2022",
      "Soon after it was set up, the new national bank did what its predecessor had: charge the government for every deposit and expense, while generating big profits for its shareholders abroad. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
      "The sale agreement with GSP calls for an initial deposit of $50,000, with the company having until June 1 to do an evaluation of the site. \u2014 Mike Nolan, chicagotribune.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Its prohibition will apply not only to Pebble, but also to any future mine proposed for the deposit . \u2014 Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News , 26 May 2022",
      "Consultants and small businesses may also want to consider asking for an initial deposit when finalizing their contract. \u2014 Nerd Wallet, oregonlive , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "Along with the containers comes Forever Ware\u2019s platform and proprietary tracking system that allows restaurants to check out the containers to their customers for a $5 deposit per container. \u2014 Cinnnamon Janzer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 Nov. 2021",
      "The $99 is for the deposit and the cost of the parties is $35 per person. \u2014 Charles Infosino, The Enquirer , 11 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1624, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1621, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184751"
  },
  "deprave":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to speak ill of : malign",
      ": to make bad : corrupt",
      ": to corrupt morally"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8pr\u0101v"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abase",
      "bastardize",
      "canker",
      "cheapen",
      "corrupt",
      "debase",
      "debauch",
      "degrade",
      "demean",
      "demoralize",
      "deteriorate",
      "lessen",
      "pervert",
      "poison",
      "profane",
      "prostitute",
      "subvert",
      "vitiate",
      "warp"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "elevate",
      "ennoble",
      "uplift"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the belief that pornography depraves society as a whole",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "All writings, unpalatable for one section of the society, cannot be labeled as obscene, vulgar, depraving , prurient and immoral. . . . \u2014 Amitava Kumar, The New Yorker , 12 Dec. 2019",
      "This is especially true when the news operation is clearly on the side of righteousness against a policy as depraved this. \u2014 David Zurawik, baltimoresun.com , 15 June 2018",
      "This series follows the trails of their obsession, and takes a deep dive into the killers\u2019 depraved psyches to reveal their darkest secrets as investigators close in to end the killer\u2019s reign of terror. \u2014 Michael O'connell, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 Apr. 2018",
      "McDonagh complicates Mildred's story by showing how the lust for justice can grow depraved the longer it is denied \u2014 a favorite subject of dramatists going back to Aeschylus. \u2014 Charles Mcnulty, latimes.com , 1 Mar. 2018",
      "Glorifying any murderer is sickening. Mocking is depraved . \u2014 Ed O\u2019loughlin, New York Times , 7 Jan. 2018",
      "As depraved a forum as Twitter can be at times, one of its redeeming characteristics is its users' penchant for outing liars in real time. \u2014 Matthew Martinez, star-telegram , 18 Feb. 2018",
      "The collusion of Breitbart and Fox News, of the governor of Kentucky and of all three Republican Senate candidates in Alabama, is depraved . \u2014 Yascha Mounk, Slate Magazine , 17 Aug. 2017",
      "He was cursed with the possession of a power and authority which no man of narrow mind, bitter prejudices, and inordinate self-estimation can exercise without depraving himself as well as injuring the nation. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 30 June 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French depraver , from Latin depravare to pervert, from de- + pravus crooked, bad",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-230117"
  },
  "depraved":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marked by corruption or evil",
      ": perverted",
      ": marked by moral corruption or perversion as shown by a capacity for extreme and wanton physical cruelty"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8pr\u0101vd",
      "di-\u02c8pr\u0101vd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "corrupt",
      "debased",
      "debauched",
      "decadent",
      "degenerate",
      "degraded",
      "demoralized",
      "dissipated",
      "dissolute",
      "jackleg",
      "libertine",
      "loose",
      "perverse",
      "perverted",
      "rakehell",
      "rakehelly",
      "rakish",
      "reprobate",
      "sick",
      "unclean",
      "unwholesome",
      "warped"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "pure",
      "uncorrupt",
      "uncorrupted"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the work of depraved minds",
      "He acted with depraved indifference to human suffering.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Collective shock and grief have long been replaced by a zombie mind-set of depraved acceptance. \u2014 Monica Hesse, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
      "Police eventually charged him with depraved heart murder. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Our initial priority was getting this depraved , sick individual off the streets. \u2014 Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Under the disinfecting spotlight of an engaged international press, cheerleading for Vlad suddenly became too depraved , even for Tucker Carlson. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Putin now has overwhelming support in his depraved country for this aggression and for his intention to erase millions of Ukrainians. \u2014 J. Kim Murphy, Variety , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "There are few things more depraved than targeting the vulnerable and defenceless. \u2014 NBC News , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Morally, portraying the enemy as ready to commit the most depraved crimes helped desensitize combatants and added further fuel to a fast escalating cycle of entirely conventional violence. \u2014 Claas Kirchhelle, Wired , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "What was most intriguing and subversive about their longterm romance was how subtly sweet their connection grew to be as Venus helped Tig embrace his softer side, humanizing a character who started out as one of the most depraved in the club. \u2014 Ew Staff, EW.com , 14 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see deprave ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225058"
  },
  "deprecation":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to express disapproval of",
      ": play down : make little of",
      ": belittle , disparage",
      ": to withdraw official support for or discourage the use of (something, such as a software product) in favor of a newer or better alternative",
      ": to seek to avert",
      ": to pray against (something, such as an evil)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-pri-\u02cck\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bad-mouth",
      "belittle",
      "cry down",
      "decry",
      "denigrate",
      "depreciate",
      "derogate",
      "diminish",
      "dis",
      "diss",
      "discount",
      "dismiss",
      "disparage",
      "kiss off",
      "minimize",
      "play down",
      "poor-mouth",
      "put down",
      "run down",
      "talk down",
      "trash",
      "trash-talk",
      "vilipend",
      "write off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "acclaim",
      "applaud",
      "exalt",
      "extol",
      "extoll",
      "glorify",
      "laud",
      "magnify",
      "praise"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "movie critics tried to outdo one another in deprecating the comedy as the stupidest movie of the year",
      "deprecates TV sitcoms as childish and simpleminded",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Investors can shift to other markets, companies can change their focus, infrastructure can be allowed to deprecate until much of its value is gone. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 10 May 2022",
      "The courts constantly deprecate the practice of claiming willful blindness, and the accountant or attorney must report financial fraud rather than feigning ignorance of their client\u2019s money laundering business. \u2014 Benjamin Chou, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "The goal is to deploy these by late 2022, help scale adoption, and only then start to deprecate third-party cookies. \u2014 Forrester, Forbes , 25 June 2021",
      "If Facebook's actions did indeed deprecate CHD's anti-vaccine content and divert attention away, as the suit alleges, then its systems are working exactly as intended. \u2014 Kate Cox, Ars Technica , 18 Aug. 2020",
      "Less on the positive side for some users, Catalina will deprecate support for 32-bit applications, making many old games and other apps unplayable after the OS is installed. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 11 Sep. 2019",
      "This may not be too helpful, though, since the Android and iOS Cortana apps themselves are being rapidly deprecated . \u2014 Jim Salter, Ars Technica , 28 Feb. 2020",
      "The judge, though, said a sentence of probation would deprecate the seriousness of Flick\u2019s crime. \u2014 Clifford Ward, chicagotribune.com , 30 Sep. 2019",
      "These languages aren\u2019t deprecated in the technical sense, but their unexpectedly long lives have created problems with things like dates. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 7 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin deprecatus , past participle of deprecari to avert by prayer, from de- + precari to pray \u2014 more at pray ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1628, in the meaning defined at sense 4b"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222908"
  },
  "deprecatory":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": seeking to avert disapproval : apologetic",
      ": serving to deprecate : disapproving"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-pri-k\u0259-\u02cct\u022fr-\u0113",
      "\u02c8de-pr\u0259-\u02cck\u0101-t\u0259-r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "belittling",
      "contemptuous",
      "decrying",
      "degrading",
      "demeaning",
      "denigrative",
      "denigratory",
      "depreciative",
      "depreciatory",
      "derisory",
      "derogative",
      "derogatory",
      "detractive",
      "disdainful",
      "disparaging",
      "pejorative",
      "scornful",
      "slighting",
      "uncomplimentary"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "commendatory",
      "complimentary",
      "laudative",
      "laudatory"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "he typically followed up any mention of his accomplishments with some deprecatory comments about his perceived failures"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193741"
  },
  "depreciative":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to lower in honor or esteem",
      ": to lower the price or estimated value of",
      ": to deduct from taxable income a portion of the original cost of (a business asset) over several years as the value of the asset decreases",
      ": to fall in value",
      ": belittle",
      ": to lower the price or value of",
      ": to lose value",
      ": to subject to depreciation : lower the value of",
      ": to fall in value \u2014 compare appreciate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8pr\u0113-sh\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
      "di-\u02c8pr\u0113-sh\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
      "di-\u02c8pr\u0113-sh\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "attenuate",
      "break",
      "cheapen",
      "depress",
      "devaluate",
      "devalue",
      "downgrade",
      "lower",
      "mark down",
      "reduce",
      "sink",
      "write down",
      "write off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "appreciate",
      "enhance",
      "mark up",
      "upgrade"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "These changes have greatly depreciated the value of the house.",
      "The value of the house has depreciated greatly.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Each CryptoKitty is unique and owned by the user, ownership is validated on the Ethereum blockchain, and its value can appreciate or depreciate based on market demand. \u2014 Leeor Shimron, Forbes , 13 May 2021",
      "Before the pandemic, the first-year drop in value was about 33.3%, and then the car would continue to depreciate , at an average rate of 14% in each year after that, according to research firm J.D. Power. \u2014 Nora Eckert, WSJ , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Some are buying electronics and appliances before their rubles depreciate further. \u2014 Tiffany Ap, Quartz , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "As the governments depreciate the dollar, the value of your debt will fall just like the government\u2019s bonds. \u2014 Dr. Philip Fischer, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "The price of real estate could depreciate quickly depending on the popularity of a certain platform, resulting in major losses. \u2014 Marco Quiroz-gutierrez, Fortune , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "As cash continues to depreciate , silver, like other precious metals, has intrinsic value and can protect both your IRA and purchasing power. \u2014 Regal Assets, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "Investors and economists expect the lira to depreciate further due to high inflation and recently lowered interest rates. \u2014 Hardika Singh, WSJ , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 1 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Late Latin depretiatus , past participle of depretiare , from Latin de- + pretium price \u2014 more at price entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181128"
  },
  "depreciatory":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to lower in honor or esteem",
      ": to lower the price or estimated value of",
      ": to deduct from taxable income a portion of the original cost of (a business asset) over several years as the value of the asset decreases",
      ": to fall in value",
      ": belittle",
      ": to lower the price or value of",
      ": to lose value",
      ": to subject to depreciation : lower the value of",
      ": to fall in value \u2014 compare appreciate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8pr\u0113-sh\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
      "di-\u02c8pr\u0113-sh\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
      "di-\u02c8pr\u0113-sh\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "attenuate",
      "break",
      "cheapen",
      "depress",
      "devaluate",
      "devalue",
      "downgrade",
      "lower",
      "mark down",
      "reduce",
      "sink",
      "write down",
      "write off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "appreciate",
      "enhance",
      "mark up",
      "upgrade"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "These changes have greatly depreciated the value of the house.",
      "The value of the house has depreciated greatly.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Each CryptoKitty is unique and owned by the user, ownership is validated on the Ethereum blockchain, and its value can appreciate or depreciate based on market demand. \u2014 Leeor Shimron, Forbes , 13 May 2021",
      "Before the pandemic, the first-year drop in value was about 33.3%, and then the car would continue to depreciate , at an average rate of 14% in each year after that, according to research firm J.D. Power. \u2014 Nora Eckert, WSJ , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Some are buying electronics and appliances before their rubles depreciate further. \u2014 Tiffany Ap, Quartz , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "As the governments depreciate the dollar, the value of your debt will fall just like the government\u2019s bonds. \u2014 Dr. Philip Fischer, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "The price of real estate could depreciate quickly depending on the popularity of a certain platform, resulting in major losses. \u2014 Marco Quiroz-gutierrez, Fortune , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "As cash continues to depreciate , silver, like other precious metals, has intrinsic value and can protect both your IRA and purchasing power. \u2014 Regal Assets, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "Investors and economists expect the lira to depreciate further due to high inflation and recently lowered interest rates. \u2014 Hardika Singh, WSJ , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 1 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Late Latin depretiatus , past participle of depretiare , from Latin de- + pretium price \u2014 more at price entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205236"
  },
  "depress":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": repress , subjugate",
      ": to press down",
      ": to cause to sink to a lower position",
      ": to lessen the activity or strength of",
      ": sadden , discourage",
      ": to decrease the market value or marketability of",
      ": to press down",
      ": to make sad or discouraged",
      ": to lessen the activity or strength of",
      ": to diminish the activity, strength, or yield of",
      ": to lower in spirit or mood"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8pres",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8pres",
      "di-\u02c8pres"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bum (out)",
      "burden",
      "dash",
      "deject",
      "get down",
      "oppress",
      "sadden",
      "weigh down"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "brighten",
      "buoy",
      "cheer (up)",
      "gladden",
      "lighten",
      "rejoice"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Markets will have to adjust Zero percent interest rates depress government bond rates, essentially forcing investors to bet on riskier assets like stocks. \u2014 Matt Egan, CNN , 4 May 2022",
      "The danger there is that could leave lasting scars for Pennsylvania Democrats and depress some of the voters the eventual nominee needs in the general election. \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Companies that buy back their shares are getting more bang for their buck as market declines depress stock prices, helping to boost buyback activity, which is expected to hit a record $1 trillion this year. \u2014 Nina Trentmann, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
      "Its ability to depress the nervous system, which allowed for a sleepy, trancelike high, was a welcome distraction from the stresses of living in a poor Black neighborhood. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022",
      "The war will is also likely to depress shipments from Russia to one of its biggest customers and a huge LNG market, Japan. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Higher oil prices are also likely to depress consumer demand by funneling money away from other purchases. \u2014 Nick Timiraos, WSJ , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "However, other trends may depress air travel both here and around the country. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 May 2022",
      "With your thumb, slightly depress the center of each patty, pushing the extra meat toward the edges. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 18 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Middle French depresser , from Latin depressus , past participle of deprimere to press down, from de- + premere to press \u2014 more at press ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174134"
  },
  "depressed":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": low in spirits : sad",
      ": affected by psychological depression",
      ": vertically flattened",
      ": having the central part lower than the margin",
      ": lying flat or prostrate",
      ": dorsoventrally flattened",
      ": suffering from economic depression",
      ": underprivileged",
      ": being below the standard",
      ": sad sense 1",
      ": suffering from bad economic times",
      ": low in spirits",
      ": affected by psychological depression",
      ": having the central part lower than the margin",
      ": dorsoventrally flattened"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8prest",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8prest",
      "di-\u02c8prest"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "concave",
      "dented",
      "dished",
      "hollow",
      "indented",
      "recessed",
      "sunken"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bulging",
      "cambered",
      "convex",
      "protruding",
      "protrusive",
      "protuberant"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In Arkansas, the wait to see a doctor would be weeks\u2014a delay that the father thought would be hard on Laura, an eighth grader who sometimes spoke of feeling isolated and depressed . \u2014 Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
      "With overall sales still depressed and the pandemic far from over, a win could mean the difference between an early closure and months of profit. \u2014 Lee Seymour, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
      "Dominion is contending with a far more depressed China film market, however. \u2014 Pamela Mcclintock, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 June 2022",
      "That would be Beijing\u2019s worst full-year figure since 1990, excluding 2020 when the pandemic depressed activity. \u2014 David J. Lynch, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
      "Everyone\u2019s depressed , everyone\u2019s anxious, and everyone is feeling uncertain about the future. \u2014 Marisa Whitaker, SPIN , 3 June 2022",
      "Ravnsborg's attorneys filed a motion last month alleging that Boever's alcoholism and prescription drug abuse led at least one family member, a cousin, to believe that a depressed Boever killed himself by jumping in front of Ravnsborg's car. \u2014 CBS News , 25 Aug. 2021",
      "The problem is that so many people look around the world and get very depressed . \u2014 Rose Minutaglio, ELLE , 2 June 2022",
      "Members understand transportation is an important issue in the economically depressed Black Belt. \u2014 John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al , 31 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170232"
  },
  "depressing":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": that depresses",
      ": causing emotional depression"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8pre-si\u014b",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "black",
      "bleak",
      "cheerless",
      "chill",
      "Cimmerian",
      "cloudy",
      "cold",
      "comfortless",
      "dark",
      "darkening",
      "depressive",
      "desolate",
      "dire",
      "disconsolate",
      "dismal",
      "drear",
      "dreary",
      "dreich",
      "elegiac",
      "elegiacal",
      "forlorn",
      "funereal",
      "gloomy",
      "glum",
      "godforsaken",
      "gray",
      "grey",
      "lonely",
      "lonesome",
      "lugubrious",
      "miserable",
      "morbid",
      "morose",
      "murky",
      "plutonian",
      "saturnine",
      "sepulchral",
      "solemn",
      "somber",
      "sombre",
      "sullen",
      "sunless",
      "tenebrific",
      "tenebrous",
      "wretched"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bright",
      "cheerful",
      "cheering",
      "cheery",
      "comforting",
      "cordial",
      "festive",
      "friendly",
      "gay",
      "heartwarming",
      "sunshiny"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "This rainy weather is depressing .",
      "He paints a depressing picture of modern life.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "When describing the game to friends, I\u2019ve been met with questions as to whether the game is depressing . \u2014 Todd Martensgame Critic, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
      "Jen Ellison\u2019s cast also reaches out to the audience again, another crucial Second City quality that has been in depressing retreat. \u2014 Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022",
      "In that context, a report from Statista makes for depressing reading. \u2014 Andrew Dunbar, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "Some of it will be absolutely, horribly depressing . \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "For the bleeding-heart idealists among us, the suggestion that all college athletes need to start thinking of themselves as brands is a little depressing . \u2014 Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online , 26 June 2020",
      "My first solo apartment in Queens offered a depressing , glossy white fridge and rickety white range. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "So many depressing studies document the fact that racial resentment drives populism. \u2014 Joan C. Williams, The New Republic , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Writing a poem about not setting up a Twitter account is a particularly depressing way to make nothing happen. \u2014 Srikanth Reddy, New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1629, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213812"
  },
  "depression":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an act of depressing or a state of being depressed : such as",
      ": a state of feeling sad : low spirits : melancholy",
      ": a mood disorder that is marked by varying degrees of sadness, despair, and loneliness and that is typically accompanied by inactivity, guilt, loss of concentration, social withdrawal, sleep disturbances, and sometimes suicidal tendencies \u2014 see also clinical depression , major depression , postpartum depression",
      ": a reduction in activity, amount, quality, or force",
      ": a lowering of physical or mental vitality or of functional activity",
      ": a pressing down : lowering",
      ": a period of low general economic activity marked especially by rising levels of unemployment",
      ": a place or part that is lower than the surrounding area : a depressed place or part : hollow",
      ": low entry 2 sense 1b",
      ": the angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon",
      ": the size of an angle of depression",
      ": an act of pressing down",
      ": a hollow place or part",
      ": a feeling of sadness",
      ": a period of low activity in business with much unemployment",
      ": a displacement downward or inward",
      ": an act of depressing or a state of being depressed : as",
      ": a state of feeling sad : low spirits : melancholy",
      ": a mood disorder marked by varying degrees of sadness, despair, and loneliness that is typically accompanied by inactivity, guilt, loss of concentration, social withdrawal, sleep disturbances, and sometimes suicidal tendencies \u2014 see also clinical depression , major depression , postpartum depression",
      ": a reduction in functional activity, amount, quality, or force"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8pre-sh\u0259n",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8pre-sh\u0259n",
      "di-\u02c8presh-\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "recession",
      "slump"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "boom"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "She has been undergoing treatment for severe depression .",
      "Many people suffer from clinical depression for years before being diagnosed.",
      "After several years of an economic boom, it looks as though we may be heading toward a depression .",
      "The photographs show depressions in the moon's surface.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "They have been shown to combat stress and depression symptoms, as well as reduce pain, both chronic and following surgery, the authors pointed out. \u2014 David Allan, CNN , 15 June 2022",
      "The demand for psychedelic retreats\u2014the ultimate mental reset\u2014for addressing issues like addiction, anxiety, trauma, and depression is also soaring. \u2014 Kelley Manley, ELLE , 14 June 2022",
      "For bear markets before 1948, the S&P 500 did not pass its record from the depression era before the next downturn began. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
      "That Brazilian Filipe Toledo, who for the past few years has been overshadowed by two of his own countrymen and friends, has been battling depression . \u2014 Andrew S. Lewis, Outside Online , 10 June 2022",
      "Some, like Petrovich, appear to be suffering depression or some form of PTSD. \u2014 Valerie Hopkins, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
      "Other viruses, such as influenza and measles, are thought to make babies more vulnerable to conditions such as autism, schizophrenia and depression if they are exposed in utero. \u2014 Sumeet Kulkarni, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
      "In short, healthcare is impacted by many factors, but generally speaking, depression doesn't discriminate and can affect people from all walks of life. \u2014 Nikki Brown, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
      "Workers with ongoing depression are typically 35% less productive. \u2014 Megan Leonhardt, Fortune , 9 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see depress ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200717"
  },
  "depressive":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": tending to depress",
      ": of, relating to, marked by, or affected by psychological depression",
      ": one who is affected with or prone to psychological depression",
      ": tending to depress",
      ": of, relating to, marked by, or affected by psychological depression",
      ": one who is affected with or prone to psychological depression"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8pre-siv",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8pres-iv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "black",
      "bleak",
      "cheerless",
      "chill",
      "Cimmerian",
      "cloudy",
      "cold",
      "comfortless",
      "dark",
      "darkening",
      "depressing",
      "desolate",
      "dire",
      "disconsolate",
      "dismal",
      "drear",
      "dreary",
      "dreich",
      "elegiac",
      "elegiacal",
      "forlorn",
      "funereal",
      "gloomy",
      "glum",
      "godforsaken",
      "gray",
      "grey",
      "lonely",
      "lonesome",
      "lugubrious",
      "miserable",
      "morbid",
      "morose",
      "murky",
      "plutonian",
      "saturnine",
      "sepulchral",
      "solemn",
      "somber",
      "sombre",
      "sullen",
      "sunless",
      "tenebrific",
      "tenebrous",
      "wretched"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bright",
      "cheerful",
      "cheering",
      "cheery",
      "comforting",
      "cordial",
      "festive",
      "friendly",
      "gay",
      "heartwarming",
      "sunshiny"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "the depressive air of a dingy barroom where locals went to drown their sorrows",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The three top diagnoses generating those payments were peripheral vascular disease, major recurrent depressive disorder and Type 2 diabetes with peripheral angiopathy. \u2014 Christopher Rowland, Washington Post , 5 June 2022",
      "In this country, as many as four in 10 adults reported symptoms of anxiety or depressive disorder during the pandemic. \u2014 Caroline Chirichella, Health.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Clayton had tried psychotherapy and an arsenal of traditional oral antidepressants over the years, but her severe depressive symptoms and suicidal ideations persisted. \u2014 Raleigh Mcelvery, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 May 2022",
      "In general, the depression rate for women is higher than men, and studies have found that women college athletes reported more depressive symptoms than male college athletes. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "According to the study, in the last 15 years, at least six separate clinical trials have reported impressive improvements in depressive symptoms with psilocybin therapy. \u2014 Maria Jimenez Moya, USA TODAY , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "The author Emmy Gut argued in 1989 that some depressive symptoms can be a functional response to problems in the environment, leading us to pay appropriate attention and come up with solutions. \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Sissi is more of a depressive rather than a narcissist or someone suffering borderline personality disorder. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 May 2022",
      "The book\u2019s attention is less on the end of the world and more on the end of one particular family: a depressive novelist named Lyd; her self-pitying narcissist ex-husband, David; and their smart and sensitive 13-year-old daughter, Mott. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Then there was Rushmore, about the friendship between a teenage oddball played by Jason Schwartzman and a wealthy depressive played by Bill Murray, the Anderson film that even the Anderson averse admit to tolerating. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 22 Oct. 2021",
      "Cases for depressive and anxiety disorders last year are estimated to have increased by more than a quarter\u2014an unusually large surge. \u2014 Gary Stix, Scientific American , 8 Oct. 2021",
      "In her first two novels, Conversations With Friends (2017) and Normal People (2018), the young Irish writer Sally Rooney resurrected the depressive , evacuated style that Ernest Hemingway made his signature. \u2014 Caleb Crain, The Atlantic , 10 Aug. 2021",
      "Writing about a listless depressive with seemingly no deep passions or excitements and no significant relationship with any other living being is the far greater challenge Lahiri has set herself. \u2014 Sigrid Nunez, The New York Review of Books , 11 May 2021",
      "Some people may experience psychotic symptoms (such as hearing voices) or experience suicidal thoughts due to the severity of their depressive or anxiety symptoms, Dr. Magavi says. \u2014 Claire Gillespie, Health.com , 7 May 2021",
      "The producer was a lifelong depressive whose last film had also flopped. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Mar. 2021",
      "Aside from governing sleep, melatonin is linked to many other biological processes, like reproductive development, and may possibly underlie cancer and mental health disorders like major depressive or bipolar disorder. \u2014 Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY , 24 Nov. 2020",
      "King\u2019s characters are writers, doctors, teachers, bullied kids, depressives , alcoholics, people on low incomes. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Nov. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1620, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1937, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191006"
  },
  "depth":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a deep place in a body of water",
      ": a part that is far from the outside or surface",
      ": abyss sense 1",
      ": a profound or intense state (as of thought or feeling)",
      ": a reprehensibly low condition",
      ": the middle of a time (such as a season)",
      ": the worst part",
      ": the perpendicular (see perpendicular entry 1 sense 1b ) measurement downward from a surface",
      ": the direct linear measurement from front to back",
      ": the quality of being deep",
      ": the degree of intensity",
      ": the quality of being profound (as in insight) or full (as of knowledge)",
      ": the quality or state of being complete or thorough",
      "\u2014 compare in-depth",
      ": the quality of having many good players",
      ": beyond the limits of one's capabilities",
      ": measurement from top to bottom or from front to back",
      ": a place far below a surface or far inside something (as a sea or a forest)",
      ": the middle of time",
      ": intensity sense 2",
      ": abundance , completeness",
      ": the distance between upper and lower or between dorsal and ventral points of a body",
      ": the quality of a state of consciousness, a bodily state, or a physiological function of being intense or complete"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8depth",
      "\u02c8depth",
      "\u02c8depth"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "deepness",
      "drop"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The 49ers, who have Super Bowl aspirations, have a paper-thin QB depth chart of Lance, Nate Sudfeld, and Brock Purdy. \u2014 Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
      "New England\u2019s linebacker depth chart no longer includes the rotational rushing of Chase Winovich or the veteran versatility of Dont\u2019a Hightower, Kyle Van Noy and Jamie Collins. \u2014 Oliver Thomas, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "In the first half, Pritchard was once again buried on the depth chart. \u2014 New York Times , 4 June 2022",
      "Let that sink in: Hall jumped from third on the depth chart of the team on the second-lowest rung of Milwaukee's ladder of full-season affiliates to the major leagues. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel , 3 June 2022",
      "Poti had six tackles last season and should see a significant move up the depth chart due to churn at the position. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 June 2022",
      "His skill set should complement Jakobi Meyers, Kendrick Bourne, DeVante Parker and Nelson Agholor on the Patriots' depth chart. \u2014 Mark Daniels, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
      "Miller all but won a starting job in the spring, while Bradley, Thomas, Lucas and Richardson should be at or near the top of the depth chart when fall practice begins. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 31 May 2022",
      "The 5-foot-11, 224-pound Williams joined the Chiefs as an undrafted rookie free agent out of LSU in 2018 and worked his way up Kansas City\u2019s depth chart in each of the past three seasons. \u2014 Bob Mcmanaman, The Arizona Republic , 24 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from dep deep",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185748"
  },
  "derail":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cause to run off the rails",
      ": to obstruct the progress of : frustrate",
      ": to upset the stability or composure of",
      ": to leave the rails",
      ": to leave or cause to leave the rails",
      ": to make progress or success difficult for"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8r\u0101l",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8r\u0101l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "agitate",
      "ail",
      "alarm",
      "alarum",
      "bother",
      "concern",
      "discomfort",
      "discompose",
      "dismay",
      "disquiet",
      "distemper",
      "distract",
      "distress",
      "disturb",
      "exercise",
      "flurry",
      "frazzle",
      "freak (out)",
      "fuss",
      "hagride",
      "perturb",
      "undo",
      "unhinge",
      "unsettle",
      "upset",
      "weird out",
      "worry"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "calm",
      "compose",
      "quiet",
      "settle",
      "soothe",
      "tranquilize",
      "tranquillize"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The train derailed in heavy snow.",
      "The train was derailed by heavy snow.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "More than that, though, the Aztecs learned \u2014 not once, but twice \u2014 that short benches and goofy, unpredictable scheduling are not enough to derail them. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "Here is the bottom line on this game: Alabama is too strong, too skilled and too stubborn to let a team like Cincinnati, on any team for that matter, derail them from a second straight title game appearance. \u2014 USA TODAY , 1 Jan. 2022",
      "The \u201897 and \u201801 teams were fresh on Auriemma\u2019s mind this month when he was asked to consider what allows teams to rally around a teammate\u2019s injury and not let such curveballs derail them. \u2014 Alexa Philippou, courant.com , 25 Dec. 2021",
      "Student loans, expensive instrument purchases and household bills all threaten to derail him. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Dec. 2021",
      "Immigration fights also threaten to derail the bill. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The comments come at a time when the White House is struggling to return the country back to normal from the pandemic, facing a rise of cases across the country that threaten to derail a normal holiday season as promised. \u2014 Jasmine Wright, CNN , 18 Dec. 2021",
      "The idea that spam bots, something Musk has promised to eliminate once in charge, could derail such a gargantuan deal rings hollow. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 13 May 2022",
      "Employees should remain professional, patient and tread carefully before making hasty decisions that can derail careers. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 13 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French d\u00e9railler to throw off the track, from d\u00e9- de- + rail , from English",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1850, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201640"
  },
  "derange":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to disturb the operation or functions of",
      ": disarrange",
      ": to make mentally unsound or insane"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8r\u0101nj"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "crack",
      "craze",
      "frenzy",
      "loco",
      "madden",
      "unbalance",
      "unhinge",
      "unstring"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "being stranded at night on a lonely road would derange anyone",
      "the storage room had all been deranged by the earthquake, and it took hours to sort out things",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "After all, the original Surrealist movement, with its urge to systematically derange the senses, occurred in the wake of the First World War and its horrors. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "The fathomless mysteries of other people, the capacity of their quiet behaviors to obsess and derange . \u2014 The Editors, Curbed , 26 Apr. 2021",
      "The show is about two roommates, their extended social circle and their unusual dynamics, and its through-the-looking-glass hyper-sincerety is both enchanting and warmly deranged . \u2014 Margaret Lyons, New York Times , 14 May 2020",
      "Kate Lindsey, as Agrippina\u2019s deranged son, Nero, spazzed out in a bad-boy style, burying her face in heaps of stage cocaine. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 16 Mar. 2020",
      "Wilde tries to play Scruggs with bad-girl swagger but seems merely deranged . \u2014 Rumaan Alam, The New Republic , 20 Dec. 2019",
      "But the story used to sketch in such a bracing and dark vision of social critique and the collapse of civilization turns schizoid and deranged . \u2014 Patrick Z. Mcgavin, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 Oct. 2019",
      "Only someone completely deranged and delirious can negate that which the eyes can see. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Sep. 2019",
      "Three years later, she is still deranged by mourning. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 21 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French d\u00e9ranger , from Old French desrengier , from des- de- + reng line, row \u2014 more at rank entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1769, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193911"
  },
  "deranged":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": mentally unsound : crazy sense 2a",
      ": disturbed or disordered in function, structure, or condition",
      ": wildly odd or eccentric"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8r\u0101njd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "balmy",
      "barmy",
      "bats",
      "batty",
      "bedlam",
      "bonkers",
      "brainsick",
      "bughouse",
      "certifiable",
      "crackbrained",
      "cracked",
      "crackers",
      "crackpot",
      "cranky",
      "crazed",
      "crazy",
      "cuckoo",
      "daffy",
      "daft",
      "demented",
      "fruity",
      "gaga",
      "haywire",
      "insane",
      "kooky",
      "kookie",
      "loco",
      "loony",
      "looney",
      "loony tunes",
      "looney tunes",
      "lunatic",
      "mad",
      "maniacal",
      "maniac",
      "mental",
      "meshuga",
      "meshugge",
      "meshugah",
      "meshuggah",
      "moonstruck",
      "non compos mentis",
      "nuts",
      "nutty",
      "psycho",
      "psychotic",
      "scatty",
      "screwy",
      "unbalanced",
      "unhinged",
      "unsound",
      "wacko",
      "whacko",
      "wacky",
      "whacky",
      "wud"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "balanced",
      "compos mentis",
      "sane",
      "sound",
      "uncrazy"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1771, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222128"
  },
  "derelict":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "abandoned especially by the owner or occupant",
      "run-down",
      "lacking a sense of duty negligent",
      "something voluntarily abandoned",
      "a ship abandoned on the high seas",
      "a tract of land left dry by receding water",
      "a destitute homeless social misfit vagrant , bum",
      "abandoned by the owner or occupant",
      "in poor condition run-down",
      "failing to do what should be done",
      "something abandoned (as a boat)",
      "bum entry 1 sense 1 , vagrant"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8der-\u0259-\u02cclikt",
      "\u02c8de-r\u0259-",
      "\u02c8der-\u0259-\u02cclikt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "careless",
      "disregardful",
      "lax",
      "lazy",
      "neglectful",
      "neglecting",
      "negligent",
      "remiss",
      "slack"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bum",
      "do-nothing",
      "good-for-nothing",
      "ne'er-do-well",
      "no-account",
      "no-good",
      "no-goodnik",
      "slacker",
      "vagrant"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "The officer was charged with being derelict in his duty.",
      "the guards were judged derelict in their duty",
      "Noun",
      "It was a run-down neighborhood filled with drugs addicts and derelicts .",
      "a section of the city that seemed to be frequented mostly by derelicts",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
      "For much of the past century, the Atlanta way of dealing with dangerous and derelict housing was to tear it down. \u2014 Alan Judd, ajc , 30 Oct. 2017",
      "The first duty of the commander in chief is the protection of US citizens, and Trump clearly was derelict in this duty. \u2014 Peter Bergen, CNN , 28 May 2022",
      "McCray questioned Ford about a policy in place during his time as deputy chief in Fulton County, Georgia, that barred firefighters from entering vacant or derelict buildings. \u2014 Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun , 11 May 2022",
      "There is also now a plan to redevelop the parcels of land \u2014 some which are empty, some which have derelict homes and some which are still occupied \u2014 into 252 new or rehabilitated homes or apartments alongside pocket parks and short hillside trails. \u2014 James Rainey, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
      "And the megaproject Galataport, an underground cruise ship terminal, which also launched in October, now anchors a part of the city that had been derelict and inaccessible since the late 19th century. \u2014 Richard Morgan, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "The Classic Club Coupe started life as a 1998 911 Carrera that the executive director of the Porsche Club of America found in derelict condition in Columbia, Virginia. \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "After the booster sent the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite to a gravitationally-stable Lagrange point, the rocket\u2019s second stage became derelict . \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "Both were meant to bring the financially derelict cities into solvency, at any cost. \u2014 Derek Robertson, The New Republic , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "SoLa also broadened into commercial real estate, buying a complex of derelict buildings on East 60th Street in the heart of a pre-WWII warehouse district. \u2014 Doug Smithsenior Writer, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
      "There, in shadowy streets and derelict buildings, men and women roam, often without apparent purpose, as if heavily medicated or perhaps blasted by that collective devastation called reality. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
      "Amid hip coffee bars and boutique stores, Queen Anne style mansions and Victorian houses are still erect while derelict buildings are spotted throughout the city, indicating the faint remnants of the seedy history of Hudson. \u2014 Juyoung Seo, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
      "Some lawmakers and advocates have expressed frustration that the FDA was derelict in responding to reports of infant illness and slow to review the whistleblower\u2019s claims of unsafe plant management. \u2014 Laura Reiley, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
      "Stalked each night by a merciless presence on board the ship, the Demeter eventually arrives off the shores of England as a charred, derelict wreck, with no trace of the crew. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022",
      "The FSO Safer, a derelict oil tanker, is in grave danger of disintegrating and releasing its 1.14 million barrels of crude oil into the Red Sea. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 12 May 2022",
      "If anything, the Port should be working with real estate investors collaboratively to reactivate derelict properties, build denser housing on vacant land, and expand housing supply to keep up with demand. \u2014 Roger Valdez, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
      "While not mentioning names, Adams did not refrain from taking a jab at his predecessors whose administrations, Adams said, ignored such derelict conditions. \u2014 Mark Morales And Emma Tucker, CNN , 26 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1649, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1670, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-164619"
  },
  "derision":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt",
      ": a state of being laughed at or ridiculed : a state of being derided",
      ": an object of ridicule or scorn",
      ": a feeling of dislike or disrespect often shown by the use of insults"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8ri-zh\u0259n",
      "di-\u02c8ri-zh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "butt",
      "jest",
      "joke",
      "laughingstock",
      "mark",
      "mock",
      "mockery",
      "sport",
      "target"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Lewinsky and Tripp were ridiculed, caricatured and shamed in the media when the real-life drama played out in the 1990s, but this version casts that derision into relief. \u2014 Todd Longwell, Variety , 9 June 2022",
      "Elon Musk\u2019s potential $44 billion purchase of Twitter has been met with concern, scoff, and even derision . \u2014 James Chen, Fortune , 24 May 2022",
      "The public's derision of Heard, experts say, exposes misunderstandings about the dynamics of intimate partner violence and underscores the perfection the public expects from people who say they\u2019ve been abused. \u2014 Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY , 10 May 2022",
      "It\u2019s not unusual for older politicians, including presidents, to face questions \u2014 and derision \u2014 about their mental prowess. \u2014 Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Anything less than abject fawning is met with what\u2019s-your-problem-Doc derision . \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "His mention of his pronouns has become fodder for right-wing derision and misleading video clips. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "It\u2019s the love child of two cuisines with a history of derision and displacement \u2014 African American soul food and Puerto Rican. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "It's done with such a tinge of condescension or derision with women. \u2014 ELLE , 28 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin derision-, derisio , from Latin derid\u0113re \u2014 see deride ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204103"
  },
  "derogate":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to cause to seem inferior disparage",
      "to take away a part so as to impair detract",
      "to act beneath one's position or character"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8der-\u0259-\u02ccg\u0101t",
    "synonyms":[
      "bad-mouth",
      "belittle",
      "cry down",
      "decry",
      "denigrate",
      "deprecate",
      "depreciate",
      "diminish",
      "dis",
      "diss",
      "discount",
      "dismiss",
      "disparage",
      "kiss off",
      "minimize",
      "play down",
      "poor-mouth",
      "put down",
      "run down",
      "talk down",
      "trash",
      "trash-talk",
      "vilipend",
      "write off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "acclaim",
      "applaud",
      "exalt",
      "extol",
      "extoll",
      "glorify",
      "laud",
      "magnify",
      "praise"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The title of the book derogates the people it is about.",
      "Her parents are constantly derogating her achievements."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Late Latin derogatus , past participle of derogare , from Latin, to annul (a law), detract, from de- + rogare to ask, propose (a law) \u2014 more at right ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "derogatory":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": expressive of a low opinion : disparaging",
      ": detracting from the character or standing of something",
      ": expressing a low opinion of a person or thing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8r\u00e4-g\u0259-\u02cct\u022fr-\u0113",
      "di-\u02c8r\u00e4-g\u0259-\u02cct\u022fr-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "belittling",
      "contemptuous",
      "decrying",
      "degrading",
      "demeaning",
      "denigrative",
      "denigratory",
      "deprecatory",
      "depreciative",
      "depreciatory",
      "derisory",
      "derogative",
      "detractive",
      "disdainful",
      "disparaging",
      "pejorative",
      "scornful",
      "slighting",
      "uncomplimentary"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "commendatory",
      "complimentary",
      "laudative",
      "laudatory"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The aroma of wine made from Concord \u2026 grapes is often described as \"foxy,\" a wine term as derogatory as it is vague. \u2014 Danny May et al. , Berkshire Home Style , March 2007",
      "In Powell's memoir, Lemann points out, terms like \"expert\" and \"academic\" are clearly derogatory . \u2014 Franklin Foer , New Republic , 5 Feb. 2001",
      "Unfortunately, the codes were badly explained and ham-handedly enforced. At Michigan an interpretive guide called \"What Students Should Know \u2026 \" went beyond the scope of the actual code in saying that even a derogatory comment \u2026 would be punished by the university. \u2014 Laurence R. Stains , Rolling Stone , 5 Aug. 1993",
      "fans made a steady stream of derogatory remarks about the players on the visiting team",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "If anyone is observed by multiple people saying what could be perceived as racial, anti-Semitic, derogatory or intimidating verbiage or displaying such a symbol, they will be asked to leave the event. \u2014 cleveland , 23 May 2022",
      "Chappelle\u2019s controversial and derogatory statements stand in contrast to Mulaney\u2019s largely uncontroversial material. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 21 May 2022",
      "This can involve looking into late payments, collections, or other derogatory marks. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
      "At one point, four police officers had to usher a parent from the meeting after being accused of derogatory behavior. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
      "Vaughn made a derogatory remark suggesting that if the lights were shut off in Ray\u2019s office, he wouldn\u2019t be seen in the dark, according to the suit. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 May 2022",
      "There are several other cases of derogatory references often made at the expense of characteristics protected under U.K.'s Equality Act, according to GQ Littler. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 4 May 2022",
      "Before play resumed, Mercado pointed at the stands and center fielder Myles Straw climbed the chain-link fence in left to confront face-to-face at least one fan, while another fan nearby made a derogatory gesture. \u2014 Larry Fleisher, ajc , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Before play resumed, Mercado pointed at the stands and center fielder Myles Straw climbed the chain-link fence in left to confront face-to-face at least one fan, while another fan nearby made a derogatory gesture. \u2014 Larry Fleisher, Hartford Courant , 23 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see derogate ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1503, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193444"
  },
  "derriere":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the part of the body a person sits on : buttocks"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccder-\u0113-\u02c8er",
      "\u02ccde-r\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "backside",
      "behind",
      "booty",
      "bootie",
      "bottom",
      "breech",
      "bum",
      "buns",
      "butt",
      "buttocks",
      "caboose",
      "can",
      "cheeks",
      "duff",
      "fanny",
      "fundament",
      "hams",
      "haunches",
      "heinie",
      "hunkers",
      "keister",
      "keester",
      "nates",
      "posterior",
      "rear",
      "rear end",
      "rump",
      "seat",
      "tail",
      "tail end",
      "tush"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "I slipped on the ice and fell on my derriere .",
      "swimsuits that should be worn only by those with tight little derrieres",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There are two different ways to get your derriere out of these pants without undoing the shoulder straps. \u2014 Outside Online , 10 Dec. 2019",
      "Leather-clad from top to bottom \u2014 literally, just to her bottom, with only fishnets showing past that point \u2014 Madonna left the audience with a good look at what decades of working out will do to a person\u2019s derriere . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Sep. 2021",
      "But what truly sets these leggings apart from the millions out there was its unique ability to transform anyone\u2019s derriere . \u2014 refinery29.com , 28 July 2021",
      "Picture a pair of leggings that mix the comfort of activewear with the appeal of shapewear, featuring an intentional wedgie that carefully separates your buttcheeks, giving anyone a derriere made for its own reality TV show. \u2014 refinery29.com , 28 July 2021",
      "In the images, Affleck grabs Lopez's derriere while looking directly into their own photographer's camera. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 25 July 2021",
      "Dickie offered to show the crowd the scars on his derriere ; the crowd opted to take his word for it. \u2014 al , 16 July 2021",
      "Back in the day, my sister and I cracked up when the belt vibrated her derriere . \u2014 Arkansas Online , 5 June 2021",
      "Formulated with Wheat Protein and Watermelon Extracts, this sweet-as-candy body treat plumps the derriere while helping to reduce the appearance of cellulite or fine lines. \u2014 Bianca Salonga, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French derri\u00e8re , from Old French derrier back part, rear, from derier , adverb, behind, from Late Latin deretro , from Latin de from + retro back",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1774, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214920"
  },
  "desacralize":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to divest of sacred qualities or status"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8s\u0101-kr\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz",
      "-\u02c8sa-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "deconsecrate",
      "desanctify"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bless",
      "consecrate",
      "hallow",
      "sacralize",
      "sanctify"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "deplores how contemporary society has desacralized and trivialized the celebration of Christmas"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1911, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205752"
  },
  "descend":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to pass from a higher place or level to a lower one",
      "to pass in discussion from what is logically prior or more comprehensive",
      "to originate or come from an ancestral stock or source derive",
      "to pass by inheritance",
      "to pass by transmission",
      "to incline, lead, or extend downward",
      "to conduct nerve impulses away from the brain",
      "to swoop or pounce down (as in a sudden attack)",
      "to appear suddenly and often disconcertingly as if from above",
      "to proceed in a sequence or gradation from higher to lower or from more remote to nearer or more recent",
      "to lower oneself in status or dignity stoop",
      "to worsen and sink in condition or estimation",
      "to pass from higher to lower musical notes",
      "to pass, move, or climb down or down along",
      "to extend down along",
      "to come or go down from a higher place or level to a lower one",
      "to move down or down along",
      "to slope or lead downward",
      "to come down from an earlier time",
      "to come down from a source or ancestor derive",
      "to be handed down to an heir",
      "to arrive from or as if from the sky",
      "to sink in dignity or respectability stoop",
      "to sink to a worse condition",
      "to pass from a higher place or level to a lower one",
      "to pass by inheritance"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"di-\u02c8send",
    "synonyms":[
      "decline",
      "dip",
      "drop",
      "fall",
      "plunge",
      "sink"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "arise",
      "ascend",
      "climb",
      "mount",
      "rise",
      "uprise",
      "upsweep",
      "upturn"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There are few rules Maverick doesn\u2019t break don\u2019t descend below the hard deck of 5,000 feet; don\u2019t bend the airframe by putting 9Gs on the plane. \u2014 Ryan Craig, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "Push your butt back to initiate the squat. Bend your knees to descend until your thighs are at least parallel to the floor, keeping your chest up. \u2014 Greg Presto, Men's Health , 9 June 2022",
      "Video from the scene shows troopers and a West Haven police officer descend on the car after it was stopped off Exit 43 of Interstate 95 North and blocked by police cars. \u2014 Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant , 2 June 2022",
      "Once the gear is on, an onslaught of shooting fireballs and erupting sparks descend on the group, becoming more and more apocalyptic as smoke increasingly blasts in the musicians\u2019 faces. \u2014 Hannah Dailey, Billboard , 1 June 2022",
      "Without a ramp present, one journalist who was using a wheelchair had to get out of the wheelchair and slowly descend the steps before getting back into her chair. \u2014 Manori Ravindran, Variety , 1 June 2022",
      "Lowe is facing the crowd of now-questioning congregants as Nate and Bobi Gephart descend from the stage. \u2014 Fox News , 31 May 2022",
      "When school lets out later in June, hundreds of families will cross Buzzards Bay and descend on the island, moving into their summer lodgings. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022",
      "This phenomenon, dubbed by economists as rockets and feathers, follows a pattern in which increases in crude prices send pump prices quickly upward, like a rocket, but when crude prices fall, pump prices tend to descend slower, like a feather. \u2014 Hamza Shaban, Washington Post , 31 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French descendre , from Latin descendere , from de- + scandere to climb \u2014 more at scan ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3b"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "descending":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to pass from a higher place or level to a lower one",
      ": to pass in discussion from what is logically prior or more comprehensive",
      ": to originate or come from an ancestral stock or source : derive",
      ": to pass by inheritance",
      ": to pass by transmission",
      ": to incline, lead, or extend downward",
      ": to conduct nerve impulses away from the brain",
      ": to swoop or pounce down (as in a sudden attack)",
      ": to appear suddenly and often disconcertingly as if from above",
      ": to proceed in a sequence or gradation from higher to lower or from more remote to nearer or more recent",
      ": to lower oneself in status or dignity : stoop",
      ": to worsen and sink in condition or estimation",
      ": to pass from higher to lower musical notes",
      ": to pass, move, or climb down or down along",
      ": to extend down along",
      ": to come or go down from a higher place or level to a lower one",
      ": to move down or down along",
      ": to slope or lead downward",
      ": to come down from an earlier time",
      ": to come down from a source or ancestor : derive",
      ": to be handed down to an heir",
      ": to arrive from or as if from the sky",
      ": to sink in dignity or respectability : stoop",
      ": to sink to a worse condition",
      ": to pass from a higher place or level to a lower one",
      ": to pass by inheritance"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8send",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8send",
      "di-\u02c8send",
      "di-\u02c8send"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "decline",
      "dip",
      "drop",
      "fall",
      "plunge",
      "sink"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "arise",
      "ascend",
      "climb",
      "mount",
      "rise",
      "uprise",
      "upsweep",
      "upturn"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There are few rules Maverick doesn\u2019t break: don\u2019t descend below the hard deck of 5,000 feet; don\u2019t bend the airframe by putting 9Gs on the plane. \u2014 Ryan Craig, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "Push your butt back to initiate the squat. Bend your knees to descend until your thighs are at least parallel to the floor, keeping your chest up. \u2014 Greg Presto, Men's Health , 9 June 2022",
      "Video from the scene shows troopers and a West Haven police officer descend on the car after it was stopped off Exit 43 of Interstate 95 North and blocked by police cars. \u2014 Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant , 2 June 2022",
      "Once the gear is on, an onslaught of shooting fireballs and erupting sparks descend on the group, becoming more and more apocalyptic as smoke increasingly blasts in the musicians\u2019 faces. \u2014 Hannah Dailey, Billboard , 1 June 2022",
      "Without a ramp present, one journalist who was using a wheelchair had to get out of the wheelchair and slowly descend the steps before getting back into her chair. \u2014 Manori Ravindran, Variety , 1 June 2022",
      "Lowe is facing the crowd of now-questioning congregants as Nate and Bobi Gephart descend from the stage. \u2014 Fox News , 31 May 2022",
      "When school lets out later in June, hundreds of families will cross Buzzards Bay and descend on the island, moving into their summer lodgings. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022",
      "This phenomenon, dubbed by economists as rockets and feathers, follows a pattern in which increases in crude prices send pump prices quickly upward, like a rocket, but when crude prices fall, pump prices tend to descend slower, like a feather. \u2014 Hamza Shaban, Washington Post , 31 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French descendre , from Latin descendere , from de- + scandere to climb \u2014 more at scan ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3b"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185244"
  },
  "describe":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to represent or give an account of in words",
      ": to represent by a figure, model, or picture : delineate",
      ": distribute",
      ": to trace or traverse the outline of",
      ": observe , perceive",
      ": to write or tell about",
      ": to draw the outline of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8skr\u012bb",
      "di-\u02c8skr\u012bb"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "delineate",
      "depict",
      "draw",
      "image",
      "limn",
      "paint",
      "picture",
      "portray",
      "render",
      "set out",
      "sketch"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Charging documents describe no violence, but that charge can also apply to other felony crimes. \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 17 June 2022",
      "Peecyclers in Vermont describe a personal benefit from their work: A sense of gratification thinking about their own body\u2019s nutrients helping to heal, instead of hurt, the earth. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
      "How to describe the Bored Brothers, the distinctly 2022 collaboration between OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder and electronic superstar Kygo? \u2014 Steve Baltin, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "Those who have been stationed there describe a place that would resemble the base at Guant\u00e1namo Bay\u2014gyms, fast food, television, snorkeling\u2014if Guant\u00e1namo were on the moon and the moon were an ocean. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
      "Authorities describe Armstrong as White, 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighing about 125 pounds. \u2014 Stephanie Pagones, Fox News , 15 June 2022",
      "But the term entered our lexicon this spring to describe (presumably straight) men who\u2019ve begun wearing form-fitting shorts that are short enough to reveal mid-to-upper thigh meat. \u2014 Damon Young, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
      "For anyone who has a few minutes to listen, Thigpen will gladly describe the solid educational foundation provided to her at Golightly Educational Center and Logan Elementary during the late 1970s and 1980s. \u2014 Scott Talley, Freep.com , 12 June 2022",
      "Scientists typically describe microplastics as any polymer particle smaller than 5 millimeters in size but larger than one micrometer. \u2014 Evan Bush, NBC News , 9 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin describere , from de- + scribere to write \u2014 more at scribe ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225233"
  },
  "descry":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to catch sight of",
      ": find out , discover",
      ": to make known : reveal",
      ": discovery or view from afar"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8skr\u012b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ascertain",
      "detect",
      "determine",
      "dig out",
      "dig up",
      "discover",
      "dredge (up)",
      "ferret (out)",
      "find",
      "find out",
      "get",
      "hit (on ",
      "hunt (down ",
      "learn",
      "locate",
      "nose out",
      "root (out)",
      "rout (out)",
      "rummage",
      "run down",
      "scare up",
      "scout (up)",
      "track (down)",
      "turn up"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "miss",
      "overlook",
      "pass over"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "we couldn't descry the reasons for his sudden departure",
      "could just descry the ship coming over the horizon"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1604, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220242"
  },
  "desensitized":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make (a sensitized or hypersensitive individual) insensitive or nonreactive to a sensitizing agent",
      ": to make emotionally insensitive or callous",
      ": to extinguish an emotional response (as of fear, anxiety, or guilt) to stimuli that formerly induced it",
      ": to make less sensitive : reduce sensitivity in",
      ": as",
      ": to make (a sensitized or hypersensitive individual) insensitive or nonreactive to a sensitizing agent",
      ": to extinguish an emotional response (as of fear, anxiety, or guilt) to stimuli which formerly induced it : make emotionally insensitive",
      ": to decrease a response (as of a cell receptor) progressively following prolonged exposure to a stimulus"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8sen(t)-s\u0259-\u02cct\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The shot will help to desensitize the nerve.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Immunotherapy involves exposing you to small, controlled amounts of allergens to desensitize your immune system response. \u2014 Rachel Nall, Msn, SELF , 24 May 2022",
      "It was also used to desensitize gun powder for naval guns, a corrosion inhibitor for brass casings and waterproofing for airplanes, ammunition, and also in motors and electric coils. \u2014 Steven Savage, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Some of the trainers at least wanted to desensitize Tilikum in case someone fell in. \u2014 Tim Zimmermann, Outside Online , 30 July 2010",
      "Morally, portraying the enemy as ready to commit the most depraved crimes helped desensitize combatants and added further fuel to a fast escalating cycle of entirely conventional violence. \u2014 Claas Kirchhelle, Wired , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Swing voters are far more concerned about how social media and videogames may undermine the mental development of children, desensitize them to violence, delay their socialization, and put their personal data at risk of exploitation. \u2014 Karl Rove, WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Technicians typically use a numbing gel to help desensitize the area before and after the laser treatment to minimize discomfort. \u2014 Jessica Cruel, SELF , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "For long-term care, immunotherapy (also known as allergy shots) is a great tool that helps desensitize your body to specific allergens over time, helping to gradually minimize symptoms. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 22 Jan. 2022",
      "Done cleverly, though, images of the border can also be used to desensitize Americans to the unfolding catastrophe. \u2014 Jeva Lange, The Week , 23 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1898, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193708"
  },
  "desert":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": arid land with usually sparse vegetation",
      ": such land having a very warm climate and receiving less than 25 centimeters (10 inches) of sporadic rainfall annually",
      ": an area of water apparently devoid of life",
      ": a desolate or forbidding area",
      ": a wild uninhabited and uncultivated tract",
      ": desolate and sparsely occupied or unoccupied",
      ": of or relating to a desert (see desert entry 1 )",
      ": forsaken",
      ": to withdraw from or leave usually without intent to return",
      ": to leave in the lurch",
      ": to abandon (military service) without leave",
      ": to quit one's post, allegiance , or service without leave or justification",
      ": to abandon military duty without leave and without intent to return",
      ": deserved reward or punishment",
      ": the quality or fact of meriting reward or punishment",
      ": excellence , worth",
      ": a dry land with few plants and little rainfall",
      ": a reward or punishment that a person deserves",
      ": to leave usually without intending to return",
      ": to leave a person or a thing that one should stay with",
      ": to fail in time of need"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-z\u0259rt",
      "\u02c8de-z\u0259rt",
      "di-\u02c8z\u0259rt",
      "di-\u02c8z\u0259rt",
      "\u02c8de-z\u0259rt",
      "di-\u02c8z\u0259rt",
      "di-\u02c8z\u0259rt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "barren",
      "desolation",
      "heath",
      "no-man's-land",
      "waste",
      "wasteland"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "defect (from)",
      "rat (on)"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1) and Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1603, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211421"
  },
  "deserved":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of, relating to, or being that which one deserves"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8z\u0259rvd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "competent",
      "condign",
      "due",
      "fair",
      "just",
      "justified",
      "merited",
      "right",
      "rightful",
      "warranted"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "undeserved",
      "undue",
      "unfair",
      "unjust",
      "unjustified",
      "unmerited",
      "unwarranted"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a well deserved promotion for a hard worker",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "No Tony is more deserved this year than the one that should be etched with Wheeldon\u2019s name. \u2014 Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022",
      "Back at the house, Nia immediately tells KellyAnne and Jonna about Sylvia's comment, and they get pissed off because KellyAnne's win deserved to be celebrated. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 8 June 2022",
      "The unfair-labor-practices case against the Federalist over a joke tweet deserved to be sent back to the salt mine. \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 20 May 2022",
      "The second half was a dream start for the Pride as Gunny Jonsdottir got on the end of a ball by Leroux to tap in, giving the Pride a deserved lead in the 51st minute. \u2014 Austin David, Orlando Sentinel , 15 May 2022",
      "On the other, Odorizzi is having a run of deserved luck. \u2014 James Yasko, Chron , 13 May 2022",
      "Critic Bill Addison is on a richly deserved vacation. \u2014 Daniel Hernandezfood Editor, Los Angeles Times , 7 May 2022",
      "Although that film was a deserved Oscar winner for best makeup, Raimi\u2019s movie relies more on CGI for its scarier junctures and may face a more challenging time getting on the shortlist, depending on how the competition field shakes out. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 5 May 2022",
      "Sassuolo took a deserved lead through Giacomo Raspadori, only to see Juve fight back thanks to goals from Dybala and Moise Kean. \u2014 Adam Digby, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1552, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221639"
  },
  "desiccate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to dry up",
      ": to preserve (a food) by drying : dehydrate",
      ": to drain of emotional or intellectual vitality",
      ": to become dried up",
      ": to dry up or cause to dry up : deprive or exhaust of moisture",
      ": to dry thoroughly",
      ": to preserve a food by drying : dehydrate",
      ": to become dried up : undergo a desiccating process"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-si-\u02cck\u0101t",
      "\u02c8des-i-\u02cck\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "castrate",
      "damp",
      "dampen",
      "deaden",
      "dehydrate",
      "devitalize",
      "enervate",
      "geld",
      "lobotomize",
      "petrify"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "brace",
      "energize",
      "enliven",
      "invigorate",
      "quicken",
      "stimulate",
      "vitalize",
      "vivify"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "that historian's dryasdust prose desiccates what is actually an exciting period in European history",
      "add a cup of desiccated coconut to the mix",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Edward is in the grip of a grotesque malady that causes his flesh to desiccate and slough away. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
      "But the winds also desiccate vegetation and create dangerous wildfire conditions. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Nov. 2021",
      "At shallow depths, the eggs would cook and desiccate . \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 25 June 2021",
      "Comparatively, the cremated young adult was burned before their body had begun to desiccate and decompose. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 Aug. 2020",
      "Here, volcanic lakes, acid pools, desiccated basins, and subterranean caverns are no match for biology. \u2014 Nadia Drake, National Geographic , 26 Aug. 2019",
      "These efforts to resurrect pieces of the delta\u2019s desiccated ecosystems face major challenges, including limited funds, scarce water supplies, and the hotter, drier conditions brought on by climate change. \u2014 Ian James, AZCentral.com , 19 Apr. 2020",
      "A few weeks later, a reporter found Rippee at a Vallejo strip mall, asleep on a patch of concrete littered with dirty socks and desiccated orange peels. \u2014 Jocelyn Wiener, SFChronicle.com , 4 Jan. 2020",
      "For their study, researchers analyzed active and desiccated tardigrades across a timespans ranging between one and 48 hours. \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 16 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin desiccatus , past participle of desiccare to dry up, from de- + siccare to dry, from siccus dry \u2014 more at sack ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1575, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221613"
  },
  "designate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": chosen but not yet installed (see install sense 2a )",
      ": to indicate and set apart for a specific purpose, office, or duty",
      ": to point out the location of",
      ": to distinguish as to class (see class entry 1 sense 3 )",
      ": specify , stipulate",
      ": denote",
      ": to call by a distinctive title, term, or expression",
      ": to appoint or choose for a special purpose",
      ": to call by a name or title",
      ": to mark or point out : indicate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-zig-\u02ccn\u0101t",
      "-n\u0259t",
      "\u02c8de-zig-\u02ccn\u0101t",
      "\u02c8de-zig-\u02ccn\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "appoint",
      "fix",
      "name",
      "set"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The wooden stakes designate the edge of the building site.",
      "the designated time for the meeting",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Others took aim at a law that allows council members to designate schools, libraries and other facilities as off-limits for camping. \u2014 David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
      "Many of my clients designate sheets or clothes for tanning. \u2014 Jailynn Taylor, Essence , 3 June 2022",
      "The development was on the agenda, but only for a vote to establish boundaries, prepare a redevelopment plan and designate land on Main Street as blighted. \u2014 Drew Dawson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 19 May 2022",
      "Director of national intelligence nominee- designate Avril Haines also has a confirmation hearing scheduled for Friday and incoming veterans affairs secretary Denis McDonough for Jan. 27. \u2014 Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner , 14 Jan. 2021",
      "Use art or mirrors on the walls to designate zones. \u2014 Kristin Tablang, House Beautiful , 9 May 2022",
      "Cincinnati Public Schools Superintendent- designate Iranetta Wright is focused on four phases in her 100-day plan: engage, explore, evaluate and equip. \u2014 Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Democratic California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as his nominee- designate to head his Health and Human Services Department, a crucial post amid the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner , 6 Dec. 2020",
      "The lawmakers said there are times when Feinstein still appears sharp, like during last month's confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice- designate Ketanji Brown Jackson. \u2014 Nicholas Reimann, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The new building mix is likely to designate some floors to short-term leases and others to long-term leases; along with floors built in for flexible work. \u2014 Joe Brady, Forbes , 25 May 2021",
      "In response, Biden signed into law May 2021 the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act to expedite the Justice Department's review of hate crimes and designate an official at the department to oversee the effort. \u2014 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
      "Staff at every school should go through their list of students, child by child, and designate at least one adult at school that the student is connected to, Mueller said. \u2014 Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 May 2022",
      "Russia\u2019s prosecutor-general this week asked the country\u2019s top court to designate the Azov Regiment, a group with far-right origins that fought in Mariupol, as a terrorist organization, local media reported. \u2014 Claire Parker, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
      "Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made a direct appeal to President Joe Biden for the United States to designate Russia a state sponsor of terrorism, one of the most powerful and far-reaching sanctions in the U.S. arsenal. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "The Biden administration may now face a fraught decision on whether to formally designate Russia\u2019s actions as an act of genocide. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "State officials would work with local districts to designate which public school buildings would house summer classes. \u2014 Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Many people were involved in having the state designate the footbridge in memory of the fallen, Capano said. \u2014 Breanne Kovatch, BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1629, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "1596, in the meaning defined at sense 2a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213834"
  },
  "designated hitter":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a baseball player designated at the start of the game to bat in place of the pitcher without causing the pitcher to be removed from the game",
      ": representative , substitute"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "backup",
      "cover",
      "fill-in",
      "locum tenens",
      "pinch hitter",
      "relief",
      "replacement",
      "reserve",
      "stand-in",
      "sub",
      "substitute"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "you'll have to be my designated hitter in the office while I'm on business trips",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With his 0-for-4 performance against the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday, Detroit Tigers designated hitter Miguel Cabrera dropped his batting average this season to .291. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 12 June 2022",
      "Four players, including Hall, catcher Heath Fetchik, designated hitter Kyle Maronde and Colombi, drove in runs for Chardon. \u2014 Matt Goul, cleveland , 10 June 2022",
      "The Brewers designated hitter has not reached base in his last 28 plate appearances and had just five hits in 44 at-bats during the trip. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 June 2022",
      "The Rangers designated hitter lined the 91-mph pitch over the left-field wall for a homer and a 2-1 lead. \u2014 Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
      "Tim Anderson and New York Yankees designated hitter Josh Donaldson heated up Saturday afternoon, as the two again got into it, leading to both benches clearing and lots of pushing and shoving. \u2014 Scooby Axson, USA TODAY , 21 May 2022",
      "New York Yankees designated hitter Josh Donaldson ran between second and third base after Isiah Kiner-Falefa ended the third inning by flying out to right Saturday at Yankee Stadium. \u2014 Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune , 21 May 2022",
      "Arkansas designated hitter Kendall Diggs, the hero of last night's game with his three-run home run in the ninth inning, is back in the lineup today. \u2014 Matt Jones, Arkansas Online , 1 May 2022",
      "Detroit Tigers designated hitter Miguel Cabrera recently became the 33rd member of the prestigious 3,000 hit club and is now the seventh ball player in baseball history to have collected at least 3,000 hits and 500 home runs. \u2014 Wayne G. Mcdonnell, Jr., Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1928, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210628"
  },
  "designedly":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
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      ": to create, fashion, execute, or construct according to plan : devise , contrive",
      ": to conceive and plan out in the mind",
      ": to have as a purpose : intend",
      ": to devise for a specific function or end",
      ": to indicate with a distinctive mark, sign, or name",
      ": to make a drawing, pattern, or sketch of",
      ": to draw the plans for",
      ": to conceive or execute a plan",
      ": to draw, lay out, or prepare a design",
      ": a particular purpose or intention held in view by an individual or group",
      ": deliberate purposive planning",
      ": a mental project or scheme in which means to an end are laid down",
      ": a deliberate undercover project or scheme : plot",
      ": aggressive or evil intent",
      ": a preliminary sketch or outline showing the main features of something to be executed",
      ": an underlying scheme that governs functioning, developing, or unfolding : pattern , motif",
      ": a plan or protocol for carrying out or accomplishing something (such as a scientific experiment)",
      ": the process of preparing this",
      ": the arrangement of elements or details in a product or work of art",
      ": a decorative pattern",
      ": the creative art of executing aesthetic or functional designs",
      ": to think up and plan out in the mind",
      ": to set apart for or have as a special purpose : intend",
      ": to make a pattern or sketch of",
      ": an arrangement of parts in a structure or a work of art",
      ": the art or process of planning and creating something",
      ": a sketch, model, or plan of something made or to be made",
      ": a decorative pattern",
      ": plan entry 1 sense 1 , scheme",
      ": a planned intention",
      ": a secret purpose : plot",
      ": a plan or protocol for carrying out or accomplishing something (especially a scientific experiment)",
      ": the process of preparing this"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8z\u012bn",
      "di-\u02c8z\u012bn",
      "di-\u02c8z\u012bn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aim",
      "allow",
      "aspire",
      "calculate",
      "contemplate",
      "go",
      "intend",
      "look",
      "mean",
      "meditate",
      "plan",
      "propose",
      "purport",
      "purpose"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "arrangement",
      "blueprint",
      "game",
      "game plan",
      "ground plan",
      "master plan",
      "plan",
      "program",
      "project",
      "road map",
      "scheme",
      "strategy",
      "system"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Inuit elder Peter Kattuk was key in helping design the approach to SIKU, as well as Lucassie Arragutainaq, who has spent his career working to understand how Inuit knowledge and science can work together. \u2014 Ashoka, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "In 2003, a gallery in the Indonesian city Yogyakarta invited ruangrupa to design a show for its new premises. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
      "Often three or four years can elapse between the time when a company begins to design a new car from scratch and the start of its series production. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 9 June 2022",
      "Upon making the move, Howard recruited family friend Claire Thomas to design her dream home, and the pair shared a very Hollywood point of inspiration. \u2014 PEOPLE.com , 7 June 2022",
      "Previously, the development project was going to design the suits. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 1 June 2022",
      "Casket maker Trey Ganem met with the families, and his company, SoulShine Industries, donated caskets for every child except the one whose family wanted to design its own. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
      "The company plans to design spacecraft small enough to fly as part of rideshare launches. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 31 May 2022",
      "Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said the department intentionally took time to carefully design the program to provide support for small businesses, particularly those that typically struggle to access capital. \u2014 Amara Omeokwe, WSJ , 29 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The community is invited to check out the road design and give input via a survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ATPsurvey. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022",
      "Around 120 individuals and companies worldwide with 3D printers have accessed the design . \u2014 Pranshu Verma, Washington Post , 12 June 2022",
      "But the design of the classroom doors significantly added to the challenge officers were facing, according to experts and officials briefed on what happened. \u2014 Nick Miroff, Jamie Thompson And Silvia Foster-frau, Anchorage Daily News , 11 June 2022",
      "Soldiers died with jammed rifles in their hands while the design was revised. \u2014 Phil Klay, The New Yorker , 11 June 2022",
      "Among other items, objects on view include a T-shirt and vest emblazoned with the logo of the fake humanitarian mission and a helmet decorated with the red-and-white design associated with civilian international missions. \u2014 Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 June 2022",
      "This includes the placement of elements, colors, typography, media and the overall design of your website. \u2014 Michael Fox, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "The design also included a front leg-slit and a 10-foot train. \u2014 Jackie Fields, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
      "The owner engaged the same team as Quattroelle: Nuvolari-Lenard for the interior and exterior design , L\u00fcrssen for the build, with project management by Moran Yachting. \u2014 Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report , 10 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3",
      "Noun",
      "1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225013"
  },
  "designer":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that designs : such as",
      ": one who creates and often executes plans for a project or structure",
      ": one that creates and manufactures a new product style or design",
      ": one who designs and manufactures high-fashion clothing",
      ": of, relating to, or produced by a designer",
      ": displaying the name, signature, or logo of a designer or manufacturer",
      ": intended to reflect the latest in sophisticated taste or fashion",
      ": artificially synthesized or modified (as by genetic engineering) to meet a specific need or requirement or serve a particular function",
      ": a person who plans how to make or change something"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8z\u012b-n\u0259r",
      "di-\u02c8z\u012b-n\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "contriver",
      "developer",
      "deviser",
      "formulator",
      "innovator",
      "introducer",
      "inventor",
      "originator"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "contemporary",
      "current",
      "hot",
      "mod",
      "modern",
      "modernistic",
      "new",
      "new age",
      "new-fashioned",
      "newfangled",
      "present-day",
      "red-hot",
      "space-age",
      "state-of-the-art",
      "ultramodern",
      "up-to-date",
      "up-to-the-minute"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "She is one of the leading designers in the fashion world.",
      "He is a designer and engineer for a car company.",
      "She was the designer of the book's jacket.",
      "Adjective",
      "that car manufacturer is claiming that their new models are the last word in designer technology",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The banquettes in the restaurant\u2019s salon area were designed by 20th-century Italian designer Marco Zanuso for Arflex. \u2014 WSJ , 18 June 2022",
      "The drugs in question have tongue-in-cheek designer -pharmaceutical-sounding names, like Luvactin\u2122 and Darkenfloxx\u2122, complete with tiny trademark symbols. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 13 June 2022",
      "The guest list was also designer -heavy, with Batsheva Hay, Mike Eckhaus, Hanifa\u2019s Anifa Mvuemba, Tamara Mellon, and Kenneth Nicholson all in attendance. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 7 June 2022",
      "Friendly Toast visual designer Ann-Marie Morse (pictured, in the Chestnut Hill location) sources all the colorful, funky decor found in the restaurant chain's eight locations. \u2014 Megan Johnson, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
      "Joe Ayoob and paper airplane designer John M. Collins (USA) on Feb. 26, 2012. \u2014 Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
      "Staton tapped Thomas Jacobson Construction and senior designer Tori Pitroff of her namesake firm, Lisa Staton Interior Design, for help with significant renovations to the four-bed, three-bathroom home. \u2014 Kelly Allen, House Beautiful , 25 May 2022",
      "It\u2019s been months since Kanye West was suspended from Instagram, but on Monday (May 23) the rapper and fashion designer returned to the social media platform to tease a new business venture. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 23 May 2022",
      "With its soaring ceilings and 33,000-square-foot plot designed by tech office and stadium designer Gensler, Los Alto\u2019s food hall is a picture of ambition. \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The order arrived as a white, non- designer T-shirt, size 2XL. \u2014 Sha Hua, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
      "On Wednesday, Target revealed the lookbook for the 180-piece multi- designer collection, whose pieces will retail from $15 to $80 and will come in sizes XXS to 4X. \u2014 Frances Sol\u00e1-santiago, refinery29.com , 8 Sep. 2021",
      "Fashion fans lamenting the loss of directional retailers such as Barneys New York and Jeffrey New York, will soon have a new multi- designer playground to explore. \u2014 Sharon Edelson, Forbes , 18 Apr. 2021",
      "As a non- designer , Caplan had an ability to explain design to a wide audience minus the quixotic jargon of the trade. \u2014 Anne Quito, Quartz , 13 June 2020",
      "To prove it, House Beautiful contributor Eddie Ross headed to his local Home Depot to curate a quartet of no-fail hardware suites that look designer -level but without the custom price tag. \u2014 Emma Bazilian, House Beautiful , 21 Oct. 2019",
      "The excellent Tim Gunn was interviewed too, as was designer Christian Siriano \u2014 one of the fabulous judges of our Real Women Style Awards, coming in September! \u2014 who has made a point of being inclusive in his own line. \u2014 Meredith Rollins, Redbook , 23 June 2017",
      "The excellent Tim Gunn was interviewed too, as was designer Christian Siriano \u2014 one of the fabulous judges of our Real Women Style Awards, coming in September! \u2014 who has made a point of being inclusive in his own line. \u2014 Meredith Rollins, Redbook , 23 June 2017",
      "Spotted shaking their groove thang were none other than handsome, fedora-wearing Bruno Mars, singer-songwriter James Blunt, and even designer Christian Siriano. \u2014 Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR , 12 Nov. 2010"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1662, in the meaning defined above",
      "Adjective",
      "1940, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204952"
  },
  "designing":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": practicing forethought",
      ": crafty , scheming"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8z\u012b-ni\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "artful",
      "beguiling",
      "cagey",
      "cagy",
      "crafty",
      "cunning",
      "cute",
      "devious",
      "dodgy",
      "foxy",
      "guileful",
      "scheming",
      "shrewd",
      "slick",
      "sly",
      "subtle",
      "tricky",
      "wily"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "artless",
      "guileless",
      "ingenuous",
      "innocent",
      "undesigning"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "he suspected his new admirer of being a designing woman who only wanted his money"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1641, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221443"
  },
  "desirable":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "having pleasing qualities or properties attractive",
      "worth seeking or doing as advantageous, beneficial, or wise advisable",
      "a person or thing that merits or attracts favorable attention and consideration one that is desirable",
      "having pleasing qualities attractive",
      "worth having or seeking"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"di-\u02c8z\u012b-r\u0259-b\u0259l",
    "synonyms":[
      "bodacious",
      "dishy",
      "hot",
      "luscious",
      "sexy",
      "toothsome"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "The house is in a highly desirable location.",
      "The new stove has many desirable features.",
      "the qualities that make a desirable business partner",
      "The experiment did not achieve a desirable result.",
      "a beautiful and desirable woman",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
      "By any livability metric, Howard County is a very desirable place to live. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 17 May 2022",
      "All of these little things help make your business a fun, desirable place to work. \u2014 John Swigart, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
      "Its aim is to ensure London remains a desirable place to shoot \u2013 with all the economic benefits that offers \u2013 while delivering minimum disruption for residents and local businesses. \u2014 K.j. Yossman, Variety , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "The company recently promoted a former executive assistant into a new role as an employee experience specialist, focused in part on making the office a desirable place to work. \u2014 Chip Cutter, WSJ , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "King said making Tyson a more desirable place to work is a priority. \u2014 Michelle Cheng, Quartz , 15 Nov. 2021",
      "But population growth does tell us something about whether a city or metro area is viewed as a desirable place to live, work, and raise a family. \u2014 Mike Gousha And John D. Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "The cash sale of the oceanfront house in Kihei reflects a hot Hawaii real estate market fueled by a pandemic that has made the islands a desirable place to isolate and work remotely. \u2014 Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Aug. 2021",
      "An investment that will ensure Farmington remains a desirable place to live. \u2014 courant.com , 7 May 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "The Constitution protects desirables and undesirables alike. \u2014 Phil Gramm And Michael Solon, WSJ , 14 Jan. 2020",
      "Responses ran the gamut of tangible and intangible desirables , some of which are truly shoot-for-the-stars gifts and at least one that doesn't cost any money at all. \u2014 Ars Technica , 22 Nov. 2019",
      "The undesirables are migrants or refugees, the desirables are expats or cosmopolitans. \u2014 Ben Huberman, Longreads , 21 July 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1645, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "desirous":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": impelled or governed by desire"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8z\u012b(-\u0259)r-\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "agog",
      "antsy",
      "anxious",
      "ardent",
      "athirst",
      "avid",
      "crazy",
      "eager",
      "enthused",
      "enthusiastic",
      "excited",
      "geeked",
      "great",
      "greedy",
      "gung ho",
      "hepped up",
      "hopped-up",
      "hot",
      "hungry",
      "impatient",
      "juiced",
      "keen",
      "nuts",
      "pumped",
      "raring",
      "solicitous",
      "stoked",
      "thirsty",
      "voracious",
      "wild"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "apathetic",
      "indifferent",
      "uneager",
      "unenthusiastic"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "management is very desirous of finishing the project on time and within budget",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "On the scale between wants and needs, the GrillGun Basic falls on the desirous end of the spectrum. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 5 Nov. 2020",
      "Given the state of the Texans' rebuild, inquiring about Saints veterans is less desirous . \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Possibly due to wanting to grab hold of whatever treasures the AI steals, or maybe out of an act of hatred toward other humans and desirous of having the AI wreak havoc. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "For example, the AI might be desirous of wiping out humans and calculates that by stealing some of our resources this might be more readily accomplishable. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "The automakers and self-driving car tech firms are desirous of finally making money off their deep investments into the technology. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "That is a matter of national sentiment, and polls show that in the years since Russia\u2019s seizure of Crimea in 2014, Ukrainians are more desirous than ever of joining the Western alliance. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "The temperamental Moon forms a tense square against desirous Venus just after midnight, brewing some late-night issues. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 17 Sep. 2021",
      "The senior leadership of forward-looking companies is desirous of such transformative change, and for good reason, since the promised rewards are so attractive and enthralling. \u2014 Thomas Lim, Forbes , 30 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220937"
  },
  "desolate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted",
      ": joyless, disconsolate , and sorrowful through or as if through separation from a loved one",
      ": showing the effects of abandonment and neglect : dilapidated",
      ": barren , lifeless",
      ": devoid of warmth, comfort, or hope : gloomy",
      ": to make desolate :",
      ": to deprive of inhabitants",
      ": to lay waste",
      ": forsake",
      ": to make wretched",
      ": having no comfort or companionship : lonely",
      ": left neglected or in ruins",
      ": without signs of life : barren",
      ": cheerless , gloomy",
      ": to ruin or leave without comfort or companionship"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-s\u0259-l\u0259t",
      "\u02c8de-z\u0259-",
      "\u02c8de-s\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t",
      "\u02c8de-z\u0259-",
      "\u02c8de-s\u0259-l\u0259t",
      "\u02c8de-s\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "black",
      "bleak",
      "cheerless",
      "chill",
      "Cimmerian",
      "cloudy",
      "cold",
      "comfortless",
      "dark",
      "darkening",
      "depressing",
      "depressive",
      "dire",
      "disconsolate",
      "dismal",
      "drear",
      "dreary",
      "dreich",
      "elegiac",
      "elegiacal",
      "forlorn",
      "funereal",
      "gloomy",
      "glum",
      "godforsaken",
      "gray",
      "grey",
      "lonely",
      "lonesome",
      "lugubrious",
      "miserable",
      "morbid",
      "morose",
      "murky",
      "plutonian",
      "saturnine",
      "sepulchral",
      "solemn",
      "somber",
      "sombre",
      "sullen",
      "sunless",
      "tenebrific",
      "tenebrous",
      "wretched"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "annihilate",
      "cream",
      "decimate",
      "demolish",
      "destroy",
      "devastate",
      "do in",
      "extinguish",
      "nuke",
      "pull down",
      "pulverize",
      "raze",
      "rub out",
      "ruin",
      "shatter",
      "smash",
      "tear down",
      "total",
      "vaporize",
      "waste",
      "wrack",
      "wreck"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "a desolate house abandoned many years ago",
      "destitute and desolate since her husband walked out on her",
      "Verb",
      "totally desolated the city with aerial bombs",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "By comparison, the copy-and-pasted terrain that fills out the most boring regions of Halo Infinite looks like a Renaissance masterwork compared to the desolate landscape in this demo's beginning area. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 14 June 2022",
      "Rome, takes place in the desolate outskirts of the city, where two children have had a vision of the Madonna. \u2014 Keith Christiansen, WSJ , 4 June 2022",
      "They were eventually detained off a desolate beach road. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
      "Since its debut nearly 50 years ago, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre has spawned eight films about unsuspecting young people who stumble onto a desolate Texas town and become victims of the cannibalistic Leatherface and his family. \u2014 James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "Reid was born in the desolate mining town of Searchlight. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro, ajc , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "With no machinery working the fields, the country viewed from the window of a vehicle traveling 75 mph on the interstate did appear desolate . \u2014 Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News , 29 May 2022",
      "Across the street from Boynton Beach City Hall, a desolate pioneer home is awaiting the promise of a funky modern makeover. \u2014 Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel , 25 May 2022",
      "Getting there takes most of a day, requiring a two-hour flight from the nearest city to a desolate airstrip in the middle of the Serengeti, followed by an hour-long drive through the savanna. \u2014 Christine Chitnis, ELLE , 24 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Like any masterful monologue, one felt invited inside the mind behind that desolate yet brave voice. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 3 June 2022",
      "For eight weeks, the streets of Paris were empty of traffic and silent, the sidewalks desolate , all but essential food stores closed. \u2014 Rachel Donadio, The New York Review of Books , 23 July 2020",
      "For eight weeks, the streets of Paris were empty of traffic and silent, the sidewalks desolate , all but essential food stores closed. \u2014 Rachel Donadio, The New York Review of Books , 23 July 2020",
      "For eight weeks, the streets of Paris were empty of traffic and silent, the sidewalks desolate , all but essential food stores closed. \u2014 Rachel Donadio, The New York Review of Books , 23 July 2020",
      "For eight weeks, the streets of Paris were empty of traffic and silent, the sidewalks desolate , all but essential food stores closed. \u2014 Rachel Donadio, The New York Review of Books , 23 July 2020",
      "For eight weeks, the streets of Paris were empty of traffic and silent, the sidewalks desolate , all but essential food stores closed. \u2014 Rachel Donadio, The New York Review of Books , 23 July 2020",
      "But by summer\u2019s end, the early excitement had died down and many sidewalk tables were languishing unfilled, leaving neighborhood streets desolate rather than boisterous, North End restaurateurs said then. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 July 2021",
      "Marville traced the urban growth of Paris, from ramshackle construction sites to burgeoning neighborhoods, desolate outskirts and how quickly Paris modernized in the mid 19th century. \u2014 Nadja Sayej, Forbes , 7 June 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174743"
  },
  "desolation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the action of desolating",
      ": grief , sadness",
      ": loneliness",
      ": devastation , ruin",
      ": barren wasteland",
      ": the state of being deserted or ruined",
      ": sadness resulting from grief or loneliness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-s\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccde-z\u0259-",
      "\u02ccde-s\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blue devils",
      "blues",
      "dejection",
      "depression",
      "despond",
      "despondence",
      "despondency",
      "disconsolateness",
      "dispiritedness",
      "doldrums",
      "dolefulness",
      "downheartedness",
      "dreariness",
      "dumps",
      "forlornness",
      "gloom",
      "gloominess",
      "glumness",
      "heartsickness",
      "joylessness",
      "melancholy",
      "miserableness",
      "mopes",
      "mournfulness",
      "oppression",
      "sadness",
      "sorrowfulness",
      "unhappiness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bliss",
      "blissfulness",
      "ecstasy",
      "elatedness",
      "elation",
      "euphoria",
      "exhilaration",
      "exuberance",
      "exultation",
      "felicity",
      "gladness",
      "gladsomeness",
      "happiness",
      "heaven",
      "intoxication",
      "joy",
      "joyfulness",
      "joyousness",
      "jubilation",
      "rapture",
      "rapturousness"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "She sank into a state of desolation and despair.",
      "photos that show the desolation of war",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But after the Roman Empire deteriorated, malarial swamps spread again throughout Maremma\u2014transforming the terrain for centuries into a lawless land of fever, bandits and desolation . \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 29 May 2022",
      "Beckett\u2019s bitterly comic banter remains, but Kurt\u00e1g\u2019s version is filled with compassion for these characters mired in exhaustion, desolation and especially old age. \u2014 Heidi Waleson, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
      "But Diwan\u2019s film is less harrowing for its depictions of physical suffering than for its forthright exploration of Anne\u2019s emotional desolation . \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 6 May 2022",
      "The photos map the experience of desolation through landscape photos. \u2014 Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic , 2 June 2022",
      "In eastern cities controlled by Russia, witnesses described desolation and ruin, as well as looting by Russian troops, where tens of thousands of people had once lived. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Even for Russian propaganda purposes, a smoldering desolation may be a tough sell. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022",
      "Amid the pain, shock and desolation in Bucha, one question emerges over and over \u2014 why the brutality from a people so close to Ukraine? \u2014 Richard Engel, NBC News , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "God allows desolation as a punishment so that the person might be redeemed. \u2014 Andrew Doran, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English desolacion, desolacioun \"state of distress or hardship, feeling of distress, affliction,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French desolacion, borrowed from Late Latin d\u0113s\u014dl\u0101ti\u014dn-, d\u0113s\u014dl\u0101ti\u014d \"abandonment, solitude,\" from Latin d\u0113s\u014dl\u0101re \"to leave all alone, forsake, empty of inhabitants\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at desolate entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182205"
  },
  "despair":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": utter loss of hope",
      ": a cause of hopelessness",
      ": to lose all hope or confidence",
      ": to lose hope for",
      ": to give up or lose all hope or confidence",
      ": loss of hope : a feeling of complete hopelessness",
      ": a cause of hopelessness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sper",
      "di-\u02c8sper"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "desperation",
      "despond",
      "despondence",
      "despondency",
      "forlornness",
      "hopelessness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "despond"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Following two months of frustration, despair , and economic loss, Shanghai\u2019s draconian COVID-19 lockdown ended at midnight on Wednesday morning, prompting celebrations tempered with fear that an outbreak could return. \u2014 Brenda Goh, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 June 2022",
      "Obesity specialists despair but hope that with the advent of highly effective drugs, the situation will change. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
      "After a decade of inaction on guns, many despair that this is America\u2019s destiny\u2014that mass shootings are now an inevitable part of growing up. \u2014 Anne Godlasky, Quartz , 25 May 2022",
      "Inspired by the suicide of the author\u2019s sister, the book is a veiled grief memoir that veers wildly between plangent, poetic despair , plainspoken journaling and blunt, cutting humor \u2014 a spectrum mirroring the variable stages of grief itself. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 6 May 2022",
      "Photographer Wallace strives to capture not the despair , fear, or futility of the disease \u2014 but the essence of the person who is suffering through it. \u2014 Fox News , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "This cycle\u2019s Biennial envisions anger, despair , and joy, a counterintuitive constellation, but such is life. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "This trilogy of albums provided most of the material in the set lists for Cave and Ellis\u2019 concerts, and their songs guided audiences through feelings of despair , hope, and joy, something like a homecoming after three years of universal anguish. \u2014 Kory Grow, Rolling Stone , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "These are existential deep-sea divers, wrestling with death, dread, despair , and disappointment. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "There are as many reading appetites as there are readers, so if your favorite book of 2022 doesn't make our list, don't despair . \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022",
      "Over the next week and a half, the Widderses rode an emotional roller coaster, elated by seeming improvements, only to despair over indicators of the severe damage to their daughter\u2019s liver. \u2014 Lena H. Sun, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
      "This purchase behavior targeting presents as one of many reasons not to despair in digital marketing this year. \u2014 Anil Malhotra, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "But do not despair : There may be an affordable studio oasis in your future. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "So don't despair if Champagne is hard to come by this year. \u2014 Jeanne O'brien Coffey, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
      "Do not despair of the computer generation\u2019s zeal for nature, our essayist argues. \u2014 Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "Despite Iraqi Kurdistan\u2019s outward prosperity, young people especially despair over the lack of jobs and over the corruption, repression and tribal conflicts that often override the legal system. \u2014 Elian Peltier, BostonGlobe.com , 13 Nov. 2021",
      "If your towels have seen better days, don't despair . \u2014 Brittany Vanderbill, PEOPLE.com , 14 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222804"
  },
  "desperately":{
    "type":"adverb",
    "definitions":[
      "in a way that involves despair, extreme measures, or rashness in a desperate manner",
      "extremely , terribly",
      "in a way showing great worry and weakening hope",
      "in such a way as to leave little hope",
      "with great intensity"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8de-sp(\u0259-)r\u0259t-l\u0113",
    "synonyms":[
      "achingly",
      "almighty",
      "archly",
      "awful",
      "awfully",
      "badly",
      "beastly",
      "blisteringly",
      "bone",
      "colossally",
      "corking",
      "cracking",
      "damn",
      "damned",
      "dang",
      "deadly",
      "eminently",
      "enormously",
      "especially",
      "ever",
      "exceedingly",
      "exceeding",
      "extra",
      "extremely",
      "fabulously",
      "fantastically",
      "far",
      "fiercely",
      "filthy",
      "frightfully",
      "full",
      "greatly",
      "heavily",
      "highly",
      "hugely",
      "immensely",
      "incredibly",
      "intensely",
      "jolly",
      "majorly",
      "mightily",
      "mighty",
      "monstrous",
      "mortally",
      "most",
      "much",
      "particularly",
      "passing",
      "rattling",
      "real",
      "really",
      "right",
      "roaring",
      "roaringly",
      "seriously",
      "severely",
      "so",
      "sore",
      "sorely",
      "spanking",
      "specially",
      "stinking",
      "such",
      "super",
      "supremely",
      "surpassingly",
      "terribly",
      "that",
      "thumping",
      "too",
      "unco",
      "uncommonly",
      "vastly",
      "very",
      "vitally",
      "way",
      "whacking",
      "wicked",
      "wildly"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "little",
      "negligibly",
      "nominally",
      "slightly",
      "somewhat"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "all of a sudden everything went desperately wrong",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There are three reasons why foreign countries desperately need the dollar and are willing to trade their national product for it. \u2014 Jarl Jensen, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "And at the same time, suggesting that human-like intelligence is not far away might distract from all the current flaws in A.I. that so desperately need fixing. \u2014 Gary Marcus, Fortune , 3 June 2022",
      "The four council members at Friday\u2019s news conference described the unit as something that would rarely be used but was desperately need for a small group of homeless people. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
      "While the amount forgiven might be higher than $10,000, half-measures are unlikely to win back the young voters Democrats desperately need to hold off Republicans this fall. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 26 May 2022",
      "The Blazers, who own the No. 7 pick in the draft, desperately need a starting power forward. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 May 2022",
      "While York has a big leg that the Browns desperately need, maybe his biggest asset is his mental preparation. \u2014 Ashley Bastock, cleveland , 13 May 2022",
      "If Beijing accepts, then Washington enjoys a major diplomatic triumph and the opportunity to do something good at minimal expense for people who desperately need it. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 8 May 2022",
      "Yet states in the mid- and south Atlantic desperately need more gas as their populations grow. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 6 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see desperate ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1547, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-163732"
  },
  "despicable":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "deserving to be despised so worthless or obnoxious as to rouse moral indignation",
      "very bad deserving to be despised"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"di-\u02c8spi-k\u0259-b\u0259l",
    "synonyms":[
      "cheap",
      "contemptible",
      "cruddy",
      "deplorable",
      "dirty",
      "grubby",
      "lame",
      "lousy",
      "mean",
      "nasty",
      "paltry",
      "pitiable",
      "pitiful",
      "ratty",
      "scabby",
      "scummy",
      "scurvy",
      "sneaking",
      "sorry",
      "wretched"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "admirable",
      "commendable",
      "creditable",
      "laudable",
      "meritorious",
      "praiseworthy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "She is a despicable traitor.",
      "even within the prison population, pedophiles are regarded as particularly despicable",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Many words come to mind to describe the tenor of Smith\u2019s message directed at Boselli despicable , na\u00efve, repugnant, astonishing, unseemly and classless. \u2014 Gene Frenette, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
      "After many years of playing minor heavies (True Romance, Get Shorty), Gandolfini shot to stardom by showing a tender side to an otherwise despicable human being. \u2014 Mike Postalakis, SPIN , 9 June 2022",
      "This was a man who just two weeks prior referred to Saban as a despicable narcissist who needed to be slapped more as a child. \u2014 John Talty | Jtalty@al.com, al , 2 June 2022",
      "Orange High School lacrosse game was a despicable act and an outrage to the community. \u2014 cleveland , 25 May 2022",
      "Yet in many ways, the members of the newspaper axis were especially despicable . \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
      "In the second animated origin story of the summer, a pre- despicable 12-year-old boy named Gru dreams of becoming the world\u2019s greatest supervillain with some help from his loyal, bumbling yellow sidekicks. \u2014 cleveland , 3 May 2022",
      "Some characters were despicable , some were ridiculous. \u2014 Joe Lynch, Billboard , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "The missile attack this morning on a train station used for evacuations of civilians in Ukraine is despicable . \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 8 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Late Latin despicabilis , from Latin despicari to despise",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1553, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "despise":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "to look down on with disrespect or aversion",
      "to regard as negligible , worthless, or distasteful",
      "to feel scorn and dislike for"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sp\u012bz",
      "di-\u02c8sp\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abhor",
      "abominate",
      "detest",
      "execrate",
      "hate",
      "loathe"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "love"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "He and Julie grooved to Cuban son and jazz on NPR and loved arty films, for instance; and they distrusted big business and despised tract houses, malls, and other aesthetically unpleasing byproducts of a consumer society. \u2014 Brian C. Anderson , National Review , 13 Mar. 2006",
      "She was despised as a hypocrite.",
      "I despise anchovies on pizza, and I refuse to eat them!",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Add Amy Ryan \u2014 not an afterthought, her character would despise being considered that way \u2014 and there\u2019s no mystery about how deserving this show is of recognition. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
      "The semi-transparent black glass roof contrasts nicely with the paint color and conceals a sunscreen in the headliner, which should be an option for purists like this driver who despise sunroofs on performance cars. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 1 June 2022",
      "Unionist politicians of all stripes despise the protocol. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
      "Even people who despise country music aren\u2019t going to deny Parton\u2019s long list of accomplishments. \u2014 Troy L. Smith, cleveland , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Since then, McMullin\u2019s Democratic partisan rhetoric has managed to alienate nearly everyone who voted for him before, in pursuit of a fundraising base among people who despise anyone who didn\u2019t vote for Hillary Clinton in 2016. \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Drivers may despise speed cameras, but McNickle said his office receives plenty of requests from neighborhoods that want them. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The word is so repeatedly used that disabled people come to despise just hearing it, regardless of the circumstances. \u2014 Andrew Pulrang, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "And even a city literally torn apart by violence is usually filled with families who get along with the people others tell them to despise . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French despis- , stem of despire , from Latin despicere , from de- + specere to look \u2014 more at spy ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-164443"
  },
  "despite":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "preposition",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in spite of",
      ": the feeling or attitude of despising someone or something : contempt",
      ": malice , spite",
      ": an act showing contempt or defiance",
      ": detriment , disadvantage",
      ": in spite of",
      ": to treat with contempt",
      ": to provoke to anger : vex",
      ": in spite of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sp\u012bt",
      "di-\u02c8sp\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "notwithstanding",
      "regardless of",
      "with"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "contempt",
      "contemptuousness",
      "despisement",
      "despitefulness",
      "disdain",
      "misprision",
      "scorn"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Preposition",
      "And despite her plans being waylayed, time is on her side. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 7 May 2020",
      "And despite the gameplay and unpredictability down the stretch, that is kind of what happened. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 7 May 2020",
      "Amid a variety of cases of inflated prices across the United States, those focused on the humble egg are among the most sweeping, despite what at first glance appears to be a relatively modest sum. \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2020",
      "The ad questions why the restrictions are still in place despite the state having many fewer cases of the virus than projections from the Department of Health Services estimated. \u2014 Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 6 May 2020",
      "Through the family\u2019s ups and downs, Copeland was a steadying presence, despite his disability. \u2014 al , 6 May 2020",
      "Los Angeles County beaches will remain closed for the time being, despite other coastal stretches reopening \u2014 with limitations \u2014 this week in nearby Orange County with the state\u2019s blessing. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2020",
      "But despite the move to Dallas, Dalton is still hopeful to become a starter in NFL again one day. \u2014 Joey Hayden, Dallas News , 5 May 2020",
      "The writing, by Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney (who also play the lead characters), is razor-sharp and, despite being a dark-ish romantic comedy, so original. \u2014 T+l Editors, Travel + Leisure , 4 May 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Westbrook recently scored a triple-double despite shooting 7-for-27 from the floor. \u2014 Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com , 7 Dec. 2019",
      "The Toon Army last beat Spurs on the final day of the 2015/16 season, when a shock 5-1 triumph - despite already being relegated - led to Arsenal snatching second place. \u2014 SI.com , 22 Aug. 2019",
      "In Division II, Turpin somehow was dropped from 4th to 5th despite holding off Anderson 29-28 to remain undefeated. \u2014 Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com , 21 Oct. 2019",
      "Harris\u2019 campaign fundraising output has stayed consistent in first quarter around $12 million and $11.8 million in second quarter despite , as first reported by Politico, shakeups among senior campaign staff. \u2014 Andrew Hirschfeld, Fortune , 2 Oct. 2019",
      "And then - despite barely stepping over the halfway line - the hosts hit the crossbar and had a shout for a penalty. \u2014 SI.com , 25 Aug. 2019",
      "There is no doubt her status as a fashion designer has been achieved in part both despite and because of her Spice Girls-marinated celebrity. \u2014 Vogue , 14 Aug. 2019",
      "Irving left James and the Cavaliers in a trade with the despite to lead his own team, but his experience in Boston may have changed his perspective. \u2014 Lila Bromberg, USA TODAY , 27 June 2019",
      "However, the report goes on to suggest that the Citizens are still 'ahead' of Carlo Ancelotti's side despite , as aforementioned, the only rumours coming out of his native country. \u2014 SI.com , 26 June 2019",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Bucks 127, Kings 106: Khris Middleton had 27 points and 11 rebounds, Eric Bledsoe scored 24 and Milwaukee beat host Sacramento despite an off night for Giannis Antetokounmpo. \u2014 SFChronicle.com , 10 Jan. 2020",
      "Indeed, very few countries do: despite ramping up testing in recent days, the UK remains short of its 10,000 tests per day target. \u2014 Yomi Kazeem, Quartz Africa , 24 Mar. 2020",
      "This year\u2019s team should be remembered as a group that despite early-career adversity, put all the pieces together to become consistent, balanced and selfless. \u2014 Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal , 13 Mar. 2020",
      "Meanwhile in Minnesota, a Star Tribune poll finds that only 5 percent of Democrats believe accusations against DNC Vice Chair Keith Ellison despite much greater and far more detailed evidence against him. \u2014 Fox News , 22 Sep. 2018",
      "Villa Hills City Council voted 6-2 Tuesday night to allow the sale of 85 acres of now-vacant land - despite considerable opposition from many residents, Enquirer media partner Fox19 reports. \u2014 Monroe Trombly, Cincinnati.com , 7 Mar. 2018",
      "Lance Wallnau, a Christian author, claimed God spoke to him and showed him that Trump was like King Cyrus, who followed God\u2019s will despite being a pagan. \u2014 Colby Itkowitz, Washington Post , 23 Aug. 2017",
      "ON TRACK\u2019 DESPITE LOSSES Minnesota\u2019s primary problem this season has been an inability to hold leads. \u2014 Jace Frederick, Twin Cities , 9 Jan. 2017",
      "Asher ready despite layoff: Right-hander Alec Asher has appeared in just two games since making his Orioles debut with a quality start April 15, pitching one inning April 23 and 26. \u2014 Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com , 1 May 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun, Preposition, and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Preposition",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221556"
  },
  "despiteful":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": expressing malice or hate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sp\u012bt-f\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bad",
      "bitchy",
      "catty",
      "cruel",
      "hateful",
      "malevolent",
      "malicious",
      "malign",
      "malignant",
      "mean",
      "nasty",
      "spiteful",
      "vicious",
      "virulent"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "benevolent",
      "benign",
      "benignant",
      "loving",
      "unmalicious"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "despiteful treatment of his poor relations during their visit"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220224"
  },
  "despoil":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sp\u022fi(-\u0259)l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "loot",
      "maraud",
      "pillage",
      "plunder",
      "ransack",
      "sack"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The landscape has been despoiled by industrial development.",
      "the burglars despoiled the art museum in search of treasures they thought they could sell to a fence",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Even a comparative smidgen of methane can despoil the climate. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 28 Oct. 2021",
      "The 2008 financial crisis exposed the economic folly and moral bankruptcy of a system that relied on bribing executives with stock options to squeeze workers, bamboozle customers, despoil the environment and dodge taxes. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Oct. 2020",
      "Farm Aid, like other companies, has rejected non-organic cotton that requires extensive use of synthetic fertilizers, soil additives, defoliants and other chemicals that despoil the land. \u2014 Billboard , 21 Sep. 2020",
      "Ms Ellmann mourns ecosystems despoiled by modern humankind. \u2014 The Economist , 24 Oct. 2019",
      "Here in a primitive wilderness despoiled by European invaders, where black men and women are rounded up, murdered and hanged from trees, a much farther-reaching tragedy comes into startling focus. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Aug. 2019",
      "Here in a primitive wilderness despoiled by European invaders, where black men and women are rounded up, murdered and hanged from trees, a much farther-reaching tragedy comes into startling focus. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Aug. 2019",
      "Here in a primitive wilderness despoiled by European invaders, where black men and women are rounded up, murdered and hanged from trees, a much farther-reaching tragedy comes into startling focus. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Aug. 2019",
      "Proponents of Warren\u2019s plan might argue that this would benefit workers in the U.S., by saving jobs from unfair overseas competition by countries that abuse their workers and despoil their environments. \u2014 Noah Smith, Twin Cities , 16 Aug. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English despoylen , from Anglo-French despoiller , from Latin despoliare , from de- + spoliare to strip, rob \u2014 more at spoil entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221035"
  },
  "despond":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to become despondent",
      ": despondency"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sp\u00e4nd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "despair"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "blue devils",
      "blues",
      "dejection",
      "depression",
      "desolation",
      "despondence",
      "despondency",
      "disconsolateness",
      "dispiritedness",
      "doldrums",
      "dolefulness",
      "downheartedness",
      "dreariness",
      "dumps",
      "forlornness",
      "gloom",
      "gloominess",
      "glumness",
      "heartsickness",
      "joylessness",
      "melancholy",
      "miserableness",
      "mopes",
      "mournfulness",
      "oppression",
      "sadness",
      "sorrowfulness",
      "unhappiness"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "we must not despond even though we live in trying times",
      "Noun",
      "he sank into a crushing despond after his wife left him",
      "loss of his job threw him into a deep despond"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1655, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "1678, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173245"
  },
  "despondence":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": despondency"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sp\u00e4n-d\u0259n(t)s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blue devils",
      "blues",
      "dejection",
      "depression",
      "desolation",
      "despond",
      "despondency",
      "disconsolateness",
      "dispiritedness",
      "doldrums",
      "dolefulness",
      "downheartedness",
      "dreariness",
      "dumps",
      "forlornness",
      "gloom",
      "gloominess",
      "glumness",
      "heartsickness",
      "joylessness",
      "melancholy",
      "miserableness",
      "mopes",
      "mournfulness",
      "oppression",
      "sadness",
      "sorrowfulness",
      "unhappiness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bliss",
      "blissfulness",
      "ecstasy",
      "elatedness",
      "elation",
      "euphoria",
      "exhilaration",
      "exuberance",
      "exultation",
      "felicity",
      "gladness",
      "gladsomeness",
      "happiness",
      "heaven",
      "intoxication",
      "joy",
      "joyfulness",
      "joyousness",
      "jubilation",
      "rapture",
      "rapturousness"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "her slumping posture betrayed a growing despondence",
      "the ability to endure defeat without despondence has allowed him to weather the ups and downs of an acting career",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Both question the human costs of work, zooming in on the affects\u2014 despondence , alienation, indifference\u2014that businesses produce alongside goods and services. \u2014 Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "In Ohio on Monday night, though, Trump used the misstatements to project confidence and ward off any despondence among supporters in the face of polls that continue to show Biden with a solid lead nationwide. \u2014 Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News , 23 Sep. 2020",
      "And whether through aloofness or despondence , 27 percent said none of the words offered matched their feelings. \u2014 Adam Taylor, Washington Post , 12 Nov. 2019",
      "The date, though, will likely be remembered most vividly for the storming of the city\u2019s legislative building by a small group of activists who sought to signal to the world their despondence over their city\u2019s fate. \u2014 Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker , 3 July 2019",
      "The story takes place in one of the city\u2019s public housing complexes, where a majority of the population still live today, cheek-by-jowl in micro apartments\u2014amplifying the feelings of suffocation and despondence . \u2014 Isabella Steger, Quartzy , 24 July 2019",
      "There\u2019s an art to being bleak, doing it in such a way as to actually cheer up listeners as opposed to making them wallow in despondence . \u2014 John Adamian, courant.com , 2 June 2018",
      "Tryout season doesn't have to be all elation or despondence . \u2014 Eliza Mcgraw, chicagotribune.com , 19 May 2018",
      "A sense of fatigue and despondence has set in as White House officials wait for new balls to drop. \u2014 Jill Colvin, The Seattle Times , 19 May 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1657, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174453"
  },
  "despondency":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the state of being despondent or extremely low in spirits : dejection , hopelessness",
      ": dejection , sadness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sp\u00e4n-d\u0259n-s\u0113",
      "di-\u02c8sp\u00e4n-d\u0259n-s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blue devils",
      "blues",
      "dejection",
      "depression",
      "desolation",
      "despond",
      "despondence",
      "disconsolateness",
      "dispiritedness",
      "doldrums",
      "dolefulness",
      "downheartedness",
      "dreariness",
      "dumps",
      "forlornness",
      "gloom",
      "gloominess",
      "glumness",
      "heartsickness",
      "joylessness",
      "melancholy",
      "miserableness",
      "mopes",
      "mournfulness",
      "oppression",
      "sadness",
      "sorrowfulness",
      "unhappiness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bliss",
      "blissfulness",
      "ecstasy",
      "elatedness",
      "elation",
      "euphoria",
      "exhilaration",
      "exuberance",
      "exultation",
      "felicity",
      "gladness",
      "gladsomeness",
      "happiness",
      "heaven",
      "intoxication",
      "joy",
      "joyfulness",
      "joyousness",
      "jubilation",
      "rapture",
      "rapturousness"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "in despondency because he couldn't seem to settle into a lasting relationship",
      "in their despondency they seemingly forgot that losing teams can become winning teams in a single season",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Can\u2019t sadness and parental grief and despondency be discussed, managed and supported, without launching a paramilitary response? \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "In the end, what keeps the album engaging amid the despondency is the not entirely defatigable Posty persona itself\u2026 on top of his and chief collaborator Louis Bell\u2019s underrated knack for strong, conversational melodies. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 5 June 2022",
      "Dion offers neither false hope nor despondency , just hard-nosed resolution. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
      "Board that did a [00:19:00] survey of their county\u2019s youth and discovered this epidemic of depression and despondency among adolescents. \u2014 Leila Atassi, cleveland , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Though Lebanon\u2019s chronic crises have caused deep despondency , analysts say, that did not translate into much support for change candidates, who were diverse and divided. \u2014 Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor , 24 May 2022",
      "This aura of despondency was actually part of Manolete\u2019s appeal. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
      "Back then, a senseless war in Afghanistan catalyzed despondency . \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Can\u2019t sadness and parental grief and despondency be discussed, managed, and supported, without launching a paramilitary response? \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 10 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see despond  entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1653, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183832"
  },
  "destine":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to decree beforehand : predetermine",
      ": to designate, assign, or dedicate in advance",
      ": to direct, devise, or set apart for a specific purpose or place"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-st\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "doom",
      "fate",
      "foredoom",
      "foreordain",
      "ordain",
      "predestine",
      "predetermine",
      "preordain"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "his extreme height seemed to destine him for a career in basketball",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Organizations that adopt a laissez-faire approach and expect that coaching will naturally take root after a successful pilot inevitably destine the previous valiant efforts to come to naught. \u2014 Thomas Lim, Forbes , 20 Sep. 2021",
      "Prospective snooker fans should next watch the 1985 Snooker World Championships final between Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor, a mammoth confrontation which seemed destined never to end. \u2014 Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic , 1 May 2020",
      "But the procedural tactics \u2014 likely to be quashed \u2014 seem destined to founder on the number of Macronists who were swept into the Parliament with his En Marche party, as opponents collapsed around them. \u2014 Adam Nossiter, New York Times , 25 Feb. 2020",
      "Up by 13\u00bd games in mid-August, Jackie Robinson and the Dodgers seemed destined . \u2014 Ben Walker, SFChronicle.com , 16 Jan. 2020",
      "Boeing might have been struggling, but McDonnell Douglas seemed destined for failure. \u2014 Natasha Frost, Quartz , 3 Jan. 2020",
      "Despite his humble beginnings, Mr. Harrell believed he was destined for more. \u2014 Jon Caramanica, New York Times , 9 May 2020",
      "Zooey Deschanel and Jonathan Scott seem like they were destined to be together\u2014but even true love has its awkward moments. \u2014 Tierney Mcafee, Country Living , 2 May 2020",
      "By the summer before his last year of college, Dr. King knew he was destined to continue the family profession of pastoral work and decided to enter the ministry. \u2014 National Geographic , 15 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French destiner , from Latin destinare , from de- + -stinare (akin to Latin stare to stand) \u2014 more at stand ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212817"
  },
  "destiny":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something to which a person or thing is destined : fortune",
      ": a predetermined course of events often held to be an irresistible power or agency",
      ": what happens to someone or something in the future",
      ": the course of events believed to be controlled by a superhuman power",
      ": a power that is believed to control the future"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-st\u0259-n\u0113",
      "\u02c8de-st\u0259-n\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "circumstance",
      "doom",
      "fate",
      "fortune",
      "kismet",
      "lot",
      "portion"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "They believed it was their destiny to be together.",
      "motivated by a sense of destiny",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Do team owners increasingly take charge of their own destiny ? \u2014 Howard Homonoff, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "Oregon State entered the series in sole possession of first place and in control of its own destiny for the title. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 May 2022",
      "Already, two fathers are dead and the King of France is not feeling great, so all of Helen\u2019s determined activities in service of her own destiny are immediately placed in that context. \u2014 Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune , 1 May 2022",
      "Orlando landing the No. 1 pick in the June 23 draft gave the Magic full control of their destiny . \u2014 Khobi Price, Orlando Sentinel , 22 May 2022",
      "Joanie, Jerry Buss\u2019 ex-wife, is in complete control of his destiny . \u2014 Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "After nearly two years of economic uncertainty, more and more people are following their entrepreneurial dreams and taking control of their destiny through business ownership. \u2014 Steven Beagelman, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "Here, 16-year-old Egan begins to feel the call of his destiny to become a callawaya (Shaman). \u2014 Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Cincinnati appear to have control of their destiny in their respective conference championship games. \u2014 USA TODAY , 4 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English destinee , from Anglo-French, from feminine of destin\u00e9 , past participle of destiner \u2014 see destine ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215831"
  },
  "destroy":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to ruin the structure, organic existence, or condition of",
      ": to ruin as if by tearing to shreds",
      ": to put out of existence : kill",
      ": neutralize",
      ": annihilate , vanquish",
      ": to cause ruin or destruction",
      ": to put an end to : do away with",
      ": kill entry 1 sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8str\u022fi",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8str\u022fi"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "annihilate",
      "cream",
      "decimate",
      "demolish",
      "desolate",
      "devastate",
      "do in",
      "extinguish",
      "nuke",
      "pull down",
      "pulverize",
      "raze",
      "rub out",
      "ruin",
      "shatter",
      "smash",
      "tear down",
      "total",
      "vaporize",
      "waste",
      "wrack",
      "wreck"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "build",
      "construct",
      "erect",
      "put up",
      "raise",
      "rear",
      "set up"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Eventually our problems with money destroyed our marriage.",
      "All the files were deliberately destroyed .",
      "The disease destroys the body's ability to fight off illness.",
      "The bomb blast destroyed the village.",
      "The dog had to be destroyed since its owner could not prevent it from attacking people.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Guerrero, who grew up in Uvalde hunting with his father, a ranch foreman, questioned whether people have a right to weapons that are made to destroy and kill and meant for war. \u2014 Haley Yamada, ABC News , 8 June 2022",
      "Theories can turn out to be correct, but challenging the truth constantly can corrupt minds, destroy relationships, and sow chaos. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 27 May 2022",
      "The story began with an aspiring magician from a Nelwyn village and an infant girl destined to unite the realms, who together helped destroy an evil queen and banish the forces of darkness. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
      "The commissioners said widening the road to four lanes would destroy its rural character and encourage more traffic and sprawl development. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 May 2022",
      "The company urges customers to destroy the cans and reach out to its sales department to arrange a refund. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 24 May 2022",
      "Russia\u2019s playbook to capture towns and villages with limited manpower is brutal \u2014 destroy urban areas with heavy artillery and rocket fire, and then move in a few days later. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
      "The unsparing attacks were designed to destroy the country\u2019s war capabilities and break the German people\u2019s morale. \u2014 Christopher Vourlias, Variety , 22 May 2022",
      "The fast-moving 200-acre blaze swept up a hillside in Laguna Niguel to destroy 20 homes and damage 11 more on May 11. \u2014 Diana Leonard, Washington Post , 19 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French destroy-, destrui- , stem of destrure , from Vulgar Latin *destrugere , alteration of Latin destruere , from de- + struere to build \u2014 more at structure ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185415"
  },
  "destructible":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "capable of being destroyed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"di-\u02c8str\u0259k-t\u0259-b\u0259l",
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "During the show, Google demoed a fully destructible game world that took advantage of cloud compute power. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "This bevy of variables \u2014 between operators, destructible and constructible environmental elements, enemy types, spawn points, maps, difficulty settings and more \u2014 will likely give the game a long shelf life. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2020",
      "The other new addition to multiplayer is destructible walls. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 7 Sep. 2021",
      "These images that populate our collective consciousness all started as a single destructible canvas. \u2014 Chloe Sarbib, sun-sentinel.com , 8 Sep. 2021",
      "Early on in the tournament that\u2019s not a big deal since there\u2019s a destructible wall in the way. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 30 Aug. 2021",
      "Add in the series\u2019 usual destructible buildings, evolving terrain and changing weather (now including a tornado) and there are some clear differences with Call of Duty. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 June 2021",
      "To wit, Demon's Souls is in love with the movement of tiny pieces of fabric or shreds of armor, or the way destructible environments can break. \u2014 Julie Muncy, Wired , 24 Nov. 2020",
      "The America that Donald Trump described in his debate with Joe Biden last Thursday night is a strangely destructible place\u2014one that might, in a blink, disappear. \u2014 Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker , 25 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1755, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162419"
  },
  "desultory":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose",
      ": not connected with the main subject",
      ": disappointing in progress, performance, or quality"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-s\u0259l-\u02cct\u022fr-\u0113",
      "-z\u0259l-",
      "di-\u02c8s\u0259l-t(\u0259-)r\u0113",
      "-\u02c8z\u0259l-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aimless",
      "arbitrary",
      "catch-as-catch-can",
      "erratic",
      "haphazard",
      "helter-skelter",
      "hit-or-miss",
      "random",
      "scattered",
      "slapdash",
      "stray"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "methodical",
      "methodic",
      "nonrandom",
      "orderly",
      "organized",
      "regular",
      "systematic",
      "systematized"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a desultory search for something of interest on TV",
      "a desultory discussion about the news of the day",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "So King came to the camp and fell into its desultory rhythm marked by the white noise of daytime traffic below and moan of the fog horns at night. \u2014 Ruben Vivesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
      "Bran and Peter embark on a desultory pseudo-romance that\u2019s threatened when Peter decides to leave UCLA and transfer to Harvard. \u2014 Michael Schaub, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
      "Yet by noon, life continued at its desultory pace as people began to stir in the dozen structures pressed against the guardrail over the 101 Freeway in downtown L.A. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
      "The Wizrd and Save Me EP; and 2020\u2019s one-two punch of desultory hive-bait, High Off Life and Pluto x Baby Pluto, the latter with Lil Uzi Vert. \u2014 Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Disenchanted with the Texans after a desultory 4-12 season amid front office dysfunction, Watson requested a trade. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "The \u00c1vila family moved out in 1869, and the place slipped into desultory habitation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "The prose, much of it flat or clich\u00e9d, only underscores the desultory effect. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "In past elections, this was a desultory phase of the campaign. \u2014 Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker , 6 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin desultorius , literally, of a circus rider who leaps from horse to horse, from desilire to leap down, from de- + salire to leap \u2014 more at sally ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211258"
  },
  "detached":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": standing by itself : separate , unconnected",
      ": not sharing any wall with another building",
      ": exhibiting an aloof objectivity usually free from prejudice or self-interest",
      ": not joined or connected : separate",
      ": not taking sides or being influenced by others"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8tacht",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8tacht"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aloof",
      "antisocial",
      "asocial",
      "buttoned-up",
      "cold",
      "cold-eyed",
      "cool",
      "distant",
      "dry",
      "frosty",
      "offish",
      "remote",
      "standoff",
      "standoffish",
      "unbending",
      "unclubbable",
      "unsociable"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "cordial",
      "friendly",
      "sociable",
      "social",
      "warm"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The house has a detached garage.",
      "a detached observer at company parties, taking it all in and saying very little",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Some uprooted trees landed on buildings, a detached garage was destroyed, and a barn was destroyed. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 15 June 2022",
      "The detached , two-story garage was originally a carriage house and can accommodate two vehicles and plenty of storage space. \u2014 cleveland , 3 June 2022",
      "Milley portrayed the withdrawal of the final troops as the continuation of a process that has been ongoing for a decade, instead of a detached , isolated decision. \u2014 Oren Liebermann, CNN , 2 May 2021",
      "The answer came in transforming the detached garage into a 550-square-foot accessory dwelling unit, otherwise known as an ADU or granny flat, for Maggie. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
      "Located just 40 minutes outside of Park City, the place\u2014which took four years to complete\u2014spans 12,377 square feet, which includes the detached garage and the main residence. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 17 May 2022",
      "As soon as that wood was neatly stacked by our detached garage, in came a truck with a dumpster. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 7 May 2022",
      "Located on a two-acre parcel, the $75 million masterpiece spans 16,609 square feet and has seven bedrooms and 13 bathrooms, as well as a detached six-car garage. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 2 May 2022",
      "By taking ordinary, if decayed, stuff and exhibiting it in detached isolation, the artist offers a fresh view of things that otherwise wouldn\u2019t rate a second glance. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see detach ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1706, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183117"
  },
  "detail":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": extended treatment of or attention to particular items",
      ": a part of a whole: such as",
      ": a small and subordinate part : particular",
      ": a reproduction of such a part of a work of art",
      ": a part considered or requiring to be considered separately from the whole",
      ": the small elements that collectively constitute a work of art",
      ": the small elements of an image corresponding to those of the subject",
      ": selection of a person or group for a particular task (as in military service)",
      ": the person or group selected",
      ": the task to be performed",
      ": with all the particulars",
      ": to report minutely and distinctly : to report with close attention to small elements : specify",
      ": to assign to a particular task",
      ": to furnish with the smaller elements of design and finish",
      ": to clean and refurbish (a vehicle) very thoroughly and meticulously",
      ": to make detail drawings",
      ": a dealing with something with attention to each item",
      ": a small part of something larger : item",
      ": a soldier or group of soldiers picked for special duty",
      ": to report with attention to each item",
      ": to select for some special duty"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8t\u0101l",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-\u02cct\u0101l",
      "di-\u02c8t\u0101l",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-\u02cct\u0101l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "item",
      "particular",
      "point"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "post",
      "station"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "On the bright side, the film itself, with its incisive detail , brisk intercutting of stories, and breakneck pace effected by split screens, demonstrates that if print fades, documentary filmmakers will still persist in exposing the truth. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
      "The committee presented new evidence of how close the rioters came to confronting Pence \u2014 within 40 feet \u2014 as his Secret Service detail escorted him to a secure location within the Capitol complex. \u2014 Jacqueline Alemany, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
      "Some families have every detail planned out for their kids \u2014 from what college a child will attend to the tiny bride-and-groom topper on the future buttercream wedding cake. \u2014 refinery29.com , 9 June 2022",
      "That Zelensky and his security detail safely could move into and out of the city underscores the durability of Ukraine\u2019s lines of communications across the Severodonetsk pocket. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "Disney+'s latest Marvel series captures the spirit (if not every detail ) of one of its most groundbreaking comic book characters: a Pakistani-American, Muslim teen girl from New Jersey. \u2014 Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
      "There\u2019s at least one detail in the table that contradicts other rumors. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 2 June 2022",
      "The task force\u2019s findings in the report detail how American slavers trafficked African Americans to California, particularly in the gold rush era that began in 1848. \u2014 Taryn Lunastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
      "Despite its scale, the work functions as a miniature, its sensual detail luring the viewer close. \u2014 Naib Mian, The New Yorker , 1 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "That\u2019s just as reports would detail countless cases of people dying suddenly in the city. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 4 May 2022",
      "Researchers from the Free Russia Forum, which serves as a platform for opposition figures, have already identified Putin\u2019s key allies and enablers, and the Pandora Papers detail the substantial offshore assets in their names. \u2014 Keith Brown, The Conversation , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "Chief Executive Mary Barra used the company\u2019s fourth-quarter earnings call Tuesday to further detail GM\u2019s plans. \u2014 Mike Colias, WSJ , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "On June 6, Olshey met with the media to detail his plans. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 Jan. 2022",
      "The plaintiffs and their representatives have scheduled a 10:30 a.m. Tuesday news conference by Zoom to detail their plans. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 31 Aug. 2021",
      "The collective program will also have a portal that will detail the transactions. \u2014 Justin Martinez, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Such calculations are complicated, but one shortcut is to look at your loan estimates, which detail how much each loan will cost you over five years. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Barry Levinson will direct the film, which will detail how Coppola and Evans gambled on the hit film that starred Marlon Brando, Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, John Cazale, and Diane Keaton. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 28 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1650, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201135"
  },
  "detailed":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marked by abundant detail or by thoroughness in treating small items or parts",
      ": including many small items or parts"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8t\u0101ld",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-\u02cct\u0101ld",
      "di-\u02c8t\u0101ld",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-\u02cct\u0101ld"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blow-by-blow",
      "circumstantial",
      "elaborate",
      "full",
      "minute",
      "particular",
      "particularized",
      "thorough"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "compendious",
      "summary"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "We need a more detailed comparison of the available options.",
      "He gave us very detailed instructions.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Thousands of detailed lists of glamping items, recipes for easy-to-prepare meals and recommendations for glamping destinations across the country dominate the Chinese internet. \u2014 Ziyu Zhang, CNN , 10 June 2022",
      "Hutchings\u2019s pandemic response was marked by exhaustively detailed presentations and updates on the school district\u2019s coronavirus data, health initiatives and reopening plans. \u2014 Hannah Natanson, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
      "One account came from Samuel Pepys, a navy administrator who was a prolific diarist from 1660 to 1669 and kept detailed descriptions of his daily activities. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
      "Petersen Rock Garden, a collection of detailed structures created from and decorated with local rocks and shells, is in search of new ownership, as the family who has owned it for generations is looking to move on. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 June 2022",
      "But from the beginning, the one-time White House intern, who also served as a producer on the project, provided production with a wealth of photographs accompanied by detailed notes and some original outfits from her personal wardrobe. \u2014 Todd Longwell, Variety , 9 June 2022",
      "But in a split decision, the jury also found that Heard was defamed by one of Depp\u2019s lawyers, who accused her of creating a detailed hoax that included roughing up the couple\u2019s apartment to look worse for police. \u2014 Mark Kennedy, ajc , 9 June 2022",
      "For my detailed explanation of why the uncrashable claim is looney and a disservice to society, see my coverage at the link here. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "The concentrations of these artists include abstract canvases, detailed textiles, and meticulous ceramics. \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 8 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1740, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225951"
  },
  "detailedly":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marked by abundant detail or by thoroughness in treating small items or parts",
      ": including many small items or parts"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8t\u0101ld",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-\u02cct\u0101ld",
      "di-\u02c8t\u0101ld",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-\u02cct\u0101ld"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blow-by-blow",
      "circumstantial",
      "elaborate",
      "full",
      "minute",
      "particular",
      "particularized",
      "thorough"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "compendious",
      "summary"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "We need a more detailed comparison of the available options.",
      "He gave us very detailed instructions.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Thousands of detailed lists of glamping items, recipes for easy-to-prepare meals and recommendations for glamping destinations across the country dominate the Chinese internet. \u2014 Ziyu Zhang, CNN , 10 June 2022",
      "Hutchings\u2019s pandemic response was marked by exhaustively detailed presentations and updates on the school district\u2019s coronavirus data, health initiatives and reopening plans. \u2014 Hannah Natanson, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
      "One account came from Samuel Pepys, a navy administrator who was a prolific diarist from 1660 to 1669 and kept detailed descriptions of his daily activities. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
      "Petersen Rock Garden, a collection of detailed structures created from and decorated with local rocks and shells, is in search of new ownership, as the family who has owned it for generations is looking to move on. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 June 2022",
      "But from the beginning, the one-time White House intern, who also served as a producer on the project, provided production with a wealth of photographs accompanied by detailed notes and some original outfits from her personal wardrobe. \u2014 Todd Longwell, Variety , 9 June 2022",
      "But in a split decision, the jury also found that Heard was defamed by one of Depp\u2019s lawyers, who accused her of creating a detailed hoax that included roughing up the couple\u2019s apartment to look worse for police. \u2014 Mark Kennedy, ajc , 9 June 2022",
      "For my detailed explanation of why the uncrashable claim is looney and a disservice to society, see my coverage at the link here. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "The concentrations of these artists include abstract canvases, detailed textiles, and meticulous ceramics. \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 8 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1740, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200919"
  },
  "detainer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of keeping something in one's possession",
      ": the withholding from the rightful owner of something that has lawfully come into the possession of the holder",
      ": detention in custody",
      ": a writ authorizing the keeper of a prison to continue to hold a person in custody",
      ": the act of keeping something in one's possession",
      ": unlawful detainer",
      ": detention in custody",
      ": a notification sent by a prosecutor, judge, or other official advising a prison official that a prisoner is wanted to answer criminal charges and requesting continued detention of the prisoner or notification of the prisoner's impending release \u2014 compare extradition"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8t\u0101-n\u0259r",
      "di-\u02c8t\u0101-n\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "detainment",
      "detention",
      "hold",
      "immurement",
      "imprisonment",
      "incarceration"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "discharge",
      "release"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "keep him in detainer for at least 72 hours",
      "she filed an action for unlawful detainer of land after nonpayment of rent",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Immigration and Customs Enforcement have lodged a detainer with Queens Central Booking. \u2014 Michael Ruiz, Fox News , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "He is being held on $10,000 cash bail and a federal detainer , police said. \u2014 Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com , 2 Jan. 2022",
      "Marshal Marty Keely said the agency is in possession of a receipt that the detainer notices were signed and marked received by a deputy that day. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "An Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer was also placed on Ventura, though his immigration status was not immediately known. \u2014 Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News , 28 Sep. 2021",
      "The Rent Board does not provide public data on unlawful detainer lawsuits, which landlords often file after an eviction notice if a tenant has not yet vacated a building. \u2014 Susie Neilson, San Francisco Chronicle , 14 Sep. 2021",
      "In Maryland, there are four types of eviction cases: failure to pay, tenant holding over, breach of lease and wrongful detainer . \u2014 Billy Jean Louis, baltimoresun.com , 1 Sep. 2021",
      "Unlawful detainer is the most common type of eviction in Arkansas. \u2014 Tess Vrbin, Arkansas Online , 25 July 2021",
      "And the practice is Border Patrol places a detainer on them. \u2014 Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News , 3 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Anglo-French detenour , alteration of detenir ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1619, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212506"
  },
  "detainment":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to hold or keep in or as if in custody",
      ": to keep back (something due) : withhold",
      ": to restrain especially from proceeding",
      ": to hold or keep in or as if in prison",
      ": to stop from going on : delay",
      ": to hold or keep in custody or possession",
      ": to restrain from proceeding"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8t\u0101n",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8t\u0101n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "They were detained by the police for questioning.",
      "He claimed he had been illegally detained .",
      "Unexpected business had detained her.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The footage then depicts a struggle that starts as Blasingame attempts to detain Black. \u2014 Teresa Moss, Arkansas Online , 9 June 2022",
      "Once on the way home from school, Ms. Mobley saw officers detain a visibly distraught classmate and push the student into the back of a police vehicle. \u2014 Annie Ma, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 June 2022",
      "Boudin\u2019s spokesperson, Rachel Marshall, said the office filed a motion to detain Scott, but a Superior Court judge denied it. \u2014 Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 June 2022",
      "At the eatery, Tuckson had tried to detain two women who were disputing their bill, the prosecutors wrote. \u2014 Paul Duggan, Washington Post , 24 May 2022",
      "Prosecutors have filed a motion to detain Morrissette, who is from Alabama. \u2014 Matthew Reisen Albuquerque Journal, al , 18 May 2022",
      "The diversion of a commercial flight to detain the pair prompted international outrage and prompted the European Union and United States to impose more sanctions against Belarus. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 6 May 2022",
      "Less than an hour later, the Russians returned to detain Ms. Yurinova. \u2014 Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "No administration has ever been given enough resources by Congress to detain everyone who has attempted to cross the border without legal documentation. \u2014 Byquinn Owen, ABC News , 26 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English deteynen , from Anglo-French deteign- , stem of detenir , modification of Latin detin\u0113re , from de- + ten\u0113re to hold \u2014 more at thin ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182109"
  },
  "detect":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to discover the true character of",
      ": to discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of",
      ": demodulate",
      ": to work as a detective",
      ": to learn that something or someone is or was there"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8tekt",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8tekt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ascertain",
      "descry",
      "determine",
      "dig out",
      "dig up",
      "discover",
      "dredge (up)",
      "ferret (out)",
      "find",
      "find out",
      "get",
      "hit (on ",
      "hunt (down ",
      "learn",
      "locate",
      "nose out",
      "root (out)",
      "rout (out)",
      "rummage",
      "run down",
      "scare up",
      "scout (up)",
      "track (down)",
      "turn up"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "miss",
      "overlook",
      "pass over"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The test is used to detect the presence of alcohol in the blood.",
      "This type of cancer is difficult to detect in its early stages.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Unless and until those capacities are increased, the ability to detect and contain future outbreaks will remain limited. \u2014 Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "But the document rated the company\u2019s ability to detect that content as medium. \u2014 Naomi Nix, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
      "The lander's incredibly sensitive seismometer, called the Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure, has the ability to detect marsquakes from hundreds and thousands of miles away. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 10 May 2022",
      "The package also includes 10 AN/TPQ-36 counter-artillery radars, which have the ability to detect and track incoming artillery and rocket fire to counterattack it at its point of origin. \u2014 Karen Deyoung, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Every person who comes into custody at the jail is taken through the scanner, which has the ability to detect contraband as small as a single needle inside a person's body, according to scans shown to The Courier Journal. \u2014 Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Self-protection\u2013the ability to detect outbreaks early on, perform contact tracing, and rush response to outbreaks\u2013would allow the U.S. to avoid future pandemics. \u2014 Richard Horan, Fortune , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Research has also shown that a bird\u2019s ability to detect a magnetic field perhaps even rivals a human\u2019s ability to use a compass for navigation. \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "To test the shirt\u2019s ability to detect the direction of a sound, researchers clapped at various angles away from the garment. \u2014 Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin detectus , past participle of detegere to uncover, detect, from de- + tegere to cover \u2014 more at thatch ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1574, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221915"
  },
  "deteriorate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "intransitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make inferior in quality or value : impair",
      ": disintegrate",
      ": to become impaired in quality, functioning, or condition : degenerate",
      ": to make or become worse or of less value",
      ": to become impaired in quality, functioning, or condition : degenerate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8tir-\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8tir-\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
      "di-\u02c8tir-\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "atrophy",
      "crumble",
      "decay",
      "decline",
      "degenerate",
      "descend",
      "devolve",
      "ebb",
      "regress",
      "retrograde",
      "rot",
      "sink",
      "worsen"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "ameliorate",
      "improve",
      "meliorate"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "efforts to save a deteriorating rain forest",
      "Exposure to rain and sun will gradually deteriorate the paint.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Advocates for rural areas say that if representation were allocated strictly by population, Japan\u2019s remote areas might deteriorate further, an argument that some political scientists agree has merit. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Oct. 2021",
      "Some pointed out that, unlike at amusement parks or on airlines, conditions on a ski hill deteriorate in a short time, making waiting more costly. \u2014 Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "Only Arizona is a lock, and the situation could deteriorate quickly. \u2014 oregonlive , 12 Oct. 2021",
      "California is still taking steps to prepare in case conditions deteriorate further. \u2014 Luke Money, Los Angeles Times , 17 Aug. 2021",
      "The situation will only deteriorate as the war continues. \u2014 Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
      "Patients who appear to be doing well can deteriorate rapidly. \u2014 Angus Chen, STAT , 2 June 2022",
      "If the core temperature continues to rise past 104-105\u00b0F (40-41\u00b0C), organs start shutting down and cells deteriorate , leading to kidney failure, blood poisoning, and ultimately death. \u2014 Aryn Baker, Time , 26 May 2022",
      "Without his eyedrops, Pellegrin\u2019s optic nerve would deteriorate under pressure inside his eyes; the blackness that occludes his peripheral vision would continue to encroach. \u2014 Ben Taub, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Late Latin deterioratus , past participle of deteriorare , from Latin deterior worse, from de- + -ter (suffix as in Latin uter which of two) + -ior (comparative suffix) \u2014 more at whether entry 2 , -er ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1572, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221535"
  },
  "deterioration":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the action or process of becoming impaired or inferior in quality, functioning, or condition : the state of having deteriorated",
      ": the action or process of deteriorating : the state of having deteriorated"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02cctir-\u0113-\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02cctir-\u0113-\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "debilitation",
      "decay",
      "decaying",
      "declension",
      "decline",
      "degeneration",
      "descent",
      "ebbing",
      "enfeeblement",
      "weakening"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "comeback",
      "improvement",
      "rally",
      "recovery",
      "recuperation",
      "rehabilitation",
      "revitalization",
      "snapback"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the gradual deterioration of the weather",
      "a deterioration of academic standards",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Syria\u2019s continuing economic deterioration has only made their situation worse. \u2014 Marion Hart, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "When Gunner proposes to his wife and son a way to spare them, even more than himself, the pain of the complete mental deterioration that is inevitable, Peg is confronted with a devastating sacrifice. \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022",
      "Stricken with a lifetime of blindness and a chronic autoimmune disorder, Cassandra Webb, an elderly woman, experienced great neurological deterioration throughout her life. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 25 May 2022",
      "Mission 66 revitalization efforts began in 1955 to mend deterioration that occurred during WWII. \u2014 Fox News , 21 May 2022",
      "On the one hand, the west side of Baltimore County, including District 1, is seeing an increase of blight and commercial deterioration . \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 17 May 2022",
      "Police have denied knowledge of the ransom. Uche criticized the government for the deterioration of the country's security that has allowed kidnappers to flourish. \u2014 Chinedu Asadu, ajc , 3 June 2022",
      "Ukraine is also hampered by the deterioration and depletion of its Soviet-legacy artillery, said Mykhailo Zhirokhov, the author of a book on Ukrainian artillery. \u2014 Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times , 1 June 2022",
      "The resounding deterioration of Westbrook\u2019s game marked perhaps the lowest individual moments in last year\u2019s 33-49 record and embarrassing playoff miss. \u2014 Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see deteriorate ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1658, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202425"
  },
  "determinate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having defined limits",
      ": definitely settled",
      ": conclusively determined : definitive",
      ": characterized by sequential flowering from the central or uppermost bud to the lateral or basal (see basal sense 1b ) buds",
      ": characterized by growth in which the main stem ends in an inflorescence and stops growing with only branches from the main stem having further and similarly restricted growth",
      "\u2014 compare indeterminate sense 4",
      ": relating to, being, or undergoing egg cleavage (see cleavage sense 3 ) in which each division irreversibly separates portions of the zygote with specific potencies for further development",
      ": relating to, being, or undergoing determinate cleavage"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8t\u0259r-m\u0259-n\u0259t",
      "di-\u02c8t\u0259rm-(\u0259-)n\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "certain",
      "final",
      "firm",
      "fixed",
      "flat",
      "frozen",
      "hard",
      "hard-and-fast",
      "inexpugnable",
      "set",
      "settled",
      "stable"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a determinate period of time",
      "a determinate order of succession to the throne",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Second, explanations should be determinate , meaning that there is one set explanation that accounts for all or most of something. \u2014 Joseph Franklin, Scientific American , 11 June 2018",
      "Florida Weave Used commercially for determinate varieties, this training technique supports tomatoes with twine woven horizontally between rows of stakes. \u2014 Doug Hall, Good Housekeeping , 19 July 2018",
      "On a truly determinate tomato, flowers occur at the ends of branches and will all be about the same size at the same time. \u2014 Walter Reeves, ajc , 13 June 2018",
      "This is because nature is not simple and determinate . \u2014 Joseph Franklin, Scientific American , 11 June 2018",
      "Some of the Early Girl varieties are indeterminate (that is, growing tall and needing a cage or stake), but most of the other earlies are determinate (low-growing and potentially sprawling). \u2014 Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman , 10 Jan. 2018",
      "Soon the court will have a chance to make a determinate decision on the Blaine amendments. \u2014 Valerie Strauss, Washington Post , 26 June 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin determinatus , past participle of determinare \u2014 see determine ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213616"
  },
  "determine":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to fix conclusively or authoritatively",
      "to decide by judicial sentence",
      "to settle or decide by choice of alternatives or possibilities",
      "resolve",
      "to fix the form, position, or character of beforehand ordain",
      "to bring about as a result regulate",
      "to fix the boundaries of",
      "to limit in extent or scope",
      "to put or set an end to terminate",
      "to find out or come to a decision about by investigation, reasoning, or calculation",
      "to bring about the determination (see determination sense 7 ) of",
      "to come to a decision",
      "to come to an end or become void",
      "to come to a decision",
      "to learn or find out exactly",
      "to be the cause of or reason for",
      "to fix exactly and with certainty",
      "to obtain definite information about with regard to quantity, character, magnitude, or location",
      "to discover the taxonomic position or the generic and specific names of",
      "to bring about the determination of",
      "to make a determination regarding"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"di-\u02c8t\u0259r-m\u0259n",
    "synonyms":[
      "adjudge",
      "adjudicate",
      "arbitrate",
      "decide",
      "judge",
      "referee",
      "rule (on)",
      "settle",
      "umpire"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Clyburn, of South Carolina, said the subcommittee will determine what more must be done to bring perpetrators of fraud to justice and how to protect future emergency programs. \u2014 Jennifer Mcdermott And Geoff Mulvihill, Anchorage Daily News , 14 June 2022",
      "Some experts questioned whether the new protections would be effective without requirements to make tech companies determine which of their users are children. \u2014 John D. Mckinnon, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
      "The department is scheduled to survey Willow Pond next spring, which involves shocking the body of water to check fish population levels and determine if restocking is needed. \u2014 Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal , 14 June 2022",
      "In summary, use these buckets to help your organization objectively determine the current ability to implement and sustain a new technical solution. \u2014 Derek Bentley, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
      "Morasco said rather than debating whether to cut or preserve individual items, the council should determine how much to spend from reserves and one-time funding and let city staff do the rest. \u2014 Joe Tash, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
      "Now his reelection race in November looms large, a battle royale that will test the power of presidents and might determine if Republicans can take the Senate back. \u2014 Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
      "Beyond that point, plantings are assigned in bulk to contractors, who determine the order trees are planted, the city said. \u2014 Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022",
      "The Post was not able to identify who recorded these videos or determine precisely when they were recorded. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French determiner , from Latin determinare , from de- + terminare to limit, from terminus boundary, limit \u2014 more at term entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "determined":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having reached a decision : firmly resolved",
      ": showing determination",
      ": characterized by determination",
      ": free from doubt about doing something",
      ": not weak or uncertain : firm"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8t\u0259r-m\u0259nd",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8t\u0259r-m\u0259nd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bent (on ",
      "bound",
      "decisive",
      "do-or-die",
      "firm",
      "hell-bent (on ",
      "intent",
      "out",
      "purposeful",
      "resolute",
      "resolved",
      "set",
      "single-minded"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "faltering",
      "hesitant",
      "indecisive",
      "irresolute",
      "undetermined",
      "unresolved",
      "vacillating",
      "wavering",
      "weak-kneed"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "We are making a determined effort to correct our mistakes.",
      "his determined opponent would not be bluffed or shaken",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "After spending time in Israel years ago, Altman returned home determined to make a difference. \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 15 June 2022",
      "Cutting through all the hawkish chatter surrounding its meeting this week, ECB President Christine Lagarde\u2019s attitude remains one of reckless, determined patience. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
      "However, some economists expect that the tapering of demand could benefit the more determined home shoppers. \u2014 Matt Ott, ajc , 9 June 2022",
      "However, some economists expect that the tapering of demand could benefit the more determined home shoppers. \u2014 Matt Ott, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022",
      "The result: Rain or Shine\u2019s new \u2018simDIY\u2019 product line, which is intended to cater to customers who want to build custom simulators rather than choose from one of the companies pre- determined packages. \u2014 Erik Matuszewski, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "Reed had shown it to friends, though its contents were unknown even to the Velvets\u2019 most determined bootleg hunters. \u2014 New York Times , 6 June 2022",
      "Limiting access to guns, which faces determined opposition from the right, holds the greatest promise of making a difference. \u2014 Richard Galant, CNN , 5 June 2022",
      "Saleh\u2019s teachers and the administrators at Lowrey remember her as a bright, determined girl. \u2014 Eve Sampson, Detroit Free Press , 4 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see determine ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1513, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203618"
  },
  "determinedness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having reached a decision : firmly resolved",
      ": showing determination",
      ": characterized by determination",
      ": free from doubt about doing something",
      ": not weak or uncertain : firm"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8t\u0259r-m\u0259nd",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8t\u0259r-m\u0259nd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bent (on ",
      "bound",
      "decisive",
      "do-or-die",
      "firm",
      "hell-bent (on ",
      "intent",
      "out",
      "purposeful",
      "resolute",
      "resolved",
      "set",
      "single-minded"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "faltering",
      "hesitant",
      "indecisive",
      "irresolute",
      "undetermined",
      "unresolved",
      "vacillating",
      "wavering",
      "weak-kneed"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "We are making a determined effort to correct our mistakes.",
      "his determined opponent would not be bluffed or shaken",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "After spending time in Israel years ago, Altman returned home determined to make a difference. \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 15 June 2022",
      "Cutting through all the hawkish chatter surrounding its meeting this week, ECB President Christine Lagarde\u2019s attitude remains one of reckless, determined patience. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
      "However, some economists expect that the tapering of demand could benefit the more determined home shoppers. \u2014 Matt Ott, ajc , 9 June 2022",
      "However, some economists expect that the tapering of demand could benefit the more determined home shoppers. \u2014 Matt Ott, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022",
      "The result: Rain or Shine\u2019s new \u2018simDIY\u2019 product line, which is intended to cater to customers who want to build custom simulators rather than choose from one of the companies pre- determined packages. \u2014 Erik Matuszewski, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "Reed had shown it to friends, though its contents were unknown even to the Velvets\u2019 most determined bootleg hunters. \u2014 New York Times , 6 June 2022",
      "Limiting access to guns, which faces determined opposition from the right, holds the greatest promise of making a difference. \u2014 Richard Galant, CNN , 5 June 2022",
      "Saleh\u2019s teachers and the administrators at Lowrey remember her as a bright, determined girl. \u2014 Eve Sampson, Detroit Free Press , 4 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see determine ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1513, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182051"
  },
  "deterrent":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter",
      ": relating to deterrence",
      ": something that makes someone decide not to do something"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8t\u0259r-\u0259nt",
      "-\u02c8ter-",
      "-\u02c8t\u0259-r\u0259nt",
      "-\u02c8te-",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8t\u0259r-\u0259nt",
      "-\u02c8ter-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The only real question is how big this deterrent effect will be. \u2014 Tom Spiggle, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "Figuring that the deterrent effect of the ABP program started after the first bans were handed out, the researchers divided the results into two categories: 2008 to 2012, and 2013 to 2017. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 16 Mar. 2020",
      "Anyone with an Internet connection and a little curiosity can see that, in the run-up to Putin\u2019s invasion, Biden\u2019s vice president, secretary of state, and national-security adviser all said the chance of sanctions would have a deterrent effect. \u2014 Matthew Continetti, National Review , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "However, there are no firm conclusions about the preventive or deterrent effect of international justice. \u2014 Shelley Inglis, The Conversation , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "The panel evaluates Russian President Vladimir Putin's immediate and long-term objectives and discusses how deterrent measures might be enhanced. \u2014 CBS News , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "And when perpetrators walk free, the deterrent effect of the justice system is undermined by a growing awareness that crimes are likely to go unpunished. \u2014 James Cross, National Review , 27 July 2021",
      "The $700 billion figure is on the higher end of public estimates of what is plausible, and those larger estimates assume sustained efforts and a deterrent effect of tougher enforcement. \u2014 Richard Rubin, WSJ , 27 Apr. 2021",
      "This, the paper\u2019s authors suggest, is because any deterrent effect is outweighed by the effects on misdemeanants\u2019 labor-market prospects. \u2014 Charles Fain Lehman, National Review , 18 Apr. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin deterrent-, deterrens , present participle of deterr\u0113re to deter",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1829, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225330"
  },
  "detest":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to feel intense and often violent antipathy toward : loathe",
      ": curse , denounce",
      ": to dislike very much"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8test",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8test"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abhor",
      "abominate",
      "despise",
      "execrate",
      "hate",
      "loathe"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "love"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "I detest pepperoni, and wouldn't eat it if you paid me!",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Many gardeners detest this plant, while a few actually like it. \u2014 Janet Carson, Arkansas Online , 9 May 2022",
      "The Lakers and the league are said to detest the series\u2019 existence, too, with NBA lawyers already reaching out to HBO about the use of trademarks and logos well ahead of the show\u2019s premiere. \u2014 Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Among those who have voiced concern loudly enough to gain public attention is state Sen. Duey Stroebel, R-Cedarburg, who Lahner listed as someone who seems to detest the tool as policy. \u2014 Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "This sympathy is particularly strong among young Poles, many of whom detest the Law and Justice party and strongly support the European Union. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Polling shows Americans widely detest the practice: 75 percent would prefer to end it, according to an October poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Polling shows Americans widely detest the practice: 75 percent would prefer to end it, according to an October poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. \u2014 Erin Cox, Anchorage Daily News , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "The city of Chicago signed over its parking business to a private company on a 75-year contract, a short-term financial windfall that residents will detest for generations. \u2014 Scott Tobias, Vulture , 13 Aug. 2021",
      "But if takeout was just like us, why did my father detest it so much? \u2014 Jenny Liao, Bon App\u00e9tit , 30 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle French detester or Latin detestari ; Middle French detester , from Latin detestari , literally, to curse while calling a deity to witness, from de- + testari to call to witness \u2014 more at testament ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213819"
  },
  "detonation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the action or process of detonating",
      ": rapid combustion in an internal combustion engine that results in knocking"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-t\u1d4an-\u02c8\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccde-t\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blast",
      "blowup",
      "burst",
      "bursting",
      "eruption",
      "explosion",
      "outburst"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "there was a series of detonations around the base of the condemned building, causing it to come crashing down in a matter of minutes",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Seoul officials have said Pyongyang has conducted multiple experiments with a detonation device in preparation for its seventh underground explosion. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 June 2022",
      "Skyburner\u2019s Oath - Hip-fire projectile no longer tracks, but arcs similar to a Grenade Launcher and has a larger detonation size than ADS. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The two men closer to the detonation were obliterated. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "The Jack Russell terrier has been credited with detecting more than 200 explosives and preventing their detonation since the start of the war, quickly becoming a canine symbol of Ukrainian patriotism. \u2014 Rachel Elbaum, NBC News , 9 May 2022",
      "The detonation happened several hundred miles to the west of the British mainland, in the North Atlantic off the coast of Northern Ireland. \u2014 Michael Peck, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
      "The detonation of this super-warehouse would create a fireball 31 miles across, flattening 1,864 square miles surround it. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "When the government publicly declares the detonation to be safe for the local population \u2014 despite evidence to the contrary \u2014 Don has to lay it all on the line, going public with damaging research. \u2014 Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Bay, 57 and youthful in a leather jacket and tee, will always be preceded by his reputation: demanding, a technical wizard prone to a fast pace and the occasional detonation , onscreen and off. \u2014 Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com , 9 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1686, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223350"
  },
  "detour":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a deviation from a direct course or the usual procedure",
      ": a roundabout way temporarily replacing part of a route",
      ": to proceed by a detour",
      ": to send by a circuitous route",
      ": to avoid by going around : bypass",
      ": a roundabout way that temporarily replaces part of a regular route",
      ": to go or make go on a different route than usual"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113-\u02cctu\u0307r",
      "also",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-\u02cctu\u0307r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "deflection",
      "departure",
      "deviation",
      "divagation",
      "divergence",
      "divergency",
      "diversion"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bypass",
      "circumnavigate",
      "circumvent",
      "skirt"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "As noon approached, Farzad found a detour : a virtual visit with an urgent-care clinic. \u2014 Evan Osnos, The New Yorker , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Styles\u2019 third solo album, Harry\u2019s House, could be a continuation of Fine Line\u2019s mainstream pop appeal, an off-kilter detour , or anything in between, and his status as an A-list artist wouldn\u2019t be questioned. \u2014 Jason Lipshutz, Billboard , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "If time allows, detour along California 166 to New Cuyama for a stay at the trendy Cuyama Buckhorn, then down California 33 to Ojai and Ventura. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "There\u2019s even a detour into the conspiracy culture that has been exacerbated by the pandemic, dark material for a comedian who has a reputation for being, if not exactly wholesome, then family-friendly adjacent. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Karolina Kirbyte, a 28-year-old Lithuanian mother, sometimes takes an 18 kilometer (11-mile) detour into Poland when visiting family near the two countries\u2019 border. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "Yet this detour \u2014 and some other extenuating circumstances \u2014 gave him the chance to close out one other unsatisfying episode from his career. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "But as fun as the main plot is, it\u2019s Spike\u2019s extended, personal detour in the middle of the mission that provides the real jumping-off point for the rest of the season. \u2014 Scott Meslow, Vulture , 20 Nov. 2021",
      "Pennsylvania Road will be closed over I-275 with a detour to Sibley Road through late August. \u2014 Minnah Arshad, Detroit Free Press , 2 July 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "IndyGo Routes 4, 26 and 39 will detour along temporary stops on Meadows Drive, Meadows Parkway, Millersville Road and Oxford Road. \u2014 Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star , 1 June 2022",
      "Officers also helped detour nine MTS buses whose routes were interrupted by traffic congestion, which spanned about 30 blocks, said Police Chief Jose Tellez. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 May 2022",
      "Northbound Loop 101 drivers can detour to westbound Loop 202 towards Sky Harbor Airport or downtown Phoenix, and southbound Loop 101 drivers can use westbound Loop 202 to connect to the I-10. \u2014 Adam Terro, The Arizona Republic , 13 May 2022",
      "To be clear, the idea that the draft dominoes could detour in a way that gives the Bears an opening to go after Olave likely is far-fetched. \u2014 Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Don\u2019t miss the chance to spend an afternoon exploring the twisting Deer Creek Narrows, or detour down the rafter\u2019s trail to the river to check out the outlet of the narrows, 80-foot-high Deer Creek Falls. \u2014 Frederick Reimers, Outside Online , 4 Dec. 2018",
      "Broadway #17 bus will detour to the Steel Bridge during the closures. \u2014 oregonlive , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "The operations provide a gateway into Europe for Russians who would otherwise have to detour via Turkey or the Persian Gulf. \u2014 Misha Savic, Fortune , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "The truth is those memories had prompted me to detour miles out of my way to visit the last free-standing Stuckey\u2019s in Virginia. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1738, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "1836, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210732"
  },
  "detractive":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling , disparagement",
      ": a taking away"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8trak-sh\u0259n",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "belittlement",
      "denigration",
      "deprecation",
      "depreciation",
      "derogation",
      "diminishment",
      "disparagement",
      "put-down"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "aggrandizement",
      "ennoblement",
      "exaltation",
      "glorification",
      "magnification"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "her inevitable detraction of every new idea is annoying to the other club members",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Any light breezes should not be a major detraction . \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "But the main thrust of the detraction against Inventing Anna is that the show is too nice to Anna. \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Some saw his limited experience \u2013 with only one full season as a college starter \u2013 as a detraction . \u2014 Mike Jones, USA TODAY , 16 Nov. 2021",
      "In that respect, the inclusion of Wood\u2019s account of creating this theater feels like a detraction , a decision to excise some of the liveness Scovel wanted to capture, and replace it with something else. \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 25 June 2021",
      "While in Chicago, some observers echoed the criticisms of Palm Springs\u2019 residents over its kitsch and its detraction from other famous architecture, and questioned the statue\u2019s connection to the city. \u2014 Talal Ansari, WSJ , 23 May 2021",
      "Some might even view niceness as a detraction in politics. \u2014 Joseph Epstein, WSJ , 26 Feb. 2021",
      "The only detraction will be a pesky breeze from the west. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Feb. 2021",
      "But this was neither the dominant impression nor a significant detraction from a presentation rife with interest. \u2014 Zachary Lewis, cleveland , 10 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225613"
  },
  "detriment":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": injury , damage",
      ": a cause of injury or damage",
      ": injury or damage or its cause : harm",
      ": injury , loss",
      ": the cause of an injury or loss",
      ": a giving up of a thing or mode of conduct to which one is entitled that constitutes consideration for a contract"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-tr\u0259-m\u0259nt",
      "\u02c8de-tr\u0259-m\u0259nt",
      "\u02c8de-tr\u0259-m\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "affliction",
      "damage",
      "harm",
      "hurt",
      "injury"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "opponents of casino gambling claim that it is a detriment to society at large",
      "the requirement that runners wear shoes for the race worked to his detriment since he was used to running barefoot",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Barber is one of a growing number of sensory biologists who fear that humans are polluting the world with too much light, to the detriment of other species. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 13 June 2022",
      "Big brands are increasingly embracing TikTok as well, which could be to the detriment of other social media firms. \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 6 June 2022",
      "The redistricting troubles also worked to the detriment of Republicans in at least one instance. \u2014 Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland , 2 June 2022",
      "That phrase is used to describe situations where an obvious truth is overlooked to the detriment of onlookers. \u2014 Jim Corbett, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
      "Those lighter \u2013 and vastly more important \u2013 elements take a back seat in Season 4, much to the detriment of the series.. \u2014 Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY , 24 May 2022",
      "Society forgets that all too often, to the detriment of the victims of abuse, crime and other traumas. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 May 2022",
      "The sound mix in the Garden was muddy and indistinct, providing neither the volume needed for impact nor the clarity necessary for richness of detail, which worked substantially to the detriment of the small orchestra onstage. \u2014 Marc Hirsh, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
      "In a market of this kind, a sudden disruption can trigger a crisis\u2014to the detriment of consumers like, in this case parents and children. \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 18 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin detrimentum , from deterere to wear away, impair, from de- + terere to rub \u2014 more at throw entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200944"
  },
  "detrimental":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": obviously harmful : damaging",
      ": an undesirable or harmful person or thing",
      ": causing damage or injury"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-tr\u0259-\u02c8men-t\u1d4al",
      "\u02ccde-tr\u0259-\u02c8men-t\u1d4al",
      "\u02ccde-tr\u0259-\u02c8men-t\u1d4al"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "adverse",
      "bad",
      "baleful",
      "baneful",
      "damaging",
      "dangerous",
      "deleterious",
      "evil",
      "harmful",
      "hurtful",
      "ill",
      "injurious",
      "mischievous",
      "nocuous",
      "noxious",
      "pernicious",
      "prejudicial",
      "wicked"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "anodyne",
      "benign",
      "harmless",
      "hurtless",
      "innocent",
      "innocuous",
      "inoffensive",
      "safe"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "In context, the word \"corruption\" summarized the opinion (set forth in some of the books mentioned in the review) that, as a general matter, the growing financial dependence of the medical profession on the pharmaceutical industry is profoundly detrimental to sound public, medical, and scientific policy. \u2014 New York Review of Books , 12 Feb. 2009",
      "Healthy people can harbor Klebsiella to no detrimental effect; those with debilitating conditions, like liver disease or severe diabetes, or those recovering from major surgery, are most likely to fall ill. \u2014 Jerome Groopman , New Yorker , 11 & 18 Aug. 2008",
      "Unfortunately, tourism, along with dynamite fishing and poaching, has proved detrimental to the park's coral reefs, mangrove complexes, coastal wetlands and marine species. \u2014 Nature Conservancy Landmarks , Fall 2003",
      "there were serious concerns that the factory's waste was detrimental to the local environment",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Ethics tell us what is beneficial or detrimental , helpful or harmful, better or worse, in a particular context. \u2014 Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "Those nutrients can prove detrimental to the health of the bay and its tributaries by stimulating the growth of algae, which strips the water of oxygen required to sustain marine life. \u2014 Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun , 10 June 2022",
      "Corporate and tourism industry executives in recent weeks have ramped up their public criticisms, calling Japan\u2019s reopening overly cautious and detrimental to its economy and global image. \u2014 Julia Mio Inuma, Washington Post , 1 June 2022",
      "Despite the vast scientific attention paid to understanding Covid-19 and developing vaccines and treatments, health experts are still learning about long Covid -- one of the pandemic's most unusual and detrimental phenomena. \u2014 Rob Picheta And Hafsa Khalil, CNN , 25 May 2022",
      "What was once considered an ornamental and low maintenance decoration for yards and parks has proven detrimental to native plants and has even been banned in some states. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Study author Brad Bushman said the presence of a gun in the car proved detrimental . \u2014 Graham Kates, CBS News , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Noncollaboration and territorialism breed divisiveness and often result in painful and detrimental outcomes. \u2014 John Daugherty, Rolling Stone , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "The dramatic physical change wasn\u2019t fun or interesting, just stressful and detrimental to my main goal. \u2014 Rebecca Booroojian, Outside Online , 14 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1590, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "1831, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190731"
  },
  "detritus":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": loose material (such as rock fragments or organic particles) that results directly from disintegration",
      ": a product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away : debris",
      ": miscellaneous remnants : odds and ends",
      ": loose material resulting from disintegration (as of tissue)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8tr\u012b-t\u0259s",
      "di-\u02c8tr\u012bt-\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ashes",
      "debris",
      "flotsam",
      "remains",
      "residue",
      "rubble",
      "ruins",
      "wreck",
      "wreckage"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the detritus of ancient civilizations",
      "As he packed, he sifted through the detritus of a failed relationship.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Ukrainian military teams have cleared major thoroughfares of mines, shells and other lethal detritus . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
      "His garden was littered with spent shell casings, shell holes and other detritus of battle. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
      "Over the years, the public has seen the detritus of violence such as the blood stains and the police tape. \u2014 Robin Givhan, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
      "That\u2019s largely thanks to ranchers and farmers, who clear-cut the forest and burn the detritus to make way for crops and cattle. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "All the while, a single tree grows from sprout to sapling to a mature tree, holding in its branches the detritus of the man\u2019s life experiences. \u2014 Eric Vilas-boas And John Maher, Vulture , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "In The Cut, Danielle Cohen observed that an active social-media life can leave an unappealing digital paper trail\u2014the cringey detritus of a series of past selves. \u2014 Jenna Mahale, The Atlantic , 27 May 2022",
      "In a clearing not far away there was another body, left with the detritus of what had been a Russian military camp. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "To keep the intake from getting clogged with large detritus like seaweed, grills and filters armor this crucial entrance. \u2014 Smithsonian Magazine , 2 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French d\u00e9tritus , from Latin detritus , past participle of deterere \u2014 see detriment ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1802, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213155"
  },
  "devalue":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to institute the devaluation of (money)",
      ": to lessen the value of",
      ": to institute devaluation",
      ": to institute the devaluation of (money)",
      ": to lessen the value of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8val-(\u02cc)y\u00fc",
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8val-(\u02cc)y\u00fc"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "attenuate",
      "break",
      "cheapen",
      "depreciate",
      "depress",
      "devaluate",
      "downgrade",
      "lower",
      "mark down",
      "reduce",
      "sink",
      "write down",
      "write off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "appreciate",
      "enhance",
      "mark up",
      "upgrade"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The government has decided to devalue its currency.",
      "Economic woes forced the government to devalue .",
      "He argues that placing too many requirements on schools devalues the education they provide.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But at the same time, the advent of social media has created a sure-fire way to devalue an experience through picture taking, too. \u2014 Tim Maurer, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "In a world that tries to devalue any woman who's older than 30 years old, Cameron Diaz says becoming a mother has completely transformed her attitude toward aging. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 1 June 2022",
      "Brewery and distillery taproom licenses are cheaply available over the counter from the state, and bars have been worried about competition that could devalue their licenses. \u2014 James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News , 16 May 2022",
      "In March, the country\u2019s central bank allowed the Egyptian pound to devalue by 14% against the U.S. dollar to pave the way for discussions with the IMF for a new loan. \u2014 Chao Deng, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
      "The researchers highlight how overlapping changes\u2014financial, cultural, interpersonal\u2014work to devalue an entire generation of Harlem\u2019s Black residents. \u2014 Katie Herchenroeder, The New Republic , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "That is not to devalue Mr. Thackston\u2019s translation, which is impressively meticulous. \u2014 Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "Russian President Vladimir Putin could force lenders in some countries to accept payment in rubles, but that could further devalue the Russian currency. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "It\u2019s always great to devalue the voters and call them morons, which is what the Republicans have been doing of late. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 4 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1918, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224206"
  },
  "devastate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to bring to ruin or desolation by violent action",
      ": to reduce to chaos, disorder, or helplessness : overwhelm",
      ": to destroy entirely or nearly entirely",
      ": to cause to suffer emotionally"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-v\u0259-\u02ccst\u0101t",
      "\u02c8de-v\u0259-\u02ccst\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "destroy",
      "ravage",
      "ruin",
      "scourge"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The flood devastated the town.",
      "The disease has devastated the area's oak tree population.",
      "The hurricane left the island completely devastated .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Floods and other natural disasters can devastate the infrastructure needed to transport food to hungry communities. \u2014 Sarah Kaplan, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
      "For one, a number of nations at or near Earth\u2019s waistline are small island states that are highly vulnerable to massive storms that can devastate infrastructure and crimp their most dependent industries, such as tourism. \u2014 Emily Barone, Time , 4 May 2022",
      "Bird flu, or the avian flu, can devastate chicken and turkey populations, but the risk of infection for humans is very limited. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "These are anxious days for businesspeople in Ukraine, with more than 100,000 Russian troops massed on the eastern border, threatening to launch a conflict that could devastate Ukraine\u2019s economy and spark a severe energy crisis in Europe. \u2014 Vivienne Walt, Fortune , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "Putin has accused Washington of wanting to drag out the war in order to devastate his nation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "The coronavirus was expected to devastate the continent, but higher-income and better-prepared countries appear to have fared far worse. \u2014 Stephanie Nolen, New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Zelenskyy has asked the U.S. to establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine to diminish the Russian bombardment continuing to devastate the country. \u2014 Eleanor Watson, CBS News , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "After the war in Ukraine began, Western nations immediately cut economic ties with Russia in a move that has only just begun to devastate the country\u2019s economy. \u2014 Will Daniel, Fortune , 15 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin devastatus , past participle of devastare , from de- + vastare to lay waste \u2014 more at waste ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1638, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214642"
  },
  "develop":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to set forth or make clear by degrees or in detail : expound",
      ": to make visible or manifest",
      ": to treat with an agent to cause the appearance of color",
      ": to subject ( exposed material) especially to chemicals in order to produce a visible image",
      ": to make visible by such a method",
      ": to elaborate (a musical idea) by the working out of rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme (see theme sense 4 )",
      ": to work out the possibilities of",
      ": to create or produce especially by deliberate effort over time",
      ": to make active or promote the growth of",
      ": to make available or usable",
      ": to make suitable for commercial or residential purposes",
      ": to move (a chess piece) from the original position to one providing more opportunity for effective use",
      ": to cause to evolve or unfold gradually : to lead or conduct (something) through a succession of states or changes each of which is preparatory for the next",
      ": to expand by a process of growth",
      ": to cause to grow and differentiate along lines natural to its kind",
      ": to become infected or affected by",
      ": to acquire gradually",
      ": to go through a process of natural growth, differentiation (see differentiation sense 3 ), or evolution by successive changes",
      ": to acquire secondary sex characteristics",
      ": to become gradually manifest",
      ": to come into being gradually",
      ": turn out sense 2a",
      ": to make or become plain little by little : unfold",
      ": to apply chemicals to exposed photographic material (as a film) in order to bring out the picture",
      ": to bring out the possibilities of : improve",
      ": to make more available or usable",
      ": to begin to have gradually",
      ": to begin to exist or be present gradually",
      ": to create over time",
      ": to grow or cause to grow bigger, more mature, or more advanced",
      ": to make active or promote the growth of",
      ": to cause to grow and differentiate along lines natural to its kind",
      ": to become infected or affected by",
      ": to go through a process of natural growth, differentiation, or evolution by successive stages",
      ": to acquire secondary sex characteristics"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8ve-l\u0259p",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8ve-l\u0259p",
      "di-\u02c8vel-\u0259p"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "elaborate",
      "evolve",
      "unfold"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Immediately after the shooting, mental health professionals employed an approach called Psychological First Aid, an early intervention designed to stabilize a community and meet basic needs after a crisis, which Brymer helped to develop . \u2014 Jessie Dimartino, ABC News , 2 June 2022",
      "British designers Norman Hartnell, Hardy Amies, Stewart Parvin and Angela Kelly have all helped develop her style -- steering clear of trend cycles that can quickly fall out of favor. \u2014 Leah Dolan, CNN , 1 June 2022",
      "My favorite baselayers, for any condition, are the Sitka Core Lightweight items that Barklow helped develop . \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 28 May 2022",
      "Ethan Schutt, an executive with Bristol Bay Native Corp. who helped develop the Fire Island wind energy project west of Anchorage, moderated a panel on Tuesday at the conference. \u2014 Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News , 25 May 2022",
      "The state still had no protocols to regulate any gambling other than dog and horse racing, so Tom Jones, who served on the first tribal gaming commission, helped develop bylaws and guidelines based on other states' ordinances. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 20 May 2022",
      "The state still had no protocols to regulate any gambling other than dog and horse racing, so Tom Jones, who served on the first tribal gaming commission, helped develop bylaws and guidelines based on other states' ordinances. \u2014 USA Today , 20 May 2022",
      "The institute also helped develop Surfaxin, which is used to treat a breathing disorder in premature infants. \u2014 Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 May 2022",
      "Juliana Schneider, from Reno Nevada, helped develop VoluntYOU, an app that matches volunteers with organizations that need volunteers. \u2014 Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes , 14 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French d\u00e9velopper , from Old French desveloper, desvoluper to unwrap, expose, from des- de- + en voloper to enclose \u2014 more at envelop ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1714, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192333"
  },
  "development":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act, process, or result of developing",
      ": the state of being developed",
      ": a tract of land that has been made available or usable : a developed tract of land",
      ": one with houses built on it",
      ": the act, process, or result of developing",
      ": the state of being developed",
      ": the action or process of developing : as",
      ": the process of growth and differentiation by which the potentialities of a zygote, spore, or embryo are realized",
      ": the gradual advance through evolutionary stages : evolution",
      ": the state of being developed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8ve-l\u0259p-m\u0259nt",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8ve-l\u0259p-m\u0259nt",
      "di-\u02c8vel-\u0259p-m\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "elaboration",
      "evolution",
      "expansion",
      "growth",
      "progress",
      "progression"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "regress",
      "regression",
      "retrogression",
      "reversion"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Good nutrition is important for proper muscle development .",
      "The company offers many opportunities for professional development .",
      "The software is still in the early stages of development .",
      "I try to keep up with the latest developments in computer technology.",
      "Have there been any new developments in the case?",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "According to Mamadou Diarra, UConn\u2019s new director of player development , Hawkins\u2019 body looks more physically ready. \u2014 Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant , 13 June 2022",
      "The couple\u2019s latest acquisition, made early this year, was a $1.1 million beachfront South Cove condo in a new development in California, according to Orange County property records. \u2014 Jessica Donati, WSJ , 13 June 2022",
      "First-year coach Todd Golden\u2019s embrace of the program\u2019s past success led him to hire Green, who will serve as the new director of player development and a bridge to the Gators\u2019 glory days. \u2014 Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel , 8 June 2022",
      "Handy was hired at the time as a player development coach. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
      "Canadiens add four-time gold-medalist Poulin Marie-Philip Poulin, 31, has joined the Montreal Canadiens\u2019 front office as a player development consultant. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
      "The Suns have placed a high priority on player development under Williams. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 7 June 2022",
      "The 13 homers lead the G\u2019s player development system. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 5 June 2022",
      "Dombrowski, who was hired in December 2020, overhauled the team\u2019s player- development staff last September. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see develop ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1756, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202149"
  },
  "deviant":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": straying or deviating especially from an accepted norm (see norm sense 2 )",
      ": someone or something that deviates from a norm",
      ": a person who differs markedly (as in social adjustment or behavior) from what is considered normal or acceptable",
      ": deviating especially from some accepted norm : characterized by deviation (as from a standard of conduct)",
      ": something that deviates from a norm",
      ": a person who differs markedly (as in social adjustment or sexual behavior) from what is considered normal for a group"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113-v\u0113-\u0259nt",
      "-\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aberrant",
      "aberrational",
      "abnormal",
      "anomalous",
      "atypical",
      "deviate",
      "devious",
      "irregular",
      "unnatural",
      "untypical"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bohemian",
      "boho",
      "counterculturist",
      "enfant terrible",
      "free spirit",
      "heretic",
      "iconoclast",
      "individualist",
      "lone ranger",
      "lone wolf",
      "loner",
      "maverick",
      "nonconformer",
      "nonconformist"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "a study of deviant behavior among criminals",
      "some studies show that many violent criminals begin exhibiting deviant behavior in early childhood",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "But these days, no matter how deviant or morally abhorrent their beliefs, people have no trouble finding soulmates on 4chan, 8chan or Telegram. \u2014 Arie Kruglanski, The Conversation , 19 May 2022",
      "Such mastery of capitalist subjecthood feels unexpected from a group so often portrayed as socially deviant . \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2022",
      "When actual deviants are in short supply, Moynihan argued, the quota gets filled by reclassifying normal behaviors as deviant . \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Thatcher\u2019s government has just passed a law that stereotypes lesbians and gays as paedophiles, recruiting children for their \u2018 deviant \u2019 lifestyles. \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 May 2022",
      "Moynihan\u2019s essay was based on the sociologist Kai Erikson\u2019s observation that the proportion of people whom society deems deviant remains constant over time even as the supply of actual deviants ebbs and flows. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "That the virtual world Zuckerberg wants to invent might open this Pandora\u2019s box of deviant digitization should come as no surprise. \u2014 Timothy Lloyd, The New Republic , 29 Nov. 2021",
      "The cause of the deviant engine activity remains unknown. \u2014 Peter Aitken, Fox News , 16 Oct. 2021",
      "Maynard appears to have taught briefly at Santa Clara University and Sonoma State University, where a Gary Maynard was listed as a lecturer in criminal justice studies specializing in criminal justice, cults and deviant behavior. \u2014 Fox News , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Phoenix\u2019s Joker was a real deviant ; Rogowski makes Hans a dissatisfied lover and nonconforming irredeemable \u2014 countering the millennium\u2019s anodyne Buttigieg progressive. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "This depiction of Biden as a lovable deviant helped shape public perception of the real-life Biden as someone fun and relatable. \u2014 Elahe Izadi, Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2020",
      "Similarly, unmarried men were deemed narcissistic, deviant , and pathological. \u2014 T.l. Andrews, Quartz , 21 Dec. 2019",
      "There is a long tradition in theatre of casting men as women who are older, stricter, meaner, fatter, louder \u2014 in other words, deviant . \u2014 Mia J. Merrill, sun-sentinel.com , 20 Nov. 2019",
      "But then again, I and my family were not libeled as traitors, crooks, deviants , and imbeciles, and put in legal jeopardy for 22 months as the media and ex-Obama officials ginned up hoax after hoax. \u2014 Victor Davis Hanson, National Review , 27 Aug. 2019",
      "Kosek said the fire-suppression campaign reflects a belief, deeply rooted in the Forest Service\u2019s history, that people who set fires in forests are deviants and evildoers. \u2014 Wendy Melillo, The Conversation , 19 July 2019",
      "The process of catching cheaters in video games is muddled in secrecy: the more developers say, the better equipped deviants are to cheat more efficiently next time around. \u2014 Patricia Hernandez, The Verge , 24 Oct. 2018",
      "The streets of his New York are filled with rubble, leftover from a civil war between militant Christians and social deviants . \u2014 Adi Robertson, The Verge , 2 Dec. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "1923, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203258"
  },
  "deviation":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun or adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an act or instance of deviating : such as",
      ": deflection of the needle of a compass caused by local magnetic influences (as in a ship)",
      ": the difference between a value in a frequency distribution and a fixed number (such as the mean )",
      ": departure from an established ideology or party line",
      ": noticeable or marked departure from accepted norms (see norm sense 2 ) of behavior",
      ": an act or instance of diverging from an established way or in a new direction: as",
      ": evolutionary differentiation involving interpolation of new stages in the ancestral pattern of morphogenesis",
      ": noticeable or marked departure from accepted norms of behavior"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113-v\u0113-\u02c8\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccd\u0113-v\u0113-\u02c8\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "deflection",
      "departure",
      "detour",
      "divagation",
      "divergence",
      "divergency",
      "diversion"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "There have been slight deviations in the satellite's orbit.",
      "Having juice instead of coffee was a deviation from his usual routine.",
      "The pattern's deviation from the norm is significant.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Leaving a stable job for a convict is a major deviation from societal norms, Bourke said. \u2014 Scottie Andrew, CNN , 7 May 2022",
      "YouTube Go was actually a wild deviation from the normal YouTube formula, thanks to being targeted at users with intermittent Internet access. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 4 May 2022",
      "The project is also a deviation from how many celebrities have approached crypto. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "This measures its deviation from its own standard levels, and bitcoin has still had wild swings, such as a 17 percent jump on March 1. \u2014 NBC News , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Kessler\u2019s smile while ascending the ladder was a deviation from the moments of angst as the 7\u20321 center continues to battle through a shoulder injury suffered last Saturday in a loss at Tennessee. \u2014 al , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "The special legal order permits the government to enact laws by decree without parliamentary oversight, and permits the temporary suspension of and deviation from existing laws. \u2014 Justin Spike, ajc , 24 May 2022",
      "The special legal order permits the government to enact laws by decree without parliamentary oversight and permits the temporary suspension of and deviation from existing laws. \u2014 Justin Spike, BostonGlobe.com , 24 May 2022",
      "Prosecutors can also seek bail in cases where a law enforcement agency obtains a bail deviation from a magistrate judge for offenses also charged as a misdemeanor, non-serious felony or being non-violent. \u2014 Fox News , 13 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see deviate  entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213303"
  },
  "device":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something devised or contrived : such as",
      ": plan , procedure , technique",
      ": a scheme to deceive : stratagem , trick",
      ": something fanciful, elaborate, or intricate in design",
      ": something (such as a figure of speech ) in a literary work designed to achieve a particular artistic effect",
      ": masque , spectacle",
      ": a conventional stage practice or means (such as a stage whisper ) used to achieve a particular dramatic effect",
      ": a piece of equipment or a mechanism designed to serve a special purpose or perform a special function",
      ": desire , inclination",
      ": an emblematic design used especially as a heraldic bearing (see bearing sense 4 )",
      ": a piece of equipment made for a special purpose",
      ": choice of what to do",
      ": a thing or act used to deceive : trick",
      ": a piece of equipment or a mechanism designed to serve a special purpose or perform a special function"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8v\u012bs",
      "di-\u02c8v\u012bs",
      "di-\u02c8v\u012bs"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "artifice",
      "dodge",
      "fetch",
      "flimflam",
      "gambit",
      "gimmick",
      "jig",
      "juggle",
      "knack",
      "play",
      "ploy",
      "ruse",
      "scheme",
      "shenanigan",
      "sleight",
      "stratagem",
      "trick",
      "wile"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The store sells TVs, VCRs, and other electronic devices .",
      "agreeing to dismantle all nuclear devices",
      "a useful mnemonic device for remembering the names of the planets",
      "The company's method of tracking expenses is just a device to make it seem more profitable.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Two men accused of planting a pipe bomb in a Kearny Mesa hotel earlier this year each pleaded guilty Thursday to recklessly or maliciously possessing a destructive device , a felony. \u2014 Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 June 2022",
      "The gravity of such power is built into the device , which is constructed with bolts and catches and guards to contain its might. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
      "Now, less than a year later, Nothing has revealed a new device \u2014 the Nothing Phone (1). \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 15 June 2022",
      "This simple, flat device can charge all compatible devices, without a plug or a cable in sight. \u2014 Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day , 13 June 2022",
      "Through June 26, save $10 on the Fire TV Stick 4K Max streaming device , which is marked down to $45. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 June 2022",
      "Meanwhile, the Amazon Fire TV Cube streaming device ($69.99, originally $119.99) is the overall most powerful Fire TV streaming media player. \u2014 cleveland , 13 June 2022",
      "Users simply suck water through the bent, straw-like device , for instant hiccup relief. \u2014 Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 June 2022",
      "With a responsive web design, your e-commerce store website can be accessible on any device , including laptops, smartphones and tablets. \u2014 Chintan Shah, Forbes , 10 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English devis, devise , from Anglo-French, division, plan, from deviser to divide, regulate, tell \u2014 more at devise ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192751"
  },
  "devices":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something devised or contrived : such as",
      ": plan , procedure , technique",
      ": a scheme to deceive : stratagem , trick",
      ": something fanciful, elaborate, or intricate in design",
      ": something (such as a figure of speech ) in a literary work designed to achieve a particular artistic effect",
      ": masque , spectacle",
      ": a conventional stage practice or means (such as a stage whisper ) used to achieve a particular dramatic effect",
      ": a piece of equipment or a mechanism designed to serve a special purpose or perform a special function",
      ": desire , inclination",
      ": an emblematic design used especially as a heraldic bearing (see bearing sense 4 )",
      ": a piece of equipment made for a special purpose",
      ": choice of what to do",
      ": a thing or act used to deceive : trick",
      ": a piece of equipment or a mechanism designed to serve a special purpose or perform a special function"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8v\u012bs",
      "di-\u02c8v\u012bs",
      "di-\u02c8v\u012bs"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "artifice",
      "dodge",
      "fetch",
      "flimflam",
      "gambit",
      "gimmick",
      "jig",
      "juggle",
      "knack",
      "play",
      "ploy",
      "ruse",
      "scheme",
      "shenanigan",
      "sleight",
      "stratagem",
      "trick",
      "wile"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The store sells TVs, VCRs, and other electronic devices .",
      "agreeing to dismantle all nuclear devices",
      "a useful mnemonic device for remembering the names of the planets",
      "The company's method of tracking expenses is just a device to make it seem more profitable.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Two men accused of planting a pipe bomb in a Kearny Mesa hotel earlier this year each pleaded guilty Thursday to recklessly or maliciously possessing a destructive device , a felony. \u2014 Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 June 2022",
      "The gravity of such power is built into the device , which is constructed with bolts and catches and guards to contain its might. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
      "Now, less than a year later, Nothing has revealed a new device \u2014 the Nothing Phone (1). \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 15 June 2022",
      "This simple, flat device can charge all compatible devices, without a plug or a cable in sight. \u2014 Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day , 13 June 2022",
      "Through June 26, save $10 on the Fire TV Stick 4K Max streaming device , which is marked down to $45. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 June 2022",
      "Meanwhile, the Amazon Fire TV Cube streaming device ($69.99, originally $119.99) is the overall most powerful Fire TV streaming media player. \u2014 cleveland , 13 June 2022",
      "Users simply suck water through the bent, straw-like device , for instant hiccup relief. \u2014 Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 June 2022",
      "With a responsive web design, your e-commerce store website can be accessible on any device , including laptops, smartphones and tablets. \u2014 Chintan Shah, Forbes , 10 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English devis, devise , from Anglo-French, division, plan, from deviser to divide, regulate, tell \u2014 more at devise ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181751"
  },
  "devil":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "the personal supreme spirit of evil often represented in Christian belief as the tempter of humankind, the leader of all apostate angels, and the ruler of hell",
      "an evil spirit demon",
      "an extremely wicked person fiend",
      "a great evil",
      "a person of notable energy, recklessness, and dashing spirit",
      "one who is mischievous",
      "fellow",
      "something very trying or provoking",
      "severe criticism or rebuke hell",
      "the difficult, deceptive, or problematic part of something",
      "dust devil",
      "the opposite of Truth a belief in sin, sickness, and death evil , error",
      "faced with two equally objectionable alternatives",
      "severe consequences",
      "to season highly",
      "tease , annoy",
      "the most powerful spirit of evil",
      "an evil spirit demon , fiend",
      "a wicked or cruel person",
      "an attractive, mischievous, or unfortunate person"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8de-v\u1d4al",
    "synonyms":[
      "archfiend",
      "Beelzebub",
      "fiend",
      "Lucifer",
      "Old Nick",
      "Satan",
      "serpent"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "She is a tricky devil , so be careful.",
      "Those kids can be little devils sometimes.",
      "He's such a lucky devil that he'll probably win the lottery someday.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "The Sandman's version of the devil was actually the inspiration for the recent live-action Lucifer series that starred Tom Ellis in the titular role, so the new series has gone in a different direction with casting. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 16 May 2022",
      "The film tells the story of Mara, a witch in training who is seeking to rescue her sister from the clutches of the devil himself. \u2014 Ed Meza, Variety , 11 May 2022",
      "Also known as devil \u2019s ivy, this plant grows in low light. \u2014 Christian Gollayan, Men's Health , 7 June 2022",
      "Fight Club \u2013 An insomniac office worker and a devil -may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 1 June 2022",
      "Terence Stamp, with ghastly pallor and spiky hair anticipating punk-rock style by a decade, scowls and sneers his way through a film awards show until the devil \u2014 in the form of a little girl with a haunting grin \u2014 catches up with him. \u2014 Glenn Kenny, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
      "Vecna\u2019s recent killings in Hawkins have been blamed on Eddie, who is now accused of being a conduit for the devil . \u2014 Erica Gonzales, ELLE , 29 May 2022",
      "The new wave of supernatural tragedy gripping the community is being blamed on devil worship, i.e. anyone who plays Dungeons and Dragons or listens to hard rock. \u2014 Lorraine Alitelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
      "Despite the devil -may-care official attitude, nearly 1,000 companies have left Russia, including Nike, Reebok, Starbucks and McDonald\u2019s, citing an untenable situation, as well as logistical and payment issues, among other reasons. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "Highlights include a variety of cheese, smoked salmon, prosciutto, deviled egg salad, biscuits, bagels and baguettes and cinnamon rolls. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2020",
      "For $60, the family-sized meal includes a savory galette, homemade brioche with plum jam and French butter, Bayonne ham and pickles, miso deviled eggs, fresh fruit and a spring salad with wine and Bloody Mary or mimosa kits available for extra. \u2014 Michael Russell, oregonlive , 6 May 2020",
      "Those eggs now can be transformed into egg salad and deviled eggs. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Apr. 2020",
      "On the menu Dragon\u2019s Eggs (spicy deviled eggs) and Red Wedding cake, among other bites. \u2014 Randi Stevenson, chicagotribune.com , 23 Aug. 2019",
      "Drizzle each deviled egg with aioli and sprinkle with additional Sweet & Spicy Sriracha Lime seasoning. \u2014 Danielle Pointdujour, Essence , 26 Dec. 2019",
      "The eggs \u2014 which were peeled, hard-boiled, and packaged in plastic pails of various sizes at the facility \u2014 may have been sold to food service operators and restaurants to make ready-to-eat dishes such as egg salad and deviled eggs. \u2014 Gabrielle Chung, PEOPLE.com , 19 Dec. 2019",
      "Usually there will be bagels and lox, tuna salad, egg salad or hard-cooked or deviled eggs, noodle kugel, some sort of vegetable like cole slaw or cucumber salad, fruit, and then small pastries like rugelach or mandel bread or the like for dessert. \u2014 Stacey Ballis, chicagotribune.com , 2 Oct. 2019",
      "The menu includes ratatouille with poached eggs and speck, deviled eggs with pork belly rillettes, and avocado toast with six-minute egg. \u2014 Hadley Tomicki, latimes.com , 24 June 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1787, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "devil-may-care":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": easygoing , carefree"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-v\u1d4al-(\u02cc)m\u0101-\u02c8ker"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "affable",
      "breezy",
      "easygoing",
      "happy-go-lucky",
      "laid-back",
      "low-pressure",
      "mellow"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "high-strung",
      "uptight"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1837, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221925"
  },
  "devilish":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": resembling or befitting a devil : such as",
      ": evil , sinister",
      ": mischievous , roguish",
      ": extreme",
      ": evil and cruel",
      ": mischievous sense 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-v\u1d4al-ish",
      "\u02c8dev-lish",
      "\u02c8de-v\u0259-lish",
      "\u02c8dev-lish"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "baroque",
      "excessive",
      "exorbitant",
      "extravagant",
      "extreme",
      "fancy",
      "immoderate",
      "inordinate",
      "insane",
      "intolerable",
      "lavish",
      "overdue",
      "overextravagant",
      "overmuch",
      "overweening",
      "plethoric",
      "steep",
      "stiff",
      "towering",
      "unconscionable",
      "undue",
      "unmerciful"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "middling",
      "moderate",
      "modest",
      "reasonable",
      "temperate"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "She was attracted by his devilish charm.",
      "There was a devilish look of mischief in her eyes.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "While many pranks these days tend to be on the trickier, more- devilish side, Today fans couldn't help but love how wholesome Al\u2019s version is. \u2014 Rebecca Norris, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
      "Buoyed by the art market\u2019s recent strength and Basquiat\u2019s international appeal, Phillips headed into the sale with a measure of confidence, giving the work featuring a devilish figure a $70 million estimate. \u2014 Kelly Crow, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
      "Despite its devilish name, this type of ivy is an angel to care for. \u2014 Monique Valeris, ELLE Decor , 3 May 2022",
      "As a result, your devilish side loves to party and can be moody. \u2014 Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Gigi Hadid carried Jenner's devilish iteration on the runway for the Parisian label's fall/winter 2022 collection. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "It\u2019s part of our devilish charm as a city of entertainers. \u2014 Devon Kane, Los Angeles Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Since forming Ghost in his native Sweden in 2006, Forge has concocted an entire upside-down catechism that pokes devilish fun at the teachings and rituals of the Holy See. \u2014 Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Latter-day Saints agreed with the supposition of devilish pedophiles running the world. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English develyssh, from devel  devil entry 1 + -yssh  -ish ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201720"
  },
  "devilishly":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": resembling or befitting a devil : such as",
      ": evil , sinister",
      ": mischievous , roguish",
      ": extreme",
      ": evil and cruel",
      ": mischievous sense 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-v\u1d4al-ish",
      "\u02c8dev-lish",
      "\u02c8de-v\u0259-lish",
      "\u02c8dev-lish"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "baroque",
      "excessive",
      "exorbitant",
      "extravagant",
      "extreme",
      "fancy",
      "immoderate",
      "inordinate",
      "insane",
      "intolerable",
      "lavish",
      "overdue",
      "overextravagant",
      "overmuch",
      "overweening",
      "plethoric",
      "steep",
      "stiff",
      "towering",
      "unconscionable",
      "undue",
      "unmerciful"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "middling",
      "moderate",
      "modest",
      "reasonable",
      "temperate"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "She was attracted by his devilish charm.",
      "There was a devilish look of mischief in her eyes.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "While many pranks these days tend to be on the trickier, more- devilish side, Today fans couldn't help but love how wholesome Al\u2019s version is. \u2014 Rebecca Norris, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
      "Buoyed by the art market\u2019s recent strength and Basquiat\u2019s international appeal, Phillips headed into the sale with a measure of confidence, giving the work featuring a devilish figure a $70 million estimate. \u2014 Kelly Crow, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
      "Despite its devilish name, this type of ivy is an angel to care for. \u2014 Monique Valeris, ELLE Decor , 3 May 2022",
      "As a result, your devilish side loves to party and can be moody. \u2014 Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Gigi Hadid carried Jenner's devilish iteration on the runway for the Parisian label's fall/winter 2022 collection. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "It\u2019s part of our devilish charm as a city of entertainers. \u2014 Devon Kane, Los Angeles Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Since forming Ghost in his native Sweden in 2006, Forge has concocted an entire upside-down catechism that pokes devilish fun at the teachings and rituals of the Holy See. \u2014 Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Latter-day Saints agreed with the supposition of devilish pedophiles running the world. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English develyssh, from devel  devil entry 1 + -yssh  -ish ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184728"
  },
  "devilishness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": resembling or befitting a devil : such as",
      ": evil , sinister",
      ": mischievous , roguish",
      ": extreme",
      ": evil and cruel",
      ": mischievous sense 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-v\u1d4al-ish",
      "\u02c8dev-lish",
      "\u02c8de-v\u0259-lish",
      "\u02c8dev-lish"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "baroque",
      "excessive",
      "exorbitant",
      "extravagant",
      "extreme",
      "fancy",
      "immoderate",
      "inordinate",
      "insane",
      "intolerable",
      "lavish",
      "overdue",
      "overextravagant",
      "overmuch",
      "overweening",
      "plethoric",
      "steep",
      "stiff",
      "towering",
      "unconscionable",
      "undue",
      "unmerciful"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "middling",
      "moderate",
      "modest",
      "reasonable",
      "temperate"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "She was attracted by his devilish charm.",
      "There was a devilish look of mischief in her eyes.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "While many pranks these days tend to be on the trickier, more- devilish side, Today fans couldn't help but love how wholesome Al\u2019s version is. \u2014 Rebecca Norris, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
      "Buoyed by the art market\u2019s recent strength and Basquiat\u2019s international appeal, Phillips headed into the sale with a measure of confidence, giving the work featuring a devilish figure a $70 million estimate. \u2014 Kelly Crow, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
      "Despite its devilish name, this type of ivy is an angel to care for. \u2014 Monique Valeris, ELLE Decor , 3 May 2022",
      "As a result, your devilish side loves to party and can be moody. \u2014 Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Gigi Hadid carried Jenner's devilish iteration on the runway for the Parisian label's fall/winter 2022 collection. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "It\u2019s part of our devilish charm as a city of entertainers. \u2014 Devon Kane, Los Angeles Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Since forming Ghost in his native Sweden in 2006, Forge has concocted an entire upside-down catechism that pokes devilish fun at the teachings and rituals of the Holy See. \u2014 Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Latter-day Saints agreed with the supposition of devilish pedophiles running the world. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English develyssh, from devel  devil entry 1 + -yssh  -ish ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204200"
  },
  "devilment":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": mischief",
      ": mischief sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-v\u1d4al-m\u0259nt",
      "-\u02ccment",
      "\u02c8de-v\u0259l-m\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "devilishness",
      "devilry",
      "deviltry",
      "diablerie",
      "espi\u00e8glerie",
      "hob",
      "impishness",
      "knavery",
      "mischief",
      "mischievousness",
      "rascality",
      "roguery",
      "roguishness",
      "shenanigan(s)",
      "waggery",
      "waggishness",
      "wickedness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Ruffians were breaking windows out of sheer devilment .",
      "his devilment at school remains the stuff of local legend"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" devil entry 1 + -ment ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1771, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212224"
  },
  "devious":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": wandering , roundabout",
      ": moving without a fixed course : errant",
      ": out-of-the-way , remote",
      ": deviating from a right, accepted, or common course",
      ": not straightforward : cunning",
      ": deceptive",
      ": sneaky , dishonest",
      ": not straight : having many twists and turns"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113-v\u0113-\u0259s",
      "-vy\u0259s",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-v\u0113-\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "artful",
      "beguiling",
      "cagey",
      "cagy",
      "crafty",
      "cunning",
      "cute",
      "designing",
      "dodgy",
      "foxy",
      "guileful",
      "scheming",
      "shrewd",
      "slick",
      "sly",
      "subtle",
      "tricky",
      "wily"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "artless",
      "guileless",
      "ingenuous",
      "innocent",
      "undesigning"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a dishonest and devious politician",
      "He took us by a devious route to the center of the city.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The devious plan to keep us all hooked on heating and cooking with gas. \u2014 Pat Saperstein, Variety , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "There are any number of devious plot complications that involve a sea monster, help from the gods and the heroic ministrations of a ploughboy, Giustino. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
      "With a genius daughter (Jessica Chastain) trying to work out the problem on the ground, Cooper faces unexpected challenges, including dangerous new terrains, a devious team member, and the possibility of never seeing his family again. \u2014 Hilary Weaver, ELLE , 1 June 2022",
      "This story is darkly funny, deliciously devious and hugely inventive, a magical twist on the allure of the American West and who goes there to seek their fortune. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022",
      "There\u2019s the potentially romantic banter of the for-hire detectives, an activist with a crush on Anthony, a team of devious figures working for Vincent, the mom\u2019s ailing health and so on. \u2014 Tomris Laffly, Variety , 18 May 2022",
      "All those deviants and devious fortune tellers, popes and gluttons writhing in slime, the selfish eternally stung by wasps and thieves devoured by reptiles have no way out. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
      "The answer is yes, as thousands of protesters have made clear, but the government has seldom taken them at their word, instead casting them as devious freeloaders or closet indigents. \u2014 Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Meanwhile the political system evolved begrudgingly, and by the traditionally devious paths. \u2014 Dominic Green, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin devius , from de from + via way \u2014 more at de- , way ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1599, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212103"
  },
  "deviser":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent",
      ": conceive , imagine",
      ": to plan to obtain or bring about : plot",
      ": to give (real estate) by will (see will entry 2 sense 1 ) \u2014 compare bequeath",
      ": the act of giving or disposing of real (see real entry 1 sense 2 ) property by will (see will entry 2 sense 1 )",
      ": a will or clause of a will disposing of real property",
      ": property devised by will",
      ": to think up : plan , invent",
      ": to give (property) by will",
      ": to give (real property) by will \u2014 compare alienate , bequeath , convey",
      ": a gift of property made in a will",
      ": a gift of real property made in a will \u2014 see also abate , ademption \u2014 compare distribution",
      ": a devise of an interest in land that will vest in the future upon the occurrence of a contingency and that can follow a fee simple estate",
      ": a devise that is to be distributed from the general assets of an estate and that is not of a particular thing",
      ": a devise of whatever is left in an estate after all other debts and devises have been paid or distributed",
      ": a devise of a particular item or part of an estate that is payable only from a specified source in the estate and not from the general assets",
      ": a clause in a will disposing of property and especially real property",
      ": property disposed of by a will"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8v\u012bz",
      "di-\u02c8v\u012bz",
      "di-\u02c8v\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "concoct",
      "construct",
      "contrive",
      "cook (up)",
      "drum up",
      "excogitate",
      "fabricate",
      "invent",
      "make up",
      "manufacture",
      "think (up)",
      "trump up",
      "vamp (up)"
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    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "They have devised a new method for converting sunlight into electricity.",
      "she quickly devised a new scheme when the first one failed",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "But Woltz loves to devise temporal dialogues\u2014not only between past and present, but also among different pasts. \u2014 Victoria Johnson, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
      "His frustration is focused on an intermediate step, in which ratings firms like S&P use company information to devise an ESG score, which in turn can be cited by a fund manager. \u2014 Tim Mcdonnell, Quartz , 26 May 2022",
      "CFOs play a central role in helping devise and implement these elements. \u2014 Jim Deloach, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "The nature of pandemics says there is great uncertainty that comes with a pandemic, including how to devise a vaccine to combat the pandemic. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
      "Last fall, the Treasury Department issued a report calling on Congress to devise rules for the stablecoin ecosystem. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
      "In 1956, she was approached by theoretical physicists Tsung Dao Lee and Chen Ling Ning Yang to devise an experiment to prove a theory of theirs that was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics just one year later. \u2014 Pamela Shifman, CNN , 12 May 2022",
      "Steinlauf has developed a reputation for instead studying the market with an academic viewpoint to devise sales ideas that others do not. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 10 May 2022",
      "May 4 to devise a path forward for resolving the problem. \u2014 Beth Mlady, cleveland , 6 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In a statement Friday, the IS-K said the explosive devise that devastated Mazar-e-Sharif's Sai Doken mosque was hidden in a bag left inside among scores of worshippers. \u2014 Kathy Gannon And Mohammad Shaob Amin, USA TODAY , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "When the pandemic required the district to implement remote learning in March of last year, the district was forced to assure all students were issued an electronic devise . \u2014 Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com , 22 Dec. 2021",
      "This is often a preferable arrangement if the couple's intent is for the surviving partner to have complete ownership of the home since this transfer is automatic by operation of law and not dependent upon a devise under a will. \u2014 Matthew Erskine, Forbes , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "Ally expects to surface in some of the content that creators who take part in the program devise . \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 16 Oct. 2021",
      "Grogan, over his two decades as CEO, figured out the nonprofit could drive change by combining the power of research on critical topics such as affordable housing and education reform with its ability to convene stakeholders and devise solutions. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 July 2021",
      "Some fear China could use such data to give its drug industry an economic advantage, devise bioweapons tailored to Americans\u2019 genetics, or even blackmail people by threatening to publicize private information. \u2014 Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | AAAS , 14 June 2021",
      "So Fuer had a millworker devise custom red covers, which connect to a red bookcase tucked between the room\u2019s two windows. \u2014 Hadley Keller, House Beautiful , 1 Apr. 2021",
      "The group has been working with Teen Vogue editors to firm up their collections and devise plans that are pandemic-proof. \u2014 Vogue Runway, Vogue , 23 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224805"
  },
  "devoid":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment",
      ": completely without"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8v\u022fid",
      "di-\u02c8v\u022fid"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bankrupt",
      "bare",
      "barren",
      "bereft",
      "destitute",
      "void"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "filled",
      "flush",
      "fraught",
      "full",
      "replete",
      "rife"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the so-called comedy is totally devoid of intelligence, originality, and even laughs",
      "the picnic jug was completely devoid of juice after only a few minutes",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Most of Garvey Avenue between Santa Anita and Merced avenues was devoid of activity by 6 p.m. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
      "Some industry experts quoted in the piece were quick to point to the prime release date, which was devoid of major competition, and others suggested the word-of-mouth from the U.S. got people excited in other parts of the world. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 9 June 2022",
      "But having faced adversity doesn\u2019t mean one is devoid of joy. \u2014 Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence , 9 June 2022",
      "Maggio loved the history of the house, which had only a handful of owners (the first of which was a woman who was a part of the Women\u2019s Army Corps in World War II), but the structure was devoid of character and the layout felt a little tight. \u2014 Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine , 8 June 2022",
      "The apartments are devoid of below-market affordable units, which were not considered a priority by city officials at the time they were built, the company said. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
      "Still, that doesn\u2019t mean that commercial flying is devoid of its own cutthroat class system. \u2014 Mac Schwerin, The Atlantic , 29 May 2022",
      "It\u2019s like being devoid of savings if your car needs a new engine while your house needs a new AC unit. \u2014 Ken Silverstein, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
      "Some of the district\u2019s 121 schools date to the 1800s and in many schools, the clanking of steam radiators distracts students, learning spaces are devoid of sunlight and fresh air, and water fountains lack drinkable water. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, past participle of devoiden to dispel, from Anglo-French *desvoider , from des- dis- + voider to empty \u2014 more at void entry 3 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224013"
  },
  "devolution":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "transference (as of rights, powers, property, or responsibility) to another",
      "the surrender of powers to local authorities by a central government",
      "retrograde (see retrograde entry 1 sense 2 ) evolution degeneration",
      "the transfer (as of rights, powers, property, or responsibility) to another"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02ccde-v\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fc-sh\u0259n",
    "synonyms":[
      "decadence",
      "declension",
      "declination",
      "decline",
      "degeneracy",
      "degeneration",
      "degradation",
      "d\u00e9gringolade",
      "descent",
      "deterioration",
      "downfall",
      "downgrade",
      "ebb",
      "eclipse",
      "fall"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "ascent",
      "rise",
      "upswing"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the gradual devolution of the neighborhood from a thriving community of close-knit families to a drug-ridden slum",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Still, Cronenberg isn\u2019t too worried about making definitive statements on mankind\u2019s devolution . \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 2 June 2022",
      "No story is imposed on this gradual evolution (or devolution , perhaps). \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Entering its final season, Better Call Saul had much to unpack about Jimmy's concerning devolution , Kim's alarming new scheme, and Lalo's frightening revenge mission. \u2014 Dan Snierson, EW.com , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Much of Season 4, the strongest in the series, quietly traced the painful devolution of their trust. \u2014 The New Yorker , 22 Nov. 2021",
      "But questioning a person\u2019s religious claims will rarely come across as respectful, and the devolution of religion in America has turned everyone into their own religious authority. \u2014 Ira Bedzow, Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021",
      "The podcast \u2014 part true crime, part historical fiction \u2014 covers Lennon\u2019s ties with political revolutionaries, the devolution of his relationship with Paul McCartney and his assassination at the age of 40. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 16 Aug. 2021",
      "The result is a devolution of controversy to the state, municipal, and local levels of government. \u2014 Matthew Continetti, National Review , 10 July 2021",
      "These disagreements are unusually sharp at the moment furious arguments about Brexit are now giving way to equally furious arguments about devolution . \u2014 The Economist , 15 Apr. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Medieval Latin d\u0113vol\u016bti\u014dn-, d\u0113vol\u016bti\u014d \"passage of time, passing down of a task, transference of legal proceedings,\" from Latin d\u0113vol\u016b-, variant stem of d\u0113volvere \"to roll (something) down, (in passive voice) sink or fall back, become subject to, be passed down to (an heir)\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at devolve ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1545, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "devolve":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another",
      "to pass by transmission or succession",
      "to fall or be passed usually as a responsibility or obligation",
      "to come by or as if by flowing down",
      "to degenerate through a gradual change or evolution",
      "to pass by transfer or succession",
      "to fall or be passed usually as an obligation or responsibility"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"di-\u02c8v\u00e4lv",
    "synonyms":[
      "atrophy",
      "crumble",
      "decay",
      "decline",
      "degenerate",
      "descend",
      "deteriorate",
      "ebb",
      "regress",
      "retrograde",
      "rot",
      "sink",
      "worsen"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "ameliorate",
      "improve",
      "meliorate"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "She cynically asserts that our species is devolving .",
      "Somehow the debate devolved into a petty competition to see who could get more applause.",
      "Community leaders hope that the new government will devolve more power to the community itself.",
      "Responsibility has devolved to the individual teachers.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Organizations that devolve power and decision-making, and which offer specialists the scope to leverage their knowledge, are naturally more resilient, more flexible and more open to innovation. \u2014 Lars Lehne, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "How often can glowing spring predictions continue to devolve into dull autumn realities? \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "The initial pursuit of fraud would devolve into a yearlong fracas between Republicans and local election officials in Maricopa County, home to Phoenix. \u2014 Nick Corasaniti, New York Times , 22 May 2022",
      "The initial pursuit of fraud would devolve into a yearlong fracas between Republicans and local election officials in Maricopa County, home to Phoenix. \u2014 Nick Corasaniti, BostonGlobe.com , 22 May 2022",
      "Similarly, business decisions should not devolve to a simplistic question such as print advertising or online advertising. \u2014 Bill Conerly, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "From there, things devolve into an unholy symphony of human bickering, sending the cast and crew of this film-within-a-film into a hellish collective meltdown. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022",
      "Although much of the day\u2019s performances got off without a hitch, the end of the night seemed to devolve into chaos, per social media reports. \u2014 Shirley Ju, Variety , 14 May 2022",
      "Before the court took a break for lunch, Heard testified that the couple's relationship began to devolve . \u2014 Sonia Moghe, CNN , 5 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English devolven \"to transfer, overthrow,\" borrowed from Latin d\u0113volvere \"to roll (something) down, (in passive voice) sink or fall back, become subject (to), be passed down (to an heir),\" from d\u0113-  de- + volvere \"to set in a circular course, cause to roll\" \u2014 more at wallow entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "devoted":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": characterized by loyalty and devotion",
      ": completely loyal",
      ": affectionate , loving"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8v\u014d-t\u0259d",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8v\u014d-t\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "adoring",
      "affectionate",
      "fond",
      "loving",
      "tender",
      "tenderhearted"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "unloving"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a rock star's most devoted fans",
      "The TV show has a devoted following.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Their devoted fans, known as ARMY, have gained a reputation for being fiercely protective of the group, filling the comment section of anyone who dares criticize the band. \u2014 Morayo Ogunbayo, ajc , 14 June 2022",
      "This nighttime treatment had earned itself legions of devoted fans\u2014and well before the serum craze, too. \u2014 The Editors, Town & Country , 31 May 2022",
      "Legions of devoted Black fans fell in love with the Black Pearsons on that football field six years ago. \u2014 Kathleen Newman-bremang, refinery29.com , 25 May 2022",
      "With thousands of devoted fans around the world, BTS certainly knows how to get ARMY\u2019s hearts racing. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 23 May 2022",
      "That proved to be a step too far for EA Sports, which now must persuade legions of devoted fans to get used to another name. \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2022",
      "Armed with his red-white-and-blue Fender Strat, playing for several hundred devoted hometown fans not far from his boyhood neighborhood, the 74-year-old guitarist tapped his old band\u2019s catalog for a 16-song set. \u2014 Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press , 6 May 2022",
      "Powerhouse voice, theatrical style, Broadway-meets-rock vibe, ability to entrance TV viewers and turn them into devoted fans. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "The post \u2014 accompanied by a stock image from Andrea McClain Photography featuring a pink teacup and flowers to match \u2014 drew a mountain of well wishes from her devoted fans, while some responded with more questions. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see devote ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1586, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213040"
  },
  "devotedness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": characterized by loyalty and devotion",
      ": completely loyal",
      ": affectionate , loving"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8v\u014d-t\u0259d",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8v\u014d-t\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "adoring",
      "affectionate",
      "fond",
      "loving",
      "tender",
      "tenderhearted"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "unloving"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a rock star's most devoted fans",
      "The TV show has a devoted following.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Their devoted fans, known as ARMY, have gained a reputation for being fiercely protective of the group, filling the comment section of anyone who dares criticize the band. \u2014 Morayo Ogunbayo, ajc , 14 June 2022",
      "This nighttime treatment had earned itself legions of devoted fans\u2014and well before the serum craze, too. \u2014 The Editors, Town & Country , 31 May 2022",
      "Legions of devoted Black fans fell in love with the Black Pearsons on that football field six years ago. \u2014 Kathleen Newman-bremang, refinery29.com , 25 May 2022",
      "With thousands of devoted fans around the world, BTS certainly knows how to get ARMY\u2019s hearts racing. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 23 May 2022",
      "That proved to be a step too far for EA Sports, which now must persuade legions of devoted fans to get used to another name. \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2022",
      "Armed with his red-white-and-blue Fender Strat, playing for several hundred devoted hometown fans not far from his boyhood neighborhood, the 74-year-old guitarist tapped his old band\u2019s catalog for a 16-song set. \u2014 Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press , 6 May 2022",
      "Powerhouse voice, theatrical style, Broadway-meets-rock vibe, ability to entrance TV viewers and turn them into devoted fans. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "The post \u2014 accompanied by a stock image from Andrea McClain Photography featuring a pink teacup and flowers to match \u2014 drew a mountain of well wishes from her devoted fans, while some responded with more questions. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see devote ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1586, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213436"
  },
  "devotee":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an ardent follower, supporter, or enthusiast (as of a religion, art form, or sport)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-\u02ccv\u014d-\u02c8t\u0113",
      "\u02ccd\u0113-",
      "\u02ccd\u0101-",
      "d\u0259-",
      "-\u02c8t\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "addict",
      "aficionado",
      "afficionado",
      "buff",
      "bug",
      "enthusiast",
      "fan",
      "fanatic",
      "fancier",
      "fiend",
      "fool",
      "freak",
      "habitu\u00e9",
      "habitue",
      "head",
      "hound",
      "junkie",
      "junky",
      "lover",
      "maniac",
      "maven",
      "mavin",
      "nut",
      "sucker"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "nonfan"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The nightclub is popular among jazz devotees .",
      "a group of religious devotees",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The personification of those enthusiasms was the composer John Cage\u2014a student of Schoenberg, a devotee of Eastern thought, and an idolater of Duchamp. \u2014 Louis Menand, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
      "The eight-episode series, which Bayer co-created with fellow SNL alum Jeremy Beiler, is loosely based on her own life as a home-shopping devotee and a pediatric cancer survivor. \u2014 Shannon Carlin, Time , 10 May 2022",
      "Steve Kambouris, 38, a snakehead devotee from Dundalk, Md., believes the species will eventually be considered a nonnative game fish, something to market to sport fishermen, not a pest to eradicate. \u2014 Jason Nark, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
      "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Manson Family devotee Tex Watson, will star alongside Tom Hanks \u2014 who is set to appear as Elvis\u2019 notorious manager Colonel Tom Parker. \u2014 Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone , 3 May 2022",
      "Hebrew Prayer is the creation of Dr. Eric Weitzner, a devotee of Bach\u2019s music and former student of Hebrew and Jewish theology. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Roberts plays Martha Mitchell, the wife of Nixon devotee Attorney General John Mitchell (Penn). \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Musk, a Twitter devotee who has criticized the platform\u2019s free-speech policies and functionalities, hasn\u2019t said much about his reasons for inserting himself in the company. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "The longtime California House Speaker and San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown is a George devotee . \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 4 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1645, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223101"
  },
  "dexterous":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": mentally adroit and skillful : clever",
      ": done with mental or physical skill, quickness, or grace : done with dexterity : artful",
      ": skillful and competent with the hands",
      ": skillful with the hands",
      ": clever sense 2",
      ": done with skill",
      ": skillful and competent with the hands",
      ": mentally adroit and skillful"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dek-st(\u0259-)r\u0259s",
      "\u02c8dek-st\u0259-r\u0259s",
      "-str\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "clever",
      "cunning",
      "deft",
      "handy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "butterfingered",
      "ham-fisted",
      "ham-handed",
      "handless",
      "heavy-handed",
      "unhandy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "They praised her dexterous handling of the crisis.",
      "The movie is a dexterous retelling of a classic love story.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Hall\u2019s characters always have things to say and these episodes find the writer with lots to say and lots to address \u2014 the series continues to say those things with a dexterous , stinging, thickly accented voice all its own. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 June 2022",
      "Bates could not have chosen a better partner for this SF Symphony Co-Commission and West Coast Premiere than the astoundingly dexterous pianist Daniil Trifonov. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 11 May 2022",
      "All-wheel drive versions feature the larger pack and the additional motor up front, delivering a dexterous , potent, digitally managed 320 hp. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
      "In a world of increasing automation, machines are expected to perform more dexterous motions, explains Brent Wallace, a Ph.D. student at ASU\u2019s School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering who was involved in the work. \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 2 May 2022",
      "The band is expert at building tension by creating a simple but potent melody\u2014Chassagne is especially dexterous on a synthesizer\u2014escalating the volume, tamping up the rhythm, and facilitating a sudden, noisy release. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "The production, directed by Peter Richards with a dexterous hand, meticulously realizes Hnath\u2019s unorthodox style. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "To score those deals, Cyber Group invested not only in extensive R&D but also in a deft and dexterous territory-by-territory charm offensive. \u2014 Ben Croll, Variety , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Edifying insights accompany Brands\u2019 dexterous reconstruction of how U.S. policymakers made the strategy work. \u2014 Daniel J. Samet, National Review , 27 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin dextr-, dexter on the right side, skillful",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1609, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181935"
  },
  "dextrous":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "mentally adroit and skillful clever",
      "done with mental or physical skill, quickness, or grace done with dexterity artful",
      "skillful and competent with the hands",
      "skillful with the hands",
      "clever sense 2",
      "done with skill",
      "skillful and competent with the hands",
      "mentally adroit and skillful"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8dek-st(\u0259-)r\u0259s",
    "synonyms":[
      "clever",
      "cunning",
      "deft",
      "handy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "butterfingered",
      "ham-fisted",
      "ham-handed",
      "handless",
      "heavy-handed",
      "unhandy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "They praised her dexterous handling of the crisis.",
      "The movie is a dexterous retelling of a classic love story.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Hall\u2019s characters always have things to say and these episodes find the writer with lots to say and lots to address \u2014 the series continues to say those things with a dexterous , stinging, thickly accented voice all its own. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 June 2022",
      "Bates could not have chosen a better partner for this SF Symphony Co-Commission and West Coast Premiere than the astoundingly dexterous pianist Daniil Trifonov. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 11 May 2022",
      "All-wheel drive versions feature the larger pack and the additional motor up front, delivering a dexterous , potent, digitally managed 320 hp. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
      "In a world of increasing automation, machines are expected to perform more dexterous motions, explains Brent Wallace, a Ph.D. student at ASU\u2019s School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering who was involved in the work. \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 2 May 2022",
      "The band is expert at building tension by creating a simple but potent melody\u2014Chassagne is especially dexterous on a synthesizer\u2014escalating the volume, tamping up the rhythm, and facilitating a sudden, noisy release. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "The production, directed by Peter Richards with a dexterous hand, meticulously realizes Hnath\u2019s unorthodox style. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "To score those deals, Cyber Group invested not only in extensive R&D but also in a deft and dexterous territory-by-territory charm offensive. \u2014 Ben Croll, Variety , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Edifying insights accompany Brands\u2019 dexterous reconstruction of how U.S. policymakers made the strategy work. \u2014 Daniel J. Samet, National Review , 27 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin dextr-, dexter on the right side, skillful",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1609, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "diadem":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": crown sense 2",
      ": a royal headband",
      ": crown sense 6a(1)",
      ": something that adorns like a crown"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b-\u0259-\u02ccdem",
      "-d\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chaplet",
      "coronal",
      "coronel",
      "coronet",
      "crown"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Miss America's diadem was auctioned off for charity.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The diadem was made in Paris for Jos\u00e9phine Bonaparte by artist Jacques-Ambroise Oliveras, around 1805. \u2014 Beth Bernstein, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "Keen-eyed members of the public will recognize the diadem from the Wilding portrait that inspired the postage stamps used between 1953 and 1971. \u2014 Rob Picheta, CNN , 13 May 2022",
      "The diadem has been passed down to the Queen, who wore it during her own coronation, according to the Royal Collection Trust. \u2014 Rob Picheta, CNN , 13 May 2022",
      "Three pieces were made for her: a diadem for the procession to Westminster Abbey, the coronation crown, and a state crown for leaving the Abbey, crafted with 561 diamonds and 129 pearls and decorated with crosses patt\u00e9e and fleurs-de-lis. \u2014 Leena Kim, Town & Country , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "His love of nature comes through in his designs\u2014elaborate diamond brooches in the shape of a rose, or a diadem adorned with carved shells and pearls that belongs to the Spanish royal family. \u2014 Sarah Spellings, Vogue , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "Prior to Duckett\u2019s lucky find, scholars believed that the diadem was lost, its precious metals melted down to make coins and its jewels sold piecemeal following the fall of the British monarchy in 1649. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 Dec. 2021",
      "Skeletons of a man and a woman were draped in silver \u2014 earrings, bracelets, rings and, most notably, a silver diadem that had once gleamed on the woman\u2019s head. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Nov. 2021",
      "The diadem is being offered as part of a jewelry set, alongside matching earrings, a belt ornament and comb. \u2014 CNN , 3 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English diademe \"monarch's crown, crownlike headdress,\" borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin diad\u0113ma \"ornamental headband, crown,\" borrowed from Greek diad\u0113mat-, di\u00e1d\u0113ma \"headband, band wrapped around the headdress by Persian monarchs,\" from diad\u0113-, variant stem of diad\u00e9\u014d, diade\u00een \"to bind on either side, bandage\" (from dia-  dia- + d\u00e9\u014d, de\u00een \"to bind, tie\") + -mat-, -ma, resultative noun suffix; Greek d\u00e9\u014d, de\u00een probably going back to a zero-grade form ( *dh 1 -i\u032f\u00e9- ?) of the Indo-European verbal base *deh 1 - \"tie, bind,\" whence also Sanskrit \u0101\u0301-dhyati \"(s/he) binds,\" Hittite tiya \"bind!\"; from a full grade *de h 1- Greek \u00e9d\u0113sa \"(I) bound,\" Sanskrit d\u0101man-, d\u0101\u0301ma \"cord, fetter\"",
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214844"
  },
  "diagonal":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "joining two vertices of a rectilinear figure that are nonadjacent or two vertices of a polyhedral figure that are not in the same face",
      "passing through two nonadjacent edges of a polyhedron",
      "inclined obliquely from a reference line (such as the vertical)",
      "having diagonal markings or parts",
      "a diagonal straight line or plane",
      "a diagonal direction",
      "a diagonal row, arrangement, or pattern",
      "something oriented in diagonal position",
      "slash sense 4",
      "in an oblique direction diagonally",
      "running from one corner to the opposite corner of a four-sided shape (as a square)",
      "running in a slanting direction",
      "a line, direction, or pattern that runs in a slanting direction"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"d\u012b-\u02c8a-g\u0259-n\u1d4al",
    "synonyms":[
      "cant",
      "canted",
      "graded",
      "inclined",
      "leaning",
      "listing",
      "oblique",
      "pitched",
      "raked",
      "slant",
      "slanted",
      "slantwise",
      "sloped",
      "sloping",
      "tilted",
      "tilting"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "cant",
      "grade",
      "gradient",
      "inclination",
      "incline",
      "lean",
      "pitch",
      "rake",
      "slant",
      "slope",
      "upgrade"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "The blanket is covered with diagonal stripes.",
      "the diagonal design ran up the wall all the way from the lower left to the upper right-hand corner",
      "Noun",
      "a design with strong diagonals",
      "the ramp was set at a low diagonal to make it easier for physically challenged patrons",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
      "Almost the entire state on either side of a diagonal line from La Crosse to Green Bay is under a risk for severe storms, according to the Storm Prediction Center. \u2014 Joe Taschler, Journal Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
      "Think of horizontal and diagonal moves instead of just vertical ones. \u2014 Mj Vigil, Forbes , 2 Mar. 2021",
      "The diagonal lines create a slimming appearance and the fabric is compressive, yet not too tight. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 1 June 2022",
      "Add all the color, and go for diagonal lines to add even more intrigue to the look. \u2014 Lindy Segal, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 May 2022",
      "Lenovo is increasing the performance while shrinking the diagonal screen size of its P-series ThinkPad laptop workstation. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 17 May 2022",
      "Then there is Japan\u2019s Hirano, who a few weeks ago landed the first triple cork trick in competition\u2014that\u2019s three diagonal head-over-heels flips. \u2014 Rachel Bachman, WSJ , 13 Jan. 2022",
      "The driving rain is depicted with streaking diagonal lines. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "Cut deep diagonal lines across the mixture, first slanting left, then slanting right, to make a diamond pattern. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "The expansive volume under the tent, the spherical ring, the arcs of leaping gymnasts, the diagonals of tightrope were like the elements in the solar system, orbiting around one another, all bound by gravity. \u2014 Rachel Corbett, The Atlantic , 12 Apr. 2020",
      "Pat dry, cut on the diagonal into 2-inch (5 cm) lengths and set aside. \u2014 Kimberly Wilson, Essence , 10 Apr. 2020",
      "Diagonal Long boards installed on a diagonal from the room's walls. \u2014 Hadley Keller, House Beautiful , 13 Mar. 2020",
      "This can be done by stretching a string across one diagonal and then the other. \u2014 James Dulley, Dallas News , 12 Jan. 2020",
      "Every subrange of d, such as a target window of 0.95 to 1.05, will be a 2-D sandwich between lines parallel to, and on either side of, the above diagonal . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 29 June 2018",
      "By move 42, both of Alpha- Zero\u2019s bishops control long open diagonals directed right at the king. \u2014 William Herkewitz, Popular Mechanics , 23 Feb. 2020",
      "Torey Krug made the key play on Pastrnak\u2019s goal, firing a hard, long-distance diagonal from 10-15 feet behind his own blue line into the right wing corner. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 Nov. 2019",
      "Yes, that Adolf, complete with the mini-mustache and the dark diagonal of hair. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 18 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1563, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1571, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "dialog":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a written composition in which two or more characters are represented as conversing",
      ": a conversation between two or more persons",
      ": a similar exchange between a person and something else (such as a computer)",
      ": an exchange of ideas and opinions",
      ": a discussion between representatives of parties to a conflict that is aimed at resolution",
      ": the conversational element of literary or dramatic composition",
      ": a musical composition for two or more parts suggestive of a conversation",
      ": to express in dialogue",
      ": to take part in a dialogue",
      ": conversation given in a written story or a play",
      ": a conversation between two or more people or groups"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b-\u0259-\u02ccl\u022fg",
      "-\u02ccl\u00e4g"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "argument",
      "argumentation",
      "argy-bargy",
      "back-and-forth",
      "colloquy",
      "confab",
      "confabulation",
      "conference",
      "consult",
      "consultation",
      "council",
      "counsel",
      "debate",
      "deliberation",
      "discussion",
      "give-and-take",
      "palaver",
      "parley",
      "talk"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "No accusations of deceptive advertising can be leveled at the show; nevertheless, the plot and the dialogue are drawn directly from the original. \u2014 Charles Isherwood, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
      "The screenplay, by Matt Lopez, leans bright and broad, but there are sweetly specific moments scattered throughout, from a whisper-fight over dominoes at the local social club to the frequent snatches of colloquial Spanish woven into the dialogue . \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 15 June 2022",
      "Each of its five chapters consists of the dialogue of a single speaker who is telling a story to another character, with that listener\u2019s missing responses implied in the first character\u2019s remarks. \u2014 Joseph Berger, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
      "There are very interesting narrative devices in the structure of the film yet the entire dialogue comes from interviews with real people. \u2014 Emiliano Granada, Variety , 13 June 2022",
      "These should be open-ended to keep the dialogue going in a natural way while also garnering deeper insights into the product or the service. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "The dialogue between artist and critic unfolds like a play, dense with unexplained references to things seen and conversations held over the preceding days of their visit. \u2014 Jarrett Earnest, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
      "Sometimes there are exciting backdrops to their conversations, and sometimes the dialogue has to be the most exciting thing happening. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 6 June 2022",
      "Even when the dialogue gets preachy, the film stays grounded: These guys first bonded while serving mimosas to racist yuppies. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 3 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Visitors are encouraged to dialogue with artists whose works-in-progress are on view June 4 through June 25. \u2014 Matt Cooperlistings Coordinator, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
      "How might our politics look different if sincerity claims were an invitation to dialogue rather than a conversation-stopper? \u2014 Charles Mccrary, The New Republic , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Be sure to regularly dialogue with your employees about stress management and burnout, formally through surveys and informally through check-ins. \u2014 Naz Beheshti, Forbes , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "In behind-the-scenes footage shared to her Story, El Moussa and Richards lip synched along to dialogue from her Netflix show. \u2014 Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "There will be time at the end of the program for audience members to dialogue with the performers. \u2014 Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Oct. 2021",
      "Typically done after a project is completed, snapshots enable managers to dialogue with employees about their performance while the project is still top of mind. \u2014 Lisa Bodell, Forbes , 29 Sep. 2021",
      "Who knows, had Korach and his group agreed to seriously dialogue with Moses, Moses might have calmed them down. \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com , 7 June 2021",
      "Korach\u2019s cohorts also refused to dialogue with Moses (16:12). \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com , 7 June 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1566, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184739"
  },
  "diametric":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of, relating to, or constituting a straight line segment passing through the center of a figure or body : located at the diameter (see diameter sense 1 )",
      ": completely opposed : being at opposite extremes"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u012b-\u0259-\u02c8me-trik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "antipodal",
      "antipodean",
      "antithetical",
      "contradictory",
      "contrary",
      "opposite",
      "polar"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "noncontradictory"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "that husband and wife have seemingly diametric personalities, but somehow their marriage works",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "As sheltered as my life had been, his life had been the diametric opposite. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "As sheltered as my life had been, his life had been the diametric opposite. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "As sheltered as my life had been, his life had been the diametric opposite. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "As sheltered as my life had been, his life had been the diametric opposite. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "As sheltered as my life had been, his life had been the diametric opposite. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "As sheltered as my life had been, his life had been the diametric opposite. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "As sheltered as my life had been, his life had been the diametric opposite. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Jenner\u2019s position put her in diametric opposition to LGBTQ advocacy groups around the country, who have been battling a record number of anti-trans bills pushed by conservatives in more than 30 states. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 July 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see diameter ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1553, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192738"
  },
  "diametrical":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "of, relating to, or constituting a straight line segment passing through the center of a figure or body located at the diameter (see diameter sense 1 )",
      "completely opposed being at opposite extremes"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02ccd\u012b-\u0259-\u02c8me-trik",
    "synonyms":[
      "antipodal",
      "antipodean",
      "antithetical",
      "contradictory",
      "contrary",
      "opposite",
      "polar"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "noncontradictory"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "that husband and wife have seemingly diametric personalities, but somehow their marriage works",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "As sheltered as my life had been, his life had been the diametric opposite. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "As sheltered as my life had been, his life had been the diametric opposite. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "As sheltered as my life had been, his life had been the diametric opposite. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "As sheltered as my life had been, his life had been the diametric opposite. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "As sheltered as my life had been, his life had been the diametric opposite. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "As sheltered as my life had been, his life had been the diametric opposite. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "As sheltered as my life had been, his life had been the diametric opposite. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Jenner\u2019s position put her in diametric opposition to LGBTQ advocacy groups around the country, who have been battling a record number of anti-trans bills pushed by conservatives in more than 30 states. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 July 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see diameter ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1553, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-163617"
  },
  "diaphanous":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through",
      ": characterized by extreme delicacy of form : ethereal",
      ": insubstantial , vague"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u012b-\u02c8a-f\u0259-n\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cobwebby",
      "filmy",
      "gauzelike",
      "gauzy",
      "gossamer",
      "gossamery",
      "see-through",
      "sheer",
      "transparent"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the bride wore a diaphanous veil",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The baby, wearing a diaphanous dress of a pale blue color and a little white bow in her hair, which is the same red color as Prince Harry's hair, is pictured smiling happily on a lawn. \u2014 Maria Puente, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022",
      "Scrolling below us was a mesmerizing, diaphanous panorama of rainbow parrotfish and blue angelfish darting in and out of the reef. \u2014 Tom Vanderbilt, Outside Online , 2 July 2019",
      "The diaphanous sleeves that draped so elegantly off her shoulders were attached to the dress with an edgy metal collar. \u2014 Sarah Spellings, Vogue , 5 May 2022",
      "Delicate and diaphanous , the blooms signify rebirth, even if only tentatively. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
      "After a high-profile hiatus in 2015, Phan returned to YouTube with a splash in 2019, continuing to make soft-spoken beauty tutorials featuring diaphanous , ethereal makeup. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 5 May 2022",
      "For any bride seeking to emulate the delicate romance of Kennedy\u2019s gown\u2014its elegant portrait neckline, its billowing silk taffeta skirt, its diaphanous lace veil\u2014the trail went cold. \u2014 Liam Hess, Vogue , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "This is the latest, which steals back the record for history's thinnest-ever wristwatch from Piaget, by cutting things back another 0.2 millimeters to a diaphanous 1.8 millimeters (0.07 inches). \u2014 Alex Doak, CNN , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Her character, a jewelry designer, strolls around the city in diaphanous sheer dresses and mini shorts. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 6 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"extension with -ous of Medieval Latin diafanus, diaphanus, borrowed from Greek diaphan\u1e17s \"transparent, manifest, conspicuous,\" adjective derivative from the stem of diapha\u00ednein \"to let be seen through,\" diapha\u00ednesthai \"to show through, be seen through,\" from dia-  dia- + pha\u00ednein (active voice) \"to bring to light, cause to appear,\" and pha\u00ednesthai (middle voice) \"to become visible, come to light, appear\" \u2014 more at fantasy entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1614, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193339"
  },
  "dice":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": die sense 1",
      ": a gambling game played with dice",
      ": a small cubical piece (as of food)",
      ": a close contest between two racing-car drivers for position during a race",
      ": of no avail : no use : futile",
      ": no entry 1 sense 3",
      ": to cut into small cubes",
      ": to ornament with square markings",
      ": to bring by playing dice",
      ": to lose by dicing",
      ": to play games with dice",
      ": to take a chance",
      ": die entry 2 sense 1",
      ": to cut into small cubes"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012bs",
      "\u02c8d\u012bs"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bones",
      "die"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "chop",
      "hash",
      "mince"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "In this game, each player rolls the dice to see who plays first.",
      "They were shooting dice in one of the bar's back rooms.",
      "Verb",
      "Dice the potatoes and add them to the soup.",
      "quickly diced some peppers and onions and threw them into the stew",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "For now, every infection, and every subsequent reinfection, remains a toss of the dice . \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 27 May 2022",
      "Early Voting represented a wise and lucrative roll of the dice by Brown, who chose not to run in the Kentucky Derby two weeks ago in spite of accumulating enough points to do so. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 May 2022",
      "Had the conditions gotten bad enough in that stint, Rossi could have taken over the lead, but the race ran dry enough that Rossi was later forced to pit for red tires and give up on his roll-of-the- dice . \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 14 May 2022",
      "Roll of the dice with the No. 1 pick, and the Jags opted for DE Travon Walker's potential ahead of Hutchinson's production. \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 1 May 2022",
      "And then came pinch hitter Ryan McKenna, a shuffle of the dice from manager Brandon Hyde that ended in the same \u2014 a strikeout. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Simply being in public while Black is a roll of the dice . \u2014 Alison Van Houten, Outside Online , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "But getting a camera that works is a roll of the dice , and not everyone has the patience for bargain shopping and DIY vintage camera repair. \u2014 PCMAG , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "For parents intent on protecting their children from COVID, interscholastic sports are a roll of the dice . \u2014 Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "For a salad with no awkward size differential, dice the vegetables in your salad to be about the same size as the pasta. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022",
      "Also, make sure there is flexibility in the filters so users can slice and dice the data in the way that\u2019s most useful for them. \u2014 Dan Mallin, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Just dice it up into \u00bc-inch pieces and slowly sizzle it over a medium flame until deeply browned and most of the fat has rendered out. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "There are probably a million ways to slice and dice economic and cost-of-living data, so OJO\u2019s survey isn\u2019t the last word. \u2014 Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "The 2022 Porsche Macan can dice it up with sports sedans on a racetrack and carry a reasonable cartful of groceries home from Costco. \u2014 Car and Driver , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "To dispose of them safely, farmers dice them with a snowblower, spread them across their fields and let the winter elements degrade them. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Feb. 2022",
      "Rather than having to dice and slice veggies when your hands are still numb from outside, a frozen soup will be ready to eat (and heat you up) after just a quick spin in the microwave. \u2014 Audrey Bruno, SELF , 29 Dec. 2021",
      "With five minutes left, peel, core and dice the apple. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 17 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212011"
  },
  "dictatorial":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of, relating to, or befitting a dictator",
      ": ruled by a dictator",
      ": oppressive to or arrogantly overbearing toward others"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdik-t\u0259-\u02c8t\u022fr-\u0113-\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "absolute",
      "arbitrary",
      "autocratic",
      "autocratical",
      "czarist",
      "tsarist",
      "tzarist",
      "despotic",
      "monocratic",
      "tyrannical",
      "tyrannic",
      "tyrannous"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "limited"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "He was given dictatorial powers.",
      "a dictatorial leader with total control over people's lives",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Brazil suffered a military coup in 1964, resulting in a dictatorial regime that lasted until 1985. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 13 June 2022",
      "Stripped of its bureaucratic language and moral statement, this is a proposal for an enormously powerful, unelected commissariat to exercise dictatorial control over American politics. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "Voters, many too young remember, were partly seduced by the 64-year-old\u2019s misleading presentation of his late father\u2019s dictatorial rule as a halcyon economic age to be revived. \u2014 Time , 13 May 2022",
      "These verbal ornaments give the actors something to work with, lines to inflect and emotions to contrive, as hectic distractions from the fact that their characters are purely puppets, pulled by the dictatorial strings of plot. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Argentina\u2019s dictatorial leader, General Juan Manuel de Rosas, came to power in 1829 and consolidated his informal, extraconstitutional rule by 1835. \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Dogs' understanding of the absolute no may be connected to the structure of their packs, which are not egalitarian like those of the wolves but dictatorial , the center's researchers have discovered. \u2014 Virginia Morell, Scientific American , 1 July 2015",
      "Russia replaced one dictatorial regime with another with the massacre of Nicholas II and his family in a basement in Yekaterinburg and the ascent of Vladimir Lenin in Moscow. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Italy is also reported to have opposed the measure in order to maintain some leverage over Russia\u2019s dictatorial president, Vladimir Putin. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 25 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin dict\u0101t\u014drius \"of a dictator\" (derivative of dict\u0101tor  dictator ) + -al entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1587, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212522"
  },
  "diddle":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to move with short rapid motions",
      "to waste (time) in trifling",
      "hoax , swindle",
      "to copulate with",
      "dawdle , fool",
      "fiddle , toy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8di-d\u1d4al",
    "synonyms":[
      "crawl",
      "creep",
      "dally",
      "dawdle",
      "delay",
      "dillydally",
      "drag",
      "lag",
      "linger",
      "loiter",
      "lollygag",
      "lallygag",
      "mope",
      "poke",
      "shilly-shally",
      "tarry"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "barrel",
      "bolt",
      "career",
      "course",
      "dash",
      "fly",
      "hasten",
      "hotfoot (it)",
      "hurry",
      "race",
      "rip",
      "rocket",
      "run",
      "rush",
      "scoot",
      "scud",
      "scurry",
      "speed",
      "tear",
      "whirl",
      "whisk",
      "whiz",
      "whizz",
      "zip"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "He had tried to diddle his insurance agency.",
      "She felt she had been diddled out of her inheritance."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1786, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "diddly":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": diddly-squat"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-d\u1d4al-\u0113",
      "\u02c8did-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beans",
      "bubkes",
      "bupkes",
      "bupkus",
      "continental",
      "damn",
      "darn",
      "durn",
      "diddly-squat",
      "doodley-squat",
      "doodly-squat",
      "fig",
      "ghost",
      "hoot",
      "iota",
      "jot",
      "lick",
      "modicum",
      "rap",
      "squat",
      "syllable",
      "tittle",
      "whit",
      "whoop"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "He helped us a lot, but she didn't do diddly .",
      "that jerk doesn't know diddly about half the things he spouts off about"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1964, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225755"
  },
  "die":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to pass from physical life expire",
      "to pass out of existence cease",
      "to disappear or subside gradually",
      "sink , languish",
      "to long keenly or desperately",
      "to be overwhelmed by emotion",
      "to cease functioning stop",
      "to end in failure",
      "to become indifferent",
      "to be long in dying",
      "to continue resistance against hopeless odds",
      "to fail especially at an early stage through lack of support or enthusiasm",
      "extremely desirable or appealing",
      "a small cube marked on each face with from one to six spots and used usually in pairs in various games and in gambling by being shaken and thrown to come to rest at random on a flat surface",
      "dado sense 1a",
      "any of various tools or devices for imparting a desired shape, form, or finish to a material or for impressing an object or material such as",
      "the larger of a pair of cutting or shaping tools that when moved toward each other produce a desired form in or impress a desired device on an object by pressure or by a blow",
      "a device composed of a pair of such tools",
      "a hollow internally threaded screw-cutting tool used for forming screw threads",
      "a mold into which molten metal or other material is forced",
      "a perforated block through which metal or plastic is drawn or extruded for shaping",
      "to stop living",
      "to come to an end",
      "to want badly",
      "to stop working or running",
      "to gradually become less strong",
      "to die one after another so fewer and fewer are left",
      "to disappear gradually",
      "a small cube marked on each side with one to six spots and used in games",
      "a device for forming or cutting material by pressure",
      "to suffer total and irreversible loss of the bodily attributes and functions that constitute life",
      "to suffer or face the pains of death",
      "any of various tools or devices for imparting a desired shape, form, or finish to a material or for impressing an object or material"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8d\u012b",
    "synonyms":[
      "check out",
      "conk (out)",
      "croak",
      "decease",
      "demise",
      "depart",
      "drop",
      "end",
      "exit",
      "expire",
      "fall",
      "flatline",
      "go",
      "kick in",
      "kick off",
      "pass (on)",
      "pass away",
      "part",
      "peg out",
      "perish",
      "pop off",
      "step out",
      "succumb"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bones",
      "dice"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "Black women are three times more likely to die in childbirth than white women. \u2014 Erica Gonzales, ELLE , 14 June 2022",
      "In Massachusetts, state data indicate that Black women are about two times more likely to die during pregnancy or within one year post-partum compared to white women. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
      "Police officers and firefighters are more likely to die by suicide than in the line of duty, a troubling trend that researchers say didn't improve in 2020 despite national suicide rates decreasing. \u2014 Cady Stanton, USA TODAY , 10 June 2022",
      "Women\u2019s reproductive health is also better Women in countries with low levels of economic freedom are 15 times more likely to die in childbirth than women in countries with high levels of economic freedom. \u2014 Adam A. Millsap, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "Babies born to Black parents in Connecticut are more than four times as likely to die before their first birthday than babies born to white parents, according to a 2020 study by the Connecticut Health Foundation. \u2014 Jenna Carlesso, Hartford Courant , 4 June 2022",
      "American children and adolescents are more likely to die by gunfire than any other cause, according to the most recent available data from the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. \u2014 Hamza Shaban, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
      "People who drank unsweetened coffee were 16 to 21% less likely to die during the study period. \u2014 Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com , 2 June 2022",
      "The Public Policy Institution of California claims that the state's residents are 25 percent less likely to die in a mass shooting compared with other states, and Golden Staters have one of the lowest rates of firearm mortality in the country. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 2 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "America has endured unnecessarily large numbers of deaths and serious illness because of resistance to vaccination and a live-free-or- die hatred of masking. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 2 June 2022",
      "Brunette is invoking his team\u2019s never-say- die spirit. \u2014 Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel , 20 May 2022",
      "Steroids, by the way, turn out to be about the only serious drug that the president\u2019s poor press secretary, Stephanie (Rachel Dratch, who is to-roll-over-and- die -laughing funny), doesn\u2019t accidentally ingest during the course of the farcical mayhem. \u2014 Marilyn Stasio, Variety , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "This time, the never-say- die Cavaliers rallied from 21 down and stole an improbable 120-113 win. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "To date, her talent and never-say- die attitude have earned her two Olympic gold medals and a silver, as well as multiple triumphs in the World Cup and X Games. \u2014 Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY , 5 Feb. 2022",
      "Each processing element has its own dedicated on- die memory for weights and activations, and the platform supports both SIMD on the ALUs and MIMD across the chip. \u2014 Karl Freund, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
      "As insurance, Medill filled the galleries with Lincoln die -hards. \u2014 Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune , 22 May 2022",
      "During the musical\u2019s initial run, die -hards often showed up to performances in costumes, another rarity in the staid world of Broadway. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 21 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "die (away":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to disappear gradually or become less strong"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-180043"
  },
  "die (away ":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to disappear gradually or become less strong"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182321"
  },
  "die-hard":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": strongly or fanatically determined or devoted",
      ": strongly resisting change"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b-\u02cch\u00e4rd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "archconservative",
      "brassbound",
      "button-down",
      "buttoned-down",
      "conservative",
      "hidebound",
      "mossbacked",
      "old-fashioned",
      "old-line",
      "old-school",
      "orthodox",
      "paleoconservative",
      "reactionary",
      "standpat",
      "traditional",
      "traditionalistic",
      "ultraconservative",
      "unprogressive"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "broad-minded",
      "large-minded",
      "liberal",
      "nonconservative",
      "nonconventional",
      "nonorthodox",
      "nontraditional",
      "open-minded",
      "progressive",
      "unconventional",
      "unorthodox"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1922, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203846"
  },
  "differ":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to be unlike or distinct in nature, form, or characteristics",
      ": to change from time to time or from one instance to another : vary",
      ": to be of unlike or opposite opinion : disagree",
      ": to be unlike : be different",
      ": disagree sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-f\u0259r",
      "\u02c8di-f\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "contrast",
      "vary"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "compare",
      "match"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The two schools differ in their approach to discipline.",
      "my brother and I differ markedly in the way we handle money",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Those may sound like small differences, but because oxygen levels are so critical to health, treatment protocols for many diseases, including Covid, can differ dramatically when small differences are detected in oxygen levels. \u2014 Usha Lee Mcfarling, STAT , 3 June 2022",
      "In the end, the new map doesn\u2019t differ drastically from the old. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
      "While many of the authors\u2019 predictions don\u2019t differ significantly from their last report, their confidence in their projections has increased. \u2014 David Abel, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
      "And yet, throughout much of the U.S., students, residents, and doctors have already been living and working alongside people whose views differ from their own. \u2014 Emma Green, The New Yorker , 31 May 2022",
      "Ceramic and porcelain are two of the most popular tile materials, but their qualities differ . \u2014 Daniel Bortz, Good Housekeeping , 31 May 2022",
      "The Times\u2019 James Queally takes a look at where the candidates stand on various aspects, and how their positions differ . \u2014 Julia Wickstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 28 May 2022",
      "The diverse repertoire of antibodies should be able to protect people from new variants, even those that differ significantly from the original version of the virus, the study suggests. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "The diverse repertoire of antibodies produced should be able to protect people from new variants, even those that differ significantly from the original version of the virus, the study suggests. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English differren, differen, borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French differer \"to be different,\" borrowed (with conjugational change) from Latin differre \"to carry away in varying directions, spread abroad, postpone, delay, be unlike or distinct,\" from dif-, assimilated form of dis-  dis- + ferre \"to carry, convey\"",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222848"
  },
  "difference":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of being dissimilar or different",
      ": an instance of being unlike or distinct in nature, form, or quality",
      ": a characteristic that distinguishes one from another or from the average",
      ": the element or factor that separates or distinguishes contrasting situations",
      ": distinction or discrimination in preference",
      ": disagreement in opinion : dissension",
      ": an instance or cause of disagreement",
      ": the degree or amount by which things differ in quantity or measure",
      ": remainder sense 2b(1)",
      ": a significant change in or effect on a situation",
      ": differentiate , distinguish",
      ": what makes two or more persons or things not the same",
      ": a disagreement about something",
      ": the number that is left after subtracting one number from another",
      ": an important change"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-f(\u0259-)r\u0259n(t)s",
      "\u02c8di-f\u0259rn(t)s",
      "\u02c8di-f\u0259-rens",
      "\u02c8di-fr\u0259ns"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "contrast",
      "disagreement",
      "discrepancy",
      "disparateness",
      "disparity",
      "dissimilarity",
      "dissimilitude",
      "distance",
      "distinction",
      "distinctiveness",
      "distinctness",
      "diverseness",
      "diversity",
      "otherness",
      "unlikeness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "differentiate",
      "discern",
      "discriminate",
      "distinguish",
      "secern",
      "separate"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "She knows the difference between right and wrong.",
      "There's no difference between the two houses. They look exactly the same.",
      "There's a big difference in price.",
      "Verb",
      "people who cannot difference God's will from their own selfish desires and prejudices",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "After spending time in Israel years ago, Altman returned home determined to make a difference . \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 15 June 2022",
      "Do conditioners make a difference when styling curly hair? \u2014 ELLE , 15 June 2022",
      "The headlines for the YouTube Clips, Enjeti explained, are very important for driving views, and little things like capitalizing emotive words can make a difference . \u2014 Cal Newport, The New Yorker , 15 June 2022",
      "Alex Cappa, Ted Karras and La\u2019el Collins are all expected to be starters who make a difference right away. \u2014 Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer , 14 June 2022",
      "Initially, with racial gerrymandering, facts did make a difference . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
      "Some products just need to be touched; sometimes buying is about the in-store experience; sometimes real-life staff make the difference ; sometimes, consumers just want things right now. \u2014 Brad Quinton, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
      "But can the Ukrainian military hold out long enough for any of it to make a difference ? \u2014 Mac William Bishop, Rolling Stone , 12 June 2022",
      "But even if Democrats and Republicans do reach a deal, will the limited changes really make a difference ? \u2014 NBC News , 12 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "But that\u2019s largely attributed to the singular genius of coach Bill Belichick, who is famous for his ability to adapt his game plan and players to difference situations each week. \u2014 Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press , 2 Mar. 2018",
      "For the days closest to the equinox, the Harvest Moon rise occurs between 30 and 35 minutes difference each day, as opposed to the normal 50 minutes through most of the rest of the year. \u2014 Richard Tribou, OrlandoSentinel.com , 5 Oct. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195902"
  },
  "different":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": partly or totally unlike in nature, form, or quality : dissimilar",
      ": not the same: such as",
      ": distinct",
      ": various",
      ": another",
      ": unusual , special",
      ": differently",
      ": not of the same kind",
      ": not the same",
      ": not ordinary"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-f(\u0259-)r\u0259nt",
      "\u02c8di-f\u0259rnt",
      "\u02c8di-f\u0259-r\u0259nt",
      "\u02c8di-fr\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "disparate",
      "dissimilar",
      "distant",
      "distinct",
      "distinctive",
      "distinguishable",
      "diverse",
      "nonidentical",
      "other",
      "unalike",
      "unlike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "alike",
      "identical",
      "indistinguishable",
      "kin",
      "kindred",
      "like",
      "parallel",
      "same",
      "similar"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The intention of the question and the intention of the answer is different . \u2014 Will Foret, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "While their gardening styles are different , their yards complement each other, Schreiter said. \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
      "Every migraine is different \u2014some can last for a few hours, while others may drag on for days. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 16 June 2022",
      "This all could have been much different had the ball been a few feet to the right. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 15 June 2022",
      "Now, Hanks says, the times are different , with the authenticity of a performance more important. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 June 2022",
      "Chefs often have to create shortcuts to mimic the flavors of this dish, which is traditionally cooked in an earthen pit, and Perez is no different . \u2014 Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
      "The new budget \u2014 at first glance \u2014 is no different , setting a savings target of $140 million. \u2014 Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant , 15 June 2022",
      "Rag & Bone's approach to the partnership was a bit different . \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 15 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adverb",
      "1588, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170013"
  },
  "differentiate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to obtain the mathematical derivative (see derivative entry 1 sense 3 ) of",
      ": to mark or show a difference in : constitute a contrasting element that distinguishes",
      ": to develop differential or distinguishing characteristics in",
      ": to cause differentiation (see differentiation sense 3b ) of in the course of development",
      ": to express the specific distinguishing quality of : discriminate",
      ": to recognize or give expression to a difference",
      ": to become distinct or different in character",
      ": to undergo differentiation (see differentiation sense 3b )",
      ": to make or become different",
      ": to recognize or state the difference between",
      ": to constitute a difference that distinguishes",
      ": to cause differentiation of in the course of development",
      ": to discriminate or give expression to a specific difference that distinguishes",
      ": to cause differentiation in (a specimen for microscopic examination) by staining",
      ": to recognize or express a difference",
      ": to undergo differentiation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdi-f\u0259-\u02c8ren(t)-sh\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
      "\u02ccdi-f\u0259-\u02c8ren-sh\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
      "\u02ccdif-\u0259-\u02c8ren-ch\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "difference",
      "discern",
      "discriminate",
      "distinguish",
      "secern",
      "separate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "confuse",
      "mistake",
      "mix (up)"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The only thing that differentiates the twins is the color of their eyes.",
      "it was hard at first to differentiate between the two styles of music",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Yet there is no doubt that the very things that make vinyl a chore to replicate\u2014the bulkiness, the frameable album art, the fingerprint-like grooves that differentiate one record from the next\u2014are part of why vinyl is surging right now. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022",
      "That said, and despite the surface level similarities to the crypto winter that existed during 2018-2019, there are several traits that differentiate current market volatility from an existential crisis of confidence. \u2014 Sean Stein Smith, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
      "There are a few features that differentiate MiUI from other versions of Android. \u2014 Maren Estrada, BGR , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "In conducting research, the authors started with a pool of more than 2,400 corporate leaders, before narrowing it down to a core group of 67, to analyze the six critical responsibilities that differentiate the best CEOs from the rest. \u2014 Ruth Umoh, Fortune , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Sessions now thinks that slow development, caused by transposons located within introns, might leave adult salamanders full of immature cells that can still differentiate into new tissues. \u2014 Douglas Fox, Scientific American , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "Because the Omicron variant has at least 50 mutations that differentiate it from the earliest SARS-CoV-2 strain, the Omicron-specific vaccine is expected to contain synthetic genetic material that is slightly different from the original vaccines. \u2014 Elizabeth Narins, Health.com , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "Moses Ingram's Lady Macduff is presented as a sartorial counterpoint to Lady Macbeth; her wardrobe retains the same silhouette, but in textiles that subtly differentiate her warmer presence from the leading lady's coldness. \u2014 Mary Sollosi, EW.com , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "There were basketball-specific issues that differentiate the two, ones Auriemma says the Huskies addressed in their last week of practice. \u2014 Alexa Philippou, courant.com , 2 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"probably borrowed from Medieval Latin differenti\u0101tus, past participle of differenti\u0101re \"to distinguish\" (New Latin in mathematical sense), verbal derivative of Latin differentia  difference entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1814, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205903"
  },
  "difficulty":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "the quality or state of being hard to do, deal with, or understand the quality or state of being difficult",
      "controversy , disagreement",
      "objection",
      "something difficult impediment",
      "embarrassment , trouble",
      "the state of being hard to do",
      "great effort",
      "something that makes something hard to do obstacle",
      "a troublesome situation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8di-fi-(\u02cc)k\u0259l-t\u0113",
    "synonyms":[
      "adversity",
      "asperity",
      "hardness",
      "hardship",
      "rigor"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "She underestimated the difficulty of saving so much money.",
      "the many difficulties that he encountered on the road from poor orphan to head of a major corporation",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Cat owners should be on the lookout for asthma-like attacks, coughing, vomiting, lack of appetite or weight loss, as well as fainting, seizures and difficulty walking as well as fluid accumulation in the stomach. \u2014 Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star , 21 June 2022",
      "Over the past few years, many CISOs were happy to encounter less difficulty having their budgeting requests fulfilled as overall corporate spending increased. \u2014 Jim Deloach, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "While a healthy respect for heights and the ability to deal with them is essential, a via ferrata is far less physically demanding than traditional climbing, and most mountains have routes that vary in length, elevation and difficulty . \u2014 Sal Vaglica, USA TODAY , 18 June 2022",
      "While Zalatoris and Fitzpatrick handled the wind superbly, Rahm\u2019s 1-over 71 was much more indicative of the course\u2019s difficulty . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
      "But just as difficulty hits its peak, the price of the coin has plummeted. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 17 June 2022",
      "One of the key sequences in Season 1 involves the difficulty Sunja\u2019s mother has in simply finding some rice for Sunja and her groom to eat on their wedding day (the Japanese had prohibited the staple from being sold to Koreans). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
      "But the episode nonetheless raises questions about how Obi-Wan Kenobi fits into the larger story, and illuminates the difficulty , for the writers, of negotiating an ever-expanding narrative universe without compromising the material that exists. \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 14 June 2022",
      "The feeling is mutual, with Moore noting the inherent difficulty for college students seeking to gain on-the-job experience in their respective fields while going to school full-time. \u2014 Thomas Jewell, cleveland , 13 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English difficulte, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French difficult\u00e9, borrowed from Latin difficult\u0101t-, difficult\u0101s, from difficilis \"hard to do, troublesome, intractable\" (from dif-, probably assimilated form of dis-  dis- + facilis \"easy, accommodating\") + -t\u0101t-, -t\u0101s  -ty \u2014 more at facile ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "diffusely":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": being at once verbose and ill-organized",
      ": not concentrated or localized",
      ": to pour out and permit or cause to spread freely",
      ": extend , scatter",
      ": to spread thinly or wastefully",
      ": to subject to diffusion (see diffusion sense 3 )",
      ": to break up and distribute ( incident light) by reflection",
      ": to spread out or become transmitted especially by contact",
      ": to undergo diffusion",
      ": to spread or allow to spread freely",
      ": not concentrated or localized",
      ": to subject (as a light beam) to diffusion",
      ": to break up and distribute (incident light) by reflection (as from a rough surface)",
      ": to undergo diffusion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8fy\u00fcs",
      "di-\u02c8fy\u00fcz",
      "di-\u02c8fy\u00fcz",
      "dif-\u02c8y\u00fcs",
      "dif-\u02c8y\u00fcz"
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      "circuitous",
      "circumlocutory",
      "garrulous",
      "logorrheic",
      "long-winded",
      "pleonastic",
      "prolix",
      "rambling",
      "verbose",
      "windy",
      "wordy"
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      "compact",
      "concise",
      "crisp",
      "pithy",
      "succinct",
      "terse"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "First, there are two ultra- diffuse galaxies that appear to be satellite members of a massive group dominated by NGC 1052: DF2 and DF4. \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 22 June 2021",
      "In Los Angeles County, the impacts of the pandemic have been relatively diffuse , with millions of residents suffering and grieving in isolation across a famously vast sprawl. \u2014 Matthew Bloch, New York Times , 29 Jan. 2021",
      "In large part, that\u2019s because the CO2 in power plant emissions is relatively diffuse . \u2014 Tim Mcdonnell, Quartz , 13 Aug. 2020",
      "Kraftwerk\u2019s studio albums have been sampled liberally (by Jay-Z, Afrika Bambaataa, Coldplay), but its influence feels even more diffuse and profound. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 6 May 2020",
      "Like one of the smooth wood sculptures inside, its solid form twists and in some cases fractures, opening up large skylights that bring diffuse illumination into the galleries. \u2014 Sam Lubell, Los Angeles Times , 2 Apr. 2020",
      "In the United States, a younger and more diffuse population means the peak comes a bit later and doesn't rise as high per capita, but the larger population means that over 2 million people end up dead. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 17 Mar. 2020",
      "Artificial light includes both direct lighting, such as street lights and commercial signs, and skyglow, a more diffuse illumination that spreads beyond urban centers and can be brighter than a full moon. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 3 Feb. 2020",
      "The image captures a wide array of phenomena; some fall under the category of halos, while the more diffuse shadings closer to the moon are from a corona. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Jan. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Stay calm, rational and collected by adding the neurochemical oxytocin to diffuse the situation: Take deep breaths with full exhalation to regulate your blood pressure, reduce your fear response and uncover the opportunities. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
      "Head coach Monty Williams tried to diffuse the Suns\u2019 humbling loss, instead attempting to take the blame rather than placing it on the players. \u2014 Dj Siddiqi, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
      "Recently, a handful of galaxies have been identified that are dim and diffuse , and appear to have relatively little dark matter. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 18 May 2022",
      "Andy eventually came backstage in an attempt to diffuse the argument. \u2014 Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com , 10 May 2022",
      "Commonly, a kanoun (brazier) is used to gently diffuse the heat. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Blending with a Beautyblender or your fingers works well too, particularly to diffuse a silky, cream blush. \u2014 Emily Rekstis, Allure , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "These are the warmest areas of the body, which help to diffuse the scent molecules. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Biden will host Scholz at the White House on Feb. 7 to discuss joint diplomatic efforts to diffuse tensions with Russia, according to a statement from the president\u2019s office. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 27 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1612, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-092241"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": being at once verbose and ill-organized",
      ": not concentrated or localized",
      ": to pour out and permit or cause to spread freely",
      ": extend , scatter",
      ": to spread thinly or wastefully",
      ": to subject to diffusion (see diffusion sense 3 )",
      ": to break up and distribute ( incident light) by reflection",
      ": to spread out or become transmitted especially by contact",
      ": to undergo diffusion",
      ": to spread or allow to spread freely",
      ": not concentrated or localized",
      ": to subject (as a light beam) to diffusion",
      ": to break up and distribute (incident light) by reflection (as from a rough surface)",
      ": to undergo diffusion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8fy\u00fcs",
      "di-\u02c8fy\u00fcz",
      "di-\u02c8fy\u00fcz",
      "dif-\u02c8y\u00fcs",
      "dif-\u02c8y\u00fcz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "circuitous",
      "circumlocutory",
      "garrulous",
      "logorrheic",
      "long-winded",
      "pleonastic",
      "prolix",
      "rambling",
      "verbose",
      "windy",
      "wordy"
    ],
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      "compact",
      "concise",
      "crisp",
      "pithy",
      "succinct",
      "terse"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "First, there are two ultra- diffuse galaxies that appear to be satellite members of a massive group dominated by NGC 1052: DF2 and DF4. \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 22 June 2021",
      "In Los Angeles County, the impacts of the pandemic have been relatively diffuse , with millions of residents suffering and grieving in isolation across a famously vast sprawl. \u2014 Matthew Bloch, New York Times , 29 Jan. 2021",
      "In large part, that\u2019s because the CO2 in power plant emissions is relatively diffuse . \u2014 Tim Mcdonnell, Quartz , 13 Aug. 2020",
      "Kraftwerk\u2019s studio albums have been sampled liberally (by Jay-Z, Afrika Bambaataa, Coldplay), but its influence feels even more diffuse and profound. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 6 May 2020",
      "Like one of the smooth wood sculptures inside, its solid form twists and in some cases fractures, opening up large skylights that bring diffuse illumination into the galleries. \u2014 Sam Lubell, Los Angeles Times , 2 Apr. 2020",
      "In the United States, a younger and more diffuse population means the peak comes a bit later and doesn't rise as high per capita, but the larger population means that over 2 million people end up dead. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 17 Mar. 2020",
      "Artificial light includes both direct lighting, such as street lights and commercial signs, and skyglow, a more diffuse illumination that spreads beyond urban centers and can be brighter than a full moon. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 3 Feb. 2020",
      "The image captures a wide array of phenomena; some fall under the category of halos, while the more diffuse shadings closer to the moon are from a corona. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Jan. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Stay calm, rational and collected by adding the neurochemical oxytocin to diffuse the situation: Take deep breaths with full exhalation to regulate your blood pressure, reduce your fear response and uncover the opportunities. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
      "Head coach Monty Williams tried to diffuse the Suns\u2019 humbling loss, instead attempting to take the blame rather than placing it on the players. \u2014 Dj Siddiqi, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
      "Recently, a handful of galaxies have been identified that are dim and diffuse , and appear to have relatively little dark matter. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 18 May 2022",
      "Andy eventually came backstage in an attempt to diffuse the argument. \u2014 Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com , 10 May 2022",
      "Commonly, a kanoun (brazier) is used to gently diffuse the heat. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Blending with a Beautyblender or your fingers works well too, particularly to diffuse a silky, cream blush. \u2014 Emily Rekstis, Allure , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "These are the warmest areas of the body, which help to diffuse the scent molecules. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Biden will host Scholz at the White House on Feb. 7 to discuss joint diplomatic efforts to diffuse tensions with Russia, according to a statement from the president\u2019s office. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 27 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1612, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203210"
  },
  "diffusion":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the state of being spread out or transmitted especially by contact : the action of diffusing",
      ": prolixity , diffuseness",
      ": the process whereby particles of liquids, gases, or solids intermingle as the result of their spontaneous movement caused by thermal (see thermal entry 1 sense 1b ) agitation and in dissolved substances move from a region of higher to one of lower concentration",
      ": reflection of light by a rough reflecting surface",
      ": transmission of light through a translucent material : scattering",
      ": the spread of cultural elements from one area or group of people to others by contact",
      ": the softening of sharp outlines in an image",
      ": the act of spreading or allowing to spread freely",
      ": the mixing of particles of liquids or gases so that they move from a region of high concentration to one of lower concentration",
      ": the process whereby particles of liquids, gases, or solids intermingle as the result of their spontaneous movement caused by thermal agitation and in dissolved substances move from a region of higher to one of lower concentration",
      ": reflection of light by a rough reflecting surface",
      ": transmission of light through a translucent material"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8fy\u00fc-zh\u0259n",
      "di-\u02c8fy\u00fc-zh\u0259n",
      "dif-\u02c8y\u00fc-zh\u0259n"
    ],
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      "circumlocution",
      "diffuseness",
      "garrulity",
      "garrulousness",
      "logorrhea",
      "long-windedness",
      "periphrasis",
      "prolixity",
      "redundancy",
      "verbalism",
      "verbiage",
      "verboseness",
      "verbosity",
      "windiness",
      "wordage",
      "wordiness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the author's tendency toward diffusion makes the novel a tedious read",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But studies at the industry and company levels, tapping data that ranges from Census Bureau business surveys to online job listings, show the pattern of technology diffusion and the obstacles. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2022",
      "The big advantage of groups in that context is the diffusion of responsibility for failures. \u2014 Heather Wishart-smith, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022",
      "Then, a second neural network, called a diffusion model, creates the image and generates the pixels needed to realize these features. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "That Mikhail also owned his Night, from 1880, might speak to his diffusion but also to his catholicity. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 26 Feb. 2022",
      "But what looked to some like the magnanimous diffusion of progress looked to others like theft. \u2014 The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Krige told me that scholars had to consider whether certain kinds of knowledge diffusion ought to be deterred. \u2014 The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "In a paper published last year, O\u2019Connor and her colleagues found that brain scans measuring things like the diffusion of water through white matter in the brain could accurately distinguish ADHD with and without prenatal alcohol exposure. \u2014 Emma Yasinkski, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "In her new book, Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company, Johnson adopts Everett Rogers\u2019 diffusion of innovation model, popularized through Malcolm Gladwell\u2019s book, The Tipping Point. \u2014 Ira Bedzow, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English diffusioun \"outpouring (of speech),\" borrowed from Late Latin diff\u016bsi\u014dn-, diff\u016bsi\u014d \"pouring out (of liquids), watering of the eyes, abundance\" (Latin, \"geniality\"), from Latin diffud-, variant stem of diffundere \"to pour out over a wide surface, spread out, extend\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at diffuse entry 2 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212007"
  },
  "dig":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to break up, turn, or loosen (earth) with an implement",
      ": to prepare the soil of",
      ": to bring to the surface by digging : unearth",
      ": to bring to light or out of hiding",
      ": to hollow out or form by removing earth : excavate",
      ": to drive down so as to penetrate : thrust",
      ": poke , prod",
      ": to pay attention to : notice",
      ": understand , appreciate",
      ": like , admire",
      ": to turn up, loosen, or remove earth",
      ": to work hard or laboriously",
      ": to advance by or as if by removing or pushing aside material",
      ": thrust , poke",
      ": a cutting remark",
      ": accommodations (see accommodation sense 1a ) for living or working",
      ": lodging sense 2b",
      ": an archaeological excavation site",
      ": the excavation itself",
      "digest",
      ": to turn up, loosen, or remove the soil",
      ": to turn up or remove with a shovel or by similar means",
      ": to form by removing earth",
      ": to uncover or search by or as if by turning up earth",
      ": prod entry 1 sense 1 , poke",
      ": to begin eating",
      ": to begin eating",
      ": to try to discover information",
      ": to uncover or remove (as from soil)",
      ": discover",
      ": poke entry 2",
      ": a place where buried objects are being uncovered",
      ": a project to uncover buried objects",
      ": a nasty remark"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dig",
      "\u02c8dig"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "excavate",
      "shovel"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dab",
      "jab",
      "lunge",
      "poke"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The fabric is soft to the touch, the waistband doesn't pinch or dig into your hips, and the seams are undetectable under any kind of outfit. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 26 May 2022",
      "Then the two head out onto the patio and dig into the bowl as the sun comes up. \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "For Zellweger, who plays Pam, the twists offered an excuse to explore potential bias in prosecution \u2014 and dig into the secrets of someone who is alleged to have killed more than once. \u2014 People Staff, PEOPLE.com , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "The docuseries will be accompanied by a companion podcast of the same name that will dig into Conn\u2019s case further. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Even in a high-waist pair of leggings, flat seams tend to roll down, while others pull and rub or even dig into the skin. \u2014 Jenny Mccoy, SELF , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "The best way to rally against a team with such an All-Star is to not dig such a hole to begin with. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 23 Jan. 2022",
      "That should provide astronomers with a huge map of the universe to study and dig into. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "Workers spent an entire day in September probing this spot, but did not dig deeply enough into the granite rubble below the ground. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But Rock has not escaped scrutiny, as the joke that triggered Smith\u2019s slap was perceived by Pinkett Smith as a dig at her alopecia, a condition that causes hair loss. \u2014 Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Before Davidson deleted his page, Entertainment Tonight reported that the comedian shared a post on his Instagram Story, which many fans saw as a dig at Kanye West, the estranged husband of his girlfriend, Kim Kardashian. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "No doubt the Global Times comment was meant as a dig at America's chaotic COVID response. \u2014 Yvonne Lau, Fortune , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "The government has long claimed its dig was a bust. \u2014 Fox News , 31 May 2022",
      "The government has long claimed its dig was a bust. \u2014 Michael Rubinkam, ajc , 28 May 2022",
      "The government has long claimed its dig was a bust. \u2014 CBS News , 28 May 2022",
      "Stephen Colbert just can't resist getting in a dig at southeastern Wisconsin. \u2014 Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Vas\u0131f \u015eaho\u011flu, a professor at Ankara University\u2019s Department of Archaeology and head of the Mustafa V. Ko\u00e7 Research Center for Maritime Archaeology, invited Goodman-Tchernov to participate in the dig , reports Israel National News. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 5 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1797, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184310"
  },
  "dig out":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": find , unearth",
      ": to make hollow by digging",
      ": take off sense 1a"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "ascertain",
      "descry",
      "detect",
      "determine",
      "dig up",
      "discover",
      "dredge (up)",
      "ferret (out)",
      "find",
      "find out",
      "get",
      "hit (on ",
      "hunt (down ",
      "learn",
      "locate",
      "nose out",
      "root (out)",
      "rout (out)",
      "rummage",
      "run down",
      "scare up",
      "scout (up)",
      "track (down)",
      "turn up"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "miss",
      "overlook",
      "pass over"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "she dug her old art supplies out of the basement",
      "without saying where she was going, the young woman dug out early the next morning",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The aloe vera and citric acid in this stuff dig out dirt, oil, and product buildup. \u2014 Editors Of Men's Health, Men's Health , 24 May 2022",
      "The Sox tried to dig out the 2-0 hole, loading the bases with one out in bottom of the first. Sheets struck out and Yankees catcher Jose Trevino threw to third to try to get Tim Anderson. \u2014 Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune , 14 May 2022",
      "Credit use had mostly increased since then, fell during the pandemic\u2014with rescue money helping people partly dig out of a hole\u2014and then started to increase in the first quarter of 2021 when things seemed to be getting better. \u2014 Erik Sherman, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Oregon baseball dropped its second straight game to open the season as a seven-run third inning by San Diego was too steep a hole for the Ducks to dig out of. \u2014 James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 19 Feb. 2022",
      "The coronavirus outbreak shut down the racing circuit, leaving him with plenty of time to dig out of his tunnel. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "Melted butter can also be incorporated into a batter or dough with just a spatula\u2014no need to dig out the pastry cutter or stand mixer. \u2014 Sarah Jampel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 4 May 2022",
      "The Board of Review, the second body to hear objections to assessments, is still trying to dig out from an influx in the last couple of years. \u2014 Alison Dirr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "The moves, disclosed by a senior Treasury official not authorized to speak publicly, represent the agency\u2019s most aggressive strategy to dig out from under the massive backlog, the result of lagging operations due to the coronavirus pandemic. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173539"
  },
  "dig up":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": find , unearth"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "ascertain",
      "descry",
      "detect",
      "determine",
      "dig out",
      "discover",
      "dredge (up)",
      "ferret (out)",
      "find",
      "find out",
      "get",
      "hit (on ",
      "hunt (down ",
      "learn",
      "locate",
      "nose out",
      "root (out)",
      "rout (out)",
      "rummage",
      "run down",
      "scare up",
      "scout (up)",
      "track (down)",
      "turn up"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "miss",
      "overlook",
      "pass over"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211504"
  },
  "digest":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "a summation or condensation of a body of information such as",
      "a systematic compilation of legal rules, statutes, or decisions",
      "a periodical devoted to condensed versions of previously published articles",
      "a product of digestion",
      "to distribute or arrange systematically classify",
      "to convert (food) into absorbable form",
      "to take into the mind or memory",
      "to assimilate mentally",
      "to soften, decompose, or break down by heat and moisture or chemical action",
      "to extract soluble ingredients from by warming with a liquid",
      "to compress into a short summary",
      "absorb sense 2",
      "to digest food",
      "to become digested",
      "information in shortened form",
      "to change or become changed into simpler forms that can be used by the body",
      "to think over and try to understand",
      "a product of digestion",
      "to convert (food) into absorbable form",
      "to soften, decompose, or break down by heat and moisture or chemicals",
      "to extract soluble ingredients from by warming with a liquid",
      "to digest food",
      "to become digested",
      "a compilation of legal rules, statutes, or decisions systematically arranged"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8d\u012b-\u02ccjest",
    "synonyms":[
      "abstract",
      "breviary",
      "brief",
      "capsule",
      "conspectus",
      "encapsulation",
      "epitome",
      "inventory",
      "outline",
      "pr\u00e9cis",
      "recap",
      "recapitulation",
      "r\u00e9sum\u00e9",
      "resume",
      "resum\u00e9",
      "roundup",
      "run-through",
      "rundown",
      "sum",
      "sum-up",
      "summa",
      "summarization",
      "summary",
      "summing-up",
      "synopsis",
      "wrap-up"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "assort",
      "break down",
      "categorize",
      "class",
      "classify",
      "codify",
      "compartment",
      "compartmentalize",
      "distinguish",
      "distribute",
      "grade",
      "group",
      "peg",
      "place",
      "range",
      "rank",
      "relegate",
      "separate",
      "sort",
      "type"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "a digest of the laws",
      "a digest of yesterday's departmental meeting",
      "Verb",
      "He has trouble digesting certain foods.",
      "It will take me a while to digest this news.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "Sign up for At Home, a digest of the best home and garden stories, delivered to your inbox every Thursday. \u2014 Jura Koncius, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
      "Last week, DeSantis held a public budget-signing event that served as a convenient digest of his political approach. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
      "In January, a bipartisan group of lawmakers even introduced legislation that would require sites to make easy-to- digest summaries of their privacy terms. \u2014 Geoffrey A. Fowler, Anchorage Daily News , 4 June 2022",
      "Animal proteins and dairy, on the other hand, are much slower-to- digest and therefore better to eat at the end of the day when the body is winding down. \u2014 Gabby Shacknai, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
      "Who \u2014 besides the creator, David Simon, in his later series \u2014 has emulated its sprawl, its complexity, its bucking of TV\u2019s easy-to- digest episodic structure? \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
      "In January, a bipartisan group of lawmakers even introduced legislation that would require sites to make easy-to- digest summaries of their privacy terms. \u2014 Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
      "The easy-to- digest formula is free from corn syrup, maltodextrin, palm oil and soy. \u2014 Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Cdn, Nasm-cpt, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022",
      "Now read the latest MacBook, iPhone, and Apple Watch headlines in Forbes weekly Apple Loop news digest ... \u2014 Ewan Spence, Forbes , 7 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "Many do-it-yourself formula recipes are made from cow\u2019s milk and granular sugar that may be difficult for young babies to digest . \u2014 Matthew Perrone, Chicago Tribune , 13 May 2022",
      "Many do-it-yourself formula recipes are made from cow\u2019s milk and granular sugar that may be difficult for young babies to digest . \u2014 Matthew Perrone, ajc , 12 May 2022",
      "Many do-it-yourself formula recipes are made from cow\u2019s milk and granular sugar that may be difficult for young babies to digest . \u2014 Matthew Perrone, Anchorage Daily News , 12 May 2022",
      "That is, understandably, extremely difficult for financial markets to digest . \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2022",
      "The experience was mine alone to digest and interpret. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "The problem here is that dogs cannot digest the cob itself. \u2014 Mike Snider, USA TODAY , 22 May 2022",
      "Specialized baby formula known as EleCare, for infants or children who can\u2019t digest other formulas and milks, is the priority, Mr. Ford said. \u2014 Ginger Adams Otis, WSJ , 22 May 2022",
      "Alligators have survived millions of years but need temperatures above 40 degrees to be active and can\u2019t digest food if the temperature is below 70 degrees. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "dignified":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": showing or expressing dignity",
      ": having or showing dignity"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dig-n\u0259-\u02ccf\u012bd",
      "\u02c8dig-n\u0259-\u02ccf\u012bd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "august",
      "distingu\u00e9",
      "distinguished",
      "imposing",
      "portly",
      "solemn",
      "staid",
      "stately"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "flighty",
      "frivolous",
      "giddy",
      "goofy",
      "silly",
      "undignified"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "She has a kind but dignified manner.",
      "He looked very dignified in his new suit.",
      "The hotel's lobby is dignified but inviting.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "One major improvement was the construction of a new office building in 2015 to create a dignified space to welcome grieving families. \u2014 Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland , 14 June 2022",
      "Nevertheless, the script by Nakonechnyi and Iryna Tsilyk handles the situation with sensitivity while the performance from Burkovska \u2014 quiet, dignified , but very expressive \u2014 fills in a lot of emotional gaps. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 June 2022",
      "Womens' inclusion in public life and dignified work are both prerequisites of freedom and wellbeing everywhere. \u2014 Carmen Geha, CNN , 14 May 2022",
      "Afghan Hounds are an ancient breed that present themselves in dignified and aloof ways, according to the American Kennel Club. \u2014 Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day , 3 May 2022",
      "Some are receiving the first dignified burials of their afterlives. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
      "There\u2019s also, of course, Winkler, who continues to achieve dignified restraint and high hilarity this season, and just had a finely etched longform profile in the New York Times and is poised for a late career renaissance. \u2014 Taylor Antrim, Vogue , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Burmese people also believe that washing their hair with tayaw kinbun will get rid of bad luck and anoint them with dignified blessings. \u2014 Jada Jackson, Allure , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "It\u2019s a dignified mantra that, during the most raucous days of 2020, became an unapologetic command shouted at almost every protest and every march for racial justice in Los Angeles. \u2014 Erika D. Smithcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 28 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see dignify ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1584, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-171006"
  },
  "dignify":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to give distinction to : ennoble",
      ": to confer dignity upon",
      ": to give undue attention or status to",
      ": to give dignity or importance to",
      ": to treat with respect or seriousness that is not deserved"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dig-n\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b",
      "\u02c8dig-n\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aggrandize",
      "canonize",
      "deify",
      "elevate",
      "ennoble",
      "enshrine",
      "ensky",
      "enthrone",
      "exalt",
      "glorify",
      "magnify"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "abase",
      "degrade",
      "demean",
      "humble",
      "humiliate"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "She felt that formal clothing would help dignify the occasion.",
      "He said he wouldn't dignify his opponents' accusations by responding to them.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "While anyone might feel an urge to push for that fundraiser, Heart of Dinner's team wanted to dignify the man\u2019s wishes. \u2014 Karissa Chen, Bon App\u00e9tit , 31 May 2022",
      "Who decided\u2014in a very few seconds\u2014the weapon formed against them didn\u2019t dignify a response? \u2014 Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "In more recent years, Alfred Molina\u2019s melancholic, David Suchet\u2019s soulful innocent and John Malkovich\u2019s penitent exile sought to dignify him. \u2014 Bonnie Johnson, Los Angeles Times , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Who wanted to dignify such dumb scenarios with sober analyses? \u2014 Jennifer Szalai, New York Times , 3 Jan. 2022",
      "Slaughter was always searching in those days for ways to dignify the title and elevate the women who won it. \u2014 Amy Argetsinger, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 Dec. 2021",
      "After some initial reluctance to dignify such allegations by addressing them publicly, Hillary Clinton agrees to appear on 60 Minutes after the Super Bowl, an appearance that revitalizes her husband\u2019s campaign but earns her notably mixed reviews. \u2014 Scott Tobias, Vulture , 2 Nov. 2021",
      "Biden is a traditional politician who actively talks up bipartisanship and has promised to both re- dignify Washington and bring the country together. \u2014 Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic , 20 Sep. 2021",
      "On Saturday, Cooper will be memorialized with a marker and ceremony to dignify his memory near the Towson jail where he was imprisoned. \u2014 Taylor Deville, baltimoresun.com , 7 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English dignifien , from Middle French dignifier , from Late Latin dignificare , from Latin dignus worthy \u2014 more at decent ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200933"
  },
  "dike":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "noun,",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an artificial watercourse : ditch",
      ": a bank (see bank entry 1 sense 1 ) usually of earth constructed to control or confine water : levee",
      ": a barrier preventing passage especially of something undesirable",
      ": a raised causeway",
      ": a tabular body of igneous rock that has been injected while molten into a fissure",
      ": to surround or protect with a dike (see dike entry 1 )",
      ": to drain by a dike",
      ": lesbian",
      ": a long trench dug in the earth to carry water",
      ": a mound of earth built to control water"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012bk",
      "\u02c8d\u012bk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dam",
      "embankment",
      "head",
      "levee"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "In addition to the hundreds of thousands of acres of marshland that were drained or diked off, the researchers discovered former wetlands that now are forested that were unknown to anybody. \u2014 Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com , 17 Aug. 2019",
      "Ed Musial blames a series of finger dikes the state installed in the 1980s for channeling the river past their homes. \u2014 Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News , 30 June 2019",
      "The southern banks along Svensen Slough, a side channel of the Columbia River, have transformed over time from historic spruce swamp into fields diked off by European settlers for farming. \u2014 Edward Stratton, The Christian Science Monitor , 2 Apr. 2018",
      "Aerial photos show portions of the land \u2013 diked and drained for agriculture by the 1930s and cut in half by US Highway 30 by the 1970s \u2013 slowly returning to wetlands as levees broke down and breached. \u2014 Edward Stratton, The Christian Science Monitor , 2 Apr. 2018",
      "The tank area is believed to be diked and lined to contain spilled fuel. \u2014 Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News , 15 Mar. 2018",
      "That was before humans drained and diked estuaries to build cities, grow crops, and make salt. \u2014 National Geographic , 13 June 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1) and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211229"
  },
  "dilatory":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": tending or intended to cause delay",
      ": characterized by procrastination : tardy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-l\u0259-\u02cct\u022fr-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "crawling",
      "creeping",
      "dallying",
      "dawdling",
      "dillydallying",
      "dragging",
      "laggard",
      "lagging",
      "languid",
      "leisurely",
      "poking",
      "poky",
      "pokey",
      "slow",
      "sluggish",
      "snail-paced",
      "snaillike",
      "tardy",
      "unhurried"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "barreling",
      "bolting",
      "breakneck",
      "breathless",
      "brisk",
      "careering",
      "dizzy",
      "fast",
      "fleet",
      "flying",
      "hasty",
      "hurrying",
      "lightning",
      "meteoric",
      "quick",
      "racing",
      "rapid",
      "rocketing",
      "running",
      "rushing",
      "scooting",
      "scudding",
      "scurrying",
      "snappy",
      "speeding",
      "speedy",
      "swift",
      "warp-speed",
      "whirling",
      "whirlwind",
      "whisking",
      "zipping"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the homeowner is claiming that local firefighters were dilatory in responding to the call",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Members of Congress from both parties are raising tough questions about this dilatory pace. \u2014 William A. Galston, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
      "Cleage\u2019s dilatory method, unfortunately, nudges her to find melodramatic solutions to the stasis. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "And some parents-to-be, either superstitious or simply dilatory , hesitate to purchase baby items far in advance. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Dec. 2021",
      "What makes this dilatory pace unfathomable is that Democrats know the disastrous implications of the loss of a single Senate seat in the midst of a legislative battle. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 27 Oct. 2021",
      "Near the end of the meeting on Tuesday, Allard stopped testimony by raising a point of information and asking a series of procedural questions, a move LaFrance said was dilatory . \u2014 Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Oct. 2021",
      "Many less attractive traits are also recorded: Charles could be uncommunicative and dilatory , evasive and mendacious, refractory, vindictive, obstinate, even outright wicked, though self-delusive about the motives of others. \u2014 R.j.w. Evans, The New York Review of Books , 11 June 2020",
      "State and local governments have been even more dilatory . \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 7 Aug. 2021",
      "Bolick, R-Phoenix, eventually cut off public comment and discussion as Republicans argued Democrats were being dilatory , forcing a vote on the bill. \u2014 Andrew Oxford, The Arizona Republic , 24 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French dilatorie , Late Latin dilatorius , from Latin differre (past participle dilatus ) to postpone, differ \u2014 more at differ , tolerate ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204555"
  },
  "dilemma":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice",
      ": a situation involving such a choice",
      ": predicament",
      ": a problem involving a difficult choice",
      ": a difficult or persistent problem",
      ": an argument presenting two or more equally conclusive alternatives against an opponent",
      ": a situation in which a person has to choose between things that are all bad or unsatisfactory"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8le-m\u0259",
      "also",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8le-m\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "catch-22",
      "double bind",
      "quandary"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Meanwhile, the tour\u2019s leaderboards are filled with young/long hitters who thrill fans with freakish distance and pose a dilemma between curbing it and preserving fan appeal and recreational satisfaction. \u2014 Steve Marantz, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
      "If your skin is long overdue for a cleansing facial, the much-beloved Indian Healing Clay by Aztec Secret is the answer to that dilemma . \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
      "Utah\u2019s dilemma raises a core question as the country heats up: How quickly are Americans willing to adapt to the effects of climate change, even as those effects become urgent, obvious, and potentially catastrophic? \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
      "These factors have made the save-versus-invest dilemma trickier this year. \u2014 Anna-louise Jackson, Time , 6 June 2022",
      "By skirting the philosophical mind-body problem, Scull avoids psychiatry\u2019s crucial dilemma . \u2014 Siri Hustvedt, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
      "Jordan Bischel understands the dilemma his players face. \u2014 Mason Young, Detroit Free Press , 1 June 2022",
      "So how does an organization go about solving the configuration dilemma ? \u2014 Husein Sharaf, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "But there\u2019s a poignance \u2014 and maybe a special dilemma \u2014 to that. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 27 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Late Latin, from Late Greek dil\u0113mmat-, dil\u0113mma , probably back-formation from Greek dil\u0113mmatos involving two assumptions, from di- + l\u0113mmat-, l\u0113mma assumption \u2014 more at lemma ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1523, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174412"
  },
  "dilettante":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge dabbler",
      "an admirer or lover of the arts"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8di-l\u0259-\u02cct\u00e4nt",
    "synonyms":[
      "amateur",
      "dabbler",
      "hobbyist",
      "layman",
      "nonexpert",
      "nonprofessional",
      "potterer",
      "putterer",
      "tinkerer"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "authority",
      "expert",
      "pro",
      "professional",
      "specialist"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "I recently spent a week in Alaska trying to learn how to be a mountaineer. I did not succeed very well, and the details are not very interesting. I finished the course (I was enrolled in a course) thinking that perhaps I am better off remaining a slightly-above-average mountain dilettante . An occasional rock climber. \u2014 Jason Lee Steorts , National Review , 18 Aug. 2008",
      "Being a powerhouse herself in ways that make today's feminist superwomen look like dilettantes , she inevitably clashed with star directors like Maurice Tourneur and Ernst Lubitsch. \u2014 Molly Haskell , New York Times Book Review , 6 June 1999",
      "Most of the articles published in Naval History reflect time-consuming research and investigation. The efforts are not the work of dilettantes , but of professional and semiprofessional historians. \u2014 Michael M. Bergfeld , Naval History , July/August 1997",
      "You can always tell a true expert from a dilettante .",
      "she writes about art not from the point of view of an artist but from that of a committed dilettante",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Any dilettante with money can buy a mixer and auto beat match their way into the dance world. \u2014 Katie Bain, Billboard , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Long before that, Scaife had lived the life of a dilettante . \u2014 Patricia Callahan, ProPublica , 15 Dec. 2021",
      "Critics derided him throughout as a rich dilettante seeking to buy a seat in Congress. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Dec. 2021",
      "Arne, a professor on summer holiday with his family, is friends with Egil, a dilettante who has experienced a recent religious breakthrough. \u2014 Brandon Taylor, The New Yorker , 16 Oct. 2021",
      "Witchcraft, real or imagined, has become a somewhat trendy tack among writers turning over the legacies of patriarchy, but Blakemore is no dilettante here. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Aug. 2021",
      "None of these dilettante candidates has held public office, and none of them is willing to start at the beginning in local politics. \u2014 Nicholas Goldberg, Star Tribune , 9 July 2021",
      "The language might suggest one dilettante in conversation with another, but both women defied such stereotypes. \u2014 Adrian Higgins, Washington Post , 7 Apr. 2021",
      "Using his fortune for exploration was not the whim of a dilettante but the result of a drive to comprehend the world in its complexity. \u2014 Edward Rothstein, WSJ , 11 Dec. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Italian, from present participle of dilettare to delight, from Latin dilectare \u2014 more at delight ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1748, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "dilettantish":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler",
      ": an admirer or lover of the arts"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-l\u0259-\u02cct\u00e4nt",
      "-\u02cctant",
      "\u02ccdi-l\u0259-\u02c8t\u00e4nt",
      "-\u02c8tant"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "amateur",
      "dabbler",
      "hobbyist",
      "layman",
      "nonexpert",
      "nonprofessional",
      "potterer",
      "putterer",
      "tinkerer"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "authority",
      "expert",
      "pro",
      "professional",
      "specialist"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "I recently spent a week in Alaska trying to learn how to be a mountaineer. I did not succeed very well, and the details are not very interesting. I finished the course (I was enrolled in a course) thinking that perhaps I am better off remaining a slightly-above-average mountain dilettante . An occasional rock climber. \u2014 Jason Lee Steorts , National Review , 18 Aug. 2008",
      "Being a powerhouse herself in ways that make today's feminist superwomen look like dilettantes , she inevitably clashed with star directors like Maurice Tourneur and Ernst Lubitsch. \u2014 Molly Haskell , New York Times Book Review , 6 June 1999",
      "Most of the articles published in Naval History reflect time-consuming research and investigation. The efforts are not the work of dilettantes , but of professional and semiprofessional historians. \u2014 Michael M. Bergfeld , Naval History , July/August 1997",
      "You can always tell a true expert from a dilettante .",
      "she writes about art not from the point of view of an artist but from that of a committed dilettante",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Any dilettante with money can buy a mixer and auto beat match their way into the dance world. \u2014 Katie Bain, Billboard , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Long before that, Scaife had lived the life of a dilettante . \u2014 Patricia Callahan, ProPublica , 15 Dec. 2021",
      "Critics derided him throughout as a rich dilettante seeking to buy a seat in Congress. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Dec. 2021",
      "Arne, a professor on summer holiday with his family, is friends with Egil, a dilettante who has experienced a recent religious breakthrough. \u2014 Brandon Taylor, The New Yorker , 16 Oct. 2021",
      "Witchcraft, real or imagined, has become a somewhat trendy tack among writers turning over the legacies of patriarchy, but Blakemore is no dilettante here. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Aug. 2021",
      "None of these dilettante candidates has held public office, and none of them is willing to start at the beginning in local politics. \u2014 Nicholas Goldberg, Star Tribune , 9 July 2021",
      "The language might suggest one dilettante in conversation with another, but both women defied such stereotypes. \u2014 Adrian Higgins, Washington Post , 7 Apr. 2021",
      "Using his fortune for exploration was not the whim of a dilettante but the result of a drive to comprehend the world in its complexity. \u2014 Edward Rothstein, WSJ , 11 Dec. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Italian, from present participle of dilettare to delight, from Latin dilectare \u2014 more at delight ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1748, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183256"
  },
  "diligent":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": characterized by steady, earnest, and energetic effort : painstaking",
      ": showing steady and earnest care and hard work"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-l\u0259-j\u0259nt",
      "\u02c8di-l\u0259-j\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "active",
      "assiduous",
      "bustling",
      "busy",
      "employed",
      "engaged",
      "hopping",
      "industrious",
      "laborious",
      "occupied",
      "sedulous",
      "tied-up",
      "working"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "idle",
      "inactive",
      "unbusy",
      "unemployed",
      "unoccupied"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The American intelligence community's single greatest failing is its lack of good \"humint\"\u2014human intelligence, the dirty, diligent , shoe-leather penetration of terror networks. \u2014 Johanna McGeary , Time , 15 Oct. 2001",
      "Like any diligent foreign correspondent, he attends the briefings and collects face time with the officials, but he knows it's the citizens (the upstanding as well as the jailers, the whores, the black marketeers and the smugglers) who tell the truth \u2026 \u2014 Rolling Stone , 19 Sept. 1996",
      "He was a fourth-year drama student at UCLA and diligent about such valuable actorly exercises as eavesdropping, spying, and telling complicated lies to fellow passengers on airplanes. \u2014 Michael Chabon , A Model World and Other Stories , 1991",
      "In spite of diligent work as editor, hack writer, sea captain, and assorted other trades, he wound up poor. \u2014 Monroe K. Spears , American Ambitions , 1987",
      "a student who has been unceasingly diligent in pursuit of a degree in mathematics",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Caesar\u2019s diligent research brings to life Wilson\u2019s remarkable attempt to make his big dream come true. \u2014 Anna Callaghan, Outside Online , 8 June 2022",
      "One of the biggest downsides to juicing is the cleanup \u2014 most models have metal mesh strainers that require diligent scrubbing after every use. \u2014 Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping , 31 May 2022",
      "The city should charge for any costs to maintain safety for the scooters and the companies and riders need to be more diligent on clearing the sidewalks and vacant lots of scooters. \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 May 2022",
      "While attacks on our core financial market infrastructures are obviously a matter of grave concern, at least the financial sector has been more diligent about hardening its security posture and adopting zero-trust controls. \u2014 Steve Piper, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
      "Not unlike today, security was diligent about searching for alcohol. \u2014 Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Property managers often take 20 to 30 percent of the rent revenue, so be diligent about interviewing candidates, looking for one who knows your market and has a reliable track record. \u2014 Ronda Kaysen, New York Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "The Council must be diligent to ensure that appeals are handled with the community in mind and not the developers, donors, or big-moneyed special interest groups as is currently the case. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 17 May 2022",
      "With access to Bayer leadership and diligent listening, Gary Sorenson was able to deliver new and stronger products to his customers. \u2014 Annabel Gutterman, Time , 12 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin diligent-, diligens , from present participle of diligere to esteem, love, from di- (from dis- apart) + legere to select \u2014 more at legend ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202031"
  },
  "diligently":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": characterized by steady, earnest, and energetic effort : painstaking",
      ": showing steady and earnest care and hard work"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-l\u0259-j\u0259nt",
      "\u02c8di-l\u0259-j\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "active",
      "assiduous",
      "bustling",
      "busy",
      "employed",
      "engaged",
      "hopping",
      "industrious",
      "laborious",
      "occupied",
      "sedulous",
      "tied-up",
      "working"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "idle",
      "inactive",
      "unbusy",
      "unemployed",
      "unoccupied"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The American intelligence community's single greatest failing is its lack of good \"humint\"\u2014human intelligence, the dirty, diligent , shoe-leather penetration of terror networks. \u2014 Johanna McGeary , Time , 15 Oct. 2001",
      "Like any diligent foreign correspondent, he attends the briefings and collects face time with the officials, but he knows it's the citizens (the upstanding as well as the jailers, the whores, the black marketeers and the smugglers) who tell the truth \u2026 \u2014 Rolling Stone , 19 Sept. 1996",
      "He was a fourth-year drama student at UCLA and diligent about such valuable actorly exercises as eavesdropping, spying, and telling complicated lies to fellow passengers on airplanes. \u2014 Michael Chabon , A Model World and Other Stories , 1991",
      "In spite of diligent work as editor, hack writer, sea captain, and assorted other trades, he wound up poor. \u2014 Monroe K. Spears , American Ambitions , 1987",
      "a student who has been unceasingly diligent in pursuit of a degree in mathematics",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Caesar\u2019s diligent research brings to life Wilson\u2019s remarkable attempt to make his big dream come true. \u2014 Anna Callaghan, Outside Online , 8 June 2022",
      "One of the biggest downsides to juicing is the cleanup \u2014 most models have metal mesh strainers that require diligent scrubbing after every use. \u2014 Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping , 31 May 2022",
      "The city should charge for any costs to maintain safety for the scooters and the companies and riders need to be more diligent on clearing the sidewalks and vacant lots of scooters. \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 May 2022",
      "While attacks on our core financial market infrastructures are obviously a matter of grave concern, at least the financial sector has been more diligent about hardening its security posture and adopting zero-trust controls. \u2014 Steve Piper, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
      "Not unlike today, security was diligent about searching for alcohol. \u2014 Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Property managers often take 20 to 30 percent of the rent revenue, so be diligent about interviewing candidates, looking for one who knows your market and has a reliable track record. \u2014 Ronda Kaysen, New York Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "The Council must be diligent to ensure that appeals are handled with the community in mind and not the developers, donors, or big-moneyed special interest groups as is currently the case. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 17 May 2022",
      "With access to Bayer leadership and diligent listening, Gary Sorenson was able to deliver new and stronger products to his customers. \u2014 Annabel Gutterman, Time , 12 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin diligent-, diligens , from present participle of diligere to esteem, love, from di- (from dis- apart) + legere to select \u2014 more at legend ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190857"
  },
  "dilly":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that is remarkable or outstanding"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beaut",
      "beauty",
      "bee's knees",
      "cat's meow",
      "corker",
      "crackerjack",
      "crackajack",
      "daisy",
      "dandy",
      "doozy",
      "doozie",
      "doozer",
      "dream",
      "honey",
      "hot stuff",
      "humdinger",
      "hummer",
      "jim-dandy",
      "knockout",
      "lollapalooza",
      "lulu",
      "nifty",
      "peach",
      "pip",
      "pippin",
      "ripper",
      "ripsnorter",
      "snorter",
      "sockdolager",
      "sockdologer",
      "standout",
      "sweetheart"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "came up with a dilly of an idea to get the fledgling company off the ground"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"obsolete dilly , adjective, delightful, perhaps by shortening & alteration from delightful ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1935, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224420"
  },
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    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to waste time by loitering or delaying : dawdle",
      ": to waste time : dawdle"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-l\u0113-\u02ccda-l\u0113",
      "\u02c8di-l\u0113-\u02ccda-l\u0113"
    ],
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      "crawl",
      "creep",
      "dally",
      "dawdle",
      "delay",
      "diddle",
      "drag",
      "lag",
      "linger",
      "loiter",
      "lollygag",
      "lallygag",
      "mope",
      "poke",
      "shilly-shally",
      "tarry"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "barrel",
      "bolt",
      "career",
      "course",
      "dash",
      "fly",
      "hasten",
      "hotfoot (it)",
      "hurry",
      "race",
      "rip",
      "rocket",
      "run",
      "rush",
      "scoot",
      "scud",
      "scurry",
      "speed",
      "tear",
      "whirl",
      "whisk",
      "whiz",
      "whizz",
      "zip"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "don't dillydally on the way to the store",
      "restaurant employees who, during the slow periods, would rather be doing something instead of just dillydallying"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"reduplication of dally ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1741, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182106"
  },
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    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to waste time by loitering or delaying dawdle",
      "to waste time dawdle"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8di-l\u0113-\u02ccda-l\u0113",
    "synonyms":[
      "crawl",
      "creep",
      "dally",
      "dawdle",
      "delay",
      "diddle",
      "drag",
      "lag",
      "linger",
      "loiter",
      "lollygag",
      "lallygag",
      "mope",
      "poke",
      "shilly-shally",
      "tarry"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "barrel",
      "bolt",
      "career",
      "course",
      "dash",
      "fly",
      "hasten",
      "hotfoot (it)",
      "hurry",
      "race",
      "rip",
      "rocket",
      "run",
      "rush",
      "scoot",
      "scud",
      "scurry",
      "speed",
      "tear",
      "whirl",
      "whisk",
      "whiz",
      "whizz",
      "zip"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "don't dillydally on the way to the store",
      "restaurant employees who, during the slow periods, would rather be doing something instead of just dillydallying"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"reduplication of dally ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1741, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162726"
  },
  "diluted":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": weakened or thinned by or as if by having been mixed with something else (such as water)",
      ": having a decreased per share value due to an increase in the total number of shares"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u012b-\u02c8l\u00fc-t\u0259d",
      "d\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dilute",
      "thin",
      "thinned",
      "washy",
      "watery",
      "weak",
      "weakened"
    ],
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      "full-bodied",
      "rich",
      "strong"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223351"
  },
  "dim":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": emitting or having a limited or insufficient amount of light",
      ": dull , lusterless",
      ": lacking pronounced , clear-cut, or vigorous quality or character",
      ": seen indistinctly",
      ": perceived by the senses or mind indistinctly or weakly : faint",
      ": having little prospect of favorable result or outcome",
      ": characterized by an unfavorable, skeptical, or pessimistic attitude",
      ": dim-witted",
      ": not perceiving clearly and distinctly",
      ": to reduce the light from",
      ": to make dim or lusterless",
      ": to become dim",
      ": low beam",
      ": dusk , dimness",
      "dimension",
      "diminished",
      "diminuendo",
      "diminutive",
      ": not bright or distinct : faint",
      ": not seeing or understanding clearly",
      ": to make or become less bright or clear",
      "diminished"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dim",
      "\u02c8dim"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "black",
      "caliginous",
      "dark",
      "darkened",
      "darkish",
      "darkling",
      "darksome",
      "dimmed",
      "dusk",
      "dusky",
      "gloomy",
      "lightless",
      "murky",
      "obscure",
      "obscured",
      "pitch-black",
      "pitch-dark",
      "pitchy",
      "rayless",
      "somber",
      "sombre",
      "stygian",
      "tenebrific",
      "tenebrous",
      "unlit"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "becloud",
      "bedim",
      "befog",
      "blacken",
      "blear",
      "blur",
      "cloud",
      "darken",
      "dislimn",
      "fog",
      "fuzz (up)",
      "haze",
      "mist",
      "obscure",
      "overcast",
      "overcloud",
      "overshadow",
      "shadow",
      "shroud"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "Just the dim outline of the building could be seen through the fog.",
      "I have a dim memory of your last visit.",
      "Verb",
      "The latest setback has dimmed hopes of an early settlement.",
      "Hopes of an early settlement have dimmed .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Most dive as far down as the twilight zone, where the dim light from above rapidly dwindles to nothing. \u2014 Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
      "Night sucks the color out of Mesop, leaving patches of dim yellow-streetlamp light on streets that have narrowed in the darkness. \u2014 Sean Williams, Rolling Stone , 22 May 2022",
      "Last, even though songbirds fly at night under the dim light of the stars, their magnetic compass is light-dependent, hinting at a link between vision and magnetic sensing. \u2014 Henrik Mouritsen, Scientific American , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "While Carvana\u2019s short-term prospects appear dim , analysts say the company is no lemon. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 24 May 2022",
      "Lots of box checking of recent political headlines, but no real arc to the sketch beyond the co-hosts' chipper, dim -witted corruption. \u2014 Andy Hoglund, EW.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "Romy and Michelle\u2019s High School Reunion \u2013 Two dim -witted, inseparable friends hit the road for their ten-year high school reunion and concoct an elaborate lie about their lives in order to impress their classmates. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Tatum plays a hunky, dim -witted cover model who decides to rescue Bullock. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Tatum\u2019s dim -witted himbo, who harbors a schoolboy crush for the wordsmith, is determined to rescue her. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Kattula wasn\u2019t surprised that Trump\u2019s comments did nothing to dim his support within her own community of immigrants. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
      "Bembenek's death in 2010, of liver and kidney failure at age 52, helped dim the limelight that had shined on her case for the previous three decades. \u2014 Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 16 May 2022",
      "Then the lights dim , the orchestra begins to play, and a dancer appears on stage from the wings. \u2014 CNN , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "As darkness gave way to dim light, a wolf emerged in a clearing. \u2014 Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times , 26 Nov. 2021",
      "In the evening, beginning about three hours before bedtime, begin to dim your lights\u2014especially blue light. \u2014 Ashley Abramson, Health.com , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "The movie lighting doesn\u2019t dim as the plot unfolds, and the colors don\u2019t fade; in fact, the final sequence is set in a verdant meadow. \u2014 WSJ , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "Musk\u2019s pledge to make Twitter a haven for free speech could dim the appeal of Donald Trump\u2019s troubled Truth Social app, which the former president has touted as a competitor to Twitter that would cater to conservatives. \u2014 Tom Krisher And Matt O'brien, Chicago Tribune , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "When the sun is out, the lights dim to take advantage of the natural light and vary in intensity depending on the number of people in the room or the weather. \u2014 David Joosten, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Other than a handful of oil-exporting nations like Saudi Arabia, which are benefiting from prices above $100 a barrel, there is barely a spot on the globe that has not seen its outlook dim . \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
      "Cepheids, or stars that periodically brighten and dim , have long been the gold standard of cosmic mile markers. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 20 May 2022",
      "Antique landscape paintings in golden frames hang next to funky potted ferns, giving the restaurant a vintage Mediterranean look that works best in the dim , candlelit lighting of the evening. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 6 Feb. 2022",
      "The church was nearly dark, and as eyes adjusted to the dim , the interior came slowly into view: a long nave, an old stone roof and a crucifix at the altar in front of a red drape. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Jan. 2022",
      "This Coen Brothers movie finds Josh Brolin as an old Hollywood fixer investigating a plot that finds a big-time dim -witted movie star played by George Clooney (doing more great work with the Coens) kidnapped and missing. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "The wake/ dim will help extend the battery life, as the display panel is typically the largest battery drainer in any laptop when it's not cranked up for maximum performance. \u2014 Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Antique landscape paintings in golden frames hang next to funky potted ferns, giving the restaurant a vintage Mediterranean look that works best in the dim , candlelit lighting of the evening. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 6 Feb. 2022",
      "Antique landscape paintings in golden frames hang next to funky potted ferns, giving the restaurant a vintage Mediterranean look that works best in the dim , candlelit lighting of the evening. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 6 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective, Verb, and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2",
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190909"
  },
  "dim bulb":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "dimwit"
    ],
    "pronounciation":null,
    "synonyms":[
      "airhead",
      "birdbrain",
      "blockhead",
      "bonehead",
      "bubblehead",
      "chowderhead",
      "chucklehead",
      "clodpoll",
      "clodpole",
      "clot",
      "cluck",
      "clunk",
      "cretin",
      "cuddy",
      "cuddie",
      "deadhead",
      "dimwit",
      "dip",
      "dodo",
      "dolt",
      "donkey",
      "doofus",
      "dope",
      "dork",
      "dullard",
      "dum-dum",
      "dumbbell",
      "dumbhead",
      "dummkopf",
      "dummy",
      "dunce",
      "dunderhead",
      "fathead",
      "gander",
      "golem",
      "goof",
      "goon",
      "half-wit",
      "hammerhead",
      "hardhead",
      "idiot",
      "ignoramus",
      "imbecile",
      "jackass",
      "know-nothing",
      "knucklehead",
      "lamebrain",
      "loggerhead",
      "loon",
      "lump",
      "lunkhead",
      "meathead",
      "mome",
      "moron",
      "mug",
      "mutt",
      "natural",
      "nimrod",
      "nincompoop",
      "ninny",
      "ninnyhammer",
      "nit",
      "nitwit",
      "noddy",
      "noodle",
      "numskull",
      "numbskull",
      "oaf",
      "pinhead",
      "prat",
      "ratbag",
      "saphead",
      "schlub",
      "shlub",
      "schnook",
      "simpleton",
      "stock",
      "stupe",
      "stupid",
      "thickhead",
      "turkey",
      "woodenhead",
      "yahoo",
      "yo-yo"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "brain",
      "genius"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "He was considered something of a dim bulb by his coworkers."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "1927, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "dime":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a coin of the U.S. worth \u00b9/\u2081\u2080 dollar",
      ": a petty sum of money",
      ": a Canadian 10-cent piece",
      ": a packet containing 10 dollars worth of an illicit drug (such as marijuana)",
      ": money provided to pay expenses",
      ": assist entry 2 sense 2",
      ": so plentiful or commonplace as to be of little esteem or slight value",
      ": in a very small area",
      ": instantly",
      ": a United States coin worth ten cents"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012bm",
      "\u02c8d\u012bm"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chicken feed",
      "chump change",
      "hay",
      "mite",
      "peanuts",
      "pin money",
      "pittance",
      "shoestring",
      "song",
      "two cents"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "big buck(s)",
      "boodle",
      "bundle",
      "fortune",
      "king's ransom",
      "megabuck(s)",
      "mint",
      "wad"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the beauty of this deal is that all the extras won't cost you a dime",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But for people who are homeless, maybe don\u2019t have housing, or who trying to save a dime with air conditioning, their bodies can\u2019t cool down at night. \u2014 Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
      "And better yet, companies like Credit Saint offer free consultations so you can get started without having to pay a dime . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
      "Eberflus\u2019 Colts played only six snaps of dime defense. \u2014 Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Loveland \u2013 a city of 13,000 just 15 miles northeast of Cincinnati \u2013 will not pay a dime for the project as a result of grant funding obtained through Hamilton County, according to Kennedy. \u2014 Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "But the gist is that The Batman is less interested in returning to the origin story of a 1930s creation so much as his dime -store-pulp roots. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Sharon has built a veteran-facing altruistic system, where the company gets paid by the lenders, but the Vets are not required to pay a dime . \u2014 Annie Brown, Forbes , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "Plus, creators won\u2019t have to pay a dime to bring premium subscriptions to their podcasts on Spotify. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 23 Apr. 2021",
      "In North Africa, Algeria didn't pay a dime for the Chinese vaccines that arrived in March. \u2014 NBC News , 2 Apr. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, tenth part, tithe, from Anglo-French disme, dime , from Latin decima , from feminine of decimus tenth, from decem ten \u2014 more at ten ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1786, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200906"
  },
  "dime-store":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": inexpensive",
      ": tawdry , second-rate",
      ": five-and-dime"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012bm-\u02ccst\u022fr"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "affordable",
      "bargain-basement",
      "budget",
      "cheap",
      "cheapie",
      "cheapo",
      "chintzy",
      "cut-price",
      "cut-rate",
      "dirt cheap",
      "el cheapo",
      "inexpensive",
      "low",
      "low-end",
      "popular",
      "reasonable"
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    "antonyms":[
      "costly",
      "dear",
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      "expensive",
      "high",
      "high-ticket",
      "precious",
      "premium",
      "pricey",
      "pricy",
      "spendy",
      "valuable"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "On the southeast corner of the square was Walton\u2019s, the five-and- dime store Sam Walton opened in 1950 that now serves as the home of the Walmart Museum. \u2014 Eben Weiss, Outside Online , 20 Nov. 2019",
      "Once confined to dime store spinner racks, Marvel\u2019s creations have burst free of their humble roots, hulking out into one of the most successful transmedia empires on the planet. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Oct. 2021",
      "Kmart started in 1899 when founder Sebastian Spering Kresge opened a five-and- dime store in downtown Detroit bearing his name. \u2014 Chris Isidore, CNN , 25 Nov. 2021",
      "From Sebastian Kresge's first five-and- dime store in 1899 to now, the store has gone from a dynasty to bankruptcy. \u2014 Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press , 22 Nov. 2021",
      "The last Michigan store is in Marshall, a suburb of Battle Creek, in the western part of the state. Kmart started in the late 19th century when founder Sebastian Spering Kresge opened a five-and- dime store in downtown Detroit bearing his name. \u2014 Chris Isidore, CNN , 9 Nov. 2021",
      "There were more shops \u2014 a fruit store, the five & dime store \u2014 and everything was on the main street. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 18 June 2021",
      "At the time, America's premier five-and- dime store chain billed the new Woolworth's lunch counter as the city's largest. \u2014 Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News , 1 June 2021",
      "Leon Broad opened a dime store there, and his wife kept the books. \u2014 James R. Hagerty, WSJ , 1 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1938, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "circa 1928, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222537"
  },
  "dimensionless":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": measure in one direction",
      ": one of three coordinates (see coordinate entry 3 sense 1a ) determining a position in space or four coordinates determining a position in space and time",
      ": one of a group of properties whose number is necessary and sufficient to determine uniquely each element of a system of usually mathematical entities (such as an aggregate of points in real or abstract space)",
      ": a parameter (see parameter sense 1 ) or coordinate variable assigned to such a property",
      ": the number of elements in a basis (see basis sense 5 ) of a vector space",
      ": the quality of spatial extension : magnitude , size",
      ": a lifelike or realistic quality",
      ": the range over which or the degree to which something extends : scope",
      ": one of the elements or factors making up a complete personality or entity : aspect",
      ": bodily form or proportions",
      ": any of the fundamental units (as of mass, length, or time) on which a derived unit is based",
      ": the power of such a unit",
      ": wood or stone cut to pieces of specified size",
      ": a level of existence or consciousness",
      ": to form to the required dimensions (see dimension entry 1 sense 1a(1) )",
      ": to indicate the dimensions of (as on a drawing)",
      ": the length, width, or height of something",
      ": measure in one direction",
      ": one of three or four coordinates determining a position in space or space and time"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8men(t)-sh\u0259n",
      "also",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8men-sh\u0259n",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8men-ch\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bulk",
      "extent",
      "magnitude",
      "measure",
      "measurement",
      "proportion",
      "size"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "She carefully measured each dimension of the room.",
      "The social dimensions of the problem must also be taken into account.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "It could be said that an important dimension of the acclaimed Yiddish novelist and short-story writer has until now been hidden from the eye of many readers. \u2014 Benjamin Balint, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
      "Does your diversity recruiting strategy include age as a dimension of diversity? \u2014 Sheila Callaham, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "Warmly dressed in wood, all rooms offer an enveloping and luxurious dimension and most of them open onto a terrace, a rarity in Paris. \u2014 Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country , 14 June 2022",
      "Singh makes a point of only shooting handheld, sans tripod, a technical choice that takes on a spiritual dimension . \u2014 Hank Shteamer, Rolling Stone , 13 June 2022",
      "In such an environment, the need to acquire the publicity-enhancing luster of a Tony Award takes on a more urgent dimension . \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
      "The exhibition presents 88 oils and watercolors as proof of Homer\u2019s sociopolitical concerns, hinting at a more profound dimension to his art. \u2014 Carol Strickland, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 June 2022",
      "Leanne Ford Interiors created intrigue and dimension with a partial hexagonal tile ceiling that becomes wood paneling when the shower transitions into the vanity zone in this primary bathroom. \u2014 Kristin Tablang, House Beautiful , 7 June 2022",
      "And the reason why doesn't seem to involve his past other- dimension kidnapping. \u2014 Abby Dupes, Seventeen , 1 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Aaron Judge, New York Yankees: Another huge man with huge power playing in the same Little League- dimensioned ballpark as Stanton. \u2014 Ted Berg, For The Win , 23 Feb. 2018",
      "Each barn is covered top to bottom in oversized shingles dimensioned to make the volume look smaller. \u2014 Joseph Giovannini, ELLE Decor , 2 July 2015"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1754, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215842"
  },
  "diminish":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to make less or cause to appear less",
      "to lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of belittle",
      "to cause to taper (see taper entry 1 sense 1 )",
      "to become gradually less (as in size or importance) dwindle",
      "taper",
      "to make less or cause to seem less",
      "belittle",
      "to become gradually less or smaller"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"d\u0259-\u02c8mi-nish",
    "synonyms":[
      "bad-mouth",
      "belittle",
      "cry down",
      "decry",
      "denigrate",
      "deprecate",
      "depreciate",
      "derogate",
      "dis",
      "diss",
      "discount",
      "dismiss",
      "disparage",
      "kiss off",
      "minimize",
      "play down",
      "poor-mouth",
      "put down",
      "run down",
      "talk down",
      "trash",
      "trash-talk",
      "vilipend",
      "write off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "acclaim",
      "applaud",
      "exalt",
      "extol",
      "extoll",
      "glorify",
      "laud",
      "magnify",
      "praise"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The strength of the army was greatly diminished by outbreaks of disease.",
      "The drug's side effects should diminish over time.",
      "Nothing could diminish the importance of his contributions.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Hey, Mary Kay If Greg Newsome plays more in the slot this season, will that diminish his role on the outside? \u2014 Ben Jones, Macon, Ga. \u2014 cleveland , 19 June 2022",
      "Like a cell phone\u2019s battery, power capacity will diminish over time. \u2014 Olivia Lipski, Good Housekeeping , 15 June 2022",
      "Inquiries targeting the president and the executive branch can significantly diminish the president\u2019s public approval. \u2014 Claire Leavitt, The Conversation , 7 June 2022",
      "Warmer temperatures also diminish snowfall in the winter, resulting in less snowmelt \u2014 meaning less moisture \u2014 in spring. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
      "Showers and storms should diminish overnight with decreasing humidity and lows in the 60s. \u2014 Dan Stillman, Washington Post , 1 June 2022",
      "While the former president remains the GOP\u2019s leader, even after his 2020 defeat, falling flat on his face in Battleground Georgia \u2013 again \u2013 would definitely diminish his aura of invincibility. \u2014 Ben Kamisar, NBC News , 24 May 2022",
      "Instead of advancing one\u2019s career, lies and cowardice should serve to diminish it. \u2014 Terina Allen, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "These ingredients diminish wrinkles over time but also provide benefits that can be noticed almost immediately. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English deminishen , alteration of diminuen , from Anglo-French diminuer , from Late Latin diminuere , alteration of Latin deminuere , from de- + minuere to lessen \u2014 more at minor ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "diminutive":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "a word, affix , or name usually indicating small size a diminutive (see diminutive entry 2 sense 1 ) word, affix, or name",
      "one that is notably small a diminutive individual",
      "indicating small size and sometimes the state or quality of being familiarly known, lovable, pitiable, or contemptible",
      "\u2014 compare augmentative",
      "exceptionally or notably small tiny",
      "very small"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"d\u0259-\u02c8mi-ny\u0259-tiv",
    "synonyms":[
      "dwarf",
      "midget",
      "mite",
      "peewee",
      "pygmy",
      "pigmy",
      "runt",
      "scrub",
      "shrimp",
      "Tom Thumb"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bantam",
      "dinky",
      "dwarfish",
      "fine",
      "half-pint",
      "Lilliputian",
      "little",
      "pint-size",
      "pint-sized",
      "pocket",
      "pocket-size",
      "pocket-sized",
      "puny",
      "pygmy",
      "shrimpy",
      "slight",
      "small",
      "smallish",
      "subnormal",
      "toylike",
      "undersized",
      "undersize"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "the diminutives \u201c-ette\u201d and \u201ckitchenette\u201d",
      "dik-diks, the diminutives of the antelope family",
      "Adjective",
      "a radio with a diminutive set of speakers",
      "the diminutive suffixes \u201c-ette\u201d and \u201c-ling\u201d",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "Three kid contestants battle it out in each episode to make mini dishes that pack real flavor and showcase their flair for the diminutive . \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 13 May 2022",
      "Young Gerd, a common diminutive for Gerhard, found inspiration when the underdog West German team beat Hungary, at the time the world\u2019s greatest team, to win the 1954 World Cup final. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Aug. 2021",
      "The blushy pink bonhomie that infuses every aspect of the Little Em\u2019s experience transforms cuteness from a condescending diminutive into something that\u2019s aspirational and inspirational. \u2014 Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News , 24 June 2021",
      "But miraculously, nobody calls Baby Frank by a diminutive . \u2014 Molly Young, Vulture , 9 Apr. 2021",
      "Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women\u2019s rights champion who became the court\u2019s second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. \u2014 Mark Sherman, Fortune , 18 Sep. 2020",
      "Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women's rights champion died Friday at her home in Washington. \u2014 Star Tribune , 18 Sep. 2020",
      "Spring tends to feature the diminutive , the small-statured and the vertically challenged. \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 7 Aug. 2020",
      "Still, or perhaps because of that, the servers are open-handed with diminutives \u2014 sweetheart, dear, friend. \u2014 Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com , 27 Dec. 2019",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
      "The diminutive guard was selected 20th overall and is a few weeks removed from winning a national title at South Carolina. \u2014 James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star , 1 May 2022",
      "Even Drew Brees and Russell Wilson, who were doubted because of their diminutive height relative to most NFL passers, had oven mitts attached to the ends of their arms. \u2014 Andrew Beaton, WSJ , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "Sarray\u2019s diminutive height alone gives her a leg up as a potentially potent babyface. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2021",
      "On the balcony, the queen acknowledged the salute with her cousin, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, 86, (both are descendants of King George V), who stood very tall in his military uniform next to the diminutive queen. \u2014 Maria Puente, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
      "Instrumentation is by equally traditional dials, though the SV's diminutive dimensions mean there isn't enough space to position these in front of the driver, so the fuel, temperature, and oil-pressure gauges are offset in front of the passenger. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 1 June 2022",
      "Warblers are the diminutive dandies of the birding world. \u2014 John Kelly, Washington Post , 30 May 2022",
      "In a recent interview, Mrs. Redding, a diminutive woman with a quick wit and occasionally salty tongue, noted with pride that the new arts center would be on Cotton Avenue, in the heart of the city\u2019s historic Black business district. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "Her bright red gloves are pounding away on the pads, her diminutive frame dwarfed by the coach. \u2014 Don Riddell, CNN , 2 June 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "dimmed":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": emitting or having a limited or insufficient amount of light",
      ": dull , lusterless",
      ": lacking pronounced , clear-cut, or vigorous quality or character",
      ": seen indistinctly",
      ": perceived by the senses or mind indistinctly or weakly : faint",
      ": having little prospect of favorable result or outcome",
      ": characterized by an unfavorable, skeptical, or pessimistic attitude",
      ": dim-witted",
      ": not perceiving clearly and distinctly",
      ": to reduce the light from",
      ": to make dim or lusterless",
      ": to become dim",
      ": low beam",
      ": dusk , dimness",
      "dimension",
      "diminished",
      "diminuendo",
      "diminutive",
      ": not bright or distinct : faint",
      ": not seeing or understanding clearly",
      ": to make or become less bright or clear",
      "diminished"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dim",
      "\u02c8dim"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "black",
      "caliginous",
      "dark",
      "darkened",
      "darkish",
      "darkling",
      "darksome",
      "dimmed",
      "dusk",
      "dusky",
      "gloomy",
      "lightless",
      "murky",
      "obscure",
      "obscured",
      "pitch-black",
      "pitch-dark",
      "pitchy",
      "rayless",
      "somber",
      "sombre",
      "stygian",
      "tenebrific",
      "tenebrous",
      "unlit"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "becloud",
      "bedim",
      "befog",
      "blacken",
      "blear",
      "blur",
      "cloud",
      "darken",
      "dislimn",
      "fog",
      "fuzz (up)",
      "haze",
      "mist",
      "obscure",
      "overcast",
      "overcloud",
      "overshadow",
      "shadow",
      "shroud"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "Just the dim outline of the building could be seen through the fog.",
      "I have a dim memory of your last visit.",
      "Verb",
      "The latest setback has dimmed hopes of an early settlement.",
      "Hopes of an early settlement have dimmed .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Most dive as far down as the twilight zone, where the dim light from above rapidly dwindles to nothing. \u2014 Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
      "Night sucks the color out of Mesop, leaving patches of dim yellow-streetlamp light on streets that have narrowed in the darkness. \u2014 Sean Williams, Rolling Stone , 22 May 2022",
      "Last, even though songbirds fly at night under the dim light of the stars, their magnetic compass is light-dependent, hinting at a link between vision and magnetic sensing. \u2014 Henrik Mouritsen, Scientific American , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "While Carvana\u2019s short-term prospects appear dim , analysts say the company is no lemon. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 24 May 2022",
      "Lots of box checking of recent political headlines, but no real arc to the sketch beyond the co-hosts' chipper, dim -witted corruption. \u2014 Andy Hoglund, EW.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "Romy and Michelle\u2019s High School Reunion \u2013 Two dim -witted, inseparable friends hit the road for their ten-year high school reunion and concoct an elaborate lie about their lives in order to impress their classmates. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Tatum plays a hunky, dim -witted cover model who decides to rescue Bullock. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Tatum\u2019s dim -witted himbo, who harbors a schoolboy crush for the wordsmith, is determined to rescue her. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Kattula wasn\u2019t surprised that Trump\u2019s comments did nothing to dim his support within her own community of immigrants. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
      "Bembenek's death in 2010, of liver and kidney failure at age 52, helped dim the limelight that had shined on her case for the previous three decades. \u2014 Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 16 May 2022",
      "Then the lights dim , the orchestra begins to play, and a dancer appears on stage from the wings. \u2014 CNN , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "As darkness gave way to dim light, a wolf emerged in a clearing. \u2014 Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times , 26 Nov. 2021",
      "In the evening, beginning about three hours before bedtime, begin to dim your lights\u2014especially blue light. \u2014 Ashley Abramson, Health.com , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "The movie lighting doesn\u2019t dim as the plot unfolds, and the colors don\u2019t fade; in fact, the final sequence is set in a verdant meadow. \u2014 WSJ , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "Musk\u2019s pledge to make Twitter a haven for free speech could dim the appeal of Donald Trump\u2019s troubled Truth Social app, which the former president has touted as a competitor to Twitter that would cater to conservatives. \u2014 Tom Krisher And Matt O'brien, Chicago Tribune , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "When the sun is out, the lights dim to take advantage of the natural light and vary in intensity depending on the number of people in the room or the weather. \u2014 David Joosten, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Other than a handful of oil-exporting nations like Saudi Arabia, which are benefiting from prices above $100 a barrel, there is barely a spot on the globe that has not seen its outlook dim . \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
      "Cepheids, or stars that periodically brighten and dim , have long been the gold standard of cosmic mile markers. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 20 May 2022",
      "Antique landscape paintings in golden frames hang next to funky potted ferns, giving the restaurant a vintage Mediterranean look that works best in the dim , candlelit lighting of the evening. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 6 Feb. 2022",
      "The church was nearly dark, and as eyes adjusted to the dim , the interior came slowly into view: a long nave, an old stone roof and a crucifix at the altar in front of a red drape. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Jan. 2022",
      "This Coen Brothers movie finds Josh Brolin as an old Hollywood fixer investigating a plot that finds a big-time dim -witted movie star played by George Clooney (doing more great work with the Coens) kidnapped and missing. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "The wake/ dim will help extend the battery life, as the display panel is typically the largest battery drainer in any laptop when it's not cranked up for maximum performance. \u2014 Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Antique landscape paintings in golden frames hang next to funky potted ferns, giving the restaurant a vintage Mediterranean look that works best in the dim , candlelit lighting of the evening. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 6 Feb. 2022",
      "Antique landscape paintings in golden frames hang next to funky potted ferns, giving the restaurant a vintage Mediterranean look that works best in the dim , candlelit lighting of the evening. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 6 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective, Verb, and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2",
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193108"
  },
  "din":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "a loud continued noise",
      "a welter of discordant sounds",
      "a situation or condition resembling a din",
      "to make a loud noise",
      "to assail with loud continued noise",
      "to impress (see impress entry 1 sense 2c ) by insistent repetition",
      "dinar",
      "German Industrial Standards",
      "loud confused noise"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8din",
    "synonyms":[
      "babel",
      "blare",
      "bluster",
      "bowwow",
      "brawl",
      "bruit",
      "cacophony",
      "chatter",
      "clamor",
      "clangor",
      "decibel(s)",
      "discordance",
      "katzenjammer",
      "noise",
      "racket",
      "rattle",
      "roar"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "chime",
      "iterate",
      "rehearse",
      "reiterate",
      "repeat"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "It was hard to hear anything above the din in the restaurant.",
      "there's always a great din from the cafeteria during lunch",
      "Verb",
      "safety lessons dinned into us over and over",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "In a din of overlapping voices, Amy approached a peppy woman from the Assembly speaker\u2019s office and began her pitch. \u2014 Danyoung Kim, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
      "There's a key distinction that can be lost in the din of a dispute. \u2014 Joshua Bowling, The Arizona Republic , 7 Nov. 2021",
      "Gunfire might not be heard above the din of traffic. \u2014 Tim Stelloh, NBC News , 3 June 2022",
      "Even as a young press operator at The Washington Post, working amid the din of printing presses rolling at deadline, Royce Miles stood out from the crowd. \u2014 Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "In Brighton Beach, these immigrants shop together at the Brighton Bazaar and Tashkent supermarkets amid the din of trains overhead. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "Instead, a little more than 100 counterprotesters descended down the wide lawn in front of the mountain\u2019s gigantic bas relief carving of Confederate leaders, shouting and jeering, forcing the SCV speakers to struggle to be heard over the din . \u2014 al , 1 May 2022",
      "From Nathan Fenno As the mob jostled with two dozen police officers in helmets and gas masks blocking a hallway to the Senate chamber in the U.S. Capitol, a voice boomed above the din . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "For the second straight night, Julius yelled over the din of a clamorous crowd of Toksook Bay fans as the No. 6 seed Islanders pulled off an upset. \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-163025"
  },
  "dine":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to take dinner",
      ": to give a dinner to",
      ": dinner",
      ": to eat dinner",
      ": to eat at a restaurant"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012bn",
      "\u02c8d\u012bn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "eat",
      "fare",
      "feed",
      "partake",
      "refresh",
      "victual"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "We'll be dining at six o'clock.",
      "She likes to dine at expensive restaurants.",
      "I will be dining alone tonight.",
      "We hope you have an enjoyable dining experience.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "In the decades since, it's become the final word on where to dine . \u2014 Abigail Rosenthal, Chron , 9 June 2022",
      "Guests are encouraged to visit the kitchens and speak to the team to discuss their menu for the day and then choose their own location to dine within the property, on one of the garden terraces or lakeside. \u2014 Everett Potter, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
      "The Black Eyed Peas recently came to dine at the resort after performing at Dubai Expo 2020. \u2014 Melanie Swan, CNN , 2 June 2022",
      "Where to dine : Marblehead Galley serves what many rank as the region\u2019s top perch, lightly breaded and fried, served solo or atop a bun. \u2014 Susan Glaser, cleveland , 26 May 2022",
      "Don\u2019t miss out on this unique opportunity to wine and dine your way through the weekend! \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 May 2022",
      "According to the release, a group of Alabama residents who regularly made the drive to Tennessee to dine at Puckett\u2019s drew Andy Marshall, the proprietor of A. Marshall Hospitality, to seek out a new location in Alabama. \u2014 al , 4 May 2022",
      "If one Edmontosaurus in a herd spots a tyrannosaur and honks in alarm, the whole herd stands upright and bolts, leaving the tyrannosaur to try to dine another day. \u2014 Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Bottoms, though, indicated that another woman apparently dressed similarly to her might have been permitted to dine there. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Flamin\u2019 Chicken & Shakes serves Nashville hot chicken tenders and sandwiches in five spice levels \u2013 from no spice to Flamin\u2019 Hot \u2013 through drive-through, dine -in, carryout and online delivery services. \u2014 Staff Reports, The Indianapolis Star , 23 May 2022",
      "Purchase a large or x-large pizza and get a $5.50 personal pizza with up to four toppings for dine -in, carry-out and delivery. \u2014 Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY , 5 May 2022",
      "Louisville area restaurants are open for dine -in and people are ready to get out! \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 2 May 2022",
      "Restaurants Open on Memorial Day: Locations are open for dine -in and carryout of their taste of the Islands menu. \u2014 Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living , 26 May 2022",
      "Barbacoa, chorizo, carne asada, carnitas and breakfast tacos also are available in the 4,600-square-foot store that has dine -in seating. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "McDonald\u2019s said that while Covid-19 disruptions have generally eased, the chain still dealt with some government restrictions on restaurant operating hours, limited dine -in seating and some dining-room closures during the quarter. \u2014 Heather Haddon, WSJ , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "McDonald\u2019s, created in 1943 and massively expanded in the postwar era, didn\u2019t even add dine -in seating until 1963. \u2014 Corey Mintz, Wired , 16 Nov. 2021",
      "America's favorite dining and fast-food restaurants Even as states begin to allow dine -in seating, managing director at the ACSI, David VanAmburg, said the value of convenience shouldn't go away. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 6 July 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense",
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215834"
  },
  "diner":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a person who dines (as in a restaurant) or who is dining",
      ": dining car",
      ": a typically small, informal, and inexpensive restaurant that has an extensive menu and that is often made from or designed to resemble a modified railroad dining car",
      ": a person eating dinner",
      ": a railroad dining car or a restaurant that looks like one"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b-n\u0259r",
      "\u02c8d\u012b-n\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beanery",
      "caf\u00e9",
      "cafe",
      "caff",
      "eatery",
      "grill",
      "restaurant"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "we'll just grab a quick hamburger at the local diner",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The competition took a sharp turn Friday, the last day of bidding, with one potential diner placing an $11 million bid that sparked a costly tug-of-war. \u2014 Max Reyes, Fortune , 18 June 2022",
      "The incidents happened at all hours of the day and targeted check cashing stores, a diner , barber shops and other businesses. \u2014 Rachel Paik, Fox News , 17 June 2022",
      "The kid who worked in his father\u2019s diner , who set pins at the bowling alley and was a life guard was in the NBA. \u2014 Terry Pluto, cleveland , 5 June 2022",
      "This pop-up diner in downtown Anchorage serves a small seasonal menu of six traditional Vietnamese dishes with a modern twist. \u2014 Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News , 28 May 2022",
      "For his own space, the Sibling Rival dining room featured a kind of modern diner -like setup with a long counter, which could lend itself to a relaxed, informal concept for Rose. \u2014 Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
      "Part of a nonprofit that employs adults with disabilities, this unfussy diner and ice cream parlor dishes up a hot, generously proportioned meal. \u2014 Andrew Nelson, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
      "Famous for its sliders served on Martin's Potato Rolls, this old-fashioned diner uses extra lean ground beef delivered fresh daily. \u2014 Maxime Tamsett, CNN , 3 May 2022",
      "When a diner orders the cioppino, cooks thin the sauce out with clam juice, then drop the seafood in to cook, starting with the crab bodies. \u2014 New York Times , 2 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1815, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212313"
  },
  "ding-dong":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the ringing sound produced by repeated strokes especially on a bell",
      ": nitwit , kook",
      ": to make a ding-dong sound",
      ": to repeat a sound or action tediously or insistently",
      ": marked by a rapid exchange or alternation (as of blows)",
      ": the sound of a bell ringing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di\u014b-\u02ccd\u022f\u014b",
      "-\u02ccd\u00e4\u014b",
      "\u02c8di\u014b-\u02ccd\u022f\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "berk",
      "booby",
      "charlie",
      "charley",
      "cuckoo",
      "ding-a-ling",
      "dingbat",
      "dipstick",
      "doofus",
      "featherhead",
      "fool",
      "git",
      "goose",
      "half-wit",
      "jackass",
      "lunatic",
      "mooncalf",
      "nincompoop",
      "ninny",
      "ninnyhammer",
      "nit",
      "nitwit",
      "nut",
      "nutcase",
      "simp",
      "simpleton",
      "turkey",
      "yo-yo"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1659, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "1869, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193758"
  },
  "dingbat":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "a typographical symbol or ornament (such as *, \u00b6, or \u2720)",
      "nitwit , kook"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8di\u014b-\u02ccbat",
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      "berk",
      "booby",
      "charlie",
      "charley",
      "cuckoo",
      "ding-a-ling",
      "ding-dong",
      "dipstick",
      "doofus",
      "featherhead",
      "fool",
      "git",
      "goose",
      "half-wit",
      "jackass",
      "lunatic",
      "mooncalf",
      "nincompoop",
      "ninny",
      "ninnyhammer",
      "nit",
      "nitwit",
      "nut",
      "nutcase",
      "simp",
      "simpleton",
      "turkey",
      "yo-yo"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "I told you it wouldn't work, you dingbat !",
      "a dingbat who was constantly firing off nonsensical letters to the editor",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Also If the minions can get spin-offs, why can\u2019t Beck Bennett and Fred Armisen\u2019s dingbat \u2018bots have their own buddy comedy? \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 5 May 2021",
      "The kids were doing themselves a favor \u2014 young people have more of a future for Senator Sanders and his coterie of socialist dingbat malefactors to ruin. Arising from the tumult, triumphant, was the dotty figure of Joe Biden. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 5 Mar. 2020",
      "Anne Hathaway ably fights off the Hatha-haters as Daphne Kluger, a dingbat movie star used by Debbie and Lou as an unwitting eighth member of the crew; in a movie where everyone keeps it close to the vest, Hathaway knows to play it brassy and big. \u2014 Ty Burr, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2018",
      "Young women have been targeted as linguistic dingbats for a long time. \u2014 Kory Stamper, The Cut , 29 Jan. 2018",
      "Beyond that, there\u2019s a New York attorney general that still aims to make time for 45 and his band of dingbats . \u2014 Michael Arceneaux, The Root , 21 Dec. 2017",
      "Yes, Klan members could seem a bunch of dingbats with their robes, rites, and goofy language of Klaziks, Kludds, Klonsuls, and, yes, a Kloran. \u2014 Randy Dotinga, The Christian Science Monitor , 26 Oct. 2017",
      "Having already been yelled at because the block looked unpleasant in Comsat meetings, two dingbat detectives were told to go back and pick [Garner] up. \u2014 Ryan Smith, Chicago Reader , 24 Oct. 2017",
      "It was designed by Hermann Zaph, the same gentleman who designed everyone\u2019s favorite dingbats font. \u2014 Kjell Reigstad, Longreads , 25 Sep. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1904, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162657"
  },
  "dingy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dirty , unclean",
      ": shabby , squalid",
      ": rather dark and dirty"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8din-j\u0113",
      "\u02c8din-j\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bedraggled",
      "befouled",
      "begrimed",
      "bemired",
      "besmirched",
      "black",
      "blackened",
      "cruddy",
      "dirty",
      "draggled",
      "dusty",
      "filthy",
      "foul",
      "grimy",
      "grotty",
      "grubby",
      "grungy",
      "mucky",
      "muddy",
      "nasty",
      "smudged",
      "smutty",
      "soiled",
      "sordid",
      "stained",
      "sullied",
      "unclean",
      "uncleanly"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "clean",
      "cleanly",
      "immaculate",
      "spick-and-span",
      "spic-and-span",
      "spotless",
      "stainless",
      "ultraclean",
      "unsoiled",
      "unstained",
      "unsullied"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "He's been staying in a dingy motel.",
      "the bed sheets were pretty dingy so we threw them in the laundry pile",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The old Defender was built in a dark, dingy part of Land Rover's Solihull factory to tolerances which could be politely described as highly variable. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "The halls are dingy but lined with students\u2019 Inuit sculptures and dreamcatchers. \u2014 NBC News , 14 Oct. 2020",
      "My aluminum cookware has become dull and dingy looking. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Sep. 2020",
      "The scene of Stubbs wearing a tacky tourist T-shirt drinking a beer in a dingy apartment looks like very authentic Stubbs to me \u2014 this, not pretending to be a security chief patrolling the theme park, seems like Stubbs\u2019 natural habitat. \u2014 James Hibberd, EW.com , 6 Apr. 2020",
      "One set of stairs descends to the central Kim family\u2019s dingy semi-basement apartment in modern-day Seoul, while another ascends to the front door of the ultrawealthy Park family, for whom the cash-strapped Kims work. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Oct. 2019",
      "Instead Mr Tillerson had to duck into the headquarters of Poland\u2019s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, a dingy office that shares a building with a shuttered Japanese restaurant in an unremarkable corner of the capital. \u2014 The Economist , 1 Mar. 2018",
      "At the beginning of the film, a laconic trucker named Gor\u014d, a Robert Mitchum type in a plaid shirt and cowboy hat, stops for a bite at a dingy roadside ramen shop. \u2014 Sophie Pinkham, The New York Review of Books , 8 May 2020",
      "Remember that the dingier the water, the slower the approach should be. \u2014 Andrew Pegman, Field & Stream , 10 Apr. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1691, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190239"
  },
  "dinkum":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "authentic , genuine",
      "truly , honestly"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8di\u014b-k\u0259m",
    "synonyms":[
      "authentic",
      "bona fide",
      "certifiable",
      "certified",
      "echt",
      "genuine",
      "honest",
      "pukka",
      "pucka",
      "real",
      "right",
      "sure-enough",
      "true"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bogus",
      "counterfeit",
      "fake",
      "false",
      "mock",
      "phony",
      "phoney",
      "pseudo",
      "sham",
      "spurious",
      "suppositious",
      "supposititious",
      "unauthentic",
      "unreal"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "somewhat surprised to learn that our guide through the outback was a fair dinkum crocodile hunter"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1905, in the meaning defined above",
      "Adverb",
      "1915, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "dinky":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": overly or unattractively small",
      ": attractively small : cute",
      ": very small and not impressive"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di\u014b-k\u0113",
      "\u02c8di\u014b-k\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bantam",
      "diminutive",
      "dwarfish",
      "fine",
      "half-pint",
      "Lilliputian",
      "little",
      "pint-size",
      "pint-sized",
      "pocket",
      "pocket-size",
      "pocket-sized",
      "puny",
      "pygmy",
      "shrimpy",
      "slight",
      "small",
      "smallish",
      "subnormal",
      "toylike",
      "undersized",
      "undersize"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "big",
      "biggish",
      "considerable",
      "goodly",
      "grand",
      "great",
      "handsome",
      "husky",
      "king-size",
      "king-sized",
      "large",
      "largish",
      "outsize",
      "outsized",
      "overscale",
      "overscaled",
      "oversize",
      "oversized",
      "sizable",
      "sizeable",
      "substantial",
      "tidy",
      "whacking",
      "whopping"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "I used to drive a dinky little car.",
      "recent college graduates crowding into a dinky New York City apartment",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "No doubt these dinky digital rigs kept the production costs down in some ways, but to be honest the cinematography, supervised by DP Artur Tort, is a bit disappointing given how insanely photogenic the landscape is. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
      "While many automakers have struggled to deliver elegant lines from the dinky dimensions of a compact crossover, the Tonale looks elegant and well proportioned. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 5 May 2022",
      "Grocery delivery to our door is still relatively dinky , but ordering groceries online for pickup at the store took hold during the pandemic and is sticking. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "But this example ditched the dinky V-4 for a big-block Chevy powerhouse, and it has been converted from front- to rear-wheel drive to maximize its drag-racing prowess. \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "The pods are available in customized sizes, ranging from a dinky three-window to a spacious 10-window with a bedroom, en suite and kitchenette. \u2014 Maureen O'hare, CNN , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "The fact that the Steam Deck's controls feel better than a stock Nintendo Switch isn't surprising, since Joy-Cons are famously dinky . \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "Free 2 are a dinky pair of true wireless earbuds with true adaptive noise canceling and up to 35 hours of playtime on a single charge. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "One of the recommendations will almost certainly be replacing San Antonio International\u2019s dinky and outdated Terminal A. With that and other projects to make the airport more appealing to travelers, the overall cost could easily exceed $1 billion. \u2014 Greg Jefferson, San Antonio Express-News , 24 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Scots dink neat",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1880, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173038"
  },
  "dint":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": force , power",
      ": dent entry 2",
      ": blow , stroke",
      ": by force of : because of",
      ": to make a dent in",
      ": to impress or drive in with force",
      ": the force or power of something"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dint",
      "\u02c8dint"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cavity",
      "concavity",
      "dent",
      "depression",
      "hole",
      "hollow",
      "indentation",
      "indenture",
      "pit",
      "recess"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bulge",
      "camber",
      "convexity",
      "jut",
      "projection",
      "protrusion",
      "protuberance"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "left a small dint in the car's fender",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "That said, the undisputed king of returning movie warriors has to be Harrison Ford, by dint of his starring in the two franchises that started the ball rolling in the first place. \u2014 Ty Burr, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
      "Perhaps because of his background in the military or perhaps just by dint of disposition, Dickson adhered strictly to the chain of command. \u2014 Peter Elkind, ProPublica , 26 May 2022",
      "Madhavan, who is also a producer on the film, managed all three roles by dint of separation. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 18 May 2022",
      "The cities of southeastern Ukraine, by dint of geography and history, tend to be overwhelmingly Russian-speaking. \u2014 Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
      "To the east lies the city park of Runyon Canyon, where the beautiful people get more beautiful by dint of strenuous hiking and dog-walking. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022",
      "Presidents, by dint of their position, stand to make history with every declaration or improvisation, whether intentional or not. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Rather than feeling a sense of moral absolution by dint of her role as a prosecutor, Coates fully accepts the moral consequences of her decisions. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "In this next evolution, Internet services are controlled by communities of token holders, who are incentivized, by dint of their token holdings, to build and maintain great software products. \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Then he was moved to the second unit, which seemed to dint his confidence. \u2014 Patrick Murray, Forbes , 23 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3",
      "Verb",
      "1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-172540"
  },
  "diplomatic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": paleographic",
      ": exactly reproducing the original",
      ": of, relating to, or concerned with the art and practice of conducting negotiations between nations : of, relating to, or concerned with diplomacy or diplomats",
      ": employing tact and conciliation especially in situations of stress",
      ": of or relating to keeping good relations between the governments of different countries",
      ": not causing bad feelings"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdi-pl\u0259-\u02c8ma-tik",
      "\u02ccdi-pl\u0259-\u02c8ma-tik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "politic",
      "tactful"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "gauche",
      "impolitic",
      "tactless",
      "undiplomatic",
      "untactful"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Negotiators are working to restore full diplomatic relations.",
      "a diplomatic attempt at preventing any hurt feelings",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Zelenskyy has acknowledged that the war will only end through a diplomatic solution rather than a military victory. \u2014 Lauren Egan, NBC News , 3 June 2022",
      "President Volodymyr Zelensky, in an interview on Ukrainian television over the weekend, said a diplomatic solution would come only after additional military victories for Ukraine, along with an influx of weapons. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
      "Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a late-evening address Friday that efforts were continuing to find a diplomatic solution to save military personnel at the plant. \u2014 Mauro Orru, WSJ , 7 May 2022",
      "The country\u2019s absence from diplomatic circles and pariah status in global politics means that ongoing scientific research and policy collaboration in the Arctic is uncertain, just as climate change is transforming the region. \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "The Abraham Accords, established in 2020, have created economic and diplomatic benefits for the four countries that agreed to normalize relations with the Jewish state. \u2014 Joseph Braude, WSJ , 5 June 2022",
      "All of which only raises the stakes for China and heightens diplomatic and military temperatures across the region. \u2014 David A. Andelman, CNN , 24 May 2022",
      "Western nations have imposed tough diplomatic and economic sanctions on Russia because of its invasion of Ukraine, but many of APEC member nations, especially in Southeast Asia and Latin America, have distanced themselves from such moves. \u2014 Grant Peck, ajc , 21 May 2022",
      "The discussion about Cuba's potential participation in Los Angeles reflects a difficult diplomatic and political balancing act. \u2014 Matthew Lee, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"in sense 1, from New Latin diplomaticus , from Latin diplomat-, diploma ; in other senses, from French diplomatique connected with documents regulating international relations, from New Latin diplomaticus ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1711, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212159"
  },
  "dipper":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that dips: such as",
      ": a worker who dips articles",
      ": something (such as a long-handled cup) used for dipping",
      ": pickpocket",
      ": any of a genus ( Cinclus and especially C. cinclus of the Old World and C. mexicanus of North America) of birds that comprise an oscine family (Cinclidae) and include individuals that wade and dive into swift mountain streams in search of food",
      ": a group of stars that resembles a dipper: such as",
      ": big dipper",
      ": little dipper",
      ": ladle entry 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-p\u0259r",
      "\u02c8di-p\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ladle",
      "scoop",
      "spoon"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the metal dipper left in the stew pot was too hot to touch",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Eternal stars shining overhead, a big and little dipper , are quietly heartbreaking witnesses to Earthly affairs. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Dipping does not require a license, but the limit is 10 pounds per person and each dipper must have a separate container of their own, either marked with a name or in possession. \u2014 Bill Monroe, oregonlive , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "George Washington used a goose quill dip pen, while Abraham Lincoln opted for a feathered quill dipper . \u2014 Brenda Yenke, cleveland , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Maybe at time-outs, the 49ers can have a water bucket with a dipper . \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Jan. 2022",
      "The most common firefly in the United States is the big dipper , but there are 150 species with specific habitats and behaviors across the nation. \u2014 Leigh Ann Henion, Washington Post , 7 Sep. 2021",
      "Perhaps the most shocking revelation on this survey (to me, at least) is the fact nearly 53% of people say ketchup is an acceptable dipper . \u2014 Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens , 18 Aug. 2021",
      "They are typically extracted mechanically or by a human with a dipper on the end of a rod. \u2014 Anna Maria Barry-jester, CNN , 13 Aug. 2021",
      "My vacation will begin when the crow- dipper sprouts, and end when the earth is damp and the air humid. \u2014 Annalisa Merelli, Quartz , 26 July 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190804"
  },
  "dippiness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": foolish"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-p\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "absurd",
      "asinine",
      "balmy",
      "brainless",
      "bubbleheaded",
      "cockeyed",
      "crackpot",
      "crazy",
      "cuckoo",
      "daffy",
      "daft",
      "dotty",
      "fatuous",
      "featherheaded",
      "fool",
      "foolish",
      "half-baked",
      "half-witted",
      "harebrained",
      "inept",
      "insane",
      "jerky",
      "kooky",
      "kookie",
      "loony",
      "looney",
      "lunatic",
      "lunkheaded",
      "mad",
      "nonsensical",
      "nutty",
      "preposterous",
      "sappy",
      "screwball",
      "senseless",
      "silly",
      "simpleminded",
      "stupid",
      "tomfool",
      "unwise",
      "wacky",
      "whacky",
      "weak-minded",
      "witless",
      "zany"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "judicious",
      "prudent",
      "sagacious",
      "sage",
      "sane",
      "sapient",
      "sensible",
      "sound",
      "wise"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a movie about a slightly dippy young musician",
      "a mindless movie about a bunch of dippy teenagers",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There\u2019s no mockery of the hippie- dippy arts community, just a warm acknowledgment of the eccentricities of the mutually supportive, nonconformist environment. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
      "That change \u2014 from playing a mocking hippie- dippy weatherman on variety shows to a more authentic comedian talking about power, language and human foibles \u2014 took its toll. \u2014 Mark Kennedy, ajc , 20 May 2022",
      "The writer Naomi Wolf has remained woo-ed to the gills while moving from somewhat dippy feminist to hard-right anti-vaccine activist. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "Season one was in New York, and was a send-up of Brooklyn-ish wealthy hipster culture; season two was in Los Angeles and had great fun poking at dippy wellness types. \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 15 Oct. 2021",
      "But could this be perceived as imposing my hippie- dippy ideals on them, or trying to guilt them into recycling? \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Dec. 2020",
      "Her pursuit of Theo drags her through a world of wannabes and hangers-on and jeopardizes her collaboration with a pop star (Alexandra Daddario) whose dippy facade doesn\u2019t quite conceal her calculating nature. \u2014 Glenn Kenny, New York Times , 17 Mar. 2020",
      "Even comedy stalwart Jennifer Coolidge, who features as a dippy employee in Mel and Mia\u2019s store, can\u2019t manage to elevate the turgid script. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 9 Jan. 2020",
      "Some look pretty hippy- dippy today, but these works foreshadow how Mr. Haacke would conceive of art works as systems, shaped first by the artist\u2019s invention, and then by external factors. \u2014 Jason Farago, New York Times , 30 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1899, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173103"
  },
  "dippy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": foolish"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-p\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "absurd",
      "asinine",
      "balmy",
      "brainless",
      "bubbleheaded",
      "cockeyed",
      "crackpot",
      "crazy",
      "cuckoo",
      "daffy",
      "daft",
      "dotty",
      "fatuous",
      "featherheaded",
      "fool",
      "foolish",
      "half-baked",
      "half-witted",
      "harebrained",
      "inept",
      "insane",
      "jerky",
      "kooky",
      "kookie",
      "loony",
      "looney",
      "lunatic",
      "lunkheaded",
      "mad",
      "nonsensical",
      "nutty",
      "preposterous",
      "sappy",
      "screwball",
      "senseless",
      "silly",
      "simpleminded",
      "stupid",
      "tomfool",
      "unwise",
      "wacky",
      "whacky",
      "weak-minded",
      "witless",
      "zany"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "judicious",
      "prudent",
      "sagacious",
      "sage",
      "sane",
      "sapient",
      "sensible",
      "sound",
      "wise"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a movie about a slightly dippy young musician",
      "a mindless movie about a bunch of dippy teenagers",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There\u2019s no mockery of the hippie- dippy arts community, just a warm acknowledgment of the eccentricities of the mutually supportive, nonconformist environment. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
      "That change \u2014 from playing a mocking hippie- dippy weatherman on variety shows to a more authentic comedian talking about power, language and human foibles \u2014 took its toll. \u2014 Mark Kennedy, ajc , 20 May 2022",
      "The writer Naomi Wolf has remained woo-ed to the gills while moving from somewhat dippy feminist to hard-right anti-vaccine activist. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "Season one was in New York, and was a send-up of Brooklyn-ish wealthy hipster culture; season two was in Los Angeles and had great fun poking at dippy wellness types. \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 15 Oct. 2021",
      "But could this be perceived as imposing my hippie- dippy ideals on them, or trying to guilt them into recycling? \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Dec. 2020",
      "Her pursuit of Theo drags her through a world of wannabes and hangers-on and jeopardizes her collaboration with a pop star (Alexandra Daddario) whose dippy facade doesn\u2019t quite conceal her calculating nature. \u2014 Glenn Kenny, New York Times , 17 Mar. 2020",
      "Even comedy stalwart Jennifer Coolidge, who features as a dippy employee in Mel and Mia\u2019s store, can\u2019t manage to elevate the turgid script. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 9 Jan. 2020",
      "Some look pretty hippy- dippy today, but these works foreshadow how Mr. Haacke would conceive of art works as systems, shaped first by the artist\u2019s invention, and then by external factors. \u2014 Jason Farago, New York Times , 30 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1899, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184449"
  },
  "dipsomaniac":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "an uncontrollable craving for alcoholic liquors",
      "an uncontrollable craving for alcoholic liquors"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02ccdip-s\u0259-\u02c8m\u0101-n\u0113-\u0259",
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"New Latin, from Greek dipsa thirst + Late Latin mania ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1844, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "dipstick":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a graduated rod for indicating depth (as of oil in a crankcase)",
      ": nitwit",
      ": a chemically sensitive strip of paper used to identify one or more constituents (such as glucose or protein) of urine by immersion",
      ": a chemically sensitive strip of paper used to identify one or more constituents (as glucose or protein) of urine by immersion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dip-\u02ccstik",
      "\u02c8dip-\u02ccstik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "berk",
      "booby",
      "charlie",
      "charley",
      "cuckoo",
      "ding-a-ling",
      "ding-dong",
      "dingbat",
      "doofus",
      "featherhead",
      "fool",
      "git",
      "goose",
      "half-wit",
      "jackass",
      "lunatic",
      "mooncalf",
      "nincompoop",
      "ninny",
      "ninnyhammer",
      "nit",
      "nitwit",
      "nut",
      "nutcase",
      "simp",
      "simpleton",
      "turkey",
      "yo-yo"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Some dipstick cut in front of me on the highway.",
      "which dipstick used the good china as a dog dish?",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Forry pulled out the oil dipstick and waved it in the air. \u2014 Oliver Whang, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
      "Gilbert compares individual antibody titers with a dipstick for oil in a car. \u2014 Tasnim Ahmed, CNN , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "The task of periodically checking the liquids was typically carried out by a young Russian who climbed on top of the tanks with a dipstick . \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "My 2019 Alfa, with a 2-liter engine, doesn\u2019t have a dipstick to check the oil level. \u2014 Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Dec. 2020",
      "Antibody and antigen tests are typically run as lateral flow immunoassays, says Lalli, and\u2014like pregnancy tests\u2014come as a dipstick . \u2014 Naomi Xu Elegant, Fortune , 26 May 2020",
      "Note: Some folks will tip a mower and drain the oil from the dipstick entry, avoiding the need to remove the drain plug. \u2014 cleveland , 30 Mar. 2020",
      "Traditionally, urinalysis has been performed using test strips; a typical dipstick test, which changes color to reflect a positive or negative reading, costs some five dollars and can be done anywhere. \u2014 Colton Wooten, The New Yorker , 14 Oct. 2019",
      "The mechanic should have checked both the oil capacity and the dipstick . \u2014 Ray Magliozzi, courant.com , 6 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1927, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185828"
  },
  "dire":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": exciting horror",
      ": dismal , oppressive",
      ": warning of disaster",
      ": desperately urgent",
      ": extreme",
      ": causing horror or worry : dreadful",
      ": very urgent or serious"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b(-\u0259)r",
      "\u02c8d\u012br"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "baleful",
      "direful",
      "doomy",
      "foreboding",
      "ill",
      "ill-boding",
      "inauspicious",
      "menacing",
      "minatory",
      "ominous",
      "portentous",
      "sinister",
      "threatening"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "unthreatening"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Rob Harris, a veteran public defense lawyer in Washington County, said the implications for public defense lawyers are dire . \u2014 oregonlive , 10 June 2022",
      "Other poll results are even more dire \u2014 the Gallup Organization reported last year that Americans disapproved of the court\u2019s performance by 53% to 40%. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
      "Calling from Yemen\u2019s capital city of Sana\u2019a, Saeed told Forbes that the impacts are dire . \u2014 Chloe Sorvino, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
      "But Boudin\u2019s predicament is more dire , according to recent polls. \u2014 Scott Wilson, Washington Post , 6 June 2022",
      "The shortage has been most dire for children with allergies, digestive problems and metabolic disorders who rely on specialty formulas. \u2014 Matthew Perrone, Chicago Tribune , 4 June 2022",
      "The shortage has been most dire for children with allergies, digestive problems and metabolic disorders who rely on specialty formulas. \u2014 Matthew Perrone, ajc , 4 June 2022",
      "The shortage has been most dire for children with allergies, digestive problems and metabolic disorders who rely on specialty formulas. \u2014 Matthew Perrone, USA TODAY , 4 June 2022",
      "The shortage has been most dire for children with allergies, digestive problems, and metabolic disorders who rely on specialty formulas. \u2014 Matthew Perrone, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Latin d\u012brus \"(of omens) exciting horror, awful, (of physical or nonphysical things) inspiring terror, dreadful,\" probably going back to *dweiro- , going back to Indo-European *du\u032fei\u032f-ro- or *du\u032fei\u032f-so-, adjectival derivatives of the verbal base *du\u032fei- \"fear\" \u2014 more at deinonychus ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191815"
  },
  "direct":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cause to turn, move, or point undeviatingly or to follow a straight course",
      ": to point, extend, or project in a specified line or course",
      ": to regulate the activities or course of",
      ": to carry out the organizing, energizing, and supervising of",
      ": to train and lead performances of",
      ": to dominate and determine the course of",
      ": to impart orally",
      ": to mark with the name and address of the intended recipient",
      ": to adapt in expression so as to have particular applicability",
      ": to write (a letter) to a person",
      ": to show or point out the way for",
      ": to request or enjoin (see enjoin sense 1 ) with authority",
      ": to act as director of a show or musical ensemble",
      ": to point out, prescribe, or determine a course or procedure",
      ": proceeding from one point to another in time or space without deviation or interruption : straight",
      ": proceeding by the shortest way",
      ": stemming immediately from a source",
      ": being or passing in a straight line of descent from parent to offspring : lineal",
      ": having no compromising or impairing element",
      ": natural , straightforward",
      ": marked by absence of an intervening agency, instrumentality, or influence",
      ": effected or brought about by the action of the people or the electorate and not by representatives",
      ": consisting of or reproducing the exact words of a speaker or writer",
      ": characterized by close logical, causal, or consequential relationship",
      ": having or being motion in the general planetary direction from west to east : not retrograde (see retrograde entry 1 sense 1a(1) )",
      ": capable of dyeing without the aid of a mordant",
      ": in a direct (see direct entry 2 ) way: such as",
      ": from point to point without deviation : by the shortest way",
      ": from the source without interruption or diversion (see diversion sense 1 )",
      ": without an intervening agency (see agency sense 3 ) or step",
      ": to cause to point or move in a particular direction",
      ": to cause to focus on",
      ": to show or tell the way",
      ": to put an address on",
      ": order entry 1 sense 2 , command",
      ": to manage or control the making or activities of",
      ": going from one point to another without turning or stopping : straight",
      ": coming straight from a cause or source",
      ": said or done in a clear and honest way",
      ": being in an unbroken family line",
      ": exact entry 1",
      ": directly sense 1",
      ": to order with authority",
      ": to order entry of (a verdict) without jury consideration",
      ": to act as director of",
      ": to act as director",
      ": stemming immediately from a source",
      "\u2014 compare derivative",
      ": being or passing in a straight line from parent to offspring : lineal",
      "\u2014 compare collateral",
      ": marked by absence of any intervening agency, instrumentality, or influence",
      ": effected by the action of the people or the electorate and not by representatives",
      ": characterized by close logical, causal, or consequential relationship",
      ": direct examination"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8rekt",
      "d\u012b-",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8rekt",
      "d\u012b-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "canalize",
      "channel",
      "channelize",
      "conduct",
      "funnel",
      "pipe",
      "siphon",
      "syphon"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "firsthand",
      "immediate",
      "primary",
      "unmediated"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Under the Defense Production Act, Biden could direct chip manufacturers to prioritize the delivery of their products to companies like Carrier and Trane that make heat pumps. \u2014 Anna Phillips, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
      "According to Deadline, Victoria Mahoney has been tapped to direct the sequel, with Prince-Bythewood staying on as a producer. \u2014 Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR , 19 June 2022",
      "The legislation for now does not direct the tax revenue anywhere but the general fund, but Beyer says other considerations, such as putting the money toward gun violence prevention or helping victims, could come later. \u2014 Meagan Flynn, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
      "Award-winning commercials filmmaker Dougal Wilson has been tapped to direct the latest installment of the hit family film franchise from StudioCanal and Heyday Films, titled Paddington in Peru. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 June 2022",
      "The court did not direct any changes to voting by individuals who are not visually impaired. \u2014 Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News , 11 June 2022",
      "Stefanski will direct the Browns during their full-squad minicamp Tuesday through Thursday when all \u2013 save for excused quarterback Baker Mayfield, who is awaiting a trade \u2013 are required to be present. \u2014 Marla Ridenour, USA TODAY , 9 June 2022",
      "Separately, in a decision that could affect more viewers, the Fox broadcast network will not direct its affiliates, which reach many millions more homes than Fox News, to show the hearing. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
      "Tim Burton will also executive produce and direct the majority of episodes, with Gandja Monteiro and James Marshall serving as additional directors. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 6 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Emoji can be easy to misconstrue, but words are a little more direct . \u2014 Chandra Steele, PCMAG , 8 June 2022",
      "Being direct about which games are on offer in each country before launch will help players make more informed decisions about which tier to subscribe to. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
      "While some findings suggest behavior traits are heritable, the association between a breed and its behaviors is far less direct than the association between a breed and its aesthetic traits. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 24 May 2022",
      "Vazquez's impact was far more direct late in the match when his pressure on Fire goalkeeper Gabriel Slonina forced a turnover that led to the ball landing at the feet of a nearby Acosta. \u2014 Pat Brennan, The Enquirer , 17 May 2022",
      "Shehan Wanidu Pieris, a student protesting at Galle Face, the epicentre of the ongoing countrywide protest in Colombo, was more direct . \u2014 Raknish Wijewardene, Quartz , 16 May 2022",
      "Hogan was direct , specific, and unsparing in his challenge to the former President\u2014exactly what many critics of Trump across the ideological spectrum had hoped to see inside the Republican Party for so long. \u2014 Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker , 5 May 2022",
      "The Buffalo Survivors fund, created in partnership with Tops and National Compassion Fund, is dedicated to giving direct support and cash assistance to survivors of the diseased. \u2014 Chloe Berger, Fortune , 25 May 2022",
      "The company will restate its contention that there is no direct link between its formula and the infant infections investigated by the FDA. \u2014 Matthew Perrone, ajc , 25 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "Then they\u2019re delivered direct to the consumers from a cold storage facility in National City. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 June 2022",
      "Morris departed the project over creative differences, the movie ended up going direct to video and studios lost interest, considering the novels\u2019 Native lead characters to be uncommercial. \u2014 Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 June 2022",
      "Until Wall Street values the incumbent automakers like it does TESLA, financial realities make selling direct to consumers unlikely. Remember Saturn? \u2014 Jeremy Alicandri, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Gerald Plummer logged into his bank account last week expecting to find his stimulus check had been direct deposited. \u2014 Lee Clifford, Fortune , 20 Apr. 2020",
      "They are not accustomed to selling direct to consumers and they are built to market to consumers who walk up and down aisles. \u2014 Richard Kestenbaum, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Thanks to discerning Mercury moving direct in your sign, your attitude matters! \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "Since Uranus is moving direct in the stubborn sign of Taurus, Murphy says that our foundations will be most affected \u2014 areas related to money, material possessions, property, and our connection to our values. \u2014 Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com , 15 Jan. 2022",
      "All ingredients are locally-sourced and will be delivered direct to your door before class. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 6 July 2012"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Adverb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 4d",
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 6",
      "Adverb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183228"
  },
  "direction":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": guidance or supervision of action or conduct : management",
      ": the address placed on the outside of a letter or package to be delivered : superscription",
      ": an explicit instruction : order",
      ": assistance in pointing out the proper route",
      ": the line or course on which something is moving or is aimed to move or along which something is pointing or facing",
      ": directorate sense 1",
      ": a channel or direct course of thought or action",
      ": tendency , trend",
      ": a guiding, governing, or motivating purpose",
      ": the art and technique of supervising the production of a show or performance : the art and technique of directing an orchestra, band, or a show (as for stage or screen)",
      ": a word, phrase, or sign indicating the appropriate tempo , mood, or intensity of a passage (see passage entry 1 sense 6b ) or movement (see movement sense 4c )",
      ": the path along which something moves, lies, or points",
      ": an order or instruction to be followed",
      ": instructions on how to get somewhere",
      ": supervision , management"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8rek-sh\u0259n",
      "d\u012b-",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8rek-sh\u0259n",
      "d\u012b-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "behest",
      "charge",
      "command",
      "commandment",
      "decree",
      "dictate",
      "directive",
      "do",
      "edict",
      "imperative",
      "injunction",
      "instruction",
      "order",
      "word"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "New York Times theater critic Ben Brantley gave the show a mixed review, praising its leading lady, Eden Espinosa \u2014 who reprises her title role in La Jolla \u2014 as well as Kelly\u2019s choreography and Chavkin\u2019s direction . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022",
      "And, again, in this latest survey, there is surprising bipartisan agreement on the issue in the negative direction . \u2014 Dante Chinni, NBC News , 12 June 2022",
      "These reasons range from the strange editing and direction to the plot itself, which is riddled with plot holes and bizarre narrative choices. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 11 June 2022",
      "Biden\u2019s problem, then, is not vision and a clear direction of travel. \u2014 Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune , 11 June 2022",
      "According to police someone fired shots into the vehicle and ran in an unknown direction . \u2014 Deanese Williams-harris, Chicago Tribune , 11 June 2022",
      "Read dropped off O\u2019Keefe at a Canton home, prosecutors have previously said, made a three-point turn to reverse direction , rammed into him, and drove away. \u2014 Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
      "South Carolina would be a logical rivalry partner, and the Wildcats could retain three layup nonconference games alongside its annual date with Louisville, which recently has trended in UK\u2019s direction . \u2014 Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY , 10 June 2022",
      "These elections don\u2019t mean that voters have decided to reverse direction on criminal justice policy or head back to the mass incarceration policies of the 1980s and 1990s. \u2014 David Lautersenior Editor, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see direct  entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173506"
  },
  "directly":{
    "type":"adverb",
    "definitions":[
      "in a direct manner",
      "in immediate physical contact",
      "in the manner of direct variation",
      "without delay immediately",
      "in a little while shortly",
      "immediately after as soon as",
      "in a straight course or line",
      "straight to or from a source without interference",
      "immediately sense 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"d\u0259-\u02c8rek(t)-l\u0113",
    "synonyms":[
      "dead",
      "direct",
      "due",
      "plumb",
      "plump",
      "right",
      "straight",
      "straightway"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "indirectly"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adverb",
      "The committee has interviewed more than 1,000 people who were directly or indirectly involved in the U.S. Capitol insurrection. \u2014 Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune , 10 June 2022",
      "Obamacare said that the no federal state or local law shall compel directly or indirectly any person employer or healthcare provider to participate in a healthcare system. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 9 June 2022",
      "This occurred mostly due to the decrease in the value of corporate equities that households invested in directly and indirectly, set off by Wall Street\u2019s bad first quarter. \u2014 Chloe Berger, Fortune , 9 June 2022",
      "Russia has also sought to present the conflict as a fight in which the United States is directly involved. \u2014 Ben Gittleson, ABC News , 3 June 2022",
      "According to a source, Laroi and his mother, Sloane Howard, recently re-approached Braun and signed a management agreement about a week ago with the assurance that Braun will be directly involved in overseeing all aspects of the artist\u2019s career. \u2014 Shirley Halperin, Variety , 28 May 2022",
      "Energy Minister Adolfo Sachsida on Friday called oil analysts to ask about diesel shortages in the second half of the year, said a person directly involved in the matter. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 24 May 2022",
      "You were directly involved in and overseeing the wars in Iraq and in Afghanistan for so long. \u2014 CBS News , 22 May 2022",
      "Though Walker touts his role with Patriot Support on the campaign trail, there's no suggestion he was directly involved in any wrongdoing at the hospitals. \u2014 Brian Slodysko, ajc , 21 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adverb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Conjunction",
      "1795, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "directness":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the character of being accurate in course or aim",
      ": strict pertinence : straightforwardness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8rek(t)-n\u0259s",
      "d\u012b-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bluntness",
      "candidness",
      "candor",
      "forthrightness",
      "frankness",
      "honesty",
      "openheartedness",
      "openness",
      "outspokenness",
      "plainness",
      "plainspokenness",
      "plumpness",
      "straightforwardness",
      "unguardedness",
      "unreserve",
      "unreservedness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dissembling",
      "dissimulation",
      "indirection"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "his directness is much appreciated by his patients",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Silk-screened with a new perfection, Warhol\u2019s retreads achieved the visual impact, and directness , of a popular image always meant for mass production. \u2014 New York Times , 9 May 2022",
      "This may be true to the directness of the tech world, but presenting Kalanick so straightforwardly as a boor means that there\u2019s nowhere for this story to take us. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "The public hallmark of Andrew Brunette\u2019s coaching style with the Florida Panthers is compass-point directness . \u2014 Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel , 21 May 2022",
      "But as one senior British official put it to me, her directness has its benefits, bearing a forcefulness that allows governments to bypass ever-cautious officials. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 9 May 2022",
      "Perhaps directness is what\u2019s required for an issue that cries out for more listening and less demagoguing. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "Burton was charmed by Solberg's directness and sense of humor. \u2014 Francesca Street, CNN , 9 May 2022",
      "The style of negotiation tends to choose directness over combativeness. \u2014 Glamour , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "This is the sort of directness that irritates Summers\u2019s critics, delights his admirers, and disguises the fact that, in some areas, there may be more agreement than is evident from the public back-and-forth. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 8 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213928"
  },
  "dirt":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": excrement",
      ": a filthy or soiling substance (such as mud, dust, or grime)",
      ": something worthless",
      ": a contemptible person",
      ": loose or packed soil or sand : earth",
      ": an abject or filthy state : squalor",
      ": corruption , chicanery",
      ": licentiousness of language or theme",
      ": scandalous or malicious gossip",
      ": embarrassing or incriminating information",
      ": soil entry 2 sense 1",
      ": a substance (as mud or dust) that makes things unclean"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259rt",
      "\u02c8d\u0259rt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "clod",
      "earth",
      "ground",
      "mold",
      "soil"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Pack dirt loosely around the base of the plant.",
      "You've got some dirt on your face.",
      "Their shoes were covered with dirt .",
      "No amount of cleaning will get rid of all this dirt .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Sequoia handled on a short off-road course that included several short steep hills, piles of dirt and fording water up to around the bottom of the doors. \u2014 Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press , 8 June 2022",
      "That same inning, catcher Gavin Logan threw out a would-be base stealer at second base, picking a ball out of the dirt and firing a bullet across the diamond. \u2014 Joe Freeman, oregonlive , 5 June 2022",
      "The small box of dirt , postmarked from NASA, held some of the last remaining unopened samples of moon dust, or regolith, collected by astronauts on the Apollo 11, 12 and 17 missions. \u2014 Joanna Thompson, Scientific American , 2 June 2022",
      "Many forget the mall was a dusty patch of dirt adjacent to rail yards before shovels hit the ground. \u2014 John Igliozzi, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
      "The front and back yard of the mansion itself seem to still mostly be an empty lot of dirt . \u2014 Hunter Boyce, ajc , 1 June 2022",
      "Even very dirty fan blades can result in a rattling ceiling fan because, as the thick layers of dirt build up, the additional weight on the blade can cause the fan to become unbalanced. \u2014 Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens , 31 May 2022",
      "Some vacuums perform better with large debris like leaves, while others capture fine particles of dirt . \u2014 Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics , 23 May 2022",
      "Ahead of the larger-than-life event, veteran driver Tom Meents, who has nearly 30 years of experience as a Monster Jam professional, was checking out the new figure-eight track design and watching the crew move tons of dirt . \u2014 Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel , 19 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English drit , from Old Norse; akin to Old English dr\u012btan to defecate",
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182251"
  },
  "dirt cheap":{
    "type":[
      "adjective or adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": exceedingly cheap"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "affordable",
      "bargain-basement",
      "budget",
      "cheap",
      "cheapie",
      "cheapo",
      "chintzy",
      "cut-price",
      "cut-rate",
      "dime-store",
      "el cheapo",
      "inexpensive",
      "low",
      "low-end",
      "popular",
      "reasonable"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "costly",
      "dear",
      "deluxe",
      "expensive",
      "high",
      "high-ticket",
      "precious",
      "premium",
      "pricey",
      "pricy",
      "spendy",
      "valuable"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1819, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184010"
  },
  "dirt-poor":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": suffering extreme poverty"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259rt-\u02c8pu\u0307r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beggared",
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      "impoverished",
      "indigent",
      "necessitous",
      "needful",
      "needy",
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      "skint",
      "threadbare"
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      "affluent",
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      "flush",
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      "monied",
      "opulent",
      "rich",
      "silk-stocking",
      "wealthy",
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      "well-off",
      "well-to-do"
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      "1937, in the meaning defined above"
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      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
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      ": not clean or pure",
      ": likely to befoul or defile with a soiling substance (such as mud, dust, or grime)",
      ": contaminated with infecting organisms",
      ": containing impurities",
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      ": indecent , vulgar",
      ": dishonorable , base",
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      ": acquired by disreputable or illegal means : ill-gotten",
      ": disagreeable, distasteful, or objectionable but usually necessary (as in achieving a desired result)",
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      ": highly regrettable",
      ": likely to cause disgrace or scandal",
      ": foggy , stormy",
      ": not clear and bright : dullish",
      ": characterized by a husky , rasping, or raw tonal quality",
      ": conveying ill-natured resentment",
      ": in a dirty (see dirty entry 1 ) manner: such as",
      ": deceptively , underhandedly",
      ": indecently",
      ": to soil with a substance (such as mud or grime) : to make dirty (see dirty entry 1 )",
      ": to stain with dishonor : sully",
      ": to debase by distorting the real nature of",
      ": to become soiled",
      ": not clean",
      ": unfair , mean",
      ": not pleasant but usually necessary",
      ": being vulgar : not decent",
      ": showing dislike or anger",
      ": in an unfair or dishonest way",
      ": to make or become unclean",
      ": contaminated with infecting organisms"
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      "\u02c8d\u0259r-t\u0113",
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      "\u02c8d\u0259rt-\u0113"
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      "bedraggled",
      "befouled",
      "begrimed",
      "bemired",
      "besmirched",
      "black",
      "blackened",
      "cruddy",
      "dingy",
      "draggled",
      "dusty",
      "filthy",
      "foul",
      "grimy",
      "grotty",
      "grubby",
      "grungy",
      "mucky",
      "muddy",
      "nasty",
      "smudged",
      "smutty",
      "soiled",
      "sordid",
      "stained",
      "sullied",
      "unclean",
      "uncleanly"
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      "befoul",
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      "bemire",
      "besmirch",
      "blacken",
      "daub",
      "distain",
      "foul",
      "gaum",
      "grime",
      "mire",
      "muck",
      "muddy",
      "smirch",
      "smudge",
      "soil",
      "stain",
      "sully"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "For some people, the mere idea of waking up with dirty dishes in the sink is unbelievable. \u2014 Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day , 8 June 2022",
      "Another is a thrilling switch over from dirty fuel to clean fuel in the automotive industry. \u2014 Rachel Ooi, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "Brighten Brick: Stone, brick and concrete walks and accents are prone to getting dirty and stained when exposed to the elements. \u2014 Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping , 7 June 2022",
      "Nick Bornstadt stood at first base gripping the Tigers\u2019 championship trophy, with his high school diploma in one hand while wearing his graduation gown over his dirty baseball jersey. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 June 2022",
      "And so, somewhere in the first few days after I got picked up, looters took my books, my dirty under- wear, the sheets on my bed, my memories. \u2014 Keri Blakinger, Rolling Stone , 5 June 2022",
      "This docuseries details the dirty deeds that brought down the Nixon administration. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 5 June 2022",
      "No one wants to kick off the weekend cleaning a bunch of dirty dishes from dinner. \u2014 Southern Kitchen, USA TODAY , 3 June 2022",
      "Special counsel John Durham did more than expose Hillary Clinton\u2019s dirty political tricks. \u2014 Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ , 2 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "Carburetors were so crude and gasoline so dirty back in the day, that the small passages inside the carburetor could get blocked up with dirt. \u2014 Ray Magliozz, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Oct. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Jones includes a recipe for baked pasta that requires you to dirty exactly one pan \u2014 a casserole dish \u2014 and a small mixing bowl for the topping. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Jan. 2022",
      "Dislikes: Anything that will dirty her pristine white coat. \u2014 Scottie Andrew, CNN , 25 Nov. 2021",
      "Refinery emissions dirty the air from the harbor area to the Inland Empire, and regulators have taken too long to get serious about curbing them. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "Why not dirty them up with the clink of steak knives, Mason jars (holding beer) and some live music at Pappy & Harriet\u2019s in Pioneertown? 21. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Nov. 2021",
      "Because oil does not need to be melted and then cooled, or creamed for 5 minutes until fluffy, and is instead added straight-up to the recipe\u2019s wet ingredients, assembly is faster and there is no need to dirty a saucepan or pull out your mixer. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 June 2021",
      "Another student complained the boy\u2019s skin would dirty up the crayons. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 7 July 2021",
      "Protesters have been seen taking off their shoes before standing on public benches, not wanting to dirty them. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Sep. 2020",
      "Democrats say this focus is an effort to dirty up Trump\u2019s 2020 rival. \u2014 Jerry Dunleavy, Washington Examiner , 10 Aug. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adverb",
      "circa 1931, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "1591, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205457"
  },
  "dis":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "noun ()",
      "prefix",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to treat with disrespect or contempt : insult",
      ": to find fault with : criticize",
      ": a disparaging remark or act : insult",
      ": disrespect",
      "discharge",
      "discount",
      "distance",
      ": the Roman god of the underworld (see underworld sense 1 ) \u2014 compare pluto",
      ": do the opposite of",
      ": deprive of (a specified quality, rank, or object)",
      ": exclude or expel from",
      ": opposite or absence of",
      ": not",
      ": completely",
      ": dys-",
      ": do the opposite of",
      ": deprive of",
      ": opposite or absence of",
      ": not",
      "disabled",
      "disease"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dis",
      "\u02c8dis"
    ],
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      "contemn",
      "disdain",
      "disrespect",
      "high-hat",
      "look down (on ",
      "scorn",
      "slight",
      "sniff (at)",
      "snoot",
      "snub"
    ],
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      "affront",
      "barb",
      "brickbat",
      "cut",
      "dart",
      "dig",
      "epithet",
      "gird",
      "indignity",
      "insult",
      "name",
      "offense",
      "offence",
      "outrage",
      "personality",
      "poke",
      "put-down",
      "sarcasm",
      "slap",
      "slight",
      "slur"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "don't you go dissing somebody just because you've got a few more dead presidents than they do",
      "a DJ who has dissed every album that rapper has put out",
      "Noun (1)",
      "that's a dis that a person of any color should find offensive",
      "in the hood any dis is dealt with harshly"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1980, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (1)",
      "1986, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1567, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193749"
  },
  "disaccord":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": clash , disagree"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8k\u022frd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "clash",
      "collide",
      "conflict",
      "discord",
      "jar"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "accord",
      "blend",
      "conform (to ",
      "fit",
      "harmonize",
      "match"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "national security measures that disaccord with our cherished right to free expression"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English disacorden , from Anglo-French desacorder , from desacord disagreement, from des- dis- + acord accord",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214805"
  },
  "disadvantage":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": loss or damage especially to reputation, credit, or finances : detriment",
      ": an unfavorable, inferior, or prejudicial condition",
      ": a quality or circumstance that makes achievement unusually difficult : handicap",
      ": to place at a disadvantage : harm",
      ": something that makes someone or something worse or less likely to succeed than others"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259d-\u02c8van-tij",
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259d-\u02c8van-tij"
    ],
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      "debit",
      "disbenefit",
      "downside",
      "drawback",
      "handicap",
      "incommodity",
      "liability",
      "minus",
      "negative",
      "strike"
    ],
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      "advantage",
      "asset",
      "edge",
      "plus"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "She had the disadvantage of growing up in a poor community.",
      "They argued that the new regulations would place their company at a competitive disadvantage in the marketplace.",
      "There are advantages and disadvantages to the new system.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But the dogs\u2019 small size puts them at a serious disadvantage , and a single 420-pound male lion can easily step in and claim a pack\u2019s fresh catch as his own. \u2014 New York Times , 20 June 2022",
      "But after allowing Sporting Kansas City to equalize while playing at a numerical disadvantage , the Revolution recovered to take a 2-1 victory Sunday. \u2014 Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
      "Such numbers, compounded with the Democrats' historical disadvantage for holding the presidency, could spell trouble for the party. \u2014 Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News , 11 June 2022",
      "Dahle\u2019s lower name recognition, a major fundraising disadvantage and his GOP affiliation make his chances of winning in November a long shot. \u2014 Taryn Lunastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
      "Consumers are usually at a huge disadvantage when dealing not only with insurers but also medical providers and suppliers. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
      "With a lineup missing regulars \u2014 when healthy \u2014 Christian Yelich, Luis Ur\u00edas, Hunter Renfroe, Willy Adames and Omar Narv\u00e1ez, the Brewers were already facing a disadvantage against Gore. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel , 4 June 2022",
      "Startups already face a big disadvantage to traditional auto makers, said Jeff Schuster, president of global forecasting at research firm LMC Automotive. \u2014 Sean Mclain, WSJ , 4 June 2022",
      "The political geography of Europe traditionally put it at a natural disadvantage to places like South America where the majority of nations are of a reasonable size and the love of soccer meant most have competitive teams. \u2014 Zak Garner-purkis, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Since every realtor, in effect, owns his or her own business, many of the traditional power dynamics that still disadvantage women in other industries are absent in ours. \u2014 Leslie Rouda Smith, Fortune , 4 May 2022",
      "Since China can\u2019t comply with Thailand\u2019s engine requirement, the terms of the deal need to be amended in a way that doesn\u2019t disadvantage the Thai navy, said naval spokesman Vice Admiral Pokkrong Monthatphalin. \u2014 Niharika Mandhana, WSJ , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "The major contenders all drew satisfactory posts Wednesday for the once-around, mile-and-an-eighth stakes, a distance which can severely disadvantage horses in stalls toward the outside of the starting gate. \u2014 Tom Jicha, sun-sentinel.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Software can also disadvantage certain candidates, says Joseph Fuller, a management professor at Harvard Business School. \u2014 Arielle Pardes, Wired , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "But civil rights organizations said the latest effort\u2014like the initial one\u2014 would disadvantage Black voters. \u2014 Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Many patient advocates worry that the obstacles to getting Evusheld could disadvantage patients who do not use the internet or have little time to phone physicians or birddog a government database. \u2014 Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "The state civil rights agency recently released a report showing how pay gaps statewide at larger companies disadvantage women and people of color, and that men were more likely to hold management positions statewide, particularly in Silicon Valley. \u2014 Chase Difeliciantonio, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "The lawsuit alleges that was done on purpose to disadvantage the Democratic minority voting members of the board, Young and Bronstein. \u2014 Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "circa 1550, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191651"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": constituting a disadvantage",
      ": derogatory , disparaging",
      ": making it harder for a person or thing to succeed or do something"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02ccad-\u02ccvan-\u02c8t\u0101-j\u0259s",
      "-v\u0259n-",
      "\u02ccdis-\u02ccad-\u02ccvan-\u02c8t\u0101-j\u0259s"
    ],
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      "adverse",
      "counter",
      "hostile",
      "inimical",
      "negative",
      "prejudicial",
      "unfavorable",
      "unfriendly",
      "unsympathetic",
      "untoward"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "advantageous",
      "favorable",
      "friendly",
      "positive",
      "supportive",
      "sympathetic",
      "well-disposed"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "They might have to resell the property at a disadvantageous time.",
      "Minority groups find themselves in a disadvantageous position.",
      "The current system is disadvantageous to women.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Kyiv was forced to accept a deeply disadvantageous ten-year gas transit deal with Moscow, among other concessions. \u2014 Suriya Jayanti, Time , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Each horse his regular rider, and none drew a disadvantageous post for the 1 1/8 mile $1 million stakes. \u2014 Tom Jicha, sun-sentinel.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Some of the slowest animals, such as sloths and tortoises, have managed to use their seemingly disadvantageous traits to survive and even thrive. \u2014 Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "That said, while local content is indeed needed to keep people coming to cinemas, exhibitors in Saudi Arabia are offering disadvantageous terms for local movies that inexplicably prioritize mainly Hindi films, giving them better terms. \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Utah finds itself on both the advantageous side of that system and the disadvantageous . \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 Dec. 2021",
      "On the other side, Traylor said UTSA faces an uphill battle preparing for the nation\u2019s leading passer in Bailey Zappe, knowing Western Kentucky always has checks to escape disadvantageous situations before the snap. \u2014 Greg Luca, San Antonio Express-News , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "But by playing a more obscure move\u2014perhaps even one that the computers suggest is disadvantageous \u2014Carlsen thrives by throwing his opponents into that unfamiliar territory. \u2014 Andrew Beaton, WSJ , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "Rarely before any big game had there been so much theorizing, so much back and forth, about whether a victory in that game was advantageous or disadvantageous , necessary or unnecessary, as there was before Saturday night\u2019s Utah-Oregon matchup. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192102"
  },
  "disaffect":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to alienate the affection or loyalty of",
      ": to fill with discontent and unrest"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8fekt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "alien",
      "alienate",
      "disgruntle",
      "estrange",
      "sour"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "reconcile"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the troops were disaffected by the extension of their tours of duty",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Sanders-Warren backers see Mr. Trump as a symptom of deeper woes, of the desperation of long-struggling voters disaffected by the recent economic prescriptions of both parties. \u2014 Jacob M. Schlesinger, WSJ , 30 Jan. 2020",
      "Dina Litovsky for The New York Times Here\u2019s at least one sign that some young adults are disaffected with dating apps. \u2014 Jennifer Miller, New York Times , 6 Sep. 2019",
      "Yang has honed in on a message of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, touted the need for a nationwide universal basic income and boasted about his ability to reach voters who have become disaffected by national politics. \u2014 Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY , 13 Dec. 2019",
      "One danger for the prime minister is that on election day conservative voters disaffected by the looming corruption charges could abandon him for other right-wing parties, or for an opposition bloc. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2019",
      "And that adds to its appeal for supporters disaffected from the moneyed elites who run the former British colony, organizers say. \u2014 Christopher Bodeen, chicagotribune.com , 18 June 2019",
      "In their run to the last four, England re-engaged with a fanbase disaffected by decades of failure at international tournaments, most notably in a humiliating exit to Iceland at Euro 2016. \u2014 Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com , 12 July 2018",
      "Many militants are disaffected by poverty and unemployment, and some have reportedly traveled to regional countries, including Kenya, Tanzania and Somalia, for religious or military training, according to a study released last month in Maputo. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 June 2018",
      "And for the seasonally disaffected among us, that glorious big bang can\u2019t come soon enough. \u2014 Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times , 5 Apr. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1641, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193628"
  },
  "disaffirm":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to refuse to confirm : annul , repudiate",
      ": contradict",
      ": cancel , rescind"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8f\u0259rm",
      "\u02ccdi-s\u0259-\u02c8f\u0259rm"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "contradict",
      "deny",
      "disallow",
      "disavow",
      "disclaim",
      "disconfirm",
      "disown",
      "gainsay",
      "negate",
      "negative",
      "refute",
      "reject",
      "repudiate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "acknowledge",
      "admit",
      "allow",
      "avow",
      "concede",
      "confirm",
      "own"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "her sullen mood disaffirmed her repeated protestations that everything was just fine"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184602"
  },
  "disagree":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to fail to agree",
      ": to differ in opinion",
      ": to cause discomfort or distress",
      ": to have different ideas or opinions",
      ": to be unlike each other : be different",
      ": to make ill"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8gr\u0113",
      "\u02ccdi-s\u0259-\u02c8gr\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "differ",
      "dissent",
      "nonconcur"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "agree",
      "assent",
      "concur"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "I think that I should sell my car, but he disagrees .",
      "the leader thought we were still headed north on the trail, but I disagreed",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But economists disagree about how much of the market downturn so far this year has come in anticipation of further hikes from the Fed. \u2014 Max Zahn, ABC News , 16 June 2022",
      "Economists at Zillow, however, disagree , arguing in a recent paper that the U.S. is not in a housing bubble or headed toward a crash. \u2014 Chloe Taylor, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
      "Some environmental groups disagree , calling the move premature as the river's plunge heightens predation danger. \u2014 Brittany Peterson And John Flesher, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
      "Some environmental groups disagree , calling the move premature as the river's plunge heightens predation danger. \u2014 CBS News , 15 June 2022",
      "But critics disagree and Media Research Center director of MRC Latino Jorge Bonilla blasted the move as a power grab by the left. \u2014 Fox News , 14 June 2022",
      "Economists disagree on how much inflation relief the administration could get by removing the tariffs. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
      "With economists warning of a looming recession, lawmakers and the governor also disagree about how much should be spent on one-time expenses or ongoing services \u2014 programs that could have to be cut in the event of a future economic downturn. \u2014 Taryn Lunastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
      "Many potential candidates disagree , pointing to a long history of early front-runners for presidential nominations falling out of favor. \u2014 Isaac Stanley-becker, Washington Post , 11 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, to refuse assent, from Anglo-French desagreer , from des- dis- + agreer to agree",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1513, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194458"
  },
  "disagreeable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": causing discomfort : unpleasant , offensive",
      ": marked by ill temper : peevish",
      ": unpleasant",
      ": difficult to get along with"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8gr\u0113-\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "\u02ccdi-s\u0259-\u02c8gr\u0113-\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "acid",
      "bearish",
      "bilious",
      "bloody-minded",
      "cantankerous",
      "dyspeptic",
      "ill-humored",
      "ill-natured",
      "ill-tempered",
      "ornery",
      "splenetic",
      "surly"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "amiable",
      "good-humored",
      "good-natured",
      "good-tempered"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The medicine had a disagreeable taste.",
      "the disagreeable odor of the garbage",
      "I've never known her to be so disagreeable .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But the First Amendment does not guarantee freedom from religion or freedom from disagreeable speech. \u2014 WSJ , 15 May 2022",
      "The sessions will help people to break down barriers and learn how to disagree without being disagreeable . \u2014 Hartford Courant , 10 May 2022",
      "Best of luck to our athletes, who are sentenced to performing in whichever country the endlessly disagreeable International Olympic Committee chooses. \u2014 Daniel Henninger, WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "These are just a couple of the many studies that have shown polyols can be disagreeable to the gut if 20 grams or more are eaten in a single sitting. \u2014 Patrick Wilson, Outside Online , 7 Aug. 2020",
      "But be prepared for the disagreeable process of replacing early-stage employees with those who are more comfortable with, and qualified for, your new scale. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "Their refusal Tuesday to remove him from office brings to an end a dramatic and disagreeable chapter in the state\u2019s political history, though the clashes sparked by the recall election will surely persist into next year and beyond. \u2014 John Myers, Los Angeles Times , 15 Sep. 2021",
      "Accepting the sometimes unpleasant or disagreeable facts of a situation is a struggle requiring patience, determination and emotional intelligence. \u2014 Svetlana Whitener, Forbes , 14 Sep. 2021",
      "The wreck probably harbors a sponge that looks like snot and smells disagreeable but almost certainly contains a previously untapped reservoir of chemical molecules. \u2014 Peter Andrey Smith, STAT , 10 Sep. 2021"
    ],
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      "There's been a lot of disagreement about how best to spend the money.",
      "Several disagreements have yet to be resolved.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The sky-high prices with no relief in sight have set off sharp disagreement among public officials over what should be done in response. \u2014 Max Zahn, ABC News , 16 June 2022",
      "Drenik: Even in the best of environments, disagreement and heated emotions are going to emerge. \u2014 Gary Drenik, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "The podcast, released on Thursday, started its Chiefs discussion by talking about the contract-value disagreement Rosenhaus had with the team who has won the AFC twice in the past three seasons and the Super Bowl once in that span . \u2014 Steve Svekis, Sun Sentinel , 13 June 2022",
      "Drummond's quest to climb the seven second summits has turned into a slightly longer project due to some disagreement about which peaks count as the official seven. \u2014 Lilit Marcus, CNN , 29 May 2022",
      "People in different regions also have different ways of expressing disagreement and alternative points of view. \u2014 Alexander Zheltov, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "The proposal was defeated in part because of disagreement over whether an Australian head of state should be appointed or elected. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
      "Teachers can foster an open climate for civil disagreement that does not threaten students\u2019 identity. \u2014 Chelsea Sheasley, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 June 2022",
      "Now Hardee said the project has been shelved, due to disagreement over revenue and maintenance concerns. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 8 June 2022"
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      "The two men disappeared around the corner.",
      "The dinosaurs disappeared millions of years ago.",
      "These problems won't just disappear by themselves.",
      "He disappeared without a trace two years ago.",
      "The speaker suddenly disappeared just before the beginning of the ceremony.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Did Xi briefly disappear from the front page of the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s official newspaper to quash a rebellion? \u2014 Eva Dou, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
      "The arbitrage of costs that the global economy exploits to deliver cheap devices, clothing, household goods, and so much else will disappear . \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 6 June 2022",
      "Of final note, Williams did not disappear in the paint after Boston cruised to victory prior. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 27 May 2022",
      "If either of these efforts disappears, much of the U.S. fleet engaged in international trade would disappear too. \u2014 Loren Thompson, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
      "By some predictions, sea ice will disappear completely during summers before midcentury. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2022",
      "More recently, price controls were the crown jewel of a Venezuelan economic plan that made basic goods disappear while doing little to curb overall inflation. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
      "Within days, the oil does disappear beneath the water, where certain microorganisms, like an oil-loving bacteria, eventually consume it. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 12 May 2022",
      "Faderman goes on to say that these ideas \u2014 mentalities such as women are weaker vessels and need to be subservient to men \u2014 would disappear for a while and then reappear later. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022"
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      "The two men disappeared around the corner.",
      "The dinosaurs disappeared millions of years ago.",
      "These problems won't just disappear by themselves.",
      "He disappeared without a trace two years ago.",
      "The speaker suddenly disappeared just before the beginning of the ceremony.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Did Xi briefly disappear from the front page of the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s official newspaper to quash a rebellion? \u2014 Eva Dou, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
      "The arbitrage of costs that the global economy exploits to deliver cheap devices, clothing, household goods, and so much else will disappear . \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 6 June 2022",
      "Of final note, Williams did not disappear in the paint after Boston cruised to victory prior. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 27 May 2022",
      "If either of these efforts disappears, much of the U.S. fleet engaged in international trade would disappear too. \u2014 Loren Thompson, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
      "By some predictions, sea ice will disappear completely during summers before midcentury. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2022",
      "More recently, price controls were the crown jewel of a Venezuelan economic plan that made basic goods disappear while doing little to curb overall inflation. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
      "Within days, the oil does disappear beneath the water, where certain microorganisms, like an oil-loving bacteria, eventually consume it. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 12 May 2022",
      "Faderman goes on to say that these ideas \u2014 mentalities such as women are weaker vessels and need to be subservient to men \u2014 would disappear for a while and then reappear later. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022"
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      "She couldn't hide her disappointment .",
      "He's a disappointment to his parents.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Mets did nothing right in Wednesday\u2019s 10-2 defeat to the Brewers, with the pitching staff and Francisco Lindor creating the most disappointment . \u2014 Stefan Bondy, Hartford Courant , 15 June 2022",
      "In a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter prior to the final two episodes of the six-part Disney+ series, Christensen explored that lightsaber duel on Mapuzo and Vader\u2019s disappointment in how weak Kenobi had become. \u2014 Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 June 2022",
      "Hanks revealed that the memorable moment, which occurred at the famed Louvre museum in Paris, has made up for the critical disappointment the franchise later proved to be. \u2014 Justine Browning, EW.com , 13 June 2022",
      "Levin\u2019s ageist slant\u2013and the New York Times printing it\u2013is just another disappointment . \u2014 Sheila Callaham, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
      "In one scene that got me, Sarah and Donald compare notes on disappointment . \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
      "Amid the disappointment of the Heat\u2019s Game 7 loss to the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals, Riley opened his postseason presser at least noting a personal gain amid the hurt. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 11 June 2022",
      "Over the span of a handful of batters on Thursday afternoon, the Diamondbacks changed the tenor of their road trip, shifting it from a disappointment in the making to one that maybe, just maybe, won\u2019t be so bad after all. \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 9 June 2022",
      "Such shifts within the budget are usually a routine matter, but council members used the opportunity to express disappointment in how school system leaders have responded to problems. \u2014 Alison Knezevich, Baltimore Sun , 7 June 2022"
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      "1577, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193840"
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      "1625, in the meaning defined above"
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      "I could sense her disapproval .",
      "They made their disapproval of our behavior very clear.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "When Kane and Hyman doubled the lead with goals 75 seconds apart early in the second period, the silence turned to rumbles of disapproval . \u2014 Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022",
      "My own nuclear family has also been expunged, a relief after years of disapproval . \u2014 Longreads , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Garcia-Rulfo and Warner have a believably sweet chemistry, but there\u2019s no heat at all between Garcia-Rulfo and Campbell, who spends most of the series in hands-on-hips disapproval . \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 May 2022",
      "The business owners packaged the hair in a box that was sent to the presidential Blue House to express their disapproval of the left-leaning administration\u2019s pandemic policies, local media reported. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "Republicans were also significantly more likely to express disapproval of the league\u2019s efforts to show respect to Black players and to promote Black and other minority candidates for coaching jobs. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "While mostly acting peacefully to voice their disapproval of recent vaccine mandates, demonstrators' tactics of idling trucks and blocking motorways have become a greater nuisance with each passing day for residents and businesses. \u2014 Paula Newton And Travis Caldwell, CNN , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "State Representative Ramon Alexander took the opportunity to voice his disapproval of the measure. \u2014 Jonathan Vanian, Fortune , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "Nearly 54% of Americans express disapproval of the job Mr. Biden is doing in the Oval Office\u2014a new high for his term in the RealClearPolitics average of public opinion polls. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 4 Jan. 2022"
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      "She married him even though her parents disapproved .",
      "The treaty was disapproved by the Senate.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Seventy percent of Republicans disapprove of Biden\u2019s job performance compared to 14% of Democrats. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 8 June 2022",
      "President Biden's numbers have hit a new low: Only 39% approve of his job performance, against 56% who disapprove . \u2014 NBC News , 15 May 2022",
      "Washington Post poll found most Americans disapprove of his handling of the economic issue. \u2014 Byalexandra Hutzler, ABC News , 11 May 2022",
      "His overseas travel, which includes the rollout Monday of a new economic framework with Asian countries, has coincided with polls showing a majority of Americans disapprove of his handling of the economy. \u2014 Andrew Restuccia, WSJ , 22 May 2022",
      "Data from Pew Research Center last week showed most Republicans disapprove of the Biden Administration\u2019s response to the war and most Democrats are supportive. \u2014 Madeline Halpert, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "Washington Post poll found 68% Americans disapprove of Biden's handling of inflation. \u2014 Byalexandra Hutzler, ABC News , 10 May 2022",
      "The discussion stems from a recent Quinnipiac poll which found a startling 50 percent of Hispanic voters disapprove of President Biden's job, the highest dissatisfaction among all ethnic demographics. \u2014 Taylor Penley, Fox News , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Sixty-one percent of voters disapprove of Mr. Biden\u2019s handling of the economy, while only 36% approve, according to a Fox News poll conducted April 28 to May 1. \u2014 Karl Rove, WSJ , 11 May 2022"
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      "She married him even though her parents disapproved .",
      "The treaty was disapproved by the Senate.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Seventy percent of Republicans disapprove of Biden\u2019s job performance compared to 14% of Democrats. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 8 June 2022",
      "President Biden's numbers have hit a new low: Only 39% approve of his job performance, against 56% who disapprove . \u2014 NBC News , 15 May 2022",
      "Washington Post poll found most Americans disapprove of his handling of the economic issue. \u2014 Byalexandra Hutzler, ABC News , 11 May 2022",
      "His overseas travel, which includes the rollout Monday of a new economic framework with Asian countries, has coincided with polls showing a majority of Americans disapprove of his handling of the economy. \u2014 Andrew Restuccia, WSJ , 22 May 2022",
      "Data from Pew Research Center last week showed most Republicans disapprove of the Biden Administration\u2019s response to the war and most Democrats are supportive. \u2014 Madeline Halpert, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "Washington Post poll found 68% Americans disapprove of Biden's handling of inflation. \u2014 Byalexandra Hutzler, ABC News , 10 May 2022",
      "The discussion stems from a recent Quinnipiac poll which found a startling 50 percent of Hispanic voters disapprove of President Biden's job, the highest dissatisfaction among all ethnic demographics. \u2014 Taylor Penley, Fox News , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Sixty-one percent of voters disapprove of Mr. Biden\u2019s handling of the economy, while only 36% approve, according to a Fox News poll conducted April 28 to May 1. \u2014 Karl Rove, WSJ , 11 May 2022"
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      "His bed was disarranged and clothes were strewn on the floor."
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      ": to disturb the arrangement or order of"
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    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The room was in disarray .",
      "The company has fallen into complete disarray .",
      "Verb",
      "he had accidentally disarrayed his brother's CDs, leaving a telltale sign of borrowing without permission",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "One factories\u2019 shutdown in Michigan, due to a possible bacterial contamination that was suspected of killing two babies, threw the entire industry into disarray . \u2014 Michela Moscufo, ABC News , 9 June 2022",
      "That ended abruptly when Russian tanks rumbled across the Ukraine border on Feb. 24, triggering a barrage of trade sanctions by the U.S. and Europe targeting Russia that have plunged global commerce into disarray . \u2014 Christopher M. Matthews, WSJ , 3 June 2022",
      "The admission was the latest indication that the administration's expectations that the US economy would normalize have been thrown into disarray . \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 1 June 2022",
      "Policing is presently in disarray with the police focusing on not being the villains. \u2014 Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel , 27 May 2022",
      "In the Trump administration, however, the NTIA was in disarray . \u2014 Peter Elkind, ProPublica , 26 May 2022",
      "With no group in total control, the drug world was in disarray . \u2014 Sandra Dibble, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 May 2022",
      "Iga Swiatek, the world No. 1, talked of the sport being in disarray . \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
      "The Rice\u2019s home \u2013 an RV in Robertsdale \u2013 was in disarray , with dirty plates in the sink, used diapers and maggots in a crockpot, an officer later testified. \u2014 al , 22 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "The hands-off approach in Washington is adding to disarray around the death penalty nationwide as pressure increases in some conservative states to find ways to continue executions amid shortages of the lethal-injection drugs. \u2014 Michael Tarm, Anchorage Daily News , 18 June 2021",
      "Eslam Negm is no stranger to disarray on the Suez Canal. \u2014 NBC News , 2 Apr. 2021",
      "Culley assumes a tough challenge of changing the culture of a Texans franchise that in the last year has gone from playoff squad to disarray . \u2014 Mike Jones, USA TODAY , 28 Jan. 2021",
      "The economic benefits are nothing compared to disarray and division within NATO. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 16 Dec. 2020",
      "Naird\u2019s situation is of a man with ramrod-straight posture prostrated and disarrayed at many odd angles. \u2014 Troy Patterson, The New Yorker , 28 May 2020",
      "Large or small, the surface had to appear elegantly disarrayed . \u2014 Julie Lasky, New York Times , 11 Mar. 2020",
      "In this one, the first of a series published from 1935 to 1961, readers are introduced to a nervous Londoner named Pongo Twistleton, whose orderly life is disarrayed by the visit of his peremptory and mischievous uncle Fred from the country. \u2014 Jesse Green, New York Times , 11 Jan. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
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      ": a lack of order or sequence : confusion , disorder",
      ": disorderly dress : dishabille",
      ": to throw into disorder",
      ": undress",
      ": a confused or messy condition"
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      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101",
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      "chance-medley",
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      "disarrangement",
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      "misorder",
      "muddle",
      "muss",
      "shambles",
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      "tumble",
      "welter"
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      "confuse",
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      "disrupt",
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      "jumble",
      "mess (up)",
      "mix (up)",
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      "tousle",
      "tumble",
      "upset"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The room was in disarray .",
      "The company has fallen into complete disarray .",
      "Verb",
      "he had accidentally disarrayed his brother's CDs, leaving a telltale sign of borrowing without permission",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "One factories\u2019 shutdown in Michigan, due to a possible bacterial contamination that was suspected of killing two babies, threw the entire industry into disarray . \u2014 Michela Moscufo, ABC News , 9 June 2022",
      "That ended abruptly when Russian tanks rumbled across the Ukraine border on Feb. 24, triggering a barrage of trade sanctions by the U.S. and Europe targeting Russia that have plunged global commerce into disarray . \u2014 Christopher M. Matthews, WSJ , 3 June 2022",
      "The admission was the latest indication that the administration's expectations that the US economy would normalize have been thrown into disarray . \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 1 June 2022",
      "Policing is presently in disarray with the police focusing on not being the villains. \u2014 Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel , 27 May 2022",
      "In the Trump administration, however, the NTIA was in disarray . \u2014 Peter Elkind, ProPublica , 26 May 2022",
      "With no group in total control, the drug world was in disarray . \u2014 Sandra Dibble, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 May 2022",
      "Iga Swiatek, the world No. 1, talked of the sport being in disarray . \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
      "The Rice\u2019s home \u2013 an RV in Robertsdale \u2013 was in disarray , with dirty plates in the sink, used diapers and maggots in a crockpot, an officer later testified. \u2014 al , 22 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The hands-off approach in Washington is adding to disarray around the death penalty nationwide as pressure increases in some conservative states to find ways to continue executions amid shortages of the lethal-injection drugs. \u2014 Michael Tarm, Anchorage Daily News , 18 June 2021",
      "Eslam Negm is no stranger to disarray on the Suez Canal. \u2014 NBC News , 2 Apr. 2021",
      "Culley assumes a tough challenge of changing the culture of a Texans franchise that in the last year has gone from playoff squad to disarray . \u2014 Mike Jones, USA TODAY , 28 Jan. 2021",
      "The economic benefits are nothing compared to disarray and division within NATO. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 16 Dec. 2020",
      "Naird\u2019s situation is of a man with ramrod-straight posture prostrated and disarrayed at many odd angles. \u2014 Troy Patterson, The New Yorker , 28 May 2020",
      "Large or small, the surface had to appear elegantly disarrayed . \u2014 Julie Lasky, New York Times , 11 Mar. 2020",
      "In this one, the first of a series published from 1935 to 1961, readers are introduced to a nervous Londoner named Pongo Twistleton, whose orderly life is disarrayed by the visit of his peremptory and mischievous uncle Fred from the country. \u2014 Jesse Green, New York Times , 11 Jan. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191504"
  },
  "disassemble":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to take apart",
      ": to come apart",
      ": disperse , scatter",
      ": to take apart"
    ],
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      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8sem-b\u0259l",
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8sem-b\u0259l"
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      "assemble",
      "construct"
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    "examples":[
      "The bookshelf disassembles for easy storage.",
      "they had to disassemble the television set in order to replace the wiring",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "That means more rules broken, more corporations pushed beyond their comfort zones, more opportunities for tinkerers to be given the opportunity to disassemble and rebuild. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
      "So Sayed Rahman and his 9-year-old son Javidullah set out to disassemble a few decaying fortifications scattered among the remains of the country\u2019s last three wars. \u2014 New York Times , 14 May 2022",
      "As the last revelers departed the fairground, the performers prepared to disassemble the makeshift venue, load it onto their trucks, and head to the next town. \u2014 David Hill, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The Bengals have contracted with a private firm to prepare to disassemble the dome once the river rises to the level of 51 feet. \u2014 Scott Wartman, The Enquirer , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Northwest Tower Crane, which supplied the crew of iron workers, and Omega Morgan which supplied a large mobile crane used to disassemble the tower crane, were held responsible for 75 percent of the damages. \u2014 Gene Johnson, ajc , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Northwest Tower Crane, which supplied the crew of iron workers, and Omega Morgan which supplied a large mobile crane used to disassemble the tower crane, were held responsible for 75 percent of the damages. \u2014 NBC News , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "The entire display would have been put on hold if he had been forced to disassemble the plastic addition meant to make his home look more like the suburban Chicago house in the 1989 comedy starring Chevy Chase. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 16 Dec. 2021",
      "Petersen once had to disassemble a section of the house, brick by brick, to evict a hive of bees. \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1881, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203711"
  },
  "disassociate":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to detach from association : dissociate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8s\u014d-s\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
      "-sh\u0113-"
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      "disunite",
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      "divorce",
      "part",
      "ramify",
      "resolve",
      "separate",
      "sever",
      "split",
      "sunder",
      "uncouple",
      "unlink",
      "unyoke"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "join",
      "link",
      "unify",
      "unite"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the company tried to disassociate itself from the rest of the industry, which is widely viewed as corrupt",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "After the Aryan Nations\u2019 heyday, many local officials tried to disassociate the region from extremism. \u2014 Rebecca Boone, Anchorage Daily News , 14 June 2022",
      "After the Aryan Nations' heyday, many local officials tried to disassociate the region from extremism. \u2014 Rebecca Boone, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
      "Most commonly, it's administered before or during certain surgeries to help patients' minds disassociate from the body and its pain for a more tranquil experience, as part of your typical multi-sedative anesthesia cocktail. \u2014 Taylore Glynn, Allure , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "But unfortunately, this won't disassociate the specific task from its negative emotional reaction in us. \u2014 Agnes Uhereczky, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022",
      "In June 2010, the NCAA issued harsh sanctions to USC, which was forced to vacate the 2004 national title, relinquish 30 scholarships and permanently disassociate from Bush, whose presence was erased from USC and the NCAA record books. \u2014 Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times , 28 July 2021",
      "Athletes \u2013 hockey players are often depicted as the standard of toughness \u2013 are told to disassociate from bodies, shaking off injuries and playing through pain. \u2014 Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY , 7 Nov. 2021",
      "Ahead of the recall election next week, some involved in getting out the vote on both sides of the effort appear to be attempting to disassociate themselves from the use of ballot collection. \u2014 Robin Estrin, Los Angeles Times , 8 Sep. 2021",
      "In her first week in office, Ms. Hochul has moved intently to disassociate herself from Mr. Cuomo, pursuing policies and a style of governing that cast her as the revitalizing antithesis of her predecessor. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1598, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192435"
  },
  "disaster":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a sudden calamitous event bringing great damage, loss, or destruction",
      ": someone or something that is very bad: such as",
      ": someone or something that is extremely unsuccessful",
      ": someone or something that has a very bad effect or result",
      ": someone who is in a very agitated emotional state : wreck",
      ": someone or something that is in a very disordered state or condition : mess",
      ": an unfavorable aspect (see aspect sense 2a ) of a planet or star",
      ": something (as a flood or a tornado) that happens suddenly and causes much suffering or loss"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8za-st\u0259r",
      "-\u02c8sa-",
      "diz-\u02c8as-t\u0259r",
      "dis-"
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      "apocalypse",
      "calamity",
      "cataclysm",
      "catastrophe",
      "debacle",
      "d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
      "tragedy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The program examined several bridge failures and other engineering disasters .",
      "The new regulations could be a disaster for smaller businesses.",
      "They're trying to find a way to avoid disaster .",
      "The dinner party was a complete disaster .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Declare a public health emergency, and offer disaster relief money or health care grants to states anticipating an influx of patients? \u2014 Anne Flaherty, ABC News , 14 June 2022",
      "The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved at least 900 disaster relief claims worth more than $3 million for individuals and households. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 12 June 2022",
      "Named after my own rescue, Cooper, our mission is simple: Support animal rescue and provide pets with emergency disaster relief. \u2014 Caroline Tell, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "Harrell confirmed the helicopter involved was an MH-60S Seahawk, a type of chopper primarily used for anti-surface warfare, combat support and humanitarian disaster relief, according to the Naval Air Systems Command. \u2014 Christopher Damien, USA TODAY , 10 June 2022",
      "The recycling company now crushes glass collected from homes and businesses in New Orleans and turns it into sand that can be used to fill sandbags for disaster relief and in coastal restoration. \u2014 Kayla Steinberg, NBC News , 2 June 2022",
      "She's also raised millions of dollars in disaster relief aid and donations through B Strong, her philanthropic effort. \u2014 Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com , 1 June 2022",
      "The two sides agreed to new projects under China\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative, including preferential tax policies for goods exported to China and further cooperation on fishing, lumber, mining, epidemic prevention and natural disaster relief. \u2014 Michael E. Miller, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
      "The nonprofit supports youth education; disaster relief; preservation and preservation of cultural heritage. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle French & Old Italian; Middle French desastre , from Old Italian disastro , from dis- (from Latin) + astro star, from Latin astrum \u2014 more at astral ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185703"
  },
  "disavow":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deny responsibility for : repudiate",
      ": to refuse to acknowledge or accept : disclaim"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8vau\u0307"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "contradict",
      "deny",
      "disaffirm",
      "disallow",
      "disclaim",
      "disconfirm",
      "disown",
      "gainsay",
      "negate",
      "negative",
      "refute",
      "reject",
      "repudiate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "acknowledge",
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      "concede",
      "confirm",
      "own"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "He disavowed the actions of his subordinates.",
      "She now seems to be trying to disavow her earlier statements.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Civil rights groups urged the Biden administration in February to publicly condemn the Insular Cases and not rely on them for any future court cases, and a House resolution has been pending since March 2021 that would disavow the rulings. \u2014 Alison Durkee, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "While his supporters overran the Capitol on January 6, Trump ignored desperate pleas from allies to forcefully disavow the attack and has repeatedly praised those who participated in the protest. \u2014 CBS News , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "While his supporters overran the Capitol on Jan. 6, Trump ignored desperate pleas from allies to forcefully disavow the attack and has repeatedly praised those who participated in the protest. \u2014 Jill Colvin, ajc , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "Kennedy\u2019s apology was highly qualified, and did not disavow comparisons of Covid-19 mandates to the Holocaust. \u2014 Zachary Snowdon Smith, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "For liberals, Rittenhouse was a symbol of vigilante justice, and then-candidate Joe Biden included his image in a September 2020 video about Donald Trump failing to disavow White supremacists. \u2014 Erik Larson, Fortune , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "Some local administrators were confused and frustrated after Whitmer did not immediately disavow portions of the budget that would withhold funding from county health departments that ordered masks in schools. \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 28 Sep. 2021",
      "Senators from both sides of the aisle -- and the nominees themselves -- have all tended to directly disavow any relevance of individual faith to qualification to be a justice. \u2014 Devin Dwyer, ABC News , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "Asking artists to disavow Mr. Putin\u2019s war in order to carry on creatively can imperil their safety. \u2014 Suzanne Nossel, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English desavowen , from Anglo-French desavouer , from des- dis- + avouer to avow",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193946"
  },
  "disband":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to break up the organization of : dissolve",
      ": to break up as an organization : disperse",
      ": to break up and stop being a group"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8band",
      "dis-\u02c8band"
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      "break up",
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      "band",
      "join",
      "unite"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "They've decided to disband the club.",
      "The members of the organization have decided to disband .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Facing growing legal pressure, the group voted to disband in September. \u2014 Jennifer Jett, NBC News , 4 June 2022",
      "In the recent Senior Center newsletter posted online, Carmelina Suydam, Senior Center coordinator, wrote that at the \u2018April 20 Board meeting, the Board unanimously voted to disband the Avon Seniors Inc. organization. \u2014 cleveland , 4 June 2022",
      "Fighting in recent months has been worse than in years \u2013 with more January the deadliest month since 2018 \u2013 just three months after the UN Human Rights Council voted to disband that U.N. panel investigating war crimes. \u2014 Conor Finnegan, ABC News , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Social and racial justice advocates have called for D.C. police to disband the unit altogether. \u2014 Peter Hermann, Anchorage Daily News , 7 June 2022",
      "The Biden administration will disband the U.S. Border Patrol\u2019s secretive teams, after their role in inquiries into agent misconduct came under scrutiny. \u2014 New York Times , 9 May 2022",
      "But after eight years, the challenges due to COVID-19 have forced them to disband . \u2014 Michelle Mullins, chicagotribune.com , 8 Sep. 2021",
      "Etheridge, a senior, played softball her first two years at Crystal Springs (in Hillsborough), until the school ran short of players and was forced to disband its softball program ahead of the spring 2020 season. \u2014 Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 Apr. 2021",
      "On Monday, almost all of the ship\u2019s 4,500-member crew will disband and follow new orders to a shrinking number of U.S. Navy ships and stations around the world. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle French desbander , from des- dis- + bande band",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1591, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190250"
  },
  "disbandment":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to break up the organization of : dissolve",
      ": to break up as an organization : disperse",
      ": to break up and stop being a group"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8band",
      "dis-\u02c8band"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break up",
      "disperse",
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    "antonyms":[
      "band",
      "join",
      "unite"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "They've decided to disband the club.",
      "The members of the organization have decided to disband .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Facing growing legal pressure, the group voted to disband in September. \u2014 Jennifer Jett, NBC News , 4 June 2022",
      "In the recent Senior Center newsletter posted online, Carmelina Suydam, Senior Center coordinator, wrote that at the \u2018April 20 Board meeting, the Board unanimously voted to disband the Avon Seniors Inc. organization. \u2014 cleveland , 4 June 2022",
      "Fighting in recent months has been worse than in years \u2013 with more January the deadliest month since 2018 \u2013 just three months after the UN Human Rights Council voted to disband that U.N. panel investigating war crimes. \u2014 Conor Finnegan, ABC News , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Social and racial justice advocates have called for D.C. police to disband the unit altogether. \u2014 Peter Hermann, Anchorage Daily News , 7 June 2022",
      "The Biden administration will disband the U.S. Border Patrol\u2019s secretive teams, after their role in inquiries into agent misconduct came under scrutiny. \u2014 New York Times , 9 May 2022",
      "But after eight years, the challenges due to COVID-19 have forced them to disband . \u2014 Michelle Mullins, chicagotribune.com , 8 Sep. 2021",
      "Etheridge, a senior, played softball her first two years at Crystal Springs (in Hillsborough), until the school ran short of players and was forced to disband its softball program ahead of the spring 2020 season. \u2014 Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 Apr. 2021",
      "On Monday, almost all of the ship\u2019s 4,500-member crew will disband and follow new orders to a shrinking number of U.S. Navy ships and stations around the world. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle French desbander , from des- dis- + bande band",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1591, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202619"
  },
  "disbenefit":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something disadvantageous or objectionable : drawback"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8be-n\u0259-fit"
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    "synonyms":[
      "debit",
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      "downside",
      "drawback",
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      "incommodity",
      "liability",
      "minus",
      "negative",
      "strike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "advantage",
      "asset",
      "edge",
      "plus"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the question whether allowing the big-box stores in would be a disbenefit to the community"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1968, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205723"
  },
  "disburden":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to rid of a burden",
      ": unburden",
      ": unload",
      ": discharge"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8b\u0259r-d\u1d4an"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "discharge",
      "disencumber",
      "off-load",
      "unburden",
      "unlade",
      "unload",
      "unpack"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "load",
      "pack"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "disburdened the oil tanker before it could leak any more oil",
      "the cinema was a place where we could disburden ourselves of our cares, if only for a couple of hours"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1532, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202227"
  },
  "disburse":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to pay out : expend especially from a fund",
      ": to make a payment in settlement of",
      ": distribute",
      ": to pay out"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8b\u0259rs",
      "dis-\u02c8b\u0259rs"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "drop",
      "expend",
      "fork (over, out, ",
      "give",
      "lay out",
      "outlay",
      "pay",
      "shell out",
      "spend"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The money will be disbursed on the basis of need.",
      "The government has disbursed millions of dollars in foreign aid.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The money complemented the trillions of dollars in direct housing, education, health-care and nutrition assistance that lawmakers asked states to manage and disburse with record speed. \u2014 Tony Romm, Anchorage Daily News , 6 May 2022",
      "The fund will disburse \u00a321 million ($25.7 million) over three years to develop new talent, create jobs and target new audiences around the world for U.K. independent films, TV and video games. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 15 May 2022",
      "The city council will vote Monday on allowing a staffer to negotiate a contract with KPMG to disburse $5.15 million in emergency rental assistance over the next year. \u2014 Ryan Gillespie, orlandosentinel.com , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "That organization, Museum for Change, now serves as a hub to receive international donations and disburse the funds inside Ukraine. \u2014 Malcolm Gay, BostonGlobe.com , 7 May 2022",
      "The state also engaged with BronxWorks, a longstanding nonprofit, to provide caseworkers and disburse aid to survivors. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "The account would receive loan or grant resources from donors in either reserve currencies or special drawing rights, the IMF\u2019s reserve asset, and disburse support into Ukraine\u2019s account at the fund, the institution said. \u2014 Eric Martin, Bloomberg.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "But in 2010, Bernanke proposed something much more far-reaching: an initiative to disburse interest-free loans to major banks to unloose new tranches of cash throughout the economy. \u2014 Chris Lehmann, The New Republic , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "Gene Sperling, a senior adviser to President Joe Biden who is coordinating the American Rescue Plan, on Monday exhorted local community groups to move faster to disburse rent assistance funds and ease up on paperwork. \u2014 Irina Ivanova, CBS News , 2 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle French desbourser , from Old French desborser , from des- dis- + borse purse, from Medieval Latin bursa ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190213"
  },
  "discard":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to get rid of especially as useless or unwanted",
      ": to remove (a playing card) from one's hand (see hand entry 1 sense 7a(1) )",
      ": to play (any card except a trump ) from a suit different from the one led",
      ": to discard a playing card",
      ": the act of removing a playing card from one's hand : the act of discarding (see discard entry 1 sense 2a )",
      ": a card discarded",
      ": one that is cast off or rejected",
      ": to get rid of as useless or unwanted",
      ": to throw down an unwanted card from a hand of cards",
      ": something thrown away or rejected"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8k\u00e4rd",
      "\u02c8dis-\u02cck\u00e4rd",
      "\u02c8dis-\u02cck\u00e4rd",
      "di-\u02c8sk\u00e4rd",
      "\u02c8di-\u02ccsk\u00e4rd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cashier",
      "cast (off)",
      "chuck",
      "deep-six",
      "ditch",
      "dump",
      "eighty-six",
      "86",
      "exorcise",
      "exorcize",
      "fling (off ",
      "jettison",
      "junk",
      "lay by",
      "lose",
      "pitch",
      "reject",
      "scrap",
      "shed",
      "shuck (off)",
      "slough (off)",
      "sluff (off)",
      "throw away",
      "throw out",
      "toss",
      "unload"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "cull",
      "reject",
      "rejection",
      "second"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Remove and discard the stems.",
      "a pile of discarded tires",
      "She discarded the six of hearts.",
      "Noun",
      "toss all of your discards in the garbage",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "One power comes back on, check the temperature and discard any perishable food (including meat, poultry, seafood, milk, eggs or leftovers) that has been above 40 degrees Fahrenheit for four hours or more. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 14 June 2022",
      "If the water doesn\u2019t smell like chlorine after the second treatment, discard and find another source of water. \u2014 Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel , 31 May 2022",
      "No one had permission to discard any tires on his property. \u2014 cleveland , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "Reps for multiple chains have acknowledged the need to discard a previous policy of shunning a film that\u2019s already available in the home. \u2014 Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "This compost bin features two buckets; the inner bin can be removed to discard compost and wash. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 28 May 2022",
      "My goal was simple: to strengthen what served the emotional and physical language of my art and to discard what did not. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 May 2022",
      "All told, Emergent was forced to discard or destroy up to 400 million doses' worth of the ingredient that helps make the coronavirus vaccine, according to the report. \u2014 Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News , 10 May 2022",
      "The draft, written in February by Justice Samuel Alito and published Monday by the online news organization Politico, indicates that the high court has preliminarily voted to discard the precedent set by Roe v. Wade in 1973. \u2014 Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News , 3 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "How to recycle: Remove the pump and spray attachment and discard . \u2014 Megan Decker, refinery29.com , 12 May 2022",
      "Apart from these, the hyper-magnification of consumerism in the last few decades has fostered a use-and- discard culture across the world. \u2014 Naveen Joshi, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
      "Beginning in 2017, discard rates started a steady rise. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "To take full advantage of the compute resources at the edge, enterprises must be able to locally store, use and, most importantly, aggregate data, meaning discard any unnecessary data and send only what\u2019s necessary from the edge to the data center. \u2014 David Flower, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "The Jaguars discard , who found his sea legs in the postseason for the Bucs last year, was Brady\u2019s most reliable weapon Sunday night. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 4 Oct. 2021",
      "Remove the vanilla bean and discard , or rinse, dry well and add to granulated sugar to make vanilla sugar. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Dec. 2020",
      "Use a spider skimmer to remove the meat and other solids and discard . \u2014 Audrey Bruno, SELF , 26 Feb. 2022",
      "Strain through a fine wire- mesh strainer, mashing mixture to release liquid; discard solids and chill. \u2014 Christopher Michel, Country Living , 4 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "circa 1578, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1719, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-230734"
  },
  "discern":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to detect with the eyes",
      ": to detect with senses other than vision",
      ": to recognize or identify as separate and distinct : discriminate",
      ": to come to know or recognize mentally",
      ": to see or understand the difference",
      ": to see, recognize, or understand something"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8s\u0259rn",
      "-\u02c8z\u0259rn",
      "di-\u02c8s\u0259rn",
      "-\u02c8z\u0259rn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "behold",
      "catch",
      "descry",
      "distinguish",
      "espy",
      "eye",
      "look (at)",
      "note",
      "notice",
      "observe",
      "perceive",
      "regard",
      "remark",
      "see",
      "sight",
      "spot",
      "spy",
      "view",
      "witness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "On April 23, Kardashian flew to Orlando to discern whether her efforts had worked, and this time, the dress fit, though Joiner and Corcoran also asked Kardashian to walk up some stairs in the dress to gauge its integrity. \u2014 Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter , 5 May 2022",
      "The children\u2019s faces are again hard to discern , a horizontal door seems to hover behind them and someone has tied twigs to a porch column. \u2014 Peter Saenger, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "In the nervous systems of younger specimens, cell bodies would in theory be simpler, fibers shorter and less numerous, and the relationships among them easier to discern . \u2014 Benjamin Ehrlich, Scientific American , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "The sources of the Gulf states\u2019 anger are not hard to discern . \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "How Omicron cases will translate into hospitalizations will be harder to discern from trends abroad. \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 23 Dec. 2021",
      "Its ultimate destination was the Steuart Building, where interpreters pored over the images, using tools to discern the size and orientation of various structures. \u2014 John Kelly, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
      "Authorities were scrambling Wednesday to discern the shooter\u2019s motive. \u2014 Daniel Arkin, NBC News , 25 May 2022",
      "While the Queen isn't in the business of advertising her favorite lipstick, there are ways to discern her beauty routine. \u2014 Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country , 13 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English discernen \"to discriminate, perceive rationally, see,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French discerner, borrowed from Latin discernere \"to separate, divide off, distinguish,\" from dis-  dis- + cernere \"to sift, discern, decide, determine\" \u2014 more at certain entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220130"
  },
  "discernable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8s\u0259r-n\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "-\u02c8z\u0259r-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "appreciable",
      "apprehensible",
      "detectable",
      "distinguishable",
      "palpable",
      "perceptible",
      "sensible"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "impalpable",
      "imperceptible",
      "inappreciable",
      "indistinguishable",
      "insensible",
      "undetectable"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" discernible borrowed from Late Latin discernibilis, from Latin discernere \"to separate, divide off, distinguish, discern \" + -ibilis  -ible ; discernable from discern + -able , after Late Latin discernibilis ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1561, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182011"
  },
  "discernible":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8s\u0259r-n\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "-\u02c8z\u0259r-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "appreciable",
      "apprehensible",
      "detectable",
      "distinguishable",
      "palpable",
      "perceptible",
      "sensible"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "impalpable",
      "imperceptible",
      "inappreciable",
      "indistinguishable",
      "insensible",
      "undetectable"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" discernible borrowed from Late Latin discernibilis, from Latin discernere \"to separate, divide off, distinguish, discern \" + -ibilis  -ible ; discernable from discern + -able , after Late Latin discernibilis ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1561, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191055"
  },
  "discerning":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": showing insight and understanding : discriminating"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8s\u0259r-ni\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "insightful",
      "perceptive",
      "prudent",
      "sagacious",
      "sage",
      "sapient",
      "wise"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "unperceptive",
      "unwise"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Why should a discerning writer concern himself with such movies as Troy , Alexander , or 300 ? The answer is that he is uniquely qualified to transmute such trash into illuminating visions of the culturally confused age in which we live. \u2014 G. W. Bowersock , New York Review of Books , 6 Nov. 2008",
      "Many of FreshDirect's customers say they are using the service because food shopping in Manhattan can be agonizing. But the question is whether discerning food shoppers will trust it. \u2014 Florence Fabricant , New York Times , 6 Nov. 2002",
      "Who reads short stories? one is asked, and I like to think that they are read by men and women in the dentist's office, waiting to be called to the chair; they are read on transcontinental plane trips \u2026 they are read by discerning and well-informed men and women who seem to feel that narrative fiction can contribute to our understanding of one another and the sometimes bewildering world around us. \u2014 John Cheever , The Story and Its Writer , 1987",
      "She has a discerning eye for good art.",
      "a discerning critic of modern art",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "We're probably definitely biased but this Adirondack chair from our new Country Living collection with Polywood is the perfect perch for any discerning CG. \u2014 Hannah Jones, Country Living , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Think of 1stdibs as the more discerning older sister to Etsy (and eBay and any other marketplace-style etailer). \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "The best hope perhaps would be to at least train people on having a discerning view of whatever advice an AI system provides. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Collins was merely applying the same discerning judgment about the characteristics that should serve to disqualify a nominee for the Supreme Court. \u2014 Charlie Dent, CNN , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "As is customary, the most discerning buyers will choose to configure their Aston Martin through Q\u2014the brand\u2019s customization division. \u2014 Michael Harley, Robb Report , 4 May 2022",
      "Other countries have been more discerning about clozapine\u2019s public health calculus, resulting in less-stringent monitoring regulations and more widespread clozapine prescribing. \u2014 Brian Barnett, STAT , 9 May 2022",
      "Today\u2019s consumers are more discerning and informed than ever before. \u2014 Judith Magyar, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "Mark, who died in 2017 at 91, was a dedicated and discerning collector of momentous moments from U.S. history. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"from present participle of discern ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1589, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-175840"
  },
  "discernment":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality of being able to grasp and comprehend what is obscure : skill in discerning",
      ": an act of perceiving or discerning something"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8s\u0259rn-m\u0259nt",
      "-\u02c8z\u0259rn-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "insight",
      "perception",
      "perceptiveness",
      "perceptivity",
      "sagaciousness",
      "sagacity",
      "sageness",
      "sapience",
      "wisdom"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "I wasn't sanguine about my powers of discernment , as I've failed similar exercises in the Central Park Ramble, where I practice bird-watching for dummies and am scarcely able to distinguish a rook from a duck. \u2014 Judith Thurman , New Yorker , 1 Dec., 2003",
      "Varying widely in scope and theme, the 10 essays about the Bill of Rights in this collection often shine with insight and sparkling turns of phrase; some, however, betray lack of discernment . \u2014 Jonathan Kellerman et al. , Publishers Weekly , 17 Apr. 2000",
      "If one searched the archives to find an example of Spanish colonial policy at its worst, one would surely select Don Carlos Benites Franquis de Lugo, a vain, arrogant, opinionated fop who never displayed a shred of either courage or discernment but who did distinguish himself as one of the most inept and vengeful Spaniards ever to function overseas. \u2014 James A. Michener , Texas , 1985",
      "His lack of discernment led to his disastrous choice of business partners.",
      "the discernment to know when someone is a true friend",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The name may take a minute to place, but point out Holland Taylor to anyone with discernment and acclaim is sure to follow. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "When this film becomes just another example of Hollywood drivel \u2014 the late-career version of an actor trying to establish himself \u2014 the mirror-image car chases and shoot-outs don\u2019t allow for audience discernment . \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Critical decisions require a devil\u2019s advocate approach in discernment to protect against bias. \u2014 Debra Rinell, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "In a divided world, posting commentary on the Internet calls for a heightened sense of discernment . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "Dee Haslam noted how much thought and discernment went into the decision. \u2014 cleveland , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Stan recalls the beginnings of his discernment of a gap between his family, his milieu, and the world at large. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Money, art and careers depend on the discernment , if not the kindness, of strangers. \u2014 Michael Saler, WSJ , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Dating involves exploration, discernment , communicating, coping with disappointment, and fun. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" discern + -ment , perhaps after Middle French discernement ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1570, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194105"
  },
  "discharge":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to relieve of a charge, load, or burden:",
      ": unload",
      ": to release from an obligation",
      ": to release electrical energy from (something, such as a battery or capacitor) by a discharge (see discharge entry 2 sense 9b )",
      ": to let or put off",
      ": shoot",
      ": to release from confinement, custody, or care",
      ": to give outlet or vent to : emit",
      ": to dismiss from employment",
      ": to release from service or duty",
      ": to get rid of (something, such as a debt or obligation) by performing an appropriate action (such as payment)",
      ": to set aside or dismiss : annul",
      ": to order (a legislative committee) to end consideration of a bill (see bill entry 4 sense 6 ) in order to bring it before the house (see house entry 1 sense 6a ) for action",
      ": to bear and distribute (something, such as the weight of a wall above an opening)",
      ": to bleach out or remove (color or dye) in dyeing and printing textiles",
      ": to cancel the record of the loan of (a library book) upon return",
      ": to throw off or deliver a load, charge, or burden",
      ": to release electrical energy by a discharge (see discharge entry 2 sense 9b )",
      ": go off , fire",
      ": spread , run",
      ": to pour forth fluid or other contents",
      ": the act of relieving of something that oppresses : release",
      ": something that discharges or releases",
      ": a certification of release or payment",
      ": the state of being discharged or relieved",
      ": the act of discharging or unloading",
      ": release from confinement",
      ": a firing off",
      ": a flowing or issuing out",
      ": a rate of flow",
      ": something that is emitted",
      ": the act of removing an obligation or liability (see liability sense 2 )",
      ": release or dismissal especially from an office or employment",
      ": complete separation from military service",
      ": the equalization of a difference of electric potential (see potential entry 2 sense 2c ) between two points",
      ": the conversion of the chemical energy of a battery into electrical energy",
      ": to allow to leave or get off",
      ": to dismiss from service",
      ": to free of a load or burden : unload",
      ": shoot entry 1 sense 2",
      ": to cause to shoot out of",
      ": to pour forth fluid or other contents",
      ": to get rid of by paying or doing",
      ": the release of someone from a place",
      ": the release from a duty or debt",
      ": a certificate of release or payment",
      ": the act of firing a person from a job",
      ": an end of a person's military service",
      ": an act of firing off",
      ": something that flows out",
      ": to release from confinement, custody, or care",
      ": to give outlet to or emit",
      ": to release or give expression to (a pent-up emotion or a repressed impulse)",
      ": to pour forth fluid or other contents",
      ": the act of relieving of something",
      ": release from confinement, custody, or care",
      ": something that is emitted or evacuated",
      ": to release from an obligation: as",
      ": to relieve of a duty under an instrument (as a contract or a negotiable instrument)",
      ": to render (an instrument) no longer enforceable",
      ": to release (a debtor in bankruptcy) from liability for his or her debts",
      ": to release from confinement, custody, or care",
      ": to dismiss from employment : terminate the employment of",
      ": to release from service or duty",
      ": to get rid of (as a debt or obligation) by performing an appropriate action",
      ": to fulfill a requirement for",
      ": to order (a legislative committee) to end consideration of a bill in order to bring it before the house for action",
      ": the act of relieving of something that burdens or oppresses : release",
      ": something that discharges or releases",
      ": a certification of or a document proving release or payment",
      ": the state of being discharged or released",
      ": release from confinement",
      ": the act of removing an obligation or liability (as by payment of a debt or performance of a duty)",
      ": a dismissal from employment or office",
      ": discharge of an employee effected by making the employee's working conditions so intolerable that he or she reasonably feels compelled to resign",
      ": a wrongful discharge that is done in retaliation for an employee's conduct (as reporting an employer's criminal activity) and that clearly violates public policy",
      ": discharge of an employee for illegal reasons or for reasons that are contrary to public policy (as in retaliation for the employee's refusal to engage in unlawful activity)",
      ": a release from service or duty"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8ch\u00e4rj",
      "\u02c8dis-\u02ccch\u00e4rj",
      "\u02c8dis-\u02ccch\u00e4rj",
      "dis-\u02c8ch\u00e4rj",
      "dis-\u02c8ch\u00e4rj",
      "\u02c8dis-\u02ccch\u00e4rj",
      "dis(h)-\u02c8ch\u00e4rj",
      "\u02c8dis(h)-\u02cc",
      "\u02c8dis(h)-\u02ccch\u00e4rj",
      "dis(h)-\u02c8",
      "dis-\u02c8ch\u00e4rj, \u02c8dis-\u02ccch\u00e4rj",
      "\u02c8dis-\u02ccch\u00e4rj"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blast",
      "fire",
      "loose",
      "shoot",
      "squeeze off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "blasting",
      "firing",
      "shot"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Following the patient visit, discharge instructions and notes from the encounter are available from a single location on the patient\u2019s smartphone or electronic device. \u2014 Joshua Titus, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "University of Richmond law professor Carl Tobias said the tie-vote enables Democrats to file a motion to discharge Dettelbach\u2019s nomination from the committee. \u2014 Sabrina Eaton, cleveland , 16 June 2022",
      "And in 2017, the seafood plant illegally dumped about 3 million pounds of waste into the Naknek River, about 30% more than it was permitted to discharge . \u2014 Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News , 10 June 2022",
      "The cow moose continued to charge at people, leading the deputy to discharge his weapon and kill the moose, the sheriff\u2019s office said. \u2014 Jeremy Harlan, CNN , 8 June 2022",
      "The responsibility of universities to serve communities\u2014and not just Black communities\u2014beset by these and many other social pathologies is far beyond the capacity of any one institution to discharge with large effect. \u2014 Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
      "Second, the ability of a student to discharge a loan should increase the due diligence on the part of a college when determining how much and at what rate to lend to a prospective student. \u2014 WSJ , 19 May 2022",
      "Projects are currently reviewed as stand-alone activities, meaning a power plant is evaluated based on its use and discharge alone. \u2014 Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic , 16 May 2022",
      "In other words, if something goes wrong, it can be fixed right away, while a home\u2019s failing septic system can discharge raw sewage for years without anyone noticing. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Jeremy Riley, 34, of the 100 block of South Bell Avenue, Chicago, is charged with felony reckless discharge of a weapon. \u2014 Deborah Kadin, Chicago Tribune , 7 June 2022",
      "He was taken to the hospital and will be charged with discharge of firearms. \u2014 Cheryl Higley, cleveland , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "Early Season Projection gives an estimate of potential bloom severity based on measurements and forecasts of river discharge and phosphorus loads from now through July. \u2014 Layla Mcmurtrie, Detroit Free Press , 3 June 2022",
      "The idea is to decrease the amount of signals the nerve sends to the nasal tissue, which will in turn decrease the amount of nasal discharge and other symptoms. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 3 June 2022",
      "Symptoms in infected birds include neurological symptoms, fatigue, swollen comb or wattles, difficulty walking, nasal discharge and decreased egg production. \u2014 Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News , 27 May 2022",
      "Sewage samples can be diluted by rainwater or industrial discharge and can be contaminated by things like animal waste, for example. \u2014 Deidre Mcphillips, CNN , 18 May 2022",
      "Seasonal allergies cause a runny nose with thin discharge and no fever, and symptoms start after exposure to allergens. \u2014 cleveland , 12 May 2022",
      "For example, Biden has forgiven student loans through public service loan forgiveness, total and permanent disability discharge and borrower defense to student loan repayment. \u2014 Zack Friedman, Forbes , 3 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184015"
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      ": a field of study",
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      "castigate",
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      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "And Sacred Heart University in Fairfield just awarded degrees to its first cohort of graduates from an accelerated 15-month nursing bachelor\u2019s program, available to students who already have a bachelor\u2019s degree in another discipline . \u2014 Erica E. Phillips, Hartford Courant , 12 June 2022",
      "After the shooting, city officials released records showing that Officer Schurr had been commended more than a dozen times and cited twice for minor issues, like damaging a police car, that did not result in any discipline . \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
      "Awards were given to the top students in every discipline offered at the school, ranging from dance to business education to science to world languages. \u2014 Melissa Whatley, Baltimore Sun , 8 June 2022",
      "Wilson was a rising star in a discipline called gravel racing, a burgeoning hybrid of road cycling and mountain biking. \u2014 Elizabeth Wolfe And Hannah Sarisohn, CNN , 24 May 2022",
      "The entire process can take years, and rarely results in serious discipline . \u2014 Matthias Gafni, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "As Kiwi matured, our earlier hard work on discipline and training had paid off. \u2014 cleveland , 25 May 2022",
      "The matrix, however, does not offer guidance on discipline for excessive force that causes injury. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 May 2022",
      "Lorton Entertainment was founded by CEO Julian Bird and a consortium of private financiers in 2016 with the abiding principle of bringing the strict discipline of the financial world into the film and television content sector. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 13 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Parents who choose to care for and discipline their children truly love them and are following the Lord's command. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 3 May 2022",
      "Criteria for establishing such responsibility include whether senior officials discipline troops who commit crimes. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Another complaint is that Powers failed to report or discipline one teacher for alleged misconduct and another for inappropriate behavior involving students. \u2014 Tracy Swartz, Chicago Tribune , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "This is not nearly enough, however, to realize James\u2019s hope to have a moral equivalent of war, or to discipline our own country to fight one. \u2014 Thomas Geoghegan, The New Republic , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "The device would beep at real-time intervals, demanding that the player feed, clean up and even discipline the pet. \u2014 Michelle Delgado, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Dec. 2021",
      "If anything, the Medical Board of California has been criticized for moving too slowly to investigate or discipline doctors for spreading COVID-19 misinformation or flouting immunization standards. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "Unless reversed by a cultural shift and aggressive legislation to restore normalcy in governance to prevent and discipline the abuse of crises, this deterioration overseen by our leaders will escalate again when another economic shock occurs. \u2014 Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "Norman repeatedly vowed to lead officers who will work hand-in-hand with a variety of community stakeholders, and discipline those who won\u2019t. \u2014 Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 8 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
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      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200617"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
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      "noun,",
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      ": to make known or public",
      ": to expose to view",
      ": hatch",
      ": to open up",
      ": disclosure",
      ": to make known : reveal",
      ": to make known or reveal to another or to the public"
    ],
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      "dis-\u02c8kl\u014dz",
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      "dis-\u02c8kl\u014dz"
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      "tell",
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      "uncover",
      "unmask",
      "unveil"
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      "cover (up)",
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      "hide",
      "mask",
      "shroud",
      "veil"
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      "Verb",
      "He refused to disclose the source of his information.",
      "The company has disclosed that it will be laying off thousands of workers later this year.",
      "The identity of the victim has not yet been disclosed .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "University of Maine System Chancellor Dannel Malloy was taken to task for failing to disclose to a search committee that Laliberte was the subject of no-confidence votes in his previous job, at State University of New York at Delhi. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
      "The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether Elon Musk violated federal rules by failing to timely disclose his large stake in Twitter earlier this spring, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 12 May 2022",
      "Becker was convicted earlier this month of four charges under Britain\u2019s Insolvency Act, including failing to disclose , concealing and removing significant assets following a bankruptcy trial. \u2014 NBC News , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "The city\u2019s lawsuits claim the defendants violated the state\u2019s anti-corruption laws by failing to disclose $9.4 million in payments to Hughes, who held himself out publicly as a volunteer adviser to Faulconer. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "By failing to disclose his ownership stake via Schedule 13, Musk was able to acquire shares of Twitter less expensively during the Class Period. \u2014 Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Gardner, meanwhile, was accused in a 73-page report of failing to disclose evidence to Greitens' lawyers, misrepresenting evidence, and other ethical violations. \u2014 Jim Salter, ajc , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "She is accused in a 73-page report of failing to disclose evidence to Greitens' lawyers, misrepresenting evidence, and other ethical violations. \u2014 CBS News , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "The tennis legend, 54, was found guilty of four Insolvency Act charges: removal of property, concealing debt, and two counts of failing to disclose estate, per ABC News. \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "There\u2019s no reason that more aggressive disclose of vulnerabilities through the VEP would change such activities. \u2014 Sam Biddle, The Intercept , 12 May 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
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      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1b",
      "Noun",
      "1548, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191542"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
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      "verb"
    ],
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      ": mental or physical uneasiness : annoyance",
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    ],
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    ],
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      "Noun",
      "The patient is still experiencing some discomfort .",
      "These new developments are being watched with discomfort by many of our allies.",
      "Verb",
      "the harsh criticism of his musical talent did not discomfort him in the least",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The committee has agreed to anonymize accounts from those who have expressed fear or discomfort with publicly coming forward, according to people involved with the investigation. \u2014 Jacqueline Alemany, Josh Dawsey And Amy Gardner, Anchorage Daily News , 6 June 2022",
      "This product is meant to relieve occasional stomach discomfort and aid in the maintenance of a healthy immune system. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 June 2022",
      "These conversations usually spark either excitement or fear and discomfort , all while some don\u2019t even know what the metaverse is. \u2014 Mark Pittman, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "Meanwhile, waterproof or even water-resistant sandals can dry out quickly to prevent discomfort and fungal infections. \u2014 Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022",
      "The questions have, of course, triggered discomfort and defensiveness. \u2014 Brian Stelter, CNN , 27 May 2022",
      "Mounjaro can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, decreased appetite, constipation, upper abdominal discomfort , and abdominal pain. \u2014 Matthew Herper, STAT , 14 May 2022",
      "White discomfort is another recurring theme of the show. \u2014 Emily Mcclanathan, Chicago Tribune , 8 May 2022",
      "Follow up with traditional diagnostic testing, with its invasiveness, discomfort and small risk of miscarriage? \u2014 Daniel Navon, Scientific American , 5 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Making sure your sock fits properly is the best way to avoid blisters or discomfort mid-hike. \u2014 Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping , 8 June 2022",
      "This week my mind has been on the kinds of books that attempt to deliberately discomfort us by holding up those individual or societal flaws to a kind of scrutiny that is critical, even reaching toward a place of ridicule. \u2014 John Warner, Chicago Tribune , 7 May 2022",
      "Perhaps only when people are so comfortable together (the actors were roommates at Carnegie Mellon School of Drama) can discomfort be played and transcended so authentically. \u2014 New York Times , 2 May 2022",
      "And despite my own misgivings about how the medical industry treats us, about how America treats us, my desire to end this by doing the collective good is greater than my skepticism of and discomfort with it. \u2014 Damon Young, Washington Post , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "As public education becomes an ever-hotter political issue, some governors and school boards have begun banning books and curricula that some concerned citizens find objectionable or believe may cause parents or students discomfort . \u2014 Peter Weber, The Week , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "The daily spectacle of trading people and separating families had begun to discomfort the urban elite. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Jan. 2022",
      "Coach Joe Golding uses a stifling defense that leads the nation in turnover margin to discomfort opponents and take them out of their rhythm. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 21 Mar. 2021",
      "Overall, a distrust of or discomfort with strong authorities, such as government or scientific institutions, is a common narrative. \u2014 Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor , 9 Dec. 2021"
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    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193202"
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      "verb"
    ],
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      ": mental or physical uneasiness : annoyance",
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      ": dismay sense 1",
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      "soothe",
      "tranquilize",
      "tranquillize"
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      "Noun",
      "The patient is still experiencing some discomfort .",
      "These new developments are being watched with discomfort by many of our allies.",
      "Verb",
      "the harsh criticism of his musical talent did not discomfort him in the least",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The committee has agreed to anonymize accounts from those who have expressed fear or discomfort with publicly coming forward, according to people involved with the investigation. \u2014 Jacqueline Alemany, Josh Dawsey And Amy Gardner, Anchorage Daily News , 6 June 2022",
      "This product is meant to relieve occasional stomach discomfort and aid in the maintenance of a healthy immune system. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 June 2022",
      "These conversations usually spark either excitement or fear and discomfort , all while some don\u2019t even know what the metaverse is. \u2014 Mark Pittman, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "Meanwhile, waterproof or even water-resistant sandals can dry out quickly to prevent discomfort and fungal infections. \u2014 Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022",
      "The questions have, of course, triggered discomfort and defensiveness. \u2014 Brian Stelter, CNN , 27 May 2022",
      "Mounjaro can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, decreased appetite, constipation, upper abdominal discomfort , and abdominal pain. \u2014 Matthew Herper, STAT , 14 May 2022",
      "White discomfort is another recurring theme of the show. \u2014 Emily Mcclanathan, Chicago Tribune , 8 May 2022",
      "Follow up with traditional diagnostic testing, with its invasiveness, discomfort and small risk of miscarriage? \u2014 Daniel Navon, Scientific American , 5 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Making sure your sock fits properly is the best way to avoid blisters or discomfort mid-hike. \u2014 Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping , 8 June 2022",
      "This week my mind has been on the kinds of books that attempt to deliberately discomfort us by holding up those individual or societal flaws to a kind of scrutiny that is critical, even reaching toward a place of ridicule. \u2014 John Warner, Chicago Tribune , 7 May 2022",
      "Perhaps only when people are so comfortable together (the actors were roommates at Carnegie Mellon School of Drama) can discomfort be played and transcended so authentically. \u2014 New York Times , 2 May 2022",
      "And despite my own misgivings about how the medical industry treats us, about how America treats us, my desire to end this by doing the collective good is greater than my skepticism of and discomfort with it. \u2014 Damon Young, Washington Post , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "As public education becomes an ever-hotter political issue, some governors and school boards have begun banning books and curricula that some concerned citizens find objectionable or believe may cause parents or students discomfort . \u2014 Peter Weber, The Week , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "The daily spectacle of trading people and separating families had begun to discomfort the urban elite. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Jan. 2022",
      "Coach Joe Golding uses a stifling defense that leads the nation in turnover margin to discomfort opponents and take them out of their rhythm. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 21 Mar. 2021",
      "Overall, a distrust of or discomfort with strong authorities, such as government or scientific institutions, is a common narrative. \u2014 Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor , 9 Dec. 2021"
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      "upset",
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      "tranquillize"
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      "discomposed by the tone of the message left on his answering machine",
      "the wind ruffled her hair and discomposed her carefully arranged papers"
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    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English",
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      "1645, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174225"
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      "verb"
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      ": to deny or refute the validity of"
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      "concede",
      "confirm",
      "own"
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      "later updates on the news story disconfirmed many details of the initial report",
      "contends that we will never be able to confirm or disconfirm the existence of God"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194518"
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      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
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      ": cheerless",
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      "lonesome",
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      "miserable",
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      "Campaign workers grew increasingly disconsolate as the results came in.",
      "spent her last years in the disconsolate environs of a cheap boarding house"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181545"
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      ": dissatisfied , discontented",
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      ": a sense of grievance : dissatisfaction",
      ": restless aspiration (see aspiration sense 1a ) for improvement",
      ": to make dissatisfied or discontented",
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      ": not satisfied"
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      "dissatisfaction"
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      "a novel about a woman who is desperately discontent with the stifling limitations of her small-town life",
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      "the ongoing lack of decent food discontented and demoralized the soldiers in the rebel army"
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      "a sense of grievance dissatisfaction",
      "restless aspiration (see aspiration sense 1a ) for improvement",
      "to make dissatisfied or discontented",
      "one who is dissatisfied or discontented malcontent",
      "the condition of being dissatisfied",
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      "dissatisfaction"
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      "Adjective",
      "Polls show that voters are growing increasingly discontent .",
      "a novel about a woman who is desperately discontent with the stifling limitations of her small-town life",
      "Verb",
      "the ongoing lack of decent food discontented and demoralized the soldiers in the rebel army"
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      ": the act or an instance of discontinuing",
      ": the interruption or termination of a legal action by the plaintiff's not continuing it",
      ": the usually voluntary termination of an action by a plaintiff by motion or by failure to pursue the claim",
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      "\u02ccdis-k\u0259n-\u02c8tin-y\u0259-w\u0259n(t)s",
      "-y\u00fc-\u0259n(t)s",
      "\u02ccdis-k\u0259n-\u02c8ti-ny\u0259-w\u0259ns"
    ],
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      "arrest",
      "arrestment",
      "cease",
      "cessation",
      "check",
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      "closure",
      "conclusion",
      "cutoff",
      "discontinuation",
      "end",
      "ending",
      "expiration",
      "finish",
      "halt",
      "lapse",
      "offset",
      "shutdown",
      "shutoff",
      "stay",
      "stop",
      "stoppage",
      "surcease",
      "termination"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "continuance",
      "continuation"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the possible discontinuance of one of the town's big holiday traditions",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Zervos\u2019 attorneys and attorneys for Trump filed a stipulation of discontinuance that offered no explanation for the decision. \u2014 Aaron Katersky, ABC News , 12 Nov. 2021",
      "Upon the cartoon\u2019s discontinuance in 1940, Boop became a figure of the past. \u2014 Brooklyn White, Essence , 1 July 2021",
      "The attorney general\u2019s office accepted an assurance of discontinuance from South Shore Anesthesia Associates, meaning the business has agreed to settle without admitting liability or any wrongdoing, according to the settlement. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2021",
      "Centuries of conquest in the Sichuan Basin, Yu explained, created numerous breaks and discontinuances in the evolution of a cohesive regional cuisine. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Aug. 2019",
      "The decision encompasses a discontinuance of research conducted internally at the National Institutes of Healthusing fetal tissue from elective abortions. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com , 5 June 2019",
      "There's a discontinuance with the previous governance. \u2014 USA TODAY , 1 Feb. 2018",
      "The decision encompasses a discontinuance of research conducted internally at the National Institutes of Healthusing fetal tissue from elective abortions. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com , 5 June 2019",
      "There's a discontinuance with the previous governance. \u2014 USA TODAY , 1 Feb. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-171728"
  },
  "discontinue":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to break the continuity of cease to operate, administer, use, produce, or take",
      "to abandon or terminate by a legal discontinuance",
      "to come to an end",
      "to bring to an end stop"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02ccdis-k\u0259n-\u02c8tin-(\u02cc)y\u00fc",
    "synonyms":[
      "break",
      "break off",
      "break up",
      "can",
      "cease",
      "cut off",
      "cut out",
      "desist (from)",
      "drop",
      "end",
      "give over",
      "halt",
      "knock off",
      "lay off",
      "leave off",
      "pack (up ",
      "quit",
      "shut off",
      "stop"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "He discontinued his visits to the psychiatrist.",
      "She chose to discontinue her studies.",
      "The company has announced that the current model will be discontinued next year.",
      "They are planning to discontinue bus service between the two towns.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The decrease stems in part from pressure on international airlines and tour groups to discontinue the immigrant pipeline to Belarus. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Scott Hall\u2019s family planned to discontinue his life support according to longtime tag team partner and best friend Kevin Nash. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Wrestler Kevin Nash announced Sunday his family planned to discontinue life support. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "But such effects prompted 6 percent of high-dose recipients to discontinue . \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2021",
      "Hyundai will reportedly discontinue the Sonata mid-size sedan after the current generation runs its course. \u2014 Joey Capparella, Car and Driver , 23 May 2022",
      "Apple plans to discontinue the iPod Touch, marking the end of an era for the iconic musical device launched more than 20 years ago. \u2014 Brett Molina, USA TODAY , 10 May 2022",
      "Had the rumor, rife among the brand\u2019s global army of online pundits, that the famously secretive manufacturer would discontinue or update the Air King proved correct? \u2014 Nick Scott, Robb Report , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Utah County will discontinue its dashboard and refer people to the state\u2019s website. \u2014 Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French discontinuer , from Medieval Latin discontinuare , from Latin dis- + continuare to continue",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "discontinuity":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lack of continuity or cohesion",
      ": gap sense 5",
      ": the property of being not mathematically continuous",
      ": an instance of being not mathematically continuous",
      ": a value of an independent variable at which a function is not continuous"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02cck\u00e4n-t\u0259-\u02c8n\u00fc-\u0259-t\u0113",
      "-\u02c8ny\u00fc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "breach",
      "break",
      "gap",
      "gulf",
      "hiatus",
      "hole",
      "interstice",
      "interval",
      "opening",
      "rent",
      "rift",
      "separation",
      "void"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "There is a sense of discontinuity between the book's chapters.",
      "microscopic discontinuities in the connecting wires",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Will the next 24 months create a discontinuity compared to the past year? \u2014 Bernard Fraenkel, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "The book stands or falls on its assertion of a radical discontinuity between the antebellum and postbellum United States, but the author himself gives us evidence of continuity. \u2014 Barton Swaim, WSJ , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "The Goon Squad brilliantly hewed to a narrow band of emotions, principally disappointment, regret, shame, and unrequited longing, which were well served by the crosscutting and temporal discontinuity . \u2014 Mark Greif, The Atlantic , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Fernando Pessoa\u2019s childhood was filled with discontinuity and shifting identities. \u2014 Damion Searls, The New Republic , 14 Sep. 2021",
      "The project planned to study the Mohorovi\u010di\u0107 discontinuity , an important boundary layer between Earth's crust and mantle situated at an average depth of 49,000 feet (15,000 meters) beneath the continents. \u2014 David Bressan, Forbes , 22 May 2021",
      "On the spending side, a UBI (Universal Basic Income) would be a discontinuity \u2014a gigantic step change in the size and type of spending, as well as changing the way the responsibility of government is perceived. \u2014 Paul Swartz, Fortune , 23 May 2021",
      "At the boundary between the inner and outer core, a.k.a. the Bullen discontinuity , bits of liquid iron and nickel from the outer core interact with material in the inner core and begin to rise. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 10 Mar. 2021",
      "By achieving a similar level of operational efficiency during the pandemic, a strong rally in one creates a price discontinuity in the other. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 26 Feb. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190610"
  },
  "discontinuous":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "not continuous",
      "not continued discrete",
      "lacking sequence or coherence",
      "having one or more mathematical discontinuities"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02ccdis-k\u0259n-\u02c8tin-y\u0259-w\u0259s",
    "synonyms":[
      "aperiodic",
      "casual",
      "catchy",
      "choppy",
      "episodic",
      "episodical",
      "erratic",
      "fitful",
      "intermittent",
      "irregular",
      "occasional",
      "spasmodic",
      "spastic",
      "sporadic",
      "spotty",
      "unsteady"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "constant",
      "continuous",
      "habitual",
      "periodic",
      "regular",
      "repeated",
      "steady"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a discontinuous series of events",
      "the novel captures the discontinuous nature of a soldier's life long stretches of boredom interrupted by flashes of chaos and panic",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The permafrost around Fairbanks is discontinuous ; jagged pieces of it finger north-facing slopes and enfold the low-lying valleys. \u2014 Lois Parshley, Anchorage Daily News , 3 May 2022",
      "To leave the cave is to become educated about the true character of the beings experienced within it, not to discover a radically discontinuous world or reality. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "This episode consists of discontinuous flashes and pockets of incomplete story that together make a rending portrait of the peculiar two-month period Kirsten spent with the Chaudhary brothers. \u2014 Amanda Whiting, Vulture , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "He was captivated by the arrival of a completely discontinuous force in the world. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 15 Nov. 2021",
      "The stress of discontinuous environments experienced by entrepreneurs, innovators and leaders in crisis all require a level of equanimity in order to maintain resilience. \u2014 Brad Cousins, Forbes , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "All deal with an unknown future against a backdrop of disruptive and discontinuous operating environments. \u2014 Brad Cousins, Forbes , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "To those who want to portray Trump as wholly exceptional, and discontinuous with the recent past, the book is an essential corrective. \u2014 Patrick Iber, The New Republic , 5 Aug. 2021",
      "The past three presidencies have been jarringly discontinuous in style, temperament, and policy. \u2014 Matthew Continetti, National Review , 19 Sep. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "1645, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "discord":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas)",
      ": active quarreling or conflict resulting from discord among persons or factions : strife",
      ": a combination of musical sounds that strikes the ear harshly",
      ": dissonance",
      ": a harsh or unpleasant sound",
      ": disagree , clash",
      ": lack of agreement or harmony : conflict"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-\u02ccsk\u022frd",
      "\u02c8di-\u02ccsk\u022frd",
      "di-\u02c8sk\u022frd",
      "\u02c8dis-\u02cck\u022frd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "conflict",
      "disaccord",
      "discordance",
      "discordancy",
      "disharmony",
      "dissension",
      "dissention",
      "dissent",
      "dissidence",
      "dissonance",
      "disunion",
      "disunity",
      "division",
      "friction",
      "infighting",
      "inharmony",
      "schism",
      "strife",
      "variance",
      "war",
      "warfare"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "clash",
      "collide",
      "conflict",
      "disaccord",
      "jar"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The city has long been known as a scene of racial intolerance and discord .",
      "The song ends on a discord .",
      "Verb",
      "the evangelist's lavish lifestyle discords with his professed religious beliefs",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The story of what happens to these dogs is the stuff of slasher films, and with every stage of their torture, their captors and persecutors reveal their mercilessness and diminishing discord with humanity. \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 16 June 2022",
      "If Sauron is Beelzebub, then Morgoth is the far more powerful Satan, sowing hate and discord throughout the land. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 14 June 2022",
      "The shooter in that attack aimed to foment discord between Muslims and non-Muslims, with the goal of driving followers of Islam out of the country. \u2014 Emma Coleman Jordan, CNN , 29 May 2022",
      "In Massachusetts, the battle has sown discord in some communities of color. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 24 May 2022",
      "Instead, there is public discord surrounding those who died. \u2014 Gary Laderman, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 May 2022",
      "The public disagreement between Warsaw and Washington over plans to deliver Soviet MiG-29 aircraft to Ukraine marked a rare instance, thus far, of diplomatic discord between the U.S. and allies. \u2014 Eli Stokolsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "But even after more than a century of abstract painting, Matisse\u2019s heaving, buckling, elastic red room inspires discord , awe. \u2014 Lance Esplund, WSJ , 21 May 2022",
      "But a new update injects marital discord , supplied by two performers reuniting for the first time since 2000's For Love or Country, Andy Garc\u00eda and Gloria Estefan. \u2014 Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com , 13 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Buckel\u2019s situation has led to discord within the Republican caucus. \u2014 Pamela Wood, baltimoresun.com , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "If frustrated by his or her lack of success, the friendly play could lead to discord with kids. \u2014 Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News , 6 May 2021",
      "The losses haven't led to discord but simply frustration. \u2014 Dana Gauruder, Detroit Free Press , 24 Feb. 2020",
      "Brad Stevens is a superb coach, and there was a crucial addition in Kemba Wallker, a deadly shooter who fosters harmony, not discord , among his teammates. \u2014 Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com , 7 Dec. 2019",
      "Trump said Iran cannot be trusted to stick to the accord, and that the agreement fails to address Iran's missile program or its contribution to discord in the Middle East. \u2014 Hannah Wiley, USA TODAY , 2 May 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183047"
  },
  "discordance":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "lack of agreement or harmony the state or an instance of being discordant",
      "dissonance"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"di-\u02c8sk\u022fr-d\u1d4an(t)s",
    "synonyms":[
      "conflict",
      "disaccord",
      "discord",
      "discordancy",
      "disharmony",
      "dissension",
      "dissention",
      "dissent",
      "dissidence",
      "dissonance",
      "disunion",
      "disunity",
      "division",
      "friction",
      "infighting",
      "inharmony",
      "schism",
      "strife",
      "variance",
      "war",
      "warfare"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "accord",
      "agreement",
      "concord",
      "concordance",
      "harmony",
      "peace"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "there was a real discordance between the tough guys that the actor played in the movies and the wimp that he was in real life",
      "the jarring discordance coming from the garage where the band was rehearsing",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Faces are rendered masklike, figures totemic, with rich palettes of teal, peach, ocher and toffee lending an ominous discordance to the subjects, who often seem burdened with melancholy\u2014or glowering with menace. \u2014 Brian P. Kelly, WSJ , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Here, the particular problem for Mr. Biden is the discordance between his insistent optimism about the economy and a realistic explanation of how inflation comes down. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 13 Dec. 2021",
      "This organic feedback loop leads to more consistent (and therefore more persuasive) messaging and helps avoid inadvertent discordance , particularly as new voices are added to the interview lineup. \u2014 Dean Fealk, Forbes , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "Opening with discordance , Bergman Island is a portrait of romantic doubt that swells to existential proportions. \u2014 Annie Geng, The New Republic , 25 Oct. 2021",
      "Now however there is nothing short of massive discordance . \u2014 Tilak Doshi, Forbes , 11 Sep. 2021",
      "Three recent observations show hints of discordance between the model and reality. \u2014 Kyle Dawson, Scientific American , 1 May 2021",
      "Language discordance \u2014the situation when providers and patients speak different languages\u2014is all too common throughout the United States. \u2014 Benjamin Allar, Scientific American , 24 Apr. 2021",
      "Medical interpreters demonstrably improve care and are our best method to address disparities arising from patient-provider discordance . \u2014 Benjamin Allar, Scientific American , 24 Apr. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "discordancy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": discordance"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sk\u022fr-d\u1d4an-s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "conflict",
      "disaccord",
      "discord",
      "discordance",
      "disharmony",
      "dissension",
      "dissention",
      "dissent",
      "dissidence",
      "dissonance",
      "disunion",
      "disunity",
      "division",
      "friction",
      "infighting",
      "inharmony",
      "schism",
      "strife",
      "variance",
      "war",
      "warfare"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "accord",
      "agreement",
      "concord",
      "concordance",
      "harmony",
      "peace"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the discordancy between the film's flamboyant cinematography and its otherwise somber mood"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1587, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193043"
  },
  "discordant":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": being at variance : disagreeing",
      ": quarrelsome",
      ": relating to a discord (see discord entry 1 sense 2 )",
      ": being in disagreement",
      ": dissimilar with respect to one or more particular characters \u2014 compare concordant"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sk\u022fr-d\u1d4ant",
      "dis-\u02c8k\u022fr-d\u1d4ant",
      "dis-\u02c8k\u022frd-\u1d4ant"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cacophonous",
      "dissonant",
      "inharmonious",
      "unmelodious",
      "unmusical",
      "unvocal"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "harmonious",
      "harmonizing",
      "melodious",
      "musical"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "She has the difficult task of bringing together a number of discordant elements.",
      "discordant tones coming from the poorly tuned instrument",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Introducing multiple, often discordant references has always been inherent to my narration. \u2014 Tiziana Cardini, Vogue , 7 June 2022",
      "People gather in concrete basements to watch bodies opened up and exotic organs removed, in a discordant echo of Victorian surgery theaters. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 2 June 2022",
      "The discordant antigen and PCR results at the school district were causing confusion about which students should be kept out of the classroom and which could return. \u2014 Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica , 20 May 2022",
      "Somewhere toward the horizon, coyotes yipped and howled like spooky, discordant yodelers. \u2014 Suzannah Showler, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The only discordant note, the only sign of caution, came when Woods had to trudge uphill \u2014 and golfers have to do a lot of that at Augusta National. \u2014 Christine Brennan, USA TODAY , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "But the system in which the character\u2019s live, where loyalty and friendship aren\u2019t honored, doesn\u2019t feel as discordant with our times. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Naturally, the scene is shot like a horror film, with dark hues, discordant sounds, and spooky special effects. \u2014 Mary Hui, Quartz , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "The fitful shelling had reminded me of the discordant sounds inside a symphony hall when orchestra musicians warm up before a concert. \u2014 Martin Kuz, The Christian Science Monitor , 12 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see discord  entry 2 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211740"
  },
  "discount":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a reduction made from the gross (see gross entry 1 sense 3b ) amount or value of something: such as",
      ": a reduction made from a regular or list price",
      ": a proportionate deduction from a debt account usually made for cash or prompt payment",
      ": a deduction made for interest in advancing money upon or purchasing a bill or note not due",
      ": the act or practice of discounting (see discount entry 2 )",
      ": a deduction taken or allowance made",
      ": to make a deduction (see deduction sense 1a ) from usually for cash or prompt payment",
      ": to sell or offer for sale at a discount (see discount entry 1 sense 1 )",
      ": to lend money on after deducting the discount",
      ": to leave out of account or consideration : disregard",
      ": to minimize the importance of",
      ": to make allowance (see allowance entry 1 sense 2 ) for bias or exaggeration in",
      ": to view with doubt",
      ": to anticipate or take into account (something, such as a future event) in present calculations or planning",
      ": to give or make discounts (see discount entry 1 )",
      ": selling goods or services for less than their regular or list price : selling goods or services at a discount (see discount entry 1 sense 1a(1) )",
      ": offered or sold at a discount",
      ": reflecting a discount",
      ": an amount taken off a regular price",
      ": to lower the amount of a bill, debt, or price",
      ": to think of as not important or serious",
      ": a reduction made from the gross amount or value of something: as",
      ": a reduction made from a regular or list price or a proportionate deduction from a debt account usually made for prompt payment or for payment in cash",
      ": a reduction made for interest in advancing money upon or purchasing a note not yet due",
      ": a reduction in the price of a bond \u2014 see also discount bond at bond sense 2",
      ": the sale of securities that are issued below and redeemed at face value \u2014 compare premium sense 1",
      ": to make a deduction from usually for cash or prompt payment",
      ": to sell or offer at a lowered price",
      ": to lend money on after deducting a discount",
      ": to take into account (a future event or prospect) in making present calculations",
      ": to give or make discounts",
      ": selling goods or services at a discount",
      ": offered or sold at a discount",
      ": reflecting a discount"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-\u02ccskau\u0307nt",
      "\u02c8di-\u02ccskau\u0307nt",
      "di-\u02c8skau\u0307nt",
      "\u02c8di-\u02ccskau\u0307nt",
      "\u02c8dis-\u02cckau\u0307nt",
      "\u02c8dis-\u02cckau\u0307nt",
      "dis-\u02c8kau\u0307nt",
      "\u02c8dis-\u02cckau\u0307nt",
      "\u02c8dis-\u02cckau\u0307nt, dis-\u02c8kau\u0307nt",
      "\u02c8dis-\u02cckau\u0307nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abatement",
      "deduction",
      "reduction"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "blink (at)",
      "brush (aside ",
      "condone",
      "disregard",
      "excuse",
      "forgive",
      "gloss (over)",
      "gloze (over)",
      "ignore",
      "overlook",
      "overpass",
      "paper over",
      "pardon",
      "pass over",
      "remit",
      "shrug off",
      "whitewash",
      "wink (at)"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The store offers a two percent discount when customers pay in cash.",
      "a discount of 20% from the original price",
      "Verb",
      "The vacation plan included a discounted price on our hotel room.",
      "Car dealers are heavily discounting last year's unsold models.",
      "These threats cannot be entirely discounted .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "And Microsoft provides a 10% discount on its Employee Stock Purchase Plan. \u2014 Terry Demio, The Enquirer , 8 June 2022",
      "The sale on June 4 is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Members get a 10% discount on all plant purchases. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
      "This all-inclusive hotel plan includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner as well as beer, wine, well drinks, and a 50% discount on top-shelf brands. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 11 May 2022",
      "Outside of Fairbanks, Chena Hot Springs Resort is offering a 50% discount on hotel accommodations between now and Aug. 15. \u2014 Scott Mcmurren, Anchorage Daily News , 7 May 2022",
      "Everything in the store is on sale at a 30% to 40% discount . \u2014 Ben Tobin, The Courier-Journal , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The token converts into a share of stock in an eventual initial public offering at a 20% discount to the IPO price. \u2014 Paul Vigna, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Riders will pay $1 to start the vehicle and 39 cents a minute thereafter, with Reno receiving 25 cents per ride and $20 per scooter in registration fees, though certain riders can get a 50% discount . \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "The Affordable Connectivity Program provides a monthly discount for internet service of up to $30 per eligible household, or up to $75 per eligible household on Tribal lands. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 19 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "When Sieg joined the firm as president in 2017, the company was losing marketshare to discount brokerage houses and competitors. \u2014 R.j. Shook, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
      "Eight of Pentacles: Pisces, do not discount the value in hard work. \u2014 Meghan Rose, Glamour , 1 June 2022",
      "The opening game performance could be attributed to fatigue or lack of two starters, but again, that would discount the Game 2 performance. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
      "The Tennessee team that everyone seems to discount is positioned to be at its best after a year dampened by injury after injury. \u2014 Andrew Beaton, WSJ , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "Don\u2019t ever discount Laura Linney in any awards race, proven by her surprise upsets over the years. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 16 May 2022",
      "The point, then, isn\u2019t to discount breed\u2019s influence over dogs, but to rethink its sway over us. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "While unlikely, Jenkins doesn\u2019t discount the possibility of Castle being ready to go pro after one season. \u2014 Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "Cassidy didn\u2019t discount the idea that Rask still might try a conditioning stint with the WannaBs. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 29 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "But that\u2019s still a discount -rack price for a car that cost around $110,000 when new. \u2014 Mike Sutton, Car and Driver , 5 May 2022",
      "At the gate only are discount senior tickets for $8, a weekend pass for $25 and a four-to-a-car admission of $55. \u2014 Kathy Cichon, chicagotribune.com , 28 July 2021",
      "The stories energized widespread discussion of the lab-leak theory on social media, which quickly became meshed with theories about bioweapons research \u2014 a strain of speculation that scientists still strongly discount . \u2014 Washington Post , 10 June 2021",
      "Select facial cleansers, serums, and moisturizers are marked 30 percent off, including this $8 (post- discount ) gem. \u2014 Sarah Han, Allure , 9 Apr. 2021",
      "Black Friday isn't the only discount day worth counting down to. \u2014 Brittney Morgan, House Beautiful , 7 Jan. 2020",
      "According to BBC News\u2019 Helen Briggs, the research doesn\u2019t fully discount climate change\u2019s contribution to cave bears\u2019 extinction. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian , 16 Aug. 2019",
      "And discount German grocery chain Aldi is growing rapidly in the United States. \u2014 Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN , 27 June 2019",
      "Businesses from Phoenix to Gilbert to Surprise are offering free or almost free food and free or discount admission into museums and aqariums for Mother's Day. \u2014 Georgann Yara And Sonja Haller, azcentral , 8 May 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb, Noun, and Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1622, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1621, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Adjective",
      "1854, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184020"
  },
  "discourage":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to deprive of courage or confidence dishearten",
      "to hinder by disfavoring",
      "to dissuade or attempt to dissuade from doing something",
      "to make less determined, hopeful, or confident",
      "to make less likely to happen",
      "to try to persuade not to do something"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"di-\u02c8sk\u0259r-ij",
    "synonyms":[
      "chill",
      "daunt",
      "demoralize",
      "dishearten",
      "dismay",
      "dispirit",
      "frustrate",
      "unman",
      "unnerve"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "embolden",
      "encourage",
      "hearten",
      "nerve",
      "steel"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Try not to let losing discourage you.",
      "The area's dry climate discourages agriculture.",
      "He claims the new regulations will discourage investment.",
      "That type of behavior ought to be discouraged .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Poland, the Baltic countries and others say faster delivery of heavy weapons is needed to deal Russian President Vladimir Putin a lasting defeat that would discourage more expansionism by Moscow in the future. \u2014 James Marson, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "The Academy also capped the amount of submissions Academy members can send in for consideration, presumably to discourage applicants from spamming their songs across too many Grammy categories. \u2014 Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone , 9 June 2022",
      "Studies have found that unionization tends to benefit women more than men, eliminating factors that fuel pay disparity such as secrecy around salaries and societal barriers that discourage women from negotiating pay and benefits. \u2014 Chabeli Carrazana, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
      "Another trick is to add several short stakes between the stems to discourage cats from laying on and crushing the plant. \u2014 Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens , 2 June 2022",
      "Elsewhere, people gathered outside to eat and drink under the watch of police deployed to discourage large crowds from forming. \u2014 Emily Wang Fujiyama And Ken Moritsugu, Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2022",
      "That is why Tears For Fears\u2019 now former record company and ex-manager tried to discourage Smith and Orzabal from even making a new album. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2022",
      "In an 111-page report, Facebook analysts warned that its social networks could be used to discourage Americans from voting in the upcoming election. \u2014 Naomi Nix, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
      "At the clinic gates, young people in reflective safety vests try to stop entering cars and hand out pamphlets offering information on parenting support and adoption services in a bid to discourage the patients from getting abortions. \u2014 Whitney Curtis For Cnn, CNN , 15 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English discoragen , from Middle French descorager , from Old French descoragier , from des- dis- + corage courage",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "discourteous":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lacking courtesy : rude",
      ": not polite : rude"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8k\u0259r-t\u0113-\u0259s",
      "dis-\u02c8k\u0259r-t\u0113-\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "disrespectful",
      "ill-bred",
      "ill-mannered",
      "impertinent",
      "impolite",
      "inconsiderate",
      "rude",
      "thoughtless",
      "uncalled-for",
      "uncivil",
      "ungracious",
      "unhandsome",
      "unmannered",
      "unmannerly"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "civil",
      "considerate",
      "courteous",
      "genteel",
      "gracious",
      "mannerly",
      "polite",
      "thoughtful",
      "well-bred"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The waiter was discourteous to me.",
      "It was thoughtless and discourteous to leave us waiting so long.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Translation: Don't be discourteous as people undermine your human rights. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 10 May 2022",
      "He was written up for being discourteous and not demonstrating good conduct. \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Officials said that Herrera failed to show good moral character, was discourteous to a fellow employee while on duty and violated the San Antonio Police Department\u2019s standards for conduct and behavior. \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "But this is tempered at times by somewhat awkward or discourteous phrasing that makes exurbs seem somewhat oddball. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 4 Oct. 2021",
      "Vaughn was cited for unnecessary or excessive force and discourteous /unprofessional conduct, the department said Friday. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Sep. 2021",
      "Evans ultimately was cleared by then-Chief Steve Conrad in December 2019 of policy violations for being discourteous and using excessive force. \u2014 Darcy Costello, The Courier-Journal , 9 June 2021",
      "None of these sound like over-the-top discourteous behavior. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 1 June 2021",
      "There were 89 complaints of rude and discourteous behavior and 59 excessive-force complaints. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1561, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191140"
  },
  "discourteousness":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "lacking courtesy rude",
      "not polite rude"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8k\u0259r-t\u0113-\u0259s",
    "synonyms":[
      "disrespectful",
      "ill-bred",
      "ill-mannered",
      "impertinent",
      "impolite",
      "inconsiderate",
      "rude",
      "thoughtless",
      "uncalled-for",
      "uncivil",
      "ungracious",
      "unhandsome",
      "unmannered",
      "unmannerly"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "civil",
      "considerate",
      "courteous",
      "genteel",
      "gracious",
      "mannerly",
      "polite",
      "thoughtful",
      "well-bred"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The waiter was discourteous to me.",
      "It was thoughtless and discourteous to leave us waiting so long.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Translation Don't be discourteous as people undermine your human rights. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 10 May 2022",
      "He was written up for being discourteous and not demonstrating good conduct. \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Officials said that Herrera failed to show good moral character, was discourteous to a fellow employee while on duty and violated the San Antonio Police Department\u2019s standards for conduct and behavior. \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "But this is tempered at times by somewhat awkward or discourteous phrasing that makes exurbs seem somewhat oddball. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 4 Oct. 2021",
      "Vaughn was cited for unnecessary or excessive force and discourteous /unprofessional conduct, the department said Friday. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Sep. 2021",
      "Evans ultimately was cleared by then-Chief Steve Conrad in December 2019 of policy violations for being discourteous and using excessive force. \u2014 Darcy Costello, The Courier-Journal , 9 June 2021",
      "None of these sound like over-the-top discourteous behavior. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 1 June 2021",
      "There were 89 complaints of rude and discourteous behavior and 59 excessive-force complaints. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "1561, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "discourtesy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": rudeness",
      ": a rude act",
      ": rude behavior",
      ": a rude act"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8k\u0259r-t\u0259-s\u0113",
      "dis-\u02c8k\u0259r-t\u0259-s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dis",
      "diss",
      "discourteousness",
      "disrespect",
      "disrespectfulness",
      "impertinence",
      "impertinency",
      "impoliteness",
      "impudence",
      "incivility",
      "inconsiderateness",
      "inconsideration",
      "insolence",
      "rudeness",
      "ungraciousness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "civility",
      "considerateness",
      "consideration",
      "courtesy",
      "genteelness",
      "gentility",
      "graciousness",
      "politeness",
      "politesse",
      "thoughtfulness"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "His tardiness was just another in a series of small discourtesies .",
      "the courtiers shuddered at the discourtesy shown to the king",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The brouhaha, especially the recent arrest at the school board meeting, has left residents of all races, political loyalties and religious beliefs lamenting the disruption and discourtesy . \u2014 Washington Post , 1 July 2021",
      "McManus, in firing the officers, also cited acts of incompetency, discourtesy and lack of moral character. \u2014 Express-news Staff Report, ExpressNews.com , 12 Aug. 2020",
      "Casual discourtesy of this sort has been a staple of the European chattering classes since pre-Revolutionary days. \u2014 Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review , 4 July 2019",
      "The black truncheon attached to their ears became hitched to its associated discourtesy . \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 12 June 2018",
      "And the discourtesy involved in trying to override his management of the conversation is too much when dealing with the president of the United States. \u2014 Bryan Marquard, BostonGlobe.com , 22 Mar. 2018",
      "Their double-digit discourtesies were sophomoric in tone but historic in nature: The middle finger predates the Middle Ages. \u2014 Erik Brady, USA TODAY , 26 Oct. 2017",
      "No malicious gossip, discourtesy , backstabbing, passive aggression \u2014 none of that garbage. \u2014 Philip Chard, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 Oct. 2017",
      "School Superintendent Timothy Connellan said the class was an activist, compassionate and smart group who can help turn the tide of negativity and discourtesy prevalent in society. \u2014 Bill Leukhardt, courant.com , 20 June 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174948"
  },
  "discredit":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve",
      ": to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of",
      ": to deprive of good repute : disgrace",
      ": loss of credit (see credit entry 1 sense 3 ) or reputation",
      ": lack or loss of belief or confidence : doubt",
      ": to cause to seem dishonest or untrue",
      ": to harm the reputation of",
      ": loss of good name or respect"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8kre-d\u0259t",
      "dis-\u02c8kre-d\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abase",
      "chasten",
      "cheapen",
      "debase",
      "degrade",
      "demean",
      "disgrace",
      "dishonor",
      "foul",
      "humble",
      "humiliate",
      "lower",
      "shame",
      "sink",
      "smirch",
      "take down"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "disesteem",
      "disgrace",
      "dishonor",
      "disrepute",
      "ignominy",
      "infamy",
      "obloquy",
      "odium",
      "opprobrium",
      "reproach",
      "shame"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The prosecution discredited the witness by showing that she had lied in the past.",
      "Many of his theories have been thoroughly discredited .",
      "an attempt to discredit the governor",
      "Noun",
      "to his everlasting discredit , the coach was found to have placed bets against his own team",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The publication says Chatterjee engaged in a two-year long campaign to discredit the work of two more junior female colleagues, Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini, who had studied the ability of A.I. to potentially design new computer hardware. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 31 May 2022",
      "The actress claimed that Depp had launched a campaign to discredit her account online, to which his attorney\u2019s objected and the judge sustained. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 26 May 2022",
      "From the beginning of the troop surge, Moscow denied any plans to attack Ukraine, calling such Western concerns part of a campaign to discredit Russia. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Over the weekend, top state Republicans waged a campaign on social media to discredit the letter and initial news reports about it. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "Coda, a nonprofit media company, reported in 2018 that the claim is part of a broader disinformation campaign by the Kremlin to discredit the U.S. in the eyes of Russia's pro-Western neighbors, Ukraine and Georgia. \u2014 Ella Lee, USA TODAY , 26 Feb. 2022",
      "In response to the crisis, Facebook has responded with an aggressive public-relations campaign to discredit Haugen and the documents at the center of the media coverage. \u2014 Abram Brown, Forbes , 25 Oct. 2021",
      "Security experts at FireEye and Google in 2019 identified a disinformation operation that initially aimed to discredit the Hong Kong democracy movement. \u2014 Peter Aitken, Fox News , 10 Sep. 2021",
      "Authoritarian leaders, Freedom House warns, are working together to undercut democracy and human rights around their world, seeking to discredit the competition and spread their model of government. \u2014 Frida Ghitis, CNN , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But to its discredit , the Tribune largely ignored them, instead writing about white performers like Benny Goodman. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune , 5 June 2022",
      "Palisade all art forms; monitor, discredit , or expel those that challenge or destabilize processes of demonization and deification. \u2014 Zadie Smith, The New Yorker , 23 Jan. 2022",
      "City officials said Mintz\u2019s actions did not follow the rules of good conduct and behavior and brought discredit to himself and the San Antonio Police Department. \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "That\u2019s no discredit to him, but rather an acknowledgment that the highest tier of NBA stars exist in a totally different pantheon. \u2014 Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 Dec. 2021",
      "Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown filed charges in January to fire Catanzara, citing a long list of alleged infractions that brought discredit to the department and impeded its mission. \u2014 Annie Sweeney, chicagotribune.com , 15 Nov. 2021",
      "In an 11-page stipulation of facts discussed in court, prosecutors laid out 27 instances in which Scheller disrespected senior officials and brought discredit to himself as a Marine Corps officer. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 15 Oct. 2021",
      "Just as the Copernican revolution displaced earth-centrism, this revolution must, by analogy, displace and discredit ego-centrism. \u2014 Chris Lowney, Forbes , 8 Sep. 2021",
      "In the current pandemic crisis, the strategy of vilifying outsiders is again being deployed to discredit investigations of the pandemic's impact. \u2014 Shareen Joshi, CNN , 2 June 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1551, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-171303"
  },
  "discreditable":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "injurious to reputation disgraceful"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8kre-d\u0259-t\u0259-b\u0259l",
    "synonyms":[
      "disgraceful",
      "dishonorable",
      "disreputable",
      "ignominious",
      "infamous",
      "louche",
      "notorious",
      "opprobrious",
      "shady",
      "shameful",
      "shoddy",
      "shy",
      "unrespectable"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "honorable",
      "reputable",
      "respectable"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the discreditable conduct of drunken college students celebrating a win by their team",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Nevertheless, before looking at the technique\u2019s long, discreditable history, we should be reminded that true socialism is defined as a belief that the means of production should be publicly, not privately, owned. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 2 Aug. 2021",
      "What is important is that the public has seen enough brutality by police to believe all sorts of discreditable tales about them, and the reputation of the force suffers accordingly. \u2014 Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine , 18 Aug. 2020",
      "The desire for it is not necessarily wrong or discreditable . \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 18 July 2019",
      "This is an old pattern and a discreditable (and discredited) one. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com , 25 June 2018",
      "Some people voted for Brexit for discreditable reasons. \u2014 The Economist , 21 June 2018",
      "Smith's legacy will be long-lasting and entirely discreditable . \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com , 3 Nov. 2017",
      "Keosian further observed that the history of courts\u2019 allowing public prejudices to govern libel law is long and discreditable . \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, chicagotribune.com , 5 Sep. 2017",
      "But those who make them in earnest are deemed so discreditable that the claims themselves have mostly been removed from public debate. \u2014 Thomas Healy, The Atlantic , 18 June 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "1577, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "discreet":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having or showing discernment or good judgment in conduct and especially in speech : prudent",
      ": capable of preserving prudent silence",
      ": unpretentious , modest",
      ": unobtrusive , unnoticeable",
      ": careful not to attract attention or let out private information"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8skr\u0113t",
      "dis-\u02c8kr\u0113t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "intelligent",
      "judgmatic",
      "judgmatical",
      "judicious",
      "prudent"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "imprudent",
      "indiscreet",
      "injudicious"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Framed by the 16th-century villa, its presence is discreet \u2014 almost shy. \u2014 Nargess Banks, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
      "It\u2019s a very discreet and doable intervention that can help shift the patterns for our community. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 26 May 2022",
      "Snap up the Lovense Lush 2 vibrator that\u2019s perfect for discreet play at Lovehoney and head to Ella Paradis for a steep price cut on the Better Love Blowfish Clitoral Stimulator. \u2014 Brittany Vincent, SELF , 31 May 2022",
      "Composting at home is easy to do by simply finding a discreet spot to pile up landscape waste or purchasing a free-standing plastic composter. \u2014 Ariel Cheung, Chicago Tribune , 18 May 2022",
      "Elsewhere, there are discreet crew quarters with a separate bathroom and kitchenette. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 16 May 2022",
      "More commonly, Japanese interpreters would sneak items across the bridge into Nagasaki, then bring gold coins back onto the island\u2014sometimes hidden in the lining of their clothes, other times with discreet bribes for the guards. \u2014 Rob Goss, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 May 2022",
      "If Finland and Sweden apply, they are widely expected to be approved, although NATO officials are publicly discreet , saying only that the alliance has an open-door policy and any country that wishes to join can request an invitation. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
      "That\u2019s also where Vicky White, who had been carrying on discreet communications with Casey White since his initial stay at the facility in 2020, worked as the assistant director of corrections. \u2014 Fox News , 12 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English discrete, discret, discreet \"morally discerning, prudent, separate, distinct,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French discret, borrowed from Medieval Latin discr\u0113tus \"separate, distinct, showing discernment, prudent,\" going back to Latin, \"separated, differentiated,\" from past participle of discernere \"to separate, distinguish\" \u2014 more at discern ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183050"
  },
  "discreetness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having or showing discernment or good judgment in conduct and especially in speech : prudent",
      ": capable of preserving prudent silence",
      ": unpretentious , modest",
      ": unobtrusive , unnoticeable",
      ": careful not to attract attention or let out private information"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8skr\u0113t",
      "dis-\u02c8kr\u0113t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "intelligent",
      "judgmatic",
      "judgmatical",
      "judicious",
      "prudent"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "imprudent",
      "indiscreet",
      "injudicious"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Framed by the 16th-century villa, its presence is discreet \u2014 almost shy. \u2014 Nargess Banks, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
      "It\u2019s a very discreet and doable intervention that can help shift the patterns for our community. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 26 May 2022",
      "Snap up the Lovense Lush 2 vibrator that\u2019s perfect for discreet play at Lovehoney and head to Ella Paradis for a steep price cut on the Better Love Blowfish Clitoral Stimulator. \u2014 Brittany Vincent, SELF , 31 May 2022",
      "Composting at home is easy to do by simply finding a discreet spot to pile up landscape waste or purchasing a free-standing plastic composter. \u2014 Ariel Cheung, Chicago Tribune , 18 May 2022",
      "Elsewhere, there are discreet crew quarters with a separate bathroom and kitchenette. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 16 May 2022",
      "More commonly, Japanese interpreters would sneak items across the bridge into Nagasaki, then bring gold coins back onto the island\u2014sometimes hidden in the lining of their clothes, other times with discreet bribes for the guards. \u2014 Rob Goss, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 May 2022",
      "If Finland and Sweden apply, they are widely expected to be approved, although NATO officials are publicly discreet , saying only that the alliance has an open-door policy and any country that wishes to join can request an invitation. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
      "That\u2019s also where Vicky White, who had been carrying on discreet communications with Casey White since his initial stay at the facility in 2020, worked as the assistant director of corrections. \u2014 Fox News , 12 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English discrete, discret, discreet \"morally discerning, prudent, separate, distinct,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French discret, borrowed from Medieval Latin discr\u0113tus \"separate, distinct, showing discernment, prudent,\" going back to Latin, \"separated, differentiated,\" from past participle of discernere \"to separate, distinguish\" \u2014 more at discern ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192843"
  },
  "discretion":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": individual choice or judgment",
      ": power of free decision or latitude of choice within certain legal bounds",
      ": the quality of having or showing discernment or good judgment : the quality of being discreet : circumspection",
      ": cautious reserve in speech",
      ": ability to make responsible decisions",
      ": the result of separating or distinguishing",
      ": care in not attracting attention or letting out private information",
      ": the power to decide what to do",
      ": power of free decision or latitude of choice within certain bounds imposed by law",
      ": as",
      ": the power of a judge to use his or her own judgment in making decisions guided by what is fair and equitable and by principles of law \u2014 see also abuse of discretion",
      ": the power of a public official or employee to act and make decisions based on his or her own judgment or conscience within the bounds of reason and the law"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8skre-sh\u0259n",
      "di-\u02c8skre-sh\u0259n",
      "dis-\u02c8kre-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "common sense",
      "discreetness",
      "gumption",
      "horse sense",
      "levelheadedness",
      "nous",
      "policy",
      "prudence",
      "sense",
      "sensibleness",
      "wisdom",
      "wit"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "imprudence",
      "indiscretion"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Massachusetts also gives chiefs wide discretion in determining whether someone is suitable to have a license to carry. \u2014 Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
      "The Supreme Court is expected to rule on \u2014 and possibly overturn \u2014 a century-old law that allows local officials great discretion over who can carry a handgun. \u2014 New York Times , 6 June 2022",
      "In practical terms, under a web of statutes and court rulings, the cops have the power to do just about anything and the discretion to do almost nothing. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 1 June 2022",
      "In the 12 years since Dharmalingam was put on death row, Singapore revisited its mandatory capital punishment laws and gave judges the discretion to convert death sentences into the lesser penalty of life imprisonment. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "From the early to mid-20th century, many judges and legal scholars suspected that vagrancy laws were overly vague, giving arresting officers too much discretion , and the Supreme Court effectively overturned them in 1972. \u2014 Sarah A. Seo, The Atlantic , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "In response, prosecutors said in a motion filed last month that the administrative code also gives the state health director discretion over how to grant permits. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "In 2020, Isaacs joined like-minded groups to pursue a citizens\u2019 initiative to expand earned release credits and restore judicial discretion , among other things. \u2014 Nicole Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "In most cases, Brennan said, risk taking is left to the discretion of adults. \u2014 Scott Cacciola, New York Times , 26 Sep. 2016"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English discrecioun \"rational perception, moral discernment, good judgment,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French discreciun, descrecion, borrowed from Late Latin discr\u0113ti\u014dn-, discr\u0113ti\u014d \"separation, act or power of distinguishing, caution, prudence,\" going back to Latin, \"division, discrimination,\" from discr\u0113-, variant stem of discernere \"to separate, distinguish\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at discern ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204655"
  },
  "disdain":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn",
      ": to look on with scorn",
      ": to refuse or abstain from because of a feeling of contempt or scorn",
      ": to treat as beneath one's notice or dignity",
      ": a feeling of dislike for someone or something considered not good enough",
      ": to feel dislike for something or someone usually for not being good enough",
      ": to refuse because of feelings of dislike"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8d\u0101n",
      "dis-\u02c8d\u0101n",
      "dis-\u02c8d\u0101n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "contempt",
      "contemptuousness",
      "despisement",
      "despite",
      "despitefulness",
      "misprision",
      "scorn"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "contemn",
      "dis",
      "diss",
      "disrespect",
      "high-hat",
      "look down (on ",
      "scorn",
      "slight",
      "sniff (at)",
      "snoot",
      "snub"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Trump, Esper recounts in \u2018\u2019A Sacred Oath,\u2019\u2019 had developed a disdain for Stanley McChrystal and William McRaven, popular and influential leaders who, in retirement, criticized the president. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 11 May 2022",
      "Jessica Biel has a complex turn as the titular murderess, a thin veneer of professional suburban housewifery pasted over a deep disdain for her own humdrum life. \u2014 Jeff Ewing, Forbes , 7 May 2022",
      "The man charged in the 1971 killing of a Massachusetts mother has a long criminal record and a general disdain for the justice system, the prosecutor said Wednesday in arguing that the suspect be detained without bail. \u2014 CBS News , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "As Wahlberg's Instagram page shows, the former Calvin Klein underwear model has impossible abs and a clear disdain for shirts. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "But each of them contain one common thread: a concerted, explicit disdain for Black women. \u2014 Nicole Young, ELLE , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "Clarence Mock, a Nebraska lawyer who represented Mike Potter\u2014one of the farmers who worked with Constant\u2014recently proposed that the scheme may have been sustained, in part, by a disdain for organic consumers. \u2014 Ian Parker, The New Yorker , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "No male celebrity in recent memory has cooked up this flavor of public disdain . \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 24 May 2022",
      "For some survivors, the seemingly relentless online support for Depp and the litany of disdain for Heard has felt like vindication and justice from afar \u2014 a proxy victory over their own abusers. \u2014 Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News , 24 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Some rolled their eyes at the emotional European reaction to events in Ukraine, and pointed to double standards in their neglect of ruinous conflicts elsewhere and disdain for earlier waves of refugees. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
      "Those personal experiences can create empathy or disdain for either Depp or Heard. \u2014 Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY , 23 May 2022",
      "McDonough and Grace disdain the griddle, opting instead for one of Gunselman\u2019s five cast-iron skillets, passed down through McDonough\u2019s brother. \u2014 cleveland , 9 May 2022",
      "Please do not read this in any way to disdain the people commemorating the loss of Pearl Grover. \u2014 cleveland , 26 Feb. 2022",
      "Inevitably, a hierarchy develops; in puzzleland, solvers of those murderously difficult British-style cryptic crosswords sometimes disdain straightforward American ones, the way chess players brush off checkers players. \u2014 Christopher Bonanos, Town & Country , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "Some writers disdain the culture of the Internet; King is very much a product of it. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Dec. 2021",
      "But the opposition coalition will have to continue to rally around Mr. M\u00e1rki-Zay, who won an unprecedented joint primary this month, despite conservative social values that many opposition voters disdain . \u2014 Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 Oct. 2021",
      "The map, which enjoys support from Democrats but draws disdain from Republicans, would likely keep seven of the state\u2019s eight congressional seats in the hands of Democrats. \u2014 Bryn Stole, baltimoresun.com , 7 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224138"
  },
  "disdainful":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": full of or expressing contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : full of or expressing scorn or disdain"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8d\u0101n-f\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abhorrent",
      "contemptuous",
      "scornful"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "admiring",
      "applauding",
      "appreciative",
      "approving"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "He looked at the waiter with a disdainful glare.",
      "a disdainful attitude toward authority",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Thanks to redistricting Axne\u2019s district saw an influx of more than 5,000 Republican voters, mostly rural, that are likely to be disdainful of her voting record and relationship with Biden. \u2014 Brittany Shepherd, ABC News , 8 June 2022",
      "After Eskic\u2019s post, Alessandro Rigolon, an assistant U. professor of city and metropolitan planning, noted that the roster of Yalecrest panelists did not include any planners \u2014 which Hemming said in her complaints was mocking and disdainful . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 June 2022",
      "Scenes between Mitchell and the disdainful Admiral Simpson (Jon Hamm) are culturally enlightening \u2014 boyish Cruise is a star; five-o\u2019clock-shadow Hamm, from Mad Men, is TV trite. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 27 May 2022",
      "Among disabled people this often manifests when higher-status, more privileged disabled people are unduly skeptical or disdainful of other disabled people\u2019s claims of discrimination or systemic oppression. \u2014 Andrew Pulrang, Forbes , 21 Oct. 2021",
      "The younger mover, Jan (Flurin Giger), who turns out to be the story\u2019s unlikely Casanova, can\u2019t keep himself from gazing enrapt at a seemingly disdainful Mara. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Every resigned gesture and every disdainful line reading is just right. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Though the daughter of an earl, Sophie has been relegated to the role of servant by her disdainful stepmother. \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Entomologists are instinctively disdainful of any suggestion that pollinating insects could somehow be matched by technology, even on a basic logistical level. \u2014 Oliver Milman, Wired , 7 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see disdain  entry 2 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1542, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212925"
  },
  "diseased":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": affected with or as if with a disease : lacking health or soundness : sickly",
      ": having a sickness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8z\u0113zd",
      "-\u02c8z\u0113zd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185407"
  },
  "disembowel":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to take out the bowels of : eviscerate",
      ": to slash or tear the abdomen so that some or all of the internal organs protrude",
      ": to remove the substance of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259m-\u02c8bau\u0307(-\u0259)l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "clean",
      "draw",
      "eviscerate",
      "gut"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The fierce cat uses its claws to disembowel its prey.",
      "ancient Roman prophets would disembowel animals in order to read the future from their entrails",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Sometimes, especially unlucky toads are still alive when these serpents disembowel them, Henrik Brings\u00f8e, an amateur herpetologist from Denmark and the first author of the new study, writes in a statement. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 2 Oct. 2020",
      "Nonetheless, everyone stays back from her long and powerful legs, which can deliver a lion- disemboweling kick. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 13 Mar. 2020",
      "Fortunately no one resembles a tasty gazelle antelope, which cheetahs \u2014 who rule as Earth\u2019s fastest mammals \u2014 race down, viciously bite in the neck to suffocate and bloodily disembowel to devour. \u2014 Allie Morris, Dallas News , 13 Apr. 2020",
      "The Tollund Man was almost certainly hanged, while others appear to have been disemboweled , decapitated or bled from the throat. \u2014 Robert Rubsam, New York Times , 24 Mar. 2020",
      "That is small consolation when your steers are disemboweled or your dog torn to pieces. \u2014 Ben Long, Outdoor Life , 6 Mar. 2020",
      "Seattle had just disemboweled the 49ers on national television, a loss that would topple whatever remained of the 49ers\u2019 resurgence under Harbaugh. \u2014 Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com , 9 Nov. 2019",
      "Several bodies were disembowelled or otherwise mutilated. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Nov. 2019",
      "The prequel saga released from 1999 to 2005 was disemboweled and, more recently, staunchly defended. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 23 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1618, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222501"
  },
  "disencumber":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to free from encumbrance : disburden"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-in-\u02c8k\u0259m-b\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "disburden",
      "discharge",
      "off-load",
      "unburden",
      "unlade",
      "unload",
      "unpack"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "load",
      "pack"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "we disencumbered our pack animals as soon as we made camp that night",
      "a simple statement of the terms of the contract disencumbered of legal jargon"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle French desencombrer , from des- dis- + encombrer to encumber",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1598, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195813"
  },
  "disencumbered":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to free from encumbrance : disburden"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-in-\u02c8k\u0259m-b\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "disburden",
      "discharge",
      "off-load",
      "unburden",
      "unlade",
      "unload",
      "unpack"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "load",
      "pack"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "we disencumbered our pack animals as soon as we made camp that night",
      "a simple statement of the terms of the contract disencumbered of legal jargon"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle French desencombrer , from des- dis- + encombrer to encumber",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1598, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182820"
  },
  "disengagement":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to release from something that engages or involves",
      ": to release or detach oneself : withdraw"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-in-\u02c8g\u0101j"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "clear",
      "disembarrass",
      "disentangle",
      "extricate",
      "free",
      "liberate",
      "release",
      "untangle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "embroil",
      "entangle"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The two dancers moved together in a series of quick movements before disengaging and leaping apart.",
      "Put the car in gear, and then slowly disengage the clutch while pressing on the gas pedal.",
      "If there is a malfunction, the gears will automatically disengage .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In fact, such empowerment can lead employees to morally disengage and behave unethically. \u2014 Iese Business School, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "Machines constructed this way could disengage their operations from the inputs of electronic sensors and create novel forms of computation that resemble internal cognitive processes. \u2014 Gy\u00f6rgy Buzs\u00e1ki, Scientific American , 14 May 2022",
      "Early in April, Goldman Sachs downgraded the company to a sell from neutral, citing headwinds as investors disengage due to falling markets and waning Covid stimulus checks. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Freedom to disengage from the demands of technology, and soak up the healing the outdoors has to offer. \u2014 Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "The inability to mentally disengage is why some studies say that working on a traditional vacation, unsurprisingly, reduces its health and well-being benefits. \u2014 Gloria Liu, The Atlantic , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Early in April, Goldman Sachs downgraded the company to a sell from neutral, citing headwinds as investors disengage due to falling markets. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 10 May 2022",
      "Former customers rarely disengage entirely, Burton says. \u2014 Geoff Colvin, Fortune , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "More broadly, Biden\u2019s commitment to Ukraine appears to signal the end of a period of retrenchment in which Presidents Obama and Trump sought to disengage from the military entanglements launched by President George W. Bush. \u2014 Doyle Mcmanuswashington Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 24 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French d\u00e9sengager , from Middle French, from des- dis- + engager to engage",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1611, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223019"
  },
  "disentangle":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to free from entanglement : unravel",
      ": to become disentangled",
      ": untangle"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-in-\u02c8ta\u014b-g\u0259l",
      "\u02ccdi-s\u1d4an-\u02c8ta\u014b-g\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ravel (out)",
      "unbraid",
      "unlay",
      "unravel",
      "unsnarl",
      "untangle",
      "untwine",
      "untwist",
      "unweave"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "entangle",
      "snarl",
      "tangle"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "it took forever to disentangle the knot",
      "the years that it took to disentangle ourselves from our troubles after someone started using our social security numbers",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The solution is not to further enmesh health care in politics, but to disentangle it from partisan ideologies. \u2014 Haider J. Warraich, STAT , 8 June 2022",
      "Methods included being rotated underwater in an ejection seat and being dragged across the pool attached to a parachute, from which students had to disentangle themselves. \u2014 Nojan Aminosharei, Men's Health , 17 May 2022",
      "Those two things are hard to disentangle , though, in thinking about the future of the court. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
      "Leaving the mechanical to the side for the moment, interpretive and affective difficulty are hard to disentangle . \u2014 Will Bedingfield, Wired , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Each company is confronting its own particular set of challenges in figuring out how to disentangle its brand, products and services from Russia. \u2014 Nina Trentmann, WSJ , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "So why on Earth are these Mary Celeste flights still ongoing -- and what are aviation's stakeholders doing to disentangle themselves from the red tape that has ensnared the airlines into this climate-damaging mess? \u2014 Paul Sillers, CNN , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "Pressure on companies to disentangle themselves from such potential abuses is growing. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "Some fast-food chains are struggling to disentangle their brands from Russia amid intense public pressure on U.S. companies to withdraw from the country over its attack on Ukraine. \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 18 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1598, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190212"
  },
  "disenthral":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to free from bondage : liberate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-in-\u02c8thr\u022fl"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "discharge",
      "emancipate",
      "enfranchise",
      "enlarge",
      "free",
      "liberate",
      "loose",
      "loosen",
      "manumit",
      "release",
      "spring",
      "unbind",
      "uncage",
      "unchain",
      "unfetter"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bind",
      "confine",
      "enchain",
      "fetter",
      "restrain"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "we must disenthrall ourselves from time-honored ways of doing things, or we will never progress as a society"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1643, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195241"
  },
  "disenthrall":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to free from bondage : liberate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-in-\u02c8thr\u022fl"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "discharge",
      "emancipate",
      "enfranchise",
      "enlarge",
      "free",
      "liberate",
      "loose",
      "loosen",
      "manumit",
      "release",
      "spring",
      "unbind",
      "uncage",
      "unchain",
      "unfetter"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bind",
      "confine",
      "enchain",
      "fetter",
      "restrain"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "we must disenthrall ourselves from time-honored ways of doing things, or we will never progress as a society"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1643, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210717"
  },
  "disequilibrium":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": loss or lack of equilibrium",
      ": loss or lack of equilibrium"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02cc\u0113-kw\u0259-\u02c8li-br\u0113-\u0259m",
      "-\u02cce-kw\u0259-",
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02cc\u0113-kw\u0259-\u02c8lib-r\u0113-\u0259m, -\u02ccek-w\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The condition is caused by a disequilibrium in the brain's chemistry.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "If disequilibrium equals opportunity\u2014retailers and brands will need a new compass. \u2014 Gary Drenik, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "The 2018 merger of Northrop Grumman with Orbital Sciences created a disequilibrium in the solid rocket motor sector. \u2014 Loren Thompson, Forbes , 7 Sep. 2021",
      "Until the Black Death, medical writers did not routinely categorize distinct diseases, and instead often presented illness as a generalized physical disequilibrium . \u2014 Jennifer Couzin-frankel, Science | AAAS , 13 July 2021",
      "However, based on the advice of nearly every energy economist and pundit, OPEC decided to defend a price close to the disequilibrium level, which was unsustainable. \u2014 Michael Lynch, Forbes , 11 Mar. 2021",
      "While some experienced a constant disequilibrium and brain fog that were similar to mine, others had become accustomed to a pattern of short periods of relative health alternating with longer periods of vertigo. \u2014 Brian Platzer, New York Times , 13 Feb. 2020",
      "This disequilibrium lasts until the shorts are sufficiently at a neutral risk position, or squeezed, dead or fired. \u2014 Michael Taylor, ExpressNews.com , 7 Feb. 2020",
      "That disequilibrium has, in turn, been dogged by a creeping tension, and the new frontier narrative has been accompanied by one of looming conflict, even the possibility of a new Cold War. \u2014 Neil Shea, National Geographic , 21 Aug. 2019",
      "The disequilibrium in Arctic approaches has worried some observers and led to news headlines that regularly describe the Arctic as a kind of Wild West, or as a frigid theater where nations will square off in the next Cold War. \u2014 Neil Shea, National Geographic , 8 May 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1840, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223918"
  },
  "disfavor":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": disapproval , dislike",
      ": the state or fact of being no longer favored",
      ": disadvantage",
      ": to withhold or withdraw favor from",
      ": disapproval",
      ": the condition of being disliked",
      ": dislike entry 2 , disapprove"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8f\u0101-v\u0259r",
      "dis-\u02c8f\u0101-v\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "allergy",
      "averseness",
      "aversion",
      "disinclination",
      "dislike",
      "disliking",
      "disrelish",
      "down",
      "mislike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dislike",
      "disrelish",
      "mislike"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "He regarded their proposal with disfavor .",
      "They looked with disfavor upon her.",
      "Verb",
      "The current laws favor large businesses and disfavor smaller businesses.",
      "a style of stage acting that is disfavored by most theatergoers today",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Hurwitz does a good job covering the bases of how the Automats flourished, and why, with the post-World War II and Eisenhower era emphasis on interstate highways and fleeing to the suburbs, the Automat slid gradually, then quickly, into disfavor . \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "That\u2019s one of the great myths of digital transformation that is doing a disfavor to many executives and managers, leading them astray, pouring money and time into digitization projects that fail to move things forward as hoped. \u2014 Joe Mckendrick, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "Deductible losses thus can help to cushion modest market blows, while the taxable gains that might result from knee-jerk selling can work to your disfavor . \u2014 Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "An outraged Jean repeatedly raises a stink to their lord about the fact that his former friend is getting all the things that were once rightfully his, which of course puts him in further disfavor with the sniveling Pierre. \u2014 Bilge Ebiri, Vulture , 16 Oct. 2021",
      "Social media companies are dragging down the public\u2019s esteem of tech in general, with the spread of misinformation and the erosion of privacy among the top reasons for the disfavor . \u2014 Kevin T. Dugan, Fortune , 9 Sep. 2021",
      "But the state constitution says the citizens\u2019 redistricting commission can neither favor nor disfavor incumbents. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 14 Aug. 2021",
      "Unlike many states, Wisconsin prudently looks with disfavor on absentee and mail-in voting. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 17 Dec. 2020",
      "Those ideas seem to be falling into disfavor with many. \u2014 David Harsanyi, National Review , 7 Dec. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "China\u2019s year-to-date imports are already running almost a quarter below the pace set in 2021 due to record domestic production, and price controls that disfavor its main suppliers in Indonesia, Russia and Mongolia. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "The most recent are the Fair District Amendments passed by voters in 2010, which prohibit drawing lines to favor or disfavor political parties, incumbents or ethnic groups. \u2014 Steven Lemongello, orlandosentinel.com , 5 Oct. 2021",
      "The basic premise is that those who provide important services to the public at large cannot harm the public or unreasonably disfavor certain customers. \u2014 Charles M. Miller, National Review , 8 Oct. 2021",
      "The biggest question is how the Legislature will view the Fair Districts amendments passed by voters in 2010, which ban the redrawing of maps to favor or disfavor a political party, incumbent or racial or ethnic group. \u2014 Gray Rohrer, orlandosentinel.com , 20 Sep. 2021",
      "The new rules also limit how districts can be split and say lines can\u2019t favor or disfavor either political party. \u2014 Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland , 3 Sep. 2021",
      "Can F**k Himself, which is that imbalanced cis-het relationship dynamics, almost all of which disfavor women, plague American TV? \u2014 Roxana Hadadi, Vulture , 25 July 2021",
      "The task force also would investigate whether social media company algorithms favor or disfavor certain candidates. \u2014 Jonathan J. Cooper And Bob Christie, Star Tribune , 23 June 2021",
      "All public-health bodies outside of Taiwan and Hong Kong seemed to disfavor travel restrictions. \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 19 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "circa 1533, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1570, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182512"
  },
  "disfigurement":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries",
      ": disguise",
      ": to spoil the looks of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8fi-gy\u0259r",
      "especially British",
      "dis-\u02c8fi-gy\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blemish",
      "bloody",
      "break",
      "compromise",
      "crab",
      "cripple",
      "cross (up)",
      "damage",
      "deface",
      "endamage",
      "flaw",
      "harm",
      "hurt",
      "impair",
      "injure",
      "mar",
      "spoil",
      "vitiate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "doctor",
      "fix",
      "mend",
      "patch",
      "rebuild",
      "recondition",
      "reconstruct",
      "renovate",
      "repair",
      "revamp"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "His face was disfigured by a scar.",
      "the statue was seriously disfigured by falling rubble during the earthquake",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In an unrelated case, court records indicate Boswell is charged with first-degree assault with intent to disfigure in a Sept. 11, 2019, incident in which he is accused of beating a man causing brain damage to him. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Perez faces three felony charges, including a charge of assault with intent to disfigure and dismember and a charge of assault with intent to seriously injure someone with a weapon. \u2014 Amir Vera And Liam Reilly, CNN , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Yet the addition of modern touches threatens to disfigure the cathedral, according to dozens of cultural figures and intellectuals who have stood up against the proposals. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "For example, newer cultivars of flowering crabapple trees are usually resistant to apple scab and fire blight, diseases that disfigure many older trees. \u2014 Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com , 19 Sep. 2021",
      "From April 1992 until the summer of 1995, the newly independent republic of Bosnia endured the darkest violence to disfigure Europe since World War II. \u2014 Steve Coll, The New York Review of Books , 28 May 2020",
      "The perpetrators don't usually intend to kill but to disfigure their victims' faces. \u2014 Rakesh Kumar, CNN , 12 July 2021",
      "RespectAbility, an organization that advocates for individuals with disabilities, said Hollywood\u2019s tendency to disfigure evil characters, even unintentionally, can cause people to be afraid of those who don\u2019t look like them. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, chicagotribune.com , 5 Nov. 2020",
      "Those lies include social media memes stating the vaccine will leave an invisible digital, trackable tattoo; that Dr. Anthony Fauci, a leader in the vaccine effort, is actually Satan; and that the vaccine will hideously disfigure your face. \u2014 Elizabeth Cohen, CNN , 12 Aug. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French desfigurer , from des- dis- + figure figure",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220159"
  },
  "disgrace":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to be a source of shame to",
      ": to cause to lose favor (see favor entry 1 sense 1a(2) ) or standing",
      ": to humiliate by a superior showing",
      ": the condition of one fallen from grace : the condition of one who has lost honor (see honor entry 1 sense 1a )",
      ": loss of grace, favor, or honor",
      ": a source of shame",
      ": to bring shame to",
      ": the condition of being looked down on : loss of respect",
      ": a cause of shame"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8skr\u0101s",
      "dis-\u02c8gr\u0101s",
      "di-\u02c8skr\u0101s",
      "dis-\u02c8gr\u0101s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abase",
      "chasten",
      "cheapen",
      "debase",
      "degrade",
      "demean",
      "discredit",
      "dishonor",
      "foul",
      "humble",
      "humiliate",
      "lower",
      "shame",
      "sink",
      "smirch",
      "take down"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "discredit",
      "disesteem",
      "dishonor",
      "disrepute",
      "ignominy",
      "infamy",
      "obloquy",
      "odium",
      "opprobrium",
      "reproach",
      "shame"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "He ultimately got convicted of crimes and had to resign and disgrace it\u2019s today in Ohio, the news podcast discussion from cleveland.com and the plane dealer. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "She is abandoned by her partner and left with an unplanned pregnancy that could disgrace her family\u2019s reputation. \u2014 Erica Gonzales, ELLE , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "How America and Americans choose to honor or disgrace Mr. Floyd's memory has become a Rorschach test. \u2014 Peniel E. Joseph, CNN , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "The man was a cherubic young pastor whose self-worth issues and deep belief in his interpretation of Scripture led to disgrace . \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 8 Sep. 2021",
      "Despite the rhetoric from his administration, the truth is Biden chose defeat and disgrace in Afghanistan. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 31 Aug. 2021",
      "Ferguson, interviewing them from behind the camera (Matt Damon narrates the film), questions them with increasing exasperation, and, one after another, the academics disgrace themselves. \u2014 Richard Brod, The New Yorker , 11 Aug. 2021",
      "As a leading public figure with the capacity either to inspire (\u00e0 la Einstein) or to disgrace (\u00e0 la Roth)? \u2014 New York Times , 1 Apr. 2021",
      "This is praise, of a sort: for over a century now, the Windsors have been in a class of their own for providing spectacle, scandal, feud, tragedy, and disgrace \u2014and doing very well out of it. \u2014 Matt Seaton, The New York Review of Books , 9 Mar. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In retrospect, the Suns should have put a lid on it, maybe like the one that was attached to their baskets Sunday against the Mavericks. Being beaten in Game 7 is typically not a disgrace , but the Suns' 123-90 loss Sunday was. \u2014 Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic , 15 May 2022",
      "The Capitol riot of Jan. 6, 2021, was a national disgrace , but almost more dispiriting is the way America\u2019s two warring political tribes have responded. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "With child care, as with so much else, the coronavirus yanked back the curtain that has for generations covered up a national disgrace . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 4 May 2021",
      "Gerrymandering is a national disgrace that demands a national solution. \u2014 Eric Zorn, chicagotribune.com , 27 Apr. 2021",
      "That GoFundMe pages like these are now common is a national disgrace . \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2021",
      "When Republican Ryan Zinke first ran for Congress, the former Navy SEAL faced false accusations amplified by Democrats that his military career had ended in disgrace . \u2014 Matthew Brown, Anchorage Daily News , 26 May 2022",
      "When Republican Ryan Zinke first ran for Congress, the former Navy SEAL faced false accusations amplified by Democrats that his military career had ended in disgrace . \u2014 Matthew Brown, ajc , 26 May 2022",
      "The victory, if confirmed, would see the Marcos family return to power more than 30 years after they were forced to flee the country in disgrace following a People Power revolution that toppled the regime of Marcos Sr in 1986. \u2014 Helen Regan And Yasmin Coles, CNN , 11 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1580, in the meaning defined at sense 3",
      "Noun",
      "1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220304"
  },
  "disgraceful":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "bringing or involving disgrace",
      "bringing or deserving shame"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"di-\u02c8skr\u0101s-f\u0259l",
    "synonyms":[
      "discreditable",
      "dishonorable",
      "disreputable",
      "ignominious",
      "infamous",
      "louche",
      "notorious",
      "opprobrious",
      "shady",
      "shameful",
      "shoddy",
      "shy",
      "unrespectable"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "honorable",
      "reputable",
      "respectable"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "disgraceful disruptions at the graduation ceremonies",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The notion of self-pity as somehow disgraceful or pathetic recurs throughout Gunn\u2019s letters. \u2014 Jeremy Lybarger, The New Republic , 17 June 2022",
      "My heart has been with the Ukrainians since at least 2014, and, especially so now, after Putin unleashed this disgraceful invasion. \u2014 Stanislav Kucher, CNN , 13 May 2022",
      "After its disgraceful withdrawal, the Biden Administration has a particular duty to help Americans and allies left behind. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
      "O\u2019Rourke\u2019s stunt disgraceful and disrespectful to the victims. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 25 May 2022",
      "With its profession jeopardized, the Scottish Gamekeepers Association made national news, denouncing the killing as unsporting and disgraceful . \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022",
      "The Capitol riot will go down as a disgraceful event in American history. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Russia must lose because its president's disgraceful deeds must be fully undone. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "The resolution was all the more disgraceful in that the call for Aushungerung came at the moment when 1.5 million refugees from Ukraine have come to Poland and more are still expected. \u2014 Ryszard Legutko, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1597, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162457"
  },
  "disgruntle":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make ill-humored or discontented"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8gr\u0259n-t\u1d4al"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "alien",
      "alienate",
      "disaffect",
      "estrange",
      "sour"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "reconcile"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "an employee, disgruntled by the restaurant owner's shabby treatment, turned him in to the IRS",
      "a crew disgruntled by a long voyage that provided no opportunity for recreation onshore",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Privacy, Please Don't be disgruntled : other states are already taking action to follow California's lead in the data privacy space. \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 18 Feb. 2020",
      "Many disgruntled customers wind up settling with brokerages. \u2014 Gwynn Guilford, Quartz , 3 Mar. 2020",
      "His role in finally ending the use of the gold standard during the Nixon administration still leaves some disgruntled . \u2014 Erik Sherman, Fortune , 10 Dec. 2019",
      "Williams, disgruntled over Washington\u2019s medical staff, has not yet played in a game this season. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Oct. 2019",
      "Now, if Jimmy were to join the disgruntled , that would be a completely different story. \u2014 Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com , 24 Oct. 2019",
      "In early August, the Browns traded disgruntled running back Duke Johnson to Houston, clearing the way for Hunt, who must serve an eight-game ban before resuming his career. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Sep. 2019",
      "Two of the appeals heard by the Board of Adjustment, and another scheduled for May 11, were filed by people claiming to be nearby residents disgruntled with a hearing officer's decision to approve the facilities. \u2014 Jessica Boehm, azcentral , 10 May 2018",
      "In an exhibition game against the Soviet national team, Knight yanks his Indiana University team off the court after he was disgruntled with a referee\u2019s call. \u2014 Matthew Glenesk, Indianapolis Star , 8 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" dis- + gruntle to grumble, from Middle English gruntlen , frequentative of grunten to grunt",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1682, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210207"
  },
  "disgruntled":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": unhappy and annoyed",
      ": unhappy and annoyed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8gr\u0259n-t\u1d4ald",
      "dis-\u02c8gr\u0259n-t\u1d4ald"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aggrieved",
      "discontent",
      "discontented",
      "displeased",
      "dissatisfied",
      "malcontent"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "content",
      "contented",
      "gratified",
      "pleased",
      "satisfied"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"from past participle of disgruntle ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1830, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210735"
  },
  "disgruntlement":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make ill-humored or discontented"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8gr\u0259n-t\u1d4al"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "alien",
      "alienate",
      "disaffect",
      "estrange",
      "sour"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "reconcile"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "an employee, disgruntled by the restaurant owner's shabby treatment, turned him in to the IRS",
      "a crew disgruntled by a long voyage that provided no opportunity for recreation onshore",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Privacy, Please Don't be disgruntled : other states are already taking action to follow California's lead in the data privacy space. \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 18 Feb. 2020",
      "Many disgruntled customers wind up settling with brokerages. \u2014 Gwynn Guilford, Quartz , 3 Mar. 2020",
      "His role in finally ending the use of the gold standard during the Nixon administration still leaves some disgruntled . \u2014 Erik Sherman, Fortune , 10 Dec. 2019",
      "Williams, disgruntled over Washington\u2019s medical staff, has not yet played in a game this season. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Oct. 2019",
      "Now, if Jimmy were to join the disgruntled , that would be a completely different story. \u2014 Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com , 24 Oct. 2019",
      "In early August, the Browns traded disgruntled running back Duke Johnson to Houston, clearing the way for Hunt, who must serve an eight-game ban before resuming his career. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Sep. 2019",
      "Two of the appeals heard by the Board of Adjustment, and another scheduled for May 11, were filed by people claiming to be nearby residents disgruntled with a hearing officer's decision to approve the facilities. \u2014 Jessica Boehm, azcentral , 10 May 2018",
      "In an exhibition game against the Soviet national team, Knight yanks his Indiana University team off the court after he was disgruntled with a referee\u2019s call. \u2014 Matthew Glenesk, Indianapolis Star , 8 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" dis- + gruntle to grumble, from Middle English gruntlen , frequentative of grunten to grunt",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1682, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183716"
  },
  "disguise":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to change the customary dress (see dress entry 2 sense 1 ) or appearance of",
      ": to furnish with a false appearance or an assumed (see assume sense 3 ) identity",
      ": disfigure",
      ": to obscure the existence or true state or character of : conceal",
      ": apparel assumed to conceal one's identity or counterfeit another's",
      ": the act of disguising",
      ": form misrepresenting the true nature of something",
      ": an artificial manner : pretense",
      ": to change the looks or sound of to avoid being recognized",
      ": to keep from revealing",
      ": clothing worn to avoid being recognized",
      ": an outward appearance that hides what something really is"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8sk\u012bz",
      "dis-\u02c8g\u012bz",
      "also",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8sk\u012bz",
      "dis-\u02c8g\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "camouflage",
      "cloak",
      "dress up",
      "mask"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "camouflage",
      "costume",
      "guise"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "He tried to disguise his voice on the phone but I could tell it was him.",
      "She disguised herself in a wig and glasses.",
      "We disguised the fact that we were disappointed.",
      "Noun",
      "He wore a disguise of glasses, a fake mustache, and a cap.",
      "The famous thief is known to be a master of disguise .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "But according to Anthony Rose, the prominence given to milestone funding events can disguise the fact that businesses often need finance not in six or twelve months' time but within a much shorter timeframe. \u2014 Trevor Clawson, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "But, according to the former employee, the formatters did not notify law enforcement, ostensibly because many uploaders use virtual private networks to disguise their identities and locations, which could cause the police to target the wrong person. \u2014 Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
      "That's a big change that helps disguise them from our immune system. \u2014 Brenda Goodman, CNN , 1 June 2022",
      "Think about it this way: White supremacists used to disguise themselves in white robes and secretly meet under the cover of night. \u2014 Brian Stelter, CNN , 15 May 2022",
      "Gardner and the teenager, who police have not named, were arrested after fleeing the scene on foot \u2014 and trying to disguise themselves as employees of the popular seafood restaurant. \u2014 Lea Skene, Baltimore Sun , 5 May 2022",
      "This happens when leaders are fearful of how feedback or commentary will be received and seek to disguise it rather than being forthright. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Gacy also attempted to disguise himself as a family man in his community. \u2014 Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Bulwer-Lytton\u2019s estranged, unhinged wife, Rosina, promised to disguise herself as an orange seller and hurl rotten eggs at the audience, an especially horrendous prospect given that Queen Victoria and Albert would be attending. \u2014 Katherine A. Powers, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Keeping her at home felt like the safest and most convenient option, a cost-saving blessing in disguise even. \u2014 USA Today , 9 June 2022",
      "They were met with the Black Act of 1723, which introduced the death penalty for more than fifty offenses, including going in disguise . \u2014 Eula Biss, The New Yorker , 8 June 2022",
      "Gloria, always a bit of a conspiracy theorist, becomes convinced that TK is Ashley in disguise , and digs for proof begins with the reluctant help of Wickie. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 19 May 2022",
      "However, this served as a blessing in disguise as more operational attention could shift towards other company divisions: tea, coffee, and chocolate distribution. \u2014 Stephan Rabimov, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "It is often said that challenges are opportunities in disguise . \u2014 Saeed Elnaj, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
      "Gowdy seemed to understand the Occupiers as recreational campers in disguise ; their politics were a cover story for a good time, and taxpayers were footing the bill. \u2014 Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Some stories creep up in disguise , hiding a ghastly scowl. \u2014 Naveen Kumar, Variety , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "Israeli officials forbid such actions, but at least three men in disguise were arrested Thursday after their attempts. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181651"
  },
  "disgusting":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": causing a strong feeling of dislike or disinclination : causing disgust",
      ": very sickening or bad"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sk\u0259-sti\u014b",
      "dis-\u02c8g\u0259-",
      "also",
      "di-\u02c8sk\u0259-sti\u014b",
      "dis-\u02c8g\u0259-sti\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abhorrent",
      "abominable",
      "appalling",
      "awful",
      "distasteful",
      "dreadful",
      "evil",
      "foul",
      "fulsome",
      "gross",
      "hideous",
      "horrendous",
      "horrible",
      "horrid",
      "loathsome",
      "nasty",
      "nauseating",
      "nauseous",
      "noisome",
      "noxious",
      "obnoxious",
      "obscene",
      "odious",
      "offensive",
      "rancid",
      "repellent",
      "repellant",
      "repugnant",
      "repulsive",
      "revolting",
      "scandalous",
      "shocking",
      "sickening",
      "ugly"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "innocuous",
      "inoffensive"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "What a disgusting way to treat people.",
      "when we cleaned the room, we found a disgusting plate of moldy food under the bed",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "It\u2019s also raunchy, disgusting and full of deliberate chicanery. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 9 June 2022",
      "Plus six packs of Pez, the most disgusting candy on Earth after Peeps, candy corn and Circus Peanuts. \u2014 Pat Myers, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
      "That was mortifying and embarrassing and disgusting . \u2014 cleveland , 24 May 2022",
      "And just how disgusting the whole experience must be. \u2014 Kira Bindrim, Quartz , 23 May 2022",
      "Dangerous to our American fabric, disgusting and an act of terror. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
      "Police with prisoners in restraints passed through, scaring her, and the bathroom conditions were disgusting , Carvette said. \u2014 Carey Goldberg, Anchorage Daily News , 8 May 2022",
      "The lack of remorse afterwards has been disgusting . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
      "My worst outdoor fear is far less adventurous but way more disgusting . \u2014 Frederick Dreier, Outside Online , 28 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"from present participle of disgust entry 2 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1754, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211314"
  },
  "disharmony":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lack of harmony : discord",
      ": lack of harmony \u2014 see occlusal disharmony"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8h\u00e4r-m\u0259-n\u0113",
      "(\u02c8)dis-\u02c8h\u00e4r-m\u0259-n\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
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      "strife",
      "variance",
      "war",
      "warfare"
    ],
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      "accord",
      "agreement",
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      "concordance",
      "harmony",
      "peace"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "having witnessed so much domestic disharmony while growing up, he was in no rush to join the ranks of the married",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Hitchcock tells three distinct types of story in this one picture without a moment of disharmony or audience confusion. \u2014 Jack Moffitt, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 May 2022",
      "From this specificity, the sonic resonance of it, the reader knows that their visit will involve some kind of unacknowledged disharmony . \u2014 Idra Novey, The Atlantic , 22 May 2022",
      "When a husband and wife work together, there is always a chance of marital disharmony . \u2014 Randall G. Mielke, Chicago Tribune , 11 May 2022",
      "The disharmony between Britney Spears and her younger sister continued as the pop star fired off a cease-and-desist letter. \u2014 al , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "But that honesty about familial disharmony actually helps to make Evan a stronger witness for the prosecution here. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 Jan. 2022",
      "Legislators and regulators on the continent can reduce the scope for legal disputes and online disharmony with settled law. \u2014 Daniel Akinmade Emejulu, Quartz , 5 Oct. 2021",
      "There\u2019s no disharmony here, no falling-outs, no lawyers squaring-off. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "The Communist Party has long had a dim view of gambling, citing its impact on families and linking it to social disharmony . \u2014 Christopher Palmeri, Fortune , 15 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1602, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222558"
  },
  "dishearten":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage to cause to lose spirit or morale",
      "discourage sense 1"
    ],
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      "chill",
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      "demoralize",
      "discourage",
      "dismay",
      "dispirit",
      "frustrate",
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      "unnerve"
    ],
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      "embolden",
      "encourage",
      "hearten",
      "nerve",
      "steel"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The conflict between their families disheartened them.",
      "we were disheartened by the news that our grandmother was seriously ill",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Like Black parents all over the globe, they are broken and disheartened by the killings of innocent Black people, and hope for a brighter future for their little ones. \u2014 Jasmine Grant, Essence , 2 June 2020",
      "For anyone who\u2019s ever had to sign up for food stamps or jobless benefits in the U.S., the onerous enrollment procedures and frequent ID verification checks are a well-known, and often, disheartening reality. \u2014 Brandon Kochkodin, Bloomberg.com , 10 May 2020",
      "Squashing once-jubilant plans is certainly disheartening , but staying at home doesn\u2019t mean that these events should skid by without a little fanfare. \u2014 Alia Akkam, House Beautiful , 4 May 2020",
      "Some business owners like Lupe Rose found the process disheartening . \u2014 David Mclaughlin, Fortune , 20 Apr. 2020",
      "Immigration was among the issues added to son-in-law and top aide Jared Kushner\u2019s portfolio, disheartening Trump backers who had hoped for lower immigration levels. \u2014 W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner , 23 Apr. 2020",
      "Even more so, I am disheartened for all student-athletes, contest officials, their coaches, families, student bodies, fans, communities, and especially our seniors. \u2014 Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al , 27 Mar. 2020",
      "Deputy Auditor General Laura Goodspeed said Tuesday the office was disheartened by the administration's response to their audit. \u2014 Kat Stafford, Detroit Free Press , 12 Nov. 2019",
      "The controversy had disheartened many researchers who just 1 year ago were celebrating a successful push to create Colombia\u2019s first science ministry. \u2014 Rodrigo P\u00e9rez Ortega, Science | AAAS , 3 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "1590, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "dished":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": curved in : concave"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8disht"
    ],
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      "concave",
      "dented",
      "depressed",
      "hollow",
      "indented",
      "recessed",
      "sunken"
    ],
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      "bulging",
      "cambered",
      "convex",
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      "protrusive",
      "protuberant"
    ],
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      "Arabian horses are noted for their dished muzzles and large eyes."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1737, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202224"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to throw into disorder or disarray"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8shev-\u0259l"
    ],
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      "confuse",
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      "disrupt",
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      "muss",
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      "shuffle",
      "tousle",
      "tumble",
      "upset"
    ],
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      "arrange",
      "array",
      "dispose",
      "draw up",
      "marshal",
      "marshall",
      "order",
      "organize",
      "range",
      "regulate",
      "straighten (up)",
      "tidy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "decorations for the garden wedding that had been disheveled by the wind",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The unit was disheveled with furniture moved about and items on the floor. \u2014 cleveland , 18 Apr. 2020",
      "His light-gray suit is dishevelled , his tie undone. \u2014 Anthony Veasna So, The New Yorker , 3 Feb. 2020",
      "That\u2019s the burden carried by Bachmann, played by Hoffman as a dissolute, disheveled , crushed soul who still gives his all to his exacting, dangerous work. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 14 Nov. 2019",
      "Police observed the girl to have disheveled hair, a red bruise on her side and a patterned injury on her leg. \u2014 Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 Nov. 2019",
      "The unit was disheveled , with feces, either from the dog or a human, seen throughout the floor. \u2014 cleveland , 28 Sep. 2019",
      "The third trailer had a broken lock and its interior was disheveled . \u2014 cleveland , 25 Oct. 2019",
      "Officers whisked in one person after another to stand before the judge; all of them had been arrested within the past twenty-four hours, and all appeared dishevelled and exhausted. \u2014 Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker , 26 June 2019",
      "There were quite a few slightly disheveled looking folks walking around holding these crazy red or blue drinks that came in what looked like a small fishbowl. \u2014 Tom Reardon, azcentral , 4 Aug. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"back-formation from disheveled ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1598, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184434"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marked by disorder or disarray",
      ": messy sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8shev-\u0259ld"
    ],
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      "chaotic",
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      "disarrayed",
      "disordered",
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      "hugger-mugger",
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      "messy",
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      "mussed",
      "mussy",
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      "rumpled",
      "sloppy",
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      "unkempt",
      "untidy",
      "upside-down"
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      "ordered",
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      "organized",
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      "tidy",
      "trim",
      "uncluttered",
      "well-ordered"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "His wrinkled suit gave him a disheveled appearance.",
      "They looked dirty and disheveled .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Sporting a beard and longer hair, Peck\u2019s Spock was more disheveled and unkempt (due to his ordeal with the Red Angel), which required more detailed prosthetic work from department head Chris Bridges, who won an Emmy for his efforts. \u2014 Scott Mantz, Variety , 15 June 2022",
      "Hair was shaggy and disheveled , bangs were side-swept and sweaty, and eyeliner was heavy, smudged and black. \u2014 Cassidy George, Vogue , 2 June 2022",
      "Revolutionary War soldiers coopted this European diddy about their supposedly disheveled appearance and turned it into a proud song of defiance. \u2014 Brie Dyas, Country Living , 2 June 2022",
      "No bloody visual effects makeup or disheveled soccer uniforms to see here! \u2014 Erica Gonzales, ELLE , 20 May 2022",
      "The more interesting character here is Ibrahim, whose disheveled appearance serves to conceal a few of his cards. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 20 May 2022",
      "In the album artwork, the British singer is seen wearing an airy white baby doll shirt and denim bell-bottoms with disheveled hair that is just making our hearts melt. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Eliot Ness for his unimpeachability, Frank Serpico for his willingness to take on crooked cops, and the television detective Columbo for his casual, sometimes disheveled demeanor that put witnesses at ease and threw adversaries off their game. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "The wild men of later years were merely disheveled and loud, and Breen was unimpressed. \u2014 David Hill, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English discheveled bareheaded, with disordered hair, partial translation of Anglo-French deschevel\u00e9 , from des- dis- + chevoil hair, from Latin capillus ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1583, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194125"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to throw into disorder or disarray"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8shev-\u0259l"
    ],
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      "confuse",
      "derange",
      "disarrange",
      "disarray",
      "discompose",
      "disjoint",
      "dislocate",
      "disorder",
      "disorganize",
      "disrupt",
      "disturb",
      "hash",
      "jumble",
      "mess (up)",
      "mix (up)",
      "muddle",
      "muss",
      "rumple",
      "scramble",
      "shuffle",
      "tousle",
      "tumble",
      "upset"
    ],
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      "arrange",
      "array",
      "dispose",
      "draw up",
      "marshal",
      "marshall",
      "order",
      "organize",
      "range",
      "regulate",
      "straighten (up)",
      "tidy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "decorations for the garden wedding that had been disheveled by the wind",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The unit was disheveled with furniture moved about and items on the floor. \u2014 cleveland , 18 Apr. 2020",
      "His light-gray suit is dishevelled , his tie undone. \u2014 Anthony Veasna So, The New Yorker , 3 Feb. 2020",
      "That\u2019s the burden carried by Bachmann, played by Hoffman as a dissolute, disheveled , crushed soul who still gives his all to his exacting, dangerous work. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 14 Nov. 2019",
      "Police observed the girl to have disheveled hair, a red bruise on her side and a patterned injury on her leg. \u2014 Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 Nov. 2019",
      "The unit was disheveled , with feces, either from the dog or a human, seen throughout the floor. \u2014 cleveland , 28 Sep. 2019",
      "The third trailer had a broken lock and its interior was disheveled . \u2014 cleveland , 25 Oct. 2019",
      "Officers whisked in one person after another to stand before the judge; all of them had been arrested within the past twenty-four hours, and all appeared dishevelled and exhausted. \u2014 Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker , 26 June 2019",
      "There were quite a few slightly disheveled looking folks walking around holding these crazy red or blue drinks that came in what looked like a small fishbowl. \u2014 Tom Reardon, azcentral , 4 Aug. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"back-formation from disheveled ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1598, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181116"
  },
  "dishonest":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": shameful , unchaste",
      ": characterized by lack of truth, honesty, or trustworthiness : unfair , deceptive",
      ": not honest or trustworthy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8\u00e4-n\u0259st",
      "also",
      "dis-\u02c8\u00e4-n\u0259st"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "lying",
      "mendacious",
      "untruthful"
    ],
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      "honest",
      "truthful",
      "veracious"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "She gave dishonest answers to our questions.",
      "dishonest kids who lie about their ages in order to get into R-rated movies",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The New York Times reported that Wells Fargo staff allegedly held dishonest interviews with diverse applicants just to bolster their diversity stats. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 25 May 2022",
      "The important thing here is that the leak was destructive and dishonest and wrong. \u2014 Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review , 6 May 2022",
      "But he was named in Mr. Williams\u2019s suit, and has been accused of similar dishonest behavior across his casework. \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022",
      "The US Department of Justice recently urged consumers to learn how to spot a dishonest tax preparer. \u2014 Jeanne Sahadi, CNN , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Putin's dishonest portrayal of the mission of the Russian military may have hurt its ability to prosecute the effort, which the Russian president initially presented publicly as a limited military operation. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "Someone has to call out Saban for being dishonest , though. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 19 May 2022",
      "The judge agreed with prosecutors that Wedgeworth was so dishonest he couldn\u2019t be trusted to remain free between his arrest and trial. \u2014 Natalia Galicza, Sun Sentinel , 18 May 2022",
      "The judge agreed with prosecutors that Wedgeworth was so dishonest he couldn\u2019t be trusted to remain free between his arrest and trial. \u2014 Orlando Sentinel , 18 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French deshoneste , from des- dis- + honeste honest",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191755"
  },
  "dishonesty":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lack of honesty or integrity : disposition to defraud or deceive",
      ": a dishonest act : fraud",
      ": the quality of being untruthful : lack of honesty"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8\u00e4-n\u0259-st\u0113",
      "also",
      "dis-\u02c8\u00e4-n\u0259-st\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "deceit",
      "deceitfulness",
      "falsehood",
      "mendaciousness",
      "mendacity",
      "untruthfulness"
    ],
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      "honesty",
      "integrity",
      "probity",
      "truthfulness",
      "veraciousness",
      "veracity",
      "verity"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Are you accusing him of dishonesty ?",
      "her dishonesty about what happened",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Sometimes this is true, but there\u2019s little use in inviting dishonesty from the outset. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "Collaborative dishonesty is clearly a hazard of group work. \u2014 Margarita Leib, Scientific American , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Therefore, creating a secure test environment is vital, especially as studies show that dishonesty in online exams and cheating behavior is more likely to occur in an unproctored setting. \u2014 Sanjoe Jose, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "That policy, available online, says academic dishonesty is subject to sanction and referral to the school\u2019s Academic Integrity Committee, which may impose additional sanctions, including expulsion. \u2014 Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "The dishonesty of ObamaCare, which used Medicare payment reductions both to fund new entitlements and improve Medicare\u2019s fiscal position, helped create the current crisis. \u2014 Chris Jacobs, WSJ , 15 May 2022",
      "Neither that explanation, nor the fact that his primary opponent has attempted to exploit the issue as part of a nativist appeal, fully address the question of dishonesty . \u2014 Norman Eisen And Colby Galliher, CNN , 10 May 2022",
      "The allegations of dishonesty have crumbled largely as blame for the problem has shifted away from the individual officers and landed instead on the LAPD\u2019s former policies for identifying gang members. \u2014 Kevin Rectorstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "At trial, Vaught\u2019s attorney argued that her error was not hers alone, but also indicative of greater structural issues, dishonesty , and disorganization of her employer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center. \u2014 Chloe Berger, Fortune , 1 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193201"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lack or loss of honor or reputation",
      ": the state of one who has lost honor or prestige : shame",
      ": a cause of disgrace",
      ": the nonpayment or nonacceptance of commercial paper by the party on whom it is drawn",
      ": to treat in a degrading manner",
      ": to bring shame on",
      ": to refuse to accept or pay (something, such as a bill or check)",
      ": loss of honor or good name",
      ": a cause of disgrace",
      ": to bring shame on : disgrace",
      ": refusal on the part of the issuer (as a bank) to pay or accept commercial paper (as a check) when it is presented \u2014 see also wrongful dishonor",
      ": to refuse to pay or accept"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8\u00e4-n\u0259r",
      "also",
      "dis-\u02c8\u00e4-n\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "discredit",
      "disesteem",
      "disgrace",
      "disrepute",
      "ignominy",
      "infamy",
      "obloquy",
      "odium",
      "opprobrium",
      "reproach",
      "shame"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "abase",
      "chasten",
      "cheapen",
      "debase",
      "degrade",
      "demean",
      "discredit",
      "disgrace",
      "foul",
      "humble",
      "humiliate",
      "lower",
      "shame",
      "sink",
      "smirch",
      "take down"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "warriors who choose death before dishonor",
      "He is afraid that his confession will bring dishonor on the family.",
      "Verb",
      "She dishonored her oath of office.",
      "The bank dishonored my check.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "As former PGA Tour professionals follow the money to LIV, the new Saudi golf league has the sport talking about scandal, dishonor and murder. \u2014 Danny Heitman, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
      "There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain. \u2014 CBS News , 12 June 2022",
      "Please spare a humble old man\u2014who has dedicated his life to education\u2014this legacy of dishonor . \u2014 Craig Thomas, The New Yorker , 15 Jan. 2022",
      "The tools for fighting inflation reside at the Federal Reserve, and there\u2019s no dishonor in Biden acknowledging that. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "Eventually, one woman is seized with a fit of honor and the other with a fit of dishonor , which puts Stan\u2019s hubristic plans at risk. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "To paraphrase Winston Churchill, sacrificing Ukraine to keep Europe\u2019s unstable equilibrium would be to choose dishonor without necessarily preventing war. \u2014 Christopher A. Hartwell, WSJ , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "Remember when there was such a thing as shame, and a senator who was caught flying to Canc\u00fan while his constituents were literally dying might have resigned so as not to bring further dishonor upon the world\u2019s greatest deliberative body? \u2014 Michael Tomasky, The New Republic , 27 Oct. 2021",
      "The figure known to scare kids received the dishonor in a survey this month from Quality Logo Products Blog. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 26 Aug. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "My efforts left my family aghast; my mother said that meeting the murderer would dishonor my father\u2019s memory. \u2014 The New Yorker , 17 Jan. 2022",
      "To do nothing while free speech is imperiled is to ensure a tragedy that will dishonor every patriot who has sacrificed for us. \u2014 WSJ , 20 Oct. 2021",
      "Biden must not dishonor their grace and patriotism. \u2014 Fox News Staff, Fox News , 6 Sep. 2021",
      "The organizational capital that propelled TSMC to the top of global chip production is all but impossible to replicate in a country where IP is readily stolen and firms are liable to dishonor contracts. \u2014 Daniel Tenreiro, National Review , 30 July 2021",
      "From my perspective, falsehoods dishonor the organizations that PR agencies represent and go against everything PR stands for. \u2014 Warren H. Cohn, Forbes , 10 May 2021",
      "But officials have said the project does not seek to dishonor the nearly 200 Alamo defenders. \u2014 Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News , 9 Mar. 2021",
      "Harris said no other decision would dishonor and disrespect Ginsburg's legacy than overturning Roe v. Wade. \u2014 Bart Jansen, USA TODAY , 29 Sep. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211141"
  },
  "dishonorable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lacking honor : shameful",
      ": not honored",
      ": shameful"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8\u00e4-n\u0259-r\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "-\u02c8\u00e4-n\u0259r-b\u0259l",
      "dis-\u02c8\u00e4-n\u0259-r\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "base",
      "contemptible",
      "currish",
      "despicable",
      "detestable",
      "dirty",
      "execrable",
      "ignoble",
      "ignominious",
      "low",
      "low-down",
      "low-minded",
      "mean",
      "nasty",
      "paltry",
      "snide",
      "sordid",
      "vile",
      "wretched"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "high",
      "high-minded",
      "honorable",
      "lofty",
      "noble",
      "straight",
      "upright",
      "venerable",
      "virtuous"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "His dishonorable behavior has shamed the family.",
      "resorted to dishonorable tactics in order to win first place in the science fair",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Republicans, meanwhile, touted success in blocking an effort to add women to the draft, as well as the inclusion of a provision that bars dishonorable discharges for service members who refuse the COVID-19 vaccine. \u2014 Alexandra Jaffe, chicagotribune.com , 28 Dec. 2021",
      "Looting of art treasures has a long and dishonorable history, stretching back to the campaigns of Greek, Persian and Roman armies in antiquity. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Harvard has, in its own small and significant way, with its willingness to face the most unseemly and dishonorable parts of its past, taken meaningful steps toward a path of healing. \u2014 Peniel E. Joseph, CNN , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "The false construction of Mr. Mourdock\u2019s words was and remains dishonorable . \u2014 WSJ , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Republicans, meanwhile, touted success in blocking an effort to add women to the draft, as well as the inclusion of a provision that bars dishonorable discharges for service members who refuse the COVID-19 vaccine. \u2014 Alexandra Jaffe, chicagotribune.com , 28 Dec. 2021",
      "Republicans, meanwhile, touted success in blocking an effort to add women to the draft, as well as the inclusion of a provision that bars dishonorable discharges for service members who refuse the COVID-19 vaccine. \u2014 Alexandra Jaffe, ajc , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "Chief Special Warfare Officer Adam C. Matthews all pleaded guilty and faced demotions, confinement and dishonorable discharges. \u2014 Tim Fitzsimons, NBC News , 2 July 2021",
      "Brandon Bailey was kicked out of the U.S. Air Force in 2010 after he was convicted by court martial on drug and theft charges in what prosecutors described as the equivalent of a dishonorable discharge. \u2014 al , 8 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184725"
  },
  "dishonorably":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lacking honor : shameful",
      ": not honored",
      ": shameful"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8\u00e4-n\u0259-r\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "-\u02c8\u00e4-n\u0259r-b\u0259l",
      "dis-\u02c8\u00e4-n\u0259-r\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "base",
      "contemptible",
      "currish",
      "despicable",
      "detestable",
      "dirty",
      "execrable",
      "ignoble",
      "ignominious",
      "low",
      "low-down",
      "low-minded",
      "mean",
      "nasty",
      "paltry",
      "snide",
      "sordid",
      "vile",
      "wretched"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "high",
      "high-minded",
      "honorable",
      "lofty",
      "noble",
      "straight",
      "upright",
      "venerable",
      "virtuous"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "His dishonorable behavior has shamed the family.",
      "resorted to dishonorable tactics in order to win first place in the science fair",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Republicans, meanwhile, touted success in blocking an effort to add women to the draft, as well as the inclusion of a provision that bars dishonorable discharges for service members who refuse the COVID-19 vaccine. \u2014 Alexandra Jaffe, chicagotribune.com , 28 Dec. 2021",
      "Looting of art treasures has a long and dishonorable history, stretching back to the campaigns of Greek, Persian and Roman armies in antiquity. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Harvard has, in its own small and significant way, with its willingness to face the most unseemly and dishonorable parts of its past, taken meaningful steps toward a path of healing. \u2014 Peniel E. Joseph, CNN , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "The false construction of Mr. Mourdock\u2019s words was and remains dishonorable . \u2014 WSJ , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Republicans, meanwhile, touted success in blocking an effort to add women to the draft, as well as the inclusion of a provision that bars dishonorable discharges for service members who refuse the COVID-19 vaccine. \u2014 Alexandra Jaffe, chicagotribune.com , 28 Dec. 2021",
      "Republicans, meanwhile, touted success in blocking an effort to add women to the draft, as well as the inclusion of a provision that bars dishonorable discharges for service members who refuse the COVID-19 vaccine. \u2014 Alexandra Jaffe, ajc , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "Chief Special Warfare Officer Adam C. Matthews all pleaded guilty and faced demotions, confinement and dishonorable discharges. \u2014 Tim Fitzsimons, NBC News , 2 July 2021",
      "Brandon Bailey was kicked out of the U.S. Air Force in 2010 after he was convicted by court martial on drug and theft charges in what prosecutors described as the equivalent of a dishonorable discharge. \u2014 al , 8 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-230349"
  },
  "dishy":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "attractive , good-looking",
      "characterized by, full of, or given to gossip or disclosure"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8di-sh\u0113",
    "synonyms":[
      "chattery",
      "chatty",
      "colloquial",
      "conversational",
      "gossipy",
      "newsy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bookish",
      "literary"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "twice a week he churns out a dishy column on the latest tidings from Tinseltown",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And there are dishy , soapy dramas for the older ones to get sucked into. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "There are many surprising revelations from Tina Brown's dishy book on the British royals, The Palace Papers, but one detail that stands out is Prince Philip's reaction to an aspect of mourning for Princess Diana. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "If your mom doesn't start her day without tuning into The View, this dishy behind-the-scenes look will definitely be up her alley. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "Today\u2019s newsletter features a dishy post-Oscars interview with the New Yorker staff writer Michael Schulman, who attended last night\u2019s ceremony. \u2014 The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "His autobiography is a thoughtful contemplation of the role of design; a serious examination of the practice of architecture that simultaneously offers dishy takes on some of the most important people who commission, practice, and critique it. \u2014 The Editors, Town & Country , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "The live show felt like Kerrigan\u2019s social media presence come alive, with her recounting dishy sexploits and reflecting on puberty, partying, and schemes gone awry. \u2014 Audra Heinrichs, ELLE , 19 Feb. 2022",
      "Babitz was dishy where Didion was coolly detached, as well as lusty, seemingly unserious and somewhat of a pleasure-seeking missile. \u2014 Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times , 18 Dec. 2021",
      "Stephanie Grisham, former White House press secretary and Melania Trump aide, has as dishy new book. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 29 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "1961, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "disinclination":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02ccin-kl\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "-\u02ccsi\u014b-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "hesitance",
      "hesitancy",
      "reluctance",
      "reticence",
      "unwillingness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "inclination",
      "willingness"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "it's an understatement to say that our dog shows a disinclination to get into the car to go to the vet",
      "a strong disinclination for Brussels sprouts since birth",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Fagen \u2014 the sole surviving member of Steely Dan after Walter Becker\u2019s death \u2014 also rebuffed the notion that a disinclination toward putting female singer-songwriters on the bill had anything to do with it. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Despite Parton publicly asking to be removed from contention, with voting already underway, so far the Hall hasn\u2019t made any public move to disqualify her, and her disinclination to receive the award doesn\u2019t automatically take her out of the running. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "The problem, of course, is a widespread disinclination to serve that good, whether it is fueled by selfishness and ignorance or the sense that one\u2019s contributions to the commonweal have not felt adequately reciprocal. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Oct. 2021",
      "The teacher, physical education instructor Tanner Cross, shared his disinclination to use transgender students\u2019 pronouns \u2014 citing his religious beliefs \u2014 at a May school board meeting. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Aug. 2021",
      "By the time the novel\u2019s action begins, Gloria and Joan have split because of Gloria\u2019s disinclination to cut Leonard out of her life, and Gloria and Corey are living in a house in Quincy. \u2014 Christian Lorentzen, Harper's Magazine , 17 Aug. 2021",
      "This pest takes advantage of a rosarian\u2019s natural disinclination to sacrifice new growth and buds. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 July 2021",
      "Walmart's disinclination to follow in the footsteps of competitors Amazon and Target, each of which pay a minimum of $15 an hour, drew a strong rebuke from labor activists. \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 18 Feb. 2021",
      "If, faced with half-empty offices, such service workers do not come back for want of custom, that will add to the commuters\u2019 disinclination to return. \u2014 The Economist , 11 June 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1647, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224340"
  },
  "disintegrate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to break or decompose into constituent elements, parts, or small particles",
      ": to destroy the unity or integrity (see integrity sense 3 ) of",
      ": to break or separate into constituent elements or parts",
      ": to lose unity or integrity by or as if by breaking into parts",
      ": to undergo a change in composition (see composition sense 2 )",
      ": to separate or break up into small parts or pieces",
      ": to break or decompose into constituent elements, parts, or small particles",
      ": to break or separate into constituent elements or parts",
      ": to undergo a change in composition"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8in-t\u0259-\u02ccgr\u0101t",
      "dis-\u02c8in-t\u0259-\u02ccgr\u0101t",
      "(\u02c8)dis-\u02c8int-\u0259-\u02ccgr\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break down",
      "corrupt",
      "decay",
      "decompose",
      "fester",
      "foul",
      "mold",
      "molder",
      "perish",
      "putrefy",
      "rot",
      "spoil"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The paper will disintegrate if it gets wet.",
      "The laser can disintegrate most kinds of rock.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Wet fillings tend to cause the masa to disintegrate . \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022",
      "Personality cults disintegrate with time, as leaders grow old. \u2014 Alexander Motyl, The Conversation , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "For many Bears fans, the nostalgia for 2018 will never fully disintegrate . \u2014 Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Any time soil or vegetation is disturbed \u2014 as the Army Corps of Engineers discovered in 1942 while trying to build a highway to Alaska \u2014 permafrost has a tendency to disintegrate into truck-swallowing mud. \u2014 Lois Parshley, Anchorage Daily News , 3 May 2022",
      "Medium Sunday could see more breaks of sun and much more limited showers if the system continues to disintegrate . \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
      "For example, there are siphonophores, which could easily be mistaken for a chain of translucent beads, and disintegrate when disturbed. \u2014 Priya Shukla, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Harmonies wander; melodies develop or disintegrate ; but only rhythms can truly be free. \u2014 Simon Callow, The New York Review of Books , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "But something, maybe a sliver of copper off the bullet casing since coins don\u2019t disintegrate , came back and hit him in the eye. \u2014 Amanda Walker, al , 5 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1796, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194536"
  },
  "disinter":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to take out of the grave or tomb",
      ": to bring back into awareness or prominence",
      ": to bring to light : unearth",
      ": to take out of the grave or tomb"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-in-\u02c8t\u0259r",
      "\u02ccdis-\u1d4an-\u02c8t\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "exhume",
      "unearth"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bury",
      "entomb",
      "inhume",
      "inter",
      "tomb"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The body was disinterred for further study.",
      "the Egyptian mummy was carefully disinterred in hopes that it would yield secrets about the Old Kingdom",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The military is now using new DNA-identification techniques to disinter and test unidentified remains from the Korean War, and some due to be examined in late 2022 or early 2023 come from the same region where Jimmy Cribben went missing in 1953. \u2014 Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Sep. 2021",
      "If the money did not come, the cemetery disinterred the remains. \u2014 The Economist , 28 May 2020",
      "In recent years, some of these human remains have reappeared aboveground: Erosion of the Hart Island shoreline has caused bones to be disinterred and scattered along the beachfront. \u2014 Jody Rosen, New York Times , 29 Apr. 2020",
      "Her father\u2019s body was one of seven disinterred last year and taken to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware for a forensic autopsy generally performed in cases of violent or suspicious deaths. \u2014 Matt Zapotosky, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Jan. 2020",
      "In 2009, a detective, hoping to use new DNA analysis methods to find a new lead, arranged for the body to be disinterred , according to court documents. \u2014 NBC News , 15 Mar. 2020",
      "In 1986, developers disinterred the remains of 72 people near Nacogdoches Road and Loop 1604 without the family\u2019s consent. \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com , 12 Jan. 2020",
      "The coffin had been donated by Till\u2019s mother after the 14-year-old lynching victim was disinterred and reburied. \u2014 National Geographic , 11 Nov. 2019",
      "Cry of the undead As illustrated by the story of Arnold Paole, popular belief held that to kill a vampire, the corpse had to be disinterred and pierced with a stake. \u2014 Oscar Urbiola, National Geographic , 29 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221907"
  },
  "disinterested":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged sense 1 ) : not interested",
      ": no longer interested",
      ": free from selfish motive or interest (see interest entry 1 sense 1a ) : unbiased",
      ": not interested",
      ": not influenced by personal feelings or concerns",
      ": free of any interest especially of a pecuniary nature : impartial"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8in-tr\u0259-st\u0259d",
      "-\u02c8in-t\u0259-\u02ccre-",
      "-t\u0259-r\u0259-",
      "-t\u0259r-",
      "-\u02c8in-\u02cctre-",
      "dis-\u02c8in-tr\u0259-st\u0259d",
      "-\u02c8in-t\u0259-r\u0259-",
      "dis-\u02c8in-t\u0259-r\u0259s-t\u0259d, -\u02c8in-tr\u0259s-, -\u02c8in-t\u0259-\u02ccres-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "apathetic",
      "casual",
      "complacent",
      "incurious",
      "indifferent",
      "insensible",
      "insouciant",
      "nonchalant",
      "perfunctory",
      "pococurante",
      "unconcerned",
      "uncurious",
      "uninterested"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "concerned",
      "interested"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the disinterested pursuit of truth",
      "the city's philistines, naturally disinterested in art, voted to cut the museum's budget",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "So the musically milquetoast, moon-eyed ballads met with big singalongs in town last September were greeted largely with disinterested chatter among Chesney fans across the stadium. \u2014 Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 May 2022",
      "There's just one problem: The process of line-drawing, of deciding which opinions are acceptable and which are not, is not a disinterested act. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Alfred's non-performance for an office full of disinterested cubicle drones is a whole Twilight Zone in under 30 seconds. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "Photographs can\u2019t help spectacularizing violence, given that a disinterested object, the camera, is interposed between the viewer and the viewed. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Eckersberg revolutionized training in the academy, persuading his students to pursue direct observation of everyday settings and a disinterested , almost scientific fidelity to natural light. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "An accusation that isn\u2019t the product of disinterested reason won\u2019t be refuted by recourse to it, and to defend oneself is to acknowledge the legitimacy of the court. \u2014 Elliot Kaufman, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "His attorney continued in vain, pleading his case to the disinterested judge. \u2014 Laura Coates, Rolling Stone , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "Fiat currency systems are by nature under the control of the sovereign money creators; which are the people of any country, through the medium of a disinterested infrastructure. \u2014 Vipin Bharathan, Forbes , 2 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1612, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215716"
  },
  "disjoin":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to end the joining of",
      ": to become detached"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8j\u022fin"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break up",
      "decouple",
      "disassociate",
      "disconnect",
      "disjoint",
      "dissever",
      "dissociate",
      "disunite",
      "divide",
      "divorce",
      "part",
      "ramify",
      "resolve",
      "separate",
      "sever",
      "split",
      "sunder",
      "uncouple",
      "unlink",
      "unyoke"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "join",
      "link",
      "unify",
      "unite"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "disjoined the two drinking glasses, which were stuck together, only with the greatest difficulty"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English disjoynen , from Anglo-French desjoindre , from Latin disjungere , from dis- + jungere to join \u2014 more at yoke ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211112"
  },
  "disjoint":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": disjointed sense 1a",
      ": having no elements in common",
      ": to disturb the orderly structure or arrangement of",
      ": to take apart at the joints",
      ": to come apart at the joints"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8j\u022fint"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break up",
      "decouple",
      "disassociate",
      "disconnect",
      "disjoin",
      "dissever",
      "dissociate",
      "disunite",
      "divide",
      "divorce",
      "part",
      "ramify",
      "resolve",
      "separate",
      "sever",
      "split",
      "sunder",
      "uncouple",
      "unlink",
      "unyoke"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "join",
      "link",
      "unify",
      "unite"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "disjoint the parts of a chicken for frying",
      "the author deliberately disjoints his narrative in favor of a more impressionistic account of the war",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The products live in almost totally disjoint worlds. \u2014 Aaron Pressman, Fortune , 16 Nov. 2006",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "FC Cincinnati came out disjointed in the first half and fell into a 2-0 deficit on goals by New York's Kyle Duncan in the 16th minute and Kaku in the 27th minute, respectively. \u2014 Pat Brennan, Cincinnati.com , 1 Mar. 2020",
      "The film's spooky editing rhythms and Erdely's masterful use of penumbral back lighting enhance that disjointed , out-of-kilter feeling. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 Jan. 2020",
      "Not only has the team on the field appeared disjointed at times, so have the game plans. \u2014 Terry Pluto, cleveland , 27 Oct. 2019",
      "Coming off their bye, Houston\u2019s offense was disjointed . \u2014 Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY , 18 Nov. 2019",
      "Though most scenes are short and the chapters are disjointed , somehow the over-all effect is exacting. \u2014 Rumaan Alam, The New Yorker , 17 Oct. 2019",
      "The results haven't necessarily been there and performances have often been disjointed , yet there are still reasons to be cheerful. \u2014 SI.com , 18 Sep. 2019",
      "Many of the newcomers have disjointed or little schooling; their parents, often with limited reading and writing skills themselves and no familiarity with the American education system, are unable to help. \u2014 Miriam Jordan, New York Times , 9 July 2019",
      "His legacy is disjointed from any records of his life in Hartford. \u2014 Amanda Blanco, courant.com , 6 Sep. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181711"
  },
  "dislike":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a feeling of aversion or disapproval",
      ": discord",
      ": something that a person habitually does not like or enjoy",
      ": to regard with dislike : disapprove",
      ": displease",
      ": to show aversion to",
      ": a strong feeling of not liking or approving",
      ": to not like or approve of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8l\u012bk",
      "\u02c8dis-\u02ccl\u012bk",
      "dis-\u02c8l\u012bk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "allergy",
      "averseness",
      "aversion",
      "disfavor",
      "disinclination",
      "disliking",
      "disrelish",
      "down",
      "mislike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "disfavor",
      "disrelish",
      "mislike"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "we have a strong dislike for olives and wouldn't eat them even if we were paid",
      "the public's general dislike of negative campaign ads",
      "Verb",
      "I dislike basketball, but I enjoy baseball.",
      "Most people dislike it when they are told what to do.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In the 1950s, people expressed dislike for the Yankees by comparing them to U.S. Steel. \u2014 Alex Veytsel, Fortune , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "One of the guards was a Uyghur woman, a party loyalist who had taken a particular dislike to the pregnant young inmate. \u2014 Nury Turkel, The Week , 10 May 2022",
      "In a blog post, TikTok explains that only the person who registered a dislike will be able to see the reaction, while the commenter and other users remain none the wiser. \u2014 Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told Fox News that the Biden administration's recent lawsuits against the state showed a dislike for Texans and an increase in control from the federal government. \u2014 Sam Dorman, Fox News , 8 Dec. 2021",
      "This was not exactly surprising, after years of rampant rumors about a mutual dislike between Parker and Cattrall. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "Like Reddit and YouTube before it, Twitter is getting its own dislike button for replies or comments in response to original tweets. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "And then some of her delay came from seemingly small barriers \u2014 her dislike of needles, her hectic day-to-day life as a fast food restaurant manager. \u2014 Rashika Jaipuriar, The Indianapolis Star , 10 Sep. 2021",
      "In his seventh book, Offutt captures the nuances of those who call this part of eastern Kentucky home, their dislike of strangers, their resilience and their tendency to take the law into their own hands. \u2014 Oline H. Cogdill, sun-sentinel.com , 13 July 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Eucalyptus can be a polemical aspect in California wines \u2014 many dislike its cooling green flavors \u2014 but Thackrey was never one to interfere with its expression. \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 May 2022",
      "Voters dislike chaos and object to the appearance that the laws are not being applied fairly. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "The markets dislike combining a utility and a construction unit under the same umbrella. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Employees generally dislike admitting that there is not enough work to fill the time. \u2014 Peter Stewart, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Some voters dislike animation and/or subtitles, and many voters love music docs, so the smart (but not certain) bet is Questlove\u2019s directorial debut. \u2014 Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "There aren't many public policy issues on which about 70% of Americans dislike the status quo and there is no real partisan divide, but for which nothing gets done to change it. \u2014 Harry Enten, CNN , 28 Sep. 2021",
      "Getting rid of price negotiations, which buyers also dislike , is one goal\u2014following the lead of Tesla, which has nonnegotiable prices (and, less transparently, changes them frequently). \u2014 Stephen Wilmot, WSJ , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "The material was particularly appealing to those who preferred long PJ sets but dislike feeling weighed down by heavy fabric. \u2014 Grace Wu, Good Housekeeping , 19 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224040"
  },
  "dislimn":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dim"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8lim"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "becloud",
      "bedim",
      "befog",
      "blacken",
      "blear",
      "blur",
      "cloud",
      "darken",
      "dim",
      "fog",
      "fuzz (up)",
      "haze",
      "mist",
      "obscure",
      "overcast",
      "overcloud",
      "overshadow",
      "shadow",
      "shroud"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "brighten",
      "illuminate",
      "illumine",
      "light (up)",
      "lighten"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the apparition hovered, became dislimned by the fog, then disappeared altogether"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1606, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210226"
  },
  "dislocate":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to put out of place",
      ": to displace (a bone) from normal connections with another bone",
      ": to force a change in the usual status, relationship, or order of : disrupt",
      ": to displace a bone from its normal connections with another bone",
      ": to put (a body part) out of order by displacing a bone from its normal connections with another bone",
      ": to displace (a bone) from normal connections with another bone"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dis-l\u014d-\u02cck\u0101t",
      "-l\u0259-",
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8l\u014d-",
      "\u02c8dis-l\u014d-\u02cck\u0101t",
      "dis-\u02c8l\u014d-",
      "\u02c8dis-l\u014d-\u02cck\u0101t",
      "-l\u0259-; (\u02c8)dis-\u02c8l\u014d-\u02cck\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "budge",
      "displace",
      "disturb",
      "move",
      "relocate",
      "remove",
      "reposition",
      "shift",
      "transfer",
      "transpose"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "She fell and dislocated her shoulder.",
      "The new hotel will dislocate several businesses.",
      "Thousands of workers have been dislocated by the latest economic crisis.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Several scuffles ensued, which led Rosenbaum to dislocate his shoulder. \u2014 Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star , 30 Nov. 2021",
      "Consider the game red rover, where one kid was invited/pressured to run into a chain of arms and inevitably dislocate a shoulder, bloody a nose or sprain a wrist. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Oct. 2021",
      "Much like the grocery store at night where in drag, the lights of we dislocate . \u2014 Francine J. Harris, The New York Review of Books , 23 July 2020",
      "Much like the grocery store at night where in drag, the lights of we dislocate . \u2014 Francine J. Harris, The New York Review of Books , 23 July 2020",
      "Much like the grocery store at night where in drag, the lights of we dislocate . \u2014 Francine J. Harris, The New York Review of Books , 23 July 2020",
      "Some care may require specialized medical care, such as reconstructive surgery to mitigate or repair the damage from torture: broken bones, teeth knocked out, or being hung from a ceiling where arms dislocate from the shoulder. \u2014 Star Tribune , 2 July 2021",
      "Both will drive up costs and dislocate existing supply chains. \u2014 Vasuki Shastry, Forbes , 8 June 2021",
      "An argument started over the transaction, and Jackson pushed one of the other men to the floor hard enough to break the man's arm and dislocate his shoulder. \u2014 Paul Walsh, Star Tribune , 1 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Medieval Latin dislocatus , past participle of dislocare , from Latin dis- + locare to locate",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194130"
  },
  "dislocation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of dislocating : the state of being dislocated : such as",
      ": displacement of one or more bones at a joint : luxation",
      ": a discontinuity in the otherwise normal lattice structure of a crystal",
      ": disruption of an established order",
      ": the condition of being moved out of a normal location",
      ": displacement of one or more bones at a joint : luxation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-(\u02cc)l\u014d-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "-l\u0259-",
      "\u02ccdis-l\u014d-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccdis-(\u02cc)l\u014d-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n, -l\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "derangement",
      "disruption",
      "disturbance",
      "upset"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the slightest dislocation in her daily routine bothered the elderly woman",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The embargoes, official and otherwise, on Russian oil translate into a dislocation of supply streams and an increase in stocks at sea, as well as some in onshore storage outside the OECD. \u2014 Michael Lynch, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "It\u2019s an arresting welcome that evokes the dislocation of an ocean crossing, challenging visitors to navigate a world forged in the crucible of the Black Atlantic. \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 4 May 2022",
      "The main impact to date of the crisis has been the shock and emotional dislocation that has been disproportionately suffered by more youthful, educated, and professional Russians, with many thousands quitting their jobs or even leaving the country. \u2014 Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "The pandemic was total dislocation , particularly affecting young people, and pushing some young people, unfortunately, toward the most negative influences. \u2014 Eric Lach, The New Yorker , 20 Feb. 2022",
      "One major risk is economic dislocation and job losses if the businesses that make parts for gasoline vehicles can\u2019t adapt. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Aug. 2021",
      "Both Adin and Murrani echoed the sense of dislocation that Branagh has spoken of in being forced to leave one\u2019s home. \u2014 NBC News , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "By placing these stories on the imaginary CAPS in some unspecified near-future, Bennani is able to touch on the unending refugee crises of today, the traumas of dislocation , the nowhere of migrant camps and detention centers. \u2014 Lori Waxman, chicagotribune.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Some two weeks into the war, the scale of the dislocation is immense. \u2014 Michael Bociurkiw, CNN , 10 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225910"
  },
  "disloyal":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lacking in loyalty",
      ": showing an absence of allegiance, devotion, obligation, faith, or support",
      ": failing to support or be true"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8l\u022fi(-\u0259)l",
      "dis-\u02c8l\u022fi-\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "faithless",
      "false",
      "fickle",
      "inconstant",
      "perfidious",
      "recreant",
      "traitorous",
      "treacherous",
      "unfaithful",
      "untrue"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "constant",
      "dedicated",
      "devoted",
      "devout",
      "down-the-line",
      "faithful",
      "fast",
      "loyal",
      "staunch",
      "stanch",
      "steadfast",
      "steady",
      "true"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "It would be disloyal to abandon them.",
      "we sensed that he was disloyal and would eventually turn on us",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "By the testimony of his own staff, Trump was certainly devious, profane, suspicious, disloyal , unconcerned about morality, principles or the high ideals of public office. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
      "But feeling overloaded and saying no without feeling guilty or disloyal is a healthy practice. \u2014 Bryan Robinson, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "For others, the author is disloyal to Mr. Trump, breaching trust with him and colleagues still in public life, revealing behavior and remarks thought to have been private. \u2014 John Bolton, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
      "But the briefly disloyal Republican may yet be spared. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Rather than directly punish Republicans perceived to be disloyal to Trump, Republicans say the party should perhaps take a different approach \u2014 like supporting these incumbents' opponents in primaries. \u2014 Kabir Khanna, CBS News , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "Patrick responded that, in his opinion, Jackson was disloyal , rather than a racist. \u2014 Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY , 28 June 2021",
      "In other words, a crucial way to subdue disloyal sentiment in the South would be to create a new loyal Black electorate. \u2014 Jonathan W. White, Smithsonian Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "In customer experience, this manifests itself as disengagement \u2013 sales prospects don\u2019t convert and customers become detached, if not disloyal . \u2014 Jon Picoult, Forbes , 3 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French desleial, desloial , from des- dis- + leal loyal",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204552"
  },
  "disloyalty":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lack of loyalty",
      ": lack of faithfulness or support",
      ": an act that shows a lack of faithfulness or support"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8l\u022fi(-\u0259)l-t\u0113",
      "dis-\u02c8l\u022fi-\u0259l-t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "faithlessness",
      "falseness",
      "falsity",
      "inconstancy",
      "infidelity",
      "perfidiousness",
      "perfidy",
      "unfaithfulness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "allegiance",
      "constancy",
      "devotedness",
      "devotion",
      "faith",
      "faithfulness",
      "fealty",
      "fidelity",
      "loyalty"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "His disloyalty to the company led to his dismissal.",
      "She had no tolerance for disloyalty among those under her command.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Regardless of how audiences will react to Kate and Anthony's love story\u2014which includes elements of disloyalty and betrayal\u2014Ashley is a firm believer that Kate deserves her own shot at love. \u2014 Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "The saga of Freeman\u2019s free agency is about greed and disloyalty , but it\u2019s also a story about opportunism. \u2014 Dylan Hern\u00e1ndez Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "The fervor with which Trump and his allies have been looking to punish disloyalty -- such as Kemp's unwillingness to overturn Biden's narrow 2020 victory in Georgia -- is unmatched by those in the party looking toward future elections and fights. \u2014 Michael Warren, CNN , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "One Facebook staffer called up Patterson in tears: Washington Democrats now viewed her staying at the company as a sign of disloyalty . \u2014 Benjamin Wofford, Wired , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Soon enough, its absence may be interpreted as a sign of disloyalty . \u2014 Masha Gessen, The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "That is especially true in China, where rising nationalism empowers citizens to pounce on any whiff of dissent or disloyalty . \u2014 New York Times , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "Donald Trump\u2019s push to purge the party of anyone who has shown even the slightest hint of disloyalty has led to primary challenges against the ten Republicans who voted to impeach him for his role in the January 6 riot. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "Under the disloyalty clause, no individual wrongdoing is required \u2014 only membership in a group advocating violence against the state government or federal government. \u2014 James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News , 31 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213121"
  },
  "dismal":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": showing or causing gloom (see gloom entry 2 sense 2 ) or depression",
      ": lacking merit : particularly bad",
      ": disastrous , dreadful",
      ": very gloomy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8diz-m\u0259l",
      "\u02c8diz-m\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "black",
      "bleak",
      "cheerless",
      "chill",
      "Cimmerian",
      "cloudy",
      "cold",
      "comfortless",
      "dark",
      "darkening",
      "depressing",
      "depressive",
      "desolate",
      "dire",
      "disconsolate",
      "drear",
      "dreary",
      "dreich",
      "elegiac",
      "elegiacal",
      "forlorn",
      "funereal",
      "gloomy",
      "glum",
      "godforsaken",
      "gray",
      "grey",
      "lonely",
      "lonesome",
      "lugubrious",
      "miserable",
      "morbid",
      "morose",
      "murky",
      "plutonian",
      "saturnine",
      "sepulchral",
      "solemn",
      "somber",
      "sombre",
      "sullen",
      "sunless",
      "tenebrific",
      "tenebrous",
      "wretched"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bright",
      "cheerful",
      "cheering",
      "cheery",
      "comforting",
      "cordial",
      "festive",
      "friendly",
      "gay",
      "heartwarming",
      "sunshiny"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The show was a dismal failure.",
      "The team's record is dismal .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And voter antipathy toward the project was driven in large part by distrust for the local utility partner on it, Central Maine Power, which has a dismal customer service record and a history of outages. \u2014 Evan Halper, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
      "Top players will leave the Wave, even as the franchise tries to attract fans and outperform the dismal track record of NWSL expansion teams. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 May 2022",
      "Those programs are supposed to range from peer support and housing to treatment beds in a state with soaring substance abuse rates and a dismal record on treatment access. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 May 2022",
      "After a dismal 2020 when investors fled the sector, rapidly rising commodity prices have fueled share-price comebacks of the largest Western oil companies. \u2014 Jenny Strasburg, WSJ , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "In truth, though, Johnson was rarely allowed to forget his own dismal public standing. \u2014 Alexander Smith, NBC News , 6 June 2022",
      "The way the Assembly has approached this issue is to spend more and more money with dismal results. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Auto insurers posted dismal fourth-quarter results, and laid out plans to raise rates. \u2014 Leslie Scism, WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "The dismal results triggered change as head coach Jim Harbaugh assessed what went wrong before initiating a reboot that positioned Michigan to win 12 games, beat Ohio State for the first time in his tenure and claim the Big Ten title. \u2014 Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press , 31 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from dismal , noun, days marked as unlucky in medieval calendars, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin dies mali , literally, evil days",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-230353"
  },
  "dismay":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to cause to lose courage or resolution (as because of alarm or fear)",
      "upset , perturb",
      "sudden loss of courage or resolution from alarm or fear",
      "sudden disappointment",
      "perturbation sense 1",
      "to feel worry, disappointment, fear, or shock",
      "a feeling of fear, disappointment, shock, or worry"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"dis-\u02c8m\u0101",
    "synonyms":[
      "chill",
      "daunt",
      "demoralize",
      "discourage",
      "dishearten",
      "dispirit",
      "frustrate",
      "unman",
      "unnerve"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "disappointment",
      "dissatisfaction",
      "frustration",
      "letdown"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "The departure of a popular assistant coach didn\u2019t dismay him. \u2014 Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 May 2022",
      "Euphoria gave way to dismay when Carrington and Co. faced a San Francisco 49ers offense led by Hall of Famers in Steve Young and Jerry Rice and coordinated by future Super Bowl-winning head coach Mike Shanahan. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022",
      "McCord was one of several Hollywood figures to speak out about the Russian invasion, with Ukrainian stars such as Regina Spektor, Vera Farmiga, and Maksim Chmerkovskiy expressing their anger, shock, and dismay over the violence. \u2014 Lauren Huff, EW.com , 26 Feb. 2022",
      "Hundreds of people have left comments on Higgins\u2019s post, some expressing disgust and dismay over the school board\u2019s decision, while others have thanked Higgins for helping to get the book in students\u2019 hands. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "Wheatley residents have gone from shock to dismay to anger that more hasn\u2019t been done to solve the mystery of the explosion or to start working on repairs. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "Our allies have been apoplectic and haven't been shy about sharing their anger and dismay with journalists, many of whom are equally furious about colleagues in Afghanistan facing a dismal future. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 26 Aug. 2021",
      "So, there was grief and\u2014and dismay from a lotta people. \u2014 CBS News , 30 Oct. 2021",
      "The public safety spending may dismay those hoping to see a smaller police budget. \u2014 Darcy Costello, The Courier-Journal , 27 Oct. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "Some residents expressed dismay at Philip\u2019s decision. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
      "In addition to pay and injuries, players have expressed dismay with fan play-calling. \u2014 Noah Smith, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
      "Advocacy groups that formed after Sandy Hook also expressed dismay . \u2014 Susan Haigh And Lisa Mascaro, Chicago Tribune , 25 May 2022",
      "Advocacy groups that formed in the wake of Sandy Hook also expressed dismay . \u2014 Susan Haigh And Lisa Mascaro, Chron , 24 May 2022",
      "Musk has also expressed dismay at Biden\u2019s reluctance to acknowledge Tesla\u2019s prominence in the electric vehicle industry. \u2014 Mario Parker, Fortune , 18 May 2022",
      "The victim, Chloe Bess, has publicly expressed dismay in the outcome. \u2014 Michael Ruiz, Fox News , 12 May 2022",
      "Michael Murphy expressed dismay after a separate issue was left off of the agenda of Monday's meeting. \u2014 Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel , 3 May 2022",
      "Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin press secretary, expressed dismay with the ban. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "dismember":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of",
      ": to break up or tear into pieces",
      ": to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8mem-b\u0259r",
      "(\u02c8)dis-\u02c8mem-b\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break",
      "break up",
      "bust",
      "disintegrate",
      "disrupt",
      "fracture",
      "fragment",
      "rive"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The victims' bodies had been dismembered and buried in the basement.",
      "quickly dismembered the old toolshed and hauled it off to the dump",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Even blocking some of those goods from countries that have already imposed sanctions or restrictions could dismember whole sectors in Russia. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "That task was essentially to dismember Ukraine and change the regime in Kyiv, and the force was too small for that purpose. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "According to Turkish authorities, that\u2019s the implement that Mohammed\u2019s henchmen allegedly used on Oct. 2, 2018, to dismember Jamal Khashoggi, a Post columnist and Saudi dissident. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "America\u2019s current adversaries seek first to destabilize and then to dismember the liberal-democratic international order. \u2014 Jerry Hendrix, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Philadelphia-area authorities have arrested a man for allegedly beheading his girlfriend with a machete and attempting to dismember her body, according to police. \u2014 Audrey Conklin, Fox News , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "The missteps of law enforcement left Robert Durst free to murder Berman in 2000 and one year later, kill and dismember his neighbor Morris Black in Texas, Abrams said. \u2014 Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News , 9 Nov. 2021",
      "On his second wave, Kemper displayed absolute mastery of his own fear by willfully soaring inside a tube the size of a whirling subway tunnel and frothy enough to dismember a horse. \u2014 Daniel Duane, Wired , 23 Dec. 2021",
      "Sakara was just one of the Last Call Killer\u2019s victims, who seemed to meet men in and around the West Village gay bar scene only to murder them and dismember their bodies. \u2014 Vulture Editors, Vulture , 23 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English dismembren , from Anglo-French desmembrer , from des- dis- + membre member",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210448"
  },
  "dismiss":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to permit or cause to leave",
      ": to remove from position or service : discharge",
      ": to reject serious consideration of",
      ": to put out of judicial consideration : refuse to hear or hear further in court",
      ": to put out (a batsman) in cricket",
      ": to allow or cause to leave",
      ": to remove from a job or position",
      ": to decide not to think about",
      ": to remove from position or service",
      ": to bring about or order the dismissal of (an action)",
      ": to bring about or order a dismissal"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8mis",
      "dis-\u02c8mis"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ax",
      "axe",
      "bounce",
      "can",
      "cashier",
      "discharge",
      "fire",
      "muster out",
      "pink-slip",
      "release",
      "remove",
      "retire",
      "sack",
      "terminate",
      "turn off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "employ",
      "engage",
      "hire",
      "retain",
      "sign (up ",
      "take on"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "I don't think we should dismiss the matter lightly.",
      "The students were dismissed early because of the snowstorm.",
      "Several employees were recently dismissed .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Misdemeanor charges against Denver Broncos wide receiver Jerry Jeudy were dropped Tuesday after a judge granted a motion to dismiss from the Arapahoe County District Attorney's office. \u2014 Parker Gabriel, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
      "The Office of the District Attorney for the 18th Judicial District filed a motion to dismiss the charge against the former Alabama standout, and Judge Chantel Contiguglia ordered that to be done on Tuesday morning. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 31 May 2022",
      "The bottom line was that Stanford's UPEPA motion would be sustained, and the University of Washington's motion to dismiss would also be granted. \u2014 Jay Adkisson, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
      "And yet, earlier this month, the presiding judge in the Virginia case, Penney Azcarate, rejected Heard\u2019s motion to dismiss . \u2014 Jessica Winter, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
      "The motion to dismiss is the latest effort from the school to push back on that narrative. \u2014 Omar Jimenez, CNN , 20 May 2022",
      "One motion to dismiss filed by Chandler sought to highlight alternative suspects, including a neighbor who allegedly used a check stolen from Harkness' home. \u2014 Graham Kates, CBS News , 20 May 2022",
      "James, a Democrat, has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 May 2022",
      "The defendants in the suit \u2013 the companies on whose behalf Fluent executed the telemarketing campaign \u2013 filed a motion to dismiss , claiming that the Federal Arbitration Act required that the claims be arbitrated. \u2014 Jack Greiner, The Enquirer , 3 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, modification of Latin dimissus , past participle of dimittere , from dis- + mittere to send",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-175914"
  },
  "dismissal":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of dismissing : the fact or state of being dismissed",
      ": the act of dismissing : the state or fact of being dismissed",
      ": removal from a position or service",
      ": the termination of an action or claim usually before the presentation of evidence by the defendant",
      ": the dismissal of an action by the court because of the plaintiff's failure to pursue his or her case",
      ": the dismissal of an action by the court upon motion of the defendant after presentation of the plaintiff's case made on the grounds that the plaintiff has shown no right to relief",
      ": the dismissal of an action by the plaintiff",
      ": the cancellation of an indictment, information, complaint, or charge",
      ": a document setting forth the request for a dismissal"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8mi-s\u0259l",
      "dis-\u02c8mi-s\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ax",
      "axe",
      "discharge",
      "furlough",
      "layoff",
      "redundancy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "numerous dismissals from the company during the economic slump",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Under the schedule the school committee approved last year, Newton North and South high school students start class at 9 a.m. and are released at 3:45 p.m. four days a week, with an early dismissal on Tuesdays. \u2014 Seamus Webster, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
      "Here are several issues that reportedly contributed to Rice's dismissal . \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
      "A day after the president of the NAACP called for the resignation or dismissal of Jack Del Rio, the Washington Commanders fined the defensive coordinator $100,000 for his comments about the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 10 June 2022",
      "Baltimore City Schools announced early dismissal Tuesday for the two dozen schools whose buildings lack air conditioning. \u2014 Christina Tkacik, Baltimore Sun , 31 May 2022",
      "The media\u2019s bewildered contempt for girlish fandom was already congealing into a flat dismissal . \u2014 Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic , 30 May 2022",
      "The team hopes this one goes better than their first attempt that ended in 2019 with Luke Walton\u2019s dismissal . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
      "Parents were being asked to pick up their children at their regular dismissal times at their school campus. \u2014 Audrey Conklin, Fox News , 25 May 2022",
      "In New Jersey on Wednesday morning, Cindy Cucaz, 47, received a message from the principal at her daughter\u2019s high school in Belleville that said the local police department would be at drop off and dismissal . \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1778, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214907"
  },
  "dismount":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to throw down or remove from a mount or an elevated position",
      ": unhorse",
      ": disassemble",
      ": descend",
      ": to alight from an elevated position (as on a horse)",
      ": to get out of an enclosed craft or vehicle",
      ": the act of dismounting",
      ": to get down from something (as a horse or bicycle)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8mau\u0307nt",
      "dis-\u02c8mau\u0307nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "alight",
      "descend",
      "disembark",
      "get down",
      "light"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "embark"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The cyclist dismounted and walked her bike across the street.",
      "The gymnast dismounted from the parallel bars.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Walkers can get off the trail in a single step, while bikers have to dismount and rut into nearby shrubs and cacti. \u2014 Outside Online , 15 June 2021",
      "Once the eight seconds is reached, the rider looks for a safe opportunity to dismount , and the ride can be judged. \u2014 Brett Williams, Men's Health , 19 May 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",
      "Police believe Gulledge may have disregarded a stop sign and warnings for cyclists to dismount and walk their bikes across the road. \u2014 Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "Then the Olympic silver medalist stuck her bars dismount . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Then, around noon, race officials reported that tacks and oil had been placed on a section of the cycling route, requiring approximately 30 cyclists to dismount and fix their flat tires while crews cleaned it up. \u2014 Reid Singer, Outside Online , 29 Sep. 2014",
      "The event is comparable to men\u2019s tie-down roping, except the cowgirls are not required to dismount and tie the calf. \u2014 John Whisler, San Antonio Express-News , 27 Feb. 2022",
      "Racers also find obstacles along the course, such as barriers or stairs, which force riders to dismount and shoulder their bikes while running. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 20 Oct. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Malabuyo\u2019s routine would be enough after the freshman stuck her dismount . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "The video shows the hooded man dismount from the bicycle and running after the woman, chasing her down the sidewalk and into the middle of the street. \u2014 Fox News , 7 Oct. 2021",
      "James tells Elsa to keep riding as he, Shea, and Thomas dismount with rifles and begin picking off the hand-gun-wielding bandits. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 6 Feb. 2022",
      "That means in terms of absolute difficulty, doing the easier dismount cost Biles only two-tenths. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Aug. 2021",
      "Chiles, like her teammates, had a rough debut in Tokyo, falling to her hands and knees after her dismount from the beam -- a costly error. \u2014 Amy Bass, CNN , 27 July 2021",
      "People close to Biles said that she is expected to modify her dismount , which usually relies on twisting. \u2014 Louise Radnofsky, WSJ , 2 Aug. 2021",
      "Biles posted videos to Instagram on Friday showing trying to train a double-twisting, double-flipping dismount . \u2014 Callie Caplan, Dallas News , 30 July 2021",
      "Feeding off the energy inside an electric Dome at America\u2019s Center, Skinner finished in the top five in three events, imploring the crowd to roar at the end of every dismount . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1566, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1654, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215432"
  },
  "disobedient":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": refusing or neglecting to obey",
      ": not behaving as told or taught"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8b\u0113-d\u0113-\u0259nt",
      "-\u014d-\u02c8b\u0113-",
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8b\u0113-d\u0113-\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "balky",
      "contrary",
      "contumacious",
      "defiant",
      "froward",
      "incompliant",
      "insubordinate",
      "intractable",
      "obstreperous",
      "rebel",
      "rebellious",
      "recalcitrant",
      "recusant",
      "refractory",
      "restive",
      "ungovernable",
      "unruly",
      "untoward",
      "wayward",
      "willful",
      "wilful"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "amenable",
      "biddable",
      "compliant",
      "conformable",
      "docile",
      "obedient",
      "ruly",
      "submissive",
      "tractable"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The disobedient soldier was given cleanup duty.",
      "The dog was being disobedient .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Aiding Xi, zero-covid has allowed the central government to discipline disobedient local governments, which coincidentally happen to be the most anti-Xi. \u2014 Ariel Cohen, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
      "Breaking curfew, the disobedient trio foreshadows the triangle that will define the drama. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Beijing has weaponized its market power to punish disobedient countries, as Australia found after calling for an international inquiry into the origins of Covid and as Lithuania is presently discovering over its support for Taiwan. \u2014 Hal Brands, National Review , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "This whimsical, stop-motion musical directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson follows the mischievous and disobedient adventures of Pinocchio in his pursuit of a place in the world. \u2014 Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "This whimsical, stop-motion musical directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson follows the mischievous and disobedient adventures of Pinocchio in his pursuit of a place in the world. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "In response, the lieutenant governor said Youngkin could pull funding from disobedient districts. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Jan. 2022",
      "Hochman has thick brown hair, with a disobedient cowlick in front, and large brown eyes. \u2014 Sam Adler-bell, The New Republic , 3 Dec. 2021",
      "Zaza was intelligent, irreverent, an ardent violin player and a great mimic, disobedient at school but conventional at home, passionately devout. \u2014 Lara Feigel, The New Republic , 26 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-175849"
  },
  "disobey":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to be disobedient",
      ": to fail to obey",
      ": to refuse or fail to behave as told or taught"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8b\u0101",
      "-\u014d-",
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8b\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "defy",
      "mock",
      "rebel (against)"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "comply (with)",
      "conform (to)",
      "follow",
      "mind",
      "obey"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "If you disobey , you will be severely punished.",
      "The soldier disobeyed the general's orders.",
      "He was afraid to disobey his father.",
      "The driver had disobeyed the law.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "His crime was to disobey orders to shut shops early and close hospitals to protesters during demonstrations against the arrest of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then an outsider to political power. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "No, choosing to disobey the narrator is one of the most fun things to do in both the original Stanley Parable and this new follow-up. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "King writes in the caption accompanying the post that he was arrested for mischief, counseling to commit mischief, counseling to commit obstructing a police officer and counseling to disobey court orders. \u2014 Dom Calicchio, Fox News , 19 Feb. 2022",
      "The city ultimately tossed its challenge, though not before one judge put a temporary restraining order on Catanzara, forbidding him from making public comments encouraging his members to disobey the city\u2019s vaccination rules. \u2014 Paige Fry, chicagotribune.com , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Tesla is recalling 54,000 vehicles that may disobey stop signs. \u2014 Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Feb. 2022",
      "Catanzara has put out YouTube videos encouraging officers to disobey the city, predicting that such a mass defiance would deplete the police force by 50%. \u2014 Jeremy Gorner, chicagotribune.com , 14 Nov. 2021",
      "In public statements and on social media, Catanzara encouraged police to disobey the order. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 3 Dec. 2021",
      "Lightfoot had asked the courts to intervene after the union chief told members to disobey her Oct. 15 deadline to report their vaccine status. \u2014 Gregory Pratt, chicagotribune.com , 2 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French desobeir , from des- dis- + obeir to obey",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203412"
  },
  "disorder":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to disturb the order of",
      ": to disturb the regular or normal functions of",
      ": lack of order",
      ": breach of the peace or public order",
      ": an abnormal physical or mental condition",
      ": to disturb the regular or normal arrangement or functioning of",
      ": a confused or messy state",
      ": unruly behavior",
      ": a physical or mental condition that is not normal or healthy",
      ": to disturb the regular or normal functions of",
      ": an abnormal physical or mental condition : ailment"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8\u022fr-d\u0259r",
      "(\u02cc)diz-",
      "dis-\u02c8\u022fr-d\u0259r",
      "(\u02c8)dis-\u02c8\u022frd-\u0259r, (\u02c8)diz-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "confuse",
      "derange",
      "disarrange",
      "disarray",
      "discompose",
      "dishevel",
      "disjoint",
      "dislocate",
      "disorganize",
      "disrupt",
      "disturb",
      "hash",
      "jumble",
      "mess (up)",
      "mix (up)",
      "muddle",
      "muss",
      "rumple",
      "scramble",
      "shuffle",
      "tousle",
      "tumble",
      "upset"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "chance-medley",
      "chaos",
      "confusion",
      "disarrangement",
      "disarray",
      "dishevelment",
      "disorderedness",
      "disorderliness",
      "disorganization",
      "free-for-all",
      "havoc",
      "heck",
      "hell",
      "jumble",
      "mare's nest",
      "mess",
      "messiness",
      "misorder",
      "muddle",
      "muss",
      "shambles",
      "snake pit",
      "tumble",
      "welter"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "be careful not to disorder the carefully arranged contents of the dresser",
      "Noun",
      "The mayor is concerned that a rally could create public disorder .",
      "problems of crime and social disorder",
      "Millions of people suffer from some form of personality disorder .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Chief Michael LiPetri, who is in charge of crime control strategies, said that during warmer months, nearly a third of shootings are tied to disorder and low-level crime. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "Note the order in regions (i)-(v) and disorder at points (vi)-(viii). \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "What began as holiday cleanup has led to a tsunami of bringing order to disorder . \u2014 Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "The cultural appetite for stories of illness, disease, disorder and grave old age is bottomless. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Aug. 2021",
      "The nation gaped last summer as perpetrators in full view openly smashed windows with impunity, giving all of us a view through the broken glass of what a nation surrendering to disorder looks like. \u2014 George J. Terwilliger Iii, National Review , 1 Aug. 2021",
      "Sometimes sincere people wonder how the Church succeeds in doing so much genuine good in the world, what with so much human frailty and even disorder at every level. \u2014 Nr Symposium, National Review , 6 Dec. 2020",
      "Beijing has also found news of U.S. disorder a convenient distraction from its own domestic problems. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Oct. 2020",
      "Nothing cleans up ambiguity and disorder better than clear definitions. \u2014 Steve H. Hanke, National Review , 7 Oct. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In the mid-2000s, the world first became concerned with colony collapse disorder \u2013 or the mysterious, mass die-off of bee colonies. \u2014 Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
      "Anderson suffers from a mast cell disorder , which means her body cannot easily regulate heat. \u2014 Ko Lyn Cheang, The Indianapolis Star , 14 June 2022",
      "Depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder are just a few of the mental health disorders that can affect us. \u2014 Nicole Pajer, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
      "As for the meaning, a quick Google search led to the National Library of Medicine\u2019s definition: An identical or similar mental disorder affecting two or more individuals, usually the members of a close family. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 7 June 2022",
      "In the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial, a psychologist named Dr Shannon Curry, employed by Depp, \u2018diagnosed\u2019 Heard with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and histrionic personality disorder (HPD). \u2014 Eleanor Morgan, refinery29.com , 1 June 2022",
      "Shortly after, he was honorably discharged on the basis of a personality disorder \u2014 a diagnosis that was not legitimate grounds for discharge and that Mr. McCourry vehemently disputed. \u2014 New York Times , 29 May 2022",
      "Eilish, who was diagnosed at the age of 11 with the neurological disorder , which can cause uncontrollable and unwanted vocalization and/or repetitive movements, said people sometimes misunderstand what is happening. \u2014 Lisa Respers France, CNN , 23 May 2022",
      "From 2012 to 2019, about 11 to 15 annual U.S. deaths per 100,000, among adults who were at least 25 years old, were caused by alcohol-use disorder (AUD). \u2014 Jeffrey Kluger, Time , 19 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1523, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194159"
  },
  "disordered":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": morally reprehensible",
      ": unruly",
      ": marked by disorder",
      ": not functioning in a normal orderly healthy way",
      ": not functioning in a normal orderly healthy way",
      ": mentally unbalanced"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8\u022fr-d\u0259rd",
      "(\u02cc)diz-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chaotic",
      "cluttered",
      "confused",
      "disarranged",
      "disarrayed",
      "disheveled",
      "dishevelled",
      "disorderly",
      "higgledy-piggledy",
      "hugger-mugger",
      "jumbled",
      "littered",
      "messed",
      "messy",
      "muddled",
      "mussed",
      "mussy",
      "pell-mell",
      "rumpled",
      "sloppy",
      "topsy-turvy",
      "tousled",
      "tumbled",
      "unkempt",
      "untidy",
      "upside-down"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bandbox",
      "crisp",
      "kempt",
      "neat",
      "neatened",
      "ordered",
      "orderly",
      "organized",
      "shipshape",
      "snug",
      "tidied",
      "tidy",
      "trim",
      "uncluttered",
      "well-ordered"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The project was in a disordered state.",
      "The file was completely disordered .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This was the disordered and unruly world Lincoln experienced. \u2014 Gordon S. Wood, WSJ , 25 Sep. 2020",
      "The impact the former has on self-esteem can affect everything from disordered eating to personal ambition. \u2014 Kate Harding, Teen Vogue , 26 Aug. 2019",
      "In the United States, at least 30 million people suffer from disordered eating, according to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD). \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 22 Feb. 2020",
      "Stress may also create or exacerbate disordered eating \u2014 which can lead to irregular or absent periods. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Apr. 2020",
      "The 45-year-old has spoken publicly about her history with trauma, disordered eating, and therapy. \u2014 Bethany Heitman, Health.com , 7 Apr. 2020",
      "My experiences of disordered eating were, relatively speaking, brief and mild. \u2014 Zan Romanoff, Bon App\u00e9tit , 1 Apr. 2020",
      "Crystallization is a dramatic switch from the liquid phase, in which molecules are disordered and free flowing, to the crystal phase, in which molecules are locked in a regular, repeating pattern. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 11 Mar. 2020",
      "The campaign in Nevada is as disordered as anything else in the Democratic race, according to people closely watching the contest there. \u2014 Alexander Burns, New York Times , 12 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1505, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-172536"
  },
  "disorderly":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in a disorderly manner",
      ": engaged in conduct offensive to public order",
      ": characterized by disorder",
      ": not behaving quietly or well : unruly",
      ": not neat or orderly"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8\u022frd-\u0259r-l\u0113",
      "(\u02cc)diz-",
      "dis-\u02c8\u022fr-d\u0259r-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "anarchic",
      "anarchical",
      "lawbreaking",
      "lawless",
      "unruly"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "law-abiding",
      "orderly"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "She was charged with being drunk and disorderly .",
      "He was found guilty of disorderly conduct .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Those in violation of the curfew could be charged with a disorderly person\u2019s offense and subject to penalties imposed by the Toms River Municipal Court. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 16 June 2022",
      "The commission found that employees at Floods Urban Seafood Lounge allowed disorderly activities on Dec. 14. \u2014 Laura Hancock, cleveland , 26 Feb. 2021",
      "Friday was phase one of the trial period and Coalition members, with support from multiple car clubs from across San Diego County, stressed the importance of abiding by traffic laws, keeping streets clean and avoiding disorderly behavior. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 May 2022",
      "Miller noted that Cabana's membership had been revoked for two separate incidents of disorderly behavior at the museum in recent days. \u2014 David Aaro, Fox News , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Cops were responding to a disorderly crowd when Williams approached a white vehicle and put his hands in his pockets, police said, according to the New York Post. \u2014 Landon Mion, Fox News , 21 May 2022",
      "Writing for the court, Hagedorn said Wisconsin's law lists several ways someone can be disorderly . \u2014 Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 May 2022",
      "This could involve widespread refusals to enter the fight, absences without leave or disorderly retreats. \u2014 Stephen Fidler, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
      "The drunk man became disorderly and police escorted him and his friend from the premises. \u2014 cleveland , 12 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adverb",
      "1560, in the meaning defined above",
      "Adjective",
      "1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-171319"
  },
  "disorganization":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to destroy or interrupt the orderly structure or function of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8\u022fr-g\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "confuse",
      "derange",
      "disarrange",
      "disarray",
      "discompose",
      "dishevel",
      "disjoint",
      "dislocate",
      "disorder",
      "disrupt",
      "disturb",
      "hash",
      "jumble",
      "mess (up)",
      "mix (up)",
      "muddle",
      "muss",
      "rumple",
      "scramble",
      "shuffle",
      "tousle",
      "tumble",
      "upset"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "arrange",
      "array",
      "dispose",
      "draw up",
      "marshal",
      "marshall",
      "order",
      "organize",
      "range",
      "regulate",
      "straighten (up)",
      "tidy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "those unexpected problems that can disorganize an entire plan",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Virtual learning is making the best of a bad situation, leaving students feeling stressed out and disorganized at times. \u2014 James Barrett, Redbook , 1 May 2020",
      "Brogdon had open 3s as the Blazers were disorganized up top and passed on them for contested shots instead. \u2014 J. Michael, Indianapolis Star , 28 Feb. 2020",
      "The declining market for physical products has always been disorganized : Many transactions take place in cash at tiny stores in places like railway stations. \u2014 Amit Gurbaxani, Billboard , 26 Apr. 2019",
      "Being an artist is no excuse for being disorganized . \u2014 Jeremy Hallock, Dallas News , 21 Jan. 2020",
      "L\u00f3pez Obrador\u2019s party is new to government, frequently disorganized and working with an austerity budget so tight that at times there\u2019s no one to answer the main telephone line at the president\u2019s office. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Nov. 2019",
      "The policymaking process in the West Wing is also disorganized , current and former White House officials told CBS News. \u2014 Fin Gomez, CBS News , 15 Oct. 2019",
      "The team was again disorganized in the secondary, which is missing starting outside cornerback Jimmy Smith and slot cornerback Tavon Young. \u2014 Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com , 29 Sep. 2019",
      "From the early moments, Uruguay\u2019s ability to create dangerous counterattacks with quick passing through disorganized , uneven U.S. lines was cause for concern. \u2014 Brian Straus, SI.com , 10 Sep. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French d\u00e9sorganiser , from d\u00e9s- dis- + organiser to organize",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1793, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173406"
  },
  "disorganize":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to destroy or interrupt the orderly structure or function of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8\u022fr-g\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "confuse",
      "derange",
      "disarrange",
      "disarray",
      "discompose",
      "dishevel",
      "disjoint",
      "dislocate",
      "disorder",
      "disrupt",
      "disturb",
      "hash",
      "jumble",
      "mess (up)",
      "mix (up)",
      "muddle",
      "muss",
      "rumple",
      "scramble",
      "shuffle",
      "tousle",
      "tumble",
      "upset"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "arrange",
      "array",
      "dispose",
      "draw up",
      "marshal",
      "marshall",
      "order",
      "organize",
      "range",
      "regulate",
      "straighten (up)",
      "tidy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "those unexpected problems that can disorganize an entire plan",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Virtual learning is making the best of a bad situation, leaving students feeling stressed out and disorganized at times. \u2014 James Barrett, Redbook , 1 May 2020",
      "Brogdon had open 3s as the Blazers were disorganized up top and passed on them for contested shots instead. \u2014 J. Michael, Indianapolis Star , 28 Feb. 2020",
      "The declining market for physical products has always been disorganized : Many transactions take place in cash at tiny stores in places like railway stations. \u2014 Amit Gurbaxani, Billboard , 26 Apr. 2019",
      "Being an artist is no excuse for being disorganized . \u2014 Jeremy Hallock, Dallas News , 21 Jan. 2020",
      "L\u00f3pez Obrador\u2019s party is new to government, frequently disorganized and working with an austerity budget so tight that at times there\u2019s no one to answer the main telephone line at the president\u2019s office. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Nov. 2019",
      "The policymaking process in the West Wing is also disorganized , current and former White House officials told CBS News. \u2014 Fin Gomez, CBS News , 15 Oct. 2019",
      "The team was again disorganized in the secondary, which is missing starting outside cornerback Jimmy Smith and slot cornerback Tavon Young. \u2014 Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com , 29 Sep. 2019",
      "From the early moments, Uruguay\u2019s ability to create dangerous counterattacks with quick passing through disorganized , uneven U.S. lines was cause for concern. \u2014 Brian Straus, SI.com , 10 Sep. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French d\u00e9sorganiser , from d\u00e9s- dis- + organiser to organize",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1793, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213346"
  },
  "disorganized":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lacking coherence, system, or central guiding agency : not organized",
      ": not having order",
      ": not able to manage or plan things well"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8\u022fr-g\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bzd",
      "dis-\u02c8\u022fr-g\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bzd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The meeting was very disorganized .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Though much of the world\u2019s focus in the war has been on Russia\u2019s disorganized and flawed campaign, Ukraine, too, is struggling. \u2014 Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times , 1 June 2022",
      "Political aides and lobbyists have termed the city\u2019s effort to regain home rule as sporadic, disorganized and last-minute. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2022",
      "As asynchronous work becomes the norm, slow, disorganized processes stagnate people\u2019s day-to-day work. \u2014 Daniel Jakaitis, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
      "The disorganized response in Armenia partly inspired the US to found the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System, creating task forces of search and rescue specialists around the country who could be deployed to disaster sites within hours. \u2014 Scottie Andrew, CNN , 30 June 2021",
      "The way Los Angeles conducts cleanups of encampments \u2014 both large and small \u2014 is often a disorganized , bureaucratic mess that does nothing to bolster any unhoused person\u2019s trust in the system. \u2014 Erika D. Smithcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "Extended forecasts are showing a disorganized system bringing a chance of showers Monday but then quickly moving off. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "But Fred is a disorganized mess was downgraded from a tropical depression to a tropical wave as of Saturday morning, which is complicating things and giving forecasters headaches. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 14 Aug. 2021",
      "Days after the sailing's cancellation was announced on March 15, some were still in the Dominican Republic trying to make their way home after a disorganized disembarkation that frustrated passengers. \u2014 Morgan Hines, USA TODAY , 23 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1801, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203914"
  },
  "disorient":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cause to lose bearings : displace from normal position or relationship",
      ": to cause to lose the sense of time, place, or identity",
      ": confuse",
      ": to produce a state of disorientation in : disorientate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8\u022fr-\u0113-\u02ccent",
      "(\u02c8)dis-\u02c8\u014dr-\u0113-\u02ccent, -\u02c8\u022fr-"
    ],
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      "addle",
      "baffle",
      "bamboozle",
      "beat",
      "befog",
      "befuddle",
      "bemuse",
      "bewilder",
      "buffalo",
      "confound",
      "confuse",
      "discombobulate",
      "flummox",
      "fox",
      "fuddle",
      "get",
      "gravel",
      "maze",
      "muddle",
      "muddy",
      "mystify",
      "perplex",
      "pose",
      "puzzle",
      "vex"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Thick fog can disorient even an experienced hiker.",
      "troops disoriented by the sudden change in battle plans",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "At one point, the man put down the knife and skewer and officers deployed two flash-bang grenades to disorient him, allowing police to rescue the passenger and the train operator to escape, Jones said. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 May 2022",
      "Other gear includes flashbang devices to disorient suspects, and tear gas that can be used in a high-risk situation or crowd control in a riot, Varso said. \u2014 Joe Tash, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022",
      "Another room spins to disorient the guests while clowns jump around on the walls. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "Ukrainians have already utilized psy-ops elements: In the capital, residents have removed road signs to disorient Russian soldiers unfamiliar with Kyiv\u2019s streets. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2022",
      "Ukraine\u2019s road management agency has also urged citizens on Facebook to dismantle road signs and build barricades of burning tires to disorient the Russians. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Feb. 2022",
      "The car\u2019s corner-to-corner, ambulance-like wail comes courtesy of two square-cut reduction gears in the motor assemblies, there to provide, um, aural feedback\u2014loud enough to disorient overflying crows. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "Eager to disorient his audience, Suzuki\u2019s camera spins and tilts, then pauses on symmetrical frames that turn the uniformity of the nuns\u2019 habits and expressions cultlike and sinister. \u2014 Elle Carroll, Vulture , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "Some overhead shots of the West Wing spin counterclockwise, an effect meant to disorient viewers. \u2014 Dan Reilly, Vulture , 21 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French d\u00e9sorienter , from d\u00e9s- dis- + orienter to orient",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1655, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195534"
  },
  "disown":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to refuse to acknowledge as one's own",
      ": to repudiate any connection or identification with",
      ": to deny the validity or authority of",
      ": to refuse to accept any longer a relationship with or connection to"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8\u014dn",
      "dis-\u02c8\u014dn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "contradict",
      "deny",
      "disaffirm",
      "disallow",
      "disavow",
      "disclaim",
      "disconfirm",
      "gainsay",
      "negate",
      "negative",
      "refute",
      "reject",
      "repudiate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "acknowledge",
      "admit",
      "allow",
      "avow",
      "concede",
      "confirm",
      "own"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Her parents threatened to disown her if she didn't go back to school.",
      "He was disowned for bringing shame to the family.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "When the court upheld President Trump's travel ban, in 2018, Chief Justice John Roberts went out of his way to disown the infamous 1944 decision in Korematsu v. United States, which let stand the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 22 May 2022",
      "This is, in effect, a way for the White House to disown its own CDC. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "In some rural areas, a brother will disown a city-dwelling brother who allows a daughter to go to school, said Hashmi, adding that the Taliban leadership is trying to decide how to open education for girls beyond the sixth grade nationwide. \u2014 Kathy Gannon, chicagotribune.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "But George\u2014who during that war changed his dynasty\u2019s name from Saxe-Coburg to Windsor in an attempt to disown its German origins\u2014was more secure than ever. \u2014 Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New York Review of Books , 7 Oct. 2021",
      "Kiran is mindful that her parents, who were told by village elders to disown her older sister in India for marrying outside their caste, will be vehemently opposed to her new relationship. \u2014 Stefanie Milligan, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "The state party not only censured her but adopted a resolution to effectively disown her. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "And for young people who had grown up in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, there was a fear that their families would disown them if they were outed, Malin remembers. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "Many transgender people worry that their families will disown them. \u2014 Laken Brooks, Forbes , 15 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1630, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-171829"
  },
  "disparate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": markedly distinct in quality or character",
      ": containing or made up of fundamentally different and often incongruous elements",
      ": indicating or stimulating dissimilar points on the retina of each eye"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-sp(\u0259-)r\u0259t",
      "di-\u02c8sper-\u0259t",
      "-\u02c8spa-r\u0259t",
      "dis-\u02c8par-\u0259t",
      "\u02c8dis-p(\u0259-)r\u0259t"
    ],
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      "different",
      "dissimilar",
      "distant",
      "distinct",
      "distinctive",
      "distinguishable",
      "diverse",
      "nonidentical",
      "other",
      "unalike",
      "unlike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "alike",
      "identical",
      "indistinguishable",
      "kin",
      "kindred",
      "like",
      "parallel",
      "same",
      "similar"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Neither of those two examples, Marcus says, brought us closer to artificial general intelligence (AGI)\u2014the kind of A.I. software that can perform a variety of disparate tasks as well or better than a human. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
      "In response to outcry over the disparate weight room facilities provided to players during the 2021 NCAA men\u2019s and women\u2019s basketball tournaments, the NCAA commissions an independent investigation and shares the findings. \u2014 USA Today , 13 June 2022",
      "Her only clues are the 2,000 rubber ducks that were on the ship and have now been popping up in the most disparate places around the world, from the Gobi Desert to the Coral Sea. \u2014 Emilio Mayorga, Variety , 12 June 2022",
      "The stylistically disparate singers first attempted additional recordings in 2009 but quickly decided to retreat to their own corners. \u2014 Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
      "Some experts have said an event gathering together a large and disparate collection of countries for whom only general geography is shared is no longer workable. \u2014 Tracy Wilkinsonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
      "Because dancers have performed disparate steps according to their gender for centuries, this way of approaching grand allegro endings is an act of resistance. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 June 2022",
      "But for someone knowledgeable about the disparate circumstances underlying Mass and Anti-Mass, the distinction couldn\u2019t be more pronounced. \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
      "And disparate circumstances mean the comparison only goes so far. \u2014 Carrie Mckean, The Week , 23 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Latin dispar\u0101tus \"separate, distinct,\" from past participle of dispar\u0101re \"to divide, separate off, make different,\" from dis-  dis- + par\u0101re \"to supply, provide, make ready\" (influenced in sense by association with dispar-, disp\u0101r \"unequal, different\") \u2014 more at pare ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213131"
  },
  "disparateness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": markedly distinct in quality or character",
      ": containing or made up of fundamentally different and often incongruous elements",
      ": indicating or stimulating dissimilar points on the retina of each eye"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-sp(\u0259-)r\u0259t",
      "di-\u02c8sper-\u0259t",
      "-\u02c8spa-r\u0259t",
      "dis-\u02c8par-\u0259t",
      "\u02c8dis-p(\u0259-)r\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "different",
      "dissimilar",
      "distant",
      "distinct",
      "distinctive",
      "distinguishable",
      "diverse",
      "nonidentical",
      "other",
      "unalike",
      "unlike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "alike",
      "identical",
      "indistinguishable",
      "kin",
      "kindred",
      "like",
      "parallel",
      "same",
      "similar"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Neither of those two examples, Marcus says, brought us closer to artificial general intelligence (AGI)\u2014the kind of A.I. software that can perform a variety of disparate tasks as well or better than a human. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
      "In response to outcry over the disparate weight room facilities provided to players during the 2021 NCAA men\u2019s and women\u2019s basketball tournaments, the NCAA commissions an independent investigation and shares the findings. \u2014 USA Today , 13 June 2022",
      "Her only clues are the 2,000 rubber ducks that were on the ship and have now been popping up in the most disparate places around the world, from the Gobi Desert to the Coral Sea. \u2014 Emilio Mayorga, Variety , 12 June 2022",
      "The stylistically disparate singers first attempted additional recordings in 2009 but quickly decided to retreat to their own corners. \u2014 Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
      "Some experts have said an event gathering together a large and disparate collection of countries for whom only general geography is shared is no longer workable. \u2014 Tracy Wilkinsonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
      "Because dancers have performed disparate steps according to their gender for centuries, this way of approaching grand allegro endings is an act of resistance. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 June 2022",
      "But for someone knowledgeable about the disparate circumstances underlying Mass and Anti-Mass, the distinction couldn\u2019t be more pronounced. \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
      "And disparate circumstances mean the comparison only goes so far. \u2014 Carrie Mckean, The Week , 23 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Latin dispar\u0101tus \"separate, distinct,\" from past participle of dispar\u0101re \"to divide, separate off, make different,\" from dis-  dis- + par\u0101re \"to supply, provide, make ready\" (influenced in sense by association with dispar-, disp\u0101r \"unequal, different\") \u2014 more at pare ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201308"
  },
  "disparity":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity",
      ": the state of being different or dissimilar (as in the sensory information received) \u2014 see retinal disparity"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sper-\u0259-t\u0113",
      "-\u02c8spa-r\u0259-",
      "dis-\u02c8par-\u0259t-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French disparit\u00e9, borrowed from Late Latin disparit\u0101t-, disparit\u0101s, from Latin dispar-, disp\u0101r \"unequal, different\" (from dis-  dis- + par-, p\u0101r \"matching, equal,\" of uncertain origin) + -it\u0101t-, -it\u0101s  -ity ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1571, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-032545"
  },
  "dispensable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": capable of being dispensed with"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8spen(t)-s\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "gratuitous",
      "inessential",
      "needless",
      "nonessential",
      "uncalled-for",
      "unessential",
      "unnecessary",
      "unwarranted"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "essential",
      "indispensable",
      "necessary",
      "needed",
      "needful",
      "required"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Computers have made typewriters dispensable .",
      "Do you consider any of the staff to be dispensable ?",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The violence inherent in extractive capitalism and the particular logic that allows for some lives to be rendered utterly dispensable is intimated rather than stated. \u2014 Anelise Chen, The Atlantic , 17 May 2022",
      "Unlike the fast-growing Chinese market, Russia\u2019s is dispensable for Western aviation. \u2014 Jon Sindreu, WSJ , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Asian immigrants initially were portrayed as cheap, dispensable labor. \u2014 NBC News , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "Both regimes relied on propaganda and terror; both treated their populations as dispensable . \u2014 Masha Gessen, The New Yorker , 13 Dec. 2021",
      "Growing up in a family that didn\u2019t have much dispensable income, when our pets got sick, a trip to the vet wasn\u2019t an automatic response. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Aug. 2021",
      "This investment in employee support is a necessity that helps counter the feeling of being dispensable held by many frontline workers. \u2014 Jordan Ekers, Forbes , 31 Aug. 2021",
      "This dreamy oil is solid up to a temperature of 88 degrees Farenheit and comes in an easily dispensable and (recyclable) aluminum tube. \u2014 Bea Mcmonagle, Forbes , 28 June 2021",
      "If these companies are meeting their financial targets, I&D goals become negotiable and dispensable . \u2014 Kumar Parakala, Forbes , 17 June 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1649, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191302"
  },
  "dispersal":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or result of dispersing",
      ": the process or result of the spreading of organisms from one place to another",
      ": the act or result of dispersing",
      ": the process or result of the spreading of organisms from one place to another"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sp\u0259r-s\u0259l",
      "dis-\u02c8p\u0259r-s\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "disbandment",
      "dispersion",
      "dissipation",
      "scattering"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the dispersal of plant seeds in the forests through natural means",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "He was bought by WinStar Farm in a dispersal sale and moved to Baffert\u2019s barn. \u2014 John Cherwaspecial Contributor, Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
      "This look at the SEC\u2019s draft numbers includes only players picked in the regular NFL Draft -- no special supplemental, expansion, non-NFL or separate dispersal drafts are included in the tabulations. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Civil rights groups behind the case highlighted specific aspects from the settlement in a news release, including dispersal requirements that the Park Police facilitate a safe pathway to exit and provide audible warnings. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Such seed dispersal has created a genetic melting pot that could bring forth new varieties with unique flavors and traits. \u2014 Jacob Roberts, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "The police deployed crowd- dispersal spray against demonstrators, and officers on horseback were forcing the crowd back, leading to a rush of people trying to flee in a flood of panic. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "Previous seed- dispersal studies focused on threats to specific ecosystems, such as tracking how bird habitat loss in Brazil has impacted trees\u2019 abilities to spread their seeds. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "The department warned that anyone caught disobeying dispersal orders or carrying out criminal activities would be subject to arrest. \u2014 NBC News , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "The Los Angeles Police Department has seen a dramatic increase in the use of dispersal orders as officials deal with rising numbers of intense street protests. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 29 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1821, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191740"
  },
  "disperse":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cause to break up (see break up sense 1a )",
      ": to cause to become spread widely",
      ": to cause to evaporate or vanish",
      ": to spread or distribute from a fixed or constant source: such as",
      ": disseminate",
      ": to subject to dispersion (see dispersion sense 4 )",
      ": to distribute (something, such as fine particles) more or less evenly throughout a medium",
      ": to break up in random fashion",
      ": to become dispersed",
      ": dissipate , vanish",
      ": to break up and scatter",
      ": to spread or distribute from a fixed or constant source: as",
      ": to subject (as light) to dispersion",
      ": to distribute (as fine particles) more or less evenly throughout a medium",
      ": to become dispersed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sp\u0259rs",
      "di-\u02c8sp\u0259rs",
      "dis-\u02c8p\u0259rs"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "disassemble",
      "dissipate",
      "dissolve",
      "scatter"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Police ordered the crowd to disperse .",
      "the crowd dispersed once the show ended",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Armed troops were deployed to disperse the protesters, according to CNN's team on the ground, while video footage showed police firing tear gas and water cannons. \u2014 Iqbal Athas And Rhea Mogul, CNN , 10 May 2022",
      "The same day, three people in Norrk\u00f6ping were apparently hit by police bullets after authorities fired warning shots while attempting to disperse protesters angry about the last days\u2019 demonstrations, the Associated Press reported. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Alicia wants to destroy the beacon at the top of the tower because apparently once the light is out the zombies will disperse and the Good Guys can assault the tower. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
      "The full suspension system is comfortable with an adjustable sternum strap to disperse the load weight. \u2014 Hannah Singleton, SELF , 19 May 2022",
      "Some Republicans argued that the plan didn't force federal agencies to look for formula that could be redirected to U.S. homes immediately or use the federal government's power to disperse formula. \u2014 Tori B. Powell, CBS News , 19 May 2022",
      "How nonprofits disperse donations is legally regulated according to standards aimed at protecting donors. \u2014 NBC News , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "The rest of the group also began to disperse from the table amid the growing tensions. \u2014 Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "This would give each of the 11 council members $6 million to disperse on community development projects of their choosing \u2013 with approval from their colleagues \u2013 and Budish would receive the remaining $20 million, Kaitlin Durbin reports. \u2014 cleveland , 12 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin dispersus , past participle of dispergere to scatter, from dis- + spargere to scatter \u2014 more at spark ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183348"
  },
  "dispirit":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deprive of morale or enthusiasm"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)di-\u02c8spir-\u0259t",
      "-\u02c8spi-r\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chill",
      "daunt",
      "demoralize",
      "discourage",
      "dishearten",
      "dismay",
      "frustrate",
      "unman",
      "unnerve"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "embolden",
      "encourage",
      "hearten",
      "nerve",
      "steel"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "dispirited by the overwhelming amount of information needed to write the report",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Those deeply engaged with their mosques are dispirited by the loss of physical congregations. \u2014 Anna Piela, The Conversation , 22 May 2020",
      "The movie\u2019s internalized emotions and elliptical style can allow small things to make large points \u2014 as when Kris rides, without comment, in the back seat of Abe\u2019s truck rather than shotgun \u2014 but the overall mood rarely rises above dispiriting . \u2014 Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times , 30 Apr. 2020",
      "That\u2019s dispiriting given a massive government fiscal relief effort and Federal Reserve actions aimed at shoring up the financial system, as health experts urge social distancing to combat the spread of the disease. \u2014 Vince Golle And Sarina Yoo / Bloomberg, Time , 10 Apr. 2020",
      "Testimony Ignored Particularly dispiriting for State Department officials during Trump\u2019s Senate trial was the degree to which their testimony was ignored. \u2014 Nick Wadhams, Bloomberg.com , 29 Apr. 2020",
      "Those who find this dispiriting should assuage their disappointment with how the Democratic primary turned out byinvolving themselves in other political efforts. Engage with a race somewhere down-ballot. \u2014 Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic , 15 Apr. 2020",
      "And just like last year, this five-game snapshot features a three-game winning streak sandwiched between a dispiriting Week 1 loss to the Packers and a three-point probably-shoulda-won upset loss on the road. \u2014 Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com , 12 Oct. 2019",
      "The Wolverines split their two home games this week, with a dispiriting last-minute loss to Ohio State on Wednesday before a crucial nine-point win against Michigan State on Saturday. \u2014 Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press , 10 Feb. 2020",
      "His job proves exhausting and dispiriting over the years, but his kindly boss comes through with a retirement pension. \u2014 Sarah Ruden, National Review , 23 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" dis- + spirit ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1647, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225515"
  },
  "dispiritedness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deprive of morale or enthusiasm"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)di-\u02c8spir-\u0259t",
      "-\u02c8spi-r\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chill",
      "daunt",
      "demoralize",
      "discourage",
      "dishearten",
      "dismay",
      "frustrate",
      "unman",
      "unnerve"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "embolden",
      "encourage",
      "hearten",
      "nerve",
      "steel"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "dispirited by the overwhelming amount of information needed to write the report",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Those deeply engaged with their mosques are dispirited by the loss of physical congregations. \u2014 Anna Piela, The Conversation , 22 May 2020",
      "The movie\u2019s internalized emotions and elliptical style can allow small things to make large points \u2014 as when Kris rides, without comment, in the back seat of Abe\u2019s truck rather than shotgun \u2014 but the overall mood rarely rises above dispiriting . \u2014 Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times , 30 Apr. 2020",
      "That\u2019s dispiriting given a massive government fiscal relief effort and Federal Reserve actions aimed at shoring up the financial system, as health experts urge social distancing to combat the spread of the disease. \u2014 Vince Golle And Sarina Yoo / Bloomberg, Time , 10 Apr. 2020",
      "Testimony Ignored Particularly dispiriting for State Department officials during Trump\u2019s Senate trial was the degree to which their testimony was ignored. \u2014 Nick Wadhams, Bloomberg.com , 29 Apr. 2020",
      "Those who find this dispiriting should assuage their disappointment with how the Democratic primary turned out byinvolving themselves in other political efforts. Engage with a race somewhere down-ballot. \u2014 Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic , 15 Apr. 2020",
      "And just like last year, this five-game snapshot features a three-game winning streak sandwiched between a dispiriting Week 1 loss to the Packers and a three-point probably-shoulda-won upset loss on the road. \u2014 Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com , 12 Oct. 2019",
      "The Wolverines split their two home games this week, with a dispiriting last-minute loss to Ohio State on Wednesday before a crucial nine-point win against Michigan State on Saturday. \u2014 Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press , 10 Feb. 2020",
      "His job proves exhausting and dispiriting over the years, but his kindly boss comes through with a retirement pension. \u2014 Sarah Ruden, National Review , 23 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" dis- + spirit ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1647, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191622"
  },
  "displace":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to remove from the usual or proper place",
      "to expel or force to flee from home or homeland",
      "to remove from an office, status, or job",
      "to drive out banish",
      "to move physically out of position",
      "to take the place of (as in a chemical reaction) supplant",
      "to remove from the usual or proper place",
      "to take the place of replace",
      "to move out of position",
      "to remove from the usual or proper place",
      "to shift (an emotion or behavior) from a maladaptive or unacceptable object or form of outlet to a more adaptive or acceptable one",
      "to set free from chemical combination by taking the place of",
      "to subject to percolation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8pl\u0101s",
    "synonyms":[
      "budge",
      "dislocate",
      "disturb",
      "move",
      "relocate",
      "remove",
      "reposition",
      "shift",
      "transfer",
      "transpose"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The war has displaced thousands of people.",
      "The hurricane displaced most of the town's residents.",
      "The closing of the factory has displaced many workers.",
      "farming practices that displace large amounts of soil",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Despite the urgent global need to displace supplies of Russian oil and gas, encouraging domestic production of these fuels isn\u2019t part of the administration\u2019s response to Vladimir Putin\u2019s aggression in Ukraine. \u2014 Thomas J. Duesterberg, WSJ , 12 June 2022",
      "Grandiose strategic ambition and promises never displace business fundamentals. \u2014 Noah Barsky, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
      "The freeways displace tens of thousands of people and destroy hundreds of businesses. \u2014 Erin Caughey, jsonline.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Traditional handheld models use two curved blades to manually cut, scoop, and lift out dirt, while automatic\u2014either electric or gas-powered\u2014versions use a rotating auger to displace and pull dirt out of the hole. \u2014 Alex Rennie, Popular Mechanics , 25 May 2022",
      "By working with the PRC\u2019s national champion YMTC, whose goal is to disrupt and displace U.S. leadership in semiconductors, Apple can price squeeze its chip suppliers in democratic nations. \u2014 Roslyn Layton, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "At the time of the invasion, Westinghouse supplied fuel to six of the 15 nuclear reactors and could displace the Russians in all of them. \u2014 Jeffrey S. Merrifield, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "That wasn\u2019t going to displace coders any more than autocomplete in Microsoft Word displaces novelists. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "The idea can be summarized like this if a butterfly flaps its wings in one location, that could displace enough air to cause a tornado or some other large scale atmospheric storm elsewhere. \u2014 Emily Schwing, Scientific American , 19 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"probably from Middle French desplacer , from des- dis- + place place",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1549, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162638"
  },
  "displant":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": displace , remove",
      ": supplant"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8splant"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cut out",
      "displace",
      "relieve",
      "replace",
      "substitute",
      "supersede",
      "supplant"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "long ago displanted by the automobile, the horse and buggy have become icons of a slower, gentler time"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle French desplanter , from des- dis- + planter to plant, from Late Latin plantare ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200940"
  },
  "displeased":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "to incur the disapproval or dislike of especially by annoying",
      "to be offensive to",
      "to give displeasure",
      "to cause to feel unhappy or unsatisfied"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8pl\u0113z",
      "dis-\u02c8pl\u0113z"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "disaffect",
      "discontent",
      "disgruntle",
      "dissatisfy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "content",
      "gratify",
      "please",
      "satisfy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "her coworkers' tendency to pry displeased her",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The news will likely displease several in the industry planning to head to the 2023 Berlinale, due to take place Feb. 16-23. \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
      "DeWine has also been careful not to do anything during the past year that would further displease the Republican base. \u2014 Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland , 4 May 2022",
      "Since the war began, Beijing has tried to displease neither Russia nor the international coalition opposing President Vladimir Putin \u2014 a position that is increasingly untenable. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Either approach can work, even if the adaptations that veer from the books inevitably displease some loyal readers. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "The iPhone-maker is also aggressively and proactively censoring apps and other content that might displease Chinese regulators in the Chinese version of its App Store. \u2014 Robert Hackett, Fortune , 18 May 2021",
      "But the host of HBO\u2019s Friday-night mainstay Real Time with Bill Maher is the only one of the left-of-center comics who occasionally says things that might displease his audience. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 19 Apr. 2021",
      "Take a dip in the wrong South American river or displease the wrong Bond villain, and some poor sap disappears in a froth of roiling water, blood and screams. \u2014 Jim Kiest, San Antonio Express-News , 15 Apr. 2021",
      "As the day after Election Day dawns, the immediate task for Tuesday\u2019s victor is likely to be more mundane and less ideological \u2014 and guaranteed to displease most Americans. \u2014 Tyler Cowen Bloomberg Opinion, Star Tribune , 3 Nov. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English displesen , from Anglo-French despleisir, desplere , from des- dis- + pleisir to please \u2014 more at please ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-164649"
  },
  "displeasure":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "the feeling of one that is displeased disfavor",
      "discomfort , unhappiness",
      "offense , injury",
      "a feeling of dislike and irritation dissatisfaction"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8ple-zh\u0259r",
      "-\u02c8pl\u0101-",
      "dis-\u02c8ple-zh\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "deprecation",
      "disapprobation",
      "disapproval",
      "discountenance",
      "disesteem",
      "disfavor",
      "dislike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "approbation",
      "approval",
      "favor"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The meeting will give people who object to the policy a chance to voice their displeasure .",
      "Fans showed their displeasure at the umpire's call by booing loudly.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Thamel also reported that Pittsburgh coach Pat Narduzzi called USC\u2019s Lincoln Riley to express displeasure about rumors regarding Addison and the Trojans. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 3 May 2022",
      "In early July, the Emirates\u2019 oil officials made their displeasure clear during a series of OPEC Plus meetings. \u2014 New York Times , 18 July 2021",
      "Despite Trump's own endorsement of Stefanik, some activist groups are making their displeasure known. \u2014 Michael Warren, CNN , 6 May 2021",
      "Thursday the Bleacher Creatures had enough to pull off a traditional role call and to make their displeasure clear when Judge struck out in the ninth and Stanton struck out in the 10th. \u2014 Kristie Ackert, courant.com , 1 Apr. 2021",
      "Still, many reviewers made their displeasure known online. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Dec. 2020",
      "Some residents voiced their displeasure over such increases, especially considering the pandemic had created uncertainty in several areas, including tax receipts. \u2014 cleveland , 17 May 2022",
      "Much is written, for instance, about top church leaders\u2019 displeasure with the volume\u2019s authoritative tone and a number of its tenets. \u2014 David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 May 2022",
      "There was quite a bit of offseason drama surrounding a potential extension for quarterback Kyler Murray\u2014and his displeasure for not already having one. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 11 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-164506"
  },
  "dispose":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to give a tendency to : incline",
      ": to put in place : set in readiness : arrange",
      ": bestow",
      ": regulate",
      ": to settle a matter finally",
      ": to come to terms",
      ": to get rid of",
      ": to deal with conclusively",
      ": to transfer to the control of another",
      ": to place, distribute, or arrange especially in an orderly way",
      ": disposal",
      ": disposition",
      ": demeanor",
      ": to put in place : arrange",
      ": to finish with",
      ": to get rid of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sp\u014dz",
      "dis-\u02c8p\u014dz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "depose",
      "deposit",
      "emplace",
      "fix",
      "lay",
      "place",
      "position",
      "put",
      "set",
      "set up",
      "situate",
      "stick"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "looking for the perfect spot to dispose the new knickknack",
      "disposed the surgical instruments in the exact order in which they would be needed",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The company expects to utilize markdowns in the months ahead to dispose of excess inventory, but expects to maintain profit margins in line with 2019 levels. \u2014 Kristin Broughton And Mark Maurer, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
      "On May 3, an Eldorado Trail resident came to the police station to dispose of bullets. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 17 May 2022",
      "Boychenko gave new details of recent allegations by Ukrainian officials that Russian forces have brought mobile cremation equipment to Mariupol to dispose of the corpses of victims of the siege. \u2014 Yuras Karmanau, Adam Schreck And Cara Anna, Anchorage Daily News , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Boychenko also gave new details of allegations by Ukrainian officials that Russian forces have brought mobile cremation equipment to Mariupol to dispose of the corpses of victims of the siege. \u2014 Celina Tebor, USA TODAY , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Continental Mills advises customers who have purchased the products to dispose of them or return the product to Krogers or Walmart for a replacement or refund. \u2014 Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Residents can dispose of used tires by dropping them off from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Harford Waste Disposal Center, 3241 Scarboro Road in Street. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 25 May 2022",
      "Consumers who have these items should dispose of them or return them to the place of purchase. \u2014 Katherine Dillinger, CNN , 25 May 2022",
      "Buyers should dispose of the faulty blanket only after destroying it. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 9 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183208"
  },
  "disposed":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to give a tendency to : incline",
      ": to put in place : set in readiness : arrange",
      ": bestow",
      ": regulate",
      ": to settle a matter finally",
      ": to come to terms",
      ": to get rid of",
      ": to deal with conclusively",
      ": to transfer to the control of another",
      ": to place, distribute, or arrange especially in an orderly way",
      ": disposal",
      ": disposition",
      ": demeanor",
      ": to put in place : arrange",
      ": to finish with",
      ": to get rid of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sp\u014dz",
      "dis-\u02c8p\u014dz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "depose",
      "deposit",
      "emplace",
      "fix",
      "lay",
      "place",
      "position",
      "put",
      "set",
      "set up",
      "situate",
      "stick"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "looking for the perfect spot to dispose the new knickknack",
      "disposed the surgical instruments in the exact order in which they would be needed",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The company expects to utilize markdowns in the months ahead to dispose of excess inventory, but expects to maintain profit margins in line with 2019 levels. \u2014 Kristin Broughton And Mark Maurer, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
      "On May 3, an Eldorado Trail resident came to the police station to dispose of bullets. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 17 May 2022",
      "Boychenko gave new details of recent allegations by Ukrainian officials that Russian forces have brought mobile cremation equipment to Mariupol to dispose of the corpses of victims of the siege. \u2014 Yuras Karmanau, Adam Schreck And Cara Anna, Anchorage Daily News , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Boychenko also gave new details of allegations by Ukrainian officials that Russian forces have brought mobile cremation equipment to Mariupol to dispose of the corpses of victims of the siege. \u2014 Celina Tebor, USA TODAY , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Continental Mills advises customers who have purchased the products to dispose of them or return the product to Krogers or Walmart for a replacement or refund. \u2014 Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Residents can dispose of used tires by dropping them off from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Harford Waste Disposal Center, 3241 Scarboro Road in Street. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 25 May 2022",
      "Consumers who have these items should dispose of them or return them to the place of purchase. \u2014 Katherine Dillinger, CNN , 25 May 2022",
      "Buyers should dispose of the faulty blanket only after destroying it. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 9 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215002"
  },
  "disposition":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": prevailing tendency, mood, or inclination",
      ": temperamental makeup",
      ": the tendency of something to act in a certain manner under given circumstances",
      ": the act or the power of disposing or the state of being disposed: such as",
      ": administration , control",
      ": final arrangement : settlement",
      ": transfer to the care or possession of another",
      ": the power of such transferal",
      ": orderly arrangement",
      ": a person's usual attitude or mood",
      ": tendency sense 1 , liking",
      ": arrangement sense 1",
      ": the final determination of a matter (as a case or motion) by a court or quasi-judicial tribunal",
      "\u2014 compare decision , holding , judgment , opinion , ruling , verdict",
      ": the sentence given to a convicted criminal defendant",
      ": the sentence given to or treatment prescribed for a juvenile offender",
      ": transfer to the care, possession, or ownership of another",
      ": the power of such transferral",
      ": the state or condition of being predisposed : predisposition"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdi-sp\u0259-\u02c8zi-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccdis-p\u0259-\u02c8zi-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "grain",
      "nature",
      "temper",
      "temperament"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The spokesperson added that Garcia-Amado is in ICE custody pending the disposition of his immigration case. \u2014 Adam Shaw, Fox News , 26 May 2022",
      "Noble was released from custody while awaiting disposition of the New York arrest and was later charged in the federal burglary conspiracy. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 2 May 2022",
      "In other words, though some behaviors are more likely to pop up in some breeds, breed alone cannot predict the disposition of a particular dog. \u2014 Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Grossman\u2019s sweet and engaging disposition also is a necessary balance for the skeptic\u2019s first cup of kava \u2014 an odd sensation of drinking a mud puddle mixed with dish soap and mouthwash, but not hating it. \u2014 Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com , 21 Apr. 2021",
      "That disposition was a junction between Sunja and me. \u2014 Caitlin Brody, Glamour , 18 May 2022",
      "Such a disposition can be antithetical to a quick-service segment that moves at a frenzied pace, but for Penegor this style is a bit personal. \u2014 Alicia Kelso, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "Garrett\u2019s disposition and physique are similar to former Heat prospects Patrick Beverley and Briante Weber, defensive pests who annoyed their way into NBA jerseys. \u2014 Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com , 10 Aug. 2021",
      "The disposition of these legal claims was just one more way in which any real reckoning with the past and its victims was suppressed. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin disposition-, dispositio , from disponere \u2014 see dispose  entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204507"
  },
  "dispraise":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to comment on with disapproval or censure"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8pr\u0101z"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blame",
      "censure",
      "condemn",
      "criticize",
      "denounce",
      "dis",
      "diss",
      "fault",
      "knock",
      "pan",
      "reprehend",
      "slag"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "extol",
      "extoll",
      "laud",
      "praise"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the movie is an old-fashioned romance, and in calling it that, I don't mean to dispraise it at all"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English dispraisen , from Anglo-French despreiser, despriser , from des- dis- + preiser to praise",
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205241"
  },
  "disproof":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the action of disproving",
      ": evidence that disproves"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8pr\u00fcf"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "confutation",
      "disconfirmation",
      "rebuttal",
      "refutation"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "proof"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the DNA evidence was all the disproof needed to overturn the wrongful conviction"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194254"
  },
  "disprove":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to prove to be false or wrong : refute",
      ": to show to be false or wrong"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8pr\u00fcv",
      "dis-\u02c8pr\u00fcv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "belie",
      "confound",
      "confute",
      "debunk",
      "disconfirm",
      "discredit",
      "falsify",
      "rebut",
      "refute",
      "shoot down"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "confirm",
      "establish",
      "prove",
      "validate",
      "verify"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe disproved any lingering notions that the earth is flat.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "While Lanez\u2019s side continues to do everything in their power to disprove Megan\u2019s case in the court of public opinion, Megan is looking forward to seeing how things play out before a judge and jury when the trial begins in September. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Musk has produced no evidence to disprove Twitter's statement that fewer than 5 percent of monetizable daily active users (mDAUs) are spam or fake. \u2014 Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica , 26 May 2022",
      "Contemporary extrapolations based on what the Soviets did or did not do will always be impossible to fully prove or disprove . \u2014 Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Inspired by a 1909 exhibition led to disprove U.S. claims to northeastern Greenland, the film sees Cole as Iver P. Iversen, an inexperienced mechanic who joins Danish explorer Ejnar Mikkelsen (Coster-Waldau) on his journey. \u2014 Marta Balaga, Variety , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "For most other defenses, the burden is on the prosecutor to disprove them, Raybin said. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "The devices, meant to ensure that officers were meeting department standards, at times also helped police disprove false claims. \u2014 Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times , 20 Sep. 2021",
      "The president, Jackson boasted, had aced a cognitive assessment meant to disprove claims that his mental health was deteriorating. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 June 2021",
      "These records disprove claims by Clinton administration officials and others (including Gorbachev himself) that the topic wasn\u2019t discussed, or discussed only in reference to a reunified Germany. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 28 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French desprover , from des- dis- + prover to prove",
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195215"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the action of disputing : verbal controversy",
      ": an academic exercise in oral defense of a thesis by formal logic"
    ],
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      "\u02ccdi-spy\u0259-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "contestation",
      "controversy",
      "debate",
      "difference",
      "difficulty",
      "disagreement",
      "dispute",
      "dissension",
      "dissention",
      "dissensus",
      "firestorm",
      "nonconcurrence"
    ],
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      "accord",
      "agreement",
      "consensus",
      "harmony",
      "unanimity"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "years of debate and disputation",
      "a heated disputation over the true authorship of the poem popularly known as \u201cThe Night Before Christmas\u201d",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Seven decades later, this culture of disputation emerged as a central theme in Timothy Garton Ash\u2019s The Magic Lantern, his eyewitness report on the Eastern European revolutions of 1989. \u2014 Susie Linfield, The New York Review of Books , 11 May 2022",
      "Only death could remove Hoover from office, and his departure eventually did lead to significant reforms, but the notoriety of the FBI has endured\u2014thanks often to fiascos of its own making\u2014as has contentious disputation about it. \u2014 Robert G. Kaiser, The New York Review of Books , 27 Feb. 2020",
      "Only death could remove Hoover from office, and his departure eventually did lead to significant reforms, but the notoriety of the FBI has endured\u2014thanks often to fiascos of its own making\u2014as has contentious disputation about it. \u2014 Robert G. Kaiser, The New York Review of Books , 27 Feb. 2020",
      "Only death could remove Hoover from office, and his departure eventually did lead to significant reforms, but the notoriety of the FBI has endured\u2014thanks often to fiascos of its own making\u2014as has contentious disputation about it. \u2014 Robert G. Kaiser, The New York Review of Books , 27 Feb. 2020",
      "Only death could remove Hoover from office, and his departure eventually did lead to significant reforms, but the notoriety of the FBI has endured\u2014thanks often to fiascos of its own making\u2014as has contentious disputation about it. \u2014 Robert G. Kaiser, The New York Review of Books , 27 Feb. 2020",
      "By taking steps to remember that politics always involves disputation , even among those who vote for the same candidates and affiliate with the same party, Americans may begin to rediscover the ability to respectfully disagree with opponents. \u2014 Robert B. Talisse, The Conversation , 3 Jan. 2022",
      "Only death could remove Hoover from office, and his departure eventually did lead to significant reforms, but the notoriety of the FBI has endured\u2014thanks often to fiascos of its own making\u2014as has contentious disputation about it. \u2014 Robert G. Kaiser, The New York Review of Books , 27 Feb. 2020",
      "In 1486 a young philosopher named Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463\u20131494), famed for his memory, his polyglot learning, and his daring, decided to hold a public disputation in Rome. \u2014 Anthony Grafton, The New York Review of Books , 5 Nov. 2020"
    ],
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204047"
  },
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    "type":[
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deprive of the required qualities, properties, or conditions : make unfit",
      ": to deprive of a power, right, or privilege",
      ": to make ineligible for a prize or for further competition because of violations of the rules",
      ": to make or declare not fit to have, do, or take part in",
      ": to deprive of the required qualities, properties, or conditions",
      ": to deprive of a right or privilege especially after a hearing"
    ],
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      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8kw\u00e4-l\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b",
      "dis-\u02c8kw\u00e4-l\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b",
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    "examples":[
      "His poor eyesight disqualified him from becoming a pilot.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Assets dispensed to a person with special needs could disqualify them from government benefits. \u2014 Joseph Milano, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "The program does not disqualify potential clients based on criminal history. \u2014 Kate Morrissey, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The legislation also would disqualify a person from running an election if they've been convicted of an election offense or of treason, insurrection, sedition or conspiracy to overthrow the government. \u2014 Kelly Mena, CNN , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "In the state of Washington, defendants and attorneys can seek to disqualify a judge before any discretionary rulings are made in the case. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Owning a home in California and being a member of social clubs does not disqualify a taxpayer from this safe harbor, but the rule prohibiting doing any business excludes most people. \u2014 Robert W. Wood, Forbes , 20 Sep. 2021",
      "The two clinics currently have consulting agreements with local doctors, but their work in the public sector would disqualify them under SB 157. \u2014 Laura Hancock, cleveland , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Please note that the entry limit is per person, thus creating multiple Instagram, Twitter, or TikTok accounts will not increase your number of entries or chance of winning and will disqualify you from participation in this Sweepstakes. \u2014 Rolling Stone , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "Claimants for both the DFEH suit and the EEOC suit could choose to receive compensation from the EEOC settlement, but that would disqualify them from continuing on in the DFEH suit. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2020"
    ],
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1701, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225257"
  },
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    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
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      ": to reduce in rank : demote"
    ],
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      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8r\u0101t"
    ],
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      "break",
      "bust",
      "degrade",
      "demote",
      "downgrade",
      "reduce"
    ],
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      "advance",
      "elevate",
      "promote",
      "raise"
    ],
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      "several noncommissioned officers had been disrated"
    ],
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1751, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205145"
  },
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    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to reduce in rank : demote"
    ],
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      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8r\u0101t"
    ],
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      "break",
      "bust",
      "degrade",
      "demote",
      "downgrade",
      "reduce"
    ],
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      "advance",
      "elevate",
      "promote",
      "raise"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "several noncommissioned officers had been disrated"
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1751, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225455"
  },
  "disrelish":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to find unpalatable or distasteful",
      ": lack of relish : distaste , dislike"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8re-lish"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "disfavor",
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      "mislike"
    ],
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      "allergy",
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      "aversion",
      "disfavor",
      "disinclination",
      "dislike",
      "disliking",
      "down",
      "mislike"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "I disrelish the thought of sitting through endless meetings on the matter.",
      "Noun",
      "she showed a clear disrelish for the task of cleaning the fish that her husband had caught"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1604, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "circa 1625, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215626"
  },
  "disremember":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": forget"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-ri-\u02c8mem-b\u0259r"
    ],
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      "forget",
      "unlearn"
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      "flash back (to)",
      "hark back (to)",
      "harken back (to)",
      "hearken back (to)",
      "mind",
      "recall",
      "recollect",
      "remember",
      "reminisce (about)",
      "think (of)"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "with advancing age I seem to disremember quite a lot of things"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1703, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212811"
  },
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    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "not reputable",
      "not respectable or honest"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8re-py\u0259-t\u0259-b\u0259l",
    "synonyms":[
      "discreditable",
      "disgraceful",
      "dishonorable",
      "ignominious",
      "infamous",
      "louche",
      "notorious",
      "opprobrious",
      "shady",
      "shameful",
      "shoddy",
      "shy",
      "unrespectable"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "honorable",
      "reputable",
      "respectable"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a disreputable Internet retailer that had a record of hundreds of complaints for shoddy merchandise and slow refunds",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "O\u2019Toole is on the board of the Charles Martel Society, which publishes a racist pseudo-academic journal with articles questioning the Holocaust and promoting disreputable theories about the genetic intelligence of Black people. \u2014 al , 1 May 2022",
      "The business of democracy once again seemed toxic, sludgy, and disreputable . \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "These barriers did not exist for the Jewish studio founders in the emerging film industry at the time, in part because the industry was considered by some as disreputable . \u2014 Jonathan Greenblatt, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "What\u2019s most apt about Bullough\u2019s butler analogy is the appearance of gray-flannel propriety, which can impart an aura of respectability to even the most disreputable fortune. \u2014 Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "But despite the faintly disreputable aura that clings to dream research, the phenomenon is inescapable for scientists seeking to understand the mind. \u2014 Michael W. Clune, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "Energy Prices President Biden has written a ham-handed and transparently politically letter to the Federal Trade Commission, attempting to shift blame for rising energy prices to the disreputable Big Oil cabal. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 21 Nov. 2021",
      "This means that the majority of our robocall pie chart is dominated by scammers and disreputable sales tactics. \u2014 Chris Nicoli, Forbes , 21 Oct. 2021",
      "It\u2019s not unreasonable for Stripe to want to protect customers from scam artists or disreputable sellers. \u2014 Meg Jones Wall, Wired , 29 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1726, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "disrepute":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lack or decline of good reputation : a state of being held in low esteem",
      ": a state of not being respected or trusted by most people"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-ri-\u02c8py\u00fct",
      "\u02ccdis-ri-\u02c8py\u00fct"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "discredit",
      "disesteem",
      "disgrace",
      "dishonor",
      "ignominy",
      "infamy",
      "obloquy",
      "odium",
      "opprobrium",
      "reproach",
      "shame"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "esteem",
      "honor",
      "respect"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The theory has been in disrepute for years.",
      "a once proud name fallen into disrepute",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But in recent years, this puritanical approach to managing the ups and downs of the economy had fallen into disrepute . \u2014 Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
      "But at some point these approaches came into disrepute , at least in their most overt manifestations. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Russia has been banned from competing in this year's Eurovision Song Contest after the European Broadcasting Union ruled that their inclusion would bring the competition into disrepute . \u2014 Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "But the practice had fallen into disrepute , especially among conservatives, as a symbol of wasteful spending that was steered by cronyism rather than actual need. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "The decision reflects concern that, in light of the unprecedented crisis in Ukraine, the inclusion of a Russian entry in this year\u2019s Contest would bring the competition into disrepute . \u2014 K.j. Yossman, Variety , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "Here, six ways to rescue the random spaces under a home\u2019s eaves from disrepute . \u2014 Nina Molina, WSJ , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "The effect has been to bring science into disrepute . \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "By the end of the Obama years, the entire concept of for-profit higher education had sunk into disrepute . \u2014 James Lardner, The New Yorker , 27 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1637, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205459"
  },
  "disrespect":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to lack special regard or respect for to have disrespect (see disrespect entry 2 ) for",
      "to show or express disrespect or contempt for insult , dis",
      "low regard or esteem for someone or something lack of respect",
      "lack of respect discourtesy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02ccdis-ri-\u02c8spekt",
    "synonyms":[
      "affront",
      "dis",
      "diss",
      "insult",
      "offend",
      "outrage",
      "slap",
      "slight",
      "wound"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dis",
      "diss",
      "discourteousness",
      "discourtesy",
      "disrespectfulness",
      "impertinence",
      "impertinency",
      "impoliteness",
      "impudence",
      "incivility",
      "inconsiderateness",
      "inconsideration",
      "insolence",
      "rudeness",
      "ungraciousness"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "a comedian who shuns jokes that disrespect people because of their race or ethnicity",
      "the player once again disrespected fans by refusing to sign autographs",
      "Noun",
      "The student treated the teacher with disrespect .",
      "I'm sorry. I meant no disrespect .",
      "He showed a shocking disrespect for authority.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "To fans who wear a shoulder chip like a secondary logo, this screams disrespect . \u2014 The Enquirer , 2 June 2022",
      "There is no place for imagery or references that disrespect any culture, but to drop mention of a culture so prominent in Massachusetts history may be even worse. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 May 2022",
      "But Collins\u2019s persistence, even in the face of distrust and disrespect , felt like a lesson\u2014not about medicine or science, but about listening to and engaging with people who, for one reason or another, remain unconvinced. \u2014 Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "The kidnapping and murder of Tushar Atre Did push-ups and disrespect lead to murder? \u2014 CBS News , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "Hate, disrespect , and prejudice of any kind are not welcome in this community. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "The problem was not necessarily one specific party or another but the general deceit, hypocrisy, and disrespect that his rule-breaking seemed to symbolize. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "Some black artists who gain admittance into the mainstream disrespect their current license. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "And thanks to Smith, disrespect flourishes all the more. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "For her, no slight or disrespect can go publicly unanswered, and de-escalation is usually a last resort. \u2014 Joshua Alston, Variety , 5 June 2022",
      "The @BrooklynDiocese is announcing the #NYPD is investigating a brazen crime of disrespect and hate, which desecrated the most Holy Eucharist and altar at @StAugustineRC located in Park Slope. \u2014 David K. Li, NBC News , 31 May 2022",
      "Teachers say disrespect and defiance have increased. \u2014 Jocelyn Gecker And Heather Hollingsworth, Anchorage Daily News , 22 May 2022",
      "And with absolutely no disrespect intended, the founder of the company, Bachar Elzein, appears to have started the company after working as a research assistant at Polytechnique Montr\u00e9al. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 6 May 2022",
      "Effective leaders recognize the havoc disrespect wreaks. \u2014 Alain Hunkins, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Kamela - in the ultimate sign of disrespect - used a Terrible Towel to choke Baker. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Head coach Kirby Wilson spoke about how the franchise had zero tolerance for unprofessionalism and disrespect . \u2014 Andrew Joseph, Detroit Free Press , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Sadly, a lot of that is rooted in mistreatment and disrespect and obstetric violence in health care setting. \u2014 Rayna Reid, Essence , 17 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1614, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1621, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to lack special regard or respect for : to have disrespect (see disrespect entry 2 ) for",
      ": to show or express disrespect or contempt for : insult , dis",
      ": low regard or esteem for someone or something : lack of respect",
      ": lack of respect : discourtesy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-ri-\u02c8spekt",
      "\u02ccdis-ri-\u02c8spekt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "affront",
      "dis",
      "diss",
      "insult",
      "offend",
      "outrage",
      "slap",
      "slight",
      "wound"
    ],
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      "dis",
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      "discourteousness",
      "discourtesy",
      "disrespectfulness",
      "impertinence",
      "impertinency",
      "impoliteness",
      "impudence",
      "incivility",
      "inconsiderateness",
      "inconsideration",
      "insolence",
      "rudeness",
      "ungraciousness"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "a comedian who shuns jokes that disrespect people because of their race or ethnicity",
      "the player once again disrespected fans by refusing to sign autographs",
      "Noun",
      "The student treated the teacher with disrespect .",
      "I'm sorry. I meant no disrespect .",
      "He showed a shocking disrespect for authority.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "To fans who wear a shoulder chip like a secondary logo, this screams disrespect . \u2014 The Enquirer , 2 June 2022",
      "There is no place for imagery or references that disrespect any culture, but to drop mention of a culture so prominent in Massachusetts history may be even worse. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 May 2022",
      "But Collins\u2019s persistence, even in the face of distrust and disrespect , felt like a lesson\u2014not about medicine or science, but about listening to and engaging with people who, for one reason or another, remain unconvinced. \u2014 Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "The kidnapping and murder of Tushar Atre Did push-ups and disrespect lead to murder? \u2014 CBS News , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "Hate, disrespect , and prejudice of any kind are not welcome in this community. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "The problem was not necessarily one specific party or another but the general deceit, hypocrisy, and disrespect that his rule-breaking seemed to symbolize. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "Some black artists who gain admittance into the mainstream disrespect their current license. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "And thanks to Smith, disrespect flourishes all the more. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "For her, no slight or disrespect can go publicly unanswered, and de-escalation is usually a last resort. \u2014 Joshua Alston, Variety , 5 June 2022",
      "The @BrooklynDiocese is announcing the #NYPD is investigating a brazen crime of disrespect and hate, which desecrated the most Holy Eucharist and altar at @StAugustineRC located in Park Slope. \u2014 David K. Li, NBC News , 31 May 2022",
      "Teachers say disrespect and defiance have increased. \u2014 Jocelyn Gecker And Heather Hollingsworth, Anchorage Daily News , 22 May 2022",
      "And with absolutely no disrespect intended, the founder of the company, Bachar Elzein, appears to have started the company after working as a research assistant at Polytechnique Montr\u00e9al. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 6 May 2022",
      "Effective leaders recognize the havoc disrespect wreaks. \u2014 Alain Hunkins, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Kamela - in the ultimate sign of disrespect - used a Terrible Towel to choke Baker. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Head coach Kirby Wilson spoke about how the franchise had zero tolerance for unprofessionalism and disrespect . \u2014 Andrew Joseph, Detroit Free Press , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Sadly, a lot of that is rooted in mistreatment and disrespect and obstetric violence in health care setting. \u2014 Rayna Reid, Essence , 17 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1614, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1621, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191946"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to lack special regard or respect for : to have disrespect (see disrespect entry 2 ) for",
      ": to show or express disrespect or contempt for : insult , dis",
      ": low regard or esteem for someone or something : lack of respect",
      ": lack of respect : discourtesy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-ri-\u02c8spekt",
      "\u02ccdis-ri-\u02c8spekt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "affront",
      "dis",
      "diss",
      "insult",
      "offend",
      "outrage",
      "slap",
      "slight",
      "wound"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dis",
      "diss",
      "discourteousness",
      "discourtesy",
      "disrespectfulness",
      "impertinence",
      "impertinency",
      "impoliteness",
      "impudence",
      "incivility",
      "inconsiderateness",
      "inconsideration",
      "insolence",
      "rudeness",
      "ungraciousness"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "a comedian who shuns jokes that disrespect people because of their race or ethnicity",
      "the player once again disrespected fans by refusing to sign autographs",
      "Noun",
      "The student treated the teacher with disrespect .",
      "I'm sorry. I meant no disrespect .",
      "He showed a shocking disrespect for authority.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "To fans who wear a shoulder chip like a secondary logo, this screams disrespect . \u2014 The Enquirer , 2 June 2022",
      "There is no place for imagery or references that disrespect any culture, but to drop mention of a culture so prominent in Massachusetts history may be even worse. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 May 2022",
      "But Collins\u2019s persistence, even in the face of distrust and disrespect , felt like a lesson\u2014not about medicine or science, but about listening to and engaging with people who, for one reason or another, remain unconvinced. \u2014 Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "The kidnapping and murder of Tushar Atre Did push-ups and disrespect lead to murder? \u2014 CBS News , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "Hate, disrespect , and prejudice of any kind are not welcome in this community. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "The problem was not necessarily one specific party or another but the general deceit, hypocrisy, and disrespect that his rule-breaking seemed to symbolize. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "Some black artists who gain admittance into the mainstream disrespect their current license. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "And thanks to Smith, disrespect flourishes all the more. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "For her, no slight or disrespect can go publicly unanswered, and de-escalation is usually a last resort. \u2014 Joshua Alston, Variety , 5 June 2022",
      "The @BrooklynDiocese is announcing the #NYPD is investigating a brazen crime of disrespect and hate, which desecrated the most Holy Eucharist and altar at @StAugustineRC located in Park Slope. \u2014 David K. Li, NBC News , 31 May 2022",
      "Teachers say disrespect and defiance have increased. \u2014 Jocelyn Gecker And Heather Hollingsworth, Anchorage Daily News , 22 May 2022",
      "And with absolutely no disrespect intended, the founder of the company, Bachar Elzein, appears to have started the company after working as a research assistant at Polytechnique Montr\u00e9al. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 6 May 2022",
      "Effective leaders recognize the havoc disrespect wreaks. \u2014 Alain Hunkins, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Kamela - in the ultimate sign of disrespect - used a Terrible Towel to choke Baker. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Head coach Kirby Wilson spoke about how the franchise had zero tolerance for unprofessionalism and disrespect . \u2014 Andrew Joseph, Detroit Free Press , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Sadly, a lot of that is rooted in mistreatment and disrespect and obstetric violence in health care setting. \u2014 Rayna Reid, Essence , 17 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1614, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1621, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193136"
  },
  "disrupt":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to break apart : rupture",
      ": to throw into disorder",
      ": to interrupt the normal course or unity of",
      ": to cause upheaval in (an industry, market, etc.)",
      ": to successfully challenge (established businesses, products, or services) by using an innovation (such as a new technology or business model) to gain a foothold in a marginal or new segment of the market and then fundamentally changing the nature of the market",
      ": to cause disorder in",
      ": to interrupt the normal course of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8r\u0259pt",
      "dis-\u02c8r\u0259pt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break",
      "break up",
      "bust",
      "disintegrate",
      "dismember",
      "fracture",
      "fragment",
      "rive"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The barking dogs disrupted my sleep.",
      "The weather disrupted our travel plans.",
      "a chemical that disrupts cell function",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Named after the hotel's location along Grace Bay \u2014 known for shallow, warm, aquamarine waters \u2014 the 64-foot catamaran glides through the waters gently enough to not disrupt your eggs Benedict. \u2014 Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure , 14 June 2022",
      "Working while sick is an American pastime \u2014 one that a vicious pandemic, which sickened millions, somehow didn\u2019t disrupt . \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
      "Officials remained optimistic that the problem will not disrupt the mission. \u2014 Christian Davenport, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
      "The specific dates were set so as not to disrupt his existing riding obligations. \u2014 Tim Sullivan, The Enquirer , 12 May 2022",
      "The specific dates were set so as not to disrupt his existing riding obligations. \u2014 Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal , 11 May 2022",
      "The specific dates were set so as not to disrupt his existing riding obligations. \u2014 Tim Sullivan, USA TODAY , 11 May 2022",
      "Vitaman ensures that their shampoo works gently on your tresses by finding a pH balance that doesn\u2019t disrupt the natural health of your hair. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 May 2022",
      "Humidity is starting to creep in again, replete with hot, thick air that even the air conditioning or cooling bed sheets can't disrupt . \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 8 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin disruptus , past participle of disrumpere , from dis- + rumpere to break \u2014 more at reave ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1663, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225917"
  },
  "disruption":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or process of disrupting something : a break or interruption in the normal course or continuation of some activity, process, etc.",
      ": the act or process of breaking apart or rupturing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8r\u0259p-sh\u0259n",
      "dis-\u02c8r\u0259p-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "derangement",
      "dislocation",
      "disturbance",
      "upset"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1622, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210143"
  },
  "diss":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to treat with disrespect or contempt : insult",
      ": to find fault with : criticize",
      ": an insulting expression of disrespect or criticism",
      "dissertation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dis"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1987, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205427"
  },
  "dissatisfaction":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "the quality or state of being dissatisfied discontent",
      "a feeling of unhappiness or disapproval"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"(\u02cc)di(s)-\u02ccsa-t\u0259s-\u02c8fak-sh\u0259n",
    "synonyms":[
      "discontent",
      "discontentedness",
      "discontentment",
      "disgruntlement",
      "displeasure"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "contentedness",
      "contentment",
      "pleasure",
      "satisfaction"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "There was widespread dissatisfaction with the President and his administration.",
      "a vague dissatisfaction with the state of their marriage, which seemed a little stale",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "For example, as service levels fall, client dissatisfaction increases, causing client attrition and the loss of a referrable experience. \u2014 John Pierce, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
      "That\u2019s the highest dissatisfaction level since NORC\u2014one of the largest independent research organizations in the U.S.\u2014began conducting the poll in 1972. \u2014 Andrew Marquardt, Fortune , 6 June 2022",
      "The survey found Americans in a sour mood and registering some of the highest levels of economic dissatisfaction in years. \u2014 Janet Adamy, WSJ , 6 June 2022",
      "One thing worth noting about this election, and this moment in L.A. history, is that dissatisfaction runs through every neighborhood and every income level. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
      "In addition to an economy hammered by lockdowns, the government will also have to deal with rising dissatisfaction from residents, who say zero-covid is ruining their lives. \u2014 Jane Li, Quartz , 1 June 2022",
      "So far, the results indicate some dissatisfaction on the job front. \u2014 Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2022",
      "Inflation has been at its highest in decades, contributing to pay dissatisfaction . \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 26 May 2022",
      "The goal is to find functional ways of navigating interpersonal difficulties, trouble achieving personal goals or broader life dissatisfaction . \u2014 Sourav Sengupta, The Conversation , 19 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1610, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "dissatisfactory":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "causing dissatisfaction"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"(\u02cc)di(s)-\u02ccsa-t\u0259s-\u02c8fak-t(\u0259-)r\u0113",
    "synonyms":[
      "bad",
      "bastard",
      "bush",
      "bush-league",
      "crummy",
      "crumby",
      "deficient",
      "ill",
      "inferior",
      "lame",
      "lousy",
      "off",
      "paltry",
      "poor",
      "punk",
      "sour",
      "suboptimal",
      "subpar",
      "substandard",
      "unacceptable",
      "unsatisfactory",
      "wack",
      "wanting",
      "wretched",
      "wrong"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "acceptable",
      "adequate",
      "all right",
      "decent",
      "fine",
      "OK",
      "okay",
      "passable",
      "respectable",
      "satisfactory",
      "standard",
      "tolerable"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "this report is completely dissatisfactory on several counts"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1610, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162440"
  },
  "dissatisfied":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": expressing or showing lack of satisfaction : not pleased or satisfied"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)di(s)-\u02c8sa-t\u0259s-\u02ccf\u012bd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aggrieved",
      "discontent",
      "discontented",
      "disgruntled",
      "displeased",
      "malcontent"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "content",
      "contented",
      "gratified",
      "pleased",
      "satisfied"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the store prides itself on never allowing a customer to walk away dissatisfied",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Fearing lawsuits from dissatisfied patients, the doctors were quick to exclude patients for reasons of mental stability. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
      "Left to their own devices, dissatisfied consumers are probably more apt to complain and write negative reviews than satisfied customers are likely to write positive reviews. \u2014 Henri Isenberg, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "The early success of Rhodes\u2019 current WWE run has to be an encouraging sign for any AEW name who is dissatisfied with their booking and/or is looking to cash in with a big payday from WWE. \u2014 Blake Oestriecher, Forbes , 7 May 2022",
      "Others who knew her well at the time said Palin was just clearly dissatisfied with the job of being governor. \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "The ethics seminar always left me feeling dissatisfied and anxious. \u2014 Elif Batuman, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "After taking his Muslim name and using his popularity on the court to become a prominent civil rights advocate, the player has become dissatisfied with his limited ability to better the world around him. \u2014 J. Kim Murphy, Variety , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Yet the students remained dissatisfied when the university refused to totally capitulate and declined to label bathrooms and housing plans as all-gender. \u2014 Aron Ravin, National Review , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "As the most prominent information technology vendor for the government, Microsoft is a natural target for dissatisfied workers, said Trey Herr, the director of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative at the Atlantic Council, a Washington think tank. \u2014 NBC News , 31 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1630, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-175815"
  },
  "dissembling":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to hide under a false appearance",
      ": to put on the appearance of : simulate",
      ": to put on a false appearance : conceal facts, intentions, or feelings under some pretense"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sem-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "act",
      "affect",
      "assume",
      "bluff",
      "counterfeit",
      "fake",
      "feign",
      "pass (for)",
      "pretend",
      "profess",
      "put on",
      "sham",
      "simulate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "he dissembled happiness at the news that his old girlfriend was getting married\u2014to someone else",
      "children learn to dissemble at a surprisingly early age",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This facility will soon mandate that all visitors be vaccinated, but my relative plans to dissemble in order to evade the requirement. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Aug. 2021",
      "That drew a memorable riposte from Martin Indyk, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel, who slyly suggested that the former vice president, with his long Senate experience, was no naif about Netanyahu\u2019s ability to dissemble . \u2014 Noga Tarnopolsky, Los Angeles Times , 19 Nov. 2020",
      "The doctors attending him are public servants and shouldn\u2019t dissemble or strategize when answering questions that citizens are entitled to ask. \u2014 Star Tribune , 7 Oct. 2020",
      "The Ebay team allegedly continued to dissemble , both to law enforcement and to Ebay\u2019s own lawyers, who by August 26 had begun to conduct their own interviews about the matter. \u2014 Brian Barrett, Wired , 15 June 2020",
      "And when Denise becomes Georges\u2019 eager collaborator and chief financier, Haenel\u2019s flinty-eyed intelligence becomes a vital counterpoint to Dujardin\u2019s dissembling idiocy. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Apr. 2020",
      "Everything so far has been dissembling , denial, pointing the finger somewhere else. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English dissymblen , alteration of dissimulen , from Middle French dissimuler , from Latin dissimulare \u2014 more at dissimulate ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195604"
  },
  "disseminate":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to spread abroad as though sowing seed",
      ": to disperse throughout"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8se-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "broadcast",
      "circulate",
      "propagate",
      "spread"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Russian law often prohibited direct participation in these sales, but Moscow routinely encouraged the transactions as a way to disseminate its products. \u2014 Brett Forrest, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "NetChoice says the law, which took effect earlier this month, would effectively force social media platforms to disseminate dangerous content, including propaganda, hate speech and threats of violence, in violation of their First Amendment rights. \u2014 Devin Dwyer, ABC News , 31 May 2022",
      "In some cases, the campaigns relied on Russian state media or fake social media accounts to disseminate the disinformation. \u2014 David Klepper, ajc , 19 May 2022",
      "Civil society groups and humanitarian organizations based inside and outside of Ukraine have also played a vital role in amplifying voices, turning into a sort of activist army to verify and disseminate information. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Civil society groups and humanitarian organizations based inside and outside of Ukraine have also played a vital role in amplifying voices, turning into a sort of activist army to verify and disseminate information. \u2014 Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Weill devotes much of the book to the various forms of media throughout history that have allowed conspiracists to disseminate their message, from newspapers in Rowbotham\u2019s day to today\u2019s social media and sites like YouTube. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "The council also created a newspaper that served as a central organ to disseminate information about new Nazi regulations, from the surrender of businesses and property to the prohibition on using swimming pools and sports facilities. \u2014 Ruth Franklin, The New York Review of Books , 11 May 2022",
      "Other scammers have used Facebook and Instagram advertisements to disseminate their malicious links. \u2014 Jacob Stern, The Atlantic , 3 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin disseminatus , past participle of disseminare , from dis- + seminare to sow, from semin-, semen seed \u2014 more at semen ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194402"
  },
  "dissension":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": disagreement",
      ": partisan and contentious quarreling",
      ": difference in opinion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sen(t)-sh\u0259n",
      "di-\u02c8sen-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "conflict",
      "disaccord",
      "discord",
      "discordance",
      "discordancy",
      "disharmony",
      "dissent",
      "dissidence",
      "dissonance",
      "disunion",
      "disunity",
      "division",
      "friction",
      "infighting",
      "inharmony",
      "schism",
      "strife",
      "variance",
      "war",
      "warfare"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "accord",
      "agreement",
      "concord",
      "concordance",
      "harmony",
      "peace"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The incident has caused a lot of dissension within the police department.",
      "Religious dissension threatened to split the colony.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Some expressed outrage over the disclosure of the document, calling it a gross breach of protocol at the court and an attempt to sow dissension within it. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
      "Young people have been disproportionately engaged in protesting against the Ukraine war, and the state is actively engaged in trying to suppress dissension among youth. \u2014 Loren Thompson, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Democrats now find themselves in the awkward position of having a firm sense of their political liabilities but broad dissension about what should be done about them. \u2014 Byrick Klein,averi Harper, ABC News , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "In a statement, Anthony thanked Nessel's office for their work and condemned persistently violent dissension . \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Finally, if Putin\u2019s gambit was intended to sow dissension within the ranks of NATO members, that hasn\u2019t worked, either. \u2014 Michael A. Cohen, The New Republic , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Known for dissension in the past, the Police Commission has become more unified under Cohen, Elias said. \u2014 Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Experiencing locker room dissension about Coleman's role with the club, the Suns returned home to lose again, 47-6, to eventual league champions, Tucson. \u2014 Douglas C. Towne, The Arizona Republic , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "British intelligence indicated last week that there is dissension in the ranks as the Russians contend with depleted forces, poor tactical coordination, a lack of unit-level skills and inconsistent air support. \u2014 Phil Mccausland, NBC News , 6 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French discension , from Latin dissension-, dissensio , from dissentire \u2014 see dissent  entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204900"
  },
  "dissensus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": difference of opinion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)di(s)-\u02c8sen(t)-s\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "contestation",
      "controversy",
      "debate",
      "difference",
      "difficulty",
      "disagreement",
      "disputation",
      "dispute",
      "dissension",
      "dissention",
      "firestorm",
      "nonconcurrence"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "accord",
      "agreement",
      "consensus",
      "harmony",
      "unanimity"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a democracy relies on dissensus as much as on consensus"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" dis- + con sensus ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1962, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224948"
  },
  "dissent":{
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to withhold assent or approval",
      ": to differ in opinion",
      ": difference of opinion",
      ": such as",
      ": religious nonconformity",
      ": a justice's nonconcurrence with a decision of the majority",
      ": political opposition to a government or its policies",
      ": disagree sense 1",
      ": difference of opinion",
      ": to withhold assent or approval",
      "\u2014 see also appraisal",
      ": to differ in opinion",
      ": to disagree with a majority opinion",
      "\u2014 compare concur",
      ": difference of opinion",
      ": a judge's disagreement with the decision of the majority",
      ": dissenting opinion at opinion",
      ": the judge or group of judges that dissent \u2014 compare majority"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sent",
      "di-\u02c8sent",
      "di-\u02c8sent"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "differ",
      "disagree",
      "nonconcur"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "conflict",
      "disaccord",
      "discord",
      "discordance",
      "discordancy",
      "disharmony",
      "dissension",
      "dissention",
      "dissidence",
      "dissonance",
      "disunion",
      "disunity",
      "division",
      "friction",
      "infighting",
      "inharmony",
      "schism",
      "strife",
      "variance",
      "war",
      "warfare"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The liberal justices, Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor, are expected to dissent from either outcome. \u2014 Mark Sherman And Jessica Gresko, Chicago Tribune , 11 May 2022",
      "He is joined by various contributing editors, columnists, and authors with ties to the antiliberal left who also tend to dissent from core progressive pieties of the moment (including a focus on identity politics and intersectionality). \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "Yet because it is known that some justices choose to dissent only behind closed doors, only the nine know for certain what happened. \u2014 Joan Biskupic, CNN , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "There is no doubt, however, that Trump will be apoplectic that his three Supreme Court nominees, Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, did not publicly dissent from denying his bid to keep his West Wing records secret. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "Lawyers for a coalition of civic groups challenging the law said in court papers Friday that the professors were told by the university that their expert testimony would dissent from the DeSantis administration, creating a conflict for the school. \u2014 Mike Schneider, USA TODAY , 30 Oct. 2021",
      "The price of sovereignty rests on the backs of those who dissent . \u2014 New York Times , 17 Sep. 2021",
      "Lay people who dissent from the scientific consensus may strike you as woefully credulous but often pride themselves on being independent-minded. \u2014 New York Times , 13 July 2021",
      "To underscore their commitment to the lie, Republicans who dissent from these lies are now pushed out of leadership roles. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 20 May 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "All three senators are of Cuban descent and support a hardline U.S. policy toward the Communist island, where political dissent is not tolerated. \u2014 Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY , 9 June 2022",
      "Authorities banned the vigil in 2020 and 2021 citing coronavirus health restrictions -- though many Hongkongers believe that was just an excuse to clamp down on shows of public dissent following pro-democracy protests that swept the city in 2019. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 3 June 2022",
      "The walkout was a rare instance of political dissent in the United Kingdom over the jubilee commemorations, which have seen an outpouring of support for the monarch and extensive, and largely laudatory, media coverage. \u2014 Claire Parker, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
      "By the mid-90s, the city of Eugene had become an incubator of political dissent and a gathering place for radical and militant environmentalists. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
      "Residents short of groceries, medical care and patience have have publicly aired their grievances in rare displays of dissent against the Communist Party. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "The plan to hit the road comes after a week of some internal dissent that started when many convoy members grew frustrated with circling the Beltway and wanted to go downtown, an idea that was quashed by organizers. \u2014 ABC News , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "The fresh sentence comes as Russian authorities seek to put down any dissent against Mr. Putin\u2019s war against Ukraine. \u2014 WSJ , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "There is also growing evidence of some dissent within Russia, but Putin\u2019s government and the country\u2019s security services appear to be attempting to quash it. \u2014 NBC News , 2 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1585, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182508"
  },
  "dissentient":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": expressing dissent"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sen(t)-sh(\u0113-)\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dissenting",
      "dissident",
      "heretical",
      "heretic",
      "heterodox",
      "iconoclastic",
      "maverick",
      "nonconformist",
      "nonorthodox",
      "out-there",
      "unconventional",
      "unorthodox"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "conforming",
      "conformist",
      "conventional",
      "orthodox"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the communist party did not look favorably on dissentient opinions"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin dissentient-, dissentiens , present participle of dissentire ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1651, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224116"
  },
  "dissention":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "disagreement",
      "partisan and contentious quarreling",
      "difference in opinion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"di-\u02c8sen(t)-sh\u0259n",
    "synonyms":[
      "conflict",
      "disaccord",
      "discord",
      "discordance",
      "discordancy",
      "disharmony",
      "dissent",
      "dissidence",
      "dissonance",
      "disunion",
      "disunity",
      "division",
      "friction",
      "infighting",
      "inharmony",
      "schism",
      "strife",
      "variance",
      "war",
      "warfare"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "accord",
      "agreement",
      "concord",
      "concordance",
      "harmony",
      "peace"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The incident has caused a lot of dissension within the police department.",
      "Religious dissension threatened to split the colony.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Some expressed outrage over the disclosure of the document, calling it a gross breach of protocol at the court and an attempt to sow dissension within it. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
      "Young people have been disproportionately engaged in protesting against the Ukraine war, and the state is actively engaged in trying to suppress dissension among youth. \u2014 Loren Thompson, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Democrats now find themselves in the awkward position of having a firm sense of their political liabilities but broad dissension about what should be done about them. \u2014 Byrick Klein,averi Harper, ABC News , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "In a statement, Anthony thanked Nessel's office for their work and condemned persistently violent dissension . \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Finally, if Putin\u2019s gambit was intended to sow dissension within the ranks of NATO members, that hasn\u2019t worked, either. \u2014 Michael A. Cohen, The New Republic , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Known for dissension in the past, the Police Commission has become more unified under Cohen, Elias said. \u2014 Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Experiencing locker room dissension about Coleman's role with the club, the Suns returned home to lose again, 47-6, to eventual league champions, Tucson. \u2014 Douglas C. Towne, The Arizona Republic , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "British intelligence indicated last week that there is dissension in the ranks as the Russians contend with depleted forces, poor tactical coordination, a lack of unit-level skills and inconsistent air support. \u2014 Phil Mccausland, NBC News , 6 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French discension , from Latin dissension-, dissensio , from dissentire \u2014 see dissent  entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "dissidence":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dissent , disagreement"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-s\u0259-d\u0259n(t)s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "conflict",
      "disaccord",
      "discord",
      "discordance",
      "discordancy",
      "disharmony",
      "dissension",
      "dissention",
      "dissent",
      "dissonance",
      "disunion",
      "disunity",
      "division",
      "friction",
      "infighting",
      "inharmony",
      "schism",
      "strife",
      "variance",
      "war",
      "warfare"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "accord",
      "agreement",
      "concord",
      "concordance",
      "harmony",
      "peace"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "political dissidence had plagued the country for years",
      "after abstract art became established, its proponents became just as intolerant of dissidence as earlier schools of art had been",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Ossandon notes that there are also more docs exploring gender dissidence and identity. \u2014 Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety , 17 May 2022",
      "But Li emphasizes that this is not a sign of dissidence . \u2014 Peter Hessler, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
      "In fact, most such spies agreed to cooperate based on ideological dissidence with their illegitimate governments. \u2014 Douglas London, CNN , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Sri Lanka has had a chronic ethnic Tamil dissidence problem, which in the past has received moral and material support from sections of the Indian population. \u2014 Mimansa Verma, Quartz , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Listeners determined to uncover evidence of Shostakovich\u2019s musical dissidence will find it in the Ninth Symphony. \u2014 Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Even this was considered to be dissidence and was punished accordingly. \u2014 Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker , 27 Sep. 2021",
      "At the heart of the issue is a question of power, and not just Guzm\u00e1n\u2019s policymaking power, but Alberto\u2019s capacity to lead his administration in the face of dissidence from within. \u2014 Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes , 28 June 2021",
      "Americans for Peace Now, one of the earliest hubs of American Jewish dissidence on Israeli militarism, took both its name and inspiration from the Israeli organization founded in reaction to the Lebanon war. \u2014 Samuel G. Freedman, CNN , 18 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1656, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191545"
  },
  "dissimilar":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "not the same or similar different or unalike",
      "different sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"(\u02cc)di(s)-\u02c8si-m\u0259-l\u0259r",
    "synonyms":[
      "different",
      "disparate",
      "distant",
      "distinct",
      "distinctive",
      "distinguishable",
      "diverse",
      "nonidentical",
      "other",
      "unalike",
      "unlike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "alike",
      "identical",
      "indistinguishable",
      "kin",
      "kindred",
      "like",
      "parallel",
      "same",
      "similar"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The two movies are very dissimilar .",
      "The writers have dissimilar backgrounds.",
      "The question is not dissimilar to one asked earlier.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But beauty is in the eye of the beholder and newness is not too dissimilar . \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "While the two city\u2019s overall vaccination coverage aren\u2019t too dissimilar , Hong Kong\u2019s undoing lay in its failure to vaccinate its most vulnerable\u2014the elderly\u2014and to counter fears about vaccine risk for these groups. \u2014 Mary Hui, Quartz , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "The problem is not dissimilar to the dilemma established by America's founding fathers in creating the Electoral College. \u2014 David A. Andelman, CNN , 16 May 2022",
      "Being an investor is not dissimilar to being a producer. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "In truth, the effort is not dissimilar to the efforts of other nations working to arrange safe passage out of Ukraine for their citizens in concert with neighboring countries. \u2014 Anjani Jain, Fortune , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "King, who studied fine art in college, offered that perhaps teachers aren\u2019t entirely dissimilar from artists. \u2014 Seamus Mcavoy, Hartford Courant , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Pelau is not dissimilar from other protein-rich rice dishes found throughout the world. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "The second half was not dissimilar from its predecessor as the Blazers opened up on a 13-4 run, stretching the lead to as many as 30 points with three minutes remaining and securing their 20th win of the season. \u2014 Evan Dudley, al , 17 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1599, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162512"
  },
  "dissimulate":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to hide under a false appearance",
      "dissemble"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"(\u02cc)di-\u02c8sim-y\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t",
    "synonyms":[
      "dissemble",
      "let on",
      "make out",
      "pretend"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "as an actress she had been trained to dissimulate , so she had no trouble hiding her true feelings offstage as well"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin dissimulatus , past participle of dissimulare , from dis- + simulare to simulate",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162525"
  },
  "dissimulating":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to hide under a false appearance",
      ": dissemble"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)di-\u02c8sim-y\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dissemble",
      "let on",
      "make out",
      "pretend"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "as an actress she had been trained to dissimulate , so she had no trouble hiding her true feelings offstage as well"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin dissimulatus , past participle of dissimulare , from dis- + simulare to simulate",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-230307"
  },
  "dissimulation":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to hide under a false appearance",
      ": dissemble"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)di-\u02c8sim-y\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dissemble",
      "let on",
      "make out",
      "pretend"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "as an actress she had been trained to dissimulate , so she had no trouble hiding her true feelings offstage as well"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin dissimulatus , past participle of dissimulare , from dis- + simulare to simulate",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220024"
  },
  "dissipate":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to break up and drive off",
      ": to cause to spread thin or scatter and gradually vanish",
      ": to lose (heat, electricity, etc.) irrecoverably",
      ": to spend or use up wastefully or foolishly",
      ": to break up and scatter or vanish",
      ": to be extravagant or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure",
      ": to drink to excess",
      ": to cause to break up and disappear : disperse",
      ": to scatter or waste foolishly : squander",
      ": to use (marital assets) for one's own benefit and to the exclusion of one's spouse for a purpose unrelated to the marriage at a time when the marriage is undergoing an irretrievable breakdown"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-s\u0259-\u02ccp\u0101t",
      "\u02c8di-s\u0259-\u02ccp\u0101t",
      "\u02c8di-s\u0259-\u02ccp\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "clear out",
      "disband",
      "dispel",
      "disperse",
      "scatter",
      "squander"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "assemble",
      "cluster",
      "collect",
      "concentrate",
      "congregate",
      "gather",
      "ingather"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The morning sun dissipated the fog.",
      "The fog should dissipate soon.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The fragrance may quickly dissipate on your morning commute. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 June 2022",
      "In short, the figures immediately after mass shooting events suggest a real change in attitudes on gun issues and real momentum for gun control advocates, but those attitudes dissipate fairly quickly. \u2014 Dante Chinni, NBC News , 29 May 2022",
      "Puffy afternoon clouds this afternoon will dissipate overnight, leaving us with a sunny and hot holiday. \u2014 Greg Porter, Washington Post , 29 May 2022",
      "Any fog that develops is expected to dissipate shortly after sunrise. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "These factors aren't expected to dissipate any time soon. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "The storm continued throughout the day, but was expected to dissipate before Tuesday. \u2014 Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times , 17 Jan. 2022",
      "The fog is expected to dissipate through the morning hours, according to the weather service. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "In the North Bay valleys, residents on Monday morning woke up to patchy fog, which was expected to dissipate by mid-afternoon. \u2014 Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle , 29 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin dissipatus , past participle of dissipare, dissupare , from dis- + supare to throw",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211350"
  },
  "dissipated":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": given to or marked by dissipation : dissolute",
      ": indulging in bad, foolish, or harmful activities"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-s\u0259-\u02ccp\u0101-t\u0259d",
      "\u02c8di-s\u0259-\u02ccp\u0101-t\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "corrupt",
      "debased",
      "debauched",
      "decadent",
      "degenerate",
      "degraded",
      "demoralized",
      "depraved",
      "dissolute",
      "jackleg",
      "libertine",
      "loose",
      "perverse",
      "perverted",
      "rakehell",
      "rakehelly",
      "rakish",
      "reprobate",
      "sick",
      "unclean",
      "unwholesome",
      "warped"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "pure",
      "uncorrupt",
      "uncorrupted"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the dissipated and drunken son of the wealthiest man in the county"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1744, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181849"
  },
  "dissociate":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to separate from association or union with another",
      ": disunite",
      ": to subject to chemical dissociation",
      ": to undergo dissociation",
      ": to mutate especially reversibly",
      ": to subject to chemical dissociation",
      ": to undergo dissociation",
      ": to mutate especially reversibly"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)di-\u02c8s\u014d-sh\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
      "-s\u0113-",
      "(\u02c8)dis-\u02c8\u014d-s(h)\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break up",
      "decouple",
      "disassociate",
      "disconnect",
      "disjoin",
      "disjoint",
      "dissever",
      "disunite",
      "divide",
      "divorce",
      "part",
      "ramify",
      "resolve",
      "separate",
      "sever",
      "split",
      "sunder",
      "uncouple",
      "unlink",
      "unyoke"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "join",
      "link",
      "unify",
      "unite"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The director has tried to dissociate himself from his earlier films.",
      "Why is the organization choosing to dissociate itself from its founder?",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Candace has that ability to compartmentalize and sort of dissociate from the things that are bothering her. \u2014 Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
      "This is often easier said than done, depending on your ability to dissociate fiction from reality, even if that reality is disputed. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "This is often easier said than done, depending on your ability to dissociate fiction from reality, even if that reality is disputed. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Spiegel, the Stanford researcher, said self-hypnosis can help people dissociate from anxiety. \u2014 Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "This is often easier said than done, depending on your ability to dissociate fiction from reality, even if that reality is disputed. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "This is often easier said than done, depending on your ability to dissociate fiction from reality, even if that reality is disputed. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "After exposure to water, the calcium sulfate molecule will dissociate . \u2014 oregonlive , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "Goel said browsing is tracked only on websites that enable Topics, and users can dissociate from a topic or turn off the technology altogether. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 25 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin dissociatus , past participle of dissociare , from dis- + sociare to join, from socius companion \u2014 more at social ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1582, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174936"
  },
  "dissociation":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or process of dissociating : the state of being dissociated: such as",
      ": the process by which a chemical combination breaks up into simpler constituents",
      ": one that results from the action of energy (such as heat) on a gas or of a solvent on a dissolved substance",
      ": the separation of whole segments of the personality (as in dissociative identity disorder) or of discrete mental processes (as in schizophrenia) from the mainstream of consciousness or of behavior",
      ": the property inherent in some biological stocks (as of certain bacteria) of differentiating into two or more distinct and relatively permanent strains",
      ": such a strain",
      ": the act or process of dissociating : the state of being dissociated : as",
      ": the process by which a chemical combination breaks up into simpler constituents",
      ": one that results from the action of energy (as heat) on a gas or of a solvent on a dissolved substance",
      ": the separation of whole segments of the personality (as in dissociative identity disorder) or of discrete mental processes (as in schizophrenia) from the mainstream of consciousness or of behavior with loss of integrated awareness and autonomous functioning of the separated segments or parts",
      ": the process by which some biological stocks (as of certain bacteria) differentiate into two or more distinct and relatively permanent strains",
      ": such a strain"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)di-\u02ccs\u014d-s\u0113-\u02c8\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "-sh\u0113-",
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02cc\u014d-s\u0113-\u02c8\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "-sh\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "No apology for beating me into dissociation as a child. \u2014 Terry Pluto, cleveland , 4 June 2022",
      "Are these problems caused by the dissociation of social media? \u2014 WSJ , 10 May 2022",
      "On a collective level this can look like a dissolution of borders, a national struggle, a dissociation from systems that support authorities that no longer serve the people who give them power. \u2014 Gala Mukomolova, refinery29.com , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Mechanic agreed, describing dissociation as a coping mechanism. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "Some argued that phones helped alleviate issues like social anxiety and dissociation amid big crowds. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Fortunately, for the vast majority of people, feelings of detachment or dissociation will pass, just as the pandemic will eventually end. \u2014 Moya Crockett, refinery29.com , 29 Dec. 2021",
      "The internet, by contrast, replicates \u2014 and also, of course, consumes \u2014 waking consciousness, fragmenting experience into shards of distraction, dissociation and randomness. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "Nowhere is the truth of that statement more evident than at Jenkins, officially Black Rock Psychiatric Hospital, where patients in varying stages of distress and dissociation wander the same grounds their ancestors may have toiled. \u2014 Naomi Jackson, Harper's Magazine , 23 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203617"
  },
  "dissoluteness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lacking restraint",
      ": marked by indulgence in things (such as drink or promiscuous sex) deemed vices (see vice entry 1 sense 1 )"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-s\u0259-\u02ccl\u00fct",
      "-l\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "corrupt",
      "debased",
      "debauched",
      "decadent",
      "degenerate",
      "degraded",
      "demoralized",
      "depraved",
      "dissipated",
      "jackleg",
      "libertine",
      "loose",
      "perverse",
      "perverted",
      "rakehell",
      "rakehelly",
      "rakish",
      "reprobate",
      "sick",
      "unclean",
      "unwholesome",
      "warped"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "pure",
      "uncorrupt",
      "uncorrupted"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "literature dealing with the dissolute and degrading aspects of human experience",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Her mother, Cora, a travelling nurse with an artistic streak, divorced her children\u2019s dissolute father in 1901. \u2014 Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
      "And Queen Victoria was just 18, a fresh girl-queen and a fresh start after a generation of dissolute royal men who spent like wastrels and fathered more illegitimate children than legitimate ones. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "The Argentine Jesuit is the first-ever pope to have named himself after the 13th century friar, who renounced a wealthy, dissolute lifestyle to embrace a life of poverty and simplicity. \u2014 Fox News , 12 Nov. 2021",
      "Through friends, Shakira hears stories of dissolute cities filled with broken marriages and prostitution. \u2014 Anand Gopal, The New Yorker , 6 Sep. 2021",
      "Tom Holland, the author of wide-lens books about ancient and medieval history, spoke about Caligula and other dissolute Roman leaders. \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 23 Aug. 2021",
      "Singer Angelo Moore narrates a Christmas Eve close encounter with a drunk, dissolute Santa Claus, belting soulfully over a spartan arrangement of organ and handclaps. \u2014 Jody Rosen, Los Angeles Times , 14 Dec. 2020",
      "One, Candy, is a dissolute superstar who abuses co-workers, shows up on set plastered and moans about how awful her privileged life is. \u2014 Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune , 10 Dec. 2020",
      "Francis is the first pope to name himself after the mendicant friar, who renounced a wealthy, dissolute lifestyle to embrace a life of poverty and service to the poor. \u2014 CBS News , 5 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin dissolutus , from past participle of dissolvere to loosen, dissolve",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222411"
  },
  "dissolution":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "the act or process of dissolving such as",
      "separation into component parts",
      "decay , disintegration",
      "death",
      "termination or destruction by breaking down, disrupting, or dispersing",
      "the dissolving of an assembly or organization",
      "liquefaction",
      "a dissolute or indulgent act or practice",
      "the act or process of dissolving as",
      "separation into component parts",
      "death sense 1",
      "liquefaction",
      "solution sense 1a",
      "the act or process of ending as",
      "the termination of an organized body (as a court)",
      "the ending of a partnership relationship caused by the withdrawal of one of the partners from the relationship",
      "the termination of a corporation",
      "dissolution of a corporation by a court in response to a shareholder petition based on statutorily prescribed grounds",
      "dissolution of a corporation upon the initiative of the directors and with approval of a certain percentage of the shareholders",
      "the termination of an injunction or stay by court order",
      "the termination of a marriage by divorce"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02ccdi-s\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fc-sh\u0259n",
    "synonyms":[
      "bifurcation",
      "breakup",
      "cleavage",
      "disunion",
      "division",
      "fractionalization",
      "fractionation",
      "partition",
      "schism",
      "scission",
      "separation",
      "split",
      "sundering"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "unification",
      "union"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the dissolution of the marriage",
      "the dissolution of old beliefs",
      "The treatment is used for the dissolution of kidney stones.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "DeSantis\u2019 office has challenged arguments that the dissolution of Reedy Creek will lead to tax hikes. \u2014 Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 May 2022",
      "The dissolution of the special district would mean that Orange and Osceola counties take on the assets and liabilities of Reedy Creek. \u2014 Eric Levenson And Dianne Gallagher, CNN , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "But aspects of how the dissolution of the Reedy Creek Improvement District would work are still unclear. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Sometimes the dissolution of a society is rapid and startling\u2014think of Yugoslavia after Tito. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "Orbuch says the dissolution of a toxic friendship can be eye-opening. \u2014 Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "The dissolution of the Soviet Union happened just before the 1992 Winter Olympics (back when the Winter and Summer Olympics took place in the same year). \u2014 Mallika Sen, chicagotribune.com , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Still, the result would be a relief to Johnson, for whom the dissolution of the United Kingdom looms as a potentially defining event for his premiership. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 May 2021",
      "Still, the result is a relief to Mr. Johnson, for whom the dissolution of the United Kingdom looms as a potentially defining event for his premiership. \u2014 Mark Landler, New York Times , 8 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see dissolute ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "dissolve":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "noun or adjective",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cause to disperse or disappear : destroy",
      ": to separate into component parts : disintegrate",
      ": to bring to an end : terminate",
      ": annul",
      ": to cause to pass into solution (see solution sense 2b )",
      ": melt , liquefy",
      ": to cause to be emotionally moved (see move entry 1 sense transitive 5a )",
      ": to cause to fade in or out in a dissolve (see dissolve entry 2 )",
      ": detach , loosen",
      ": to clear up : to find a solution, explanation, or answer for",
      ": to become dissipated (see dissipate sense 1 ) or decomposed",
      ": break up , disperse",
      ": to fade away",
      ": to become fluid : melt",
      ": to pass into solution",
      ": to be overcome emotionally",
      ": to resolve itself as if by dissolution",
      ": to change by a dissolve",
      ": a gradual superimposing of one motion-picture or television shot upon another on a screen",
      ": to become part of a liquid",
      ": to bring to an end : terminate",
      ": to fade away as if by melting or breaking up",
      ": to be overcome by a strong feeling",
      ": to cause to pass into solution",
      ": to cause to melt or liquefy",
      ": to become fluid",
      ": to pass into solution",
      ": to bring about the dissolution of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8z\u00e4lv",
      "-\u02c8z\u022flv",
      "also",
      "or",
      "di-\u02c8z\u00e4lv",
      "diz-\u02c8\u00e4lv",
      "-\u02c8\u022flv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dematerialize",
      "disappear",
      "evanesce",
      "evaporate",
      "fade",
      "flee",
      "fly",
      "melt",
      "sink",
      "vanish"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "appear",
      "materialize"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Dissolve the tablet in water.",
      "Hopes for peace dissolved in renewed violence.",
      "His kind words dissolved her sadness.",
      "The treatment is used to dissolve kidney stones.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The rocket cut across the sky, leaving behind a plume of white smoke that rose, twisted and began to dissolve . \u2014 Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
      "Empty water and add the sugar and coffee to the glass, then stir to dissolve sugar. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Add cornstarch to reserved marinade and stir to dissolve . \u2014 Darlene Zimmerman, Detroit Free Press , 15 Aug. 2021",
      "These support the correct pH of your skin and help dissolve signs of aging. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 June 2022",
      "Like other Republican candidates for governor, Michels now wants to dissolve the elections agency that has become a symbol for Trump's baseless claims of widespread voter fraud. \u2014 Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel , 2 June 2022",
      "The organization filed for bankruptcy last year after New York Attorney General Letitia James sued to dissolve the NRA. \u2014 David Goldman, CNN , 27 May 2022",
      "The four Republican candidates running for governor all want to dissolve the commission. \u2014 Todd Richmond And Scott Bauer, Chicago Tribune , 26 May 2022",
      "The supervisors voted shortly before Election Day to ask the General Assembly to dissolve the town\u2019s charter. \u2014 Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Clean & Clear's face scrub formulation is specifically made to target blackheads and dissolve impurities with 2% salicylic acid. \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 6 June 2022",
      "Pomegranate enzymes and sunflower seed oil dissolve any buildup. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
      "Here, five thoughtful pieces start as fragments and accumulate into concrete forms, only to change shape or dissolve , much like clouds against a blue sky over time. \u2014 Larry Blumenfeld, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
      "Set the saucepan over low heat and continue to stir gently until the sugars dissolve (avoid sloshing the sides of the pan). \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Now, as glaciers dissolve and sea levels rise, the poles may, in effect, journey to us, swamping our shores. \u2014 Jody Rosen, New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "The chocolate de metate dessert is inspired by the round Ibarra-brand chocolate powder tablets that Mexicans have dissolve in milk or water to make hot cocoa for generations. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Whisk in hot water and continue whisking until all lumps dissolve , 1-2 minutes. \u2014 Kitty Greenwald, WSJ , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "As the camera pulls back, Riddler and the inmate dissolve into laughter and a new, wicked friendship is born. \u2014 Adam B. Vary, Variety , 5 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1916, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204049"
  },
  "dissonance":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lack of agreement",
      ": inconsistency between the beliefs one holds or between one's actions and one's beliefs \u2014 compare cognitive dissonance",
      ": an instance of such inconsistency or disagreement",
      ": a mingling of sounds that strike the ear harshly : a mingling of discordant sounds",
      ": a clashing or unresolved musical interval or chord",
      ": an unpleasant combination of musical sounds",
      ": inconsistency between the beliefs one holds or between one's actions and one's beliefs \u2014 see cognitive dissonance"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-s\u0259-n\u0259n(t)s",
      "\u02c8di-s\u0259-n\u0259ns",
      "\u02c8dis-\u0259-n\u0259n(t)s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "conflict",
      "disaccord",
      "discord",
      "discordance",
      "discordancy",
      "disharmony",
      "dissension",
      "dissention",
      "dissent",
      "dissidence",
      "disunion",
      "disunity",
      "division",
      "friction",
      "infighting",
      "inharmony",
      "schism",
      "strife",
      "variance",
      "war",
      "warfare"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "accord",
      "agreement",
      "concord",
      "concordance",
      "harmony",
      "peace"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the dissonance between what we are told and what we see with our own eyes",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Music industry veterans have heard this artist-label dissonance before. \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 11 June 2022",
      "Beyond that dissonance , the animatronic heads on the trees were at odds tonally with the reverence expressed elsewhere. \u2014 Tom Teicholz, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
      "Punk is about dissonance beyond sound, the determination not to be easily embraced and therefore co-opted. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
      "That dissonance helped break art into a million pieces. \u2014 Jeff Macgregor, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 May 2022",
      "The album finds a space between Donda 2-style hurriedness and intentional dissonance . \u2014 Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone , 16 May 2022",
      "That dissonance drove down Mr. Biden\u2019s numbers on handling the economy from 53% approve, 34% disapprove in Politico\u2019s survey after his inaugural to 40% approve, 54% disapprove this January. \u2014 Karl Rove, WSJ , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "There\u2019s a sense of unease coursing through the record, with flashes of dissonance that ratchet up the tension. \u2014 Mark Richardson, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
      "Hangmen suffers from some of that dissonance , and its longer, talkier interludes serve more as amiable time fillers than story engine. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 22 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see dissonant ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214125"
  },
  "dissonant":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marked by dissonance : discordant",
      ": incongruous",
      ": harmonically unresolved"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-s\u0259-n\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cacophonous",
      "discordant",
      "inharmonious",
      "unmelodious",
      "unmusical",
      "unvocal"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "harmonious",
      "harmonizing",
      "melodious",
      "musical"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a dissonant chorus of noises arose from the busy construction site",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Is juggling such wildly different stories a dissonant act? \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 2 June 2022",
      "Crack Up, the band\u2019s first album in six years, in which band leader Robin Pecknold introduced dark, dissonant elements to the bands\u2019 previously pleasant, uplifting sound. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 8 Oct. 2020",
      "Certainly, designers cranked the visual volume, with a graphically dissonant face that lacks the conservative certainty of a Telluride. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 14 May 2022",
      "During a fight scene with Evelyn, Jobu wears an outfit that is pure chaos, mashing up the character\u2019s many dissonant styles to an alarming effect. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "At the end of the second movement, falling glissandos in the strings provoked a dissonant buildup, which gave way to a lush melody. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "The audience didn\u2019t know what to make of the strange, dissonant sounds coming from the four musicians onstage at New York\u2019s United Palace on April 16. \u2014 Simon Vozick-levinson, Rolling Stone , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Later, both motifs sound against a pileup of dissonant chords, which is like a wall through which neither can pass. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "The glitching, drill-like beat, accompanied by some dissonant chords, further complicate the story of the song, perfectly painting a picture of being caught between a rock and a hard place. \u2014 Stephen Daw, Billboard , 25 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English dissonaunte , from Latin dissonant-, dissonans , present participle of dissonare to be discordant, from dis- + sonare to sound \u2014 more at sound entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220623"
  },
  "distasteful":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "objectionable because offensive to one's personal taste unpleasant , disagreeable",
      "objectionable because in poor taste, inappropriate, or unethical",
      "unpleasant to the taste",
      "unpleasant"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8t\u0101st-f\u0259l",
    "synonyms":[
      "brackish",
      "unappetizing",
      "unpalatable",
      "unsavory",
      "yucky",
      "yukky"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "appetizing",
      "delectable",
      "delicious",
      "delish",
      "palatable",
      "savory",
      "savoury",
      "tasty",
      "toothsome",
      "yummy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The work was distasteful , but it was the best I could find at the time.",
      "It was a distasteful subject to him.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Textures, colors, styles and shapes clashed and contrasted in a collection that was able to be fun and playful -- without ever falling into distasteful pastiche. \u2014 Thomas Adamson, ajc , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "Manville\u2019s performance is the distasteful dynamo powering much of the film\u2019s drama, but Leigh is always careful not to castigate or villainize, keeping the audience\u2019s sympathies balanced through each character\u2019s ups and downs. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 26 Feb. 2022",
      "So is this a distasteful , not to mention wasteful, stunt, or a lucrative art project cum pot of gold? \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "In the end, the Johnny Depp superfans captivated by the trial\u2014and who have been rightfully lambasted for creating a barrage of distasteful TikToks expressing their sordid version of fandom\u2014might end up with the facts on their side. \u2014 Natalie Shure, The New Republic , 16 May 2022",
      "Violent imagery can also be off-putting, distasteful or triggering to certain readers. \u2014 Yael Klass, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Isolating or removing books because of subjective or personal opinions - finding the content offensive or distasteful , for example - could open up a library to a First Amendment challenge, experts said. \u2014 Annie Gowen, Anchorage Daily News , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Isolating or removing books because of subjective or personal opinions \u2014 finding the content offensive or distasteful , for example \u2014 could open up a library to a First Amendment challenge, experts said. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "The slap was wrong \u2014 but Rock\u2019s joke was distasteful . \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 29 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "1607, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "distemperature":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a disordered condition"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8stem-p(\u0259-)r\u0259-\u02ccchu\u0307r",
      "-p\u0259r-",
      "-p\u0259-",
      "-ch\u0259r",
      "chiefly Southern"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "affection",
      "ail",
      "ailment",
      "bug",
      "complaint",
      "complication",
      "condition",
      "disease",
      "disorder",
      "distemper",
      "fever",
      "ill",
      "illness",
      "infirmity",
      "malady",
      "sickness",
      "trouble"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "health",
      "wellness"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a guinea pig with some sort of distemperature"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1531, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-171704"
  },
  "distil":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate entry 1 sense 3b ) in drops or in a wet mist",
      ": to purify or transform (a liquid) by successive evaporation and condensation : to subject to or transform by distillation",
      ": to obtain by or as if by distillation",
      ": to extract the essence of : concentrate",
      ": to fall or materialize in drops or in a fine moisture",
      ": to appear slowly or in small quantities at a time",
      ": to undergo distillation",
      ": to perform distillation",
      ": to make (a liquid) pure by heating it until it becomes a gas and then cooling it until it becomes a liquid",
      ": to subject to or transform by distillation",
      ": to obtain by or as if by distillation",
      ": to obtain an extract from (as a plant) by infusion and distillation",
      ": to undergo distillation",
      ": to condense or drop from a still after distillation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8stil"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dribble",
      "drip",
      "drop",
      "trickle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "They distill the whiskey from malted barley.",
      "He has perfectly distilled the meaning of the holiday into a poem.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Shorter, more digestible and more compact records, with only a half-dozen tracks each, distill their essence in shorter bursts. \u2014 David Browne, Rolling Stone , 8 June 2022",
      "Some believe the native peoples of Mexico learned how to distill agave plants into mezcal using clay stills before the arrival of the Spanish. \u2014 Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Chrome browser will distill a shortlist of interests based on a user\u2019s recent browsing history, the company said. \u2014 Sam Schechner, WSJ , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "The commutation application submitted last week by Jones\u2019s defense is packed with affidavits, testimonies and exhibits that aim to distill 20 years of information that will buttress Jones\u2019s claim of innocence. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Sep. 2021",
      "But those efforts, like so many film adaptations before them, distill essentially only the basic ingredients of their stage sources \u2014 plot, character, music \u2014 and as a result feel more imitative than transformative. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "My hopes for Mammoth, at least in terms of recording, is sort of the figure out the best way to distill the recording process into a more manageable time frame. \u2014 Gary Graff, cleveland , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "In a new adaptation by Martin Crimp, the production strips the story down, using rap, rhyme, and poetry to distill the tale of passion into something rapturous in its simplicity. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "The objective was to distill lessons from the Global Financial Crisis and to provide a space to debate and critique emerging economic policies. \u2014 Frank Van Gansbeke, Forbes , 8 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English distillen , from Anglo-French distiller , from Late Latin distillare , alteration of Latin destillare , from de- + stillare to drip, from stilla drop",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221137"
  },
  "distinct":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete sense 1 ) or not the same separate",
      "presenting a clear unmistakable impression",
      "notably decorated",
      "notable",
      "readily and unmistakably apprehended (see apprehend sense 2a )",
      "different from each other",
      "easy to notice or understand"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"di-\u02c8sti\u014b(k)t",
    "synonyms":[
      "different",
      "disparate",
      "dissimilar",
      "distant",
      "distinctive",
      "distinguishable",
      "diverse",
      "nonidentical",
      "other",
      "unalike",
      "unlike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "alike",
      "identical",
      "indistinguishable",
      "kin",
      "kindred",
      "like",
      "parallel",
      "same",
      "similar"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In the weeks since, scientists have also raised the point that the lesions patients are presenting with in this current outbreak have, in many cases, been distinct from what\u2019s been historically documented in Africa. \u2014 Madison Muller, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
      "Andrea Lavinthal has added a distinct voice to the style and beauty content across print, digital, social, and video since joining PEOPLE in 2012. \u2014 People Staff, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
      "This class action against Google, by the way, is distinct from the Facebook settlement. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 9 June 2022",
      "Of course, each of the lotions below is distinct from one another. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
      "The backdrop of the negotiations is starkly distinct from earlier rounds. \u2014 Sam Deanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 5 June 2022",
      "There are also live TV channels with programming spanning sports reruns, entertainment and news, but the channels are distinct from the versions available on the broadcast networks. \u2014 Nicole Nguyen, WSJ , 29 May 2022",
      "The quiet wakefulness of draughtsboard sharks is distinct from their sleep, a state that had not been identified definitively among rays, sharks, and skates. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
      "Ensure your videos are quality by knowing what needs to be communicated, creating a schedule to effectively convey the information, and emphasizing your brand\u2019s distinct voice. \u2014 John Hall, Forbes , 8 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin distinctus , from past participle of distinguere \u2014 see distinguish ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-163517"
  },
  "distinction":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference",
      ": the difference distinguished",
      ": something that distinguishes",
      ": the quality or state of being distinguishable",
      ": the quality or state of being excellent or superior : the quality or state of being distinguished or worthy",
      ": special honor or recognition",
      ": an accomplishment that sets one apart",
      ": class sense 4",
      ": division",
      ": difference sense 1",
      ": the act of seeing or pointing out a difference",
      ": great worth : excellence",
      ": something that makes a person or thing special or different"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sti\u014b(k)-sh\u0259n",
      "di-\u02c8sti\u014bk-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "choiceness",
      "excellence",
      "excellency",
      "first-rateness",
      "greatness",
      "perfection",
      "preeminence",
      "primeness",
      "superbness",
      "superiority",
      "supremacy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "There are no obvious distinctions between the two designs.",
      "She made a distinction between the words \u201cless\u201d and \u201cfewer.\u201d",
      "He was raised in a small town of no great distinction .",
      "Her talents gave distinction to the work.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But that\u2019s the distinction that people need to understand. \u2014 Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
      "Hosted during the long days around the summer solstice, the gathering has showcased Russia\u2019s investment opportunities, cultural distinction and the close relationship between business and government over the years. \u2014 Ann M. Simmons And William Mauldin, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "Though Dietterich ended by disclaiming the idea that chatbots have feelings, such a distinction doesn\u2019t matter much. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022",
      "It\u2019s a confusing distinction , regardless of how good computer effects have gotten since the 1990s. \u2014 Alan Zilberman, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
      "To underscore the distinction , this Buzz is voiced by a different actor: Chris Evans rather than Tim Allen. \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
      "In order to proceed with the trials, Russia made a distinction in the status recognition between them and Ukrainians captured by the Russians. \u2014 Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
      "Here's a look at the eight Louisville locations with Four Diamond distinction . \u2014 Thomas Birmingham, The Courier-Journal , 10 June 2022",
      "The alternative distinction that would help communities is encouraging full-time residency. \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see distinct ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5b"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211046"
  },
  "distinctive":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish",
      ": having or giving an uncommon and appealing quality : having or giving style or distinction",
      ": capable of making a segment of utterance different in meaning as well as in sound from an otherwise identical utterance",
      ": clearly marking a person or a thing as different from others",
      ": having or giving a special look or way"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sti\u014b(k)-tiv",
      "di-\u02c8sti\u014bk-tiv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "different",
      "disparate",
      "dissimilar",
      "distant",
      "distinct",
      "distinguishable",
      "diverse",
      "nonidentical",
      "other",
      "unalike",
      "unlike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "alike",
      "identical",
      "indistinguishable",
      "kin",
      "kindred",
      "like",
      "parallel",
      "same",
      "similar"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "He had a very distinctive walk.",
      "This wine has a more distinctive flavor than that one.",
      "The store sells only the most distinctive chocolates.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "However, its distinctive and exaggerated short muzzle, protruding lower jaw and stocky body shape has been linked with several serious health and welfare issues, including breathing problems, skin and ear diseases and eye disorders. \u2014 Lianne Kolirin, CNN , 15 June 2022",
      "These qualities, constants of Marshall\u2019s style over his entire career, made his voice one of the most personal and distinctive of any composer in recent memory. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
      "Meghan is a passionate creative executive with a strong track record in developing premium and distinctive drama, alongside a depth of experience and relationships across the U.S. and Europe. \u2014 Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
      "But few restaurants have a true wine identity \u2014 an approach that\u2019s distinctive and can be clearly defined. \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 June 2022",
      "The tenor of his voice was so distinctive \u2014 soothing and dangerous, like a blunt lullaby. \u2014 Derek Cianfrance, Variety , 1 June 2022",
      "She is also known for her smart and distinctive dress sense. \u2014 Sally Percy, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
      "On every page, Robinson celebrates the mountain range, conveying in his intimate and distinctive fashion his abiding love of the place. \u2014 Michael Berry, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 May 2022",
      "Its replacement has been rising next door, not as tall or distinctive but with greater depth, breadth, and contemporary tech and comforts. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see distinct ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204416"
  },
  "distinctiveness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish",
      ": having or giving an uncommon and appealing quality : having or giving style or distinction",
      ": capable of making a segment of utterance different in meaning as well as in sound from an otherwise identical utterance",
      ": clearly marking a person or a thing as different from others",
      ": having or giving a special look or way"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sti\u014b(k)-tiv",
      "di-\u02c8sti\u014bk-tiv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "different",
      "disparate",
      "dissimilar",
      "distant",
      "distinct",
      "distinguishable",
      "diverse",
      "nonidentical",
      "other",
      "unalike",
      "unlike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "alike",
      "identical",
      "indistinguishable",
      "kin",
      "kindred",
      "like",
      "parallel",
      "same",
      "similar"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "He had a very distinctive walk.",
      "This wine has a more distinctive flavor than that one.",
      "The store sells only the most distinctive chocolates.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "However, its distinctive and exaggerated short muzzle, protruding lower jaw and stocky body shape has been linked with several serious health and welfare issues, including breathing problems, skin and ear diseases and eye disorders. \u2014 Lianne Kolirin, CNN , 15 June 2022",
      "These qualities, constants of Marshall\u2019s style over his entire career, made his voice one of the most personal and distinctive of any composer in recent memory. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
      "Meghan is a passionate creative executive with a strong track record in developing premium and distinctive drama, alongside a depth of experience and relationships across the U.S. and Europe. \u2014 Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
      "But few restaurants have a true wine identity \u2014 an approach that\u2019s distinctive and can be clearly defined. \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 June 2022",
      "The tenor of his voice was so distinctive \u2014 soothing and dangerous, like a blunt lullaby. \u2014 Derek Cianfrance, Variety , 1 June 2022",
      "She is also known for her smart and distinctive dress sense. \u2014 Sally Percy, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
      "On every page, Robinson celebrates the mountain range, conveying in his intimate and distinctive fashion his abiding love of the place. \u2014 Michael Berry, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 May 2022",
      "Its replacement has been rising next door, not as tall or distinctive but with greater depth, breadth, and contemporary tech and comforts. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see distinct ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200922"
  },
  "distinguish":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to perceive a difference in mentally separate",
      "to mark as separate or different",
      "to separate into kinds, classes, or categories",
      "to make noteworthy or remarkable to give prominence or distinction (see distinction sense 4 ) to",
      "characterize",
      "discern",
      "to single out take special notice of",
      "to perceive a difference",
      "to recognize one thing from others by some mark or quality",
      "to hear or see clearly",
      "to know the difference",
      "to set apart as different or special",
      "to identify or explain differences in or from"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"di-\u02c8sti\u014b-(g)wish",
    "synonyms":[
      "difference",
      "differentiate",
      "discern",
      "discriminate",
      "secern",
      "separate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "confuse",
      "mistake",
      "mix (up)"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In her practice, Holland uses the patient's suicidal ideation and energy levels to help distinguish between which diagnosis to give. \u2014 Nicole Pajer, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
      "Doctors use imaging tests to distinguish between the two and determine how to treat patients. \u2014 Aria Bendix, NBC News , 27 May 2022",
      "Patel sought to distinguish between legal routes to entry, which Britain welcomes, and the approaches by some migrants who try to enter illegally. \u2014 Jamey Keaten, ajc , 19 May 2022",
      "Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution proving that honeybees could learn to distinguish between odd and even numbers. \u2014 Joe Queenan, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
      "Still, there are a few peculiarities that may help distinguish between COVID and allergies. \u2014 Mariana Lenharo, Scientific American , 11 May 2022",
      "Justice Alito, a careful draftsman, then seemed to distinguish between the two sets of decisions. \u2014 Adam Liptak, New York Times , 8 May 2022",
      "His attorneys say Dixon's inability to distinguish between reality and fantasy in the case involving an NAU student had started to spill into the case over Bowdoin's killing. \u2014 Jacques Billeaud, The Arizona Republic , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "The partnership between Bitlipa and Evai will empower Kenyans to distinguish between secure crypto projects and scams. \u2014 Rufas Kamau, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"alteration of Middle English distinguen , from Anglo-French distinguer , from Latin distinguere , literally, to separate by pricking, from dis- + -stinguere (akin to Latin in stigare to urge on) \u2014 more at stick ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "distinguishable":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to perceive a difference in mentally separate",
      "to mark as separate or different",
      "to separate into kinds, classes, or categories",
      "to make noteworthy or remarkable to give prominence or distinction (see distinction sense 4 ) to",
      "characterize",
      "discern",
      "to single out take special notice of",
      "to perceive a difference",
      "to recognize one thing from others by some mark or quality",
      "to hear or see clearly",
      "to know the difference",
      "to set apart as different or special",
      "to identify or explain differences in or from"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"di-\u02c8sti\u014b-(g)wish",
    "synonyms":[
      "difference",
      "differentiate",
      "discern",
      "discriminate",
      "secern",
      "separate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "confuse",
      "mistake",
      "mix (up)"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In her practice, Holland uses the patient's suicidal ideation and energy levels to help distinguish between which diagnosis to give. \u2014 Nicole Pajer, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
      "Doctors use imaging tests to distinguish between the two and determine how to treat patients. \u2014 Aria Bendix, NBC News , 27 May 2022",
      "Patel sought to distinguish between legal routes to entry, which Britain welcomes, and the approaches by some migrants who try to enter illegally. \u2014 Jamey Keaten, ajc , 19 May 2022",
      "Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution proving that honeybees could learn to distinguish between odd and even numbers. \u2014 Joe Queenan, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
      "Still, there are a few peculiarities that may help distinguish between COVID and allergies. \u2014 Mariana Lenharo, Scientific American , 11 May 2022",
      "Justice Alito, a careful draftsman, then seemed to distinguish between the two sets of decisions. \u2014 Adam Liptak, New York Times , 8 May 2022",
      "His attorneys say Dixon's inability to distinguish between reality and fantasy in the case involving an NAU student had started to spill into the case over Bowdoin's killing. \u2014 Jacques Billeaud, The Arizona Republic , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "The partnership between Bitlipa and Evai will empower Kenyans to distinguish between secure crypto projects and scams. \u2014 Rufas Kamau, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"alteration of Middle English distinguen , from Anglo-French distinguer , from Latin distinguere , literally, to separate by pricking, from dis- + -stinguere (akin to Latin in stigare to urge on) \u2014 more at stick ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162434"
  },
  "distinguished":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "marked by eminence , distinction (see distinction sense 4 ), or excellence",
      "befitting an eminent person",
      "widely known and admired"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"di-\u02c8sti\u014b-(g)wisht",
    "synonyms":[
      "august",
      "dignified",
      "distingu\u00e9",
      "imposing",
      "portly",
      "solemn",
      "staid",
      "stately"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "flighty",
      "frivolous",
      "giddy",
      "goofy",
      "silly",
      "undignified"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "She is distinguished for her achievements in genetic research.",
      "heads turned as the well-dressed, distinguished couple strode through the hotel lobby",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Otis Brawley, a Bloomberg distinguished professor at Johns Hopkins University, said the results, when combined with previous research, mean that at least for people who have a high body mass index, bariatric surgery has a clear benefit. \u2014 Matthew Herper, STAT , 8 June 2022",
      "The star outfielders have opposed each other in eight games in their distinguished MLB careers, during a three-game series at Washington in 2014, a two-game series in Anaheim in 2017 and this past weekend\u2019s series. \u2014 Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
      "From Plato to David Petraeus, distinguished writers have tried to uncover the essential principles and behaviors of successful leaders. \u2014 Jeremi Suri, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
      "The early start time gives guests ample time to document their black-tie looks in front of the distinguished hotel, which was built as a writer's haven in 1869 by France's Le Figaro newspaper, Hippolyte de Villemessant. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 1 June 2022",
      "Bucklew was later awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism and distinguished service as a Scout Boat Officer on July 10, 1943. \u2014 cincinnati.com , 26 May 2022",
      "Tiriac ranks his newest pupil at the top of that distinguished class in drive, raw talent, charisma, and, maybe, eccentricity. \u2014 Angela Gaudioso, SPIN , 22 May 2022",
      "This is a perfect scent for men who are distinguished but have a strong passionate fire burning inside them that drives them to be bold and unexpected at every step on the stairway to success. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 May 2022",
      "These playful architectural ornaments, many by distinguished sculptors, have enlivened Parkchester ever since the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company built the middle-income housing complex starting in 1938. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see distinguish ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1714, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "distingu\u00e9":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": distinguished especially in manner or bearing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113s-\u02ccta\u014b-\u02c8g\u0101",
      "(\u02cc)dis-",
      "di-\u02c8sta\u014b-\u02ccg\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "august",
      "dignified",
      "distinguished",
      "imposing",
      "portly",
      "solemn",
      "staid",
      "stately"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "flighty",
      "frivolous",
      "giddy",
      "goofy",
      "silly",
      "undignified"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "had the distingu\u00e9 air of a senior diplomat"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French, from past participle of distinguer ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1813, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201904"
  },
  "distort":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to twist (see twist entry 1 sense 3b ) out of the true meaning or proportion : to alter to give a false or unnatural picture or account",
      ": to twist out of a natural, normal, or original shape or condition",
      ": to cause to be perceived unnaturally",
      ": pervert",
      ": to become distorted",
      ": to cause a twisting from the true, natural, or normal",
      ": to twist out of shape",
      ": to change so as to make untrue or inaccurate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8st\u022frt",
      "di-\u02c8st\u022frt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bend",
      "color",
      "cook",
      "falsify",
      "fudge",
      "garble",
      "misinterpret",
      "misrelate",
      "misrepresent",
      "misstate",
      "pervert",
      "slant",
      "twist",
      "warp"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "As your fintech digital product development moves forward, customers, the technical team and other stakeholders can assert their needs and distort the plan\u2014pulling it off track. \u2014 Jorge Garcia, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "Starquakes distort the appearance of stars in a specific way, not just inflating them evenly in a spherical shape. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 16 June 2022",
      "The effort to console and empathize can just as easily distort and conceal. \u2014 Keeanga-yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
      "Right, the argument would be that rent control will distort the market and cause people not to want to build apartments and rent them out, and then one solution to that is to not subject new units to rent control. \u2014 The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic , 1 June 2022",
      "Now Pittsburgh is following Portland\u2019s folly, and families will pay for how politicians distort the housing market. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 3 May 2022",
      "Doing more than that could damage the institution\u2019s credibility or unintentionally distort to the allocation of capital. \u2014 Christian Lundblad, Fortune , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Tucker Carlson, the Fox News host who has gone out of his way to downplay and distort the terrible events of that day, was less than pleased. \u2014 Julian Zelizer, CNN , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "Ben Roy Mottelson, an American Danish theoretical physicist who shared a Nobel Prize for revealing how the motion of protons and neutrons could distort the shape of the nuclei of atoms, died May 13. \u2014 Dylan Loeb Mcclain, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin distortus , past participle of distorqu\u0113re , from dis- + torqu\u0113re to twist \u2014 more at torture entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1567, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201209"
  },
  "distorted":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": altered from a true, natural, or normal state, shape, or condition"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8st\u022fr-t\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "deformed",
      "malformed",
      "misshapen",
      "monstrous",
      "shapeless"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "undeformed"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1579, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181957"
  },
  "distract":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time",
      ": to turn aside : divert",
      ": to stir up or confuse with conflicting emotions or motives",
      ": insane , mad",
      ": to draw a person's thoughts or attention to something else"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8strakt",
      "di-\u02c8strakt",
      "\u02c8dis-\u02cctrakt",
      "di-\u02c8strakt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abstract",
      "call off",
      "detract",
      "divert",
      "throw off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "You sneak into his room while I distract him.",
      "He was distracted from his studies.",
      "The students are easily distracted , especially when they're tired.",
      "I was distracted by a loud noise.",
      "The local story distracted attention from news of the war overseas.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Once that\u2019s established, The Cow continues jigsawing around in what increasingly feels like a futile bid to distract from the fact that there\u2019s no there there. \u2014 Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "Keep an eye out for some awesome windfalls in that vein, but don't let money distract you from your emotions. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "Love Is Blind places emphasis on an emotional connection with no physical appearances to distract from the most important thing: how two people actually align. \u2014 Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Subplots involving the shifty-eyed villain De Guiche (a reliably nasty Ben Mendelsohn) serve only to distract from the far more interesting protagonist. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "Not every decent thing Mr. Cosby did was necessarily calculated to distract . \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "Trump offers his own theory on the origins of the attack: suggesting in a statement that the DNC hacked itself to distract from Clinton\u2019s email scandal. \u2014 CNN , 20 Oct. 2021",
      "People are using it to gin up their base to distract from the disastrous policies in Afghanistan, and maybe for fundraising appeals. \u2014 ABC News , 5 Sep. 2021",
      "The Spanish-language series, set in 1970 and inspired by true events, follows four women who join Mexico\u2019s first female police force only to discover that their squad is a publicity stunt to distract the media from a brutal serial killer. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 24 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1b",
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212701"
  },
  "distraction":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something that distracts : an object that directs one's attention away from something else",
      ": amusement",
      ": the act of distracting or the state of being distracted",
      ": mental confusion",
      ": something that makes it hard to pay attention",
      ": the act of having thoughts or attention drawn away : the state of drawing thoughts or attention away",
      ": confusion of thoughts or feelings",
      ": something that amuses or entertains",
      ": diversion of the attention",
      ": mental confusion",
      ": excessive separation (as from improper traction) of fracture fragments"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8strak-sh\u0259n",
      "di-\u02c8strak-sh\u0259n",
      "dis-\u02c8trak-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bafflement",
      "bamboozlement",
      "befuddlement",
      "bemusement",
      "bewilderedness",
      "bewilderment",
      "confusedness",
      "confusion",
      "discombobulation",
      "fog",
      "head-scratching",
      "maze",
      "muddle",
      "mystification",
      "perplexity",
      "puzzlement",
      "tangle",
      "whirl"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "It was hard to work with so many distractions .",
      "One of them created a distraction while the other grabbed the money.",
      "A weekend at the beach was a good distraction from her troubles.",
      "Their endless chatter drove her to distraction .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Some leaders said the Texas governor's mention of shootings in the nation's three biggest cities was a distraction from introducing real solutions to gun violence in Texas. \u2014 Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN , 26 May 2022",
      "Colby Goettelman, who traveled from Boston to attend the ceremony for her sister who graduated from U-M, said the demonstrations outside the stadium were a distraction from the accomplishments of the graduates being celebrated inside. \u2014 David Jesse, Detroit Free Press , 7 May 2022",
      "The fantasy of biotech meat is a dangerous distraction from the entrenched politics that made conventional meat production so ubiquitous in the first place, writes Michele Simon. \u2014 Chloe Sorvino, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
      "As a recovering drug addict, activity and noise were a useful distraction from his demons, but Ruben must face the possibility of living a quieter life. \u2014 Sophie Hanson, Harper's BAZAAR , 5 May 2022",
      "Yes, it's been a fun distraction from the international upheaval, but it's also been so much more. \u2014 Emily Mcgowin, The Week , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Those considerations aside, the Disney+ series presents subscribers what feels like a wonderful distraction , no Jedi mind tricks required. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 27 May 2022",
      "Calling the vote a distraction was minimizing the concerns of officers, Folderauer added. \u2014 Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun , 24 May 2022",
      "Here are the five biggest threats\u2014beyond executive distraction \u2014that the Twitter takeover drama poses to Tesla\u2019s future. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 23 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see distract  entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200415"
  },
  "distraught":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain",
      ": mentally deranged : crazed",
      ": very upset"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8str\u022ft",
      "di-\u02c8str\u022ft"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "agitated",
      "delirious",
      "distracted",
      "distrait",
      "frantic",
      "frenzied",
      "hysterical",
      "hysteric"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "collected",
      "composed",
      "recollected",
      "self-collected",
      "self-composed",
      "self-possessed",
      "unhysterical"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Of particular concern are phony contractors, who knock on the doors of distraught homeowners and offer to repair damaged roofs or remove fallen trees. \u2014 Natalie Rodriguez , This Old House , March 2006",
      "The night before the story broke, West sat down for a two-hour interview with the Spokane-Review and left so distraught that its editor, Steven Smith, asked the police chief to check on him. \u2014 Unmesh Kher , Time , 23 May 2005",
      "Captured by news photographers under the direction of his manager Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis's turn in the barber's chair was a public ceremony: a symbolic shearing, not only of Elvis\u2014who would return from the service a meek semblance of himself, a mama's boy without a mama (his distraught mother, Gladys, died while he was stationed at Fort Hood, soon to depart for Germany)\u2014but of rock 'n' roll itself. \u2014 James Wolcott , Vanity Fair , November 2000",
      "Distraught relatives are waiting for news of the missing children.",
      "She was distraught over the death of her partner.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Once on the way home from school, Ms. Mobley saw officers detain a visibly distraught classmate and push the student into the back of a police vehicle. \u2014 Annie Ma, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 June 2022",
      "When the story ended with Pinocchio hanging from a tree, kids were distraught . \u2014 Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 May 2022",
      "Though clearly distraught and frustrated, McConaughey did not specifically mention guns, gun control legislation, or the second amendment in his statement. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 25 May 2022",
      "The video taken Sunday shows a white officer holding the clearly distraught youth from behind by his elbows, leading him from a sidewalk to the back seat of a police vehicle. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Huang, who has run restaurants in the area for 28 years, was distraught when his staff told him what happened. \u2014 Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Upon release, documents state that Hayes later learned his wife was dating someone else and became distraught . \u2014 Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Back in Alaska, some of the people who were waiting for the bees to arrive were distraught to find out what happened. \u2014 Abby Bustin And Caroline Kucera, CNN , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Peggy Schott was worried about the girls, and about her grandson, who was becoming increasingly distraught . \u2014 Molly Parker, ProPublica , 22 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, modification of Latin distractus \u2014 see distract  entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203932"
  },
  "distribute":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to divide among several or many : apportion",
      ": to spread out so as to cover something : scatter",
      ": to give out or deliver especially to members of a group",
      ": to place or position so as to be properly apportioned over or throughout an area",
      ": to use (a term) so as to convey information about every member of the class named",
      ": to divide or separate especially into kinds",
      ": to return the units of (something, such as typeset matter) to storage",
      ": to use in or as an operation so as to be mathematically distributive (see distributive sense 3a )",
      ": to be mathematically distributive",
      ": to give out to or deliver to",
      ": to divide among many or several",
      ": to spread out so as to cover something",
      ": to divide among several or many : apportion",
      ": to give out or deliver especially to members of a group \u2014 see also dividend"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8stri-by\u00fct",
      "also",
      "British also",
      "di-\u02c8stri-\u02ccby\u00fct",
      "-by\u0259t",
      "di-\u02c8stri-by\u00fct"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "assort",
      "break down",
      "categorize",
      "class",
      "classify",
      "codify",
      "compartment",
      "compartmentalize",
      "digest",
      "distinguish",
      "grade",
      "group",
      "peg",
      "place",
      "range",
      "rank",
      "relegate",
      "separate",
      "sort",
      "type"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "distribute the assignments according to seniority",
      "committed to distributing the school's limited scholarship money so that it benefits more students",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Adelaida Yudit Garibay, 46, of Burbank, Calif.., pleaded guilty in US District Court in Boston to possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, the US attorney\u2019s office said in a statement Friday. \u2014 Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
      "Rosario alone is also facing a second count of possessing with the intent to distribute cocaine. \u2014 Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer , 2 June 2022",
      "Yasenchack arrested Ellis during the raid, and federal prosecutors charged him with possession with the intent to distribute drugs and being a felon in possession of a gun. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 26 May 2022",
      "Dittrich pleaded guilty in March to one felony charge for drug possession with intent to distribute and one misdemeanor gun possession charge. \u2014 Drew Dawson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 May 2022",
      "Souza Espinoza, 24, of Vancouver, Wash., pleaded not guilty in late April to charges of possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing fentanyl and possession of a firearm during a drug-trafficking crime. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 May 2022",
      "Mainor Escoto, 20, was arrested on a warrant Feb. 16 and indicted on a charge of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, according to the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Northern District of California. \u2014 Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 May 2022",
      "They are charged with intent to distribute a narcotic and other charges. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
      "The funding will allow the county\u2019s Rapid Response Team to distribute lifesaving drugs that prevent overdose deaths to high-risk communities and help those with substance use disorders connect to recovery resources, officials said. \u2014 Michelle Mullins, chicagotribune.com , 25 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin distributus , past participle of distribuere , from dis- + tribuere to allot \u2014 more at tribute ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191320"
  },
  "distrust":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the lack or absence of trust",
      ": to have no trust or confidence in",
      ": a lack of belief or confidence in : suspicion",
      ": to have no belief or confidence in"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8tr\u0259st",
      "dis-\u02c8tr\u0259st"
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      "query",
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      "suspicion",
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      "doubt",
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      "mistrust",
      "question",
      "suspect"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "He has a distrust of doctors.",
      "the psychic's bold claims were greeted with distrust and outright scorn",
      "Verb",
      "She's always distrusted their promises.",
      "we instinctively distrust those phone calls that tell us we have won a free vacation or car",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Because a leathery little scamp like E.T. is lovable only in the uninhibited mind of a child; fear, distrust , and paranoia are born of experience and disappointment. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 16 May 2022",
      "Prostitution and drug dealing are part of the daily grind, and Melchor paints a hellscape of distrust , venality, private aggressions, and general grimness. \u2014 The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
      "There was too much animosity, distrust , and sheer hatred between the two sides, with outside influences sabotaging momentum towards a deal. \u2014 Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Adding to an already perilous situation, the pandemic exposed and accelerated preexisting trends in our society, such as growing distrust of institutions, including of science. \u2014 Wendy E. Parmet, Scientific American , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "Side effects may include a distrust of your own senses, a disorientation of self, and a mild to severely good time. \u2014 Kory Grow, Rolling Stone , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "This is a sure formula for sowing distrust , resentment and ultimately resistance. \u2014 Arthur Herman, WSJ , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "Experts attribute that refusal rate to misinformation, distrust of the government, and a lack of vaccine education. \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "For one, there\u2019s significant distrust between the incarcerated and those who run the prisons. \u2014 Kelan Lyons, courant.com , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Rae Duckworth, the leader of Black Lives Matter Utah, said police shootings going uninvestigated internally \u2014 and apparent attempts to conceal investigations that do occur \u2014 only serves to increase community distrust in police. \u2014 Sam Stecklow, The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Lee said that Asian American women already confront a number of existing barriers to health care, including language and distrust in their providers. \u2014 Kimmy Yam, NBC News , 9 May 2022",
      "Their approach to a job that\u2019s supposed to be apolitical is bringing them possible political ruin, staff revolts \u2014 and distrust from a public that just wants district attorneys to make life safer for everyone. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Feb. 2022",
      "But long before then, many Americans had learned to distrust Big Pharma, and many have tragically declined this life-saving intervention. \u2014 Paul Fenyves, STAT , 19 May 2022",
      "Many of them have since come to distrust the commission, which consists of three Republicans and three Democrats. \u2014 Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 9 May 2022",
      "But the exhilaration of new friendship soon gives way to distrust , with potentially deadly consequences. \u2014 Keely Weiss, Harper's BAZAAR , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "However, in the long run, the toxicities that result from these experiences tend to lead employees to distrust each other and leadership. \u2014 Lynda Silsbee, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Now, the centers of power in Washington are telling audiences to distrust the posture from the other side. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 30 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1513, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "1548, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-032518"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to interfere with : interrupt",
      ": to alter the position or arrangement of",
      ": to upset the natural and especially the ecological balance or relations of",
      ": to destroy the tranquility or composure of",
      ": to throw into disorder",
      ": alarm",
      ": to put to inconvenience",
      ": to cause disturbance",
      ": to interfere with : interrupt",
      ": to change the position or arrangement of",
      ": upset entry 1 sense 1 , worry",
      ": to make confused or disordered",
      ": to destroy the tranquility or composure of",
      ": to throw into disorder",
      ": to cause disturbance",
      ": to cause a disturbance"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8st\u0259rb",
      "di-\u02c8st\u0259rb"
    ],
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      "agitate",
      "ail",
      "alarm",
      "alarum",
      "bother",
      "concern",
      "derail",
      "discomfort",
      "discompose",
      "dismay",
      "disquiet",
      "distemper",
      "distract",
      "distress",
      "exercise",
      "flurry",
      "frazzle",
      "freak (out)",
      "fuss",
      "hagride",
      "perturb",
      "undo",
      "unhinge",
      "unsettle",
      "upset",
      "weird out",
      "worry"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "calm",
      "compose",
      "quiet",
      "settle",
      "soothe",
      "tranquilize",
      "tranquillize"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "I'm sorry to disturb you at such a late hour.",
      "She doesn't want to be disturbed while she's working.",
      "Don't disturb the baby when he's sleeping.",
      "The noise disturbed my concentration.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The five layers are designed to minimize motion transfer so restless sleepers won't disturb each other. \u2014 Allen Foster, chicagotribune.com , 11 Mar. 2021",
      "There are still do not disturb signs, menus, folders of guest information, time sheets, crockery, and all sorts of other things among the debris. \u2014 Kent Russell, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
      "With fewer visitors to disturb their habitats, the rhinos were able to flourish, Nepali conservationists said at the conclusion of Nepal's rhino survey. \u2014 Zoe Sottile, CNN , 22 May 2022",
      "No drinking, smoking or drugs are allowed, and they are asked not to disturb nearby residents. \u2014 cleveland , 17 May 2022",
      "Whatever confinement is devised, there is always the potential that a human might disturb or undercut the confinement and allow the AI to escape. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
      "Self-serve snacking that won't disturb others watching the film. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "From there, the scientists detail the best date and time to send such a message, including the angle of the sun that will least disturb the broadcast as well as the best time for Earth\u2019s atmosphere. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Boating: Boats make waves that disturb the marsh habitat where birds nest. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic , 1 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English disturben, destourben , from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French destorber , from Latin disturbare , from dis- + turbare to throw into disorder, from turba disorder \u2014 more at turbid ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204932"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of disturbing someone or something : the state of being disturbed: such as",
      ": an interruption of a state of peace, quiet, or calm",
      ": an interference with or alteration in a planned, ordered, or usual procedure, state, or habit",
      ": a moving out of place",
      ": a departure from a norm or standard : a deviation, disruption, or impairment in form, function, or activity",
      ": noisy or violent activity : commotion",
      ": a local variation from the average or normal wind conditions",
      ": the act of interrupting, changing the arrangement of, or upsetting : the state of being interrupted, changed in arrangement, or upset",
      ": disorder entry 2 sense 2 , commotion",
      ": a deviation, disruption, or impairment in form, function, or activity",
      ": an interruption of peace or order",
      ": an interruption of the quiet enjoyment of one's property"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8st\u0259r-b\u0259n(t)s",
      "di-\u02c8st\u0259r-b\u0259ns",
      "dis-\u02c8t\u0259r-b\u0259n(t)s"
    ],
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      "ado",
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      "ballyhoo",
      "blather",
      "bluster",
      "bobbery",
      "bother",
      "bustle",
      "clatter",
      "clutter",
      "coil",
      "commotion",
      "corroboree",
      "do",
      "foofaraw",
      "fun",
      "furor",
      "furore",
      "fuss",
      "helter-skelter",
      "hoo-ha",
      "hoo-hah",
      "hoopla",
      "hubble-bubble",
      "hubbub",
      "hullabaloo",
      "hurly",
      "hurly-burly",
      "hurricane",
      "hurry",
      "hurry-scurry",
      "hurry-skurry",
      "kerfuffle",
      "moil",
      "pandemonium",
      "pother",
      "row",
      "ruckus",
      "ruction",
      "rumpus",
      "shindy",
      "splore",
      "squall",
      "stew",
      "stir",
      "storm",
      "to-do",
      "tumult",
      "turmoil",
      "uproar",
      "welter",
      "whirl",
      "williwaw",
      "zoo"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a small disturbance in the southwest portion of the Caribbean Sea, just south of the Yucat\u00e1n Peninsula. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 13 June 2022",
      "But, at midday comes a disturbance in this pastoral scene \u2014 the notes of a marching band warming up. \u2014 Freep.com , 10 June 2022",
      "Joseph was involved in a disturbance March 18 outside a bar in the 3600 block of Greenville Avenue, at Martel Avenue, the same night that Cameron Ray, 20, was fatally shot there, according to multiple sources. \u2014 K.d. Drummond, The Courier-Journal , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Minimize spring yard disturbance with a bee-sensitive cleanup. \u2014 Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Participation is voluntary for those treated, who are usually accused of creating a disturbance , trespassing or other disruptive behaviors, law enforcement officials said. \u2014 Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "There\u2019s a casualness to these images, suggestions that Kwon was a part of the scene, not a disturbance . \u2014 Hua Hsu, The New Yorker , 5 Feb. 2022",
      "On May 8, police were dispatched to a Pearl Road address where a woman was reportedly making threats and causing a disturbance . \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 1 June 2022",
      "Records showed he had been arrested for causing a disturbance about two hours before the shootings, taken to the old Town Hall police station at Halsted and Addison streets and released more than an hour after the crime was committed. \u2014 John Byrne, Chicago Tribune , 19 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191356"
  },
  "disturbed":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "experiencing or exhibiting emotional disturbance or agitation having a mental disability or illness",
      "characterized or affected by interference, alteration, or disruption",
      "departing or deviating from a normal condition marked by impairment",
      "showing signs of mental or emotional illness",
      "experiencing or exhibiting emotional disturbance or agitation having a mental disability or illness",
      "characterized or affected by alteration or disruption",
      "departing or deviating from a normal condition marked by impairment"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"di-\u02c8st\u0259rbd",
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "He seems very disturbed about his work lately.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Robertz said another common thread among shooters is the connection between a disturbed adolescence and escapes into a fantasy world. \u2014 Tim Meko, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
      "Robertz said another common thread among shooters is the connection between a disturbed adolescence and escapes into a fantasy world. \u2014 Ariana Eunjung Cha, Meghan Hoyer And Tim Meko, Anchorage Daily News , 3 June 2022",
      "The disturbed area of storms is near the Yucatan Peninsula and in the Southeastern Gulf of Mexico. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel , 2 June 2022",
      "The area of disturbed weather, which is draping storms across nearly the entirety of the Caribbean Sea that lies west of Jamaica, has a 70% chance of becoming a tropical depression in the next 48 hours, according to the National Hurricane Center. \u2014 Nicholas Reimann, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "This has the attention of forecasters across South Florida, as this area of disturbed weather moves in that direction. \u2014 Jennifer Gray, CNN , 1 June 2022",
      "In May 1988, Andrew was 20 and at home in Winnetka after a disturbed woman entered Winnetka\u2019s Hubbard Woods Elementary School killing one child and wounding five others. \u2014 Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune , 31 May 2022",
      "The number is a term for a mentally disturbed person under Section 5150 of the California Welfare and Institutions Code. \u2014 Beth Decarbo, WSJ , 12 Dec. 2021",
      "Homestead National Historical Park rangers and volunteers have helped harvest seeds in the region\u2019s tallgrass prairie to be used to restore disturbed areas of the prairie and increase species diversity. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 27 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "1593, in the meaning defined at sense 2a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "disturbing":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": causing feelings of worry, concern, or anxiety"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8st\u0259r-bi\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1594, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220554"
  },
  "disunion":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the termination of union : separation",
      ": disunity"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8y\u00fc-ny\u0259n",
      "dish-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "conflict",
      "disaccord",
      "discord",
      "discordance",
      "discordancy",
      "disharmony",
      "dissension",
      "dissention",
      "dissent",
      "dissidence",
      "dissonance",
      "disunity",
      "division",
      "friction",
      "infighting",
      "inharmony",
      "schism",
      "strife",
      "variance",
      "war",
      "warfare"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "accord",
      "agreement",
      "concord",
      "concordance",
      "harmony",
      "peace"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "in the 19th century the volatile issue of slavery resulted in the disunion of several Protestant denominations",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Already, a sense that the government cannot safeguard ordinary people\u2019s interests is feeding the country\u2019s disunion . \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 17 Nov. 2021",
      "The pollsters went looking for common ground, only to find it in the 41 percent of Biden voters and 51 percent of Trump voters favoring some form of secession and disunion . \u2014 Matthew Continetti, National Review , 9 Oct. 2021",
      "But that union was fragile, and the threat of disunion was constant. \u2014 Gordon S. Wood, WSJ , 28 May 2021",
      "Yet hear me clearly, disagreement must not lead to disunion . \u2014 Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY , 20 Jan. 2021",
      "Yet hear me clearly: Disagreement must not lead to disunion . \u2014 New York Times , 20 Jan. 2021",
      "Yet hear me clearly: Disagreement must not lead to disunion . \u2014 Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner , 20 Jan. 2021",
      "In that way, the pictures of 1968 feel particularly \u2014 and achingly \u2014 familiar, given 2020\u2019s collective level of rage, violence, destruction, political disunion and wariness of our neighbors. \u2014 John Mcdonnell, Washington Post , 1 Dec. 2020",
      "In an emergency such as the secession crisis, the four-month interval between the election and inauguration of a new president had delayed a decisive response to disunion . \u2014 Donald Nieman, The Conversation , 20 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183812"
  },
  "disunite":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": divide , separate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-y\u00fc-\u02c8n\u012bt",
      "-y\u0259-",
      "dish-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break up",
      "decouple",
      "disassociate",
      "disconnect",
      "disjoin",
      "disjoint",
      "dissever",
      "dissociate",
      "divide",
      "divorce",
      "part",
      "ramify",
      "resolve",
      "separate",
      "sever",
      "split",
      "sunder",
      "uncouple",
      "unlink",
      "unyoke"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "join",
      "link",
      "unify",
      "unite"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "attempted to disunite the members of the club by vicious gossip"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1598, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195758"
  },
  "disunity":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lack of unity",
      ": dissension"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8y\u00fc-n\u0259-t\u0113",
      "dish-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "conflict",
      "disaccord",
      "discord",
      "discordance",
      "discordancy",
      "disharmony",
      "dissension",
      "dissention",
      "dissent",
      "dissidence",
      "dissonance",
      "disunion",
      "division",
      "friction",
      "infighting",
      "inharmony",
      "schism",
      "strife",
      "variance",
      "war",
      "warfare"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "accord",
      "agreement",
      "concord",
      "concordance",
      "harmony",
      "peace"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "troubling signs of disunity within the normally peaceful organization",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Multiple sources traced the seeds of the present disunity back even further when theological liberalism that questioned the Bible's authority swept into U.S. seminaries from Europe during the 19th century. \u2014 Jon Brown, Fox News , 9 June 2022",
      "Its run-up was accompanied by the usual disunity within both NATO and the EU, but both NATO and the EU have closed ranks, and taken far stronger action than many (including me) had anticipated, particularly perhaps in Germany. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "But just as crucial to the talks, according to officials and experts, is resolving suggestions of disunity between Washington and its European allies on how to approach the Kremlin. \u2014 Alexander Smith, NBC News , 3 Jan. 2022",
      "Trump as president was helping Putin achieve his goals\u2014NATO disunity , a United States disrespected on the world stage and losing influence\u2014quite nicely. \u2014 Michael Tomasky, The New Republic , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "In a rare sign of disunity among NATO allies, the Defense Department on Tuesday rejected an unexpected offer by Poland to have the U.S. take custody of Soviet-era fighter jets that would be transferred to Ukraine in its fight against Russia. \u2014 NBC News , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "The Kremlin, which has sought to leverage any signs of disunity in Europe, announced Friday that Putin would hold a joint news conference Tuesday with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Jan. 2022",
      "Because of your weakness, because of your disunity . \u2014 NBC News , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "The Kremlin, which has sought to leverage any signs of disunity in Europe, announced Friday that Putin would hold a joint news conference Tuesday with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1632, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194937"
  },
  "disvalue":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "undervalue , depreciate",
      "to consider of little value",
      "disregard , disesteem",
      "a negative value"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8val-(\u02cc)y\u00fc",
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "ditch":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a long narrow excavation dug in the earth (as for drainage)",
      ": to surround with a long narrow cavity in the earth : to enclose with a ditch (see ditch entry 1 )",
      ": to dig a ditch in",
      ": to make a forced landing of (an airplane) on water",
      ": to get rid of : discard",
      ": to end association with : leave",
      ": to dig a ditch",
      ": to crash-land at sea",
      ": a long narrow channel or trench dug in the earth",
      ": to get rid of : discard",
      ": to end a relationship with"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dich",
      "\u02c8dich"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dike",
      "fosse",
      "foss",
      "gutter",
      "sheugh",
      "trench",
      "trough"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "blow off",
      "break off (with)",
      "dump",
      "jilt",
      "kiss off",
      "leave"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "He drove the car into the ditch .",
      "after skidding on the ice, our car went right into the ditch",
      "Verb",
      "The thief ditched the purse in an alley.",
      "They ditched the car in a vacant lot.",
      "They ditched me at the concert.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "About an hour later, a car stuck in a ditch was removed by a tow truck. \u2014 Thomas Jewell, cleveland , 11 June 2022",
      "Investigators in the East Haven Police Department are looking for an unidentified young woman who was found dead, wrapped in a tarp in a ditch behind a former department store in August 1975. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 11 June 2022",
      "That November, the body of a young officer named Gregory Neupert was found in a ditch in Algiers, a predominantly Black neighborhood across the Mississippi River from downtown New Orleans. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
      "They're left grumbling that the interest rates they're getting paid on savings remain stuck in a ditch . \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 3 June 2022",
      "Vincent Cole, a spokesperson with Phoenix police, said that around 4 a.m. Wednesday police received calls about a vehicle in a ditch . \u2014 Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic , 1 June 2022",
      "Less than a mile away, Ramos \u2013 after shooting his 66-year-old grandmother in the face and texting his German friend one last time \u2013 drove a pickup to the school campus and crashed the truck in a ditch . \u2014 Ray Sanchez, CNN , 29 May 2022",
      "Several feet away, a much larger dog covered in road rash was lying in a ditch . \u2014 Angela Blakely, USA TODAY , 23 May 2022",
      "The Cadillac sedan the couple fled in was soon cornered about two miles away by law enforcement vehicles and overturned in a ditch . \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 22 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Why didn\u2019t the bearded, hooded Obi-Wan Kenobi ditch the robes and hide his face in a Stormtrooper uniform??? \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "The new Extended Range versions, which replace the non-Extended Range versions as of mid-2022, ditch the supercharger and upgrade to a 143-hp rear motor that makes up for the missing blower's assistance at low rpm. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 7 June 2022",
      "According to several credible reports, Apple\u2019s iPhone 14 Pro models will ditch the famed notch entirely. \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 25 May 2022",
      "Wrapping ingredients is essential to locking in moisture and flavor, so ditch the smaller boxes of foil and cling wrap for the larger, heavy duty options. \u2014 Jennifer Mcclellan, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
      "Drones can also follow fleeing suspects, record a crime in progress or images of people trying to ditch evidence. \u2014 Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Mar. 2021",
      "Some might even have a below-3% mortgage and are reluctant to ditch it to buy another house at a higher rate. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Russia\u2019s gas supply contracts through Ukraine are up for renewal in 2024, and Russia seems minded to ditch them, and the supply to the country entirely. \u2014 Chris Stokel-walker, Wired , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "With the new Supreme Court ruling affecting the vaccine mandate, some businesses are choosing to stick with the mandate or ditch it. \u2014 Shannon Rae Green, USA TODAY , 23 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214635"
  },
  "dither":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": shiver , tremble",
      ": to act nervously or indecisively : vacillate",
      ": a highly nervous, excited, or agitated state : excitement , confusion",
      ": a very nervous or excited state"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-t\u035fh\u0259r",
      "\u02c8di-t\u035fh\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "balance",
      "falter",
      "halt",
      "hang back",
      "hesitate",
      "scruple",
      "shilly-shally",
      "stagger",
      "teeter",
      "vacillate",
      "waver",
      "wobble",
      "wabble"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "fluster",
      "fret",
      "fuss",
      "huff",
      "lather",
      "pother",
      "stew",
      "sweat",
      "swelter",
      "swivet",
      "tizzy",
      "twitter"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "We don't have time to dither .",
      "She did not dither about what to do next.",
      "Noun",
      "Grandma usually gets in a dither if I don't make my weekly call.",
      "we were all in a dither while we waited for the test results",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The country is facing a humanitarian crisis, and countless allies remain trapped there, but Congress and the White House continue to dither . \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Republican bad behavior on voting against an increase in the debt ceiling gets short shrift while the Democrats dither on the budget. \u2014 Gloria Borger, CNN , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "While that doesn\u2019t guarantee that the agency will ultimately give the green light to an eventual merger, KCS\u2019s shareholders can still get paid while the bureaucrats dither . \u2014 Spencer Jakab, WSJ , 31 Aug. 2021",
      "In the current climate, regrettably, a union leader who doesn\u2019t dither about the need for vaccine mandates in the workplace is showing real gumption. \u2014 Jason Linkins, The New Republic , 7 Aug. 2021",
      "Even when engineers find dangerous damage, condo associations can dither for years. \u2014 Lisa J. Huriash, sun-sentinel.com , 11 July 2021",
      "And while news organizations dither , the Big Lie continues to spread. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 5 May 2021",
      "The propulsion system was less efficient than expected, but the Coast Guard refused to dither . \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 4 Mar. 2021",
      "That review window moves: Whenever lawmakers dither in D.C., the CRA review period for their successors gets later on the calendar. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 25 Dec. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Delay or dither and things get disproportionately worse. \u2014 Helio Fred Garcia, Forbes , 19 Oct. 2021",
      "Fishing might well represent a tiny fragment of the U.K. economy, but did that mean it should not have been protected, even at the cost of dither and delay and, even, perhaps, the freedom of other industries? \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 24 Dec. 2020",
      "Those with intercollegiate athletic programs are in a dither figuring out what will happen to NCAA games, especially football, which is key to the identify of many universities and finances other sports at the largest schools. \u2014 Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY , 5 July 2020",
      "As Washington dithers and fights, Bexar County commissioners are taking swift action, creating a $5 million loan and grant program to help small businesses hurt by the coronavirus. \u2014 Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, ExpressNews.com , 24 Mar. 2020",
      "While the Trump administration dithers and argues with Congress and trips over its own feet, the Federal Reserve has moved decisively to counteract the economic impacts of the coronavirus. \u2014 Jeff Spross, TheWeek , 12 Mar. 2020",
      "In a city short on space and high on need for homeless services, there\u2019s no more time to dither . \u2014 Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com , 24 Jan. 2020",
      "As global warming becomes direr \u2013 and nations dither about decreasing emissions \u2013 could these controversial technological fixes known as geoengineering buy us time to move away from burning fossil fuels? \u2014 USA Today , 24 Dec. 2019",
      "Mr Johnson himself argued forcefully against any further dither or delay. \u2014 The Economist , 3 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1819, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224631"
  },
  "dithery":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": shiver , tremble",
      ": to act nervously or indecisively : vacillate",
      ": a highly nervous, excited, or agitated state : excitement , confusion",
      ": a very nervous or excited state"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-t\u035fh\u0259r",
      "\u02c8di-t\u035fh\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "balance",
      "falter",
      "halt",
      "hang back",
      "hesitate",
      "scruple",
      "shilly-shally",
      "stagger",
      "teeter",
      "vacillate",
      "waver",
      "wobble",
      "wabble"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "fluster",
      "fret",
      "fuss",
      "huff",
      "lather",
      "pother",
      "stew",
      "sweat",
      "swelter",
      "swivet",
      "tizzy",
      "twitter"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "We don't have time to dither .",
      "She did not dither about what to do next.",
      "Noun",
      "Grandma usually gets in a dither if I don't make my weekly call.",
      "we were all in a dither while we waited for the test results",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The country is facing a humanitarian crisis, and countless allies remain trapped there, but Congress and the White House continue to dither . \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Republican bad behavior on voting against an increase in the debt ceiling gets short shrift while the Democrats dither on the budget. \u2014 Gloria Borger, CNN , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "While that doesn\u2019t guarantee that the agency will ultimately give the green light to an eventual merger, KCS\u2019s shareholders can still get paid while the bureaucrats dither . \u2014 Spencer Jakab, WSJ , 31 Aug. 2021",
      "In the current climate, regrettably, a union leader who doesn\u2019t dither about the need for vaccine mandates in the workplace is showing real gumption. \u2014 Jason Linkins, The New Republic , 7 Aug. 2021",
      "Even when engineers find dangerous damage, condo associations can dither for years. \u2014 Lisa J. Huriash, sun-sentinel.com , 11 July 2021",
      "And while news organizations dither , the Big Lie continues to spread. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 5 May 2021",
      "The propulsion system was less efficient than expected, but the Coast Guard refused to dither . \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 4 Mar. 2021",
      "That review window moves: Whenever lawmakers dither in D.C., the CRA review period for their successors gets later on the calendar. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 25 Dec. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Delay or dither and things get disproportionately worse. \u2014 Helio Fred Garcia, Forbes , 19 Oct. 2021",
      "Fishing might well represent a tiny fragment of the U.K. economy, but did that mean it should not have been protected, even at the cost of dither and delay and, even, perhaps, the freedom of other industries? \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 24 Dec. 2020",
      "Those with intercollegiate athletic programs are in a dither figuring out what will happen to NCAA games, especially football, which is key to the identify of many universities and finances other sports at the largest schools. \u2014 Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY , 5 July 2020",
      "As Washington dithers and fights, Bexar County commissioners are taking swift action, creating a $5 million loan and grant program to help small businesses hurt by the coronavirus. \u2014 Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, ExpressNews.com , 24 Mar. 2020",
      "While the Trump administration dithers and argues with Congress and trips over its own feet, the Federal Reserve has moved decisively to counteract the economic impacts of the coronavirus. \u2014 Jeff Spross, TheWeek , 12 Mar. 2020",
      "In a city short on space and high on need for homeless services, there\u2019s no more time to dither . \u2014 Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com , 24 Jan. 2020",
      "As global warming becomes direr \u2013 and nations dither about decreasing emissions \u2013 could these controversial technological fixes known as geoengineering buy us time to move away from burning fossil fuels? \u2014 USA Today , 24 Dec. 2019",
      "Mr Johnson himself argued forcefully against any further dither or delay. \u2014 The Economist , 3 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1819, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210625"
  },
  "dithyramb":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a usually short poem in an inspired wild irregular strain",
      ": a statement or writing in an exalted or enthusiastic vein"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-thi-\u02ccram(b)"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "accolade",
      "citation",
      "commendation",
      "encomium",
      "eulogium",
      "eulogy",
      "homage",
      "hymn",
      "paean",
      "panegyric",
      "salutation",
      "tribute"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a tongue-in-cheek dithyramb in honor of the chocolate chip cookie"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Greek dithyrambos ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1647, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203206"
  },
  "ditsy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": eccentrically silly, giddy, or inane : dizzy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dit-s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "birdbrained",
      "dizzy",
      "featherbrained",
      "flighty",
      "frivolous",
      "frothy",
      "futile",
      "giddy",
      "goofy",
      "harebrained",
      "light-headed",
      "light-minded",
      "puerile",
      "scatterbrained",
      "silly",
      "yeasty"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "earnest",
      "serious",
      "serious-minded",
      "sober",
      "unfrivolous"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "tried to have a serious conversation with her, but she kept saying ditzy things like \u201cOoh, you're so cute!\u201d",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Taking on the voice of their ditzy characters, the two began presenting. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Taking on the voice of their ditzy characters, the two began presenting. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Taking on the voice of their ditzy characters, the two began presenting. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "From delicate ditzy motifs befitting spring to botanical blooms for a destination wedding, floral prints run the gamut. \u2014 Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Vogue , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "Taking on the voice of their ditzy characters, the two began presenting. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Taking on the voice of their ditzy characters, the two began presenting. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Taking on the voice of their ditzy characters, the two began presenting. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Taking on the voice of their ditzy characters, the two began presenting. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 21 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1974, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205920"
  },
  "ditto":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": as before or aforesaid : in the same manner",
      ": to repeat or imitate (something, such as a statement or an action)",
      ": to restate in support or agreement : echo",
      ": to copy (something, such as printed matter) on a duplicator",
      ": a thing mentioned previously or above",
      ": someone or something that is the same as or very similar to another",
      ": the inverted commas or apostrophes used to symbolize a ditto",
      ": having the same characteristics : similar"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-(\u02cc)t\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "alike",
      "also",
      "correspondingly",
      "likewise",
      "similarly",
      "so"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "echo",
      "parrot",
      "quote",
      "reecho",
      "repeat"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "The seeds did improve yield compared with the local Obatanpa variety, but Ghanaians couldn\u2019t afford to purchase more for the following year\u2019s crop; ditto the chemical inputs (pesticides, herbicides, synthetic fertilizers) that ensured success. \u2014 Sarah Mccoll, Smithsonian , 26 July 2017",
      "The offensive line is decent, ditto the defensive line and the young corners. \u2014 Gary Gramling, SI.com , 8 Oct. 2017",
      "Ditto his ability to transcend even so-so songs through the sheer force of his musical skills and personality. \u2014 George Varga, sandiegouniontribune.com , 6 Aug. 2017",
      "Yes, chairs on wheels whiz in and out, ditto a desk, people run around in circles and bob up and down at will. \u2014 Joanne Engelhardt, The Mercury News , 31 May 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The restaurants are open on limited days and hours; ditto the winery tasting rooms. \u2014 Lettie Teague, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
      "Nadia\u2019s tics and mannerisms are her author\u2019s tics and mannerisms; ditto her heritage, mommy issues, former problems with addiction, and personal style. \u2014 Philippa Snow, The New Republic , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Fox did not reveal whether host Cat Deeley is back, or if there will be a new emcee at the helm; ditto any information on the show\u2019s judges. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "All that is a distant memory for Donald and ditto the 49ers\u2019 dominance of the Rams in sweeping the season-series for three straight years. \u2014 Jay Paris, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "The system of rapidly-twitching, red blood cell-size mirrors that make home projectors possible are also MEMS; ditto the nozzles on inkjet printers. \u2014 Christopher Mims, WSJ , 22 Jan. 2022",
      "There\u2019s a natural, conversational untidiness to Tomovi\u0107\u2019s screenplay, co-written with Tanja Sljivar, that keeps the film buoyant and convincing; ditto the giddy, easy chemistry between its expanding, uniformly fine ensemble. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 22 Aug. 2021",
      "The Mall of America is technically in Bloomington, a different city entirely; ditto the Minnesota State Fair, which takes place in Falcon Heights. \u2014 Ashlea Halpern, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 27 Apr. 2021",
      "Don\u2019t miss: The menu doesn\u2019t veer too far from the Wendy\u2019s-McDonald\u2019s-Burger King orbit, but the burgers are a cut above their Golden Arches brethren; ditto the fried chicken sandwich, with its crisp, peppery coating and juicy, abundant meat. \u2014 Rick Nelson, Star Tribune , 29 July 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adverb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adverb",
      "1706, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "1725, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "circa 1678, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adjective",
      "1668, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204242"
  },
  "ditz":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a ditzy person"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dits"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "birdbrain",
      "cuckoo",
      "featherbrain",
      "featherhead",
      "flibbertigibbet",
      "nitwit",
      "rattlebrain",
      "scatterbrain",
      "softhead"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This time the ditz is Muriel Tate, a New Jersey woman who comes to the Plaza to see, for the first time in nearly 17 years, her high school boyfriend, Jesse Kiplinger. \u2014 Jesse Green, New York Times , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "The look might be a tad chic and sophisticated for unworldly ditz Muriel, but the star looks so sensational, who\u2019s quibbling? \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Nason and Furst also witnessed first-hand the dynamic between the couple, in which DeAnne acts like the ditz to Mark\u2019s daddy. \u2014 Kate Aurthur, Variety , 30 Aug. 2021",
      "Marie Wilson played Irma, a ditz who fit the dizzy blonde stereotype. \u2014 Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com , 5 Sep. 2017",
      "None of these characters is particularly well drawn, and Sarandon veers dangerously close to parody, coming off more like a Dubuque ditz than a Brooklyn bohemian. \u2014 David Lewis, star-telegram.com , 10 May 2017",
      "Revolving around a succession of romantic misadventures, the film was written by Madelyn, whose mostly witty dialogue and assured performance as an aimless college grad updates the archetype of the smart ditz with a modern sexual frankness. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 June 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1978, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192247"
  },
  "ditzy":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "eccentrically silly, giddy, or inane dizzy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8dit-s\u0113",
    "synonyms":[
      "birdbrained",
      "dizzy",
      "featherbrained",
      "flighty",
      "frivolous",
      "frothy",
      "futile",
      "giddy",
      "goofy",
      "harebrained",
      "light-headed",
      "light-minded",
      "puerile",
      "scatterbrained",
      "silly",
      "yeasty"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "earnest",
      "serious",
      "serious-minded",
      "sober",
      "unfrivolous"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "tried to have a serious conversation with her, but she kept saying ditzy things like \u201cOoh, you're so cute!\u201d",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Taking on the voice of their ditzy characters, the two began presenting. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Taking on the voice of their ditzy characters, the two began presenting. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Taking on the voice of their ditzy characters, the two began presenting. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "From delicate ditzy motifs befitting spring to botanical blooms for a destination wedding, floral prints run the gamut. \u2014 Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Vogue , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "Taking on the voice of their ditzy characters, the two began presenting. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Taking on the voice of their ditzy characters, the two began presenting. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Taking on the voice of their ditzy characters, the two began presenting. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Taking on the voice of their ditzy characters, the two began presenting. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 21 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1974, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "divagation":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to wander or stray from a course or subject : diverge , digress"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b-v\u0259-\u02ccg\u0101t",
      "\u02c8di-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Late Latin divagatus , past participle of divagari , from Latin dis- + vagari to wander \u2014 more at vagary ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1599, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224730"
  },
  "diverge":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart",
      ": to become or be different in character or form",
      ": differ in opinion",
      ": to turn aside from a path or course : deviate",
      ": to be divergent (see divergent sense 2 )",
      ": deflect"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259rj",
      "d\u012b-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "detour",
      "deviate",
      "sheer",
      "swerve",
      "swing",
      "turn",
      "turn off",
      "veer",
      "wheel"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "A prism causes rays of light to diverge .",
      "They were close friends in college, but after graduation, their lives diverged .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "President Joe Biden hopes to create more jobs, ease supply chain strains and reduce the reliance on China and other nations with interests that diverge from America\u2019s. \u2014 Josh Boak, chicagotribune.com , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "President Joe Biden hopes to create more jobs, ease supply chain strains and reduce the reliance on China and other nations with interests that diverge from America's. \u2014 Josh Boak, ajc , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Cruz, Cornyn, in lockstep on gun votes, diverge on tone after Texas school massacre \u2014 1:50 p.m. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
      "All parties agree on the broad outlines of the story but diverge on key facts. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Americans across the political spectrum express broad support for Ukraine, though opinions diverge on what that means and how far the U.S. response should go. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "The writers diverged on Bonds because people diverge on Bonds. \u2014 Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "But Navarro, who San Diegans remember as a once-frequent local candidate, seems to diverge from reality on a number of fronts here. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 Jan. 2022",
      "And Israel\u2019s new governing coalition, which took power last month and holds only a slim majority, consists of an eclectic mix of parties that span the political spectrum \u2014 and diverge on LGBTQ issues. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 July 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Latin d\u012bvergere \"to proceed in different directions,\" from d\u012b-, variant before voiced sounds of dis-  dis- + vergere \"to move downward, slope downward, sink\" \u2014 more at verge entry 3 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1665, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182803"
  },
  "diverse":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "differing from one another unlike",
      "composed of distinct or unlike elements or qualities",
      "different from each other unlike",
      "made up of people or things that are different from each other",
      "differing from one another",
      "differing in citizenship from another party to an action",
      "\u2014 see also diversity jurisdiction at jurisdiction \u2014 compare nondiverse"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"d\u012b-\u02c8v\u0259rs",
    "synonyms":[
      "different",
      "disparate",
      "dissimilar",
      "distant",
      "distinct",
      "distinctive",
      "distinguishable",
      "nonidentical",
      "other",
      "unalike",
      "unlike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "alike",
      "identical",
      "indistinguishable",
      "kin",
      "kindred",
      "like",
      "parallel",
      "same",
      "similar"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Talk about your skills, talents, personality and unique background that will contribute to building a diverse and innovative company culture. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "This year marks the first time the parade has been held since L.A. Pride split from West Hollywood and moved its festivities to Hollywood, hoping for a more diverse and inclusive event. \u2014 Jaimie Ding, Los Angeles Times , 5 June 2022",
      "People look at these huge tracts of seemingly unusable landscape and quickly turn to more diverse and interesting locales. \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 4 June 2022",
      "The startups getting funneled that money comprise a diverse and extremely intelligent collection of white hats. \u2014 Jeffrey M. O'brien, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
      "Those words turned out to be prophetic, since a key reason for the revival is that pop punk is a language that pop girls have claimed to express themselves, making the music more diverse and inclusive than ever. \u2014 Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone , 31 May 2022",
      "Our Complete Probiotic is particularly made to assist you in maintaining a diverse and balanced gut flora. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 May 2022",
      "Though Lebanon\u2019s chronic crises have caused deep despondency, analysts say, that did not translate into much support for change candidates, who were diverse and divided. \u2014 Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor , 24 May 2022",
      "Create an accessible training program for both new and experienced showrunners and co-executive producers that includes guidance on how to run a diverse and inclusive writers room. \u2014 Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English divers, diverse \"differing, distinct, of various kinds, several,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French divers, diverse, deverce, borrowed from Latin d\u012bversus \"turned in different directions, situated apart, differing,\" from past participle of d\u012bvertere \"to separate oneself (from), be different, diverge\" \u2014 more at divert ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "divertissement":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a dance sequence or short ballet usually used as an interlude",
      ": divertimento sense 1",
      ": diversion , entertainment"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8v\u0259r-t\u0259-sm\u0259nt",
      "-t\u0259z-",
      "French"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "delight",
      "distraction",
      "diversion",
      "entertainment",
      "fun",
      "pleasure",
      "recreation"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bore",
      "bummer",
      "downer",
      "drag"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "for visitors seeking more cerebral divertissement , the city boasts a fine performing arts center",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And the Mother Ginger divertissement had to be omitted altogether, since there was no way to fit eight older Polichinelles under her skirt. \u2014 Jeffrey Gantz, BostonGlobe.com , 27 Nov. 2021",
      "This season, the Act 2 pas de quatre, a speedy and demanding divertissement for three women and one man, was cut to help streamline the ballet. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Feb. 2020",
      "Historical revisionism as an academic divertissement is corrupting, muddling the intellects of generations. \u2014 Jakub Grygiel, National Review , 8 Nov. 2019",
      "Festive music is suddenly heard as the people celebrate Th\u00e9s\u00e9e\u2019s safe return in an ironic divertissement . \u2014 George Loomis, New York Times , 13 Apr. 2018",
      "Whole numbers were excised, though Prokofiev was able to salvage some of the divertissements elsewhere in the score. \u2014 Joshua Barone, New York Times , 23 Jan. 2018",
      "With the young Queen Victoria often in the audience, the world\u2019s foremost ballerinas appeared there, sometimes in duets, trios, and quartets, with Perrot making creative breakthroughs in terms of both narrative ballet and pure-dance divertissements . \u2014 Alastair Macaulay, BostonGlobe.com , 11 Apr. 2018",
      "With the young Queen Victoria often in the audience, the world\u2019s foremost ballerinas appeared there, sometimes in duets, trios and quartets, with Perrot making creative breakthroughs in terms of both narrative ballet and pure-dance divertissements . \u2014 Alastair Macaulay, New York Times , 9 Apr. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French, literally, diversion, from divertiss- (stem of divertir )",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1728, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193534"
  },
  "divider":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that divides",
      ": an instrument for measuring or marking (as in dividing lines)",
      ": something serving as a partition between separate spaces or areas",
      ": the second incisor tooth of a horse situated between the center and corner incisors on each side \u2014 compare nipper sense 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8v\u012b-d\u0259r",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8v\u012bd-\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "division",
      "partition",
      "separation",
      "separator"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Concrete barriers are used as highway dividers .",
      "She has proven to be a divider of people.",
      "He says that he's a uniter, not a divider .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "First responders found the van with severe front damage after hitting a concrete divider . \u2014 Emmett Jones, Fox News , 7 June 2022",
      "Kids will love to recline under the three-sided canvas canopy with mesh windows, and to keep their drinks and snacks close by on the divider between loungers. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 16 May 2022",
      "The hard shell exterior is lightweight but durable and the interior zippered divider panels make organizing a snap. \u2014 Lois Alter Mark, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
      "Meantime, other drivers who had stopped to help were trying to maintain control of the suspect by bending him backward on the concrete center divider . \u2014 Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "The bag also has several interior organization features, including an external power bank pocket, multiple accessory pockets, two zippered divider panels, and a water-resistant pocket that's perfect for storing toiletries. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 17 May 2021",
      "By far our favorite feature of these duffels, though, is the divider panels on the inside. \u2014 Kai Burkhardt, CNN Underscored , 31 Mar. 2021",
      "The unidentified victim apparently had run from the right shoulder toward the center divider before being struck, the CHP said. \u2014 City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Aug. 2021",
      "During the accident, which occurred on the border of Rolling Hills Estates and Rancho Palos Verdes in Southern California, Woods' car struck a sign in the center divider and cut through a tree before landing on the side of the road. \u2014 Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com , 22 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191400"
  },
  "divine":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god entry 1 sense 1 ) or a god (see god entry 1 sense 2 )",
      "being a deity",
      "directed to a deity",
      "supremely good superb",
      "heavenly , godlike",
      "clergyman",
      "theologian",
      "to discover by intuition or insight infer",
      "to discover or locate (something, such as underground water or minerals) usually by means of a divining rod",
      "to seek to predict future events or discover hidden knowledge usually by the interpretation of omens or by the aid of supernatural powers to practice divination prophesy",
      "to perceive intuitively",
      "of or relating to God or a god",
      "being in praise of God religious , holy",
      "like a god",
      "very good",
      "to discover or understand something by using intuition",
      "to foretell the future by using signs and omens or magic powers"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"d\u0259-\u02c8v\u012bn",
    "synonyms":[
      "A-OK",
      "A1",
      "awesome",
      "bang-up",
      "banner",
      "beautiful",
      "blue-chip",
      "blue-ribbon",
      "boffo",
      "bonny",
      "bonnie",
      "boss",
      "brag",
      "brave",
      "bully",
      "bumper",
      "capital",
      "choice",
      "classic",
      "cool",
      "corking",
      "crackerjack",
      "cracking",
      "dandy",
      "dope",
      "down",
      "dynamite",
      "excellent",
      "fab",
      "fabulous",
      "famous",
      "fantabulous",
      "fantastic",
      "fine",
      "first-class",
      "first-rate",
      "first-string",
      "five-star",
      "four-star",
      "frontline",
      "gangbusters",
      "gangbuster",
      "gilt-edged",
      "gilt-edge",
      "gone",
      "grand",
      "great",
      "groovy",
      "heavenly",
      "high-class",
      "hot",
      "hype",
      "immense",
      "jim-dandy",
      "keen",
      "lovely",
      "marvelous",
      "marvellous",
      "mean",
      "neat",
      "nifty",
      "noble",
      "number one",
      "No. 1",
      "numero uno",
      "out-of-sight",
      "par excellence",
      "peachy",
      "peachy keen",
      "phat",
      "prime",
      "primo",
      "prize",
      "prizewinning",
      "quality",
      "radical",
      "righteous",
      "sensational",
      "slick",
      "splendid",
      "stellar",
      "sterling",
      "superb",
      "superior",
      "superlative",
      "supernal",
      "swell",
      "terrific",
      "tip-top",
      "top",
      "top-notch",
      "top-of-the-line",
      "top-shelf",
      "topflight",
      "topping",
      "unsurpassed",
      "wizard",
      "wonderful"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "clergyperson",
      "cleric",
      "clerical",
      "clerk",
      "deacon",
      "dominie",
      "ecclesiastic",
      "minister",
      "preacher",
      "priest",
      "reverend"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "They prayed for divine intervention.",
      "how about a piece of the most divine apple pie I've ever tasted!",
      "Noun",
      "the great influence exerted by the Puritan divines in the Massachusetts Bay Colony",
      "Verb",
      "divine the answer to a question",
      "it was easy to divine his intention of asking his girlfriend to marry him",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
      "The color is muted and divine , which is a welcome feature for an outdoor table. \u2014 Helena Madden, ELLE Decor , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "The most arresting images, though, are of bodies and faces human, divine , or both. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "Redford stars as an unknown who comes out of nowhere to become a legendary baseball player with almost divine talent. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 18 Aug. 2021",
      "In other words, a Spartan way of life that gradually took shape was retroactively attributed to a single lawgiver, whose name gave it an almost divine authority. \u2014 Adam Kirsch, The New Yorker , 7 June 2021",
      "Where the Queen presented herself as a serenely detached and almost divine mother to a nation, Diana intuited that what people wanted from their benign\u2014if fundamentally undemocratic\u2014sovereign was connection. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 20 Nov. 2020",
      "Now our venture scientifically demonstrates a kind of divine intervention in this land. \u2014 Stephan Rabimov, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
      "A year later, another relative took Murphy in, a divine intervention of sorts. \u2014 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star , 18 May 2022",
      "There was no divine intervention for any of the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellows, but intervention there always was. \u2014 Ann Kirschner, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "The right formula, based on all of the best neuroscience, clinical, [and] social scientific research, is simply Use things, love people, and worship the divine . \u2014 Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "The intruder, in this case, was the government of Auroville, an idealistic community founded in 1968 with the goal of realizing human unity by putting the divine at the center of all things. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Mar. 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",
      "There\u2019s more, much more in one of the multiverses, humans have wriggly hotdogs for fingers; an extended gag involving butt plugs wears out its welcome; a divine but not benevolent entity named Jobu Tupaki wreaks havoc at every turn. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "The varied program explores love in many aspects, from earthly to divine . \u2014 oregonlive , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "The McFarlands say the place does, indeed, seem a little closer to the divine . \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "So our ability to commune with the divine , to commune with God, is related to our ability to commune with each other. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "The Morgan Library\u2019s divine , and its exhibitions are always designed to perfection. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "These are merely some of the variables at play as businesses try to divine the future. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "In 1692, a group of young girls, including Parris\u2019 own daughter, Betty, and his niece, Abigail, began to bark like dogs and contort their bodies after allegedly attempting to divine their future. \u2014 Brooklyn White, Essence , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Look to these six states to divine the future of free elections in America. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Triangle Productions\u2019 founder Don Horn directs the master class that attempts to divine the real from the fake. \u2014 oregonlive , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "Hultquist says those intentions are difficult to divine without knowing the hackers' specific targeting. \u2014 Andy Greenberg, Wired , 16 Jan. 2022",
      "Helene Elliott was joined by Times staffers Curtis Zupke, Jim Barrero and Nick Leyva to divine what the new year holds for the local teams, and the sport more broadly. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Jan. 2022",
      "There\u2019s little sense in trying to divine the perfect public-health policy from one country over a short period of time. \u2014 Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "But that lack of certainty did not stop these experts from trying to divine what may happen in 2022 as the supply chain crisis continues. \u2014 Edward Segal, Forbes , 7 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "diviner":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a person who practices divination : soothsayer",
      ": a person who divines the location of water or minerals"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8v\u012b-n\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "augur",
      "forecaster",
      "foreseer",
      "foreteller",
      "fortune-teller",
      "futurist",
      "prognosticator",
      "prophesier",
      "prophet",
      "seer",
      "soothsayer",
      "visionary"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Diviners foretold of the event.",
      "somehow the diviner failed to foresee her own misfortunes with the law",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But then, Poppy has long been a diviner of the zeitgeist. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "In conjunction with other divine instruments such as Iroke Ifa ( diviner tapper), Ikin Ifa (sacred palm or kola nuts) and opele Ifa (divination chain), the tray is used to determine the verses associated with patron\u2019s particular predicament. \u2014 NOLA.com , 1 Sep. 2020",
      "But like any good traveling diviner , this healer punched up his story to convince what must have been a pair of incredibly skeptical parents. \u2014 Cody Cassidy, Wired , 8 June 2020",
      "But the most skilled diviners of feline feelings were people with professional experience involving cats, including veterinarians. \u2014 Karin Brulliard, chicagotribune.com , 4 Dec. 2019",
      "Poole cemented himself as a much-sought-after diviner of internet culture, mixing with tech\u2019s biggest names at the industry\u2019s highest-profile gatherings\u2014including giving a keynote speech at South by Southwest in 2011. \u2014 Timothy Mclaughlin, WIRED , 6 Aug. 2019",
      "When a diviner from Korea informs the emperor that his son would be a bad ruler, Genji is demoted to the status of a commoner. \u2014 Emily Ferguson, WSJ , 22 Feb. 2019",
      "The harvest rain\u2019s principal contribution to the origins of religion was to spawn a priestly class\u2014 diviners and shamans\u2014to forecast or summon it. \u2014 Andrew Stark, WSJ , 16 Nov. 2018",
      "And summoning Paimon in particular might be an especially difficult process, according Dr. Alexander Cummins, a historian and diviner . \u2014 Madeleine Aggeler, The Cut , 15 June 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221903"
  },
  "divinity":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "theology",
      "the quality or state of being divine",
      "a divine being such as",
      "god sense 1",
      "god sense 2",
      "goddess",
      "fudge made of whipped egg whites, sugar, and nuts",
      "the quality or state of being God or a god",
      "a god or goddess",
      "the study of religion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"d\u0259-\u02c8vi-n\u0259-t\u0113",
    "synonyms":[
      "deity",
      "godhead",
      "godhood"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Christians believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ.",
      "the divinities of ancient Greece",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Poke at the divinity , and see the human beings on the inside. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Some 1,600 women were enrolled in Southern Baptist divinity programs, many of them likely seeking ordination. \u2014 Avital Chizhik-goldschmidt, The Atlantic , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Self-doubt is not in either man\u2019s vocabulary \u2014 in Davey\u2019s case because of the foundation of his faith in God, in Darren\u2019s because of his belief in himself as an untouchable divinity . \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "The two actors are locked in a battle for the future of Earth in which both call on the powers of ancient divinity \u2014 and the intrigue comes from the fact that Isaac\u2019s characters are only fitfully aware of the rules of the game. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "The mattress sale\u2019s fleeting nature is, arguably, the source of its divinity . \u2014 Mary Gulino, The New Yorker , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "In this intimate autobiographical narrative Francis questions her identity until discerning that healing comes from radical self-acceptance and connection to her own divinity . \u2014 Sharine Taylor, Variety , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Shamans induce, like Jesus Christ, an alchemy of people awakening and accepting their own two things their own divinity and their own light. \u2014 Yasmine Shemesh, Billboard , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "The earliest of Subin\u2019s man-god case studies arrives fourteen centuries later, announcing his own divinity . \u2014 Casey Cep, The New Yorker , 6 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162732"
  },
  "division":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or process of dividing : the state of being divided",
      ": the act, process, or an instance of distributing among a number : distribution",
      ": one of the parts or groupings into which a whole is divided or is divisible",
      ": the condition or an instance of being divided in opinion or interest : disagreement , disunity",
      ": something that divides , separates, or marks off",
      ": the act, process, or an instance of separating or keeping apart : separation",
      ": the mathematical operation of dividing something",
      ": a self-contained major military unit capable of independent action",
      ": a tactical military unit composed of headquarters and usually three to five brigades",
      ": the basic naval administrative unit",
      ": a tactical subdivision of a squadron of ships",
      ": a unit of the U.S. Air Force higher than a wing and lower than an air force",
      ": a portion of a territorial unit marked off for a particular purpose (such as administrative or judicial functions)",
      ": an administrative or operating unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization",
      ": the physical separation into different lobbies of the members of a parliamentary body voting for and against a question",
      ": plant propagation by dividing parts and planting segments capable of producing roots and shoots",
      ": a group of organisms forming part of a larger group",
      ": a primary category of the plant kingdom in biological taxonomy that is typically equivalent to a phylum",
      ": a competitive class or category (as in boxing or wrestling)",
      ": the act or process of dividing or separating : the state of being divided or separated",
      ": the mathematical process of finding out how many times one number is contained in another",
      ": something that divides, separates, or marks off",
      ": one of the parts or groups that make up a whole",
      ": a large military unit",
      ": a level of competitors",
      ": a group of plants that ranks above the class and below the kingdom and in scientific classification is typically equal to a phylum",
      ": the act or process of dividing : the state of being divided \u2014 see cell division",
      ": a group of organisms forming part of a larger group",
      ": a primary category of the plant kingdom that is typically equivalent to a phylum"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8vi-zh\u0259n",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8vi-zh\u0259n",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8vizh-\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "divider",
      "partition",
      "separation",
      "separator"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the process of cell division",
      "a division of profits into equal shares",
      "After learning multiplication, the students were taught division .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In February 2021, Edwards told USA Today that officers in her division had asked commanders on Jan. 5, 2021, about handling armed rioters, and was told there was no plan. \u2014 Tom Jackman, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
      "Intel plans to freeze hiring in its PC division and take other steps to cut costs amid signs of slowing demand for computers and supply constraints in its data center business. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 June 2022",
      "MediaHound\u2019s team of engineers and developers will join UTA as part of its UTA IQ division . \u2014 Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
      "ExxonMobil established its Low Carbon Solutions division to commercialize low emissions technologies and focus on carbon capture. \u2014 Ariel Cohen, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "Estrada, a partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson, previously served in the U.S. attorney\u2019s office in L.A. as deputy chief of its violent and organized crime division . \u2014 Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
      "The Houston Police Department posted a photo of the scene to Twitter on Monday, saying officers from its Clear Lake division responded to the scene. \u2014 Fox News , 5 June 2022",
      "The company underinvested in research and development, got hooked on buying other companies to fuel its growth, and its finance division was badly exposed when the financial crisis hit. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
      "With the Dodgers, Giants, and Padres in their division , a playoff berth is unrealistic. \u2014 Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French devision , from Latin division-, divisio , from dividere to divide",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-171842"
  },
  "divorce":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the action or an instance of legally dissolving (see dissolve entry 1 sense 1d ) a marriage",
      ": separation , severance",
      ": to legally dissolve one's marriage with : to end marriage with (one's spouse) by divorce (see divorce entry 1 sense 1 )",
      ": to dissolve the marriage contract between",
      ": to make or keep separate : separate",
      ": to obtain a divorce",
      ": a divorced man",
      ": a legal ending of a marriage",
      ": to end a marriage legally : get a divorce",
      ": the dissolution of a valid marriage granted especially on specified statutory grounds (as adultery) arising after the marriage \u2014 compare annulment",
      ": a divorce that completely and permanently dissolves the marital relationship and terminates marital rights (as property rights) and obligations (as fidelity)",
      ": a separation governed by a court order : legal separation",
      ": absolute divorce in this entry",
      ": an intentional cessation of cohabitation between spouses : separation",
      ": an absolute divorce that is not based on either spouse's fault and that is granted usually on the grounds of an irretrievable breakdown or when the spouses have lived apart for a statutorily specified period of time",
      ": to dissolve the marriage of (a spouse) by judgment or decree of divorce",
      ": to sever the marital relationship with (a spouse) by means of a judgment or decree of divorce",
      ": to obtain a divorce"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8v\u022frs",
      "also",
      "d\u0259-\u02ccv\u022fr-\u02c8s\u0101",
      "-\u02c8s\u0113",
      "-\u02c8v\u022fr-\u02ccs\u0101",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8v\u022frs"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break up",
      "decouple",
      "disassociate",
      "disconnect",
      "disjoin",
      "disjoint",
      "dissever",
      "dissociate",
      "disunite",
      "divide",
      "part",
      "ramify",
      "resolve",
      "separate",
      "sever",
      "split",
      "sunder",
      "uncouple",
      "unlink",
      "unyoke"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "join",
      "link",
      "unify",
      "unite"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1) and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1877, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185435"
  },
  "dizzy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": foolish , silly",
      ": having a whirling sensation in the head with a tendency to fall",
      ": mentally confused",
      ": causing giddiness or mental confusion",
      ": caused by or marked by giddiness",
      ": extremely rapid",
      ": to make dizzy or giddy",
      ": bewilder",
      ": having the feeling of spinning",
      ": causing a feeling of spinning",
      ": overwhelmed with emotion",
      ": having a whirling sensation in the head with a tendency to fall",
      ": mentally confused"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-z\u0113",
      "\u02c8di-z\u0113",
      "\u02c8diz-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aswoon",
      "giddy",
      "light-headed",
      "reeling",
      "swimmy",
      "vertiginous",
      "whirling",
      "woozy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Some patients may feel dizzy or nauseated, some may vomit, have diarrhea, or have temporary mild fever or chills. \u2014 Abby Dupes, Seventeen , 19 May 2022",
      "Other concerning symptoms include being dehydrated, dizzy or unable to keep any food down. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 May 2022",
      "Alongside the mesmerizing cinematography, the sound design in The Northman will leave you dizzy . \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Due to the scarcity of water, some ticket-holders said they were dehydrated and dizzy . \u2014 Carmela Chirinos, Fortune , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "On the initial call by a friend at 12:06 p.m. on Feb. 16, Fulton County 911 operators were told Phinnizee was dizzy and his legs were numb. \u2014 Ariel Hart, ajc , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Parr used to divert her gaze from crashes on the road; the mere thought of it made her dizzy . \u2014 oregonlive , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Peering over the edge where Toni fell, Shott felt dizzy . \u2014 Rachel Monroe, Outside Online , 16 Oct. 2018",
      "According to his office, Luj\u00e1n checked himself into a hospital in Santa Fe after feeling dizzy and fatigued Thursday morning, only to be transfered to a hospital in Albuquerque. \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Bricks began to lift and dizzy around the cylindrical walls. \u2014 Karen Russell, The New Yorker , 4 Oct. 2021",
      "Hours later, Prasad found Bun, dizzy with fever and lying on a bench outside the Salesforce Transit Center in SoMa. \u2014 Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "The speedy Schenectady locomotives made record-keepers dizzy by breaking one record after another. \u2014 Wayne Whittaker, Popular Mechanics , 26 Aug. 2021",
      "This seems like common sense, but occasionally someone decides to pick up their laptop or phone and roam around their home or office while talking \u2014 making everyone else dizzy . \u2014 Ethan Rasiel, Forbes , 13 May 2021",
      "Nothing else witty to say just dizzy with gratitude that GOLD DIGGERS found its way to a team that believes in it! \u2014 NBC News , 9 Apr. 2021",
      "Cueto\u2019s final pitch of the seventh inning, a triple shimmy if there ever was one, might have made fans dizzy , not to mention C.J. Cron. \u2014 John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Apr. 2021",
      "Place your laptop on a table to keep it from moving around to dizzy others. \u2014 Annie Lane, oregonlive , 22 Jan. 2021",
      "Place your laptop on a table to keep it from moving around to dizzy others. \u2014 Annie Lane, oregonlive , 22 Jan. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1501, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173106"
  },
  "do":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "abbreviation ()",
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to bring to pass : carry out",
      ": put",
      ": perform , execute",
      ": commit",
      ": bring about , effect",
      ": to give freely : pay",
      ": to bring to an end : finish",
      ": to put forth : exert",
      ": to wear out especially by physical exertion : exhaust",
      ": to attack physically : beat",
      ": kill",
      ": to bring into existence : produce",
      ": to play the role or character of",
      ": mimic",
      ": to behave like",
      ": to perform in or serve as producer of",
      ": to treat unfairly",
      ": cheat",
      ": to treat or deal with in any way typically with the sense of preparation or with that of care or attention:",
      ": to put in order : clean",
      ": wash",
      ": to prepare for use or consumption",
      ": cook",
      ": set , arrange",
      ": to apply cosmetics to",
      ": decorate , furnish",
      ": to be engaged in the study or practice of",
      ": to work at as a vocation",
      ": to pass over : traverse",
      ": to travel at a speed of",
      ": tour",
      ": to spend (time) in prison",
      ": to serve out (a period of imprisonment)",
      ": to serve the needs of : suit , suffice",
      ": to approve especially by custom, opinion, or propriety",
      ": to treat with respect to physical comforts",
      ": use sense 4",
      ": to have sexual intercourse with",
      ": to partake of",
      ": act , behave",
      ": get along , fare",
      ": to carry on business or affairs : manage",
      ": to take place : happen",
      ": to come to or make an end : finish",
      ": to be active or busy",
      ": to be adequate or sufficient : serve",
      ": to be fitting : conform to custom or propriety",
      ": to defeat or confound thoroughly especially by indirect or deceptive means",
      ": to put an end to : abolish",
      ": to put to death : kill",
      ": to deal with : treat",
      ": to attend to the wants and needs of : take care of",
      ": to bring about the death or ruin of",
      ": to have sexual intercourse",
      ": to act justly",
      ": to treat fairly or adequately",
      ": to show due appreciation for",
      ": to acquit in a way worthy of one's abilities",
      ": to give cause for pride or gratification",
      ": to produce a desired result",
      ": to make good use of : benefit by",
      ": necessary to be done",
      ": fuss , ado",
      ": deed , duty",
      ": a festive get-together : affair , party",
      ": battle",
      ": a command or entreaty to do something",
      ": cheat , swindle",
      ": hairdo",
      ": the first tone of the major scale in solf\u00e8ge",
      "ditto",
      "double occupancy",
      "defense order",
      "doctor of osteopathic medicine; doctor of osteopathy",
      ": to cause (as an act or action) to happen : perform",
      ": act entry 2 sense 2 , behave",
      ": to make progress : succeed",
      ": to finish working on",
      ": to put forth : exert",
      ": to work on, prepare, produce, or put in order",
      ": to work at as a paying job",
      ": to serve the purpose : suit",
      ": to have an effect",
      ": to travel at a speed of",
      ": to get rid of",
      ": kill entry 1 sense 1",
      ": the first note of the musical scale",
      "doctor of optometry",
      "doctor of osteopathic medicine; doctor of osteopathy",
      ": perform , execute",
      ": commit",
      ": to be engaged in business activities (as soliciting sales)",
      ": to engage in activities sufficient to subject a foreign company to the personal jurisdiction of a state",
      "\u2014 see also doing business statute"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc",
      "\u02c8d\u00fc",
      "\u02c8d\u014d",
      "d\u00fc",
      "\u02c8d\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "befit",
      "beseem",
      "fit",
      "go",
      "serve",
      "suit"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "affair",
      "bash",
      "binge",
      "blast",
      "blowout",
      "event",
      "fete",
      "f\u00eate",
      "function",
      "get-together",
      "party",
      "reception",
      "shindig"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun (1)",
      "1599, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "circa 1754, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190540"
  },
  "do up":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": fasten",
      ": to deck (someone) out : clothe",
      ": to furnish (something) with something ornamental : decorate",
      ": to prepare (something) for wear or use (as by cleaning or repairing)",
      ": to wrap (something) up",
      ": to prepare so as to preserve for later use can entry 2 , put up",
      ": exhaust , wear out"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "adorn",
      "array",
      "beautify",
      "bedeck",
      "bedizen",
      "blazon",
      "caparison",
      "deck",
      "decorate",
      "do",
      "doll up",
      "drape",
      "dress",
      "embellish",
      "emblaze",
      "emboss",
      "enrich",
      "fancify",
      "fancy up",
      "festoon",
      "garnish",
      "glitz (up)",
      "grace",
      "gussy up",
      "ornament",
      "pretty (up)",
      "trim"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "blemish",
      "deface",
      "disfigure",
      "mar",
      "scar",
      "spoil"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the whole house had been done up for Halloween",
      "on Wild West Day some of the women came to the office done up as showgirls, while the men were mostly outlaws"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1666, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214809"
  },
  "do-good":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": designed or disposed sometimes impracticably and too zealously toward bettering the conditions under which others live"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-\u02ccgu\u0307d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "altruistic",
      "beneficent",
      "benevolent",
      "charitable",
      "eleemosynary",
      "good",
      "humanitarian",
      "philanthropic",
      "philanthropical"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "self-centered",
      "self-concerned",
      "selfish"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1850, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192718"
  },
  "do-nothing":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a shiftless or lazy person",
      ": marked by inactivity or failure to make positive progress"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-\u02ccn\u0259-thi\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "couch potato",
      "deadbeat",
      "drone",
      "idler",
      "layabout",
      "lazybones",
      "loafer",
      "lotus-eater",
      "slouch",
      "slug",
      "slugabed",
      "sluggard"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "doer",
      "go-ahead",
      "go-getter",
      "hummer",
      "hustler",
      "self-starter"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1579, in the meaning defined above",
      "Adjective",
      "1832, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195031"
  },
  "docile":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": easily taught",
      ": easily led or managed : tractable",
      ": easily taught, led, or managed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-s\u0259l",
      "also",
      "especially British",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-s\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "amenable",
      "biddable",
      "compliant",
      "conformable",
      "law-abiding",
      "obedient",
      "submissive",
      "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"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "In the course of a single month, from Annie's arrival to her triumph in bridling the household despot, Helen [Keller] had grown docile , affectionate, and tirelessly intent on learning from moment to moment. \u2014 Cynthia Ozick , New Yorker , 16 & 23 June 2003",
      "Africanized honeybees look like the European honeybees now commonly found in our gardens, and like their relatives, they make honey. They are fairly docile when they are foraging, but they defend their nests ferociously. \u2014 Lynn Ocone , Sunset , February 1994",
      "His students were docile and eager to learn.",
      "a docile young pony that went wherever it was led",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Indeed, docile and tractable torque is this motor\u2019s defining characteristic. \u2014 Tim Pitt, Robb Report , 31 May 2022",
      "Among the waspish regulars of the Algonquin Round Table, Robert Benchley cut a relatively docile figure. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
      "Outdoor lovers can swim with docile whale sharks, relax on Balandra Beach, or snorkel in the reefs along Espiritu Santo Island, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site. \u2014 Jennifer Prince, Travel + Leisure , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "Join the gang, the rough and tough AI says to the polite and docile AI. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Terry, a corporate drone who still brags about his Ivy League pedigree, tries on various macho archetypes: the decisive patriarch, the rugged woodsman, the breadwinner who commutes home every night to a docile wife. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "In his influential work Discipline and Punish, French theorist Michel Foucault digs deep into the mechanisms that shape our modern society and turn us into docile bodies, cogs in a machine. \u2014 Jelena Radonjic, Forbes , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "At the Atlanta Asian Justice rally, which drew some 100 people, speakers railed against the stereotypes of Asian women as either docile or exotic and said those harmful perceptions contribute to the violence. \u2014 Kate Brumback, ajc , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Moreover, in the fullness of time, hyenas, like guinea pigs, might wise up and become more docile and friendly. \u2014 Joe Queenan, WSJ , 20 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin docilis , from doc\u0113re to teach; akin to Latin dec\u0113re to be fitting \u2014 more at decent ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221452"
  },
  "docility":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": easily taught",
      ": easily led or managed : tractable",
      ": easily taught, led, or managed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-s\u0259l",
      "also",
      "especially British",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-s\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "amenable",
      "biddable",
      "compliant",
      "conformable",
      "law-abiding",
      "obedient",
      "submissive",
      "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"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "In the course of a single month, from Annie's arrival to her triumph in bridling the household despot, Helen [Keller] had grown docile , affectionate, and tirelessly intent on learning from moment to moment. \u2014 Cynthia Ozick , New Yorker , 16 & 23 June 2003",
      "Africanized honeybees look like the European honeybees now commonly found in our gardens, and like their relatives, they make honey. They are fairly docile when they are foraging, but they defend their nests ferociously. \u2014 Lynn Ocone , Sunset , February 1994",
      "His students were docile and eager to learn.",
      "a docile young pony that went wherever it was led",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Indeed, docile and tractable torque is this motor\u2019s defining characteristic. \u2014 Tim Pitt, Robb Report , 31 May 2022",
      "Among the waspish regulars of the Algonquin Round Table, Robert Benchley cut a relatively docile figure. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
      "Outdoor lovers can swim with docile whale sharks, relax on Balandra Beach, or snorkel in the reefs along Espiritu Santo Island, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site. \u2014 Jennifer Prince, Travel + Leisure , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "Join the gang, the rough and tough AI says to the polite and docile AI. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Terry, a corporate drone who still brags about his Ivy League pedigree, tries on various macho archetypes: the decisive patriarch, the rugged woodsman, the breadwinner who commutes home every night to a docile wife. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "In his influential work Discipline and Punish, French theorist Michel Foucault digs deep into the mechanisms that shape our modern society and turn us into docile bodies, cogs in a machine. \u2014 Jelena Radonjic, Forbes , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "At the Atlanta Asian Justice rally, which drew some 100 people, speakers railed against the stereotypes of Asian women as either docile or exotic and said those harmful perceptions contribute to the violence. \u2014 Kate Brumback, ajc , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Moreover, in the fullness of time, hyenas, like guinea pigs, might wise up and become more docile and friendly. \u2014 Joe Queenan, WSJ , 20 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin docilis , from doc\u0113re to teach; akin to Latin dec\u0113re to be fitting \u2014 more at decent ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214444"
  },
  "dock":{
    "type":"noun (1)",
    "definitions":[
      "a place (such as a wharf or platform) for the loading or unloading of materials",
      "a usually wooden pier used as a landing place or moorage for boats",
      "a device in which a smartphone, digital camera, etc., is placed for charging, accessing a power supply, or connecting to another electronic device",
      "a usually artificial basin or enclosure for the reception of ships that is equipped with means for controlling the water height",
      "slip entry 2 sense 1b",
      "the combining site of a molecular receptor \u2014 see receptor sense b",
      "to haul or guide into or alongside a dock",
      "to connect an electronic device (such as a computer or a digital camera) to another device",
      "to join (two spacecraft) mechanically while in space",
      "to come into or alongside a dock",
      "to become docked",
      "to combine with a molecular receptor \u2014 see receptor sense b",
      "to subject to a deduction",
      "to penalize by depriving of a benefit ordinarily due",
      "to fine by a deduction of wages",
      "to take away a part of abridge",
      "to cut (part of an animal, such as the ears or a tail) short",
      "to cut off the end of a body part of",
      "to remove part of the tail of",
      "the part of an animal's tail left after it has been shortened",
      "the solid part of an animal's tail as distinguished from the hair",
      "the place in a criminal court where a prisoner stands or sits during trial",
      "on trial",
      "any of a genus ( Rumex ) of coarse weedy plants of the buckwheat family having long taproots and sometimes used as potherbs",
      "any of several usually broad-leaved weedy plants (as of the genus Silphium )",
      "to cut off the end of",
      "to take away a part of",
      "an artificial basin for ships that has gates to keep the water in or out",
      "a waterway usually between two piers to receive ships",
      "a wharf or platform for loading or unloading materials",
      "to haul or guide into a dock",
      "to come or go into a dock",
      "to join (as two spacecraft) mechanically while in space",
      "any plant of the genus Rumex",
      "to combine with a molecular receptor",
      "the place in a criminal court where a prisoner stands or sits during trial \u2014 compare bar , bench , jury box , sidebar , stand"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8d\u00e4k",
    "synonyms":[
      "float",
      "jetty",
      "landing",
      "levee",
      "pier",
      "quai",
      "quay",
      "wharf"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "anchor",
      "land"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3",
      "Verb (1)",
      "1600, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Verb (2)",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2b",
      "Noun (2)",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
      "Noun (3)",
      "1586, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (4)",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162544"
  },
  "docket":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a brief written summary of a document : abstract",
      ": a formal abridged record of the proceedings in a legal action",
      ": a register of such records",
      ": a list of legal causes to be tried",
      ": the caseload of a court or judge",
      ": a calendar of business matters to be acted on : agenda",
      ": an identifying statement about a document placed on its outer surface or cover",
      ": to place on the docket for legal action",
      ": to make a brief abstract of (something, such as a legal matter) and inscribe it in a list",
      ": to inscribe (something, such as a document) with an identifying statement",
      ": a formal abridged record of the proceedings (as motions, orders, and judgments) in a legal action",
      ": a register of such records",
      ": a list of legal actions to be heard by a court",
      "\u2014 compare calendar",
      ": the caseload of a court",
      ": to enter in a docket (as of a case or a court)",
      "\u2014 compare calendar"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-k\u0259t",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-k\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "agenda",
      "calendar",
      "program",
      "schedule",
      "timetable"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The judge had to postpone some of the cases on the docket .",
      "on the Broadway docket for the early part of this season",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Even a decision as simple as what gift to give gets complicated with multiple weddings on the docket . \u2014 Jacob Passy, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "California may still be tabulating its votes from last week\u2019s races, but the midterm primary calendar stops for no one, with contests in four states on the docket Tuesday. \u2014 Melanie Masonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
      "Major League Baseball easily leads the way in terms of the sheer quantity of games on the docket . \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 14 June 2022",
      "Looking further ahead, the publisher has Skin Deep, Storyteller and Thirsty Suitors on the docket . \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "On the docket that day will be approval of the settlement, as well as the approval of attorneys\u2019 fees. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 9 June 2022",
      "The vote has support from some large shareholders and is among a handful of contentious issues on the docket for McDonald\u2019s at its annual meeting. \u2014 Kevin L. Clark, Essence , 8 June 2022",
      "On the docket this week in Destin, Fla., is a proposal to shift that deadline to May 1 \u2014 which is in line with the NCAA deadline for players to enter the portal and use their one-time transfer while maintaining immediate eligibility. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 1 June 2022",
      "Agreeing on another round of measures is likely to prove much tougher \u2013 especially because next on the docket is whether to target natural gas, which is much harder to cut off. \u2014 Lorne Cook And Samuel Petrequin, The Christian Science Monitor , 31 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "By a 5-4 vote, the court held that other state officials, including court clerks who would docket the private lawsuits couldn\u2019t be sued in a pre-enforcement challenge. \u2014 Jess Bravin, WSJ , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "The suit was filed on Friday, but not docketed until late Tuesday. \u2014 Matthew Goldstein, New York Times , 18 Mar. 2020",
      "The Senate Judiciary Committee docketed the bill right away, even before Northam\u2019s seven other gun-control bills, which will be heard Monday. \u2014 Laura Vozzella, Washington Post , 23 Feb. 2020",
      "But some legal observers believe the way in which the hearing has been docketed indicates that a guilty plea is likely. \u2014 Luke Broadwater, baltimoresun.com , 21 Nov. 2019",
      "By that time, Duckett\u2019s home had been docketed for foreclosure for more than a year. \u2014 Rachel Chason, Washington Post , 15 Nov. 2019",
      "Gabbard said the application will undergo review from different government agencies and several revisions before the city can docket it for a public hearing and potentially approve it. \u2014 Ben Tobin, The Courier-Journal , 30 July 2019",
      "Some days, federal court dockets log a dozen or more new cases. \u2014 Fred Schulte, Sun-Sentinel.com , 18 June 2018",
      "Some days, federal court dockets log a dozen or more new cases. \u2014 Fred Schulte, Sun-Sentinel.com , 18 June 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
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      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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      "1615, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205529"
  },
  "document":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
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      ": proof , evidence",
      ": an original or official paper relied on as the basis, proof, or support of something",
      ": something (such as a photograph or a recording) that serves as evidence or proof",
      ": a writing conveying information",
      ": a material substance (such as a coin or stone) having on it a representation of thoughts by means of some conventional mark or symbol",
      ": documentary",
      ": a computer file containing information input by a computer user and usually created with an application (such as a spreadsheet or word processor )",
      ": to furnish documentary evidence of",
      ": to furnish with documents",
      ": to provide with factual or substantial support for statements made or a hypothesis proposed",
      ": to equip with exact references (see reference entry 1 sense 3b ) to authoritative supporting information (as by means of footnotes )",
      ": to construct or produce (something, such as a movie or novel) with authentic situations or events",
      ": to portray realistically",
      ": to furnish (a ship) with ship's papers",
      ": a written or printed paper that gives information about or proof of something",
      ": a computer file containing data entered by a user",
      ": to record (as on paper or in film) the details about",
      ": to prove through usually written records",
      ": a writing (as a deed or lease) conveying information \u2014 see also instrument",
      ": something (as a writing, photograph, or recording) that may be used as evidence",
      ": an official paper (as a license) relied on as the basis, proof, or support of something (as a right or privilege)",
      ": to furnish documentary evidence of",
      ": to provide with exact references to authoritative supporting information",
      ": to furnish (as a ship) with documents (as ship's papers)"
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      "\u02c8d\u00e4-ky\u0259-m\u0259nt",
      "-ky\u00fc-",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-ky\u0259-\u02ccment",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-ky\u0259-m\u0259nt",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-ky\u0259-m\u0259nt",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-ky\u0259-\u02ccment"
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      "blank",
      "form",
      "paper"
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      "demonstrate",
      "establish",
      "prove",
      "substantiate",
      "validate"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "This document captures a useful summary of the discussions. \u2014 WSJ , 10 June 2022",
      "To view the full document , visit metropolitanhousing.org/annual-reports. \u2014 Bailey Loosemore, The Courier-Journal , 9 June 2022",
      "This is not the document in which to reveal secrets (another family, an account in the Caymans, or a crime committed \u2014 as examples). \u2014 Tom Teicholz, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "The document included multiple photos of Kelley that the FBI described as screengrabs from video taken that day, with Kelley wearing aviator sunglasses and a baseball cap worn backward, trying to rally the pro-Trump crowd. \u2014 Ed White And Sara Burnett, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022",
      "The document also lists procedures for screening, documenting and verifying military status. \u2014 Daniella Silva, NBC News , 8 June 2022",
      "Called the Prosperity Playbook, the 80-page document insists that Tahoe must grow beyond its reliance on tourism and cultivate a more robust community capable of supporting seasonal workers, high-earning residents and everyone in between. \u2014 Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle , 8 June 2022",
      "Fox News Digital reviewed the key passages in the 368-page document outlining security threats to Germany. \u2014 Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News , 8 June 2022",
      "The 10th document contained the agenda for a Dec. 16 meeting. \u2014 Melissa Quinn, CBS News , 8 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Both versions of the bill would sharply curtail that practice by requiring cities and towns to document any impacts and tailor their fees accordingly, with the cannabis commission empowered to reject deals that don\u2019t pass muster. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022",
      "The man needed a police report to document the incident and provide the state justification of docking the ex-employee $250 from his last paycheck. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 10 May 2022",
      "But, experts say, rape is an extremely difficult crime to document and even more challenging to prosecute \u2014 especially in times of war. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 May 2022",
      "Osbourne intends to document her experience at CBS and discuss the events that led to her departure in March of 2021. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 3 May 2022",
      "During the pandemic, the library gave kids recorders to document the stories of their family members and distributed seeds and groceries to those in need. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 2 May 2022",
      "The aim is to document about 150 Olmsted projects across Connecticut and write a detailed account of the Olmsted firm\u2019s origins and ongoing relationship with the state. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, Hartford Courant , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "In each place, the local staff will partner with a library or cultural organization and collaborate with non-profit organizations, businesses, and citizens to document community stories and address a local challenge raised by these stories. \u2014 Douglas Haynes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "The lab began collecting an inventory of existing sites to document what\u2019s there and to watch for changes. \u2014 John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1711, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215340"
  },
  "documentation":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or an instance of furnishing or authenticating with documents",
      ": the provision of documents in substantiation",
      ": documentary evidence",
      ": the use of historical documents",
      ": conformity to historical or objective facts",
      ": the provision of footnotes, appendices, or addenda referring to or containing documentary evidence",
      ": information science",
      ": the usually printed instructions, comments, and information for using a particular piece or system of computer software or hardware"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u00e4-ky\u0259-m\u0259n-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "-\u02ccmen-",
      "-ky\u00fc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "attestation",
      "confirmation",
      "corroboration",
      "evidence",
      "proof",
      "substantiation",
      "testament",
      "testimonial",
      "testimony",
      "validation",
      "voucher",
      "witness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "disproof"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "You cannot visit the country unless you have the proper documentation .",
      "Keep your receipts as documentation of your purchases.",
      "Can you provide documentation of the claims you're making?",
      "The program's documentation is poorly written.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Yet the impact of the documentation requirements can cut both ways. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
      "There is almost no documentation about who invented deep dish pizza, and without it, legend has taken over. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune , 5 June 2022",
      "There has been documentation of two girls in just over two years who died in Utah youth treatment centers \u2014 one by suicide at West Ridge Academy, and the other at Maple Lake Academy. \u2014 Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 May 2022",
      "Chuck Null of Visual Data also continued his photographic documentation of the Shuttle\u2019s journey. \u2014 Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 June 2022",
      "On TikTok, young people have amassed huge followings for their simple explanations of what is happening in the war and their documentation of daily life in underground bomb shelters. \u2014 Kate Linthicumstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Jahraus said he's sent Lazebna an email with all his documentation and the letter from Sashko\u2019s doctor. \u2014 Fox News , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Potential avenues for change include creating systemwide education, amending medical documentation , reframing patient conversations and advocating for upstream policies that increase access. \u2014 Ashley Andreou, Scientific American , 26 May 2022",
      "Still, the documentation shows the FTC undertook a monthslong investigation, interviewed some large employers about the merger, and was in close contact with staff from the state AG's office. \u2014 Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press , 26 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1884, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195153"
  },
  "dodger":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that dodges",
      ": one who uses tricky devices",
      ": a small leaflet : circular",
      ": corn dodger",
      ": a usually canvas screen on a boat or ship that provides protection from spray"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-j\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bilk",
      "bilker",
      "cheat",
      "cheater",
      "chiseler",
      "chiseller",
      "confidence man",
      "cozener",
      "defrauder",
      "fakir",
      "finagler",
      "fraudster",
      "hoaxer",
      "scammer",
      "scamster",
      "shark",
      "sharper",
      "sharpie",
      "sharpy",
      "skinner",
      "swindler",
      "tricker",
      "trickster"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "one of the most artful dodgers in the annals of American crime"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1568, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200407"
  },
  "dodo":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an extinct heavy flightless bird ( Raphus cucullatus synonym Didus ineptus of the family Raphidae) of the island of Mauritius that was larger than a turkey and was related to the pigeon",
      ": an extinct flightless bird ( Raphus solitarius ) of the island of R\u00e9union similar to and closely related to the dodo",
      ": one hopelessly behind the times",
      ": a stupid person",
      ": a large heavy bird unable to fly that once lived on some of the islands of the Indian Ocean"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u014d-(\u02cc)d\u014d",
      "\u02c8d\u014d-d\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "antediluvian",
      "Colonel Blimp",
      "fogy",
      "fogey",
      "fossil",
      "fud",
      "fuddy-duddy",
      "mossback",
      "reactionary",
      "stick-in-the-mud",
      "stuffed shirt"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "hipster",
      "modern",
      "trendy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "That dodo can't do anything right.",
      "I feel like a complete dodo .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "If Elvis Presley was the lovable dodo , Roy Orbison was a nightingale; if Jerry Lee Lewis was the virtuoso magpie, Johnny Cash was\u2014well, a kind of crow, a spectral oddity with dubious pipes. \u2014 Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "In addition to Fred, there\u2019s Dante the dinosaur (Tyler Shamy), Dudley the dodo (David Errigo Jr.), Peaches the astronaut chimp (Laraine Newman) and Ishmat the girl mummy (Ashlyn Madden). \u2014 Amy Amatangelo, Los Angeles Times , 2 Nov. 2021",
      "Garum has long been considered the dodo of gastronomic history. \u2014 Taras Grescoe, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 Oct. 2021",
      "Social niceties are going the way of the dodo and landline telephone these days. \u2014 Annie Lane, oregonlive , 7 Aug. 2021",
      "Social niceties are going the way of the dodo and landline telephone these days. \u2014 cleveland , 7 Aug. 2021",
      "That may not seem significant, except for the fact that the apple on that tree was previously believed to have gone the way of the dodo or the Tasmanian tiger. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 July 2021",
      "The enigmatic pop star has gone the way of the dodo bird. \u2014 Keyaira Boone, Essence , 3 June 2021",
      "Ornithologists speculate that the seeds of the tambalacoque had to pass through a dodo \u2019s gut to germinate. \u2014 Barry Estabrook, WSJ , 9 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Portuguese doudo , from doudo silly, stupid",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1628, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193516"
  },
  "doer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that takes an active part",
      ": a person who tends to act rather than talk or think about things"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-\u0259r",
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "I'm more of a thinker than a doer .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In prose that moves like a clear river, Rustad presents Shetler as that peculiar breed of American peregrinator pushing to the farthest limit, a fearless doer who mixes raw earnestness with extreme ambition to end up in a mess of bad trouble. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "These kinds of activities feel comfortable to someone who is a doer . \u2014 Carl Gould, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "There\u2019s no need to choose between being a dreamer and a doer . \u2014 Gala Mukomolova, refinery29.com , 7 Sep. 2021",
      "Whether for the benefit of your self-talk or interactions with others, energize yourself and your plans by being a doer , not just a thinker. \u2014 Svetlana Whitener, Forbes , 15 June 2021",
      "The researchers linked this to the pandemic lockdowns, which may have put survivors in proximity with their harm- doer for extended periods. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 May 2021",
      "Who\u2019s the ultra-organized, list maker, task doer in your family? \u2014 Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com , 3 Mar. 2021",
      "In training camp before the start of the season, Popovich implored Poeltl to occasionally think of himself as a scorer, and not just a screen-setter, rebounder and doer of dirty work. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 5 Feb. 2021",
      "Yes, the fast-talking, energetic Preston is a doer . \u2014 cleveland , 9 Dec. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201950"
  },
  "doff":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove (an article of wear) from the body",
      ": to take off (the hat) in greeting or as a sign of respect",
      ": to rid oneself of : put aside",
      ": to show respect to : salute",
      ": to take off"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4f",
      "\u02c8d\u022ff",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4f",
      "\u02c8d\u022ff"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "douse",
      "peel (off)",
      "put off",
      "remove",
      "shrug off",
      "take off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "don",
      "put on",
      "slip (into)",
      "throw (on)"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "He doffed his cap as he introduced himself.",
      "They doffed their coats when they came inside.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "At the beginning of the pandemic, nurses or techs would be stationed outside the COVID rooms to watch us don and doff the P.P.E. \u2014 Rachel Pearson, The New Yorker , 22 Sep. 2021",
      "So, many of the forthcoming players may yet line up on a baseline and doff their poorly-conceived collector\u2019s hat to the crowd on the evening of July 13. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 5 July 2021",
      "Two new studies are being hailed as proof that vaccinated people can doff masks and pod-hop worry-free. \u2014 Megan Molteni, Wired , 25 Feb. 2021",
      "Hospital workers were still learning how to don and doff protective equipment and familiarizing themselves with constantly changing protocols for avoiding infection. \u2014 Elliott Woods, Wired , 17 May 2020",
      "Another module teaches how to don and doff personal protective equipment, and how to adjust the settings on a mechanical ventilator. \u2014 Gary Stix, Scientific American , 9 Apr. 2020",
      "Time to doff that winter coat, and (temporarily) lose those mittens. \u2014 Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com , 10 Jan. 2020",
      "Faced with this new infection risk, many hospitals are scrambling to retrain workers in safety precautions, such as how to correctly don and doff personal protective equipment. \u2014 Jenny Gold | Kaiser Health News, ABC News , 9 Mar. 2020",
      "Pilots in flight uniforms doffed their hats and knelt, and flight attendants held bouquets of flowers. \u2014 Andrew E. Kramer, BostonGlobe.com , 19 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from don to do + of off",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182952"
  },
  "dog":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": canid",
      ": a highly variable domestic mammal ( Canis familiaris ) closely related to the gray wolf",
      ": a male dog",
      ": a male usually carnivorous mammal",
      ": a worthless or contemptible person",
      ": fellow , chap",
      ": any of various usually simple mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening that consist of a spike, bar, or hook",
      ": andiron",
      ": uncharacteristic or affected stylishness or dignity",
      ": either of the constellations Canis Major or Canis Minor",
      ": feet",
      ": ruin",
      ": one inferior of its kind",
      ": such as",
      ": an investment not worth its price",
      ": an undesirable piece of merchandise",
      ": an unattractive person",
      ": an unattractive girl or woman",
      ": hot dog sense 1",
      ": canine",
      ": having an inferior or inauthentic quality : spurious",
      ": unlike that used by native speakers or writers",
      ": to hunt, track, or follow (someone) like a hound",
      ": to be a persistent source of difficulty or distress to (someone) : plague",
      ": to bother or pester (someone) persistently : hound",
      ": to fasten (something) with a dog (see dog entry 1 sense 3a )",
      ": to fail to do one's best : goldbrick",
      ": extremely , utterly",
      "\u2014 see also dog-tired",
      ": a domestic animal that eats meat and is closely related to the wolves",
      ": any of the group of mammals (as wolves, foxes, and jackals) to which the domestic dog belongs",
      ": person sense 1",
      ": to hunt, track, or follow like a hound",
      ": pester",
      ": to cause problems for",
      ": a highly variable carnivorous domesticated mammal of the genus Canis ( C. familiaris ) closely related to the common wolf ( Canis lupus )",
      ": any member of the family Canidae"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fg",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4g",
      "\u02c8d\u022fg",
      "\u02c8d\u022fg"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "canine",
      "doggy",
      "doggie",
      "hound",
      "pooch",
      "tyke",
      "tike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bird-dog",
      "chase",
      "course",
      "follow",
      "hound",
      "pursue",
      "run",
      "shadow",
      "tag",
      "tail",
      "trace",
      "track",
      "trail"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Gina Yashere, for example, told one long story about getting another dog . \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 June 2022",
      "What are some of the reasons that Cleveland continues to lead the nation in dog bites of postal carriers? \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 6 June 2022",
      "Tickets are $50 and provide entry for one dog and one human. \u2014 Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer , 3 June 2022",
      "The 25-year-old suspect was taken to a trauma center to be treated for dog bites, then booked into San Diego Central Jail. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 June 2022",
      "Peralta says her retirement home residents all love the pup, with one dog being incredibly close to Joey. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 1 June 2022",
      "None of the other animals tested around the farm \u2014 two dogs, a cat, raccoons, opossums, striped skunks, rats, groundhogs and rabbits \u2014 were infected, but one dog tested positive for antibodies, officials said. \u2014 Emily Anthes, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
      "None of the other animals tested around the farm \u2014 two dogs, a cat, raccoons, opossums, striped skunks, rats, groundhogs and rabbits \u2014 were infected, but one dog tested positive for antibodies, officials said. \u2014 Emily Anthes, New York Times , 22 May 2022",
      "Zeus from Bedford, Texas is confirmed as the world's tallest living dog . \u2014 Tori B. Powell, CBS News , 7 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Many suggest its the potential exposure to exercise that explains the benefit: The AHA points to studies that found pet owners who walk their dogs got up to 30 minutes more exercise a day than non- dog -walkers. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 26 Aug. 2021",
      "State records show dog handler applications were submitted under ISS for dozens of guards. \u2014 Joe Mahr, chicagotribune.com , 1 Aug. 2019",
      "Dog beds: Hemp Vintage Stripe Envelope in Black; harrybarker.com. \u2014 Southern Living , 1 Sep. 2013",
      "For entertainment, there will be dog races, a police K-9 demonstration, dogs splashing into water and Repticon, a showing of exotic pets, consisting of reptiles, insects and amphibians. \u2014 Louis Casiano Jr., Orange County Register , 28 Apr. 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "While Donelson and Jackson remarried in 1794, after her divorce became final, the bigamy controversy would dog Jackson during his political campaigns. \u2014 Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor , 2 June 2022",
      "Controversies around misinformation and inflammatory content on Meta\u2019s social platforms have also continued to dog the company, creating internal problems for Sandberg in particular. \u2014 Jonathan Vanian, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
      "There\u2019s an inherent goofiness to dog clothing that could seem disrespectful at solemn events, for instance, or professional workplaces. \u2014 Blair Braverman, Outside Online , 11 Apr. 2021",
      "This scandal could dog the wine in the general election. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 6 May 2022",
      "Visitors from different departments regularly take breaks to mix with the dogs, and guests are treated to dog tours at the office. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "Still, there\u2019s a question of whether Los Angeles has an appetite for the potential conflicts of interest that would dog a developer with several projects in the city. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Jan. 2022",
      "This burgeoning profile has begun to dog Kaplan in Washington. \u2014 Benjamin Wofford, Wired , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "S\u00faper Mu\u00f1eco\u2019s wrestling career slowed down as health problems began to dog him, but his heyday was lucha libre\u2019s heyday. \u2014 Susan Orlean, The New Yorker , 15 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1519, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adverb",
      "1526, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190156"
  },
  "dogface":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": soldier",
      ": infantryman"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fg-\u02ccf\u0101s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "fighter",
      "legionary",
      "legionnaire",
      "man-at-arms",
      "regular",
      "serviceman",
      "soldier",
      "trooper",
      "warrior"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "civilian"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "during World War II journalist Ernie Pyle gained fame for his sympathetic reports on the wartime experiences of the common dogface"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1932, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223508"
  },
  "doggedly":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "marked by stubborn determination",
      "stubbornly determined"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8d\u022f-g\u0259d",
    "synonyms":[
      "insistent",
      "patient",
      "persevering",
      "persistent",
      "pertinacious",
      "tenacious"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Her dogged efforts eventually paid off.",
      "a dogged pursuit of power",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The efforts of President Biden and Congressional Democrats to pass common sense gun legislation\u2014which is supported by the majority of Americans\u2014will face dogged opposition not only in the form of Republican obstinacy. \u2014 Samuel L. Perry, Time , 25 May 2022",
      "Beyond its value, the collection\u2014a formally diverse but thematically cohesive selection of works by Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Mark Rothko, Bauhaus, and other giants\u2014provides insight into one woman\u2019s dogged pursuit of excellence. \u2014 Ian Malone, Vogue , 11 May 2022",
      "Crown put The Book Bin on the brink as well, the store saved by the dogged persistence of my mom, who barely paid herself most years, and the store\u2019s supporters who knew the town would be diminished without a bookstore. \u2014 John Warner, chicagotribune.com , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "Some of those who did show up seemed to have done so out of a dogged sense of responsibility. \u2014 Jacob Brogan, Washington Post , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "But in the end, after a series of dogged negotiations, the rapper\u2019s lawyer was able to obtain the beat for him and clear the way for an official release. \u2014 Elias Leight, Rolling Stone , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "The knives were out with players leaking to the Australian cricket press and the renowned stubborn Langer went on the back foot much like his dogged batting. \u2014 Tristan Lavalette, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "And there are many\u2013a drug cartel, the FBI, a dogged private investigator\u2014converging on Marty (Jason Bateman) and Wendy Byrde (Laura Linney), their kids (Skylar Gaertner and Sofia Hublitz), and their off-on accomplice Ruth (Julia Garner). \u2014 John Jurgensen, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "But Stanford fought back with a dogged effort in the paint and finished with a 43-33 advantage on the boards after outpacing ASU by nine in the second half. \u2014 Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic , 9 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see dog  entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1700, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "doggie":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "a usually small dog",
      "concerned with or fond of dogs",
      "resembling or suggestive of a dog",
      "stylish , showy",
      "not worthy or profitable inferior",
      "a usually small or young dog"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8d\u022f-g\u0113",
    "synonyms":[
      "canine",
      "dog",
      "hound",
      "pooch",
      "tyke",
      "tike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "what a good little doggy !",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "The wait times are longer at vets, doggy , daycares, pet grooming places. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Mudrooms or even a simple doggy washing station with hot and cold water inside or out can ease the transition for families dealing with muddy paws after a bike ride, walk or the aftermath of a 2 a.m. skunk spraying. \u2014 Michelle Hofmann, Forbes , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "This dog grooming kit comes complete with an electric trimming comb, hair scissors, and nail clipper for a complete doggy makeover. \u2014 Ariel Scotti, PEOPLE.com , 9 Sep. 2021",
      "Pick the color and font, then add your pet's name to build the personalized doggy mat of your dreams. \u2014 Summer Cartwright, PEOPLE.com , 22 July 2021",
      "All aspects suggested that this mountain lion was unstoppable and had become possessed with the intent of taking her much-loved doggy . \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 3 June 2021",
      "Its idea of a nefarious character is a spoiled doggy who steals from a picnic basket. \u2014 Neal Justin, Star Tribune , 7 Jan. 2021",
      "In addition to being introduced to BootayBag, Scott and the sharks are pitched portable oatmeal balls GoOats, biodegradable doggy clean up Pooch Paper and P-nuff Crunch, a snack made with peanuts, navy beans, and brown rice. \u2014 Erin Jensen, USA TODAY , 23 Oct. 2020",
      "The home includes a second living area/media/game room, four bedrooms with en suite baths and an expansive utility room with a custom doggy shower. \u2014 Dallas News , 12 Sep. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
      "Ditch the water dishes that are prone to spilling and add a doggy water bottle to your packing list instead. \u2014 Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com , 7 June 2022",
      "Snoop Dogg won\u2019t be bringing his doggy style to Australia later this year as planned. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 30 May 2022",
      "The event allows visitors and their doggy friends to experience the attraction, which features mind-bending backdrops and funky hands-on activities. \u2014 Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Dodgy doggy ads, low turnout numbers and two really bad candidates are among the winners and losers on Tuesday Zepnick's announcement leaves one seat on the Milwaukee County Board unsettled after Tuesday's election. \u2014 Vanessa Swales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "After Taku dominated their third challenge in a row (their only setback coming when Omar's doggy paddle kept pushing his key farther away in the water), Vati came back on the fish puzzle to overtake Ika. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "According to Ring, a home security company known for their doorbell cameras, one of their doorbell camera recently captured a canine who escaped from a doggy daycare near Lenexa, Kansas. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Luckily, Megan Jones, who owns the dog boutique Furever Fab, had doggy snacks on hand. \u2014 Marvin Joseph, Washington Post , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "Similarly, Hatchett notes the appeal of a doggy daycare en route to work or a nearby vet, particularly for aging pets. \u2014 Kristina Mcguirk, Better Homes & Gardens , 4 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1692, in the meaning defined above",
      "Adjective",
      "1859, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "dogging":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": canid",
      ": a highly variable domestic mammal ( Canis familiaris ) closely related to the gray wolf",
      ": a male dog",
      ": a male usually carnivorous mammal",
      ": a worthless or contemptible person",
      ": fellow , chap",
      ": any of various usually simple mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening that consist of a spike, bar, or hook",
      ": andiron",
      ": uncharacteristic or affected stylishness or dignity",
      ": either of the constellations Canis Major or Canis Minor",
      ": feet",
      ": ruin",
      ": one inferior of its kind",
      ": such as",
      ": an investment not worth its price",
      ": an undesirable piece of merchandise",
      ": an unattractive person",
      ": an unattractive girl or woman",
      ": hot dog sense 1",
      ": canine",
      ": having an inferior or inauthentic quality : spurious",
      ": unlike that used by native speakers or writers",
      ": to hunt, track, or follow (someone) like a hound",
      ": to be a persistent source of difficulty or distress to (someone) : plague",
      ": to bother or pester (someone) persistently : hound",
      ": to fasten (something) with a dog (see dog entry 1 sense 3a )",
      ": to fail to do one's best : goldbrick",
      ": extremely , utterly",
      "\u2014 see also dog-tired",
      ": a domestic animal that eats meat and is closely related to the wolves",
      ": any of the group of mammals (as wolves, foxes, and jackals) to which the domestic dog belongs",
      ": person sense 1",
      ": to hunt, track, or follow like a hound",
      ": pester",
      ": to cause problems for",
      ": a highly variable carnivorous domesticated mammal of the genus Canis ( C. familiaris ) closely related to the common wolf ( Canis lupus )",
      ": any member of the family Canidae"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fg",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4g",
      "\u02c8d\u022fg",
      "\u02c8d\u022fg"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "canine",
      "doggy",
      "doggie",
      "hound",
      "pooch",
      "tyke",
      "tike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bird-dog",
      "chase",
      "course",
      "follow",
      "hound",
      "pursue",
      "run",
      "shadow",
      "tag",
      "tail",
      "trace",
      "track",
      "trail"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Gina Yashere, for example, told one long story about getting another dog . \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 June 2022",
      "What are some of the reasons that Cleveland continues to lead the nation in dog bites of postal carriers? \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 6 June 2022",
      "Tickets are $50 and provide entry for one dog and one human. \u2014 Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer , 3 June 2022",
      "The 25-year-old suspect was taken to a trauma center to be treated for dog bites, then booked into San Diego Central Jail. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 June 2022",
      "Peralta says her retirement home residents all love the pup, with one dog being incredibly close to Joey. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 1 June 2022",
      "None of the other animals tested around the farm \u2014 two dogs, a cat, raccoons, opossums, striped skunks, rats, groundhogs and rabbits \u2014 were infected, but one dog tested positive for antibodies, officials said. \u2014 Emily Anthes, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
      "None of the other animals tested around the farm \u2014 two dogs, a cat, raccoons, opossums, striped skunks, rats, groundhogs and rabbits \u2014 were infected, but one dog tested positive for antibodies, officials said. \u2014 Emily Anthes, New York Times , 22 May 2022",
      "Zeus from Bedford, Texas is confirmed as the world's tallest living dog . \u2014 Tori B. Powell, CBS News , 7 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Many suggest its the potential exposure to exercise that explains the benefit: The AHA points to studies that found pet owners who walk their dogs got up to 30 minutes more exercise a day than non- dog -walkers. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 26 Aug. 2021",
      "State records show dog handler applications were submitted under ISS for dozens of guards. \u2014 Joe Mahr, chicagotribune.com , 1 Aug. 2019",
      "Dog beds: Hemp Vintage Stripe Envelope in Black; harrybarker.com. \u2014 Southern Living , 1 Sep. 2013",
      "For entertainment, there will be dog races, a police K-9 demonstration, dogs splashing into water and Repticon, a showing of exotic pets, consisting of reptiles, insects and amphibians. \u2014 Louis Casiano Jr., Orange County Register , 28 Apr. 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "While Donelson and Jackson remarried in 1794, after her divorce became final, the bigamy controversy would dog Jackson during his political campaigns. \u2014 Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor , 2 June 2022",
      "Controversies around misinformation and inflammatory content on Meta\u2019s social platforms have also continued to dog the company, creating internal problems for Sandberg in particular. \u2014 Jonathan Vanian, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
      "There\u2019s an inherent goofiness to dog clothing that could seem disrespectful at solemn events, for instance, or professional workplaces. \u2014 Blair Braverman, Outside Online , 11 Apr. 2021",
      "This scandal could dog the wine in the general election. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 6 May 2022",
      "Visitors from different departments regularly take breaks to mix with the dogs, and guests are treated to dog tours at the office. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "Still, there\u2019s a question of whether Los Angeles has an appetite for the potential conflicts of interest that would dog a developer with several projects in the city. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Jan. 2022",
      "This burgeoning profile has begun to dog Kaplan in Washington. \u2014 Benjamin Wofford, Wired , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "S\u00faper Mu\u00f1eco\u2019s wrestling career slowed down as health problems began to dog him, but his heyday was lucha libre\u2019s heyday. \u2014 Susan Orlean, The New Yorker , 15 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1519, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adverb",
      "1526, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182144"
  },
  "doggy":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "a usually small dog",
      "concerned with or fond of dogs",
      "resembling or suggestive of a dog",
      "stylish , showy",
      "not worthy or profitable inferior",
      "a usually small or young dog"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8d\u022f-g\u0113",
    "synonyms":[
      "canine",
      "dog",
      "hound",
      "pooch",
      "tyke",
      "tike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "what a good little doggy !",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "The wait times are longer at vets, doggy , daycares, pet grooming places. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Mudrooms or even a simple doggy washing station with hot and cold water inside or out can ease the transition for families dealing with muddy paws after a bike ride, walk or the aftermath of a 2 a.m. skunk spraying. \u2014 Michelle Hofmann, Forbes , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "This dog grooming kit comes complete with an electric trimming comb, hair scissors, and nail clipper for a complete doggy makeover. \u2014 Ariel Scotti, PEOPLE.com , 9 Sep. 2021",
      "Pick the color and font, then add your pet's name to build the personalized doggy mat of your dreams. \u2014 Summer Cartwright, PEOPLE.com , 22 July 2021",
      "All aspects suggested that this mountain lion was unstoppable and had become possessed with the intent of taking her much-loved doggy . \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 3 June 2021",
      "Its idea of a nefarious character is a spoiled doggy who steals from a picnic basket. \u2014 Neal Justin, Star Tribune , 7 Jan. 2021",
      "In addition to being introduced to BootayBag, Scott and the sharks are pitched portable oatmeal balls GoOats, biodegradable doggy clean up Pooch Paper and P-nuff Crunch, a snack made with peanuts, navy beans, and brown rice. \u2014 Erin Jensen, USA TODAY , 23 Oct. 2020",
      "The home includes a second living area/media/game room, four bedrooms with en suite baths and an expansive utility room with a custom doggy shower. \u2014 Dallas News , 12 Sep. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
      "Ditch the water dishes that are prone to spilling and add a doggy water bottle to your packing list instead. \u2014 Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com , 7 June 2022",
      "Snoop Dogg won\u2019t be bringing his doggy style to Australia later this year as planned. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 30 May 2022",
      "The event allows visitors and their doggy friends to experience the attraction, which features mind-bending backdrops and funky hands-on activities. \u2014 Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Dodgy doggy ads, low turnout numbers and two really bad candidates are among the winners and losers on Tuesday Zepnick's announcement leaves one seat on the Milwaukee County Board unsettled after Tuesday's election. \u2014 Vanessa Swales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "After Taku dominated their third challenge in a row (their only setback coming when Omar's doggy paddle kept pushing his key farther away in the water), Vati came back on the fish puzzle to overtake Ika. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "According to Ring, a home security company known for their doorbell cameras, one of their doorbell camera recently captured a canine who escaped from a doggy daycare near Lenexa, Kansas. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Luckily, Megan Jones, who owns the dog boutique Furever Fab, had doggy snacks on hand. \u2014 Marvin Joseph, Washington Post , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "Similarly, Hatchett notes the appeal of a doggy daycare en route to work or a nearby vet, particularly for aging pets. \u2014 Kristina Mcguirk, Better Homes & Gardens , 4 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1692, in the meaning defined above",
      "Adjective",
      "1859, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "dogmatic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts",
      ": of or relating to dogma (see dogma )"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u022fg-\u02c8ma-tik",
      "d\u00e4g-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "doctrinaire",
      "opinionated",
      "opinionative",
      "opinioned",
      "pontifical",
      "self-opinionated"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "latitudinarian",
      "undoctrinaire",
      "undogmatic"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "What we are being treated to, clearly, is an extended set of variations on that most ancient of all intellectual chestnuts, the infinite capacity of the professorial mind for the dogmatic and ludicrous misinterpretation of evidence regarding past civilizations. \u2014 Peter Green , New Republic , 20 Mar. 2000",
      "The New York Times , dogmatic as always, claimed that \"facts and reason, the authority of all dictionaries, and the support of every chronologer and historian that ever lived, to say nothing of the invariable understanding and custom of all lands and ages\" underlay its choice of 1901. It spoke dismissively of \"the delusion that there is a controversy as to when the twentieth century begins,\" even as the controversy dragged on in its pages for a year and a half. \u2014 Frederic D. Schwarz , American Heritage , December 1999",
      "After absorbing one magazine's strict injunctions on such topics as the number of saucepans to register for and which varieties of flowers hold up best in bouquets, I would move on to another mag, only to find an equal number of equally dogmatic assertions, delivered with equal certainty and often in complete contradiction with the first set. \u2014 Ruth Halikman , New Republic , 18 Oct. 1999",
      "She's become so dogmatic lately that arguing with her is pointless.",
      "a critic's dogmatic insistence that abstract expressionism is the only school of 20th century art worthy of serious study",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "By the 1940s, Christians began turning toward evangelicalism, a less dogmatic version of the faith, and in that spirit, the Bible Institute of Los Angeles opened Biola College (later Biola University) in 1959. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
      "The office of cardinal \u2014 unlike that of pope, bishop, priest, or deacon \u2014 has no scriptural or dogmatic basis, but is instead a practical creation of the church. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 7 June 2022",
      "Many are far more facile than even Berger\u2019s simplest arguments, while others are dogmatic in a way that shuts down independent thinking rather than encouraging it. \u2014 R.e. Hawley, The Atlantic , 10 May 2022",
      "But Mandel was never dogmatic about her authority to begin with. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Doing away with that veto-proof majority wouldn\u2019t necessarily mean a reduction in the more dogmatic wings of the party, Niven said. \u2014 cleveland , 16 Jan. 2022",
      "Kelner\u2019s focus on individual personalities \u2014 in particular two Islanders, a teacher and a full-time fisherman, plus one high-ranking and one volunteer Sea Shepherd \u2014 makes for a lively, non- dogmatic treatment of the subject. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "That represents a mixed blessing for the most dogmatic American climate advocates. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "This perspective better recalls late-19th-century positivism or the more dogmatic materialists of the Enlightenment. \u2014 Jeffrey Collins, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see dogma ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1681, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183759"
  },
  "dogmatism":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the expression of an opinion or belief as if it were a fact : positiveness in assertion of opinion especially when unwarranted or arrogant",
      ": a viewpoint or system of ideas based on insufficiently examined premises"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fg-m\u0259-\u02ccti-z\u0259m",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4g-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bigotry",
      "illiberalism",
      "illiberality",
      "illiberalness",
      "intolerance",
      "intolerantness",
      "narrow-mindedness",
      "opinionatedness",
      "partisanship",
      "sectarianism",
      "small-mindedness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "broad-mindedness",
      "liberalism",
      "liberality",
      "open-mindedness",
      "tolerance"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a man much given to inflexible dogmatism when it came to the role of government in regulating the economy",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "No clearer recent example of such pre-enlightenment dogmatism exists than Francis Collins conniving with Anthony Fauci to silence and discredit the scientists who wrote the Great Barrington Declaration in opposition to the pandemic lockdowns. \u2014 WSJ , 17 May 2022",
      "The world of politics is, of course, filled with dogmatism , earned or not. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 29 Jan. 2022",
      "Both communities can be equally delusional in their bigotry and often exalt public figures who veil their dogmatism as 'art' ... \u2014 Jane Greenway Carr, CNN , 12 Dec. 2021",
      "The most impactful burning event may come from Renaissance Florence, where the humanism and artistic innovation of the Renaissance caused a rebirth of classical Greek and Roman ideals, leaving behind a culture of religious dogmatism and fatalism. \u2014 Will Jeakle, Forbes , 17 Apr. 2021",
      "Both Mises and Hayek have been criticized\u2014and, many would note, discredited\u2014for their simplistic dogmatism . \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 24 Mar. 2021",
      "The media and progressive elites dismissed these voices and refused to drop their lockdown dogmatism . \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 11 Mar. 2021",
      "Like the anti-nuclear world view\u2014and perhaps partly in response to it\u2014the pro-nuclear world view can edge toward dogmatism . \u2014 Rebecca Tuhus-dubrow, The New Yorker , 19 Feb. 2021",
      "Preferable would be a mix of innate fear and an anti-virus, pro-social-norm dogmatism . \u2014 Tyler Cowen Bloomberg Opinion, Star Tribune , 7 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see dogma ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211905"
  },
  "dogmatist":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one who dogmatizes"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fg-m\u0259-tist",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4g-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bigot",
      "dogmatizer",
      "partisan",
      "partizan",
      "sectarian"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a dogmatist as far as economics are concerned, he's an unquestioning supporter of the supply-side theory"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1547, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224936"
  },
  "dogsbody":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": drudge sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fgz-\u02ccb\u00e4-d\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "drone",
      "drudge",
      "drudger",
      "fag",
      "foot soldier",
      "grub",
      "grubber",
      "grunt",
      "laborer",
      "peon",
      "plugger",
      "slave",
      "slogger",
      "toiler",
      "worker"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "I worked for several years as a gofer and general dogsbody for a London publishing house."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"British naval slang dogsbody pudding made of peas, junior officer",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1922, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214103"
  },
  "doldrums":{
    "type":[
      "noun plural",
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a spell of listlessness or despondency",
      ": a part of the ocean near the equator abounding in calms (see calm entry 1 sense 1b ), squalls , and light shifting winds",
      ": a state or period of inactivity, stagnation, or slump",
      ": a spell of sadness",
      ": a period of no activity or improvement",
      ": a part of the ocean near the equator known for its calms"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u014dl-dr\u0259mz",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4l-",
      "\u02c8d\u022fl-",
      "\u02c8d\u014dl-dr\u0259mz",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4l-",
      "\u02c8d\u022fl-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abeyance",
      "cold storage",
      "deep freeze",
      "dormancy",
      "holding pattern",
      "latency",
      "moratorium",
      "quiescence",
      "suspended animation",
      "suspense",
      "suspension"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "continuance",
      "continuation"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And not Cody Riley, who leaped out of the doldrums to block an Ali Ali layup with four seconds remaining to seal an eventual 57-53 victory at Portland\u2019s raucous Moda Center. \u2014 Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "In a season of doldrums for the Utah men\u2019s basketball team, Thursday provided a glimmer of hope. \u2014 Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 Feb. 2022",
      "The hope is that subscriptions can help spur admissions as movie theaters recover from the pandemic doldrums . \u2014 Ryan Faughnderstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
      "China\u2019s housing market remains deep in the doldrums despite easing policies rolled out by many local governments. \u2014 Jacky Wong, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
      "The Hong Kong film industry has been in the doldrums for much of the past two years. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "But one speculative corner of the market is still in the doldrums : SPACs. \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "It was billed as the final steroid shot needed to propel the economy out of its COVID-19-induced doldrums . \u2014 Paul Davidson, USA TODAY , 2 May 2022",
      "The airport has been rebounding from the pandemic doldrums . \u2014 Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News , 23 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"probably akin to Old English dol foolish",
    "first_known_use":[
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      "The girl had a doleful look on her face.",
      "You sounded so doleful about your future that night.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With his raspy delivery, grizzled hair and doleful face, Hall excelled as government and military officials with urgent agendas as well as Hollywood and business executives with ulterior motives. \u2014 Adam Bernstein, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
      "With his raspy delivery, grizzled hair and doleful face, Mr. Hall excelled as government and military officials with urgent agendas as well as Hollywood and business executives with ulterior motives. \u2014 Adam Bernstein, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
      "In a career spanning half a century, Hall was a ubiquitous hangdog face whose doleful , weary appearance could shroud a booming intensity and humble sensitivity. \u2014 Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune , 13 June 2022",
      "Quixotic is a mild term for the compulsions that grip these people, and their adventures are more harrowing than anything Cervantes\u2019s knight of the doleful countenance ever experienced. \u2014 A. O. Scott, The Atlantic , 17 May 2022",
      "Her passionate and doleful appeal was one of many made in the last few days by Ukrainian athletes after their races had ended, a far cry from their normal upbeat and buoyant mood after victory. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Freezing winter in a place designed for frolicsome summer can be a doleful time. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "McKay cast his doleful satire of climate change denial and MAGA belligerence with seemingly half the available members of the Screen Actors Guild. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "No one looks like him, with his thick pompadour, sensuous, downturned lips and doleful eyes. \u2014 David Marchesephoto Illustration By Br\u00e1ulio Amado, New York Times , 4 Feb. 2022"
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      "The girl had a doleful look on her face.",
      "You sounded so doleful about your future that night.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With his raspy delivery, grizzled hair and doleful face, Hall excelled as government and military officials with urgent agendas as well as Hollywood and business executives with ulterior motives. \u2014 Adam Bernstein, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
      "With his raspy delivery, grizzled hair and doleful face, Mr. Hall excelled as government and military officials with urgent agendas as well as Hollywood and business executives with ulterior motives. \u2014 Adam Bernstein, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
      "In a career spanning half a century, Hall was a ubiquitous hangdog face whose doleful , weary appearance could shroud a booming intensity and humble sensitivity. \u2014 Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune , 13 June 2022",
      "Quixotic is a mild term for the compulsions that grip these people, and their adventures are more harrowing than anything Cervantes\u2019s knight of the doleful countenance ever experienced. \u2014 A. O. Scott, The Atlantic , 17 May 2022",
      "Her passionate and doleful appeal was one of many made in the last few days by Ukrainian athletes after their races had ended, a far cry from their normal upbeat and buoyant mood after victory. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Freezing winter in a place designed for frolicsome summer can be a doleful time. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "McKay cast his doleful satire of climate change denial and MAGA belligerence with seemingly half the available members of the Screen Actors Guild. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "No one looks like him, with his thick pompadour, sensuous, downturned lips and doleful eyes. \u2014 David Marchesephoto Illustration By Br\u00e1ulio Amado, New York Times , 4 Feb. 2022"
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    ],
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      "The girl had a doleful look on her face.",
      "You sounded so doleful about your future that night.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With his raspy delivery, grizzled hair and doleful face, Hall excelled as government and military officials with urgent agendas as well as Hollywood and business executives with ulterior motives. \u2014 Adam Bernstein, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
      "With his raspy delivery, grizzled hair and doleful face, Mr. Hall excelled as government and military officials with urgent agendas as well as Hollywood and business executives with ulterior motives. \u2014 Adam Bernstein, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
      "In a career spanning half a century, Hall was a ubiquitous hangdog face whose doleful , weary appearance could shroud a booming intensity and humble sensitivity. \u2014 Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune , 13 June 2022",
      "Quixotic is a mild term for the compulsions that grip these people, and their adventures are more harrowing than anything Cervantes\u2019s knight of the doleful countenance ever experienced. \u2014 A. O. Scott, The Atlantic , 17 May 2022",
      "Her passionate and doleful appeal was one of many made in the last few days by Ukrainian athletes after their races had ended, a far cry from their normal upbeat and buoyant mood after victory. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Freezing winter in a place designed for frolicsome summer can be a doleful time. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "McKay cast his doleful satire of climate change denial and MAGA belligerence with seemingly half the available members of the Screen Actors Guild. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "No one looks like him, with his thick pompadour, sensuous, downturned lips and doleful eyes. \u2014 David Marchesephoto Illustration By Br\u00e1ulio Amado, New York Times , 4 Feb. 2022"
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      "adjective"
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      ": doleful"
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      "aching",
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      "the dolesome sound of a lone harmonica arising from the darkened encampment"
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      "1533, in the meaning defined above"
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      "if you were to doll up those Shaker-style rooms, you'd ruin their simple elegance",
      "got all dolled up for the party",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Not everyone is thrilled by Dancoisne-Martineau's efforts to doll up the sites however. \u2014 Julia Buckley, CNN , 5 May 2021",
      "To doll up that campfire treat, Dieguez recommended adding a strawberry or roasting some sugary marshmallow Peeps. \u2014 Ren\u00e9 A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com , 11 May 2020",
      "Pushing her to get dolled up daily just isn\u2019t going to win you any points right now. \u2014 Author: Wayne And Wanda, Anchorage Daily News , 10 May 2020",
      "Even fries are special at Attagirl, thin and crisp and dolled up with garlic-thyme butter and herbs or just dusted with salt and pepper. \u2014 Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com , 27 Feb. 2020",
      "Tarte Cosmetics: Get dolled up with up to 70% off marked down makeup with promo code SALE. \u2014 Chelsea Stone, CNN Underscored , 27 Dec. 2019",
      "The vainest city honor belonged to the Big Apple where New Yorkers spend an average of 38 minutes dolling up . \u2014 Johnny Diaz, sun-sentinel.com , 29 Aug. 2019",
      "Premature babies in a North Carolina hospital are getting dolled up for Halloween, thanks to a nurse who put her crochet talents to good use. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 31 Oct. 2017"
    ],
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1906, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213036"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
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      ": an indefinite often large quantity especially of something liquid",
      ": a lump or glob of something soft or mushy",
      ": an amount given, spooned, or ladled out : portion",
      ": a small lump, portion, or amount",
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      "Noun",
      "My piece of pie was served with a dollop of whipped cream.",
      "A dollop of milk was left in the container.",
      "large dollops of wit and humor",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Work a dollop of this rich leave-in conditioner/styling cream hybrid from Suave, a GH Beauty Award winner (and less than $5!), through damp waves or spirals. \u2014 Marielle Marlys, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
      "Pour a dollop of shampoo; usually, a quarter-sized amount is recommended, but check your bottle for specifics and rub the product into your hair. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 May 2022",
      "In fact, the performance is for anyone who appreciates a creative vision, superb execution, a dollop of weirdness \u2014 and, of course, eye-rolling puns. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel , 21 May 2022",
      "But in a way, the film\u2019s relative singularity \u2014 its relative Raimi-ness \u2014 could leave fans of the director longing for a project that didn\u2019t treat his contributions like an accent or a mere dollop of exotic flavor. \u2014 A.a. Dowd, Rolling Stone , 9 May 2022",
      "The bulgogi breakfast wraps were made with thick chive pancakes of the Chinese street food variety that were stuffed with a straightforward dollop of scrambled eggs and beef short ribs. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Alzheimer\u2019s has given her a refreshing dollop of equanimity. \u2014 Longreads , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Squeeze a dollop of gentle shampoo into a glass/mug and fill it with warm water. \u2014 ELLE , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "To serve, dress with fresh dill and a dollop of sour cream. \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Eat simply with chips, or dollop over a hot meal for a cool touch. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Use it to whip up a batch of frozen yogurt instead of ice cream or bake scones and then sweeten with confectioners\u2019 sugar to dollop on top. \u2014 Christopher Michel, Country Living , 25 May 2022",
      "The small bowl of garlic-lemon aioli can be served on the side, so diners can dollop it onto their shrimp and/or dip their potatoes. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 July 2021",
      "Each American Coney Island kit costs $100 and contains 12 Dearborn Sausage hot dogs, 12 buns, onion and the Keros family famed chili sauce to dollop on hot dogs. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "Spoon about 1 tablespoon of the sauce over each piece, then dollop with topping. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 July 2021",
      "Artfully dollop some marshmallow creme atop a scoop of ice cream, blast it with a kitchen torch and call it baked Alaska. \u2014 Forest Evashevski, WSJ , 14 July 2021",
      "Drizzle or dollop the lemon yogurt on each potato, sprinkle each with about 2 tablespoons of dukkah, and serve warm or at room temperature. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 July 2021",
      "Soda jerks would whip egg whites and dollop them on top of the chocolate soda. \u2014 Rachel Ringler, sun-sentinel.com , 16 June 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "circa 1812, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "circa 1860, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204709"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a pretty young woman"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-l\u0113-\u02ccb\u0259rd",
      "\u02c8d\u022f-l\u0113-"
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      "fox",
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      "knockout",
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    "examples":[
      "back in the swinging '60s she was one of London's most celebrated dolly birds",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Try styling them like Bianca Jagger and her clan of \u201970s disco glamazons, or take inspiration from \u201960s mod dolly birds with their A-line dresses and perfect coifs. \u2014 Vogue , 12 Apr. 2019",
      "The archetypal 60's dolly birds , as they were called. \u2014 Ron Hart, Billboard , 24 May 2018",
      "She's been a grunge angel, a dolly bird , a latter-day Warhol superstar, a preppy gone bad, an award-winning Hollywood actress and a crush-worthy girl in the crowd at Bowery Ballroom, the doyenne of downtown and a nice Connecticut girl. \u2014 Mark Rozzo, Town & Country , 3 Oct. 2013",
      "Try styling them like Bianca Jagger and her clan of \u201970s disco glamazons, or take inspiration from \u201960s mod dolly birds with their A-line dresses and perfect coifs. \u2014 Vogue , 12 Apr. 2019",
      "She's been a grunge angel, a dolly bird , a latter-day Warhol superstar, a preppy gone bad, an award-winning Hollywood actress and a crush-worthy girl in the crowd at Bowery Ballroom, the doyenne of downtown and a nice Connecticut girl. \u2014 Mark Rozzo, Town & Country , 3 Oct. 2013",
      "The archetypal 60's dolly birds , as they were called. \u2014 Ron Hart, Billboard , 24 May 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1964, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203923"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief",
      ": causing, characterized by, or affected with physical pain",
      ": causing, marked by, or expressive of misery or grief"
    ],
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      "\u02c8d\u014d-l\u0259-r\u0259s",
      "also",
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      "aching",
      "agonized",
      "anguished",
      "bemoaning",
      "bewailing",
      "bitter",
      "deploring",
      "doleful",
      "dolesome",
      "funeral",
      "grieving",
      "heartbroken",
      "lamentable",
      "lugubrious",
      "mournful",
      "plaintive",
      "plangent",
      "regretful",
      "rueful",
      "sorrowful",
      "sorry",
      "wailing",
      "weeping",
      "woeful"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "dolorous ballads of death and regret",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Things had changed just enough to incorporate this kind of hard, dolorous realism. \u2014 Wesley Morris, New York Times , 5 Nov. 2020",
      "Filled with desolate vistas, a feathered and furred menagerie, and multiple aperture-like windows, these fragments quickly establish a moody tone and over time become dolorous refrains. \u2014 Manohla Dargis, New York Times , 1 Feb. 2018",
      "His Grammy supremacy, to the exclusion of Sheeran, shows that the dolorous guitarist no longer holds intrinsic sway over the smiling showman for the awards' purposes. \u2014 Andrew Unterberger, Billboard , 28 Nov. 2017",
      "His Grammy supremacy, to the exclusion of Sheeran, shows that the dolorous guitarist no longer holds intrinsic sway over the smiling showman for the awards' purposes. \u2014 Andrew Unterberger, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Nov. 2017",
      "The mosaics portray Jesus and his human forebears, including Joseph and a dolorous Mother Mary. \u2014 Nasser Nasser, National Geographic , 27 May 2016",
      "Did Affleck use up his store of dolorous winces in Manchester by the Sea? \u2014 Christian Lorentzen, New Republic , 5 July 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190758"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a stupid person"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u014dlt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "airhead",
      "birdbrain",
      "blockhead",
      "bonehead",
      "bubblehead",
      "chowderhead",
      "chucklehead",
      "clodpoll",
      "clodpole",
      "clot",
      "cluck",
      "clunk",
      "cretin",
      "cuddy",
      "cuddie",
      "deadhead",
      "dim bulb",
      "dimwit",
      "dip",
      "dodo",
      "donkey",
      "doofus",
      "dope",
      "dork",
      "dullard",
      "dum-dum",
      "dumbbell",
      "dumbhead",
      "dummkopf",
      "dummy",
      "dunce",
      "dunderhead",
      "fathead",
      "gander",
      "golem",
      "goof",
      "goon",
      "half-wit",
      "hammerhead",
      "hardhead",
      "idiot",
      "ignoramus",
      "imbecile",
      "jackass",
      "know-nothing",
      "knucklehead",
      "lamebrain",
      "loggerhead",
      "loon",
      "lump",
      "lunkhead",
      "meathead",
      "mome",
      "moron",
      "mug",
      "mutt",
      "natural",
      "nimrod",
      "nincompoop",
      "ninny",
      "ninnyhammer",
      "nit",
      "nitwit",
      "noddy",
      "noodle",
      "numskull",
      "numbskull",
      "oaf",
      "pinhead",
      "prat",
      "ratbag",
      "saphead",
      "schlub",
      "shlub",
      "schnook",
      "simpleton",
      "stock",
      "stupe",
      "stupid",
      "thickhead",
      "turkey",
      "woodenhead",
      "yahoo",
      "yo-yo"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "brain",
      "genius"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "What a dolt I've been!",
      "he's always jokingly calling his best friend a dolt",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The ongoing melodrama has revealed Greg Norman to be a dolt and Phil Mickelson a bumbler. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 9 June 2022",
      "His horrifying misrule convinced even die-hard autocrats that the country could not survive with an incompetent dolt at the apex of power. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 11 Aug. 2021",
      "The thing is, a person using their horn in this aggressive manner is seemingly saying that the other driver is a complete dolt . \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 1 Sep. 2021",
      "Kirk Schulz, the Washington State president and a chemical engineer, can\u2019t be thrilled that his university is now synonymous with an anti-vaxxer dolt . \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 1 Sep. 2021",
      "The dolt to your right has essentially forced you into doing this, due to their careless parking and not having obeyed the rule to always park in the center of a parking spot. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 5 July 2021",
      "Like selling Europe\u2019s elite on how much of a dolt Trump was, this is an easy sell for Lula. \u2014 Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes , 30 May 2021",
      "Some dolt might decide to try and ram the cicada or take driving actions to avoid running into them, doing so at the peril of other nearby drivers and pedestrians. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 10 May 2021",
      "When Lukashenko first rose to power in 1994, the budding autocrat was perceived as little more than a dolt , an empty suit, a pig farmer who few in Minsk\u2019s political ranks took seriously. \u2014 Casey Michel, The New Republic , 10 Aug. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"probably akin to Old English dol foolish",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1553, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195650"
  },
  "doltish":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a stupid person"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u014dlt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "airhead",
      "birdbrain",
      "blockhead",
      "bonehead",
      "bubblehead",
      "chowderhead",
      "chucklehead",
      "clodpoll",
      "clodpole",
      "clot",
      "cluck",
      "clunk",
      "cretin",
      "cuddy",
      "cuddie",
      "deadhead",
      "dim bulb",
      "dimwit",
      "dip",
      "dodo",
      "donkey",
      "doofus",
      "dope",
      "dork",
      "dullard",
      "dum-dum",
      "dumbbell",
      "dumbhead",
      "dummkopf",
      "dummy",
      "dunce",
      "dunderhead",
      "fathead",
      "gander",
      "golem",
      "goof",
      "goon",
      "half-wit",
      "hammerhead",
      "hardhead",
      "idiot",
      "ignoramus",
      "imbecile",
      "jackass",
      "know-nothing",
      "knucklehead",
      "lamebrain",
      "loggerhead",
      "loon",
      "lump",
      "lunkhead",
      "meathead",
      "mome",
      "moron",
      "mug",
      "mutt",
      "natural",
      "nimrod",
      "nincompoop",
      "ninny",
      "ninnyhammer",
      "nit",
      "nitwit",
      "noddy",
      "noodle",
      "numskull",
      "numbskull",
      "oaf",
      "pinhead",
      "prat",
      "ratbag",
      "saphead",
      "schlub",
      "shlub",
      "schnook",
      "simpleton",
      "stock",
      "stupe",
      "stupid",
      "thickhead",
      "turkey",
      "woodenhead",
      "yahoo",
      "yo-yo"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "brain",
      "genius"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "What a dolt I've been!",
      "he's always jokingly calling his best friend a dolt",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The ongoing melodrama has revealed Greg Norman to be a dolt and Phil Mickelson a bumbler. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 9 June 2022",
      "His horrifying misrule convinced even die-hard autocrats that the country could not survive with an incompetent dolt at the apex of power. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 11 Aug. 2021",
      "The thing is, a person using their horn in this aggressive manner is seemingly saying that the other driver is a complete dolt . \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 1 Sep. 2021",
      "Kirk Schulz, the Washington State president and a chemical engineer, can\u2019t be thrilled that his university is now synonymous with an anti-vaxxer dolt . \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 1 Sep. 2021",
      "The dolt to your right has essentially forced you into doing this, due to their careless parking and not having obeyed the rule to always park in the center of a parking spot. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 5 July 2021",
      "Like selling Europe\u2019s elite on how much of a dolt Trump was, this is an easy sell for Lula. \u2014 Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes , 30 May 2021",
      "Some dolt might decide to try and ram the cicada or take driving actions to avoid running into them, doing so at the peril of other nearby drivers and pedestrians. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 10 May 2021",
      "When Lukashenko first rose to power in 1994, the budding autocrat was perceived as little more than a dolt , an empty suit, a pig farmer who few in Minsk\u2019s political ranks took seriously. \u2014 Casey Michel, The New Republic , 10 Aug. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"probably akin to Old English dol foolish",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1553, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-171937"
  },
  "domestic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": living near or about human habitations",
      ": tame , domesticated",
      ": of, relating to, or originating within a country and especially one's own country",
      ": of or relating to the household or the family",
      ": devoted to home duties and pleasures",
      ": indigenous",
      ": a servant hired to work for a household",
      ": an article (such as a rug or blanket) manufactured within one's own country or for use in a household : an article of domestic (see domestic entry 1 sense 2 ) manufacture",
      ": relating to a household or a family",
      ": relating to, made in, or done in a person's own country",
      ": living with or under the care of human beings : tame",
      ": of or relating to the household or family",
      "\u2014 see also family court",
      ": of, relating to, or originating within a country or state and especially one's own country or state",
      "\u2014 compare foreign , municipal"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8me-stik",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8me-stik",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8mes-tik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "familial",
      "household"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "daily",
      "flunky",
      "flunkey",
      "flunkie",
      "lackey",
      "menial",
      "retainer",
      "servant",
      "steward"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "The company hopes to attract both foreign and domestic investors.",
      "the surest way to maintain domestic peace and harmony is to have everyone pitch in on chores",
      "Noun",
      "She got in a domestic with her husband.",
      "working as a team, the man and his wife hired themselves out as domestics for wealthy homeowners",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "This is also when the country's more traditional tourism offerings tend to decrease, making this a unique opportunity for domestic and international tourists. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 9 June 2022",
      "The 25 fencers who made the team qualified by accruing points at domestic and international events, according to USA Fencing. \u2014 Josh Peter, USA TODAY , 9 June 2022",
      "Bad poll numbers and a collapsing domestic and international situation have excited the typically drowsy president into action. \u2014 Matthew Continetti, National Review , 4 June 2022",
      "The holiday could draw as many as 2.6 million domestic and international tourists to the capital, according to the New West End Company. \u2014 Christine Mui, Fortune , 4 June 2022",
      "Demand is high from both domestic and international travelers after two years of not traveling. \u2014 Alex Ledsom, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "Delta Air Lines was heavily affected by the cancellations, with more than 500 domestic and international flights flights axed from Saturday through yesterday. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 31 May 2022",
      "Similar disputes arose again on several of Stanford\u2019s extended domestic and international trips. \u2014 Maia Silber, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
      "An economic advisor to Zelenskyy said if Russia opened up the Black Sea ports, Ukraine would have enough grain stored to meet domestic and international needs through 2022. \u2014 Caitlin Mcfall, Fox News , 27 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "No Way Home will end with around $765 million-$780 million domestic . \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 22 Jan. 2022",
      "New Lenox police said a second person, who tried to intervene in the domestic , was battered and taken to the hospital for their injuries. \u2014 Alicia Fabbre, chicagotribune.com , 20 Dec. 2021",
      "Claude Humphrey was born on June 29, 1944, in Memphis, a son of Dosie Humphrey, a school maintenance engineer, and Millie Hayes Humphrey, who worked as a domestic . \u2014 New York Times , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "That included $135 million in China (+70% from Godzilla and -25% from Skull Island) and $110 million domestic on a $180 million budget. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2021",
      "The Millennial tendency to dabble in the domestic is now, essentially, many people\u2019s full-time job. \u2014 Angela Lashbrook, refinery29.com , 12 Jan. 2021",
      "Her mother was a domestic who was home only one day a week; her stepfather was a longshoreman. \u2014 Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker , 28 Dec. 2020",
      "One of nine children, he was raised by his mother, Era, who supported the family by working as a domestic . \u2014 New York Times , 7 Dec. 2020",
      "The rub was that Gamgort saw no way his domestic can suppliers could possibly make enough of them. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 19 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1613, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193803"
  },
  "domesticated":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": adapted over time (as by selective breeding) from a wild or natural state to life in close association with and to the benefit of humans",
      ": made fit for domestic life : adapted to life in a household",
      ": brought to the level of ordinary people (as by being expressed in understandable terms)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8me-sti-\u02cck\u0101-t\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "domestic",
      "tame",
      "tamed"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "feral",
      "savage",
      "undomesticated",
      "untamed",
      "wild"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1639, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201342"
  },
  "dominant":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others",
      ": very important, powerful, or successful",
      ": overlooking and commanding from a superior position",
      ": of, relating to, or exerting ecological or genetic dominance",
      ": being the one of a pair of bodily structures that is the more effective or predominant in action",
      ": the fifth tone of a major or minor scale (see scale entry 5 sense 1 )",
      ": a character or factor that exerts genetic dominance (see dominance sense 1b )",
      ": any of one or more kinds of organism (such as a species) in an ecological community that exerts a controlling influence on the environment and thereby largely determines what other kinds of organisms are present",
      ": an individual having a controlling, prevailing, or powerful position in a social hierarchy : a dominant (see dominant entry 1 sense 1 ) individual in a social hierarchy",
      ": controlling or being more powerful or important than all others",
      ": being or produced by a form of a gene that prevents or hides the effect of another form",
      ": exerting forcefulness or having dominance in a social hierarchy",
      ": being the one of a pair of bodily structures that is the more effective or predominant in action",
      ": of, relating to, or exerting genetic dominance",
      ": a dominant genetic character or factor",
      ": a dominant individual in a social hierarchy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-m\u0259-n\u0259nt",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4m-n\u0259nt",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-m\u0259-n\u0259nt",
      "-n\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "arch",
      "big",
      "capital",
      "cardinal",
      "central",
      "chief",
      "first",
      "foremost",
      "grand",
      "great",
      "greatest",
      "highest",
      "key",
      "leading",
      "main",
      "master",
      "number one",
      "No. 1",
      "numero uno",
      "overbearing",
      "overmastering",
      "overriding",
      "paramount",
      "predominant",
      "preeminent",
      "premier",
      "primal",
      "primary",
      "principal",
      "prior",
      "sovereign",
      "sovran",
      "supreme"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "last",
      "least"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "The company is now dominant in its market.",
      "It is the dominant culture in the region.",
      "the dominant female of the pack",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "More than half of Wall Street analysts covering the stock remain bullish about the company\u2019s long-term growth prospects, however, arguing that Tesla will continue to be the dominant player in the fast-growing electric vehicle market. \u2014 Sergei Klebnikov, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "Even with the policy change, Meta remains a dominant player in the online advertising market, posting $27.9 billion in total revenue in the first quarter of this year, up 6.6% from the same period a year earlier. \u2014 Ann-marie Alc\u00e1ntara, WSJ , 6 June 2022",
      "Swiatek, now 21 and the No. 1 seed from Poland, cemented her status as the game\u2019s dominant player by defeating Coco Gauff of the United States, 6-1, 6-3, in Saturday\u2019s women\u2019s final in just over an hour. \u2014 New York Times , 4 June 2022",
      "Mautz breezed through the Commodores lineup with efficiency and ease, striking out five and allowing just one run and four hits over seven dominant innings. \u2014 Joe Freeman, oregonlive , 3 June 2022",
      "The most dominant player in the postseason, Doncic averaged 31.7 points, 9.8 rebounds and 6.4 assists in 15 playoff games. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 1 June 2022",
      "From Mike DiGiovanna: Patrick Sandoval did not look too pleased for a guy who had just thrown 7 1/3 dominant innings to lead the Angels to an eventual 4-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics before 40,042 at Angel Stadium on Sunday. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
      "The righthander pitched briefly for the Lowell Spinners that summer, delivering 17 dominant innings (1.06 ERA, 19 strikeouts), then dazzled out of the bullpen while representing Team USA in the Premier12 international tournament. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022",
      "The muscle that had made him such a dominant football player disappeared. \u2014 Chris Iseman, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Sunday\u2019s blowout loss and last week\u2019s stunning defeat to the Jets have erased all the goodwill coach Zac Taylor earned from a 5-2 start and a dominant over the Ravens. \u2014 C.j. Doon, baltimoresun.com , 9 Nov. 2021",
      "But the system has changed to become point-guard dominant . \u2014 Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com , 24 Oct. 2021",
      "If Duarte pans out, he's considered a more versatile version of McDermott who is right-hand dominant and primarily used on one side of the floor because of it. \u2014 J. Michael, The Indianapolis Star , 30 July 2021",
      "In California, new data from the California Department of Public Health found that 35.6% of coronavirus variants analyzed in June have been delta variant, up from 5.6% in May and making the delta variant the dominant in the state. \u2014 Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY , 5 July 2021",
      "After six wins last season behind a dominant , if under the radar, nationally ranked defense, WVU could be poised for a move in the Big 12. \u2014 Chuck Carlton, Dallas News , 28 May 2021",
      "The vaccine also has been found to have good efficacy against the variant dominant in South Africa. \u2014 Mogomotsi Magome And Andrew Meldrum, Star Tribune , 14 Apr. 2021",
      "Experts think the AstraZeneca vaccine could still offer better protection against severe disease and death caused by the variant dominant in South Africa, but that has not yet been tested. \u2014 Mogomotsi Magome, Star Tribune , 16 Feb. 2021",
      "Researchers have also found that the variant dominant in the U.K. is also more deadly than the original virus. \u2014 Karel Janicek, Star Tribune , 16 Feb. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "circa 1532, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1819, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192008"
  },
  "dominate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": rule , control",
      ": to exert the supreme determining or guiding influence on",
      ": to overlook from a superior elevation or command because of superior height or position",
      ": to be predominant in",
      ": to have a commanding or preeminent place or position in",
      ": to have or exert mastery, control, or preeminence",
      ": to occupy a more elevated or superior position",
      ": to have a commanding position or controlling power over"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "conquer",
      "overpower",
      "pacify",
      "subdue",
      "subject",
      "subjugate",
      "subordinate",
      "vanquish"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "One company has dominated the market for years.",
      "He dominated her life for many years.",
      "His work dominated the art scene last year.",
      "Our team dominated throughout the game.",
      "Our team dominated play throughout the game.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "ABC News continues to dominate as the #1 NEWS NETWORK IN AMERICA! \u2014 Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 June 2022",
      "Si thinks that the shorter videos will be a lasting trend that continues to dominate , at least for the foreseeable future. \u2014 Rhett Power, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
      "Fintech, in particular, continues to dominate venture funding for African startups. \u2014 Martin Siele, Quartz , 9 June 2022",
      "The film's stature has only grown since, creating a new franchise that continues to dominate the box office today. \u2014 Frank Pallotta, CNN , 8 June 2022",
      "The attorney general\u2019s race is expected to dominate the statewide contests in California this fall because there has been little fanfare over the races for governor and U.S. Senate. \u2014 Dustin Gardiner, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 June 2022",
      "China wants to dominate shipping lanes that have long been guaranteed by the reach of the U.S. Navy. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
      "As Reuters reported Monday, Apple\u2019s unveiling of new car features, such as a digital dashboard displaying speed and gas mileage, shows that the company is determined to dominate all types of screens. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
      "Again, Rising failed to dominate a supposedly inferior opponent. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 4 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin dominatus , past participle of dominari , from dominus master; akin to Latin domus house \u2014 more at dome ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1611, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173232"
  },
  "domination":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": supremacy or preeminence over another",
      ": exercise of mastery or ruling power",
      ": exercise of preponderant, governing, or controlling influence",
      ": dominion sense 3"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u00e4-m\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ascendance",
      "ascendence",
      "ascendancy",
      "ascendency",
      "dominance",
      "dominion",
      "hegemony",
      "imperium",
      "predominance",
      "predominancy",
      "preeminence",
      "reign",
      "sovereignty",
      "sovranty",
      "supremacy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "auction houses battling for domination in the high-end art market",
      "the Spanish domination of the Americas in the 16th century",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "That summer of 2000, Mexican voters stunned the world by ending 70 years of domination by the Institutional Revolutionary Party. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "By presenting men insecure about their masculinity with an enemy in need of domination , fascist-friendly media personalities can pull their audience to the right. \u2014 Parker Molloy, Rolling Stone , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "After nearly a decade of domination by the Mercedes team and its star driver Hamilton, expectations are high for a generational change that was already foreshadowed by Verstappen finishing in first last season. \u2014 Brad Spurgeon, Robb Report , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Russia no longer is possessed by a universal, totalizing ideology of domination . \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 21 Feb. 2022",
      "And the journey to that level of domination for both Press and her team started in despair with that heartbreaking loss in Brasilia five summers ago. \u2014 Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times , 20 July 2021",
      "In a Hobbesian past, a cohesive tribe would have had a better chance of domination . \u2014 Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker , 10 May 2021",
      "On the girls side, East\u2019s Olyvia Mamae continued her domination of the sprints and hurdles. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 22 May 2022",
      "Brahe-Pedersen continued her domination of the sprint events in the state. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190221"
  },
  "dominion":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": domain",
      ": supreme authority : sovereignty",
      ": an order of angels \u2014 see celestial hierarchy",
      ": a self-governing nation of the Commonwealth of Nations other than the United Kingdom that acknowledges the British monarch as chief of state",
      ": absolute ownership",
      ": ruling or controlling power : sovereignty",
      ": a territory under the control of a ruler : domain",
      ": supreme authority : sovereignty",
      ": a territory over which such authority is exercised",
      ": a self-governing nation (as Canada) of the British Commonwealth other than the United Kingdom that acknowledges the British monarch as the head of state",
      ": the power (as authority) or right (as ownership) to use or dispose of property",
      ": absolute or exclusive use, control, ownership, or possession of property"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8mi-ny\u0259n",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8min-y\u0259n",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8min-y\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ascendance",
      "ascendence",
      "ascendancy",
      "ascendency",
      "dominance",
      "domination",
      "hegemony",
      "imperium",
      "predominance",
      "predominancy",
      "preeminence",
      "reign",
      "sovereignty",
      "sovranty",
      "supremacy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The U.S. has dominion over the island.",
      "The countries fought for dominion of the territory.",
      "the dominions of the empire",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Along with Russia\u2019s naval dominion in the Black Sea, annexation would tighten Moscow\u2019s stranglehold on the Ukrainian economy and solidify its blockade of Ukraine\u2019s southern coast. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2022",
      "When Kyivan Rus had collapsed, most of its lands had been absorbed by Lithuania, but some of its northeastern territories remained under the dominion of a Mongol successor state. \u2014 Timothy Snyder, The New Yorker , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The press barons were more than willing to use military force to establish or uphold their country\u2019s dominion over non-White nations. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
      "Allowing rumination to take agency over your dominion can lead to a negative frame of mind, less proactive behavior, self-sabotage, and hypertension. \u2014 Alex Wagner, SPIN , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Could this be the beginning of the end of meat \u2014 or at least red meat, with its aura of dominion and glory? \u2014 New York Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Embedded in an experimental comedy is the tale of a tragic overreacher, a mortal who has come to assume a godlike dominion over the rest of the planet. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Detonating a nuclear bomb in a country Putin sought dominion over, one next to his own, wouldn\u2019t be rational, Nunn said. \u2014 Ellen Knickmeyer, chicagotribune.com , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "There would be oaths to the king and a kind of dominion status like that of Canada or New Zealand. \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 11 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English dominioun , from Middle French dominion , modification of Latin dominium , from dominus \u2014 see dominical ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203733"
  },
  "done":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": arrived at or brought to an end",
      ": doomed to failure, defeat, or death",
      ": gone by : over",
      ": physically exhausted",
      ": cooked sufficiently",
      ": conformable to social convention",
      ": cooked completely or enough",
      ": socially acceptable or fashionable",
      ": doomed to failure, punishment, defeat, or death"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "complete",
      "completed",
      "concluded",
      "down",
      "ended",
      "finished",
      "over",
      "over with",
      "terminated",
      "through",
      "up"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "continuing",
      "incomplete",
      "ongoing",
      "uncompleted",
      "undone",
      "unfinished"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "Check to see if the meat is done .",
      "Getting a divorce just wasn't done at the time."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222327"
  },
  "done for":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": sunk in defeat : beaten",
      ": mortally stricken : doomed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259n-\u02ccf\u022fr"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dead",
      "done",
      "doomed",
      "finished",
      "kaput",
      "kaputt",
      "ruined",
      "sunk"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "with no means of escape, the stranded climbers knew that they were done for"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1803, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201728"
  },
  "donkey":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "the domestic ass ( Equus asinus )",
      "a stupid or obstinate person",
      "an animal related to but smaller than the horse that has short hair in mane and tail and very large ears"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8d\u00e4\u014b-k\u0113",
    "synonyms":[
      "ass",
      "burro",
      "jackass",
      "moke"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "we put our bags on the donkey and headed down the canyon",
      "called him a donkey when he refused to go along with their plans",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And how\u2019s this for a wild-card possibility EO (still seeking U.S. distribution), the story of a donkey in a circus (inspired by Robert Bresson\u2019s 1966 film Au Hasard Balthazar), from veteran Polish filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski. \u2014 Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 May 2022",
      "In Italian, to be a donkey , or asino, means to either not be good in school or to work to the point of exhaustion. \u2014 Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 May 2022",
      "Childhood toys such as a hobby horse are turned into erotic playthings, and pastimes such as pin-the-tail-on-the- donkey become games of seduction. \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "This epic journey, seen through a donkey \u2019s eyes, will give hope to audiences during our troubling times, and reflects not only Jerzy Skolimowski\u2019s love of animals, but of the world. \u2014 Manori Ravindran, Variety , 1 June 2022",
      "When fitted with the optional towing and trailering packages ($2,775 combined for Pro models), this donkey can tow 10,000 pounds and haul 2,235 pounds. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
      "Grace Bussey this morning attended the Palm Sunday procession at Highlands United Methodist Church in Birmingham, where churchgoers follow a donkey from Brother Bryan Park to the front lawn of the church before the morning service. \u2014 al , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "Most engaging of all are the stories of the animals, their personalities, eccentricities and odd friendships llama and donkey , kitten and duck, horse and UPS driver. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Some of the homeless men at the Five Points South fountain came up to pet the donkey , named Wenonah, as worshippers entered the church and Tony Fallin of T&N Farms in Blount County prepared to lead her away. \u2014 al , 10 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1785, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-163811"
  },
  "donnybrook":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": free-for-all , brawl",
      ": a usually public quarrel or dispute",
      "city in the province of Leinster, eastern Ireland"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-n\u0113-\u02ccbru\u0307k",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-n\u0113-\u02ccbru\u0307k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "affray",
      "brawl",
      "broil",
      "fracas",
      "fray",
      "free-for-all",
      "melee",
      "m\u00eal\u00e9e",
      "rough-and-tumble",
      "row",
      "ruckus",
      "ruction"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "A donnybrook has erupted over the court's decision.",
      "a dozen people were arrested after the donnybrook at the stadium",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The unequal three-way donnybrook \u2014 film critics on one side, the vox populi and aggrieved artists on the other \u2014 is a digital-era twist on a perennial Hollywood story. \u2014 Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "Second, there is that political donnybrook sense of a right ugly fight while people hammer each other in hopes of furthering their own agendas. \u2014 Erik Sherman, Forbes , 25 Dec. 2021",
      "City officials said the donnybrook between FirstEnergy and Cleveland Public Power has spanned several years, both inside and outside courtrooms, fights that are likely to continue. \u2014 John Caniglia, cleveland , 13 Jan. 2021",
      "Wilson then followed up his battering of Buchnevich by body-slamming Artemiy Panarin to the ice during the ensuing donnybrook . \u2014 Jim Reineking, USA TODAY , 4 May 2021",
      "What followed is a legal donnybrook that has the region\u2019s top law firms fighting to keep documents about the hospital under seal. \u2014 John Caniglia, cleveland , 17 Apr. 2021",
      "But in the partisan donnybrook surrounding the bill\u2019s passage, little attention was paid to the fact that the benefits cut off at the margin rather than sloping down. \u2014 The Economist , 27 Feb. 2021",
      "On top of this, the legislatures appointing electors would trigger a historic donnybrook in Congress, which considers objections to electoral ballots under the Electoral Count Act of 1887. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 13 Nov. 2020",
      "The other Senate race in Georgia is a donnybrook featuring eight Democrats, six Republicans, five independents, and one from the Libertarian and Green Party. \u2014 al , 27 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" Donnybrook Fair, annual Irish event known for its brawls",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1852, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201703"
  },
  "doofus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a stupid, incompetent, or foolish person"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-f\u0259s",
      "-fis"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "berk",
      "booby",
      "charlie",
      "charley",
      "cuckoo",
      "ding-a-ling",
      "ding-dong",
      "dingbat",
      "dipstick",
      "featherhead",
      "fool",
      "git",
      "goose",
      "half-wit",
      "jackass",
      "lunatic",
      "mooncalf",
      "nincompoop",
      "ninny",
      "ninnyhammer",
      "nit",
      "nitwit",
      "nut",
      "nutcase",
      "simp",
      "simpleton",
      "turkey",
      "yo-yo"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Don't be such a doofus .",
      "I don't want to be partnered on the project with that doofus .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Extending their doofus -and-diva act to the classrooms, corridors, and teachers\u2019 lounge transfers their personal careerism into a facetious representation of a major social institution. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "To a pint-sized doofus like myself, this was by far the coolest thing imaginable. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "But Dupieux has always created mini-universes in which his deadpan- doofus characters can pinball about obeying the laws of a physics not quite the same as ours, so in many ways, the restrictions don\u2019t seem to have restricted him that much. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "As Irons plays him, at least until the movie\u2019s swerving finale, this PM is a likable doofus , certain that any problem can be solved with a handshake and a cup of tea. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "When Marcia asks him to go back to her home and fetch Logan\u2019s PJs and slippers \u2014 a favor mostly orchestrated to get this weird doofus out of her orbit for a while \u2014 Greg doesn\u2019t have the money to pay cab fare. \u2014 Scott Tobias, Vulture , 12 Dec. 2021",
      "For two decades, Simon Rex had been on a Gump-like tour of the least prestigious jobs in Hollywood: male model, MTV VJ, sitcom actor, Scary Movie doofus , white rapper, and Vine star. \u2014 Nate Jones, Vulture , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "Since there are only two noteworthy humans in the story \u2014 one is dumped after the opening ten minutes and the other is a comedy-relief doofus \u2014 humanity is notably missing from the story. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 31 Oct. 2021",
      "What happens when a bad-tempered, distractible doofus runs an empire? \u2014 Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, The New Yorker , 4 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"perhaps alteration of goof entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1960, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185634"
  },
  "doom":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England",
      "judgment , decision",
      "a judicial condemnation or sentence",
      "judgment sense 5a",
      "judgment day sense 1",
      "destiny",
      "unhappy destiny",
      "death , ruin",
      "to give judgment against condemn",
      "to fix the fate of destine",
      "to make certain the failure or destruction of",
      "a terrible or unhappy ending or happening",
      "death sense 1",
      "to make sure that something bad will happen"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8d\u00fcm",
    "synonyms":[
      "finding",
      "holding",
      "judgment",
      "judgement",
      "ruling",
      "sentence"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "destine",
      "fate",
      "foredoom",
      "foreordain",
      "ordain",
      "predestine",
      "predetermine",
      "preordain"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The papers are filled with stories of gloom and doom .",
      "the story of a mysterious creature who lures travelers to their doom",
      "Verb",
      "A criminal record will doom your chances of becoming a politician.",
      "had always felt that he was doomed to remain single forever",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "Yes, only 13 times in NHL history \u2014 out of 156 instances, or 8.3% of the time \u2014 a team had overcome the 3-1 deficit of doom . \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 23 May 2022",
      "Think of it as a tangible, narrowcasted reboot of virtual doom -scrolling. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "In subsequent communiqu\u00e9s, which mixed doom -laden prophecies of ecological disaster with furious demands for change, the group described its ethos in greater detail. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
      "Ortiz unleashes colossal death- doom with Tzompantli\u2019s debut album, inspired by indigenous Mesoamerican culture. \u2014 Andy O'connor, SPIN , 24 May 2022",
      "With so many stuck at home doom -scrolling, there was unslakable need for his brand of musical comedy relief. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
      "Here\u2019s a look at who\u2019s predicting impending economic doom and why. \u2014 Will Daniel, Fortune , 20 May 2022",
      "Newport equates this perfunctory, robot-like doom scrolling with how people use a slot machine in Las Vegas. \u2014 John Brandon, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "It\u2019s letting the audience know that chaos is imminent and impending doom will not be easily thwarted by the idiotic actions of men. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 19 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "In Miami coach Erik Spoelstra\u2019s mind, the injury situation with Joel Embiid doesn\u2019t doom the Philadelphia 76ers. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 2 May 2022",
      "Concerns that warming temperatures, fires and disease could doom the dwindling number of ancient trees on federal forests drew a bipartisan group of lawmakers to California this month. \u2014 Matthew Brown And Matthew Daly, Anchorage Daily News , 20 May 2022",
      "Elon Musk says doubt about spam accounts could doom his Twitter deal. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
      "In Nebraska, one of the top red-meat-producing and -processing states, some farming experts believe the war will doom some livestock farmers who are already paying more for animal feed. \u2014 NBC News , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Dairbekov said the public\u2019s negative reaction to the bill as well as the government hailing its deal with Facebook \u2014 confusion notwithstanding \u2014 could doom the draft law. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Nov. 2021",
      "In Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra\u2019s mind, the injury situation with Joel Embiid doesn\u2019t doom the Philadelphia 76ers. \u2014 Tim Reynolds, ajc , 1 May 2022",
      "Those same logistical failures, exacerbated by a worsening infantry shortage, could doom Russia\u2019s offensive in the east, too. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "That being said, Laura Young, a social worker in Charlottesville, VA, previously told Allure that minor fluctuations during the first year of a child's life won't doom them to particular attachment style or romantic future. \u2014 Allure , 21 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162328"
  },
  "doomed":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England",
      ": judgment , decision",
      ": a judicial condemnation or sentence",
      ": judgment sense 5a",
      ": judgment day sense 1",
      ": destiny",
      ": unhappy destiny",
      ": death , ruin",
      ": to give judgment against : condemn",
      ": to fix the fate of : destine",
      ": to make certain the failure or destruction of",
      ": a terrible or unhappy ending or happening",
      ": death sense 1",
      ": to make sure that something bad will happen"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fcm",
      "\u02c8d\u00fcm"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "finding",
      "holding",
      "judgment",
      "judgement",
      "ruling",
      "sentence"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "destine",
      "fate",
      "foredoom",
      "foreordain",
      "ordain",
      "predestine",
      "predetermine",
      "preordain"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The papers are filled with stories of gloom and doom .",
      "the story of a mysterious creature who lures travelers to their doom",
      "Verb",
      "A criminal record will doom your chances of becoming a politician.",
      "had always felt that he was doomed to remain single forever",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Yes, only 13 times in NHL history \u2014 out of 156 instances, or 8.3% of the time \u2014 a team had overcome the 3-1 deficit of doom . \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 23 May 2022",
      "Think of it as a tangible, narrowcasted reboot of virtual doom -scrolling. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "In subsequent communiqu\u00e9s, which mixed doom -laden prophecies of ecological disaster with furious demands for change, the group described its ethos in greater detail. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
      "Ortiz unleashes colossal death- doom with Tzompantli\u2019s debut album, inspired by indigenous Mesoamerican culture. \u2014 Andy O'connor, SPIN , 24 May 2022",
      "With so many stuck at home doom -scrolling, there was unslakable need for his brand of musical comedy relief. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
      "Here\u2019s a look at who\u2019s predicting impending economic doom and why. \u2014 Will Daniel, Fortune , 20 May 2022",
      "Newport equates this perfunctory, robot-like doom scrolling with how people use a slot machine in Las Vegas. \u2014 John Brandon, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "It\u2019s letting the audience know that chaos is imminent and impending doom will not be easily thwarted by the idiotic actions of men. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 19 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "In Miami coach Erik Spoelstra\u2019s mind, the injury situation with Joel Embiid doesn\u2019t doom the Philadelphia 76ers. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 2 May 2022",
      "Concerns that warming temperatures, fires and disease could doom the dwindling number of ancient trees on federal forests drew a bipartisan group of lawmakers to California this month. \u2014 Matthew Brown And Matthew Daly, Anchorage Daily News , 20 May 2022",
      "Elon Musk says doubt about spam accounts could doom his Twitter deal. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
      "In Nebraska, one of the top red-meat-producing and -processing states, some farming experts believe the war will doom some livestock farmers who are already paying more for animal feed. \u2014 NBC News , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Dairbekov said the public\u2019s negative reaction to the bill as well as the government hailing its deal with Facebook \u2014 confusion notwithstanding \u2014 could doom the draft law. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Nov. 2021",
      "In Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra\u2019s mind, the injury situation with Joel Embiid doesn\u2019t doom the Philadelphia 76ers. \u2014 Tim Reynolds, ajc , 1 May 2022",
      "Those same logistical failures, exacerbated by a worsening infantry shortage, could doom Russia\u2019s offensive in the east, too. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "That being said, Laura Young, a social worker in Charlottesville, VA, previously told Allure that minor fluctuations during the first year of a child's life won't doom them to particular attachment style or romantic future. \u2014 Allure , 21 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221421"
  },
  "doomy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": suggestive of doom : doomful"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-m\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "baleful",
      "dire",
      "direful",
      "foreboding",
      "ill",
      "ill-boding",
      "inauspicious",
      "menacing",
      "minatory",
      "ominous",
      "portentous",
      "sinister",
      "threatening"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "unthreatening"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the surging doomy music in the background was an unmistakable sign that things would not end well for the movie's hero"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1971, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205633"
  },
  "doorway":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the opening that a door closes",
      ": an entrance into a building or room",
      ": door sense 3",
      ": the opening or passage that a door closes"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fr-\u02ccw\u0101",
      "\u02c8d\u022fr-\u02ccw\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "access",
      "accession",
      "admission",
      "admittance",
      "door",
      "entrance",
      "entr\u00e9e",
      "entree",
      "entry",
      "gateway",
      "ingress",
      "key",
      "passport",
      "ticket"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Please don't block the doorway .",
      "She stepped through the doorway .",
      "He stood in the doorway , wondering if he should go in.",
      "Homeless people sleep in the doorways of the shops.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Chick-fil-A employees tried to resolve the issue, but the man returned to the eatery and fired a shot from the car into the doorway of the store, striking the teen. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 15 June 2022",
      "While standing in the doorway of the apartment, Solorio fatally shot German and Ventura Aviles, then shot and wounded another man inside the apartment. \u2014 City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
      "Just after midnight Monday, a 26-year-old was found dead inside the doorway of his apartment at the Pointe at Canyon Ridge apartments. \u2014 Chelsea Prince, ajc , 25 May 2022",
      "Police say Sikes was found in the doorway of a residence near the 14900 block of Kinsman Road with multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and stomach. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "At the central station in the western city of Lviv, a teenage girl stood in the doorway of a waiting train, a white pet rabbit shivering in her arms. \u2014 Nebi Qena, Cara Anna, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "At the central station in the western city of Lviv, a teenage girl stood in the doorway of a waiting train, a white pet rabbit shivering in her arms. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Standing in the doorway of their mother Carla Joi Farmer\u2019s bedroom, Camirin Farmer took it all in: a towering afro, thick layers of soft cascading waves; dreadlocks accented with purple and platinum pieces; long braids perched on top of an armoire. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "On a small street across the tracks from Ivana-Franka, an old woman lay face down in her doorway ; a trembling dog stood at her shoulder, barking over and over. \u2014 Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker , 2 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1666, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212609"
  },
  "doozie":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an extraordinary one of its kind"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-z\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beaut",
      "beauty",
      "bee's knees",
      "cat's meow",
      "corker",
      "crackerjack",
      "crackajack",
      "daisy",
      "dandy",
      "dilly",
      "dream",
      "honey",
      "hot stuff",
      "humdinger",
      "hummer",
      "jim-dandy",
      "knockout",
      "lollapalooza",
      "lulu",
      "nifty",
      "peach",
      "pip",
      "pippin",
      "ripper",
      "ripsnorter",
      "snorter",
      "sockdolager",
      "sockdologer",
      "standout",
      "sweetheart"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "They say the snowstorm tonight is going to be a doozy .",
      "Watch out for that first step. It's a doozy .",
      "Some of her comments have been real doozies .",
      "a doozy of a year",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "For the San Francisco Giants, who face a doozy of a decision whenever LaMonte Wade Jr. comes back, the options overload might be painful. \u2014 Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 June 2022",
      "Oz is the focal point of Tuesday\u2019s doozy of a Republican primary. \u2014 Karen Heller, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
      "In an investor note this morning, UBS chief economist Paul Donovan called this a doozy of a downgrade. \u2014 Alan Murray, Fortune , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "That was a doozy of a storm, dropping over three feet in the last 72 hours. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "And, don\u2019t forget, there was a doozy of a press conference in September, with the two fighters swinging at each other. \u2014 Anthony Stitt, Forbes , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "The season 3 finale of You was an explosively (pun intended) wild ride, filled with countless attempts at murder, backstabbing, and one doozy of a martial disagreement. \u2014 Neha Prakash, Marie Claire , 20 Oct. 2021",
      "Gotta agree with JJ, this really was a doozy of a day. \u2014 Ariana Romero, refinery29.com , 4 Aug. 2021",
      "With about 29% of the league hailing from outside of the U.S. and Canada, spelling surnames can be a doozy . \u2014 Laine Higgins, WSJ , 6 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"perhaps alteration of daisy ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1916, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210133"
  },
  "dope":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "a stupid person",
      "an illicit drug (such as heroin or cocaine) used for its intoxicating or euphoric effects",
      "marijuana",
      "a preparation (such as an anabolic steroid, diuretic, or tranquilizer) given to a racehorse to help or hinder its performance",
      "information especially from a reliable source",
      "a thick liquid or pasty preparation",
      "a preparation for giving a desired quality to a substance or surface",
      "absorbent or adsorbent material used in various manufacturing processes (such as the making of dynamite)",
      "a cola drink",
      "to give a narcotic or intoxicating drug to",
      "to surreptitiously put a sedating drug into",
      "to administer a drug to (a horse) to help or hinder performance in a race",
      "figure out",
      "to treat with dope or a dopant",
      "to take an intoxicating drug",
      "to use a performance-enhancing substance typically banned for use in sports",
      "excellent",
      "an illegal drug",
      "a stupid person",
      "information",
      "a preparation of an illicit, habit-forming, or narcotic drug (as opium, heroin, or marijuana)",
      "a preparation given to a racehorse to help or hinder its performance",
      "a narcotic addict",
      "to give a narcotic to",
      "to take dope"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8d\u014dp",
    "synonyms":[
      "book",
      "411",
      "inside",
      "lowdown",
      "poop",
      "scoop",
      "skinny",
      "tip"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "answer",
      "break",
      "crack",
      "figure out",
      "puzzle (out)",
      "resolve",
      "riddle (out)",
      "solve",
      "unravel",
      "unriddle",
      "work",
      "work out"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "They were caught smoking dope .",
      "What a dope he is.",
      "Verb",
      "They tried to dope him.",
      "Adjective",
      "That movie was so dope .",
      "Check out this dope new song.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "Just for me, as a budding filmmaker, to be able to get that guy to come across that that graciously was dope to me. \u2014 Kory Grow, Rolling Stone , 10 June 2022",
      "At the time Snoop said the job paid in the mid-5 figures, with perks including free dope , of course. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 9 June 2022",
      "Got no time for the rope-a- dope , Wallace is gonna ride like the Pope. \u2014 Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
      "James \u2014 an interesting matchup for woods because of his more sinister style \u2014 raps about coke, dope , and what both of those poisons did to his already turbulent life. \u2014 Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Another posited that as much as 90 percent of pro cyclists dope , according to VeloNews. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 9 Mar. 2015",
      "Salmela says their fibers can be dope -dyed before blending with cotton (for example), thereby further reducing the total water and energy usage. \u2014 Brooke Roberts-islam, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Tecovas, a purveyor of dope -looking cowboy boots, also applies its Western craftsmanship to its marquee briefcase. \u2014 Christian Gollayan, Men's Health , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "The initial Love and Thunder poster features Hemsworth's Thor, rocking his new axe Stormbreaker and a dope red leather vest. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "Is there too much focus on the athletes who dope , rather than on the people or systems that guide the athletes? \u2014 Dan Weil, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
      "The next year, Maximum Security\u2019s trainer, Jason Servis, was among 27 people charged by federal prosecutors in a wide-ranging scheme to secretly dope horses and cheat the betting public. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Feb. 2022",
      "The next year, Maximum Security\u2019s trainer, Jason Servis, was among 27 people charged by federal prosecutors in a wide-ranging scheme to secretly dope horses and cheat the betting public. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Feb. 2022",
      "The next year, Maximum Security\u2019s trainer, Jason Servis, was among 27 people charged by federal prosecutors in a wide-ranging scheme to secretly dope horses and cheat the betting public. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Feb. 2022",
      "The 97-page report accuses Riis of encouraging his team members\u2014including Tyler Hamilton, Bo Hamburger, Michael Rasmussen, and J\u00f6rg Jaksche\u2014to dope . \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 23 June 2015",
      "The next year, Maximum Security\u2019s trainer, Jason Servis, was among 27 people charged by federal prosecutors in a wide-ranging scheme to secretly dope horses and cheat the betting public. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Feb. 2022",
      "But this is my guy, which makes this so dope for me. \u2014 Rembert Browne, Los Angeles Times , 29 Oct. 2021",
      "Tough to dope out a week when the possibilities include four games in five days, or maybe a two-day break before a wild-card game, or the saddest scenario of all - see you next spring. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
      "The bride tries to find the most dramatic place to put that sucker so the wedding pics look dope -as-hell. \u2014 Laura Beck, Cosmopolitan , 11 Sep. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1786, in the meaning defined at sense 4a",
      "Verb",
      "1889, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3",
      "Adjective",
      "1981, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
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    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
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      ": to understand or find (something, such as a reason or a solution) by thinking : to figure out (something)"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210508"
  },
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      "noun"
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      ": a drug addict : a person who frequently or habitually uses illicit drugs"
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      "\u02c8d\u014dp-\u02cched"
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      "freak",
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      "hophead",
      "hype",
      "junkie",
      "junky",
      "stoner",
      "user"
    ],
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      "nonaddict",
      "nonuser"
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      "threw his roommate out when he discovered that the guy was a dopehead"
    ],
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1903, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203436"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
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      ": a person who frequently or habitually uses illicit drugs",
      ": a person who sells illicit drugs",
      ": an athlete who uses performance-enhancing substances typically banned for use in sports",
      ": a person who frequently or habitually uses illicit drugs"
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      "\u02c8d\u014d-p\u0259r",
      "\u02c8d\u014d-p\u0259r"
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      "addict",
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      "hophead",
      "hype",
      "junkie",
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1899, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202805"
  },
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      "dulled by alcohol or a narcotic",
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      "ultrasmart"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "I'm still a little dopey from the painkillers.",
      "After being up all night I was pretty dopey at work.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This standard ballad of devotion might have fared better without such a childish title and chorus, which really just sounds dopey coming from a then-17-year-old. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 22 May 2022",
      "Tiger salamanders, their yellow lips giving them the appearance of a dopey grin, twisting their wet, rubbery bodies around each other in breeding ponds. \u2014 Carolyn Wells, Longreads , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "For instance, the original Toyota Celica Supra was kind of a dopey nose extension of the Celica to accommodate a six-cylinder engine that was then finished off with tufted velour upholstery. \u2014 John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Al and Greta are cartoonishly creepy; Max is only slightly less cartoonishly dopey ; consequently, the stakes feel low all around. \u2014 Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "That was also when dopey , relatively earnest disaster epics could still pull crowds into multiplexes. \u2014 WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "That was also when dopey , relatively earnest disaster epics could still pull crowds into multiplexes. \u2014 WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "That was also when dopey , relatively earnest disaster epics could still pull crowds into multiplexes. \u2014 WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "A decade or so later, McDonald\u2019s rethought him rather significantly, reduced his arms by two, dropped the epithet from his name and turned him into Ronald McDonald\u2019s dopey sidekick. \u2014 Abram Brown, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
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      ": dulled by alcohol or a narcotic",
      ": sluggish , stupefied",
      ": stupid , fatuous",
      ": lacking alertness and activity",
      ": stupid sense 2"
    ],
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      "\u02c8d\u014d-p\u0113",
      "\u02c8d\u014d-p\u0113"
    ],
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      "boneheaded",
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      "chuckleheaded",
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      "dim",
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      "dorky",
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      "dumb",
      "dunderheaded",
      "empty-headed",
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      "opaque",
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      "smart",
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      "ultrasmart"
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    "examples":[
      "I'm still a little dopey from the painkillers.",
      "After being up all night I was pretty dopey at work.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This standard ballad of devotion might have fared better without such a childish title and chorus, which really just sounds dopey coming from a then-17-year-old. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 22 May 2022",
      "Tiger salamanders, their yellow lips giving them the appearance of a dopey grin, twisting their wet, rubbery bodies around each other in breeding ponds. \u2014 Carolyn Wells, Longreads , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "For instance, the original Toyota Celica Supra was kind of a dopey nose extension of the Celica to accommodate a six-cylinder engine that was then finished off with tufted velour upholstery. \u2014 John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Al and Greta are cartoonishly creepy; Max is only slightly less cartoonishly dopey ; consequently, the stakes feel low all around. \u2014 Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "That was also when dopey , relatively earnest disaster epics could still pull crowds into multiplexes. \u2014 WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "That was also when dopey , relatively earnest disaster epics could still pull crowds into multiplexes. \u2014 WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "That was also when dopey , relatively earnest disaster epics could still pull crowds into multiplexes. \u2014 WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "A decade or so later, McDonald\u2019s rethought him rather significantly, reduced his arms by two, dropped the epithet from his name and turned him into Ronald McDonald\u2019s dopey sidekick. \u2014 Abram Brown, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204841"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": double sense 2a",
      ": alter ego sense 1b",
      ": a person who has the same name as another",
      ": a ghostly counterpart (see counterpart sense 3a ) of a living person"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-p\u0259l-\u02ccga\u014b-\u0259r",
      "-\u02ccge\u014b-",
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      "-\u02c8ge\u014b-"
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      "carbon",
      "carbon copy",
      "clone",
      "counterpart",
      "double",
      "duplicate",
      "duplication",
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      "likeness",
      "look-alike",
      "match",
      "mirror image",
      "picture",
      "replica",
      "ringer",
      "spit",
      "spitting image",
      "twin"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "In the story, the character is haunted by a doppelg\u00e4nger .",
      "at the mall today I saw someone who could be your doppelg\u00e4nger",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The second character, cousin Colton, is Constance\u2019s doppelganger and a Gen-Z, TikTok-loving, crypto enthusiast counterpart from New York, who now lives in between his cousin Constance\u2019s mansions and his own pad in Beverly Hills. \u2014 Gustaf Lundberg Toresson, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
      "Jon-El sees his doppelganger and tries to take him down while Jordan tries to step in and mediate. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
      "All the matches are striking in their way, but there\u2019s something especially doppelganger -y about N\u00e9lisse and Lynskey. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Jan. 2022",
      "The Knot, with 86% of 5,000 respondents in the US preferring them as engagement rings' center stone, and diamond doppelganger moissanite the next most popular option. \u2014 Jacqui Palumbo, CNN , 20 Dec. 2021",
      "Amid the visual spectacle, Rift Apart also draws a surprising amount of emotional depth from Ratchet's interactions with Rivet, a female doppelganger who is also his first encounter with another member of his species. \u2014 Ars Staff, Ars Technica , 26 Dec. 2021",
      "The story even went international at one point, with Ellis seeing a doppelganger of Dear David in Japan. \u2014 Jeva Lange, The Week , 25 June 2021",
      "Naples \u2014 though the unassuming Fabietto (Chalamet doppelganger Filippo Scotti) often feels less like the star than a linchpin in a narrative that swings freely between comedy and tragedy, melodrama and memory play. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 3 Dec. 2021",
      "And then, authorities link what seems to be a doppelganger of the husband to the case. \u2014 CBS News , 20 Jan. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"German Doppelg\u00e4nger , from doppel- double + -g\u00e4nger goer",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1851, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225334"
  },
  "dork":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an odd, socially awkward, unstylish person",
      ": an annoyingly stupid or foolish person : jerk sense 1a"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022frk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bookworm",
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      "weenie",
      "wonk"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "I look like a complete dork in these clothes.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Their onscreen chemistry is a balm to the millennial soul\u2014the filthy comic, and the ultimate hipster dork of our teens and 20s, united. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "However, much like the lovable dork that came before him, that doesn\u2019t mean that he can\u2019t be redeemed down the line. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Dornan's inner comedy dork \u2014 on a par with Andrew Garfield's inner musical nerd unleashed in Tick, Tick\u2026Boom! \u2014 would not be denied. \u2014 Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Erskine played Maya with an alpha dork 's tense confidence, always unsure if people were laughing at her or with her. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "And she can\u2019t be faulted for breaking character after being face to face with surprise guest Stewart, who donned a wig and braces to play a Grateful Dead loving dork . \u2014 Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY , 8 Dec. 2021",
      "Described as your dorky next door neighbor who grew up to be hot but couldn\u2019t shake being a dork , Daniel is an investigator at Jax\u2019s law firm. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "But everyone will likely recognize the conundrum posed by the dork -adjacent Dennis ( Ryan Hansen ), who meets Andrea on a flight back to Los Angeles from New York and is immediately smitten. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 22 June 2021",
      "When their story begins, Jeanette is your typical dork while Kate is living her best Cher Horowitz life. \u2014 Jessica Radloff, Glamour , 21 Apr. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"perhaps alteration of dick ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1965, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182752"
  },
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    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "foolishly stupid clueless"
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    "pronounciation":"\u02c8d\u022fr-k\u0113",
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      "airheaded",
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      "bonehead",
      "boneheaded",
      "brain-dead",
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      "chuckleheaded",
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      "soft",
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      "stupid",
      "thick",
      "thick-witted",
      "thickheaded",
      "unintelligent",
      "unsmart",
      "vacuous",
      "weak-minded",
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      "hyperintelligent",
      "intelligent",
      "keen",
      "nimble",
      "quick",
      "quick-witted",
      "sharp",
      "sharp-witted",
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      "supersmart",
      "ultrasmart"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "she's always being embarrassed by her dorky cousins",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "El, Will, Mike, Lucas, Dustin and Sam have outgrown their dorky -cute phase. \u2014 Lorraine Alitelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
      "But longer shorts are making a stab at acceptability again in ways that some men welcome and other men consider irredeemably dorky . \u2014 Jamie Waters, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
      "The result, as Pickman accurately points out, was that endurance road rigs always had a dorky rep as an old man\u2019s bike. \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Outside Online , 30 Aug. 2021",
      "But unlike the first film, Sonic 2 has a daft sense of fun that feels totally self-assured, a proper blend of kid-friendly gags and deeply dorky world building, complete with post-credit sequences and ever-expanding lore. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Meet Mei Lee, a dorky 13-year-old torn between remaining a dutiful daughter to her overprotective mother and the chaos of adolescence. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "That Leonard is better suited to Sandra seems obvious until Michelle takes him out for the night, and this shlumpy, melancholic man dives onto the dance floor to show off some dorky but ambitious moves. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "As the cheerfully dorky best friend of Greg, the titular wimpy kid, Rowley emanates inborn self-acceptance\u2014a pointed contrast to Greg\u2019s flailing efforts to become the coolest boy in middle school. \u2014 Julian Towers, The New Yorker , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "Turning Red introduces Mei Lee, voiced by Rosalie Chiang, as a confident, dorky 13-year-old torn between staying her mother\u2019s dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1970, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": foolishly stupid : clueless"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fr-k\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "airheaded",
      "birdbrained",
      "bonehead",
      "boneheaded",
      "brain-dead",
      "brainless",
      "bubbleheaded",
      "chuckleheaded",
      "dense",
      "dim",
      "dim-witted",
      "doltish",
      "dopey",
      "dopy",
      "dull",
      "dumb",
      "dunderheaded",
      "empty-headed",
      "fatuous",
      "gormless",
      "half-witted",
      "knuckleheaded",
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      "lamebrained",
      "lunkheaded",
      "mindless",
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      "obtuse",
      "opaque",
      "pinheaded",
      "senseless",
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      "slow",
      "slow-witted",
      "soft",
      "softheaded",
      "stupid",
      "thick",
      "thick-witted",
      "thickheaded",
      "unintelligent",
      "unsmart",
      "vacuous",
      "weak-minded",
      "witless"
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      "apt",
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      "bright",
      "brilliant",
      "clever",
      "fast",
      "hyperintelligent",
      "intelligent",
      "keen",
      "nimble",
      "quick",
      "quick-witted",
      "sharp",
      "sharp-witted",
      "smart",
      "supersmart",
      "ultrasmart"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "she's always being embarrassed by her dorky cousins",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "El, Will, Mike, Lucas, Dustin and Sam have outgrown their dorky -cute phase. \u2014 Lorraine Alitelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
      "But longer shorts are making a stab at acceptability again in ways that some men welcome and other men consider irredeemably dorky . \u2014 Jamie Waters, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
      "The result, as Pickman accurately points out, was that endurance road rigs always had a dorky rep as an old man\u2019s bike. \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Outside Online , 30 Aug. 2021",
      "But unlike the first film, Sonic 2 has a daft sense of fun that feels totally self-assured, a proper blend of kid-friendly gags and deeply dorky world building, complete with post-credit sequences and ever-expanding lore. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Meet Mei Lee, a dorky 13-year-old torn between remaining a dutiful daughter to her overprotective mother and the chaos of adolescence. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "That Leonard is better suited to Sandra seems obvious until Michelle takes him out for the night, and this shlumpy, melancholic man dives onto the dance floor to show off some dorky but ambitious moves. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "As the cheerfully dorky best friend of Greg, the titular wimpy kid, Rowley emanates inborn self-acceptance\u2014a pointed contrast to Greg\u2019s flailing efforts to become the coolest boy in middle school. \u2014 Julian Towers, The New Yorker , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "Turning Red introduces Mei Lee, voiced by Rosalie Chiang, as a confident, dorky 13-year-old torn between staying her mother\u2019s dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1970, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222702"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of being dormant"
    ],
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      "\u02c8d\u022fr-m\u0259n(t)-s\u0113"
    ],
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      "abeyance",
      "cold storage",
      "deep freeze",
      "doldrums",
      "holding pattern",
      "latency",
      "moratorium",
      "quiescence",
      "suspended animation",
      "suspense",
      "suspension"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "continuance",
      "continuation"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "some volcanoes have eruptive cycles marked by long stretches of dormancy",
      "a fighting force that could be roused instantly from dormancy to action",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The timing was disastrous for sites where vulnerable grape buds were emerging from winter dormancy . \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Only one percent of mink breeders in Denmark applied for dormancy compensation, while the vast majority of them consider closing their business, revealed the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration. \u2014 Daniela De Lorenzo, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "One of those areas of interest is in in reaching big, live crowds at sports events, concerts and the like, after a period of dormancy spurred by the recent coronavirus pandemic. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "The commission\u2019s dormancy also has caught the attention of Supreme Court justices who have raised concerns about the body\u2019s inability to fulfill its responsibilities. \u2014 Deanna Paul, WSJ , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "However, the rules under CAA have not been notified yet, leaving the law in a state of dormancy . \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz , 9 May 2022",
      "Chang says violence toward Asian Americans occurs in cycles punctuated by dormancy . \u2014 Ashley Vaughan, CNN , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Note that when dormancy ends, grass leaves that have turned brown won't revive, but new leaves will appear. \u2014 Lynn Coulter, Better Homes & Gardens , 12 July 2021",
      "Plants overwintering in pots can be sheltered a bit near a wall or windbreak, but don\u2019t bring them inside as the interruption of dormancy may detriment their health. \u2014 Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun , 17 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1789, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174718"
  },
  "doss":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to sleep or bed down in a convenient place",
      ": a crude or makeshift bed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fs",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bed",
      "crash",
      "retire",
      "turn in"
    ],
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      "bed",
      "bunk",
      "hay",
      "kip",
      "lair",
      "pad",
      "rack",
      "sack"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "the living room couch was my doss for the weekend I spent at my friend's Lake District cottage",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Recent commitments such as the billion doses promised to poor countries after the G7, or Canada\u2019s latest announcement of a 10 million doss donation, are steps in the right direction but continue to be insufficient. \u2014 Annalisa Merelli, Quartz , 17 Aug. 2021",
      "Recent commitments such as the billion doses promised to poor countries after the G7, or Canada\u2019s latest announcement of a 10 million doss donation, are steps in the right direction but continue to be insufficient. \u2014 Annalisa Merelli, Quartz , 17 Aug. 2021",
      "Recent commitments such as the billion doses promised to poor countries after the G7, or Canada\u2019s latest announcement of a 10 million doss donation, are steps in the right direction but continue to be insufficient. \u2014 Annalisa Merelli, Quartz , 17 Aug. 2021",
      "Recent commitments such as the billion doses promised to poor countries after the G7, or Canada\u2019s latest announcement of a 10 million doss donation, are steps in the right direction but continue to be insufficient. \u2014 Annalisa Merelli, Quartz , 17 Aug. 2021",
      "Recent commitments such as the billion doses promised to poor countries after the G7, or Canada\u2019s latest announcement of a 10 million doss donation, are steps in the right direction but continue to be insufficient. \u2014 Annalisa Merelli, Quartz , 17 Aug. 2021",
      "Recent commitments such as the billion doses promised to poor countries after the G7, or Canada\u2019s latest announcement of a 10 million doss donation, are steps in the right direction but continue to be insufficient. \u2014 Annalisa Merelli, Quartz , 17 Aug. 2021",
      "Recent commitments such as the billion doses promised to poor countries after the G7, or Canada\u2019s latest announcement of a 10 million doss donation, are steps in the right direction but continue to be insufficient. \u2014 Annalisa Merelli, Quartz , 17 Aug. 2021",
      "Recent commitments such as the billion doses promised to poor countries after the G7, or Canada\u2019s latest announcement of a 10 million doss donation, are steps in the right direction but continue to be insufficient. \u2014 Annalisa Merelli, Quartz , 17 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "circa 1785, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "circa 1789, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223712"
  },
  "dote (on)":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to give a lot of love or attention to (someone or something)"
    ],
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    "antonyms":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193659"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective ()",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": mentally unbalanced : crazy",
      ": amiably eccentric",
      ": being obsessed or infatuated",
      ": amusingly absurd : ridiculous",
      ": composed of or marked by dots"
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      "\u02c8d\u00e4-t\u0113"
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      "absurd",
      "asinine",
      "balmy",
      "brainless",
      "bubbleheaded",
      "cockeyed",
      "crackpot",
      "crazy",
      "cuckoo",
      "daffy",
      "daft",
      "dippy",
      "fatuous",
      "featherheaded",
      "fool",
      "foolish",
      "half-baked",
      "half-witted",
      "harebrained",
      "inept",
      "insane",
      "jerky",
      "kooky",
      "kookie",
      "loony",
      "looney",
      "lunatic",
      "lunkheaded",
      "mad",
      "nonsensical",
      "nutty",
      "preposterous",
      "sappy",
      "screwball",
      "senseless",
      "silly",
      "simpleminded",
      "stupid",
      "tomfool",
      "unwise",
      "wacky",
      "whacky",
      "weak-minded",
      "witless",
      "zany"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "judicious",
      "prudent",
      "sagacious",
      "sage",
      "sane",
      "sapient",
      "sensible",
      "sound",
      "wise"
    ],
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    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective (1)",
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      "Adjective (1)",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adjective (2)",
      "1860, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174546"
  },
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    "type":"adjective (1)",
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      "mentally unbalanced crazy",
      "amiably eccentric",
      "being obsessed or infatuated",
      "amusingly absurd ridiculous",
      "composed of or marked by dots"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8d\u00e4-t\u0113",
    "synonyms":[
      "absurd",
      "asinine",
      "balmy",
      "brainless",
      "bubbleheaded",
      "cockeyed",
      "crackpot",
      "crazy",
      "cuckoo",
      "daffy",
      "daft",
      "dippy",
      "fatuous",
      "featherheaded",
      "fool",
      "foolish",
      "half-baked",
      "half-witted",
      "harebrained",
      "inept",
      "insane",
      "jerky",
      "kooky",
      "kookie",
      "loony",
      "looney",
      "lunatic",
      "lunkheaded",
      "mad",
      "nonsensical",
      "nutty",
      "preposterous",
      "sappy",
      "screwball",
      "senseless",
      "silly",
      "simpleminded",
      "stupid",
      "tomfool",
      "unwise",
      "wacky",
      "whacky",
      "weak-minded",
      "witless",
      "zany"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "judicious",
      "prudent",
      "sagacious",
      "sage",
      "sane",
      "sapient",
      "sensible",
      "sound",
      "wise"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective (1)",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adjective (2)",
      "1860, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "double Dutch":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": unintelligible language",
      ": the jumping of two jump ropes rotating in opposite directions simultaneously"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "abracadabra",
      "babble",
      "blabber",
      "burble",
      "double-talk",
      "drivel",
      "gabble",
      "gibber",
      "gibberish",
      "jabber",
      "jabberwocky",
      "mumbo jumbo",
      "nonsense",
      "prattle",
      "slobber"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The girls were playing double Dutch on the sidewalk.",
      "the fast-talking con man spouts some double Dutch , and it is only afterwards that the victim realizes that he's given two twenties for a ten"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1876, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222947"
  },
  "double bind":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a psychological predicament in which a person receives from a single source conflicting messages that allow no appropriate response to be made",
      ": dilemma sense 1",
      ": a psychological predicament in which a person receives from a single source conflicting messages that allow no appropriate response to be made"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259b-\u0259l-\u02c8b\u012bnd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "catch-22",
      "dilemma",
      "quandary"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the double bind faced by every politician: responding to scurrilous charges only gives them unwarranted publicity; not responding to such charges is often interpreted as an admission of guilt",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Caught in the double bind of toxic masculinity and a racist revolving-door carceral system, where does the buck stop? \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
      "Compounded by the expectation that Black women are expected to ceaselessly perform labor for society\u2019s comfort or entertainment, famous athletes like Osaka and the Williams sisters are in a double bind due to their notoriety and talent. \u2014 SELF , 8 May 2022",
      "This double bind can be a cause for friction yet is avoidable. \u2014 Dr. Ruth Gotian, Forbes , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "Two statements that represent a terrific double bind \u2014a rope thrown by one black woman to constrict another, that surely ends up constricting them both. \u2014 Zadie Smith, The New York Review of Books , 27 Feb. 2020",
      "Shaving is somewhat of a double bind for trans girls. \u2014 Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard, Allure , 30 June 2021",
      "Febos added that the likeability trap places girls in a double bind where they are expected to manage their reputation and maintain purity, yet please everyone. \u2014 Kyv Editorial Staff, NBC News , 25 May 2021",
      "Bradley proves herself sensitive to the double bind of addiction and incarceration throughout her documentary, which follows Sibil Fox Richardson\u2019s efforts to free her husband from prison. \u2014 Jonathan W. Gray, The New Republic , 21 Apr. 2021",
      "The double bind deepens when Dana learns that this survival depends on Rufus\u2019s enslavement and rape of a free Black woman named Alice. \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 8 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1956, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210242"
  },
  "double-barreled":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having two barrels mounted side by side or one beneath the other",
      ": twofold",
      ": having a double purpose"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0259-b\u0259l-\u02c8ber-\u0259ld",
      "-\u02c8ba-r\u0259ld"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "binary",
      "bipartite",
      "double",
      "double-edged",
      "dual",
      "duplex",
      "twin",
      "twofold"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "single"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1709, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194354"
  },
  "double-edged":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having two cutting edges",
      ": having two components or aspects",
      ": capable of being taken in two ways"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0259-b\u0259l-\u02c8ejd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "binary",
      "bipartite",
      "double",
      "double-barreled",
      "dual",
      "duplex",
      "twin",
      "twofold"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "single"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200620"
  },
  "double-faced":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": hypocritical , two-faced",
      ": having two faces or sides designed for use",
      ": finished on both sides : reversible"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0259-b\u0259l-\u02c8f\u0101st"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "artificial",
      "backhanded",
      "counterfeit",
      "double",
      "double-dealing",
      "fake",
      "feigned",
      "hypocritical",
      "insincere",
      "Janus-faced",
      "jive",
      "left-handed",
      "lip",
      "mealy",
      "mealymouthed",
      "Pecksniffian",
      "phony",
      "phoney",
      "phony-baloney",
      "phoney-baloney",
      "pretended",
      "two-faced",
      "unctuous"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "artless",
      "candid",
      "genuine",
      "heartfelt",
      "honest",
      "sincere",
      "undesigning",
      "unfeigned"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1577, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191837"
  },
  "doubt":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to call into question the truth of to be uncertain or in doubt about",
      "to lack confidence in distrust",
      "to consider unlikely",
      "fear",
      "suspect",
      "to be uncertain",
      "a lack of confidence distrust",
      "an inclination not to believe or accept",
      "uncertainty of belief or opinion that often interferes with decision-making",
      "a deliberate suspension of judgment",
      "a state of affairs giving rise to uncertainty, hesitation, or suspense",
      "doubtless entry 1",
      "to be uncertain about",
      "to lack confidence in",
      "to consider unlikely",
      "a feeling of being uncertain",
      "a reason for disbelief",
      "the condition of being undecided",
      "a lack of trust"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8dau\u0307t",
    "synonyms":[
      "distrust",
      "misdoubt",
      "mistrust",
      "question",
      "suspect"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "distrust",
      "distrustfulness",
      "dubiety",
      "dubitation",
      "incertitude",
      "misdoubt",
      "misgiving",
      "mistrust",
      "mistrustfulness",
      "query",
      "reservation",
      "skepticism",
      "suspicion",
      "uncertainty"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "Navarro\u2019s reports were presented to state lawmakers as reasons to doubt or challenge election results. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
      "Johnson says this double exclusion can lead to feelings of loneliness and cause bisexual people to doubt or question their identity. \u2014 Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
      "Those who followed his work with WWE never had to doubt his comedic chops, but Bay wrestled more quips and physical humor out of him, even as the film (which is quite unpleasant) didn\u2019t reach the height of its ambitions. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 2 May 2022",
      "Authorities began to doubt that Suzanne even took a bike ride, especially after her sunglasses and hydration backpack were found in her car. \u2014 CBS News , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "But two decades later, lead investigator Paul Carey began to doubt inconsistencies in the stories and re-investigated his own case \u2014 as evidence surfaced that brought the entire story into question. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "While very few completely doubt the efficacy of listening, many leaders fail to see the remarkable value of being an excellent listener. \u2014 Jack Zenger, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "Much has been made of Leto and Hathaway\u2019s chemistry in playing a couple in a relationship that might be considered toxic, but viewers never doubt their passion for one another. \u2014 Jenelle Riley, Variety , 19 May 2022",
      "Politics may be left to the government, but few doubt the importance of these occasions. \u2014 Tom Parker Bowles, Town & Country , 15 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "For many workers, the sudden cutbacks have been jarring and cast doubt on the future of the industry. \u2014 Jennifer Korn, CNN , 16 June 2022",
      "However, Ripley\u2019s on Thursday attempted to cast doubt on the images. \u2014 Nardine Saadstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
      "Some of the rioters cast doubt on the voting process, with some naming Dominion voting machines that Trump baselessly criticized. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
      "There are enough variables in racing to cast doubt on any outcome. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel , 12 June 2022",
      "They might be motivated to interfere in the administration of future elections or simply use their position to cast doubt on the results. \u2014 Christina A. Cassidy And Scott Sonner, Anchorage Daily News , 12 June 2022",
      "The movie relies on a flawed analysis of that cellphone data and makes several leaps of logic to cast doubt on the election results, reported The Associated Press. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
      "The absences have cast doubt on the relevance of a summit that was meant to demonstrate cooperation among neighbors but has instead loudly broadcast rifts in a region that is increasingly willing to defy American leadership. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
      "Sussman, working at the foot-soldier level, was even better; where other editors on a story so difficult might have cast doubt upon the fragments the young reporters were bringing in, Sussman offered only constant encouragement. \u2014 Joshua Benton, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3a",
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to call into question the truth of : to be uncertain or in doubt about",
      ": to lack confidence in : distrust",
      ": to consider unlikely",
      ": fear",
      ": suspect",
      ": to be uncertain",
      ": a lack of confidence : distrust",
      ": an inclination not to believe or accept",
      ": uncertainty of belief or opinion that often interferes with decision-making",
      ": a deliberate suspension of judgment",
      ": a state of affairs giving rise to uncertainty, hesitation, or suspense",
      ": doubtless entry 1",
      ": to be uncertain about",
      ": to lack confidence in",
      ": to consider unlikely",
      ": a feeling of being uncertain",
      ": a reason for disbelief",
      ": the condition of being undecided",
      ": a lack of trust"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307t",
      "\u02c8dau\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "distrust",
      "misdoubt",
      "mistrust",
      "question",
      "suspect"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "distrust",
      "distrustfulness",
      "dubiety",
      "dubitation",
      "incertitude",
      "misdoubt",
      "misgiving",
      "mistrust",
      "mistrustfulness",
      "query",
      "reservation",
      "skepticism",
      "suspicion",
      "uncertainty"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Navarro\u2019s reports were presented to state lawmakers as reasons to doubt or challenge election results. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
      "Johnson says this double exclusion can lead to feelings of loneliness and cause bisexual people to doubt or question their identity. \u2014 Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
      "Those who followed his work with WWE never had to doubt his comedic chops, but Bay wrestled more quips and physical humor out of him, even as the film (which is quite unpleasant) didn\u2019t reach the height of its ambitions. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 2 May 2022",
      "Authorities began to doubt that Suzanne even took a bike ride, especially after her sunglasses and hydration backpack were found in her car. \u2014 CBS News , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "But two decades later, lead investigator Paul Carey began to doubt inconsistencies in the stories and re-investigated his own case \u2014 as evidence surfaced that brought the entire story into question. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "While very few completely doubt the efficacy of listening, many leaders fail to see the remarkable value of being an excellent listener. \u2014 Jack Zenger, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "Much has been made of Leto and Hathaway\u2019s chemistry in playing a couple in a relationship that might be considered toxic, but viewers never doubt their passion for one another. \u2014 Jenelle Riley, Variety , 19 May 2022",
      "Politics may be left to the government, but few doubt the importance of these occasions. \u2014 Tom Parker Bowles, Town & Country , 15 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "For many workers, the sudden cutbacks have been jarring and cast doubt on the future of the industry. \u2014 Jennifer Korn, CNN , 16 June 2022",
      "However, Ripley\u2019s on Thursday attempted to cast doubt on the images. \u2014 Nardine Saadstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
      "Some of the rioters cast doubt on the voting process, with some naming Dominion voting machines that Trump baselessly criticized. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
      "There are enough variables in racing to cast doubt on any outcome. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel , 12 June 2022",
      "They might be motivated to interfere in the administration of future elections or simply use their position to cast doubt on the results. \u2014 Christina A. Cassidy And Scott Sonner, Anchorage Daily News , 12 June 2022",
      "The movie relies on a flawed analysis of that cellphone data and makes several leaps of logic to cast doubt on the election results, reported The Associated Press. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
      "The absences have cast doubt on the relevance of a summit that was meant to demonstrate cooperation among neighbors but has instead loudly broadcast rifts in a region that is increasingly willing to defy American leadership. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
      "Sussman, working at the foot-soldier level, was even better; where other editors on a story so difficult might have cast doubt upon the fragments the young reporters were bringing in, Sussman offered only constant encouragement. \u2014 Joshua Benton, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3a",
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185253"
  },
  "doubtless":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": without doubt",
      ": probably",
      ": free from doubt : certain",
      ": without doubt or with very little doubt"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307t-l\u0259s",
      "\u02c8dau\u0307t-l\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "all right",
      "alright",
      "assuredly",
      "certainly",
      "clearly",
      "definitely",
      "easily",
      "forsooth",
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      "Adverb",
      "she is doubtless the one and only girl for me",
      "doubtless you have heard this story before, but I'll tell it anyway",
      "Adjective",
      "another one of his doubtless predictions that will never come true",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "Anne Hathaway will doubtless have more chapters in her fashion story, but for now her narrative spells out one thing: confidence. \u2014 Alice Newbold, Vogue , 13 June 2022",
      "The war will doubtless turn Ukraine into an emptied land\u2014how many of the millions who left even before this war started would go back? \u2014 Elliot Kaufman, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
      "The war will doubtless turn Ukraine into an emptied land\u2014how many of the millions who left even before this war started would go back? \u2014 Elliot Kaufman, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
      "Liberties are doubtless taken, which is perfectly fine as long as the story gets at the spirit of the truth. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "John Roberts\u2019s vote may be one of the last mysteries in a decision that, after thePolitico leak, will doubtless furnish few surprises. \u2014 Emily Cooke, The New Republic , 6 May 2022",
      "The war will doubtless turn Ukraine into an emptied land\u2014how many of the millions who left even before this war started would go back? \u2014 WSJ , 4 May 2022",
      "Gurman also predicts that the iPhone Health app may add new sleep tracking, women\u2019s health features and medication tracking, all doubtless integrated with its most intimate gadget, the Apple Watch. \u2014 David Phelan, Forbes , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "Some feature the trending astronaut bubble window (such as the Lollimeow Pet Carrier Backpack, which any cat lover has doubtless seen on Instagram), while others are covered in sizable, strong breathable mesh panels made of anti-scratch material. \u2014 Malia Griggs, SELF , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Part of it is doubtless the enchanted, silvery atmosphere of Severance, but there is always a sense of occasion when this orchestra performs. \u2014 New York Times , 22 May 2022",
      "The Interior Department identified more than 500 deaths at 19 schools, though that figure is doubtless a vast undercount. \u2014 Jeff Gammage, Anchorage Daily News , 13 May 2022",
      "It\u2019s not surprising which side the album is better remembered for, though, and the end product is doubtless one of the most unforgettable albums of its era anyway. \u2014 Andrew Unterberger, Billboard , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Part of the reason is doubtless because, as any time spent studying neuroscience will show you, our knowledge of the brain is in its infancy. \u2014 Michael W. Clune, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "Although finding a definitive pancake definition is difficult, and doubtless contentious, here are some of the very best pancakes around the world. \u2014 Chris Dwyer, CNN , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "This kind of work is doubtless more difficult, and less self-satisfying, than advancing brilliant legal and ethical arguments or marching on the steps of the Supreme Court. \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "The audience watching the Super Bowl pregame show is of course different, and certainly more eclectic, than the audience that watches nightly broadcast news reports or morning shows, though there\u2019s doubtless crossover. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "Whereas the sponsors of Resolution 37/43 had their eyes open, Amnesty International\u2019s leaders doubtless have their eyes shut. \u2014 Elliot Kaufman, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2022"
    ],
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      "adverb",
      "noun"
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      "definitely",
      "easily",
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      "hands down",
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      "sure",
      "surely",
      "truly",
      "unarguably",
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      "undoubtedly",
      "unquestionably"
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      "sure"
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      "Adverb",
      "she is doubtless the one and only girl for me",
      "doubtless you have heard this story before, but I'll tell it anyway",
      "Adjective",
      "another one of his doubtless predictions that will never come true",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "Anne Hathaway will doubtless have more chapters in her fashion story, but for now her narrative spells out one thing: confidence. \u2014 Alice Newbold, Vogue , 13 June 2022",
      "The war will doubtless turn Ukraine into an emptied land\u2014how many of the millions who left even before this war started would go back? \u2014 Elliot Kaufman, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
      "The war will doubtless turn Ukraine into an emptied land\u2014how many of the millions who left even before this war started would go back? \u2014 Elliot Kaufman, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
      "Liberties are doubtless taken, which is perfectly fine as long as the story gets at the spirit of the truth. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "John Roberts\u2019s vote may be one of the last mysteries in a decision that, after thePolitico leak, will doubtless furnish few surprises. \u2014 Emily Cooke, The New Republic , 6 May 2022",
      "The war will doubtless turn Ukraine into an emptied land\u2014how many of the millions who left even before this war started would go back? \u2014 WSJ , 4 May 2022",
      "Gurman also predicts that the iPhone Health app may add new sleep tracking, women\u2019s health features and medication tracking, all doubtless integrated with its most intimate gadget, the Apple Watch. \u2014 David Phelan, Forbes , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "Some feature the trending astronaut bubble window (such as the Lollimeow Pet Carrier Backpack, which any cat lover has doubtless seen on Instagram), while others are covered in sizable, strong breathable mesh panels made of anti-scratch material. \u2014 Malia Griggs, SELF , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Part of it is doubtless the enchanted, silvery atmosphere of Severance, but there is always a sense of occasion when this orchestra performs. \u2014 New York Times , 22 May 2022",
      "The Interior Department identified more than 500 deaths at 19 schools, though that figure is doubtless a vast undercount. \u2014 Jeff Gammage, Anchorage Daily News , 13 May 2022",
      "It\u2019s not surprising which side the album is better remembered for, though, and the end product is doubtless one of the most unforgettable albums of its era anyway. \u2014 Andrew Unterberger, Billboard , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Part of the reason is doubtless because, as any time spent studying neuroscience will show you, our knowledge of the brain is in its infancy. \u2014 Michael W. Clune, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "Although finding a definitive pancake definition is difficult, and doubtless contentious, here are some of the very best pancakes around the world. \u2014 Chris Dwyer, CNN , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "This kind of work is doubtless more difficult, and less self-satisfying, than advancing brilliant legal and ethical arguments or marching on the steps of the Supreme Court. \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "The audience watching the Super Bowl pregame show is of course different, and certainly more eclectic, than the audience that watches nightly broadcast news reports or morning shows, though there\u2019s doubtless crossover. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "Whereas the sponsors of Resolution 37/43 had their eyes open, Amnesty International\u2019s leaders doubtless have their eyes shut. \u2014 Elliot Kaufman, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2022"
    ],
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      "noun"
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      ": a mixture that consists essentially of flour or meal and a liquid (such as milk or water) and is stiff enough to knead or roll",
      ": something resembling dough especially in consistency",
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    "examples":[
      "I don't have much dough .",
      "didn't have to spend a lot of dough for a new stereo",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The resulting dough is wet and pipable and puffs up when baked. \u2014 Foren Clark, CNN , 30 May 2022",
      "While the main ingredient \u2013 wheat flour \u2013 is the same, Afghan bakers hand-shape the dough , rather than rolling it out, and their use of a tandoor results in large, pillowy rounds. \u2014 Shefali Rafiq, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 May 2022",
      "The dough is cold fermented for 48 hours before getting fired up in the impressive Neapolitan wood-burning oven perched at the back of the restaurant. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 25 May 2022",
      "For biscotti, the dough is rolled into logs and given a spell in the oven, then cooled, sliced and slotted back in. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
      "Milk, eggs and butter enrich the dough for these buns that will soak up all those delectable burger juices. \u2014 Becky Krystal, Washington Post , 21 May 2022",
      "Brenda and Lee will teach you how to make the wheat dough from scratch and then prepare the noodles in two ways\u2014BiangBiang (broad, belt-like noodles) and Xinjiang Lamian (thin, strand-like noodles)\u2014before dressing them in a hot and sour sauce. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 13 May 2022",
      "The dough for pinsa is made with a low-gluten mix of wheat and rice flour, cold-fermented for 72 hours, then baked into an oval. \u2014 Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 May 2022",
      "Around noon on Good Friday, Lymar began preparing the dough for her Paska, the traditional egg bread with a soft and airy crumb. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 22 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English doh, dogh, dowe, going back to Old English d\u0101g, going back to Germanic *daiga- (whence Middle Dutch deech \"dough,\" Old High German teig, Old Norse deig, deigr, Gothic daigs ), ablaut derivative from the base of *digan-, *d\u012bgan- \"to knead, shape\" (whence Gothic digan, gadigan \"to knead, form from clay\"), going back to Indo-European *d h ei\u032f\u01f5 h - \"knead, shape\" \u2014 more at feign ",
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      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213653"
  },
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      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
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      ": marked by fearless resolution : valiant"
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      "\u02c8dau\u0307-t\u0113"
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      "bold",
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      "gallant",
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      "gutty",
      "heroic",
      "heroical",
      "intrepid",
      "lionhearted",
      "manful",
      "stalwart",
      "stout",
      "stouthearted",
      "undauntable",
      "undaunted",
      "valiant",
      "valorous"
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      "chicken",
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      "chicken-livered",
      "coward",
      "cowardly",
      "craven",
      "dastardly",
      "fainthearted",
      "fearful",
      "gutless",
      "lily-livered",
      "milk-livered",
      "nerveless",
      "poltroon",
      "poor-spirited",
      "pusillanimous",
      "spineless",
      "spiritless",
      "timorous",
      "uncourageous",
      "ungallant",
      "unheroic",
      "weakhearted",
      "yellow"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the doughty heroes of old",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Despite the ministry\u2019s nimble online work and doughty conventional fighting by Ukraine\u2019s military, Russia's attacks have intensified, and some cities and towns have been captured by Russian forces. \u2014 Wired , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "One foot still in the stirrups, the doughty Englishman was saved by a loose-fitting shoe from being dragged to death. \u2014 Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "Stymied by his dilemma, Bill turns to doughty flight attendant Jo. \u2014 Malcom Forbes Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune , 16 July 2021",
      "There was many a tense moment for George as Elizabeth moped about in tearful martyrdom while her mother and grandmother, the doughty old Queen Mary, fought her battle for her. \u2014 Lily Rothman, Time , 9 Apr. 2021",
      "Portraits of a few of these feckless rotters line the wall on the way to dinner, along with the portrait of another of the doughty women who seem to keep popping up in Yorkshire. \u2014 Joshua Levine, Travel + Leisure , 7 Mar. 2021",
      "These days the doughty turkey has won the loyalty of millions of people for another reason\u2014as a favourite festive-season meal. \u2014 The Economist , 23 Dec. 2020",
      "There has been scant polling in Michigan accounting for the possibility of an Amash candidacy, but what little there is likely sends a shiver through the heart of Biden\u2019s most doughty institutional supporters. \u2014 Jason Linkins, The New Republic , 29 Apr. 2020",
      "One doughty grey-haired woman in a woollen jumper leads her tribe down the broken walkway, her walking stick pointing the way. \u2014 Tom Rowley, 1843 , 6 Mar. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old English dohtig ; akin to Old High German toug is useful, Greek teuchein to make",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223531"
  },
  "dour":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": stern , harsh",
      ": obstinate , unyielding",
      ": gloomy , sullen",
      ": looking or being serious and unfriendly"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307(-\u0259)r",
      "\u02c8du\u0307r",
      "\u02c8dau\u0307r",
      "\u02c8du\u0307r"
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      "austere",
      "fierce",
      "flinty",
      "forbidding",
      "grim",
      "gruff",
      "intimidating",
      "lowering",
      "louring",
      "rough",
      "rugged",
      "severe",
      "stark",
      "steely",
      "stern",
      "ungentle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "benign",
      "benignant",
      "gentle",
      "mild",
      "nonintimidating",
      "tender"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "She had a dour expression on her face.",
      "the dour mood of the crowd",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Even a simple question like double-checking his age unleashes Black's hilariously feisty, often dour sense of humor. \u2014 Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Surveys, however, are showing an increasingly dour mood among consumers through the latest phase of the pandemic combined with the effects of inflation among other developments. \u2014 Sarah Nassauer And Charity L. Scott, WSJ , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "The Russian government gave a dour assessment of U.S. and North Atlantic Treaty Organization proposals seeking to mitigate tensions over Ukraine, while also indicating that talks are likely to continue. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "Henderson, will portray the dour Romeo Travis, while Everage (Cobra Kai) takes on the role as group enforcer Sian Cotton. \u2014 Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 May 2022",
      "There's no comparable emotional arc to Fantastic Beasts, which substitutes a straight line into adulthood for a shapeless origin story populated by dour functionaries. \u2014 A.a. Dowd, The Week , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "The mood seemed dour post-reveal, with Jeong outright glowering and crossing his arms, and eventually walking off during Giuliani\u2019s reprise performance. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Her cheerful provincial sociability contrasts radiantly with Y\u2019s urbanely dour skepticism. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "So chances are high that someone else has a copy and that person might know who the dour pastor is. \u2014 Kris Frieswick, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin durus hard \u2014 more at during ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194103"
  },
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      "noun",
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      "verb",
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    "definitions":[
      ": to plunge into water",
      ": to throw a liquid on : drench",
      ": slosh",
      ": extinguish",
      ": to fall or become plunged into water",
      ": a heavy drenching",
      ": blow , stroke",
      ": to take in : lower , strike",
      ": slacken",
      ": take off , doff",
      ": to stick into water",
      ": to throw a liquid on",
      ": to put out : extinguish"
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      "\u02c8dau\u0307s",
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      "also",
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      "fillip",
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      "pick",
      "plump",
      "poke",
      "pound",
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      "slam",
      "slap",
      "slug",
      "smack",
      "smash",
      "sock",
      "spank",
      "stinger",
      "stripe",
      "stroke",
      "swat",
      "swipe",
      "switch",
      "thud",
      "thump",
      "thwack",
      "wallop",
      "welt",
      "whack",
      "wham",
      "whop",
      "whap"
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      "Verb (1)",
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      "Noun (1)",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182638"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to plunge into water",
      ": to throw a liquid on : drench",
      ": slosh",
      ": extinguish",
      ": to fall or become plunged into water",
      ": a heavy drenching",
      ": blow , stroke",
      ": to take in : lower , strike",
      ": slacken",
      ": take off , doff",
      ": to stick into water",
      ": to throw a liquid on",
      ": to put out : extinguish"
    ],
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      "\u02c8dau\u0307s",
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      "also",
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      "\u02c8dau\u0307s",
      "\u02c8dau\u0307s"
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      "take off"
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      "swipe",
      "switch",
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      "thump",
      "thwack",
      "wallop",
      "welt",
      "whack",
      "wham",
      "whop",
      "whap"
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    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb (1)",
      "1566, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun (1)",
      "1835, in the meaning defined above",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-175702"
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  "dove":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of numerous pigeons",
      ": a small wild pigeon",
      ": a gentle woman or child",
      ": one who takes a conciliatory attitude and advocates negotiations and compromise",
      ": an opponent of war \u2014 compare hawk entry 1",
      ": a bird that is related to the pigeon but usually of somewhat smaller size"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259v",
      "\u02c8d\u014dv",
      "\u02c8d\u0259v"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "pacifist",
      "peacenik"
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    "antonyms":[
      "hawk",
      "jingo",
      "war hawk",
      "warmonger"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The President sided with the doves and worked to avoid war.",
      "the doves were in favor of using the surplus to improve the nation's schools and not its weapons systems",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "As Curry dove to the floor, Boston's Al Horford appeared to fall on Curry's left leg. \u2014 Larry Starks, USA TODAY , 11 June 2022",
      "Vermillion came in for Ramage and Zach Ehrhard hit a line drive that Lanzilli dove to catch in right field. \u2014 Bob Holt, Arkansas Online , 7 June 2022",
      "Other native species on-site include fox, bobcats, dove and turkey. \u2014 Gabriel Romero, Chron , 14 May 2022",
      "The property also boasts of light hunting opportunities for whitetail deer, Axis deer, turkeys, dove and hogs. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Winters was aided in the inspection by his canine colleague Bailey, who is trained to sniff out shark fin, sea turtle shells, red snapper, dove and oysters. \u2014 Zoe Sottile, CNN , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "Stoli has posted several images on its Instagram account to form a dove in the colors of the Ukrainian flag. \u2014 Saabira Chaudhuri, WSJ , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Pieces from Yeezy Gap Engineered by Balenciaga were on sale in the stands, some featuring prints of a flying dove . \u2014 Nick Remsen, Vogue , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Shares of Twitter\u2019s stock dove in response, falling to almost $40, suggesting strong doubt on Wall Street that the deal would ever close. \u2014 Brian Contreras, Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022"
    ],
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    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183806"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
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      ": something resembling a dove's tail",
      ": a flaring tenon and a mortise into which it fits tightly making an interlocking joint between two pieces (as of wood)",
      ": to join by means of dovetails",
      ": to cut to a dovetail",
      ": to fit skillfully to form a whole",
      ": to fit together with",
      ": to fit together into a whole"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259v-\u02cct\u0101l"
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      "accord",
      "agree",
      "answer",
      "check",
      "chord",
      "cohere",
      "coincide",
      "comport",
      "conform",
      "consist",
      "correspond",
      "fit",
      "go",
      "harmonize",
      "jibe",
      "rhyme",
      "rime",
      "sort",
      "square",
      "tally"
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      "differ (from)",
      "disagree (with)"
    ],
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      "Verb",
      "the Union and the Confederate accounts of the battle don't dovetail at all",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "While the law itself allows the cash to be used for a broader set of purposes that could more closely dovetail with the mini-city vision, early conversations between the county and the stadium authority curtails how it would be used. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "That\u2019s where the results of the poll on homelessness dovetail with the Youth Poll. Local governments in Southern California have poured billions of dollars in recent years into housing and services for the region\u2019s homeless population. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Dec. 2021",
      "Because the voice plan\u2019s limitations dovetail with the limitations of using a phone behind the wheel anyway, Apple Music\u2019s voice plan might be best suited for people who spend long stretches in cars. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2021",
      "Harrison is visited a few times by friends like Mukunda Goswami of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness; in late 1971, his interests in Hinduism dovetail with his music in the classic Concert for Bangladesh. \u2014 Craig Jenkins, Vulture , 29 Nov. 2021",
      "In some cases, those requests dovetail with prosecutor offices whose approach to defendants is more lenient than prosecutors have been for decades. \u2014 Peter Nickeas, CNN , 26 Nov. 2021",
      "Sometimes these stories dovetail , as when Trump met with Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager who was recently acquitted after killing two people in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last summer. \u2014 Zachary B. Wolf, CNN , 25 Nov. 2021",
      "There are two reasons, which sort of dovetail into one. \u2014 Jay Adkisson, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
      "Moore connected with Cislaw, a magazine owner with a background in institutional finance, through a mutual friend who saw the dovetail in their respective professional endeavors. \u2014 Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic , 21 Oct. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Kamala\u2019s story to dovetail with the rest of the MCU. \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 7 June 2022",
      "The bills dovetail with a bigger conversation about conserving and smartly using lands for the future. \u2014 Heather Hansman, Outside Online , 29 May 2021",
      "Allowing Trump to return to the platform would dovetail with Musk\u2019s ongoing criticism of how the app approaches free speech. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
      "The proposal would dovetail with the governor's proposal aimed at boosting entry-level salaries for troopers at the Arkansas State Police, Hickey said. \u2014 Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "The group has since grown in size and influence, capturing the attention of Republican officials who recognize it has become a fulcrum for culture war issues that dovetail with education. \u2014 NBC News , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "The approach seems to dovetail with the Building Blocks DC initiative launched last year by D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D), which is billed as a public health effort rather than purely an enforcement strategy. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "The key is to find solutions that dovetail with where the grocery industry is headed: toward a hybrid, omnichannel future, in which customers and store operators alike will move regularly between the digital and physical worlds. \u2014 Orlee Tal, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "This perceived anger behind the wheel seems to dovetail with a surge in fatal crashes across the country in both urban and rural areas. \u2014 Cindy Carcamo Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 17 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1573, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "circa 1656, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211607"
  },
  "dovish":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of numerous pigeons",
      ": a small wild pigeon",
      ": a gentle woman or child",
      ": one who takes a conciliatory attitude and advocates negotiations and compromise",
      ": an opponent of war \u2014 compare hawk entry 1",
      ": a bird that is related to the pigeon but usually of somewhat smaller size"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259v",
      "\u02c8d\u014dv",
      "\u02c8d\u0259v"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "pacifist",
      "peacenik"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "hawk",
      "jingo",
      "war hawk",
      "warmonger"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The President sided with the doves and worked to avoid war.",
      "the doves were in favor of using the surplus to improve the nation's schools and not its weapons systems",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "As Curry dove to the floor, Boston's Al Horford appeared to fall on Curry's left leg. \u2014 Larry Starks, USA TODAY , 11 June 2022",
      "Vermillion came in for Ramage and Zach Ehrhard hit a line drive that Lanzilli dove to catch in right field. \u2014 Bob Holt, Arkansas Online , 7 June 2022",
      "Other native species on-site include fox, bobcats, dove and turkey. \u2014 Gabriel Romero, Chron , 14 May 2022",
      "The property also boasts of light hunting opportunities for whitetail deer, Axis deer, turkeys, dove and hogs. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Winters was aided in the inspection by his canine colleague Bailey, who is trained to sniff out shark fin, sea turtle shells, red snapper, dove and oysters. \u2014 Zoe Sottile, CNN , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "Stoli has posted several images on its Instagram account to form a dove in the colors of the Ukrainian flag. \u2014 Saabira Chaudhuri, WSJ , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Pieces from Yeezy Gap Engineered by Balenciaga were on sale in the stands, some featuring prints of a flying dove . \u2014 Nick Remsen, Vogue , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Shares of Twitter\u2019s stock dove in response, falling to almost $40, suggesting strong doubt on Wall Street that the deal would ever close. \u2014 Brian Contreras, Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173408"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "noun ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby",
      ": lacking smartness or taste",
      ": old-fashioned",
      ": a dowdy woman",
      ": pandowdy",
      ": not neatly or well dressed or cared for",
      ": not stylish"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307-d\u0113",
      "\u02c8dau\u0307-d\u0113"
    ],
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      "blowsy",
      "blowzy",
      "frowsy",
      "frowzy",
      "slobbish",
      "slobby",
      "sloppy",
      "sloven",
      "slovenly",
      "unkempt",
      "untidy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dapper",
      "dashing",
      "dolled up",
      "sharp",
      "smart",
      "spruce"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "She played a dowdy old woman in the film.",
      "the dowdy , beat-up furniture at the cheap motel"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1676, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (1)",
      "1581, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1936, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184639"
  },
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    "type":"adverb",
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      "toward or in a lower physical position",
      "to a lying or sitting position",
      "toward or to the ground, floor, or bottom",
      "as a down payment",
      "on paper",
      "in a direction that is the opposite of up such as",
      "southward",
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      "in or into the stomach",
      "to a lesser degree, level, or rate",
      "to or toward a lower position in a series",
      "to or in a lower or worse condition or status",
      "from a past time",
      "to or in a state of less activity or prominence",
      "to a concentrated state",
      "into defeat",
      "perfectly , completely",
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      "to cause to go or come down (see down entry 1 ) such as",
      "to cause to fall by or as if by shooting bring down sense 1",
      "consume sense 3",
      "to cause (a ball) to be out of play",
      "defeat",
      "to go down",
      "occupying a low position",
      "lying on the ground",
      "directed or going downward",
      "lower in price",
      "not being in play because of wholly stopped progress or because the officials stop the play",
      "defeated or trailing an opponent (as in points scored)",
      "out",
      "reduced or low in activity, frequency, or intensity",
      "not operating or able to function",
      "depressed , dejected",
      "depressing",
      "sick",
      "done , finished",
      "completely mastered",
      "cool sense 7",
      "understanding or supportive of something or someone",
      "being on record",
      "having a low opinion of or dislike for",
      "experiencing misfortune and especially financial distress",
      "descent , depression",
      "an instance of putting down someone (such as an opponent in wrestling)",
      "a complete play to advance the ball",
      "one of a series of four attempts in American football or three attempts in Canadian football to advance the ball 10 yards",
      "dislike , grudge",
      "downer",
      "a fundamental quark that has an electric charge of -\u00b9/\u2083 and that is one of the constituents of a nucleon",
      "an undulating usually treeless upland with sparse soil",
      "a sheep of any breed originating in the downs of southern England",
      "a covering of soft fluffy feathers",
      "these feathers",
      "something soft and fluffy like down",
      "down syndrome",
      "toward or in a lower position",
      "to a lying or sitting position",
      "toward or to the ground, floor, or bottom",
      "below the horizon",
      "to or toward the south",
      "in or into the stomach",
      "as a down payment",
      "on paper",
      "to a lower level or rate",
      "to a weaker or worse condition",
      "from a past time",
      "to or in a state of less activity",
      "in a way that limits movement",
      "from a higher to a lower point of something",
      "along the course or path of",
      "to go or cause to go or come to the ground",
      "eat sense 1",
      "defeat entry 1 sense 2",
      "in a low position",
      "directed or going downward",
      "at a lower level",
      "having a lower score",
      "sad sense 1",
      "not working",
      "finished or completed",
      "learned completely",
      "a low or falling period",
      "a high area of land with low hills and no trees",
      "soft fluffy feathers",
      "small soft hairs",
      "district of southeastern Northern Ireland bordering the Irish Sea; established 1974 area 250 square miles (650 square kilometers), population 69,750",
      "traditional county of southeastern Northern Ireland"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8dau\u0307n",
    "synonyms":[
      "below",
      "downward",
      "downwards",
      "over"
    ],
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      "bowl (down ",
      "drop",
      "fell",
      "floor",
      "knock down",
      "knock over",
      "level",
      "mow (down)",
      "prostrate"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adverb, Preposition, Verb, Adjective, and Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adverb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)",
      "Preposition",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "circa 1586, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "1580, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)",
      "Noun (1)",
      "1647, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (3)",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (4)",
      "1987, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "down and dirty":{
    "type":[
      "adjective or adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": unvarnished",
      ": made or done hastily : not revised or polished",
      ": marked by or given to fierce often unscrupulous competition",
      ": bawdy",
      ": seedy",
      ": relating to or involved with what is crudely basic and practical"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "ad hoc",
      "ad-lib",
      "extemporaneous",
      "extemporary",
      "extempore",
      "impromptu",
      "improvisational",
      "improvised",
      "off-the-cuff",
      "offhand",
      "offhanded",
      "snap",
      "spur-of-the-moment",
      "unconsidered",
      "unplanned",
      "unpremeditated",
      "unprepared",
      "unrehearsed",
      "unstudied"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "considered",
      "planned",
      "premeditated",
      "premeditative",
      "prepared",
      "rehearsed"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With Season 1 now completed on HBO Max, Parham spoke to Variety about getting down and dirty as a liberated woman of the \u201870s. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Few songs have distilled the essence of the down and dirty Sunset Strip life more effectively. \u2014 Jon O'brien, Billboard , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "These are often down and dirty wars of tribal fury, where the fighting itself is what matters. \u2014 David D. Haynes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "The way James decided to shoot it, which is like a documentary with the camera on the shoulder (of the cameraman) shooting these characters, very immediate, down and dirty , really works. \u2014 Angela Dawson, Forbes , 2 Nov. 2021",
      "Gottmik draws her brows sky high on her signature, clown-white face, but her reality TV standards are down and dirty . \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 23 July 2021",
      "The best machine for cleaning upholstery is a spot cleaner, which uses suction and steam to get into even the most down and dirty stains. \u2014 Popular Science , 5 Mar. 2021",
      "In 2020, designing wasn\u2019t about styling or embellishment but about coming up with down and dirty solutions. \u2014 Anne Quito, Quartz , 23 Dec. 2020",
      "The cushions will likely get worn down and dirty the fastest. \u2014 Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored , 17 Dec. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1959, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212038"
  },
  "down in the mouth":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dejected sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "bad",
      "blue",
      "brokenhearted",
      "cast down",
      "crestfallen",
      "dejected",
      "depressed",
      "despondent",
      "disconsolate",
      "doleful",
      "down",
      "downcast",
      "downhearted",
      "droopy",
      "forlorn",
      "gloomy",
      "glum",
      "hangdog",
      "heartbroken",
      "heartsick",
      "heartsore",
      "heavyhearted",
      "inconsolable",
      "joyless",
      "low",
      "low-spirited",
      "melancholic",
      "melancholy",
      "miserable",
      "mournful",
      "sad",
      "saddened",
      "sorrowful",
      "sorry",
      "unhappy",
      "woebegone",
      "woeful",
      "wretched"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "blissful",
      "buoyant",
      "buoyed",
      "cheerful",
      "cheery",
      "chipper",
      "delighted",
      "glad",
      "gladdened",
      "gladsome",
      "gleeful",
      "happy",
      "joyful",
      "joyous",
      "jubilant",
      "sunny",
      "upbeat"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "after a disastrous date like that, anyone would be down in the mouth"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1649, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191848"
  },
  "down(s)":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "two ranges of hills in southeastern England \u2014 see north downs , south downs",
      "roadstead in the English Channel along the east coast of Kent, protected by the Goodwin Sands"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307nz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212644"
  },
  "down-and-out":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": destitute , impoverished",
      ": physically weakened or incapacitated"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u0259n(d)-\u02c8au\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "asthenic",
      "debilitated",
      "delicate",
      "effete",
      "enervated",
      "enfeebled",
      "faint",
      "feeble",
      "frail",
      "infirm",
      "languid",
      "low",
      "prostrate",
      "prostrated",
      "sapped",
      "slight",
      "soft",
      "softened",
      "tender",
      "unsubstantial",
      "wasted",
      "weak",
      "weakened",
      "wimpish",
      "wimpy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "mighty",
      "powerful",
      "rugged",
      "stalwart",
      "stout",
      "strong"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1894, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200544"
  },
  "down-at-heel":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": shabby"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02ccat-\u1e6fh\u0331\u0259-\u02c8h\u0113lz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beat-up",
      "bombed-out",
      "dilapidated",
      "dog-eared",
      "dumpy",
      "grungy",
      "mangy",
      "mean",
      "miserable",
      "moth-eaten",
      "neglected",
      "ratty",
      "run-down",
      "scrubby",
      "scruffy",
      "seedy",
      "shabby",
      "sleazy",
      "tacky",
      "tatterdemalion",
      "tatty",
      "threadbare",
      "timeworn",
      "tumbledown"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1856, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-172901"
  },
  "down-at-heels":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": shabby"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02ccat-\u1e6fh\u0331\u0259-\u02c8h\u0113lz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beat-up",
      "bombed-out",
      "dilapidated",
      "dog-eared",
      "dumpy",
      "grungy",
      "mangy",
      "mean",
      "miserable",
      "moth-eaten",
      "neglected",
      "ratty",
      "run-down",
      "scrubby",
      "scruffy",
      "seedy",
      "shabby",
      "sleazy",
      "tacky",
      "tatterdemalion",
      "tatty",
      "threadbare",
      "timeworn",
      "tumbledown"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1856, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222157"
  },
  "down-at-the-heel":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": shabby"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02ccat-\u1e6fh\u0331\u0259-\u02c8h\u0113lz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beat-up",
      "bombed-out",
      "dilapidated",
      "dog-eared",
      "dumpy",
      "grungy",
      "mangy",
      "mean",
      "miserable",
      "moth-eaten",
      "neglected",
      "ratty",
      "run-down",
      "scrubby",
      "scruffy",
      "seedy",
      "shabby",
      "sleazy",
      "tacky",
      "tatterdemalion",
      "tatty",
      "threadbare",
      "timeworn",
      "tumbledown"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1856, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183002"
  },
  "down-at-the-heels":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": shabby"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02ccat-\u1e6fh\u0331\u0259-\u02c8h\u0113lz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beat-up",
      "bombed-out",
      "dilapidated",
      "dog-eared",
      "dumpy",
      "grungy",
      "mangy",
      "mean",
      "miserable",
      "moth-eaten",
      "neglected",
      "ratty",
      "run-down",
      "scrubby",
      "scruffy",
      "seedy",
      "shabby",
      "sleazy",
      "tacky",
      "tatterdemalion",
      "tatty",
      "threadbare",
      "timeworn",
      "tumbledown"
    ],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1856, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210438"
  },
  "down-market":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": relating or appealing to lower-income consumers"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02ccm\u00e4r-k\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1969, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210921"
  },
  "down-to-earth":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": practical",
      ": unpretentious"
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      "egotistical",
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      "haughty",
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      "hifalutin",
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      "high-handed",
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      "imperious",
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      "overweening",
      "peremptory",
      "pompous",
      "presuming",
      "presumptuous",
      "pretentious",
      "self-asserting",
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      "supercilious",
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    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":[
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
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      ": a sudden fall (as from power)",
      ": a fall (as of snow or rain) especially when sudden or heavy",
      ": something that causes a downfall (as of a person)",
      ": a sudden fall (as from power, happiness, or a high position) or the cause of such a fall"
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      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02ccf\u022fl",
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02ccf\u022fl"
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      "ruin",
      "ruination",
      "undoing"
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    "examples":[
      "Their downfall was the result of several bad decisions.",
      "Bad decision-making was their downfall .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In all versions, collective humanity is responsible for either the downfall or the reconstruction of the planet. \u2014 Deepak Garg, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "There are economic effects, and those have begun to be tangible\u2014however, not to an extent that there is an abrupt downfall in the living standards. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 8 June 2022",
      "In many ways, the documentary suggests, budding distrust of the Soviet handling of the nuclear disaster was the start of the government\u2019s downfall . \u2014 Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 June 2022",
      "The progression of digital currencies will continue despite crypto's recent downfall , Litan said. \u2014 Sheryl Estrada, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
      "The book, series and movie cemented Ness\u2019s image as a tough-talking, gun-toting federal agent, much to the annoyance of some who knew the true story of Capone\u2019s downfall . \u2014 Samantha Drake, Washington Post , 1 June 2022",
      "The downfall of actor Armie Hammer \u2014 as well as that of the Hammer family \u2014 will be the focus of an upcoming special coming to Discovery+. \u2014 Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone , 18 May 2022",
      "Speaking on private convos and praying on mfs downfall . \u2014 oregonlive , 16 May 2022",
      "Or more accurately, ending on the start of the downfall . \u2014 Emma Dibdin, Town & Country , 12 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225732"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": downcast , dejected",
      ": sad sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02c8h\u00e4r-t\u0259d",
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02c8h\u00e4r-t\u0259d"
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      "bad",
      "blue",
      "brokenhearted",
      "cast down",
      "crestfallen",
      "dejected",
      "depressed",
      "despondent",
      "disconsolate",
      "doleful",
      "down",
      "down in the mouth",
      "downcast",
      "droopy",
      "forlorn",
      "gloomy",
      "glum",
      "hangdog",
      "heartbroken",
      "heartsick",
      "heartsore",
      "heavyhearted",
      "inconsolable",
      "joyless",
      "low",
      "low-spirited",
      "melancholic",
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      "miserable",
      "mournful",
      "sad",
      "saddened",
      "sorrowful",
      "sorry",
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      "woeful",
      "wretched"
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      "buoyed",
      "cheerful",
      "cheery",
      "chipper",
      "delighted",
      "glad",
      "gladdened",
      "gladsome",
      "gleeful",
      "happy",
      "joyful",
      "joyous",
      "jubilant",
      "sunny",
      "upbeat"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "downhearted because his best friend was taking a job out of state"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1742, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204610"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": downcast , dejected",
      ": sad sense 1"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02c8h\u00e4r-t\u0259d",
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02c8h\u00e4r-t\u0259d"
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      "bad",
      "blue",
      "brokenhearted",
      "cast down",
      "crestfallen",
      "dejected",
      "depressed",
      "despondent",
      "disconsolate",
      "doleful",
      "down",
      "down in the mouth",
      "downcast",
      "droopy",
      "forlorn",
      "gloomy",
      "glum",
      "hangdog",
      "heartbroken",
      "heartsick",
      "heartsore",
      "heavyhearted",
      "inconsolable",
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      "melancholy",
      "miserable",
      "mournful",
      "sad",
      "saddened",
      "sorrowful",
      "sorry",
      "unhappy",
      "woebegone",
      "woeful",
      "wretched"
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      "cheerful",
      "cheery",
      "chipper",
      "delighted",
      "glad",
      "gladdened",
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      "gleeful",
      "happy",
      "joyful",
      "joyous",
      "jubilant",
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      "downhearted because his best friend was taking a job out of state"
    ],
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1742, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173900"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": toward the bottom of a hill",
      ": toward a worsened or inferior state or level",
      ": a descending slope",
      ": the sport of skiing on downhill trails",
      ": a skiing race against time down a trail",
      ": not difficult : easy",
      ": sloping downhill",
      ": closer to the bottom of an incline",
      ": progressively worse",
      ": relating to, employing, or being a style of running in which a ballcarrier moves powerfully forward into the line of scrimmage and down the field toward the opponent's end zone without a lot of movement toward the sidelines to avoid tacklers",
      ": toward the bottom of a hill",
      ": toward a worse condition",
      ": sloping downward",
      ": having to do with skiing down mountains"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdau\u0307n-\u02c8hil",
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02cchil",
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02cchil",
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02c8hil",
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      "declension",
      "decline",
      "declivity",
      "descent",
      "dip",
      "downgrade",
      "fall",
      "hang",
      "hanging"
    ],
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      "cheap",
      "easy",
      "effortless",
      "facile",
      "fluent",
      "fluid",
      "hands-down",
      "light",
      "painless",
      "ready",
      "royal",
      "simple",
      "smooth",
      "snap",
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "Hawkins, who had diabetes for about 20 years, went downhill over the last few days, his wife told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. \u2014 Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online , 30 May 2022",
      "Pointing her lens at the Tijuana district of Valle San Pedro, Arreola captures what started as a gubernatorial project for sustainable housing that went downhill after the economic setbacks of the Great Recession. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "The fight started poorly for the invaders and went downhill from there. \u2014 Robert Burns, Fortune , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Difficulty: Easy; one moderate climb, but otherwise mostly flat or downhill . \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
      "The closest relative with military experience was her father, who served in the Korean War, but somehow landed a cushy role downhill skiing in the Alps for the Army. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "The crypto market had been chugging downhill since May 4, which perfectly coincides with the Fed\u2019s half-point rate hike. \u2014 Dan Runkevicius, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
      "However, an ocean breeze drove the flames downhill and to the east. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
      "From there, Bitcoin mainly hurtled downhill while bouncing along the way. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 12 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The world\u2019s top female skier didn\u2019t win the downhill or even come close. \u2014 Nathan Fenno, Los Angeles Times , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "This makes sense because skinny skis are uniquely difficult to turn or stop on the downhill yet light and agile enough to hop out of the track on the uphill. \u2014 Outside Online , 26 Mar. 2021",
      "The men's downhill was postponed on Sunday because of high winds. \u2014 Steve Gardner, USA TODAY , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "Shiffrin will race the combined, which is one run of downhill and one run of slalom. \u2014 Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "The combined includes one run of slalom and one run of downhill , with the winner finishing in the fastest total time. \u2014 Rachel Bachman, WSJ , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "But the thrill of the downhill is difficult to replace. \u2014 Nathan Fenno, Los Angeles Times , 5 Feb. 2022",
      "Just let your legs go on this downhill , don\u2019t force it. \u2014 Scott Fauble, Outside Online , 30 Oct. 2019",
      "With bases of three feet or more at many ski resorts throughout the east, spring skiing should prove to be a fun time for all downhill enthusiasts. \u2014 Roger Sands, Forbes , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The former downhill superstar just published a memoir, Rise, earlier this month, detailing a life and career that has included 82 World Cup wins, 20 World Cup titles, three Olympic medals, and seven World Championship medals. \u2014 Alessandra Codinha, Vogue , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "To the unaware, a 6-foot downhill putt at No. 9 looks better than a 20-foot uphiller. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 6 Apr. 2021",
      "Mikaela Shiffrin is 0-for-4 at the Beijing Olympics after finishing 18th in the downhill Tuesday. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "Shiffrin said after the downhill training session Monday. \u2014 Nathan Fenno, Los Angeles Times , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, who leads both the downhill and super-G standings this season, said with a laugh. \u2014 Nancy Armour, USA TODAY , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "In the downhill and super-G, athletes get just one run to record a time. \u2014 Johanna Gretschel, SELF , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "This threatens winter sports such as downhill and cross-country skiing. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Nov. 2021",
      "Connecticut is on the downhill side of a spike in cases that pushed hospitalizations above 1,900 patients and the testing positivity rate to more than 24%. \u2014 Mark Pazniokas, courant.com , 28 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adverb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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      "1535, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191717"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": straight down",
      ": absolutely sense 1a",
      ": forthright",
      ": directed vertically downward",
      ": outright , thorough",
      ": plain , blunt",
      ": really sense 2 , very",
      ": outright entry 2 sense 1 , absolute"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02ccr\u012bt",
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02ccr\u012bt"
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      "abrupt",
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      "blunt",
      "brusque",
      "brusk",
      "crusty",
      "curt",
      "short",
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      "snippy",
      "unceremonious"
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    "antonyms":[
      "circuitous",
      "mealymouthed"
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    "examples":[
      "Adverb",
      "The movie was downright stupid.",
      "It's very difficult, if not downright impossible.",
      "Adjective",
      "rural folks are often known for their downright speech, as they are generally not ones to beat around the bush",
      "that's a downright lie, and you know it",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "Composer Michael Giacchino\u2019s score harks back to '70s and '80s sci-fi TV themes, the animation is downright phenomenal at times, Sox is totally the new Baby Yoda, and the narrative mines a lot of comedy at the expense of the overly serious Buzz. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
      "The duel with the guitarist was remarkable, with the two of them first trading, then meshing into some dissonances that were downright avant-garde. \u2014 Michael J. West, Washington Post , 11 June 2022",
      "Playful dressing ought to be encouraged, if not downright mandatory. \u2014 Kathleen Walsh, Glamour , 9 June 2022",
      "On a day when the Ravens\u2019 passing game was downright awful and more defensive players had touches than receivers because of knocked down passes, rookie tight end Charlie Kolar had two exceptional catches over the middle. \u2014 Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun , 8 June 2022",
      "Testers agreed that the dual-density EVA midsole\u2014softer, low density underfoot and firmer, medium density on the sides\u2014felt downright stiff. \u2014 Cory Smith, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
      "With a tone that was smart, whimsical and occasionally downright silly, Bloom County examined events in politics and culture from the viewpoint of an idyllic small town in Middle America. \u2014 James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "For instance, increasingly popular suggestions to perform self-care can seem downright silly to a responsible employee who is facing deadlines, dilemmas and equivalent distress at home. \u2014 Liz Kislik, Forbes , 15 Oct. 2021",
      "If the rest of Skeletal Lightning, out July 22, is half as full of emo-pop wonder as this single, the album will be downright inspiring. \u2014 Jason Lipshutz, Billboard , 31 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "If Fine Line offered blasts of euphoria, Harry\u2019s House is more downright fun \u2014 a well-rounded, effervescent crowd-pleaser that exhales when past projects tried to gulp air. \u2014 Jason Lipshutz, Billboard , 19 May 2022",
      "Behind the numbers are stories of mentally ill inmates who were neglected, isolated and, in some instances, treated with downright cruelty. \u2014 Jennifer Peebles, ajc , 13 May 2022",
      "The third season definitely unraveled a bit in the second half, leading to mixed or downright negative critical reactions. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 10 May 2022",
      "The idea that diners need to come into restaurants with more respect has gained traction over the pandemic, a period that has seen a rise in impatient, prickly, demanding, and downright abusive behavior. \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "So far this earnings season, investors are in a downright bearish mood, punishing companies that report top- or bottom-line misses, or those that disclose a less than rosy full-year forecast. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "That mystery ultimately proves less compelling than the scenarios themselves, which range from mildly off-putting to downright stomach-turning \u2014 but which are always fiendishly well-constructed. \u2014 Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "For colorful prints and playful details, look no further than Alice McCall\u2019s assortment of downright fun dresses. \u2014 Madeline Fass, Vogue , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "But that\u2019s an escape from the continuing influence and downright domination of Trump\u2019s leadership of the Republican Party. \u2014 Dan Balz, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adverb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183324"
  },
  "downscale":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cut back in size or scope",
      ": lower in class, income, or quality"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02ccsk\u0101l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abate",
      "de-escalate",
      "decrease",
      "dent",
      "deplete",
      "diminish",
      "downsize",
      "drop",
      "dwindle",
      "ease",
      "knock down",
      "lessen",
      "lower",
      "reduce"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "aggrandize",
      "amplify",
      "augment",
      "boost",
      "enlarge",
      "escalate",
      "expand",
      "increase",
      "raise"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The festival will have to be downscaled this year.",
      "the poor economy forced the plant to downscale production",
      "Adjective",
      "an apartment in a downscale neighborhood",
      "The company aims to reach a more downscale market with its new stores.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "In 2021, even as safety precautions are lifted, couples are continuing to intentionally downscale their celebrations. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 29 June 2021",
      "The decision to downscale the mass vaccination sites was made given overall statewide progress on vaccinations, the governor\u2019s office said. \u2014 Fernando Alfonso Iii, CNN , 19 June 2021",
      "Conservationists have been fighting for several years to downscale the project proposal, and would ultimately like the creek returned to its natural state. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2021",
      "Standard Chartered Bank, similar to HSBC in having dual corporate headquarters in Europe and Asia, intends to downscale its office space by over 30%. \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 19 Apr. 2021",
      "Standard Chartered Bank, similar to HSBC in having dual corporate headquarters in Europe and Asia, intends to downscale its office space by over 30%. \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 19 Apr. 2021",
      "And as remote work and online learning proliferate (with IBM planning to downscale its 50 million square foot building to a mere 150,608 on anticipation of permanent changes), Keysight has also bolstered their software testing capabilities. \u2014 Q.ai - Investing Reimagined, Forbes , 17 May 2021",
      "Standard Chartered Bank, similar to HSBC in having dual corporate headquarters in Europe and Asia, intends to downscale its office space by over 30%. \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 19 Apr. 2021",
      "Standard Chartered Bank, similar to HSBC in having dual corporate headquarters in Europe and Asia, intends to downscale its office space by over 30%. \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 19 Apr. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The Flying Harpoon is a gloriously downscale venue overlooking a bayou on a side road off Ala. 59 near the beach. \u2014 al , 27 May 2022",
      "Phillips argued that social and cultural issues would attract more downscale voters to the GOP. \u2014 Vincent J. Cannato, National Review , 13 May 2021",
      "Or an entire town shut down by a plant closing, being stripped of its ZIP Code, forcing depressed, penniless residents to flee to hideously downscale trailer parks? \u2014 Joe Queenan, WSJ , 2 Apr. 2021",
      "After that, the space went downscale , turning into a T.G.I. Friday\u2019s and Arby\u2019s, before lying vacant. \u2014 Gary Stern, Forbes , 3 Mar. 2021",
      "Over the game's six chapters, nearly all of its puzzles utilize this upscale/ downscale mechanic. \u2014 Peter Rubin, Wired , 2 Mar. 2021",
      "Our team of scientists, however, has developed a geographic and statistical model to downscale national opinion results to the state, congressional district, and county levels. \u2014 Paul Douglas, Star Tribune , 24 Sep. 2020",
      "Across the country, brides-to-be have had to cancel, postpone or downscale wedding celebrations out of coronavirus safety precautions and stay-at-home orders. \u2014 NBC News , 17 May 2020",
      "As the city hunkered down in the coronavirus pandemic, people stripped bare shelves in trendier grocers including Whole Foods and Trader Joe\u2019s, while downscale supermarkets such as Key Foods and Gristedes remained well supplied. \u2014 Polly Mosendz, Bloomberg.com , 5 May 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1945, in the meaning defined above",
      "Adjective",
      "1930, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205515"
  },
  "downshift":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to shift an automotive vehicle into a lower gear",
      ": to move or shift to a lower level (as of speed, activity, or intensity)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02ccshift"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "You can downshift to slow the car down.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "That means drivers have to downshift twice at the end of the front stretch and once at the end of the back stretch, which could make for a long day in temperatures expected to hit 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 Celsius). \u2014 Dave Skretta, ajc , 4 June 2022",
      "There's numbness in the steering, but the gearbox is clever enough to downshift under braking and upshift at redline. \u2014 Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "The Tacoma\u2019s very tall gear ratios are good for official fuel-economy numbers, but in the real world, drivers will find that the transmission must downshift so frequently that matching those numbers becomes unrealistic. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 25 Feb. 2021",
      "If the price of breakfast cereal increases across the board, for example, a higher-income household that used to buy a brand name product could downshift to a store brand to save money. \u2014 Anneken Tappe, CNN , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "And its shift logic follows your natural movement during hard driving\u2014pull to upshift, push to downshift . \u2014 Jens Meiners, Car and Driver , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Prime time begins in October, when temperatures downshift from summer\u2019s triple-digit highs and visitors begin to pour in. \u2014 Shawnt\u00e9 Salabert, Outside Online , 28 Oct. 2019",
      "Six speeds don't seem like many these days, but the automatic doesn't hesitate to downshift , and its crisp shifts were much preferred to the faux shifts of the competition's CVTs. \u2014 Joe Lorio, Car and Driver , 22 Sep. 2021",
      "After his run with luxe Huntsville restaurants, Erick is ready to downshift to simpler fare for The Standard. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 22 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1944, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201248"
  },
  "downside":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a downward trend (as of prices)",
      ": a negative aspect"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02ccs\u012bd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "debit",
      "disadvantage",
      "disbenefit",
      "drawback",
      "handicap",
      "incommodity",
      "liability",
      "minus",
      "negative",
      "strike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "advantage",
      "asset",
      "edge",
      "plus"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "He could find no downside to the car.",
      "the downside of living in the country is, of course, the long commute to work",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The only downside is the sale is not valid on gift cards and certain brands, including, but not limited to, Byredo, Chanel, Diptyque, Olaplex, Victoria Beckham Beauty, and Shani Darden. \u2014 Sarah Han, Allure , 24 May 2022",
      "The only downside is that if one leg of the parlay loses, the entire wager loses. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 17 May 2022",
      "Reviewers were very satisfied with their purchase, with the only downside being that the backpack design could be more feasible, which makes this choice a no-brainer when taking trips. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Woman's Day , 12 May 2022",
      "The only downside is that the small buttons may be slightly difficult to use for those with larger hands. \u2014 Sarah Wharton, Good Housekeeping , 11 May 2022",
      "The only downside of this grill is that its grates are flush with the sides, so food can accidentally be pushed off when flipping or rearranging. \u2014 Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics , 5 May 2022",
      "The only real downside of synthetic oil is the cost, generally two to four times the price of conventional oil. \u2014 Gary Witzenburg, Car and Driver , 5 May 2022",
      "The only downside to this towel is its size; while it's perfectly sized for children and individuals under 5 feet 8 inches in height, taller users won't be able to lie on the towel without their legs hanging off the end. \u2014 Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "The only downside is Windows Bitlocker is only available on Pro versions of Windows 10 and Windows 11. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 27 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1905, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184611"
  },
  "downsize":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to reduce in size",
      ": to design or produce in smaller size",
      ": to fire (employees) for the purpose of downsizing a business",
      ": to undergo a reduction in size"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02ccs\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abate",
      "de-escalate",
      "decrease",
      "dent",
      "deplete",
      "diminish",
      "downscale",
      "drop",
      "dwindle",
      "ease",
      "knock down",
      "lessen",
      "lower",
      "reduce"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "aggrandize",
      "amplify",
      "augment",
      "boost",
      "enlarge",
      "escalate",
      "expand",
      "increase",
      "raise"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "They have downsized the car's engine in the new model.",
      "The company is planning to downsize next year.",
      "The company will be downsized next year.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Township officials touted the proposal as an affordable option for senior citizens to downsize while still remaining close to family and friends. \u2014 Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune , 20 May 2022",
      "Haddigan said the sale of their campus will help the nonprofit downsize its overhead operations and instead focus more money on its mission to end world hunger. \u2014 Neal Earley, Arkansas Online , 20 May 2022",
      "Justin Crump, a former British tank commander who is now a security consultant, said Russia's losses have forced it to downsize its objectives in Ukraine. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 14 May 2022",
      "Moscow\u2019s losses have forced it to downsize its objectives. \u2014 Oleksandr Stashevskyi, BostonGlobe.com , 13 May 2022",
      "Moscow\u2019s losses have forced it to downsize its objectives. \u2014 Oleksandr Stashevskyi And David Keyton, Chicago Tribune , 13 May 2022",
      "Moscow\u2019s losses have forced it to downsize its objectives. \u2014 Oleksandr Stashevskyi And Kavid Keyton, Anchorage Daily News , 13 May 2022",
      "But absorbing inflationary costs could hurt your business, forcing you to downsize , scale back operating hours or streamline your offerings. \u2014 Kyle Leighton, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Some renters must downsize and share bedrooms with children or their parents. \u2014 Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic , 15 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1975, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-172902"
  },
  "downwards":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": from a higher to a lower place",
      ": toward a direction that is the opposite of up",
      ": from a higher to a lower condition",
      ": from an earlier time",
      ": from an ancestor or predecessor",
      ": moving or extending downward",
      ": descending from a head, origin, or source",
      ": from a higher place, amount, or level to a lower one",
      ": going or moving from a higher place, amount, or level to a lower one",
      ": going from a higher to a lower level",
      ": from a higher to a lower level"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-w\u0259rd",
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-w\u0259rd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "below",
      "down",
      "over"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bowed",
      "down",
      "downcast",
      "lowered"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adverb",
      "The mountain streams flow downward to the lake.",
      "Mud covered his pants from the knees downward .",
      "Adjective",
      "Sales continued their downward trend.",
      "the downward revision of an estimate",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "The cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are now trending downward . \u2014 Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country , 11 June 2022",
      "The fact is, however, Depp\u2019s career had been trending downward even before Heard penned the 2018 op-ed that sparked the litigation. \u2014 Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
      "Thomas Shaw, a political science professor at the University of South Alabama, said that overall turnout has been trending downward since the 1960s, and that elections occurring on non-presidential cycles often lead to low interest among voters. \u2014 al , 26 May 2022",
      "Bitcoin and cryptocurrency prices are trending downward , following U.S. stocks lower after their biggest loss since June 2020. \u2014 Billy Bambrough, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "Earlier this month, festival organizers reasoned that vaccination rates were encouraging and the infections were significantly trending downward in France, so lifting most restrictions made sense. \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 16 May 2022",
      "Enrollment had already been trending downward , but a ransomware attack that struck in December knocked out the college\u2019s computer system and obscured how dire the picture had become, President David Gerlach told the Tribune last month. \u2014 John Keilman, Chicago Tribune , 12 May 2022",
      "The 3-point percentage began trending downward in the second half. \u2014 Damichael Cole, USA TODAY , 8 May 2022",
      "No wonder the markets have been swerving wildly, falling one day, rising the next, but trending downward since the beginning of the year. \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Each one contributes to those record revenues and, in the not-too-distant future, the shortfall that has caused uncomfortable downward pressure on the players\u2019 salary cap will be erased. \u2014 Carol Schram, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "This exerts downward pressure on the yield, pushing it back below the central bank's target level. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
      "Even if the Fed can pull off the delicate task of tamping down inflation without triggering a downturn, higher interest rates still put downward pressure on stocks. \u2014 Stan Choe And Alex Veiga, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 June 2022",
      "But even if a recession is avoided, the Fed's interest rate hikes will still put downward pressure on stocks. \u2014 CBS News , 14 June 2022",
      "High interest rates put downward pressure on all assets, including stocks and cryptocurrencies. \u2014 Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica , 13 June 2022",
      "Even if central banks can pull off the delicate balancing act and avoid a recession, higher interest rates put downward pressure on stocks and all kinds of investments regardless. \u2014 Damian J. Troise And Stan Choe, USA TODAY , 9 June 2022",
      "As inflation continuously undershot its 2% target, the risk of deflation was clear, and downward pressure on rates prevailed. \u2014 Paul Swartz, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
      "In the meantime, higher interest rates put downward pressure on stocks and other investments. \u2014 Damian J. Troise, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adverb",
      "12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173018"
  },
  "downy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": resembling a bird's down",
      ": covered with down",
      ": made of down",
      ": soft , soothing",
      ": like small soft feathers",
      ": covered or filled with small soft feathers or hairs"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307-n\u0113",
      "\u02c8dau\u0307-n\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cottony",
      "satin",
      "satiny",
      "silken",
      "silklike",
      "silky",
      "soft",
      "velvetlike",
      "velvety"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "coarse",
      "harsh",
      "rough",
      "scratchy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the downy surface of a ripe peach",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Keep things interesting with a variety of downy cashmere and wool beanies in every shade of the rainbow. \u2014 Kareem Rashed, Robb Report , 4 Dec. 2021",
      "The video, captured Saturday at Taiaroa Head near the city of Dunedin on New Zealand's South Island, shows a downy six-week-old albatross chick chirping at an incoming adult, who is trying to time its landing. \u2014 Eoin Mcsweeney, CNN , 9 Mar. 2021",
      "Here, the black centers on the anemone pops and the white protea looks almost downy . \u2014 Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine , 12 Feb. 2020",
      "Tomentosum has large, downy peppermint-smelling leaves and tiny white flowers. \u2014 New York Times , 28 July 2021",
      "Indeed, less than an hour after the cicadas have begun their crawl up the big maple, a pair of downy woodpeckers, several tree sparrows, and a crow swoop in and start to feast on the smorgasbord. \u2014 Eric Niiler, Wired , 21 May 2021",
      "The images are a crisp black-and-white, each downy strand of fuzz on each piglet rendered hyper-real and sharp. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 5 May 2021",
      "Both the distal tips and the quills at the base are typically overwrapped during the weaving process, with the downy portions exposed. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 28 Nov. 2020",
      "Other North American woodpeckers that cache are downy , red-headed, hairy, Lewis, red-bellied, gila, golden-fronted and red-bellied sapsucker. \u2014 Jim Williams, Star Tribune , 24 Nov. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1551, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203542"
  },
  "dowse":{
    "type":[
      "verb (1)",
      "verb (2)"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to plunge into water",
      ": to throw a liquid on : drench",
      ": slosh",
      ": extinguish",
      ": to fall or become plunged into water",
      ": to use a divining rod",
      ": to find (something, such as water) by dowsing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307z"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb (2)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb (2)",
      "1691, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170359"
  },
  "dowsed":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to plunge into water",
      ": to throw a liquid on : drench",
      ": slosh",
      ": extinguish",
      ": to fall or become plunged into water",
      ": a heavy drenching",
      ": blow , stroke",
      ": to take in : lower , strike",
      ": slacken",
      ": take off , doff",
      ": to stick into water",
      ": to throw a liquid on",
      ": to put out : extinguish"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307s",
      "also",
      "\u02c8dau\u0307s",
      "also",
      "\u02c8d\u00fcs",
      "\u02c8dau\u0307s",
      "\u02c8dau\u0307s",
      "\u02c8dau\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "doff",
      "peel (off)",
      "put off",
      "remove",
      "shrug off",
      "take off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bang",
      "bash",
      "bat",
      "beat",
      "belt",
      "biff",
      "blow",
      "bop",
      "box",
      "buffet",
      "bust",
      "chop",
      "clap",
      "clip",
      "clout",
      "crack",
      "cuff",
      "dab",
      "fillip",
      "hack",
      "haymaker",
      "hit",
      "hook",
      "knock",
      "larrup",
      "lash",
      "lick",
      "pelt",
      "pick",
      "plump",
      "poke",
      "pound",
      "punch",
      "rap",
      "slam",
      "slap",
      "slug",
      "smack",
      "smash",
      "sock",
      "spank",
      "stinger",
      "stripe",
      "stroke",
      "swat",
      "swipe",
      "switch",
      "thud",
      "thump",
      "thwack",
      "wallop",
      "welt",
      "whack",
      "wham",
      "whop",
      "whap"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb (1)",
      "1566, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun (1)",
      "1835, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (2)",
      "circa 1625, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb (2)",
      "1627, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-172856"
  },
  "doxie":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": floozy , prostitute",
      ": mistress sense 4a"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4k-s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chippie",
      "chippy",
      "fancy woman",
      "floozy",
      "floozie",
      "hoochie",
      "hussy",
      "Jezebel",
      "minx",
      "quean",
      "tramp",
      "trollop",
      "wench"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"perhaps modification of obsolete Dutch docke doll, from Middle Dutch",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1515, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-032445"
  },
  "doyen":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the senior member of a body or group",
      ": a person considered to be knowledgeable or uniquely skilled as a result of long experience in some field of endeavor",
      ": the oldest example of a category"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fi-\u0259n",
      "-\u02cc(y)en",
      "\u02c8dw\u00e4-\u02ccya\u207f(n)"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "old hand",
      "old-timer",
      "stager",
      "vet",
      "veteran",
      "warhorse"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "beginner",
      "colt",
      "fledgling",
      "freshman",
      "greenhorn",
      "neophyte",
      "newbie",
      "newcomer",
      "novice",
      "recruit",
      "rookie",
      "tenderfoot",
      "tyro"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "He is considered the doyen of political journalists.",
      "considered the doyen of American art critics",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Only under George Balanchine, the doyen of American ballet, did sylphlike figures become the norm. \u2014 Hannah Jackson, Vogue , 9 June 2022",
      "That\u2019s exactly what Charles Onyango-Obbo, the doyen of east African journalism, Ugandan by birth, and pan-African by work\u2014his footprints are to be found everywhere, from Nairobi to Johannesburg\u2014seeks to redress. \u2014 Peter Kimani, Quartz , 8 Jan. 2022",
      "Even after a strong post-pandemic recovery, shares such as GM and VW are very lowly rated relative to EV specialists, which offer investors huge growth potential, as well as to luxury doyen Ferrari. \u2014 Stephen Wilmot, WSJ , 23 Dec. 2021",
      "For the eternally young doyen of the Broadway musical, even revivals were an opportunity for trying something new. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Nov. 2021",
      "Last and dandiest is Roebuck Wright (Jeffrey Wright), a doyen of the Tastes and Smells department, who is hot on the scent of cuisine gendarmique. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 22 Oct. 2021",
      "As habits go, stagewear collecting could be outr\u00e9 for anyone not named Marty Stuart, the guitarist and country doyen whose other hats have included Travis Tritt co-writer, sideman to Johnny Cash and TV emcee. \u2014 Nathan Rizzo | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 30 Aug. 2021",
      "In the face of a deficit of tens of thousands of votes in a close count following Peru\u2019s June 6 presidential election, Keiko Fujimori, the 46-year-old doyen of a right-wing political dynasty, declined to concede. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2021",
      "In the face of a deficit of tens of thousands of votes in a close count following Peru\u2019s June 6 presidential election, Keiko Fujimori, the 46-year-old doyen of a right-wing political dynasty, declined to concede. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 June 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French, from Old French deien , from Late Latin decanus dean \u2014 more at dean ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1670, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183456"
  },
  "doze":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to sleep lightly",
      ": to fall into a light sleep",
      ": to be in a dull or stupefied condition",
      ": to pass (time) drowsily",
      ": bulldoze sense 2",
      ": to sleep lightly",
      ": to fall asleep",
      ": a light sleep"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u014dz",
      "\u02c8d\u014dz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Surrounded by antique stores and art galleries, dogs doze in the sun while their owners feast on wine and pasta. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 19 May 2022",
      "Tell ghost stories or don\u2019t, drink or don\u2019t, ditch your tent and sleep under the stars, doze off under the stars and crawl into your tent at two in the morning. \u2014 Blair Braverman, Outside Online , 23 June 2021",
      "Putin could be seen on camera during NBC\u2019s broadcast of the winter games sitting by himself and appearing to briefly doze off according to some onlookers. \u2014 Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News , 5 Feb. 2022",
      "But it\u2019s also just four people chatting in the park \u2014 about politics, movies, family, the weather \u2014 while a dog at their feet studies the pigeons and the passing toddlers doze in their strollers. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Nov. 2021",
      "Republicans have also been quick to point to any video of Biden stumbling over his words or appearing to doze off during events as evidence of the president's senility; Democrats employed a similar tactic when Trump was in the White House. \u2014 Max Ufberg, Fortune , 4 Nov. 2021",
      "Each villa also comes with a retractable roof, so kids can doze off beneath the stars. \u2014 Kris Fordham, CNN , 13 June 2021",
      "It is performed for supine audiences who are encouraged to doze off during the proceedings. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 Mar. 2021",
      "At the New York City Fire Department\u2019s training academy, lessons can last as long as six hours and trainees will tell you it\u2019s not uncommon for people to doze off during class. \u2014 Rebecca Liebson, New York Times , 30 Apr. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb (1)",
      "1677, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a",
      "Verb (2)",
      "1945, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213331"
  },
  "dozen":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a group of 12",
      ": an indefinitely large number",
      ": a ritualized word game that consists of exchanging insults usually about the members of the opponent's family",
      ": a group of twelve"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259-z\u1d4an",
      "\u02c8d\u0259-z\u1d4an"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abundance",
      "barrel",
      "basketful",
      "boatload",
      "bucket",
      "bunch",
      "bundle",
      "bushel",
      "carload",
      "chunk",
      "deal",
      "fistful",
      "gobs",
      "good deal",
      "heap",
      "hundred",
      "lashings",
      "lashins",
      "loads",
      "lot",
      "mass",
      "mess",
      "mountain",
      "much",
      "multiplicity",
      "myriad",
      "oodles",
      "pack",
      "passel",
      "peck",
      "pile",
      "plateful",
      "plenitude",
      "plentitude",
      "plenty",
      "pot",
      "potful",
      "profusion",
      "quantity",
      "raft",
      "reams",
      "scads",
      "sheaf",
      "shipload",
      "sight",
      "slew",
      "spate",
      "stack",
      "store",
      "ton",
      "truckload",
      "volume",
      "wad",
      "wealth",
      "yard"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "ace",
      "bit",
      "dab",
      "dram",
      "driblet",
      "glimmer",
      "handful",
      "hint",
      "lick",
      "little",
      "mite",
      "mouthful",
      "nip",
      "ounce",
      "peanuts",
      "pinch",
      "pittance",
      "scruple",
      "shade",
      "shadow",
      "smidgen",
      "smidgeon",
      "smidgin",
      "smidge",
      "speck",
      "spot",
      "sprinkle",
      "sprinkling",
      "strain",
      "streak",
      "suspicion",
      "tad",
      "taste",
      "touch",
      "trace"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "dozens of new songs were auditioned and rejected",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "On her phone was a year-old picture of her and a dozen co-workers \u2014 from Panama, Colombia, Peru, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. \u2014 Greg Jaffe, Washington Post , 12 June 2022",
      "In May 1943, the Germans raided Ms. Geulen\u2019s boarding school (today called the Isabelle Gatti de Gamond Royal Atheneum), where a dozen Jewish children were hidden. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
      "On August 24, 2017, at 5:30 a.m., a dozen armed federal agents hammered on the door of his apartment in Manhattan, startling him awake. \u2014 Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
      "On March 12, a dozen dogs had arrived with Dos Santos Borges in Ruby, a checkpoint just under 500 miles from the start of the race. \u2014 Yvonne Gonzalez, ajc , 5 June 2022",
      "Maspar and fashion retailer Killer Jeans are understood to be looking to open in Russia, while at least four companies have already agreed franchise agreements in Russia, with another dozen or so expected to follow suit. \u2014 Mark Faithfull, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "The Swamp lily blooms later in the year, and swamp lilies bloom in clusters of up to a half dozen ; Cahaba lilies only have one flower per stalk. \u2014 Haley Laurence | Hlaurence@al.com, al , 19 May 2022",
      "As years go by, the bands on the Stanley Cup that each list a dozen teams are removed for display in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto to make room for new champions. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
      "And the nominees count in many categories has dramatically expanded \u2014 now up to a dozen in some cases. \u2014 Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press , 21 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English dozeine , from Anglo-French duzeine, dozeyne , from duze twelve, from Latin duodecim , from duo two + decem ten \u2014 more at two , ten ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192319"
  },
  "drab":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": slattern",
      ": prostitute",
      ": to associate with prostitutes",
      ": any of various cloths of a dull brown or gray color",
      ": a light olive brown",
      ": a dull, lifeless, or faded appearance or quality",
      ": of the dull brown color of drab (see drab entry 3 sense 1 )",
      ": of a light olive brown color : of the color drab (see drab entry 3 sense 2a )",
      ": characterized by dullness and monotony : cheerless",
      ": a small amount",
      ": not bright or interesting : dull",
      ": grayish brown in color"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drab",
      "\u02c8drab"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bawd",
      "call girl",
      "cocotte",
      "courtesan",
      "hooker",
      "hustler",
      "prostitute",
      "sex worker",
      "streetwalker",
      "tart",
      "whore"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "arid",
      "boring",
      "colorless",
      "dreary",
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      "dry",
      "dull",
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      "flat",
      "heavy",
      "ho-hum",
      "humdrum",
      "jading",
      "jejune",
      "leaden",
      "mind-numbing",
      "monochromatic",
      "monotonous",
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      "old",
      "pedestrian",
      "ponderous",
      "slow",
      "stale",
      "stodgy",
      "stuffy",
      "stupid",
      "tame",
      "tedious",
      "tiresome",
      "tiring",
      "uninteresting",
      "wearisome",
      "weary",
      "wearying"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "He lives a drab life.",
      "the new city hall promises to be another drab pile of masonry for the town"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "circa 1515, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1599, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1541, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "1686, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun (3)",
      "1809, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223123"
  },
  "draft":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of drawing or pulling in a net",
      ": haul sense 2b",
      ": the act or an instance of drinking or inhaling",
      ": the portion drunk or inhaled in one such act",
      ": a portion poured out or mixed for drinking : dose",
      ": the force required to pull a plow or other implement",
      ": load or load-pulling capacity",
      ": the act of moving loads by drawing or pulling : pull",
      ": a team of animals together with what they draw",
      ": delineation , representation",
      ": scheme , design",
      ": a preliminary sketch, outline, or version",
      ": the act, result, or plan of lengthening or stretching something (such as threads or metal)",
      ": the act of causing a liquid to come out of a container or source : the act of drawing (as from a cask or keg )",
      ": a portion of liquid so drawn",
      ": draft (see draft entry 2 sense 2 ) beer",
      ": the depth of water a ship draws (see draw entry 1 sense transitive 6 ) especially when loaded",
      ": a system for or act of selecting individuals from a group (as for compulsory military service)",
      ": an act or process of selecting an individual (as for political candidacy) without the individual's expressed consent",
      ": a group of individuals selected especially by military draft",
      ": a system whereby exclusive rights to selected new players are apportioned among professional teams",
      ": an order for the payment of money drawn (see draw entry 1 sense 7c ) by one person or bank on another",
      ": the act or an instance of drawing from or making demands upon something : demand",
      ": a current of air in a closed-in space",
      ": a device for regulating the flow of air (as in a fireplace)",
      ": angle , taper",
      ": the taper (see taper entry 2 sense 2b ) given to a pattern or die (see die entry 2 sense 3 ) so that the work can be easily withdrawn",
      ": a pocket of reduced air pressure behind a moving object",
      ": the use of such a draft to save energy",
      ": ready to be drawn from a receptacle",
      ": used or adapted for drawing loads",
      ": being or having been ready to be drawn from a receptacle : being or having been on draft",
      ": to select for some purpose: such as",
      ": to conscript for military service",
      ": to select (a professional athlete) by draft",
      ": to draw the preliminary sketch, version, or plan of",
      ": compose , prepare",
      ": to draw off or away",
      ": to stay close behind (another racer) so as to take advantage of the reduced air pressure created by the leading racer",
      ": to practice draftsmanship",
      ": to draft another racer (as in car or bike racing)",
      ": a version of something written or drawn (as an essay, document, or plan) that has or will have more than one version",
      ": a current of air",
      ": a device to regulate an air supply (as in a fireplace)",
      ": the act of pulling or hauling : the thing or amount pulled",
      ": the act or an instance of drinking or inhaling : the portion drunk or inhaled at one time",
      ": the act of drawing out liquid (as from a cask) : a portion of liquid drawn out",
      ": the depth of water a ship needs in order to float",
      ": the practice of ordering people into military service",
      ": the practice of choosing someone to play on a professional sports team",
      ": an order made by one person or organization to another to pay money to a third person or organization",
      ": used for pulling loads",
      ": not in final form",
      ": ready to be drawn from a container",
      ": to write or draw a version of something (as an essay or plan) that usually needs more work",
      ": to choose someone to do something",
      ": to pick especially for required military service",
      ": a portion (as of medicine) poured out or mixed for drinking : dose",
      ": a current of air in a closed-in space",
      ": a preliminary version of something (as a law)",
      ": a system for or act of selecting individuals from a group (as for military service)",
      ": the act or process of selecting an individual (as for political candidacy) without his or her expressed consent",
      ": an order for the payment of money drawn by one person or bank on another \u2014 see also drawee , drawer \u2014 compare check",
      ": a draft that will be honored only upon the presentation of certain documents (as an invoice or certificate of title)",
      ": a draft payable on presentation",
      ": a draft payable a specified number of days after the date of the draft or of its presentation",
      ": to select for some purpose",
      ": to conscript for military service",
      ": to compose or prepare especially the preliminary version of",
      ": to practice draftsmanship"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8draft",
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4ft",
      "\u02c8draft",
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4ft"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "burden",
      "cargo",
      "freight",
      "haul",
      "lading",
      "load",
      "loading",
      "payload",
      "weight"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "conscribe",
      "conscript",
      "levy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The forfeited pick actually was one acquired from the Denver Nuggets at the 2019 draft in exchange for the rights to Bol Bol. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
      "The conversation Harbaugh had described clearly had led to a deal in the plans before the draft began. \u2014 Matt Cohen, Baltimore Sun , 16 June 2022",
      "Jones, who messaged Karlaftis on social media the day after the draft , has been impressed with Karlaftis through the first two days of minicamp. \u2014 Jeff Fedotin, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "In the days leading up to the draft , cleveland.com will examine a handful of prospects that could realistically be in play with the 14th pick. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 15 June 2022",
      "The Raptors selected Anunoby with the 23rd pick during the 2017 draft . \u2014 oregonlive , 15 June 2022",
      "Michael Lesslie wrote the latest draft of the screneplay. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 June 2022",
      "The news release was never distributed, but agents used a search warrant to obtain the draft a year later, Radke wrote. \u2014 Matthew Ormsethstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
      "On this episode: This week, the guys lean on our listeners, who submit their best-case scenarios for how the NBA draft and offseason should play out for the Pistons. \u2014 Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press , 14 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The two have done that often lately as the former BYU men\u2019s basketball star has been making the rounds around the NBA and participating in pre- draft workouts with several teams. \u2014 Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
      "The Cavaliers have held numerous pre- draft workouts at Cleveland Clinic Courts over the last week, and there are plenty more ahead. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 6 June 2022",
      "The former Purdue 3-point specialist and Crown Point native said his pre- draft workout for Pacers, the only one he's had so far, came together quickly. \u2014 James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star , 31 May 2022",
      "Here\u2019s a list of the prospects the Magic either interviewed at the combine, hosted for pre- draft workouts or are expected to host for workouts. \u2014 Khobi Price, Orlando Sentinel , 28 May 2022",
      "Now, Jackson-Davis is availing himself of that pre- draft process for the first time. \u2014 Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star , 3 May 2022",
      "The Giants traded down twice in the second round before taking Robinson at No. 43, exceeding his most optimistic pre- draft projections by a full round. \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "The next step is to wait for Mensah\u2019s decision after receiving pre- draft evaluation from NBA teams. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 May 2022",
      "In every one of his pre- draft visits with a defensive prospect, Cincinnati Bengals defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo showed the exact same moment from the Bengals\u2019 Round 2 win in the playoffs over the Tennessee Titans. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 1 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Landing this year's No. 1 pick gives them a chance to draft a franchise cornerstone to give this rebuild an identity. \u2014 Matt Eppers, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
      "And after Meyers was tendered at the second-round level \u2014 and no organization around the NFL submitted an offer sheet \u2014 New England traded up to draft Baylor speedster Tyquan Thornton in the second round. \u2014 Oliver Thomas, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "The Magic also had a chance to draft Sexton in 2018, opting instead for center Mo Bamba. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 4 June 2022",
      "But Game 7 will be memorable for many NBA fans and pundits who saw Doncic as the best player in this series and fixated on whether the Suns blew their chance to draft him instead of Ayton at No. 1 in 2018. \u2014 Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic , 16 May 2022",
      "Alabama state senator Chris Elliott is vowing to draft legislation in response to the controversy surrounding the Spanish Fort girls soccer team. \u2014 Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "The Packers became the first team to draft two players from the same school in the first round. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The Reds won only 68 games in the 2016 season, and in return, the Reds got the chance to draft Greene with the No. 2 pick. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "New leadership in Tanzania has opened consultations with Mr. Melo to draft frameworks that will better protect free speech. \u2014 Kim Harrisberg And Menna A. Farouk, The Christian Science Monitor , 2 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun, Adjective, and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1714, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215244"
  },
  "drag":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something used to drag (see drag entry 2 ) with",
      ": a device for dragging under water to detect or obtain objects",
      ": something that is dragged, pulled, or drawn along or over a surface: such as",
      ": harrow",
      ": a sledge (see sledge entry 3 sense 2 ) for conveying heavy bodies",
      ": conveyance",
      ": the act or an instance of dragging or drawing: such as",
      ": a drawing along or over a surface with effort or pressure",
      ": motion effected with slowness or difficulty",
      ": the condition of having or seeming to have such motion",
      ": a draw on a pipe, cigarette, or cigar",
      ": a draft (see draft entry 1 sense 2b ) of liquid",
      ": a movement, inclination, or retardation caused by or as if by dragging",
      ": influence securing special favor : pull",
      ": something that retards or impedes motion, action, or advancement",
      ": the retarding force acting on a body (such as an airplane) moving through a fluid (such as air) parallel and opposite to the direction of motion",
      ": friction (see friction sense 1b ) between engine parts",
      ": retardation due to friction",
      ": burden , encumbrance",
      ": one that is boring or gets in the way of enjoyment",
      ": an object drawn over the ground to leave a scented trail",
      ": a clog (see clog entry 1 sense 1a ) fastened to a trap to prevent the escape of a trapped animal",
      ": street , road",
      ": entertainment in which performers caricature or challenge gender stereotypes (as by dressing in clothing that is stereotypical of another gender, by using exaggeratedly gendered mannerisms, or by combining elements of stereotypically male and female dress) and often wear elaborate or outrageous costumes",
      "\u2014 see also drag king , drag queen",
      ": the costumes worn by drag performers",
      ": stereotypically gendered clothing worn by someone who is of a different gender",
      ": costume",
      ": a costume used to impersonate a person or kind of person",
      ": drag race",
      ": to draw or pull slowly or heavily : haul",
      ": to cause to move with slowness or difficulty",
      ": to cause to trail (see trail entry 1 sense 1a ) along a surface",
      ": to bring by or as if by force or compulsion",
      ": to extract by or as if by pulling",
      ": protract",
      ": to pass a drag over",
      ": to explore with a drag",
      ": to catch with a dragnet (see dragnet sense 1 )",
      ": to hit (a drag bunt ) while moving toward first base",
      ": to select and move (an item on a computer screen) by using a mouse, a touch screen, etc.",
      ": to hang or lag behind",
      ": to fish or search with a drag (see drag entry 1 sense 1 )",
      ": to trail along on the ground",
      ": to move slowly because of fatigue",
      ": to proceed or continue laboriously or tediously",
      ": draw sense 4a",
      ": to make a plucking or pulling movement",
      ": to participate in a drag race",
      ": to act in a deliberately slow or dilatory manner",
      ": of, being, involving, or intended for a person wearing clothing typical of the opposite sex : of, being, involving, or intended for a person in drag (see drag entry 1 sense 7b(1) )",
      ": something used for pulling along (as a device used underwater to catch something)",
      ": something without wheels (as a heavy sled for carrying loads) that is pulled along or over a surface",
      ": something that slows down motion",
      ": a dull or unpleasant event, person, or thing",
      ": to pull slowly or heavily",
      ": to move with slowness or difficulty",
      ": to move or cause to move along on the ground",
      ": to bring by or as if by force",
      ": to pass or cause to pass slowly",
      ": to hang or lag behind",
      ": to search or fish by pulling something (as a net) under water"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drag",
      "\u02c8drag"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bore",
      "drip",
      "droner",
      "dullsville",
      "nudnik",
      "nudnick",
      "snooze",
      "snoozer",
      "yawn",
      "yawner"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "draw",
      "hale",
      "haul",
      "lug",
      "pull",
      "tow",
      "tug"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "It\u2019s two drag queens, basically a younger one and an older one. \u2014 Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022",
      "As part of Pride Month, The Courier Journal asked some of Louisville's most popular drag queens to dish on themselves in four exclusive interviews. \u2014 Mandy Mclaren, The Courier-Journal , 8 June 2022",
      "Apparently, Chic's Nile Rodgers was inspired to write this funky 1980 dance hit for Diana Ross after seeing multiple drag queens dressed as the singer at a New York gay club. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 7 June 2022",
      "Run by drag queens, this food truck serves creative comfort food with entertainment. \u2014 cleveland , 5 June 2022",
      "Lady Bunny hosts the inaugural edition of this dragstravaganza featuring 10 \u2014 count \u2018em, 10 \u2014 fabulous drag queens. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
      "Before the run, which is hosted by Boston Theater Company, there will be pre-race festival with musicians and drag queens sure to pump up the runners. \u2014 Dana Gerber, BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022",
      "Sister Roma and other drag queens named the winners of the Foxy Mary and Hunky Jesus contest as revelers cheered for their favorites. \u2014 Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Supply chain costs were a drag on earnings for the quarter. \u2014 Bill Stone, Forbes , 29 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "With the last live chickens from Malaysia arriving in Singapore for slaughter on Tuesday, the city-state is now bracing for its own shortage, which could drag on for months. \u2014 Heather Chen, CNN , 2 June 2022",
      "Farmers here say that timeline is speedy compared to other states, where permitting can drag on for years. \u2014 Carol Leonetti Dannhauser, Hartford Courant , 27 May 2022",
      "What is certain is that the fate of this rover, troubled for so long, is likely to drag on for months. \u2014 Jonathan O'callaghan, Scientific American , 19 May 2022",
      "Separately, the Army disclosed Friday that four units were being rotated out for new forces bolstering security in Eastern Europe \u2014 a sign that officials believe the fighting in Ukraine is likely to drag on. \u2014 Karoun Demirjian, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
      "Even if Ukraine wins candidate status, actual membership talks tend to drag on for at least a decade. \u2014 WSJ , 10 May 2022",
      "With Western officials and leaders in Ukraine and Russia signaling the war could drag on for months, international sanctions against Moscow have increased each week, largely focused on oligarchs, banks and the energy industry. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
      "The situation is fluid, and talks could drag on longer or fall apart, the people said. \u2014 Time , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The situation is fluid, and talks could drag on longer or fall apart, the people said. \u2014 al , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "But to keep it a buck, makeup removal ain't no crystal stair for non- drag artists either. \u2014 Jihan Forbes, Allure , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "Portrayed by Jared Johnson, 32, who grew up on Milwaukee's north side, Hall emerged in Milwaukee's drag scene nine years ago, becoming a regular performer at Hamburger Mary's. \u2014 Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 May 2020",
      "She's been working on drag magazine VELOUR and has continued to produce her show Nightgowns, which showcases a diverse array of drag performances in Brooklyn. \u2014 John Paul Brammer, Teen Vogue , 4 May 2018",
      "The sunny skies were great and 70-degree temps were perfect, but a flag-snapping crosswind made the drag track sensitive to navigate for those not in tune with the conditions. \u2014 Elton Alexander, cleveland.com , 25 June 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun, Verb, and Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a(1)",
      "Adjective",
      "1887, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211455"
  },
  "drag (out)":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cause (something) to take more time than necessary",
      ": to force (something, such as a confession) from (someone) : to make (someone) tell one (something)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192732"
  },
  "dragging":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "something used to drag (see drag entry 2 ) with",
      "a device for dragging under water to detect or obtain objects",
      "something that is dragged, pulled, or drawn along or over a surface such as",
      "harrow",
      "a sledge (see sledge entry 3 sense 2 ) for conveying heavy bodies",
      "conveyance",
      "the act or an instance of dragging or drawing such as",
      "a drawing along or over a surface with effort or pressure",
      "motion effected with slowness or difficulty",
      "the condition of having or seeming to have such motion",
      "a draw on a pipe, cigarette, or cigar",
      "a draft (see draft entry 1 sense 2b ) of liquid",
      "a movement, inclination, or retardation caused by or as if by dragging",
      "influence securing special favor pull",
      "something that retards or impedes motion, action, or advancement",
      "the retarding force acting on a body (such as an airplane) moving through a fluid (such as air) parallel and opposite to the direction of motion",
      "friction (see friction sense 1b ) between engine parts",
      "retardation due to friction",
      "burden , encumbrance",
      "one that is boring or gets in the way of enjoyment",
      "an object drawn over the ground to leave a scented trail",
      "a clog (see clog entry 1 sense 1a ) fastened to a trap to prevent the escape of a trapped animal",
      "street , road",
      "entertainment in which performers caricature or challenge gender stereotypes (as by dressing in clothing that is stereotypical of another gender, by using exaggeratedly gendered mannerisms, or by combining elements of stereotypically male and female dress) and often wear elaborate or outrageous costumes",
      "\u2014 see also drag king , drag queen",
      "the costumes worn by drag performers",
      "stereotypically gendered clothing worn by someone who is of a different gender",
      "costume",
      "a costume used to impersonate a person or kind of person",
      "drag race",
      "to draw or pull slowly or heavily haul",
      "to cause to move with slowness or difficulty",
      "to cause to trail (see trail entry 1 sense 1a ) along a surface",
      "to bring by or as if by force or compulsion",
      "to extract by or as if by pulling",
      "protract",
      "to pass a drag over",
      "to explore with a drag",
      "to catch with a dragnet (see dragnet sense 1 )",
      "to hit (a drag bunt ) while moving toward first base",
      "to select and move (an item on a computer screen) by using a mouse, a touch screen, etc.",
      "to hang or lag behind",
      "to fish or search with a drag (see drag entry 1 sense 1 )",
      "to trail along on the ground",
      "to move slowly because of fatigue",
      "to proceed or continue laboriously or tediously",
      "draw sense 4a",
      "to make a plucking or pulling movement",
      "to participate in a drag race",
      "to act in a deliberately slow or dilatory manner",
      "of, being, involving, or intended for a person wearing clothing typical of the opposite sex of, being, involving, or intended for a person in drag (see drag entry 1 sense 7b(1) )",
      "something used for pulling along (as a device used underwater to catch something)",
      "something without wheels (as a heavy sled for carrying loads) that is pulled along or over a surface",
      "something that slows down motion",
      "a dull or unpleasant event, person, or thing",
      "to pull slowly or heavily",
      "to move with slowness or difficulty",
      "to move or cause to move along on the ground",
      "to bring by or as if by force",
      "to pass or cause to pass slowly",
      "to hang or lag behind",
      "to search or fish by pulling something (as a net) under water"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8drag",
    "synonyms":[
      "bore",
      "drip",
      "droner",
      "dullsville",
      "nudnik",
      "nudnick",
      "snooze",
      "snoozer",
      "yawn",
      "yawner"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "draw",
      "hale",
      "haul",
      "lug",
      "pull",
      "tow",
      "tug"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "It\u2019s two drag queens, basically a younger one and an older one. \u2014 Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022",
      "As part of Pride Month, The Courier Journal asked some of Louisville's most popular drag queens to dish on themselves in four exclusive interviews. \u2014 Mandy Mclaren, The Courier-Journal , 8 June 2022",
      "Apparently, Chic's Nile Rodgers was inspired to write this funky 1980 dance hit for Diana Ross after seeing multiple drag queens dressed as the singer at a New York gay club. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 7 June 2022",
      "Run by drag queens, this food truck serves creative comfort food with entertainment. \u2014 cleveland , 5 June 2022",
      "Lady Bunny hosts the inaugural edition of this dragstravaganza featuring 10 \u2014 count \u2018em, 10 \u2014 fabulous drag queens. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
      "Before the run, which is hosted by Boston Theater Company, there will be pre-race festival with musicians and drag queens sure to pump up the runners. \u2014 Dana Gerber, BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022",
      "Sister Roma and other drag queens named the winners of the Foxy Mary and Hunky Jesus contest as revelers cheered for their favorites. \u2014 Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Supply chain costs were a drag on earnings for the quarter. \u2014 Bill Stone, Forbes , 29 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "With the last live chickens from Malaysia arriving in Singapore for slaughter on Tuesday, the city-state is now bracing for its own shortage, which could drag on for months. \u2014 Heather Chen, CNN , 2 June 2022",
      "Farmers here say that timeline is speedy compared to other states, where permitting can drag on for years. \u2014 Carol Leonetti Dannhauser, Hartford Courant , 27 May 2022",
      "What is certain is that the fate of this rover, troubled for so long, is likely to drag on for months. \u2014 Jonathan O'callaghan, Scientific American , 19 May 2022",
      "Separately, the Army disclosed Friday that four units were being rotated out for new forces bolstering security in Eastern Europe \u2014 a sign that officials believe the fighting in Ukraine is likely to drag on. \u2014 Karoun Demirjian, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
      "Even if Ukraine wins candidate status, actual membership talks tend to drag on for at least a decade. \u2014 WSJ , 10 May 2022",
      "With Western officials and leaders in Ukraine and Russia signaling the war could drag on for months, international sanctions against Moscow have increased each week, largely focused on oligarchs, banks and the energy industry. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
      "The situation is fluid, and talks could drag on longer or fall apart, the people said. \u2014 Time , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The situation is fluid, and talks could drag on longer or fall apart, the people said. \u2014 al , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
      "But to keep it a buck, makeup removal ain't no crystal stair for non- drag artists either. \u2014 Jihan Forbes, Allure , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "Portrayed by Jared Johnson, 32, who grew up on Milwaukee's north side, Hall emerged in Milwaukee's drag scene nine years ago, becoming a regular performer at Hamburger Mary's. \u2014 Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 May 2020",
      "She's been working on drag magazine VELOUR and has continued to produce her show Nightgowns, which showcases a diverse array of drag performances in Brooklyn. \u2014 John Paul Brammer, Teen Vogue , 4 May 2018",
      "The sunny skies were great and 70-degree temps were perfect, but a flag-snapping crosswind made the drag track sensitive to navigate for those not in tune with the conditions. \u2014 Elton Alexander, cleveland.com , 25 June 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun, Verb, and Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a(1)",
      "Adjective",
      "1887, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "drain (away)":{
    "type":null,
    "definitions":[],
    "pronounciation":null,
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "drained":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to draw off (liquid) gradually or completely",
      "to cause the gradual disappearance of",
      "to exhaust (see exhaust entry 1 sense 1b ) physically or emotionally",
      "to make gradually dry",
      "to carry away the surface water of",
      "to deplete or empty by or as if by drawing off by degrees or in increments",
      "to empty by drinking the contents of",
      "drop sense 7c , sink",
      "filter",
      "to become emptied or freed of liquid by its flowing or dropping",
      "to discharge surface or surplus water",
      "to flow off gradually",
      "to disappear gradually dwindle",
      "a means (such as a pipe) by which usually liquid matter is drained",
      "something that causes depletion burden",
      "the act of draining",
      "a gradual outflow or withdrawal depletion",
      "an electrode in a field-effect transistor toward which charge carriers move \u2014 compare gate , source",
      "to a state of being wasted or irretrievably lost",
      "to remove (liquid) from something by letting it flow away or out",
      "to slowly make or become dry or empty",
      "to flow into, away from, or out of something",
      "to slowly disappear",
      "to tire out",
      "something used to remove a liquid",
      "something that slowly empties of or uses up",
      "to draw off (liquid) gradually or completely",
      "to exhaust physically or emotionally",
      "to carry away or give passage to a bodily fluid or a discharge from",
      "to flow off gradually",
      "a tube or cylinder usually of absorbent material for drainage of a wound \u2014 see cigarette drain"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8dr\u0101n",
    "synonyms":[
      "bleed",
      "draft",
      "draw (off)",
      "pump",
      "siphon",
      "syphon",
      "tap"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "fill"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "The blood clots form in unusual places, such as veins that drain blood from the brain. \u2014 Celina Tebor, USA TODAY , 6 May 2022",
      "Clots form in unusual places, such as veins that drain blood from the brain, and in patients who also develop abnormally low levels of the platelets that form clots. \u2014 Matthew Perrone, Lauran Neergaard, Anchorage Daily News , 6 May 2022",
      "At issue is a weird kind of blood clot that forms in unusual places, such as veins that drain blood from the brain, and in patients who also develop abnormally low levels of the platelets that form clots. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 16 Dec. 2021",
      "The blood clots linked to the J&J vaccine are occurring in unusual parts of the body, such as veins that drain blood from the brain. \u2014 Fox News , 20 Apr. 2021",
      "After all, blood clots in the veins that help drain blood from the brain are not things to be taken lightly. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 16 Apr. 2021",
      "The Pentagon has since agreed to comply with a state order to drain the tanks and permanently shut them down. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
      "The group\u2019s members used people\u2019s bank account information to drain people\u2019s accounts, or open new ones in their names. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 31 May 2022",
      "As the Fed and other central banks drain liquidity, problems might reveal themselves. \u2014 James Mackintosh, WSJ , 29 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "And if there\u2019s anything left over, use it to water the plants rather than pouring it down the drain . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
      "East County officials fear a $950 million sewage recycling project could get flushed down the drain because of a pipeline deal gone awry. \u2014 Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 May 2022",
      "That\u2019s half of the precious time, effort and money spent in crafting job advertisements, reviewing resumes, conducting interviews and training new employees gone down the drain . \u2014 Kiran Mann, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
      "Swatting calls are a drain on resources and dangerous to both police and the public, Lampson said. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, Hartford Courant , 10 May 2022",
      "The last item, industrial paint jobs, are the main drain on water supplies in an auto plant. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Harrison has argued that unruly crowds outside the clubs, especially around the current last call of 2 a.m., is a major drain on police manpower. \u2014 Bryn Stole, baltimoresun.com , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "Until this point, Beijing had relied completely on artificial snow to cover its slopes and venues \u2014 which environmentalists and critics say is a huge drain on energy and water resources. \u2014 Helen Regan, CNN , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "But again, local and state leaders \u2014 saying crime on the one-block strip is a drain on the city\u2019s beleaguered police force \u2014 have fixed their eyes on the Block. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 4",
      "Noun",
      "1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "drainpipe":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a pipe for drainage",
      ": a pipe for removing water"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101n-\u02ccp\u012bp",
      "\u02c8dr\u0101n-\u02ccp\u012bp"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "eaves trough",
      "gutter",
      "rainspout",
      "spout",
      "trough",
      "waterspout"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "our drainpipe is always getting clogged with leaves",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "At the New Zealand National Aquarium, Inky figured out how to sneak out of his tank and escape to the ocean through a drainpipe . \u2014 Erin Spencer, The Conversation , 9 May 2022",
      "This is what happens when failing infrastructure, in this case an underground drainpipe , meets weather\u2019s new normal: stronger storms and more intense rainfall. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Nov. 2021",
      "And yet, as soon as guests had the chance to fall in love with the nostalgia of the 1890s, a pair of drainpipe jeans brought their musing to the 1990s. \u2014 Thomas Adamson, USA TODAY , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "Perhaps no neighborhood drama illustrates Harvard\u2019s challenges better than the dustup over the drainpipe . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 4 Sep. 2021",
      "Loosen the two compression fittings that hold the trap to the drainpipe . \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 10 Aug. 2021",
      "Notably missing was former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a huge supporter of the Olympics, who in 2016 jumped out of a gigantic green drainpipe dressed as Super Mario during the Closing Ceremony, as Rio transitioned the Games to Tokyo. \u2014 Amy Bass, CNN , 23 July 2021",
      "Install an air-gap catch basin on the unit and run a full-size drainpipe to the nearest floor drain. \u2014 Merle Henkenius, Popular Mechanics , 25 June 2021",
      "So the team turned to the 84-inch drainpipe that runs under El Segundo Boulevard, on the southern edge of Magic Johnson Park. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1857, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222808"
  },
  "dram":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "noun",
      "noun ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a unit of weight in the avoirdupois system equal to one sixteenth of an ounce \u2014 see Weights and Measures Table",
      ": a unit of weight in the apothecaries' system equal to one eighth of an ounce \u2014 see Weights and Measures Table",
      ": a unit of liquid capacity equal to \u00b9/\u2088 fluid ounce \u2014 see Weights and Measures Table",
      ": a unit of liquid capacity equal to 0.217 cubic inches \u2014 see Weights and Measures Table",
      ": a small portion of something to drink",
      ": a small amount",
      ": the basic monetary unit of Armenia \u2014 see Money Table",
      "dramatic ; dramatist",
      ": a type of RAM that must be continuously supplied with power and periodically rewritten in order to retain data \u2014 compare sram",
      ": either of two units of weight:",
      ": an avoirdupois unit equal to 1.772 grams or 27.344 grains",
      ": a unit of apothecaries' weight equal to 3.888 grams or 60 grains",
      ": fluid dram"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dram",
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4m",
      "\u02c8dram",
      "also"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ace",
      "bit",
      "crumb",
      "dab",
      "driblet",
      "glimmer",
      "hint",
      "lick",
      "little",
      "mite",
      "nip",
      "ounce",
      "particle",
      "peanuts",
      "ray",
      "scintilla",
      "scruple",
      "shade",
      "shadow",
      "shred",
      "skosh",
      "smack",
      "smell",
      "smidgen",
      "smidgeon",
      "smidgin",
      "smidge",
      "snap",
      "soup\u00e7on",
      "spark",
      "spatter",
      "speck",
      "splash",
      "spot",
      "sprinkling",
      "strain",
      "streak",
      "suspicion",
      "tad",
      "touch",
      "trace"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(2)",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1993, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (3)",
      "1980, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220136"
  },
  "dramatic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of or relating to the drama",
      ": suitable to or characteristic of the drama",
      ": striking in appearance or effect",
      ": having a powerful voice and a declamatory style \u2014 compare lyric",
      ": having to do with drama",
      ": attracting attention",
      ": sudden and extreme"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dr\u0259-\u02c8ma-tik",
      "dr\u0259-\u02c8ma-tik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "histrionic",
      "melodramatic",
      "operatic",
      "stagy",
      "stagey",
      "theatrical",
      "theatric"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "undramatic"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "For cats, the signs can be both more subtle and more dramatic and serious, according to the American Heartworm Society, though cats are not a typical host for heartworms. \u2014 Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star , 21 June 2022",
      "Although the jet stream itself is up much higher, lower-level jet streams can form at around 5,000 feet, producing dramatic wind. \u2014 Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
      "In this century, the first truly transformational technology that has impacted our world in dramatic ways is the iPhone. \u2014 Tim Bajarin, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "The pandemic has caused a dramatic global spike in mental health issues and disordered eating for teens, according to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. \u2014 Jodie Sadowsky, CNN , 20 June 2022",
      "Marine Le Pen's National Rally won 89 of the 577 seats in the National Assembly, a dramatic increase from its starting point of just eight and one of the most significant recent results for radical right-wing politics in Europe. \u2014 Patrick Smith, NBC News , 20 June 2022",
      "LiSA sang the fiery ballad over a dramatic piano arrangement. \u2014 Billboard Japan, Billboard , 20 June 2022",
      "Tanou is an easy target\u2014and the novel does make some stinging jokes at his expense\u2014but his story holds its own, even as his father\u2019s far more dramatic history of colonial tragedy unspools around it; ultimately, the two narratives fuse into one. \u2014 Kristen Roupenian, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
      "But despite his success at dramatic projects, some still see him as more of a Rocket Racoon than a Robert De Niro. \u2014 Justine Browning, EW.com , 20 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see drama ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194704"
  },
  "dramshop":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": barroom"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dram-\u02ccsh\u00e4p"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bar",
      "barroom",
      "caf\u00e9",
      "cafe",
      "cantina",
      "gin mill",
      "grogshop",
      "pub",
      "public house",
      "saloon",
      "taproom",
      "tavern",
      "watering hole",
      "watering place"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "according to the state's dramshop laws, anyone who serves alcohol automatically incurs certain liabilities"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1725, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214858"
  },
  "draw (off)":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": remove , withdraw",
      ": to move apart or ahead"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "drew off the fat from the top of the drippings",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Suns bench stood up, clapped, and cheered, but those playing for the visiting team couldn\u2019t draw off a raucous road crowd. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "The more clay in the soil, the more ditches are needed to draw off the water. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 Aug. 2021",
      "That means the frozen-berry market could draw off more fruit and further limit fresh supplies, said Anthony Gallino, vice president of sales for Bobalu Berries, a California grower, packer and processor. \u2014 Jesse Newman, WSJ , 5 May 2021",
      "When the fermentation is complete and the winemaker is satisfied, the wine is drawn off the skins to begin the aging process. \u2014 Eric Asimov, New York Times , 7 May 2020",
      "King Guillermo, disrespected by the bettors at odds of 49-1, stalked the early pace, took over in the stretch turn on the dirt in Tampa, and drew off to an easy 4 \u00be-length victory. \u2014 cleveland , 1 May 2020",
      "After some setbacks, BP crews succeed in inserting a small siphon tube into the well to draw off some of the leaking oil. \u2014 Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al , 19 Apr. 2020",
      "Its inventor, Elisha Perkins, insisted that gently stroking each tractor over the affected area in alternation would draw off the electricity and provide relief. \u2014 Hannah Fry, The New Yorker , 24 Feb. 2020",
      "Instead, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren both gained by roughly equal amounts, drawing off votes from lower-tier candidates like Andrew Yang and Tom Steyer, rather than from each other. \u2014 NBC News , 9 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221854"
  },
  "draw on":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": approach",
      ": bring on , cause"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "beget",
      "breed",
      "bring",
      "bring about",
      "bring on",
      "catalyze",
      "cause",
      "create",
      "do",
      "effect",
      "effectuate",
      "engender",
      "generate",
      "induce",
      "invoke",
      "make",
      "occasion",
      "produce",
      "prompt",
      "result (in)",
      "spawn",
      "translate (into)",
      "work",
      "yield"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the general's imprudent remarks drew on a public rebuke by the secretary of defense",
      "night draws on , so we should hurry home",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Leisure writers are product and shopping experts who draw on research and first-hand experience to curate the best up-to-date collections of items for readers. \u2014 Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure , 14 June 2022",
      "This instrument, available from lenders, is equivalent to cash for a landlord who may draw on it when rent is late. \u2014 Robin Gagnon, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
      "The museum also commissioned three new pieces from comic artists Asia Alfasi, Bex Glendining and Woodrow Phoenix, who often draw on their own identities and experiences during the creative process. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "There\u2019s a wealth of interviews and films to draw on when making the film. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Travel + Leisure writers are product and shopping experts who draw on research and first-hand experience to curate the best, up-to-date collections of items for readers. \u2014 Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure , 6 May 2022",
      "Both Rogers' performance and Honey's arc draw on the actress' experience of being held up at gunpoint in her garage years ago. \u2014 Oliver Gettell, EW.com , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Bourhis explained how these first games draw on research on how games could be more accessible to Alzheimer patients. \u2014 Andy Robertson, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
      "The wargames don\u2019t draw on elements of the recent cyberattacks in Ukraine because those were too recent, but the exercise generally does include scenarios that occurred in real cyberattacks, Ms. Numa said. \u2014 Catherine Stupp, WSJ , 18 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203221"
  },
  "draw up":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to bring (a body of troops) into array",
      ": to prepare a draft or version of",
      ": to bring to a halt",
      ": to straighten (oneself) to an erect posture especially as an assertion of dignity or resentment",
      ": to come to a halt"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "arrest",
      "bring up",
      "catch",
      "check",
      "fetch up",
      "halt",
      "hold up",
      "pull up",
      "stall",
      "stay",
      "still",
      "stop"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "he drew up his horse outside the tavern",
      "drew up the troops into a line along the ridge",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But just hiring someone who understands SEO, or bringing in an agency to draw up a plan, isn\u2019t enough on its own. \u2014 Nick Brown, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
      "Brian Stivers, investment advisor and founder of Stivers Financial Services in Knoxville, Tennessee, said the most important thing retirees today can do is to draw up a short-term plan to deal with inflation. \u2014 Next Avenue, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
      "So McVay needs to run the scout team this week, and allow his assistant coaches to draw up the game plan. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Jan. 2022",
      "Inspired by her daughter\u2019s positive experience renting an ADU, Field paid designer Agnieszka Kaleta $8,000 to draw up plans for a two-bedroom, 825-square-foot ADU in place of the garage, which had been used as a workshop. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Facing a roughly $20 million deficit for fiscal year 2023, city of Cincinnati officials have asked every city department \u2013 parks included \u2013 to draw up plans to cut 15%. \u2014 Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Premier Mario Draghi this week said Italy\u2019s government was determined to draw up broad measures soon that will provide relief to families and businesses. \u2014 The Christian Science Monitor , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Concerned by news of supply chain disruptions, Ms. Grisham asked her children to draw up their Christmas wish lists before Halloween, weeks earlier than usual. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Dec. 2021",
      "In Alabama, people can draw up to $275 a week in unemployment compensation for up to 14 weeks. \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 12 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1605, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170505"
  },
  "drawback":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a refund of duties especially on an imported product subsequently exported or used to produce a product for export",
      ": an objectionable feature : disadvantage",
      ": to avoid an issue or commitment",
      ": an unwanted feature or characteristic"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u022f-\u02ccbak",
      "dr\u022f-\u02c8bak",
      "\u02c8dr\u022f-\u02ccbak"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "debit",
      "disadvantage",
      "disbenefit",
      "downside",
      "handicap",
      "incommodity",
      "liability",
      "minus",
      "negative",
      "strike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "advantage",
      "asset",
      "edge",
      "plus"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The trip sounds great, but cost is a major drawback .",
      "this plan has only one drawback : it's unworkable",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Telehealth's primary drawback is, yet again, access. \u2014 Sarah Sloat, Scientific American , 1 June 2022",
      "In Salt Lake City, despite that potential drawback , the school board has discussed using and adding special programs to attract out-of-district students. \u2014 Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 May 2022",
      "One tip for alleviating this potential drawback is always to factor out non-repeatable anomalies, like one-time synchronization licensing, settlement and catch-up payments. \u2014 Elan Jacoby, Rolling Stone , 2 May 2022",
      "The only drawback is a breezy wind from the northwest at 10 to 20 mph with higher gusts possible at times. \u2014 Matt Rogers, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
      "The only drawback is that there are no drainage holes on the bottom. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 1 June 2022",
      "The only drawback is that the fill is not made with true memory foam. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 20 May 2022",
      "Back in the \u201980s, when Shamai Grossman was mulling which medical specialty to choose, the major drawback of emergency medicine was that those doctors rarely got to learn what happened to their patients. \u2014 Tara Bannow, STAT , 19 May 2022",
      "Coinbase users may feel differently, however, after recently learning about one major drawback to their largely unregulated digital assets: a lack of bankruptcy protections. \u2014 CBS News , 12 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1697, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200255"
  },
  "drawing":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an act or instance of drawing",
      ": the process of deciding something by drawing lots",
      ": the art or technique of representing an object or outlining a figure, plan, or sketch by means of lines",
      ": something drawn or subject to drawing: such as",
      ": an amount drawn from a fund",
      ": a representation formed by drawing : sketch",
      ": a picture created by making lines on a surface",
      ": the act or art of creating a picture, plan, or sketch by making lines on a surface",
      ": an act or instance of picking something at random"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u022f(-)i\u014b",
      "\u02c8dr\u022f-i\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cartoon",
      "delineation",
      "sketch"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "She made a drawing of my house.",
      "with an economy of lines, he created a vivid drawing of the tree",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Classic Lotto jackpot is $29.6 million for Saturday\u2019s drawing . \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 16 June 2022",
      "Retrace your drawing to make sure all the lines are connected. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 1 June 2022",
      "The lithographs are equally accomplished, displaying the fluidity of his ambidextrous drawing . \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Your drawing is by the Inuit American artist George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001). \u2014 oregonlive , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Instead of one massive primary residence, his drawing depicts multiple structures. \u2014 Helena Madden, Robb Report , 29 Jan. 2022",
      "In 2021, her drawing accompanied the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists online announcement that the clock was set to 100 seconds before midnight. \u2014 Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com , 13 Jan. 2022",
      "The winning numbers in Wednesday\u2019s drawing were 6-14-25-33-46 with a Powerball of 17. \u2014 NBC News , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "The drawing might be worth tens of millions of dollars. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174145"
  },
  "dread":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to fear greatly",
      "to regard with awe",
      "to feel extreme reluctance to meet or face",
      "to be apprehensive or fearful",
      "great fear especially in the face of impending evil",
      "extreme uneasiness in the face of a disagreeable prospect (see prospect entry 1 sense 4c )",
      "awe",
      "one causing fear or awe",
      "dreadlock sense 1",
      "dreadlock sense 2",
      "causing great fear or anxiety",
      "inspiring awe",
      "to fear or dislike greatly",
      "to be very unwilling to face",
      "great fear especially of something that will or might happen",
      "causing great fear or anxiety"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8dred",
    "synonyms":[
      "alarm",
      "alarum",
      "apprehension",
      "apprehensiveness",
      "foreboding",
      "misgiving"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "alarming",
      "dire",
      "direful",
      "dreadful",
      "fearful",
      "fearsome",
      "forbidding",
      "formidable",
      "frightening",
      "frightful",
      "ghastly",
      "hair-raising",
      "horrendous",
      "horrible",
      "horrifying",
      "intimidating",
      "redoubtable",
      "scary",
      "shocking",
      "spine-chilling",
      "terrible",
      "terrifying"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "This could be because so many women dread the thought of running into clones of their first husbands. \u2014 Joe Queenan, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "There was a new tone of darkness and dread that overtook all of us. \u2014 Madison Feller, ELLE , 27 May 2022",
      "For the owner of Elmer\u2019s Moving van company in Mission Valley, the weekly trip to fill up his 33-foot truck with diesel is something to dread . \u2014 Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "While some dread our warmest season, there's absolutely no need to. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 23 May 2022",
      "Yet even those who dread remote teaching may accept the need for more of it. \u2014 Jessica Winter, The New Yorker , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "For introverts being called back to offices this spring, there\u2019s plenty to dread after two years of remote-work solitude. \u2014 Ray A. Smith, WSJ , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "If indeed that happens, opponents will dread game-planning against his late-game defense, presence and experience, all of which immeasurably elevates the team\u2019s performance. \u2014 Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "Their high-school graduations may be five years off, but my wife and I already dread the college tuition tab for potentially all four kids at the same time. \u2014 Tarren Bragdon, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "As Lupe Morse walked slowly toward the memorial Wednesday morning, her body coursed with dread . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
      "At that point, even the thought of sustaining conversation filled me with dread . \u2014 Jireh Deng, Washington Post , 6 June 2022",
      "The many chilling details of the attack were enough to leave parents struggling with dread . \u2014 Jim Vertuno, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
      "By Friday enough was known to leave many parents struggling with dread . \u2014 Arkansas Online , 28 May 2022",
      "By Friday, though, enough was known to leave many parents struggling with dread . \u2014 Jim Vertuno And Elliot Spagat, Anchorage Daily News , 27 May 2022",
      "The thought of someone taking advantage of them filled her with dread . \u2014 Natalia Galicza, Sun Sentinel , 18 May 2022",
      "The thought of someone taking advantage of them filled her with dread . \u2014 Orlando Sentinel , 18 May 2022",
      "Many immunocompromised or otherwise at-risk Americans said the decision filled them with dread . \u2014 Ella Lee, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb, Noun, and Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "dreadful":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "inspiring dread (see dread entry 2 sense 1a ) causing great and oppressive fear",
      "inspiring awe or reverence",
      "extremely bad, distasteful, unpleasant, or shocking",
      "extreme",
      "a cheap and sensational (see sensational sense 2 ) story or periodical",
      "causing fear",
      "very unpleasant"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8dred-f\u0259l",
    "synonyms":[
      "alarming",
      "dire",
      "direful",
      "dread",
      "fearful",
      "fearsome",
      "forbidding",
      "formidable",
      "frightening",
      "frightful",
      "ghastly",
      "hair-raising",
      "horrendous",
      "horrible",
      "horrifying",
      "intimidating",
      "redoubtable",
      "scary",
      "shocking",
      "spine-chilling",
      "terrible",
      "terrifying"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "Her performance was absolutely dreadful .",
      "Those children have such dreadful manners.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
      "Their fourth-quarter efficiency in two consecutive losses is dreadful , scoring just 84.8 points and allowing 123.9 points per 100 possessions. \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
      "Musk made his move just days before Twitter delivered a first-quarter earnings report widely expected to be dreadful \u2014and likely to send its stock still lower\u2014and news proved true to form. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 10 May 2022",
      "The offensive struggles late in close games was dreadful . \u2014 Tony East, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "If that sounds dreadful , pay up for a preferred seat like Mrs. Keeler did. \u2014 Dawn Gilbertson, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
      "Free falling toward a dreadful bit of team history, the Angels fired manager Joe Maddon on Tuesday and appointed third base coach Phil Nevin to the role on an interim basis. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 8 June 2022",
      "Melton, meanwhile, entered the game mired in a dreadful slump, with just one hit in 13 regional at-bats. \u2014 Joe Freeman, oregonlive , 6 June 2022",
      "That\u2019s why the dreadful wait has given him a new perspective. \u2014 Shane Young, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
      "After a series of dreadful films and uninspired soundtracks in the \u201960s, Elvis was a cultural afterthought. \u2014 Ken Budd, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "Like many people who live in the suburbs, there\u2019s no burning desire to get back on a bus or train and waste two to three hours going back and forth in a dreadful , soul-sucking commute to the city every day. \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "The comical bumps up against the chaotic, the domestic beats back the dreadful . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "But the Blazers minus Anfernee Simons in the lineup are next-level dreadful . \u2014 oregonlive , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "For many people who live in the suburbs, there\u2019s no burning desire to get back on a bus or train and waste two to three hours going back and forth in a dreadful , soul-sucking commute to the city each and every day. \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 22 May 2021",
      "The Rangers just completed their fourth consecutive losing season and packed a whole lot of dreadful into just 60 games. \u2014 Evan Grant, Dallas News , 30 Sep. 2020",
      "Only blue shells in Mario Kart games produce more pained utterances of swear words amongst users of interactive software than that dreadful , infuriating wiggle mode. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 28 Sep. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "circa 1873, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "dreadnought":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a warm garment of thick cloth",
      ": the cloth",
      ": battleship",
      ": one that is among the largest or most powerful of its kind"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dred-\u02ccn\u022ft",
      "-\u02ccn\u00e4t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "behemoth",
      "blockbuster",
      "colossus",
      "dinosaur",
      "elephant",
      "giant",
      "Goliath",
      "jumbo",
      "leviathan",
      "mammoth",
      "mastodon",
      "monster",
      "titan",
      "whale",
      "whopper"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "diminutive",
      "dwarf",
      "half-pint",
      "midget",
      "mite",
      "peewee",
      "pygmy",
      "pigmy",
      "runt",
      "shrimp"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "poor gas mileage did little to stem the popularity of that dreadnought of the roadways: the SUV",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "What forces have brought this dreadnought to our shores? \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "The Tiffany diamond, a 128.54-carat dreadnought that Lady Gaga wore to the Academy Awards last year, was somewhere else. \u2014 James Barron, New York Times , 13 Jan. 2020",
      "In the summer of 1914, with nationalist agitation at its height, all the major European powers were armed and bristling, with millions of men in standing armies and dreadnoughts and howitzers galore, all ready to be mobilized within weeks. \u2014 Zachary Karabell, WSJ , 30 Nov. 2018",
      "The actual dreadnought was an early 20th century warship with big guns and steam power meant to be the apex predator of naval warfare, a deadly match for any other warship and a deliverer of terror through coastal bombardment. \u2014 Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics , 18 Dec. 2017",
      "The actual dreadnought was an early 20th century warship with big guns and steam power meant to be the apex predator of naval warfare, a deadly match for any other warship and a deliverer of terror through coastal bombardment. \u2014 Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics , 18 Dec. 2017",
      "The ship is the last surviving dreadnought class battleship and a veteran of both world wars. \u2014 Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle , 17 May 2018",
      "The actual dreadnought was an early 20th century warship with big guns and steam power meant to be the apex predator of naval warfare, a deadly match for any other warship and a deliverer of terror through coastal bombardment. \u2014 Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics , 18 Dec. 2017",
      "The actual dreadnought was an early 20th century warship with big guns and steam power meant to be the apex predator of naval warfare, a deadly match for any other warship and a deliverer of terror through coastal bombardment. \u2014 Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics , 18 Dec. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1806, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190402"
  },
  "dream":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep",
      "\u2014 compare rem sleep",
      ": an experience of waking life having the characteristics of a dream: such as",
      ": a visionary (see visionary entry 1 sense 2a ) creation of the imagination : daydream",
      ": a state of mind marked by abstraction or release from reality : reverie",
      ": an object seen in a dreamlike state : vision",
      ": something notable for its beauty, excellence, or enjoyable quality",
      ": a strongly desired goal or purpose",
      ": something that fully satisfies a wish : ideal",
      ": to have a series of thoughts, images, or emotions while sleeping : to have a dream (see dream entry 1 sense 1 )",
      ": to indulge in daydreams or fantasies",
      ": to appear tranquil or dreamy (see dreamy sense 3a )",
      ": to have a dream of",
      ": to consider as a possibility : imagine",
      ": to pass (time) in reverie or inaction",
      ": to consider possible or fitting",
      ": a series of thoughts or visions that occur during sleep",
      ": daydream entry 1",
      ": something very pleasing",
      ": a goal that is wished for",
      ": to have a series of thoughts or visions while sleeping",
      ": to spend time having daydreams",
      ": to think of as happening or possible",
      ": to think of or invent",
      ": a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep and especially during REM sleep \u2014 compare daydream",
      ": to have a dream",
      ": to indulge in daydreams or fantasies",
      ": to have a dream of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0113m",
      "\u02c8dr\u0113m",
      "\u02c8dr\u0113m",
      "\u02c8dr\u0113m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chimera",
      "conceit",
      "daydream",
      "delusion",
      "fancy",
      "fantasy",
      "phantasy",
      "figment",
      "hallucination",
      "illusion",
      "nonentity",
      "phantasm",
      "fantasm",
      "pipe dream",
      "unreality",
      "vision"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "conceit",
      "conceive",
      "conjure (up)",
      "envisage",
      "envision",
      "fancy",
      "fantasize",
      "fantasy",
      "feature",
      "ideate",
      "image",
      "imagine",
      "picture",
      "see",
      "vision",
      "visualize"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But in December 2013, the inconvenience of his father\u2019s lottery habit gave Sullivan an idea to profit from the everyman dream to get rich quick. \u2014 Will Yakowicz, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "The last minutes were ticking away for the Tampa Bay Lightning, along with the dream of hockey immortality. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
      "Here\u2019s hoping that in a lawful process that door will be opened wide to let in plenty of people looking to live the dream like Ms. Flores. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "With the dream of buying a home increasingly out of reach for many Americans, aspiring property owners may want to consider Pittsburgh. \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 14 June 2022",
      "With median home sale prices hitting record highs, the dream of middle class homeownership no longer exists. \u2014 Hillary Hoffower, Fortune , 12 June 2022",
      "In \u2018Vision & Virtuosity,\u2019 the dream is on full display\u2014and with the two-month exhibition open to the public from today, expect many more to be spellbound by its glittering charms. \u2014 Rosalind Jana, Vogue , 10 June 2022",
      "The disadvantaged senior citizen who clung to the dream of becoming president had no traction at all. \u2014 Janet Ruane, The Conversation , 8 June 2022",
      "That\u2019s starting to change, but the dream of that simpler, small-town life remains. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 8 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Many viewers dream of buying a home in a place like Hawaii. \u2014 Fox News , 11 June 2022",
      "With massive screen sizes, tons of brightness, and reasonable prices, now is a great time to make your home theater dream a reality. \u2014 Parker Hall, Wired , 8 June 2022",
      "Newell has spent decades trying to make that dream a reality. \u2014 Ellen Ruppel Shell, Scientific American , 1 May 2022",
      "Most music fans only dream about going backstage after a concert and meeting their favorite artist. \u2014 Spin Contributor, SPIN , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Jonas Valanciunas, why not dream a little bigger and go for Rudy Gobert? \u2014 Mark Deeks, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "What people dream of, gala-wise, is beauty, admiring and being admired, charming and being charmed, being selected as special and deserving. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
      "Nobody would ever dream this happened to their child. \u2014 NBC News , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Despite coming from a small town with a population of about 2,000 people, Arthur still encouraged Noah to dream big. \u2014 Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping , 22 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201417"
  },
  "dreamy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": full of dreams",
      ": pleasantly abstracted from immediate reality",
      ": given to dreaming or fantasy",
      ": suggestive of a dream or dreamlike state",
      ": quiet and soothing",
      ": delightful , ideal",
      ": appearing to be daydreaming",
      ": seeming like a dream",
      ": quiet and relaxing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0113-m\u0113",
      "\u02c8dr\u0113-m\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "agreeable",
      "blessed",
      "blest",
      "congenial",
      "darling",
      "delectable",
      "delicious",
      "delightful",
      "delightsome",
      "dulcet",
      "enjoyable",
      "felicitous",
      "good",
      "grateful",
      "gratifying",
      "heavenly",
      "jolly",
      "luscious",
      "nice",
      "palatable",
      "pleasant",
      "pleasing",
      "pleasurable",
      "pretty",
      "satisfying",
      "savory",
      "savoury",
      "sweet",
      "tasty",
      "welcome"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "disagreeable",
      "pleasureless",
      "unpalatable",
      "unpleasant",
      "unwelcome"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "She was a dreamy young woman who never gave much serious thought to her future.",
      "He gazed at me with a dreamy look in his eyes.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The music starts out with soft, dreamy violins as Addison stretches her limbs in all directions. \u2014 Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
      "With this trio of singers together, the dreamy love song should come with flood insurance. \u2014 Lucas Villa, SPIN , 10 June 2022",
      "Friends of Fendi pondered over von Bismarck\u2019s dreamy portraiture displayed on sizeable white gallery walls amidst the neutral color palette of the fashion house\u2019s latest collection. \u2014 Concetta Ciarlo, Vogue , 8 June 2022",
      "After a six-year engagement and two pandemic postponements, The Bachelorette stars tied the knot in May and went on a dreamy European honeymoon. \u2014 Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com , 7 June 2022",
      "And, unlike Bascombe, Andrew does not find himself in the midst of a dreamy midlife crisis, searching for answers. \u2014 New York Times , 4 June 2022",
      "Since 1901, travelers (including Theodore Roosevelt, Clark Gable and Bill Gates) have ridden the Grand Canyon Railway to take in dreamy views of Grand Canyon National Park. \u2014 Sarah Sekula, CNN , 31 May 2022",
      "Your guide to the dreamy Blue Ridge Mountains, including excellent hikes, beautiful drives, and the best hotels and campgrounds. \u2014 Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022",
      "Earlier this month, Hailey walked the Met Gala red carpet solo in a dreamy white backless gown by Anthony Vaccarello for YSL. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 31 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195141"
  },
  "drear":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dreary"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drir"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "black",
      "bleak",
      "cheerless",
      "chill",
      "Cimmerian",
      "cloudy",
      "cold",
      "comfortless",
      "dark",
      "darkening",
      "depressing",
      "depressive",
      "desolate",
      "dire",
      "disconsolate",
      "dismal",
      "dreary",
      "dreich",
      "elegiac",
      "elegiacal",
      "forlorn",
      "funereal",
      "gloomy",
      "glum",
      "godforsaken",
      "gray",
      "grey",
      "lonely",
      "lonesome",
      "lugubrious",
      "miserable",
      "morbid",
      "morose",
      "murky",
      "plutonian",
      "saturnine",
      "sepulchral",
      "solemn",
      "somber",
      "sombre",
      "sullen",
      "sunless",
      "tenebrific",
      "tenebrous",
      "wretched"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bright",
      "cheerful",
      "cheering",
      "cheery",
      "comforting",
      "cordial",
      "festive",
      "friendly",
      "gay",
      "heartwarming",
      "sunshiny"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "it was a drear morning in January when I went to take my driving test",
      "a barren and drear existence in a remote village"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1629, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195851"
  },
  "dreary":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": feeling, displaying, or reflecting listlessness or discouragement",
      ": having nothing likely to provide cheer, comfort, or interest : gloomy , dismal",
      ": dull and depressing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drir-\u0113",
      "\u02c8drir-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "black",
      "bleak",
      "cheerless",
      "chill",
      "Cimmerian",
      "cloudy",
      "cold",
      "comfortless",
      "dark",
      "darkening",
      "depressing",
      "depressive",
      "desolate",
      "dire",
      "disconsolate",
      "dismal",
      "drear",
      "dreich",
      "elegiac",
      "elegiacal",
      "forlorn",
      "funereal",
      "gloomy",
      "glum",
      "godforsaken",
      "gray",
      "grey",
      "lonely",
      "lonesome",
      "lugubrious",
      "miserable",
      "morbid",
      "morose",
      "murky",
      "plutonian",
      "saturnine",
      "sepulchral",
      "solemn",
      "somber",
      "sombre",
      "sullen",
      "sunless",
      "tenebrific",
      "tenebrous",
      "wretched"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bright",
      "cheerful",
      "cheering",
      "cheery",
      "comforting",
      "cordial",
      "festive",
      "friendly",
      "gay",
      "heartwarming",
      "sunshiny"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "It was a gray, dreary morning.",
      "The family struggled through dreary economic times.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The cold, dreary weather created a less-than-ideal backdrop for what would become an instant classic. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "Still, the dreary conditions didn't stop Louisville native Jack Harlow from rocking the stage as the day's headliner, with other performers like Earl Sweatshirt and COIN entertaining the crowd as well. \u2014 Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal , 31 May 2022",
      "And while that may sound like good news for beachgoers after facing a dreary spring, visitors are being asked to take precautionary measures ahead of Monday, the unofficial start of summer. \u2014 Tatyana Turner, Chicago Tribune , 29 May 2022",
      "Since his Antarctica trip, Pellegrin has walked among the burning embers of wildfires, floated on glassy waters in front of glaciers, climbed the steaming rims of volcanoes, and trudged through dreary coastal marshes. \u2014 Ben Taub, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
      "Tatum quickly erased those dreary visions by not only scoring 18 first-half points to give the Celtics a double-digit lead but also carrying his team and preventing another Milwaukee rally in the fourth with brilliant shot-making. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2022",
      "But dreary weather, including overcast skies, gusty winds and occasional rain, will linger in parts of the Northeast through the mid-Atlantic over the weekend. \u2014 Christine Fernando, USA TODAY , 6 May 2022",
      "See how the duo transformed the drab and dreary space into a bright and luxurious sanctuary below. \u2014 Marni Katz, House Beautiful , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The color palette is a dreary mud puddle of grays and browns, and there\u2019s no sense of space or geography. \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English drery , from Old English dr\u0113orig sad, bloody, from dr\u0113or gore; akin to Old High German tr\u016br\u0113n to be sad, Goth driusan to fall",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185317"
  },
  "dredge (up)":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to start talking or thinking again about (something unpleasant that happened a long time ago)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174326"
  },
  "dreich":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dreary"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0113\u1e35"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "black",
      "bleak",
      "cheerless",
      "chill",
      "Cimmerian",
      "cloudy",
      "cold",
      "comfortless",
      "dark",
      "darkening",
      "depressing",
      "depressive",
      "desolate",
      "dire",
      "disconsolate",
      "dismal",
      "drear",
      "dreary",
      "elegiac",
      "elegiacal",
      "forlorn",
      "funereal",
      "gloomy",
      "glum",
      "godforsaken",
      "gray",
      "grey",
      "lonely",
      "lonesome",
      "lugubrious",
      "miserable",
      "morbid",
      "morose",
      "murky",
      "plutonian",
      "saturnine",
      "sepulchral",
      "solemn",
      "somber",
      "sombre",
      "sullen",
      "sunless",
      "tenebrific",
      "tenebrous",
      "wretched"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bright",
      "cheerful",
      "cheering",
      "cheery",
      "comforting",
      "cordial",
      "festive",
      "friendly",
      "gay",
      "heartwarming",
      "sunshiny"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "historically regarded as a dreich corner of Britain, Scotland's very name comes from the Greek word for \u201cdark\u201d"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse drj\u016bgr lasting",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1813, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173349"
  },
  "drek":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "trash , rubbish"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8drek",
    "synonyms":[
      "chaff",
      "deadwood",
      "debris",
      "dross",
      "dust",
      "effluvium",
      "effluvia",
      "garbage",
      "junk",
      "litter",
      "offal",
      "offscouring",
      "raffle",
      "refuse",
      "riffraff",
      "rubbish",
      "scrap",
      "spilth",
      "trash",
      "truck",
      "waste"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The movie was pure dreck .",
      "he poured the dreck she called soup down the drain",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Much of his work, then, centers on counterbalancing that deluge of dreck via boosterish content generation, whether blog posts on personal websites or sites like Medium. \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Robb Report , 4 June 2022",
      "Offensive dreck , meanwhile, gets and stays published for as long as its commercially viable. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "The dreck , not so much. Exhibit A is Simon Property Group (SPG), which created an empire of high-end shopping emporiums in affluent suburbs. \u2014 Larry Light, Fortune , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "The fact that basically anyone could design and sell hastily coded Atari 2600 games with no interference from or cooperation with Atari led to a game market flooded with shovelware and to clearance bins filled with unsellable dreck . \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "Frosty, featuring a cameo from Jimmy Durante and the excessive vocal hamminess of the character actor Billy De Wolfe as the bad guy, was cynical dreck . \u2014 Tom Nichols, The Atlantic , 15 Dec. 2021",
      "There were attacks on a good friend and Bengals fan in Los Angeles, @commissioneryas, about the usual dreck women hear \u2013 not being real fans, just trying to attract guys. \u2014 The Enquirer , 18 Nov. 2021",
      "Beaver fans remember all too often from previous days of defensive dreck . \u2014 oregonlive , 16 Sep. 2021",
      "Those pieces are irresistible because there is such affection for the dreck seen from the view of someone whose tastes have become more sophisticated. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Yiddish drek & German Dreck , from Middle High German drec ; akin to Old English threax rubbish",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1922, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162608"
  },
  "drenched":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to wet thoroughly (as by soaking or immersing in liquid)",
      ": to soak or cover thoroughly with liquid that falls or is precipitated",
      ": to fill or cover completely as if by soaking or precipitation",
      ": to administer a drench to (an animal)",
      ": to force to drink",
      ": a poisonous or medicinal drink",
      ": a large dose of medicine mixed with liquid and put down the throat of an animal",
      ": something that drenches",
      ": a quantity sufficient to drench or saturate",
      ": to make completely wet",
      ": a poisonous or medicinal drink",
      ": a large dose of medicine mixed with liquid and put down the throat of an animal",
      ": to administer a drench to (an animal)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drench",
      "\u02c8drench",
      "\u02c8drench"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bathe",
      "bedraggle",
      "douse",
      "dowse",
      "drown",
      "soak",
      "sodden",
      "sop",
      "souse",
      "wash",
      "water",
      "water-soak",
      "waterlog",
      "wet",
      "wet down"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dehydrate",
      "desiccate",
      "dry",
      "parch",
      "scorch",
      "sear"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "we were drenched by the sudden rainstorm",
      "when using the carpet shampooer, wet but do not drench the carpet",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "After dissipating over Mexico, tropical depression Agatha may drench South Florida by week's end. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
      "Shea butter and squalane drench the skin with extreme moisture. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 May 2022",
      "The 106th running of the Indianapolis 500 is Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, when 33 drivers will compete at the most iconic auto race in the world for a chance to drench themselves in milk and capture the Borg-Warner Trophy. \u2014 Nathan Brown, USA TODAY , 28 May 2022",
      "Soaring feedback creating comet-like waves that just drench your soul with heartache and solitude. \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "Strong thunderstorms and heavy rainfall will drench the Southeast. \u2014 NBC News , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Use it to cover kitchen cabinetry, as Napier showed in her post, or drench a living room in the shade for an inviting atmosphere. \u2014 Kelly Allen, House Beautiful , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Firefighting conditions are expected to improve today with decreasing winds, and a snowstorm could help drench the flames. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 1 Jan. 2022",
      "The storm systems will drench the region in flooding rainfall. \u2014 CNN , 24 Dec. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Gone, of course, were the aerial rope tricks and getting drench while singing in a waterfall. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 1 May 2022",
      "The final step is giving your repotted orchid a good drench . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "It\u2019s the perfect wash to pop in your gym bag for cleansing after even the most drench -inducing workouts. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Use a systemic insecticide (Imidacloprid) as a soil drench around the root system in mid-May to prevent the insects ever from feeding. \u2014 Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Licensed applicators are treating trees where the psyllids have been observed with a combination of the foliar spray Tempo and a root drench of the systemic Merit. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "Rare and intriguing, black maraschino cherry and bitter chocolate drench the palate, and a final kiss of licorice and tarte Tatin ebbs slowly in the background. \u2014 Emily Price, Forbes , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "Use the systemic insecticide Imidacloprid as a soil drench in mid-May to prevent them. \u2014 Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "Certain animal formulations of ivermectin such as pour-on, injectable, paste, and \u2018 drench ,\u2019 are approved in the U.S. to treat or prevent parasites in animals. \u2014 William Earl, Variety , 8 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4b",
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195731"
  },
  "dress":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make or set straight",
      ": to arrange (troops, equipment, etc.) in a straight line and at proper intervals",
      ": to prepare for use or service",
      ": to prepare for cooking or for the table",
      ": to add decorative details or accessories to : embellish",
      ": to put clothes on",
      ": to provide with clothing",
      ": dress down",
      ": to apply dressings or medicaments to",
      ": to arrange (the hair) by combing, brushing, or curling",
      ": to groom and curry (an animal)",
      ": to kill and prepare for market or for consumption",
      ": cultivate , tend",
      ": to apply manure or fertilizer to",
      ": to put through a finishing process",
      ": to trim and smooth the surface of (a material, such as lumber or stone)",
      ": to put on clothing",
      ": to put on or wear formal, elaborate, or fancy clothes",
      ": to weigh after being dressed",
      ": to align oneself with the next soldier in a line to make the line straight",
      ": to ornament a ship for a celebration by hoisting national ensigns at the mastheads and running a line of signal flags and pennants from bow to stern",
      ": apparel , clothing",
      ": an outer garment (as for a woman or girl) usually consisting of a one-piece bodice and skirt",
      ": covering, adornment, or appearance appropriate or peculiar to a particular time",
      ": a particular form of presentation : guise",
      ": suitable for a formal occasion",
      ": requiring or permitting formal dress",
      ": relating to or used for a dress",
      ": to put clothes on",
      ": to put on clothes in a particular way",
      ": to wear formal or fancy clothes",
      ": to apply medicine or bandages to",
      ": to trim or decorate for display",
      ": to prepare for cooking or eating",
      ": to put on formal or fancy clothes",
      ": to put on a costume",
      ": a piece of clothing for a woman or girl that has a top part that covers the upper body and that is connected to a skirt covering the lower body",
      ": clothing",
      ": proper for a formal event",
      ": to apply dressings or medicaments to"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dres",
      "\u02c8dres",
      "\u02c8dres"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bandage",
      "bind",
      "swathe"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "frock",
      "gown"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Pack your camping gear, food, drinks, and grill along with costumes and dress -up clothes for evening dance parties and the glow-in-the-dark celebration and laser show. \u2014 Patricia Harris And David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
      "Style one with a set of espadrilles, slides for something more casual, or dress them up with a pair of heels for a special occasion. \u2014 Julie Tong, Vogue , 28 May 2022",
      "The midi-length works for any level of formality, just dress it up or down with the right shoes and accessories. \u2014 Raena Loper, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
      "Or dress the pants up with flat sandals, a blouse, and heeled sandals. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 12 May 2022",
      "In this living room designed by Tom Scherer, the natural surroundings lend an outdoorsy feel to the parlor, and rattan accents contrast nicely with the gray sofas while colorful custom pillows dress them up. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 9 May 2022",
      "Relive the magical moments of your life and dress them up in a scrapbook complete with glitter, bright colors, and washi tape. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 6 May 2022",
      "Players can build houses for their Sims, dress them up, and put them in all manner of wacky situations. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "He has now been fined by the police, only to dress himself up as a war leader in the biggest European conflict since the Second World War. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "With short sleeves and subtle side slits, the black maxi dress is even suitable for a casual office environment if paired with wedges. \u2014 Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
      "Although wearing white is now fashionable for all seasons, a classic dress is a staple for summer wardrobes. \u2014 Irina Grechko, refinery29.com , 7 June 2022",
      "And while the dress was rose gold and featured a massive bow when Lively entered the glamorous event, assistants helped untie the bow on the Met steps, revealing a blue-green train. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 6 June 2022",
      "People speculated that the dress is the very same Roland Mouret piece that Meghan wore the evening before her wedding to Prince Harry in 2018. \u2014 Alexis Gaskin, Glamour , 2 June 2022",
      "And just in time for wedding season, the exact bridesmaid dress is available to shop now. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 28 May 2022",
      "Colourful dresses have dominated in the opening days of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival\u2014see Viola Davis\u2019s joyful yellow Alexander McQueen gown for proof\u2014but Anne Hathaway has reminded us that the white dress is a classic for a reason. \u2014 Vogue , 20 May 2022",
      "The event will be held at The Oasis, a cozy, renovated 1800s storefront adjacent to Union Church, 3 Elm St. Admission is free and dress is casual. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 19 May 2022",
      "Of course, dress and demeanor are cultural attributes. \u2014 Steven Leibson, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "That's the case even if the job does not require dress clothes. \u2014 Daniel B. Kline, USA TODAY , 31 Aug. 2017",
      "Dress code controversies are nothing new, especially in the era of social media. \u2014 Rafael Guerrero, chicagotribune.com , 29 Aug. 2017",
      "Factor in alterations: Dress alterations can be costly, so talk to your salon about their policy in advance. \u2014 Emily Valla, idahostatesman , 21 July 2017",
      "Dress -code-busting aside, these are some excellent, just-DGAF-enough outfits. \u2014 Megan Gustashaw, GQ , 13 July 2017",
      "Dress code double standards not only can make summer unbearable but also serve to police people's gender expression. \u2014 Suzannah Weiss, Glamour , 23 June 2017",
      "Dress Meets Body collection, which is set in a large funnel-like space with a video of Merce Cunningham\u2019s dancers performing in the clothing by viewers\u2019 feet. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 1 May 2017",
      "Dress rehearsals are over and the Sky open their season Sunday on the road against the second-ranked Minnesota Lynx. \u2014 Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com , 12 May 2017",
      "Dress blues and elegant gowns were the order of the day, at the Windsor High School annual Air Force Junior ROTC Ball, on April 22. \u2014 Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community , 5 May 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "1745, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200749"
  },
  "dress down":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to reprove severely",
      ": to dress casually especially for reasons of fashion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "baste",
      "bawl out",
      "berate",
      "call down",
      "castigate",
      "chastise",
      "chew out",
      "flay",
      "hammer",
      "jaw",
      "keelhaul",
      "lambaste",
      "lambast",
      "lecture",
      "rag",
      "rail (at ",
      "rant (at)",
      "rate",
      "ream (out)",
      "rebuke",
      "reprimand",
      "reproach",
      "scold",
      "score",
      "tongue-lash",
      "upbraid"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "dressed down for boorish behavior at the dance",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Dress up or dress down , Nobu is proof positive that great food, drink and service can be relaxed and unpretentious without compromising on quality. \u2014 Duncan Madden, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "But two great consolations guaranteed in the contract are these: 1) The right to dress down , be comfortable and, indeed, be so vulnerable in front of another human that no goofball pun is off limits; 2) the right to experience joy. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Dressing in layers can help keep you warm, while giving you options to dress down once your body gets warmed up. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "Note that elements of a capsule collection will vary by industry, but overall, a capsule should provide you with wardrobe pieces to dress up or dress down according to your needs. \u2014 Stephanie (stifel) Coughlan, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "Easy to dress up with satin midi skirts, trousers, and booties or dress down with leggings, jeans, and sneakers, sweaters are one of the most versatile pieces of clothing in your closet. \u2014 Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com , 13 Dec. 2021",
      "For a Saturday stroll, dress down your trousers with some Adidas Sambas and a lightweight pouch for your long day of errands. \u2014 Monica Mendal, Vogue , 3 Oct. 2021",
      "The business mogul and reality star was photographed running errands in Los Angeles on Tuesday, and didn't dress down for the occasion. \u2014 Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 Oct. 2021",
      "Others dress down on flights, wearing sweatpants and hoodies to avoid drawing attention to themselves. \u2014 Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times , 20 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1852, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210512"
  },
  "dress up":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a time or occasion for which fancy or formal clothing is worn",
      ": a game or activity (as for children) that involves dressing up in special clothing or costumes",
      ": to make more attractive, glamorous, or fancy",
      ": to attire in best or formal clothes",
      ": to attire in clothes suited to a particular role",
      ": to present in the most attractive or impressive light",
      ": to get dressed up"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dres-\u02cc\u0259p"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "doll up",
      "dress"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "we always like to dress up when going to parties",
      "the war was a fiasco that the administration tried to dress up as a triumph",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Nick loves to longboard, dress up and go out in the city to art galleries, museums and artistic events. \u2014 Kara Warner, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
      "There are ornate writing desks and four-poster beds in each bedroom, waiters carry silver trays of gins and tonic out to the pool before lunch, and long mahogany tables are laid for dinner, when guests are encouraged to dress up and mingle. \u2014 Melissa Twigg, CNN , 20 May 2022",
      "On a day when his team\u2019s defensive slip was showing, Justin Herbert had to dress up and stand up. \u2014 Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 Oct. 2021",
      "Attendees are encouraged to dress up and decorate their cars for a chance to win a prize. \u2014 courant.com , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "Our customer is inspired to dress up and be social again. \u2014 Rachel Besser, Vogue , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "To dress up your porch and give yourself a cozy seat to start the day, consider the Shine Company Vermont Rocking Chair that's charming, comfortable, and on sale right now. \u2014 Sanah Faroke, Better Homes & Gardens , 22 Sep. 2021",
      "It was designed to just give us all a reason to dress up and skate. \u2014 Janay Kingsberry, Washington Post , 21 May 2022",
      "All came together to provide women with a reason to dress up again\u2014and wear new jewelry. \u2014 Beth Bernstein, Forbes , 11 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "circa 1513, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183008"
  },
  "dressed":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make or set straight",
      ": to arrange (troops, equipment, etc.) in a straight line and at proper intervals",
      ": to prepare for use or service",
      ": to prepare for cooking or for the table",
      ": to add decorative details or accessories to : embellish",
      ": to put clothes on",
      ": to provide with clothing",
      ": dress down",
      ": to apply dressings or medicaments to",
      ": to arrange (the hair) by combing, brushing, or curling",
      ": to groom and curry (an animal)",
      ": to kill and prepare for market or for consumption",
      ": cultivate , tend",
      ": to apply manure or fertilizer to",
      ": to put through a finishing process",
      ": to trim and smooth the surface of (a material, such as lumber or stone)",
      ": to put on clothing",
      ": to put on or wear formal, elaborate, or fancy clothes",
      ": to weigh after being dressed",
      ": to align oneself with the next soldier in a line to make the line straight",
      ": to ornament a ship for a celebration by hoisting national ensigns at the mastheads and running a line of signal flags and pennants from bow to stern",
      ": apparel , clothing",
      ": an outer garment (as for a woman or girl) usually consisting of a one-piece bodice and skirt",
      ": covering, adornment, or appearance appropriate or peculiar to a particular time",
      ": a particular form of presentation : guise",
      ": suitable for a formal occasion",
      ": requiring or permitting formal dress",
      ": relating to or used for a dress",
      ": to put clothes on",
      ": to put on clothes in a particular way",
      ": to wear formal or fancy clothes",
      ": to apply medicine or bandages to",
      ": to trim or decorate for display",
      ": to prepare for cooking or eating",
      ": to put on formal or fancy clothes",
      ": to put on a costume",
      ": a piece of clothing for a woman or girl that has a top part that covers the upper body and that is connected to a skirt covering the lower body",
      ": clothing",
      ": proper for a formal event",
      ": to apply dressings or medicaments to"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dres",
      "\u02c8dres",
      "\u02c8dres"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bandage",
      "bind",
      "swathe"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "frock",
      "gown"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Pack your camping gear, food, drinks, and grill along with costumes and dress -up clothes for evening dance parties and the glow-in-the-dark celebration and laser show. \u2014 Patricia Harris And David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
      "Style one with a set of espadrilles, slides for something more casual, or dress them up with a pair of heels for a special occasion. \u2014 Julie Tong, Vogue , 28 May 2022",
      "The midi-length works for any level of formality, just dress it up or down with the right shoes and accessories. \u2014 Raena Loper, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
      "Or dress the pants up with flat sandals, a blouse, and heeled sandals. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 12 May 2022",
      "In this living room designed by Tom Scherer, the natural surroundings lend an outdoorsy feel to the parlor, and rattan accents contrast nicely with the gray sofas while colorful custom pillows dress them up. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 9 May 2022",
      "Relive the magical moments of your life and dress them up in a scrapbook complete with glitter, bright colors, and washi tape. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 6 May 2022",
      "Players can build houses for their Sims, dress them up, and put them in all manner of wacky situations. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "He has now been fined by the police, only to dress himself up as a war leader in the biggest European conflict since the Second World War. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "With short sleeves and subtle side slits, the black maxi dress is even suitable for a casual office environment if paired with wedges. \u2014 Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
      "Although wearing white is now fashionable for all seasons, a classic dress is a staple for summer wardrobes. \u2014 Irina Grechko, refinery29.com , 7 June 2022",
      "And while the dress was rose gold and featured a massive bow when Lively entered the glamorous event, assistants helped untie the bow on the Met steps, revealing a blue-green train. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 6 June 2022",
      "People speculated that the dress is the very same Roland Mouret piece that Meghan wore the evening before her wedding to Prince Harry in 2018. \u2014 Alexis Gaskin, Glamour , 2 June 2022",
      "And just in time for wedding season, the exact bridesmaid dress is available to shop now. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 28 May 2022",
      "Colourful dresses have dominated in the opening days of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival\u2014see Viola Davis\u2019s joyful yellow Alexander McQueen gown for proof\u2014but Anne Hathaway has reminded us that the white dress is a classic for a reason. \u2014 Vogue , 20 May 2022",
      "The event will be held at The Oasis, a cozy, renovated 1800s storefront adjacent to Union Church, 3 Elm St. Admission is free and dress is casual. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 19 May 2022",
      "Of course, dress and demeanor are cultural attributes. \u2014 Steven Leibson, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "That's the case even if the job does not require dress clothes. \u2014 Daniel B. Kline, USA TODAY , 31 Aug. 2017",
      "Dress code controversies are nothing new, especially in the era of social media. \u2014 Rafael Guerrero, chicagotribune.com , 29 Aug. 2017",
      "Factor in alterations: Dress alterations can be costly, so talk to your salon about their policy in advance. \u2014 Emily Valla, idahostatesman , 21 July 2017",
      "Dress -code-busting aside, these are some excellent, just-DGAF-enough outfits. \u2014 Megan Gustashaw, GQ , 13 July 2017",
      "Dress code double standards not only can make summer unbearable but also serve to police people's gender expression. \u2014 Suzannah Weiss, Glamour , 23 June 2017",
      "Dress Meets Body collection, which is set in a large funnel-like space with a video of Merce Cunningham\u2019s dancers performing in the clothing by viewers\u2019 feet. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 1 May 2017",
      "Dress rehearsals are over and the Sky open their season Sunday on the road against the second-ranked Minnesota Lynx. \u2014 Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com , 12 May 2017",
      "Dress blues and elegant gowns were the order of the day, at the Windsor High School annual Air Force Junior ROTC Ball, on April 22. \u2014 Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community , 5 May 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "1745, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203247"
  },
  "dressing":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or process of one who dresses",
      ": an instance of such act or process",
      ": a sauce for adding to a dish (such as a salad)",
      ": a seasoned mixture usually used as a stuffing (as for poultry)",
      ": material (such as ointment or gauze) applied to cover a lesion or wound",
      ": fertilizing material (such as manure or compost)",
      ": a sauce put on a salad",
      ": a seasoned mixture used as a stuffing",
      ": material (as ointment or gauze) used to cover an injury",
      ": the act of putting on clothes",
      ": a covering (as of ointment or gauze) applied to a lesion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dre-si\u014b",
      "\u02c8dre-si\u014b",
      "-i\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cataplasm",
      "plaster",
      "poultice"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "We had turkey with dressing and potatoes for dinner.",
      "The nurse cleaned the cut and applied a dressing .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And what better way to prepare for warm-weather dressing than by filling our closets with beautiful seasonally appropriate items that will surely impress? \u2014 Alexis Bennett, Vogue , 25 May 2022",
      "Go for optimistic dressing with bright, tropical prints in the prettiest shades of pink and green like this Trina Turk one-piece. \u2014 Hannah Oh, Seventeen , 13 May 2022",
      "The Shrink Next Door actress recently spoke to PEOPLE about what her cooking struggles are, her favorite Food Network star, and her partnership with Hellmann's for the brand's new spicy mayonnaise dressing . \u2014 Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com , 10 May 2022",
      "This recipe is packed with as much flavor as color thanks to an array of bright vegetables, fresh herbs, ginger, lemongrass and a soy sauce and sesame oil dressing . \u2014 Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post , 30 May 2022",
      "Elegantly plated on a tray or large platter, the salad features a bed of lettuce and a simple olive oil dressing or vinaigrette that lets the real star of the dish truly shine -- the crudit\u00e9s, or raw vegetables. \u2014 Foren Clark, CNN , 30 May 2022",
      "Top the salad with the croutons and serve with extra dressing on the side. \u2014 Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic , 27 May 2022",
      "Guests staying in the villa will find two bedrooms that both have private entrances, ensuite bathrooms and dressing rooms, allowing for even more privacy. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 25 May 2022",
      "Now, minimalist dressing is like shorthand for an orderly, Instagram-friendly life. \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214135"
  },
  "dribble":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to issue sporadically and in small bits",
      "to let or cause to fall in drops little by little",
      "to propel by successive slight taps or bounces with hand, foot, or stick",
      "to hit (a ball) without much force so that it bounces slowly along the ground",
      "to fall or flow in drops or in a thin intermittent stream trickle",
      "to let saliva trickle from the corner of the mouth drool",
      "to come or issue in piecemeal or desultory fashion",
      "to dribble a ball or puck",
      "to proceed by dribbling",
      "to move with short bounces",
      "a tiny or insignificant bit or quantity",
      "a small trickling stream or flow",
      "an act, instance, or manner of dribbling a ball or puck",
      "to fall or let fall in small drops trickle",
      "to let saliva or other liquid drip or trickle from the mouth",
      "to move forward by bouncing, tapping, or kicking",
      "a trickling flow",
      "the act of moving a ball or puck forward by bouncing, kicking, or tapping it"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8dri-b\u0259l",
    "synonyms":[
      "distill",
      "distil",
      "drip",
      "drop",
      "trickle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "atom",
      "bit",
      "crumb",
      "fleck",
      "flyspeck",
      "grain",
      "granule",
      "molecule",
      "morsel",
      "mote",
      "nubbin",
      "nugget",
      "particle",
      "patch",
      "scrap",
      "scruple",
      "snip",
      "snippet",
      "speck",
      "tittle"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "And then watch another person pass on a 3-pointer, but crash into three people, get slapped in the forehead, roll an ankle and dribble it off their own foot? \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 30 May 2022",
      "Some Nutella will naturally dribble down your chin; reserve this. \u2014 The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
      "Desperate for someone who could dribble and run an offense, the front office acted quickly, cheaply acquiring 35-year-old Rondo. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "On the first, Primo lost control of the ball trying to dribble behind his back, resulting in a turnover. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "The Tide was able to dribble it out after a jump ball. \u2014 Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Coby White scrambled to dribble up the court in transition, only to have his pocket picked for a transition layup. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Wahab went from barely able to dribble to hitting mid-range jumpers and spin moves. \u2014 Ryan Mcfadden, baltimoresun.com , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "With just over a minute to go and the Aztecs trailing by a point, coach Brian Dutcher signaled for senior point guard Trey Pulliam to dribble off a high ball screen by center Nathan Mensah. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "Offensively, Crockett got her production with a combination of outside shooting \u2014 something Indiana needed badly \u2014 and drives to the basket, at one point attacking Merkle off the dribble for a reverse layup to finish with a team-leading 22 points. \u2014 Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star , 12 June 2022",
      "Needs to be more reliable hitting 3s off the dribble to open scoring/driving lanes. \u2014 Khobi Price, Orlando Sentinel , 1 June 2022",
      "Like Hepburn, McGee is a tenacious defender who can also break down opposing defenses off the dribble . \u2014 Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 May 2022",
      "Ball-handling, shooting, reading movements off the dribble . \u2014 Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star , 23 May 2022",
      "He\u2019s one of the few Suns who can attack the rim off the dribble , and the team needs him to do it. \u2014 Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic , 9 May 2022",
      "The 6-foot-4 freshman devastates defenders off the dribble and is an inventive playmaker, both for himself and teammates. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 6 May 2022",
      "Just like that play seven years ago against the Badgers where Allen drove to the basket, Budenholzer singled out Allen for excellence at playing basketball off the dribble . \u2014 Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Each time the Cavs tried to surge back in the fourth quarter, Young responded, drilling long-range 3s, beating multiple defenders off the dribble , knocking down runners or flipping in layups. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 15 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "circa 1589, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "circa 1680, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "drift":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of driving something along",
      ": the flow or the velocity of the current of a river or ocean stream",
      ": something driven, propelled, or urged along or drawn together in a clump by or as if by a natural agency: such as",
      ": wind-driven snow, rain, cloud, dust, or smoke usually at or near the ground surface",
      ": a mass of matter (such as sand) deposited together by or as if by wind or water",
      ": a helter-skelter accumulation",
      ": drove , flock",
      ": something (such as driftwood ) washed ashore",
      ": rock debris deposited by natural agents",
      ": a deposit of clay, sand, gravel, and boulders transported by a glacier or by running water from a glacier",
      ": a general underlying design or tendency",
      ": the underlying meaning, import, or purport of what is spoken or written",
      ": something (such as a tool) driven down upon or forced into a body",
      ": the motion or action of drifting especially spatially and usually under external influence: such as",
      ": the lateral motion of an aircraft due to air currents",
      ": an easy moderate more or less steady flow or sweep along a spatial course",
      ": a gradual shift in attitude, opinion, or position",
      ": an aimless course",
      ": a forgoing of any attempt at direction or control",
      ": a deviation from a true reproduction, representation, or reading",
      ": a gradual change in the zero reading of an instrument or in any quantitative characteristic that is supposed to remain constant",
      ": a deliberate, controlled skid by a vehicle turning through a corner at high speed : an instance of automotive drifting",
      ": a nearly horizontal mine passageway driven on or parallel to the course of a vein or rock stratum",
      ": a small crosscut in a mine connecting two larger tunnels",
      ": an assumed trend toward a general change in the structure of a language over a period of time",
      ": genetic drift",
      ": a grouping of similar flowers planted in an elongated mass",
      ": to become driven or carried along (as by a current of water, wind, or air)",
      ": to move or float smoothly and effortlessly",
      ": to move along a line of least resistance",
      ": to move in a random or casual way",
      ": to become carried along subject to no guidance or control",
      ": to accumulate in a mass or become piled up in heaps by wind or water",
      ": to become covered with a drift",
      ": to vary or deviate from a set course or adjustment",
      ": to cause to be driven in a current",
      ": to drive (livestock) slowly especially to allow grazing",
      ": to pile in heaps",
      ": to cover with drifts",
      ": the slow movement of something carried by wind or water",
      ": a pile of something that has been blown by the wind",
      ": a course something appears to be taking",
      ": the meaning of something said or implied",
      ": to move slowly on wind or water",
      ": to be piled up by wind or water",
      ": to move along or change without effort or purpose",
      ": movement of a tooth in the dental arch",
      ": genetic drift"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drift",
      "\u02c8drift",
      "\u02c8drift"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bank",
      "bar",
      "mound"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bowl",
      "breeze",
      "brush",
      "coast",
      "cruise",
      "flow",
      "glide",
      "roll",
      "sail",
      "skim",
      "slide",
      "slip",
      "stream",
      "sweep",
      "whisk"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Its problems range from the long-term drift of Hong Kong talent into the mainland Chinese industry to censorship and marginalization. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 17 May 2022",
      "The melody climbs the musical scale, building tension before the tempo slows and becomes pensive and lyrical, like the slow drift of falling leaves. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022",
      "Putin laid out a series of bold security demands that would not only stop NATO\u2019s expansion to the east but push it back, viewing the drift of former Communist countries and Soviet republics into Washington\u2019s orbit as an existential threat to Russia. \u2014 NBC News , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "The rage feels justifiably intense, but the play suffers from its demonstrative excess: The audience gets the drift all too soon. \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
      "Biden can also utilize executive orders to stem the policy drift and deliver statements of intent\u2014and perhaps stage further showdowns with a Supreme Court that\u2019s losing favor with the public. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 18 May 2022",
      "The state has long been a draw for ultraconservatives disillusioned with the liberal drift in other parts of the nation, many of them settling off the grid in the mountains of northern Idaho or among like-minded people in towns like Bonners Ferry. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022",
      "The current drift away from the United States, which used Thailand as a staging ground for the Vietnam War, also stems from the political pedigree of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who came to power in a military coup eight years ago. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "The political drift that has found some conservatives expressing sympathy for authoritarians such as Putin and Hungary's Viktor Orban has added to the growing crisis of relevancy facing liberal democracy on the world stage. \u2014 Peniel E. Joseph, CNN , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Storm intensity will wane acutely as storms drift east of the Mississippi River, but 60 mph winds and quarter-sized hail remain possible. \u2014 Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
      "But scientists think that the ancient arthropods occupied a niche very similar to what their modern counterparts do, scooting along sandy ocean bottoms like aquatic Roombas and feasting on morsels that drift to the seafloor. \u2014 Joanna Thompson, Scientific American , 3 June 2022",
      "Friends drift in and out of her life; her actual job is a bore. \u2014 Hua Hsu, The New Yorker , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Meantime, California won\u2019t break off and drift to sea simply because someone younger, louder and more belligerent isn\u2019t holding one of its two Senate seats. \u2014 Mark Z. Barabakcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Some will drift away from the sport; others will stagnate or get injured. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Kate then says her nightmare is that the three of them drift apart now that Rebecca is gone. \u2014 Jessica Radloff, Glamour , 24 May 2022",
      "Oysters spawn once or twice in late summer, and their larvae\u2019s survival and habitat depend on where waters drift them. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 May 2022",
      "Other studies have shown that this smoke can drift as far as New York. \u2014 Jen Christensen, CNN , 21 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "circa 1600, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183553"
  },
  "drill":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to fix something in the mind or habit pattern of by repetitive instruction",
      ": to impart or communicate by repetition",
      ": to train or exercise in military drill",
      ": to bore or drive a hole in",
      ": to make by piercing action",
      ": to shoot with or as if with a gun",
      ": to propel (something, such as a ball) with force or accuracy",
      ": to hit with force",
      ": to make a hole with a drill",
      ": to engage in an exercise",
      ": an instrument with an edged or pointed end for making holes in hard substances by revolving or by a succession of blows",
      ": a machine for operating such an instrument",
      ": the act or exercise of training soldiers in marching and in executing prescribed movements with a weapon",
      ": a physical or mental exercise aimed at perfecting facility and skill especially by regular practice",
      ": a formal exercise by a team of marchers",
      ": the approved, correct, or usual procedure for accomplishing something : routine",
      ": a marine snail ( Urosalpinx cinerea ) destructive to oysters by boring through their shells and feeding on the soft parts",
      ": any of several mollusks related to the drill",
      ": a drilling sound",
      ": a western African baboon ( Mandrillus leucophaeus synonym Papio leucophaeus ) having a black face and brown coat and closely related to the mandrill",
      ": a shallow furrow or trench into which seed is sown",
      ": a row of seed sown in such a furrow",
      ": a planting implement that makes holes or furrows, drops in the seed and sometimes fertilizer, and covers them with earth",
      ": to sow (seeds) by dropping along a shallow furrow",
      ": to sow with seed or set with seedlings inserted in drills",
      ": to distribute seed or fertilizer in by means of a drill",
      ": a durable cotton twilled fabric",
      ": to make holes in with a drill",
      ": to teach by repeating a lesson or exercise again and again",
      ": a tool for making holes in hard substances",
      ": the training of soldiers (as in marching)",
      ": instruction in a subject or physical training that is practiced repeatedly",
      ": a special machine for making holes or furrows and planting seeds in them",
      ": to sow seeds with or as if with a special machine",
      ": to make a hole in with a drill",
      ": to make a hole with a drill",
      ": an instrument with an edged or pointed end for making holes in hard substances (as bones or teeth) by revolving"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dril",
      "\u02c8dril",
      "\u02c8dril"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bore",
      "hole",
      "perforate",
      "pierce",
      "punch",
      "puncture",
      "riddle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "grind",
      "groove",
      "lockstep",
      "pattern",
      "rote",
      "routine",
      "rut",
      "treadmill"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb (1)",
      "1619, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Noun (1)",
      "1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1644, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (3)",
      "1727, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb (2)",
      "circa 1740, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (4)",
      "1743, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203745"
  },
  "drip":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to let fall in drops",
      ": to let out or seem to spill copiously",
      ": to let fall drops of moisture or liquid",
      ": to overflow with or as if with moisture",
      ": to fall in or as if in drops",
      ": to waft or pass gently",
      ": a part of a cornice or other member that projects to throw off rainwater",
      ": an overlapping metal strip or an underneath groove for the same purpose",
      ": a falling in drops",
      ": liquid that falls, overflows, or is extruded in drops",
      ": the sound made by or as if by falling drops",
      ": a device for the administration of a fluid at a slow rate especially into a vein",
      ": a material so administered",
      ": a dull or unattractive person",
      ": of, relating to, or being coffee made by letting boiling water drip slowly through finely ground coffee",
      "dividend reinvestment plan",
      ": to fall in drops",
      ": to let fall drops of liquid",
      ": to have or show a large amount of something",
      ": the act of falling in drops",
      ": a drop of liquid that falls",
      ": the sound made by falling drops",
      ": to let fall in drops",
      ": to let fall drops of moisture or liquid",
      ": to fall in drops",
      ": a falling in drops \u2014 see postnasal drip",
      ": liquid that falls, overflows, or is extruded in drops",
      ": a device for the administration of a fluid at a slow rate especially into a vein",
      ": a material so administered",
      "\u2014 see gravity drip"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drip",
      "\u02c8drip",
      "\u02c8drip"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "distill",
      "distil",
      "dribble",
      "drop",
      "trickle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bore",
      "drag",
      "droner",
      "dullsville",
      "nudnik",
      "nudnick",
      "snooze",
      "snoozer",
      "yawn",
      "yawner"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "But if water continues to drip for hours or all day, the shower head is leaking. \u2014 Karen Garciastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
      "The formula is packed with moisturizing aloe vera and vitamin E\u2014and doesn't run, smudge, or drip down your face during a hot day. \u2014 Ana Escalante, Glamour , 8 June 2022",
      "Barbecuing allows the water to evaporate or drip down without getting trapped by a pan. \u2014 Kristine Nolin, The Conversation , 3 June 2022",
      "Even on a gas grill, melting fats will drip onto the heat source and produce smoke. \u2014 Kristine Nolin, The Conversation , 3 June 2022",
      "Didn't drip down, didn't oil up, and really helped to keep sun exposure to a minimum. \u2014 Susan Brickell, Health.com , 13 May 2021",
      "While Monks\u2019 irrigation system checked out OK, Ho discussed the most efficient time to water \u2014 nighttime \u2014 and the most efficient way to expand water delivery to plants \u2014 drip irrigation. \u2014 Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Little Miner\u2019s success is not a momentary starburst, a happy accident based on some curious collision of pandemic ennui, culinary fad and cultural obsession for foods that ooze, drip and radiate their charisma across our social channels. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Nov. 2021",
      "Your nose essentially tries to fight off the germs by increasing mucus production, which then can drip out of your nose. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Xbox continued to deliver a slow drip of news to gamers Tuesday with an extended presentation in the wake of it\u2019s Sunday showcase. \u2014 Shannon Liao, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
      "But the media, particularly on the right, have presented a steady drip of news about the more bizarre ideas. \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
      "There's also been a steady drip of announcements adjusting U.S. policies toward the region. \u2014 Matthew Lee, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
      "Pour: While the water is heating, set up a filter in a coffee drip . \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 20 May 2022",
      "Sloppy bed edges offer unwanted distractions \u2014 a bit like a drip of paint on the Mona Lisa\u2019s smile. \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 13 May 2022",
      "So for the first two weeks, Miller runs her drip system for two minutes a day, just so the plants can settle into their new home. \u2014 Jeanette Marantosstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022",
      "In the Rochester area and elsewhere, there has been a steady drip of reports of racist and insensitive classroom lessons, including erroneous and offensive portrayals of slavery. \u2014 Justin Murphy, USA TODAY , 2 May 2022",
      "Your drip system might be superfluous for many species, so why plant plants near it for no necessity? \u2014 oregonlive , 19 June 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "According to the brand, this model is quiet and features an anti- drip leaver that helps avoid messes from dripping. \u2014 Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping , 31 May 2022",
      "What's more, the Rowenta is manufactured with an anti- drip system, which stops water from spitting out of the soleplate when the temperature is too low. \u2014 Janine Henni, PEOPLE.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Over the years, Israel has used technology to transform the Negev, covering more than half the country, into an agricultural region where high-tech, drip -irrigated farms grow crops like cherry tomatoes, melons and dates. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Nov. 2021",
      "And then it can be included in a drip -email campaign to engaged followers. \u2014 Ken Braun, Forbes , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "Unlike standard makers, the sleek machine dispenses individual cups of drip -brew coffee in regular, strong and iced-brew modes in up to three cup sizes. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 10 Sep. 2021",
      "An anti- drip function helps prevent water from dripping on your clothes, which can cause water rings. \u2014 Hanna Horvath, NBC News , 29 Mar. 2021",
      "Additional features include an anti- drip system and automatic safety shutoff. \u2014 Hanna Horvath, NBC News , 29 Mar. 2021",
      "The drip -style carafe coffee maker is the classic coffee maker style, and is ideal for households with several coffee drinkers. \u2014 Outdoor Life , 22 Jan. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1664, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "1895, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-012458"
  },
  "drippy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": characterized by dripping",
      ": rainy , drizzly",
      ": mawkish sense 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dri-p\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chocolate-box",
      "cloying",
      "corny",
      "fruity",
      "gooey",
      "lovey-dovey",
      "maudlin",
      "mawkish",
      "mushy",
      "novelettish",
      "saccharine",
      "sappy",
      "schmaltzy",
      "sentimental",
      "sloppy",
      "slushy",
      "soppy",
      "soupy",
      "spoony",
      "spooney",
      "sticky",
      "sugarcoated",
      "sugary",
      "wet"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "unsentimental"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "drippy romance novels that are apparently intended for the terminally lovesick",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The trio combined for 345 rushing yards and six touchdowns on a drippy late-October night that was tailor-made for Wauconda to churn out yards on the ground. \u2014 Steve Reaven, chicagotribune.com , 30 Oct. 2021",
      "Her voice doesn\u2019t sound wide-eyed, drippy , or ironic. \u2014 Marshall Heyman, Vulture , 22 Oct. 2021",
      "Relics from the space still regularly turn up at auction and on 1stDibs, where a door covered in toy cars and with a drippy resin handle can be yours for $7,900. \u2014 Matthew Schneier, Curbed , 14 Sep. 2021",
      "Fresh local tomatoes power our summer meals, from drippy BLT sandwiches and simple salads to hearty ratatouilles and creamy soups. \u2014 Beth Dooley Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune , 28 July 2021",
      "Forgetting to add in a new filter after cleaning out the old one can turn into a drippy disaster. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 10 May 2021",
      "Afternoon highs reach near 40, leaving things a bit drippy as the late-day sun tries to peek out as well. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Feb. 2021",
      "Later, when Basil Brown contemplates leaving the project over clashes with snooty officials from the British Museum, his wife delivers a drippy speech exhorting him to persist. \u2014 Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic , 27 Jan. 2021",
      "The music is drippy and constant, the wobble from comedy to drama feels off, and the dialects have been reamed in the Irish press. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 9 Dec. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1718, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173813"
  },
  "drive":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to frighten or prod (game, cattle, etc.) into moving in a desired direction",
      ": to go through (an area) driving game animals",
      ": to carry on or through energetically",
      ": to impart a forward motion to by physical force",
      ": to repulse , remove, or cause to go by force, authority, or influence",
      ": to set or keep in motion or operation",
      ": to move quickly and forcefully down or along",
      ": to direct the motions and course of (a draft animal)",
      ": to operate the mechanism and controls and direct the course of (a vehicle)",
      ": to convey in a vehicle",
      ": to float (logs) down a stream",
      ": to exert inescapable or coercive pressure on : force",
      ": to compel to undergo or suffer a change (as in situation or emotional state)",
      ": to urge relentlessly to continuous exertion",
      ": to press or force into an activity, course, or direction",
      ": to project, inject, or impress incisively",
      ": to force (a passage) by pressing or digging",
      ": to propel (an object of play) swiftly or forcefully",
      ": to hit (a ball) from the tee especially with a driver (see driver sense f )",
      ": to drive a golf ball onto (a green)",
      ": to cause (a run or runner) to be scored (see score entry 2 sense 4a(2) )",
      ": to give shape or impulse to",
      ": to dash, plunge, or surge ahead rapidly or violently",
      ": to progress with strong momentum",
      ": to make a quick and forceful move",
      ": to operate a vehicle",
      ": to have oneself carried in a vehicle",
      ": to drive a golf ball",
      ": to intend to express, convey, or accomplish",
      ": an act of driving :",
      ": a trip in a carriage or automobile",
      ": an instance of collecting and moving animals (such as game or cattle) together in a desired direction",
      ": the animals gathered and driven (see drive entry 1 sense transitive 1a )",
      ": a driving of cattle or sheep overland",
      ": a hunt or shoot in which the game is driven within the hunter's range",
      ": the guiding of logs downstream to a mill",
      ": the floating logs amassed in a drive",
      ": the act or an instance of propelling an object of play (such as a golf ball) swiftly or forcefully",
      ": the flight of a ball",
      ": a private road : driveway",
      ": a public road for driving (as in a park)",
      ": the state of being hurried and under pressure",
      ": a strong systematic group effort",
      ": a sustained offensive (see offensive entry 1 sense 1 ) effort",
      ": the means for giving motion to a machine or machine part",
      ": the means by which the propulsive power of an automobile is applied to the road",
      ": the means by which the propulsion of an automotive vehicle is controlled and directed",
      ": an offensive, aggressive, or expansionist move",
      ": a strong military attack against enemy-held terrain",
      ": a quick and aggressive move toward the basket",
      ": an urgent, basic, or instinctual need : a motivating physiological condition of an organism",
      ": an impelling culturally acquired concern, interest, or longing",
      ": dynamic quality",
      ": a device for reading or writing on magnetic, optical, or electronic media (such as tapes, disks, or flash memory)",
      ": memory sense 4",
      "\u2014 see also hard drive",
      ": to direct the movement of",
      ": to go or carry in a vehicle",
      ": to move using force",
      ": to push in with force",
      ": to set or keep in motion or operation",
      ": to carry through",
      ": to force to work or to act",
      ": to bring into a particular condition",
      ": a trip in a vehicle",
      ": driveway",
      ": an often scenic public road",
      ": an organized effort to achieve a goal",
      ": a strong natural need or desire",
      ": energy and determination to succeed",
      ": an act of leading animals in a group to another place",
      ": the means for making a machine or machine part move",
      ": a device in a computer that can read information off and copy information onto disks or tape",
      ": an urgent, basic, or instinctual need : a motivating physiological condition of the organism",
      ": an impelling culturally acquired concern, interest, or longing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u012bv",
      "\u02c8dr\u012bv",
      "\u02c8dr\u012bv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "herd",
      "punch",
      "run"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "arterial",
      "artery",
      "avenue",
      "boulevard",
      "carriageway",
      "drag",
      "expressway",
      "freeway",
      "high road",
      "highway",
      "pass",
      "pike",
      "road",
      "roadway",
      "route",
      "row",
      "street",
      "thoroughfare",
      "thruway",
      "trace",
      "turnpike",
      "way"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Their grandmother, Marilyn Wiggins, had agreed to drive them. \u2014 Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
      "Today, the sheer volume of technologies, transactions, interdependencies, variables, change and possible points of failure requires automation and artificial intelligence (AI) to drive it. \u2014 Akhilesh Tripathi, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
      "Prichard police, however, say the man was shot in Saraland and had used his vehicle to drive himself to the hospital, but stopped at the restaurant for help. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 12 June 2022",
      "In a statement, NHTSA said there aren\u2019t any vehicles available for purchase today that can drive themselves. \u2014 Tom Krisher, The Christian Science Monitor , 10 June 2022",
      "The Supra is a playful and willing companion on tight, technical roads, with a sharpness and precision that encourages you to drive it incrementally harder. \u2014 Mark Takahashi, Car and Driver , 10 June 2022",
      "While trying to cope with the rage inside him over his mother\u2019s death, EZ sees his rage drive him toward a life of crime and violence in his pursuit of vengeance over his mother\u2019s killing. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 June 2022",
      "In a statement, NHTSA said there aren\u2019t any vehicles available for purchase today that can drive themselves. \u2014 Tom Krisher, ajc , 9 June 2022",
      "This might seem bad on its face\u2014like evidence of rising unhappiness, or of general cultural degradation, or of all the other things that drive us to curse. \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Judge put the Yankees ahead in the first with his sixth homer in eight games, an opposite-field drive into the right field short porch off a curveball. \u2014 Ronald Blum, Hartford Courant , 16 June 2022",
      "Lower imports through the pipe, and on separate routes to Italy, complicate the continent\u2019s drive to fill gas caverns by the fall. \u2014 Joe Wallace, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "The mountains north of M\u00e1laga were on fire during our recent visit to southern Spain, closing sections of the drive route McLaren had selected for us and causing far greater hardships for residents. \u2014 Brett Berk, Car and Driver , 14 June 2022",
      "Knight then reverses out of the parking lot, knocking Sloan to the ground, shifts his truck into drive , hits the gas and barrels back through the burger stand\u2019s property, running over both Sloan and Carter, killing Carter. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022",
      "This provides a single picture to establish strategic direction and drive alignment throughout the organization. \u2014 Derek Bentley, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
      "Now farms an hour\u2019s drive away cultivate marigolds, chrysanthemums, tulips, rue, and other herbs for area vendors to sell to residents and visitors alike year-round. \u2014 Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor , 13 June 2022",
      "Amid Trump\u2019s drive to overturn election results in Georgia, Pak \u2014 a federal prosecutor based in Atlanta \u2014 suddenly quit. \u2014 John Wagner, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
      "Dublin is about a 20-minute drive north of Columbus. \u2014 Bradford Betz, Fox News , 12 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1685, in the meaning defined at sense 1c"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220912"
  },
  "drivel":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": nonsense",
      ": drool sense 1",
      ": to talk stupidly and carelessly",
      ": to let saliva dribble from the mouth : slaver"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dri-v\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "applesauce",
      "balderdash",
      "baloney",
      "boloney",
      "beans",
      "bilge",
      "blah",
      "blah-blah",
      "blarney",
      "blather",
      "blatherskite",
      "blither",
      "bosh",
      "bull",
      "bunk",
      "bunkum",
      "buncombe",
      "claptrap",
      "codswallop",
      "crapola",
      "crock",
      "drool",
      "fiddle",
      "fiddle-faddle",
      "fiddlesticks",
      "flannel",
      "flapdoodle",
      "folderol",
      "falderal",
      "folly",
      "foolishness",
      "fudge",
      "garbage",
      "guff",
      "hogwash",
      "hokeypokey",
      "hokum",
      "hoodoo",
      "hooey",
      "horsefeathers",
      "humbug",
      "humbuggery",
      "jazz",
      "malarkey",
      "malarky",
      "moonshine",
      "muck",
      "nerts",
      "nonsense",
      "nuts",
      "piffle",
      "poppycock",
      "punk",
      "rot",
      "rubbish",
      "senselessness",
      "silliness",
      "slush",
      "stupidity",
      "taradiddle",
      "tarradiddle",
      "tommyrot",
      "tosh",
      "trash",
      "trumpery",
      "twaddle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dribble",
      "drool",
      "salivate",
      "slaver",
      "slobber"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "that critic's reviews are nothing but self-important drivel",
      "my roommate talks in her sleep, but it's just drivel",
      "Verb",
      "What is he driveling about now?",
      "the panting dog driveled on my hand",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "When this film becomes just another example of Hollywood drivel \u2014 the late-career version of an actor trying to establish himself \u2014 the mirror-image car chases and shoot-outs don\u2019t allow for audience discernment. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Netflix is continuing to pump out forgettable reality show drivel that will do nothing to fix its problems. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "More money, more pressure, more problems, more ambitions, more New Age drivel . \u2014 The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "At best, there\u2019s a fanboy favorite, Michael Mann, and the rest \u2014 Malcolm D. Lee, Patty Jenkins, Kasi Lemmons, Jon M. Chu, and Aaron Sorkin \u2014 have made films that can politely be dismissed as drivel . \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "So when the latest would-be Einstein announces yet another theory, my eyes start to glaze over in anticipation of drivel and disappointment. \u2014 Julian Baggini, WSJ , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "Not even Dunst could elevate this slapdash slice of man-child drivel . \u2014 Matthew Jacobs, Vulture , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "Sadly, that sort of circular drivel is what passes for deep thinking on race today. \u2014 Jason L. Riley, WSJ , 13 July 2021",
      "The prosecutor assigned to the case patiently listened to these allegations, an overflowing binder of evidence on her desk belying their drivel . \u2014 Sarah Wang, Harper's BAZAAR , 28 June 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Scary plagues are ravaging the planet while drivelers drivel . \u2014 Arkansas Online , 26 July 2021",
      "No one elected Laura Ingraham either, that hasn't stopped her from dribbling pro-Trump drivel out of her mouth every night. \u2014 Jeff Darcy, cleveland.com , 21 Feb. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173512"
  },
  "drollery":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something that is droll",
      ": a comic picture or drawing",
      ": the act or an instance of jesting or burlesquing",
      ": whimsical humor"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u014dl-r\u0113",
      "\u02c8dr\u014d-l\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "boff",
      "boffo",
      "boffola",
      "crack",
      "funny",
      "gag",
      "giggle",
      "jape",
      "jest",
      "joke",
      "josh",
      "laugh",
      "nifty",
      "one-liner",
      "pleasantry",
      "quip",
      "rib",
      "sally",
      "waggery",
      "wisecrack",
      "witticism",
      "yuk",
      "yuck",
      "yak",
      "yock"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the film's sophisticated drolleries will elicit smiles and chuckles even upon repeated viewings",
      "though generally serious, the novel about a seriously dysfunctional family is not without drollery",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This high-concept, low-key exercise in sustained drollery is an anthology of three unrelated stories about small-town French life, framed as features in the eponymous magazine, which is published as a supplement to a Kansas newspaper. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "Breasts come in for their share of drollery as well in a play that sets up two superannuated choruses, one droopily male, the other saggingly female. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Sep. 2021",
      "In Jacobs\u2019s previous film, The Lovers, the storytelling seemed to be going nowhere, but this film finds drollery in the disjunction between life and relationships. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 23 Apr. 2021",
      "Its twists are fairly predictable, and its drollery is openly derivative of other teen hits. ... \u2014 Lisa Rosen, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2020",
      "The result might be more humane by today's standards, but earnestness saps the drollery . \u2014 Carolina A. Miranda, latimes.com , 7 Apr. 2018",
      "Several of those interviews cross the line from drollery into self-enchantment. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 7 Dec. 2017",
      "Passage of Davis-Bacon brought out the drollery in Rep. William Upshaw, a Georgia Democrat. \u2014 George Will, Twin Cities , 18 June 2017",
      "Passage of Davis-Bacon brought out the drollery in Rep. William Upshaw, a Georgia Democrat. \u2014 George Will, Twin Cities , 18 June 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222043"
  },
  "droner":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen",
      ": one that lives on the labors of others : parasite",
      ": an uncrewed aircraft or ship guided by remote control or onboard computers",
      ": drudge sense 1",
      ": drudge sense 2",
      ": to make a sustained deep murmuring, humming, or buzzing sound",
      ": to talk in a persistently dull or monotonous tone",
      ": to pass, proceed, or act in a dull, drowsy, or indifferent manner",
      ": to utter or pronounce with a drone",
      ": to pass or spend in dull or monotonous activity or in idleness",
      ": a deep sustained or monotonous sound : hum",
      ": an instrument or part of an instrument (such as one of the fixed-pitch pipes of a bagpipe ) that sounds a continuous unvarying tone",
      ": pedal point",
      ": a male bee",
      ": to make or to speak with a low dull tone or hum",
      ": a low dull tone or hum"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u014dn",
      "\u02c8dr\u014dn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "couch potato",
      "deadbeat",
      "do-nothing",
      "idler",
      "layabout",
      "lazybones",
      "loafer",
      "lotus-eater",
      "slouch",
      "slug",
      "slugabed",
      "sluggard"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bumble",
      "burr",
      "buzz",
      "hum",
      "whir",
      "whirr",
      "whish",
      "whiz",
      "whizz",
      "zip",
      "zoom"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "We could hear wasps droning in the garden.",
      "the sound of droning bees all around us"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1), Verb, and Noun (2)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "circa 1520, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1502, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210530"
  },
  "drooping":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to hang or incline downward",
      ": to sink gradually",
      ": to become depressed or weakened : languish",
      ": to let droop",
      ": the condition or appearance of drooping",
      ": to sink, bend, or hang down",
      ": to become sad or weak",
      ": the condition of hanging or bending down"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00fcp",
      "\u02c8dr\u00fcp"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "flag",
      "hang",
      "loll",
      "sag",
      "swag",
      "wilt"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "hang",
      "sag",
      "slack",
      "slackness"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The flowers were drooping in the hot sun.",
      "Her eyelids drooped as she grew tired.",
      "The tree's branches drooped under the weight of the snow.",
      "His spirits drooped when he didn't get the job.",
      "Noun",
      "tighten the line at the top of the banner so there won't be so much droop",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Regardless of the aircraft, fly too high into air that isn\u2019t dense enough to support the weight of the heli, and the rotor will droop and then stall. \u2014 Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online , 10 Apr. 2021",
      "Her riotously colorful forms swell and droop and merge in unpredictable and often joyous abandon, with occasional nods to Philip Guston, Francis Bacon, and a host of others. \u2014 Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "After a while, your eyelids get heavy and your head begins to droop , slowly at first. \u2014 Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "The moves needed to be more defined, the fingers to point higher, the shoulders to droop more. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Jan. 2022",
      "My fingertips still hang off the buttons slightly, but not enough to droop or lose control over the left- and right-click buttons. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 13 Dec. 2021",
      "The plant is in a 10-inch pot and has thrived, blooming every year until this spring when the leaves started to droop while still blooming. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 Nov. 2021",
      "Summer rains do cause thinner limbs of trees, shrubs and foliage plants to droop and often remain in that position. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com , 6 Nov. 2021",
      "Her head began to droop a little farther to the left. \u2014 Daniel Engber, The Atlantic , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But also less, judging, at least, from the stupendous droop of my mouth. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Place the tree away from fireplaces, wood stoves, direct sunlight or other heat sources, because the heat will make the tree droop and might create a fire hazard. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "Her works have a curious tension, full of taut sinews, often seeming to stretch and reach, or sag and droop , in ways eerily and powerfully reminiscent of the human form. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 June 2021",
      "Each character displays emotional strength and weakness, reflected in the dance, from the opening cry to the final, resigned droop of Nakamura\u2019s arm. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 19 Mar. 2021",
      "But on a longer cast, just a slight bit of droop will magnify into larger and larger loops. \u2014 T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream , 30 Dec. 2020",
      "Star ingredients like retinol and tripeptide concentrates treat necks that develop lines and a little droop , encouraging a sharper, more lifted neck contour. \u2014 Tatjana Freund, Marie Claire , 7 Oct. 2020",
      "Rents must still be paid and brands advertised\u2014the poshest ones spend the best part of $1bn a year on marketing\u2014even as sales droop . \u2014 The Economist , 20 June 2020",
      "But go a little faster and the suspension starts running out of travel, until the front end is cycling through max droop and full compression as the chin spoiler detonates showers of sand across the front end. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 4 June 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1647, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181829"
  },
  "droopy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": gloomy",
      ": drooping or tending to droop"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00fc-p\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bowed",
      "bowing",
      "declined",
      "declining",
      "descendant",
      "descendent",
      "descending",
      "drooping",
      "hanging",
      "hung",
      "inclining",
      "nodding",
      "pendulous",
      "sagging",
      "stooping",
      "weeping"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "unbending",
      "upright"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the droopy heads of tired fans riding home on the bus",
      "a droopy stalk of celery",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The woman\u2019s eyelids appeared droopy , according to the report. \u2014 Bruce Geiselman, cleveland , 15 May 2022",
      "But on the day of the dinner, an arrangement of lilies and carnations arrived, with one anemic lilac tucked in: no fragrance, droopy petals. \u2014 Kevin Fisher-paulson, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 May 2022",
      "Organic lumps hoisted up on pedestals are like Barbara Hepworth sculptures impossibly inflated with air, then mated with a William Turnbull monolith gone droopy . \u2014 Christopher Knightart Critic, Los Angeles Times , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "Divers also have found dying sea urchins with droopy spines or with their white skeletons poking through their bodies. \u2014 D\u00c1nica Coto, ajc , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Divers also have found dying sea urchins with droopy spines or with their white skeletons poking through their bodies. \u2014 D\u00c1nica Coto, Sun Sentinel , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Animals with this illness develop brain lesions, become emaciated, appear listless and have droopy ears, according to a news release from the DWR. \u2014 Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "But don\u2019t worry if the plant looks droopy or yellow; plants usually can bounce back with proper care. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Jan. 2022",
      "Croce had perished in a plane crash in 1973, but Marc Hazebrouck, a former truck driver and psychology major from Rhode Island, was already playing songs by Croce and had a droopy mustache to match. \u2014 David Browne, Rolling Stone , 2 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225303"
  },
  "drop":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quantity of fluid that falls in one spherical mass",
      ": a dose of medicine measured by drops",
      ": a minute quantity or degree of something nonmaterial or intangible",
      ": a small quantity of drink",
      ": the smallest practical unit of liquid measure",
      ": something that resembles a liquid drop: such as",
      ": a pendent ornament attached to a piece of jewelry",
      ": an earring with such a pendant",
      ": a small globular cookie or candy",
      ": the act or an instance of dropping : fall",
      ": a decline in quantity or quality",
      ": a descent by parachute",
      ": the people or equipment dropped by parachute",
      ": a place or central depository to which something (such as mail, money, or stolen property) is brought for distribution or transmission",
      ": the act of depositing something at such a place",
      ": the distance from a higher to a lower level or through which something drops",
      ": a decrease in electric potential (see potential entry 2 sense 2b )",
      ": a slot into which something is to be dropped",
      ": something that drops, hangs, or falls: such as",
      ": a movable plate that covers the keyhole of a lock",
      ": an unframed piece of cloth stage scenery",
      ": drop curtain",
      ": a hinged platform on a gallows",
      ": a fallen fruit",
      ": the advantage of having an opponent covered (see cover entry 1 sense 1b(2) ) with a firearm",
      ": advantage , superiority",
      ": a move back from the line of scrimmage (as in preparation for making a forward pass )",
      ": as soon as the slightest provocation is given : immediately",
      ": a part so small as to be negligible",
      ": to fall in drops",
      ": to fall (see fall entry 1 sense 1a ) unexpectedly or suddenly",
      ": to descend (see descend sense 1 ) from one line or level to another",
      ": to fall in a state of collapse (see collapse entry 2 sense 1b ) or death",
      ": to become played by reason of the obligation to follow suit",
      ": to fall or roll into a hole or basket",
      ": to enter or pass as if without conscious effort of will (see will entry 2 sense 4a ) into some state, condition, or activity",
      ": to cease to be of concern : lapse",
      ": to pass from view or notice : disappear",
      ": to become less",
      ": to move with a favoring wind or current",
      ": to be released to the public",
      ": to let fall : cause to fall",
      ": give up sense 2 , abandon",
      ": discontinue",
      ": to break off an association or connection with : dismiss",
      ": to utter or mention in a casual way",
      ": write",
      ": to lower or cause to descend from one level or position to another",
      ": to cause to lessen or decrease : reduce",
      ": to give birth to",
      ": lose",
      ": spend",
      ": to get rid of",
      ": to bring down with a shot or a blow",
      ": to cause a cardholder to unwillingly play (a high card)",
      ": to toss or roll into a hole or basket",
      ": to deposit or deliver during a usually brief stop",
      ": air-drop",
      ": to cause (the voice) to be less loud",
      ": to leave (a letter representing a speech sound) unsounded",
      ": to leave out in writing : omit",
      ": to draw from an external point",
      ": to take (a drug) orally : swallow",
      ": to inform authorities (such as the police) of another's wrongdoing",
      ": to fail to keep up",
      ": to make a mistake especially by failing to take timely, effective, or proper action",
      ": a small amount of liquid that falls in a rounded shape",
      ": liquid medicine measured by drops",
      ": something (as a small round candy) that is shaped like a liquid drop",
      ": a small amount",
      ": the distance of a fall",
      ": a decrease in amount or quality",
      ": an act of delivering something : a place where something is left to be picked up",
      ": to fall or let fall often by accident",
      ": to go down suddenly",
      ": to go or make lower",
      ": to become less or make less",
      ": lose sense 5",
      ": disappear sense 1",
      ": to stop or let end",
      ": quit",
      ": to make a brief visit",
      ": to deliver with a quick stop",
      ": send sense 1",
      ": to fall asleep",
      ": the quantity of fluid that falls in one spherical mass",
      ": a dose of medicine measured by drops",
      ": the smallest practical unit of liquid measure that varies in size according to the specific gravity and viscosity of the liquid and to the conditions under which it is formed \u2014 compare minim",
      ": to fall in drops",
      ": to give birth to",
      ": to take (a drug) orally"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4p",
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4p",
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4p"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bead",
      "blob",
      "driblet",
      "drip",
      "droplet",
      "glob",
      "globule"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "depress",
      "lower",
      "throw",
      "throw down"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The album will be available to stream on Tidal, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and Spotify on July 29, though the exact time of the drop is TBD. \u2014 Erica Gonzales, ELLE , 16 June 2022",
      "After adjusting for higher prices, average hourly wages fell 3% last month from a year earlier, the 14th straight drop . \u2014 Paul Wiseman, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022",
      "The existence of the upcoming drop is promotion enough. \u2014 Kathleen Walsh, Glamour , 16 June 2022",
      "The abundance of action at Tipico has gravitated to MacKinnon as the Game 1 puck drop nears Wednesday night in Denver. \u2014 Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
      "The report said this drop was because patients from Missouri had sought abortions in Illinois, where the number of abortions increased 25 percent during that time. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
      "Antibodies against the virus drop to lower levels four months after the primary shots, and protection wanes with them. \u2014 Josh Fischman, Scientific American , 13 June 2022",
      "Media and tech stocks have been sucked down in the market drop , with losers including Disney, Netflix, Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 13 June 2022",
      "Siegel, a professor of finance at the prestigious Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania since 1976, told CNBC on Friday that the drop has put some stock valuations into a compelling range for investors. \u2014 Will Daniel, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Feel free to drop us a note at headlines@latimes.com. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
      "If Pence would refuse to count some electors, then the threshold needed to certify the presidential election would drop from the regular 270-vote majority to a lesser number \u2014 one presumably that Trump could reach. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro, Chron , 16 June 2022",
      "If Pence would refuse to count some electors, then the threshold needed to certify the presidential election would drop from the regular 270-vote majority to a lesser number \u2014 one presumably that Trump could reach. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
      "The average number of subscribers at FX, meanwhile, is expected to drop from 79.7 million to 74.8 million. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 16 June 2022",
      "Some investors believe the wisest move may be to drop India from the centerpiece of any growth plans. \u2014 Grady Mcgregor, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
      "The Fed now expects its preferred yearly inflation measure, which is different than the CPI, to drop from 6.3% in April to 5.2% by the end of the year, up from its March estimate of 4.3%. \u2014 Paul Davidson, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
      "The most startling creature is the coconut crab, which grows to the size of a cat and may drop suddenly from trees. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
      "However, there\u2019s a 60% chance of rain shows and possibly a thunderstorm after 5 p.m., when temperatures are expected to drop from a high of 81 to a low of 68, according to the National Weather Service. \u2014 Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun , 12 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)",
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170954"
  },
  "drop (off)":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a very steep or perpendicular descent",
      ": a marked dwindling or decline",
      ": the act or an instance of making a usually brief deposit or delivery",
      ": to fall asleep"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4p-\u02cc\u022ff",
      "\u02ccdr\u00e4p-\u02c8\u022ff"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abatement",
      "decline",
      "decrease",
      "decrement",
      "dent",
      "depletion",
      "depression",
      "diminishment",
      "diminution",
      "drop",
      "fall",
      "falloff",
      "loss",
      "reduction",
      "shrinkage",
      "step-down"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "boost",
      "enlargement",
      "gain",
      "increase",
      "increment",
      "raise",
      "rise",
      "step-up",
      "uptick"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "my interest in photography has dropped off over the years"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1923, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1812, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-175853"
  },
  "drop by":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to pay a brief casual visit",
      ": to visit casually or unexpectedly"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "call",
      "come by",
      "come over",
      "drop in",
      "pop (in)",
      "run (over)",
      "run in",
      "step in",
      "stop (by ",
      "visit"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "I'll either drop by on the way there or on the way back."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1905, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192807"
  },
  "drop in":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a casual visit or brief stop",
      ": one who drops in : a casual visitor",
      ": to pay an unexpected or casual visit"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4p-\u02ccin"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "caller",
      "frequenter",
      "guest",
      "visitant",
      "visitor"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "call",
      "come by",
      "come over",
      "drop by",
      "pop (in)",
      "run (over)",
      "run in",
      "step in",
      "stop (by ",
      "visit"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "drop in any time\u2014we're always home"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1819, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "circa 1600, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183216"
  },
  "drop-in":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a casual visit or brief stop",
      ": one who drops in : a casual visitor",
      ": to pay an unexpected or casual visit"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4p-\u02ccin"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "caller",
      "frequenter",
      "guest",
      "visitant",
      "visitor"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "call",
      "come by",
      "come over",
      "drop by",
      "pop (in)",
      "run (over)",
      "run in",
      "step in",
      "stop (by ",
      "visit"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "drop in any time\u2014we're always home"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1819, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "circa 1600, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221331"
  },
  "dross":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal",
      ": waste or foreign matter : impurity",
      ": something that is base (see base entry 3 sense 1 ), trivial, or inferior"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4s",
      "\u02c8dr\u022fs"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chaff",
      "deadwood",
      "debris",
      "dreck",
      "drek",
      "dust",
      "effluvium",
      "effluvia",
      "garbage",
      "junk",
      "litter",
      "offal",
      "offscouring",
      "raffle",
      "refuse",
      "riffraff",
      "rubbish",
      "scrap",
      "spilth",
      "trash",
      "truck",
      "waste"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "There is quite a lot of dross on TV these days.",
      "His editor has a talent for turning literary dross into gold.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "To find something positive amidst much dross \u2014 Mamoudou Athie and Dina Shihabi make for able horror leads in this series. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "Many of the things left at the sorry corner are manifestly ugly or useless, yet it should not be assumed that this always represents the true dross , that all the promising stuff was taken. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "Many of the things left at the sorry corner are manifestly ugly or useless, yet it should not be assumed that this always represents the true dross , that all the promising stuff was taken. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "Many of the things left at the sorry corner are manifestly ugly or useless, yet it should not be assumed that this always represents the true dross , that all the promising stuff was taken. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "Many of the things left at the sorry corner are manifestly ugly or useless, yet it should not be assumed that this always represents the true dross , that all the promising stuff was taken. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "Even a drunk Don Draper would be embarrassed to pitch such meaningless dross . \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2021",
      "The dross is the part where Jesus turns to address the poor man directly, like a real person instead of a prop for conjectural argument, and heals his hand. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 28 Dec. 2020",
      "From the days of the Gold Rush and the earliest years of statehood, visitors to California have noticed dross mixed with the glitter. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 24 Dec. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English dros , from Old English dr\u014ds dregs",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202555"
  },
  "drove":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a group of animals driven or moving in a body",
      ": a large number : crowd",
      ": a large group of animals or people moving or acting together"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u014dv",
      "\u02c8dr\u014dv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "army",
      "bike",
      "cram",
      "crowd",
      "crush",
      "flock",
      "herd",
      "horde",
      "host",
      "legion",
      "mass",
      "mob",
      "multitude",
      "press",
      "rout",
      "scrum",
      "swarm",
      "throng"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "people flocked to the annual festival in droves",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "His infield single in the seventh drove in Mookie Betts to extend the Dodgers' lead to 5-1. \u2014 Joe Reedy, ajc , 4 June 2022",
      "And in the third, Mateo\u2019s single drove in Santander, who had reached on a second straight double. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 19 May 2022",
      "James Clemens beat East Limestone 1-0 on Monday, breaking up the 2-hit shutout with a run in the bottom of the sixth inning when Parker\u2019s single drove in Francisco Ramirez. \u2014 al , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Northside scored its final run in the fifth when Rollans' single drove in Eli Calderera, who was a courtesy runner after Frazier had tripled. \u2014 Henry Apple, Arkansas Online , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "His two-run single drove in Baltimore\u2019s first two runs. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 1 May 2022",
      "Bayshore Christian walks one off Cole Dean\u2019s two-out double off the wall in the bottom of the seventh drove in the winning run as Class 1A No. 1 Bayshore Christian defeated Cottage Hill Christian 4-3. \u2014 Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Bloop hits to right and left field in the sixth drove in runs, cutting the Sox lead to 3-2. \u2014 Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Having overhauled our homes, the drove of D.T.C. investment is seeking out fresh pastures of disruption. \u2014 Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker , 31 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193101"
  },
  "drown":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to become drowned",
      ": to suffocate by submersion especially in water",
      ": to submerge especially by a rise in the water level",
      ": to soak, drench, or cover with a liquid",
      ": to engage (oneself) deeply and strenuously",
      ": to cause (a sound) not to be heard by making a loud noise",
      ": to drive out (something, such as a sensation or an idea)",
      ": overwhelm",
      ": to die or cause to die from being underwater and unable to breathe",
      ": to cover with a liquid",
      ": to overpower especially with noise",
      ": to make helpless or overwhelmed",
      ": to suffocate in water or some other liquid",
      ": to suffocate because of excess of body fluid that interferes with the passage of oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues (as in pulmonary edema)",
      ": to suffocate by submersion especially in water"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drau\u0307n",
      "\u02c8drau\u0307n",
      "\u02c8drau\u0307n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "deluge",
      "engulf",
      "flood",
      "gulf",
      "inundate",
      "overflow",
      "overwhelm",
      "submerge",
      "submerse",
      "swamp"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "drain"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Conversations of all kinds drown out the background music. \u2014 Saige Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
      "When bickering flares up, Baker \u2014 whose booming voice can drown out the whole room \u2014 cuts things off quickly. \u2014 Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
      "A week and a half later, a 22-year-old National Guard soldier would drown nearby trying to rescue migrants from the river. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
      "The noise that accompanies all that fuss can drown out the quieter fare. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 6 May 2022",
      "Odette and Siegfried then drown themselves, breaking the enchantment and freeing their love for the next life. \u2014 Sean Erwin, sun-sentinel.com , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "The cheers of enemy fans, meantime, won\u2019t drown the roaring cash flow of ticket revenues. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "And if government isn\u2019t careful, this golden goose of weed revenue could easily drown . \u2014 Chris Roberts, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "When experts post accurate content, they often get targeted by anti-vaxxers who want to drown out the facts. \u2014 Tribune News Service, al , 24 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English drounen ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173809"
  },
  "drub":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to beat severely",
      ": to berate critically",
      ": to defeat decisively",
      ": drum , stamp",
      ": to beat severely",
      ": to defeat completely"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259b",
      "\u02c8dr\u0259b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bash",
      "baste",
      "bat",
      "batter",
      "beat",
      "belabor",
      "belt",
      "birch",
      "bludgeon",
      "buffet",
      "bung up",
      "club",
      "curry",
      "do",
      "fib",
      "flog",
      "hammer",
      "hide",
      "lace",
      "lambaste",
      "lambast",
      "lash",
      "lather",
      "lick",
      "maul",
      "mess (up)",
      "paddle",
      "pelt",
      "pommel",
      "pound",
      "pummel",
      "punch out",
      "rough (up)",
      "slate",
      "slog",
      "switch",
      "tan",
      "thrash",
      "thresh",
      "thump",
      "tromp",
      "wallop",
      "whale",
      "whip",
      "whop",
      "whap",
      "whup",
      "work over"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a crowd was drubbing the purse snatcher when the police arrived on the scene",
      "we drubbed our traditional football rivals so badly that it was basically no contest",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This isn\u2019t the first time Kansas completely morphed in the second half this tournament, having trailed Miami (Fla.) by six in the first half of the Sweet 16 and then coming back to drub the Hurricanes by 26. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "The Trojans might have found something during Williams\u2019 first game as coach, as USC scored 38 second-half point to drub Washington State. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "Baylor inched one step closer to cutting down the nets as the best team in the sport, riding Butler's hot shooting to drub Houston 78-59 and reach the men's national championship game. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 3 Apr. 2021",
      "Kevin Brown gives up five runs on five hits in the second inning and the San Francisco Giants go on to drub the Dodgers 9-2 on opening day. \u2014 John Scheibe, Los Angeles Times , 2 Apr. 2020",
      "Some Fox personalities quickly drubbed Mr. Barr for crossing the president. \u2014 Katie Benner, New York Times , 13 Feb. 2020",
      "The Scots have responded by beating Samoa 34-0 and then drubbing Russia, with 95 points scored and none conceded in their last two games. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 Oct. 2019",
      "Oregon baseball avoided a four-game sweep in Hawaii by drubbing the host Warriors in Sunday\u2019s series finale. \u2014 James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 8 Mar. 2020",
      "The man who drubbed him and his painful left shoulder out of the Open \u2013 6-4, 7-5, 2-1 (retired) - was Stan Wawrinka, one of the toughest, hardest-hitting, big-hearted competitors in the sport \u2013 and one of the most talented, too. \u2014 Wayne Coffey, USA TODAY , 2 Sep. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"perhaps from Arabic \u1e0daraba ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1634, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214046"
  },
  "drudge":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to do hard, menial, or monotonous work",
      ": to force to do hard, menial, or monotonous work",
      ": one who is obliged to do menial work",
      ": one whose work is routine and boring",
      ": menial or tedious labor",
      ": a person who does hard or dull work"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259j",
      "\u02c8dr\u0259j"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bang away",
      "beaver (away)",
      "dig (away)",
      "endeavor",
      "fag",
      "grub",
      "hump",
      "hustle",
      "labor",
      "moil",
      "peg (away)",
      "plod",
      "plow",
      "plug",
      "slave",
      "slog",
      "strain",
      "strive",
      "struggle",
      "sweat",
      "toil",
      "travail",
      "tug",
      "work"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dogsbody",
      "drone",
      "drudger",
      "fag",
      "foot soldier",
      "grub",
      "grubber",
      "grunt",
      "laborer",
      "peon",
      "plugger",
      "slave",
      "slogger",
      "toiler",
      "worker"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "factory workers who must drudge all day at repetitive tasks",
      "Noun",
      "She was tired of working as an office drudge .",
      "worked like a drudge at a low-paying job that had few benefits",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "While the House drudged through a partisan back-and-forth, top Republicans and Democrats in the Senate hatched a deal. \u2014 Andrew Oxford, azcentral , 24 Mar. 2020",
      "As ambitious Jim heads east, \u00c1ntonia is a disgraced, unmarried mother drudging on the farm for a churlish brother. \u2014 Robert Garnett, WSJ , 14 Sep. 2018",
      "So spare a thought on Tuesday for the half-million teenagers drudging through derivatives. \u2014 James Markarian, WSJ , 14 May 2018",
      "While drudging through hateful comments can definitely make a negative impact on your mental health, reading kind comments out loud could act as an antidote. \u2014 Brittney Mcnamara, Teen Vogue , 20 June 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Samuel Johnson used similar language\u2014harmless drudge \u2014to describe the lexicographer who compiles a dictionary. \u2014 Alexandra Horowitz, The Atlantic , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "As any power-walker, commuter or chore drudge could tell you, the podcast is the multitasker\u2019s best friend. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Nov. 2021",
      "It\u2019s a Cinderella story, minus everything but the drudge and the stepmother. \u2014 Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times , 12 Nov. 2021",
      "Chances are, you\u2019ve been told to do all your high-level creative tasks in the morning and to save the boring drudge work (like answering emails) until later in the day. \u2014 Pia Silva, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
      "This type of automation can also lead to a better employee experience as drudge work slides off their plates. \u2014 Gil Allouche, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2021",
      "His subsequent doldrums include encounters with the Greys, conformist drudges who dress in black and white and often plod around with their eyes glued to their phones. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 July 2019",
      "Buy Photo Is automation destroying familiar jobs, reducing drudge work, collecting more information than anyone expected, and opening opportunities? \u2014 Joseph N. Distefano, Philly.com , 2 July 2018",
      "Sure, a competent operating person would be nice, to offload some of the drudge work. \u2014 Andy Kessler, WSJ , 30 Dec. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense",
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213009"
  },
  "drug":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a substance used as a medication or in the preparation of medication",
      ": a substance recognized in an official pharmacopoeia or formulary (see formulary sense 3 )",
      ": a substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease",
      ": a substance other than food intended to affect the structure or function of the body",
      ": a substance intended for use as a component of a medicine but not a device or a component, part, or accessory of a device",
      ": something and often an illegal substance that causes addiction, habituation (see habituation sense 2b ), or a marked change in consciousness",
      ": a commodity that is not salable or for which there is no demand (see demand entry 1 sense 3a )",
      ": a substance used in dyeing or chemical operations",
      ": to affect with a drug (see drug entry 1 )",
      ": to stupefy by a narcotic drug",
      ": to administer a drug to",
      ": to lull or stupefy as if with a drug",
      ": to take drugs for narcotic effect",
      ": a substance used as a medicine or in making medicines",
      ": a substance (as cocaine) that may harm or addict a user",
      ": to poison with or as if with a drug",
      ": to make sleepy or unconscious with drugs",
      ": a substance used as a medication or in the preparation of medication",
      ": a substance recognized in an official pharmacopoeia or formulary",
      ": a substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease",
      ": a substance other than food intended to affect the structure or function of the body",
      ": a substance intended for use as a component of a medicine but not a device or a component, part, or accessory of a device",
      ": something and often an illicit substance that causes addiction, habituation, or a marked change in consciousness",
      ": to affect with a drug",
      ": to stupefy by a narcotic drug",
      ": to administer a drug to",
      ": to take drugs for narcotic effect"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259g",
      "\u02c8dr\u0259g",
      "\u02c8dr\u0259g"
    ],
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      "cure",
      "medicament",
      "medication",
      "medicinal",
      "medicine",
      "pharmaceutical",
      "physic",
      "remedy",
      "specific"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Buhle excised Biden from her name in 2019, after enduring years of what many women could or would not: alcohol and drug abuse, affairs, public humiliation, a torrent of lies. \u2014 Karen Heller, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
      "This marked Garland's comeback, four years after being let go from her contract at MGM in the midst of her struggles with alcohol and drug addiction. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
      "In the crushing true-life drama Only The Brave\u2014his first movie with Top Gun: Maverick director Joe Kosinski\u2014Teller plays Brendan McDonough, a drug addict delinquent looking to turn his life around to provide for his newborn daughter. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 9 June 2022",
      "In many low-level shoplifting and drug cases, Foxx's office has diverted them to counseling and treatment. \u2014 Fox News , 8 June 2022",
      "Personalized and community medicine as well as vaccine and drug discovery will get a boost from the computing power provided by semiconductors. \u2014 Mark Liu, Fortune , 8 June 2022",
      "Boudin was elected in 2019, promising to eliminate cash bail and divert low-level offenders into mental health and drug treatment programs. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 8 June 2022",
      "Overall, the company is focused on improving its portfolio, especially with headwinds for its top-selling drug , Revlimid. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "He was charged with weapon and drug possession and has pleaded not guilty, his lawyer, Michael J. Brown, said. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Linda Joy Traitz, a former waitress at a restaurant owned in part by Cosby, wrote a long Facebook post accusing him of trying to drug her in the early '70s. \u2014 Chris Francescani, ABC News , 30 June 2021",
      "Huntsville police drug their feet in working with the committee. \u2014 Ashley Remkus | Aremkus@al.com, al , 28 Apr. 2021",
      "One chapter was about a profoundly disabled man who tried and then tried again to starve himself to death\u2014until finally, at his rabid insistence, his mother agreed to drug him and hold a plastic bag over his head. \u2014 Katie Engelhart, The Atlantic , 2 Mar. 2021",
      "The famed comedian\u2019s first trial, on charges of drugging and assaulting one woman, ended with a hung jury in June 2017. \u2014 Deanna Paul, WSJ , 22 Jan. 2020",
      "Another consultant delivered similar findings in early 2013, although his credibility was undermined when he was accused of drugging and assaulting several women in Portland. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Apr. 2020",
      "Shortly after Garrison left the company, an employee named Mary Ann Olszewski sued Bloomberg LP in 1996, alleging that she was drugged and raped by her supervisor. \u2014 Michael Kranish, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Feb. 2020",
      "Prosecutors have called to the stand five other women who said Cosby drugged and assaulted them, too. \u2014 Michael R. Sisak, chicagotribune.com , 16 Apr. 2018",
      "Prosecutors have called to the stand five other women who said Cosby drugged and assaulted them, too. \u2014 Tyler Mccarthy, Fox News , 16 Apr. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1611, in the meaning defined at sense 4",
      "Verb",
      "1667, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181108"
  },
  "druggie":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a person who habitually uses drugs",
      ": associated with, affected by, or suggestive of drugs or drug use",
      ": a person who habitually uses drugs"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259-g\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "addict",
      "dopehead",
      "doper",
      "fiend",
      "freak",
      "head",
      "hophead",
      "hype",
      "junkie",
      "junky",
      "stoner",
      "user"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "nonaddict",
      "nonuser"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "an old college classmate who became a druggie and ended up on skid row",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "To coming back and being mentally out, a druggie and an alcoholic\u2014all of the rest of the stuff\u2014I\u2019m not ashamed of it. \u2014 Josh Katzowitz, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The Factory was a porous, chaotic arena for scene-making, drawing in exhibitionists, druggies , socialites, rock stars, movie stars, Ivy Leaguers and, most critically, journalists. \u2014 Stephen Metcalf, Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2020",
      "Blake Lively stars as a druggie prostitute whose family was lost in a plane crash. \u2014 Willie Brown, SFChronicle.com , 8 Feb. 2020",
      "With the murder finally solved \u2014 Emmett was killed during a grocery store hold-up by a druggie robber \u2014 Bassett says a huge weight will be lifted off of her character\u2019s shoulders and her heart. \u2014 Rosy Cordero, EW.com , 5 Nov. 2019",
      "Burroughs\u2019 connection with Smith feels deeper, beyond druggie antics and glam personae, partly because she was drawn to him as a man, not just as an idol. \u2014 Alexander C. Kafka, Houston Chronicle , 29 June 2019",
      "Burroughs\u2019s connection with Patti Smith feels deeper, beyond druggie antics and glam personae, partly because she was drawn to him as a man, not just as an idol. \u2014 Alexander C. Kafka, Washington Post , 21 June 2019",
      "She\u2019s interrupted by the arrival of two hard-core druggie brothers who proceed to cook up an appalling batch of low-rent meth. \u2014 Jean Thompson, New York Times , 27 Apr. 2018",
      "It\u2019s participants were scorned as troublemakers and druggies . \u2014 Jacob Feldman, SI.com , 2 July 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1966, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203014"
  },
  "druggy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": associated with, affected by, or suggestive of drugs or drug use",
      ": a person who habitually uses drugs"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259-g\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1583, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214020"
  },
  "drum":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow shell or cylinder with a drumhead stretched over one or both ends that is beaten with the hands or with some implement (such as a stick or wire brush)",
      ": tympanic membrane",
      ": the sound of a drum",
      ": a sound similar to that of a drum",
      ": any of various chiefly marine bony fishes (family Sciaenidae) that make a drumming or croaking noise using their air bladder and associated muscles",
      ": something resembling a drum in shape: such as",
      ": any of the cylindrical blocks that form the shaft of a column",
      ": a round wall or structure that supports a dome",
      ": a cylindrical machine or mechanical device or part",
      ": a cylindrical container",
      ": a large usually metal container for liquids",
      ": a disk-shaped magazine for an automatic weapon",
      ": to make a succession of strokes or vibrations that produce sounds like drumbeats",
      ": to beat a drum",
      ": to throb or sound rhythmically",
      ": to stir up interest : solicit",
      ": to summon or enlist by or as if by beating a drum",
      ": to dismiss ignominiously : expel",
      ": to drive or force by steady effort or reiteration",
      ": to strike or tap repeatedly",
      ": to produce (rhythmic sounds) by such action",
      ": a long narrow hill or ridge",
      ": drumlin",
      ": a musical instrument usually consisting of a metal or wooden round frame with flat ends covered by tightly stretched skin",
      ": a tapping sound : a sound of or like a drum",
      ": an object shaped like a cylinder",
      ": to beat or play a drum",
      ": to make a tapping sound : make a sound like a drum",
      ": to beat or tap in a rhythmic way",
      ": to force (something) to be learned by repeating it over and over",
      ": to force to leave (a place or organization)",
      ": to gather or create by hard work",
      ": tympanic membrane"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259m",
      "\u02c8dr\u0259m",
      "\u02c8dr\u0259m"
    ],
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      "barrel",
      "can",
      "canister",
      "cannister",
      "tin"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "beat",
      "rap",
      "tap"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "She drummed while he played the guitar.",
      "Her fingers drummed nervously on the table.",
      "He was nervously drumming a pencil on the desk."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "circa 1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1582, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1732, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224257"
  },
  "drum (out)":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to force (someone) to leave (a place or organization)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213520"
  },
  "drumbeat":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a stroke on a drum or its sound",
      ": a series of such strokes",
      ": vociferous advocacy of a cause",
      ": drumfire sense 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259m-\u02ccb\u0113t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "barrage",
      "blitz",
      "blitzkrieg",
      "bombardment",
      "cannonade",
      "drumfire",
      "flurry",
      "fusillade",
      "hail",
      "salvo",
      "shower",
      "storm",
      "volley"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "I could hear the drumbeat of a parade down the street.",
      "a dizzying drumbeat of interviews in the hours following her winning of the Academy Award",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Happy to take up that drumbeat , though, is Kemp's challenger David Perdue, a former senator who lost to Jon Ossoff but who has embraced a MAGA-edge in his campaigning to return to office. \u2014 Isabella Murray, ABC News , 24 May 2022",
      "Against the drumbeat of violence in Northern Ireland, author Audrey Magee juxtaposes an exploration of art, language, and love. \u2014 Staff, The Christian Science Monitor , 17 May 2022",
      "But the drumbeat to defund the police has been drowned out by the reality of rising crime rates in cities around the country. \u2014 Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 May 2022",
      "In a video uploaded to YouTube by a concert attendee, Arroyo is seen having some banter with frontman Eddie Vedder before the whole band helps him get started on the drumbeat . \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 13 May 2022",
      "But of late the drumbeat of German businesses rethinking China has grown more insistent. \u2014 Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
      "As the sustainable business drumbeat gets louder, utility providers across Australia are doing much more than making noise about climate change imperatives. \u2014 Susan Galer, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
      "So with the drumbeat of inflation increasing last autumn, Miller and his team hedged their bets. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 2 May 2022",
      "Both authors feel the drumbeat of France\u2019s past, from colonialism to Vichy to Jacques Chirac. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1817, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215616"
  },
  "drumfire":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": artillery firing so continuous as to sound like a drumroll",
      ": something suggestive of drumfire in intensity : barrage"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259m-\u02ccf\u012b(-\u0259)r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "barrage",
      "blitz",
      "blitzkrieg",
      "bombardment",
      "cannonade",
      "drumbeat",
      "flurry",
      "fusillade",
      "hail",
      "salvo",
      "shower",
      "storm",
      "volley"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a rising drumfire of criticism for the president's latest nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214517"
  },
  "drunk":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having the faculties impaired by alcohol",
      ": having a level of alcohol in the blood that exceeds a maximum prescribed by law",
      ": dominated by an intense feeling",
      ": relating to, caused by, or characterized by intoxication : drunken",
      ": a period of drinking to intoxication or of being intoxicated",
      ": one who is drunk",
      ": drunkard",
      ": being so much under the influence of alcohol that normal thinking and acting become difficult or impossible",
      ": controlled by a strong feeling",
      ": drunkard",
      ": having the faculties impaired by alcohol",
      ": of, relating to, or caused by intoxication : drunken",
      ": a period of drinking to intoxication or of being intoxicated",
      ": one who is drunk",
      ": drunkard"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259\u014bk",
      "\u02c8dr\u0259\u014bk",
      "\u02c8dr\u0259\u014bk"
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    "synonyms":[
      "besotted",
      "blasted",
      "blind",
      "blitzed",
      "blotto",
      "bombed",
      "boozy",
      "canned",
      "cockeyed",
      "crocked",
      "drunken",
      "fried",
      "gassed",
      "hammered",
      "high",
      "impaired",
      "inebriate",
      "inebriated",
      "intoxicated",
      "juiced",
      "lit",
      "lit up",
      "loaded",
      "looped",
      "oiled",
      "pickled",
      "pie-eyed",
      "plastered",
      "potted",
      "ripped",
      "sloshed",
      "smashed",
      "sottish",
      "soused",
      "sozzled",
      "squiffed",
      "squiffy",
      "stewed",
      "stiff",
      "stinking",
      "stoned",
      "tanked",
      "tiddly",
      "tight",
      "tipsy",
      "wasted",
      "wet",
      "wiped out"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "alcoholic",
      "alkie",
      "alky",
      "boozehound",
      "boozer",
      "dipsomaniac",
      "drinker",
      "drunkard",
      "inebriate",
      "juicehead",
      "juicer",
      "lush",
      "rummy",
      "soak",
      "soaker",
      "sot",
      "souse",
      "tippler",
      "toper",
      "tosspot"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The man failed sobriety testing and was found to have a blood-alcohol content of .228, well over the state minimum for drunk driving of .08. \u2014 cleveland , 14 June 2022",
      "That hasn\u2019t deterred Barden in his mission to make gun violence socially and culturally unacceptable, like drunk driving or not wearing a seatbelt; to try, unceasingly, to protect other children and families. \u2014 Michelle Ruiz, Vogue , 3 June 2022",
      "Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had him on their radar because of a 2017 drunk driving conviction. \u2014 Palabra, al , 25 May 2022",
      "The Gladstein Law Firm Sober Rides Campaign has pledged to pay for dozens of rides over the course of the weekend, in an effort to cut down on drunk driving during the busiest weekend of the year in Louisville. \u2014 Ana Roc\u00edo \u00c1lvarez Br\u00ed\u00f1ez, The Courier-Journal , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "According to an affidavit of probable cause signed by a state trooper, Guzman informed Santiago\u2019s mother that her son had struck a man while driving drunk and the body was in the Honda. \u2014 NBC News , 23 Jan. 2022",
      "In his 15 years as a legislator, Washington state Sen. John Lovick has authored many serious bills, including a measure to strictly enforce seat belt usage and an effort to lower the threshold for what constitutes driving drunk . \u2014 Julie Makinen And Mary Barsaleau, USA TODAY , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "Iniguez said officers suggested his fianc\u00e9 was driving drunk and ordered the fianc\u00e9 out of the car. \u2014 James Queally, Los Angeles Times , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "Josko was driving drunk and headed south in the northbound lanes of Illinois Route 41 on the night of Dec. 9, 1995, when his vehicle struck Bourassa\u2019s vehicle head-on. \u2014 Clifford Ward, chicagotribune.com , 17 Nov. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The preliminary hearing on the felony drunk -driving charges faced by former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was supposed to occur on Thursday in Las Vegas. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 12 June 2022",
      "Facing felony drunk -driving charges, former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III is not currently subject to electronic monitoring, according to court records. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 19 May 2022",
      "On average, 28 people are killed in drunk -driving crashes every day in the U.S., according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. \u2014 Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "An outspoken conservative of the 1970s, Martha Mitchell was characterized as a brash, crazy drunk with a wild imagination. \u2014 Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "The man had stumbled into the bar drunk and carrying a tumbler of alcohol. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "For an actor, there\u2019s an obvious showboat appeal to playing a serious out-of-control drunk . \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "What could be better for an aspiring writer \u2014 or a budding drunk ? \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Consuming too much tea can make one relax and feel light-headed: tea drunk . \u2014 Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN , 22 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1779, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184430"
  },
  "drunkard":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "one who is habitually drunk",
      "a person who is often drunk",
      "one suffering from or subject to acute or chronic alcoholism one who habitually becomes drunk"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8dr\u0259\u014b-k\u0259rd",
    "synonyms":[
      "alcoholic",
      "alkie",
      "alky",
      "boozehound",
      "boozer",
      "dipsomaniac",
      "drinker",
      "drunk",
      "inebriate",
      "juicehead",
      "juicer",
      "lush",
      "rummy",
      "soak",
      "soaker",
      "sot",
      "souse",
      "tippler",
      "toper",
      "tosspot"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Her father was a drunkard .",
      "accused him of being a no-good drunkard who needed professional help for his problem",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Irish tell a story about a notorious drunkard and trickster named Jack. \u2014 Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Oct. 2021",
      "In several, his character died as a frustrated lover and a drunkard . \u2014 Ashok Sharma, USA TODAY , 7 July 2021",
      "In several, his character died as a frustrated lover and a drunkard . \u2014 Ashok Sharma, ajc , 7 July 2021",
      "The Duke is a louche drunkard , trying to drown out his family\u2019s brutal legacy. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 4 May 2021",
      "Imagine a drunkard stumbling around a room and bouncing off the walls. \u2014 Kenneth Chang, New York Times , 18 Mar. 2020",
      "The mansion is a masterclass in Korean modernism, made by a and filled with , with a manicured green lawn and hedges to keep the world\u2014and its unwieldy drunkards \u2014out. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 8 Feb. 2020",
      "Kudos to those who refused to kowtow to the fears that drunkards might declare the tree to be their own private Everest. \u2014 al , 5 Feb. 2020",
      "Does this mean that the calculation for the drunkard \u2019s walk doesn\u2019t work on a rectangular grid? \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 7 Sep. 2016"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "druthers":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": free choice : preference"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259-t\u035fh\u0259rz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "alternative",
      "choice",
      "discretion",
      "election",
      "liberty",
      "option",
      "pick",
      "preference",
      "selection",
      "volition",
      "way"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" druther , alteration of would rather ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1870, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212829"
  },
  "dry nurse":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to take care of but not breastfeed (another woman's baby) : to act as a dry nurse to",
      ": to give unnecessary supervision to",
      ": a woman who takes care of but does not breastfeed another woman's baby",
      ": a woman who takes care of but does not breastfeed another woman's baby"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)dr\u012b-\u02c8n\u0259rs"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "babysitter",
      "nanny",
      "nannie",
      "nurse",
      "nursemaid",
      "nurser",
      "sitter"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "after years of being a dry nurse to other women's children, she longed to have a child of her own"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1598, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-032505"
  },
  "dry run":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a practice exercise : rehearsal , trial",
      ": a practice firing without ammunition"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "practice",
      "practise",
      "rehearsal",
      "trial"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "We did a dry run of the experiment.",
      "After several dry runs , she was ready to give the speech.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "After finishing a run, there\u2019s nothing better than opening the cooler and sipping on a tasty beverage to replenish yourself after a hot, dry run . \u2014 Outside Online , 13 May 2022",
      "The league is getting into the full Vegas vibe and considers this a dry run for the Super Bowl here in early 2024. \u2014 Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The last presidential election was a dry run for the next. \u2014 J. Michael Luttig, CNN , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The trailer adds a few more wrinkles: The participants will spend three weeks living with new people, kind of like a dry run for life with someone else. \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "Conducting a dry run of your crisis response plan is an excellent way to find the gaps in your plan of action. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "At the August start of the reconciliation process, the Senate did a dry run of a vote-a-rama. \u2014 Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ , 23 Dec. 2021",
      "Auto dealers staged a dry run for the auto show\u2019s outdoor portion last summer. \u2014 Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "George Miller, then the welfare director in neighboring Nevada, volunteered to do a dry run for Reagan, proposing to purge his smaller state\u2019s welfare rolls of alleged welfare cheats. \u2014 Eli Hager, ProPublica , 30 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1941, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211135"
  },
  "dubiety":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a usually hesitant uncertainty or doubt that tends to cause vacillation",
      ": a matter of doubt"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "du\u0307-\u02c8b\u012b-\u0259t-\u0113",
      "also"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "distrust",
      "distrustfulness",
      "doubt",
      "dubitation",
      "incertitude",
      "misdoubt",
      "misgiving",
      "mistrust",
      "mistrustfulness",
      "query",
      "reservation",
      "skepticism",
      "suspicion",
      "uncertainty"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "assurance",
      "belief",
      "certainty",
      "certitude",
      "confidence",
      "conviction",
      "sureness",
      "surety",
      "trust"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the comfort of having a faith free from all dubiety is what attracts people to the religious sect"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Late Latin dubietas , from Latin dubius ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1750, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204918"
  },
  "dubious":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": unsettled in opinion : doubtful",
      ": giving rise to uncertainty : such as",
      ": of doubtful promise or outcome",
      ": questionable or suspect as to true nature or quality",
      ": causing doubt : uncertain",
      ": feeling doubt",
      ": questionable sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-b\u0113-\u0259s",
      "also",
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-b\u0113-\u0259s",
      "\u02c8dy\u00fc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "debatable",
      "disputable",
      "dodgy",
      "doubtable",
      "doubtful",
      "dubitable",
      "equivocal",
      "fishy",
      "problematic",
      "problematical",
      "queer",
      "questionable",
      "shady",
      "shaky",
      "suspect",
      "suspicious"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "certain",
      "hands-down",
      "incontestable",
      "indisputable",
      "indubitable",
      "questionless",
      "sure",
      "undeniable",
      "undoubted",
      "unproblematic",
      "unquestionable"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "That sort of delay and deflection help illustrate why founders of the country were dubious of political parties. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
      "The data used to compile college rankings is dubious at best and undoubtedly subjective. \u2014 Brennan Barnard, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
      "When asked if President Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, Herrod was dubious . \u2014 Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 June 2022",
      "After the war, the manuscript is published on Russell\u2019s recommendation, although Russell is dubious about its contents. \u2014 Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
      "The results moved its stock slightly higher in premarket trading, easing losses earlier this week that signaled investors were dubious about Musk\u2019s $44 billion purchase of the social media platform. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Earlier, Willon looked at the 25 challengers vying for the dubious distinction of facing off against Newsom in the November runoff. \u2014 David Lautersenior Editor, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
      "When the ball is tipped in San Francisco for the start of Celtics-Warriors, that dubious distinction becomes Paul Millsap's possession; he's been in 130 playoff games, none in the finals. \u2014 Tim Reynolds, ajc , 30 May 2022",
      "That dubious distinction aside, the store became the center of the neighborhood, a gathering spot, amplifying the impact of the slaughter. \u2014 Curtis Bunn, NBC News , 28 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin dubius , from dubare to vacillate; akin to Latin duo two \u2014 more at two ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1548, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203108"
  },
  "dubitable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": open to doubt or question"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-b\u0259-t\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "also"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "debatable",
      "disputable",
      "dodgy",
      "doubtable",
      "doubtful",
      "dubious",
      "equivocal",
      "fishy",
      "problematic",
      "problematical",
      "queer",
      "questionable",
      "shady",
      "shaky",
      "suspect",
      "suspicious"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "certain",
      "hands-down",
      "incontestable",
      "indisputable",
      "indubitable",
      "questionless",
      "sure",
      "undeniable",
      "undoubted",
      "unproblematic",
      "unquestionable"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "some highly dubitable \u201cevidence\u201d that the stone tower was built by the Vikings"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin dubitabilis , from dubitare to doubt \u2014 more at doubt entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1616, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225924"
  },
  "duck":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of various swimming birds (family Anatidae, the duck family) in which the neck and legs are short, the feet typically webbed, the bill often broad and flat, and the sexes usually different from each other in plumage",
      ": the flesh of any of these birds used as food",
      ": a female duck \u2014 compare drake",
      ": person , creature",
      "\u2014 see also odd duck",
      ": darling",
      ": to lower the head or body suddenly : dodge",
      ": bow , bob",
      ": to move quickly",
      ": to evade a duty, question, or responsibility",
      ": to plunge under the surface of water",
      ": to descend suddenly : dip",
      ": to lower (the head, the body, etc.) quickly : bow",
      ": avoid , evade",
      ": to thrust (someone or something) underwater : dunk",
      ": an instance of ducking",
      ": a durable closely woven usually cotton fabric",
      ": light clothes and especially trousers made of duck",
      ": a swimming bird that has a broad flat bill and is smaller than the related goose and swan",
      ": to push under water for a moment",
      ": to lower the head or body suddenly",
      ": to avoid by moving quickly",
      ": to avoid a duty, question, or responsibility",
      ": any of various swimming birds (family Anatidae, the duck family) in which the neck and legs are short, the feet typically webbed, the bill often broad and flat, and the sexes usually different from each other in plumage"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259k",
      "\u02c8d\u0259k",
      "\u02c8d\u0259k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "baby",
      "being",
      "bird",
      "bod",
      "body",
      "character",
      "cookie",
      "cooky",
      "creature",
      "customer",
      "devil",
      "egg",
      "face",
      "fish",
      "guy",
      "head",
      "human",
      "human being",
      "individual",
      "life",
      "man",
      "mortal",
      "party",
      "person",
      "personage",
      "scout",
      "slob",
      "sort",
      "soul",
      "specimen",
      "stiff",
      "thing",
      "wight"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "avoid",
      "dodge",
      "elude",
      "escape",
      "eschew",
      "evade",
      "finesse",
      "get around",
      "scape",
      "shake",
      "shirk",
      "shuffle (out of)",
      "shun",
      "weasel (out of)"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1554, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (3)",
      "1640, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184320"
  },
  "ducky":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": darling , cute",
      ": satisfactory , fine"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259-k\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "agreeable",
      "all right",
      "alright",
      "copacetic",
      "copasetic",
      "copesetic",
      "fine",
      "good",
      "hunky-dory",
      "jake",
      "OK",
      "okay",
      "palatable",
      "satisfactory"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "disagreeable",
      "unsatisfactory"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "if you don't want to come, that's just ducky with me"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214712"
  },
  "duct":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a bodily tube or vessel especially when carrying the secretion of a gland",
      ": a pipe, tube, or channel that conveys a substance",
      ": a pipe or tubular runway for carrying an electric power line, telephone cables, or other conductors",
      ": a tube or elongated cavity (such as a xylem vessel) in plant tissue",
      ": a layer (as in the atmosphere or the ocean) which occurs under usually abnormal conditions and in which radio or sound waves are confined to a restricted path",
      ": to enclose in a duct",
      ": to convey (something, such as a gas) through a duct",
      ": to propagate (something, such as radio waves) through a duct",
      ": a pipe, tube, or vessel that carries something",
      ": a bodily tube or vessel especially when carrying the secretion of a gland"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259kt",
      "\u02c8d\u0259kt",
      "\u02c8d\u0259kt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "channel",
      "conduit",
      "leader",
      "line",
      "penstock",
      "pipe",
      "trough",
      "tube"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "air ducts to provide ventilation",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The air duct features a fluid mechanic design that's specially made to reduce noise without compromising wind strength. \u2014 Nicol Natale, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
      "The duct probably once provided ventilation for the small chamber, according to Rick. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 13 June 2022",
      "Bond escapes through an air duct then battles with a captive giant squid, rescues Ryder (who had been tied down to be nibbled away by crabs). \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
      "The business includes a range of services, such as carpet repair, dyeing and stretching; rug, hardwood floor and upholstery cleaning, and air duct cleaning. \u2014 Kimberly Fornek, Chicago Tribune , 7 June 2022",
      "Each episode will focus on a crime story taking place in the South, from the murder of a former biker gang to a missing bank president discovered duct -taped to a chair in a swamp. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 18 May 2022",
      "Jacob Wilkinson was apprehended Monday and was terminated from his post at the Genesee County Sheriff\u2019s Office after the decomposed dog was discovered in a ditch duct -taped with bullet holes in its head, according to officials. \u2014 Landon Mion, Fox News , 1 May 2022",
      "Clean the vent duct behind your dryer using a vacuum cleaner hose. \u2014 Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Nord Stream 2, the gas duct from Russia, was but the latest symbol of drushba\u2014friendship. \u2014 Josef Joffe, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The NASCAR Research and Development team designed, and printed using a Stratasys Fortus 450mc 3D printer, an underside NACA duct for engine cooling for the cars. \u2014 Greg Engle, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "Her 53-year-old son, Bart, had been left bound and duct taped to his wheelchair with garbage over his face. \u2014 Harriet Sokmensuer, PEOPLE.com , 13 Dec. 2021",
      "Jaron Johnson also duct taped her hands behind her, according to the affidavit. \u2014 Meredith Colias-pete, chicagotribune.com , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "Jaron Johnson also duct taped her hands behind her, according to the affidavit. \u2014 Meredith Colias-pete, chicagotribune.com , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "Each year, the opposing teams\u2019 principal is duct tapped to the wall at the winning team\u2019s school pending the outcome of the game. \u2014 Brent Kennedy, baltimoresun.com , 29 Oct. 2021",
      "From scary lights, to duct -tape cords, these tips will help keep your creepiest props and decorations secure through the scary season (and provide a fun thrill for your trick-or-treaters). \u2014 Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "Those are then duct taped together and secured with cardboard panels at the top and the bottom. \u2014 Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal , 16 Sep. 2021",
      "The duo then used stun guns on the family, duct taped trash bags over their heads and taped rocks to their bodies before dumping them in the swamp. \u2014 Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star , 24 Sep. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1936, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211618"
  },
  "dude":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a man extremely fastidious in dress and manner : dandy",
      ": a city dweller unfamiliar with life on the range (see range entry 1 sense 3b )",
      ": an Easterner in the West",
      ": fellow , guy",
      ": dress up",
      ": a person from the eastern United States in the West",
      ": man entry 1 sense 1 , guy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fcd",
      "also",
      "\u02c8d\u00fcd",
      "\u02c8dy\u00fcd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beau",
      "Beau Brummell",
      "buck",
      "dandy",
      "fop",
      "gallant",
      "jay",
      "lounge lizard",
      "macaroni",
      "pretty boy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "a dude given to sporting expensive suits and flashy jewelry",
      "OK, dude , whatever you say.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "That dude makes professional comedian level observations and commentary. \u2014 Derek Scancarelli, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "Mads Mikkelsen is a strong (and sinister) replacement for Johnny Depp as dark wizard Gellert Grindelward, a bad dude planning a war against non-magical folks. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Four come before us: the singing chihuahua, a dude using a strange drum set up, a woman who screeches terribly and a Death Metal screamer. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "Imagine a progressive dude driving a logging truck. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "Babitsky speaks of himself, sarcastically but self-consciously, as a normal Russian dude who never cries. \u2014 Masha Gessen, The New Yorker , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "But this sci-fi, fantasy crowd pleaser has a real handle on what exactly makes a dude into a father. \u2014 Hilary Weaver, ELLE , 1 June 2022",
      "Speaking of Ja Morant, this dude is not afraid of the spotlight. \u2014 Michael Sykes, USA TODAY , 4 May 2022",
      "To clock that cute dude who was always outside with his boys; to hear about what party or club was popping off. \u2014 Johnson Lui, Allure , 24 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "In the front, caustic teen and skeezy dude four times her age likewise find empathetic common ground. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 2 June 2022",
      "Yeah dude , that sounds like a really good solution. \u2014 Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 May 2022",
      "When Mike Eps smacks that dude in the movie that nug is as frosty. \u2014 Lindsey Bartlett, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "Johnson stars in so many dude movies that the fantasy adventure (based on the Disney theme-park ride) offers a refreshing change of pace \u2013 and even some romance. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 13 Nov. 2021",
      "That\u2019s the way this is going to f---ing go down, dude . \u2014 Dominique Yates, The Courier-Journal , 27 Aug. 2021",
      "Many families this year are choosing vacation options similar to last year\u2019s, said Rainer Jenss, founder of the Family Travel Association: beach vacation rentals, dude ranches or camping. \u2014 Hannah Sampson, Anchorage Daily News , 26 May 2021",
      "The clueless mostly dude lawmakers who are in charge just can\u2019t help themselves. \u2014 J.d. Crowe | Jdcrowe@al.com, al , 18 May 2021",
      "Behind-the-scenes-slap-on-the wrist diplomacy won\u2019t do the trick, dude . \u2014 J.d. Crowe | Jdcrowe@al.com, al , 2 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1877, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1899, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191710"
  },
  "duds":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": clothing",
      ": personal belongings",
      ": one that is ineffectual",
      ": failure",
      ": misfit",
      ": a bomb or missile that fails to explode",
      ": of little or no worth : valueless",
      ": a complete failure",
      ": a bomb or missile that fails to explode",
      ": clothing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259d",
      "\u02c8d\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bomb",
      "bummer",
      "bust",
      "catastrophe",
      "clinker",
      "clunker",
      "debacle",
      "d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
      "disaster",
      "failure",
      "fiasco",
      "fizzle",
      "flop",
      "frost",
      "lemon",
      "loser",
      "miss",
      "shipwreck",
      "turkey",
      "washout"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "blockbuster",
      "hit",
      "smash",
      "success",
      "winner"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The seeds must have been duds because the plants never grew.",
      "She put on her new duds for the party.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "If the tau Herculid shower turns out to be a dud , fear not, there are several other opportunities to witness meteor showers this year. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 30 May 2022",
      "Disney is paying the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences a reported $1 billion for the rights from a deal that was signed in 2010 and by 2015 was already looking like a dud . \u2014 Lisette Voytko, Forbes , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "Fourth-round draw is a dud Because the U.S. Open Cup uses four-team pods for its draws, Phoenix\u2019s three potential opponents were Seattle Sounders, San Jose Earthquakes, and the Sacramento Republic. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Auburn\u2019s coach hated how this historic season of basketball ended not with a championship or a Final Four run, but with a dud . \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "There were some boos, but fans appeared to have mostly come to terms with the dud . \u2014 Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com , 24 Nov. 2021",
      "Labor Market Friday's dud of a jobs report carried an unsettling warning: don't pay any heed to the headline number of 3.9% unemployment. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 10 Jan. 2022",
      "Limitless possibility can result in a very confusing design and production process and potentially a dud of a final timepiece. \u2014 Mark Cho, Robb Report , 16 Oct. 2021",
      "The dud of a game didn\u2019t change Orlovsky\u2019s opinion that Mayfield will have a monster season. \u2014 cleveland , 6 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adjective",
      "1899, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190146"
  },
  "due":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "owed or owing as a debt",
      "owed or owing as a natural or moral right",
      "according to accepted notions or procedures appropriate",
      "satisfying or capable of satisfying a need, obligation, or duty adequate",
      "regular , lawful",
      "capable of being attributed ascribable",
      "having reached the date at which payment is required payable",
      "required or expected in the prescribed, normal, or logical course of events scheduled",
      "expected to give birth",
      "something due (see due entry 1 ) or owed such as",
      "something that rightfully belongs to one",
      "a payment or obligation required by law or custom debt",
      "fees , charges",
      "directly , exactly",
      "duly",
      "required or expected to happen or be done",
      "owed or deserved",
      "in a proper or necessary amount",
      "because of",
      "something that should be given",
      "a regular or legal charge or fee",
      "directly sense 1",
      "expected to be born in the normal course of events",
      "expected to give birth",
      "satisfying or capable of satisfying an obligation, duty, or requirement under the law",
      "proper under the law",
      "capable of being attributed",
      "having reached the date at which payment is required payable",
      "owed though not yet required to be paid",
      "reasonable sense 1a, b"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8d\u00fc",
    "synonyms":[
      "mature"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "exactly",
      "full",
      "just",
      "precisely",
      "right",
      "sharp",
      "smack-dab",
      "squarely"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
      "Double check that the amount the IRS says is due is correct before writing a check. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 8 June 2022",
      "The alternative is waiting for the public beta, which is due sometime in July. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 8 June 2022",
      "Kilps is due back in court July 22, at which point a judge will determine if there's sufficient evidence against her for the case to proceed to trial. \u2014 Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com , 7 June 2022",
      "After all, two decades after Yokohama, a South American victory is due . \u2014 Samindra Kunti, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "Gen Z, which includes those born in 1995 and after, has a past- due rate of 2.21 percent, compared with 1.75 percent before the pandemic. \u2014 Rob Wile, NBC News , 4 June 2022",
      "Applications are due by the end of the day on Friday. \u2014 Adam Brewster, CBS News , 3 June 2022",
      "In addition to covering past- due bills, repairs and heating and cooling supplies, the assistance can cover reconnection and restart fees as well as late fees. \u2014 Kate Santich, Orlando Sentinel , 19 May 2022",
      "That\u2019s where the city auctions off the right to collect those past- due property taxes. \u2014 Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "These are the pieces of his legacy that admirers and family are now compiling to give him his due . \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 6 June 2022",
      "The Olympics acknowledge that the sexes are different in their running potential, and give each its full due . \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 15 Oct. 2019",
      "Lee Strasberg is frequently cast as the villain in accounts of the Method, though Butler is careful to give him his due . \u2014 Evan Kindley, The New Republic , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "Both projects are welcome testaments to the legacy of a pioneering producer who is finally receiving his due . \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "Chen, 22, fared poorly in the short program at the 2018 Olympics, coming in fifth due only to his winning long program performance. \u2014 Peter Weber, The Week , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "Yet, there are more and more Spanish-language afrobeats cropping up in beautiful ways that pay righteous due . \u2014 Marjua Estevez, refinery29.com , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "Her ombre bob is split down the middle to give the tattoo its full due . \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "The first episode features Willie McGinest and Drew Bledsoe, and the latter gets more than his due from the understudy who usurped him. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 11 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective, Noun, and Adverb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Adverb",
      "1582, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "duende":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the power to attract through personal magnetism and charm"
    ],
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      "d\u00fc-\u02c8en-(\u02cc)d\u0101"
    ],
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      "allure",
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      "appeal",
      "attractiveness",
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      "charisma",
      "charm",
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      "glamour",
      "glamor",
      "magic",
      "magnetism",
      "oomph",
      "pizzazz",
      "pizazz",
      "seductiveness",
      "witchery"
    ],
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      "repulsion",
      "repulsiveness"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "even as a child, she had an unmistakable duende that attracted the attention of passersby",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The writer George Frazier spent a lifetime defining duende and identifying those who possessed it. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 3 Sep. 2021",
      "Which means that, for a dancer, duende is not only a mystical inspiration. \u2014 Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker , 30 Dec. 2019",
      "Krug is no Orr, because no one can recreate that time, that talent that duende , but the winning rush was of near-No. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Nov. 2019",
      "Ronald Reagan brought his California movie-star wattage and conservative duende , and, like that, after a four-year interlude from the Nixonian nadir, the Republican party was seemingly resurrected and would run the table for the next 12 years. \u2014 Michael Paterniti, GQ , 26 June 2018",
      "To George Frazier, the Globe columnist known for his panache, Davidson was a man who embodied the term duende , an Andalusian Spanish term synonymous with class. \u2014 Janelle Nanos, BostonGlobe.com , 19 Apr. 2018",
      "In nearby Acayucan, she\u2019s dealt with duendes taunting her baby. \u2014 Megan Spurrell, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 29 Mar. 2018",
      "Amigo has more than lived up to his promise, with pyrotechnic virtuosity, charisma, and that intangible quality of soulful emotion the Spanish call duende . \u2014 Jim Harrington, The Mercury News , 15 June 2017",
      "What draws us to Ichiro is what rakish former Esquire columnist George Frazier, inspired by Federico Garc\u00eda Lorca, fancied as an athlete's duende : a synergistic combination of charisma, aptitude, and panache. \u2014 Alex Belth, Esquire , 2 Apr. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Spanish dialect, charm, from Spanish, ghost, goblin, probably from duen de casa , from due\u00f1o de casa owner of a house",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1964, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202436"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": sweet to the taste",
      ": pleasing to the ear",
      ": generally pleasing or agreeable"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259l-s\u0259t"
    ],
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      "agreeable",
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      "darling",
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      "delightsome",
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      "enjoyable",
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      "good",
      "grateful",
      "gratifying",
      "heavenly",
      "jolly",
      "luscious",
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      "pleasant",
      "pleasing",
      "pleasurable",
      "pretty",
      "satisfying",
      "savory",
      "savoury",
      "sweet",
      "tasty",
      "welcome"
    ],
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      "disagreeable",
      "pleasureless",
      "unpalatable",
      "unpleasant",
      "unwelcome"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the dulcet tones of her voice",
      "although she flashed a dulcet smile, she was secretly seething with resentment"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English doucet , from Anglo-French, from duz, douz sweet, from Latin dulcis ; perhaps akin to Greek glykys sweet",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181242"
  },
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    "type":"adjective",
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      "tedious , uninteresting",
      "lacking sharpness of edge or point",
      "not resonant or ringing",
      "lacking in force, intensity, or sharpness",
      "lacking brilliance or luster",
      "cloudy",
      "low in saturation (see saturation sense 4a ) and low in lightness",
      "mentally slow stupid",
      "slow in perception or sensibility insensible",
      "lacking zest (see zest sense 2 ) or vivacity listless",
      "slow in action sluggish",
      "to make dull",
      "to become dull",
      "not sharp in edge or point blunt",
      "not shiny or bright",
      "not interesting boring",
      "not clear and ringing",
      "not sharp or intense",
      "slightly grayish",
      "cloudy sense 1 , overcast",
      "slow in understanding things not smart",
      "without energy or spirit",
      "slow in action sluggish",
      "to make or become less sharp, bright, or intense",
      "mentally slow or stupid",
      "slow in perception or sensibility",
      "lacking sharpness of edge or point",
      "lacking in force, intensity, or acuteness"
    ],
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    "synonyms":[
      "blunt",
      "blunted",
      "dulled",
      "obtuse"
    ],
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      "benumb",
      "blunt",
      "cauterize",
      "damp",
      "dampen",
      "deaden",
      "numb"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
      "Arctic Cloudberry Oil will soften your complexion, and Vitamins C and E will brighten your tired and dull -looking skin. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
      "Some episodes, on the other hand, are just kind of dull . \u2014 Jenna Scherer, Rolling Stone , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The Game Boy was notorious for puzzle games, most of which were pretty dull . \u2014 PCMAG , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Beige has a rather ho-hum reputation, but a neutral shade needn't be dull . \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "The resulting game was dull , but Bassett, 20, poked the ball into the net off a rebound to finish the match with a flurry and make his case for future national team selections. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Dec. 2021",
      "At first glance, Largo di Torre Argentina square in central Rome seems dull compared to the obvious splendors of Italy's capital. \u2014 CNN , 5 June 2021",
      "Disney these days operates under tweet terror Someone out there might remark that some aspect of a minority character represents an unflattering stereotype, so the company errs on the side of making such figures irredeemably dull . \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 10 Mar. 2021",
      "Not that Chambers has led a dull , plotless, unadventurous existence. \u2014 Jason Kehe, Wired , 16 Sep. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "Higher interest rates tend to dull the allure of companies that are hoping to deliver big profits years down the line. \u2014 Akane Otani, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
      "Vaccination appears to dull the subvariants' edge, however. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 2 May 2022",
      "The point of the satire, so perfectly sharp in the initial confrontations \u2014 with White and Nakamura making a terrific comedy team \u2014 begins to dull as the emphasis shifts from verbal to physical humor. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Billy, who struggles with a mood disorder and was psychologically abused by his father, relies on escapist storytelling and alcohol to dull his pain. \u2014 Leah Tyler, ajc , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The ease with which some Russians are moving money via crypto doesn't necessarily dull the pain of sanctions since crypto remains niche and accessible to only a sliver of the population, Reynolds says. \u2014 Yvonne Lau, Fortune , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Box clutches are quite classic, but that doesn\u2019t equate to dull . \u2014 Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Vogue , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "The song starts with a collection of strings, which can usually dull the mood. \u2014 Troy L. Smith, cleveland , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "By early 2020, Ralphs was up to six daily doses of oxycodone to dull chronic pain from an autoimmune disease and an old back fracture. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 7",
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a stupid or unimaginative person"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259-l\u0259rd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "airhead",
      "birdbrain",
      "blockhead",
      "bonehead",
      "bubblehead",
      "chowderhead",
      "chucklehead",
      "clodpoll",
      "clodpole",
      "clot",
      "cluck",
      "clunk",
      "cretin",
      "cuddy",
      "cuddie",
      "deadhead",
      "dim bulb",
      "dimwit",
      "dip",
      "dodo",
      "dolt",
      "donkey",
      "doofus",
      "dope",
      "dork",
      "dum-dum",
      "dumbbell",
      "dumbhead",
      "dummkopf",
      "dummy",
      "dunce",
      "dunderhead",
      "fathead",
      "gander",
      "golem",
      "goof",
      "goon",
      "half-wit",
      "hammerhead",
      "hardhead",
      "idiot",
      "ignoramus",
      "imbecile",
      "jackass",
      "know-nothing",
      "knucklehead",
      "lamebrain",
      "loggerhead",
      "loon",
      "lump",
      "lunkhead",
      "meathead",
      "mome",
      "moron",
      "mug",
      "mutt",
      "natural",
      "nimrod",
      "nincompoop",
      "ninny",
      "ninnyhammer",
      "nit",
      "nitwit",
      "noddy",
      "noodle",
      "numskull",
      "numbskull",
      "oaf",
      "pinhead",
      "prat",
      "ratbag",
      "saphead",
      "schlub",
      "shlub",
      "schnook",
      "simpleton",
      "stock",
      "stupe",
      "stupid",
      "thickhead",
      "turkey",
      "woodenhead",
      "yahoo",
      "yo-yo"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "brain",
      "genius"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The company is run by a bunch of dullards .",
      "often mistaken for a dullard because he never said much in discussions",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Moreover, that dullard of a husband, Richard (the late Don Galloway, who later in life wrote a libertarian newspaper column), is the secret hero of the film. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 7 Apr. 2021",
      "Perhaps, but like his dullard son-in-law who\u2019s trying to split the vote by putting a troubled rapper on the ballot, the president playing a song in recognizable Republican chords. \u2014 Adam Weinstein, The New Republic , 18 Aug. 2020",
      "April 7, 2020 The same goes for clueless, kilt-wearing dullard Sidney (Tim Key); Amanda\u2019s aggressively insecure boyfriend, Chaz (Allan Mustafa); and the gabby, tactless Rebecca (Aisling Bea). \u2014 Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times , 10 Apr. 2020",
      "Yet, the film waves off character development and merely side-eyes its frustrations with capitalism in its rush to convince us that this dullard is in fact a supervillain who is game to manipulate, maim and poison for a marble firepit. \u2014 Amy Nicholson, New York Times , 25 Mar. 2020",
      "All the characters, from the callow manipulators to the well-meaning dullards , are awash in clich\u00e9. \u2014 Susanna Lee, The Conversation , 10 Jan. 2020",
      "There are cheapskates galore, dissemblers, busybodies, dullards and charlatans. \u2014 A.e. Stallings, WSJ , 7 Dec. 2018",
      "Usually the equal-weight S&P does better, as smaller members of the index outperform the dullards at the top. \u2014 James Mackintosh, WSJ , 14 June 2018",
      "Fishes have long been dismissed as dullards , but new observations and studies are proving this assumption wrong. \u2014 Jonathan Balcombe, Scientific American , 1 May 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170424"
  },
  "dulled":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "tedious , uninteresting",
      "lacking sharpness of edge or point",
      "not resonant or ringing",
      "lacking in force, intensity, or sharpness",
      "lacking brilliance or luster",
      "cloudy",
      "low in saturation (see saturation sense 4a ) and low in lightness",
      "mentally slow stupid",
      "slow in perception or sensibility insensible",
      "lacking zest (see zest sense 2 ) or vivacity listless",
      "slow in action sluggish",
      "to make dull",
      "to become dull",
      "not sharp in edge or point blunt",
      "not shiny or bright",
      "not interesting boring",
      "not clear and ringing",
      "not sharp or intense",
      "slightly grayish",
      "cloudy sense 1 , overcast",
      "slow in understanding things not smart",
      "without energy or spirit",
      "slow in action sluggish",
      "to make or become less sharp, bright, or intense",
      "mentally slow or stupid",
      "slow in perception or sensibility",
      "lacking sharpness of edge or point",
      "lacking in force, intensity, or acuteness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8d\u0259l",
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      "blunt",
      "blunted",
      "dulled",
      "obtuse"
    ],
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      "benumb",
      "blunt",
      "cauterize",
      "damp",
      "dampen",
      "deaden",
      "numb"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
      "Arctic Cloudberry Oil will soften your complexion, and Vitamins C and E will brighten your tired and dull -looking skin. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
      "Some episodes, on the other hand, are just kind of dull . \u2014 Jenna Scherer, Rolling Stone , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The Game Boy was notorious for puzzle games, most of which were pretty dull . \u2014 PCMAG , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Beige has a rather ho-hum reputation, but a neutral shade needn't be dull . \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "The resulting game was dull , but Bassett, 20, poked the ball into the net off a rebound to finish the match with a flurry and make his case for future national team selections. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Dec. 2021",
      "At first glance, Largo di Torre Argentina square in central Rome seems dull compared to the obvious splendors of Italy's capital. \u2014 CNN , 5 June 2021",
      "Disney these days operates under tweet terror Someone out there might remark that some aspect of a minority character represents an unflattering stereotype, so the company errs on the side of making such figures irredeemably dull . \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 10 Mar. 2021",
      "Not that Chambers has led a dull , plotless, unadventurous existence. \u2014 Jason Kehe, Wired , 16 Sep. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "Higher interest rates tend to dull the allure of companies that are hoping to deliver big profits years down the line. \u2014 Akane Otani, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
      "Vaccination appears to dull the subvariants' edge, however. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 2 May 2022",
      "The point of the satire, so perfectly sharp in the initial confrontations \u2014 with White and Nakamura making a terrific comedy team \u2014 begins to dull as the emphasis shifts from verbal to physical humor. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Billy, who struggles with a mood disorder and was psychologically abused by his father, relies on escapist storytelling and alcohol to dull his pain. \u2014 Leah Tyler, ajc , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The ease with which some Russians are moving money via crypto doesn't necessarily dull the pain of sanctions since crypto remains niche and accessible to only a sliver of the population, Reynolds says. \u2014 Yvonne Lau, Fortune , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Box clutches are quite classic, but that doesn\u2019t equate to dull . \u2014 Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Vogue , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "The song starts with a collection of strings, which can usually dull the mood. \u2014 Troy L. Smith, cleveland , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "By early 2020, Ralphs was up to six daily doses of oxycodone to dull chronic pain from an autoimmune disease and an old back fracture. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
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      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-163403"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something or some place that is dull or boring"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259lz-\u02ccvil"
    ],
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      "bore",
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      "drip",
      "droner",
      "nudnik",
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      "snooze",
      "snoozer",
      "yawn",
      "yawner"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
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      "that book is totally dullsville \u2014you'll be asleep by page three"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1960, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185252"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": tedious , uninteresting",
      ": lacking sharpness of edge or point",
      ": not resonant or ringing",
      ": lacking in force, intensity, or sharpness",
      ": lacking brilliance or luster",
      ": cloudy",
      ": low in saturation (see saturation sense 4a ) and low in lightness",
      ": mentally slow : stupid",
      ": slow in perception or sensibility : insensible",
      ": lacking zest (see zest sense 2 ) or vivacity : listless",
      ": slow in action : sluggish",
      ": to make dull",
      ": to become dull",
      ": not sharp in edge or point : blunt",
      ": not shiny or bright",
      ": not interesting : boring",
      ": not clear and ringing",
      ": not sharp or intense",
      ": slightly grayish",
      ": cloudy sense 1 , overcast",
      ": slow in understanding things : not smart",
      ": without energy or spirit",
      ": slow in action : sluggish",
      ": to make or become less sharp, bright, or intense",
      ": mentally slow or stupid",
      ": slow in perception or sensibility",
      ": lacking sharpness of edge or point",
      ": lacking in force, intensity, or acuteness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259l",
      "\u02c8d\u0259l",
      "\u02c8d\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blunt",
      "blunted",
      "dulled",
      "obtuse"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "benumb",
      "blunt",
      "cauterize",
      "damp",
      "dampen",
      "deaden",
      "numb"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Arctic Cloudberry Oil will soften your complexion, and Vitamins C and E will brighten your tired and dull -looking skin. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
      "Some episodes, on the other hand, are just kind of dull . \u2014 Jenna Scherer, Rolling Stone , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The Game Boy was notorious for puzzle games, most of which were pretty dull . \u2014 PCMAG , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Beige has a rather ho-hum reputation, but a neutral shade needn't be dull . \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "The resulting game was dull , but Bassett, 20, poked the ball into the net off a rebound to finish the match with a flurry and make his case for future national team selections. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Dec. 2021",
      "At first glance, Largo di Torre Argentina square in central Rome seems dull compared to the obvious splendors of Italy's capital. \u2014 CNN , 5 June 2021",
      "Disney these days operates under tweet terror: Someone out there might remark that some aspect of a minority character represents an unflattering stereotype, so the company errs on the side of making such figures irredeemably dull . \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 10 Mar. 2021",
      "Not that Chambers has led a dull , plotless, unadventurous existence. \u2014 Jason Kehe, Wired , 16 Sep. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Higher interest rates tend to dull the allure of companies that are hoping to deliver big profits years down the line. \u2014 Akane Otani, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
      "Vaccination appears to dull the subvariants' edge, however. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 2 May 2022",
      "The point of the satire, so perfectly sharp in the initial confrontations \u2014 with White and Nakamura making a terrific comedy team \u2014 begins to dull as the emphasis shifts from verbal to physical humor. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Billy, who struggles with a mood disorder and was psychologically abused by his father, relies on escapist storytelling and alcohol to dull his pain. \u2014 Leah Tyler, ajc , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The ease with which some Russians are moving money via crypto doesn't necessarily dull the pain of sanctions since crypto remains niche and accessible to only a sliver of the population, Reynolds says. \u2014 Yvonne Lau, Fortune , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Box clutches are quite classic, but that doesn\u2019t equate to dull . \u2014 Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Vogue , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "The song starts with a collection of strings, which can usually dull the mood. \u2014 Troy L. Smith, cleveland , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "By early 2020, Ralphs was up to six daily doses of oxycodone to dull chronic pain from an autoimmune disease and an old back fracture. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 7",
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173952"
  },
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    "type":"noun (1)",
    "definitions":[
      "a bullet (such as one with a hollow point) that expands more than usual upon hitting an object",
      "a stupid person dummy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8d\u0259m-\u02ccd\u0259m",
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      "airhead",
      "birdbrain",
      "blockhead",
      "bonehead",
      "bubblehead",
      "chowderhead",
      "chucklehead",
      "clodpoll",
      "clodpole",
      "clot",
      "cluck",
      "clunk",
      "cretin",
      "cuddy",
      "cuddie",
      "deadhead",
      "dim bulb",
      "dimwit",
      "dip",
      "dodo",
      "dolt",
      "donkey",
      "doofus",
      "dope",
      "dork",
      "dullard",
      "dumbbell",
      "dumbhead",
      "dummkopf",
      "dummy",
      "dunce",
      "dunderhead",
      "fathead",
      "gander",
      "golem",
      "goof",
      "goon",
      "half-wit",
      "hammerhead",
      "hardhead",
      "idiot",
      "ignoramus",
      "imbecile",
      "jackass",
      "know-nothing",
      "knucklehead",
      "lamebrain",
      "loggerhead",
      "loon",
      "lump",
      "lunkhead",
      "meathead",
      "mome",
      "moron",
      "mug",
      "mutt",
      "natural",
      "nimrod",
      "nincompoop",
      "ninny",
      "ninnyhammer",
      "nit",
      "nitwit",
      "noddy",
      "noodle",
      "numskull",
      "numbskull",
      "oaf",
      "pinhead",
      "prat",
      "ratbag",
      "saphead",
      "schlub",
      "shlub",
      "schnook",
      "simpleton",
      "stock",
      "stupe",
      "stupid",
      "thickhead",
      "turkey",
      "woodenhead",
      "yahoo",
      "yo-yo"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "brain",
      "genius"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "circa 1889, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1928, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lacking intelligence : stupid",
      ": showing a lack of intelligence",
      ": requiring no intelligence",
      ": lacking the human power of speech",
      ": lacking the ability to speak : mute",
      ": temporarily unable to speak (as from shock or astonishment)",
      ": not expressed in uttered words",
      ": silent",
      ": taciturn",
      ": lacking some usual attribute or accompaniment",
      ": having no means of self-propulsion",
      ": not having the capability to process data",
      "\u2014 compare intelligent sense 3a",
      ": to make silent : deaden",
      ": lacking the power of human speech",
      ": lacking the ability to speak",
      ": temporarily unable to speak (as from shock or surprise)",
      ": stupid sense 1 , foolish"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259m",
      "\u02c8d\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "mum",
      "mute",
      "muted",
      "silent",
      "speechless",
      "uncommunicative",
      "wordless"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "extinguish",
      "hush",
      "mute",
      "quell",
      "quiet",
      "quieten",
      "settle",
      "shush",
      "shut up",
      "silence",
      "squelch",
      "still"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Ratajkowski has been fighting the stereotype of the dumb model from the beginning of her career. \u2014 Daniel Jackson, Allure , 18 July 2017",
      "Ninety nine percent of all NFL players are explicitly not dumb . \u2014 Andy Benoit, The MMQB , 10 July 2017",
      "And all of it thanks to mango lovers, tolerant homeowners and dumb luck. \u2014 Carlos Fr\u00edas, miamiherald , 29 June 2017",
      "There's nothing inherently wrong with remaking The Mummy; the 1999 film (itself a remake) is a lot of dumb fun, but just that. \u2014 Josh Spiegel, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2017",
      "Pete Townshend wrote the music and the lyrics for the inspiring story of the deaf, dumb and blind kid who sure plays a mean pinball. \u2014 Dan Kelly, kansascity.com , 6 June 2017",
      "Some Dumb American, for giving me the opportunity \u2014 and for demonstrating what doing it badly looks like. \u2014 Lily Meade, Teen Vogue , 6 July 2017",
      "The difference between the dumb comments of the past and the inappropriate remarks of today, however, is the size of our audience. \u2014 Ana Veciana-suarez, miamiherald , 3 July 2017",
      "Here are the top five dumb things Louisville drivers do. \u2014 Jeffrey Lee Puckett, The Courier-Journal , 30 June 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "From prestige dramas like Anatomy of a Scandal (the #1 English-language Netflix show around the world right now) to dumb reality series. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Worse, the country\u2019s attempts to fix the schools have tended to dumb them down, experts say. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Mar. 2020",
      "Auto-aim system does just enough legwork to let players focus on speed without completely dumbing the game down. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 7 Nov. 2019",
      "The differences between the 2000s and 2019 versions are nuanced but can be quickly boiled (or dumbed ) down to fewer butt shots. \u2014 Seija Rankin, EW.com , 6 Nov. 2019",
      "Many thought Ross wanted girls to pretend to like things to get a guy to crush on them, or even dumb themselves down so guys can feel like teachers. \u2014 Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen , 6 Nov. 2018",
      "The filmmakers wanted all of the satire, but dumbed it down enough to appeal to a mass audience in the cutthroat summer blockbuster season. \u2014 cleveland.com , 15 Feb. 2018",
      "Many thought Ross wanted girls to pretend to like things to get a guy to crush on them, or even dumb themselves down so guys can feel like teachers. \u2014 Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen , 6 Nov. 2018",
      "Winston had to dumb it down to a few dozen basic sentences. \u2014 Andy Rosen, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a",
      "Verb",
      "1607, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205638"
  },
  "dumbbell":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "a short bar with weights at each end that is used usually in pairs for exercise",
      "a stupid person dummy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8d\u0259m-\u02ccbel",
    "synonyms":[
      "airhead",
      "birdbrain",
      "blockhead",
      "bonehead",
      "bubblehead",
      "chowderhead",
      "chucklehead",
      "clodpoll",
      "clodpole",
      "clot",
      "cluck",
      "clunk",
      "cretin",
      "cuddy",
      "cuddie",
      "deadhead",
      "dim bulb",
      "dimwit",
      "dip",
      "dodo",
      "dolt",
      "donkey",
      "doofus",
      "dope",
      "dork",
      "dullard",
      "dum-dum",
      "dumbhead",
      "dummkopf",
      "dummy",
      "dunce",
      "dunderhead",
      "fathead",
      "gander",
      "golem",
      "goof",
      "goon",
      "half-wit",
      "hammerhead",
      "hardhead",
      "idiot",
      "ignoramus",
      "imbecile",
      "jackass",
      "know-nothing",
      "knucklehead",
      "lamebrain",
      "loggerhead",
      "loon",
      "lump",
      "lunkhead",
      "meathead",
      "mome",
      "moron",
      "mug",
      "mutt",
      "natural",
      "nimrod",
      "nincompoop",
      "ninny",
      "ninnyhammer",
      "nit",
      "nitwit",
      "noddy",
      "noodle",
      "numskull",
      "numbskull",
      "oaf",
      "pinhead",
      "prat",
      "ratbag",
      "saphead",
      "schlub",
      "shlub",
      "schnook",
      "simpleton",
      "stock",
      "stupe",
      "stupid",
      "thickhead",
      "turkey",
      "woodenhead",
      "yahoo",
      "yo-yo"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "brain",
      "genius"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "I feel like a dumbbell for making such a stupid mistake.",
      "if we don't give him a shove, the poor dumbbell never will propose to her",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "From this starting position, simply curl the dumbbell up. \u2014 Kirk Charles, Men's Health , 7 June 2022",
      "How Sit in a chair holding a dumbbell in each hand with your arms straight by your sides. \u2014 WSJ , 21 May 2022",
      "Arm Circles/Reverse Arm Circles Hold a dumbbell or medicine ball with both hands, and stand on either side of a BOSU with your feet shoulder-width apart. \u2014 Jeff Horowitz, Outside Online , 2 Sep. 2020",
      "As the group held the car to a standstill, a woman in a green shirt handed over a small dumbbell to break the glass of a rear window, allowing the pack to gain control of the vehicle. \u2014 Mar\u00eda Luisa Pa\u00fal, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
      "Each day, Hank must do 100 goblet squats using a 10-kg dumbbell (equating to 22 pounds). \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Bandit bands solve that problem with an ingenious dumbbell -like handle. \u2014 Gabriela Aoun, Outside Online , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "The trainer took Jaffe to the weights (finally), and handed her a two-pound dumbbell . \u2014 Kelsey Miller, SELF , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "Holding a dumbbell in each hand is the hardest variation. \u2014 Outside Online , 4 Nov. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "1785, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "dumbfound":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to confound (see confound sense 1 ) briefly and usually with astonishment",
      ": to make speechless with surprise"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0259m-\u02c8fau\u0307nd",
      "\u02c8d\u0259m-\u02ccfaund",
      "\u02ccd\u0259m-\u02c8fau\u0307nd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "amaze",
      "astonish",
      "astound",
      "bowl over",
      "flabbergast",
      "floor",
      "rock",
      "shock",
      "startle",
      "stun",
      "stupefy",
      "surprise",
      "surprize",
      "thunderstrike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the surprise ending will dumbfound even the most seasoned mystery reader",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Americans this week have been dumbfounded by the unfathomable spectacle of Twitter\u2019s senior management demonstrating responsibility. \u2014 Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker , 29 May 2020",
      "The new boss\u2019s first extensive print interview as CEO left many inside Boeing dumbfounded and angry, said current and former employees. \u2014 Julie Johnsson, Bloomberg.com , 12 May 2020",
      "Longtime Brunswick attorney James Yancey said he was dumbfounded by Barnhill's conclusions. \u2014 al , 7 May 2020",
      "Blackwell was particularly dumbfounded by Spell\u2019s decision to not file for the Paycheck Protection Program made possible by the $2.2 trillion stimulus package that was passed by Congress last month. \u2014 Tanya A. Christian, Essence , 20 Apr. 2020",
      "These two lucky people were eating out and were dumbfounded when a stranger paid for their meal. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 16 Apr. 2020",
      "It will be presented in the theater that housed the (now terminated) Terminator 2: 3D, and, like that attraction, will blend live actors, high-octane effects, and screened footage for a dumbfounding movie-live performance mashup. \u2014 Arthur Levine, USA TODAY , 29 Jan. 2020",
      "Wonders and his teammates, not to mention the fans at Breslin, were dumbfounded on two levels. \u2014 Mick Mccabe, Detroit Free Press , 13 Mar. 2020",
      "Still a minor, Jim stared at his father dumbfounded . \u2014 Gregory Orfalea, Los Angeles Times , 9 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" dumb + -found (as in confound )",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1653, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194741"
  },
  "dumbfounding":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to confound (see confound sense 1 ) briefly and usually with astonishment",
      ": to make speechless with surprise"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0259m-\u02c8fau\u0307nd",
      "\u02c8d\u0259m-\u02ccfaund",
      "\u02ccd\u0259m-\u02c8fau\u0307nd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "amaze",
      "astonish",
      "astound",
      "bowl over",
      "flabbergast",
      "floor",
      "rock",
      "shock",
      "startle",
      "stun",
      "stupefy",
      "surprise",
      "surprize",
      "thunderstrike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the surprise ending will dumbfound even the most seasoned mystery reader",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Americans this week have been dumbfounded by the unfathomable spectacle of Twitter\u2019s senior management demonstrating responsibility. \u2014 Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker , 29 May 2020",
      "The new boss\u2019s first extensive print interview as CEO left many inside Boeing dumbfounded and angry, said current and former employees. \u2014 Julie Johnsson, Bloomberg.com , 12 May 2020",
      "Longtime Brunswick attorney James Yancey said he was dumbfounded by Barnhill's conclusions. \u2014 al , 7 May 2020",
      "Blackwell was particularly dumbfounded by Spell\u2019s decision to not file for the Paycheck Protection Program made possible by the $2.2 trillion stimulus package that was passed by Congress last month. \u2014 Tanya A. Christian, Essence , 20 Apr. 2020",
      "These two lucky people were eating out and were dumbfounded when a stranger paid for their meal. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 16 Apr. 2020",
      "It will be presented in the theater that housed the (now terminated) Terminator 2: 3D, and, like that attraction, will blend live actors, high-octane effects, and screened footage for a dumbfounding movie-live performance mashup. \u2014 Arthur Levine, USA TODAY , 29 Jan. 2020",
      "Wonders and his teammates, not to mention the fans at Breslin, were dumbfounded on two levels. \u2014 Mick Mccabe, Detroit Free Press , 13 Mar. 2020",
      "Still a minor, Jim stared at his father dumbfounded . \u2014 Gregory Orfalea, Los Angeles Times , 9 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" dumb + -found (as in confound )",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1653, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202810"
  },
  "dumbhead":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "a stupid person blockhead"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8d\u0259m-\u02cched",
    "synonyms":[
      "airhead",
      "birdbrain",
      "blockhead",
      "bonehead",
      "bubblehead",
      "chowderhead",
      "chucklehead",
      "clodpoll",
      "clodpole",
      "clot",
      "cluck",
      "clunk",
      "cretin",
      "cuddy",
      "cuddie",
      "deadhead",
      "dim bulb",
      "dimwit",
      "dip",
      "dodo",
      "dolt",
      "donkey",
      "doofus",
      "dope",
      "dork",
      "dullard",
      "dum-dum",
      "dumbbell",
      "dummkopf",
      "dummy",
      "dunce",
      "dunderhead",
      "fathead",
      "gander",
      "golem",
      "goof",
      "goon",
      "half-wit",
      "hammerhead",
      "hardhead",
      "idiot",
      "ignoramus",
      "imbecile",
      "jackass",
      "know-nothing",
      "knucklehead",
      "lamebrain",
      "loggerhead",
      "loon",
      "lump",
      "lunkhead",
      "meathead",
      "mome",
      "moron",
      "mug",
      "mutt",
      "natural",
      "nimrod",
      "nincompoop",
      "ninny",
      "ninnyhammer",
      "nit",
      "nitwit",
      "noddy",
      "noodle",
      "numskull",
      "numbskull",
      "oaf",
      "pinhead",
      "prat",
      "ratbag",
      "saphead",
      "schlub",
      "shlub",
      "schnook",
      "simpleton",
      "stock",
      "stupe",
      "stupid",
      "thickhead",
      "turkey",
      "woodenhead",
      "yahoo",
      "yo-yo"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "brain",
      "genius"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"probably translation of German dummkopf ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1887, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "dumbness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lacking intelligence : stupid",
      ": showing a lack of intelligence",
      ": requiring no intelligence",
      ": lacking the human power of speech",
      ": lacking the ability to speak : mute",
      ": temporarily unable to speak (as from shock or astonishment)",
      ": not expressed in uttered words",
      ": silent",
      ": taciturn",
      ": lacking some usual attribute or accompaniment",
      ": having no means of self-propulsion",
      ": not having the capability to process data",
      "\u2014 compare intelligent sense 3a",
      ": to make silent : deaden",
      ": lacking the power of human speech",
      ": lacking the ability to speak",
      ": temporarily unable to speak (as from shock or surprise)",
      ": stupid sense 1 , foolish"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259m",
      "\u02c8d\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "mum",
      "mute",
      "muted",
      "silent",
      "speechless",
      "uncommunicative",
      "wordless"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "extinguish",
      "hush",
      "mute",
      "quell",
      "quiet",
      "quieten",
      "settle",
      "shush",
      "shut up",
      "silence",
      "squelch",
      "still"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Ratajkowski has been fighting the stereotype of the dumb model from the beginning of her career. \u2014 Daniel Jackson, Allure , 18 July 2017",
      "Ninety nine percent of all NFL players are explicitly not dumb . \u2014 Andy Benoit, The MMQB , 10 July 2017",
      "And all of it thanks to mango lovers, tolerant homeowners and dumb luck. \u2014 Carlos Fr\u00edas, miamiherald , 29 June 2017",
      "There's nothing inherently wrong with remaking The Mummy; the 1999 film (itself a remake) is a lot of dumb fun, but just that. \u2014 Josh Spiegel, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2017",
      "Pete Townshend wrote the music and the lyrics for the inspiring story of the deaf, dumb and blind kid who sure plays a mean pinball. \u2014 Dan Kelly, kansascity.com , 6 June 2017",
      "Some Dumb American, for giving me the opportunity \u2014 and for demonstrating what doing it badly looks like. \u2014 Lily Meade, Teen Vogue , 6 July 2017",
      "The difference between the dumb comments of the past and the inappropriate remarks of today, however, is the size of our audience. \u2014 Ana Veciana-suarez, miamiherald , 3 July 2017",
      "Here are the top five dumb things Louisville drivers do. \u2014 Jeffrey Lee Puckett, The Courier-Journal , 30 June 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "From prestige dramas like Anatomy of a Scandal (the #1 English-language Netflix show around the world right now) to dumb reality series. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Worse, the country\u2019s attempts to fix the schools have tended to dumb them down, experts say. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Mar. 2020",
      "Auto-aim system does just enough legwork to let players focus on speed without completely dumbing the game down. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 7 Nov. 2019",
      "The differences between the 2000s and 2019 versions are nuanced but can be quickly boiled (or dumbed ) down to fewer butt shots. \u2014 Seija Rankin, EW.com , 6 Nov. 2019",
      "Many thought Ross wanted girls to pretend to like things to get a guy to crush on them, or even dumb themselves down so guys can feel like teachers. \u2014 Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen , 6 Nov. 2018",
      "The filmmakers wanted all of the satire, but dumbed it down enough to appeal to a mass audience in the cutthroat summer blockbuster season. \u2014 cleveland.com , 15 Feb. 2018",
      "Many thought Ross wanted girls to pretend to like things to get a guy to crush on them, or even dumb themselves down so guys can feel like teachers. \u2014 Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen , 6 Nov. 2018",
      "Winston had to dumb it down to a few dozen basic sentences. \u2014 Andy Rosen, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a",
      "Verb",
      "1607, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221436"
  },
  "dumfound":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to confound (see confound sense 1 ) briefly and usually with astonishment",
      ": to make speechless with surprise"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0259m-\u02c8fau\u0307nd",
      "\u02c8d\u0259m-\u02ccfaund",
      "\u02ccd\u0259m-\u02c8fau\u0307nd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "amaze",
      "astonish",
      "astound",
      "bowl over",
      "flabbergast",
      "floor",
      "rock",
      "shock",
      "startle",
      "stun",
      "stupefy",
      "surprise",
      "surprize",
      "thunderstrike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the surprise ending will dumbfound even the most seasoned mystery reader",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Americans this week have been dumbfounded by the unfathomable spectacle of Twitter\u2019s senior management demonstrating responsibility. \u2014 Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker , 29 May 2020",
      "The new boss\u2019s first extensive print interview as CEO left many inside Boeing dumbfounded and angry, said current and former employees. \u2014 Julie Johnsson, Bloomberg.com , 12 May 2020",
      "Longtime Brunswick attorney James Yancey said he was dumbfounded by Barnhill's conclusions. \u2014 al , 7 May 2020",
      "Blackwell was particularly dumbfounded by Spell\u2019s decision to not file for the Paycheck Protection Program made possible by the $2.2 trillion stimulus package that was passed by Congress last month. \u2014 Tanya A. Christian, Essence , 20 Apr. 2020",
      "These two lucky people were eating out and were dumbfounded when a stranger paid for their meal. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 16 Apr. 2020",
      "It will be presented in the theater that housed the (now terminated) Terminator 2: 3D, and, like that attraction, will blend live actors, high-octane effects, and screened footage for a dumbfounding movie-live performance mashup. \u2014 Arthur Levine, USA TODAY , 29 Jan. 2020",
      "Wonders and his teammates, not to mention the fans at Breslin, were dumbfounded on two levels. \u2014 Mick Mccabe, Detroit Free Press , 13 Mar. 2020",
      "Still a minor, Jim stared at his father dumbfounded . \u2014 Gregory Orfalea, Los Angeles Times , 9 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" dumb + -found (as in confound )",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1653, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204147"
  },
  "dumfounding":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to confound (see confound sense 1 ) briefly and usually with astonishment",
      ": to make speechless with surprise"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0259m-\u02c8fau\u0307nd",
      "\u02c8d\u0259m-\u02ccfaund",
      "\u02ccd\u0259m-\u02c8fau\u0307nd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "amaze",
      "astonish",
      "astound",
      "bowl over",
      "flabbergast",
      "floor",
      "rock",
      "shock",
      "startle",
      "stun",
      "stupefy",
      "surprise",
      "surprize",
      "thunderstrike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the surprise ending will dumbfound even the most seasoned mystery reader",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Americans this week have been dumbfounded by the unfathomable spectacle of Twitter\u2019s senior management demonstrating responsibility. \u2014 Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker , 29 May 2020",
      "The new boss\u2019s first extensive print interview as CEO left many inside Boeing dumbfounded and angry, said current and former employees. \u2014 Julie Johnsson, Bloomberg.com , 12 May 2020",
      "Longtime Brunswick attorney James Yancey said he was dumbfounded by Barnhill's conclusions. \u2014 al , 7 May 2020",
      "Blackwell was particularly dumbfounded by Spell\u2019s decision to not file for the Paycheck Protection Program made possible by the $2.2 trillion stimulus package that was passed by Congress last month. \u2014 Tanya A. Christian, Essence , 20 Apr. 2020",
      "These two lucky people were eating out and were dumbfounded when a stranger paid for their meal. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 16 Apr. 2020",
      "It will be presented in the theater that housed the (now terminated) Terminator 2: 3D, and, like that attraction, will blend live actors, high-octane effects, and screened footage for a dumbfounding movie-live performance mashup. \u2014 Arthur Levine, USA TODAY , 29 Jan. 2020",
      "Wonders and his teammates, not to mention the fans at Breslin, were dumbfounded on two levels. \u2014 Mick Mccabe, Detroit Free Press , 13 Mar. 2020",
      "Still a minor, Jim stared at his father dumbfounded . \u2014 Gregory Orfalea, Los Angeles Times , 9 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" dumb + -found (as in confound )",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1653, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181124"
  },
  "dummkopf":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": blockhead"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8du\u0307m-\u02cck\u022fpf"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "airhead",
      "birdbrain",
      "blockhead",
      "bonehead",
      "bubblehead",
      "chowderhead",
      "chucklehead",
      "clodpoll",
      "clodpole",
      "clot",
      "cluck",
      "clunk",
      "cretin",
      "cuddy",
      "cuddie",
      "deadhead",
      "dim bulb",
      "dimwit",
      "dip",
      "dodo",
      "dolt",
      "donkey",
      "doofus",
      "dope",
      "dork",
      "dullard",
      "dum-dum",
      "dumbbell",
      "dumbhead",
      "dummy",
      "dunce",
      "dunderhead",
      "fathead",
      "gander",
      "golem",
      "goof",
      "goon",
      "half-wit",
      "hammerhead",
      "hardhead",
      "idiot",
      "ignoramus",
      "imbecile",
      "jackass",
      "know-nothing",
      "knucklehead",
      "lamebrain",
      "loggerhead",
      "loon",
      "lump",
      "lunkhead",
      "meathead",
      "mome",
      "moron",
      "mug",
      "mutt",
      "natural",
      "nimrod",
      "nincompoop",
      "ninny",
      "ninnyhammer",
      "nit",
      "nitwit",
      "noddy",
      "noodle",
      "numskull",
      "numbskull",
      "oaf",
      "pinhead",
      "prat",
      "ratbag",
      "saphead",
      "schlub",
      "shlub",
      "schnook",
      "simpleton",
      "stock",
      "stupe",
      "stupid",
      "thickhead",
      "turkey",
      "woodenhead",
      "yahoo",
      "yo-yo"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "brain",
      "genius"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a good-looking guy, but a dummkopf with the brains of a potato"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"German, from dumm stupid + Kopf head",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1809, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203615"
  },
  "dummy":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "a person who is incapable of speaking",
      "a person who is habitually silent",
      "a stupid person",
      "the exposed hand in bridge played by the declarer in addition to his or her own hand",
      "a bridge player whose hand is a dummy",
      "an imitation, copy, or likeness of something used as a substitute such as",
      "mannequin",
      "a stuffed figure or cylindrical bag used for tackling (see tackle entry 2 sense 1b ) and blocking practice",
      "a large puppet usually having movable features (such as mouth and arms) manipulated by a ventriloquist",
      "pacifier sense 2",
      "one seeming to act independently but in reality controlled by another",
      "a mock-up of a proposed publication (such as a book or magazine)",
      "a set of pages (as for a newspaper or magazine) with the position of text and artwork indicated for the printer (see printer sense a )",
      "having the appearance of being real artificial",
      "existing in name only fictitious",
      "apparently acting for oneself while really acting for or at the direction of another",
      "to make a dummy (see dummy entry 1 sense 5 ) of (something, such as a publication)",
      "something shaped like a human",
      "a doll used in a ventriloquist's act",
      "a stupid person",
      "a horse lacking the ability to respond to ordinary stimuli because of cerebral damage especially following encephalomyelitis",
      "pontic",
      "placebo",
      "being a placebo"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8d\u0259-m\u0113",
    "synonyms":[
      "airhead",
      "birdbrain",
      "blockhead",
      "bonehead",
      "bubblehead",
      "chowderhead",
      "chucklehead",
      "clodpoll",
      "clodpole",
      "clot",
      "cluck",
      "clunk",
      "cretin",
      "cuddy",
      "cuddie",
      "deadhead",
      "dim bulb",
      "dimwit",
      "dip",
      "dodo",
      "dolt",
      "donkey",
      "doofus",
      "dope",
      "dork",
      "dullard",
      "dum-dum",
      "dumbbell",
      "dumbhead",
      "dummkopf",
      "dunce",
      "dunderhead",
      "fathead",
      "gander",
      "golem",
      "goof",
      "goon",
      "half-wit",
      "hammerhead",
      "hardhead",
      "idiot",
      "ignoramus",
      "imbecile",
      "jackass",
      "know-nothing",
      "knucklehead",
      "lamebrain",
      "loggerhead",
      "loon",
      "lump",
      "lunkhead",
      "meathead",
      "mome",
      "moron",
      "mug",
      "mutt",
      "natural",
      "nimrod",
      "nincompoop",
      "ninny",
      "ninnyhammer",
      "nit",
      "nitwit",
      "noddy",
      "noodle",
      "numskull",
      "numbskull",
      "oaf",
      "pinhead",
      "prat",
      "ratbag",
      "saphead",
      "schlub",
      "shlub",
      "schnook",
      "simpleton",
      "stock",
      "stupe",
      "stupid",
      "thickhead",
      "turkey",
      "woodenhead",
      "yahoo",
      "yo-yo"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "artificial",
      "bogus",
      "ersatz",
      "factitious",
      "fake",
      "false",
      "faux",
      "imitation",
      "imitative",
      "man-made",
      "mimic",
      "mock",
      "pretend",
      "sham",
      "simulated",
      "substitute",
      "synthetic"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "She loves you, you dummy .",
      "They practiced CPR on a dummy .",
      "The bomb was just a dummy .",
      "Adjective",
      "They took apart a dummy bomb.",
      "the dummy shutters on the house are actually made of vinyl and are for decoration only",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "Each year, fire safety officials warn of the dangers of fireworks and stage demonstrations of dummies that catch fire and watermelons that explode. \u2014 Linda Trischitta, Sun-Sentinel.com , 10 July 2017",
      "Zuby said the Tesla Model S didn\u2019t have a strong enough safety belt, and a dummy used to simulate a driver in the small overlap test moved too far forward during the crash, striking its head on the steering wheel. \u2014 Diana Kruzman, USA TODAY , 6 July 2017",
      "At NASA Langley's Landing and Impact Research Facility, ten crash test dummies were buckled into a section of airplane fuselage and dropped from the sky. \u2014 Chris Clarke, Popular Mechanics , 6 July 2017",
      "Nursing students practice clinical procedures using virtual reality and full-size dummies , including a birthing simulator named Lucina. \u2014 Jennifer Lu, miamiherald , 12 June 2017",
      "The American Heart Association employs a bunch of dummies . \u2014 Jessica Roy, The Cut , 23 June 2017",
      "While the group did 100 to 120 chest compressions a minute on CPR dummies , or 30 compressions and two breaths, Metro took photos with her phone and streamed the scene on Facebook Live. \u2014 Victoria St. Martin, Washington Post , 5 July 2017",
      "TV show host Ellen DeGeneres presented her a ventriloquist dummy named Stacy as a gift. \u2014 David Frese, kansascity.com , 30 June 2017",
      "Baig is the co-author of iPhone For Dummies , an independent work published by Wiley. \u2014 Edward C. Baig, USA TODAY , 23 June 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
      "However, the gun contained dummy rounds and at least one lead bullet. \u2014 Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 May 2022",
      "The company also didn't disclose details on molnupiravir's side effects, except to say that rates of those problems were similar between people who got the drug and those who received dummy pills. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "The company also did not disclose details on molnupiravir\u2019s side effects, except to say that rates of those problems were similar between people who got the drug and those who received dummy pills. \u2014 Fox News , 4 Nov. 2021",
      "About half took the antidepressant at home for 10 days, the rest got dummy pills. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Oct. 2021",
      "However, the gun contained dummy rounds and at least one lead bullet. \u2014 Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 May 2022",
      "However, the gun contained dummy rounds and at least one lead bullet. \u2014 Anousha Sakouistaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
      "One was in an ammunition box with a bunch of dummy rounds. \u2014 Gene Maddaus, Variety , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Test- dummy experiments conducted before Eustace\u2019s flight revealed that a diver could enter a flat spin of 180 revolutions per minute. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 2 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "Earlier this year, the company successfully tested the methodology with a stage 1 mass simulator, or dummy booster. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Gutierrez-Reed, 24, claims Seth Kenney's company PDQ Arm and Prop, LLC supplied a mix of live and dummy ammunition prior to the fatal shooting that took the life of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE. \u2014 Alexia Fern\u00e1ndez, PEOPLE.com , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "Baldwin said accidental discharges of blanks or dummy rounds on film and television sets are common. \u2014 Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "The tragedy triggered an industry call for tighter safety standards on-set, including eliminating the use of real guns and dummy rounds of any kind. \u2014 Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "The study involved 4,753 children ages 6 to 11 who got either the vaccine or dummy shots. \u2014 Lauran Neergaard, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Oct. 2021",
      "Mike Tristano, a veteran armorer, or movie weapons specialist, was alarmed to hear that live rounds were mixed in with blanks and dummy rounds. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 27 Oct. 2021",
      "Mike Tristano, a veteran armorer, or movie weapons specialist, was alarmed to hear that live rounds were mixed in with blanks and dummy rounds. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 Oct. 2021",
      "The study included 4,753 kids ages 6 to 11, who got either the vaccine or dummy shots. \u2014 Lauran Neergaard, chicagotribune.com , 25 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun, Adjective, and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adjective",
      "1846, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "circa 1928, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "dumps":{
    "type":[
      "noun plural",
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a gloomy state of mind : despondency",
      ": a sad mood"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259m(p)s",
      "\u02c8d\u0259mps"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blue devils",
      "blues",
      "dejection",
      "depression",
      "desolation",
      "despond",
      "despondence",
      "despondency",
      "disconsolateness",
      "dispiritedness",
      "doldrums",
      "dolefulness",
      "downheartedness",
      "dreariness",
      "forlornness",
      "gloom",
      "gloominess",
      "glumness",
      "heartsickness",
      "joylessness",
      "melancholy",
      "miserableness",
      "mopes",
      "mournfulness",
      "oppression",
      "sadness",
      "sorrowfulness",
      "unhappiness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bliss",
      "blissfulness",
      "ecstasy",
      "elatedness",
      "elation",
      "euphoria",
      "exhilaration",
      "exuberance",
      "exultation",
      "felicity",
      "gladness",
      "gladsomeness",
      "happiness",
      "heaven",
      "intoxication",
      "joy",
      "joyfulness",
      "joyousness",
      "jubilation",
      "rapture",
      "rapturousness"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Can Evers continue to get positive job ratings while the public mood sours and Democratic President Joe Biden\u2019s job ratings remain in the dumps ? \u2014 Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
      "But now that those high-fliers are in the dumps , investors should take another look at value stocks, experts said. \u2014 Medora Lee, USA TODAY , 9 June 2022",
      "For tower dumps , only a judge can approve the warrant. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Rex said his career was in the dumps before Baker called him for the shoestring film. \u2014 Lindsey Bahr, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Rex said his career was in the dumps before Baker called him for the shoestring film. \u2014 Lindsey Bahr, ajc , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Rex said his career was in the dumps before Baker called him for the shoestring film. \u2014 NBC News , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Tuesday night\u2019s State of the Union address arrives with Joe Biden\u2019s approval rating in the dumps at about 42%. \u2014 Andy Kessler, WSJ , 27 Feb. 2022",
      "One problem facing Ukrainian troops is a shortage of weapons that can complete interdiction missions, striking targets such as fuel convoys, ammunition dumps , and higher headquarters units beyond the four-mile range of the Switchblade 300. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 28 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"probably from Dutch domp haze, from Middle Dutch damp \u2014 more at damp ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1529, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193203"
  },
  "dumpy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": being short and thick in build : squat",
      ": shabby , dingy",
      ": having a short and round body"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259m-p\u0113",
      "\u02c8d\u0259m-p\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chunky",
      "heavyset",
      "squat",
      "squatty",
      "stocky",
      "stout",
      "stubby",
      "stumpy",
      "thickset"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a dumpy guy in his forties",
      "dumpy little men trying to look like tough guys",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Bulls played in dumpy Chicago Stadium, and put forth an uninspired roster highlighted by the likes of Andre Wakefield and Wilbur Holland. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "Their venue was a dumpy building on their reservation in Hollywood, near Fort Lauderdale. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 July 2021",
      "His complete lack of work experience means the only place in town desperate enough to hire him is Adventureland, a dumpy local amusement park run by married couple Bobby (Bill Hader and Bill Hader\u2019s mustache) and Paulette (Kristen Wiig). \u2014 Tres Dean, Vulture , 3 Sep. 2021",
      "Their venue was a dumpy building on their reservation in Hollywood, near Fort Lauderdale. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 July 2021",
      "Their venue was a dumpy building on their reservation in Hollywood, near Fort Lauderdale. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 July 2021",
      "Their venue was a dumpy building on their reservation in Hollywood, near Fort Lauderdale. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 July 2021",
      "Their venue was a dumpy building on their reservation in Hollywood, near Fort Lauderdale. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 July 2021",
      "Their venue was a dumpy building on their reservation in Hollywood, near Fort Lauderdale. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 July 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"English dialect dump lump",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1750, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182928"
  },
  "dun":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having a slightly brownish dark gray color : having the color dun (see dun entry 2 sense 2 )",
      ": having a grayish-yellow coat with black mane and tail",
      ": marked by dullness and drabness",
      ": a horse with a grayish-yellow coat and a black mane and tail : a dun horse",
      ": a variable color averaging a nearly neutral slightly brownish dark gray",
      ": a subadult mayfly",
      ": an artificial fly tied to imitate such an insect",
      ": to make persistent demands upon for payment",
      ": plague , pester",
      ": someone who makes persistent demands upon people for payment : a person who duns (see dun entry 3 )",
      ": an urgent request",
      ": a demand for payment",
      ": a slightly brownish dark gray"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259n",
      "\u02c8d\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "claim",
      "demand",
      "importunity",
      "requisition",
      "ultimatum"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun (1)",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "circa 1648, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1628, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214740"
  },
  "dunce":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a slow-witted or stupid person",
      ": a stupid person"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259n(t)s",
      "\u02c8d\u0259ns"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "airhead",
      "birdbrain",
      "blockhead",
      "bonehead",
      "bubblehead",
      "chowderhead",
      "chucklehead",
      "clodpoll",
      "clodpole",
      "clot",
      "cluck",
      "clunk",
      "cretin",
      "cuddy",
      "cuddie",
      "deadhead",
      "dim bulb",
      "dimwit",
      "dip",
      "dodo",
      "dolt",
      "donkey",
      "doofus",
      "dope",
      "dork",
      "dullard",
      "dum-dum",
      "dumbbell",
      "dumbhead",
      "dummkopf",
      "dummy",
      "dunderhead",
      "fathead",
      "gander",
      "golem",
      "goof",
      "goon",
      "half-wit",
      "hammerhead",
      "hardhead",
      "idiot",
      "ignoramus",
      "imbecile",
      "jackass",
      "know-nothing",
      "knucklehead",
      "lamebrain",
      "loggerhead",
      "loon",
      "lump",
      "lunkhead",
      "meathead",
      "mome",
      "moron",
      "mug",
      "mutt",
      "natural",
      "nimrod",
      "nincompoop",
      "ninny",
      "ninnyhammer",
      "nit",
      "nitwit",
      "noddy",
      "noodle",
      "numskull",
      "numbskull",
      "oaf",
      "pinhead",
      "prat",
      "ratbag",
      "saphead",
      "schlub",
      "shlub",
      "schnook",
      "simpleton",
      "stock",
      "stupe",
      "stupid",
      "thickhead",
      "turkey",
      "woodenhead",
      "yahoo",
      "yo-yo"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "brain",
      "genius"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Most adamant in their stances are permabulls and permabears who cherry-pick the latest economic indicators to create the illusion that only a dunce could possibly disagree with them. \u2014 Martin Fridson, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
      "Ermengarde, the school dunce , Lottie, the school crybaby, and Becky, the scullery maid, quickly find a defender, surrogate mother, and friend in Sara. \u2014 Sarah Schutte, National Review , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "In my view, the biggest mistake scientists make is to claim that this is all somehow simple and therefore to imply that anyone who doesn't get it is a dunce . \u2014 Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American , 21 June 2021",
      "Even mild-mannered GOP politicos and writers call Uncle Joe a phony, a liar, a dunce , a socialist: Our turn. \u2014 Keith C. Burris, Star Tribune , 14 Apr. 2021",
      "Pena insists that his path to success, power, and money started in grammar school, when he was forced to wear a dunce hat. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Apr. 2021",
      "The nerd next door who's a whiz in geometry and a dunce in relationships. \u2014 Neal Justin, Star Tribune , 25 Mar. 2021",
      "The professors wore tall paper dunce caps and looked as shocked as the spectators, who watched from the university\u2019s lawn, some with tears in their eyes. \u2014 Marty Judge Community Voices Contributor, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Mar. 2021",
      "What started as casual brutality\u2014class enemies forced to wear ridiculous dunce caps or stand in stress positions\u2014degenerated into outright sadism. \u2014 Barbara Demick, The Atlantic , 18 Dec. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"John Duns Scotus, whose once accepted writings were ridiculed in the 16th century",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1567, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195626"
  },
  "dunderhead":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "dunce , blockhead"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8d\u0259n-d\u0259r-\u02cched",
    "synonyms":[
      "airhead",
      "birdbrain",
      "blockhead",
      "bonehead",
      "bubblehead",
      "chowderhead",
      "chucklehead",
      "clodpoll",
      "clodpole",
      "clot",
      "cluck",
      "clunk",
      "cretin",
      "cuddy",
      "cuddie",
      "deadhead",
      "dim bulb",
      "dimwit",
      "dip",
      "dodo",
      "dolt",
      "donkey",
      "doofus",
      "dope",
      "dork",
      "dullard",
      "dum-dum",
      "dumbbell",
      "dumbhead",
      "dummkopf",
      "dummy",
      "dunce",
      "fathead",
      "gander",
      "golem",
      "goof",
      "goon",
      "half-wit",
      "hammerhead",
      "hardhead",
      "idiot",
      "ignoramus",
      "imbecile",
      "jackass",
      "know-nothing",
      "knucklehead",
      "lamebrain",
      "loggerhead",
      "loon",
      "lump",
      "lunkhead",
      "meathead",
      "mome",
      "moron",
      "mug",
      "mutt",
      "natural",
      "nimrod",
      "nincompoop",
      "ninny",
      "ninnyhammer",
      "nit",
      "nitwit",
      "noddy",
      "noodle",
      "numskull",
      "numbskull",
      "oaf",
      "pinhead",
      "prat",
      "ratbag",
      "saphead",
      "schlub",
      "shlub",
      "schnook",
      "simpleton",
      "stock",
      "stupe",
      "stupid",
      "thickhead",
      "turkey",
      "woodenhead",
      "yahoo",
      "yo-yo"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "brain",
      "genius"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "wondered how long it would take the dunderheads at the head office to screw things up"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"perhaps from Dutch donder thunder + English head ; akin to Old High German thonar thunder \u2014 more at thunder entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1630, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "dunderheaded":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dunce , blockhead"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259n-d\u0259r-\u02cched"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "airhead",
      "birdbrain",
      "blockhead",
      "bonehead",
      "bubblehead",
      "chowderhead",
      "chucklehead",
      "clodpoll",
      "clodpole",
      "clot",
      "cluck",
      "clunk",
      "cretin",
      "cuddy",
      "cuddie",
      "deadhead",
      "dim bulb",
      "dimwit",
      "dip",
      "dodo",
      "dolt",
      "donkey",
      "doofus",
      "dope",
      "dork",
      "dullard",
      "dum-dum",
      "dumbbell",
      "dumbhead",
      "dummkopf",
      "dummy",
      "dunce",
      "fathead",
      "gander",
      "golem",
      "goof",
      "goon",
      "half-wit",
      "hammerhead",
      "hardhead",
      "idiot",
      "ignoramus",
      "imbecile",
      "jackass",
      "know-nothing",
      "knucklehead",
      "lamebrain",
      "loggerhead",
      "loon",
      "lump",
      "lunkhead",
      "meathead",
      "mome",
      "moron",
      "mug",
      "mutt",
      "natural",
      "nimrod",
      "nincompoop",
      "ninny",
      "ninnyhammer",
      "nit",
      "nitwit",
      "noddy",
      "noodle",
      "numskull",
      "numbskull",
      "oaf",
      "pinhead",
      "prat",
      "ratbag",
      "saphead",
      "schlub",
      "shlub",
      "schnook",
      "simpleton",
      "stock",
      "stupe",
      "stupid",
      "thickhead",
      "turkey",
      "woodenhead",
      "yahoo",
      "yo-yo"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "brain",
      "genius"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "wondered how long it would take the dunderheads at the head office to screw things up"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"perhaps from Dutch donder thunder + English head ; akin to Old High German thonar thunder \u2014 more at thunder entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1630, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221004"
  },
  "dupe":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool",
      ": to deceive or cheat easily : to make a dupe (see dupe entry 1 ) of",
      ": duplicate",
      ": duplicate , copy",
      ": a person who has been or is easily deceived or cheated",
      ": trick entry 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fcp",
      "also",
      "\u02c8d\u00fcp",
      "\u02c8dy\u00fcp"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chump",
      "gull",
      "mug",
      "patsy",
      "pigeon",
      "pushover",
      "sap",
      "soft touch",
      "sucker",
      "tool"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bamboozle",
      "beguile",
      "bluff",
      "buffalo",
      "burn",
      "catch",
      "con",
      "cozen",
      "deceive",
      "delude",
      "fake out",
      "fool",
      "gaff",
      "gammon",
      "gull",
      "have",
      "have on",
      "hoax",
      "hoodwink",
      "hornswoggle",
      "humbug",
      "juggle",
      "misguide",
      "misinform",
      "mislead",
      "snooker",
      "snow",
      "spoof",
      "string along",
      "suck in",
      "sucker",
      "take in",
      "trick"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb (1)",
      "They duped her out of $300.",
      "we were duped into thinking the dummy was a real alien"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1) and Verb (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "1681, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb (1)",
      "1704, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (2)",
      "circa 1900, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb (2)",
      "1912, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203357"
  },
  "duplex":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having two principal elements or parts : double , twofold",
      ": having two complementary polynucleotide strands of DNA or of DNA and RNA",
      ": allowing telecommunication in opposite directions simultaneously",
      ": to make duplex",
      ": something duplex: such as",
      ": a 2-family house",
      ": duplex apartment",
      ": a duplex molecule of DNA or of RNA and DNA",
      ": a house with two separate living spaces",
      ": a molecule having two complementary polynucleotide strands of DNA or of DNA and RNA"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-\u02ccpleks",
      "also",
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-\u02ccpleks",
      "\u02c8dy\u00fc-",
      "\u02c8d(y)\u00fc-\u02ccpleks"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "binary",
      "bipartite",
      "double",
      "double-barreled",
      "double-edged",
      "dual",
      "twin",
      "twofold"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "single"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "a duplex apartment with all of the bedrooms on the second floor",
      "Noun",
      "We live in the brick duplex .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Current projects include a duplex penthouse on Manhattan\u2019s Fifth Avenue and a family apartment on Park Avenue. \u2014 The Editors Of Elle Decor, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
      "Highlights for the new Norwegian Prima, the first in a new class of ships for the line, will include a duplex theater with seats that fold down to create space for a massive nightclub and several new dining concepts with rotating menus. \u2014 Ramsey Qubein, Forbes , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "The project on 22 acres at FM 306 and Common Street will include 126 duplex -style homes with 252 units. \u2014 Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Authorities determined that the fire started after an electric space heater sparked in a duplex unit. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "Once combined, the duplex penthouse will comprise about 6,100 interior square feet. \u2014 Helena Madden, Robb Report , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "Meanwhile, the owners of the top two floors in the Palmolive have had that duplex penthouse on the market since last year for $11.9 million. \u2014 Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "The fire was sparked in a duplex unit on the second and third floors when a space heater malfunctioned and lit, Nigro said. \u2014 Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "The intense fire started Wednesday morning on the second floor of the building in a duplex unit, and all fatalities occurred in the same unit, city officials said. \u2014 Meredith Deliso, ABC News , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The family lives in a duplex with White's younger sister, who is six months pregnant, and their American Bully, Nala. \u2014 Malik Rainey For Cnn, CNN , 23 May 2022",
      "Everyone in the duplex had evacuated by the time the Fire Department got there, Douglas said. \u2014 Jane Florance, The Arizona Republic , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "The property comprised a duplex with side-by-side, one-bedroom apartments in front and a freestanding two-bedroom traditional house at the back of the plot. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Mar. 2021",
      "The fire spread from that building to the next duplex , Boyd said. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 20 May 2022",
      "Part of the duplex was torn open, leaving a jumble of brick, wood, metal and shingles, a picture sent by the city government and video from WTKR showed. \u2014 Jason Hanna And Michelle Watson, CNN , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "In September 2021, an unknown buyer plunked down $66 million for two separate units (a duplex and a studio), paying about $15.6 million more than the previous owner, who had bought the properties just a year earlier. \u2014 Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022",
      "Local ordinances can require property owners to live in the single-family home or duplex in order to add an ADU. \u2014 Next Avenue, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
      "Inside the duplex , the two brothers found their divine obstacles, Brenda Lafferty, 24, and her infant daughter, Erica, 15 months. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 29 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1833, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "1922, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212054"
  },
  "duplication":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or process of duplicating",
      ": the quality or state of being duplicated",
      ": duplicate , counterpart",
      ": a part of a chromosome in which the genetic material is repeated",
      ": the process of forming a duplication",
      ": the act or process of copying",
      ": the state of being copied",
      ": the act or process of duplicating : the quality or state of being duplicated",
      ": a part of a chromosome in which the genetic material is repeated",
      ": the process of forming a duplication",
      ": the act, process, or result of duplicating"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u00fc-pli-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "also",
      "\u02ccd\u00fc-pli-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccdy\u00fc-",
      "\u02ccd(y)\u00fc-pli-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccd\u00fc-pli-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n, \u02ccdy\u00fc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "alter ego",
      "carbon",
      "carbon copy",
      "clone",
      "counterpart",
      "doppelg\u00e4nger",
      "doppelganger",
      "double",
      "duplicate",
      "facsimile",
      "fetch",
      "image",
      "likeness",
      "look-alike",
      "match",
      "mirror image",
      "picture",
      "replica",
      "ringer",
      "spit",
      "spitting image",
      "twin"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "He sent the manuscript out for duplication .",
      "Please eliminate duplication when combining the lists.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The scale of the efforts has raised concerns about duplication and overlap, which the joint investigation team \u2014 created in March and initially including Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland, is meant to address. \u2014 Annabelle Chapman, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
      "The scale of the efforts has raised concerns about duplication and overlap, which the joint investigation team - created in March and initially including Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland, is meant to address. \u2014 Claire Parker, Ellen Francis And Annabelle Chapman, Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2022",
      "In addition to making tasks like opening bank accounts and obtaining SIM cards more convenient for Aadhaar users, this system also helps the government prevent identity duplication and other forms of fraud. \u2014 Riddhima Dave, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The county has used the duplication process in the past in cases where something was spilled on a ballot, but has never had to duplicate votes at this scale. \u2014 Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive , 12 May 2022",
      "Any unauthorized duplication is strictly prohibited. \u2014 CBS News , 6 May 2022",
      "As a result, employees are losing 236 hours to duplication of efforts a year. \u2014 Saurbh Khera, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Zaslav, in addressing cost synergies in February on an earnings call, pointed to duplication at HBO Max and Discovery+. \u2014 Erik Hayden, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "One difference is that there\u2019s going to be a lot more duplication among entries, even with the long list, because everyone\u2019s working from the same set of words. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174049"
  },
  "dusk":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dusky",
      ": to become dark",
      ": to make dark or gloomy",
      ": the darker part of twilight especially at night",
      ": darkness or semidarkness caused by the shutting out of light",
      ": the time when the sky is getting dark at night"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259sk",
      "\u02c8d\u0259sk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "black",
      "caliginous",
      "dark",
      "darkened",
      "darkish",
      "darkling",
      "darksome",
      "dim",
      "dimmed",
      "dusky",
      "gloomy",
      "lightless",
      "murky",
      "obscure",
      "obscured",
      "pitch-black",
      "pitch-dark",
      "pitchy",
      "rayless",
      "somber",
      "sombre",
      "stygian",
      "tenebrific",
      "tenebrous",
      "unlit"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "black out",
      "blacken",
      "close in",
      "darken"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "under a dusk sky, the campers wearily bedded down for the night",
      "Verb",
      "the grief-stricken woman continued to sit in the dusking room until she was completely enveloped in darkness",
      "Noun",
      "The park closes at dusk .",
      "we stopped playing at dusk , since it was getting too dark to see the ball",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Mylar space blankets draped across their shoulders glistened a surreal golden hue as the vessel\u2019s blinding strobe lights illuminated the post- dusk spectacle. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Dec. 2021",
      "Forgive me for skipping dinner, but my pre- dusk meals were simply not going to be outshone. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 22 Aug. 2021",
      "The park is open 8 a.m. to dusk year-round, while the information and gift center is open 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. now through Thanksgiving and vary with the season. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 Mar. 2020",
      "Waiting to hear After dusk Wednesday, buses began to arrive at the plant to return some of the immigrants after processing. \u2014 Author: Jenny Jarvie, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Aug. 2019",
      "On July 4, Elitch Gardens will offer a dusk fireworks display visible from the surrounding areas, and The Denver Outlaws game at Mile High Stadium (against the Boston Cannons) on July 4 will also be followed by fireworks. \u2014 John Wenzel, The Know , 24 June 2019",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Grand Tourists\u2014an audience mostly consisting of the brand\u2019s community and clients sat as dusk fell over the Grand Canal to watch the spectacle unfold. \u2014 Liam Hes, Vogue , 8 Sep. 2021",
      "And then, as dusk fell over metropolitan Atlanta on Tuesday evening, Long launched himself on what authorities say was a premeditated trail of terror. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Mar. 2021",
      "Boerner Botanical Gardens: Formal themed and trial garden open daily 8 a.m. to dusk . \u2014 Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel , 3 June 2022",
      "Allison Einerson, the group\u2019s executive director, noted that UFC will be overseeing the Liberty Park Farmers Market, which starts on June 16 and is open Thursday nights from 4 p.m. to dusk . \u2014 Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 May 2022",
      "Weather computer models are in agreement that a strong line of storms will push through eastern Nebraska and South Dakota around dinner time, advancing eastward across Minnesota just after dusk . \u2014 Derek Van Dam, CNN , 12 May 2022",
      "Day had softened to dusk then night for the next act Friday, Waxahatchee. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 14 May 2022",
      "With communal prayers, sweet treats and large family gatherings, Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr, the feast marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, when the faithful fast from dawn to dusk . \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
      "During the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims around the world fast from dawn to dusk . \u2014 Zoha Qamar, ABC News , 30 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective, Verb, and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense",
      "Noun",
      "1622, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182758"
  },
  "duskiness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": somewhat dark in color",
      ": having dark skin",
      ": marked by slight or deficient light : shadowy",
      ": somewhat dark in color",
      ": somewhat dark : dim"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259-sk\u0113",
      "\u02c8d\u0259-sk\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "black",
      "caliginous",
      "dark",
      "darkened",
      "darkish",
      "darkling",
      "darksome",
      "dim",
      "dimmed",
      "dusk",
      "gloomy",
      "lightless",
      "murky",
      "obscure",
      "obscured",
      "pitch-black",
      "pitch-dark",
      "pitchy",
      "rayless",
      "somber",
      "sombre",
      "stygian",
      "tenebrific",
      "tenebrous",
      "unlit"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bright",
      "brightened",
      "brilliant",
      "illuminated",
      "illumined",
      "light",
      "lit",
      "lighted",
      "lightsome",
      "lucent",
      "lucid",
      "luminous"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "in the dusky depths of the dungeon",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Large fish\u2014goldblotch, dogtooth and dusky groupers\u2014swam past. \u2014 Tony Perrottet, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
      "Locals are encouraged to report dusky langur sightings, including any signs of distress or road accidents, through LPP\u2019s social media channels. \u2014 Charukesi Ramadurai, The Christian Science Monitor , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Aim\u00e9e Osbourne, who makes dusky electropop music under the name ARO and is Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne\u2019s eldest daughter, escaped a deadly fire that claimed one life at a Hollywood recording studio Thursday night. \u2014 Kory Grow, Rolling Stone , 20 May 2022",
      "Yet in a parking lot in front of the bar where my parents met in Shoshone, California, there is a nine-foot stalk rising from a massive dusky violet agave. \u2014 Claire Vaye Watkins, Outside Online , 15 May 2017",
      "As a Penang local, Ms. Yap considers dusky langurs an important part of her natural heritage. \u2014 Charukesi Ramadurai, The Christian Science Monitor , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "His amalgamated city churns with dangerous allure, a bracing mural of fluorescent orange and dusky purple. \u2014 Zack Sharf, Variety , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "The latest release from Maren Morris\u2019 upcoming Humble Quest album, this lovely, dusky ballad finds Morris reckoning with human mortality and the timeless nature of music. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Bouvignies and Siska now welcome the special edition of Copperhead Gin at the bar, utilizing it in drinks, including the Inside Story, which is a twist on the classic gin and tonic, presented in a dusky -pink highball. \u2014 Jillian Dara, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1558, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191143"
  },
  "dusky":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": somewhat dark in color",
      ": having dark skin",
      ": marked by slight or deficient light : shadowy",
      ": somewhat dark in color",
      ": somewhat dark : dim"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259-sk\u0113",
      "\u02c8d\u0259-sk\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "black",
      "caliginous",
      "dark",
      "darkened",
      "darkish",
      "darkling",
      "darksome",
      "dim",
      "dimmed",
      "dusk",
      "gloomy",
      "lightless",
      "murky",
      "obscure",
      "obscured",
      "pitch-black",
      "pitch-dark",
      "pitchy",
      "rayless",
      "somber",
      "sombre",
      "stygian",
      "tenebrific",
      "tenebrous",
      "unlit"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bright",
      "brightened",
      "brilliant",
      "illuminated",
      "illumined",
      "light",
      "lit",
      "lighted",
      "lightsome",
      "lucent",
      "lucid",
      "luminous"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "in the dusky depths of the dungeon",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Large fish\u2014goldblotch, dogtooth and dusky groupers\u2014swam past. \u2014 Tony Perrottet, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
      "Locals are encouraged to report dusky langur sightings, including any signs of distress or road accidents, through LPP\u2019s social media channels. \u2014 Charukesi Ramadurai, The Christian Science Monitor , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Aim\u00e9e Osbourne, who makes dusky electropop music under the name ARO and is Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne\u2019s eldest daughter, escaped a deadly fire that claimed one life at a Hollywood recording studio Thursday night. \u2014 Kory Grow, Rolling Stone , 20 May 2022",
      "Yet in a parking lot in front of the bar where my parents met in Shoshone, California, there is a nine-foot stalk rising from a massive dusky violet agave. \u2014 Claire Vaye Watkins, Outside Online , 15 May 2017",
      "As a Penang local, Ms. Yap considers dusky langurs an important part of her natural heritage. \u2014 Charukesi Ramadurai, The Christian Science Monitor , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "His amalgamated city churns with dangerous allure, a bracing mural of fluorescent orange and dusky purple. \u2014 Zack Sharf, Variety , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "The latest release from Maren Morris\u2019 upcoming Humble Quest album, this lovely, dusky ballad finds Morris reckoning with human mortality and the timeless nature of music. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Bouvignies and Siska now welcome the special edition of Copperhead Gin at the bar, utilizing it in drinks, including the Inside Story, which is a twist on the classic gin and tonic, presented in a dusky -pink highball. \u2014 Jillian Dara, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1558, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205033"
  },
  "dust":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": fine particles of matter (as of earth)",
      ": the particles into which something disintegrates",
      ": something worthless",
      ": a state of humiliation",
      ": the earth especially as a place of burial",
      ": the surface of the ground",
      ": a cloud of dust",
      ": confusion , disturbance",
      ": a single particle (as of earth)",
      ": refuse ready for collection",
      ": to make dusty",
      ": to make free of dust",
      ": to sprinkle with fine particles",
      ": to sprinkle in the form of dust",
      ": to throw a fastball close to (a batter) : brush back",
      ": to defeat badly (as in a race)",
      ": to work dust into the feathers",
      ": to remove dust",
      ": to give off dust",
      ": fine dry powdery particles (as of earth) : a fine powder that often builds up on furniture",
      ": a fine powder made from a particular substance or from something that has disintegrated",
      ": the surface of the ground",
      ": to make free of dust : brush or wipe away dust",
      ": to sprinkle with or as if with fine particles"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259st",
      "\u02c8d\u0259st"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chaff",
      "deadwood",
      "debris",
      "dreck",
      "drek",
      "dross",
      "effluvium",
      "effluvia",
      "garbage",
      "junk",
      "litter",
      "offal",
      "offscouring",
      "raffle",
      "refuse",
      "riffraff",
      "rubbish",
      "scrap",
      "spilth",
      "trash",
      "truck",
      "waste"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "annihilate",
      "blow away",
      "bomb",
      "bury",
      "clobber",
      "cream",
      "drub",
      "flatten",
      "paste",
      "rout",
      "shellac",
      "skin",
      "skunk",
      "smoke",
      "smother",
      "snow under",
      "thrash",
      "trim",
      "tromp",
      "trounce",
      "wallop",
      "wax",
      "whip",
      "whomp",
      "whop",
      "whap",
      "whup"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Does Dad have a ton of old records just collecting dust in his attic, basement, or garage? \u2014 Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day , 12 June 2022",
      "That includes dust -sized particles flying at extreme velocities, though this impact was larger than was modeled when Webb was being built, said NASA. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 11 June 2022",
      "Extreme heat predicted for the San Antonio area this weekend could be exacerbated by a Saharan dust cloud expected to arrive Sunday. \u2014 Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News , 11 June 2022",
      "When the researchers placed the slides outside in the rain and dust , the dog was still able to pick out the slide with the fingerprint after 24 hours of weathering. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 11 June 2022",
      "The lightweight vacuum also has a HEPA filtration system, capturing up to 99.99 percent of dust particles like pollen and pet dander. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
      "Already, e-bike rental operations are waiting to pounce on the north side of the lake after the dust from the forest thinning operation settles and the new trails are installed. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
      "The James Webb Space Telescope sustained a dust -sized micrometeoroid impact to a primary mirror segment. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 9 June 2022",
      "The researchers suggest the microplastics could have traveled as dust or even have been deposited from the sea during sea spray. \u2014 Evan Bush, NBC News , 9 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Addison is four inches shorter, nearly 50 pounds lighter and a near-unstoppable deep threat who might dust London in a foot race. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 May 2022",
      "Be sure to regularly dust the plant's leaves with a damp cloth to improve its ability to photosynthesize. \u2014 Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "The child on the street who saw me drop my cookie, pick it up, inspect it, dust it off, and eat it. \u2014 Jason Adam Katzenstein, The New Yorker , 18 May 2022",
      "The man asked whether Shinn would be willing every day to empty all the trash cans, dust the erasers and put sodas in the vending machines. \u2014 Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "Give yourself five minutes to complain, but then dust yourself off and get back up! \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "But no one had thought to dip ladyfingers in espresso; layer them in a baking dish; douse them with a mixture of mascarpone, egg yolks, cream, and sugar; dust the dish with cocoa powder; chill and serve. \u2014 Susan Orlean, The New Yorker , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Her melancholy tone intrigues Sven just enough to dust a little funk off his shoulders and go solve the mystery of his widow texter \u2013 and Clara has no idea what awaits. \u2014 Usa Today Staff, USA TODAY , 29 Jan. 2022",
      "Besides, the Steelers would have to dust themselves off from the beatdown by Kansas City and regroup for their biggest game of the season. \u2014 cleveland , 26 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1530, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212133"
  },
  "dusty":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": covered or abounding with dust",
      ": consisting of dust : powdery",
      ": resembling dust",
      ": lacking vitality : dry",
      ": unsatisfactory",
      ": filled or covered with dust",
      ": resembling dust"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259-st\u0113",
      "\u02c8d\u0259-st\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "fine",
      "floury",
      "powdery"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "coarse",
      "grainy",
      "granular",
      "granulated"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "He pulled dusty candlesticks from the shelf.",
      "His new tie is a dusty blue.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The camera takes its time, capturing the hot, dusty landscape, the open spaces, and the faces of the characters, many of them holding secrets. \u2014 Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
      "Small black hummingbirds dance between copal trees, floating from the blooms of bright yellow oleander and dusty pink frangipani for nectar. \u2014 Michaela Trimble, Vogue , 7 June 2022",
      "The settlement looked oddly empty on a recent evening, nothing like the dusty alleyways of Langue de Barbarie, where children played and sheep bleated and old men sat outside blasting the radio. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 June 2022",
      "This happens, the team hypothesized, because the gassy, dusty material is periodically sucked in by the stars\u2019 massive gravitational pull. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 2 June 2022",
      "Viewing the Great Wall means, at some points, scrambling down a dusty hill and squinting through bushes and a fence to see the history of this city and state sprawled out on the other side of a channel. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
      "The contract award means that Axiom will be able to hire 300 additional employees to work on the spacesuit project, which now must also operate in the dusty environment on the surface of the Moon. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 1 June 2022",
      "It's not entirely paved and gets quite dusty in the dry season. \u2014 Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure , 1 June 2022",
      "Early one Saturday morning, the vendor hung The Jeans on his stall on a dusty street corner in a Johannesburg township. \u2014 Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220154"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a person of unusually small stature (see stature sense 1 )",
      ": a person whose height does not exceed 4' 10\" and is typically less than 4' 5\"",
      ": an animal or plant much below normal size",
      ": a small legendary manlike being who is usually misshapen and ugly and skilled as a craftsman",
      ": a celestial object of comparatively small mass or size: such as",
      ": a star of ordinary or low luminosity",
      "\u2014 compare giant sense 4 , supergiant",
      ": a galaxy containing a relatively low number of stars",
      ": an insignificant person",
      ": to cause to appear smaller or to seem inferior",
      ": to restrict the growth of : stunt",
      ": to become smaller",
      ": low-growing in habit",
      ": a person, animal, or plant much smaller than normal size",
      ": a creature in legends that is usually pictured as a small person who is skilled at some craft",
      ": to cause to appear smaller",
      ": of less than the usual size",
      ": a person of unusually small stature",
      ": a person whose height does not exceed 4 feet 10 inches (1.47 meters) and is typically less than 4 feet 5 inches (1.35 meters)",
      ": an animal much below normal size",
      ": to restrict the growth of : stunt"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dw\u022frf",
      "\u02c8dw\u022frf",
      "\u02c8dw\u022f(\u0259)rf"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "diminutive",
      "midget",
      "mite",
      "peewee",
      "pygmy",
      "pigmy",
      "runt",
      "scrub",
      "shrimp",
      "Tom Thumb"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "stunt",
      "suppress"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Shetland ponies are the dwarfs of the horse world.",
      "Snow White and the seven dwarfs .",
      "Verb",
      "shrubs dwarfed by the lack of water",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Look for dwarf varieties, and make sure to choose a large pot made from a material that won\u2019t freeze and crack in cold climates. \u2014 Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living , 26 May 2022",
      "The Gaia mission\u2014a satellite launched in 2013 to map and characterize more than one billion of the stars in the Milky Way\u2014has already revealed that our galaxy\u2019s halo is full of debris from some massive dwarf galaxies. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
      "Five month-old male Nigerian dwarf goats and two African pygmy hedgehogs are the latest additions to Randall Oaks Zoo in West Dundee as the public facility opens for the 2022 season. \u2014 Mike Danahey, chicagotribune.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "The observatory is slated to look at the TRAPPIST-1 system, which includes seven Earth-size exoplanets orbiting a cool dwarf star about 40 light-years away. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 20 Nov. 2021",
      "Studying dwarf galaxies, or those that have remained small over time, could help astronomers discover how supermassive black holes came to exist early on in the history of the universe. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "The study of such small dwarf galaxies could help theorists better understand how supermassive black holes first evolved in the early universe. \u2014 Bruce Dorminey, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "Plant dwarf annual flowers such as coleus, impatiens and seedling geraniums inside as houseplants. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 Jan. 2022",
      "And all the dwarf planets are too small to hold the inner heat that remains from the solar system\u2019s formation. \u2014 Vahe Peroomian, The Conversation , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "In its directives, the FTA said the MBTA\u2019s investments in capital projects dwarf investments in day to day maintenance of its older equipment, limiting critical upkeep. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
      "The top three are Austin and Phoenix\u2014each at P/Rs that dwarf their long-term norms by 63%\u2014and Boise, a top destination for California exiles, at 72% above its norm. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "An economic collapse of that magnitude would dwarf the 11.2 percent the Russian economy is expected to shrink over the same time because of unprecedented sanctions, and would exacerbate the humanitarian crisis in the region. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "When the costs of the middlemen are eliminated and crypto\u2019s software sorcery works as intended, returns from DeFi loans can dwarf what\u2019s available in the traditional financial world. \u2014 Michael P. Regan, Bloomberg.com , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "The scale of the California projects would dwarf wind farms planned or proposed on the East Coast. \u2014 Brian Melley, Star Tribune , 25 May 2021",
      "New filings show the incumbents with a strong financial advantage at the end of the first quarter, with some having campaign war chests that dwarf their competition. \u2014 Ryan Tarinelli, Arkansas Online , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Ditto for investment, flows of which dwarf the movement of tradable goods. \u2014 Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "In many European capitals, Russian embassies have some of the biggest staff in the diplomatic corps, which often dwarf the number of diplomats the host country has in Russia. \u2014 Laurence Norman, WSJ , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Last year my semi- dwarf Braeburn had scant blossoms only along the very top. \u2014 oregonlive , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "In this hands-on workshop, participants will graft and take home a semi- dwarf producing apple tree, suitable for the coastal climate. \u2014 Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "In this hands-on workshop, participants will graft and take home a semi- dwarf producing apple tree, suitable for the coastal climate. \u2014 Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "In this hands-on workshop, participants will graft and take home a semi- dwarf producing apple tree, suitable for the coastal climate. \u2014 Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "In this hands-on workshop, participants will graft and take home a semi- dwarf producing apple tree, suitable for the coastal climate. \u2014 Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "In this hands-on workshop, participants will graft and take home a semi- dwarf producing apple tree, suitable for the coastal climate. \u2014 Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "In this hands-on workshop, participants will graft and take home a semi- dwarf producing apple tree, suitable for the coastal climate. \u2014 Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "Whitney' is a dwarf variety with sage green leaves. \u2014 Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens , 9 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun, Verb, and Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "circa 1626, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2",
      "Adjective",
      "1597, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221954"
  },
  "dwarfish":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a person of unusually small stature (see stature sense 1 )",
      ": a person whose height does not exceed 4' 10\" and is typically less than 4' 5\"",
      ": an animal or plant much below normal size",
      ": a small legendary manlike being who is usually misshapen and ugly and skilled as a craftsman",
      ": a celestial object of comparatively small mass or size: such as",
      ": a star of ordinary or low luminosity",
      "\u2014 compare giant sense 4 , supergiant",
      ": a galaxy containing a relatively low number of stars",
      ": an insignificant person",
      ": to cause to appear smaller or to seem inferior",
      ": to restrict the growth of : stunt",
      ": to become smaller",
      ": low-growing in habit",
      ": a person, animal, or plant much smaller than normal size",
      ": a creature in legends that is usually pictured as a small person who is skilled at some craft",
      ": to cause to appear smaller",
      ": of less than the usual size",
      ": a person of unusually small stature",
      ": a person whose height does not exceed 4 feet 10 inches (1.47 meters) and is typically less than 4 feet 5 inches (1.35 meters)",
      ": an animal much below normal size",
      ": to restrict the growth of : stunt"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dw\u022frf",
      "\u02c8dw\u022frf",
      "\u02c8dw\u022f(\u0259)rf"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "diminutive",
      "midget",
      "mite",
      "peewee",
      "pygmy",
      "pigmy",
      "runt",
      "scrub",
      "shrimp",
      "Tom Thumb"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "stunt",
      "suppress"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Shetland ponies are the dwarfs of the horse world.",
      "Snow White and the seven dwarfs .",
      "Verb",
      "shrubs dwarfed by the lack of water",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Look for dwarf varieties, and make sure to choose a large pot made from a material that won\u2019t freeze and crack in cold climates. \u2014 Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living , 26 May 2022",
      "The Gaia mission\u2014a satellite launched in 2013 to map and characterize more than one billion of the stars in the Milky Way\u2014has already revealed that our galaxy\u2019s halo is full of debris from some massive dwarf galaxies. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
      "Five month-old male Nigerian dwarf goats and two African pygmy hedgehogs are the latest additions to Randall Oaks Zoo in West Dundee as the public facility opens for the 2022 season. \u2014 Mike Danahey, chicagotribune.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "The observatory is slated to look at the TRAPPIST-1 system, which includes seven Earth-size exoplanets orbiting a cool dwarf star about 40 light-years away. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 20 Nov. 2021",
      "Studying dwarf galaxies, or those that have remained small over time, could help astronomers discover how supermassive black holes came to exist early on in the history of the universe. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "The study of such small dwarf galaxies could help theorists better understand how supermassive black holes first evolved in the early universe. \u2014 Bruce Dorminey, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "Plant dwarf annual flowers such as coleus, impatiens and seedling geraniums inside as houseplants. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 Jan. 2022",
      "And all the dwarf planets are too small to hold the inner heat that remains from the solar system\u2019s formation. \u2014 Vahe Peroomian, The Conversation , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "In its directives, the FTA said the MBTA\u2019s investments in capital projects dwarf investments in day to day maintenance of its older equipment, limiting critical upkeep. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
      "The top three are Austin and Phoenix\u2014each at P/Rs that dwarf their long-term norms by 63%\u2014and Boise, a top destination for California exiles, at 72% above its norm. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "An economic collapse of that magnitude would dwarf the 11.2 percent the Russian economy is expected to shrink over the same time because of unprecedented sanctions, and would exacerbate the humanitarian crisis in the region. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "When the costs of the middlemen are eliminated and crypto\u2019s software sorcery works as intended, returns from DeFi loans can dwarf what\u2019s available in the traditional financial world. \u2014 Michael P. Regan, Bloomberg.com , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "The scale of the California projects would dwarf wind farms planned or proposed on the East Coast. \u2014 Brian Melley, Star Tribune , 25 May 2021",
      "New filings show the incumbents with a strong financial advantage at the end of the first quarter, with some having campaign war chests that dwarf their competition. \u2014 Ryan Tarinelli, Arkansas Online , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Ditto for investment, flows of which dwarf the movement of tradable goods. \u2014 Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "In many European capitals, Russian embassies have some of the biggest staff in the diplomatic corps, which often dwarf the number of diplomats the host country has in Russia. \u2014 Laurence Norman, WSJ , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Last year my semi- dwarf Braeburn had scant blossoms only along the very top. \u2014 oregonlive , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "In this hands-on workshop, participants will graft and take home a semi- dwarf producing apple tree, suitable for the coastal climate. \u2014 Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "In this hands-on workshop, participants will graft and take home a semi- dwarf producing apple tree, suitable for the coastal climate. \u2014 Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "In this hands-on workshop, participants will graft and take home a semi- dwarf producing apple tree, suitable for the coastal climate. \u2014 Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "In this hands-on workshop, participants will graft and take home a semi- dwarf producing apple tree, suitable for the coastal climate. \u2014 Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "In this hands-on workshop, participants will graft and take home a semi- dwarf producing apple tree, suitable for the coastal climate. \u2014 Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "In this hands-on workshop, participants will graft and take home a semi- dwarf producing apple tree, suitable for the coastal climate. \u2014 Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "Whitney' is a dwarf variety with sage green leaves. \u2014 Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens , 9 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun, Verb, and Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "circa 1626, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2",
      "Adjective",
      "1597, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213945"
  },
  "dwell (on":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to think or talk about (something) for a long time"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185312"
  },
  "dwelling":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a shelter (such as a house) in which people live",
      ": a shelter in which a person or an animal lives",
      ": a structure where a person lives and especially sleeps"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dwe-li\u014b",
      "\u02c8dwe-li\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abode",
      "diggings",
      "domicile",
      "fireside",
      "habitation",
      "hearth",
      "hearthstone",
      "home",
      "house",
      "lodging",
      "pad",
      "place",
      "quarters",
      "residence",
      "roof"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the simple dwellings in which the Pilgrims spent the first winter at Plymouth",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "At first, treehouses may seem like an unlikely choice of dwelling , particularly in our modern age. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "The back of the dwelling has expansive glass panels. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 Dec. 2021",
      "Staff said finding financing, particularly for homeowners who want to add an accessory dwelling unit to their home, can be challenging. \u2014 Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Many other cities have restrictions on the number of unrelated people allowed to occupy a dwelling , although they are not consistently enforced. \u2014 Irina Ivanova, CBS News , 6 May 2022",
      "Along with offering a safe dwelling , the organization has met with the regional government to maintain their partnership to keep the children safe and healthy as the war continues. \u2014 Alexis Oatman, cleveland , 4 May 2022",
      "The dwelling is near Booker T. Washington Middle School. \u2014 Ngan Ho, Baltimore Sun , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Thirteen years and four devastating floods later, Mr. Lushaba, 34, remains in the settlement, still waiting for that permanent dwelling . \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "The trust, which is governed democratically by residents and neighbors, can decide to whom the dwelling can be sold and at what price, usually through a covenant in the lease. \u2014 Alexander Thompson And Jocelyn Yang, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 14 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see dwell ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202433"
  },
  "dwindle":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to become steadily less shrink",
      "to make steadily less",
      "to make or become less or smaller"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8dwin-d\u1d4al",
    "synonyms":[
      "abate",
      "de-escalate",
      "decrease",
      "dent",
      "deplete",
      "diminish",
      "downscale",
      "downsize",
      "drop",
      "ease",
      "knock down",
      "lessen",
      "lower",
      "reduce"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "aggrandize",
      "amplify",
      "augment",
      "boost",
      "enlarge",
      "escalate",
      "expand",
      "increase",
      "raise"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Our energy dwindled as the meeting dragged on.",
      "The town's population is dwindling away.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Meanwhile, mortgage applications continued to dwindle last week, driving down demand to its lowest level in 22 years. \u2014 Kathy Orton, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
      "In November, 2019, with player numbers continuing to dwindle , Matignon disbanded its once powerful boys\u2019 hockey program. \u2014 Nate Weitzer, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
      "And personal savings are starting to dwindle , according to a new study from Northwestern Mutual. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 18 May 2022",
      "Human intervention has led to the number of Arabian leopards in Saudi Arabia to dwindle to less than 200. \u2014 Abbas Al Lawati And Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "The gusts are expected to dwindle by the evening, but temperatures will fall to the teens. \u2014 Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "The Windsor protest began to dwindle Saturday after police persuaded many protesters to remove vehicles blocking the road to the bridge. \u2014 CBS News , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "But, in the middle of the twentieth century, the manufacturing jobs those immigrants had relied on began to dwindle in New York. \u2014 Eric Lach, The New Yorker , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "As the real estate market recovered and gained steam, the average discount slowly began to dwindle . \u2014 John Walkup, Forbes , 2 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"probably frequentative of dwine to waste away, from Middle English, from Old English dw\u012bnan ; akin to Old Norse dv\u012bna to pine away, deyja to die \u2014 more at die ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1596, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "dyad":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": pair",
      ": two individuals (such as husband and wife) maintaining a sociologically significant relationship",
      ": a meiotic chromosome after separation of the two homologous (see homologous sense 1a(2) ) members of a tetrad",
      ": an operator (see operator sense 3a ) indicated by writing the symbols of two vectors (see vector entry 1 sense 1a ) without a dot or cross between",
      ": two individuals (as husband and wife) maintaining a sociologically significant relationship",
      ": a meiotic chromosome after separation of the two homologous members of a tetrad"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b-\u02ccad",
      "-\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "brace",
      "couple",
      "couplet",
      "duo",
      "pair",
      "twain",
      "twosome"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the book examines the doctor-patient dyad from several perspectives",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Caregivers and infants are really a dyad \u2014their outcomes and health play into each other\u2019s, Clayton Shuman, a maternal-infant-health researcher at the University of Michigan, told me. \u2014 Katharine Gammon, The Atlantic , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "Marrying him was the adventure within the New York adventure, the intimate intellectual dyad within the larger intellectual circle. \u2014 Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker , 15 Nov. 2021",
      "Could the Biden administration allow a leg of the triad to age out, resulting in a dyad ? \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 13 Oct. 2021",
      "Remember to consider desire as a broad spectrum, one that includes willingness, not just want, says Guralnik, and create conditions that emphasize a dyad , not just a family matrix. \u2014 Fiorella Valdesolo, Vogue , 7 Oct. 2021",
      "In a scene reminiscent of The Last Jedi\u2019s throne-room slaughter, Hunter B-15 tosses a dagger to Sylvie, and the dyad of tricksters beheads one of the Time-Keepers before taking on a small battalion of Minutemen. \u2014 Alex Kane, USA TODAY , 1 July 2021",
      "In 2017 untreated perinatal mood disorders cost $14 billion in the U.S., which amounts to $31,800 per mother-infant dyad . \u2014 Priya Iyer, Scientific American , 30 Mar. 2021",
      "Human milk feedings have been shown to improve health outcomes across the life course for birthing people and their infants, increase bonding between the dyad , and reduce health care costs. \u2014 Jamila K. Taylor, Scientific American , 11 Mar. 2021",
      "The pain of this moment lies in straining to articulate a defense for the safety of one\u2019s community because conversations around anti-Asian sentiment fall through the cracks in the dyad between black and white in the American racial consciousness. \u2014 Jerrine Tan, Wired , 19 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Late Latin dyad-, dyas , from Greek, from dyo \u2014 see dy- ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1675, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213934"
  },
  "dyestuff":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dye sense 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b-\u02ccst\u0259f"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "color",
      "colorant",
      "coloring",
      "dye",
      "pigment",
      "stain"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "indigo is a dyestuff originally from India"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1685, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190602"
  },
  "dynamic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change",
      ": energetic , forceful",
      ": of or relating to physical force or energy",
      ": of or relating to dynamics (see dynamics entry 1 )",
      ": requiring periodic refreshment of charge in order to retain data",
      ": a force or factor that controls or influences a process of growth, change, interaction, or activity : a dynamic force or factor",
      "\u2014 see also dynamics entry 1",
      ": always active, energetic, or changing",
      ": of or relating to physical force or energy",
      ": of or relating to dynamics",
      ": functional sense 1b",
      ": marked by continuous usually productive activity or change",
      ": marked by energy or forcefulness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u012b-\u02c8na-mik",
      "d\u012b-\u02c8na-mik",
      "d\u012b-\u02c8nam-ik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "energetic",
      "flush",
      "gingery",
      "lusty",
      "peppy",
      "red-blooded",
      "robust",
      "vigorous",
      "vital"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dull",
      "lethargic",
      "listless",
      "sluggish",
      "torpid"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "It's just been a lot of fun as a group being able to have that dynamic . \u2014 Natasha Dye, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
      "According to Topor, the present dynamic leads different investors to put pressure on the CEO and the founding team and leads to premature sales. \u2014 Carrie Rubinstein, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
      "In the near term, the dynamic applies negatively to the potential for exits on investments SoftBank has already made. \u2014 Laura Forman, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
      "Meanwhile, the Goliath in this power dynamic pays bulldog lawyers to shut people up, hires private investigators to dig up dirt on the person coming forward, and uses aggressive PR and connections at the top to feed stories to the media. \u2014 Amber Scorah, Fortune , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "But when residents don\u2019t comply \u2014 or when a rival group pushes in and tries to become the new coca buyer \u2014 the dynamic turns deadly. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "If Twitter became decentralized, the dynamic could result in a somewhat less opaque moderation process on the platform. \u2014 Adario Strange, Quartz , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Bitker takes over a talented team of reporters and critics that has become a hit with readers by providing the most engaging and influential coverage of the Bay Area\u2019s food and drink culture, among the most dynamic in the country. \u2014 Sfchronicle Pr, San Francisco Chronicle , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "If that dynamic holds, Kemp would be within striking distance of winning the primary outright, averting a runoff. \u2014 Fox News , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But the world's richest person doesn't seem concerned about that dynamic . \u2014 Chris Isidore, CNN , 1 June 2022",
      "That dynamic coupled with MLB's draft-pool system means baseball's top 10 isn't quite as easy to predict as the NBA's or NFL's. \u2014 Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press , 1 June 2022",
      "The expanding carriage of the ACC Network, which is owned by ESPN, changed that dynamic . \u2014 oregonlive , 24 May 2022",
      "That same dynamic is true here, to a degree, except that Skolimowski romanticizes and partly anthropomorphizes the beast, giving him subjective shots and flashbacks, perhaps even dream sequences. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 19 May 2022",
      "That dynamic could be seen throughout this primary season. \u2014 Peggy Noonan, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
      "That dynamic is quite clearly the biggest storyline of Saturday\u2019s race. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 6 May 2022",
      "Investors historically held bonds as ballast against more volatile stocks but that dynamic broke down this year when debt and equity markets fell together in anticipation of the Fed\u2019s shift to more aggressive interest-rate increases. \u2014 Matt Wirz, WSJ , 21 May 2022",
      "Thus begins the odd dynamic at Abigail\u2019s new workplace. \u2014 Marc Berman, Forbes , 19 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1744, in the meaning defined at sense 2a",
      "Noun",
      "1868, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-230107"
  },
  "dynamically":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change",
      ": energetic , forceful",
      ": of or relating to physical force or energy",
      ": of or relating to dynamics (see dynamics entry 1 )",
      ": requiring periodic refreshment of charge in order to retain data",
      ": a force or factor that controls or influences a process of growth, change, interaction, or activity : a dynamic force or factor",
      "\u2014 see also dynamics entry 1",
      ": always active, energetic, or changing",
      ": of or relating to physical force or energy",
      ": of or relating to dynamics",
      ": functional sense 1b",
      ": marked by continuous usually productive activity or change",
      ": marked by energy or forcefulness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u012b-\u02c8na-mik",
      "d\u012b-\u02c8na-mik",
      "d\u012b-\u02c8nam-ik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "energetic",
      "flush",
      "gingery",
      "lusty",
      "peppy",
      "red-blooded",
      "robust",
      "vigorous",
      "vital"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dull",
      "lethargic",
      "listless",
      "sluggish",
      "torpid"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "It's just been a lot of fun as a group being able to have that dynamic . \u2014 Natasha Dye, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
      "According to Topor, the present dynamic leads different investors to put pressure on the CEO and the founding team and leads to premature sales. \u2014 Carrie Rubinstein, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
      "In the near term, the dynamic applies negatively to the potential for exits on investments SoftBank has already made. \u2014 Laura Forman, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
      "Meanwhile, the Goliath in this power dynamic pays bulldog lawyers to shut people up, hires private investigators to dig up dirt on the person coming forward, and uses aggressive PR and connections at the top to feed stories to the media. \u2014 Amber Scorah, Fortune , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "But when residents don\u2019t comply \u2014 or when a rival group pushes in and tries to become the new coca buyer \u2014 the dynamic turns deadly. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "If Twitter became decentralized, the dynamic could result in a somewhat less opaque moderation process on the platform. \u2014 Adario Strange, Quartz , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Bitker takes over a talented team of reporters and critics that has become a hit with readers by providing the most engaging and influential coverage of the Bay Area\u2019s food and drink culture, among the most dynamic in the country. \u2014 Sfchronicle Pr, San Francisco Chronicle , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "If that dynamic holds, Kemp would be within striking distance of winning the primary outright, averting a runoff. \u2014 Fox News , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But the world's richest person doesn't seem concerned about that dynamic . \u2014 Chris Isidore, CNN , 1 June 2022",
      "That dynamic coupled with MLB's draft-pool system means baseball's top 10 isn't quite as easy to predict as the NBA's or NFL's. \u2014 Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press , 1 June 2022",
      "The expanding carriage of the ACC Network, which is owned by ESPN, changed that dynamic . \u2014 oregonlive , 24 May 2022",
      "That same dynamic is true here, to a degree, except that Skolimowski romanticizes and partly anthropomorphizes the beast, giving him subjective shots and flashbacks, perhaps even dream sequences. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 19 May 2022",
      "That dynamic could be seen throughout this primary season. \u2014 Peggy Noonan, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
      "That dynamic is quite clearly the biggest storyline of Saturday\u2019s race. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 6 May 2022",
      "Investors historically held bonds as ballast against more volatile stocks but that dynamic broke down this year when debt and equity markets fell together in anticipation of the Fed\u2019s shift to more aggressive interest-rate increases. \u2014 Matt Wirz, WSJ , 21 May 2022",
      "Thus begins the odd dynamic at Abigail\u2019s new workplace. \u2014 Marc Berman, Forbes , 19 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1744, in the meaning defined at sense 2a",
      "Noun",
      "1868, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215350"
  },
  "dynamism":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a theory that all phenomena (such as matter or motion) can be explained as manifestations of force (see force entry 1 sense 4 ) \u2014 compare mechanism",
      ": dynamics sense 2",
      ": a dynamic (see dynamic entry 1 sense 1 ) or expansionist quality"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b-n\u0259-\u02ccmi-z\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beans",
      "bounce",
      "brio",
      "dash",
      "drive",
      "energy",
      "esprit",
      "gas",
      "get-up-and-go",
      "ginger",
      "go",
      "gusto",
      "hardihood",
      "juice",
      "life",
      "moxie",
      "oomph",
      "pep",
      "punch",
      "sap",
      "snap",
      "starch",
      "verve",
      "vigor",
      "vim",
      "vinegar",
      "vitality",
      "zing",
      "zip"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "lethargy",
      "listlessness",
      "sluggishness",
      "torpidity"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "He has the dynamism of a natural leader.",
      "voters were attracted to the young challenger's dynamism , charisma, and progressive ideas",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Certainly, there is a dynamism to the works that can\u2019t easily be conveyed in photographs. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
      "Balla and his colleagues joined the call to arms, at first borrowing from the Cubists to convey a sense of dynamism on the canvas. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2021",
      "Importantly, this dynamism and divergence in expectations for company ESG data go beyond the investor community. \u2014 R. Mukund, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "As the firelight moves different horses are illuminated, giving a sense of dynamism to the art. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "That\u2019s the kind of dynamism that leads to a long career. \u2014 Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Most of today\u2019s successful nation-states are conglomerations of racial, ethnic and religious groups that have become, on balance, sources of dynamism rather than conflict. \u2014 Christopher Demuth, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "But this remarkable dynamism , some researchers argue, is a double-edged sword. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2021",
      "First, its peplum-ish ruffle is sort of genius, giving dynamism and playfulness while maintaining the lean column shape Kidman favors. \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 28 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from French dynamisme, from dynam ique dynamic entry 1 + -isme  -ism ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1857, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220408"
  },
  "dynamite":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an explosive that is made of nitroglycerin absorbed in a porous material and that often contains ammonium nitrate or cellulose nitrate",
      ": an explosive (such as a mixture of ammonium nitrate and nitrocellulose) that contains no nitroglycerin",
      ": one that has a powerful effect",
      ": something that has great potential to cause trouble or conflict",
      ": to blow up with dynamite",
      ": to cause the failure or destruction of",
      ": terrific , wonderful",
      ": an explosive used in blasting",
      ": to blow up with dynamite"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b-n\u0259-\u02ccm\u012bt",
      "\u02c8d\u012b-n\u0259-\u02ccm\u012bt"
    ],
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      "A-OK",
      "A1",
      "awesome",
      "bang-up",
      "banner",
      "beautiful",
      "blue-chip",
      "blue-ribbon",
      "boffo",
      "bonny",
      "bonnie",
      "boss",
      "brag",
      "brave",
      "bully",
      "bumper",
      "capital",
      "choice",
      "classic",
      "cool",
      "corking",
      "crackerjack",
      "cracking",
      "dandy",
      "divine",
      "dope",
      "down",
      "excellent",
      "fab",
      "fabulous",
      "famous",
      "fantabulous",
      "fantastic",
      "fine",
      "first-class",
      "first-rate",
      "first-string",
      "five-star",
      "four-star",
      "frontline",
      "gangbusters",
      "gangbuster",
      "gilt-edged",
      "gilt-edge",
      "gone",
      "grand",
      "great",
      "groovy",
      "heavenly",
      "high-class",
      "hot",
      "hype",
      "immense",
      "jim-dandy",
      "keen",
      "lovely",
      "marvelous",
      "marvellous",
      "mean",
      "neat",
      "nifty",
      "noble",
      "number one",
      "No. 1",
      "numero uno",
      "out-of-sight",
      "par excellence",
      "peachy",
      "peachy keen",
      "phat",
      "prime",
      "primo",
      "prize",
      "prizewinning",
      "quality",
      "radical",
      "righteous",
      "sensational",
      "slick",
      "splendid",
      "stellar",
      "sterling",
      "superb",
      "superior",
      "superlative",
      "supernal",
      "swell",
      "terrific",
      "tip-top",
      "top",
      "top-notch",
      "top-of-the-line",
      "top-shelf",
      "topflight",
      "topping",
      "unsurpassed",
      "wizard",
      "wonderful"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "atrocious",
      "awful",
      "execrable",
      "lousy",
      "pathetic",
      "poor",
      "rotten",
      "terrible",
      "vile",
      "wretched"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The death penalty is political dynamite .",
      "Verb",
      "They plan to dynamite the old building.",
      "Adjective",
      "They put on a dynamite performance.",
      "a summer blockbuster that features some really dynamite special effects",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Here was a collection of pop songs on steroids, hits with more muscle than Gold\u2019s Gym, a stick of musical dynamite that blew up everywhere. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 26 May 2022",
      "Trump came not with a paintbrush but with a stick of dynamite . \u2014 Alex Thomas, The New Republic , 16 May 2022",
      "These include Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Peace Prize and inventor of dynamite ; Joseph Priestly, chemist and theologian who discovered oxygen; and Alfred Mond, ICI founder and chairman. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Not much dynamite was required, because the cabin was eight feet wide by ten feet long. \u2014 The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "The salt will have ample time to absorb, and the exterior will be bone dry \u2014 perfect for achieving a juicy steak with a dynamite sear. \u2014 Jeffrey Gardner, USA TODAY , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Boothe, like so many others, is captivated by the stone fortress, resting on an acre-wide rocky outcrop that was leveled by dynamite during construction. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "Kurt Russell delivers a dynamite performances surrounded by William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Scott Glenn, Donald Sutherland, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Rebecca De Mornay. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "Among the many victims: the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, a civil rights leader whose home was damaged on Christmas Day in 1956 by 16 sticks of dynamite placed beneath his bedroom window. \u2014 Cheyanne Mumphrey And Jeff Martin, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The history of the Indian subcontinent is rife with fascinating stories that make for dynamite action films, and this 2015 drama is a great example. \u2014 K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG , 8 June 2022",
      "Before Parasite, director Bong Joon-ho made Mother, another dynamite contribution to the world of Korean cinema. \u2014 Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR , 5 May 2022",
      "Strip mining in Central Appalachia rips forests from the ground and uses dynamite to blast the tops and sides of mountains to get at coal buried hundreds of feet beneath them. \u2014 James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "In some cases, the reasons for failure are obvious: Corals were planted on piles of unstable rubble left behind by dynamite fishing or massive storms and were quickly buried in sediment. \u2014 Rowan Moore Gerety, Wired , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Gulf dynamite shrimp spiced with serranos, and sweet and fiery mango habanero salmon, alongside traditional dishes like chicken tikka masala and lamb vindaloo. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "With pick and shovel and a perilous, pre- dynamite blasting method, the workers built the Windsor Locks Canal from 1827-29. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Yes, actual gunfire and dynamite play a role in the proceedings. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press , 22 Oct. 2021",
      "In less crowded places, dynamite or other explosives blast away rock, or excavators break rock into smaller pieces. \u2014 Khari Johnson, Wired , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Behind a dynamite third quarter and, according to Cleaning The Glass, the second-stingiest defensive performance of their season, the Warriors prevented a lot of Internet chaos in Game 2. \u2014 Shane Young, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "Some characters are actually thriving, including Mercedes\u2019 mother Patrice (the dynamite Harriet D. Foy), whose makeshift church has become a community hub, giving out boxes of food and inspirational CDs. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 June 2022",
      "But what this modern folk poet extraordinaire does have is a dynamite show that hums with raw honesty. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel , 25 May 2022",
      "Courtney Williams was dynamite for West Linn on both sides of the ball. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 May 2022",
      "Russell delivers a dynamite performance surrounded by Robert De Niro, Scott Glenn, Donald Sutherland, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Rebecca De Mornay. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Martinez, who graduated early from high school to enroll at OSU in January, is a dynamite blend of power and speed. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "The trio of Sam Rockwell, Laurence Fishburne and Darren Criss anchors the piece in dynamite style. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Jefferson County Circuit Judge Kechia Davis then issued an Allen charge, sometimes called a dynamite charge, telling jurors to keep deliberating. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 12 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1867, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1881, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "1922, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202550"
  },
  "dynamo":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": generator sense 1b",
      ": a forceful energetic individual",
      ": generator",
      ": an energetic person"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b-n\u0259-\u02ccm\u014d",
      "\u02c8d\u012b-n\u0259-\u02ccm\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "fireball",
      "live wire",
      "pistol"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a dynamo who barely needs to sleep, or so it seems",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Like many of the other 67 bands and solo artists performing at this weekend\u2019s 19th annual Gator by the Bay festival, blues and soul vocal dynamo Sugaray Rayford got his start on the stage of a nightclub. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 May 2022",
      "Least of all the director here, a pocket-sized Tatar dynamo called Taras Voznyak, who meets me in his office. \u2014 Waldemar Januszczak For The Times, Robb Report , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "That\u2019s right, the electric Seahawk dynamo , who led Seattle to its only Super Bowl title in the 2013 season (versus Denver, no less) is reportedly on the move to the Mile High for a pile of picks and Broncos quarterback Drew Lock. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Enter a brave little dynamo named Beanie Feldstein, who has dared to step into the part in the first Broadway revival, directed by Michael Mayer. \u2014 Charles Isherwood, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Richmond earning a spot ensures that players like Jacob Gilyard, the Spiders\u2019 dynamo of a point guard, will get to shine in front of a broader audience. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "Manville\u2019s performance is the distasteful dynamo powering much of the film\u2019s drama, but Leigh is always careful not to castigate or villainize, keeping the audience\u2019s sympathies balanced through each character\u2019s ups and downs. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 26 Feb. 2022",
      "The Hull sisters took turns guarding Harmon, too, using their height and length to tower over the 5-foot-6 dynamo . \u2014 Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "The Terps have their own offensive dynamo in graduate student attacker Aurora Cordingley, who leads the country in points per game (7.7) and ranks second in assists per game (3.2). \u2014 Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com , 17 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"short for dynamo-electric machine, translation of German dynamo-elektrische Maschine ; dynamo-elektrisch, probably by inversion of elektrodynamisch  electrodynamic ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1882, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220600"
  },
  "d\u00e9b\u00e2cle":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a great disaster",
      ": a complete failure : fiasco",
      ": a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river",
      ": a violent disruption (as of an army) : rout"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0113-\u02c8b\u00e4-k\u0259l",
      "di-",
      "-\u02c8ba-",
      "nonstandard"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "apocalypse",
      "calamity",
      "cataclysm",
      "catastrophe",
      "disaster",
      "tragedy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "What a debacle . Next thing he knew, one of the patients would turn up dead. \u2014 T. Coraghessan Boyle , The Road to Wellville , 1993",
      "So what had been intended as an orderly hearing ended in a general debacle , for as soon as Fray Domingo saw his protector dragged toward the exit door, he leaped at the guards and began pummeling them. \u2014 James A. Michener , Texas , 1985",
      "Savings themselves evaporate in the course of such a debacle and thus the very wherewithal for reversing and retrieving the situation is lost \u2026 \u2014 Jane Jacobs , Cities and the Wealth of Nations , 1984",
      "After the debacle of his first novel, he had trouble getting a publisher for his next book.",
      "the financial debacle that was the stock market crash of 1929",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The real legacy of this entire ugly debacle , then, may never be fully known: a palimpsest of stories not told, of justice not sought. \u2014 Jessica Winter, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
      "Don't be surprised if David incorporates this debacle into a future Curb season. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "Having only won one series in Australia for the past three decades, this latest debacle where they were torn to shreds by debutant Scott Boland early on day three of the third Test might be their nadir. \u2014 Tristan Lavalette, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
      "This debacle falls squarely on President Biden\u2019s shoulders, and his poor decision-making has exacerbated an already bad situation. \u2014 WSJ , 1 Sep. 2021",
      "Newsom is the governor by and for all the forces that created this debacle . \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 27 Aug. 2021",
      "However, if the U.S. manages to evacuate all Americans safely, this debacle shouldn\u2019t weigh heavily on the president\u2019s agenda moving forward. \u2014 Ian Bremmer, Time , 20 Aug. 2021",
      "But Zola\u2019s wit and whip-smart intuition carry her through this traumatic two-day debacle . \u2014 Jasmin Hernandez, Harper's BAZAAR , 30 June 2021",
      "A year after the Super League debacle , Florentino P\u00e9rez is back in the Champions League final, having turned a club owned by its members into his personal kingdom. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French d\u00e9b\u00e2cle , from d\u00e9b\u00e2cler to clear, from Middle French desbacler , from des- de- + bacler to block, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *bacculare , from Latin baculum staff",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1802, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-171757"
  },
  "d\u00e9gringolade":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "a rapid decline or deterioration (as in strength, position, or condition) downfall"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02ccd\u0101-\u02ccgra\u207f(\u014b)-g\u0259-\u02c8l\u00e4d",
    "synonyms":[
      "decadence",
      "declension",
      "declination",
      "decline",
      "degeneracy",
      "degeneration",
      "degradation",
      "descent",
      "deterioration",
      "devolution",
      "downfall",
      "downgrade",
      "ebb",
      "eclipse",
      "fall"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "ascent",
      "rise",
      "upswing"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the sad d\u00e9gringolade of the holiday from a solemn day of remembrance to just another excuse to go shopping",
      "a sad d\u00e9gringolade for a theater company that once premiered important American plays"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French, from d\u00e9gringoler to tumble down, from Middle French desgringueler , from des- de- + gringueler to tumble, from Middle Dutch crinkelen to make curl, from crinc, cring ring, circle",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1873, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "d\u00e9mod\u00e9":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": no longer fashionable : out-of-date"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0101-m\u014d-\u02c8d\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "antiquated",
      "archaic",
      "dated",
      "demoded",
      "fossilized",
      "kaput",
      "kaputt",
      "medieval",
      "mediaeval",
      "moribund",
      "mossy",
      "moth-eaten",
      "neolithic",
      "Noachian",
      "obsolete",
      "out-of-date",
      "outdated",
      "outmoded",
      "outworn",
      "pass\u00e9",
      "prehistoric",
      "prehistorical",
      "rusty",
      "Stone Age",
      "superannuated"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "an old-line French restaurant with stodgy food and a d\u00e9mod\u00e9 decor straight out of the 1950s"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French, from d\u00e9- de- + mode ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1873, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221927"
  },
  "disharmonious":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lacking in harmony"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-(\u02cc)h\u00e4r-\u02c8m\u014d-n\u0113-\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1659, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-105532"
  },
  "down-the-line":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": complete"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u1e6fh\u0331\u0259-\u02c8l\u012bn"
    ],
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      "constant",
      "dedicated",
      "devoted",
      "devout",
      "faithful",
      "fast",
      "good",
      "loyal",
      "pious",
      "staunch",
      "stanch",
      "steadfast",
      "steady",
      "true",
      "true-blue"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "disloyal",
      "faithless",
      "false",
      "fickle",
      "inconstant",
      "perfidious",
      "recreant",
      "traitorous",
      "treacherous",
      "unfaithful",
      "untrue"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1926, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-105711"
  },
  "drunkenness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": drunk sense 1",
      ": saturated with liquid",
      ": given to habitual excessive use of alcohol",
      ": of, relating to, or characterized by intoxication",
      ": resulting from or as if from intoxication",
      ": unsteady or lurching as if from alcoholic intoxication",
      ": drunk entry 2 sense 1",
      ": resulting from being drunk",
      ": drunk sense 1",
      ": given to habitual excessive use of alcohol",
      ": of, relating to, or characterized by intoxication",
      ": resulting from or as if from intoxication"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259\u014b-k\u0259n",
      "\u02c8dr\u0259\u014b-k\u0259n",
      "\u02c8dr\u0259\u014b-k\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "besotted",
      "blasted",
      "blind",
      "blitzed",
      "blotto",
      "bombed",
      "boozy",
      "canned",
      "cockeyed",
      "crocked",
      "drunk",
      "fried",
      "gassed",
      "hammered",
      "high",
      "impaired",
      "inebriate",
      "inebriated",
      "intoxicated",
      "juiced",
      "lit",
      "lit up",
      "loaded",
      "looped",
      "oiled",
      "pickled",
      "pie-eyed",
      "plastered",
      "potted",
      "ripped",
      "sloshed",
      "smashed",
      "sottish",
      "soused",
      "sozzled",
      "squiffed",
      "squiffy",
      "stewed",
      "stiff",
      "stinking",
      "stoned",
      "tanked",
      "tiddly",
      "tight",
      "tipsy",
      "wasted",
      "wet",
      "wiped out"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "sober",
      "straight"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The streets were filled with drunken revelers on New Year's Eve.",
      "He lives in an apartment with his drunken mother.",
      "He fell into a drunken stupor.",
      "A drunken brawl broke out at the bar.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "June 3 received a call about a possible drunken driver. \u2014 cleveland , 10 June 2022",
      "Kong Her\u2019s religious faith has been challenged since a drunken driver killed his brother, an off-duty Milwaukee police officer, in 2019. \u2014 Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 May 2022",
      "Geronemus\u2019 late father, Dr. Robert Perry Geronemus, was struck and killed by a drunken driver in 2009. \u2014 Emmett Hall, Sun Sentinel , 12 May 2022",
      "In the parking lot sat the team's traveling van, which was totaled by a drunken driver about a week before the storm hit. \u2014 Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "And after a drunken driver struck Bruce Mezan and his motorcycle in 2020, Mezan embarked on a quest to educate others about the dangers of driving under the influence. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Bentley is the name of a child in Missouri whose parents were also killed by a drunken driver. \u2014 Allison Prang, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The bill includes the names of the children of Nicholas Galinger, a Chattanooga police officer who was struck and killed three years ago by a drunken driver. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "But a drunken driver killed Clarence White in Palmdale, Calif., in 1973, and Roland evolved after the tragedy to a new musical direction, with pioneering bluegrass band Country Gazette. \u2014 Steve Knopper, Billboard , 6 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old English druncen , from past participle of drincan to drink",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-110547"
  },
  "drop-off":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a very steep or perpendicular descent",
      ": a marked dwindling or decline",
      ": the act or an instance of making a usually brief deposit or delivery",
      ": to fall asleep"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4p-\u02cc\u022ff",
      "\u02ccdr\u00e4p-\u02c8\u022ff"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abatement",
      "decline",
      "decrease",
      "decrement",
      "dent",
      "depletion",
      "depression",
      "diminishment",
      "diminution",
      "drop",
      "fall",
      "falloff",
      "loss",
      "reduction",
      "shrinkage",
      "step-down"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "boost",
      "enlargement",
      "gain",
      "increase",
      "increment",
      "raise",
      "rise",
      "step-up",
      "uptick"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "my interest in photography has dropped off over the years"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1923, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1812, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-110816"
  },
  "dozing":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to sleep lightly",
      ": to fall into a light sleep",
      ": to be in a dull or stupefied condition",
      ": to pass (time) drowsily",
      ": bulldoze sense 2",
      ": to sleep lightly",
      ": to fall asleep",
      ": a light sleep"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u014dz",
      "\u02c8d\u014dz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Surrounded by antique stores and art galleries, dogs doze in the sun while their owners feast on wine and pasta. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 19 May 2022",
      "Tell ghost stories or don\u2019t, drink or don\u2019t, ditch your tent and sleep under the stars, doze off under the stars and crawl into your tent at two in the morning. \u2014 Blair Braverman, Outside Online , 23 June 2021",
      "Putin could be seen on camera during NBC\u2019s broadcast of the winter games sitting by himself and appearing to briefly doze off according to some onlookers. \u2014 Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News , 5 Feb. 2022",
      "But it\u2019s also just four people chatting in the park \u2014 about politics, movies, family, the weather \u2014 while a dog at their feet studies the pigeons and the passing toddlers doze in their strollers. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Nov. 2021",
      "Republicans have also been quick to point to any video of Biden stumbling over his words or appearing to doze off during events as evidence of the president's senility; Democrats employed a similar tactic when Trump was in the White House. \u2014 Max Ufberg, Fortune , 4 Nov. 2021",
      "Each villa also comes with a retractable roof, so kids can doze off beneath the stars. \u2014 Kris Fordham, CNN , 13 June 2021",
      "It is performed for supine audiences who are encouraged to doze off during the proceedings. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 Mar. 2021",
      "At the New York City Fire Department\u2019s training academy, lessons can last as long as six hours and trainees will tell you it\u2019s not uncommon for people to doze off during class. \u2014 Rebecca Liebson, New York Times , 30 Apr. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb (1)",
      "1677, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a",
      "Verb (2)",
      "1945, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-113120"
  },
  "documentary":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": being or consisting of documents : contained or certified in writing",
      ": of, relating to, or employing documentation (see documentation sense 2 ) in literature or art",
      ": factual , objective",
      ": a presentation (such as a film or novel) expressing or dealing with factual events : a documentary presentation",
      ": a film that tells the facts about something",
      ": being, consisting of, or contained in documents"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u00e4-ky\u0259-\u02c8men-t\u0259-r\u0113",
      "-\u02c8men-tr\u0113",
      "-ky\u00fc-",
      "\u02ccd\u00e4-ky\u0259-\u02c8men-t\u0259-r\u0113",
      "-\u02c8men-tr\u0113",
      "\u02ccd\u00e4-ky\u0259-\u02c8men-t\u0259-r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "factual",
      "hard",
      "historical",
      "literal",
      "matter-of-fact",
      "nonfictional",
      "objective",
      "true"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "fictional",
      "fictionalized",
      "fictitious",
      "nondocumentary",
      "nonfactual",
      "nonhistorical",
      "unhistorical"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "You must present documentary proof of your residence.",
      "a documentary film about the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor",
      "Noun",
      "We watched a documentary on the early history of jazz.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Since 2015, our collaboration has brought to life 35 documentary film projects, nurturing a new generation of filmmakers, many of whom are from underrepresented groups. \u2014 Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 June 2022",
      "Founded in 2010, CDFF is a five-day celebration of the art of documentary film, at venues in and around the century village of Chagrin Falls. \u2014 Joan Rusek, cleveland , 1 June 2022",
      "Purja\u2019s record vaulted him to international recognition, and in 2021 a documentary film chronicling his expedition aired on Netflix. \u2014 Ben Ayers, Outside Online , 29 May 2022",
      "Cannes Film Market sidebar Cannes Docs has kicked off as new stats show documentary film in Europe is thriving with the number of productions nearly back to pre-pandemic levels. \u2014 Lise Pedersen, Variety , 23 May 2022",
      "Directed by French filmmaker Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, the documentary series follows the case beat-by-beat, from the perspective of Peterson, his family, and his defense team, led by attorney David Rudolf. \u2014 Emma Dibdin, Town & Country , 4 June 2022",
      "Latin genres such as reggaeton, trap en espa\u00f1ol, cumbia, and bachata continue to be among the most popular on the planet, and now MTV Entertainment Studios wants to dive into some of the stories behind the music through a new documentary series. \u2014 Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone , 20 May 2022",
      "Babylon\u2019 13, an independent film collective formed at the beginning of the Ukraine uprising in 2013 that produced the 2015 documentary series Winter That Changed Us, reformed following the Russian invasion. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022",
      "By the time Michael went to trial, Lestrade was already filming what would become his epic 13-episode documentary series. \u2014 Amy Mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Co-productions are the lifeblood of the documentary making process and as always, the event is highlighting this aspect. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 17 June 2022",
      "Diving into 70 years of alleged abuse within the Boy Scouts of America and the organization\u2019s failure to protect the boys entrusted to them, this documentary has firsthand accounts from survivors about their experiences and journey for justice. \u2014 Olivia Mccormack, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
      "The documentary is timelier than ever, of course, with the Supreme Court\u2019s expected ruling that would effectively reverse Roe v. Wade likely to arrive any day. \u2014 Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 June 2022",
      "Jennifer Lopez takes it to the stage at Super Bowl LIV in this behind-the-scenes documentary . \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 12 June 2022",
      "Jennifer Lopez takes it to the stage at Super Bowl LIV in this behind-the-scenes documentary . \u2014 Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
      "The documentary is something of a love letter to the city of Chicago, a hub of civil rights, anti-war and women\u2019s rights organizing. \u2014 Lisa Tozzi, Rolling Stone , 7 June 2022",
      "This inspiring documentary about a Memphis high school team trying to break its 110-year losing streak went on to win at the 2012 Oscars. \u2014 Annie O\u2019sullivan, Good Housekeeping , 7 June 2022",
      "To learn more about BOOMBOX Boxing Club, watch this brief documentary produced by Magenta Edge, a T-Mobile for Business initiative created to help small businesses get ahead. \u2014 Forbes , 6 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1802, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1935, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-115254"
  },
  "driblet":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a trifling or small sum or part",
      ": a drop of liquid"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drib-l\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ace",
      "bit",
      "crumb",
      "dab",
      "dram",
      "glimmer",
      "hint",
      "lick",
      "little",
      "mite",
      "nip",
      "ounce",
      "particle",
      "peanuts",
      "ray",
      "scintilla",
      "scruple",
      "shade",
      "shadow",
      "shred",
      "skosh",
      "smack",
      "smell",
      "smidgen",
      "smidgeon",
      "smidgin",
      "smidge",
      "snap",
      "soup\u00e7on",
      "spark",
      "spatter",
      "speck",
      "splash",
      "spot",
      "sprinkling",
      "strain",
      "streak",
      "suspicion",
      "tad",
      "touch",
      "trace"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "money doled out in driblets to the workers",
      "rain leaked through the roof in solitary driblets here and there"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1615, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-115638"
  },
  "decorum":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": literary and dramatic propriety : fitness",
      ": propriety and good taste in conduct or appearance",
      ": orderliness",
      ": the conventions of polite behavior",
      ": proper behavior"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8k\u022fr-\u0259m",
      "di-\u02c8k\u022fr-\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "decency",
      "form",
      "propriety"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "impropriety",
      "indecency",
      "indecorum"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "He has no sense of decorum .",
      "high standards of decorum are usually required when attending the opera",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Blasting through local rules of decorum , Freddie\u2019s exuberance is a spark of vitality. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022",
      "In the main room, scalloped with marble basins, there was a semblance of decorum , but in the side rooms, the men were young and frisky. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
      "To be fair, both to those modern advocates of decorum and to Bode, the original British pronunciation (and the original original Greek) are much closer to the former than the latter. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
      "Some have tried to run campaigns on reason and decorum , but not those with name recognition, real campaign money or a chance. \u2014 John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al , 18 May 2022",
      "If social-media commentary and public speakers at the next meeting were any indication, the public overwhelmingly sides with Mr. Crowl and decorum , not with Ms. Ryder. \u2014 WSJ , 18 May 2022",
      "New rules for public commenters At the September school board meeting, the board approved revisions to its public comment bylaw and added a new policy on civility and decorum . \u2014 Mj Slaby, The Indianapolis Star , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "Churci, in his formal resignation letter dated Oct. 11, bemoaned the loss of civility and decorum . \u2014 Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic , 13 Oct. 2021",
      "While the public remains skeptical, with a majority of people opposed to holding the Games this year, any protests have been muted in this country known for its public order and decorum . \u2014 Yuri Kageyama, ajc , 6 July 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin, from neuter of decorus \u2014 see decorous ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1568, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-121221"
  },
  "dripping":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": fat and juices drawn from meat during cooking"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dri-pi\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "He cooked a turkey and made gravy from the drippings .",
      "Pour the dripping from the pan.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The loudest sound was the random dripping as mist accumulated and fell from the tips of pine needles. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 May 2022",
      "Down a pathway from the satisfying dripping of red wax and the bubbling pools of mash that usually entertain tour groups at Maker's Mark Distillery sits a cozy, unassuming cottage. \u2014 Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Other sounds said to trigger tingling are people eating crunchy foods like pickles, paper tearing, water dripping , hair brushing, humming, chewing, buzzing and purring. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "The percussive dripping of water echoes in the empty halls, and the white sun is viewed through a perpetual fog. \u2014 Jeva Lange, The Week , 25 Dec. 2021",
      "The shepherd falls ill, and as he is nursed by his companions, the dripping of water into his mouth from a cloth mimics the rivulets of water that run down the cave walls and collect in little pools on it natural platforms. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 4 Sep. 2021",
      "Many say that although the towels look thin, the terry cloth fabric absorbs water and liquids without any dripping . \u2014 Taylor Lane, Southern Living , 17 June 2021",
      "These can be as subtle as the buzzing of flies or the dripping of water, to more aggressive enemy noises emanating from horrific, puppetlike villains. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Apr. 2021",
      "The valves provide a smooth turning action to avoid dripping or leaks. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 11 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-121859"
  },
  "dereliction":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an intentional abandonment",
      ": the state of being abandoned",
      ": a recession of water leaving permanently dry land",
      ": intentional or conscious neglect : delinquency",
      ": fault , shortcoming",
      ": an intentional abandonment",
      ": a state of being abandoned",
      ": a recession of water leaving permanently dry land",
      ": an intentional or conscious neglect"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccder-\u0259-\u02c8lik-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccde-r\u0259-",
      "\u02ccder-\u0259-\u02c8lik-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abandonment",
      "desertion",
      "forsaking"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "reclamation"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the dereliction of a cause by its leaders",
      "The officer was formally charged with dereliction of duty .",
      "a serious dereliction of duty",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Considering hearing that, that was a dereliction of duty. \u2014 NBC News , 12 June 2022",
      "Less than two months later, Russo and two aides each plead guilty to dereliction of duty to settle charges stemming from the audit. \u2014 cleveland , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Mills was found guilty on Sept. 10 for dereliction of duty and falsification. \u2014 cleveland , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "Two counts for dereliction in the performance of duties and failure to obey order or regulation. \u2014 Calvin Shomaker, USA TODAY , 16 Oct. 2021",
      "Lucas McConnell is charged with dereliction of duty. \u2014 CNN , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "To ignore the crisis of global biodiversity now that its true extent has crystallized would be a dereliction . \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "Liu, however, doubled down on her threat, advising administrators at the University of Kansas that there was serious dereliction regarding the authorship of a recent article. \u2014 The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Almost 150 years have passed since Nora slammed that door, but the sound of a woman\u2019s dereliction still alarms us \u2014 and thrills us. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-123844"
  },
  "deliberation":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of thinking about or discussing something and deciding carefully : the act of deliberating",
      ": a discussion and consideration by a group of persons (such as a jury or legislature) of the reasons for and against a measure",
      ": the quality or state of being deliberate",
      ": careful thought : consideration",
      ": the quality of being deliberate",
      ": the act of deliberating \u2014 compare premeditation",
      ": a discussion and consideration by a group of persons (as a jury or legislature) of the reasons for or against a measure",
      ": the quality or state of being deliberate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02ccli-b\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "di-\u02ccli-b\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "di-\u02ccli-b\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "account",
      "advisement",
      "consideration",
      "debate",
      "reflection",
      "study",
      "thought"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "After hours of deliberation , the council came to a decision.",
      "Jury deliberations lasted two days.",
      "She spoke to the audience with clarity and deliberation .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Mustangs coach Zach Ivester said there was deliberation about bringing Pyles back after four days of rest and that the senior left-hander was ready to go. \u2014 Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal , 29 May 2022",
      "The case is now in the hands of the jury for deliberation . \u2014 Amy Haneline, USA TODAY , 27 May 2022",
      "The trial is expected to end on May 27, when it will be turned over to the jury for deliberation . \u2014 Marisa Dellatto, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
      "However, in light of the new information and legal questions, Jones referred the appointment to committee for deliberation . \u2014 Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "The jury\u2014 which is made up of six women and six men, many from Northern Michigan \u2014 re-entered its chamber for deliberation around 8:40 a.m. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "For the first time, there is serious public deliberation on the disparities in health, schooling, access to universities and wealth that persist along racial lines. \u2014 Aldon Morris, Scientific American , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "After six weeks of testimony and three days of deliberation , the seven-person jury in the Depp v. Heard defamation case delivered its verdict today. \u2014 Liam Hess, Vogue , 1 June 2022",
      "Johnny Depp and Amber Heard on Friday, but after a couple hours of deliberation decided to resume their work after the holiday weekend. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 28 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see deliberate  entry 2 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-124746"
  },
  "decide":{
    "type":[
      "noun,",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make a final choice or judgment about",
      ": to select as a course of action",
      ": to infer on the basis of evidence : conclude",
      ": to fix the course or outcome of (something)",
      ": to bring to a definitive end",
      ": to induce to come to a choice",
      ": to make a choice or judgment",
      ": to make a judgment on",
      ": to bring to an end in a particular way",
      ": to make a choice especially after careful thought",
      ": to determine (as a case or issue) by making a decision (as a final judgment) : adjudicate sense 1 \u2014 compare find , hold",
      ": to make a decision"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8s\u012bd",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8s\u012bd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "choose",
      "conclude",
      "determine",
      "figure",
      "name",
      "opt",
      "resolve",
      "settle (on "
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The central bank is expected to announce a half-percent interest rate hike, but based on last week\u2019s news that inflation rose at the fastest pace in 40 years, the Fed could decide to go higher. \u2014 Andrew Torgan, CNN , 12 June 2022",
      "Backstage, one performer, dressed in a full bodysuit that\u2019s yellow speckled with blue, white and pink paint, is trying to decide on what shoes to wear. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
      "First, choose from the fun size or the party box, then decide on a sweet or sour candy profile. \u2014 Nicole Charky-chami, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 May 2022",
      "While the 5th Circuit Court didn\u2019t explain its decision, the ruling seemed to support Texas Republicans\u2019 argument that individual users\u2019 right to be heard on social media platforms could trump tech companies\u2019 right to decide which posts to display. \u2014 Will Oremus, Washington Post , 30 May 2022",
      "The board is expected to decide on the recommendations during its Thursday meeting. \u2014 Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press , 24 May 2022",
      "Federal regulators are expected to decide on a new COVID-19 vaccine design in early July, which would allow vaccine companies to begin production for rollout this fall and winter. \u2014 Arielle Mitropoulos, ABC News , 23 May 2022",
      "To introduce a new product to the market, marketers choose the most suitable messages and decide on product positioning. \u2014 Jessica Wong, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "Neighboring Sweden is set to decide on its NATO stance today at a meeting of the governing Social Democratic Party led by Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson. \u2014 Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 15 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin decidere , literally, to cut off, from de- + caedere to cut",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-124908"
  },
  "dispassionate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": not influenced by strong feeling",
      ": not affected by personal or emotional involvement",
      ": not influenced by strong feeling or personal involvement : calm , impartial"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8pa-sh(\u0259-)n\u0259t",
      "dis-\u02c8pa-sh\u0259-n\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "candid",
      "disinterested",
      "equal",
      "equitable",
      "evenhanded",
      "fair",
      "impartial",
      "indifferent",
      "just",
      "nonpartisan",
      "objective",
      "square",
      "unbiased",
      "unprejudiced"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "biased",
      "ex parte",
      "inequitable",
      "nonobjective",
      "one-sided",
      "partial",
      "parti pris",
      "partisan",
      "prejudiced",
      "unjust"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Journalists aim to be dispassionate observers.",
      "He spoke in a dispassionate tone about the accident.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Instead, as translated by my colleague Jeong Park, voice actors repeat in a dispassionate tone, nearly line for line, his English-language ads addressing crime, homelessness and his general coolness. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
      "Its middle section features a dispassionate narrator reciting facts about Romanian history. \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Jasiri X said having honest, dispassionate conversations can help. \u2014 David D. Haynes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Virtue can be superficial, and the film adaptation sharpens the point by adding that the money that\u2019s solidified the Van Allens\u2019 place in society comes from drone warfare, where homicide is both utterly dispassionate and totally legal. \u2014 Amy Nicholson, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Taylor circles these characters with a probing, dispassionate eye, and her account of aging suggests that literature may, in fact, be a more crucial form for the old than for the young. \u2014 Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "Andersson paints her as an unusually rational and dispassionate person. \u2014 Agnes Callard, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "The future of leadership isn\u2019t dispassionate calculation. \u2014 Gautam Mukunda, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "Far from a dispassionate legal analysis, the document from Barnhill reads like a preview of the arguments that the trio\u2019s criminal-defense attorneys would raise at the murder trial. \u2014 Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone , 7 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1594, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-125756"
  },
  "delusive":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": likely to delude",
      ": constituting a delusion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8l\u00fc-siv",
      "-\u02c8l\u00fc-ziv",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beguiling",
      "deceitful",
      "deceiving",
      "deceptive",
      "deluding",
      "delusory",
      "fallacious",
      "false",
      "misleading",
      "specious"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "aboveboard",
      "forthright",
      "nondeceptive",
      "straightforward"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "delusive promises of high-paying jobs for the illegal immigrants",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Many less attractive traits are also recorded: Charles could be uncommunicative and dilatory, evasive and mendacious, refractory, vindictive, obstinate, even outright wicked, though self- delusive about the motives of others. \u2014 R.j.w. Evans, The New York Review of Books , 11 June 2020",
      "Many less attractive traits are also recorded: Charles could be uncommunicative and dilatory, evasive and mendacious, refractory, vindictive, obstinate, even outright wicked, though self- delusive about the motives of others. \u2014 R.j.w. Evans, The New York Review of Books , 11 June 2020",
      "Many less attractive traits are also recorded: Charles could be uncommunicative and dilatory, evasive and mendacious, refractory, vindictive, obstinate, even outright wicked, though self- delusive about the motives of others. \u2014 R.j.w. Evans, The New York Review of Books , 11 June 2020",
      "Many less attractive traits are also recorded: Charles could be uncommunicative and dilatory, evasive and mendacious, refractory, vindictive, obstinate, even outright wicked, though self- delusive about the motives of others. \u2014 R.j.w. Evans, The New York Review of Books , 11 June 2020",
      "Many less attractive traits are also recorded: Charles could be uncommunicative and dilatory, evasive and mendacious, refractory, vindictive, obstinate, even outright wicked, though self- delusive about the motives of others. \u2014 R.j.w. Evans, The New York Review of Books , 11 June 2020",
      "Many less attractive traits are also recorded: Charles could be uncommunicative and dilatory, evasive and mendacious, refractory, vindictive, obstinate, even outright wicked, though self- delusive about the motives of others. \u2014 R.j.w. Evans, The New York Review of Books , 11 June 2020",
      "Many less attractive traits are also recorded: Charles could be uncommunicative and dilatory, evasive and mendacious, refractory, vindictive, obstinate, even outright wicked, though self- delusive about the motives of others. \u2014 R.j.w. Evans, The New York Review of Books , 11 June 2020",
      "Much of formal education over the past 50 years or so, especially in the humanities, has become a delusive exercise in mass evasion of this discomfiting truth. \u2014 Tracy Lee Simmons, National Review , 15 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-131855"
  },
  "diagnosis":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the art or act of identifying a disease from its signs and symptoms",
      ": the decision reached by diagnosis",
      ": investigation or analysis of the cause or nature of a condition, situation, or problem",
      ": a statement or conclusion from such an analysis",
      ": a concise technical description of a taxon",
      ": the act of recognizing a disease from its signs and symptoms",
      ": the conclusion that is reached following examination and testing",
      ": the art or act of identifying a disease from its signs and symptoms",
      ": the decision reached by diagnosis",
      ": a concise technical description of a taxon"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u012b-ig-\u02c8n\u014d-s\u0259s",
      "-\u0259g-",
      "\u02ccd\u012b-\u0259g-\u02c8n\u014d-s\u0259s",
      "\u02ccd\u012b-ig-\u02c8n\u014d-s\u0259s, -\u0259g-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "award",
      "call",
      "conclusion",
      "decision",
      "deliverance",
      "determination",
      "judgment",
      "judgement",
      "opinion",
      "resolution",
      "verdict"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The unusual combination of symptoms made accurate diagnosis difficult.",
      "She is an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases.",
      "The diagnosis was a mild concussion.",
      "His doctor made an initial diagnosis of pneumonia.",
      "The committee published its diagnosis of the problems affecting urban schools.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Biopharma can see significant benefits with SaMD around diagnosis , disease management and medication adherence. \u2014 Forbes , 2 June 2022",
      "The 50-minute show details their struggles with the diagnosis , labeling and social challenges and the mother\u2019s guilt and resentment and their triumphs and trauma. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2022",
      "After ordering a series of CT scans, Mock\u2019s next doctor gave him a sobering diagnosis : late-stage oropharyngeal cancer, better known as throat cancer. \u2014 USA Today , 23 May 2022",
      "There\u2019s the typical family drama, but the crux of the storyline is the confirmation of Rebecca\u2019s upcoming dementia diagnosis , which comes near the close of the hour. \u2014 Mike Rose, cleveland , 12 May 2022",
      "After ordering a series of CT scans, Mock\u2019s next doctor gave him a sobering diagnosis : late-stage oropharyngeal cancer, better known as throat cancer. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 5 May 2022",
      "Roberts reveals partner Amber Laign's breast cancer diagnosis : Hollywood is ignoring tween girls. \u2014 Erin Jensen, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Many require a medical diagnosis of infertility, defined in heterosexual terms, or proof that the individual/couple is unable to conceive children through intercourse. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "In the overwhelming majority of cases, the shots turn a positive diagnosis (breakthrough infection) into a few days of unpleasantness rather than a life-threatening event. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 13 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"New Latin, from Greek diagn\u014dsis , from diagign\u014dskein to distinguish, from dia- + gign\u014dskein to know \u2014 more at know ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1634, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-132816"
  },
  "derogation":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cause to seem inferior : disparage",
      ": to take away a part so as to impair : detract",
      ": to act beneath one's position or character"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8der-\u0259-\u02ccg\u0101t",
      "\u02c8de-r\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bad-mouth",
      "belittle",
      "cry down",
      "decry",
      "denigrate",
      "deprecate",
      "depreciate",
      "diminish",
      "dis",
      "diss",
      "discount",
      "dismiss",
      "disparage",
      "kiss off",
      "minimize",
      "play down",
      "poor-mouth",
      "put down",
      "run down",
      "talk down",
      "trash",
      "trash-talk",
      "vilipend",
      "write off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "acclaim",
      "applaud",
      "exalt",
      "extol",
      "extoll",
      "glorify",
      "laud",
      "magnify",
      "praise"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The title of the book derogates the people it is about.",
      "Her parents are constantly derogating her achievements."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Late Latin derogatus , past participle of derogare , from Latin, to annul (a law), detract, from de- + rogare to ask, propose (a law) \u2014 more at right ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-133121"
  },
  "decompression":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to release from pressure or compression",
      ": to convert (something, such as a compressed file or signal) to an expanded or original size",
      ": to undergo release from pressure",
      ": relax",
      ": to release from pressure or compression"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113-k\u0259m-\u02c8pres",
      "\u02ccd\u0113-k\u0259m-\u02c8pres"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chill",
      "chill out",
      "de-stress",
      "loosen up",
      "mellow (out)",
      "relax",
      "unwind",
      "wind down"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "tense (up)"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Once pressure was released, the vertebrae decompressed .",
      "The file must be decompressed before it can be read.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Hiking can also be a great way to decompress with some alone time\u2014or a way to add in some social connection. \u2014 Emilia Benton, SELF , 8 June 2022",
      "Now that everyone has had more than a month to decompress after the season, are guys organizing outings or workouts together? \u2014 Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
      "But there are other ways to decompress that might be better for your long term wellbeing than a nightly glass or two of vino. \u2014 Kat Eschner, Fortune , 7 May 2022",
      "Lucas Raymond ended his extraordinary rookie season with an assist and a celebration \u2014 and a need to decompress . \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 5 May 2022",
      "This could entail mental health days off, subscriptions to well-being apps and fitness centers or closing down for a week, so that everyone can decompress . \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
      "After a show, Nicol likes to decompress in an apartment with a stellar view. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Or decompress with a stay at the fun Graduate Roosevelt Island, which opened earlier this year as the first hotel on the city's neighborhood island. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "Swiatek is looking forward to a chance to decompress and to comprehend all that has happened lately. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1905, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-133131"
  },
  "dummy up":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to say nothing : clam up"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "belt up",
      "clam up",
      "dry up",
      "hush",
      "pipe down",
      "quiet (down)",
      "shut up"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "speak",
      "talk"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "all of a sudden the suspect just dummied up and demanded the presence of an attorney"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1926, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-140645"
  },
  "dim-wittedness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": not intelligent : stupid"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dim-\u02c8wi-t\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "airheaded",
      "birdbrained",
      "bonehead",
      "boneheaded",
      "brain-dead",
      "brainless",
      "bubbleheaded",
      "chuckleheaded",
      "dense",
      "dim",
      "doltish",
      "dopey",
      "dopy",
      "dorky",
      "dull",
      "dumb",
      "dunderheaded",
      "empty-headed",
      "fatuous",
      "gormless",
      "half-witted",
      "knuckleheaded",
      "lamebrain",
      "lamebrained",
      "lunkheaded",
      "mindless",
      "oafish",
      "obtuse",
      "opaque",
      "pinheaded",
      "senseless",
      "simple",
      "slow",
      "slow-witted",
      "soft",
      "softheaded",
      "stupid",
      "thick",
      "thick-witted",
      "thickheaded",
      "unintelligent",
      "unsmart",
      "vacuous",
      "weak-minded",
      "witless"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "apt",
      "brainy",
      "bright",
      "brilliant",
      "clever",
      "fast",
      "hyperintelligent",
      "intelligent",
      "keen",
      "nimble",
      "quick",
      "quick-witted",
      "sharp",
      "sharp-witted",
      "smart",
      "supersmart",
      "ultrasmart"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1934, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-141745"
  },
  "descendant":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": moving or directed downward",
      ": proceeding from an ancestor or source",
      ": one originating or coming from an ancestral stock or source : one descended from another",
      ": one deriving directly from a precursor or prototype",
      ": someone related to a person or group of people who lived at an earlier time",
      ": a thing that comes from something that existed at an earlier time",
      ": a blood relative of a later generation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sen-d\u0259nt",
      "di-\u02c8sen-d\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bowed",
      "bowing",
      "declined",
      "declining",
      "descending",
      "drooping",
      "droopy",
      "hanging",
      "hung",
      "inclining",
      "nodding",
      "pendulous",
      "sagging",
      "stooping",
      "weeping"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "unbending",
      "upright"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "the descendant branches of a weeping willow",
      "Noun",
      "One of the famous inventor's descendants is also an inventor.",
      "Many people in this area are descendants of German immigrants.",
      "Recent evidence supports the theory that birds are the modern descendants of dinosaurs.",
      "The Italian language is one of Latin's descendants .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Three descendant corgis \u2014 Holly, Monty and Willow \u2014 appeared alongside the queen and James Bond in a skit for the opening of the 2012 London Olympics. \u2014 Karla Adam, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
      "Recognizing the direct descendant relationship between the ancient painters and the present-day guides proves critical to appreciating the Hills\u2019 significance. \u2014 Chadd Scott, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "Another two represent the National Trust and have supported the efforts to include the descendant community. \u2014 Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post , 16 May 2022",
      "Wayne led the first genetic studies proposing the ancestor- descendant relationship between the two species and more recently was one of the 30 co-authors of the latest study, published in PLOS Genetics, that debunked that notion. \u2014 Virginia Morell, Scientific American , 1 July 2015",
      "Ultimately, the archaeologists and descendant community hope to better protect the site from amateur collectors. \u2014 Matt Stirn, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Spanish Fort resident Lum Morrison, Bill Morrison\u2019s nephew and oldest living descendant , received the flag from his seat on the front row, nearest the coffin. \u2014 J.d. Crowe | Jdcrowe@al.com, al , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "But repatriation also requires participation from descendant communities. \u2014 Megan Gannon, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Luyu Tully is a Miwok woman whose rootlessness in the 1850s is echoed by her descendant Laila, who flees her home, an abusive relationship and a waitressing job in Northern California 170 years later. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "His name was Thomas Welsby Clark, the son of wealthy sheep ranchers and a descendant of Scottish immigrants. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
      "His name was Thomas Welsby Clark, the son of wealthy sheep ranchers and a descendant of Scottish immigrants. \u2014 Oscar Schwartz, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
      "Moderna thinks the dominant strain this fall could be a familiar one: omicron, delta or a descendant of either of the two. \u2014 NBC News , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Media reviews cemented the verdict for this son of an Episcopal priest and descendant of slaves. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Feb. 2022",
      "Historians, Native American leaders and a descendant of Capt. \u2014 Rick Green, courant.com , 17 Nov. 2021",
      "Helmer, whose district includes Fairfax and Prince William counties, is an Army veteran and the descendant of Holocaust survivors. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "French elites, including a descendant of one of the wealthiest slaveholders in Haiti\u2019s history, controlled Haiti\u2019s national bank from the French capital. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
      "Muslims believe the Arabic Quran is the direct speech of God revealed to Muhammad, son of Abdullah, a direct descendant of Ismail, the son of Abraham. \u2014 Manal Aman, Woman's Day , 19 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1569, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-141822"
  },
  "darned":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adjective or adverb",
      "interjection",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to mend with interlacing stitches",
      ": to embroider by filling in with long running or interlacing stitches",
      ": to do darning",
      ": a place that has been darned",
      ": damned",
      ": damn",
      ": damn",
      ": to mend by sewing",
      ": very bad"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4rn",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4rn",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4rn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "sew",
      "stitch",
      "suture"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "accursed",
      "accurst",
      "blasted",
      "confounded",
      "cursed",
      "curst",
      "cussed",
      "damnable",
      "dang",
      "danged",
      "darned",
      "durned",
      "deuced",
      "doggone",
      "doggoned",
      "freaking",
      "infernal"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb (1)",
      "circa 1600, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun (1)",
      "1720, in the meaning defined above",
      "Adjective or adverb",
      "1781, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb (2)",
      "1781, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1840, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-142715"
  },
  "diagonally":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in a diagonal manner"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u012b-\u02c8a-g\u0259-n\u0259-l\u0113",
      "-\u02c8ag-n\u0259-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "athwart",
      "bias",
      "cornerways",
      "cornerwise",
      "crossways",
      "crosswise",
      "kitty-corner",
      "catty-corner",
      "catercorner",
      "kitty-cornered",
      "catty-cornered",
      "catercornered",
      "obliquely",
      "transversely"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "placed two strips of pimiento diagonally on each deviled egg",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Poles extend up diagonally from the base to provide a hanging hook for the hammock at each end of the stand. \u2014 Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens , 17 May 2022",
      "Despite being smaller diagonally than the P17's 17.3-inch screen, the P16's 16:10 display is the same height. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 17 May 2022",
      "An unusual aspect to the panel in this model is that the main display measures 14.5 inches diagonally . \u2014 Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG , 9 May 2022",
      "Today, O'Hare has eight runways -- six parallel to each other and two that run diagonally . \u2014 Jacopo Prisco, CNN , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Beginning April 20, 2022, Jupiter, Venus, Mars, and Saturn will line up diagonally across the early morning sky, during which time Venus and Jupiter, the sky\u2019s two brightest planets, will appear to inch closer toward each other, according to NASA. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "The two images can be separated vertically or horizontally (or even diagonally ). \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "White Oak Bayou Greenway starts in north downtown and stretches diagonally through the Heights. \u2014 Emma Balter, Chron , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "The first person to get five across, up and down, or diagonally wins! \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 13 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1541, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-142725"
  },
  "dustup":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": row , fight"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259st-\u02cc\u0259p"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "battle",
      "clash",
      "combat",
      "conflict",
      "contest",
      "fight",
      "fracas",
      "fray",
      "hassle",
      "scrap",
      "scrimmage",
      "scrum",
      "scuffle",
      "skirmish",
      "struggle",
      "tussle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "He had a dustup with a guy in the bar.",
      "he came home with a black eye from the dustup at the bar",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Jaylen Brown had no problem going right at Green, hitting some tough shots over him following their dustup in Game 2. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
      "Little will be mentioned, or perhaps remembered, about Sunday night besides the Smith-Rock dustup . \u2014 Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "The dustup comes as recent polls have shown growing frustration with Biden's handling of Ukraine, even while most Americans favor specific steps the president has taken. \u2014 Libby Cathey, ABC News , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "There was the in-game dustup between Butler and Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, and to put that incident to rest and shoot down any talk of Butler wanting out, a deep playoff run is necessary. \u2014 Matt Eppers, USA TODAY , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "This all comes amid the latest dustup between Cox and Carlson. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "The Point: This latest dustup with the RNC looks more like the rule than the exception for McConnell in the coming months. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "As Larson celebrated his Cup Series-high sixth points win of the season, Hendrick Motorsports teammate Elliott jawed with Harvick following their on-track dustup at Bristol Motor Speedway. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 26 Sep. 2021",
      "As Larson celebrated his Cup Series-high sixth points victory of the season, Hendrick Motorsports teammate Elliott jawed with Harvick following their on-track dustup at Bristol Motor Speedway. \u2014 Jenna Fryer, orlandosentinel.com , 25 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1897, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-151038"
  },
  "drubbing":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to beat severely",
      ": to berate critically",
      ": to defeat decisively",
      ": drum , stamp",
      ": to beat severely",
      ": to defeat completely"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259b",
      "\u02c8dr\u0259b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bash",
      "baste",
      "bat",
      "batter",
      "beat",
      "belabor",
      "belt",
      "birch",
      "bludgeon",
      "buffet",
      "bung up",
      "club",
      "curry",
      "do",
      "fib",
      "flog",
      "hammer",
      "hide",
      "lace",
      "lambaste",
      "lambast",
      "lash",
      "lather",
      "lick",
      "maul",
      "mess (up)",
      "paddle",
      "pelt",
      "pommel",
      "pound",
      "pummel",
      "punch out",
      "rough (up)",
      "slate",
      "slog",
      "switch",
      "tan",
      "thrash",
      "thresh",
      "thump",
      "tromp",
      "wallop",
      "whale",
      "whip",
      "whop",
      "whap",
      "whup",
      "work over"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a crowd was drubbing the purse snatcher when the police arrived on the scene",
      "we drubbed our traditional football rivals so badly that it was basically no contest",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This isn\u2019t the first time Kansas completely morphed in the second half this tournament, having trailed Miami (Fla.) by six in the first half of the Sweet 16 and then coming back to drub the Hurricanes by 26. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "The Trojans might have found something during Williams\u2019 first game as coach, as USC scored 38 second-half point to drub Washington State. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "Baylor inched one step closer to cutting down the nets as the best team in the sport, riding Butler's hot shooting to drub Houston 78-59 and reach the men's national championship game. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 3 Apr. 2021",
      "Kevin Brown gives up five runs on five hits in the second inning and the San Francisco Giants go on to drub the Dodgers 9-2 on opening day. \u2014 John Scheibe, Los Angeles Times , 2 Apr. 2020",
      "Some Fox personalities quickly drubbed Mr. Barr for crossing the president. \u2014 Katie Benner, New York Times , 13 Feb. 2020",
      "The Scots have responded by beating Samoa 34-0 and then drubbing Russia, with 95 points scored and none conceded in their last two games. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 Oct. 2019",
      "Oregon baseball avoided a four-game sweep in Hawaii by drubbing the host Warriors in Sunday\u2019s series finale. \u2014 James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 8 Mar. 2020",
      "The man who drubbed him and his painful left shoulder out of the Open \u2013 6-4, 7-5, 2-1 (retired) - was Stan Wawrinka, one of the toughest, hardest-hitting, big-hearted competitors in the sport \u2013 and one of the most talented, too. \u2014 Wayne Coffey, USA TODAY , 2 Sep. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"perhaps from Arabic \u1e0daraba ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1634, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-151148"
  },
  "duration":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": continuance in time",
      ": the time during which something exists or lasts",
      ": the time during which something exists or lasts"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "du\u0307-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "also",
      "du\u0307-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "dyu\u0307-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "continuance",
      "date",
      "life",
      "life span",
      "lifetime",
      "run",
      "standing",
      "time"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "You should gradually increase the duration of your workout.",
      "for the whole duration of the speech the bored audience fidgeted",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The other three workouts, with varying duration and intensity, have fairly similar TWD. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 8 June 2022",
      "Dave Seminara notes that the duration and difficulty of the exam have declined since it was introduced almost a century ago. \u2014 WSJ , 11 May 2022",
      "That is adding to concerns about the duration and pervasiveness of inflation. \u2014 Tami Luhby, CNN , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "This includes your physical activity, heart rate, respiratory rate, duration and quality of sleep and even menstrual and ovulation cycles. \u2014 Noma Nazish, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "The duration and ferocity of Mariupol\u2019s resistance against a much larger military have been inspiration for Ukrainians across the country. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "But scientists say their new prediction models will help forecast similar extreme ocean warming events that are expected to increase in duration and intensity with climate change. \u2014 Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Collins told the tight end that his vestibular exercises will help decrease the chance of further concussions, symptom duration and symptom severity. \u2014 Jori Epstein, USA TODAY , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "The estate also features a home theater, gym, steam room and infrared sauna, as well as Hope\u2019s original office that was the core of Hope Enterprises\u2019 operations for the duration of the couple\u2019s time at the estate. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 30 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see durance ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-182647"
  },
  "do down":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to get the better of (as by trickery)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "beat",
      "best",
      "conquer",
      "defeat",
      "dispatch",
      "get",
      "get around",
      "lick",
      "master",
      "overbear",
      "overcome",
      "overmatch",
      "prevail (over)",
      "skunk",
      "stop",
      "subdue",
      "surmount",
      "take",
      "trim",
      "triumph (over)",
      "upend",
      "win (against)",
      "worst"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "lose (to)"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "you'll do her down at cards, but she'll probably win at croquet"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-182902"
  },
  "displease":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to incur the disapproval or dislike of especially by annoying",
      ": to be offensive to",
      ": to give displeasure",
      ": to cause to feel unhappy or unsatisfied"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8pl\u0113z",
      "dis-\u02c8pl\u0113z"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "disaffect",
      "discontent",
      "disgruntle",
      "dissatisfy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "content",
      "gratify",
      "please",
      "satisfy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "her coworkers' tendency to pry displeased her",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The news will likely displease several in the industry planning to head to the 2023 Berlinale, due to take place Feb. 16-23. \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
      "DeWine has also been careful not to do anything during the past year that would further displease the Republican base. \u2014 Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland , 4 May 2022",
      "Since the war began, Beijing has tried to displease neither Russia nor the international coalition opposing President Vladimir Putin \u2014 a position that is increasingly untenable. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Either approach can work, even if the adaptations that veer from the books inevitably displease some loyal readers. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "The iPhone-maker is also aggressively and proactively censoring apps and other content that might displease Chinese regulators in the Chinese version of its App Store. \u2014 Robert Hackett, Fortune , 18 May 2021",
      "But the host of HBO\u2019s Friday-night mainstay Real Time with Bill Maher is the only one of the left-of-center comics who occasionally says things that might displease his audience. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 19 Apr. 2021",
      "Take a dip in the wrong South American river or displease the wrong Bond villain, and some poor sap disappears in a froth of roiling water, blood and screams. \u2014 Jim Kiest, San Antonio Express-News , 15 Apr. 2021",
      "As the day after Election Day dawns, the immediate task for Tuesday\u2019s victor is likely to be more mundane and less ideological \u2014 and guaranteed to displease most Americans. \u2014 Tyler Cowen Bloomberg Opinion, Star Tribune , 3 Nov. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English displesen , from Anglo-French despleisir, desplere , from des- dis- + pleisir to please \u2014 more at please ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-185401"
  },
  "doozy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an extraordinary one of its kind"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-z\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beaut",
      "beauty",
      "bee's knees",
      "cat's meow",
      "corker",
      "crackerjack",
      "crackajack",
      "daisy",
      "dandy",
      "dilly",
      "dream",
      "honey",
      "hot stuff",
      "humdinger",
      "hummer",
      "jim-dandy",
      "knockout",
      "lollapalooza",
      "lulu",
      "nifty",
      "peach",
      "pip",
      "pippin",
      "ripper",
      "ripsnorter",
      "snorter",
      "sockdolager",
      "sockdologer",
      "standout",
      "sweetheart"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "They say the snowstorm tonight is going to be a doozy .",
      "Watch out for that first step. It's a doozy .",
      "Some of her comments have been real doozies .",
      "a doozy of a year",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "For the San Francisco Giants, who face a doozy of a decision whenever LaMonte Wade Jr. comes back, the options overload might be painful. \u2014 Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 June 2022",
      "Oz is the focal point of Tuesday\u2019s doozy of a Republican primary. \u2014 Karen Heller, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
      "In an investor note this morning, UBS chief economist Paul Donovan called this a doozy of a downgrade. \u2014 Alan Murray, Fortune , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "That was a doozy of a storm, dropping over three feet in the last 72 hours. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "And, don\u2019t forget, there was a doozy of a press conference in September, with the two fighters swinging at each other. \u2014 Anthony Stitt, Forbes , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "The season 3 finale of You was an explosively (pun intended) wild ride, filled with countless attempts at murder, backstabbing, and one doozy of a martial disagreement. \u2014 Neha Prakash, Marie Claire , 20 Oct. 2021",
      "Gotta agree with JJ, this really was a doozy of a day. \u2014 Ariana Romero, refinery29.com , 4 Aug. 2021",
      "With about 29% of the league hailing from outside of the U.S. and Canada, spelling surnames can be a doozy . \u2014 Laine Higgins, WSJ , 6 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"perhaps alteration of daisy ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1916, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-191942"
  },
  "dolor":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": mental suffering or anguish : grief",
      ": physical pain",
      ": mental suffering or anguish"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u014d-l\u0259r",
      "also"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "affliction",
      "anguish",
      "dolefulness",
      "grief",
      "heartache",
      "heartbreak",
      "sorriness",
      "sorrow",
      "woe"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "blessedness",
      "bliss",
      "blissfulness",
      "cheer",
      "cheerfulness",
      "cheeriness",
      "delight",
      "ecstasy",
      "elatedness",
      "elation",
      "euphoria",
      "exhilaration",
      "exuberance",
      "exultation",
      "felicity",
      "gladness",
      "gladsomeness",
      "glee",
      "gleefulness",
      "happiness",
      "joy",
      "joyfulness",
      "joyousness",
      "jubilation",
      "pleasure",
      "rapture",
      "rapturousness"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "her sad poems grew out of a deep dolor that lasted for months"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English dolour , from Anglo-French, from Latin dolor pain, grief, from dol\u0113re to feel pain, grieve",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-192537"
  },
  "dwell (on ":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to think or talk about (something) for a long time"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-192716"
  },
  "dehydrate":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water",
      ": to remove water from (something, such as a food)",
      ": to deprive of vitality or savor",
      ": to lose water or body fluids",
      ": to take water from (as foods)",
      ": to lose water or body fluids",
      ": to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water",
      ": to remove water from (as foods)",
      ": to lose water or body fluids"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8h\u012b-\u02ccdr\u0101t",
      "d\u0113-\u02c8h\u012b-\u02ccdr\u0101t",
      "(\u02c8)d\u0113-\u02c8h\u012b-\u02ccdr\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "castrate",
      "damp",
      "dampen",
      "deaden",
      "desiccate",
      "devitalize",
      "enervate",
      "geld",
      "lobotomize",
      "petrify"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "brace",
      "energize",
      "enliven",
      "invigorate",
      "quicken",
      "stimulate",
      "vitalize",
      "vivify"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Salt dehydrates the meat and keeps it from spoiling.",
      "Athletes drink lots of water so they don't dehydrate .",
      "Exercising in this heat will dehydrate you.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In the Lab, expertse use state-of-the-art tools like the Corneometer device, which measures skin hydration levels, to gauge a product's ability to moisturize (or dehydrate ) skin. \u2014 Dori Price, Good Housekeeping , 20 June 2022",
      "The Red Door\u2019s bartenders grow their own herbs on the roof deck and dehydrate citrus peels from the kitchen\u2019s scraps to use in their sustainable cocktails. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
      "Try and avoid caffeine and alcohol, which can dehydrate the body. \u2014 Judson Jones, CNN , 8 June 2022",
      "Two and half years later, Heather witnessed her mother starve and dehydrate herself to death; Anna could not bear to live with ALS any longer. \u2014 Katie C Reilly, ELLE , 3 June 2022",
      "Take 22% off the Ninja Foodi 5-in-1 Indoor Grill with air fry, roast, bake, and dehydrate functions. \u2014 Heath Owens, Good Housekeeping , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "Airfry, broil, bake, roast, dehydrate , reheat, rotisserie, toast, warm and convection. \u2014 Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Hot showers will dehydrate and remove natural oils from your skin. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "The duo fend off acne-causing bacteria, but do so in a way that doesn\u2019t dehydrate your skin or lead to further irritation. \u2014 Joseph Deacetis, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1876, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-193244"
  },
  "duel":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a combat between two persons",
      ": a formal combat with weapons fought between two persons in the presence of witnesses",
      ": a conflict between antagonistic persons, ideas, or forces",
      ": a hard-fought contest between two opponents",
      ": to fight a duel",
      ": to encounter (an opponent) in a duel",
      ": a fight between two persons especially that is fought by agreement with weapons in front of other people",
      ": a contest between two opponents",
      ": to take part in an agreed-upon fight with weapons"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-\u0259l",
      "also",
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-\u0259l",
      "\u02c8dy\u00fc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ball game",
      "battle",
      "combat",
      "competition",
      "conflict",
      "confrontation",
      "contention",
      "contest",
      "dogfight",
      "face-off",
      "grapple",
      "match",
      "rivalry",
      "strife",
      "struggle",
      "sweepstakes",
      "sweep-stake",
      "tug-of-war",
      "war",
      "warfare"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "They engaged in a duel of wits.",
      "a duel for the title of captain of the team",
      "Verb",
      "He accepted the challenge to duel .",
      "Legislators dueled over the tax increases.",
      "The two runners dueled for the lead.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Their first rematch since their epic duel on Mustafar happened on yet another mining planet, this time on the mid-rim planet of Mapuzo, where Obi-Wan and Leia arrived after fleeing Daiyu. \u2014 Lauren Morgan, EW.com , 1 June 2022",
      "Poole and Curry didn\u2019t officially have anything riding on their free-throw duel this season, though Poole might talk to Curry about it. \u2014 Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "The two candidates came out on top in Sunday's first-round presidential vote, setting up an April 24 replay of their duel in 2017. \u2014 Sylvie Corbet, ajc , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "The two candidates came out on top in Sunday\u2019s first-round presidential vote, setting up an April 24 replay of their duel in 2017. \u2014 Sylvie Corbet, chicagotribune.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "But Sterns also has a playful side, enrolling Sarah in a goofy hip-hop dance class to pass the time before her fateful duel . \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Gerrit Cole outpitched Jordan Lyles in a duel of veteran right-handers, and the New York Yankees squeezed past the skidding Baltimore Orioles 3-2 Wednesday night to clinch their ninth straight series win. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 18 May 2022",
      "Both men died in the duel , but Russian legend claims Peresvet did not fall from the saddle unlike his opponent. \u2014 Matthew Humphries, PCMAG , 18 May 2022",
      "Pagenaud won the 2019 Indy 500 in a duel with Alexander Rossi, making a pass on Lap 199 and winning by about two-tenths of a second. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 16 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The 24-year-old Brieske and the 34-year-old Kershaw are scheduled to duel Saturday in the second of a three-game series at Dodger Stadium. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Third shots can also goad the immune system into broadening its range of coronavirus-fighting tools, so that kids end up ready to duel even antibody-dodging variants such as Omicron. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "After an extensive cool-down period, the fastest six cars of the month were ready to duel for the pole. \u2014 Rob Peeters, The Indianapolis Star , 22 May 2022",
      "After an extensive cool-down period, the fastest six cars of the month were ready to duel for the pole. \u2014 Rob Peeters, USA TODAY , 22 May 2022",
      "An pack of intrepid wizards will duel against a tiny blue speed demon to lead domestic box office charts. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Musk has been remarkably forthcoming and public about his endorsement of Ukraine and criticism of Putin, and his support has not been limited to provoking the Russian president to duel him on Twitter. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "The goalies continued to duel into a third overtime. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "The trick, then, would be rousing enough public will to use those backstop tools and duel the virus again\u2014not a sure thing if a doom-esque variant appears anytime soon. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 9 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "circa 1645, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-193643"
  },
  "disconcertment":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to throw into confusion",
      ": to disturb the composure of",
      ": to make confused and a little upset"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-k\u0259n-\u02c8s\u0259rt",
      "\u02ccdis-k\u0259n-\u02c8s\u0259rt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abash",
      "confound",
      "confuse",
      "discomfit",
      "discountenance",
      "embarrass",
      "faze",
      "fluster",
      "mortify",
      "nonplus",
      "rattle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "News of his criminal past has disconcerted even his admirers.",
      "we were disconcerted by the unexpected changes to the program",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Its ending is notoriously strange \u2014 disconcerting even \u2014 and the subject of considerable scholarly debate. \u2014 Bonnie Kristian, TheWeek , 12 Apr. 2020",
      "The reasons for these paper profits are disconcerting . \u2014 Jeff Sommer, New York Times , 28 Feb. 2020",
      "Parents have watched changes in their teens that have been disconcerting . \u2014 Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor , 17 Apr. 2020",
      "In Moscow, the lack of snow has been disconcerting . \u2014 Patrick Reevell, ABC News , 28 Feb. 2020",
      "Of course, there are odd moments, hard moments, disconcerting moments. \u2014 Nell Frizzell, refinery29.com , 23 Feb. 2020",
      "The line needs to play better and more physical, and its performance through five games has to be disconcerting for Nagy and offensive line coach Harry Hiestand. \u2014 Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com , 10 Oct. 2019",
      "The silence of most of the bishops in the Catholic Church on this embarrassing but destructive mixture of progressivism, reflexive activism, and casual dismissal of the deepest wisdom of the Church is disconcerting . \u2014 Daniel J. Mahoney, National Review , 6 Feb. 2020",
      "To be eliminated before that round even began made watching the weekend\u2019s games disconcerting , as if the Patriots were some sort of football ghost limb, still there in our minds and emotions but absent in all reality. \u2014 Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com , 13 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"obsolete French disconcerter , alteration of Middle French desconcerter , from des- dis- + concerter to concert",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1632, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-194040"
  },
  "dirtiness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": not clean or pure",
      ": likely to befoul or defile with a soiling substance (such as mud, dust, or grime)",
      ": contaminated with infecting organisms",
      ": containing impurities",
      ": morally unclean or corrupt: such as",
      ": indecent , vulgar",
      ": dishonorable , base",
      ": unsportsmanlike",
      ": acquired by disreputable or illegal means : ill-gotten",
      ": disagreeable, distasteful, or objectionable but usually necessary (as in achieving a desired result)",
      ": abominable , hateful",
      ": highly regrettable",
      ": likely to cause disgrace or scandal",
      ": foggy , stormy",
      ": not clear and bright : dullish",
      ": characterized by a husky , rasping, or raw tonal quality",
      ": conveying ill-natured resentment",
      ": in a dirty (see dirty entry 1 ) manner: such as",
      ": deceptively , underhandedly",
      ": indecently",
      ": to soil with a substance (such as mud or grime) : to make dirty (see dirty entry 1 )",
      ": to stain with dishonor : sully",
      ": to debase by distorting the real nature of",
      ": to become soiled",
      ": not clean",
      ": unfair , mean",
      ": not pleasant but usually necessary",
      ": being vulgar : not decent",
      ": showing dislike or anger",
      ": in an unfair or dishonest way",
      ": to make or become unclean",
      ": contaminated with infecting organisms"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259r-t\u0113",
      "\u02c8d\u0259r-t\u0113",
      "\u02c8d\u0259rt-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bedraggled",
      "befouled",
      "begrimed",
      "bemired",
      "besmirched",
      "black",
      "blackened",
      "cruddy",
      "dingy",
      "draggled",
      "dusty",
      "filthy",
      "foul",
      "grimy",
      "grotty",
      "grubby",
      "grungy",
      "mucky",
      "muddy",
      "nasty",
      "smudged",
      "smutty",
      "soiled",
      "sordid",
      "stained",
      "sullied",
      "unclean",
      "uncleanly"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "befoul",
      "begrime",
      "bemire",
      "besmirch",
      "blacken",
      "daub",
      "distain",
      "foul",
      "gaum",
      "grime",
      "mire",
      "muck",
      "muddy",
      "smirch",
      "smudge",
      "soil",
      "stain",
      "sully"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "For some people, the mere idea of waking up with dirty dishes in the sink is unbelievable. \u2014 Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day , 8 June 2022",
      "Another is a thrilling switch over from dirty fuel to clean fuel in the automotive industry. \u2014 Rachel Ooi, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "Brighten Brick: Stone, brick and concrete walks and accents are prone to getting dirty and stained when exposed to the elements. \u2014 Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping , 7 June 2022",
      "Nick Bornstadt stood at first base gripping the Tigers\u2019 championship trophy, with his high school diploma in one hand while wearing his graduation gown over his dirty baseball jersey. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 June 2022",
      "And so, somewhere in the first few days after I got picked up, looters took my books, my dirty under- wear, the sheets on my bed, my memories. \u2014 Keri Blakinger, Rolling Stone , 5 June 2022",
      "This docuseries details the dirty deeds that brought down the Nixon administration. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 5 June 2022",
      "No one wants to kick off the weekend cleaning a bunch of dirty dishes from dinner. \u2014 Southern Kitchen, USA TODAY , 3 June 2022",
      "Special counsel John Durham did more than expose Hillary Clinton\u2019s dirty political tricks. \u2014 Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ , 2 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "Carburetors were so crude and gasoline so dirty back in the day, that the small passages inside the carburetor could get blocked up with dirt. \u2014 Ray Magliozz, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Oct. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Jones includes a recipe for baked pasta that requires you to dirty exactly one pan \u2014 a casserole dish \u2014 and a small mixing bowl for the topping. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Jan. 2022",
      "Dislikes: Anything that will dirty her pristine white coat. \u2014 Scottie Andrew, CNN , 25 Nov. 2021",
      "Refinery emissions dirty the air from the harbor area to the Inland Empire, and regulators have taken too long to get serious about curbing them. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "Why not dirty them up with the clink of steak knives, Mason jars (holding beer) and some live music at Pappy & Harriet\u2019s in Pioneertown? 21. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Nov. 2021",
      "Because oil does not need to be melted and then cooled, or creamed for 5 minutes until fluffy, and is instead added straight-up to the recipe\u2019s wet ingredients, assembly is faster and there is no need to dirty a saucepan or pull out your mixer. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 June 2021",
      "Another student complained the boy\u2019s skin would dirty up the crayons. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 7 July 2021",
      "Protesters have been seen taking off their shoes before standing on public benches, not wanting to dirty them. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Sep. 2020",
      "Democrats say this focus is an effort to dirty up Trump\u2019s 2020 rival. \u2014 Jerry Dunleavy, Washington Examiner , 10 Aug. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adverb",
      "circa 1931, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "1591, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-194834"
  },
  "degenerateness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state",
      ": having sunk to a condition below that which is normal to a type",
      ": having sunk to a lower and usually corrupt and vicious state",
      ": degraded sense 2",
      ": being simpler (as by having a factor or constant equal to zero) than the typical case",
      ": characterized by atoms stripped of their electrons and by very great density",
      ": consisting of degenerate matter",
      ": having two or more states or subdivisions especially of the same energy or frequency",
      ": having more than one codon representing an amino acid",
      ": being such a codon",
      ": to pass from a higher to a lower type or condition : deteriorate",
      ": to sink into a low intellectual or moral state",
      ": to decline in quality",
      ": to decline from a condition or from the standards of a species, race, or breed",
      ": to evolve or develop into a less autonomous (see autonomous sense 2a ) or less functionally active form",
      ": to cause to degenerate",
      ": one that is degenerate (see degenerate entry 1 ) : such as",
      ": one degraded from the normal moral standard",
      ": a sexual pervert",
      ": one showing signs of reversion (see reversion sense 3a ) to an earlier culture stage",
      ": having declined (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state",
      ": having deteriorated progressively (as in the process of evolution) especially through loss of structure and function",
      ": having sunk to a lower and usually corrupt and vicious state",
      ": having more than one codon representing an amino acid",
      ": being such a codon",
      ": to sink into a low intellectual or moral state",
      ": to pass from a higher to a lower type or condition: as",
      ": to gradually deteriorate so that normal function or structure is impaired or lost",
      ": to decline from the standards of a species, race, or breed",
      ": to evolve or develop into a less autonomous or less functionally active form",
      ": one that is degenerate: as",
      ": one degraded from the normal moral standard",
      ": a sexual pervert"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8jen-r\u0259t",
      "-\u02c8je-n\u0259-",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8je-n\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8jen-r\u0259t",
      "-\u02c8je-n\u0259-",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8jen-(\u0259-)r\u0259t",
      "di-\u02c8jen-\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
      "di-\u02c8jen-(\u0259-)r\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "decadent",
      "decayed",
      "effete",
      "overripe",
      "washed-up"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "atrophy",
      "crumble",
      "decay",
      "decline",
      "descend",
      "deteriorate",
      "devolve",
      "ebb",
      "regress",
      "retrograde",
      "rot",
      "sink",
      "worsen"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "He criticizes what he believes is a degenerate society.",
      "a degenerate society in which people had no sense of being citizens, only consumers",
      "Verb",
      "over the years the community-minded organization degenerated into a club for loafers",
      "Noun",
      "a couple of degenerates on a crime spree",
      "a degenerate who is uninterested in anything but his own gratification",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "There was a glorious point in the \u201890s when Matt Damon seemed only to play unassuming boy genius to his degenerate friends, and Rounders is arguably his finest portrayal of the golden boy archetype. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Unfortunately, the governor has heard from his top-rate prisoner Tom Christie that Jamie is well-respected among the lads and requests that Mac Dubh tightens up the degenerate brood. \u2014 Lincee Ray, EW.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "The welfare state can eradicate poverty by distributing income to all non-workers \u2014 or Manchin can falsely smear poor people as degenerate drug addicts and protect rich people (like himself, incidentally) from higher taxes. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 20 Dec. 2021",
      "Fiona Nova and Will Neff; rising livestreamer CodeMiko; and a degenerate rat-puppet named Ratty. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 12 Oct. 2021",
      "Prior to the GameStop madness, when the subreddit Wall Street Bets was a quieter community of degenerate gamblers, members tracked Paul Pelosi\u2019s market moves, often treating them as a joke about their own compulsive trading. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 12 Aug. 2021",
      "Instead of rejecting Ji-Yoon\u2019s degenerate boyfriend, her father sees him safely home. \u2014 Amanda Whiting, Vulture , 21 Aug. 2021",
      "Prior to the GameStop madness, when the subreddit Wall Street Bets was a quieter community of degenerate gamblers, members tracked Paul Pelosi\u2019s market moves, often treating them as a joke about their own compulsive trading. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 12 Aug. 2021",
      "The Nazis viewed French culture as degenerate and dangerous but also as a useful distraction to keep Parisians from rebelling. \u2014 Timothy Schaffert, WSJ , 23 July 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The balance works fairly well, until the proceedings degenerate in the final act into the sort of manic, over-the-top vehicular mayhem that brings the film closer to an animated version of the Fast and Furious franchise. \u2014 Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "There is a tradition in far-right propagandist literature, to which Bronze Age Pervert is a modern-day inheritor, of a white male hero who rises up against a liberal, racially mixed, feminist, and/or otherwise degenerate society. \u2014 Ian Allen, The New Republic , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Your instinct here is to loll, sprawl, degenerate , create crumbs. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "History can degenerate into nostalgia from an imaginary golden age, or inspire a utopian quest to erase the past altogether. \u2014 Richard Cohen, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "But just as language can illuminate thought and regenerate politics, so too language can be used to obscure thought and degenerate politics. \u2014 Mark Satta, The Conversation , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Managers can\u2019t afford to sit back and let debate degenerate . \u2014 Sally Percy, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "These are the fine-lines to be walked and explored, since one or the other extremes can degenerate into crimes of their own. \u2014 Vipin Bharathan, Forbes , 2 Jan. 2022",
      "However, this must not degenerate into a pre-crime unit a la Minority Report. \u2014 Vipin Bharathan, Forbes , 2 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Nothing can top Penny Marshall\u2019s 1992 movie about women playing baseball in the \u201940s \u2014 Tom Hanks as a lovable degenerate ? \u2014 Washington Post Staff, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
      "Griswold effectively fashioned the portrait of the artist as an erratic degenerate . \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "When someone has Alzheimer's disease, the person's brain cells that retrieve, process and store information degenerate and die, according to the Alzheimer's Association. \u2014 Kristen Rogers, CNN , 30 Aug. 2021",
      "The activities often took place at cast members\u2019 ancestral plantations, but sometimes \u2014 and this is how Bonaparte, who is not a degenerate , comes in \u2014 at Bonaparte\u2019s restaurants. \u2014 Anna Peele, Vulture , 14 Apr. 2021",
      "In his most famous exchange from the movie, Sally Kellerman\u2019s Margaret Houlihan wonders how such a degenerate doctor as Donald Sutherland\u2019s Hawkeye Pierce could reach a position of responsibility in the U.S. Army. \u2014 Andrew Dealton, USA TODAY , 8 Dec. 2019",
      "Adam Sandler plays a lying degenerate gambler in Uncut Gems, which in its sordid candor turns out to be one of the grabbiest films of the year. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 11 Dec. 2019",
      "In his most famous exchange from the movie, Sally Kellerman's Margaret Houlihan wonders how such a degenerate doctor as Donald Sutherland's Hawkeye Pierce could reach a position of responsibility in the U.S. Army. \u2014 CBS News , 8 Dec. 2019",
      "Besides, too great a concern with origin degenerates too easily into a concern with purity, and folklore is most impure. \u2014 Kevin Young, The New Yorker , 2 Dec. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective, Verb, and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1545, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1555, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-195732"
  },
  "downward":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": from a higher to a lower place",
      ": toward a direction that is the opposite of up",
      ": from a higher to a lower condition",
      ": from an earlier time",
      ": from an ancestor or predecessor",
      ": moving or extending downward",
      ": descending from a head, origin, or source",
      ": from a higher place, amount, or level to a lower one",
      ": going or moving from a higher place, amount, or level to a lower one",
      ": going from a higher to a lower level",
      ": from a higher to a lower level"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-w\u0259rd",
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-w\u0259rd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "below",
      "down",
      "over"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bowed",
      "down",
      "downcast",
      "lowered"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adverb",
      "The mountain streams flow downward to the lake.",
      "Mud covered his pants from the knees downward .",
      "Adjective",
      "Sales continued their downward trend.",
      "the downward revision of an estimate",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "The cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are now trending downward . \u2014 Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country , 11 June 2022",
      "The fact is, however, Depp\u2019s career had been trending downward even before Heard penned the 2018 op-ed that sparked the litigation. \u2014 Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
      "Thomas Shaw, a political science professor at the University of South Alabama, said that overall turnout has been trending downward since the 1960s, and that elections occurring on non-presidential cycles often lead to low interest among voters. \u2014 al , 26 May 2022",
      "Bitcoin and cryptocurrency prices are trending downward , following U.S. stocks lower after their biggest loss since June 2020. \u2014 Billy Bambrough, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "Earlier this month, festival organizers reasoned that vaccination rates were encouraging and the infections were significantly trending downward in France, so lifting most restrictions made sense. \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 16 May 2022",
      "Enrollment had already been trending downward , but a ransomware attack that struck in December knocked out the college\u2019s computer system and obscured how dire the picture had become, President David Gerlach told the Tribune last month. \u2014 John Keilman, Chicago Tribune , 12 May 2022",
      "The 3-point percentage began trending downward in the second half. \u2014 Damichael Cole, USA TODAY , 8 May 2022",
      "No wonder the markets have been swerving wildly, falling one day, rising the next, but trending downward since the beginning of the year. \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Each one contributes to those record revenues and, in the not-too-distant future, the shortfall that has caused uncomfortable downward pressure on the players\u2019 salary cap will be erased. \u2014 Carol Schram, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "This exerts downward pressure on the yield, pushing it back below the central bank's target level. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
      "Even if the Fed can pull off the delicate task of tamping down inflation without triggering a downturn, higher interest rates still put downward pressure on stocks. \u2014 Stan Choe And Alex Veiga, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 June 2022",
      "But even if a recession is avoided, the Fed's interest rate hikes will still put downward pressure on stocks. \u2014 CBS News , 14 June 2022",
      "High interest rates put downward pressure on all assets, including stocks and cryptocurrencies. \u2014 Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica , 13 June 2022",
      "Even if central banks can pull off the delicate balancing act and avoid a recession, higher interest rates put downward pressure on stocks and all kinds of investments regardless. \u2014 Damian J. Troise And Stan Choe, USA TODAY , 9 June 2022",
      "As inflation continuously undershot its 2% target, the risk of deflation was clear, and downward pressure on rates prevailed. \u2014 Paul Swartz, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
      "In the meantime, higher interest rates put downward pressure on stocks and other investments. \u2014 Damian J. Troise, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adverb",
      "12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-200208"
  },
  "dog-eared":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having dog-ears",
      ": shabby , timeworn",
      ": having a lot of pages with corners turned over"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fg-\u02ccird",
      "\u02c8d\u022fg-\u02ccird"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beat-up",
      "bombed-out",
      "dilapidated",
      "down-at-the-heels",
      "down-at-heel",
      "down-at-the-heel",
      "down-at-heels",
      "dumpy",
      "grungy",
      "mangy",
      "mean",
      "miserable",
      "moth-eaten",
      "neglected",
      "ratty",
      "run-down",
      "scrubby",
      "scruffy",
      "seedy",
      "shabby",
      "sleazy",
      "tacky",
      "tatterdemalion",
      "tatty",
      "threadbare",
      "timeworn",
      "tumbledown"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1767, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-200359"
  },
  "dispute":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to engage in argument : debate",
      ": to argue irritably or with irritating persistence",
      ": to make the subject of verbal controversy or disputation",
      ": to call into question or cast doubt upon",
      ": to struggle against : oppose",
      ": to contend over",
      ": verbal controversy : debate",
      ": quarrel",
      ": physical combat",
      ": to question or deny the truth or rightness of",
      ": argue sense 1",
      ": to fight over",
      ": debate entry 1 sense 3",
      ": quarrel entry 1 sense 1",
      ": to engage in a dispute",
      ": to engage in a dispute over",
      ": to oppose by argument or assertion",
      ": an assertion of opposing views or claims : a disagreement as to rights",
      ": one that is the subject of proceedings for resolution (as arbitration)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8spy\u00fct",
      "di-\u02c8spy\u00fct",
      "\u02c8di-\u02ccspy\u00fct",
      "di-\u02c8spy\u00fct",
      "di-\u02c8spy\u00fct"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "challenge",
      "contest",
      "impeach",
      "oppugn",
      "query",
      "question"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "contestation",
      "controversy",
      "debate",
      "difference",
      "difficulty",
      "disagreement",
      "disputation",
      "dissension",
      "dissention",
      "dissensus",
      "firestorm",
      "nonconcurrence"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Bolsonaro has added to the tension, saying his concerns about the election\u2019s integrity may lead him to dispute the outcome. \u2014 Jack Nicas, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
      "Trump has authorized allies to dispute claims about him regarding the insurrection. \u2014 David Jackson, USA TODAY , 9 June 2022",
      "But Musk continues to dispute that figure, creating the ongoing impasse. \u2014 Rob Wile, NBC News , 6 June 2022",
      "Chase, Citi, and Regions Bank give their customers the ability to dispute credit card transactions directly from the mobile app. \u2014 Ron Shevlin, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "The plan was adopted in 2016 to resolve the costly fights that casinos waged with Atlantic City to dispute their property assessments, battles that nearly bankrupted the city. \u2014 Alison Burdo, ProPublica , 2 June 2022",
      "The White House was quick to dispute claims of a lack of advancement among its Black staffers, telling Politico that 15 percent of that cohort were promoted in the last year. \u2014 Kevin L. Clark, Essence , 1 June 2022",
      "The change of dates has led Mr. Cosby\u2019s team to further dispute her account. \u2014 New York Times , 22 May 2022",
      "There, the women had requested an appearance at the county property appraiser\u2019s office to dispute a tax charge. \u2014 Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel , 16 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The World Trade Organization, created in 1995 as a successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, has seen a slow unraveling \u2014 often because U.S. objections have largely hamstrung its dispute -resolution system. \u2014 Jamey Keaten, ajc , 12 June 2022",
      "Canada\u2019s men refused to play their World Cup warmup match against Panama on Sunday because of a labor dispute with the nation\u2019s governing body that includes a demand that the women\u2019s national team gets equal pay. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 5 June 2022",
      "But the league and the CFL Players Association got the labor dispute settled quickly without causing any delays to the schedule. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 22 May 2022",
      "Because the labor dispute in baseball cut the length of 2022 spring training in half, M.L.B. and the players\u2019 union agreed to expand rosters to 28 for the first month of the season in hopes of preventing injuries. \u2014 James Wagner, New York Times , 2 May 2022",
      "An article in April 20 editions on a labor dispute misstated those two components of the offer. \u2014 oregonlive , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Those games, which will be played May 17 and Sept. 20, will take the place of those that were lost from the first week of the season due to the labor dispute . \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "The musicians have been on strike since Sept. 27 as part of a labor dispute with the Symphony Society of San Antonio, the nonprofit board that runs the orchestra. \u2014 Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "But the labor dispute did potentially deprive fans everywhere the chance to witness history. \u2014 Jared Diamond, WSJ , 13 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense",
      "Noun",
      "1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-200712"
  },
  "de rigueur":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": prescribed or required by fashion, etiquette, or custom : proper"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-(\u02cc)r\u0113-\u02c8g\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "befitting",
      "correct",
      "decent",
      "decorous",
      "genteel",
      "nice",
      "polite",
      "proper",
      "respectable",
      "seemly"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "improper",
      "inappropriate",
      "incorrect",
      "indecent",
      "indecorous",
      "indelicate",
      "unbecoming",
      "ungenteel",
      "unseemly"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Dark sunglasses are de rigueur these days.",
      "though he was wearing a dinner jacket and a black bow tie, his jeans and tennis shoes were hardly de rigueur",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Moving to Washington, the Clarks lived in the Shoreham Hotel \u2014 de rigueur for new members of Congress, who felt buying a home might appear presumptuous. \u2014 Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
      "Moving to Washington, the Clarks lived in the Shoreham Hotel \u2014 de rigueur for new members of Congress, who felt that buying a home might appear presumptuous. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
      "The plot then kicks in when, as is de rigueur for the director, a prostitute has her neck slashed in the street by an unknown maniac, blood spewing onto the sidewalk and shocking all the passing Romans. \u2014 Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "As is de rigueur for Alamo Drafthouse, every cineplex will be paired with separate full-service bars featuring craft cocktails, wine and local craft beers on tap. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "The interiors Jean-Louis Deniot creates are spaces where spontaneity and magic are de rigueur . \u2014 The Editors Of Elle Decor, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
      "What about perks like foosball tables, free lunches, and other benefits that were de rigueur to lure tech workers in the past? \u2014 Phil Wahba, Fortune , 20 May 2022",
      "In November 2020, when masks were de rigueur but vaccines were only a sparkle in the public\u2019s eye, a small wedding in Maine of 62 guests led to 178 cases, three hospitalizations and seven deaths. \u2014 Nina Shapiro, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Skinny skyscrapers are becoming de rigueur in New York as architects emulate a style popular in many major Asian cities. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1833, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-201640"
  },
  "disagreeing":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to fail to agree",
      ": to differ in opinion",
      ": to cause discomfort or distress",
      ": to have different ideas or opinions",
      ": to be unlike each other : be different",
      ": to make ill"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8gr\u0113",
      "\u02ccdi-s\u0259-\u02c8gr\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "differ",
      "dissent",
      "nonconcur"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "agree",
      "assent",
      "concur"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "I think that I should sell my car, but he disagrees .",
      "the leader thought we were still headed north on the trail, but I disagreed",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But economists disagree about how much of the market downturn so far this year has come in anticipation of further hikes from the Fed. \u2014 Max Zahn, ABC News , 16 June 2022",
      "Economists at Zillow, however, disagree , arguing in a recent paper that the U.S. is not in a housing bubble or headed toward a crash. \u2014 Chloe Taylor, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
      "Some environmental groups disagree , calling the move premature as the river's plunge heightens predation danger. \u2014 Brittany Peterson And John Flesher, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
      "Some environmental groups disagree , calling the move premature as the river's plunge heightens predation danger. \u2014 CBS News , 15 June 2022",
      "But critics disagree and Media Research Center director of MRC Latino Jorge Bonilla blasted the move as a power grab by the left. \u2014 Fox News , 14 June 2022",
      "Economists disagree on how much inflation relief the administration could get by removing the tariffs. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
      "With economists warning of a looming recession, lawmakers and the governor also disagree about how much should be spent on one-time expenses or ongoing services \u2014 programs that could have to be cut in the event of a future economic downturn. \u2014 Taryn Lunastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
      "Many potential candidates disagree , pointing to a long history of early front-runners for presidential nominations falling out of favor. \u2014 Isaac Stanley-becker, Washington Post , 11 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, to refuse assent, from Anglo-French desagreer , from des- dis- + agreer to agree",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1513, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-202139"
  },
  "disparagement":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to depreciate (see depreciate sense 1 ) by indirect means (such as invidious comparison) : speak slightingly about",
      ": to lower in rank or reputation : degrade",
      ": to speak of as unimportant or bad : belittle"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sper-ij",
      "-\u02c8spa-rij",
      "di-\u02c8sper-ij"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bad-mouth",
      "belittle",
      "cry down",
      "decry",
      "denigrate",
      "deprecate",
      "depreciate",
      "derogate",
      "diminish",
      "dis",
      "diss",
      "discount",
      "dismiss",
      "kiss off",
      "minimize",
      "play down",
      "poor-mouth",
      "put down",
      "run down",
      "talk down",
      "trash",
      "trash-talk",
      "vilipend",
      "write off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "acclaim",
      "applaud",
      "exalt",
      "extol",
      "extoll",
      "glorify",
      "laud",
      "magnify",
      "praise"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Voters don't like political advertisements in which opponents disparage one another.",
      "It's a mistake to disparage their achievements.",
      "The article disparaged polo as a game for the wealthy.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Showing respect for various solutions establishes the expectation that team members can debate ideas but not disparage them. \u2014 Womensmedia, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
      "Some will disparage disclosures of entanglements with slavery and insist that attempts to remedy past wrongs are unnecessary. \u2014 Adam Sabes, Fox News , 1 May 2022",
      "In the days after Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, Aleksandr Zaldostanov, the leader of a pro-Putin biker club gang, the Night Wolves, turned to Facebook to disparage the Ukrainian president and push falsehoods about the war. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "And Russia has played a role, exploiting social media to disparage the use of natural gas and fossil fuels. \u2014 John Fund, National Review , 27 Feb. 2022",
      "As the days and the big wins went on, Schneider became a fixture in the nanasphere (grandma\u2019s kitchen TV, the activity room at the senior center), charming even the demographic that might be prompted to disparage people like her. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "Jamie referred to the #FreeBritney movement as conspiracy theories for years, and continued to disparage his daughter and her team after agreeing to step down. \u2014 Marisa Dellatto, Forbes , 29 Sep. 2021",
      "Meanwhile, the professional community continued to disparage the site. \u2014 Gina Ferazzi, Los Angeles Times , 14 July 2021",
      "Mitchell said the effort is not to disparage the Maryland medical examiner\u2019s office or its work. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, to degrade by marriage below one's class, disparage, from Anglo-French desparager to marry below one's class, from des- dis- + parage equality, lineage, from per peer",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-202557"
  },
  "depreciation":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to lower in honor or esteem",
      ": to lower the price or estimated value of",
      ": to deduct from taxable income a portion of the original cost of (a business asset) over several years as the value of the asset decreases",
      ": to fall in value",
      ": belittle",
      ": to lower the price or value of",
      ": to lose value",
      ": to subject to depreciation : lower the value of",
      ": to fall in value \u2014 compare appreciate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8pr\u0113-sh\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
      "di-\u02c8pr\u0113-sh\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
      "di-\u02c8pr\u0113-sh\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "attenuate",
      "break",
      "cheapen",
      "depress",
      "devaluate",
      "devalue",
      "downgrade",
      "lower",
      "mark down",
      "reduce",
      "sink",
      "write down",
      "write off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "appreciate",
      "enhance",
      "mark up",
      "upgrade"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "These changes have greatly depreciated the value of the house.",
      "The value of the house has depreciated greatly.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Each CryptoKitty is unique and owned by the user, ownership is validated on the Ethereum blockchain, and its value can appreciate or depreciate based on market demand. \u2014 Leeor Shimron, Forbes , 13 May 2021",
      "Before the pandemic, the first-year drop in value was about 33.3%, and then the car would continue to depreciate , at an average rate of 14% in each year after that, according to research firm J.D. Power. \u2014 Nora Eckert, WSJ , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Some are buying electronics and appliances before their rubles depreciate further. \u2014 Tiffany Ap, Quartz , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "As the governments depreciate the dollar, the value of your debt will fall just like the government\u2019s bonds. \u2014 Dr. Philip Fischer, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "The price of real estate could depreciate quickly depending on the popularity of a certain platform, resulting in major losses. \u2014 Marco Quiroz-gutierrez, Fortune , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "As cash continues to depreciate , silver, like other precious metals, has intrinsic value and can protect both your IRA and purchasing power. \u2014 Regal Assets, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "Investors and economists expect the lira to depreciate further due to high inflation and recently lowered interest rates. \u2014 Hardika Singh, WSJ , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 1 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Late Latin depretiatus , past participle of depretiare , from Latin de- + pretium price \u2014 more at price entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-203103"
  },
  "dab hand":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": expert"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "ace",
      "adept",
      "artist",
      "authority",
      "cognoscente",
      "connoisseur",
      "crackerjack",
      "crackajack",
      "dab",
      "expert",
      "fiend",
      "geek",
      "guru",
      "hand",
      "hotshot",
      "maestro",
      "master",
      "maven",
      "mavin",
      "meister",
      "past master",
      "proficient",
      "scholar",
      "shark",
      "sharp",
      "virtuoso",
      "whiz",
      "wizard"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "amateur",
      "inexpert",
      "nonexpert"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "He's a dab hand at cooking.",
      "She's a dab hand in the kitchen.",
      "She's always been a dab hand with a paint brush.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Zach is a dab hand at herbal knockout potions and the occasional amateur amputation, and there\u2019s a scene featuring the latter in which Wheatley indulges his twin tastes for deadpan comedy and head-on gross-outs to the extreme. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 14 Apr. 2021",
      "Sarah, a dab hand at deflecting sexism and maintaining her professional composure, takes the microphone and expresses her excitement at being on board. \u2014 Justin Chang Film Critic, Los Angeles Times , 5 Nov. 2020",
      "That, perhaps, is a little less in the bag, but the Kremlin\u2019s operatives are dab hands at suppressing protests and neutering the press. \u2014 The Economist , 12 Mar. 2020",
      "This is a very different approach to sister-in-law Kate Middleton, and Harry\u2019s older brother, Prince William, who have so far welcomed three royal babies into the world, and are kind of a dab hand at the whole thing. \u2014 Lucy Wood, Marie Claire , 11 Apr. 2019",
      "The returning characters include Lucius Best/Frozone (Samuel L. Jackson) and steely, brilliant Edna Mode (voiced by director Bird), who turns out to be a dab hand at babysitting the literal fireball Jack-Jack. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 11 June 2018",
      "The returning characters include Lucius Best/Frozone (Samuel L. Jackson) and steely, brilliant Edna Mode (voiced by director Bird), who turns out to be a dab hand at babysitting the literal fireball Jack-Jack. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 11 June 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" dab entry 4 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1828, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-203700"
  },
  "divided":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": separated into parts or pieces",
      ": cut into distinct parts by incisions extending to the base or to the midrib",
      ": having a barrier (such as a guardrail) to separate lanes of traffic going in opposite directions",
      ": disagreeing with each other : disunited",
      ": directed or moved toward conflicting interests, states, or objects",
      ": separated by distance",
      ": separated into parts, classes, or portions",
      ": separately owned, possessed, or held : no longer held in indivision",
      ": not united : failing to agree"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8v\u012b-d\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "disunited",
      "split"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "unanimous",
      "undivided",
      "united"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Experts are sharply divided on the issue.",
      "The issue has created a deeply divided nation.",
      "She feels like she only gets her mother's divided attention.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And then the, the [00:19:00] third guy didn\u2019t get any, but hook is a, is a conservative favorite of this very divided school board. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 15 June 2022",
      "If the deal gets support from every Democrat, that is enough Republicans to overcome the 60-vote threshold to end debate on the package and ultimately pass the bill through the divided Senate. \u2014 Mark Murray, NBC News , 13 June 2022",
      "Tesla tells drivers to use Autopilot only on divided highways, but the system can be activated on any streets that have lines down the middle. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
      "He was charged with reckless endangerment, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs, evading responsibility and driving the wrong way on a divided highway, the state police said. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 5 June 2022",
      "But, in our divided America, can these politics be reconciled to protect our children? \u2014 CBS News , 5 June 2022",
      "Despite demands for policy change, the future of gun control in the United States remains uncertain \u2013 especially as current bills continue to be stalled in a divided Senate. \u2014 Wyatte Grantham-philips, USA TODAY , 27 May 2022",
      "Many state leaders and donors saw him as a threat to the Party\u2019s fortunes in a closely divided state; others had feared running afoul of him. \u2014 Peter Slevin, The New Yorker , 27 May 2022",
      "The divided council voted for an amendment saying someone cannot be nominated as a board member if, within 10 years, they have been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor carrying a penalty of more than two years. \u2014 Alison Knezevich, Baltimore Sun , 26 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-203815"
  },
  "diagram":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a graphic design that explains rather than represents",
      ": a drawing that shows arrangement and relations (as of parts)",
      ": a line drawing made for mathematical or scientific purposes",
      ": to represent by or put into the form of a diagram",
      ": a drawing that explains or shows parts of something",
      ": to show or explain in a drawing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b-\u0259-\u02ccgram",
      "\u02c8d\u012b-\u0259-\u02ccgram"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "figure",
      "graphic",
      "illustration",
      "plate",
      "visual"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "a diagram of the nervous system",
      "This diagram shows how the clock operates.",
      "Verb",
      "The coach diagrammed the new play on the blackboard.",
      "The students were required to diagram a sentence.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The message also includes a simple representation of a world map and a diagram about how Earth's gravity works. \u2014 Ariana Garcia, Chron , 6 May 2022",
      "Students prepared verbal presentations to go along with their inventions, some of which included a demonstration or diagram . \u2014 Lauren Wethington, Detroit Free Press , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Wilson is a student of the game and should do well when teams ask him to talk football and diagram plays in interviews. \u2014 Doug Lesmerises, cleveland , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "Its surface was covered with lines, arrows, symbols, and small blocks of text\u2014a maze-like network that could have passed for the wiring diagram of a nuclear power plant. \u2014 David Owen, The New Yorker , 11 May 2022",
      "Figure 3 illustrates the 3-dimensional diagram of the location of the E802D mutation within the nsp12 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase as determined by cryo-electron microscopy. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "The sounds on the early material is a venn diagram that meets in the middle with what would become PUP. \u2014 Niko Stratis, SPIN , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "This diagram shows the layers of rubble associated with each wave\u2014and how close the ancient searchers were to finding the young man's remains. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "Similar to a family tree, a phylogenetic tree is a diagram that uses lines to show the evolutionary relationships between species in relation to a common ancestor. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "This meant that production sound mixer David Wyman had to diagram a number of different communication techniques to record the dialogue and allow the actors to hear any off-camera lines no matter where they were performed on set. \u2014 Daron James, Los Angeles Times , 31 Mar. 2021",
      "Better than that, the coaches have the ability to place an inset on the screen diagramming plays Deer Park will want to employ next season. \u2014 Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle , 16 Apr. 2020",
      "His stiff-necked sense of authenticity and his self-confidence in his salesman\u2019s ability to close the deal make his every burst of oratory a daunting challenge to those who diagram sentences. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 6 Jan. 2020",
      "Drawings at the time, produced as part of the city\u2019s environmental review process, diagramed the heart of the Western Yard as a greensward with a lawn passing beneath the High Line and spilling to 12th Avenue at West 30th Street. \u2014 Michael Kimmelman, New York Times , 10 Jan. 2020",
      "Even after squandering a 15-point lead and allowing the Pistons to surge in front Tuesday night, the brief review allowed the Cavs to diagram a play. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 8 Jan. 2020",
      "And don\u2019t worry, the set comes complete with a handy how-to diagram for any facial tool newcomers. \u2014 Tanisha Pina, NBC News , 7 Dec. 2019",
      "Position groups did their own things, with safeties coach Joe Harasymiak asking players to diagram Xs and Os on the white big board. \u2014 Andy Greder, Twin Cities , 29 Nov. 2019",
      "Each layer of the neural network makes multiple, parallel connections between certain words while ignoring others \u2014 akin to a student diagramming a sentence in elementary school. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 17 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1619, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1785, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-203949"
  },
  "due (to)":{
    "type":[
      "preposition"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": as a result of : because of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "because of",
      "owing to",
      "through",
      "with"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "evening classes were cancelled due to heavy snow"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1897, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-205322"
  },
  "drink":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": swallow , imbibe",
      ": to take in or suck up : absorb",
      ": to take in or receive avidly",
      ": to join in a toast (see toast entry 1 sense 2a ) to",
      ": to bring to a specified state by drinking alcoholic beverages",
      ": to take liquid into the mouth for swallowing",
      ": to receive into one's consciousness",
      ": to partake of alcoholic beverages",
      ": to make or join in a toast",
      ": to comply unquestioningly with the demands or policies of a particular leader, ideology, or organization",
      ": a liquid suitable for swallowing",
      ": alcoholic beverages",
      ": a draft (see draft entry 1 sense 2b ) or portion of liquid",
      ": excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages",
      ": a sizable body of water",
      ": to swallow liquid",
      ": to absorb a liquid",
      ": to drink alcoholic beverages",
      ": to take in through the senses",
      ": a liquid safe for swallowing",
      ": an amount of liquid swallowed",
      ": alcoholic beverages",
      ": swallow , imbibe",
      ": to take liquid into the mouth for swallowing",
      ": to partake of alcoholic beverages especially habitually",
      ": to indulge in alcoholic beverages with disagreeable effect",
      ": liquid suitable for swallowing especially to quench thirst or to provide nourishment or refreshment",
      ": alcoholic liquor",
      ": a draft or portion of liquid (as water or a prepared beverage) taken or to be taken by an individual at one time",
      "[after a 1978 mass suicide in Guyana brought about when members of the Peoples Temple cult were ordered to consume a flavored drink mixed with cyanide]"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dri\u014bk",
      "\u02c8dri\u014bk",
      "\u02c8dri\u014bk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "belt (down)",
      "gulp",
      "guzzle",
      "hoist",
      "imbibe",
      "knock back",
      "pound (down)",
      "quaff",
      "sip",
      "slug (down)",
      "slurp",
      "sup",
      "swig",
      "swill",
      "toss (down "
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "beverage",
      "drinkable",
      "libation",
      "potable",
      "quencher"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Some food and drink manufacturers in Russia have also struggled with securing enough packaging after giants like Tetra Pak exited the market. \u2014 Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post , 12 June 2022",
      "People who order something else and then want your food or drink . \u2014 Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day , 8 June 2022",
      "Celebrity chef Angelo Sosa of Tia Carmen, chef Dushyant Singh of Weft & Warp Art Bar and Kitchen, Nik Fields of Chic Chef, top mixologist Kim Haasarud of Garden Bar and other Valley food and drink icons will serve up samples. \u2014 Felicia Campbell, The Arizona Republic , 6 June 2022",
      "Live music, with food and drink available for purchase. \u2014 Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel , 3 June 2022",
      "Running from January 12 to January 16, the Cayman Cookout is offering a litany of events that will appeal to all sorts of food and drink enthusiasts. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 1 June 2022",
      "Pop up food truck experience featuring food and drink options. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 1 June 2022",
      "The backlot area had been peppered with multiple food and drink options, but there was curiously not a scrap of food within easy access of the Beverly Hilton exhibition tent. \u2014 Deborah Vankinstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
      "Some analysts have called for Unilever to split its food and drink brands from its home and personal care division. \u2014 Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN , 31 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Eegee's: The regional chain with more than 30 locations in Tucson and the East Valley is named for its signature drink , a frozen fruit beverage that comes in flavors such as lemon, strawberry and pi\u00f1a colada. \u2014 Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic , 17 June 2022",
      "This tie-dye table is ultralight, packs into a tiny tote, and stretches taut to safely hold your drink . \u2014 Alex Beggs, Bon App\u00e9tit , 16 June 2022",
      "Developed by Napa Valley winemakers Dave Phinney and Joe Wagner, Clich\u00e9 pitches its chic-looking drink as the hard seltzer for wine lovers. \u2014 Brittany Martin, Outside Online , 9 June 2022",
      "My drink is tequila and lime juice, and everyone knows this. \u2014 Emily Longeretta, Variety , 5 June 2022",
      "What could have been a nuisance \u2014 a man knocking over your drink to get your attention \u2014 ended up working for her. \u2014 Essence , 3 June 2022",
      "His drink of choice was Chablis [wine] and crushed ice. \u2014 Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone , 26 May 2022",
      "An employee was working during the lunch rush at Umai Savory Hot Dogs at the Stonestown mall in San Francisco on Friday, May 13, when an angry customer suddenly chucked her drink directly at the staff member and cursed at her. \u2014 Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 May 2022",
      "Her drink of choice for a morning interview with a journalist (Jonathan Mallard) is a glass of gin, but both the booze and the conversation are abandoned soon after the subject of Louis arises. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-205801"
  },
  "deposition":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a testifying especially before a court",
      ": declaration",
      ": testimony taken down in writing under oath",
      ": out-of-court testimony made under oath and recorded by an authorized officer for later use in court",
      ": a meeting at which such testimony is taken",
      ": an act or process of laying someone or something down or letting something fall : an act or process of depositing",
      ": something deposited : deposit",
      ": an act of removing from a position of authority : an act of deposing",
      ": a process of depositing something",
      ": something deposited : deposit",
      ": a statement that is made under oath by a party or witness (as an expert) in response to oral examination or written questions and that is recorded by an authorized officer (as a court reporter)",
      ": affidavit",
      ": the certified document recording such a statement \u2014 compare interrogatory",
      ": the hearing at which a deposition is made"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-p\u0259-\u02c8zi-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccd\u0113-p\u0259-",
      "\u02ccdep-\u0259-\u02c8zi-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccd\u0113-p\u0259-",
      "\u02ccde-p\u0259-\u02c8zi-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "deposit",
      "dregs",
      "grounds",
      "precipitate",
      "sediment",
      "settlings"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "She gave a videotaped deposition about what she saw that night.",
      "His attorneys took depositions from the witnesses.",
      "the deposition of sand and gravel on the river bed",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Skeels met with then-Assistant City Attorney John Hemmerling after the deposition to discuss the testimony and indicated to Skeels that he would not be penalized for testifying truthfully, the lawsuit said. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2022",
      "The deposition was to be part of the process leading to the calculation of a damage award. \u2014 Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "The deposition is a gutting glimpse into how Kobe\u2019s death seemed to tear through the news and social media landscape before his wife knew the facts: Bryant says she was initially told by a family assistant that there were survivors in the crash. \u2014 Michelle Ruiz, Vogue , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "The deposition was part of a lawsuit brought by former Valdosta coach Alan Rodemaker, who was suing the school board for wrongful termination. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 27 Aug. 2021",
      "The deposition was part of a case brought by the family of a Texas girl who was paralyzed in a side-impact crash while seated in a Big Kid booster. \u2014 Patricia Callahan, ProPublica , 15 July 2021",
      "The deposition is not complete and will continue at a future date. \u2014 Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer , 29 Mar. 2021",
      "While deposition is greater in lusher rural areas, trees save more lives through this process in urban areas, which the researchers say underscores the importance of urban forests. \u2014 Hannah Weinberger, Outside Online , 28 July 2014",
      "The individual familiar with the testimony said the congressional investigators questioned Hutchinson about the issue for over 90 minutes in a recent deposition , per Politico. \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 27 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see depose ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-211555"
  },
  "donkey's years":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a very long time"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "aeon",
      "eon",
      "age",
      "blue moon",
      "coon's age",
      "cycle",
      "eternity",
      "forever",
      "long",
      "months",
      "moon"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1927, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-212013"
  },
  "decalogue":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": ten commandments",
      ": a basic set of rules carrying binding authority"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-k\u0259-\u02ccl\u022fg",
      "-\u02ccl\u00e4g"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "canon",
      "code",
      "constitution",
      "law"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the decalogue for scouting known as the Scout Oath"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English decaloge , from Late Latin decalogus , from Greek dekalogos , from deka- + logos word \u2014 more at legend ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-213533"
  },
  "derangement":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to disturb the operation or functions of",
      ": disarrange",
      ": to make mentally unsound or insane"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8r\u0101nj"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "crack",
      "craze",
      "frenzy",
      "loco",
      "madden",
      "unbalance",
      "unhinge",
      "unstring"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "being stranded at night on a lonely road would derange anyone",
      "the storage room had all been deranged by the earthquake, and it took hours to sort out things",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "After all, the original Surrealist movement, with its urge to systematically derange the senses, occurred in the wake of the First World War and its horrors. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "The fathomless mysteries of other people, the capacity of their quiet behaviors to obsess and derange . \u2014 The Editors, Curbed , 26 Apr. 2021",
      "The show is about two roommates, their extended social circle and their unusual dynamics, and its through-the-looking-glass hyper-sincerety is both enchanting and warmly deranged . \u2014 Margaret Lyons, New York Times , 14 May 2020",
      "Kate Lindsey, as Agrippina\u2019s deranged son, Nero, spazzed out in a bad-boy style, burying her face in heaps of stage cocaine. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 16 Mar. 2020",
      "Wilde tries to play Scruggs with bad-girl swagger but seems merely deranged . \u2014 Rumaan Alam, The New Republic , 20 Dec. 2019",
      "But the story used to sketch in such a bracing and dark vision of social critique and the collapse of civilization turns schizoid and deranged . \u2014 Patrick Z. Mcgavin, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 Oct. 2019",
      "Only someone completely deranged and delirious can negate that which the eyes can see. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Sep. 2019",
      "Three years later, she is still deranged by mourning. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 21 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French d\u00e9ranger , from Old French desrengier , from des- de- + reng line, row \u2014 more at rank entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1769, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-213829"
  },
  "devaluate":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": devalue"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8val-y\u0259-\u02ccw\u0101t",
      "-y\u00fc-\u02cc\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "attenuate",
      "break",
      "cheapen",
      "depreciate",
      "depress",
      "devalue",
      "downgrade",
      "lower",
      "mark down",
      "reduce",
      "sink",
      "write down",
      "write off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "appreciate",
      "enhance",
      "mark up",
      "upgrade"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "plans to devaluate the peso"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1898, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-214939"
  },
  "drench":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to wet thoroughly (as by soaking or immersing in liquid)",
      ": to soak or cover thoroughly with liquid that falls or is precipitated",
      ": to fill or cover completely as if by soaking or precipitation",
      ": to administer a drench to (an animal)",
      ": to force to drink",
      ": a poisonous or medicinal drink",
      ": a large dose of medicine mixed with liquid and put down the throat of an animal",
      ": something that drenches",
      ": a quantity sufficient to drench or saturate",
      ": to make completely wet",
      ": a poisonous or medicinal drink",
      ": a large dose of medicine mixed with liquid and put down the throat of an animal",
      ": to administer a drench to (an animal)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drench",
      "\u02c8drench",
      "\u02c8drench"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bathe",
      "bedraggle",
      "douse",
      "dowse",
      "drown",
      "soak",
      "sodden",
      "sop",
      "souse",
      "wash",
      "water",
      "water-soak",
      "waterlog",
      "wet",
      "wet down"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dehydrate",
      "desiccate",
      "dry",
      "parch",
      "scorch",
      "sear"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "we were drenched by the sudden rainstorm",
      "when using the carpet shampooer, wet but do not drench the carpet",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "After dissipating over Mexico, tropical depression Agatha may drench South Florida by week's end. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
      "Shea butter and squalane drench the skin with extreme moisture. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 May 2022",
      "The 106th running of the Indianapolis 500 is Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, when 33 drivers will compete at the most iconic auto race in the world for a chance to drench themselves in milk and capture the Borg-Warner Trophy. \u2014 Nathan Brown, USA TODAY , 28 May 2022",
      "Soaring feedback creating comet-like waves that just drench your soul with heartache and solitude. \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "Strong thunderstorms and heavy rainfall will drench the Southeast. \u2014 NBC News , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Use it to cover kitchen cabinetry, as Napier showed in her post, or drench a living room in the shade for an inviting atmosphere. \u2014 Kelly Allen, House Beautiful , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Firefighting conditions are expected to improve today with decreasing winds, and a snowstorm could help drench the flames. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 1 Jan. 2022",
      "The storm systems will drench the region in flooding rainfall. \u2014 CNN , 24 Dec. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Gone, of course, were the aerial rope tricks and getting drench while singing in a waterfall. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 1 May 2022",
      "The final step is giving your repotted orchid a good drench . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "It\u2019s the perfect wash to pop in your gym bag for cleansing after even the most drench -inducing workouts. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Use a systemic insecticide (Imidacloprid) as a soil drench around the root system in mid-May to prevent the insects ever from feeding. \u2014 Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Licensed applicators are treating trees where the psyllids have been observed with a combination of the foliar spray Tempo and a root drench of the systemic Merit. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "Rare and intriguing, black maraschino cherry and bitter chocolate drench the palate, and a final kiss of licorice and tarte Tatin ebbs slowly in the background. \u2014 Emily Price, Forbes , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "Use the systemic insecticide Imidacloprid as a soil drench in mid-May to prevent them. \u2014 Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "Certain animal formulations of ivermectin such as pour-on, injectable, paste, and \u2018 drench ,\u2019 are approved in the U.S. to treat or prevent parasites in animals. \u2014 William Earl, Variety , 8 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4b",
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-215555"
  },
  "devoir":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": duty , responsibility",
      ": a usually formal act of civility or respect"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8vw\u00e4r",
      "\u02c8de-\u02ccvw\u00e4r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "burden",
      "charge",
      "commitment",
      "do",
      "duty",
      "imperative",
      "incumbency",
      "need",
      "obligation",
      "office",
      "responsibility"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "patient confidentiality has long been an integral part of a physician's professional devoir"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"alteration of Middle English dever, devoir , from Anglo-French, from deveir, devoer to owe, be obliged, from Latin deb\u0113re \u2014 more at debt ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-220030"
  },
  "dive (in)":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to start doing something with enthusiasm"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-221107"
  },
  "dyed-in-the-wool":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": thoroughgoing , uncompromising"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u012bd-\u1d4an-t\u035fh\u0259-\u02c8wu\u0307l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bred-in-the-bone",
      "chronic",
      "confirmed",
      "habitual",
      "inveterate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1580, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-221433"
  },
  "dampen":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to check or diminish the activity or vigor of : deaden",
      ": to make damp",
      ": damp sense 1c",
      ": to become damp",
      ": to become deadened or depressed",
      ": to make or become slightly wet",
      ": to make dull or less active"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dam-p\u0259n",
      "\u02c8dam-p\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bedew",
      "damp",
      "moisten"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dry"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Dampen the spot with a wet cloth.",
      "The shower barely dampened the ground.",
      "We wouldn't let the bad weather dampen our excitement.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Look for clues that would dampen your ability to make an impact, or to grow, and then consider the cost of changing to that firm. \u2014 John Pierce, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
      "Meanwhile, mortgage rates are up more than 2 percentage points from a year ago, which makes buying a home much more expensive and that may dampen demand. \u2014 Jeanne Sahadi, CNN , 19 May 2022",
      "To contain inflation, the Federal Reserve has begun raising interest rates, which should dampen demand. \u2014 Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
      "Medications such as methadone, which dampen cravings and the pangs of withdrawal, have been a crucial way to help people escape opioid addiction, a mission that has only grown more urgent as deaths from drug overdoses have skyrocketed. \u2014 Emily Alpert Reyesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
      "Auto loans may also rise, although these can be more sensitive to competition for buyers, which could dampen the Fed hike's impact. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 6 May 2022",
      "Amazon\u2019s real goal, some experts say, may simply be to delay the process for as long as possible, which could dampen enthusiasm among union organizers. \u2014 NBC News , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "While household balance sheets are solid and unemployment low, wages are not keeping up with inflation, which could dampen consumer spending. \u2014 Josh Boak, ajc , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Investors have been concerned about a potential crypto winter, which could dampen enthusiasm from retail traders. \u2014 Olga Kharif, Fortune , 25 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1547, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-222527"
  },
  "doggone":{
    "type":[
      "adjective or adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": damn",
      ": damned",
      ": damn"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4g-\u02c8g\u00e4n",
      "\u02c8d\u022fg-\u02c8g\u022fn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "accursed",
      "accurst",
      "blasted",
      "confounded",
      "cursed",
      "curst",
      "cussed",
      "damnable",
      "dang",
      "danged",
      "darn",
      "durn",
      "darned",
      "durned",
      "deuced",
      "freaking",
      "infernal"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "So, for our furry friends, at least, 2020 has been, well, doggone fun. \u2014 Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY , 8 Aug. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective or adverb",
      "What's the date for getting that boat out of that doggone water? \u2014 CBS News , 12 May 2022",
      "An adorable, fun-loving collection of doggone glitz. \u2014 Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "The event is a top entry in our guide to the Southland\u2019s coolest pup-friendly activities, beaches, doggone -fun classes and luxe hotels. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Sep. 2021",
      "Taking pictures of the crime scene with a doggone cell phone? \u2014 Peter Van Sant, CBS News , 4 Sep. 2021",
      "The Hulu mystery comedy starring Steve Martin, Selena Gomez, and Martin Short will twist and turn in every doggone way, according to EP John Hoffman. \u2014 Dan Snierson, EW.com , 31 Aug. 2021",
      "L\u00e9a-L\u00e9a\u2019s has so many doggone options for hot dogs. \u2014 Dallas News , 19 July 2021",
      "Besides, Mullens is so doggone earnest and likable and hard-working. \u2014 Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com , 4 Oct. 2020",
      "From there, the El Paso rescue had to solve the doggone dilemma of transporting the pup nearly 2,000 miles to his new home in Raleigh. \u2014 Fox News , 10 Aug. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Don\u2019t look at me and start believing \u2018anybody can make it.\u2019 That\u2019s a doggone lie. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 5 Mar. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1819, in the meaning defined above",
      "Adjective or adverb",
      "1850, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "1922, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-223035"
  },
  "demanding":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": requiring much time, effort, or attention : exacting",
      ": requiring or expecting much effort"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8man-di\u014b",
      "-\u02c8m\u00e4n-",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8man-di\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "arduous",
      "burdensome",
      "challenging",
      "exacting",
      "grueling",
      "gruelling",
      "killing",
      "laborious",
      "onerous",
      "persnickety",
      "taxing",
      "toilsome"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "light",
      "nondemanding",
      "unchallenging",
      "undemanding"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "She had a demanding schedule with little free time.",
      "Factory work can be physically demanding .",
      "I have heard it is one of the most demanding courses at the university.",
      "Their boss was really demanding , often expecting them to work long into the night.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "That way, iPadOS 16 can use up to 16GB of RAM for the most demanding apps. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 8 June 2022",
      "As with the Debussy, Langr\u00e9e brought Bol\u00e9ro up from near silence, percussionist Eric Shin front and center on snare, expertly handling one of the most demanding rhythmic stretches in the repertoire. \u2014 Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
      "But finding and dispatching hostile submarines is the most demanding challenge, and P-8 currently defines the state of the art in that endeavor. \u2014 Loren Thompson, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
      "Ballet, Gordon said, may have been the most demanding , requiring him to improve his flexibility, his core strength and his attention to detail, all things that have helped him as a football player. \u2014 Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Furthermore, A-Line says everything from the decking to the upholstery will be tailormade by hand to satisfy the most demanding clients. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "These young men, and a few women, are starting what is arguably the most demanding course in the military. \u2014 Will Bardenwerper, Outside Online , 20 Apr. 2020",
      "Why the heck would anyone pretend to believe in a religion that is as demanding , and often outright inconvenient, as the LDS Church is? \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 May 2022",
      "The pandemic CEOs are relieved to be past the most demanding , most disorienting, most exhausting experience of their careers, and for some the most frightening. \u2014 Geoff Colvin, Fortune , 27 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"from present participle of demand entry 2 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1926, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-223242"
  },
  "donate":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make a gift of",
      ": to contribute to a public or charitable cause",
      ": to transfer (a particle, such as an electron) to another atom or molecule",
      ": to make a donation",
      ": to give as a way of helping people in need",
      ": to transfer by a gift or donation",
      ": to make a donation \u2014 compare give , sell"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u014d-\u02ccn\u0101t",
      "d\u014d-\u02c8n\u0101t",
      "\u02c8d\u014d-\u02ccn\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bestow",
      "contribute",
      "give",
      "give away",
      "present",
      "volunteer"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Dallas Cowboys and the NFL Foundation also combined to donate $400,000 to Uvalde. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 16 June 2022",
      "Munroe also noted that L\u2019Oreal pledged to donate funds to U.K.-based charities that supported the fight against racial injustice and supported trans and gender-diverse children. \u2014 Zach Boyette, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "Student Jacob McDermott gave his textbook to his teacher to donate to a student in need in the coming year. \u2014 Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 June 2022",
      "Those who wish to donate to the Colleen Buckley Scholarship can send a check to the Draper Center for Dance Education, 1326 University Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607. \u2014 Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic , 14 June 2022",
      "During a global fashion summit in Copenhagen last week, Shein announced plans to donate $15 million over three years to The Or Foundation, a nonprofit that studies fast fashion waste in Ghana. \u2014 Alexander Onukwue, Quartz , 13 June 2022",
      "Besides delivering a public apology to a gathering of descendants, the fund decided to donate an undisclosed amount to the Voices for Our Fathers Legacy Foundation, Koller said. \u2014 al , 11 June 2022",
      "Besides delivering a public apology to a gathering of descendants, the fund decided to donate an undisclosed amount to the Voices for Our Fathers Legacy Foundation, Koller said. \u2014 Jay Reeves, ajc , 11 June 2022",
      "When extreme weather hit Texas in early 2021, Danneel posted resources on how to donate to relief funds. \u2014 Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"back-formation from donation ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1785, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-224626"
  },
  "doable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": able to be done or attained : achievable , possible"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from don \"to do entry 1 \" + -able  -able ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-225731"
  },
  "derive":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to take, receive, or obtain especially from a specified source",
      ": to obtain (a chemical substance) actually or theoretically from a parent substance",
      ": infer , deduce",
      ": bring",
      ": to trace the derivation of",
      ": to have or take origin : come as a derivative",
      ": to take or get from a source",
      ": to come from a certain source",
      ": to trace the origin or source of",
      ": to take, receive, or obtain, especially from a specified source",
      ": to obtain (a chemical substance) actually or theoretically from a parent substance",
      ": to have or take origin"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8r\u012bv",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8r\u012bv",
      "di-\u02c8r\u012bv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "conclude",
      "decide",
      "deduce",
      "extrapolate",
      "gather",
      "infer",
      "judge",
      "make out",
      "reason",
      "understand"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The river derives its name from a Native American tribe.",
      "Much of the book's appeal derives from the personality of its central character.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Those instead derive from the companion Privileges and Immunities Clause. \u2014 WSJ , 15 May 2022",
      "Thrifty individuals derive some pleasure from spending money on themselves. \u2014 David John Marotta, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "These restrictions derive from a fear of enraging a certain kind of customer. \u2014 Will Bedingfield, Wired , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "But Geter, 42, also seems to derive from these works an extraordinary sense of capacity. \u2014 Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post , 24 May 2022",
      "Without naming any specific characters, Kenobi director Deborah Chow tells EW that viewers should expect more cameos and appearances to derive from the films, as opposed to characters who have already been introduced into the live-action universe. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 17 May 2022",
      "Facial recognition will enhance these systems, allowing people to derive more functionality than ever before. \u2014 Tina D'agostin, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
      "Some of the complaints derive from reprints brought out by companies other than the original publishers of the books or comics. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
      "Yet some of the greatest poems derive depth as well as beauty from the seasons. \u2014 Stephen Sandy, The Atlantic , 20 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French deriver , from Latin derivare , literally, to draw off (water), from de- + rivus stream \u2014 more at run ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-225934"
  },
  "debar":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to bar from having or doing something : preclude",
      ": to bar from having or doing something",
      ": to exclude from contracting with the federal government or a federal contractor",
      "\u2014 compare disbar"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8b\u00e4r",
      "d\u0113-",
      "d\u0113-\u02c8b\u00e4r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ban",
      "bar",
      "close out",
      "count (out)",
      "eliminate",
      "except",
      "exclude",
      "freeze out",
      "rule out",
      "shut out"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "admit",
      "include"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the judge debarred all of the reporters from the courtroom",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "No company has been debarred yet, according to an M.T.A. spokesman. \u2014 New York Times , 29 July 2019",
      "Perceptics will face upcoming administrative proceedings to determine whether the company should be debarred , meaning prohibited for an extended period from working for the federal government. \u2014 Drew Harwell, Washington Post , 3 July 2019",
      "Labor\u2019s Lucero said that federal investigators did not seek to debar Insight Global from future public contracts. \u2014 Carl Prine, sandiegouniontribune.com , 2 Apr. 2018",
      "European Adoption Consultants placed more than 2,000 overseas children in US homes since the early 1990s before the State Department debarred the agency in December. \u2014 Randi Kaye And Wayne Drash, CNN , 12 Oct. 2017",
      "According to the Ohio attorney general's lawsuit, about 300 families had paid EAC for international adoptions that were in various stages when the agency was debarred . \u2014 Randi Kaye And Wayne Drash, CNN , 12 Oct. 2017",
      "Only 33 people or businesses in the U.S. are currently debarred from using H-2A workers \u2014 out of several thousand H-2A employers. \u2014 Audrey Dutton, idahostatesman , 1 Nov. 2017",
      "Between Fat Leonard\u2019s arrest and the end of last year, the Navy suspended 566 vendors and permanently debarred an additional 548 from contracts, according to the federal Interagency Suspension and Debarment Committee. \u2014 Carl Prine, sandiegouniontribune.com , 29 July 2017",
      "About 100 employers were debarred during that time. \u2014 Gary Coronado, www.latimes.com , 25 May 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English debarren , from Anglo-French debarrer , from de- + barrer to bar",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-230138"
  },
  "dogfight":{
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a fight between dogs",
      ": a fiercely disputed contest",
      ": a fight between two or more fighter planes usually at close quarters"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fg-\u02ccf\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ball game",
      "battle",
      "combat",
      "competition",
      "conflict",
      "confrontation",
      "contention",
      "contest",
      "duel",
      "face-off",
      "grapple",
      "match",
      "rivalry",
      "strife",
      "struggle",
      "sweepstakes",
      "sweep-stake",
      "tug-of-war",
      "war",
      "warfare"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "He was shot down in a dogfight over enemy territory.",
      "The election has turned into a real dogfight .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "We've been bombarded with this left and right divisive dogfight . \u2014 David Chiu, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "Yet the best moment comes after Maverick's dogfight heroics. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 28 May 2022",
      "The exchange offered a glimpse into why the Republican primary race for the office that oversees elections remains a dogfight just days from Election Day, on May 24. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
      "And while Trump couldn't keep Oz out of a dogfight with Dave McCormick, McCormick never tried to put distance between himself and Trump. \u2014 Byrick Klein,averi Harper, ABC News , 18 May 2022",
      "Our screenwriting team did a great job of figuring that out with dogfight football. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 May 2022",
      "As insanely cool as the aerial dogfight scenes were in the original, the sequel\u2019s action sequences level them up with unreal camera angles and nonstop tension. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 12 May 2022",
      "The next two quarters devolved into a dogfight between the both team\u2019s stars. \u2014 Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "The Philadelphia 76ers are headed into a likely dogfight against the Toronto Raptors in the first round of the 2022 NBA playoffs. \u2014 Bryan Toporek, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-230437"
  },
  "density":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of being dense",
      ": the quantity per unit of volume (see volume entry 1 sense 2 ), unit of area (see area sense 1 ), or unit of length: such as",
      ": the mass (see mass entry 2 sense 1c ) of a substance per unit of volume",
      ": the distribution of a quantity (such as electricity or energy) per unit usually of space (such as length, area, or volume)",
      ": the average number of individuals or units per unit of space",
      ": the degree of opacity (see opacity sense 2 ) of a translucent medium",
      ": the common logarithm of the opacity",
      ": the condition of having parts that are close together",
      ": the amount of something in a specified volume or area",
      ": the quantity per unit volume, unit area, or unit length: as",
      ": the mass of a substance per unit volume",
      ": the distribution of a quantity (as mass, electricity, or energy) per unit usually of space",
      ": the average number of individuals or units per space unit",
      ": the degree of opacity of a translucent medium",
      ": absorbance"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8den(t)-s\u0259-t\u0113",
      "\u02c8den-s\u0259-t\u0113",
      "\u02c8den(t)-s\u0259t-\u0113, -st\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "consistence",
      "consistency",
      "thickness",
      "viscidity",
      "viscosity"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "We were surprised by the fog's density .",
      "the density of her writing style",
      "These instruments are used for measuring the density of the atmosphere.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Diesel has a much higher energy density compared to gasoline, and the fuel is powerful enough to haul heavy payloads that gas cannot handle. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 17 May 2022",
      "For comparison, a 24-inch monitor with 4K resolution has a pixel density of 183.58 pixels per inch (ppi) versus the 91.79 ppi a 1080p alternative offers. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 13 May 2022",
      "Of the cities studied, those with higher incomes had roughly 26% lower density of leaks. \u2014 Li Cohen, CBS News , 11 May 2022",
      "But the technology has greater density and allows more energy to be stored. \u2014 Ken Silverstein, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Those whose training and dietary patterns appeared to be insufficient had substantially lower bone density and testosterone than would be expected for men of their age. \u2014 Richard A. Lovett, Outside Online , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "The upshot is that, beyond the hype of this allegedly modern marvel, China\u2019s high-speed-rail network has half the ridership density as Japan\u2019s Shinkansen bullet-train system. \u2014 Therese Shaheen, National Review , 27 Feb. 2022",
      "National City\u2019s northeast neighborhoods have the highest density of the group, according to Census data shared by Redistricting Insights, which provides mapping services. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "Vanessa Gibson, the Bronx borough president, noted that while the Riverdale neighborhood and the area around it have a higher-than-average tree density , sections of the South Bronx like Hunts Point have less than their fair share. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see dense ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-230547"
  },
  "dodgy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": evasive , tricky",
      ": not sound, good, or reliable",
      ": questionable , suspicious",
      ": requiring skill or care in handling or coping with"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-j\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "catchy",
      "delicate",
      "difficult",
      "hairy",
      "knotty",
      "nasty",
      "prickly",
      "problematic",
      "problematical",
      "sensitive",
      "spiny",
      "sticky",
      "thorny",
      "ticklish",
      "touchy",
      "tough",
      "tricksy",
      "tricky"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The car's got a dodgy engine.",
      "They got into a dodgy situation.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In case of a dodgy activity, IdentityIQ will send you a timely alert and also go all the way towards restoring your identity. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
      "Formerly dodgy neighborhoods like Malasa\u00f1a\u2014from which La Movida movement and Pedro Almod\u00f3var came\u2014and the once druggy Chueca have been cleaned up and reinvented with stylish storefronts, sunny cafes, and a chorus of languages, including English. \u2014 Christian L. Wright, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Online marketplaces like Amazon would have to do the same for dodgy products, such as counterfeit sneakers or unsafe toys. \u2014 Kelvin Chan And Raf Casert, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Online marketplaces like Amazon would have to do the same for dodgy products, such as counterfeit sneakers or unsafe toys. \u2014 Kelvin Chan And Raf Casert, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Online marketplaces like Amazon would have to do the same for dodgy products, such as counterfeit sneakers or unsafe toys. \u2014 Kelvin Chan, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "Lo and behold, Lumon is up to plenty of dodgy activities, though none of the Innies know precisely what. \u2014 ELLE , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Its debut episode introduced Steven Grant, a maladroit museum gift-shop clerk with a dodgy British accent, played by Oscar Isaac. \u2014 New York Times , 2 May 2022",
      "In an evocative example, Lee\u2019s story describes a dodgy online marketplace where people pay for discounted access to others\u2019 login information. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 19 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1861, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-231415"
  },
  "dialogue":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a written composition in which two or more characters are represented as conversing",
      ": a conversation between two or more persons",
      ": a similar exchange between a person and something else (such as a computer)",
      ": an exchange of ideas and opinions",
      ": a discussion between representatives of parties to a conflict that is aimed at resolution",
      ": the conversational element of literary or dramatic composition",
      ": a musical composition for two or more parts suggestive of a conversation",
      ": to express in dialogue",
      ": to take part in a dialogue",
      ": conversation given in a written story or a play",
      ": a conversation between two or more people or groups"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b-\u0259-\u02ccl\u022fg",
      "-\u02ccl\u00e4g"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "argument",
      "argumentation",
      "argy-bargy",
      "back-and-forth",
      "colloquy",
      "confab",
      "confabulation",
      "conference",
      "consult",
      "consultation",
      "council",
      "counsel",
      "debate",
      "deliberation",
      "discussion",
      "give-and-take",
      "palaver",
      "parley",
      "talk"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "No accusations of deceptive advertising can be leveled at the show; nevertheless, the plot and the dialogue are drawn directly from the original. \u2014 Charles Isherwood, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
      "The screenplay, by Matt Lopez, leans bright and broad, but there are sweetly specific moments scattered throughout, from a whisper-fight over dominoes at the local social club to the frequent snatches of colloquial Spanish woven into the dialogue . \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 15 June 2022",
      "Each of its five chapters consists of the dialogue of a single speaker who is telling a story to another character, with that listener\u2019s missing responses implied in the first character\u2019s remarks. \u2014 Joseph Berger, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
      "There are very interesting narrative devices in the structure of the film yet the entire dialogue comes from interviews with real people. \u2014 Emiliano Granada, Variety , 13 June 2022",
      "These should be open-ended to keep the dialogue going in a natural way while also garnering deeper insights into the product or the service. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "The dialogue between artist and critic unfolds like a play, dense with unexplained references to things seen and conversations held over the preceding days of their visit. \u2014 Jarrett Earnest, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
      "Sometimes there are exciting backdrops to their conversations, and sometimes the dialogue has to be the most exciting thing happening. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 6 June 2022",
      "Even when the dialogue gets preachy, the film stays grounded: These guys first bonded while serving mimosas to racist yuppies. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 3 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Visitors are encouraged to dialogue with artists whose works-in-progress are on view June 4 through June 25. \u2014 Matt Cooperlistings Coordinator, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
      "How might our politics look different if sincerity claims were an invitation to dialogue rather than a conversation-stopper? \u2014 Charles Mccrary, The New Republic , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Be sure to regularly dialogue with your employees about stress management and burnout, formally through surveys and informally through check-ins. \u2014 Naz Beheshti, Forbes , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "In behind-the-scenes footage shared to her Story, El Moussa and Richards lip synched along to dialogue from her Netflix show. \u2014 Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "There will be time at the end of the program for audience members to dialogue with the performers. \u2014 Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Oct. 2021",
      "Typically done after a project is completed, snapshots enable managers to dialogue with employees about their performance while the project is still top of mind. \u2014 Lisa Bodell, Forbes , 29 Sep. 2021",
      "Who knows, had Korach and his group agreed to seriously dialogue with Moses, Moses might have calmed them down. \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com , 7 June 2021",
      "Korach\u2019s cohorts also refused to dialogue with Moses (16:12). \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com , 7 June 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1566, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-232729"
  },
  "dawning":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to begin to grow light as the sun rises",
      ": to begin to appear or develop",
      ": to begin to be perceived or understood",
      ": the first appearance of light in the morning followed by sunrise",
      ": beginning",
      ": to begin to grow light as the sun rises",
      ": to start becoming plain or clear",
      ": the time when the sun comes up in the morning",
      ": a first appearance : beginning"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fn",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4n",
      "\u02c8d\u022fn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "actualize",
      "appear",
      "arise",
      "begin",
      "break",
      "commence",
      "engender",
      "form",
      "materialize",
      "originate",
      "set in",
      "spring",
      "start"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "aurora",
      "cockcrow",
      "dawning",
      "day",
      "daybreak",
      "daylight",
      "light",
      "morn",
      "morning",
      "sun",
      "sunrise",
      "sunup"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "They waited for the day to dawn .",
      "A new age is dawning .",
      "Noun",
      "as dawn breaks over the city",
      "Winter brings late dawns and early sunsets.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "High pressure will clear out any remaining clouds overnight Wednesday, and Thursday should dawn clear and cold. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Sunday will dawn crisp and chilly with readings in the upper 30s in the suburbs and 40s elsewhere. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Oct. 2021",
      "The Saints provided a respite from contractors and insurance adjusters, but the week will still dawn with gloom. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Oct. 2021",
      "And while Biden lacks the ex-President's volcanic character, a new age of friendship with allies did not suddenly dawn with a new leader in the Oval Office. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "Portland\u2019s first day of September should dawn clear and cool with few, if any, clouds blocking a lovely sunrise. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 Sep. 2021",
      "Every year, the realization would dawn anew: This fellowship, this constant and present connection, was the high peak. \u2014 al , 13 Feb. 2021",
      "Tagovailoa\u2019s first start will dawn a new age for the Dolphins, who have long been in pursuit for another franchise quarterback since Hall of Famer Dan Marino retired in 2000. \u2014 Safid Deen, sun-sentinel.com , 28 Oct. 2020",
      "The new era would dawn some 40 years after Americans Walter Gilbert and Allan Maxam and Englishman Fred Sanger discovered different methods of reading the information on the double helix. \u2014 Mark Johnson And Kathleen Gallagher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 Dec. 2010",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "For context, dinosaurs appeared 294 million years after the dawn of the Cambrian. \u2014 Samuel Zamora, The Conversation , 24 May 2022",
      "Tornado warnings were also reported in Mississippi, where power outages were also reported shortly after dawn on Friday. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "Windsor police said about 25 to 30 people were peacefully arrested and seven vehicles were towed just after dawn near the Ambassador Bridge that links their city -- and numerous Canadian automotive plants -- with Detroit. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Windsor police said about 12 people were peacefully arrested and seven vehicles were towed just after dawn near the Ambassador Bridge that links their city \u2014 and numerous Canadian automotive plants \u2014 with Detroit. \u2014 Rob Gillies And Corey Williams, The Christian Science Monitor , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "Windsor police said about 25 to 30 people were peacefully arrested and seven vehicles were towed just after dawn near the Ambassador Bridge that links their city \u2014 and numerous Canadian automotive plants \u2014 with Detroit. \u2014 Rob Gillies And Corey Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "Windsor police said several arrests were made and multiple vehicles were towed just after dawn near the Ambassador Bridge that links their city \u2014 and numerous Canadian automotive plants \u2014 with Detroit. \u2014 Rob Gillies, chicagotribune.com , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "Since the 1950s, the diner has offered homestyle meals to customers who often queue up outside the front door just after dawn . \u2014 Martin E. Comas, orlandosentinel.com , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "As was the case when coronavirus vaccines first appeared for adults, the public was quick to respond, filling Rady\u2019s first-day schedule and bringing eager families to the hospital shortly after dawn . \u2014 Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-234401"
  },
  "drudger":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to do hard, menial, or monotonous work",
      ": to force to do hard, menial, or monotonous work",
      ": one who is obliged to do menial work",
      ": one whose work is routine and boring",
      ": menial or tedious labor",
      ": a person who does hard or dull work"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259j",
      "\u02c8dr\u0259j"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bang away",
      "beaver (away)",
      "dig (away)",
      "endeavor",
      "fag",
      "grub",
      "hump",
      "hustle",
      "labor",
      "moil",
      "peg (away)",
      "plod",
      "plow",
      "plug",
      "slave",
      "slog",
      "strain",
      "strive",
      "struggle",
      "sweat",
      "toil",
      "travail",
      "tug",
      "work"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dogsbody",
      "drone",
      "drudger",
      "fag",
      "foot soldier",
      "grub",
      "grubber",
      "grunt",
      "laborer",
      "peon",
      "plugger",
      "slave",
      "slogger",
      "toiler",
      "worker"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "factory workers who must drudge all day at repetitive tasks",
      "Noun",
      "She was tired of working as an office drudge .",
      "worked like a drudge at a low-paying job that had few benefits",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "While the House drudged through a partisan back-and-forth, top Republicans and Democrats in the Senate hatched a deal. \u2014 Andrew Oxford, azcentral , 24 Mar. 2020",
      "As ambitious Jim heads east, \u00c1ntonia is a disgraced, unmarried mother drudging on the farm for a churlish brother. \u2014 Robert Garnett, WSJ , 14 Sep. 2018",
      "So spare a thought on Tuesday for the half-million teenagers drudging through derivatives. \u2014 James Markarian, WSJ , 14 May 2018",
      "While drudging through hateful comments can definitely make a negative impact on your mental health, reading kind comments out loud could act as an antidote. \u2014 Brittney Mcnamara, Teen Vogue , 20 June 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Samuel Johnson used similar language\u2014harmless drudge \u2014to describe the lexicographer who compiles a dictionary. \u2014 Alexandra Horowitz, The Atlantic , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "As any power-walker, commuter or chore drudge could tell you, the podcast is the multitasker\u2019s best friend. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Nov. 2021",
      "It\u2019s a Cinderella story, minus everything but the drudge and the stepmother. \u2014 Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times , 12 Nov. 2021",
      "Chances are, you\u2019ve been told to do all your high-level creative tasks in the morning and to save the boring drudge work (like answering emails) until later in the day. \u2014 Pia Silva, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
      "This type of automation can also lead to a better employee experience as drudge work slides off their plates. \u2014 Gil Allouche, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2021",
      "His subsequent doldrums include encounters with the Greys, conformist drudges who dress in black and white and often plod around with their eyes glued to their phones. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 July 2019",
      "Buy Photo Is automation destroying familiar jobs, reducing drudge work, collecting more information than anyone expected, and opening opportunities? \u2014 Joseph N. Distefano, Philly.com , 2 July 2018",
      "Sure, a competent operating person would be nice, to offload some of the drudge work. \u2014 Andy Kessler, WSJ , 30 Dec. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense",
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-234624"
  },
  "discrepancy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance",
      ": an instance of disagreeing or being at variance",
      ": a difference between things that are expected to be the same"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8skre-p\u0259n-s\u0113",
      "di-\u02c8skre-p\u0259n-s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "contrast",
      "difference",
      "disagreement",
      "disparateness",
      "disparity",
      "dissimilarity",
      "dissimilitude",
      "distance",
      "distinction",
      "distinctiveness",
      "distinctness",
      "diverseness",
      "diversity",
      "otherness",
      "unlikeness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "alikeness",
      "analogousness",
      "analogy",
      "community",
      "likeness",
      "resemblance",
      "sameness",
      "similarity"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "However, in order to achieve this scenario to a fuller extent, there will be less discrepancy between the physical and digital worlds. \u2014 Yanie Durocher, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "Is there some discrepancy between your claims of higher sensitivity and your tendency to push people around? \u2014 Peggy Noonan, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
      "The really interesting thing was the discrepancy between critical response for Hillbilly Elegy and audience feedback. \u2014 Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 May 2022",
      "Still, there was a startling discrepancy between his performance at home and on the road, shooting 46.5 percent from 3 on the road that season and just 33.2 percent at home. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 15 July 2021",
      "Retired Admiral Michael Franken has spent $1.7 million on ads so far, per AdImpact, compared to $330,000 from Finkenauer \u2014 a big discrepancy that adds some intrigue to the race. \u2014 Ben Kamisar, NBC News , 7 June 2022",
      "Other African researchers have also noted the discrepancy . \u2014 Pratik Pawar, Smithsonian Magazine , 2 June 2022",
      "The similarities between the teams isn\u2019t complete, with the biggest discrepancy being experience. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 2 June 2022",
      "The similarities between the teams isn\u2019t complete, with the biggest discrepancy being experience. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 2 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"earlier discrep ance in same sense (borrowed from Latin discrepantia, derivative of discrepant-, discrepans, present participle of discrep\u0101re \"to differ in sound, be out of tune, be inconsistent\") + -ancy \u2014 more at discrepant ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-000858"
  },
  "disconfirmation":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deny or refute the validity of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-k\u0259n-\u02c8f\u0259rm"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "contradict",
      "deny",
      "disaffirm",
      "disallow",
      "disavow",
      "disclaim",
      "disown",
      "gainsay",
      "negate",
      "negative",
      "refute",
      "reject",
      "repudiate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "acknowledge",
      "admit",
      "allow",
      "avow",
      "concede",
      "confirm",
      "own"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "later updates on the news story disconfirmed many details of the initial report",
      "contends that we will never be able to confirm or disconfirm the existence of God"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1827, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-001756"
  },
  "domicile":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a dwelling place : place of residence : home",
      ": a person's fixed, permanent, and principal home for legal purposes",
      ": residence sense 2b",
      ": to establish in or provide with a domicile",
      ": a place where someone lives",
      ": the place where an individual has a fixed and permanent home for legal purposes",
      ": the place where an organization (as a corporation) is chartered or that is the organization's principal place of business \u2014 compare citizenship , residence",
      ": to establish in or provide with a domicile"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-m\u0259-\u02ccs\u012b(-\u0259)l",
      "\u02c8d\u014d-",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-m\u0259-sil",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-m\u0259-\u02ccs\u012bl",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-m\u0259-\u02ccs\u012bl, \u02c8d\u014d-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abode",
      "diggings",
      "dwelling",
      "fireside",
      "habitation",
      "hearth",
      "hearthstone",
      "home",
      "house",
      "lodging",
      "pad",
      "place",
      "quarters",
      "residence",
      "roof"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "accommodate",
      "bestow",
      "billet",
      "bivouac",
      "board",
      "bunk",
      "camp",
      "chamber",
      "encamp",
      "harbor",
      "house",
      "lodge",
      "put up",
      "quarter",
      "roof",
      "room",
      "shelter",
      "take in"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "You will need to report your change of domicile to your insurance company.",
      "Students must establish a domicile in the state to be eligible for reduced tuition.",
      "Verb",
      "the university domiciles students in a variety of buildings in and around its urban campus",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "And domicile can sometimes seem like an almost mystical concept. \u2014 Peter J Reilly, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "Singapore headquarters was an issue for regulators at the time, but the company has since switched its domicile to the US. \u2014 Liana Baker, Fortune , 26 May 2022",
      "One concern was Broadcom\u2019s Singapore headquarters, and the company has since switched its domicile to the US. \u2014 Liana Baker, Fortune , 23 May 2022",
      "One concern was Broadcom\u2019s Singapore headquarters, and the company has since switched its domicile to the US. \u2014 Liana Baker, BostonGlobe.com , 23 May 2022",
      "Among the first net zero homes in the nation\u2019s capital, this domicile is designed to meet DOE Energy Star for homes requirements. \u2014 Jeffrey Steele, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "In addition, state income taxes will be owed in the player\u2019s state of domicile and to many other states in which the player has played a game that year, if the state has an income tax as all except nine do... \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "Also note that Netflix\u2019s password-sharing rules apply to individuals in a customer\u2019s household \u2014 not the physical confines of a domicile . \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Yes, the camel lives behind a truck stop, which is an unusual domicile for a camel but probably not unprecedented. \u2014 The New Yorker , 20 Dec. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "By having more funds domiciled in Singapore, the government hopes to not only attract more cash, but also jobs in the legal and accounting sectors. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 8 May 2020",
      "The current crisis might instead prompt us to ask whether companies domiciled in tax havens have any right to come crying to governments for a handout. \u2014 Helen Lewis, The Atlantic , 1 May 2020",
      "That wasn\u2019t the case five years ago when AbbVie sought to reduce its tax bill by merging with Shire, which was domiciled in Ireland where the corporate rate is 12.5% and intellectual property is taxed at 6.25%. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 25 June 2019",
      "That levy, collected at the end of December, falls heavily on American giants Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon, which have frequently been criticized for sidestepping local taxes by domiciling core operations in lower-tax nations. \u2014 Vivienne Walt, Fortune , 10 Jan. 2020",
      "For centuries, a vast range of African art has been domiciled outside the continent. \u2014 Oluwatosin Adeshokan, Quartz Africa , 7 Mar. 2020",
      "Li, worth some $30 billion as of June, started to reduce his risk in Hong Kong over 30 years ago by re- domiciling his principal holding company in Bermuda well before the U.K. handed its colony back to China in 1999. \u2014 Geoffrey Smith, Fortune , 24 Aug. 2019",
      "This again indicates that Ford travelled to North Carolina because Williamson was\u2014his attorneys will contend\u2014 domiciled there. \u2014 Michael Mccann, SI.com , 27 Sep. 2019",
      "There is no dispute that Ford is a citizen of Florida and is domiciled there. \u2014 Michael Mccann, SI.com , 27 Sep. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1809, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-002822"
  },
  "distill":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate entry 1 sense 3b ) in drops or in a wet mist",
      ": to purify or transform (a liquid) by successive evaporation and condensation : to subject to or transform by distillation",
      ": to obtain by or as if by distillation",
      ": to extract the essence of : concentrate",
      ": to fall or materialize in drops or in a fine moisture",
      ": to appear slowly or in small quantities at a time",
      ": to undergo distillation",
      ": to perform distillation",
      ": to make (a liquid) pure by heating it until it becomes a gas and then cooling it until it becomes a liquid",
      ": to subject to or transform by distillation",
      ": to obtain by or as if by distillation",
      ": to obtain an extract from (as a plant) by infusion and distillation",
      ": to undergo distillation",
      ": to condense or drop from a still after distillation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8stil"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dribble",
      "drip",
      "drop",
      "trickle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "They distill the whiskey from malted barley.",
      "He has perfectly distilled the meaning of the holiday into a poem.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In pictures that distill natural objects to graphic archetypes, the unadorned wooden surfaces are a remnant of the real thing. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
      "There are about a dozen major decision points and several dozen minor decision points in the Tequila production process \u2013 from what agave to use, to how to cook it, crush it, ferment and distill it, among others. \u2014 Joseph V Micallef, Forbes , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "First-time Academy Award nominee Kodi Smit-McPhee, 25, has a style that is difficult to neatly distill , and that\u2019s by design. \u2014 Evan Nicole Brown, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Shorter, more digestible and more compact records, with only a half-dozen tracks each, distill their essence in shorter bursts. \u2014 David Browne, Rolling Stone , 8 June 2022",
      "Some believe the native peoples of Mexico learned how to distill agave plants into mezcal using clay stills before the arrival of the Spanish. \u2014 Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Chrome browser will distill a shortlist of interests based on a user\u2019s recent browsing history, the company said. \u2014 Sam Schechner, WSJ , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "The commutation application submitted last week by Jones\u2019s defense is packed with affidavits, testimonies and exhibits that aim to distill 20 years of information that will buttress Jones\u2019s claim of innocence. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Sep. 2021",
      "But those efforts, like so many film adaptations before them, distill essentially only the basic ingredients of their stage sources \u2014 plot, character, music \u2014 and as a result feel more imitative than transformative. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English distillen , from Anglo-French distiller , from Late Latin distillare , alteration of Latin destillare , from de- + stillare to drip, from stilla drop",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-005057"
  },
  "determination":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy",
      ": the resolving of a question by argument or reasoning",
      ": termination",
      ": the act of deciding definitely and firmly",
      ": the result of such an act of decision",
      ": firm or fixed intention to achieve a desired end",
      ": a fixing or finding of the position, magnitude, value, or character of something: such as",
      ": the act, process, or result of an accurate measurement",
      ": an identification of the taxonomic position of a plant or animal",
      ": the definition of a concept in logic by its essential constituents (see constituent entry 1 sense 2 )",
      ": the addition of a differentia to a concept to limit its denotation",
      ": direction or tendency to a certain end : impulsion",
      ": the fixation of the destiny of undifferentiated embryonic tissue",
      ": firm or fixed intention",
      ": an act of deciding or the decision reached",
      ": an act of making sure of the position, size, or nature of something",
      ": a fixing or finding of the position, magnitude, quantity, value, or character of something: as",
      ": the act, process, or result of an accurate measurement",
      ": an identification of the taxonomic position of a plant or animal",
      ": the fixation of the destiny of undifferentiated embryonic tissue \u2014 compare differentiation sense 2b",
      ": a decision of a court or administrative agency regarding an issue, case, or claim"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02cct\u0259r-m\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "di-\u02cct\u0259r-m\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "di-\u02cct\u0259r-m\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "decidedness",
      "decision",
      "decisiveness",
      "determinedness",
      "firmness",
      "granite",
      "purposefulness",
      "resoluteness",
      "resolution",
      "resolve",
      "stick-to-itiveness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "hesitation",
      "indecision",
      "indecisiveness",
      "irresoluteness",
      "irresolution",
      "vacillation"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "What he lacked in talent he made up for in determination .",
      "The new instruments allow for more precise determination of the size of the tumor.",
      "The document will be used for determination of ownership.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "He is best known for his out-of-the-box thinking, authenticity, and high level of determination . \u2014 Hartford Courant , 10 June 2022",
      "Then came Covid, followed by a lot of determination to stay open. \u2014 Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "His work frequently spotlighted the lives of young people and returned to themes of determination , perseverance and compassion while telling engrossing stories of snowstorms, deadly germs and bravery on the battlefield. \u2014 Harrison Smith, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
      "Vice President Al Gore's immediate acceptance of the court's determination contributed to the perception of the institution's legitimacy. \u2014 Barbara A. Perry, CNN , 12 May 2022",
      "China's determination to maintain mandatory COVID tests is a boon for at least some businesses. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 30 May 2022",
      "The city became a symbol of mass destruction and human suffering, as well as of Ukrainian determination to defend the country. \u2014 Yuras Karmanau, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
      "Mariupol became a symbol of massive destruction and human suffering, as well as of Ukrainian determination to defend the country. \u2014 The Christian Science Monitor , 28 May 2022",
      "China\u2019s determination to become self-sufficent and resolve its food security challenges could put the U.S., as the world's leading producer in agriculture, in Beijing\u2019s crosshairs, a federal report warned this week. \u2014 Caitlin Mcfall, Fox News , 27 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see determine ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-005134"
  },
  "dreamer":{
    "type":[
      "noun ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that dreams",
      ": one who lives in a world of fancy and imagination",
      ": one who has ideas or conceives projects regarded as impractical : visionary",
      ": a person living in the United States without legal status who arrived as the child of someone who did not have the documentation required for legal entry or residence"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0113-m\u0259r",
      "\u02c8dr\u0113-m\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "Don Quixote",
      "fantast",
      "idealist",
      "idealizer",
      "ideologue",
      "idealogue",
      "romantic",
      "romanticist",
      "utopian",
      "visionary"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "hardnose",
      "pragmatist",
      "realist"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "I am a realist, but my sister is a dreamer .",
      "Some dreamers talk in their sleep to the people in their dreams.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Th\u00e5str\u00f6m is written as a harsh existentialist, political and speaks succinctly, while Cave is the opposite, a struggling Dionysian agnostic, and a romantic dreamer who swims in words. \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 June 2022",
      "When such a check becomes habit, the dreamer can try it while dreaming, which may lead them to encounter strange hieroglyphics or nonsensical time. \u2014 Kent Russell, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
      "She's also portrayed as the ultimate embodiment of a Hollywood dreamer who meticulously created her own image and transformation. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 19 May 2022",
      "His friends knew Jim as a dreamer and a helper \u2014 a good person gone too soon. \u2014 Tucker Reals, CBS News , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Their relationship is filtered only through racial insecurity, with Michelle as the real-talk bully to Barack\u2019s dreamer . \u2014 The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
      "The first ever College Football Playoff game made a dreamer out of Thomas Odukoya. \u2014 Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Calvino\u2019s particular skill is his dreamer \u2019s eye, his ability to make stories of incredible lightness out of a too-complicated world. \u2014 Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "The lyrics, all penned by the artist alongside his producer and Andr\u00e9s Castro, reflect a personal side of Boza: the romantic, the dreamer , the trend-setter. \u2014 Jessica Roiz, Billboard , 11 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (2)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "2004, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-005211"
  },
  "disoblige":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to go counter to the wishes of",
      ": inconvenience"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8bl\u012bj"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "discommode",
      "disturb",
      "incommode",
      "inconvenience",
      "put out",
      "trouble"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "accommodate",
      "favor",
      "oblige"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "didn't want to disoblige her relatives by spending the night at their place"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French d\u00e9sobliger , from Middle French, from des- dis- + obliger to oblige",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1632, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-011411"
  },
  "disinterestedness":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of being objective or impartial"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8in-tr\u0259-st\u0259d-n\u0259s",
      "-\u02c8in-t\u0259-\u02ccre-",
      "-t\u0259-r\u0259-",
      "-t\u0259r-",
      "-\u02c8in-\u02cctre-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "detachment",
      "disinterest",
      "equity",
      "evenhandedness",
      "fair-mindedness",
      "fairness",
      "impartiality",
      "justice",
      "neutralism",
      "neutrality",
      "nonpartisanship",
      "objectiveness",
      "objectivity"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bias",
      "favor",
      "favoritism",
      "nonobjectivity",
      "one-sidedness",
      "partiality",
      "partisanship",
      "prejudice"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the disinterestedness with which the newspaper reports stories earns it the respect and trust of the community",
      "a fair measure of the level of disinterestedness in the proceedings was the near-constant yawning by both participants and observers"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1682, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-011508"
  },
  "disable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make ineffective or inoperative",
      ": to impair physically or mentally : to cause disability in",
      ": to deprive of legal right, qualification, or capacity",
      ": to cause (something) to be unable to work in the normal way",
      ": to impair physically or mentally : to cause disability in",
      ": to impair physically or mentally : to cause disability in",
      ": to deprive of legal right, qualification, or capacity",
      ": to make incapable or ineffective",
      ": to cause to have a disability"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8\u0101-b\u0259l",
      "diz-\u02c8\u0101-",
      "dis-\u02c8\u0101-b\u0259l",
      "dis-\u02c8\u0101-b\u0259l, diz-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cripple",
      "incapacitate",
      "lame",
      "maim",
      "mutilate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a promising athlete who was severely disabled in a plane crash",
      "disabled the controls for unauthorized users",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "One of the biggest changes coming will disable the use of Android\u2019s Accessibility API for remote call recording. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "That can disable the system, which uses a computer to individually brake wheels to help drivers keep control. \u2014 Maria Jimenez Moya, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "That can disable the system, which uses a computer to individually brake wheels to help drivers keep control. \u2014 NBC News , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "One of the most important pandemic breakthroughs was the discovery that 15% to 20% of patients over 70 who die of covid have rogue antibodies that disable a key part of the immune system. \u2014 Liz Szabo, CNN , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "What\u2019s needed is leadership at the FDA that can disable the increasingly cushy relationship between the pharmaceutical industry and those charged to check its influence. \u2014 Haider J. Warraich, STAT , 20 Sep. 2021",
      "Officers are taught to enter quickly in small formations \u2014 or even enter with only one or two officers \u2014 to disable any gunman. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
      "Officers are now trained to disable a gunman as quickly as possible, without waiting for a tactical team or special equipment to arrive and before rescuing victims. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 27 May 2022",
      "Authorities also said Chou secured the church doors with chains and attempted to disable the building\u2019s locks with superglue before opening fire. \u2014 Kalie Drago, Forbes , 16 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English disablen \"to deprive of legal rights\" (in past participle disabled ), borrowed from Anglo-French desabler, from des-  dis- + able  able , or from abler \"to permit, make able to inherit,\" derivative of able  able ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-011512"
  },
  "despisement":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to look down on with disrespect or aversion",
      ": to regard as negligible , worthless, or distasteful",
      ": to feel scorn and dislike for"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sp\u012bz",
      "di-\u02c8sp\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abhor",
      "abominate",
      "detest",
      "execrate",
      "hate",
      "loathe"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "love"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "He and Julie grooved to Cuban son and jazz on NPR and loved arty films, for instance; and they distrusted big business and despised tract houses, malls, and other aesthetically unpleasing byproducts of a consumer society. \u2014 Brian C. Anderson , National Review , 13 Mar. 2006",
      "She was despised as a hypocrite.",
      "I despise anchovies on pizza, and I refuse to eat them!",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Add Amy Ryan \u2014 not an afterthought, her character would despise being considered that way \u2014 and there\u2019s no mystery about how deserving this show is of recognition. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
      "The semi-transparent black glass roof contrasts nicely with the paint color and conceals a sunscreen in the headliner, which should be an option for purists like this driver who despise sunroofs on performance cars. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 1 June 2022",
      "Unionist politicians of all stripes despise the protocol. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
      "Even people who despise country music aren\u2019t going to deny Parton\u2019s long list of accomplishments. \u2014 Troy L. Smith, cleveland , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Since then, McMullin\u2019s Democratic partisan rhetoric has managed to alienate nearly everyone who voted for him before, in pursuit of a fundraising base among people who despise anyone who didn\u2019t vote for Hillary Clinton in 2016. \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Drivers may despise speed cameras, but McNickle said his office receives plenty of requests from neighborhoods that want them. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The word is so repeatedly used that disabled people come to despise just hearing it, regardless of the circumstances. \u2014 Andrew Pulrang, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "And even a city literally torn apart by violence is usually filled with families who get along with the people others tell them to despise . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French despis- , stem of despire , from Latin despicere , from de- + specere to look \u2014 more at spy ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-011702"
  },
  "double-quick":{
    "type":[
      "adjective or adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": double time sense 1",
      ": a rapid pace"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259-b\u0259l-\u02cckwik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1834, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-024634"
  },
  "diggings":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a place of excavating especially for ore, metals, or precious stones",
      ": material dug out",
      ": quarters , premises",
      ": lodgings for a student"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-gi\u014bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abode",
      "domicile",
      "dwelling",
      "fireside",
      "habitation",
      "hearth",
      "hearthstone",
      "home",
      "house",
      "lodging",
      "pad",
      "place",
      "quarters",
      "residence",
      "roof"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1538, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-090206"
  },
  "deride":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to laugh at or insult contemptuously",
      ": to subject to usually bitter or contemptuous ridicule or criticism",
      ": to express a lack of respect or approval of",
      ": to laugh at in scorn : make fun of : ridicule"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8r\u012bd",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8r\u012bd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "gibe",
      "jibe",
      "jeer",
      "laugh (at)",
      "mock",
      "ridicule",
      "scout",
      "shoot down",
      "skewer"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "my brothers derided our efforts, but were forced to eat their words when we won first place",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The ascendent left-leaning movement will face a fierce fight in the coming years, as conservatives increasingly deride their efforts as corporate wokeness run amok. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 27 May 2022",
      "Red state officials deride it as politically correct and woke and are trying to stop investors who contract with states from adopting it on any level. \u2014 Sam Metz, Anchorage Daily News , 19 May 2022",
      "Rowland cruised to an easy reelection win over U.S. Rep. Barbara Kennelly of Hartford, and her fellow Democrats would deride those rebates for decades afterward. \u2014 Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant , 19 May 2022",
      "Throughout his political career, Biden has cultivated a reputation for unscripted candor, a trait allies laud as humanizing but adversaries deride as undisciplined. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "While several people referenced the text of the law in the comment section, the Crazy Girl Saloon rep continued to deride those who sided with Miller. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "To punch down is to deride and shun people for things that O\u2019Neil says are largely shaped by forces beyond their control; for her, these include addiction, obesity and poverty. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "For a brief window, before the inevitable breakdown, these young women were so fleet-footed that Fleshman used to deride eating disorders as a form of cheating. \u2014 Nora Caplan-bricker, Outside Online , 23 June 2017",
      "But lawmakers and union representatives deride the vacant positions across state government generally and say excessive use of contractors may be particularly wasteful and morale-busting in the medical examiner\u2019s office. \u2014 Meredith Cohn, baltimoresun.com , 17 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin derid\u0113re , from de- + rid\u0113re to laugh",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1526, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-090822"
  },
  "distemper":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to throw out of order",
      ": derange , unsettle",
      ": bad humor or temper",
      ": a disordered or abnormal bodily state especially of quadruped mammals: such as",
      ": a highly contagious virus disease of canines and especially of dogs that is caused by a morbillivirus (species Canine morbillivirus ) and is marked by fever, leukopenia, and respiratory, gastrointestinal, and neurological symptoms",
      ": strangles",
      ": panleukopenia",
      ": ailment , disorder",
      ": a process of painting in which the pigments are mixed with an emulsion of egg yolk, with size, or with white of egg as a vehicle and which is used for painting scenery and murals",
      ": the paint or the prepared ground used in the distemper process",
      ": a painting done in distemper",
      ": any of various water-based paints",
      ": to paint in or with distemper",
      ": a disordered or abnormal bodily state especially of quadruped mammals: as",
      ": a highly contagious virus disease especially of dogs that is marked by fever, leukopenia, and respiratory, gastrointestinal, and neurological symptoms and that is caused by a paramyxovirus of the genus Morbillivirus (species Canine morbillivirus )",
      ": strangles",
      ": panleukopenia",
      ": a severe frequently fatal infectious nasopharyngeal inflammation of rabbits"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8tem-p\u0259r",
      "dis-\u02c8tem-p\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "agitate",
      "ail",
      "alarm",
      "alarum",
      "bother",
      "concern",
      "derail",
      "discomfort",
      "discompose",
      "dismay",
      "disquiet",
      "distract",
      "distress",
      "disturb",
      "exercise",
      "flurry",
      "frazzle",
      "freak (out)",
      "fuss",
      "hagride",
      "perturb",
      "undo",
      "unhinge",
      "unsettle",
      "upset",
      "weird out",
      "worry"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "affection",
      "ail",
      "ailment",
      "bug",
      "complaint",
      "complication",
      "condition",
      "disease",
      "disorder",
      "distemperature",
      "fever",
      "ill",
      "illness",
      "infirmity",
      "malady",
      "sickness",
      "trouble"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb (1)",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (1)",
      "1546, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1632, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb (2)",
      "circa 1873, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-112428"
  },
  "dallier":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to act playfully",
      ": to play amorously",
      ": to deal lightly : toy",
      ": to waste time",
      ": linger , dawdle",
      ": to act playfully",
      ": to waste time",
      ": linger sense 1 , dawdle"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8da-l\u0113",
      "\u02c8da-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "disport",
      "frolic",
      "play",
      "recreate",
      "rollick",
      "skylark",
      "sport",
      "toy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Please don't dally . We need you here right away.",
      "The two of us dallied over our coffee that morning.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The deadline for submitting ideas for the next set has also been extended until Sept. 1, so don\u2019t dilly- dally with yours. \u2014 Adam Lashinsky, Fortune , 10 Apr. 2020",
      "Before taking control of the Gaullist party in 1976, Mr. Chirac dallied with the Communist and Socialist Parties. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Sep. 2019",
      "No unplugged shows for her, no Bon Iver covers or dallying with avant-garde producers: David Guetta and Sia will do, thank you very much. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Feb. 2020",
      "WikiLeaks has also been accused of serving as a conduit for Russian misinformation, and Assange has alienated some supporters by dallying with populist politicians including Brexit-promoter Nigel Farage. \u2014 NBC News , 24 Feb. 2020",
      "In an attempt to egg him on through jealousy, Ness herself has been dallying , with unfortunate consequences. \u2014 Clair Wills, The New York Review of Books , 7 Jan. 2020",
      "Harry Kane scored the crucial goal five minutes from the end after Jack Grealish was caught dallying on the ball, and the Villa captain was punished by the clinical striker. \u2014 SI.com , 10 Aug. 2019",
      "Enough dilly dallying , when are the Broncos going to put in Drew Lock as their starting quarterback? \u2014 Ryan O\u2019halloran, The Denver Post , 26 Nov. 2019",
      "Books are meant to be long, dallying detours into other worlds. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Sep. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English dalyen , from Anglo-French dalier ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-112501"
  },
  "debaucher":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality",
      ": to lead away from virtue or excellence",
      ": to seduce from chastity",
      ": to make disloyal",
      ": an act or occasion of extreme indulgence in sensuality or carnal pleasures : an act or occasion of debauchery",
      ": orgy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8b\u022fch",
      "-\u02c8b\u00e4ch",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abase",
      "bastardize",
      "canker",
      "cheapen",
      "corrupt",
      "debase",
      "degrade",
      "demean",
      "demoralize",
      "deprave",
      "deteriorate",
      "lessen",
      "pervert",
      "poison",
      "profane",
      "prostitute",
      "subvert",
      "vitiate",
      "warp"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "elevate",
      "ennoble",
      "uplift"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "the long stay on a tropical isle had debauched the ship's crew to the point where they no longer acted like naval professionals",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The medical community and laypersons alike often blamed victims of the disease for their own suffering, believing that vicious, debauched , and unhygienic lifestyles begat typhus. \u2014 Timothy Kent Holliday, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Apr. 2020",
      "His voice is chirpy-thin, making his stories of debauched after-hours excess sound like child\u2019s play. \u2014 New York Times , 9 May 2018",
      "Given this is a bachelorette party, though, her activities are sure to be slightly more debauched \u2014 perhaps something fun with vaginal jade eggs? \u2014 Amanda Arnold, The Cut , 11 Apr. 2018",
      "This is middle ages debauchery, when people really knew how to debauch . \u2014 Kelly Kazek, AL.com , 16 Mar. 2018",
      "Prohibition failed because too few Americans agreed that all drinking was debauched . \u2014 The Economist , 19 Dec. 2017",
      "The ruling class became hoggishly self-indulgent: Mr Heffer lacerates Edward VII for his habit of sponging off his friends and debauching their wives. \u2014 The Economist , 7 Oct. 2017",
      "If memory serves, Sixx\u2019s proudly debauched autobiography was pretty graphic all by itself. \u2014 George Varga, sandiegouniontribune.com , 19 July 2017",
      "Lofing, who is married, faced a misdemeanor charge of debauching a minor and on Monday was sentenced to 90 days in jail. \u2014 Alex Thomas, ajc , 19 July 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But this year, the island is celebrating much more than Ernest Hemingway\u2019s six-toed cats, Duval Street pub crawls or a Fantasy Fest debauch . \u2014 Gwen Filosa, sun-sentinel.com , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "After the fashion industry disgraced itself by banishing Melania Trump, this latest debauch comes as no surprise. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 10 Mar. 2021",
      "Take a break from taking a break with a long debauch at the Chateau Marmont? \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Oct. 2020",
      "In stark contrast to Mr Sehic\u2019s debauches , hundreds of starving Bosniaks, led by small numbers of armed men, raid surrounding Serb villages for food. \u2014 The Economist , 3 Oct. 2019",
      "Pain and Glory Rated R for language, recreational drug use and remembrance of debauches past. \u2014 Manohla Dargis, New York Times , 3 Oct. 2019",
      "Hot Springs was a wild town in those days\u2014a spa for rich northerners, a debauch of illegal gambling, fancy nightclubs, and the Oaklawn racetrack. \u2014 Joe Klein, Daily Intelligencer , 30 June 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1595, in the meaning defined at sense 2b",
      "Noun",
      "1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-112723"
  },
  "disease":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a condition of the living animal or plant body or of one of its parts that impairs normal functioning and is typically manifested by distinguishing signs and symptoms : sickness , malady",
      ": a harmful development (as in a social institution)",
      ": trouble",
      ": a change in a living body (as of a person or plant) that prevents it from functioning normally : sickness",
      ": an impairment of the normal state of the living animal or plant body or one of its parts that interrupts or modifies the performance of the vital functions, is typically manifested by distinguishing signs and symptoms, and is a response to environmental factors (as malnutrition, industrial hazards, or climate), to specific infective agents (as worms, bacteria, or viruses), to inherent defects of the organism (as genetic anomalies), or to combinations of these factors : sickness , illness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8z\u0113z",
      "di-\u02c8z\u0113z",
      "diz-\u02c8\u0113z"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "affection",
      "ail",
      "ailment",
      "bug",
      "complaint",
      "complication",
      "condition",
      "disorder",
      "distemper",
      "distemperature",
      "fever",
      "ill",
      "illness",
      "infirmity",
      "malady",
      "sickness",
      "trouble"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "health",
      "wellness"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "At the hearing, Brooks' attorney Jeremy Perri also requested a state evaluation for Brooks, saying that the defense can still change Brooks' plea to not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. \u2014 Lydia Morrell, Journal Sentinel , 20 June 2022",
      "North Korea has dispatched medical crews and epidemiological investigators to a province battling the outbreak of an intestinal disease , state media reported earlier today. \u2014 Andrew Torgan, CNN , 19 June 2022",
      "Only about a fifth of people aged 65 and older\u2014a demographic at high risk of severe disease and death from Covid-19\u2014got a second booster. \u2014 Stephanie Armour, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
      "With increasing cases of monkeypox in the U.S. and across the globe, the Georgia Department of Public Health on Friday confirmed a third case of the infectious disease in the state. \u2014 Helena Oliviero, ajc , 17 June 2022",
      "Ahn said the outbreak of intestinal disease is not an uncommon situation given the country\u2019s poor health and sanitary conditions. \u2014 Min Joo Kim, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
      "When inhaled, these microscopic particles \u2014 30 times smaller than a human hair \u2014 can venture deep into the lungs and into the bloodstream, increasing the chance of lung disease and potentially triggering a heart attack or stroke. \u2014 Tony Briscoestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
      "Those with severe cases or who are at risk of severe disease can take antivirals developed for smallpox \u2014 a related, but different, virus. \u2014 oregonlive , 16 June 2022",
      "New Zealand scientists at first suspected that the birds might be dying from exposure to toxins in the environment or some sort of heretofore unknown disease . \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English disese , from Anglo-French desease, desaise , from des- dis- + eise ease",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-114619"
  },
  "dewy-eyed":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": naively innocent and trusting"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-\u0113-\u02cc\u012bd",
      "also"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aw-shucks",
      "dewy",
      "green",
      "ingenuous",
      "innocent",
      "na\u00eff",
      "naif",
      "naive",
      "na\u00efve",
      "primitive",
      "simple",
      "simpleminded",
      "uncritical",
      "unknowing",
      "unsophisticated",
      "unsuspecting",
      "unsuspicious",
      "unwary",
      "unworldly",
      "wide-eyed"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "cosmopolitan",
      "experienced",
      "knowing",
      "sophisticated",
      "worldly",
      "worldly-wise"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1938, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-120243"
  },
  "department":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a distinct sphere : province",
      ": a category consisting especially of a measurable activity or attribute",
      ": a functional or territorial division: such as",
      ": a major administrative division of a government",
      ": a major territorial administrative subdivision",
      ": a division of a college or school giving instruction in a particular subject",
      ": a major division of a business",
      ": a section of a department store handling a particular kind of merchandise",
      ": a territorial subdivision made for the administration and training of military units",
      ": a special part or division of an organization (as a government or college)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8p\u00e4rt-m\u0259nt",
      "di-\u02c8p\u00e4rt-m\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "agency",
      "arm",
      "branch",
      "bureau",
      "desk",
      "division",
      "office",
      "service"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Your letter has been forwarded to our sales department .",
      "When you get to the hospital, go directly to the X-ray department .",
      "the university's math and science departments",
      "the department of modern languages",
      "She joined the town's police department .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The police department responded at 6:22 p.m. to an active shooter call. \u2014 Phil Helsel, NBC News , 17 June 2022",
      "The police department didn't immediately reply to messages left Friday seeking comment. \u2014 Chron , 17 June 2022",
      "The police department said the area will be shut down until at least 8 p.m. local time. \u2014 Fox News , 17 June 2022",
      "Two of the people appeared to act as lookouts, while the other two smashed a display case with a crowbar, the police department reported. \u2014 Kimberly Fornek, Chicago Tribune , 17 June 2022",
      "The police department works with other agencies frequently but doesn\u2019t hand off command easily. \u2014 Claire Bryan, San Antonio Express-News , 17 June 2022",
      "When the local police department first heard his name, JJ had only lived in Rexburg, Idaho, with his mother, Lori Vallow, and his sister, Tylee Ryan, for a short time. \u2014 Leah Sottile, Rolling Stone , 16 June 2022",
      "Detectives are asking anyone with information about the shooting to call Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7lockup, or to call the police department directly at 410-396-2100. \u2014 Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun , 16 June 2022",
      "Margera was located on Wednesday by Delray Beach officers, a representative for the police department told CBS News. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 16 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French d\u00e9partement , from Old French, act of dividing, from departir ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1735, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-120339"
  },
  "damages":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": loss or harm resulting from injury to person, property, or reputation",
      ": compensation in money imposed by law for loss or injury",
      ": expense , cost",
      ": to cause damage (see damage entry 1 sense 1 ) to",
      ": loss or harm caused by injury to a person's body or property",
      ": money demanded or paid according to law for injury or damage",
      ": to cause harm or loss to",
      ": loss or harm resulting from injury to person, property, or reputation",
      ": the money awarded to a party in a civil suit as reparation for the loss or injury for which another is liable \u2014 see also additur , cover , mitigate , remittitur \u2014 compare declaratory judgment at judgment sense 1a , injunction , specific performance at performance",
      ": damages deemed to compensate the injured party for losses sustained as a direct result of the injury suffered",
      ": special damages in this entry",
      ": damages for a loss that is an immediate, natural, and foreseeable result of the wrongful act \u2014 compare special damages in this entry",
      ": punitive damages in this entry",
      ": damages recoverable for breach of contract and designed to put the injured party in the position he or she would have been in had the contract been completed",
      ": damages for a loss that is the natural, foreseeable, and logical result of a wrongful act \u2014 compare special damages in this entry",
      ": damages for losses (as pain and suffering, inconvenience, or loss of lifestyle) whose monetary values are difficult to assign",
      ": damages deemed to compensate for the loss of enjoyment of life resulting from a wrongful act",
      ": damages recoverable under section 2-715 of the Uniform Commercial Code in breach of contract cases for losses that include expenses incurred in handling and caring for goods which were the subject of the contract, reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining cover, and any other reasonable expenses resulting from the breach that do not fall into any other category",
      ": damages whose amount is agreed upon by the parties to a contract as adequately compensating for loss in the event of a breach",
      ": damages recoverable for loss resulting from an obligor's delay in performing",
      ": damages awarded in a small amount (as one dollar) in cases in which a party has been injured but no loss resulted from the injury or in which the injured party failed to prove that loss resulted from the injury",
      ": damages that are presumed under the law to result naturally and necessarily from a tortious act and that therefore do not require proof",
      ": damages awarded in cases of serious or malicious wrongdoing to punish or deter the wrongdoer or deter others from behaving similarly",
      ": damages awarded in an amount deemed to compensate for losses that arise not as a natural result of the injury but because of some particular circumstance of the injured party",
      ": damages relating to a business, profession, or property that are easily calculable in monetary terms",
      ": liquidated damages in this entry",
      ": damages awarded in an amount that is three times the amount for which the trier of fact finds the wrongdoer liable",
      ": losses for which damages are recoverable",
      ": of or relating to damages"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8da-mij",
      "\u02c8da-mij"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "affliction",
      "detriment",
      "harm",
      "hurt",
      "injury"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "blemish",
      "bloody",
      "break",
      "compromise",
      "crab",
      "cripple",
      "cross (up)",
      "deface",
      "disfigure",
      "endamage",
      "flaw",
      "harm",
      "hurt",
      "impair",
      "injure",
      "mar",
      "spoil",
      "vitiate"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Duke says repairs and damage assessment are underway. \u2014 Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer , 14 June 2022",
      "Wagner, of Florissant, Missouri, the one person charged in connection to the property damage incident, was with Garland and among those arrested in Idaho, according to jail records. \u2014 William Lee, Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022",
      "Many of the vehicles sport bullet holes or other obvious battle damage . \u2014 Mac William Bishop, Rolling Stone , 12 June 2022",
      "Defending race winner Alex Palou was knocked out of contention with suspension damage caused by wheel-to-wheel contact from his teammate Ericsson on the third lap. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel , 12 June 2022",
      "For more ways to protect against water damage inside and out, check out our picks for the best gutter guards and gutter-cleaning tools! \u2014 Alex Rennie, Popular Mechanics , 12 June 2022",
      "Upon further review, police say that both drivers should be considered at fault in a May 30 Jeep and motorcycle accident that resulted in no injuries and relatively minor damage . \u2014 Thomas Jewell, cleveland , 12 June 2022",
      "Left untreated, Ramsay Hunt syndrome can lead to permanent hearing loss, eye damage and postherpetic neuralgia \u2014 painful condition that occurs when a shingles infection damages nerve fibers. \u2014 Ebony Williams, ajc , 11 June 2022",
      "This look can be achieved by women of color (particularly Black women) with little to no hair damage . \u2014 Emerald Elitou, Essence , 10 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Pets can damage lawns by doing their business in the grass and even just walking and running across the yard. \u2014 Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star , 14 June 2022",
      "Just like tobacco, smoking weed can damage the lungs and increase the risk of respiratory diseases. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 8 June 2022",
      "Dust storms also damage crops and deplete fertile soil. \u2014 Kasha Patel, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
      "For example, the inflammation in scalp psoriasis\u2014which shows up as red, scaly, plaques\u2014can damage the hair follicles. \u2014 Melanie Rud, SELF , 26 May 2022",
      "Debris such as twigs and acorns can damage the blades on a reel mower. \u2014 Will Briskin, Popular Mechanics , 22 May 2022",
      "After taking so much time and energy to interview, not receiving offers can damage your self-esteem. \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
      "The strong winds could also damage trees and power lines. \u2014 Brook Endale, The Enquirer , 20 May 2022",
      "Even in the shorter term, climate disasters can damage the economy and impact aggregate supply and demand\u2014for example, extreme weather events are linked to food price shocks which can have profound inflationary effects. \u2014 Aaron Regunberg, The New Republic , 19 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-122347"
  },
  "dome":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a stately building : mansion",
      ": a large hemispherical roof or ceiling",
      ": a natural formation or structure that resembles the dome or cupola of a building",
      ": a form of crystal composed of planes parallel to a lateral axis that meet above in a horizontal edge like a roof",
      ": an upward fold in rock whose sides dip uniformly in all directions",
      ": a roofed sports stadium",
      ": a person's head",
      ": to cover with a dome",
      ": to form into a dome",
      ": to swell upward or outward like a dome",
      ": a rounded top or roof that looks like half of a ball",
      ": a rounded structure",
      ": a rounded-arch element in the wave tracing in an electroencephalogram"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u014dm",
      "\u02c8d\u014dm",
      "\u02c8d\u014dm"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bean",
      "block",
      "head",
      "mazard",
      "mazzard",
      "nob",
      "noddle",
      "noggin",
      "noodle",
      "nut",
      "pate",
      "poll"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "the dome of the Capitol building",
      "The team's new stadium is a dome .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "With its glass dome rising among the prewar buildings of the Upper West Side, the Rose Center for Earth and Space was at first considered sacrilege by some residents. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
      "The complex, which included a cathedral famous for its golden dome , was pillaged by the Mongols in 1240 and restored a few centuries later. \u2014 Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
      "Copper sheathing was laid out on the dome and then sealed. \u2014 Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic , 9 Jan. 2022",
      "Another dome setting will be nice to Ryan and the passing game. \u2014 Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star , 1 June 2022",
      "Island is the Montreal Biosphere, a geodesic dome designed by American architect Buckminster Fuller to serve as the U.S. pavilion. \u2014 Siobhan Reid, Washington Post , 1 June 2022",
      "The media had been called to the Capitol dome for a last-minute jab-back at Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who earlier that morning slammed California\u2019s gun laws as ineffective. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
      "Rick 'Jester' Heatherly \u2013 Matt Hasselbeck: Seems like a solid \u2013 maybe underappreciated? \u2013 starter \u2013 and one with a glorious dome . \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 26 May 2022",
      "Doubt turned into enchantment at first sight of the chora, or main town \u2014 a blue church dome topping a medieval castle topping a white village lined by windmills and cascading down a rocky outcrop to the sea. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Other 270 awnings, like the AluCab Shadow Awning ($1,500), avoid this by using clever fabric spreaders that dome the fabric to prevent pooling. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 10 Apr. 2021",
      "This most recent push has focused on sapping public sector workers\u2019 collective bargaining rights, in particular, like the bill that led thousands of union members to peacefully occupy Wisconsin\u2019s capitol dome in 2011. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 25 Jan. 2021",
      "Chicago-area restaurants desperate to keep outdoor dining alive amid plummeting temperatures and new coronavirus restrictions are flooding tent and dome rental companies with inquiries. \u2014 Alexia Elejalde-ruiz, chicagotribune.com , 30 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1513, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1876, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-123255"
  },
  "displeasing":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to incur the disapproval or dislike of especially by annoying",
      ": to be offensive to",
      ": to give displeasure",
      ": to cause to feel unhappy or unsatisfied"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8pl\u0113z",
      "dis-\u02c8pl\u0113z"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "disaffect",
      "discontent",
      "disgruntle",
      "dissatisfy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "content",
      "gratify",
      "please",
      "satisfy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "her coworkers' tendency to pry displeased her",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The news will likely displease several in the industry planning to head to the 2023 Berlinale, due to take place Feb. 16-23. \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
      "DeWine has also been careful not to do anything during the past year that would further displease the Republican base. \u2014 Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland , 4 May 2022",
      "Since the war began, Beijing has tried to displease neither Russia nor the international coalition opposing President Vladimir Putin \u2014 a position that is increasingly untenable. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Either approach can work, even if the adaptations that veer from the books inevitably displease some loyal readers. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "The iPhone-maker is also aggressively and proactively censoring apps and other content that might displease Chinese regulators in the Chinese version of its App Store. \u2014 Robert Hackett, Fortune , 18 May 2021",
      "But the host of HBO\u2019s Friday-night mainstay Real Time with Bill Maher is the only one of the left-of-center comics who occasionally says things that might displease his audience. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 19 Apr. 2021",
      "Take a dip in the wrong South American river or displease the wrong Bond villain, and some poor sap disappears in a froth of roiling water, blood and screams. \u2014 Jim Kiest, San Antonio Express-News , 15 Apr. 2021",
      "As the day after Election Day dawns, the immediate task for Tuesday\u2019s victor is likely to be more mundane and less ideological \u2014 and guaranteed to displease most Americans. \u2014 Tyler Cowen Bloomberg Opinion, Star Tribune , 3 Nov. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English displesen , from Anglo-French despleisir, desplere , from des- dis- + pleisir to please \u2014 more at please ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-123932"
  },
  "dinning":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation ()",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a loud continued noise",
      ": a welter of discordant sounds",
      ": a situation or condition resembling a din",
      ": to make a loud noise",
      ": to assail with loud continued noise",
      ": to impress (see impress entry 1 sense 2c ) by insistent repetition",
      "dinar",
      "German Industrial Standards",
      ": loud confused noise"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8din",
      "\u02c8din"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "babel",
      "blare",
      "bluster",
      "bowwow",
      "brawl",
      "bruit",
      "cacophony",
      "chatter",
      "clamor",
      "clangor",
      "decibel(s)",
      "discordance",
      "katzenjammer",
      "noise",
      "racket",
      "rattle",
      "roar"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "chime",
      "iterate",
      "rehearse",
      "reiterate",
      "repeat"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "It was hard to hear anything above the din in the restaurant.",
      "there's always a great din from the cafeteria during lunch",
      "Verb",
      "safety lessons dinned into us over and over",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In a din of overlapping voices, Amy approached a peppy woman from the Assembly speaker\u2019s office and began her pitch. \u2014 Danyoung Kim, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
      "There's a key distinction that can be lost in the din of a dispute. \u2014 Joshua Bowling, The Arizona Republic , 7 Nov. 2021",
      "Gunfire might not be heard above the din of traffic. \u2014 Tim Stelloh, NBC News , 3 June 2022",
      "Even as a young press operator at The Washington Post, working amid the din of printing presses rolling at deadline, Royce Miles stood out from the crowd. \u2014 Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "In Brighton Beach, these immigrants shop together at the Brighton Bazaar and Tashkent supermarkets amid the din of trains overhead. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "Instead, a little more than 100 counterprotesters descended down the wide lawn in front of the mountain\u2019s gigantic bas relief carving of Confederate leaders, shouting and jeering, forcing the SCV speakers to struggle to be heard over the din . \u2014 al , 1 May 2022",
      "From Nathan Fenno: As the mob jostled with two dozen police officers in helmets and gas masks blocking a hallway to the Senate chamber in the U.S. Capitol, a voice boomed above the din . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "For the second straight night, Julius yelled over the din of a clamorous crowd of Toksook Bay fans as the No. 6 seed Islanders pulled off an upset. \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-124147"
  },
  "demeanor":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": behavior toward others : outward manner",
      ": outward manner or behavior",
      ": outward manner : way of conducting oneself"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8m\u0113-n\u0259r",
      "di-\u02c8m\u0113-n\u0259r",
      "di-\u02c8m\u0113-n\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "actions",
      "address",
      "bearing",
      "behavior",
      "comportment",
      "conduct",
      "deportment",
      "geste",
      "gest"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Staffs like the one at Veritas have come a long way from the days when sommeliers \u2026 intimidated diners with their overbearing demeanor and French accents. \u2014 Food & Wine , September 2002",
      "Sam himself, a quiet young man with a rather shy demeanor , was somewhat bemused by all this attention. \u2014 Lola Oberman , Bird Watcher's Digest , November/December 1994",
      "the director of the opera company has a haughty demeanor that can be irritating",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Blackman said in the Time piece that he's seen a change in Page's demeanor since returning for work on Season 3. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 9 June 2022",
      "Sussman was 38, gentle in his manner, slightly overweight, curly-haired, scholarly in demeanor . \u2014 Joshua Benton, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022",
      "That much is sure just in the demeanor of its ace pitcher. \u2014 Matt Goul, cleveland , 25 May 2022",
      "His Mickey can feel in demeanor like a character to whom things happen, even as the script and story insist his mind is constantly whirring with possibilities. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 11 May 2022",
      "The only person remotely interested in pulling the thread of her theories is Frank, whose demeanor is more fraudulent leader than motivational speaker. \u2014 Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone , 2 May 2022",
      "After returning from Hawaii, his family, friends, and employees saw a change in his demeanor . \u2014 Will Yakowicz, Forbes , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "There was more swagger in his demeanor and movements, more decisiveness imbued within his actions on both ends of the floor. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 3 Jan. 2022",
      "Betts said so in his demeanor , overtly resigned to the bleak circumstances, before verbalizing the reality. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" demean entry 2 + -or entry 2 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-124730"
  },
  "deform":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to spoil the form of",
      ": to spoil the looks of : disfigure",
      ": to mar the character of",
      ": to alter the shape of by stress",
      ": to become misshapen or changed in shape",
      ": to spoil the form or the natural appearance of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8f\u022frm",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8f\u022frm"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "contort",
      "distort",
      "misshape",
      "screw",
      "squinch",
      "torture",
      "warp"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The disease eventually deforms the bones.",
      "The disease eventually causes the bones to deform .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The conflict is on full display in black holes, which deform space so severely that gravity\u2019s more fundamental, quantum nature cannot be ignored. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "According to Viswanathan, some rechargeable batteries have hard metal shells that resist the buildup of internal pressure and don\u2019t visibly deform very much. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "The XT Extreme\u2019s air cells deform independently, allowing the four-inch-thick pad to mold around your body. \u2014 Ryan Stuart, Outside Online , 10 May 2021",
      "The thicker, stronger carcass of an LT tire, inflated to a higher pressure, will deform less over small bumps than a P/Euro-metric one, transmitting those movements to the suspension. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 6 Apr. 2021",
      "That is, inhabit the forms and then deform everything that doesn\u2019t contain us entirely, that can\u2019t in any way contain us. \u2014 Elena Ferrante, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "And the ground began to deform , likely due to flows of magma. \u2014 Christopher Intagliata, Scientific American , 20 Dec. 2021",
      "Research suggests that stimulating muscles, which then put force on bones and deform them slightly, encourages those bones to stay strong. \u2014 Sarah Scoles, Wired , 9 Nov. 2021",
      "In contrast, a train\u2019s steel wheels deform very little, which means that only a small patch of the wheel \u2013 an area about the size of a five pence piece or a dime \u2013 actually makes contact with the rail. \u2014 Laurie Winkless, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French desfurmer , from Latin deformare , from de- + formare to form, from forma form",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-130913"
  },
  "drape":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cover or adorn with or as if with folds of cloth",
      ": to cause to hang or stretch out loosely or carelessly",
      ": to arrange in flowing lines or folds",
      ": to become arranged in folds",
      ": arrangement in or of folds",
      ": a drapery especially for a window : curtain",
      ": a sterile covering used in an operating room",
      ": the cut or hang of clothing",
      ": to decorate or cover with or as if with folds of cloth",
      ": to arrange or hang in flowing lines",
      ": drapery sense 1",
      ": to shroud or enclose with surgical drapes",
      ": a sterile covering used in an operating room"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101p",
      "\u02c8dr\u0101p",
      "\u02c8dr\u0101p"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "adorn",
      "array",
      "beautify",
      "bedeck",
      "bedizen",
      "blazon",
      "caparison",
      "deck",
      "decorate",
      "do",
      "do up",
      "doll up",
      "dress",
      "embellish",
      "emblaze",
      "emboss",
      "enrich",
      "fancify",
      "fancy up",
      "festoon",
      "garnish",
      "glitz (up)",
      "grace",
      "gussy up",
      "ornament",
      "pretty (up)",
      "trim"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "curtains",
      "drapery"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "We'll drape strings of lights between the trees for the party.",
      "a trophy wife who invariably appears at events draped in furs and diamonds",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "This blanket may not have the feel of a luxurious cashmere touch of the Herm\u00e8s blanket, but the super soft microfiber flannel fabric is still perfect to nap with, or to simply drape across your couch for an inviting look. \u2014 Amina Khan, USA TODAY , 10 May 2022",
      "Your mother-in-law can pop it in the microwave for one minute, and then drape it around her neck or shoulders to soothe any aches and pains after a long day. \u2014 Martha Sorren, Woman's Day , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Made from 100 percent organic cotton jersey, the shirts are impossibly light and drape like your favorite vintage tee, while a subtle boxy cut feels flattering and modern. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "It was decided to spread some on tables, hang some on large wooden drying racks and drape others over quilt racks standing atop the tables. \u2014 Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Big sycamore trees drape the stream, with oaks and pines filling the canyon. \u2014 Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Then, to trap the steam, drape the towel over your whole head and let your face peek out so the hot water can reach your skin. \u2014 Mara Santilli, SELF , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Napping beauties can drape themselves in Sleeper\u2019s fantasy of eco rayon capes and silky sets of smocked bralettes and boxers. \u2014 Vogue , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "Liberals and Democrats would do well to take the opening they\u2019ve been given, drape themselves in the Founders and the Constitution, and cast themselves as the guardians of principals that should be allowed to endure. \u2014 Simon Lazarus, The New Republic , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The strapless dress had a body-hugging mermaid silhouette and featured a drape detailing at the waist that tied into a large bow at her back. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 May 2022",
      "The drape back adds an elegant touch and the side slits allow for movement. \u2014 Raena Loper, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
      "The material is made of modal, a fiber which typically feels super soft and lightweight with a characteristic drape -y look. \u2014 Grace Wu, Good Housekeeping , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Crombie coats are a fixture\u2014but infused with a subtle sense of irreverence: trousers are often cut wide for a louche drape , traditional tailoring is spliced with utilitarian details, leather and punchy colors make frequent appearances. \u2014 Kristopher Fraser, Robb Report , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "After Fernandes is lowered to the floor, dancers circle her; most file out, but a few drape themselves on top of her body before another duet begins. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Jackets also had feminine cutouts, and were adorned with thick ornamental chains that drape , without enclosing. \u2014 Colleen Barry, ajc , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "So, when fashion\u2019s pendulum began swinging back in favor of looser fits, longer lengths and dramatic drape , the polo coat was perfectly positioned to seize the moment. \u2014 Eric Twardzik, Robb Report , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Tender morsels of chicken in a velvety green drape of pureed cilantro and cashews add up to a superlative korma, simply streaked with chile oil. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1847, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1889, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-131135"
  },
  "designation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of indicating or identifying",
      ": appointment to or selection for an office, post, or service",
      ": a distinguishing name, sign, or title",
      ": the relation between a sign and the thing signified",
      ": an act of choosing to be or do something",
      ": a name, sign, or title that identifies something"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-zig-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccde-zig-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "appellation",
      "appellative",
      "cognomen",
      "compellation",
      "denomination",
      "denotation",
      "handle",
      "moniker",
      "monicker",
      "name",
      "nomenclature",
      "title"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Though many people call her a liberal, it is not a designation she uses herself.",
      "we've never given the homemade gadget a proper designation",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "While the deal was nearing completion, talks have stalled since March when the US' terror designation of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard emerged as the final sticking point. \u2014 Hadas Gold And Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN , 17 June 2022",
      "The declared purpose, Kafker observed, was to cement in place the designation of gig drivers as independent contractors. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
      "The policies called for by Roy, include the completion of the wall at the southern border, and the designation of cartels as terrorist organizations. \u2014 Adam Shaw, Fox News , 15 June 2022",
      "The first scientific designation of a group of animals called dinosaurs came about in the 1840s. \u2014 al , 14 June 2022",
      "On March 16, 2022, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced a new designation of Afghanistan for TPS for 18 months from May 20, 2022, through Nov. 20, 2023. \u2014 Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "In addition to releasing the Khashoggi report and the Sept. 11 documents, the Biden administration removed the terrorism designation of Yemen\u2019s Houthi rebels, reversing a Trump-era policy valued by the Saudis. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
      "Changing the designation of these areas might not be simple, and Rio Tinto doesn\u2019t like the idea. \u2014 Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 May 2022",
      "The designation of these criminals as terrorists not only limits their access to resources but sends a message that the world is watching, raising the stakes of the regime\u2019s crimes. \u2014 Hossein Ronaghi, WSJ , 17 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see designate  entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-131506"
  },
  "distain":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": stain",
      ": dishonor"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8t\u0101n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "befoul",
      "begrime",
      "bemire",
      "besmirch",
      "blacken",
      "daub",
      "dirty",
      "foul",
      "gaum",
      "grime",
      "mire",
      "muck",
      "muddy",
      "smirch",
      "smudge",
      "soil",
      "stain",
      "sully"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "clean",
      "cleanse"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "weary soldiers with hands distained with blood"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English disteynen , from Anglo-French desteindre to take away the color of, from de - + teindre to dye, from Latin tingere to wet, dye \u2014 more at tinge ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-134535"
  },
  "debasement":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character",
      ": to reduce the intrinsic value of (a coin) by increasing the base-metal content",
      ": to reduce the exchange value of (a monetary unit)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8b\u0101s",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abase",
      "bastardize",
      "canker",
      "cheapen",
      "corrupt",
      "debauch",
      "degrade",
      "demean",
      "demoralize",
      "deprave",
      "deteriorate",
      "lessen",
      "pervert",
      "poison",
      "profane",
      "prostitute",
      "subvert",
      "vitiate",
      "warp"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "elevate",
      "ennoble",
      "uplift"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The governor debased himself by lying to the public.",
      "The holiday has been debased by commercialism.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Opponents say the changes will debase the 850-year-old cathedral and disturb the harmony of its Gothic design. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "The Milk Crate Challenge, like planking, or the Harlem Shake, or the countless other challenges that came before it, encouraged young people to violently debase themselves on camera for a small chance to enter Internet Valhalla. \u2014 Luke Winkie, Vulture , 10 Sep. 2021",
      "The central bank must be trusted not to debase the currency, but the history of fiat currencies is full of breaches of that trust. \u2014 Pete Rizzo, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2021",
      "Governments need and want to know where the money is, need to control it, debase it, confiscate it, know how much is in play. \u2014 Clem Chambers, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2021",
      "Bitcoin is nearing record highs after more than doubling this year, partly driven by fears that major central bank easing and fiscal stimulus will debase currencies. \u2014 Benjamin Stupples, Bloomberg.com , 18 Nov. 2020",
      "Exception: the federal government, which has (c) the option to debase the currency. \u2014 WSJ , 10 Sep. 2020",
      "To let your politics be defined by loathing or adoration of a single political figure is to debase yourself. \u2014 Isaac Schorr, National Review , 19 Aug. 2020",
      "The Winklevoss Twins this week transmuted that notion into a warning for Dave Portnoy (a.k.a. Davey Day Trader): Elon Musk is plotting to debase gold through space-mining, making Bitcoin a better inflation hedge. \u2014 Jeff John Roberts, Fortune , 19 Aug. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-135323"
  },
  "dopy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dulled by alcohol or a narcotic",
      ": sluggish , stupefied",
      ": stupid , fatuous",
      ": lacking alertness and activity",
      ": stupid sense 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u014d-p\u0113",
      "\u02c8d\u014d-p\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "airheaded",
      "birdbrained",
      "bonehead",
      "boneheaded",
      "brain-dead",
      "brainless",
      "bubbleheaded",
      "chuckleheaded",
      "dense",
      "dim",
      "dim-witted",
      "doltish",
      "dorky",
      "dull",
      "dumb",
      "dunderheaded",
      "empty-headed",
      "fatuous",
      "gormless",
      "half-witted",
      "knuckleheaded",
      "lamebrain",
      "lamebrained",
      "lunkheaded",
      "mindless",
      "oafish",
      "obtuse",
      "opaque",
      "pinheaded",
      "senseless",
      "simple",
      "slow",
      "slow-witted",
      "soft",
      "softheaded",
      "stupid",
      "thick",
      "thick-witted",
      "thickheaded",
      "unintelligent",
      "unsmart",
      "vacuous",
      "weak-minded",
      "witless"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "apt",
      "brainy",
      "bright",
      "brilliant",
      "clever",
      "fast",
      "hyperintelligent",
      "intelligent",
      "keen",
      "nimble",
      "quick",
      "quick-witted",
      "sharp",
      "sharp-witted",
      "smart",
      "supersmart",
      "ultrasmart"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "I'm still a little dopey from the painkillers.",
      "After being up all night I was pretty dopey at work.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This standard ballad of devotion might have fared better without such a childish title and chorus, which really just sounds dopey coming from a then-17-year-old. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 22 May 2022",
      "Tiger salamanders, their yellow lips giving them the appearance of a dopey grin, twisting their wet, rubbery bodies around each other in breeding ponds. \u2014 Carolyn Wells, Longreads , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "For instance, the original Toyota Celica Supra was kind of a dopey nose extension of the Celica to accommodate a six-cylinder engine that was then finished off with tufted velour upholstery. \u2014 John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Al and Greta are cartoonishly creepy; Max is only slightly less cartoonishly dopey ; consequently, the stakes feel low all around. \u2014 Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "That was also when dopey , relatively earnest disaster epics could still pull crowds into multiplexes. \u2014 WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "That was also when dopey , relatively earnest disaster epics could still pull crowds into multiplexes. \u2014 WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "That was also when dopey , relatively earnest disaster epics could still pull crowds into multiplexes. \u2014 WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "A decade or so later, McDonald\u2019s rethought him rather significantly, reduced his arms by two, dropped the epithet from his name and turned him into Ronald McDonald\u2019s dopey sidekick. \u2014 Abram Brown, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-135900"
  },
  "double-talk":{
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": language that appears to be earnest and meaningful but in fact is a mixture of sense and nonsense",
      ": inflated, involved, and often deliberately ambiguous language",
      ": language that seems to make sense but is actually a mixture of sense and nonsense"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259-b\u0259l-\u02cct\u022fk",
      "\u02c8d\u0259-b\u0259l-\u02cct\u022fk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bafflegab",
      "gibberish",
      "gobbledygook",
      "gobbledegook",
      "rigmarole",
      "rigamarole",
      "song and dance"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1936, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-141152"
  },
  "downbeat":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the downward stroke of a conductor indicating the principally accented note of a measure of music",
      ": the first beat of a measure",
      ": a decline in activity or prosperity",
      ": pessimistic , gloomy",
      ": the first beat of a measure of music"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02ccb\u0113t",
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02ccb\u0113t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bearish",
      "defeatist",
      "despairing",
      "hopeless",
      "pessimistic"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "hopeful",
      "optimistic",
      "Panglossian",
      "Pollyanna",
      "Pollyannaish",
      "Pollyannish",
      "rose-colored",
      "rosy",
      "upbeat"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "a downbeat prediction for the company's sales performance in the upcoming year",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "And at 11:01, the first downbeat of 'Jingle Bells' starts. \u2014 Nancy Kruh, PEOPLE.com , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "This move emphasized a strong kick on every downbeat , popularizing the four-to-the-floor rhythmic pattern and laying the foundations for early house and techno. \u2014 Katie Bain, Billboard , 1 Nov. 2021",
      "This is a rare instance of Watts stepping into the spotlight, throwing fills onto the end of nearly every line but never missing the timing of the next downbeat . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 Aug. 2021",
      "Friz Freleng gave us a highly theatrical Bugs who seemed to exist on a vaudeville stage, always ready at the drop of a downbeat to fly into song and dance. \u2014 Will Friedwald, WSJ , 13 Oct. 2020",
      "These are all part of the remarkably consistent downbeat on radio stations given over to holiday music. \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 20 Dec. 2019",
      "Heavy on the downbeats , his reading of that season-opening staple was the only weak link on the orchestra\u2019s unusually lively and engaging opening gala on Saturday night. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Sep. 2019",
      "Three minutes before downbeat at Unitas\u2019s final rehearsal at the Villa Victoria Center for the Arts earlier this month, the conductor was informed that the entertainment license for the evening had been revoked. \u2014 Zo\u00eb Madonna, BostonGlobe.com , 25 May 2018",
      "Over a resonant downbeat , Abel Tesfaye makes good use of his signature falsetto. \u2014 Raisa Bruner, Time , 2 Feb. 2018",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "As a result, Republicans in the Walker era were almost uniformly upbeat about how things were going and Democrats were overwhelmingly downbeat . \u2014 Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
      "Rivalries were put aside when the Ukrainian national anthem was played and was applauded by the home fans, who later clapped off the downbeat opposition. \u2014 Rob Harris, Chicago Tribune , 5 June 2022",
      "Chinese internet stocks jumped, after results from Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Baidu Inc. came in ahead of the market\u2019s downbeat expectations. \u2014 Rebecca Feng, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
      "Target and Walmart stunned the markets in recent days with underwhelming corporate results and downbeat full-year forecasts, adding to the fears that inflation will force the mighty American consumer to hold back on purchases, sinking growth. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 19 May 2022",
      "Commenters remarked that despite the soothing title, the song was an odd choice due to its downbeat lyrics. \u2014 Pat Saperstein, Variety , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "These companies are thriving despite the fact that consumer prices are soaring and many Americans have a downbeat view of the economy because of sky-high inflation and rising interest rates. \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "But The Batman moves the goalposts for downbeat superhero thrills. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "One reason Stokes\u2019s downbeat lyrics didn\u2019t dampen the mood is that many of them were sung back to her by the audience in a spirit of communal bliss. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1766, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "1950, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-142033"
  },
  "drouth":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a period of dryness especially when prolonged",
      ": one that causes extensive damage to crops or prevents their successful growth",
      ": a prolonged or chronic shortage or lack of something expected or desired",
      ": a long period of time during which there is very little or no rain"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drau\u0307t",
      "\u02c8drau\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "crunch",
      "dearth",
      "deficiency",
      "deficit",
      "failure",
      "famine",
      "inadequacy",
      "inadequateness",
      "insufficiency",
      "lack",
      "lacuna",
      "paucity",
      "pinch",
      "poverty",
      "scantiness",
      "scarceness",
      "scarcity",
      "shortage",
      "undersupply",
      "want"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "abundance",
      "adequacy",
      "amplitude",
      "opulence",
      "plenitude",
      "plenty",
      "sufficiency",
      "wealth"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The drought caused serious damage to crops.",
      "a period of drought that lasted several years",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The flooding came as the Midwest and East Coast sizzle from a heat wave and other parts of the West burn from an early wildfire season amid a persistent drought that has increased the frequency and intensity of fires. \u2014 Matthew Brown, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
      "The flooding came as the Midwest and East Coast sizzle from a heat wave and other parts of the West burn from an early wildfire season amid a persistent drought that has increased the frequency and intensity of fires. \u2014 Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News , 15 June 2022",
      "Now in year three of a historic drought , the state is asking the public to use less water. \u2014 Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 June 2022",
      "That now seems unlikely to occur during a worsening drought . \u2014 Tony Briscoestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
      "The Louisville baseball team is looking to end a College World Series drought that predates most players on its roster. \u2014 Brooks Holton, The Courier-Journal , 10 June 2022",
      "The company sources its chili peppers from Mexico, where a drought is affecting that country and parts of the western United States. \u2014 Rob Wile, NBC News , 9 June 2022",
      "Climate change has also hit supplies in new and unpredictable ways, with India banning wheat exports amid a heat wave and Brazil suffering a devastating drought . \u2014 Adam Taylor, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
      "As a devastating drought takes its toll on Somalia\u2019s children, UNICEF is on the ground providing lifesaving nutrition support. \u2014 Sarah Ferguson, Forbes , 8 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old English dr\u016bgath , from dr\u016bgian to dry up; akin to Old English dr\u0233ge dry \u2014 more at dry ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-142124"
  },
  "disarm":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deprive of means, reason, or disposition to be hostile",
      ": to win over",
      ": to divest of arms",
      ": to deprive of a means of attack or defense",
      ": to make harmless",
      ": to lay aside arms",
      ": to give up or reduce armed forces",
      ": to take weapons from",
      ": to reduce the size and strength of the armed forces of a country",
      ": to make harmless",
      ": to end dislike or mistrust : win over"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8\u00e4rm",
      "diz-",
      "\u02c8dis-\u02cc\u00e4rm",
      "dis-\u02c8\u00e4rm"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "demilitarize"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "arm",
      "militarize"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The government has been unsuccessful at disarming the rebels.",
      "The terrorists have refused to disarm .",
      "It took more than an hour to disarm the bomb.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Cheng, 52, charged the suspect and tried to disarm him allowing others to jump in, Barnes said. \u2014 Byjulia Jacobo, ABC News , 17 May 2022",
      "The victim killed in the attack, Dr. John Cheng, 53, of Laguna Niguel, charged at Chou and tried to disarm him, which led to his being fatally shot, Barnes said. \u2014 Antonio Planas, NBC News , 17 May 2022",
      "The experts said police could have used better tactics to defuse the situation and disarm one or both of the men without firing their weapons. \u2014 Megan Cassidy, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 June 2022",
      "His actions, which allowed other parishioners to subdue and disarm the shooter, likely saved many lives, authorities said. \u2014 Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times , 21 May 2022",
      "In the meantime, as the United States Supreme Court deliberates over whether to support or disarm the 1973 ruling, the nation watches and waits. \u2014 Linda Coffee, The New Republic , 4 May 2022",
      "Athletic director Chris Hixon saw Cruz in a hallway and ran toward him in an apparent attempt to disarm him. \u2014 Brittany Wallman, sun-sentinel.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "Despite decrying the process and pushing reform in Congress, Democrats did not unilaterally disarm . \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "For the moment, the vigilantes appeared willing to respond to a pledge by Gov. Alfredo Ramirez Bedolla to disarm the state's various \u2018self defense\u2019 groups. \u2014 Armando Sol\u00cds, ajc , 27 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English desarmen , literally, to divest of arms, from Anglo-French desarmer , from des- dis- + armer to arm",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-142909"
  },
  "dullness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": tedious , uninteresting",
      ": lacking sharpness of edge or point",
      ": not resonant or ringing",
      ": lacking in force, intensity, or sharpness",
      ": lacking brilliance or luster",
      ": cloudy",
      ": low in saturation (see saturation sense 4a ) and low in lightness",
      ": mentally slow : stupid",
      ": slow in perception or sensibility : insensible",
      ": lacking zest (see zest sense 2 ) or vivacity : listless",
      ": slow in action : sluggish",
      ": to make dull",
      ": to become dull",
      ": not sharp in edge or point : blunt",
      ": not shiny or bright",
      ": not interesting : boring",
      ": not clear and ringing",
      ": not sharp or intense",
      ": slightly grayish",
      ": cloudy sense 1 , overcast",
      ": slow in understanding things : not smart",
      ": without energy or spirit",
      ": slow in action : sluggish",
      ": to make or become less sharp, bright, or intense",
      ": mentally slow or stupid",
      ": slow in perception or sensibility",
      ": lacking sharpness of edge or point",
      ": lacking in force, intensity, or acuteness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259l",
      "\u02c8d\u0259l",
      "\u02c8d\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blunt",
      "blunted",
      "dulled",
      "obtuse"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "benumb",
      "blunt",
      "cauterize",
      "damp",
      "dampen",
      "deaden",
      "numb"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Arctic Cloudberry Oil will soften your complexion, and Vitamins C and E will brighten your tired and dull -looking skin. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
      "Some episodes, on the other hand, are just kind of dull . \u2014 Jenna Scherer, Rolling Stone , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The Game Boy was notorious for puzzle games, most of which were pretty dull . \u2014 PCMAG , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Beige has a rather ho-hum reputation, but a neutral shade needn't be dull . \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "The resulting game was dull , but Bassett, 20, poked the ball into the net off a rebound to finish the match with a flurry and make his case for future national team selections. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Dec. 2021",
      "At first glance, Largo di Torre Argentina square in central Rome seems dull compared to the obvious splendors of Italy's capital. \u2014 CNN , 5 June 2021",
      "Disney these days operates under tweet terror: Someone out there might remark that some aspect of a minority character represents an unflattering stereotype, so the company errs on the side of making such figures irredeemably dull . \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 10 Mar. 2021",
      "Not that Chambers has led a dull , plotless, unadventurous existence. \u2014 Jason Kehe, Wired , 16 Sep. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Higher interest rates tend to dull the allure of companies that are hoping to deliver big profits years down the line. \u2014 Akane Otani, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
      "Vaccination appears to dull the subvariants' edge, however. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 2 May 2022",
      "The point of the satire, so perfectly sharp in the initial confrontations \u2014 with White and Nakamura making a terrific comedy team \u2014 begins to dull as the emphasis shifts from verbal to physical humor. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Billy, who struggles with a mood disorder and was psychologically abused by his father, relies on escapist storytelling and alcohol to dull his pain. \u2014 Leah Tyler, ajc , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The ease with which some Russians are moving money via crypto doesn't necessarily dull the pain of sanctions since crypto remains niche and accessible to only a sliver of the population, Reynolds says. \u2014 Yvonne Lau, Fortune , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Box clutches are quite classic, but that doesn\u2019t equate to dull . \u2014 Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Vogue , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "The song starts with a collection of strings, which can usually dull the mood. \u2014 Troy L. Smith, cleveland , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "By early 2020, Ralphs was up to six daily doses of oxycodone to dull chronic pain from an autoimmune disease and an old back fracture. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 7",
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-145552"
  },
  "discombobulate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cause to be in a state of confusion : upset , disorient",
      "\u2014 see also discombobulated"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-k\u0259m-\u02c8b\u00e4-b(y)\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "addle",
      "baffle",
      "bamboozle",
      "beat",
      "befog",
      "befuddle",
      "bemuse",
      "bewilder",
      "buffalo",
      "confound",
      "confuse",
      "disorient",
      "flummox",
      "fox",
      "fuddle",
      "get",
      "gravel",
      "maze",
      "muddle",
      "muddy",
      "mystify",
      "perplex",
      "pose",
      "puzzle",
      "vex"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "our grandmother seems a bit discombobulated by all of this birthday fuss",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Scientists have known for years about bony fish, sharks, worms, jellies, corals, and other marine creatures that light up to attract mates, lure prey, or discombobulate predators. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 24 Aug. 2021",
      "These molecular tests search the genomic manuscript with about as much precision as the Ctrl+F function on a computer, which means that even single-letter typos\u2014that is, simple RNA mutations\u2014can discombobulate them. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 7 June 2021",
      "The caf\u00e9 owner known only as Fleabag attends a family dinner at which a wedding is discussed, alcoholism is confronted, and pregnancies are miscarried\u2014all in the space of a few discombobulating minutes. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 4 May 2020",
      "Still, the margin was narrow until Oregon, whose speedy offense had discombobulated Wisconsin, blended a series of free throws with some jumpers to build a comfortable lead. \u2014 Alan Blinder, New York Times , 19 Mar. 2020",
      "Now is, of course, a discombobulating moment to be writing about marathons. \u2014 Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times , 18 Mar. 2020",
      "Excess price, excess luxury, excess power, and excess, i.e. mind-boggling, organ- discombobulating acceleration. \u2014 Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver , 5 Mar. 2020",
      "And so the Embassy was discombobulated , disrupted, uncertain. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 8 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"probably alteration of discompose ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1879, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-145806"
  },
  "deconstruct":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to examine (something, such as a work of literature) using the methods of deconstruction",
      ": to take apart or examine (something) in order to reveal the basis or composition often with the intention of exposing biases, flaws, or inconsistencies",
      ": to adapt or separate the elements of for use in an ironic or radically new way",
      ": destroy , demolish"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113-k\u0259n-\u02c8str\u0259kt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "analyze",
      "anatomize",
      "assay",
      "break down",
      "cut",
      "dissect"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "deconstructing the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Agricultural Council of Arkansas Executive Vice President and Director Andrew Grobmyer said the goal is not to deconstruct the current Farm Bill, but to build upon it. \u2014 Cristina Larue, Arkansas Online , 18 June 2022",
      "With a multi-ingredient dish like that, take the fancy restaurant approach and deconstruct it. \u2014 Susan Shain, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
      "Sikander\u2019s anti-nostalgic relationship to the manuscript tradition allows her to both advance and deconstruct its idioms. \u2014 Naib Mian, The New Yorker , 1 June 2022",
      "His company removed Confederate monuments in Charlottesville, including the Lee statue there, and quietly whisked away other iconography outside Virginia before returning to Richmond to deconstruct the pedestals on which the statues once sat. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "Since moving to North Hollywood last summer, the couple has continued to deconstruct their faiths. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "After work, Hern\u00e1n \u2014 who saw three combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan during his 15 years of service \u2014 and his Marine buddies would deconstruct and fiddle with machines in his garage. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 May 2022",
      "As Koh uses her violin to almost deconstruct its sound, using a bow whose long horsehairs fall freely from its tip, Tines takes the stage to vocalize. \u2014 Tom Teicholz, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Companies are devising ways to taper down and deconstruct jobs by task, role or project to offer more options to older workers looking for more meaningful and flexible work. \u2014 Lisa Bannon, WSJ , 6 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1973, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-151115"
  },
  "delineated":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having or forming clear edges or boundaries",
      ": marked with drawn or painted lines",
      ": described or portrayed with accuracy or in detail"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8li-n\u0113-\u02cc\u0101-t\u0259d",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "graphic",
      "graphical",
      "pictorial",
      "picturesque",
      "visual",
      "vivid"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1641, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-151755"
  },
  "dive (into)":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to start doing (something) with enthusiasm",
      ": to quickly reach into (a bag, pocket, etc.)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-153144"
  },
  "duplicate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": consisting of or existing in two corresponding or identical parts or examples",
      ": being the same as another",
      ": to make double or twofold",
      ": to make a copy of",
      ": to produce something equal to",
      ": to do over or again often needlessly",
      ": to become duplicated",
      ": repeat",
      ": either of two things exactly alike and usually produced at the same time or by the same process",
      ": an additional copy of something (such as a book or stamp) already in a collection",
      ": one that resembles or corresponds to another : counterpart",
      ": two identical copies",
      ": exactly the same as another",
      ": to make an exact copy of",
      ": a thing that is exactly like another",
      ": to become duplicate : replicate",
      ": to make a duplicate of",
      ": either of two things exactly alike and often produced at the same time",
      ": a counterpart identified in the Federal Rules of Evidence Rule 1001 as produced by the same impression as the original or from the same matrix or by means of photography, mechanical, or electronic rerecording, chemical reproduction, or another technique which accurately reproduces the original \u2014 compare original"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-pli-k\u0259t",
      "also",
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-pli-\u02cck\u0101t",
      "also",
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-pli-k\u0259t",
      "also",
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-pli-k\u0259t",
      "\u02c8dy\u00fc-",
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-pli-\u02cck\u0101t",
      "\u02c8dy\u00fc-",
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-pli-k\u0259t",
      "\u02c8dy\u00fc-",
      "\u02c8d(y)\u00fc-pli-\u02cck\u0101t",
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-pli-\u02cck\u0101t, \u02c8dy\u00fc-",
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-pli-k\u0259t, \u02c8dy\u00fc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "coequal",
      "equal",
      "even",
      "identical",
      "indistinguishable",
      "same"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "clone",
      "copy",
      "copycat",
      "imitate",
      "reduplicate",
      "render",
      "replicate",
      "reproduce"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Then, Fornshell said, Holmes disposed of the duplicate copies of the citations that would ordinarily be served on the motorists and filed with the court. \u2014 Jeanne Houck, The Enquirer , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Most bad data is a result of duplicate and redundant data, multiple data sources, missing data, incomplete data, invalid data, formatting inconsistencies and human error. \u2014 Sunil Chathaveetil, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Teachers could also keep duplicate paper copies of all records \u2014 but that would double the clerical work that already bogs them down. \u2014 Cedar Attanasio, chicagotribune.com , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "In the neighborhood, the residence is one of many duplicate copies sporting varying color schemes. \u2014 Ingfei Chen, The New Yorker , 23 June 2021",
      "Pavlic plans to send a duplicate proclamation and plaque to Cudahy\u2019s daughter, Julie, per her request. \u2014 Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 May 2022",
      "In the early 20th century, local boutiques, eager to get in on the increasingly lucrative wedding business, designed a way to help newlyweds avoid piles of duplicate gifts. \u2014 Megan Buerger, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
      "Frequent travelers who need to apply for visas should consider getting a duplicate U.S. passport. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Over the weekend, the Solana Labs co-founder tweeted a screenshot showing a Solana node reporting 2.05 million duplicate data packets being submitted to the network, accompanied by the caption \u2018lol\u2019. \u2014 Emily Nicolle, Fortune , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Of course, not even the most stellar Broadway performers can duplicate the miracle that was Jackson. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 21 May 2022",
      "Lithuania did not duplicate the result, finishing 14th. \u2014 Fred Bronson, Billboard , 15 May 2022",
      "Can Olivia Rodrigo duplicate Billie Eilish's sweep in the 'big four' categories? \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "The first man and woman to run back and duplicate the pattern exactly on their board first win and are safe from elimination. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 12 May 2022",
      "The iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad and HomePod mini all duplicate the iPod's music streaming abilities, the company noted. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 11 May 2022",
      "Now, the Drug Enforcement Administration is reportedly investigating the company for issues with provider licensing and duplicate patient accounts, Business Insider reports. \u2014 Mohana Ravindranath, STAT , 9 May 2022",
      "Some county officials questioned whether Newsom\u2019s approach would duplicate existing behavioral courts in some parts of the state. \u2014 Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "An injury stalled that early momentum and Hopkins struggled to duplicate that form when actual games started. \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Is there any way to pay someone to make a duplicate ? \u2014 Pat Myers, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
      "In her showroom, in the heart of New York\u2019s garment district, Sui stands with a duplicate of Naomi\u2019s dress explaining her inspirations and her process. \u2014 Taylor Lashley, Vogue , 9 May 2022",
      "Standard human cells contain two sets of DNA, a maternal copy and a paternal copy, but this team used DNA from a group of cells called a complete hydatidiform mole, which contains a duplicate of the paternal set of DNA. \u2014 Tasnim Ahmed, CNN , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "But according to the lawsuit, Heritage Auctions contacted Jostens on June 10, 2021, and was informed that their ring was a duplicate that had been stolen. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "Its chief critique\u2014the very one @GoddessGiselle_ posed\u2014was not unfounded: The show does feel like a glossy duplicate of Run the World. \u2014 Jason Parham, Wired , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "Starring as Cameron Turner, a husband and father who is diagnosed with a terminal illness, the fantasy drama delves into the realm of artificial intelligence with Ali, at times, portraying a duplicate of himself on screen. \u2014 Brande Victorian, Essence , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "Data can also be obsolete or a duplicate of what\u2019s held somewhere else by the company. \u2014 Verne Kopytoff, Fortune , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "The duplicate of the Renaissance masterpiece was placed inside an octagonal glass gallery with viewing platforms on two floors. \u2014 Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes , 5 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1532, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-154007"
  },
  "decamping":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to break up a camp",
      ": to depart suddenly : abscond",
      ": to pack up gear and leave a camp",
      ": to go away suddenly"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8kamp",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8kamp"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "She took the papers and decamped .",
      "He decamped to Europe soon after news of the scandal broke.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Any Canadian filmmaker who achieves a measure of success is tempted to decamp to Los Angeles. \u2014 Adam Nayman, The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
      "In a week shortened by the public holiday on Monday across Europe, finance ministers and central bankers from around the continent will decamp to the U.S. for the IMF and World Bank gatherings. \u2014 Fortune , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "Perfect for families, a group of friends, or those looking to decamp to the mountain region for a longer stay. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 11 May 2022",
      "After 10 years in Seattle, Russell Wilson will decamp to Denver to supplant the Broncos\u2019 rotating cast of quarterbacks. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "The film centers around a group of rich 20-somethings who decamp to a regal estate to wait out a hurricane. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "The region drew middle-class retirees, akin to the snowbirds who seasonally decamp to Arizona or Florida, albeit with a distinct identity. \u2014 Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "While processing their grief, Davis and Daniels decided to decamp to Oaxaca, Mexico, in December 2020. \u2014 Evangeline Barrosse, Los Angeles Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "The parties eventually agreed that Ms. Siegel would decamp to Rolling Stone, committing 80 percent of her work to it, with the remainder going to The Ankler. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French d\u00e9camper , from Middle French descamper , from des- de- + camper to camp",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1676, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-154406"
  },
  "denigration":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to attack the reputation of : defame",
      ": to deny the importance or validity of : belittle"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-ni-\u02ccgr\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bad-mouth",
      "belittle",
      "cry down",
      "decry",
      "deprecate",
      "depreciate",
      "derogate",
      "diminish",
      "dis",
      "diss",
      "discount",
      "dismiss",
      "disparage",
      "kiss off",
      "minimize",
      "play down",
      "poor-mouth",
      "put down",
      "run down",
      "talk down",
      "trash",
      "trash-talk",
      "vilipend",
      "write off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "acclaim",
      "applaud",
      "exalt",
      "extol",
      "extoll",
      "glorify",
      "laud",
      "magnify",
      "praise"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Her story denigrates him as a person and as a teacher.",
      "No one is trying to denigrate the importance of a good education. We all know that it is crucial for success.",
      "denigrating the talents and achievements of women",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Republicans never miss an opportunity to denigrate Mr. Biden. \u2014 WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "Trump has repeatedly used Fauci's old remarks, such as urging people not to wear masks in the beginning of the pandemic because experts were afraid medical workers would run out of supplies, in an effort to denigrate the health official. \u2014 Mike Brest, Washington Examiner , 13 Oct. 2020",
      "Other memes use tropes and discredited data to denigrate the intelligence of non-white people. \u2014 Ben Collins, NBC News , 15 May 2022",
      "Those that seek to denigrate the erstwhile pursuit of the AI Confinement Problem are missing the bigger picture. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
      "To be clear, the rat reference wasn\u2019t meant to denigrate the caliber of candidates lining up to compete for the nomination. \u2014 Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "In France, Macron\u2019s opponents will continue to try to denigrate him, but the reality is that the centre has held, and this is ultimately good news for France and for Europe. \u2014 Mike O'sullivan, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Opponents of the initiative see it as an attempt to denigrate the LBTQ community. \u2014 al , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "In theory, that would allow the board to act more quickly when doctors denigrate COVID-19 vaccines and endorse unproved treatments, among other things. \u2014 Karen Kaplan Science And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 15 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin denigratus , past participle of denigrare , from de- + nigrare to blacken, from nigr-, niger black",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1526, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-160510"
  },
  "dot":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a small spot : speck",
      ": a small round mark: such as",
      ": a small point made with a pointed instrument",
      ": a small round mark used in orthography or punctuation",
      ": a centered point used as a multiplication sign (as in 6 \u00b7 5 = 30)",
      ": a point after a note or rest in music indicating augmentation of the time value by one half",
      ": a point over or under a note indicating that it is to be played staccato",
      ": a precise point especially in time",
      ": a short click or buzz forming a letter or part of a letter (as in the Morse code)",
      ": a point used to separate components of an address on the Internet",
      ": to mark with a dot",
      ": to intersperse with dots or objects scattered at random",
      ": to make a dot",
      ": dowry sense 1",
      "Department of Transportation",
      ": a small point, mark, or spot",
      ": a certain point in time",
      ": a short click forming a letter or part of a letter (as in Morse code)",
      ": to mark with or as if with small spots",
      ": a small spot or speck \u2014 see maurer's dots , schuffner's dots",
      "\u2014 Department of Transportation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4t",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4t",
      "\u02c8d\u022ft",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4t",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blotch",
      "dapple",
      "eyespot",
      "fleck",
      "mottle",
      "patch",
      "pip",
      "point",
      "speck",
      "speckle",
      "splotch",
      "spot"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bestrew",
      "pepper",
      "scatter",
      "sow",
      "spot",
      "spray",
      "sprinkle",
      "strew"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Don't forget to dot the i .",
      "Quaint cottages dot the countryside.",
      "The fields were dotted with wildflowers.",
      "Dot the cream all over your face."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "circa 1740, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1822, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-162218"
  },
  "doubting":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to call into question the truth of : to be uncertain or in doubt about",
      ": to lack confidence in : distrust",
      ": to consider unlikely",
      ": fear",
      ": suspect",
      ": to be uncertain",
      ": a lack of confidence : distrust",
      ": an inclination not to believe or accept",
      ": uncertainty of belief or opinion that often interferes with decision-making",
      ": a deliberate suspension of judgment",
      ": a state of affairs giving rise to uncertainty, hesitation, or suspense",
      ": doubtless entry 1",
      ": to be uncertain about",
      ": to lack confidence in",
      ": to consider unlikely",
      ": a feeling of being uncertain",
      ": a reason for disbelief",
      ": the condition of being undecided",
      ": a lack of trust"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307t",
      "\u02c8dau\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "distrust",
      "misdoubt",
      "mistrust",
      "question",
      "suspect"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "distrust",
      "distrustfulness",
      "dubiety",
      "dubitation",
      "incertitude",
      "misdoubt",
      "misgiving",
      "mistrust",
      "mistrustfulness",
      "query",
      "reservation",
      "skepticism",
      "suspicion",
      "uncertainty"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Navarro\u2019s reports were presented to state lawmakers as reasons to doubt or challenge election results. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
      "Johnson says this double exclusion can lead to feelings of loneliness and cause bisexual people to doubt or question their identity. \u2014 Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
      "Those who followed his work with WWE never had to doubt his comedic chops, but Bay wrestled more quips and physical humor out of him, even as the film (which is quite unpleasant) didn\u2019t reach the height of its ambitions. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 2 May 2022",
      "Authorities began to doubt that Suzanne even took a bike ride, especially after her sunglasses and hydration backpack were found in her car. \u2014 CBS News , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "But two decades later, lead investigator Paul Carey began to doubt inconsistencies in the stories and re-investigated his own case \u2014 as evidence surfaced that brought the entire story into question. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "While very few completely doubt the efficacy of listening, many leaders fail to see the remarkable value of being an excellent listener. \u2014 Jack Zenger, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "Much has been made of Leto and Hathaway\u2019s chemistry in playing a couple in a relationship that might be considered toxic, but viewers never doubt their passion for one another. \u2014 Jenelle Riley, Variety , 19 May 2022",
      "Politics may be left to the government, but few doubt the importance of these occasions. \u2014 Tom Parker Bowles, Town & Country , 15 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "For many workers, the sudden cutbacks have been jarring and cast doubt on the future of the industry. \u2014 Jennifer Korn, CNN , 16 June 2022",
      "However, Ripley\u2019s on Thursday attempted to cast doubt on the images. \u2014 Nardine Saadstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
      "Some of the rioters cast doubt on the voting process, with some naming Dominion voting machines that Trump baselessly criticized. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
      "There are enough variables in racing to cast doubt on any outcome. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel , 12 June 2022",
      "They might be motivated to interfere in the administration of future elections or simply use their position to cast doubt on the results. \u2014 Christina A. Cassidy And Scott Sonner, Anchorage Daily News , 12 June 2022",
      "The movie relies on a flawed analysis of that cellphone data and makes several leaps of logic to cast doubt on the election results, reported The Associated Press. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
      "The absences have cast doubt on the relevance of a summit that was meant to demonstrate cooperation among neighbors but has instead loudly broadcast rifts in a region that is increasingly willing to defy American leadership. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
      "Sussman, working at the foot-soldier level, was even better; where other editors on a story so difficult might have cast doubt upon the fragments the young reporters were bringing in, Sussman offered only constant encouragement. \u2014 Joshua Benton, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3a",
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-162500"
  },
  "diversity":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the condition of having or being composed of differing elements : variety",
      ": the inclusion of people of different races (see race entry 1 sense 1a ), cultures, etc. in a group or organization",
      ": an instance of being composed of differing elements or qualities : an instance of being diverse",
      ": the condition or fact of being different",
      ": diversity of citizenship"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259r-s\u0259-t\u0113",
      "d\u012b-",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259r-s\u0259-t\u0113",
      "d\u012b-",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259r-s\u0259-t\u0113, d\u012b-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "assortment",
      "diverseness",
      "heterogeneity",
      "heterogeneousness",
      "manifoldness",
      "miscellaneousness",
      "multifariousness",
      "multiplicity",
      "variety",
      "variousness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Femi said Connecticut is fertile ground for its multicultural bank strategy, given its racial and ethnic diversity . \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant , 12 June 2022",
      "The beauty and the challenge of friendship is its diversity . \u2014 Julie Beck, The Atlantic , 10 June 2022",
      "Allegations that Wells Fargo misrepresented its efforts to increase its hiring diversity by interviewing more women and people of color for jobs that were no longer available has drawn the attention of federal prosecutors. \u2014 Rob Wile, NBC News , 10 June 2022",
      "But its diversity does allow the show to explore a wide array of storylines from a multitude of perspectives. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
      "Wells Fargo, the nation's third-largest bank, adopted the policy two years ago in an effort to increase its workplace diversity . \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 8 June 2022",
      "Each of these songs captures the spirit and strength of the LGBTQ community in all its gorgeous diversity . \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 7 June 2022",
      "The program will feature local artists\u2014either New York-born or New York-based\u2014and the works on display will highlight the city\u2019s immigrant history, its people and its diversity . \u2014 Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
      "The inaugural WeHo Pride Parade, which celebrates the vast history of the LGBTQ movement and showcases its diversity , is set to take place on June 5. \u2014 Trilby Beresford, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English dyversite \"difference, separateness, variety,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French diverset\u00e9, diversit\u00e9, borrowed from Latin d\u012bversit\u0101t-, d\u012bversit\u0101s \"separateness, condition of being different, difference of opinion,\" from d\u012bversus \"turned in different directions, situated apart, differing\" + -it\u0101t-, -it\u0101s  -ity \u2014 more at diverse ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-164026"
  },
  "dissimilitude":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lack of resemblance"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdi(s)-s\u0259-\u02c8mi-l\u0259-\u02cct\u00fcd",
      "-\u02ccty\u00fcd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "contrast",
      "difference",
      "disagreement",
      "discrepancy",
      "disparateness",
      "disparity",
      "dissimilarity",
      "distance",
      "distinction",
      "distinctiveness",
      "distinctness",
      "diverseness",
      "diversity",
      "otherness",
      "unlikeness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "alikeness",
      "analogousness",
      "analogy",
      "community",
      "likeness",
      "resemblance",
      "sameness",
      "similarity"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "there's a real dissimilitude between literature and film, and a critic shouldn't evaluate one in terms of the other"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin dissimilitudo , from dissimilis unlike, from dis- + similis like \u2014 more at same ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-165247"
  },
  "dump":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to let (something) fall in or as if in a heap or mass",
      ": to empty (a bag, box, etc.) so that its contents fall in or as if in a heap or mass",
      ": to get rid of (something or someone) in an abrupt and often casual or careless way",
      ": to end a romantic relationship with (someone)",
      ": jettison",
      ": to knock down : beat",
      ": to sell in quantity at a very low price",
      ": to sell abroad at less than the market price at home",
      ": to copy (data in a computer's internal storage) to an external storage or output device",
      ": to hit or throw short and softly",
      ": to hit (a puck) deep into the opponent's zone in ice hockey",
      ": to fall abruptly : plunge",
      ": to dump refuse",
      ": to treat disrespectfully",
      ": belittle , bad-mouth",
      ": an accumulation of refuse and discarded materials",
      ": a place where such materials are dumped",
      ": a quantity of reserve materials accumulated at one place",
      ": a place where such materials are stored",
      ": a disorderly, slovenly, or objectionable place",
      ": the act of copying data from a computer's internal storage to an external storage or output device",
      ": an act of defecation",
      ": to let fall in a heap",
      ": to get rid of",
      ": a place for getting rid of trash",
      ": a place for storage of military materials or the materials stored",
      ": a messy or shabby place",
      ": to sell in quantity at a very low price",
      ": to sell abroad at less than the market price at home"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259mp",
      "\u02c8d\u0259mp"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blow off",
      "break off (with)",
      "ditch",
      "jilt",
      "kiss off",
      "leave"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "landfill",
      "sanitary landfill",
      "tip"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "You can dump the coats on the bed.",
      "I dumped the coffee down the drain.",
      "The murderer dumped the body in the river.",
      "Noun",
      "We bring our trash to the town dump on Saturdays.",
      "all of the used packaging eventually ends up in the dump",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Research has shown that people who dump stocks during a market downturn are likely to miss the days when the market rises sharply, and that can make a dent in long-term returns. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 13 June 2022",
      "Those who dump bonds now might be making a mistake by selling low after buying high. \u2014 Jason Zweig, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
      "The new plan pledges to wean the EU from 50 billion cubic meters (bcm) of Russian gas this year and follow the REPowerEU schedule to dump all Russian imports by 2030. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "Bethesda arguably has a certain business-minded reason to dump its launcher, anyway: its propensity to accidentally launch DRM-free versions of games on that interface. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Has there ever been a more unhinged way to dump someone? \u2014 Bethy Squires, Vulture , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "The smell has lasted for weeks and seems to be coming from a nearby concrete channel where some residents appear to have built their own makeshift drainage system to dump their waste water into. \u2014 Wendy Fry, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Two helicopters moved overhead to dump water near several burning homes on the hillside after high winds and dry conditions sparked a brush fire and prompted an evacuation order for the area. \u2014 Liz Kellar, USA TODAY , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Buy or pop a medium popcorn and dump the Bridge Mix onto the popcorn. \u2014 Jenn Harris Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 17 Nov. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Just four years later, Howard found himself being traded away in a salary dump . \u2014 Tim Bontemps, chicagotribune.com , 21 June 2017",
      "New York City is gradually transforming its largest trash dump , Fresh Kills on Staten Island, into a vast expanse of parkland and restored natural areas. \u2014 Andres Viglucci, miamiherald , 15 June 2017",
      "A colleague got him to shore, and flagged down a dump truck, which took Stewart to a hospital. \u2014 Gary Robbins, sandiegouniontribune.com , 8 June 2017",
      "The driver of the dump truck, which was registered to Harry Brown Trucking Inc., of Hebron, was not injured in the crash. \u2014 Amy Lavalley, Post-Tribune , 7 June 2017",
      "The chemicals apparently had leached into the water from waste dumps , where the company disposed of the chemicals, ending in the 1970s. \u2014 Bob Shaw, Twin Cities , 6 June 2017",
      "The latter came after Sandburg setter Connor Kelly put the Eagles on top with a dump and a block on consecutive plays. \u2014 Logan Malloy, Daily Southtown , 30 May 2017",
      "Three possessions later, Tapan put the public team up, 24-21, on a timely dump . \u2014 Andrew J. Campa, Burbank Leader , 4 June 2017",
      "A man paving a private driveway in Whiteford suffered life-threatening injuries when he was struck by a dump truck Tuesday afternoon, according to Harford County fire and EMS officials. \u2014 David Anderson, The Aegis , 30 May 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1784, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1784, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-170306"
  },
  "debit":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to enter upon the debit side of an account : charge with a debit",
      ": a record of an indebtedness",
      ": an entry on the left-hand side of an account constituting an addition to an expense or asset account or a deduction from a revenue, net worth, or liability account",
      ": the sum of the items entered as debits",
      ": a charge against a bank deposit account",
      ": drawback , shortcoming",
      ": to record as money paid out or as a debt",
      ": an entry in a business record showing money paid out or owed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-b\u0259t",
      "\u02c8de-b\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "disadvantage",
      "disbenefit",
      "downside",
      "drawback",
      "handicap",
      "incommodity",
      "liability",
      "minus",
      "negative",
      "strike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "advantage",
      "asset",
      "edge",
      "plus"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The bank mistakenly debited my account $200!",
      "Your account will automatically be debited for the amount of your insurance bill every month.",
      "Noun",
      "I forgot to enter some of the debits in my bank account register.",
      "The account's credits were added and the debits subtracted.",
      "a $30 debit for groceries",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The state agencies issued the pandemic unemployment benefit funds to debit cards in the names of the identity theft victims. \u2014 Mckenna Oxenden, baltimoresun.com , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "In 2010, the bank stopped charging overdraft fees tied to debit cards. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "The crisis has sped up a shift away from cash amid concerns about the cleanliness of paper money, and in an increasingly remote world, people moved more everyday spending online and to debit cards. \u2014 Bill Hardekopf, Forbes , 11 June 2021",
      "The bank issues debit cards containing unemployment benefits under a contract with the state Employment Development Department, which administers the benefits program. \u2014 Patrick Mcgreevy, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2021",
      "The extended benefits are part of a program known as Pandemic-EBT, or P-EBT, because the assistance is made available on electronic benefit transfer cards similar to debit cards. \u2014 Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 5 May 2021",
      "Many people, worried about taking on new debt in an uncertain job market, switched to debit cards. \u2014 Annamaria Andriotis, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2021",
      "Paper checks will continue to be sent out through January, as will debit cards. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 5 Jan. 2021",
      "That means that your payment will be debited from your bank account, rather than adding to your credit card balance. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, USA TODAY , 6 June 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The pair spent the money \u2014 more than $850,000 \u2014 on prepaid debit cards, including from other retailers, and on gift cards, Walmart shopping cards and other merchandise, according to court documents. \u2014 al , 8 Jan. 2022",
      "Digital banking platform for startups, offering no-fee checking and savings accounts, debit cards, wire transfers and currency exchange. \u2014 Jeff Kauflin, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
      "Officials alleged that Glover and McKenzie also committed a similar scheme to obtain debit cards from the Virginia Employment Commission. \u2014 Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
      "Major credit cards, debit cards and cash will be accepted, and an ATM will be available at the festival. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 May 2022",
      "Based on what festival organizers have posted, and their responses to questions about the policy, vendors throughout the site will accept debit cards, credit cards and Apple Pay. \u2014 al , 17 May 2022",
      "State officials mailed debit cards for all 15 applications, disbursing payments that totaled at least $202,682. \u2014 Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 May 2022",
      "The company works with Mastercard Inc. and Everett, Wash.-based Coastal Community Bank to deliver banking services, including debit cards. \u2014 WSJ , 10 May 2022",
      "PSBs offer deposits and withdrawals, cross-border remittances, and can issue debit cards, but not credit cards. \u2014 Alexander Onukwue, Quartz , 5 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1668, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "1746, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-170522"
  },
  "developer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that develops : such as",
      ": a chemical used to develop exposed photographic materials",
      ": a person who develops real estate",
      ": a person or company that develops computer software"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8ve-l\u0259-p\u0259r",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "contriver",
      "designer",
      "deviser",
      "formulator",
      "innovator",
      "introducer",
      "inventor",
      "originator"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the developer of software that is used the world over",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "One of Shatner's latest gigs is spokesperson for a competition being put on by Rapyd, a digital payments platform developer . \u2014 Jackie Wattles, CNN , 11 June 2022",
      "Ancora Biotech, a Newark, Calif.-based biotherapeutics developer for B cell cancers, metabolic diseases, and chronic Hepatitis B infections, raised $60 million in Series A funding co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and SR One. \u2014 Jessica Mathews, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
      "Security at the code level is apparent (performed by DevOps and headed by the technical director of the developer company) by automatically inspecting the code in the CI/CD flow and then reviewing it. \u2014 Oleh Svet, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "Through design choices, every game developer makes a point about the world and human conditions. \u2014 Todd Martensgame Critic, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
      "Their games include the calming mail delivery experience Lake, developed by Dutch outfit Gamious and released this year; and 2020 crafting adventure game Wytchwood from Canadian developer Alientrap, among many others. \u2014 Trilby Beresford, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 June 2022",
      "Milwaukee developer Barry Mandel stood before the graduating class of kindergarteners and their families at Milwaukee Academy of Science and asked them to close their eyes. \u2014 Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel , 9 June 2022",
      "And the way this model would work is a developer operator would be responsible for building out power lines and related infrastructure. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 9 June 2022",
      "The utility last month signed a deal to purchase electricity from a 300 megawatt solar farm that energy developer Consolidated Edison will build in Goliad County over the next two to three years. \u2014 Diego Mendoza-moyers, San Antonio Express-News , 8 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1796, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-170626"
  },
  "discomfiture":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of discomfiting : the state of being discomfited"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8k\u0259m(p)-f\u0259-\u02ccchu\u0307r",
      "-ch\u0259r",
      "especially Southern"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abashment",
      "confusion",
      "disconcertment",
      "embarrassment",
      "fluster",
      "mortification"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "blushed and lowered her eyes in evident discomfiture",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Sohel\u2019s father, an aristo to his fingertips, would have been amused to think of a Dunyapur peasant having an opinion on the matter at all, and might have called him over to enjoy his discomfiture in the presence of the Begum Sahiba\u2019s bikini. \u2014 Daniyal Mueenuddin, The New Yorker , 31 Aug. 2021",
      "Marsac\u2019s discomfiture nevertheless leads to something utterly unexpected. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Sep. 2021",
      "When the aliens did not appear, some members of the group became disillusioned and immediately departed, but others dealt with their discomfiture by doubling down on their conviction. \u2014 Zo\u00eb Heller, The New Yorker , 5 July 2021",
      "Kedar is sung after eight o\u2019clock in the evening, and to sing it at twilight, at six o\u2019clock, would create slight discomfiture . \u2014 Amit Chaudhuri, Harper's Magazine , 16 Mar. 2021",
      "The Chinese government has certainly sought to profit from American discomfiture over COVID-19, trumpeting its own record in confronting the pandemic. \u2014 Peter Ford, The Christian Science Monitor , 26 June 2020",
      "This kind of discomfiture was what Pride Circle had attempted to resolve before the job fair with online registrations. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz India , 27 Feb. 2020",
      "So begins the play-within-the play, the tale of an old man, Alonso Quijano, who to the discomfiture of his family becomes Don Quixote de La Mancha, a knight errant who lives for chivalry, justice and love. \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Sep. 2019",
      "But Zeldin\u2019s discomfiture stands out because his party has made him a standard-bearer for its pro-Israel stance. \u2014 Ron Kampeas, sun-sentinel.com , 27 Aug. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-170754"
  },
  "dido":{
    "type":[
      "noun ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a mischievous or capricious act : prank , antic",
      ": something that is frivolous or showy",
      ": a legendary queen of Carthage in Virgil's Aeneid who kills herself when Aeneas leaves her"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b-(\u02cc)d\u014d",
      "\u02c8d\u012b-(\u02cc)d\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "antic",
      "caper",
      "capriccio",
      "escapade",
      "frolic",
      "gag",
      "jest",
      "knavery",
      "monkeyshine(s)",
      "practical joke",
      "prank",
      "rag",
      "roguery",
      "shavie",
      "shine(s)",
      "trick",
      "waggery"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "known for cutting didoes at the holiday party held each year at the office"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "1807, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-170758"
  },
  "dig (into)":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to mix (something) into (soil) by digging",
      ": to begin eating (something)",
      ": to try to learn or uncover information by studying (something)",
      ": to push against (a body part) in a sharp and painful way",
      ": to push (something) into (a body part) in a sharp and painful way"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-171816"
  },
  "debonair":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": suave , urbane",
      ": lighthearted , nonchalant",
      ": gentle , courteous",
      ": gracefully charming"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-b\u0259-\u02c8ner",
      "\u02ccde-b\u0259-\u02c8ner"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blithe",
      "carefree",
      "devil-may-care",
      "gay",
      "happy-go-lucky",
      "insouciant",
      "lighthearted",
      "lightsome",
      "slaphappy",
      "unconcerned"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "careworn"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Their history, past and recent, may be scribbled with viciousness and deprivation, but the debonair politeness, the good humor, of the Irish I met, who are still among the poorest people in the West, gave me to believe that calamity breeds character. \u2014 G. Y. Dryansky , Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , November 1994",
      "Cary Grant is the center of the action and, at this pivotal point in his career, he is suspended between the heroic and the debonair . \u2014 Andrew Sarris , Video Review , September 1990",
      "Wyndham Lewis arrived for a stay in Paris and he was a different man from the Lewis of London. He was free and easy and debonair . \u2014 Robert McAlmon et al. , Being Geniuses Together , (1938) 1968",
      "a debonair man in a suit and top hat",
      "his debonair dismissal of my inquiry concerning his financial situation led me to believe that nothing was wrong",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Its communist agents are charming and almost debonair , contrary to previous depictions of screaming, hard-faced Soviet soldiers. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Count Orlok, played by Max Schreck, is reclusive and antisocial, not a courtly debonair . \u2014 Roy Schwartz, CNN , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "Nascar was America\u2019s motorsport of choice; Formula 1 was the debonair European stepsibling whose competitions were held in places such as Azerbaijan and Monaco, and whose races were referred to as Grands Prix. \u2014 Carrie Battan, The New Yorker , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "On the top floor, Beaujard\u2019s bedroom and the guest room feel breezy and debonair , in pale shades of white and yellow with accents of ebony and chocolate, evoking both the formal side of late 19th-century French design and fanciful postwar modernism. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "The video stars the London rapper as an impossibly debonair butler who seduces his boss before things take a rather ugly turn (with J Balvin popping up in the most unexpected of places). \u2014 Charu Sinha, Vulture , 30 July 2021",
      "Whether selling wine or simply drinking it, Mr. Spurrier was a debonair figure, hair perfectly coifed, a handkerchief peeking out just so from his jacket pocket. \u2014 Eric Asimov, New York Times , 16 Mar. 2021",
      "Bow ties always look debonair \u00e1 la James Bond, but Southern men can wear them in every color and pattern under the sun for a little extra flair. \u2014 Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living , 8 June 2018",
      "Clay was very much a kind of Upper East Side debonair man-about-town, living in a big duplex, and Milton was very much downtown, an artist in turtlenecks and very long, wild hair. \u2014 Christopher Bonanos, Daily Intelligencer , 8 Apr. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English debonere , from Anglo-French deboneire , from de bon aire of good family or nature",
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-171932"
  },
  "deftness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": characterized by facility and skill",
      ": quick and skillful in action"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8deft",
      "\u02c8deft"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "adroit",
      "artful",
      "bravura",
      "delicate",
      "dexterous",
      "dextrous",
      "expert",
      "masterful",
      "masterly",
      "practiced",
      "practised",
      "skillful",
      "virtuoso",
      "workmanlike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "amateur",
      "amateurish",
      "artless",
      "rude",
      "unprofessional",
      "unskillful"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The photographer is known for her deft use of lighting.",
      "a luthier whose deft craftsmanship is prized by violinists the world over",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Harriet Tubman biopic, Erivo has shown a deft ability to capture the details of the inner lives of people in unimaginable circumstances, as well as the grand scale of an entire world at a turning point. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "The clever screenplay keeps coming up with new ways to escalate the crisis, while the directors are equally deft at staging both the violent action and persistent verbal spats between stubborn characters. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 2 June 2022",
      "Raimi helped usher in the modern era of superhero cinematic dominance at first with Spider-Man; his deft touch and warm care for the characters and world made an entire generation of people care about Peter Parker. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 25 May 2022",
      "Biden, though, has brought a deft touch to relationship-building as first lady. \u2014 Jada Yuan, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
      "At a lean 6-feet-1, Ramirez is athletic, capable of twisting his body on the run, along with a deft touch at the net. \u2014 Don Norcross & Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 May 2022",
      "That\u2019s not easy, and Williams guided the Suns through a long season with a deft touch. \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Because of Jokic\u2019s deft touch around the rim and ability to create for others, Nuggets Coach Michael Malone made Jokic the focal point of the Nuggets\u2019 offense in 2016-17, Jokic\u2019s second N.B.A. season. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Carmelita Wiley-Earls has the deft touch of a velvet hammer, a mix that\u2019s part grandmother, part drill sergeant. \u2014 William Lee, chicagotribune.com , 17 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"perhaps continuing Middle English daffte, daft, defte \"well-mannered, gentle, dull, foolish\" \u2014 more at daft ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-172006"
  },
  "deportation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an act or instance of deporting",
      ": the removal from a country of an alien whose presence is unlawful or prejudicial",
      ": the removal from a country of a person who is not a citizen",
      ": an act or instance of deporting",
      ": the removal from a country of an alien whose presence is illegal or detrimental to the public welfare \u2014 compare exclusion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113-\u02ccp\u022fr-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "-p\u0259r-",
      "\u02ccd\u0113-\u02ccp\u022fr-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccd\u0113-\u02ccp\u014dr-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "banishment",
      "displacement",
      "exile",
      "expatriation",
      "expulsion",
      "relegation"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the deportation of the Jews from Spain in 1492",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Genocide claims Ukrainian prosecutors are building their case for genocide indictments, and may include Russia\u2019s forcible deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 3 June 2022",
      "Two years after California entered the U.S. as a free state, legislators passed a fugitive slave law that allowed for the capture and deportation of men and women fleeing enslavement. \u2014 P.r. Lockhart, NBC News , 1 June 2022",
      "The administration also restricted the likelihood of approval for individuals who applied for asylum as a defense against deportation . \u2014 Stuart Anderson, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
      "In the fall of 2019, palabra debuted, featuring a story about Mexican immigrant Maximiliano Trejo who was caught up in the federal immigration court system and faced deportation . \u2014 Palabra, al , 25 May 2022",
      "Most of them had spent a few days in detention and then had been released with ankle monitors and orders to report to court later for deportation hearings. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2022",
      "The lawsuit alleges that Broidy was working on behalf of Sun, the senior Chinese official, who later spoke by telephone with Wynn and asked for his assistance with seeking Guo\u2019s deportation . \u2014 Isaac Stanley-becker And Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News , 18 May 2022",
      "Almost two decades later, during the 2012 Presidential campaign, Mitt Romney, who was clearly not in on the joke, seriously suggested self- deportation as a solution for the undocumented workers\u2019 plight. \u2014 Graciela Mochkofsky, The New Yorker , 18 May 2022",
      "See it in xenophobic deportation policies upheld by presidents, Democrat and Republican alike. \u2014 Jene\u00e9 Osterheldt, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1595, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-174226"
  },
  "delving":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": excavate",
      ": to dig or labor with or as if with a spade",
      ": to make a careful or detailed search for information",
      ": to examine a subject in detail",
      ": cave , hollow",
      ": to dig or work hard with or as if with a shovel",
      ": to work hard looking for information"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8delv",
      "\u02c8delv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dig (into)",
      "examine",
      "explore",
      "inquire (into)",
      "investigate",
      "look (into)",
      "probe",
      "research"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "antre",
      "cave",
      "cavern",
      "grot",
      "grotto"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "He tried to delve inside his memory for clues about what had happened.",
      "Noun",
      "a poem in which a medieval knight encounters a mysterious beauty in a darkened delve",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Federal Judge John Adams continues his push to delve into the House Bill 6 scandal, demanding to know why information should be shielded from the public. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "For a president, the interview provides an opportunity to bond with an individual who would fulfill his legacy on the nation's highest court, to delve into her legal approach and personal story. \u2014 Joan Biskupic, CNN , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "New villains like Escharum and concepts like the Banished are exciting new additions to the lore to delve into, especially for fans of Halo Wars, who will no doubt be excited to see those games represented here. \u2014 Brittany Vincent, BGR , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "Veteran acts relish the opportunity to delve back into their catalogues, and artists sitting on albums now get the chance to see how people respond to the music in the wild. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "There\u2019s a hunger and a need for the gray area, and that is the job of art, to delve into that. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "Elliott, Collen and Savage spoke with USA TODAY via video from London to delve into the new album, Def Leppard\u2019s undeniable chemistry and what Elliott would like written on his headstone. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 26 May 2022",
      "Back in April, the 29-year-old singer-songwriter shared that the upcoming title-pending album will delve into the artist\u2019s ups and downs during their personal journey. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 23 May 2022",
      "So far, there are only limited details available about the plot of the new season, but an announcement did reveal that the first episode of season eight will delve into the world of sports and celebrity. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 23 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense",
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-180041"
  },
  "dispel":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate",
      ": to make go away"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8spel",
      "di-\u02c8spel"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "clear out",
      "disband",
      "disperse",
      "dissipate",
      "scatter",
      "squander"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "assemble",
      "cluster",
      "collect",
      "concentrate",
      "congregate",
      "gather",
      "ingather"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "This report should dispel any doubts you have about the plan.",
      "She made an official statement to dispel any rumors about her retirement.",
      "The experience dispelled some of our fears about the process.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Time to dispel a myth: Sports staffers do not accept free tickets to games. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 14 June 2022",
      "Sandberg helped dispel that myth and encouraged other women to discuss their experiences. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 11 June 2022",
      "Andrews wants to dispel the notion of gators as aggressive, ravenous menaces on the move. \u2014 Forrest Brown, CNN , 7 May 2022",
      "Addressing supporters on Saturday, Macron sought to dispel that notion. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "Thomas, who runs a political consulting firm, defended her work in politics to the Free Beacon and sought to dispel any concerns about her husband's work on the court. \u2014 Melissa Quinn, CBS News , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "The Biden administration is also keen to dispel the notion that had been taking hold last week that the measures the Western powers were imposing would only have a medium-term impact and thus be easily dismissed by Mr. Putin. \u2014 Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "However, a senior Justice Department official is seeking to dispel the notion that prosecutors have taken their foot off the pedal. \u2014 Dylan Tokar, WSJ , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "Yet the feel-good sentimentality that ultimately, of course, triumphs can\u2019t dispel the threats of failure, even tragedy, that shadow the action. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 8 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin dispellere , from dis- + pellere to drive, beat \u2014 more at felt ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-180539"
  },
  "diminution":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease",
      ": the act, process, or an instance of making less"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdi-m\u0259-\u02c8n\u00fc-sh\u0259n",
      "also",
      "\u02ccdi-m\u0259-\u02c8n\u00fc-sh\u0259n, -\u02c8ny\u00fc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abatement",
      "decline",
      "decrease",
      "decrement",
      "dent",
      "depletion",
      "depression",
      "diminishment",
      "drop",
      "drop-off",
      "fall",
      "falloff",
      "loss",
      "reduction",
      "shrinkage",
      "step-down"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "boost",
      "enlargement",
      "gain",
      "increase",
      "increment",
      "raise",
      "rise",
      "step-up",
      "uptick"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a diminution of 60 percent over the course of the month",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Granted that the race was closer and Biden won the popular vote by about 4.5 points, but a diminution of the Democratic vote is hard to ignore. \u2014 NBC News , 1 May 2022",
      "Maybe there\u2019s more to the later poetry than a finger-wagging sort of disenchantment, a diminution , unbelievable little rhetorical engines. \u2014 Alan Jacobs, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Their ascension signaled a diminution in the power of political parties. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "This is the first time such diminution has occurred since the Oscars ceremony had its initial television transmission in 1953. \u2014 Paul Grein, Billboard , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "All of this translates into fewer resources pouring into the Russian space program and a further diminution of its activities. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "This change is largely symbolic, the statistics show, rather than some seismic shift tied to the impact of inexpensive Asian imports and a concurrent diminution of U.S. manufacturing. \u2014 Ken Roberts, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "The diminution of chemotherapy treatment is happening for some other cancers, too, including lung cancer, the most common cause of cancer deaths in the United States, killing more than 69,000 Americans each year. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Sep. 2021",
      "The flip-side of increasing representation in one area is diminution of electoral power in another. \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 13 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English diminucioun , from Anglo-French diminutiun , from Medieval Latin diminution-, diminutio , alteration of Latin deminution-, deminutio , from deminuere \"to lessen\" \u2014 more at diminish ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190258"
  },
  "devotion":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": religious fervor : piety",
      ": an act of prayer or private worship",
      ": a religious exercise or practice other than the regular corporate (see corporate sense 2 ) worship of a congregation",
      ": the act of dedicating something to a cause, enterprise, or activity : the act of devoting",
      ": the fact or state of being ardently dedicated and loyal",
      ": the object of one's devotion",
      ": deep love or loyalty",
      ": an act of giving (as effort or time) to something",
      ": a religious exercise or practice (as prayers) especially that is private"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8v\u014d-sh\u0259n",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8v\u014d-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "affection",
      "attachment",
      "devotedness",
      "fondness",
      "love",
      "passion"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "abomination",
      "hate",
      "hatred",
      "loathing",
      "rancor"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "She has cared for the poor with selfless devotion .",
      "The devotion they felt for each other was obvious.",
      "The project will require the devotion of a great deal of time and money.",
      "They spend an hour each morning at their devotions .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Well, that Rudolph Giuliani is a distant memory to many, obscured by his conspiracy mongering and slavish devotion to Donald Trump. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 8 June 2022",
      "The fanatical devotion to basketball of Sandler \u2014 a producer here, alongside LeBron James \u2014 breathes affectionate life into a film stacked with cameos from celebrated NBA stars, coaches and streetball heroes. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 June 2022",
      "Characterized by extreme devotion to character study, the system can both inspire and shatter its devotees. \u2014 Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "Obama\u2019s single-minded focus on Jackson Park was matched by Hyde Parkers\u2019 fierce devotion to Jackson Park\u2019s trees. \u2014 Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com , 22 Oct. 2021",
      "There\u2019s inarguably a political vibe about Agematsu\u2019s activity, but it\u2019s one that is subsumed by personal devotion . \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 18 Oct. 2021",
      "In a party currently dominated by an unquestioning devotion to Trump, Dolan is testing the premise that no one can get through a primary contest without embracing the former President. \u2014 Michael Warren, CNN , 10 Oct. 2021",
      "In fact, Brianna is moved to tears by Devoin's devotion to her other daughter, 4-year-old Stella, especially since the little girl does not have a relationship with her biological father, Luis Hern\u00e1ndez. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 26 July 2021",
      "Visitors who met Helen in the gardens would occasionally donate and do so to this day every year just because they were so inspired by her devotion . \u2014 Mike Desimone And Jeff Jenssen, Forbes , 14 June 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see devote ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190316"
  },
  "delirious":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of, relating to, or characteristic of delirium",
      ": affected with or marked by delirium",
      ": not able to think or speak clearly usually because of a high fever or other illness",
      ": wildly excited",
      ": of, relating to, or characteristic of delirium",
      ": affected with or marked by delirium"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8lir-\u0113-\u0259s",
      "di-\u02c8lir-\u0113-\u0259s",
      "di-\u02c8lir-\u0113-\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "agitated",
      "distracted",
      "distrait",
      "distraught",
      "frantic",
      "frenzied",
      "hysterical",
      "hysteric"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "collected",
      "composed",
      "recollected",
      "self-collected",
      "self-composed",
      "self-possessed",
      "unhysterical"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "As the child's temperature went up, he became delirious and didn't know where he was.",
      "He was delirious with fever.",
      "a group of delirious fans celebrating the team's victory",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In the mid-1970s, the blight of New York\u2019s downtown scene \u2014 the delirious cross-pollination of daring music, visual art and fashion \u2014 birthed musicians like Patti Smith and artists like Keith Haring. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
      "The concert scenes, which reproduce much of the Pistols\u2019 brief catalog, explode with delirious violence. \u2014 James Poniewozik, New York Times , 30 May 2022",
      "Although Toyotomi died in a delirious stupor in 1598, subsequent shoguns continued his purges. \u2014 Rob Goss, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 May 2022",
      "Enric himself, the synopsis says, is still traumatised by a childhood marked by religious fanaticism and a mother with delirious messianic ambitions. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 5 May 2022",
      "When the throw got away and went out of play, Duran tossed his helmet and the delirious Lions spilled out of the dugout in celebration. \u2014 Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune , 5 May 2022",
      "Flocks of shrieking delirious teenagers moved hilariously from one place to another, settling and then taking off again into the distance. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "The Christie family came to the Fraser home to tell them that Malva was pregnant \u2014 and, according to her, by Jamie (Sam Heughan), who Malva claims began an affair with her while Claire was delirious in her sickbed. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "His movies have long paid homage to the delirious blood baths of the grind-house era. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see delirium ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1599, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190414"
  },
  "disesteem":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to regard with disfavor",
      ": disfavor , disrepute"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8st\u0113m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "deprecate",
      "disapprove (of)",
      "discountenance",
      "disfavor",
      "dislike",
      "frown (on ",
      "mislike",
      "reprove",
      "tsk-tsk",
      "tut (over ",
      "tut-tut (over "
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "deprecation",
      "disapprobation",
      "disapproval",
      "discountenance",
      "disfavor",
      "dislike",
      "displeasure"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "a survey showing that both candidates are disesteemed by the majority of eligible voters",
      "Noun",
      "made clear his disesteem of her decision to pursue an acting career",
      "the medical researcher had fallen into great disesteem after having been caught faking her lab results"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1594, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "1603, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190506"
  },
  "disaffiliation":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": disassociate",
      ": to terminate an affiliation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8fi-l\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The North Georgia Conference voted last Thursday to allow the churches, most of which were in rural areas, to disaffiliate from the UMC. \u2014 Jon Brown, Fox News , 5 June 2022",
      "Some remaining church members have chosen to disaffiliate with the denomination under guidelines for separation adopted by the United Methodist General Conference in 2019. \u2014 al , 8 June 2021",
      "Hoag has made the choice to disaffiliate from Providence. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 24 Feb. 2021",
      "The community deserves a full picture of why Hoag wants to disaffiliate from Providence and how Providence continues to interfere in its services. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 24 Feb. 2021",
      "The congregation voted to disaffiliate in September 2019, with 309 members voting in favor and seven members voting in opposition, according to information from Asbury Memorial Church. \u2014 Will Peebles, USA TODAY , 4 Sep. 2020",
      "The South Georgia Conference of The United Methodist Church voted to allow Asbury to disaffiliate from the UMC in a virtual meeting on Aug. 15. \u2014 Will Peebles, USA TODAY , 4 Sep. 2020",
      "Stien sent an email Sunday night announcing the decision to disaffiliate , falling back on those Christian values. \u2014 Michael Mccleary, The Indianapolis Star , 9 June 2020",
      "To go co-ed, sororities and fraternities must disaffiliate from the National Greek Organization, thereby losing their funding, national benefits, and international network. \u2014 Marisa Salatino, Town & Country , 31 Aug. 2016"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1863, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190507"
  },
  "disunited":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": divide , separate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-y\u00fc-\u02c8n\u012bt",
      "-y\u0259-",
      "dish-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break up",
      "decouple",
      "disassociate",
      "disconnect",
      "disjoin",
      "disjoint",
      "dissever",
      "dissociate",
      "divide",
      "divorce",
      "part",
      "ramify",
      "resolve",
      "separate",
      "sever",
      "split",
      "sunder",
      "uncouple",
      "unlink",
      "unyoke"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "join",
      "link",
      "unify",
      "unite"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "attempted to disunite the members of the club by vicious gossip"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1598, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190524"
  },
  "defy":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to confront with assured power of resistance : disregard",
      ": to resist attempts at : withstand",
      ": to challenge to do something considered impossible : dare",
      ": to challenge to combat",
      ": challenge , defiance",
      ": to refuse boldly to obey or yield to",
      ": to challenge to do something thought to be impossible : dare",
      ": to resist attempts at : withstand"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8f\u012b",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8f\u012b",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-\u02ccf\u012b",
      "di-\u02c8f\u012b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "disobey",
      "mock",
      "rebel (against)"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "comply (with)",
      "conform (to)",
      "follow",
      "mind",
      "obey"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "She defied her parents and dropped out of school.",
      "The group has continued to defy all efforts to stop them.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "But Republicans, and a few Democrats, defy the public will on these matters over and over. \u2014 Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
      "Moms do, of course, regularly defy this stereotype. \u2014 Kate Cray, The Atlantic , 20 May 2022",
      "The small towns, villages and ranching outposts in the counties hit by the fire, where Hispanics account for about 80 percent of the population, still defy easy classification. \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022",
      "Non-Muslim prayer is prohibited at the site, under administration by a Jordanian Islamic trust, but Jewish activists often defy the ban. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Held outside the regular schedule, usually in response to a death or other unexpected event, and plagued by low turnout, the outcomes can defy both conventional wisdom and underlying conditions. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Powerful Women\u2019s Movement, vowed to continue to protest and to use social media to urge women to defy the decree. \u2014 David Zucchino, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
      "Western military and humanitarian assistance have been crucial to Ukraine\u2019s ability to defy an enemy whose military might, both in personnel and weaponry, dwarfs its own. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
      "Thank you for inspiring the @tamronhallshow to defy the odds. \u2014 Rebecca Norris, Good Housekeeping , 18 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The elms of Castine defy capture by an amateur like me. \u2014 Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "This feels like a real American family story with characters who have rough edges and defy stereotypes. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "In fact, given Black and Latino students\u2019 persistent low achievement in math \u2014 and the techniques used in districts that have higher success rates \u2014 aspects of the change defy logic. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "Fortunately, some qualities of the Gravity 9 defy experience and form. \u2014 Adam Chase, Outside Online , 3 Mar. 2020",
      "To produce acts that defy expectations, performances must consistently push the boundaries of imagination. \u2014 Karl Moore, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "The potential deals would boost the economy and defy predictions that remote work will kill offices. \u2014 Roland Li, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 Nov. 2021",
      "What\u2019s happening right now, as recalcitrant witnesses like Steve Bannon defy subpoenas in a collective effort among Trump allies to sandbag the commission, should be instructive for the Biden administration. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 19 Oct. 2021",
      "Eureka is one to break molds and defy expectations. \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 31 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4",
      "Noun",
      "1580, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190657"
  },
  "double-dealing":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": action contradictory to a professed attitude : duplicity",
      ": given to or marked by duplicity"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0259-b\u0259l-\u02c8d\u0113-li\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "artifice",
      "cheating",
      "cozenage",
      "craft",
      "craftiness",
      "crookedness",
      "crookery",
      "cunning",
      "cunningness",
      "deceit",
      "deceitfulness",
      "deception",
      "deceptiveness",
      "dishonesty",
      "dissembling",
      "dissimulation",
      "dupery",
      "duplicity",
      "fakery",
      "foxiness",
      "fraud",
      "guile",
      "guilefulness",
      "wiliness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "crooked",
      "deceitful",
      "defrauding",
      "dishonest",
      "false",
      "fraudulent"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1529, in the meaning defined above",
      "Adjective",
      "1587, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190733"
  },
  "drudging":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": monotonous , tiring"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259-ji\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "arid",
      "boring",
      "colorless",
      "drab",
      "dreary",
      "dry",
      "dull",
      "dusty",
      "flat",
      "heavy",
      "ho-hum",
      "humdrum",
      "jading",
      "jejune",
      "leaden",
      "mind-numbing",
      "monochromatic",
      "monotonous",
      "numbing",
      "old",
      "pedestrian",
      "ponderous",
      "slow",
      "stale",
      "stodgy",
      "stuffy",
      "stupid",
      "tame",
      "tedious",
      "tiresome",
      "tiring",
      "uninteresting",
      "wearisome",
      "weary",
      "wearying"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "absorbing",
      "engaging",
      "engrossing",
      "gripping",
      "interesting",
      "intriguing",
      "involving",
      "riveting"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the hours of drudging effort that went into straightening out the company's books"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1548, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190842"
  },
  "demur":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to take exception : object",
      ": to file a demurrer",
      ": delay , hesitate",
      ": the act or an instance of objecting : protest",
      ": hesitation (as in doing or accepting) usually based on doubt of the acceptability of something offered or proposed",
      ": to interpose a demurrer"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8m\u0259r",
      "di-\u02c8m\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "except",
      "expostulate",
      "kick",
      "object",
      "protest",
      "remonstrate (with)"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "challenge",
      "complaint",
      "demurral",
      "demurrer",
      "difficulty",
      "exception",
      "expostulation",
      "fuss",
      "kick",
      "objection",
      "protest",
      "question",
      "remonstrance",
      "stink"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "She suggested that he would win easily, but he demurred , saying he expected the election to be close.",
      "don't hesitate to demur to the idea if you have any qualms",
      "Noun",
      "we accepted his offer to pay for our dinners without demur",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "When his team began to trail on the scoreboard, a situation in which other coaches would call a time out to troubleshoot, Jackson tended to demur . \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 13 May 2022",
      "Other people can do that for us, but even then our response to it must be to graciously demur . \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Some Jews in New York also demur from focusing Jewish attention and energy on combating hate. \u2014 Ben Sales, sun-sentinel.com , 14 Sep. 2021",
      "Other experts demur \u2014Joseph Uscinski, who researches QAnon, believes that less than 5 percent of Americans support violence against the government. \u2014 Helen Lewis, The Atlantic , 30 Sep. 2020",
      "But when asked who is at fault for the current situation, Abele demurred . \u2014 Molly Beck, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 3 Apr. 2020",
      "In states without stay-at-home orders, Americans celebrate freedom as death toll climbs In the Trump administration's coronavirus task force briefings, Trump and task force leaders have demurred on issuing a national stay-at-home order. \u2014 Nicholas Wu, USA TODAY , 4 Apr. 2020",
      "Biden, a former two-term vice president, however, demurred to local officials. \u2014 Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner , 2 Apr. 2020",
      "After several pharmaceutical companies demurred , Yu oversaw manufacture of the drug himself. \u2014 Lydia Denworth, Scientific American , 3 Mar. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Though the staff is quick to demur when asked about their celebrity clientele, my stay happens to coincide with that of a former boy band member and his actor wife. \u2014 Ella Riley-adams, Vogue , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "To demur when called upon to defend that home from conquest is to willingly turn oneself into an exile. \u2014 Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "In the final shot, Murray gives the camera a close-lipped grin that would make the Joker and the Cheshire Cat demur . \u2014 Sarah Spellings, Vogue , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "Trump has repeatedly griped to senators who visit about McConnell, asking who could be a new Senate Republican leader; many demur or just allow Trump to rant, one adviser said. \u2014 Author: Ashley Parker, Josh Dawsey, Anchorage Daily News , 8 May 2021",
      "Asked to reveal a favorite garden moment, Anderson prefers to demur . \u2014 Clint Clemens, Town & Country , 30 Apr. 2021",
      "That would be Sinead Flanagan, a 27-year-old junior doctor, with dark hair and a demur , effervescent smile. \u2014 David Segal, New York Times , 27 Sep. 2019",
      "When someone asks Mihalko if Chevy thinks of the new Blazer as the Camaro of crossovers, the humble engineer demurs . \u2014 Andrew Moseman, Popular Mechanics , 4 Feb. 2019",
      "When someone asks Mihalko if Chevy thinks of the new Blazer as the Camaro of crossovers, the humble engineer demurs . \u2014 Andrew Moseman, Popular Mechanics , 4 Feb. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3",
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190936"
  },
  "destitute":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lacking something needed or desirable",
      ": lacking possessions and resources",
      ": suffering extreme poverty",
      ": lacking something needed or desirable",
      ": very poor"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-st\u0259-\u02cct\u00fct",
      "-\u02cct(y)\u00fct",
      "\u02c8de-st\u0259-\u02cct\u00fct",
      "-\u02ccty\u00fct"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beggared",
      "beggarly",
      "broke",
      "dirt-poor",
      "down-and-out",
      "famished",
      "hard up",
      "impecunious",
      "impoverished",
      "indigent",
      "necessitous",
      "needful",
      "needy",
      "pauperized",
      "penniless",
      "penurious",
      "poor",
      "poverty-stricken",
      "skint",
      "threadbare"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "affluent",
      "deep-pocketed",
      "fat",
      "fat-cat",
      "flush",
      "moneyed",
      "monied",
      "opulent",
      "rich",
      "silk-stocking",
      "wealthy",
      "well-heeled",
      "well-off",
      "well-to-do"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "His business failures left him destitute .",
      "many families were left destitute by the horrible fire",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Prosecutors said in a news release at the time of his convictions that Buck typically targeted people who were destitute , homeless or struggling with drug addiction. \u2014 Steve Almasy, CNN , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Financially destitute and utterly greedy, Rollo sees his daughter as his path out of financial ruin by marrying her off to a wealthy man for money and land. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 18 May 2022",
      "After the Great Depression, which left so many Americans destitute , the federal government stepped in to help families. \u2014 Angela Garbes, The Atlantic , 13 May 2022",
      "Skid row has long been the downtown zone where Los Angeles has shunted services for its most destitute . \u2014 Emily Alpert Reyesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
      "The South African army has deployed 10,000 troops to help find those missing, rebuild roads, bridges and utilities, and distribute emergency aid to families made destitute by the deluge. \u2014 Mogomotsi Magome, ajc , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "Applicants had to begin the process by quitting their jobs; those whose visas were denied were left destitute . \u2014 William Baldwin, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "At the same time, South Asia was left destitute when the British receded. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Feb. 2022",
      "After all, which is worse: Being destitute while still alive or dying happy and provided for with a little extra? \u2014 David John Marotta, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin destitutus , past participle of destituere to abandon, deprive, from de- + statuere to set up \u2014 more at statute ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190948"
  },
  "deserter":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a person who deserts",
      ": a member of a military force who abandons service without leave"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8z\u0259r-t\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1631, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190953"
  },
  "dyed":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": color from dyeing",
      ": a soluble or insoluble coloring matter",
      ": to impart a new and often permanent color to especially by impregnating with a dye",
      ": to impart (a color) by dyeing",
      ": to take up or impart color in dyeing",
      ": a substance used to change the color of something",
      ": to change the color of something using a substance",
      ": color from dyeing",
      ": a soluble or insoluble coloring matter",
      ": to impart a new and often permanent color to especially by impregnating with a dye",
      ": to impart (a color) by dyeing",
      ": to take up or impart color in dyeing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b",
      "\u02c8d\u012b",
      "\u02c8d\u012b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "color",
      "colorant",
      "coloring",
      "dyestuff",
      "pigment",
      "stain"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bepaint",
      "color",
      "paint",
      "pigment",
      "stain",
      "tincture",
      "tinge",
      "tint"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "soaked the fabric in blue dye",
      "Verb",
      "She had been dyeing her hair for years.",
      "The fabric is bleached, dyed , and then washed.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The America\u2019s Mayor Gin, gin, gin, and just a whisper of hair dye . \u2014 Bruce Handy, The New Yorker , 16 June 2022",
      "Hospitals are facing a scarcity of contrast dye used in diagnostic scans, the result of a COVID lockdown at the Shanghai plant where most of it is produced. \u2014 Darius Tahir, CBS News , 3 June 2022",
      "Still, there are a few things to know before diving hair first into the world of DIY hair dye . \u2014 Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "Hospitals are facing a scarcity of contrast dye used in diagnostic scans, the result of a COVID lockdown at the Shanghai plant where most of it is produced. \u2014 Darius Tahir, CBS News , 3 June 2022",
      "Hospitals are facing a scarcity of contrast dye used in diagnostic scans, the result of a COVID lockdown at the Shanghai plant where most of it is produced. \u2014 Darius Tahir, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
      "GE Healthcare's production of contrast dye is expected to return to normal by late June, the American Hospital Association said in a statement. \u2014 Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press , 14 May 2022",
      "Lines of blue dye that mark the path through the course disappeared, despite course workers attempting to redraw them after each run. \u2014 Nathan Fenno, Los Angeles Times , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "The following month, he was splashed with an antiseptic green dye , damaging his vision in one eye. \u2014 Paul Leblanc, CNN , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The depot held clothing ready for export as well as drums filled with hydrogen peroxide, a chemical compound often used to bleach and dye fabric. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
      "In the Lab, scientists dye human hair samples in brown, blonde, red and black shades and evaluate the products for their gray hair coverage. \u2014 Sabina Wizemann, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
      "Loc extensions, starter locs, styling locs, coloring locs, and loc maintenance. Want to dye your locs purple? \u2014 Danielle James, Allure , 11 May 2022",
      "My new workplace has about 30 employees, mostly women, every one of whom either dyes their hair or is young enough not to need to, and many younger employees dye their hair too. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Aug. 2021",
      "The band will play Moda Center on Sunday, Oct. 2, at 7:30 p.m., which gives you plenty of time to get angsty about something and dye your hair black. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "The blue thread used would be typical of Native American or prairie settlers at the time, both of whom used indigo to dye thread a deep midnight blue. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 Feb. 2022",
      "For over a decade, Margolis has asked his patients to dye his hair, coloring it from white to green as a way to boost morale and support the Milwaukee Bucks. \u2014 Eddie Morales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "Older Kid can dye her own yarn, maybe, lowering your costs and increasing her range. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191036"
  },
  "dicker":{
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the number or quantity of 10 especially of hides or skins",
      ": bargain",
      ": barter",
      ": an act or session of bargaining",
      ": to seek to arrive at a workable and agreeable arrangement by negotiating and haggling"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-k\u0259r",
      "\u02c8di-k\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bargain",
      "chaffer",
      "deal",
      "haggle",
      "horse-trade",
      "negotiate",
      "palter"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "back-and-forth",
      "barter",
      "commutation",
      "exchange",
      "quid pro quo",
      "swap",
      "trade",
      "trade-off",
      "truck"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "I tried to dicker for a discounted price.",
      "they dickered over the price of the car for a few minutes"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "1797, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1818, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191042"
  },
  "downpour":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a pouring or streaming downward",
      ": a heavy rain",
      ": a heavy rain"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02ccp\u022fr",
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02ccp\u022fr"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cloudburst",
      "deluge",
      "downfall",
      "rain",
      "rainfall",
      "rainstorm",
      "storm",
      "wet"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the downpour was so heavy that we were soaked by the time we got to the car",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But in a Pittsburgh downpour that made gripping and fielding challenging, the Pirates mounted a two-out rally, with a double by Josh Bell scoring the tying and winning runs for the walk-off win. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
      "By late afternoon, when Jakarta got its customary downpour , Gudskul purred with activity. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
      "Some areas will miss the rainfall all together while some towns get a downpour . \u2014 Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
      "On Wednesday, Monty and Rose appeared on posters, along with their offspring, near the site of Monty\u2019s death in the Montrose plover habitat, as some visitors took selfies with the memorial in between a downpour . \u2014 Morgan Greene, Chicago Tribune , 26 May 2022",
      "Not even Mother Nature\u2019s heaviest downpour could put out the fire between McAdams and Gosling\u2014who dated IRL after filming\u2014in this waterlogged reunion. \u2014 Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 May 2022",
      "The title sequence alone \u2014 Gene Kelly spinning and splashing, in love in a downpour \u2014 is instantly recognizable to people who haven\u2019t even seen the film. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Despite a constant downpour on Friday night, the best track and field athletes battled it out for spots in the state championship meet at Oregon City High School in the district\u2019s championship meet. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 May 2022",
      "Overall, rain amounts through this somewhat damp weekend shouldn\u2019t amount to much, unless a thunderstorm happens to slowly move a downpour over you. \u2014 A. Camden Walker, Washington Post , 13 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1801, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191145"
  },
  "disciple":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one who accepts and assists in spreading the doctrines of another: such as",
      ": one of the twelve in the inner circle of Christ's followers according to the Gospel accounts",
      ": a convinced adherent of a school or individual",
      ": a member of the Disciples of Christ founded in the U.S. in 1809 that holds the Bible alone to be the rule of faith and practice, usually baptizes by immersion , and has a congregational (see congregational sense 3 ) polity",
      ": a person who accepts and helps to spread the teachings of another",
      ": apostle"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8s\u012b-p\u0259l",
      "di-\u02c8s\u012b-p\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "acolyte",
      "adherent",
      "convert",
      "epigone",
      "follower",
      "liege man",
      "partisan",
      "partizan",
      "pupil",
      "votarist",
      "votary"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "coryphaeus",
      "leader"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a disciple of Sigmund Freud",
      "a circle of dedicated disciples who conscientiously wrote down everything the prophet said",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Pellegrino Artusi is known as Italy's culinary godfather, and Tucci turned to Artusi disciple Barbara Asioli to learn how to make his version of Bolognese ragu. \u2014 CNN , 21 Mar. 2021",
      "The young Braves see the stoic Snitker as a grandfather type and disciple of Hall of Fame manager Bobby Cox. \u2014 Dan Schlossberg, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "Irving Fisher led the charge in the first half of the the past century, followed by his disciple Friedman, whom this writer met as a MBA student at the University of Chicago in the 1970s and frequently interviewed as a journalist. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Coach Chris Jans, a Wichita State disciple , gets the most of this team on defense and if this team can force turnovers and control the tempo vs. a tough UConn squad apt for falling into scoring lulls, there's room for NMSU to come away victorious. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Irving Fisher led the charge in the first half of the the past century, followed by his disciple Friedman, whom this writer met as a MBA student at the University of Chicago in the 1970s and frequently interviewed as a journalist. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Testifying to flexible convictions, the Morgan show includes a rondel painting by Holbein, circa 1532, of Erasmus\u2019s thin-faced, pointy-nosed mien, and also a small portrayal, circa 1535, of Luther\u2019s most efficacious disciple , Philipp Melanchthon. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
      "Another Leach disciple , Nichol and Riley coached together as student assistants in the early days of the Air Raid at Texas Tech. \u2014 Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times , 8 Jan. 2022",
      "Kerr, a Gregg Popovich disciple , knows that such tenets were a driving force behind the Spurs\u2019 sustained success. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, \"follower of Jesus, one of the apostles, pupil,\" in part going back to Old English discipul, in part borrowed from Anglo-French disciple, both borrowed from Late Latin discipulus \"follower of Christ, apostle\" (translation of Greek math\u0113t\u1e17s ), going back to Latin, \"pupil, learner,\" of uncertain origin",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191242"
  },
  "disinterest":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cause to regard something with no interest or concern",
      ": disinterestedness",
      ": lack of interest : indifference"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8in-tr\u0259st",
      "-\u02c8in-t\u0259-\u02ccrest",
      "-t\u0259-r\u0259st",
      "-t\u0259rst",
      "-\u02c8in-\u02cctrest"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "detachment",
      "disinterestedness",
      "equity",
      "evenhandedness",
      "fair-mindedness",
      "fairness",
      "impartiality",
      "justice",
      "neutralism",
      "neutrality",
      "nonpartisanship",
      "objectiveness",
      "objectivity"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bias",
      "favor",
      "favoritism",
      "nonobjectivity",
      "one-sidedness",
      "partiality",
      "partisanship",
      "prejudice"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "His proposal was met with complete disinterest .",
      "since the coach has a son on the team, his disinterest in the selection of a team captain cannot be assumed",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Like the lack of support given to Black and brown communities early in the pandemic, which eventually contributes to disinterest in or distrust of the vaccines. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "He has been widely described as a maverick researcher disinterested in personal recognition who simply wanted to give babies to those who couldn\u2019t make them on their own. \u2014 Osagie K. Obasogie, Scientific American , 4 Oct. 2013",
      "In that October 2015 Benghazi hearing, Congressman Pompeo depicted Clinton as an aloof partisan, disinterested in the welfare of State Department employees. \u2014 Garrett M. Graff, Wired , 21 May 2020",
      "Jeff Okudah is either disinterested or didn\u2019t want much to do with Bryant. \u2014 Ellis L. Williams, cleveland , 6 May 2020",
      "Friendship with them\u2014 disinterested or otherwise\u2014seemed impossible. \u2014 B. Pietras, Longreads , 27 Apr. 2020",
      "Once the aliens arrive like a summer storm in bolts of lightning, the tension never lets up as divorced and disinterested dad Tom Cruise rises to the occasion to keep his kids alive. \u2014 Jim Kiest, ExpressNews.com , 12 May 2020",
      "The fear that customers have over the coronavirus and the large number of people that are getting sick has made them slightly disinterested in celebrating Holi. \u2014 Fox News , 11 Mar. 2020",
      "Cats are noted for their unique ability to be disinterested under all kinds of circumstances, a fun fact that was on full unabashed display for Kevin the cat who went for a hilarious ride of his life on a leash. \u2014 Ashley Hoffman, Time , 2 Mar. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "This could be misread as a case for moral disinterest \u2014for rejecting not just the idea of countries as moral agents, but indeed the attempt of government to do good. \u2014 Parker Richards, The New Republic , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Gone are the lavish parties as agencies scale down on travel to the East Coast event in a response to the increasing disinterest in broadcast and in a bid to rein in spending. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
      "It's made from the perspective of Miliukova, who's shown as ardently devoted to the composer despite his complete disinterest in her. \u2014 Jake Coyle, ajc , 18 May 2022",
      "This is partly due to classic higher education inattention, disinterest , and inertia. \u2014 Ryan Craig, Forbes , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "Considering factors outside of work allows the employer to make meaningful, productive decisions about the employee instead of simply assuming laziness or disinterest on the employee\u2019s behalf. \u2014 Dylan Taylor, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
      "In both France and the U.S., younger generations express feelings of disinterest in and neglect by mainstream political institutions. \u2014 Camille G\u00e9lix, The Conversation , 3 May 2022",
      "And yet, several citizen reporters said in interviews that creaking bureaucracy, loopholes, waivers and a seeming disinterest in issuing increasing numbers of fines has left untold penalties uncollected. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "This is also addressed in the book: that the audience will most probably be female, that there's a disinterest from men in women\u2019s stories. \u2014 ELLE , 15 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1612, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "1658, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191411"
  },
  "denuded":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deprive of something important",
      ": to strip of all covering or surface layers",
      ": to lay bare by erosion",
      ": to strip (land) of forests",
      ": to make bare"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8n(y)\u00fcd",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8n\u00fcd",
      "-\u02c8ny\u00fcd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Excessive logging has denuded the hillside of trees.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Grasshoppers, which thrive in warm and arid weather have taken over and are beginning to denude trees. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 27 June 2021",
      "Kulhanek\u2019s announcement threatens to denude one of Russia\u2019s largest embassies in Europe in the wake of a Czech conclusion that Russian military intelligence operatives are responsible for a 2014 explosion that killed two civilians. \u2014 Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner , 22 Apr. 2021",
      "The envelopes the ballots were sent in have already been discarded by one of Philadelphia\u2019s 22 high-speed extractors, which together can denude 12,000 envelopes an hour. \u2014 Brian Barrett, Wired , 4 Nov. 2020",
      "The pandemic has also denuded many of life\u2019s daily distractions that may have kept many people\u2019s attention off of these issues, Bustelle and Prelli said. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 26 Apr. 2020",
      "Far from serving as a breakdown of the vigilante mind, the paranoid style would appear to be a leading-edge mode of adaptation to a civically denuded world of siloed and commercially deformed information flows. \u2014 Chris Lehmann, The New Republic , 16 Apr. 2020",
      "In February, hindered by an unexpected failure to roll out diagnostic tests and an administration that had denuded itself of scientific expertise, the nation sat largely idle while the pandemic spread within its borders. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 14 Apr. 2020",
      "Curators at the Louvre denuded its walls of masterpieces such as the Mona Lisa and its floors of priceless sculptures. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Mar. 2020",
      "Lots of candles and denuded Irish trees isn\u2019t a plot. \u2014 Mark Kennedy, Houston Chronicle , 31 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin denudare , from de- + nudus bare \u2014 more at naked ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191437"
  },
  "deviltry":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": action performed with the help of the devil : witchcraft",
      ": wickedness",
      ": mischief",
      ": an act of devilry"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-v\u1d4al-r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "devilishness",
      "devilment",
      "diablerie",
      "espi\u00e8glerie",
      "hob",
      "impishness",
      "knavery",
      "mischief",
      "mischievousness",
      "rascality",
      "roguery",
      "roguishness",
      "shenanigan(s)",
      "waggery",
      "waggishness",
      "wickedness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "children always getting into some devilry",
      "superstitious villagers who were quick to attribute an unexpected occurrence to devilry",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Who are the sword and sorcery protagonists that scratch your itch for devilry and adventure? \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Sep. 2021",
      "Suddenly, modernists were jockeying to impose some glass-and-steel devilry atop the old dame. \u2014 Shawn Mccreesh, Curbed , 17 Aug. 2021",
      "Before long, the angry and injured young wife is the one on trial for witchcraft \u2014 fighting for her life as the apparent evidence of devilry accrues. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 May 2021",
      "Aboard the ship, mysterious devilry begins to take place and a demon is suspected to be behind it. \u2014 Kami Phillips, CNN Underscored , 8 Oct. 2020",
      "The mildly disastrous consequences of Eddie\u2019s devilry predictably set up the big moment at the end of the show in which Ward or June Cleaver would distill an important Life Lesson from the experience. \u2014 Paul Farhi, Washington Post , 19 May 2020",
      "These winged insects pollinate plants, inspire funny memes, and rule the night like fluttery little kings, felled only by the devilry of porch lights masquerading as the moon. \u2014 Sarah Todd, Quartz at Work , 23 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English develrye, from devel  devil entry 1 + -rye  -ry ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191527"
  },
  "differently":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in a different manner",
      ": otherwise"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-f(\u0259-)r\u0259nt-l\u0113",
      "\u02c8di-f\u0259rnt-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "else",
      "other (than)",
      "otherwise"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "likewise"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "we do things differently around here",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Investors accordingly value it differently from the rest of the car industry, where competition is intense. \u2014 Stephen Wilmot, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "One woman, who was visibly upset, wondered aloud if anything could have been done differently . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
      "And her record plays differently in different parts of the city. \u2014 Julie Zauzmer Weil, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
      "So, the ReferHer dinner was such a beautiful example of coming in one way and leaving differently ... \u2014 Cheryl Robinson, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "The rash also seems to progress differently than in past cases. \u2014 Aria Bendix, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
      "Kamala Khan's abilities work a little differently in the new Disney+ show than in Marvel comics. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 15 June 2022",
      "Not every joke landed, obviously, as movies play differently every time, depending on the context, the audience, the language etc. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 14 June 2022",
      "Others, including those Camille interviewed for her film, and Camille herself, experience derealization differently . \u2014 John Horgan, Scientific American , 14 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English differentliche, differently, from different  different entry 1 + -liche, -ly  -ly entry 2 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191554"
  },
  "dyspeptic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective or noun",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": indigestion",
      ": ill humor : disgruntlement",
      ": indigestion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8pep-sh\u0259",
      "-s\u0113-\u0259",
      "dis-\u02c8pep-sh\u0259",
      "-s\u0113-\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "He is suffering from dyspepsia .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Take for example an experiment that administered capsaicin to volunteers with functional dyspepsia as well as healthy folks. \u2014 Patrick Wilson, Outside Online , 21 Aug. 2020",
      "Beyond acute physical and psychological stress, what else can aggravate visceral hypersensitivity in people with IBS, dyspepsia , or other gut disorders? \u2014 Patrick Wilson, Outside Online , 21 Aug. 2020",
      "To diagnose it, then\u2014this diegetic dyspepsia \u2014a comprehensive examination of the patient must be performed. \u2014 Jason Kehe, Wired , 7 July 2021",
      "Another risk of nighttime eating is dyspepsia , more commonly known as indigestion or an upset stomach. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 23 Aug. 2019",
      "And functional dyspepsia , which affects the stomach and is otherwise known as indigestion, affects nearly 32% of the population, according to a 2004 study published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology. \u2014 Colleen Stinchcombe, Woman's Day , 29 Oct. 2018",
      "Upper stomach pain or feelings of fullness paired with bloating may be indicative of dyspepsia , for example, whereas lower abdomen cramping and a change in bowel habits could point to IBS. \u2014 Colleen Stinchcombe, Woman's Day , 29 Oct. 2018",
      "The Europeans who encountered indigenous people in Mexico in the 1500s noted that chocolate was used to treat numerous ailments ranging from dysentery and indigestion, to fatigue and dyspepsia . \u2014 Jeffrey Miller, Smithsonian , 29 June 2018",
      "Pepsi however, says that the truth is that the name came from Bradham\u2019s belief that his Pepsi-Cola could soothe an upset stomach, taking its name from the word dyspepsia , which means indigestion. \u2014 Melissa Locker, Southern Living , 27 Feb. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Latin, borrowed from Greek dyspeps\u00eda, from dys-  dys- + p\u00e9psis \"cooking, ripening, digestion\" (from pep-, base of p\u00e9ttein, p\u00e9ssein, p\u00e9ptein \"to cook, ripen, digest\" + -sis  -sis ) + -ia  -ia entry 1 \u2014 more at cook entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1706, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191626"
  },
  "diseconomy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a lack of economy",
      ": a factor responsible for an increase in cost"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-i-\u02c8k\u00e4-n\u0259-m\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1937, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191631"
  },
  "devise":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent",
      ": conceive , imagine",
      ": to plan to obtain or bring about : plot",
      ": to give (real estate) by will (see will entry 2 sense 1 ) \u2014 compare bequeath",
      ": the act of giving or disposing of real (see real entry 1 sense 2 ) property by will (see will entry 2 sense 1 )",
      ": a will or clause of a will disposing of real property",
      ": property devised by will",
      ": to think up : plan , invent",
      ": to give (property) by will",
      ": to give (real property) by will \u2014 compare alienate , bequeath , convey",
      ": a gift of property made in a will",
      ": a gift of real property made in a will \u2014 see also abate , ademption \u2014 compare distribution",
      ": a devise of an interest in land that will vest in the future upon the occurrence of a contingency and that can follow a fee simple estate",
      ": a devise that is to be distributed from the general assets of an estate and that is not of a particular thing",
      ": a devise of whatever is left in an estate after all other debts and devises have been paid or distributed",
      ": a devise of a particular item or part of an estate that is payable only from a specified source in the estate and not from the general assets",
      ": a clause in a will disposing of property and especially real property",
      ": property disposed of by a will"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8v\u012bz",
      "di-\u02c8v\u012bz",
      "di-\u02c8v\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "concoct",
      "construct",
      "contrive",
      "cook (up)",
      "drum up",
      "excogitate",
      "fabricate",
      "invent",
      "make up",
      "manufacture",
      "think (up)",
      "trump up",
      "vamp (up)"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "They have devised a new method for converting sunlight into electricity.",
      "she quickly devised a new scheme when the first one failed",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "There will always be sensitive cases where a real-life expert must parse the underlying causes of an issue and devise the best treatment plan, Freeman says. \u2014 Raleigh Mcelvery, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 May 2022",
      "The revisions would require the port to conduct more soil and groundwater quality monitoring, reduce discharges in nongrowing seasons and devise a plan to clean existing groundwater contamination. \u2014 Alex Baumhardt, oregonlive , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "The new plan is the result of months of work inside the LAPD to determine which of the recommendations in the earlier reports should be prioritized and devise a plan for implementing them. \u2014 Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "But Woltz loves to devise temporal dialogues\u2014not only between past and present, but also among different pasts. \u2014 Victoria Johnson, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
      "His frustration is focused on an intermediate step, in which ratings firms like S&P use company information to devise an ESG score, which in turn can be cited by a fund manager. \u2014 Tim Mcdonnell, Quartz , 26 May 2022",
      "CFOs play a central role in helping devise and implement these elements. \u2014 Jim Deloach, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "The nature of pandemics says there is great uncertainty that comes with a pandemic, including how to devise a vaccine to combat the pandemic. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
      "Last fall, the Treasury Department issued a report calling on Congress to devise rules for the stablecoin ecosystem. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In a statement Friday, the IS-K said the explosive devise that devastated Mazar-e-Sharif's Sai Doken mosque was hidden in a bag left inside among scores of worshippers. \u2014 Kathy Gannon And Mohammad Shaob Amin, USA TODAY , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "When the pandemic required the district to implement remote learning in March of last year, the district was forced to assure all students were issued an electronic devise . \u2014 Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com , 22 Dec. 2021",
      "This is often a preferable arrangement if the couple's intent is for the surviving partner to have complete ownership of the home since this transfer is automatic by operation of law and not dependent upon a devise under a will. \u2014 Matthew Erskine, Forbes , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "Ally expects to surface in some of the content that creators who take part in the program devise . \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 16 Oct. 2021",
      "Grogan, over his two decades as CEO, figured out the nonprofit could drive change by combining the power of research on critical topics such as affordable housing and education reform with its ability to convene stakeholders and devise solutions. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 July 2021",
      "Some fear China could use such data to give its drug industry an economic advantage, devise bioweapons tailored to Americans\u2019 genetics, or even blackmail people by threatening to publicize private information. \u2014 Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | AAAS , 14 June 2021",
      "So Fuer had a millworker devise custom red covers, which connect to a red bookcase tucked between the room\u2019s two windows. \u2014 Hadley Keller, House Beautiful , 1 Apr. 2021",
      "The group has been working with Teen Vogue editors to firm up their collections and devise plans that are pandemic-proof. \u2014 Vogue Runway, Vogue , 23 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191707"
  },
  "default":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect",
      ": fault",
      ": a failure to pay financial debts",
      ": failure to appear at the required time in a legal proceeding",
      ": failure to compete in or to finish an appointed contest",
      ": a selection made usually automatically or without active consideration due to lack of a viable alternative",
      ": a selection automatically used by a program in the absence of a choice made by the user",
      ": in the absence of",
      ": to fail to fulfill a contract, agreement, or duty: such as",
      ": to fail to meet a financial obligation",
      ": to fail to appear in court",
      ": to fail to compete in or to finish an appointed contest",
      ": to forfeit a contest by such failure",
      ": to make a selection automatically in the absence of a choice made by the user",
      ": to fail to perform, pay, or make good",
      ": forfeit",
      ": to exclude (a player or a team) from a contest by default",
      ": failure to do something especially that is required by law or duty",
      ": to fail to do something required",
      ": failure to do something required by duty (as under a contract or by law): as",
      ": failure to comply with the terms of a loan agreement or security agreement especially with regard to payment of the debt",
      ": a delay in performing under a contract that is recognized by the other party",
      ": failure to defend against a claim in court (as by failing to file pleadings or to appear in court) \u2014 see also default judgment at judgment sense 1a",
      ": in the condition of having defaulted"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8f\u022flt",
      "d\u0113-",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-\u02ccf\u022flt",
      "di-\u02c8f\u022flt",
      "di-\u02c8f\u022flt, \u02c8d\u0113-\u02ccf\u022flt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "delinquency",
      "dereliction",
      "failure",
      "misprision",
      "neglect",
      "negligence",
      "nonfeasance",
      "oversight"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The defendant has made no appearance in the case and is in default .",
      "You can enter your own settings or use the defaults .",
      "Which font is the default in that computer program?",
      "Verb",
      "If the borrower defaults , the bank can take the house.",
      "The program defaults to a standard font.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The same is true at Facebook, where its new policy hasn\u2019t changed any of its awful default settings. \u2014 Geoffrey A. Fowler, Anchorage Daily News , 4 June 2022",
      "The same is true at Facebook, where its new policy hasn\u2019t changed any of its awful default settings. \u2014 Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
      "The Biden administration plans to offer those with loans in default a fresh start. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
      "Everything sounds crisp and clear even on default settings. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 24 May 2022",
      "Research has shown that users rarely override the default settings in other devices, such as smart thermostats. \u2014 Joshua Rhodes, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
      "Samsung also insists on a bunch of strange default settings. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Where applicable, your browser will revert back to default settings, as offered by Mozilla. \u2014 Nathaniel Mott, PCMAG , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "The user can type and backspace but not much else, and, with the default settings, only ten lines of text are visible at a time. \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 13 Dec. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "All this leads me to conclude that El Salvador probably won\u2019t default in 2023. \u2014 Fortune , 8 June 2022",
      "Many people, including those with less-than-perfect credit, paid off debts and built up savings during the pandemic, a surprising outcome considering that lenders at first thought borrowers would default en masse when Covid-19 hit. \u2014 Annamaria Andriotis, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
      "Without immediate student loan relief of up to $50,000, Warren predicts that millions of student loan borrowers could default on their student loans. \u2014 Zack Friedman, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "Despite the insurance-contract plunge, investors remain largely convinced that Russia will eventually default on its debts for the first time since 1917. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 1 May 2022",
      "Also muddying the situation: There's a 30-day grace period on the two bonds, which means Russia wouldn't technically default for another month. \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Yellen has previously warned that without a hike in the debt ceiling, the U.S. government could default on its debt obligations for the first time soon after Dec. 15. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, USA TODAY , 30 Nov. 2021",
      "Yellen has previously warned that without an increase in the debt ceiling, the government could default on its debt obligations for the first time soon after Dec. 15. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, ajc , 30 Nov. 2021",
      "In the worst cases, such as Argentina in 2001 and Russia in 1998, governments may default on their debts. \u2014 David J. Lynch, Washington Post , 13 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191812"
  },
  "dabbler":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that dabbles : such as",
      ": one not deeply engaged in or concerned with something",
      ": a duck (such as a mallard or shoveler) that feeds by dabbling"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8da-b(\u0259-)l\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "amateur",
      "dilettante",
      "hobbyist",
      "layman",
      "nonexpert",
      "nonprofessional",
      "potterer",
      "putterer",
      "tinkerer"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "authority",
      "expert",
      "pro",
      "professional",
      "specialist"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "he was a dabbler , learning the basics of many arts but mastering none",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Her mother, a spiritual dabbler , believes that Khristen died and then came back to life. \u2014 Anthony Domestico, The Atlantic , 12 Sep. 2021",
      "The mandate at Hammer & Stitch is to craft exacting pub-style ales and lagers whose quality appeals to the demanding craft beer enthusiast but whose approachability also piques the palate of the dabbler . \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Aug. 2021",
      "There are licenses to be acquired if a seller is more than a casual dabbler or wants to buy from wholesalers, and research to be done into sourcing, demand and competition in various items, among other things. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Apr. 2021",
      "Most dabblers become obsessed with finessing beautiful objects and seldom think about its context or consequences. \u2014 Anne Quito, Quartz at Work , 19 May 2020",
      "Having a few Iraq War dead-enders and dabblers in race science around keeps things fresh and interesting. \u2014 Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic , 27 Jan. 2020",
      "Like many New Age dabblers in the nineteen-seventies, he was drawn to the Fourth Way\u2014a brand of mysticism established by George Gurdjieff in the early twentieth century. \u2014 Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker , 18 Nov. 2019",
      "Goethe was a passionate geologist; Voltaire performed scientific experiments; but today, someone without specialized scientific knowledge is seen as a dabbler . \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Oct. 2019",
      "Haunts need more capital to start, maintain The latter category, the dabblers , includes another Mesa haunt, Golfland Fright Nights at Golfland Sunsplash. \u2014 Kerry Lengel, azcentral , 19 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1611, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191821"
  },
  "depreciate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to lower in honor or esteem",
      ": to lower the price or estimated value of",
      ": to deduct from taxable income a portion of the original cost of (a business asset) over several years as the value of the asset decreases",
      ": to fall in value",
      ": belittle",
      ": to lower the price or value of",
      ": to lose value",
      ": to subject to depreciation : lower the value of",
      ": to fall in value \u2014 compare appreciate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8pr\u0113-sh\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
      "di-\u02c8pr\u0113-sh\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
      "di-\u02c8pr\u0113-sh\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "attenuate",
      "break",
      "cheapen",
      "depress",
      "devaluate",
      "devalue",
      "downgrade",
      "lower",
      "mark down",
      "reduce",
      "sink",
      "write down",
      "write off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "appreciate",
      "enhance",
      "mark up",
      "upgrade"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "These changes have greatly depreciated the value of the house.",
      "The value of the house has depreciated greatly.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Each CryptoKitty is unique and owned by the user, ownership is validated on the Ethereum blockchain, and its value can appreciate or depreciate based on market demand. \u2014 Leeor Shimron, Forbes , 13 May 2021",
      "Before the pandemic, the first-year drop in value was about 33.3%, and then the car would continue to depreciate , at an average rate of 14% in each year after that, according to research firm J.D. Power. \u2014 Nora Eckert, WSJ , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Some are buying electronics and appliances before their rubles depreciate further. \u2014 Tiffany Ap, Quartz , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "As the governments depreciate the dollar, the value of your debt will fall just like the government\u2019s bonds. \u2014 Dr. Philip Fischer, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "The price of real estate could depreciate quickly depending on the popularity of a certain platform, resulting in major losses. \u2014 Marco Quiroz-gutierrez, Fortune , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "As cash continues to depreciate , silver, like other precious metals, has intrinsic value and can protect both your IRA and purchasing power. \u2014 Regal Assets, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "Investors and economists expect the lira to depreciate further due to high inflation and recently lowered interest rates. \u2014 Hardika Singh, WSJ , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 1 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Late Latin depretiatus , past participle of depretiare , from Latin de- + pretium price \u2014 more at price entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191846"
  },
  "deserted":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": arid land with usually sparse vegetation",
      ": such land having a very warm climate and receiving less than 25 centimeters (10 inches) of sporadic rainfall annually",
      ": an area of water apparently devoid of life",
      ": a desolate or forbidding area",
      ": a wild uninhabited and uncultivated tract",
      ": desolate and sparsely occupied or unoccupied",
      ": of or relating to a desert (see desert entry 1 )",
      ": forsaken",
      ": to withdraw from or leave usually without intent to return",
      ": to leave in the lurch",
      ": to abandon (military service) without leave",
      ": to quit one's post, allegiance , or service without leave or justification",
      ": to abandon military duty without leave and without intent to return",
      ": deserved reward or punishment",
      ": the quality or fact of meriting reward or punishment",
      ": excellence , worth",
      ": a dry land with few plants and little rainfall",
      ": a reward or punishment that a person deserves",
      ": to leave usually without intending to return",
      ": to leave a person or a thing that one should stay with",
      ": to fail in time of need"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-z\u0259rt",
      "\u02c8de-z\u0259rt",
      "di-\u02c8z\u0259rt",
      "di-\u02c8z\u0259rt",
      "\u02c8de-z\u0259rt",
      "di-\u02c8z\u0259rt",
      "di-\u02c8z\u0259rt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "barren",
      "desolation",
      "heath",
      "no-man's-land",
      "waste",
      "wasteland"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "defect (from)",
      "rat (on)"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1) and Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1603, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191852"
  },
  "double-dome":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": intellectual"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259-b\u0259l-\u02ccd\u014dm"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "geek",
      "highbrow",
      "intellectual",
      "intellectualist",
      "longhair",
      "nerd"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "anti-intellectual",
      "lowbrow",
      "philistine"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1938, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191920"
  },
  "desiderate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to entertain or express a wish to have or attain"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8si-d\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
      "-\u02c8zi-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ache (for)",
      "covet",
      "crave",
      "desire",
      "die (for)",
      "hanker (for ",
      "hunger (for)",
      "itch (for)",
      "jones (for)",
      "long (for)",
      "lust (for ",
      "pant (after)",
      "pine (for)",
      "repine (for)",
      "salivate (for)",
      "sigh (for)",
      "thirst (for)",
      "want",
      "wish (for)",
      "yearn (for)",
      "yen (for)"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a wide gulf between what they desiderate and what they deserve"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin desideratus , past participle of desiderare to desire \u2014 more at desire ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1645, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191932"
  },
  "disheartening":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale",
      ": discourage sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8h\u00e4r-t\u1d4an",
      "dis-\u02c8h\u00e4r-t\u1d4an"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chill",
      "daunt",
      "demoralize",
      "discourage",
      "dismay",
      "dispirit",
      "frustrate",
      "unman",
      "unnerve"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "embolden",
      "encourage",
      "hearten",
      "nerve",
      "steel"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The conflict between their families disheartened them.",
      "we were disheartened by the news that our grandmother was seriously ill",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Like Black parents all over the globe, they are broken and disheartened by the killings of innocent Black people, and hope for a brighter future for their little ones. \u2014 Jasmine Grant, Essence , 2 June 2020",
      "For anyone who\u2019s ever had to sign up for food stamps or jobless benefits in the U.S., the onerous enrollment procedures and frequent ID verification checks are a well-known, and often, disheartening reality. \u2014 Brandon Kochkodin, Bloomberg.com , 10 May 2020",
      "Squashing once-jubilant plans is certainly disheartening , but staying at home doesn\u2019t mean that these events should skid by without a little fanfare. \u2014 Alia Akkam, House Beautiful , 4 May 2020",
      "Some business owners like Lupe Rose found the process disheartening . \u2014 David Mclaughlin, Fortune , 20 Apr. 2020",
      "Immigration was among the issues added to son-in-law and top aide Jared Kushner\u2019s portfolio, disheartening Trump backers who had hoped for lower immigration levels. \u2014 W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner , 23 Apr. 2020",
      "Even more so, I am disheartened for all student-athletes, contest officials, their coaches, families, student bodies, fans, communities, and especially our seniors. \u2014 Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al , 27 Mar. 2020",
      "Deputy Auditor General Laura Goodspeed said Tuesday the office was disheartened by the administration's response to their audit. \u2014 Kat Stafford, Detroit Free Press , 12 Nov. 2019",
      "The controversy had disheartened many researchers who just 1 year ago were celebrating a successful push to create Colombia\u2019s first science ministry. \u2014 Rodrigo P\u00e9rez Ortega, Science | AAAS , 3 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1590, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192004"
  },
  "disorderliness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in a disorderly manner",
      ": engaged in conduct offensive to public order",
      ": characterized by disorder",
      ": not behaving quietly or well : unruly",
      ": not neat or orderly"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8\u022frd-\u0259r-l\u0113",
      "(\u02cc)diz-",
      "dis-\u02c8\u022fr-d\u0259r-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "anarchic",
      "anarchical",
      "lawbreaking",
      "lawless",
      "unruly"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "law-abiding",
      "orderly"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "She was charged with being drunk and disorderly .",
      "He was found guilty of disorderly conduct .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Those in violation of the curfew could be charged with a disorderly person\u2019s offense and subject to penalties imposed by the Toms River Municipal Court. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 16 June 2022",
      "The commission found that employees at Floods Urban Seafood Lounge allowed disorderly activities on Dec. 14. \u2014 Laura Hancock, cleveland , 26 Feb. 2021",
      "Friday was phase one of the trial period and Coalition members, with support from multiple car clubs from across San Diego County, stressed the importance of abiding by traffic laws, keeping streets clean and avoiding disorderly behavior. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 May 2022",
      "Miller noted that Cabana's membership had been revoked for two separate incidents of disorderly behavior at the museum in recent days. \u2014 David Aaro, Fox News , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Cops were responding to a disorderly crowd when Williams approached a white vehicle and put his hands in his pockets, police said, according to the New York Post. \u2014 Landon Mion, Fox News , 21 May 2022",
      "Writing for the court, Hagedorn said Wisconsin's law lists several ways someone can be disorderly . \u2014 Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 May 2022",
      "This could involve widespread refusals to enter the fight, absences without leave or disorderly retreats. \u2014 Stephen Fidler, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
      "The drunk man became disorderly and police escorted him and his friend from the premises. \u2014 cleveland , 12 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adverb",
      "1560, in the meaning defined above",
      "Adjective",
      "1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192103"
  },
  "doll up":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to dress elegantly or extravagantly",
      ": to make more attractive (as by decorating)",
      ": to get dolled up"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "adorn",
      "array",
      "beautify",
      "bedeck",
      "bedizen",
      "blazon",
      "caparison",
      "deck",
      "decorate",
      "do",
      "do up",
      "drape",
      "dress",
      "embellish",
      "emblaze",
      "emboss",
      "enrich",
      "fancify",
      "fancy up",
      "festoon",
      "garnish",
      "glitz (up)",
      "grace",
      "gussy up",
      "ornament",
      "pretty (up)",
      "trim"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "blemish",
      "deface",
      "disfigure",
      "mar",
      "scar",
      "spoil"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "if you were to doll up those Shaker-style rooms, you'd ruin their simple elegance",
      "got all dolled up for the party",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Not everyone is thrilled by Dancoisne-Martineau's efforts to doll up the sites however. \u2014 Julia Buckley, CNN , 5 May 2021",
      "To doll up that campfire treat, Dieguez recommended adding a strawberry or roasting some sugary marshmallow Peeps. \u2014 Ren\u00e9 A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com , 11 May 2020",
      "Pushing her to get dolled up daily just isn\u2019t going to win you any points right now. \u2014 Author: Wayne And Wanda, Anchorage Daily News , 10 May 2020",
      "Even fries are special at Attagirl, thin and crisp and dolled up with garlic-thyme butter and herbs or just dusted with salt and pepper. \u2014 Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com , 27 Feb. 2020",
      "Tarte Cosmetics: Get dolled up with up to 70% off marked down makeup with promo code SALE. \u2014 Chelsea Stone, CNN Underscored , 27 Dec. 2019",
      "The vainest city honor belonged to the Big Apple where New Yorkers spend an average of 38 minutes dolling up . \u2014 Johnny Diaz, sun-sentinel.com , 29 Aug. 2019",
      "Premature babies in a North Carolina hospital are getting dolled up for Halloween, thanks to a nurse who put her crochet talents to good use. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 31 Oct. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1906, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192207"
  },
  "devote":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to commit by a solemn act",
      ": to give over or direct (time, money, effort, etc.) to a cause, enterprise, or activity",
      ": to set apart for a special purpose",
      ": to give up to entirely or in part"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8v\u014dt",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8v\u014dt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "allocate",
      "consecrate",
      "dedicate",
      "earmark",
      "give up (to)",
      "reserve",
      "save",
      "set by"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "I conscientiously devote several hours every weekend to playing with my dog.",
      "planning a diplomatic career, she's been intensely devoting herself to the study of foreign languages in college",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And so the need for tech companies to devote both artificial intelligence software and teams of human reviewers to detecting and taking down everything from pornography to scams to graphic violence became obvious. \u2014 Will Oremus, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
      "In the afternoon, Biden plans to deliver remarks to ask state and local governments to devote more of the relief spending to public safety. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 13 May 2022",
      "And the more expensive bitcoin is, the more energy miners will devote to creating new ones. \u2014 Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "High fuel prices could weigh on consumer spending on other goods and services as families devote more of their monthly budgets to energy. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "To cement his housing legacy, Newsom will now need to devote much more of his time and attention to renters, who are, after all, another California majority. \u2014 Alissa Walker, Curbed , 16 Sep. 2021",
      "His show No Sleep will return this summer, switching to a biannual format so the maverick producer can devote himself to club life full-time. \u2014 Lee Keeler, SPIN , 10 May 2022",
      "Even artists fortunate enough to be able to devote themselves wholly to their craft must draft budgets, marshal resources and sometimes manage teams to realize their visions (the administrator\u2019s life!). \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "White bourgeois women were locked in their homes and viewed as wives and mothers who should devote themselves entirely to their husbands and children, renouncing public space and collective decisions. \u2014 Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin devotus , past participle of devov\u0113re , from de- + vov\u0113re to vow",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192222"
  },
  "desanctify":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": desacralize"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8sa\u014b(k)-t\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "deconsecrate",
      "desacralize"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bless",
      "consecrate",
      "hallow",
      "sacralize",
      "sanctify"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "desanctified the church building and converted it into condos"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1956, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192224"
  },
  "denunciation":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an act of denouncing",
      ": a public condemnation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02ccn\u0259n(t)-s\u0113-\u02c8\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "censure",
      "commination",
      "condemnation",
      "excoriation",
      "objurgation",
      "rebuke",
      "reprimand",
      "reproach",
      "reproof",
      "riot act",
      "stricture"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "citation",
      "commendation",
      "endorsement",
      "indorsement"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The attack drew strong denunciations from leaders around the world.",
      "the official denunciation of the congresswoman's actions before the full house",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "My maternal grandmother, who had once been associated with the Nationalists, was forced to write self- denunciation letters late into the night to prove her loyalty to the Communist Party. \u2014 Belinda Huijuan Tang, Vogue , 5 May 2022",
      "Wallace's bolt from Fox News -- and his recent denunciation of its programming -- gave CNN+ the kind of publicity boost a new venture needs. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, USA TODAY , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "There's been, of course, rhetorical support or the absence of clear rhetoric and denunciation , or the absence of enunciation by China of what Russia is doing. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Eug\u00e8ne Ionesco\u2019s 1959 comedy, a cornerstone of the absurdist theater movement and a denunciation of conformity in all its political and social manifestations, isn\u2019t revived often nowadays. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Over the past few weeks, demonstrators from Chicago to Mexico City to London have wielded Ukraine\u2019s national flower in denunciation of Russian aggression, gathering in the streets while holding up sunflowers and wearing sunflower crowns. \u2014 Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Unlike Gergiev, Netrebko issued a quick and unequivocal denunciation of Russia\u2019s recent invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 David Thomas, National Review , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Thanks to that episode, and to Winston Churchill\u2019s denunciation of the agreement, the names of Munich, Chamberlain, and appeasement have ever since been bywords for perfidious betrayal. \u2014 Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New Republic , 21 Feb. 2022",
      "For Nguyen, whose viral video last year imploring media outlets to cover crimes against Asian Americans was linked to President Joe Biden's denunciation of the violence, elevating stories of Asian America is a first step toward finding solutions. \u2014 Catherine Thorbecke, ABC News , 17 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see denounce ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1548, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192644"
  },
  "deceiving":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cause to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid",
      ": ensnare",
      ": to be false to",
      ": to fail to fulfill",
      ": to while away",
      ": cheat",
      ": to make someone believe something that is not true : to practice deceit",
      ": to give a false impression",
      ": to cause to believe what is not true : mislead",
      ": to be dishonest and misleading",
      ": to cause to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid",
      ": to practice deceit \u2014 compare defraud , mislead"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8s\u0113v",
      "di-\u02c8s\u0113v"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bamboozle",
      "beguile",
      "bluff",
      "buffalo",
      "burn",
      "catch",
      "con",
      "cozen",
      "delude",
      "dupe",
      "fake out",
      "fool",
      "gaff",
      "gammon",
      "gull",
      "have",
      "have on",
      "hoax",
      "hoodwink",
      "hornswoggle",
      "humbug",
      "juggle",
      "misguide",
      "misinform",
      "mislead",
      "snooker",
      "snow",
      "spoof",
      "string along",
      "sucker",
      "suck in",
      "take in",
      "trick"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "undeceive"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Her parents punished her for trying to deceive them.",
      "He was accused of deceiving the customer about the condition of the car.",
      "People who think they can eat whatever they want without harming their health are deceiving themselves.",
      "Remember that appearances can deceive \u2014just because something looks good doesn't mean it is good.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In many cases, people are eager to deceive themselves into thinking the bots are real. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
      "Be aware that smart contracts can be designed to be intentionally deceptive with an intent to deceive people for the theft of tokens. \u2014 Jd Morris, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "After investigating this matter for a couple of weeks, Bealer said this week that there, that there is no way to determine whether Buddhists intentionally tried to deceive counsel. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 5 May 2022",
      "Moore then hid evidence, left the area and then tried to deceive police about his identity, Lancaster said. \u2014 John Lynch, Arkansas Online , 4 May 2022",
      "While some of these posts are from valid media outlets, many can be considered misinformation\u2014inaccurate information passed as fact in order to deceive . \u2014 Vikram Mittal, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "According to the Associated Press, prosecutors alleged that Pam had attempted to deceive others with the same lie. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Meanwhile, overconfidence and other forms of self-deception enable us to better deceive others. \u2014 Matthew Hutson, WSJ , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "And while our capacity to accurately judge trust improved with time, our tendency to deceive others improved in turn, resulting in a never-ending cat and mouse game. \u2014 Tomas Chamorro-premuzic, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French deceivre , from Latin decipere , from de- + capere to take \u2014 more at heave entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192712"
  },
  "disclaim":{
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make a disclaimer",
      ": to disavow all part or share",
      ": to utter denial",
      ": to renounce a legal claim to",
      ": deny , disavow",
      ": to deny being part of or responsible for",
      ": to make a disclaimer",
      ": to reject or relinquish a claim to (as an interest in an estate)",
      ": to deny or reject the right, validity, or authority of",
      ": to negate or limit the rights under (a warranty)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8kl\u0101m",
      "dis-\u02c8kl\u0101m",
      "dis-\u02c8kl\u0101m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "deny",
      "disavow",
      "disown",
      "repudiate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "acknowledge",
      "avow",
      "claim",
      "own",
      "recognize"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the prisoner disclaimed any part in the prank",
      "her spokesperson flatly disclaimed the marriage rumor circulating in the press",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Thus, like Vermeule, Smith\u2019s argument must be that the natural law requires that the people retain the ability to manifest their constitution-making power through custom and forbids them to disclaim that ability in the context of a specific society. \u2014 J. Joel Alicea, National Review , 3 May 2022",
      "Billboard and Platform disclaim all liability arising from or relating to the Digital Collectible. \u2014 T.m. Brown, Billboard , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "While it may have been intended to serve as a warning, Euphoria often feels more like an instructional tutorial or a roadmap, one that sensationalizes its subject matter while neglecting to fully disclaim its risks and hazards. \u2014 Samuel Getachew, Vogue , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "That way, if there is a retroactive reduction the trustee or beneficiaries can disclaim the gift down the reduce exemption level and avoid a tax. \u2014 Martin Shenkman, Forbes , 23 June 2021",
      "Background Players Scotty Bowers Though Murphy disclaims any interest in Bowers, Dylan McDermott\u2019s Ernie runs a service station that doubles as an anything-goes bordello. \u2014 Alexis Soloski, New York Times , 1 May 2020",
      "But it should be disclaimed that some quotes have their own journey; at times their origin gets historically murky and the provenance dubious. \u2014 David G. Allan, CNN , 26 Mar. 2020",
      "These were quite stunning recollections, given that the deputy director had previously disclaimed any knowledge about the source of the leak. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 15 Feb. 2020",
      "When workers try to sue a brand owner for labor law violations by its franchisee, the larger company invariably disclaims any responsibility, arguing that the dispute is purely between the worker and the local business owner. \u2014 Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica , 2 Mar. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French disclaimer , from dis- + claimer to claim",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192914"
  },
  "downer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a weak, sick, or crippled animal in shipment that is down and cannot get up",
      ": a depressant drug",
      ": barbiturate",
      ": someone or something depressing, disagreeable, or unsatisfactory",
      ": a depressant drug",
      ": barbiturate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307-n\u0259r",
      "\u02c8dau\u0307-n\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bummer",
      "down"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "upper"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "I took some downers to help me sleep.",
      "\u201cHis cat just died.\u201d \u201cOh, that's a real downer .\u201d",
      "Our conversation about death was a bit of a downer .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "For real, though, nothing is quite such a downer as being wide awake while your face looks as tired as someone who\u2019s been up for 36 hours. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
      "Exasperatingly, the vast majority center on one of three plots: the coming-out story, the in-love-with-my-straight-buddy dead-end romance and the coping-with-AIDS downer . \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 23 May 2022",
      "Despite the downer sentiment hanging over markets (crypto too is sinking), crude prices are stable, with Brent trading around $100. \u2014 Alan Murray, Fortune , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "The actual series finale walks back that downer , but only a little. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Despite the dour title, Tobias Fischer\u2019s primer on the concept of biophony is anything but a downer . \u2014 Peter Hemminger, Longreads , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "By one account, Linguanotto accidentally dropped mascarpone in a bowl of sugar and eggs and later, with di Pillo-Campeol, added ladyfingers soaked in espresso for a bit of an upper (many subsequent versions have added rum, for a bit of a downer ). \u2014 Susan Orlean, The New Yorker , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "The only downer for the Utes will be the absence of freshman Kara Eaker. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "After that, the game could have been a downer , but Ransom raised the roof on the creaky old gym. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 6 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1886, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-193447"
  },
  "distrustful":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having or showing distrust"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8tr\u0259s(t)-f\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "disbelieving",
      "doubting",
      "incredulous",
      "mistrustful",
      "negativistic",
      "questioning",
      "show-me",
      "skeptical",
      "suspecting",
      "suspicious",
      "unbelieving"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "credulous",
      "gullible",
      "gullable",
      "trustful",
      "trusting",
      "uncritical",
      "unquestioning"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "she was distrustful of her boyfriend's claim of having saved the kitten from a raging fire",
      "naturally distrustful of politicians who claim to have all the answers",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Kings County District Attorney\u2019s office had attempted buybacks before, but people were distrustful . \u2014 Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
      "Many remain concerned about safety, liability and cybersecurity and, overall, a variety of studies have found that consumers are still distrustful of the technology. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
      "Claiming to represent the common man, Jackson was distrustful of experts and elites and held on to a fading agrarian vision of America. \u2014 Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor , 2 June 2022",
      "Americans are distrustful of big business, unions, public schools and organized religion. \u2014 Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 May 2022",
      "Republicans in this battleground state are generally distrustful of the outcome of the last presidential election and energized to vote in this year's midterms, according to recent polling by the Marquette University Law School. \u2014 Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel , 20 May 2022",
      "The episode shows that Amazon\u2019s road to dominance in India runs through a hostile regulatory environment that is increasingly distrustful of American tech giants and a legal system that can sometimes make enforcing contracts difficult. \u2014 Megha Mandavia, WSJ , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "The bad news is that this far into the pandemic, communication is still floundering in the face of a public that is increasingly distrustful of scientists and federal health agencies. \u2014 Caroline Chen, ProPublica , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "But this movement is also generally distrustful of all kinds of \u00e9lites. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 15 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1589, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-193449"
  },
  "dry up":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cut off the supply of",
      ": to disappear as if by evaporation, draining, or cutting off of a source of supply",
      ": to wither or die through gradual loss of vitality",
      ": to stop talking"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "belt up",
      "clam up",
      "dummy up",
      "hush",
      "pipe down",
      "quiet (down)",
      "shut up"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "speak",
      "talk"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "sick of her constant complaining, he angrily told her to dry up",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Lithium and other metals used for electric batteries are often mined near indigenous lands, and mining operations contaminate or dry up water, hurt biodiversity and damage sacred land. \u2014 Genevieve Glatsky, Fortune , 23 May 2022",
      "Migratory birds and freshwater fish are suffering as rivers and wetlands dry up . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Nov. 2021",
      "Without that money, officials warn those supplies and services will dry up very quickly. \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "The concern was that output from one of the world\u2019s top petroleum exporters would dry up just as economies emerged from the pandemic and began burning more fuel. \u2014 Ryan Dezember And Josh Mitchell, WSJ , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "The surge of investments in farmland with the primary purpose of selling water has kindled emotional debates about whether the deals will dry up farming towns. \u2014 Ian James, The Arizona Republic , 17 Apr. 2021",
      "Tyrone Foster, owner of a 20-employee landscaping company in Portland, Ore., had expected his residential clientele to dry up during the pandemic recession. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
      "During the Civil War, the Sultana made most of its money transporting Union soldiers, a source that would soon dry up with the war\u2019s end. \u2014 Jeff Suess, The Enquirer , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Volatile markets and the war in Ukraine caused deal-making to dry up while a slowdown in the housing market meant fewer people sought mortgages. \u2014 Yuri Kageyama, ajc , 15 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-193459"
  },
  "dragoon":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed mounted troops",
      ": cavalryman",
      ": to subjugate or persecute by harsh use of troops",
      ": to force into submission or compliance especially by violent measures"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dr\u0259-\u02c8g\u00fcn",
      "dra-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blackjack",
      "coerce",
      "compel",
      "constrain",
      "drive",
      "force",
      "impel",
      "impress",
      "make",
      "muscle",
      "obligate",
      "oblige",
      "press",
      "pressure",
      "sandbag"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "she was dragooned into agreeing to the fraudulent scheme",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The words were emblazoned beneath an image of the cannon on a battle flag flown at the Battle of Gonzalez where Mexican dragoons skirmished unsuccessfully with the Texian rebels to decide the matter. \u2014 Myke Cole, The New Republic , 1 Aug. 2019",
      "The hat is said to have been picked up as a war trophy by a Dutch dragoon captain after the Battle of Waterloo, where a coalition of European armies defeated the French on June 18, 1815. \u2014 Aurelien Breeden, New York Times , 18 June 2018",
      "The two companies of U.S. Army dragoons that arrived eight months before Texas joined the union in 1846 followed Republic of Texas volunteers, the Mexican army and Spaniards who established the city in 1718. \u2014 Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News , 3 May 2018",
      "The camp hands out small Confederate flags at town events and lays a wreath at the site of two monuments to the dragoons on the last Monday in April, when the state celebrates Confederate Memorial Day. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Sep. 2017",
      "Prattville Dragoons monument in Prattville, above, erected 1916, to honor unit that fought in the Battle of Shiloh. \u2014 AL.com , 17 Aug. 2017",
      "The weekend\u2019s stars are the Virginia militia, British Dragoons and Redcoats\u2014all armed and dressed accordingly. \u2014 Katie Jackson, Fox News , 15 June 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Simeon of Cyrene would have been the innocent brunch-goer, and the Romans dragoon him into Christ\u2019s Passion, giving him an honor every human on earth should have desired. \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 2 Apr. 2021",
      "The prospect of a new law that could allow China to dragoon suspects in mainland prisons amplified fears further. \u2014 Suzanne Sataline, The Atlantic , 21 May 2020",
      "Brundage was a standout quarterback and punter in high school who gave it up to play baseball at Oregon State, then was dragooned onto the 1984 football team when all the regular punters got hurt. \u2014 Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com , 29 Nov. 2019",
      "Even when earlier on three or more subgroups are doing entirely different, often intense things, the mood is controlled, involuntary, dragooned . \u2014 Alastair Macaulay, New York Times , 11 July 2018",
      "Now Dracaena fragrans, aka the corn plant, and spider plants are being dragooned into doing the job. \u2014 Joe Queenan, WSJ , 26 July 2018",
      "Many Syrians flinch at the idea of going back, fearful that they will be killed, forced into camps or dragooned into the army. \u2014 The Economist , 30 June 2018",
      "The relatively small number of women who are fertile are dragooned as handmaids, child-bearing slaves for married couples. \u2014 David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 Apr. 2018",
      "He's dragooned away from this life into a case investigating an insurance claim by a former Wehrmacht soldier who served in Greece during the war and may have been trafficking loot stolen from Jews being deported to Auschwitz. \u2014 Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor , 5 Apr. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1604, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1689, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-193531"
  },
  "democratic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of, relating to, or favoring democracy (see democracy sense 1 )",
      ": of or relating to one of the two major political parties in the U.S. evolving in the early 19th century from the anti-federalists and the Democratic-Republican party and associated in modern times with policies of broad social reform and internationalism",
      ": relating to, appealing to, or available to the broad masses of the people",
      ": favoring social equality : not snobbish",
      ": relating to or favoring political democracy",
      ": relating to a major political party in the United States that is associated with helping common people",
      ": believing in or practicing the idea that people are socially equal"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-m\u0259-\u02c8kra-tik",
      "\u02ccde-m\u0259-\u02c8kra-tik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "popular",
      "republican",
      "self-governing",
      "self-ruling"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "nondemocratic",
      "undemocratic"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "By Ward\u2019s design, the lineups for the game were established by a democratic process. \u2014 Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022",
      "Meanwhile, her adversary, Mr. M., subverted the democratic process in order to advance his candidate, a jock from a well-off family. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
      "The Biden administration has warned Mr. Bolsonaro to respect the democratic process. \u2014 New York Times , 12 June 2022",
      "All of this, of course, belies the fact that the Capitol riot undermined the sanctity and security of the democratic process. \u2014 Ted Anthony, ajc , 10 June 2022",
      "On August 19, 1991, the last vestiges of the Soviet apparatus sought to carry out a coup against what was then a fledgling democratic process, attempting even to arrest President Boris Yeltsin. \u2014 Anna Nemtsova, The Atlantic , 10 June 2022",
      "All of this, of course, belies the fact that the Capitol riot undermined the sanctity and security of the democratic process. \u2014 Ted Anthony, The Christian Science Monitor , 10 June 2022",
      "This democratic process replaced the intimidation of medieval stakeholders, who under the communal concept of labor and capital took a share of what others produced. \u2014 Phil Gramm And Mike Solon, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
      "His principal focus was on the creation of a democratic process within which individual character and creativity could flourish. \u2014 Win Mccormack, The New Republic , 20 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French democratique, borrowed from Medieval Latin d\u0113mocraticus, borrowed from Greek d\u0113mokratik\u00f3s, from d\u0113mokrat\u00eda  democracy + -ikos  -ic entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1602, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-193644"
  },
  "disinterment":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to take out of the grave or tomb",
      ": to bring back into awareness or prominence",
      ": to bring to light : unearth",
      ": to take out of the grave or tomb"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-in-\u02c8t\u0259r",
      "\u02ccdis-\u1d4an-\u02c8t\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "exhume",
      "unearth"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bury",
      "entomb",
      "inhume",
      "inter",
      "tomb"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The body was disinterred for further study.",
      "the Egyptian mummy was carefully disinterred in hopes that it would yield secrets about the Old Kingdom",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The military is now using new DNA-identification techniques to disinter and test unidentified remains from the Korean War, and some due to be examined in late 2022 or early 2023 come from the same region where Jimmy Cribben went missing in 1953. \u2014 Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Sep. 2021",
      "If the money did not come, the cemetery disinterred the remains. \u2014 The Economist , 28 May 2020",
      "In recent years, some of these human remains have reappeared aboveground: Erosion of the Hart Island shoreline has caused bones to be disinterred and scattered along the beachfront. \u2014 Jody Rosen, New York Times , 29 Apr. 2020",
      "Her father\u2019s body was one of seven disinterred last year and taken to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware for a forensic autopsy generally performed in cases of violent or suspicious deaths. \u2014 Matt Zapotosky, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Jan. 2020",
      "In 2009, a detective, hoping to use new DNA analysis methods to find a new lead, arranged for the body to be disinterred , according to court documents. \u2014 NBC News , 15 Mar. 2020",
      "In 1986, developers disinterred the remains of 72 people near Nacogdoches Road and Loop 1604 without the family\u2019s consent. \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com , 12 Jan. 2020",
      "The coffin had been donated by Till\u2019s mother after the 14-year-old lynching victim was disinterred and reburied. \u2014 National Geographic , 11 Nov. 2019",
      "Cry of the undead As illustrated by the story of Arnold Paole, popular belief held that to kill a vampire, the corpse had to be disinterred and pierced with a stake. \u2014 Oscar Urbiola, National Geographic , 29 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-193647"
  },
  "despitefulness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": expressing malice or hate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sp\u012bt-f\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bad",
      "bitchy",
      "catty",
      "cruel",
      "hateful",
      "malevolent",
      "malicious",
      "malign",
      "malignant",
      "mean",
      "nasty",
      "spiteful",
      "vicious",
      "virulent"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "benevolent",
      "benign",
      "benignant",
      "loving",
      "unmalicious"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "despiteful treatment of his poor relations during their visit"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-193649"
  },
  "disconcert":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to throw into confusion",
      ": to disturb the composure of",
      ": to make confused and a little upset"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-k\u0259n-\u02c8s\u0259rt",
      "\u02ccdis-k\u0259n-\u02c8s\u0259rt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abash",
      "confound",
      "confuse",
      "discomfit",
      "discountenance",
      "embarrass",
      "faze",
      "fluster",
      "mortify",
      "nonplus",
      "rattle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "News of his criminal past has disconcerted even his admirers.",
      "we were disconcerted by the unexpected changes to the program",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Its ending is notoriously strange \u2014 disconcerting even \u2014 and the subject of considerable scholarly debate. \u2014 Bonnie Kristian, TheWeek , 12 Apr. 2020",
      "The reasons for these paper profits are disconcerting . \u2014 Jeff Sommer, New York Times , 28 Feb. 2020",
      "Parents have watched changes in their teens that have been disconcerting . \u2014 Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor , 17 Apr. 2020",
      "In Moscow, the lack of snow has been disconcerting . \u2014 Patrick Reevell, ABC News , 28 Feb. 2020",
      "Of course, there are odd moments, hard moments, disconcerting moments. \u2014 Nell Frizzell, refinery29.com , 23 Feb. 2020",
      "The line needs to play better and more physical, and its performance through five games has to be disconcerting for Nagy and offensive line coach Harry Hiestand. \u2014 Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com , 10 Oct. 2019",
      "The silence of most of the bishops in the Catholic Church on this embarrassing but destructive mixture of progressivism, reflexive activism, and casual dismissal of the deepest wisdom of the Church is disconcerting . \u2014 Daniel J. Mahoney, National Review , 6 Feb. 2020",
      "To be eliminated before that round even began made watching the weekend\u2019s games disconcerting , as if the Patriots were some sort of football ghost limb, still there in our minds and emotions but absent in all reality. \u2014 Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com , 13 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"obsolete French disconcerter , alteration of Middle French desconcerter , from des- dis- + concerter to concert",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1632, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-193716"
  },
  "duo":{
    "type":[
      "combining form",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": duet",
      ": pair sense 2",
      ": two",
      ": two people who are usually seen together",
      ": duet"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-(\u02cc)\u014d",
      "also",
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-\u014d",
      "\u02c8dy\u00fc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "brace",
      "couple",
      "couplet",
      "dyad",
      "pair",
      "twain",
      "twosome"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The comedy duo will perform tonight.",
      "The author-illustrator duo will be signing their books tomorrow.",
      "He and his partner make quite a duo .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "On paper, this unlikely vocal duo \u2019s multiple Grammy Award-winning pairing wouldn\u2019t seem to make much sense. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 June 2022",
      "This is a necessary step for the indie-pop duo \u2019s upcoming TV series, High School \u2014 based on their 2019 memoir about their teenage years in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, full of raves, alternative music, and not-so-secret girlfriends. \u2014 Hannah Murphy Winter, Rolling Stone , 10 June 2022",
      "Then, Justice crossed the Atlantic from the duo \u2019s native Paris and helped launch the dance dance revolution that would change electronic music history and American music culture at large. \u2014 Katie Bain, Billboard , 10 June 2022",
      "The duo \u2019s estate, including personal items from their homes and wardrobes, is being auctioned this week at Bonhams. \u2014 Christina Catherine Martinez, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
      "Don\u2019t miss the award-winning duo \u2019s Master Class \u2013 Documentary Directing with Coodie & Chike. \u2014 Sarah Grant, SPIN , 7 June 2022",
      "The most significant focus for the starting lineup will be maximizing the duo \u2019s strengths. \u2014 Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant , 7 June 2022",
      "The duo \u2019s practice is rigorous and responsible; Clarke and Bascom eschew synthetic materials in favor of natural ones and incorporate their clients\u2019 identities while working to sidestep clich\u00e9s. \u2014 Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
      "Many of the designs take their cues from the duo \u2019s ensembles in the video, which unintentionally became a summer fashion mood-board. \u2014 Annie Davidson, Robb Report , 26 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-194111"
  },
  "defamation":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of communicating false statements about a person that injure the reputation of that person : the act of defaming another : calumny",
      ": communication to third parties of false statements about a person that injure the reputation of or deter others from associating with that person \u2014 see also libel , slander , New York Times Co. v. Sullivan \u2014 compare disparagement , false light , slander of title",
      ": a defamatory communication"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-f\u0259-\u02c8m\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccde-f\u0259-\u02c8m\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aspersing",
      "blackening",
      "calumniation",
      "calumny",
      "character assassination",
      "defaming",
      "libel",
      "libeling",
      "libelling",
      "maligning",
      "slander",
      "smearing",
      "traducing",
      "vilification",
      "vilifying"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The article was full of lies and defamations .",
      "accused the newspaper columnist of defamation of character",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Amber Heard believes one particular piece of evidence that was not allowed in the courtroom during her defamation trial with ex-husband Johnny Depp could've changed the verdict. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
      "This is just one casting headache DC has on its hands, as the studio has also faced calls to remove Amber Heard from Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom after the Johnny Depp defamation trial. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 16 June 2022",
      "That power was a central, yet singularly unacknowledged, element in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial, which wrapped up this month. \u2014 Rhonda Garelick, New York Times , 16 June 2022",
      "That was revealed in the second portion of Heard's exclusive interview with NBC News' Savannah Guthrie, Heard's first since the high-profile defamation trial between her and Depp. \u2014 Lisa Respers France, CNN , 15 June 2022",
      "Heard's involvement in the franchise was a frequent topic of discussion at the recent defamation trial between her and her ex-husband, Johnny Depp. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 14 June 2022",
      "The six-week defamation trial, which Depp won earlier this month, spawned a deluge of social media activity, especially on Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 13 June 2022",
      "Amber Heard doesn\u2019t harbor any resentment toward the jurors who found for Johnny Depp in the former spouses\u2019 defamation trial. \u2014 Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
      "Throughout the defamation trial, which took place in Fairfax County Circuit Court, Depp fans flocked to both the courthouse and to social media to support him and criticize Heard, who was often painted as a liar and abuser herself. \u2014 Sonia Rao, Washington Post , 13 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see defame ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-194133"
  },
  "dominance":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the fact or state of being dominant : such as",
      ": controlling, prevailing, or powerful position especially in a social hierarchy (see hierarchy sense 4 )",
      ": the property of one of a pair of alleles or traits that suppresses expression (see expression sense 1b(4) ) of the other in the heterozygous condition",
      ": the influence or control over ecological communities exerted by a dominant (see dominant entry 2 sense 2b )",
      ": functional (see functional sense 1b ) asymmetry between a pair of bodily structures (such as the right and left hands)",
      ": the state or fact of being in control of or having more power than another",
      ": the fact or state of being dominant : as",
      ": the relative position of an individual in a social hierarchy \u2014 compare pecking order",
      ": the property of one of a pair of alleles or traits that suppresses expression of the other in the heterozygous condition",
      ": functional asymmetry between a pair of bodily structures (as the right and left hands)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-m\u0259-n\u0259n(t)s",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4m-n\u0259n(t)s",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-m\u0259-n\u0259ns",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4m(-\u0259)-n\u0259n(t)s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ascendance",
      "ascendence",
      "ascendancy",
      "ascendency",
      "domination",
      "dominion",
      "hegemony",
      "imperium",
      "predominance",
      "predominancy",
      "preeminence",
      "reign",
      "sovereignty",
      "sovranty",
      "supremacy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "although Napol\u00e9on had achieved dominance over the European continent, Great Britain still ruled the waves",
      "the professor's dominance in the field of ancient Greek history",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This season, the Jazz couldn\u2019t recapture that regular-season dominance , and they were bounced in the first round by the Mavericks. \u2014 Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
      "Escaping from Our Constraints How exactly has the American banks pulled off this global banking system dominance . \u2014 Jarl Jensen, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "This furthers one of the main themes that inspired her work with electric guitars \u2014 confronting the male dominance associated with the instrument, which is often perceived as a phallic object. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 9 June 2022",
      "In fact, two subvariants\u2014BA.2 and BA.2.12.1\u2014have already reached dominance since the BA.1 wave in January. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 8 June 2022",
      "One pity is that NATO countries did not assert some dominance early in the crisis, say, by escrowing Russia\u2019s energy revenues contingent on a cease-fire. \u2014 Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
      "Costco\u2019s dominance among Asian American consumers bodes well for the warehouse retailer\u2019s longer-term growth trajectory \u2014 and carries implications for other retailers as the industry evolves alongside a diversifying United States. \u2014 Hannah Miao, NBC News , 7 June 2022",
      "The Beavers responded from their shaky opener of the Corvallis Regional with a performance befitting a No. 3 national seed, flexing both depth and dominance in a 12-3 victory over the San Diego Toreros Saturday night at Goss Stadium. \u2014 Joe Freeman, oregonlive , 5 June 2022",
      "Like in Mariupol before it, Ukrainian forces in Sievierodonetsk continue to resist Russia\u2019s military dominance and have slowed Russia\u2019s advance with their unwillingness to surrender even an inch of the city, according to the report. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 30 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see dominant  entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1819, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-194247"
  },
  "desultorily":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose",
      ": not connected with the main subject",
      ": disappointing in progress, performance, or quality"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-s\u0259l-\u02cct\u022fr-\u0113",
      "-z\u0259l-",
      "di-\u02c8s\u0259l-t(\u0259-)r\u0113",
      "-\u02c8z\u0259l-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aimless",
      "arbitrary",
      "catch-as-catch-can",
      "erratic",
      "haphazard",
      "helter-skelter",
      "hit-or-miss",
      "random",
      "scattered",
      "slapdash",
      "stray"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "methodical",
      "methodic",
      "nonrandom",
      "orderly",
      "organized",
      "regular",
      "systematic",
      "systematized"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a desultory search for something of interest on TV",
      "a desultory discussion about the news of the day",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "So King came to the camp and fell into its desultory rhythm marked by the white noise of daytime traffic below and moan of the fog horns at night. \u2014 Ruben Vivesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
      "Bran and Peter embark on a desultory pseudo-romance that\u2019s threatened when Peter decides to leave UCLA and transfer to Harvard. \u2014 Michael Schaub, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
      "Yet by noon, life continued at its desultory pace as people began to stir in the dozen structures pressed against the guardrail over the 101 Freeway in downtown L.A. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
      "The Wizrd and Save Me EP; and 2020\u2019s one-two punch of desultory hive-bait, High Off Life and Pluto x Baby Pluto, the latter with Lil Uzi Vert. \u2014 Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Disenchanted with the Texans after a desultory 4-12 season amid front office dysfunction, Watson requested a trade. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "The \u00c1vila family moved out in 1869, and the place slipped into desultory habitation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "The prose, much of it flat or clich\u00e9d, only underscores the desultory effect. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "In past elections, this was a desultory phase of the campaign. \u2014 Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker , 6 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin desultorius , literally, of a circus rider who leaps from horse to horse, from desilire to leap down, from de- + salire to leap \u2014 more at sally ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-194325"
  },
  "daedal":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": skillful , artistic",
      ": intricate",
      ": adorned with many things"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113-d\u1d4al"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "baroque",
      "byzantine",
      "complex",
      "complicate",
      "complicated",
      "convoluted",
      "elaborate",
      "intricate",
      "involute",
      "involved",
      "knotty",
      "labyrinthian",
      "labyrinthine",
      "sophisticated",
      "tangled"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "noncomplex",
      "noncomplicated",
      "plain",
      "simple",
      "uncomplicated"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the daedal workings of the chime clock are a marvel to behold"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin daedalus , from Greek daidalos ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-194843"
  },
  "direful":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dreadful",
      ": ominous"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b(-\u0259)r-f\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "baleful",
      "dire",
      "doomy",
      "foreboding",
      "ill",
      "ill-boding",
      "inauspicious",
      "menacing",
      "minatory",
      "ominous",
      "portentous",
      "sinister",
      "threatening"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "unthreatening"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the stock market crash was the first direful indication of the dark days to come",
      "heard the direful howling of the wolves during the night"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-194902"
  },
  "disparaging":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": meant to belittle the value or importance of someone or something : serving or intended to disparage someone or something"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sper-i-ji\u014b",
      "-\u02c8spa-ri-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "belittling",
      "contemptuous",
      "decrying",
      "degrading",
      "demeaning",
      "denigrative",
      "denigratory",
      "deprecatory",
      "depreciative",
      "depreciatory",
      "derisory",
      "derogative",
      "derogatory",
      "detractive",
      "disdainful",
      "pejorative",
      "scornful",
      "slighting",
      "uncomplimentary"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "commendatory",
      "complimentary",
      "laudative",
      "laudatory"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1596, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-195109"
  },
  "droll":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having a humorous, whimsical , or odd quality",
      ": an amusing person : jester , comedian",
      ": to make fun : jest , sport",
      ": having an odd or amusing quality"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u014dl",
      "\u02c8dr\u014dl"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "antic",
      "chucklesome",
      "comedic",
      "comic",
      "comical",
      "farcical",
      "funny",
      "hilarious",
      "humoristic",
      "humorous",
      "hysterical",
      "hysteric",
      "killing",
      "laughable",
      "ludicrous",
      "ridiculous",
      "riotous",
      "risible",
      "screaming",
      "sidesplitting",
      "uproarious"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "card",
      "comedian",
      "comic",
      "farceur",
      "funnyman",
      "gagger",
      "gagman",
      "gagster",
      "humorist",
      "jester",
      "joker",
      "jokester",
      "wag",
      "wit"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "a droll little man with a peculiar sense of humor",
      "a book of droll stories",
      "Noun",
      "the drolls of late-night TV had a field day with that senator's sexual shenanigans",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Diedrich Bader remains a droll delight as Sam's non-romantic soulmate, Rich, who supports Max during a major life decision. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Perna poked a wickedly droll finger in the eye of an unprecedented 1980s art-market boom, which was setting records and garnering headlines. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "His low-key swagger and distinct delivery \u2014 engagingly droll , with a slurred word sometimes playfully disrupting his sharp flow \u2014 drew listeners in to his witty wordplay. \u2014 Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "But the emphasis is on droll appearance and laidback energy approaching stasis, not character or dramatic development. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 21 Oct. 2021",
      "But he\u2019ll be best remembered by many as the fantastically droll anchor of Weekend Update during his run on Saturday Night Live. \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 14 Sep. 2021",
      "Naturally, not everyone is going to get along, but the relationships and rivalries never become overwhelming under the deft and droll pen of New York Times bestselling author and bookstore owner Emma Straub. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 23 May 2020",
      "Also there\u2019s Joan Cusack, having a high, droll time of it as a Pentagon official giddy at the prospect of using the memory berry for all sorts of new and fabulous projects. \u2014 cleveland , 22 May 2020",
      "Gavin\u2019s an important white guy surrounded by important white people, and Good Fight keeps approaching the acquisition with droll cynicism. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 9 Apr. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The gnawing insecurities of the postfeminist male were at the heart of Force Majeure, and \u00d6stlund initially appears to be returning to that subject in a negotiation both thorny and droll as Carl is bloodlessly castrated by Yaya. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
      "Ashford\u2019s script is pleasingly detail-oriented and lightly droll on that front. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "O'Loughlin is a magnetic and highly underrated leading man, while Michaela Watkins and Melissa McCarthy threaten to steal the show with their droll supporting turns. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "The French show has drawn a cult following on Netflix over the past few years for its droll , charming portrayal of Parisian film agents and the movie stars who plague and sustain them. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Conversations with Leibowitz are droll but filled with laughter. \u2014 David Lyman, The Enquirer , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "There\u2019s also Doris Stevens (Nadia Dandashi, teeming with earnestness), an eager young student and writer from Ohio, and Ruza Wenclawska (a droll Hannah Cruz), the tough-as-nails Polish American factory worker and union organizer. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "And Pig's droll approach feels purposefully low-key. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "Erikson's show isn't as instantly compelling as its predecessors, but benefits from rich world-building and droll humor about office perks and morale. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 19 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective, Noun, and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1623, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "circa 1645, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "1654, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-195401"
  },
  "defaming":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel entry 1 sense 2a ) or slander (see slander entry 2 sense 2 )",
      ": accuse",
      ": disgrace",
      ": to make the subject of defamation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8f\u0101m",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8f\u0101m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "asperse",
      "blacken",
      "calumniate",
      "libel",
      "malign",
      "slander",
      "smear",
      "traduce",
      "vilify"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "He says he was defamed by reports that falsely identified him as a former gangster.",
      "of course I want to win the election, but I refuse to defame my opponent in order to do so",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Heard has countersued, claiming Depp directed his lawyers to defame her in the legal process. \u2014 CBS News , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Depp was awarded over $10 million in damages, as a jury found Heard did defame him in the article despite his name never being mentioned in it. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 2 June 2022",
      "The claim: Video shows Palestinians staging the shooting of a child by Israeli soldiers Some social media users have claimed that a video shows Palestinians staging fake violence to defame Israel. \u2014 Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY , 23 May 2022",
      "After a 10-day trial in Los Angeles, jurors determined the celebrity family did not defame Chyna and the panel declined to award any damages to her. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022",
      "Heard's lawyers say the article is accurate and doesn't defame him. \u2014 CBS News , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "After a 10-day trial in Los Angeles, jurors determined the celebrity family did not defame Chyna and the panel declined to award any damages to her, the Associated Press reported. \u2014 Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
      "Heard's lawyers say the article is accurate and does not defame him. \u2014 CBS News , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Heard's lawyers say the article is accurate and does not defame him. \u2014 Matthew Barakat And Ben Finley, Chron , 20 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French deffamer, diffamer , from Medieval Latin defamare , alteration of Latin diffamare , from dis- + fama reputation, fame",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-195413"
  },
  "disport":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": sport , pastime",
      ": divert , amuse",
      ": display",
      ": to amuse oneself in light or lively fashion : frolic"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sp\u022frt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "amuse",
      "divert",
      "entertain",
      "regale",
      "solace"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "disported themselves with silly games while they waited in the airport",
      "a full-service resort where vacationers may disport at a variety of indoor and outdoor activities"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-195505"
  },
  "detestation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": extreme hatred or dislike : abhorrence , loathing",
      ": an object of hatred or contempt"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113-\u02ccte-\u02c8st\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "di-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abhorrence",
      "abomination",
      "execration",
      "hate",
      "hatred",
      "loathing"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "affection",
      "devotion",
      "fondness",
      "love"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a congenital detestation of injustice, which drove her to become an activist for civil rights",
      "the family's pickiest eater is quite vehement in expressing his feelings about boiled cabbage, a particular detestation of his",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Others balance their detestation of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine against other concerns. \u2014 Walter Russell Mead, WSJ , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Here all the liturgical phrases of the 19th-century religion of progress, which had seemed hollow and platitudinous to a young man growing up in America in detestation of the Sunday supplements, rang true. \u2014 John Dos Passos, National Review , 28 Sep. 2020",
      "Germany has set aside its traditional detestation for debt to unleash emergency spending, while enabling the rest of the European Union to breach limits on deficits. \u2014 Peter S. Goodman, New York Times , 26 Mar. 2020",
      "But how much of a life, free of troubles and self- detestation , can a 15-year-old boy concerned with raising an infant build before his sense of self is devoured? \u2014 Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com , 3 Oct. 2019",
      "On Iran, Trump\u2019s detestation for diplomacy is equally dangerous. \u2014 Trudy Rubin, Philly.com , 6 Oct. 2017",
      "The old Hollywood\u2019s history of infatuation with newspapering met the new Hollywood\u2019s detestation of Nixon. \u2014 Mark Feeney, Slate Magazine , 14 June 2017",
      "A few days earlier, social media heaped scorn upon David Mamet for his detestation of post-show discussions. \u2014 Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com , 30 June 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-195610"
  },
  "dividend":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an individual share of something distributed: such as",
      ": a share in a pro rata distribution (as of profits) to stockholders",
      ": a share of surplus allocated to a policyholder in a participating insurance policy",
      ": a resultant return or reward",
      ": bonus",
      ": a number to be divided",
      ": a sum or fund to be divided and distributed",
      ": a number to be divided by another number",
      ": an amount of a company's profits that is paid to the owners of its stock",
      ": the part of corporate net earnings distributed usually periodically (as quarterly) to stockholders in the form of cash, additional shares, or property either as a set amount per share or a percentage of par value",
      ": a benefit (as unreasonable compensation or use of corporate property) or transfer of funds from a corporation to a shareholder that is interpreted by a taxing authority as a dividend",
      ": a dividend distributed to preferred stockholders that is added to and paid with the next payment or future payments if not paid when due",
      ": a dividend declared in addition to a regular dividend because of unanticipated profits or a nonrecurring increase of revenue",
      ": a share of the surplus earnings of a mutual insurance company paid to policyholders either in the form of cash disbursements or through reduction of premiums",
      ": a payment disbursed to investors from the income of a mutual fund"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-v\u0259-\u02ccdend",
      "-d\u0259nd",
      "\u02c8di-v\u0259-\u02ccdend",
      "\u02c8di-v\u0259-\u02ccdend"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bonus",
      "cumshaw",
      "donative",
      "extra",
      "gratuity",
      "gravy",
      "gravy train",
      "lagniappe",
      "perk",
      "perquisite",
      "throw-in",
      "tip"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Profits are distributed to shareholders as dividends .",
      "the reward money was an unexpected dividend for our good deed",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Senate plan called for a dividend of about $4,200 from Alaska\u2019s oil wealth fund, an amount in line with a long-standing formula last used in 2015. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
      "Meanwhile the dissolution of Pinewood Malaysia Limited in the same month saw PSG receive a final dividend of \u00a34 million ($5.2 million). \u2014 K.j. Yossman, Variety , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Dunleavy proposed a Permanent Fund dividend of about $2,600, plus an additional supplemental payment of $1,250. \u2014 James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "Obtain state approval if Anthem wishes to issue an ordinary dividend of $100 million or more. \u2014 Ariel Hart, ajc , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Investors are paid a dividend of $.20/share for an annualized yield of .60%. \u2014 John Navin, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "Lukoil has already agreed to an interim dividend of 340 rubles a share. \u2014 Fortune , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "Strong cash generation enabled a dividend of 50 cents a share\u2014costing roughly $1.7 billion in total\u2014and projected buybacks of $5 billion this year. \u2014 Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "If shareholders approve the plan, each Nvidia stockholder of record on June 21 will receive a dividend of three additional shares of common stock for every share held, to be distributed after the close of trading on July 19. \u2014 Molly Schuetz, Bloomberg.com , 21 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English divident , from Latin dividendus , gerundive of dividere \u2014 see divide  entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-195715"
  },
  "date":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the brown, oblong edible fruit of a palm ( Phoenix dactylifera )",
      ": the tall palm with pinnate leaves that yields the date",
      ": the time at which an event occurs",
      ": a statement of the time of execution (see execution sense 1 ) or making",
      ": duration",
      ": the period of time to which something belongs",
      ": an appointment to meet at a specified time",
      ": a social engagement (see engagement sense 1a ) between two persons that often has a romantic character",
      ": a person with whom one has a usually romantic date",
      ": an engagement for a professional performance (as of a dance band)",
      ": up to the present moment",
      ": to determine the period of time to which something belongs : to determine the date (see date entry 2 sense 3 ) of",
      ": to record the time of the execution or making of : mark with the date",
      ": to mark with characteristics typical of a particular period",
      ": to show up plainly the age of",
      ": to make a usually romantic social arrangement to meet with : to have a date with",
      ": to estimate or compute a date (see date entry 2 sense 3 ) or chronology : to reckon chronologically",
      ": originate",
      ": to become outmoded or dated",
      ": to go out on usually romantic dates",
      ": the sweet brownish fruit of an Old World palm (",
      ")",
      ": the day, month, or year on which an event happens or happened",
      ": a statement of time on something (as a coin, letter, book, or building)",
      ": appointment sense 1",
      ": an arrangement to meet between two people usually with romantic feelings for each other",
      ": either of two people who meet for a usually romantic social engagement",
      ": to write the date on",
      ": to find or show the date or age of",
      ": to belong to or have survived from a time",
      ": to make or have a date with",
      ": to go together regularly on romantic social engagements"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101t",
      "\u02c8d\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "appointment",
      "assignation",
      "engagement",
      "rendezvous",
      "tryst"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "go out (with)",
      "take out"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-195905"
  },
  "distress":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": seizure and detention of the goods of another as pledge (see pledge entry 1 sense 1 ) or to obtain satisfaction of a claim by the sale of the goods seized",
      ": something that is distrained",
      ": pain or suffering affecting the body, a bodily part, or the mind : trouble",
      ": a painful situation : misfortune",
      ": a state of danger or desperate need",
      ": to subject to great strain or difficulties",
      ": to force or overcome by inflicting pain",
      ": to cause to worry or be troubled : upset",
      ": to mar (something, such as clothing or wood) deliberately to give an effect of age",
      ": offered for sale at a loss",
      ": involving distress goods",
      ": physical or mental pain or suffering",
      ": a state of danger or desperate need",
      ": to upset or cause to worry",
      ": pain or suffering affecting the body, a bodily part, or the mind",
      ": seizure and detention of the goods of another as pledge or to obtain satisfaction of a claim by the sale of the goods seized",
      ": seizure by a landlord of a tenant's property to obtain satisfaction of arrearages in rent",
      ": pain or suffering affecting the body, a bodily part, or the mind \u2014 see also emotional distress"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8stres",
      "di-\u02c8stres",
      "dis-\u02c8tres"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "affliction",
      "agony",
      "anguish",
      "excruciation",
      "hurt",
      "misery",
      "pain",
      "rack",
      "strait(s)",
      "torment",
      "torture",
      "travail",
      "tribulation",
      "woe"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "agitate",
      "ail",
      "alarm",
      "alarum",
      "bother",
      "concern",
      "derail",
      "discomfort",
      "discompose",
      "dismay",
      "disquiet",
      "distemper",
      "distract",
      "disturb",
      "exercise",
      "flurry",
      "frazzle",
      "freak (out)",
      "fuss",
      "hagride",
      "perturb",
      "undo",
      "unhinge",
      "unsettle",
      "upset",
      "weird out",
      "worry"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Citizens voiced their distress over delays in fixing the problem.",
      "The patient showed no obvious signs of distress .",
      "He suffered severe emotional distress as a result of the accident.",
      "Verb",
      "don't let all the bad news distress you",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Penny appeared to be in mental distress at the time, holding a wooden board and moving erratically around an alleyway. \u2014 Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
      "The cases point to a basic fact of American life: the dangerous overlap between the set of people with access to guns and the set of people in severe mental distress . \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
      "This was absolutely not the place for any personal distress to be admitted. \u2014 The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
      "Lambo filed a lawsuit Monday in the Fourth Judicial Circuit Court in Duval County seeking damages in excess of $30,000 for emotional distress and reputational harm caused by Meyer. \u2014 Mark Long, Orlando Sentinel , 11 May 2022",
      "After Louisville chiropractor Alvin Gilbert broke off their four-year engagement, Suzanne Barkes sued him for emotional distress and to recover the costs of giving up her job and selling her home. \u2014 Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal , 10 May 2022",
      "The police force has apologized for the distress caused to the two athletes. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Rhodes also argued that Chyna, 33, offered no accounting to support her request for $109,635,021 in economic damage and $36,000,000 in general damages for emotional distress . \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Now the company owes him $450,000 in damages for emotional distress and lost wages. \u2014 Andrew Wolfson, USA TODAY , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Fireworks can distress and cause problems for animals, people at home, and those with post-traumatic stress disorder, said Brockton City Council President John Lally. \u2014 Matt Yan, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
      "In their zeal to prepare for a shooting emergency on their campuses, school districts across the nation have gravitated toward hyperreal simulations like these, despite some experts\u2019 concerns that the realism may distress or traumatize kids. \u2014 Laura Newberrystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "The rapidly aging population and shrinking workforce could severely distress China's economic and social stability. \u2014 Nectar Gan And Steve George, CNN , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "In 2017, a ship from the aid group Sea-Watch responded to distress calls from a sinking migrant boat. \u2014 Ian Urbina, The New Yorker , 28 Nov. 2021",
      "Within the last 12 months, to what extent did the following issue(s) cause you distress ? \u2014 Genny Beemyn, The Conversation , 5 Aug. 2021",
      "But Brightline trains, many contended, would reduce property values, pose a safety risk from derailments, distress the mental health of students at schools near the tracks and threaten wildlife and wetlands in and near the community. \u2014 Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com , 20 July 2021",
      "His back legs kept giving out, too, which appeared to distress him. \u2014 Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News , 27 May 2021",
      "Rebecca Hofmann conveys distress more naturalistically, with a drawing of a person whose limbs are pulled together in a sort of knot. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 4 Dec. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "But the policy itself, which requires all patients who test positive to be isolated, including young children and babies, has caused significant levels distress among parents. \u2014 Simone Mccarthy And Yong Xiong, CNN , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "The post- distress investing segment is particularly attractive right now. \u2014 George Schultze, Forbes , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "The attractiveness of investing in both public and private post- distress equities in this part of the cycle will likely remain very interesting for the medium-term. \u2014 George Schultze, Forbes , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "Both of these post- distress firms still look attractive on an after-tax cash flow basis versus their peers. \u2014 George Schultze, Forbes , 16 Apr. 2021",
      "Going forward, many more firms emerging from the COVID crisis will have large NOLs that can benefit their post- distress shareholders. \u2014 George Schultze, Forbes , 16 Apr. 2021",
      "Thys didn\u2019t hang any of the flags upside down, but these are clearly distress symbols. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun, Verb, and Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "1926, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-195923"
  },
  "disarming":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": allaying criticism or hostility : ingratiating"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8\u00e4r-mi\u014b",
      "diz-",
      "\u02c8dis-\u02cc\u00e4r-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "adorable",
      "darling",
      "dear",
      "endearing",
      "lovable",
      "loveable",
      "lovesome",
      "precious",
      "sweet",
      "winning",
      "winsome"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "abhorrent",
      "abominable",
      "detestable",
      "hateful",
      "loathsome",
      "odious",
      "unlovable"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "We were all charmed by his disarming openness and modesty.",
      "a thoroughly disarming little rascal who can talk his way out of any trouble",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Clumsy, swaggering, disarming , stupid, cowardly or naive; ill-intentioned, unaware, incapable or uncaring. \u2014 Anna Zanardi Cappon, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
      "What follows instead is a pivotal listen that conveys trauma in an assured yet disarming way. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 8 Dec. 2021",
      "Then check out the work of Danielle Perez, who delivers jokes about the heaviest of subjects with a breezy openness that\u2019s totally disarming . \u2014 Jesse David Fox, Vulture , 1 Nov. 2021",
      "Sara a rare mix of timidity and courage that\u2019s unwaveringly disarming . \u2014 Manuel Betancourt, Variety , 22 Nov. 2021",
      "Garments can be gorgeous, disarming , and take your breath away. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 15 Oct. 2021",
      "Then there are the green track suits with their utilitarian, dehumanizing number badges; there\u2019s the shot of Gong Yoo, calm and disarming , holding up the two red and blue ddakji envelopes. \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 8 Oct. 2021",
      "By contrast, Stephen Fry\u2019s narration on video was charming and disarming . \u2014 Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2021",
      "These are the results when officers choose to draw their most disarming weapon: compassion. \u2014 Steve Hartman, CBS News , 6 June 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"from present participle of disarm ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1839, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-200251"
  },
  "desertion":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an act of deserting",
      ": the abandonment without consent or legal justification of a person, post, or relationship and the associated duties and obligations",
      ": a state of being deserted or forsaken",
      ": the forsaking of a person, post, or relationship: as",
      ": permanent withdrawal from living with one's spouse without the spouse's consent and without cause or justification",
      ": intentional permanent termination of custody over one's child",
      ": abandonment",
      ": abandonment of military duty without leave and without the intent to return"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8z\u0259r-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abandonment",
      "dereliction",
      "forsaking"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "reclamation"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the soldiers were imprisoned for desertion of their posts",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Before the new process for separation came into effect, an individual had to accuse a spouse of desertion , adultery, or unreasonable behavior to be able to petition for a divorce. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 May 2022",
      "Hours after The Post interviewed Lapko and Khrus, members of Ukraine\u2019s military security service arrived at their hotel and detained some of their men, accusing them of desertion . \u2014 Sudarsan Raghavan, Anchorage Daily News , 27 May 2022",
      "Hours after The Post interviewed Lapko and Khrus, members of Ukraine\u2019s military security service arrived at their hotel and detained some of their men, accusing them of desertion . \u2014 Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
      "During wartime, the most severe punishments for desertion are death and up to life in prison, said Lt. Cmdr. \u2014 Melissa Chan, NBC News , 19 May 2022",
      "Bowen, despite his earlier desertion (and his criminal record), instead would successfully reenlist in the U.S. Navy during World War I and head to sea. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "In 2016, he was arrested and charged with desertion . \u2014 Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Even an outright cancelation would indicate an iota of empathy from Adele\u2019s camp, because at some point, disappointment trumps desertion . \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Sorrells believes that her grandfather\u2019s grim background\u2014his origins in the post-Confederate South, his time as a child laborer, his act of desertion \u2014shaped his outlook and his politics. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 4 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1591, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-200423"
  },
  "disbelieving":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to hold not worthy of belief : not believe",
      ": to withhold or reject belief",
      ": to think not to be true or real"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-b\u0259-\u02c8l\u0113v",
      "\u02ccdis-b\u0259-\u02c8l\u0113v"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "discredit",
      "negate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "accept",
      "believe",
      "credit",
      "swallow"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Several jurors disbelieved the witness's testimony.",
      "many disbelieved the medium's claims that she could communicate with the spirits of the dead",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Visited upon multiple characters, the mounting misfortune that ensues stems from the timely subject of society\u2019s patriarchal tendency to disbelieve women, or to grant certain female archetypes more credibility than others. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 19 May 2022",
      "Not surprisingly, fellow-travelers on the left criticized Conquest either from a wish to disbelieve the Soviet horrors or from an ideological sympathy that compelled extenuation of them. \u2014 Peter J. Travers, National Review , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Last September, at his first, brief family visit, Torres seemed healthy, so much so that his relatives tended to disbelieve the other prisoners\u2019 reports of mistreatment. \u2014 Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Tens of millions of voters were willing to disbelieve the media. \u2014 WSJ , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "Rarely in history has a president so efficiently trained the public to disbelieve him as a matter of course. \u2014 Lili Loofbourow, The Week , 13 Nov. 2017",
      "Unfortunately, both physicians and nurses disbelieve the patients based on the results of a normal blood pressure reading. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 25 Nov. 2021",
      "Strangulation is often a sign that an abuser is working his way up to killing his victim; its effects also include the mental fog and discombobulated accounts that can make people disbelieve women. \u2014 Helen Shaw, Vulture , 17 Oct. 2021",
      "The courts were almost twice as likely to disbelieve the mothers\u2019 claims of abuse in those scenarios. \u2014 Megan O\u2019matz, ProPublica , 16 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1644, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-200521"
  },
  "deputize":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to appoint as deputy",
      ": to act as deputy",
      ": to appoint as deputy",
      ": to appoint as deputy",
      ": to act as deputy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-py\u0259-\u02cct\u012bz",
      "\u02c8de-py\u0259-\u02cct\u012bz",
      "\u02c8de-py\u0259-\u02cct\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "commission",
      "delegate",
      "depute"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "I deputize for the newspaper's editor on the weekends.",
      "he deputized a local citizen to take charge of the situation while he went for reinforcements",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And while the city can deputize other employees to issue tickets to offenders, that can be a potentially volatile situation for workers who are not trained, City Law Director William Ondrey Gruber said. \u2014 Thomas Jewell, cleveland , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "In theory, deals to cross- deputize local and tribal officers can resolve jurisdictional problems, since whichever authority shows up at the crime scene has the ability to handle it, no matter whether the parties are Native American. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 21 Feb. 2022",
      "Server owners can deputize moderators to enforce the rules. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Dec. 2021",
      "Johnson will likely deputize Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland for that role, RNS reports. \u2014 Peter Weber, The Week , 18 June 2021",
      "Obviously there are a number of differences between the Rittenhouse case and that of the men who killed Arbery, but both raise the same fundamental question: Who will the state allow to self- deputize as killer police? \u2014 Molly Osberg, The New Republic , 18 Nov. 2021",
      "Last week the Capitol Police Board issued an emergency declaration, which will go into effect about the time of the demonstration and allow the Department to deputize outside law enforcement officers as United States Capitol Police Special Officers. \u2014 Oren Liebermann And Alex Marquardt, CNN , 15 Sep. 2021",
      "The Capitol Police Board already issued an emergency declaration that will go into effect of the demonstration, allowing the department to deputize outside law enforcement officers as U.S. Capitol Police special officers. \u2014 Kathryn Watson, CBS News , 14 Sep. 2021",
      "The Capitol Police Board also issued an emergency declaration, which will allow the department to deputize outside law enforcement officers as United States Capitol Police special officers. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1736, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-200617"
  },
  "die-hardism":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": strongly or fanatically determined or devoted",
      ": strongly resisting change"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b-\u02cch\u00e4rd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "archconservative",
      "brassbound",
      "button-down",
      "buttoned-down",
      "conservative",
      "hidebound",
      "mossbacked",
      "old-fashioned",
      "old-line",
      "old-school",
      "orthodox",
      "paleoconservative",
      "reactionary",
      "standpat",
      "traditional",
      "traditionalistic",
      "ultraconservative",
      "unprogressive"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "broad-minded",
      "large-minded",
      "liberal",
      "nonconservative",
      "nonconventional",
      "nonorthodox",
      "nontraditional",
      "open-minded",
      "progressive",
      "unconventional",
      "unorthodox"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1922, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-200636"
  },
  "dupery":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the condition of being duped",
      ": the act or practice of duping"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-p\u0259-r\u0113",
      "also"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "artifice",
      "cheating",
      "cozenage",
      "craft",
      "craftiness",
      "crookedness",
      "crookery",
      "cunning",
      "cunningness",
      "deceit",
      "deceitfulness",
      "deception",
      "deceptiveness",
      "dishonesty",
      "dissembling",
      "dissimulation",
      "double-dealing",
      "duplicity",
      "fakery",
      "foxiness",
      "fraud",
      "guile",
      "guilefulness",
      "wiliness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "artlessness",
      "forthrightness",
      "good faith",
      "guilelessness",
      "ingenuousness",
      "sincerity"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "accusations of widespread dupery in the mortgage business"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1759, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-200730"
  },
  "double-cross":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deceive by double-dealing : betray",
      ": an act of winning or trying to win a fight or match after agreeing to lose it",
      ": an act of betraying or cheating an associate",
      ": a cross between first-generation hybrids of four separate inbred lines (as in the production of hybrid seed corn)",
      ": betray sense 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0259-b\u0259l-\u02c8kr\u022fs",
      "\u02ccd\u0259-b\u0259l-\u02c8kr\u022fs"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "backstab",
      "betray",
      "cross",
      "sell (out)",
      "two-time"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "backstabbing",
      "betrayal",
      "business",
      "disloyalty",
      "faithlessness",
      "falseness",
      "falsity",
      "infidelity",
      "perfidy",
      "sellout",
      "treachery",
      "treason",
      "two-timing",
      "unfaithfulness"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "politics is full of double crosses and backbiting",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The proposition sets up one of the major tensions of the final season with Michael vowing from the beginning to double cross Tommy and kill him\u2014avenging Polly\u2019s death. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 11 June 2022",
      "Made from recycled ocean plastics and spandex, this fully lined top features a scoop neck, thick straps, a double cross back, and cut-out holes in the front that allow water to pass through. \u2014 Rebecca Parsons, Outside Online , 30 Jan. 2021",
      "This would have been a good moment for a timely double cross ,. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
      "Still, the Jefferson dream lives on, in the form of flags \u2014 a gold pan and two Xs, a heavy-handed symbol of the double cross \u2014 that, during the pandemic, have adorned face masks. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "Still, the Jefferson dream lives on, in the form of flags \u2014 a gold pan and two Xs, a heavy-handed symbol of the double cross \u2014 that, during the pandemic, have adorned face masks. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "Still, the Jefferson dream lives on, in the form of flags \u2014 a gold pan and two Xs, a heavy-handed symbol of the double cross \u2014 that, during the pandemic, have adorned face masks. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "Still, the Jefferson dream lives on, in the form of flags \u2014 a gold pan and two Xs, a heavy-handed symbol of the double cross \u2014 that, during the pandemic, have adorned face masks. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "Still, the Jefferson dream lives on, in the form of flags \u2014 a gold pan and two Xs, a heavy-handed symbol of the double cross \u2014 that, during the pandemic, have adorned face masks. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 23 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1903, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "1834, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-201432"
  },
  "droughty":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a period of dryness especially when prolonged",
      ": one that causes extensive damage to crops or prevents their successful growth",
      ": a prolonged or chronic shortage or lack of something expected or desired",
      ": a long period of time during which there is very little or no rain"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drau\u0307t",
      "\u02c8drau\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "crunch",
      "dearth",
      "deficiency",
      "deficit",
      "failure",
      "famine",
      "inadequacy",
      "inadequateness",
      "insufficiency",
      "lack",
      "lacuna",
      "paucity",
      "pinch",
      "poverty",
      "scantiness",
      "scarceness",
      "scarcity",
      "shortage",
      "undersupply",
      "want"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "abundance",
      "adequacy",
      "amplitude",
      "opulence",
      "plenitude",
      "plenty",
      "sufficiency",
      "wealth"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The drought caused serious damage to crops.",
      "a period of drought that lasted several years",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The flooding came as the Midwest and East Coast sizzle from a heat wave and other parts of the West burn from an early wildfire season amid a persistent drought that has increased the frequency and intensity of fires. \u2014 Matthew Brown, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
      "The flooding came as the Midwest and East Coast sizzle from a heat wave and other parts of the West burn from an early wildfire season amid a persistent drought that has increased the frequency and intensity of fires. \u2014 Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News , 15 June 2022",
      "Now in year three of a historic drought , the state is asking the public to use less water. \u2014 Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 June 2022",
      "That now seems unlikely to occur during a worsening drought . \u2014 Tony Briscoestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
      "The Louisville baseball team is looking to end a College World Series drought that predates most players on its roster. \u2014 Brooks Holton, The Courier-Journal , 10 June 2022",
      "The company sources its chili peppers from Mexico, where a drought is affecting that country and parts of the western United States. \u2014 Rob Wile, NBC News , 9 June 2022",
      "Climate change has also hit supplies in new and unpredictable ways, with India banning wheat exports amid a heat wave and Brazil suffering a devastating drought . \u2014 Adam Taylor, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
      "As a devastating drought takes its toll on Somalia\u2019s children, UNICEF is on the ground providing lifesaving nutrition support. \u2014 Sarah Ferguson, Forbes , 8 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old English dr\u016bgath , from dr\u016bgian to dry up; akin to Old English dr\u0233ge dry \u2014 more at dry ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-201729"
  },
  "dodge":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an act of evading by sudden bodily movement",
      ": an artful device to evade, deceive, or trick",
      ": expedient",
      ": to move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course",
      ": to make a sudden movement in a new direction (as to evade a blow)",
      ": to evade a responsibility or duty especially by trickery or deceit",
      ": to evade by a sudden or repeated shift of position",
      ": to avoid an encounter with",
      ": to evade (something, such as a duty) usually indirectly or by trickery",
      ": to narrowly avoid an unwelcome, harmful, or disastrous outcome or occurrence",
      ": a sudden movement to one side",
      ": a trick done to avoid something",
      ": to move suddenly aside or to and fro",
      ": to avoid especially by moving quickly",
      ": evade",
      "Mary Elizabeth 1831\u20131905 n\u00e9e",
      "American author"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4j",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4j",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4j"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "artifice",
      "device",
      "fetch",
      "flimflam",
      "gambit",
      "gimmick",
      "jig",
      "juggle",
      "knack",
      "play",
      "ploy",
      "ruse",
      "scheme",
      "shenanigan",
      "sleight",
      "stratagem",
      "trick",
      "wile"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "duck",
      "jink",
      "sidestep",
      "slalom",
      "weave",
      "zigzag"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "There may be half-measures on guns that could help, as well as other policies aimed at problems ranging from school security to mental health help, if there is a serious desire for solutions rather than simply a dodge . \u2014 W. James Antle Iii, The Week , 26 May 2022",
      "Please, somehow, save this fraudulent tax- dodge of a system from the U.S. Supreme Court. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 11 May 2022",
      "With a split dodge , sophomore Maverick Smith beat his defender inside and put the diving finish past Gladiators goalie Blake Hunter, for his third goal of the game. \u2014 Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun , 4 May 2022",
      "Financially, Iran has built a shadowy network that uses front companies and circuitous transactions to launder money and dodge sanctions, analysts say, which some believe may be offered for Russian use. \u2014 Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Sometimes the dodge says more than an answer could. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Thankfully, Aloy has unlimited quick- dodge stamina, along with an ability to scan enemies on the battlefield in search of their weak points. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Even low level grunts can present significant roadblocks, while huge monsters like bosses test every dodge , attack and parrying skill in your growing arsenal. \u2014 Mitch Wallace, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Just hours before their meeting, the United States warned China against helping Russia dodge potential sanctions related to the crisis in Ukraine. \u2014 Andrew Jeong And Emily Rauhala, Anchorage Daily News , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "In the span of just a few months, Omicron has already sprouted several new alphanumeric offshoots\u2014BA.2.12.1, BA.4, and BA.5\u2014that can dodge the defenses that even a tussle with their sibling BA.1 leaves behind. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 23 May 2022",
      "In fact, Ozark\u2019s fourth and final season is basically just \u2026 a bunch of things keep happening to Marty and Wendy Byrde, who, naturally, flail around trying to dodge all of the falling knives. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 2 May 2022",
      "Overall, a variant-specific booster may only be needed if a future variant evolves that can dodge current cross-reactive responses, the authors argue. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "Most children and adults with healthy immune systems are likely to dodge severe illness, experts said in interviews. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
      "Unlike previous variants, omicron and its many descendants seem to have evolved to partially dodge immunity. \u2014 Apoorva Mandavilli, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
      "The virus also mutates, leaving open the possibility of a future strain that causes more severe disease or can dodge existing immunity. \u2014 Denise Roland, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
      "Service was able to dodge a loss last week against Bartlett. \u2014 Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Moses tries to dodge the police and gets in touch with a possible lifeline. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1575, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1680, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-201845"
  },
  "drunken":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": drunk sense 1",
      ": saturated with liquid",
      ": given to habitual excessive use of alcohol",
      ": of, relating to, or characterized by intoxication",
      ": resulting from or as if from intoxication",
      ": unsteady or lurching as if from alcoholic intoxication",
      ": drunk entry 2 sense 1",
      ": resulting from being drunk",
      ": drunk sense 1",
      ": given to habitual excessive use of alcohol",
      ": of, relating to, or characterized by intoxication",
      ": resulting from or as if from intoxication"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0259\u014b-k\u0259n",
      "\u02c8dr\u0259\u014b-k\u0259n",
      "\u02c8dr\u0259\u014b-k\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "besotted",
      "blasted",
      "blind",
      "blitzed",
      "blotto",
      "bombed",
      "boozy",
      "canned",
      "cockeyed",
      "crocked",
      "drunk",
      "fried",
      "gassed",
      "hammered",
      "high",
      "impaired",
      "inebriate",
      "inebriated",
      "intoxicated",
      "juiced",
      "lit",
      "lit up",
      "loaded",
      "looped",
      "oiled",
      "pickled",
      "pie-eyed",
      "plastered",
      "potted",
      "ripped",
      "sloshed",
      "smashed",
      "sottish",
      "soused",
      "sozzled",
      "squiffed",
      "squiffy",
      "stewed",
      "stiff",
      "stinking",
      "stoned",
      "tanked",
      "tiddly",
      "tight",
      "tipsy",
      "wasted",
      "wet",
      "wiped out"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "sober",
      "straight"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The streets were filled with drunken revelers on New Year's Eve.",
      "He lives in an apartment with his drunken mother.",
      "He fell into a drunken stupor.",
      "A drunken brawl broke out at the bar.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "June 3 received a call about a possible drunken driver. \u2014 cleveland , 10 June 2022",
      "Kong Her\u2019s religious faith has been challenged since a drunken driver killed his brother, an off-duty Milwaukee police officer, in 2019. \u2014 Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 May 2022",
      "Geronemus\u2019 late father, Dr. Robert Perry Geronemus, was struck and killed by a drunken driver in 2009. \u2014 Emmett Hall, Sun Sentinel , 12 May 2022",
      "In the parking lot sat the team's traveling van, which was totaled by a drunken driver about a week before the storm hit. \u2014 Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "And after a drunken driver struck Bruce Mezan and his motorcycle in 2020, Mezan embarked on a quest to educate others about the dangers of driving under the influence. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Bentley is the name of a child in Missouri whose parents were also killed by a drunken driver. \u2014 Allison Prang, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The bill includes the names of the children of Nicholas Galinger, a Chattanooga police officer who was struck and killed three years ago by a drunken driver. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "But a drunken driver killed Clarence White in Palmdale, Calif., in 1973, and Roland evolved after the tragedy to a new musical direction, with pioneering bluegrass band Country Gazette. \u2014 Steve Knopper, Billboard , 6 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old English druncen , from past participle of drincan to drink",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-202008"
  },
  "dud":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": clothing",
      ": personal belongings",
      ": one that is ineffectual",
      ": failure",
      ": misfit",
      ": a bomb or missile that fails to explode",
      ": of little or no worth : valueless",
      ": a complete failure",
      ": a bomb or missile that fails to explode",
      ": clothing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259d",
      "\u02c8d\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bomb",
      "bummer",
      "bust",
      "catastrophe",
      "clinker",
      "clunker",
      "debacle",
      "d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
      "disaster",
      "failure",
      "fiasco",
      "fizzle",
      "flop",
      "frost",
      "lemon",
      "loser",
      "miss",
      "shipwreck",
      "turkey",
      "washout"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "blockbuster",
      "hit",
      "smash",
      "success",
      "winner"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The seeds must have been duds because the plants never grew.",
      "She put on her new duds for the party.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "If the tau Herculid shower turns out to be a dud , fear not, there are several other opportunities to witness meteor showers this year. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 30 May 2022",
      "Disney is paying the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences a reported $1 billion for the rights from a deal that was signed in 2010 and by 2015 was already looking like a dud . \u2014 Lisette Voytko, Forbes , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "Fourth-round draw is a dud Because the U.S. Open Cup uses four-team pods for its draws, Phoenix\u2019s three potential opponents were Seattle Sounders, San Jose Earthquakes, and the Sacramento Republic. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Auburn\u2019s coach hated how this historic season of basketball ended not with a championship or a Final Four run, but with a dud . \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "There were some boos, but fans appeared to have mostly come to terms with the dud . \u2014 Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com , 24 Nov. 2021",
      "Labor Market Friday's dud of a jobs report carried an unsettling warning: don't pay any heed to the headline number of 3.9% unemployment. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 10 Jan. 2022",
      "Limitless possibility can result in a very confusing design and production process and potentially a dud of a final timepiece. \u2014 Mark Cho, Robb Report , 16 Oct. 2021",
      "The dud of a game didn\u2019t change Orlovsky\u2019s opinion that Mayfield will have a monster season. \u2014 cleveland , 6 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adjective",
      "1899, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-202022"
  },
  "derisive":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": expressing or causing contemptuous ridicule or scorn : expressing or causing derision"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8r\u012b-siv",
      "-ziv",
      "-\u02c8ri-ziv",
      "-\u02c8ri-siv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "absurd",
      "cockamamy",
      "cockamamie",
      "comical",
      "derisory",
      "farcical",
      "laughable",
      "ludicrous",
      "pathetic",
      "preposterous",
      "ridiculous",
      "risible",
      "silly"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the derisive performances of some of the singers on the talent show",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "While social media reaction to the case has been cruel and derisive , Stewart cautions against making broad generalizations based on that content. \u2014 Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY , 23 May 2022",
      "In the third round, Gomez rocked Cota, then tossed Cota to the ring floor, prompting a warning and derisive chants from the crowd. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 21 May 2022",
      "Often used interchangeably with more derisive terms such as helicopter parenting, bulldozer parenting, and snowplow parenting, intensive parenting has its appeals. \u2014 Elliot Haspel, The Atlantic , 10 May 2022",
      "When talking with Greg about a recent police shooting of an unarmed Black teen, Aaron suggests the kid must have done something to warrant it, inspiring his father\u2019s derisive laughter. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 13 May 2022",
      "The crowd, eager all afternoon to see the milestone, responded with perhaps the loudest boos ever heard at a Tigers game since Comerica Park opened in 2000 and shouted derisive chants at the Yankees. \u2014 Larry Lage, Hartford Courant , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "The image immediately drew derisive remarks on social media and has been widely panned since. \u2014 Jennifer Maas, Variety , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "The only shot Simmons took was a dunk during pregame warmups that drew derisive cheers from the Philly fans. \u2014 Aaron Bracy, ajc , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Novelist and critic Scott Bradfield credited Didion for breaking free of the tendency to box California into detective fiction or derisive satire. \u2014 Dorany Pineda And Julia Wick, Anchorage Daily News , 24 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see derision ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1662, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-202028"
  },
  "demonical":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of, relating to, or suggestive of a demon : fiendish"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8m\u00e4-nik",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cacodemonic",
      "demoniac",
      "demoniacal",
      "demonian",
      "devilish",
      "diabolical",
      "diabolic",
      "fiendish",
      "Luciferian",
      "satanic"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "angelic",
      "angelical"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the villain in the movie cackled with demonic laughter",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In the games, Dracula was always portrayed as an unstoppable, evil and demonic force. \u2014 Ollie Barder, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
      "YouGov poll found that 51% of Americans believe in demonic possession. \u2014 Joseph P. Laycock, The Conversation , 24 May 2022",
      "The show will go from looking into demonic activity at Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary with comedian Whitney Cummings to looking for Bigfoot with Bachelorette\u2018s Jojo Fletcher and exploring a haunted opera hall with Betty Who. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 2 June 2022",
      "Dillon\u2019s deplorable character recounts his history of murders in gruesome detail to Verge (Bruno Ganz), Jack\u2019s demonic guide through the nine circles of hell. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 30 May 2022",
      "Check out Badgley and Meester's demonic stroll down Memory Lane in the clip below. \u2014 Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com , 17 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",
      "The real fun, though, was watching Simmons fully embrace the scene's demonic nature, his dead eyes basking in eerie green light behind that kabuki-style make-up, his head jerking ominously, like a vampire ready to strike its prey. \u2014 Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 May 2022",
      "Doctor Strange was in the right place at the right time when a giant demonic monster appeared in New York. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 9 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Late Latin daemonicus, borrowed from Greek daemonik\u00f3s, from daimon-, da\u00edm\u014dn \"superhuman power, spirit intermediate between gods and humans, demon \" + -ikos  -ic entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1662, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-202540"
  },
  "double":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having a twofold relation or character : dual",
      ": consisting of two usually combined members or parts",
      ": being twice as great or as many",
      ": worth two of the specified amount",
      ": marked by duplicity : deceitful",
      ": folded in two",
      ": of extra size, strength, or value",
      ": having more than the normal number of floral leaves often at the expense of the sporophylls",
      ": involving correspondence of two syllables (as in exciting and inviting )",
      ": designed for the use of two persons",
      ": to make twice as great or as many: such as",
      ": to increase by adding an equal amount",
      ": to amount to twice the number of",
      ": to make a call in bridge that increases the value of odd tricks or undertricks at (an opponent's bid)",
      ": to bend or fold (something, such as a sheet of paper) usually in the middle so that one part lies directly against the other part",
      ": clench",
      ": to cause to stoop",
      ": to avoid by doubling : elude",
      ": to replace in a dramatic role",
      ": to play (dramatic roles) by doubling",
      ": to advance or score (a base runner) by a double",
      ": to bring about the scoring of (a run) by a double",
      ": to put out (a base runner) in completing a double play",
      ": double-team",
      ": to become twice as much or as many",
      ": to double a bid (as in bridge)",
      ": to turn sharply and suddenly",
      ": to turn back on one's course",
      ": to follow a circuitous course",
      ": to become bent or folded usually in the middle",
      ": to serve an additional purpose or perform an additional duty",
      ": to play a dramatic role as a double",
      ": to make a double in baseball",
      ": to twice the extent or amount",
      ": two together",
      ": downward and forward from the usual position",
      ": something twice the usual size, strength, speed, quantity, or value: such as",
      ": a double amount",
      ": a base hit that enables the batter to reach second base",
      ": one that is the counterpart of another : duplicate : such as",
      ": a living person that closely resembles another living person",
      ": wraith",
      ": understudy",
      ": one who resembles an actor and takes his or her place especially in scenes calling for special skills",
      ": an actor who plays more than one role in a production",
      ": a sharp turn (as in running) : reversal",
      ": an evasive shift",
      ": something consisting of two paired members: such as",
      ": fold",
      ": a combined bet placed on two different contests",
      ": two consecutive strikes in bowling",
      ": a game between two pairs of players",
      ": an act of doubling in a card game",
      ": a room (as in a hotel) for two guests \u2014 compare single sense 4",
      ": very quickly : right away",
      ": being twice as great or as many",
      ": made up of two parts or members",
      ": having two very different aspects",
      ": made for two",
      ": extra large in size or amount",
      ": to make or become twice as great or as many : multiply by two",
      ": to fold usually in the middle",
      ": to bend over at the waist",
      ": clench sense 2",
      ": to turn sharply and go back over the same path",
      ": to have another use or job",
      ": two times the amount",
      ": two together",
      ": something that is twice the usual size or amount",
      ": a hit in baseball that allows the batter to reach second base",
      ": someone or something that is very like another",
      ": very quickly"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "\u02c8d\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "binary",
      "bipartite",
      "double-barreled",
      "double-edged",
      "dual",
      "duplex",
      "twin",
      "twofold"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "duplicate",
      "redouble"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Baltimore Police have arrested a 15-year-old in the double shooting at the Inner Harbor promenade on Memorial Day weekend that left one teen dead and another injured. \u2014 Jessica Anderson, Baltimore Sun , 17 June 2022",
      "Kevin Na surges out to tie for lead, then double bogeys \u2014 2:55 p.m. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
      "Phoenix often had players wide open for easy layups or threes after the Indiana defense missed an assignment or sent the double team in too quick. \u2014 Gabby Hajduk, The Indianapolis Star , 16 June 2022",
      "For female pro golfers, the chance of double bogeying on consecutive holes is about 2%. \u2014 Lisa Ward, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "If the children are coming along, this also saves on child care, which is a double bonus. \u2014 Rick Blatstein, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "Inclement weather may affect showtimes so double -check hours online or call ahead. \u2014 AccessAtlanta , 16 June 2022",
      "Activists started blocking the paths of double -decker shuttles run by Google, Facebook, and other companies, which picked up tech workers at public bus stops. \u2014 Anna Wiener, The New Yorker , 16 June 2022",
      "Perelman said the company also used the health crisis as an opportunity to double -down on investments online. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 16 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "According to Pam Nelson, the trust's director of land protection, the Northwest Arkansas region loses nine acres of open space each day and the population of the area is expected to double between 2020 and 2045. \u2014 Benjamin Collins, Arkansas Online , 8 June 2022",
      "When the visa was launched, Poland had a shortage of about 50,000 tech workers, with the number expected to double within the next 10 years if nothing is done. \u2014 Elisabeth Braw, WSJ , 30 May 2022",
      "Of the 40,000-plus boats in its inventory, a total of 1,100 reside in the U.S., and that number is expected to double by the end of this year, according to a company representative. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 26 May 2022",
      "Seventy-five percent of them live in sub-Saharan Africa, where the electrification rate is just 45% and the population is expected to double by 2050. \u2014 Jacqueline Novogratz, Fortune , 20 May 2022",
      "Intel doubled the number of executive inclusion advocates in 2021 and the company is on track to double them again in 2022. \u2014 Carolina Milanesi, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
      "The other is backlot space, which is expected to soon double . \u2014 Nick Vivarelli, Variety , 12 May 2022",
      "The camp typically attracts more than 60 kids, but is expected to double this year, Pisani said. \u2014 Linda Gandee, cleveland , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Slevin and her husband were told when building Twin Sisters to settle on a budget, double it, and add 50%. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "Alexander was an escape artist in the early going, holding the Nationals off the scoreboard despite allowing a pair of baserunners in the first inning with one out, a one-out double in the second and then stranding the bases loaded in the third. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel , 12 June 2022",
      "Moore\u2019s one-out double in the sixth inning was the Razorbacks\u2019 only other hit. \u2014 Matt Jones, Arkansas Online , 15 May 2022",
      "Two innings later, after OSU relievers Reid Sebby, DJ Carpenter and Ryan Brown \u2014 who earned the win \u2014 mowed through the Huskies lineup, the Goss Gods made up for that two-run double in the sun and set up Forrester\u2019s walk-off. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "Smith allowed a one-out double in the ninth, but nothing more. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Kyle Farmer hit a two-run double off Madison Bumgarner in the fifth inning, scoring Tyler Stephenson from first base, on a line drive to center field that skipped past diving center fielder Alek Thomas. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer , 7 June 2022",
      "After Briana Perez's one-out double in the first, Trautwein retired 11 consecutive hitters before Alyssa Garcia led off the fifth with a single. \u2014 Ryan Aber, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022",
      "Fried worked around Randal Grichuk\u2019s leadoff double in the sixth and helped snap Brendan Rodgers' 20-game hitting streak. \u2014 Mike Cranston, ajc , 4 June 2022",
      "The Guardians made it 6-0 on Naylor\u2019s double off the right field scoreboard in the seventh to score Miller. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 3 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Smith sealed her double in the 86th minute after striking again from outside the box to make it 5-0. \u2014 Mike Gramajo, Orlando Sentinel , 20 June 2022",
      "Moncada went 5-for-6 with five RBIs, hitting a three-run home run in the first, a single in the fourth, a double in the sixth and RBI singles in the eighth and ninth. \u2014 Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune , 18 June 2022",
      "On Wednesday, with the Brewers ahead 10-2, Renfroe threw out Jeff McNeil attempting to leg out a double to end the sixth inning from the gap in deep right-center. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel , 17 June 2022",
      "Schunk also hit an RBI double in the eighth to give the Yard Goats a 6-2 lead. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 12 June 2022",
      "It was cut off and Longoria tried to stretch it into a double . \u2014 Brian Mazique, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
      "Connelly herself\u2014not a stunt double \u2014drove the factory-correct Silver Metallic 911 S coupe. \u2014 Fortune , 28 May 2022",
      "Zyria Palmer was 2-for-4 for Har-Ber (1-6, 0-2) and Anniston Reith had a double . \u2014 Rick Fires, Arkansas Online , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Oregon scored three runs in the top of the eighth, two on a double from Anthony Hall, cutting the Louisville lead to 7-5. \u2014 Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal , 5 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Adverb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-202958"
  },
  "dormant":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws",
      ": marked by a suspension of activity: such as",
      ": temporarily devoid of external activity",
      ": temporarily in abeyance yet capable of being activated",
      ": asleep , inactive",
      ": having the faculties suspended : sluggish",
      ": having biological activity suspended: such as",
      ": being in a state of suspended animation",
      ": not actively growing but protected (as by bud scales ) from the environment",
      ": associated with, carried out, or applied during a period of dormancy",
      ": not active for the time being"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fr-m\u0259nt",
      "\u02c8d\u022fr-m\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "asleep",
      "dozing",
      "napping",
      "resting",
      "sleeping",
      "slumbering"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "awake",
      "sleepless",
      "wakeful",
      "wide-awake"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The seeds will remain dormant until the spring.",
      "Her emotions have lain dormant for many years.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In late summer, let the bulb go dormant , cut off the foliage, and don\u2019t water until November. \u2014 Jada Jackson, House Beautiful , 29 May 2022",
      "Works well in a border and looks like a grass, but doesn\u2019t go dormant , so expect a blue-gray spikey look all year round. \u2014 Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine , 3 May 2022",
      "May 12, 19 Native Plant Maintenance Basics, a walk and talk through the Theodore Payne Foundation\u2019s demonstration gardens about summer maintenance practices for California native plants, which often go dormant during the region\u2019s hottest months. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022",
      "Led by Alexander, participants on the Wildflower Walk will search out and identify Freja Park ephemeral wildflowers, the perennials which flower in spring, then go dormant by mid-summer. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Spring-flowering trees and shrubs such as lilacs and crab apples form their flower buds in late summer or fall before the plants go dormant for the winter. \u2014 Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com , 19 Feb. 2022",
      "Some of our iguana friends down there go dormant in such conditions and could take a tumble. \u2014 Jay Croft, CNN , 29 Jan. 2022",
      "So, the Court really did go dormant , no pun intended. \u2014 Tax Notes Staff, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "Most trees go dormant in the winter and can withstand temperatures in the negative degrees. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, fixed, stationary, from Anglo-French, from present participle of dormir to sleep, from Latin dormire ; akin to Sanskrit dr\u0101ti he sleeps",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1500, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-203835"
  },
  "deceitful":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having a tendency or disposition to deceive or give false impressions:",
      ": not honest",
      ": deceptive , misleading",
      ": not honest : full of deceit"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8s\u0113t-f\u0259l",
      "di-\u02c8s\u0113t-f\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "crooked",
      "defrauding",
      "dishonest",
      "double-dealing",
      "false",
      "fraudulent"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "aboveboard",
      "honest",
      "truthful"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "charged the store owner with such deceitful practices as inflating the list prices for items only so he could put them on sale at drastically reduced prices",
      "the deceitful salesman neglected to mention some important information about the used car",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Others allege that some digital tokens are unregistered securities or that cryptocurrency issuers were deceitful in their marketing. \u2014 James Fanelli, WSJ , 1 June 2022",
      "Her existence is a mystery seeped in a tale of bloody retribution against her oppressors, a hellish supernatural nightscape and an uprising against the deceitful aristocracy. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 21 May 2022",
      "It\u2019s the kind of deceitful ad that Samsung made before Google. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 12 May 2022",
      "Any activity against the deceitful and thievish Putin\u2019s regime. \u2014 Paul Leblanc, CNN , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Walsh just may have written the first domestic suspense novel in which the deceitful spouse is also a genuinely nice person. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "Any activity against the deceitful and thievish Putin's regime. \u2014 NBC News , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "Any activity against the deceitful and thievish Putin's regime. \u2014 Danielle Wallace, Fox News , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "What can parents do about these gender-identity practices, teachings, and deceitful policies? \u2014 Keri D. Ingraham, National Review , 22 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see deceit ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-203946"
  },
  "decision":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or process of deciding",
      ": a determination arrived at after consideration : conclusion",
      ": a report of a conclusion",
      ": promptness and firmness in deciding : determination",
      ": win",
      ": a victory based on points awarded",
      ": a win or loss officially credited to a pitcher",
      ": to win by being awarded more points than (an opponent)",
      ": the act or result of making a choice especially after careful thought",
      ": the ability to make choices quickly and confidently",
      ": an authoritative determination (as a decree or judgment) made after consideration of facts or law",
      ": a report or document containing such a determination \u2014 see also memorandum decision \u2014 compare disposition , finding , holding , judgment , opinion , ruling , verdict"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8si-zh\u0259n",
      "di-\u02c8si-zh\u0259n",
      "di-\u02c8si-zh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "award",
      "call",
      "conclusion",
      "deliverance",
      "determination",
      "diagnosis",
      "judgment",
      "judgement",
      "opinion",
      "resolution",
      "verdict"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Naturally, their critique of institutions like The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, with its all-male priesthood, is built on women\u2019s lack of decision -making power and absence from the hierarchy. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 June 2022",
      "To be sure, compensation continues to be a leading factor in the decision -making process. \u2014 Michael Mcfall, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
      "Delaney-Smith said the most important thing going forward for female athletes aside from educating themselves on Title IX, is to build relationships with peers, especially those in decision -making roles. \u2014 Katie Mcinerney, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
      "Wednesday the council explained its decision , with the primary point being the matter needed more time for discussion, and suggested the topic be added to the agenda for the area meetings that start in September. \u2014 Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel , 22 June 2022",
      "The attorney general's defense focused its arguments on the implications of impeachment during opening statements Tuesday, imploring lawmakers to consider the implications of their decision on the function of state government. \u2014 CBS News , 22 June 2022",
      "In posts made across his social media accounts on Tuesday afternoon, Inniss revealed his decision . \u2014 Joey Kaufman, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
      "Instead, budget analyst Charles Modica said that council members should base their decision on the most thorough information available. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 June 2022",
      "The Justice Department has a lengthy decision -making process for seeking death, with the attorney general making the final call on whether to approve it. \u2014 Sadie Gurman, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Giving the final call on Trump back to Facebook is unlikely to result in the fair and even decision the board members are calling for, said Joan Donovan, a disinformation and extremism researcher at Harvard University. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2021",
      "The first period also included Scott Laughton decisioning Chicago defenseman Connor Murphy in a fight. \u2014 Sam Carchidi, Philly.com , 1 Nov. 2017",
      "Chris Early of Don Juan Avila decisioned Seth Lyon of Niguel Hills and four other finalists to win bodyboarding. \u2014 Fred Swegles, Orange County Register , 28 Mar. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1914, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-204010"
  },
  "deuced":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": damned , confounded"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-s\u0259d",
      "also"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "accursed",
      "accurst",
      "blasted",
      "confounded",
      "cursed",
      "curst",
      "cussed",
      "damnable",
      "dang",
      "danged",
      "darn",
      "durn",
      "darned",
      "durned",
      "doggone",
      "doggoned",
      "freaking",
      "infernal"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "this deuced washing machine always gives me trouble"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1782, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-204107"
  },
  "deselect":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dismiss , reject",
      ": to cause (something previously selected) to no longer be selected in a software interface"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113-s\u0259-\u02c8lekt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "balk (at)",
      "decline",
      "disapprove",
      "negative",
      "nix",
      "pass",
      "pass up",
      "refuse",
      "reject",
      "reprobate",
      "repudiate",
      "spurn",
      "throw out",
      "throw over",
      "turn down"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "accept",
      "agree (to)",
      "approve"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "If you don't want the computer program to automatically correct your spelling, you will have to deselect that option.",
      "he'll deselect any plan that doesn't put him in total control",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Occasionally, pathfinding might break and force us to deselect the entire party, select an individual character, and move them (after which pathfinding was fine again). \u2014 Jim Salter, Ars Technica , 26 Aug. 2020",
      "Churchill himself was deselected in 1904 in an argument over free trade. \u2014 Ceylan Yeginsu, New York Times , 4 Sep. 2019",
      "Make sure to knock Frontier and Spirit out of the running by deselecting them on either of the search engines, as their service and extra fees will make the fare and flight too much hassle for the money. \u2014 Meredith Carey, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 19 Mar. 2018",
      "The lowest fares will be highlighted in green: Just make sure to deselect Frontier and Spirit, as their flights come with extra fees. \u2014 Bridget Hallinan, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 3 May 2018",
      "But with Labour nudging ahead of the Tories in opinion polls, there is no appetite for a coup, and deselecting troublesome MPs is easier said than done. \u2014 The Economist , 1 Mar. 2018",
      "The group has manpower, which some fear could be used to deselect troublesome MPs on the party\u2019s right. \u2014 The Economist , 30 Sep. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1965, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-204241"
  },
  "disconnection":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to sever the connection of or between",
      ": dissociate sense 1",
      ": to terminate a connection",
      ": to become detached or withdrawn",
      ": a lack of or a break in connection, consistency, or agreement",
      ": to undo or break the connection of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-k\u0259-\u02c8nekt",
      "\u02ccdis-k\u0259-\u02c8nekt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break up",
      "decouple",
      "disassociate",
      "disjoin",
      "disjoint",
      "dissever",
      "dissociate",
      "disunite",
      "divide",
      "divorce",
      "part",
      "ramify",
      "resolve",
      "separate",
      "sever",
      "split",
      "sunder",
      "uncouple",
      "unlink",
      "unyoke"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "join",
      "link",
      "unify",
      "unite"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "People also like to disconnect from their environment while working, and what better way to do this than to plug in your earbuds, and listen to something\u2026 anything, but your environment. \u2014 Toby Grey, BGR , 9 May 2022",
      "Russia\u2019s Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media said on Monday there are no plans to disconnect the country from the global Internet. \u2014 Alan Murray, Fortune , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "In the aftermath of the invasion, European leaders seemed to set economic concerns aside, agreeing to disconnect seven Russian banks from SWIFT, the world\u2019s most important payment mechanism. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "On Saturday, the Biden administration joined a raft of European allies in agreeing to disconnect a number of Russian banks from SWIFT, the messaging system used by financial institutions for facilitating transactions worldwide. \u2014 Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times , 27 Feb. 2022",
      "Biden's comment underscored a reality that convinced US officials weeks ago that the European will to disconnect Russia from the SWIFT financial system was unlikely to coalesce. \u2014 Jeremy Herb, CNN , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "His perspective provides useful insight for parents who are concerned about their kids, people desperate to disconnect from a life of crime and policy influencers looking to improve the juvenile justice system. \u2014 Saige Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "The sound of the water clock slowly filling up and then suddenly emptying brings a subtle sense of temporality that is at the same time an invitation to disconnect from time. \u2014 Felicity Carter, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "This time, experts say one particularly painful option would be to disconnect Russia from the SWIFT international payment system, which facilitates transfers between thousands of banks worldwide. \u2014 Alexander Smith, NBC News , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Much of that disconnect , in Hayward\u2019s experience, relates to training, logistics and tolerance for creative DIY solutions. \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 7 May 2022",
      "Garrett and Baker Mayfield weren\u2019t always necessarily on the same page last season, which may have led to some of the disconnect . \u2014 cleveland , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "There\u2019s a level of disconnect in people that allows us as a society to not take care of our surroundings, our environment. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Unfortunately, workers are aware of this disconnect . \u2014 Michael Mcfall, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "There seems to be a bit of a disconnect in their views of money in general. \u2014 Keith Dewar And Kristine Killingsworth, PEOPLE.com , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Part of the disconnect is that Canada simply didn\u2019t recognize itself in the angry convoy rolling across the country. \u2014 Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Ukraine\u2019s ambassador to the U.S., dismissed the notion of a disconnect between Kyiv and Washington over the severity of the threat. \u2014 Courtney Mcbride, WSJ , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "That's just one example of the disconnect in the global supply chain. \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 9 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1751, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1982, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-205045"
  },
  "dilate (on":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to talk about (a subject) for a long time"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-205116"
  },
  "defile":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make unclean or impure: such as",
      ": to corrupt the purity or perfection of : debase",
      ": to violate the chastity or virginity of : deflower",
      ": to make physically unclean especially with something unpleasant or contaminating",
      ": to violate the sanctity of : desecrate",
      ": sully , dishonor",
      ": a narrow passage (as between hills, rocks, or cliffs) : gorge entry 1",
      ": to march off in a line",
      ": to dishonor by physical acts (as trampling, dirtying, or mutilating)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8f\u012b(-\u0259)l",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8f\u012b(-\u0259)l",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-\u02ccf\u012b(-\u0259)l",
      "di-\u02c8f\u012b(-\u0259)l",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-\u02ccf\u012b(-\u0259)l",
      "di-\u02c8f\u012bl"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "befoul",
      "contaminate",
      "foul",
      "poison",
      "pollute",
      "taint"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "canyon",
      "ca\u00f1on",
      "col",
      "couloir",
      "flume",
      "gap",
      "gill",
      "gorge",
      "gulch",
      "gulf",
      "kloof",
      "linn",
      "notch",
      "pass",
      "ravine",
      "saddle"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "the cattle, once they were cornered in the defile , were quickly rounded up",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Police charged Brevard with abduction with intent to defile in the Homewood Suites attack. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "He was charged with murder, rape and abduction with the intent to defile . \u2014 Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com , 17 Nov. 2021",
      "There's little cultural overlap between violent extremists abroad and violent extremists at home, but then there's disdain for pluralism and their disregard for human life, and their determination to defile national symbols. \u2014 ABC News , 12 Sep. 2021",
      "The quick answer is that seven-inning games defile the traditions of what has been America\u2019s most-traditional game. \u2014 Patrick Reusse, Star Tribune , 15 Aug. 2020",
      "Both journeys displayed how the forest was being defiled and colonised by outsiders: rubber-seekers who bled the trees and massacred the tribes, crazed religious sects. \u2014 The Economist , 28 May 2020",
      "Drug gangs kill with impunity, leaving their enemies\u2019 defiled corpses displayed as warnings. \u2014 Lorena Rios, Bloomberg.com , 11 Feb. 2020",
      "In most hacks that defile our computers, tablets, and cellphones, a traditional vector is through new code that is introduced and executed. \u2014 Frank O\u2019brien, Ars Technica , 30 Jan. 2020",
      "Krystal wouldn\u2019t be defiled this early Tuesday morning \u2014 not after that Monday night. \u2014 Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al , 14 Jan. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Almost 200 species of birds have been seen in high-walled Ramsey Canyon, a lush defile in the Huachuca Mountains south of Sierra Vista that's managed by the Nature Conservancy. \u2014 Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Between Evergreen and Conifer Maxwell Creek slides north through a trailside defile , trembles through boulders in watery segments, and slips over black granite blocks in shimmery sheets at Maxwell Falls. \u2014 Danika Worthington, The Know , 19 June 2020",
      "The 27-year-old Woodbridge man was arrested and charged with abduction with intent to defile and burglary. \u2014 Ria Manglapus And Lisa M. Bolton, Washington Post , 30 Oct. 2019",
      "Rather than simple abduction, Fairfax prosecutors charged Hughes with abduction with intent to defile , which carried a possible maximum sentence of life in prison. \u2014 Tom Jackman, Washington Post , 10 Dec. 2019",
      "The easier higher slopes gave way below the timberline to defiles lined with tree roots and narrow ravines. \u2014 Simon Akam, Outside Online , 27 Nov. 2019",
      "From the open valley of the R\u00edo Chaschuil, the road suddenly plunged into narrow defiles where the rock was blushed with surreal mineral colors\u2014crimson, verdigris, malachite, violet. \u2014 Stanley Stewart, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 22 Aug. 2019",
      "The path traces a gentle stream into a narrow defile framed by soaring cliffs. \u2014 Roger Naylor, azcentral , 13 July 2018",
      "The path traces a gentle stream into a narrow defile framed by soaring cliffs. \u2014 Roger Naylor, azcentral , 13 July 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb (1)",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "1685, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb (2)",
      "1705, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-205327"
  },
  "derogative":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cause to seem inferior : disparage",
      ": to take away a part so as to impair : detract",
      ": to act beneath one's position or character"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8der-\u0259-\u02ccg\u0101t",
      "\u02c8de-r\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bad-mouth",
      "belittle",
      "cry down",
      "decry",
      "denigrate",
      "deprecate",
      "depreciate",
      "diminish",
      "dis",
      "diss",
      "discount",
      "dismiss",
      "disparage",
      "kiss off",
      "minimize",
      "play down",
      "poor-mouth",
      "put down",
      "run down",
      "talk down",
      "trash",
      "trash-talk",
      "vilipend",
      "write off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "acclaim",
      "applaud",
      "exalt",
      "extol",
      "extoll",
      "glorify",
      "laud",
      "magnify",
      "praise"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The title of the book derogates the people it is about.",
      "Her parents are constantly derogating her achievements."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Late Latin derogatus , past participle of derogare , from Latin, to annul (a law), detract, from de- + rogare to ask, propose (a law) \u2014 more at right ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-205346"
  },
  "demobilize":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": disband",
      ": to discharge from military service",
      ": to let go from military service",
      ": to change from a state of war to a state of peace"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8m\u014d-b\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz",
      "\u02ccd\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8m\u014d-b\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Both leaders agreed to demobilize their armies and sign the peace treaty.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There have been regional efforts in recent years to demobilize the M23, but its leaders have complained about the slow implementation of a peace accord and accused the Congolese army of waging war against it. \u2014 NBC News , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "But its most potent power is the ability to demobilize , by instructing progressives that Democrats aren\u2019t serious about climate change and aren\u2019t worth their time, money, and effort. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "But after completing their reconnaissance mission on Wednesday, they were told to demobilize , said Task Force leader Garrett Wienckowski. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com , 2 Sep. 2021",
      "The firm has until July 6 to demobilize its crews and clear the work area, Baker told lawmakers in the email Monday. \u2014 oregonlive , 29 June 2021",
      "However, Carla Julian, spokeswoman for the construction contractor, Purple Line Transit Constructors, said workers are continuing to demobilize . \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Sep. 2020",
      "Instead of attacking protesters with often savage violence, the security apparatus now seems to be trying to demobilize the opposition movement by picking off its leaders one by one and sending them out of the country. \u2014 Andrew Higgins, New York Times , 8 Sep. 2020",
      "Instead of attacking protesters with often savage violence, the security apparatus now seems to be trying to demobilize the opposition movement by picking off its leaders and sending them out of the country. \u2014 Andrew Higgins, Star Tribune , 8 Sep. 2020",
      "The blaze has held steady at less than 1,000 acres, and state fire marshal\u2019s office personnel are scheduled to demobilize Monday. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 Aug. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1882, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-205713"
  },
  "deem":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to come to think or judge : consider",
      ": to have an opinion : believe",
      ": to have as an opinion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113m",
      "\u02c8d\u0113m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "allow",
      "believe",
      "conceive",
      "consider",
      "esteem",
      "feel",
      "figure",
      "guess",
      "hold",
      "imagine",
      "judge",
      "reckon",
      "suppose",
      "think"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The principal will take whatever action she deems appropriate in this case.",
      "I deem it fitting that we mark this solemn occasion with a day of prayer and thanksgiving.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Some may welcome discussion and expressions of concern, while others might deem that to be unnecessary pressure during an already difficult time. \u2014 Cheryl Naumann, Fortune , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Reconstruction in documentary filmmaking is an eternally divisive technique: What some deem vivid and immediate, others find distancing and artificial, cloaking and blurring reality in the language of fiction cinema. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "And so, in what some on the political right would deem a symptom of 'cancel culture' (but others might call progress), Wyverns is no longer allowed to hold its annual semi-naked jelly wrestling party. \u2014 Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "Already, some policies won\u2019t cover treatment necessitated by what insurance companies deem risky behavior, such as scuba diving and rock climbing. \u2014 Glenn Kramon, Quartz , 6 Aug. 2021",
      "Except, that is, for an untamed patch that contains what many people might deem weedy eyesores: tufted vetch, ragged robin and knapweed. \u2014 Kathryn O\u2019shea-evans, WSJ , 15 July 2021",
      "But there\u2019s typically a disconnect between what managers deem is an appropriate level of recognition and what employees say is enough. \u2014 Megan Leonhardt, Fortune , 20 May 2022",
      "Determining which cards, photos, certificates, uniforms, pieces of art, trophies and schoolwork to keep \u2014 and making those choices without the foggiest idea of what your child will deem special and cherish as an adult \u2014 is mentally exhausting. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Oct. 2021",
      "The idea that the physical trinkets could rise in value like Bitcoin seemed to connect with some Trump supporters, swayed by tales of crypto-millionaires or the promise that Mr. Trump could one day deem it legal tender. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English demen , from Old English d\u0113man ; akin to Old High German tuomen to judge, Old English d\u014dm doom",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-205918"
  },
  "detestable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": arousing or meriting intense dislike : abominable"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8te-st\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "base",
      "contemptible",
      "currish",
      "despicable",
      "dirty",
      "dishonorable",
      "execrable",
      "ignoble",
      "ignominious",
      "low",
      "low-down",
      "low-minded",
      "mean",
      "nasty",
      "paltry",
      "snide",
      "sordid",
      "vile",
      "wretched"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "high",
      "high-minded",
      "honorable",
      "lofty",
      "noble",
      "straight",
      "upright",
      "venerable",
      "virtuous"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "He is a detestable villain.",
      "the detestable actions of a nasty little man",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The six-time major champion admits the Saudis have a detestable human rights record, but also thinks the PGA Tour needs competition. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 12 June 2022",
      "Typically, the detestable Russian bad guy, Boris Badenov, would try to harm the lovable North American good guys played by a moose and a squirrel. \u2014 Bob Haber, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
      "While a free trip to Hawaii sounds great, there's just one problem: her plus one is her detestable new brother-in-law, Ethan. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 9 May 2022",
      "An unequivocal rejection of this detestable president will send him packing. \u2014 John R. Macarthur, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "What is detestable , though, is McAuliffe\u2019s disdain for lower-income families who want that same level of accountability from their children\u2019s public schools. \u2014 Rory Cooper, National Review , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "But Feito, an obviously talented writer, gives us a Mrs. March who is detestable , a person who revels in other people\u2019s failures. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Aug. 2021",
      "Even the wave, seen recently at both Oracle Park and the Coliseum, isn\u2019t as detestable as usual. \u2014 John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 July 2021",
      "Campy embraces the detestable with affection, as an actual aesthetic. \u2014 Marie Southard Ospina, refinery29.com , 26 Jan. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-211451"
  },
  "drowsy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": ready to fall asleep",
      ": inducing or tending to induce sleep",
      ": indolent , lethargic",
      ": giving the appearance of peaceful inactivity",
      ": ready to fall asleep",
      ": causing sleepiness",
      ": ready to fall asleep : sleepy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drau\u0307-z\u0113",
      "\u02c8drau\u0307-z\u0113",
      "\u02c8drau\u0307-z\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dozy",
      "sleepy",
      "slumberous",
      "slumbrous",
      "somnolent"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "alert",
      "awake",
      "conscious",
      "wakeful",
      "wide-awake"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "We spent a drowsy afternoon by the pool.",
      "the drowsy students shuffled into the first-period class",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Bad poll numbers and a collapsing domestic and international situation have excited the typically drowsy president into action. \u2014 Matthew Continetti, National Review , 4 June 2022",
      "Antihistamines can be combined with decongestant tablets, like pseudoephedrine, which also have a non- drowsy antihistamine. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "Washington, sporting a salt-and-pepper beard and an appropriately drowsy gaze, is an elder Macbeth, playing him as a warrior in his twilight years, better days supposedly behind him. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "One of the great advancements was the development of non- drowsy antihistamine drugs. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "SenseTime is one of China\u2019s largest artificial intelligence companies, pairing cameras and software algorithms for uses that include identity verification and monitoring whether a driver is drowsy or distracted. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "Allen and Hensrud say there are numerous factors as to why people feel drowsy after a Thanksgiving dinner. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 26 Nov. 2021",
      "Cars already know how to park themselves, warn drowsy drivers, steer back into the right lanes and propose map routes to destinations. \u2014 Yuri Kageyama, chicagotribune.com , 15 Nov. 2021",
      "The lion, however, did take a nap during the final weeks of August, and remained drowsy throughout most of September. \u2014 Frederick Peters, Forbes , 1 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see drowse  entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-212856"
  },
  "darkness":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of being dark : such as",
      ": the total or near total absence of light",
      ": the quality of being dark in shade or color",
      ": dark color or colors",
      ": the quality of being dark in complexion",
      ": a gloomy or depressed state or tone",
      ": evil",
      ": a lack of knowledge or enlightenment",
      ": absence of light",
      ": night sense 1",
      ": evil entry 2 sense 1 , wickedness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4rk-n\u0259s",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4rk-n\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English derknesse, going back to Old English deorcnysse, from deorc  dark entry 1 + -nysse  -ness ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-213425"
  },
  "dubitation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": doubt"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd(y)\u00fc-b\u0259-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "distrust",
      "distrustfulness",
      "doubt",
      "dubiety",
      "incertitude",
      "misdoubt",
      "misgiving",
      "mistrust",
      "mistrustfulness",
      "query",
      "reservation",
      "skepticism",
      "suspicion",
      "uncertainty"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "assurance",
      "belief",
      "certainty",
      "certitude",
      "confidence",
      "conviction",
      "sureness",
      "surety",
      "trust"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "with considerable dubitation we listened to his tall tales of adventure"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-213531"
  },
  "deference":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": respect and esteem due a superior or an elder",
      ": affected or ingratiating regard for another's wishes",
      ": in consideration of",
      ": respect and consideration for the wishes of another"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-f\u0259-r\u0259n(t)s",
      "\u02c8def-r\u0259n(t)s",
      "\u02c8de-f\u0259-r\u0259ns",
      "\u02c8de-fr\u0259ns"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "acquiescence",
      "biddability",
      "compliance",
      "compliancy",
      "docility",
      "obedience",
      "submissiveness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "defiance",
      "disobedience",
      "intractability",
      "recalcitrance"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Finch, by contrast, breathed freely and pushed higher, to 27,300 feet, but decided to turn back in deference to a weaker partner. \u2014 Michael O\u2019donnell, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
      "The couple will be splitting their time between London and Portugal, in deference to Brooksbank's new job with Discovery Land Company, a development corporation owned by Mike Meldman. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 31 May 2022",
      "As always, there are calls to lower the political temperature and give deference to the president\u2019s choices. \u2014 David Harsanyi, National Review , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "Conservatives have criticized this regime of deference , arguing that ... \u2014 Eli Nachmany, National Review , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Increasingly, Oz\u2019s occasional deference to scientific principles has become a campaign issue. \u2014 Lev Facher, STAT , 14 May 2022",
      "Others take a cooler approach, paying deference to the luck required to have the right horse and the right race setup at the right moment. \u2014 Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun , 6 May 2022",
      "But a little more than two weeks after that, McCarthy traveled to Mar-a-Lago to pay deference to Trump. \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 2 May 2022",
      "Some deference to public-health officials might have been warranted amid the uncertainty early in the pandemic. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from French d\u00e9f\u00e9rence, going back to Middle French deference \"act of submitting,\" from deferer \"to submit to another, defer entry 2 \" + -ence  -ence ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1660, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-213934"
  },
  "dichotomy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities",
      ": the process or practice of making such a division",
      ": something with seemingly contradictory qualities",
      ": the phase of the moon or an inferior planet in which half its disk appears illuminated",
      ": bifurcation",
      ": repeated bifurcation (as of a plant's stem)",
      ": a system of branching in which the main axis forks repeatedly into two branches",
      ": branching of an ancestral line into two equal diverging branches",
      ": a division or forking into branches",
      ": repeated bifurcation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u012b-\u02c8k\u00e4-t\u0259-m\u0113",
      "also",
      "d\u012b-\u02c8k\u00e4t-\u0259-m\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "contradiction",
      "incongruity",
      "paradox"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Does the world always have to end up being placed into such a dichotomy ? \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
      "The closing arguments represented a strange dichotomy that has existed throughout the trial, in which Heard and Depp and their witnesses seem to recount the same events in completely different lights. \u2014 Emily Yahr, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
      "Those questions from the other characters also reveal an interesting dichotomy with the male characters. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 23 May 2022",
      "This dichotomy , balancing cultural expectations while pursuing personal passions, rang true for many young women. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "This dichotomy may bleed into the Good American founder's past relationships, which include athletes Lamar Odom and Tristan Thompson. \u2014 Topher Gauk-roger, PEOPLE.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "That makes sense, structuring this story around two characters who have this dichotomy . \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "That dichotomy of public opinion regarding Wilkerson was on display recently in Roxbury\u2019s Nubian Square. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 May 2022",
      "That dichotomy evokes a feeling many of us have felt often both personally and professionally. \u2014 Rachel Lobdell, Fortune , 30 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from New Latin dichotomia, borrowed from Greek dichotom\u00eda \"division into two parts (of the moon, in logic), bisection,\" from dich\u00f3tomos \"cut in half, dichotomous \" + -ia  -ia entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1610, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-215524"
  },
  "demonstrate":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to show clearly",
      ": to prove or make clear by reasoning or evidence",
      ": to illustrate and explain especially with many examples",
      ": to show or prove the value or efficiency of to a prospective buyer",
      ": to make a demonstration",
      ": to show clearly",
      ": to prove or make clear by reasoning",
      ": to explain (as in teaching) by use of examples or experiments",
      ": to show to people the good qualities of an article or a product",
      ": to make a public display (as of feelings or military force)",
      ": to show clearly",
      ": to prove or make clear by reasoning or evidence",
      ": to make a demonstration"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-m\u0259n-\u02ccstr\u0101t",
      "\u02c8de-m\u0259n-\u02ccstr\u0101t",
      "\u02c8dem-\u0259n-\u02ccstr\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "establish",
      "prove",
      "show",
      "substantiate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "disprove"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But the drug did not demonstrate a significant benefit in tests measuring cognitive abilities or memory function among study participants, Roche said Thursday in a news release. \u2014 Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
      "At Trump rallies, his base (often urged on by the man himself) demonstrate the venomous flipside of their adulation by spewing insults at the journos in the rear. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 15 June 2022",
      "Vela\u2019s resignation created the perfect storm for Republicans who hoped to pick up the Texas House seat and demonstrate their growing support across the heavily Latino, blue stronghold. \u2014 Alisa Wiersema, ABC News , 15 June 2022",
      "Many Democrats have never campaigned on a platform to defund the police, but this trio of ads demonstrate how moderate Democrats are looking to blunt those attacks from the GOP. \u2014 Alexandra Marquez, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
      "Democrats say the falsehoods demonstrate Walker\u2019s unsuitability for the Senate. \u2014 Timothy Bella, Anchorage Daily News , 14 June 2022",
      "To help demonstrate that with the right support, these knowledge frameworks can be just as rigorous, quantitative and reliable as academic systems and can support decision making and management by and for Indigenous people. \u2014 Ashoka, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "Journalism professors still use the film in classrooms to demonstrate the daily grind of reporting, from working the phones to knocking on doors. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
      "Collective Retreats also has plenty of exhibition spaces and stages, which residents are encouraged to use to demonstrate and showcase their work. \u2014 Tim Latterner, Travel + Leisure , 8 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Latin d\u0113monstr\u0101tus, past participle of d\u0113monstr\u0101re \"to draw attention to, indicate, describe, show,\" from d\u0113-  de- + monstr\u0101re \"to point out, show\" \u2014 more at muster entry 2 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1548, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-220635"
  },
  "deficiently":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lacking in some necessary quality or element",
      ": not up to a normal standard or complement (see complement entry 1 sense 1b(1) ) : defective",
      ": a person or thing that is deficient",
      ": lacking something necessary for completeness or health",
      ": lacking in some necessary quality or element",
      ": not up to a normal standard or complement",
      ": having, relating to, or characterized by a genetic deletion",
      ": one that is deficient"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8fi-sh\u0259nt",
      "di-\u02c8fi-sh\u0259nt",
      "di-\u02c8fish-\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "fragmental",
      "fragmentary",
      "half",
      "halfway",
      "incomplete",
      "partial"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "complete",
      "entire",
      "full",
      "intact",
      "integral",
      "perfect",
      "whole"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "Several bridges in the city are structurally deficient .",
      "a diet deficient in calcium can lead to weak bones",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The 6th Street Viaduct is being rebuilt to replace the original structure, which was constructed in 1932 and is seismically deficient , authorities say. \u2014 Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times , 21 May 2022",
      "Hiring police officers in jurisdictions that are deficient with incentives would be an excellent use of those funds. \u2014 George Johnson, Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
      "Some 56 bridges in the district, or 4.2%, are structurally deficient , according to the American Road and Transportation Builders Association, above the state average. \u2014 Siobhan Hughes, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "For that reason, the District\u2019s response was legally deficient . \u2014 Jack Greiner, The Enquirer , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "And his off-ball awareness, such an important component of their defensive schemes, is sometimes deficient and can lead to overall breakdowns. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "Per Greg Prodromides, La Prairie\u2019s chief marketing officer, the product is best for those with skin that is fragile, thin, dry, rough and dull, and/or deficient in nutrients. \u2014 Lindy Segal, Harper's BAZAAR , 9 June 2022",
      "Led by unpersuasive performances from chemistry- deficient leads Margaret Qualley and Joe Alwyn, this is a film almost perversely lacking in dramatic texture or momentum. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 May 2022",
      "Over the summer, Gloria and the council approved a new parks master plan that would dedicate much of the city\u2019s funds for parks projects to park- deficient neighborhoods and historically underserved communities. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "According to a 2010 article from the International Journal of Health Sciences, over 1 billion people worldwide are vitamin D deficient . \u2014 Valerie Pavilonis, USA TODAY , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "The best way to hide the deficient , though, is through a dominating offense which brings us back to Jackson and Roman. \u2014 Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com , 5 June 2021",
      "Some research is also starting to show that many severe COVID-19 patients are vitamin D deficient . \u2014 Fedor Kossakovski, Science , 15 Dec. 2020",
      "But rising home prices are bailing out large numbers of the equity deficient : their number is down by more than 1.2 million in the last 12 months. \u2014 Kenneth R. Harney, miamiherald , 22 Aug. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1906, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-221432"
  },
  "discomposed":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to destroy the composure of",
      ": to disturb the order of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-k\u0259m-\u02c8p\u014dz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "agitate",
      "ail",
      "alarm",
      "alarum",
      "bother",
      "concern",
      "derail",
      "discomfort",
      "dismay",
      "disquiet",
      "distemper",
      "distract",
      "distress",
      "disturb",
      "exercise",
      "flurry",
      "frazzle",
      "freak (out)",
      "fuss",
      "hagride",
      "perturb",
      "undo",
      "unhinge",
      "unsettle",
      "upset",
      "weird out",
      "worry"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "calm",
      "compose",
      "quiet",
      "settle",
      "soothe",
      "tranquilize",
      "tranquillize"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "discomposed by the tone of the message left on his answering machine",
      "the wind ruffled her hair and discomposed her carefully arranged papers"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1645, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-221523"
  },
  "deduct":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to take away (an amount) from a total : subtract",
      ": deduce , infer",
      ": to take away an amount of something : subtract",
      ": to take away (an amount) from a total",
      ": to take as a deduction",
      "\u2014 compare amortize"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8d\u0259kt",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8d\u0259kt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abate",
      "knock off",
      "subtract",
      "take off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "add",
      "tack (on)"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "You can deduct up to $500 for money given to charity.",
      "after deducting taxes, what's left is your net pay for the week",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Parties need to be creative in looking for ways to deduct their legal fees. \u2014 Robert W. Wood, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "Borrowers are able to deduct the amount of interest paid in 2021 on a qualified student loan. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Parties need to be creative in looking for ways to deduct their legal fees. \u2014 Robert W. Wood, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
      "Specifically, the reader wanted to know whether taxpayers who make a qualified charitable distribution and qualify to exclude the entire amount from income can deduct that transfer on their federal income-tax return as a charitable donation. \u2014 Tom Herman, WSJ , 22 May 2022",
      "Partners were required to maintain credit in their account to accept a booking and the company would deduct its commission upon the acceptance of a job, according to the protesting beauticians. \u2014 Karishma Mehrotra, Quartz , 13 Jan. 2022",
      "So, if a building initially cost investors $100 million, the tax code allows them, over a period of years, to deduct that $100 million. \u2014 Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "On the other side, the company could deduct the donation for fiscal benefit purposes. \u2014 Pablo Turletti, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
      "Warhol tried to deduct pretty much everything\u2014takeout food, cab fares, all his shopping purchases and entertainment expenses\u2014on his income-tax returns. \u2014 The New Yorker , 20 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin deductus , past participle of deducere ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-221848"
  },
  "drizzle":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a fine misty rain",
      ": something that is drizzled",
      ": to shed or let fall in minute drops or particles",
      ": to make wet with minute drops : sprinkle",
      ": to rain in very small drops or very lightly : sprinkle",
      ": a fine misty rain",
      ": to rain in very small drops"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dri-z\u0259l",
      "\u02c8dri-z\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "mist",
      "mizzle",
      "sprinkle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Yes, it's raining, but it's only a drizzle .",
      "the intermittent drizzle was just heavy enough to spoil all of our outdoor activities",
      "Verb",
      "It was beginning to drizzle , so she pulled on her hood.",
      "The vegetables were drizzled with olive oil.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The lack of protection from elements could pose an issue on, say, a race day like last year\u2019s Boston Marathon or even in a mere drizzle due to the prevalence of puddles here in the Pacific Northwest. \u2014 Elizabeth Carey, Outside Online , 15 Mar. 2019",
      "This vegan roasted butternut squash gets a little extra sweetness from a drizzle of maple syrup. \u2014 Taylor Worden, Good Housekeeping , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "My two favorite All\u2019Antico sandwiches exalt the Tuscan art of salumi by including only meat and cheese, the saltiness of each sharpened by a drizzle of truffle honey. \u2014 Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "El Bulli\u2019s chicken curry featured a quenelle of curry ice cream and a cold curry-flavor granita in a pool of coconut milk, with the protein only present in a last-minute savory drizzle of chicken demi-glace. \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "As long as there has been marine life, there has been marine snow \u2014 a ceaseless drizzle of death and waste sinking from the surface into the depths of the sea. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "Garnish tart with freshly ground black pepper, a drizzle of aged balsamic and thyme leaves. \u2014 Joshua David Stein, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "As a cold drizzle fell, Payne remembered heated summer games at Crawford Gym, now the site of the Belknap building. \u2014 Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "More than 50 people waited in a light drizzle ahead of its 11 a.m. opening. \u2014 Sue Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 29 Oct. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Use a splash in bubbly water, cocktails and tea; drizzle over ice cream or yogurt, or whisk into a vinaigrette. \u2014 Beth Dooley Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune , 4 Nov. 2020",
      "Spoon or drizzle the puree into the holes, filling each one up. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
      "In the same bowl, whisk the remaining coconut milk, the lime juice, and \u00bc teaspoon salt, then drizzle over the corn. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 July 2021",
      "Strain over fresh ice into a rocks glass, gently drizzle the smoky scotch across the top, and garnish with something aromatically neutral like a ginger candy or else nothing at all. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 14 May 2022",
      "Cover with panko and Parmesan, then drizzle with oil. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "When enough of them congregate high up in trees, their honeydew can drizzle down like sticky rain on innocent people below. \u2014 Abigail Gruskin, The Atlantic , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "For additional flavor and heat, drizzle your tostada with Varela\u2019s house salsa, made with a Jalisco chile de arbol varietal called chile Yahualica and chile Japones. \u2014 Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "While the food processor is on slowly drizzle the olive oil into the egg yolk mixture until emulsified. \u2014 Benjamin Liong Setiawan, Forbes , 1 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1554, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1584, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-222723"
  },
  "destruction":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the state or fact of being destroyed : ruin",
      ": the action or process of destroying something",
      ": a destroying agency",
      ": the act or process of killing, ruining, or putting an end to something",
      ": the state or fact of being killed, ruined, or brought to an end"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8str\u0259k-sh\u0259n",
      "di-\u02c8str\u0259k-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "annihilation",
      "decimation",
      "demolishment",
      "demolition",
      "desolation",
      "devastation",
      "extermination",
      "extinction",
      "havoc",
      "loss",
      "mincemeat",
      "obliteration",
      "ruin",
      "ruination",
      "wastage",
      "wreckage"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "building",
      "construction",
      "erection",
      "raising"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "War results in death and widespread destruction .",
      "We are trying to save the building from destruction .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The stakes for the Front Royal egg were high, since whooping cranes\u2019 populations have suffered amid the destruction of their habitat, poaching and natural disasters. \u2014 Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
      "Unfortunately, these nocturnal moths have become less common in parts of Massachusetts because of habitat destruction , light pollution, and pesticides, said Paul Kwiatkowski, director of urban ecology and sustainability at Mount Auburn Cemetery. \u2014 Don Lyman, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
      "And if the tank is destroyed, total destruction of the T-62 results in the loss of four tankers, not three. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 10 June 2022",
      "The story of the wooden horse, the destruction of Troy, and Aeneas journey toward a new home is familiar to us. \u2014 Roger Valdez, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
      "The level of destruction , disfigurement, and disregard for life that a high-powered assault rifle inflicts on the human body cannot be understated. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
      "Ukrainians in the eastern region of the country have spent the last week dealing with destruction , injury and death as Russian forces continue their attempts to take over the Donbas. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
      "Demand destruction \u2014or a sustained decline in the demand for a certain good amid persistently high prices\u2014could exacerbate an economic growth slowdown that is already underway worldwide, especially in developing nations. \u2014 Will Daniel, Fortune , 31 May 2022",
      "There is no example of this erasure more striking than the continual destruction , removal, or slow vanishing of much of the street art produced in the wake of Floyd\u2019s killing. \u2014 Rayna Reid, Essence , 25 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English destruccioun , from Anglo-French destruction , from Latin destruction-, destructio , from destruere \u2014 see destroy ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-223638"
  },
  "dilapidated":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": decayed , deteriorated , or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse",
      ": falling apart or ruined from age or from lack of care"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8la-p\u0259-\u02ccd\u0101-t\u0259d",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8la-p\u0259-\u02ccd\u0101-t\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beat-up",
      "bombed-out",
      "dog-eared",
      "down-at-the-heels",
      "down-at-heel",
      "down-at-the-heel",
      "down-at-heels",
      "dumpy",
      "grungy",
      "mangy",
      "mean",
      "miserable",
      "moth-eaten",
      "neglected",
      "ratty",
      "run-down",
      "scrubby",
      "scruffy",
      "seedy",
      "shabby",
      "sleazy",
      "tacky",
      "tatterdemalion",
      "tatty",
      "threadbare",
      "timeworn",
      "tumbledown"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a dilapidated car that had seen better days",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Italy has in recent years sold off hundreds of dilapidated homes for next to nothing, thanks to schemes to attract new residents triggering a wave of regeneration for rural communities. \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 8 June 2022",
      "Some complain the agency hasn't done enough to maintain the dilapidated homes in its portfolio. \u2014 Christine Macdonald, Detroit Free Press , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "The dilapidated homes of Astor Row were rejuvenated beginning in 1992, after Brooke Astor happened upon them during a tour. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "In the eastern Coachella Valley community of Thermal, Latino farmhands and service workers struggle not to overheat in dilapidated mobile homes while the ultra-wealthy speed racecars in luxury. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Aug. 2021",
      "City leaders are looking the redevelopment of the old Showcase Cinemas site to spur a revival of the dilapidated Silver Lane corridor. \u2014 Don Stacom, Hartford Courant , 8 June 2022",
      "Over the next 50 years, the already dilapidated hamlet fell further into decay -- jungle-like vegetation creeping over walls and doors. \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 8 June 2022",
      "The house, built in 1850, is living history, once the headquarters for a 1,300-acre tobacco plantation and a dilapidated outbuilding which turns out to be one of the best preserve quarters for enslaved people still standing. \u2014 Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
      "Milwaukee's boat house \u2014 one of the city's quirkiest landmarks \u2014 will have its dilapidated lighthouse removed and replaced with a new one. \u2014 Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel , 7 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see dilapidate ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1565, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-224435"
  },
  "dissipation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the action or process of dissipating : the state of being dissipated:",
      ": dispersion , diffusion",
      ": dissolution , disintegration",
      ": wasteful expenditure",
      ": intemperate living",
      ": excessive drinking",
      ": an act of self-indulgence",
      ": one that is not harmful : amusement",
      ": the act of causing to break up and disappear",
      ": indulgence in too much pleasure"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdi-s\u0259-\u02c8p\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccdi-s\u0259-\u02c8p\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abjection",
      "corruption",
      "corruptness",
      "debasement",
      "debauchery",
      "decadence",
      "decadency",
      "degeneracy",
      "degenerateness",
      "degeneration",
      "degradation",
      "demoralization",
      "depravity",
      "dissipatedness",
      "dissoluteness",
      "libertinage",
      "libertinism",
      "perversion",
      "pervertedness",
      "rakishness",
      "turpitude"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Insulation helps prevent the dissipation of heat from houses in the winter.",
      "a movie about the dissipation of a famous heir's fortune",
      "He lived a life of dissipation .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The unravelling of Sri Lanka\u2019s economy\u2014Chinese loans had little to do with this, popular notions aside\u2014has, however, led to an abrupt and inexplicable dissipation of Chinese backing. \u2014 Raknish Wijewardene, Quartz , 16 May 2022",
      "It is equipped with a heat sink, and its aluminum base also facilitates heat dissipation . \u2014 Tony Hoffman, PCMAG , 9 May 2022",
      "Gen 1 is with extra memory and better heat dissipation . \u2014 Patrick Moorhead, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "But OnePlus has taken things a step further for this particular phone, with a new heat dissipation system that relies on a customized vapor chamber on both sides of the motherboard. \u2014 Maren Estrada, BGR , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "In case of a complete power outage, there is a risk of disabling the safety of important systems and equipment, in particular: ventilation, heat dissipation , technological, and radiation control systems. \u2014 Time , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "The bump has just evaporated, presumably thanks to heat dissipation restrictions. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "While there are other dielectric resins available in AM, Radix has a much better dissipation factor than existing materials so that less power is lost as electricity transmits through a circuit. \u2014 Michael Molitch-hou, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "However, the small chassis might negatively affect heat dissipation , causing the hardware to throttle. \u2014 Brittany Vincent, BGR , 16 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see dissipate ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-224722"
  },
  "doggedness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marked by stubborn determination",
      ": stubbornly determined"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022f-g\u0259d",
      "\u02c8d\u022f-g\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "insistent",
      "patient",
      "persevering",
      "persistent",
      "pertinacious",
      "tenacious"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Her dogged efforts eventually paid off.",
      "a dogged pursuit of power",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The efforts of President Biden and Congressional Democrats to pass common sense gun legislation\u2014which is supported by the majority of Americans\u2014will face dogged opposition not only in the form of Republican obstinacy. \u2014 Samuel L. Perry, Time , 25 May 2022",
      "Beyond its value, the collection\u2014a formally diverse but thematically cohesive selection of works by Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Mark Rothko, Bauhaus, and other giants\u2014provides insight into one woman\u2019s dogged pursuit of excellence. \u2014 Ian Malone, Vogue , 11 May 2022",
      "Crown put The Book Bin on the brink as well, the store saved by the dogged persistence of my mom, who barely paid herself most years, and the store\u2019s supporters who knew the town would be diminished without a bookstore. \u2014 John Warner, chicagotribune.com , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "Some of those who did show up seemed to have done so out of a dogged sense of responsibility. \u2014 Jacob Brogan, Washington Post , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "But in the end, after a series of dogged negotiations, the rapper\u2019s lawyer was able to obtain the beat for him and clear the way for an official release. \u2014 Elias Leight, Rolling Stone , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "The knives were out with players leaking to the Australian cricket press and the renowned stubborn Langer went on the back foot much like his dogged batting. \u2014 Tristan Lavalette, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "And there are many\u2013a drug cartel, the FBI, a dogged private investigator\u2014converging on Marty (Jason Bateman) and Wendy Byrde (Laura Linney), their kids (Skylar Gaertner and Sofia Hublitz), and their off-on accomplice Ruth (Julia Garner). \u2014 John Jurgensen, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "But Stanford fought back with a dogged effort in the paint and finished with a 43-33 advantage on the boards after outpacing ASU by nine in the second half. \u2014 Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic , 9 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see dog  entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1700, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-224914"
  },
  "darkish":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": devoid or partially devoid of light : not receiving, reflecting, transmitting, or radiating light",
      ": transmitting only a portion of light",
      ": wholly or partially black",
      ": of low or very low lightness",
      ": being less light in color than other substances of the same kind",
      ": arising from or showing evil traits or desires : evil",
      ": dismal , gloomy",
      ": lacking knowledge or culture : unenlightened",
      ": relating to grim or depressing circumstances",
      ": not clear to the understanding",
      ": not known or explored because of remoteness",
      ": intense in color, coloring, or pigmentation : not light or fair",
      ": secret",
      ": possessing depth and richness",
      ": closed to the public",
      ": a place or time of little or no light : night , nightfall",
      ": absence of light : darkness",
      ": a color of low or very low lightness : a dark or deep color",
      ": clothing that is dark in color",
      ": in secrecy",
      ": in ignorance",
      ": to become dark",
      ": to stop operating or functioning : to shut down",
      ": to stop broadcasting or transmitting : to go off-line",
      ": to grow dark (see dark entry 1 )",
      ": to make dark",
      ": without light or without much light",
      ": not light in color",
      ": not bright and cheerful : gloomy",
      ": arising from or characterized by evil",
      ": absence of light : darkness",
      ": a place or time of little or no light"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4rk",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4rk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "black",
      "caliginous",
      "darkened",
      "darkish",
      "darkling",
      "darksome",
      "dim",
      "dimmed",
      "dusk",
      "dusky",
      "gloomy",
      "lightless",
      "murky",
      "obscure",
      "obscured",
      "pitch-black",
      "pitch-dark",
      "pitchy",
      "rayless",
      "somber",
      "sombre",
      "stygian",
      "tenebrific",
      "tenebrous",
      "unlit"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "black",
      "blackness",
      "candlelight",
      "darkness",
      "dusk",
      "gloaming",
      "gloom",
      "murk",
      "night",
      "semidarkness",
      "shade",
      "shadows",
      "twilight",
      "umbra"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Peter Dinklage and Shirley MacLaine star in this dark comedy from director Paul Dektor about a frustrated college professor who hatches a scheme to use a local widow and her mansion to help him out of his own tricky situation. \u2014 The Editors, Town & Country , 8 June 2022",
      "Heck, this isn\u2019t even the trailer for a \u2014 dark \u2014 romantic comedy. \u2014 Wayne And Wanda, Anchorage Daily News , 5 June 2022",
      "Brown \u2014 whose upcoming movies include the sci-fi drama Biosphere and The Defender, about pioneering lawyer Scipio Africanus Jones \u2014 also stars with Regina Hall in the dark comedy Honk for Jesus. \u2014 Dan Snierson, EW.com , 2 June 2022",
      "Rose Byrne is back in leotard and leggings in new episodes of this dark comedy set in the 1980s. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 29 May 2022",
      "Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd in a dark comedy about a therapist and a patient mix their personal lives to an unhealthily unprofessional degree? \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 25 May 2022",
      "OnStage Playhouse presents Christopher Durang\u2019s absurdist dark comedy about two sets of suburban next-door neighbors whose lives become crazily intertwined. \u2014 Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 May 2022",
      "There are two noteworthy aspects to the dark comedy that are low-hanging fruit for Academy Awards attention. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 23 May 2022",
      "The premium cable outlet has picked up Bill Hader and Alec Berg\u2019s dark comedy for a fourth season. \u2014 Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "And in the dark of space, your life is almost always on the line in some way, so having that experience should prove beneficial. NASA seems to have chosen two strong companies to lead the development of its new spacesuits. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 2 June 2022",
      "In the dark of the night, Hirata dons a headlamp and perches on the rocky cliff. \u2014 Rachel Ng, Bon App\u00e9tit , 19 May 2022",
      "She was then separated from the others, waiting in the dark of the basement until she was released around 2.30 pm that afternoon. \u2014 Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Deputy District Attorney Victor Avila said Avant was shot in the back after she was ambushed in the dark of her home. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "The crash occurred on a Monday, just after 3 a.m. A revving car engine, tires crunching on gravel and plaintive cries for help could be heard in the dark of night, a camper near the crash site recalled. \u2014 Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "Season 2 shifts setting from a glacial polar research station in the dark of an Antarctic winter to an equally isolated and inaccessible setting, an ocean freighter carrying a scientific mission. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "If the soul of Slayer belongs to Satan, it\u2019s not because of bloody rituals in the dark of night. \u2014 Bob Larsen, SPIN , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "In the dark of Friday morning, neighbors instead arose to find the lights of a police shootout. \u2014 Anne Ryman, The Arizona Republic , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "From dinnertime to dark every Wednesday in Livonia, enjoy a car show with food and music. \u2014 Layla Mcmurtrie, Detroit Free Press , 6 June 2022",
      "As the distorted guitar sets in, the room switches to dark with glowing lights illuminating the performance. \u2014 Izzy Col\u00f3n, SPIN , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Say goodbye to dark under-eye circles with this YSL option. \u2014 Rachel Dube, SELF , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "This means better contrast and less bleed from light to dark . \u2014 Parker Hall, Wired , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "As the search went on Monday night for the body of James Brown, who was working alone deep underground at the Darby Fork mine when a roof collapsed, the coal miner's wife watched and waited, not leaving a church parking lot as dusk turned to dark . \u2014 Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "Choose from half, single or double bag subscriptions every two or four weeks; as well their roast preference (light to dark or a variety) and grind type (whole bean or ground). \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "For the guy who\u2019s been wanting to test-drive a new skincare routine, this five-piece gift set from Geologie is specifically formulated to address men\u2019s skin concerns, from aging and acne to dark under eye circles. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "The transitions from light to dark in the matador\u2019s face and stockings, for instance, is abrupt to the point of coarseness. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective, Noun, and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-231003"
  },
  "double cross":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deceive by double-dealing : betray",
      ": an act of winning or trying to win a fight or match after agreeing to lose it",
      ": an act of betraying or cheating an associate",
      ": a cross between first-generation hybrids of four separate inbred lines (as in the production of hybrid seed corn)",
      ": betray sense 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0259-b\u0259l-\u02c8kr\u022fs",
      "\u02ccd\u0259-b\u0259l-\u02c8kr\u022fs"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "backstab",
      "betray",
      "cross",
      "sell (out)",
      "two-time"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "backstabbing",
      "betrayal",
      "business",
      "disloyalty",
      "faithlessness",
      "falseness",
      "falsity",
      "infidelity",
      "perfidy",
      "sellout",
      "treachery",
      "treason",
      "two-timing",
      "unfaithfulness"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "politics is full of double crosses and backbiting",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The proposition sets up one of the major tensions of the final season with Michael vowing from the beginning to double cross Tommy and kill him\u2014avenging Polly\u2019s death. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 11 June 2022",
      "Made from recycled ocean plastics and spandex, this fully lined top features a scoop neck, thick straps, a double cross back, and cut-out holes in the front that allow water to pass through. \u2014 Rebecca Parsons, Outside Online , 30 Jan. 2021",
      "This would have been a good moment for a timely double cross ,. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
      "Still, the Jefferson dream lives on, in the form of flags \u2014 a gold pan and two Xs, a heavy-handed symbol of the double cross \u2014 that, during the pandemic, have adorned face masks. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "Still, the Jefferson dream lives on, in the form of flags \u2014 a gold pan and two Xs, a heavy-handed symbol of the double cross \u2014 that, during the pandemic, have adorned face masks. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "Still, the Jefferson dream lives on, in the form of flags \u2014 a gold pan and two Xs, a heavy-handed symbol of the double cross \u2014 that, during the pandemic, have adorned face masks. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "Still, the Jefferson dream lives on, in the form of flags \u2014 a gold pan and two Xs, a heavy-handed symbol of the double cross \u2014 that, during the pandemic, have adorned face masks. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "Still, the Jefferson dream lives on, in the form of flags \u2014 a gold pan and two Xs, a heavy-handed symbol of the double cross \u2014 that, during the pandemic, have adorned face masks. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 23 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1903, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "1834, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-232117"
  },
  "donative":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a special gift or donation",
      ": of or relating to donation",
      ": having the character of a donation",
      ": of or relating to donation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u014d-n\u0259-tiv",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-",
      "\u02c8d\u014d-n\u0259-tiv",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-",
      "or",
      "d\u014d-\u02c8n\u0101-",
      "\u02c8d\u014d-n\u0259-tiv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bonus",
      "cumshaw",
      "dividend",
      "extra",
      "gratuity",
      "gravy",
      "gravy train",
      "lagniappe",
      "perk",
      "perquisite",
      "throw-in",
      "tip"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "the support of the military was bought with a large donative to a couple of well-placed generals",
      "regarded her annual bonus as a just recompense for her job performance and not as some corporate donative"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Adjective",
      "1559, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-232347"
  },
  "dawdle":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to spend time idly",
      ": to move lackadaisically",
      ": to spend fruitlessly or lackadaisically",
      ": to spend time wastefully : dally",
      ": to move slowly and without purpose"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022f-d\u1d4al",
      "\u02c8d\u022f-d\u1d4al"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "crawl",
      "creep",
      "dally",
      "delay",
      "diddle",
      "dillydally",
      "drag",
      "lag",
      "linger",
      "loiter",
      "lollygag",
      "lallygag",
      "mope",
      "poke",
      "shilly-shally",
      "tarry"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "barrel",
      "bolt",
      "career",
      "course",
      "dash",
      "fly",
      "hasten",
      "hotfoot (it)",
      "hurry",
      "race",
      "rip",
      "rocket",
      "run",
      "rush",
      "scoot",
      "scud",
      "scurry",
      "speed",
      "tear",
      "whirl",
      "whisk",
      "whiz",
      "whizz",
      "zip"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Hurry up! There's no time to dawdle .",
      "Come home immediately after school, and don't dawdle .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Many shoppers get free parking with a validation from certain stores and restaurants at the Grove, Americana and Palisades Village, but those who dawdle too long or don\u2019t spend at least $250 could pay as much as $30 at the Grove. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
      "Clearly, this isn\u2019t the time to dawdle or slack off. \u2014 Michael Dirda, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
      "Don\u2019t dawdle , though, because places are expected to book up fast. \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "The team couldn\u2019t dawdle because the dolphins might not stay long. \u2014 Jill Langlois, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "We are rushed through the establishment of this world, only to dawdle as time goes by. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 23 Dec. 2021",
      "Building for the future was too precious to dawdle . \u2014 Evan Grant, Dallas News , 9 Aug. 2021",
      "Pick a base and branch out or mix and match, but don\u2019t dawdle . \u2014 David Swanson, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2021",
      "Pick a base and branch out or mix and match, but don\u2019t dawdle . \u2014 David Swanson, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1656, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-232457"
  },
  "declined":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to become less in amount",
      ": to tend toward an inferior state or weaker condition",
      ": to withhold consent",
      ": to sink toward setting",
      ": to draw toward a close : wane",
      ": to slope downward : descend",
      ": to bend down : droop",
      ": to stoop (see stoop entry 1 sense 3b ) to what is unworthy",
      ": to turn from a straight course : stray",
      ": to refuse especially courteously",
      ": to refuse to undertake, undergo, engage in, or comply with",
      ": to give in prescribed order the grammatical forms of (a noun, pronoun, or adjective)",
      ": to cause to bend or bow downward",
      ": avert",
      ": avoid",
      ": the process of declining :",
      ": a gradual physical or mental sinking and wasting away",
      ": a change to a lower state or level",
      ": the period during which something is deteriorating or approaching its end",
      ": a downward slope",
      ": a wasting disease",
      ": pulmonary tuberculosis",
      ": to bend or slope downward",
      ": to pass toward a lower, worse, or weaker level",
      ": to refuse to accept, do, or agree",
      ": a process of becoming worse or weaker in condition",
      ": a change to a lower state or level",
      ": the time when something is nearing its end",
      ": to tend toward an impaired state or a weaker condition",
      ": the process of declining",
      ": a gradual physical or mental sinking and wasting away",
      ": the period during which the end of life is approaching",
      ": a wasting disease",
      ": pulmonary tuberculosis"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8kl\u012bn",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8kl\u012bn",
      "d\u0113-",
      "also",
      "di-\u02c8kl\u012bn",
      "di-\u02c8kl\u012bn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "balk (at)",
      "deselect",
      "disapprove",
      "negative",
      "nix",
      "pass",
      "pass up",
      "refuse",
      "reject",
      "reprobate",
      "repudiate",
      "spurn",
      "throw out",
      "throw over",
      "turn down"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "debilitation",
      "decay",
      "decaying",
      "declension",
      "degeneration",
      "descent",
      "deterioration",
      "ebbing",
      "enfeeblement",
      "weakening"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Its status began to decline following the Spanish conquest of Peru more than 400 years ago. \u2014 Franklin Brice\u00f1o And Matt O'brien, The Christian Science Monitor , 13 May 2022",
      "Prices first spiked a year ago, after Americans ramped up their spending once vaccines were administered and COVID restrictions began to decline . \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022",
      "Prices first spiked a year ago, after Americans ramped up their spending once vaccines were administered and COVID restrictions began to decline . \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune , 12 May 2022",
      "Oyster numbers began to decline in these places, and others, with the arrival of European colonizers, who established commercial fishery practices and quickly harvested immense amounts of oysters. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 3 May 2022",
      "Then, the rate flattened and then began to decline . \u2014 Christine Michel Carter, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
      "When property values began to decline , newly arrived Mexican families like my own pooled their money together and purchased homes, forming beachheads for others. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "American manufacturers are about 170,000 jobs short of the 12.8 million factory jobs held in 2019, as manufacturing jobs began to decline before the pandemic began. \u2014 Josh Boak, chicagotribune.com , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "American manufacturers are about 170,000 jobs short of the 12.8 million factory jobs held in 2019, as manufacturing jobs began to decline before the pandemic began. \u2014 Josh Boak, ajc , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "By the way, a recession isn\u2019t \u2014 as many people think \u2014 a decline in the U.S. gross domestic product (adjusted for inflation) for two consecutive quarters. \u2014 Allan Sloan, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
      "Thanks to inflation and no more stimulus money being sent to homes, Grimes said, this year real disposable personal income per capita is on track to see the largest decline \u2014 5.6% \u2014 since 1932 during the Great Depression. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 15 June 2022",
      "The decline in embalming, as well as rising gun violence, propelled Astorino to add lessons on mass trauma reconstruction to his curriculum in Detroit about three years ago. \u2014 Melissa Chan, NBC News , 14 June 2022",
      "That compares with a record decline of 24.6% during the summer of 2021, when there was still intense demand for high-end homes. \u2014 Brenda Richardson, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "The decline in average age, for a more youthful tour, coincides with greater distance. \u2014 Steve Marantz, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
      "That is the biggest decline since the pandemic started, when the number of luxury sales plunged 23.6% during the three-month period between April 1 and June 30, 2020, compared with the same period in 2019. \u2014 E.b. Solomont, WSJ , 10 June 2022",
      "As death rates in Democratic counties declined 22% between 2001 to 2019, Republican counties saw on an 11% decline , with almost no improvement since 2008. \u2014 Haider J. Warraich, STAT , 8 June 2022",
      "Death, in the case of Earl, can be a banal, slow decline . \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 6",
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-233101"
  },
  "decompress":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to release from pressure or compression",
      ": to convert (something, such as a compressed file or signal) to an expanded or original size",
      ": to undergo release from pressure",
      ": relax",
      ": to release from pressure or compression"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113-k\u0259m-\u02c8pres",
      "\u02ccd\u0113-k\u0259m-\u02c8pres"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chill",
      "chill out",
      "de-stress",
      "loosen up",
      "mellow (out)",
      "relax",
      "unwind",
      "wind down"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "tense (up)"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Once pressure was released, the vertebrae decompressed .",
      "The file must be decompressed before it can be read.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Hiking can also be a great way to decompress with some alone time\u2014or a way to add in some social connection. \u2014 Emilia Benton, SELF , 8 June 2022",
      "Now that everyone has had more than a month to decompress after the season, are guys organizing outings or workouts together? \u2014 Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
      "But there are other ways to decompress that might be better for your long term wellbeing than a nightly glass or two of vino. \u2014 Kat Eschner, Fortune , 7 May 2022",
      "Lucas Raymond ended his extraordinary rookie season with an assist and a celebration \u2014 and a need to decompress . \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 5 May 2022",
      "This could entail mental health days off, subscriptions to well-being apps and fitness centers or closing down for a week, so that everyone can decompress . \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
      "After a show, Nicol likes to decompress in an apartment with a stellar view. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Or decompress with a stay at the fun Graduate Roosevelt Island, which opened earlier this year as the first hotel on the city's neighborhood island. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "Swiatek is looking forward to a chance to decompress and to comprehend all that has happened lately. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1905, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-234432"
  },
  "dainty":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something delicious to the taste",
      ": something choice or pleasing",
      ": fastidiousness",
      ": tasting good : tasty",
      ": attractively prepared and served",
      ": marked by delicate or diminutive beauty, form, or grace",
      ": chary , reluctant",
      ": marked by fastidious discrimination or finicky taste",
      ": showing avoidance of anything rough",
      ": a delicious food : delicacy",
      ": tasting good",
      ": pretty in a delicate way",
      ": having or showing delicate or finicky taste"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101n-t\u0113",
      "\u02c8d\u0101n-t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bit",
      "cate",
      "delectable",
      "delicacy",
      "goody",
      "goodie",
      "kickshaw",
      "tidbit",
      "titbit",
      "treat",
      "viand"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "choosy",
      "choosey",
      "delicate",
      "demanding",
      "exacting",
      "fastidious",
      "finical",
      "finicking",
      "finicky",
      "fussbudgety",
      "fussy",
      "nice",
      "old-maidish",
      "particular",
      "pernickety",
      "persnickety",
      "picky"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In a nod to brands of the Commonwealth during the royal tour of Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand in 2018, Meghan wore a pair of dainty sunburst studs by New Zealand designer Karen Walker. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 3 June 2022",
      "Then snap a photo and send it to this Etsy maker, who will turn it into a dainty gold, rose gold or silver bracelet. \u2014 Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
      "On the other side of the price spectrum, there are those beloved double-buckle Birkenstocks and the dainty straps found in Tkees sandals. \u2014 Vogue , 10 May 2022",
      "Sierras of green beans and spicy potatoes are bordered with dainty slices of citrus. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Idyl is holding a tiered sale through September 6, with a minimum spend of $150 and up to 25% off its dainty , everyday pieces. \u2014 Talia Abba, Glamour , 6 Sep. 2021",
      "The three dainty jewels subbing as highlight is the perfect subtle shine. \u2014 ELLE , 3 May 2022",
      "Lazar\u2019s Duncan dainty and handsy, Maria Dizzia\u2019s Lady Macduff heartbreakingly resolute. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "From delicate dots to dainty daisies, each of these 30 manicures is the perfect way to celebrate the start of the new season. \u2014 Sara Miranda, Allure , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Upgrade your puka shell jewelry with these dainty beaded bracelets. \u2014 Barbara Haddock Taylor, Baltimore Sun , 21 May 2022",
      "Their heels are stilt-high, but low enough to comfortably bust into a dainty -but-soulful two-step. \u2014 Jihan Forbes, Allure , 19 May 2022",
      "On the dainty side of the sandwich spectrum, cucumber sandwiches are a traditional English afternoon tea staple, often spotted on the same tiered platters with scones and mini-pastries. \u2014 Terry Ward, CNN , 11 May 2022",
      "Meghan clearly has an affinity for dainty gold earrings, like this pair of butterfly studs, which once belonged to her late-mother-in-law. \u2014 Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "Hourglass's applicator is perfect for small, dainty tats. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "DeBose accessorized the hot pink dress with a dainty diamond necklace and opted for a smoky eye blended in with pink shadow for good measure, and a glossy nude lip. \u2014 Pamela Avila, USA TODAY , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "From dainty Jewish star studs to glimmering evil eye necklaces, top players in the entertainment industry are bedecking themselves in bijoux representing religions, cultures and traditions. \u2014 Malina Saval, Variety , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Styled by Jahleel Weaver, Rihanna paired a custom silver Coperni crop top with cutouts above her chest with a low-rise glittery maxi skirt, leaving her stomach completely exposed and adorned with a dainty diamond piece by Messika Paris. \u2014 Whitney Perry, Glamour , 13 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-234706"
  },
  "doltishness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a stupid person"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u014dlt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "airhead",
      "birdbrain",
      "blockhead",
      "bonehead",
      "bubblehead",
      "chowderhead",
      "chucklehead",
      "clodpoll",
      "clodpole",
      "clot",
      "cluck",
      "clunk",
      "cretin",
      "cuddy",
      "cuddie",
      "deadhead",
      "dim bulb",
      "dimwit",
      "dip",
      "dodo",
      "donkey",
      "doofus",
      "dope",
      "dork",
      "dullard",
      "dum-dum",
      "dumbbell",
      "dumbhead",
      "dummkopf",
      "dummy",
      "dunce",
      "dunderhead",
      "fathead",
      "gander",
      "golem",
      "goof",
      "goon",
      "half-wit",
      "hammerhead",
      "hardhead",
      "idiot",
      "ignoramus",
      "imbecile",
      "jackass",
      "know-nothing",
      "knucklehead",
      "lamebrain",
      "loggerhead",
      "loon",
      "lump",
      "lunkhead",
      "meathead",
      "mome",
      "moron",
      "mug",
      "mutt",
      "natural",
      "nimrod",
      "nincompoop",
      "ninny",
      "ninnyhammer",
      "nit",
      "nitwit",
      "noddy",
      "noodle",
      "numskull",
      "numbskull",
      "oaf",
      "pinhead",
      "prat",
      "ratbag",
      "saphead",
      "schlub",
      "shlub",
      "schnook",
      "simpleton",
      "stock",
      "stupe",
      "stupid",
      "thickhead",
      "turkey",
      "woodenhead",
      "yahoo",
      "yo-yo"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "brain",
      "genius"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "What a dolt I've been!",
      "he's always jokingly calling his best friend a dolt",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The ongoing melodrama has revealed Greg Norman to be a dolt and Phil Mickelson a bumbler. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 9 June 2022",
      "His horrifying misrule convinced even die-hard autocrats that the country could not survive with an incompetent dolt at the apex of power. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 11 Aug. 2021",
      "The thing is, a person using their horn in this aggressive manner is seemingly saying that the other driver is a complete dolt . \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 1 Sep. 2021",
      "Kirk Schulz, the Washington State president and a chemical engineer, can\u2019t be thrilled that his university is now synonymous with an anti-vaxxer dolt . \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 1 Sep. 2021",
      "The dolt to your right has essentially forced you into doing this, due to their careless parking and not having obeyed the rule to always park in the center of a parking spot. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 5 July 2021",
      "Like selling Europe\u2019s elite on how much of a dolt Trump was, this is an easy sell for Lula. \u2014 Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes , 30 May 2021",
      "Some dolt might decide to try and ram the cicada or take driving actions to avoid running into them, doing so at the peril of other nearby drivers and pedestrians. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 10 May 2021",
      "When Lukashenko first rose to power in 1994, the budding autocrat was perceived as little more than a dolt , an empty suit, a pig farmer who few in Minsk\u2019s political ranks took seriously. \u2014 Casey Michel, The New Republic , 10 Aug. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"probably akin to Old English dol foolish",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1553, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-000624"
  },
  "debate":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a contention by words or arguments",
      ": such as",
      ": a regulated discussion of a proposition (see proposition entry 1 sense 1b ) between two matched sides",
      ": the formal discussion of a motion (see motion entry 1 sense 3a ) before a deliberative body according to the rules of parliamentary procedure",
      ": to argue about",
      ": to engage (an opponent) in debate",
      ": to turn over in one's mind : to think about (something, such as different options) in order to decide",
      ": to participate in a debate",
      ": to contend in words",
      ": to discuss a question by considering opposed arguments",
      ": fight , contend",
      ": a discussion or argument carried on between two teams or sides",
      ": a discussion of issues",
      ": to discuss a question by giving arguments on both sides : take part in a debate",
      ": to consider reasons for and against : give serious and careful thought to"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8b\u0101t",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8b\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "account",
      "advisement",
      "consideration",
      "deliberation",
      "reflection",
      "study",
      "thought"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "chew over",
      "cogitate",
      "consider",
      "contemplate",
      "deliberate",
      "entertain",
      "eye",
      "kick around",
      "meditate",
      "mull (over)",
      "perpend",
      "ponder",
      "pore (over)",
      "question",
      "revolve",
      "ruminate",
      "study",
      "think (about ",
      "turn",
      "weigh",
      "wrestle (with)"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The debate on transgender women in swimming came under a spotlight when University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, who started on the school's men's swimming team in 2017, eventually joined the UPenn women's team in 2020. \u2014 Homero De La Fuente, CNN , 19 June 2022",
      "The White House pushed back on criticism of the administration\u2019s internal debate on student-loan forgiveness. \u2014 Andrew Restuccia, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
      "The potential casualty in this fraught and disingenuous debate on the waiver is finding solutions to equitable access, without which global health security cannot be achieved. \u2014 Thomas B. Cueni, STAT , 13 June 2022",
      "Sixty yeas are necessary to overcome two rounds of filibusters: one filibuster to start debate on the bill and then another filibuster on the back end to conclude work on the bill. \u2014 Fox News , 13 June 2022",
      "If the deal gets support from every Democrat, that is enough Republicans to overcome the 60-vote threshold to end debate on the package and ultimately pass the bill through the divided Senate. \u2014 Mark Murray, NBC News , 13 June 2022",
      "The commission's college of commissioners will hold an orientation debate on this issue on Monday, ahead of the decision later in the week. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 12 June 2022",
      "The hearing came hours before the House was set to begin debate on a package of gun restrictions aimed at preventing future mass shootings. \u2014 Stefan Becket, CBS News , 9 June 2022",
      "But Caruso\u2019s campaign paid to run banner advertising, which appeared over the top of the streaming video of the debate on The Times\u2019 website. \u2014 James Rainey, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Russian forces continued their advance as Western nations debate the future shape of NATO ahead of a meeting of alliance leaders on June 29. \u2014 Missy Ryan, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
      "While legislators debate a compromise, what was clear at Saturday\u2019s rally is that the recent shootings have left some students terrified to go to school and some parents terrified to send them. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
      "As economists debate whether inflation has peaked, among the public, Internet searches about inflation have continued to climb. \u2014 Joseph W. Sullivan, National Review , 7 June 2022",
      "As Americans debate the possibility of new gun regulations in the wake of the horrific Uvalde school attack, gun violence seemed to continue unabated with the official start of summer, June 21, and its hottest nights still ahead. \u2014 Dennis Romero, NBC News , 6 June 2022",
      "In the last two weeks, the city and county of Los Angeles have announced ordinances and directives to reduce plastic waste, while state legislators, lobbyists and negotiators debate a bill that could ban several forms of single-use plastics. \u2014 Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The decision comes as Caribbean nations debate their relationship with the British crown. \u2014 Danica Kirka, ajc , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The decision comes as Caribbean nations debate their relationship with the British crown. \u2014 Danica Kirka, USA TODAY , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "But as experts debate when, whether and who should receive additional boosters, a growing number of scientists are beginning to think additional shots could have marginal benefits for most healthy people. \u2014 Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-000858"
  },
  "disputable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to engage in argument : debate",
      ": to argue irritably or with irritating persistence",
      ": to make the subject of verbal controversy or disputation",
      ": to call into question or cast doubt upon",
      ": to struggle against : oppose",
      ": to contend over",
      ": verbal controversy : debate",
      ": quarrel",
      ": physical combat",
      ": to question or deny the truth or rightness of",
      ": argue sense 1",
      ": to fight over",
      ": debate entry 1 sense 3",
      ": quarrel entry 1 sense 1",
      ": to engage in a dispute",
      ": to engage in a dispute over",
      ": to oppose by argument or assertion",
      ": an assertion of opposing views or claims : a disagreement as to rights",
      ": one that is the subject of proceedings for resolution (as arbitration)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8spy\u00fct",
      "di-\u02c8spy\u00fct",
      "\u02c8di-\u02ccspy\u00fct",
      "di-\u02c8spy\u00fct",
      "di-\u02c8spy\u00fct"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "challenge",
      "contest",
      "impeach",
      "oppugn",
      "query",
      "question"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "contestation",
      "controversy",
      "debate",
      "difference",
      "difficulty",
      "disagreement",
      "disputation",
      "dissension",
      "dissention",
      "dissensus",
      "firestorm",
      "nonconcurrence"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Bolsonaro has added to the tension, saying his concerns about the election\u2019s integrity may lead him to dispute the outcome. \u2014 Jack Nicas, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
      "Trump has authorized allies to dispute claims about him regarding the insurrection. \u2014 David Jackson, USA TODAY , 9 June 2022",
      "But Musk continues to dispute that figure, creating the ongoing impasse. \u2014 Rob Wile, NBC News , 6 June 2022",
      "Chase, Citi, and Regions Bank give their customers the ability to dispute credit card transactions directly from the mobile app. \u2014 Ron Shevlin, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "The plan was adopted in 2016 to resolve the costly fights that casinos waged with Atlantic City to dispute their property assessments, battles that nearly bankrupted the city. \u2014 Alison Burdo, ProPublica , 2 June 2022",
      "The White House was quick to dispute claims of a lack of advancement among its Black staffers, telling Politico that 15 percent of that cohort were promoted in the last year. \u2014 Kevin L. Clark, Essence , 1 June 2022",
      "The change of dates has led Mr. Cosby\u2019s team to further dispute her account. \u2014 New York Times , 22 May 2022",
      "There, the women had requested an appearance at the county property appraiser\u2019s office to dispute a tax charge. \u2014 Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel , 16 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The World Trade Organization, created in 1995 as a successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, has seen a slow unraveling \u2014 often because U.S. objections have largely hamstrung its dispute -resolution system. \u2014 Jamey Keaten, ajc , 12 June 2022",
      "Canada\u2019s men refused to play their World Cup warmup match against Panama on Sunday because of a labor dispute with the nation\u2019s governing body that includes a demand that the women\u2019s national team gets equal pay. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 5 June 2022",
      "But the league and the CFL Players Association got the labor dispute settled quickly without causing any delays to the schedule. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 22 May 2022",
      "Because the labor dispute in baseball cut the length of 2022 spring training in half, M.L.B. and the players\u2019 union agreed to expand rosters to 28 for the first month of the season in hopes of preventing injuries. \u2014 James Wagner, New York Times , 2 May 2022",
      "An article in April 20 editions on a labor dispute misstated those two components of the offer. \u2014 oregonlive , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Those games, which will be played May 17 and Sept. 20, will take the place of those that were lost from the first week of the season due to the labor dispute . \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "The musicians have been on strike since Sept. 27 as part of a labor dispute with the Symphony Society of San Antonio, the nonprofit board that runs the orchestra. \u2014 Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "But the labor dispute did potentially deprive fans everywhere the chance to witness history. \u2014 Jared Diamond, WSJ , 13 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense",
      "Noun",
      "1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-001739"
  },
  "discretionary":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": left to individual choice or judgment : exercised at one's own discretion",
      ": available for discretionary use",
      ": left to discretion : exercised at one's own discretion",
      ": relating to the policy-making function of a public official \u2014 see also Federal Tort Claims Act \u2014 compare ministerial"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8skre-sh\u0259-\u02ccner-\u0113",
      "dis-\u02c8kre-sh\u0259-\u02ccner-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "elective",
      "optional",
      "voluntary"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "compulsory",
      "mandatory",
      "nonelective",
      "nonvoluntary",
      "obligatory",
      "required"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "discretionary spending on luxuries dropped dramatically last year",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And just one weapon system \u2014 the troubled F-35 combat aircraft program \u2014 is slated to get as much as the discretionary budget for the Centers for Disease Control. \u2014 William Hartung, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "The announcement was the latest sign that many big retailers are struggling to match supply with demand, as inflation squeezes shoppers and more discretionary spending shifts to travel and entertainment. \u2014 Josh Ulick And Suzanne Kapner, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
      "The infrastructure package handed the Department of Transportation new discretionary grant programs and increased the size of other programs, which the administration has tied to goals like combating climate change and promoting racial justice. \u2014 Ian Duncan, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
      "The top three sectors in April and May were consumer discretionary (nonessential goods and services, like cars and entertainment), information technology, and consumer staples (essential products, like food and beverages). \u2014 Sheryl Estrada, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
      "Companies looking to offset inflation today are largely focused on implementing existing plans for longer-term efficiency improvements, or scaling back discretionary expenses such as travel or software, Mr. Foldesy said. \u2014 Kristin Broughton, WSJ , 30 May 2022",
      "The law, the court concluded, intended greater latitude for discretionary decisions made by emergency responders. \u2014 Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant , 27 May 2022",
      "Brutalized nearly as badly were consumer discretionary stocks in the XLY XLY tumbling 7.8%. \u2014 John Dobosz, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
      "Consumer discretionary spending's slowing due to inflation, which could lead to fewer jobs and inventory gluts. \u2014 Medora Lee, USA TODAY , 23 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" discretion + -ary entry 2 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1698, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-002319"
  },
  "dawdler":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to spend time idly",
      ": to move lackadaisically",
      ": to spend fruitlessly or lackadaisically",
      ": to spend time wastefully : dally",
      ": to move slowly and without purpose"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022f-d\u1d4al",
      "\u02c8d\u022f-d\u1d4al"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "crawl",
      "creep",
      "dally",
      "delay",
      "diddle",
      "dillydally",
      "drag",
      "lag",
      "linger",
      "loiter",
      "lollygag",
      "lallygag",
      "mope",
      "poke",
      "shilly-shally",
      "tarry"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "barrel",
      "bolt",
      "career",
      "course",
      "dash",
      "fly",
      "hasten",
      "hotfoot (it)",
      "hurry",
      "race",
      "rip",
      "rocket",
      "run",
      "rush",
      "scoot",
      "scud",
      "scurry",
      "speed",
      "tear",
      "whirl",
      "whisk",
      "whiz",
      "whizz",
      "zip"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Hurry up! There's no time to dawdle .",
      "Come home immediately after school, and don't dawdle .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Many shoppers get free parking with a validation from certain stores and restaurants at the Grove, Americana and Palisades Village, but those who dawdle too long or don\u2019t spend at least $250 could pay as much as $30 at the Grove. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
      "Clearly, this isn\u2019t the time to dawdle or slack off. \u2014 Michael Dirda, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
      "Don\u2019t dawdle , though, because places are expected to book up fast. \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "The team couldn\u2019t dawdle because the dolphins might not stay long. \u2014 Jill Langlois, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "We are rushed through the establishment of this world, only to dawdle as time goes by. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 23 Dec. 2021",
      "Building for the future was too precious to dawdle . \u2014 Evan Grant, Dallas News , 9 Aug. 2021",
      "Pick a base and branch out or mix and match, but don\u2019t dawdle . \u2014 David Swanson, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2021",
      "Pick a base and branch out or mix and match, but don\u2019t dawdle . \u2014 David Swanson, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1656, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-002559"
  },
  "disability":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a physical, mental, cognitive, or developmental condition that impairs, interferes with, or limits a person's ability to engage in certain tasks or actions or participate in typical daily activities and interactions",
      ": impaired function or ability",
      "\u2014 see also intellectual disability , learning disability",
      ": an impairment (such as a chronic medical condition or injury) that prevents someone from engaging in gainful employment",
      ": an impairment (such as spina bifida) that results in serious functional limitations for a minor",
      ": a program providing financial support to a person affected by disability",
      ": the financial support provided by such a program",
      ": a disqualification, restriction, or disadvantage",
      ": lack of legal qualification to do something",
      ": a condition (as one present at birth or caused by injury) that interferes with or limits a person's ability to engage in certain physical or mental tasks or actions",
      ": a physical, mental, cognitive, or developmental condition that impairs, interferes with, or limits a person's ability to engage in certain tasks or actions or participate in typical daily activities and interactions",
      ": impaired function or ability",
      "\u2014 see also intellectual disability , learning disability",
      ": an impairment (as a chronic medical condition or injury) that prevents someone from engaging in gainful employment",
      ": an impairment (as spina bifida) that results in serious functional limitations for a minor",
      ": a program providing financial support to a person affected by disability",
      ": inability to pursue an occupation because of a physical or mental impairment",
      ": inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity because of a medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or to be of long continued or indefinite duration in accordance with the Social Security Act \u2014 see also benefit , Americans with Disabilities Act \u2014 compare incapacity , occupational disease",
      ": lack of legal qualification to do something"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8bi-l\u0259-t\u0113",
      "\u02ccdi-s\u0259-\u02c8bi-l\u0259-t\u0113",
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8bil-\u0259t-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "She has learned to keep a positive attitude about her disability .",
      "disabilities such as blindness and deafness",
      "a program for children with disabilities",
      "It's a serious disease that can cause disability or death.",
      "After he injured his back he had to quit his job and go on disability .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The landmark piece of legislation, enacted in 1990, is more or less the disability community\u2019s equivalent to the Civil Rights Act. \u2014 Steven Aquino, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "To be eligible, a voter must be away from their home on Election Day; have a disability that prevents them from voting at their polling place; or have a religious belief that prevents them from voting at their polling place on Election Day. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
      "Jane Varghese Williams, 27, has felt guilt over not breastfeeding her son, who has a feeding disability , since he was born last November. \u2014 New York Times , 16 May 2022",
      "Fest, an event at the nation's first barrier-free park in Phoenix that showcases inclusive recreational activities and services for the disability community. \u2014 Brieanna J. Frank, The Arizona Republic , 6 Feb. 2022",
      "The legislation also restructures Amtrak\u2019s board of directors, requiring the panel to meet annually in an open setting with members of the disability community, the public and Amtrak\u2019s workforce. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Nov. 2021",
      "Advocates in the disability community are pleased to see support from Congress. \u2014 Sara Luterman, USA TODAY , 3 Nov. 2021",
      "Such a task includes partnering with the disability community to create accessible and innovative experiences. \u2014 Trilby Beresford, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 May 2022",
      "Indeed, embracing the disability community is of the utmost importance the other 364 days of the year too. \u2014 Steven Aquino, Forbes , 19 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" dis- + ability , after disable ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1545, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-003026"
  },
  "deep-pocketed":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a person or an organization having substantial financial resources",
      ": substantial financial resources",
      ": a person or organization having substantial financial resources especially for the purpose of paying damages",
      ": substantial financial resources"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "capitalist",
      "Croesus",
      "fat cat",
      "have",
      "money",
      "moneybags",
      "plutocrat",
      "silk stocking"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "have-not",
      "pauper"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "argued that the deep pockets will benefit most from the tax cuts",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With a deep pocket and an elasticized bottom, the fitted sheet easily fits onto your mattress \u2014 no frustrating pulling required. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "The deep pocket sheets have earned 11,000 five-star ratings for durability, softness, and comfortable feel. \u2014 Jessica Leigh Mattern, PEOPLE.com , 14 May 2022",
      "Shown in the figure below, cGAMP sat in the ligand-binding domain, while C53 fit within a deep pocket within the transmembrane domain. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "There are even options for split sets and extra- deep pocket sets. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "Campion\u2019s film has consistently demonstrated a deep pocket of passionate supporters, which could help its chances at these precursor competitions. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Each set includes four pillowcases, a flat sheet, and a fitted sheet that's outfitted with a super deep pocket that can stretch around mattresses that are up to 16 inches deep. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "Shoppers can choose from all the traditional sizes ranging from twin to king, with each one boasting an extra- deep pocket that's designed to fit over even the thickest of mattresses. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 13 Nov. 2021",
      "Each set includes a flat sheet, two pillowcases, and a deep pocket fitted sheet that's outfitted with stretchy elastic to accommodate the extra height of a foam topper along with your mattress. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 26 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1975, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-003034"
  },
  "dogged":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marked by stubborn determination",
      ": stubbornly determined"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022f-g\u0259d",
      "\u02c8d\u022f-g\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "insistent",
      "patient",
      "persevering",
      "persistent",
      "pertinacious",
      "tenacious"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Her dogged efforts eventually paid off.",
      "a dogged pursuit of power",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The efforts of President Biden and Congressional Democrats to pass common sense gun legislation\u2014which is supported by the majority of Americans\u2014will face dogged opposition not only in the form of Republican obstinacy. \u2014 Samuel L. Perry, Time , 25 May 2022",
      "Beyond its value, the collection\u2014a formally diverse but thematically cohesive selection of works by Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Mark Rothko, Bauhaus, and other giants\u2014provides insight into one woman\u2019s dogged pursuit of excellence. \u2014 Ian Malone, Vogue , 11 May 2022",
      "Crown put The Book Bin on the brink as well, the store saved by the dogged persistence of my mom, who barely paid herself most years, and the store\u2019s supporters who knew the town would be diminished without a bookstore. \u2014 John Warner, chicagotribune.com , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "Some of those who did show up seemed to have done so out of a dogged sense of responsibility. \u2014 Jacob Brogan, Washington Post , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "But in the end, after a series of dogged negotiations, the rapper\u2019s lawyer was able to obtain the beat for him and clear the way for an official release. \u2014 Elias Leight, Rolling Stone , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "The knives were out with players leaking to the Australian cricket press and the renowned stubborn Langer went on the back foot much like his dogged batting. \u2014 Tristan Lavalette, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "And there are many\u2013a drug cartel, the FBI, a dogged private investigator\u2014converging on Marty (Jason Bateman) and Wendy Byrde (Laura Linney), their kids (Skylar Gaertner and Sofia Hublitz), and their off-on accomplice Ruth (Julia Garner). \u2014 John Jurgensen, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "But Stanford fought back with a dogged effort in the paint and finished with a 43-33 advantage on the boards after outpacing ASU by nine in the second half. \u2014 Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic , 9 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see dog  entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1700, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-005131"
  },
  "delinquently":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a usually young person who regularly performs illegal or immoral acts",
      ": offending by neglect or violation of duty or of law",
      ": being overdue in payment",
      ": of, relating to, or characteristic of people who regularly perform illegal or immoral acts : marked by delinquency (see delinquency sense 1b )",
      ": a usually young person who is guilty of improper or illegal behavior",
      ": a transgressor against duty or the law especially in a degree not constituting crime",
      ": juvenile delinquent",
      ": offending by neglect or violation of duty or of law",
      ": of, relating to, or characteristic of delinquents : marked by delinquency",
      ": a delinquent person",
      ": juvenile delinquent",
      ": offending by neglect or violation of duty or law",
      ": characterized by juvenile delinquency",
      ": being overdue in payment"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8li\u014b-kw\u0259nt",
      "-\u02c8lin-",
      "di-\u02c8li\u014b-kw\u0259nt",
      "-kw\u0259nt",
      "di-\u02c8li\u014b-kw\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "behind",
      "behindhand",
      "belated",
      "late",
      "latish",
      "overdue",
      "tardy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "early",
      "inopportune",
      "precocious",
      "premature",
      "unseasonable",
      "untimely"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "a group of violent delinquents",
      "Adjective",
      "a school for delinquent children",
      "His delinquent behavior could lead to more serious problems.",
      "The town is trying to collect delinquent taxes.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In the crushing true-life drama Only The Brave\u2014his first movie with Top Gun: Maverick director Joe Kosinski\u2014Teller plays Brendan McDonough, a drug addict delinquent looking to turn his life around to provide for his newborn daughter. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 9 June 2022",
      "The facility will serve dual purposes as a correctional facility for youth found delinquent of crimes and as a detention facility for youth from Racine and surrounding counties being held temporarily or while awaiting trial. \u2014 Sarah Volpenhein, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 May 2022",
      "Sure enough, all are present in this unpredictable tale of mutual misfit attraction between a juvenile delinquent and the middle-aged actor whose role in his life shifts from mentor to mother to lover. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "Proper parenting would result in a well-mannered adult Tamagotchi, while inattention would result in a delinquent . \u2014 Michelle Delgado, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Dec. 2021",
      "The largest delinquent at the time was a Shelton business that owed more than $500,000. \u2014 Christopher Keating, courant.com , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "With no bidders on the remaining tax delinquent Taylor Tudor buildings put up at sheriff\u2019s sale -- not once but twice -- the city has now acquired them through the Cuyahoga County Land Bank for $200. \u2014 Thomas Jewell, cleveland , 24 Aug. 2021",
      "Nicole Johnson was charged nearly four years ago with reckless endangerment and contributing to conditions that leave a child delinquent or in need of supervision. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 July 2021",
      "The passenger is set to be arraigned in Boston Juvenile Court on charges of delinquent to wit: unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, and carrying a loaded firearm. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 June 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Or if people did have low credit or were delinquent on their loans ... \u2014 James Brown, USA TODAY , 1 May 2022",
      "An eligible student loan borrower had more than seven consecutive months of delinquent payments prior to June 30, 2021. \u2014 Zack Friedman, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "In addition, those borrowers must have had more than seven consecutive months of delinquent payments prior to June 30, 2021. \u2014 NBC News , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "The average rate of delinquent payments rose from October to November across loans from six large credit-card banks, according to master trust figures compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence. \u2014 Telis Demos, WSJ , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "The annual financial impact of the delinquent payments is more than $1 million, the directors were told. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 July 2021",
      "Vehicles that have registration expired more than six months or that have more than five delinquent citations will be towed beginning June 21. \u2014 Chronicle Staff, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 May 2021",
      "To qualify, residents must be age 60 or over, facing a disconnection or delinquent bill and have a household income of not more than 60% of the state\u2019s median. \u2014 Kate Santich, Orlando Sentinel , 19 May 2022",
      "The discovery forced Metro to pull 72 operators who were most delinquent , creating a staffing shortage that increased wait times. \u2014 Justin George, Washington Post , 19 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Adjective",
      "1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-010912"
  },
  "deadbeat":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": loafer",
      ": one who persistently fails to pay personal debts or expenses",
      ": having a pointer that gives a reading with little or no oscillation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ded-\u02ccb\u0113t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "couch potato",
      "do-nothing",
      "drone",
      "idler",
      "layabout",
      "lazybones",
      "loafer",
      "lotus-eater",
      "slouch",
      "slug",
      "slugabed",
      "sluggard"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "doer",
      "go-ahead",
      "go-getter",
      "hummer",
      "hustler",
      "self-starter"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "His friends are just a bunch of deadbeats .",
      "He was accused of being a deadbeat .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "What kind of deadbeat splits the bill after 10 months? \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 13 May 2022",
      "The film features other comic actors: Tiffany Haddish as Val\u2019s pregnant ex-girlfriend, J.B. Smoove as Val\u2019s deadbeat dad, and Lavell Crawford as the proprietor of the motocross park where Kevin and Val hung out as teenagers. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
      "The flashback also provides an unexpected origin story to Johnny\u2019s attachment to Coors Banquet, which his mom finds in the box of his deadbeat dad\u2019s old things. \u2014 Ben Rosenstock, Vulture , 31 Dec. 2021",
      "My ex was the typical deadbeat dad -- never there for his children. \u2014 Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Her deadbeat husband is out of work and has used up all of her money, leaving bills unpaid and the bank breathing down her neck. \u2014 Holly Jones, Variety , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "So too are the governments of socialist, deadbeat Argentina and of El Salvador, which every day slips further into arbitrary, authoritarian rule. \u2014 Mary Anastasia O\u2019grady, WSJ , 29 Aug. 2021",
      "New Hampshire 7-year-old Harmony Montgomery\u2019s case \u2013 and how her deadbeat dad was awarded custody back in February 2019, Republican Gov. Charlie Baker says. \u2014 Michael Ruiz, Fox News , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "She is made into a lurid tabloid figure, an exotic exception to the common deadbeat father. \u2014 Amanda Hess, New York Times , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "And coming off a deadbeat response to the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020, Manfred should not be looking for any more rakes to step on. \u2014 Anthony Witrado, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021",
      "Funding for everything, then there\u2019ll be no more deadbeat dads. \u2014 Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Oct. 2021",
      "Adding to the complexity was his eagerness to avoid the archetype of a deadbeat Black father. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Apr. 2021",
      "The pace and tone varies over the show\u2019s short run, but the seemingly deadbeat characters are always charming and three-dimensional. \u2014 Margaret Lyons, New York Times , 27 Mar. 2020",
      "Now, however, after a trip with Duke to their deadbeat dad\u2019s, Frankie\u2019s back, hugging Sam like a little kid. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 13 Apr. 2020",
      "Flowers gave Brucie, a deadbeat dad, levels of humanity beyond his ne\u2019er-do-well appearance. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 10 Dec. 2019",
      "If the pressure to come up with liquidity forces Chandra to cede control of his TV empire, then the new owner will have the deadbeat infrastructure financier IL&FS to thank. \u2014 Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg, Washington Post , 29 Jan. 2019",
      "What\u2019s the biggest misconception about Black fathers The biggest misconception about Black fathers is that most of us are inactive and uninterested in raising our children, or just straight up deadbeat dads. \u2014 Danielle Pointdujour, Essence , 13 June 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1863, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "circa 1864, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-011335"
  },
  "disorderedness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": morally reprehensible",
      ": unruly",
      ": marked by disorder",
      ": not functioning in a normal orderly healthy way",
      ": not functioning in a normal orderly healthy way",
      ": mentally unbalanced"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8\u022fr-d\u0259rd",
      "(\u02cc)diz-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chaotic",
      "cluttered",
      "confused",
      "disarranged",
      "disarrayed",
      "disheveled",
      "dishevelled",
      "disorderly",
      "higgledy-piggledy",
      "hugger-mugger",
      "jumbled",
      "littered",
      "messed",
      "messy",
      "muddled",
      "mussed",
      "mussy",
      "pell-mell",
      "rumpled",
      "sloppy",
      "topsy-turvy",
      "tousled",
      "tumbled",
      "unkempt",
      "untidy",
      "upside-down"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bandbox",
      "crisp",
      "kempt",
      "neat",
      "neatened",
      "ordered",
      "orderly",
      "organized",
      "shipshape",
      "snug",
      "tidied",
      "tidy",
      "trim",
      "uncluttered",
      "well-ordered"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The project was in a disordered state.",
      "The file was completely disordered .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This was the disordered and unruly world Lincoln experienced. \u2014 Gordon S. Wood, WSJ , 25 Sep. 2020",
      "The impact the former has on self-esteem can affect everything from disordered eating to personal ambition. \u2014 Kate Harding, Teen Vogue , 26 Aug. 2019",
      "In the United States, at least 30 million people suffer from disordered eating, according to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD). \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 22 Feb. 2020",
      "Stress may also create or exacerbate disordered eating \u2014 which can lead to irregular or absent periods. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Apr. 2020",
      "The 45-year-old has spoken publicly about her history with trauma, disordered eating, and therapy. \u2014 Bethany Heitman, Health.com , 7 Apr. 2020",
      "My experiences of disordered eating were, relatively speaking, brief and mild. \u2014 Zan Romanoff, Bon App\u00e9tit , 1 Apr. 2020",
      "Crystallization is a dramatic switch from the liquid phase, in which molecules are disordered and free flowing, to the crystal phase, in which molecules are locked in a regular, repeating pattern. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 11 Mar. 2020",
      "The campaign in Nevada is as disordered as anything else in the Democratic race, according to people closely watching the contest there. \u2014 Alexander Burns, New York Times , 12 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1505, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-011536"
  },
  "discontinuation":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to break the continuity of : cease to operate, administer, use, produce, or take",
      ": to abandon or terminate by a legal discontinuance",
      ": to come to an end",
      ": to bring to an end : stop"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-k\u0259n-\u02c8tin-(\u02cc)y\u00fc",
      "\u02ccdis-k\u0259n-\u02c8tin-y\u00fc"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break",
      "break off",
      "break up",
      "can",
      "cease",
      "cut off",
      "cut out",
      "desist (from)",
      "drop",
      "end",
      "give over",
      "halt",
      "knock off",
      "lay off",
      "leave off",
      "pack (up ",
      "quit",
      "shut off",
      "stop"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "He discontinued his visits to the psychiatrist.",
      "She chose to discontinue her studies.",
      "The company has announced that the current model will be discontinued next year.",
      "They are planning to discontinue bus service between the two towns.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The decrease stems in part from pressure on international airlines and tour groups to discontinue the immigrant pipeline to Belarus. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Scott Hall\u2019s family planned to discontinue his life support according to longtime tag team partner and best friend Kevin Nash. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Wrestler Kevin Nash announced Sunday his family planned to discontinue life support. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "But such effects prompted 6 percent of high-dose recipients to discontinue . \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2021",
      "Hyundai will reportedly discontinue the Sonata mid-size sedan after the current generation runs its course. \u2014 Joey Capparella, Car and Driver , 23 May 2022",
      "Apple plans to discontinue the iPod Touch, marking the end of an era for the iconic musical device launched more than 20 years ago. \u2014 Brett Molina, USA TODAY , 10 May 2022",
      "Had the rumor, rife among the brand\u2019s global army of online pundits, that the famously secretive manufacturer would discontinue or update the Air King proved correct? \u2014 Nick Scott, Robb Report , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Utah County will discontinue its dashboard and refer people to the state\u2019s website. \u2014 Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French discontinuer , from Medieval Latin discontinuare , from Latin dis- + continuare to continue",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-011747"
  },
  "discommode":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cause inconvenience to : trouble"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-k\u0259-\u02c8m\u014dd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "disoblige",
      "disturb",
      "incommode",
      "inconvenience",
      "put out",
      "trouble"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "accommodate",
      "favor",
      "oblige"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the breakdown of her car didn't discommode her seriously"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French discommoder , from dis- + commode convenient \u2014 more at commode ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1657, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-013155"
  },
  "divulge":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret)",
      ": to make public : proclaim",
      ": to make known to others : reveal , disclose"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259lj",
      "d\u012b-",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259lj",
      "d\u012b-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bare",
      "disclose",
      "discover",
      "expose",
      "let on (about)",
      "reveal",
      "spill",
      "tell",
      "unbosom",
      "uncloak",
      "uncover",
      "unmask",
      "unveil"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "cloak",
      "conceal",
      "cover (up)",
      "enshroud",
      "hide",
      "mask",
      "shroud",
      "veil"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The company will not divulge its sales figures.",
      "we tried to make him divulge the name of the winner, but he wouldn't budge",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The report does not divulge anything about the price of the iPhone 14, or if consumers should expect higher prices as a result. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 23 May 2022",
      "Deus didn\u2019t divulge any details regarding the electric motors, but said the Vayanne will be fitted with an 85 kWh battery that should provide approximately 300 miles of range. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 10 May 2022",
      "Hocker declined to divulge training secrets but said one element is that Oregon runners always took one day, Sunday, completely off. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 7 Aug. 2021",
      "He was tested for the virus, but the theater declined to divulge the results, citing privacy. \u2014 Sarah Bahr, New York Times , 24 May 2021",
      "Walsh declined to divulge the purchase price and would not confirm or deny the $30 million sum. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 May 2021",
      "Michigan officials are not currently required to divulge any of this information, joining Idaho as the only two states where this is the case. \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 10 May 2022",
      "Like most streamers, Peacock doesn\u2019t divulge viewing data for its series. \u2014 Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Zirlin also would not divulge why the company hadn't discovered the hack until six days had gone by. \u2014 Jon Sarlin, CNN , 3 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin divulgare , from dis- + vulgare to make known, from vulgus mob",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-013227"
  },
  "diffidence":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-f\u0259-d\u0259n(t)s",
      "-f\u0259-\u02ccden(t)s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "After some initial diffidence , Biden seems to have helped lead the West into a response to Russia's aggression that neither validates assaults on a weaker neighbor's sovereignty nor unleashes World War III. \u2014 W. James Antle Iii, The Week , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "By the time the final act rolls around, Lamb approaches the idea that there\u2019s a price that must be paid with a shrugging diffidence rather than impending doom. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 9 Oct. 2021",
      "By the time the final act rolls around, \u2018Lamb\u2019 approaches the idea that there\u2019s a price that must be paid with a shrugging diffidence rather than impending doom. \u2014 Mark Olsen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 8 Oct. 2021",
      "The asymmetry between the strategic single focus of the Christian right and the secular majority\u2019s diffidence in confronting claims to religious privilege explains a good deal: political victory goes to those who try harder. \u2014 Linda Greenhouse, The New York Review of Books , 1 July 2021",
      "And the former President's quasi-endorsement of Abrams reveals the diffidence among party leaders about how to proceed. \u2014 Michael Warren, CNN , 28 Sep. 2021",
      "The asymmetry between the strategic single focus of the Christian right and the secular majority\u2019s diffidence in confronting claims to religious privilege explains a good deal: political victory goes to those who try harder. \u2014 Linda Greenhouse, The New York Review of Books , 1 July 2021",
      "The asymmetry between the strategic single focus of the Christian right and the secular majority\u2019s diffidence in confronting claims to religious privilege explains a good deal: political victory goes to those who try harder. \u2014 Linda Greenhouse, The New York Review of Books , 1 July 2021",
      "Rowdy because of the ebullience of the two Black women\u2014Loreen, originally from Jamaica, and Wanda, from Liberia\u2014and fitful because of Artung, who is Chinese, and Lucing and Flavia, both Filipina and with a diffidence that is almost familial. \u2014 Han Ong, The New Yorker , 6 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English dyffidence, borrowed from Latin diff\u012bdentia, from diff\u012bdent-, diff\u012bdens \"distrustful, diffident \" + -ia  -ia entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-014306"
  },
  "dirtbag":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a dirty , unkempt, or contemptible person"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259rt-\u02ccbag"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bastard",
      "beast",
      "bleeder",
      "blighter",
      "boor",
      "bounder",
      "bugger",
      "buzzard",
      "cad",
      "chuff",
      "churl",
      "clown",
      "creep",
      "cretin",
      "crud",
      "crumb",
      "cur",
      "dog",
      "fink",
      "heel",
      "hound",
      "jerk",
      "joker",
      "louse",
      "lout",
      "pill",
      "rat",
      "rat fink",
      "reptile",
      "rotter",
      "schmuck",
      "scum",
      "scumbag",
      "scuzzball",
      "skunk",
      "sleaze",
      "sleazebag",
      "sleazeball",
      "slime",
      "slimeball",
      "slob",
      "snake",
      "so-and-so",
      "sod",
      "stinkard",
      "stinker",
      "swine",
      "toad",
      "varmint",
      "vermin"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "forgetting my birthday was the final straw\u2014I had to dump the dirtbag",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Mannheim, Germany label knows a delightful dirtbag garage punk band better than anyone, so why not listen to 46 of some of the best in one place? \u2014 SPIN , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "In 1998, Annie Larsen was a recovering dirtbag climber, Park Service employee, and mom of a (cough) delightful three-year-old. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 16 Apr. 2020",
      "Back in the 1990s, Jimmy Chin was living the dirtbag dream. \u2014 Outside Online , 11 May 2021",
      "But her videos play less like gossip vlogs and more like the work of an NPR pundit crossed with a true-crime enthusiast and a dirtbag podcaster. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "Past the halfway mark, Dibiasky sits around a parking lot as lovable dirtbag townies, including Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, swap theories as to why the planet-killer is still hurtling toward them. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 13 Dec. 2021",
      "The best of these images, with their untrammeled dirtbag energy and their middle-aged melancholy, are expressive in a way that borders on the absurd. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "Carnage is for the most part, in ways that count, another dirtbag delight. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 30 Sep. 2021",
      "In service of this goal, Singh had dirtbag chef extraordinaire Matty Matheson on to play some air hockey. \u2014 Bethy Squires, Vulture , 21 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1967, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-014515"
  },
  "delirium":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an acute (see acute sense 1a(2) ) mental disturbance characterized by confused thinking and disrupted attention usually accompanied by disordered speech and hallucinations",
      ": frenzied excitement",
      ": a condition of mind in which thought and speech are confused usually because of a high fever or other illness",
      ": wild excitement",
      ": a mental disturbance characterized by confusion, disordered speech, and hallucinations"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8lir-\u0113-\u0259m",
      "di-\u02c8lir-\u0113-\u0259m",
      "di-\u02c8lir-\u0113-\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "agitation",
      "deliriousness",
      "distraction",
      "fever",
      "feverishness",
      "flap",
      "frenzy",
      "furor",
      "furore",
      "fury",
      "hysteria",
      "rage",
      "rampage",
      "uproar"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "In her delirium , nothing she said made any sense.",
      "shoppers running around in a delirium the day before Christmas",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Ketamine, meanwhile, was first used in clinical practice in the 1960s as a safer alternative to the anesthetic phencyclidine (PCP), which has been discontinued in the U.S. due to the high incidence of postoperative delirium with hallucinations. \u2014 Raleigh Mcelvery, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 May 2022",
      "And there are montages, accompanied by a woodwind score (from Cho Young-wuk) lush with romance and intrigue, that deliver a delirium of imagery that would be the centerpiece climax of any other film, but here is simply a debonair aside. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 23 May 2022",
      "The finish of this PGA Championship was utter delirium . \u2014 Andrew Beaton, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
      "Lead poisoning symptoms can include abdominal pain, vomiting, lethargy, irritability, weakness, behavior or mood changes, delirium , seizures, and coma. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Later, symptoms may progress to anxiety, confusion, agitation, delirium , hallucinations and insomnia. \u2014 Christine Fernando, USA TODAY , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "The drug can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, seizures, delirium and even death, said the agency. \u2014 Matthew Perrone, Anchorage Daily News , 4 Sep. 2021",
      "Between the band\u2019s own stage delirium , the rapturous response of the crowd and the heightened awareness of time that strikes at the passing of every new year, the San Diego show is close to magic. \u2014 Karen Schoemer, SPIN , 1 May 2022",
      "Neurological symptoms are much more common (3% to 4%) and can be serious, including hallucinations and delirium . \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 7 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin, from delirare to be crazy, literally, to leave the furrow (in plowing), from de- + lira furrow \u2014 more at learn ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1563, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-022340"
  },
  "d\u00e9cor":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a stage setting",
      ": decoration sense 2",
      ": the style and layout of interior furnishings"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0101-\u02c8k\u022fr",
      "di-\u02c8k\u022fr",
      "\u02c8de-\u02cck\u022fr",
      "\u02c8d\u0101-\u02cck\u022fr"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
      "scene",
      "scenery",
      "set"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The store offers a lot in home decor .",
      "a minimalist approach has been taken with the stage decor for this production of the play",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "For: Someone who has a knack for home decor and wants to help others create their dream homes. \u2014 Nicol Natale, Woman's Day , 13 June 2022",
      "Hsu is taking her exacting eye for decor to a larger, shoppable stage\u2014and one that can suit more than minimalists. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 18 May 2022",
      "Popular interior designers Valerian Rybar and Jean-Francois Daigre were responsible for the dinner decor . \u2014 Vogue , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Made of Western red cedar, these handmade dice are good for outdoor and indoor decor alike. \u2014 Ashley Dunne, Sunset Magazine , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Also in the works are departments for outdoor living and home decor , as well as holiday decorations, that would all be shipped directly to customers' doors. \u2014 Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "The walls feature metallic internal gears of the humongous clock, and antique timepieces, watches, and mantle clocks make for interesting and eye-catching decor . \u2014 Olivia Jakiel, PEOPLE.com , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "The high-ceiling vintage loft setting sets the bar high for decor and architecture. \u2014 Robin Soslow, Chron , 3 Dec. 2021",
      "Gifts with handmade trimmings come out from under the tree for easy decor . \u2014 Luann Brandsen, Better Homes & Gardens , 2 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French d\u00e9cor , from d\u00e9corer to decorate, from Latin decorare ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-024208"
  },
  "descent":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": derivation from an ancestor : birth , lineage",
      ": transmission or devolution of an estate (see estate entry 1 sense 4b ) by inheritance usually in the descending line",
      ": the fact or process of originating from an ancestral stock",
      ": the shaping or development in nature and character by transmission from a source : derivation",
      ": the act or process of descending from a higher to a lower level, rank, or state",
      ": a step downward in a scale of gradation",
      ": one generation in an ancestral line or genealogical scale",
      ": an inclination downward : slope",
      ": a way (such as a downgrade or stairway) that descends or leads downward",
      ": the lowest part",
      ": attack , invasion",
      ": a sudden disconcerting appearance (as for a visit)",
      ": a downward step (as in station or value) : decline",
      ": an act of coming or going down in location or condition",
      ": a downward slope",
      ": a person's ancestors",
      ": the act or process of descending from a higher to a lower location",
      ": derivation from an ancestor",
      ": the fact or process of originating by generation from an ancestral stock (as a species or genus)",
      ": a former method of distillation in which the material was heated in a vessel having its outlet underneath so that the vapors produced were forced to descend",
      ": transmission or devolution of the estate of a person who has died without a valid will \u2014 compare distribution"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sent",
      "di-\u02c8sent",
      "di-\u02c8sent"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dip",
      "dive",
      "down",
      "drop",
      "fall",
      "nosedive",
      "plunge"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "ascent",
      "climb",
      "rise",
      "rising",
      "soaring",
      "upswing",
      "upturn"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The book describes his descent into a deep depression after the death of his wife.",
      "her slow descent to a life of addiction",
      "The only path that goes down to the river is a rather steep descent , so be careful.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The markets continued their volatile descent this week, with three major stock indexes deepening losses for the year and the S&P 500 index closing out its worst week since March 2020. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
      "The markets continued their volatile descent this week, with three major stock indexes deepening losses for the year and the S&P 500 index closing out its worst week since March 2020. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, Anchorage Daily News , 18 June 2022",
      "The markets continued their volatile descent this week, with three major stock indexes deepening losses for the year and the S&P 500 index closing out its worst week since March 2020. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
      "Then came Japan\u2019s brutal invasion and occupation of China, the deprivations of World War II, and the chaos of civil war and revolution\u2014and, with those upheavals, the family\u2019s exile from their garden paradise and their descent into poverty. \u2014 Diane Cole, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
      "As her plane began its descent into the Seychelles on October 6, 2019, Ugandan-American travel influencer Jessica Nabongo peered out of the window, preparing herself for the momentous occasion about to take place. \u2014 Tamara Hardingham-gill, CNN , 17 June 2022",
      "My descent , in a sleeveless jersey and shorts, was memorably miserable. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 16 June 2022",
      "In their final descent , the toadlets sometimes reach for a handhold, but the effort is for naught. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
      "The movie follows John from his early days to his explosion into stardom, and his descent into drug and alcohol abuse during an abusive relationship with his manager. \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 7 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French descente , from Anglo-French descendre \u2014 see descend ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-024225"
  },
  "diverseness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": differing from one another : unlike",
      ": composed of distinct or unlike elements or qualities",
      ": different from each other : unlike",
      ": made up of people or things that are different from each other",
      ": differing from one another",
      ": differing in citizenship from another party to an action",
      "\u2014 see also diversity jurisdiction at jurisdiction \u2014 compare nondiverse"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u012b-\u02c8v\u0259rs",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259rs",
      "\u02c8d\u012b-\u02ccv\u0259rs",
      "d\u012b-\u02c8v\u0259rs",
      "d\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "different",
      "disparate",
      "dissimilar",
      "distant",
      "distinct",
      "distinctive",
      "distinguishable",
      "nonidentical",
      "other",
      "unalike",
      "unlike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "alike",
      "identical",
      "indistinguishable",
      "kin",
      "kindred",
      "like",
      "parallel",
      "same",
      "similar"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Increasingly, companies and government agencies are considering more diverse pools of candidates, along with those who don\u2019t have traditional four-year degrees in engineering or computer science. \u2014 James Rundle, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
      "But as every election cycle passes and Orange County becomes more diverse , the old-school O.C. conservative becomes more and more a relic of yesteryear. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
      "Several festivalgoers remarked that the crowd seemed more diverse than in years past, possibly because Juneteenth gained wider recognition when President Joe Biden named it a federal holiday in 2021. \u2014 Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel , 19 June 2022",
      "One of the lessons learned four decades ago was coalition building, both within diverse Asian American communities sometimes divided by nationality and with other groups such as African Americans. \u2014 Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press , 16 June 2022",
      "Thus, living in more diverse communities compared to their parents. \u2014 Kian Bakhtiari, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
      "Both entities aim to promote amicable relations among the city\u2019s diverse racial and cultural communities. \u2014 Courtney Astolfi, cleveland , 1 June 2022",
      "Promises are made but rarely unfold in these historically diverse communities that were among those that took Katrina\u2019s brunt. \u2014 Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor , 31 May 2022",
      "Here, in one of India\u2019s most ancient cities, mosque and temple stand side-by-side \u2014 monuments to diverse communities that have coexisted for centuries. \u2014 Niha Masih, Washington Post , 25 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English divers, diverse \"differing, distinct, of various kinds, several,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French divers, diverse, deverce, borrowed from Latin d\u012bversus \"turned in different directions, situated apart, differing,\" from past participle of d\u012bvertere \"to separate oneself (from), be different, diverge\" \u2014 more at divert ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-024550"
  },
  "do in":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to bring about the defeat or destruction of",
      ": kill",
      ": exhaust , wear out",
      ": cheat"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "annihilate",
      "cream",
      "decimate",
      "demolish",
      "desolate",
      "destroy",
      "devastate",
      "extinguish",
      "nuke",
      "pull down",
      "pulverize",
      "raze",
      "rub out",
      "ruin",
      "shatter",
      "smash",
      "tear down",
      "total",
      "vaporize",
      "waste",
      "wrack",
      "wreck"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "build",
      "construct",
      "erect",
      "put up",
      "raise",
      "rear",
      "set up"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a business venture that was done in by poor planning",
      "the early frost did in all of our tender plants"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1905, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-033441"
  },
  "detention":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or fact of detaining or holding back",
      ": a holding in custody",
      ": the state of being detained",
      ": a period of temporary custody prior to disposition by a court",
      ": the act of holding back or delaying : the condition of being held or delayed",
      ": the punishment of being kept after school",
      ": the act or fact of detaining or holding back",
      ": a holding in custody",
      ": the state of being detained",
      ": a period of temporary custody prior to a trial or hearing \u2014 see also preventive detention"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8ten-ch\u0259n",
      "di-\u02c8ten-ch\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "detainer",
      "detainment",
      "hold",
      "immurement",
      "imprisonment",
      "incarceration"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "discharge",
      "release"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the detention of suspected terrorists",
      "The jail is only used for brief detentions .",
      "They both got three detentions this year.",
      "He got detention for being late to class.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Earlier this month, Russian authorities extended Griner\u2019s pre-trial detention until July 2. \u2014 Siladitya Ray, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "Surprise police arrested detention officer Tony Michael Ekiss on June 12 for multiple felony charges, according to Sgt. \u2014 Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic , 19 June 2022",
      "Griner\u2019s detention in Russia is putting that disparity on display. \u2014 Jene\u00e9 Osterheldt, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
      "Brittney Griner\u2019s pre-trial detention in Russia was extended again, according to the Russian media outlet, TASS, as reported by ABC News. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022",
      "In March, Russian officials said Griner\u2019s detention had been extended until May 19. \u2014 Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News , 14 June 2022",
      "The sheriff\u2019s office said Patrick Lee Bone, 39, was found unresponsive by a detention officer about 11:30 p.m. Sunday. \u2014 Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al , 13 June 2022",
      "Immigration cases are considered civil matters, not criminal ones, so immigration detention is not supposed to be used as punishment. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2022",
      "The issue is further complicated by the fact that state officials are considering slashing funds to juvenile courts if too many youths are sent to Ohio\u2019s detention system. \u2014 Olivia Mitchell, cleveland , 20 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English detencion , from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin detention-, detentio , from detin\u0113re to detain",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-035055"
  },
  "detectable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to discover the true character of",
      ": to discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of",
      ": demodulate",
      ": to work as a detective",
      ": to learn that something or someone is or was there"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8tekt",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8tekt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ascertain",
      "descry",
      "determine",
      "dig out",
      "dig up",
      "discover",
      "dredge (up)",
      "ferret (out)",
      "find",
      "find out",
      "get",
      "hit (on ",
      "hunt (down ",
      "learn",
      "locate",
      "nose out",
      "root (out)",
      "rout (out)",
      "rummage",
      "run down",
      "scare up",
      "scout (up)",
      "track (down)",
      "turn up"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "miss",
      "overlook",
      "pass over"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The test is used to detect the presence of alcohol in the blood.",
      "This type of cancer is difficult to detect in its early stages.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Unless and until those capacities are increased, the ability to detect and contain future outbreaks will remain limited. \u2014 Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "But the document rated the company\u2019s ability to detect that content as medium. \u2014 Naomi Nix, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
      "The lander's incredibly sensitive seismometer, called the Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure, has the ability to detect marsquakes from hundreds and thousands of miles away. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 10 May 2022",
      "The package also includes 10 AN/TPQ-36 counter-artillery radars, which have the ability to detect and track incoming artillery and rocket fire to counterattack it at its point of origin. \u2014 Karen Deyoung, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Every person who comes into custody at the jail is taken through the scanner, which has the ability to detect contraband as small as a single needle inside a person's body, according to scans shown to The Courier Journal. \u2014 Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Self-protection\u2013the ability to detect outbreaks early on, perform contact tracing, and rush response to outbreaks\u2013would allow the U.S. to avoid future pandemics. \u2014 Richard Horan, Fortune , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Research has also shown that a bird\u2019s ability to detect a magnetic field perhaps even rivals a human\u2019s ability to use a compass for navigation. \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "To test the shirt\u2019s ability to detect the direction of a sound, researchers clapped at various angles away from the garment. \u2014 Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin detectus , past participle of detegere to uncover, detect, from de- + tegere to cover \u2014 more at thatch ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1574, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-042834"
  },
  "deluding":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive , trick",
      ": frustrate , disappoint",
      ": evade , elude",
      ": deceive sense 1 , mislead",
      ": to mislead the mind or judgment of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8l\u00fcd",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8l\u00fcd",
      "di-\u02c8l\u00fcd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bamboozle",
      "beguile",
      "bluff",
      "buffalo",
      "burn",
      "catch",
      "con",
      "cozen",
      "deceive",
      "dupe",
      "fake out",
      "fool",
      "gaff",
      "gammon",
      "gull",
      "have",
      "have on",
      "hoax",
      "hoodwink",
      "hornswoggle",
      "humbug",
      "juggle",
      "misguide",
      "misinform",
      "mislead",
      "snooker",
      "snow",
      "spoof",
      "string along",
      "suck in",
      "sucker",
      "take in",
      "trick"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "undeceive"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "we deluded ourselves into thinking that the ice cream wouldn't affect our diet",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Resist the urge to spin it, second-guess it or delude yourself out of it. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 May 2021",
      "While leaders typically realize that there are key ingredients required to create a truly collaborative team, too many delude themselves into thinking that this type of collaborative environment will just develop by osmosis over time. \u2014 Dana Brownlee, Forbes , 21 Oct. 2021",
      "And for those executives who don\u2019t delude themselves, who are clearheaded about the sub-par state of their customer experience, sometimes an even more warped sentiment prevails. \u2014 Jon Picoult, Forbes , 5 Oct. 2021",
      "Just keep chugging away and trying to improve and be open and never delude yourself that this is great. \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 29 Aug. 2021",
      "The world is witnessing in Afghanistan a vivid and painful display of what happens when leaders in Washington delude themselves regarding persistent threats, the nature of America\u2019s enemies and the ability to end wars by simply going home. \u2014 H.r. Mcmaster And Bradley Bowman, WSJ , 15 Aug. 2021",
      "Some lie brazenly, others appear to delude themselves. \u2014 Lidija Haas, The New Republic , 19 May 2021",
      "Here\u2019s why the direction of price changes matters: In a year when crypto is up, traders can delude themselves. \u2014 William Baldwin, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2021",
      "No one, though, should delude themselves by extrapolating G-League stats to mean NBA-readiness. \u2014 Dallas News , 12 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin deludere , from de- + ludere to play \u2014 more at ludicrous ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-043352"
  },
  "drive-by":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": carried out from a moving vehicle",
      ": done or made in a quick or cursory manner",
      ": a drive-by shooting"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u012bv-\u02c8b\u012b",
      "\u02c8dr\u012bv-\u02ccb\u012b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cursory",
      "flying",
      "gadarene",
      "hasty",
      "headlong",
      "helter-skelter",
      "hurried",
      "overhasty",
      "pell-mell",
      "precipitate",
      "precipitous",
      "rash",
      "rushed"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "deliberate",
      "unhurried",
      "unrushed"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1968, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1977, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-044853"
  },
  "defeatist":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun or adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8f\u0113-\u02ccti-z\u0259m",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "We must not give in to defeatism . We must be optimistic.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Distress and defeatism from the narrative that absolutely no progress has been made around climate change are rampant. \u2014 Quora, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "Both the defiance and the defeatism are integral to Crane. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 18 Oct. 2021",
      "The lack of real change in our nation\u2019s child and adolescent mental health infrastructure has fostered a pernicious and pervasive defeatism among patients and clinicians alike. \u2014 Steven C. Schlozman, STAT , 24 May 2022",
      "But there are differences between compromise and hypocrisy; between restraint and cowardice; between realism and defeatism . \u2014 Wal Van Lierop, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "For too long, extremists passing as mainstream have used cocktails of lies and fear laced with bigotry to lull Americans into a normalized and dangerous defeatism . \u2014 Doris Bittar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "Election officials and experts share Romney\u2019s view, concerned about any rhetoric that could contribute to a growing defeatism about democracy, especially if the issue itself becomes just another partisan fault line. \u2014 Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "What played a bigger role in the tragedy in Afghanistan, U.S. enabling of corruption or media defeatism ? \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 26 Aug. 2021",
      "Its solution to the defeatism of our modern climate is the fantasy of the triumphant individual. \u2014 Yussef Cole, Wired , 18 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" defeat entry 2 + -ism ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1917, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-045133"
  },
  "drinker":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that drinks",
      ": a person who drinks alcoholic beverages especially to a notable degree",
      ": waterer sense b"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dri\u014b-k\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "alcoholic",
      "alkie",
      "alky",
      "boozehound",
      "boozer",
      "dipsomaniac",
      "drunk",
      "drunkard",
      "inebriate",
      "juicehead",
      "juicer",
      "lush",
      "rummy",
      "soak",
      "soaker",
      "sot",
      "souse",
      "tippler",
      "toper",
      "tosspot"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "I'm not much of a drinker .",
      "Most of his friends are drinkers .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "However, since the breweries were picked by a wine drinker , the project may bridge the gap between the two cohorts of people. \u2014 Sara Butler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
      "The high-tech mug allows the drinker to adjust the temperature of their drink via an easy-to-use app. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "For the tea drinker whose love goes beyond the leaf, this print examining the botanical structure of the tea plant will be a decorative reminder of their favorite drink. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "According to the National Coffee Association, 62% of Americans drink coffee every day, with the average coffee drinker enjoying a daily dose of three cups. \u2014 Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "With The Beach, Chevalier and his team are targeting younger consumers who may be new to the category, while Whispering Angel and sister wine Garrus make the play for a sophisticated wine drinker willing to pay more for the pale wines. \u2014 Elva Ramirez, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Despite Millennials entering what\u2019s considered to be a wine drinker \u2019s greatest spending years, Boomers and Generation X still account for nearly 50% of wine consumption. \u2014 Jess Lander, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "This will allow for the Black woman wine drinker to be fully catered to. \u2014 Essence , 8 Dec. 2016",
      "And as an ex- drinker , Rapp had no interest in the bar scene. \u2014 Allie Conti, The Atlantic , 4 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-051258"
  },
  "distrait":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8str\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "agitated",
      "delirious",
      "distracted",
      "distraught",
      "frantic",
      "frenzied",
      "hysterical",
      "hysteric"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "collected",
      "composed",
      "recollected",
      "self-collected",
      "self-composed",
      "self-possessed",
      "unhysterical"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "he grew more and more distrait as hours passed without confirmation that there were survivors of the plane crash"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French destreit , from Latin distractus ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-051548"
  },
  "dedicated":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": devoted to a cause, ideal, or purpose : zealous",
      ": given over to a particular purpose"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-di-\u02cck\u0101-t\u0259d",
      "also"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "constant",
      "devoted",
      "devout",
      "down-the-line",
      "faithful",
      "fast",
      "good",
      "loyal",
      "pious",
      "staunch",
      "stanch",
      "steadfast",
      "steady",
      "true",
      "true-blue"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "disloyal",
      "faithless",
      "false",
      "fickle",
      "inconstant",
      "perfidious",
      "recreant",
      "traitorous",
      "treacherous",
      "unfaithful",
      "untrue"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a dedicated follower of the television show who wouldn't dream of missing an episode",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "He was dedicated to creating platforms for theater outside of Mexico City, where much of the industry is focused. \u2014 Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times , 19 June 2022",
      "Much of the Wahls\u2019 lawsuit is dedicated to downplaying the impact of the vaccine on limiting the spread of COVID-19. \u2014 Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022",
      "Tina, a young mother, was also dedicated to her family, especially her baby girl. \u2014 Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com , 16 June 2022",
      "Char Hope is dedicated to helping adults facing the challenge of substance abuse move towards long-term recovery by providing a supportive family-like community on a social care farm. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 16 June 2022",
      "According to the announcement, Them Records is dedicated to identifying and developing Black trans artists across genres to provide them with the skills needed to have a sustainable creative career. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 14 June 2022",
      "Five paragraphs are dedicated to generalizing the worldview of everyone born during that timeframe. \u2014 Sheila Callaham, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
      "In many cities across the country, including New York, city police oversee officers who patrol the schools; school districts across Texas have dedicated police departments that operate independently. \u2014 New York Times , 29 May 2022",
      "This center is dedicated to improving the lives of Black LGBTQ+ people globally by striving for economic, social and health equity. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 6 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see dedicate  entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-054029"
  },
  "discover":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make known or visible : expose",
      ": display",
      ": to obtain sight or knowledge of for the first time : find",
      ": find out",
      ": to make a discovery",
      ": to find out, see, or learn of especially for the first time : find",
      ": to find out about, recognize, or realize for the first time",
      "\u2014 see also discovery rule",
      ": to make the subject of discovery",
      ": to learn of or obtain (information) through discovery"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sk\u0259-v\u0259r",
      "di-\u02c8sk\u0259-v\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ascertain",
      "catch on (to)",
      "find out",
      "get on (to)",
      "hear",
      "learn",
      "realize",
      "see",
      "wise (up)"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Several new species of plants have recently been discovered .",
      "It took her several weeks to discover the solution.",
      "The tests have discovered problems in the current design.",
      "She soon discovered what had been going on.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Questlove has partnered with the publication for a campaign aimed at helping people discover unusual interests like his. \u2014 Marianne Garvey, CNN , 13 June 2022",
      "That is, unless drug companies can discover the next generation of treatments. \u2014 Robert Pearl, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
      "There were nervy thought experiments, like an episode in which Diane woke up to discover that Hillary Clinton was elected\u2014and that, as a side effect, #MeToo never happened and Harvey Weinstein was Diane\u2019s client. \u2014 Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
      "Along with her oldest friend June, her first love Nick and her brother Ryan, Laurie sets out to find and reclaim the duck to discover its true meaning and value. \u2014 Mary Cadden, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
      "Redman, too, is working to discover more about how obesity starts even before birth. \u2014 Erika Edwards, NBC News , 12 June 2022",
      "Many wanted to have a child and were heartbroken to discover well into their second trimesters that their fetuses had serious defects. \u2014 New York Times , 12 June 2022",
      "As researchers race to discover exactly what Long COVID is, some point out that sequelae\u2014or consequences of a disease or injury\u2014are by no means unique to COVID. \u2014 Erin Prater, Fortune , 11 June 2022",
      "To discover weapons or other illicit materials, some schools deploy metal detectors. \u2014 Max Zahn, ABC News , 11 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French descoverir, descovrir , from Late Latin discooperire , from Latin dis- + cooperire to cover \u2014 more at cover ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-062024"
  },
  "depose":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove from a throne or other high position",
      ": to put down : deposit",
      ": to testify to under oath or by affidavit",
      ": affirm , assert",
      ": to take testimony (see testimony sense 1a ) from especially by deposition",
      ": to bear witness",
      ": to remove from a high office",
      ": to testify to under oath or by sworn affidavit",
      ": to take testimony from especially by deposition",
      "\u2014 compare examine",
      ": testify",
      "[Middle English, from Medieval Latin deponere , from Late Latin]"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8p\u014dz",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8p\u014dz",
      "di-\u02c8p\u014dz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "defrock",
      "deprive",
      "dethrone",
      "displace",
      "oust",
      "uncrown",
      "unmake",
      "unseat",
      "unthrone"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "crown",
      "enthrone",
      "throne"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a military junta deposed the dictator after he had bankrupted the country",
      "she was nervous when the time to depose before the jury finally arrived",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Bonjean also declined to comment beyond confirming the judge's ruling and her authority to depose Huth again. \u2014 Maria Puente, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
      "Taddeo sought to depose Floridians for Equality and Justice\u2019s chairman, Stephen Jones, and obtain the group\u2019s bank records. \u2014 Annie Martin, Orlando Sentinel , 11 May 2022",
      "The women\u2019s attorneys need to depose Watson and four others, including expert witnesses and other witnesses. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 9 May 2022",
      "The committee, which seeks to depose Biggs on May 26, explained its thinking in a series of tweets. \u2014 Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic , 12 May 2022",
      "And in the late \u201990s, Jean-Marie Le Pen\u2019s deputy, who believed the boss\u2019s taste for Holocaust jokes was preventing the party from becoming a serious political force, attempted to depose him. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "No evidence military will depose Biden Since the Electoral College votes have been certified, there is no constitutional way for Trump to become president until Biden's term is over in January 2025. \u2014 Daniel Funke, USA TODAY , 28 July 2021",
      "But his decision comes as Trump has remained a dominant force in the GOP, retaining the fealty of many lawmakers and threatening to use party primaries to depose those who cross him. \u2014 Alan Fram, BostonGlobe.com , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "Genesis Communications, which distributes Jones' show and was also named in the suit, would also like to depose Jones, his attorneys added in the filing. \u2014 Rob Frehse And Brian Vitagliano, CNN , 6 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French deposer , from Late Latin deponere (perfect indicative deposui ), from Latin, to put down",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-064637"
  },
  "demureness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": reserved , modest",
      ": affectedly modest, reserved, or serious : coy",
      ": proper and reserved in behavior and speech",
      ": pretending to be proper and reserved : coy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8myu\u0307r",
      "di-\u02c8myu\u0307r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "coquettish",
      "coy",
      "kittenish"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "So even if you think you've moved past your reputation as The Rebel, two minutes after getting together with your more demure sister, you're likely to fall back into that hell-raiser role. \u2014 Jessica Mehalic , Cosmopolitan , August 2001",
      "It looked as though the dress and capelet were one piece. It created a demure look, but if you take off the capelet, it's a seductive strapless dress. \u2014 Elizabeth Hayt , Vogue , December 1999",
      "I made a lot of friends at Les Tourelles with whom I have kept in touch over the years. There was one darling little girl, much younger than the rest of us, who was sweet, demure , and quiet, with beautiful long hair like Alice in Wonderland. \u2014 Anna Russell , I'm Not Making This Up, You Know , 1985",
      "She was wearing a demure gray suit.",
      "the demure charm of the cottage",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Velvet Buzzsaw star Ashton was extremely demure about her rock at the BAFTAs last weekend, keeping her ring finger hidden under her sleeve, which... \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "The boxy fit and exaggerated bow closures on this option are demure but not overly saccharine. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "But even in Sport+ mode, at legal(ish) and reasonable speeds, the Type S plants itself on the refined and demure side of the supercar spectrum. \u2014 Matt Farah, Car and Driver , 3 May 2022",
      "Among her trademarks are an engaging smile and demure wave to the camera at the start of a game; tattoos including Talking Heads song lyrics, and attire that's on the serious side but with a touch of personal flair. \u2014 CBS News , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Though her oversized leather jacket allowed for some modesty, Rihanna\u2019s bump reveal was a provocative take on a piece that could easily read demure with different styling. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Oversized cardigans are another chic way to keep things more demure , whether layered over a dress or your comfiest T-shirt. \u2014 Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Vogue , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Betty\u2019s stories evolved from exciting, outlandish and dangerous to domestic and demure . \u2014 Emily Wishingrad, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Lavigne appeared almost demure next to the maniacal energy of Kelly, who concluded the performance by spraying a bottle of champagne over the audience, with Lavigne following in his footsteps. \u2014 Sasha Urban, Variety , 26 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-070223"
  },
  "disincentive":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": deterrent"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-in-\u02c8sen-tiv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "We considered volunteering, but the complicated application process was a disincentive .",
      "The complicated application process was a disincentive to volunteering our time.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "High effective marginal tax rates mean that some workers have a financial disincentive to invest in their own human capital and advance from lower-wage work to jobs that lead to economic self-sufficiency. \u2014 Erik Sherman, Forbes , 7 May 2022",
      "Assured destruction is a powerful disincentive to using even just one nuclear weapon, let alone using hundreds in an apocalyptic attack. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Even if someone takes a zero percent position willingly, the union sees it as a disincentive for the university to create more secure positions. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "The surcharge would generate $131 million per year in an annual budget of $24.2 billion, but Lamont has consistently opposed the surcharge as a disincentive that would prompt some rich residents to leave the state. \u2014 Christopher Keating, courant.com , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "The goal is to create a disincentive for equity investors, freeing up homes to people buying for personal use. \u2014 Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Potential military costs, in the form of Russian losses on the battlefield, remain as the only viable disincentive that could stop Putin from invading Ukraine again. \u2014 Matthew Schmidt, CNN , 20 Feb. 2022",
      "The tab for using over-the-counter rapid tests effectively, with tests over many days, can stretch past $100, creating a disincentive for people to test, public-health and policy experts say. \u2014 Andrew Restuccia And Brianna Abbott, WSJ , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "People like Senator Warren want to score political points by controlling prices by fiat, but this simply makes recovering costs harder and eventually impossible, creating a disincentive to produce and thus, even more scarcity. \u2014 Roger Valdez, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1946, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-070524"
  },
  "dying":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": approaching death",
      ": gradually ceasing to be",
      ": having reached an advanced or ultimate stage of decay or disuse",
      ": of, relating to, or occurring at the time of death or dying"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b-i\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "moribund"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-074233"
  },
  "defector":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an imperfection or abnormality that impairs quality, function, or utility : shortcoming , flaw",
      ": an imperfection (such as a vacancy or an unlike atom) in a crystal lattice (see lattice sense 2 )",
      ": to forsake one cause, party, or nation for another often because of a change in ideology",
      ": to leave one situation (such as a job) often to go over to a rival",
      ": something that makes a thing imperfect : flaw",
      ": a lack of something needed for perfection",
      ": a lack or deficiency of something necessary for adequacy in form or function",
      ": something or a lack of something that results in incompleteness, inadequacy, or imperfection: as",
      ": a flaw in something (as a product) especially that creates an unreasonable risk of harm in its normal use \u2014 see also latent defect",
      ": an error or omission in a court document (as an indictment or pleading)",
      ": some imperfection in the chain of title to property that makes the title unmarketable"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113-\u02ccfekt",
      "di-\u02c8fekt",
      "di-\u02c8fekt",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-\u02ccfekt",
      "di-\u02c8fekt",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-\u02ccfekt",
      "di-\u02c8",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-\u02ccfekt, di-\u02c8fekt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blemish",
      "blight",
      "blotch",
      "deformity",
      "disfigurement",
      "excrescence",
      "excrescency",
      "fault",
      "flaw",
      "imperfection",
      "mar",
      "mark",
      "pockmark",
      "scar"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "desert",
      "rat (on)"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "At the hearing, Brooks' attorney Jeremy Perri also requested a state evaluation for Brooks, saying that the defense can still change Brooks' plea to not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect . \u2014 Lydia Morrell, Journal Sentinel , 20 June 2022",
      "The 19-year-old man has pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect . \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
      "Court records indicate prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Casey White, who has pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect . \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 13 May 2022",
      "Fight For What Matters Even as a gatekeeper, QA needs to understand that not every single defect is worth fighting over and that there are times to let go. \u2014 Margarita Simonova, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "The rail cars, which make up 60 percent of Metro\u2019s fleet, were suspended in October after a federal safety investigation revealed a wheel defect on a small number of cars. \u2014 Luz Lazo, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
      "That defect is magnified in the writer-director\u2019s first English-language project, a work divided into three parts with their own chapter headings, only the first of them somewhat incisive. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
      "For instance, says Leilah Zahedi, a maternal-fetal-medicine physician in Tennessee, what if doctors see a severe heart defect on an ultrasound? \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 20 May 2022",
      "That usually indicates some sort of abnormality or genetic defect , Earl learned. \u2014 Becky Jacobs, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The Moon administration has been involved in a number of human-rights controversies, including the unprecedented decision to forcibly repatriate two North Koreans who wanted to defect . \u2014 Dasl Yoon, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Brian Lansing Martin entered pleas of not guilty and or not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect to all counts, according to WAFF. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Accusing the 69-year-old former cricket star of economic mismanagement and rights abuses, the opposition has spent weeks persuading Khan\u2019s coalition partners to defect and has seemingly done enough ahead of the vote on Apr. 3. \u2014 Hasan Ali / Islamabad, Time , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "The plaintiffs are among those who subsequently managed to defect , fleeing to Japan or South Korea. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "The Grecale's handsome but slightly familiar design is enough to show that one rival is being targeted more closely than others, however: The Maserati's core mission is to persuade Porsche Macan intenders to defect . \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "In Ukraine, however, hopes are high among Belarusian recruits that if Belarus\u2019s army invaded, its soldiers would seize the opportunity to defect , and their Belarusian battalion was ready to welcome them. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "The Taliban leadership is also aware that softening their policy on women could push their hard-line members to defect to Islamic State\u2019s regional offshoot. \u2014 Margherita Stancati, WSJ , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "China counter-offered $2 million to Taiwanese pilots, but the only pilot to defect was given just $370,000. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 16 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-074916"
  },
  "damsel":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a young woman:",
      ": a young unmarried woman of noble birth",
      ": girl",
      ": girl sense 1 , maiden"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dam-z\u0259l",
      "\u02c8dam-z\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "demoiselle",
      "girl",
      "maid",
      "maiden",
      "miss"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "knights are celebrated in fairy tales for rescuing damsels in distress",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Tom Cruise plays the humble hero, Mia Sara the damsel in distress and Tim Curry the demonic villain in this sumptuous 1985 fantasy tale directed by Ridley Scott. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "The cover is Channing Tatum on horseback holding a damsel . \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Moving even faster than the train is a flying saucer emanating a bright cone of light and clearly intent on beaming up the damsel . \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "Similarly, Collins, redefines Dejah Thoris from the nearly naked damsel in distress to Barsoom\u2019s chief scientist and a warrior who frequently out-fights Carter. \u2014 Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Film critics have praised the chemistry between Bullock and Tatum, whose Fabian-esque character attempts to come to Loretta\u2019s rescue but subverts tropes about the damsel in distress. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "Of 6,016 damsel and dragonfly species, 16 percent are at risk of extinction, or about 962 species total, reports Holly Bancroft for the Independent. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 Dec. 2021",
      "The documentary may reiterate the popular story that Diana was a both a strong woman and a helpless damsel -in-distress, one crushed between centuries-old traditions and contemporary, toxic celebrity culture. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Swann spends a shocking amount of the movie being damsel -ed yet again. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 29 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English damesel , from Anglo-French dameisele , from Vulgar Latin *domnicella young noblewoman, diminutive of Latin domina lady",
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-085901"
  },
  "demoded":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": d\u00e9mod\u00e9"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8m\u014d-d\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "antiquated",
      "archaic",
      "dated",
      "d\u00e9mod\u00e9",
      "fossilized",
      "kaput",
      "kaputt",
      "medieval",
      "mediaeval",
      "moribund",
      "mossy",
      "moth-eaten",
      "neolithic",
      "Noachian",
      "obsolete",
      "out-of-date",
      "outdated",
      "outmoded",
      "outworn",
      "pass\u00e9",
      "prehistoric",
      "prehistorical",
      "rusty",
      "Stone Age",
      "superannuated"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "with its demoded '70s look\u2014shag carpeting, no less\u2014that split-level is in need of some serious updating"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1887, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-095158"
  },
  "deliverance":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of delivering someone or something : the state of being delivered",
      ": liberation , rescue",
      ": something delivered",
      ": an opinion or decision (such as the verdict of a jury) expressed publicly",
      ": a setting free"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8li-v(\u0259-)r\u0259n(t)s",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8li-v\u0259-r\u0259ns",
      "-\u02c8li-vr\u0259ns"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "rescue",
      "salvation"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "She prayed for deliverance as the famine got worse.",
      "looked to the European powers for deliverance from their country's cruel tyrant",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The novel\u2019s only deliverance is that Arun has escaped it. \u2014 Rafia Zakaria, The New Republic , 5 May 2022",
      "For those who are fasting, iftar is a daily deliverance after the long hours of hunger and thirst. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "In some currents of Buddhism, humans alone have the potential for deliverance from the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. \u2014 John Gray, The New York Review of Books , 22 Mar. 2018",
      "The tracks performed touch on such themes as faith, love, loss, and a longing for peace or deliverance , for change and renewal. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "Even sudden deliverance from Covid-19 and an economic spurt might not alter perceptions of a country in crisis, especially given the lack of a common national reality. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Huling compared the moment to enslaved people in Confederate states gathering in churches on New Year\u2019s Eve in 1862, praying for the deliverance of President Abraham Lincoln\u2019s Emancipation Proclamation. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Dec. 2021",
      "But through Morpheus' eyes, deliverance is possible. \u2014 Jason Parham, Wired , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "Part of him almost seeks that deliverance of death to get out of this existence. \u2014 David Marchese, New York Times , 29 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-111413"
  },
  "dish":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a more or less concave vessel from which food is served",
      ": the contents of a dish",
      ": all the things (such as plates, utensils, glasses, and pots) that are used to prepare, serve, or eat a meal",
      ": food prepared in a particular way",
      ": something one particularly enjoys : cup of tea",
      ": any of various shallow concave vessels",
      ": anything shallowly concave",
      ": a directional receiver having a concave usually parabolic reflector",
      ": one used as a microwave or radar antenna",
      ": the state of being concave or the degree of concavity",
      ": something that is favored",
      ": an attractive or sexy person",
      ": gossip sense 2a",
      ": to put (something, such as food for serving) into a dish",
      ": present",
      ": to make concave like a dish",
      ": to disclose or discuss especially publicly",
      ": to pass (a basketball) to a teammate",
      ": gossip",
      ": to disclose private or personal information",
      ": to pass a basketball to a teammate",
      ": a usually round shallow container used for cooking or serving food",
      ": all items (as plates and silverware) used for cooking and eating food",
      ": the food in a container for serving or eating",
      ": food that is prepared in a particular way",
      ": a round shallow object"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dish",
      "\u02c8dish"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "vessel"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "blab",
      "gossip",
      "talk",
      "tattle",
      "wag"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Welch's second dish was squash tortellini in corn broth and three sisters' salad. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 3 June 2022",
      "The ban is expected to hit Singaporeans hard, not least because the city-state's de facto national dish is chicken-rice -- and aficionados say replacing fresh meat with frozen simply won't do. \u2014 Heather Chen, CNN , 2 June 2022",
      "The dish would make a great brunch item or appetizer before dinner. \u2014 Jessica Hickam & Jais Tollette, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
      "For context, dish and occasional deep dives on local elections, sign up for our L.A. on the Record newsletter, sent to your inbox each Saturday. \u2014 Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
      "The loss came despite the Sox registering 14 hits to continue their hot streak at the dish . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
      "The reddish sauce gave the dish a distinctive look and a light savory top note. \u2014 al , 27 May 2022",
      "The software plugs into vendor systems to serve up real-time recipe costs, which act as the starting point for predictive purchasing, smart inventory and accurate food production planning tools to boost profit margins per dish and across the menu. \u2014 Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 May 2022",
      "SpaceX is charging Starlink RV subscribers $599 for the dish and $135 per month to receive internet via the service. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 23 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Pu has brought a little of his family's heritage and tradition to the special go-to dish . \u2014 Dana Mcmahan, The Courier-Journal , 7 June 2022",
      "Among the food vendors, Portland\u2019s Yardie Ting will dish jerk, curries, patties, and other Jamaican flavors. \u2014 Patricia Harris And David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
      "While Dickinson is expected to be a headache for them, the Wildcats and their offense can dish an even bigger problem to Michigan. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Chris Cuomo and Don Lemon leave politics at the door and dish on their favorite Thanksgiving foods, as well as dos and don'ts for a drama-free dinner table. \u2014 CNN , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "Ashley lovingly recalled her mother's attentiveness to fans and support staff, while Wynonna \u2014 now with her high heels shed and steadier on her feet \u2014 was ready to dish on the woman who was also her favorite sparring partner. \u2014 Nancy Kruh, PEOPLE.com , 16 May 2022",
      "Camila Cabello stopped by the Today show on Tuesday morning (April 12) to dish on the inspiration behind her new solo album Familia. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "The two hosts will dish hot takes and weigh in on the top trending culture, entertainment, sports, and political topics. \u2014 Shar Jossell, Essence , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "There are more opportunities to eavesdrop in the restroom as colleagues dish about who\u2019s sleeping together. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-125503"
  },
  "daemon":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an evil spirit",
      ": a source or agent of evil, harm, distress, or ruin",
      ": an attendant (see attendant entry 2 sense 1 ) power or spirit : genius",
      ": a supernatural being whose nature is intermediate between that of a god and that of a human being",
      ": one that has exceptional enthusiasm, drive, or effectiveness",
      ": a software program or process that runs in the background"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-125756"
  },
  "demonic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of, relating to, or suggestive of a demon : fiendish"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8m\u00e4-nik",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cacodemonic",
      "demoniac",
      "demoniacal",
      "demonian",
      "devilish",
      "diabolical",
      "diabolic",
      "fiendish",
      "Luciferian",
      "satanic"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "angelic",
      "angelical"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the villain in the movie cackled with demonic laughter",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In the games, Dracula was always portrayed as an unstoppable, evil and demonic force. \u2014 Ollie Barder, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
      "YouGov poll found that 51% of Americans believe in demonic possession. \u2014 Joseph P. Laycock, The Conversation , 24 May 2022",
      "The show will go from looking into demonic activity at Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary with comedian Whitney Cummings to looking for Bigfoot with Bachelorette\u2018s Jojo Fletcher and exploring a haunted opera hall with Betty Who. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 2 June 2022",
      "Dillon\u2019s deplorable character recounts his history of murders in gruesome detail to Verge (Bruno Ganz), Jack\u2019s demonic guide through the nine circles of hell. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 30 May 2022",
      "Check out Badgley and Meester's demonic stroll down Memory Lane in the clip below. \u2014 Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com , 17 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",
      "The real fun, though, was watching Simmons fully embrace the scene's demonic nature, his dead eyes basking in eerie green light behind that kabuki-style make-up, his head jerking ominously, like a vampire ready to strike its prey. \u2014 Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 May 2022",
      "Doctor Strange was in the right place at the right time when a giant demonic monster appeared in New York. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 9 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Late Latin daemonicus, borrowed from Greek daemonik\u00f3s, from daimon-, da\u00edm\u014dn \"superhuman power, spirit intermediate between gods and humans, demon \" + -ikos  -ic entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1662, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-132506"
  },
  "defensible":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": capable of being defended"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8fen(t)-s\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "defendable",
      "tenable"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "indefensible",
      "untenable"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Both candidates hold defensible positions on the issue.",
      "Under those circumstances, her actions were completely defensible .",
      "Slavery is not morally defensible .",
      "The city has a defensible location.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Most Californians know there should be 100 feet of defensible space around homes. \u2014 Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 June 2022",
      "Fire officials also asked residents to create 100 feet of defensible space around buildings on their property and to plant fire resistant and drought-tolerant plants. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 May 2022",
      "The test car, painted in Melbourne Red Metallic and gilded with $9,225 worth of options\u2014including uprated rear differential and brakes, sport suspension and steering\u2014went out the door for an entirely defensible , obviously sensible $46,570. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
      "But many of its catastrophes are now defensible , if not celebrated. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "This year, given limited in-person gathering due to the pandemic, the focus is on helping homeowners create defensible space around their homes. \u2014 Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic , 4 May 2022",
      "To protect against the effects of wildfires, for instance, schools can create a defensible space around their buildings or install better air filtration systems to deal with smoke. \u2014 Andrea Stanley, Anchorage Daily News , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "That's morally defensible but not going to happen without weeks of fighting. \u2014 Mark Cancian, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "The tragedy of Irene and Clare rests not in the question of whether the act of passing is morally defensible but in the fact that neither can fully provide an answer. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 9 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English defensable, defensible \"ready to fight, easily defended,\" borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Late Latin d\u0113fens\u0101bilis \"able to be defended,\" from Latin d\u0113fens\u0101re \"to act in defense\" (frequentative of d\u0113fendere \"to defend \") + -bilis \"capable (of acting) or worthy of (being acted upon)\" \u2014 more at -able ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-153216"
  },
  "displacement":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or process of displacing : the state of being displaced",
      ": the volume or weight of a fluid (such as water) displaced (see displace sense 2a ) by a floating body (such as a ship) of equal weight",
      ": the difference between the initial position of something (such as a body or geometric figure) and any later position",
      ": the volume displaced by a piston (as in a pump or an engine) in a single stroke",
      ": the total volume so displaced by all the pistons in an internal combustion engine",
      ": the redirection of an emotion or impulse from its original object (such as an idea or person) to another",
      ": the substitution of another form of behavior for what is usual or expected especially when the usual response is nonadaptive or socially inappropriate",
      ": the act or process of removing something from its usual or proper place or the state resulting from this : dislocation",
      ": percolation sense 3",
      ": the quantity in which or the degree to which something is displaced",
      ": the redirection of an emotion or impulse from its original object (as an idea or person) to something that is more acceptable",
      ": sublimation sense 2",
      ": the substitution of another form of behavior for what is usual or expected especially when the usual response is nonadaptive"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8pl\u0101-sm\u0259nt",
      "di-\u02c8spl\u0101-",
      "-\u02c8pl\u0101-sm\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "banishment",
      "deportation",
      "exile",
      "expatriation",
      "expulsion",
      "relegation"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The war has caused the displacement of thousands of people.",
      "displacements in the Earth's crust",
      "soil displacement caused by farming",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "If adopted, the policy could protect existing residents from displacement as property values increased. \u2014 Bailey Loosemore, The Courier-Journal , 9 June 2022",
      "The departures and displacement provoke strong emotions, as people who have lived their whole lives in one place are finally, sometimes grudgingly, persuaded to leave. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
      "The country that will likely see the greatest gains from Russia\u2019s displacement as a major arms supplier is China. \u2014 Terrence Guay, The Conversation , 7 June 2022",
      "At the same time, the war and mass displacement are devastating livelihoods and economic opportunities, leaving many families without sufficient income to meet basic needs and unable to provide adequate support for their children. \u2014 Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
      "Poverty, scarce economic opportunities, displacement caused by natural disasters or a desire to reunite with family are not grounds for asylum under U.S. law. \u2014 Camilo Montoya-galvez, CBS News , 2 June 2022",
      "Whereas a conventional speedboat\u2019s displacement hull creates small waves that can causes erosion to shorelines, beaches or reefs, the Voyager will barely leave a trace on the water\u2019s surface, according to the company. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 31 May 2022",
      "The overall displacement has represented the fastest-growing refugee crisis since World War II. \u2014 Alex Hogan, Fox News , 24 May 2022",
      "Though the cooperative aims to fight displacement , its lens is focused on helping artists and longtime immigrant Pilsen families, such as the Leon family. \u2014 Laura Rodr\u00edguez Presa, Chicago Tribune , 24 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see displace ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-163657"
  },
  "de facto":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in reality : actually",
      ": actual",
      ": being such in effect though not formally recognized",
      ": exercising power as if legally constituted",
      ": resulting from economic or social factors rather than from laws or actions of the state",
      ": in reality : actually",
      ": actual",
      ": being such in effect though not formally recognized \u2014 see also de facto segregation at segregation",
      ": exercising power as if legally constituted or authorized",
      "\u2014 compare de jure"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8fak-(\u02cc)t\u014d",
      "d\u0101-",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8fak-t\u014d, d\u0101-, d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "actual",
      "concrete",
      "effective",
      "existent",
      "factual",
      "genuine",
      "real",
      "sure-enough",
      "true",
      "very"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "conjectural",
      "hypothetical",
      "ideal",
      "inexistent",
      "nonexistent",
      "platonic",
      "possible",
      "potential",
      "suppositional",
      "theoretical",
      "theoretic"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "with the death of his father, he became the de facto head of the family",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "This year\u2019s first two Finals games in Boston did not feel official without the de facto commissioner on hand to measure the baskets during warm-ups. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
      "Such stereotypes led to decades of legal and de facto discrimination, segregation and violence rooted in white supremacy \u2014 all done in the name of protecting whites from people of color. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
      "Many legal experts and reproductive health advocates predict that the Court will indeed uphold the Mississippi ban, as CNN reports, resulting in an explicit or de facto overturning of Roe. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "But the Uvalde massacre occurred in an existing, de facto war zone. \u2014 Palabra, al , 7 June 2022",
      "And Caleb Martin, who stood as the de facto backup power forward when Tucker was sidelined this season, is far more of a wing, and, now, an impending free agent. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 2 June 2022",
      "This is heritage for American politics, as society tends to render policy and slogans aimed to uplift Black people as de facto radical and thus politically ruinous. \u2014 Anthony Conwright, The New Republic , 30 May 2022",
      "However, some local experts say cannabis decriminalization will allow people de facto to consume cannabis containing high THC levels. \u2014 Dario Sabaghi, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
      "Online multiplayer may have become the de facto way to play games together, but there are still plenty of cooperative titles for those looking to cozy up with friends and family and enjoy games together IRL. \u2014 Alyse Stanley, Washington Post , 17 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adverb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adverb",
      "1601, in the meaning defined above",
      "Adjective",
      "circa 1689, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-174718"
  },
  "door":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a usually swinging or sliding barrier by which an entry is closed and opened",
      ": a similar part of a piece of furniture",
      ": doorway",
      ": a means of access or participation : opportunity",
      ": the designated time at which the doors at a performance venue (such as a theater) are opened to admit attendees",
      ": as a charge against one as being responsible",
      ": a usually swinging or sliding frame or barrier by which an entrance (as into a house) is closed and opened",
      ": a part of a piece of furniture that swings or slides open or shut",
      ": doorway"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fr",
      "\u02c8d\u022fr"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "gate",
      "hatch",
      "portal"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "I heard a knock on the door .",
      "Please don't block the door .",
      "I peeked through the open door .",
      "He stood at the door .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The staff at the Old Canteen snuck him out the back door . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
      "This opens the door , however, to abuse, frustration, and irrationality. \u2014 Michael Schuman, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022",
      "For Louisville residents, this opens the door to some cheap flights. \u2014 Thomas Birmingham, The Courier-Journal , 9 June 2022",
      "Supply chain issues might also squeeze the advertising revenue of broadcast networks and others, says Moody\u2019s analyst Neil Begley, as automobile manufacturers, in particular, no longer need to advertise to get inventory out the door . \u2014 Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
      "Simplicity opens the door to establishing an authentic conversation with no B.S. \u2014 Mariana Ferrari, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "This type of data opens the door not only to more tailored tactics, but also custom messaging. \u2014 Partner Content, Variety , 2 June 2022",
      "Doing so opens the door to infection (in this case, the blister is acting like a natural bandage, Dr. Larson explains). \u2014 Mara Santilli, SELF , 25 May 2022",
      "Some legal experts believe their reaction was because Heard referencing past instances of alleged abuse in this case opens the door for Depp's team to do the same \u2013 and Heard has prior domestic abuse charges against her. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English dure, dor , from Old English duru door & dor gate; akin to Old High German turi door, Latin fores , Greek thyra ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-194541"
  },
  "ding-a-ling":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": nitwit , kook"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di\u014b-\u0259-\u02ccli\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "berk",
      "booby",
      "charlie",
      "charley",
      "cuckoo",
      "ding-dong",
      "dingbat",
      "dipstick",
      "doofus",
      "featherhead",
      "fool",
      "git",
      "goose",
      "half-wit",
      "jackass",
      "lunatic",
      "mooncalf",
      "nincompoop",
      "ninny",
      "ninnyhammer",
      "nit",
      "nitwit",
      "nut",
      "nutcase",
      "simp",
      "simpleton",
      "turkey",
      "yo-yo"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"reduplication of ding entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1935, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-214701"
  },
  "darkly":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": devoid or partially devoid of light : not receiving, reflecting, transmitting, or radiating light",
      ": transmitting only a portion of light",
      ": wholly or partially black",
      ": of low or very low lightness",
      ": being less light in color than other substances of the same kind",
      ": arising from or showing evil traits or desires : evil",
      ": dismal , gloomy",
      ": lacking knowledge or culture : unenlightened",
      ": relating to grim or depressing circumstances",
      ": not clear to the understanding",
      ": not known or explored because of remoteness",
      ": intense in color, coloring, or pigmentation : not light or fair",
      ": secret",
      ": possessing depth and richness",
      ": closed to the public",
      ": a place or time of little or no light : night , nightfall",
      ": absence of light : darkness",
      ": a color of low or very low lightness : a dark or deep color",
      ": clothing that is dark in color",
      ": in secrecy",
      ": in ignorance",
      ": to become dark",
      ": to stop operating or functioning : to shut down",
      ": to stop broadcasting or transmitting : to go off-line",
      ": to grow dark (see dark entry 1 )",
      ": to make dark",
      ": without light or without much light",
      ": not light in color",
      ": not bright and cheerful : gloomy",
      ": arising from or characterized by evil",
      ": absence of light : darkness",
      ": a place or time of little or no light"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4rk",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4rk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "black",
      "caliginous",
      "darkened",
      "darkish",
      "darkling",
      "darksome",
      "dim",
      "dimmed",
      "dusk",
      "dusky",
      "gloomy",
      "lightless",
      "murky",
      "obscure",
      "obscured",
      "pitch-black",
      "pitch-dark",
      "pitchy",
      "rayless",
      "somber",
      "sombre",
      "stygian",
      "tenebrific",
      "tenebrous",
      "unlit"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "black",
      "blackness",
      "candlelight",
      "darkness",
      "dusk",
      "gloaming",
      "gloom",
      "murk",
      "night",
      "semidarkness",
      "shade",
      "shadows",
      "twilight",
      "umbra"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Scenes at Argentina\u2019s ESMA torture centre come in dark , color-drained. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 18 June 2022",
      "They were designed primarily for emergencies or for after dark when gas stations were closed. \u2014 Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN , 18 June 2022",
      "Understudies, swings and standbys have been keeping the Theater District alive by filling in whenever cast members come down with Covid, and some shows still went dark for short periods when too many performers were out of commission. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 June 2022",
      "According to The Tennessean, more than 2,000 people were in the dark Wednesday afternoon. \u2014 Minyvonne Burke, NBC News , 17 June 2022",
      "Horrors abound in this dark and twisted 2022 tale from stop-motion animation wizard Phil Tippett. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 12 June 2022",
      "Aside from dinner, the only activity offered after dark is making s\u2019mores. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
      "Horrors abound in this dark and twisted 2022 tale from stop-motion animation wizard Phil Tippett. \u2014 Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
      "But the calendar seemed to turn back several months to the dark , damp days of winter Thursday as an intense atmospheric river unloaded drenching rains. \u2014 Jason Samenow, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "And in the dark of space, your life is almost always on the line in some way, so having that experience should prove beneficial. NASA seems to have chosen two strong companies to lead the development of its new spacesuits. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 2 June 2022",
      "In the dark of the night, Hirata dons a headlamp and perches on the rocky cliff. \u2014 Rachel Ng, Bon App\u00e9tit , 19 May 2022",
      "She was then separated from the others, waiting in the dark of the basement until she was released around 2.30 pm that afternoon. \u2014 Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Deputy District Attorney Victor Avila said Avant was shot in the back after she was ambushed in the dark of her home. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "The crash occurred on a Monday, just after 3 a.m. A revving car engine, tires crunching on gravel and plaintive cries for help could be heard in the dark of night, a camper near the crash site recalled. \u2014 Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "Season 2 shifts setting from a glacial polar research station in the dark of an Antarctic winter to an equally isolated and inaccessible setting, an ocean freighter carrying a scientific mission. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "If the soul of Slayer belongs to Satan, it\u2019s not because of bloody rituals in the dark of night. \u2014 Bob Larsen, SPIN , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "In the dark of Friday morning, neighbors instead arose to find the lights of a police shootout. \u2014 Anne Ryman, The Arizona Republic , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "From dinnertime to dark every Wednesday in Livonia, enjoy a car show with food and music. \u2014 Layla Mcmurtrie, Detroit Free Press , 6 June 2022",
      "As the distorted guitar sets in, the room switches to dark with glowing lights illuminating the performance. \u2014 Izzy Col\u00f3n, SPIN , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Say goodbye to dark under-eye circles with this YSL option. \u2014 Rachel Dube, SELF , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "This means better contrast and less bleed from light to dark . \u2014 Parker Hall, Wired , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "As the search went on Monday night for the body of James Brown, who was working alone deep underground at the Darby Fork mine when a roof collapsed, the coal miner's wife watched and waited, not leaving a church parking lot as dusk turned to dark . \u2014 Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "Choose from half, single or double bag subscriptions every two or four weeks; as well their roast preference (light to dark or a variety) and grind type (whole bean or ground). \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "For the guy who\u2019s been wanting to test-drive a new skincare routine, this five-piece gift set from Geologie is specifically formulated to address men\u2019s skin concerns, from aging and acne to dark under eye circles. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "The transitions from light to dark in the matador\u2019s face and stockings, for instance, is abrupt to the point of coarseness. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective, Noun, and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-214721"
  },
  "disputatiousness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": inclined to dispute",
      ": marked by disputation",
      ": provoking debate : controversial"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdi-spy\u0259-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aggressive",
      "agonistic",
      "argumentative",
      "assaultive",
      "bellicose",
      "belligerent",
      "brawly",
      "chippy",
      "combative",
      "confrontational",
      "contentious",
      "discordant",
      "feisty",
      "gladiatorial",
      "militant",
      "pugnacious",
      "quarrelsome",
      "scrappy",
      "truculent",
      "warlike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "nonaggressive",
      "nonbelligerent",
      "pacific",
      "peaceable",
      "peaceful",
      "unbelligerent",
      "uncombative",
      "uncontentious"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a long history of little wars waged by the disputatious countries occupying that European peninsula",
      "a disputatious professor who could give you an argument on just about anything",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Its lament resonates for art once seen as a disputatious civic forum, now overrun by the hard coin of investment markets. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Nov. 2021",
      "In his interviews, Harris adopts a drowsy monotone that seems pitched to signal his commitment to the dispassionate promotion of disputatious ideas. \u2014 Gideon Lewis-kraus, The New Yorker , 6 Sep. 2021",
      "In the first, 100 brothers, of the same parents, gather in their family\u2019s dilapidated library for a splendidly disputatious meal. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2021",
      "That sense of weighty expectation feels heightened this year, as a fragile, disputatious America prepares for an enormous mobilization to manufacture and distribute hundreds of millions of vaccine doses to finally bring the pandemic under control. \u2014 Michael Luo, The New Yorker , 20 Dec. 2020",
      "Manet\u2019s buddy Charles Baudelaire, the disputatious journalist, poet and art critic, described artists\u2019 emerging role as being painters of modern life, and urbanity seeped into many private nooks and crannies. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Oct. 2019",
      "Giving meaningful shape to monuments and memorials in this disputatious era is no easy task. \u2014 Julie V. Iovine., WSJ , 24 Oct. 2018",
      "But the lifestyle of this most disputatious group took its toll on Welch, who felt estranged from the McVies. \u2014 Morgan Enos, Billboard , 10 Apr. 2018",
      "Trump has remained disputatious on this point, even up until last week, when U.S. intelligence services had been working for him for nearly six months. \u2014 Jeet Heer, New Republic , 14 July 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1660, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-214903"
  },
  "defrock":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office",
      ": to remove from a position of honor or privilege"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8fr\u00e4k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "depose",
      "deprive",
      "dethrone",
      "displace",
      "oust",
      "uncrown",
      "unmake",
      "unseat",
      "unthrone"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "crown",
      "enthrone",
      "throne"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the movie's director was defrocked for going way over budget",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "On Friday, a Russian Orthodox Church panel in Yekaterinburg ruled to defrock Father Sergiy for breaking monastic rules. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 July 2020",
      "From 2004 to 2014 \u2014 roughly the years of Benedict\u2019s papacy with a year on each bookend \u2014 some 848 priests were defrocked around the world and another 2,572 were sanctioned to lesser penalties, according to Vatican statistics. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, BostonGlobe.com , 20 Dec. 2019",
      "After the charter was established in 2002, some critics say dioceses were more likely to simply defrock priests and return them to private citizenship. \u2014 Claudia Lauer And Meghan Hoyer, chicagotribune.com , 5 Oct. 2019",
      "Served at: Parkview Hospital, St. Pius X Parish Current status: Burke voluntarily sought and received laicization, or was defrocked , in December 1973. \u2014 Jessica Seaman, The Denver Post , 23 Oct. 2019",
      "Though Brown was stripped of his authority to act publicly as a priest, he wasn\u2019t laicized, or defrocked , until September 2019. \u2014 David Tarrant, Dallas News , 1 Feb. 2020",
      "Such behavior eventually got him defrocked , in 1955, but Peters was unfazed. \u2014 Ben Downing, WSJ , 31 Jan. 2020",
      "The church defrocked him in July, after French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin was convicted of covering up for Preynat\u2019s actions. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Jan. 2020",
      "From 2004 to 2014 \u2014 roughly the years of Benedict\u2019s papacy with a year on each bookend \u2014 some 848 priests were defrocked around the world and another 2,572 were sanctioned to lesser penalties, according to Vatican statistics. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Dec. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-222618"
  },
  "droplet":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a tiny drop (as of a liquid)",
      ": a tiny drop",
      ": a tiny drop (as of a liquid)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4p-l\u0259t",
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4-pl\u0259t",
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4p-l\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bead",
      "blob",
      "driblet",
      "drip",
      "drop",
      "glob",
      "globule"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Droplets of water collected on the windows.",
      "there were only a few droplets left in the canteen",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Tiny amounts of virus, about 10 microns \u2013 the amount in a single droplet someone sneezes or coughs \u2013 can make someone sick. \u2014 Brenda Goodman, CNN , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "The first will be a CBD droplet for home baking, projected for release by June. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Goodsell showed me some recent paintings: a particle of the coronavirus trapped in a respiratory droplet ; a closeup of the flagellar motor of E. coli. \u2014 James Somers, The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "These were in the days prior to masks, distancing, vaccines, and the knowledge that this virus is spread both as a droplet and airborne contaminant. \u2014 Nina Shapiro, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Welcome to the coronavirus Games, where parents and fans were banned, masks were mandatory indoors and out and even couples like Dahlqvist and Bolger had to stay at respiratory droplet -safe distances. \u2014 Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "This air pocket acted as insulation, levitating each droplet and keeping it liquid for longer. \u2014 Joanna Thompson, Scientific American , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "If the old drill sergeant came here, he would very likely be given a microdose, a meditation cushion, a lesson on droplet transmission and a talk about toxic masculinity. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
      "In silence, with a shared pain and delight, the two of us could spend whole minutes watching a droplet trickle down the other side of the pane. \u2014 Artem Chapeye, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1607, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-232234"
  },
  "dressy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": showy in dress",
      ": stylish , smart",
      ": requiring or characterized by fancy or formal dress",
      ": requiring fancy clothes",
      ": proper for formal events"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dre-s\u0113",
      "\u02c8dre-s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dress",
      "formal"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "casual",
      "informal",
      "sportif",
      "sporty"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Those shoes are so dressy , I rarely wear them.",
      "She wore an outfit that was much too dressy for the occasion.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "On the more dressy end, roomy Bermuda\u2019s shorts in cream paired with a camel jacket and ochre zipper back, with the cutout bucket hat. \u2014 Colleen Barry, ajc , 18 June 2022",
      "Outfits where some embellishment is added to your blouse or jacket in the form of a pin, necklace, dressy buttons or handbag may be appropriate. \u2014 Stephanie (stifel) Coughlan, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "And when done in interesting fabrics like lace or sequins, the design makes for a dressy moment, too. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 19 May 2022",
      "Both looks felt dressy and formal, yet entirely individualistic and representative of their own unique style. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 30 May 2022",
      "Giving us the best of both worlds, Cyrus showed us how to do rock star style in both casual and dressy forms. \u2014 Alexis Gaskin, Glamour , 17 May 2022",
      "There are lots of different kinds, and this one from Rhodes is a little less dressy than what the rock and rollers liked. \u2014 Jakob Schiller, Outside Online , 1 Apr. 2020",
      "Keep it in mind for an evening affair that calls for more dressy attire. \u2014 Marie Lodi, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 May 2022",
      "This $33 pair also includes pockets \u2014 a huge bonus \u2014 and a tie belt, which adds a dash of dressy femininity. \u2014 Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com , 24 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1768, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-234437"
  },
  "drink (in)":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to stop and look at or listen to something in order to enjoy it fully"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-012256"
  },
  "defrauding":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deprive of something by deception or fraud",
      ": to trick or cheat someone in order to get money",
      ": to deprive of something by fraud"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8fr\u022fd",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8fr\u022fd",
      "di-\u02c8fr\u022fd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beat",
      "bilk",
      "bleed",
      "cheat",
      "chisel",
      "chouse",
      "con",
      "cozen",
      "diddle",
      "do",
      "do in",
      "euchre",
      "fiddle",
      "fleece",
      "flimflam",
      "gaff",
      "hose",
      "hustle",
      "mulct",
      "nobble",
      "pluck",
      "ream",
      "rip off",
      "rook",
      "screw",
      "shake down",
      "short",
      "shortchange",
      "skin",
      "skunk",
      "squeeze",
      "stick",
      "stiff",
      "sting",
      "sucker",
      "swindle",
      "thimblerig",
      "victimize"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "They were accused of trying to defraud the public.",
      "They conspired to defraud the government.",
      "She was convicted of writing bad checks with intent to defraud .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The couple's accountant, Peter Tarantino, was found guilty of conspiring to defraud the IRS and filing two false corporate tax returns on behalf of the Chrisleys' company. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 9 June 2022",
      "Todd and Julie, along with their accountant, began conspiring to defraud the IRS after the family started earning millions from their reality show, prosecutors said. \u2014 Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
      "Their accountant, Peter Tarantino, was also convicted of conspiring with them to defraud the IRS and filing false corporate tax returns. \u2014 Gene Maddaus, Variety , 8 June 2022",
      "The unit of auto manufacturer Stellantis NV STLA -3.59%\u25bc formerly known as Chrysler agreed to pay $300 million for conspiring to defraud federal regulators and customers about vehicle emissions, authorities said. \u2014 Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ , 3 June 2022",
      "On Monday, a federal judge in California, in a civil case involving the House committee, concluded that Mr. Trump likely engaged in criminal conduct, including obstructing the work of Congress and conspiring to defraud the United States. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "On Monday, a federal judge in California, in a civil case involving the House committee, concluded that Trump likely engaged in criminal conduct, including obstructing the work of Congress and conspiring to defraud the United States. \u2014 Alan Feuer, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Both served jail time after pleading guilty to grand larceny, tax fraud, and conspiring to defraud . \u2014 Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Ultimately, Melngailis and Strangis pled guilty to grand larceny, tax fraud, and conspiring to defraud , and both served time in prison, with Melngailis being sentenced to four months on Rikers Island. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 15 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French defrauder , from Latin defraudare , from de- + fraudare to cheat, from fraud-, fraus fraud",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-013157"
  },
  "dogma":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something held as an established opinion",
      ": a definite authoritative tenet",
      ": a code of such tenets",
      ": a point of view or tenet put forth as authoritative without adequate grounds",
      ": a doctrine or body of doctrines concerning faith or morals formally stated and authoritatively proclaimed by a church",
      ": something firmly believed",
      ": a belief or set of beliefs taught by a church"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fg-m\u0259",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4g-",
      "\u02c8d\u022fg-m\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "canon",
      "doctrine"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Inspired by true events, the film is a powerful exploration of religious dogma that raises larger questions about the nature of freedom and faith. \u2014 Christopher Vourlias, Variety , 16 June 2022",
      "For his part, Joshua Sutter has faced no consequences for his role in spreading Order of Nine Angles dogma . \u2014 Ali Winston, Rolling Stone , 5 June 2022",
      "These organizations often force churches to teach counter to their dogma , and often insert nationalistic propaganda into worship. \u2014 Fox News , 25 May 2022",
      "But writing a history of empire, pillage, bloodthirstiness and dogma cannot be done in a vacuum, ignoring the dark side of their appeal. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "Justice Samuel Alito\u2019s leaked draft decision, steeped in authoritarian strains of religious dogma , is a road map for further erosions of the liberties all Americans enjoy. \u2014 Katherine Stewart, The New Republic , 10 May 2022",
      "The team\u2019s findings confirmed that some aspects of canine behavior do seem quite heritable\u2014and sometimes even echo kennel-club dogma . \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "An investigation by two fictional detectives, one of whom, Jeb Pyre (Andrew Garfield), is a church member, provides the central narrative device by which Black unpacks big questions of history, faith and dogma . \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "But a new generation of environmentalists is beginning to challenge the anti-nuclear dogma of its activist forebears. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin dogmat-, dogma , from Greek, from dokein to seem \u2014 more at decent ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-023051"
  },
  "duplicity":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action",
      ": the belying of one's true intentions by deceptive words or action",
      ": the quality or state of being double or twofold",
      ": the technically incorrect use of two or more distinct items (such as claims, charges, or defenses) in a single legal action",
      ": the use of deceptive words or actions",
      ": the use of more than one claim, allegation, or defense in a single paragraph of a pleading",
      ": the improper charging of more than one offense in one count in a charging instrument (as an indictment) \u2014 compare misjoinder , multiplicity"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "du\u0307-\u02c8pli-s\u0259-t\u0113",
      "also",
      "d\u00fc-\u02c8pli-s\u0259-t\u0113, dy\u00fc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "artifice",
      "cheating",
      "cozenage",
      "craft",
      "craftiness",
      "crookedness",
      "crookery",
      "cunning",
      "cunningness",
      "deceit",
      "deceitfulness",
      "deception",
      "deceptiveness",
      "dishonesty",
      "dissembling",
      "dissimulation",
      "double-dealing",
      "dupery",
      "fakery",
      "foxiness",
      "fraud",
      "guile",
      "guilefulness",
      "wiliness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "artlessness",
      "forthrightness",
      "good faith",
      "guilelessness",
      "ingenuousness",
      "sincerity"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "He exposed the spy's duplicity .",
      "we were lucky not to be taken in by his duplicity",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The warlock\u2019s pot stocked with hypocrisy calling the kettle brimming with duplicity black. \u2014 Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 May 2022",
      "In fact, this lack of duplicity is why Return to Space is so effective as a vehicle to elevate Musk\u2019s already admirable reputation to a different, mythic level. \u2014 Jeff Bradford, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
      "Offering tens of millions of items to hundreds of millions of customers prevents any human touch \u2014 but opens up a lot of space for advertising, and for confusion and duplicity . \u2014 New York Times , 3 Dec. 2021",
      "Both governments are known for lawless behavior, duplicity , bullying, domestic oppression, coercive economic practices, and grave human rights abuses. \u2014 Keith Krach, Fortune , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Her carefree duplicity very much suggests worst practices in a Beltway training film. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Hai's intention was to really reveal Daniel's duplicity at that time. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "It\u2019s also something of an encyclopedia, providing reflections on Middle Eastern history, the nature and appeal of fanatical piety, the sociology of Bedouin life and, sadly, the Western Allies\u2019s political duplicity . \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "In Wilde\u2019s hands, the familiar double plot and the theme of mistaken identity became something new: duplicity was transformed into a kind of displaced truthtelling. \u2014 The New Yorker , 4 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English duplicite , from Middle French, from Late Latin duplicitat-, duplicitas , from Latin duplex ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-042418"
  },
  "delist":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove from a list",
      ": to remove (a security) from the list of securities that may be dealt in on a particular exchange",
      ": to remove from a list",
      ": to remove (a security) from the list of securities that may be traded on a particular exchange"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8list",
      "d\u0113-\u02c8list"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Fears companies might delist as a result proved untrue. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 8 June 2022",
      "Observers say the Biden administration\u2019s refusal to delist the group is a significant achievement for Israel. \u2014 Yonat Friling, Fox News , 25 May 2022",
      "Shareholders of Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Global are expected to vote Monday evening Beijing time on a proposal to delist the company's shares from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). \u2014 Yvonne Lau, Fortune , 23 May 2022",
      "Didi in December announced its plan to delist in the U.S. and pursue a listing in Hong Kong. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Didi Global, China\u2019s equivalent of Uber, announced plans to delist from the New York Stock Exchange after a Beijing cybersecurity probe into its operations. \u2014 Pei Lin Wu, Washington Post , 16 May 2022",
      "The issue escalated at the end of the Trump administration when lawmakers passed legislation that would delist foreign firms that refuse to comply. \u2014 Robert Schmidt, Bloomberg.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "The Securities and Exchange Commission doesn\u2019t accept opinions with disclaimers, which can prompt stock exchanges to delist a company\u2019s shares. \u2014 Mark Maurer, WSJ , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Futu\u2019s inclusion doesn\u2019t mean the company\u2019s American depositary receipts will be forced to delist in the near-term, the company said in a statement Thursday. \u2014 Robert Schmidt, Bloomberg.com , 30 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1929, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-051543"
  },
  "detract":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to diminish the importance, value, or effectiveness of something",
      ": divert",
      ": to speak ill of",
      ": to take away",
      ": to take away (as from value or importance)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8trakt",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8trakt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abstract",
      "call off",
      "distract",
      "divert",
      "throw off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "numerous typos in the text detract the reader's attention from the novel's intricate plot",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Only those where there is a risk that private considerations may detract from serving the public interests. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Generating long-standing, replicable success means seeing the indicators that will detract or add to your business. \u2014 Amir Taichman, Forbes , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "Some Catalan separatists accuse Spain of using the revelation of the hacking of top officials to detract attention from their cases. \u2014 Joseph Wilson, ajc , 5 May 2022",
      "Some Russia skeptics believe the announcement is nothing but Moscow's spin, designed to detract attention from losses on the battlefield. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "The Rebel v2 felt pleasantly plush but not so much to detract from the performance or feel disembodied from the road. \u2014 Adam Chase, Outside Online , 17 May 2021",
      "Berry says the lack of another win by a Black woman in the best actress category does not detract from the great work that has been and is being done by her fellow Black actresses. \u2014 Lisa Respers France, CNN , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "While November brought significant volatility, as already mentioned, long-bias hedge funds still returned 10.4% through November, demonstrating that the challenging month didn't detract much from their return. \u2014 Jacob Wolinsky, Forbes , 26 Dec. 2021",
      "But these formal choices don\u2019t detract from the impressively thick and sensitively handled record of a life that the filmmakers, led by Andrew Rossi, who wrote and directed, have carefully reassembled. \u2014 The New Yorker , 20 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin detractus , past participle of detrahere to pull down, disparage, from de- + trahere to draw",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-073421"
  },
  "disfigure":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries",
      ": disguise",
      ": to spoil the looks of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8fi-gy\u0259r",
      "especially British",
      "dis-\u02c8fi-gy\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blemish",
      "bloody",
      "break",
      "compromise",
      "crab",
      "cripple",
      "cross (up)",
      "damage",
      "deface",
      "endamage",
      "flaw",
      "harm",
      "hurt",
      "impair",
      "injure",
      "mar",
      "spoil",
      "vitiate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "doctor",
      "fix",
      "mend",
      "patch",
      "rebuild",
      "recondition",
      "reconstruct",
      "renovate",
      "repair",
      "revamp"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "His face was disfigured by a scar.",
      "the statue was seriously disfigured by falling rubble during the earthquake",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In an unrelated case, court records indicate Boswell is charged with first-degree assault with intent to disfigure in a Sept. 11, 2019, incident in which he is accused of beating a man causing brain damage to him. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Perez faces three felony charges, including a charge of assault with intent to disfigure and dismember and a charge of assault with intent to seriously injure someone with a weapon. \u2014 Amir Vera And Liam Reilly, CNN , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Yet the addition of modern touches threatens to disfigure the cathedral, according to dozens of cultural figures and intellectuals who have stood up against the proposals. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "For example, newer cultivars of flowering crabapple trees are usually resistant to apple scab and fire blight, diseases that disfigure many older trees. \u2014 Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com , 19 Sep. 2021",
      "From April 1992 until the summer of 1995, the newly independent republic of Bosnia endured the darkest violence to disfigure Europe since World War II. \u2014 Steve Coll, The New York Review of Books , 28 May 2020",
      "The perpetrators don't usually intend to kill but to disfigure their victims' faces. \u2014 Rakesh Kumar, CNN , 12 July 2021",
      "RespectAbility, an organization that advocates for individuals with disabilities, said Hollywood\u2019s tendency to disfigure evil characters, even unintentionally, can cause people to be afraid of those who don\u2019t look like them. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, chicagotribune.com , 5 Nov. 2020",
      "Those lies include social media memes stating the vaccine will leave an invisible digital, trackable tattoo; that Dr. Anthony Fauci, a leader in the vaccine effort, is actually Satan; and that the vaccine will hideously disfigure your face. \u2014 Elizabeth Cohen, CNN , 12 Aug. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French desfigurer , from des- dis- + figure figure",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-104734"
  },
  "def":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": cool sense 7",
      "defendant; defense",
      "deferred",
      "defined; definition",
      "definite; definitely",
      "defecation",
      "deficient",
      "definite",
      "defendant"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8def"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "au courant",
      "cool",
      "downtown",
      "groovy",
      "hep",
      "hip",
      "in",
      "mod",
      "now",
      "trendy",
      "turned-on",
      "with-it"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "out",
      "uncool",
      "unhip",
      "untrendy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "of the rappers on the scene, he was definitely the most def"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1979, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-105200"
  },
  "dank":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": unpleasantly moist or wet",
      ": unpleasantly wet or moist"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8da\u014bk",
      "\u02c8da\u014bk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "damp",
      "dampish",
      "moist",
      "wettish"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "vegetables tended to go bad quickly in the dank cellar",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Others, especially the elderly, have nowhere else to go and hide in dank basement shelters. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 May 2022",
      "That\u2019s right, Portland was the dank armpit, long before the coronavirus pandemic killed dozens of businesses and nightly protests wrecked downtown. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Rocks of the fragrant resin from the Amazonian Almacega tree, which is at the heart of Costa\u2019s cult-favorite beauty brand, Costa Brazil, were burning at Casa Tua, giving the room the dank scent of jungle canopy envelopment. \u2014 Celia Ellenberg, Vogue , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "In one school, some 200 people took shelter in the dank confines of a basement, sleeping on mattresses laid over desks. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "The intended effect of dank terror is undercut by the general lackadaisical aura hanging over everything. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "The job pulls him down a rabbit hole of demonic possession and family grief, with parallel stories: one set in a dank New York rental building, the other in a creepy upstate compound. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "Similes would have to suffice, because pineapples couldn\u2019t survive the dank voyage back to Europe without rotting \u2014 just another casualty of the imperial adventure. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "But there\u2019s a middle ground between yeeting a YOLO on your dough and locking your money away in a dank cellar to age. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English danke ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1573, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-105424"
  },
  "debauch":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality",
      ": to lead away from virtue or excellence",
      ": to seduce from chastity",
      ": to make disloyal",
      ": an act or occasion of extreme indulgence in sensuality or carnal pleasures : an act or occasion of debauchery",
      ": orgy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8b\u022fch",
      "-\u02c8b\u00e4ch",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abase",
      "bastardize",
      "canker",
      "cheapen",
      "corrupt",
      "debase",
      "degrade",
      "demean",
      "demoralize",
      "deprave",
      "deteriorate",
      "lessen",
      "pervert",
      "poison",
      "profane",
      "prostitute",
      "subvert",
      "vitiate",
      "warp"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "elevate",
      "ennoble",
      "uplift"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "the long stay on a tropical isle had debauched the ship's crew to the point where they no longer acted like naval professionals",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The medical community and laypersons alike often blamed victims of the disease for their own suffering, believing that vicious, debauched , and unhygienic lifestyles begat typhus. \u2014 Timothy Kent Holliday, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Apr. 2020",
      "His voice is chirpy-thin, making his stories of debauched after-hours excess sound like child\u2019s play. \u2014 New York Times , 9 May 2018",
      "Given this is a bachelorette party, though, her activities are sure to be slightly more debauched \u2014 perhaps something fun with vaginal jade eggs? \u2014 Amanda Arnold, The Cut , 11 Apr. 2018",
      "This is middle ages debauchery, when people really knew how to debauch . \u2014 Kelly Kazek, AL.com , 16 Mar. 2018",
      "Prohibition failed because too few Americans agreed that all drinking was debauched . \u2014 The Economist , 19 Dec. 2017",
      "The ruling class became hoggishly self-indulgent: Mr Heffer lacerates Edward VII for his habit of sponging off his friends and debauching their wives. \u2014 The Economist , 7 Oct. 2017",
      "If memory serves, Sixx\u2019s proudly debauched autobiography was pretty graphic all by itself. \u2014 George Varga, sandiegouniontribune.com , 19 July 2017",
      "Lofing, who is married, faced a misdemeanor charge of debauching a minor and on Monday was sentenced to 90 days in jail. \u2014 Alex Thomas, ajc , 19 July 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But this year, the island is celebrating much more than Ernest Hemingway\u2019s six-toed cats, Duval Street pub crawls or a Fantasy Fest debauch . \u2014 Gwen Filosa, sun-sentinel.com , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "After the fashion industry disgraced itself by banishing Melania Trump, this latest debauch comes as no surprise. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 10 Mar. 2021",
      "Take a break from taking a break with a long debauch at the Chateau Marmont? \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Oct. 2020",
      "In stark contrast to Mr Sehic\u2019s debauches , hundreds of starving Bosniaks, led by small numbers of armed men, raid surrounding Serb villages for food. \u2014 The Economist , 3 Oct. 2019",
      "Pain and Glory Rated R for language, recreational drug use and remembrance of debauches past. \u2014 Manohla Dargis, New York Times , 3 Oct. 2019",
      "Hot Springs was a wild town in those days\u2014a spa for rich northerners, a debauch of illegal gambling, fancy nightclubs, and the Oaklawn racetrack. \u2014 Joe Klein, Daily Intelligencer , 30 June 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1595, in the meaning defined at sense 2b",
      "Noun",
      "1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-105441"
  },
  "diatribe":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing",
      ": ironic or satirical criticism",
      ": a prolonged discourse"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b-\u0259-\u02cctr\u012bb"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "harangue",
      "jeremiad",
      "philippic",
      "rant",
      "tirade"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "\u2026 his apparent inability to keep his pen from drifting from the main objective of his words into diatribe must have taken away from the sound and otherwise convincing arguments that he advanced. \u2014 Henry Petroski , Engineers of Dreams , 1995",
      "I looked \u2026 and listened to her ahistorical and apolitical diatribe . Her comments were a more extreme form of the kind of Black bashing I've often heard \u2026 \u2014 Itabari Njeri , \"Sushi and Grits,\" in Lure and Loathing , 1993",
      "\u2026 gradually I realize the headman's diatribe has begun to feature a new term I was unfamiliar with at the time\u2014the word for caterpillar, as it turns out, in the Iban dialect. \u2014 T. Coraghessan Boyle , Harper's , April 1993",
      "The article is a diatribe against mainstream media.",
      "a bitter diatribe about how unfair the tax system is",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Overwhelmingly, these discussions describe the diatribe as relying on pseudoscience or discredited science and co-opting or misreading mainstream science. \u2014 Emily Klancher Merchant, STAT , 23 June 2022",
      "Kid Rock is standing by his drunken 2019 diatribe against Oprah on Tuesday (June 7) in a new interview with Tucker Carlson. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 7 June 2022",
      "Nor is this story a diatribe about privileged parenting in America. \u2014 Elizabeth Macbride, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
      "Authorities believe the Buffalo shooting suspect published a 180-page diatribe before the massacre, detailing his plans to kill Black people and describing himself as a white supremacist and a terrorist. \u2014 Emily Guskin, Washington Post , 21 May 2022",
      "And like in El Paso, the racist suspect left behind a long diatribe explaining that his actions were rooted in the belief that nonwhite people are taking over the country. \u2014 Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
      "In a 180-page diatribe , the 18-year-old White suspect allegedly details how he had been radicalized and describes the attack as terrorism and himself as a White supremacist. \u2014 Adrienne Vogt, CNN , 17 May 2022",
      "Russo delivered a typical diatribe of being fed up with athletes talking instead of playing the game. \u2014 Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY , 4 May 2022",
      "The right-wing Fox pundit's Thursday-night diatribe was in fact just the latest articulation of a conspiracy theory that's been doing the rounds in recent weeks, particularly among those who were already opposed to COVID lockdown measures. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 20 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin diatriba , from Greek diatrib\u0113 pastime, discourse, from diatribein to spend (time), wear away, from dia- + tribein to rub \u2014 more at throw entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1581, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-105448"
  },
  "dogmatizer":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to speak or write dogmatically",
      ": to state as a dogma or in a dogmatic manner"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fg-m\u0259-\u02cct\u012bz",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4g-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"French dogmatiser , from Late Latin dogmatizare , from Greek dogmatizein , from dogmat-, dogma ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1607, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-105601"
  },
  "debauchery":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": extreme indulgence in bodily pleasures and especially sexual pleasures : behavior involving sex, drugs, alcohol, etc. that is often considered immoral",
      ": seduction from virtue or duty"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8b\u022f-ch\u0259-r\u0113",
      "-chr\u0113",
      "-\u02c8b\u00e4-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "corruption",
      "depravity",
      "immorality",
      "iniquitousness",
      "iniquity",
      "libertinage",
      "libertinism",
      "licentiousness",
      "profligacy",
      "sin",
      "vice"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "morality",
      "virtue"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Like St. Augustine carousing his student days away in fourth-century Carthage, [Thomas] Merton had succumbed to such physical and intellectual debaucheries as New York offered a Columbia undergraduate in the 1930's: wine, women and some Communist fellow-traveling. \u2014 Mark Silk , New York Times Book Review , 30 Mar. 1986",
      "\u2026 they regard all music and everything pleasant as forms of debauchery , and will not confess to any knowledge or practice unless you can convince them that you are as abandoned a profligate as themselves. \u2014 Bernard Shaw , letter , 25 Nov. 1948",
      "I have seen a dozen boys stretched on the grass within a circumference of fifty feet, all of them smoking cigarettes and reading dime novels. It was a scene of inspiring debauchery , even to the most craven spectator. \u2014 H. L. Mencken , Happy Days , 1940",
      "He later regretted the debauchery of his youth.",
      "He recalled the evening's debaucheries with regret.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Like: Repeatedly slipping on banana peels, slurping down hot dogs, or guzzling fake whiskey to simulate the debauchery of the Viper Room. \u2014 Francine Orr, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
      "Underneath that level of debauchery is always some kind of puzzle box mystery to solve. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 2 June 2022",
      "In season one, innovative camera angles highlight the debauchery , such as when the picture zooms in on Cassie, the bombshell of the group with daddy issues, seductively slow-motion dancing with a lustful boy while her boyfriend is away. \u2014 Caroline Downey, National Review , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "Inside \u2018Winning Time\u2019s\u2019 era of eye-popping debauchery in sports TV. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "That tells a little bit about my personal debauchery . \u2014 Lynette Rice, EW.com , 16 Nov. 2021",
      "The debauchery starts around dawn, when fans, many of whom continue the party from the night before, line up outside the gates and sprint to the stadium hole to get the primo spots. \u2014 John Marshall, ajc , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "Thompson set the debauchery at Churchill Downs against a backdrop of political violence\u2014including President Nixon\u2019s bombing of Cambodia and the slaughter at Kent State University, which occurred the same week as the Derby. \u2014 Peter Richardson, The New Republic , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "Angelenos soon will get to experience this opportunistic debauchery for themselves when thousands of Cincinnati fans descend on Southern California. \u2014 Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times , 10 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see debauch  entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1642, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-105645"
  },
  "demised":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": death",
      ": a cessation of existence or activity",
      ": a loss of position or status",
      ": the conveyance of an estate",
      ": transfer of the sovereignty to a successor",
      ": to convey by will or lease",
      ": to transmit by succession or inheritance",
      ": convey , give",
      ": die , decease",
      ": to pass by descent or bequest",
      ": death sense 1",
      ": an ending of existence or activity",
      ": to convey (possession of property) by will or lease",
      ": the conveyance of property by will or lease : lease",
      ": the transmission of property by testate or intestate succession",
      ": charter of a boat in which the owner surrenders completely the possession, command, and navigation of the boat"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8m\u012bz",
      "di-\u02c8m\u012bz",
      "di-\u02c8m\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "curtains",
      "death",
      "decease",
      "dissolution",
      "doom",
      "end",
      "exit",
      "expiration",
      "expiry",
      "fate",
      "grave",
      "great divide",
      "passage",
      "passing",
      "quietus",
      "sleep"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "check out",
      "conk (out)",
      "croak",
      "decease",
      "depart",
      "die",
      "drop",
      "end",
      "exit",
      "expire",
      "fall",
      "flatline",
      "go",
      "kick in",
      "kick off",
      "part",
      "pass (on)",
      "pass away",
      "peg out",
      "perish",
      "pop off",
      "step out",
      "succumb"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Price wars and a change in architectural taste, though, led to the brick's demise . \u2014 Ben Schultz, Journal Sentinel , 17 June 2022",
      "The last update for Internet Explorer was in 2013, meaning the legacy browser has suffered a slow demise . \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 15 June 2022",
      "According to the University of California at Davis department of obstetrics and gynecology, a fetal demise delivered at home in the second trimester presents an elevated danger of significant bleeding. \u2014 Jerald Walker, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
      "Traditional methods of doing things can create barriers to innovation, so much so that keeping to what has always been done has led to some companies\u2019 demise (think Blockbuster). \u2014 Max Simkoff, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
      "Revolution, colonial interference and social unrest finally caused the dynasty\u2019s demise . \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 May 2022",
      "Those who support stricter gun control in the state are looking back at the 2018 bill\u2019s demise with frustration. \u2014 Tyler Kingkade, NBC News , 26 May 2022",
      "Many investors hurt by Terra\u2019s demise are now looking for answers. \u2014 Taylor Locke, Fortune , 26 May 2022",
      "But political mismanagement and neglect are the more likely culprits in Buffalo\u2019s demise . \u2014 Jason L. Riley, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Ann, who\u2019s starring in a new opera at Disney Hall, embraces her character\u2019s nightly demise with a grand passion that her audiences find cathartic. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 July 2021",
      "Sadly, the bankruptcy of the company\u2019s battery supplier A123 Systems in 2012 led to the Fisker Automotive\u2019s demise a year later. \u2014 James Morris, Forbes , 27 Feb. 2021",
      "Ruby, a lifelong Californian, takes the country\u2019s demise seriously. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 30 Sep. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-105852"
  },
  "dictate":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to utter words to be transcribed : to give dictation",
      ": to speak or act domineeringly : prescribe",
      ": to speak or read for a person to transcribe or for a machine to record",
      ": to issue as an order",
      ": to impose, pronounce, or specify authoritatively",
      ": to require or determine necessarily",
      ": an authoritative rule, prescription, or injunction",
      ": a ruling principle",
      ": a command by one in authority",
      ": to speak or read for someone else to write down or for a machine to record",
      ": to say or state with authority : order",
      ": to make necessary",
      ": an order or direction given with authority : command",
      ": a guiding rule or principle"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dik-\u02cct\u0101t",
      "dik-\u02c8t\u0101t",
      "\u02c8dik-\u02cct\u0101t",
      "\u02c8dik-\u02cct\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "call",
      "command",
      "decree",
      "direct",
      "mandate",
      "ordain",
      "order"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "behest",
      "charge",
      "command",
      "commandment",
      "decree",
      "direction",
      "directive",
      "do",
      "edict",
      "imperative",
      "injunction",
      "instruction",
      "order",
      "word"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "She's dictating a letter to her secretary.",
      "They insisted on being able to dictate the terms of surrender.",
      "Tradition dictates that the youngest member should go first.",
      "The basket's function dictates its size and shape.",
      "Noun",
      "a starchily worded dictate from on high concerning the company's dress code",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "So the film will be set during that war, and then the film itself will dictate what happens next. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
      "Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, said on Monday demand and available inventory of gasoline will also dictate future prices. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
      "In Iowa, on this day in particular, that's not entirely his framing to dictate . \u2014 Byrick Klein,averi Harper, ABC News , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Can the Huskies force some turnovers, get going in transition and dictate the pace to their liking? \u2014 Alexa Philippou, courant.com , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "Allowing Russia to dictate limits to NATO defenses in member countries is even less palatable. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Dec. 2021",
      "To dictate that a person recovered from COVID-19 with natural immunity also submit to a vaccine \u2014 without scientific evidence \u2014 is nothing more than hubris. \u2014 Deborah Yetter, The Courier-Journal , 10 Aug. 2021",
      "The couple were getting used to the new city, walking their dogs, eating at the same taco shop every day, letting the borough\u2019s rhythms dictate theirs. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
      "For Bret Taylor, the co-CEO of Salesforce, the solution involves letting each division in the company dictate its ideal schedule of working at home and in the office. \u2014 Dan Reilly, Fortune , 5 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Clear rights regarding interference protection can provide incentives for innovation and collaboration among spectrum users in a way that avoids regulatory dictate . \u2014 Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "In terms of Hodges\u2019s dictate for full restoration, precedent plays a key role in acts of curatorial omission or commission. \u2014 Randal Doane, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "The principal went on to note that ahead of the school year, the Illinois superintendent of schools sent a letter to each district threatening schools that did not enforce compliance with the dictate . \u2014 Breck Dumas, Fox News , 11 Sep. 2021",
      "Their litany of error serves as a reminder of the risks of letting horse-race political coverage dictate coverage of the pandemic. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 10 Aug. 2021",
      "Their work has exposed not only how deep our lines of dependence are but how the inequities of class, race, and industry dictate who may stay inside and who might have no choice but to venture outdoors. \u2014 Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, The New Yorker , 9 Aug. 2021",
      "Her mandate was sounding less like the inspiration of a concerned partner, and more like the dictate of a prison guard. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 Aug. 2021",
      "Supply and demand dictate airfare -- airlines can't always raise fares to cover costs. \u2014 Chris Isidore, CNN , 27 July 2021",
      "But one dictate received special attention from commentators: the continuation of a Trump-era shift toward facilitating large-scale drug importation from Canada, with Biden instructing the FDA to work with states to implement appropriate plans. \u2014 Natalie Shure, The New Republic , 19 July 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1577, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1582, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-110439"
  },
  "derri\u00e8re":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the part of the body a person sits on : buttocks"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccder-\u0113-\u02c8er",
      "\u02ccde-r\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "backside",
      "behind",
      "booty",
      "bootie",
      "bottom",
      "breech",
      "bum",
      "buns",
      "butt",
      "buttocks",
      "caboose",
      "can",
      "cheeks",
      "duff",
      "fanny",
      "fundament",
      "hams",
      "haunches",
      "heinie",
      "hunkers",
      "keister",
      "keester",
      "nates",
      "posterior",
      "rear",
      "rear end",
      "rump",
      "seat",
      "tail",
      "tail end",
      "tush"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "I slipped on the ice and fell on my derriere .",
      "swimsuits that should be worn only by those with tight little derrieres",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There are two different ways to get your derriere out of these pants without undoing the shoulder straps. \u2014 Outside Online , 10 Dec. 2019",
      "Leather-clad from top to bottom \u2014 literally, just to her bottom, with only fishnets showing past that point \u2014 Madonna left the audience with a good look at what decades of working out will do to a person\u2019s derriere . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Sep. 2021",
      "But what truly sets these leggings apart from the millions out there was its unique ability to transform anyone\u2019s derriere . \u2014 refinery29.com , 28 July 2021",
      "Picture a pair of leggings that mix the comfort of activewear with the appeal of shapewear, featuring an intentional wedgie that carefully separates your buttcheeks, giving anyone a derriere made for its own reality TV show. \u2014 refinery29.com , 28 July 2021",
      "In the images, Affleck grabs Lopez's derriere while looking directly into their own photographer's camera. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 25 July 2021",
      "Dickie offered to show the crowd the scars on his derriere ; the crowd opted to take his word for it. \u2014 al , 16 July 2021",
      "Back in the day, my sister and I cracked up when the belt vibrated her derriere . \u2014 Arkansas Online , 5 June 2021",
      "Formulated with Wheat Protein and Watermelon Extracts, this sweet-as-candy body treat plumps the derriere while helping to reduce the appearance of cellulite or fine lines. \u2014 Bianca Salonga, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French derri\u00e8re , from Old French derrier back part, rear, from derier , adverb, behind, from Late Latin deretro , from Latin de from + retro back",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1774, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-110613"
  },
  "digit":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of the Arabic numerals 1 to 9 and usually the symbol 0",
      ": one of the elements that combine to form numbers in a system other than the decimal system",
      ": the digits of a telephone number",
      ": a unit of length based on the breadth of a finger and equal in English measure to 3/4 inch",
      ": any of the divisions in which the limbs of most vertebrates terminate, which are typically five in number but may be reduced (as in the horse), and which typically have a series of phalanges bearing a nail, claw, or hoof at the tip \u2014 compare finger sense 1 , toe sense 1a",
      ": any of the numerals 1 to 9 and the symbol 0",
      ": a finger or toe",
      ": any of the divisions (as a finger or toe) in which the limbs of amphibians and all higher vertebrates including humans terminate, which are typically five in number but may be reduced (as in the horse), and which typically have a series of phalanges bearing a nail, claw, or hoof at the tip"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-j\u0259t",
      "\u02c8di-j\u0259t",
      "\u02c8dij-\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "figure",
      "integer",
      "number",
      "numeral",
      "numeric",
      "whole number"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a three- digit number like 507",
      "She suffered several broken digits .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Rates began falling in the early 1980s after Fed Chairman Paul Volcker vanquished years of double- digit inflation by raising borrowing costs to previously unheard-of heights. \u2014 David J. Lynch, Anchorage Daily News , 20 June 2022",
      "Burnes did his part to get the Brewers back on top for the first time since June 9 by allowing just two hits \u2014 both by Juan Yepez \u2014 and two walks while fanning 10 for his fifth game with double- digit strikeouts on the season. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel , 20 June 2022",
      "Rates began falling in the early 1980s after Fed Chairman Paul Volcker vanquished years of double- digit inflation by raising borrowing costs to previously unheard-of heights. \u2014 David J. Lynch, Washington Post , 19 June 2022",
      "In the summer of 1979, with inflation surging at double- digit rates and an energy crisis raging, then-President Jimmy Carter invited leaders from all walks of life to meet with him at Camp David. \u2014 Richard Galant, CNN , 19 June 2022",
      "And Hunter Wales protected the rim, finishing with double- digit rebounds. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 18 June 2022",
      "The team committed an unacceptable 18 turnovers, missed double- digit free throws and constantly argued with officials rather than focusing on the game at hand. \u2014 Hunter Felt, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "With Golden State coming off the 104-94 Game 5 win, it should be mentioned that Thompson averages 20.6 points per game after a double- digit victory. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 16 June 2022",
      "And these elections are so low-turnout that double- digit margins of victory aren\u2019t uncommon. \u2014 Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin digitus finger, toe; perhaps akin to Greek deiknynai to show \u2014 more at diction ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-111533"
  },
  "drollness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having a humorous, whimsical , or odd quality",
      ": an amusing person : jester , comedian",
      ": to make fun : jest , sport",
      ": having an odd or amusing quality"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u014dl",
      "\u02c8dr\u014dl"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "antic",
      "chucklesome",
      "comedic",
      "comic",
      "comical",
      "farcical",
      "funny",
      "hilarious",
      "humoristic",
      "humorous",
      "hysterical",
      "hysteric",
      "killing",
      "laughable",
      "ludicrous",
      "ridiculous",
      "riotous",
      "risible",
      "screaming",
      "sidesplitting",
      "uproarious"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "card",
      "comedian",
      "comic",
      "farceur",
      "funnyman",
      "gagger",
      "gagman",
      "gagster",
      "humorist",
      "jester",
      "joker",
      "jokester",
      "wag",
      "wit"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "a droll little man with a peculiar sense of humor",
      "a book of droll stories",
      "Noun",
      "the drolls of late-night TV had a field day with that senator's sexual shenanigans",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Diedrich Bader remains a droll delight as Sam's non-romantic soulmate, Rich, who supports Max during a major life decision. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Perna poked a wickedly droll finger in the eye of an unprecedented 1980s art-market boom, which was setting records and garnering headlines. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "His low-key swagger and distinct delivery \u2014 engagingly droll , with a slurred word sometimes playfully disrupting his sharp flow \u2014 drew listeners in to his witty wordplay. \u2014 Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "But the emphasis is on droll appearance and laidback energy approaching stasis, not character or dramatic development. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 21 Oct. 2021",
      "But he\u2019ll be best remembered by many as the fantastically droll anchor of Weekend Update during his run on Saturday Night Live. \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 14 Sep. 2021",
      "Naturally, not everyone is going to get along, but the relationships and rivalries never become overwhelming under the deft and droll pen of New York Times bestselling author and bookstore owner Emma Straub. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 23 May 2020",
      "Also there\u2019s Joan Cusack, having a high, droll time of it as a Pentagon official giddy at the prospect of using the memory berry for all sorts of new and fabulous projects. \u2014 cleveland , 22 May 2020",
      "Gavin\u2019s an important white guy surrounded by important white people, and Good Fight keeps approaching the acquisition with droll cynicism. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 9 Apr. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The gnawing insecurities of the postfeminist male were at the heart of Force Majeure, and \u00d6stlund initially appears to be returning to that subject in a negotiation both thorny and droll as Carl is bloodlessly castrated by Yaya. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
      "Ashford\u2019s script is pleasingly detail-oriented and lightly droll on that front. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "O'Loughlin is a magnetic and highly underrated leading man, while Michaela Watkins and Melissa McCarthy threaten to steal the show with their droll supporting turns. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "The French show has drawn a cult following on Netflix over the past few years for its droll , charming portrayal of Parisian film agents and the movie stars who plague and sustain them. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Conversations with Leibowitz are droll but filled with laughter. \u2014 David Lyman, The Enquirer , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "There\u2019s also Doris Stevens (Nadia Dandashi, teeming with earnestness), an eager young student and writer from Ohio, and Ruza Wenclawska (a droll Hannah Cruz), the tough-as-nails Polish American factory worker and union organizer. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "And Pig's droll approach feels purposefully low-key. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "Erikson's show isn't as instantly compelling as its predecessors, but benefits from rich world-building and droll humor about office perks and morale. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 19 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective, Noun, and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1623, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "circa 1645, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "1654, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-111755"
  },
  "disquietude":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": anxiety , agitation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8kw\u012b-\u0259-\u02cct(y)\u00fcd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "agita",
      "agitation",
      "anxiety",
      "anxiousness",
      "apprehension",
      "apprehensiveness",
      "care",
      "concern",
      "concernment",
      "disquiet",
      "fear",
      "nervosity",
      "nervousness",
      "perturbation",
      "solicitude",
      "sweat",
      "unease",
      "uneasiness",
      "worry"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "unconcern"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "as updates of the devastation caused by the earthquake poured in, our disquietude only increased"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1682, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-111819"
  },
  "disrobed":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to take off one's clothing",
      ": to strip of clothing or covering"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8r\u014db"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "strip",
      "unclothe",
      "undress"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dress",
      "gown",
      "robe"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "She disrobed and stepped into the bathtub.",
      "the doctor instructed the patient to disrobe himself before the examination",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "At one point, one of the men told her to go into the bathroom and told her to disrobe to search her, then threatened to rape her, charges allege. \u2014 Meredith Colias-pete, chicagotribune.com , 17 Jan. 2022",
      "In another, an audience of 11-to-13-year-olds asks probing questions about the bodies of adults who disrobe before them. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 26 Feb. 2021",
      "According to the suit, that crew members would not permit Spears to close the lavatory door, so she was forced to disrobe in full view of passengers sitting in the first-class cabin. \u2014 Author: Lori Aratani, Anchorage Daily News , 18 June 2020",
      "One evening, at a dancy gay bar in Houston, sometime after eleven but almost certainly before one, the crowd reached that point in the evening where people start disrobing , loosening ties and opening buttons and wrapping hoodies around their waists. \u2014 Bryan Washington, The New Yorker , 1 June 2020",
      "When she was done speaking, the policemen ordered her to disrobe and raped her, one after the other, in front of everyone. \u2014 David Stavrou, Harper's Magazine , 30 Mar. 2020",
      "When she was done speaking, the policemen ordered her to disrobe and raped her, one after the other, in front of everyone. \u2014 David Stavrou, Harper's Magazine , 30 Mar. 2020",
      "When she was done speaking, the policemen ordered her to disrobe and raped her, one after the other, in front of everyone. \u2014 David Stavrou, Harper's Magazine , 30 Mar. 2020",
      "When they weren\u2019t stuck in school (or disrobing by the pool), the teens in Fast Times at Ridgemont High spent most of their time at the Sherman Oaks Galleria. \u2014 Tyler Coates, Wired , 8 Apr. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle French desrober , from des- dis- + robe garment, from Old French",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1581, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-111854"
  },
  "digs":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to break up, turn, or loosen (earth) with an implement",
      ": to prepare the soil of",
      ": to bring to the surface by digging : unearth",
      ": to bring to light or out of hiding",
      ": to hollow out or form by removing earth : excavate",
      ": to drive down so as to penetrate : thrust",
      ": poke , prod",
      ": to pay attention to : notice",
      ": understand , appreciate",
      ": like , admire",
      ": to turn up, loosen, or remove earth",
      ": to work hard or laboriously",
      ": to advance by or as if by removing or pushing aside material",
      ": thrust , poke",
      ": a cutting remark",
      ": accommodations (see accommodation sense 1a ) for living or working",
      ": lodging sense 2b",
      ": an archaeological excavation site",
      ": the excavation itself",
      "digest",
      ": to turn up, loosen, or remove the soil",
      ": to turn up or remove with a shovel or by similar means",
      ": to form by removing earth",
      ": to uncover or search by or as if by turning up earth",
      ": prod entry 1 sense 1 , poke",
      ": to begin eating",
      ": to begin eating",
      ": to try to discover information",
      ": to uncover or remove (as from soil)",
      ": discover",
      ": poke entry 2",
      ": a place where buried objects are being uncovered",
      ": a project to uncover buried objects",
      ": a nasty remark"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dig",
      "\u02c8dig"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "excavate",
      "shovel"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dab",
      "jab",
      "lunge",
      "poke"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The fabric is soft to the touch, the waistband doesn't pinch or dig into your hips, and the seams are undetectable under any kind of outfit. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 26 May 2022",
      "Then the two head out onto the patio and dig into the bowl as the sun comes up. \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "For Zellweger, who plays Pam, the twists offered an excuse to explore potential bias in prosecution \u2014 and dig into the secrets of someone who is alleged to have killed more than once. \u2014 People Staff, PEOPLE.com , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "The docuseries will be accompanied by a companion podcast of the same name that will dig into Conn\u2019s case further. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Even in a high-waist pair of leggings, flat seams tend to roll down, while others pull and rub or even dig into the skin. \u2014 Jenny Mccoy, SELF , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "The best way to rally against a team with such an All-Star is to not dig such a hole to begin with. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 23 Jan. 2022",
      "That should provide astronomers with a huge map of the universe to study and dig into. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "Workers spent an entire day in September probing this spot, but did not dig deeply enough into the granite rubble below the ground. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But Rock has not escaped scrutiny, as the joke that triggered Smith\u2019s slap was perceived by Pinkett Smith as a dig at her alopecia, a condition that causes hair loss. \u2014 Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Before Davidson deleted his page, Entertainment Tonight reported that the comedian shared a post on his Instagram Story, which many fans saw as a dig at Kanye West, the estranged husband of his girlfriend, Kim Kardashian. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "No doubt the Global Times comment was meant as a dig at America's chaotic COVID response. \u2014 Yvonne Lau, Fortune , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "The government has long claimed its dig was a bust. \u2014 Fox News , 31 May 2022",
      "The government has long claimed its dig was a bust. \u2014 Michael Rubinkam, ajc , 28 May 2022",
      "The government has long claimed its dig was a bust. \u2014 CBS News , 28 May 2022",
      "Stephen Colbert just can't resist getting in a dig at southeastern Wisconsin. \u2014 Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Vas\u0131f \u015eaho\u011flu, a professor at Ankara University\u2019s Department of Archaeology and head of the Mustafa V. Ko\u00e7 Research Center for Maritime Archaeology, invited Goodman-Tchernov to participate in the dig , reports Israel National News. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 5 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1797, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-112002"
  },
  "dudgeon":{
    "type":[
      "noun ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a wood used especially for dagger hilts",
      ": a dagger with a handle of dudgeon",
      ": a haft made of dudgeon",
      ": a fit or state of indignation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259-j\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "huff",
      "miff",
      "offense",
      "offence",
      "peeve",
      "pique",
      "resentment",
      "umbrage"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1573, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-112025"
  },
  "despotic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of, relating to, or characteristic of a despot"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "de-\u02c8sp\u00e4-tik",
      "di-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "absolute",
      "arbitrary",
      "autocratic",
      "autocratical",
      "czarist",
      "tsarist",
      "tzarist",
      "dictatorial",
      "monocratic",
      "tyrannical",
      "tyrannic",
      "tyrannous"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "limited"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a nation ruled by a series of despotic rulers, each seemingly worse than the last",
      "the despotic coach demands that his players obey him without question",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Vladimir Putin\u2019s invasion has exposed the reality of power politics, in which competing blocs of free and despotic states are again driving history. \u2014 Aaron Rhodes, WSJ , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Giant crocodilians were ritualistically beheaded in China in the second millennium bc, and archaeologists theorized that people were drawn to Monte Alb\u00e1n not by good farmland or despotic coercion but by its relatively egalitarian society. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
      "Vladimir Putin\u2019s Ukraine invasion exposed the foolishness of relying on despotic regimes for resources, particularly energy. \u2014 John Barrasso, WSJ , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "The rule of law would descend into the rule of despotic man. \u2014 Adam M. Carrington, National Review , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Ukranians have put up a valiant fight to defend their country against the merciless assault waged by despotic Russian President Vladimir Putin. \u2014 Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Nothing matters more right now to the peace of the world and the security of the U.S. than crippling Mr. Putin\u2019s drive to rebuild an aggressive and despotic empire by waging a criminal war. \u2014 Walter Russell Mead, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Having said that, this moment also seems like as good a time as any for a closer look at multinational corporations, generally US-based, that have over and over again held their nose and decided to do business in countries led by despotic regimes. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Czar Nicholas II was compelled to introduce reforms to temper the despotic rule that had been reimposed after Alexander II\u2019s assassination, but Nicholas\u2019s temporizing and authoritarianism were his undoing. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 7 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see despot ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1604, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-112538"
  },
  "directive":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": serving or intended to guide, govern, or influence",
      ": serving to point direction",
      ": directional sense 1b",
      ": of or relating to psychotherapy or counseling in which the counselor introduces information, content, or attitudes not previously expressed by the client",
      ": something that serves to direct , guide, and usually impel toward an action or goal",
      ": an authoritative order or instrument issued by a high-level body or official",
      ": of or relating to psychotherapy in which the therapist introduces information, content, or attitudes not previously expressed by the client"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8rek-tiv",
      "d\u012b-",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8rek-tiv, d\u012b-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "behest",
      "charge",
      "command",
      "commandment",
      "decree",
      "dictate",
      "direction",
      "do",
      "edict",
      "imperative",
      "injunction",
      "instruction",
      "order",
      "word"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "They received a written directive instructing them to develop new security measures.",
      "the company president regularly issues directives intended for all staff members",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "After the state rested its case Monday inside the Irwin County courthouse, defense attorney Ashleigh Merchant asked the judge to issue a directive verdict or dismissal of the case. \u2014 Alexis Stevens, ajc , 16 May 2022",
      "In 2019, the Trump administration introduced a rule change that barred providers participating in Title X from engaging in what\u2019s known as non- directive pregnancy counseling. \u2014 Jennifer Gerson, USA TODAY , 9 Oct. 2021",
      "The City Council passed the directive 6-1 on Friday evening, with Vice Mayor Nikki Lee dissenting. \u2014 Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic , 14 Aug. 2021",
      "In his book Quiet Leadership, David Rock talks a lot about how a coaching role is more effective than a directive management role. \u2014 Antonia Bowring, Forbes , 1 June 2021",
      "The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the league did not make the directive public. \u2014 Barry Wilner, Star Tribune , 7 May 2021",
      "The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the league did not make the directive public. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 7 May 2021",
      "Yet in many organizations, traditional directive male leadership has been predominant, and their leaders do not necessarily have the skills to lead collaboratively, nurture culture change, and turn around businesses. \u2014 Joe Ferreira, Forbes , 7 Apr. 2021",
      "What followed was a flurry of directive fingers from shoppers helping guide officers to the location of all three fleeing perps. \u2014 Kim Fu, The Mercury News , 10 July 2019",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The technical directive applies from this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 16 June 2022",
      "And in New York, two trade associations and about half the state\u2019s homes have filed two lawsuits to block the state\u2019s spending directive . \u2014 Susan Jaffe, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
      "The directive also blocked prosecutors from seeking longer sentences in several other types of cases. \u2014 Audrey Conklin, Fox News , 9 June 2022",
      "Another family said they were forced to install security cameras outside their home after being heckled incessantly when the new directive was announced. \u2014 Mar\u00eda Luisa Pa\u00fal, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
      "The directive also would have allowed the companies to inspect and analyze any records or equipment related to the election, as well as details about who had contact with them and when. \u2014 Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
      "In the days following the directive , Shappley said Kai asked to sleep in her bed. \u2014 Jo Yurcaba, NBC News , 1 June 2022",
      "The directive echoed how the government barred Japanese and Japanese Americans from large swaths of the West Coast during World War II, leading to their internment. \u2014 Charlie Savage, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
      "The directive also calls on applicable agencies to increase protections for reproductive health care and take steps to raise awareness about availability of reproductive health care and forms of contraception. \u2014 Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press , 25 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1902, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-112613"
  },
  "defund":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to withdraw funding from"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8f\u0259nd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Thirteen percent of whites and 28% of blacks wanted to defund them. \u2014 Karlyn Bowman, Forbes , 7 Apr. 2021",
      "Seattle\u2019s police department said that at least 50 percent of its BIPOC police officers would be fired if the city followed through with efforts to defund it. \u2014 Harper\u2019s Magazine, Harpers Magazine , 7 Aug. 2020",
      "In 2020, the Marguerite Casey Foundation also gave $200,000 to the Black Organizing Project, which is part of a 13-group committee pushing to defund the Oakland police. \u2014 Joe Schoffstall, Fox News , 6 June 2022",
      "The president would also be wise to distance himself from those in his party trying to defund the police. \u2014 Robert B. Zoellick, WSJ , 22 May 2022",
      "While some Democrats are calling to defund the police, Biden outlined $30 billion in mandatory spending to support law enforcement, crime prevention and community violence intervention, and another $1.7 billion to expand gun-tracking strike forces. \u2014 Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "One group has called for another vote on an attempt to defund federal policies requiring coronavirus vaccines and tests, despite public health guidance encouraging such rules. \u2014 Tony Romm, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Progressive prosecutors and movements to defund the police have contributed to this wholesale surrender by civic leaders to drug abuse. \u2014 Joseph Grogan And Casey B. Mulligan, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
      "But the drumbeat to defund the police has been drowned out by the reality of rising crime rates in cities around the country. \u2014 Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1948, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-112823"
  },
  "discombobulation":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cause to be in a state of confusion : upset , disorient",
      "\u2014 see also discombobulated"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-k\u0259m-\u02c8b\u00e4-b(y)\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "addle",
      "baffle",
      "bamboozle",
      "beat",
      "befog",
      "befuddle",
      "bemuse",
      "bewilder",
      "buffalo",
      "confound",
      "confuse",
      "disorient",
      "flummox",
      "fox",
      "fuddle",
      "get",
      "gravel",
      "maze",
      "muddle",
      "muddy",
      "mystify",
      "perplex",
      "pose",
      "puzzle",
      "vex"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "our grandmother seems a bit discombobulated by all of this birthday fuss",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Scientists have known for years about bony fish, sharks, worms, jellies, corals, and other marine creatures that light up to attract mates, lure prey, or discombobulate predators. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 24 Aug. 2021",
      "These molecular tests search the genomic manuscript with about as much precision as the Ctrl+F function on a computer, which means that even single-letter typos\u2014that is, simple RNA mutations\u2014can discombobulate them. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 7 June 2021",
      "The caf\u00e9 owner known only as Fleabag attends a family dinner at which a wedding is discussed, alcoholism is confronted, and pregnancies are miscarried\u2014all in the space of a few discombobulating minutes. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 4 May 2020",
      "Still, the margin was narrow until Oregon, whose speedy offense had discombobulated Wisconsin, blended a series of free throws with some jumpers to build a comfortable lead. \u2014 Alan Blinder, New York Times , 19 Mar. 2020",
      "Now is, of course, a discombobulating moment to be writing about marathons. \u2014 Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times , 18 Mar. 2020",
      "Excess price, excess luxury, excess power, and excess, i.e. mind-boggling, organ- discombobulating acceleration. \u2014 Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver , 5 Mar. 2020",
      "And so the Embassy was discombobulated , disrupted, uncertain. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 8 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"probably alteration of discompose ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1879, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-113028"
  },
  "diffident":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence",
      ": reserved , unassertive",
      ": distrustful",
      ": lacking confidence",
      ": cautious about acting or speaking"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-f\u0259-d\u0259nt",
      "-\u02ccdent",
      "\u02c8di-f\u0259-d\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "backward",
      "bashful",
      "coy",
      "demure",
      "introverted",
      "modest",
      "recessive",
      "retiring",
      "self-effacing",
      "sheepish",
      "shy",
      "withdrawn"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "extroverted",
      "extraverted",
      "immodest",
      "outgoing"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Earl is quiet and diffident , except to express surprisingly right-wing politics. \u2014 Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
      "But others will see a diffident official response to the attack and will want their children defended by people who know and care about them: their teachers, neighbors, families, and themselves. \u2014 W. James Antle Iii, The Week , 27 May 2022",
      "Critics marveled at the intimacy this apparently diffident figure could create. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Klosterman\u2019s appraisal of the \u201990s\u2019 legacy, while limited in some ways (there could have been more about hip-hop, for example, which Klosterman admits), is an engaging, nuanced and literate take on the alternately dynamic and diffident decade. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Chancellor Olaf Scholz, a Social Democrat, has been a diffident figure so far. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon trade off the lead female roles, playing the ambitious Regina and her diffident sister-in-law, Birdie. \u2014 Alexis Soloski, New York Times , 29 June 2017",
      "Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon trade off the lead female roles, playing the ambitious Regina and her diffident sister-in-law, Birdie. \u2014 Alexis Soloski, New York Times , 29 June 2017",
      "Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon trade off the lead female roles, playing the ambitious Regina and her diffident sister-in-law, Birdie. \u2014 Alexis Soloski, New York Times , 29 June 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, borrowed from Latin diff\u012bdent-, diff\u012bdens \"distrustful, lacking in confidence,\" from present participle of diff\u012bdere \"to lack confidence (in), have no trust (in),\" from dif-, assimilated form of dis-  dis- + f\u012bdere \"to trust, have confidence (in),\" going back to Indo-European *b h ei\u032fd h - \"trust, entrust\" \u2014 more at faith entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-113119"
  },
  "denomination":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an act of denominating",
      ": a value or size of a series of values or sizes",
      ": the value of a particular coin or bill",
      ": name , designation",
      ": a general name for a category",
      ": a religious organization whose congregations are united in their adherence to its beliefs and practices",
      ": a value in a series of values (as of money)",
      ": a name especially for a class of things",
      ": a religious group"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02ccn\u00e4-m\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "di-\u02ccn\u00e4-m\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "appellation",
      "appellative",
      "cognomen",
      "compellation",
      "denotation",
      "designation",
      "handle",
      "moniker",
      "monicker",
      "name",
      "nomenclature",
      "title"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The largest denomination of Mennonites in the U.S. has adapted its policies to be more welcoming to the LGBTQ+ community. \u2014 Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
      "Members of the nation\u2019s largest Protestant denomination are also planning to elect the next president of the convention. \u2014 Michelle Boorstein And Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022",
      "The country's largest Protestant denomination since the 1960s, the convention's membership peaked in 2006 at 16.3 million. \u2014 Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online , 13 June 2022",
      "Seventy churches in Georgia split from the United Methodist Church (UMC) last week largely over LGBTQ issues, marking the latest in a growing divide within the third-largest Protestant denomination in the United States. \u2014 Jon Brown, Fox News , 5 June 2022",
      "Nationwide, Southern Baptist represent the largest Protestant denomination with roughly 14 million members. \u2014 Shelia Poole, ajc , 25 May 2022",
      "This was partly the simple re- denomination of earnings from the local currency. \u2014 Steven Desmyter, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "Factions within the United Methodist Church have been at odds for years over the denomination \u2019s official stance on homosexuality. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 8 June 2022",
      "The 70 churches that chose to disaffiliate represent 9% of the congregations in the Conference and 3% of the membership, according to the denomination . \u2014 Jon Brown, Fox News , 5 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see denominate ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-113824"
  },
  "dwell":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remain for a time",
      ": to live as a resident",
      ": exist , lie",
      ": to keep the attention directed",
      ": to speak or write insistently",
      ": to live in a place : reside",
      ": to keep the attention directed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dwel",
      "\u02c8dwel"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abide",
      "hang around",
      "remain",
      "stay",
      "stick around",
      "tarry"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bail",
      "bail out",
      "bug out",
      "buzz (off)",
      "clear off",
      "clear out",
      "cut out",
      "depart",
      "exit",
      "get off",
      "go",
      "go off",
      "leave",
      "move",
      "pack (up ",
      "peel off",
      "pike (out ",
      "pull out",
      "push off",
      "push on",
      "quit",
      "shove (off)",
      "take off",
      "vamoose",
      "walk out"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a cave where bats dwell",
      "dwelling with a farm family as an exchange student in France",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And inside the app, teens who dwell on certain content will be redirected. \u2014 Shara Tibken, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
      "My heart was also changed, having shared a brief, intimate few moments with the creatures who dwell here and depend upon the river. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2022",
      "The story of Hiroo Onoda shows how Herzog\u2019s fascination with dreams can veer into Freudian nonsense\u2014a reluctance to attribute people\u2019s behavior to very obvious real-world causes, preferring instead to dwell on the mazy mysteries of the mind. \u2014 Ryu Spaeth, The New Republic , 2 June 2022",
      "Those who dwell \u2026 among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life. \u2014 Anelise Chen, The Atlantic , 17 May 2022",
      "Wohlleben cites research showing that even a dozen trees planted in a residential neighborhood can extend the life span of residents by more than a year, compared with individuals who dwell on treeless streets. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 July 2021",
      "In the space where an IC engine might dwell there is instead the Mega Power Frunk: a 14.1-cubic-foot cargo box with a 400-pound capacity, sufficient to hold eight 50-pound sacks of cement. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
      "There\u2019s no time for Orlando City to dwell on its loss this past Saturday. \u2014 Austin David, Orlando Sentinel , 10 May 2022",
      "Borgli, who cameos in the film as a director of a commercial gone wrong, never intended to dwell too much on his protagonist\u2019s motivations. \u2014 Marta Balaga, Variety , 12 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old English dwellan to go astray, hinder; akin to Old High German twellen to tarry",
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-114156"
  },
  "dominie":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": schoolmaster",
      ": clergyman"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "sense 1 is usually",
      "sense 2 is usually"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "clergyperson",
      "cleric",
      "clerical",
      "clerk",
      "deacon",
      "divine",
      "ecclesiastic",
      "minister",
      "preacher",
      "priest",
      "reverend"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "layman",
      "layperson",
      "secular"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a small village where the doctor and the dominie were the two pillars of society"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin domine , vocative of dominus ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1612, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-114505"
  },
  "decry":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly",
      ": to express strong disapproval of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8kr\u012b",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bad-mouth",
      "belittle",
      "cry down",
      "denigrate",
      "deprecate",
      "depreciate",
      "derogate",
      "diminish",
      "dis",
      "diss",
      "discount",
      "dismiss",
      "disparage",
      "kiss off",
      "minimize",
      "play down",
      "poor-mouth",
      "put down",
      "run down",
      "talk down",
      "trash",
      "trash-talk",
      "vilipend",
      "write off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "acclaim",
      "applaud",
      "exalt",
      "extol",
      "extoll",
      "glorify",
      "laud",
      "magnify",
      "praise"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "In her article, she decries the pollution of the environment by manufacturers.",
      "Violence on television is generally decried as harmful to children.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "My instinct, though, is not to decry those differences as evidence of inauthenticity, but rather to chalk them up to a different cultural reality. \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2022",
      "Activists will decry the shift as hippie-punching aimed at mollifying an unappeasable hard right, while moderates will blame the activists for continuing to tar the party's image with unpopular radical stances. \u2014 Noah Millman, The Week , 25 June 2021",
      "Here\u2019s a timeline of a few notable moments when musicians from many different generations, genres, and backgrounds have waded into the debate to decry gun violence or advocate for stronger laws regarding the sale and ownership of guns. \u2014 Al Shipley, Billboard , 26 May 2022",
      "At Ringling\u2019s final show in Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y., Alexander Lacey, 46, a big cat trainer, paused his act to decry the loss of wild performing animals. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
      "Democrats continue to decry high gasoline prices and accuse oil companies of price gouging, but lawmakers should consider whether their policies restricting domestic energy production are to blame for soaring consumer prices. \u2014 Dan Eberhart, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
      "Inside Kherson, people have taken to the streets to decry the Russian occupation. \u2014 Elena Becatoros And Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor , 12 May 2022",
      "So once again, clerks are trying to prepare for an election where millions are expected to use absentee ballots and critics will decry any delay in results. \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 17 May 2022",
      "May 2) night\u2019s City Council meeting audience was filled with parents, youngsters and other supports of the camp, and its founding director, Jill Koslen-Freireich, many of whom took to the speaker\u2019s podium to decry the decision to cancel camp. \u2014 cleveland , 4 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from French d\u00e9crier \"to discredit, depreciate,\" going back to Middle French descrier (15th century), from des-  de- + crier \"to cry entry 1 \"",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1614, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-114517"
  },
  "decline":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to become less in amount",
      ": to tend toward an inferior state or weaker condition",
      ": to withhold consent",
      ": to sink toward setting",
      ": to draw toward a close : wane",
      ": to slope downward : descend",
      ": to bend down : droop",
      ": to stoop (see stoop entry 1 sense 3b ) to what is unworthy",
      ": to turn from a straight course : stray",
      ": to refuse especially courteously",
      ": to refuse to undertake, undergo, engage in, or comply with",
      ": to give in prescribed order the grammatical forms of (a noun, pronoun, or adjective)",
      ": to cause to bend or bow downward",
      ": avert",
      ": avoid",
      ": the process of declining :",
      ": a gradual physical or mental sinking and wasting away",
      ": a change to a lower state or level",
      ": the period during which something is deteriorating or approaching its end",
      ": a downward slope",
      ": a wasting disease",
      ": pulmonary tuberculosis",
      ": to bend or slope downward",
      ": to pass toward a lower, worse, or weaker level",
      ": to refuse to accept, do, or agree",
      ": a process of becoming worse or weaker in condition",
      ": a change to a lower state or level",
      ": the time when something is nearing its end",
      ": to tend toward an impaired state or a weaker condition",
      ": the process of declining",
      ": a gradual physical or mental sinking and wasting away",
      ": the period during which the end of life is approaching",
      ": a wasting disease",
      ": pulmonary tuberculosis"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8kl\u012bn",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8kl\u012bn",
      "d\u0113-",
      "also",
      "di-\u02c8kl\u012bn",
      "di-\u02c8kl\u012bn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "balk (at)",
      "deselect",
      "disapprove",
      "negative",
      "nix",
      "pass",
      "pass up",
      "refuse",
      "reject",
      "reprobate",
      "repudiate",
      "spurn",
      "throw out",
      "throw over",
      "turn down"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "debilitation",
      "decay",
      "decaying",
      "declension",
      "degeneration",
      "descent",
      "deterioration",
      "ebbing",
      "enfeeblement",
      "weakening"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Its status began to decline following the Spanish conquest of Peru more than 400 years ago. \u2014 Franklin Brice\u00f1o And Matt O'brien, The Christian Science Monitor , 13 May 2022",
      "Prices first spiked a year ago, after Americans ramped up their spending once vaccines were administered and COVID restrictions began to decline . \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022",
      "Prices first spiked a year ago, after Americans ramped up their spending once vaccines were administered and COVID restrictions began to decline . \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune , 12 May 2022",
      "Oyster numbers began to decline in these places, and others, with the arrival of European colonizers, who established commercial fishery practices and quickly harvested immense amounts of oysters. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 3 May 2022",
      "Then, the rate flattened and then began to decline . \u2014 Christine Michel Carter, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
      "When property values began to decline , newly arrived Mexican families like my own pooled their money together and purchased homes, forming beachheads for others. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "American manufacturers are about 170,000 jobs short of the 12.8 million factory jobs held in 2019, as manufacturing jobs began to decline before the pandemic began. \u2014 Josh Boak, chicagotribune.com , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "American manufacturers are about 170,000 jobs short of the 12.8 million factory jobs held in 2019, as manufacturing jobs began to decline before the pandemic began. \u2014 Josh Boak, ajc , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "By the way, a recession isn\u2019t \u2014 as many people think \u2014 a decline in the U.S. gross domestic product (adjusted for inflation) for two consecutive quarters. \u2014 Allan Sloan, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
      "Thanks to inflation and no more stimulus money being sent to homes, Grimes said, this year real disposable personal income per capita is on track to see the largest decline \u2014 5.6% \u2014 since 1932 during the Great Depression. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 15 June 2022",
      "The decline in embalming, as well as rising gun violence, propelled Astorino to add lessons on mass trauma reconstruction to his curriculum in Detroit about three years ago. \u2014 Melissa Chan, NBC News , 14 June 2022",
      "That compares with a record decline of 24.6% during the summer of 2021, when there was still intense demand for high-end homes. \u2014 Brenda Richardson, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "The decline in average age, for a more youthful tour, coincides with greater distance. \u2014 Steve Marantz, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
      "That is the biggest decline since the pandemic started, when the number of luxury sales plunged 23.6% during the three-month period between April 1 and June 30, 2020, compared with the same period in 2019. \u2014 E.b. Solomont, WSJ , 10 June 2022",
      "As death rates in Democratic counties declined 22% between 2001 to 2019, Republican counties saw on an 11% decline , with almost no improvement since 2008. \u2014 Haider J. Warraich, STAT , 8 June 2022",
      "Death, in the case of Earl, can be a banal, slow decline . \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 6",
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-115656"
  },
  "downgrade":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a downward grade (as of a road)",
      ": a descent toward an inferior state",
      ": to lower in quality, value, status, or extent",
      ": minimize , depreciate",
      ": a downward slope (as of a road)",
      ": to lower in grade, rank, position, or standing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02ccgr\u0101d",
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02ccgr\u0101d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "decadence",
      "declension",
      "declination",
      "decline",
      "degeneracy",
      "degeneration",
      "degradation",
      "d\u00e9gringolade",
      "descent",
      "deterioration",
      "devolution",
      "downfall",
      "ebb",
      "eclipse",
      "fall"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "break",
      "bust",
      "degrade",
      "demote",
      "disrate",
      "reduce"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "a downgrade in the company's stock prices",
      "a singing career on the downgrade",
      "Verb",
      "The restaurant was downgraded from three to two stars.",
      "She didn't intend to downgrade the importance of her colleague's work.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The order follows the downgrade of FedNat\u2019s financial stability rating by ratings firm Demotech a month ago. \u2014 Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel , 14 May 2022",
      "Another debt ceiling crisis occurred in 2011, rattling financial markets and prompting Standard & Poor\u2019s to issue the first-ever downgrade of the U.S. government\u2019s credit rating. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 May 2022",
      "In an investor note this morning, UBS chief economist Paul Donovan called this a doozy of a downgrade . \u2014 Alan Murray, Fortune , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "By itself, the downgrade of its trade status won\u2019t have an immediate far-reaching effect on the Russian economy. \u2014 Marcy Gordon, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Last week, the International Monetary Fund said the war and sanctions on Russia were likely to cause a downgrade of its global growth forecasts. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "As Oracle faces the threat of a Moody\u2019s downgrade of its debt ratings, perhaps this is not the ideal time to buy Oracle stock. \u2014 Peter Cohan, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "Utah\u2019s admitted downgrade at the position would be offset by adding a 3-and-D forward to the mix. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
      "Specifically, users can expect download speeds to range from 5Mbps to 100Mbps in high usage waitlist zones, a potentially massive downgrade from the normal 50Mbps to 250Mbps download speeds. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 23 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "These new numbers make the International Monetary Fund (IMF) more likely to further downgrade India\u2019s GDP from an earlier estimate of 8.2% in April. \u2014 Mimansa Verma, Quartz , 1 June 2022",
      "Spoelstra said Butler seemed a little bit off, so trainers evaluated the situation and made the decision at halftime to downgrade him for the remainder of the game. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 22 May 2022",
      "As the March 27 Oscar ceremony looms, conversation has centered on the Academy\u2019s decision to downgrade eight categories, their Twitter contest for fan favorites and their vaccination double-standard for attendees. \u2014 Tim Gray, Variety , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "South Korean Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo said, in remarks suggesting that such actions could cause Seoul to reconsider its decision to downgrade the threat level of its neighbor. \u2014 Fortune , 30 July 2019",
      "Rates on trucking\u2019s spot market are sliding and analysts have started to downgrade companies in the sector as truckers prepare to report first-quarter earnings in a market that is signaling growing economic uncertainty. \u2014 Lydia O\u2019neal, WSJ , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Yet every time Cancelo plays well, the same complaints are aired, as if the move happened in a vacuum and the Juve hierarchy decided to downgrade at right-back on purpose and with no other factors coming into play. \u2014 Adam Digby, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "The law also gives cities more flexibility to downgrade speed limits in certain commercial zones. \u2014 Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Google will also include its Tensor chip, but there\u2019s word that the company will downgrade from a 50-megapixel sensor back down to 12 megapixels as well. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 11 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1847, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1892, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-115905"
  },
  "dazzle":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light",
      ": to shine brilliantly",
      ": to arouse admiration by an impressive display",
      ": to overpower with light",
      ": to impress deeply, overpower, or confound with brilliance",
      ": to overpower with too much light",
      ": to confuse, surprise, or delight by being or doing something special and unusual"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8da-z\u0259l",
      "\u02c8da-z\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bedazzle",
      "blind",
      "daze"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Elvis always dazzled his audiences.",
      "Visitors were dazzled by the mansion's ornate rooms.",
      "She truly dazzles in her live concerts.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "His shooting struggles can serve as both a positive and a negative for Celtics backers, as the team managed to dazzle in his relative absence to secure a commanding victory with their backs against the wall. \u2014 Zack Jones, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
      "Richemont is charging more to offset higher labor costs and shifts in exchange rates, but not enough to dazzle investors. \u2014 Carol Ryan, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
      "So, what\u2019s set to dazzle the Croisette this time around? \u2014 Radhika Seth, Vogue , 16 May 2022",
      "On the one hand, the pull Manceron still feels to dazzle the aristocracy with his skills keeps the vile Duke on the margins in a tantalizing way \u2014 especially as his power relates to the whispers of revolt in the air across France. \u2014 Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times , 13 Jan. 2022",
      "This completely natural event is actually named after a manmade tradition that started back in 1872, when the owners of the Glacier Point Hotel threw a bonfire off the edge of the waterfall to dazzle onlookers. \u2014 Kathleen Rellihan, Outside Online , 14 May 2022",
      "These moments are always a time for the host companies to dazzle advertisers, the better to pry away their marketing-budget dollars. \u2014 Abram Brown, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
      "Illuminated from behind by an electric light, the painting predicted both the sofa-sized luminism of Thomas Kinkade and the big-screen visual effects that still dazzle audiences today. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Up the ante at the five-star Sani Resort, where eco-guide Giorgos Andreou can dazzle you with group or private programs, including birdwatching, beekeeping, a wetlands walking tour, a forest stroll, and an olive grove excursion. \u2014 Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure , 7 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"frequentative of daze ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-120420"
  },
  "dinner":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the principal meal of the day",
      ": a formal feast or banquet",
      ": table d'h\u00f4te sense 2",
      ": the food prepared for a dinner",
      ": a packaged meal usually for quick preparation",
      ": the main meal of the day",
      ": a usually large formal event at which a meal is served"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-n\u0259r",
      "\u02c8di-n\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "banquet",
      "feast",
      "feed",
      "regale",
      "spread"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "We had many pleasant dinners together.",
      "We're planning to ask them to dinner soon.",
      "Two hundred people attended his retirement dinner .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The 28-year-old artist gave fans a little more insight into his and his bandmates\u2019 mindsets during an hour-long FESTA dinner . \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 15 June 2022",
      "Then, relish in the rich history that led to the captivating show during an amazing West Indian dinner at Bananas restaurant. \u2014 Terri Huggins Hart, Woman's Day , 14 June 2022",
      "Whip up an incredible multi-course dinner for your family that both kids and adults will enjoy. \u2014 Leigh Crandall, Country Living , 14 June 2022",
      "Aside from dinner , the only activity offered after dark is making s\u2019mores. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
      "The intimate reception featured an outdoor Italian dinner complete with a show-stopping cake. \u2014 Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com , 7 June 2022",
      "Back at the marina, after an early dinner , the purpose of the day was brought into focus. \u2014 Monte Burke, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
      "No one wants to kick off the weekend cleaning a bunch of dirty dishes from dinner . \u2014 Southern Kitchen, USA TODAY , 3 June 2022",
      "Hey Michelle, Imbiber Dave has an eight-course dinner . \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 2 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English diner , from Anglo-French disner, diner meal, from disner to dine",
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-120427"
  },
  "detach":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to separate especially from a larger mass and usually without violence or damage",
      ": disengage , withdraw",
      ": to separate from something else or from others especially for a purpose"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8tach",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8tach"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Detach the upper part of the form and return it with your payment.",
      "During the accident the trailer was detached from the car.",
      "The brush detaches from the vacuum cleaner for easy cleaning.",
      "It can be difficult to detach yourself from the chaos of the situation.",
      "She has been trying to detach herself from an abusive relationship.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The result was that the helicopter lurched left then right when its rotor struck the flight deck, causing all four blades to detach from the rotor. \u2014 Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 May 2022",
      "As 9To5Google reports, according to a reliable source, the next Nest Hub will allow the screen to detach from its base. \u2014 Matthew Humphries, PCMAG , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "While society pressures us to detach ourselves from our emotions and lived experiences, Price notes that yoga, meditation, and breathwork are powerful tools to access healing from within. \u2014 Aley Arion, Essence , 20 May 2022",
      "The company warns parents that the bunny basket\u2019s eyes can detach . \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "GE Appliances is recalling six models of refrigerators because the freezer drawer handle might detach and pose a fall risk. \u2014 Brett Molina, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Massaro also encouraged followers to detach from friends and family members, a common warning sign according to those who study coercive organizations. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "These include the time a little over a century ago when Wadsworth residents tried to detach from Medina County and join Summit County. \u2014 Sam Boyer, cleveland , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "The right strategy is to detach the oligarchs from Vladimir Putin. \u2014 WSJ , 28 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French d\u00e9tacher , from Old French destachier , from des- de- + -tachier (as in atachier to attach)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1686, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-120444"
  },
  "depravity":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a corrupt act or practice",
      ": the quality or state of being corrupt, evil, or perverted : the quality or state of being depraved",
      ": the quality or state of being depraved",
      ": a corrupt act or practice"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8pra-v\u0259-t\u0113",
      "also",
      "di-\u02c8pra-v\u0259-t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abjection",
      "corruption",
      "corruptness",
      "debasement",
      "debauchery",
      "decadence",
      "decadency",
      "degeneracy",
      "degenerateness",
      "degeneration",
      "degradation",
      "demoralization",
      "dissipatedness",
      "dissipation",
      "dissoluteness",
      "libertinage",
      "libertinism",
      "perversion",
      "pervertedness",
      "rakishness",
      "turpitude"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "He was sinking into a life of utter depravity .",
      "People were shocked by the depravity of her actions.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The images that emerged from concentration camps at the end of the Second World War horrified a global audience that, despite six years of conflict, was now introduced, through the lens of a camera, to a new tier of human depravity . \u2014 The New Yorker , 4 June 2022",
      "Speculation demands ambition\u2014the ability not only to sketch out the depths of human depravity , but also to pine for its redemption. \u2014 ELLE , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "The Hulu series plumbs the depths of Zoomer depravity . \u2014 Caroline Downey, National Review , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "The point here is deception mixed with a touch of depravity . \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Trump, Le Pen and Orban don\u2019t come anywhere near the depravity and violence of Putin, who is perpetrating atrocities in Ukraine on a scale not seen since at least the Bosnian war and probably since World War II. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "But Greene\u2019s and Cawthorn\u2019s insinuations of depravity stand out, because the targets are fellow members of their political party and the claims occurred outside the context of an election. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Where everyone else sees vandalism and possible depravity , Darnielle describes an earnest attempt at expression, provocation, and a kind of personal exorcism. \u2014 Robert Rubsam, The New Republic , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "The reason was the depravity that existed here, from the Russian era. \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see deprave ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1641, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-120820"
  },
  "depthless":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a deep place in a body of water",
      ": a part that is far from the outside or surface",
      ": abyss sense 1",
      ": a profound or intense state (as of thought or feeling)",
      ": a reprehensibly low condition",
      ": the middle of a time (such as a season)",
      ": the worst part",
      ": the perpendicular (see perpendicular entry 1 sense 1b ) measurement downward from a surface",
      ": the direct linear measurement from front to back",
      ": the quality of being deep",
      ": the degree of intensity",
      ": the quality of being profound (as in insight) or full (as of knowledge)",
      ": the quality or state of being complete or thorough",
      "\u2014 compare in-depth",
      ": the quality of having many good players",
      ": beyond the limits of one's capabilities",
      ": measurement from top to bottom or from front to back",
      ": a place far below a surface or far inside something (as a sea or a forest)",
      ": the middle of time",
      ": intensity sense 2",
      ": abundance , completeness",
      ": the distance between upper and lower or between dorsal and ventral points of a body",
      ": the quality of a state of consciousness, a bodily state, or a physiological function of being intense or complete"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8depth",
      "\u02c8depth",
      "\u02c8depth"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "deepness",
      "drop"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Even after injuries decimated Kentucky's backcourt depth late in the season, Sharpe and Calipari stuck to that plan. \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 24 June 2022",
      "The Chicago Bulls selected Terry with the No. 18 pick Thursday, adding wing depth to their roster as the team looks to build around DeMar DeRozan for the 2022-23 season. \u2014 Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune , 24 June 2022",
      "At New York City\u2019s Egg Shop, one of the bacon\u2019s three debut restaurants, tasters reported a smoky depth of flavor, springy crispiness, and a strong salty profile that adds dimension to breakfast sandwiches. \u2014 Lauren Oster, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 June 2022",
      "Shelter, the beer bar at the Roost food hall, tries to keep up to half of its 50 draft beers at or under 5 percent ABV \u2014 about the strength of a Budweiser, but with much more flavor and depth . \u2014 Thomas Floyd, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
      "Los Angeles is in need of low-cost roster depth after finishing 33-49 and missing the play-in tournament this year. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
      "Sarkisian and his staff have to keep adding depth to a roster still playing catch-up to the top programs in the Football Bowl Subdivision \u2014 having Manning in the fold is expected to put UT in the running for the top signing class in this cycle. \u2014 Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
      "Los Angeles is in need of low-cost roster depth after finishing 33-49 and missing the play-in tournament this year. \u2014 Greg Beacham, ajc , 23 June 2022",
      "Over the last few weeks, the show has not only given new depth to existing stories, but it's also carved out memorable new ones \u2014 and introduced a few surprises along the way. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 22 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from dep deep",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-120824"
  },
  "deification":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or an instance of deifying"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113-\u0259-f\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccd\u0101-"
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    "synonyms":[
      "adulation",
      "hero worship",
      "idolatry",
      "idolization",
      "worship",
      "worshipping",
      "worshiping"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the instant deification by the press of the country's newest war hero",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There\u2019s no deification or celebrity status or false reverence in that way. \u2014 Liam Hess, Vogue , 25 May 2022",
      "Palisade all art forms; monitor, discredit, or expel those that challenge or destabilize processes of demonization and deification . \u2014 Zadie Smith, The New Yorker , 23 Jan. 2022",
      "But rather than coast on that deification , the California rapper (whose real name is Thebe Kgositsile) has spent his career defying expectations. \u2014 Stephen Kearse, Rolling Stone , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "By the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, white men colonizing other parts of the world were hardly surprised anymore to encounter similar instances of mistaken deification . \u2014 Fara Dabhoiwala, The New York Review of Books , 19 Aug. 2021",
      "This contrasts with today\u2019s deification of black criminals. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 12 Nov. 2021",
      "In this new order, Subin argues, deification would become, at best, heretical and, at worst, nonsensical. \u2014 Casey Cep, The New Yorker , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "By this light, the president\u2019s deification is not the strange mania of easy marks, keen to be hoodwinked by a trashy gratifying huckster. \u2014 Ian Beacock, The New Republic , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "But deification can be a form of violence \u2014 and heroism can be as isolating and dehumanizing as the trauma of racial violence. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-121517"
  },
  "dimwit":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a stupid or mentally slow person"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dim-\u02ccwit"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "airhead",
      "birdbrain",
      "blockhead",
      "bonehead",
      "bubblehead",
      "chowderhead",
      "chucklehead",
      "clodpoll",
      "clodpole",
      "clot",
      "cluck",
      "clunk",
      "cretin",
      "cuddy",
      "cuddie",
      "deadhead",
      "dim bulb",
      "dip",
      "dodo",
      "dolt",
      "donkey",
      "doofus",
      "dope",
      "dork",
      "dullard",
      "dum-dum",
      "dumbbell",
      "dumbhead",
      "dummkopf",
      "dummy",
      "dunce",
      "dunderhead",
      "fathead",
      "gander",
      "golem",
      "goof",
      "goon",
      "half-wit",
      "hammerhead",
      "hardhead",
      "idiot",
      "ignoramus",
      "imbecile",
      "jackass",
      "know-nothing",
      "knucklehead",
      "lamebrain",
      "loggerhead",
      "loon",
      "lump",
      "lunkhead",
      "meathead",
      "mome",
      "moron",
      "mug",
      "mutt",
      "natural",
      "nimrod",
      "nincompoop",
      "ninny",
      "ninnyhammer",
      "nit",
      "nitwit",
      "noddy",
      "noodle",
      "numskull",
      "numbskull",
      "oaf",
      "pinhead",
      "prat",
      "ratbag",
      "saphead",
      "schlub",
      "shlub",
      "schnook",
      "simpleton",
      "stock",
      "stupe",
      "stupid",
      "thickhead",
      "turkey",
      "woodenhead",
      "yahoo",
      "yo-yo"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "brain",
      "genius"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "you're a dimwit if you think I'll sell my house for that price"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1921, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-122923"
  },
  "draw down":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a lowering of a water level (as in a reservoir)",
      ": the process of depleting",
      ": reduction",
      ": to deplete by using or spending"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u022f-\u02ccdau\u0307n",
      "\u02ccdr\u022f-\u02c8dau\u0307n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "absorb",
      "burn",
      "consume",
      "deplete",
      "devour",
      "drain",
      "exhaust",
      "expend",
      "play out",
      "spend",
      "use up"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "renew",
      "replace"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "I drew down my bank account just paying for tuition.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The rocket systems would be part of Pentagon drawdown authority, so would involve taking weapons from U.S. inventory and getting them into Ukraine quickly. \u2014 Lolita C. Baldor, Anchorage Daily News , 1 June 2022",
      "Earlier on Friday, Kirby said that the administration had approximately $250 million in drawdown authority left. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
      "The White House says nearly all of the $3.5 billion in drawdown authority Congress provided last month for military assistance is depleted. \u2014 Kathryn Watson, CBS News , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "In particular, this is the eighth tranche of U.S. assistance from the Pentagon's existing stockpile, using what's known as presidential drawdown authority to expedite delivery. \u2014 Luis Martinez, ABC News , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "President Joe Biden is expected to use his drawdown authority to authorize the new aid package for Ukraine. \u2014 Oren Liebermann, CNN , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "In response to Stoltenberg\u2019s questioning of a drawdown , Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov faulted the ability of NATO systems to analyze what was happening. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Biden noted that Russia still has 150,000 troops amassed near Ukraine's border and the U.S. had seen no evidence of a drawdown . \u2014 Matthew Brown, USA TODAY , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "The intervention -- and now ongoing drawdown -- of the French military, the arrival of European Union forces, and the Pentagon's sustained support mean billions have been spent in attempts to bolster the local security forces. \u2014 Nick Paton Walsh, CNN , 21 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1918, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1949, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-123257"
  },
  "debacle":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a great disaster",
      ": a complete failure : fiasco",
      ": a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river",
      ": a violent disruption (as of an army) : rout"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0113-\u02c8b\u00e4-k\u0259l",
      "di-",
      "-\u02c8ba-",
      "nonstandard"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "apocalypse",
      "calamity",
      "cataclysm",
      "catastrophe",
      "disaster",
      "tragedy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "What a debacle . Next thing he knew, one of the patients would turn up dead. \u2014 T. Coraghessan Boyle , The Road to Wellville , 1993",
      "So what had been intended as an orderly hearing ended in a general debacle , for as soon as Fray Domingo saw his protector dragged toward the exit door, he leaped at the guards and began pummeling them. \u2014 James A. Michener , Texas , 1985",
      "Savings themselves evaporate in the course of such a debacle and thus the very wherewithal for reversing and retrieving the situation is lost \u2026 \u2014 Jane Jacobs , Cities and the Wealth of Nations , 1984",
      "After the debacle of his first novel, he had trouble getting a publisher for his next book.",
      "the financial debacle that was the stock market crash of 1929",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The real legacy of this entire ugly debacle , then, may never be fully known: a palimpsest of stories not told, of justice not sought. \u2014 Jessica Winter, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
      "Don't be surprised if David incorporates this debacle into a future Curb season. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "Having only won one series in Australia for the past three decades, this latest debacle where they were torn to shreds by debutant Scott Boland early on day three of the third Test might be their nadir. \u2014 Tristan Lavalette, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
      "This debacle falls squarely on President Biden\u2019s shoulders, and his poor decision-making has exacerbated an already bad situation. \u2014 WSJ , 1 Sep. 2021",
      "Newsom is the governor by and for all the forces that created this debacle . \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 27 Aug. 2021",
      "However, if the U.S. manages to evacuate all Americans safely, this debacle shouldn\u2019t weigh heavily on the president\u2019s agenda moving forward. \u2014 Ian Bremmer, Time , 20 Aug. 2021",
      "But Zola\u2019s wit and whip-smart intuition carry her through this traumatic two-day debacle . \u2014 Jasmin Hernandez, Harper's BAZAAR , 30 June 2021",
      "A year after the Super League debacle , Florentino P\u00e9rez is back in the Champions League final, having turned a club owned by its members into his personal kingdom. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French d\u00e9b\u00e2cle , from d\u00e9b\u00e2cler to clear, from Middle French desbacler , from des- de- + bacler to block, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *bacculare , from Latin baculum staff",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1802, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-124745"
  },
  "district":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a territorial division (as for administrative or electoral purposes)",
      ": the basic administrative unit for local government in Northern Ireland",
      ": an area, region, or section with a distinguishing character",
      ": to divide or organize into districts",
      ": an area or section (as of a city or nation) set apart for some purpose",
      ": an area or region with some special feature",
      ": a territorial division (as of a nation, state, county, or city) for administrative, judicial, electoral, or other purposes: as",
      ": an administrative unit especially of a town or city established for the performance of a special governmental function",
      ": congressional district",
      ": one of the divisions of the United States or of the individual states served by a particular federal or state court"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-(\u02cc)strikt",
      "\u02c8di-\u02ccstrikt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "nabe",
      "neighborhood",
      "quarter",
      "section"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Six police officers are in charge of the district .",
      "She represents the eighth congressional district .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Spanberger defeated Republican incumbent Dan Brat in 2018, ending the Republican Party's 36-year hold on the district . \u2014 Katherine Swartz, USA TODAY , 21 June 2022",
      "The district has received at least $22 million in Hispanic-Serving Institution grants from the Department of Education since 2005, per a federal spending database. \u2014 Alison Steinbach, The Arizona Republic , 21 June 2022",
      "The document lays out 21 items that comprise the school\u2019s safety plan, one of which was that the district employes four officers \u2013 a chief, a detective and two officers. \u2014 Amir Vera, CNN , 21 June 2022",
      "The school board voted 6-0 at its regular meeting on June 13 to approve a construction bid and services agreement for the Glenbrook School Health Center project, the district said in a release. \u2014 Brian L. Cox, Chicago Tribune , 20 June 2022",
      "Bowser, the two-term mayor of Washington, D.C., is trying to fend off challenges from a pair of Council members as the district contends with rising crime rates and homelessness concerns. \u2014 CBS News , 20 June 2022",
      "For half of his tenure the district was actually majority White. \u2014 Clyde Mcgrady, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
      "In open session, the board held hearings on the district \u2019s 2022-23 budget and its Local Control and Accountability Plan. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 June 2022",
      "Eventually the district would like to connect the loop to a small hub of trails a few miles north on Allen Road. \u2014 Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The short-term goals would be to court businesses and other employers to come to Baltimore and expressly district 45 to hire its citizens. \u2014 George Johnson, Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
      "The state courts announced all courthouses in Barnstable County will remain closed Thursday due to lack of power as will district courts in Stoughton and Wareham. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Oct. 2021",
      "In August, the board voted 5-0 to give Magyar authority to make quick policy changes, based on ever-changing COVID-19 infection numbers, to district COVID-19 policy without prior board approval. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 12 Oct. 2021",
      "Brunswick One of the teams that St. Edward beat in the Division I district and then finished behind in the regional is Brunswick. \u2014 Joe Magill, cleveland , 16 Aug. 2021",
      "The parks district annual budget is $34 million, so $5 million a year would account for 14%. \u2014 Scott Wartman, The Enquirer , 17 June 2021",
      "The result \u2014 a patchwork of different policies depending on what state Americans live in, or even down to which district their kids are enrolled in \u2014 comes on the heels of a chaotic school year that\u2019s finally coming to a close. \u2014 Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News , 8 June 2021",
      "His Wildcats are guaranteed to be at home for the next two weeks, as the top seed in their Division I district bracket that connects to a western region of the state. \u2014 Matt Goul, cleveland , 20 Feb. 2021",
      "Meanwhile, two Canyons district high schools have remained open for classes despite exceeding 15 cases. \u2014 Erin Alberty, The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 Sep. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1792, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-125359"
  },
  "disobliging":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to go counter to the wishes of",
      ": inconvenience"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8bl\u012bj"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "discommode",
      "disturb",
      "incommode",
      "inconvenience",
      "put out",
      "trouble"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "accommodate",
      "favor",
      "oblige"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "didn't want to disoblige her relatives by spending the night at their place"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French d\u00e9sobliger , from Middle French, from des- dis- + obliger to oblige",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1632, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-125622"
  },
  "doodley-squat":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": diddly-squat"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-d\u1d4al-\u0113-\u02ccskw\u00e4t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beans",
      "bubkes",
      "bupkes",
      "bupkus",
      "continental",
      "damn",
      "darn",
      "durn",
      "diddly",
      "diddly-squat",
      "fig",
      "ghost",
      "hoot",
      "iota",
      "jot",
      "lick",
      "modicum",
      "rap",
      "squat",
      "syllable",
      "tittle",
      "whit",
      "whoop"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" doodley (perhaps alteration of do one's do to defecate) + squat ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1934, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-125859"
  },
  "deformity":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the state of being deformed",
      ": imperfection , blemish : such as",
      ": a physical blemish or distortion : disfigurement",
      ": a moral or aesthetic flaw or defect",
      ": the condition of having a physical flaw",
      ": a flaw in something and especially in the body of a person or animal",
      ": the state of being deformed",
      ": a physical blemish or distortion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8f\u022fr-m\u0259-t\u0113",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8f\u022fr-m\u0259-t\u0113",
      "di-\u02c8f\u022fr-m\u0259t-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blemish",
      "blight",
      "blotch",
      "defect",
      "disfigurement",
      "excrescence",
      "excrescency",
      "fault",
      "flaw",
      "imperfection",
      "mar",
      "mark",
      "pockmark",
      "scar"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a disease causing deformity of the spine",
      "a primitive culture that cast aside infants born with deformities , allowing them to die of exposure to the elements",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The company hopes to gain approval for the procedure and aid others born with microtia, a rare congenital deformity where one or both outer ears are absent or underdeveloped. \u2014 Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com , 2 June 2022",
      "This is a great example of a gall, which is a tissue deformity on a plant caused by either insects, mites, fungi, bacteria or nematodes. \u2014 Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun , 26 May 2022",
      "Herber had a birth deformity that led to an amputation near her right ankle at the age of 2. \u2014 Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "This addition often pushes into the back the Achilles insertion and causes chronic inflammation, particularly if a Haglund\u2019s deformity is present. \u2014 Thomas C. Michaud, Outside Online , 10 Sep. 2019",
      "Ray had cancer and Maria was dealing with paralysis on one side of her body due to a latent spinal deformity . \u2014 Olivia Solon, NBC News , 8 Dec. 2021",
      "Surgery as an infant left him with a small leak in one valve and a slight deformity in another. \u2014 Erin Alberty, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Nov. 2021",
      "Unfortunately, Campbell developed severe knee arthritis with subsequent deformity over the years. \u2014 Prem Ramkumar, Forbes , 14 Nov. 2021",
      "That or what\u2019s known as a saddle-nose deformity , where the bridge of the nose dips because of the destruction of the cartilage there. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English deformite , from Middle French defformeteit , from Latin deformitat-, deformitas , from deformis deformed, from de- + forma ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-130009"
  },
  "dissident":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-s\u0259-d\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dissentient",
      "dissenting",
      "heretical",
      "heretic",
      "heterodox",
      "iconoclastic",
      "maverick",
      "nonconformist",
      "nonorthodox",
      "out-there",
      "unconventional",
      "unorthodox"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "conforming",
      "conformist",
      "conventional",
      "orthodox"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "dissident elements within the Catholic Church",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "His first novel, The Queue, came out in France in 1985 with Sintaksis, the press of dissident writer Andrei Sinyavksy. \u2014 Jennifer Wilson, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
      "Several summit events started Monday, including exhibitions with dissident Cuban artists and interviews with mayors from the region. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
      "Spain expelled another deserter, Mohamed Abdellah, a dissident gendarme, to Algeria last August. \u2014 Elaine Ganley, ajc , 28 May 2022",
      "There has been an uproar over the festival\u2019s inclusion of Tchaikovsky\u2019s Wife, a film by Russian dissident director Kirill Serebrennikov and in part financed by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, in the competition. \u2014 Dana Thomas, Vogue , 26 May 2022",
      "The Navalny Foundation admits that Putin has sufficiently coopted, isolated, or repressed any dissident forces that could conceivably cause his downfall. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 24 May 2022",
      "The Senate Appropriations Committee aimed for something similar in 1984, naming the part of 16th Street in front of the Soviet Union\u2019s Embassy for dissident scientist Andrei Sakharov. \u2014 Petula Dvorak, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
      "Russian dissident director Kirill Serebrennikov used the press conference for his competition film, Tchaikovsky\u2019s Wife, as an opportunity to call for the lifting of sanctions on Roman Abramovich, a Russian oligarch who finances his art house films. \u2014 Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 May 2022",
      "The report comes a week before a key shareholders meeting in which the company management faces an aggressive challenge from dissident shareholders Macellum Capital Management which has nominated its own board slate. \u2014 Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel , 3 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin dissident-, dissidens , present participle of dissid\u0113re to sit apart, disagree, from dis- + sed\u0113re to sit \u2014 more at sit ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1769, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-130421"
  },
  "diabolical":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil : devilish",
      ": devilish sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u012b-\u0259-\u02c8b\u00e4-li-k\u0259l",
      "\u02ccd\u012b-\u0259-\u02c8b\u00e4-li-k\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cacodemonic",
      "demoniac",
      "demoniacal",
      "demonian",
      "demonic",
      "demonical",
      "devilish",
      "fiendish",
      "Luciferian",
      "satanic"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "angelic",
      "angelical"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the police quickly mobilized to track down the diabolical serial killer",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Pretty much being diabolical in every step of the way to get here. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 27 May 2022",
      "Jared Leto plays suspect Albert Sparma with diabolical cunningness that is both unnerving to a detective and irresistibly intriguing to a viewer. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 30 May 2022",
      "Wouldn\u2019t the real diabolical trick be to convince my captive audience that the cautionary tales are, in fact, bunk? \u2014 Kent Russell, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
      "Like Klein\u2019s cast of diabolical neoliberals, Bremmer sees an opening in otherwise dispiriting circumstances. \u2014 Andre Pagliarini, The New Republic , 17 May 2022",
      "This brutal crime set off a chain of events that would expose a diabolical scheme deeply involving Pam Hupp. \u2014 Jennifer Maas, Variety , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Universal also showed footage of Jordan Peele\u2019s Nope, from Blumhouse and Atomic Monster, and M3GAN, about a diabolical robotic doll. \u2014 Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "That was all there was: a six-year-old image of splintering glass, the blob of milk spreading over the dingy tiles like a diabolical hand. \u2014 Elif Batuman, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Throw in the fact that the entire Clone War had been a savvy manipulation by a Sith lord, and that Jedi (and Varactyl!) were simultaneously killed all over the galaxy thanks to the diabolical Order 66, and times were tough\u2026 to put it mildly. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 12 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" diabolical from diabolic + -ical ; diabolic going back to Middle English deabolik, borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French dyabolique, borrowed from Late Latin diabolicus, borrowed from Late Greek diabolik\u00f3s, going back to Greek, \"slanderous,\" from di\u00e1bolos \"accuser, backbiter, slanderer\" + -ikos  -ic entry 1 \u2014 more at devil entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-131050"
  },
  "disallow":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deny the force, truth, or validity of",
      ": to refuse to allow",
      ": to deny the truth, force, or validity of",
      ": to refuse to allow"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8lau\u0307",
      "\u02ccdi-s\u0259-\u02c8lau\u0307"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "contradict",
      "deny",
      "disaffirm",
      "disavow",
      "disclaim",
      "disconfirm",
      "disown",
      "gainsay",
      "negate",
      "negative",
      "refute",
      "reject",
      "repudiate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "acknowledge",
      "admit",
      "allow",
      "avow",
      "concede",
      "confirm",
      "own"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The touchdown was disallowed because of a penalty.",
      "disallowing the philosophical concept of free will",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Spiked ledges that disallow sitting \u2014 for humans and for birds \u2014 and elevated bridges that allow tenants to cross the street without having to go out on the sidewalk mark the residence as more of a fortress. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
      "My position has been, and still is, that the circuits which disallow Anti-SLAPP motions have it wrong. \u2014 Jay Adkisson, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
      "In February, a New York judge ruled Trump and two of his children \u2014 Ivanka and Donald Jr. \u2014 would have to testify in the civil fraud investigation, summarily rejecting the former president's request to disallow subpoenas. \u2014 Ella Lee, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "In regular session, the council heard and denied an appeal of the Planning Commission to disallow the conversion of a Jack-in-the-Box restaurant at 1967 San Elijo Ave. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "The rules disallow a foreign tax credit or deduction for foreign income taxes that are attributable to income that is section 245A(d) income or noninclusion income of the recipient domestic corporation or the paying foreign corporation. \u2014 Carrie Brandon Elliott, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "While awards shows continue to disallow Wallen to attend ceremonies, country radio has welcomed Wallen back to their playlists after briefly banning his music from rotation. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 28 Oct. 2021",
      "Only if they are audited will that decision be questioned, and to disallow any iffy deductions, the IRS must engage in a complex act of mind-reading. \u2014 Paul Kiel, ProPublica , 8 Dec. 2021",
      "Sometimes what company founders want, in this case to pledge shares, is at odds with what board members and shareholders want, which is to disallow pledging. \u2014 John Hyatt, Forbes , 11 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-131213"
  },
  "decimation":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to select by lot and kill every tenth man of",
      ": to exact a tax of 10 percent from",
      ": to reduce drastically especially in number",
      ": to cause great destruction or harm to",
      ": to destroy a large number of",
      ": to severely damage or destroy a large part of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-s\u0259-\u02ccm\u0101t",
      "\u02c8de-s\u0259-\u02ccm\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "annihilate",
      "cream",
      "demolish",
      "desolate",
      "destroy",
      "devastate",
      "do in",
      "extinguish",
      "nuke",
      "pull down",
      "pulverize",
      "raze",
      "rub out",
      "ruin",
      "shatter",
      "smash",
      "tear down",
      "total",
      "vaporize",
      "waste",
      "wrack",
      "wreck"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "build",
      "construct",
      "erect",
      "put up",
      "raise",
      "rear",
      "set up"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "This kind of moth is responsible for decimating thousands of trees in our town.",
      "Budget cuts have decimated public services in small towns.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With Elvis so closely tied to Vegas\u2019 wedding industry, some say the move could decimate their businesses. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
      "This is a big draw for smaller nations such as Azerbaijan, which used the TB-2 to decimate Armenian armor in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. \u2014 Michael Peck, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Member states are now scrambling for grains elsewhere, as the war threatens to decimate Ukrainian crops and exports, with farmers unable to access fields. \u2014 Time , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Climate events such as floods, deadly heat waves, drought and even some secondary fallouts such as declining tourism would decimate developing economies. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 25 May 2022",
      "In the weeks ahead, Russian forces would decimate Mariupol. \u2014 Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
      "The ingrained fears\u2014that kilotons of destructive energy and toxic radiation could decimate a city and incinerate tens of thousands of human beings\u2014began to dissipate. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "Sea urchins are dying across the Caribbean at a pace scientists say could rival a mass die-off that last occurred in 1983, alarming many who warn the trend could further decimate already frail coral reefs in the region. \u2014 D\u00c1nica Coto, ajc , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Sea urchins are dying across the Caribbean at a pace scientists say could rival a mass die-off that last occurred in 1983, alarming many who warn the trend could further decimate already frail coral reefs in the region. \u2014 D\u00c1nica Coto, Sun Sentinel , 14 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin decimatus , past participle of decimare , from decimus tenth, from decem ten",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1660, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-133148"
  },
  "disembarrass":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to free (someone, such as oneself) from something troublesome or superfluous"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259m-\u02c8ber-\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "clear",
      "disengage",
      "disentangle",
      "extricate",
      "free",
      "liberate",
      "release",
      "untangle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "embroil",
      "entangle"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "still struggling to disembarrass herself of the emotional baggage of a failed relationship"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1726, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-133929"
  },
  "divan":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the privy council of the Ottoman Empire",
      ": council",
      ": a council chamber",
      ": a large couch usually without back or arms often designed for use as a bed",
      ": a collection of poems in Persian or Arabic usually by one author"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8van",
      "\u02c8d\u012b-\u02ccvan",
      "especially in senses 1, 2, and 4 also",
      "d\u012b-\u02c8van"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chesterfield",
      "couch",
      "davenport",
      "lounge",
      "settee",
      "sofa",
      "squab"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "whenever I stayed over at their house I usually slept on the divan in the living room",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Across the room, reclining nudes are arranged along a wall, including a 1990 male nude made of glass by Richard Jolley and an 1892 oil by Frank Duveneck of a woman stretched across what appears to be a divan . \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "Passenger seating was 2 fouroccupant divans , one facing forward, the other rearward. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Feb. 2020",
      "But a few hours later, while Maleficent dozed on a divan , wings folded as tightly against her back as a bird\u2019s, Aurora was still wide-awake. \u2014 David Canfield, EW.com , 7 Aug. 2019",
      "One hotel manager began walking outside to get from one end of the building to the other, to avoid passing through the lobby, where persnickety widows would invariably be positioned on the divans , ready to greet him with a barrage of complaints. \u2014 Julie Satow, New York Times , 7 June 2019",
      "Ask your spouse to please address you as a divan potato. 16. \u2014 WSJ , 26 Oct. 2018",
      "The job interview happened in a hotel lobby, in front of dozens of strangers, on a couple of chairs, near some tasteful divans . \u2014 Dan Steinberg, chicagotribune.com , 8 Mar. 2018",
      "The bi-level establishment houses both a restaurant and craft cocktail bar, with a hidden whiskey divan behind a discreet door. \u2014 Christina Liao, Vogue , 10 Feb. 2018",
      "Indoor palm trees, eclectically upholstered divans , warm lighting and close-quarter seating make for a lush, intimate and sophisticated space. \u2014 Carlos Fr\u00edas, miamiherald , 23 Aug. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Turkish, from Persian d\u012bv\u0101n account book",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-134449"
  },
  "do-or-die":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": doggedly determined to reach one's objective : indomitable",
      ": presenting as the only alternatives complete success or complete ruin"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-\u0259r-\u02c8d\u012b",
      "-\u022fr-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bent (on ",
      "bound",
      "decisive",
      "determined",
      "firm",
      "hell-bent (on ",
      "intent",
      "out",
      "purposeful",
      "resolute",
      "resolved",
      "set",
      "single-minded"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "faltering",
      "hesitant",
      "indecisive",
      "irresolute",
      "undetermined",
      "unresolved",
      "vacillating",
      "wavering",
      "weak-kneed"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1873, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-135818"
  },
  "diurnal":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": active chiefly in the daytime",
      ": of, relating to, or occurring in the daytime",
      ": opening during the day and closing at night",
      ": recurring every day",
      ": having a daily cycle",
      ": journal sense 1a",
      ": diary , daybook",
      ": having a daily cycle",
      ": of, relating to, or occurring in the daytime",
      ": chiefly active during the daytime"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u012b-\u02c8\u0259r-n\u1d4al",
      "d\u012b-\u02c8\u0259rn-\u1d4al"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "daily",
      "day-to-day",
      "quotidian"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "book",
      "bulletin",
      "gazette",
      "journal",
      "mag",
      "magazine",
      "newspaper",
      "organ",
      "paper",
      "periodical",
      "rag",
      "review",
      "serial",
      "zine"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "a love as constant and certain as the diurnal tides",
      "Noun",
      "a microfilm containing a collection of diurnals published by 19th-century American abolitionists",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Given the diurnal minimum of heating early in the day, any storms will struggle against that. \u2014 Ian Livingston, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
      "Numerous diverse mesoclimates and soils give vineyards distinct personalities, but in general, summers are warm and dry, with cool evenings and a diurnal temperature range that helps preserve acidity and freshness in the grapes. \u2014 Lana Bortolot, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
      "Scientists saw that the eye size and shape were similar to those of modern diurnal owls. \u2014 Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "In the Dundee study, researchers found that this diurnal decrease is absent, or at least relatively absent, in a deprived population who do not have regular access to and use of green spaces in their urban environment. \u2014 Shane O'mara, Outside Online , 13 May 2020",
      "But a few owls are diurnal \u2014or active during the day. \u2014 Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "The microclimate is characterized by significant diurnal range, warm summers and cold winters. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "This runs counter to a significant piece of California-wine conventional wisdom, which holds that larger diurnal shifts always lead to better wines. \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "Ambient temperature, humidity, diurnal and seasonal climate variations all play a factor. \u2014 Joseph V Micallef, Forbes , 7 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a",
      "Noun",
      "1600, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-140306"
  },
  "downtown":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of, relating to, or located in the lower part or business center of a city or town",
      ": hip , trendy",
      ": the lower part of a city or town",
      ": the main business district or central part of a city or town",
      ": the main or central part of a city or town",
      ": to or toward the main or central part of a city or town"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdau\u0307n-\u02c8tau\u0307n",
      "\u02ccdau\u0307n-\u02c8tau\u0307n",
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02cctau",
      "\u02ccdau\u0307n-\u02c8tau\u0307n",
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02cctau\u0307n",
      "\u02ccdau\u0307n-\u02c8tau\u0307n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "au courant",
      "cool",
      "def",
      "groovy",
      "hep",
      "hip",
      "in",
      "mod",
      "now",
      "trendy",
      "turned-on",
      "with-it"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "out",
      "uncool",
      "unhip",
      "untrendy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "the downtown clientele of this bistro come to be seen, and the food is only an afterthought",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "There has been a boom in entrepreneurship in non- downtown New York areas like Jamaica, Queens, and the South Bronx. \u2014 Mae Anderson And Tom Krisher, The Christian Science Monitor , 13 Sep. 2021",
      "Windows were blown out of downtown high-rises and downed trees and power lines blocked roads across the city. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Aug. 2021",
      "Davinder Singh, co-founder of the Duwara Consciousness Foundation, also is often downtown to oversee mobile showers on 16th Street. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Aug. 2021",
      "Reyna had been scheduled to take Andr\u00e9s, a family friend, with her on a semiweekly trip to a downtown wholesale market to get supplies for her shop. \u2014 Mark Stevenson, Star Tribune , 26 May 2021",
      "Before San Francisco office workers start streaming back to downtown high-rises again, property owners and managers need to make sure those buildings are safe. \u2014 J.k. Dineen, SFChronicle.com , 28 May 2020",
      "Freed from the shackles of 9-to-5 office work, these white-collar workers are seeking mountain homes near open space and tranquility far from downtown high-rises. \u2014 J.k. Dineen, SFChronicle.com , 25 Aug. 2020",
      "His firm's BMO Tower just opened in April and is downtown Milwaukee's newest office tower. \u2014 Jeff Bollier, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 May 2020",
      "Located in a neighborhood that was then an industrial backwater, the club provided a safe space in downtown Manhattan for large groups of young African-Americans. \u2014 Alex Williams, New York Times , 2 Apr. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In recognition of the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Riders civil rights activists, the San Diego African American Museum of Fine Art is opening a new interactive photographic exhibit Friday at the Quartyard downtown . \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 June 2022",
      "But the best amenity of all was a wall-spanning window that provided a fishbowl view of downtown and the ski trails of Aspen Mountain. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 16 June 2022",
      "For Charter Oak State College, for instance, that makes the prospect of relocating to downtown appealing. \u2014 Don Stacom, Hartford Courant , 16 June 2022",
      "Officers responded to a report of a shooting downtown in the 200 block of East Redwood Street at 3:57 a.m. where officers found two adult men suffering from apparent gunshot wounds in the unit block of South Calvert Street, police said. \u2014 Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun , 16 June 2022",
      "The downtown Los Angeles Pizzeria Bianco is housed in an adaptive reuse of a former coffee roaster and caf\u00e9, according to a press release. \u2014 Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic , 16 June 2022",
      "The announcement comes a few weeks after another downtown theater named its new artistic director. \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 16 June 2022",
      "Black Wall Street in downtown Orlando brings the community together for a free daytime block party and nighttime event. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
      "Lack of opportunity for many in our district juxtaposed to the abundance in South Addition and downtown is stark. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1837, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1845, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-140608"
  },
  "defiant":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": full of or showing a disposition to challenge, resist, or fight : full of or showing defiance : bold , impudent",
      ": showing a willingness to resist"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8f\u012b-\u0259nt",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8f\u012b-\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "balky",
      "contrary",
      "contumacious",
      "disobedient",
      "froward",
      "incompliant",
      "insubordinate",
      "intractable",
      "obstreperous",
      "rebel",
      "rebellious",
      "recalcitrant",
      "recusant",
      "refractory",
      "restive",
      "ungovernable",
      "unruly",
      "untoward",
      "wayward",
      "willful",
      "wilful"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "amenable",
      "biddable",
      "compliant",
      "conformable",
      "docile",
      "obedient",
      "ruly",
      "submissive",
      "tractable"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "He's taken a defiant stand on the issue.",
      "the defiant puppy refused to let go of the football",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "No such videos have come from Rice, a low-key conservative in a deep-red district who is defiant in defending his vote to impeach Trump in the wake of Jan. 6. \u2014 Alisa Wiersema, ABC News , 14 June 2022",
      "Zelensky, who has been defiant in rallying his people, remained determined. \u2014 Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Jackson is relentlessly defiant against a world that sees Black women as expendable. \u2014 Gloria Alamrew, refinery29.com , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "For example, the million- and billion-dollar companies that sought PPP loans, and the landlords who were defiant about not deferring rent or, worse yet, demanding other forms of payment. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "Others, though, have been aggressively defiant toward their superiors. \u2014 John Keilman, chicagotribune.com , 3 Jan. 2022",
      "Vegan food can often suffer from less than careful adaptation, but Molinaro\u2019s food is determinedly defiant of that stereotype. \u2014 Lizzy Saxe, Forbes , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "San Francisco Mayor London Breed remained steadfastly defiant about her behavior Friday after she was photographed at a city jazz club dancing and singing without a mask on earlier this week despite a city mandate. \u2014 Fox News , 18 Sep. 2021",
      "While several performers and GOP lawmakers dropped out of NRA events following the massacre at Robb Elementary School, the Republicans who kept their speaking slots at the annual gathering were defiant , despite mounting public pressure. \u2014 Adela Suliman, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"in part borrowed from French d\u00e9fiant \"mistrustful,\" from present participle of d\u00e9fier \"to mistrust, challenge, defy entry 1 ,\" going back to Old French; in part from defi(ance) + -ant entry 2 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1583, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-140620"
  },
  "delinquent":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a usually young person who regularly performs illegal or immoral acts",
      ": offending by neglect or violation of duty or of law",
      ": being overdue in payment",
      ": of, relating to, or characteristic of people who regularly perform illegal or immoral acts : marked by delinquency (see delinquency sense 1b )",
      ": a usually young person who is guilty of improper or illegal behavior",
      ": a transgressor against duty or the law especially in a degree not constituting crime",
      ": juvenile delinquent",
      ": offending by neglect or violation of duty or of law",
      ": of, relating to, or characteristic of delinquents : marked by delinquency",
      ": a delinquent person",
      ": juvenile delinquent",
      ": offending by neglect or violation of duty or law",
      ": characterized by juvenile delinquency",
      ": being overdue in payment"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8li\u014b-kw\u0259nt",
      "-\u02c8lin-",
      "di-\u02c8li\u014b-kw\u0259nt",
      "-kw\u0259nt",
      "di-\u02c8li\u014b-kw\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "behind",
      "behindhand",
      "belated",
      "late",
      "latish",
      "overdue",
      "tardy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "early",
      "inopportune",
      "precocious",
      "premature",
      "unseasonable",
      "untimely"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "a group of violent delinquents",
      "Adjective",
      "a school for delinquent children",
      "His delinquent behavior could lead to more serious problems.",
      "The town is trying to collect delinquent taxes.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In the crushing true-life drama Only The Brave\u2014his first movie with Top Gun: Maverick director Joe Kosinski\u2014Teller plays Brendan McDonough, a drug addict delinquent looking to turn his life around to provide for his newborn daughter. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 9 June 2022",
      "The facility will serve dual purposes as a correctional facility for youth found delinquent of crimes and as a detention facility for youth from Racine and surrounding counties being held temporarily or while awaiting trial. \u2014 Sarah Volpenhein, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 May 2022",
      "Sure enough, all are present in this unpredictable tale of mutual misfit attraction between a juvenile delinquent and the middle-aged actor whose role in his life shifts from mentor to mother to lover. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "Proper parenting would result in a well-mannered adult Tamagotchi, while inattention would result in a delinquent . \u2014 Michelle Delgado, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Dec. 2021",
      "The largest delinquent at the time was a Shelton business that owed more than $500,000. \u2014 Christopher Keating, courant.com , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "With no bidders on the remaining tax delinquent Taylor Tudor buildings put up at sheriff\u2019s sale -- not once but twice -- the city has now acquired them through the Cuyahoga County Land Bank for $200. \u2014 Thomas Jewell, cleveland , 24 Aug. 2021",
      "Nicole Johnson was charged nearly four years ago with reckless endangerment and contributing to conditions that leave a child delinquent or in need of supervision. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 July 2021",
      "The passenger is set to be arraigned in Boston Juvenile Court on charges of delinquent to wit: unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, and carrying a loaded firearm. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 June 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Or if people did have low credit or were delinquent on their loans ... \u2014 James Brown, USA TODAY , 1 May 2022",
      "An eligible student loan borrower had more than seven consecutive months of delinquent payments prior to June 30, 2021. \u2014 Zack Friedman, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "In addition, those borrowers must have had more than seven consecutive months of delinquent payments prior to June 30, 2021. \u2014 NBC News , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "The average rate of delinquent payments rose from October to November across loans from six large credit-card banks, according to master trust figures compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence. \u2014 Telis Demos, WSJ , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "The annual financial impact of the delinquent payments is more than $1 million, the directors were told. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 July 2021",
      "Vehicles that have registration expired more than six months or that have more than five delinquent citations will be towed beginning June 21. \u2014 Chronicle Staff, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 May 2021",
      "To qualify, residents must be age 60 or over, facing a disconnection or delinquent bill and have a household income of not more than 60% of the state\u2019s median. \u2014 Kate Santich, Orlando Sentinel , 19 May 2022",
      "The discovery forced Metro to pull 72 operators who were most delinquent , creating a staffing shortage that increased wait times. \u2014 Justin George, Washington Post , 19 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Adjective",
      "1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-142510"
  },
  "divergence":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a drawing apart (as of lines extending from a common center)",
      ": difference , disagreement",
      ": the development of dissimilar traits or features (as of body structure or behavior) in closely related populations, species, or lineages of common ancestry that typically occupy dissimilar environments or ecological niches : divergent evolution",
      ": a deviation from a course or standard",
      ": the condition of being mathematically divergent",
      ": a drawing apart",
      ": the acquisition of dissimilar characters by related organisms under the influence of unlike environments",
      ": dissemination of the effect of activity of a single nerve cell through multiple synaptic connections \u2014 compare convergence sense 4"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259r-j\u0259n(t)s",
      "d\u012b-",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259r-j\u0259n(t)s, d\u012b-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bifurcation",
      "divarication",
      "divergency",
      "separation"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "convergence"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a growing divergence of opinion about that U.S. president's place in history",
      "any divergence from the community's strict moral code was met with social ostracism",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The divergence between real history and our alternate history just grows broader as, as the show goes on. \u2014 Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 10 June 2022",
      "The current divergence between the wealthiest Americans and the lower 90 percent of earners began in the late 1970s, after a post-World War II era of rising wages and not-outlandish differences in pay between workers and management. \u2014 Peter Weber, The Week , 9 June 2022",
      "One reason for the divergence : Home Depot\u2019s greater reliance on professionals such as contractors and electricians, which make up around half of total revenue. \u2014 Dean Seal, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
      "As the night continued with dizzying performances and head-scratching gimmicks, the divergence between the digital and the physical became difficult to discern. \u2014 Ian Malone, Vogue , 12 May 2022",
      "The main reason for the almost perfect divergence of EV and battery prices is that most automakers are developing luxury EV models before expanding into cheaper, mass-market vehicles. \u2014 Nicol\u00e1s Rivero, Quartz , 4 May 2022",
      "The reasons for the divergence of public opinion and court actions aren\u2019t hard to find. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
      "The divergence between the series begins with a measlier sports selection than 2009's Wii Sports Resort. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 3 May 2022",
      "As for divergence , our survey found a considerable degree of variance regarding the areas of companies\u2019 ESG data that investors say are in greatest need of improvement. \u2014 R. Mukund, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from New Latin d\u012bvergentia, noun derivative of Latin d\u012bvergent-, d\u012bvergens  divergent ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-143718"
  },
  "darksome":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": gloomily somber : dark"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4rk-s\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "black",
      "caliginous",
      "dark",
      "darkened",
      "darkish",
      "darkling",
      "dim",
      "dimmed",
      "dusk",
      "dusky",
      "gloomy",
      "lightless",
      "murky",
      "obscure",
      "obscured",
      "pitch-black",
      "pitch-dark",
      "pitchy",
      "rayless",
      "somber",
      "sombre",
      "stygian",
      "tenebrific",
      "tenebrous",
      "unlit"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bright",
      "brightened",
      "brilliant",
      "illuminated",
      "illumined",
      "light",
      "lit",
      "lighted",
      "lightsome",
      "lucent",
      "lucid",
      "luminous"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a pile of darksome ruins in the heart of the forest"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1530, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-144605"
  },
  "dozy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": drowsy , sleepy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u014d-z\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "drowsy",
      "sleepy",
      "slumberous",
      "slumbrous",
      "somnolent"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "alert",
      "awake",
      "conscious",
      "wakeful",
      "wide-awake"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "He's a dozy old chap.",
      "the big Thanksgiving dinner left us all feeling satisfied and dozy",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The seminar had the dozy air common to classes that take place right after lunch\u2014the fluorescent lights buzzing, the smell of burned coffee and wintergreen gum. \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 6 Jan. 2020",
      "Where other bond-fund managers are looking for ways to wake up the somnolent, dozy parts of the investment world by using derivatives and exotic products to goose returns, Ms. Stanek and her team at Baird Funds are happy to avoid that excitement. \u2014 Chuck Jaffe, WSJ , 6 May 2018",
      "Where other bond-fund managers are looking for ways to wake up the somnolent, dozy parts of the investment world by using derivatives and exotic products to goose returns, Ms. Stanek and her team at Baird Funds are happy to avoid that excitement. \u2014 Chuck Jaffe, WSJ , 6 May 2018",
      "Shearer 3 run (Eubank pass from Murray) MC\u2013 Dozier 15 pass from Mosfield (run failed) Records: SK 1-0, MC 0-1. \u2014 Enquirer Preps, Cincinnati.com , 18 Aug. 2017",
      "Dozier begins rehab assignment Top prospect Hunter Dozier began a rehab assignment Tuesday at Class A Wilmington. \u2014 Rustin Dodd, kansascity , 23 May 2017",
      "Dozier \u2019s leadoff single, Jorge Polanco\u2019s double and a one-out walk for Kepler loaded the bases for the lefty-swinging Vargas. \u2014 Ben Standig, Twin Cities , 24 May 2017",
      "The legislation also provides for the reburial of unidentified remains from Dozier at a cemetery in Tallahassee. \u2014 Jim Turner, miamiherald , 2 June 2017",
      "Dozier , 25, has played five games on his rehab assignment, including three for Class A Wilmington and two at Omaha. \u2014 Rustin Dodd, kansascity.com , 1 June 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1693, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-144656"
  },
  "dissection":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected",
      ": an anatomical specimen prepared by dissecting",
      ": the act of cutting something or taking something apart for examination",
      ": the act or process of dissecting or separating: as",
      ": the surgical removal along natural lines of cleavage of tissues which are or might become diseased",
      ": the digital separation of tissues (as in heart-valve operations) \u2014 compare finger fracture",
      ": a pathological splitting or separation of tissue \u2014 see aortic dissection",
      ": something (as a part or the whole of an animal) that has been dissected",
      ": an anatomical specimen prepared in this way"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u012b-\u02c8sek-sh\u0259n",
      "also",
      "\u02c8d\u012b-\u02ccsek-",
      "di-\u02c8sek-sh\u0259n",
      "dis-\u02c8ek-sh\u0259n; d\u012b-\u02c8sek-",
      "\u02c8d\u012b-\u02cc"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "analysis",
      "anatomizing",
      "anatomy",
      "assay",
      "breakdown",
      "deconstruction"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the book's dissection of the problem of obesity in this country",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Earlier this month, Uhrman rushed her mother to the emergency room where she was treated for an aortic dissection , an often-fatal split in the inner and middle layers of the body\u2019s largest artery. \u2014 Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "The family of a deceased Louisiana man found out that his body ended up in a ticketed live human dissection as part of a traveling expo. \u2014 Peter Aitken, Fox News , 7 Nov. 2021",
      "After Ritter's untimely death in 2003 from an aortic dissection , his family started the John Ritter Foundation for Aortic Health. \u2014 Good Housekeeping Editors, Good Housekeeping , 9 May 2022",
      "The problem was, the typical bird- dissection technique focused almost entirely on the male. \u2014 Rachel E. Gross, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "The Demaines began this puzzle-font experiganza around the turn of the century with a dissection puzzle \u2014 a puzzle whereby one shape, or polygon, is sliced up and reassembled into other geometric shapes. \u2014 Siobhan Roberts, New York Times , 25 June 2021",
      "In 2014, an anatomy student was horrified to discover the cadaver on his dissection table was a friend who disappeared two weeks earlier. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 June 2021",
      "Three broad openings puncture this cubic block, and rather abruptly (suggesting a dissection rather than a natural aperture). \u2014 Michael J. Lewis, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "The scene immediately brings to mind AOC\u2019s similar semiotics-savvy dissection of her opponent\u2019s campaign pamphlet in House. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1578, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-144815"
  },
  "disenfranchisement":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deprive of a franchise , of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity",
      ": to deprive of the right to vote",
      ": to deprive of the right to vote",
      ": disfranchise"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-in-\u02c8fran-\u02ccch\u012bz",
      "\u02ccdi-s\u1d4an-\u02c8fran-\u02ccch\u012bz",
      "\u02ccdis-\u1d4an-\u02c8fran-\u02ccch\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "They disenfranchised poor people by making property ownership a requirement for registering to vote.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "McConnell tried to rebuff concerns among Democrats that GOP state lawmakers across the country are trying to disenfranchise minority voters by pointing to record-high turnout for all voters in the 2020 election. \u2014 Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, chicagotribune.com , 22 Jan. 2022",
      "The proposal also would disenfranchise his district\u2019s Armenian community, warned Krekorian, the council\u2019s first Armenian-American. \u2014 David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times , 30 Sep. 2021",
      "Brnovich is presently defending two Arizona election laws, which an appeals court this year found tended to disproportionately disenfranchise minority voters, before the Supreme Court. \u2014 Ian Macdougall, ProPublica , 3 Nov. 2020",
      "Republicans said that the point of new legislation is not to disenfranchise Black people and that federal legislation would usurp state's rights. \u2014 Meg Cunningham, ABC News , 20 Apr. 2021",
      "Republicans insist voter reform is essential to prevent future fraud, while Democrats claim the new laws disenfranchise disabled people, black people, and other minorities. \u2014 Rob Crilly, Washington Examiner , 15 Apr. 2021",
      "Is an election restriction that disproportionately affects Black people unconstitutional if it was adopted not to disenfranchise Black people, but to hurt Democrats? \u2014 Noah Feldman, Star Tribune , 4 Mar. 2021",
      "Those include state laws and local practices that disenfranchise Indigenous voters, unequal access to early voting and reliance on a mail system that is unreliable, the report stated. \u2014 Felicia Fonseca, ajc , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Vicious gerrymandering and laws that continue to disenfranchise millions are at least as consequential as a handful of private outbursts. \u2014 Becca Rothfeld, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1664, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-145017"
  },
  "dodder":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of a genus ( Cuscuta ) of wiry twining vines of the morning-glory family that are highly deficient in chlorophyll, are parasitic on other plants, and have tiny scales instead of leaves",
      ": to tremble or shake from weakness or age",
      ": to progress feebly and unsteadily"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-d\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "careen",
      "lurch",
      "reel",
      "stagger",
      "teeter",
      "totter",
      "waddle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "was doddering down the walk outside the nursing home",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In early September 2021, the NHU is filming a predator just as vicious\u2014the dodder \u2014using technology that didn\u2019t exist back in 2018. \u2014 Stephen Armstrong, Wired , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "The dodder , Cuscuta europaea, a k a strangleweed or the devil\u2019s hair, is a parasitic plant. \u2014 Stephen Armstrong, Wired , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "The one weed seed the feds found was dodder , a parasitic plant that climbs up unsuspecting regular plants and sucks the life out of them. \u2014 Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com , 18 July 2021",
      "Conseulo De Moraes of Penn State University planted a young dodder near a tomato plant and continuously filmed the pair for several days. \u2014 Scientific American , 11 Mar. 2021",
      "Botanists had wondered about the dodder \u2019s strategy for timing reproduction. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 Sep. 2020",
      "Once the dodder has a tight grip on its host, the anchoring root withers away. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 Sep. 2020",
      "Without the host\u2019s flowering signal, neither the host nor the dodder flowered. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 Sep. 2020",
      "Scott Ward Abernethy is obviously having a blast channeling Audrey\u2019s sadistic-dentist boyfriend, as well as assorted cameo figures, and Robert John Biedermann dodders aptly as the shop\u2019s cantankerous owner, Mr. Mushnik. \u2014 Celia Wren, Washington Post , 24 Oct. 2019",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Tel Aviv University biologist Daniel Chamovitz discusses dodder and many other fascinating plants in his upcoming book, What A Plant Knows, an excerpt from which appears in the May issue of Scientific American. \u2014 Scientific American , 11 Mar. 2021",
      "The Dodgers appeared to dodder in the first two games, running up huge pitch counts against Atlanta starters Max Fried and Ian Anderson, but failing to score a run in 14 of the first 15 innings. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 15 Oct. 2020",
      "Last, the researchers created a green fluorescent version of the flowering signal chemical, which provided visual evidence that dodder plant tissues can absorb the chemical and direct it to their flowering mechanisms. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 Sep. 2020",
      "As for pests, experts have identified a tiny wasp, two noxious weeds (water spinach and dodder ) and a larval seed beetle. \u2014 Adrian Higgins, Washington Post , 9 Sep. 2020",
      "The pale, curvy pillars of Phil Charlwood\u2019s set variously represent forest trees; the cottage of the wise, doddering Sami Finn Woman (an amusing Anna Lynch); and, helped by frosty lighting designed by Doug Del Pizzo, the Snow Queen\u2019s castle. \u2014 Celia Wren, Washington Post , 15 Dec. 2019",
      "Cassidy took control when the Bruins were doddering along at 26-23-6, both feet firmly planted on a path to a third consecutive DNQ. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Nov. 2019",
      "And, there is the looming presence of a doddering Winston Churchill. \u2014 John Cherwa, latimes.com , 14 July 2019",
      "Television may be a dinosaur in the Internet epoch, but a dinosaur is a very big thing, and television is a mighty if doddering T. rex. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 28 July 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-150409"
  },
  "disembark":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove to shore from a ship",
      ": to go ashore out of a ship",
      ": to get out of a vehicle or craft",
      ": to leave or remove from a ship or airplane"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259m-\u02c8b\u00e4rk",
      "\u02ccdi-s\u0259m-\u02c8b\u00e4rk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "debark",
      "land"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "embark"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The plane's crew members were the last ones to disembark .",
      "the cruise passengers disembarked as soon as they got to the terminal in Miami",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In Miami, passengers disembark downtown, with nearby access to the Metromover, a free local train service connecting all of downtown and the lively Brickell neighborhood. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 15 June 2022",
      "Visitors could disembark at a train station between the large meadow and lake Clara Meer. \u2014 Pete Corson, ajc , 16 May 2016",
      "Guests were asked to disembark in Mexico and were provided with a full credit for a future cruise and other financial reimbursement, Ms. Stellhorn says. \u2014 Jacob Passy, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
      "More than 3,000 cruise ship passengers and staff were allowed to disembark in Hong Kong after being tested for Covid-19, a representative for the vessel's owners, Royal Caribbean, told CNN. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "Massive numbers of cruise guests are expected to disembark at Seward and Whittier this season \u2014 the first cruise stops in Southcentral Alaska in two years \u2014 and make their way to Anchorage. \u2014 Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News , 15 May 2022",
      "Panama\u2019s Pacific coast for more than two months, unable to disembark . \u2014 Konrad Putzier, WSJ , 3 May 2022",
      "Passengers were provided with a general plan to disembark and head back to the U.S. on charter flights from Puerto Plata. \u2014 Morgan Hines, USA TODAY , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "The Pride of Hull told him that at least 72 crew members were refusing to disembark . \u2014 Anna Cooban, CNN , 17 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle French desembarquer , from des- dis- + embarquer to embark",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1582, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-151756"
  },
  "drop back":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": retreat",
      ": to move straight back from the line of scrimmage"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "back away",
      "fall back",
      "pull out",
      "recede",
      "retire",
      "retreat",
      "withdraw"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "advance"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a change in the wind direction forced the firefighters to drop back"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1927, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-152422"
  },
  "dimension(s)":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": measure in one direction",
      ": one of three coordinates (see coordinate entry 3 sense 1a ) determining a position in space or four coordinates determining a position in space and time",
      ": one of a group of properties whose number is necessary and sufficient to determine uniquely each element of a system of usually mathematical entities (such as an aggregate of points in real or abstract space)",
      ": a parameter (see parameter sense 1 ) or coordinate variable assigned to such a property",
      ": the number of elements in a basis (see basis sense 5 ) of a vector space",
      ": the quality of spatial extension : magnitude , size",
      ": a lifelike or realistic quality",
      ": the range over which or the degree to which something extends : scope",
      ": one of the elements or factors making up a complete personality or entity : aspect",
      ": bodily form or proportions",
      ": any of the fundamental units (as of mass, length, or time) on which a derived unit is based",
      ": the power of such a unit",
      ": wood or stone cut to pieces of specified size",
      ": a level of existence or consciousness",
      ": to form to the required dimensions (see dimension entry 1 sense 1a(1) )",
      ": to indicate the dimensions of (as on a drawing)",
      ": the length, width, or height of something",
      ": measure in one direction",
      ": one of three or four coordinates determining a position in space or space and time"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8men(t)-sh\u0259n",
      "also",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8men-sh\u0259n",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8men-ch\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bulk",
      "extent",
      "magnitude",
      "measure",
      "measurement",
      "proportion",
      "size"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "She carefully measured each dimension of the room.",
      "The social dimensions of the problem must also be taken into account.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "There has also been a racial dimension to the stigma. \u2014 Vinay Kampalath, STAT , 8 June 2022",
      "According to Wang, instrumentality is a dimension of objectification. \u2014 Mark Travers, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
      "Language is just one dimension of the powerful nurturing interactions between children and caregivers. \u2014 Lydia Denworth, Scientific American , 1 June 2022",
      "There is an ideological dimension too: that of the legitimacy of U.S. power. \u2014 David Rieff, The New Republic , 24 May 2022",
      "There could also be a political dimension to the results. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2022",
      "He's been very thoughtful in his approach and there's a new dimension to Lalo now. \u2014 Dan Snierson, EW.com , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "And then there is a political dimension to it as well. \u2014 Brooke Singman, Fox News , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "There's also a political dimension at play because Republicans have been hammering Biden and other Democrats on climbing gas prices for months. \u2014 Ellie Kaufman And Ali Zaslav, CNN , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Aaron Judge, New York Yankees: Another huge man with huge power playing in the same Little League- dimensioned ballpark as Stanton. \u2014 Ted Berg, For The Win , 23 Feb. 2018",
      "Each barn is covered top to bottom in oversized shingles dimensioned to make the volume look smaller. \u2014 Joseph Giovannini, ELLE Decor , 2 July 2015"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1754, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-153354"
  },
  "disconsolateness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": cheerless",
      ": dejected , downcast",
      ": too sad to be cheered up"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8k\u00e4n(t)-s\u0259-l\u0259t",
      "dis-\u02c8k\u00e4n-s\u0259-l\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "black",
      "bleak",
      "cheerless",
      "chill",
      "Cimmerian",
      "cloudy",
      "cold",
      "comfortless",
      "dark",
      "darkening",
      "depressing",
      "depressive",
      "desolate",
      "dire",
      "dismal",
      "drear",
      "dreary",
      "dreich",
      "elegiac",
      "elegiacal",
      "forlorn",
      "funereal",
      "gloomy",
      "glum",
      "godforsaken",
      "gray",
      "grey",
      "lonely",
      "lonesome",
      "lugubrious",
      "miserable",
      "morbid",
      "morose",
      "murky",
      "plutonian",
      "saturnine",
      "sepulchral",
      "solemn",
      "somber",
      "sombre",
      "sullen",
      "sunless",
      "tenebrific",
      "tenebrous",
      "wretched"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bright",
      "cheerful",
      "cheering",
      "cheery",
      "comforting",
      "cordial",
      "festive",
      "friendly",
      "gay",
      "heartwarming",
      "sunshiny"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Campaign workers grew increasingly disconsolate as the results came in.",
      "spent her last years in the disconsolate environs of a cheap boarding house"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Medieval Latin disconsolatus , from Latin dis- + consolatus , past participle of consolari to console",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-153533"
  },
  "debark":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": disembark",
      ": to remove bark from"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8b\u00e4rk",
      "d\u0113-",
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8b\u00e4rk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "disembark",
      "land"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "embark"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "In summary, first look to see if the stems have been debarked by squirrels. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 Jan. 2020",
      "At the top of the hill, where hayride passengers debarked , sits a stone and huge fir tree commemorating the spot where according to Windsor Locks legend, America\u2019s first Christmas tree was planted. \u2014 Annie Gentile, courant.com , 10 Oct. 2019",
      "The cruise line is taking debarking passengers by bus back to Jacksonville, but also will bring new passengers down by bus today so the ship can go on its planned sailing that will return to Jacksonville on Sept. 9 when the port should be back open. \u2014 Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com , 4 Sep. 2019",
      "On Christmas Day, Edwin and Jonas safely debarked at Liverpool and crossed the English Channel to snowy Le Havre, France. \u2014 Special To The Oregonian, OregonLive.com , 28 May 2018",
      "After they're debarked , the logs are turned into pulp. \u2014 Michael J. Mooney, Popular Mechanics , 9 Oct. 2015",
      "The Carnival team scrambled to reroute ships, rebook passengers embarking or debarking , and set up new port calls out of harms' way. \u2014 Jane Wooldridge, miamiherald , 11 May 2018",
      "Jim Walker, a Miami attorney specializing in maritime law, advises consumers to debark with caution. \u2014 Ron Hurtibise, Sun-Sentinel.com , 21 Dec. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb (1)",
      "1654, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb (2)",
      "1742, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-154009"
  },
  "deplore":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to feel or express grief for",
      ": to regret strongly",
      ": to consider unfortunate or deserving of deprecation",
      ": to regret strongly",
      ": to disapprove of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8pl\u022fr",
      "di-\u02c8pl\u022fr"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bemoan",
      "bewail",
      "grieve (for)",
      "lament",
      "mourn",
      "wail (for)"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "delight",
      "exult (in)",
      "glory (in)",
      "joy",
      "rejoice (in)"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "We deplore the development of nuclear weapons.",
      "Many people deplored the change.",
      "Although deplored by many, her decisions have greatly benefited the company.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Both deplore the end of the Soviet Union, and both share a deep distrust of the West that is fueled by nonsensical conspiracy theories. \u2014 Susanne Sternthal, The Conversation , 7 June 2022",
      "The result is excessive tolerance, which conservatives deplore . \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "In a vote at the United Nations Security Council on a measure to deplore Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, China abstained. \u2014 Michael Schuman, The Atlantic , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "China abstained from a United Nations Security Council vote on Friday to deplore Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Earlier Wednesday, diplomats from dozens of countries took the floor at the U.N. General Assembly to deplore Russia\u2019s actions toward Ukraine and plead for dialogue, while Russia and ally Syria defended Moscow\u2019s moves. \u2014 Jennifer Peltz And Edith M. Lederer, Anchorage Daily News , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "Meanwhile, archetypal Trump Country is inhabited by the descendants of Scots-Irish anti-authoritarians who deplore outsiders, hierarchy, and learned university men. \u2014 Sam Adler-bell, The New Republic , 3 Dec. 2021",
      "Indeed, millions of French came out to applaud public workers every evening, during the early months of the pandemic\u2014something those who deplore the vaccine mandates have repeatedly pointed out. \u2014 Vivienne Walt, Fortune , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "Many deplore the lousy status of our existing roadways, replete with potholes, insufficient markers, and a slew of problems that endanger drivers and pedestrians alike. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 4 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle French or Latin; Middle French deplorer , from Latin deplorare , from de- + plorare to wail",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1559, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-154803"
  },
  "desist":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cease to proceed or act",
      ": to stop doing something"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sist",
      "-\u02c8zist",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8zist",
      "-\u02c8sist"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break",
      "break off",
      "break up",
      "can",
      "cease",
      "cut off",
      "cut out",
      "discontinue",
      "drop",
      "end",
      "give over",
      "halt",
      "knock off",
      "lay off",
      "leave off",
      "pack (up ",
      "quit",
      "shut off",
      "stop"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Despite orders from the police, the protesters would not desist .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Other states\u2014including New Jersey, which filed a cease-and- desist order against Celsius\u2014quickly followed suit. \u2014 Fortune , 16 June 2022",
      "As part of the settlement, Schwab agreed to a cease-and- desist order from the practices, a censure, and will retain an independent consultant to review its robo-adviser disclosures, marketing and advertising. \u2014 Jacob Bogage, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
      "In the letter, the station owners also asked Democratic lawyers to stop referencing that decision in their cease-and- desist letters to other stations. \u2014 Aaron Navarro, CBS News , 10 June 2022",
      "In 1998, Goggles obtained a cease-and- desist order from the Oglala Lakota Tribal Court requiring Meya to return all the materials and copies and to stop publishing or making presentations about the count. \u2014 Graham Lee Brewer, NBC News , 3 June 2022",
      "At last week\u2019s meeting, the Coastal Commission unanimously passed a cease-and- desist order and administrative penalty on the Headland development company on the recommendation of staff. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
      "Meta conducted extensive account takedowns and dismantled other infrastructure on its platforms as part of the action, banned the organizations, and sent them cease and desist warnings. \u2014 Lily Hay Newman, Wired , 16 Dec. 2021",
      "However, this unlawful phenomenon led the OCM in early February 2022 to send over two dozen letters ordering businesses suspected of illegally selling or gifting cannabis to cease and desist those activities. \u2014 Dario Sabaghi, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "To cease and desist any effort to coerce, intimidate, persuade, trick or compel any man, woman or child to receive any experimental gene therapy injection or any other medical device including masks. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 17 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English desisten, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French desister, desistier, borrowed from Latin d\u0113sistere \"to leave off, cease,\" from d\u0113-  de- + sistere \"to cause to stand, assume a standing position, place, check, halt\" \u2014 more at assist entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-161906"
  },
  "divide":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to separate into two or more parts, areas, or groups",
      ": to separate into classes, categories, or divisions",
      ": cleave , part",
      ": to separate into portions and give out in shares : distribute",
      ": to possess, enjoy, or make use of in common",
      ": apportion",
      ": to cause to be separate, distinct, or apart from one another",
      ": to separate into opposing sides or parties",
      ": to cause (a parliamentary body) to vote by division",
      ": to subject (a number or quantity) to the operation of finding how many times it contains another number or quantity",
      ": to be used as a divisor with respect to (a dividend )",
      ": to use as a divisor",
      ": to perform mathematical division",
      ": to undergo replication, multiplication, fission, or separation into parts",
      ": to branch out",
      ": to become separated or disunited especially in opinion or interest",
      ": an act of dividing",
      ": a dividing ridge between drainage areas",
      ": a point or line of division or disagreement",
      ": to separate into two or more parts or pieces",
      ": to give out in shares",
      ": to be or make different in opinion or interest",
      ": to subject to or perform mathematical division",
      ": to branch off : fork",
      ": to separate into two or more parts",
      ": to undergo replication, multiplication, fission, or separation into parts"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8v\u012bd",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8v\u012bd",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8v\u012bd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break up",
      "decouple",
      "disassociate",
      "disconnect",
      "disjoin",
      "disjoint",
      "dissever",
      "dissociate",
      "disunite",
      "divorce",
      "part",
      "ramify",
      "resolve",
      "separate",
      "sever",
      "split",
      "sunder",
      "uncouple",
      "unlink",
      "unyoke"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "join",
      "link",
      "unify",
      "unite"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "She divided the pie into eight pieces.",
      "The equator divides the Earth into two hemispheres.",
      "The river divides after the bridge.",
      "A tall fence divides the two yards.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Evenly divide the tuna salad on two pieces of the pumpernickel toast. \u2014 Michael A. Gardiner, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 June 2022",
      "In living organisms, cells divide in multiple rounds, one to two to four to eight. \u2014 Joseph Osmundson, The Atlantic , 8 June 2022",
      "But asked about other factors, the two parties divide : 77% of Democrats blame gun manufacturers and the National Rifle Association, more than double the 28% of Republicans who feel that way. \u2014 Susan Page, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
      "Double doors divide the main living room, which can be converted into two spaces. \u2014 Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
      "Repeat with the remaining crabs, if needed. Give the haricots verts a stir, then evenly divide them and the crabs between two plates. \u2014 Ann Maloney, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
      "Then, divide that number by your initial investment and multiply it by 100. \u2014 Erin Weaver, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
      "These imaginary metrics of Latinidad only divide us further. \u2014 Jacqueline Delgadillo, refinery29.com , 23 May 2022",
      "Over evolutionary time, insect farmers divide up the chores of raising crops, and work together to produce a communal food source that in turn benefits all. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But on Capitol Hill, the partisan divide is sharp and bitter. \u2014 ABC News , 5 June 2022",
      "The usual divide on guns in this country is deep and, like many other issues, falls sharply along partisan lines. \u2014 Dante Chinni, NBC News , 29 May 2022",
      "The divide is also wide between people who own guns and people who do not. \u2014 Michael D. Shear, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
      "And the divide is also wide between people who own guns and people who do not. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
      "Further research found that the genetic divide was not limited to large carnivores but included smaller animals, such as a bird called the wrentit and the western-fence lizard. \u2014 Emily Witt, The New Yorker , 17 May 2022",
      "Whether that means the divide is healing is anybody\u2019s guess, and certainly there\u2019s always a chance of yet another crushing wave making its way to the Sierra Nevada. \u2014 Ryan Kost, San Francisco Chronicle , 8 May 2022",
      "The most interesting divide in the world between mood and fact is today\u2019s Chinese stock market. \u2014 Rich Karlgaard, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "The divide between the haves and have-nots is as gaping as in any modern city, and, as in any city, there\u2019s connective tissue between them too. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1642, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-161926"
  },
  "during":{
    "type":[
      "preposition"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": throughout the duration of",
      ": at a point in the course of",
      ": throughout the course of",
      ": at some point in the course of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8du\u0307r-i\u014b",
      "also",
      "\u02ccdu\u0307r-i\u014b",
      "\u02ccdyu\u0307r-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "amid",
      "amidst",
      "by",
      "over",
      "pending",
      "through",
      "throughout"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "She swims every day during the summer.",
      "We got along well during the trip.",
      "He worked in the field during most of the day.",
      "During the interview, they asked about my previous jobs.",
      "The fire alarm went off during the ceremony.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Prosecutors said Griffin has shown a lack of contrition for his actions during the attack. \u2014 Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 19 June 2022",
      "The news regarding this case comes during an uptick in monkepox cases around the world and in the U.S. \u2014 Madison Smalstig, The Indianapolis Star , 19 June 2022",
      "Cincinnati Reds rookie Graham Ashcraft wore a look of disbelief when first-base umpire John Tumpane told him to remove his wedding ring during his foreign substance inspection in the first inning of Saturday\u2019s start against the Milwaukee Brewers. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer , 19 June 2022",
      "He was taken into custody after an hourslong standoff, during which the man cut his hair to change his appearance, the release said. \u2014 Emma Tucker, CNN , 18 June 2022",
      "However, perhaps the most beautiful way to experience LRO\u2019s incredible images of the Moon\u2019s surface is in this YouTube video during which LRO imagery is set to Claude Debussy\u2019s Clair de Lune (Moonlight in English). \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "Researchers used public data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention collected through January 2022 to evaluate how flu vaccination rates changed during the pandemic. \u2014 cleveland , 17 June 2022",
      "This week is PanCAN\u2019s Action Week, during which advocates from across the country rally to increase the federal investment in funding for pancreatic cancer research. \u2014 Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 June 2022",
      "Eastman\u2019s theory was that Pence could either reject electoral votes outright or suspend the proceedings and declare a 10-day recess during which state legislatures would be ordered to reexamine election results. \u2014 Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from present participle of duren to last, from Anglo-French durer , from Latin durare to harden, endure, last, from durus hard; perhaps akin to Sanskrit d\u0101ru wood \u2014 more at tree entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-161956"
  },
  "disrepair":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the state of being in need of repair",
      ": the condition of needing to be fixed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-ri-\u02c8per",
      "\u02ccdis-ri-\u02c8per"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "desolation",
      "dilapidation",
      "neglect",
      "seediness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "keeping",
      "repair"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The lighthouse was in disrepair until the volunteers cleaned it up.",
      "After years of neglect, the house fell into disrepair .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Unfortunately, the thin screen material commonly used on windows and doors is particularly delicate and can be ripped and easily worn out over time, leaving homes looking dated and in disrepair . \u2014 Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 June 2022",
      "Live roaches and a plumbing system in disrepair caused a Boca Raton restaurant to temporarily shut down last week. \u2014 Amber Randall, Sun Sentinel , 13 June 2022",
      "CONS Basement is accessed from outside; neighboring property is in disrepair . \u2014 Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
      "The building is now mostly in disrepair , damaged by Typhoon Ulysses in 2020 and closed for more than two years because of the coronavirus pandemic before reopening in February. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
      "The talk show host had learned that Conway\u2019s husband, Marcus, had lost his job and that their home was old and in disrepair . \u2014 Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
      "In disrepair after an uninspired close to the 20th century, Caddy engineers did yeomen\u2019s work to rebuild the brand as an athletic competitor to European performance makes with the CTS, ATS and V-series sedan hellions. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 21 May 2022",
      "Across our district and country, roads and bridges are in disrepair . \u2014 Ben Smilowitz, Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
      "For example, a leaky roof in disrepair can lead to many expensive repairs in the future. \u2014 Ari Chazanas, Forbes , 3 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1798, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-164417"
  },
  "despairing":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": given to, arising from, or marked by despair : devoid of hope",
      ": having or showing no hope"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sper-i\u014b",
      "di-\u02c8sper-i\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bearish",
      "defeatist",
      "downbeat",
      "hopeless",
      "pessimistic"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "hopeful",
      "optimistic",
      "Panglossian",
      "Pollyanna",
      "Pollyannaish",
      "Pollyannish",
      "rose-colored",
      "rosy",
      "upbeat"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "despairing predictions regarding the effects of global overpopulation",
      "despairing applicants need to be reminded that most students are eventually accepted somewhere",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The darkness is deeper and sometimes more despairing this year, but the jokes are just as frequent, and maybe even a bit more cathartic. \u2014 Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY , 11 May 2022",
      "Her thoughts grew more despairing during the next few weeks in the hospital and then in the Navy\u2019s psychiatric ward. \u2014 Melissa Chan, NBC News , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "People who demonstrate tragic optimism suffer the same\u2014and sometimes even more\u2014pain and sorrow in the short term as those who become pessimistic and despairing . \u2014 Brad Stulberg, Outside Online , 20 Jan. 2021",
      "On July 30, 1932, exactly 6 months before Hitler became chancellor of Germany, Albert Einstein sent a despairing letter to Sigmund Freud. \u2014 Adam Kuper, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
      "This despairing rhetoric can\u2019t be helping to encourage vaccination. \u2014 Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Beyond the research evidence, their gut-level take tells them that young people truly have become more anxious and despairing . \u2014 Judith Warner, Washington Post , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "And so has the concept of time \u2014 which has been skewed and disorienting: sometimes painfully slow, sometimes overwhelming in its acceleration, sometimes too despairing to even fully experience at all. \u2014 Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "The best way to prevent the world from plunging into something truly despairing is to start forcefully articulating what a more just world should look like, and isolate its enemies, at home and abroad. \u2014 Jason Linkins, The New Republic , 5 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1589, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-164905"
  },
  "declaim":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to speak rhetorically",
      ": to recite something as an exercise in elocution",
      ": to speak pompously or bombastically : harangue",
      ": to deliver rhetorically",
      ": to recite in elocution"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8kl\u0101m",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "descant",
      "discourse",
      "expatiate",
      "harangue",
      "lecture",
      "orate",
      "speak",
      "talk"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The actress declaimed her lines with passion.",
      "The speakers declaimed on a variety of issues.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Anyone can declaim the glories of waterfalls or snowy mountain peaks, but who dares speak for the swamp? \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 17 Nov. 2021",
      "For the next 80 minutes on this balmy Thursday evening in late May, the actors would sing and declaim while pacing across a green swath of lawn just outside their cafeteria. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2021",
      "Dumont also evokes classical theater oratory but transposes minimalist stagecraft to cinematic realism: His characters declaim on hilly exteriors, in windblown nature and literally beneath the heavens. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 20 Nov. 2020",
      "The contrast is striking with state television documentaries featuring bossy, relentless narrators declaiming upbeat slogans. \u2014 The Economist , 8 Apr. 2020",
      "The legendary politician was declaiming , a hand reaching out to snatch at the air. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 Apr. 2020",
      "The design team \u2014 especially Jason Sherwood (sets) and Linda Cho (costumes) \u2014 gives us haunting underwater vignettes involving a giant turtle and declaiming clams. \u2014 Jesse Green, New York Times , 9 Mar. 2020",
      "Here is Brooks, declaiming about what followed the failure of U.S. campaign finance reform. \u2014 Richard Lipez, Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2019",
      "In the opening Chorale, a sinewy viola and then a keening clarinet declaimed as if from a pulpit, while spacious chords rang out from the other four players. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English declamen , from Latin declamare , from de- + clamare to cry out; akin to Latin calare to call \u2014 more at low entry 3 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-170211"
  },
  "doc":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": doctor",
      "document",
      ": doctor",
      "document"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4k",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "croaker",
      "doctor",
      "medic",
      "medico",
      "physician",
      "sawbones"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "nondoctor",
      "nonphysician"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Am I going to be OK, doc ?",
      "currently completing a residency as an emergency room doc",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The group Of Monsters and Men will also perform following a doc about the band. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 8 June 2022",
      "Trouble in Mind, a doc about the rock and country legend that\u2019s being distributed by A24, Coen opened up about working on his first film without brother Joel, stepping back from directing and why he isn\u2019t done with filmmaking just yet. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
      "At one point during In the Court of the Crimson King, a new doc about mighty prog institution King Crimson, former drummer Bill Bruford zeroes in on the core philosophy of the band and its founder, guitarist Robert Fripp. \u2014 David Browne, Rolling Stone , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "In one of the radio interviews excerpted in the doc , Dworkin envisions a genderless society. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 June 2022",
      "This doc is centered on Grammy-winner Brandi Carlile, a longtime Tucker fan, who takes it upon herself to write an entire album for her idol about Tucker's raucous and rebel life. \u2014 Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY , 5 May 2022",
      "In the two-part doc , Judd and his crew masterfully share legendary comedian George Carlin\u2019s story. \u2014 Scott King, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
      "Yet Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks, the doc that accompanies the new sketch series, gives you a sense of how unlikely their return to TV, much less return to form, was in the face of the group\u2019s long, storied and extremely mercurial history. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 14 May 2022",
      "The ani- doc produced by Amka Films Productions and Nadasdy Film is expected in fall 2022. \u2014 Trinidad Barleycorn, Variety , 16 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1740, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-172745"
  },
  "danged":{
    "type":[
      "adjective or adverb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": damn sense 4",
      ": damned"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8da\u014b"
    ],
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      "accursed",
      "accurst",
      "blasted",
      "confounded",
      "cursed",
      "curst",
      "cussed",
      "damnable",
      "danged",
      "darn",
      "durn",
      "darned",
      "durned",
      "deuced",
      "doggone",
      "doggoned",
      "freaking",
      "infernal"
    ],
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective or adverb",
      "That was a lot of fun for tonight personally and just seeing the way the guys had reacted to getting down early and battling back against a pretty dang good team. \u2014 Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "The Crossfade 2 Wireless are an excellent pair of over-ear headphones that are also pretty dang life-proof. \u2014 Scott Gilbertson, Wired , 1 Dec. 2020",
      "The Crossfade 2 Wireless are an excellent pair of over-ear headphones that are also pretty dang life-proof. \u2014 Scott Gilbertson, Wired , 1 Dec. 2020",
      "The Crossfade 2 Wireless are an excellent pair of over-ear headphones that are also pretty dang life-proof. \u2014 Scott Gilbertson, Wired , 1 Dec. 2020",
      "The Crossfade 2 Wireless are an excellent pair of over-ear headphones that are also pretty dang life-proof. \u2014 Scott Gilbertson, Wired , 1 Dec. 2020",
      "The Crossfade 2 Wireless are an excellent pair of over-ear headphones that are also pretty dang life-proof. \u2014 Scott Gilbertson, Wired , 1 Dec. 2020",
      "The Crossfade 2 Wireless are an excellent pair of over-ear headphones that are also pretty dang life-proof. \u2014 Scott Gilbertson, Wired , 1 Dec. 2020",
      "Because finding gifts for tea lovers is a pretty dang easy task. \u2014 Anna Borges, SELF , 2 Dec. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "circa 1797, in the meaning defined above",
      "Adjective or adverb",
      "1914, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-173724"
  },
  "distaste":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to feel aversion to",
      ": offend , displease",
      ": to have an offensive taste",
      ": dislike of food or drink",
      ": aversion , disinclination",
      ": annoyance , discomfort",
      ": dislike entry 1"
    ],
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      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8t\u0101st",
      "dis-\u02c8t\u0101st"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aversion",
      "disgust",
      "horror",
      "loathing",
      "nausea",
      "repugnance",
      "repulsion",
      "revulsion"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "\u201cI see you still smoke,\u201d she said with distaste .",
      "usually views abstract paintings with distaste",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Starbucks customers outside the store at the Arizona Center, Third and Van Buren Streets in downtown Phoenix, offered mixed reviews Tuesday on the company\u2019s decision, ranging from agreement to distaste for the afternoon closure. \u2014 Kimberly Rapanut, azcentral , 29 May 2018",
      "The Republican crossover votes in Alabama could largely be attributable to distaste for Moore. \u2014 Eric Bradner, CNN , 14 Dec. 2017",
      "As China looks ahead to a new American administration, opinions on the front-running Mrs. Clinton veer from admiration, mostly among women and civil libertarians, to distaste , mostly among male policy makers and an often nationalistic public. \u2014 Didi Kirsten Tatlow, New York Times , 10 July 2016",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Ulin wrote, mentioning his distaste for other nicknames such as La La Land and Berzerkeley. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
      "By contrast, Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville has expressed his distaste for a Bessemer union\u2014and the out-of-town Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. \u2014 The New Yorker , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Progressives have already indicated their distaste for the bipartisan proposal. \u2014 Grace Segers, CBS News , 15 June 2021",
      "Another email showed Fann expressing her distaste for the process. \u2014 Meg Cunningham, ABC News , 8 June 2021",
      "Frequent Perusers of This Space will note my absolute distaste for selfish inconsideration. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 2 June 2021",
      "One viewer, in particular, has expressed distaste for the portrayal: the real-life de Lestrade. \u2014 Doreen St. F\u00e9lix, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
      "For this property in West Hollywood, Konig was guided by her affinity for Southern California\u2019s sun and color palette as much as by her distaste for cookie-cutter hospitality rooms. \u2014 The Editors Of Elle Decor, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
      "Miss Manners shares your distaste for wedding rituals that involve lifting (garments, not chairs), stuffing or donating. \u2014 Jacobina Martin, Washington Post , 27 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1592, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1584, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-175703"
  },
  "divarication":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the action, process, or fact of divaricating",
      ": a divergence of opinion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u012b-\u02ccver-\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "d\u0259-",
      "-\u02ccva-r\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bifurcation",
      "divergence",
      "divergency",
      "separation"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "convergence"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the divarication of the various dialects of Latin that occurred with the decline of the Roman Empire"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1578, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-180715"
  },
  "demonstrative":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": demonstrating as real or true",
      ": characterized or established by demonstration",
      ": pointing out the one referred to and distinguishing it from others of the same class (as in that in \"that house\")",
      ": marked by display of feeling",
      ": inclined to display feelings openly",
      ": a word or morpheme pointing out the one referred to and distinguishing it from others of the same class : a demonstrative (see demonstrative entry 1 sense 2 ) word or morpheme",
      ": pointing out the one referred to and showing that it differs from others",
      ": showing feeling freely"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8m\u00e4n(t)-str\u0259-tiv",
      "di-\u02c8m\u00e4n-str\u0259-tiv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "effusive",
      "emotional",
      "touchy-feely",
      "uninhibited",
      "unreserved",
      "unrestrained"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "inhibited",
      "reserved",
      "restrained",
      "undemonstrative",
      "unemotional"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "In the phrase \u201cthis is my hat,\u201d the word \u201cthis\u201d is a demonstrative pronoun .",
      "In the phrase \u201cgive me that book,\u201d the word \u201cthat\u201d is a demonstrative adjective .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The rage feels justifiably intense, but the play suffers from its demonstrative excess: The audience gets the drift all too soon. \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
      "Society has to be on the up and up that AI is going to have a demonstrative impact on societal power dynamics. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
      "During arguments, Breyer is often demonstrative , waving his arms for emphasis. \u2014 John Fritze, USA TODAY , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "My parents just weren\u2019t demonstrative in that fashion. \u2014 Richard Webner, San Antonio Express-News , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Thibodeau\u2019s complaining to the referees is typically loud and demonstrative . \u2014 Stefan Bondy, courant.com , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "To put a measure on it: maybe 5% less demonstrative than in the salad days, because girls will be women, but just as engaging, and seemingly engaged. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "This is about the country, our pursuit of a more perfect union, and this is demonstrative of another step in that pursuit. \u2014 Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "With his demonstrative demeanor on the sideline and disheveled look, Madden was the ideal coach for the collection of castoffs and misfits that made up those Raiders teams. \u2014 John Dubow, courant.com , 28 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-181828"
  },
  "daily":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": occurring, made, or acted upon every day",
      ": issued every day or every weekday",
      ": of or providing for every day",
      ": reckoned by the day",
      ": covering the period of or based on a day",
      ": every day",
      ": every weekday",
      ": a newspaper that is published every day or every day except Sunday",
      ": a servant who works on a daily basis",
      ": the first prints of a movie showing the scenes that are filmed each day : rush sense 6",
      ": occurring, done, produced, appearing, or used every day or every weekday",
      ": figured by the day",
      ": every day",
      ": a newspaper published every weekday"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101-l\u0113",
      "\u02c8d\u0101-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "day-to-day",
      "diurnal",
      "quotidian"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "domestic",
      "flunky",
      "flunkey",
      "flunkie",
      "lackey",
      "menial",
      "retainer",
      "servant",
      "steward"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Supply chain shortages have been sweeping through the country since the pandemic began in 2020, but certain shortages strike more panic because the products are necessary for daily life, Zhu said. \u2014 Sarah Swetlik | Sswetlik@al.com, al , 16 June 2022",
      "Rest assured, this charming home is the perfect getaway from the stress of daily life. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 8 June 2022",
      "Key cities like Beijing and Shanghai have gradually reopened and lifted Covid restrictions, with daily life starting to return to normal. \u2014 Laura He, CNN , 7 June 2022",
      "In choosing a student who has just arrived at Al-Azhar, Saleh ideally would have spent some time giving audiences the lay of the land, revealing nuances of daily life in the university. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 20 May 2022",
      "White House Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre answers questions during her first daily White House press briefing on May 26. \u2014 Madison Feller, ELLE , 6 May 2022",
      "If happiness was a commodity, then Africa would have amassed the least of it, especially during the covid-19 pandemic where many Africans found nothing to smile about in their daily lives. \u2014 Faustine Ngila, Quartz , 31 May 2022",
      "Despite the inherent weediness of the agency, and the often distant nature of the climate problem more broadly, Farley is determined to make the race a priority for voters by focusing on how energy challenges affect people\u2019s daily lives. \u2014 Justin Worland, Time , 19 May 2022",
      "San Francisco, which is reporting the highest rate of new cases in the state, is averaging 68 daily cases per 100,000 residents, which is far above the statewide average of 35 per 100,000. \u2014 Dominic Fracassa, San Francisco Chronicle , 24 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "The shops will be open from noon to 7 p.m. daily and a closing date has yet to be set. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
      "On average, meanwhile, lawns use ten billion gallons of fresh water daily in the United States and 90 million pounds of pesticides a year. \u2014 Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine , 8 June 2022",
      "But other research has found that too much coffee \u2013 four or more cups daily \u2013 can increase health risks. \u2014 Mike Snider, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
      "Mexican President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador returned from a visit to Havana this month and announced the next day that the U.S. had agreed with Caracas to buy one million barrels of Venezuelan crude daily . \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
      "But its government has been at pains in recent weeks to explain its concept of neutrality after lining up behind EU sanctions against Russia \u2014 and Swiss neutrality is analyzed almost daily in local media these days. \u2014 Jamey Keaten, ajc , 15 May 2022",
      "Georgia\u2019s new daily reported covid-19 infections rose by nearly 15 percent in the past week, according to The Post\u2019s coronavirus tracker. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Sep. 2021",
      "An average of between 40 and 45 people are buried daily in Chernihiv. \u2014 Katya Soldak, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Chimmelier will open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily , with Mil open from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. daily. \u2014 Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Instead, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has achieved near-Churchillian stature as a wartime leader, and Western dignitaries arrive near- daily in Kyiv, lavishing cash, weaponry and expressions of support on Zelensky\u2019s government. \u2014 Laura Kingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 7 May 2022",
      "Access to Blackacre Nature Preserve & Historic Homestead is free and open to the public daily , from sunrise to sunset. \u2014 Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "The West buys about $350 million worth of Russian crude daily and Europe spends another $300 million on gas. \u2014 Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Soups rotate, with four daily , and can be served in a cup ($5), paper bowl ($6.75) or sourdough bread bowl ($8.75). \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "His meals are simple: homemade bread, local fruits and vegetables, lots of Kenyan tea, some meat, and a generous daily helping of favorite food\u2014ugali, a dense maize-flour porridge. \u2014 Cathal Dennehy, Outside Online , 6 Nov. 2021",
      "The pope had already signaled his kids-over-kibbles stance in a 2014 interview with the Rome daily Il Messaggero. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "Challenger of the week: This one goes out to MJ and Jonna for the upset of the season, winning what is perhaps the most important daily and using their power to set themselves up nicely for the last elimination before the final. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "The 473-hp twin-turbo inline-six in this thing rips, and its pendulum of comfort and crazy swings far enough to offer a practical daily -driving experience and track-day excitement. \u2014 Austin Irwin, Car and Driver , 26 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adverb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1754, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-182307"
  },
  "damnable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": liable to or deserving condemnation",
      ": very bad : detestable"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dam-n\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "accursed",
      "accurst",
      "blasted",
      "confounded",
      "cursed",
      "curst",
      "cussed",
      "dang",
      "danged",
      "darn",
      "durn",
      "darned",
      "durned",
      "deuced",
      "doggone",
      "doggoned",
      "freaking",
      "infernal"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "this damnable couch is falling apart",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The movie probes that damnable casual attitude about having co-equal political influence. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "That painful, damnable stand-off should be crucial to Branagh\u2019s recall. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "No ensembles have struggled more mightily during the pandemic than choruses, as singers are inevitable spewers of the damnable coronavirus. \u2014 Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times , 23 Aug. 2021",
      "Or maybe Alice from accounting is using her AirPods but hasn\u2019t turned off her Mac\u2019s internal microphone, causing that damnable echo. \u2014 Tom Gillis, Forbes , 22 June 2021",
      "Tanden has deleted many of her tweets, a fact that some Republicans seem to find just as damnable as tweeting in the first place (more Clinton comparisons, anyone?). \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Feb. 2021",
      "That's a wish not only for the president and FLOTUS, but for the country, and for everybody who's been affected by this damnable bug. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 3 Oct. 2020",
      "Grif now is beset by damnable cognitive decline, a disclosure made here by his and his nearest loved ones' permission. \u2014 John Brummett, Arkansas Online , 23 Aug. 2020",
      "This paradigm shines a light on our most delicate and aspirational selves \u2014 because who hasn\u2019t felt misunderstood, even damnable , as characters in fiction so often feel, while still yearning for sympathy and a happy ending? \u2014 Joshua Ferris, New York Times , 19 May 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-183317"
  },
  "demoiselle":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a young lady",
      ": damselfish"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdem-w\u0259-\u02c8zel"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "damsel",
      "girl",
      "maid",
      "maiden",
      "miss"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "fell in love with a pretty demoiselle from a neighboring village"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French, from Old French dameisele \u2014 more at damsel ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1520, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-184040"
  },
  "doctrine":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma",
      ": a statement of fundamental government policy especially in international relations",
      ": a principle of law established through past decisions",
      ": a military principle or set of strategies",
      ": something that is taught",
      ": teaching , instruction",
      ": something (as a rule or principle) that is taught, believed in, or considered to be true",
      ": a principle established through judicial decisions \u2014 compare law , precedent"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4k-tr\u0259n",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4k-tr\u0259n",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4k-tr\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "canon",
      "dogma"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The government was founded on a doctrine of equality for all people.",
      "Many psychologists now question the doctrines of Sigmund Freud.",
      "teaching religious doctrine to young people",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Harris and three other Baltimore teens were in the area burglarizing homes, which allowed the prosecution to seek a felony murder charge \u2014 a doctrine that can apply when someone is killed during the course of a different felony. \u2014 Darcy Costello, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
      "Harris, with three other Baltimore teens, were in the area burglarizing homes, which allowed the prosecution to seek a felony murder charge \u2014 a doctrine that can apply when someone is killed during the course of a different felony. \u2014 Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun , 10 June 2022",
      "But elsewhere, Republicans seized on the Supreme Court\u2019s embrace of a once-obscure legal doctrine to keep even blatant gerrymanders from being blocked. \u2014 Michael Wines, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
      "In the most abstract sense, qualified immunity is a judicial doctrine that sometimes protects state and local officials from lawsuits under Section 1983. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 1 June 2022",
      "Russia has a large stockpile of relatively small-yield tactical nuclear weapons and a military doctrine that justifies using them if its conventional forces come up short. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 10 May 2022",
      "Here Elder Renlund is reiterating and affirming what the church has previously taught: Heavenly Mother exists, and that existence is doctrine . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 May 2022",
      "Such a reversal of current law would bypass stare decisis \u2013 a doctrine holding that the court should follow a historical precedent when ruling on cases with similar scenarios and facts. \u2014 Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor , 3 May 2022",
      "In thousands of rulings over its storied history, the U.S. Supreme Court has broken with stare decisis, the doctrine of respecting prior decisions, just 145 times in cases requiring interpretation of the Constitution. \u2014 Devin Dwyer, ABC News , 2 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin doctrina , from doctor ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-184059"
  },
  "doubtful":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lacking a definite opinion, conviction, or determination",
      ": uncertain in outcome : undecided",
      ": marked by qualities that raise doubts about worth, honesty, or validity",
      ": giving rise to doubt or uncertainty : open to question",
      ": undecided or unsure about something",
      ": not likely to be true",
      ": not likely to be good",
      ": not certain in outcome"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307t-f\u0259l",
      "\u02c8dau\u0307t-f\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "distrustful",
      "dubious",
      "hinky",
      "mistrustful",
      "skeptical",
      "suspicious",
      "trustless",
      "uncertain",
      "unconvinced",
      "undecided",
      "unsettled",
      "unsure"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "certain",
      "convinced",
      "positive",
      "sure"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "I tried to reassure them, but they remained doubtful .",
      "The truth of the statements was doubtful .",
      "Their decisions were based on data of doubtful accuracy.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Horford was listed as doubtful on Thursday morning before being updated to questionable in the afternoon and finally being cleared to play just before 3 p.m. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
      "Morant had been listed as doubtful to play after re-injuring his troublesome knee on a play with Jordan Poole that the teams have debated from the Grizzlies\u2019 142-112 loss Saturday night that gave Golden State a 2-1 edge in the best-of-seven series. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 10 May 2022",
      "Morant is expected to make a full recovery, but he is described as doubtful to return for the remainder of the postseason. \u2014 Trisha Easto, USA TODAY , 10 May 2022",
      "James did his rehabilitation Monday and also had been listed as doubtful . \u2014 Broderick Turnerstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Johnson is listed as doubtful for Wednesday\u2019s game while McGee is ruled out. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "The Spurs, who host Utah on Friday, listed Primo as doubtful in Thursday\u2019s injury report. \u2014 Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "The Cavs have been without Caris LeVert (foot) and Rajon Rondo (toe), and both are listed as doubtful for the Raptors game on the injury report. \u2014 Ashley Bastock, cleveland , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "Jusuf Nurkic and Cody Zeller remain in protocols but are listed as doubtful for Monday rather than out. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see doubt  entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-184145"
  },
  "didactic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": designed or intended to teach",
      ": intended to convey instruction and information as well as pleasure and entertainment",
      ": making moral observations",
      ": involving lecture and textbook instruction rather than demonstration and laboratory study"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u012b-\u02c8dak-tik",
      "d\u0259-",
      "d\u012b-\u02c8dak-tik, d\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "homiletic",
      "homiletical",
      "moralistic",
      "moralizing",
      "preachy",
      "sententious",
      "sermonic"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Slaves related human as well as animal trickster tales; they told Bible stories, explanatory tales, moralistic and didactic tales, supernatural tales and legends. \u2014 Lawrence W. Levine , The Unpredictable Past , 1993",
      "For two decades, many Americans, including some early advocates of the Vietnam intervention, have been relentlessly didactic , extracting cautionary lessons from Vietnam. \u2014 George F. Will , Newsweek , 22 May 1989",
      "\u2014the trappings, one might say\u2014of a didactic and resolutely pious Victorian sensibility in the service of an anarchic imagination. \u2014 Joyce Carol Oates , The Profane Art , 1983",
      "the poet's works became increasingly didactic after his religious conversion",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In fact, these discussions often feel explicitly targeted at the audience, more didactic and less intimate than the check-ins Guralnik has with Goldner in earlier episodes. \u2014 Lidija Haas, The New Republic , 10 June 2022",
      "Perhaps the most didactic and poignant vignette was conceived by Dash (Daughters of Dust), who made history as the first African American woman to direct a feature film shown in wide release. \u2014 Anne Quito, Quartz , 10 May 2022",
      "Barbara Kruger is one of the most influential living artists, having developed an intentionally didactic and cuttingly acute linguistic, graphic, and visual style that has been endlessly copied and commodified. \u2014 Brett Berk, Car and Driver , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "Both directors use the animal to comment on human nature, though Skolimowski is more didactic , including shots of deforestation and a massive manmade dam, whereas Bresson invited a certain ambiguity. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 19 May 2022",
      "The boys \u2014 there are no women in the film except for a young mother who becomes a key plot element later on \u2014 sleep on bunk beds in crammed dorm rooms and spend their days listening to didactic lectures in the mosque\u2019s picturesque courtyard. \u2014 Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022",
      "But the exhibition has now been recontextualized both to show that Guston was not an inadvertent racist and to provide a didactic cushion for those who might be offended or seriously discomfited by Guston\u2019s late-career imagery of Ku Klux Klansmen. \u2014 Peter Plagens, WSJ , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Since Subramaniam was named president three years ago, the succession process has been more one of osmosis than didactic dinner meetings. \u2014 Jena Mcgregor, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
      "The scale is simply too vast for any didactic artistic critique to feel adequate. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from New Latin didacticus, borrowed from Greek didaktik\u00f3s \"apt at teaching,\" from didakt\u00f3s \"taught, learned\" (verbal adjective of did\u00e1skein , aorist ed\u00eddaxa \"to teach, instruct,\" factitive derivative of da\u00eanai \"to learn\") + -ikos  -ic entry 1 ; da\u00eanai going back to Indo-European *dens-, *dn\u0325s- \"become knowledgeable or skillful,\" whence also Avestan d\u012bdai\u014b\u0301h\u0113 \"(I) learn, experience\" and, in nominal derivatives, Sanskrit d\u00e1\u1e43sa\u1e25 \"marvelous power,\" dasr\u00e1\u1e25 \"accomplishing wonderful deeds,\" and perhaps Greek d\u1e17nea \"plans, intentions\"",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1658, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-184419"
  },
  "disliking":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a feeling of aversion or disapproval",
      ": discord",
      ": something that a person habitually does not like or enjoy",
      ": to regard with dislike : disapprove",
      ": displease",
      ": to show aversion to",
      ": a strong feeling of not liking or approving",
      ": to not like or approve of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8l\u012bk",
      "\u02c8dis-\u02ccl\u012bk",
      "dis-\u02c8l\u012bk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "allergy",
      "averseness",
      "aversion",
      "disfavor",
      "disinclination",
      "disliking",
      "disrelish",
      "down",
      "mislike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "disfavor",
      "disrelish",
      "mislike"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "we have a strong dislike for olives and wouldn't eat them even if we were paid",
      "the public's general dislike of negative campaign ads",
      "Verb",
      "I dislike basketball, but I enjoy baseball.",
      "Most people dislike it when they are told what to do.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "While boundaries are important, there\u2019s a difference between a dislike and a true deal breaker. \u2014 Kasandra Brabaw, SELF , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "In the 1950s, people expressed dislike for the Yankees by comparing them to U.S. Steel. \u2014 Alex Veytsel, Fortune , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "One of the guards was a Uyghur woman, a party loyalist who had taken a particular dislike to the pregnant young inmate. \u2014 Nury Turkel, The Week , 10 May 2022",
      "In a blog post, TikTok explains that only the person who registered a dislike will be able to see the reaction, while the commenter and other users remain none the wiser. \u2014 Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told Fox News that the Biden administration's recent lawsuits against the state showed a dislike for Texans and an increase in control from the federal government. \u2014 Sam Dorman, Fox News , 8 Dec. 2021",
      "This was not exactly surprising, after years of rampant rumors about a mutual dislike between Parker and Cattrall. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "Like Reddit and YouTube before it, Twitter is getting its own dislike button for replies or comments in response to original tweets. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "And then some of her delay came from seemingly small barriers \u2014 her dislike of needles, her hectic day-to-day life as a fast food restaurant manager. \u2014 Rashika Jaipuriar, The Indianapolis Star , 10 Sep. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "There's really not much to dislike about this option, which seems to have it all\u2014including a stand. \u2014 Editors Of Men's Health, Men's Health , 16 May 2022",
      "And for his implication that rational people are not allowed to dislike Don't Look Up. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "To be sure, Native people don\u2019t dislike greenery; most of the green parts of the desert were taken from them, along with the water rights. \u2014 Outside Online , 1 Sep. 2021",
      "In other words, instead of talking about what Millennials collectively like and dislike , ask individuals to talk about their preferences. \u2014 Sheila Callaham, Forbes , 27 June 2021",
      "Eucalyptus can be a polemical aspect in California wines \u2014 many dislike its cooling green flavors \u2014 but Thackrey was never one to interfere with its expression. \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 May 2022",
      "Voters dislike chaos and object to the appearance that the laws are not being applied fairly. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "The markets dislike combining a utility and a construction unit under the same umbrella. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Employees generally dislike admitting that there is not enough work to fill the time. \u2014 Peter Stewart, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-184823"
  },
  "disputatious":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": inclined to dispute",
      ": marked by disputation",
      ": provoking debate : controversial"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdi-spy\u0259-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aggressive",
      "agonistic",
      "argumentative",
      "assaultive",
      "bellicose",
      "belligerent",
      "brawly",
      "chippy",
      "combative",
      "confrontational",
      "contentious",
      "discordant",
      "feisty",
      "gladiatorial",
      "militant",
      "pugnacious",
      "quarrelsome",
      "scrappy",
      "truculent",
      "warlike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "nonaggressive",
      "nonbelligerent",
      "pacific",
      "peaceable",
      "peaceful",
      "unbelligerent",
      "uncombative",
      "uncontentious"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a long history of little wars waged by the disputatious countries occupying that European peninsula",
      "a disputatious professor who could give you an argument on just about anything",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Its lament resonates for art once seen as a disputatious civic forum, now overrun by the hard coin of investment markets. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Nov. 2021",
      "In his interviews, Harris adopts a drowsy monotone that seems pitched to signal his commitment to the dispassionate promotion of disputatious ideas. \u2014 Gideon Lewis-kraus, The New Yorker , 6 Sep. 2021",
      "In the first, 100 brothers, of the same parents, gather in their family\u2019s dilapidated library for a splendidly disputatious meal. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2021",
      "That sense of weighty expectation feels heightened this year, as a fragile, disputatious America prepares for an enormous mobilization to manufacture and distribute hundreds of millions of vaccine doses to finally bring the pandemic under control. \u2014 Michael Luo, The New Yorker , 20 Dec. 2020",
      "Manet\u2019s buddy Charles Baudelaire, the disputatious journalist, poet and art critic, described artists\u2019 emerging role as being painters of modern life, and urbanity seeped into many private nooks and crannies. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Oct. 2019",
      "Giving meaningful shape to monuments and memorials in this disputatious era is no easy task. \u2014 Julie V. Iovine., WSJ , 24 Oct. 2018",
      "But the lifestyle of this most disputatious group took its toll on Welch, who felt estranged from the McVies. \u2014 Morgan Enos, Billboard , 10 Apr. 2018",
      "Trump has remained disputatious on this point, even up until last week, when U.S. intelligence services had been working for him for nearly six months. \u2014 Jeet Heer, New Republic , 14 July 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1660, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-190805"
  },
  "dollar":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": taler",
      ": any of numerous coins patterned after the taler (such as a Spanish peso)",
      ": any of various basic monetary units (as in the U.S. and Canada) \u2014 see Money Table",
      ": a coin, note, or token representing one dollar",
      ": ringgit",
      ": money obtained from a specific source",
      ": any of various coins or pieces of paper money (as of the United States or Canada) equal to 100 cents"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-l\u0259r",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-l\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bone",
      "buck",
      "clam",
      "one",
      "smacker"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "She had to pay hundreds of dollars in auto repairs.",
      "She put a wrinkled dollar down on the counter.",
      "The dollar dropped sharply against the pound.",
      "the strength of the dollar",
      "The dollar is worth more in Mexico.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "For American travelers to Europe, the dollar strengthening against the euro and the pound is also a factor, by making hotels and restaurants more affordable. \u2014 Mike Corder, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
      "Each dollar spent on affiliated hotels gets the customers 10 points. \u2014 Rayna Song, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
      "But these shortcomings of crypto should be paired with the shortcoming of fiat currencies as well, recognizing that plenty of illicit laundering and insider trading takes place with the dollar too. \u2014 Zenger News, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
      "Violators risk a range of penalties under U.S. and local laws and international anti-money-laundering regulations, including billion-dollar fines and the loss of access to the dollar and the world\u2019s most important financial market. \u2014 Ian Talley, WSJ , 22 June 2022",
      "Prices of oil spiked to $122.11 on June 8, their highest since March and about a dollar off its highest level since 2008. \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 22 June 2022",
      "When the dollar \u2019s value increased in the late \u201990s, Argentina\u2019s exports ceased to be competitively priced, eventually leading to mass unemployment. \u2014 Federico Perelmuter, The New Republic , 21 June 2022",
      "Most of these decisions come down to a thirst for the almighty international dollar . \u2014 Tatiana Siegel, Rolling Stone , 20 June 2022",
      "Keep in mind Nexstar\u2019s reputation for being tight with a dollar . \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Dutch or Low German daler , from German Taler , short for Joachimstaler , from Sankt Joachimsthal , Bohemia, where talers were first made",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1553, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-191301"
  },
  "dissect":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to separate into pieces : expose the several parts of (something, such as an animal) for scientific examination",
      ": to analyze and interpret minutely",
      ": to make a dissection",
      ": to cut or take apart especially for examination",
      ": to cut so as to separate into pieces or to expose the several parts of (as an animal or a cadaver) for scientific examination",
      ": to separate or follow along natural lines of cleavage (as through connective tissue)",
      ": to make a medical dissection"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u012b-\u02c8sekt",
      "also",
      "\u02c8d\u012b-\u02ccsekt",
      "di-\u02c8sekt",
      "dis-\u02c8ekt; d\u012b-\u02c8sekt",
      "\u02c8d\u012b-\u02cc"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "analyze",
      "anatomize",
      "assay",
      "break down",
      "cut",
      "deconstruct"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "We dissected a frog in science class.",
      "She dissected each point of his argument.",
      "We dissected the poem in class.",
      "The city is dissected by a network of highways.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "When a team has a few bad stretches during a specific quarter, there is a tendency to dissect apparent issues that arise during those segments. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
      "Starting in 1932, government medical workers in rural Alabama withheld treatment from unsuspecting Black men infected with syphilis so doctors could track the disease and dissect their bodies afterward. \u2014 al , 11 June 2022",
      "The future Hall of Famer will find enough holes in this soft defense and will surgically dissect the weak points once exposed. \u2014 Alex Kay, Forbes , 9 Sep. 2021",
      "With super-producer Rick Rubin sharing the room, the series delves deeply into the immense catalog of The Beatles, Wings and McCartney\u2019s solo work as the pair discuss and dissect numerous songs. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 16 July 2021",
      "The show will unpack their rivalries, examine their failures, and dissect their successes to pinpoint how their unique and sometimes unconventional modes of thinking pushed industry forward in the United States. \u2014 Tyler Daswick, Popular Mechanics , 15 July 2021",
      "Once the initial assessment was finished, Lossie would dissect the bird and send samples to different labs with the ADDL: The histology lab to make microscopic slides, the bacteriology lab, the virology lab and the molecular diagnostic lab. \u2014 Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "On the latest episode of Blazer Focused, Aaron Fentress and Craig Birnbach dissect the two big deals in the past few days and give their takes on the overall direction of the franchise. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "The 32-year-old pop star is notorious for leaving a trail of Easter egg clues leading up to each of her new album announcements, and on the Thursday (May 12) episode of The Tonight Show, the late-night host was determined to dissect them all. \u2014 Hannah Dailey, Billboard , 13 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin dissectus , past participle of dissecare to cut apart, from dis- + secare to cut \u2014 more at saw ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1598, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-193506"
  },
  "diabolic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil : devilish",
      ": devilish sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u012b-\u0259-\u02c8b\u00e4-li-k\u0259l",
      "\u02ccd\u012b-\u0259-\u02c8b\u00e4-li-k\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cacodemonic",
      "demoniac",
      "demoniacal",
      "demonian",
      "demonic",
      "demonical",
      "devilish",
      "fiendish",
      "Luciferian",
      "satanic"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "angelic",
      "angelical"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the police quickly mobilized to track down the diabolical serial killer",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Pretty much being diabolical in every step of the way to get here. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 27 May 2022",
      "Jared Leto plays suspect Albert Sparma with diabolical cunningness that is both unnerving to a detective and irresistibly intriguing to a viewer. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 30 May 2022",
      "Wouldn\u2019t the real diabolical trick be to convince my captive audience that the cautionary tales are, in fact, bunk? \u2014 Kent Russell, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
      "Like Klein\u2019s cast of diabolical neoliberals, Bremmer sees an opening in otherwise dispiriting circumstances. \u2014 Andre Pagliarini, The New Republic , 17 May 2022",
      "This brutal crime set off a chain of events that would expose a diabolical scheme deeply involving Pam Hupp. \u2014 Jennifer Maas, Variety , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Universal also showed footage of Jordan Peele\u2019s Nope, from Blumhouse and Atomic Monster, and M3GAN, about a diabolical robotic doll. \u2014 Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "That was all there was: a six-year-old image of splintering glass, the blob of milk spreading over the dingy tiles like a diabolical hand. \u2014 Elif Batuman, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Throw in the fact that the entire Clone War had been a savvy manipulation by a Sith lord, and that Jedi (and Varactyl!) were simultaneously killed all over the galaxy thanks to the diabolical Order 66, and times were tough\u2026 to put it mildly. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 12 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" diabolical from diabolic + -ical ; diabolic going back to Middle English deabolik, borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French dyabolique, borrowed from Late Latin diabolicus, borrowed from Late Greek diabolik\u00f3s, going back to Greek, \"slanderous,\" from di\u00e1bolos \"accuser, backbiter, slanderer\" + -ikos  -ic entry 1 \u2014 more at devil entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-193905"
  },
  "defectively":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having a defect or flaw : imperfect in form, structure, or function",
      ": having a physical or mental impairment",
      ": lacking one or more of the usual forms of inflection (see inflection sense 2 )",
      ": something that is imperfect in form, structure, or function",
      ": a person having a physical or mental impairment",
      ": having a defect or flaw",
      ": falling below the norm in structure or function"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8fek-tiv",
      "di-\u02c8fek-tiv",
      "di-\u02c8fek-tiv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "amiss",
      "bad",
      "faulty",
      "flawed",
      "imperfect"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "faultless",
      "flawless",
      "impeccable",
      "perfect"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "This computer is defective . I want my money back.",
      "The disease is caused by a defective gene.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "What if people could access all of those things without being told their brain is defective ? \u2014 Dr Sanah Ahsan, refinery29.com , 6 June 2022",
      "The suit, which seeks at least $75,000 in damages, says the AirPods, which were purchased in November 2019, were defective in its design and manufacturing, and there are no warnings or instructions on how to change the volume of certain sounds. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 22 May 2022",
      "The award was the largest in a series of cases that claim a version of 3M\u2019s earplugs sold to the military, called CAEv2, were defective and didn\u2019t protect the ears from harmful noise. \u2014 Joseph Pisani, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
      "Its technology inserts copies of healthy pairs of genes into the genome, irrespective of where or what the mutation is on the defective gene. \u2014 Katie Jennings, Forbes , 15 Sep. 2021",
      "The complaint filed by Brewer alleged that of the signatures Craig filed, nearly 7,000 were forged, over 300 were duplicates, nearly 200 came from nonregistered voters, 30 came from deceased voters and nearly 2,000 were otherwise defective . \u2014 Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press , 24 May 2022",
      "Gadkari urged electric vehicle companies to act responsibly and recall defective batches without waiting for government orders or guidelines. \u2014 Biman Mukherji, Fortune , 15 May 2022",
      "Tuesday\u2019s election results will likely be delayed in Clackamas County because officials mailed ballots with defective barcodes to most voters, requiring voters\u2019 ballot marks to be duplicated by hand, as The Oregonian/OregonLive has reported. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 May 2022",
      "Genetic diseases like sickle cell anemia or cystic fibrosis occur when a section of a chromosome or a single gene is defective or missing, and their effects are unmistakable. \u2014 Anne Skomorowsky, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "After two replacement phones (one defective , the next meant for another customer and locked) and 15 different Apple customer service representatives, Holland, a publicist in Wilmington, N.C., searched online for Jobs\u2019s email address. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Feb. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1562, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-202011"
  },
  "dissolute":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lacking restraint",
      ": marked by indulgence in things (such as drink or promiscuous sex) deemed vices (see vice entry 1 sense 1 )"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-s\u0259-\u02ccl\u00fct",
      "-l\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "corrupt",
      "debased",
      "debauched",
      "decadent",
      "degenerate",
      "degraded",
      "demoralized",
      "depraved",
      "dissipated",
      "jackleg",
      "libertine",
      "loose",
      "perverse",
      "perverted",
      "rakehell",
      "rakehelly",
      "rakish",
      "reprobate",
      "sick",
      "unclean",
      "unwholesome",
      "warped"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "pure",
      "uncorrupt",
      "uncorrupted"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "literature dealing with the dissolute and degrading aspects of human experience",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Her mother, Cora, a travelling nurse with an artistic streak, divorced her children\u2019s dissolute father in 1901. \u2014 Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
      "And Queen Victoria was just 18, a fresh girl-queen and a fresh start after a generation of dissolute royal men who spent like wastrels and fathered more illegitimate children than legitimate ones. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "The Argentine Jesuit is the first-ever pope to have named himself after the 13th century friar, who renounced a wealthy, dissolute lifestyle to embrace a life of poverty and simplicity. \u2014 Fox News , 12 Nov. 2021",
      "Through friends, Shakira hears stories of dissolute cities filled with broken marriages and prostitution. \u2014 Anand Gopal, The New Yorker , 6 Sep. 2021",
      "Tom Holland, the author of wide-lens books about ancient and medieval history, spoke about Caligula and other dissolute Roman leaders. \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 23 Aug. 2021",
      "Singer Angelo Moore narrates a Christmas Eve close encounter with a drunk, dissolute Santa Claus, belting soulfully over a spartan arrangement of organ and handclaps. \u2014 Jody Rosen, Los Angeles Times , 14 Dec. 2020",
      "One, Candy, is a dissolute superstar who abuses co-workers, shows up on set plastered and moans about how awful her privileged life is. \u2014 Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune , 10 Dec. 2020",
      "Francis is the first pope to name himself after the mendicant friar, who renounced a wealthy, dissolute lifestyle to embrace a life of poverty and service to the poor. \u2014 CBS News , 5 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin dissolutus , from past participle of dissolvere to loosen, dissolve",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-202641"
  },
  "dissimilarity":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of being dissimilar : difference in appearance or nature"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)di(s)-\u02ccsi-m\u0259-\u02c8ler-\u0259-t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "contrast",
      "difference",
      "disagreement",
      "discrepancy",
      "disparateness",
      "disparity",
      "dissimilitude",
      "distance",
      "distinction",
      "distinctiveness",
      "distinctness",
      "diverseness",
      "diversity",
      "otherness",
      "unlikeness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "alikeness",
      "analogousness",
      "analogy",
      "community",
      "likeness",
      "resemblance",
      "sameness",
      "similarity"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1650, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-214352"
  },
  "diversion":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation",
      ": something that diverts or amuses : pastime",
      ": an attack or feint that draws the attention and force of an enemy from the point of the principal operation",
      ": a temporary traffic detour",
      ": an act or instance of changing the direction or use of",
      ": something that relaxes, distracts, or entertains",
      ": the act or an instance of diverting: as",
      ": an unauthorized rerouting or appropriation",
      ": suspension of the prosecution of a charge for a period of time during which the defendant participates in a rehabilitation program or makes restitution and after which the charges are dismissed if the rehabilitation or restitution is completed \u2014 compare probation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259r-zh\u0259n",
      "d\u012b-",
      "-sh\u0259n",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259r-zh\u0259n",
      "d\u012b-",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259r-zh\u0259n, d\u012b-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "delight",
      "distraction",
      "divertissement",
      "entertainment",
      "fun",
      "pleasure",
      "recreation"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bore",
      "bummer",
      "downer",
      "drag"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "small diversions of river water for irrigation",
      "Hiking is one of my favorite diversions .",
      "Our town offers few diversions .",
      "Sports provide him with a welcome diversion from the pressures of his job.",
      "He created a diversion while his partner stole her pocketbook.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Killeen officers arrived to assist the FBI with traffic diversion just after 7:30 a.m., according to officials. \u2014 Alexandra Koch, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
      "Cook pleaded innocent, entered a pretrial diversion agreement and the misdemeanor charge was ultimately dismissed, according to the complaint. \u2014 Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online , 11 June 2022",
      "An important component of banking access would be the tracking of all cannabis business transactions, helping to ensure that companies play by state rules and don\u2019t engage in money laundering or product diversion . \u2014 Kris Krane, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "The incident is under review by the juvenile diversion officer. \u2014 cleveland , 9 June 2022",
      "The Tower Commission produced a report in 1987 that criticized NSC staff for diverting funds to the Contras, while depicting Reagan as someone whose lack of sufficient oversight had enabled this diversion . \u2014 Julian Zelizer, CNN , 7 June 2022",
      "On the other will be those who respond by employing the habits of deception, diversion and dissembling which led to the attack. \u2014 John Dickerson, CBS News , 5 June 2022",
      "In the end, diversion can hopefully lessen future hospital and jail costs. \u2014 Jim Vargas, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 June 2022",
      "Campbell pleaded no contest to the charges of destruction of government records and neglect, and will complete probation through judicial diversion to dismiss the charges, according to the Daily News Journal. \u2014 Adam Sabes, Fox News , 28 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English dyversioun \"process of diverting superfluous humors,\" borrowed from Late Latin d\u012bversi\u014dn-, d\u012bversi\u014d \"turning away,\" from Latin d\u012bvertere \"to separate oneself (from), be different\" and d\u0113vertere \"to turn away, divert\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at divert ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-223946"
  },
  "de-emphasize":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to reduce in relative importance",
      ": play down"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8em(p)-f\u0259-\u02ccs\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "downplay",
      "play down",
      "soft-pedal"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1938, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-231644"
  },
  "desperation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": loss of hope and surrender to despair",
      ": a state of hopelessness leading to rashness",
      ": a condition of hopelessness often leading to recklessness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-sp\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccde-sp\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "despair",
      "despond",
      "despondence",
      "despondency",
      "forlornness",
      "hopelessness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "hope",
      "hopefulness"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "She felt overcome by desperation .",
      "the desperation of severe poverty",
      "They hired me out of desperation , because they couldn't get anyone else.",
      "Finally, in desperation , he tried to flee the country.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The island's main source of income seems to be honey, which is produced in hives that are laid out in a maze-like pattern that Cage runs through in desperation . \u2014 Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press , 10 June 2022",
      "In desperation , that dealer wants to escape the life of the streets and turns to a hardened war veteran (Van Damme) for help. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 2 June 2022",
      "In desperation , advocates of a lawsuit point to Microsoft\u2019s incentive to make certain games exclusively for its own Xbox platform. \u2014 Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
      "Perhaps in desperation , Putin\u2019s rhetoric has become bolder. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 1 May 2022",
      "Her impulse was to welcome people in desperation , so Maria Ancipiuk made sure her border town was ready. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "In desperation \u2014 and encouraged by the occasional success story \u2014 families are turning to social media to raise funds. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "Hundreds of unskilled labourers and their families were seen walking thousands of kilometres in desperation immediately after the lockdown was announced. \u2014 Niharika Sharma, Quartz , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Alex\u2019s decisions, which were often made in desperation . \u2014 Margaret Wappler, Los Angeles Times , 19 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-000117"
  },
  "dappled":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8da-p\u0259ld"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dotted",
      "flecked",
      "freckled",
      "mottled",
      "specked",
      "speckled",
      "splotchy",
      "spotted",
      "spotty",
      "stippled",
      "variegated"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "unspotted"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a forest that was vibrant with the dappled foliage of autumn",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Potted succulents and air plants, for instance, tend to fare well if shielded from the strongest afternoon summer sun by some dappled shade from either trees or shade cloth, or by a passing shadow from a building or fence. \u2014 Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "The long-haired man who emerged from the dappled shade was gentle, soft-spoken, earnest. \u2014 Hedley Twidle, Harper's Magazine , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "The dappled sunlight filtering through leafy glades in a breeze is utterly confusing to a robot. \u2014 David Montgomery, Washington Post , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "Through a thicket of dappled trees, male and female figures in various colors and interactions are silhouetted against what may be an idyllic pink sky. \u2014 Judith H. Dobrzynski, WSJ , 2 Oct. 2021",
      "At its center pulsed the Twin Serpents' bite mark, in a bloom of dappled red. \u2014 Seija Rankin, EW.com , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "During the tour, as the mix of ethereal piano and electronic music swelled, the room became dappled with floating yellow sunflowers and felt increasingly melancholic. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 July 2021",
      "But those same eyes are more sensitive than ours to dim objects like the dappled patterns of the Milky Way. \u2014 New York Times , 29 July 2021",
      "The white spots on its brown coat resemble the dappled beams of sunlight that cascade through the trees, breaking up the outline of the deer\u2019s figure. \u2014 New York Times , 20 July 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-000352"
  },
  "dribbling":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to issue sporadically and in small bits",
      ": to let or cause to fall in drops little by little",
      ": to propel by successive slight taps or bounces with hand, foot, or stick",
      ": to hit (a ball) without much force so that it bounces slowly along the ground",
      ": to fall or flow in drops or in a thin intermittent stream : trickle",
      ": to let saliva trickle from the corner of the mouth : drool",
      ": to come or issue in piecemeal or desultory fashion",
      ": to dribble a ball or puck",
      ": to proceed by dribbling",
      ": to move with short bounces",
      ": a tiny or insignificant bit or quantity",
      ": a small trickling stream or flow",
      ": an act, instance, or manner of dribbling a ball or puck",
      ": to fall or let fall in small drops : trickle",
      ": to let saliva or other liquid drip or trickle from the mouth",
      ": to move forward by bouncing, tapping, or kicking",
      ": a trickling flow",
      ": the act of moving a ball or puck forward by bouncing, kicking, or tapping it"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dri-b\u0259l",
      "\u02c8dri-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "distill",
      "distil",
      "drip",
      "drop",
      "trickle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "atom",
      "bit",
      "crumb",
      "fleck",
      "flyspeck",
      "grain",
      "granule",
      "molecule",
      "morsel",
      "mote",
      "nubbin",
      "nugget",
      "particle",
      "patch",
      "scrap",
      "scruple",
      "snip",
      "snippet",
      "speck",
      "tittle"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "And then watch another person pass on a 3-pointer, but crash into three people, get slapped in the forehead, roll an ankle and dribble it off their own foot? \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 30 May 2022",
      "Some Nutella will naturally dribble down your chin; reserve this. \u2014 The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
      "Desperate for someone who could dribble and run an offense, the front office acted quickly, cheaply acquiring 35-year-old Rondo. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "On the first, Primo lost control of the ball trying to dribble behind his back, resulting in a turnover. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "The Tide was able to dribble it out after a jump ball. \u2014 Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Coby White scrambled to dribble up the court in transition, only to have his pocket picked for a transition layup. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Wahab went from barely able to dribble to hitting mid-range jumpers and spin moves. \u2014 Ryan Mcfadden, baltimoresun.com , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "With just over a minute to go and the Aztecs trailing by a point, coach Brian Dutcher signaled for senior point guard Trey Pulliam to dribble off a high ball screen by center Nathan Mensah. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Offensively, Crockett got her production with a combination of outside shooting \u2014 something Indiana needed badly \u2014 and drives to the basket, at one point attacking Merkle off the dribble for a reverse layup to finish with a team-leading 22 points. \u2014 Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star , 12 June 2022",
      "Needs to be more reliable hitting 3s off the dribble to open scoring/driving lanes. \u2014 Khobi Price, Orlando Sentinel , 1 June 2022",
      "Like Hepburn, McGee is a tenacious defender who can also break down opposing defenses off the dribble . \u2014 Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 May 2022",
      "Ball-handling, shooting, reading movements off the dribble . \u2014 Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star , 23 May 2022",
      "He\u2019s one of the few Suns who can attack the rim off the dribble , and the team needs him to do it. \u2014 Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic , 9 May 2022",
      "The 6-foot-4 freshman devastates defenders off the dribble and is an inventive playmaker, both for himself and teammates. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 6 May 2022",
      "Just like that play seven years ago against the Badgers where Allen drove to the basket, Budenholzer singled out Allen for excellence at playing basketball off the dribble . \u2014 Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Each time the Cavs tried to surge back in the fourth quarter, Young responded, drilling long-range 3s, beating multiple defenders off the dribble , knocking down runners or flipping in layups. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 15 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "circa 1589, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "circa 1680, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-005252"
  },
  "delve":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": excavate",
      ": to dig or labor with or as if with a spade",
      ": to make a careful or detailed search for information",
      ": to examine a subject in detail",
      ": cave , hollow",
      ": to dig or work hard with or as if with a shovel",
      ": to work hard looking for information"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8delv",
      "\u02c8delv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dig (into)",
      "examine",
      "explore",
      "inquire (into)",
      "investigate",
      "look (into)",
      "probe",
      "research"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "antre",
      "cave",
      "cavern",
      "grot",
      "grotto"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "He tried to delve inside his memory for clues about what had happened.",
      "Noun",
      "a poem in which a medieval knight encounters a mysterious beauty in a darkened delve",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Federal Judge John Adams continues his push to delve into the House Bill 6 scandal, demanding to know why information should be shielded from the public. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "For a president, the interview provides an opportunity to bond with an individual who would fulfill his legacy on the nation's highest court, to delve into her legal approach and personal story. \u2014 Joan Biskupic, CNN , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "New villains like Escharum and concepts like the Banished are exciting new additions to the lore to delve into, especially for fans of Halo Wars, who will no doubt be excited to see those games represented here. \u2014 Brittany Vincent, BGR , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "Veteran acts relish the opportunity to delve back into their catalogues, and artists sitting on albums now get the chance to see how people respond to the music in the wild. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "There\u2019s a hunger and a need for the gray area, and that is the job of art, to delve into that. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "Elliott, Collen and Savage spoke with USA TODAY via video from London to delve into the new album, Def Leppard\u2019s undeniable chemistry and what Elliott would like written on his headstone. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 26 May 2022",
      "Back in April, the 29-year-old singer-songwriter shared that the upcoming title-pending album will delve into the artist\u2019s ups and downs during their personal journey. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 23 May 2022",
      "So far, there are only limited details available about the plot of the new season, but an announcement did reveal that the first episode of season eight will delve into the world of sports and celebrity. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 23 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense",
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-023449"
  },
  "diagnostic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of, relating to, or used in diagnosis",
      ": using the methods of or yielding a diagnosis",
      ": serving to distinguish or identify",
      ": the art or practice of diagnosis",
      ": a distinguishing mark",
      ": of, relating to, or used in diagnosis",
      ": using the methods of or yielding a diagnosis",
      ": the art or practice of diagnosis"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u012b-ig-\u02c8n\u00e4-stik",
      "-\u0259g-",
      "-\u02c8n\u00e4s-tik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "characteristic",
      "classic",
      "discriminating",
      "distinct",
      "distinctive",
      "distinguishing",
      "identifying",
      "individual",
      "peculiar",
      "proper",
      "symptomatic",
      "typical"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "affection",
      "attribute",
      "attribution",
      "character",
      "characteristic",
      "criterion",
      "differentia",
      "feature",
      "fingerprint",
      "hallmark",
      "mark",
      "marker",
      "note",
      "particularity",
      "peculiarity",
      "point",
      "property",
      "quality",
      "specific",
      "stamp",
      "touch",
      "trait"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "Ultrasound is now widely used as a diagnostic tool.",
      "One important diagnostic feature of this condition is a mild rash.",
      "Noun",
      "the thesis that moral decline is the infallible diagnostic of a decadent society",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Laboratories had completed 19,804,859 total diagnostic tests for COVID-19 as of June 11, 12.2% of which have come back positive. \u2014 Alison Steinbach, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
      "The international body has also offered medical supplies, including WHO cholera kits with rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), Harris said. \u2014 Somayeh Malekian, ABC News , 9 June 2022",
      "More than 2,000 participants have joined the ROSE study (including women with diagnosed endometriosis, healthy controls and those waiting for diagnostic results). \u2014 Christine N. Metz, Scientific American , 13 May 2022",
      "Michigan had a test positivity rate of 5.3% on Thursday, reporting that 864 of 17,142 diagnostic test results were positive. \u2014 Lauren Wethington, Detroit Free Press , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "The school\u2019s recent diagnostic test results showed there were more fourth-graders behind grade-level reading expectations than students in any other grade. \u2014 Yoree Koh, WSJ , 9 Oct. 2021",
      "Kentucky Fish and Wildlife will post additional information on its website and social media channels as diagnostic results become available. \u2014 Brook Endale, The Enquirer , 22 Aug. 2021",
      "In other instances, private business groups are collaborating with biometrics companies like CLEAR to upload diagnostic test results and digital vaccination proof. \u2014 Geoff Whitmore, Forbes , 9 Apr. 2021",
      "Laboratories had completed 19,622,461 total diagnostic tests for COVID-19 as of May 28, 12.1% of which have come back positive. \u2014 Alison Steinbach, The Arizona Republic , 1 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The current gold-standard diagnostic for Lyme disease misses up to 60 percent of early-stage cases, according to the Bay Area Lyme Foundation. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "The time lag between taking a COVID test and getting the result is a critical factor in evaluating any diagnostic . \u2014 Anthony Warmack, Scientific American , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Tests such as the Abbott BinaxNOW, for example, were first studied as a rapid diagnostic that people could take shortly after their symptoms first appeared. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "One approach is ChangeShaper, Dare\u2019s proprietary diagnostic and their partner, GCM\u2019s \u2018who is your business\u2019 framework. \u2014 Benjamin Laker, Forbes , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "Silent, asymptomatic breakthroughs\u2014those that are effectively invisible in the absence of a virus-hunting diagnostic \u2014are simply not in the same league. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 13 July 2021",
      "Turner stands by his company\u2019s test and attributes Curative\u2019s rapid growth to its ability to develop a simple diagnostic , build a robust supply chain and process millions of tests as other labs were overwhelmed. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Mar. 2021",
      "Accurate Knowledge Of The Team\u2019s Issues Team-building activities should only be undertaken after a thorough diagnostic that surfaces the issues the team is facing. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 9 Mar. 2021",
      "Doctors use a clinical diagnostic like a strep test to tell whether a patient is sick with a disease that can be treated with particular medicines. \u2014 Caroline Chen, ProPublica , 1 Sep. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1625, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1625, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-024148"
  },
  "delightful":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": highly pleasing",
      ": giving delight : very pleasing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8l\u012bt-f\u0259l",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8l\u012bt-f\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "agreeable",
      "blessed",
      "blest",
      "congenial",
      "darling",
      "delectable",
      "delicious",
      "delightsome",
      "dreamy",
      "dulcet",
      "enjoyable",
      "felicitous",
      "good",
      "grateful",
      "gratifying",
      "heavenly",
      "jolly",
      "luscious",
      "nice",
      "palatable",
      "pleasant",
      "pleasing",
      "pleasurable",
      "pretty",
      "satisfying",
      "savory",
      "savoury",
      "sweet",
      "tasty",
      "welcome"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "disagreeable",
      "pleasureless",
      "unpalatable",
      "unpleasant",
      "unwelcome"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "It has been delightful meeting you.",
      "That was a delightful party.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "What\u2019s ironic about me playing Heather is that my high school experience was surprisingly delightful . \u2014 Keaton Bell, Vogue , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "There\u2019s no way a special that covers night terrors, panic attacks, bipolar disorder, a dead mother and a disturbingly blunt father, along with suicidal thoughts, should seem this delightful . \u2014 Jason Zinoman, New York Times , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Lipa, whose own choreography has improved in recent years, led the charge as her dynamic backup dancers elevated her moves, along with two daring roller skaters who were delightful to watch. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "This is all a long-winded way of saying that Monkey Prince, DC's new Asian American hero, is absolutely delightful so far. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "And Carrie-Anne Moss was delightful to work with as well. \u2014 Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "That is delightful over ice cream or cheesecake or to dip fruit in. \u2014 Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "And the voice cast\u2014with Abbi Jacobson, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Olivia Colman, and Eric Andre in some of the main roles\u2014is just delightful . \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "Smola and Wallner find this delightful , but not everyone supports AI filling in these voids. \u2014 Suhita Shirodkar, Wired , 24 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see delight  entry 2 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1530, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-025154"
  },
  "discontentedness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dissatisfied , malcontent",
      ": not satisfied"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-k\u0259n-\u02c8ten-t\u0259d",
      "\u02ccdis-k\u0259n-\u02c8ten-t\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aggrieved",
      "discontent",
      "disgruntled",
      "displeased",
      "dissatisfied",
      "malcontent"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "content",
      "contented",
      "gratified",
      "pleased",
      "satisfied"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "he was becoming increasingly discontented with his dead-end job and his dead-end life",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And now, in the winter of Harford County\u2019s discontented year, its largest hospital was the first in the state to self-declare a disaster. \u2014 Jason Fontelieu, baltimoresun.com , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "Ayorinde plays Lucky Emory, a perplexing and discontented housewife. \u2014 Kovie Biakolo, Essence , 20 Apr. 2021",
      "Uncertainty \u2014 skepticism's discontented twin \u2014 can be very hard to live with. \u2014 Damon Linker, TheWeek , 23 Mar. 2020",
      "England is in turmoil, and as Cromwell oversees the dissolution of the kingdom\u2019s monasteries, the discontented Catholics in the north rebel. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Mar. 2020",
      "Meanwhile, governmental expenditures have surged as Iran\u2019s ayatollahs struggle to keep a lid on an increasingly impoverished, and discontented , population. \u2014 Ilan Berman, National Review , 20 Jan. 2020",
      "Everything seemed to be falling apart for the Bucks, including one glass railing panel struck and fractured by a discontented fan. \u2014 Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 16 Jan. 2020",
      "But the macro issue of mishandling the wideout inventory to put him in this discontented position is the more relevant discussion. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 15 Oct. 2019",
      "Viewers on social media point out that both Gotham and Hong Kong are home to groups of discontented people who feel abandoned by their government and a rich elite. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 29 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1525, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-035046"
  },
  "deep-six":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to get rid of : discard , eliminate",
      ": to throw overboard",
      ": a place of disposal or abandonment"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113p-\u02c8siks"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cashier",
      "cast (off)",
      "chuck",
      "discard",
      "ditch",
      "dump",
      "eighty-six",
      "86",
      "exorcise",
      "exorcize",
      "fling (off ",
      "jettison",
      "junk",
      "lay by",
      "lose",
      "pitch",
      "reject",
      "scrap",
      "shed",
      "shuck (off)",
      "slough (off)",
      "sluff (off)",
      "throw away",
      "throw out",
      "toss",
      "unload"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Noun",
      "from the leadsman's call by the deep six for a depth corresponding to the sixth deep on a sounding line"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1952, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1929, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-062001"
  },
  "detachment":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the action or process of detaching : separation",
      ": the dispatch of a body of troops or part of a fleet from the main body for a special mission or service",
      ": the part so dispatched",
      ": a permanently organized separate unit usually smaller than a platoon and of special composition",
      ": indifference to worldly concerns : aloofness",
      ": freedom from bias or prejudice",
      ": separation sense 1",
      ": the sending out of a body of troops or ships on a special duty",
      ": a small unit of troops or ships sent out for a special duty",
      ": lack of interest in worldly concerns",
      ": freedom from the favoring of one side over another"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8tach-m\u0259nt",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8tach-m\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "disinterest",
      "disinterestedness",
      "equity",
      "evenhandedness",
      "fair-mindedness",
      "fairness",
      "impartiality",
      "justice",
      "neutralism",
      "neutrality",
      "nonpartisanship",
      "objectiveness",
      "objectivity"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bias",
      "favor",
      "favoritism",
      "nonobjectivity",
      "one-sidedness",
      "partiality",
      "partisanship",
      "prejudice"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "I wish the article had approached the issue with a bit more detachment .",
      "The form is perforated to make detachment of the bottom section easier.",
      "A detachment of soldiers was called to assist the police.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Stock market volatility reminds us that long-term stock market success requires a certain detachment and tolerance for short-term pain. \u2014 Charles Rotblut, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
      "The celebrated prose stylist, novelist and screenwriter chronicled American culture and consciousness with cool detachment and humor. \u2014 Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "But when Kait entered her teens with more than the usual teenage detachment and rebellion, her little sister's adoration turned to unease. \u2014 Sandra Sobieraj Westfall, PEOPLE.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Stock market volatility reminds us that long-term stock market success requires a certain detachment and tolerance for short-term pain. \u2014 Charles Rotblut, Forbes , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "In April, Circuit Judge Tracie Todd was charged with multiple incidents of abuse of judicial power and abandonment of the judicial role of detachment and neutrality. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 17 May 2021",
      "One important step is to reduce plowing, which causes erosion by breaking up large clods and destroying the soil structure that prevents detachment and movement of particles. \u2014 Jo Handelsman, Scientific American , 14 Mar. 2021",
      "Studies have linked anosmia to social isolation and anhedonia, an inability to feel pleasure, as well as a strange sense of detachment and isolation. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Jan. 2021",
      "Frank Wuterich, who led the detachment of Marines accused of involvement in the incident, is charged with 13 counts of unpremeditated murder, making false statements to investigators, and trying to persuade others to do the same. \u2014 CNN , 9 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1669, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-052012"
  },
  "diablerie":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": black magic : sorcery",
      ": a representation in words or pictures of black magic or of dealings with the devil",
      ": demon lore",
      ": mischievous conduct or manner"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4-bl\u0259-(\u02cc)r\u0113",
      "-\u02c8a-bl\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "devilishness",
      "devilment",
      "devilry",
      "deviltry",
      "espi\u00e8glerie",
      "hob",
      "impishness",
      "knavery",
      "mischief",
      "mischievousness",
      "rascality",
      "roguery",
      "roguishness",
      "shenanigan(s)",
      "waggery",
      "waggishness",
      "wickedness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the boy, who was once filled with diablerie , grew up to be a staid and rather dull man",
      "since the common folk had an unshakable belief in a personal devil, a charge of diablerie was taken seriously"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from French, going back to Old French, from diable \"devil, the Devil\" (borrowed from Late Latin diabolus ) + -erie  -ery \u2014 more at devil entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1726, in the meaning defined at sense 2a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-065126"
  },
  "dignity":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": formal reserve or seriousness of manner, appearance, or language",
      ": the quality or state of being worthy , honored, or esteemed",
      ": high rank, office, or position",
      ": a legal title of nobility or honor",
      ": dignitary",
      ": the quality or state of being worthy of honor and respect",
      ": a serious and admirable look or way of behaving"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dig-n\u0259-t\u0113",
      "\u02c8dig-n\u0259-t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "class",
      "fashion",
      "quality",
      "rank",
      "standing",
      "state"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "If a flag is damaged or worn out, it should be disposed of with dignity . \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 14 June 2022",
      "If a flag is damaged or worn out, it should be disposed of with dignity . \u2014 Leada Gore, Anchorage Daily News , 14 June 2022",
      "Her pictures echo those from Parks\u2019s 1968 Life magazine story on Harlem\u2019s Fontenelles, another family that struggled mightily to live with dignity even as they were exhausted by a social safety net that offered little security. \u2014 Robin Givhan, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
      "Britain realized after World War II that the empire was no longer sustainable or affordable, and withdrawal with dignity was the best path. \u2014 Frank Lavin, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
      "The lack of actively listening to constituents, surfacing their concerns with dignity and collaborating at the County level is the most pressing issue. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 17 May 2022",
      "The dog withstood her overzealous petting with dignity . \u2014 Ling Ma, The Atlantic , 16 May 2022",
      "Both actors bring a great deal of humor to their roles but not at the expense of dignity or drama. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 6 June 2022",
      "Since then, the government has sought to guard against both the reemergence of older movements and the arrival of a younger generation like Huang and Wang who focus more on the preservation of personal dignity and individual well-being. \u2014 Christian Shepherd, Washington Post , 3 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English dignete , from Anglo-French dignet\u00e9 , from Latin dignitat-, dignitas , from dignus ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-072924"
  },
  "delicious":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": affording great pleasure : delightful",
      ": appealing to one of the bodily senses especially of taste or smell",
      ": a sweet red or yellow eating apple of U.S. origin that has a crown of five rounded prominences on the end opposite the stem",
      ": giving great pleasure especially to the taste or smell"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8li-sh\u0259s",
      "di-\u02c8li-sh\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ambrosial",
      "appetizing",
      "dainty",
      "delectable",
      "delish",
      "flavorful",
      "flavorsome",
      "luscious",
      "lush",
      "mouthwatering",
      "palatable",
      "savory",
      "savoury",
      "scrumptious",
      "succulent",
      "tasteful",
      "tasty",
      "toothsome",
      "toothy",
      "yummy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "distasteful",
      "flat",
      "flavorless",
      "insipid",
      "stale",
      "tasteless",
      "unappetizing",
      "unpalatable",
      "unsavory",
      "yucky",
      "yukky"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "This is the most delicious ice cream I have ever eaten.",
      "Delicious aromas were floating from the kitchen.",
      "a delicious bit of gossip",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "This whole-food and plant-based caf\u00e9 offers an array of vegan, gluten, and dairy-free options on its menu such as healthy smoothies, acai bowls, and a selection of sinfully delicious desserts. \u2014 Kimberly Lyn, Travel + Leisure , 19 June 2022",
      "November's Restaurant Week has an assortment of deals and delicious dishes offered across the city. \u2014 Sam Dangremond, Town & Country , 18 June 2022",
      "According to its website, the products are delicious , unique and often extremely difficult (or even impossible) to find in the United States. \u2014 Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al , 7 June 2022",
      "For moviegoers, there is no more delicious \u2014or more exasperating\u2014enticement than the art of the withheld. \u2014 The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
      "Cooking is the art of making food delicious to other people. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 4 June 2022",
      "Cooking is the art of making food delicious to other people. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Washington Post , 4 June 2022",
      "Cooking is the art of making food delicious to other people. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 4 June 2022",
      "Cooking is the art of making food delicious to other people. \u2014 cleveland , 4 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1898, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-075756"
  },
  "dead heat":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a tie with no single winner of a race",
      ": tie"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "draw",
      "stalemate",
      "standoff",
      "tie"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the horses crossed the finish line in a dead heat",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In the sixth race, Warren rides Maejames to a dead heat finish with Piplad. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2022",
      "Recent polls show Graham and Harrison in a dead heat battle heading into Election Day. \u2014 Mica Soellner, Washington Examiner , 11 Oct. 2020",
      "On the Republican side, Stuart Ray and Rhonda Palazzo were in a dead heat with 29% of vote at the time the Democratic race was called. \u2014 Morgan Watkins, The Courier-Journal , 18 May 2022",
      "That same poll put Caruso and Bass in a dead heat , with the support of 24% and 23% of likely voters, respectively. \u2014 Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
      "Another Senate poll, released Wednesday, essentially had Brooks and Durant in a dead heat for second place. \u2014 Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al , 19 May 2022",
      "That same polling showed Bass and Caruso in a dead heat for first place, with 24% of likely voters backing Caruso and 23% supporting Bass. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Pinehurst finished in a dead heat for fifth with Oviatt Class. \u2014 Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "Polling conducted about a month ago showed Bass and Caruso in a dead heat well ahead of the rest of the pack, with 24% of likely voters backing Caruso and 23% supporting Bass. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1796, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-084204"
  },
  "deceptiveness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": tending or having power to cause someone to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid : tending or having power to deceive",
      ": tending or able to deceive",
      ": tending or having capacity to deceive",
      "\u2014 compare fraudulent , misleading"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sep-tiv",
      "di-\u02c8sep-tiv",
      "di-\u02c8sep-tiv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beguiling",
      "deceitful",
      "deceiving",
      "deluding",
      "delusive",
      "delusory",
      "fallacious",
      "false",
      "misleading",
      "specious"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "aboveboard",
      "forthright",
      "nondeceptive",
      "straightforward"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "in his deceptive answer about the vehicle's history, the salesman said that the used car had never been hit by another car",
      "a mail-order firm indicted for deceptive business practices",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Now these deceptive online campaigns have returned, with activists reporting a surge on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and on private messaging apps like WhatsApp. \u2014 Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY , 22 Oct. 2020",
      "Federal securities regulators filed a lawsuit Friday accusing a Rancho Santa Fe financial advisory firm and two of its executives of making false statements to investors, among other deceptive acts. \u2014 Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
      "This deceptive remoteness conveniently comes with stylish hotels and comfortable Scandi-style lodgings; lip-smacking restaurants and bakeries are abundant; art galleries and vintage furniture stores have made the town a shopping destination. \u2014 Juyoung Seo, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
      "The allegedly deceptive behavior affected up to 140 million people, according to a statement from the FTC, which began its probe during the Trump administration. \u2014 David Uberti, WSJ , 26 May 2022",
      "Still, anybody who has stepped too impulsively into a dressing room, or rifled through a friend\u2019s closet, will know that this invitation is a deceptive one. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
      "The deceptive simplicity of Wynonna and Naomi\u2019s intricate harmonies paired with Don Potter\u2019s sophisticated country-jazz guitar licks. \u2014 Hunter Kelly, Rolling Stone , 2 May 2022",
      "Smith is correct in pointing out that most magic tricks are based not on real miracles but deceptive tricks and little white lies, all of which carry the ultimate goal of dazzling the audience. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel , 24 May 2022",
      "In the first half, there is a brief game show parody and a vaudeville comedy routine, both of which are simple and direct and also funny and deceptive . \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 21 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see deception ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1611, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-091414"
  },
  "dragon lady":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an overbearing or tyrannical woman",
      ": a glamorous often mysterious woman"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "battle-ax",
      "battle-axe",
      "fury",
      "harpy",
      "harridan",
      "shrew",
      "termagant",
      "virago",
      "vixen"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The new boss is a real dragon lady .",
      "a conniving dragon lady , their mother attempted to dominate their lives well into their adult years"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"character in the comic strip \"Terry and the Pirates\" by Milton Caniff",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1949, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-091622"
  },
  "disbursement":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of paying out money especially from a fund : the act of disbursing",
      ": funds paid out"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8b\u0259rs-m\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "charge",
      "cost",
      "expenditure",
      "expense",
      "outgo",
      "outlay"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "substantial disbursements for research and development",
      "the disbursement of the foundation's funds to several cancer research centers",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Account for and control the disbursement of all state funds. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
      "In response, Brussels has linked disbursement of EU funds to the rule of law. \u2014 Ian Lovett, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "That the state department\u2019s trafficking and persons office didn\u2019t actually scrutinize the funds disbursement of the money to the subcontractors. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "The bill would require the finance department to promulgate rules to implement the disbursement of the grants to the pregnancy resource centers. \u2014 Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "The bloc\u2019s top court is set to rule next week on the validity of a new rule that links disbursement of all E.U. money to respect for the rule of law, which could hit Poland particularly hard. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "With an endowment, an organization has a perpetual source of income by spending only the yearly interest or other disbursement and not touching the fund\u2019s principal. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Fouts also was ordered to stop any further disbursement of unappropriated funds. \u2014 Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press , 16 May 2022",
      "Don\u2019t think of this as a ceremonial lowering of expectations or a disbursement of free passes. \u2014 Chris Richards, Washington Post , 16 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" disburse + -ment , perhaps after Middle French desboursement ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1599, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-092704"
  },
  "duplicitous":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marked by duplicity : deceptive in words or action",
      ": marked by duplicity"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "du\u0307-\u02c8pli-s\u0259-t\u0259s",
      "also",
      "d\u00fc-\u02c8pli-s\u0259-t\u0259s, dy\u00fc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bent",
      "crooked",
      "deceptive",
      "dishonest",
      "double-dealing",
      "fast",
      "fraudulent",
      "guileful",
      "rogue",
      "shady",
      "sharp",
      "shifty",
      "underhand",
      "underhanded"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "aboveboard",
      "honest",
      "straight"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "warned her not to trust the duplicitous art dealer",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Pike's duplicitous performance is a blast to witness, but seeing Marla meet her match is just as gratifying. \u2014 Gwen Ihnat, EW.com , 13 June 2022",
      "To Raffi, though, Gessen\u2019s Russian rages seem duplicitous . \u2014 Daniel Engber, The Atlantic , 7 June 2022",
      "As implied earlier, felons, especially the ones who escape from prisons, are extremely clever and duplicitous in nature. \u2014 Naveen Joshi, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
      "But, those who are in Mike\u2019s immediate social circle have always known his duplicitous nature, and therefore his tentacled approach to business, socio-political activism, and Black financial empowerment is nothing new to them. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 6 May 2022",
      "As a white playwright, Johnson explores this duplicitous dynamic with unflinching honesty, exposing its destructive effects on both Black and white people. \u2014 Emily Mcclanathan, Chicago Tribune , 8 May 2022",
      "The wife of railroad baron Leland Stanford, Jane was rich, duplicitous and convinced that God was whispering in her ear. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
      "Doctors refuse her \u2014 one is vaguely understanding, if ineffectual, while another is openly contemptuous and ultimately duplicitous . \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 11 May 2022",
      "Once an investment gains traction, duplicitous developers execute the famous rug pull, leaving investors with worthless investments. \u2014 Stu Sjouwerman, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see duplicity ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1928, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-093117"
  },
  "doodly-squat":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": diddly-squat"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-d\u1d4al-\u0113-\u02ccskw\u00e4t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beans",
      "bubkes",
      "bupkes",
      "bupkus",
      "continental",
      "damn",
      "darn",
      "durn",
      "diddly",
      "diddly-squat",
      "fig",
      "ghost",
      "hoot",
      "iota",
      "jot",
      "lick",
      "modicum",
      "rap",
      "squat",
      "syllable",
      "tittle",
      "whit",
      "whoop"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" doodley (perhaps alteration of do one's do to defecate) + squat ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1934, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-093156"
  },
  "dip":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "abbreviation ()",
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to plunge or immerse momentarily or partially under the surface (as of a liquid) so as to moisten, cool, or coat",
      ": to thrust in a way to suggest immersion",
      ": to immerse (an animal, such as a sheep or dog) in an antiseptic or parasiticidal solution",
      ": to lift a portion of by reaching below the surface with something shaped to hold liquid : ladle",
      ": to take a portion of (snuff)",
      ": involve",
      ": mortgage",
      ": to lower and then raise again",
      ": dim sense 1",
      ": to place a pinch of (tobacco) between the lip or cheek and gum",
      ": to plunge into a liquid and quickly emerge",
      ": to immerse something into a processing liquid or finishing material",
      ": to suddenly drop down or out of sight",
      ": to drop suddenly before climbing",
      ": to decline or decrease moderately and usually temporarily",
      ": to lower the body momentarily especially as part of an athletic or dancing motion",
      ": to withdraw a part of the contents of something by or as if by reaching down inside it",
      ": to examine or read something casually or superficially",
      ": to incline downward from the plane of the horizon",
      ": to use dipping tobacco : to place a pinch of tobacco between the lip or cheek and gum",
      ": an act of dipping",
      ": a brief plunge into the water for sport or exercise",
      ": inclination downward:",
      ": pitch",
      ": a sharp downward course : drop",
      ": the angle that a stratum or similar geologic feature makes with a horizontal plane",
      ": the angle formed with the horizon by a magnetic needle free to rotate in the vertical plane",
      ": hollow , depression",
      ": something obtained by or used in dipping",
      ": a sauce or soft mixture into which food may be dipped",
      ": a liquid preparation for the dipping of something",
      ": an insecticide or parasiticide for the dipping of animals",
      ": pickpocket",
      ": a stupid or unsophisticated person",
      "diploma",
      "dual in-line package; dual in-line packaging",
      ": to lower or push briefly into a liquid to wet or coat",
      ": to take out or serve with or as if with a ladle",
      ": to lower and quickly raise again : drop or sink and quickly rise again",
      ": to sink out of sight",
      ": to slope downward",
      ": a short swim",
      ": something obtained by or as if by a ladle",
      ": a sauce into which solid food may be dipped",
      ": a downward slope",
      ": a brief decrease",
      ": to immerse (as a sheep or hog) in an antiseptic or parasiticidal solution",
      ": a liquid preparation of an insecticide, parasiticide, or fungicide which is applied to animals by immersing them in it",
      ": a vat or tank in which dip is used",
      "distal interphalangeal"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dip",
      "\u02c8dip",
      "\u02c8dip"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "douse",
      "dowse",
      "duck",
      "dunk",
      "immerse",
      "souse",
      "sop",
      "submerge",
      "submerse"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "airhead",
      "birdbrain",
      "blockhead",
      "bonehead",
      "bubblehead",
      "chowderhead",
      "chucklehead",
      "clodpoll",
      "clodpole",
      "clot",
      "cluck",
      "clunk",
      "cretin",
      "cuddy",
      "cuddie",
      "deadhead",
      "dim bulb",
      "dimwit",
      "dodo",
      "dolt",
      "donkey",
      "doofus",
      "dope",
      "dork",
      "dullard",
      "dum-dum",
      "dumbbell",
      "dumbhead",
      "dummkopf",
      "dummy",
      "dunce",
      "dunderhead",
      "fathead",
      "gander",
      "golem",
      "goof",
      "goon",
      "half-wit",
      "hammerhead",
      "hardhead",
      "idiot",
      "ignoramus",
      "imbecile",
      "jackass",
      "know-nothing",
      "knucklehead",
      "lamebrain",
      "loggerhead",
      "loon",
      "lump",
      "lunkhead",
      "meathead",
      "mome",
      "moron",
      "mug",
      "mutt",
      "natural",
      "nimrod",
      "nincompoop",
      "ninny",
      "ninnyhammer",
      "nit",
      "nitwit",
      "noddy",
      "noodle",
      "numskull",
      "numbskull",
      "oaf",
      "pinhead",
      "prat",
      "ratbag",
      "saphead",
      "schlub",
      "shlub",
      "schnook",
      "simpleton",
      "stock",
      "stupe",
      "stupid",
      "thickhead",
      "turkey",
      "woodenhead",
      "yahoo",
      "yo-yo"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Use a ladle to dip some water out of the pot.",
      "dipping water from a well",
      "The sun dipped below the horizon.",
      "The road dips over the hill.",
      "I saw his head dip below the surface of the water."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Noun (1)",
      "1599, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1932, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-093427"
  },
  "disinclined":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-in-\u02c8kl\u012bnd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cagey",
      "cagy",
      "dubious",
      "hesitant",
      "indisposed",
      "loath",
      "loth",
      "loathe",
      "reluctant",
      "reticent"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "disposed",
      "inclined"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "disinclined to pay his friends a visit without calling first",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Why are modern fathers so quick to anger, and so disinclined to talk about it? \u2014 Daniel Engber, The Atlantic , 7 June 2022",
      "But the state\u2019s Republican officials seemed disinclined to tighten gun laws. \u2014 Shawn Hubler, BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2022",
      "Several justices seemed disinclined to enjoin judges or clerks from simply doing their jobs, which are not inherently adversarial. \u2014 Devin Dwyer, ABC News , 1 Nov. 2021",
      "And even desperate job-seekers who are burned out and disillusioned by bad deals at their earlier jobs are justifiably disinclined to make new deals that promise more of the same. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Oct. 2021",
      "Policymakers seem disinclined to reliably safeguard even the Constitution\u2019s explicit limitations on federal power, let alone its implied ones. \u2014 Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes , 13 Oct. 2021",
      "The financing is critical to lawmakers from both parties on Capitol Hill, some of whom seem disinclined to support a bill that adds to the federal deficit. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Aug. 2021",
      "And some Republicans indeed seem disinclined to fight to protect the low effective tax rates of those megafirms. \u2014 Howard Gleckman, Forbes , 20 Apr. 2021",
      "But the pipeline is more than ninety-per-cent complete, and the Biden team seems disinclined to blow up relations with Germany over a project that is likely to be completed anyway. \u2014 Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker , 8 Apr. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1647, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-093517"
  },
  "ditty":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an especially simple and unaffected song",
      ": a short simple song"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-t\u0113",
      "\u02c8di-t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ballad",
      "jingle",
      "lay",
      "lyric",
      "song",
      "vocal"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Play us a little ditty .",
      "sung a little ditty in a minor key",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "That all changed one night in 2019, all because of a ditty from a Disney movie. \u2014 Dawn Ennis, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "Time and cultural changes wrecked the once-glorious wittiness of the dirty ditty . \u2014 Gregg Opelka, WSJ , 20 Dec. 2021",
      "People are questioning whether to reconsider their plans while the White House combats vaccine hesitancy by recruiting the a cappella group Pentatonix to perform a punny ditty about boosters. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 19 Dec. 2021",
      "To demonstrate the concept, Atout and Hodges, musicians who live in Chattanooga, performed an acoustic ditty that name-checked every potential investor on the panel. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 20 Oct. 2021",
      "The bluegrass ditty spins tales of good-natured trouble-making against a fingerpicking frenzy. \u2014 Cindy Watts, PEOPLE.com , 20 Oct. 2021",
      "Pete Davidson and host Rami Malek turned Squid Game into a country-pop ditty on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live. \u2014 Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone , 17 Oct. 2021",
      "This adorable ditty from All Stars 5 stands out among the rest for presenting a unique challenge for the competitors on Drag Race \u2014 instead of singing or rapping about themselves, the queens were tasked with fawning over their celebrity crush. \u2014 Stephen Daw, Billboard , 2 Sep. 2021",
      "Years later, Lennon reminded McCartney about the ditty . \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 16 July 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English ditee , from Anglo-French dit\u00e9 story, song, from past participle of diter to compose, from Latin dictare to dictate, compose",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-093542"
  },
  "dry":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": free or relatively free from a liquid and especially water",
      ": not being in or under water",
      ": lacking precipitation or humidity",
      ": characterized by exhaustion of a supply of liquid",
      ": devoid of running water",
      ": devoid of natural moisture",
      ": no longer sticky or damp",
      ": not giving milk",
      ": lacking freshness : stale",
      ": anhydrous",
      ": marked by the absence or scantiness of secretions",
      ": not shedding or accompanied by tears",
      ": involving no bloodshed or drowning",
      ": marked by the absence of alcoholic beverages",
      ": prohibiting the manufacture or distribution of alcoholic beverages",
      ": served or eaten without butter or margarine",
      ": lacking sweetness : sec",
      ": having all or most sugar fermented to alcohol",
      ": solid as opposed to liquid",
      ": reduced to powder or flakes : dehydrated",
      ": dealing in dry goods or other nonperishable items",
      ": functioning without lubrication",
      ": containing no recoverable hydrocarbon (such as gasoline )",
      ": requiring no liquid in preparation or operation",
      ": not showing or communicating warmth, enthusiasm, or tender feeling : severe",
      ": wearisome , uninteresting",
      ": lacking embellishment : plain",
      ": not yielding what is expected or desired : unproductive",
      ": having no personal bias or emotional concern",
      ": reserved , aloof",
      ": marked by matter-of-fact , ironic, or terse manner of expression",
      ": lacking smooth sound qualities",
      ": being a dry run",
      ": to make dry (see dry entry 1 )",
      ": to become dry",
      ": the condition of being dry (see dry entry 1 ) : dryness",
      ": something dry",
      ": a dry place",
      ": prohibitionist",
      ": not wet or moist",
      ": having little or no rain",
      ": not being in or under water",
      ": having little natural moisture",
      ": no longer liquid or sticky",
      ": containing no liquid",
      ": not giving milk",
      ": not producing desired results",
      ": not producing a wet substance from the body",
      ": funny but expressed in a serious way",
      ": uninteresting",
      ": not sweet",
      ": to remove or lose any moisture",
      ": marked by the absence or scantiness of secretions, effusions, or other forms of moisture",
      ": not accompanied by the raising of mucus or phlegm",
      ": to make dry",
      ": to become dry"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u012b",
      "\u02c8dr\u012b",
      "\u02c8dr\u012b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "arid",
      "droughty",
      "sere",
      "sear",
      "thirsty",
      "waterless"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dehydrate",
      "desiccate",
      "parch",
      "scorch",
      "sear"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "California has seen multiple fires twice the size of the Carr fire, fueled by dry conditions that can be linked back to climate change. \u2014 Tori B. Powell, CBS News , 18 June 2022",
      "Again, the region will see mostly dry conditions with an easterly wind of 10 mph along the coast. \u2014 Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel , 17 June 2022",
      "Hot, dry conditions in the Southwest and parts of California last week moved east, with stifling temperatures recorded from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes on Monday. \u2014 Talal Ansari, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "Persistent dry conditions have caused the fires to spread rapidly in Southwest Alaska. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022",
      "Wildfires are continuing in the Southwest amid the heat, igniting due to gusty winds and very dry conditions. \u2014 Kyla Guilfoil, ABC News , 14 June 2022",
      "Officials were concerned by the hot, dry conditions in much of the Southwest, which could be abetted by thunderstorms Monday in Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. \u2014 Dennis Romero, NBC News , 13 June 2022",
      "An elevated threat of wildfires in the high desert and mountain areas, triggered by hot, dry conditions and gusty winds, is expected to continue and expand to valley areas next Tuesday, Gomberg said. \u2014 Teresa Watanabestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
      "Hot, dry conditions were expected to continue Sunday, but a low pressure system moving in from the west could bring favorable conditions and a chance of showers by Monday. \u2014 Mark Thiessen, ajc , 11 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Sun exposure can discolor the finish and dry the wood, while snow and rain can lead to warping or rot over time. \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens , 17 June 2022",
      "Once the grease is off, go over the surfaces again with a cloth or sponge dampened in clean water, then dry with a soft cloth. \u2014 Jeanne Huber, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
      "The sun can age and damage skin; wind can leave it chapped and dry ; and western climates, with a lack of humidity, can remove precious oils from the skin\u2019s surface, leaving it vulnerable. \u2014 Outside Online , 9 June 2022",
      "Aveeno understands that using highly concentrated, harsh chemicals will dry the skin and leave it looking dull and lifeless. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
      "And while even the best hair dryers on the market can dry your hair from the inside out, the way Zuvi moves air primarily dries the exterior of your hairs, leaving moisture locked inside. \u2014 Adam Hurly, Robb Report , 5 June 2022",
      "To stretch curly hair, or quickly dry straight or wavy hair, the Dyson 2.0 comes with a wide-tooth comb attachment. \u2014 ELLE , 3 June 2022",
      "Then, allow the bird feeder to air dry completely before filling and putting it back out. Pick up below the feeders. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 2 May 2022",
      "Patrons are encouraged to grow, collect and dry their own garden seeds and to place them in the empty packets provided. \u2014 Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Hanson\u2019s 3 from the wing got ASU\u2019s offense up and going again following a three-minute dry spell where ASU shot 0-for-4 from the field, making way for Loville to her first of three 3-pointers. \u2014 Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic , 5 Feb. 2022",
      "Gordon Chevrolet in Garden City delivered its first 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EV to a customer last week \u2014 after an eight-month dry spell. \u2014 Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Pat the chicken dry and season both sides with salt and pepper. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Keeping the pan dry will keep the steel construction of the spring rust-free and working its sprightly best. \u2014 Erin Mcdowell, Bon App\u00e9tit , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "In Arizona, the leaders of the Colorado River Indian Tribes have also been leaving some of their farmland dry in a similar deal. \u2014 Ian James, Los Angeles Times , 17 Nov. 2021",
      "Still, one of the greatest benefits of spending time around other couples, especially as someone going through a romantic dry spell, is the ability to observe\u2014and even learn from\u2014their relationships yourself. \u2014 Liam Hess, Vogue , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "However, this Steak Locker solves those problems with a dedicated dry -aging chamber that keeps the temperature and humidity at a constant level, for safe and effective aging. \u2014 Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report , 11 Nov. 2021",
      "Spray glass cleaner on one glove, and keep the other dry . \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective, Verb, and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense",
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-094312"
  },
  "deadpan":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression",
      ": in a deadpan manner : without emotion : blankly",
      ": a deadpan manner of behavior or presentation",
      ": a completely expressionless face",
      ": to express in a deadpan manner"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ded-\u02ccpan"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blank",
      "catatonic",
      "empty",
      "expressionless",
      "impassive",
      "inexpressive",
      "numb",
      "stolid",
      "vacant"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "demonstrative",
      "expressive"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "he delivered the joke in such a deadpan voice that we thought at first that he was serious",
      "Noun",
      "He tells the joke in his best deadpan .",
      "She's a master of deadpan .",
      "Verb",
      "\u201cI went back to doing push-ups again, and this time I almost completed one,\u201d he deadpanned .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Live actor-comedian known for his deadpan delivery was diagnosed with cancer in 2012 but kept his illness private. \u2014 James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 May 2022",
      "Come for Peter Weller's deliciously deadpan performance as an exterminator who has accidentally murdered his wife, stay for the discourse about creativity and the giant bug with a talking butt. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 3 June 2022",
      "Horsegirl was a low-key delight, with deadpan and quizzical indie rock that didn\u2019t seem wedded to song structure, piling on Sonic Youth guitars and cruising curiously to the next thing rather than circling back in the typical manner. \u2014 Marc Hirsh, BostonGlobe.com , 30 May 2022",
      "Like Stearns\u2019 previous two films, The Art of Self-Defense and Faults, Dual consists of incisive and deadpan dialogue, the filmmaker\u2019s trademark. \u2014 Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "White, whose charm and deadpan comedic delivery earned her an eight-decade career and the title of America\u2019s most trusted celebrity, died at age 99 on Dec. 31. \u2014 NBC News , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Her story is just one part of \u00d6stlund\u2019s searing commentary on privilege, greed and power \u2014 but Abigail\u2019s power play, exquisitely brought to life by de Leon\u2019s deadpan delivery, is what audiences will remember. \u2014 Manori Ravindran, Variety , 25 May 2022",
      "Aaron Paul also appears as a deadpan combat trainer in the film, which is playing now in general release. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Later, as GoGwilt played with his back to the audience, Smith sat on the floor facing forward with a deadpan expression, her legs outstretched in front of her, feet crossed at the ankles. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "What Nikou shares with Duprat and Cohn is a penchant for the deadpan . \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 17 June 2022",
      "Burnham and Macdonald are from different generations and have clashing styles, one theatrical and flamboyantly satirical, the other deadpan and folksy. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
      "Eggers peppers in these supernatural interludes throughout, with bracing deadpan ; this world blends the gritty realism of warfare with intricate myth. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "The bureaucratic nightmare is a great showcase for Glover's exhausted deadpan , which was mildly shocking so soon after his jaunty Community days. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "Delivered in a monotonic, almost spooky deadpan , the track has the feeling of poetry or performance art. \u2014 Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "His face, his melancholy deadpan , is a permanent reaction shot. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "His characters tend to be unstable but charming, his writing arch and deadpan . \u2014 Anna Altman, The New Republic , 11 Nov. 2021",
      "Ibsen\u2019s trolls are changed to real estate agents, characters make knowing references to the original story and the dialogue is tuned to a cheeky deadpan . \u2014 Maya Phillips, New York Times , 7 Nov. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Audiences catch a glimpse of this version\u2014the real Quinta\u2014whenever Janine shoots the camera a fourth-wall-breaking, deadpan aside on Abbott\u2019s mockumentary-style set. \u2014 ELLE , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Would the British public, used to deadpan interviews or excessively comedic conversations, enjoy Oprah-style interviews? \u2014 Ronke Lawal, Fortune , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "Those comments were typically Tuukka: deadpan and dry. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2021",
      "The prize, Brady deadpans , is two weeks in Dayton, Ohio, which the 51-year-old concedes sounds a little like a Vaudeville punchline. \u2014 Nancy Shohet West, BostonGlobe.com , 20 Feb. 2020",
      "Grant deadpans of the annual invitation for a Love Actually reunion. \u2014 Julie Miller, HWD , 17 Mar. 2017",
      "Grant deadpans of the annual invitation for a Love Actually reunion. \u2014 vanityfair.com , 17 Mar. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "circa 1928, in the meaning defined above",
      "Adverb",
      "1933, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "circa 1930, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
      "Verb",
      "circa 1942, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-094502"
  },
  "dispersion":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": diaspora sense 1b",
      ": the act or process of dispersing : the state of being dispersed",
      ": the scattering of the values of a frequency distribution from an average",
      ": the separation of light into colors by refraction or diffraction with formation of a spectrum",
      ": the separation of radiation (see radiation sense 2 ) into components in accordance with some varying characteristic (such as energy)",
      ": a dispersed (see disperse sense 2c ) substance",
      ": a system (see system sense 1a(2) ) consisting of a dispersed substance and the medium in which it is dispersed : colloid sense 2b",
      ": the act or process of dispersing : the state of being dispersed",
      ": the separation of light into colors by refraction or diffraction with formation of a spectrum",
      ": the separation of radiation into components in accordance with some varying characteristic (as energy)",
      ": a dispersed substance",
      ": a system consisting of a dispersed substance and the medium in which it is dispersed : colloid sense 2b"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sp\u0259r-zh\u0259n",
      "-sh\u0259n",
      "dis-\u02c8p\u0259r-zh\u0259n, -sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "disbandment",
      "dispersal",
      "dissipation",
      "scattering"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the dispersion of energy from a source",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Standard deviation is a measure of the dispersion of a set of data from its mean. \u2014 Frank Holmes, Forbes , 25 Oct. 2021",
      "And though its importance has long been overlooked, understanding dispersion is critical for developing effective infection prevention strategies. \u2014 Megan Molteni, STAT , 4 May 2022",
      "And the dispersion of Russians and Ukrainians throughout the ballet community is especially wide, given ballet\u2019s deep roots in both countries. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "The resulting velocity of information dispersion means enforcement systems can't intervene on time. \u2014 Tom Siegel, Fortune , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "This extreme dispersion of the opposition has served Macron well. \u2014 Arthur Goldhammer, The New Republic , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "The dispersion in returns between the top performers in the 90th percentile and the bottom performers in the 10th percentile remained wide but was narrowed from the previous year. \u2014 Jacob Wolinsky, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "The five schools were selected with appropriate geographic dispersion . \u2014 Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "Doing so would help Beijing start building the scaffolding for a global yuan, including greater dispersion of the currency around the world. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see disperse ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-094602"
  },
  "de novo":{
    "type":[
      "adverb or adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": over again : anew",
      ": over again : as if for the first time: as",
      ": allowing independent appellate determination of issues (as of fact or law)",
      ": allowing complete retrial upon new evidence \u2014 compare abuse of discretion , clearly erroneous"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8n\u014d-(\u02cc)v\u014d",
      "d\u0101-",
      "d\u0113-",
      "d\u0113-\u02c8n\u014d-v\u014d, d\u0101-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "afresh",
      "again",
      "anew",
      "over"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "nevermore"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1536, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-095717"
  },
  "doughtiness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marked by fearless resolution : valiant"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307-t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bold",
      "brave",
      "courageous",
      "dauntless",
      "fearless",
      "gallant",
      "greathearted",
      "gutsy",
      "gutty",
      "heroic",
      "heroical",
      "intrepid",
      "lionhearted",
      "manful",
      "stalwart",
      "stout",
      "stouthearted",
      "undauntable",
      "undaunted",
      "valiant",
      "valorous"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "chicken",
      "chickenhearted",
      "chicken-livered",
      "coward",
      "cowardly",
      "craven",
      "dastardly",
      "fainthearted",
      "fearful",
      "gutless",
      "lily-livered",
      "milk-livered",
      "nerveless",
      "poltroon",
      "poor-spirited",
      "pusillanimous",
      "spineless",
      "spiritless",
      "timorous",
      "uncourageous",
      "ungallant",
      "unheroic",
      "weakhearted",
      "yellow"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the doughty heroes of old",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Despite the ministry\u2019s nimble online work and doughty conventional fighting by Ukraine\u2019s military, Russia's attacks have intensified, and some cities and towns have been captured by Russian forces. \u2014 Wired , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "One foot still in the stirrups, the doughty Englishman was saved by a loose-fitting shoe from being dragged to death. \u2014 Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "Stymied by his dilemma, Bill turns to doughty flight attendant Jo. \u2014 Malcom Forbes Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune , 16 July 2021",
      "There was many a tense moment for George as Elizabeth moped about in tearful martyrdom while her mother and grandmother, the doughty old Queen Mary, fought her battle for her. \u2014 Lily Rothman, Time , 9 Apr. 2021",
      "Portraits of a few of these feckless rotters line the wall on the way to dinner, along with the portrait of another of the doughty women who seem to keep popping up in Yorkshire. \u2014 Joshua Levine, Travel + Leisure , 7 Mar. 2021",
      "These days the doughty turkey has won the loyalty of millions of people for another reason\u2014as a favourite festive-season meal. \u2014 The Economist , 23 Dec. 2020",
      "There has been scant polling in Michigan accounting for the possibility of an Amash candidacy, but what little there is likely sends a shiver through the heart of Biden\u2019s most doughty institutional supporters. \u2014 Jason Linkins, The New Republic , 29 Apr. 2020",
      "One doughty grey-haired woman in a woollen jumper leads her tribe down the broken walkway, her walking stick pointing the way. \u2014 Tom Rowley, 1843 , 6 Mar. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old English dohtig ; akin to Old High German toug is useful, Greek teuchein to make",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-100142"
  },
  "deprecate":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to express disapproval of",
      ": play down : make little of",
      ": belittle , disparage",
      ": to withdraw official support for or discourage the use of (something, such as a software product) in favor of a newer or better alternative",
      ": to seek to avert",
      ": to pray against (something, such as an evil)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-pri-\u02cck\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bad-mouth",
      "belittle",
      "cry down",
      "decry",
      "denigrate",
      "depreciate",
      "derogate",
      "diminish",
      "dis",
      "diss",
      "discount",
      "dismiss",
      "disparage",
      "kiss off",
      "minimize",
      "play down",
      "poor-mouth",
      "put down",
      "run down",
      "talk down",
      "trash",
      "trash-talk",
      "vilipend",
      "write off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "acclaim",
      "applaud",
      "exalt",
      "extol",
      "extoll",
      "glorify",
      "laud",
      "magnify",
      "praise"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "movie critics tried to outdo one another in deprecating the comedy as the stupidest movie of the year",
      "deprecates TV sitcoms as childish and simpleminded",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Investors can shift to other markets, companies can change their focus, infrastructure can be allowed to deprecate until much of its value is gone. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 10 May 2022",
      "The courts constantly deprecate the practice of claiming willful blindness, and the accountant or attorney must report financial fraud rather than feigning ignorance of their client\u2019s money laundering business. \u2014 Benjamin Chou, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "The goal is to deploy these by late 2022, help scale adoption, and only then start to deprecate third-party cookies. \u2014 Forrester, Forbes , 25 June 2021",
      "If Facebook's actions did indeed deprecate CHD's anti-vaccine content and divert attention away, as the suit alleges, then its systems are working exactly as intended. \u2014 Kate Cox, Ars Technica , 18 Aug. 2020",
      "Less on the positive side for some users, Catalina will deprecate support for 32-bit applications, making many old games and other apps unplayable after the OS is installed. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 11 Sep. 2019",
      "This may not be too helpful, though, since the Android and iOS Cortana apps themselves are being rapidly deprecated . \u2014 Jim Salter, Ars Technica , 28 Feb. 2020",
      "The judge, though, said a sentence of probation would deprecate the seriousness of Flick\u2019s crime. \u2014 Clifford Ward, chicagotribune.com , 30 Sep. 2019",
      "These languages aren\u2019t deprecated in the technical sense, but their unexpectedly long lives have created problems with things like dates. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 7 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin deprecatus , past participle of deprecari to avert by prayer, from de- + precari to pray \u2014 more at pray ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1628, in the meaning defined at sense 4b"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-101536"
  },
  "daredevil":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": recklessly and often ostentatiously daring",
      ": a recklessly bold person",
      ": a person who does dangerous things especially for attention"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8der-\u02ccde-v\u1d4al",
      "\u02c8der-\u02ccdev-\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "audacious",
      "brash",
      "foolhardy",
      "madcap",
      "overbold",
      "overconfident",
      "reckless",
      "temerarious"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "devil",
      "madcap",
      "madman"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "his daredevil stunts are sure to end in disaster someday",
      "a daredevil driver who thinks that drag racing on city streets is a harmless game",
      "Noun",
      "He has always been a bit of a daredevil .",
      "that little daredevil has broken an arm and an ankle this year alone",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "This historical novel tells the unforgettable story of a daredevil female aviator determined to chart her own course in life at any cost. \u2014 courant.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Back home, he was known for daredevil stunt-flying. \u2014 Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "Now, the Historic Longboard Revival Series draws those with a daredevil spirit from all around. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Jan. 2020",
      "Designed to escort bombers in the skies over Europe, Mustangs and their daredevil pilots helped win World War II. \u2014 Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 July 2019",
      "Bass-baritone Daniel Okulitch, hiding under a black cowboy hat, brought a rueful heaviness to the laconic Ennis, whose fear keeps the lovers from making a life together, while tenor Glenn Seven Allen emphasized Jack\u2019s contrastingly daredevil spirit. \u2014 Heidi Waleson, WSJ , 4 June 2018",
      "As guests entered the grand ballroom following a reception, a duo of aerialists performed daredevil moves on swaths of fabric suspended from the ceiling. \u2014 Candace Jordan, chicagotribune.com , 2 May 2018",
      "Such sad cases sometimes appear accidental and sometimes appear to involve risky daredevil behavior -- but almost always involve alcohol. \u2014 Lawrence Specker, AL.com , 1 Mar. 2018",
      "Her parents were daredevil journalists in Los Angeles, hanging out of helicopters, sometimes with their daughter in tow, to shoot footage of news events like Madonna\u2019s 1985 wedding to Sean Penn. \u2014 Jill Abramson, New York Times , 12 Sep. 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Oswego\u2019s annual PrairieFest returns with \u201890s-era bands, an award-winning country-music artist and a daredevil performer. \u2014 Annie Alleman, Chicago Tribune , 10 June 2022",
      "In 1927 Morin had been a reporter in San Diego for 16 years and had gotten to know dozens of pioneer aviators, a daredevil breed. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 May 2022",
      "The crypto-bro investor does not evoke vicarious excitement, like a stuntman jumping motorcycles or a daredevil mountaineer, because his antics at the keyboard don\u2019t appear to take much skill. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 18 May 2022",
      "These daredevil amphibians, dubbed parachute frogs, leap from treetops and soar through the rain-forest canopy to evade predators. \u2014 Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American , 14 May 2022",
      "Then there\u2019ve been such surreal moments as seeing daredevil Robbie Knievel hit it off with Florence Henderson over dinner that\u2019ll leave a person shaking their head. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 May 2022",
      "Both pilots are no strangers to air daredevil acts. \u2014 Ivan Pereira, ABC News , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "In this musical hour-long special, daredevil Gonzo accepts what might be his greatest challenge: to spend a night in the Haunted Mansion. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 17 May 2022",
      "No one was injured April 24 when daredevil pilots Luke Aikins and Andy Farrington tried to jump out of separate planes into the other to land them. \u2014 Jay Blackman, NBC News , 12 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1727, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "1794, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-101601"
  },
  "doodle":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make a doodle",
      ": dawdle , trifle",
      ": to produce by doodling",
      ": an aimless or casual scribble, design, or sketch",
      ": a minor work",
      ": to scribble, sketch, or make designs on paper often while thinking about something else",
      ": a scribble, design, or sketch done often while thinking about something else"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-d\u1d4al",
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-d\u1d4al"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "fiddle (around)",
      "fool around",
      "fribble",
      "goof (around)",
      "hang about",
      "kick around",
      "mess around",
      "monkey (around)",
      "play",
      "potter (around)",
      "putter (around)",
      "trifle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "She doodled in her notebook instead of taking notes.",
      "I plan to spend the entire vacation just doodling .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "You'll be given the option to doodle your signature on your screen, which is easier to get right than on a computer. \u2014 Kim Komando, USA TODAY , 19 June 2022",
      "But don\u2019t treat your package as a canvas for your inner artist to doodle all over. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "Read, take photographs, journal, keep a hundred notebooks to draw, doodle and scribble down midnight ideas. \u2014 Jodie Cook, Forbes , 6 Apr. 2021",
      "But don\u2019t treat your package as a canvas for your inner Picasso to doodle . \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 3 Dec. 2020",
      "Many have room to write goals and intentions, and spots to doodle and daydream. \u2014 Carli Whitwell, refinery29.com , 26 Nov. 2020",
      "Kids who doodle , finger paint, or design bead jewelry aren\u2019t just making art\u2014they\u2019re boosting their brainpower. \u2014 Mckenna Becker, National Geographic , 24 Sep. 2020",
      "This is a great set for younger children who want to play with different mediums, or like to doodle . \u2014 Popsci Commerce Team, Popular Science , 22 Sep. 2020",
      "Dotted, rather than lined, the 249 pages in the medium-sized journal give you the chance to doodle , write, scribble, and map freely\u2014while a contents page and page numbers in the front give you the chance to organize your travels. \u2014 Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 15 June 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Google is celebrating the life and career of Black British composer, teacher and opera singer Amanda Aldridge with its latest doodle . \u2014 Melissa Noel, Essence , 17 June 2022",
      "Our little rescue doodle had been a stray on the streets; no one knew for how long. \u2014 Johnny Runnette, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
      "His team, the Golden State Warriors, also shared the news via Instagram with a doodle of Curry in his Warriors uniform, holding a diploma and graduation cap. \u2014 Hattie Lindert, PEOPLE.com , 15 May 2022",
      "Even though Gus the golden doodle is tail-wagging and smiling, the past few years have been tough for the pup. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Enlarge / The Google doodle for Russia National Day 2016. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 18 May 2022",
      "Google couldn\u2019t celebrate Curiosity\u2019s second anniversary on Mars (in Earth years) with just a doodle . \u2014 Tori Peglar, Outside Online , 11 Aug. 2014",
      "To understand the gap between how Nitram saw himself versus how others perceived the inarticulate, angry young man, Kurzel assigned Jones tasks: film himself with a video camera, doodle in a diary. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Annie Rose, an English doodle from Ohio, is the winner of the fourth annual Cadbury Bunny Tryouts. \u2014 Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com , 29 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1935, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1937, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-101631"
  },
  "deceased":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": no longer living",
      ": recently dead",
      ": a dead person",
      ": no longer living",
      ": a dead person",
      ": no longer living",
      ": recently dead",
      ": a dead person"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8s\u0113st",
      "di-\u02c8s\u0113st",
      "-\u02c8s\u0113st"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "asleep",
      "breathless",
      "cold",
      "dead",
      "defunct",
      "demised",
      "departed",
      "fallen",
      "gone",
      "late",
      "lifeless",
      "low"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "alive",
      "animate",
      "breathing",
      "going",
      "live",
      "living",
      "quick"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "the recently deceased tenant was found by a concerned neighbor",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "He was pronounced deceased at the scene, officials said. \u2014 Brook Endale, The Enquirer , 11 June 2022",
      "Both Rowland and Cash were transported to a local hospital, where they were pronounced deceased . \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 6 June 2022",
      "The man was rushed to Orlando Regional Medical Center where FHP said he was pronounced deceased . \u2014 Natalia Jaramillo, Orlando Sentinel , 5 June 2022",
      "Police said in their initial report at 7:18 p.m. that the victim was in stable condition but said in a later statement that the victim's condition became critical en route to the hospital, where he was later pronounced deceased . \u2014 Amelia Pak-harvey, The Indianapolis Star , 4 June 2022",
      "The passenger in Tucker\u2019s car, Berthina Mcnair, 83, of East Haven, sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased on scene. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 1 June 2022",
      "Kapp was taken to Yavapai County Regional Medical Center where she was pronounced deceased at around 6:30 p.m. \u2014 Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic , 13 May 2022",
      "The grandmother took the child to an area emergency room where she was pronounced deceased . \u2014 Tina Burnside, CNN , 4 May 2022",
      "Key was pronounced deceased at the scene of the crash which occurred on Burrows Crossing Road near Drummond Road, approximately seven miles north of Jasper, in Walker County. \u2014 Shauna Stuart | Sstuart@al.com, al , 1 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "GEDMatch is one of the databases used by the DNA Doe project, a non-profit that works to name the deceased who remain unidentified. \u2014 Crimesider Staff, CBS News , 27 Apr. 2018",
      "GEDMatch is one of the databases used by the DNA Doe project, a non-profit that works to name the deceased who remain unidentified. \u2014 Crimesider Staff, CBS News , 27 Apr. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "1548, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-102922"
  },
  "decomposition":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "noun,",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds",
      ": rot",
      ": to break up into constituent parts by or as if by a chemical process : decay , rot",
      ": to break down or be broken down into simpler parts or substances especially by the action of living things (as bacteria and fungi)",
      ": to separate a substance into simpler compounds",
      ": to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds",
      ": to undergo chemical breakdown : decay , rot"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113-k\u0259m-\u02c8p\u014dz",
      "\u02ccd\u0113-k\u0259m-\u02c8p\u014dz",
      "\u02ccd\u0113-k\u0259m-\u02c8p\u014dz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break down",
      "corrupt",
      "decay",
      "disintegrate",
      "fester",
      "foul",
      "mold",
      "molder",
      "perish",
      "putrefy",
      "rot",
      "spoil"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Bacteria and fungi help decompose organic matter.",
      "the smell of decomposing leaves",
      "The compound will decompose in the presence of light.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The newspaper will naturally decompose in the ground in a few weeks. \u2014 Noma Nazish, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Mike Feuer announced on Friday criminal charges against a former Sun Valley funeral home owner Friday for improperly handling 11 bodies, which were left to decompose . \u2014 Hyeyoon Alyssa Choi, Los Angeles Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Some of them do not always break down and decompose quickly. \u2014 Chris Mckeown, The Enquirer , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "The other option is to just leave the roots to slowly decompose and plant transplants. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "Even if the middle of the lichen begins to break down and decompose , the outer edge will keep spreading out like a ring. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "Asbestos used in construction is another urban hazard, and can linger for years because the mineral doesn\u2019t decompose or wash away in rains. \u2014 Nidhi Subbaraman, WSJ , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Several days later, with Vladimir\u2019s body starting to decompose , Gerasimenko called some neighbors to help bury him in the yard. \u2014 Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "On its own, however, vegetable oil takes 28 days to decompose , says Lady. \u2014 Sarah Jampel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 7 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French d\u00e9composer , from d\u00e9- de + composer to compose",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1718, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-103036"
  },
  "dreck":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": trash , rubbish"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drek"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chaff",
      "deadwood",
      "debris",
      "dross",
      "dust",
      "effluvium",
      "effluvia",
      "garbage",
      "junk",
      "litter",
      "offal",
      "offscouring",
      "raffle",
      "refuse",
      "riffraff",
      "rubbish",
      "scrap",
      "spilth",
      "trash",
      "truck",
      "waste"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The movie was pure dreck .",
      "he poured the dreck she called soup down the drain",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Much of his work, then, centers on counterbalancing that deluge of dreck via boosterish content generation, whether blog posts on personal websites or sites like Medium. \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Robb Report , 4 June 2022",
      "Offensive dreck , meanwhile, gets and stays published for as long as its commercially viable. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "The dreck , not so much. Exhibit A is Simon Property Group (SPG), which created an empire of high-end shopping emporiums in affluent suburbs. \u2014 Larry Light, Fortune , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "The fact that basically anyone could design and sell hastily coded Atari 2600 games with no interference from or cooperation with Atari led to a game market flooded with shovelware and to clearance bins filled with unsellable dreck . \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "Frosty, featuring a cameo from Jimmy Durante and the excessive vocal hamminess of the character actor Billy De Wolfe as the bad guy, was cynical dreck . \u2014 Tom Nichols, The Atlantic , 15 Dec. 2021",
      "There were attacks on a good friend and Bengals fan in Los Angeles, @commissioneryas, about the usual dreck women hear \u2013 not being real fans, just trying to attract guys. \u2014 The Enquirer , 18 Nov. 2021",
      "Beaver fans remember all too often from previous days of defensive dreck . \u2014 oregonlive , 16 Sep. 2021",
      "Those pieces are irresistible because there is such affection for the dreck seen from the view of someone whose tastes have become more sophisticated. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Yiddish drek & German Dreck , from Middle High German drec ; akin to Old English threax rubbish",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1922, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-103615"
  },
  "disbelieve":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to hold not worthy of belief : not believe",
      ": to withhold or reject belief",
      ": to think not to be true or real"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-b\u0259-\u02c8l\u0113v",
      "\u02ccdis-b\u0259-\u02c8l\u0113v"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "discredit",
      "negate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "accept",
      "believe",
      "credit",
      "swallow"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Several jurors disbelieved the witness's testimony.",
      "many disbelieved the medium's claims that she could communicate with the spirits of the dead",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Visited upon multiple characters, the mounting misfortune that ensues stems from the timely subject of society\u2019s patriarchal tendency to disbelieve women, or to grant certain female archetypes more credibility than others. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 19 May 2022",
      "Not surprisingly, fellow-travelers on the left criticized Conquest either from a wish to disbelieve the Soviet horrors or from an ideological sympathy that compelled extenuation of them. \u2014 Peter J. Travers, National Review , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Last September, at his first, brief family visit, Torres seemed healthy, so much so that his relatives tended to disbelieve the other prisoners\u2019 reports of mistreatment. \u2014 Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Tens of millions of voters were willing to disbelieve the media. \u2014 WSJ , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "Rarely in history has a president so efficiently trained the public to disbelieve him as a matter of course. \u2014 Lili Loofbourow, The Week , 13 Nov. 2017",
      "Unfortunately, both physicians and nurses disbelieve the patients based on the results of a normal blood pressure reading. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 25 Nov. 2021",
      "Strangulation is often a sign that an abuser is working his way up to killing his victim; its effects also include the mental fog and discombobulated accounts that can make people disbelieve women. \u2014 Helen Shaw, Vulture , 17 Oct. 2021",
      "The courts were almost twice as likely to disbelieve the mothers\u2019 claims of abuse in those scenarios. \u2014 Megan O\u2019matz, ProPublica , 16 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1644, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-103738"
  },
  "desire":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to long or hope for : exhibit or feel desire for",
      ": to express a wish for : request",
      ": to express a wish to : ask",
      ": invite",
      ": to feel the loss of",
      ": to have or feel desire",
      ": conscious impulse (see impulse entry 1 sense 1 ) toward something that promises enjoyment or satisfaction in its attainment",
      ": longing , craving",
      ": sexual urge or appetite",
      ": something longed or hoped for : something desired",
      ": a usually formal request or petition for some action",
      ": to long for : wish for in earnest",
      ": to express a wish for : request",
      ": a strong wish : longing",
      ": something longed for",
      ": to wish for earnestly \u2014 see also precatory"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8z\u012b(-\u0259)r",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8z\u012br"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ache (for)",
      "covet",
      "crave",
      "desiderate",
      "die (for)",
      "hanker (for ",
      "hunger (for)",
      "itch (for)",
      "jones (for)",
      "long (for)",
      "lust (for ",
      "pant (after)",
      "pine (for)",
      "repine (for)",
      "salivate (for)",
      "sigh (for)",
      "thirst (for)",
      "want",
      "wish (for)",
      "yearn (for)",
      "yen (for)"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "appetency",
      "appetite",
      "craving",
      "drive",
      "hankering",
      "hunger",
      "itch",
      "jones",
      "letch",
      "longing",
      "lust",
      "passion",
      "pining",
      "thirst",
      "thirstiness",
      "urge",
      "yearning",
      "yen"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "However, the drop in telehealth volumes since the pandemic peak also reflects patients\u2019 (and doctors\u2019) desire for more in-person visits. \u2014 Paddy Padmanabhan, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
      "If there\u2019s one knock against Stroud\u2019s game, it\u2019s that his ability \u2014 and sometimes desire \u2014 to make plays with his legs is often non-existent. \u2014 Stephen Means, cleveland , 13 May 2022",
      "And the will and desire to win in one field can easily transfer to another. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 12 May 2022",
      "Blazers coach Chauncey Billups praised Johnson for his defensive abilities and desire to compete at that end of the court. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 May 2022",
      "There is also a fitness center with a private movement studio for residents who seek more privacy during their workouts or desire a personal trainer. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Despite an uptick in infections driven by the BA.2 subvariant of omicron, most countries like New Zealand have gone ahead with plans to relax pandemic curbs buoyed by lower hospitalization rates and desire to revive tourism. \u2014 Mumbi Gitau, Bloomberg.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "What will your future customers desire five years from now? \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "The Braves, however, failed to tempt him with a better offer, leaving Freeman torn between his allegiance to Atlanta and desire for his preferred structure of a deal. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Weekly conversations can help uncover an employee\u2019s desire to learn. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "In Moshfegh\u2019s new novel, Lapvona (out June 21 from Penguin Press), that singular melding of nihilism and desire is on full display. \u2014 Elizabeth Nicholas, Vogue , 15 June 2022",
      "For Cooper, his players have already demonstrated an overwhelming desire to put the Lightning bolt stamp on hockey history. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
      "And without that desire to be together, your love and deeper connection consequently begin to wane. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 15 June 2022",
      "How movies depict libidinous activities, of course, directly informs mainstream understanding of and conversations around desire and pleasure. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 June 2022",
      "This is the ex of a politician\u2019s now-notorious son, a woman who claims no desire to be famous, guards her privacy, then publishes a memoir at precisely the moment when her former father-in-law is at the height of his power. \u2014 Karen Heller, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
      "Fay\u2019s separation from society, but from Josie, whose desire to help her mother eventually causes irreparable damage to their relationship and sets Fay on a path of potential self-destruction. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
      "Yet underscoring election-year pressures from Buffalo and Uvalde, the parties\u2019 shared desire to demonstrate a response to those shootings suggested momentum toward enactment was strong. \u2014 Alan Fram, Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-104741"
  },
  "dejection":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lowness of spirits",
      ": a feeling of sadness",
      ": lowness of spirits : depression , melancholy",
      ": the act or process of defecating",
      ": feces , excrement"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8jek-sh\u0259n",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8jek-sh\u0259n",
      "-\u02c8jek-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blue devils",
      "blues",
      "depression",
      "desolation",
      "despond",
      "despondence",
      "despondency",
      "disconsolateness",
      "dispiritedness",
      "doldrums",
      "dolefulness",
      "downheartedness",
      "dreariness",
      "dumps",
      "forlornness",
      "gloom",
      "gloominess",
      "glumness",
      "heartsickness",
      "joylessness",
      "melancholy",
      "miserableness",
      "mopes",
      "mournfulness",
      "oppression",
      "sadness",
      "sorrowfulness",
      "unhappiness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bliss",
      "blissfulness",
      "ecstasy",
      "elatedness",
      "elation",
      "euphoria",
      "exhilaration",
      "exuberance",
      "exultation",
      "felicity",
      "gladness",
      "gladsomeness",
      "happiness",
      "heaven",
      "intoxication",
      "joy",
      "joyfulness",
      "joyousness",
      "jubilation",
      "rapture",
      "rapturousness"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "I find that ice cream often works wonders when trying to overcome dejection .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "A day after celebrating a 2-1 6A baseball playoff win over Chandler Hamilton, Queen Creek players felt the dejection of being told their season is over. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 11 May 2022",
      "Weirder still, Manolete\u2019s ugliness appeared to be a very specific strain of ugliness, one that communicated sadness and dejection . \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
      "This disgusting hate could send trans athletes down a dark emotional road that way too many have gone down in the past -- a path of dejection and despair. \u2014 Danielle Mclean, CNN , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "After 42 seasons, the final image of Krzyzewski's career is one of dejection . \u2014 Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "The ecstasy of that moment inside the Cleveland Cavaliers\u2019 team bus quickly turned to dejection . \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 5 Feb. 2022",
      "The All-Star guard, who finished with 37 points and, for much of the game, very nearly had half of his team\u2019s scoring total, went from quiet dejection to seething anger as his postgame media session went on. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "As your dejection grows, other bad feelings intrude. \u2014 Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "Gonell, watching the news, seeing the dejection in the body language of the five people leaving the Senate, was suddenly overwhelmed with emotion. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-105052"
  },
  "discussion":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": consideration of a question in open and usually informal debate",
      ": a formal treatment of a topic in speech or writing",
      ": conversation for the purpose of understanding or debating a question or subject"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sk\u0259-sh\u0259n",
      "di-\u02c8sk\u0259-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "argument",
      "argumentation",
      "argy-bargy",
      "back-and-forth",
      "colloquy",
      "confab",
      "confabulation",
      "conference",
      "consult",
      "consultation",
      "council",
      "counsel",
      "debate",
      "deliberation",
      "dialogue",
      "dialog",
      "give-and-take",
      "palaver",
      "parley",
      "talk"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Their discussion will be shown as part of the evening Juneteenth presentation. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 14 June 2022",
      "The podcast, released on Thursday, started its Chiefs discussion by talking about the contract-value disagreement Rosenhaus had with the team who has won the AFC twice in the past three seasons and the Super Bowl once in that span . \u2014 Steve Svekis, Sun Sentinel , 13 June 2022",
      "That brings our discussion of today\u2019s Heardle to a close. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "Our discussion here is just the tip of the massive iceberg that is the Langlands program. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 1 June 2022",
      "The Duffers also told him about Henry\u2019s true identity during their discussion , which lasted about 90 minutes. \u2014 Emily Longeretta, Variety , 31 May 2022",
      "All Too Well: The Short Film as well as her accompanying discussion , and performances from Lil Baby, Of Monsters and Men and emerging artists Show Me the Body, YL, Onyx Collective and Duendita. \u2014 Jude Zhu, Billboard , 24 May 2022",
      "That is followed by a remarkably accessible but unavoidably wonkish discussion of the extraordinary steps taken by the Fed and other central banks in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis and then again during the recent pandemic. \u2014 Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
      "But the logic of the comments section, cool and cruel, has worked its way into the broader discussion of the trial as well. \u2014 Megan Garber, The Atlantic , 26 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see discuss ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1546, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-105613"
  },
  "drought":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a period of dryness especially when prolonged",
      ": one that causes extensive damage to crops or prevents their successful growth",
      ": a prolonged or chronic shortage or lack of something expected or desired",
      ": a long period of time during which there is very little or no rain"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drau\u0307t",
      "\u02c8drau\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "crunch",
      "dearth",
      "deficiency",
      "deficit",
      "failure",
      "famine",
      "inadequacy",
      "inadequateness",
      "insufficiency",
      "lack",
      "lacuna",
      "paucity",
      "pinch",
      "poverty",
      "scantiness",
      "scarceness",
      "scarcity",
      "shortage",
      "undersupply",
      "want"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "abundance",
      "adequacy",
      "amplitude",
      "opulence",
      "plenitude",
      "plenty",
      "sufficiency",
      "wealth"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The drought caused serious damage to crops.",
      "a period of drought that lasted several years",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The flooding came as the Midwest and East Coast sizzle from a heat wave and other parts of the West burn from an early wildfire season amid a persistent drought that has increased the frequency and intensity of fires. \u2014 Matthew Brown, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
      "The flooding came as the Midwest and East Coast sizzle from a heat wave and other parts of the West burn from an early wildfire season amid a persistent drought that has increased the frequency and intensity of fires. \u2014 Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News , 15 June 2022",
      "Now in year three of a historic drought , the state is asking the public to use less water. \u2014 Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 June 2022",
      "That now seems unlikely to occur during a worsening drought . \u2014 Tony Briscoestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
      "The Louisville baseball team is looking to end a College World Series drought that predates most players on its roster. \u2014 Brooks Holton, The Courier-Journal , 10 June 2022",
      "The company sources its chili peppers from Mexico, where a drought is affecting that country and parts of the western United States. \u2014 Rob Wile, NBC News , 9 June 2022",
      "Climate change has also hit supplies in new and unpredictable ways, with India banning wheat exports amid a heat wave and Brazil suffering a devastating drought . \u2014 Adam Taylor, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
      "As a devastating drought takes its toll on Somalia\u2019s children, UNICEF is on the ground providing lifesaving nutrition support. \u2014 Sarah Ferguson, Forbes , 8 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old English dr\u016bgath , from dr\u016bgian to dry up; akin to Old English dr\u0233ge dry \u2014 more at dry ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-110209"
  },
  "dumping":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of one that dumps",
      ": the selling of goods in quantity at below market price",
      ": the practice of refusing emergency medical care to poor or uninsured patients or of referring them to another hospital without that hospital's consent"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259m-pi\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "discarding",
      "disposal",
      "disposition",
      "jettison",
      "junking",
      "removal",
      "riddance",
      "scrapping",
      "throwing away"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "laws that prohibit the dumping of toxic materials",
      "the dumping of last year's fashions by the garment manufacturers",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Until the 1990s, when the region changed its dumping practices, the canyon suffered from exposure to sewage flows and toxins from New York City and northern New Jersey. \u2014 Anna Phillips, Anchorage Daily News , 8 June 2022",
      "The Commerce department had been investigating allegations of dumping and slave labor by Chinese manufacturers. \u2014 Christopher Helman, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
      "In other words, retailers might be pumping the stock and hoping to get out before the dumping starts. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 24 May 2022",
      "But the Ducks, by far at their best on their home ice at Anaheim\u2019s Pond, had been a tenacious and annoying opponent with their trapping, dumping and stalling tactics. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 8 May 2022",
      "Will there be backlash from Alabama conservatives over Trump\u2019s dumping of Brooks? \u2014 J.d. Crowe | Jdcrowe@al.com, al , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "That victory, nearly unparalleled in its scale and scope, prompted Chevron to shuffle assets out of Ecuador to avoid repaying the Indigenous Cof\u00e1n people, whose lands had been poisoned by drilling and dumping . \u2014 Morgan Simon, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
      "One mysterious chemical that is likely connected to the DDT dumping in California was 56 times more abundant in coastal condors and 148 times more abundant in California dolphins. \u2014 Rosanna Xiastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
      "The chemicals are likely carcinogens, but the dumping falls into a loophole because the streams are used by livestock and wildlife and not people. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 16 Apr. 2015"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1857, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-110603"
  },
  "devour":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to eat up greedily or ravenously",
      ": to use up or destroy as if by eating",
      ": to prey upon",
      ": to enjoy avidly",
      ": to eat up hungrily",
      ": to take in eagerly by the senses or mind",
      ": to destroy as if by eating"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8vau\u0307(-\u0259)r",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8vau\u0307r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "consume",
      "eat (up)"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "He devoured everything on his plate.",
      "The lions devoured their prey.",
      "She devoured every golf magazine she could find.",
      "He watched intently, devouring the scene before him with his eyes.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The pro-gun lobby in this nation is inviting us to devour the flesh of our sons and of our daughters. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
      "Mariko rose to fame with her leftover salmon bowl recipe and more than 10.6 million followers continue to devour her cooking and cleaning content. \u2014 Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE.com , 11 May 2022",
      "Serve in warmed corn tortillas topped with more fresh lime juice, cilantro, and pickled onions; over rice and beans; in a burrito; or devour it straight from the pan. \u2014 Kaelyn Lynch, Outside Online , 4 June 2020",
      "Goldfish, as voracious eaters, will devour snails, small insects, fish eggs, and young fish\u2014and will wildly out-compete native fish. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 May 2022",
      "More recently, goats have been deployed\u2014a lone grazer can devour 300 square feet of invasive buckthorn per day. \u2014 Jon Waterman, Outside Online , 15 June 2020",
      "From prolific prize winners to hotshot debuts, the best and brightest books to devour this season. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 9 May 2022",
      "McDermott declared that, if Idaho kept harboring more than five hundred, the animals would devour the entire ecosystem. \u2014 Paige Williams, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Professional marketing can devour time and money, which is reason enough to give the high efficiency of email marketing a chance. \u2014 Daniel Bidmon, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French devour- , stem of devorer , from Latin devorare , from de- + vorare to devour \u2014 more at voracious ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-110747"
  },
  "doppelganger":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": double sense 2a",
      ": alter ego sense 1b",
      ": a person who has the same name as another",
      ": a ghostly counterpart (see counterpart sense 3a ) of a living person"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-p\u0259l-\u02ccga\u014b-\u0259r",
      "-\u02ccge\u014b-",
      "\u02ccd\u00e4-p\u0259l-\u02c8ga\u014b-",
      "-\u02c8ge\u014b-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "alter ego",
      "carbon",
      "carbon copy",
      "clone",
      "counterpart",
      "double",
      "duplicate",
      "duplication",
      "facsimile",
      "fetch",
      "image",
      "likeness",
      "look-alike",
      "match",
      "mirror image",
      "picture",
      "replica",
      "ringer",
      "spit",
      "spitting image",
      "twin"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "In the story, the character is haunted by a doppelg\u00e4nger .",
      "at the mall today I saw someone who could be your doppelg\u00e4nger",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The second character, cousin Colton, is Constance\u2019s doppelganger and a Gen-Z, TikTok-loving, crypto enthusiast counterpart from New York, who now lives in between his cousin Constance\u2019s mansions and his own pad in Beverly Hills. \u2014 Gustaf Lundberg Toresson, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
      "Jon-El sees his doppelganger and tries to take him down while Jordan tries to step in and mediate. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
      "All the matches are striking in their way, but there\u2019s something especially doppelganger -y about N\u00e9lisse and Lynskey. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Jan. 2022",
      "The Knot, with 86% of 5,000 respondents in the US preferring them as engagement rings' center stone, and diamond doppelganger moissanite the next most popular option. \u2014 Jacqui Palumbo, CNN , 20 Dec. 2021",
      "Amid the visual spectacle, Rift Apart also draws a surprising amount of emotional depth from Ratchet's interactions with Rivet, a female doppelganger who is also his first encounter with another member of his species. \u2014 Ars Staff, Ars Technica , 26 Dec. 2021",
      "The story even went international at one point, with Ellis seeing a doppelganger of Dear David in Japan. \u2014 Jeva Lange, The Week , 25 June 2021",
      "Naples \u2014 though the unassuming Fabietto (Chalamet doppelganger Filippo Scotti) often feels less like the star than a linchpin in a narrative that swings freely between comedy and tragedy, melodrama and memory play. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 3 Dec. 2021",
      "And then, authorities link what seems to be a doppelganger of the husband to the case. \u2014 CBS News , 20 Jan. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"German Doppelg\u00e4nger , from doppel- double + -g\u00e4nger goer",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1851, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-111452"
  },
  "dispatch":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to send off or away with promptness or speed",
      ": to send off on official business",
      ": to kill with quick efficiency",
      ": deprive",
      ": to dispose of (something, such as a task) rapidly or efficiently",
      ": defeat sense 1",
      ": to make haste : hurry",
      ": a message sent with speed",
      ": an important official message sent by a diplomatic, military, or naval officer",
      ": a news item filed (see file entry 4 sense 2b ) by a correspondent",
      ": the act of dispatching: such as",
      ": dismissal",
      ": the act of killing",
      ": prompt settlement (as of an item of business)",
      ": quick riddance",
      ": a sending off : shipment",
      ": promptness and efficiency in performance or transmission",
      ": to send away quickly to a certain place or for a certain reason",
      ": to get done quickly",
      ": kill entry 1 sense 1",
      ": message sense 1",
      ": a news story sent in to a newspaper",
      ": speed entry 1 sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8spach",
      "di-\u02c8spach",
      "\u02c8di-\u02ccspach",
      "di-\u02c8spach"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "consign",
      "pack (off)",
      "send",
      "ship",
      "shoot",
      "transfer",
      "transmit",
      "transport"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "epistle",
      "letter",
      "memo",
      "memorandum",
      "missive",
      "note"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "To report such findings, call 801-538-4700, and the wildlife division will dispatch and collect them for testing. \u2014 Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
      "Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in February, the Ukranian vice prime minister Mykhailo Fedorov asked Musk to dispatch more Starlink satellites to the country, to safeguard the country\u2019s communication networks. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 26 May 2022",
      "And then there\u2019s the full-block void in the middle that long held a Recology storage yard, was then slated for housing \u2014 and now could hold a three-story box that would dispatch delivery vans to all corners of the city, 365 days a year. \u2014 John King, San Francisco Chronicle , 14 Nov. 2021",
      "After the shooting, a train operator began chest compressions on the victim while the conductor contacted the rail control center to dispatch police and EMS, the transit workers union said. \u2014 Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY , 23 May 2022",
      "No matter what, the Wings, despite needing six games to dispatch St. Louis, would have four or five days to rest between rounds. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Coachella organizers have few options to stop authorized events and will not dispatch its lawyers unless a brand illegally uses the festival\u2019s name on any of its marketing or promotional material. \u2014 Dave Brooks, Billboard , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Nunes had poured more than $20 million into the race to dispatch Democrat Phil Arballo, who spent about a quarter of that amount and is now running in the new 13th District. \u2014 Maeve Reston, CNN , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Dozens of police technology companies compete to provide an array of expensive services, from body cameras and facial recognition software to dispatch systems and radios. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "At 4am dispatch received a call of a wrong-way DUI driver headed southbound on I-15 at 600 south in SLC. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 Feb. 2022",
      "While police were on the scene, dispatch received a call, which included yelling in the background, from a unit in the building. \u2014 cleveland , 26 Nov. 2021",
      "Today, at 130 hours, or 1:30 p.m., our dispatch received a call of an active shooter occurring at the Kroger behind us. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "As Bianca's family awaited news of her safety, police dispatch received a call. DISPATCHER: 911. \u2014 CBS News , 18 Sep. 2021",
      "Hadley police dispatch received several 911 calls shortly after 10 p.m. and a description of the suspect vehicle was relayed to responding officers, according to a Facebook post by police. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Aug. 2021",
      "Fairbanks dispatch received a report about the freezer just after 6 a.m. Monday, troopers wrote in an online report. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 28 Apr. 2021",
      "Symbotic uses artificial intelligence software to efficiently unpack and store incoming items, then repack them for dispatch to the retail stores. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
      "Entertainment Tonight's source dispatch comes shortly after a source told Us Weekly last week that engagement was a possibility for Scott and Jenner, who have been on-off dating since April 2017. \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 3 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1517, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1537, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-111817"
  },
  "doozer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an extraordinary one of its kind"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-z\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beaut",
      "beauty",
      "bee's knees",
      "cat's meow",
      "corker",
      "crackerjack",
      "crackajack",
      "daisy",
      "dandy",
      "dilly",
      "dream",
      "honey",
      "hot stuff",
      "humdinger",
      "hummer",
      "jim-dandy",
      "knockout",
      "lollapalooza",
      "lulu",
      "nifty",
      "peach",
      "pip",
      "pippin",
      "ripper",
      "ripsnorter",
      "snorter",
      "sockdolager",
      "sockdologer",
      "standout",
      "sweetheart"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "They say the snowstorm tonight is going to be a doozy .",
      "Watch out for that first step. It's a doozy .",
      "Some of her comments have been real doozies .",
      "a doozy of a year",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "For the San Francisco Giants, who face a doozy of a decision whenever LaMonte Wade Jr. comes back, the options overload might be painful. \u2014 Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 June 2022",
      "Oz is the focal point of Tuesday\u2019s doozy of a Republican primary. \u2014 Karen Heller, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
      "In an investor note this morning, UBS chief economist Paul Donovan called this a doozy of a downgrade. \u2014 Alan Murray, Fortune , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "That was a doozy of a storm, dropping over three feet in the last 72 hours. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "And, don\u2019t forget, there was a doozy of a press conference in September, with the two fighters swinging at each other. \u2014 Anthony Stitt, Forbes , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "The season 3 finale of You was an explosively (pun intended) wild ride, filled with countless attempts at murder, backstabbing, and one doozy of a martial disagreement. \u2014 Neha Prakash, Marie Claire , 20 Oct. 2021",
      "Gotta agree with JJ, this really was a doozy of a day. \u2014 Ariana Romero, refinery29.com , 4 Aug. 2021",
      "With about 29% of the league hailing from outside of the U.S. and Canada, spelling surnames can be a doozy . \u2014 Laine Higgins, WSJ , 6 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"perhaps alteration of daisy ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1916, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-112443"
  },
  "destructive":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": causing destruction : ruinous",
      ": designed or tending to hurt or destroy",
      ": causing great damage or ruin",
      ": not positive or helpful"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8str\u0259k-tiv",
      "di-\u02c8str\u0259k-tiv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "annihilatory",
      "calamitous",
      "cataclysmal",
      "cataclysmic",
      "devastating",
      "devastative",
      "disastrous",
      "ruinous"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "nondestructive"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "It was one of the most destructive storms in recent memory.",
      "She argued that the law was destructive of personal liberties.",
      "The school is concerned about the destructive behavior of a few students.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Morale, several current and former firefighters told her, was at an all-time low \u2014 the byproduct of low pay, mental trauma and the exhaustion of battling ever more destructive fires. \u2014 Marisa Gerberstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
      "Climate change is already contributing to stronger, more destructive hurricanes, a trend that will only worsen as the planet continues to warm. \u2014 Time , 2 June 2022",
      "Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine has drawn parallels with Taiwan, a global flashpoint far to the east with the potential for an even more destructive conflict. \u2014 Josh Chin, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
      "Orange County Fire Chief Brian Fennessy said the blaze, dubbed the Coastal Fire, occurred well before the hot, dry Santa Winds typically fuel the region\u2019s more destructive wildfires. \u2014 Tim Stelloh, NBC News , 12 May 2022",
      "Due to failures in the offensive, RF switched to more destructive artillery - Kinzhal & Bastion systems are used against peaceful cities. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "Biden has faced pressure from Democrats and Republicans alike to impose tougher restrictions on Russia\u2019s energy sector, which could prove far more destructive than the economic sanctions applied by the West to date. \u2014 Kevin Liptak, CNN , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "This time, the dinosaurs are angrier, more destructive (a pterodactyl attacks a plane!), and bigger. \u2014 Kory Grow, Rolling Stone , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "As climate change leads to drought across larges swaths of a U.S. West already seeing longer and more destructive fire seasons, experts say smoldering coal fires will pose a continuing threat. \u2014 Matthew Brown And Colleen Slevin, The Christian Science Monitor , 31 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-113106"
  },
  "discouraging":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deprive of courage or confidence : dishearten",
      ": to hinder by disfavoring",
      ": to dissuade or attempt to dissuade from doing something",
      ": to make less determined, hopeful, or confident",
      ": to make less likely to happen",
      ": to try to persuade not to do something"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sk\u0259r-ij",
      "-\u02c8sk\u0259-rij",
      "dis-\u02c8k\u0259r-ij"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chill",
      "daunt",
      "demoralize",
      "dishearten",
      "dismay",
      "dispirit",
      "frustrate",
      "unman",
      "unnerve"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "embolden",
      "encourage",
      "hearten",
      "nerve",
      "steel"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Try not to let losing discourage you.",
      "The area's dry climate discourages agriculture.",
      "He claims the new regulations will discourage investment.",
      "That type of behavior ought to be discouraged .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Poland, the Baltic countries and others say faster delivery of heavy weapons is needed to deal Russian President Vladimir Putin a lasting defeat that would discourage more expansionism by Moscow in the future. \u2014 James Marson, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "The Academy also capped the amount of submissions Academy members can send in for consideration, presumably to discourage applicants from spamming their songs across too many Grammy categories. \u2014 Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone , 9 June 2022",
      "Studies have found that unionization tends to benefit women more than men, eliminating factors that fuel pay disparity such as secrecy around salaries and societal barriers that discourage women from negotiating pay and benefits. \u2014 Chabeli Carrazana, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
      "Another trick is to add several short stakes between the stems to discourage cats from laying on and crushing the plant. \u2014 Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens , 2 June 2022",
      "Elsewhere, people gathered outside to eat and drink under the watch of police deployed to discourage large crowds from forming. \u2014 Emily Wang Fujiyama And Ken Moritsugu, Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2022",
      "That is why Tears For Fears\u2019 now former record company and ex-manager tried to discourage Smith and Orzabal from even making a new album. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2022",
      "In an 111-page report, Facebook analysts warned that its social networks could be used to discourage Americans from voting in the upcoming election. \u2014 Naomi Nix, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
      "At the clinic gates, young people in reflective safety vests try to stop entering cars and hand out pamphlets offering information on parenting support and adoption services in a bid to discourage the patients from getting abortions. \u2014 Whitney Curtis For Cnn, CNN , 15 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English discoragen , from Middle French descorager , from Old French descoragier , from des- dis- + corage courage",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-114113"
  },
  "design":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to create, fashion, execute, or construct according to plan : devise , contrive",
      ": to conceive and plan out in the mind",
      ": to have as a purpose : intend",
      ": to devise for a specific function or end",
      ": to indicate with a distinctive mark, sign, or name",
      ": to make a drawing, pattern, or sketch of",
      ": to draw the plans for",
      ": to conceive or execute a plan",
      ": to draw, lay out, or prepare a design",
      ": a particular purpose or intention held in view by an individual or group",
      ": deliberate purposive planning",
      ": a mental project or scheme in which means to an end are laid down",
      ": a deliberate undercover project or scheme : plot",
      ": aggressive or evil intent",
      ": a preliminary sketch or outline showing the main features of something to be executed",
      ": an underlying scheme that governs functioning, developing, or unfolding : pattern , motif",
      ": a plan or protocol for carrying out or accomplishing something (such as a scientific experiment)",
      ": the process of preparing this",
      ": the arrangement of elements or details in a product or work of art",
      ": a decorative pattern",
      ": the creative art of executing aesthetic or functional designs",
      ": to think up and plan out in the mind",
      ": to set apart for or have as a special purpose : intend",
      ": to make a pattern or sketch of",
      ": an arrangement of parts in a structure or a work of art",
      ": the art or process of planning and creating something",
      ": a sketch, model, or plan of something made or to be made",
      ": a decorative pattern",
      ": plan entry 1 sense 1 , scheme",
      ": a planned intention",
      ": a secret purpose : plot",
      ": a plan or protocol for carrying out or accomplishing something (especially a scientific experiment)",
      ": the process of preparing this"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8z\u012bn",
      "di-\u02c8z\u012bn",
      "di-\u02c8z\u012bn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aim",
      "allow",
      "aspire",
      "calculate",
      "contemplate",
      "go",
      "intend",
      "look",
      "mean",
      "meditate",
      "plan",
      "propose",
      "purport",
      "purpose"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "arrangement",
      "blueprint",
      "game",
      "game plan",
      "ground plan",
      "master plan",
      "plan",
      "program",
      "project",
      "road map",
      "scheme",
      "strategy",
      "system"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Bombardier decided instead to design a business jet with the same fuselage as the 7500, but with a higher cruise speed and range. \u2014 Michael Verdon, Robb Report , 23 May 2022",
      "Start over with each platform, and design your creative assets with intention. \u2014 Ira Belsky, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
      "The teams design their outdoor spaces with dwindling budgets and rising pressure; Ty disrupts their plans right before judging. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Some Blackstone staff had hoped to design a vehicle for accredited investors with as little as about $1 million in net worth, one of the people said. \u2014 Fortune , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "Autoclaves that sterilize medical waste with steam provide further recycling opportunities, and manufacturers can design products with recycling in mind. \u2014 Charles Schmidt, Scientific American , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Keen to root the property with a firm sense of place, the hotel tapped local Caribbean designer Michelle Leotaud to design the resort with deliberate and alluring pops of color. \u2014 Rachel Dube, Travel + Leisure , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "The new process doesn\u2019t just allow the company to design smaller chips with more transistors. \u2014 PCMAG , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "Inuit elder Peter Kattuk was key in helping design the approach to SIKU, as well as Lucassie Arragutainaq, who has spent his career working to understand how Inuit knowledge and science can work together. \u2014 Ashoka, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Mashama, a robust design , uses environmentally friendly fabrics. \u2014 Vogue , 24 June 2022",
      "Find a fitting design for your space in these 22 DIY Garden Trellis Projects for All Your Climbing Plants and Flowers. \u2014 Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living , 24 June 2022",
      "This printer takes up minimal space, has a nice aesthetic design , and comes in a few different colors, too. \u2014 Douglas Helm, Popular Mechanics , 23 June 2022",
      "Other iOS 16 features to look forward to, meanwhile, include a new notification design . \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 23 June 2022",
      "Expect the 2024 Accord's interior to adopt a similar design as the latest Civic and upcoming CR-V, both of which have a distinctive honeycomb texture for the air vents and a tablet-style touchscreen sitting atop the center of the dash. \u2014 Joey Capparella, Car and Driver , 23 June 2022",
      "This is more than a few bits of tech and a noise reduction office design . \u2014 Nancy Doyle, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
      "There are also several mobile vendors peppered throughout the stadium, which has a clever and comfy design , as many entertainment and sports venues do now - see the new Orion Amphitheater in nearby Huntsville. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 22 June 2022",
      "Per Fern\u00e1ndez de Kirchner, this bill had been in the works after Evita\u2019s death in 1952, and a preliminary design survived the decades after a 1955 coup deposed Per\u00f3n and proscribed Peronism, hidden behind a drawer in Argentina\u2019s mint. \u2014 Federico Perelmuter, The New Republic , 21 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3",
      "Noun",
      "1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-121347"
  },
  "delight":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a high degree of gratification or pleasure : joy",
      ": extreme satisfaction",
      ": something that gives great pleasure",
      ": the power of affording pleasure",
      ": to take great pleasure",
      ": to give keen enjoyment",
      ": to give joy or satisfaction to",
      ": great pleasure or satisfaction : joy",
      ": something that gives great pleasure",
      ": to take great pleasure",
      ": to give joy or satisfaction to"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8l\u012bt",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8l\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "delectation",
      "feast",
      "gas",
      "joy",
      "kick",
      "manna",
      "pleasure",
      "treat"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "crow",
      "exuberate",
      "exult",
      "glory",
      "joy",
      "jubilate",
      "kvell",
      "rejoice",
      "triumph"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "For the rest of us, the series has been\u2014admit it\u2014a frustrating combination of crap-your-pants nostalgic delight and near-complete story/character/fight scene inanity. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 21 June 2022",
      "Hollywood loves nothing more than having heroes and villains collide like frenzied jocks for an audience\u2019s delight . \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 20 June 2022",
      "Her paradoxes may not be as honed as the Irish master\u2019s, but there\u2019s a sharp literary sensibility behind her humor, a care with linguistic precision and a delight in shifting between outsider and insider perspectives. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 19 June 2022",
      "One answer is simple pleasure and delight , as in the elements that make up this novel are almost universally delightful. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
      "On the verge of losing her identity completely, Carmen grows increasingly numb to the mundane nature of bourgeois delight . \u2014 Holly Jones, Variety , 15 June 2022",
      "At the official dance party of Portland\u2019s pride festival, dance the night away with DJ Deanne, delight in LED and aerialist performances and get decorated with Zari Art body paint. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 June 2022",
      "Simple gingerbread trim makes this home by Phoebe Howard a delight . \u2014 Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful , 8 June 2022",
      "Also Robert and Michelle King, who created the show, take a little too much delight in the freedoms a streaming platform offers. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 5 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Of course, there was also a nursery menu to delight ; fruity scones, lemon syllabub, strawberries, cucumber finger sandwiches. \u2014 Vogue , 3 June 2022",
      "La Tienda\u2019s Connoisseur\u2019s Cheese Collection highlights artisan varieties from the most celebrated cheesemaking regions to delight die-hard dairy lovers. \u2014 Megan Murphy, Robb Report , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "To top everything off, Hibachi Grill & Buffet offers a chocolate fountain to delight your sweet tooth. \u2014 Fredrick Ochami, Chron , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "Many are founded by recent conservatory graduates, and their youthful energies and idealism often delight their loyal audiences. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 22 May 2022",
      "This sequel is as joyful and uplifting as our first film, with even more fascinating and colorful characters to delight and entertain. \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 3 May 2022",
      "Including the way Brown feels about the community event, which continues to delight and amaze him. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Cinsault blend not only boasts a tasty, classic ros\u00e9 palate that will delight any pink lover, the bottom of the bottle shows off a distinctive rose shape. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 18 May 2022",
      "For its 2022 fundraiser, the nonprofit Greene Acres Community Garden will be raffling off three prize packages that will delight backyard chefs from Parma to Peninsula and all points in between. \u2014 Shirley Macfarland, cleveland , 12 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-122120"
  },
  "dingus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an often small article whose common name is unknown or forgotten : gadget , doodad sense 2",
      ": a dim-witted, silly, or foolish person"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di\u014b-(g)\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "doodad",
      "doohickey",
      "hickey",
      "thingamabob",
      "thingamajig",
      "thingumajig",
      "thingummy",
      "whatchamacallit",
      "whatnot",
      "whatsit",
      "whatsis",
      "what-is-it"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "it seems to be missing some little dingus that holds everything in place"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Dutch or German; Dutch dinges , probably from German Dings , from genitive of Ding thing, from Old High German \u2014 more at thing ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1873, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-123625"
  },
  "distracted":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having one's thoughts or attention drawn away : unable to concentrate or give attention to something",
      ": harassed, confused, or deranged especially by strong feelings"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8strak-t\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "agitated",
      "delirious",
      "distrait",
      "distraught",
      "frantic",
      "frenzied",
      "hysterical",
      "hysteric"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "collected",
      "composed",
      "recollected",
      "self-collected",
      "self-composed",
      "self-possessed",
      "unhysterical"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "If you're feeling distracted , take a break.",
      "she's been distracted about her son ever since he left on that polar expedition",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Instructors can teach you about the aspects of meditation that aren't intuitive or obvious, such as that having thoughts or a distracted mind is OK, Waldinger said. \u2014 Kristen Rogers, CNN , 13 June 2022",
      "Yet America is too preoccupied, too distracted , too overwhelmed to act accordingly. \u2014 Matthew Continetti, National Review , 11 June 2022",
      "The analysis focused on the dangerous driving behaviors that are among the greatest contributors to fatal crashes: not buckling up; speeding; and drunk, distracted and aggressive driving. \u2014 Tanya Mohn, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "But these touches, not to mention the many needle drops from the era\u2019s perkiest pop and soul, seem hardly necessary when Rylance\u2019s shuffling, quirky brand of distracted optimism is its own engine of folksy positivity. \u2014 Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
      "There\u2019s some final-act business back in London that ruminates for a distracted second on the uses of enchantment in a modern world in which hate prevails and just about every wish can be instantly gratified by technology. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022",
      "The woman walking past was Twitter, the disapproving other woman was Tesla, and the distracted man was of course Elon Musk. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 20 May 2022",
      "Safety advocates blame speeding, distracted or impaired driving and not wearing seat belts. \u2014 Fox News , 19 May 2022",
      "The same cannot be said for Willis, whose distracted and empty performance as the main heavy is hard to watch after the news of his Aphasia diagnosis. \u2014 Rene Rodriguez, Variety , 17 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1576, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-123714"
  },
  "drawing out":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": remove , extract",
      ": to extend beyond a minimum in time : protract sense 1",
      ": to cause to speak freely"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "drag (out)",
      "elongate",
      "extend",
      "lengthen",
      "outstretch",
      "prolong",
      "protract",
      "stretch"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "abbreviate",
      "abridge",
      "curtail",
      "cut",
      "cut back",
      "shorten"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the actor refused to draw out the interview any further"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-124131"
  },
  "denominate":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to give a name to : designate",
      ": to express or designate in some denomination"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8n\u00e4-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "baptize",
      "call",
      "christen",
      "clepe",
      "designate",
      "dub",
      "entitle",
      "label",
      "name",
      "nominate",
      "style",
      "term",
      "title"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "stargazing is nothing more than that, and denominating it as astrology does not make it a science",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "However, unlike conventional money mediums, it is not issued by a government and does not denominate any transactions in goods or assets. \u2014 Daniel Tenreiro, National Review , 22 June 2021",
      "However, because the debts are denominated in foreign currencies, the bonds expose the countries to foreign exchange risks. \u2014 Anna Isaac, WSJ , 28 Jan. 2020",
      "What good were stocks if they were denominated in depreciating dollars? \u2014 Roger Lowenstein, Washington Post , 10 Dec. 2019",
      "An analysis by Goldman Sachs of data for August showed a modest net outflow from bank accounts denominated in Hong Kong dollars, and an inflow into Singapore-dollar accounts. \u2014 The Economist , 10 Oct. 2019",
      "Worse, there\u2019s a mismatch between its largely dollar- and euro- denominated borrowings and revenues from a big business in Latin America. \u2014 Chris Hughes | Bloomberg, Washington Post , 28 Nov. 2019",
      "Researchers denominated three essential categories of arrogance and found that narcissists are less prone to depression. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper's magazine , 6 Jan. 2020",
      "According to S&P Global, Chinese companies must pay back $90 billion in debt denominated in American dollars, meaning the lenders are global companies and investors outside China. \u2014 Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times , 12 Dec. 2019",
      "Last September, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the city\u2019s de facto central bank, agreed to let its Beijing counterpart issue yuan- denominated bills in the offshore market. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Sep. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin denominatus , past participle of denominare , from de- + nominare to name \u2014 more at nominate ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-130711"
  },
  "Don Juan":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a legendary Spaniard proverbial for his seduction of women",
      ": a captivating man known as a great lover or seducer of women",
      ": a man who pursues women promiscuously"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4n-\u02c8(h)w\u00e4n",
      "chiefly British and in poetry",
      "(\u02c8)d\u00e4n-\u02c8(h)w\u00e4n,"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "Casanova",
      "lecher",
      "lothario",
      "lounge lizard",
      "masher",
      "philanderer",
      "satyr",
      "wolf",
      "womanizer"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "at the hotel bar she was immediately hit on by the local Don Juan"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Spanish",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1679, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-131600"
  },
  "devastative":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to bring to ruin or desolation by violent action",
      ": to reduce to chaos, disorder, or helplessness : overwhelm",
      ": to destroy entirely or nearly entirely",
      ": to cause to suffer emotionally"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-v\u0259-\u02ccst\u0101t",
      "\u02c8de-v\u0259-\u02ccst\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "destroy",
      "ravage",
      "ruin",
      "scourge"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The flood devastated the town.",
      "The disease has devastated the area's oak tree population.",
      "The hurricane left the island completely devastated .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Floods and other natural disasters can devastate the infrastructure needed to transport food to hungry communities. \u2014 Sarah Kaplan, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
      "For one, a number of nations at or near Earth\u2019s waistline are small island states that are highly vulnerable to massive storms that can devastate infrastructure and crimp their most dependent industries, such as tourism. \u2014 Emily Barone, Time , 4 May 2022",
      "Bird flu, or the avian flu, can devastate chicken and turkey populations, but the risk of infection for humans is very limited. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "These are anxious days for businesspeople in Ukraine, with more than 100,000 Russian troops massed on the eastern border, threatening to launch a conflict that could devastate Ukraine\u2019s economy and spark a severe energy crisis in Europe. \u2014 Vivienne Walt, Fortune , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "Putin has accused Washington of wanting to drag out the war in order to devastate his nation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "The coronavirus was expected to devastate the continent, but higher-income and better-prepared countries appear to have fared far worse. \u2014 Stephanie Nolen, New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Zelenskyy has asked the U.S. to establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine to diminish the Russian bombardment continuing to devastate the country. \u2014 Eleanor Watson, CBS News , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "After the war in Ukraine began, Western nations immediately cut economic ties with Russia in a move that has only just begun to devastate the country\u2019s economy. \u2014 Will Daniel, Fortune , 15 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin devastatus , past participle of devastare , from de- + vastare to lay waste \u2014 more at waste ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1638, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-132148"
  },
  "definitely":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in a definite way : in a way free of all ambiguity, uncertainty, or obscurity"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-f\u0259-nit-l\u0113",
      "\u02c8def-n\u0259t-"
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      "all right",
      "alright",
      "assuredly",
      "certainly",
      "clearly",
      "doubtless",
      "easily",
      "forsooth",
      "hands down",
      "inarguably",
      "incontestably",
      "incontrovertibly",
      "indeed",
      "indisputably",
      "plainly",
      "really",
      "so",
      "sure",
      "surely",
      "truly",
      "unarguably",
      "undeniably",
      "undoubtedly",
      "unquestionably"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" definite + -ly entry 2 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1574, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-132609"
  },
  "discourse":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": verbal interchange of ideas",
      ": conversation",
      ": formal and orderly and usually extended expression of thought on a subject",
      ": connected speech or writing",
      ": a linguistic unit (such as a conversation or a story) larger than a sentence",
      ": a mode of organizing knowledge, ideas, or experience that is rooted in language and its concrete contexts (such as history or institutions)",
      ": the capacity of orderly thought or procedure : rationality",
      ": social familiarity",
      ": to express oneself especially in oral discourse",
      ": talk , converse",
      ": to give forth : utter",
      ": conversation",
      ": a long talk or essay about a subject",
      ": to talk especially for a long time"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-\u02ccsk\u022frs",
      "di-\u02c8sk\u022frs",
      "\u02c8dis-\u02cck\u022frs",
      "dis-\u02c8k\u022frs"
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      "chat",
      "colloquy",
      "conversation",
      "converse",
      "dialogue",
      "dialog",
      "discussion",
      "exchange"
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      "declaim",
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      "expatiate",
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      "lecture",
      "orate",
      "speak",
      "talk"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Try not to think of this song as a hype morsel, or a discourse starter, or an aesthetic foreshadowing. \u2014 Chris Richards, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
      "Across social media, the album quickly ignited discourse about the genre of house music, with many people expressing astonishment that a rapper would gamble on a genre not typically associated with hip-hop or Black audiences. \u2014 Stefan Sykes, NBC News , 19 June 2022",
      "That discourse , Asian American leaders said, emboldened some people to act out hatefully, echoing the climate at the time of Mr. Chin\u2019s killing. \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
      "The delayists are cleverly exploiting the weakness in climate discourse : the movement\u2019s tendency\u2014perhaps born of privilege, or perhaps its own form of neurotic denial\u2014to speak of climate change as a dramatic nightmare that hasn\u2019t yet arrived. \u2014 Liza Featherstone, The New Republic , 15 June 2022",
      "Her work \u2014 which includes education policy discourse \u2014 has earned numerous professional accolades. \u2014 Peggy Hernandez, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
      "Her biography reflects no active participation in art\u2019s larger cultural discourse . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
      "In an interview with MEL Magazine, Jose Fernandez spoke about the controversial suit design element that has dominated discourse around the film since its 1997 release, taking credit for initially adding it to Val Kilmer\u2019s suit for Batman Forever. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
      "So much of it is an illusion\u2014airbrushed influencers, unattainable ideals, toxic discourse and staged imitations of reality\u2014but the impact on our well-being is real. \u2014 Sophia Rascoff, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "But like art made in other arenas, prison art exists in relation to economies, power structures governing resources and access, and discourses that legitimate certain works as art and others as craft, material object, historical artifact, or trash. \u2014 Nicole R. Fleetwood, The New York Review of Books , 28 Apr. 2020",
      "Backed by a five-piece band, Janelle McDermoth discourses on life, death and the arguable usefulness of art. \u2014 Alexis Soloski, New York Times , 20 Feb. 2020",
      "In a 2016 article, Krauze discoursed on populism: The term has different meanings, or at least overtones, in different regions of the world and in different political traditions. \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 6 Mar. 2020",
      "In the audience plump dignitaries in bright orange turbans sat comfortably on white leather armchairs, discoursing on the spectacle. \u2014 The Economist , 25 Oct. 2019",
      "Knights, serfs, monks, men-at-arms, artisans, and shopkeepers traveled these pungent ways, discoursing loudly in decayed Latic and foreign tongues ranging from English to Syrian. \u2014 Bruce Dale, National Geographic , 17 Apr. 2019",
      "That book opens with a group of Cambridge youths discoursing prettily on the existence of a cow on a riverbank. \u2014 Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic , 30 Mar. 2018",
      "On the way there, Ed discoursed on Hebrew dialects in the Biblical era, which led to a lively discussion of some arcane points of Catholic Church governance. \u2014 Fred Schwarz, National Review , 10 Feb. 2018",
      "Similar themes are discernable in US discourses occurring after and in reaction to the first Chinese, Indian, and Pakistani nuclear tests. \u2014 Terrell Jermaine Starr, The Root , 2 Oct. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4",
      "Verb",
      "1547, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-133215"
  },
  "dogmatical":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts",
      ": of or relating to dogma (see dogma )"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u022fg-\u02c8ma-tik",
      "d\u00e4g-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "doctrinaire",
      "opinionated",
      "opinionative",
      "opinioned",
      "pontifical",
      "self-opinionated"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "latitudinarian",
      "undoctrinaire",
      "undogmatic"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "What we are being treated to, clearly, is an extended set of variations on that most ancient of all intellectual chestnuts, the infinite capacity of the professorial mind for the dogmatic and ludicrous misinterpretation of evidence regarding past civilizations. \u2014 Peter Green , New Republic , 20 Mar. 2000",
      "The New York Times , dogmatic as always, claimed that \"facts and reason, the authority of all dictionaries, and the support of every chronologer and historian that ever lived, to say nothing of the invariable understanding and custom of all lands and ages\" underlay its choice of 1901. It spoke dismissively of \"the delusion that there is a controversy as to when the twentieth century begins,\" even as the controversy dragged on in its pages for a year and a half. \u2014 Frederic D. Schwarz , American Heritage , December 1999",
      "After absorbing one magazine's strict injunctions on such topics as the number of saucepans to register for and which varieties of flowers hold up best in bouquets, I would move on to another mag, only to find an equal number of equally dogmatic assertions, delivered with equal certainty and often in complete contradiction with the first set. \u2014 Ruth Halikman , New Republic , 18 Oct. 1999",
      "She's become so dogmatic lately that arguing with her is pointless.",
      "a critic's dogmatic insistence that abstract expressionism is the only school of 20th century art worthy of serious study",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Camp avoids the dogmatic , mystical aspects of the practice. \u2014 Michelle Williams, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "In interviews with mainstream outlets such as Vox and The New Yorker, Malm contends that climate activists should give up their dogmatic attachment to pacifism and start to destroy the machines that actually produce carbon. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
      "By the 1940s, Christians began turning toward evangelicalism, a less dogmatic version of the faith, and in that spirit, the Bible Institute of Los Angeles opened Biola College (later Biola University) in 1959. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
      "The office of cardinal \u2014 unlike that of pope, bishop, priest, or deacon \u2014 has no scriptural or dogmatic basis, but is instead a practical creation of the church. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 7 June 2022",
      "Many are far more facile than even Berger\u2019s simplest arguments, while others are dogmatic in a way that shuts down independent thinking rather than encouraging it. \u2014 R.e. Hawley, The Atlantic , 10 May 2022",
      "But Mandel was never dogmatic about her authority to begin with. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Doing away with that veto-proof majority wouldn\u2019t necessarily mean a reduction in the more dogmatic wings of the party, Niven said. \u2014 cleveland , 16 Jan. 2022",
      "Kelner\u2019s focus on individual personalities \u2014 in particular two Islanders, a teacher and a full-time fisherman, plus one high-ranking and one volunteer Sea Shepherd \u2014 makes for a lively, non- dogmatic treatment of the subject. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 1 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see dogma ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1681, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-133810"
  },
  "durability":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": able to exist for a long time without significant deterioration in quality or value",
      ": designed to be durable",
      ": able to last a long time"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8du\u0307r-\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "also",
      "\u02c8du\u0307r-\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "\u02c8dyu\u0307r-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But not all types of motivation are equivalent: intrinsic motivation is, in many contexts, more durable than extrinsic motivation. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 18 June 2022",
      "Items made with long-staple cotton are also more durable . \u2014 Laura Daily, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
      "Silicone brushes trap less water in the brush head and can be more durable than the traditional plastic bristle brushes. \u2014 Jodhaira Rodriguez, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022",
      "Most are made from polyester, olefin, acrylic, or high-performance fabric, like Sunbrella, which is more durable , won\u2019t fade as easily, and does a better job of blocking the sun\u2019s rays. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 17 May 2022",
      "Disney\u2019s content investments are also likely to be much more durable , given its iconic franchises, unlike Netflix which focuses a lot on one-off shows. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
      "Both phones are relatively durable , but the iPhone will seemingly stand a better chance of surviving multiple rough tumbles. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "The materials are durable and can withstand wear and tear from young children, while also featuring a bright and fresh aesthetic. \u2014 Ann Abel, House Beautiful , 7 June 2022",
      "This flowering plant is durable and can grow in most environments. \u2014 Christian Gollayan, Men's Health , 7 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin durabilis , from durare to last \u2014 more at during ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-143131"
  },
  "definitive":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation",
      ": authoritative and apparently exhaustive",
      ": serving to define or specify precisely",
      ": serving as a perfect example : quintessential",
      ": fully differentiated or developed",
      ": issued as a regular stamp for the country or territory in which it is to be used",
      ": a postage stamp issued as a regular stamp for the country or territory in which it is to be used : a definitive (see definitive entry 1 sense 5 ) postage stamp \u2014 compare provisional",
      ": fully differentiated or developed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8fi-n\u0259-tiv",
      "di-\u02c8fin-\u0259t-iv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "authoritative",
      "classic",
      "classical",
      "magisterial"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "We need a definitive answer to this question.",
      "The court has issued a definitive ruling.",
      "a definitive collection of the band's albums",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "This video report from The New York Times offers a definitive encapsulation of what really happened in the Tawana Brawley case. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 23 June 2022",
      "Medina Spirit collapsed and died in December in California with no definitive cause of death. \u2014 Mallory Merda, The Courier-Journal , 23 June 2022",
      "Viewers expecting bombshells, or historians seeking a definitive account, should come away ... \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 23 June 2022",
      "Forty years later, the killing of Vincent Chin remains a definitive turning point for Asian Americans. \u2014 Hua Hsu, The New Yorker , 23 June 2022",
      "Such technology didn\u2019t exist and therefore wasn\u2019t stipulated in Orleans\u2019 contract, leaving it less definitive for how streaming would be handled for the band. \u2014 Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone , 21 June 2022",
      "After all, the reason Baz's Elvis has a chance to become the definitive Presley biopic is that there haven't been that many of them over the years. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 21 June 2022",
      "Scientific research suggests there may be a possible advantage for trans women competing in women\u2019s events, though this is far from definitive and does not necessarily back barring trans athletes from competing. \u2014 Robert Hart, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "Equally definitive future recordings of his other works will enable us to take a fuller measure of Walker\u2019s artistry. \u2014 Barbara Jepson, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Now, Lauper is taking that iconic line and lending it to Sony Music Entertainment as the title of her forthcoming definitive , career-spanning documentary. \u2014 Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone , 3 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1951, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-144915"
  },
  "disharmonic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lacking in harmony"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-(\u02cc)h\u00e4r-\u02c8m\u014d-n\u0113-\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1659, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-145722"
  },
  "disquisition":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdi-skw\u0259-\u02c8zi-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "delving",
      "examen",
      "examination",
      "exploration",
      "inquest",
      "inquiry",
      "inquisition",
      "investigation",
      "probation",
      "probe",
      "probing",
      "research",
      "study"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a lengthy disquisition on foreign policy",
      "Adam Smith's celebrated disquisition on the factors contributing to the wealth of nations.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "That the Russian president delivered a disquisition on Western public discourse on Friday may seem odd at a time when Russia is fighting what some analysts believe to be its bloodiest war since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Dune is a space opera, an allegory for ecological disaster, a disquisition on power\u2014and an unending source of inspiration for all manner of extraliterary pursuits. \u2014 The Editors, Wired , 28 Sep. 2021",
      "Both the British allergy to hyperbolic disquisition and the American taste for getting right down to cases\u2014not quite the same thing\u2014were alien to him. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 12 Aug. 2021",
      "This coincidence is fantastic because Casanova, Last Love is pointedly set in a lavishly romantic period where Montesquieu\u2019s disquisition would have been popular among its aristocratic characters \u2014 at least as filmmakers like to imagine that class. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 16 July 2021",
      "Here was a feminist disquisition of old-school proportions: a big fat analysis of how profit and patriarchy conspire to make women feel bad about ourselves, joined with a call to action. \u2014 Liza Featherstone, The New Republic , 10 June 2021",
      "Sheila\u2019s criticism of Molly Ringwald in Pretty in Pink ranks with Whit Stillman\u2019s Lady and the Tramp disquisition in The Last Days of Disco. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 26 Mar. 2021",
      "In his disquisition , Bannon compared himself to John Adams, then invoked once more the Strauss and Howe schema of historical transformation. \u2014 Adele M. Stan, The New Republic , 10 Mar. 2021",
      "Chowdhury envisioned the scene\u2014a disquisition of US interests by Wisecarver, followed by a range of options (or lack thereof) presented by the Joint Chiefs, and then formal nuclear authorizations being granted by the president herself. \u2014 Elliot Ackerman, Wired , 2 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin disquisition-, disquisitio , from disquirere to investigate, from dis- + quaerere to seek",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1640, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-165725"
  },
  "donation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or an instance of donating : such as",
      ": the making of a gift especially to a charity or public institution",
      ": a free contribution : gift",
      ": something given to help those in need",
      ": the making of an especially charitable gift",
      ": a voluntary transfer of ownership of property from one person to another \u2014 compare sale",
      ": a transfer of property (as a sale) that does not have a sufficient reciprocal consideration (as a proportional price) so that it is considered a gratuitous donation and must meet the statutory requirements for a donation (as a notarial act) to be valid",
      ": a donation that transfers property owned by the donor and that takes effect upon the donee's acceptance \u2014 compare gift inter vivos at gift",
      ": a donation that is to take effect on the donor's death and that is revocable \u2014 compare gift causa mortis at gift",
      ": something that is transferred by a donation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u014d-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "d\u014d-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "alms",
      "benefaction",
      "beneficence",
      "charity",
      "contribution",
      "philanthropy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The organization is funded by private donations .",
      "We are grateful for the donation of whatever you can afford to give.",
      "trying to encourage the donation of blood",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Kevin Stump, chief executive officer of the agency, said the officer\u2019s commitment to protect and serve continues through his tissue donation . \u2014 Ashley Remkus | Aremkus@al.com, al , 11 June 2022",
      "His mom was on board, going a step further to help her son up his $100 donation to $1,000 by sharing his intentions on social media. \u2014 Carrie Napoleon, Chicago Tribune , 10 June 2022",
      "Your 100% tax-deductible donation will help UNICEF ensure that children in Lebanon have access to safe water, nutrition, education and protection. \u2014 Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "Grateful, but reluctant to accept their donation personally, Patel put the money toward humanitarian efforts led by his students, including the distribution of hundreds of meals to homeless people in Dallas. \u2014 Mariah Espada, Time , 8 June 2022",
      "From all of us at the IRC: Thank you to @HarryStyles and @Apple for your generous donation to the IRC. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 2 June 2022",
      "From all of us at the IRC: Thank you to @Harry_Styles and @Apple for your generous donation to the IRC. \u2014 Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com , 2 June 2022",
      "Drop your donation off at the parking lot of the Broadview Heights Rec Center/City Hall at 9543 Broadview Rd. \u2014 Shirley Macfarland, cleveland , 26 May 2022",
      "Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin thanked the Czechs for their donation during public comments after a Monday meeting of allied defense officials. \u2014 Drew Hinshaw, WSJ , 23 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English donatyowne , from Latin donation-, donatio , from donare to present, from donum gift; akin to Latin dare to give \u2014 more at date ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-171941"
  },
  "dim-witted":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": not intelligent : stupid"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dim-\u02c8wi-t\u0259d"
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    "synonyms":[
      "airheaded",
      "birdbrained",
      "bonehead",
      "boneheaded",
      "brain-dead",
      "brainless",
      "bubbleheaded",
      "chuckleheaded",
      "dense",
      "dim",
      "doltish",
      "dopey",
      "dopy",
      "dorky",
      "dull",
      "dumb",
      "dunderheaded",
      "empty-headed",
      "fatuous",
      "gormless",
      "half-witted",
      "knuckleheaded",
      "lamebrain",
      "lamebrained",
      "lunkheaded",
      "mindless",
      "oafish",
      "obtuse",
      "opaque",
      "pinheaded",
      "senseless",
      "simple",
      "slow",
      "slow-witted",
      "soft",
      "softheaded",
      "stupid",
      "thick",
      "thick-witted",
      "thickheaded",
      "unintelligent",
      "unsmart",
      "vacuous",
      "weak-minded",
      "witless"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "apt",
      "brainy",
      "bright",
      "brilliant",
      "clever",
      "fast",
      "hyperintelligent",
      "intelligent",
      "keen",
      "nimble",
      "quick",
      "quick-witted",
      "sharp",
      "sharp-witted",
      "smart",
      "supersmart",
      "ultrasmart"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1934, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-172059"
  },
  "discountenance":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": abash , disconcert",
      ": to look with disfavor on : discourage by evidence of disapproval",
      ": disapprobation , disfavor"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8skau\u0307n-t\u0259-n\u0259n(t)s",
      "-\u02c8skau\u0307nt-n\u0259n(t)s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "deprecate",
      "disapprove (of)",
      "disesteem",
      "disfavor",
      "dislike",
      "frown (on ",
      "mislike",
      "reprove",
      "tsk-tsk",
      "tut (over ",
      "tut-tut (over "
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "deprecation",
      "disapprobation",
      "disapproval",
      "disesteem",
      "disfavor",
      "dislike",
      "displeasure"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "a social philosopher who discountenanced all programs for helping the needy, claiming that society should encourage survival of the fittest",
      "the political party was discountenanced by the actions of a few of its overly zealous members",
      "Noun",
      "made known his long-standing discountenance of any form of religious belief"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1584, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1579, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-172207"
  },
  "draw":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull",
      ": such as",
      ": to move (something, such as a covering) over or to one side",
      ": to pull up or out of a receptacle or place where seated or carried",
      ": to cause to come out of a container or source",
      ": to cause to go in a certain direction (as by leading)",
      ": to bring by inducement or allure : attract",
      ": to bring in or gather from a specified group or area",
      ": bring on , provoke",
      ": to bring out by way of response : elicit",
      ": to receive in the course of play",
      ": inhale",
      ": to extract the essence from",
      ": eviscerate",
      ": to derive to one's benefit",
      ": to require (a specified depth) to float in",
      ": accumulate , gain",
      ": to take (money) from a place of deposit",
      ": to use in making a cash demand",
      ": to receive regularly or in due course",
      ": to take (cards) from a stack or from the dealer",
      ": to receive or take at random",
      ": to bend (a bow) by pulling back the string",
      ": to cause to shrink, contract, or tighten",
      ": to strike (a ball) so as to impart a backward spin",
      ": to strike (a ball) so that a slight to moderate hook (see hook entry 1 sense 3 ) results",
      ": to leave (a contest) undecided : tie",
      ": to produce a likeness or representation of by making lines on a surface",
      ": to give a portrayal of : delineate",
      ": to write out in due form",
      ": to design or describe in detail : formulate",
      ": to infer from evidence or premises",
      ": to spread or elongate (metal) by hammering or by pulling through dies",
      ": to shape (a material, such as plastic) by stretching or by pulling through dies",
      ": to come or go steadily or gradually",
      ": to move something by pulling",
      ": to exert an attractive force",
      ": to pull back a bowstring",
      ": to bring out a weapon",
      ": to produce a draft",
      ": to swell out in a wind",
      ": to wrinkle or tighten up : shrink",
      ": to change shape by pulling or stretching",
      ": to cause blood or pus to localize at one point",
      ": to create a likeness or a picture in outlines : sketch",
      ": to come out even in a contest",
      ": to make a written demand for payment of money on deposit",
      ": to obtain resources (as of information)",
      ": to take aim at",
      ": to fail to gain a desired object (such as information sought)",
      ": to be unable to think of something",
      ": to use as a source of supply",
      ": to decide or assign something by lottery in which straws of unequal length are used",
      ": to fix an arbitrary (see arbitrary sense 1b ) boundary between things that tend to intermingle",
      ": to fix a boundary excluding what one will not tolerate or engage in",
      ": the act or process of drawing (see draw entry 1 ) : such as",
      ": a sucking pull on something held with the lips",
      ": a removal of a handgun from its holster",
      ": backward spin given to a ball by striking it below center \u2014 compare follow",
      ": something that is drawn: such as",
      ": a lot or chance drawn at random",
      ": the selection of competitors in a sports event",
      ": the arrangement of competitors in a sporting event by order drawn",
      ": a card drawn to replace a discard in poker",
      ": the movable part of a drawbridge",
      ": a contest left undecided or deadlocked : tie",
      ": one that draws attention or patronage (see patronage sense 4 ) : attraction",
      ": the distance from the string to the back of a drawn bow (see bow entry 3 sense 2 )",
      ": the force required to draw a bow fully",
      ": a gully shallower than a ravine",
      ": the deal in draw poker to improve the players' hands after discarding",
      ": a play that simulates a pass play so a runner can go straight up the middle past the pass rushers",
      ": a slight to moderate and usually intentional hook (see hook entry 1 sense 3 )",
      ": a face-off in ice hockey",
      ": to cause to move by pulling",
      ": to create a picture of by making lines on a surface",
      ": to bring or pull out",
      ": to move in a particular direction",
      ": to bend (a bow) by pulling back the string",
      ": to move or go slowly or steadily",
      ": attract sense 2",
      ": to get as a response",
      ": to bring or get from a source",
      ": inhale sense 1",
      ": to let air flow through",
      ": withdraw sense 1",
      ": to take or get at random",
      ": to think of after considering information",
      ": to write out in proper form",
      ": to make use of something",
      ": to come closer",
      ": to make last longer",
      ": to cause to talk freely",
      ": to bring or come to a stop",
      ": to straighten up",
      ": the act or the result of pulling out",
      ": a tie game or contest",
      ": something or someone that attracts people",
      ": to cause to move toward or localize in a surface",
      ": to cause (an unwanted element) to depart (as from the body or a lesion)",
      ": inhale",
      ": to remove the viscera of : eviscerate",
      ": to cause local congestion : induce blood or other body fluid to localize at a particular point : be effective as a blistering agent or counterirritant",
      ": to become localized",
      ": to compose by random selection",
      ": to take (money) from a place of deposit",
      ": to write and sign (a draft) in due form for use in making a demand",
      ": to write out in due form",
      ": to make a written demand for payment of money on deposit"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u022f",
      "\u02c8dr\u022f",
      "\u02c8dr\u022f"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "picture"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dead heat",
      "stalemate",
      "standoff",
      "tie"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "In many residency programs, because there are few checks and balances against the power of program directors, those who draw the ire of leadership have little recourse. \u2014 Usha Lee Mcfarling, STAT , 23 June 2022",
      "Leftover funds would go into a family account and draw interest over time. \u2014 Jeff Yass, WSJ , 22 June 2022",
      "It\u2019s these moments of the show that draw the characters of Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader even closer together. \u2014 Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022",
      "The basic concept calls for excess renewable energy to help draw a weight atop a tower or shaft. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 21 June 2022",
      "In recent years, co-owner Karen C. has stepped up the houseplant game at the family business, offering some harder-to-find plants at very reasonable prices that draw shoppers who love indoor plants. \u2014 Melanie Savage, Hartford Courant , 21 June 2022",
      "Disputes between wealthy and celebrity neighbors are a staple of Southern California life that draw tabloid attention. \u2014 Laurence Darmientostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
      "Good time to climb In traditional ski resort locations, via ferratas, along with activities like mountain biking, help draw visitors during the summer months when the terrain is safe to climb. \u2014 Sal Vaglica, USA TODAY , 18 June 2022",
      "Assaults on transit customers that are sometimes brutal and occasionally deadly draw considerable attention and have resulted in security changes by transportation districts. \u2014 Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Angelique Kerber and Simona Halep were among the first-round winners at the Bad Homburg (Germany) Open as Sabine Lisicki won a main- draw WTA Tour match for the first time since 2018 after long injury setbacks. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
      "For Hill, smaller projects proved to be a bigger draw , including the 2015 crime drama Dixieland. \u2014 Justine Browning, EW.com , 15 June 2022",
      "Rounding out the top 10 most polysemous words \u2014 each but a single syllable \u2014 are, alphabetically, cast, cut, draw , point, serve, strike, and through. \u2014 Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2022",
      "Today, the jingkieng jri are not only a big tourist draw , but also an important proof of concept for engineers and designers interested in practicing living architecture. \u2014 Anne Pinto-rodrigues, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 June 2022",
      "The world\u2019s thirst for crude oil continues to grow, as exemplified by the big, 5.1 million-barrel draw from U.S. crude inventories announced by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) last week. \u2014 David Blackmon, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
      "Junior finals at the French Open are not held on the big show court, Philippe-Chatrier, and they are scheduled on days when the main- draw finals are being played and the focus of fans is there. \u2014 Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker , 4 June 2022",
      "The higher-output version includes a 240-volt, 30-amp outlet in the bed that can be used for a variety of higher- draw needs, including charging another EV at a decent 7.2 kilowatts. \u2014 Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver , 2 June 2022",
      "According to Tipico Sportsbook, the moneyline for the UEFA Champions League final is Liverpool (+105), Real Madrid (+250), 90-minute draw (+265). \u2014 Jim Reineking, USA TODAY , 28 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1663, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-172730"
  },
  "demerit":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": offense",
      ": a quality that deserves blame or lacks merit : fault , defect",
      ": lack of merit",
      ": a mark usually entailing a loss of privilege given to an offender",
      ": a mark placed against a person's record for doing something wrong"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8mer-\u0259t",
      "d\u0113-",
      "-\u02c8me-r\u0259t",
      "d\u0113-\u02c8mer-\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dereliction",
      "failing",
      "fault",
      "foible",
      "frailty",
      "shortcoming",
      "sin",
      "vice",
      "want",
      "weakness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "merit",
      "virtue"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Students are given demerits if they arrive late for classes.",
      "as a typist she has the advantage of speed but the demerit of inaccuracy",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The drivetrain in the MX-30 feels detuned, maybe to stretch the range of its small battery pack, which leads us to our next performance demerit . \u2014 Elana Scherr, Car and Driver , 4 Oct. 2021",
      "The people who put together securitizations \u2013 who pay attention to every little demerit in the rating process \u2013 might not like the fact that the securitization process devalues New York loans. \u2014 Joshua Stein, Forbes , 27 Sep. 2021",
      "The largest network of charter schools in Chicago ended a demerit system that cracked down on small infractions and, in a letter to alumni, apologized for its harsh discipline policies. \u2014 Bob Fernandez, ProPublica , 10 June 2021",
      "In the ever-intense competition to attract businesses, restrictive healthcare laws such as SB 8 could be a decisive demerit . \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 7 Sep. 2021",
      "Two of the man\u2019s supervisors had resigned, Zhang wrote, and the company\u2019s chief human resources officer Judy Tong \u2014 one of 13 senior leaders \u2014 had been given a demerit . \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Aug. 2021",
      "So count a predictable rise in pig injuries and deaths as a demerit for Proposition 12 \u2014 and a cost to farmers and consumers. \u2014 Will Swaim, National Review , 9 Aug. 2021",
      "As another demerit , HSA contributions are capped, for 2021, at $3,600 for singles and $7,200 for families, plus an extra $1,000 for people 55 and up. \u2014 Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic , 5 July 2021",
      "According to the 2019-20 student handbook, for instance, a student who accrues more than 50 demerit points in a year risks earning less than the full scholarship amount for that year. \u2014 Bob Fernandez, ProPublica , 10 June 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French demerite , from Medieval Latin demeritum , from neuter of demeritus , past participle of demer\u0113re to be undeserving of, from Latin, to earn, from de- + mer\u0113re to merit",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-172901"
  },
  "deadlock":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill",
      ": a tie score",
      ": a situation in which a disagreement cannot be ended because neither side will give in",
      ": to be unable to end a disagreement because neither side will give in",
      ": a state of inaction resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions: as",
      ": the state of a jury unable to agree on a verdict \u2014 see also allen charge",
      ": impasse",
      ": a state in which corporate directors are unable to perform their functions because of shareholder voting"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ded-\u02ccl\u00e4k",
      "\u02c8ded-\u02ccl\u00e4k",
      "\u02c8ded-\u02ccl\u00e4k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "gridlock",
      "halt",
      "impasse",
      "logjam",
      "Mexican standoff",
      "stalemate",
      "standoff",
      "standstill"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "City councilors reached a deadlock over the law.",
      "His goal broke a 3\u20133 deadlock .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Iftikhar denied Khan\u2019s assertion that the army chief of staff, Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, had offered to help mediate in his deadlock with the opposition. \u2014 NBC News , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "The jury had signaled its deadlock on some charges earlier in the day, but returned to deliberations when urged to do so by the judge. \u2014 Michael Liedtke, Anchorage Daily News , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "First, to avoid another years-long deadlock , his successor decreed that the cardinals be locked up together until a new pope is chosen. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 7 June 2022",
      "The deadlock had the effect of disqualifying the candidates from appearing on the primary ballot. \u2014 Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press , 2 June 2022",
      "Iraq\u2019s parliament passed sweeping legislation this week that would broaden the crime of normalizing ties with Israel, in a rare show of solidarity amid an eight-month political deadlock . \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
      "In the bottom of the sixth inning, Smaldino ended a 1-1 deadlock with an RBI single off Notre Dame ace Cole Clark to score Owen Fuller, who had tripled. \u2014 Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
      "The current political deadlock has also already led to a partial blockade of Libya\u2019s oil facilities, slashing the country\u2019s main source of foreign revenue in half. \u2014 Tamara Qiblawi, CNN , 18 May 2022",
      "Unfortunately, the summit highlighted the strategic deadlock that has challenged America\u2019s regional diplomacy during the Biden era. \u2014 Walter Russell Mead, WSJ , 16 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1779, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-173511"
  },
  "decor":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a stage setting",
      ": decoration sense 2",
      ": the style and layout of interior furnishings"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0101-\u02c8k\u022fr",
      "di-\u02c8k\u022fr",
      "\u02c8de-\u02cck\u022fr",
      "\u02c8d\u0101-\u02cck\u022fr"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
      "scene",
      "scenery",
      "set"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The store offers a lot in home decor .",
      "a minimalist approach has been taken with the stage decor for this production of the play",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Check out Etsy for tons of one-of-a-kind bedroom decor . \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 23 June 2022",
      "While a few pieces of the patio decor were shipped from Mexico, most, like the multicolored wood dining table that Susan painted, came from no further away than World Market. \u2014 Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News , 23 June 2022",
      "The wish list includes donations of new and gently used home decor ; bedding, kitchen and bath accessories; small furniture in good condition; books, lamps, curtains and rods; TVs with stands and remotes; and kitchen trash bins. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 June 2022",
      "All of the decor was white, including the florals, the lighting, and table settings. \u2014 Alexandra Macon, Vogue , 3 June 2022",
      "For example, the glass canisters with wood lids can decorate a kitchen counter or occupy open shelves as pieces of functional decor . \u2014 Amanda Lauren, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
      "Plus, these easy-to-make flower pots double as a great 4th of July decor ! \u2014 Hannah Jeon, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022",
      "For: Someone who has a knack for home decor and wants to help others create their dream homes. \u2014 Nicol Natale, Woman's Day , 13 June 2022",
      "Hsu is taking her exacting eye for decor to a larger, shoppable stage\u2014and one that can suit more than minimalists. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 18 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French d\u00e9cor , from d\u00e9corer to decorate, from Latin decorare ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-173609"
  },
  "defer":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": put off , delay",
      ": to postpone induction of (a person) into military service",
      ": to delegate to another",
      ": to submit to another's wishes, opinion, or governance usually through deference or respect",
      ": to put off to a future time : postpone",
      ": to give in or yield to the opinion or wishes of another"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8f\u0259r",
      "di-\u02c8f\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "delay",
      "hold off (on)",
      "hold over",
      "hold up",
      "lay over",
      "postpone",
      "put off",
      "put over",
      "remit",
      "shelve"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb (1)",
      "Backers say the arrangement will make patients more cost-conscious and judicious in their use of medical service, thus restraining health-cost increases; critics say it will cause patients to defer needed treatment and will be attractive only to younger, healthier workers. \u2014 Wall Street Journal , 9 Jan. 2006",
      "A far stronger signal came when the draft was revived, shortly before the United States entered World War II. Although married men with families were eligible for induction, in many cases up to the age of forty, high school students were automatically deferred . \u2014 Thomas Hine , American Heritage , September 1999",
      "The decision was deferred for a time. John didn't want to do anything drastic until after October \u2026 \u2014 Joe Klein , Payback , 1984",
      "Verb (2)",
      "But in 1775, when William chose loyalty to empire over deference to his father, Franklin abruptly, angrily, and permanently broke with his son. Despite having defied his own father (in leaving Boston), Franklin pulled patriarchal rank to demand that his son defer to his politics: \"there are natural duties which precede political ones, and cannot be extinguished by them.\" \u2014 Alan Taylor , New Republic , 13 Jan. 2003",
      "Israelis can be harsh with each other, but they defer to the security guards who check their backpacks at the mall entrances. They put their faith in the Army. \u2014 David Brooks , Newsweek , 22 Oct. 2001",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The CARES Act offered a forbearance option, allowing borrowers to defer payments during the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 Tamaryn Waters, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "The state controller\u2019s office offers a tax postponement program that allows older homeowners to defer property tax payments if their household earns less than $45,810 annually and have at least 40% equity in the home. \u2014 Ben Poston, Los Angeles Times , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "The terms of the loan required the Trump Hotel to start repayments on the principal in 2018, but the terms were revised that year to allow the Trump Hotel to defer those payments by six years. \u2014 Katelyn Polantz, CNN , 8 Oct. 2021",
      "But for those facing a cash crunch, the company put up nearly $1 billion to allow franchise owners to defer rent and royalty payments until their business returned, a luxury few other restaurant owners enjoy. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Dec. 2020",
      "But for those facing a cash crunch, the company put up nearly $1 billion to allow franchise owners to defer rent and royalty payments until their business returned, a luxury few other restaurant owners enjoy. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 16 Dec. 2020",
      "Don't let anyone else boss you around, but don't defer to unwarranted anxiety, either. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 22 May 2022",
      "Supreme Court precedent required judges to defer to the FCC on whether broadband should be classified as an information service or a telecommunications service. \u2014 Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica , 5 May 2022",
      "The Constitution is not a genie that grants wishes, and the Supreme Court is not there to defer to what any majority demands. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 3 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb (1)",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb (2)",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-180700"
  },
  "dismission":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to permit or cause to leave",
      ": to remove from position or service : discharge",
      ": to reject serious consideration of",
      ": to put out of judicial consideration : refuse to hear or hear further in court",
      ": to put out (a batsman) in cricket",
      ": to allow or cause to leave",
      ": to remove from a job or position",
      ": to decide not to think about",
      ": to remove from position or service",
      ": to bring about or order the dismissal of (an action)",
      ": to bring about or order a dismissal"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8mis",
      "dis-\u02c8mis"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ax",
      "axe",
      "bounce",
      "can",
      "cashier",
      "discharge",
      "fire",
      "muster out",
      "pink-slip",
      "release",
      "remove",
      "retire",
      "sack",
      "terminate",
      "turn off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "employ",
      "engage",
      "hire",
      "retain",
      "sign (up ",
      "take on"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "I don't think we should dismiss the matter lightly.",
      "The students were dismissed early because of the snowstorm.",
      "Several employees were recently dismissed .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The other, former chief White House strategist Stephen Bannon, is set to face trial July 18 after a judge on Wednesday refused to dismiss his indictment. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
      "The other, former chief White House strategist Stephen K. Bannon, is set to face trial July 18 after a judge on Wednesday refused to dismiss his indictment. \u2014 Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
      "In December, a federal judge refused to dismiss an earlier indictment charging four alleged leaders of the far-right Proud Boys with conspiracy. \u2014 Michael Kunzelman, Chicago Tribune , 6 June 2022",
      "In December, a federal judge refused to dismiss an earlier indictment charging four alleged leaders of the far-right Proud Boys with conspiracy. \u2014 Michael Kunzelman, chicagotribune.com , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "In December, a federal judge refused to dismiss an earlier indictment charging four alleged leaders of the far-right Proud Boys with conspiracy. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "In December, a federal judge refused to dismiss an earlier indictment charging four alleged leaders of the far-right Proud Boys with conspiracy. \u2014 Michael Kunzelman, sun-sentinel.com , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Another federal judge also refused to dismiss charges this week against four men accused of leading the Proud Boys, including Joseph Biggs, an Ormond Beach organizer of the far-right nationalist group. \u2014 Monivette Cordeiro, orlandosentinel.com , 3 Jan. 2022",
      "Misdemeanor charges against Denver Broncos wide receiver Jerry Jeudy were dropped Tuesday after a judge granted a motion to dismiss from the Arapahoe County District Attorney's office. \u2014 Parker Gabriel, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, modification of Latin dimissus , past participle of dimittere , from dis- + mittere to send",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-181730"
  },
  "disagreeably":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": causing discomfort : unpleasant , offensive",
      ": marked by ill temper : peevish",
      ": unpleasant",
      ": difficult to get along with"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8gr\u0113-\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "\u02ccdi-s\u0259-\u02c8gr\u0113-\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "acid",
      "bearish",
      "bilious",
      "bloody-minded",
      "cantankerous",
      "dyspeptic",
      "ill-humored",
      "ill-natured",
      "ill-tempered",
      "ornery",
      "splenetic",
      "surly"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "amiable",
      "good-humored",
      "good-natured",
      "good-tempered"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The medicine had a disagreeable taste.",
      "the disagreeable odor of the garbage",
      "I've never known her to be so disagreeable .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But the First Amendment does not guarantee freedom from religion or freedom from disagreeable speech. \u2014 WSJ , 15 May 2022",
      "The sessions will help people to break down barriers and learn how to disagree without being disagreeable . \u2014 Hartford Courant , 10 May 2022",
      "Best of luck to our athletes, who are sentenced to performing in whichever country the endlessly disagreeable International Olympic Committee chooses. \u2014 Daniel Henninger, WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "These are just a couple of the many studies that have shown polyols can be disagreeable to the gut if 20 grams or more are eaten in a single sitting. \u2014 Patrick Wilson, Outside Online , 7 Aug. 2020",
      "But be prepared for the disagreeable process of replacing early-stage employees with those who are more comfortable with, and qualified for, your new scale. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "Their refusal Tuesday to remove him from office brings to an end a dramatic and disagreeable chapter in the state\u2019s political history, though the clashes sparked by the recall election will surely persist into next year and beyond. \u2014 John Myers, Los Angeles Times , 15 Sep. 2021",
      "Accepting the sometimes unpleasant or disagreeable facts of a situation is a struggle requiring patience, determination and emotional intelligence. \u2014 Svetlana Whitener, Forbes , 14 Sep. 2021",
      "The wreck probably harbors a sponge that looks like snot and smells disagreeable but almost certainly contains a previously untapped reservoir of chemical molecules. \u2014 Peter Andrey Smith, STAT , 10 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-182353"
  },
  "denigrative":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to attack the reputation of : defame",
      ": to deny the importance or validity of : belittle"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-ni-\u02ccgr\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bad-mouth",
      "belittle",
      "cry down",
      "decry",
      "deprecate",
      "depreciate",
      "derogate",
      "diminish",
      "dis",
      "diss",
      "discount",
      "dismiss",
      "disparage",
      "kiss off",
      "minimize",
      "play down",
      "poor-mouth",
      "put down",
      "run down",
      "talk down",
      "trash",
      "trash-talk",
      "vilipend",
      "write off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "acclaim",
      "applaud",
      "exalt",
      "extol",
      "extoll",
      "glorify",
      "laud",
      "magnify",
      "praise"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Her story denigrates him as a person and as a teacher.",
      "No one is trying to denigrate the importance of a good education. We all know that it is crucial for success.",
      "denigrating the talents and achievements of women",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Republicans never miss an opportunity to denigrate Mr. Biden. \u2014 WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "Trump has repeatedly used Fauci's old remarks, such as urging people not to wear masks in the beginning of the pandemic because experts were afraid medical workers would run out of supplies, in an effort to denigrate the health official. \u2014 Mike Brest, Washington Examiner , 13 Oct. 2020",
      "Other memes use tropes and discredited data to denigrate the intelligence of non-white people. \u2014 Ben Collins, NBC News , 15 May 2022",
      "Those that seek to denigrate the erstwhile pursuit of the AI Confinement Problem are missing the bigger picture. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
      "To be clear, the rat reference wasn\u2019t meant to denigrate the caliber of candidates lining up to compete for the nomination. \u2014 Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "In France, Macron\u2019s opponents will continue to try to denigrate him, but the reality is that the centre has held, and this is ultimately good news for France and for Europe. \u2014 Mike O'sullivan, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Opponents of the initiative see it as an attempt to denigrate the LBTQ community. \u2014 al , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "In theory, that would allow the board to act more quickly when doctors denigrate COVID-19 vaccines and endorse unproved treatments, among other things. \u2014 Karen Kaplan Science And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 15 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin denigratus , past participle of denigrare , from de- + nigrare to blacken, from nigr-, niger black",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1526, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-182416"
  },
  "dissimilarly":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": not the same or similar : different or unalike",
      ": different sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)di(s)-\u02c8si-m\u0259-l\u0259r",
      "-\u02c8sim-l\u0259r",
      "di-\u02c8si-m\u0259-l\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "different",
      "disparate",
      "distant",
      "distinct",
      "distinctive",
      "distinguishable",
      "diverse",
      "nonidentical",
      "other",
      "unalike",
      "unlike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "alike",
      "identical",
      "indistinguishable",
      "kin",
      "kindred",
      "like",
      "parallel",
      "same",
      "similar"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The two movies are very dissimilar .",
      "The writers have dissimilar backgrounds.",
      "The question is not dissimilar to one asked earlier.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Instead, Season Three takes a more grounded and low-key approach to redefining Viktor, in a manner not dissimilar to how a legal procedural or workplace comedy might have addressed the issue. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 23 June 2022",
      "In Alameda County across the bay, Yesenia Sanchez is poised to win her race for sheriff without facing a runoff, despite espousing progressive reforms not dissimilar from Boudin\u2019s. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
      "The event itself, a curious mix of team and individual competitions, drew a crowd not dissimilar to other golf events, with many spectators dressed in golf attire and largely middle-aged or retired. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
      "The vascular malformation pushed against a nerve, not dissimilar to sciatica. \u2014 Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune , 3 June 2022",
      "After some hesitation and more calls with Cruise, Powell accepted the part Of Hangman, a foil turned friend not dissimilar to Val Kilmer\u2019s Iceman in the 1986 original. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022",
      "Not entirely dissimilar to mindfulness, the power of active listening cannot be ignored. \u2014 Dylan Taylor, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
      "In the process, Team Biden has carved out a line on China that\u2019s not altogether dissimilar from Trump\u2019s, positioning manufacturing and industrial innovation as a zero-sum contest. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 10 May 2022",
      "Not dissimilar to the flair of Puerto Rico\u2019s Ricky Martin, Iglesias, who turns 47 today, cultivated a look during the decade that was all about leather pants, silky button-up shirts, and tight tees with sternum-baring deep Vs. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 8 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1599, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-183308"
  },
  "dazed":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": unable to think clearly or act normally due to injury, shock, bewilderment, fatigue, etc.",
      ": characteristic of one who is dazed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101zd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "addle",
      "addled",
      "addlepated",
      "bedeviled",
      "befogged",
      "befuddled",
      "bemused",
      "bewildered",
      "bushed",
      "confounded",
      "confused",
      "distracted",
      "dizzy",
      "dopey",
      "dopy",
      "fogged",
      "mixed-up",
      "muddleheaded",
      "muzzy",
      "pixilated",
      "pixillated",
      "punch-drunk",
      "punchy",
      "raddled",
      "shell-shocked",
      "silly",
      "slaphappy",
      "spaced-out",
      "spaced",
      "spacey",
      "spacy",
      "stunned",
      "stupefied",
      "zonked",
      "zonked-out"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "clearheaded"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The photographs showed Weinstein wearing a T-shirt and looking dazed , tubes dangling by his side. \u2014 Ken Auletta, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
      "At Carl\u2019s table, Lucas is drawn to Carl\u2019s eldest daughter, Anna (Vic Carmen Sonne), but appears dazed and seems to have forgotten how to pray. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 24 May 2022",
      "Smart was ruled out about two hours before tipoff because of a quadriceps contusion, but Boston\u2019s defense stood tall without the NBA Defensive Player of the Year, and the Celtics used a barrage of first-half 3-pointers to leave Milwaukee dazed . \u2014 Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com , 3 May 2022",
      "The few people who were around wandered amid the debris with dazed expressions, resembling the survivors of a natural catastrophe. \u2014 Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
      "In the film\u2019s last scene, a dazed McKay tries to steal a quiet moment with Lucas away from his cheering supporters. \u2014 Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Some collapsed, dazed and losing large amounts of blood. \u2014 Paige Williams, The New Yorker , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Vishegirskaya, wearing polka dot pajamas and looking dazed , emerged almost unscathed from the hospital airstrike. \u2014 Lori Hinnant And Mstyslav Chernov, BostonGlobe.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Brevard was charged with slamming a hotel worker\u2019s head into a wall, before crawling on top of the dazed woman and trying to smother her with a hand, according to a police report. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-183455"
  },
  "deconvolution":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": simplification of a complex signal (as instrumental data) usually by removal of instrument noise"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" de- + convolution ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-184403"
  },
  "demimonde":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a class of women on the fringes of respectable society supported by wealthy lovers",
      ": their world",
      ": the world of prostitution",
      ": a distinct circle or world that is often an isolated part of a larger world",
      ": one having low reputation or prestige"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-mi-\u02ccm\u00e4nd",
      "\u02c8de-m\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "demiworld",
      "half-world",
      "netherworld",
      "underbelly",
      "underworld"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a documentary examining the demimonde to which homosexuals were relegated before the start of the gay rights movement",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Tokyo Vice adapts the memoir of a U.S. journalist who covered the Japanese capital\u2019s criminal demimonde in the late 1990s. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Leviss joined the Vanderpump demimonde in season 5 as Kennedy\u2019s new girlfriend. \u2014 Bethy Squires, Vulture , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "Tango, a style of music as well as dance, had stories to tell besides those of the Buenos Aires demimonde : love stories, stories of social action. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 June 2021",
      "Finger and Weber talk for an hour or so, spelunking deep into the demimonde with convivial delight. \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 31 May 2021",
      "Runyon\u2019s sense of the racing demimonde , though, promises deeper pleasures on offer. \u2014 Max Watman, WSJ , 28 May 2021",
      "With the help of Sonny\u2019s ex-partner, Marty MacChicken, a gun-loving agitator with keen intuition who plays the straight man to the sad-sack and dryly comedic Sonny, the Chicken Police delve into Clawville\u2019s demimonde . \u2014 Washington Post , 21 May 2021",
      "Shawishes are the primary brokers between the demimonde of refugees and the aid workers, municipal officials, employers, security agents, and journalists who interact with them. \u2014 Alexander Dziadosz, Harper's Magazine , 27 Oct. 2020",
      "In its day, Cristina\u2019s work was very much a product of its demimonde . \u2014 Jon Caramanica, New York Times , 5 Apr. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French demi-monde , from demi- + monde world, from Latin mundus ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1855, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-184545"
  },
  "depict":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to represent by or as if by a picture",
      ": describe sense 1",
      ": to represent by a picture",
      ": to describe in words"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8pikt",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8pikt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "delineate",
      "describe",
      "draw",
      "image",
      "limn",
      "paint",
      "picture",
      "portray",
      "render",
      "set out",
      "sketch"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Makda Kibour and Leslie Rose depict different subjects in different media, but both have an affinity for structure. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
      "His war photographs depict individuals in extreme conditions and bear witness to acts of incredible heroism as well as brutality. \u2014 Vogue , 27 May 2022",
      "But this is the Stanley Cup playoffs and this is Canada, where five-dollar bills depict children playing pond hockey, and where the Battle of Alberta stamped the \u201980s with thrilling games and rollicking punch-ups. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
      "The official noted these reports depict a small narrative amongst the ranks and it is not believed to be an overwhelming factor prohibiting Russia\u2019s progression in Ukraine. \u2014 Caitlin Mcfall, Fox News , 13 May 2022",
      "The giant glyphs may depict spirits of the underworld and have been dated to the first millennium AD. \u2014 CNN , 4 May 2022",
      "The shows also depict characters desiring, and forming, deep connections with their work and co-workers. \u2014 Ray A. Smith, WSJ , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Some would depict a pie with different slices showing where each penny went: 50 cents to suppliers, 4 cents to shareholders, 10 cents to taxes, and so on. \u2014 Rick Wartzman, Fortune , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Chapels and art all over Europe depict St. Valentine and his mystical healing powers, but St. Valentine's legacy has been enshrined as a day for people to celebrate romantic love. \u2014 Michelle Shen, USA TODAY , 11 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin depictus , past participle of depingere , from de- + pingere to paint \u2014 more at paint ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-185334"
  },
  "dilate (on ":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to talk about (a subject) for a long time"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-190339"
  },
  "denotation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an act or process of denoting",
      ": meaning",
      ": a direct specific meaning as distinct from an implied or associated idea",
      ": a denoting term : name",
      ": sign , indication",
      ": the totality of things to which a term is applicable especially in logic \u2014 compare connotation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113-n\u014d-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "appellation",
      "appellative",
      "cognomen",
      "compellation",
      "denomination",
      "designation",
      "handle",
      "moniker",
      "monicker",
      "name",
      "nomenclature",
      "title"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The word has one literal denotation but several different connotations.",
      "The definition provides the word's denotation ."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see denote ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1532, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-191303"
  },
  "dilute":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": attenuate",
      ": to make thinner or more liquid by admixture",
      ": to diminish the strength, flavor, or brilliance of (something) by or as if by admixture",
      ": to decrease the per share value of ( common stock ) by increasing the total number of shares",
      ": weak , diluted",
      ": to make thinner or more liquid by adding something",
      ": to make thinner or more liquid by admixture",
      ": of relatively low strength or concentration",
      ": to cause dilution of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u012b-\u02c8l\u00fct",
      "d\u0259-",
      "d\u012b-\u02c8l\u00fct",
      "d\u0259-",
      "d\u012b-\u02c8l\u00fct, d\u0259-",
      "d\u012b-\u02c8l\u00fct, d\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "adulterate",
      "cut",
      "extend",
      "lace",
      "sophisticate",
      "thin",
      "water down",
      "weaken"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "diluted",
      "thin",
      "thinned",
      "washy",
      "watery",
      "weak",
      "weakened"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "You can dilute the medicine with water.",
      "The hiring of the new CEO diluted the power of the company's president.",
      "diluting the quality of our products",
      "Adjective",
      "a dilute solution of acid",
      "a dilute acid that's safe to handle in the classroom",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Here and there, so may remedial sophistications, which, by making offenses more unbearable in the present, dilute their virulence bit by bit in times ahead. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "The film's premise is ingenious: the concept of the Matrix, and the One who can control and manipulate it, is so powerful, that the system had to figure out how to dilute it. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 23 Dec. 2021",
      "The employees also allege that Starbucks has attempted to dilute support for the union by more than doubling the number of staff at one of the voting stores. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "Part of the purpose of an asset allocation is to dilute the impact of each asset class by limiting both the upside and downside impact of the investments. \u2014 Mark Kantrowitz, Forbes , 14 Nov. 2021",
      "The union also accuses the company of seeking to dilute its support by transferring in or hiring a significant number of additional workers at two of the three stores that will be voting. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "The commission's voting rights attorney Bruce Adelson has told the commission that the current districts dilute the voting strength of Black voters by packing them into a small number of districts. \u2014 Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press , 20 Oct. 2021",
      "Victory would only temporarily quiet younger Democrats seeking more aggressive attempts to dilute Republican power by ending the filibuster, expanding the Supreme Court and adding Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia as new states. \u2014 John Harwood, CNN , 26 Sep. 2021",
      "Brown said families should not dilute formula with more water, as that eliminates some nutrients babies need for development. \u2014 Ana Roc\u00edo \u00c1lvarez Br\u00ed\u00f1ez, The Courier-Journal , 25 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "For example, Wilson\u2019s team is exploring whether dilute acids speed up weathering. \u2014 Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS , 3 Sep. 2020",
      "The company reported a net loss during the first quarter of $3.9 million, or 11 cents diluted loss per share, compared to a net income of $4.3 million, or 12 cents dilute earnings per share over the same period last year. \u2014 Paul Takahashi, Houston Chronicle , 5 June 2018",
      "Tests pick it up even in dilute wastewater,'' the story reports. \u2014 Bob Warren, NOLA.com , 15 Apr. 2018",
      "Of the plants previously watered with very dilute vinegar, 70 percent survived while almost none of those that were given other acids or only water did. \u2014 Carolyln Wilke, sacbee , 30 June 2017",
      "A dilute sample is when a player drinks so much water, the urine test administered is ineffective because of the excess water consumption. \u2014 Doug Lesmerises, cleveland.com , 16 May 2017",
      "Dallas Cowboys Bob\u2019s pick: Jabril Peppers, DB/LB, Michigan Comment: A dilute sample on a drug test might cause some teams pause about Peppers. \u2014 Jayson Jenks, The Seattle Times , 27 Apr. 2017",
      "Cincinnati: LB Reuben Foster, Alabama (6-0, 229) \u2014 A dilute sample at the combine? \u2014 Jerry Mcdonald, The Mercury News , 26 Apr. 2017",
      "These works contained a very dilute formaldehyde solution that was contained within sealed tanks. \u2014 Christopher D. Shea, New York Times , 21 Apr. 2016"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "circa 1575, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "1605, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-191337"
  },
  "doughy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": resembling dough : such as",
      ": not thoroughly baked",
      ": unhealthily pale : pasty"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u014d-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ashen",
      "ashy",
      "blanched",
      "cadaverous",
      "livid",
      "lurid",
      "mealy",
      "pale",
      "paled",
      "pallid",
      "pasty",
      "peaked",
      "wan"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "blooming",
      "florid",
      "flush",
      "full-blooded",
      "glowing",
      "red",
      "rosy",
      "rubicund",
      "ruddy",
      "sanguine"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "High humidity can make your loaves turn out doughy .",
      "she worried that her husband was very ill when she saw his doughy complexion",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Figure-eight-shaped Philly soft pretzels, dense and doughy and served straight from the oven in take-home paper bags. \u2014 Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine , 29 Apr. 2020",
      "The thick and doughy crust was one of our faves, but the sauce and cheese are understated. \u2014 cleveland , 10 Mar. 2020",
      "In countries like Ghana, a doughy mush of cassava (or plantains or yams) called fufu goes with most meals. \u2014 Popular Science , 20 Apr. 2020",
      "And, for the Aldi pizza, the comments were all about the crust, which everyone thought was too doughy . \u2014 Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 Feb. 2020",
      "At the same time, however, the menu includes a Sicilian slice \u2014 a thick, doughy chunk of pizza saturated with tomatoes and olive oil that\u2019s a dead ringer for old-school East Coast Italian deli pizza. \u2014 Dominic Armato, azcentral , 27 Jan. 2020",
      "The stuffed falafel wrap ($12.50) could not be contained, in spite of being wrapped securely in a tortilla instead of a Middle Eastern flatbread (anyway, the falafel was too doughy ). \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 21 Jan. 2020",
      "Nearly two decades ago, Nursultan Nazarbayev, the then- doughy dictator of Kazakhstan, came hat-in-hand to the George W. Bush White House, desperate to make a deal. \u2014 Casey Michel, The New Republic , 6 Jan. 2020",
      "Bake for 20 minutes, then remove the foil. Bake for another 15 to 20 minutes until the top is golden brown and the inside is cooked through, with no doughy pockets (use a butter knife to check out the middle). \u2014 Katie Workman, NBC News , 23 Dec. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1693, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-191440"
  },
  "desert(s)":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": arid land with usually sparse vegetation",
      ": such land having a very warm climate and receiving less than 25 centimeters (10 inches) of sporadic rainfall annually",
      ": an area of water apparently devoid of life",
      ": a desolate or forbidding area",
      ": a wild uninhabited and uncultivated tract",
      ": desolate and sparsely occupied or unoccupied",
      ": of or relating to a desert (see desert entry 1 )",
      ": forsaken",
      ": to withdraw from or leave usually without intent to return",
      ": to leave in the lurch",
      ": to abandon (military service) without leave",
      ": to quit one's post, allegiance , or service without leave or justification",
      ": to abandon military duty without leave and without intent to return",
      ": deserved reward or punishment",
      ": the quality or fact of meriting reward or punishment",
      ": excellence , worth",
      ": a dry land with few plants and little rainfall",
      ": a reward or punishment that a person deserves",
      ": to leave usually without intending to return",
      ": to leave a person or a thing that one should stay with",
      ": to fail in time of need"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-z\u0259rt",
      "\u02c8de-z\u0259rt",
      "di-\u02c8z\u0259rt",
      "di-\u02c8z\u0259rt",
      "\u02c8de-z\u0259rt",
      "di-\u02c8z\u0259rt",
      "di-\u02c8z\u0259rt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "barren",
      "desolation",
      "heath",
      "no-man's-land",
      "waste",
      "wasteland"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "defect (from)",
      "rat (on)"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1) and Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1603, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-191738"
  },
  "deck":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a platform in a ship serving usually as a structural element and forming the floor for its compartments",
      ": something resembling the deck of a ship: such as",
      ": a story or tier of a building (such as a sports stadium)",
      ": the roadway of a bridge",
      ": a flat floored roofless area adjoining a house",
      ": the lid of the compartment at the rear of the body of an automobile",
      ": the compartment",
      ": a layer of clouds",
      ": a pack of playing cards",
      ": a packet of narcotics",
      ": tape deck",
      ": a collection of visual or photographic slides presented usually one after another as a slideshow",
      ": ready for duty",
      ": next in line : next in turn",
      ": cover",
      ": to clothe in a striking or elegant manner : array",
      ": decorate",
      ": to portray or present with embellishments",
      ": to furnish with or as if with a deck",
      ": to knock down forcibly : floor",
      ": a floor that goes from one side of a ship to the other",
      ": something like the deck of a ship",
      ": a pack of playing cards",
      ": to dress or decorate especially in a fancy way",
      "[ deck entry 1 ]",
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dek",
      "\u02c8dek"
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    "synonyms":[
      "balcony",
      "sundeck",
      "terrace"
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      "adorn",
      "array",
      "beautify",
      "bedeck",
      "bedizen",
      "blazon",
      "caparison",
      "decorate",
      "do",
      "do up",
      "doll up",
      "drape",
      "dress",
      "embellish",
      "emblaze",
      "emboss",
      "enrich",
      "fancify",
      "fancy up",
      "festoon",
      "garnish",
      "glitz (up)",
      "grace",
      "gussy up",
      "ornament",
      "pretty (up)",
      "trim"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "There are four sets of entries that, across two rows of the puzzle, contain the name of a suit from a deck of playing cards. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
      "His proposal will work about as well as moving furniture around on the deck of the Titanic. \u2014 Andrew Deangelo, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "For example, Miranda points to Cruise\u2019s catapult launch from the deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt. \u2014 Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times , 5 June 2022",
      "Earlier, large crates had been photographed on the deck of a Soviet vessel steaming toward Cuba. \u2014 John Kelly, Washington Post , 4 June 2022",
      "Through his videos, many of which were recorded on the deck of his home with a mug of coffee never too far away, Liu walks viewers through basic calisthenics, and if even the basics are too hard, well, no prob. \u2014 Sean Clancy, Arkansas Online , 30 May 2022",
      "Visitors of the Pacific Northwest can enjoy a soothing sail with views of the Seattle skyline and Puget Sound on board a vintage 87-foot yacht or celebrate a special occasion from the deck of a 150-guest party boat. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 26 May 2022",
      "Just three months ago, Serhii Pozniak, chairman of the Ukrainian financial services firm FinStream, was perched on the deck of a yacht in the Caribbean at sunset, barefoot in his swimming trunks. \u2014 Vivienne Walt, Fortune , 25 May 2022",
      "Cast and filmmakers of the sequel paid tribute to the film\u2019s local legacy by holding its world premiere on the deck of the USS Midway on May 4. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Bethlehem\u2019s business owners deck their windows with fanciful displays in this friendly competition. \u2014 Lea Lane, Forbes , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "There's no better time than Valentine's Day to deck out your tiered tray with dollar-store finds. \u2014 Sarah Lemire, Better Homes & Gardens , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "Klitschko came off the canvas that night to deck the British champion before ultimately being stopped by the younger fighter. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Klitschko came off the canvas that night to deck the British champion before ultimately being stopped by the younger fighter. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Magic of Lights display featuring more than 2 million lights will deck out American Family Field's grounds this holiday season 2. \u2014 Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 Nov. 2021",
      "This Celebration home is quite the sight to behold \u2014 both the house itself and all of the myriad decorations that deck the porch and lawn. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "The holidays are a time to celebrate \u2014 to deck the halls and lay out some holiday treats for your guests. \u2014 Michael Plummer, Forbes , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "And of course one person\u2019s new discovery will occasionally be another\u2019s old favorite\u2014but that said, here\u2019s a handful of albums worth queuing up for, followed by a custom playlist of more recent songs to deck your halls. \u2014 Corey Seymour, Vogue , 3 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1509, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1513, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-192112"
  },
  "durn":{
    "type":[
      "adjective or adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": damned"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259rn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-192244"
  },
  "demiworld":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": demimonde sense 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-m\u0113-\u02ccw\u0259rld"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "demimonde",
      "half-world",
      "netherworld",
      "underbelly",
      "underworld"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a runaway teenager who ended up in the demiworld of street prostitution"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1862, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-192758"
  },
  "distinguishing":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to perceive a difference in : mentally separate",
      ": to mark as separate or different",
      ": to separate into kinds, classes, or categories",
      ": to make noteworthy or remarkable : to give prominence or distinction (see distinction sense 4 ) to",
      ": characterize",
      ": discern",
      ": to single out : take special notice of",
      ": to perceive a difference",
      ": to recognize one thing from others by some mark or quality",
      ": to hear or see clearly",
      ": to know the difference",
      ": to set apart as different or special",
      ": to identify or explain differences in or from"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sti\u014b-(g)wish",
      "di-\u02c8sti\u014b-gwish"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "difference",
      "differentiate",
      "discern",
      "discriminate",
      "secern",
      "separate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "confuse",
      "mistake",
      "mix (up)"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In her practice, Holland uses the patient's suicidal ideation and energy levels to help distinguish between which diagnosis to give. \u2014 Nicole Pajer, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
      "Doctors use imaging tests to distinguish between the two and determine how to treat patients. \u2014 Aria Bendix, NBC News , 27 May 2022",
      "Patel sought to distinguish between legal routes to entry, which Britain welcomes, and the approaches by some migrants who try to enter illegally. \u2014 Jamey Keaten, ajc , 19 May 2022",
      "Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution proving that honeybees could learn to distinguish between odd and even numbers. \u2014 Joe Queenan, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
      "Still, there are a few peculiarities that may help distinguish between COVID and allergies. \u2014 Mariana Lenharo, Scientific American , 11 May 2022",
      "Justice Alito, a careful draftsman, then seemed to distinguish between the two sets of decisions. \u2014 Adam Liptak, New York Times , 8 May 2022",
      "His attorneys say Dixon's inability to distinguish between reality and fantasy in the case involving an NAU student had started to spill into the case over Bowdoin's killing. \u2014 Jacques Billeaud, The Arizona Republic , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "The partnership between Bitlipa and Evai will empower Kenyans to distinguish between secure crypto projects and scams. \u2014 Rufas Kamau, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"alteration of Middle English distinguen , from Anglo-French distinguer , from Latin distinguere , literally, to separate by pricking, from dis- + -stinguere (akin to Latin in stigare to urge on) \u2014 more at stick ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-194244"
  },
  "discriminating":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": making a distinction : distinguishing",
      ": marked by discrimination :",
      ": discerning , judicious",
      ": discriminatory"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8skri-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101-ti\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "differential",
      "discriminational",
      "discriminative",
      "discriminatory"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "nondiscriminatory"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "accused of discriminating practices in the hiring of employees",
      "a discriminating feature of poison ivy is a compound leaf with three mitten-shaped leaflets",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Sound quality matters less, although my 7-year-old has become more discriminating . \u2014 Wired , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "In terms of larval/caterpillar host plants, butterflies are more discriminating . \u2014 oregonlive , 2 Oct. 2021",
      "The antibodies are therefore more discriminating , less likely to fire in error\u2014to be triggered by a criminal cousin. \u2014 Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker , 22 Feb. 2021",
      "In a related paper published in the same issue of Nature Fratzl acknowledges the sensor\u2019s impressive level of sensitivity but calls for a more discriminating device that can better distinguish the most important vibrations from distracting noise. \u2014 Joshua A. Krisch, Scientific American , 12 Dec. 2014",
      "Her hauteur was above all else, non- discriminating . \u2014 Callahan Tormey, Town & Country , 28 Nov. 2020",
      "As the discriminator becomes more discriminating , the generative network gets trained to make photos that look more and more realistic. \u2014 Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica , 19 Nov. 2020",
      "Still, if Biden pulls through, voters can expect a much more discriminating debate about the economic impact of his policies than there has been these last four years about Trump\u2019s. \u2014 David Banks, Star Tribune , 30 Oct. 2020",
      "Either Fring knows about Lalo\u2019s super discriminating nostrils or there is a spy in the House of Salamanca. \u2014 David Segal, New York Times , 23 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1642, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-194831"
  },
  "desperate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having lost hope",
      ": giving no ground for hope",
      ": moved by despair or utter loss of hope",
      ": involving or employing extreme measures in an attempt to escape defeat or frustration",
      ": suffering extreme need or anxiety",
      ": involving extreme danger or possible disaster",
      ": of extreme intensity",
      ": shocking , outrageous",
      ": very sad and worried and with little or no hope",
      ": showing great worry and loss of hope",
      ": giving little reason to hope : causing despair",
      ": reckless because of despair : rash",
      ": very severe"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-sp(\u0259-)r\u0259t",
      "-sp\u0259rt",
      "\u02c8de-sp\u0259-r\u0259t",
      "-spr\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "despairing",
      "despondent",
      "forlorn",
      "hopeless"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "hopeful",
      "optimistic"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "An Ohio family is desperate for answers after their 17-year-old son, Ethan Liming, was brutally beaten to death near a school basketball court on June 2 \u2014 the last day of his junior year. \u2014 Audrey Conklin, Fox News , 10 June 2022",
      "Investors are desperate for good news as both the regulatory campaign and China's COVID controls weigh on tech earnings. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 6 June 2022",
      "And people who postponed cruises are now taking them, creating demand at restaurants and other attractions that would normally be desperate for visitors around this time. \u2014 Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel , 25 May 2022",
      "But de Blasio was also desperate for a way to showcase his record, which is somewhat more impressive than tends to get credit for. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 24 May 2022",
      "The Ukrainians, in particular, are desperate for these multiple-launch rocket systems. \u2014 ABC News , 22 May 2022",
      "As the formula shortage continues to roil the United States, many parents are desperate for other sources of nutrition for their infants. \u2014 Amy Joyce, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
      "But Musk's comments are a reminder that car companies are desperate for greater certainty as prices for raw materials leap and limited supplies of key components create strain. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 11 May 2022",
      "Alabama\u2019s unemployment rate for March was 2.9% and many businesses are desperate for help. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 10 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin desperatus , past participle of desperare \u2014 see despair  entry 2 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-201257"
  },
  "disregard":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to pay no attention to : treat as unworthy of regard or notice",
      ": the act of treating someone or something as unworthy of regard or notice : the state of being disregarded (see disregard entry 1 ) : neglect",
      ": to pay no attention to",
      ": the act of paying no attention to"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-ri-\u02c8g\u00e4rd",
      "\u02ccdis-ri-\u02c8g\u00e4rd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "despise",
      "flout",
      "scorn"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "apathy",
      "casualness",
      "complacence",
      "disinterestedness",
      "incuriosity",
      "incuriousness",
      "indifference",
      "insouciance",
      "nonchalance",
      "torpor",
      "unconcern"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Please disregard what I said before.",
      "He disregarded his father's advice and left school.",
      "Some students completely disregard the rules of the school.",
      "Noun",
      "They treated the rules with complete disregard .",
      "revelers firing guns in the air with complete disregard for the possible consequences",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "My instinct is to disregard his instructions and throw him under the bus for every minor setback. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "My instinct is to disregard his instructions and throw him under the bus for every minor setback. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "My instinct is to disregard his instructions and throw him under the bus for every minor setback. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "My instinct is to disregard his instructions and throw him under the bus for every minor setback. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, BostonGlobe.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "And yet there\u2019s some strange form of intellectual schizophrenia at work when some of these same executives blatantly disregard these myths and purchase new workplace surveillance tools masquerading as productivity management platforms. \u2014 Mark Settle, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Africa might seem remote from the current war in Ukraine; worse yet, some may disregard Africa as a strategic priority for the U.S. \u2014 Time , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "She was told to disregard that email, which had a slightly different email address. \u2014 cleveland , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "What White men choose to disregard comes to bear the taint of effluvium. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Nov. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The Trumpery ticket also is characterized by a disregard for ethics, another pillar of the former President's style. \u2014 Norman Eisen And Colby Galliher, CNN , 10 May 2022",
      "The disregard for securities laws \u2014 whether intentional or accidental \u2014 highlights the way billionaires and powerful individuals can skirt federal rules and even tax code to continue to build their wealth. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "His disregard for certain pressures of life and career\u2014and, by extension, my questions about them\u2014is a little bit intoxicating. \u2014 Lauren Larson, Men's Health , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "The West\u2019s fixation on the war in Ukraine stands in contrast with its tacit disregard for the situation in Afghanistan. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 1 June 2022",
      "Like Hamilton, Six cracks open the dusty history books and brings its source material up to date with unapologetic anachronism while sharing its disregard for historical accuracy in terms of casting. \u2014 Perrie Samotin, Glamour , 28 May 2022",
      "Their disregard for the law helped lay the groundwork for the insurrection of January 6th. \u2014 Adam Brewster, CBS News , 17 May 2022",
      "Other Warriors players also spoke about their disregard for the foul, but Kerr's statement about breaking the code became its own conversation. \u2014 Damichael Cole, USA TODAY , 10 May 2022",
      "Big banks never fail to show blatant disregard for the businesses that keep them functional. \u2014 orlandosentinel.com , 25 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1613, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "1659, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-202727"
  },
  "dehumanize":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deprive (someone or something) of human qualities, personality, or dignity: such as",
      ": to subject (someone, such as a prisoner) to inhuman or degrading conditions or treatment",
      ": to address or portray (someone) in a way that obscures or demeans that person's humanity or individuality",
      ": to remove or reduce human involvement or interaction in (something, such as a process or place)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8(h)y\u00fc-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "animalize",
      "bestialize",
      "brutalize"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Inspectors have observed terrible factory conditions that dehumanize workers.",
      "the dehumanizing nature of torture",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Some critics of the robots, however, argue the products dehumanize senior citizens and allow younger people to ignore their elders. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 25 May 2022",
      "As the number of assaults on Asian Americans rises, these heinous incidents have dredged up painful stereotypes used to demean and dehumanize Asian American women like me. \u2014 Anne Chow, Fortune , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "There is an ugly tendency to dehumanize one another in thoughtless, mean-spirited ways. \u2014 David D. Haynes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "By imbuing their creations with specificity, emotions and dignity, Black dollmakers resisted a racist culture that sought to dehumanize Black people\u2014and made an argument for their own humanity and that of their children. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Their acute talk, contextualized by the haunting archival footage, vividly restored, of Payne\u2019s limp body carried on a stretcher, thematically recalls the child\u2019s shackles, or how white supremacists dehumanize Black people from womb to tomb. \u2014 Robert Daniels, Los Angeles Times , 13 Jan. 2022",
      "The slur has roots in the 19th century and was largely used to dehumanize Chinese immigrant laborers and merchants. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Now is the moment for the entertainment industry to reckon with the way that large events can dehumanize their participants\u2014with deadly results. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "This tactic isn't new, but rather the latest example in a long history of court cases that criminalize and dehumanize Black victims. \u2014 Nicole Chavez, CNN , 25 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1818, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-202913"
  },
  "discommoding":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cause inconvenience to : trouble"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-k\u0259-\u02c8m\u014dd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "disoblige",
      "disturb",
      "incommode",
      "inconvenience",
      "put out",
      "trouble"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "accommodate",
      "favor",
      "oblige"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the breakdown of her car didn't discommode her seriously"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French discommoder , from dis- + commode convenient \u2014 more at commode ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1657, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-202956"
  },
  "downplay":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": play down , de-emphasize"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02ccpl\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "de-emphasize",
      "play down",
      "soft-pedal"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Athletes often downplay their injuries.",
      "he self-deprecatingly downplays his own contributions to the festival's success",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In the filing, Levine also sought to downplay the danger posed by Hensel\u2019s actions. \u2014 James Queally, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
      "Democrats earlier Wednesday sought to downplay Cornyn's concern about the two outstanding issues. \u2014 Byallison Pecorin, ABC News , 16 June 2022",
      "At the time, even as local authorities sought to downplay the influence of organized crime syndicates, mobsters from Midwest cities like Chicago, Milwaukee and Kansas City, Mo., wielded immense clout around Las Vegas. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
      "Erdogan\u2019s recent statements against the Nordic countries have been seen by some as a negotiation tactic rather than a hardened opposition to the alliance\u2019s expansion, and Washington has sought to downplay his rhetoric. \u2014 Andrew Jeong, Washington Post , 16 May 2022",
      "This is perhaps not surprising, as the French government has typically viewed commercial launch startups as competitors to Arianespace and sought to downplay their potential. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 6 May 2022",
      "Republicans, seeking to cut into Democrats\u2019 legislative supermajorities and win back the governor\u2019s office in November, have sought to downplay the ratings upgrades. \u2014 Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune , 5 May 2022",
      "Multiple Republicans asked Jackson\u2019s questions that sought to downplay the significance of the Supreme Court reversing one of its precedents. \u2014 Tierney Sneed, CNN , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "The Kremlin has sought to downplay the protests, insisting that a much broader share of Russians support the assault on Ukraine. \u2014 Dasha Litvinova, ajc , 28 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1948, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-205638"
  },
  "discount day":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the weekday when a bank discounts bills"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-211443"
  },
  "demotion":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to reduce to a lower grade or rank",
      ": to relegate to a less important position",
      ": to reduce to a lower grade or rank"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8m\u014dt",
      "\u02ccd\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8m\u014dt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break",
      "bust",
      "degrade",
      "disrate",
      "downgrade",
      "reduce"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "advance",
      "elevate",
      "promote",
      "raise"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Teachers can choose to demote a student to a lower grade.",
      "The army major was demoted to captain.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The selloff of 10 years ago reflected concern that Netflix management was acting too rashly in rushing into streaming and seeming to demote the DVD service that was still generating the vast bulk of its revenue. \u2014 Dan Gallagher, WSJ , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "The changes: If a team wishes to demote a player already optioned five times that season, every other team must first get the chance to claim him on waivers. \u2014 Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "By opening up the algorithm that Twitter uses, those on the platform can see how Twitter decides to demote or promote material and potentially make suggestions on that code. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The corresponding move with Ahmed\u2019s activation was to demote Yonny Hernandez, who the Diamondbacks traded for earlier this month. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The same papers that once speculated about Mr. Sunak as a prime minister in waiting now question whether Mr. Johnson will demote him in a cabinet shuffle. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "After considering his response, Kendall decided to demote him to technical sergeant and grant his request to retire. \u2014 Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Ryder\u2019s memo, which veteran legal observers called rare, was a reaction to Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall III\u2019s decision to demote Master Sgt. \u2014 Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "If a breach of discipline is confirmed, authorities in Beijing have told Lam to either suspend, demote or even dismiss the officials, the South China Morning Post newspaper reported Monday. \u2014 Iain Marlow, Fortune , 11 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" de- + -mote (as in promote )",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1891, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-212040"
  },
  "dreamily":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": full of dreams",
      ": pleasantly abstracted from immediate reality",
      ": given to dreaming or fantasy",
      ": suggestive of a dream or dreamlike state",
      ": quiet and soothing",
      ": delightful , ideal",
      ": appearing to be daydreaming",
      ": seeming like a dream",
      ": quiet and relaxing"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0113-m\u0113",
      "\u02c8dr\u0113-m\u0113"
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      "agreeable",
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      "blest",
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      "delectable",
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      "delightful",
      "delightsome",
      "dulcet",
      "enjoyable",
      "felicitous",
      "good",
      "grateful",
      "gratifying",
      "heavenly",
      "jolly",
      "luscious",
      "nice",
      "palatable",
      "pleasant",
      "pleasing",
      "pleasurable",
      "pretty",
      "satisfying",
      "savory",
      "savoury",
      "sweet",
      "tasty",
      "welcome"
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      "disagreeable",
      "pleasureless",
      "unpalatable",
      "unpleasant",
      "unwelcome"
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    "examples":[
      "She was a dreamy young woman who never gave much serious thought to her future.",
      "He gazed at me with a dreamy look in his eyes.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With her pleating and fabric stacking, Caroline Hu created an oil painting-like couture dress that was dreamy and classy. \u2014 Vogue , 24 June 2022",
      "But on April 12, both Jupiter and Neptune are transiting through dreamy Pisces and meeting at the same degree in the sky. \u2014 Meghan Rose, Glamour , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "While this Aries season is giving us mostly sunshine and rainbows, there is an off vibe to be aware of on the 14th April, when Mars, the planetary ruler of Aries, will head into dreamy Pisces. \u2014 Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Opening was Lunar Vacation, an Atlanta band whose songs were mostly dreamy or lounge-y, but were occasionally jolted by raucous guitar or an up-tempo passage. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Feb. 2022",
      "The classics student, up-and-coming model and social media star, 19, recently teamed up with Pottery Barn Teen to give her dorm room a refresh, and the result is a space that's dreamy yet down-to-earth. \u2014 Hannah Chubb, PEOPLE.com , 4 Nov. 2021",
      "The music starts out with soft, dreamy violins as Addison stretches her limbs in all directions. \u2014 Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
      "With this trio of singers together, the dreamy love song should come with flood insurance. \u2014 Lucas Villa, SPIN , 10 June 2022",
      "Friends of Fendi pondered over von Bismarck\u2019s dreamy portraiture displayed on sizeable white gallery walls amidst the neutral color palette of the fashion house\u2019s latest collection. \u2014 Concetta Ciarlo, Vogue , 8 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-213045"
  },
  "defilement":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make unclean or impure: such as",
      ": to corrupt the purity or perfection of : debase",
      ": to violate the chastity or virginity of : deflower",
      ": to make physically unclean especially with something unpleasant or contaminating",
      ": to violate the sanctity of : desecrate",
      ": sully , dishonor",
      ": a narrow passage (as between hills, rocks, or cliffs) : gorge entry 1",
      ": to march off in a line",
      ": to dishonor by physical acts (as trampling, dirtying, or mutilating)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8f\u012b(-\u0259)l",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8f\u012b(-\u0259)l",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-\u02ccf\u012b(-\u0259)l",
      "di-\u02c8f\u012b(-\u0259)l",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-\u02ccf\u012b(-\u0259)l",
      "di-\u02c8f\u012bl"
    ],
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      "befoul",
      "contaminate",
      "foul",
      "poison",
      "pollute",
      "taint"
    ],
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      "canyon",
      "ca\u00f1on",
      "col",
      "couloir",
      "flume",
      "gap",
      "gill",
      "gorge",
      "gulch",
      "gulf",
      "kloof",
      "linn",
      "notch",
      "pass",
      "ravine",
      "saddle"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "the cattle, once they were cornered in the defile , were quickly rounded up",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Police charged Brevard with abduction with intent to defile in the Homewood Suites attack. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "He was charged with murder, rape and abduction with the intent to defile . \u2014 Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com , 17 Nov. 2021",
      "There's little cultural overlap between violent extremists abroad and violent extremists at home, but then there's disdain for pluralism and their disregard for human life, and their determination to defile national symbols. \u2014 ABC News , 12 Sep. 2021",
      "The quick answer is that seven-inning games defile the traditions of what has been America\u2019s most-traditional game. \u2014 Patrick Reusse, Star Tribune , 15 Aug. 2020",
      "Both journeys displayed how the forest was being defiled and colonised by outsiders: rubber-seekers who bled the trees and massacred the tribes, crazed religious sects. \u2014 The Economist , 28 May 2020",
      "Drug gangs kill with impunity, leaving their enemies\u2019 defiled corpses displayed as warnings. \u2014 Lorena Rios, Bloomberg.com , 11 Feb. 2020",
      "In most hacks that defile our computers, tablets, and cellphones, a traditional vector is through new code that is introduced and executed. \u2014 Frank O\u2019brien, Ars Technica , 30 Jan. 2020",
      "Krystal wouldn\u2019t be defiled this early Tuesday morning \u2014 not after that Monday night. \u2014 Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al , 14 Jan. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Almost 200 species of birds have been seen in high-walled Ramsey Canyon, a lush defile in the Huachuca Mountains south of Sierra Vista that's managed by the Nature Conservancy. \u2014 Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Between Evergreen and Conifer Maxwell Creek slides north through a trailside defile , trembles through boulders in watery segments, and slips over black granite blocks in shimmery sheets at Maxwell Falls. \u2014 Danika Worthington, The Know , 19 June 2020",
      "The 27-year-old Woodbridge man was arrested and charged with abduction with intent to defile and burglary. \u2014 Ria Manglapus And Lisa M. Bolton, Washington Post , 30 Oct. 2019",
      "Rather than simple abduction, Fairfax prosecutors charged Hughes with abduction with intent to defile , which carried a possible maximum sentence of life in prison. \u2014 Tom Jackman, Washington Post , 10 Dec. 2019",
      "The easier higher slopes gave way below the timberline to defiles lined with tree roots and narrow ravines. \u2014 Simon Akam, Outside Online , 27 Nov. 2019",
      "From the open valley of the R\u00edo Chaschuil, the road suddenly plunged into narrow defiles where the rock was blushed with surreal mineral colors\u2014crimson, verdigris, malachite, violet. \u2014 Stanley Stewart, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 22 Aug. 2019",
      "The path traces a gentle stream into a narrow defile framed by soaring cliffs. \u2014 Roger Naylor, azcentral , 13 July 2018",
      "The path traces a gentle stream into a narrow defile framed by soaring cliffs. \u2014 Roger Naylor, azcentral , 13 July 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb (1)",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "1685, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb (2)",
      "1705, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-220703"
  },
  "donation party":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a party at which some gift is brought to the host by each guest"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-220806"
  },
  "Don Quixote":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an impractical idealist"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u00e4n-k\u0113-\u02c8(h)\u014d-t\u0113",
      "\u02ccd\u00e4\u014b-",
      "chiefly British"
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      "dreamer",
      "fantast",
      "idealist",
      "idealizer",
      "ideologue",
      "idealogue",
      "romantic",
      "romanticist",
      "utopian",
      "visionary"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "hardnose",
      "pragmatist",
      "realist"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a latter-day Don Quixote , she's spent her life fighting the state's big logging companies"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Spanish, hero of Cervantes' Don Quixote ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1630, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-221649"
  },
  "developed":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having a relatively high level of industrialization and standard of living",
      ": having many large industries and a complex economic system",
      ": bigger, more mature, or more advanced"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8ve-l\u0259pt",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8ve-l\u0259pt"
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      "advanced",
      "evolved",
      "forward",
      "high",
      "higher",
      "improved",
      "late",
      "progressive",
      "refined"
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      "backward",
      "low",
      "lower",
      "nonprogressive",
      "primitive",
      "retarded",
      "rude",
      "rudimentary",
      "undeveloped"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "The disease is almost unheard of in developed countries.",
      "The younger plant has a less developed root system.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "According to the Vatican\u2019s refugee website, Japan has the lowest asylum intake ration in the developed world. \u2014 Julia Mio Inuma, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
      "The result has been worsening allergies across the developed world, due to the overabundance of pollen-spreading males. \u2014 Mike Damiano, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
      "The countries in the developed world have started using smallpox vaccines and are considering the use of antivirals to battle their outbreaks of the disease. \u2014 Chinedu Asadu, ajc , 2 June 2022",
      "In the recent past the large developed and emerging economies of the world were synchronised in two ways. \u2014 Mike O'sullivan, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
      "The event takes place against the backdrop of the worst cost-of-living crisis in decades in both developed and many developing economies. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 22 May 2022",
      "But as vaccination rates rose in developed economies, borders reopened, quarantine rules eased and air travel picked up. \u2014 Elaine Yu, WSJ , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "It\u2019s not a surprise that innovation around Covid and the vaccines came from developed economies. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Oct. 2021",
      "Our systematic review of data from eight developed nations around the world shows that despite the surge in sales of fitness trackers, physical activity declined from 1995 to 2017. \u2014 David Bassett, The Conversation , 4 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1949, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-222411"
  },
  "diagnostical":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of, relating to, or used in diagnosis",
      ": using the methods of or yielding a diagnosis",
      ": serving to distinguish or identify",
      ": the art or practice of diagnosis",
      ": a distinguishing mark",
      ": of, relating to, or used in diagnosis",
      ": using the methods of or yielding a diagnosis",
      ": the art or practice of diagnosis"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u012b-ig-\u02c8n\u00e4-stik",
      "-\u0259g-",
      "-\u02c8n\u00e4s-tik"
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      "characteristic",
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      "distinct",
      "distinctive",
      "distinguishing",
      "identifying",
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      "peculiar",
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      "typical"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "affection",
      "attribute",
      "attribution",
      "character",
      "characteristic",
      "criterion",
      "differentia",
      "feature",
      "fingerprint",
      "hallmark",
      "mark",
      "marker",
      "note",
      "particularity",
      "peculiarity",
      "point",
      "property",
      "quality",
      "specific",
      "stamp",
      "touch",
      "trait"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "Ultrasound is now widely used as a diagnostic tool.",
      "One important diagnostic feature of this condition is a mild rash.",
      "Noun",
      "the thesis that moral decline is the infallible diagnostic of a decadent society",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Laboratories had completed 19,804,859 total diagnostic tests for COVID-19 as of June 11, 12.2% of which have come back positive. \u2014 Alison Steinbach, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
      "The international body has also offered medical supplies, including WHO cholera kits with rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), Harris said. \u2014 Somayeh Malekian, ABC News , 9 June 2022",
      "More than 2,000 participants have joined the ROSE study (including women with diagnosed endometriosis, healthy controls and those waiting for diagnostic results). \u2014 Christine N. Metz, Scientific American , 13 May 2022",
      "Michigan had a test positivity rate of 5.3% on Thursday, reporting that 864 of 17,142 diagnostic test results were positive. \u2014 Lauren Wethington, Detroit Free Press , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "The school\u2019s recent diagnostic test results showed there were more fourth-graders behind grade-level reading expectations than students in any other grade. \u2014 Yoree Koh, WSJ , 9 Oct. 2021",
      "Kentucky Fish and Wildlife will post additional information on its website and social media channels as diagnostic results become available. \u2014 Brook Endale, The Enquirer , 22 Aug. 2021",
      "In other instances, private business groups are collaborating with biometrics companies like CLEAR to upload diagnostic test results and digital vaccination proof. \u2014 Geoff Whitmore, Forbes , 9 Apr. 2021",
      "Laboratories had completed 19,622,461 total diagnostic tests for COVID-19 as of May 28, 12.1% of which have come back positive. \u2014 Alison Steinbach, The Arizona Republic , 1 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The current gold-standard diagnostic for Lyme disease misses up to 60 percent of early-stage cases, according to the Bay Area Lyme Foundation. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "The time lag between taking a COVID test and getting the result is a critical factor in evaluating any diagnostic . \u2014 Anthony Warmack, Scientific American , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Tests such as the Abbott BinaxNOW, for example, were first studied as a rapid diagnostic that people could take shortly after their symptoms first appeared. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "One approach is ChangeShaper, Dare\u2019s proprietary diagnostic and their partner, GCM\u2019s \u2018who is your business\u2019 framework. \u2014 Benjamin Laker, Forbes , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "Silent, asymptomatic breakthroughs\u2014those that are effectively invisible in the absence of a virus-hunting diagnostic \u2014are simply not in the same league. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 13 July 2021",
      "Turner stands by his company\u2019s test and attributes Curative\u2019s rapid growth to its ability to develop a simple diagnostic , build a robust supply chain and process millions of tests as other labs were overwhelmed. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Mar. 2021",
      "Accurate Knowledge Of The Team\u2019s Issues Team-building activities should only be undertaken after a thorough diagnostic that surfaces the issues the team is facing. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 9 Mar. 2021",
      "Doctors use a clinical diagnostic like a strep test to tell whether a patient is sick with a disease that can be treated with particular medicines. \u2014 Caroline Chen, ProPublica , 1 Sep. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1625, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1625, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-222500"
  },
  "disequilibration":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to put out of balance"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-i-\u02c8kwi-l\u0259-\u02ccbr\u0101t"
    ],
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1891, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-223629"
  },
  "distinctness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete sense 1 ) or not the same : separate",
      ": presenting a clear unmistakable impression",
      ": notably decorated",
      ": notable",
      ": readily and unmistakably apprehended (see apprehend sense 2a )",
      ": different from each other",
      ": easy to notice or understand"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sti\u014b(k)t",
      "di-\u02c8sti\u014bkt"
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      "different",
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      "dissimilar",
      "distant",
      "distinctive",
      "distinguishable",
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      "unlike"
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      "alike",
      "identical",
      "indistinguishable",
      "kin",
      "kindred",
      "like",
      "parallel",
      "same",
      "similar"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Martin, in turn, managed to create three distinct spaces that perfectly reflect the lives and personalities of their inhabitants. \u2014 Abigail Stone, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 June 2022",
      "But what QDance was doing on Wednesday was even more representative of what makes PS21 distinct . \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
      "Barra argues that all this production infrastructure gives Detroit a distinct advantage over other cities in the electrification race. \u2014 Jaclyn Trop, Fortune , 1 June 2022",
      "Even then, large chains like Cumberland Farms or 7-Eleven have a distinct advantage over many smaller players, thanks to their marketing muscle and economies of scale. \u2014 Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
      "The district\u2019s 6% registration edge for Democrats gives Salinas a distinct advantage in November. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 May 2022",
      "There are reasons both football (a team that plays in prime time at home has a distinct advantage in recovery for the next week, avoiding the red-eye flight), and financial (big prime-time games produce a lot of excitement and revenue). \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star , 13 May 2022",
      "The modern Monuments Officers have a distinct advantage over their predecessors, however: the ability to communicate around the globe via satellite. \u2014 Outside Online , 12 May 2022",
      "Roach, having played the game 24 times at that point, had a distinct advantage with the buzzer. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 10 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin distinctus , from past participle of distinguere \u2014 see distinguish ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-223801"
  },
  "dismantle":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to disconnect the pieces of",
      ": to destroy the integrity or functioning of",
      ": to strip of dress or covering : divest",
      ": to strip of furniture and equipment",
      ": to take completely apart (as for storing or repair)",
      ": to strip of furniture or equipment"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8man-t\u1d4al",
      "dis-\u02c8man-t\u1d4al"
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      "break down",
      "demount",
      "disassemble",
      "dismember",
      "dismount",
      "knock down",
      "strike",
      "take down"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "assemble",
      "construct"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The mechanic dismantled the engine to repair it.",
      "When will they dismantle the old bridge?",
      "The after-school program was dismantled due to lack of funding.",
      "He accuses them of trying to dismantle the country's legal system.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "President Biden\u2019s plan to fight global warming faces legal, legislative and political challenges that could dismantle it entirely. \u2014 Lisa Friedman, New York Times , 2 June 2022",
      "Shanghai will let people in areas deemed low risk for Covid-19 move around the city freely and resume road and public transportation from Wednesday, in a major step forward in its efforts to dismantle a bruising two-month lockdown. \u2014 Time , 31 May 2022",
      "Oregon grocers have abandoned their effort to dismantle the state government\u2019s monopoly on liquor sales. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 May 2022",
      "The Supreme Court is about to take up a case that could very well dismantle affirmative action. \u2014 Michael Luo, The New Yorker , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "In several different cases spanning the last half-decade, US District Judge Reed O'Connor -- an appointee of President George W. Bush -- has issued opinions that would dismantle key Obamacare provisions. \u2014 Tierney Sneed, CNN , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "The Supreme Court will soon take up a case that could dismantle the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s ability to regulate carbon emissions, hamstringing the administration\u2019s options regardless of what happens to Build Back Better. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "Rihanna\u2019s style choices have been completely intentional \u2014 the beauty and fashion mogul explained that her outfits are assembled in an attempt to dismantle what traditional pregnancy style is supposed to look like. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Hostetter is also facing misdemeanor charges in Orange County for a May 2020 attempt to dismantle a fence limiting beach parking during a San Clemente protest over coronavirus restrictions. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle French desmanteler , from des- dis- + mantel mantle",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-225315"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a boiled or steamed pudding often containing dried fruit",
      ": the partly decayed organic matter on the forest floor",
      ": fine coal : slack",
      ": buttocks",
      ": inferior , worthless"
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    "pronounciation":[
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      "backside",
      "behind",
      "booty",
      "bootie",
      "bottom",
      "breech",
      "bum",
      "buns",
      "butt",
      "buttocks",
      "caboose",
      "can",
      "cheeks",
      "derriere",
      "derri\u00e8re",
      "fanny",
      "fundament",
      "hams",
      "haunches",
      "heinie",
      "hunkers",
      "keister",
      "keester",
      "nates",
      "posterior",
      "rear",
      "rear end",
      "rump",
      "seat",
      "tail",
      "tail end",
      "tush"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "1816, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "circa 1837, in the meaning defined above",
      "Adjective",
      "circa 1889, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-230056"
  },
  "day-to-day":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": taking place, made, or done in the course of days",
      ": everyday",
      ": providing for a day at a time with little thought for the future",
      ": a usual routine that occurs each day"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101-t\u0259-\u02c8d\u0101"
    ],
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      "daily",
      "diurnal",
      "quotidian"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1862, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1965, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-231925"
  },
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    "type":[
      "plural noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": disagreeable things"
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    "examples":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-233721"
  },
  "deplete":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to empty of a principal substance",
      ": to lessen markedly in quantity, content, power, or value",
      ": to reduce in amount by using up",
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    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8pl\u0113t",
      "di-\u02c8pl\u0113t",
      "di-\u02c8pl\u0113t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "absorb",
      "burn",
      "consume",
      "devour",
      "drain",
      "draw down",
      "exhaust",
      "expend",
      "play out",
      "spend",
      "use up"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "renew",
      "replace"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Activities such as logging and mining deplete our natural resources.",
      "We completely depleted our life savings when we bought our new house.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "An injury to Mateo would further deplete the Orioles, who are already dealing with injuries to first baseman Ryan Mountcastle and outfielder Austin Hays. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 15 May 2022",
      "The high temperatures will only further deplete what little snow remains. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "The decision to stop bond payments will further deplete the resources Putin is using to continue his war against Ukraine and will cause more uncertainty and challenges for Russia's financial system, the Treasury official said. \u2014 Fatima Hussein, ajc , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "One manifestation of this system is the Ay\u00f5pare Cooperative, which trades only products that do not deplete nature and only with outsiders who support Apiwtxa's objectives. \u2014 Carolina Schneider Comandulli, Scientific American , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "As Kogan writes, some activities unnecessarily deplete your energy. \u2014 Anne Sugar, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "That would deplete their gas, and their ability to escape. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Repetitive cultivation throughout the growing season will deplete the root system and provide control. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Her cows move to different pastures and crop land, long enough to replenish the soil with their hooves and manure, but not enough to deplete it of nutrients. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin depletus , past participle of depl\u0113re , from de- + pl\u0113re to fill \u2014 more at full ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1807, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-001735"
  },
  "depute":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": delegate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8py\u00fct"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "commission",
      "delegate",
      "deputize"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Several officers were deputed to guard the building.",
      "I've been deputed to meet them at the airport."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, to appoint, from Anglo-French deputer , from Late Latin deputare to assign, from Latin, to consider (as), from de- + putare to consider",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-004300"
  },
  "disallowance":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deny the force, truth, or validity of",
      ": to refuse to allow",
      ": to deny the truth, force, or validity of",
      ": to refuse to allow"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8lau\u0307",
      "\u02ccdi-s\u0259-\u02c8lau\u0307"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "contradict",
      "deny",
      "disaffirm",
      "disavow",
      "disclaim",
      "disconfirm",
      "disown",
      "gainsay",
      "negate",
      "negative",
      "refute",
      "reject",
      "repudiate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "acknowledge",
      "admit",
      "allow",
      "avow",
      "concede",
      "confirm",
      "own"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The touchdown was disallowed because of a penalty.",
      "disallowing the philosophical concept of free will",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Spiked ledges that disallow sitting \u2014 for humans and for birds \u2014 and elevated bridges that allow tenants to cross the street without having to go out on the sidewalk mark the residence as more of a fortress. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
      "My position has been, and still is, that the circuits which disallow Anti-SLAPP motions have it wrong. \u2014 Jay Adkisson, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
      "In February, a New York judge ruled Trump and two of his children \u2014 Ivanka and Donald Jr. \u2014 would have to testify in the civil fraud investigation, summarily rejecting the former president's request to disallow subpoenas. \u2014 Ella Lee, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "In regular session, the council heard and denied an appeal of the Planning Commission to disallow the conversion of a Jack-in-the-Box restaurant at 1967 San Elijo Ave. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "The rules disallow a foreign tax credit or deduction for foreign income taxes that are attributable to income that is section 245A(d) income or noninclusion income of the recipient domestic corporation or the paying foreign corporation. \u2014 Carrie Brandon Elliott, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "While awards shows continue to disallow Wallen to attend ceremonies, country radio has welcomed Wallen back to their playlists after briefly banning his music from rotation. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 28 Oct. 2021",
      "Only if they are audited will that decision be questioned, and to disallow any iffy deductions, the IRS must engage in a complex act of mind-reading. \u2014 Paul Kiel, ProPublica , 8 Dec. 2021",
      "Sometimes what company founders want, in this case to pledge shares, is at odds with what board members and shareholders want, which is to disallow pledging. \u2014 John Hyatt, Forbes , 11 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-004956"
  },
  "draw out":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": remove , extract",
      ": to extend beyond a minimum in time : protract sense 1",
      ": to cause to speak freely"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "drag (out)",
      "elongate",
      "extend",
      "lengthen",
      "outstretch",
      "prolong",
      "protract",
      "stretch"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "abbreviate",
      "abridge",
      "curtail",
      "cut",
      "cut back",
      "shorten"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the actor refused to draw out the interview any further"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-005601"
  },
  "donatio":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": gift",
      ": donation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u014d\u02c8n\u00e4t\u0113\u02cc\u014d",
      "-n\u0101sh\u0113\u02cc\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-010355"
  },
  "divert":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to turn aside : deviate",
      ": to turn from one course or use to another : deflect",
      ": distract",
      ": to give pleasure to especially by distracting the attention from what burdens or distresses",
      ": to turn from one path or use to another",
      ": to turn the attention away : distract",
      ": to give pleasure to : amuse",
      ": to turn from one course or use to another",
      ": to place (a defendant) under a diversion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259rt",
      "d\u012b-",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259rt",
      "d\u012b-",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259rt, d\u012b-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "amuse",
      "disport",
      "entertain",
      "regale",
      "solace"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Police diverted traffic to a side street.",
      "The stream was diverted toward the farmland.",
      "They were charged with illegally diverting public funds for private use.",
      "He lied to divert attention from the real situation.",
      "They're only proposing the law to divert attention from important issues.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In a statement, the union singled out Councilmember Monica Montgomery Steppe, who chairs the Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods committee, criticizing her in part for wanting to divert funds from the San Diego Police Department. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022",
      "These companies with weak financials were allegedly being used as conduits to divert funds from RHFL to ADAG firms. \u2014 Niharika Sharma, Quartz , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Notably, Gonez was among a board majority that voted to divert some funds from school police. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "In February 2021, the Los Angeles Board of Education approved a plan to cut a third of its officers, as well as to ban the use of pepper spray on students and divert funds from the department to improve the education of Black students. \u2014 Jon Brown, Fox News , 21 Feb. 2022",
      "If it were passed, one effect would have been to divert funding from rental subsidies, supportive services and caseworkers that keep formerly homeless people housed. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Biden suspended construction of a border wall upon taking office, and on Friday, his administration announced a plan to divert funding from what was former President Donald Trump's signature project. \u2014 Paul J. Weber, Chron , 11 June 2021",
      "Murphy is also one of the lawmakers behind the Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act, which would create a billion-dollar grant program to divert funding from school policing to community programs. \u2014 NBC News , 26 May 2021",
      "Following the leak of a draft majority opinion from the Supreme Court that would overturn Roe v. Wade, the Democratic Party sees an opportunity to divert the public's attention from the rising cost of living. \u2014 Newt Gingrich, WSJ , 11 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English diverten \"to turn in a certain direction, turn away, direct one's mind,\" borrowed from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French divertir, borrowed (with conjugation change) from Medieval Latin d\u012bvertere \"to turn aside, deflect, alienate (property), depart,\" continuing both Latin d\u012bvertere \"to separate oneself (from), be different, diverge\" (from d\u012b-, variant before voiced sounds of dis-  dis- + vertere \"to cause to revolve, turn, spin\") and d\u0113vertere \"to turn away, divert, make a turn aside/detour,\" from d\u0113-  de- + vertere \u2014 more at worth entry 4 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-013559"
  },
  "demoniacal":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": possessed or influenced by a demon",
      ": demonic",
      ": one possessed by a demon"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8m\u014d-n\u0113-\u02ccak"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cacodemonic",
      "demonian",
      "demonic",
      "demonical",
      "devilish",
      "diabolical",
      "diabolic",
      "fiendish",
      "Luciferian",
      "satanic"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "angelic",
      "angelical"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "the murderer seemed possessed by a demoniac wish to destroy life"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-014034"
  },
  "diva":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": prima donna sense 1",
      ": prima donna sense 2",
      ": a usually glamorous and successful female performer or personality (see personality sense 4b )",
      ": a popular female singer"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113-v\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "goddess",
      "princess",
      "queen"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the reigning diva of daytime television",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Who: Pop innovator, dance diva , cultural chameleon, torch singer, movie and TV actress, Oscar winner. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 11 June 2022",
      "Happy birthday to someone who is an even bigger diva than me! \u2014 Karla Pope, Good Housekeeping , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Doja Cat, the rap diva and sometime Twitch streamer, announced the arrival of Planet Her on June 25 along with the 14-song track list. \u2014 Zoe Haylock, Vulture , 10 June 2021",
      "Likewise, when at 50-years-old Celine Dion sought to reinvent herself, Roach spotlighted the diva \u2019s theatrical side and love of couture, shifting perceptions on a celebrity who has been a fixture for the last four decades. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "This, says the film, is the boss diva others are too blind to see. \u2014 Amy Nicholson, Variety , 8 Sep. 2021",
      "Naturally the diva finds herself at odds with both the rigid lifestyle. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "The Beninese diva received her first standing ovation at six, for an impromptu rendition of a traditional Fon melody at her mother\u2019s theatre. \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Black people by nature out of the continental mother Africa have always been diva , grand, colorful, emulating, and always giving homage to the ancestors and to God. \u2014 Essence , 6 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Italian, literally, goddess, from Latin, feminine of divus divine, god \u2014 more at deity ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1883, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-015419"
  },
  "darn":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adjective or adverb",
      "interjection",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to mend with interlacing stitches",
      ": to embroider by filling in with long running or interlacing stitches",
      ": to do darning",
      ": a place that has been darned",
      ": damned",
      ": damn",
      ": damn",
      ": to mend by sewing",
      ": very bad"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4rn",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4rn",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4rn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "sew",
      "stitch",
      "suture"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "accursed",
      "accurst",
      "blasted",
      "confounded",
      "cursed",
      "curst",
      "cussed",
      "damnable",
      "dang",
      "danged",
      "darned",
      "durned",
      "deuced",
      "doggone",
      "doggoned",
      "freaking",
      "infernal"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb (1)",
      "circa 1600, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun (1)",
      "1720, in the meaning defined above",
      "Adjective or adverb",
      "1781, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb (2)",
      "1781, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1840, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-022640"
  },
  "disconnected":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": not connected : separate",
      ": incoherent"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-k\u0259-\u02c8nek-t\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "choppy",
      "disjointed",
      "incoherent",
      "unconnected"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "coherent",
      "connected"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The phone lines are all disconnected .",
      "Her biography reads like a series of disconnected stories.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "A dozen reactors will stay disconnected for corrosion inspections or repairs that could take months or years. \u2014 New York Times , 18 June 2022",
      "However, remote work can have a negative impact on wellbeing, as employees sometimes feel isolated and disconnected when working alone. \u2014 Simon Pole, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "The service uses terminals that resemble TV dishes equipped with antennas, which are usually mounted on roofs to access the internet via satellite in rural or disconnected areas. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "Of course, modern life is like this: random, fragmented, disconnected . \u2014 Chloe Schama, Vogue , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "As with most leaders who are comfortably embedded in their roles at the top of their fields and become disconnected from the rank-and-file, many leaders enact a way of living that most of us cannot even fathom. \u2014 Anthony Silard, Fortune , 10 May 2022",
      "That also includes students who may have become disconnected from school amid COVID disruptions like online learning. \u2014 Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "To end up in that place of really feeling disconnected in court and not being able to necessarily process what's happening? \u2014 ELLE , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "But students that Cardona met with Monday talked about other impacts, like feeling disconnected from their teachers, not seeing their friends and missing out on sports and other extracurricular opportunities. \u2014 Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star , 11 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1751, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-031700"
  },
  "dirty word":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a word, expression, or idea that is disagreeable or unpopular in a particular frame of reference"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "curse",
      "cuss",
      "cussword",
      "expletive",
      "four-letter word",
      "obscenity",
      "profanity",
      "swear",
      "swearword",
      "vulgarism"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The movie is just a lot of sex, violence, and dirty words .",
      "They regard \u201ctaxes\u201d as a dirty word .",
      "The way he acts, you'd think compassion was a dirty word .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "While the Romans loved their baths, bathing became a dirty word for the next several hundred years. \u2014 Harry Enten, CNN , 14 May 2022",
      "Globalization nowadays may be a dirty word , but having diverse suppliers is an economic strength. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
      "Herd immunity in the absence of a vaccine soon became a dirty word . \u2014 David Robertson, STAT , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "But in the past year, SPAC has become a bit of a dirty word \u2014 or acronym \u2014 on Wall Street. \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Adaptation used to be a dirty word among environmentalists, who viewed the notion as defeatist \u2014 an admission of the failure to cut emissions, or an invitation not to try. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Oct. 2021",
      "Stagflation is the dirty word that describes the confluence of stubborn inflation, high unemployment, and stagnant demand. \u2014 Greg Petro, Forbes , 22 Oct. 2021",
      "Although tax credit is a dirty word in policy making\u2014signaling a love for filing forms in triplicate and unnecessary complexity\u2014these programs have been simplified by lawmakers to directly pay out cash to consumers and businesses. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 29 Oct. 2021",
      "That required the new plan to be a compromise, which didn\u2019t use to be a dirty word , especially in politics, nor a sign of failure. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 29 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1774, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-040519"
  },
  "demimondaine":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a woman supported by a wealthy lover : a woman of the demimonde"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-mi-\u02ccm\u00e4n-\u02c8d\u0101n",
      "-\u02c8m\u00e4n-\u02ccd\u0101n",
      "\u02ccde-m\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"French demi-mondaine , from feminine of demi-mondain , from demi-monde ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1894, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-040629"
  },
  "dedicate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dedicated sense 1",
      ": to devote to the worship of a divine being",
      ": to set apart (a church) to sacred uses with solemn rites",
      ": to set apart to a definite use",
      ": to commit to a goal or way of life",
      ": to inscribe or address by way of compliment",
      ": to open to public use",
      ": to set apart for some purpose : devote",
      ": to commit to a goal or way of life",
      ": to say or write that something (as a book or song) is written or performed as a compliment to someone"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-di-k\u0259t",
      "\u02c8de-di-\u02cck\u0101t",
      "also",
      "\u02c8de-di-\u02cck\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "allocate",
      "consecrate",
      "devote",
      "earmark",
      "give up (to)",
      "reserve",
      "save",
      "set by"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The new park was dedicated today.",
      "a young attorney who has decided to dedicate her career to helping the poor receive justice",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "To alleviate this issue and proactively focus your SMEs\u2019 content development efforts, dedicate time to performing regular content planning. \u2014 Wendy Covey, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
      "As a leader, dedicate time for discussions about your North Star. \u2014 Anne Jacoby, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Whip up a Father\u2019s Day breakfast, or dedicate time to learning more about his family history. \u2014 Erin Cavoto, Country Living , 4 May 2022",
      "The highest performing teams are skilled at learning from experience and dedicate time for team learning. \u2014 Tony Gambill, Forbes , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "The South of Spain is getting its own dedicate post-production studio, Ant\u00edpodas Film Lab, the first of its kind in the region. \u2014 Jamie Lang, Variety , 20 Oct. 2021",
      "Funding will also be used to place health professionals in every CMSD campus and dedicate time before and after the traditional school day to offer students additional access to art, music and physical education. \u2014 Hannah Drown, cleveland , 22 Sep. 2021",
      "But on the weekends, the astronauts can connect with their families on video calls -- and dedicate time to others. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 8 Sep. 2021",
      "First Security Bank Conway will formally open and dedicate Phase 1 of the Jerry Cooper Sensory Play Trail at 10 a.m. at Laurel Park. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 20 Oct. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "But there's also a new focus on the mental and physical health of those who dedicate their lives to fighting the deadly blazes. \u2014 Tori B. Powell, CBS News , 18 June 2022",
      "These folks do well when they are allowed to disengage, take time for themselves, and dedicate their lives to a cause rather than a monotonous job or singular person. \u2014 Glamour , 31 May 2022",
      "Horrigan will dedicate the park, and the Swirsky family will plant a white oak tree provided by Keep Akron Beautiful. \u2014 Megan Becka, cleveland , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "However, as with any relationship confronted with infidelity, there is usually a period of healing where all partners dedicate themselves to repairing the breach of trust. \u2014 Gabrielle Smith, Glamour , 16 May 2022",
      "The importance of space hardware to global communications, navigation, and surveillance hasn\u2019t been lost on militaries, particularly in the US, which created the US Space Force to dedicate itself to space warfare. \u2014 Tim Fernholz, Quartz , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Del Angel made the difficult decision to step away from school to dedicate herself to being a mom. \u2014 Jasmine Rangel, refinery29.com , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Two years later\u2014on the day before his daughter, now 11, was born\u2014eL Seed quit his day job to dedicate himself to art full time. \u2014 Nicola Chilton, Time , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "The plan was to dedicate herself to the role of wife and mother, a plan Yeoh says would have meant true retirement, not a hiatus. \u2014 Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-042227"
  },
  "dropping":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something dropped",
      ": dung"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4-pi\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dirt",
      "doo-doo",
      "dung",
      "excrement",
      "excreta",
      "feces",
      "ordure",
      "poop",
      "scat",
      "slops",
      "soil",
      "waste"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the only bad part about owning a rabbit was cleaning the droppings out of the litter box every night",
      "the dropping of an act from the talent show should bring it in on time",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The only thing dropping is state and local government debt by 3%. \u2014 Chloe Berger, Fortune , 9 June 2022",
      "But for women who have undergone operations, the risk of their birth control method\u2019s efficacy dropping is far higher, according to anesthetics who gave a presentation recently at the European Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care in Milan. \u2014 Anuradha Varanasi, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "Flow also provided me with an easy way to send files across my devices by dragging and dropping or copying and pasting. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 24 May 2022",
      "So Good dropping next week, the duo are ramping up promo in a most unusual way: by giving a portion of album royalties away to their fans, for free. \u2014 Katie Bain, Billboard , 12 May 2022",
      "It\u2019s almost fruitless to name drop who was there, because every guest had a name worth dropping : Hailey Bieber. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 3 May 2022",
      "The valve's surfacing was long expected and came after three states in December announced a new plan to combat dropping water levels. \u2014 NBC News , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Although unemployment continues dropping and wages are on the rise, all across the country, low-income people are struggling to put food on the table as skyrocketing inflation and high gas prices take a bigger bite of their already-small paychecks. \u2014 Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "For those keen to get out and explore, options range from shopping for local artisan goods, taking a cooking class or dropping anchor in one cove all day to dive and fish. \u2014 Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report , 22 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-051003"
  },
  "duty":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
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      ": conduct due to parents and superiors : respect",
      ": obligatory tasks, conduct, service, or functions that arise from one's position (as in life or in a group)",
      ": assigned service or business",
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      ": a period of being on duty",
      ": a moral or legal obligation",
      ": the force of moral obligation",
      ": tax",
      ": a tax on imports",
      ": work sense 1c",
      ": the service required (as of an electric machine) under specified conditions",
      ": functional application : use",
      ": use as a substitute",
      ": free from assignment or responsibility",
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      ": done as a duty",
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      ": something a person feels he or she ought to do because it is morally right",
      ": something a person is required to do by law",
      ": an action done as part of a job or position",
      ": the time during which a person must do his or her job",
      ": active military service",
      ": a tax especially on imports into a country",
      ": tasks, service, or functions that arise from one's position",
      ": a period of being on duty \u2014 see also jury duty",
      ": an obligation assumed (as by contract) or imposed by law to conduct oneself in conformance with a certain standard or to act in a particular way",
      "\u2014 see also public duty doctrine , special duty doctrine",
      ": a duty obligating directors of a corporation to disclose all material facts known to them about a transaction when they are seeking shareholder approval",
      ": a duty to use due care toward others in order to protect them from unnecessary risk of harm",
      ": a duty obligating a labor union to represent the employees in its collective bargaining unit fairly and in good faith",
      ": a duty obligating directors of a corporation to refrain from using their positions to further their own interests rather than the interests of the shareholders (as by self-dealing or fraud)",
      ": a duty obligating a fiduciary (as an agent or trustee) to act with loyalty and honesty and in a manner consistent with the best interests of the beneficiary of the fiduciary relationship (as a principal or trust beneficiary)",
      ": tax",
      ": a tax on imports",
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      ": engaged in a duty"
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      "\u02c8d\u00fc-t\u0113",
      "also",
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      "assessment",
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      "levy",
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In April, the two held the fifth round of their negotiations in Iraq, and the first batch of 39,635 Iranian Hajj pilgrims authorized to perform their religious duty in Mecca arrived in Saudi Arabia this month. \u2014 Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN , 20 June 2022",
      "That deputy, Douglas Johnson, was relieved of his duty last year, according to the sheriff. \u2014 Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY , 18 June 2022",
      "It\u2019s my duty to investigate allegations of fraud or potential misconduct in New York. \u2014 Zach Everson, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "According to the lawsuit, Buice was told he was being terminated for dishonesty, interfering with an investigation and failing to perform his duty . \u2014 Alia Malik, ajc , 16 June 2022",
      "By recognizing that truth and carrying out his duty despite intense pressure from Trump to do otherwise, Pence became a hero, committee members said. \u2014 James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
      "Your duty at this stage of life is to take care of yourselves responsibly. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
      "Your duty at this stage of life is to take care of yourselves responsibly. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 15 June 2022",
      "His duty was to stand up and say something and try to stop this. \u2014 Amy B Wang, Washington Post , 12 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "On Wednesday, the city revoked the special event permit for the Aurora Pride group to hold the parade, saying not enough police officers had signed up for overtime or extra- duty shifts to provide adequate security for the event. \u2014 Megan Jones, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022",
      "The situation began shortly after 7 p.m. at the Neiman Marcus store when an Orlando police officer working an extra- duty shift at the mall kicked out a man of the store for acting oddly. \u2014 David Harris, Orlando Sentinel , 29 May 2022",
      "The school board and the union also plan to change the district\u2019s retirement program, extra- duty pay and the tuition reimbursement plan, and, according to the agreement, teachers\u2019 workday will start and end 15 minutes before and after the students\u2019. \u2014 Daniel I. Dorfman, chicagotribune.com , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Statewide peer coordinator Jeff Orrange said the nonprofit\u2019s 2016 founding was not just in response to the Pulse shooting but also the rising numbers of non- duty deaths among firefighters, including those resulting from addiction and suicide. \u2014 Kalia Richardson, orlandosentinel.com , 9 June 2021",
      "As an example, our top choice is an excellent mid- duty machine with 6,400 bpm and 3,000 pounds force. \u2014 Bob Beacham, chicagotribune.com , 12 Mar. 2021",
      "Those extra- duty assignments often make up a substantial part of a driver\u2019s monthly earnings. \u2014 Don Stacom, courant.com , 2 Sep. 2020",
      "Chauvin worked as an off- duty police officer for the club for nearly 17 years, Santamaria said. \u2014 Scottie Andrew, CNN , 1 June 2020",
      "McLemore was in the company of a female off- duty police officer during the offense. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 10 Nov. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "1806, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-064615"
  },
  "dibs":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": money especially in small amounts",
      ": claim , rights"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dibz"
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    "synonyms":[
      "call",
      "claim",
      "pretense",
      "pretence",
      "pretension",
      "right"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The 1-year deal will mean BBC Studios has first dibs on Hungry Jay\u2019s factual entertainment slate. \u2014 K.j. Yossman, Variety , 25 May 2022",
      "Consumers interested in getting early dibs on the electronics giant's next flagship device can go to Samsung's Reserve Now site to get in line for an exclusive pre-order offer. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 11 Aug. 2021",
      "Icons get first dibs at Nordstrom Anniversary sale picks from now until August 7, when shopping opens to Ambassador-level members. \u2014 Tiffany Dodson, SELF , 5 Aug. 2020",
      "But in the meantime, investors have what amounts to second- dibs on the ships, and the vessels aren\u2019t pledged to any other piece of debt. \u2014 Paula Seligson, Bloomberg.com , 18 May 2020",
      "The French Open audaciously called dibs on late September, moving its event just a week after the U.S. Open concludes. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 19 Mar. 2020",
      "Season-ticket holders will get first dibs , but waitlist members will be given access to a priority presale to purchase single-game playoff tickets, with dates of the presale to be announced later via email. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 19 Feb. 2020",
      "One result of that is that the well-connected often get first dibs , Noam Levey wrote. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Apr. 2020",
      "But if the couple decide to auction it off or something, ABC gets first dibs on buying it back. \u2014 Lindsay Denninger, refinery29.com , 10 Mar. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"short for dibstones jacks, from obsolete dib to dab",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1812, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-070444"
  },
  "diddly-squat":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the least amount : anything at all"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-d\u1d4al-\u0113-\u02ccskw\u00e4t",
      "\u02c8did-l\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beans",
      "bubkes",
      "bupkes",
      "bupkus",
      "continental",
      "damn",
      "darn",
      "durn",
      "diddly",
      "doodley-squat",
      "doodly-squat",
      "fig",
      "ghost",
      "hoot",
      "iota",
      "jot",
      "lick",
      "modicum",
      "rap",
      "squat",
      "syllable",
      "tittle",
      "whit",
      "whoop"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"probably alteration of doodly-squat ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1963, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-092505"
  },
  "dissemble":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to hide under a false appearance",
      ": to put on the appearance of : simulate",
      ": to put on a false appearance : conceal facts, intentions, or feelings under some pretense"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sem-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "act",
      "affect",
      "assume",
      "bluff",
      "counterfeit",
      "fake",
      "feign",
      "pass (for)",
      "pretend",
      "profess",
      "put on",
      "sham",
      "simulate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "he dissembled happiness at the news that his old girlfriend was getting married\u2014to someone else",
      "children learn to dissemble at a surprisingly early age",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This facility will soon mandate that all visitors be vaccinated, but my relative plans to dissemble in order to evade the requirement. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Aug. 2021",
      "That drew a memorable riposte from Martin Indyk, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel, who slyly suggested that the former vice president, with his long Senate experience, was no naif about Netanyahu\u2019s ability to dissemble . \u2014 Noga Tarnopolsky, Los Angeles Times , 19 Nov. 2020",
      "The doctors attending him are public servants and shouldn\u2019t dissemble or strategize when answering questions that citizens are entitled to ask. \u2014 Star Tribune , 7 Oct. 2020",
      "The Ebay team allegedly continued to dissemble , both to law enforcement and to Ebay\u2019s own lawyers, who by August 26 had begun to conduct their own interviews about the matter. \u2014 Brian Barrett, Wired , 15 June 2020",
      "And when Denise becomes Georges\u2019 eager collaborator and chief financier, Haenel\u2019s flinty-eyed intelligence becomes a vital counterpoint to Dujardin\u2019s dissembling idiocy. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Apr. 2020",
      "Everything so far has been dissembling , denial, pointing the finger somewhere else. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English dissymblen , alteration of dissimulen , from Middle French dissimuler , from Latin dissimulare \u2014 more at dissimulate ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-104835"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an athwartship beam supporting a deck"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-112029"
  },
  "dead loss":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something that turns out completely bad"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-112039"
  },
  "drop-dead":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": sensationally striking, attractive, or impressive"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4p-\u02c8ded"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aesthetic",
      "esthetic",
      "aesthetical",
      "esthetical",
      "attractive",
      "beauteous",
      "beautiful",
      "bonny",
      "bonnie",
      "comely",
      "cute",
      "fair",
      "fetching",
      "good",
      "good-looking",
      "goodly",
      "gorgeous",
      "handsome",
      "knockout",
      "likely",
      "lovely",
      "lovesome",
      "pretty",
      "ravishing",
      "seemly",
      "sightly",
      "stunning",
      "taking",
      "well-favored"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "grotesque",
      "hideous",
      "homely",
      "ill-favored",
      "plain",
      "ugly",
      "unaesthetic",
      "unattractive",
      "unbeautiful",
      "uncomely",
      "uncute",
      "unhandsome",
      "unlovely",
      "unpleasing",
      "unpretty",
      "unsightly"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1970, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-112112"
  },
  "drinkable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": suitable or safe for drinking",
      ": a liquid suitable for drinking : beverage",
      ": suitable or safe for drinking"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dri\u014b-k\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "\u02c8dri\u014b-k\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "potable"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "beverage",
      "drink",
      "libation",
      "potable",
      "quencher"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "This coffee is so hot it's not drinkable .",
      "technically, that cheap stuff may be wine, but it's hardly drinkable",
      "Noun",
      "the thoughtful hostess offered her guests an assortment of alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinkables",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Floodwaters cut off Gardiner\u2019s almost 900 residents from both Livingston and the park\u2019s headquarters at Mammoth Hot Springs, leaving them without power and drinkable water for several days. \u2014 Megan Kate Nelson, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 June 2022",
      "Some of the district\u2019s 121 schools date to the 1800s and in many schools, the clanking of steam radiators distracts students, learning spaces are devoid of sunlight and fresh air, and water fountains lack drinkable water. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
      "Very drinkable for those of us who are willing to try a sour now and again but don\u2019t drink it regularly. \u2014 cleveland , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "Food, drinkable water, and ammunition are all scarce, and areas of the plant smell like decomposing bodies. \u2014 Peter Weber, The Week , 5 May 2022",
      "Despite years of drought and conservation mandates, Californians continue to sprinkle a lot of clean, drinkable water onto yards to keep the greenery alive. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
      "This practice dates back to the Neanderthals who used to boil bones and render fats resulting in a drinkable broth. \u2014 cleveland , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "Daylight hours are devoted to hunting down drinkable water and running the risk of standing in line for the little food available as shells and bombs rain down. \u2014 Yuras Karmanau, chicagotribune.com , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "Daylight hours are devoted to hunting down drinkable water and running the risk of standing in line for the little food available as shells and bombs rain down. \u2014 Yuras Karmanau, ajc , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Also, these products may contain synthetic materials and chemical agents that can harm wildlife and strain the treatment process that helps make water drinkable . \u2014 cleveland , 1 May 2020",
      "The imperative to make seawater drinkable shows no sign of easing. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Mar. 2019",
      "Some coastal areas are seeing water that was once drinkable become contaminated with saltwater from the sea. \u2014 Julie Creswell, New York Times , 8 Mar. 2020",
      "Getty Images Mead\u2019s foundation in honey perpetuates the inaccurate perception that meads are too sweet and too thick, or only drinkable in the winter or around a fire. \u2014 Shawndra Russell, Fortune , 22 Dec. 2019",
      "Larson said lower-dose drinkables allow people to have more than one beverage in a sitting. \u2014 Ed Murrieta, SFChronicle.com , 4 Oct. 2019",
      "Yet edible, drinkable and smokable CBD products have flooded the market anyway, delivering big profits to some farmers and manufacturers and purportedly helping many consumers manage their health problems. \u2014 Sophie Quinton, chicagotribune.com , 22 Oct. 2019",
      "Some have fewer calories, carbs and sugars than most drinkables and traditional beverages. \u2014 Ed Murrieta, SFChronicle.com , 4 Oct. 2019",
      "That week had been relatively dry, so the stream was only a milky white that chlorination at least made drinkable . \u2014 National Geographic , 3 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1611, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "1708, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-112710"
  },
  "discontented":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dissatisfied , malcontent",
      ": not satisfied"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-k\u0259n-\u02c8ten-t\u0259d",
      "\u02ccdis-k\u0259n-\u02c8ten-t\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aggrieved",
      "discontent",
      "disgruntled",
      "displeased",
      "dissatisfied",
      "malcontent"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "content",
      "contented",
      "gratified",
      "pleased",
      "satisfied"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "he was becoming increasingly discontented with his dead-end job and his dead-end life",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And now, in the winter of Harford County\u2019s discontented year, its largest hospital was the first in the state to self-declare a disaster. \u2014 Jason Fontelieu, baltimoresun.com , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "Ayorinde plays Lucky Emory, a perplexing and discontented housewife. \u2014 Kovie Biakolo, Essence , 20 Apr. 2021",
      "Uncertainty \u2014 skepticism's discontented twin \u2014 can be very hard to live with. \u2014 Damon Linker, TheWeek , 23 Mar. 2020",
      "England is in turmoil, and as Cromwell oversees the dissolution of the kingdom\u2019s monasteries, the discontented Catholics in the north rebel. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Mar. 2020",
      "Meanwhile, governmental expenditures have surged as Iran\u2019s ayatollahs struggle to keep a lid on an increasingly impoverished, and discontented , population. \u2014 Ilan Berman, National Review , 20 Jan. 2020",
      "Everything seemed to be falling apart for the Bucks, including one glass railing panel struck and fractured by a discontented fan. \u2014 Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 16 Jan. 2020",
      "But the macro issue of mishandling the wideout inventory to put him in this discontented position is the more relevant discussion. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 15 Oct. 2019",
      "Viewers on social media point out that both Gotham and Hong Kong are home to groups of discontented people who feel abandoned by their government and a rich elite. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 29 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1525, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-113212"
  },
  "dutuburi":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a women's ceremonial circle dance of the Tarahumara Indians of Chihuahua, Mexico"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u00fct\u0259\u02c8bu\u0307r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Mexican Spanish",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-113637"
  },
  "dreariness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": feeling, displaying, or reflecting listlessness or discouragement",
      ": having nothing likely to provide cheer, comfort, or interest : gloomy , dismal",
      ": dull and depressing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drir-\u0113",
      "\u02c8drir-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "black",
      "bleak",
      "cheerless",
      "chill",
      "Cimmerian",
      "cloudy",
      "cold",
      "comfortless",
      "dark",
      "darkening",
      "depressing",
      "depressive",
      "desolate",
      "dire",
      "disconsolate",
      "dismal",
      "drear",
      "dreich",
      "elegiac",
      "elegiacal",
      "forlorn",
      "funereal",
      "gloomy",
      "glum",
      "godforsaken",
      "gray",
      "grey",
      "lonely",
      "lonesome",
      "lugubrious",
      "miserable",
      "morbid",
      "morose",
      "murky",
      "plutonian",
      "saturnine",
      "sepulchral",
      "solemn",
      "somber",
      "sombre",
      "sullen",
      "sunless",
      "tenebrific",
      "tenebrous",
      "wretched"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bright",
      "cheerful",
      "cheering",
      "cheery",
      "comforting",
      "cordial",
      "festive",
      "friendly",
      "gay",
      "heartwarming",
      "sunshiny"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "It was a gray, dreary morning.",
      "The family struggled through dreary economic times.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Designer Barrett Cooke revitalized the formerly dark, dreary \u2014and frankly, dysfunctional kitchen by reworking the layout and adding a walnut butcher block island with ample storage, durable walnut cabinetry, and high-end appliances. \u2014 Ann Abel, House Beautiful , 7 June 2022",
      "Ozark is a show that's never shied away from what it's had to say about the dark, dreary , and unfortunate way that the world works. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 2 May 2022",
      "The cold, dreary weather created a less-than-ideal backdrop for what would become an instant classic. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "Still, the dreary conditions didn't stop Louisville native Jack Harlow from rocking the stage as the day's headliner, with other performers like Earl Sweatshirt and COIN entertaining the crowd as well. \u2014 Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal , 31 May 2022",
      "And while that may sound like good news for beachgoers after facing a dreary spring, visitors are being asked to take precautionary measures ahead of Monday, the unofficial start of summer. \u2014 Tatyana Turner, Chicago Tribune , 29 May 2022",
      "Since his Antarctica trip, Pellegrin has walked among the burning embers of wildfires, floated on glassy waters in front of glaciers, climbed the steaming rims of volcanoes, and trudged through dreary coastal marshes. \u2014 Ben Taub, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
      "Tatum quickly erased those dreary visions by not only scoring 18 first-half points to give the Celtics a double-digit lead but also carrying his team and preventing another Milwaukee rally in the fourth with brilliant shot-making. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2022",
      "But dreary weather, including overcast skies, gusty winds and occasional rain, will linger in parts of the Northeast through the mid-Atlantic over the weekend. \u2014 Christine Fernando, USA TODAY , 6 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English drery , from Old English dr\u0113orig sad, bloody, from dr\u0113or gore; akin to Old High German tr\u016br\u0113n to be sad, Goth driusan to fall",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-113707"
  },
  "dregs":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate entry 1 sense 3a ) from it : lees",
      ": the most undesirable part",
      ": the last remaining part : vestige"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dreg"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "deposit",
      "deposition",
      "grounds",
      "precipitate",
      "sediment",
      "settlings"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Add apple cider, stock or the dregs from a bottle of wine. \u2014 Ali Slagle, New York Times , 12 May 2020",
      "The Redskins expected to be a contender for the NFC East title, not scuffling among the dregs of the NFL. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 10 Oct. 2019",
      "Because of the siege by intellectuals (never mind the dregs ) on Jewish sovereignty and liberty and independence. \u2014 David Kipen, Los Angeles Times , 8 Apr. 2020",
      "The Detroit Pistons have played poorly against the dregs of the Eastern Conference. \u2014 Vince Ellis, Detroit Free Press , 27 Dec. 2019",
      "This is a wintry beer, meant to warm you up during the dregs of January and February. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 11 Feb. 2020",
      "Erasing kids from the elements of play drains all the potential magic from this show, leaving us with mere Peter Pan dregs . \u2014 Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 Feb. 2020",
      "But as Memphis and Iowa a month ago showed, in contests against likely NCAA Tournament teams with deeper rosters than the dregs of the AAC, Cincinnati's bench has to contribute for the Bearcats to keep up. \u2014 Fletcher Page, Cincinnati.com , 18 Jan. 2020",
      "After six games this year, the Lovie Smith era looked like an utter failure, as his record against FBS opponents fell to 9-31 with nearly all of those wins coming against the dregs of college football. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 3 Nov. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old Norse dregg ; perhaps akin to Latin fraces dregs of oil",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-114158"
  },
  "dernier cri":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the newest fashion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdern-\u02ccy\u0101-\u02c8kr\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "buzz",
      "chic",
      "craze",
      "enthusiasm",
      "fad",
      "fashion",
      "flavor",
      "go",
      "hot ticket",
      "last word",
      "latest",
      "mode",
      "rage",
      "sensation",
      "style",
      "ton",
      "trend",
      "vogue"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "when deconstructionism became the dernier cri in literary criticism"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French, literally, last cry",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1896, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-121325"
  },
  "decadence":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent",
      ": a period of decline"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-k\u0259-d\u0259n(t)s",
      "also"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "declension",
      "declination",
      "decline",
      "degeneracy",
      "degeneration",
      "degradation",
      "d\u00e9gringolade",
      "descent",
      "deterioration",
      "devolution",
      "downfall",
      "downgrade",
      "ebb",
      "eclipse",
      "fall"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "ascent",
      "rise",
      "upswing"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The book condemns the decadence of modern society.",
      "a symbol of the decadence of their once-mighty civilization",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The apartment signs of L.A. announce location through flair, decadence , strangeness, absurdity, signification. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
      "Throughout the film, there is a spiral of betrayal, decadence , revenge and ultimately, murder. \u2014 Victoria Priola, oregonlive , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "How far is Arsenault willing to go to indulge his decadence and greed? \u2014 Tom Nolan, WSJ , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "There\u2019s innuendo baked into the concept; the main selling point is that the decadence and uniqueness on the outside might signal the apartment\u2019s undeniable quality within. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
      "The trial has touched on the #MeToo movement, intimate partner violence and the decadence of celebrity. \u2014 Gene Maddaus, Variety , 10 May 2022",
      "In 2019, Russian anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny revealed that Solovyev, who frequently derides the decadence and hypocrisy of the West, owns two Italian villas. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The decadence of 1840s Paris is bewildering to Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Moreau, the central character of Sentimental Education. \u2014 Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Cunard\u2019s was a generation dedicated to decadence and refuting their parents\u2019 values\u2014but Cunard often took it to extremes. \u2014 Mark Peikert, Town & Country , 10 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle French, from Medieval Latin decadentia , from Late Latin decadent-, decadens , present participle of decadere to fall, sink \u2014 more at decay entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-121916"
  },
  "dibrom-":{
    "type":[
      "combining form"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": containing two atoms of bromine",
      "\u2014 compare brom-"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"International Scientific Vocabulary, from di- + brom- ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-122031"
  },
  "decree":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an order usually having the force of law",
      ": a religious ordinance enacted by council or titular head",
      ": a foreordaining will",
      ": a judicial decision of the Roman emperor",
      ": a judicial decision especially in an equity (see equity sense 3a ) court or probate court",
      ": to command or enjoin by or as if by decree",
      ": to determine or order judicially",
      ": ordain",
      ": an order or decision given by a person or group in authority",
      ": to give an order as an authority",
      ": an order having the force of law",
      ": a judicial decision especially in an equity or probate court",
      ": judgment",
      ": a decree entered by a court that is determined by the parties' agreement : a settlement between the parties that is subject to judicial approval and supervision",
      ": such a decree by which the accused agrees to cease alleged illegal activities without admitting guilt",
      ": a provisional decree that will become final unless cause is shown why it should not",
      ": a decree entered by a court based on a defendant's default and the presumption that the allegations are confessed \u2014 compare default judgment at judgment sense 1a",
      ": a decree that disposes of an action by determining all matters in dispute including especially the parties' rights \u2014 compare final judgment at judgment sense 1a",
      ": a decree that is made during the course of an action and that does not settle all matters in dispute"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8kr\u0113",
      "di-\u02c8kr\u0113",
      "di-\u02c8kr\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "behest",
      "charge",
      "command",
      "commandment",
      "dictate",
      "direction",
      "directive",
      "do",
      "edict",
      "imperative",
      "injunction",
      "instruction",
      "order",
      "word"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "call",
      "command",
      "dictate",
      "direct",
      "mandate",
      "ordain",
      "order"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The President issued a decree making the day a national holiday.",
      "Their marriage was annulled by judicial decree .",
      "Verb",
      "The government decreed a national holiday.",
      "The change was decreed by the President.",
      "The City Council has decreed that all dogs must be kept on a leash.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Putin signed a decree granting lump-sum payments of $81,000 to families of Russian National Guard members who die in Ukraine. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 7 June 2022",
      "Zelensky also signed a decree introducing a new award to thank cities of partner countries that have helped Ukraine the most -- and the Polish city of Rzeszow became the first to be added to the list. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 23 May 2022",
      "And last week, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia signed a decree that would forbid the export of products and raw materials to designated people or entities, the list of which is still being drawn up. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
      "In 2015, Putin signed a decree declaring all military deaths a state secret, and last year Russia criminalized statements discrediting the military. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a decree for the annual spring draft, in the amount of 134,500, Russia's defense ministry said. \u2014 NBC News , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "The statement came the day Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the spring draft, which is set to bring 134,500 new conscripts into the armed forces as others end their voluntary service. \u2014 James Marson, WSJ , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Saturday allowing Russia and Russian companies to pay foreign creditors in rubles as a way for the government to stave off defaults while capital controls remain in place. \u2014 Fortune , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday recognizing the areas as independent states. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 21 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "If the Fed can decree credit free as the simple in our midst routinely claim, why do Valley startups routinely hand over large equity positions to venture capitalists in return for cash? \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
      "As such, we, U.S. Citizens for Age Forgiveness Now!, are agitating for an executive order, to take effect on March 13th, which will officially decree that the past two years do not count toward the age of any American. \u2014 David Kamp, The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Finally, the bill would clarify that the vice president has no power to decree whether electors will be counted. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "Swinney\u2019s 6-7 team in 2010 \u2014 his second season as Tigers head coach \u2014 led decision-makers to decree sweeping staff changes, leading to Napier\u2019s unceremonious ouster. \u2014 Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 28 Nov. 2021",
      "Unquestionably, we are getting rid of this stain and will decree so immediately. \u2014 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, National Review , 13 Oct. 2021",
      "Assuming central banks decree what market forces never would (a negative cost of capital), actual market actors will hoover up more and more of the savings repelled by central banks in a sense begging to be put out to pasture. \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "So far, Taliban mullahs have yet to decree what shape and form art and culture will be permitted to exist in the new Afghanistan. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Sep. 2021",
      "Here, the State attempts to use religious criteria to decree to which secondary school parents may send their children simply because the parents receive generally available tuition assistance. \u2014 Sam Dorman, Fox News , 10 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-124915"
  },
  "dewy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": moist with, affected by, or suggestive of dew",
      ": innocent , unsophisticated",
      ": moist with or as if with dew"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-\u0113",
      "also",
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-\u0113",
      "\u02c8dy\u00fc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aw-shucks",
      "dewy-eyed",
      "green",
      "ingenuous",
      "innocent",
      "na\u00eff",
      "naif",
      "naive",
      "na\u00efve",
      "primitive",
      "simple",
      "simpleminded",
      "uncritical",
      "unknowing",
      "unsophisticated",
      "unsuspecting",
      "unsuspicious",
      "unwary",
      "unworldly",
      "wide-eyed"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "cosmopolitan",
      "experienced",
      "knowing",
      "sophisticated",
      "worldly",
      "worldly-wise"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "another version of the story of the dewy small-town girl hoping to make it big on Broadway",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "King suggests avoiding mattifying formulations and opting for cream or lotion formulations, which are typically more dewy and moisturizing than powder ones. \u2014 Casey Clark, SELF , 6 June 2022",
      "This botanical powerhouse locks in moisture after your skin is clean and leaves you with soft, dewy skin. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
      "Her simple pig vulva has become full and dewy , a clean point of expectant flesh. \u2014 Claire Messud, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
      "Since then, her beauty style has remained dewy , barely there and all about the skin. \u2014 ELLE , 24 May 2022",
      "This cream blush, housed in a handy refillable compact, leaves a plush, dewy tint on cheeks and lips in hues from pink to peach and berry. \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "On April 4th, Thee Stallion posted a selfie on her Instagram showcasing her clear and dewy skin. \u2014 Emerald Elitou, Essence , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "With additional aromas and flavors of ripe white peaches, papaya and the smell of a dewy lawn in springtime, this wine will be right at home with everything from Mother\u2019s Day brunch to the Primus show at Edgefield in June. \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "It's also packed with nourishing shea butter and hydrating avocado oil, which means a pigment-rich, dewy effect is yours for the taking. \u2014 Jennifer Chan, PEOPLE.com , 29 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-131212"
  },
  "dystopia":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an imagined world or society in which people lead wretched, dehumanized , fearful lives",
      ": anti-utopia sense 2",
      ": malposition of an anatomical part"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8t\u014d-p\u0113-\u0259",
      "dis-\u02c8t\u014d-p\u0113-\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Fans of surreality, dystopia and even historical fiction should give it a try. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 14 June 2022",
      "Fritz Lang's stunning Metropolis unfolds in a futuristic urban dystopia , one heavily influenced by Art Deco architecture and flooded with Biblical imagery, where the rich live carefree lives above ground while workers toil below. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 16 May 2022",
      "The show seemed to shift from a dystopia exaggerated for effect into a near-reality overnight. \u2014 Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022",
      "The outfits invoke the classic novel and TV adaptation of The Handmaid\u2019s Tale, which imagines a dystopia that relegates women to incubator status. \u2014 Natalie Shure, The New Republic , 5 May 2022",
      "A century ago, the Soviet dissident writer Yevgeny Zamyatin novelized a future dystopia in which equality was taken so seriously that peculiarly athletic people might have one of their limbs lopped off by the state, to even things up. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "In the dystopia described by George Orwell, government was watching us with an eye on limiting our freedom. \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Green New Deal is an off-ramp for Boston residents who don\u2019t want to experience a racially and economically stratified climate dystopia . \u2014 Miles Howard, The New Republic , 3 Nov. 2021",
      "Short and sweet episodes of this sci-fi comedy-drama fit neatly into gaps in your day and whisk you away to a nightmare corporate dystopia in a galaxy fraught with evil artificial intelligence and monstrous aliens. \u2014 Simon Hill, Wired , 20 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" dys- + -topia (in utopia )",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1950, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-131352"
  },
  "dystonia":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of various conditions (such as Parkinson's disease and torticollis) characterized by abnormalities of movement and muscle tone",
      ": a state of disordered tonicity of tissues (as of muscle)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8t\u014d-n\u0113-\u0259",
      "dis-\u02c8t\u014d-n\u0113-\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In 1997, the FDA gave its first green light to deep brain stimulation as a treatment for tremor, and then for Parkinson\u2019s in 2002 and the movement disorder dystonia in 2003. \u2014 Isabella Cueto, STAT , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "His sister Kendra Marcus said the cause was dystonia . \u2014 Annabelle Williams, New York Times , 28 Dec. 2021",
      "The legendary puppeteer lived for some time with dystonia , which causes involuntary muscle contractions, the Sesame Workshop said in a statement. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Dec. 2019",
      "Following her flu and respiratory episodes recently in the emergency room, she's been experiencing new neurological symptoms, including dystonia , a movement disorder. \u2014 Ryan Prior, CNN , 7 May 2020",
      "The legendary puppeteer lived for some time with dystonia , which causes involuntary muscle contractions, the Sesame Workshop said in a statement. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Dec. 2019",
      "The legendary puppeteer lived for some time with dystonia , which causes involuntary muscle contractions, the Sesame Workshop said in a statement. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Dec. 2019",
      "The cause of dystonia isn't known, but some forms are inherited, states Mayo Clinic. \u2014 Claire Gillespie, Health.com , 9 Dec. 2019",
      "Spinney, who also operated and voiced Oscar, Big Bird's grumpy trash can-dwelling neighbor, before retiring from the iconic kids program in October 2018, died at his home in Connecticut after living with dystonia for some time. \u2014 Lisa De Los Reyes, Billboard , 8 Dec. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from German Dystonie, from dys-  dys- + -tonie  -tonia ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1860, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-132513"
  },
  "dissever":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": sever , separate",
      ": to come apart : disunite"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8se-v\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break up",
      "decouple",
      "disassociate",
      "disconnect",
      "disjoin",
      "disjoint",
      "dissociate",
      "disunite",
      "divide",
      "divorce",
      "part",
      "ramify",
      "resolve",
      "separate",
      "sever",
      "split",
      "sunder",
      "uncouple",
      "unlink",
      "unyoke"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "join",
      "link",
      "unify",
      "unite"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "placed the dissevered pieces of chicken in the roasting pan"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French deseivr- , stem of desevrer , from Late Latin disseparare , from Latin dis- + separare to separate",
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-132857"
  },
  "disally":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to free from an alliance : sever"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u00a6)dis+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" dis- entry 1 + ally ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-133907"
  },
  "draggled":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make wet and dirty by dragging",
      ": to trail on the ground",
      ": straggle"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dra-g\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"frequentative of drag ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1513, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-133916"
  },
  "discommendation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": blame , censure , reproach , dispraise"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u00a6)dis",
      "d\u0259\u0307s+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-134109"
  },
  "distrustfulness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having or showing distrust"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8tr\u0259s(t)-f\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "disbelieving",
      "doubting",
      "incredulous",
      "mistrustful",
      "negativistic",
      "questioning",
      "show-me",
      "skeptical",
      "suspecting",
      "suspicious",
      "unbelieving"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "credulous",
      "gullible",
      "gullable",
      "trustful",
      "trusting",
      "uncritical",
      "unquestioning"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "she was distrustful of her boyfriend's claim of having saved the kitten from a raging fire",
      "naturally distrustful of politicians who claim to have all the answers",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Kings County District Attorney\u2019s office had attempted buybacks before, but people were distrustful . \u2014 Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
      "Many remain concerned about safety, liability and cybersecurity and, overall, a variety of studies have found that consumers are still distrustful of the technology. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
      "Claiming to represent the common man, Jackson was distrustful of experts and elites and held on to a fading agrarian vision of America. \u2014 Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor , 2 June 2022",
      "Americans are distrustful of big business, unions, public schools and organized religion. \u2014 Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 May 2022",
      "Republicans in this battleground state are generally distrustful of the outcome of the last presidential election and energized to vote in this year's midterms, according to recent polling by the Marquette University Law School. \u2014 Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel , 20 May 2022",
      "The episode shows that Amazon\u2019s road to dominance in India runs through a hostile regulatory environment that is increasingly distrustful of American tech giants and a legal system that can sometimes make enforcing contracts difficult. \u2014 Megha Mandavia, WSJ , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "The bad news is that this far into the pandemic, communication is still floundering in the face of a public that is increasingly distrustful of scientists and federal health agencies. \u2014 Caroline Chen, ProPublica , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "But this movement is also generally distrustful of all kinds of \u00e9lites. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 15 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1589, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-134331"
  },
  "dole":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name ()",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a grant of government funds to the unemployed",
      ": a giving or distribution of food, money, or clothing to the needy",
      ": something distributed at intervals to the needy",
      ": handout sense 1",
      ": something portioned out bit by bit",
      ": one's allotted share, portion, or destiny",
      ": to give or distribute as a charity",
      ": grief , sorrow",
      ": an act of giving out food, clothing, or money to the needy",
      ": something given out to the needy especially at regular times",
      ": to give out",
      "Bob 1923\u20132021 Robert Joseph Dole American politician",
      "Sanford Ballard 1844\u20131926 American jurist; president (1894\u20131900) and governor (1900\u201303) of Hawaii"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u014dl",
      "\u02c8d\u014dl",
      "\u02c8d\u014dl"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "almsgiving",
      "charity",
      "philanthropy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1) and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (2)",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-134359"
  },
  "disbelief":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of disbelieving : mental rejection of something as untrue",
      ": refusal or inability to believe"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-b\u0259-\u02c8l\u0113f",
      "\u02ccdis-b\u0259-\u02c8l\u0113f"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "incredulity",
      "nonbelief",
      "unbelief"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "belief",
      "credence",
      "credit"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "She stared at him in utter disbelief .",
      "their story explaining their absence was met with frank disbelief",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Eight- and nine-figure pay numbers spark disbelief , envy, and outrage. \u2014 Geoff Colvin, Fortune , 5 May 2022",
      "The film follows survivors who, in attempting to report the crimes committed against them, often face disbelief , victim-blaming, and an unjust erasure of any alleged crime. \u2014 Amy Mackelden, ELLE , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "There\u2019s the anger, the disbelief , the sadness\u2014there\u2019s all these different things happening in different moments. \u2014 Max Gao, Harper's BAZAAR , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "In interviews following the show, at after-parties and on social media, Smith\u2019s colleagues variously expressed sadness, confusion, disbelief , anger and, in some cases, empathy. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "As Rachel watches in utter disbelief , Clayton and Gabby head down the stairs to the exit of whatever this building is. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Thousands of social media users shared the video and hundreds of thousands watched it on the national holiday honoring King, with responses that included disbelief , outrage and derision of Biden. \u2014 Bayliss Wagner, USA TODAY , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "First, disbelief that you could be asked to prove your sexuality. \u2014 Laura Coates, Rolling Stone , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "Her expression is a mask of disbelief , grief and horror. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1672, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-134754"
  },
  "doss (down)":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "to go to one's bed in order to sleep he frequently plays host at his London flat, and overnight guests pretty much doss down where they please"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-134759"
  },
  "drearisome":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": characterized by dreariness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-r\u0113s\u0259m",
      "-ris-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-135057"
  },
  "darkling":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in the dark",
      ": dark",
      ": done or taking place in the dark"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4r-kli\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "black",
      "caliginous",
      "dark",
      "darkened",
      "darkish",
      "darksome",
      "dim",
      "dimmed",
      "dusk",
      "dusky",
      "gloomy",
      "lightless",
      "murky",
      "obscure",
      "obscured",
      "pitch-black",
      "pitch-dark",
      "pitchy",
      "rayless",
      "somber",
      "sombre",
      "stygian",
      "tenebrific",
      "tenebrous",
      "unlit"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bright",
      "brightened",
      "brilliant",
      "illuminated",
      "illumined",
      "light",
      "lit",
      "lighted",
      "lightsome",
      "lucent",
      "lucid",
      "luminous"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "the darkling valleys of Transylvania, where tales of vampires have long existed"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adverb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adverb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Adjective",
      "1689, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-135736"
  },
  "dink":{
    "type":[
      "noun ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dinghy",
      ": drop shot",
      ": nitwit , jerk , nerd",
      ": a couple with two incomes and no children",
      ": a member of such a couple"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di\u014bk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bookworm",
      "dork",
      "geek",
      "grind",
      "nerd",
      "swot",
      "weenie",
      "wonk"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "1903, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1939, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (3)",
      "1974, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (4)",
      "1986, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-135751"
  },
  "durned":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adjective or adverb",
      "interjection",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to mend with interlacing stitches",
      ": to embroider by filling in with long running or interlacing stitches",
      ": to do darning",
      ": a place that has been darned",
      ": damned",
      ": damn",
      ": damn",
      ": to mend by sewing",
      ": very bad"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4rn",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4rn",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4rn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "sew",
      "stitch",
      "suture"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "accursed",
      "accurst",
      "blasted",
      "confounded",
      "cursed",
      "curst",
      "cussed",
      "damnable",
      "dang",
      "danged",
      "darned",
      "durned",
      "deuced",
      "doggone",
      "doggoned",
      "freaking",
      "infernal"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb (1)",
      "circa 1600, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun (1)",
      "1720, in the meaning defined above",
      "Adjective or adverb",
      "1781, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb (2)",
      "1781, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1840, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-135953"
  },
  "dolorously":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief",
      ": causing, characterized by, or affected with physical pain",
      ": causing, marked by, or expressive of misery or grief"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u014d-l\u0259-r\u0259s",
      "also",
      "\u02c8d\u014d-l\u0259-r\u0259s",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4l-\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aching",
      "agonized",
      "anguished",
      "bemoaning",
      "bewailing",
      "bitter",
      "deploring",
      "doleful",
      "dolesome",
      "funeral",
      "grieving",
      "heartbroken",
      "lamentable",
      "lugubrious",
      "mournful",
      "plaintive",
      "plangent",
      "regretful",
      "rueful",
      "sorrowful",
      "sorry",
      "wailing",
      "weeping",
      "woeful"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "dolorous ballads of death and regret",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Things had changed just enough to incorporate this kind of hard, dolorous realism. \u2014 Wesley Morris, New York Times , 5 Nov. 2020",
      "Filled with desolate vistas, a feathered and furred menagerie, and multiple aperture-like windows, these fragments quickly establish a moody tone and over time become dolorous refrains. \u2014 Manohla Dargis, New York Times , 1 Feb. 2018",
      "His Grammy supremacy, to the exclusion of Sheeran, shows that the dolorous guitarist no longer holds intrinsic sway over the smiling showman for the awards' purposes. \u2014 Andrew Unterberger, Billboard , 28 Nov. 2017",
      "His Grammy supremacy, to the exclusion of Sheeran, shows that the dolorous guitarist no longer holds intrinsic sway over the smiling showman for the awards' purposes. \u2014 Andrew Unterberger, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Nov. 2017",
      "The mosaics portray Jesus and his human forebears, including Joseph and a dolorous Mother Mary. \u2014 Nasser Nasser, National Geographic , 27 May 2016",
      "Did Affleck use up his store of dolorous winces in Manchester by the Sea? \u2014 Christian Lorentzen, New Republic , 5 July 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-140154"
  },
  "disjointed":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": being thrown out of orderly function",
      ": lacking coherence or orderly sequence",
      ": separated at or as if at the joint",
      ": not clear and orderly"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8j\u022fin-t\u0259d",
      "dis-\u02c8j\u022fin-t\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "choppy",
      "disconnected",
      "incoherent",
      "unconnected"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "coherent",
      "connected"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a disjointed harangue about a hodgepodge of things that are supposedly wrong with our society",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The 18-year-old accused of the carnage in New York left behind a disjointed and childish manifesto that singles out not only Black people, but mixed-race marriages \u2014 and the children of them \u2014 as something to be eliminated. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
      "Even though the world may feel more disjointed than any other time in the past decade, virtual globalization has been encouraged more than ever before. \u2014 Nick Green, Forbes , 13 Oct. 2021",
      "These gaps can lead to disjointed decisions that can negatively affect security, such as a lack of funding for security initiatives. \u2014 Tim Liu, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
      "This kind of disjointed system, Bittner said, raises questions about the coordination between counties when a child goes missing and whether state agencies are appropriately allocating resources to find children. \u2014 Marisa Iati, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
      "The effect is appealing, but the book\u2019s structure presents a disjointed picture of how the policies of the era\u2019s nine presidencies fit together into a strategic whole. \u2014 A. Wess Mitchell, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "The French, under the direction of Jean-Louis Barrault, put on a disjointed 90-minute variety show, not without its moments of charm. \u2014 Vogue , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Done poorly, these engagements lack clarity, efficiency and results, and can lead to disjointed customer experiences. \u2014 Colson Hillier, Forbes , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, the CDC has faced criticism for muddy communication, along with slow and disjointed data coming through an outdated system. \u2014 Deidre Mcphillips, CNN , 19 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-140249"
  },
  "drowse":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to be inactive",
      ": to fall into a light slumber",
      ": to make drowsy or inactive",
      ": to pass (time) drowsily or in drowsing",
      ": the act or an instance of drowsing : doze",
      ": to sleep lightly",
      ": a light sleep : doze"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drau\u0307z",
      "\u02c8drau\u0307z"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "catnap",
      "doze",
      "kip",
      "nap",
      "slumber",
      "snooze"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "catnap",
      "doze",
      "forty winks",
      "kip",
      "nap",
      "siesta",
      "snooze",
      "wink"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "picnickers drowsing in the shade of an oak tree",
      "Noun",
      "was just falling into a drowse when you called"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1573, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1796, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-140821"
  },
  "dredge":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to dig, gather, or pull out with or as if with a dredge (see dredge entry 2 )",
      ": to deepen (a waterway) with a machine that removes earth usually by buckets on an endless chain or a suction tube : to deepen with a dredge (see dredge entry 2 sense 2 )",
      ": to bring to light by deep searching",
      ": to use a dredge",
      ": to search deeply",
      ": an apparatus usually in the form of an oblong iron frame with an attached bag net used especially for gathering fish and shellfish",
      ": a machine for removing earth usually by buckets on an endless chain or a suction tube",
      ": a barge used in dredging",
      ": to coat by sprinkling (as with flour)",
      ": to dig or gather with or as if with a device dragged along the bottom of a body of water",
      ": a heavy iron frame with a net attached to be dragged along the bottom of a body of water",
      ": a machine or boat used in dragging along the bottom of a body of water",
      ": a machine for removing earth usually by buckets on an endless chain or by a suction tube"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drej",
      "\u02c8drej"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "comb",
      "dig (through)",
      "hunt (through)",
      "rake",
      "ransack",
      "rifle",
      "rummage",
      "scour",
      "search",
      "sort (through)",
      "troll"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Multiple lawsuits continue to dredge up various scandals from Facebook\u2019s past. \u2014 Benjamin Wofford, Wired , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "There were also concerns that the project could lead to a vast number of turbines in the lake over time and whether putting turbines in the lake would dredge up potentially toxic material. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "In a major change along the way, JaxPort developed a funding model that paid to dredge 11 miles of the river from a depth of 40 feet down to 47 feet, rather than going the full 13 miles authorized by Congress. \u2014 David Bauerlein, Orlando Sentinel , 30 May 2022",
      "Dip fish fillets in the egg, shake off the excess, then dredge in cornmeal. \u2014 Erin Cavoto, Country Living , 12 May 2022",
      "Sweet turtle thighs, dredge us from the wreck, these years of steady losing. \u2014 Tishani Doshi, The New Republic , 19 May 2022",
      "Water managers are worried that a plan to dredge Utah Lake could compromise Wasatch Front water-users\u2019 access to drinking water. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Dip in milk, then dredge in cornstarch until shrimp is covered. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "In order to offload the containers, crews will dredge 43 feet deep and two crane barges will be installed. \u2014 Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The annual dredge survey is done in the winter when blue crabs are less active. \u2014 Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
      "The 11-mile dredge was slated to finish at the end of October and wrapped up about six months sooner. \u2014 David Bauerlein, Orlando Sentinel , 30 May 2022",
      "Transfer the pieces to the flour, and dredge until evenly coated. \u2014 G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
      "Stony dredge sites from early-20th-century gold-mining operations mark the banks in places. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "The giant dredge operated in the Goldstream Valley between 1928 and 1959. \u2014 Scott Mcmurren, Anchorage Daily News , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "After a light flour dredge , the chiles are eased into iron skillets to shallow fry until golden outside and molten inside. \u2014 Maggie Hennessy, Bon App\u00e9tit , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "In 2012 that included the huge cost of bringing to San Diego a dredge large enough for the job from the East Coast, said Shelby Tucker, the project manager for SANDAG. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "This is done by dredging the bottom of the lake and using the soil to create dredge containment areas, or islands. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb (1)",
      "1508, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1602, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb (2)",
      "1596, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-141708"
  },
  "dead-on":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": exactly correct or accurate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ded-\u02c8\u022fn",
      "-\u02c8\u00e4n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "accurate",
      "bang on",
      "correct",
      "exact",
      "good",
      "on-target",
      "precise",
      "proper",
      "right",
      "so",
      "spot-on",
      "true",
      "veracious"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "false",
      "improper",
      "inaccurate",
      "incorrect",
      "inexact",
      "off",
      "untrue",
      "wrong"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1889, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-142428"
  },
  "devastating":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": causing great damage or harm",
      ": causing extreme emotional pain",
      ": extremely effective or powerful"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-v\u0259-\u02ccst\u0101-ti\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "annihilatory",
      "calamitous",
      "cataclysmal",
      "cataclysmic",
      "destructive",
      "devastative",
      "disastrous",
      "ruinous"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "nondestructive"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1634, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-142458"
  },
  "dehull":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove the hulls from (seed)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u0113+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" de- + hull (noun)",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-142620"
  },
  "demerara sugar":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a coarse light-brown raw sugar"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-m\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4r-\u0259-",
      "-\u02c8rer-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Combine 1 cup water, 1 cup demerara sugar in a saucepan and bring to a boil. \u2014 Liza Weisstuch, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2022",
      "Add one chai tea bag, a small pinch of salt, and three demerara sugar cubes. \u2014 Outside Online , 17 Dec. 2020",
      "Hot Toddy's are traditionally made with lemon, demerara sugar , your favorite scotch whiskey and fresh nutmeg, according to Food Network's recipe. \u2014 Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY , 18 Dec. 2021",
      "Then these ginger-molasses cookies needed to be rotated at three minutes, individually punched down with the back of a spoon and sprinkled with demerara sugar at six minutes, cooled on the sheet pan and then carefully transferred to a cooling rack. \u2014 Christian Reynoso, San Francisco Chronicle , 3 Dec. 2021",
      "Spread the last of a jam jar across a sheet, roll it up, and slice it before topping with a little demerara sugar and baking: voil\u00e0, jammy pinwheels that could have come from a fancy bakery. \u2014 Kendra Vaculin, Bon App\u00e9tit , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "And, if desired, sprinkle with demerara sugar or regular sugar. \u2014 Kim Sun\u00e9e, Anchorage Daily News , 2 July 2021",
      "Make the demerara syrup: In a small pan over medium heat, combine the demerara sugar with the water and bring to a boil, stirring until the sugar is dissolved. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 June 2021",
      "Spread the demerara sugar or sparkling sugar, if using, onto a baking sheet. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Dec. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" Demerara , river and region in Guyana",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1848, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-142930"
  },
  "dew worm":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": night crawler"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1599, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-143337"
  },
  "drifter":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that drifts",
      ": one that travels or moves about aimlessly"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drif-t\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "gadabout",
      "gypsy",
      "knockabout",
      "maunderer",
      "nomad",
      "rambler",
      "roamer",
      "rover",
      "stroller",
      "vagabond",
      "wanderer",
      "wayfarer"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "He was a drifter who hitchhiked from state to state.",
      "the drifter just packed up and moved on to the next dead-end job",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The news of Morpheus' return is conveyed to Johanna Constantine (Jenna Coleman) by the eccentric drifter Mad Hettie. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 6 June 2022",
      "That\u2019s particularly true of Harris\u2019 lean, lushly bearded drifter Henry, who is first met arriving by bus in a southern Outback town. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 May 2022",
      "After taking a job on a farm run by a reclusive woman, a drifter begins suffering from visions of men trapped inside the bodies of animals. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Walsh\u2019s six-year-old son was murdered in Florida in 1981, and in 2008 Ottis Toole, the Florida drifter with whom Bourgoin joked about barbecue sauce, was posthumously recognized as the child\u2019s murderer. \u2014 Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "It\u2019s a hammock, a drifter , a chair or even a piece of exercise equipment if that\u2019s your kind of thing. \u2014 Kathleen Walsh, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Among the group was Bates, a 28-year-old, one-eyed drifter from Alabama. \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "The photo in question is a black and white still from Thelma & Louise, the film which gave Pitt one of his earliest breakout roles as the drifter JD. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "Mart\u00edn will play a drifter in search of answers to a mystery from her past, who takes on a job in the countryside looking after a sick teen. \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 15 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1897, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-143345"
  },
  "developmental":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of, relating to, or being development",
      ": experimental sense 2",
      ": serving economic development",
      ": designed to assist growth or bring about improvement (as of a skill)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0113-\u02ccve-l\u0259p-\u02c8men-t\u1d4al"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "experimental",
      "pilot",
      "trial"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "A drop in temperature can slow the plant's developmental process.",
      "a child with developmental abnormalities",
      "My theory is still in its developmental stage.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Chastain began racing in NASCAR\u2019s developmental series. \u2014 Cole Cusumano, The Arizona Republic , 25 June 2022",
      "Holmgren couldn\u2019t have asked for a better home than the small-market Thunder, who are fully committed to a patient developmental approach and can help shield him from questions about his physique early in his career. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
      "One of the top recruits in the 2021 class, Foster eschewed college in favor of the G League Ignite, the NBA's developmental team. \u2014 Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
      "Now known as the Epson Tour, the LPGA Futures Tour became a national touring organization and the official developmental arm of the LPGA Tour in 1999. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 23 June 2022",
      "Segerstrom, a professor of developmental , social and health psychology at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, has studied the connection between self-regulation, stress and immune function. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 23 June 2022",
      "This indicates that babbling is a widespread and natural developmental process in parrots. \u2014 Grrlscientist, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "Considering Day 3 picks are considered developmental prospects, the Cowboys simply wanted to move on from the veteran WR. \u2014 Scott Patsko, cleveland , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "But both were developmental prospects, flashing excellent length but little pro readiness due to Paye's lack of pass-rush experience and Odeyingbo's health in coming off a torn Achilles. \u2014 Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star , 2 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1849, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-143655"
  },
  "drownproofing":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a technique for staying afloat in water for an extended period with minimum effort by using one's natural buoyancy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drau\u0307n\u00a6pr\u00fcfi\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" drown + proofing ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-143700"
  },
  "deficient":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lacking in some necessary quality or element",
      ": not up to a normal standard or complement (see complement entry 1 sense 1b(1) ) : defective",
      ": a person or thing that is deficient",
      ": lacking something necessary for completeness or health",
      ": lacking in some necessary quality or element",
      ": not up to a normal standard or complement",
      ": having, relating to, or characterized by a genetic deletion",
      ": one that is deficient"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8fi-sh\u0259nt",
      "di-\u02c8fi-sh\u0259nt",
      "di-\u02c8fish-\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "fragmental",
      "fragmentary",
      "half",
      "halfway",
      "incomplete",
      "partial"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "complete",
      "entire",
      "full",
      "intact",
      "integral",
      "perfect",
      "whole"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "Several bridges in the city are structurally deficient .",
      "a diet deficient in calcium can lead to weak bones",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The 6th Street Viaduct is being rebuilt to replace the original structure, which was constructed in 1932 and is seismically deficient , authorities say. \u2014 Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times , 21 May 2022",
      "Hiring police officers in jurisdictions that are deficient with incentives would be an excellent use of those funds. \u2014 George Johnson, Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
      "Some 56 bridges in the district, or 4.2%, are structurally deficient , according to the American Road and Transportation Builders Association, above the state average. \u2014 Siobhan Hughes, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "For that reason, the District\u2019s response was legally deficient . \u2014 Jack Greiner, The Enquirer , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "And his off-ball awareness, such an important component of their defensive schemes, is sometimes deficient and can lead to overall breakdowns. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "Per Greg Prodromides, La Prairie\u2019s chief marketing officer, the product is best for those with skin that is fragile, thin, dry, rough and dull, and/or deficient in nutrients. \u2014 Lindy Segal, Harper's BAZAAR , 9 June 2022",
      "Led by unpersuasive performances from chemistry- deficient leads Margaret Qualley and Joe Alwyn, this is a film almost perversely lacking in dramatic texture or momentum. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 May 2022",
      "Over the summer, Gloria and the council approved a new parks master plan that would dedicate much of the city\u2019s funds for parks projects to park- deficient neighborhoods and historically underserved communities. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "According to a 2010 article from the International Journal of Health Sciences, over 1 billion people worldwide are vitamin D deficient . \u2014 Valerie Pavilonis, USA TODAY , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "The best way to hide the deficient , though, is through a dominating offense which brings us back to Jackson and Roman. \u2014 Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com , 5 June 2021",
      "Some research is also starting to show that many severe COVID-19 patients are vitamin D deficient . \u2014 Fedor Kossakovski, Science , 15 Dec. 2020",
      "But rising home prices are bailing out large numbers of the equity deficient : their number is down by more than 1.2 million in the last 12 months. \u2014 Kenneth R. Harney, miamiherald , 22 Aug. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1906, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-143729"
  },
  "deluge":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an overflowing of the land by water",
      ": a drenching rain",
      ": an overwhelming amount or number",
      ": to overflow with water : inundate",
      ": overwhelm , swamp",
      ": a flooding of land by water : flood",
      ": a drenching rain",
      ": a sudden huge stream of something",
      ": flood entry 2 sense 1",
      ": to overwhelm as if with a flood"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8del-\u02ccy\u00fcj",
      "-\u02ccy\u00fczh",
      "nonstandard",
      "\u02c8d\u0101-\u02ccl\u00fcj",
      "\u02c8del-y\u00fcj"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "alluvion",
      "bath",
      "cataclysm",
      "cataract",
      "flood",
      "flood tide",
      "inundation",
      "Niagara",
      "overflow",
      "spate",
      "torrent"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "drown",
      "engulf",
      "flood",
      "gulf",
      "inundate",
      "overflow",
      "overwhelm",
      "submerge",
      "submerse",
      "swamp"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The deluge caused severe mudslides.",
      "a deluge of thanks and appreciation for the returning troops",
      "Verb",
      "Heavy rains deluged the region.",
      "deluged with requests for help",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "And there has been a constant deluge of stories claiming there is an epidemic of police killings (especially of Black men) and demanding reform. \u2014 Star Tribune , 7 July 2021",
      "For anyone not already super familiar with Apple\u2019s tech ecosystem, the keynote might have been a dizzying deluge of product names and integrations. \u2014 Lauren Goode, Wired , 9 June 2021",
      "Numerous domestic manuals besides Beecher\u2019s came out in the nineteenth century, and there was a deluge of self-help books in the nineteen-eighties. \u2014 Louis Menand, The New Yorker , 31 May 2021",
      "The result was a deluge of police tweets about people, particularly children of color, who had disappeared. \u2014 Peter Hermann, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
      "Another headwind is the deluge of IPOs entering the market. \u2014 Denny Jacob, WSJ , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "And the end of the show is just a deluge of Spice Girls lyric puns. \u2014 Bethy Squires, Vulture , 1 Jan. 2022",
      "Corps members are also trained in flood control, ready to fill and strategically place tens of thousands of sandbags during the next major deluge . \u2014 David Helvarg, Environment , 29 Dec. 2021",
      "Junior guard Layla Henderson scored all eight of her points during the first-half deluge and also contributed a game-high nine rebounds to go with three assists and three steals. \u2014 Matt Le Cren, chicagotribune.com , 16 Dec. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Some shipping executives are skeptical that boxships from China will deluge U.S. and European ports in the months ahead. \u2014 Costas Paris, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
      "Experts point towards a lagging vaccination program and a failure in government messaging as factors behind the surge, which is now threatening to deluge hospitals across the country. \u2014 Tara John, CNN , 20 Oct. 2021",
      "In its desire to showcase all those shiny new ideas, Far Cry 6 puts its story on the backburner to deluge you with tutorials for countless new modes, upgrades, and abilities. \u2014 Matt Gardner, Forbes , 7 Oct. 2021",
      "Nicholas, the sixth Atlantic hurricane of 2021, is expected to deluge southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana with torrential rain for several days, posing a threat to flood-prone Houston and other low-lying areas. \u2014 Robin Webb, sun-sentinel.com , 14 Sep. 2021",
      "Newsom\u2019s opportunity to deluge the state with financial assistance is unlikely to convert the most stalwart Republican voter. \u2014 Melanie Mason Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 15 May 2021",
      "In all, a dozen associations along with 70 companies and law firms combined forces to deluge the FAA with comments. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 Jan. 2021",
      "Consumers with expensive texting or data plans could end up facing higher costs if debt collectors deluge them with messages. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, USA TODAY , 4 Nov. 2020",
      "In the Sanford area, large numbers of homes and businesses were deluged with water and mud. \u2014 Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press , 27 May 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-143817"
  },
  "demj":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "demijohn"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-143831"
  },
  "datum":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something given or admitted especially as a basis for reasoning or inference",
      ": something used as a basis for calculating or measuring",
      ": a single piece of information : fact"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101-t\u0259m",
      "\u02c8da-",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-",
      "\u02c8d\u0101-t\u0259m",
      "\u02c8da-",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "detail",
      "fact",
      "nicety",
      "particular",
      "particularity",
      "point",
      "specific"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "let's begin our discussion of this matter with a datum from actual experience",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The actual observance is not a calendar event, but many promote the datum when larger quantum computers can publicly break PKI systems using RSA and ECC. \u2014 Denis Mandich, Forbes , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "The only memorable datum in 300 pages of chaff was the fact that, not counting his brothers, Jim Buckley had stood up as best man for five different bridegrooms. \u2014 Neal B. Freeman, National Review , 5 Oct. 2020",
      "Coronavirus testing has reached record levels in Oregon with nearly 12,000 residents receiving results in the past week, according to state data analyzed by The Oregonian/OregonLive. \u2014 oregonlive , 30 Apr. 2020",
      "But Smith and her colleagues now have solid data to back up other aspects of these creatures\u2019 superpowered spines at a level of detail that\u2019s never been seen before. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Apr. 2020",
      "Blacks have suffered roughly double the fatality rate of whites during the epidemic, according to city health data . \u2014 Claudia Torrens, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 Apr. 2020",
      "The study of the highly disparate places will provide data about community spread of COVID-19, a UCSF news release said. \u2014 Maura Dolan, Los Angeles Times , 29 Apr. 2020",
      "In particular, fog-clearing may enable the widespread use of an emerging technology known as free-space optical communications, which delivers data in laser light through air instead of optical fiber. \u2014 Sophia Chen, Wired , 29 Apr. 2020",
      "In total, 78 Ohioans have died since Sunday, according to Wednesday\u2019s data . \u2014 Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati.com , 29 Apr. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin, from neuter of datus ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-144007"
  },
  "demob":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": demobilize",
      ": the act or process of demobilizing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8m\u00e4b",
      "di-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1919, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "1945, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-144127"
  },
  "deprive":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to take something away from",
      ": to withhold something from",
      ": to remove from office",
      ": remove",
      ": to take something away from or keep from having something",
      ": to take something away from and especially something that is usually considered essential for mental or physical well-being",
      ": to take away or withhold something from"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8pr\u012bv",
      "di-\u02c8pr\u012bv",
      "di-\u02c8pr\u012bv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abate",
      "bereave",
      "divest",
      "strip"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "working those long hours was depriving him of his sleep",
      "one of scores of bishops who had been deprived after the anticlericals came to power",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Government policy has continued to widen the racial wealth gap\u2014through housing laws in the New Deal era, discriminatory wage scales or miscarriages of the criminal legal system, which deprive Black households of reliable breadwinners. \u2014 Malaika Jabali, Essence , 19 June 2022",
      "With the Neptunes protecting Odesa, the Ukrainian navy in theory could stage some or all of its new Harpoons near the Romanian border\u2014and deprive the Russian fleet of any safe approach to the island. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "Homelessness is not a problem caused by individuals experiencing it, but by the systems that distribute\u2014and deprive people of\u2014housing. \u2014 Tracy Rosenthal, The New Republic , 19 May 2022",
      "Others criticize the way fire crews heavily relied on backburning, a fire-suppression tactic that involves starting smaller fires to deprive a larger wildfire of fuel. \u2014 Alicia Inez Guzm\u00e1n For Searchlight Nm, Rolling Stone , 8 June 2022",
      "That's because the goal is to deprive the body of its primary energy source\u2014carbohydrates\u2014and load up on fat in order to force your body into a metabolic state called ketosis, in which stored fat is burned for energy, as SELF has reported. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 4 June 2022",
      "During the Vietnam War, Americans launched Operation Ranch Hand in 1962, employing chemical herbicides in enormous quantities to deprive the enemy of places to hide. \u2014 Layla Mcmurtrie, Detroit Free Press , 1 June 2022",
      "Those price rises have been driven in part by the EU\u2019s declared aim of reducing its reliance on Russia\u2019s fossil fuels to deprive the country of the funds needed to fight the war. \u2014 Paul Hannon, WSJ , 31 May 2022",
      "Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is equally eager to deprive Putin of this propaganda coup by liberating the city and its 290,000 residents and, in the process, relieving some of the pressure on the free southern cities of Mykolaiv and Odesa. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 28 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English depriven , from Anglo-French depriver , from Medieval Latin deprivare , from Latin de- + privare to deprive \u2014 more at private entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-144332"
  },
  "downpipe":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": downspout"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02ccp\u012bp"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1849, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-144629"
  },
  "debility":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": weakness , infirmity",
      ": a weakened state especially of health",
      ": the quality or state of being weak, feeble, or infirm",
      ": physical weakness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8bi-l\u0259-t\u0113",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8bi-l\u0259-t\u0113",
      "di-\u02c8bil-\u0259t-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "asthenia",
      "debilitation",
      "delicacy",
      "enervation",
      "enfeeblement",
      "faintness",
      "feebleness",
      "fragility",
      "frailness",
      "frailty",
      "infirmity",
      "languidness",
      "languor",
      "listlessness",
      "lowness",
      "weakness",
      "wimpiness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "hardihood",
      "hardiness",
      "robustness",
      "strength",
      "vigor"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The disease leads to debility but rarely kills.",
      "the debilities of elderly people",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "At 40, Baudelaire was a shadow of his former self, crushed by unrepayable debts, suffering the aftereffects of a seemingly minor stroke, and facing the onset of syphilitic debility . \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
      "Rereading recently the Snopes and Studs Lonigan trilogies, I was struck by their insight into the emotional debility and ruthlessness of socially mobile men. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "And how much of it is a function of the negative way the disease or debility is received by society? \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "We should be allowed to recognize when a serious condition is exploited simply to showcase debility . \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "Death, loss, distemper, debility : these have haunted his art ever since. \u2014 New York Times , 22 July 2021",
      "The phenomenon of post-viral malaise and debility is not new. \u2014 Prudy Gourguechon, Forbes , 10 June 2021",
      "The 25th Amendment deals with cases of genuine debility , such as might arise if the president became seriously ill. \u2014 John Yoo, WSJ , 2 Oct. 2020",
      "What began as a bad cold frequently led to complete debility . \u2014 John Gurda, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 Mar. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English debilite , from Middle French debilit\u00e9 , from Latin debilitat-, debilitas , from debilis , from de- de- + -bilis ; akin to Sanskrit bala strength",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-144721"
  },
  "demilitarize":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to do away with the military organization or potential of",
      ": to prohibit (something, such as a zone or frontier area) from being used for military purposes",
      ": to rid of military characteristics or uses"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8mi-l\u0259-t\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz",
      "di-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "disarm"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "arm",
      "militarize"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the two nations agreed to demilitarize themselves reciprocally",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Russia has billed its war in Ukraine in large part as a campaign to demilitarize the country, justifying long-range strikes against military infrastructure as a way of destroying weapons stockpiles and supplies provided by Western allies. \u2014 Matthew Luxmoore, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
      "The stated intention of the Kremlin was to demilitarize Ukraine. \u2014 Phil Mccausland, NBC news , 9 May 2022",
      "Piddubnyi said the claims made by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the start of the war \u2014 that Russia was not targeting civilians, and only aimed to demilitarize Ukraine \u2014 are not true. \u2014 Amie Schaeffer, The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Putin demands that Ukraine adopt a neutral status, drop its bid to join NATO, agree to demilitarize , recognize Russia\u2019s sovereignty over Crimea and acknowledge the independence of the rebel republics in the Donbas region. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Russian President Vladimir Putin has also insisted that Ukraine demilitarize , declare neutrality and give up any bid to join NATO. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "The Kremlin accused the European Union of hostile behavior, saying weapons supplies to Ukraine were destabilizing and proved that Russia was right in its efforts to demilitarize its neighbor. \u2014 Reuters, The Christian Science Monitor , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Putin is demanding Ukraine demilitarize , recognize Russian control over Crimea and renounce any efforts to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). \u2014 Audrey Conklin, Fox News , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "The Kremlin has demanded that Ukraine renounce future attempts to join NATO, demilitarize and acknowledge Russian sovereignty over the Crimean peninsula, which Russia seized in 2014. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1883, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-144902"
  },
  "dragger":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that drags",
      ": a fishing boat operating a trawl or dragnet"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dra-g\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "crawler",
      "dallier",
      "dawdler",
      "laggard",
      "lagger",
      "lingerer",
      "loiterer",
      "plodder",
      "slowpoke",
      "snail",
      "straggler"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "speedster"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "we quickly left the draggers behind and sprinted up the hill",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Over the past week Germany, the perennial foot- dragger , has done what the U.S. has spent decades politely asking it to do: begin to disconnect its energy sector from the Russian grid and commit to spending seriously on its own defense. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "For better or worse, Hill is too much of a gentleman to call me a knuckle- dragger . \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Nov. 2021",
      "But for now, even a blind knuckle- dragger can do a hearing. \u2014 Kristin Wilson And Paul Leblanc, CNN , 29 Apr. 2021",
      "Take the Cowboys\u2019 scoring drive just before the half, when Dalton found Gallup on a 19-yard toe- dragger down the left sideline \u2026 and then on a back-shoulder fade in the left corner of the end zone to take a 20-17 lead into halftime. \u2014 Jori Epstein, USA TODAY , 27 Dec. 2020",
      "So, if your foot- dragger is, say, a phone-hating introvert with pandemic anxiety, then the call to the pediatrician isn't the thing to delegate. \u2014 The Washington Post , 14 Aug. 2020",
      "Becket Adams writing for the Washington Examiner, Dec. 30: NBC News\u2019 Chuck Todd offered a good reminder this weekend that many in the press view people of faith as regressive knuckle- draggers . \u2014 WSJ , 30 Dec. 2019",
      "No knuckle- draggers , no chowder; not even any annoying pop music blaring from Pylon speakers. \u2014 Adam H. Graham, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 11 Oct. 2018",
      "While the Europeans have undeniably richer interiors and pedigrees, Detroit's latest muscle cars aren't low-tech knuckle draggers . \u2014 Brent Romans, Edmunds, USA TODAY , 27 Apr. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1500, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-144938"
  },
  "due volte":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": two times"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6d\u00fc(\u02cc)\u0101\u02c8v\u022fl\u02cct\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Italian",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-145108"
  },
  "deficient number":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an imperfect number (as 8) that is greater than the sum of its divisors"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-145415"
  },
  "dreepy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": spiritless and ineffective : droopy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-pi"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" dreep + -y ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-145426"
  },
  "doodad":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an ornamental attachment or decoration",
      ": an often small article whose common name is unknown or forgotten : gadget"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-\u02ccdad"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dingus",
      "doohickey",
      "hickey",
      "thingamabob",
      "thingamajig",
      "thingumajig",
      "thingummy",
      "whatchamacallit",
      "whatnot",
      "whatsit",
      "whatsis",
      "what-is-it"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "where does this little doodad go?",
      "has a habit of buying gadgets and doodads sold on television shopping channels",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "One\u2019s a literal box; the other is a curvilinear space oyster that looks like a background doodad from Mass Effect. \u2014 Jess Grey, Wired , 12 Nov. 2021",
      "To make a dream box, first have kids decorate an empty tissue box with markers, glue, and little doodads (yarn balls, pipe cleaners, googly eyes, buttons, sequins, whatever!). \u2014 Rebecca Renner, National Geographic , 11 May 2020",
      "Planes aren't flying, cars aren't driving, consumers aren't buying the petrochemical doodads that pervade modern life. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 21 Apr. 2020",
      "Amber Gorby ordered the beach towels, stuffed animals, smartphone chargers and the other doodads found by the cash registers at HomeTown Pharmacy's three dozen stores. \u2014 M.l. Elrick, Detroit Free Press , 21 Apr. 2020",
      "For the most powerful wash, position the tines (sharp doodads ) of forks and the bowls of spoons sticking up. \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 10 Apr. 2020",
      "Katona herself was a garden artist before Xanderland; her yard was alive with flowers, a koi pond, dozens of wind chimes, a forest of glass mushrooms, a huge fairy mosaic in the grass and shiny spinning doodads amid it all. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Jan. 2020",
      "In the next room, a separate crew was putting together a cockpit made primarily of plywood and various blinking doodads to simulate the interior of a helicopter. \u2014 Patrick Shanley, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Mar. 2020",
      "IoT manufacturers will often outsource components, so a mistake in one SoC can impact a wide range of connected doodads . \u2014 Brian Barrett, Wired , 22 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1888, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-145723"
  },
  "dictatorship":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the office of dictator",
      ": autocratic rule, control, or leadership",
      ": a form of government in which absolute power is concentrated in a dictator or a small clique",
      ": a government organization or group in which absolute power is so concentrated",
      ": a despotic state"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dik-\u02c8t\u0101-t\u0259r-\u02ccship",
      "\u02c8dik-\u02cct\u0101-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "absolutism",
      "autarchy",
      "authoritarianism",
      "autocracy",
      "Caesarism",
      "czarism",
      "tsarism",
      "tzarism",
      "despotism",
      "totalism",
      "totalitarianism",
      "tyranny"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The country suffered for many years under his dictatorship .",
      "His enemies accused him of establishing a dictatorship .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Bolsonaro, who has spoken fondly about the dictatorship , has also sought to make clear that the military answers to him. \u2014 Jack Nicas, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
      "Their parents were ardent supporters of the left-wing guerrillas fighting the nation\u2019s U.S.-backed military dictatorship . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
      "Years later, Blasco has the power to save Francisco\u2019s life, now a prisoner of the Uruguayan dictatorship , and gives him the possibility of a new life in Belgium. \u2014 Emiliano De Pablos, Variety , 6 June 2022",
      "Pilar is making a documentary about Natasha, who disappeared, like many others, during a brutal dictatorship . \u2014 Christina Barron, Washington Post , 1 June 2022",
      "The German dictatorship had fallen not due to internal revolution but as a result of external, military defeat; when the accused were turned back over to German authorities, the process fell apart. \u2014 Anna Altman, The New Republic , 27 May 2022",
      "The Trump administration established those sanctions in 2019 and tightened them in 2020 as part of an effort to pressure the military dictatorship in Caracas to release political prisoners and hold free and fair elections. \u2014 Mary Anastasia O\u2019grady, WSJ , 26 May 2022",
      "The proportion of the population living below the poverty line grew from 42% before the dictatorship to 59% after. \u2014 Time , 13 May 2022",
      "About Peron, about the revolution, about the military dictatorship . \u2014 Richard Quest And Joe Minihane, CNN , 27 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" dictator + -ship , as translation of Latin dict\u0101t\u016bra ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1542, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-145803"
  },
  "down payment":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a part of the full price paid at the time of purchase or delivery with the balance to be paid later",
      ": the first step in a process",
      ": a part of a price paid when something is bought with an agreement to pay the rest later"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "She made a 10 percent down payment on the car.",
      "We put a down payment on the house.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Four installment payments over 6 weeks starting with a 25% down payment at the time of purchase. \u2014 Katie Wedell, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
      "For a median-value home today, that's an $86,000 down payment . \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 14 June 2022",
      "The previous month, the father had ransacked his savings to make a five-thousand-dollar down payment on a three-bedroom house\u2014a step up from the decrepit rental where the family had lived for five years. \u2014 Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
      "And that 10% down payment would now require an extra $9,100. \u2014 Ben Carlson, Fortune , 4 June 2022",
      "Proceeds for the scheme were allegedly used by Costanzo to repair his Porsche, purchase airline tickets and make a $50,000 down payment on a condominium. \u2014 Joshua Goodman And Jim Mustain, Orlando Sentinel , 21 May 2022",
      "The 10% down payment , which Tomo says is typical of its users, is higher than what many first-time buyers look to pay, especially those who take advantage of Federal Housing Administration financing that allows down payments of as low as 3.5%. \u2014 Will Parker And Nate Rattner, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
      "Looking at homes in their original $400,000 budget, their hopeful spend of $20,000 was just a 5% down payment that didn't account for closing fees and other expenses. \u2014 Kristina Mcguirk, Better Homes & Gardens , 12 May 2022",
      "The monthly mortgage payment on a typical existing single-family home with a 20% down payment rose to $1,383, which is up $319, or 30%, from one year ago. \u2014 Brenda Richardson, Forbes , 4 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1854, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-145931"
  },
  "drop-dead date":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a date by which something must be done or finished : a deadline that must be met"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-150048"
  },
  "demimondain":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of or belonging to the demimonde"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6dem\u0113(\u02cc)m\u00e4n\u00a6d\u0101n",
      "-(\u02cc)m\u014dn\u00a6-",
      "d\u0259m\u0113m\u014d\u207fda\u207f"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"French demi-mondain , from demi-monde ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-150215"
  },
  "dolos":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a knucklebone of a sheep or goat used by Kafir witch doctors in divining"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4\u02ccl\u00e4s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Afrikaans",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-150426"
  },
  "dissettle":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": unsettle"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" dis- entry 1 + settle ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-150522"
  },
  "disparage":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to depreciate (see depreciate sense 1 ) by indirect means (such as invidious comparison) : speak slightingly about",
      ": to lower in rank or reputation : degrade",
      ": to speak of as unimportant or bad : belittle"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sper-ij",
      "-\u02c8spa-rij",
      "di-\u02c8sper-ij"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bad-mouth",
      "belittle",
      "cry down",
      "decry",
      "denigrate",
      "deprecate",
      "depreciate",
      "derogate",
      "diminish",
      "dis",
      "diss",
      "discount",
      "dismiss",
      "kiss off",
      "minimize",
      "play down",
      "poor-mouth",
      "put down",
      "run down",
      "talk down",
      "trash",
      "trash-talk",
      "vilipend",
      "write off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "acclaim",
      "applaud",
      "exalt",
      "extol",
      "extoll",
      "glorify",
      "laud",
      "magnify",
      "praise"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Voters don't like political advertisements in which opponents disparage one another.",
      "It's a mistake to disparage their achievements.",
      "The article disparaged polo as a game for the wealthy.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Far more difficult than highlighting Roe\u2019s multiple shortcomings is Justice Alito\u2019s similar effort to disparage and overrule the Casey trio\u2019s opinion. \u2014 David J. Garrow, WSJ , 4 May 2022",
      "Showing respect for various solutions establishes the expectation that team members can debate ideas but not disparage them. \u2014 Womensmedia, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
      "Some will disparage disclosures of entanglements with slavery and insist that attempts to remedy past wrongs are unnecessary. \u2014 Adam Sabes, Fox News , 1 May 2022",
      "In the days after Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, Aleksandr Zaldostanov, the leader of a pro-Putin biker club gang, the Night Wolves, turned to Facebook to disparage the Ukrainian president and push falsehoods about the war. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "And Russia has played a role, exploiting social media to disparage the use of natural gas and fossil fuels. \u2014 John Fund, National Review , 27 Feb. 2022",
      "As the days and the big wins went on, Schneider became a fixture in the nanasphere (grandma\u2019s kitchen TV, the activity room at the senior center), charming even the demographic that might be prompted to disparage people like her. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "Jamie referred to the #FreeBritney movement as conspiracy theories for years, and continued to disparage his daughter and her team after agreeing to step down. \u2014 Marisa Dellatto, Forbes , 29 Sep. 2021",
      "Meanwhile, the professional community continued to disparage the site. \u2014 Gina Ferazzi, Los Angeles Times , 14 July 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, to degrade by marriage below one's class, disparage, from Anglo-French desparager to marry below one's class, from des- dis- + parage equality, lineage, from per peer",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-150608"
  },
  "disengage":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to release from something that engages or involves",
      ": to release or detach oneself : withdraw"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-in-\u02c8g\u0101j"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "clear",
      "disembarrass",
      "disentangle",
      "extricate",
      "free",
      "liberate",
      "release",
      "untangle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "embroil",
      "entangle"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The two dancers moved together in a series of quick movements before disengaging and leaping apart.",
      "Put the car in gear, and then slowly disengage the clutch while pressing on the gas pedal.",
      "If there is a malfunction, the gears will automatically disengage .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In fact, such empowerment can lead employees to morally disengage and behave unethically. \u2014 Iese Business School, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "Machines constructed this way could disengage their operations from the inputs of electronic sensors and create novel forms of computation that resemble internal cognitive processes. \u2014 Gy\u00f6rgy Buzs\u00e1ki, Scientific American , 14 May 2022",
      "Early in April, Goldman Sachs downgraded the company to a sell from neutral, citing headwinds as investors disengage due to falling markets and waning Covid stimulus checks. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Freedom to disengage from the demands of technology, and soak up the healing the outdoors has to offer. \u2014 Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "The inability to mentally disengage is why some studies say that working on a traditional vacation, unsurprisingly, reduces its health and well-being benefits. \u2014 Gloria Liu, The Atlantic , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Early in April, Goldman Sachs downgraded the company to a sell from neutral, citing headwinds as investors disengage due to falling markets. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 10 May 2022",
      "Former customers rarely disengage entirely, Burton says. \u2014 Geoff Colvin, Fortune , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "More broadly, Biden\u2019s commitment to Ukraine appears to signal the end of a period of retrenchment in which Presidents Obama and Trump sought to disengage from the military entanglements launched by President George W. Bush. \u2014 Doyle Mcmanuswashington Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 24 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French d\u00e9sengager , from Middle French, from des- dis- + engager to engage",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1611, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-150628"
  },
  "durmast oak":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a European oak ( Quercus petraea ) valued especially for its dark heavy tough elastic wood and for its tannin-rich bark"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259r-\u02ccmast-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"perhaps alteration of dun mast , from dun entry 1 + mast ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1791, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-150748"
  },
  "diction":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": vocal expression : enunciation",
      ": pronunciation and enunciation of words in singing",
      ": choice of words especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness",
      ": verbal description",
      ": choice of words especially with regard to correctness, clearness, and effectiveness",
      ": the ability to say words"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dik-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02c8dik-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "articulation",
      "enunciation"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "He has wisely chosen to render almost all the material in what novelists and writers of creative nonfiction like to call \"close third person,\" approximating the diction and consciousness of his characters but retaining the freedom to wander into the bigger picture. \u2014 Thomas Mallon , New York Times Book Review , 22 Feb. 2009",
      "No one is better than Didion at using flatness of affect and formality of diction to convey seething anger and disdain. \u2014 New Yorker , 8 Oct. 2001",
      "When he sang Anatol in the world premiere of Samuel Barber's Vanessa , in 1958, Gedda's performance received high marks for impeccable diction and enunciation\u2014in that mostly American cast, he was the only principal whose English could be understood. \u2014 Patrick J. Smith , Opera News , November 1999",
      "The actor's diction was so poor I could hardly understand what he was saying.",
      "The student's essay was full of careless diction .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This is a play that hurls a lot of biographical information at the audience, but Reiter's diction and delivery are impeccable and nary a word is lost. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 May 2022",
      "The ensemble of observers is presented both in various group formations and, through deft shifts in point of view and diction , as distinctive voices. \u2014 The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
      "Pattern, structure, repetition, rhythm, meter, diction \u2014 these transmute familiar, often banal sentiments about love\u2019s old sweet song or Nature\u2019s wonders into heartbreaking art. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Because candidates' statements are usually vacuous, journalists tend to emphasize superficial qualities of vocal tone, body language, or diction . \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "John Relyea, as the Grand Inquisitor, had the requisite range and volume, yet his diction lacked bite, and his stage business was hackneyed. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Like an intricate recipe, her paragraphs balance interior and external worlds, elegant diction and workmanlike narrative. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Biden\u2019s State of the Union address stayed the course of failure, delivered with nothing resembling panache or basic diction . \u2014 Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "The diction is matter-of-fact, the syntax conventional; the imagery is simple and bare-boned. \u2014 Donika Kelly, New York Times , 27 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"earlier, \"word, phrase,\" going back to Middle English dicion \"saying,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French dictyoun \"word,\" borrowed from Latin dicti\u014dn-, dicti\u014d \"act of speaking, speech, (in grammar) word, expression, form,\" from dic-, variant stem of d\u012bcere \"to talk, speak, say, utter\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of action nouns; d\u012bcere going back to Indo-European *dei\u032f\u1e31- \"show, point out,\" whence also, with varying ablaut, Germanic *t\u012bh-a- \"point out\" (whence Old English t\u0113on \"to accuse,\" Old Saxon af t\u012bhan \"to deny,\" Old High German z\u012bhan \"to accuse,\" Old Norse tj\u0101, t\u0113a \"to show, report,\" Gothic ga teihan \"to announce, tell\"), Greek de\u00edkn\u0233mi, deikn\u00fdnai \"to show, point out,\" Sanskrit di\u015bati \"(s/he) shows, exhibits\"",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1581, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-150829"
  },
  "dictatorship of the proletariat":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the assumption of political power by the proletariat with concomitant repression of previously controlling or governing classes that in Marxist philosophy is considered an essential preliminary to establishment of the classless state"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1895, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-150850"
  },
  "defect (from)":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another soldiers defected from the rebel army en masse as the failure of their cause became apparent"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-151022"
  },
  "day":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name ()",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the time of light between one night and the next",
      ": daylight sense 1",
      ": daytime",
      ": the period of rotation of a planet (such as earth) or a moon on its axis",
      ": the mean solar day of 24 hours beginning at midnight by mean time",
      ": a specified day or date",
      ": a specified time or period : age",
      ": the conflict or contention of the day",
      ": the time established by usage or law for work, school, or business",
      ": for an indefinite or seemingly endless number of days",
      ": for an indefinite number of successive days",
      ": the time between sunrise and sunset : daylight",
      ": the time a planet or moon takes to make one turn on its axis",
      ": a period of 24 hours beginning at midnight",
      ": a specified day or date",
      ": a particular time : age",
      ": the time set apart by custom or law for work",
      "Clarence Shepard, Jr. 1874\u20131935 American author",
      "Thomas 1748\u20131789 English author",
      "William Rufus 1849\u20131923 American statesman and jurist"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101",
      "\u02c8d\u0101",
      "\u02c8d\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "daylight",
      "daytime"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "night",
      "nighttime"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Don't let anyone fool you into thinking that Halloween is just one day , on October 31. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 16 June 2022",
      "One one particularly horrible day , the caregiver called again, this time 911. \u2014 Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "Today is gonna be one steamy day in Northeast, Ohio. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 15 June 2022",
      "Washington has one more day of minicamp on its schedule, with Thursday\u2019s practice concluding the Commanders\u2019 full-team offseason program. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 15 June 2022",
      "When, also participates in Doggust, a month-long art challenge where artists draw a dog every day . \u2014 Saleen Martin, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
      "An alternate numberplate system has been launched, meaning that cars can only access the famous 22-mile stretch between Vietri sul Mare and Positano every other day , during peak hours in peak season. \u2014 Julia Buckley, CNN , 15 June 2022",
      "These are kids who are reading all of these headlines every day , who are hearing these hateful things ... \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 14 June 2022",
      "The regulatory decision is part of the FAA's full environmental review of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket system, which are being developed to one day ferry cargo and human passengers to the moon and beyond. \u2014 Denise Chow, NBC News , 13 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old English d\u00e6g ; akin to Old High German tag day",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-151248"
  },
  "dual":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": denoting reference to two",
      ": consisting of two parts or elements or having two like parts : double",
      ": having a double character or nature",
      ": the dual (see dual entry 1 sense 1 ) number of a language",
      ": a linguistic form in the dual",
      ": having two different parts or aspects",
      ": having two like parts"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc(-\u0259)l",
      "also",
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-\u0259l",
      "\u02c8dy\u00fc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "binary",
      "bipartite",
      "double",
      "double-barreled",
      "double-edged",
      "duplex",
      "twin",
      "twofold"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "single"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "the dual purpose of the study",
      "She pursued dual careers in music and acting.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The Scotties, under his tutelage, had a 122-12 dual meet record in track and 98-40 in cross country. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 June 2022",
      "His Manchester track teams won five league championships in 11 years and had a dual meet record of 79-8. \u2014 Lori Riley, Hartford Courant , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "So for this March 15 dual meet against Beaumont, head coach Tracy Jackson convinced Johnson to rest. \u2014 Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "Weitz said memories from that dual meet two months ago continue to resonate with the team. \u2014 Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Part of that plan includes shutting down a proposal for a wrestling dual meet state championship. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "With a 45-25 victory over Northern-Garrett, the program secured its first-ever state dual meet championship. \u2014 Jacob Steinberg, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "Being a regional champion was the next step for Olson, who as a freshman two years ago was part of the Redhawks\u2019 dual meet team that qualified for the sectional. \u2014 Patrick Z. Mcgavin, chicagotribune.com , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "That tough training paved the way for five consecutive district championships, four region titles and a a four-year 29-0 dual meet winning streak. \u2014 Buddy Collings, orlandosentinel.com , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Reservoir only got stronger as the match progressed, employing the same aggressive mentality that brought them success earlier in the dual . \u2014 Jacob Steinberg, baltimoresun.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Edison took an early 18-0 lead over Southeast with three straight pins to start the dual . \u2014 cleveland , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "Kopech was in a dual with Rays pitcher Corey Kluber. \u2014 Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "Lambda also said the Tensorbook supports Windows dual -boot. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Solon took a 46-22 loss in a dual at Aurora over the weekend. \u2014 Jonathan X. Simmons, cleveland , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "Feeding off their teammate\u2019s energy, the Gladiators won the next four bouts in odd fashion in a win-or-go-home dual . \u2014 Jacob Steinberg, baltimoresun.com , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "The Gladiators needed a spark to get back into the dual . \u2014 Jacob Steinberg, baltimoresun.com , 13 Jan. 2022",
      "As workout equipment has become canonized within the realm of home appliances, this heavy metal object aids in our dual \u2014 and sometimes conflicting \u2014 pursuit of athletics and aesthetics. \u2014 Diana Budds, Curbed , 4 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1650, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-151514"
  },
  "dismantler":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that dismantles",
      ": one who disassembles"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8smant(\u1d4a)l\u0259(r)",
      "-maan-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-151532"
  },
  "delightfully":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": highly pleasing",
      ": giving delight : very pleasing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8l\u012bt-f\u0259l",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8l\u012bt-f\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "agreeable",
      "blessed",
      "blest",
      "congenial",
      "darling",
      "delectable",
      "delicious",
      "delightsome",
      "dreamy",
      "dulcet",
      "enjoyable",
      "felicitous",
      "good",
      "grateful",
      "gratifying",
      "heavenly",
      "jolly",
      "luscious",
      "nice",
      "palatable",
      "pleasant",
      "pleasing",
      "pleasurable",
      "pretty",
      "satisfying",
      "savory",
      "savoury",
      "sweet",
      "tasty",
      "welcome"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "disagreeable",
      "pleasureless",
      "unpalatable",
      "unpleasant",
      "unwelcome"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "It has been delightful meeting you.",
      "That was a delightful party.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The essence of its tropical gardens is just as delightful as this Eres printed number. \u2014 Alexis Bennett, Vogue , 16 June 2022",
      "Watching the three Peters interact and getting to know each other is particularly delightful . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "What\u2019s ironic about me playing Heather is that my high school experience was surprisingly delightful . \u2014 Keaton Bell, Vogue , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "There\u2019s no way a special that covers night terrors, panic attacks, bipolar disorder, a dead mother and a disturbingly blunt father, along with suicidal thoughts, should seem this delightful . \u2014 Jason Zinoman, New York Times , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Lipa, whose own choreography has improved in recent years, led the charge as her dynamic backup dancers elevated her moves, along with two daring roller skaters who were delightful to watch. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "This is all a long-winded way of saying that Monkey Prince, DC's new Asian American hero, is absolutely delightful so far. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "And Carrie-Anne Moss was delightful to work with as well. \u2014 Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "That is delightful over ice cream or cheesecake or to dip fruit in. \u2014 Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see delight  entry 2 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1530, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-151953"
  },
  "doohickey":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": doodad sense 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-\u02cchi-k\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dingus",
      "doodad",
      "hickey",
      "thingamabob",
      "thingamajig",
      "thingumajig",
      "thingummy",
      "whatchamacallit",
      "whatnot",
      "whatsit",
      "whatsis",
      "what-is-it"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "screw in the doohickey at the top of the lamp shade",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This is the Dyson Zone, a personal air-purifying mask and noise-canceling headphone doohickey that started life well before the Covid-19 pandemic made masks mainstream. \u2014 Chris Haslam, Wired , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "For full effect, turn off the bathroom lights and only use this plastic doohickey to colorfully illuminate your tub or stall. \u2014 Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY , 6 Feb. 2022",
      "Every doohickey near her mysteriously explodes, and the undersea station starts flooding, leaving Norah and the other sweaty survivors to find their way to safety while being besieged by a mysterious force. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 9 Jan. 2020",
      "While this isn't the typical device or doohickey one expects to sample at CES, hey, technology is the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes \u2013 and food is pretty practical. \u2014 Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY , 9 Jan. 2020",
      "For parents of the 3.6 million American teens who vape, that innocent-looking little doohickey masquerading as a memory stick may very well turn out to be a Juul. \u2014 Marisa Cohen, Good Housekeeping , 4 Sep. 2019",
      "Because the Apple Watch is a device people actually want to wear, not some giant medical doohickey strapped to your upper arm, people are likely to wear it more and get more out of its monitoring and examinations. \u2014 David Pierce, WSJ , 13 Sep. 2018",
      "So Gaymon got busy with a doohickey that looked like a miniature tennis racket, taking turns spritzing with a fine sheen of coconut oil and grinding its mesh into Robinson\u2019s hair. \u2014 Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2018",
      "Bookshelves support a collection of tomes, bottles of glue, stacks of papers bound in string, bags and doohickeys , and other various and sundry bits and pieces. \u2014 Pelican Bomb, NOLA.com , 23 Jan. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"probably from doo dad + hickey ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1914, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-152412"
  },
  "dead on arrival":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having died before getting to a hospital, emergency room, etc."
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-152417"
  },
  "defilade":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to arrange (fortifications) so as to protect the lines from frontal or enfilading fire and the interior from fire from above or behind"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-f\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101d",
      "-\u02ccl\u00e4d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"probably from de- + -filade (as in enfilade )",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1828, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-152457"
  },
  "discomposure":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to destroy the composure of",
      ": to disturb the order of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-k\u0259m-\u02c8p\u014dz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "agitate",
      "ail",
      "alarm",
      "alarum",
      "bother",
      "concern",
      "derail",
      "discomfort",
      "dismay",
      "disquiet",
      "distemper",
      "distract",
      "distress",
      "disturb",
      "exercise",
      "flurry",
      "frazzle",
      "freak (out)",
      "fuss",
      "hagride",
      "perturb",
      "undo",
      "unhinge",
      "unsettle",
      "upset",
      "weird out",
      "worry"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "calm",
      "compose",
      "quiet",
      "settle",
      "soothe",
      "tranquilize",
      "tranquillize"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "discomposed by the tone of the message left on his answering machine",
      "the wind ruffled her hair and discomposed her carefully arranged papers"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1645, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-152518"
  },
  "dig (away)":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "to devote serious and sustained effort it took days of digging away at the subject, but he understands it thoroughly now"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-152638"
  },
  "drift fence":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a stretch of fence on rangeland especially in the western U.S. for preventing cattle from drifting from their home range"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1907, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-152958"
  },
  "deviousness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": wandering , roundabout",
      ": moving without a fixed course : errant",
      ": out-of-the-way , remote",
      ": deviating from a right, accepted, or common course",
      ": not straightforward : cunning",
      ": deceptive",
      ": sneaky , dishonest",
      ": not straight : having many twists and turns"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113-v\u0113-\u0259s",
      "-vy\u0259s",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-v\u0113-\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "artful",
      "beguiling",
      "cagey",
      "cagy",
      "crafty",
      "cunning",
      "cute",
      "designing",
      "dodgy",
      "foxy",
      "guileful",
      "scheming",
      "shrewd",
      "slick",
      "sly",
      "subtle",
      "tricky",
      "wily"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "artless",
      "guileless",
      "ingenuous",
      "innocent",
      "undesigning"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a dishonest and devious politician",
      "He took us by a devious route to the center of the city.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The devious plan to keep us all hooked on heating and cooking with gas. \u2014 Pat Saperstein, Variety , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "There are any number of devious plot complications that involve a sea monster, help from the gods and the heroic ministrations of a ploughboy, Giustino. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
      "With a genius daughter (Jessica Chastain) trying to work out the problem on the ground, Cooper faces unexpected challenges, including dangerous new terrains, a devious team member, and the possibility of never seeing his family again. \u2014 Hilary Weaver, ELLE , 1 June 2022",
      "This story is darkly funny, deliciously devious and hugely inventive, a magical twist on the allure of the American West and who goes there to seek their fortune. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022",
      "There\u2019s the potentially romantic banter of the for-hire detectives, an activist with a crush on Anthony, a team of devious figures working for Vincent, the mom\u2019s ailing health and so on. \u2014 Tomris Laffly, Variety , 18 May 2022",
      "All those deviants and devious fortune tellers, popes and gluttons writhing in slime, the selfish eternally stung by wasps and thieves devoured by reptiles have no way out. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
      "The answer is yes, as thousands of protesters have made clear, but the government has seldom taken them at their word, instead casting them as devious freeloaders or closet indigents. \u2014 Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Meanwhile the political system evolved begrudgingly, and by the traditionally devious paths. \u2014 Dominic Green, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin devius , from de from + via way \u2014 more at de- , way ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1599, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-153323"
  },
  "discommune":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to exclude from community or association of interests"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" dis- entry 1 + commune ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-153459"
  },
  "dephosphorylation":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the process of removing phosphate groups from an organic compound (such as ATP) by hydrolysis",
      ": the resulting state",
      ": the process of removing phosphate groups from an organic compound (as ATP) by hydrolysis",
      ": the resulting state"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02ccf\u00e4s-f\u022fr-\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02ccf\u00e4s-\u02ccf\u022fr-\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1931, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-153904"
  },
  "dew web":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": spider web",
      ": one found outdoors and covered with dew"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-154314"
  },
  "Demerara greenheart":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": bebeeru"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6dem\u0259\u00a6ra(a)r\u0259-",
      "-r\u00e4r-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"from Demerara county, British Guiana",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-154344"
  },
  "drapery":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dry goods",
      ": a decorative piece of material usually hung in loose folds and arranged in a graceful design",
      ": hangings of heavy fabric for use as a curtain",
      ": the draping or arranging of materials",
      ": long heavy curtains",
      ": a decorative fabric hung in loose folds"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101-p(\u0259-)r\u0113",
      "\u02c8dr\u0101-p\u0259-r\u0113",
      "\u02c8dr\u0101-pr\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "curtains",
      "drapes"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The painter arranged several items among drapery and began to work.",
      "the drapery for the picture window matched the color of the furniture in the center of the room",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Many of the bedrooms, especially the primary suite, wouldn\u2019t look out of place in a five-star hotel, with sumptuous drapery and a white-and-ivory color palette that allows the greenery through the windows to take center stage. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 20 June 2022",
      "After marrying the Russian ballet dancer Olga Khokhlova in 1918, Picasso began making neoclassical paintings that placed a premium on gestural expressiveness, having elegant women pose for him in chalky drapery . \u2014 Tobias Grey, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
      "Among the biggest challenges were floor coverings, lighting and drapery . \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "D\u00e9cor in the hotel's social hub, the Library, is equally playful, with teal velvet drapery and a standing lamp in the shape of a giraffe. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "The gown was made of an ivory silk georgette with handmade drapery embellished with a floral Lily of the Valley motif made of crystals and beads. \u2014 Alexandra Macon, Vogue , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Di Petsa showed a fall 2022 collection inspired by pregnancy and all its stages, with drapery , bump-friendly corsetry and mesh intended to be worn during and after pregnancy. \u2014 Michelle Ruiz, Vogue , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Instead, both Park and Warnke are using colour and playful elements and eye-catching techniques \u2014 like butterflies, leather gloves, drapery , and asymmetrical designs. \u2014 Frances Sol\u00e1-santiago, refinery29.com , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "There was lots of gold drapery and eye-shifting, like junior prom with more breasts. \u2014 Laurie Segall, Fortune , 8 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-154553"
  },
  "dolose":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": characterized by criminal intent"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u014d\u02ccl\u014ds",
      "d\u0259\u02c8l-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin dolosus cunning, deceitful, from dolus fraud, deceit + -osus -ose, -ous",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-154612"
  },
  "drapet":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": cloth , covering"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Italian drappetto , diminutive of drappo cloth, from Late Latin drappus (cloth)",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-154737"
  },
  "dreg":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate entry 1 sense 3a ) from it : lees",
      ": the most undesirable part",
      ": the last remaining part : vestige"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dreg"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "deposit",
      "deposition",
      "grounds",
      "precipitate",
      "sediment",
      "settlings"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Add apple cider, stock or the dregs from a bottle of wine. \u2014 Ali Slagle, New York Times , 12 May 2020",
      "The Redskins expected to be a contender for the NFC East title, not scuffling among the dregs of the NFL. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 10 Oct. 2019",
      "Because of the siege by intellectuals (never mind the dregs ) on Jewish sovereignty and liberty and independence. \u2014 David Kipen, Los Angeles Times , 8 Apr. 2020",
      "The Detroit Pistons have played poorly against the dregs of the Eastern Conference. \u2014 Vince Ellis, Detroit Free Press , 27 Dec. 2019",
      "This is a wintry beer, meant to warm you up during the dregs of January and February. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 11 Feb. 2020",
      "Erasing kids from the elements of play drains all the potential magic from this show, leaving us with mere Peter Pan dregs . \u2014 Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 Feb. 2020",
      "But as Memphis and Iowa a month ago showed, in contests against likely NCAA Tournament teams with deeper rosters than the dregs of the AAC, Cincinnati's bench has to contribute for the Bearcats to keep up. \u2014 Fletcher Page, Cincinnati.com , 18 Jan. 2020",
      "After six games this year, the Lovie Smith era looked like an utter failure, as his record against FBS opponents fell to 9-31 with nearly all of those wins coming against the dregs of college football. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 3 Nov. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old Norse dregg ; perhaps akin to Latin fraces dregs of oil",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-154954"
  },
  "disenchant":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to free from illusion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-in-\u02c8chant"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "disabuse",
      "disillusion",
      "undeceive"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "if you thought that you could pass this course without doing any work, let me be the first to disenchant you",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Meanwhile the pushback is being led by the very people who were considered a potential new support base for Modi and are now disenchanted with the lurch toward Hindu nationalism. \u2014 Ronojoy Mazumdar, Bloomberg.com , 5 May 2020",
      "The author is simultaneously desperate to be liked (and respected) by this group and increasingly disenchanted with the would-be FWP (First Woman President). \u2014 EW.com , 10 Apr. 2020",
      "Hurd opened Imagine after becoming disenchanted with his job as an English teacher. \u2014 Madison Iszler, ExpressNews.com , 31 Mar. 2020",
      "As Detroit slogged to a 3-12-1 record last season, there were communication breakdowns on defense while rumors spread about discord among players disenchanted with Patricia\u2019s management. \u2014 Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press , 19 Mar. 2020",
      "But despite being seen as one of the Renaissance\u2019s guiding lights, McKay \u2014 Jamaican, bisexual, a Marxist who grew disenchanted with communism before the rest of his cohort \u2014 also brought an outsider\u2019s critical gaze to the movement. \u2014 Talya Zax, New York Times , 11 Feb. 2020",
      "The target audience was white Republican moderates and independents, but the address included an audacious set of claims that a slice of black Americans disenchanted with the Democratic field could possibly find compelling. \u2014 NBC News , 6 Feb. 2020",
      "Rather than disenchanting the world, modernity generated new and even more-brutal sources of solidarity and meaning. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, National Review , 9 Jan. 2020",
      "Perhaps providing the strongest real counterbalance to De Niro's crazy Cady is Juliette Lewis, whose gangly packed performance as the couple's disenchanted 15-year-old daughter shows the most sinewy fiber. \u2014 Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 Nov. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle French desenchanter , from des- dis- + enchanter to enchant",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1586, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-155529"
  },
  "discovery":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or process of discovering",
      ": disclosure",
      ": display",
      ": exploration",
      ": something discovered",
      ": the usually pretrial disclosure of pertinent facts or documents by one or both parties to a legal action or proceeding",
      ": an act of finding out or learning of for the first time",
      ": something found or learned of for the first time",
      ": the act or process of discovering",
      ": something discovered",
      ": the methods used by parties to a civil or criminal action to obtain information held by the other party that is relevant to the action \u2014 see also deposition , interrogatory , request for production",
      ": the disclosure of information held by the opposing party in an action",
      "\u2014 see also privilege , work product doctrine"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sk\u0259-v(\u0259-)r\u0113",
      "di-\u02c8sk\u0259v-\u0259-r\u0113",
      "-\u02c8sk\u0259v-r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "detection",
      "finding",
      "spotting",
      "unearthing"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Their fears only deepened last year when China announced the discovery of some chemicals in a batch of grouper imported from two Taiwanese farms. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
      "Armand and Lorraine Pelletier, the owners of the dog, also spoke about the discovery in the 2014 article. \u2014 Aaron Parsley, PEOPLE.com , 15 June 2022",
      "The search for a missing 3-year-old Massachusetts boy who vanished from his babysitter's backyard ended Wednesday afternoon with the grim discovery of the child's body in a pond, authorities said. \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 15 June 2022",
      "This past April, he was arrested for reportedly violating a pre-trial protective order that prohibited him from contacting Megan or discussing any discovery in the case with outside parties. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 15 June 2022",
      "The Higgs discovery in July 2012 affirmed the Standard Model of Particle Physics, which still holds sway as the best explanation of how matter works. \u2014 Tom Metcalfe, NBC News , 14 June 2022",
      "Revealed to the public this week, the collection includes the largest discovery of bronze statues in the region dating to the fifth century BC. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 4 June 2022",
      "Following the discovery of the eponymous boson in 2012, the question became who among the Gang of Six should share the Nobel Prize, which can only go to a maximum of three joint recipients. \u2014 Andrew Crumey, WSJ , 3 June 2022",
      "The plot turns on a discovery of massive oil reserves in Greenland, which is a territory under Danish control but has its own claims to sovereignty. \u2014 Taylor Antrim, Vogue , 2 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-155557"
  },
  "deve":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of deve variant spelling of deave"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-155854"
  },
  "dephosphorize":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove phosphorus from (something, such as steel)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u0113+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" de- + phosphorize ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-160551"
  },
  "disjointly":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in a disjointed state : separately",
      ": disconnectedly , incoherently"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259s\u02c8j\u022fintl\u0113",
      "(\u02c8)dis\u00a6j-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" disjoint entry 1 + -ly ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-160600"
  },
  "deep-rooted":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": deeply implanted or established"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113p-\u02c8r\u00fc-t\u0259d",
      "-\u02c8ru\u0307-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bred-in-the-bone",
      "confirmed",
      "deep",
      "deep-seated",
      "entrenched",
      "intrenched",
      "hard-core",
      "inveterate",
      "rooted",
      "settled"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-161146"
  },
  "disjointure":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": absence of connection : separation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259s",
      "(\u02c8)dis+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-161555"
  },
  "draftee":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of drawing or pulling in a net",
      ": haul sense 2b",
      ": the act or an instance of drinking or inhaling",
      ": the portion drunk or inhaled in one such act",
      ": a portion poured out or mixed for drinking : dose",
      ": the force required to pull a plow or other implement",
      ": load or load-pulling capacity",
      ": the act of moving loads by drawing or pulling : pull",
      ": a team of animals together with what they draw",
      ": delineation , representation",
      ": scheme , design",
      ": a preliminary sketch, outline, or version",
      ": the act, result, or plan of lengthening or stretching something (such as threads or metal)",
      ": the act of causing a liquid to come out of a container or source : the act of drawing (as from a cask or keg )",
      ": a portion of liquid so drawn",
      ": draft (see draft entry 2 sense 2 ) beer",
      ": the depth of water a ship draws (see draw entry 1 sense transitive 6 ) especially when loaded",
      ": a system for or act of selecting individuals from a group (as for compulsory military service)",
      ": an act or process of selecting an individual (as for political candidacy) without the individual's expressed consent",
      ": a group of individuals selected especially by military draft",
      ": a system whereby exclusive rights to selected new players are apportioned among professional teams",
      ": an order for the payment of money drawn (see draw entry 1 sense 7c ) by one person or bank on another",
      ": the act or an instance of drawing from or making demands upon something : demand",
      ": a current of air in a closed-in space",
      ": a device for regulating the flow of air (as in a fireplace)",
      ": angle , taper",
      ": the taper (see taper entry 2 sense 2b ) given to a pattern or die (see die entry 2 sense 3 ) so that the work can be easily withdrawn",
      ": a pocket of reduced air pressure behind a moving object",
      ": the use of such a draft to save energy",
      ": ready to be drawn from a receptacle",
      ": used or adapted for drawing loads",
      ": being or having been ready to be drawn from a receptacle : being or having been on draft",
      ": to select for some purpose: such as",
      ": to conscript for military service",
      ": to select (a professional athlete) by draft",
      ": to draw the preliminary sketch, version, or plan of",
      ": compose , prepare",
      ": to draw off or away",
      ": to stay close behind (another racer) so as to take advantage of the reduced air pressure created by the leading racer",
      ": to practice draftsmanship",
      ": to draft another racer (as in car or bike racing)",
      ": a version of something written or drawn (as an essay, document, or plan) that has or will have more than one version",
      ": a current of air",
      ": a device to regulate an air supply (as in a fireplace)",
      ": the act of pulling or hauling : the thing or amount pulled",
      ": the act or an instance of drinking or inhaling : the portion drunk or inhaled at one time",
      ": the act of drawing out liquid (as from a cask) : a portion of liquid drawn out",
      ": the depth of water a ship needs in order to float",
      ": the practice of ordering people into military service",
      ": the practice of choosing someone to play on a professional sports team",
      ": an order made by one person or organization to another to pay money to a third person or organization",
      ": used for pulling loads",
      ": not in final form",
      ": ready to be drawn from a container",
      ": to write or draw a version of something (as an essay or plan) that usually needs more work",
      ": to choose someone to do something",
      ": to pick especially for required military service",
      ": a portion (as of medicine) poured out or mixed for drinking : dose",
      ": a current of air in a closed-in space",
      ": a preliminary version of something (as a law)",
      ": a system for or act of selecting individuals from a group (as for military service)",
      ": the act or process of selecting an individual (as for political candidacy) without his or her expressed consent",
      ": an order for the payment of money drawn by one person or bank on another \u2014 see also drawee , drawer \u2014 compare check",
      ": a draft that will be honored only upon the presentation of certain documents (as an invoice or certificate of title)",
      ": a draft payable on presentation",
      ": a draft payable a specified number of days after the date of the draft or of its presentation",
      ": to select for some purpose",
      ": to conscript for military service",
      ": to compose or prepare especially the preliminary version of",
      ": to practice draftsmanship"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8draft",
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4ft",
      "\u02c8draft",
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4ft"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "burden",
      "cargo",
      "freight",
      "haul",
      "lading",
      "load",
      "loading",
      "payload",
      "weight"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "conscribe",
      "conscript",
      "levy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The forfeited pick actually was one acquired from the Denver Nuggets at the 2019 draft in exchange for the rights to Bol Bol. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
      "The conversation Harbaugh had described clearly had led to a deal in the plans before the draft began. \u2014 Matt Cohen, Baltimore Sun , 16 June 2022",
      "Jones, who messaged Karlaftis on social media the day after the draft , has been impressed with Karlaftis through the first two days of minicamp. \u2014 Jeff Fedotin, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "In the days leading up to the draft , cleveland.com will examine a handful of prospects that could realistically be in play with the 14th pick. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 15 June 2022",
      "The Raptors selected Anunoby with the 23rd pick during the 2017 draft . \u2014 oregonlive , 15 June 2022",
      "Michael Lesslie wrote the latest draft of the screneplay. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 June 2022",
      "The news release was never distributed, but agents used a search warrant to obtain the draft a year later, Radke wrote. \u2014 Matthew Ormsethstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
      "On this episode: This week, the guys lean on our listeners, who submit their best-case scenarios for how the NBA draft and offseason should play out for the Pistons. \u2014 Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press , 14 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The two have done that often lately as the former BYU men\u2019s basketball star has been making the rounds around the NBA and participating in pre- draft workouts with several teams. \u2014 Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
      "The Cavaliers have held numerous pre- draft workouts at Cleveland Clinic Courts over the last week, and there are plenty more ahead. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 6 June 2022",
      "The former Purdue 3-point specialist and Crown Point native said his pre- draft workout for Pacers, the only one he's had so far, came together quickly. \u2014 James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star , 31 May 2022",
      "Here\u2019s a list of the prospects the Magic either interviewed at the combine, hosted for pre- draft workouts or are expected to host for workouts. \u2014 Khobi Price, Orlando Sentinel , 28 May 2022",
      "Now, Jackson-Davis is availing himself of that pre- draft process for the first time. \u2014 Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star , 3 May 2022",
      "The Giants traded down twice in the second round before taking Robinson at No. 43, exceeding his most optimistic pre- draft projections by a full round. \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "The next step is to wait for Mensah\u2019s decision after receiving pre- draft evaluation from NBA teams. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 May 2022",
      "In every one of his pre- draft visits with a defensive prospect, Cincinnati Bengals defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo showed the exact same moment from the Bengals\u2019 Round 2 win in the playoffs over the Tennessee Titans. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 1 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Landing this year's No. 1 pick gives them a chance to draft a franchise cornerstone to give this rebuild an identity. \u2014 Matt Eppers, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
      "And after Meyers was tendered at the second-round level \u2014 and no organization around the NFL submitted an offer sheet \u2014 New England traded up to draft Baylor speedster Tyquan Thornton in the second round. \u2014 Oliver Thomas, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "The Magic also had a chance to draft Sexton in 2018, opting instead for center Mo Bamba. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 4 June 2022",
      "But Game 7 will be memorable for many NBA fans and pundits who saw Doncic as the best player in this series and fixated on whether the Suns blew their chance to draft him instead of Ayton at No. 1 in 2018. \u2014 Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic , 16 May 2022",
      "Alabama state senator Chris Elliott is vowing to draft legislation in response to the controversy surrounding the Spanish Fort girls soccer team. \u2014 Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "The Packers became the first team to draft two players from the same school in the first round. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The Reds won only 68 games in the 2016 season, and in return, the Reds got the chance to draft Greene with the No. 2 pick. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "New leadership in Tanzania has opened consultations with Mr. Melo to draft frameworks that will better protect free speech. \u2014 Kim Harrisberg And Menna A. Farouk, The Christian Science Monitor , 2 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun, Adjective, and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1714, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-161622"
  },
  "Dibranchiata":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of Dibranchiata taxonomic synonym of dibranchia"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u0101t\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"New Latin, from di- + branchi- + -ata ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-161841"
  },
  "deck boy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one who cleans decks and deck fittings of boats"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-161845"
  },
  "diva blue":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a moderate blue that is redder and duller than average copen and redder and deeper than azurite blue or Dresden blue"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-161902"
  },
  "delusion":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated",
      ": a persistent false psychotic belief regarding the self or persons or objects outside the self that is maintained despite indisputable evidence to the contrary",
      ": the abnormal state marked by such beliefs",
      ": the act of tricking or deceiving someone : the state of being deluded",
      ": a false belief that continues in spite of the facts",
      ": the act of deluding : the state of being deluded",
      ": an abnormal mental state characterized by the occurrence of psychotic delusions",
      ": a false belief regarding the self or persons or objects outside the self that persists despite the facts and occurs in some psychotic states \u2014 compare hallucination sense 1 , illusion sense 2a"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8l\u00fc-zh\u0259n",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8l\u00fc-zh\u0259n",
      "di-\u02c8l\u00fc-zh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chimera",
      "conceit",
      "daydream",
      "dream",
      "fancy",
      "fantasy",
      "phantasy",
      "figment",
      "hallucination",
      "illusion",
      "nonentity",
      "phantasm",
      "fantasm",
      "pipe dream",
      "unreality",
      "vision"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "He has delusions about how much money he can make at that job.",
      "He is living under the delusion that he is incapable of making mistakes.",
      "She is under the delusion that we will finish on time.",
      "As the illness progressed, his delusions took over and he had violent outbursts.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Folie \u00e0 Deux, which references a delusion or mental illness shared by two people, also suggests that Joker may also team up with another supervillain \u2013 possibly his sometime-girlfriend Harley. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
      "Their failures highlight the limits, if not the delusion , of that vision. \u2014 Nicole Hemmer, CNN , 3 June 2022",
      "Since there was nothing of economic value driving up crypto prices, only mass delusion , there hasn\u2019t been much to cushion their descent. \u2014 Andy Kessler, WSJ , 15 May 2022",
      "Many leaders allow their lives to become guided by delusion . \u2014 Anthony Silard, Fortune , 10 May 2022",
      "In moving up a weight class and selecting Bivol as his opponent, \u00c1lvarez crossed that invisible line that separates confidence from delusion , courage from hubris. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2022",
      "Through No\u00e9\u2019s lens, modern life appears diminished; the streets are portrayed as dangerous chaos; despair is endemic; hope, a sad delusion . \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The incident, dismissed by many as a hysterical woman\u2019s delusion , became only a footnote in the constitutional crisis of the moment. \u2014 Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Unable to escape the delusion that her mother could become a parent like the ones other people seemed to have, Krouse became increasingly unmoored. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Late Latin delusion-, delusio , from deludere \u2014 see delude ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-162158"
  },
  "death grip":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an extremely tight grip caused especially by fear",
      ": hold sense 3b"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "arm",
      "authority",
      "clutch",
      "command",
      "control",
      "dominion",
      "grip",
      "hold",
      "mastery",
      "power",
      "reign",
      "rein(s)",
      "sway"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "impotence",
      "impotency",
      "powerlessness"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "He drove straight through the storm, never loosening his death grip on the steering wheel.",
      "the cult leader had such a death grip on his followers that all orders were carried out without the slightest objection",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Walden\u2019s touchy-feely ideology is enforced with a death grip throughout the curriculum. \u2014 Ron Charles, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
      "Managing our emotions together is necessary in any crisis, especially when an invisible virus lurks nearby, seemingly waiting to envelop us in its death grip . \u2014 Caroline Van Hemert, Outside Online , 20 Apr. 2020",
      "While that may be true in specific circumstances, Trump's death grip on the GOP more broadly doesn't appear to be relaxing much. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "The Cardinals have won 13 of 14 games to put a death grip on the second wild-card berth in the NL. \u2014 Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 22 Sep. 2021",
      "And because neither did enough to fall out of favor or put a death grip on the role, Sarkisian will play both against Arkansas. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 10 Sep. 2021",
      "Trump, seeking to grow his brand of national populism and keep his death grip on the GOP, has jumped into any number of Senate races set for next fall. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 2 Sep. 2021",
      "Some people believe that boomers and other older generations have a death grip on the world\u2019s wealth and will never hand it over. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Aug. 2021",
      "Even to me, a fan of Brutalism, Breuer\u2019s Whitney could feel like a death grip . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 1 Apr. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1792, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-163041"
  },
  "demolishment":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": tear down , raze",
      ": to break to pieces : smash",
      ": to do away with : destroy",
      ": to strip of any pretense of merit or credence",
      ": to destroy by breaking apart",
      ": to ruin completely : shatter"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8m\u00e4-lish",
      "di-\u02c8m\u00e4-lish"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "level",
      "pull down",
      "raze",
      "tear down",
      "unbuild"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The old factory was demolished to make way for a new parking lot.",
      "Tons of explosives were used to demolish the building.",
      "The town hopes to restore the old theater rather than have it demolished .",
      "The car was demolished in the accident.",
      "They demolished the other team 51\u20137.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The most recent owner and current seller is billionaire philanthropist and investor Ron Burkle, who bought the property for $15 million in 2018, and whose goal wasn\u2019t to demolish the home, but to restore and preserve it. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 30 May 2022",
      "According to McGarity, the Trump administration\u2019s playbook was to demolish restraints on business opportunities while downplaying the profound environmental, health, and consumer protection costs of doing so. \u2014 Rebecca Coffey, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
      "The plan is to demolish Hamner, which was built in 1967, and Highcrest, built in 1969. \u2014 Don Stacom, Hartford Courant , 19 May 2022",
      "The solution engineered by RHUGT producers was to demolish the fourth wall entirely, and on the other side was Ramona refusing to pay for glam. \u2014 Louis Peitzman, Vulture , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "The plan was to demolish the former Fair Oaks Ford dealership structure and put up a new 35,000-square-foot store as well as 5,000 to 7,000 square feet of additional retail space. \u2014 Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com , 17 Aug. 2021",
      "The only way to get rid of the stench was to demolish the Aztec houses to bury the dead in the rubble. \u2014 Mark Stevenson, ajc , 20 May 2021",
      "Prior plans to demolish the theater triggered opposition from some, who cited the building\u2019s iconic architecture and interior artwork. \u2014 Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News , 17 May 2022",
      "That nonprofit group plans to demolish the former DNR offices and develop a 50,000-square-foot arts and cultural center in its place. \u2014 Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Middle French demolir, extended stem demoliss- (with final conformed to earlier English verbs with the same ending, as nourish , perish ), borrowed from Latin d\u0113m\u014dl\u012br\u012b, d\u0113m\u014dl\u012bre \"to throw off, pull down, raze,\" from d\u0113-  de- + m\u014dl\u012br\u012b \"to labor to bring about, strive, build, construct.\" probably derivative of m\u014dl\u0113s \"large mass, massive structure, effort, exertion\" \u2014 more at mole entry 4 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-163056"
  },
  "delusionist":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one given to deluding or to having delusions"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-zh\u0259n\u0259\u0307st"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-163137"
  },
  "demonetize":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to stop using (a metal) as a monetary standard",
      ": to deprive of value for official payment",
      ": to block (online content) from earning revenue (as from advertisements)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8m\u00e4-n\u0259-\u02cct\u012bz",
      "-\u02c8m\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The risk associated with dependency on a single system that can either demonetize you, or cut your pay drastically at a moments notice, is risky business. \u2014 Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021",
      "YouTube will still allow videos with falsehoods about climate change on its platform \u2014 but will demonetize any videos or channels that promote hoaxes or conspiracy theories about the topic. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 7 Oct. 2021",
      "Six weeks later, De La Haye was presented with an ultimatum, demonetize his YouTube channel or give up his football scholarship. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com , 3 Oct. 2021",
      "YouTube also used this agreement to demonetize Dawson and Onision. \u2014 Zoe Haylock, Vulture , 26 May 2021",
      "YouTube can decide literally tomorrow to demonetize your channel, and are half of these people going to continue their channels without being monetized? \u2014 Sandra Song, Vulture , 6 Mar. 2021",
      "YouTube demonetized videos that mention coronavirus. \u2014 Stanley Reed, BostonGlobe.com , 6 Mar. 2020",
      "In early 2019, for example, the company demonetized anti-vaccination videos by removing ads, and changed its recommendation algorithms to fight other conspiracy theories. \u2014 Dan Garisto/undark, Popular Science , 9 Mar. 2020",
      "As soon as the policy launched, a journalist who makes documentary films chronicling hate movements had content removed from YouTube, and his channel was demonetized . \u2014 Kate Cox, Ars Technica , 11 Dec. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French d\u00e9mon\u00e9tiser , from d\u00e9- de- + Latin moneta coin \u2014 more at mint ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1795, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-163327"
  },
  "discommons":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deprive of the right to commons in an English college"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" dis- entry 1 + commons ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-163528"
  },
  "dead load":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a constant load in a structure (such as a bridge, building, or machine) that is due to the weight of the members, the supported structure, and permanent attachments or accessories"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1888, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-163548"
  },
  "damper":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a dulling or deadening influence",
      ": a device that damps : such as",
      ": a valve or plate (as in the flue of a furnace) for regulating the draft",
      ": a small felted block to stop the vibration of a piano string",
      ": shock absorber",
      ": a simple usually unleavened bread of a kind made originally in the Australian bush",
      ": something that discourages or deadens",
      ": a valve or movable plate for controlling a flow of air"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dam-p\u0259r",
      "\u02c8dam-p\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "mute"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the pianist used the damper pedal on the piano for the quiet passages",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Meanwhile, rising rates continue to put a damper on mortgage applications. \u2014 Kathy Orton, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
      "Meanwhile, rising rates continue to put a damper on mortgage applications. \u2014 Kathy Orton, Anchorage Daily News , 16 June 2022",
      "Still, a little inconvenience didn\u2019t put a damper on Auburn\u2019s mood ahead of its second College World Series appearance in the last three postseasons. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 16 June 2022",
      "Debt investors are betting that the Federal Reserve\u2019s latest rate hike is a prelude to a downturn for some U.S. companies as rising borrowing costs are likely to put a damper on consumer spending and raise expenses for business. \u2014 Alexander Saeedy, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "Lower-tier liquor flows freely (the good stuff will cost you more), as the few overindulgers put a damper on the trip. \u2014 Sally French, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022",
      "Holes and broken poles can put a real damper on a camping trip, so having a tent repair kit on hand is nice. \u2014 oregonlive , 16 Nov. 2021",
      "Hitting a sharp rock and puncturing a tire in the wilds of Moab or the Texas hill country would put a real damper on your fun. \u2014 Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes , 28 June 2021",
      "Mosquitoes, wasps, ants, cockroaches, spiders, and more can put a real damper on your porch party. \u2014 Tamara Gane, Southern Living , 19 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1707, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-164932"
  },
  "decoy":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture",
      ": someone or something used to lure or lead another into a trap",
      ": an artificial bird used to attract live birds within shot",
      ": someone or something used to draw attention away from another",
      ": to lure by or as if by a decoy : entice",
      ": a person or thing (as an artificial bird) used to lead or lure into a trap or snare",
      ": to lure by or as if by a decoy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113-\u02cck\u022fi",
      "di-\u02c8k\u022fi",
      "di-\u02c8k\u022fi",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-\u02cck\u022fi",
      "di-\u02c8k\u022fi",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-\u02cck\u022fi"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bait",
      "lure"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "allure",
      "bait",
      "beguile",
      "betray",
      "entice",
      "lead on",
      "lure",
      "seduce",
      "solicit",
      "tempt"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "He had a decoy distract the guard while he jumped over the fence.",
      "we set the decoy afloat in the marsh and from the blind waited for the ducks to arrive",
      "Verb",
      "tacky souvenir shops to which first-time tourists had been decoyed into spending their hard-earned money",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Oddly, the ritual of matching bridesmaids dresses is an ancient one, documented in Ancient Rome when the good tidings of a wedding was thought to draw evil spirits and bridesmaids would dress identically as decoy brides to confuse them. \u2014 Olivia Hosken, Town & Country , 7 May 2022",
      "The incidents occurred in March, when a crew of four people, including a young woman as a decoy , entered the Women\u2019s Options Center at San Francisco General Hospital, Boudin\u2019s office said. \u2014 Megan Cassidy, San Francisco Chronicle , 19 May 2022",
      "The Lions used Thompson, a prolific goal scorer, as a decoy in the second half, and blew open a tight game with a nine-goal run to start the half. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 14 May 2022",
      "Toward the end of the show, based on an internet meme in which realistic items are sliced into and revealed to be cake, Julian chose to construct a mallard decoy duck. \u2014 NBC News , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "But his most meaningful contributions might have come as a decoy on two trick-play touchdowns the Lions scored in their season-ending 37-30 win over the Packers. \u2014 Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press , 10 Jan. 2022",
      "Treats, decoy boxes and toys have been used, all for naught. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Jan. 2022",
      "Because Higgins sprinted on his decoy route down the field, Burrow took a chance and threw Higgins the ball. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 28 Dec. 2021",
      "But almost all of the undercover decoy officers were white, which made no sense if the mission was to impersonate and protect African Americans on the street. \u2014 Paul Grein, Billboard , 7 Sep. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Beckham\u2019s biggest contributions in Sunday\u2019s loss came when the football wasn\u2019t coming his way, working as a run blocker and decoy on many of his 58 snaps. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 17 Oct. 2021",
      "As previously reported by Forbes, the U.S Navy is looking at ultra-short laser pulses which create glowing plasma in mid-air to decoy missiles away from aircraft. \u2014 David Hambling, Forbes , 6 July 2021",
      "Pilkington says that the military may test new spoofing or decoy techniques on unsuspecting pilots. \u2014 David Hambling, Forbes , 25 June 2021",
      "As part of the effort, GA-ASI integrated the Brite Cloud decoy with the Reaper. \u2014 David Hambling, Forbes , 26 May 2021",
      "The Whisperers catch on to the music decoy and destroy the sound system, forcing the survivors to kill the Whisperers one by one \u2014 the finale to the war season 10 was building up to. \u2014 Ashley Chervinski, refinery29.com , 28 Feb. 2021",
      "The best way to kill these birds cleanly is to decoy them close and shoot them in the head. \u2014 Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream , 20 Jan. 2021",
      "The most important aspect of decoying ducks and geese is location, says Zink. \u2014 Joe Arterburn, Outdoor Life , 13 Dec. 2019",
      "For us regular wingshots, the .410 is best limited to woodcock, rails, decoying doves, and squirrels under ideal conditions all at ranges of about 25 yards. \u2014 Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream , 18 Sep. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1630, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1648, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-165129"
  },
  "DeMolay":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a member of DeMolay International, a fraternal organization for boys and young men aged 12 to 21 that is sponsored by the Freemasons"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113m\u0259\u02c8l\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"after Jacques B. de Molay \u20201314 French grand master of the Knights Templar",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-171030"
  },
  "dedicant":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that dedicates"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ded\u0259\u0307k\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" dedic ate + -ant ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-171737"
  },
  "dethrone":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove from a throne or place of power or prominence",
      ": to remove (a king or queen) from power"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8thr\u014dn",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8thr\u014dn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "defrock",
      "depose",
      "deprive",
      "displace",
      "oust",
      "uncrown",
      "unmake",
      "unseat",
      "unthrone"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "crown",
      "enthrone",
      "throne"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the nation's last monarch was dethroned in a popular uprising many years ago",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But this year, Popovici or the 20-year-old Helsop may dethrone him. \u2014 Alexander Thompson, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
      "That's quick enough to dethrone the current Raptor as the quickest F-150, but Ford will need a Lightning R to challenge the Rivian R1T for EV-pickup-acceleration supremacy. \u2014 K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver , 11 May 2022",
      "That's not to say that black is poised to dethrone the white wedding dress anytime soon. \u2014 Parija Kavilanz, CNN , 17 May 2022",
      "Still, a series of unfortunate events could quickly dethrone king dollar. \u2014 Zenger News, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
      "To dethrone the Giants and supplant the Dodgers, staying healthy and avoiding clubhouse drama that engulfed the team last summer will be paramount. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Valhalla saw a sizable increase in its viewing time during its first full week on the streamer \u2014 but not quite sizable enough to dethrone Inventing Anna from the top spot. \u2014 Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "There have been hordes of lawmakers who have overtly or covertly worked to try and dethrone the earliest states from their positions. \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Its ambitious goal is to dethrone shareholder primacy and profit maximization as defining features of capitalism. \u2014 Nick Romeo, The New Yorker , 10 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1609, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-171920"
  },
  "disclaimer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a denial or disavowal of legal claim : relinquishment of or formal refusal to accept an interest or estate",
      ": a writing that embodies a legal disclaimer",
      ": denial , disavowal",
      ": repudiation",
      ": a refusal or disavowal of something that one has a right to claim",
      ": a relinquishment or formal refusal to accept an interest or estate \u2014 see also qualified disclaimer",
      ": a denial of responsibility for a thing or act: as",
      ": a negation or limitation of the rights under a warranty given by a seller to a buyer",
      ": a denial of coverage by an insurance company",
      ": a writing that embodies a disclaimer"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8kl\u0101-m\u0259r",
      "dis-\u02c8kl\u0101-m\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "quitclaim",
      "release",
      "waiver"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The documentary opens with a disclaimer that many of its scenes are \u201cfictional re-creations\u201d of real events.",
      "one brother filed a disclaimer , allowing all of the estate to go to his poorer siblings",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Pressing one of these then brings up a legal- disclaimer warning on the dashboard, which needs to be clicked away each time to satisfy the lawyers. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 12 May 2022",
      "Every tweet & the profile should include a *Paid Advertisement disclaimer . \u2014 Lydia Wang, refinery29.com , 10 Mar. 2021",
      "The streaming service included a warning card disclaimer , as the season dropped days after the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, which left 21 people dead. \u2014 Amber Dowling, Variety , 31 May 2022",
      "Ahead of the Friday premiere, Netflix added a disclaimer to the Season 3 recap that plays before the first episode of Season 4. \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 27 May 2022",
      "The streamer has added a disclaimer to Friday\u2019s premiere that warns viewers about violent content involving children in the first scene. \u2014 James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022",
      "The post focuses on a disclaimer that the parasol doesn\u2019t block rain, but instead should be used as shade from the sun and for fashion purposes. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022",
      "But the disclaimer wasn\u2019t enough for some fans who didn\u2019t agree with seeing Laine on the ABC competition series during the ongoing investigation. \u2014 Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping , 3 May 2022",
      "Ford has closed retail orders on all 2022 models due to high demand, according to a disclaimer on its consumer site. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 26 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1623, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-172226"
  },
  "disinhibition":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": loss or reduction of an inhibition (as by the action of interfering stimuli or events)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02ccin-(h)\u0259-\u02c8bi-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The drinks provided just enough disinhibition to get conversation flowing. \u2014 Kate Julian, The Atlantic , 1 June 2021",
      "In the role of Jordan Belfort, a super-salesman and super-con-man whose hedonistic will to power is one with his consuming fury, DiCaprio seemed to tap deep into himself, even if in the way of mere fantasy and exuberant disinhibition . \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 6 Mar. 2021",
      "But part of his disinhibition is psychodramatic: playing multiple roles, Murphy unleashes, with a sense of painful revelation, a tangle of rage, cringing fear, furious power, and a sense of perpetual and unresolved outsiderness. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 6 Mar. 2021",
      "The paper describes six factors involved in producing the disinhibition effect\u2014including the sense of anonymity and invisibility\u2014which contribute to some users\u2019 propensity for treating life online as a game in which rules and norms no longer apply. \u2014 Brian Merchant, Harper's magazine , 31 Dec. 2019",
      "Online platforms also trigger disinhibition causing people to act with greater intensity and frequency online than in person. \u2014 Krista Kafer, The Denver Post , 25 July 2019",
      "The disinhibition is part of why many people like alcohol. \u2014 German Lopez, Vox , 27 Sep. 2018",
      "Her social disinhibition is a problem, but loneliness can be destructive, too. \u2014 New York Times , 29 May 2018",
      "Much more rarely \u2014 in between 1 and 4 percent of users \u2014 Ambien has been associated with odd behavioral and psychiatric side effects, including hallucinations, disorientation, and disinhibition . \u2014 Julia Belluz, Vox , 30 May 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1927, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-172234"
  },
  "denigrating":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": tending or serving to insult or belittle someone",
      "\u2014 see also self-denigrating"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-ni-\u02ccgr\u0101-ti\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1646, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-172715"
  },
  "domain":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": complete and absolute (see absolute sense 3 ) ownership of land",
      "\u2014 compare eminent domain",
      ": land so owned",
      ": a territory over which dominion (see dominion sense 2 ) is exercised",
      ": a region distinctively marked by some physical feature",
      ": a sphere (see sphere sense 4b ) of knowledge, influence, or activity",
      ": the set of elements (see element sense 2b(3) ) to which a mathematical or logical variable is limited",
      ": the set on which a function (see function entry 1 sense 5a ) is defined",
      ": any of the small randomly oriented regions of uniform magnetization in a ferromagnetic substance",
      ": integral domain",
      ": the highest taxonomic category in biological classification ranking above the kingdom (see kingdom sense 4b )",
      ": any of the three-dimensional subunits of a protein that are formed by the folding of its linear peptide chain and that together make up its tertiary (see tertiary entry 1 sense 3c ) structure",
      ": a subdivision of the Internet consisting of computers or sites usually with a common purpose (such as providing commercial information) and denoted in Internet addresses by a unique abbreviation (such as com for commercial sites or gov for government sites)",
      ": domain name",
      ": land under the control of a ruler or a government",
      ": a field of knowledge or activity",
      ": domain name",
      ": any of the three-dimensional subunits of a protein that together make up its tertiary structure, that are formed by folding its linear peptide chain, and that are variously considered to be the basic units of protein structure, function, and evolution",
      ": the highest taxonomic category in biological classification ranking above the kingdom"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u014d-\u02c8m\u0101n",
      "d\u0259-",
      "d\u014d-\u02c8m\u0101n",
      "d\u014d-\u02c8m\u0101n, d\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "area",
      "arena",
      "bailiwick",
      "barony",
      "business",
      "circle",
      "demesne",
      "department",
      "discipline",
      "element",
      "fief",
      "fiefdom",
      "field",
      "firmament",
      "front",
      "game",
      "kingdom",
      "line",
      "precinct",
      "province",
      "realm",
      "specialty",
      "sphere",
      "terrain",
      "walk"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The forest is part of the king's domain .",
      "My sister is the math expert in the family, but literature is my domain .",
      "Childcare is no longer solely a female domain .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Once the domain of college basketball\u2019s blue bloods, the top half of the NBA draft\u2019s first round has been tinted crimson in recent years. \u2014 Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al , 22 June 2022",
      "There could be advantages as well, such as the fact that amalgamating data that is all in the same domain (vision) is more efficient and simplified than trying to do this with lots of different sensor types. \u2014 James Morris, Forbes , 11 June 2022",
      "Discipline used to be the dad\u2019s domain \u2014his solid ground, the site of male authority at home. \u2014 Daniel Engber, The Atlantic , 7 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",
      "Properties holding the trademark and web- domain rights to Infowars agreed Wednesday to dismiss their chapter 11 cases as part of a stipulation with the Justice Department\u2019s bankruptcy watchdog, which has questioned the basis for the bankruptcy. \u2014 Jonathan Randles, WSJ , 2 June 2022",
      "The commission held public hearings, but in the end, Florida Power & Light had eminent- domain authority. \u2014 Ivan Penn, New York Times , 31 May 2022",
      "The military officials were light on details but said the new strategy would be all-encompassing in every operational domain , including land, sea, air, space and cyber. \u2014 Caitlin Mcfall, Fox News , 19 May 2022",
      "Nvidia's sole, dominant domain is now feeling a little more open, which is good news for hardware owners across the board. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 13 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"alteration of Middle English demayne , from Anglo-French demeine , from Latin dominium , from dominus \u2014 see dominate ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-172811"
  },
  "dinosaur":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of a group (Dinosauria) of extinct, often very large, carnivorous or herbivorous archosaurian reptiles that have the hind limbs extending directly beneath the body and include chiefly terrestrial, bipedal or quadrupedal ornithischians (such as ankylosaurs and stegosaurs) and saurischians (such as sauropods and theropods) which flourished during the Mesozoic era from the late Triassic period to the end of the Cretaceous period",
      ": any of a broader group that also includes all living and extinct birds",
      ": any of various large extinct reptiles (such as an ichthyosaur or mosasaur ) other than the true dinosaurs",
      ": one that is impractically large, out-of-date, or obsolete",
      ": any of a group of extinct often very large mostly land-dwelling reptiles that lived millions of years ago"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b-n\u0259-\u02ccs\u022fr",
      "\u02c8d\u012b-n\u0259-\u02ccs\u022fr"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "has-been",
      "relic"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The old factory is now a rusting dinosaur .",
      "The character she plays is a dinosaur \u2014a former beauty queen who is living in the past.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "While watching the iconic sequence in which the T-Rex first escapes, the team speculate that the film's relatively sparing use of footage of the dinosaur helps not just in terms of building tension and suspense, but also the look of the film. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 21 May 2022",
      "Hector is a Deinonychus, a type of dinosaur first identified in 1964. \u2014 Joseph Pisani, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
      "In theory, this blockbuster promotional model has long gone the way of the dinosaur , or, well, Blockbuster Video. \u2014 Will Dukes, Rolling Stone , 4 May 2022",
      "Sauropods, a group of long-necked herbivores, were a diverse type of dinosaur that lived from the Jurassic era through the Cretaceous, a period spanning from 201 million years to 66 million years ago. \u2014 Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Gabe Saglie, senior communications manager for Travelzoo, also suggested shoulder season bargains aren't going the way of the dinosaur . \u2014 Mia Taylor, Travel + Leisure , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "But low-cost, pocketable compacts are quickly going the way of the dinosaur , and Michael Crichton isn't around to bring them back to life. \u2014 PCMAG , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "While there was no single parlay-buster at UFC 270 like Amanda Nunes losing at UFC 269, there were enough unexpected results, upsets and toss-ups that most parlays probably went the way of the dinosaur fairly early in the night. \u2014 Josh Chesler, SPIN , 23 Jan. 2022",
      "Scientist now believe the prints are from the Triassic period but cannot say with certainty what type of dinosaur created the tracks. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 6 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from presumed New Latin *dinosaurus, the base of Dinosauria, former reptile taxon, from Greek dein\u00f3s \"inspiring dread or awe\" + -o-  -o- + New Latin Sauria, former reptile suborder, from Greek sa\u00faros \"lizard\" + New Latin -ia  -ia entry 2 \u2014 more at deinonychus , -saurus ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1841, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-173237"
  },
  "die (for)":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy I'd die for some ice cream right now"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-173348"
  },
  "donator":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": donor"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u014d-\u02ccn\u0101-t\u0259r",
      "d\u014d-\u02c8n\u0101-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "angel",
      "benefactor",
      "donor",
      "fairy godmother",
      "Maecenas",
      "patron",
      "sugar daddy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a frequent donator of funds to research foundations"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-173531"
  },
  "discommon":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to exclude or banish from a community of interest",
      ": to deprive of citizenship or of church fellowship",
      ": to forbid (a tradesman) to deal with undergraduates",
      ": to deprive of the right of common (as of pasture)",
      ": to deprive of commonable quality (as land by enclosing it)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307s",
      "(\u02c8)dis+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English discomenen , from dis- entry 1 + comen, commun common (noun)",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-174443"
  },
  "dystocia":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": slow or difficult labor or delivery",
      ": slow or difficult labor or delivery \u2014 compare eutocia"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8t\u014d-sh(\u0113-)\u0259",
      "dis-\u02c8t\u014d-sh(\u0113-)\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from New Latin, borrowed from Greek dystok\u00eda, from dys-  dys- + t\u00f3kos \"childbirth, act of giving birth (of animals), offspring\" + -ia  -ia entry 1 ; t\u00f3kos nominal ablaut derivative of t\u00edkt\u014d, t\u00edktein, aorist \u00e9tekon, teke\u00een \"to give birth to, beget, generate,\" probably going back to Indo-European *te\u1e31- \"generate, give birth to,\" base of the aorist stem *tet\u1e31- \"generate, produce\" \u2014 more at tectonic ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1706, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-175139"
  },
  "denier \u00e0 dieu":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": god's penny"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259ny\u0101\u0227dy\u0153\u0305"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"French",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-175344"
  },
  "distance":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of being distant : such as",
      ": spatial remoteness",
      ": personal and especially emotional separation",
      ": reserve , coldness",
      ": difference , disparity",
      ": an extent of area or an advance (see advance entry 2 sense 1 ) along a route measured in a straight line",
      ": an extent of space measured other than linearly",
      ": separation (see separation sense 2b ) in time",
      ": length of a race or contest",
      ": the full length (as of a prizefight or ball game)",
      ": a long race",
      ": an extent of advance from a beginning",
      ": expanse",
      ": the degree or amount of separation between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects",
      ": a distant point or region",
      ": capacity to observe dispassionately",
      ": aesthetic distance",
      ": discord",
      ": to complete a course of action",
      ": to make or maintain a personal or emotional separation from : to place or keep at a distance",
      ": to leave far behind : outstrip",
      ": taking place via electronic media linking instructors and students who are not together in a classroom",
      ": how far from each other two points or places are",
      ": a point or place that is far away",
      ": the quality or state of not being friendly"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-st\u0259n(t)s",
      "\u02c8di-st\u0259ns"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "lead",
      "length",
      "remove",
      "spacing",
      "spread",
      "stretch",
      "way"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Whittaker claimed the distance triple crown at the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference championships, winning the 800-, 1,600- and 3,200-meter races. \u2014 Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun , 18 June 2022",
      "The distance is five miles round-trip with more than 1,000 feet of gain. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
      "Experience the Ohio River in one of two ways: kayak or canoe the traditional 9-mile trip, or paddle the shorter 4.5-mile distance . \u2014 Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer , 17 June 2022",
      "Forty feet is the distance between the rioters and Mike Pence. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
      "The flight distance from Boston to the Arctic Circle is about 1700 miles. \u2014 Paul Smith-goodson, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "Framing the scene in the far distance , the distinctive outline of Camel\u2019s Hump, Vermont\u2019s third-highest peak, punctuates the horizon. \u2014 Walter Nicklin, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
      "Because the geographical distance between continents is less at the Arctic than further south, a cable through the region would promise faster communications, experts say. \u2014 Isabelle Bousquette, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "Bitonio, ever the optimist, believes this team can go the distance . \u2014 cleveland , 15 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Cawthorn's Republican colleagues have been quick to distance themselves from his comments and have denounced the allegations. \u2014 Benjamin Siegel, ABC News , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "When news of the plan first surfaced last month, Republicans, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, were quick to distance themselves from it. \u2014 Julian Zelizer, CNN , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Walton was quick to distance himself from socialism, which has become synonymous with Sanders over the past four decades. \u2014 Drake Bentley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "The emergence of these clusters of severe hepatitis among children comes after many children have been forced to stay inside and distance themselves from social activities, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 Arielle Mitropoulos, ABC News , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Several Russian oligarchs are rushing to distance themselves from Russian President Vladimir Putin, as Western countries threaten to squeeze their assets with an unprecedented sanctions drive. \u2014 Max Colchester, WSJ , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "Zadina continued to distance himself from a dismal first half of the season, earning his fourth point in six games. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "And Scholz\u2019s party has been left scrambling to distance itself from Schr\u00f6der, amid questions about how much influence the former chancellor turned Russian energy lobbyist still wields. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Employees can socially distance with relative ease in its 65,000-square-foot production facility. \u2014 Megan Leonhardt, Fortune , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The problem is, every single one of them is either a short- or mid- distance light. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "Overall, the Escape Pursuit is a seemingly simple shoe that checks all the boxes for short- to mid- distance runs on hilly terrain. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 7 Nov. 2021",
      "Thirty-six-year-old Anchorage cyclist John Lackey, riding a fat bike, blew through the 2015 Iditarod Trail Invitational human-powered ultra- distance race that began Sunday, breaking two records, reports the Alaska Dispatch News. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 4 Mar. 2015",
      "Most runners should spend time lifting in this range, as heavy lifting benefits sprinters and ultra- distance runners alike. \u2014 Kyle Norman, Outside Online , 10 Sep. 2020",
      "This summer\u2019s ultra- distance races will be the true test to see if the Flight shakes up the trail scene the way carbon super shoes did for road racing. \u2014 Adam Chase, Outside Online , 11 Feb. 2021",
      "At one point, the former employee said, Johnson called out the employee and a mid- distance runner in front of the team during a training session inside the Moshofsky Center, the school\u2019s indoor practice facility. \u2014 Ken Goe For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "Most of us want to rejoin our pre-mask, pre- distance lives, to celebrate this new level of freedom that has accompanied the enormous victory for vaccinations and our attentiveness to CDC mandates. \u2014 John Duffy, CNN , 16 May 2021",
      "The Kobuk 440 was Hanke\u2019s third mid- distance race attempt and his second scratch. \u2014 Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Apr. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5",
      "Verb",
      "1578, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "1972, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-175527"
  },
  "disquiet":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to take away the peace or tranquility of : disturb , alarm",
      ": lack of peace or tranquility : anxiety",
      ": uneasy , disquieted",
      ": to make uneasy or worried",
      ": an uneasy feeling"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8kw\u012b-\u0259t",
      "dis-\u02c8kw\u012b-\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "agitate",
      "ail",
      "alarm",
      "alarum",
      "bother",
      "concern",
      "derail",
      "discomfort",
      "discompose",
      "dismay",
      "distemper",
      "distract",
      "distress",
      "disturb",
      "exercise",
      "flurry",
      "frazzle",
      "freak (out)",
      "fuss",
      "hagride",
      "perturb",
      "undo",
      "unhinge",
      "unsettle",
      "upset",
      "weird out",
      "worry"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "ferment",
      "fermentation",
      "restiveness",
      "restlessness",
      "Sturm und Drang",
      "turmoil",
      "uneasiness",
      "unquietness",
      "unrest"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "we were disquieted by the strange noises we heard outside our tent at night",
      "Noun",
      "There is increasing public disquiet about the number of violent crimes in the city.",
      "a period of disquiet before the results of the close election were confirmed",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The next few days were disquieting for the country, especially after he was transferred to intensive care. \u2014 Adam Rasmi, Quartz , 27 Apr. 2020",
      "In much of the Bay Area, the coronavirus pandemic and strict shelter-in-place rules have kept people in their homes, engulfing whole cities in a sense of disquieting calm. \u2014 Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com , 25 Apr. 2020",
      "In that light, America\u2019s 20 percent positivity rate is disquieting . \u2014 Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic , 16 Apr. 2020",
      "There are some tells in Allen\u2019s account that are disquieting . \u2014 Peter Biskind, Los Angeles Times , 2 Apr. 2020",
      "Given all that is going on, Cook\u2019s quiet about developers was disquieting . \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Oct. 2019",
      "The first day of the unprecedented shelter-in-place order for six Bay Area counties went smoothly, as few people ventured outside and commercial districts had an air of disquieting calm. \u2014 Lizzie Johnson, SFChronicle.com , 17 Mar. 2020",
      "Public health officials and Democrats responded skeptically, citing false hopes and disquiet over pitting the health of the economy against the health of the people. \u2014 Cassidy Morrison, Washington Examiner , 24 Mar. 2020",
      "Jane Ratcliffe | Longreads | March 2020 | 15 minutes (3,519 words) Lidia Yuknavitch\u2019s disquieting new collection of short stories, Verge, is often bleak, yet also exquisitely hopeful. \u2014 Jane Ratcliffe, Longreads , 14 Mar. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "While a sense of disquiet about all this is palpable among both the general population and the country\u2019s strategic affairs community, what\u2019s revealing is that there has been no overt opposition to India gaining leverage. \u2014 Raknish Wijewardene, Quartz , 16 May 2022",
      "The attack will intensify the disquiet among New Yorkers about violence in the nation\u2019s largest city, including an increasing number of shootings and rising crime in the subways, the city\u2019s lifeblood. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "There isn\u2019t a disquiet sharper than the dread of consequence; there are few finalities more final than life or not life. \u2014 Emily Cooke, The New Republic , 6 May 2022",
      "But beyond the conflict, there\u2019s a deeper disquiet in many other countries that were once in the Soviet sphere. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Suka says he's also noticed a decrease in sales over the past month as buyers grapple with the disquiet that the conflict in Ukraine has brought about. \u2014 Tamara Hardingham-gill, CNN , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "But Bergman's dominance this year also reflects a disquiet and malaise in our culture. \u2014 Jeva Lange, The Week , 22 Sep. 2021",
      "And will Putin be able to exploit disquiet over Biden's comments in European capitals? \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "September 2020 listing marked the largest IPO on the London Stock Exchange in over five years but investors\u2019 disquiet has grown over the governance at the online seller of protein powders, supplements and beauty products. \u2014 Iain Martin, Forbes , 18 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "circa 1530, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "1581, in the meaning defined above",
      "Adjective",
      "1582, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-180345"
  },
  "draffy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": resembling draff : worthless"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-f\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-180615"
  },
  "daybreak":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dawn",
      ": dawn entry 2 sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101-\u02ccbr\u0101k",
      "\u02c8d\u0101-\u02ccbr\u0101k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aurora",
      "cockcrow",
      "dawn",
      "dawning",
      "day",
      "daylight",
      "light",
      "morn",
      "morning",
      "sun",
      "sunrise",
      "sunup"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "nightfall",
      "sundown",
      "sunset"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "I always seem to wake up at daybreak , regardless of what the clock says.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "At daybreak , a hundred or so men went to the local branch of the Territorial Defense Forces, a volunteer military corps, to join up. \u2014 Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
      "After spending the night in a bloody bedroom with their mother's body, the 4-year-old boy left the house at daybreak with Nelson, his 2-year-old sister, leading her by her arm through the neighborhood until they were spotted by neighbors. \u2014 Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 May 2022",
      "Being at the trailhead, ready to start walking at daybreak is the best way to avoid afternoon heat, storms, and crowds. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 25 June 2021",
      "Homeless people lined up on a corner in West Athens before daybreak on Friday and Tuesday only to have their hopes dashed. \u2014 al , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Homeless people lined up on a corner in West Athens before daybreak on Friday and Tuesday only to have their hopes dashed. \u2014 Connor Sheetsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Over the weekend, Moscow had offered safe passage out of Mariupol \u2014 one corridor leading east to Russia, another going west to other parts of Ukraine \u2014 in return for the city\u2019s surrender before daybreak Monday. \u2014 Fox News , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "Over the weekend, Moscow had offered safe passage out of Mariupol \u2014 one corridor leading east to Russia, another going west to other parts of Ukraine \u2014 in return for the city\u2019s surrender before daybreak Monday. \u2014 Cara Anna, Anchorage Daily News , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "Over the weekend, Moscow had offered safe passage out of Mariupol -- one corridor leading east to Russia, another going west to other parts of Ukraine -- in return for the city's surrender before daybreak Monday. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 22 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1530, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-180922"
  },
  "drop curtain":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a stage curtain that can be lowered and raised"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1832, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-181140"
  },
  "daytimes":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": days"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101-\u02cct\u012bmz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1847, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-181453"
  },
  "drop-down":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun,"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": pull-down",
      ": pull-down"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4p-\u02ccdau\u0307n",
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4p-\u02ccdau\u0307n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1984, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-181511"
  },
  "disenvenom":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to free from venom"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6dis+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" dis- entry 1 + envenom ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-182421"
  },
  "differential":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of, relating to, or constituting a difference : distinguishing",
      ": making a distinction between individuals or classes",
      ": based on or resulting from a differential",
      ": functioning or proceeding differently or at a different rate",
      ": being, relating to, or involving a differential (see differential entry 2 sense 1 ) or differentiation",
      ": relating to quantitative differences (as of motion or pressure)",
      ": producing effects by reason of quantitative differences",
      ": the product (see product sense 1 ) of the derivative of a function of one variable by the increment of the independent variable",
      ": a sum of products in which each product consists of a partial derivative of a given function of several variables multiplied by the corresponding increment and which contains as many products as there are independent variables in the function",
      ": a difference between comparable individuals or classes",
      ": the amount of such a difference",
      ": a drivetrain gear assembly connecting two collinear shafts or axles (such as those of the rear wheels of an automobile) and permitting one shaft to revolve faster than the other",
      ": a case covering such an assembly",
      ": of, relating to, or constituting a difference",
      ": making a distinction between individuals or classes"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdi-f\u0259-\u02c8ren(t)-sh\u0259l",
      "\u02ccdif-\u0259-\u02c8ren-ch\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "discriminating",
      "discriminational",
      "discriminative",
      "discriminatory"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "nondiscriminatory"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "did away with differential pay scales for men and women doing the same work",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The lesser car's active differential pushes torque to the outside wheel during enthusiastic cornering, producing an entertaining sense of impending oversteer even short of the point at which the rear tires actually run out of grip. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 11 May 2022",
      "While swapping is a crude way of masking data, differential privacy algorithms can be tuned to meet precise confidentiality needs. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "The incentive program says hospitals that commit to ongoing capacity reporting will qualify for differential adjusted payment increases of 0.25%. \u2014 Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "And now, as the first refugees from Ukraine arrive, few places more vividly illustrate the differential treatment refugees are receiving. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "The level of admissions selectivity was also associated with differential growth in application volume. \u2014 Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "Thus, the 99 percent figure isn't representative of real-world use as an N95 mask's minimum filtration measurement of 95 percent (which does account for differential pressure, fit, leakage, and more). \u2014 Corey Gaskin, Ars Technica , 18 Dec. 2021",
      "The Supreme Court has upheld the differential treatment of residents of Puerto Rico, ruling that Congress was within its power to exclude them from a benefits program that's available in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. \u2014 Mark Sherman, ajc , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "The Supreme Court has upheld the differential treatment of residents of Puerto Rico, ruling that Congress was within its power to exclude them from a benefits program that\u2019s available in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. \u2014 Mark Sherman, Chicago Tribune , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Like the hatchback, the R wagon has a torque-biasing rear differential intended to sharpen cornering response, and European buyers can even pay extra to add a Drift mode\u2014a compellingly ludicrous option that our car didn't have. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 24 June 2022",
      "Thankfully, these issues were easy to forgive and forget every time that V10 crackled while braking for a turn before the rear differential locked and the V10\u2019s flat torque curve shrieked away from each apex. \u2014 Karl Brauer, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "Other standout features include rack and pinion steering, a four-wheel Baer disc brake system and a Shelby/Dana 44 rear differential . \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 23 May 2022",
      "As a Black African boy in the UK, there are lot more serious problems faced by people than partial differential equations. \u2014 Rayna Reid, Essence , 20 May 2022",
      "The Maverick will not be available with the locking rear differential present on the highest trim level of the Bronco Sport (the Badlands). \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 8 June 2021",
      "Its +25 run differential topped the league and ranked third in all of baseball. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Their scoring differential of 12.5 points was the worst in the NFL. \u2014 Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "But really, the trick rear differential that the RS3 shares with the tamer S3 and Volkswagen Golf R is of most benefit on the track, as the stocky sedan's N\u00fcrburgring time of 7:40.8 convincingly suggests. \u2014 James Tate, Car and Driver , 1 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1615, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1871, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-182541"
  },
  "Dismal Swamp":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "swamp in southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina between Chesapeake Bay and Albemarle Sound about 37 miles (60 kilometers) long, 10 miles (16 kilometers) wide"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-182712"
  },
  "doxy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": floozy , prostitute",
      ": mistress sense 4a"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4k-s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chippie",
      "chippy",
      "fancy woman",
      "floozy",
      "floozie",
      "hoochie",
      "hussy",
      "Jezebel",
      "minx",
      "quean",
      "tramp",
      "trollop",
      "wench"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"perhaps modification of obsolete Dutch docke doll, from Middle Dutch",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1515, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-183213"
  },
  "dig (through)":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something I roughly dug through the closet looking for my shoes"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-183839"
  },
  "dark-line spectrum":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a line spectrum produced by the passage of white light through an ionized gas or vapor"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-184352"
  },
  "demilitarized zone":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an area from which weapons and military forces have been removed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-184751"
  },
  "demothball":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove the preservative covering in order to reactivate (something, such as a ship)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u0113+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" de- + mothball entry 2 ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-185543"
  },
  "discoverture":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the state of being discovert"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307s+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-190030"
  },
  "distinctio":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a phrase in a Gregorian melody indicated by markings in the text"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8sti\u014b(k)t(s)\u0113\u02cc\u014d",
      "-)sh\u0113\u02cc\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Medieval Latin distinction-, distinctio section, division, from Latin",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-190035"
  },
  "disengaged":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": detached sense 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-in-\u02c8g\u0101jd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The enormous, dynamic field has been battling under the radar of a disengaged electorate for months, raising millions and touting impressive r\u00e9sum\u00e9s but unable to attract attention. \u2014 Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post , 5 June 2022",
      "So the strategy of gray rocking involves being as disengaged and unresponsive as possible. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 27 May 2022",
      "Covid-19 has left health care workers exhausted, traumatized, and increasingly disengaged . \u2014 Andrew Morris-singer And Brian Souza, STAT , 9 May 2022",
      "With average annual wage growth of around 5 percent, a growing number of disengaged workers have already done so. \u2014 NBC News , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "This can cause engaged workers to find different jobs that foster employees in better ways, leaving businesses stuck with disengaged workers who impact revenue and workflow. \u2014 Allison Walsh, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "Companies in which women are overburdened with unrewarded work likely will see their employees associate being a team player with negative consequences and become disengaged from the organization\u2019s mission. \u2014 Linda Babcock, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
      "Large-scale workforce surveys show that the challenges of remote work and social isolation, alongside other factors, have over 60% of North American workers feeling disengaged from work. \u2014 Ben Moorsom, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Throughout the campaign, Mr. Macron appeared disengaged , taken up with countless telephone calls to Mr. Putin that proved ineffectual. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1651, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-190606"
  },
  "disserviceably":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in a disserviceable manner"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-190739"
  },
  "dernier":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": last , final",
      ": the third of the three columns on a roulette layout on which one may bet and which embraces the numbers 25 to 36 inclusive"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259rn\u0113\u0259r",
      "(\u02c8)dern\u00a6y\u0101",
      "(\u02c8)dern\u00a6y\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-191041"
  },
  "disavowal":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deny responsibility for : repudiate",
      ": to refuse to acknowledge or accept : disclaim"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8vau\u0307"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "contradict",
      "deny",
      "disaffirm",
      "disallow",
      "disclaim",
      "disconfirm",
      "disown",
      "gainsay",
      "negate",
      "negative",
      "refute",
      "reject",
      "repudiate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "acknowledge",
      "admit",
      "allow",
      "avow",
      "concede",
      "confirm",
      "own"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "He disavowed the actions of his subordinates.",
      "She now seems to be trying to disavow her earlier statements.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Civil rights groups urged the Biden administration in February to publicly condemn the Insular Cases and not rely on them for any future court cases, and a House resolution has been pending since March 2021 that would disavow the rulings. \u2014 Alison Durkee, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "While his supporters overran the Capitol on January 6, Trump ignored desperate pleas from allies to forcefully disavow the attack and has repeatedly praised those who participated in the protest. \u2014 CBS News , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "While his supporters overran the Capitol on Jan. 6, Trump ignored desperate pleas from allies to forcefully disavow the attack and has repeatedly praised those who participated in the protest. \u2014 Jill Colvin, ajc , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "Kennedy\u2019s apology was highly qualified, and did not disavow comparisons of Covid-19 mandates to the Holocaust. \u2014 Zachary Snowdon Smith, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "For liberals, Rittenhouse was a symbol of vigilante justice, and then-candidate Joe Biden included his image in a September 2020 video about Donald Trump failing to disavow White supremacists. \u2014 Erik Larson, Fortune , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "Some local administrators were confused and frustrated after Whitmer did not immediately disavow portions of the budget that would withhold funding from county health departments that ordered masks in schools. \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 28 Sep. 2021",
      "Senators from both sides of the aisle -- and the nominees themselves -- have all tended to directly disavow any relevance of individual faith to qualification to be a justice. \u2014 Devin Dwyer, ABC News , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "Asking artists to disavow Mr. Putin\u2019s war in order to carry on creatively can imperil their safety. \u2014 Suzanne Nossel, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English desavowen , from Anglo-French desavouer , from des- dis- + avouer to avow",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-191355"
  },
  "deck (out)":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes all decked out in our finest outfits for the wedding"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-191531"
  },
  "dreariment":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of being dreary"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-r\u0113m\u0259nt",
      "-rim-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-191555"
  },
  "deplenish":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deprive of furniture, stock, or other contents"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307+\u02c8-",
      "(\u02c8)d\u0113+\u00a6-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" de- + plenish ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-191738"
  },
  "discriminate":{
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of",
      ": distinguish , differentiate",
      ": to distinguish by discerning or exposing differences : to recognize or identify as separate and distinct",
      ": to distinguish from another like object",
      ": to make a distinction",
      ": to use good judgment",
      ": to make a difference in treatment or favor on a basis other than individual merit",
      ": to unfairly treat a person or group differently from other people or groups",
      ": to be able to tell the difference between things",
      ": to respond selectively to (a stimulus)",
      ": to respond selectively",
      ": to make a difference in treatment or favor on a basis other than individual merit",
      ": to make a difference in treatment on a basis prohibited by law (as national origin, race, sex, religion, age, or disability) \u2014 see also bona fide occupational qualification , equal protection , reverse discrimination , suspect class , Civil Rights Act of 1964"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8skri-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t",
      "di-\u02c8skri-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t",
      "dis-\u02c8krim-\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t",
      "dis-\u02c8kri-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "difference",
      "differentiate",
      "discern",
      "distinguish",
      "secern",
      "separate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "confuse",
      "mistake",
      "mix (up)"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The school is not allowed to discriminate .",
      "the human eye can discriminate between very slight gradations of color",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The power to use discretion is also the power to discriminate . \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 14 June 2022",
      "And on April 14, a congressional committee opened an investigation into a facial recognition identity verification company over concerns about privacy, security, and the technology\u2019s potential to discriminate . \u2014 Dwight A. Weingarten, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "The recommendations suggested that school policies that lead to students of color being disciplined more than white students may violated federal civil-rights law, even if the policies were written without any intent to discriminate . \u2014 Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "In reality, in part because politicians simply didn\u2019t put protections in place at the federal level, landlords nationwide routinely discriminate against people attempting to use vouchers to access housing. \u2014 Alex Pareene, The New Republic , 16 May 2022",
      "The court returned an 8-1 vote Thursday that held making Puerto Ricans ineligible for the benefits program available in all 50 states and the District of Columbia did not unconstitutionally discriminate against residents of the U.S. territory. \u2014 Julius Lasin, USA TODAY , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Every organization needs to have answers, as ransomware attacks won't discriminate in 2022. \u2014 Tony Pepper, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "On Thursday, the U.S. Justice Department sent a letter to states warning them against pursuing legislation that would discriminate against transgender youth. \u2014 NBC News , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "So systems that would automatically discriminate are not good. \u2014 CBS News , 21 Apr. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin discriminatus , past participle of discriminare , from discrimin-, discrimen distinction, from discernere to distinguish between \u2014 more at discern ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1615, in the meaning defined at sense 1b"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-192216"
  },
  "Domagk":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Gerhard 1895\u20131964 German bacteriologist"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u014d-\u02ccm\u00e4k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-192734"
  },
  "doing":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of performing or executing : action",
      ": things that are done or that occur : goings-on",
      ": social activities",
      ": the act of performing : action",
      ": things that are done or that go on"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-i\u014b",
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-i\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "act",
      "action",
      "deed",
      "exploit",
      "feat",
      "thing"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "It's the doing of the good deed that is important, not the thanks you receive.",
      "is that mess in the kitchen your doing ?",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The trickle-down economy that Montessori described here was perhaps inevitable for an educational model with such a high bar for access in terms of training, materials, and funding\u2014but this was her own doing . \u2014 Jessica Winter, The New Yorker , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Republican members are already limited (by their own doing ) to three consecutive terms at the helm of any committee. \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "All of Henry\u2019s hard work was from his own doing , and the example that Tamika set for him. \u2014 Sean Collins, Dallas News , 16 Dec. 2020",
      "Western states arrived at this crucible in large part because of their own doing . \u2014 Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica , 27 Aug. 2012",
      "French people go to thermal spas and thalasso centers to pass regimented days of peaceable idleness punctuated by the taking of meals in panoramic restaurants, the doing of moderate exercise, and the semi-public displaying of nudity. \u2014 Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
      "But everyone knows who Sarah Palin is, and that\u2019s really her doing . \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "And that\u2019s something of Google\u2019s own doing , which lost sight of the bigger screen Android devices. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Their offensive line is struggling, but that\u2019s not entirely their doing . \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 22 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-192754"
  },
  "disquieten":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": disquiet"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" dis- entry 1 + quieten ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-192759"
  },
  "draffsack":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a sack for draff",
      ": a lazy glutton",
      ": paunch"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English draf sak , from draf draff + sak sack (bag)",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-192900"
  },
  "Darnah":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "city and port on the Mediterranean in northeastern Libya"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4r-n\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-193116"
  },
  "darkling beetle":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of a family (Tenebrionidae) of firm-bodied, mostly dark-colored, nocturnal beetles that feed on vegetation and often have vestigial and functionless wings and whose larvae are usually hard, cylindrical worms (such as a mealworm)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1817, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-193128"
  },
  "dumfounded":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to confound (see confound sense 1 ) briefly and usually with astonishment",
      ": to make speechless with surprise"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0259m-\u02c8fau\u0307nd",
      "\u02c8d\u0259m-\u02ccfaund",
      "\u02ccd\u0259m-\u02c8fau\u0307nd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "amaze",
      "astonish",
      "astound",
      "bowl over",
      "flabbergast",
      "floor",
      "rock",
      "shock",
      "startle",
      "stun",
      "stupefy",
      "surprise",
      "surprize",
      "thunderstrike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the surprise ending will dumbfound even the most seasoned mystery reader",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Americans this week have been dumbfounded by the unfathomable spectacle of Twitter\u2019s senior management demonstrating responsibility. \u2014 Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker , 29 May 2020",
      "The new boss\u2019s first extensive print interview as CEO left many inside Boeing dumbfounded and angry, said current and former employees. \u2014 Julie Johnsson, Bloomberg.com , 12 May 2020",
      "Longtime Brunswick attorney James Yancey said he was dumbfounded by Barnhill's conclusions. \u2014 al , 7 May 2020",
      "Blackwell was particularly dumbfounded by Spell\u2019s decision to not file for the Paycheck Protection Program made possible by the $2.2 trillion stimulus package that was passed by Congress last month. \u2014 Tanya A. Christian, Essence , 20 Apr. 2020",
      "These two lucky people were eating out and were dumbfounded when a stranger paid for their meal. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 16 Apr. 2020",
      "It will be presented in the theater that housed the (now terminated) Terminator 2: 3D, and, like that attraction, will blend live actors, high-octane effects, and screened footage for a dumbfounding movie-live performance mashup. \u2014 Arthur Levine, USA TODAY , 29 Jan. 2020",
      "Wonders and his teammates, not to mention the fans at Breslin, were dumbfounded on two levels. \u2014 Mick Mccabe, Detroit Free Press , 13 Mar. 2020",
      "Still a minor, Jim stared at his father dumbfounded . \u2014 Gregory Orfalea, Los Angeles Times , 9 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" dumb + -found (as in confound )",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1653, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-193152"
  },
  "dumbfish":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dunfish"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-193405"
  },
  "daisy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a composite plant (as of the genera Bellis or Chrysanthemum ) having a flower head with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in one or a few whorls: such as",
      ": a low European herb ( Bellis perennis ) with white or pink ray flowers",
      ": a leafy-stemmed perennial herb ( Leucanthemum vulgare synonym Chrysanthemum leucanthemum ) with long white ray flowers and a yellow disk that was introduced into the U.S. from Europe",
      ": the flower head of a daisy",
      ": a first-rate person or thing",
      ": a member of a program of the Girl Scouts for girls in kindergarten and first grade",
      ": a plant with flower heads consisting of one or more rows of white or colored flowers like petals around a central disk of tiny often yellow flowers closely packed together"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101-z\u0113",
      "\u02c8d\u0101-z\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beaut",
      "beauty",
      "bee's knees",
      "cat's meow",
      "corker",
      "crackerjack",
      "crackajack",
      "dandy",
      "dilly",
      "doozy",
      "doozie",
      "doozer",
      "dream",
      "honey",
      "hot stuff",
      "humdinger",
      "hummer",
      "jim-dandy",
      "knockout",
      "lollapalooza",
      "lulu",
      "nifty",
      "peach",
      "pip",
      "pippin",
      "ripper",
      "ripsnorter",
      "snorter",
      "sockdolager",
      "sockdologer",
      "standout",
      "sweetheart"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "while the old crooner is now well past his prime, Grandma still harkens back to the \u201c daisy of a performance\u201d he could give in his heyday",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "What\u2019s remarkable about the seemingly fragile daisy is its ability to adapt to the inhospitable limestone prairie. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 27 May 2022",
      "A month ago, the Center for Biological Diversity, in conjunction with the California Native Plant Society, submitted petitions with state and federal wildlife agencies seeking to have the Inyo rock daisy listed as a threatened or endangered species. \u2014 Louis Sahag\u00fanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "There are three downstream Thunderbolt 4 ports for connecting multiple high-resolution displays or up to three Thunderbolt peripherals directly with support for daisy -chaining up to a total of five Thunderbolt devices. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "Peppered with pop-art daisy prints in pastel yellow and pink shades, the Lanvin design felt exuberant. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "There\u2019s another spout at the top for overflow, or to attach a second barrel \u2014 a process called daisy -chaining, Bogert said. \u2014 Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle , 29 Jan. 2022",
      "Anna Sui channels the \u201990s DIY pastime in the form of this playful daisy -chain choker, which feels more 2022 than \u201970s flower child. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "This daisy -chain acquaintanceship interested Lapine. \u2014 Helen Shaw, Vulture , 13 Dec. 2021",
      "In many cultures, the humble daisy symbolizes regeneration, a prescient theme for the dawn of a new year. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English dayeseye , from Old English d\u00e6ges\u0113age , from d\u00e6g day + \u0113age eye",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-193440"
  },
  "denotative":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": denoting or tending to denote",
      ": relating to denotation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113-n\u014d-\u02cct\u0101-tiv",
      "di-\u02c8n\u014d-t\u0259-tiv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "denoting",
      "indicative",
      "reflective",
      "significant",
      "signifying",
      "telltale"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a string of absences from this course will be seen as denotative of the student's lack of interest in it"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-193540"
  },
  "descendent":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": moving or directed downward",
      ": proceeding from an ancestor or source",
      ": one originating or coming from an ancestral stock or source : one descended from another",
      ": one deriving directly from a precursor or prototype",
      ": someone related to a person or group of people who lived at an earlier time",
      ": a thing that comes from something that existed at an earlier time",
      ": a blood relative of a later generation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sen-d\u0259nt",
      "di-\u02c8sen-d\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bowed",
      "bowing",
      "declined",
      "declining",
      "descending",
      "drooping",
      "droopy",
      "hanging",
      "hung",
      "inclining",
      "nodding",
      "pendulous",
      "sagging",
      "stooping",
      "weeping"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "unbending",
      "upright"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "the descendant branches of a weeping willow",
      "Noun",
      "One of the famous inventor's descendants is also an inventor.",
      "Many people in this area are descendants of German immigrants.",
      "Recent evidence supports the theory that birds are the modern descendants of dinosaurs.",
      "The Italian language is one of Latin's descendants .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Three descendant corgis \u2014 Holly, Monty and Willow \u2014 appeared alongside the queen and James Bond in a skit for the opening of the 2012 London Olympics. \u2014 Karla Adam, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
      "Recognizing the direct descendant relationship between the ancient painters and the present-day guides proves critical to appreciating the Hills\u2019 significance. \u2014 Chadd Scott, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "Another two represent the National Trust and have supported the efforts to include the descendant community. \u2014 Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post , 16 May 2022",
      "Wayne led the first genetic studies proposing the ancestor- descendant relationship between the two species and more recently was one of the 30 co-authors of the latest study, published in PLOS Genetics, that debunked that notion. \u2014 Virginia Morell, Scientific American , 1 July 2015",
      "Ultimately, the archaeologists and descendant community hope to better protect the site from amateur collectors. \u2014 Matt Stirn, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Spanish Fort resident Lum Morrison, Bill Morrison\u2019s nephew and oldest living descendant , received the flag from his seat on the front row, nearest the coffin. \u2014 J.d. Crowe | Jdcrowe@al.com, al , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "But repatriation also requires participation from descendant communities. \u2014 Megan Gannon, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Luyu Tully is a Miwok woman whose rootlessness in the 1850s is echoed by her descendant Laila, who flees her home, an abusive relationship and a waitressing job in Northern California 170 years later. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "His name was Thomas Welsby Clark, the son of wealthy sheep ranchers and a descendant of Scottish immigrants. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
      "His name was Thomas Welsby Clark, the son of wealthy sheep ranchers and a descendant of Scottish immigrants. \u2014 Oscar Schwartz, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
      "Moderna thinks the dominant strain this fall could be a familiar one: omicron, delta or a descendant of either of the two. \u2014 NBC News , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Media reviews cemented the verdict for this son of an Episcopal priest and descendant of slaves. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Feb. 2022",
      "Historians, Native American leaders and a descendant of Capt. \u2014 Rick Green, courant.com , 17 Nov. 2021",
      "Helmer, whose district includes Fairfax and Prince William counties, is an Army veteran and the descendant of Holocaust survivors. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "French elites, including a descendant of one of the wealthiest slaveholders in Haiti\u2019s history, controlled Haiti\u2019s national bank from the French capital. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
      "Muslims believe the Arabic Quran is the direct speech of God revealed to Muhammad, son of Abdullah, a direct descendant of Ismail, the son of Abraham. \u2014 Manal Aman, Woman's Day , 19 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1569, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-193904"
  },
  "decreasing function":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a function whose value decreases as the independent variable increases over a given range"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-194022"
  },
  "Dinornithidae":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a family of extinct ratite birds that are related to the emus and cassowaries though usually placed in a distinct order \u2014 see dinornis , moa"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u012b\u02ccn\u022fr\u02c8nith\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from New Latin, from Dinornith-, Dinornis  dinornis + -idae  -idae ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-194623"
  },
  "dumbfounder":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dumbfound"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-194658"
  },
  "daytime":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the time during which there is daylight",
      ": the period of daylight"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101-\u02cct\u012bm",
      "\u02c8d\u0101-\u02cct\u012bm"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "day",
      "daylight"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "night",
      "nighttime"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "These animals are active during the daytime .",
      "It's the best new show on daytime .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Most of these hearings were shown during the daytime , when fewer people are generally watching TV. \u2014 Brad Adgate, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "Maricopa County has opened dozens of cooling shelters across the Phoenix metro, though the vast majority are open only during the daytime . \u2014 Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
      "There were 120 such crashes in 2020, 60% of which occurred during the daytime , according to earlier committee testimony from Wiggam, whose district includes a major Amish community. \u2014 Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland , 1 June 2022",
      "Follow your moisturizer with sunscreen during the daytime . \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "The containers will be removed during the daytime and taken to the Seagirt Marine Terminal in Baltimore, CBS Baltimore reports. \u2014 Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Sheriff Joy also sees the buffalo from atop a hill\u2014but this occurs in the daytime . \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 5 May 2022",
      "Her journalistic prowess during the NBA\u2019s 2019\u201320 Bubble season launched her to the head chair of her own daytime show less than three years into her tenure. \u2014 Jordan Ligons, Essence , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "The average daytime high in San Diego this time of year is 66. \u2014 Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-195316"
  },
  "DeMoivre's theorem":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a theorem of complex numbers: the n th power of a complex number has for its absolute value and its argument respectively the n th power of the absolute value and n times the argument of the complex number"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8m\u022fi-v\u0259rz-",
      "-\u02c8mw\u00e4v(-r\u0259)z-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Abraham De Moivre \u20201754 French mathematician",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1840, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-195357"
  },
  "drop crop":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": pendulous crop"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-195418"
  },
  "damning":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": bringing damnation",
      ": causing or leading to condemnation or ruin"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8da-mi\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "calamitous",
      "cataclysmal",
      "cataclysmic",
      "catastrophic",
      "destructive",
      "disastrous",
      "fatal",
      "fateful",
      "ruinous",
      "unfortunate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a damning flaw in the program cost the company millions of dollars",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "About nobody was this apprehension greater than those who possessed, within themselves, the most damning secret of all. \u2014 James Kirchick, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
      "Robert was particularly disappointed that viewers had missed seeing the segment itself, which was so much livelier and more damning than any earnest monologue could ever be. \u2014 Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
      "Even by soap-opera standards, Dabate couldn't have predicted the clue cops say was most damning : Connie's Fitbit data. \u2014 Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com , 11 May 2022",
      "If proven, that would be infinitely more damning to the league's integrity than anything Ridley did. \u2014 Paul Newberry, ajc , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Even more damning , authorities say that traces of Jamie's blood were found on the gun. \u2014 CBS News , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "His usual apologists abroad have either fallen deathly silent or, even more damning , have openly recanted their former support. \u2014 Tom Southern, Wired , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "That\u2019s a pretty damning critique, which must be in some way inspired by Strickland\u2019s own experience with such institutions, where wealthy patrons get to fraternize with the artists. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "The most damning portrayal, unsurprisingly, is of Chief Gates, whom Anderson sets up as a Caesar-like figure who turns out to be a Nero fiddling away at a fundraiser in Bel-Air on the first night of the riots. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1595, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-195933"
  },
  "diddy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": teat"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8didi"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"alteration of titty ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-200332"
  },
  "dragger-down":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one who draws heated billets from furnaces"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-200708"
  },
  "dilation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or action of enlarging, expanding, or widening : the state of being dilated : such as",
      ": the act or process of expanding (such as in extent or volume)",
      ": the act or action of stretching, widening, or enlarging an organ or part of the body",
      ": the condition of being stretched or enlarged beyond normal dimensions : dilatation sense 1a",
      ": an increase in duration of an event due to the effects of special relativity (see relativity sense 3a )",
      ": the state of being dilated",
      ": the act or action of stretching, widening, or enlarging an organ or part of the body",
      ": the condition of being stretched or enlarged beyond normal dimensions : dilatation sense 1a"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u012b-\u02c8l\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "d\u012b-\u02c8l\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Testing this fuel will require Buzz to fly a series of missions, each one lasting only four minutes for him but, due to some clever time- dilation principles, a few years for those waiting patiently for him back on terra firma. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
      "Nitric oxide is released from the interior of the artery, causing dilation . \u2014 Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal , 12 May 2022",
      "Also, a 2018 law banning a procedure generally used after the 14th week of pregnancy called dilation and evacuation remains subject to a legal challenge. \u2014 Deborah Yetter, The Courier-Journal , 3 May 2022",
      "The autonomic nervous system, which regulates things like heart rate, pupil dilation , body temperature, and digestion, can be split into two categories: the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "More specifically, Givens raises concerns about how companies could seek to use biometric data gleaned from metaverse users, such as pupil dilation or arm movements. \u2014 Dan Patterson, CBS News , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron sought to defend a 2018 law banning dilation and evacuation abortions after Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear said his administration no longer would. \u2014 John Fritze, USA TODAY , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Surgery was one way to do that, with a specialized procedure known as a dilation and evacuation. \u2014 Josh Replogle, CNN , 5 Dec. 2021",
      "Where the polygraph measures blood pressure, breathing and sweat to determine the flubbing, EyeDetect looks at factors like pupil dilation and the rapidity of eye movement. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1598, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-200717"
  },
  "day by day":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in small amounts every day"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-200823"
  },
  "distributary":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a river branch flowing away from the main stream"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8stri-by\u0259-\u02ccter-\u0113",
      "-\u02ccte-r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1863, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-200835"
  },
  "drum up":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to bring about by persistent effort",
      ": invent , originate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "concoct",
      "construct",
      "contrive",
      "cook (up)",
      "devise",
      "excogitate",
      "fabricate",
      "invent",
      "make up",
      "manufacture",
      "think (up)",
      "trump up",
      "vamp (up)"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "anyone who drums up a better way of doing this tedious task will make a fortune"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-200852"
  },
  "draff":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the damp remains of malt after brewing often used as an appetizer or supplement in animal rations"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8draf",
      "-aa(\u0259)-",
      "-ai-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English draf dregs, draff, from (assumed) Old English dr\u00e6f or Old Norse draf ; akin to Old High German trebir grape husks, draff, Middle Irish drab dregs, Old English deorc dark",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-201304"
  },
  "disobedience":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": refusal or neglect to obey",
      ": an act of failing or refusing to behave as told or taught"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8b\u0113-d\u0113-\u0259n(t)s",
      "-\u014d-\u02c8b\u0113-",
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8b\u0113-d\u0113-\u0259ns"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "balkiness",
      "contrariness",
      "contumacy",
      "defiance",
      "frowardness",
      "insubordination",
      "intractability",
      "obstreperousness",
      "rebellion",
      "rebelliousness",
      "recalcitrance",
      "refractoriness",
      "unruliness",
      "waywardness",
      "willfulness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "compliance",
      "obedience",
      "submission",
      "subordinateness",
      "subordination",
      "tractability",
      "tractableness"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The student's disobedience shocked the teacher.",
      "The dog was punished for its disobedience .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But former detainees say they have been sent to the facilities on charges of disobedience or even because of minor disagreements at home. \u2014 Lynzy Billing, ELLE , 7 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",
      "Universities have very little tolerance for any act of disobedience . \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
      "At the dinner table, after her mother asks her to close her mouth while chewing, Roc\u00edo sneers toward her and begins masticating with her mouth wide open, a teen-age-like act of disobedience that feels more silly than rebellious. \u2014 The New Yorker , 11 May 2022",
      "The leniency shown toward maskless officers who are clearly guilty not only leaves their disobedience unpunished but also effectively condones it, Gude said. \u2014 Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
      "Sharply falling case numbers have allowed more than half of the city\u2019s 25 million residents to step out of their homes\u2014and many are venting a month\u2019s worth of frustration at being isolated with insufficient food via public acts of disobedience . \u2014 Wenxin Fan, WSJ , 2 May 2022",
      "Maybe this is why Mike came close to an act of disobedience that verged on career suicide. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "My favorite scene, which may be a spoiler so feel free to skip ahead two paragraphs, is when Ming, furious over her daughter\u2019s disobedience and sass, unleashes her own red panda. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-201342"
  },
  "darnation":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": damnation",
      ": damned entry 1 sense 2a",
      ": damned entry 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u00e4r\u02c8n\u0101sh\u0259n",
      "d\u0227\u02c8-",
      "\""
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-201750"
  },
  "dad":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a male parent : father entry 1 sense 1",
      ": father entry 1 sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dad",
      "\u02c8dad"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "daddy",
      "father",
      "old man",
      "pa",
      "papa",
      "poppa",
      "pater",
      "pop",
      "sire"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Her mom and dad both said she can't go.",
      "my dad did most of the cooking for dinner because he usually got home earlier than my mom",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Prince William shares heartwarming Father's Day photo Check out this casual photo of Prince William on dad duty! \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 20 June 2022",
      "Another photograph showed her husband hanging out with his father-in-law, Ripa's dad . \u2014 Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE.com , 19 June 2022",
      "From left to right: his host father Will Fulton, his dad Russ, brother Alex, and mother Sue. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
      "While many people spend some extra money on gifts or services for dear old dad , others simply spend some extra time with their dads. \u2014 Maureen Mackey, Fox News , 19 June 2022",
      "But when Andre\u2019s father, who is incarcerated, walked out two years ago, the boy became angry with this dad and was hurt, Perez said. \u2014 Safia Samee Ali, NBC News , 18 June 2022",
      "Ariel Owens-Barnham, a stay-at-home dad in Portland, Oregon, tells SELF. \u2014 Jennifer Chen, SELF , 18 June 2022",
      "After losing his job and his family, Gi-hun has become a deadbeat dad to his daughter, and an irresponsible son to his mother. \u2014 Kate Aurthur, Variety , 17 June 2022",
      "Buying dad a gift for Father\u2019s Day isn\u2019t always easy. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 17 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"probably baby talk",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1533, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-201944"
  },
  "distant":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": separated in space : away",
      ": situated at a great distance (see distance entry 1 sense 2a ) : far-off",
      ": having a great amount of separation between each other : separated by a great distance from each other : far apart",
      ": far behind",
      ": separated in a relationship other than spatial",
      ": different in kind",
      ": reserved or aloof in personal relationship : cold",
      ": going a long distance",
      ": concerned with remote (see remote entry 1 sense 2 ) things",
      ": existing or happening at a place far away",
      ": far away in time",
      ": not closely related",
      ": cold entry 1 sense 5 , unfriendly"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-st\u0259nt",
      "\u02c8di-st\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "away",
      "deep",
      "far",
      "faraway",
      "far-flung",
      "far-off",
      "remote",
      "removed"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "close",
      "near",
      "nearby",
      "nigh"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "In the distant past, dinosaurs roamed the earth.",
      "The day I left home is now a distant memory.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "That history can sometimes feel very present, and sometimes very distant . \u2014 New York Times , 21 June 2022",
      "Those who did vote were seemingly unenthusiastic about by Macron's new government and the fact that a leader long derided for an aloof and distant approach to politics was again accused of going missing at a key moment. \u2014 Patrick Smith, NBC News , 20 June 2022",
      "The Tarantula Nebula\u2014also called 30 Doradus\u2014is about 160,000 light-years distant and a famous target for astrophotography. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "Jill Biden is perfect, gracious yet unknowable, a distant and largely offstage character. \u2014 Karen Heller, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
      "But China seems more and more distant to children and grandchildren of waishengren born on the island. \u2014 Cindy Chang, Los Angeles Times , 30 May 2022",
      "Tilly\u2019s theory might seem distant from the current war in Ukraine. \u2014 WSJ , 27 May 2022",
      "These connect sub-urban settlements, ranging from small settlements closer to the centers to more distant and even smaller sites that may have been used as temporary campsites. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 May 2022",
      "The art world, which seemed so far away and distant to the Fredericktown, OH native, reached out to him again. \u2014 John Canale, cleveland , 23 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin distant-, distans , present participle of distare to stand apart, be distant, from dis- + stare to stand \u2014 more at stand ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-202001"
  },
  "desk":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a table, frame, or case with a sloping or horizontal surface especially for writing and reading and often with drawers, compartments, and pigeonholes",
      ": a reading table or lectern from which a liturgical service is read",
      ": a table, counter, stand, or booth at which a person works",
      ": a division of an organization specializing in a particular phase of activity",
      ": a seating position according to rank in an orchestra",
      ": a piece of furniture with a flat or sloping surface for use in writing or reading",
      ": a counter at which a person works especially to help customers"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8desk",
      "\u02c8desk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "agency",
      "arm",
      "branch",
      "bureau",
      "department",
      "division",
      "office",
      "service"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "an information desk at an airport",
      "We will ask for directions to the restaurant at the front desk .",
      "We went to the reception desk to check into our room.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Majority Whip James Clyburn explains his reticence WASHINGTON \u2013 The most sweeping gun safety legislation in 30 years has a viable path from the Senate to the president's desk , but it's being challenged. \u2014 Candy Woodall, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
      "Republican lawmakers sent it to DeWine\u2019s desk earlier this month over objections from Democrats. \u2014 Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland , 13 June 2022",
      "Dutchess prepared briefing materials that helped propel Kimoto\u2019s case to Donald Trump\u2019s desk . \u2014 Elizabeth Macbride, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
      "After gaining approval in both chambers, the bill now heads to Gov. Mike Parson's desk . \u2014 Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 14 May 2022",
      "If approved, the legislation would go to McKee\u2019s desk . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 13 May 2022",
      "Each chamber must vote on its opposite\u2019s bills before heading to the governor\u2019s desk , but votes are not expected until later in the session. \u2014 Seamus Mcavoy, Hartford Courant , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "With the House of Delegates in Republican hands and the state Senate under Democrats\u2019 control, all of the legislation that made it to Youngkin\u2019s desk had bipartisan buy-in. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "What\u2019s next: The bill will be sent to DeSantis\u2019 desk for a signature. \u2014 Jon Passantino, CNN , 6 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English deske, dext \"reading desk, lectern,\" borrowed from Medieval Latin descus, desca, variant of discus \"raised table, platform,\" going back to Latin, \"discus, kind of plate, gong,\" borrowed from Greek d\u00edskos \"discus,\" in Late Greek also \"dish, round mirror, the sun's disk, gong\" \u2014 more at discus ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-202031"
  },
  "dehrnite":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a basic phosphate of calcium, sodium, and potassium (Ca,Na,K) 5 (PO 4 ) 3 (OH)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8der\u02ccn\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" Dehrn , village near Limburg, Germany, where it was discovered + English -ite ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-202223"
  },
  "day ticket":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a railway ticket good for only one day"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1846, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-202230"
  },
  "Deniker":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Joseph 1852\u20131918 French anthropologist"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0101-n\u0113-\u02c8ker"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-202457"
  },
  "duffadar":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of duffadar variant spelling of dafadar"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-202538"
  },
  "denial":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": refusal to satisfy a request or desire",
      ": refusal to admit the truth or reality of something (such as a statement or charge)",
      ": assertion that an allegation is false",
      ": refusal to acknowledge a person or a thing : disavowal",
      ": the opposing by the defendant of an allegation (see allegation sense 2 ) of the opposite party in a lawsuit",
      ": self-denial",
      ": negation sense 1b",
      ": a defense mechanism in which confrontation with a personal problem or with reality is avoided by denying the existence of the problem or reality",
      ": refusing to admit the truth or reality of something unpleasant",
      ": a refusal to give or agree to something asked for",
      ": a refusal to admit the truth of a statement",
      ": a refusal to accept or believe in someone or something",
      ": a cutting down or limiting",
      ": a psychological defense mechanism in which confrontation with a personal problem or with reality is avoided by denying the existence of the problem or reality",
      ": refusal to grant or allow something",
      ": an assertion that an allegation is false",
      ": a defense asserting that an opposing party's allegations are false \u2014 compare affirmative defense at defense sense 2a , traverse",
      ": a denial that asserts facts inconsistent with an allegation made by an adverse party",
      ": a denial of all the allegations in a complaint",
      ": a denial of all the allegations of a particular paragraph or group of paragraphs in a complaint",
      ": general denial in this entry",
      ": a denial of parts of an allegation in a complaint"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8n\u012b(-\u0259)l",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8n\u012b-\u0259l",
      "di-\u02c8n\u012b(-\u0259)l",
      "di-\u02c8n\u012b-\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "declination",
      "disallowance",
      "nay",
      "no",
      "nonacceptance",
      "refusal",
      "rejection",
      "turndown"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "allowance",
      "approval",
      "grant",
      "OK",
      "okay"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Upon the discovery of old recordings of her long dead mother (Tsutsui), Ami confronts her father (Yu) who is in denial about what happened. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 25 May 2022",
      "But the establishment remains in denial about the choices that the new era will require\u2014and how U.S. policy should adapt to deal with it. \u2014 A. Wess Mitchell, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "And that the city was run by a political class in denial about how truly dysfunctional the city had become. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "My sister has always avoided aging and seems in denial about mortality. \u2014 cleveland , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "My sister has always avoided aging and seems in denial about mortality. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "My sister has always avoided aging and seems in denial about mortality. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "My sister has always avoided aging and seems in denial about mortality. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "My sister has always avoided aging and seems in denial about mortality. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune , 22 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" deny + -al entry 2 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1528, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-203126"
  },
  "dreddour":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dread , terror"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dred\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English (Scots) dredour , from Middle English drede dread + -our (as in horrour horror)",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-203304"
  },
  "duetto":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": duet"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u00fc\u02c8et(\u02cc)\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Italian",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-203510"
  },
  "deniable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": capable of being denied"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8n\u012b-\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Analysts describe the group as an extension of Russia\u2019s foreign policy through deniable activities, including the use of mercenaries and disinformation campaigns. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
      "As Russia invades Ukraine, the Kremlin is pushing to amplify influence worldwide, and ostensibly private military groups like Wagner offer a deniable way to advance its goals, researchers say. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Which is why any new accords with Russia, to be truly effective, would have to embrace Russia\u2019s turn toward deniable , hard-to-detect cyberweapons. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "Regardless of who was at fault, the impact was not deniable . \u2014 Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "Rather than declare open war on the international order, Russia was using digital means to undermine it with brazen but deniable acts of cyber sabotage. \u2014 Andy Greenberg, Wired , 28 Sep. 2021",
      "Given that Centcom already consumes most such resources, a good first step would be to improve management of its in-theater assets to prevent deniable attacks by Iran. \u2014 Kathryn Wheelbarger And Dustin Walker, WSJ , 21 Dec. 2020",
      "But well before then, the politics of self-presentation had coalesced around grander, less deniable hair. \u2014 Wesley Morris, New York Times , 14 Oct. 2020",
      "Ben Wallace, Britain\u2019s defence secretary, has pointed to the example of the Wagner group, a mercenary force that serves as a deniable arm of Russian power in several warzones. \u2014 The Economist , 15 Sep. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1548, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-203646"
  },
  "death herb":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": belladonna sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-203859"
  },
  "disendow":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to strip of endowment"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-in-\u02c8dau\u0307"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1861, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-204614"
  },
  "defensory":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": defensive"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-n(t)s(\u0259)r\u0113",
      "-ri"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Late Latin defensorius , from Latin defensus + -orius -ory",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-204709"
  },
  "damper pedal":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a pedal that lifts the dampers from a piano's strings to allow a note to ring after its key is released"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1824, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-205000"
  },
  "descendental":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun,"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": empirical , positivistic"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6d\u0113\u02ccsen\u00a6dent\u1d4al"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" descendent entry 1 + -al (as in transcendental )",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-205446"
  },
  "depository":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": depositary sense 1",
      ": a place where something is placed or deposited especially for safekeeping",
      ": a place where something is deposited especially for safekeeping",
      ": a bank chosen for the depositing of government funds",
      ": depositary"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8p\u00e4-z\u0259-\u02cct\u022fr-\u0113",
      "di-\u02c8p\u00e4-z\u0259-\u02cct\u014dr-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "depot",
      "magazine",
      "repository",
      "storage",
      "storehouse",
      "warehouse"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The bank is used as a depository for government funds.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Kyiv is seeking security guarantees, worried Moscow could target agriculture convoys after a recent attack on a grain depository . \u2014 Amy Cheng, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
      "There would be a new framework for banks and credit unions to issue stablecoins, but issuers wouldn\u2019t have to become depository institutions. \u2014 Jesse Hamilton And Coindesk, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
      "While revenue grew by 49% to about $1.55 billion, marginally ahead of consensus, driven by strong demand for the company\u2019s ES8, the ES6, and EC6 vehicles, net loss per American depository share stood at $0.16, in line with estimates. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "By the time the USSR collapsed, a major Soviet industrial capital had become a radioactive depository with a large, unemployed, mostly Russian-speaking population. \u2014 Isabelle De Pommereau, The Christian Science Monitor , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "In London, Bank of New York Mellon resigned as the depository agent for VTB Bank PJSC depositary receipts traded in the British capital. \u2014 Georgi Kantchev And Margot Patrick, WSJ , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "All three have depository shares that trade in London and shed more than 50% of their value on Monday. \u2014 Michael Wursthorn, WSJ , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "American depository shares in JD, each representing two ordinary shares of the company, closed at $75.08 on Tuesday and were last trading down nearly 1.9% on Wednesday. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "Cousin said the surge in egg prices, for instance, meant the food depository had to switch to buying medium eggs instead of large ones in order to source the same amount of product. \u2014 Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune , 23 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see deposit  entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-205529"
  },
  "day-to-day loan":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": call loan"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-205831"
  },
  "dolour":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of dolour chiefly British spelling of dolor"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-210226"
  },
  "donax":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a genus of small marine bivalve mollusks that is the type of the family Donacidae and that includes forms having long separate siphons, a well-developed foot, and an equivalve somewhat triangular shell",
      ": coquina sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u014d\u02ccnaks"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"New Latin, from Latin, a shellfish, from Greek",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-211050"
  },
  "defenseless":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or action of defending",
      ": the denial, answer, or plea (see plea sense 2b ) of one against whom a criminal or civil action is brought : a defendant 's denial, answer, or plea",
      ": capability of resisting attack",
      ": ability to keep an opponent from scoring in a game or contest : defensive play or ability",
      ": means or method of defending or protecting oneself, one's team, or another",
      ": a defensive structure",
      ": an argument in support or justification",
      ": the collected facts and method adopted by a defendant to protect and defend against a plaintiff's action",
      ": a sequence of moves available to the second player in the opening (see opening sense 3a )",
      ": a defending party or group (as in a court of law)",
      ": a defensive team",
      ": the military and industrial aggregate that authorizes and supervises arms production",
      ": to take specific defensive action against (an opposing team or player or an offensive play) : to attempt to keep (an opponent or play) from scoring in a game or contest",
      ": the act of protecting or defending",
      ": something that defends or protects",
      ": the players on a team who try to stop the other team from scoring",
      ": a means or method of protecting the physical or functional integrity of body or mind",
      ": the act or action of defending \u2014 see also self-defense",
      ": the theory or ground that forms the basis for a defendant's opposition to an allegation in a complaint or to a charge in a charging instrument (as an indictment)",
      ": the evidence and arguments presented supporting the defendant's opposition \u2014 see also accord , alibi , assumption of risk , coercion , consent , contributory negligence at negligence , denial , diminished capacity , duress , entrapment , estoppel , fraud , infancy , insanity , intoxication , laches , mistake , necessity , res judicata , statute of limitations",
      ": complete defense in this entry",
      ": a defense that does not deny the truth of the allegations against the defendant but gives some other reason (as insanity, assumption of risk, or expiration of the statute of limitations) why the defendant cannot be held liable",
      ": a defense to a criminal charge based on the assertion that the criminal act was committed to avoid the commission of an even greater evil",
      ": a defense that shields the defendant from any liability and bars any recovery by the plaintiff \u2014 compare partial defense in this entry",
      ": choice of evils defense in this entry",
      ": a defense that is based on evidence sufficient to warrant setting aside a default judgment against the defendant in civil litigation",
      ": a defense by which the defendant reduces the amount of damages of which he or she is liable \u2014 compare complete defense in this entry",
      ": a basis upon which an obligor of a negotiable instrument may avoid liability under the instrument",
      ": a defense of an obligor under a negotiable instrument that can be asserted against anyone but a holder in due course",
      ": a defense of an obligor of a negotiable instrument that may be asserted even against a holder in due course",
      ": the defending side in a legal proceeding",
      "\u2014 compare prosecution"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8fen(t)s",
      "as antonym of \"offense\" often",
      "di-\u02c8fens",
      "di-\u02c8fens, \u02c8d\u0113-\u02ccfens"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aegis",
      "egis",
      "ammunition",
      "armor",
      "buckler",
      "cover",
      "guard",
      "protection",
      "safeguard",
      "screen",
      "security",
      "shield",
      "wall",
      "ward"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "They put up a good defense , but the city ultimately fell to the invaders.",
      "They mounted a good defense .",
      "The city's defenses were not strong enough to keep out the invaders.",
      "We need to improve our defenses .",
      "the nation's air and ground defenses",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Badin football embarked on a historic run, led by a defense that allowed just 7.8 points per game and notched six shutouts. \u2014 Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer , 23 June 2022",
      "No one ran on this defense , which gave up only 165 points in 16 games that season. \u2014 Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun , 22 June 2022",
      "The attorney general\u2019s defense asked senators to consider the implications of impeachment on the function of state government. \u2014 Stephen Groves, Chicago Tribune , 22 June 2022",
      "Bulls need defense in general, and forwards who can defend, specifically. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 June 2022",
      "Tony Siragusa, the charismatic defensive tackle who helped lead a stout Baltimore defense to a Super Bowl title, has died. \u2014 Noah Trister, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
      "The 57th Operations Group basically manages Nellis\u2019 Aggressor Nation including the 64th AGRS, the 6th Weapons Squadron and other air-ground weapons coordination, maintenance, surface-to-air defense and cyber/information units. \u2014 Eric Tegler, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
      "Their lack of execution was not limited to defense . \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 22 June 2022",
      "Teaming with fellow wide body Sam Adams, Siragusa shut down rush lanes and tied up blocks in front of legendary middle linebacker Ray Lewis for the 2000 Ravens, arguably the most dominant defense the league has seen in the past four decades. \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Mickelson was not called to testify; his attorney had told both the prosecution and defense his client would invoke his Fifth Amendment rights. \u2014 Gene Wang, Washington Post , 15 May 2022",
      "Dorow consented to defense requests to close a portion of the four-hour hearing, an issue to which the Waukesha County District Attorney's Office did not object. \u2014 Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Not exactly a stellar performance considering Ohio State scored 44 first-half points against a compromised version of that same Hoosiers defense two weeks earlier. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "Opponents have converted 59% of their third-down plays against Miami, making the Dolphins defense the NFL's worst in those situations. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 30 Sep. 2021",
      "Only then can defense attorneys and the public challenge the plan, Gilmer said. \u2014 Ken Ritter, Star Tribune , 20 May 2021",
      "All-American, but the Gators moved the bulky lineman to defense . \u2014 Adam Lichtenstein, sun-sentinel.com , 28 Apr. 2021",
      "Junior Joe Brunner was named as an offensive and defensive lineman and senior Grover Bortolotti received distinction as a running back and defense back. \u2014 Mark Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 30 Nov. 2020",
      "There\u2019s significant competition lower on the depth chart as the freshmen will push for time and Kris Hutson, Josh Delgado, Lance Wilhoite and Bryan Addison, who moved to defense late last season, are all aiming for more reps. \u2014 oregonlive , 30 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1932, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-211318"
  },
  "discount company":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a company that discounts commercial accounts receivable : commercial credit company"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-212128"
  },
  "drum table":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a round-topped table supported on a central pedestal with a deep apron often containing drawers"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-212428"
  },
  "deskbound":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": restricted to work at a desk"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8desk-\u02ccbau\u0307nd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Many writers are deskbound anchorites; Kurkov is a compulsively social animal with a deep bench of illustrious friends. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
      "Crystal City neighborhood are better known for deskbound defense contractors than for SWAT-style stunts performed outside. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 May 2022",
      "Its worth noting that the Surface Pro tablets are still built around the deskbound environment of Windows 10 that has been evolving since the dawn of Windows. \u2014 Ewan Spence, Forbes , 17 May 2021",
      "The new study, which involved almost half a million workers, finds that people whose jobs involve frequent moving and lifting tend to live longer than those whose occupations are deskbound . \u2014 Gretchen Reynolds, Star Tribune , 2 July 2021",
      "In this fuller analysis, men who were active at work developed heart disease and cancer at lower rates than deskbound men. \u2014 Gretchen Reynolds, Star Tribune , 2 July 2021",
      "The latest macOS beta (the seventh beta of Big Sur 11.3) improves the support of iOS apps running on macOS, increasing the utility of the Mac platform and unlocking the extensive iOS and iPadOS app library for the deskbound hardware. \u2014 Ewan Spence, Forbes , 10 Apr. 2021",
      "Will Apple follow an aggressive one year update on the M chips and the hardware, or will the realities of deskbound purchase styles see a two-year as the base? \u2014 Ewan Spence, Forbes , 17 Apr. 2021",
      "The stress of the pandemic\u2014and for deskbound workers, the less-than-stellar ergonomics of working from home\u2014have manifested in all sorts of aches and pains this year. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune , 29 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1944, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-212619"
  },
  "definable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": able to be defined",
      ": able to be specified to have a particular function or operation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8f\u012b-n\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But the games do need to be good for Netflix \u2014 which is not an easily definable trait for Loombe and her team yet. \u2014 Jennifer Maas, Variety , 13 June 2022",
      "Behind each is the idea of creating a new definable responsibility from local governments viewed as largely ineffective in confronting the issue. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Original older models can sell for thousands of dollars, depending on their condition and a definable artist. \u2014 Brenda Yenke, cleveland , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Of course this isn\u2019t definable , but there have to be parameters for a site. \u2014 Evan Nicole Brown, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "McCoy and his colleagues believed that more American bloodshed in a conflict without a definable end could no longer be justified. \u2014 George Packer, The Atlantic , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "Players should bet large both with their very best hands and, as bluffs, with some definable percentage of their very worst hands. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "Without some definable parameters, your best intentions can get lost in the shuffle. \u2014 SELF , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "The reason reality shows about hoarding flourished a decade ago, the critic Scott Herring has argued, is that hoarding was a special case in which the larger culture tipped into definable deviance. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" define + -able ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1610, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-212630"
  },
  "data":{
    "type":[
      "noun plural",
      "noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": factual information (such as measurements or statistics) used as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or calculation",
      ": information in digital form that can be transmitted or processed",
      ": information output by a sensing device or organ that includes both useful and irrelevant or redundant information and must be processed to be meaningful",
      ": facts about something that can be used in calculating, reasoning, or planning",
      ": information expressed as numbers for use especially in a computer",
      ": factual information (as measurements or statistics) used as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or calculation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101-t\u0259",
      "\u02c8da-",
      "also",
      "\u02c8d\u0101-t\u0259",
      "\u02c8da-t\u0259",
      "\u02c8d\u0101t-\u0259",
      "\u02c8dat-",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4t-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "facts",
      "information"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Smith, himself a stay-at-home dad and a journalist, mixes accessible summaries of social-science data with anecdotes drawn from interviews with couples in which the men have chosen, or have been compelled by economic circumstance, to become primary caregivers to their children. \u2014 Eduardo M. Pealver , Commonweal , 11 Sept. 2009",
      "He plays Chuck Bartowski, a computer-tech expert with the Buy More store's Nerd Herd \u2026 who unwittingly becomes a secret agent when government data is downloaded to his brain. \u2014 Michael Logan , TV Guide , September 10-16, 2007",
      "As measurements get better and more data pour in, physicists will bring those errors under control and chart exciting new territory. But for many, the wait is a strain. \u2014 Charles Seife , Science , 2 May 2003",
      "By studying obscure demographic and economic data , he deduced that the Soviets were in crisis\u2014and spending a far bigger slice of its national income on defense than anyone had suspected. \u2014 John Barry et al. , Newsweek , 21 May 2001",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "What\u2019s your favorite? Check out the data and story from Peter Hartlaub and Nami Sumida. \u2014 Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 June 2022",
      "This was a relatively small study from Skidmore University that collected data from 27 women and 20 men who were already highly active with a regular exercise regimen. \u2014 Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
      "For the $10 million influx, DPW selected 29 street segments based on pavement deterioration data and councillors' input. \u2014 Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star , 22 June 2022",
      "With each new shop launch, the company claims that its AI can use deep learning, dynamic data and insights about store operations, inventory levels, and consumer actions to help retailers deliver a more tailored experience to consumers. \u2014 Kevin Rozario, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
      "The study looked at data and survey responses from 159,255 participants in the Women\u2019s Health Initiative, which included postmenopausal women in the United States. \u2014 Martin Finucane, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
      "According to Kharon, a data and analytics firm, Xinjiang produces more than 40 percent of the world\u2019s polysilicon, a quarter of the world\u2019s tomato paste and a fifth of global cotton. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
      "The Italian, based in Miami, had most recently served as senior vp of international marketing, data & analytics for Paramount\u2019s streaming division after previously working for Netflix and Amazon. \u2014 Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 June 2022",
      "In the spotlight this year: sustainability, diversity, equity and inclusion, data and technology, business transformation and creative effectiveness. \u2014 Nick Holdsworth, Variety , 20 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin, plural of datum \u2014 see datum ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-212652"
  },
  "dum bene se gesserit":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": during his good behavior"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)du\u0307m\u00a6ben\u0113\u02ccs\u0101\u02c8ges\u0259r\u0259\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin, as long as he behaves well",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-212949"
  },
  "dye":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": color from dyeing",
      ": a soluble or insoluble coloring matter",
      ": to impart a new and often permanent color to especially by impregnating with a dye",
      ": to impart (a color) by dyeing",
      ": to take up or impart color in dyeing",
      ": a substance used to change the color of something",
      ": to change the color of something using a substance",
      ": color from dyeing",
      ": a soluble or insoluble coloring matter",
      ": to impart a new and often permanent color to especially by impregnating with a dye",
      ": to impart (a color) by dyeing",
      ": to take up or impart color in dyeing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b",
      "\u02c8d\u012b",
      "\u02c8d\u012b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "color",
      "colorant",
      "coloring",
      "dyestuff",
      "pigment",
      "stain"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bepaint",
      "color",
      "paint",
      "pigment",
      "stain",
      "tincture",
      "tinge",
      "tint"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "soaked the fabric in blue dye",
      "Verb",
      "She had been dyeing her hair for years.",
      "The fabric is bleached, dyed , and then washed.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The America\u2019s Mayor Gin, gin, gin, and just a whisper of hair dye . \u2014 Bruce Handy, The New Yorker , 16 June 2022",
      "Hospitals are facing a scarcity of contrast dye used in diagnostic scans, the result of a COVID lockdown at the Shanghai plant where most of it is produced. \u2014 Darius Tahir, CBS News , 3 June 2022",
      "Still, there are a few things to know before diving hair first into the world of DIY hair dye . \u2014 Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "Hospitals are facing a scarcity of contrast dye used in diagnostic scans, the result of a COVID lockdown at the Shanghai plant where most of it is produced. \u2014 Darius Tahir, CBS News , 3 June 2022",
      "Hospitals are facing a scarcity of contrast dye used in diagnostic scans, the result of a COVID lockdown at the Shanghai plant where most of it is produced. \u2014 Darius Tahir, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
      "GE Healthcare's production of contrast dye is expected to return to normal by late June, the American Hospital Association said in a statement. \u2014 Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press , 14 May 2022",
      "Lines of blue dye that mark the path through the course disappeared, despite course workers attempting to redraw them after each run. \u2014 Nathan Fenno, Los Angeles Times , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "The following month, he was splashed with an antiseptic green dye , damaging his vision in one eye. \u2014 Paul Leblanc, CNN , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The depot held clothing ready for export as well as drums filled with hydrogen peroxide, a chemical compound often used to bleach and dye fabric. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
      "In the Lab, scientists dye human hair samples in brown, blonde, red and black shades and evaluate the products for their gray hair coverage. \u2014 Sabina Wizemann, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
      "Loc extensions, starter locs, styling locs, coloring locs, and loc maintenance. Want to dye your locs purple? \u2014 Danielle James, Allure , 11 May 2022",
      "My new workplace has about 30 employees, mostly women, every one of whom either dyes their hair or is young enough not to need to, and many younger employees dye their hair too. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Aug. 2021",
      "The band will play Moda Center on Sunday, Oct. 2, at 7:30 p.m., which gives you plenty of time to get angsty about something and dye your hair black. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "The blue thread used would be typical of Native American or prairie settlers at the time, both of whom used indigo to dye thread a deep midnight blue. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 Feb. 2022",
      "For over a decade, Margolis has asked his patients to dye his hair, coloring it from white to green as a way to boost morale and support the Milwaukee Bucks. \u2014 Eddie Morales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "Older Kid can dye her own yarn, maybe, lowering your costs and increasing her range. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-213028"
  },
  "depot":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a place for storing goods or motor vehicles",
      ": store , cache",
      ": a place for the storage of military supplies",
      ": a place for the reception and forwarding of military replacements",
      ": a building for railroad or bus passengers or freight",
      ": a place where military supplies are kept",
      ": storehouse sense 1",
      ": a railroad or bus station",
      ": a bodily location where a substance is stored usually for later utilization",
      ": being in storage",
      ": acting over a prolonged period"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "senses 1 and 2 are",
      "also",
      "sense 3 is",
      "sometimes",
      "",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-",
      "\u02c8dep-(\u02cc)\u014d",
      "\u02c8d\u0113p-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "depository",
      "magazine",
      "repository",
      "storage",
      "storehouse",
      "warehouse"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a distribution depot for auto parts",
      "the guns and ammunition were stored in a depot in Concord",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said high-precision missiles were used to target the depot , where weapons including U.S.-supplied shells for M777 howitzers were being kept. \u2014 Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
      "In 1957, Chambliss was among 100 white protesters who blocked Shuttlesworth from entering Birmingham\u2019s train depot , Terminal Station. \u2014 Jeremy Gray | Jgray@al.com, al , 15 June 2022",
      "The container facility in Sitakunda is a private depot , one of at least 15 in the area, Mr. Islam said. \u2014 Vibhuti Agarwal, WSJ , 6 June 2022",
      "Transnistria remains under pro-Russian separatist control and permanently hosts 1,500 Russian troops and an arms depot , according to The Guardian. \u2014 Peter Aitken, Fox News , 7 May 2022",
      "Last year, the Czech Republic expelled 18 Russian diplomats after the government said that Russia was behind a 2014 explosion that killed two people at an arms depot . \u2014 Laurence Norman, WSJ , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Seasonal American cuisine served in a historic railroad depot . \u2014 Tracey Teo, ajc , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Besidovska and her daughter arrived on March 28 \u2014 a day after a Russian rocket blew up a fuel depot near the city. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "Missiles hit a radioactive waste-disposal site in Kyiv, and an electrical transformer was damaged in a similar depot in Kharkiv, according to an email from the International Atomic Energy Agency. \u2014 Jonathan Tirone/bloomberg, Time , 28 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French d\u00e9p\u00f4t , from Middle French depost , from Medieval Latin depositum , from Latin, neuter of depositus ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1795, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-213235"
  },
  "disagreeability":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of being disagreeable : unpleasantness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-213347"
  },
  "devirginate":{
    "type":[
      "noun,",
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deprive of virginity or of virginal quality"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u0113\u02c8v\u0259rj\u0259\u02ccn\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin devirginatus , past participle of devirginare to deflower, from de from, away + -virginare (from virgin-, virgo girl, virgin)",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-214156"
  },
  "Dinka":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a member of a pastoral people of the Nile Valley in south central Sudan",
      ": the Nilotic language of the Dinkas"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di\u014b-k\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"probably ultimately from Dinka jie\u014b , a self-designation",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1861, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-214556"
  },
  "Dada":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a movement in art and literature based on deliberate irrationality and negation of traditional artistic values",
      ": the art and literature produced by this movement"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-(\u02cc)d\u00e4"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"French",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1918, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-214933"
  },
  "dictiest":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of dictiest superlative of dicty"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-215241"
  },
  "diagnosticate":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": diagnose"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-221441"
  },
  "deprivation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the state of being kept from possessing, enjoying, or using something : the state of being deprived : privation",
      ": removal from an office, dignity, or benefice",
      ": an act or instance of withholding or taking something away from someone or something : an act or instance of depriving : loss",
      ": a taking or keeping away",
      ": the state of having something taken away",
      ": the act or process of removing or the condition resulting from removal of something normally present and usually essential for mental or physical well-being"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-pr\u0259-\u02c8v\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "also",
      "\u02ccde-pr\u0259-\u02c8v\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccd\u0113-\u02ccpr\u012b-",
      "\u02ccdep-r\u0259-\u02c8v\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccd\u0113-\u02ccpr\u012b-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "loss",
      "privation"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "She is studying the effects of sleep deprivation .",
      "She eventually overcame the deprivations of her childhood.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Sleep deprivation limits students from acquiring information, impedes the retention of the information, and hinders the ability to retrieve that information. \u2014 Matt Villano, CNN , 7 June 2022",
      "Becoming a member of the unit involves a three-week selection process that includes constant physical and mental stress and food and sleep deprivation . \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
      "And sleep deprivation can weaken the immune system. \u2014 Alex Janin, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
      "But supporters say language deprivation is a more urgent crisis, one existing interventions have failed to solve. \u2014 Sonja Sharpstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
      "Sleep deprivation leads to brain stress, and ample sleep is restorative for your brain health. \u2014 Bryan Robinson, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
      "That conclusion led to the deprivation of fundamental rights throughout the American colonies. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The oxygen deprivation was supposed to simulate the late rounds of a championship bout. \u2014 Zach Helfand, The New Yorker , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "Others, however, blamed the American trade embargo for the protests and the deprivation driving them, a position the Cuban government took on Sunday when the demonstrations erupted. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 July 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see deprive ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-221605"
  },
  "dye base":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an organic base that is itself a dye or that with acids forms salts which are dyes"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-221911"
  },
  "deniability":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the ability to deny something especially on the basis of being officially uninformed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0113-\u02ccn\u012b-\u0259-\u02c8bi-l\u0259-t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Whether Fisher was being truthful or practicing the art of plausible deniability is in the eye of the beholder. \u2014 Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al , 7 June 2022",
      "This was less of a purge than an attempt to maintain plausible deniability . \u2014 Timothy Shenk, The New Republic , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "This cyber proxy web affords Moscow deniability and obscurity, and the ability to launch combinations of operations and attacks without having the Russian flag clearly emblazoned on them. \u2014 Justin Sherman, Wired , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "Well, when [00:13:00] prosecutors want plausible deniability , instead of making the decision that. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "The Wagner Group was created to aid, stand in for, and provide plausible deniability to Russian forces. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "At each link in that chain, there obviously is a different management group, and there\u2019s plausible deniability , and there\u2019s a lack of visibility. \u2014 The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "This offers regimes that use them plausible deniability , and makes retaliation, at best, problematic. \u2014 The New Yorker , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "The question is how to achieve deniability without sacrificing accuracy? \u2014 Dennis Shasha, Scientific American , 9 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1973, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-222003"
  },
  "dilation and curettage":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a medical procedure in which the uterine cervix is dilated and a curette is inserted into the uterus to scrape away the endometrium (as for the diagnosis or treatment of abnormal bleeding or for surgical abortion during the early part of the second trimester of pregnancy) : d&c",
      ": a medical procedure in which the uterine cervix is dilated and a curette is inserted into the uterus to scrape away the endometrium (as for the diagnosis or treatment of abnormal bleeding or for surgical abortion during the early part of the second trimester of pregnancy) : D&C"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "After staunching the bleeding, an obstetrician wanted to perform a procedure called a dilation and curettage \u2014 commonly referred to as a D&C \u2014 to remove the tissue from the uterus. \u2014 Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News , 6 May 2022",
      "Author\u2019s note: This article includes quotations about miscarriage and information about dilation and curettage procedures. \u2014 Laken Brooks, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
      "When that happens, your doctor may recommend a test called dilation and curettage . \u2014 Jenny Mccoy, Health.com , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "She was readmitted to the hospital, where she was treated for a uterine infection and underwent a dilation and curettage to help clear the blood clots from her uterus. \u2014 Elissa Garay, Good Housekeeping , 7 Oct. 2021",
      "The doctor also submitted bills for 75 other invasive procedures, such as dilation and curettage and laparoscopy, and for 740 office visits by detainees over five years. \u2014 Jeremy Redmon, ajc , 4 Sep. 2021",
      "Plus, our doctor wants to do a D&C ( dilation and curettage , which involves the surgical removal of part of the lining of the uterus) to get rid of the questionable inflammation because antibiotics are not working. \u2014 refinery29.com , 30 Nov. 2020",
      "In the latter case, Bishop says, a pregnant individual may opt to have a procedure called a dilation and curettage (D&C), during which doctors remove the tissue from inside the uterus. \u2014 Ashley Abramson, Allure , 30 Oct. 2020",
      "What followed was a trip to my doctor\u2019s office for a medically necessary, unmedicated dilation and curettage procedure to remove any tissue remaining in my uterus, and a wheelchair carting me back to the car. \u2014 Jessica Zucker, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 9 Sep. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1896, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-222505"
  },
  "deglamorize":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove the glamour from"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8gla-m\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1938, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-222601"
  },
  "den":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the lair of a wild usually predatory animal",
      ": a hollow or cavern used especially as a hideout",
      ": a center of secret activity",
      ": a small usually squalid dwelling",
      ": a comfortable usually secluded room",
      ": a subdivision of a Cub Scout pack made up of two or more boys",
      ": a small structure built by children as a place to play, hide, or provide shelter",
      ": to live in or retire to a den",
      ": to drive into a den",
      "Denmark",
      ": the shelter or resting place of a wild animal",
      ": a quiet or private room in a home",
      ": a hiding place (as for thieves)",
      "denied"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8den",
      "\u02c8den"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "burrow",
      "hole",
      "house",
      "lair",
      "lodge"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The bears will spend most of the winter in their den .",
      "The TV is in the den .",
      "He spent most evenings in the den reading and smoking his pipe.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The titular Obi-Wan Kenobi \u2014 played by Ewan McGregor \u2014 is then tasked by Leia\u2019s adoptive father to rescue young Leia, which, unbeknownst to him, leads him straight to the den of Reva and, ultimately, another appearance from Flea. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 27 May 2022",
      "Spiral stairs lead down to a den with wood stove and sliders to a patio; there\u2019s also a guest suite with private bath, and another bath with step-in shower. \u2014 Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
      "From Fiorella\u2019s upstairs seating area, with a retractable roof, customers will open an unmarked door and find themselves in a narrow hallway lined with old-fashioned floral wallpaper, illuminated by purple lights, before entering Nonnina\u2019s cozy den . \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 May 2022",
      "Game cameras picked up the image of a bear returning to the den overnight and leaving with both cubs. \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 13 May 2022",
      "An adult bear was seen on game cameras returning to the den and leaving with the cubs, the department said. \u2014 Paradise Afshar, CNN , 12 May 2022",
      "The artist recreated an orchard scene at the entrance to the den . \u2014 Ko Lyn Cheang, The Indianapolis Star , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Sid Vicious, the one member whose only talent was being talentless, was found dead from a heroin overdose in a shabby drug den apartment in New York City\u2019s Greenwich Village. \u2014 Mike Postalakis, SPIN , 1 June 2022",
      "In this cozy den in San Francisco, designer Nicole Hollis made a bright artwork by Doug Aitken the mesmerizing focal point of the largely dark room. \u2014 Charles Curkin, ELLE Decor , 20 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Urban animals den in parks and in seldom frequented areas between houses. \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "The birds live and den in the cactus, using holes created by woodpeckers and other animals. \u2014 Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic , 20 Feb. 2022",
      "Agency officials said some areas of the Rocky Mountains will retain enough snow in a warming world for wolverines to successfully den and breed. \u2014 Matthew Brown, ajc , 1 Nov. 2021",
      "In an unusual move, U.S. Geological Survey Director James Reilly has refused to make public the study by his own scientists of the number of female polar bears that den and give birth on land near the southern Beaufort Sea. \u2014 Juliet Eilperin, Desmond Butler, Anchorage Daily News , 30 Sep. 2020",
      "These lobsters did not choose to den alone, the scientists suspected: they were being shunned. \u2014 Scientific American , 1 July 2020",
      "Dave Crowley, a biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game who oversees the region, says this area is prime bear- denning territory. \u2014 Acacia Johnson, National Geographic , 14 Jan. 2020",
      "Typically, black bears enter their dens in October, with most brown bears denning by November, Battle said. \u2014 Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News , 13 Nov. 2019",
      "Many grizzly bears have denned up for winter hibernation by the time a significant number of elk remains have accumulated, study team leader Frank van Manen wrote recently in the academic journal Ursus. \u2014 USA TODAY , 14 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-222728"
  },
  "disencumberment":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an act of disencumbering or the state of being disencumbered"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-222755"
  },
  "Dyce":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Alexander 1798\u20131869 Scottish editor"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012bs"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-222917"
  },
  "denialism":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the practice of denying the existence, truth, or validity of something despite proof or strong evidence that it is real, true, or valid"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8n\u012b(-\u0259)l-\u02cci-z\u0259m",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" denial + -ism ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1874, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-222950"
  },
  "distant look in someone's eye":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a look on someone's face that shows he or she is thinking about something that is not related to what is happening at the present time"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-224525"
  },
  "deserving":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": desert , merit",
      ": having good qualities that deserve praise, support, etc. : meritorious , worthy",
      ": appropriately having or being given something specified",
      ": worthy sense 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8z\u0259r-vi\u014b",
      "di-\u02c8z\u0259r-vi\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "good",
      "meritorious",
      "worthy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "no-good",
      "undeserving",
      "valueless",
      "worthless"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "He's a very deserving young man.",
      "The church provides aid to deserving families.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Smith\u2019s numbers and accolades, to be clear, are gaudy, and deserving of consideration. \u2014 Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 June 2022",
      "Hey Hoynsie: Eli Morgan seems to really be maturing as a pitcher and deserving of another turn in the rotation with Aaron Civale out. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 28 May 2022",
      "But Summer\u2019s catalog is a pop feast deserving of esteem. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
      "Russian leaders are no less deserving of that title, yet political speech will help bring justice only when it is translated into binding legal opinion. \u2014 Michael A. Newton, CNN , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "The recipient of that good fortune was Country House, who was 65-to-1 and very much deserving of those odds. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 8 May 2022",
      "Both of those situations are unfortunate, and deserving of attention. \u2014 Molly Parker, ProPublica , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Alexander Gabuev, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Moscow Center, said the Russian leadership doesn\u2019t see Ukraine, a place once controlled by Moscow, as deserving of rigorous study. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Operation Connect believes that veterans are future leaders and model citizens, will enrich our local economy for years to come, and are a community asset deserving of investment. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Every year a $1000 scholarship is given to a deserving high school senior or college student planning on a career in the environmental sciences. \u2014 Shirley Macfarland, cleveland , 26 May 2022",
      "The Original Kolache Shoppe, of course, is a very deserving addition, at number 65. \u2014 Emma Balter, Chron , 24 May 2022",
      "In Lowe\u2014and in Dash\u2019s striking, cinematic staging of her gowns in the Renaissance Revival Room\u2014there couldn\u2019t be a designer more deserving to finally get their flowers. \u2014 Liam Hess, Vogue , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The Emerald Isle is also the most successful country to compete at the (in)famous Eurovision Song Contest, winning the event a table-topping seven times\u2013a truly deserving champion of Heardle. \u2014 Matt Gardner, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Go ahead, the (finale) stage is here, and five deserving queens \u2014 Angeria Paris VanMicheals, Bosco, Daya Betty, Lady Camden, and Willow Pill \u2014 are prepared to claim their $150,000 check (check!) and the most coveted crown in the world. \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "But is there a more deserving candidate than Chad McGehee at James Clemens? \u2014 Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al , 27 Oct. 2021",
      "Few will argue that there is another snack more deserving . \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 20 May 2022",
      "There\u2019s one very deserving hero who won\u2019t be recognized on May 5, notes Nelson. \u2014 Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Adjective",
      "1549, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-224605"
  },
  "demoralizing":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : to corrupt the morals of",
      ": to weaken the morale of : discourage , dispirit",
      ": to upset or destroy the normal functioning of",
      ": to throw into disorder",
      ": to weaken the spirit or confidence of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8m\u022fr-\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz",
      "\u02ccd\u0113-",
      "-\u02c8m\u00e4r-",
      "di-\u02c8m\u022fr-\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "emasculate",
      "paralyze",
      "undo",
      "unman",
      "unnerve",
      "unstring"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "nerve"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the mere sight of the forbidding cliffs demoralized the climbers",
      "we refused to be demoralized by our humiliating defeat and vowed to come roaring back the following week",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Jordan Poole has also woken up, dropping 17 points off the bench, including some back-breaking baskets that really helped demoralize Boston. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 6 June 2022",
      "There is the programmatic violence meted out by Russian bombs and missiles against civilians as well as military targets, meant to demoralize as much as defeat. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "Don't mislead and try to demoralize our people and our troops with such crazy messages like yesterday. \u2014 Amy Kellogg, Fox News , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Attacks have affected just a handful of Ukrainian government contractors and financial organizations, and seem intended primarily to demoralize defenders in Ukraine. \u2014 Christopher Mims, WSJ , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "Beyond the numbers, Curry-Thompson-Poole pumped energy into the capacity crowd at Chase Center \u2014 and seemed to demoralize the Nuggets, who trudged toward the locker room. \u2014 Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "This serves no military purpose, but aims to demoralize the civilian population and undermine their will to fight. \u2014 David Hambling, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Russian forces have shelled nonmilitary areas from long distances in an attempt to demoralize Ukraine and drive civilians out of cities. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "And yet \u2026 This winning streak has also seen the offense get white-hot so quickly that the Jazz can demoralize opponents with incendiary streaks of shot-making. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1793, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-224716"
  },
  "disambiguate":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to establish a single semantic or grammatical interpretation for"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-am-\u02c8bi-gy\u0259-\u02ccw\u0101t",
      "-gy\u00fc-\u02cc\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1960, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-230008"
  },
  "Dinosauria":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a group of extinct reptiles widely distributed from the Triassic to the Mesozoic initially differing little from the generalized long-tailed quadrupedal common ancestors of modern birds and crocodilians but later becoming specialized for chiefly terrestrial carnivorous or herbivorous modes of life into distinct bipedal and quadrupedal groups, the latter including the largest known land animals \u2014 compare brontosaurus , diplodocus , ornithischia , saurischia , thecodontia"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u012bn\u0259\u02c8s\u022fr\u0113\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from New Latin, from Greek dein\u00f3s \"inspiring dread or awe\" + -o-  -o- + New Latin Sauria  sauria ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-230258"
  },
  "disillusion":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the condition of being disenchanted : the condition of being dissatisfied or defeated in expectation or hope",
      ": to free from illusion",
      ": to cause to lose naive faith and trust",
      ": to cause to stop having a mistaken belief that something is good, valuable, or true"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fc-zh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fc-zh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "disabuse",
      "disenchant",
      "undeceive"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Working at that store for six months was enough to disillusion me about retail work.",
      "we were disillusioned when we saw how the movie star acted in real life",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The artist hasn\u2019t necessarily earned such an extreme rape scene, instead treating it as a device by which to make her point about the way a blissfully naive child learns to confront the dangers and disillusion of the adult world. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 12 June 2022",
      "It\u2019s also because the U.S. empire itself breeds distrust, anger, and disillusion abroad. \u2014 Andre Pagliarini, The New Republic , 17 May 2022",
      "The amount of hyperbole and disillusion about the metaverse is astounding. \u2014 Nina Xiang, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "And as with any religion, this opens up a host of dramatic situations \u2014 of apostasy and betrayal, doubt and disillusion . \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "In 1932 Democrats used national disillusion with big business to create a powerful new political coalition that gave them control of the White House for 20 years and a virtual stranglehold on Congress that lasted more than half a century. \u2014 Arthur Herman, WSJ , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "His style was better suited to conveying disillusion than commitment. \u2014 Elaine Blair, The New York Review of Books , 7 Sep. 2021",
      "The warning is blunt: Concerned voters\u2019 energy will convert to disillusion and demoralization of the conservative base, manifesting first in disaffiliation from the GOP brand and potentially in failing to vote in future elections. \u2014 Jack Fowler, National Review , 2 Aug. 2021",
      "Critics and celebrators have stressed the accuracy of her predictions, her place in Black American letters, and her knack for disillusion . \u2014 Stephanie Burt, The New Republic , 27 May 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The first step, which the new museum does occasionally and imperfectly, is to disillusion people and show them the real, messy, historical truth of the business. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "But if the affair was all in her imagination, why should distance disillusion her? \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "Taken together, the developments threaten to disillusion African Americans, Latinos, young people and independents, all of whom played a vital role in building a coalition that gave Democrats control of Congress and the White House last year. \u2014 Steve Peoples, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Sep. 2021",
      "Taken together, the developments threaten to disillusion African Americans, Latinos, young people and independents, all of whom played a vital role in building a coalition that gave Democrats control of Congress and the White House last year. \u2014 Steve Peoples, chicagotribune.com , 25 Sep. 2021",
      "Cynicism fed by politicians of both parties may also disillusion would-be voters. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 3 May 2021",
      "The goal is to disillusion us about ourselves, and to build kinship. \u2014 Gaiutra Bahadur, The New Republic , 25 Nov. 2020",
      "Those criticisms only became more acute in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis as many people, disillusioned with capitalism, pointed fingers squarely at banks and other financial institutions whose executives are mainstays at Davos. \u2014 Isabella Steger, Quartz , 3 June 2020",
      "In one of the most cringe-worthy moments of the first two episodes, Krause walks out to receive his championship ring, where a crowd now disillusioned with him reacts as if it were just announced that beer sales would be suspended for the night. \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 20 Apr. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1591, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "1855, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-230750"
  },
  "developmental biology":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a discipline of biology concerned with the processes and mechanisms that control and influence the development and growth of organisms especially from a molecular, cellular, or genetic perspective \u2014 see evolutionary developmental biology",
      ": a discipline of biology concerned with the processes and mechanisms that control and influence the development and growth of organisms especially from a molecular, cellular, or genetic perspective"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "While there is little disagreement about the basic developmental biology , there are sharp differences about the significance. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "In recent years, researchers have found evidence for pattern completion in both neural circuits and developmental biology . \u2014 Rafael Yuste, Scientific American , 11 Dec. 2021",
      "These recent experiments from developmental biology and neuroscience can now provide a common mechanism of how this could work via key nodes that generate pattern completion. \u2014 Rafael Yuste, Scientific American , 11 Dec. 2021",
      "Zach double majored in chemical engineering and economics, while Nigel got his degree in molecular, cellular and developmental biology . \u2014 Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com , 16 June 2021",
      "The departments to be consolidated in Pasadena are plant biology and global ecology, which are currently located at Stanford University, and embryology (or developmental biology ), located at Johns Hopkins University. \u2014 Meredith Wadman, Science | AAAS , 16 Apr. 2021",
      "The xenobots are turning some conventional views in developmental biology upside down. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 31 Mar. 2021",
      "Thomas Hope, professor of cell and developmental biology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a COVID-19 vaccine researcher, said that technology does not exist. \u2014 John Keilman, chicagotribune.com , 15 Dec. 2020",
      "Another lawsuit involved a venture capital firm that wanted to hire a Singaporean with a PhD in developmental biology from Stanford as a $250,000-a-year analyst to evaluate Silicon Valley biotech startups. \u2014 Sinduja Rangarajan, Quartz India , 3 Dec. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1877, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-230758"
  },
  "disillude":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": disillusion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6dis+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" dis- entry 1 + illude ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-230924"
  },
  "disquietment":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": disquiet"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-231337"
  },
  "dispense":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions",
      ": administer",
      ": to exempt from a law or release from a vow, oath, or impediment : to give dispensation (see dispensation sense 2a ) to : exempt",
      ": to prepare and distribute (medication)",
      ": to grant dispensation",
      ": to set aside : discard",
      ": to do without",
      ": to give out in small amounts",
      ": to give out as deserved",
      ": to put up or prepare medicine in a form ready for use",
      ": to do or get along without",
      ": to put up (a prescription or medicine)",
      ": to prepare and distribute (medication)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8spen(t)s",
      "di-\u02c8spens",
      "dis-\u02c8pen(t)s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "administer",
      "allocate",
      "apportion",
      "deal (out)",
      "distribute",
      "dole out",
      "hand out",
      "mete (out)",
      "parcel (out)",
      "portion",
      "prorate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "misallocate"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The ATM only dispenses $20 bills.",
      "a newspaper columnist who dispenses advice to millions of readers each week",
      "Pharmacists are certified to dispense medication.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Also, a physician assistant at the practice, William Soyke, then 69, pleaded guilty in 2019 to conspiracy to distribute and dispense oxycodone, fentanyl, methadone and alprazolam, and was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison. \u2014 Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun , 16 June 2022",
      "Recently she's used her TikTok as a platform to dispense the insider beauty tips and tricks she's built up over her career in the entertainment industry. \u2014 Elle Turner, Glamour , 12 June 2022",
      "States oversee pharmacy laws, leaving ample room for legislatures to allow pharmacies to refuse to dispense emergency contraception. \u2014 Sarah Varney, ajc , 10 June 2022",
      "States oversee pharmacy laws, leaving ample room for legislatures to allow pharmacies to refuse to dispense emergency contraception. \u2014 Sarah Varney, Scientific American , 8 June 2022",
      "The Biden administration\u2019s embattled plan to dispense COVID-19 booster shots to most Americans faced its first major hurdle Friday as a government advisory panel vigorously debated whether to endorse extra doses of the Pfizer vaccine. \u2014 Matthew Perrone, Lauran Neergaard, Anchorage Daily News , 17 Sep. 2021",
      "Florida, the longtime retirement haven with one of the biggest concentrations of elderly people in the country, is using Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens to dispense shots. \u2014 Lisa Marie Pane, Star Tribune , 11 Jan. 2021",
      "The virus could dispense humanity a small genetic favor today and take it back tomorrow. \u2014 Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "This aims to verify patients\u2019 recent proof of normal neutrophil counts before pharmacies can dispense clozapine, meaning patients must visit a lab for blood draws as frequently as once a week. \u2014 Brian Barnett, STAT , 9 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Medieval Latin & Latin; Medieval Latin dispensare to exempt, from Latin, to distribute, from dis- + pensare to weigh, frequentative of pendere to weigh, pay out \u2014 more at spin ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-231555"
  },
  "dialect":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a regional variety of language distinguished by features of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation from other regional varieties and constituting together with them a single language",
      ": one of two or more cognate (see cognate entry 1 sense 3a ) languages",
      ": a variety of a language used by the members of a group",
      ": a variety of language whose identity is fixed by a factor other than geography (such as social class)",
      ": register sense 4c",
      ": a version of a computer programming language",
      ": manner or means of expressing oneself : phraseology",
      ": a form of a language that is spoken in a certain region or by a certain group"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b-\u0259-\u02cclekt",
      "\u02c8d\u012b-\u0259-\u02cclekt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "argot",
      "cant",
      "jargon",
      "jive",
      "language",
      "lingo",
      "patois",
      "patter",
      "shop",
      "shoptalk",
      "slang",
      "terminology",
      "vocabulary"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "They speak a southern dialect of French.",
      "The author uses dialect in his writing.",
      "The play was hard to understand when the characters spoke in dialect .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "No number of italics or apostrophes can substitute the richness of listening to stories told in the regional dialect and original voice of the storyteller. \u2014 Santi Elijah Holley, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
      "Another issue raised by Darany and others is which type or dialect of Arabic will be used. \u2014 Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "The regional dialect , akin to a strong Boston accent in the U.S., stuck. \u2014 Sam Wright, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
      "Even though none of us speak Italian, or the distinctive Sicilian dialect , this island kingdom in the middle of the Mediterranean is a little less foreign \u2014 and a little more like home. \u2014 Scott Mcmurren, Anchorage Daily News , 29 May 2022",
      "Defined by Brittanica as a process of shifting from one language to another, Black Americans existing in white spaces don\u2019t necessarily have to shift from English to another country\u2019s dialect . \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 28 May 2022",
      "The flat, flaky bread was laced with lard, which is called saim in Mallorqui, a Catalan dialect . \u2014 Dorothy Hernandez, CNN , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "Geographically distant populations of the same bird species can make small tweaks to their songs over time, eventually resulting in a new dialect \u2014 a process similar in some ways to how humans develop different accents, dialects and languages. \u2014 Betsy Mason, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "The Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian attendees worship in their native language \u2014 not Mandarin but Taiwanese, a dialect that was once suppressed by the Kuomintang regime, which ruled under martial law from 1949 to 1987. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle French dialecte , from Latin dialectus , from Greek dialektos conversation, dialect, from dialegesthai to converse \u2014 more at dialogue ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-231644"
  },
  "detection":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of detecting : the state or fact of being detected",
      ": the process of demodulating",
      ": the act of learning that something or someone is or was there : discovery"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8tek-sh\u0259n",
      "di-\u02c8tek-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "discovery",
      "finding",
      "spotting",
      "unearthing"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "I don't know how the errors managed to avoid detection for so long.",
      "my detection of the scent of baked apple pie led me to the kitchen",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This can support various AI operations and also used for malware detection . \u2014 Tom Coughlin, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
      "On May 1, the season began, with eager veterans and new trainees polishing skills that will be invaluable for early fire detection as the Southern California wildlands soon bake in withering summer heat. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 May 2022",
      "That includes a better heart sensor, support for fall detection , and noise monitoring. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 4 May 2022",
      "Alzheimer\u2019s disease begin disrupting brain activity before signs of cognitive impairment show in patients, a finding that could have implications for early detection of the debilitating neurological condition, according to a recent statement. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 4 May 2022",
      "The filtered information can then be fed into an artificial intelligence algorithm for drone detection . \u2014 Monique Brouillette, Scientific American , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "In addition, the probe will cover object and event detection by the system, as well as where it is allowed to operate. \u2014 Tom Krisher, ajc , 17 Aug. 2021",
      "In addition, the probe will cover object and event detection by the system, as well as where it is allowed to operate. \u2014 CBS News , 16 Aug. 2021",
      "In addition, the probe will cover object and event detection by the system, as well as where it is allowed to operate. \u2014 Tom Krisher, Chron , 16 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-231808"
  },
  "defense in depth":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": a tactical system of mutually supporting positions that are each capable of all-round defense and that have sufficient depth to prevent the enemy from achieving freedom of maneuver before the enemy's attack is broken up and absorbed",
      ": a strategic succession of defended areas which will permit continuation of a war after forward areas have been lost"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-231835"
  },
  "developed black BH":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": diamine black bh"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" developed from past participle of develop ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-232113"
  },
  "deck bridge":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a bridge whose supporting elements (as trusses, girders, arches) are below the track or roadway \u2014 compare through bridge"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-232226"
  },
  "D region":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the lowest part of the ionosphere occurring approximately between 30 and 55 miles (50 and 90 kilometers) above the surface of the earth"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1930, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-232335"
  },
  "dexterity":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": readiness and grace in physical activity",
      ": skill and ease in using the hands",
      ": mental skill or quickness : adroitness",
      ": skill and ease in the use of the hands or body",
      ": the ability to think and act quickly and cleverly",
      ": readiness and grace in physical activity",
      ": skill and ease in using the hands",
      ": mental skill or quickness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dek-\u02c8ster-\u0259-t\u0113",
      "-\u02c8ste-r\u0259-",
      "dek-\u02c8ster-\u0259-t\u0113",
      "dek-\u02c8ster-\u0259t-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "adroitness",
      "cleverness",
      "finesse",
      "sleight"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Use the following exercises to improve lower-leg dexterity . \u2014 Kyle Norman, Outside Online , 7 Jan. 2021",
      "By contrast, today\u2019s CAI systems are powered by machine learning, giving them far greater dexterity as well as the ability to self-improve over time. \u2014 Gaurav Tewari, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "And rounding out the quartet is the 18-year-old Coco Gauff, the youngest player in the WTA top 100 and a fast-rising star whose dexterity on clay is partly the result of extensive training in France and junior tournaments played in Latin America. \u2014 Liam Hess, Vogue , 28 May 2022",
      "Navigating them successfully will require a degree of policymaking dexterity that has been notably absent in both the monetary and fiscal realms in recent years. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
      "It\u2019s not just a test of dexterity , mastery and aesthetics, but of endurance, lasting over 45 minutes and countless changes in mood and style. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "The costume, the jewelry, the decorous pose are all conveyed with superb dexterity , dazzling finesse. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Already, the photographer\u2019s uncanny dexterity , nuance, and sense of timing are clear. \u2014 Johanna Fateman, The New Yorker , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "Grammy voters love tradition and musical dexterity and just a pinch of showbiz razzle-dazzle. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle French or Latin; Middle French dexterit\u00e9 , from Latin dexteritat-, dexteritas , from dexter \u2014 see dexterous ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1518, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-232653"
  },
  "denigratory":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to attack the reputation of : defame",
      ": to deny the importance or validity of : belittle"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-ni-\u02ccgr\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bad-mouth",
      "belittle",
      "cry down",
      "decry",
      "deprecate",
      "depreciate",
      "derogate",
      "diminish",
      "dis",
      "diss",
      "discount",
      "dismiss",
      "disparage",
      "kiss off",
      "minimize",
      "play down",
      "poor-mouth",
      "put down",
      "run down",
      "talk down",
      "trash",
      "trash-talk",
      "vilipend",
      "write off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "acclaim",
      "applaud",
      "exalt",
      "extol",
      "extoll",
      "glorify",
      "laud",
      "magnify",
      "praise"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Her story denigrates him as a person and as a teacher.",
      "No one is trying to denigrate the importance of a good education. We all know that it is crucial for success.",
      "denigrating the talents and achievements of women",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Republicans never miss an opportunity to denigrate Mr. Biden. \u2014 WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "Trump has repeatedly used Fauci's old remarks, such as urging people not to wear masks in the beginning of the pandemic because experts were afraid medical workers would run out of supplies, in an effort to denigrate the health official. \u2014 Mike Brest, Washington Examiner , 13 Oct. 2020",
      "Other memes use tropes and discredited data to denigrate the intelligence of non-white people. \u2014 Ben Collins, NBC News , 15 May 2022",
      "Those that seek to denigrate the erstwhile pursuit of the AI Confinement Problem are missing the bigger picture. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
      "To be clear, the rat reference wasn\u2019t meant to denigrate the caliber of candidates lining up to compete for the nomination. \u2014 Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "In France, Macron\u2019s opponents will continue to try to denigrate him, but the reality is that the centre has held, and this is ultimately good news for France and for Europe. \u2014 Mike O'sullivan, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Opponents of the initiative see it as an attempt to denigrate the LBTQ community. \u2014 al , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "In theory, that would allow the board to act more quickly when doctors denigrate COVID-19 vaccines and endorse unproved treatments, among other things. \u2014 Karen Kaplan Science And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 15 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin denigratus , past participle of denigrare , from de- + nigrare to blacken, from nigr-, niger black",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1526, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-233128"
  },
  "deadline":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a line drawn within or around a prison that a prisoner passes at the risk of being shot",
      ": a date or time before which something must be done",
      ": the time after which copy is not accepted for a particular issue of a publication",
      ": with the requirement of meeting a deadline",
      ": a date or time by which something must be done"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ded-\u02ccl\u012bn",
      "\u02c8ded-\u02ccl\u012bn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "She worked on her composition right up until the deadline .",
      "We had to hurry to meet the deadline .",
      "The project was completed a week past its deadline .",
      "The deadline for submitting college applications is April 19th.",
      "They're working under a deadline .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Urbanik said the timeline is not guaranteed, but expects the process to move quickly in order to meet the federal construction deadline . \u2014 Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune , 22 June 2022",
      "After the auction, Las-Vegas based LTD failed to file paperwork for certification in Oklahoma in time to meet an FCC deadline . \u2014 Ryan Tracy, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "Erzen said the county began the recruiting process early to meet the July 1 deadline . \u2014 Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post , 5 June 2022",
      "And come April, as the number of shows nearly doubled to meet the Tony eligibility deadline , another uptick in cases coursed through Manhattan, infecting Sarah Jessica Parker, Daniel Craig, Laurence Fishburne and many others performing on Broadway. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
      "And the dust hasn't quite cleared on transfer season, with dozens more entering the portal since the end of spring drills to meet the May 1 deadline and be eligible to play immediately in 2022. \u2014 Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "A Million Little Things Gary (James Roday Rodriguez) hits multiple roadblocks while trying to meet an important deadline , and Eddie (David Giuntoli) makes a surprising discovery. \u2014 Matt Cooperlistings Coordinator, Los Angeles Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Many commentators assume that Putin\u2019s aim is to achieve some sort of military success for Victory Day on May 9th and that Russian forces will ramp up their assaults to meet that deadline . \u2014 David Hambling, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Earlier this month, James's office requested the daily fines and argued that Trump should be held in contempt for failing to meet a March 31 deadline to turn over documents. \u2014 Ronn Blitzer, Fox News , 25 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1864, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-233305"
  },
  "disproportion":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity",
      ": an instance of such disparity",
      ": to make out of proportion : mismatch",
      ": a marked difference in the size, number, or amount of something as compared to another thing",
      ": absence of symmetry or the proper dimensional relationship",
      "\u2014 see cephalopelvic disproportion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-pr\u0259-\u02c8p\u022fr-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccdis-pr\u0259-\u02c8p\u022fr-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccdis-pr\u0259-\u02c8p\u014dr-sh\u0259n, -\u02c8p\u022fr-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "His salary is in disproportion to what people who have similar jobs earn.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "That doesn\u2019t mean selling exceptional museum art to rectify the disproportion makes sense. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022",
      "That this feeling of disproportion is fainter in the Broadway production than in 2018 may provide a clue to the answer. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Another example would be that almost 60% of corporate CEOs are over six-foot-tall; a large disproportion compared to the fact that less than 15% of American men are over this height. \u2014 Holly Corbett, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "The slowing growth of the global population, the disproportion in different industries\u2019 performance and the redistribution of wealth have created a new reality for financial assets. \u2014 Timur Turlov, Forbes , 29 Oct. 2021",
      "This sense of scale -- or rather, disproportion -- underpins the whole film, and becomes the case in Diana's defense. \u2014 Holly Thomas, CNN , 9 Nov. 2021",
      "This is another factor of the ongoing disproportion in revenues. \u2014 Timur Turlov, Forbes , 29 Oct. 2021",
      "Which is the other side of stupidity\u2019s disproportion : when someone\u2019s power is less than what her intelligence or civic status would merit. \u2014 Garret Keizer, Harper's Magazine , 17 Aug. 2021",
      "And yet Chicago police continue to use force against and arrest people of color \u2014 particularly Black people \u2014 in wild disproportion to white people. \u2014 Dan Hinkel, chicagotribune.com , 17 June 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1555, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "1593, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-233704"
  },
  "desirousness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": impelled or governed by desire"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8z\u012b(-\u0259)r-\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "agog",
      "antsy",
      "anxious",
      "ardent",
      "athirst",
      "avid",
      "crazy",
      "eager",
      "enthused",
      "enthusiastic",
      "excited",
      "geeked",
      "great",
      "greedy",
      "gung ho",
      "hepped up",
      "hopped-up",
      "hot",
      "hungry",
      "impatient",
      "juiced",
      "keen",
      "nuts",
      "pumped",
      "raring",
      "solicitous",
      "stoked",
      "thirsty",
      "voracious",
      "wild"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "apathetic",
      "indifferent",
      "uneager",
      "unenthusiastic"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "management is very desirous of finishing the project on time and within budget",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "On the scale between wants and needs, the GrillGun Basic falls on the desirous end of the spectrum. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 5 Nov. 2020",
      "Given the state of the Texans' rebuild, inquiring about Saints veterans is less desirous . \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Possibly due to wanting to grab hold of whatever treasures the AI steals, or maybe out of an act of hatred toward other humans and desirous of having the AI wreak havoc. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "For example, the AI might be desirous of wiping out humans and calculates that by stealing some of our resources this might be more readily accomplishable. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "The automakers and self-driving car tech firms are desirous of finally making money off their deep investments into the technology. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "That is a matter of national sentiment, and polls show that in the years since Russia\u2019s seizure of Crimea in 2014, Ukrainians are more desirous than ever of joining the Western alliance. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "The temperamental Moon forms a tense square against desirous Venus just after midnight, brewing some late-night issues. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 17 Sep. 2021",
      "The senior leadership of forward-looking companies is desirous of such transformative change, and for good reason, since the promised rewards are so attractive and enthralling. \u2014 Thomas Lim, Forbes , 30 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-234947"
  },
  "disharmonize":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make disharmonious"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8h\u00e4r-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1801, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-235227"
  },
  "Disneyfication":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the transformation (as of something real or unsettling) into carefully controlled and safe entertainment or an environment with similar qualities"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdiz-n\u0113-f\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Walt Disney + -fication ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1959, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-235559"
  },
  "demimetope":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an incomplete usually one-half metope (as at the corner of a frieze)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" demi- + metope ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-000245"
  },
  "delve (into)":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "to search through or into we uncovered many interesting stories as we delved into the history of the house we were restoring"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-000827"
  },
  "discovert":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": not covert : not under coverture"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259s",
      "(\u02c8)dis+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" dis- entry 1 + covert ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-000948"
  },
  "don":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "geographical name",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to put on (an article of clothing)",
      ": to wrap oneself in : take on sense 3a",
      ": a head (see head entry 1 sense 6a ), tutor , or fellow (see fellow sense 5 ) in a college of Oxford or Cambridge University",
      ": a college or university professor",
      ": a powerful Mafia leader",
      ": a Spanish nobleman or gentleman",
      ": a person of consequence : grandee",
      "director of nursing",
      ": to put on",
      "river 1224 miles (1969 kilometers) long in Russia in Europe flowing southeast and then southwest into the Sea of Azov",
      "[Italian, title of respect, from donno , literally, lord, from Latin dominus ]"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4n",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4n",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "put on",
      "slip (on ",
      "throw (on)"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "doff",
      "remove",
      "take off"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "He donned his gloves and hat.",
      "she donned her best gown for the ball",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "But as fewer people don masks and restrictions to curb the spread of the virus are removed, infections are spiking again. \u2014 Jenna Carlesso, Hartford Courant , 20 May 2022",
      "At this tier, which reflects the worst levels of disease in the agency's guidance, the CDC says all Americans should don masks in public indoor settings, regardless of vaccination \u2013 including in schools. \u2014 Alexander Tin, CBS News , 19 May 2022",
      "But in many parts of the world, people don masks every virus season without much prompting from officials. \u2014 Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "During the height of Omicron's surge, many returned to working from home, were careful to don masks when in public and cut down on unnecessary public outings. \u2014 Kent Sepkowitz, CNN , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "On May 26, the OIP students were among the first groups in Orange Schools to don the 2022 graduation caps and receive their diplomas. \u2014 cleveland , 3 June 2022",
      "Bradshaw said the foundation is looking for individuals who would be willing to don the mascot costume and be available to appear at school and community events. \u2014 Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Spectators are also welcome to don something green and cheer the runners along. \u2014 Samantha Nelson, chicagotribune.com , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Rainn Wilson stars as Frank, a down-on-his-luck short-order cook who decides the way to improve his life is to don a costume and become The Crimson Bolt. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Charlotte Brewer, an Oxford don , published her book Treasure-House of the Language: The Living OED. \u2014 Bryan A. Garner, National Review , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "The group conspired to organize into teams, undergo paramilitary training, coordinate travel, assemble and stage weapons and don combat and tactical gear before most joined the Capitol breach, prosecutors alleged. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "Robin Kirkpatrick, a Cambridge don , did a masterly translation for Penguin Classics. \u2014 Judith Thurman, The New Yorker , 13 Sep. 2021",
      "The pair don modest but fashionable clothing and are surrounded by elegant scientific equipment. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 Sep. 2021",
      "Shelby Grad, the inimitable don of Metro, has shaped the big-picture strategy along with countless individual stories. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Apr. 2021",
      "Peter Gotti, the mafia boss who succeeded his infamous brother as the don of the Gambino crime family, died while serving a federal prison sentence, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday. \u2014 Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner , 26 Feb. 2021",
      "Ma, a Harvard graduate, is as expansively bookish and as intellectually curious as any literary don . \u2014 New York Times , 15 Jan. 2021",
      "Helping his don his official robes were Larry Green, president of the St. Tammany Bar Association, and Donald Lee, a member of the Washington Parish Bar Associations. \u2014 NOLA.com , 15 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1523, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-001047"
  },
  "depositum miserabile":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": necessary deposit"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"\u02ccmiz\u0259\u02c8rab\u0259(\u02cc)l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-001129"
  },
  "drum washer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a drum for washing paper pulp"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-001147"
  },
  "disastrous":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": attended by or causing suffering or disaster : calamitous",
      ": terrible , horrendous",
      ": causing great suffering or loss",
      ": very bad"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8za-str\u0259s",
      "also",
      "diz-\u02c8as-tr\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "calamitous",
      "cataclysmal",
      "cataclysmic",
      "catastrophic",
      "damning",
      "destructive",
      "fatal",
      "fateful",
      "ruinous",
      "unfortunate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Half the city was destroyed by a disastrous fire.",
      "The bad weather could have a disastrous effect on the area's tourism industry.",
      "His failure to back up the computer files had disastrous consequences.",
      "The strike was economically disastrous .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "His first two trials were disastrous , according to his longtime lawyer Don Knight. \u2014 Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone , 15 June 2022",
      "To lose three-quarters of them would be disastrous . \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 13 June 2022",
      "When surgery is handled by an inexperienced or incompetent surgeon, the outcome can be disastrous . \u2014 Mailee Osten-tan, Longreads , 8 June 2022",
      "That could be disastrous ; fortunately, Shapiro is an overwhelming favorite to win. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
      "In that case, the results might have been disastrous . \u2014 Sergio Alvarez, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "Those legends made what was disastrous seem quotidian, unremarkable. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
      "Russia\u2019s war had repercussions far beyond Ukraine and was exacerbating a food crisis that would be disastrous for poor people across the globe. \u2014 The Christian Science Monitor , 1 May 2022",
      "Russia\u2019s war had repercussions far beyond Ukraine and was exacerbating a food crisis that would be disastrous for poor people across the globe. \u2014 Vanessa Gera, Chron , 1 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-001330"
  },
  "devilwood":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a small tree ( Osmanthus americanus ) of the olive family that is native to the southern U.S."
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-v\u1d4al-\u02ccwu\u0307d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1810, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-001425"
  },
  "dictier":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of dictier comparative of dicty"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-001548"
  },
  "dinosaur kale":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": tuscan kale"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"so called from the fancied resemblance of its leaves to the skin of a dinosaur",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1996, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-001751"
  },
  "duro":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a Spanish or Spanish American peso or silver dollar"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8du\u0307r-(\u02cc)\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Spanish, short for peso duro hard peso",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1832, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-001945"
  },
  "drag fold":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a minor geological fold produced in soft or thinly laminated beds lying between harder or more massive beds in the limbs of a major fold"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-002316"
  },
  "defensorship":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the office of defensor"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-n(t)s\u0259r\u02ccship"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-002341"
  },
  "defense":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or action of defending",
      ": the denial, answer, or plea (see plea sense 2b ) of one against whom a criminal or civil action is brought : a defendant 's denial, answer, or plea",
      ": capability of resisting attack",
      ": ability to keep an opponent from scoring in a game or contest : defensive play or ability",
      ": means or method of defending or protecting oneself, one's team, or another",
      ": a defensive structure",
      ": an argument in support or justification",
      ": the collected facts and method adopted by a defendant to protect and defend against a plaintiff's action",
      ": a sequence of moves available to the second player in the opening (see opening sense 3a )",
      ": a defending party or group (as in a court of law)",
      ": a defensive team",
      ": the military and industrial aggregate that authorizes and supervises arms production",
      ": to take specific defensive action against (an opposing team or player or an offensive play) : to attempt to keep (an opponent or play) from scoring in a game or contest",
      ": the act of protecting or defending",
      ": something that defends or protects",
      ": the players on a team who try to stop the other team from scoring",
      ": a means or method of protecting the physical or functional integrity of body or mind",
      ": the act or action of defending \u2014 see also self-defense",
      ": the theory or ground that forms the basis for a defendant's opposition to an allegation in a complaint or to a charge in a charging instrument (as an indictment)",
      ": the evidence and arguments presented supporting the defendant's opposition \u2014 see also accord , alibi , assumption of risk , coercion , consent , contributory negligence at negligence , denial , diminished capacity , duress , entrapment , estoppel , fraud , infancy , insanity , intoxication , laches , mistake , necessity , res judicata , statute of limitations",
      ": complete defense in this entry",
      ": a defense that does not deny the truth of the allegations against the defendant but gives some other reason (as insanity, assumption of risk, or expiration of the statute of limitations) why the defendant cannot be held liable",
      ": a defense to a criminal charge based on the assertion that the criminal act was committed to avoid the commission of an even greater evil",
      ": a defense that shields the defendant from any liability and bars any recovery by the plaintiff \u2014 compare partial defense in this entry",
      ": choice of evils defense in this entry",
      ": a defense that is based on evidence sufficient to warrant setting aside a default judgment against the defendant in civil litigation",
      ": a defense by which the defendant reduces the amount of damages of which he or she is liable \u2014 compare complete defense in this entry",
      ": a basis upon which an obligor of a negotiable instrument may avoid liability under the instrument",
      ": a defense of an obligor under a negotiable instrument that can be asserted against anyone but a holder in due course",
      ": a defense of an obligor of a negotiable instrument that may be asserted even against a holder in due course",
      ": the defending side in a legal proceeding",
      "\u2014 compare prosecution"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8fen(t)s",
      "as antonym of \"offense\" often",
      "di-\u02c8fens",
      "di-\u02c8fens, \u02c8d\u0113-\u02ccfens"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aegis",
      "egis",
      "ammunition",
      "armor",
      "buckler",
      "cover",
      "guard",
      "protection",
      "safeguard",
      "screen",
      "security",
      "shield",
      "wall",
      "ward"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "They put up a good defense , but the city ultimately fell to the invaders.",
      "They mounted a good defense .",
      "The city's defenses were not strong enough to keep out the invaders.",
      "We need to improve our defenses .",
      "the nation's air and ground defenses",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Badin football embarked on a historic run, led by a defense that allowed just 7.8 points per game and notched six shutouts. \u2014 Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer , 23 June 2022",
      "No one ran on this defense , which gave up only 165 points in 16 games that season. \u2014 Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun , 22 June 2022",
      "The attorney general\u2019s defense asked senators to consider the implications of impeachment on the function of state government. \u2014 Stephen Groves, Chicago Tribune , 22 June 2022",
      "Bulls need defense in general, and forwards who can defend, specifically. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 June 2022",
      "Tony Siragusa, the charismatic defensive tackle who helped lead a stout Baltimore defense to a Super Bowl title, has died. \u2014 Noah Trister, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
      "The 57th Operations Group basically manages Nellis\u2019 Aggressor Nation including the 64th AGRS, the 6th Weapons Squadron and other air-ground weapons coordination, maintenance, surface-to-air defense and cyber/information units. \u2014 Eric Tegler, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
      "Their lack of execution was not limited to defense . \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 22 June 2022",
      "Teaming with fellow wide body Sam Adams, Siragusa shut down rush lanes and tied up blocks in front of legendary middle linebacker Ray Lewis for the 2000 Ravens, arguably the most dominant defense the league has seen in the past four decades. \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Mickelson was not called to testify; his attorney had told both the prosecution and defense his client would invoke his Fifth Amendment rights. \u2014 Gene Wang, Washington Post , 15 May 2022",
      "Dorow consented to defense requests to close a portion of the four-hour hearing, an issue to which the Waukesha County District Attorney's Office did not object. \u2014 Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Not exactly a stellar performance considering Ohio State scored 44 first-half points against a compromised version of that same Hoosiers defense two weeks earlier. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "Opponents have converted 59% of their third-down plays against Miami, making the Dolphins defense the NFL's worst in those situations. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 30 Sep. 2021",
      "Only then can defense attorneys and the public challenge the plan, Gilmer said. \u2014 Ken Ritter, Star Tribune , 20 May 2021",
      "All-American, but the Gators moved the bulky lineman to defense . \u2014 Adam Lichtenstein, sun-sentinel.com , 28 Apr. 2021",
      "Junior Joe Brunner was named as an offensive and defensive lineman and senior Grover Bortolotti received distinction as a running back and defense back. \u2014 Mark Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 30 Nov. 2020",
      "There\u2019s significant competition lower on the depth chart as the freshmen will push for time and Kris Hutson, Josh Delgado, Lance Wilhoite and Bryan Addison, who moved to defense late last season, are all aiming for more reps. \u2014 oregonlive , 30 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1932, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-003458"
  },
  "Demo":{
    "type":[
      "combining form",
      "noun ()",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": demonstration sense 1b",
      ": demonstration sense 4",
      ": an example of a product that is not yet ready to be sold",
      ": a recording intended to show off a song or performer to a record producer",
      ": demonstrator sense a",
      ": to give a demonstration of (something, such as a product or procedure) : to show how (something) works, is prepared, or is done",
      ": to create a demo (see demo entry 1 sense 2b ) recording of (a piece of music)",
      ": to use (something, such as a product) in order to test its quality or value : to try out (something)",
      ": demolish",
      ": demographic sense 2",
      ": democrat sense 2",
      ": people : populace : population"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-(\u02cc)m\u014d",
      "\u02c8de-(\u02cc)m\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "demonstration",
      "rally"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "This demo is designed to test high-data-rate laser communications that could change the way ground teams communicate with spacecraft across deep space. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 24 June 2022",
      "Download instructions, then sign up for whatever piques your interest, from engineering a paper airplane to a Latin-flavor cooking demo . \u2014 Cindy Kent, Sun Sentinel , 24 June 2022",
      "By comparison, the copy-and-pasted terrain that fills out the most boring regions of Halo Infinite looks like a Renaissance masterwork compared to the desolate landscape in this demo 's beginning area. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 14 June 2022",
      "Their early demo tapes would give you about 10 percent of the necessary information. \u2014 Chris Blackwell With Paul Morley, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
      "Again, the three of them scraped by, sharing a single motel bed and living on bologna sandwiches, recording demo tapes in their free time and hoping for a break. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Whether that is a dating show that reflects the unique experiences that this demo is dealing with that aren\u2019t the same challenges that previous generations have explored with dating on TV. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "The song was sent to Gudwin by Johnson after Jon Bellion, who wrote the lyrics, originally sent a demo of it directly to Bieber. \u2014 Lily Moayeri, Variety , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "His demo tapes were in good condition and the tracks legally belonged to him, so there wasn\u2019t any such obstacle to releasing the music. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "There's also a remote possibility that Apple will demo AR and VR experiences without announcing any hardware, just to build up hype in advance. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 3 June 2022",
      "In a blog post on Monday, Meta said the store will let people demo various products and will include a VR space that lets customers try apps such as Beat Saber and Real VR Fishing. \u2014 Rachel Metz, CNN , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "She was hired even before shooting began, which enabled her not only to demo themes for the directors but to visit the shooting location in the Dominican Republic last June. \u2014 Jon Burlingame, Variety , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Musk also said Tesla in 2017 would demo a Model S driving from NYC to LA with no driver interaction. \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "Jared Isaacman, the billionaire aerospace enthusiast who paid for the first tourist flight onboard SpaceX\u2019s Dragon last year, is now paying for a series of missions, called Polaris, to demo new technologies for SpaceX. \u2014 Tim Fernholz, Quartz , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "Developers and publishers from around the globe converge on downtown Los Angeles, welcoming media and gamers to demo new and upcoming releases. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "His wife, Lisa, encouraged him to demo it at DunDraCon, a role-playing convention near San Francisco. \u2014 Christopher Byrd, The New Yorker , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "Short cutscenes from the campaign with Chief and a new AI that don\u2019t demo any significant gameplay. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 12 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "1904, in the meaning defined at sense 1b",
      "Verb (1)",
      "1969, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb (2)",
      "1994, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1980, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (3)",
      "1793, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-004024"
  },
  "deceit":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of causing someone to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid : the act or practice of deceiving : deception",
      ": an attempt or device to deceive : trick",
      ": the quality of being dishonest or misleading : the quality of being deceitful : deceitfulness",
      ": the act or practice of making someone believe something that is not true : deception",
      ": a statement or act that is meant to fool or trick someone",
      ": the quality of being dishonest",
      ": deliberate and misleading concealment, false declaration, or artifice : deception",
      ": the tort of committing or carrying out deceit",
      "\u2014 see also fraud , misrepresentation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8s\u0113t",
      "di-\u02c8s\u0113t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "artifice",
      "cheating",
      "cozenage",
      "craft",
      "craftiness",
      "crookedness",
      "crookery",
      "cunning",
      "cunningness",
      "deceitfulness",
      "deception",
      "deceptiveness",
      "dishonesty",
      "dissembling",
      "dissimulation",
      "double-dealing",
      "dupery",
      "duplicity",
      "fakery",
      "foxiness",
      "fraud",
      "guile",
      "guilefulness",
      "wiliness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "artlessness",
      "forthrightness",
      "good faith",
      "guilelessness",
      "ingenuousness",
      "sincerity"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a rise to power that was marked by treachery and deceit",
      "she's completely free of deceit",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But the trail of deceit apparently went much further back. \u2014 Adam Taylor, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
      "Writers of crime fiction soon grasped that the more obscure the acts of deceit , the better the literary journey. \u2014 Richard O\u2019rawe, WSJ , 10 June 2022",
      "The end is near for the Byrde family and their epic web of lies and deceit . \u2014 Lauren Huff, EW.com , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "The true story of a doctor who seemingly had it all with a wife and eight kids, but his wife\u2019s mysterious death unraveled a lifetime of lies and deceit . \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "With Trump, America has spent more than half a decade at the receiving end of a firehose of loud mind-numbing nonsense and never-ending deceit . \u2014 Marisa Kabas, The New Republic , 20 May 2022",
      "Managers can implement zero-tolerance policies toward even small acts of deceit to deter its escalation and spread. \u2014 Margarita Leib, Scientific American , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Or is the show implying that Kate never had a choice at all\u2014that this affair is similarly toxic due to the deceit and hierarchy involved? \u2014 ELLE , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "His inability to remember the events of three decades ago\u2014like the 65% of India\u2019s population below the age of 35\u2014is a function of demographics rather than deceit . \u2014 Debasish Roy Chowdhury, Time , 30 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English deceite , from Anglo-French, from Latin decepta , feminine of deceptus , past participle of decipere \u2014 see deceive ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-004135"
  },
  "durmast":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a European oak ( Quercus sessiliflora or Q. petraea ) that is valued especially for its dark heavy tough elastic wood"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259r\u02ccmast"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"perhaps alteration of dun mast , from dun entry 1 + mast (acorns)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1791, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-004257"
  },
  "dub":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "noun ()",
      "verb",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to confer knighthood on",
      ": to call by a distinctive title, epithet , or nickname",
      ": to trim or remove the comb (see comb entry 1 sense 2a ) and wattles of",
      ": to hit (a ball or shot) poorly",
      ": to execute poorly",
      ": one who is inept or clumsy",
      ": pool , puddle",
      ": to add ( sound effects or new dialogue) to a film or to a radio or television production",
      ": to provide (a motion-picture film) with a new soundtrack and especially dialogue in a different language",
      ": to make a new recording of (sound or videotape already recorded)",
      ": to mix (recorded sound or videotape from different sources) into a single recording",
      ": Jamaican music in which audio effects and spoken or chanted words are imposed on an instrumental reggae background",
      ": to make a knight of",
      ": name entry 2 sense 1 , nickname",
      ": to add (a different language or sound effects) to a film or broadcast",
      "dysfunctional uterine bleeding"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259b",
      "\u02c8d\u0259b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "baptize",
      "call",
      "christen",
      "clepe",
      "denominate",
      "designate",
      "entitle",
      "label",
      "name",
      "nominate",
      "style",
      "term",
      "title"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "butterfingers",
      "klutz",
      "looby",
      "lubber",
      "lummox"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb (1) and Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb (1)",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun (1)",
      "1884, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (2)",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb (2)",
      "1930, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (3)",
      "1974, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-004705"
  },
  "disenable":{
    "type":[
      "noun,",
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": disqualify , incapacitate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6dis+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" dis- entry 1 + enable ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-004830"
  },
  "Dis":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "noun ()",
      "prefix",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to treat with disrespect or contempt : insult",
      ": to find fault with : criticize",
      ": a disparaging remark or act : insult",
      ": disrespect",
      "discharge",
      "discount",
      "distance",
      ": the Roman god of the underworld (see underworld sense 1 ) \u2014 compare pluto",
      ": do the opposite of",
      ": deprive of (a specified quality, rank, or object)",
      ": exclude or expel from",
      ": opposite or absence of",
      ": not",
      ": completely",
      ": dys-",
      ": do the opposite of",
      ": deprive of",
      ": opposite or absence of",
      ": not",
      "disabled",
      "disease",
      "[by folk etymology]"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dis",
      "\u02c8dis"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "contemn",
      "disdain",
      "disrespect",
      "high-hat",
      "look down (on ",
      "scorn",
      "slight",
      "sniff (at)",
      "snoot",
      "snub"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "affront",
      "barb",
      "brickbat",
      "cut",
      "dart",
      "dig",
      "epithet",
      "gird",
      "indignity",
      "insult",
      "name",
      "offense",
      "offence",
      "outrage",
      "personality",
      "poke",
      "put-down",
      "sarcasm",
      "slap",
      "slight",
      "slur"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "don't you go dissing somebody just because you've got a few more dead presidents than they do",
      "a DJ who has dissed every album that rapper has put out",
      "Noun (1)",
      "that's a dis that a person of any color should find offensive",
      "in the hood any dis is dealt with harshly"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1980, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (1)",
      "1986, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1567, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-005042"
  },
  "doocot":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dovecot"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fck\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English dowcot, dowecote ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-005605"
  },
  "disequilibrate":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to put out of balance"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-i-\u02c8kwi-l\u0259-\u02ccbr\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1891, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-005832"
  },
  "dismal science":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": political economy , economics"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-011139"
  },
  "disgorge":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit",
      ": to discharge or let go of rapidly or forcefully",
      ": to give up or reveal (something) on request or under pressure",
      ": to remove (sediment) from (a bottle of sparkling wine) after secondary fermentation in the bottle is complete",
      ": to discharge contents",
      ": to give up (as illegally gained profits) on request, under pressure, or by court order especially to prevent unjust enrichment"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8g\u022frj",
      "dis-\u02c8g\u022frj"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "belch",
      "eject",
      "eruct",
      "erupt",
      "expel",
      "jet",
      "spew",
      "spout",
      "spurt"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "We watched the airplane disgorging its passengers at the gate.",
      "The damaged ship disgorged thousands of gallons of oil into the bay.",
      "The river disgorges into the ocean just south of the city.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The prospect of an increasingly militarized Europe\u2014even a future one not actively at war\u2014is the prospect of a continent that will disgorge ever more greenhouse gasses to maintain those swelling forces. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "After nearly three hours of fighting, the Russian helicopters began to land and disgorge airborne troops, who fanned out and began firing. \u2014 James Marson, WSJ , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "The buyer will then decide when to disgorge (between 3 and 10 years after the harvest) and how much dosage (sugar) should be added. \u2014 Per And Britt Karlsson, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "Buses disgorge children in school uniforms on class trips. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Dec. 2021",
      "Red blood cells burst and disgorge their hemoglobin, an iron-rich molecule that wreaks havoc in the lungs, like a grenade mistakenly dropped in the trenches. \u2014 Brendan Borrell, Rolling Stone , 8 Dec. 2021",
      "On Wednesday, as preparations continued for the start of the Olympic judo competition on Saturday, buses arrived at regular intervals to disgorge groups of competitors in front of a set of unremarkable doors. \u2014 New York Times , 22 July 2021",
      "Detroit is asking the judge to disgorge any money that lawyers have collected through a post-election fundraising campaign. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 July 2021",
      "The tip of each one could disgorge three separate warheads, each with a yield ten times higher than that of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, on three different targets. \u2014 The Economist , 22 Feb. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle French desgorger , from des- dis- + gorge gorge",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-011355"
  },
  "drift float":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a float dropped from an aircraft flying over water as a marker for determining the drift angle or the direction of surface wind"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-011555"
  },
  "do no wrong":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to never do anything bad"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-011809"
  },
  "duck soup":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something easy to do"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "breeze",
      "cake",
      "cakewalk",
      "child's play",
      "cinch",
      "cream puff",
      "kid stuff",
      "picnic",
      "pushover",
      "roses",
      "snap"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bear",
      "beast",
      "chore",
      "headache",
      "horror show",
      "killer",
      "labor",
      "murder",
      "pain",
      "sticky wicket",
      "stinker"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The trip was duck soup for experienced travelers.",
      "hooking up this home theater should be duck soup \u2014right?"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1912, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-012155"
  },
  "dangling":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to hang loosely and usually so as to be able to swing freely",
      ": to be a hanger-on or a dependent",
      ": to occur in a sentence without having a normally expected syntactic relation to the rest of the sentence (such as climbing in \"Climbing the mountain the cabin came into view\")",
      ": to cause to dangle : swing",
      ": to keep hanging uncertainly",
      ": to hold out as an inducement",
      ": the action of dangling",
      ": something that dangles",
      ": to hang loosely especially with a swinging motion",
      ": to cause to hang loosely"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8da\u014b-g\u0259l",
      "\u02c8da\u014b-g\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "hang",
      "sling",
      "suspend",
      "swing"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Let your arms dangle at your sides.",
      "She sat on the edge of the pool, dangling her feet in the water.",
      "He dangled a piece of string in front of the cat.",
      "The money she dangled in front of him wasn't enough to convince him to sell.",
      "They refused to accept the money that was dangled before their eyes .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "So are Aysoy\u2019s new necklaces that feature varying cuts of colored gemstones, along with her Tahitian black pearl Catena necklace,which sparkles with tiny pendant diamonds that dangle at different levels of the chain. \u2014 Kyle Roderick, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "Unlike boring ordinary train lines that stay determinedly fixed to terra firma, suspension railways dangle beneath a track suspended from pylons. \u2014 Marcel Krueger, CNN , 16 May 2022",
      "Even with an uptick in leasing, supply continues to reach records and landlords have to dangle incentives like months of free rent and tenant improvement allowances to get deals done. \u2014 Natalie Wong, Fortune , 10 May 2022",
      "Sparks now fly as the third-generation metalworker\u2019s laser machines slice plates for bulletproof vests from Swedish or German steel, make dog tags to dangle from young soldiers\u2019 necks and build metal braces for limbs broken in battle. \u2014 Phil Mccausland, NBC News , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Publishers then dangle these baubles to get the books and their authors featured on cable news, which, reliably, drives book sales. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "These assemblages dangle on the wall via long cords. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "The drum and marimba pound while the suns dance, change color and even dangle menacingly over the audience\u2014their combined heat makes the Earth burn and die. \u2014 Heidi Waleson, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Shorter men, who often end up with sweaters that dangle well below the waistline, turn to the tuck to look less unkempt. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Strands of electrical lighting dangle from the ceilings and sheets of translucent plastic are still attached to the walls \u2013 the sheets enabled the mushroom growers to create just the right temperature and humidity for the cultivation of fungi. \u2014 Nick Squires, The Christian Science Monitor , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "That's a fine carrot- dangle for fun secrets, but earning skulls by beating side quests seems more fun to me. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "Kenneth Choi and Ethan Suplee dangle Jon Spinogatti from a building for The Wolf of Wall Street. \u2014 Vulture Editors, Vulture , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "Cathy Waterman has created a rustic yet elegant alternative to the traditional diamond dangle . \u2014 Beth Bernstein, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
      "My final dangle over the desert floor felt almost casual. \u2014 Edmund Vallance, Los Angeles Times , 7 May 2021",
      "But while admitting this much, Mr. Manafort \u2014 seeing the dangle of a potential pardon from Mr. Trump \u2014 refused to cooperate further. \u2014 Charlie Savage, New York Times , 21 Sep. 2020",
      "White rosary beads Garza threads through her fingers when there\u2019s a need for prayer dangle at the ready on a shelf behind her sewing machine. \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com , 2 Mar. 2020",
      "For the sparkly occasion, the went for an sequined one-shoulder version with a contrasting fuschia belt and accessorized with massive heart dangles . \u2014 Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen , 2 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1565, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1756, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-012631"
  },
  "dissilient":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": springing apart",
      ": bursting open (as the ripe capsules of the balsam)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8sily\u0259nt",
      "-l\u0113\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin dissilient-, dissiliens , present participle of dissilire , from dis- apart + silire (from salire to leap)",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-012910"
  },
  "draw parallels between":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to indicate ways in which two distinct things are similar"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-013942"
  },
  "dybbuk":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a wandering soul believed in Jewish folklore to enter and control a living body until exorcised by a religious rite"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-b\u0259k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Yiddish dibek , from Late Hebrew dibb\u016bq ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1903, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-014913"
  },
  "dreadfulness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": inspiring dread (see dread entry 2 sense 1a ) : causing great and oppressive fear",
      ": inspiring awe or reverence",
      ": extremely bad, distasteful, unpleasant, or shocking",
      ": extreme",
      ": a cheap and sensational (see sensational sense 2 ) story or periodical",
      ": causing fear",
      ": very unpleasant"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dred-f\u0259l",
      "\u02c8dred-f\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "alarming",
      "dire",
      "direful",
      "dread",
      "fearful",
      "fearsome",
      "forbidding",
      "formidable",
      "frightening",
      "frightful",
      "ghastly",
      "hair-raising",
      "horrendous",
      "horrible",
      "horrifying",
      "intimidating",
      "redoubtable",
      "scary",
      "shocking",
      "spine-chilling",
      "terrible",
      "terrifying"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "Her performance was absolutely dreadful .",
      "Those children have such dreadful manners.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Their fourth-quarter efficiency in two consecutive losses is dreadful , scoring just 84.8 points and allowing 123.9 points per 100 possessions. \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
      "Musk made his move just days before Twitter delivered a first-quarter earnings report widely expected to be dreadful \u2014and likely to send its stock still lower\u2014and news proved true to form. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 10 May 2022",
      "The offensive struggles late in close games was dreadful . \u2014 Tony East, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "If that sounds dreadful , pay up for a preferred seat like Mrs. Keeler did. \u2014 Dawn Gilbertson, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
      "Free falling toward a dreadful bit of team history, the Angels fired manager Joe Maddon on Tuesday and appointed third base coach Phil Nevin to the role on an interim basis. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 8 June 2022",
      "Melton, meanwhile, entered the game mired in a dreadful slump, with just one hit in 13 regional at-bats. \u2014 Joe Freeman, oregonlive , 6 June 2022",
      "That\u2019s why the dreadful wait has given him a new perspective. \u2014 Shane Young, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
      "After a series of dreadful films and uninspired soundtracks in the \u201960s, Elvis was a cultural afterthought. \u2014 Ken Budd, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Like many people who live in the suburbs, there\u2019s no burning desire to get back on a bus or train and waste two to three hours going back and forth in a dreadful , soul-sucking commute to the city every day. \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "The comical bumps up against the chaotic, the domestic beats back the dreadful . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "But the Blazers minus Anfernee Simons in the lineup are next-level dreadful . \u2014 oregonlive , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "For many people who live in the suburbs, there\u2019s no burning desire to get back on a bus or train and waste two to three hours going back and forth in a dreadful , soul-sucking commute to the city each and every day. \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 22 May 2021",
      "The Rangers just completed their fourth consecutive losing season and packed a whole lot of dreadful into just 60 games. \u2014 Evan Grant, Dallas News , 30 Sep. 2020",
      "Only blue shells in Mario Kart games produce more pained utterances of swear words amongst users of interactive software than that dreadful , infuriating wiggle mode. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 28 Sep. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "circa 1873, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-015044"
  },
  "De Morgan":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "William Frend 1839\u20131917 English artist and novelist"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8m\u022fr-g\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-015549"
  },
  "drown out":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to drive (a person or an animal) from home by flooding : force (as a mine) to shut down by inundation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-015827"
  },
  "dirty tricks":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": underhanded stratagems for obtaining secret information about or sabotaging an enemy or for discrediting an opponent (as in politics)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "A day after Crawford said Konstantinov was a master of dirty tricks and deserved a penalty on every shift, Konstantinov kept smiling and laughing. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 21 May 2022",
      "This snazzy but pandering miniseries takes a recognizably post-Trump approach to the Nixon administration's dirty tricks . \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Chamisa, a 40-year-old lawyer running on an anti-corruption, pro-employment platform, is obviously the people\u2019s candidate, but can his team buck the dirty tricks and ballot-stuffing of his adversary? \u2014 Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "Experts say campaigns and their supporters are right on time for starting the intense and emotional negativity \u2014 early voting began Tuesday, and with it the electorate should expect to start seeing more dirty tricks . \u2014 Ben Brasch, ajc , 12 Oct. 2021",
      "While the Durham indictment details alleged dirty tricks by the Clinton campaign, there's also a big part of the 2016 story that's missing from it. \u2014 Evan Perez, CNN , 30 Sep. 2021",
      "More recently, Creamer and others tied to Democracy Partners got caught in 2016 on undercover video in Wisconsin talking about hiring agitators to create havoc at campaign rallies for then-GOP candidate Donald Trump and other political dirty tricks . \u2014 Daniel Bice, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 16 Nov. 2021",
      "Because despite the state's tight controls over parties and the dirty tricks of the ruling United Russia, voting can make a difference. \u2014 Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor , 17 Sep. 2021",
      "The former Wall Street banker turned firebrand populist podcaster relished his moment in the spotlight, embracing victimhood in the name of Trumpism just like political dirty tricks master and Trump fan Roger Stone. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 16 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1963, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-015904"
  },
  "dialdehyde":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a chemical compound containing two aldehyde groups"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u012b+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" di- + aldehyde ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-020843"
  },
  "disilicide":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a compound containing two atoms of silicon combined with an element or radical"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u012b+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" di- + silicide ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-020848"
  },
  "disinhume":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": disinter"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6dis+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" dis- entry 1 + inhume ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-021049"
  },
  "domineering":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": inclined to exercise arbitrary and overbearing control over others"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u00e4-m\u0259-\u02c8nir-i\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "authoritarian",
      "authoritative",
      "autocratic",
      "autocratical",
      "bossy",
      "despotic",
      "dictatorial",
      "imperious",
      "masterful",
      "overbearing",
      "peremptory",
      "tyrannical",
      "tyrannic",
      "tyrannous"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the younger children in the family were controlled by a domineering older sister",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Is fashion, an industry anchored by women and gay men, such a victim of stubborn cultural stereotypes that the domineering , fearsome editor is just an eternal archetype? \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
      "Smith has considerable momentum for his justly celebrated (and SAG-winning) turn as Richard Williams, who\u2019s domineering and manipulative in his own ways but utterly guileless by comparison. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Smith has considerable momentum for his justly celebrated (and SAG-winning) turn as Richard Williams, who\u2019s domineering and manipulative in his own ways but utterly guileless by comparison. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Milan had won the previous derby in Serie A back in early February, but the manner of their victory wasn\u2019t as authoritative, as domineering , as Inter\u2019s victory in the Coppa. \u2014 Emmet Gates, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "My Mom Died, McCurdy tracks how her domineering mother pushed her towards becoming a Nickelodeon mainstay, which led to anxiety, shame, and self-loathing that manifested into eating disorders, addiction, and a series of unhealthy relationships. \u2014 Marcus Jones, EW.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "The play is about boys sent to live with their domineering grandma (played by Mason) in 1940s Brooklyn. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Writer-director Shin\u2019s labored attempts to use genre tropes to explore the complexities of domineering mother-daughter relationships never fully develops. \u2014 Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Overshown has a domineering quality that shines through in each role, which is often effective, but other times overrides the character in question. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 10 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1588, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-021428"
  },
  "drop in (on)":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "to make a social call upon as long as we're in town, we should drop in on my aunt"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-021536"
  },
  "dumbfounded":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to confound (see confound sense 1 ) briefly and usually with astonishment",
      ": to make speechless with surprise"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0259m-\u02c8fau\u0307nd",
      "\u02c8d\u0259m-\u02ccfaund",
      "\u02ccd\u0259m-\u02c8fau\u0307nd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "amaze",
      "astonish",
      "astound",
      "bowl over",
      "flabbergast",
      "floor",
      "rock",
      "shock",
      "startle",
      "stun",
      "stupefy",
      "surprise",
      "surprize",
      "thunderstrike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the surprise ending will dumbfound even the most seasoned mystery reader",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Americans this week have been dumbfounded by the unfathomable spectacle of Twitter\u2019s senior management demonstrating responsibility. \u2014 Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker , 29 May 2020",
      "The new boss\u2019s first extensive print interview as CEO left many inside Boeing dumbfounded and angry, said current and former employees. \u2014 Julie Johnsson, Bloomberg.com , 12 May 2020",
      "Longtime Brunswick attorney James Yancey said he was dumbfounded by Barnhill's conclusions. \u2014 al , 7 May 2020",
      "Blackwell was particularly dumbfounded by Spell\u2019s decision to not file for the Paycheck Protection Program made possible by the $2.2 trillion stimulus package that was passed by Congress last month. \u2014 Tanya A. Christian, Essence , 20 Apr. 2020",
      "These two lucky people were eating out and were dumbfounded when a stranger paid for their meal. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 16 Apr. 2020",
      "It will be presented in the theater that housed the (now terminated) Terminator 2: 3D, and, like that attraction, will blend live actors, high-octane effects, and screened footage for a dumbfounding movie-live performance mashup. \u2014 Arthur Levine, USA TODAY , 29 Jan. 2020",
      "Wonders and his teammates, not to mention the fans at Breslin, were dumbfounded on two levels. \u2014 Mick Mccabe, Detroit Free Press , 13 Mar. 2020",
      "Still a minor, Jim stared at his father dumbfounded . \u2014 Gregory Orfalea, Los Angeles Times , 9 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" dumb + -found (as in confound )",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1653, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-021611"
  },
  "depot ship":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a supply and repair ship in a flotilla of small naval vessels (such as destroyers or submarines)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-021750"
  },
  "demine":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove mines and especially unexploded land mines from (an area)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8m\u012bn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1945, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-022217"
  },
  "dreadingly":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in the manner of one that dreads"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-022547"
  },
  "dehumanizing":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": depriving someone of human qualities, personality, or dignity : demeaning or damaging to a person's humanity or individuality"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8(h)y\u00fc-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u012b-zi\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1817, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-022919"
  },
  "devastated":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": brought to a state of ruin or destruction",
      ": emotionally shattered or distraught"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-v\u0259-\u02ccst\u0101-t\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1792, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-023001"
  },
  "deactivate":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make inactive or ineffective",
      ": to make inactive or ineffective",
      ": to deprive of chemical activity"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8ak-t\u0259-\u02ccv\u0101t",
      "(\u02c8)d\u0113-\u02c8ak-t\u0259-\u02ccv\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "kill",
      "shut off",
      "turn off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "activate",
      "actuate",
      "crank (up)",
      "drive",
      "move",
      "propel",
      "run",
      "set off",
      "spark",
      "start",
      "touch off",
      "trigger",
      "turn on"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "deactivate the machine carefully, or you'll risk an electric shock",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "For four weeks prior to the 2018 midterm elections, the authors randomly divided a group of volunteers into two cohorts\u2014one that continued to use Facebook as usual, and another that was paid to deactivate their accounts for that period. \u2014 The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
      "Therefore, the only surefire method is to deactivate RCS altogether. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 18 May 2022",
      "On Tuesday, Zerlina began organizing a Twitter boycott, asking others on social media to deactivate their accounts \u2014 at least temporarily. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Large swaths of Ukraine are littered with explosive ordinances that authorities are trying to deactivate . \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "If you do get stung by a Portuguese Man O' War, experts recommend: spraying vinegar on the wound to help deactivate the venom, scraping the affected skin with a credit card to get rid of any residue, and soaking the affected skin in warm water. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Even so, Levine said Ballad would not deactivate the five-letter search. \u2014 Brett Kelman, CNN , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The Automatic Locking Retractor in the right front, second-row right, and second-row left seat belt assemblies may deactivate before the seat belts are fully retracted, which can result in an unsecured child restraint system. \u2014 USA TODAY , 19 May 2022",
      "Coronaviruses thrive in dry air, and increasing the amount of moisture in the air can help deactivate them, said Linsey Marr, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech. \u2014 Liz Szabo, NBC News , 17 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1926, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-023101"
  },
  "draw pin":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a mortise pin used in a drawbore"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-023533"
  },
  "defenestration":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a throwing of a person or thing out of a window",
      ": a usually swift dismissal or expulsion (as from a political party or office)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02ccfe-n\u0259-\u02c8str\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Yet the zeal and speed of his defenestration should give us some discomfort. \u2014 David Thomas, National Review , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Many sensed the hand of an older brother with an eye on the future in Andrew\u2019s defenestration . \u2014 Simon Usborne, Town & Country , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "And now, in spite of its electoral success, the supposedly more orthodox and settled Johnson administration that followed the defenestration of Cummings and Cain looks increasingly unstable. \u2014 Fintan O\u2019toole, The New York Review of Books , 13 May 2021",
      "Cheney's defenestration and Stefanik's subsequent ascent were an anticlimax, and not just because the switch-a-roo had been choreographed for weeks. \u2014 Gregory Krieg, CNN , 15 May 2021",
      "The last time Fatah lost an election, the opposition celebrated with mass defenestration . \u2014 David Harsanyi, National Review , 20 Apr. 2021",
      "But, in the wake of #MeToo, Time\u2019s Up and Rudin\u2019s defenestration , those narratives are looking increasingly insupportable as generational attitudes shift regarding power, accountability and workplace culture. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2021",
      "But the Hashemites are usually disciplined about showing a united front in public: Prince Hassan accepted his defenestration in silence. \u2014 The Economist , 5 Apr. 2021",
      "But a failure to stem state-level defeats contributed to the defenestration of Mr. Laschet\u2019s predecessor Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, who was Mrs. Merkel\u2019s preferred candidate. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 15 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" de- + Latin fenestra window",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1619, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-023926"
  },
  "dumb down":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to lower the level of difficulty and the intellectual content of (something, such as a textbook)",
      ": to lower the general level of intelligence in"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1933, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-024035"
  },
  "Donatello":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "1386?\u20131466 Donato de Betto di Bardi Florentine sculptor"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u00e4-n\u0259-\u02c8te-(\u02cc)l\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-024111"
  },
  "Domine, quo vadis?":{
    "type":[
      "Latin quotation from the apocryphal Acts of"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": Lord, where are you going?"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022f-mi-\u02ccne kw\u014d-\u02c8w\u00e4-dis",
      "-\u02c8v\u00e4-d\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-024706"
  },
  "demon drink":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": alcoholic drink"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1829, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-025015"
  },
  "demount":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove from a mounted position",
      ": disassemble"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8mau\u0307nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break down",
      "disassemble",
      "dismantle",
      "dismember",
      "dismount",
      "knock down",
      "strike",
      "take down"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "assemble",
      "construct"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "soldiers were expected to be able to demount and reassemble their weapons"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1930, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-025043"
  },
  "DeMille":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Agnes George 1905\u20131993 American dancer and choreographer",
      "1881\u20131959 American film director and producer"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8mil",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8mil"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-025358"
  },
  "Dedham":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "town in eastern Massachusetts southwest of Boston population 24,729"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-d\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-025622"
  },
  "discommodious":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun,"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": inconvenient , troublesome"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6dis+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" dis- entry 1 + commodious ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-025631"
  },
  "disharmonism":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": disharmonic state : disharmony"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259s\u02c8h\u00e4rm\u0259\u02ccniz\u0259m",
      "(\u02c8)dis\u02c8-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-030654"
  },
  "deserve":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to be worthy of : merit",
      ": to be worthy, fit, or suitable for some reward or requital",
      ": to have earned because of some act or quality"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8z\u0259rv",
      "di-\u02c8z\u0259rv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "earn",
      "merit",
      "rate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the team really deserved that victory after the way they played",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "That opens the door for arguments that fetuses deserve legal protection, legal experts said. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
      "Across the country, Democrats have argued for years that Iowa\u2019s caucuses no longer deserve to kick off such an important process. \u2014 Brianne Pfannenstiel, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
      "Democrats want to move on to another tax-and-spend reconciliation bill, but legislators deserve time to consider the biggest change in gun and safety laws in decades. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 22 June 2022",
      "Gibney adds that some, not all, stories deserve both. \u2014 Addie Morfoot, Variety , 17 June 2022",
      "But even if Curry might deserve the most credit for this championship, Golden State wouldn\u2019t be here without contributions throughout the organization. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 June 2022",
      "Complex alien minds are all around us and deserve more of our curiosity and respect. \u2014 Amy Brady, Scientific American , 16 June 2022",
      "Of course, not all of the accidents were caused directly by system errors, but some cases of accidents with such machines deserve special attention. \u2014 Alex Polyakov, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "So much of what seems new today in science fiction builds on the work that came before it, and writers like Meryll and Zoline deserve reintroduction to the modern reader. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French deservir , from Latin deservire to devote oneself to, from de- + servire to serve",
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-030724"
  },
  "deign":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop",
      ": to condescend to give or offer",
      ": to do something a person considers below his or her dignity"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101n",
      "\u02c8d\u0101n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "condescend",
      "stoop"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "I wouldn't deign to answer that absurd accusation.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The UConn administration did not deign to participate in the ensuing debate, despite the growing escalation and vitriol. \u2014 Aron Ravin, National Review , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "Her dazzling turn in Hustlers\u2014as the Lucite-cool veteran stripper queen Ramona\u2014once again reminded moviegoers how much Lopez has to offer as a dramatic actor, even if the Academy didn\u2019t deign to notice. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "At the beginning of her career, Hayek had to develop these inventive looks independently, as many luxury brands wouldn\u2019t deign to dress her. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 2 Sep. 2021",
      "If your dog won\u2019t deign to sip from a dish, consider giving this slick and smart dog water bottle from PupFlask a try. \u2014 Sara Coughlin, SELF , 8 July 2021",
      "The new responsum, in effect, leaves L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics in limbo, trying to make sense of a Church that will not deign to bless their lives. \u2014 Paul Elie, The New Yorker , 23 Mar. 2021",
      "CBS Sports, the broadcast and business partner of the NCAA, promotes its interactive men\u2019s backet but won\u2019t even deign to offer an interactive women\u2019s bracket. \u2014 Christine Brennan, USA TODAY , 21 Mar. 2021",
      "Some alumni of prestigious schools won\u2019t deign to wear their own school\u2019s gear, anyway. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 18 Jan. 2021",
      "The Supreme Court didn\u2019t even deign to hear his legal arguments about voter fraud. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 29 Dec. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French deigner , from Latin dignare, dignari , from dignus worthy \u2014 more at decent ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-031456"
  },
  "dissenting":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of or relating to the English Nonconformists"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sen-ti\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dissentient",
      "dissident",
      "heretical",
      "heretic",
      "heterodox",
      "iconoclastic",
      "maverick",
      "nonconformist",
      "nonorthodox",
      "out-there",
      "unconventional",
      "unorthodox"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "conforming",
      "conformist",
      "conventional",
      "orthodox"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "dissenting views were ruthlessly suppressed under the dictatorship",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The new gun law was passed by New Zealand\u2019s parliament near-unanimously, with only a single dissenting vote. \u2014 Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 May 2022",
      "Los Angeles City Councilwoman Nithya Raman was the sole dissenting vote. \u2014 Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "No Russian official who spoke gave a dissenting view. \u2014 Nomaan Merchant And Vladimir Isachenkov, Anchorage Daily News , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "But others said no harm would be done by allowing the restaurant owner to express a dissenting view. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Nov. 2021",
      "The House approved its map, 158-1, last week, with Representative Lenny Mirra, a Georgetown Republican, providing the lone dissenting vote. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 Oct. 2021",
      "Keith Carson, president of the Board of Supervisors, was the lone dissenting vote on the resolution, sayng the county needs to spend its money on hospitals and social service programs. \u2014 Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "Councilman Mario Bravo abstained from voting on the budget and property tax rate, and Councilman Clayton Perry supported the budget but cast a single dissenting vote against keeping the tax rate at 55.8 cents per $100 of valuation. \u2014 Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News , 16 Sep. 2021",
      "Councilmember Chris Cate was the sole dissenting vote. \u2014 Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1644, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-031835"
  },
  "deglaze":{
    "type":[
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove the glaze from",
      ": to dissolve the small particles of saut\u00e9ed meat remaining in (a pan) by adding a liquid and heating"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8gl\u0101z"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb (2)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb (1)",
      "circa 1889, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb (2)",
      "1968, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-032013"
  },
  "Dei gratia":{
    "type":[
      "Latin phrase"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": by the grace of God"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-\u02cc\u0113-\u02c8gr\u00e4-t\u0113-\u02cc\u00e4"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-032144"
  },
  "drapes":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cover or adorn with or as if with folds of cloth",
      ": to cause to hang or stretch out loosely or carelessly",
      ": to arrange in flowing lines or folds",
      ": to become arranged in folds",
      ": arrangement in or of folds",
      ": a drapery especially for a window : curtain",
      ": a sterile covering used in an operating room",
      ": the cut or hang of clothing",
      ": to decorate or cover with or as if with folds of cloth",
      ": to arrange or hang in flowing lines",
      ": drapery sense 1",
      ": to shroud or enclose with surgical drapes",
      ": a sterile covering used in an operating room"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101p",
      "\u02c8dr\u0101p",
      "\u02c8dr\u0101p"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "adorn",
      "array",
      "beautify",
      "bedeck",
      "bedizen",
      "blazon",
      "caparison",
      "deck",
      "decorate",
      "do",
      "do up",
      "doll up",
      "dress",
      "embellish",
      "emblaze",
      "emboss",
      "enrich",
      "fancify",
      "fancy up",
      "festoon",
      "garnish",
      "glitz (up)",
      "grace",
      "gussy up",
      "ornament",
      "pretty (up)",
      "trim"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "curtains",
      "drapery"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "We'll drape strings of lights between the trees for the party.",
      "a trophy wife who invariably appears at events draped in furs and diamonds",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "This blanket may not have the feel of a luxurious cashmere touch of the Herm\u00e8s blanket, but the super soft microfiber flannel fabric is still perfect to nap with, or to simply drape across your couch for an inviting look. \u2014 Amina Khan, USA TODAY , 10 May 2022",
      "Your mother-in-law can pop it in the microwave for one minute, and then drape it around her neck or shoulders to soothe any aches and pains after a long day. \u2014 Martha Sorren, Woman's Day , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Made from 100 percent organic cotton jersey, the shirts are impossibly light and drape like your favorite vintage tee, while a subtle boxy cut feels flattering and modern. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "It was decided to spread some on tables, hang some on large wooden drying racks and drape others over quilt racks standing atop the tables. \u2014 Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Big sycamore trees drape the stream, with oaks and pines filling the canyon. \u2014 Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Then, to trap the steam, drape the towel over your whole head and let your face peek out so the hot water can reach your skin. \u2014 Mara Santilli, SELF , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Napping beauties can drape themselves in Sleeper\u2019s fantasy of eco rayon capes and silky sets of smocked bralettes and boxers. \u2014 Vogue , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "Liberals and Democrats would do well to take the opening they\u2019ve been given, drape themselves in the Founders and the Constitution, and cast themselves as the guardians of principals that should be allowed to endure. \u2014 Simon Lazarus, The New Republic , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The strapless dress had a body-hugging mermaid silhouette and featured a drape detailing at the waist that tied into a large bow at her back. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 May 2022",
      "The drape back adds an elegant touch and the side slits allow for movement. \u2014 Raena Loper, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
      "The material is made of modal, a fiber which typically feels super soft and lightweight with a characteristic drape -y look. \u2014 Grace Wu, Good Housekeeping , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Crombie coats are a fixture\u2014but infused with a subtle sense of irreverence: trousers are often cut wide for a louche drape , traditional tailoring is spliced with utilitarian details, leather and punchy colors make frequent appearances. \u2014 Kristopher Fraser, Robb Report , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "After Fernandes is lowered to the floor, dancers circle her; most file out, but a few drape themselves on top of her body before another duet begins. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Jackets also had feminine cutouts, and were adorned with thick ornamental chains that drape , without enclosing. \u2014 Colleen Barry, ajc , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "So, when fashion\u2019s pendulum began swinging back in favor of looser fits, longer lengths and dramatic drape , the polo coat was perfectly positioned to seize the moment. \u2014 Eric Twardzik, Robb Report , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Tender morsels of chicken in a velvety green drape of pureed cilantro and cashews add up to a superlative korma, simply streaked with chile oil. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1847, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1889, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-032452"
  },
  "doctor":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an eminent theologian declared a sound expounder of doctrine by the Roman Catholic Church",
      ": a learned or authoritative teacher",
      ": a person who has earned one of the highest academic degrees (such as a PhD) conferred by a university",
      ": a person awarded an honorary doctorate (such as an LLD or Litt D ) by a college or university",
      ": a person skilled or specializing in healing arts",
      ": one (such as a physician, dentist, or veterinarian) who holds an advanced degree and is licensed to practice",
      ": medicine man",
      ": material added (as to food) to produce a desired effect",
      ": a blade (as of metal) for spreading a coating or scraping a surface",
      ": a person who restores, repairs, or fine-tunes things",
      ": to give medical treatment to",
      ": to restore to good condition : repair",
      ": to adapt or modify for a desired end by alteration or special treatment",
      ": to alter deceptively",
      ": to practice medicine",
      ": to take medicine",
      ": a person (as a physician or veterinarian) skilled and specializing in the art of healing",
      ": to use remedies on or for",
      ": to practice medicine",
      ": a person who has earned one of the highest academic degrees (as a PhD) conferred by a university",
      ": a person awarded an honorary doctorate by a college or university",
      ": a person skilled or specializing in healing arts",
      ": one (as a physician, dentist, or veterinarian) who holds an advanced degree and is licensed to practice",
      ": to give medical treatment to",
      ": castrate sense 1 , spay",
      ": to practice medicine"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4k-t\u0259r",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4k-t\u0259r",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4k-t\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "croaker",
      "doc",
      "medic",
      "medico",
      "physician",
      "sawbones"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "treat"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Miller stars as rich 16-year-old hemophiliac Tucker Bryant, one of the earliest patients of Hamptons concierge doctor Hank Lawson (Mark Feuerstein). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
      "This time around, Moss\u2019 team included a doctor \u2014Lieutenant James M. Kennedy, the regiment\u2019s assistant surgeon\u2014and a reporter, Edward H. Boos of the Daily Missoulian. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 June 2022",
      "YouTube\u2019s favorite doctor , Dr. Mike Varshavski, swears by this non-greasy, featherweight moisturizer from Murad for his nightly routine. \u2014 Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR , 14 June 2022",
      "In the photo, Tommy also finds his doctor , Holford, who told Tommy about his Tuberculoma diagnosis. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 13 June 2022",
      "Of course, these theories should not replace doctor consultations. \u2014 Madeleine Streets, SELF , 13 June 2022",
      "But Phreesia doesn\u2019t just make money by selling its software to doctor \u2019s offices. \u2014 Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
      "Palin, Republican businessman Nick Begich III and independent fisherman and doctor Al Gross, who ran for Senate in 2020, are seen as the most likely to make it to the next round. \u2014 Aaron Navarro, CBS News , 10 June 2022",
      "Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles and 89 others have filed a suit against the FBI seeking more than $1 Billion dollars for the agency\u2019s failure to protect them from disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar. \u2014 Ashlee Banks, Essence , 10 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "McGraw also swiped Baltimore\u2019s groundskeeper, Tom Murphy, a cagey fellow known to doctor the field to favor the home team. \u2014 Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun , 16 June 2022",
      "Sometimes there\u2019s nothing to doctor , but the placebo effect of a Band-Aid cannot be overstated. \u2014 Rachel Walker, Outside Online , 22 Apr. 2019",
      "Strandholt went to work and to doctor \u2019s appointments but otherwise self-isolated as much as possible for fear of catching COVID-19. \u2014 Alex Putterman, courant.com , 27 Feb. 2022",
      "Novartis is betting that fewer visits to doctor offices for injection of PCSK9 antibodies more than justifies the higher price for Leqvio. \u2014 John Lamattina, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022",
      "Major League Baseball is finally going to enforce the rules that ban pitchers from using foreign substances to doctor the ball while on the mound, but some players think the new policy is an over-correction. \u2014 Tim O'donnell, The Week , 15 June 2021",
      "One of our most historically dependable faculties \u2014 sight \u2014 has been rendered unreliable as criminals \u2014 and cops \u2014 can doctor footage. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 Oct. 2021",
      "Those who worked on site spent less time going to doctor \u2019s appointments and physical therapy, as fewer sick days were reported. \u2014 Virginia Lau, Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir, Anchorage Daily News , 17 Oct. 2021",
      "That person could make sure Leslie took his 12 medications, drive the couple to doctor appointments and morning Mass, and prepare lunch. \u2014 Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1712, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-032549"
  },
  "duffel":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a coarse heavy woolen material with a thick nap",
      ": transportable personal belongings, equipment, and supplies",
      ": duffel bag",
      ": duffle coat"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259-f\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Bags included duffel -bucket combo shaped by the word FENDI cut out in leather; a denim Peekaboo incorporated as an external water bottle holder and bright shoppers were made out of recycled plastic. \u2014 Colleen Barry, ajc , 18 June 2022",
      "Bring a new piece of luggage, backpack, duffel or new package of socks for the luggage and sock drive to benefit San Diego\u2019s homeless shelters and San Pasqual Academy and receive a special drink. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2022",
      "What\u2019s really troubling, Ramirez said, is that plants stuffed in duffel bags and left in warehouses develop mold or fungus on the leaves, a distasteful thought for people looking to use white sage for medicinal reasons. \u2014 Jeanette Marantosstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "This roomy duffel is hardy enough to lug gym gear or ferry his cargo for a weekend in the country and is guaranteed to attract approving nods from in-the-know menswear aficionados. \u2014 Kareem Rashed, Robb Report , 16 Nov. 2021",
      "The duffel is lightweight, zips entirely flat for storage or travel, and features one deep interior pocket and one exterior quick-access pocket. \u2014 Jordi Lippe-mcgraw, Forbes , 11 June 2021",
      "With two gray duffel bags between them, Besidovska, her daughter and her 20-year-old sister, Marina, headed by bus to Lviv, a major city near the Polish border that has been a gateway to safety since the war began. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "The items that will be exempted include certain kinds of bicycle parts, electric motors, machinery, chemicals, seafood and duffel bags. \u2014 Josh Zumbrun, wsj.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Others lug their gear in rolling suitcases or duffel bags. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Dutch duffel , from Duffel , Belgium",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1677, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-032721"
  },
  "detecter":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": detector"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-kt\u0259(r)"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"by alteration (influenced by English -er )",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-032936"
  },
  "distribution":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or process of distributing",
      ": the act or process of apportioning by a court the personal property of an intestate",
      ": the position, arrangement, or frequency of occurrence (as of the members of a group) over an area or throughout a space or unit of time",
      ": the natural geographic range of an organism",
      ": something distributed",
      ": such as",
      ": a sum of money withdrawn from a fund (such as a retirement fund) and given to the beneficiary (see beneficiary sense 2b ) or holder of the fund",
      ": dividend sense 1a",
      ": frequency distribution",
      ": probability function",
      ": probability density function sense 2",
      ": the pattern of branching and termination (see termination sense 4 ) of a ramifying structure (such as a nerve)",
      ": the marketing or merchandising of commodities",
      ": the act of giving out or delivering to",
      ": the way things are divided or spread out",
      ": something given out or delivered to or divided among",
      ": the pattern of branching and termination of a ramifying anatomical structure (as a nerve or artery)",
      ": the act or process of distributing: as",
      ": the apportionment by a court of the property and especially personal property of an intestate among those entitled to it according to statute \u2014 compare descent , devise",
      ": the payment or transfer to a beneficiary of interest to which he or she is entitled under a trust",
      ": the transfer by a corporation or mutual fund of money or property to a shareholder in his or her capacity as a shareholder",
      ": the initial offering to the public of a security by a corporation",
      ": the delivery of a controlled substance",
      ": something distributed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdi-str\u0259-\u02c8by\u00fc-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccdi-str\u0259-\u02c8by\u00fc-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccdis-tr\u0259-\u02c8by\u00fc-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccdis-tr\u0259-\u02c8by\u00fc-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "admeasurement",
      "allocation",
      "allotment",
      "apportionment",
      "disbursement",
      "dispensation",
      "division",
      "issuance"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "AMO Pictures, a production and distribution company that mostly focuses on content for online platforms, came onto the film as a co-producer which allowed the dream of making a feature film in Ukraine in 2022 a reality. \u2014 Morayo Ogunbayo, ajc , 27 June 2022",
      "Many kayak manufacturers are still experiencing delays in production and distribution due to the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 Chantae Reden, Popular Mechanics , 21 June 2022",
      "Production and distribution of new product would likely be delayed for several weeks \u2013 but there is currently enough supply to meet demand until production begins again, Abbott said. \u2014 Wyatte Grantham-philips, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
      "The natural gas distribution company has about 133,000 customers in Canada. \u2014 Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News , 27 May 2022",
      "In this view, looser monetary policy that helps lift wages at the bottom of the income distribution may be worth the risks that high inflation brings. \u2014 Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 May 2022",
      "Since the 1920s the site south of East Washington Street has hosted a variety of businesses, including a coal distribution company, a gas station, a building materials manufacturer and a polishing and plating company. \u2014 Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star , 24 May 2022",
      "Hydro One, Ontario\u2019s biggest electricity distribution company, said in a tweet on Sunday that crews were responding to significant damage. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 23 May 2022",
      "This increase will give a boost to those at the low end of the income distribution , who particularly need it due to the sharp increase in housing prices and rents that the state has experienced. \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-033752"
  },
  "dispensation":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a general state or ordering of things",
      ": a system of revealed (see reveal entry 1 sense 1 ) commands and promises regulating human affairs",
      ": a particular arrangement or provision especially of providence or nature",
      ": an exemption from a law or from an impediment, vow, or oath",
      ": a formal authorization",
      ": the act of dispensing",
      ": something dispensed or distributed",
      ": the act of dispensing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdi-sp\u0259n-\u02c8s\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "-\u02ccspen-",
      "\u02ccdis-p\u0259n-\u02c8s\u0101-sh\u0259n, -\u02ccpen-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "admeasurement",
      "allocation",
      "allotment",
      "apportionment",
      "disbursement",
      "distribution",
      "division",
      "issuance"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The priest asked for dispensation from his vows.",
      "The state gave the town a special dispensation , allowing it to ignore the law in this case.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "No plot summary can do justice to a story woven this carefully, whose strength lies in its deliberate pacing and sharp dispensation of detail. \u2014 New York Times , 16 May 2022",
      "The cream of the current crop of young Indian documentary filmmakers were on fire during the annual Doc Day at the Cannes Film Market, discussing ways of expressing dissent within India\u2019s current political dispensation . \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 24 May 2022",
      "In the new dispensation , rituals and law would largely be replaced by faith, and a people\u2019s spiritual history supplanted for the sake of a purportedly more sweeping vision. \u2014 Edward Rothstein, WSJ , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "The real distinction is between these new right groups, on the one hand, and those who remain loyal to the old Reaganite dispensation , which is best understood as right-leaning liberalism, on the other. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Bullock hoped that after meeting Williams in person, the school would allow some dispensation from the policy, but the school's administration just referred them back to the student handbook for the dress code policy. \u2014 Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The war started as the season of lent started, Kushnir said, though the church gives a dispensation for lent, a time of fasting, during times of war. \u2014 Alexandra Kukulka, chicagotribune.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Cast and crew resumed work in July after British authorities gave the production special dispensation to skip a mandatory 14-day quarantine. \u2014 Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Guests at Valentino had to present a special dispensation card to simply get in to the area. \u2014 Thomas Adamson, ajc , 7 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see dispense ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-033919"
  },
  "Dibranchia":{
    "type":[
      "adjective or noun",
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a subclass or order of Cephalopoda including the squids and octopuses, being characterized by 2 gills, 2 auricles, 2 nephridia, an apparatus for emitting an inky fluid, and either 8 or 10 cephalic arms bearing suckers or hooks, and comprising all living cephalopods except those of the genus Nautilus"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u012b\u02c8bra\u014bk\u0113\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"New Latin, from di- + Greek branchia gills",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-035112"
  },
  "devitalize":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deprive of life, vigor, or effectiveness",
      ": to deprive of life or vitality: as",
      ": to refine (as foodstuffs) to the point that essential or desirable constituents are lost",
      ": to subject (a tooth or its pulp) to devitalization"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8v\u012b-t\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "castrate",
      "damp",
      "dampen",
      "deaden",
      "dehydrate",
      "desiccate",
      "enervate",
      "geld",
      "lobotomize",
      "petrify"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "brace",
      "energize",
      "enliven",
      "invigorate",
      "quicken",
      "stimulate",
      "vitalize",
      "vivify"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "overuse has devitalized many a once-striking figure of speech",
      "she was devitalized by the infection"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1849, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-035440"
  },
  "distrustingly":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in a distrustful manner"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-035642"
  },
  "delight in":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to be very happy because of (something) : to enjoy (something) very much"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-035830"
  },
  "deacon seat":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a bench usually of split logs extending along the front of the bunks in a lumberjack's bunkhouse"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-040752"
  },
  "data bank":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": database"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Liliya Onyshchenko-Shvets, the director of Lviv\u2019s cultural heritage office, initiated an online data bank that allows museum directors across Ukraine to report war damage and identify their needs. \u2014 Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine , 5 May 2022",
      "Despite being known in Texas as a doctor to avoid (at least among professional peers), and despite a report to the data bank and an investigation into his cases by the state medical board, Duntsch continued to be hired. \u2014 Mahita Gajanan, Time , 16 July 2021",
      "The responses flowed into the data bank of Billy Chat, a robot that uses artificial intelligence to text. \u2014 Nina Agrawal, Los Angeles Times , 9 Mar. 2021",
      "Kaper knew that the odds were low that a man born in India and raised in the Netherlands could find his genetic relatives in an American data bank . \u2014 Bhavya Dore, Quartz , 20 Oct. 2020",
      "The public can search the data bank for state or national numbers, but not the names of doctors disciplined. \u2014 Jayne O'donnell, USA TODAY , 8 Sep. 2020",
      "When potential clients contact the center, they are screened and their information is entered into the hunger center\u2019s data bank . \u2014 cleveland , 1 June 2020",
      "Using its elaborate data bank , Trump\u2019s team is focused on maximizing turnout of rural white voters. \u2014 Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times , 9 Mar. 2020",
      "National data bank for background checks The patients at Hacienda and other intermediate-care facilities need highly specialized care because of severe and complex medical needs. \u2014 Stephanie Innes, azcentral , 13 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1966, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-040801"
  },
  "denoting":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to serve as an indication of : betoken",
      ": to serve as an arbitrary mark for",
      ": to make known : announce",
      ": to serve as a linguistic expression of the notion of : mean",
      ": to stand for : designate",
      ": to serve as a mark or indication of",
      ": to have the meaning of : mean"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8n\u014dt",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8n\u014dt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "express",
      "import",
      "intend",
      "mean",
      "signify",
      "spell"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The word \u201cderby\u201d can denote a horse race or a kind of hat.",
      "Her death denoted the end of an era.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Also, use statistics whenever possible and numbers to denote the size or amount to illustrate the magnitude of your accomplishments. \u2014 Robin Ryan, Forbes , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "By one measure, Syrda's study could denote progress; there are enough women breadwinners in the dataset to come to these statistically significant conclusions. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe And Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "In this scene, the blue and yellow subtitles denote two simultaneous, contradictory conversations. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Winding green arrows denote the birds\u2019 migratory paths \u2014 which transcend geographical borders, Carr notes \u2014 and meandering red lines represent the L.A. area freeway system. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Skipping the capitalization or leaving off a question mark doesn\u2019t denote a lack of respect. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 May 2016",
      "The name could be a contraction (L.A.\u2019s n/naka, for owner Niki Nakiyama\u2019s first and last name), or denote a meaningful phrase (Mi Tocaya\u2014meaning my namesake\u2014Antojeria in Chicago). \u2014 Maggie Hennessy, Bon App\u00e9tit , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "The show uses different colors to denote when a character is speaking one language or the other. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "In the wake of the Great Depression, when the federal government graded neighborhoods in hundreds of cities for real estate investment, Black and immigrant areas were typically outlined in red on maps to denote risky places to lend. \u2014 Raymond Zhong, New York Times , 9 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle French denoter , from Latin denotare , from de- + notare to note",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1562, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-041012"
  },
  "decree arbitral":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a sentence proceeding on a submission to arbitration"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"alteration (influenced by English decree entry 1 ) of earlier decreet arbitral , from Middle English (Scots) decreite arbitrale , from Middle English decreite, decret decreet + arbitrale, arbitral arbitral",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-041157"
  },
  "distills":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of distills present tense third person singular of distill"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-041318"
  },
  "discount broker":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one who makes a business of discounting commercial paper usually as an agent"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1799, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-041623"
  },
  "du jour":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": made for a particular day",
      ": popular, fashionable, or prominent at a particular time"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u00fc-\u02c8zh\u0259r",
      "d\u0259-",
      "-\u02c8zhu\u0307r",
      "-\u02c8zh\u00fcr"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "big",
      "crowd-pleasing",
      "faddish",
      "faddy",
      "fashionable",
      "favorite",
      "happening",
      "hot",
      "in",
      "large",
      "modish",
      "pop",
      "popular",
      "popularized",
      "red-hot",
      "vogue",
      "voguish"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "out",
      "unfashionable",
      "unpopular"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Our soup du jour is chicken noodle.",
      "Long hair was the style du jour .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Nice Save Leave it to Self-Portrait to take summer's daytime print du jour into evening eventwear. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 15 June 2022",
      "The modular sofa has become the seat du jour at Salone and beyond, with nearly every major brand launching another take on the ever-customizable design year after year. \u2014 Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor , 14 June 2022",
      "Crypto jobs seem to be the role du jour that\u2019s on shaky ground, considering how volatile the digital currency market has become in recent weeks. \u2014 Jane Thier, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
      "At a time when European artists were considered the cultural contributors du jour , Tiffany became one of the first Americans to get acclaim abroad. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 9 June 2022",
      "Despite mounting concerns, inevitably, planning for the future takes a backseat to the labors du jour . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022",
      "And ideally, it would be tailored to better match the circulating strains du jour , which, for now, requires at least some nod to Omicron and its offshoots. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 23 May 2022",
      "When swing and big band was the music du jour , Glenn Miller and his orchestra were at the top of the heap. \u2014 Annie Alleman, Chicago Tribune , 22 May 2022",
      "Who will impress the judges, and whose dishes will succumb to the ridiculous disasters du jour ? \u2014 Marc Berman, Forbes , 19 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"French, literally, of the day",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1786, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-042634"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "definitions":[
      ": bygone",
      ": having died especially recently"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8p\u00e4r-t\u0259d",
      "d\u0113-"
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    "synonyms":[
      "bygone",
      "bypast",
      "dead",
      "defunct",
      "done",
      "expired",
      "extinct",
      "gone",
      "nonextant",
      "vanished"
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      "alive",
      "existent",
      "existing",
      "extant",
      "living"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a few crumbling ruins are all that remain of that departed civilization",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The departed executives collectively had put in more than 100 years of work for the Raiders, with most of their tenures stretching back to when Al Davis was still alive. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
      "Micky Dolenz is going to honor his departed Monkees bandmates Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, and Davy Jones with a special tour. \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "Each of the departed defensive coaches had, at some point, raved about the Californian\u2019s makeup and commitment to his craft. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "Once their segment ended, Dickerson reached down and gave her a long bear hug, and as her wheelchair was pushed offstage, the two departed hand in hand. \u2014 Nancy Kruh, PEOPLE.com , 11 Nov. 2021",
      "Mattocks was once a fixture with Jamaica's national team, and Schantz hopes Mattocks can help fill the void left by departed high-scoring forward Rufat Dadashov, whom the club transferred to Germany's FC Schalke II. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 20 Aug. 2021",
      "That\u2019s not getting into the free-agent millions for departed pieces like Erik Flowers and Ted Karras. \u2014 Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com , 18 Aug. 2021",
      "True, Marvel prefers not to tarnish its departed heroes\u2019 images. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 9 July 2021",
      "Another picture incorporates a list of departed Black luminaries spelled out in glitter. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 22 Feb. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-042738"
  },
  "divers":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "pronoun, plural in construction"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": various sense 1",
      ": an indefinite number more than one"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b-v\u0259rz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "manifold",
      "multifarious",
      "myriad"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "the state fair offers divers amusements for the whole family"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Pronoun, plural in construction",
      "1528, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-043338"
  },
  "defiguration":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": disfiguration"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle French defigurer, desfigurer to disfigure + English -ation ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-043750"
  },
  "Dax":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "commune in the coastal region of Landes, southwestern France, on the Adour River northeast of Biarritz population 20,665"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4ks"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-044126"
  },
  "dropper fly":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dropper sense 1a"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-045013"
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  "decorament":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": ornament , decoration"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dek(\u0259)r\u0259m\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Late Latin decoramentum , from Latin decorare + -mentum -ment",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-045442"
  },
  "desperadoism":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a wave or period of unusual activity by desperadoes"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u014d\u02cciz\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-045748"
  },
  "disclamation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": renunciation , disavowal"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-kl\u0259-\u02c8m\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1602, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-050032"
  },
  "distillment":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": distillation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-050255"
  },
  "de-skill":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to reduce the level of skill needed for (a job)",
      ": to reduce the level of skill needed for a job by (a worker)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113-\u02c8skil"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1941, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-051403"
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  "dook":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a haulage incline at a mine"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fck",
      "\""
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-051422"
  },
  "doctorand":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a candidate for a doctorate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6d\u00e4kt\u0259\u00a6rand"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Medieval Latin doctorandus , gerundive of doctorare ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-052448"
  },
  "dedendum circle":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the circle touching the bottom of the spaces between the teeth of a gear wheel"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-052526"
  },
  "datura":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of a genus ( Datura ) of widely distributed strong-scented herbs, shrubs, or trees of the nightshade family including some used as sources of medicinal alkaloids (such as stramonium) or in folk rites or illicitly for their poisonous, narcotic, or hallucinogenic properties \u2014 compare jimsonweed",
      ": a genus of widely distributed strong-scented herbs, shrubs, or trees of the family Solanaceae including some used as sources of medicinal alkaloids (as stramonium from jimsonweed) or in folk rites or illicitly for their poisonous, narcotic, or hallucinogenic properties",
      ": any plant or flower of the genus Datura"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8t(y)u\u0307r-\u0259",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8t(y)u\u0307r-\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"ultimately from Hindi dhat\u016br\u0101 jimsonweed (or a cognate descendant of Sanskrit dhatt\u016bra\u1e25 )",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1598, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-053103"
  },
  "dangleberry":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a huckleberry ( Gaylussacia frondosa ) of the eastern U.S. with pink flowers and sweet blue fruit"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-053601"
  },
  "delectation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": delight , enjoyment"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113-\u02cclek-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "di-",
      "\u02ccde-l\u0259k-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "delight",
      "feast",
      "gas",
      "joy",
      "kick",
      "manna",
      "pleasure",
      "treat"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Here is some chocolate for your delectation .",
      "tourists enjoying the delectations of this tropical paradise for the first time",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "That episode winds up coming full circle to involve Saul and Caprice in a stunt that will put their competitors (a dervish-dancing man who has sprouted multiple ears; a woman who mutilates herself for the delectation of the elite) to shame. \u2014 Ann Hornaday, Washington Post , 1 June 2022",
      "That show presented the cultures of colonized peoples in Africa and Asia for the delectation of bourgeois westerners, spurring a profound counter-reaction among Asian and African intellectuals. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "In a 1785 painting, the bend of her body and her over-the-shoulder glance invite delectation ; her white garb conjures Ancient Greece or Rome. \u2014 Cate Mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "Herewith, for your holiday-reading delectation , a list of 31 notable long-form pieces from 2021. \u2014 Mark Robinson, Wired , 22 Dec. 2021",
      "The irony of the underprivileged dying for the delectation of foreign V.I.P.s is a concept that travels well, as Netflix has discovered, but Hwang\u2019s stylishly blunt critique of capitalist spectacle may land even harder at home. \u2014 The New Yorker , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "Ducournau\u2014whose previous film, the 2016 Raw, detailed the exploits of a cannibalistic veterinary student\u2014works hard to titillate us in the movie\u2019s first hour or so, spreading out a buffet of gruesome, deadpan violence for our delectation . \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "Their streaming-series collaboration appeals to the lip-smacking delectation of liberals who have bought into the race-gender historical conceit of the 1619 Project and critical race theory. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 12 May 2021",
      "One large specimen, displayed regally on a tray, is taken out for public delectation like a Renoir painting, and a crowd lines up for the privilege of taking a brief sniff. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 5 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-054026"
  },
  "dismal Jimmy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a man noted for depressing pessimistic predictions and frame of mind"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8jimi"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"from Jimmy, Jemmy , nickname for James ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-054540"
  },
  "deacons' court":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a court in some Presbyterian churches consisting of the minister or ministers, elders, and deacons of a congregation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-054630"
  },
  "desert armor":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a concentration of pebbles and boulders on the surface of the ground in a desert resulting from removal of sand and dust particles by the wind and protecting the underlying material from further wind erosion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-054849"
  },
  "descender":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the part of a lowercase letter (such as p) that descends below the main body of the letter",
      ": a letter that has such a part"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sen-d\u0259r",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-\u02ccsen-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1802, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-060211"
  },
  "dattock":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a tropical African tree ( Detarium senegalense ) of the family Leguminosae having rounded to oval pods with a sweet edible pulp and a single oily edible seed",
      ": the hard dark reddish brown intricately figured wood of the dattock"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dat\u0259k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Wolof detah, ditah ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-060301"
  },
  "doo-doo":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": feces",
      ": in trouble"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-(\u02cc)d\u00fc"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dirt",
      "dropping",
      "dung",
      "excrement",
      "excreta",
      "feces",
      "ordure",
      "poop",
      "scat",
      "slops",
      "soil",
      "waste"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"baby talk",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1948, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-060622"
  },
  "desiringly":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": longingly , yearningly"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-061038"
  },
  "Dadaism":{
    "type":[
      "adjective,",
      "noun",
      "noun or adjective,"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dada :",
      ": a movement in art and literature based on deliberate irrationality and negation of traditional artistic values",
      ": the art and literature produced by this movement"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-(\u02cc)d\u00e4-\u02cci-z\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"French dada\u00efsme ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1918, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-061249"
  },
  "docquet":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of docquet archaic variant of docket"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-062613"
  },
  "deludingly":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in a manner calculated to delude"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-063107"
  },
  "drapped":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of drapped past tense of drap"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-063741"
  },
  "discriminatory":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": discriminative sense 1",
      ": applying or favoring discrimination in treatment",
      ": showing discrimination : being unfair",
      ": applying discrimination in treatment",
      ": having unlawful discrimination as an effect"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8skri-m\u0259-n\u0259-\u02cct\u022fr-\u0113",
      "-\u02c8skrim-n\u0259-",
      "di-\u02c8skrim-\u0259-n\u0259-\u02cct\u022fr-\u0113",
      "dis-\u02c8kri-m\u0259-n\u0259-\u02cct\u014dr-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "differential",
      "discriminating",
      "discriminational",
      "discriminative"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "nondiscriminatory"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The law prohibits discriminatory hiring practices.",
      "a company that was fined for its discriminatory practices in the hiring of women",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Milligan argued in court papers that the city had valid, reasonable and non- discriminatory grounds for Hollins\u2019 demotion. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 May 2022",
      "The complaint, detailed in Hochul's press release, calls for Amazon to adopt non- discriminatory policies regarding requests for reasonable accommodations, to train employees on the Human Rights Law, and pay civil fines to the state of New York. \u2014 Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG , 19 May 2022",
      "These efforts include making sure all of our departments, operations, and practices - especially hiring practices - are inclusive and non- discriminatory . \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 17 May 2022",
      "The judge found there were non- discriminatory explanations for the series of events that followed the incident at a prison Christmas party. \u2014 Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Once the employee makes out a prima facie, the burden shifts to the employer to articulate a non- discriminatory reason for its actions. \u2014 Eric Bachman, Forbes , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "Instead, Tong told Stefanowski, who has previously asked the attorney general to investigate whether the firing of a Black commissioner was discriminatory , to stop using calls for an investigation as a political punchline. \u2014 Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant , 8 June 2022",
      "The Supreme Court has refused to shield three Republican lawmakers from being questioned under oath in lawsuits by the Biden administration and civil rights groups that claim new voting maps in Texas are racially discriminatory . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022",
      "Your landlord could decide to end it at any time \u2014 with proper notice \u2014 as long as his actions are not discriminatory . \u2014 Ronda Kaysen, New York Times , 14 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1745, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-064719"
  },
  "danglement":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dangle"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-065814"
  },
  "decade-long":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lasting or occurring over a decade or about a decade"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-\u02cck\u0101d-\u02ccl\u022f\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1974, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-065830"
  },
  "duad":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a union of two : pair"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d(y)\u00fc\u02ccad"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"irregular from Greek dyad-, dyas two (noun), pair",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-071134"
  },
  "depopulate":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": ravage",
      ": to reduce greatly the population of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8p\u00e4-py\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Large areas of the country had been depopulated by disease.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Increasingly, the Russians appear to be using their massive firepower advantage - especially in Mariupol - to depopulate Ukraine\u2019s urban centers and then take them over. \u2014 Greg Jaffe And Meg Kelly, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "Increasingly, the Russians appear to be using their massive firepower advantage \u2014 especially in Mariupol \u2014 to depopulate Ukraine\u2019s urban centers and then take them over. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Social media users are claiming that billionaire tech titan Bill Gates is part of a conspiracy to depopulate the Earth. \u2014 Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY , 22 Jan. 2022",
      "Chief executive Dave Bateman claims coronavirus vaccines are part of a plot to depopulate the Earth. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "No decision has been made on whether to depopulate Maple Hill Farms, according to DATCP. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 Dec. 2021",
      "Cities balloon or depopulate over the course of decades. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 14 Oct. 2020",
      "The filing also makes broader allegations that cleaning at the states\u2019 prisons is insufficient in light of COVID-19 and that the system remains crowded, despite some efforts to depopulate it. \u2014 Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post , 28 May 2020",
      "Patterson's co-op made the tough decision to depopulate and euthanize nearly 3,400 pigs, worth about $500,000. \u2014 Jack Turman, CBS News , 9 June 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin depopulatus , past participle of depopulari , from de- + populari to ravage",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-071710"
  },
  "doxycycline":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a broad-spectrum tetracycline antibiotic C 22 H 24 N 2 O 8 used orally to treat various bacterial infections",
      ": a broad-spectrum tetracycline antibiotic C 22 H 24 N 2 O 8 used orally to treat various bacterial infections"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u00e4k-s\u0259-\u02c8s\u012b-\u02cckl\u0113n",
      "\u02ccd\u00e4k-s\u0259-\u02c8s\u012b-\u02cckl\u0113n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "My doctor prescribed yet another antibiotic: doxycycline . \u2014 Natalie Ma, STAT , 31 Oct. 2021",
      "Antibiotics are used to treat donovanosis, including azithromycin, doxycycline , ciprofloxacin, erythromycin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "When administered early enough, treatment with antibiotics, such as doxycycline or penicillin, can prevent more severe disease, and hasten recovery. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 22 Oct. 2021",
      "Leptospirosis is treated with antibiotics, such as doxycycline or penicillin, which should be given early on in the course of the disease. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 20 Oct. 2021",
      "Likewise, doxycycline is an antibiotic used for a wide variety of human bacterial infections such as pneumonia and Lyme disease. \u2014 Jeffrey R. Aeschlimann, The Conversation , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "She was tested for Lyme disease and, because Lyme is common in southern Wisconsin, was started on doxycycline even before the results came back. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Sep. 2021",
      "He was then prescribed the appropriate treatment, which in this case was a 10-day course of the antibiotic doxycycline . \u2014 Fox News , 6 Aug. 2021",
      "In those cases, if the tick was attached for at least 36 hours, doctors will often prescribe a single dose of the antibiotic doxycycline as a preventive measure. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" d e oxy- + tetra cycline ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1966, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-072031"
  },
  "daising":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": pine entry 1 sense 3"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101zi\u014b",
      "-z\u0259\u0307n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"probably from gerund of daise ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-072121"
  },
  "discriminational":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": prejudiced or prejudicial outlook, action, or treatment",
      ": the act, practice, or an instance of discriminating categorically rather than individually",
      ": the quality or power of finely distinguishing",
      ": the act of making or perceiving a difference : the act of discriminating",
      ": the process by which two stimuli differing in some aspect are responded to differently",
      ": the practice of unfairly treating a person or group differently from other people or groups of people",
      ": the ability to see differences",
      ": the process by which two stimuli differing in some aspect are responded to differently : differentiation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02ccskri-m\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "di-\u02ccskri-m\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "dis-\u02cckrim-\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "demarcation",
      "discreteness",
      "distinction",
      "separation"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The law prohibits discrimination in hiring.",
      "He sued the company for age discrimination .",
      "the animal's impressive scent discrimination",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Systemic discrimination in housing and lending policies has been a prime engine of social and economic inequality among communities of color. \u2014 CNN , 19 June 2022",
      "In 2016, guardians of three girls attending Charter filed a lawsuit against the school claiming that its dress code prohibiting female students from wearing shorts or pants, was discrimination . \u2014 Sydney Hoover, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
      "In a damning letter Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Education said that treatment from the Utah college was intentional discrimination . \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 June 2022",
      "In the wake of news reports that some Qatari hotels would not accept guests from the LGTBQ community during the upcoming World Cup, football\u2019s global governing body issued a statement June 1 insisting that there would be no discrimination . \u2014 Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
      "But experts said that discrimination against female trees is not a cause. \u2014 Mike Damiano, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
      "However, employment discrimination is still high for LGBTQ+ individuals. \u2014 Fortune , 2 June 2022",
      "The discrimination that Black and LGBTQ people have faced in the health care system is what inspired medical student Mikiko Thelwell to find her calling. \u2014 Tat Bellamy-walker, NBC News , 1 June 2022",
      "Vaccination Discrimination \u00b7 63% agree that the rejection of unvaccinated candidates is discrimination . \u00b7 57% said that unvaccinated people at their company are discriminated against. \u2014 Shep Hyken, Forbes , 29 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see discriminate ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1621, in the meaning defined at sense 3a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-072211"
  },
  "detective":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": fitted for or used in detecting something",
      ": of or relating to detectives or their work",
      ": one employed or engaged in detecting lawbreakers or in getting information that is not readily or publicly accessible",
      ": a police officer who investigates crimes and catches criminals",
      ": a person whose job is to find information about someone or something",
      ": a person engaged or employed in detecting lawbreakers or in getting information that is not readily or publicly accessible"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8tek-tiv",
      "di-\u02c8tek-tiv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dick",
      "gumshoe",
      "hawkshaw",
      "investigator",
      "operative",
      "private detective",
      "private eye",
      "private investigator",
      "shamus",
      "sherlock",
      "sleuth",
      "sleuthhound"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "We had to do some detective work to find out who used to own the property.",
      "He enjoys reading detective novels.",
      "Noun",
      "She is a detective on the police force.",
      "Detective Sgt. Lee is working on the case.",
      "She hired a detective to follow her husband.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The fastidious Hercule Poirot was her first detective hero, and though the character has been played by many actors, David Suchet owned him on the small screen. \u2014 Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
      "The idea of the more detective , noirish Batman is just really fun. \u2014 The New Yorker , 29 May 2022",
      "Gentill is an Australian writer with a long-running detective series set during World War II. \u2014 Sarah Lyall, New York Times , 27 May 2022",
      "Director Akiva Schaffer mixes live-action with animation as John Mulaney and Andy Samberg voice the beloved chipmunks who started a detective agency. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 22 May 2022",
      "Identifying how these extra layers of complexities may be exploited is key to building strong protective and detective controls to reduce the cyber risk of these emerging technologies before the rise of targeted attacks. \u2014 Joel Yonts, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "But even in the first book, Adaf\u2019s love of science fiction is expressed through his detective hero, Elish Ben Zaken, whose reading tastes reference classics of the genre. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 May 2022",
      "The series began by following Oh's detective Eve on the hunt for the murderous Villanelle. \u2014 Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com , 5 May 2022",
      "Slatkin\u2019s score is distinct and fitting, driving the documentary with detective -flick tension, plaintive heartache and shimmering hope as needed. \u2014 Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The detective looked the part of a TV show cop: shiny head, goatee, linebacker build. \u2014 Leah Sottile, Rolling Stone , 16 June 2022",
      "Attempts Wednesday to contact the detective on the case were unsuccessful. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 15 June 2022",
      "The detective was recovering in the hospital as of Wednesday. \u2014 Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
      "In the Times interview, Patterson also addressed his early success as a white author and how it was closely tied to a Black character, the fictional detective Alex Cross. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 14 June 2022",
      "Along with vying for attention for outstanding comedy series, star Will Arnett, who plays the clumsy and hilarious detective Terry Seattle, will submit for lead actor (comedy). \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 13 June 2022",
      "Without American\u2019s disclosure of Michael\u2019s name and information as the sole suspect, the detective never would have issued the warrants. \u2014 Steve Almasy, CNN , 8 June 2022",
      "The 5-year-old boy separately told his mother, the detective and a worker from the local child protection agency that his brother fired the gun, the affidavit says. \u2014 Tim Stelloh, NBC News , 7 June 2022",
      "Why had the detective not tried harder to find other witnesses? \u2014 Alec Macgillis, ProPublica , 4 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1732, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1849, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-073327"
  },
  "Dimya":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of Dimya taxonomic synonym of dimyaria"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u012b\u02c8m\u012b\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"New Latin, from di- + -mya ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-073434"
  },
  "disenfranchised":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": deprived of some right, privilege, or immunity",
      ": deprived of the right to vote"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-in-\u02c8fran-\u02ccch\u012bzd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1818, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-075045"
  },
  "disseveration":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": disseverance"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" dissever + -ation ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-075534"
  },
  "distilling flask":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a glass usually round-bottomed flask for holding a substance to be distilled"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-075715"
  },
  "debilitative":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": debilitating in its tendency : causing debility"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8bil\u0259\u02cct\u0101tiv",
      "d\u0113\u02c8-",
      "-t\u0259t-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-080149"
  },
  "dotted":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a small spot : speck",
      ": a small round mark: such as",
      ": a small point made with a pointed instrument",
      ": a small round mark used in orthography or punctuation",
      ": a centered point used as a multiplication sign (as in 6 \u00b7 5 = 30)",
      ": a point after a note or rest in music indicating augmentation of the time value by one half",
      ": a point over or under a note indicating that it is to be played staccato",
      ": a precise point especially in time",
      ": a short click or buzz forming a letter or part of a letter (as in the Morse code)",
      ": a point used to separate components of an address on the Internet",
      ": to mark with a dot",
      ": to intersperse with dots or objects scattered at random",
      ": to make a dot",
      ": dowry sense 1",
      "Department of Transportation",
      ": a small point, mark, or spot",
      ": a certain point in time",
      ": a short click forming a letter or part of a letter (as in Morse code)",
      ": to mark with or as if with small spots",
      ": a small spot or speck \u2014 see maurer's dots , schuffner's dots",
      "\u2014 Department of Transportation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4t",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4t",
      "\u02c8d\u022ft",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4t",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blotch",
      "dapple",
      "eyespot",
      "fleck",
      "mottle",
      "patch",
      "pip",
      "point",
      "speck",
      "speckle",
      "splotch",
      "spot"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bestrew",
      "pepper",
      "scatter",
      "sow",
      "spot",
      "spray",
      "sprinkle",
      "strew"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Don't forget to dot the i .",
      "Quaint cottages dot the countryside.",
      "The fields were dotted with wildflowers.",
      "Dot the cream all over your face."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "circa 1740, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1822, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-080210"
  },
  "descant":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a melody or counterpoint sung above the plainsong of the tenor",
      ": the art of composing or improvising contrapuntal part music",
      ": the music so composed or improvised",
      ": soprano , treble",
      ": a superimposed counterpoint to a simple melody sung typically by some or all of the sopranos",
      ": discourse or comment on a theme",
      ": to sing or play a descant",
      ": sing",
      ": comment , discourse"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-\u02ccskant",
      "\u02c8des-\u02cckant",
      "de-\u02c8skant",
      "di-\u02c8skant"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "declaim",
      "discourse",
      "expatiate",
      "harangue",
      "lecture",
      "orate",
      "speak",
      "talk"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "an English professor who loves to descant on his beloved Shakespeare",
      "the soprano descanted above the melody line"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-080802"
  },
  "disconnecting switch":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a switch that isolates a circuit or one or more pieces of electrical apparatus after the current has been interrupted by other means"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-080834"
  },
  "dive":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to plunge into water intentionally and especially headfirst",
      ": to execute a dive (see dive entry 2 sense 1a(1) )",
      ": submerge",
      ": to come or drop down precipitously : plunge",
      ": to plunge one's hand into something",
      ": to descend in a dive",
      ": to plunge into some matter or activity",
      ": to plunge or dash for some place",
      ": to lunge especially in order to seize something",
      ": to thrust into something",
      ": to cause to dive",
      ": the act or an instance of diving: such as",
      ": a plunge into water executed in a prescribed manner",
      ": a submerging of a submarine",
      ": a steep descent of an airplane at greater than the maximum speed of horizontal flight",
      ": a sharp decline",
      ": a shabby and disreputable establishment (such as a bar or nightclub)",
      ": a faked knockout",
      ": an offensive (see offensive entry 1 sense 1c ) play in which the ballcarrier plunges into the line (see line entry 1 sense 7f(2) ) for short yardage",
      ": to plunge into water headfirst",
      ": to swim underwater especially while using special equipment",
      ": submerge sense 1",
      ": to fall fast",
      ": to descend in an airplane at a steep angle",
      ": to move forward suddenly into or at something",
      ": an act of plunging headfirst into water",
      ": an act of swimming underwater especially while using special equipment",
      ": an act of submerging a submarine",
      ": a quick drop (as of prices)",
      ": a sudden movement forward into or at something"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012bv",
      "\u02c8d\u012bv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "pitch",
      "plunge",
      "sound"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "pitch",
      "plunge"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "NBC News\u2019 Allan Smith and Alex Seitz-Wald dive deep into Ginni Thomas\u2019 anti-cult activism in the 1980s and 1990s and examine how Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas\u2019 wife could have been drawn into the Qanon conspiracy. \u2014 Mark Murray, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
      "According to Glassdoor, 86% of job seekers dive into company reviews and ratings to decide where to apply for a job. \u2014 Alexander Zheltov, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "Shoppers and tourists dive into the circling Charlotte Tilbury Union Jack taxis\u2014done in her signature muted palette\u2014that are circling Sloane Square. \u2014 Vogue , 2 June 2022",
      "Raw, clean ingredients like coconut, shea butter and protein-bonding sugars dive deep into the hair to repair damage, restore shine and give your head a sultry scent for your night out. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 June 2022",
      "Nancy, Robin, and Eddie dive in after him, saving him from monsters and making their way to that dimension's version of Nancy's house. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 29 May 2022",
      "These insightful, often transgressive essays dive into topics from beauty to pop culture, money to media using both personal accounts and political analysis. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
      "This summer, dive into the joy of tinkering with artworks, contraptions, exhibits, and experiences for all ages. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 11 May 2022",
      "The filmmakers dive into the precarious ease of remaining ignorant to the suffering of others. \u2014 Holly Jones, Variety , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Or recall the dot-com bust of 2000, when the Nasdaq took a heart-stopping 78% dive . \u2014 Kevin Kelleher, Fortune , 22 June 2022",
      "But a deeper dive into the Amazon Prime business model reveals why the Act will stifle the benefits of innovation, decrease competitiveness, and increase costs for consumers and merchants. \u2014 Rajshree Agarwal, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "The Carnegie Mellon student says that being close in age to Belly helped her dive deeper into the character. \u2014 Julia Moore, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
      "On Tuesday, The New York Times published a deep dive about the success in Houston, where the homeless population has been reduced by nearly two-thirds since 2011. \u2014 Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 June 2022",
      "The Magnificent Mile for a short time will be home to a new immersive exhibit that promises a deep dive into the life and legacy of Prince. \u2014 Kayla Samoy, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
      "State Police spokesman Dave Procopio said the State Police dive team was mobilized to search some wetlands near the home. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
      "He was assisted by strong defensive plays from Brandon Nimmo in center field \u2013 including a horizontal dive on a liner to thwart a double \u2013 and was only in trouble once, when the Brewers had runners at the corners with one out in the sixth inning. \u2014 Stefan Bondy, Hartford Courant , 14 June 2022",
      "It is believed as few as 1,200 dive watches were given to Royal Navy personnel as part of their standard-issue equipment between \u201971 and \u201979. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 14 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1700, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-081145"
  },
  "draggle-tail":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": slattern"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dra-g\u0259l-\u02cct\u0101l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1596, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-081855"
  },
  "Dostoyevsky":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Fyodor Mikhaylovich 1821\u20131881 Russian novelist"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u00e4-st\u0259-\u02c8yef-sk\u0113",
      "-\u02c8yev-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-082930"
  },
  "dawtit":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of dawtit past tense of dawt"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0227t\u0259\u0307t",
      "\u02c8d\u022ft-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-083458"
  },
  "disregardant":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": disregardful"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6dis+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" disregard entry 1 + -ant (as in regardant )",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-083731"
  },
  "debilitating":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": causing serious impairment of strength or ability to function"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8bi-l\u0259-\u02cct\u0101-ti\u014b",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1641, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-083911"
  },
  "daisybush":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of certain frost-tender shrubs of the Australasian composite genus Olearia with leathery evergreen leaves and flower heads resembling daisies",
      ": a bushy half-hardy New Zealand shrub ( O. haastii ) sometimes cultivated for its fragrant white flower heads"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-084119"
  },
  "dampish":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a noxious gas \u2014 compare black damp , firedamp",
      ": moisture :",
      ": humidity , dampness",
      ": fog , mist",
      ": discouragement , check",
      ": depression , dejection",
      ": to affect with or as if with a noxious gas : choke",
      ": to diminish the activity or intensity of",
      ": to check the vibration or oscillation of (something, such as a string or a voltage)",
      ": dampen",
      ": to diminish progressively in vibration or oscillation",
      ": being confused, bewildered, or shocked : stupefied",
      ": depressed , dull",
      ": slightly or moderately wet : moist",
      ": humid",
      ": moisture",
      ": a harmful gas found especially in coal mines",
      ": dampen",
      ": slightly wet : moist",
      ": a noxious or stifling gas or vapor",
      ": one occurring in coal mines",
      "\u2014 see black damp , firedamp"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8damp",
      "\u02c8damp",
      "\u02c8damp"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dampness",
      "humidity",
      "moistness",
      "moisture"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "castrate",
      "dampen",
      "deaden",
      "dehydrate",
      "desiccate",
      "devitalize",
      "enervate",
      "geld",
      "lobotomize",
      "petrify"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Tomorrow (Friday): Morning is probably gray and a little damp , but the real rain doesn\u2019t get going until later. \u2014 Ian Livingston, Washington Post , 27 July 2017",
      "The internet is a virtual catacomb, where the skeletons of human decency line the damp , mildewed walls. \u2014 Christine Flowers, Philly.com , 15 June 2017",
      "This damp \u2014a byproduct of industrial smog mixing with moisture from the nearby ponds\u2014is omnipresent, and repeated mentions more than illustrate Louis\u2019s disgust. \u2014 Samuel Metz, New Republic , 8 June 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Yellen\u2019s speech, which lacked clear rate cues, did little to calm the price swings and damped expectations of a rate hike this year. \u2014 Fortune , 25 Aug. 2017",
      "BROOKS RIVER \u2014 A brown bear sow emerged from the alder fringes of the Naknek Lake shoreline, ambled to the water's edge and dropped in a huge blond lump onto pumice pebbles and damp black volcanic sand. \u2014 Clark Fair, Alaska Dispatch News , 29 July 2017",
      "Apply the mixture to damp , clean hair and also massage it onto your scalp. \u2014 Lori Keong, Marie Claire , 19 July 2017",
      "Babies need to be constantly damp for some reason, like the whale at the end of Free Willy. \u2014 Frank Kobola, Redbook , 10 Mar. 2017",
      "A Milan judge on Saturday ordered Silvio Berlusconi to be tried on corruption charges, damping the former Italian premier\u2019s hopes of running soon for office again after being sidelined by a tax-fraud conviction. \u2014 Frances D&, Orange County Register , 29 Jan. 2017",
      "These masterful shocks have somewhat redefined the state of the art in damping . \u2014 Jim Resnick, Ars Technica , 18 July 2017",
      "But thoughts of the team\u2019s imminent departure did not seem to be souring the sweetness of the celebration, nor damping the blaring of horns or thinning the throngs downtown and along the edges of Lake Merritt on Thursday. \u2014 Erin Baldassari, The Mercury News , 15 June 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Take a damp towel or cloth and apply over the burn to provide some pain relief. \u2014 Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
      "Wrap tortillas in a damp paper or cloth towel and microwave for about 30 seconds to soften. \u2014 Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press , 29 Jan. 2022",
      "Place 8 to 10 sheets of phyllo in tins, first brushing each layer with melted butter, reserving unused sheets under a damp towel. \u2014 Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Dec. 2021",
      "Instead, put the tablecloth in the dryer along with a damp towel. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Dec. 2021",
      "Tamales can also be reheated in the microwave covered with a damp paper towel for 2 or 3 minutes. \u2014 Minerva Ordu\u00f1o Rinc\u00f3n, The Arizona Republic , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "Wash and dry the bunch of watercress, wrap a damp paper towel around the bottom of the stems and place in a plastic zip bag. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 17 June 2021",
      "Anything that comes bunched\u2014like spring onions and scallions\u2014unfurl, then wrap in a damp paper towel and tuck them into a bag or airtight container. \u2014 Sarah Jampel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 17 May 2021",
      "Apply all over damp hair post-shower and on dry hair, glide a small dab over strands to smooth and shape as needed. \u2014 Dori Price, Good Housekeeping , 3 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Adjective",
      "1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-084144"
  },
  "dreaddour":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of dreaddour variant spelling of dreddour"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-084208"
  },
  "deluded":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": deceived by false beliefs",
      ": having or characterized by delusional ideas"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8l\u00fc-d\u0259d",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The film suggests the deluded single-mindedness of many missionaries in foreign lands, bringing with them not holiness but violence and spiritual unrest. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
      "Sondheim and Weidman can try to come up with outlandish scenarios, like a bunch of ghosts urging Oswald to take up his rifle, but reality is always a thousand steps ahead, making up darker and weirder and more deluded stories. \u2014 Helen Shaw, Vulture , 15 Nov. 2021",
      "Voter fraud is, of course, the bloody shirt waved by Trump, his enablers and some of the former president\u2019s more deluded followers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "Shortly after Roy returned to India, in 1930, in a deluded attempt to influence the independence movement, he was arrested and imprisoned by the British. \u2014 Thomas Meaney, The New Yorker , 10 May 2021",
      "But far more deluded critics object to the film for being immoral. \u2014 Jack Butler, National Review , 25 Dec. 2020",
      "The state had failed its citizens, advocacy groups had failed the public, and an entire civilization had cosseted itself in a deluded sense of its own rectitude. \u2014 Casey Cep, The New Yorker , 25 Sep. 2020",
      "Luck's announcement left fans and observers feeling shock and confusion and, in a handful of deluded cases, anger. \u2014 Adam Kilgore, courant.com , 26 Aug. 2019",
      "But this all comes at the end of this addictively chronicled history, in six parts, of a deluded autocrat and his equally imperious czarina, German-born and the granddaughter of Queen Victoria. \u2014 Dorothy Rabinowitz, WSJ , 27 June 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1628, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-084448"
  },
  "div":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "divided",
      "dividend",
      "division",
      "divorced",
      "divide; division",
      "divorced"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-084903"
  },
  "decade box":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an adjustable assembly of resistor or capacitor units in decimal steps facilitating selection by plug or switch of any multiple of the least unit up to the aggregate of all units"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-084912"
  },
  "declaration":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of declaring : announcement",
      ": the first pleading in a common-law action",
      ": a statement made by a party to a legal transaction usually not under oath",
      ": something that is declared",
      ": a document containing such a declaration",
      ": an act of formally or confidently stating something",
      ": something formally or confidently stated or a document containing such a statement",
      ": the act of declaring",
      ": the first pleading in a common-law action \u2014 compare complaint , indictment",
      ": a statement usually not under oath made by a party to a legal transaction",
      ": a statement not under oath being offered as evidence",
      ": a statement made by someone unavailable as a witness that is against that person's own interests (as pecuniary or property interests) or may subject that person to liability \u2014 compare admission , confession , self-incrimination",
      ": a statement that is made by a person who firmly believes that he or she is about to die and has no hope of recovery and that concerns the circumstances or cause of the presumed death \u2014 compare excited utterance , res gestae",
      ": a statement made out of court that is in the declarant's own interest",
      ": an excited utterance that is made without time for fabrication",
      ": something that is declared: as",
      ": a statement proclaiming the principles, aims, or policies of a group or government",
      "\u2014 compare constitution , proclamation",
      ": a statement of the value of property that is subject to a tax (as a duty)",
      ": a statement of the amount of tax estimated to be due (as on property or income) \u2014 see also estimated tax \u2014 compare return",
      ": a statement of information (as year, make, and model) regarding the subject (as a car) and coverage of an insurance policy",
      ": a statement creating or giving notice of the creation of a legal entity, relationship, or status",
      ": the instrument embodying such a statement",
      ": a declaration of the creation of a condominium that includes a description of the common and individual interests and obligations \u2014 compare master deed at deed",
      ": a declaration by a qualified property owner by which the protection of a homestead exemption is effectuated",
      ": a declaration by one holding or taking title to property in which he or she acknowledges that the property is held in trust for another",
      ": declaratory judgment at judgment 1a"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-kl\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccde-kl\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "affirmation",
      "assertion",
      "asseveration",
      "avouchment",
      "avowal",
      "claim",
      "insistence",
      "profession",
      "protestation"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "disavowal"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The government has made a declaration of war on its enemies.",
      "The case was ended by declaration of a mistrial.",
      "You will need to make a declaration of your income.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "China and Russia have grown closer in recent years, and in February, Messrs. Xi and Putin signed a wide-ranging declaration that said the friendship between the two countries had no limits. \u2014 Sha Hua, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "This past February, the former couple got one step closer to finalizing their divorce after Hough filed a declaration for uncontested dissolution, according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE at the time. \u2014 Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
      "Other requirements to obtain a firearm license include having a basic knowledge of Hebrew, a health declaration signed by a doctor and completion of firearm training. \u2014 Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
      "Cotton\u2019s declaration also raises questions about the possibility of an additional, previously unreported election security breach in Fulton County, Ga., home to Atlanta. \u2014 Amy Gardner, Washington Post , 12 June 2022",
      "McGhee later recanted her testimony, saying she was bullied, lied to and forced to sign a declaration that was not true. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2022",
      "Many of the commitments under the declaration deal specifically with boosting temporary worker programs. \u2014 Armando Garcia, ABC News , 11 June 2022",
      "His wife's residence declaration boosted long-standing suspicions that Zinke spends most of his time outside Montana. \u2014 CBS News , 9 June 2022",
      "That\u2019s when President Biden plans to sign a joint declaration committing more countries to share the burden of hosting migrants by creating more visa pathways to move legally or to allow migrants to obtain humanitarian protections. \u2014 Courtney Subramanianstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-085351"
  },
  "diminishment":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make less or cause to appear less",
      ": to lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of : belittle",
      ": to cause to taper (see taper entry 1 sense 1 )",
      ": to become gradually less (as in size or importance) : dwindle",
      ": taper",
      ": to make less or cause to seem less",
      ": belittle",
      ": to become gradually less or smaller"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8mi-nish",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8mi-nish"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bad-mouth",
      "belittle",
      "cry down",
      "decry",
      "denigrate",
      "deprecate",
      "depreciate",
      "derogate",
      "dis",
      "diss",
      "discount",
      "dismiss",
      "disparage",
      "kiss off",
      "minimize",
      "play down",
      "poor-mouth",
      "put down",
      "run down",
      "talk down",
      "trash",
      "trash-talk",
      "vilipend",
      "write off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "acclaim",
      "applaud",
      "exalt",
      "extol",
      "extoll",
      "glorify",
      "laud",
      "magnify",
      "praise"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The strength of the army was greatly diminished by outbreaks of disease.",
      "The drug's side effects should diminish over time.",
      "Nothing could diminish the importance of his contributions.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Students struggle to pay attention and make good decisions, and their prospects diminish . \u2014 Quartz , 16 June 2022",
      "This unique formula includes dill seed extract to help diminish the look of lines and wrinkles. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
      "The second is the judiciary branch, which can severely curtail the White House\u2019s executive authority\u2014and could soon diminish it significantly in West Virginia v. EPA, a case that the Supreme Court is due to rule on in days. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 8 June 2022",
      "This Best of Beauty winner includes soothing ceramides, niacinamide, and glycerin to hydrate and diminish dark spots over time. \u2014 Angela Trakoshis, Allure , 23 May 2022",
      "The price of those offsets is linked to users\u2019 carbon footprints, declining as their footprints diminish and operating as a reward, Pal says. \u2014 Katherine Dunn, Fortune , 2 May 2022",
      "The treaty was designed in part to set aside conflicts over sovereignty by clarifying that nothing that occurs once the treaty is in force will enhance or diminish previous territorial claims. \u2014 David Nikel, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Hey, Mary Kay: If Greg Newsome plays more in the slot this season, will that diminish his role on the outside? \u2014 Ben Jones, Macon, Ga. \u2014 cleveland , 19 June 2022",
      "Like a cell phone\u2019s battery, power capacity will diminish over time. \u2014 Olivia Lipski, Good Housekeeping , 15 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English deminishen , alteration of diminuen , from Anglo-French diminuer , from Late Latin diminuere , alteration of Latin deminuere , from de- + minuere to lessen \u2014 more at minor ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-085553"
  },
  "derisory":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": expressing derision : derisive",
      ": worthy of derision",
      ": laughably small"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8r\u012b-s\u0259-r\u0113",
      "-z\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "belittling",
      "contemptuous",
      "decrying",
      "degrading",
      "demeaning",
      "denigrative",
      "denigratory",
      "deprecatory",
      "depreciative",
      "depreciatory",
      "derogative",
      "derogatory",
      "detractive",
      "disdainful",
      "disparaging",
      "pejorative",
      "scornful",
      "slighting",
      "uncomplimentary"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "commendatory",
      "complimentary",
      "laudative",
      "laudatory"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a literary snob, she invariably used the derisory term \u201cthe boob tube\u201d when referring to television",
      "the pawnbroker offered what I regarded as a derisory amount for the diamond ring",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But when people invest in their own solar panels and start producing electricity, the feed in tariff pays them back a derisory amount. \u2014 Jemma Green, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The contents of his elegant Tite Street home \u2014 roughly 2,000 books, all the furnishings, even the children\u2019s toys \u2014 were sold at a bankruptcy auction for derisory sums. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Oct. 2021",
      "There\u2019s no escaping that the current ESG qualifications of most directors and executives is derisory , and mandatory disclosures would provide the stick to increase competency. \u2014 Paul Polman, Fortune , 11 Apr. 2021",
      "Arsenal are seemingly the latest club to have entered the Harry Maguire saga alongside Manchester United and Manchester City, only to make a derisory transfer enquiry for the Leicester and England centre back well below the Foxes' asking price. \u2014 SI.com , 3 July 2019",
      "Now non-Duchenne laughter, along with its dark side, appeared: strategic, calculated, and even derisory and aggressive. \u2014 Giovanni Sabato, Scientific American , 26 June 2019",
      "While much of the talk is typically derisory , two of late night\u2019s royalty took a different tack Wednesday night. \u2014 Natasha Bach, Fortune , 8 Feb. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1618, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-090620"
  },
  "devilry":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": action performed with the help of the devil : witchcraft",
      ": wickedness",
      ": mischief",
      ": an act of devilry"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-v\u1d4al-r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "devilishness",
      "devilment",
      "diablerie",
      "espi\u00e8glerie",
      "hob",
      "impishness",
      "knavery",
      "mischief",
      "mischievousness",
      "rascality",
      "roguery",
      "roguishness",
      "shenanigan(s)",
      "waggery",
      "waggishness",
      "wickedness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "children always getting into some devilry",
      "superstitious villagers who were quick to attribute an unexpected occurrence to devilry",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Who are the sword and sorcery protagonists that scratch your itch for devilry and adventure? \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Sep. 2021",
      "Suddenly, modernists were jockeying to impose some glass-and-steel devilry atop the old dame. \u2014 Shawn Mccreesh, Curbed , 17 Aug. 2021",
      "Before long, the angry and injured young wife is the one on trial for witchcraft \u2014 fighting for her life as the apparent evidence of devilry accrues. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 May 2021",
      "Aboard the ship, mysterious devilry begins to take place and a demon is suspected to be behind it. \u2014 Kami Phillips, CNN Underscored , 8 Oct. 2020",
      "The mildly disastrous consequences of Eddie\u2019s devilry predictably set up the big moment at the end of the show in which Ward or June Cleaver would distill an important Life Lesson from the experience. \u2014 Paul Farhi, Washington Post , 19 May 2020",
      "These winged insects pollinate plants, inspire funny memes, and rule the night like fluttery little kings, felled only by the devilry of porch lights masquerading as the moon. \u2014 Sarah Todd, Quartz at Work , 23 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English develrye, from devel  devil entry 1 + -rye  -ry ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-090904"
  },
  "drown one's sorrows/fears":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to forget about one's sorrows/fears by getting drunk"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-091709"
  },
  "demolition":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of demolishing",
      ": destruction in war by means of explosives",
      ": explosives for destruction in war",
      ": the act of destroying by breaking apart especially using explosives"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-m\u0259-\u02c8li-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccd\u0113-m\u0259-",
      "\u02ccde-m\u0259-\u02c8li-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "annihilation",
      "decimation",
      "demolishment",
      "desolation",
      "destruction",
      "devastation",
      "extermination",
      "extinction",
      "havoc",
      "loss",
      "mincemeat",
      "obliteration",
      "ruin",
      "ruination",
      "wastage",
      "wreckage"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "building",
      "construction",
      "erection",
      "raising"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The old factory is scheduled for demolition next week.",
      "The demolitions should be complete by the end of the year.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Although not made specifically for cutting drywall, these demolition machines can rapidly cut large amounts and sections of drywall. \u2014 James Fitzgerald, Popular Mechanics , 13 June 2022",
      "In an exclusive clip, above, viewers see Berry put her demolition skills to the test with the help of Jonathan and Drew. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 2 June 2022",
      "The development of Milwaukee Public Museum's future home is taking another step forward with a Tuesday start to demolition at the downtown project site. \u2014 Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel , 7 June 2022",
      "Cleveland City Council proposes to spend $15 million of its stimulus cash on demolition . \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 6 June 2022",
      "The demolition took place after Cambodia declined a U.S. offer to pay to renovate one of them, according to a Pentagon report on Chinese military developments last year. \u2014 Ellen Nakashima And Cate Cadell, Anchorage Daily News , 6 June 2022",
      "The Historical Commission, which is appointed by the mayor and confirmed by city councilors, placed an 18-month demolition delay on the property, which expired in March. \u2014 John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
      "The demolition took place after Cambodia declined a U.S. offer to pay to renovate one of them, according to a Pentagon report on Chinese military developments last year. \u2014 Cate Cadell, Washington Post , 6 June 2022",
      "The demolition set off massive violence across India and left more than 2,000 people, mostly Muslims, dead. \u2014 Sheikh Saaliq, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, borrowed from Latin d\u0113m\u014dl\u012bti\u014dn-, d\u0113m\u014dl\u012bti\u014d, from d\u0113m\u014dl\u012br\u012b \"to throw down, pull down, demolish \" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of action nouns",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1549, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-091811"
  },
  "doctorate":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the degree, title, or rank of a doctor"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4k-t(\u0259-)r\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Another speaker, Chengzhao Richard Zhang, earned a doctorate degree in math from MIT last year. \u2014 Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
      "Data also shows that those holding a doctorate degree stand to earn 27 percent more than that of a master\u2019s holder. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 25 May 2022",
      "Today, Beggs is a psychology major with a business minor and plans to get a doctorate degree in innovational psychology. \u2014 Erik Matuszewski, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
      "To earn that salary, a teacher must have a doctorate degree and 25 years of experience in the district. \u2014 Mandy Mclaren, The Courier-Journal , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Secchi received her doctorate degree in economics and specializes in the environmental impacts of agriculture in the Midwest. \u2014 Rachel Hellman, Fortune , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "While answering silly, rapid-fire questions for a 2016 video with Vogue, Swift expressed a desire to receive an honorary doctorate degree because pal Ed Sheeran had received one from England's University Campus Suffolk. \u2014 Amy Haneline, USA TODAY , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Schlieder said created the course as part of her doctorate degree in occupational therapy. \u2014 Lauryn Schroeder, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "Payan, who went blind in adulthood, is now working on his doctorate degree in public administration at USC after graduating from Cal State L.A. \u2014 Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1570, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-092311"
  },
  "down-to-the-wire":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": full of suspense",
      ": unsettled until the very end"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-t\u0259-\u1e6fh\u0259-\u02c8w\u012b(-\u0259)r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "close",
      "hairbreadth",
      "narrow",
      "neck and neck",
      "nip and tuck",
      "tight"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1930, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-092652"
  },
  "definability":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of being definable"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02ccf\u012bn\u0259\u02c8bil\u0259t\u0113",
      "d\u0113\u02cc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-092954"
  },
  "delegation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of empowering to act for another",
      ": a group of persons chosen to represent others",
      ": the act of giving someone authority or responsibility for",
      ": one or more persons chosen to represent others",
      ": the act of delegating",
      ": a group of persons chosen to represent others"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-li-\u02c8g\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccde-l\u0259-\u02c8g\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccde-li-\u02c8g\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "contingent",
      "delegacy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "He's been chosen to lead the delegation to the conference.",
      "a delegation from the local scout troop is being sent to the national jamboree",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But for all the drama around the contest, some Democrats in the delegation and beyond are already consumed by bigger problems amid an ever-worsening political climate. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
      "The roster of those running includes a California congressman who voted to impeach Trump, a party switcher in New Jersey who angered Trump by supporting an infrastructure bill and the last Democrat in Iowa's congressional delegation . \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
      "Sanders has served in the congressional delegation since 1991. \u2014 Wilson Ring, BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2022",
      "Sanders has served in the congressional delegation since 1991. \u2014 Wilson Ring, Chicago Tribune , 29 May 2022",
      "Sanders has served in the congressional delegation since 1991. \u2014 CBS News , 29 May 2022",
      "The lone Democrat in the delegation , Rep. Terri Sewell of Birmingham, did not receive any NRA money. \u2014 Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al , 28 May 2022",
      "Others in Arizona's congressional delegation retreated to less-insulting and more familiar rhetoric after the latest slayings. \u2014 Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic , 24 May 2022",
      "Other Republicans in the delegation \u2014 especially the most conservative ones \u2014 pushed back against the process, even with its new reporting requirements, and said further conversations about the funding were necessary. \u2014 Andrew Zhang, San Antonio Express-News , 16 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see delegate  entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-093047"
  },
  "discarding":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to get rid of especially as useless or unwanted",
      ": to remove (a playing card) from one's hand (see hand entry 1 sense 7a(1) )",
      ": to play (any card except a trump ) from a suit different from the one led",
      ": to discard a playing card",
      ": the act of removing a playing card from one's hand : the act of discarding (see discard entry 1 sense 2a )",
      ": a card discarded",
      ": one that is cast off or rejected",
      ": to get rid of as useless or unwanted",
      ": to throw down an unwanted card from a hand of cards",
      ": something thrown away or rejected"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8k\u00e4rd",
      "\u02c8dis-\u02cck\u00e4rd",
      "\u02c8dis-\u02cck\u00e4rd",
      "di-\u02c8sk\u00e4rd",
      "\u02c8di-\u02ccsk\u00e4rd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cashier",
      "cast (off)",
      "chuck",
      "deep-six",
      "ditch",
      "dump",
      "eighty-six",
      "86",
      "exorcise",
      "exorcize",
      "fling (off ",
      "jettison",
      "junk",
      "lay by",
      "lose",
      "pitch",
      "reject",
      "scrap",
      "shed",
      "shuck (off)",
      "slough (off)",
      "sluff (off)",
      "throw away",
      "throw out",
      "toss",
      "unload"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "cull",
      "reject",
      "rejection",
      "second"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Remove and discard the stems.",
      "a pile of discarded tires",
      "She discarded the six of hearts.",
      "Noun",
      "toss all of your discards in the garbage",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "One power comes back on, check the temperature and discard any perishable food (including meat, poultry, seafood, milk, eggs or leftovers) that has been above 40 degrees Fahrenheit for four hours or more. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 14 June 2022",
      "If the water doesn\u2019t smell like chlorine after the second treatment, discard and find another source of water. \u2014 Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel , 31 May 2022",
      "No one had permission to discard any tires on his property. \u2014 cleveland , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "Reps for multiple chains have acknowledged the need to discard a previous policy of shunning a film that\u2019s already available in the home. \u2014 Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "This compost bin features two buckets; the inner bin can be removed to discard compost and wash. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 28 May 2022",
      "My goal was simple: to strengthen what served the emotional and physical language of my art and to discard what did not. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 May 2022",
      "All told, Emergent was forced to discard or destroy up to 400 million doses' worth of the ingredient that helps make the coronavirus vaccine, according to the report. \u2014 Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News , 10 May 2022",
      "The draft, written in February by Justice Samuel Alito and published Monday by the online news organization Politico, indicates that the high court has preliminarily voted to discard the precedent set by Roe v. Wade in 1973. \u2014 Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News , 3 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "How to recycle: Remove the pump and spray attachment and discard . \u2014 Megan Decker, refinery29.com , 12 May 2022",
      "Apart from these, the hyper-magnification of consumerism in the last few decades has fostered a use-and- discard culture across the world. \u2014 Naveen Joshi, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
      "Beginning in 2017, discard rates started a steady rise. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "To take full advantage of the compute resources at the edge, enterprises must be able to locally store, use and, most importantly, aggregate data, meaning discard any unnecessary data and send only what\u2019s necessary from the edge to the data center. \u2014 David Flower, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "The Jaguars discard , who found his sea legs in the postseason for the Bucs last year, was Brady\u2019s most reliable weapon Sunday night. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 4 Oct. 2021",
      "Remove the vanilla bean and discard , or rinse, dry well and add to granulated sugar to make vanilla sugar. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Dec. 2020",
      "Use a spider skimmer to remove the meat and other solids and discard . \u2014 Audrey Bruno, SELF , 26 Feb. 2022",
      "Strain through a fine wire- mesh strainer, mashing mixture to release liquid; discard solids and chill. \u2014 Christopher Michel, Country Living , 4 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "circa 1578, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1719, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-093052"
  },
  "demotist":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a student of demotic writings"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u0259\u0307st"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" demot ic ( Egyptian ) + -ist ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-094256"
  },
  "dunk":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to dip (something, such as a piece of bread) into a beverage while eating",
      ": to dip or submerge temporarily in liquid",
      ": to throw (a basketball) into the basket from above the rim",
      ": to submerge oneself in water",
      ": to make a dunk shot in basketball",
      ": the act or action of dunking",
      ": dunk shot",
      ": to dip into liquid",
      ": to jump and push the ball down through the basket in basketball"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259\u014bk",
      "\u02c8d\u0259\u014bk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dip",
      "douse",
      "dowse",
      "duck",
      "immerse",
      "sop",
      "souse",
      "submerge",
      "submerse"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "I like to dunk my doughnut in my coffee.",
      "She dunked him while they were swimming.",
      "He dunked the ladle into the soup.",
      "He could dunk when he was 16.",
      "Noun",
      "The pass led to a dunk .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "For season 17, Iron Banner will be bringing back Rift, the mode where players must capture a spark and dunk it in the enemy team\u2019s base, brought back from Destiny 1. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
      "KCOP College Basketball Slam dunk and three-point championships, 6 p.m. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Once the water is nice and evenly soapy, dunk the pack. \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Outside Online , 17 July 2021",
      "Gobert had a big night with 17 points and 15 rebounds, finishing with a game-winning dunk off a lob from teammate Donovan Mitchell. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Neither team could push ahead in the third period as Huntsville\u2019s largest lead of the game, 38-33, was trimmed to a single possession on a Turner dunk with 23 seconds left in the quarter. \u2014 Evan Dudley, al , 21 Feb. 2022",
      "Jalen Gaffney broke the streak with a breakout fast break dunk that put UConn up, 17-16. \u2014 Shreyas Laddha, courant.com , 8 Dec. 2021",
      "In an earlier video, Brown can be seen playing basketball and helping people dunk by literally lifting them off the ground and up to the hoop. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The irony behind the world\u2019s leading expert at dunking on much larger men is that Morant could barely dunk before his senior year of high school. \u2014 Ben Cohen, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Max Strus followed with an emphatic transition dunk , because these playoff moments have yet to prove too big for the Miami Heat\u2019s undrafted players. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 18 May 2022",
      "At the end of Game 1, Adebayo blocked a Tatum dunk attempt that would have tied the score in overtime. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
      "If a game is tied at the end of regulation, the ref would flip a coin to see if a dunk or 3-point contest would decide the winner. \u2014 William Power, WSJ , 15 May 2022",
      "That run was countered by Mikal Bridges' dunk at 3:08, but Luka Doncic hit a step-back 3 from the left wing. \u2014 Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic , 12 May 2022",
      "With 8:47 left in the second quarter, Andrew Wiggins drove to the rim off a Poole assist and threw down a highlight dunk through contact over Memphis\u2019 Desmond Bane. \u2014 C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle , 3 May 2022",
      "The Celtics took the lead for good at 42-40 on a dunk from Marcus Smart with just over two minutes left in the half. \u2014 Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 May 2022",
      "New York scored the final six points of the first half on a dunk and then a four-point play by Toppin. \u2014 Noah Trister, Hartford Courant , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "Cockburn finally scored on a dunk at the 12:45 mark, but that would be the Illini\u2019s last basket until Omar Payne\u2019s layup five minutes later. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com , 19 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1926, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "circa 1944, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-094459"
  },
  "dive (right) in/into (something)":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to start doing (something) with enthusiasm",
      ": to quickly reach into (a bag, pocket, etc.)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-094835"
  },
  "deathful":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": full of or threatening death : deadly , murderous , destructive , bloody",
      ": liable to undergo death : mortal",
      ": like death : having the appearance of death : deathly"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dethf\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English deethful , from deeth death + -ful ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-095439"
  },
  "dishevelled":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to throw into disorder or disarray"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8shev-\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "confuse",
      "derange",
      "disarrange",
      "disarray",
      "discompose",
      "disjoint",
      "dislocate",
      "disorder",
      "disorganize",
      "disrupt",
      "disturb",
      "hash",
      "jumble",
      "mess (up)",
      "mix (up)",
      "muddle",
      "muss",
      "rumple",
      "scramble",
      "shuffle",
      "tousle",
      "tumble",
      "upset"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "arrange",
      "array",
      "dispose",
      "draw up",
      "marshal",
      "marshall",
      "order",
      "organize",
      "range",
      "regulate",
      "straighten (up)",
      "tidy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "decorations for the garden wedding that had been disheveled by the wind",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The unit was disheveled with furniture moved about and items on the floor. \u2014 cleveland , 18 Apr. 2020",
      "His light-gray suit is dishevelled , his tie undone. \u2014 Anthony Veasna So, The New Yorker , 3 Feb. 2020",
      "That\u2019s the burden carried by Bachmann, played by Hoffman as a dissolute, disheveled , crushed soul who still gives his all to his exacting, dangerous work. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 14 Nov. 2019",
      "Police observed the girl to have disheveled hair, a red bruise on her side and a patterned injury on her leg. \u2014 Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 Nov. 2019",
      "The unit was disheveled , with feces, either from the dog or a human, seen throughout the floor. \u2014 cleveland , 28 Sep. 2019",
      "The third trailer had a broken lock and its interior was disheveled . \u2014 cleveland , 25 Oct. 2019",
      "Officers whisked in one person after another to stand before the judge; all of them had been arrested within the past twenty-four hours, and all appeared dishevelled and exhausted. \u2014 Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker , 26 June 2019",
      "There were quite a few slightly disheveled looking folks walking around holding these crazy red or blue drinks that came in what looked like a small fishbowl. \u2014 Tom Reardon, azcentral , 4 Aug. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"back-formation from disheveled ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1598, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-095522"
  },
  "dehumidify":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove moisture from",
      ": to take moisture from (as the air)",
      ": to remove moisture from (as air)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113-(h)y\u00fc-\u02c8mi-d\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b",
      "\u02ccd\u0113-hy\u00fc-\u02c8mi-d\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b",
      "\u02ccd\u0113-hy\u00fc-\u02c8mid-\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b, \u02ccd\u0113-y\u00fc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "To tackle that problem, several teams are looking for ways to dehumidify the air before it gets cooled. \u2014 Emily Underwood, Scientific American , 23 June 2021",
      "The Frigidaire pumps out 10,000 BTU for 450 square feet of coverage with three fan speeds and and the ability to dehumidify the room at a rate of 3 pints per hour. \u2014 Dave Johnson, Forbes , 24 May 2021",
      "Hundreds of workers are on the Manhattan campus assisting in the cleanup: removing ceiling tiles and other debris, dehumidifying the building and recovering collections. \u2014 Mar\u00e1 Rose Williams, kansascity , 6 June 2018",
      "Still, by dehumidifying the air, some vog components may be pulled out of the air. \u2014 Susan Scutti, CNN , 10 May 2018",
      "The rain likely led to other water infiltration issues on the second floor of the building when 10 units had mold removal and dehumidifying treatments in 2006. \u2014 Matthias Gafni, The Mercury News , 1 June 2017",
      "So inside and out, the arch is covered in stainless steel, and dehumidified air will be circulated around the structure\u2019s steel trusses to prevent rust. \u2014 Henry Fountain, New York Times , 26 Apr. 2016"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1927, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-095746"
  },
  "difficult":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": hard to do, make, or carry out : arduous",
      ": hard to deal with, manage, or overcome",
      ": hard to understand : puzzling",
      ": not easy : hard to do or make",
      ": hard to deal with",
      ": hard to understand"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-fi-(\u02cc)k\u0259lt",
      "\u02c8di-fi-\u02cck\u0259lt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "arduous",
      "Augean",
      "backbreaking",
      "challenging",
      "demanding",
      "effortful",
      "exacting",
      "formidable",
      "grueling",
      "gruelling",
      "hard",
      "heavy",
      "hellacious",
      "herculean",
      "killer",
      "laborious",
      "moiling",
      "murderous",
      "pick-and-shovel",
      "rigorous",
      "rough",
      "rugged",
      "severe",
      "stiff",
      "strenuous",
      "sweaty",
      "tall",
      "testing",
      "toilsome",
      "tough",
      "uphill"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "cheap",
      "easy",
      "effortless",
      "facile",
      "light",
      "mindless",
      "simple",
      "soft",
      "undemanding"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Moving in is absolutely the wrong thing to do and will make an already difficult situation far worse. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
      "Getting full custody of his daughters was a difficult task, according to Leon Petty. \u2014 Scott Talley, Freep.com , 19 June 2022",
      "Officials did not grant the 2022 PGA Championship winner a relief drop, forcing Thomas to reposition and make a difficult approach, causing his ball to end up in the bunker just ahead of the green. \u2014 Bryce Houston, The Courier-Journal , 18 June 2022",
      "After two difficult seasons, the Warriors haven\u2019t just won a fourth championship. \u2014 Jerry Brewer, Anchorage Daily News , 18 June 2022",
      "Bipolar disorder is a difficult diagnosis for all concerned, co-parents and children alike. \u2014 Tribune News Service, al , 18 June 2022",
      "Marines for years have carried boulders and sandbags up the steep grade, not only to make the difficult hike even harder, but also to recognize the sacrifices of those who are memorialized at the top. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 June 2022",
      "Murdock and others made clear that part of the Democrats\u2019 goal is to force Republicans into a difficult political position by shifting the focus to school safety. \u2014 Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
      "But Johnson understands the difficult navigation ahead, being that guy coming in from out of state who replaces an icon. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 18 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, probably back-formation from difficulte  difficulty ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-100629"
  },
  "denizen":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": inhabitant",
      ": a person admitted to residence in a foreign country",
      ": an alien (see alien entry 2 sense 1b ) admitted to rights of citizenship",
      ": one that frequents a place"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-n\u0259-z\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "familiar",
      "frequenter",
      "habitu\u00e9",
      "habitue",
      "haunter",
      "rat",
      "regular"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "one of those muscle-bound denizens of the gym",
      "the polar bear is an iconic denizen of the snowy Arctic",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The difference between what exists at the moment and, say, a brothel denizen on Westworld is the difference between an ox cart and a Tesla. \u2014 Sam Lipsyte, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "This is Pan, minor Greek deity, denizen of fields, flocks and forests. \u2014 William A. Wallace, WSJ , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "Studio head Alan Horn \u2014 a Hollywood denizen for a half-century \u2014 is retiring, leaving Alan Bergman in charge. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "The largest land animals in Earth's history were the sauropod successors of sauropodomorphs, as exemplified by a later denizen of Patagonia called Argentinosaurus that reached perhaps 118 feet (36 meters) in length and upwards of 70 tons. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 22 Oct. 2021",
      "Even then, the process was a difficult one, requiring intensive lobbying by Mr. Johnson, himself a longtime denizen of the Senate. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Oct. 2021",
      "When both kingdoms rose to prominence, an average Judean denizen lived under the rule of a king, and was a farmer who plowed fields and harvested crops. \u2014 Lina Zeldovich, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 May 2021",
      "The solitary denizen of the deep soon became the subject of even more research and speculation. \u2014 Pakinam Amer, Scientific American , 28 Sep. 2021",
      "Mabel thinks that Sting\u2014another denizen of their building, and at one point a hilariously unsuspecting suspect\u2014is a member of U2. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 30 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English denizeine , from Anglo-French denisein, denzein inhabitant, inner part, inner, from denz within, from Late Latin deintus , from Latin de- + intus within \u2014 more at ent- ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-100632"
  },
  "deposit of faith":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": the body of revealed truth in the Scriptures and tradition proposed by the Roman Catholic Church for the belief of the faithful"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"translation of Medieval Latin depositum fidei ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-101044"
  },
  "doodah":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a state of tremulous excitement",
      ": a small, useful device : gadget , doodad"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc\u02ccd\u0227"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-101351"
  },
  "dilation and extraction":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a surgical abortion that is typically performed during the third trimester or later part of the second trimester of pregnancy and in which the death of the fetus is induced after it has passed partway through the dilated cervix",
      ": a surgical abortion that is typically performed during the third trimester or later part of the second trimester of pregnancy and in which the death of the fetus is induced after it has passed partway through the dilated cervix"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1992, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-102016"
  },
  "Doncaster":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "town in South Yorkshire, northern England population 81,610"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4\u014b-k\u0259-st\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-102211"
  },
  "dialectalism":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a characteristic feature of a dialect"
    ],
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-102321"
  },
  "downcast":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": low in spirit : dejected",
      ": directed downward",
      ": sad sense 1",
      ": directed down"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02cckast",
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02cckast"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bowed",
      "down",
      "downward",
      "lowered"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "There were a lot of downcast faces in the crowd.",
      "her downcast gaze made us realize that she was shy",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Her hair was cropped just above the shoulder, and her eyes were downcast . \u2014 Madeleine Watts, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
      "The boys shuffled past, eyes downcast , mumbling something about being sorry for her loss. \u2014 Andrew Solomon, The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "As the Marquette men's basketball players trudged to the team's bus inside the CHI Health Center, there were blank looks, downcast stares and frustrated head shakes. \u2014 Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 Feb. 2022",
      "In the meantime, many Germans are downcast at the prospect of a winter in which cherished holiday traditions may again fall casualty to the coronavirus. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 Nov. 2021",
      "The labels for the show are on the floor, prompting viewers to take the same downcast stance as the hooded figure. \u2014 Cate Mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "In the meantime, many Germans are downcast at the prospect of a winter in which cherished holiday traditions may again fall casualty to the coronavirus. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 Nov. 2021",
      "Each is a double: two sets of the twelve apostles, in action, flanking Christ, whose eyes are downcast \u2014the rare Warhol protagonist who doesn\u2019t face the viewer. \u2014 Paul Elie, The New Yorker , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "In the meantime, many Germans are downcast at the prospect of a winter in which cherished holiday traditions may again fall casualty to the coronavirus. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1521, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-102414"
  },
  "dinker":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that cuts various shapes from cloth, leather, or other material by means of a dinking die"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di\u014bk\u0259(r)"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" dink entry 4 + -er ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-102902"
  },
  "disaster strikes":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something very bad happens"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-103321"
  },
  "dern":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": hidden , secret",
      ": crafty , underhanded",
      ": drear , dark , somber , dire",
      ": earnest , determined",
      ": hide , conceal"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dern",
      "\u02c8d\u0259rn",
      "\"",
      "\u02c8d\u0259rn",
      "-\u0259\u0304n",
      "-\u0259in"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-103532"
  },
  "discomycete":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a fungus of the group Discomycetes"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdisk\u014d\u02c8m\u012b\u02ccs\u0113t",
      "-\u02ccm\u012b\u02c8s\u0113t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"New Latin Discomycetes ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-104848"
  },
  "descend (on ":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "to take sudden, violent action against the shock troops descended on the village without warning"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-104924"
  },
  "distributable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": capable of being distributed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8striby\u0259t\u0259b\u0259l",
      "-y\u0259t\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-105303"
  },
  "despotism":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": oppressive absolute (see absolute sense 2 ) power and authority exerted by government : rule by a despot",
      ": oppressive or despotic exercise of power",
      ": a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power : absolutism",
      ": a despotic state"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-sp\u0259-\u02ccti-z\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "absolutism",
      "autarchy",
      "authoritarianism",
      "autocracy",
      "Caesarism",
      "czarism",
      "tsarism",
      "tzarism",
      "dictatorship",
      "totalism",
      "totalitarianism",
      "tyranny"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "by the end of the 20th century many countries around the world had rejected despotism in favor of democracy",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. \u2014 Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
      "Yet the despotism and nihilism of Marxism, Stalin\u2019s cause, is ultimately indistinguishable from the power outlook at the heart of Putinism. \u2014 Bartle Bull, WSJ , 4 May 2022",
      "Tocqueville called this enervated condition democratic despotism , the soft, passive twin of majority tyranny. \u2014 Jedediah Britton-purdy, The New Republic , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The compendium of National Review journalism expressing a trenchant hostility to despotism is legendary. \u2014 Peter J. Travers, National Review , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Muratov, in his Nobel lecture, cast a free press as a counteragent for such despotism , likening journalists to dogs that keep the caravan of society moving forward. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "The public position against Russian Federation in all areas is a loud cure for despotism . \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Free societies have an obligation to demonstrate their revulsion toward despotism . \u2014 Matthew Continetti, National Review , 26 Feb. 2022",
      "Yet this isn't the first time of judicial despotism in American history. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 17 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see despot ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1727, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-110228"
  },
  "delegacy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a body of delegates : board",
      ": the act of delegating",
      ": appointment as delegate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-li-g\u0259-s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "contingent",
      "delegation"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the committee chose a five-person delegacy to attend the national conference"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-110742"
  },
  "dinkey":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a small locomotive"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di\u014b-k\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"probably from dinky ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1874, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-111415"
  },
  "discriminator":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that discriminates",
      ": a circuit that can be adjusted to accept or reject signals of different characteristics (such as amplitude or frequency)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8skri-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101-t\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The generator learns the channel distribution jointly with a discriminator that teaches the generator to capture the most relevant wireless features in the model. \u2014 Karl Freund, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "Ultimately, the discriminator was unable to distinguish a real face from a fake one. \u2014 Emily Willingham, Scientific American , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "This could be a critical discriminator for the Army, because Oshkosh is so highly regarded for its technical and manufacturing capability. \u2014 Loren Thompson, Forbes , 4 May 2021",
      "Another system, the discriminator , determines if the data passes as real or fake. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 Mar. 2021",
      "In some cases, the training algorithm provides the same input information to both the generator and the discriminator . \u2014 Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica , 19 Nov. 2020",
      "The discriminator 's answers are used to train the generator. \u2014 Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica , 19 Nov. 2020",
      "This turned out to be a very reliable discriminator for both authors\u2019 styles. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian , 28 Nov. 2019",
      "Every time the discriminator wins the battle, the generator is forced to examine its own internal logic, creating and hopefully refining into a better system. \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 17 June 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1828, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-111945"
  },
  "dravite":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a magnesium-containing tourmaline that is often brown in color"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4\u02ccv\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"German dravit , from the Drave or Drava river, Austria and Yugoslavia, its locality + German -it -ite",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-112059"
  },
  "domineer":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control",
      ": to tyrannize over"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u00e4-m\u0259-\u02c8nir"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "La Vecchia Signora were at their domineering best for the first time in what feels like forever. \u2014 SI.com , 28 Sep. 2019",
      "There, Ned is raised by his domineering mother, Ellen (The Babadook\u2019s Essie Davis, who\u2019s married to Kurzel in real life), once his Irish-convict father, Red (Ben Corbett), exits the picture. \u2014 Isaac Feldberg, Fortune , 23 Apr. 2020",
      "Most of the people sharing photos of domineering goats and marauding boars are not expressing a latent death wish. \u2014 Amanda Hess, New York Times , 17 Apr. 2020",
      "The developments have added to fears about China\u2019s domineering presence in the Pacific. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 21 Sep. 2019",
      "Rey\u2019s ascension to the central role in Star Wars (replete with the late Carrie Fisher\u2019s zombie-like yet domineering Leia and Laura Dern\u2019s stern Vice Admiral Holdo) proves that everyone now feels The Force and its contagion: non-binary marketing. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 20 Dec. 2019",
      "We were concerned that Sharon was domineering , but Catherine professed to be happy. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com , 29 Sep. 2019",
      "Along the way, Welts became keenly aware of Stern\u2019s domineering ways. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com , 19 Jan. 2020",
      "We were concerned that Sharon was domineering , but Catherine professed to be happy. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com , 29 Sep. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Dutch domineren , from French dominer , from Latin dominari ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1591, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-112204"
  },
  "dredge corn":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a mixed crop of oats and barley used in Great Britain for stock feed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" dredge entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-112446"
  },
  "distance flag":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a flag held at a distance pole in a racecourse"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-112739"
  },
  "disquietness":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": uneasiness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-112848"
  },
  "dispensary":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a place where medicine or medical or dental treatment is dispensed",
      ": a place where medicine or medical or dental treatment is dispensed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8spen(t)s-(\u0259-)r\u0113",
      "dis-\u02c8pen(t)s-(\u0259-)r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Maurice Morton had to close his Motor City Kush medical dispensary . \u2014 Erin Einhorn, NBC News , 14 May 2022",
      "There is, however, a price to pay for becoming your own Good Ice dispensary . \u2014 Anthony Karcz, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Hoboken is set to open its first dispensary this spring, but that location did not apply for an expansion to offer recreational sales, according to the Cannabis Regulatory Commission. \u2014 Gina Cherelus, New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The dispensary also carries non-edible hemp products like bath bombs and lotions. \u2014 Emma Balter, Chron , 31 May 2022",
      "In addition, some areas in southeastern Ohio only have one dispensary across several counties. \u2014 cleveland , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "And only one dispensary is located in a Black neighborhood. \u2014 Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "This is the latest development following last September\u2019s vote amending the village\u2019s zoning laws allowing for one dispensary . \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "This is equivalent to a small edible sold at a licensed cannabis dispensary . \u2014 Christina Van Waasbergen, The Arizona Republic , 14 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1699, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-113542"
  },
  "diktat":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a harsh settlement unilaterally imposed (as on a defeated nation)",
      ": decree , order"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dik-\u02c8t\u00e4t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bull",
      "decree",
      "directive",
      "edict",
      "fiat",
      "rescript",
      "ruling",
      "ukase"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The company president issued a diktat that employees may not wear jeans to work.",
      "a democratic government has to be something wanted by that nation's citizens and not something created by a foreign power's diktat",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In Spain, even though AVMS has not been fully implemented, there is a sense that streamers are relenting on their all-rights diktat . \u2014 Nick Vivarelli, Variety , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "Bowser is far from the first official to apparently flout her own pandemic diktat , and each new story like this invites public revolt. \u2014 Bonnie Kristian, The Week , 2 Aug. 2021",
      "Nothing brings Chinatown together quite like the sense that the city\u2019s leaders are governing by diktat . \u2014 Esther Wang, Curbed , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "This would permit a very direct route to dictatorship: amend it so that any diktat of the President is automatically an amendment. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 26 Nov. 2021",
      "In contrast to Kering's company-wide diktat , its larger rival LVMH is leaving the decision up to each individual brand's creative director. \u2014 Phil Wahba, Fortune , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "The latest evidence is the 5-4 ruling late Friday slapping down another California pandemic diktat on the freedom of worship. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 11 Apr. 2021",
      "Officials from Britain, Germany, Italy, and France have complained that despite Biden\u2019s promises of consultation, there has been more diktat than conversation on Afghanistan. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Aug. 2021",
      "As Daniel Henninger of the Wall Street Journal has noted, the state bans are a reaction to an educational diktat that race be the central topic of class discussions. \u2014 Daniel J. Samet, National Review , 4 July 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from German Diktat \"imposition, command,\" borrowed from Medieval Latin dict\u0101tum \u2014 more at dictate entry 2 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1933, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-113548"
  },
  "dernier ressort":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a last resort or expedient"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"French dernier ressort ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-113558"
  },
  "display":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to put or spread before the view",
      ": to make evident",
      ": to exhibit ostentatiously",
      ": descry",
      ": to make a breeding (see breeding sense 4 ) display",
      ": show off",
      ": a setting or presentation of something in open view",
      ": a clear sign or evidence : exhibition",
      ": ostentatious show",
      ": an eye-catching arrangement by which something is exhibited",
      ": an electronic device (such as a LCD ) or part of a device (such as the screen of a tablet) that presents information in visual form",
      ": the visual information presented",
      ": type (see type entry 1 sense 2 ), composition, or printing designed to catch the eye",
      ": a pattern of behavior exhibited especially by male birds in the breeding season",
      ": to put (something) in plain sight",
      ": to make clear the existence or presence of : show plainly",
      ": a presentation of something",
      ": an arrangement of something where it can be easily seen",
      ": an electronic device (as a computer monitor) that shows information"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8spl\u0101",
      "di-\u02c8spl\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "disport",
      "exhibit",
      "expose",
      "flash",
      "flaunt",
      "lay out",
      "parade",
      "produce",
      "show",
      "show off",
      "sport",
      "strut",
      "unveil"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "exhibit",
      "exhibition",
      "expo",
      "exposition",
      "fair",
      "show"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "If photos of him bring you pleasure, continue to display them. \u2014 Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive , 5 June 2022",
      "In March, when Tseng\u2019s organization launched a fundraising campaign to restore the Pillar of Shame and display it permanently in Taipei, online backlash was swift. \u2014 Vic Chiang, Washington Post , 4 June 2022",
      "In March, when Tseng\u2019s organization launched a fund-raising campaign to restore the Pillar of Shame and display it permanently in Taipei, online backlash was swift. \u2014 Vic Chiang, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
      "For bonus points, print out a quick guide to what\u2019s recyclable and display it on a decorated sign board in a nice frame. \u2014 Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping , 23 May 2022",
      "Santos argued, unsuccessfully, that the school was blocked from selling by restrictions created when the federal government helped finance a campus building to display it. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 8 May 2022",
      "Some companies even display it on product packaging. \u2014 Keith Nealon, Forbes , 4 May 2022",
      "The idea is one promoted by the Gun Shop Project \u2014 a nationwide partnership of gun owner groups and suicide prevention advocates \u2014 that encourages shops to display and pass along materials about firearms and suicide. \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 27 May 2022",
      "Characters learn and display positive traits related to friendship and doing the right thing. \u2014 Common Sense Media, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Four-wheel steering is also a possibility, as well as a full-dashboard LED display and a smart glass roof, of which the transparency can be adjusted in quadrants. \u2014 Sasha Richie, Car and Driver , 16 June 2022",
      "Lighting, too, took inspiration from nature with designer Maximilian Marchesani, whose display showed suspended tree branches with LED blossoms and furry light sticks wrapped by silk, a natural electricity conductor. \u2014 CNN , 16 June 2022",
      "Equipped with the automatic Sellita caliber SW266-1, the Le R\u00e9gulateur Louis Erard x Massena LAB features a custom rotor, visible through its display caseback, bearing the Louis Erard signature. \u2014 Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report , 15 June 2022",
      "Zimmermann avoided a loss on his record, though, because of the late-inning burst from Baltimore\u2019s offense and the strong bullpen display behind him. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 15 June 2022",
      "The live-view from the back display screen can be controlled by touch and its flexibility for tilting to various angles comes in handy when experimenting with your own shooting style. \u2014 Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure , 14 June 2022",
      "Floating shelves on the back wall allow for a display moment and also take advantage of all vertical space possible. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 14 June 2022",
      "That was again on display over the weekend as the Buckeyes welcomed back five-star edge rusher Matayo Uiagalelei from St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower, California. \u2014 Robert Fenbers, cleveland , 13 June 2022",
      "Android 13 will introduce the option of different display resolutions, which could reduce power consumption. \u2014 Ewan Spence, Forbes , 10 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1665, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-114043"
  },
  "demagogue":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power",
      ": a leader championing the cause of the common people in ancient times",
      ": to behave like a demagogue",
      ": to treat (something, such as an issue) in the manner of a demagogue"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-m\u0259-\u02ccg\u00e4g"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "agitator",
      "exciter",
      "firebrand",
      "fomenter",
      "incendiary",
      "inciter",
      "instigator",
      "kindler",
      "provocateur",
      "rabble-rouser"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Significantly, that came only as Kemp, like a demagogue , simultaneously amplified false election claims. \u2014 Norman Eisen And Dennis Aftergut, CNN , 26 May 2022",
      "Like Truman, Biden is facing a Republican Party in thrall to a demagogue . \u2014 Beverly Gage, The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "On Jan 6 a capitol that had been steadily delegitimized over decades was stormed by a mob that had been stoked to anger by a demagogue . \u2014 Eric Loeb, Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
      "Where are our musical bards at this critical time in history when the world is under assault by right-wing lunatics, dictators and a U.S. conservative party under the thumb of a very dangerous demagogue ? \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "Frank\u2019s Truman is a populist in the best sense of the word: not a demagogue but a true man of the people. \u2014 Beverly Gage, The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "By honoring Krause\u2019s list, NEISD danced to the tune of a demagogue . \u2014 Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News , 8 Jan. 2022",
      "McCarthy was a hair-trigger demagogue ; Welch was a talented writer and ambitious thinker who could make the most unhinged sort of claim appear both copiously researched and politically urgent. \u2014 Chris Lehmann, The New Republic , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "What's a demagogue 's reaction to a rabid crowd at a rally? \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Dec. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "At least, not if leaders choose not to demagogue the issues. \u2014 Bill Mckibben, The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
      "The party seems determined to try to racially demagogue its way back to national power, even as an overwhelming majority of the country applauds the all-too-rare conviction of a white police officer who murdered a Black man. \u2014 Ankush Khardori, The New Republic , 21 Apr. 2021",
      "With an election coming, advantage goes to those who stayed on the sidelines of the fight and now can demagogue on impossible solutions that would impose no pain and deliver free goodies. \u2014 Author: Charles Wohlforth | Opinion, Anchorage Daily News , 2 Mar. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1648, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1656, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-114223"
  },
  "Dutra":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Eurico Gaspar 1885\u20131974 Brazilian general; president of Brazil (1946\u201351)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-tr\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-114659"
  },
  "dool":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of dool Scottish variant of dole"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fcl"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-114859"
  },
  "duffel bag":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a soft oblong bag for personal belongings"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Rylee was left unattended for two hours before Chapman returned to her 2019 Toyota Sienna at 4 p.m. to find the passenger side window smashed and Rylee gone, along with her carrying crate, a duffel bag , a backpack and a beach bag. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 May 2022",
      "All of a sudden, the gunman came bounding out of the front door with a backpack and a duffel bag and jumped into his grandmother\u2019s pickup truck. \u2014 New York Times , 29 May 2022",
      "All of a sudden, the gunman came bounding out of the front door with a backpack and a duffel bag and jumped into his grandmother\u2019s pickup truck. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
      "Rather than folding flat, this garment bag from Modoker transforms into a duffel bag for easy carrying and storage while traveling. \u2014 Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure , 6 May 2022",
      "Family members told police that Covarrubias left their home with a black Nike duffel bag . \u2014 Amaris Encinas, The Arizona Republic , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Video footage obtained by police showed Bonola, who by then had allegedly placed Gaal in the duffel bag , rolling her body down sidewalks, leaving a trail of blood through the Queens neighborhood, Essig said. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Police are investigating after the body of a New York City mother was found in a duffel bag over the weekend. \u2014 Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "The manhunt for the 51-year-old mother of two's killer continued three days after her remains were discovered inside a duffel bag less than a mile from her Juno Street home. \u2014 Stephanie Pagones, Fox News , 19 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1917, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-115024"
  },
  "destituteness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lacking something needed or desirable",
      ": lacking possessions and resources",
      ": suffering extreme poverty",
      ": lacking something needed or desirable",
      ": very poor"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-st\u0259-\u02cct\u00fct",
      "-\u02cct(y)\u00fct",
      "\u02c8de-st\u0259-\u02cct\u00fct",
      "-\u02ccty\u00fct"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beggared",
      "beggarly",
      "broke",
      "dirt-poor",
      "down-and-out",
      "famished",
      "hard up",
      "impecunious",
      "impoverished",
      "indigent",
      "necessitous",
      "needful",
      "needy",
      "pauperized",
      "penniless",
      "penurious",
      "poor",
      "poverty-stricken",
      "skint",
      "threadbare"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "affluent",
      "deep-pocketed",
      "fat",
      "fat-cat",
      "flush",
      "moneyed",
      "monied",
      "opulent",
      "rich",
      "silk-stocking",
      "wealthy",
      "well-heeled",
      "well-off",
      "well-to-do"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "His business failures left him destitute .",
      "many families were left destitute by the horrible fire",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This is a destitute Naples, and Lewis\u2019s acute powers of observation put us right there. \u2014 Edward Chisholm, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
      "It\u2019s a rip-roaring romp that combines black comedy with Hitchcockian horror and social realism\u2014a fable about two clans, one destitute but ambitious and the other naive and wealthy, whose lives become intertwined. \u2014 Radhika Seth, Vogue , 12 May 2022",
      "Prosecutors said in a news release at the time of his convictions that Buck typically targeted people who were destitute , homeless or struggling with drug addiction. \u2014 Steve Almasy, CNN , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Financially destitute and utterly greedy, Rollo sees his daughter as his path out of financial ruin by marrying her off to a wealthy man for money and land. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 18 May 2022",
      "After the Great Depression, which left so many Americans destitute , the federal government stepped in to help families. \u2014 Angela Garbes, The Atlantic , 13 May 2022",
      "Skid row has long been the downtown zone where Los Angeles has shunted services for its most destitute . \u2014 Emily Alpert Reyesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
      "The South African army has deployed 10,000 troops to help find those missing, rebuild roads, bridges and utilities, and distribute emergency aid to families made destitute by the deluge. \u2014 Mogomotsi Magome, ajc , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "Applicants had to begin the process by quitting their jobs; those whose visas were denied were left destitute . \u2014 William Baldwin, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin destitutus , past participle of destituere to abandon, deprive, from de- + statuere to set up \u2014 more at statute ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-115121"
  },
  "Demerara":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "river 200 miles (322 kilometers) long in Guyana flowing north into the Atlantic"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-m\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4r-\u0259",
      "-\u02c8ra-r\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-115137"
  },
  "developmental disability":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of various conditions (such as autism spectrum disorder , cerebral palsy , intellectual disability , blindness, or fragile X syndrome ) that usually become apparent during infancy or childhood and are marked by delayed development or functional limitations especially in learning, language, communication, cognition, behavior, socialization, or mobility",
      ": any of various conditions (as autism spectrum disorder , cerebral palsy , intellectual disability , blindness, or fragile X syndrome ) that usually become apparent during infancy or childhood and are marked by delayed development or functional limitations especially in learning, language, communication, cognition, behavior, socialization, or mobility"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1944, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-121128"
  },
  "dependable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": capable of being trusted or depended on : reliable",
      ": trustworthy , reliable"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8pen-d\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "di-\u02c8pen-d\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "calculable",
      "good",
      "reliable",
      "responsible",
      "safe",
      "secure",
      "solid",
      "steady",
      "sure",
      "tried",
      "tried-and-true",
      "true",
      "trustable",
      "trustworthy",
      "trusty"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dodgy",
      "uncertain",
      "undependable",
      "unreliable",
      "unsafe",
      "untrustworthy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "seeking a dependable person to look after their summer home in the off-season",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Freshman Tara Gruca, sophomore Kylie Sturm, junior Ruby Gray and senior Ella Cochenour have all been dependable both at the plate and in the field. \u2014 Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star , 22 May 2022",
      "Prescott appreciates Brisker\u2019s toughness and sees his value to the defense as a player who can be impactful inside the box but still be dependable in coverage. \u2014 Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Using solar and battery storage to meet the same goals would be too expensive and would not be as dependable , Salt River Project executives said in an interview. \u2014 Jon Schuppe, NBC News , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "And LaVine was LaVine, dependable as ever despite an early-season thumb injury and then a lingering left knee issue, willing to cede his role as top dog during closing time to let DeRozan do his thing. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "But this guy was as dependable as any in the history of the game. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "With the aces Max Scherzer and Jacob deGrom out, David Peterson has been surprisingly dependable . \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
      "These are used for hiking and are quite dependable . \u2014 Brenda Yenke, cleveland , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "There\u2019s no controlling for shameless, intransigent men, but there urgently need to be more dependable limits over their influence. \u2014 Holly Thomas, CNN , 12 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see depend ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1735, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-121201"
  },
  "dick":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name ()",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": penis",
      ": a mean, stupid, or annoying man",
      ": detective entry 2",
      ": fellow , chap",
      ": the least amount : anything at all",
      "George Frederick 1881\u20131967 and Gladys Henry 1881\u20131963 American physicians",
      "Philip K(indred) 1928\u20131982 American sci-fi writer",
      "[by shortening & alteration]"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dik",
      "\u02c8dik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "detective",
      "gumshoe",
      "hawkshaw",
      "investigator",
      "operative",
      "private detective",
      "private eye",
      "private investigator",
      "shamus",
      "sherlock",
      "sleuth",
      "sleuthhound"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a novel about a hard-boiled dick and the softhearted madam who loves him"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" Dick , nickname for Richard ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1553, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-121858"
  },
  "depository library":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a library designated to receive U.S. government publications"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1930, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-122608"
  },
  "dissemblingly":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in a manner that dissembles"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-b(\u0259)li\u014bl\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-122810"
  },
  "devastation":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to bring to ruin or desolation by violent action",
      ": to reduce to chaos, disorder, or helplessness : overwhelm",
      ": to destroy entirely or nearly entirely",
      ": to cause to suffer emotionally"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-v\u0259-\u02ccst\u0101t",
      "\u02c8de-v\u0259-\u02ccst\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "destroy",
      "ravage",
      "ruin",
      "scourge"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The flood devastated the town.",
      "The disease has devastated the area's oak tree population.",
      "The hurricane left the island completely devastated .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Floods and other natural disasters can devastate the infrastructure needed to transport food to hungry communities. \u2014 Sarah Kaplan, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
      "For one, a number of nations at or near Earth\u2019s waistline are small island states that are highly vulnerable to massive storms that can devastate infrastructure and crimp their most dependent industries, such as tourism. \u2014 Emily Barone, Time , 4 May 2022",
      "Bird flu, or the avian flu, can devastate chicken and turkey populations, but the risk of infection for humans is very limited. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "These are anxious days for businesspeople in Ukraine, with more than 100,000 Russian troops massed on the eastern border, threatening to launch a conflict that could devastate Ukraine\u2019s economy and spark a severe energy crisis in Europe. \u2014 Vivienne Walt, Fortune , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "Putin has accused Washington of wanting to drag out the war in order to devastate his nation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "The coronavirus was expected to devastate the continent, but higher-income and better-prepared countries appear to have fared far worse. \u2014 Stephanie Nolen, New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Zelenskyy has asked the U.S. to establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine to diminish the Russian bombardment continuing to devastate the country. \u2014 Eleanor Watson, CBS News , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "After the war in Ukraine began, Western nations immediately cut economic ties with Russia in a move that has only just begun to devastate the country\u2019s economy. \u2014 Will Daniel, Fortune , 15 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin devastatus , past participle of devastare , from de- + vastare to lay waste \u2014 more at waste ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1638, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-122828"
  },
  "disbalance":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lack of balance : imbalance"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259|s\u02c8bal\u0259n(t)s",
      "(\u02c8)di|s\u00a6ba-",
      "|\u02c8spa-",
      "|\u00a6spa-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" dis- entry 1 + balance ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-123025"
  },
  "display advertising":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": advertising not under classified headings in a newspaper or magazine",
      ": advertising that utilizes various kinds of display techniques or devices (as large print, colorful makeup, or a large spread)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-123114"
  },
  "disgust":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marked aversion aroused by something highly distasteful : repugnance",
      ": to provoke to loathing, repugnance , or aversion : be offensive to",
      ": to cause (one) to lose an interest or intention",
      ": to cause disgust",
      ": a strong feeling of dislike or annoyance for something considered sickening or bad",
      ": to cause to feel strong dislike or annoyance by being sickening or bad"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sk\u0259st",
      "dis-\u02c8g\u0259st",
      "also",
      "di-\u02c8sk\u0259st",
      "dis-\u02c8g\u0259st"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aversion",
      "distaste",
      "horror",
      "loathing",
      "nausea",
      "repugnance",
      "repulsion",
      "revulsion"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "gross out",
      "nauseate",
      "put off",
      "repel",
      "repulse",
      "revolt",
      "sicken",
      "turn off"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The decision apparently changed after the video was posted on Facebook, described in the Globe, and circulated among citizens who erupted in disgust . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 May 2022",
      "Often, Wings coach Scotty Bowman shook his head in disgust , especially when Peter Forsberg drew two penalties 32 seconds apart in the first period \u2014 a charge on Slava Kozlov and a trip on Kirk Maltby. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 15 May 2022",
      "Campbell\u2019s vendor then goes to squirt Strange with mustard in disgust , which is when the Master of the Mystic Arts takes control over the condiment-wielding hand. \u2014 Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 May 2022",
      "My guide, local puma tracker and photographer Miguel Fuentealba, shook his head in disgust . \u2014 Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online , 3 May 2022",
      "The mother, in Veanne Cox\u2019s terrifyingly reptilian performance, can barely contain her disgust long enough to evacuate her son by cover of night. \u2014 New York Times , 8 May 2022",
      "The public has manifested its disgust with the GOP at the polls in recent cycles\u2014the wave election in 2018 and the election of Biden in 2020 were both, in their own way, a rejection of it. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 18 May 2022",
      "His disgust and the sight that triggered it are played for laughs, as Alison screams in epidural-free agony. \u2014 Megan Garber, The Atlantic , 12 May 2022",
      "There is century-straddling cookbook writer Marion Harland heavily relying, after her initial disgust , on canned foods. \u2014 Susan H. Gordon, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Then disgust , because this particular law targeted kids. \u2014 Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
      "But when Racle made a disk image of his rare find for preservation purposes, that excitement quickly turned to disgust and distrust. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 7 June 2022",
      "Respondents reacted more leniently to close others, reporting less anger and disgust toward them, rating them as less unethical, and reporting less of a desire to punish or criticize them compared to strangers. \u2014 Mark Travers, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Being the assumed carrier of that entire weight would disgust me more than the leering. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "Other companies attributed their moves to disgust over the Kremlin\u2019s attack on a sovereign neighbor. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Feb. 2022",
      "As more industry veterans make visits to the museum for the first time, resentment continues to simmer, with some expressing everything from confusion to downright disgust about the programming. \u2014 Tatiana Siegel, Rolling Stone , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "Strollers, bikers and runners on Ocean Front Walk expressed everything from sadness to disgust to pronounced disinterest in a giant sign along the famous boardwalk that suggests people should disdain vaccines that combat the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Nov. 2021",
      "The relief the consumer feels upon getting their goods back gives way to disgust and sadness over how they were treated. \u2014 Ron Hurtibise, sun-sentinel.com , 22 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1598, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "1616, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-123345"
  },
  "dockhand":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": longshoreman"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4k-\u02cchand"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "docker",
      "dockworker",
      "longshoreman",
      "roustabout",
      "rouster",
      "stevedore"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a trade embargo that was especially hard on the nation's dockhands"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1920, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-123416"
  },
  "downcastness":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of being downcast"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-124229"
  },
  "dredgeman":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dredger sense 1",
      ": one who is in charge of the operation of a dredge used to mine metal-bearing sands from the bottom of a body of water"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-m\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" dredge entry 2 ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-124400"
  },
  "diuturnity":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of being continuous or lasting"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English diuturnite , from Latin diuturnitat-, diuturnitas , from diuturnus + -itat-, -itas -ity",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-124505"
  },
  "dive (right) in":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to start doing something with enthusiasm"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-125002"
  },
  "dub-a-dub":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the sound of drum beating"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6d\u0259b\u0259\u00a6d\u0259b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"imitative",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-125018"
  },
  "demotic Egyptian":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the stage of the Egyptian language that immediately preceded Coptic and that is known from writings in demotic characters dating approximately from the 8th century b.c. to the 3d century a.d."
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-125429"
  },
  "dreep":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of dreep dialectal British variant of drip"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0113p"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-125800"
  },
  "deception":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of causing someone to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid : the act of deceiving",
      ": the fact or condition of being deceived",
      ": something that deceives : trick",
      ": the act of making someone believe something that is not true",
      ": trick entry 1 sense 1",
      ": an act of deceiving",
      ": something that deceives : deceit"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sep-sh\u0259n",
      "di-\u02c8sep-sh\u0259n",
      "di-\u02c8sep-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "artifice",
      "cheating",
      "cozenage",
      "craft",
      "craftiness",
      "crookedness",
      "crookery",
      "cunning",
      "cunningness",
      "deceit",
      "deceitfulness",
      "deceptiveness",
      "dishonesty",
      "dissembling",
      "dissimulation",
      "double-dealing",
      "dupery",
      "duplicity",
      "fakery",
      "foxiness",
      "fraud",
      "guile",
      "guilefulness",
      "wiliness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "artlessness",
      "forthrightness",
      "good faith",
      "guilelessness",
      "ingenuousness",
      "sincerity"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "She accuses the company of willful deception in its advertising.",
      "His many deceptions did not become known until years after he died.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Congress shouldn\u2019t fall for the deception , for four reasons. \u2014 M. Todd Henderson, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "Montgomery was subsequently indicted on a felony charge of theft by deception for telling New Hampshire officials that Harmony lived with her from November 2019 to June 2021, and for receiving the financial assistance. \u2014 John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
      "Kayla had been in jail since January on one felony count of theft by deception and two misdemeanor counts of welfare fraud. \u2014 Diane Herbst, PEOPLE.com , 10 May 2022",
      "Kwon, who developed a reputation for belittling and attacking critics of his project, has now been likened to Elizabeth Holmes, found guilty of fraud for her Theranos deception . \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 13 May 2022",
      "But the movie version isn\u2019t really about the invasion, or even the deception . \u2014 Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
      "Can this be anything but the tip of the deception iceberg? \u2014 Kris Frieswick, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
      "Pritchard devised the deception after reading a book of photography tricks by Walter Wick. \u2014 Susana Martinez-conde, Scientific American , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Also on Friday, Mark Riddell, 39, was sentenced in a Florida federal courtroom to four months in prison for his role in the deception . \u2014 Fox News , 8 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English decepcioun , from Anglo-French deception , from Late Latin deception-, deceptio , from Latin decipere to deceive"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-130115"
  },
  "destitutely":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in a destitute condition"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-130553"
  },
  "draggle":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make wet and dirty by dragging",
      ": to trail on the ground",
      ": straggle"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dra-g\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "frequentative of drag"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1513, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-130639"
  },
  "descanter":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a singer who performs descants"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-\u02ccskan-t\u0259r",
      "de-\u02c8skan-",
      "di-\u02c8skan-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-130727"
  },
  "desize":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove size or sizing from (cloth)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u0113",
      "d\u0259\u0307+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "de- + size (noun)"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-130755"
  },
  "dispensatory":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a medicinal formulary",
      ": a book or medicinal formulary containing a systematic description of the drugs and preparations used in medicine \u2014 compare pharmacopoeia sense 1",
      ": dispensary"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8spen(t)-s\u0259-\u02cct\u022fr-\u0113",
      "dis-\u02c8pen(t)-s\u0259-\u02cct\u014dr-\u0113, -\u02cct\u022fr-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1566, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-130815"
  },
  "distale":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of the distal row of carpal or tarsal bones"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8sta(\u02cc)l\u0113",
      "-\u0101(\u02cc)l\u0113",
      "-\u00e4(\u02cc)l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, from dist- + Latin -ale (neuter of -alis -al)"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-131059"
  },
  "disapprove (of)":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "to hold an unfavorable opinion of my sister disapproves of my smoking"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-131140"
  },
  "draperied":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": covered or supplied with drapery or draperies"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101p(\u0259)r\u0113d",
      "-rid"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "drapery entry 1 + -ed"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-132015"
  },
  "deductive":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of, relating to, or provable by deriving conclusions by reasoning : of, relating to, or provable by deduction (see deduction sense 2a )",
      ": employing deduction in reasoning"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8d\u0259k-tiv",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "a priori",
      "deducible",
      "derivable",
      "inferable",
      "inferrible",
      "inferential",
      "reasoned"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "nondeductive"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a conclusion based on deductive reasoning",
      "using deductive reasoning we must conclude that since everyone eventually dies, sooner or later it's going to be our turn",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Doctors evaluate data and use deductive reasoning to make diagnosis and treatment decisions. \u2014 Adam Saltman, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
      "Reeves is far more interested in digging into the character\u2019s insular, deductive reasoning. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "Their technology enables birders, who before may have had to resort to tedious deductive research to identify birds in their area, to upload information of their own, much like popular music-identifying application Shazam. \u2014 Hannah Weinberger, Outside Online , 18 July 2014",
      "Readers are in store for plenty of surprises, until the laurel of deductive success is awarded to Detective Galileo. \u2014 Tom Nolan, WSJ , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "Games like Wordle can sharpen our deductive reasoning skills, Lightfoot adds. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Jan. 2022",
      "Senior executives tend to prefer deductive organization for sure. \u2014 Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes , 7 June 2021",
      "There is an abundance of deductive speculation among Gamache and his team, and the brainstorming continues even after the suspects are gathered for a final confrontation. \u2014 Tom Nolan, WSJ , 27 Aug. 2021",
      "The language should be deductive , based on specific facts and information, not inductive, or trying to draw conclusions or explain what happened. \u2014 Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes , 29 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "see deduct"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-132055"
  },
  "decedent":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a person who is no longer living : a deceased person",
      ": a dead person",
      ": a deceased person",
      ": a deceased person"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8s\u0113-d\u1d4ant",
      "di-\u02c8s\u0113-d\u1d4ant",
      "di-\u02c8s\u0113d-\u1d4ant",
      "di-\u02c8s\u0113d-\u1d4ant"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a tax on the estate of the decedent",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The sheriff\u2019s office allegedly did not administer the medicine to the decedent . \u2014 Eplunus Colvin, Arkansas Online , 11 May 2022",
      "Sometimes a deceased person was listed as the applicant or the date listed for the decedent was before the pandemic started, raising questions about how FEMA determined eligibility in those cases, Shea said. \u2014 CBS News , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "In the midst of grief, the last thing mourners want to deal with is making decisions about what to do with the body or what kind of service or memorial the decedent wanted. \u2014 Next Avenue, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "The Marion County Coroner\u2019s Office will release the decedent 's name once next-of-kin have been notified. \u2014 Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The claim was filed by Dora Veleta, an heir of the decedent . \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Zelensky, who is Jewish and the decedent of Holocaust survivors, was incredulous. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Ordinarily, a decedent is released from the state medical examiner\u2019s office within a few days of a death, allowing morticians time to properly prepare for services. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Toxicology tests indicated the presence of synthetic cannabinoid in the decedent \u2019s blood. \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 23 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin decedent-, decedens , present participle of decedere \u2014 see decease"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1599, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-132102"
  },
  "Dehra Dun":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "city in northern India population 447,808"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccder-\u0259-\u02c8d\u00fcn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-132145"
  },
  "denotatum":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an actually existing object referred to by a word, sign, or linguistic expression"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113n\u014d\u02c8t\u0101t\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, from Latin, neuter of denotatus"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-133042"
  },
  "demiwolf":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a mongrel dog",
      ": the offspring of a dog and a wolf"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "demi- + wolf"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-133645"
  },
  "demonian":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an evil spirit",
      ": a source or agent of evil, harm, distress, or ruin",
      ": an attendant (see attendant entry 2 sense 1 ) power or spirit : genius",
      ": a supernatural being whose nature is intermediate between that of a god and that of a human being",
      ": one that has exceptional enthusiasm, drive, or effectiveness",
      ": a software program or process that runs in the background",
      ": an evil spirit : devil",
      ": a person of great energy or enthusiasm"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113-m\u0259n",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-m\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cacodemon",
      "devil",
      "fiend",
      "ghost",
      "ghoul",
      "ghoulie",
      "imp",
      "shaitan"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "only in rare cases is the ancient rite of exorcism performed to cast out a troublesome demon",
      "a man who was finally able to conquer his demons and kick his drug habit",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Payne switched the setting from New Jersey to Nebraska, rewrote the ending and made Tracy more of a demon . \u2014 Tom Perrotta, New York Times , 31 May 2022",
      "Jacob's character, Kane, debuted as a crimson, masked and mute demon who was half-brothers with fan-favorite superstar The Undertaker. \u2014 Fox News , 7 June 2022",
      "Yet another sinner is crucified on an enormous harp about to be plucked by a demon whose body resembles a tree. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 2 May 2022",
      "The Zar trans religious ceremony, which uses drumming and dancing to cure an illness thought to be caused by a demon , is most prominent in southern Egypt and is practiced further south into the Sudan, though it may be performed anywhere in Egypt. \u2014 Nic Robertson, CNN , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "An pack of intrepid wizards will duel against a tiny blue speed demon to lead domestic box office charts. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "The unusual teen meets a deceased couple and a demon , too \u2014 her life is changed almost instantaneously. \u2014 Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Needless to say, the turtle\u2014a speed demon by comparison\u2014was able to move out of the way in time. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "News spread throughout Japanese social media outlets last Monday that a famous rock rumored to contain a demon has split in two. \u2014 Dieynaba Young, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English, \"evil spirit,\" borrowed from Late Latin daem\u014dn \"evil spirit, pagan deity, idol,\" going back to Latin, \"supernatural being, spirit intermediate between humans and gods,\" borrowed from Greek daimon-, da\u00edm\u014dn \"superhuman power, variably evil or beneficent, intervening in human affairs, fate\" (Homeric), \"personal spirit, bringing luck or ill, that accompanies an individual,\" \"spirit intermediate between humans and gods\" (Plato), \"evil spirit\" (New Testament), probably from dai-, stem of da\u00edomai, da\u00edesthai \"to divide, allocate\" + -m\u014dn, deverbal noun and adjective suffix \u2014 more at tide entry 1"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-134208"
  },
  "dilutant":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": diluent"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u012b|\u02c8l\u00fct\u1d4ant",
      "d\u0259\u0307|"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-134309"
  },
  "distrustless":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having no distrust or suspicion : unsuspecting , innocent"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-l\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-134739"
  },
  "dicing board":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dice board"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-135458"
  },
  "dementia pugilistica":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": chronic traumatic encephalopathy",
      ": chronic traumatic encephalopathy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccpy\u00fc-j\u0259-\u02c8li-sti-k\u0259",
      "-\u02ccpy\u00fc-j\u0259-\u02c8lis-t\u0259-k\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "borrowed from New Latin, \"pugilistic dementia\"",
      "Note: The term was introduced by J.A. Millspaugh, a lieutenant in U.S. Navy Medical Corps, in \"Dementia Pugilistica,\" United States Naval Medical Bulletin, vol. 35, no. 3 (July, 1937), pp. 297-303."
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1938, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-135505"
  },
  "Discomycetes":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a group of fungi of the class Ascomycetes in which the fruiting body is disklike or cup-shaped (as in Pezizales)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, from disc- + -mycetes"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-135521"
  },
  "demolition bomb":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a bomb used against installations and materiel"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-135831"
  },
  "dermotactile":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of or relating to the tactile sensitivity of the skin"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "derm- + tactile"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-135912"
  },
  "Dempsey":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "William Harrison 1895\u20131983 Jack American boxer"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dem(p)-s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-140019"
  },
  "difficultness":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of being difficult"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-140359"
  },
  "divest":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title",
      ": to undress or strip especially of clothing, ornament, or equipment",
      ": rid , free",
      ": to take away from a person",
      ": to deprive or dispossess (oneself) of property through divestiture"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u012b-\u02c8vest",
      "d\u0259-",
      "d\u012b-\u02c8vest, d\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dispossess",
      "expropriate",
      "oust"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The company is divesting 8 of its 20 stores.",
      "We may have to divest assets to raise capital.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "New York State\u2019s pension fund plans to start shedding its fossil fuels holdings, and Maine became the first state last year to require both its Treasury and its public employee pension fund to divest from fossil fuels. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
      "Chelsea, a Premier League soccer club in England, sold this week for $3.1 billion \u2014 an international record \u2014 to an American group after Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich was forced by British sanctions to divest the team. \u2014 Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press , 26 May 2022",
      "Divest When a practice is not paying off, successful leaders know when and how to divest from it, Alli said. \u2014 Carmela Chirinos, Fortune , 26 May 2022",
      "That changed this year with The CW\u2019s corporate backers, CBS Studios (a division of Paramount Global) and Warner Bros. Discovery\u2019s Warner Bros. TV, looking to divest the network from their respective portfolios. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 May 2022",
      "During the 2010s, most oil companies failed to turn a profit, validating activists\u2019 demands that institutions should divest of fossil-fuel stock. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 11 May 2022",
      "In the strategy document released by Icon, Mr. Hawkins put the likelihood Cfius would force PDSTI to divest at 50%. \u2014 Kate O\u2019keeffe, WSJ , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "Right now, there is a great dichotomy going on as retailers are buying real estate while chains are being urged by activists to divest themselves of properties. \u2014 Walter Loeb, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
      "For example, regulators will almost certainly force Rogers to divest some of Shaw\u2019s wireless assets. \u2014 Kait Bolongaro, Bloomberg.com , 31 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "alteration of devest"
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1623, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-140613"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": ill service : harm",
      ": an unhelpful, unkind, or harmful act",
      ": a harmful, unfair, or unjust act"
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      "(\u02cc)di(s)-\u02c8s\u0259r-v\u0259s",
      "di-\u02c8s\u0259r-v\u0259s"
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      "inequity",
      "injury",
      "injustice",
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      "wrong"
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      "equity",
      "fairness",
      "justice"
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      "Her comments were a disservice to those volunteers.",
      "you do a great disservice to the professionals at the day-care center when you refer to them as \u201cbabysitters\u201d",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Not doing so is doing a disservice to a brand or business. \u2014 Larry Todd, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "In rejecting a request by the defense for probation, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly said Tuesday that Massey did a disservice to the legitimate protesters who were trying to call attention to the issue of police misconduct. \u2014 Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune , 10 May 2022",
      "Simply put, voters deserve better than to be at the mercy of a convention system that caters to the worst impulses of politics and does a disservice to our democratic representation. \u2014 Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Calling Deadpool 3 a sequel might do the movie a disservice . \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "Historians say that limiting the World Heritage nomination to the Edo period does a disservice to Japanese cultural memory. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Feb. 2022",
      "The only Democrat on the conference committee, Sen. Donna Soucy, of Manchester, said putting the state\u2019s two largest cities in the same district was a disservice to rural communities. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 18 May 2022",
      "And that would\u2019ve been a disservice to Brenda and Erica Lafferty \u2014 and to the truth. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "To adhere too strictly to any strain of reggae music would be a disservice to her talents and to her audience. \u2014 Carrie Battan, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022"
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1599, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-140637"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a telephonic apparatus with an attached microphone transmitter used especially for listening secretly"
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      "-kt\u0259\u02ccf\u014dn"
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      "detect + connective -a- + -phone"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-140947"
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  "Dives costs":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": ordinary costs allowed in English law to a successful plaintiff by a chancery court as distinguished from costs on a reduced scale allowed to one suing in forma pauperis"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"-"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin dives rich man"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-141058"
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
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      ": capable of being disintegrated"
    ],
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      "d\u0259\u0307s+"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "disintegr ate + -able"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-141342"
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
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      ": to take no pleasure in (as an achievement)",
      ": to be bored with (as oneself)"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6dis+"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dis- entry 1 + enjoy"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-141409"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": demagoguery"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-141459"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": adherence to or advocacy of a system of interpreting history in terms of a series of God's dispensations"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-141653"
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  "disillusionary":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": constituting or tending to induce disillusion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6dis+"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-141714"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a philosophical or critical method which asserts that meanings, metaphysical constructs, and hierarchical oppositions (as between key terms in a philosophical or literary work) are always rendered unstable by their dependence on ultimately arbitrary signifiers",
      ": an instance of the use of this method",
      ": the analytic examination of something (such as a theory) often in order to reveal its inadequacy"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113-k\u0259n-\u02c8str\u0259k-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "analysis",
      "anatomizing",
      "anatomy",
      "assay",
      "breakdown",
      "dissection"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a lengthy deconstruction of the president's speech by a panel of pundits",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "French architect and designer Jean-Marie Massaud reinterpreted the classic Le Club chair from a bulky form into a light and comfortable deconstruction for Poliform. \u2014 Damon Johnstun, oregonlive , 26 May 2022",
      "Based on the genre-redefining novel by Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl is a subversive, merciless deconstruction of romantic tropes, and a gripping thriller about the lies and facades that often sustain relationships. \u2014 Lucia Tonelli, Town & Country , 31 May 2022",
      "Marvel Studios\u2019 Moon Knight feels like a deconstruction before introduction for a character who has never appeared onscreen before. \u2014 Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 May 2022",
      "This whole season is in a way of deconstruction of Claire. \u2014 Sharareh Drury, Variety , 1 May 2022",
      "In the worst case, the act of deconstruction , absent enlightenment, might come off as pretension as the diner wonders why this is happening. \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Everything\u2019s a mash-up, a melange, a deconstruction of hierarchies in search of discovery. \u2014 Jordan Michelman, San Francisco Chronicle , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "The complexity has prompted some cities to tackle deconstruction slowly. \u2014 Aarian Marshall, Wired , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Dufilho soon discovered other women who were going through deconstruction , mainly via social media. \u2014 Brianna Griff, Chron , 18 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "French d\u00e9construction , from d\u00e9- de- + construction"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1973, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-141745"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": no longer happy, pleased, or satisfied : disappointed , dissatisfied"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-in-\u02c8chan-t\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Even some on the right have become disenchanted with the American project and are prepared to quit on it on grounds that it is already lost or hopelessly corrupted. \u2014 The Signers, National Review , 12 May 2022",
      "The young Auden enchanted and disenchanted , wove some beautiful images while dispelling others. \u2014 Alan Jacobs, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "By then, Patti was still pursuing his art practice as a sculptor, though feeling a little disenchanted with it, while Langley was enrolled in a Mechanical Engineering degree at NYU. \u2014 Mark Holgate, Vogue , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "This type of system doesn\u2019t promote creativity or feedback, leading to disenchanted employees who will most likely seek greener pastures. \u2014 Austin Speck, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "In the past two years, Americans have become disenchanted with work, leading to major strikes and what is being called the Great Resignation. \u2014 Outside Online , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "Heti is calculatedly resacralizing a disenchanted world. \u2014 Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Yet the brothers' timing aligned in 2002; Robin, growing a bit disenchanted with his own career, failed to qualify for the Salt Lake City Games. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "A decade before the Revolutionary War, when colonial Americans had yet to become disenchanted with British rule, the New York Assembly ordered an equestrian statue of George III from the workshop of London sculptor Joseph Wilton. \u2014 Wendy Bellion, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1832, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-141919"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": jimsonweed",
      ": stramonium or an extract of stramonium apparently formerly used as an aphrodisiac"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Marathi dhutr\u0101 , from Sanskrit dhatt\u016bra"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-141952"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": inconvenience , disadvantageousness",
      ": something that is inconvenient : disadvantage , trouble",
      ": a substance or action having no utility"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dis- entry 1 + commodity"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-142254"
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  "dive-bomb":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to bomb from an airplane by making a steep dive toward the target before releasing the bomb"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012bv-\u02ccb\u00e4m"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1935, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-143243"
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  "deposit money":{
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      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": bank demand deposits which can be used as money through drawing checks"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-143425"
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  "differentia":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an element, feature, or factor that distinguishes one entity, state, or class from another",
      ": a characteristic trait distinguishing a species from other species of the same genus",
      ": the element, feature, or factor that distinguishes one entity, state, or class from another",
      ": a characteristic trait distinguishing a species from other species of the same genus"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdi-f\u0259-\u02c8ren(t)-sh(\u0113-)\u0259",
      "\u02ccdif-\u0259-\u02c8ren-ch(\u0113-)\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "affection",
      "attribute",
      "attribution",
      "character",
      "characteristic",
      "criterion",
      "diagnostic",
      "feature",
      "fingerprint",
      "hallmark",
      "mark",
      "marker",
      "note",
      "particularity",
      "peculiarity",
      "point",
      "property",
      "quality",
      "specific",
      "stamp",
      "touch",
      "trait"
    ],
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    "examples":[
      "a list of the chief differentiae between a controlling cult and a legitimate religious sect"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "borrowed from Latin \u2014 more at difference entry 1"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1551, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-143622"
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  "dragging step":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": drag sense 6c(2)"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-143637"
  },
  "drowning/awash in red ink":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
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    "definitions":[
      ": deeply in debt"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-143846"
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  "Du Barry":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Comtesse \u2014 see Jeanne barry"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-144429"
  },
  "dispalatalization":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a depriving of palatal quality"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259s",
      "(\u00a6)dis+"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dis- entry 1 + palatalization"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-144507"
  },
  "drappie":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a small amount of liquid",
      ": intoxicating drink"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "drap entry 2 + -ie, -y"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-144632"
  },
  "deductive method":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a method of reasoning by which (1) concrete applications or consequences are deducted from general principles or (2) theorems are deduced from definitions and postulates \u2014 compare deduction 1b ; induction sense 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-144813"
  },
  "dew snail":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": slug"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-144959"
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  "disrobe":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to take off one's clothing",
      ": to strip of clothing or covering"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8r\u014db"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "strip",
      "unclothe",
      "undress"
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    "antonyms":[
      "dress",
      "gown",
      "robe"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "She disrobed and stepped into the bathtub.",
      "the doctor instructed the patient to disrobe himself before the examination",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "At one point, one of the men told her to go into the bathroom and told her to disrobe to search her, then threatened to rape her, charges allege. \u2014 Meredith Colias-pete, chicagotribune.com , 17 Jan. 2022",
      "In another, an audience of 11-to-13-year-olds asks probing questions about the bodies of adults who disrobe before them. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 26 Feb. 2021",
      "According to the suit, that crew members would not permit Spears to close the lavatory door, so she was forced to disrobe in full view of passengers sitting in the first-class cabin. \u2014 Author: Lori Aratani, Anchorage Daily News , 18 June 2020",
      "One evening, at a dancy gay bar in Houston, sometime after eleven but almost certainly before one, the crowd reached that point in the evening where people start disrobing , loosening ties and opening buttons and wrapping hoodies around their waists. \u2014 Bryan Washington, The New Yorker , 1 June 2020",
      "When she was done speaking, the policemen ordered her to disrobe and raped her, one after the other, in front of everyone. \u2014 David Stavrou, Harper's Magazine , 30 Mar. 2020",
      "When she was done speaking, the policemen ordered her to disrobe and raped her, one after the other, in front of everyone. \u2014 David Stavrou, Harper's Magazine , 30 Mar. 2020",
      "When she was done speaking, the policemen ordered her to disrobe and raped her, one after the other, in front of everyone. \u2014 David Stavrou, Harper's Magazine , 30 Mar. 2020",
      "When they weren\u2019t stuck in school (or disrobing by the pool), the teens in Fast Times at Ridgemont High spent most of their time at the Sherman Oaks Galleria. \u2014 Tyler Coates, Wired , 8 Apr. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle French desrober , from des- dis- + robe garment, from Old French"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1581, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-145254"
  },
  "deep psychology":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": psychoanalysis"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-145540"
  },
  "disguiseless":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": undisguised , unobscured , open"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u012bzl\u0259\u0307s"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-150059"
  },
  "de Mille":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Agnes George 1905\u20131993 American dancer and choreographer",
      "1881\u20131959 American film director and producer"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8mil",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8mil"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-150141"
  },
  "demythologize":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to divest of mythological forms in order to uncover the meaning underlying them",
      ": to divest of mythical elements or associations"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113-mi-\u02c8th\u00e4-l\u0259-\u02ccj\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1950, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-150240"
  },
  "drag\u00e9e":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a sugar-coated nut",
      ": a small silver-colored ball used as a decoration (as on a cake)",
      ": a sugar-coated medicated confection"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dra-\u02c8zh\u0101",
      "dra-\u02c8zh\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "French, from Middle French dragie \u2014 more at dredge"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1682, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-150358"
  },
  "De Seversky":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Alexander Procofieff 1894\u20131974 American (Russian-born) aeronautical engineer"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-s\u0259-\u02c8ver-sk\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-150538"
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  "drum switch":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an electric switch in which the connecting parts are held by spring pressure against contact surfaces in a revolving cylinder or sector"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-150813"
  },
  "devilward":{
    "type":[
      "adverb (or adjective)"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": toward the devil"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dev\u0259lw\u0259(r)d"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-151153"
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  "Diksmuide":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "town in the western Belgium province of West Flanders north of Ieper population 15,480"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dik-\u02c8sm\u012b-d\u0259"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-151532"
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  "dockhead":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the foremost part of a dock"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dock entry 4 + head"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-151753"
  },
  "dehusk":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": husk"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u0113+"
    ],
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    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "de- + husk (noun)"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-151813"
  },
  "deplatform":{
    "type":[
      "noun,",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove and ban (a registered user) from a mass communication medium (such as a social networking or blogging website)",
      ": to prevent from having or providing a platform (see platform entry 1 sense 3 ) to communicate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8plat-\u02ccf\u022frm"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1998, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-151955"
  },
  "dimin":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "diminuendo"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-152053"
  },
  "distance language":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a mode of communication (as by means of drums or horns) for use beyond the range of the articulate voice"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-152142"
  },
  "Dacus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a genus of trypetid fruit flies of warm regions including several important pests of cultivated plants (as the melon fly, the oriental fruit fly, and the olive fly)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101k\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, from Greek dakos noxious animal, from daknein to bite"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-152219"
  },
  "dermoskeleton":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": exoskeleton",
      ": the portion of the vertebrate skeleton that develops as membrane bone"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0259rm\u0259+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "derm- + skeleton"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-152244"
  },
  "defier":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that defies"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8f\u012b(-\u0259)r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1584, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-152404"
  },
  "Downpatrick":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "town in Down district, southeastern Northern Ireland population 8245"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dau\u0307n-\u02c8pa-trik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-152854"
  },
  "dost":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of dost archaic present tense second-person singular of do"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259st"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-152908"
  },
  "deep-rootedness":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of being deep-rooted"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-153202"
  },
  "disp":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "dispensary",
      "dispensary"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-153232"
  },
  "dawtie":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of dawtie variant spelling of dautie"
    ],
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-153250"
  },
  "duck stamp":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the federal migratory-bird hunting stamp first issued in 1934 that is required on the hunting licenses of wild-fowl hunters over 16 years of age and that is sold to raise funds for the protection of migratory birds (as by the purchase of sanctuary areas)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-153916"
  },
  "doina":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a Romanian folk song usually in the form of a lament"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fin\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Romanian doin\u0103"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-154004"
  },
  "dispiriting":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deprive of morale or enthusiasm"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)di-\u02c8spir-\u0259t",
      "-\u02c8spi-r\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chill",
      "daunt",
      "demoralize",
      "discourage",
      "dishearten",
      "dismay",
      "frustrate",
      "unman",
      "unnerve"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "embolden",
      "encourage",
      "hearten",
      "nerve",
      "steel"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "dispirited by the overwhelming amount of information needed to write the report",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Those deeply engaged with their mosques are dispirited by the loss of physical congregations. \u2014 Anna Piela, The Conversation , 22 May 2020",
      "The movie\u2019s internalized emotions and elliptical style can allow small things to make large points \u2014 as when Kris rides, without comment, in the back seat of Abe\u2019s truck rather than shotgun \u2014 but the overall mood rarely rises above dispiriting . \u2014 Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times , 30 Apr. 2020",
      "That\u2019s dispiriting given a massive government fiscal relief effort and Federal Reserve actions aimed at shoring up the financial system, as health experts urge social distancing to combat the spread of the disease. \u2014 Vince Golle And Sarina Yoo / Bloomberg, Time , 10 Apr. 2020",
      "Testimony Ignored Particularly dispiriting for State Department officials during Trump\u2019s Senate trial was the degree to which their testimony was ignored. \u2014 Nick Wadhams, Bloomberg.com , 29 Apr. 2020",
      "Those who find this dispiriting should assuage their disappointment with how the Democratic primary turned out byinvolving themselves in other political efforts. Engage with a race somewhere down-ballot. \u2014 Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic , 15 Apr. 2020",
      "And just like last year, this five-game snapshot features a three-game winning streak sandwiched between a dispiriting Week 1 loss to the Packers and a three-point probably-shoulda-won upset loss on the road. \u2014 Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com , 12 Oct. 2019",
      "The Wolverines split their two home games this week, with a dispiriting last-minute loss to Ohio State on Wednesday before a crucial nine-point win against Michigan State on Saturday. \u2014 Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press , 10 Feb. 2020",
      "His job proves exhausting and dispiriting over the years, but his kindly boss comes through with a retirement pension. \u2014 Sarah Ruden, National Review , 23 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dis- + spirit"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1647, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-154135"
  },
  "discrown":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deprive of a crown",
      ": depose"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259s",
      "(\u02c8)dis+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dis- entry 1 + crown (noun)"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-154242"
  },
  "Disconanthae":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a division of Siphonophora comprising jellyfishes with a round flat many-chambered float (as members of the genera Veletta and Porpita )"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdisk\u0259\u02c8nan\u02ccth\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, from disc- + connective -n- + -anthae (from Greek anthos flower)"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-154453"
  },
  "dismality":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of being dismal : dismalness",
      ": a dismal occurrence or feeling"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "diz\u02c8mal\u0259t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-154536"
  },
  "denegation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": denial"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-ni-\u02c8g\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "contradiction",
      "denial",
      "disallowance",
      "disavowal",
      "disclaimer",
      "disconfirmation",
      "negation",
      "rejection",
      "repudiation"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "acknowledgment",
      "acknowledgement",
      "admission",
      "avowal",
      "confirmation"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "this recent flip-flop is merely the latest in a series of denegations by the governor of previously held positions"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French denegacion, borrowed from Late Latin d\u0113neg\u0101ti\u014dn-, d\u0113neg\u0101ti\u014d, from Latin d\u0113neg\u0101re \"to deny\" (from d\u0113- de- + neg\u0101re \"to say no [with the negative of a conjoined clause], deny, say no\") + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at negate"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-155029"
  },
  "dunite":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a granular igneous rock consisting chiefly of olivine"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-\u02ccn\u012bt",
      "\u02c8d\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Mount Dun , New Zealand"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1859, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-155038"
  },
  "dispensative":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": administrative",
      ": granting or serving to grant dispensation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Medieval Latin dispensativus , from Latin dispensatus + -ivus -ive"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-155317"
  },
  "denim":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a firm durable twilled usually cotton fabric woven with colored warp and white filling threads",
      ": a similar fabric woven in colored stripes",
      ": overalls or trousers usually of blue denim",
      ": a firm often coarse cotton cloth",
      ": overalls or pants of usually blue denim"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-n\u0259m",
      "\u02c8de-n\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "He's wearing faded denims and cowboy boots.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Then throw in denim shorts and mix and match any of your swimsuits to create endless outfits. \u2014 Jennifer Chan, PEOPLE.com , 16 June 2022",
      "Paired with denim shorts and a blazer, your bikini top can also double as a night-out piece. \u2014 Vogue , 25 May 2022",
      "Stock up on wide-leg and skinny jeans, as well as denim shorts, with 30% off most Hudson Jeans styles from May 23 to May 30. \u2014 The Editors, Town & Country , 20 May 2022",
      "Priyanka wore a colorful graphic button-down over a white top, denim shorts, and white sneakers, and sported oversized sunglasses with pink frames. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 May 2022",
      "Pair it with denim shorts, flowy pants, skirts, jeans, and more. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Though the costume exposed his legs, Entrekin\u2019s denim shorts could be seen underneath. \u2014 Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic , 15 Jan. 2022",
      "Photos were released of personal items left in the Barnett family\u2019s vehicle, including a pair of denim shorts, that investigators believed belonged to the kidnappers. \u2014 Chelsea Prince, ajc , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "Designed for versatility, the dress can also be worn as a light jacket over distressed denim shorts. \u2014 Angela Lei, Forbes , 15 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "French ( serge ) de N\u00eemes serge of N\u00eemes, France"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1695, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-155500"
  },
  "database":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a usually large collection of data organized especially for rapid search and retrieval (as by a computer)",
      ": a collection of data that is organized especially to be used by a computer"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101-t\u0259-\u02ccb\u0101s",
      "\u02c8da-",
      "also",
      "\u02c8d\u0101-t\u0259-\u02ccb\u0101s",
      "\u02c8da-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "All of our customers' information was kept in a database .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The country also has a robust coronavirus testing program, a high COVID-19 vaccine uptake and a centralized public health database that provides researchers with clean, clear data to analyze the effects of the vaccines over time. \u2014 Corinne Purtillstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
      "Eventually, the bill would strengthen the role of the Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices (AEMPS), which will be in charge of regulating cannabis drugs and preparations, and create a database about medical cannabis patients. \u2014 Dario Sabaghi, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
      "Then you\u2019re tasked with searching a database for a perfect match (or a few!) and planning a fun first date. \u2014 Nicol Natale, Woman's Day , 13 June 2022",
      "The artist's work generated more than $354 million at auction in 2016, exceeding any other artist -- dead or alive -- in the world that year, according to an annual ranking produced by the Artprice database . \u2014 CNN , 12 June 2022",
      "Therapy for Black Girls, for example, provides Black users with a database to find therapists who look like them. \u2014 Alisha Acquaye, Allure , 12 June 2022",
      "According to Utah\u2019s court records database , none of the six Utahns appears to have a history of violent crime. \u2014 Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 June 2022",
      "The measure would ban ammunition magazines over 10 rounds, except for current owners, law enforcement and the military, and the state police would create a firearms database . \u2014 Andrew Selsky, ajc , 10 June 2022",
      "Officer Raymond Pyle, who was hired by the department in January 2021, accessed the database in August 2021 during an investigation, according to a press release from Sierra Vista police. \u2014 Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic , 9 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1962, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-155615"
  },
  "duck shot":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a medium-heavy lead shot used in duck hunting"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-155619"
  },
  "discriminating duties":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": differential duties"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-155807"
  },
  "dang it":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of dang it US , informal \u2014 used to show that one is angry or annoyed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-155830"
  },
  "down-to-earthness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": practical",
      ": unpretentious"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-t\u00fc-\u02c8\u0259rth"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "demure",
      "humble",
      "lowly",
      "meek",
      "modest",
      "unassuming",
      "unpretentious"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "arrogant",
      "bumptious",
      "chesty",
      "conceited",
      "egotistic",
      "egotistical",
      "fastuous",
      "haughty",
      "highfalutin",
      "hifalutin",
      "high-and-mighty",
      "high-handed",
      "high-hat",
      "hoity-toity",
      "huffish",
      "huffy",
      "imperious",
      "lordly",
      "overweening",
      "peremptory",
      "pompous",
      "presuming",
      "presumptuous",
      "pretentious",
      "self-asserting",
      "self-assertive",
      "supercilious",
      "superior",
      "toplofty",
      "toploftical",
      "uppish",
      "uppity"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1922, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-160028"
  },
  "distal convoluted tubule":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the convoluted portion of the vertebrate nephron that lies between the loop of Henle and the nonsecretory part of the nephron and that is concerned especially with the concentration of urine",
      ": the convoluted portion of the nephron lying between the loop of Henle and the nonsecretory part of the nephron and concerned especially with the concentration of urine"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1901, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-160051"
  },
  "Durkheim":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "\u00c9mile 1858\u20131917 French sociologist"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "du\u0307r-\u02c8kem"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-160321"
  },
  "dissenter":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that dissents",
      ": an English Nonconformist"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sen-t\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dissentient",
      "dissident",
      "heresiarch",
      "heretic",
      "nonconformist"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "conformer",
      "conformist"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a society that prized conformity very highly and treated dissenters of any kind very harshly",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Councilman Clayton Perry, of District 10 on the Northeast Side, was the lone dissenter . \u2014 Megan Stringer, San Antonio Express-News , 2 June 2022",
      "Thomas was the lone dissenter from that order, giving no explanation. \u2014 Greg Stohr, Fortune , 14 May 2022",
      "The dissenter , Trump appointee Judge Barbara Lagoa, included in a footnote a mention of the new Omicron variant, which had not been discussed in the case. \u2014 Tierney Sneed, CNN , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "The character of Smith presents Miller\u2019s character John Proctor as a courageous dissenter who stands firm against the hysteria and false accusations of the trials. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 May 2022",
      "Justice Sonia Sotomayor, whose parents were born in Puerto Rico, was the lone dissenter . \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, whose parents were born in Puerto Rico, was the lone dissenter . \u2014 Mark Sherman, USA TODAY , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Panic struck with Mobutu\u2019s speech and the appearance of a dissenter in the ranks: Herbert Ganslmayr, the director of the \u00dcbersee-Museum, in Bremen, who vocally championed restitution. \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Thomas was the lone dissenter when the court cleared the way for some of Trump\u2019s White House papers to be turned over to the congressional panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. \u2014 Greg Stohr, Bloomberg.com , 9 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1639, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-160505"
  },
  "dialect atlas":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": linguistic atlas"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1925, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-160517"
  },
  "disserviceable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": counterproductive"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di(s)-\u02c8s\u0259r-v\u0259-s\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1635, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-160558"
  },
  "dropper":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that drops",
      ": a short glass or plastic tube fitted with a rubber bulb and used to measure liquids by drops",
      ": a short tube with a rubber bulb used to measure out liquids by drops",
      ": a short glass tube fitted with a rubber bulb and used to measure liquids by drops"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4-p\u0259r",
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4-p\u0259r",
      "\u02c8dr\u00e4p-\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "He put drops in his eyes with a dropper .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Each bottle contains 30 mL of oil, while each dropper delivers approximately 0.25 mL of oil. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 May 2022",
      "Use a dropper to add in blue water, and when the clouds get saturated \u2014 blue rain. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 1 June 2022",
      "Like a facial in a dropper , this luxuriously lightweight oil is formulated with a combination of shelf-stable vitamin C, squalene, and chios crystal and rose oils, which all work together to intensely hydrate, brighten, and firm skin at once. \u2014 The Editors, Town & Country , 31 May 2022",
      "Between the thin consistency and dropper applicator, things can get a little messy, so be mindful of runaway drips. \u2014 Madison Yauger, PEOPLE.com , 5 May 2022",
      "To nourish him, nurses sometimes held a dropper in his mouth. \u2014 Mark Johnson, jsonline.com , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "On March 19, 2022, Matej Mohoric won the 113th edition of the Milan-San Remo road race after unleashing a downhill attack facilitated by a dropper seatpost. \u2014 Eben Weiss, Outside Online , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Plus, this product comes in a bottle with a convenient dropper to help make application easy. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 May 2022",
      "Consider Kaia Gerber's massive, waist-length curls the first jaw- dropper of the night. \u2014 Nicola Dall'asen, Allure , 2 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1700, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-160723"
  },
  "doolfu":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of doolfu chiefly Scottish variant of doleful"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fclf\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-160952"
  },
  "duckstone":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": duck on a rock",
      ": the stone on which the duck is placed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-161431"
  },
  "disproving":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to prove to be false or wrong : refute",
      ": to show to be false or wrong"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8pr\u00fcv",
      "dis-\u02c8pr\u00fcv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "belie",
      "confound",
      "confute",
      "debunk",
      "disconfirm",
      "discredit",
      "falsify",
      "rebut",
      "refute",
      "shoot down"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "confirm",
      "establish",
      "prove",
      "validate",
      "verify"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe disproved any lingering notions that the earth is flat.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "While Lanez\u2019s side continues to do everything in their power to disprove Megan\u2019s case in the court of public opinion, Megan is looking forward to seeing how things play out before a judge and jury when the trial begins in September. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Musk has produced no evidence to disprove Twitter's statement that fewer than 5 percent of monetizable daily active users (mDAUs) are spam or fake. \u2014 Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica , 26 May 2022",
      "Contemporary extrapolations based on what the Soviets did or did not do will always be impossible to fully prove or disprove . \u2014 Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Inspired by a 1909 exhibition led to disprove U.S. claims to northeastern Greenland, the film sees Cole as Iver P. Iversen, an inexperienced mechanic who joins Danish explorer Ejnar Mikkelsen (Coster-Waldau) on his journey. \u2014 Marta Balaga, Variety , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "For most other defenses, the burden is on the prosecutor to disprove them, Raybin said. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "The devices, meant to ensure that officers were meeting department standards, at times also helped police disprove false claims. \u2014 Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times , 20 Sep. 2021",
      "The president, Jackson boasted, had aced a cognitive assessment meant to disprove claims that his mental health was deteriorating. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 June 2021",
      "These records disprove claims by Clinton administration officials and others (including Gorbachev himself) that the topic wasn\u2019t discussed, or discussed only in reference to a reunified Germany. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 28 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French desprover , from des- dis- + prover to prove"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-161513"
  },
  "dinornithid":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of or relating to the Dinornithidae"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u012b\u00a6n\u022frn\u0259th\u0259\u0307d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dinornithid after New Latin Dinornithidae dinornithidae ; dinornithic from New Latin Dinornith-, Dinornis dinornis + -ic entry 1"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-162030"
  },
  "delegable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": capable of being delegated",
      ": capable of being delegated"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-li-g\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "\u02c8de-l\u0259-g\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1617, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-162043"
  },
  "dropped shoulder":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the shoulder line of a garment extended beyond the top of the upper arm"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-162136"
  },
  "drum stuffing":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a rapid method of stuffing a leather by rotating it in a heated drum until warm, adding liquid grease to the drum, and then rotating again for a short time"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-163105"
  },
  "duit":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an old coin of the Netherlands and Dutch controlled territories equal to about \u00b9/\u2088 stiver",
      ": trifle sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fit",
      "\u02c8d\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-163127"
  },
  "domainal":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": domanial"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-n\u1d4al"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-163219"
  },
  "disconnector":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": disconnecting switch"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-163242"
  },
  "dirge":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a song or hymn of grief or lamentation",
      ": one intended to accompany funeral or memorial rites",
      ": a slow, solemn, and mournful piece of music",
      ": something (such as a poem) that has the qualities of a dirge"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259rj"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "elegy",
      "lament",
      "requiem",
      "threnody"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "bagpipes played a haunting dirge at the funeral for the fallen leader",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The second movement, processional and severe, is a pavane, not a dirge ; this music needs motion, and Bach Collegium imbued this most famous of the symphony\u2019s movements with a sense of solemn dance lost at a slower tempo. \u2014 Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 May 2022",
      "The prisoners\u2019 choral dirge is heated by squeals of brass, smoking underneath; along with Betty\u2019s enigmatically tender aria, this is the most intriguing music of the opera. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022",
      "Standing at the edge, the three clergymen intoned a dirge , in a low, melodious chant. \u2014 Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
      "Helping pull the whole construct together is Hazma Bouchnak\u2019s original score, which stretches from dirge -like ominousness to more playfully expressive moods. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 15 Dec. 2021",
      "This is accompanied by the men of court singing a solemn dirge for seemingly hours on end. \u2014 Alice Burton, Vulture , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "The road sang a dirge , the girls danced in sadness. \u2014 Romeo Oriogun, The New Yorker , 25 Oct. 2021",
      "Tamara Stewart played a mournful dirge on her bagpipe, an honor guard placed a wreath on a truck bearing a bent and rusty beam salvaged from the twin tower wreckage. \u2014 Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal , 12 Sep. 2021",
      "How times change: When Joss Whedon came on to complete this Avengers-style epic, he was viewed as a genius with a golden touch, sure to bring some heart and humor to Snyder\u2019s soggy, dire dirge . \u2014 Tim Grierson, Vulture , 27 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English dirige , the Office of the Dead, from the first word of a Late Latin antiphon, from Latin, imperative of dirigere to direct \u2014 more at dress"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-163517"
  },
  "Dukakis":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Michael S(tanley) 1933\u2013 American politician"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u00fc-\u02c8k\u00e4-kis"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-163539"
  },
  "doodeen":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of doodeen variant spelling of dudeen"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-163546"
  },
  "duroc":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of a breed of large vigorous red American hogs",
      "G\u00e9raud-Christophe-Michel 1772\u20131813 Duc",
      "French general under Napol\u00e9on"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8du\u0307r-\u02cc\u00e4k",
      "also",
      "du\u0307-\u02c8r\u00e4k",
      "dyu\u0307-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Duroc , 19th century American stallion"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1883, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-163600"
  },
  "dismask":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": unmask"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259s",
      "(\u02c8)dis+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle French desmasquer , from des- dis- entry 1 + masque mask"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-163604"
  },
  "diminished":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": made one half step less than perfect or minor"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8mi-nisht"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1751, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-164149"
  },
  "dolus malus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": fraud and misrepresentation that is actionable and punishable or is ground for rescinding the transaction resulting from it"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8m\u00e4l\u0259s",
      "-\u02c8m\u0101l-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin, bad deceit"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-164324"
  },
  "debilitation":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to impair the strength of : enfeeble",
      ": to make feeble : weaken",
      ": to impair the strength of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8bi-l\u0259-\u02cct\u0101t",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8bi-l\u0259-\u02cct\u0101t",
      "di-\u02c8bil-\u0259-\u02cct\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "devitalize",
      "enervate",
      "enfeeble",
      "etiolate",
      "prostrate",
      "sap",
      "soften",
      "tire",
      "waste",
      "weaken"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "beef (up)",
      "fortify",
      "strengthen"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The virus debilitates the body's immune system.",
      "the heart surgery debilitated the college athlete beyond his worst fears",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The ministry said Moscow could be expected to continue bombarding the region from the air to debilitate Ukrainian air defenses as Russia builds up forces on the ground. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Chinese defense officials say the SJ-21 is meant to dispose of space debris, but US Space Command says the same arm can debilitate or disable rival satellites. \u2014 Khari Johnson, Wired , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Republicans view the Democrats\u2019 legislative plans as an overreach of excess spending and have accused Mr. Biden of careening from one crisis to another, saying both will debilitate the party\u2019s midterm message next year. \u2014 Ken Thomas, WSJ , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "The flu does not knock you down and debilitate you like COVID-19. \u2014 Claire Thornton, USA TODAY , 8 Aug. 2021",
      "The absence of strong copyright laws continues to debilitate Cambodian cinema. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 Apr. 2021",
      "Prodigious force is required to propel the 245-pound Texas senior skyward, and that sort of strain and joint load can debilitate over time. \u2014 Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com , 13 Nov. 2020",
      "Seizing the moment to debilitate Hezbollah would be a huge step forward for maximum pressure. \u2014 Carine Hajjar, National Review , 22 Aug. 2020",
      "The year after having my daughter, debilitating anxiety came out of the blue. \u2014 Health.com , 28 May 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin debilitatus , past participle of debilitare to weaken, from debilis weak"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1533, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-164542"
  },
  "dragging beam":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dragon beam"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-164810"
  },
  "deduction new for old":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a subtraction made by a marine underwriter from the total cost of repairs in paying a claim under a hull-insurance policy to allow for the gain in excess of loss to the shipowner resulting from the new material installed during repairing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-164906"
  },
  "deadlight":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a metal cover or shutter fitted to a port to keep out light and water"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ded-\u02ccl\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1726, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-165042"
  },
  "dispensator":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dispenser",
      ": one that manages or administers"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English dispensatour , from Medieval Latin dispensator , from Latin, household manager, treasurer, from dispensatus + -or"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-165316"
  },
  "declarant":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a person who makes a statement or declaration especially in connection with a legal proceeding",
      ": a person who makes a statement or declaration"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8kler-\u0259nt",
      "di-\u02c8klar-\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1681, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-165414"
  },
  "distribution board":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": panelboard sense 3"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-165514"
  },
  "Duisburg":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "city in western Germany at the junction of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers population 488,468"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-\u0259s-\u02ccb\u0259rg",
      "\u02c8d\u00fcz-\u02ccb\u0259rg",
      "\u02c8dy\u00fcz-\u02ccb\u0259rg",
      ""
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-165609"
  },
  "Dimyaria":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adjective or noun",
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a division of Lamellibranchia comprising the bivalve mollusks with both anterior and posterior adductor muscles, sometimes used synonymously with Isomyaria but commonly including also Heteromyaria \u2014 compare monomyaria"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u012b\u02ccm\u012b\u02c8a(a)r\u0113\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, from di- + -myaria"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-170113"
  },
  "discrete":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": constituting a separate entity : individually distinct",
      ": consisting of distinct or unconnected elements : noncontinuous",
      ": taking on or having a finite or countably infinite number of values",
      ": separate entry 2 sense 3 , distinct",
      ": characterized by distinct unconnected lesions",
      "\u2014 compare confluent sense 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8skr\u0113t",
      "\u02c8dis-\u02cc",
      "di-\u02c8skr\u0113t",
      "dis-\u02c8kr\u0113t, \u02c8dis-\u02cc"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "detached",
      "disconnected",
      "free",
      "freestanding",
      "separate",
      "single",
      "unattached",
      "unconnected"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "attached",
      "connected",
      "joined",
      "linked"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The idea is to disconnect the memory from the reactions to the memory, so that although the memory of the traumatic event remains, the everyday things that can trigger fear and panic, such as trash blowing across the interstate or a car backfiring \u2026 are restored to insignificance. The trauma thus becomes a discrete event, not a constant, self-replicating, encompassing condition. \u2014 Sue Halpern , New Yorker , 19 May 2008",
      "Eliminating stress entirely is not an option. If there are discrete sources of stress in your life\u2014a relationship, a job, a health problem\u2014you can and should take action to try to mitigate them. But my experience is that we all are subject to a kind of conservation law of stress. If stress recedes in one area, it seems to increase in another. \u2014 Time , 17 Oct. 2005",
      "The newer, digital phones broadcast their communications in discrete bursts of energy, whereas analog devices employ continuous signals. \u2014 Janet Raloff , Science News , 12 Feb. 2000",
      "several discrete sections to this vast medical complex, including a college of pharmacology and a research center",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Pimples contain tiny and discrete bacterial infections. \u2014 Maddie Bender, Scientific American , 1 June 2022",
      "At the same time, a discrete Ukrainian national identity was beginning to emerge. \u2014 Lowell Barrington, The Conversation , 23 May 2022",
      "Those looking for a discrete haven should look no further. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 19 May 2022",
      "Midway through Cannes\u2019 program last year, the festival back channeled to the international media that a discrete , last-minute addition had been made to the lineup. \u2014 Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
      "Completing discrete , helpful tasks and staying focused on the present may offer some relief. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Nov. 2021",
      "Guests enter on the parlor level, where an airy living room is divided into two discrete sitting areas centered on round rugs that tee up the circle theme. \u2014 Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
      "Rather than focusing on low-income families in Phoenix or Miami, however, school-choice backers in these states have created opportunities for discrete groups of students, such as special-needs kids or Native Americans who live on reservations. \u2014 John J. Miller, National Review , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "Those specifics are becoming easier to identify thanks to digital tracking and the splintering of audiences into smaller, more discrete groups around particular types of programming. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 24 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English discrete, discret, discreet \u2014 more at discreet",
      "Note: The adjective discrete is etymologically identical with discreet , of which it was originally a simple spelling variant. The consistent discrimination of the two senses by spelling, with discrete corresponding more closely to classical Latin in both form and meaning, dates from the 18th century."
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-170240"
  },
  "day camp":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a camp where children spend the day and then return home at the end of the day"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-170337"
  },
  "dissipatedness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": given to or marked by dissipation : dissolute",
      ": indulging in bad, foolish, or harmful activities"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-s\u0259-\u02ccp\u0101-t\u0259d",
      "\u02c8di-s\u0259-\u02ccp\u0101-t\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "corrupt",
      "debased",
      "debauched",
      "decadent",
      "degenerate",
      "degraded",
      "demoralized",
      "depraved",
      "dissolute",
      "jackleg",
      "libertine",
      "loose",
      "perverse",
      "perverted",
      "rakehell",
      "rakehelly",
      "rakish",
      "reprobate",
      "sick",
      "unclean",
      "unwholesome",
      "warped"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "pure",
      "uncorrupt",
      "uncorrupted"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the dissipated and drunken son of the wealthiest man in the county"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1744, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-170654"
  },
  "demivol":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a single wing used as a bearing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "French demi-vol , from demi- + vol"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-170855"
  },
  "dissentience":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of being dissentient : disagreement"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8sench(\u0113)\u0259|n(t)s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-171124"
  },
  "delegatory":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of, relating to, or involving delegation of authority : conveying power or authority to one that has no independent right to it"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-t\u022fr-",
      "-ri"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Late Latin delegatorius , from Latin delegatus + -orius -ory"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-171334"
  },
  "Datong":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "city in the northeastern China province of Shanxi population 798,319"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-\u02c8tu\u0307\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-171718"
  },
  "disappoint":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to fail to meet the expectation or hope of : frustrate",
      ": to fail to meet a hope or expectation : to cause disappointment",
      ": to fail to satisfy the hope or expectation of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8p\u022fint",
      "\u02ccdi-s\u0259-\u02c8p\u022fint"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cheat",
      "dissatisfy",
      "fail",
      "let down"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "content",
      "gratify",
      "satisfy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The team disappointed its fans.",
      "The show may disappoint some viewers.",
      "The novel disappoints by being predictable and overly long.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Apple's new 13-inch MacBook Pro is a little tough to recommend given the options in Apple's lineup, but that doesn't change the key takeaway: The new second-generation M2 chip doesn't disappoint . \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 23 June 2022",
      "Tim Burton doesn't disappoint with this dark, yet romantic, film. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 22 June 2022",
      "The goosebump-inducing exhibit, complete with a circling Drogon in the background, doesn\u2019t disappoint . \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 19 June 2022",
      "The misadventures of the Channel 4 news team never disappoint . \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 19 June 2022",
      "Even though his team lost to Utah's Corner Canyon 73-59, Williams didn't disappoint . \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 18 June 2022",
      "Just like the rest of the lavish wedding, the food did not disappoint . \u2014 Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
      "Fortunately, Noah didn't disappoint , and followers quickly congratulated the country artist on his first career venture away from all the Idol voters. \u2014 Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping , 14 June 2022",
      "For him and his friends, Pop-Up Pride did not disappoint . \u2014 Camille Caldera, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English disapointen to dispossess, from Middle French desapointer , from des- dis- + appointer to arrange \u2014 more at appoint"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1513, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-172102"
  },
  "disorderly house":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": brothel"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "bagnio",
      "bawdy house",
      "bordello",
      "brothel",
      "cathouse",
      "sporting house",
      "stew",
      "whorehouse"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the penalty for anyone convicted of running a disorderly house in the city"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "euphemism"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1749, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-172358"
  },
  "dele":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to delete especially from typeset matter",
      ": a mark indicating that something is to be deled"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113-(\u02cc)l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blue-pencil",
      "cancel",
      "cross (out)",
      "delete",
      "edit (out)",
      "elide",
      "kill",
      "scratch (out)",
      "strike (out)",
      "stroke (out)",
      "x (out)"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "the proofreader was instructed to dele stray characters and other typos"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Verb",
      "Latin, imperative singular of del\u0113re"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1612, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "1640, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-172403"
  },
  "disastrousness":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of being disastrous"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-172457"
  },
  "drowsihead":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": drowsiness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-z\u0113\u02cched"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "drowsy + -head or -hood"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-172732"
  },
  "devitrify":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deprive of glassy luster and transparency",
      ": to change (something, such as a glass, glassy rock, or enamel) from a vitreous to a crystalline condition"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8vi-tr\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "French d\u00e9vitrifier , from d\u00e9- de- + vitrifier to vitrify"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1832, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-173526"
  },
  "disilicate":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a silicate containing two atoms of silicon in the molecule"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u012b+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "di- + silicate"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-173631"
  },
  "discriminant function":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a function of a set of variables that is evaluated for samples of events or objects and used as an aid in discriminating between or classifying them"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1936, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-173710"
  },
  "dragger-out":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that drags out",
      ": a worker who withdraws bars from a roughing furnace"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-173832"
  },
  "docker":{
    "type":[
      "noun ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that docks the tails of animals",
      ": one connected with docks",
      ": longshoreman"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-k\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dockhand",
      "dockworker",
      "longshoreman",
      "roustabout",
      "rouster",
      "stevedore"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "1765, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1887, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-173849"
  },
  "diluent":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a diluting agent (such as the vehicle in a medicinal preparation)",
      ": a diluting agent (as the vehicle in a medicinal preparation)",
      ": making thinner or less concentrated by admixture : diluting"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dil-y\u0259-w\u0259nt",
      "-y\u00fc-\u0259nt",
      "\u02c8dil-y\u0259-w\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Over-the-counter antigen tests from manufacturers including Abbott Labs and Quidel contain a diluent that users are instructed to mix with a sample collected from a nasal swab. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "If too little or too much diluent , or reagent, is used, even that can deliver a false negative or positive result. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "Depending on what formulation Pfizer produces pediatric doses in, that might require adding a different amount of diluent to each injection or using a different vial or syringe. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 8 Oct. 2021",
      "Depending on what formulation Pfizer produces pediatric doses in, that might require adding a different amount of diluent to each injection or using a different vial or syringe. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 8 Oct. 2021",
      "Depending on what formulation Pfizer produces pediatric doses in, that might require adding a different amount of diluent to each injection or using a different vial or syringe. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 8 Oct. 2021",
      "Some formulations of the Pfizer vaccine must be mixed with a solution, or diluent . \u2014 Catherine Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 Nov. 2021",
      "Depending on what formulation Pfizer produces pediatric doses in, that might require adding a different amount of diluent to each injection or using a different vial or syringe. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 8 Oct. 2021",
      "Depending on what formulation Pfizer produces pediatric doses in, that might require adding a different amount of diluent to each injection or using a different vial or syringe. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 8 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin diluent-, diluens , present participle of diluere"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1721, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-174720"
  },
  "dregs of wine":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": a dark red to deep reddish brown that is less strong than Malaga"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-174855"
  },
  "drain":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to draw off (liquid) gradually or completely",
      ": to cause the gradual disappearance of",
      ": to exhaust (see exhaust entry 1 sense 1b ) physically or emotionally",
      ": to make gradually dry",
      ": to carry away the surface water of",
      ": to deplete or empty by or as if by drawing off by degrees or in increments",
      ": to empty by drinking the contents of",
      ": drop sense 7c , sink",
      ": filter",
      ": to become emptied or freed of liquid by its flowing or dropping",
      ": to discharge surface or surplus water",
      ": to flow off gradually",
      ": to disappear gradually : dwindle",
      ": a means (such as a pipe) by which usually liquid matter is drained",
      ": something that causes depletion : burden",
      ": the act of draining",
      ": a gradual outflow or withdrawal : depletion",
      ": an electrode in a field-effect transistor toward which charge carriers move \u2014 compare gate , source",
      ": to a state of being wasted or irretrievably lost",
      ": to remove (liquid) from something by letting it flow away or out",
      ": to slowly make or become dry or empty",
      ": to flow into, away from, or out of something",
      ": to slowly disappear",
      ": to tire out",
      ": something used to remove a liquid",
      ": something that slowly empties of or uses up",
      ": to draw off (liquid) gradually or completely",
      ": to exhaust physically or emotionally",
      ": to carry away or give passage to a bodily fluid or a discharge from",
      ": to flow off gradually",
      ": a tube or cylinder usually of absorbent material for drainage of a wound \u2014 see cigarette drain"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101n",
      "\u02c8dr\u0101n",
      "\u02c8dr\u0101n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bleed",
      "draft",
      "draw (off)",
      "pump",
      "siphon",
      "syphon",
      "tap"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "fill"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Officials have said that the United States hopes the West's upcoming surge of military assistance to Ukraine -- along with Russia's increasing isolation on the world stage -- will drain Putin's will to fight. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 19 June 2022",
      "The United States hopes the West\u2019s upcoming surge of military assistance to Ukraine \u2014 along with Russia\u2019s increasing isolation on the world stage \u2014 will drain President Vladimir Putin\u2019s will to fight. \u2014 Amy Cheng, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
      "This means poor conversion rates that will drain your marketing budget. \u2014 Marius Vetrici, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "Piatek indicated that storm water from 215 residential structures will drain into the basin, alleviating pressure on the sewer system at Kolleda Ditch when large rain events occur. \u2014 Beth Mlady, cleveland , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "And Kalos doesn\u2019t think that the demand will drain the supply. \u2014 Samantha Hissong, Rolling Stone , 27 Nov. 2021",
      "And the growing human demand for water will drain the pools further. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Aug. 2021",
      "Jimmy Junkin, manager of the city\u2019s water/wastewater department, said crews will drain the tank Thursday night, remove any debris and sanitize the tank. \u2014 Ike Morgan | Imorgan@al.com, al , 6 Aug. 2021",
      "The blood clots form in unusual places, such as veins that drain blood from the brain. \u2014 Celina Tebor, USA TODAY , 6 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Some bottles went straight down the drain (A Russian sparkling wine?!). \u2014 Douglas Heye, CNN , 18 June 2022",
      "And if there\u2019s anything left over, use it to water the plants rather than pouring it down the drain . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
      "East County officials fear a $950 million sewage recycling project could get flushed down the drain because of a pipeline deal gone awry. \u2014 Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 May 2022",
      "That\u2019s half of the precious time, effort and money spent in crafting job advertisements, reviewing resumes, conducting interviews and training new employees gone down the drain . \u2014 Kiran Mann, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
      "Swatting calls are a drain on resources and dangerous to both police and the public, Lampson said. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, Hartford Courant , 10 May 2022",
      "The last item, industrial paint jobs, are the main drain on water supplies in an auto plant. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Harrison has argued that unruly crowds outside the clubs, especially around the current last call of 2 a.m., is a major drain on police manpower. \u2014 Bryn Stole, baltimoresun.com , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "Until this point, Beijing had relied completely on artificial snow to cover its slopes and venues \u2014 which environmentalists and critics say is a huge drain on energy and water resources. \u2014 Helen Regan, CNN , 14 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Verb and Noun",
      "Middle English draynen , from Old English dr\u0113ahnian \u2014 more at dry"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 4",
      "Noun",
      "1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-175351"
  },
  "dredger":{
    "type":[
      "noun ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something (such as a barge or a machine) that is used for dredging : dredge entry 2",
      ": a container with a perforated top that is used to coat food (as with flour or sugar) by sprinkling"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dre-j\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "1600, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1666, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-175956"
  },
  "demeritorious":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": blameworthy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u0113+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "de- + meritorious"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-180438"
  },
  "deluge set":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a large monitor nozzle used in fire fighting to produce a deluge"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-180555"
  },
  "different drummer":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of different drummer US \u2014 used in phrases such as march to the beat of a different drummer to describe a person who thinks, lives, or behaves in an unusual way His strange behavior was no surprise\u2014he had always marched to (the beat of) a different drummer . Her friends went to college, but she heard a different drummer and moved to the city to be an actor."
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-180604"
  },
  "desperado":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a bold or violent criminal",
      ": a bandit of the western U.S. in the 19th century"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-sp\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4-(\u02cc)d\u014d",
      "-\u02c8r\u0101-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the notorious desperados of the Wild West",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The premise, The Sandman) will portray Mansell, aka The Oklahoma Wildman, a violent, sociopathic desperado who\u2019s already slipped through the fingers of Detroit\u2019s finest once and aims to do so again. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 5 May 2022",
      "The film saddles up alongside Nat Love (Jonathan Majors), a desperado looking for vengeance after a traumatic childhood incident. \u2014 Anika Reed, USA TODAY , 4 Nov. 2021",
      "And the male rider looked the part of a desperado with his white hat & bandana, brown leather chaps, and white duster adorned with blue Cowboys stars. \u2014 Kristi Scales, Dallas News , 9 Dec. 2020",
      "Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo No one faced more pressure to thrive, aside from those desperados on the roster bubble. \u2014 Cam Inman, The Mercury News , 25 Aug. 2019",
      "There's going to be 15 desperados over those two nights. \u2014 NBC News , 28 July 2019",
      "Buy a California fishing license at Convict Lake, named for a gang of desperadoes who broke out of a Nevada jail in 1871 and met their end in a shootout with lawmen here. \u2014 Katherine Rodeghier, Dallas News , 16 July 2019",
      "That includes the dead G-Man and the desperado who gunned him down, the outlaw eventually swinging from a noose in downtown Indianapolis while a bloodthirsty crowd cheered on Alabama Street. \u2014 Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star , 3 July 2019",
      "The desperadoes are so evil that Dutch (Borgnine) makes a joke of it when someone suggests pausing to give a decent burial to a fallen comrade. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 20 June 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "probably alteration of obsolete desperate desperado, from desperate , adjective"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1647, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-180625"
  },
  "daisy chain":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to link (things, such as computer components) together in series",
      ": a string of daisies with stems linked to form a chain",
      ": an interlinked series"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101-z\u0113-\u02ccch\u0101n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "She wore a daisy chain around her neck.",
      "a daisy chain of electronic devices",
      "The children linked arms forming a daisy chain .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "To rig it, tie a figure eight on a bight in the bouncer\u2019s factory webbing, then clip the bight to a daisy chain with a carabiner. \u2014 Emily Stifler Wolfe, Outside Online , 26 Apr. 2021",
      "With a daisy chain , though, adjusting to baby\u2019s fast-growing legs was as easy as clipping the next loop higher. \u2014 Emily Stifler Wolfe, Outside Online , 26 Apr. 2021",
      "These streams led to a chain of expanding gas bubbles that extend for at least 500 light-years, a daisy chain that allowed the researchers to reconstruct past events. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 13 Dec. 2021",
      "As has been demonstrated throughout the pandemic, upticks in infections represent just the first link of a potentially devastating daisy chain . \u2014 Luke Money, Los Angeles Times , 9 July 2021",
      "Occasionally, using the app\u2019s duet feature, a whole daisy chain of men will try out the same outfit tweak \u2014 sometimes sincerely (adding a tote bag to a look), sometimes wryly (wearing a tank top and simple pants). \u2014 New York Times , 8 July 2021",
      "His political activism is channeled through a daisy chain of opaque organizations that mask the ultimate recipients of his money. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2021",
      "Just over a year ago, in housing \u2014 like everywhere else in society\u2019s daisy chain of trillion-dollar value gains and losses\u2014 nearly everything seemed instantly to sort into before-COVID and after-COVID. \u2014 John Mcmanus, Forbes , 16 Apr. 2021",
      "The Hub Project is part of an opaque network managed by a Washington consulting firm, Arabella Advisors, that has funneled hundreds of millions of dollars through a daisy chain of groups supporting Democrats and progressive causes. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1955, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "1841, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-180802"
  },
  "depletion ration":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a basic experimental ration designed to exhaust the body reserve of a specific nutrient while maintaining other dietary requirements in balance"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-181428"
  },
  "disenfranchise":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deprive of a franchise , of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity",
      ": to deprive of the right to vote",
      ": to deprive of the right to vote",
      ": disfranchise"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-in-\u02c8fran-\u02ccch\u012bz",
      "\u02ccdi-s\u1d4an-\u02c8fran-\u02ccch\u012bz",
      "\u02ccdis-\u1d4an-\u02c8fran-\u02ccch\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "They disenfranchised poor people by making property ownership a requirement for registering to vote.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "McConnell tried to rebuff concerns among Democrats that GOP state lawmakers across the country are trying to disenfranchise minority voters by pointing to record-high turnout for all voters in the 2020 election. \u2014 Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, chicagotribune.com , 22 Jan. 2022",
      "The proposal also would disenfranchise his district\u2019s Armenian community, warned Krekorian, the council\u2019s first Armenian-American. \u2014 David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times , 30 Sep. 2021",
      "Brnovich is presently defending two Arizona election laws, which an appeals court this year found tended to disproportionately disenfranchise minority voters, before the Supreme Court. \u2014 Ian Macdougall, ProPublica , 3 Nov. 2020",
      "Republicans said that the point of new legislation is not to disenfranchise Black people and that federal legislation would usurp state's rights. \u2014 Meg Cunningham, ABC News , 20 Apr. 2021",
      "Republicans insist voter reform is essential to prevent future fraud, while Democrats claim the new laws disenfranchise disabled people, black people, and other minorities. \u2014 Rob Crilly, Washington Examiner , 15 Apr. 2021",
      "Is an election restriction that disproportionately affects Black people unconstitutional if it was adopted not to disenfranchise Black people, but to hurt Democrats? \u2014 Noah Feldman, Star Tribune , 4 Mar. 2021",
      "Those include state laws and local practices that disenfranchise Indigenous voters, unequal access to early voting and reliance on a mail system that is unreliable, the report stated. \u2014 Felicia Fonseca, ajc , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Vicious gerrymandering and laws that continue to disenfranchise millions are at least as consequential as a handful of private outbursts. \u2014 Becca Rothfeld, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1664, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-181518"
  },
  "discreteness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": constituting a separate entity : individually distinct",
      ": consisting of distinct or unconnected elements : noncontinuous",
      ": taking on or having a finite or countably infinite number of values",
      ": separate entry 2 sense 3 , distinct",
      ": characterized by distinct unconnected lesions",
      "\u2014 compare confluent sense 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8skr\u0113t",
      "\u02c8dis-\u02cc",
      "di-\u02c8skr\u0113t",
      "dis-\u02c8kr\u0113t, \u02c8dis-\u02cc"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "detached",
      "disconnected",
      "free",
      "freestanding",
      "separate",
      "single",
      "unattached",
      "unconnected"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "attached",
      "connected",
      "joined",
      "linked"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The idea is to disconnect the memory from the reactions to the memory, so that although the memory of the traumatic event remains, the everyday things that can trigger fear and panic, such as trash blowing across the interstate or a car backfiring \u2026 are restored to insignificance. The trauma thus becomes a discrete event, not a constant, self-replicating, encompassing condition. \u2014 Sue Halpern , New Yorker , 19 May 2008",
      "Eliminating stress entirely is not an option. If there are discrete sources of stress in your life\u2014a relationship, a job, a health problem\u2014you can and should take action to try to mitigate them. But my experience is that we all are subject to a kind of conservation law of stress. If stress recedes in one area, it seems to increase in another. \u2014 Time , 17 Oct. 2005",
      "The newer, digital phones broadcast their communications in discrete bursts of energy, whereas analog devices employ continuous signals. \u2014 Janet Raloff , Science News , 12 Feb. 2000",
      "several discrete sections to this vast medical complex, including a college of pharmacology and a research center",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Pimples contain tiny and discrete bacterial infections. \u2014 Maddie Bender, Scientific American , 1 June 2022",
      "At the same time, a discrete Ukrainian national identity was beginning to emerge. \u2014 Lowell Barrington, The Conversation , 23 May 2022",
      "Those looking for a discrete haven should look no further. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 19 May 2022",
      "Midway through Cannes\u2019 program last year, the festival back channeled to the international media that a discrete , last-minute addition had been made to the lineup. \u2014 Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
      "Completing discrete , helpful tasks and staying focused on the present may offer some relief. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Nov. 2021",
      "Guests enter on the parlor level, where an airy living room is divided into two discrete sitting areas centered on round rugs that tee up the circle theme. \u2014 Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
      "Rather than focusing on low-income families in Phoenix or Miami, however, school-choice backers in these states have created opportunities for discrete groups of students, such as special-needs kids or Native Americans who live on reservations. \u2014 John J. Miller, National Review , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "Those specifics are becoming easier to identify thanks to digital tracking and the splintering of audiences into smaller, more discrete groups around particular types of programming. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 24 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English discrete, discret, discreet \u2014 more at discreet",
      "Note: The adjective discrete is etymologically identical with discreet , of which it was originally a simple spelling variant. The consistent discrimination of the two senses by spelling, with discrete corresponding more closely to classical Latin in both form and meaning, dates from the 18th century."
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-181847"
  },
  "dockworker":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": longshoreman"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4k-\u02ccw\u0259r-k\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "docker",
      "dockhand",
      "longshoreman",
      "roustabout",
      "rouster",
      "stevedore"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the dockworkers spent all afternoon taking crates off of the ship",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Bandidos came along 18 years later in 1966, founded by a 36-year-old Houston dockworker and Vietnam War veteran named Donald Chambers. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "The dockworker absences are helping exacerbate a monthslong bottleneck. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "And to the screen, when a dockworker criticizing Jaskier\u2019s songs becomes a mouthpiece for fans. \u2014 Dawn Burkes, Los Angeles Times , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "The average dockworker with more than five years\u2019 full-time experience in 2019 earned almost $190,000. \u2014 Paul Berger, WSJ , 28 Nov. 2021",
      "In August, China partially shut down the world\u2019s third biggest container port for two weeks after a dockworker tested positive for Covid. \u2014 Aurora Almendral, Quartz , 29 Oct. 2021",
      "The son of a dockworker , Mullins, who was raised in Greenwich Village, has frequently clashed with both the NYPD leadership and de Blasio. \u2014 NBC News , 5 Oct. 2021",
      "Her late husband\u2019s ancestors\u2014a Sicilian dockworker and his wife, a femme de couleur libre, according to Louisiana\u2019s baroque racial-caste system\u2014bought the land that the club sits on. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 3 May 2021",
      "As if in a trance, dockworker Justino (Regis Myrupu) constantly surrenders to the cacophonic lullaby of nature while on the clock. \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times , 18 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1913, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-181901"
  },
  "draw a big/large crowd":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cause a lot of people to come"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-182033"
  },
  "depend":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to be determined, based, or contingent (see contingent entry 1 sense 1 )",
      ": to be pending or undecided",
      ": to place reliance or trust",
      ": to be dependent especially for financial support",
      ": to hang down",
      ": to be subject to determination by the situation",
      ": to rely for support",
      ": to be determined by or based on a person, action, or condition",
      ": trust entry 1 sense 2 , rely"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8pend",
      "di-\u02c8pend"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "hang",
      "hinge",
      "ride",
      "turn"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "whether or not we play baseball will depend on how much rain we get",
      "I know I can always depend on you for help when I really need it.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In New York City as in many other large North American cities, cycling is enjoying an enormous surge in popularity among everyone from casual riders to those who depend on pedal power to get to and from workplaces. \u2014 Jeffrey Steele, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
      "Those measures will help but won\u2019t immediately bring an end to formula supply shortages that have left people who depend on formula facing empty shelves or limits on purchases. \u2014 Zeke Miller, Chicago Tribune , 1 June 2022",
      "The imports will help but will not immediately bring an end to supply shortages that have left people who depend on formula facing empty shelves or limits on purchases. \u2014 Zeke Miller, Anchorage Daily News , 1 June 2022",
      "This is not the same for liberals who depend on liberal institutions and professional opportunities. \u2014 Madeleine Kearns, National Review , 26 May 2022",
      "There are, of course, benefits of the influx of revenue from American clients (and a rise in Brazilian and Middle Eastern travelers), but some local companies who depend on large chunks of Russian money in the summer will still experience a loss. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 24 May 2022",
      "Glass said the fare policy aims to support residents who depend on the service, many of whom continued to work at essential jobs during the pandemic. \u2014 Luz Lazo, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
      "The reality of the outbreak is far more mundane, if no less devastating to birds and people who depend on them for their livelihood. \u2014 CBS News , 17 May 2022",
      "The reality of the outbreak is far more mundane, if no less devastating to birds and people who depend on them for their livelihood. \u2014 David Klepper, ajc , 17 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French dependre , modification of Latin depend\u0113re , from de- + pend\u0113re to hang \u2014 more at pendant"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-182104"
  },
  "Defenseless Mennonite":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a member of a conservative Midwestern religious group of Mennonites"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-182341"
  },
  "dial bird":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of several songbirds of India (such as the magpie robin) related to the European robin"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b(\u0259)l-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "by folk etymology from Hindi dahiy\u0101l"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1738, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-184123"
  },
  "discarnate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having no physical body : incorporeal"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8k\u00e4r-n\u0259t",
      "-\u02ccn\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dis- + -carnate (as in incarnate )"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1882, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-184514"
  },
  "doctorbird":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": green tody",
      ": a curve-billed hummingbird ( Sericotes holosericeus ) of the West Indies",
      ": any of various West Indian hummingbirds"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "probably so called from the resemblance of the bill to a surgical needle"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-184652"
  },
  "decade":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a group or set of 10",
      ": such as",
      ": a period of 10 years",
      ": a division of the rosary that consists primarily of 10 Hail Marys",
      ": a ratio of 10 to 1 : order of magnitude",
      ": a period of ten years"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-\u02cck\u0101d",
      "de-\u02c8k\u0101d",
      "especially sense 1b",
      "\u02c8de-\u02cck\u0101d",
      "de-\u02c8k\u0101d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The war lasted nearly a decade .",
      "The bridge was built a decade ago.",
      "The decade of the 1920s runs from January 1, 1920 to December 31, 1929.",
      "the first decade of the 21st century",
      "There have been a lot of changes during the past two decades .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Lauren Graham and Peter Krause have split up after over a decade together, Graham's representative confirmed to People. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 17 June 2022",
      "This year is unusual: All but one of Alaska\u2019s 60 seats in the House and Senate are up for grabs in this year\u2019s election, thanks to a once-in-a- decade redistricting process that shuffled legislative boundaries. \u2014 Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News , 7 June 2022",
      "The brutal once-a- decade process of drawing new boundaries for the nation\u2019s 435 congressional districts is limping toward a close with the nation\u2019s two political parties roughly at parity. \u2014 Michael Wines, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
      "The Phillies have watched fan interest plummet through a decade -plus of lazy summers and little hope for a playoff push. \u2014 Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune , 4 June 2022",
      "Yet Philadelphia hasn't made the playoffs since 2011, hasn't won the World Series since 2008 and has watched fan interest plummet through a decade -plus of mediocre baseball. \u2014 Dan Gelston, ajc , 3 June 2022",
      "The 82-year-old legend hasn't played Milwaukee at all this past decade . \u2014 Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 25 May 2022",
      "Columbine wouldn\u2019t happen for another three years; Sandy Hook was over a decade away. \u2014 Tripti Lahiri, Quartz , 25 May 2022",
      "With Trump, America has spent more than half a decade at the receiving end of a firehose of loud mind-numbing nonsense and never-ending deceit. \u2014 Marisa Kabas, The New Republic , 20 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English, from Middle French d\u00e9cade , from Late Latin decad-, decas , from Greek dekad-, dekas , from deka \u2014 see deca-"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-184914"
  },
  "dead lift":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a lift in weight lifting in which the weight is lifted from the floor to hip level"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Standing compound exercises\u2014such as the dead lift , lunge, squat, standing cable row, and battle rope waves and slams\u2014engage the core, leg, and foot muscles for stability and balance, in addition to whatever their primary focus is, says Bracko. \u2014 Amanda Macmillan, Outside Online , 24 Apr. 2015",
      "Push-ups, sit-ups, and a 2-mile run were considered not holistic enough to meet the new requirements of war, so a six-exercise test was devised that incorporates exercises including a plank, dead lift , and sprint-drag-carry. \u2014 Abraham Mahshie, Washington Examiner , 22 Mar. 2021",
      "There are two main exercises to use in conjunction with the hex bar: the dead lift and the shrug. \u2014 Anthony Marcusa, chicagotribune.com , 22 Mar. 2021",
      "His personal bests are impressive \u2014 300 on power clean, 335 on bench, 500 on squat, 525 on dead lift . \u2014 Joseph Halm, NOLA.com , 7 Aug. 2020",
      "Duffin is the only person to ever lift 1,000 pounds for reps in the squat and dead lifted 1,000 pounds for reps. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 Apr. 2020",
      "Jessica Fithen went to Palmer, Alaska, last month, did a dogsled drag, pushed a van, pressed kegs, hurled a 55-pound salmon more than 14 feet and dead lifted nearly 500 pounds over and over. \u2014 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star , 12 Sep. 2019",
      "Right Now Her workouts consist of the leg-toning essentials: weighted traditional squats, Sumo squads, lunges and dead lifts . \u2014 Hanna Flanagan, PEOPLE.com , 23 Dec. 2019",
      "Such feats of strength were hardly unusual for Mr. Columbu, whose website notes that his personal records included bench pressing 525 pounds, squatting 655 pounds and dead lifting 750. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Sep. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1963, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-185335"
  },
  "donate/give blood":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to have blood taken out of one's body so that it can be put into the body of a person who needs it"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-185344"
  },
  "drum winding":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an armature winding in which the coils are arranged upon the outer surface of a cylinder with those under consecutive poles being united by end connections"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-185440"
  },
  "delegate":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a person acting for another: such as",
      ": a representative to a convention or conference",
      ": a representative of a U.S. territory in the House of Representatives",
      ": a member of the lower house of the legislature of Maryland, Virginia, or West Virginia",
      ": to entrust to another",
      ": to appoint as one's representative",
      ": to assign responsibility or authority",
      ": a person sent with power to act for another or others",
      ": to entrust to another",
      ": to make responsible for getting something done",
      ": a person empowered to act on behalf of another: as",
      ": a person who is authorized to perform another's duties under a contract",
      ": a representative to a convention (as of a political party) or conference",
      ": a representative of a U.S. territory in the House of Representatives",
      ": a member of the lower house of the legislature of Maryland, Virginia, or West Virginia",
      ": to entrust or transfer (as power, authority, or responsibility) to another: as",
      ": to transfer (one's contractual duties) to another",
      ": to empower a body (as an administrative agency) to perform (a governmental function) \u2014 see also nondelegation doctrine",
      ": to appoint as one's representative",
      ": to transfer responsibility or authority"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-li-g\u0259t",
      "-\u02ccg\u0101t",
      "\u02c8de-li-\u02ccg\u0101t",
      "\u02c8de-li-g\u0259t",
      "\u02c8de-l\u0259-\u02ccg\u0101t",
      "\u02c8de-li-g\u0259t",
      "\u02c8de-li-\u02ccg\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "agent",
      "ambassador",
      "emissary",
      "envoy",
      "legate",
      "minister",
      "representative"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "commission",
      "depute",
      "deputize"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "the U.N. delegates from African countries",
      "He's been chosen as a delegate to the convention.",
      "Verb",
      "A manager should delegate authority to the best employees.",
      "Those chores can be delegated to someone else.",
      "He doesn't delegate very well.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Bolinder won nearly 89% of the delegate vote at the Republican convention in April, while Huntsman won 11.1%. \u2014 Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022",
      "For the second straight cycle, activists snubbed Galvin, who\u2019s seeking a historic eighth term, and turned instead to Sullivan, who won 62 percent of the delegate vote to claim the endorsement. \u2014 Danny Mcdonald, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
      "But former Prince George\u2019s County executive Rushern Baker III (D) \u2014 who as a young delegate opposed the stadium and slammed his fist during a floor debate while arguing the deal left residents behind \u2014 now sees it differently. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Ward was re-elected with 51% of the party delegate vote. \u2014 Cole Lauterbach, Washington Examiner , 25 Jan. 2021",
      "The party plans to hold its first day in Charlotte for the delegate vote, with details for the full meeting yet to be released. \u2014 Lynn Elber, chicagotribune.com , 15 Aug. 2020",
      "After the formality of a virtual delegate vote Tuesday, Clinton will speak, then Biden's wife, Jill Biden. \u2014 Glenn Thrush And Michael M. Grynbaum, Star Tribune , 15 Aug. 2020",
      "Anyone can sit in an office and delegate tasks to their employees. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "And to make attendees feel safer, there will be more outdoor meetings and an outdoor delegate lounge. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 6 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Busy professionals need to delegate more and have confidence in their teams\u2019 ability to carry out tasks and projects. \u2014 Expert Panel, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
      "But in reality, leaders are better to delegate and empower those around them. \u2014 Tracy Brower, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
      "The queen\u2019s decision to delegate her role to Charles is likely to be seen by the public as evidence that a transition is underway, with Elizabeth remaining on the throne but turning over more responsibilities to Charles. \u2014 Danica Kirka, ajc , 10 May 2022",
      "The queen's decision to delegate her role to Charles is likely to be seen by the public as evidence that a transition is underway, with Elizabeth remaining on the throne but turning over more responsibilities to Charles. \u2014 Danica Kirka, USA TODAY , 10 May 2022",
      "The second would be to give investors the ability to delegate their voting authority to a third party. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 7 May 2022",
      "In June 1972, Shirley Temple Black took on one of the biggest roles of her life: United States delegate to the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment. \u2014 Claudia Kalb, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 May 2022",
      "Crucially, the court referred to the dissent by Neil Gorsuch in Gundy v. U.S., which lays the foundation for significant limits on the rule-making authority that Congress can delegate to agencies. \u2014 Mario Loyola, WSJ , 22 May 2022",
      "The Queen had to delegate that responsibility to Charles, Prince of Wales and William, Duke of Cambridge, who are counsellors of state. \u2014 Jack Guy And Stephanie Halasz, CNN , 17 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Noun and Verb",
      "Middle English delegat , from Medieval Latin delegatus , from Latin, past participle of delegare to delegate, from de- + legare to send \u2014 more at legate"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "1530, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-185543"
  },
  "dimidiation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a formation of marshaling by joining the dexter half of one heraldic shield with the sinister half of another divided per pale or sometimes per bend"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccmid\u0113\u02c8\u0101sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Late Latin dimidiation-, dimidiatio action of halving, from Latin dimidiatus + -ion-, -io -ion"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-190007"
  },
  "demi-vierge":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a girl or woman who engages in lewd or suggestive speech and usually promiscuous petting but retains her virginity"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdem\u0113v\u0113\u02c8e\u0259rzh",
      "d\u0259m\u0113vyerzh"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "French, literally, half virgin, from demi- (from demi half) + vierge virgin, from Latin virgin-, virgo"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-190459"
  },
  "doormat":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a mat placed before or inside a door for wiping dirt from the shoes",
      ": one that submits without protest to abuse or indignities",
      ": a team that regularly finishes last"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fr-\u02ccmat"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "jellyfish",
      "namby-pamby",
      "pushover",
      "reed",
      "weakling",
      "wimp"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "stalwart"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "She was tired of being a doormat and decided it was time to stand up for herself.",
      "a doormat who always gave in to his father's demands",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Each mat has Psalm 91 written on it, plus the doormat is slip-resistant. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 3 June 2022",
      "One easy way to decorate for spring without spending too much time and money is to liven up your front door with an artificial wreath and doormat . \u2014 Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Not every team with two first-round picks was a perennial doormat : Kansas City and the Packers each chose twice in the wake of the Hill and Adams trades. \u2014 Mike Tanier, New York Times , 1 May 2022",
      "Josh Paschal became a fixture at Kentucky and was one of the faces as the program went through a renaissance, from doormat of the SEC to one of the league's best defenses. \u2014 Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Welcome Easter egg hunters with this spring farmhouse doormat that blends in with most entryway decor. \u2014 Lily Gray, Better Homes & Gardens , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "After winning just 22 games last season and 19 each the previous two, the Cavs were expected to be a doormat once again. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Shoppers have left glowing reviews for the doormat , which has more than 11,500 five-star ratings. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "Florida has won twice since then, against SEC doormat Vanderbilt and Samford, an FCS opponent that began the first team ever to score 42 points during the first against a Florida team. \u2014 Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 21 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1665, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-190901"
  },
  "doomsdayer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": doomsayer"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fcmz-\u02ccd\u0101-\u0259r",
      "-\u02ccder"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "Cassandra",
      "Chicken Little",
      "doomsayer",
      "doomster"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "optimist",
      "Pollyanna"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "once again doomsdayers were issuing warnings about the dangers of nuclear proliferation"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1972, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-191203"
  },
  "dystopian":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of, relating to, or being an imagined world or society in which people lead dehumanized, fearful lives : relating to or characteristic of a dystopia"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8t\u014d-p\u0113-\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dystopian from dystopia + -an entry 2 ; dystopic from dystopia + -ic entry 1"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1962, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-191959"
  },
  "dolus bonus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": simple cunning or sagacity in bargaining or in other transactions that is not actionable or punishable as fraud or misrepresentation or ground for rescinding the transaction induced by it"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8b\u014dn\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin, good deceit"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-192224"
  },
  "dubash":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": interpreter"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u00fc\u02c8b\u00e4sh"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Hindi dubh\u0101\u1e63iy\u0101 , from du- two (from Sanskrit dvi ) + -bh\u0101\u1e63iy\u0101 (from Sanskrit bh\u0101\u1e63\u0101 language); akin to Sanskrit bh\u0101\u1e63ate he talks"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-192435"
  },
  "disaster relief":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": money to help rebuild an area after a disaster"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-192714"
  },
  "distance signal":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one of a system of signals in the shape of spheres, cones, or cylinders used for communication at sea (as when conditions of wind prevent use of signal flags)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-193333"
  },
  "drawplate":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a die with holes through which wires are drawn"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u022f-\u02ccpl\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1793, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-194751"
  },
  "dropping angle":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": range angle"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-195531"
  },
  "dockyard":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": shipyard",
      ": navy yard"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4k-\u02ccy\u00e4rd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Mumbai, IndiaThree Indian Navy personnel were killed in an explosion on a ship at a naval dockyard in Mumbai on Tuesday, the navy said. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "But there's no doubt that its dockyard , which can be accessed via two separate openings on each side of the vessel, is its most eye-catching feature. \u2014 Tamara Hardingham-gill, CNN , 30 July 2021",
      "That\u2019s because the design studio\u2019s latest innovative concept is a multi-purpose superyacht that doubles as a dockyard for small tenders servicing the high seas. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 19 July 2021",
      "There would be a meeting point somewhere outside a dockyard or in a parking lot near a pier. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2021",
      "Laze aboard, visit the dockyard , or take a tender to swim and snorkel. \u2014 Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country , 2 June 2021",
      "Demonstrators turned out in force in Mandalay, the country\u2019s second-biggest city, where security forces shot dead two people on Saturday near a dockyard where the authorities had been trying to force workers to load a boat. \u2014 Staff, The Christian Science Monitor , 21 Feb. 2021",
      "Another large protest took place in Mandalay, where police shot dead two people on Saturday near a dockyard as security forces were trying to force workers to load a boat. \u2014 NBC News , 21 Feb. 2021",
      "The normal winter overhaul schedule takes other ferries offline for various periods this winter, and three ferries \u2014 including the new Hubbard and Tazlina \u2014 will be unusable because of dockyard work. \u2014 James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News , 16 July 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1704, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-195539"
  },
  "dive brake":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a retractable usually hinged flap that may be extended into the airstream to increase the aerodynamic drag and thereby reduce the speed of a diving airplane"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-195606"
  },
  "dockwalloping":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the work of a dockwalloper"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-195617"
  },
  "doodskop":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a southern African shallow-water edible chimaera ( Callorhynchus capensis ) having the snout prolonged into a fleshy lobe which is used in rooting up mollusks and crabs from sandy bottoms"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fct\u02ccsk\u00e4p"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Afrikaans, from doods (genitive of dood death, from Middle Dutch doot ) + kop head, from Middle Dutch cop, coppe drinking vessel, skull, head; akin to Old English d\u0113ath death"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-200041"
  },
  "distance ring":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a ring (as one shrunk on a piston) to separate two other rings"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-200450"
  },
  "despot":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a ruler with absolute power and authority",
      ": one exercising power tyrannically : a person exercising absolute power in a brutal or oppressive way",
      ": a Byzantine emperor or prince",
      ": a bishop or patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church",
      ": an Italian hereditary prince or military leader during the Renaissance",
      ": a ruler having absolute power and authority and especially one who rules cruelly"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-sp\u0259t",
      "-\u02ccsp\u00e4t",
      "\u02c8de-sp\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "caesar",
      "dictator",
      "f\u00fchrer",
      "fuehrer",
      "oppressor",
      "pharaoh",
      "strongman",
      "tyrannizer",
      "tyrant"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "He was a successful basketball coach, but many people regarded him as a petty despot .",
      "The company is run by a benevolent despot .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The first was a combative bully, the other, an arrogant despot . \u2014 Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun , 16 June 2022",
      "The country was built on a system of checks and balances intended to protect the interests of the minority and ensure no despot could run roughshod. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
      "His old friend comes through with Hanna's address, and the team brings her in after finding the murder weapon in her apartment along with a rare baseball card taken from a safety despot box during a bank robbery. \u2014 Sara Netzley, EW.com , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Covenant monsters sometimes die with visceral gore and unflinching footage of point-blank gunshot wounds, and a second-episode sequence includes a military execution in which a despot bags prisoners' heads before popping each with a pistol. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Daly is a despot in the game, and the woman who saves the day happens to be played by Milioti herself. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 29 Mar. 2021",
      "Speaking at a Mar-a-Lago fundraiser shortly before Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Donald Trump heaped praise on the despot . \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "As Putin\u2019s army lays siege to Ukraine, leveling towns with the tactics of a medieval despot , the need for emergency food relief grows exponentially. \u2014 Steven Banks, Fortune , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Russia may be run by a despot whose needless military adventurism will result in the death of thousands of Ukranians, but Chelsea\u2019s recent run of success is a net positive. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 25 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle French despote , from Greek despot\u0113s master, lord, autocrat, from des- (akin to domos house) + -pot\u0113s (akin to posis husband); akin to Sanskrit dampati lord of the house \u2014 more at dome , potent"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1585, in the meaning defined at sense 2a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-200815"
  },
  "discount house":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a firm selling branded goods (as consumer durables) at a discount from list prices",
      ": bill broker"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-200824"
  },
  "Demosthenes":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "384\u2013322 b.c. Athenian orator and statesman"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8m\u00e4s-th\u0259-\u02ccn\u0113z"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-200930"
  },
  "disordinate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": inordinate , immoderate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259s",
      "(\u02c8)dis+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English disordinat , from dis- entry 1 + ordinat ordinate"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-201127"
  },
  "Deseret":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "proposed state of the U.S. south of the 42nd parallel and west of the Rockies that was organized in 1849 by a convention of Mormons but was refused recognition by the U.S. Congress"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-z\u0259-\u02c8ret"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-202416"
  },
  "disposal":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the power or authority to make use of as one chooses : the power or authority to dispose of something",
      ": the act or process of disposing : such as",
      ": orderly placement or distribution",
      ": regulation , administration",
      ": the act or action of presenting or bestowing (see bestow sense 4 ) something",
      ": systematic destruction",
      ": destruction or transformation of garbage",
      ": a device used to reduce waste matter (as by grinding)",
      ": the act of getting rid of",
      ": right or power to use : control",
      "[ garbage disposal unit ]"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sp\u014d-z\u0259l",
      "dis-\u02c8p\u014d-z\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "discarding",
      "disposition",
      "dumping",
      "jettison",
      "junking",
      "removal",
      "riddance",
      "scrapping",
      "throwing away"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the disposal of nuclear waste",
      "trash disposal is on Wednesday in our neighborhood",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "For smaller departments, fewer students taking fewer credit hours means fewer dollars at their disposal . \u2014 David Jesse, Detroit Free Press , 23 June 2022",
      "Thought leadership utilizes the knowledge and skills your business already has at its disposal . \u2014 Jessica Wong, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "There are a number of tools at their disposal , but the most effective in this situation is to cool the economy by raising interest rates. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 19 June 2022",
      "Canyon Point, Utah Guests of the luxury, 600-acre Amangiri resort have the unique world of southern Utah recreation at their disposal , including seven different guided via ferrata tours. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 15 June 2022",
      "Russian troops have advanced in Ukraine over recent weeks by firing vast amounts of artillery supplied largely by rail from Russia, which has large munition stocks at its disposal . \u2014 Daniel Michaels, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "As the trickster god, Loki has magic at his disposal , but only Classic Loki (Richard E. Grant) uses it heavily in the fight. \u2014 Ew Staff, EW.com , 13 June 2022",
      "Tenants have a few tools at their disposal when a landlord or management company turns a blind eye. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
      "Caruso seems to have a few bucks at his disposal and loves running TV and social media ads. \u2014 Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1630, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-202905"
  },
  "demiurgism":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": belief in or the philosophy of a demiurge"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-203922"
  },
  "droop":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to hang or incline downward",
      ": to sink gradually",
      ": to become depressed or weakened : languish",
      ": to let droop",
      ": the condition or appearance of drooping",
      ": to sink, bend, or hang down",
      ": to become sad or weak",
      ": the condition of hanging or bending down"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00fcp",
      "\u02c8dr\u00fcp"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "flag",
      "hang",
      "loll",
      "sag",
      "swag",
      "wilt"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "hang",
      "sag",
      "slack",
      "slackness"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The flowers were drooping in the hot sun.",
      "Her eyelids drooped as she grew tired.",
      "The tree's branches drooped under the weight of the snow.",
      "His spirits drooped when he didn't get the job.",
      "Noun",
      "tighten the line at the top of the banner so there won't be so much droop",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Regardless of the aircraft, fly too high into air that isn\u2019t dense enough to support the weight of the heli, and the rotor will droop and then stall. \u2014 Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online , 10 Apr. 2021",
      "Her riotously colorful forms swell and droop and merge in unpredictable and often joyous abandon, with occasional nods to Philip Guston, Francis Bacon, and a host of others. \u2014 Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "After a while, your eyelids get heavy and your head begins to droop , slowly at first. \u2014 Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "The moves needed to be more defined, the fingers to point higher, the shoulders to droop more. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Jan. 2022",
      "My fingertips still hang off the buttons slightly, but not enough to droop or lose control over the left- and right-click buttons. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 13 Dec. 2021",
      "The plant is in a 10-inch pot and has thrived, blooming every year until this spring when the leaves started to droop while still blooming. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 Nov. 2021",
      "Summer rains do cause thinner limbs of trees, shrubs and foliage plants to droop and often remain in that position. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com , 6 Nov. 2021",
      "Her head began to droop a little farther to the left. \u2014 Daniel Engber, The Atlantic , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But also less, judging, at least, from the stupendous droop of my mouth. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Place the tree away from fireplaces, wood stoves, direct sunlight or other heat sources, because the heat will make the tree droop and might create a fire hazard. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "Her works have a curious tension, full of taut sinews, often seeming to stretch and reach, or sag and droop , in ways eerily and powerfully reminiscent of the human form. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 June 2021",
      "Each character displays emotional strength and weakness, reflected in the dance, from the opening cry to the final, resigned droop of Nakamura\u2019s arm. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 19 Mar. 2021",
      "But on a longer cast, just a slight bit of droop will magnify into larger and larger loops. \u2014 T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream , 30 Dec. 2020",
      "Star ingredients like retinol and tripeptide concentrates treat necks that develop lines and a little droop , encouraging a sharper, more lifted neck contour. \u2014 Tatjana Freund, Marie Claire , 7 Oct. 2020",
      "Rents must still be paid and brands advertised\u2014the poshest ones spend the best part of $1bn a year on marketing\u2014even as sales droop . \u2014 The Economist , 20 June 2020",
      "But go a little faster and the suspension starts running out of travel, until the front end is cycling through max droop and full compression as the chin spoiler detonates showers of sand across the front end. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 4 June 2020"
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      "Verb",
      "Middle English drupen , from Old Norse dr\u016bpa ; akin to Old English dropa drop"
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      "noun"
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      ": a person who is departing or who has departed"
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      "di-p\u00e4r-\u02c8t\u0113",
      "d\u0113-"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Be as candid as possible with your remaining staff while also protecting the privacy of the departee . \u2014 Nick Leighton, Forbes , 22 Sep. 2021",
      "The most recent departee was national security adviser John Bolton, Trump's third permanent pick for the job, who was forced out earlier this month. \u2014 NBC News , 23 Sep. 2019",
      "As for what's to come for the two recent departees , expect to see Sara joining Michael Strahan to host the new third hour of Good Morning America called GMA Day, which is replacing The Chew at the 1 p.m. time slot. \u2014 Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping , 7 Aug. 2018",
      "Still, one or more of the Intel departees could be considered in the search that Intel\u2019s board says will look at internal and external candidates. \u2014 Aaron Pressman, Fortune , 22 June 2018",
      "Most recent departees have headed to Florida, whose Puerto Rican population has surged to over 1m. \u2014 The Economist , 12 Apr. 2018",
      "But those who commented from a Gunners' persuasion were also only too happy to see the Emirates Stadium January departee left worse off out of the two. \u2014 SI.com , 26 Mar. 2018",
      "Arsenal's Hector Bellerin has downplayed a dressing room divide over recent departee Alexis Sanchez but the Spaniard did admit his former teammate had a demanding attitude which often proved 'too much' for the rest of the team. \u2014 SI.com , 17 Feb. 2018"
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      "1943, in the meaning defined above"
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      "1974, in the meaning defined above"
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      ": deposit sense 2",
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      "in sense 1, from Latin; in sense 2, from Medieval Latin, from Latin"
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      ": a Persian racial type recognizable in the population of Baluchistan",
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      "Persian dihw\u0101r , from dih village (from Middle Persian d\u0113h land, from Old Persian dahyu- land, province) + -w\u0101r having, possessing (from Avestan -baro carrying, bringing); akin to Sanskrit bharati he carries"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-205142"
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      "plural noun"
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      ": hinged trailing-edge flag-type ailerons so rigged that both right and left ailerons have a positive downward deflection of 10 to 15 degrees with the control column in the neutral position"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-205336"
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      "noun"
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      ": a word (such as Nevadan or Sooner ) used to denote a person who inhabits or is native to a particular place"
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      "\u02c8de-m\u0259-\u02ccnim"
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      "dem- + -onym"
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      "1990, in the meaning defined above"
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      ": a supposed late phase in mitotic division characterized by association of each set of daughter chromosomes into a spireme and now usually considered an observational artifact"
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      "idiom"
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      "Definition of deservedly so \u2014 used to say that someone or something should have been treated a certain way He has been accused of being selfish, and deservedly so ."
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-210134"
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      "noun"
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      ": stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations",
      ": one who attempts to put into effect an abstract doctrine or theory with little or no regard for practical difficulties"
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      "\u02ccd\u00e4k-tr\u0259-\u02c8ner"
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      "dogmatic",
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      "opinioned",
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      "undogmatic"
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      "Adjective",
      "a doctrinaire conservative, the columnist takes special delight in baiting liberals",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Opposition is mounting among conservative Catholics who disapprove of his emphasis on the environment, migrants, and other issues rather than the doctrinaire focus of his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 Oct. 2019",
      "Founded in 1943, the IPTA pioneered a form of street theater that combined elements of folk music and drama with a revolutionary message (imagine a lively, non- doctrinaire variant of Mao\u2019s propaganda outfits). \u2014 Ratik Asokan, The New York Review of Books , 25 Jan. 2020",
      "Finally, doctrinaire Republicans for decades mouthed orthodoxies of free rather than fair trade. \u2014 Victor Davis Hanson, National Review , 7 Nov. 2019",
      "Opposition is mounting among conservative Catholics who disapprove of his emphasis on the environment, migrants and other issues rather than the doctrinaire focus of his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Oct. 2019",
      "The best-case scenario is another Mike Pompeo, a doctrinaire crusading conservative with a light resume and a very brown nose who has quietly expanded his State department portfolio beyond its normal scope. \u2014 Adam Weinstein, The New Republic , 10 Sep. 2019",
      "Speaking of then and now, that party almost immediately split into warring factions, with a compromise-averse, more doctrinaire left wing challenged by more pragmatic moderates. \u2014 Phil Primack, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2019",
      "Just as Johnson has alienated some Conservative moderates, Corbyn has lost the backing of some longtime Labour figures who are turned off by his doctrinaire approach. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Sep. 2019",
      "Conservatism, traditionally, has not been doctrinaire . \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 22 July 2019",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Vance represents a more doctrinaire America Firstism, which in some ways is traditional Republican politics on steroids and in other ways departs from those traditions. \u2014 The New Yorker , 3 May 2022",
      "The problem is Oz hasn't always been a doctrinaire conservative. \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "So, being a doctrinaire transnational progressive, what did Obama do once his negotiating partners agreed to the JCPOA? \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "Few classes of creative people are as doctrinaire about dress as architects and interior designers. \u2014 Jessica Iredale, Town & Country , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "This is the crucial point, underscoring the scholarly refutation of the doctrinaire nonsense about the supposedly pro-slavery Revolution. \u2014 Sean Wilentz, The New York Review of Books , 13 Jan. 2022",
      "But Breyer is also viewed as a less doctrinaire liberal than Associate Justices Elena Kagan or Sonia Sotomayor \u2013 more willing to side with the court's conservatives in certain law enforcement cases, for instance. \u2014 John Fritze, USA TODAY , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "The current president, Luis Arce, who was Mr. Morales\u2019s economy minister, heads a coalition of social democrats and more doctrinaire leftists. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Dec. 2021",
      "Although much influenced by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in all the best ways, Jahn was no doctrinaire modernist. \u2014 Rick Kogan, chicagotribune.com , 16 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Noun",
      "French, from doctrine"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1834, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "1831, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-210408"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": sea or lake ice broken apart by winds and currents : fragments of a floe"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-210812"
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      "Definition of durk Scottish variant of dirk"
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      "\u02c8d\u0259rk"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-211253"
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  "dikkop":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": stone curlew"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di\u02cck\u00e4p"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Afrikaans, from dik thick (from Dutch, from Middle Dutch dicke ) + kop head, from Dutch, from Middle Dutch cop, coppe drinking vessel, skull; akin to Old High German dicki thick"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-211508"
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  "delundung":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": linsang"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8del\u0259n\u02ccd\u0259\u014b",
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8l-"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Malay d\u0115lundong"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-212503"
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  "developable surface":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a surface that may be imagined flattened out upon a plane without stretching any element"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "translation of French surface d\u00e9veloppable"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-212733"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": an open market in which negotiable instruments (as acceptances, bills, and notes) are discounted \u2014 compare bank discount"
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    "examples":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-212840"
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    "type":[
      "idiom"
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    "definitions":[
      ": to suddenly jump toward (something that is on or near the ground)"
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    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-212910"
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      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
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    "definitions":[
      ": to make (a sensitized or hypersensitive individual) insensitive or nonreactive to a sensitizing agent",
      ": to make emotionally insensitive or callous",
      ": to extinguish an emotional response (as of fear, anxiety, or guilt) to stimuli that formerly induced it",
      ": to make less sensitive : reduce sensitivity in",
      ": as",
      ": to make (a sensitized or hypersensitive individual) insensitive or nonreactive to a sensitizing agent",
      ": to extinguish an emotional response (as of fear, anxiety, or guilt) to stimuli which formerly induced it : make emotionally insensitive",
      ": to decrease a response (as of a cell receptor) progressively following prolonged exposure to a stimulus"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8sen(t)-s\u0259-\u02cct\u012bz"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The shot will help to desensitize the nerve.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Immunotherapy involves exposing you to small, controlled amounts of allergens to desensitize your immune system response. \u2014 Rachel Nall, Msn, SELF , 24 May 2022",
      "It was also used to desensitize gun powder for naval guns, a corrosion inhibitor for brass casings and waterproofing for airplanes, ammunition, and also in motors and electric coils. \u2014 Steven Savage, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Some of the trainers at least wanted to desensitize Tilikum in case someone fell in. \u2014 Tim Zimmermann, Outside Online , 30 July 2010",
      "Morally, portraying the enemy as ready to commit the most depraved crimes helped desensitize combatants and added further fuel to a fast escalating cycle of entirely conventional violence. \u2014 Claas Kirchhelle, Wired , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Swing voters are far more concerned about how social media and videogames may undermine the mental development of children, desensitize them to violence, delay their socialization, and put their personal data at risk of exploitation. \u2014 Karl Rove, WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Technicians typically use a numbing gel to help desensitize the area before and after the laser treatment to minimize discomfort. \u2014 Jessica Cruel, SELF , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "For long-term care, immunotherapy (also known as allergy shots) is a great tool that helps desensitize your body to specific allergens over time, helping to gradually minimize symptoms. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 22 Jan. 2022",
      "Done cleverly, though, images of the border can also be used to desensitize Americans to the unfolding catastrophe. \u2014 Jeva Lange, The Week , 23 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1898, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-213151"
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  "discriminative":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": making distinctions",
      ": discriminatory sense 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8skri-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101-tiv",
      "-\u02c8skri-m\u0259-n\u0259-"
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    "synonyms":[
      "differential",
      "discriminating",
      "discriminational",
      "discriminatory"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "nondiscriminatory"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "fighting laws which were grossly discriminative",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Asking certain questions can come off as offensive or discriminative (e.g., questions about family orientation, age, physical attributes, etc.). \u2014 Imani Carroll, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "While the goal has been to automate tasks critical to containing the spread of Covid-19, many accuse the apps of being intrusive, discriminative , unsafe and ineffective. \u2014 Alexey Shliakhouski, Forbes , 15 Nov. 2021",
      "In 2019, the Chinese government issued a directive banning a wide range of discriminative measures against women in the hiring process, including asking women about their marital and childbearing status. \u2014 Jessie Yeung And Nectar Gan, CNN , 5 June 2021",
      "Health care data science firm Cogitativo analyzed thousands of health insurance claims and local demographics in California to assess the most predictive and discriminative factors leading to poor outcomes following Covid-19 infection. \u2014 Deidre Mcphillips, CNN , 25 Feb. 2021",
      "In New York City, Uber ran a campaign on taxi drivers being discriminative toward people of color, leading to City Hall dropping a bill that would have capped the number of Uber drivers in 2015. \u2014 Michelle Cheng, Quartz , 4 Nov. 2020",
      "Known for their hyper-selective and discriminative taste, hypebeasts search for the freshest trends\u2014especially limited-release lifestyle products. \u2014 Courtney Coffman, The Atlantic , 19 June 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1677, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-213206"
  },
  "disillusioned":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having lost faith or trust in something formerly regarded as good or valuable"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fc-zh\u0259nd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "When finishing my studies I was pretty disillusioned with the doomerism about humanity\u2019s future. \u2014 Alex Zhavoronkov, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "With each passing year bringing more economic hardship, Mr. Ngwarati says, he slowly became increasingly disillusioned . \u2014 Jeffrey Moyo, The Christian Science Monitor , 13 May 2022",
      "He was frustrated, disillusioned and ultimately didn\u2019t believe his organization was capable of meaningful change. \u2014 Jonathan H. Westover, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Relatively new commissioners in the Big Ten, Pac-12 and ACC, already leery of a process that started before they were involved with the CFP, became even more disillusioned after learning of the SEC\u2019s expansion plan. \u2014 Ralph D. Russo, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "Just 120 miles away in East Berlin, Angela Merkel, a disillusioned and rather bored quantum chemist, joined a good-natured crowd of her fellow easterners surging across the Bornholmer Bridge into West Berlin. \u2014 Fintan O\u2019toole, The New York Review of Books , 18 Oct. 2021",
      "Many simply hear the word farmer and picture a white man, says Ms. Fraser, who previously worked as an urban developer but became disillusioned by the lack of social and environmental justice in that work. \u2014 Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor , 3 May 2022",
      "The affiliate, known as Islamic State Khorasan or ISIS-K, was formed in 2015 by disillusioned Pakistani Taliban fighters. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 2 May 2022",
      "The titular portrait is figurative; our narrator, a disillusioned art critic in Buenos Aires using the nom de plume Mar\u00eda Lydis, is investigating a mysterious figure. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1858, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-213310"
  },
  "dissatisfy":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to fail to satisfy : displease",
      ": to fail to give what is desired or expected : displease"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)di(s)-\u02c8sa-t\u0259s-\u02ccf\u012b",
      "di-\u02c8sa-t\u0259s-\u02ccf\u012b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cheat",
      "disappoint",
      "fail",
      "let down"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "content",
      "gratify",
      "satisfy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "She was dissatisfied by the poor service.",
      "a restaurant serving portions that will not dissatisfy even the heartiest eater",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The balancing act has sometimes left policymakers dissatisfied . \u2014 Joaquin Palomino, SFChronicle.com , 20 May 2020",
      "Joshua Lott for The New York Times Long dissatisfied with the doctor treating his diabetes, Reginald Relf decided to fight through whatever was causing his nagging cough. \u2014 John Eligon, New York Times , 10 May 2020",
      "The survey found 52% of respondents were dissatisfied with the government\u2019s handling of the virus outbreak. \u2014 Isabel Reynolds, Bloomberg.com , 8 May 2020",
      "This small group that was dissatisfied or angry represented just one in 10 Republican primary voters. \u2014 Jennifer De Pinto, CBS News , 13 Feb. 2020",
      "In a few cases, companies unhappy with how their drug was graded or dissatisfied with the price have pulled out of the German market. \u2014 Noam N. Levey, latimes.com , 19 June 2019",
      "Jimmy finds this, all of this, completely dissatisfying . \u2014 EW.com , 14 Apr. 2020",
      "Democrats said that they were dissatisfied with worker protections in the bill, which was written by Republicans, and that the rules on corporate bailouts are too lax. \u2014 NBC News , 23 Mar. 2020",
      "And, as my experience shows, a call that seems successful can later prove dissatisfying \u2014 yet there\u2019s no mechanism to retroactively evaluate the call. \u2014 Sarah Ruth Bates, BostonGlobe.com , 8 Aug. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1656, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-213557"
  },
  "dismast":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove or break off the mast of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8mast"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1747, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-213651"
  },
  "disagree (with)":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "to make an assertion that is contrary to one made by (another) she disagreed with me when I said that the jacket was dark blue"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-214020"
  },
  "do-rag":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a close-fitting, typically stretchable piece of cloth that is worn on the head (as to hold a hairstyle in place) and that usually has long ends which are tied in the back",
      ": a bandanna or similar cloth worn tied around the head"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-\u02ccrag"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "babushka",
      "bandanna",
      "bandana",
      "handkerchief",
      "kerchief",
      "madras",
      "mantilla"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "do entry 2 (hairdo)"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1968, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-214525"
  },
  "duffer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a peddler especially of cheap flashy articles",
      ": something counterfeit or worthless",
      ": an incompetent, ineffectual, or clumsy person",
      ": a mediocre golfer",
      ": a cattle rustler"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259-f\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "We joined the other duffers at the course.",
      "He's a lovable old duffer .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Certainly there is value in showing clips of Al Michaels\u2019 golf swing, which made every duffer feel better about his/her swing, and in breaking down clips of Phil Mickelson tossing a football (quicker release than Trey Lance). \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Nov. 2021",
      "Playing on the same course as some of the game\u2019s greatest golfers can do that to a duffer like me, or any golfer, no matter their skill level. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 July 2021",
      "The designer and builder of the putting strips shown here says any patio putter or deck duffer can do the same. \u2014 Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics , 19 June 2021",
      "Trump is the unmasked duffer clutching the wheel of a golf cart, zipping over knolls while his caddie \u2014 also unmasked \u2014 hangs off the back. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2020",
      "Donald Trump\u2019s recent public appearances have been as a spectral duffer on his own golf course and as a disembodied voice in a news release congratulating the U.S. Marine Corps on its 245th birthday. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Nov. 2020",
      "At the Lajitas Golf Resort, on an emerald course shimmering in the Chihuahuan Desert, the duffers and ringers were teeing off each morning last week. \u2014 John Maccormack, San Antonio Express-News , 1 June 2020",
      "Just as every country club duffer envisions himself on the back nine at The Masters, most weekend anglers have at some point fancied the idea of making a living fishing for bass. \u2014 Pete Robbins, Field & Stream , 6 Mar. 2020",
      "Chalamet is okay for Laurie\u2019s teenaged phase, and Gerwig has every right to make Bhaer a little hotter than the middle-aged duffer in the book. \u2014 Ross Douthat, National Review , 23 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "perhaps from duff , noun, something worthless"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1756, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-214920"
  },
  "dempster":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an officer whose duty it was to pronounce the doom of the court"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8demzt\u0259r",
      "-m(p)st-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English dempster, demestre judge, from demen to judge + -ster"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-215308"
  },
  "decree dative":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a decree appointing an executor"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "alteration (influenced by English decree entry 1 ) of earlier decreet dative , from decreet + dative"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-215837"
  },
  "dadap":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of several Indian trees of the genus Erythrina planted for the nitrogen-fixing bacteria on their roots"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dad\u0259p"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Malay d\u0115dap"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-215847"
  },
  "determinedly":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having reached a decision : firmly resolved",
      ": showing determination",
      ": characterized by determination",
      ": free from doubt about doing something",
      ": not weak or uncertain : firm"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8t\u0259r-m\u0259nd",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8t\u0259r-m\u0259nd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bent (on ",
      "bound",
      "decisive",
      "do-or-die",
      "firm",
      "hell-bent (on ",
      "intent",
      "out",
      "purposeful",
      "resolute",
      "resolved",
      "set",
      "single-minded"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "faltering",
      "hesitant",
      "indecisive",
      "irresolute",
      "undetermined",
      "unresolved",
      "vacillating",
      "wavering",
      "weak-kneed"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "We are making a determined effort to correct our mistakes.",
      "his determined opponent would not be bluffed or shaken",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The powder was tested and determined to be a fentanyl and cocaine mixture. \u2014 Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun , 24 June 2022",
      "Those who stayed are resilient and determined to stick it out in the White Mountains. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 22 June 2022",
      "Even behind bars, Navalny has remained a vocal and determined critic of the Russian government. \u2014 Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
      "While there, Laurie discovers a mysterious wooden duck decoy and\u2014 determined to honor the life of a beloved, adventurous woman who never married and didn\u2019t have any children\u2014embarks on a lively quest to figure out its origins. \u2014 Angela Haupt, Time , 6 June 2022",
      "Her mother, Ana Rodriguez, described Maite as focused and determined . \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
      "The hunt for fraud in Arizona accelerated in the days after electors had been certified, and showed how a vocal and determined faction of Republican legislators could force through a deeply destabilizing outside election review. \u2014 Nick Corasaniti, BostonGlobe.com , 22 May 2022",
      "Hoss knew Coan\u2019s true love and was bound and determined to turn Coan into a college football quarterback. \u2014 Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star , 17 May 2022",
      "Basically, those executives will have to accept the changes in the business landscape, where the workforce is more active and determined and the employees' personal circumstances, beliefs, life stages and identities also play a major role. \u2014 Nacho De Marco, Forbes , 16 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "see determine"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1513, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-220147"
  },
  "denehole":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an ancient excavation found chiefly in Essex and Kent in England and in the valley of the Somme in France consisting of a shaft sunk to the Chalk formation and enlarged into a room or rooms"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "probably from dene entry 1 + hole"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-220234"
  },
  "drap-de-Berry":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a woolen cloth formerly made in Berry, France"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdr\u00e4d\u0259\u02ccbe\u02c8r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "French, literally, cloth from Berry (region in France)"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-220836"
  },
  "diketo-":{
    "type":[
      "combining form"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": containing two ketone groups",
      "\u2014 compare ket-"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "International Scientific Vocabulary di- + ket-"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-220946"
  },
  "disenroll":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove (as a name) from a roll",
      ": to release (an individual) from membership in an organization (as from a military reserve)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6dis+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dis- entry 1 + enroll"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-221001"
  },
  "diketene":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an unsaturated pungent liquid lactone C 4 H 4 O 2 made by spontaneous dimerization of ketene in solution and used chiefly in making derivatives of acetoacetic acid"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u012b+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "di- + ketene"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-221045"
  },
  "door money":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": money collected for admission to an entertainment at the time of entering"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-221131"
  },
  "draper's teasel":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": fuller's teasel"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "draper entry 1 ; from its being formerly used to raise a nap on cloth"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-221326"
  },
  "dibs on":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of dibs on US , informal \u2014 used to say one is making a claim (to something) \"I call dibs on the front seat!\""
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-221617"
  },
  "Duala":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a Bantu-speaking people of the coastal area of Cameroun",
      ": a member of such people",
      ": the Bantu language of the Duala people used as a language of trade and education in Cameroun"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u00fc\u02c8(w)\u00e4l\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-221904"
  },
  "domaine":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a vineyard especially in Burgundy that makes and bottles wine from its own grapes"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u014d-\u02c8m\u0101n",
      "-\u02c8men"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The 60 lots that on offer include some of the best vintages produced by the domaine , a jewel of the Burgundy region. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 23 June 2022",
      "Maybe that\u2019s because Bernstein doesn\u2019t have his own domaine . \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 15 Nov. 2021",
      "But after centuries of the domaine surviving a revolution and two world wars, 2021 could be the worst year in memory. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 11 Sep. 2021",
      "His family has been in Saint-Aubin since the 17th century; Olivier took over the domaine from his father after putting in an apprenticeship at M\u00e9o-Camuzet in Vosne-Roman\u00e9e. \u2014 Jay Mcinerney, Town & Country , 6 June 2021",
      "The small Marie Courtin domaine in Polisot is run by Dominique Moreau whose husband, Roland Piollot, also has vines in the village and bottles wine under his family name Piollot. \u2014 Joanne Shurvell, Forbes , 11 Mar. 2021",
      "About 1,000 hectares were wiped out by frost, some areas suffered hail, and many domaines were hard-hit by mildew, requiring serious sorting in the vineyard. \u2014 Elin Mccoy, chicagotribune.com , 14 Oct. 2019",
      "Il arrive cet apr\u00e8s midi au domaine de Luchin pour passer la visite m\u00e9dicale. \u2014 SI.com , 23 Aug. 2019",
      "Domaine Alain Chavy Bourgogne Chardonnay 2017 Burgundy, France, $26 This domaine is located in Burgundy\u2019s Pouilly-Fuiss\u00e9 appellation, prime chardonnay territory. \u2014 Dave Mcintyre, Washington Post , 16 Aug. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "French (short for domaine vinicole or viticole ), literally, property, domain"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1956, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-222533"
  },
  "daisy cutter":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a horse that carries its feel low in trotting",
      ": a ball (as in cricket or baseball) so batted or bowled that it skims along the ground",
      ": a fragmentation bomb or an antipersonnel bomb"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-222738"
  },
  "doncella":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of several brightly colored wrasses of the West Indies and Florida:",
      ": the slippery dick and closely related fishes",
      ": ladyfish sense b",
      ": either of two West Indian timber trees ( Byrsonima spicata and B. cuneata ) valued for their hard wood \u2014 compare surette"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u00e4n\u02c8sel\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "American Spanish, from Spanish, girl, virgin, housemaid, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin domnicilla , diminutive of Latin domina lady"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-222803"
  },
  "devotional":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of, relating to, or characterized by devotion",
      ": a short worship service"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8v\u014d-shn\u0259l",
      "-sh\u0259-n\u1d4al",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "religious",
      "sacred",
      "spiritual"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "nonreligious",
      "profane",
      "secular"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "a religious bookstore with an extensive stock of devotional literature",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Veteran Hindu devotional singer Krishna Das performs at 9 p.m. from Boulder, Colo. as part of the Buddhist Arts and Film Festival. \u2014 Gary Graff, cleveland , 15 June 2022",
      "His mother, when not marching for equal rights, played a lot of Qawwali, a genre of Sufi devotional music. \u2014 Priyanka Mattoo, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
      "The 31-day devotional inspires men to rise to a higher calling, while encouraging them to have broader conversations about their faith. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 3 June 2022",
      "Most of the medieval manuscripts are books of hours \u2014 Christian devotional books used to pray at certain hours. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 May 2022",
      "Training her kids in the word of God through daily devotional readings and church. \u2014 Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence , 3 May 2022",
      "There was perhaps no American pianist more steeped in the sonatas, or more prepared to take on the next logical feat of devotional derring-do: performing all 32 of them live in a nine-month period. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Closer, hundreds of prairie dogs chirped and scattered, popping out of underground tunnels and scratching at the earth with furious, devotional intensity. \u2014 Suzannah Showler, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Desai said roughly 100 Hindu families celebrate Diwali, a daylong celebration where families gather in the morning, visit a Hindu temple at midday and spend the afternoon together in devotional singing with a grand feast. \u2014 Don Stacom, Hartford Courant , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The 97-year-old church leader\u2019s remarks came during a worldwide devotional for Latter-day Saints ages 18 to 30 and livestreamed from the Conference Center in downtown Salt Lake City. \u2014 Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 May 2022",
      "That evening, from 6 to 7:30, the group will continue the celebration in words and song with a devotional at the Tabernacle on downtown Salt Lake City\u2019s Temple Square. \u2014 David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 Oct. 2021",
      "One, In-N-Out, has stayed in the family since the first one opened, in Baldwin Park in 1948, and the loyalty of its customers and workers approaches the devotional . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "The First Presidency\u2019s annual Christmas devotional , featuring Christmas messages from top church leaders and music by The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square. \u2014 Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "The devotional included lively sermons and music by the famed Debra Bonner Unity Gospel Choir. \u2014 Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 Oct. 2021",
      "This novel is a paean to slasher films, a devotional about an acolyte written by an obsessive. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Aug. 2021",
      "This extremely intelligent devotional on the absolute freedom and joy of embracing one\u2019s inner bimbo. \u2014 Rebecca Alter, Vulture , 27 May 2021",
      "Michalyn Steele, who teaches law at BYU and is Native American, was the most recent individual of color before Gabriel to give a devotional at the school. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Apr. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1648, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "1659, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-222829"
  },
  "diagnosis related group":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": drg",
      ": drg"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1977, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-223059"
  },
  "discovered check":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a position in chess in which check has been discovered"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-223653"
  },
  "discrepant":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": being at variance : disagreeing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8skre-p\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "clashing",
      "conflicting",
      "disagreeing",
      "discordant",
      "incompatible",
      "incongruous",
      "inconsistent",
      "inconsonant",
      "inharmonious",
      "mutually exclusive",
      "repugnant"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "accordant",
      "agreeing",
      "compatible",
      "concordant",
      "conformable (to)",
      "congruent",
      "congruous",
      "consistent",
      "consonant",
      "correspondent (with ",
      "harmonious",
      "nonconflicting"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "There had always been a question about what to do with observations (known as \"outliers\") that are wildly discrepant from the mean. Obviously the observer has made a huge mistake somewhere\u2014for example, reversing the digits when transcribing a number\u2014but the fundamental premise of the law of errors is that mistakes should never be thrown out. How are astronomers supposed to distinguish between inaccuracies and sheer blunders? \u2014 Louis Menand , The Metaphysical Club , 2001",
      "Relatively few laboratories could get experimental suppression systems to work, and many experiments proved difficult to reproduce reliably. As discrepant results accumulated, the proposed regulatory networks became \"more and more baroque,\" Germain says. As time passed, investigators began questioning whether suppressor cells existed at all. \u2014 Scientific American , December 1990",
      "The truth perhaps lies somewhere between these two very discrepant views. \u2014 Mark Griffith , Notes and Queries , March 1990",
      "widely discrepant conclusions on the impact the real estate development would have on the local environment"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English discrepante \"contradictory,\" borrowed from Latin discrepant-, discrepans, present participle of discrep\u0101re \"to differ in sound, be out of tune, be inconsistent,\" from dis- dis- + crep\u0101re \"to clatter, rattle\" \u2014 more at crepitate"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-223859"
  },
  "descend (on":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "to take sudden, violent action against the shock troops descended on the village without warning"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-224424"
  },
  "Disneyesque":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": resembling or suggestive of the films, television productions, or amusement parks made by Walt Disney or his organization"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdiz-n\u0113-\u02c8esk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1939, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-224707"
  },
  "deserve a medal":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to have done something very good and impressive"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-224910"
  },
  "denervate":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deprive of a nerve supply",
      ": to deprive of a nerve supply (as by cutting a nerve)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113-(\u02cc)n\u0259r-\u02ccv\u0101t",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-(\u02cc)n\u0259r-\u02ccv\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1905, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-225450"
  },
  "de lege ferenda":{
    "type":[
      "adjective (or adverb)"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": being on the basis of new law"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0101\u00a6l\u0101\u02ccj\u0101f\u0259\u00a6rend\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin, by means of a law to be made"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-225551"
  },
  "doodia":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a small genus of Asian and Australasian ferns (family Polypodiaceae) with curved sori in rows between the margin and midrib of the frond segments",
      ": any plant of the genus Doodia"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fcd\u0113\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, from Samuel Doody \u20201706 English botanist + New Latin -ia"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-225715"
  },
  "dead oil":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of various heavy oils (as creosote oil)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-230130"
  },
  "distance learning":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a method of study where teachers and students do not meet in a classroom but use the Internet, email, mail, etc., to have classes"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-230630"
  },
  "Dinosaur National Monument":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "area containing rich fossil deposits in northwestern Colorado and northeastern Utah at the junction of the Green and Yampa rivers"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-230722"
  },
  "dissight":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an unsightly object"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259(s)",
      "(\u02cc)di(s)+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dis- entry 1 + sight"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-230846"
  },
  "DAT":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "abbreviation ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "dative",
      "differential aptitude test",
      "digital audiotape",
      "delayed action tablet"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-231148"
  },
  "dephosphorization":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the process of dephosphorizing or the state of being dephosphorized"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u00a6)d\u0113+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-231358"
  },
  "demnition":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": damnation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dem\u02c8nish\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "euphemism"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-232301"
  },
  "duikerbok":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": duiker sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-(r)\u02ccb\u00e4k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Afrikaans, from duiker diver + bok male antelope; akin to Old High German boc male goat"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-232348"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": consisting of or existing in two corresponding or identical parts or examples",
      ": being the same as another",
      ": to make double or twofold",
      ": to make a copy of",
      ": to produce something equal to",
      ": to do over or again often needlessly",
      ": to become duplicated",
      ": repeat",
      ": either of two things exactly alike and usually produced at the same time or by the same process",
      ": an additional copy of something (such as a book or stamp) already in a collection",
      ": one that resembles or corresponds to another : counterpart",
      ": two identical copies",
      ": exactly the same as another",
      ": to make an exact copy of",
      ": a thing that is exactly like another",
      ": to become duplicate : replicate",
      ": to make a duplicate of",
      ": either of two things exactly alike and often produced at the same time",
      ": a counterpart identified in the Federal Rules of Evidence Rule 1001 as produced by the same impression as the original or from the same matrix or by means of photography, mechanical, or electronic rerecording, chemical reproduction, or another technique which accurately reproduces the original \u2014 compare original"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-pli-k\u0259t",
      "also",
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-pli-\u02cck\u0101t",
      "also",
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-pli-k\u0259t",
      "also",
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-pli-k\u0259t",
      "\u02c8dy\u00fc-",
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-pli-\u02cck\u0101t",
      "\u02c8dy\u00fc-",
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-pli-k\u0259t",
      "\u02c8dy\u00fc-",
      "\u02c8d(y)\u00fc-pli-\u02cck\u0101t",
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-pli-\u02cck\u0101t, \u02c8dy\u00fc-",
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-pli-k\u0259t, \u02c8dy\u00fc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "coequal",
      "equal",
      "even",
      "identical",
      "indistinguishable",
      "same"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "clone",
      "copy",
      "copycat",
      "imitate",
      "reduplicate",
      "render",
      "replicate",
      "reproduce"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Chrome will remove duplicate New Tab Page tabs in the background. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 23 June 2022",
      "Jefferson Circuit Judge Brian Edwards ruled in October 2020 that thousands of signatures on the petition were invalid because of duplicate or inaccurate information, and the clerk's office should not have certified the petition. \u2014 Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal , 16 June 2022",
      "Often, scammers will copy email templates from trusted companies and even stand up duplicate websites, all to collect your personal information. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "To cut the wait time, Lee has dipped into her own bank account to pay for services \u2014 paying to order a duplicate birth certificate or a Social Security card, covering the fee to submit a rental application or obtain a California ID. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 June 2022",
      "Of the 107 schools analyzed, 75 showed a net increase of women's roster spots through duplicate counting. \u2014 Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY , 26 May 2022",
      "Guglielmi also says that banks should in most cases cancel out the duplicate charge. \u2014 Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press , 23 May 2022",
      "This week\u2019s report notes that over-counts were partly due to people or census workers filling out duplicate surveys. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
      "Then, Fornshell said, Holmes disposed of the duplicate copies of the citations that would ordinarily be served on the motorists and filed with the court. \u2014 Jeanne Houck, The Enquirer , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Only one pre-application per family will be accepted; duplicate pre-applications will be disqualified. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 22 June 2022",
      "Of course, not even the most stellar Broadway performers can duplicate the miracle that was Jackson. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 21 May 2022",
      "Lithuania did not duplicate the result, finishing 14th. \u2014 Fred Bronson, Billboard , 15 May 2022",
      "Can Olivia Rodrigo duplicate Billie Eilish's sweep in the 'big four' categories? \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "The first man and woman to run back and duplicate the pattern exactly on their board first win and are safe from elimination. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 12 May 2022",
      "The iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad and HomePod mini all duplicate the iPod's music streaming abilities, the company noted. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 11 May 2022",
      "Now, the Drug Enforcement Administration is reportedly investigating the company for issues with provider licensing and duplicate patient accounts, Business Insider reports. \u2014 Mohana Ravindranath, STAT , 9 May 2022",
      "Some county officials questioned whether Newsom\u2019s approach would duplicate existing behavioral courts in some parts of the state. \u2014 Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Is there any way to pay someone to make a duplicate ? \u2014 Pat Myers, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
      "In her showroom, in the heart of New York\u2019s garment district, Sui stands with a duplicate of Naomi\u2019s dress explaining her inspirations and her process. \u2014 Taylor Lashley, Vogue , 9 May 2022",
      "Standard human cells contain two sets of DNA, a maternal copy and a paternal copy, but this team used DNA from a group of cells called a complete hydatidiform mole, which contains a duplicate of the paternal set of DNA. \u2014 Tasnim Ahmed, CNN , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "But according to the lawsuit, Heritage Auctions contacted Jostens on June 10, 2021, and was informed that their ring was a duplicate that had been stolen. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "Its chief critique\u2014the very one @GoddessGiselle_ posed\u2014was not unfounded: The show does feel like a glossy duplicate of Run the World. \u2014 Jason Parham, Wired , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "Starring as Cameron Turner, a husband and father who is diagnosed with a terminal illness, the fantasy drama delves into the realm of artificial intelligence with Ali, at times, portraying a duplicate of himself on screen. \u2014 Brande Victorian, Essence , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "Data can also be obsolete or a duplicate of what\u2019s held somewhere else by the company. \u2014 Verne Kopytoff, Fortune , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "The duplicate of the Renaissance masterpiece was placed inside an octagonal glass gallery with viewing platforms on two floors. \u2014 Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes , 5 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Adjective",
      "Middle English, from Latin duplicatus , past participle of duplicare to double, from duplic-, duplex"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1532, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-232429"
  },
  "darmstadtium":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a short-lived radioactive element produced artificially \u2014 see Chemical Elements Table",
      ": a short-lived radioactive element produced artificially",
      "\u2014 see Chemical Elements Table"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u00e4rm-\u02c8sta-t\u0113-\u0259m",
      "\u02ccd\u00e4rm-\u02c8stat-\u0113-\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, from Darmstadt , Germany"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "2003, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-232925"
  },
  "Dravidian languages":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a language family of India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan that includes Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1871, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-233256"
  },
  "dissentingly":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in a manner that shows or expresses dissent"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-233327"
  },
  "descamisado":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an extreme liberal of the Spanish revolution of 1820\u201323",
      ": a violent revolutionist",
      ": an Argentine worker especially when poor and underprivileged",
      "[American Spanish, from Spanish]"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde\u02ccskam\u0259\u02c8s\u00e4(\u02cc)d\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Spanish, from descamisado poor, from des- dis- (from Latin dis- ) + camisa shirt + -ado -ate (from Latin -atus )"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-233449"
  },
  "deplasmolysis":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": swelling of the cytoplasm of a plasmolyzed cell : reversal of plasmolysis"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6d\u0113+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, from de- + plasmolysis"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-234001"
  },
  "draw play":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": draw sense 8"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Instead, the 49ers ran a draw play to 216-pound, do-it-all Deebo Samuel. \u2014 Rob Reischel, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "The Lions forced a Browns punt after the field goal but were unable to advance past their own 41-yard line, calling a draw play on third-and-14 and punting back to the Browns with 2:36 left in the game. \u2014 Dan Labbe, cleveland , 21 Nov. 2021",
      "Hunt took the draw play 3 yards and Cleveland punted on fourth down. \u2014 Ellis L. Williams, cleveland , 11 Oct. 2021",
      "Two weeks ago, with Cleveland leading the Chargers 42-41 and 2:55 left, rather than put the game on Mayfield\u2019s shoulders on third-and-9, Stefanski called a draw play to Kareem Hunt, who got stopped well short of the first down. \u2014 Mike Jones, USA TODAY , 21 Oct. 2021",
      "On a third-and-seven, the Seahawks converted on a draw play by Travis Homer that stung the Steelers for 26 yards and moved the ball to Pittsburgh\u2019s 15. \u2014 Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY , 18 Oct. 2021",
      "On third-and-9, the Browns tried to recapture the magic of a week earlier when Hunt gained 33 yards on a third-and-20 draw play . \u2014 Scott Patsko, cleveland , 11 Oct. 2021",
      "Then on third and nine, Stefanski, oddly, called for a draw play to Hunt who gained three yards and the Browns had to punt. \u2014 Jim Ingraham, Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021",
      "Strongsville quarterback Maddox Beard then called a draw play and ran 99 yards for a touchdown. \u2014 Staff Reports, cleveland , 11 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1952, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-234341"
  },
  "dementia praecox":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": schizophrenia",
      ": schizophrenia"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8pr\u0113-\u02cck\u00e4ks",
      "-\u02c8pr\u0113-\u02cck\u00e4ks"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "borrowed from New Latin, \"precocious dementia\"",
      "Note: The Latin collocation dementia praecox was apparently first used as a diagnostic label by the Bohemian-born Jewish psychiatrist Arnold Pick (1851-1924), in \"Ueber prim\u00e4re chronische Demenz (so. Dementia praecox ) im jugendlichen Alter,\" Prager medicinische Wochenschrift, Band 16 (1891), pp. 312-15. The term had been used earlier descriptively, from at least 1878 (Heinrich Sch\u00fcle, Handbuch der Geisteskrankheiten, Band 16 of Handbuch der speciellen Pathologie und Therapie, Leipzig, p. 258 passim). Dementia praecox may or may not be a translation of French d\u00e9mence pr\u00e9coce, used by the French psychiatrist B\u00e9n\u00e9dict Morel (1809-73), probably first in 1852 ( \u00c9tudes cliniques: Trait\u00e9 th\u00e9orique et pratique des maladies mentales, tome 1, Paris, p. 282)."
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1899, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-234622"
  },
  "dragger net":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dragnet sense 1a"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-235047"
  },
  "docken":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dock entry 1",
      ": something of small value"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4k\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English doken (plural of dock, docke ), from Old English doccan , plural of docce dock"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-235335"
  },
  "demoniac":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": possessed or influenced by a demon",
      ": demonic",
      ": one possessed by a demon"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8m\u014d-n\u0113-\u02ccak"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cacodemonic",
      "demonian",
      "demonic",
      "demonical",
      "devilish",
      "diabolical",
      "diabolic",
      "fiendish",
      "Luciferian",
      "satanic"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "angelic",
      "angelical"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "the murderer seemed possessed by a demoniac wish to destroy life"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Adjective",
      "Middle English demonyak, borrowed from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French demoniac, borrowed from Late Latin daemoniacus, borrowed from Greek daimoniak\u00f3s, from daim\u00f3nion \"evil spirit\" (Septuagint, New Testament), \"divine power, lesser divine being\" (noun derivative from neuter of daim\u00f3nios, adjective derivative of da\u00edm\u014dn \"superhuman power, spirit intermediate between gods and humans\") + -akos -ac \u2014 more at demon",
      "Noun",
      "Middle English demonyak, borrowed from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French demoniac, borrowed from Late Latin daemoniacus, noun derivative of daemoniacus demoniac entry 1"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-235802"
  },
  "duplicand":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the doubling of a feu-duty",
      ": the double duty itself"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6d(y)\u00fcpl\u0259\u00a6kand"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin duplicando , ablative of duplicandum , gerund of duplicare"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-000202"
  },
  "desertworthy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": capable of functioning competently in a desert"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-000342"
  },
  "disgusted":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": feeling or showing disgust : disturbed physically or mentally by something distasteful"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sk\u0259-st\u0259d",
      "dis-\u02c8g\u0259-",
      "also"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "nauseated",
      "repelled",
      "repulsed",
      "revolted",
      "shocked",
      "sick",
      "sickened"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "from past participle of disgust entry 2"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1602, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-001010"
  },
  "day care":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": supervision of and care for children or physically or mentally disabled adults that is provided during the day by a person or organization",
      ": a program, facility, or organization offering day care",
      ": a program in which or a place where care is provided during the day for young children"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "She left work early to pick up her son from day care .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Bovino said some Americans are remaining on the sidelines of the workforce out of lingering concerns about covid-19 or because of difficulty finding affordable day care for unvaccinated children. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 7 May 2022",
      "Aiden now attends day care at a facility for children with special needs that is paid for by Medicaid. \u2014 jsonline.com , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Meanwhile, Turner is interested in having an on-site day care for workers, and a seasonal shuttle for those employees is also being discussed. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "As the previews began and despite an announcement to turn off cellphones, Oulson continued texting his 22-month-old daughter's day care . \u2014 Terry Spencer, USA TODAY , 27 Feb. 2022",
      "As the previews began and despite an announcement to turn off cellphones, Oulson continued texting his 22-month-old daughter's day care . \u2014 CBS News , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "More than 9 million adults, or nearly 38% of respondents, lived in households where children under 5 were unable to attend day care or another child care arrangement in the prior four weeks, according to the January Census survey. \u2014 Tami Luhby, CNN , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "Toma reopened her Long Beach day care on Tuesday, after closing for five days because her school-aged son tested positive for COVID-19. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "The analysis does not include investigations of licensed child care facilities, such as group foster homes, residential treatment centers or day care providers, as well as non-licensed institutional settings like jails. \u2014 Molly Parker, ProPublica , 22 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1898, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-001509"
  },
  "different beast":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an entirely different thing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-002318"
  },
  "drink-driver":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a person who drives a vehicle while drunk : ( chiefly US ) drunk driver"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-002454"
  },
  "dead of winter":{
    "type":[
      "noun phrase"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the middle of the winter"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-002714"
  },
  "dead letter":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something that has lost its force or authority without being formally abolished",
      ": a letter that is undeliverable and unreturnable by the post office"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There were ways to defend Joy Silk against this First Amendment claim, but Manoli chose instead simply to assert, falsely, that Joy Silk was a dead letter , even though the NLRB had never overturned it. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Our one means of removing bad presidents is a dead letter . \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 3 Nov. 2021",
      "Overnight, Roe became a dead letter in the second largest state. \u2014 CNN , 17 Sep. 2021",
      "While insistence on a balanced budget in exchange for debt limit concessions is also a dead letter , steps in that direction need to be part of the discourse. \u2014 Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes , 8 Sep. 2021",
      "As a matter of reality, Roe vs. Wade is a dead letter in Texas today. \u2014 NBC News , 5 Sep. 2021",
      "But if the justices stand by as Texas effectively imposes a ban on most abortions performed in the state, then Roe may already be a dead letter . \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 1 Sep. 2021",
      "Politically, though, the pamphlet was a dead letter . \u2014 Zachary D. Carter, The New Republic , 17 June 2021",
      "Outside of the Trump Administration and the right wing of the Republican Party, that\u2019s now a dead letter . \u2014 Bill Mckibben, The New Yorker , 21 Nov. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1627, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-002951"
  },
  "donship":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": possession of the title or rank of a don",
      ": position as a university don"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4n\u02ccship"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "don entry 1 + -ship"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-003124"
  },
  "disentwine":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": untwine , disentangle"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6dis+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dis- entry 1 + entwine"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-003331"
  },
  "dictator":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a person granted absolute emergency power",
      ": one appointed by the senate (see senate sense 1b ) of ancient Rome",
      ": one holding complete autocratic control : a person with unlimited governmental power",
      ": one ruling in an absolute (see absolute sense 2 ) and often oppressive way",
      ": one who says or reads something for a person to transcribe or for a machine to record : one that dictates (see dictate entry 1 sense 1 )",
      ": a person who rules with total power and often in a cruel manner"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dik-\u02cct\u0101-t\u0259r",
      "dik-\u02c8t\u0101-",
      "\u02c8dik-\u02cct\u0101-t\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "caesar",
      "despot",
      "f\u00fchrer",
      "fuehrer",
      "oppressor",
      "pharaoh",
      "strongman",
      "tyrannizer",
      "tyrant"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The country was ruled by a military dictator .",
      "the dictator had a fierce stranglehold on the country, keeping its people in poverty and ignorance",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The ever-incompetent Deep (Chace Crawford) taking over as head of crime analytics is what happens when an unqualified dictator installs sycophantic puppets in key positions around him. \u2014 Alex Raiman, EW.com , 17 June 2022",
      "Economic stagnation, corruption and a lack of decent jobs in Tunisia helped ignite the uprising that topped Tunisia\u2019s dictator more than a decade ago. \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
      "The recent prosecutions of ex-presidents could also bolster justice advocates in places like Gambia, where a truth and reconciliation commission is investigating charges against former dictator Yaya Jammeh. \u2014 Clair Macdougall, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Park is the daughter of former dictator Park Chung-hee and her imprisonment divided a country in which old Cold War rivalry between right and left still shapes politics. \u2014 NBC News , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "While advocating for peace, Tennison has repeatedly championed Russia\u2019s dictator . \u2014 Zach Everson, Forbes , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "As a young man, he was beaten and tortured for standing up to a dictator and reporting the truth. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022",
      "An improbable series of events had propelled her to challenge President Alexander Lukashenka, the last dictator in Europe, for the leadership of Belarus. \u2014 Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "The leader of Belarus is a guy called Alexander Lukashenko, often referred to as Europe's last dictator . \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 17 June 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English dictatour, borrowed from Latin dict\u0101tor, from dict\u0101re \"to say repeatedly, speak aloud words to be transcribed by another, issue as an order\" + -tor, agent suffix \u2014 more at dictate entry 1",
      "Note: Though formally a derivative of dict\u0101re, the noun dict\u0101tor is attested perhaps two centuries earlier in Latin and may be an independent formation, though the model for it is not clear; the sense \"issue as an order\" of dict\u0101re may reflect influence of dict\u0101tor. The form tictator used in the Old English translation of Orosius's Historiae Adversum Paganos had no subsequent use."
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-005219"
  },
  "discrimination":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": prejudiced or prejudicial outlook, action, or treatment",
      ": the act, practice, or an instance of discriminating categorically rather than individually",
      ": the quality or power of finely distinguishing",
      ": the act of making or perceiving a difference : the act of discriminating",
      ": the process by which two stimuli differing in some aspect are responded to differently",
      ": the practice of unfairly treating a person or group differently from other people or groups of people",
      ": the ability to see differences",
      ": the process by which two stimuli differing in some aspect are responded to differently : differentiation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02ccskri-m\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "di-\u02ccskri-m\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "dis-\u02cckrim-\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "demarcation",
      "discreteness",
      "distinction",
      "separation"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The law prohibits discrimination in hiring.",
      "He sued the company for age discrimination .",
      "the animal's impressive scent discrimination",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Systemic discrimination in housing and lending policies has been a prime engine of social and economic inequality among communities of color. \u2014 CNN , 19 June 2022",
      "In 2016, guardians of three girls attending Charter filed a lawsuit against the school claiming that its dress code prohibiting female students from wearing shorts or pants, was discrimination . \u2014 Sydney Hoover, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
      "In a damning letter Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Education said that treatment from the Utah college was intentional discrimination . \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 June 2022",
      "In the wake of news reports that some Qatari hotels would not accept guests from the LGTBQ community during the upcoming World Cup, football\u2019s global governing body issued a statement June 1 insisting that there would be no discrimination . \u2014 Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
      "But experts said that discrimination against female trees is not a cause. \u2014 Mike Damiano, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
      "However, employment discrimination is still high for LGBTQ+ individuals. \u2014 Fortune , 2 June 2022",
      "The discrimination that Black and LGBTQ people have faced in the health care system is what inspired medical student Mikiko Thelwell to find her calling. \u2014 Tat Bellamy-walker, NBC News , 1 June 2022",
      "Vaccination Discrimination \u00b7 63% agree that the rejection of unvaccinated candidates is discrimination . \u00b7 57% said that unvaccinated people at their company are discriminated against. \u2014 Shep Hyken, Forbes , 29 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "see discriminate"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1621, in the meaning defined at sense 3a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-005832"
  },
  "ducktail":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a hairstyle in which the hair on each side is slicked back to meet in a ridge at the back of the head"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259k-\u02cct\u0101l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The greenhouse extends much further back than on the original concept, and the roofline tapers down gradually and ends in a ducktail -style rear spoiler. \u2014 Joey Capparella, Car and Driver , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "At the rear, a ducktail spoiler protrudes between the taillights in a nod to the Carrera RS 2.7. \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "There are, of course, the standard Black hairstyles that come to people's minds when thinking about the 1980s: a jheri curl, an afro, a box cut, and a ducktail . \u2014 Hanna Phifer, refinery29.com , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "No ponytails, ducktails , rat-tails, male bun or puffballs shall be allowed on male students. \u2014 Char Adams, PEOPLE.com , 13 Sep. 2019",
      "With his ill-fitting suits, auburn ducktail hairdo and totally unexpected baritone voice, Rick Astley was destined to become a viral meme since before Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. \u2014 Bryan Rolli, Billboard , 1 Feb. 2018",
      "That was for everyone in the fight to resurrect ducktails from the urban haircut cemetery. \u2014 Marcus Thompson Ii, The Mercury News , 19 Apr. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "from its resemblance to the tail of a duck"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1948, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-010205"
  },
  "distanceless":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lacking the effect of distance",
      ": not allowing an extended view or visibility"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-l\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-010222"
  },
  "discrepate":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": discriminate , distinguish"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8diskr\u0259\u02ccp\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin discrepatus , past participle of discrepare"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-010530"
  },
  "Doras":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the type genus of the family Doradidae"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u014dr\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-011743"
  },
  "dephlogisticate":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove phlogiston from"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6d\u0113+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "de- + phlogisticate"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-011959"
  },
  "dikerion":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a two-branched candlestick symbolizing the divine and human natures in Christ used by the bishop for blessing during the service \u2014 compare trikerion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "t\u035fh\u0113\u02c8k\u0113ry\u022fn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Greek dik\u0113rion , from Greek di + Late Greek k\u0113rion wax candle, from Greek, honeycomb, from k\u0113ros wax"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-012420"
  },
  "dredger master":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dredgeman sense 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-012552"
  },
  "dumbstruck":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": made silent by astonishment"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259m-\u02ccstr\u0259k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "amazed",
      "astonished",
      "astounded",
      "awestruck",
      "awestricken",
      "bowled over",
      "dumbfounded",
      "dumfounded",
      "flabbergasted",
      "shocked",
      "stunned",
      "stupefied",
      "thunderstruck"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The people in the courtroom were dumbstruck by his confession.",
      "the dumbstruck ecotourists gaped in silence as the enormous whale breached near their vessel",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Officials at the agency were dumbstruck , according to some of those who spoke with The Post. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "That race left plenty of people dumbstruck or skeptical. \u2014 Dathan Ritzenhein, Outside Online , 16 Sep. 2019",
      "And the stadium, after all that noise, after all those songs, after all those dreams, stood silent, dumbstruck , and stared straight back. \u2014 New York Times , 11 July 2021",
      "The game soon ended with a strikeout by pinch hitter Kirby McMullen, who swung at a pitch by USF\u2019s closer Orion Kerkering to leave the Gators dumbstruck , demoralized and faced with a Herculean challenge. \u2014 Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 4 June 2021",
      "Now, in a police training classroom, Christopher was dumbstruck . \u2014 Isabel Seliger, ProPublica , 29 May 2021",
      "One segment of the Democratic convention featured now-vintage-feeling footage of President Obama springing the Presidential Medal of Freedom on a dumbstruck Joe Biden on their way out of the White House in 2017. \u2014 Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post , 27 Aug. 2020",
      "Other members of the media were similarly dumbstruck . \u2014 Dylan Byers, NBC News , 28 Jan. 2020",
      "Pavelich, a sprite of a forward at only 5 feet 8 inches, assisted on Eruzione\u2019s winning goal that sent the dumbstruck CCCP team home on a stretcher to Red Square. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 7 Dec. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1765, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-012632"
  },
  "decacanth":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a 10-hooked cestodarian larva"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dek\u0259\u02cckan(t)th"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "deca- + -acanth (from Greek akantha thorn)"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-013403"
  },
  "disgustful":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": provoking disgust",
      ": full of or accompanied by disgust"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sk\u0259st-f\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-013809"
  },
  "detonate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to explode with sudden violence",
      ": to cause to detonate",
      "\u2014 compare deflagrate",
      ": to set off in a burst of activity : spark"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-t\u1d4an-\u02cc\u0101t",
      "\u02c8de-t\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blow",
      "blow up",
      "burst",
      "crump",
      "explode",
      "go off",
      "pop"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "implode"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The first atomic bomb was detonated in 1945.",
      "the bomb detonated with a thunder that could be heard for blocks in all directions",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Over 270 million cluster bombs were dropped on Laos during the Vietnam War; up to 80 million did not detonate , and are still causing child casualties today. \u2014 Alexandra Grossi, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "But this speed also puts the team at risk: The Shabab will sometimes detonate a second bomb in the area of an attack, specifically meant to target those arriving to help. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
      "The Soviets detonate their first atomic bomb in Kazakhstan, Aug. 29, 1949. \u2014 Peggy Noonan, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Blossoms are ready to detonate the U.K. albums chart with Ribbon Around the Bomb (EMI), which leads the midweek tally. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 4 May 2022",
      "Perhaps Russia might detonate a nuclear weapon over the Black Sea, a kind of intermediary step that doesn\u2019t kill lots of people but would shock the world. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "The drillers are assigned to drill on the surface of the asteroid and detonate a bomb within it. \u2014 Alexia Fern\u00e1ndez, PEOPLE.com , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "On Thursday, the Defense Ministry explained the damage to Russia\u2019s Black Sea flagship by a fire had caused ammunition stowed on board to detonate . \u2014 Adam Schreck, chicagotribune.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "In 1958, the U.S. government comes up with a plan to detonate five thermonuclear bombs in a stretch of land in Alaska. \u2014 Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "French d\u00e9toner to explode, from Latin detonare to expend thunder, from de- + tonare to thunder \u2014 more at thunder entry 1"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1729, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-014038"
  },
  "disposal field":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an area of ground under whose surface the overflow from a septic tank is distributed in drain tile to be absorbed in the soil"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-014345"
  },
  "deceptious":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": tending to deceive"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-sh\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "probably from deception , after such pairs as English faction: factious"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-014415"
  },
  "dumb Dora":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a stupid and often na\u00efve woman"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "from the name Dora"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-014607"
  },
  "deca-":{
    "type":[
      "combining form",
      "prefix"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": ten",
      ": ten"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English, from Latin, from Greek deka-, dek- , from deka \u2014 more at ten"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-014923"
  },
  "disinherit":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to prevent deliberately from inheriting something (as by making a will)",
      ": to deprive of natural or human rights or of previously held special privileges",
      ": to take away the legal right to receive money or property from at death",
      ": to prevent deliberately from inheriting something (as by making a will) \u2014 see also elective share"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-in-\u02c8her-\u0259t",
      "-\u02c8he-r\u0259t",
      "\u02ccdi-s\u1d4an-\u02c8her-\u0259t",
      "\u02ccdis-\u1d4an-\u02c8her-\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "She threatened to disinherit her son and leave him penniless.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But Larry\u2019s third daughter, Caroline, has her doubts\u2014an attitude that infuriates him and leads to his decision to disinherit her. \u2014 Dinitia Smith, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
      "Political differences are also not a reason to disinherit a child. \u2014 Christine Fletcher, Forbes , 28 June 2021",
      "Her life of exile\u2014her father would disinherit her\u2014took her to New York, Europe, Montreal and finally, in a semi-homecoming, North Carolina. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 28 May 2021",
      "Crucially, Poe wrote his story in poverty in Baltimore after being disinherited by his wealthy stepfather and while his wife was dying of tuberculosis. \u2014 Megan O\u2019grady, New York Times , 8 Apr. 2020",
      "Some insurers do just that, but most pay the beneficiaries after the first death, disinheriting the surviving spouse, says annuity expert and CFP Michael Kitces of Columbia, Maryland. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Aug. 2019",
      "If Wallace and Klemmer were declared to be in violation and disinherited , their right as beneficiaries would skip them and go to their children. \u2014 Ryan O\u2019halloran, The Denver Post , 13 Sep. 2019",
      "Jane\u2019s son Edward was at best a useless boy-king, and at worst a divisive religious extremist who disinherited his sisters. \u2014 Anne Th\u00e9riault, Longreads , 25 May 2018",
      "According to court documents, Nupson\u2019s mother considered disinheriting her because of her personal problems. \u2014 Bob Fernandez, Philly.com , 26 Feb. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-015453"
  },
  "dactylus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dactylopodite",
      ": the part consisting of one or more joints of the tarsus of certain insects following the enlarged and modified first joint"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dakt\u0259l\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, from Greek daktylos finger, toe"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-020352"
  },
  "dreadless":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb,"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": free from dread : intrepid , dauntless"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-l\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English dredelees , from drede, dred + -lees -less"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-020525"
  },
  "divd":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "dividend"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-020736"
  },
  "draper's cap":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": thin brown wrapping paper that is glazed on one side"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-021223"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": demosthenic"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u00a6m\u00e4sth\u0259\u00a6n\u0113\u0259n",
      "(\u02c8)d\u0113\u00a6-"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Demosthen es \u2020322 b.c. Greek orator + English -ean, -ian"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-021808"
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  "decree-law":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a decree of a ruler or ministry having the force of a law enacted by the legislature"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8kr\u0113-\u02ccl\u022f"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1926, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-022022"
  },
  "diverging meniscus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a meniscus lens that is thicker at the edge than in the center"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-023013"
  },
  "Darmstadt":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "city in the central Germany state of Hesse south-southwest of Frankfurt am Main population 140,040"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4rm-\u02ccstat",
      "-\u02ccsht\u00e4t",
      "-\u02ccst\u00e4t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-023121"
  },
  "dual banking":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": banking in which both state and national banks operate in the same state or community"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-023637"
  },
  "disposable weight":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": all weights on an aircraft other than the fixed weight"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-024140"
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  "Dermoptera":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adjective or noun",
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a small order of eutherian mammals comprising the flying lemurs"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259r\u02c8m\u00e4pt(\u0259)r\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, from derm- + -ptera"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-024724"
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  "desegregate":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
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    "definitions":[
      ": to eliminate segregation in",
      ": to free of any law, provision, or practice requiring isolation of the members of a particular race in separate units",
      ": to become desegregated",
      ": to end by law the separation of members of different races",
      ": to eliminate segregation in",
      ": to free from any law, provision, or practice requiring isolation of the members of a particular race in separate units",
      ": to become desegregated"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8se-gri-\u02ccg\u0101t",
      "d\u0113-\u02c8se-gri-\u02ccg\u0101t",
      "d\u0113-\u02c8se-gr\u0259-\u02ccg\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "efforts to desegregate the town's buses",
      "Eventually the city's schools desegregated .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Five years later, an appellate court ruled against the school district and ordered it to desegregate . \u2014 Teo Armus, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
      "The events led to a federal lawsuit forcing Uvalde to desegregate . \u2014 Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone , 15 June 2022",
      "In more recent decades, dozens of public \u2014 and free \u2014 Montessori programs have opened across the country, often as part of explicit efforts to desegregate schools. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "This is a really complicated issue, one rooted in efforts to desegregate New York City schools but one in which many Asian Americans have felt overlooked and politically slighted. \u2014 Michael Luo, The New Yorker , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "Barbee ultimately sued in federal court, and in 1976, Judge John Reynolds ordered MPS to desegregate . \u2014 Rory Linnane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 May 2022",
      "Under White\u2019s direction, the association promoted interracial unionization, pried open Blacks\u2019 access to wartime defense work, and pushed the Pentagon to desegregate the military. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "The work follows a 2020 resolution from Peterson and MPS board vice president Sequanna Taylor to develop a regional plan to desegregate schools and reduce inequities. \u2014 Rory Linnane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 May 2022",
      "The city\u2019s 10-day Fiesta showed us that in more than 100 years, San Antonio has failed to desegregate and extricate itself from an anti-Mexican past. \u2014 Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News , 27 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1949, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-024825"
  },
  "donsie":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": unlucky",
      ": restive",
      ": saucy",
      ": slightly ill"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4n(t)-s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Scottish Gaelic donas evil, harm + English -ie"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1720, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-025320"
  },
  "disinhabit":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dispeople"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6dis+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dis- entry 1 + inhabit"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-030434"
  },
  "docosanoic acid":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": behenic acid"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6d\u00e4k\u0259s\u0259\u00a6n\u014dik-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "docosane + -o- + -ic"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-030527"
  },
  "disserve":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to serve badly or falsely : harm"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)di(s)-\u02c8s\u0259rv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1629, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-030607"
  },
  "discase":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": undress"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307s",
      "(\u02c8)dis+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dis- entry 1 + case (noun)"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-030828"
  },
  "daturic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of or relating to the genus Datura"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-rik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin Datura + English -ic"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-031650"
  },
  "denga":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a formerly used monetary unit of Russia equal to \u00b9/\u2082 kopeck"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1738, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-032047"
  },
  "descantist":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a singer proficient at performing high descants"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-\u02ccskan-tist",
      "de-\u02c8skan-",
      "di-\u02c8skan-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-032350"
  },
  "dike ridge":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a hogback in which the formation resistant to erosion is a dike",
      ": a small wall-like ridge on a glacier resulting from differences in the rate of melting",
      ": any small wall-like ridge (such as one along a shore) resulting from differences in the rate of erosion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-032404"
  },
  "dau":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "daughter",
      "daughter"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-033012"
  },
  "dangle stick":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a forked green stick used as a pothook in cooking over a campfire"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-033215"
  },
  "dis aliter visum":{
    "type":[
      "Latin phrase"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": it seemed otherwise to the gods : fate had different plans"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113s-\u02cc\u00e4-li-\u02ccter-\u02c8w\u0113-\u02ccsu\u0307m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-033530"
  },
  "deposit station":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a place (such as a school, firehouse, or store) at which a public library maintains a small collection of books",
      ": the collection of books maintained there"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-033708"
  },
  "docking block":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one of the heavy timbers on which a ship rests when in dry dock"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "from gerund of dock entry 5"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-034408"
  },
  "disproportionable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": disproportional , disproportionate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6dis+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-035108"
  },
  "dead of the night":{
    "type":[
      "noun phrase"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the middle of the night"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-035330"
  },
  "demonstrator":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that demonstrates :",
      ": a product (such as an automobile) used to demonstrate performance or merits to prospective buyers",
      ": a person who engages in a public demonstration",
      ": a person who makes or takes part in a demonstration",
      ": a manufactured article (as an automobile) used for demonstration",
      ": a teacher or teacher's assistant who demonstrates principles or theories studied (as by dissection, experiment, or chemical preparation)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-m\u0259n-\u02ccstr\u0101-t\u0259r",
      "\u02c8de-m\u0259n-\u02ccstr\u0101-t\u0259r",
      "\u02c8dem-\u0259n-\u02ccstr\u0101t-\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "At least one demonstrator has died during police gunfire during the protests. \u2014 New York Times , 7 May 2022",
      "While many of the technical details remain secret, Bellwether is now conducting multiple test flights of a half-scale demonstrator model. \u2014 J. George Gorant, Robb Report , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "Bystander and drone video captured most of the frenzied chain of events that followed: Rittenhouse killed Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, then shot to death protester Anthony Huber, 26, and wounded demonstrator Gaige Grosskreutz, now 28. \u2014 Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 20 Nov. 2021",
      "The Scottish Government has been exploring and supporting the use of AI for some time, including investing in a number of demonstrator projects. \u2014 Kathleen Walch, Forbes , 13 Nov. 2021",
      "On one part of the sidewalk, longtime antiabortion demonstrator Coleman Boyd belts out a steady stream of Christian music, with lyrics about Jesus\u2019s love for the unborn. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Aug. 2021",
      "Gustafson\u2019s brother, Ted, and a third demonstrator who sheriff\u2019s deputies did not identify suffered minor injuries. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 May 2022",
      "During a recent clinic invasion on the West Coast, Fowler said, a demonstrator roamed up and down the halls of the clinic, yelling out a doctor\u2019s name. \u2014 Garnet Henderson, ELLE , 6 May 2022",
      "Israeli police carry a Palestinian demonstrator away from Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Friday. \u2014 NBC News , 22 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "demonstrate + -or entry 1"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1611, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-035717"
  },
  "donum":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a land measure used in regions included in the former Ottoman Empire and of varying size but usually less than one acre"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4n\u0259m",
      "\u02c8d\u014dn-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Turkish d\u00f6n\u00fcm , literally, turn"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-041046"
  },
  "debile":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marked by debility : feeble"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8deb\u0259l",
      "-\u02ccb\u012bl",
      "-(\u02cc)bil",
      "\u02c8d\u0113\u02ccb\u012bl"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle French debile , from Latin debilis weak, feeble"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-041929"
  },
  "Dufferin and Ava":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "1st Marquis of 1826\u20131902 Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood British diplomat"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0259-f\u0259-rin-\u0259n(d)-\u02c8\u00e4-v\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-042041"
  },
  "desemer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an ancient balance : steelyard"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101z\u0259m\u0259(r)"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "German, from Low German, alteration of Middle Low German bisemer, besemer , of Baltic origin; akin to Lithuanian bezm\u0117\u0303nas , of Slavic origin; akin to Old Russian bezm\u0115n\u016d desemer, small weight, Polish bezmian, przezmian balance without pans, perhaps of Turkic origin; akin to Turkish batman small weight"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-043057"
  },
  "demme":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of demme chiefly British spelling of damme"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dem\u0113",
      "-mi"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-043157"
  },
  "depr":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "depreciation",
      "depression",
      "depression"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-043214"
  },
  "dephlegmator":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an apparatus used in fractional distillation as a partial condenser to cool the mixed vapors and thus condense the higher-boiling portions"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u0113\u02c8fleg\u02ccm\u0101t\u0259(r)"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-043503"
  },
  "de-leaf":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove leaves from (a plant)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8l\u0113f"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1922, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-043533"
  },
  "duniewassal":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a Highland gentleman",
      ": a cadet of a family of rank"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6d\u00fcn\u0113\u00a6w\u00e4s\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Scottish Gaelic duine-uasal , literally, noble man"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-043604"
  },
  "demon":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an evil spirit",
      ": a source or agent of evil, harm, distress, or ruin",
      ": an attendant (see attendant entry 2 sense 1 ) power or spirit : genius",
      ": a supernatural being whose nature is intermediate between that of a god and that of a human being",
      ": one that has exceptional enthusiasm, drive, or effectiveness",
      ": a software program or process that runs in the background",
      ": an evil spirit : devil",
      ": a person of great energy or enthusiasm"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113-m\u0259n",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-m\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cacodemon",
      "devil",
      "fiend",
      "ghost",
      "ghoul",
      "ghoulie",
      "imp",
      "shaitan"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "only in rare cases is the ancient rite of exorcism performed to cast out a troublesome demon",
      "a man who was finally able to conquer his demons and kick his drug habit",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Payne switched the setting from New Jersey to Nebraska, rewrote the ending and made Tracy more of a demon . \u2014 Tom Perrotta, New York Times , 31 May 2022",
      "Jacob's character, Kane, debuted as a crimson, masked and mute demon who was half-brothers with fan-favorite superstar The Undertaker. \u2014 Fox News , 7 June 2022",
      "Yet another sinner is crucified on an enormous harp about to be plucked by a demon whose body resembles a tree. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 2 May 2022",
      "The Zar trans religious ceremony, which uses drumming and dancing to cure an illness thought to be caused by a demon , is most prominent in southern Egypt and is practiced further south into the Sudan, though it may be performed anywhere in Egypt. \u2014 Nic Robertson, CNN , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "An pack of intrepid wizards will duel against a tiny blue speed demon to lead domestic box office charts. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "The unusual teen meets a deceased couple and a demon , too \u2014 her life is changed almost instantaneously. \u2014 Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Needless to say, the turtle\u2014a speed demon by comparison\u2014was able to move out of the way in time. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "News spread throughout Japanese social media outlets last Monday that a famous rock rumored to contain a demon has split in two. \u2014 Dieynaba Young, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English, \"evil spirit,\" borrowed from Late Latin daem\u014dn \"evil spirit, pagan deity, idol,\" going back to Latin, \"supernatural being, spirit intermediate between humans and gods,\" borrowed from Greek daimon-, da\u00edm\u014dn \"superhuman power, variably evil or beneficent, intervening in human affairs, fate\" (Homeric), \"personal spirit, bringing luck or ill, that accompanies an individual,\" \"spirit intermediate between humans and gods\" (Plato), \"evil spirit\" (New Testament), probably from dai-, stem of da\u00edomai, da\u00edesthai \"to divide, allocate\" + -m\u014dn, deverbal noun and adjective suffix \u2014 more at tide entry 1"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-043833"
  },
  "Denis":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Saint died 258? 1st bishop of Paris and patron saint of France"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-n\u0259s",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8n\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-044325"
  },
  "devil ray":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of various very large rays (genera Manta and Mobula of the family Mobulidae) widely distributed in warm seas that have large, triangular, winglike pectoral fins and a pair of hornlike lobes near the mouth which are used to guide plankton and other small aquatic organisms into the mouth, that typically lack a stinger on the tail, and that reproduce viviparously producing one or two offspring at birth"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Most of the devil ray dives had an unusual stepwise profile. \u2014 Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
      "Manta belong to the genus Mobula (formerly Manta), containing ten species - two (possibly three) manta and eight devil ray species. \u2014 Melissa Cristina M\u00e1rquez, Forbes , 6 July 2021",
      "Several species of sharks, as well as all manta and devil rays , are protected under the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). \u2014 Jordan Culver, USA TODAY , 5 Feb. 2020",
      "On the top floor of the aquarium (The Vista), breathtaking views of cruise ships and Miami\u2019s skyline compete with the 100-foot wide, 500,000-gallion tank where mahi-mahi, devil rays , tuna, and hammerhead sharks cavort. \u2014 Necee Regis, BostonGlobe.com , 21 Mar. 2018",
      "Director Eliana Alvarez Martinez focuses on Munk\u2019s search for pygmy devil rays , a species that was named Mobula Munkiana in his honor. \u2014 Gary Robbins, sandiegouniontribune.com , 12 Sep. 2017",
      "This is the tank where mahi-mahi, devil rays and hammerhead sharks travel through its open water. \u2014 Howard Cohen, miamiherald , 18 Sep. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1832, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-044539"
  },
  "drool":{
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to secrete saliva in anticipation of food",
      ": to let saliva dribble from the mouth : drivel sense 2",
      ": to make an effusive show of pleasure or often envious or covetous appreciation",
      ": to talk nonsense",
      ": to express sentimentally or effusively",
      ": saliva trickling from the mouth",
      ": nonsense",
      ": to let saliva drip from the mouth",
      ": saliva that drips from the mouth",
      ": to secrete saliva in anticipation of food",
      ": to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00fcl",
      "\u02c8dr\u00fcl",
      "\u02c8dr\u00fcl"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dribble",
      "drivel",
      "salivate",
      "slaver",
      "slobber"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "applesauce",
      "balderdash",
      "baloney",
      "boloney",
      "beans",
      "bilge",
      "blah",
      "blah-blah",
      "blarney",
      "blather",
      "blatherskite",
      "blither",
      "bosh",
      "bull",
      "bunk",
      "bunkum",
      "buncombe",
      "claptrap",
      "codswallop",
      "crapola",
      "crock",
      "drivel",
      "fiddle",
      "fiddle-faddle",
      "fiddlesticks",
      "flannel",
      "flapdoodle",
      "folderol",
      "falderal",
      "folly",
      "foolishness",
      "fudge",
      "garbage",
      "guff",
      "hogwash",
      "hokeypokey",
      "hokum",
      "hoodoo",
      "hooey",
      "horsefeathers",
      "humbug",
      "humbuggery",
      "jazz",
      "malarkey",
      "malarky",
      "moonshine",
      "muck",
      "nerts",
      "nonsense",
      "nuts",
      "piffle",
      "poppycock",
      "punk",
      "rot",
      "rubbish",
      "senselessness",
      "silliness",
      "slush",
      "stupidity",
      "taradiddle",
      "tarradiddle",
      "tommyrot",
      "tosh",
      "trash",
      "trumpery",
      "twaddle"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "the dog drooled when we put the steak down on the floor",
      "middle-aged men drooling over a starlet half their age",
      "Noun",
      "He wiped the drool from the baby's face.",
      "the only thing more pathetic than the pop psychologist who gushed such drool was the public that lapped it up",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Breakfast lovers will drool over this popular delicious jam trio including Blueberry Lemon Basil, Smoked Yellow Peach, and Strawberry Chipotle & Fig flavors. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Tesla boasted a record operating profit margin of 19.2% for the quarter, a level virtually any automaker would drool at and at least comparable to the industry\u2019s best performing brands like Porsche and Ferrari. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Still, wagon enthusiasts are more likely to drool over the sporty Recharge T8 Polestar model that boasts a plug-in-hybrid powertrain with 415 horsepower and up to 22 miles of electric driving range. \u2014 Car and Driver , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "Her tiered pants, fishnet tights, beaded necklines and overflowing skirts are the stuff celebrities drool over. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "As people drool over the supercool trailer for Jim Jarmusch\u2019s upcoming zombie film, The Dead Don\u2019t Die, take the chance to acquaint yourself with his early work, starting with this 1984 breakthrough, starring John Lurie and Richard Edson. \u2014 Brian Tallerico, Vulture , 2 Nov. 2021",
      "That was a huge start that just about any coach would drool over, but Gaters was frustrated. \u2014 Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com , 1 Nov. 2021",
      "The test requires students to drool into individual tubes, which are then analyzed by SHIELD labs, with results coming back within 24 hours. \u2014 Megan Jones, chicagotribune.com , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "Dad can drool over the finest Japanese beef or celebrate his special day with a 32-ounce Upper Prime Black Angus Tomahawk. \u2014 Larry Olmsted, Forbes , 4 June 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Before Selling Sunset, the Million Dollar Listing franchise was making us drool with high-end real estate in New York and Los Angeles. \u2014 Amy Mackelden, ELLE , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "His presence would certainly make the folks at Fox Sports drool . \u2014 Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "More recently, L\u2019Etoile Patisserie - which bakes drool -inducing desserts like choux a la cr\u00e8me as well as French breads and croissants \u2013 brought buzz there. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 10 Jan. 2022",
      "For example, legendary French design label Herm\u00e8s\u2019 diverse throw blanket collection of colorful pieces and modern simple designs are drool -worthy. \u2014 Amina Khan, USA TODAY , 10 May 2022",
      "All fans have to do is pop the cookies in a preheated oven to get a drool -worthy dessert. \u2014 Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "There\u2019s the drool to be wiped, the slobbery feeding and sharing of utensils \u2014 and plenty of kisses. \u2014 Andrew Joseph, STAT , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "For example, babies often get contact dermatitis\u2014a type of eczema caused by direct contact with an irritant\u2014around their mouths because of drool or introduction to certain foods. \u2014 Jessie Van Amburg, Health.com , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "This drool -worthy ice cream sandwich recipe is the perfect solution for using up any leftover Christmas pudding in your fridge (in the unlikely event there's any dessert leftover). \u2014 Noma Nazish, Forbes , 26 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Verb and Noun",
      "perhaps alteration of drivel"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1802, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1869, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-045257"
  },
  "drum-stretch":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to fasten (as fabric) to another material by drawing taut and securing at the edges",
      ": to flatten and dry out (pasted or wet materials) by fastening clamps or weights to the edges"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-045615"
  },
  "Denebola":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a white star of the second magnitude that is the second brightest star in the constellation Leo"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8ne-b\u0259-l\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1795, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-045650"
  },
  "dreamworld":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a world of illusion or fantasy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0113m-\u02ccw\u0259rld"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "It\u2019s theater of the absurd in a surrealist setting: a dreamworld built to question the hypercompetitive technosphere broadly accepted as reality. \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "Being lulled into this dreamworld by the government. \u2014 Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Being lulled into this dreamworld by the government. \u2014 Josh Chesler, SPIN , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Being lulled into this dreamworld by the government. \u2014 Neena Rouhani, Billboard , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Traditionally, someone who touches Meredith in her dreamworld dies. \u2014 Lincee Ray, EW.com , 23 Apr. 2021",
      "Unable to accept the real reasons Germany had lost, Hitler, a fantasist since his adolescence, took refuge in a dreamworld of conspiracy theory in which Jews were allocated a uniquely malevolent role. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 20 Feb. 2020",
      "Grinnan filtered the dreamworld of Surrealist tradition through contemporary channels of Conceptual art, unplugging calculation from the instrumental lay of the land. \u2014 Christopher Knight, latimes.com , 18 June 2019",
      "Your work feels like surreal snapshots of a Lynchian dreamworld \u2014a place where American middle class suburbia is kind of exalted into this exotic realm. \u2014 Andrea Alonso, Los Angeles Magazine , 21 May 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1817, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-045706"
  },
  "dialect geographer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": linguistic geographer"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1932, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-050236"
  },
  "d\u00e9pays\u00e9":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": situated in unfamiliar surroundings : being out of one's element : displaced , astray"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6d\u0101(\u02cc)p\u0101\u00a6z\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "French, from past participle of d\u00e9payser to remove (a person) from his element, from Old French despaisier to exile, from des- de- + pais region, country, from Medieval Latin pagensis of a region, from Latin pagus region, district, village + -ensis -ese"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-051448"
  },
  "down-to-date":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": up-to-date"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-051824"
  },
  "disingenuous":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lacking in candor",
      ": giving a false appearance of simple frankness : calculating"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-in-\u02c8jen-y\u0259-w\u0259s",
      "-y\u00fc-\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "\"It's had nine murders since 1937\u2014about the same as you would get in many small towns.\" This was correct, but a wee disingenuous . The AT [Appalachian Trail] had no murders in its first thirty-six years and nine in the past twenty-two. \u2014 Bill Bryson , A Walk in the Woods , 1999",
      "\u2026 and he egged Badger on, asking a disingenuous question about the antivivisection rally in Cleveland, and as Badger took the thought up and chewed it over, the Doctor made as if to excuse himself. \u2014 T. Coraghessan Boyle , The Road to Wellville , 1993",
      "\u2026 he has a disingenuous way of resorting to slang when he wants to make a big point but is afraid of sounding pretentious. \u2014 Karen Schoemer , New York Times Book Review , 31 Oct. 1993",
      "Unity is at best an ideal, at worst a disingenuous political slogan. \u2014 Salman Rushdie , The Independent on Sunday , 25 Nov. 1990",
      "Her recent expressions of concern are self-serving and disingenuous .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Passion can\u2019t be faked \u2013 so choose wisely There is nothing worse than company campaigns that claim to care about a certain cause or issue, only to be exposed as disingenuous by their own customer base. \u2014 Bianca Barratt, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "This is disingenuous considering Oklahoma ranks 40th in the nation for maternal deaths. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 26 May 2022",
      "Chris Taylor, a committee spokesman, said efforts by Republicans to court Black voters were disingenuous given the voting records among those in the party on pandemic relief, criminal justice reform and clean air and water legislation. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Both the question, and the analysis, are disingenuous . \u2014 Fabio Bertoni, The New Yorker , 13 May 2022",
      "Third, Ramaswamy\u2019s underlying claim about the role of politics in business is disingenuous . \u2014 Tim Mcdonnell, Quartz , 11 May 2022",
      "The politicians screaming the loudest are being disingenuous . \u2014 WSJ , 10 May 2022",
      "And Republican worries about voter fraud have for years been disproportionate, if not disingenuous . \u2014 D.j. Tice, Star Tribune , 24 July 2021",
      "In an age obsessed with the elusive notion of authenticity, restaurants love to say that their menus reflect the spirit of their owners\u2019 own kitchens, a comforting, if often disingenuous , claim. \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1655, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-052104"
  },
  "Draper":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name",
      "geographical name",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a dealer in cloth and sometimes also in clothing and dry goods",
      "Henry 1837\u20131882 American astronomer",
      "city in north central Utah south of Salt Lake City population 42,274"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101-p\u0259r",
      "\u02c8dr\u0101-p\u0259r",
      "\u02c8dr\u0101-p\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Bertie\u2019s stint as assistant schoolmaster under a family friend suited him better but ended when the school closed; another round of trials as apprentice pharmacist, draper , and trainee teacher followed. \u2014 Stephanie Burt, The New Republic , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "That same greenery accented the mantelpieces and serving tables and ran the length of the old draper \u2019s table at which the guests sat. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Dec. 2021",
      "At age 14, he was apprenticed in a draper \u2019s shop, a soul-killing job the boy hated. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Nov. 2021",
      "The poet\u2019s third husband was Richard Prowse, of Exeter, a prominent draper who was also the city\u2019s bailiff, sheriff, alderman, and mayor, as well as a Member of Parliament. \u2014 Jamie Quatro, The New Yorker , 5 Aug. 2019",
      "Here\u2019s the draper Baudu: The place would soon be really ridiculous in its immensity; the customers would lose themselves in it. \u2014 Benedict Evans, WIRED , 26 July 2019",
      "K St., 1420-Robert Draper to Emerson Siegle and Ariel Xue, $772,500. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Aug. 2017",
      "Teacher\u2019s pet in the best possible way: the perfect draper , perfect sketcher, won all the awards. \u2014 Matthew Schneier, New York Times , 2 Sep. 2016",
      "Drapers -Oscar de la Renta's son Moises is starting an online store-slash-magazine. \u2014 Veronique Hyland, Harper's BAZAAR , 12 Aug. 2011"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English, weaver, clothier, from Anglo-French draper , from drap cloth \u2014 more at drab"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-052312"
  },
  "delegitimate":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": delegitimize"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113-l\u0259-\u02c8ji-t\u0259-\u02ccm\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1972, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-053208"
  },
  "devout":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises",
      ": expressing piety or religious fervor : expressing devotion",
      ": devoted to a pursuit, belief, or mode of behavior : serious , earnest",
      ": warmly sincere",
      ": deeply religious",
      ": strongly loyal or devoted",
      ": warmly sincere and earnest"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8vau\u0307t",
      "di-\u02c8vau\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "constant",
      "dedicated",
      "devoted",
      "down-the-line",
      "faithful",
      "fast",
      "good",
      "loyal",
      "pious",
      "staunch",
      "stanch",
      "steadfast",
      "steady",
      "true",
      "true-blue"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "disloyal",
      "faithless",
      "false",
      "fickle",
      "inconstant",
      "perfidious",
      "recreant",
      "traitorous",
      "treacherous",
      "unfaithful",
      "untrue"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "It is his devout wish to help people in need.",
      "devout Red Sox fans never lost faith during the long World Series drought",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Onoda\u2019s devout belief in his mission becomes a form of schizophrenia, warping everything in its path. \u2014 Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker , 16 June 2022",
      "The Dolomite Mountains team is nearly all women, and company founder Agustina Lagos Marmol is a multilingual world traveler, adventurer, rock and mountain climber, windsurfer, cyclist, skier and devout hiker. \u2014 Allison Olmsted, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "Bridegan remained a devout LDS member, while Gardner-Fernandez began straying from her faith, sources said. \u2014 Fox News , 14 June 2022",
      "Much to the satisfaction of devout customers, it was reintroduced in October 2019. \u2014 Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
      "His mother was a homemaker whose optimism and devout Catholicism were strong influences on a young Tom Murphy, who later had his corporate headquarters in a building opposite St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral in Manhattan. \u2014 Harrison Smith, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
      "All of this offseason acclaim is invigorating for the most optimistic Bears fans and the most devout Fields backers, who have visions of a bright star soon appearing in a Chicago sky that often has been pitch black the last 30 years. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune , 2 June 2022",
      "This eerily magical, richly atmospheric novel follows Darwin, a devout Rastafarian whose poverty forces him to cast off his religion to become a gravedigger, and Yejide, one of a line of women who have the power to usher the dead into the afterlife. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022",
      "Min-kyu's teetotaler, devout Christian father opposed his plan -- especially after having spent the family fortune supporting his son's five years of training as an architect in New York City's Cooper Union. \u2014 Jake Kwon, CNN , 22 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin devotus , from Latin, past participle of devov\u0113re \u2014 see devote"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-053723"
  },
  "divagate":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to wander or stray from a course or subject : diverge , digress"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b-v\u0259-\u02ccg\u0101t",
      "\u02c8di-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Late Latin divagatus , past participle of divagari , from Latin dis- + vagari to wander \u2014 more at vagary"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1599, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-053815"
  },
  "docking bridge":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a raised platform on a large ship near the stern"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-054020"
  },
  "delegitimize":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to diminish or destroy the legitimacy, prestige, or authority of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113-l\u0259-\u02c8ji-t\u0259-\u02ccm\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Gangs use social media to promote themselves, push narratives, show their strength, delegitimize state institutions and recruit members. \u2014 Amanda Coletta, Washington Post , 11 June 2022",
      "The formal accusation of professional misconduct makes Paxton one of the highest-profile attorneys to face a potential threat to their law license for a role in former President Donald Trump\u2019s effort to delegitimize his defeat. \u2014 Jake Bleiberg, Chron , 25 May 2022",
      "The formal accusation of professional misconduct makes Paxton one of the highest-profile attorneys to face a potential threat to their law license for a role in former President Donald Trump's effort to delegitimize his defeat. \u2014 CBS News , 25 May 2022",
      "The point of the pile-on is to hurt the reputation of the Justice as part of the larger effort to delegitimize the current Supreme Court. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Indeed, the campaign to delegitimize the 2020 election relied in part on Trump\u2019s repeated Twitter blasts that fueled his narrative. \u2014 Julian Zelizer, CNN , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Efforts to delegitimize the court have several roots. \u2014 Adam J. White, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Later in the day, Sasse tried, too, asking if any upcoming court decisions could delegitimize the court. \u2014 Adam J. White, CNN , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Republicans have worked for decades to delegitimize the regulatory process as a usurpation of congressional power, and even many Democrats are afraid to defend it. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 22 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1968, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-054200"
  },
  "death fire":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": deadlight sense 3 , corpse candle"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1765, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-061342"
  },
  "disroof":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": unroof"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259s",
      "(\u02c8)dis+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dis- entry 1 + roof (noun)"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-062540"
  },
  "dumb show":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a part of a play presented in pantomime",
      ": signs and gestures without words : pantomime"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1561, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-062735"
  },
  "defensor":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": defender",
      ": one who voluntarily undertook the defense of a case and gave security to satisfy the judgment",
      ": an advocate conducting the defense of a case in court",
      ": an advocate in the later Roman Empire:",
      ": a municipal officer appointed to protect the people from oppression",
      ": a layperson or member of the clergy appointed to defend the rights and property of the church",
      ": the patron of a church : an officer having charge of the temporal affairs of a church",
      "[Late Latin, from Latin]",
      "[Late Latin, from Latin]"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8fen(t)s\u0259r",
      "d\u0113\u02c8-",
      "-n\u02ccs\u022f(\u0259)r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English defensour , from Latin defensor , from defensus (past participle of defendere to defend) + -or"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-063303"
  },
  "Devils Lake":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "city in northeast central North Dakota population 7141"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-063329"
  },
  "depauperize":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make depauperate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "de- + pauperize"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-063414"
  },
  "damnify":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cause loss or damage to"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dam-n\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle French damnifier , from Old French, from Late Latin damnificare , from Latin damnificus injurious, from damnum damage"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1512, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-063700"
  },
  "drop-down menu":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a list of choices that appears on a computer screen when a person clicks on the menu's title"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-064236"
  },
  "dreen":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of dreen dialectal variant of drain"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0113n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-065004"
  },
  "due to":{
    "type":[
      "preposition"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": as a result of : because of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "because of",
      "owing to",
      "through",
      "with"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "evening classes were cancelled due to heavy snow"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1897, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-065616"
  },
  "dystrophic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": relating to or caused by faulty nutrition",
      ": relating to or affected with a dystrophy",
      ": brownish with much dissolved humic matter, a sparse bottom fauna, and a high oxygen consumption",
      ": relating to or caused by faulty nutrition",
      ": relating to or affected with a dystrophy",
      ": occurring at sites of damaged or necrotic tissue",
      ": characterized by disordered growth"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8tr\u014d-fik",
      "dis-\u02c8tr\u014d-fik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dystrophy + -ic entry 1 ; in sense 2 after German dystroph"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1893, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-065810"
  },
  "doctrinal":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of, relating to, or preoccupied with doctrine"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4k-tr\u0259-n\u1d4al",
      "especially British"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Frustrated by the university\u2019s doctrinal rigidity, some current and former Biola students are having their own theological discussions. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
      "Frank Lockwood, religion editor for the Democrat-Gazette says the disagreements within the church are not going away anytime soon and, regardless of the outcome, each side stands to face negative impacts from the doctrinal schism. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 8 June 2022",
      "This could be a doctrinal hook for union-busting antitrust lawyers who may argue that striking independent contractors are seeking to raise the price of goods and services, not their wages. \u2014 Sandeep Vaheesan, The New Republic , 2 May 2022",
      "In the early 20th century, Baptists in the United States found themselves on both sides of a schism within American Christianity over doctrinal issues, known as the fundamentalist-modernist controversy. \u2014 Jason Oliver Evans, The Conversation , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Or the terrible violence committed by people with the same religion over this or that doctrinal variation. \u2014 Madeleine Kearns, National Review , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "In 1979, fourteen months after the election of Pope John Paul II, the Vatican withdrew K\u00fcng\u2019s license to teach as a Catholic theologian; three years later, Ratzinger took the Vatican\u2019s top doctrinal job. \u2014 Paul Elie, The New Yorker , 20 Feb. 2022",
      "In 2019, he was tried by the Vatican\u2019s doctrinal office on unspecified accusations. \u2014 Silvina Frydlewsky And Francis X. Rocca, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "The practice has long been upheld by secular courts, which by law cannot interfere with religious doctrinal matters. \u2014 Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times , 20 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-070052"
  },
  "drapping":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of drapping present participle of drap"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-070646"
  },
  "Denison":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "city on the Red River in northeastern Texas population 22,682"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-n\u0259-s\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-072604"
  },
  "dual carriageway":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a divided highway"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1933, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-072921"
  },
  "davenport":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name",
      "geographical name",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a small compact writing desk",
      ": a large upholstered sofa often convertible into a bed",
      "John 1597\u20131670 American (English-born) clergyman and founder of New Haven colony",
      "city on the Mississippi River in eastern Iowa population 99,685"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8da-v\u1d4an-\u02ccp\u022frt",
      "\u02c8da-v\u1d4am-",
      "\u02c8da-v\u0259n-\u02ccp\u022frt",
      "\u02c8da-v\u1d4am-",
      "\u02c8da-v\u0259n-\u02ccp\u022frt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chesterfield",
      "couch",
      "divan",
      "lounge",
      "settee",
      "sofa",
      "squab"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "we seated ourselves on the davenport while we waited for him to get ready"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "probably from the name Davenport"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1853, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-073051"
  },
  "disorderly conduct":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a petty offense chiefly against public order and decency that falls short of an indictable misdemeanor",
      ": conduct that is likely to lead to a disturbance of the public peace or that offends public decency",
      ": the petty offense of engaging in disorderly conduct \u2014 compare breach of the peace"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Western Springs Disorderly conduct A 15-year-old male from Brookfield was charged at 1:28 p.m. June 8 with disorderly conduct for an incident that occurred May 26 at Spring Rock State Park, 4400 S. Central Ave. \u2014 Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune , 17 June 2022",
      "Smollett maintained his innocence through defiant testimony, but a jury convicted him on five of six counts of disorderly conduct for filing a false police report. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 26 May 2022",
      "Another student was later charged with disorderly conduct and battery for the attack, which happened in the school parking lot. \u2014 Elizabeth Owens-schiele, chicagotribune.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Webb decided to prosecute and, in February 2020, Smollett was once again indicted \u2014 this time, on six counts of disorderly conduct for filing a false police report. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "In addition, the police charged her with making a false 911 call, obstructing government operations by refusing to give proper papers, and disorderly conduct for yelling for others to come out of their homes. \u2014 John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "Smollett was charged with six counts of felony disorderly conduct for allegedly filing a false police report. \u2014 Mark Osborne, ABC News , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "The panel, which had deliberated since Wednesday afternoon, weighed six counts of felony disorderly conduct against Smollett for telling police that he was brutally assaulted at 2:45 a.m. Jan. 29, 2019, in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood. \u2014 NBC News , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "Smollett, 39, has pleaded not guilty to six counts of disorderly conduct for filing false police reports, a charge for which a conviction is punishable by up to three years in prison. \u2014 Omar Jimenez, CNN , 7 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1786, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-073400"
  },
  "donut":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a small usually ring-shaped piece of sweet fried dough",
      ": something (such as a mathematical torus ) that has a round shape like a doughnut",
      ": a controlled skid that sends an automobile into a tight circle of at least 360 degrees"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-073746"
  },
  "Dravidian language":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a language of a family of languages that are used in southern India, northern Sri Lanka, and in the isolated case of Brahui in Pakistan, that have no established genetic relationship to any other family, and that are classified into a Dravida group comprising Tamil, Malayalam, Kanarese, Kurukh, and Malto, an Andhra group comprising Telugu, Gondi, and Khond, and a Brahui group containing only Brahui"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1871, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-074049"
  },
  "dual citizenship":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the status of an individual who is a citizen of two or more nations"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Oz, who has dual citizenship in Turkey, would be the nation\u2019s first Muslim senator if elected. \u2014 Marc Levy, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022",
      "Meanwhile, McCormick made Oz's dual citizenship in Turkey an issue in the race, suggesting that Oz would be a national security risk. \u2014 Marc Levy, ajc , 4 June 2022",
      "Rivals made Oz\u2019s dual citizenship in Turkey an issue in the race. \u2014 Marc Levy, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
      "Rivals also charged that his dual citizenship with Turkey would compromise his loyalties to the United States. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 21 May 2022",
      "Rivals also charged that his dual citizenship with Turkey would compromise his loyalties to the United States. \u2014 Marc Levy, Anchorage Daily News , 20 May 2022",
      "Rivals also charged that his dual citizenship with Turkey would compromise his loyalties to the United States. \u2014 Marc Levy, Chicago Tribune , 20 May 2022",
      "In the senate race, a bland, carpetbagging TV star with dual citizenship in Turkey (Mehmet Oz \u2014 or Dr. Oz, as he's popularly known) has a narrow lead of 2.6 points. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 17 May 2022",
      "Steve Aftergood, a senior analyst at the Federation of American Scientists, said that because Oz has been transparent about his ties to Turkey, his dual citizenship alone is more of a political concern for him than a risk to national security. \u2014 Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News , 4 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1924, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-074141"
  },
  "doubting Thomas":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an incredulous or habitually doubtful person"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8t\u00e4-m\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "disbeliever",
      "doubter",
      "questioner",
      "skeptic",
      "unbeliever"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "She kept trying, hoping to prove all those doubting Thomases wrong.",
      "an astronomer who enjoys taking the role of the doubting Thomas in debates with UFOlogists"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "St. Thomas , apostle who doubted Jesus' resurrection until he had proof of it (John 20:24\u201329)"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1883, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-074944"
  },
  "disavouch":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": disavow"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6dis+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dis- entry 1 + avouch"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-075532"
  },
  "Duff-Gordon":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Lady Lucie 1821\u20131869 English author"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259f-\u02c8g\u022fr-d\u1d4an"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-075611"
  },
  "description":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an act of describing",
      ": discourse intended to give a mental image of something experienced",
      ": a statement or account giving the characteristics of someone or something : a descriptive statement or account",
      ": kind or character especially as determined by salient (see salient entry 1 sense 3b ) features",
      ": a written or spoken statement about something that enables a reader or listener to picture it",
      ": sort entry 1 sense 1 , kind",
      ": a representation in words of the nature and characteristics of a thing: as",
      ": a specification of the boundaries of a piece of land (as for a deed)",
      ": an explanation of an invention in a patent application or printed publication"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8skrip-sh\u0259n",
      "di-\u02c8skrip-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "definition",
      "delineation",
      "depiction",
      "picture",
      "portrait",
      "portraiture",
      "portrayal",
      "rendering",
      "sketch",
      "vignette"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Reporters called the scene \u201ca disaster area,\u201d and I think that was an accurate description .",
      "I applied for the position after reading the job description .",
      "a writer with a gift of description",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "By failing to do this, Channel 4 let down people who use subtitles, signing or audio description to enjoy programs. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 20 June 2022",
      "An article last Sunday about the wedding of Edna Tafari Makonnen and Jamal Akil Robinson misquoted Ms. Makonnen\u2019s description of her time in high school with Mr. Robinson. \u2014 New York Times , 19 June 2022",
      "Almost all data problems can be aggregated as description problems, classification problems or prediction problems. \u2014 Chitra Sivanandam, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "Items fitting that description were found in the Pine Valley home where the teen lived, as were several items investigators said were stolen from the schools. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 June 2022",
      "City and the association define of a vacant structure differ slightly; the association\u2019s description encompasses more buildings, such as those even temporarily without people living there. \u2014 Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun , 15 June 2022",
      "The witness did not provide a make or model of the car, the license plate number or description of the driver. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 15 June 2022",
      "The vehicle\u2019s description was put out over intercity and State Police radio, Lague said. \u2014 Matt Yan, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
      "The same vehicle was seen on Waverly Street in Hartford about an hour later by members of the Greater Hartford Auto Theft Task Force, and the suspects matching that description were located. \u2014 Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant , 14 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English descripcioun , from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin description-, descriptio , from describere \u2014 see describe"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-075722"
  },
  "diffuse":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": being at once verbose and ill-organized",
      ": not concentrated or localized",
      ": to pour out and permit or cause to spread freely",
      ": extend , scatter",
      ": to spread thinly or wastefully",
      ": to subject to diffusion (see diffusion sense 3 )",
      ": to break up and distribute ( incident light) by reflection",
      ": to spread out or become transmitted especially by contact",
      ": to undergo diffusion",
      ": to spread or allow to spread freely",
      ": not concentrated or localized",
      ": to subject (as a light beam) to diffusion",
      ": to break up and distribute (incident light) by reflection (as from a rough surface)",
      ": to undergo diffusion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8fy\u00fcs",
      "di-\u02c8fy\u00fcz",
      "di-\u02c8fy\u00fcz",
      "dif-\u02c8y\u00fcs",
      "dif-\u02c8y\u00fcz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "circuitous",
      "circumlocutory",
      "garrulous",
      "logorrheic",
      "long-winded",
      "pleonastic",
      "prolix",
      "rambling",
      "verbose",
      "windy",
      "wordy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "compact",
      "concise",
      "crisp",
      "pithy",
      "succinct",
      "terse"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "First, there are two ultra- diffuse galaxies that appear to be satellite members of a massive group dominated by NGC 1052: DF2 and DF4. \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 22 June 2021",
      "In Los Angeles County, the impacts of the pandemic have been relatively diffuse , with millions of residents suffering and grieving in isolation across a famously vast sprawl. \u2014 Matthew Bloch, New York Times , 29 Jan. 2021",
      "In large part, that\u2019s because the CO2 in power plant emissions is relatively diffuse . \u2014 Tim Mcdonnell, Quartz , 13 Aug. 2020",
      "Kraftwerk\u2019s studio albums have been sampled liberally (by Jay-Z, Afrika Bambaataa, Coldplay), but its influence feels even more diffuse and profound. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 6 May 2020",
      "Like one of the smooth wood sculptures inside, its solid form twists and in some cases fractures, opening up large skylights that bring diffuse illumination into the galleries. \u2014 Sam Lubell, Los Angeles Times , 2 Apr. 2020",
      "In the United States, a younger and more diffuse population means the peak comes a bit later and doesn't rise as high per capita, but the larger population means that over 2 million people end up dead. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 17 Mar. 2020",
      "Artificial light includes both direct lighting, such as street lights and commercial signs, and skyglow, a more diffuse illumination that spreads beyond urban centers and can be brighter than a full moon. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 3 Feb. 2020",
      "The image captures a wide array of phenomena; some fall under the category of halos, while the more diffuse shadings closer to the moon are from a corona. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Jan. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Stay calm, rational and collected by adding the neurochemical oxytocin to diffuse the situation: Take deep breaths with full exhalation to regulate your blood pressure, reduce your fear response and uncover the opportunities. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
      "Head coach Monty Williams tried to diffuse the Suns\u2019 humbling loss, instead attempting to take the blame rather than placing it on the players. \u2014 Dj Siddiqi, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
      "Recently, a handful of galaxies have been identified that are dim and diffuse , and appear to have relatively little dark matter. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 18 May 2022",
      "Andy eventually came backstage in an attempt to diffuse the argument. \u2014 Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com , 10 May 2022",
      "Commonly, a kanoun (brazier) is used to gently diffuse the heat. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Blending with a Beautyblender or your fingers works well too, particularly to diffuse a silky, cream blush. \u2014 Emily Rekstis, Allure , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "These are the warmest areas of the body, which help to diffuse the scent molecules. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Biden will host Scholz at the White House on Feb. 7 to discuss joint diplomatic efforts to diffuse tensions with Russia, according to a statement from the president\u2019s office. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 27 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Adjective",
      "Middle English, \"dispersed, verbose (of speech or writing),\" borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French diffus, borrowed from Latin diff\u016bsus \"spread over a wide area, (of writing) extensive, verbose,\" from past participle of diffundere \"to pour out over a wide surface, spread, extend, squander\" \u2014 more at diffuse entry 2",
      "Verb",
      "Middle English, in past participle diffusid, borrowed from Latin diff\u016bsus, past participle of diffundere \"to pour out over a wide surface, spread out, extend, squander,\" from dif-, assimilated form of dis- dis- + fundere \"to pour, shed\" \u2014 more at found entry 5"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1612, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-075838"
  },
  "deconstructionism":{
    "type":[
      "adjective or noun",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": deconstruction sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113-k\u0259n-\u02c8str\u0259k-sh\u0259-\u02ccni-z\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1977, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-080412"
  },
  "defacing":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details",
      ": impair",
      ": destroy",
      ": to damage the face or surface of",
      ": to destroy or mar the face or surface of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8f\u0101s",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8f\u0101s",
      "di-\u02c8f\u0101s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "trash",
      "vandalize"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The building was defaced with graffiti.",
      "He was fined for defacing public property.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Why would someone climb 100 feet above a busy highway to deface an ad for a religious TV show? \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022",
      "Hackers might deface Swedish websites and spread disinformation online, Mr. Lindahl said. \u2014 WSJ , 20 May 2022",
      "No one will make an attempt to deface a sign this evening. \u2014 Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant , 9 May 2022",
      "In ancient Egypt, pharaohs who didn't like their predecessors would literally deface their monuments \u2014 taking the faces off their statues and reworking the stone into their own likeness. \u2014 Jason Fields, The Week , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "This chat, for instance, appears to show a PF member discussing how to deface a civil rights mural in Detroit. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 22 Jan. 2022",
      "Under the Archaeological Resources Protection Act, those who deface cultural sites face up to two years in prison and a $20,000 fine per charge. \u2014 Gina Rae La Cerva, Outside Online , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "Nevertheless, unknown assailants attempted to deface the king\u2019s statue (and possibly the sculpture of Pitt, too) within just three years of its arrival in New York. \u2014 Wendy Bellion, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "That song plays when Joker and his goons deface an art museum. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 12 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French *desfacer, *deffacer , from des- de- + face front, face"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-080607"
  },
  "dossy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": pretentiously fashionable"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4s\u0113",
      "-si"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Scots dossie sprucely dressed person, from doss neat (from doss to dress, from Dutch dossen , from dos clothes, from Middle Dutch, perhaps from Old French dos back, from Latin dorsum ) + -ie"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-081826"
  },
  "dispiritingly":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in a dispiriting manner"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-082135"
  },
  "doctor book":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a book intended to supplement the knowledge of the individual in matters of home medication usually helping to identify common ailments and suggesting simple medication that can be undertaken without the supervision of a physician"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-082224"
  },
  "disprovided":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": unprovided , unsupplied"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6dis+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dis- entry 1 + provided"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-082405"
  },
  "doornail":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a large-headed nail"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fr-\u02ccn\u0101l",
      "-\u02c8n\u0101l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-082601"
  },
  "donor":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that gives, donates, or presents something",
      ": one used as a source of biological material (such as blood or an organ)",
      ": a compound capable of giving up a part (such as an atom, chemical group, or subatomic particle) for combination with an acceptor",
      ": an impurity added to a semiconductor to increase the number of mobile electrons",
      ": a person who donates",
      ": one used as a source of biological material (as blood or an organ)",
      ": a compound capable of giving up a part (as an atom, chemical group, or elementary particle) for combination with an acceptor",
      ": one that gives, donates, grants, or confers something",
      ": settlor"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u014d-n\u0259r",
      "-\u02ccn\u022fr",
      "\u02c8d\u014d-n\u0259r",
      "\u02c8d\u014d-n\u0259r",
      "-\u02ccn\u022f(\u0259)r",
      "\u02c8d\u014d-n\u0259r, -\u02ccn\u022fr"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "angel",
      "benefactor",
      "donator",
      "fairy godmother",
      "Maecenas",
      "patron",
      "sugar daddy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The money was raised from individual donors .",
      "She is one of the charity's major donors .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "One potential candidate that is also publicly considering a run for governor is Kelly Craft \u2014 a prolific GOP donor who was also the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in the Trump administration. \u2014 Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal , 17 June 2022",
      "Ultimately, a donor can end up recouping close to 80% of their gift in credits and deductions. \u2014 Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica , 9 June 2022",
      "In addition to Partygate, the prime minister became embroiled in an uproar over the expensive refurbishment of his apartment in Downing Street, which was funded by a Tory party donor . \u2014 Mark Landler, New York Times , 6 June 2022",
      "One of the perks of being a dedicated donor to the L.A. Phil is valet parking \u2014 subject to availability. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
      "Schwarzenegger has been a major donor to anti-hate organizations and has been an outspoken advocate against anti-Semitism and hate. \u2014 Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News , 2 June 2022",
      "Dave Graves, a prominent donor to the collective, paid to have BYU running back Tyler Allgeier over for dinner. \u2014 Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 May 2022",
      "The Spring Matching Fund campaign continues and each dollar up to $100,000 will be matched by a donor . \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
      "But soon after the site started matching donors with recipients, Zoll heard from a donor who was contacted on the side and asked for the formula from someone who then resold it on Facebook. \u2014 Amy Joyce, Washington Post , 26 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English donoure , from Anglo-French doneur , from Latin donator , from donare"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-082850"
  },
  "deprived":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or of healthful environmental influences",
      ": not having the things that are needed for a good or healthful life",
      ": marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or care in a healthful environment"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8pr\u012bvd",
      "di-\u02c8pr\u012bvd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "depressed",
      "disadvantaged",
      "underprivileged"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "advantaged",
      "privileged"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The diet allows you to eat small amounts of your favorite foods, so you won't feel deprived .",
      "deprived children growing up in the slums",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "One study in a very deprived area of Dundee, Scotland looked at how the amount of green space in a neighborhood might affect the levels of stress in residents of that neighborhood. \u2014 Shane O'mara, Outside Online , 13 May 2020",
      "D\u00edaz had an underprivileged upbringing in Colombia\u2019s most deprived area. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
      "In the Dundee study, researchers found that this diurnal decrease is absent, or at least relatively absent, in a deprived population who do not have regular access to and use of green spaces in their urban environment. \u2014 Shane O'mara, Outside Online , 13 May 2020",
      "Children from disadvantaged backgrounds were likely to be even further behind, as are children in more deprived parts of the North of England and the Midlands. \u2014 Nick Morrison, Forbes , 20 Oct. 2021",
      "Road pollution, for example, tends to inflict the greatest damage on those living in deprived urban areas. \u2014 Kath Mackay, Forbes , 29 Oct. 2021",
      "There\u2019s also concern about the lack of information flowing into the country, particularly for the ordinary citizens who are most deprived of it. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Sep. 2021",
      "For many of those seeking a way out of dangerous and deprived circumstances, Europe is the preferred destination. \u2014 Linas Kojala, CNN , 21 Aug. 2021",
      "Ayala was criticized by law enforcement agencies who said her Brady list deprived officers of due process and risked provable cases being lost because certain officers could not testify. \u2014 Monivette Cordeiro, orlandosentinel.com , 4 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "see deprive"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1552, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-083243"
  },
  "defendress":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a female defender"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "defender + -ess"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-084057"
  },
  "discount rate":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan",
      ": the charge levied by a central bank for advances and rediscounts",
      ": the interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan",
      ": the interest levied by the Federal Reserve for advances and rediscounts"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Taiwan's central bank raised its benchmark discount rate by 12.5 basis points to 1.5% and lowered its economic growth outlook for the year. \u2014 Medora Lee, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
      "Saba's choice of discount rate was a major point of contention. \u2014 Ryan Finley, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
      "The Cowen analysts used a discount rate of 10% to compute the present value of their free cash flow forecasts for Amazon. \u2014 Hersh Shefrin, Forbes , 31 Aug. 2021",
      "In turn, that hurt tech stocks whose future cash flows are worth less in today\u2019s terms when a higher discount rate is applied. \u2014 Caitlin Mccabe, WSJ , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "Depending on the discount rate of your future earnings, is that probabilistic money better kept as future earnings (yielding nothing), or invested in a solar array in Ghana? \u2014 Matthew Harris, Forbes , 22 Oct. 2021",
      "One approach involves adjusting the discount rate , or weighted average cost of capital. \u2014 Lindsay Patrick, Fortune , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "New York state uses a 2% discount rate to produce its current social cost of carbon of $125 per ton. \u2014 Jim Krane, The Conversation , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "But most of the time there is a tighter focus on the outlook for earnings and the discount rate . \u2014 James Mackintosh, WSJ , 1 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1827, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-084840"
  },
  "dero-":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a genus of small aquatic oligochaete worms (family Naididae) having an expanded anal hood from which project two pairs of cylindrical ciliated gills",
      "\u2014 see der-"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de(\u02cc)r\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Noun",
      "New Latin"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-085258"
  },
  "duckwalk":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to walk while in a crouch or full squatting position"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259k-\u02ccw\u022fk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Another biker appears to suffer a blowout from the effort and duckwalks his bike to the curb, its back tire flopping around on the rim. \u2014 USA TODAY , 10 June 2019",
      "As with Pose, there\u2019s an overt educational element, including a crash course in the five elements of voguing: hands, catwalking, duckwalking , floor work, and spins and dips. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 7 June 2018",
      "In the show's second half, \u0160uli\u0107 and Hauser put their rock swagger on, with Hauser occasionally duckwalking across the stage while harnessed to his electric cello. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 25 Jan. 2018",
      "Another biker appears to suffer a blowout from the effort and duckwalks his bike to the curb, its back tire flopping around on the rim. \u2014 USA TODAY , 10 June 2019",
      "As with Pose, there\u2019s an overt educational element, including a crash course in the five elements of voguing: hands, catwalking, duckwalking , floor work, and spins and dips. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 7 June 2018",
      "In the show's second half, \u0160uli\u0107 and Hauser put their rock swagger on, with Hauser occasionally duckwalking across the stage while harnessed to his electric cello. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 25 Jan. 2018",
      "Who\u2019s judging as the houses of Balenciaga, Lanvin, Mugler, and more spin, dip, and duckwalk it out for top prize? \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 7 Sep. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1950, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-085648"
  },
  "divisible":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": capable of being divided",
      ": possible to divide or separate",
      ": capable of being divided especially into independent parts (as promises or interests)",
      "\u2014 compare entire"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8vi-z\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8vi-z\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8vi-z\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "separable"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "indivisible",
      "inseparable"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "9 is divisible by 3",
      "easily divisible into enough pieces for everyone",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "All the numbers from 501 to 1,000 \u2014 half of the set \u2014 form a primitive set, as no number is divisible by any other. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 6 June 2022",
      "The building owner is marketing the site as divisible , meaning more than one business may end up occupying the space. \u2014 Sean Mcdonnell, cleveland , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The Julian calendar creates an extra day every four years, and does not follow the century- divisible -by-400 rule. \u2014 CNN , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "Occurs in every year that is divisible by four and only in century years that are evenly divided by 400. \u2014 CNN , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "If this distance is divisible by 8 inches\u2014the finished width of a piece of siding\u2014you're in luck. \u2014 Merle Henkenius, Popular Mechanics , 12 July 2021",
      "This can be relatively straightforward when the refresh rate is divisible by the frame rate, as the TV can show multiples of the same frame. \u2014 Simon Hill, Wired , 15 Sep. 2021",
      "Mortgages are another form of debt that are divisible in a divorce. \u2014 Dallas News , 13 May 2021",
      "But experiments taught us that atoms were made of nuclei and electrons, and those nuclei are divisible into protons and neutrons. \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-085951"
  },
  "droon":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of droon Scottish variant of drown"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00fcn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-090915"
  },
  "decreasing cost":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a decline in the cost per unit or on the average following a rise in the scale of production"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-091127"
  },
  "discountable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": set apart for discounting",
      ": subject to being discounted",
      ": set apart for discounting",
      ": subject to being discounted"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8skau\u0307n-t\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "\u02c8di-\u02ccskau\u0307n-",
      "dis-\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1771, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-091304"
  },
  "depopulator":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that depopulates"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u0113+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English, devastator, from Latin depopulator , from depopulatus + -or"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-091749"
  },
  "divergency":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": divergence"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259r-j\u0259n(t)-s\u0113",
      "d\u012b-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bifurcation",
      "divarication",
      "divergence",
      "separation"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "convergence"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a growing divergency of opinion on that hot-button issue",
      "a warning that no divergency from the church's traditional teachings on the subject would be permitted"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "diverg(ence) + -ency"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1709, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-091838"
  },
  "devotionalism":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of one markedly characterized by religious devotion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u1d4al\u02cciz\u0259m",
      "-\u0259\u02ccli-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-092600"
  },
  "divestitive":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having the function or effect of divesting"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-st\u0259tiv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "divestit ure + -ive"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-093244"
  },
  "Donovan":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "William Joseph 1883\u20131959 Wild Bill American lawyer and general"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-n\u0259-v\u0259n",
      "\u02c8d\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-094613"
  },
  "desirer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that desires"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u012br\u0259(r)"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English, from desiren + -er"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-094911"
  },
  "diddy box":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of diddy box variant of ditty box"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-101513"
  },
  "draw a comparison":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to say that two or more things or people are similar"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-101834"
  },
  "dematerialize":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cause to become or appear immaterial",
      ": to lose or appear to lose materiality"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113-m\u0259-\u02c8tir-\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
    ],
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      "disappear",
      "dissolve",
      "evanesce",
      "evaporate",
      "fade",
      "flee",
      "fly",
      "melt",
      "sink",
      "vanish"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "appear",
      "materialize"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the image suddenly dematerialized , and once again we were staring at a blank screen",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Polachek deploys her voice as a shape-shifting instrument: a silk rope that can curl up low and lush, or dematerialize into gossamer, or snap at the bull\u2019s-eye of a melody. \u2014 Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker , 10 Sep. 2021",
      "The staircase would seem to dematerialize in space. \u2014 Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker , 23 Nov. 2020",
      "And how James Cameron thanked him with a befuddled glance toward the heavens, as if his lead actor had dematerialized into stardust? \u2014 Michael Schulman, The New Yorker , 5 Feb. 2020",
      "The movie\u2019s expressive moments\u2014and there are many\u2014are largely uprooted, decontextualized, and dematerialized , planted like index cards rather than allowed to unfold and to develop. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 10 Oct. 2019",
      "Last remaining human Prince fan is honored by bots and then ritually dematerialized . \u2014 Ian Frazier, The New Yorker , 14 Oct. 2019",
      "When Man Ray used slatted light, for example, the bands of light and dark gloriously dematerialize the woman\u2019s skin with whirls of illumination. \u2014 Arthur Lubow, New York Times , 25 July 2019",
      "In r/Asceticism, Snoo dematerializes into the cyberether, its form the mere wisp of an outline. \u2014 Arielle Pardes, WIRED , 6 July 2018",
      "And a character called the Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), an escapee from the Quantum Realm, is an anguished creature who dematerializes and rematerializes at will during fights with Ant-Man and the Wasp, making her a tough opponent to beat and defeat. \u2014 Soren Andersen, The Seattle Times , 2 July 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1864, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-103528"
  },
  "discommendable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": deserving disapproval, blame, or unfavorable comment"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6dis+"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-103604"
  },
  "deciding":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": that decides : decisive"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8s\u012b-di\u014b",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
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      "absolute",
      "clear",
      "conclusive",
      "decisive",
      "definitive",
      "last"
    ],
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      "inconclusive",
      "indecisive",
      "unclear"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the project's prohibitive cost was the deciding factor in its cancellation",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Playoff baseball is never easy. Shelby County knows that all too well following a highly-competitive deciding game against a fresh-faced St. Paul\u2019s squad with rally blood pumping through its veins. \u2014 Evan Dudley, al , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "The jurors in the Rittenhouse trial were overwhelmingly White not only in the original pool of 179 prospects but also in the final deciding panel of 12, where there was only one person of color. \u2014 Omar Jimenez, CNN , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "Houck would be an obvious candidate to start again if the Sox are able to push this series to a fifth and deciding game. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 Oct. 2021",
      "Houston Harding and Preston Johnson combined on a four-hitter and MSU capitalized on struggling Vanderbilt pitching in a 13-2 victory Tuesday night that forced a deciding third game in the College World Series finals. \u2014 Eric Olson, Star Tribune , 30 June 2021",
      "State capitalized on struggling Vanderbilt pitching in a 13-2 victory Tuesday night that forced a deciding third game in the College World Series finals. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 30 June 2021",
      "Houston Harding and Preston Johnson combined on a four-hitter and MSU capitalized on struggling Vanderbilt pitching in a 13-2 victory Tuesday night that forced a deciding third game in the College World Series finals. \u2014 Eric Olson, ajc , 30 June 2021",
      "Hoover was routed in the first game of a semifinal doubleheader, but strong pitching from its aces in the nightcap forced a deciding third game. \u2014 Evan Dudley, al , 13 May 2021",
      "The bills failed in the Senate, with the late Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, casting a famous deciding vote. \u2014 Nicole Huberfeld, The Conversation , 25 Aug. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1611, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-104215"
  },
  "denialist":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a person who denies the existence, truth, or validity of something despite proof or strong evidence that it is real, true, or valid : someone who practices denialism",
      ": or, relating to, or characteristic of denialism or denialists"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8n\u012b(-\u0259)l-ist",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Noun",
      "denial + -ist entry 1",
      "Adjective",
      "denial + -ist entry 2"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1903, in the meaning defined above",
      "Adjective",
      "1903, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-104956"
  },
  "doomsday":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a day of final judgment",
      ": a time of catastrophic destruction and death",
      ": the day the world ends or is destroyed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fcmz-\u02ccd\u0101",
      "\u02c8d\u00fcmz-\u02ccd\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a warning that doomsday is near",
      "The book explores a doomsday scenario in which an asteroid hits the Earth.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Five coincidentally arrives on Nov. 25, 1963, right before a nuclear doomsday . \u2014 Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE.com , 15 June 2022",
      "The doomsday announced at the very early stage of the covid-19 pandemic was a perfect illustration of the distorted lens which is too often used to look at Africa. \u2014 Ndeye Diarra Diobaye, Quartz , 31 May 2022",
      "Some speculated that the third, unrevealed secret, was a doomsday prophecy. \u2014 Frances D'emilio, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
      "Interceptor will basically entail a race-against-the-clock involving Pataky\u2019s character essentially trying to head off a doomsday scenario. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 29 May 2022",
      "Then all of the gain would go to feeding the players\u2019 degree completion funds \u2014 $117,650 each \u2014 but the department would be able to continue to use the same amount from 2021 to fund the rest of its sports and avoid the doomsday scenario. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
      "Proponents envision a doomsday scenario in which a rogue future president might try to use the military to stoke \u2014 rather than put down \u2014 an insurrection, or to abuse protesters. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "The love song, the breakup song, the party song\u2014all are excellent pop traditions, but a good doomsday song can do the work of all three. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 5 May 2022",
      "Dinosauria's doomsday was brought on by a 7.5-mile-wide asteroid, about the size of Mount Everest, that smacked into the Gulf of Mexico. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-105117"
  },
  "dinitrotoluene":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of six isomeric toxic crystalline compounds CH 3 C 6 H 3 (NO 2 ) 3 formed by nitration of nitrotoluenes: such as",
      ": the yellow isomer obtained as the sole first product from para -nitrotoluene and used chiefly in making dyes and explosives",
      ": a commercial mixture of two or more of the isomers"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "International Scientific Vocabulary dinitro- + toluene"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-111508"
  },
  "dukan":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the platform on which the priest of the Hebrew Temple stood to pronounce the benediction",
      ": priestly blessing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Hebrew d\u016bkh\u0101n platform"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-111531"
  },
  "defilingly":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in a defiling manner"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-111541"
  },
  "dystrophin":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a protein that is associated with a transmembrane complex of skeletal muscle cells and that is absent in Duchenne muscular dystrophy and deficient or defective in Becker muscular dystrophy",
      ": a protein of high molecular weight that is associated with a transmembrane glycoprotein complex of skeletal muscle cells and is absent in Duchenne muscular dystrophy and deficient or of abnormal molecular weight in Becker muscular dystrophy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-str\u0259-\u02ccfin",
      "\u02c8dis-tr\u0259-\u02ccfin"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In a study involving patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, 12 weeks of treatment with the Wave drug called suvodirsen failed to increase levels of dystrophin compared to baseline, the company said. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 17 Dec. 2019",
      "Duchenne is a rare fatal neuromuscular disease caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene that result in a progressive loss of muscle function and weakness, including in the heart and skeleton. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 Dec. 2019",
      "The guide RNAs were designed to trigger production of a missing protein called dystrophin . \u2014 Sara Reardon, Scientific American , 5 Feb. 2020",
      "In a study involving patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, 12 weeks of treatment with the Wave drug called suvodirsen failed to increase levels of dystrophin compared to baseline, the company said. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 17 Dec. 2019",
      "In a study involving patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, 12 weeks of treatment with the Wave drug called suvodirsen failed to increase levels of dystrophin compared to baseline, the company said. \u2014 Adam Feuerstein, STAT , 16 Dec. 2019",
      "In a clinical trial, Vyondys 53 produced a small increase in an important muscle protein called dystrophin that children with Duchenne lack. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 Dec. 2019",
      "In a clinical trial, Sarepta\u2019s drug produced a small increase in an important muscle protein called dystrophin that is normally missing in children with Duchenne. \u2014 Damian Garde, STAT , 12 Dec. 2019",
      "Instead, the Wave drug made no dystrophin protein at all, which raises serious questions about the viability of the company\u2019s entire chemistry platform. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 17 Dec. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dystrophy + -in entry 1",
      "Note: Term introduced by Eric P. Hoffman, Robert H. Brown, Jr., and Louis M. Kunkel in \"Dystrophin: The protein product of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy locus,\" Cell, vol. 51, no. 6, December 24, 1987, pp. 919-28."
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1987, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-112238"
  },
  "dream vision":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a usually medieval poem having a framework in which the poet pictures himself as falling asleep and envisioning in his dream a series of allegorical people and events"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1906, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-112335"
  },
  "draft allowance":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": draft sense 10e"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-113025"
  },
  "divestiture":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of divesting",
      ": the compulsory transfer of title or disposal of interests (such as stock in a corporation) upon government order",
      ": the sale or transfer of title to a property (as an operating division) under court order (as in bankruptcy)",
      ": the sale of an asset (as a business division) that is unprofitable, does not enhance a corporate restructuring, or is felt to be morally reprehensible"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u012b-\u02c8ve-st\u0259-\u02ccchu\u0307r",
      "-ch\u0259r",
      "d\u0259-",
      "chiefly Southern",
      "d\u012b-\u02c8ves-ti-\u02ccchu\u0307r, d\u0259-, -ch\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Divestitures are used to break up monopolies.",
      "Before divestiture , the telephone company monopolized the state.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Among them, Pioneer\u2019s output fell 2% from a quarter earlier, adjusting for a divestiture . \u2014 Ryan Dezember, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
      "Raytheon Intelligence & Space, which manufacturers satellite equipment, radar components and other systems, posted first-quarter sales of $3.6 billion, down 5% that Raytheon attributed to a business divestiture . \u2014 Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "The divestiture process and the Postal Service\u2019s growing relationship with XPO raise new concerns for some ethics experts about DeJoy\u2019s long history with the logistics industry. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 June 2021",
      "The company had drawn up contingency plans that included a costly divestiture of AvtoVAZ, which produces Russia\u2019s Lada brand, a person close to Renault said. \u2014 Nick Kostov, wsj.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Previously, Norway\u2019s huge sovereign wealth fund began its divestiture of Russian holdings, while Norway\u2019s premier energy producer, Equinor, has stepped away from its joint projects in Russia. \u2014 Milton Ezrati, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Isolation, divestiture Freezing the Russian central bank\u2019s foreign currency reserves is a shocking breach of the tradition of treating such an institution with the respect due a sovereign nation. \u2014 Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "The capable John Stankey, AT&T\u2019s CEO, certainly feels shareholder pressure to complete his company\u2019s WarnerMedia divestiture and merger as soon as possible. \u2014 Steven Tian, Fortune , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "Um, but anyway, uh, governor Dwayne\u2019s executive order is calling for the divestiture of Rez Russian investments by all. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 4 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "divest + -iture (as in investiture )"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-113100"
  },
  "depiction":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a representation in words or images of someone or something",
      ": a representation of something using a picture",
      ": description sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8pik-sh\u0259n",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8pik-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "definition",
      "delineation",
      "description",
      "picture",
      "portrait",
      "portraiture",
      "portrayal",
      "rendering",
      "sketch",
      "vignette"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1688, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-114101"
  },
  "Dives":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a rich man"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b-(\u02cc)v\u0113z"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English, from Latin, rich, rich man; misunderstood as a proper name in Luke 16:19"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-114219"
  },
  "dumbwaiter":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a portable serving table or stand",
      ": a small elevator used for conveying food and dishes from one story of a building to another"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259m-\u02ccw\u0101-t\u0259r",
      "\u02ccd\u0259m-\u02c8w\u0101-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Within moments, dumbwaiter -style, the offering would be replaced by unseen hands. \u2014 Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "The kitchen has a dumbwaiter to transport groceries from the garage. \u2014 Sarah Paynter, WSJ , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "Trucco said, pointing toward the dumbwaiter shuttling hot bucatini. \u2014 The New Yorker , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "Instead of hydraulics in the floor that permit characters to descend into hell, the journey is made via a compartment upstage that opens and closes like a restaurant dumbwaiter . \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Oct. 2021",
      "The kitchen features Carrera marble, two countertop islands, a dumbwaiter and countertop seating. \u2014 Mary Grace Granados, Dallas News , 25 Sep. 2020",
      "To navigate the main portion of the house, the couple spent $52,000 on an elevator\u2014an upgrade, jokes Ms. Parsons, of the previous home\u2019s dumbwaiter . \u2014 J. S. Marcus, WSJ , 24 Feb. 2021",
      "The kitchen is open to the family room and provides a large island with a prep sink, granite countertops, upscale appliances (including a six-burner Wolf gas range with a griddle), a pot filler and a dumbwaiter serving all three floors. \u2014 Dallas News , 26 Dec. 2020",
      "There's a caterer's kitchen with its own entrance, and a dumbwaiter for the vittles and drinks. \u2014 Rohan Preston Star Tribune, Star Tribune , 11 Dec. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1737, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-114500"
  },
  "Decius":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Gaius Messius Quintus Trajanus circa 201\u2013251 Roman emperor (249\u201351)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113-sh(\u0113-)\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-114949"
  },
  "deck chair":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a folding chair often having an adjustable leg rest"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Late in the afternoon, giddy from the spread of Russian caviar and iced Mo\u00ebt & Chandon, Blanche turned her attention to a guest reclining in a deck chair with his feet balanced on the boat rail, reading and smoking a cigarette. \u2014 April White, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 May 2022",
      "As the group arrived in the parking lot at the foot of Mount Karkom, there was an unexpected bonus: Professor Anati, now in his early 90s, was sitting in a deck chair , holding court and promoting his books. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Dec. 2021",
      "Pryor also allegedly threw a deck chair at the woman and then pumpkins, which damaged the windshield. \u2014 cleveland , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "The story ends with Aschenbach contracting cholera and expiring in a deck chair , reaching for his beloved, all his dignity fled. \u2014 Jo Livingstone, The New Republic , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "Nearly 400 artifacts \u2014 from the ship's china to a battered deck chair \u2014 are on display. \u2014 Travis Dorman, USA TODAY , 4 Aug. 2021",
      "With extreme heat, new shrubs may benefit from temporary shade, like a cage with shade cloth, or a high deck chair over them for a few days. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 July 2021",
      "On a bright balmy morning in Santa Monica, Angelica Far lounged on a green deck chair , sipping a frozen coffee and taking in the sun. \u2014 Luke Money, Los Angeles Times , 30 Mar. 2021",
      "Guests also have the option to purchase an upgrade that includes a deck chair , table, popcorn, and separate area to the side of your vehicle. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful , 4 Sep. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1884, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-115156"
  },
  "descant recorder":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": soprano recorder"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-115242"
  },
  "descant viol":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": treble viol",
      ": pardessus de viole"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-120244"
  },
  "doubter":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to call into question the truth of : to be uncertain or in doubt about",
      ": to lack confidence in : distrust",
      ": to consider unlikely",
      ": fear",
      ": suspect",
      ": to be uncertain",
      ": a lack of confidence : distrust",
      ": an inclination not to believe or accept",
      ": uncertainty of belief or opinion that often interferes with decision-making",
      ": a deliberate suspension of judgment",
      ": a state of affairs giving rise to uncertainty, hesitation, or suspense",
      ": doubtless entry 1",
      ": to be uncertain about",
      ": to lack confidence in",
      ": to consider unlikely",
      ": a feeling of being uncertain",
      ": a reason for disbelief",
      ": the condition of being undecided",
      ": a lack of trust"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307t",
      "\u02c8dau\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "distrust",
      "misdoubt",
      "mistrust",
      "question",
      "suspect"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "distrust",
      "distrustfulness",
      "dubiety",
      "dubitation",
      "incertitude",
      "misdoubt",
      "misgiving",
      "mistrust",
      "mistrustfulness",
      "query",
      "reservation",
      "skepticism",
      "suspicion",
      "uncertainty"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "One person\u2019s failure cannot lead us to doubt the potential of everyone else. \u2014 Adam Sabes, Fox News , 23 June 2022",
      "Locals working in the vicinity, like Ade Wijasto, doubt it. \u2014 Heather Chen, CNN , 6 June 2022",
      "On Wednesday, state media claimed a million people had already recovered from fever, though experts doubt the numbers being reported by North Korea are reliable. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
      "If readers doubt this, read Osnos pere\u2019s very excellent memoir, An Especially Good View. \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 22 Sep. 2021",
      "Navarro\u2019s reports were presented to state lawmakers as reasons to doubt or challenge election results. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
      "Johnson says this double exclusion can lead to feelings of loneliness and cause bisexual people to doubt or question their identity. \u2014 Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
      "Those who followed his work with WWE never had to doubt his comedic chops, but Bay wrestled more quips and physical humor out of him, even as the film (which is quite unpleasant) didn\u2019t reach the height of its ambitions. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 2 May 2022",
      "Authorities began to doubt that Suzanne even took a bike ride, especially after her sunglasses and hydration backpack were found in her car. \u2014 CBS News , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "There is no doubt as to their favorite player, with Luplow overtaking David Peralta as Devron's favorite player. \u2014 Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic , 26 June 2022",
      "There's no doubt about it: Every single CEO in America has been forced to face the realities of the tight labor market. \u2014 Lance Lambert, Fortune , 24 June 2022",
      "Outside the club, there was some doubt as to how FC Cincinnati would proceed this season while taking the best punches its opponents could muster \u2013 until Saturday at Philadelphia. \u2014 Pat Brennan, The Enquirer , 23 June 2022",
      "There's no doubt that one of these rooms can make a great addition to your home, but which one to choose? \u2014 Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens , 23 June 2022",
      "This one's obviously a must-play for all musical theater fans, but there's no doubt that anyone and everyone will appreciate that epic, instantly-recognizable organ intro. \u2014 Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping , 22 June 2022",
      "But there's no doubt that all-wheel drive extracts the most from the Competition model's extra power. \u2014 Mike Sutton, Car and Driver , 22 June 2022",
      "There is no doubt that the Nerazzurri did better than expected last term, overcoming the loss of their manager, their leading goal scorer and their most influential defender before the red, white and green shield was stitched onto their shirts. \u2014 Adam Digby, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "The second jury, deprived of that information, decided there was reasonable doubt . \u2014 Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel , 15 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Verb and Noun",
      "Middle English douten , from Anglo-French duter, douter , from Latin dubitare to be in doubt; akin to Latin dubius dubious"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3a",
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-121506"
  },
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    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of duniest superlative of duny"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-122235"
  },
  "disauxiny":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a disturbance in auxin relations of plants sometimes associated with disease"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di\u02c8s\u022fks\u0259\u0307n\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dis- entry 1 + auxin + -y"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-122549"
  },
  "detonatability":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": detonability"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-122828"
  },
  "dispossess":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to put out of possession or occupancy",
      ": to put out of possession or occupancy \u2014 compare evict"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-p\u0259-\u02c8zes",
      "also",
      "\u02ccdis-p\u0259-\u02c8zes"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "divest",
      "expropriate",
      "oust"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The land was settled by dispossessing the native people who lived here.",
      "opponents of gentrification claim that the process unfairly dispossesses poorer residents of their long-established homes",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Extremists, including some right-wing Israeli politicians, have expanded their efforts to dispossess Palestinian residents of an East Jerusalem neighborhood. \u2014 Aaron David Miller And Daniel Kurtzer, CNN , 12 May 2021",
      "After all, the rich can share citizenship status with poor and working people and still dispossess them. \u2014 Astra Taylor, The New Republic , 6 May 2021",
      "The federal government often worked to dispossess tribes of their land and, until recently, to assimilate them into white culture. \u2014 Matthew Daly, Anchorage Daily News , 15 Mar. 2021",
      "The federal government often worked to dispossess tribes of their land and, until recently, to assimilate them into white culture. \u2014 Matthew Daly, ajc , 15 Mar. 2021",
      "The federal government often worked to dispossess tribes of their land and, until recently, to assimilate them into white culture. \u2014 Matthew Daly, Chron , 15 Mar. 2021",
      "The federal government often worked to dispossess tribes of their land and, until recently, to assimilate them into white culture. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 Mar. 2021",
      "Systematic land theft tactics that were used by Europeans to steal tribal nations\u2019 lands, are still being utilized by the USDA and many state tax entities to dispossess Black farm families out of their land centuries later. \u2014 Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Dec. 2020",
      "The federal government often worked to dispossess them of their land and, until recently, to assimilate them into white culture. \u2014 Ellen Knickmeyer, chicagotribune.com , 17 Dec. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle French despossesser , from des- dis- + possesser to possess"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-122855"
  },
  "detick":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove ticks from",
      ": to remove ticks from"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8tik",
      "(\u02c8)d\u0113-\u02c8tik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1925, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-123252"
  },
  "de-emphasis":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to reduce in relative importance",
      ": play down"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8em(p)-f\u0259-\u02ccs\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "downplay",
      "play down",
      "soft-pedal"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1938, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-123942"
  },
  "durity":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": hardness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin duritas , from durus hard + -itas -ity"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-124012"
  },
  "desegregation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the state of being desegregated",
      ": the action or an instance of desegregating",
      ": the act or process or an instance of ending a law or practice that separates people of different races",
      ": the action or an instance of desegregating",
      ": the state of being desegregated"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02ccse-gri-\u02c8g\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "d\u0113-\u02ccse-gri-\u02c8g\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "d\u0113-\u02ccse-gr\u0259-\u02c8g\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Congregants have long supported progressive causes, including civil rights, desegregation and busing, and AIDS and gender issues. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
      "Despite being early advocates for desegregation and affirmative action, the Free Press did not hire its first African-American reporter until 1955. \u2014 Dan Austin, Detroit Free Press , 5 May 2022",
      "Back in 1954, some parents objected to the racial desegregation of public schools. \u2014 Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "While busing began as a countywide effort to integrate schools, it has been watered down to the point that less than 7% of JCPS students \u2014 almost all of them Black and low-income \u2014 carry the district's desegregation efforts. \u2014 Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal , 2 June 2022",
      "Kupchik notes that the practice of suspending students can largely be traced back to school desegregation efforts in the \u201960s and \u201970s. \u2014 Kat Mckim, Fortune , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "Fifty years ago, to aid with desegregation efforts, DISD opened Skyline High School as the nation\u2019s first magnet school. \u2014 Talia Richman, Dallas News , 27 Sep. 2021",
      "In the 1960\u2019s and 1970\u2019s, community schools emerged in some instances around desegregation efforts as a way to unite communities and schools for greater service to the neighborhood population. \u2014 Raymond Pierce, Forbes , 15 Sep. 2021",
      "The Scouts were themselves the focus of semi-successful postwar desegregation efforts. \u2014 Alexandra Lange, Los Angeles Times , 6 July 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1931, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-130031"
  },
  "depopularize":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cause to be no longer popular"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u0113+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "de- + popularize"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-130355"
  },
  "dialect geography":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": linguistic geography"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1926, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-131515"
  },
  "de lunatico inquirendo":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a writ directing an inquiry as to whether a person named in the writ is insane"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0101l\u00fc\u00a6n\u00e4t\u0113(\u02cc)k\u014d(\u02cc)inkw\u0113\u00a6ren(\u02cc)d\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Late Latin, for inquiring concerning the lunatic"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-131813"
  },
  "dictatory":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dictatorial"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dikt\u0259\u02cct\u014dr\u0113",
      "-t\u022fr-",
      "-ri"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin dictatorius"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1639, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-131909"
  },
  "doofunny":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of doofunny variant spelling of dofunny"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-133933"
  },
  "demagogic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of, relating to, or characteristic of a demagogue : employing demagoguery"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-m\u0259-\u02c8g\u00e4-gik",
      "also",
      "or"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "On the other hand, the 1954 Army-McCarthy hearings ended the demagogic power of Sen. Joe McCarthy, a Wisconsin Republican who used congressional investigations as a weapon against left-leaning government officials. \u2014 Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica , 15 June 2022",
      "Critics of Erdogan\u2019s demagogic rule suggest his intransigence now ought to raise questions about Turkey\u2019s place within the alliance. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
      "Willie\u2019s war buddy Mike Quinlan (Kevin Dennis) represents the unemployed Irish workers easily swayed by demagogic politicians. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "The implicit contrast is to ignorant brutes who gravitate to demagogic leaders and resentful agendas. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 9 Oct. 2021",
      "Roughly seventy years ago the left's forebears made precisely the same move when confronted with an overly zealous, demagogic critic of communism. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 25 June 2021",
      "All these choices are demagogic , geared toward endearing the electorate. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 22 Dec. 2021",
      "And as in the United States a year ago, the opposition\u2019s best hope of defeating the demagogic incumbent rests with an old stalwart of the left who is trying to kindle nostalgia for more civil and prosperous times. \u2014 Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "Other governments in Latin America and Europe with far less demagogic leadership oversaw covid death rates worse than that of Brazil. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "borrowed from Greek d\u0113mag\u014dgik\u00f3s, from d\u0113mag\u014dg\u00f3s demagogue entry 1 + -ikos -ic entry 1"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1831, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-134645"
  },
  "devils on horseback":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": a dish consisting of oysters or pieces of chicken liver seasoned, wrapped in bacon, and broiled or fried : pigs in blankets"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "so called from the similarity to angels on horseback"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-134722"
  },
  "distress signal/call":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a signal or call for help"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-134829"
  },
  "deposit premium company":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a mutual insurance company issuing policies at a stated premium often with provision for assessment"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-135717"
  },
  "dawt":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of dawt variant spelling of daut"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-135726"
  },
  "dreel":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of dreel Scottish variant of drill"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0113l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-140713"
  },
  "deep freeze":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "trademark",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": quick-freeze",
      ": to store in a frozen state",
      ": cold storage sense 2",
      ": intense cold"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113p-\u02ccfr\u0113z",
      "\u02c8d\u0113p-\u02c8fr\u0113z",
      "\u02c8d\u0113p-\u02ccfr\u0113z"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abeyance",
      "cold storage",
      "doldrums",
      "dormancy",
      "holding pattern",
      "latency",
      "moratorium",
      "quiescence",
      "suspended animation",
      "suspense",
      "suspension"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "continuance",
      "continuation"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "This part of the world experienced a deep freeze for several thousand years.",
      "a period of deep freeze",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Once in power, Biden put ties with the Saudis in deep freeze . \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
      "In the end, neither closed their embassies but instead put diplomatic relations in a deep freeze , negotiating only over basics like how to keep the water and electricity running. \u2014 Alan Cullison, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
      "Relations had been in the deep freeze since 2014, when Moscow punished Ukraine for a revolution ousting a pro-Kremlin president. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Feb. 2022",
      "Bilateral ties remain in a deep freeze , with China imposing tariffs and other restrictions on Australian imports including coal and barley. \u2014 Alice Uribe, WSJ , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "The last time Dallas recorded a high temperature at or below freezing, which is the forecast for Thursday, was last year during the week long deep freeze in February. \u2014 Jennifer Gray, CNN , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "Well, Texans are just as vulnerable to another deep freeze today. \u2014 Heather Hansman, Outside Online , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "The deep freeze last year\u2014historically, about a once-in-20-years weather event for the state\u2014caught power providers off guard. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "Faced with a deep freeze , the flowers simply curl up and ride out the cold snap. \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 11 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1943, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1948, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-141444"
  },
  "doornboom":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a southern African thorny shrub or small tree ( Acacia horrida ) whose bark is used in tanning"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8du\u0307rn\u02ccb\u00fcm"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "obsolete Afrikaans (now doringboom ), from obsolete Afrikaans doorn thorn (now doring ) (from Middle Dutch dorn ) + Afrikaans boom tree, from Middle Dutch; akin to Old High German dorn thorn & to Old High German boum tree"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-141753"
  },
  "duplicable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": capable of being duplicated"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u2027d(y)\u00fcpl\u0259\u0307k\u0259b\u0259l",
      "-l\u0113k-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "duplicate + -able"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-142133"
  },
  "divergent":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": moving or extending in different directions from a common point : diverging from each other",
      "\u2014 see also divergent evolution",
      ": differing from each other or from a standard",
      ": relating to or being an infinite (see infinite entry 1 sense 4c ) sequence that does not have a limit or an infinite series whose partial sums do not have a limit",
      ": causing rays (see ray entry 2 sense 1b ) to draw apart from a common center : causing divergence of rays"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259r-j\u0259nt",
      "d\u012b-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This week, Andrea Bernstein and Ilya Marritz write about the divergent paths and continued defiance of two participants in the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol, one recently convicted for his role, the other awaiting trial. \u2014 The New Yorker , 7 June 2022",
      "Born in post-World War II Brooklyn, Schwartz's environment was shaped by two levers of the immigrant experience, personified by his grandfathers' common start and divergent paths within the American Dream. \u2014 Dwain Hebda, Arkansas Online , 5 June 2022",
      "The younger McCullough arranged for students from places as divergent as the Boston suburbs of Wellesley and Concord and the Texas communities of Kilgore and Cotulla to meet each other, visit with each other, and learn from each other this summer. \u2014 David M. Shribman, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 22 July 2021",
      "Da Corte\u2019s installations, the adorability of his Muppet figures and the gentle empathy of his video impersonations of characters as divergent as Fred Rogers and Eminem. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2021",
      "But in 2018, Roy won it with a margin of less than 3 percent, setting the stage for what would have been a fierce matchup between any candidates, let alone two as politically divergent as Roy and Davis. \u2014 Taylor Goldenstein, ExpressNews.com , 3 Nov. 2020",
      "And if early conversations are any indication, the organizations will have to reconcile divergent views among Native Hawaiians. \u2014 Rob Perez, ProPublica , 30 May 2022",
      "Candidates for governor wielded divergent views on Maryland\u2019s looming gas-tax hike like a cudgel this week, seeking to score points with voters ahead of a July primary while those in a position to bring relief stood by. \u2014 Erin Cox, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
      "In particular, the two sides take divergent views on what crimes against humanity the Nazis committed that define their monstrosity. \u2014 Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor , 20 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "borrowed from Latin d\u012bvergent-, d\u012bvergens, present participle of d\u012bvergere \"to proceed in different directions, diverge \""
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1696, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-143242"
  },
  "decephalization":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": decrease or degeneration of organs and parts relating to the head or cephalic regions"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u00a6)d\u0113+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "de- + cephalization"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-143621"
  },
  "deglorify":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deprive of accustomed glorification"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u0113+\u02c8-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "de- + glorify"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-144044"
  },
  "donatee":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a recipient of a free gift"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6d\u014dn\u0259\u00a6t\u0113",
      "-\u02ccn\u0101\u00a6-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-145042"
  },
  "doomsayer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one given to forebodings and predictions of impending calamity"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fcm-\u02ccs\u0101-\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "Cassandra",
      "Chicken Little",
      "doomsdayer",
      "doomster"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "optimist",
      "Pollyanna"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Don't listen to the doomsayers .",
      "doomsayers had been saying for some time that the housing bubble was going to burst",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Sequoia Capital, the storied venture capital firm known for playing doomsayer ahead of recessions, has one word for the startup industry: Cash. \u2014 Jessica Mathews, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
      "In 1995, a WIRED cofounder challenged a Luddite-loving doomsayer to a prescient wager on tech and civilization\u2019s fate. \u2014 Mark Robinson, Wired , 22 Dec. 2021",
      "In 1995, a WIRED cofounder challenged a Luddite-loving doomsayer to a prescient wager on tech and civilization\u2019s fate. \u2014 Mark Robinson, Wired , 22 Dec. 2021",
      "In 1995, a WIRED cofounder challenged a Luddite-loving doomsayer to a prescient wager on tech and civilization\u2019s fate. \u2014 Mark Robinson, Wired , 22 Dec. 2021",
      "In 1995, a WIRED cofounder challenged a Luddite-loving doomsayer to a prescient wager on tech and civilization\u2019s fate. \u2014 Mark Robinson, Wired , 22 Dec. 2021",
      "In 1995, a WIRED cofounder challenged a Luddite-loving doomsayer to a prescient wager on tech and civilization\u2019s fate. \u2014 Mark Robinson, Wired , 22 Dec. 2021",
      "In 1995, a WIRED cofounder challenged a Luddite-loving doomsayer to a prescient wager on tech and civilization\u2019s fate. \u2014 Mark Robinson, Wired , 22 Dec. 2021",
      "In 1995, a WIRED cofounder challenged a Luddite-loving doomsayer to a prescient wager on tech and civilization\u2019s fate. \u2014 Mark Robinson, Wired , 22 Dec. 2021"
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      "1953, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-145408"
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      "idiom"
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    "definitions":[
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-151002"
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    "type":[
      "abbreviation"
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      "delivered"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-151936"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": one that operates or works on a dragger"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "-m\u0259n"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-152616"
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    "type":[
      "noun,",
      "transitive verb"
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      ": depict",
      ": imagine"
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      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8pikch\u0259(r)",
      "d\u0113-",
      "-ksh-"
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "blend of depict and picture entry 2"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-152959"
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      "transitive verb"
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      ": to tear up the roots of : tear up by the roots",
      ": to dislodge especially from a fixed position"
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    "pronounciation":[
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      "(\u02c8)dis+"
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dis- entry 1 + root (noun)"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-153350"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": an electric-light cord used to suspend a lamp usually from an overhead outlet"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-155531"
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      "noun"
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      ": an arch having less height than half its width (such as a segmental or three-centered arch) \u2014 compare drop arch"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-155709"
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      "adjective"
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    "definitions":[
      ": having the character of a disclaimer"
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      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8sklam\u0259\u02cct\u014dr\u0113"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Medieval Latin disclamatus + English -ory"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-160009"
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    "type":[
      "adjective (or adverb)"
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    "definitions":[
      ": dying away"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdil(y)\u0259\u02c8wen(\u02cc)d\u014d"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Italian, literally, diluting, from Latin diluendum , gerund of diluere to dilute"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-160747"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a game in which one team chooses a word to be guessed and gives a rhyming word as a clue to the other team which then pantomimes its guess as to the original word"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-161600"
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      "noun"
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      ": a cutting punch either hand or machine operated used without a matrix to cut out various shapes (as from leather, cloth, paper)"
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dinking from gerund of dink entry 4"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-161812"
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  "devast":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
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    "definitions":[
      ": devastate"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8vast"
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle French or Latin; Middle French devaster , from Latin devastare to devastate"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-161856"
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  "dubbed":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "noun ()",
      "verb",
      "verb ()"
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      ": to confer knighthood on",
      ": to call by a distinctive title, epithet , or nickname",
      ": to trim or remove the comb (see comb entry 1 sense 2a ) and wattles of",
      ": to hit (a ball or shot) poorly",
      ": to execute poorly",
      ": one who is inept or clumsy",
      ": pool , puddle",
      ": to add ( sound effects or new dialogue) to a film or to a radio or television production",
      ": to provide (a motion-picture film) with a new soundtrack and especially dialogue in a different language",
      ": to make a new recording of (sound or videotape already recorded)",
      ": to mix (recorded sound or videotape from different sources) into a single recording",
      ": Jamaican music in which audio effects and spoken or chanted words are imposed on an instrumental reggae background",
      ": to make a knight of",
      ": name entry 2 sense 1 , nickname",
      ": to add (a different language or sound effects) to a film or broadcast",
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259b",
      "\u02c8d\u0259b"
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      "baptize",
      "call",
      "christen",
      "clepe",
      "denominate",
      "designate",
      "entitle",
      "label",
      "name",
      "nominate",
      "style",
      "term",
      "title"
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    "antonyms":[
      "butterfingers",
      "klutz",
      "looby",
      "lubber",
      "lummox"
    ],
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Verb (1) and Noun (1)",
      "Middle English dubben , from Old English dubbian ; akin to Old Norse dubba to dub, Old High German tubili plug",
      "Noun (2)",
      "Middle English (Scots) dubbe",
      "Verb (2)",
      "by shortening & alteration from double"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb (1)",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun (1)",
      "1884, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (2)",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb (2)",
      "1930, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (3)",
      "1974, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-162115"
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    "definitions":[
      "Definition of drownd nonstandard variant of drown"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8drau\u0307nd"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-162924"
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  "denitrate":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
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    "definitions":[
      ": to remove nitric acid, nitrates, the nitro group, or nitrogen oxides from"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u0113+"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "de- + nitrate (noun)"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-163527"
  },
  "didelphian":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marsupial",
      ": marsupial"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\""
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Adjective",
      "New Latin Didelphia + English -an"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-164004"
  },
  "Dewsbury":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
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    "definitions":[
      "town in West Yorkshire, northern England, south of Leeds population 48,339"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fcz-\u02ccber-\u0113",
      "\u02c8dy\u00fcz-",
      "-b(\u0259-)r\u0113"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-164209"
  },
  "disheritor":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a person who disinherits another"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-164911"
  },
  "decrassify":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to free from what is crass"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u0113\u00a6kras\u0259\u02ccf\u012b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "de- + crass + -i- + -fy"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-165543"
  },
  "deposit slip":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a piece of paper that a person includes with a bank deposit to show how much money he or she is putting in an account"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-170150"
  },
  "demolition derby":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a contest in which skilled drivers ram old cars into one another until only one car remains running",
      ": something that resembles a demolition derby in destructiveness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Events include demolition derby , tractor pull, rodeo, rides, competitions and pageants. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 10 June 2022",
      "The floors of the buildings over the years have bowed and collapsed, piling weaving machines on top of themselves like a vertical demolition derby . \u2014 Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Among the biggest draws every year are the monster truck shows and Demo Cross, a combination demolition derby and figure-8 race. \u2014 Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Beyond inflation, changing driving habits, which have turned the less-crowded roadways into something of a demolition derby , may also be affecting insurance rates, Foster said. \u2014 Robert Channick, chicagotribune.com , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Now the Viaduct turns into a two-story demolition derby as people make desperate bids to reach the nearest off-ramp before the thing buckles. \u2014 Bruce Barcott, Outside Online , 25 Aug. 2011",
      "There are practical reasons for Asknots to avoid the spotlight, especially given the hyperpartisan demolition derby that is Twitter and Facebook and all the rest. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Zeb Hansen gets a sendoff from his family before competing at Punishment at the Peak, a demolition derby in Grantsville on Saturday, Aug. 7. \u2014 Chris Samuels, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 Jan. 2022",
      "As usual, the fair will include a number of bands performing, a demolition derby , a petting zoo, a classic car show, food vendors and more. \u2014 David Sharos, chicagotribune.com , 13 July 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1953, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-170437"
  },
  "delectate":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": delight , please , entertain",
      ": to obtain pleasure from or take pleasure in something"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8lek\u02cct\u0101t",
      "d\u0113\u02c8-"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin delectatus , past participle of delectare"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-170903"
  },
  "desk job":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a job that someone does while sitting at a desk"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-171329"
  },
  "display artist":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one who prepares advertising displays for windows or interiors of business concerns"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-173537"
  },
  "Doisy":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Edward Adelbert 1893\u20131986 American biochemist"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fi-z\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-173555"
  },
  "devourment":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an act of devouring"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-au\u0307(\u0259)rm\u0259nt",
      "-au\u0307\u0259m-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-173702"
  },
  "drearihead":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dreariness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      ""
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "drearihead from Middle English drerihed , from drery dreary + -hed, -hede (akin to Middle English -hod -hood); drearihood from dreary + -hood"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-175844"
  },
  "dung":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the feces of an animal : manure",
      ": something repulsive",
      ": to fertilize or dress with manure",
      ": defecate",
      ": solid waste matter from an animal"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259\u014b",
      "\u02c8d\u0259\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dirt",
      "doo-doo",
      "dropping",
      "excrement",
      "excreta",
      "feces",
      "ordure",
      "poop",
      "scat",
      "slops",
      "soil",
      "waste"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "researchers tracked the wild gorillas by following the piles of dung",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Most of the waste material generated in the village is biodegradable, and the community recycles it by making manure or using livestock dung as fuel. \u2014 Nell Lewis, CNN , 13 Oct. 2021",
      "The focus on cow dung fires stems from the fact that mucormycosis spreads through the environment. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "These include strategies such as dung spotting -- when bees collect animal poop and apply it to the entrances of their colony to repel and confuse the hornets -- and swarming to neutralize the enemy, which is known as bee balling. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 9 Nov. 2021",
      "But in Sri Lanka, a papermaker who incorporates elephant dung into his products shows that even wild ideas can pay off. \u2014 The Christian Science Monitor , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "Judging from the seeds in fossilized dung , Joshua trees were once dispersed across desert landscapes with help from elephant-size giant ground sloths. \u2014 Louis Sahag\u00fanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "The faint, elusive scent of a nighttime water lily, or the acrid punch of fresh dung . \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Robb Report , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "In its earlier, mobile life stage, the quest for moisture, nutrients and delicious bacteria can take a slime mold to any appropriate living space, even animal dung . \u2014 Leslie Nemo, Scientific American , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "There is an odour, though barely detectable \u2014 sweet and acrid at once, like horse dung . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Aug. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Moreover, in 2020, communication from the federal government about the pandemic really dung the public wrong. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 4 July 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Noun",
      "Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old Norse dyngja manure pile"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-181106"
  },
  "Dorado":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": mahi-mahi",
      "city west of San Juan in northern Puerto Rico population 38,165"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4-(\u02cc)d\u014d",
      "d\u014d-\u02c8r\u00e4-t\u035fh\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Also, fly fishing for golden dorado in Bolivia, which is the No. 1 bucket-list item on the company\u2019s top 12 promotion. \u2014 Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com , 9 May 2020",
      "These are the trips where white and blue marlin weighing hundreds of pounds are available for the taking, in addition to large tuna, wahoo and dorado . \u2014 Emilia Benton, Houston Chronicle , 20 Sep. 2019",
      "The Gulf, meanwhile, can bring everything from Kingfish, snapper, dorado and even shark within 30 miles of shore. \u2014 Emilia Benton, Houston Chronicle , 20 Sep. 2019",
      "At this resort, famed for its quiet allure and world-class sportfishing, expect to bag marlin, sailfish, or dorado \u2014with the help of experienced guides\u2014and then dine on your catch that evening. \u2014 Jenny Peters, National Geographic , 25 July 2019",
      "So the dolphins circled around my boat and one dolphin emerged minutes later with a dorado in its mouth. \u2014 D.j Hopson, Popular Mechanics , 24 Mar. 2010",
      "My favorite segment was about how flying fish can use their wings to escape their super-fast and efficient underwater predators called dorados . \u2014 Michael Heaton, cleveland.com , 22 May 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Spanish, from past participle of dorar to gild, from Latin deaurare , from de- + aurum gold \u2014 more at aureus"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1604, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-182402"
  },
  "decreement":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": decree"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-184018"
  },
  "doubtedly":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": doubtfully , questionably"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "doubted (from past participle of doubt entry 1 ) + -ly"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-184803"
  },
  "display key":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a key generally used in hotel rooms to prevent any unwarranted entrance and that when used to operate a given lock of a master-keyed lock system prevents the lock from being opened by any other key except an emergency key"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "display (room)"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-185626"
  },
  "dictative":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dictatorial"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dik\u02cct\u0101tiv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1774, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-185702"
  },
  "disconnect":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to sever the connection of or between",
      ": dissociate sense 1",
      ": to terminate a connection",
      ": to become detached or withdrawn",
      ": a lack of or a break in connection, consistency, or agreement",
      ": to undo or break the connection of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-k\u0259-\u02c8nekt",
      "\u02ccdis-k\u0259-\u02c8nekt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break up",
      "decouple",
      "disassociate",
      "disjoin",
      "disjoint",
      "dissever",
      "dissociate",
      "disunite",
      "divide",
      "divorce",
      "part",
      "ramify",
      "resolve",
      "separate",
      "sever",
      "split",
      "sunder",
      "uncouple",
      "unlink",
      "unyoke"
    ],
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      "join",
      "link",
      "unify",
      "unite"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "People also like to disconnect from their environment while working, and what better way to do this than to plug in your earbuds, and listen to something\u2026 anything, but your environment. \u2014 Toby Grey, BGR , 9 May 2022",
      "Russia\u2019s Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media said on Monday there are no plans to disconnect the country from the global Internet. \u2014 Alan Murray, Fortune , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "In the aftermath of the invasion, European leaders seemed to set economic concerns aside, agreeing to disconnect seven Russian banks from SWIFT, the world\u2019s most important payment mechanism. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "On Saturday, the Biden administration joined a raft of European allies in agreeing to disconnect a number of Russian banks from SWIFT, the messaging system used by financial institutions for facilitating transactions worldwide. \u2014 Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times , 27 Feb. 2022",
      "Biden's comment underscored a reality that convinced US officials weeks ago that the European will to disconnect Russia from the SWIFT financial system was unlikely to coalesce. \u2014 Jeremy Herb, CNN , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "His perspective provides useful insight for parents who are concerned about their kids, people desperate to disconnect from a life of crime and policy influencers looking to improve the juvenile justice system. \u2014 Saige Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "The sound of the water clock slowly filling up and then suddenly emptying brings a subtle sense of temporality that is at the same time an invitation to disconnect from time. \u2014 Felicity Carter, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "This time, experts say one particularly painful option would be to disconnect Russia from the SWIFT international payment system, which facilitates transfers between thousands of banks worldwide. \u2014 Alexander Smith, NBC News , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Much of that disconnect , in Hayward\u2019s experience, relates to training, logistics and tolerance for creative DIY solutions. \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 7 May 2022",
      "Garrett and Baker Mayfield weren\u2019t always necessarily on the same page last season, which may have led to some of the disconnect . \u2014 cleveland , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "There\u2019s a level of disconnect in people that allows us as a society to not take care of our surroundings, our environment. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Unfortunately, workers are aware of this disconnect . \u2014 Michael Mcfall, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "There seems to be a bit of a disconnect in their views of money in general. \u2014 Keith Dewar And Kristine Killingsworth, PEOPLE.com , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Part of the disconnect is that Canada simply didn\u2019t recognize itself in the angry convoy rolling across the country. \u2014 Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Ukraine\u2019s ambassador to the U.S., dismissed the notion of a disconnect between Kyiv and Washington over the severity of the threat. \u2014 Courtney Mcbride, WSJ , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "That's just one example of the disconnect in the global supply chain. \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 9 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1751, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1982, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-190317"
  },
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    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": a work of art representing Christ's descent from the cross"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-190342"
  },
  "Debierne":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Andr\u00e9-Louis 1874\u20131949 French chemist"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8byern"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-192226"
  },
  "dispenser":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that dispenses : such as",
      ": a container that extrudes, sprays, or feeds out in convenient units",
      ": a usually mechanical device for vending merchandise",
      ": a container that gives out something in small amounts"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8spen(t)-s\u0259r",
      "di-\u02c8spen-s\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "hospitals and other health-care dispensers",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "All food items including milk from a dispenser were provided by a contractor and served by staff. \u2014 CBS News , 15 June 2022",
      "All food items including milk from a dispenser were provided by a contractor and served by staff. \u2014 Mark Thiessen, Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022",
      "Video posted to the OCSO social accounts on Friday shows a white truck with a tow line rip open the ATM and then at least two suspects grabbing cash from the busted money dispenser . \u2014 Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel , 27 May 2022",
      "An original vintage towel dispenser hangs on the wall of the bathroom in the upstairs apartment of Joe Marzilli's Old Canteen Italian Restaurant on Atwells Avenue in Providence. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
      "Into the soap dispenser , pour a mixture of \u00bc cup water and \u00bc cup baking soda, and into the empty washing machine, pour two cups of white vinegar. \u2014 Jeanne Huber, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
      "Don\u2019t bring them back to the buffet and risk contaminating the pitcher or drink dispenser with your germs. \u2014 Johanna Read, Forbes , 25 Dec. 2021",
      "Your dog puts the solid ball into the treat dispenser from the top entrance, then the ball rolls out from the front exit, while food is released from both sides and into the food plates. \u2014 Popular Science , 3 Dec. 2020",
      "But Matthews' favorite feature is the autofill water dispenser . \u2014 Olivia Lipski, Good Housekeeping , 2 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-192556"
  },
  "devein":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove the dark dorsal vein from (shrimp)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8v\u0101n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The easiest and quickest method to peel and devein a shrimp in one swift movement is as simple as grabbing a fork from your utensil drawer. \u2014 Paul Stephen Paul\u2019s Cooking Tips, San Antonio Express-News , 31 May 2021",
      "Clean and devein the dry peppers and toast on the flat grill, being careful to not burn. \u2014 Sonia Ramirez, Chron , 19 Apr. 2021",
      "Shrimp in all forms ( deveined , tail on or off, peeled or unpeeled), mussels, clams, lobster tails and fillets of a large assortment of fish types from mahi mahi to ahi tuna steaks are easily found. \u2014 Chuck Blount, ExpressNews.com , 30 Mar. 2020",
      "Wolf says the product looks like a peeled, deveined and tailless cooked shrimp but is hypoallergenic, lower in calories and cholesterol, and higher in fiber. \u2014 Laura Reiley, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Sep. 2019",
      "Wolf says the product looks like a peeled, deveined and tailless cooked shrimp but is hypoallergenic, lower in calories and cholesterol, and higher in fiber. \u2014 Laura Reiley, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Sep. 2019",
      "Season 3/4 pounds medium peeled and deveined shrimp with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper. \u2014 The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping , 2 Oct. 2019",
      "Wolf says the product looks like a peeled, deveined and tailless cooked shrimp but is hypoallergenic, lower in calories and cholesterol, and higher in fiber. \u2014 Laura Reiley, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Sep. 2019",
      "Wolf says the product looks like a peeled, deveined and tailless cooked shrimp but is hypoallergenic, lower in calories and cholesterol, and higher in fiber. \u2014 Laura Reiley, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Sep. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1953, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-192726"
  },
  "delay line":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a device put in series with a transmission line to introduce a time lag in signals traversing it"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-193409"
  },
  "devotionalist":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that is characterized by marked religious devotion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u1d4al\u0259\u0307st",
      "-\u0259l\u0259\u0307st"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-193450"
  },
  "docosane":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a paraffin hydrocarbon of the formula C 22 H 46",
      ": the crystalline normal isomer CH 3 (CH 2 ) 20 CH 3"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4k\u0259\u02ccs\u0101n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "International Scientific Vocabulary docos- (from do- \u2014as in dodeca- \u2014+ -cos- \u2014from eicosa- ) + -ane"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-194440"
  },
  "doctrinality":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": doctrinal character"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u00e4ktr\u0259\u0307\u02c8nal\u0259t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-194821"
  },
  "divisi":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": separate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8v\u0113z\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Italian, plural of diviso (past participle of dividere to divide ), from Latin divisus divided"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-195443"
  },
  "devant":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in front : forward"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u02c8v\u00e4\u207f"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "French, from Old French devant, davant , from de from (from Latin de ) + avant before, from Latin abante"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-195453"
  },
  "decrater":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a machine for unloading bottles or cans from shipping cases \u2014 compare recrater"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u0113\u00a6kr\u0101t\u0259(r)"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "de- + crate + -er"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-200031"
  },
  "dolphin":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of various small marine toothed whales (family Delphinidae) with the snout more or less elongated into a beak and the neck vertebrae partially fused",
      ": any of several related chiefly freshwater toothed whales (as of the families Platanistidae and Iniidae) : river dolphin",
      ": dolphinfish",
      ": delphinus",
      ": a spar or buoy for mooring boats",
      ": a cluster of closely driven piles used as a fender for a dock or as a mooring or guide for boats",
      ": a small whale with teeth and a long nose",
      ": either of two large fish usually of warm seas that are often used for food"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4l-f\u0259n",
      "\u02c8d\u022fl-",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4l-f\u0259n",
      "\u02c8d\u022fl-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But the image of an unborn dolphin is a computer graphic. \u2014 Dezimey Kum, USA TODAY , 15 May 2022",
      "NOAA Fisheries, a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, announced up to $20,000 for information on anybody who harassed a sick dolphin last month on Quintana Beach in Texas. \u2014 Aya Elamroussi, CNN , 7 May 2022",
      "On Tuesday, the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network shared photos on Facebook of a dolphin stranded on Quintana Beach, on the Texas Gulf Coast. \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "On the afternoon of April 10, a woman called the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network\u2019s hotline to report that the dolphin , which was first seen on the sand, was surrounded by a crowd that had pushed it into the water, Whitehead said. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
      "The organization retrieved the dolphin , which had died, and notified the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration. \u2014 Maria Jimenez Moya, USA TODAY , 6 May 2022",
      "The dolphin , a lactating adult female, died from the trauma. \u2014 Zoe Sottile, CNN , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "The young dolphin is suspected of having hypo-pigmentation, which explains its color. \u2014 Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The dolphin in these photos stranded alive on Quintana Beach, TX on Sunday evening and was reportedly pushed back to sea... \u2014 Stephen Smith, CBS News , 15 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English delphyn, dolphyn , from Anglo-French delphin , alteration of Old French dalfin , from Medieval Latin dalfinus , alteration of Latin delphinus , from Greek delphin-, delphis ; akin to Greek delphys womb, Sanskrit garbha"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-200530"
  },
  "day boy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a day student at a boys' boarding school especially in Great Britain"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1750, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-201329"
  },
  "Denizli":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "city in southwestern Turkey southeast of Izmir population 525,500"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-n\u0259z-\u02c8l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-201937"
  },
  "dual denominated":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having two different denominations"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1998, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-202300"
  },
  "divert/distract attention":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to try to keep people from noticing or thinking about something"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-202435"
  },
  "difficile":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": stubborn , unreasonable"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113-fi-\u02c8s\u0113l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "borrowed from French, \"difficult,\" going back to Middle French, borrowed from Latin difficilis \u2014 more at difficulty"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1536, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-203614"
  },
  "don/wear sackcloth and ashes":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to publicly express or show sorrow or regret for having done something wrong"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-205845"
  },
  "disabuse":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy sense 1a )"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8by\u00fcz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "disenchant",
      "disillusion",
      "undeceive"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "let me disabuse you of your foolish notions about married life",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The West can do more to disabuse him of the notion. \u2014 Wsj Editorial Staff, WSJ , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "The West can do more to disabuse him of the notion. \u2014 Wsj Editorial Staff, WSJ , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Chelsea, Manchester City and P.S.G. could not disabuse Real Madrid of its abiding belief in its own agency; Ancelotti and his players have plenty of reason to be confident that Liverpool will go the same way. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
      "The West can do more to disabuse him of the notion. \u2014 Wsj Editorial Staff, WSJ , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Just one term on the City Council was enough to disabuse her of that notion. \u2014 Adrian Walker, BostonGlobe.com , 13 May 2022",
      "The West can do more to disabuse him of the notion. \u2014 Wsj Editorial Staff, WSJ , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "The West can do more to disabuse him of the notion. \u2014 Wsj Editorial Staff, WSJ , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "The West can do more to disabuse him of the notion. \u2014 Wsj Editorial Staff, WSJ , 10 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "French d\u00e9sabuser , from d\u00e9s- dis- + abuser to abuse"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1669, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-210044"
  },
  "dissava":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one of the district governors of Sri Lanka"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8s\u00e4v\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Sinhalese dis\u0101wa"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-210621"
  },
  "disappointed":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": defeated in expectation or hope",
      ": not adequately equipped"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8p\u022fin-t\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Still, anyone hoping for the type of massive deals that shake up the league undoubtedly came away disappointed . \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 June 2022",
      "Davis bid on several properties, but walked away from the auction empty-handed and a bit disappointed . \u2014 Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant , 23 June 2022",
      "Chicagoans didn\u2019t expect much from their teams in the 1970s and early \u201880s and thus were seldom disappointed . \u2014 Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022",
      "Seafood is their specialty but the entire menu won't leave you disappointed . \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 17 June 2022",
      "McKinsey reports that 71% of users expect personalization and 73% are disappointed when the shopping experience is suboptimal. \u2014 Parth Pareek, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "Some of the disappointed fans had purchased counterfeit tickets for the concert. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 June 2022",
      "Some racing fans are disappointed that there will not be a Triple Crown winner this year. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 11 June 2022",
      "The streaming service unveiled the first trailer for the upcoming psychological thriller series Black Bird on Wednesday, starring Liotta as a disappointed father to a troubled Taron Egerton. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 8 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "see disappoint"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-212738"
  },
  "doomster":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": judge",
      ": doomsayer"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fcm(p)-st\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "Cassandra",
      "Chicken Little",
      "doomsayer",
      "doomsdayer"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "optimist",
      "Pollyanna"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "from time immemorial doomsters have been saying that the world is going to hell in a handbasket"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-213935"
  },
  "discantus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": descant"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8skant\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Medieval Latin"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-214416"
  },
  "dropping board":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a surface directly under the roost in a poultry house on which droppings accumulate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-220402"
  },
  "distant signal":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a railroad signal placed at a distance that will allow adequate advance warning of the setting of a home signal at which the train must stop"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-220743"
  },
  "disadvantaged":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lacking in the basic resources or conditions (such as standard housing, medical and educational facilities, and civil rights) believed to be necessary for an equal position in society"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259d-\u02c8van-tijd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "depressed",
      "deprived",
      "underprivileged"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "advantaged",
      "privileged"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The program provides aid for economically disadvantaged groups.",
      "disadvantaged families struggling to get by in the inner city",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Palmer Williams Group is a non-profit organization that provides programs for youth from disadvantaged communities. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 22 June 2022",
      "Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are implementing big reforms aimed at helping disadvantaged communities become homeowners and making sure homebuyers of color stay owners. \u2014 Romina Ruiz-goiriena, USA TODAY , 8 June 2022",
      "Biden administration officials say the funding remains critical in the current environment to ensure small businesses thrive over the long run and to ensure entrepreneurship opportunities are more available in disadvantaged communities. \u2014 Amara Omeokwe, WSJ , 29 May 2022",
      "In 2021, Newsom turned down a proposal that would have included $100 million in his budget for the California Health Equity and Racial Justice Fund, which would provide grants to nonprofits serving disadvantaged communities. \u2014 Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
      "The Colombian designer developed an atelier in her hometown and her foundation, Semirello, works with individuals from disadvantaged communities to provide free professional-level seamstress and embroidered courses. \u2014 Nicole Kliest, Vogue , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "This is not an uncommon response, especially in historically disadvantaged communities. \u2014 NBC News , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "Aquifer recharge in those areas would also immediately serve the nearby disadvantaged communities, which have seen their wells go dry drought after drought. \u2014 Susie Cagle, Wired , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "At the same time, there is a fear that other religions will prove more attractive to the disadvantaged communities who, being outside the caste system, need not have any particular loyalty to Hinduism. \u2014 Suprakash Majumdar, Time , 6 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1893, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-222148"
  },
  "dependability":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": capable of being trusted or depended on : reliable",
      ": trustworthy , reliable"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8pen-d\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "di-\u02c8pen-d\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "calculable",
      "good",
      "reliable",
      "responsible",
      "safe",
      "secure",
      "solid",
      "steady",
      "sure",
      "tried",
      "tried-and-true",
      "true",
      "trustable",
      "trustworthy",
      "trusty"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dodgy",
      "uncertain",
      "undependable",
      "unreliable",
      "unsafe",
      "untrustworthy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "seeking a dependable person to look after their summer home in the off-season",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Freshman Tara Gruca, sophomore Kylie Sturm, junior Ruby Gray and senior Ella Cochenour have all been dependable both at the plate and in the field. \u2014 Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star , 22 May 2022",
      "Prescott appreciates Brisker\u2019s toughness and sees his value to the defense as a player who can be impactful inside the box but still be dependable in coverage. \u2014 Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Using solar and battery storage to meet the same goals would be too expensive and would not be as dependable , Salt River Project executives said in an interview. \u2014 Jon Schuppe, NBC News , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "And LaVine was LaVine, dependable as ever despite an early-season thumb injury and then a lingering left knee issue, willing to cede his role as top dog during closing time to let DeRozan do his thing. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "But this guy was as dependable as any in the history of the game. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "With the aces Max Scherzer and Jacob deGrom out, David Peterson has been surprisingly dependable . \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
      "These are used for hiking and are quite dependable . \u2014 Brenda Yenke, cleveland , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "There\u2019s no controlling for shameless, intransigent men, but there urgently need to be more dependable limits over their influence. \u2014 Holly Thomas, CNN , 12 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "see depend"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1735, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-223741"
  },
  "drift dam":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a deposit of glacial drift that dams or has dammed a stream"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-224231"
  },
  "door opener":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a device to open a door: such as",
      ": a tool used by firefighters to jimmy a locked door",
      ": a release mechanism attached to a door lock and activated by a pushbutton or electric eye",
      ": an inexpensive gift or premium offered to a prospect by a door-to-door salesperson in order to enter the house and present a sales pitch"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-225108"
  },
  "deprivement":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": deprivation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-vm\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-225512"
  },
  "daisy-chain":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to link (things, such as computer components) together in series",
      ": a string of daisies with stems linked to form a chain",
      ": an interlinked series"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101-z\u0113-\u02ccch\u0101n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "She wore a daisy chain around her neck.",
      "a daisy chain of electronic devices",
      "The children linked arms forming a daisy chain .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "To rig it, tie a figure eight on a bight in the bouncer\u2019s factory webbing, then clip the bight to a daisy chain with a carabiner. \u2014 Emily Stifler Wolfe, Outside Online , 26 Apr. 2021",
      "With a daisy chain , though, adjusting to baby\u2019s fast-growing legs was as easy as clipping the next loop higher. \u2014 Emily Stifler Wolfe, Outside Online , 26 Apr. 2021",
      "These streams led to a chain of expanding gas bubbles that extend for at least 500 light-years, a daisy chain that allowed the researchers to reconstruct past events. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 13 Dec. 2021",
      "As has been demonstrated throughout the pandemic, upticks in infections represent just the first link of a potentially devastating daisy chain . \u2014 Luke Money, Los Angeles Times , 9 July 2021",
      "Occasionally, using the app\u2019s duet feature, a whole daisy chain of men will try out the same outfit tweak \u2014 sometimes sincerely (adding a tote bag to a look), sometimes wryly (wearing a tank top and simple pants). \u2014 New York Times , 8 July 2021",
      "His political activism is channeled through a daisy chain of opaque organizations that mask the ultimate recipients of his money. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2021",
      "Just over a year ago, in housing \u2014 like everywhere else in society\u2019s daisy chain of trillion-dollar value gains and losses\u2014 nearly everything seemed instantly to sort into before-COVID and after-COVID. \u2014 John Mcmanus, Forbes , 16 Apr. 2021",
      "The Hub Project is part of an opaque network managed by a Washington consulting firm, Arabella Advisors, that has funneled hundreds of millions of dollars through a daisy chain of groups supporting Democrats and progressive causes. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1955, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "1841, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-225801"
  },
  "differingly":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in a differing manner"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-225815"
  },
  "detector":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that detects : such as",
      ": a device for detecting the presence of electromagnetic waves or of radioactivity",
      ": a rectifier of high-frequency current used especially for extracting the intelligence from a radio signal",
      ": one that detects",
      ": a device for detecting the presence of electromagnetic waves or of radioactivity"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8tek-t\u0259r",
      "di-\u02c8tek-t\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "sensor"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "using metal detectors to improve safety at airports",
      "a motion detector to thwart burglaries",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Soto attended the school herself when it was called Dorchester High School, and remembers students sneaking in and out of side doors all the time, without ever having to go through a metal detector . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
      "Deputies said TreQuera Lashell Ford, 24, panicked when she was questioned about a strong smell of marijuana before proceeding through a metal detector at security. \u2014 Chelsea Prince, ajc , 16 May 2022",
      "These bulletlike particles constantly rip through the detector in almost perfectly straight lines, letting the researchers detect any wonky wires and pin down the wires\u2019 positions to within 1 micrometer. \u2014 Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Everyone entering the Capitol must pass through a metal detector and face bag inspection beginning Thursday, Jan. 27. \u2014 Julia Shumway, oregonlive , 22 Jan. 2022",
      "Electrolux is recalling 13 models of Frigidaire refrigerators and one Electrolux model sold over the last two years because the level detector arm in the icemaker can break into pieces and fall into the ice bucket, posing a choking hazard. \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 4 June 2022",
      "Then the detector \u2014in this case, something called an x-band sensor\u2014would deliver these data to a battle management system, which would direct a missile to intercept the threat. \u2014 Jason Sherman, Scientific American , 2 June 2022",
      "The bulky metal detector has some competition\u2014though privacy and Second Amendment advocates might not be thrilled with this development. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 20 May 2022",
      "When this piece hits the detector , the entire wave function collapses. \u2014 Katie Mccormick, Quanta Magazine , 16 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1541, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-230125"
  },
  "dictatorian":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dictatorial sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin dictatorius + English -an"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1642, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-230914"
  },
  "deputy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a person appointed as a substitute with power to act",
      ": a second in command or assistant who usually takes charge when his or her superior is absent",
      ": a member of the lower house of some legislative assemblies",
      ": a person who officially acts for or in place of another",
      ": a person appointed as a substitute with power to act",
      ": a second in command or assistant who usually takes charge when his or her superior is absent",
      ": deputy sheriff"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-py\u0259-t\u0113",
      "\u02c8de-py\u0259-t\u0113",
      "\u02c8de-py\u0259-t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "agent",
      "assignee",
      "attorney",
      "commissary",
      "delegate",
      "envoy",
      "factor",
      "minister",
      "procurator",
      "proxy",
      "rep",
      "representative"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the club president sent a deputy to the conference to vote on our behalf",
      "a deputy supervisor to help out with routine tasks",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Walker Harris was director of the Office of Family Health Services from 2015 to 2020, when Northam appointed her deputy secretary of Health and Human Resources. \u2014 Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
      "Crist\u00f3bal Alex, who was a senior adviser for the Biden campaign and was the deputy cabinet secretary in the White House until last month, said Mr. Biden was the only Democrat who could win a national election. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
      "Maryland plans to direct its initial disbursement of roughly $62 million, of a total of up to $198 million, to three state agencies, said Owen McEvoy, deputy secretary of the state\u2019s Department of Housing and Community Development. \u2014 Amara Omeokwe, WSJ , 29 May 2022",
      "Shannon Mason, deputy press secretary for the governor\u2019s office, declined to say whether Dunleavy will strike the port funding. \u2014 Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News , 27 May 2022",
      "Karine Jean-Pierre, who was the White House's principal deputy press secretary, now serves as press secretary. \u2014 Erin Jensen, USA TODAY , 24 May 2022",
      "In the May 19 letter, Dr. Jinlene Chan, deputy health secretary for public health services, advises providers to screen for the disease, isolate people with potential cases and report the cases to the CDC. \u2014 Meredith Cohn, Baltimore Sun , 24 May 2022",
      "His move to the White House comes days after the departure of White House press secretary Jen Psaki and as former deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre takes over the White House briefing room podium. \u2014 Ed O'keefe, CBS News , 20 May 2022",
      "Before the Trump tax cut, this practice cost the Treasury more than $100 billion annually, according to congressional testimony last year by Kimberly Clausen, deputy assistant secretary for tax analysis at the Treasury Department. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 19 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French deput\u00e9 , past participle of deputer"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-232455"
  },
  "Dasyurus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a genus of carnivorous more or less arboreal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania that includes several moderate-sized active animals that have white-spotted dark coats and somewhat resemble weasels or martens \u2014 see native cat"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdas\u0113\u02c8yu\u0307r\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, from dasy- + -urus"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-233027"
  },
  "dialectic":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": logic sense 1a(1)",
      ": discussion and reasoning by dialogue as a method of intellectual investigation",
      ": the Socratic techniques of exposing false beliefs and eliciting truth",
      ": the Platonic (see platonic sense 1 ) investigation of the eternal ideas",
      ": the logic of appearances and of illusions : the logic of fallacy",
      ": the Hegelian process of change in which a concept or its realization passes over into and is preserved and fulfilled by its opposite",
      ": the critical investigation of this process",
      ": development through the stages of thesis (see thesis sense 4 ), antithesis , and synthesis (see synthesis sense 2b ) in accordance with the laws of dialectical materialism",
      ": the investigation of this process",
      ": the theoretical application of this process especially in the social sciences",
      ": any systematic reasoning, exposition (see exposition sense 2a ), or argument that juxtaposes opposed or contradictory ideas and usually seeks to resolve their conflict : a method of examining and discussing opposing ideas in order to find the truth",
      ": an intellectual exchange of ideas",
      ": the dialectical tension or opposition between two interacting forces or elements"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u012b-\u0259-\u02c8lek-tik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With its two writer-stars playing six different characters competing for social survival, the piece creates a rigorous dialectic between inner and outer appearances. \u2014 Juan A. Ram\u00edrez, Vogue , 14 June 2022",
      "Mega-developers sidestep this important civic dialectic by building adult playgrounds and tarting them up as caricatures of fancy European cities to disguise the fact that they are designed to control and monitor the lifestyles of their inhabitants. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
      "These ideas would culminate with Hegel\u2019s dialectic of history, through which humans progressively realize the Geist of their age, driving toward an ever more perfect human freedom. \u2014 Jeffrey Collins, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Godwin also discussed Hegel\u2019s dialectic of thesis, antithesis and synthesis, with which a case can be made that the United States is currently grappling. \u2014 Michelle L. Quinn, chicagotribune.com , 21 Feb. 2022",
      "This tension is often observed in the dialectic between a founder\u2019s organization and a successor\u2019s organization. \u2014 Prudy Gourguechon, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "To collapse the Marxian dialectic of premature revolution: this was history simultaneously as tragedy and farce. \u2014 Will Self, Harper's Magazine , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "This public-private dialectic ultimately bore fruit in the form of an offbeat yet luxurious 12-piece furniture and glassware ensemble. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Oct. 2021",
      "The students would soon be caught up in the thrust and parry of dialectic . \u2014 New York Times , 22 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English dialetik , from Anglo-French dialetiqe , from Latin dialectica , from Greek dialektik\u0113 , from feminine of dialektikos of conversation, from dialektos \u2014 see dialect"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-233858"
  },
  "disabler":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that disables"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-b(\u0259)l\u0259(r)"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-234118"
  },
  "deviate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic",
      ": to depart from an established course or norm",
      ": to cause to turn out of a previous course",
      ": one that deviates from a norm",
      ": a person who differs markedly from a group norm",
      ": a statistical variable that gives the deviation (see deviation sense b ) of another variable from a fixed value (such as the mean )",
      ": departing significantly from the behavioral norms (see norm sense 2 ) of a particular society",
      ": to follow a course, principle, standard, or topic that is different from usual",
      ": characterized by or given to significant departure from the behavioral norms of a particular society",
      ": one that deviates from a norm",
      ": a person who differs markedly from a group norm"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113-v\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-v\u0113-\u0259t",
      "-v\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-v\u0113-\u0259t",
      "-v\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-v\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
      "\u02c8d\u0113-v\u0113-\u0259t",
      "-v\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "detour",
      "diverge",
      "sheer",
      "swerve",
      "swing",
      "turn",
      "turn off",
      "veer",
      "wheel"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "backslider",
      "debauchee",
      "debaucher",
      "decadent",
      "degenerate",
      "libertine",
      "perv",
      "pervert",
      "profligate",
      "rake",
      "rakehell",
      "rip"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "sailors forced to deviate from their course in order to avoid the storm",
      "Noun",
      "a sleazy bar that seemed to be an informal clubhouse for deviates",
      "Adjective",
      "the mother's deviate response to her child's death aroused suspicions",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "But while maximalist Bitcoiners may not want to deviate from Nakamoto\u2019s vision, Larsen contends times are changing. \u2014 Olga Kharif, Bloomberg.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "For an austere, efficiency-minded repair depot, laser-focused on schedule, maintainers may be hard-pressed to deviate from standardized procedures. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
      "Still, China's government does not appear willing to deviate from its commitment to regular mass PCR testing despite the policy's ineffectiveness and economic toll. \u2014 Grady Mcgregor, Fortune , 31 May 2022",
      "After working in some capacity every day for the better part of four months, the Beavers\u2019 coach didn\u2019t want to deviate from what has worked. \u2014 Joe Freeman, oregonlive , 27 May 2022",
      "On Monday, during a press conference in Tokyo, President Joe Biden said the US would intervene militarily if China attempts to take Taiwan by force, a warning that appeared to deviate from the deliberate ambiguity traditionally held by Washington. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 24 May 2022",
      "But in the midst of the largest land war in Europe since World War II, Biden\u2019s tendency to deviate from official U.S. policy has the potential to complicate efforts to end the conflict and confuse allies and partners, some diplomats say. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Nick Bostrom of Oxford University published his book \u2018\u2018Superintelligence,\u2019\u2019 introducing a range of scenarios whereby advanced A.I. might deviate from humanity\u2019s interests with potentially disastrous consequences. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Both ladies are proof that there\u2019s no need to deviate from your go-to ensembles. \u2014 Vogue , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The track falls under a new rule that sets a separate coefficient to tracks whose stream counts on a particular platform deviate significantly from the average balance of the overall market due to measures promoted by said streaming service. \u2014 Billboard Japan, Billboard , 31 May 2022",
      "Will Trump deviate beyond his usual script to discuss the events of January 6? \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 27 May 2022",
      "And so the question is, in the case, did the image and the artwork that Warhol created, did that deviate enough? \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "How is voting supposed to be conducted in nursing homes and how did elections in 2020 deviate from that? \u2014 Molly Beck And Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "The marks on the Krapina 3 Neandertal skull deviate from all the other examples of bone modification at the site and are unique in the fossil record. \u2014 David W. Frayer, Scientific American , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "Rather than drastically deviate from your norm, try keeping your caffeine intake consistent. \u2014 Sarah Garone, Health.com , 13 Sep. 2021",
      "Boards, schools, and even teachers can choose to do the bare minimum or deviate from script, which means what students learn is wildly different from school to school, and even classroom to classroom. \u2014 Carli Whitwell, refinery29.com , 24 Aug. 2021",
      "As a result, many of the structures deviate from current building standards. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 July 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Aggravating circumstances: Rape/criminal deviate conduct, on probation or parole, mutilation/torture. \u2014 Tim Evans, Indianapolis Star , 31 Jan. 2014"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Verb, Noun, and Adjective",
      "Late Latin deviatus , past participle of deviare , from Latin de- + via way \u2014 more at way"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "circa 1633, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1912, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "1929, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-234157"
  },
  "denier":{
    "type":[
      "noun ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one who denies",
      ": a small originally silver coin formerly used in western Europe",
      ": a unit of fineness for yarn equal to the fineness of a yarn weighing one gram for each 9000 meters"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8n\u012b(-\u0259)r",
      "d\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "Middle English, from denier \"to deny \" + -er -er entry 2",
      "Noun (2)",
      "Middle English denere , from Anglo-French dener, denier , from Latin denarius , coin worth ten asses, from denarius containing ten, from deni ten each, from decem ten \u2014 more at ten"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (2)",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-001131"
  },
  "Dec":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "abbreviation ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "deceased",
      "declaration; declared",
      "declination",
      "decorated; decorative",
      "decrease",
      "decrescendo",
      "December",
      "December",
      "deceased",
      "decompose"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "examples":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-001353"
  },
  "dispensible":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "definitions":[
      ": dispensable"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-002556"
  },
  "deductory":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": deductive"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "deduct entry 1 + -ory"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-002833"
  },
  "danglin":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a Philippine tree ( Grewia multiflora ) yielding a coarse bast fiber used for cordage"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u00e4\u014b\u02c8gl\u0113n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Tagalog dangl\u00edn"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-003746"
  },
  "death house":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the section of a prison for person awaiting execution"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1837, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-004426"
  },
  "Dasyuroides":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a small genus of Australian pouched mice"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdas\u0113y\u0259\u02c8r\u022fi(\u02cc)d\u0113z"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, from Dasyurus + Latin -oides -oid"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-004747"
  },
  "divergent evolution":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the development of dissimilar traits or features (as of body structure or behavior) in closely related populations, species, or lineages of common ancestry that typically occupy dissimilar environments or ecological niches"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1856, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-005049"
  },
  "decistere":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a metric unit of capacity equal to \u00b9/\u2081\u2080 cubic meter"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8des\u0259\u0307\u02ccsti(\u0259)r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "French d\u00e9cist\u00e8re , from d\u00e9ci- deci- + st\u00e8re stere"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-005911"
  },
  "daybook":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": diary , journal"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101-\u02ccbu\u0307k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "diary",
      "journal"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "each night, before bed, she jots down her thoughts in a daybook"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1571, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-011254"
  },
  "diminished chord":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": diminished triad",
      ": diminished seventh sense 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1847, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-011811"
  },
  "deathin":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a water hemlock ( Cicuta virosa ) of Europe",
      ": a poisonous plant ( Oenanthe phellandrium ) closely related to the water hemlock"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8deth\u0259\u0307n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "probably from death + in"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-011827"
  },
  "defender of the bond":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": a diocesan official charged with defending the validity of the marriage bond in suits for annulment"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "translation of New Latin defensor vinculi matrimonii"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-014158"
  },
  "decisive/deciding/determining factor":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the most important reason"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-015242"
  },
  "derivable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": capable of being derived"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8r\u012b-v\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "a priori",
      "deducible",
      "deductive",
      "inferable",
      "inferrible",
      "inferential",
      "reasoned"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "nondeductive"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the solution was easily derivable from the clues we were given"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1653, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-015410"
  },
  "dissave":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to use savings for current expenses"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)di(s)-\u02c8s\u0101v"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1936, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-015518"
  },
  "dilated":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marked by expansion or widening : subject to dilation",
      ": expanded, enlarged, or widened normally or abnormally in all dimensions",
      ": expanded laterally",
      ": being flat and widened",
      ": caused by dilatation (see dilatation sense 1a )",
      ": expanded, enlarged, or widened normally or abnormally in all dimensions",
      ": caused by dilation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b-\u02ccl\u0101-t\u0259d",
      "d\u012b-\u02c8l\u0101-",
      "d\u012b-\u02c8l\u0101-t\u0259d",
      "\u02c8d\u012b-\u02cc"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Her cognitive load and heart rate slowed, and her pupils became less dilated , all signs of relaxation. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Meanwhile, harm reduction counselors and fellow drug users keep an eye on one another, checking for dilated pupils or labored breathing. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Although physicians can use a test in which a puff of air is blown into your eye for screening, official diagnosis requires a dilated exam to scrutinize the optic nerve as well as other tests. \u2014 Kaitlyn Pirie, Good Housekeeping , 2 Apr. 2020",
      "In March 2017, the coroner revealed that the singer died of natural causes and suffered a dilated cardiomyopathy with myocarditis and fatty liver. \u2014 Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com , 27 Dec. 2019",
      "The child became lethargic and displayed dilated pupils after eating candy from trick-or-treating, Sgt. \u2014 Alyssa Stoney, azcentral , 5 Nov. 2019",
      "Their baby\u2019s kidneys were more dilated than usual and underdeveloped, a relatively common condition. \u2014 Colleen Cronin, PEOPLE.com , 5 Aug. 2019",
      "According to the doctors, the baby\u2019s kidneys were more dilated than usual, and also underdeveloped, a relatively common condition, affecting up to 30 percent of unborn babies. \u2014 Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com , 20 July 2019",
      "And there was the option of lasering away dilated blood vessels. \u2014 Alice Gregory, Allure , 28 Apr. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-015641"
  },
  "dealer":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to concern oneself or itself",
      ": to take action with regard to someone or something",
      ": to reach or try to reach a state of acceptance or reconcilement",
      ": to distribute the cards to players",
      ": to sell or distribute something as a business",
      ": to engage in bargaining : trade",
      ": to distribute (playing cards) to players",
      ": to give as one's portion : apportion",
      ": administer , deliver",
      ": sell",
      ": trade",
      ": an act of dealing (see deal entry 1 sense 4 ) : transaction",
      ": contract sense 1a",
      ": bargain",
      ": an arrangement for mutual advantage",
      ": treatment received",
      ": situation , story",
      ": mccoy",
      ": affair sense 2",
      ": package deal",
      ": a usually large or indefinite quantity or degree",
      ": the act or right of distributing cards to players",
      ": hand sense 7b",
      ": part , portion",
      ": a board of fir or pine",
      ": pine or fir wood",
      ": an indefinite amount",
      ": a person's turn to pass out the cards in a card game",
      ": to give out as a person's share",
      ": give entry 1 sense 8 , administer",
      ": to have to do",
      ": to take action",
      ": to buy and sell regularly : trade",
      ": an agreement to do business",
      ": treatment received",
      ": an arrangement that is good for everyone involved",
      ": to carry on the business of buying or especially selling (something)",
      ": to engage in bargaining",
      ": to sell or distribute something as a business or for money",
      ": an act of dealing : a business transaction",
      ": an arrangement for mutual advantage (as for a defendant to testify in exchange for immunity from prosecution)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113l",
      "\u02c8d\u0113l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "trade",
      "traffic"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "accord",
      "agreement",
      "bargain",
      "compact",
      "contract",
      "convention",
      "covenant",
      "disposition",
      "pact",
      "settlement",
      "understanding"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Noun (2), Verb, and Noun (1)",
      "Middle English deel , from Old English d\u01e3l ; akin to Old English d\u0101l division, portion, Old High German teil part",
      "Noun (3)",
      "Middle English dele , from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German, plank; akin to Old High German dili plank \u2014 more at thill"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1b",
      "Noun (1)",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun (2)",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3",
      "Noun (3)",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-015942"
  },
  "disrest":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": unrest , disquiet"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dis- entry 1 + rest"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-022535"
  },
  "drook":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of drook variant spelling of drouk"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u00fck"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-022747"
  },
  "drop cookie":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": cookie sense 1a(3)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-022926"
  },
  "deep freezer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": freezer sense 1d(2)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-025043"
  },
  "defacement":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details",
      ": impair",
      ": destroy",
      ": to damage the face or surface of",
      ": to destroy or mar the face or surface of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8f\u0101s",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8f\u0101s",
      "di-\u02c8f\u0101s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "trash",
      "vandalize"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The building was defaced with graffiti.",
      "He was fined for defacing public property.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Why would someone climb 100 feet above a busy highway to deface an ad for a religious TV show? \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022",
      "Hackers might deface Swedish websites and spread disinformation online, Mr. Lindahl said. \u2014 WSJ , 20 May 2022",
      "No one will make an attempt to deface a sign this evening. \u2014 Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant , 9 May 2022",
      "In ancient Egypt, pharaohs who didn't like their predecessors would literally deface their monuments \u2014 taking the faces off their statues and reworking the stone into their own likeness. \u2014 Jason Fields, The Week , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "This chat, for instance, appears to show a PF member discussing how to deface a civil rights mural in Detroit. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 22 Jan. 2022",
      "Under the Archaeological Resources Protection Act, those who deface cultural sites face up to two years in prison and a $20,000 fine per charge. \u2014 Gina Rae La Cerva, Outside Online , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "Nevertheless, unknown assailants attempted to deface the king\u2019s statue (and possibly the sculpture of Pitt, too) within just three years of its arrival in New York. \u2014 Wendy Bellion, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "That song plays when Joker and his goons deface an art museum. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 12 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French *desfacer, *deffacer , from des- de- + face front, face"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-032848"
  },
  "desert willow":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a shrub or low tree ( Chilopsis linearis ) of the family Bignoniaceae resembling a willow, having showy purplish flowers and long seed pods, and occurring in dry regions of southwestern North America"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-033020"
  },
  "dengue":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an acute infectious disease caused by a flavivirus (species Dengue virus of the genus Flavivirus ), transmitted by aedes mosquitoes, and characterized by headache, severe joint pain, and a rash",
      ": an acute infectious disease that is characterized by headache, severe joint pain, and a rash and that is caused by a single-stranded RNA virus of the genus Flavivirus (species Dengue virus ) transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus Aedes"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de\u014b-g\u0113",
      "-\u02ccg\u0101",
      "\u02c8de\u014b-g\u0113",
      "-\u02ccg\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The goal of the project is to reduce the transmission of harmful diseases commonly carried by mosquitoes such as dengue , Zika, yellow fever and chikungunya, according to USA Today. \u2014 Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Oxitec says the goal is to reduce the transmission of harmful diseases, such as dengue , Zika, yellow fever and chikungunya. \u2014 Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Oxitec says the plan will reduce numbers of the invasive Aedes aegypti, which can carry diseases like Zika, yellow fever and dengue . \u2014 Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Worldwide, over one million people die from mosquito-borne diseases like West Nile, dengue , Zika, yellow fever, malaria, and lymphatic filariasis every year. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 5 May 2022",
      "Malaria, yellow fever, dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases were rampant. \u2014 David James, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "Ticuna people have historically had to fare for themselves during outbreaks of diseases like yellow fever, dengue and malaria, caring for themselves with the jungle herbs their ancestors have used for centuries. \u2014 USA Today , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "In California, the species is growing, but there have not been confirmed cases of dengue , chikungunya, Zika or yellow fever spread through the insect, according to state health officials. \u2014 Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "The family includes Zika, yellow fever, Chikungunya and dengue and are already a significant public health problem in many tropical regions. \u2014 Robert Hart, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "American Spanish"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1828, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-033147"
  },
  "descend from":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to have (something or someone in the past) as an origin or source"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-033432"
  },
  "drumstick tree":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an East Indian tree ( Cassia fistula ) having pods whose pulp is used medicinally",
      ": horseradish tree sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "so called from the shape of the pods"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-034904"
  },
  "diary":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a record of events, transactions, or observations kept daily or at frequent intervals : journal",
      ": a daily record of personal activities, reflections, or feelings",
      ": a book intended or used for a diary",
      ": a daily written record especially of personal experiences and thoughts",
      ": a book for keeping a record of experiences and thoughts"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b-(\u0259-)r\u0113",
      "\u02c8d\u012b-\u0259-r\u0113",
      "\u02c8d\u012b-r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "daybook",
      "journal"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "has diligently kept a diary since she was 15",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The most recent diary entry is dated 1983, meaning the Upside Down is three years old\u2014or at least, the version of the Upside Down the gang entered is three years old. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 29 May 2022",
      "The Quest reached South Georgia on January 4, 1922, and Shackleton made his final diary entry before retiring to bed. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "On March 29, 1912, Captain Robert Falcon Scott lay in his tent during an Antarctic blizzard and wrote his last diary entry. \u2014 Eva Holland, Outside Online , 8 Mar. 2018",
      "Below, Sandeep Salter shares her seven-day travel diary through Italy. \u2014 Monica Mendal, Vogue , 3 June 2022",
      "As proof, Hannah has her mother\u2019s diary that recounts her relationship with Tom and why Dandridge was his killer. \u2014 Sun Sentinel , 1 June 2022",
      "Women participating in the study were given an electronic diary to help researchers monitor for any potential side effects caused by the vaccine. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "With a libretto by Michael Joseph McQuilken, who also directed the production, the opera is the letter/ diary of a father chronicling the birth of his daughter. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "His diary grapples with whether the coffin should be open or closed, the search for historical information about President Abraham Lincoln lying in state in the East Room, and where the 35th president should be buried. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin diarium , from dies day \u2014 more at deity"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-035926"
  },
  "Dei judicium":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": trial by ordeal"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6d\u0101\u02cc\u0113y\u00fc\u02c8dik\u0113\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Medieval Latin, judgment of God"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-040305"
  },
  "disrump":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": disrupt"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin disrumpere"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-041359"
  },
  "divaricator":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that divaricates",
      ": a muscle that causes divergence or separation of parts (as one of those which open the shell of brachiopods)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-042043"
  },
  "devance":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": forestall , anticipate , outstrip"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8van(t)s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle French devancer , from Old French devancier, davancier , from devant, davant in front, forward, after Old French avant before: avancier to advance"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-045130"
  },
  "deil":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": devil"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113l"
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "north midland and northern Middle English del, dele and early Scots dele, variants of Middle English devel devil entry 1"
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    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-045716"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a tentacular mouthless zooid in certain hydrozoans that performs tactile and protective functions for the colony"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6dakt\u0259(\u02cc)l\u014d",
      "-t\u0259l\u0259+"
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "International Scientific Vocabulary dactyl- + zooid"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-045916"
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  "drift current":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a slowly moving current in a lake or ocean"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-050633"
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      "noun"
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      ": marked by separation of or from usually contiguous parts or individuals: such as",
      ": discontinuous",
      ": relating to melodic progression by intervals larger than a major second \u2014 compare conjunct",
      ": any of the alternatives that make up a logical disjunction",
      ": an adverb or adverbial (such as luckily in \"Luckily we had an extra set\" or in short in \"In short, there is nothing we can do\") that is loosely connected to a sentence and conveys the speaker's or writer's comment on its content, truth, or manner \u2014 compare adjunct sense 2b"
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      "dis-\u02c8j\u0259\u014b(k)t",
      "\u02c8dis-\u02ccj\u0259\u014b(k)t",
      "dis-\u02c8j\u0259\u014b(k)t"
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Adjective",
      "Middle English, from Latin disjunctus , past participle of disjungere to disjoin"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "1921, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-051237"
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  "deficiency disease":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a disease (such as scurvy) caused by a lack of essential dietary elements and especially a vitamin or mineral",
      ": a disease (as scurvy) caused by a lack of essential dietary elements and especially a vitamin or mineral"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1912, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-053119"
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    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
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      ": to choose (something) after thinking about the possible choices"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-053522"
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    "type":[
      "plural noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a traditional subunit of the denar \u2014 see denar at Money Table"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-n\u0113",
      "\u02c8d\u0101-"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Macedonian, probably alteration of denari , plural of denar denar"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1992, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-053841"
  },
  "divisible contract":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a contract containing agreements one of which can be separated from the other so that one part may be valid or enforceable although another is void or so that a right may accrue on one and not on another"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-055021"
  },
  "drink-driving":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": driving a vehicle while drunk"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dri\u014bk-\u02c8dr\u012b-vi\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1964, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-055041"
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  "devize":{
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    "definitions":[
      "Definition of devize obsolete variant of devise"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-062616"
  },
  "dedendum":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the root of a gear tooth",
      ": the distance between the dedendum circle and pitch circle of a gear wheel or rack \u2014 compare addendum"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8dend\u0259m",
      "d\u0113\u02c8-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin, neuter of dedendus , gerundive of dedere to give up, deliver, from de from, away + -dere (from dare to give); from the contrast with the addendum of a gear tooth"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-062834"
  },
  "draps":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of draps plural of drap present tense third person singular of drap"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-063453"
  },
  "descale":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove a coating, layer, or incrustation from : to free from scale (see scale entry 3 sense 3 )",
      ": to remove scales (see scale entry 3 sense 1a ) from"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8sk\u0101l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "de- + scale entry 3"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1875, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-063520"
  },
  "disamenity":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": disadvantage , unpleasantness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6dis+"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dis- entry 1 + amenity"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-064046"
  },
  "deciding factor":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something that causes someone to make a particular decision",
      ": something that causes something to end a particular way"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-065602"
  },
  "De\u00e1k":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "1803\u20131876 Hungarian statesman"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101-\u02cc\u00e4k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-071231"
  },
  "desert bat":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": pallid bat"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-071913"
  },
  "deconstructivism":{
    "type":[
      "adjective or noun,",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an architectural movement or style influenced by deconstruction that encourages radical freedom of form and the open manifestation of complexity in a building rather than strict attention to functional concerns and conventional design elements (such as right angles or grids)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113-k\u0259n-\u02c8str\u0259k-ti-\u02ccvi-z\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1988, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-073524"
  },
  "duty bound":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having as one's duty : obligated"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-080204"
  },
  "draft board":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a civilian board that registers, classifies, and selects men for compulsory military service"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But the cornerback could be ranked higher on a draft board . \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The main avenue would take Pace on a journey up the draft board to select a quarterback. \u2014 Amanda Kaschube, chicagotribune.com , 12 Dec. 2021",
      "On this episode: This week, the guys first take one more look at their personal NBA draft board . \u2014 Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press , 10 May 2022",
      "As a result, Douglas told reporters, the Jets landed three of the top eight players on their draft board . \u2014 New York Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "One of the players the Detroit Lions ranked highly on their draft board , Washington defensive lineman Levi Onwuzurike, was still available, and Holmes wanted to trade up to get him. \u2014 Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The Patriots march to the beat of their own draft board . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "But while at the Senior Bowl, ESPN\u2019s draft guru Todd McShay had new criticism for Thibodeaux that could push his name down the draft board . \u2014 oregonlive , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "Keim leads the process of building the team\u2019s draft board , and Bidwill doesn\u2019t participate in that process. \u2014 Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic , 25 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1941, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-080533"
  },
  "dunier":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of dunier comparative of duny"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-083124"
  },
  "differential analyzer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a computer and especially an analog computer for the mechanical solution of complicated nonlinear differential equations"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-083310"
  },
  "divertor":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a resistor used to divert part of an electric current (as one connected in shunt with the series winding or with the commutating-pole winding of a machine)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-083515"
  },
  "down card":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a card dealt face down in any card game in which certain other cards are dealt face up",
      ": a card that is part of a player's hand but is left face down on the table while the other cards are exposed",
      ": hole card"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-083939"
  },
  "discongruity":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": incongruity"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6dis+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dis- entry 1 + congruity"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-093611"
  },
  "dysthymia":{
    "type":[
      "adjective or noun",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a mood disorder characterized by chronic mildly depressed or irritable mood often accompanied by other symptoms (such as eating and sleeping disturbances, fatigue, and poor self-esteem)",
      ": a mood disorder characterized by chronic mildly depressed or irritable mood often accompanied by other symptoms (as eating and sleeping disturbances, fatigue, and poor self-esteem)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8th\u012b-m\u0113-\u0259",
      "dis-\u02c8th\u012b-m\u0113-\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "It is categorized as a mental illness, on the low end of the spectrum of manic depressive illness, with dysthymia \u2014 its depressive equivalent \u2014 at the other end of the spectrum. \u2014 Gregg Martin, STAT , 31 Oct. 2021",
      "Low grade depression or dysthymia can start to feel normal. \u2014 Ashley Stahl, Forbes , 13 Sep. 2021",
      "In the second, at the opposite end of things, are people who already have a clinical diagnosis of major depressive disorder or a persistent version known as dysthymia . \u2014 James Hamblin, The Atlantic , 22 May 2020",
      "Another person may have low-grade depressive symptoms that last a really long time, otherwise known as dysthymia . \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 23 Apr. 2020",
      "There are several different forms of depression (like dysthymia , postpartum depression, or seasonal affective disorder), but major depressive disorder is typically the form that most people are familiar with. \u2014 D. Elizabeth, SELF , 24 Oct. 2018",
      "Diagnoses like depression, dysthymia , seasonal affective disorder, and bipolar disorder all benefit from CBT, too. \u2014 Molly Burford, Allure , 16 Oct. 2019",
      "Silverman explains that in the DSM-5, experts essentially collapsed two mood disorders\u2014chronic major depressive disorder and dysthymia \u2014into one: PDD. \u2014 Claire Gillespie, SELF , 19 Nov. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "probably borrowed from German Dysthymie, borrowed from Greek dysth\u0233m\u00eda \"despondency, despair,\" from d\u00fdsth\u0233mos \"despondent, melancholy\" (from dys- dys- + \u00ac -th\u0233mos, adjective derivative of th\u0233m\u00f3s \"spirit, mind, courage\") + -ia -ia entry 1 \u2014 more at fume entry 1"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1844, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-101428"
  },
  "dispiritment":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the state of being dispirited or disheartened : discouragement"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-m\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-103541"
  },
  "Domine, dirige nos":{
    "type":[
      "Latin phrase"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": Lord, guide us"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022f-mi-\u02ccne \u02c8d\u0113-ri-\u02ccge-\u02c8n\u014ds"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-110147"
  },
  "desire line":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an unplanned route or path (such as one worn into a grassy surface by repeated foot traffic) that is used by pedestrians in preference to or in the absence of a designated alternative (such as a paved pathway)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1993, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-111615"
  },
  "dinitrophenol":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of six isomeric crystalline compounds C 6 H 4 N 2 O 5 some of whose derivatives are pesticides",
      ": any of six isomeric crystalline compounds C 6 H 4 N 2 O 5 some of whose derivatives are pesticides",
      ": a highly toxic compound that increases fat metabolism and was formerly used in weight control"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u012b-\u02ccn\u012b-tr\u014d-\u02c8f\u0113-\u02ccn\u014dl",
      "-fi-\u02c8n\u014dl",
      "-\u02c8f\u0113-\u02ccn\u014dl",
      "-fi-\u02c8"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1873, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-112753"
  },
  "Den Helder":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "commune in the province of North Holland, in the western part of the Netherlands, on an outlet from the Waddenzee to the North Sea population 60,083"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259n-\u02c8hel-d\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-113209"
  },
  "dispossessed":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": deprived of homes, possessions, and security"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-p\u0259-\u02c8zest",
      "also"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The organization helps dispossessed people rebuild their lives.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Otherwise, this is what the land looked like millennia ago when it was settled by the Esalen tribe, Big Sur\u2019s first dispossessed people. \u2014 Josh Marcus, Outside Online , 3 Oct. 2019",
      "Three days after his 10th birthday, his father, a depressed junkman, killed himself, and the experience of misfortune fueled the young artist\u2019s identification with the dispossessed . \u2014 Peter Saenger, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Without the voices of the dispossessed , how can there be deconstruction? \u2014 Audrey Clare Farley, The New Republic , 3 Jan. 2022",
      "And when Israel gained its independence in 1948, Zionism became the world\u2019s first successful Indigenous movement of a dispossessed and colonized people regaining sovereignty in their Indigenous homeland. \u2014 Micha Danzig, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "Chilton\u2019s sonorous voice carries with it the perseverance and anguish of the dispossessed , disenfranchised and violated. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Oct. 2021",
      "But for the world\u2019s dispossessed , social media, smartphones and the internet can be fragile, even potentially dangerous tethers to the rest of the world. \u2014 Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times , 31 Aug. 2021",
      "Driven out of their homes in Afghanistan, the dispossessed young Afghans thrived in the refugee camps, in part due to ties of ethnicity as Pashtuns. \u2014 Sohel Rana, Quartz , 26 Aug. 2021",
      "Fred and Lu were not just a couple but an institution, the guardians of a waystation for dispossessed members of their community. \u2014 Marina Magloire, Harper's BAZAAR , 6 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-121531"
  },
  "dialectical":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic",
      ": practicing, devoted to, or employing dialectic",
      ": of, relating to, or characteristic of a dialect"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u012b-\u0259-\u02c8lek-ti-k\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Dialectical behavioral therapy Often considered a type of CBT, dialectical behavioral therapy is ideal for those who chronically struggle with managing their emotions. \u2014 Sourav Sengupta, The Conversation , 19 May 2022",
      "Wondermind will then debut various podcasts and sell physical products\u2014cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) tools and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) tools\u2014to help people struggling with various conditions. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Find a therapist who provides dialectical behavioral therapy, ideally a therapist who has been certified by the DBT-Linehan Board of Certification who has demonstrated the knowledge and ability to deliver DBT with adherence to the manual. \u2014 Kevin King, The Conversation , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Tales have grown to occupy a rigorously intellectual and dialectical strata in the medium. \u2014 Eliza Harper Wallace, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Del Noce indicts the sweeping changes of secularism, eroticism, and relativism as the inevitable outcomes of Marx\u2019s dialectical victory over religious and liberal foes. \u2014 Richard M. Reinsch Ii, National Review , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "The treatment for suicidal thoughts and behaviors with the most scientific backing is dialectical behavior therapy, says Dr. Cullen. \u2014 Andrea Petersen, WSJ , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "The actress and singer, 29, suffered an emotional breakdown in 2018 that led her to seek dialectical behavior therapy, a form of talk therapy, to manage her depression and anxiety. \u2014 Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "Harris leans on dialectical behavior therapy, a treatment that teaches people how to handle difficult situations without becoming emotionally overwhelmed. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 19 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "see dialectic"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1532, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-122058"
  },
  "daisied":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": full of daisies : adorned with daisies"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101z\u0113d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-122125"
  },
  "drop cloth":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a protective sheet (such as of cloth or plastic) used especially by painters to cover floors and furniture"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Shut off the power to outlets, and remove the cover plates. Protect the countertop by layering cardboard over a heavy canvas drop cloth . \u2014 Sal Vaglica, USA TODAY , 8 May 2022",
      "Make the Ornaments Protect a work surface with a drop cloth or paper. \u2014 Kim Hutchison, Better Homes & Gardens , 13 Oct. 2021",
      "But that principle of displacement is a truth of all modernist art, where shifts in practice come from seeing in the margins of an activity\u2014like the spattered paint on a drop cloth \u2014the possibilities of something central. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 5 Apr. 2021",
      "Lay down newspaper or a drop cloth to make sure the paint doesn't trickle down to your floor. \u2014 Tamara Gane, Southern Living , 17 Mar. 2021",
      "First, lay a drop cloth under the brick wall and tape it down to prevent tripping. \u2014 Sara Rodrigues, House Beautiful , 16 Mar. 2021",
      "Protect your work surface with a drop cloth or towels. \u2014 Mallory Abreu, Better Homes & Gardens , 3 Mar. 2021",
      "Next, clean the dust off the rack with your paintbrush and prepare your work area for painting by spreading a drop cloth , old newspapers, or cardboard to protect the floors and walls from any potential splatters. \u2014 Popular Science , 8 Jan. 2021",
      "Spread a drop cloth onto the floor and use painter\u2019s tape to secure it to the baseboard molding. \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 18 Dec. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1928, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-124128"
  },
  "dispiteous":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": cruel"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8spi-t\u0113-\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "alteration of despiteous"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1803, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-125944"
  },
  "depauperization":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the process of becoming depauperate or the quality or state of being depauperate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307",
      "d\u0113+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-130549"
  },
  "debenzylation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the removal of benzyl groups from a compound often by hydrogenation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u00a6)d\u0113+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "de- + benzyl + -ation"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-130614"
  },
  "Dom":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "honorific title",
      "noun",
      "noun suffix"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "domestic",
      "dominant",
      "dominion",
      ": dignity : office",
      ": realm : jurisdiction",
      ": state or fact of being",
      ": those having a (specified) office, occupation, interest, or character",
      ": the area ruled by",
      ": state or fact of being",
      ": the group having a certain office, occupation, interest, or character",
      ": stp"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259m",
      "\u02ccd\u0113-(\u02cc)\u014d-\u02c8em"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Honorific title",
      "Latin dominus master",
      "Noun suffix",
      "Middle English, from Old English -d\u014dm ; akin to Old High German -tuom -dom, Old English d\u014dm judgment \u2014 more at doom"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Honorific title",
      "1716, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-131108"
  },
  "dewret":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to ret (flax or hemp) by exposure to rain, dew, and sun"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dewret from dew entry 1 + ret (to soak); dewrot by folk etymology (influence of rot , verb) from dewret"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-131147"
  },
  "delegalize":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove the status of statutory authorization from"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u0113+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "de- + legalize"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-132930"
  },
  "definition":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol",
      ": a statement expressing the essential nature of something",
      ": a product of defining",
      ": the action or process of stating the meaning of a word or word group",
      ": the action or the power of describing, explaining, or making definite and clear",
      ": clarity of visual presentation : distinctness of outline or detail",
      ": clarity especially of musical sound in reproduction",
      ": sharp demarcation of outlines or limits",
      ": an act of determining",
      ": the formal proclamation of a Roman Catholic dogma",
      ": a statement of the meaning of a word or a word group",
      ": clearness of outline or detail",
      ": the action or the power of making definite and clear"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-f\u0259-\u02c8ni-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccde-f\u0259-\u02c8ni-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccdef-\u0259-\u02c8nish-\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "delineation",
      "depiction",
      "description",
      "picture",
      "portrait",
      "portraiture",
      "portrayal",
      "rendering",
      "sketch",
      "vignette"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Her policy narrowed the definition of harassment and scaled back the types of cases colleges are required to address. \u2014 Collin Binkley, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
      "This starts with a clear definition of the qualifications required and proceeds through multiple interviews, reference checks, and informal conversations with those that know the board candidate but were not provided in the formal referral process. \u2014 Patricia Lenkov, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "There's no single consensus on the definition today. \u2014 Wyatte Grantham-philips, USA TODAY , 5 June 2022",
      "There is no consensus on the definition of a mass shooting. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
      "There is no consensus on the definition of a mass shooting. \u2014 New York Times , 4 June 2022",
      "Plevris added that Greece also plans to ban surgeries on intersex infants and babies born with atypical chromosomes that affect their reproductive anatomy in a way that does not fit with the normative definition of male or female. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 12 May 2022",
      "But the opposing sides don\u2019t agree on the extent of cultural sites on the property, or even on the definition of one. \u2014 Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "So these two charges were dismissed based on the definition of bribery. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 15 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English diffinicioun, borrowed from Anglo-French diffiniciun, definiciun, borrowed from Latin d\u0113f\u012bn\u012bti\u014dn-, d\u0113f\u012bn\u012bti\u014d \"fixing of a boundary, precise description,\" from d\u0113f\u012bn\u012bre \"to mark the limits of, determine, define \" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-141707"
  },
  "demineralization":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": loss of bodily minerals (such as calcium salts) especially in disease",
      ": the process of removing mineral matter or salts (as from water)",
      ": loss of minerals (as salts of calcium) from the body especially in disease",
      ": the process of removing mineral matter or salts (as from water)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02ccmi-n\u0259-r\u0259-l\u0259-\u02c8z\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "di-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1903, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-142353"
  },
  "day tank":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a tank furnace in which 5 to 10 tons of glass are melted and refined in one day to be hand-shaped the next day"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-144901"
  },
  "dyaster":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": diaster"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dy- + -aster (star)"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-145807"
  },
  "duet":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a composition for two performers",
      ": to perform a duet",
      ": a piece of music for two performers",
      ": two people performing music together"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u00fc-\u02c8et",
      "also",
      "d\u00fc-\u02c8et",
      "dy\u00fc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "They sang the duet beautifully.",
      "a piano and flute duet",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Both Betty Harris and The Rolling Stones have released their own versions of the track, and even two contestants who had Clarkson as a coach in 2018 \u2014 SandyRedd and Cody Ray \u2014 performed it as a duet on The Voice. \u2014 Hannah Dailey, Billboard , 24 May 2022",
      "Two entertainment powerhouses, Aretha Franklin and George Michael, released the song as a duet in 1987, but Studdard and Sparks were poised to do it justice. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 3 May 2022",
      "The song, which is billed as a duet with Labrinth, also rose to No. 34 on the Pop Airplay list, so clearly the team at HBO and Columbia (the label working with the show) have selected the cut as the poppier effort from the soundtrack. \u2014 Hugh Mcintyre, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Kim Se Jeong even went on stage and sang with them as a duet . \u2014 Soomee Park, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "How about one more duet and just a few more solos for Kitri and Basilio! \u2014 Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune , 3 June 2022",
      "Footloose duet as well as more from the Heart rocker\u2019s visit to The Kelly Clarkson Show below. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 16 May 2022",
      "The duet , choreographed by Balanchine in 1957 for Arthur Mitchell and Diana Adams, is built on tension and circus-feat-like partnering moves. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
      "Then a duet by the 18th century Italian composer Luigi Boccherini. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "To finish out its 23rd season, this chamber ensemble offers a quintet by film composer Nino Rota, a musical cityscape by Valerie Coleman, an oceanic duet by Toru Takemitsu, and Charles Ives\u2019s Piano Trio. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
      "How did the Emmylou Harris/Allison Russell duet come about? \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 16 May 2022",
      "Suh\u2019s posing tips are simple, approachable and go incredibly viral; other users regularly duet his videos to show how his advice has transformed their self-presentation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
      "Few could have missed the statement being made by having a gay man duet with a Black woman, representing two constituencies that haven\u2019t always been at the forefront in country. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Any song with a voice-alike Meat Loaf and Cher duet belongs on this list, but this relatively economical four-minute rocker might have fit on Bruce Springsteen's album The River the previous year. \u2014 Steve Knopper, EW.com , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "In addition to a solo performance, each Top 8 artist hit the stage a second time for an iconic 90s duet with another artist. \u2014 Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY , 8 Dec. 2021",
      "GQCollider Almost three years later, Bradley Cooper is taking another look at his electric Oscars duet with Lady Gaga. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 17 Nov. 2021",
      "Microsoft Theatre include Bad Bunny, Tainy and Julieta Venegas, Olivia Rodrigo, a Carrie Underwood/Jason Aldean duet , Kane Brown and a New Edition/New Kids on the Block teaming. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 17 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Noun",
      "Italian duetto , diminutive of duo duo"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "circa 1735, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "1822, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-150044"
  },
  "desex":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": castrate , spay",
      ": to eliminate perceived sexism from",
      ": desexualize sense 2",
      ": castrate sense 1 , spay"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8seks",
      "(\u02c8)d\u0113-\u02c8seks"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "alter",
      "fix",
      "neuter"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "desex the baby chickens destined for market"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1911, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-150621"
  },
  "delaying tactic":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something that is done in order to delay a decision, an occurrence, etc."
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-150654"
  },
  "deducible":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to determine by reasoning or deduction",
      ": to infer (see infer sense 1 ) from a general principle",
      ": to trace the course of",
      ": to figure out by using reason or logic"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8d\u00fcs",
      "d\u0113-",
      "chiefly British",
      "di-\u02c8d\u00fcs",
      "-\u02c8dy\u00fcs"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "conclude",
      "decide",
      "derive",
      "extrapolate",
      "gather",
      "infer",
      "judge",
      "make out",
      "reason",
      "understand"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "I can deduce from the simple observation of your behavior that you're trying to hide something from me.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "While fans and reporters try to deduce which coaches are doing what with the New England offense, Belichick added to the intrigue after Tuesday\u2019s first practice of mandatory minicamp by saying the Patriots were streamlining their offense. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 8 June 2022",
      "But the paper\u2019s bigger goal was to deduce who exactly will be left holding that bag. \u2014 Tim Mcdonnell, Quartz , 27 May 2022",
      "The blood tests pick up antibodies to the virus, but exclude those sparked by vaccines, allowing researchers to deduce infection rates across the country. \u2014 Fortune , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "The two heroes have to deduce who the bigger threat is \u2014 Lex Luthor, or each other. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Eagle-eyed TikTokers compared previous photos and outfits to deduce that it\u2019s actually Kylie Jenner\u2019s daughter, Stormi, in the pictures. \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Whether these songs are autobiographical or not is difficult to deduce , as this batch of heartfelt tracks doesn\u2019t impede Tillman from adopting a fictional style every now and then. \u2014 Grant Sharples, SPIN , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Phillips O\u2019Brien, a professor of strategic studies at the University of St Andrews, analyzed satellite images to deduce that Russian military convoys are slowing down on their way into eastern Ukraine. \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "What have the Cowboys said on the record and what can fans deduce from those comments? \u2014 Jori Epstein, USA TODAY , 12 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English, from Latin deducere , literally, to lead away, from de- + ducere to lead \u2014 more at tow entry 1"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-151600"
  },
  "Doradidae":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a family of South American armored catfishes (type genus Doras ) having a series of bony plates along the sides that are reputed to journey overland in search of water during dry seasons"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u02c8rad\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, from Dorad-, Doras , type genus + -idae"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-152340"
  },
  "dilucidate":{
    "type":[
      "noun,",
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make clear : elucidate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Late Latin dilucidatus , past participle of dilucidare , from Latin di- (from dis- apart) + Late Latin lucidare to make clear, from Latin lucidus clear, shining"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-154904"
  },
  "Dubawnt":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "river 580 miles (933 kilometers) long in northern Canada flowing from the Northwest Territories northeast into Nunavut through Dubawnt Lake to"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "du\u0307-\u02c8b\u022fnt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-155806"
  },
  "Denmark":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "country of northern Europe occupying most of the Jutland Peninsula and adjacent islands in the Baltic and North seas; a kingdom; capital Copenhagen area 16,639 square miles (43,094 square kilometers), population 5,810,000"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8den-\u02ccm\u00e4rk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-160644"
  },
  "dunkadoo":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": american bittern"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6d\u0259\u014bk\u0259\u00a6d\u00fc"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "imitative"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-162237"
  },
  "draegerman":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one of a crew of miners trained in underground emergency and rescue work"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101g\u0259(r)m\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Alexander B. Dr\u00e4ger \u20201928 German scientist and inventor of a combined gas mask and oxygen inhalator worn in underground rescue work + English man"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-162457"
  },
  "doorman":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a usually uniformed attendant at the door of a building (such as a hotel or apartment building)",
      ": a person whose job is to help people at the door of a building"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fr-\u02ccman",
      "-m\u0259n",
      "\u02c8d\u022fr-\u02ccman",
      "-m\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "doorkeeper",
      "gatekeeper",
      "janitor",
      "porter"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "we tipped the hotel doorman for getting us a cab",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Everyone around town seemed to know him, and greeted him by name; a doorman at the Carlyle would welcome him in, and the hostess at the hotel bar would usher him to a table. \u2014 Lauren Markham, The New Yorker , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Then in January 2021, Ms. Parry came across a studio in Manhattan\u2019s Financial District complete with a doorman . \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "The narrator of this novel, Piedmont Livingston Kinsolver III, is a doorman at a fancy apartment building on Central Park West, who, unbeknownst to his colleagues, commutes home to a penthouse on upper Fifth Avenue. \u2014 The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Shortly after her husband's death, Mary Todd Lincoln gave the coat to their beloved doorman , Alphonse Donn, whose family kept it for over a century, before bequeathing it to Ford's Theatre in 1968. \u2014 CBS News , 15 May 2022",
      "The case itself, meanwhile, has swerved in comedic directions, such as when a doorman vaped during his otherwise serious testimony, causing Depp and the jury to laugh. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 May 2022",
      "When the doorman tried to escort the man outside, the man punched him. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "The building has a 24-hour doorman , and the sale includes six underground parking spaces. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Among them was 400 East 56th Street, No. 23C, a one-bedroom co-op in a postwar doorman building at First Avenue, near Sutton Place. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1897, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-163626"
  },
  "developability":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": capacity or suitability for development"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-165014"
  },
  "deemster":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun,"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one of the two justices of the common-law courts of the Isle of Man"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113mzt\u0259(r)",
      "-m(p)st-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English demestre judge"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-165808"
  },
  "dicht":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of dicht Scottish variant of dight:2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di\u1e35t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-165936"
  },
  "double-crosser":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deceive by double-dealing : betray",
      ": an act of winning or trying to win a fight or match after agreeing to lose it",
      ": an act of betraying or cheating an associate",
      ": a cross between first-generation hybrids of four separate inbred lines (as in the production of hybrid seed corn)",
      ": betray sense 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0259-b\u0259l-\u02c8kr\u022fs",
      "\u02ccd\u0259-b\u0259l-\u02c8kr\u022fs"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "backstab",
      "betray",
      "cross",
      "sell (out)",
      "two-time"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "backstabbing",
      "betrayal",
      "business",
      "disloyalty",
      "faithlessness",
      "falseness",
      "falsity",
      "infidelity",
      "perfidy",
      "sellout",
      "treachery",
      "treason",
      "two-timing",
      "unfaithfulness"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "politics is full of double crosses and backbiting",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The proposition sets up one of the major tensions of the final season with Michael vowing from the beginning to double cross Tommy and kill him\u2014avenging Polly\u2019s death. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 11 June 2022",
      "Made from recycled ocean plastics and spandex, this fully lined top features a scoop neck, thick straps, a double cross back, and cut-out holes in the front that allow water to pass through. \u2014 Rebecca Parsons, Outside Online , 30 Jan. 2021",
      "This would have been a good moment for a timely double cross ,. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
      "Still, the Jefferson dream lives on, in the form of flags \u2014 a gold pan and two Xs, a heavy-handed symbol of the double cross \u2014 that, during the pandemic, have adorned face masks. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "Still, the Jefferson dream lives on, in the form of flags \u2014 a gold pan and two Xs, a heavy-handed symbol of the double cross \u2014 that, during the pandemic, have adorned face masks. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "Still, the Jefferson dream lives on, in the form of flags \u2014 a gold pan and two Xs, a heavy-handed symbol of the double cross \u2014 that, during the pandemic, have adorned face masks. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "Still, the Jefferson dream lives on, in the form of flags \u2014 a gold pan and two Xs, a heavy-handed symbol of the double cross \u2014 that, during the pandemic, have adorned face masks. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "Still, the Jefferson dream lives on, in the form of flags \u2014 a gold pan and two Xs, a heavy-handed symbol of the double cross \u2014 that, during the pandemic, have adorned face masks. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 23 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1903, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "1834, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-171002"
  },
  "due stamp":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": postage-due stamp"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-173549"
  },
  "desperacy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": desperation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "despera te + -cy"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-173807"
  },
  "devotionary":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of devotionary archaic variant of devotional"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-sh\u0259\u02ccner\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-174950"
  },
  "devocalize":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": devoice"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8v\u014d-k\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1877, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-175030"
  },
  "dexter chief point":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the upper dexter part of the field of an escutcheon"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-181326"
  },
  "damp course":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a damp-resisting layer in a masonry wall"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-184302"
  },
  "determiner":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that determines : such as",
      ": gene",
      ": a word (such as an article, possessive, demonstrative, or quantifier) that makes specific the denotation of a noun phrase",
      ": a word belonging to a group of noun modifiers that can occur before descriptive adjectives modifying the same noun",
      ": gene"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8t\u0259r-m\u0259-n\u0259r",
      "di-\u02c8t\u0259r-m\u0259-n\u0259r",
      "-\u02c8t\u0259rm-(\u0259-)n\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The price of crude oil, a key determiner for gas prices, surpassed $110 a barrel Wednesday. \u2014 Mike Snider, USA TODAY , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Wednesday, suddenly morphing into a newspaper editor and apparent determiner of article length. \u2014 Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "The price of crude oil is a key determiner for prices at the pump. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Later that year, serendipity joined persistence and temerity as a determiner of the drug\u2019s fate. \u2014 Stephanie Stone, Smithsonian Magazine , 2 Sep. 2021",
      "Yet the dividend alone is not the sole determiner of value. \u2014 Moneyshow, Forbes , 21 May 2021",
      "The property tax hike also created political headwinds, and his opponent said that was the main determiner in the race. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 July 2020",
      "Therefore the Mavericks need not worry about any tie-breakers because seeds\u2019 first determiner will be winning percentage. \u2014 Dallas News , 26 June 2020",
      "Today, doing well in Iowa can give successful candidates the momentum to raise money and is often a determiner of success. \u2014 Olivia Sally, Teen Vogue , 18 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1530, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-185842"
  },
  "darklins":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": darkling"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-k(\u0259)l\u0259\u0307nz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "alteration of darklings"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-191001"
  },
  "de fide":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": held as an obligatory article of faith"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u0101\u02c8f\u0113\u02ccd\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, from Latin, from faith"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-193125"
  },
  "demagog":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power",
      ": a leader championing the cause of the common people in ancient times",
      ": to behave like a demagogue",
      ": to treat (something, such as an issue) in the manner of a demagogue"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-m\u0259-\u02ccg\u00e4g"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "agitator",
      "exciter",
      "firebrand",
      "fomenter",
      "incendiary",
      "inciter",
      "instigator",
      "kindler",
      "provocateur",
      "rabble-rouser"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The season also introduces a new demagogue : Vecna, who is mentioned in the trailer as one the gang is ready to fight. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 23 May 2022",
      "Significantly, that came only as Kemp, like a demagogue , simultaneously amplified false election claims. \u2014 Norman Eisen And Dennis Aftergut, CNN , 26 May 2022",
      "Like Truman, Biden is facing a Republican Party in thrall to a demagogue . \u2014 Beverly Gage, The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "On Jan 6 a capitol that had been steadily delegitimized over decades was stormed by a mob that had been stoked to anger by a demagogue . \u2014 Eric Loeb, Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
      "Where are our musical bards at this critical time in history when the world is under assault by right-wing lunatics, dictators and a U.S. conservative party under the thumb of a very dangerous demagogue ? \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "Frank\u2019s Truman is a populist in the best sense of the word: not a demagogue but a true man of the people. \u2014 Beverly Gage, The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "By honoring Krause\u2019s list, NEISD danced to the tune of a demagogue . \u2014 Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News , 8 Jan. 2022",
      "McCarthy was a hair-trigger demagogue ; Welch was a talented writer and ambitious thinker who could make the most unhinged sort of claim appear both copiously researched and politically urgent. \u2014 Chris Lehmann, The New Republic , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "At least, not if leaders choose not to demagogue the issues. \u2014 Bill Mckibben, The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
      "The party seems determined to try to racially demagogue its way back to national power, even as an overwhelming majority of the country applauds the all-too-rare conviction of a white police officer who murdered a Black man. \u2014 Ankush Khardori, The New Republic , 21 Apr. 2021",
      "With an election coming, advantage goes to those who stayed on the sidelines of the fight and now can demagogue on impossible solutions that would impose no pain and deliver free goodies. \u2014 Author: Charles Wohlforth | Opinion, Anchorage Daily News , 2 Mar. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Noun",
      "borrowed from Greek d\u0113mag\u014dg\u00f3s, from d\u00eamos \"people\" + -ag\u014dgos \"leading, impelling\" \u2014 more at demo- , -agogue",
      "Verb",
      "verbal derivative of demagogue entry 1"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1648, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1656, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-193541"
  },
  "dorado":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": mahi-mahi",
      "city west of San Juan in northern Puerto Rico population 38,165"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4-(\u02cc)d\u014d",
      "d\u014d-\u02c8r\u00e4-t\u035fh\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Also, fly fishing for golden dorado in Bolivia, which is the No. 1 bucket-list item on the company\u2019s top 12 promotion. \u2014 Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com , 9 May 2020",
      "These are the trips where white and blue marlin weighing hundreds of pounds are available for the taking, in addition to large tuna, wahoo and dorado . \u2014 Emilia Benton, Houston Chronicle , 20 Sep. 2019",
      "The Gulf, meanwhile, can bring everything from Kingfish, snapper, dorado and even shark within 30 miles of shore. \u2014 Emilia Benton, Houston Chronicle , 20 Sep. 2019",
      "At this resort, famed for its quiet allure and world-class sportfishing, expect to bag marlin, sailfish, or dorado \u2014with the help of experienced guides\u2014and then dine on your catch that evening. \u2014 Jenny Peters, National Geographic , 25 July 2019",
      "So the dolphins circled around my boat and one dolphin emerged minutes later with a dorado in its mouth. \u2014 D.j Hopson, Popular Mechanics , 24 Mar. 2010",
      "My favorite segment was about how flying fish can use their wings to escape their super-fast and efficient underwater predators called dorados . \u2014 Michael Heaton, cleveland.com , 22 May 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Spanish, from past participle of dorar to gild, from Latin deaurare , from de- + aurum gold \u2014 more at aureus"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1604, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-194512"
  },
  "divergingly":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in a diverging manner"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-195255"
  },
  "doubtingness":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of one that doubts"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-200748"
  },
  "deifying":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make a god of",
      ": to take as an object of worship",
      ": to glorify as of supreme worth"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b",
      "\u02c8d\u0101-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "adore",
      "adulate",
      "canonize",
      "dote (on)",
      "hero-worship",
      "idolize",
      "worship"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The people deified the emperor.",
      "materialistic people who deify money",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Anyone with the will to correct this problem should not further deify those at the top, but strengthen and respect the less flamboyant levels of the system. \u2014 Douglas Board, Fortune , 12 Nov. 2021",
      "For those of us who deify Pen\u00e9lope Cruz, the new film is a case of d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 24 Dec. 2021",
      "Gandhi was suspicious of his followers\u2019 attempts to deify him. \u2014 Ian Beacock, The New Republic , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "From the Greek word apotheoun, meaning to make a god or to deify , apotheosis implies a polytheistic conception of gods while recognizing that some individuals straddle the boundary between gods and men. \u2014 Natasha Gural, Forbes , 21 Oct. 2021",
      "The hall was erected with the intent to venerate and deify , and the selections into it reflected the hubris of its creators. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 2 Oct. 2020",
      "This suggestion will enrage Americans who deify their constitution. \u2014 Joe Mathews, Fortune , 4 July 2020",
      "Which is harder in a way than just dying in the mountains and being deified . \u2014 Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker , 24 Feb. 2020",
      "In the fifteen years since his death, Bogle has been deified by the dancehall scene. \u2014 1843 , 16 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English, from Middle French deifier , from Late Latin deificare , from Latin deus god + -ficare -fy"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-201211"
  },
  "detector bar":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a device used to keep a railroad switch locked in position while a train is passing over it"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-202727"
  },
  "dispossess notice":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an official notice from an owner (as of a house or store) to one in possession to evacuate the premises within a certain time"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-204250"
  },
  "danglingly":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in a dangling manner"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-204328"
  },
  "d\u00e9partement":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": department sense 2a(1)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0101p\u0227rt\u0259m\u00e4\u207f"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "French"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-211055"
  },
  "daishiki":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a usually brightly colored loose-fitting pullover garment"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u012b-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-212354"
  },
  "Door Peninsula":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "peninsula in eastern Wisconsin between Green Bay and Lake Michigan"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fr"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-212410"
  },
  "delightless":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": being without delight : joyless"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-tl\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-214641"
  },
  "deleerit":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": out of one's senses",
      ": intoxicated"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u02c8l\u0113r\u0259\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "from past participle of Scots deleer, delier , probably from French d\u00e9lirer to be delirious, from Middle French delirer , from Latin delirare to be crazy, be delirious, dote, rave"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-215016"
  },
  "demain":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of demain obsolete variant of demesne"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-220510"
  },
  "divalent":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having a chemical valence of two",
      ": bonded to two other atoms or groups",
      ": having a chemical valence of two",
      ": bonded to two other atoms or groups"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u012b-\u02c8v\u0101-l\u0259nt",
      "(\u02c8)d\u012b-\u02c8v\u0101-l\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1868, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-223105"
  },
  "diarthrosis":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": articulation that permits free movement",
      ": a freely movable joint",
      ": articulation that permits free movement",
      ": a freely movable joint"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u012b-\u00e4r-\u02c8thr\u014d-s\u0259s",
      "\u02ccd\u012b-\u00e4r-\u02c8thr\u014d-s\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "borrowed from New Latin diarthr\u014dsis, borrowed from Greek di\u00e1rthr\u014dsis, from diarthr\u014d-, variant stem of diarthro\u00fbn \"to separate by joints, articulate\" (from di- di- + arthro\u00fbn \"to fasten by a joint,\" derivative of \u00e1rthron \"joint, articulation\") + -sis -sis \u2014 more at arthro-"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1578, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-225554"
  },
  "dilate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to become enlarged or widened",
      ": to display or become affected by expansion or widening of a body part",
      ": to become expanded in extent",
      ": to comment at length : discourse",
      ": to enlarge, widen, or cause to expand",
      ": to expand in extent",
      ": to describe or set forth at length or in detail",
      ": to make or grow larger or wider",
      ": to enlarge, widen, or cause to expand",
      ": to become enlarged, expanded, or widened"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b-\u02ccl\u0101t",
      "d\u012b-\u02c8l\u0101t",
      "d\u012b-\u02c8l\u0101t",
      "d\u012b-\u02c8l\u0101t",
      "\u02c8d\u012b-\u02cc"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "amplify",
      "develop",
      "elaborate (on)",
      "enlarge (on ",
      "expand",
      "flesh (out)"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "abbreviate",
      "abridge",
      "condense",
      "shorten"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The drug causes the blood vessels to dilate .",
      "During labor, a woman's cervix will dilate to about 10 centimeters.",
      "The drug dilates the blood vessels.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Within a few hours, the misoprostol will cause a person\u2019s cervix to dilate and their uterus to contract, emptying the embryo from the person\u2019s uterus. \u2014 Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
      "Immediately prior to the procedure, your doctor will administer eye drops to dilate your pupil and anesthetize your eye. \u2014 Hoopes Vision, The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "According to the American Heart Association, dilated cardiomyopathy causes the heart muscle to dilate and a chamber to enlarge, leading to difficulty when pumping blood and preventing the heart muscle from contracting normally. \u2014 Wyatte Grantham-philips, USA TODAY , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "In others, muscles surrounding the cloaca could block an unwanted male, or dilate to allow entry to a preferred suitor. \u2014 Rachel E. Gross, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "The hypothesis was that the mild version of non-freezing cold injury might damage the ability of your blood vessels to dilate and bring warm blood to your extremities, and compromise your ability to detect subtle changes in temperature. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 10 Feb. 2021",
      "Within a half-hour to a couple of hours, the misoprostol leads the cervix to dilate and the uterus to begin contracting, which empties the embryo from the uterus. \u2014 Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY , 7 May 2022",
      "Both erectile dysfunction medications and nitrates cause blood vessels to dilate , which can dramatically escalate if the drugs are taken close together, potentially causing a sharp drop in blood pressure. \u2014 Benjamin Ryan, NBC News , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "As a result, the levels of cGMP/cAMP increase in the smooth muscle cells that line the walls of your blood vessels, which in turn cause the smooth muscles to relax and the blood vessels to dilate and expand. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 9 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English, from Middle French dilater , from Latin dilatare , literally, to spread wide, from dis- + latus wide \u2014 more at latitude"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-231005"
  },
  "Descartes":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Ren\u00e9 1596\u20131650 Latin Renatus Cartesius French mathematician and philosopher"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0101-\u02c8k\u00e4rt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-231431"
  },
  "disgorger":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that disgorges",
      ": an implement for extracting a hook from a fish"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u0259(r)"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-232500"
  },
  "deaconry":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": diaconate",
      ": a chapel in the city of Rome under the care of a cardinal deacon",
      ": the charitable institution to which it was formerly attached"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-k\u0259nr\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English dekenry , from dekne, dekene deacon + -ry"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-232809"
  },
  "deglaciation":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the melting of ice",
      ": the retreat of a glacier or ice sheet"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02ccgl\u0101-sh\u0113-\u02c8\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "-s\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1895, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-233703"
  },
  "distributer":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of distributer variant spelling of distributor"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-001505"
  },
  "desegmentation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": coalescence of distinct segments : loss of segmentation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u00a6)d\u0113+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "de- + segmentation"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-004215"
  },
  "decidua":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the part of the endometrium that in higher placental mammals undergoes special modifications in preparation for and during pregnancy and is cast off at parturition",
      ": the part of the endometrium cast off in the process of menstruation",
      ": the part of the mucous membrane lining the uterus that in higher placental mammals undergoes special modifications in preparation for and during pregnancy and is cast off at parturition, being made up in the human of a part lining the uterus (see decidua parietalis ), a part enveloping the embryo (see decidua capsularis ), and a part participating with the chorion in the formation of the placenta (see decidua basalis )",
      ": the part of the mucous membrane of the uterus cast off in the ordinary process of menstruation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8si-j\u0259-w\u0259",
      "-j\u00fc-\u0259",
      "di-\u02c8sij-\u0259-w\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, from Latin, feminine of deciduus"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1785, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-010123"
  },
  "despotist":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an advocate or supporter of despotism"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-p\u0259t\u0259\u0307st",
      "-p\u0259t\u0259\u0307-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-010341"
  },
  "dislodge":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage",
      ": to force out of a secure or settled position",
      ": to leave a place previously occupied",
      ": to force out of a place of resting, hiding, or defense"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8l\u00e4j",
      "dis-\u02c8l\u00e4j"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The earthquake dislodged several boulders from the cliff.",
      "He kicked at the stone to dislodge it.",
      "The army has dislodged enemy forces from their stronghold.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The meeting came as Ukraine pressed the West for more powerful weapons against Russia's campaign in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, where Moscow's forces sought to dislodge the last Ukrainian troops in the battered port of Mariupol. \u2014 Fox News , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The secretive meeting came as Ukraine pressed the West for more powerful weapons against Russia\u2019s campaign in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, where Moscow\u2019s forces sought to dislodge the last Ukrainian troops in the battered port of Mariupol. \u2014 Celina Tebor, USA TODAY , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "When that didn\u2019t dislodge the resort owners, their property and several others belonging to both white and Black residents was taken by eminent domain for a park that was never built. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
      "To test the dryer, run it for 15 to 20 minutes on the fluff or air-dry setting to make sure all connections are strong and to dislodge any remaining debris. \u2014 oregonlive , 29 Oct. 2021",
      "There\u2019s a sense that our democracy is so well rooted that nothing will dislodge it. \u2014 Steven Greenhouse, The New Republic , 6 May 2022",
      "The final blow was losing to Watford \u2014 the team that was beaten 3-2 in Sunday's other game that allowed Arsenal to dislodge United from fourth. \u2014 Rob Harris, ajc , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "Duker Freuman explains that all the twisting and turning that takes place during your practice can dislodge stubborn pockets of gas inside of you. \u2014 Molly Longman, refinery29.com , 20 Sep. 2021",
      "There were previously two unsuccessful attempts to dislodge it. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 18 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English disloggen , from Anglo-French *desloger , from des- dis- + loger to find lodging for, encamp, from loge shelter \u2014 more at lodge"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-012509"
  },
  "Deadose":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a Tunican people of south central Texas",
      ": a member of the Deadose people"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101\u0259\u02ccd\u014ds"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-014810"
  },
  "damourite":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a variety of muscovite"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u02c8mu\u0307\u02ccr\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "French damourite , from A. A. Damour \u20201902 French chemist + French -ite"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-020831"
  },
  "dumb compass":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": pelorus"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "so called from its having no magnets or directive force"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-020938"
  },
  "decide in favor of/for":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to find (someone) not guilty in a court of law"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-022808"
  },
  "distune":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to put out of tune"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259s",
      "(\u02c8)dis+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dis- entry 1 + tune"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-174133"
  },
  "drungar":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a military commander"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Medieval Latin drungarius , from Late Latin drungus body of soldiers (of Germanic origin; akin to Old English thrang crowd, throng) + Latin -arius -ary, -ar"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-174218"
  },
  "divertedly":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": with amusement : amusedly"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-174504"
  },
  "docosahexaenoic acid":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an omega-3 fatty acid C 22 H 32 O 2 found especially in fish of cold waters",
      ": an omega-3 fatty acid C 22 H 32 O 2 found especially in fish of cold waters"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u014d-k\u014d-s\u0259-\u02cchek-s\u0259-\u02cc\u0113-\u02c8n\u014d-ik-",
      "\u02ccd\u014d-k\u014d-s\u0259-\u02cchek-s\u0259-\u02cc\u0113-\u02ccn\u014d-ik-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Fish oil is a polyunsaturated fat that contains two types of omega-3 fatty acids \u2014 eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid , which the human body does not naturally produce in large quantities. \u2014 Bryony Gilbey, chicagotribune.com , 11 Apr. 2021",
      "Omega fatty acids, including docosahexaenoic acid , or DHA, are key to brain health and most likely helped to drive the evolution of the modern human brain. \u2014 Bret Stetka, Scientific American , 1 Mar. 2016",
      "In the human body, ALA can be converted to two other omega-3 fatty acids \u2014 eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). \u2014 Kaitlyn Pirie, Good Housekeeping , 26 Nov. 2019",
      "There are three types of omega-3s: eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and alpha-linolenic acid (ALA). \u2014 Jaclyn London, Ms, Rd, Cdn, Good Housekeeping , 15 Apr. 2019",
      "The key components of fish oil, two polyunsaturated fatty acids called eicosapentaenoic acid, or EPA, and docosahexaenoic acid , or DHA, are designed to be in the membranes of cells all throughout the body. \u2014 Betsy Mckay, WSJ , 2 Jan. 2019",
      "These two omega-3s are EPA, which stands for eicosapentaenoic acid, and DHA, which stands for docosahexaenoic acid . \u2014 Carolyn Todd, Allure , 21 Aug. 2018",
      "The better known is DHA ( docosahexaenoic acid ), said to benefit brain structure and function and found in infant formula, baby food and prenatal vitamins. \u2014 Lynn Brezosky, San Antonio Express-News , 27 June 2018",
      "Salmon contains a crucial compound called docosahexaenoic acid that helps maintain the central nervous system, not to mention all of the boosts this fish gives your heart and metabolism. \u2014 Jaclyn London, Ms, Rd, Good Housekeeping , 27 Mar. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "International Scientific Vocabulary docosa noic acid (a crystalline fatty acid) + hexa- + -ene + -oic"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1938, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-174532"
  },
  "dictation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": prescription",
      ": arbitrary command",
      ": the act or manner of uttering words to be transcribed",
      ": material that is dictated or transcribed",
      ": the performing of music to be reproduced by a student",
      ": music so reproduced",
      ": the act of speaking words that someone writes down or a machine records"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dik-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "dik-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "He used a tape recorder for dictation .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Increasing access to voice through dictation and Siri. \u2014 Forrester, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
      "Plus improved dictation , Apple Pay Later, and Live Activities \u2014 the latter being a feature whereby users can keep tabs on sports scores from the lock screen in real-time. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 23 June 2022",
      "Apple also demoed selecting text with touch and then using dictation to replace it. \u2014 Samuel Axon And Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 6 June 2022",
      "Accessibility Text-to-speech dictation and language translation are two ways AI can help with accessibility. \u2014 Alexey Posternak, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "Why would companies with questionable climate plans want investors weighing in, especially when most companies are averse to shareholder dictation on any issue? \u2014 Tim Mcdonnell, Quartz , 12 May 2022",
      "Dyslexic employees can use the dictation tools that come on many computers to access their full vocabulary and maintain an uninterrupted workflow. \u2014 Dean Hager, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
      "Tap or click for helpful tips for better dictation in Microsoft Word or Google Docs. \u2014 Kim Komando, USA TODAY , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "Moran went on to do much more than take dictation as the industrious author\u2019s fading eyesight, Parkinson\u2019s and an emergency surgery affected her ability to work and speak in the late 1980s. \u2014 Lisa Amand, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "borrowed from Late Latin dict\u0101ti\u014dn-, dict\u0101ti\u014d \"uttering of material to be transcribed, command\" (Latin, \"dictated draft\"), from Latin dict\u0101re \"to say repeatedly, say aloud words to be transcribed by another, issue as an order\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of action nouns \u2014 more at dictate entry 1"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1624, in the meaning defined at sense 2a(2)"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-174601"
  },
  "disbeliever":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to hold not worthy of belief : not believe",
      ": to withhold or reject belief",
      ": to think not to be true or real"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-b\u0259-\u02c8l\u0113v",
      "\u02ccdis-b\u0259-\u02c8l\u0113v"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "discredit",
      "negate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "accept",
      "believe",
      "credit",
      "swallow"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Several jurors disbelieved the witness's testimony.",
      "many disbelieved the medium's claims that she could communicate with the spirits of the dead",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Visited upon multiple characters, the mounting misfortune that ensues stems from the timely subject of society\u2019s patriarchal tendency to disbelieve women, or to grant certain female archetypes more credibility than others. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 19 May 2022",
      "Not surprisingly, fellow-travelers on the left criticized Conquest either from a wish to disbelieve the Soviet horrors or from an ideological sympathy that compelled extenuation of them. \u2014 Peter J. Travers, National Review , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Last September, at his first, brief family visit, Torres seemed healthy, so much so that his relatives tended to disbelieve the other prisoners\u2019 reports of mistreatment. \u2014 Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Tens of millions of voters were willing to disbelieve the media. \u2014 WSJ , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "Rarely in history has a president so efficiently trained the public to disbelieve him as a matter of course. \u2014 Lili Loofbourow, The Week , 13 Nov. 2017",
      "Unfortunately, both physicians and nurses disbelieve the patients based on the results of a normal blood pressure reading. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 25 Nov. 2021",
      "Strangulation is often a sign that an abuser is working his way up to killing his victim; its effects also include the mental fog and discombobulated accounts that can make people disbelieve women. \u2014 Helen Shaw, Vulture , 17 Oct. 2021",
      "The courts were almost twice as likely to disbelieve the mothers\u2019 claims of abuse in those scenarios. \u2014 Megan O\u2019matz, ProPublica , 16 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1644, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-174646"
  },
  "diminished seventh":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a musical interval (see interval sense 2c )that is smaller than a seventh by a semitone",
      ": a seventh chord that is often built on the leading tone , that spans the interval (see interval sense 2c )of a diminished seventh (sense 1), and that consists of three minor thirds"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1753, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-174926"
  },
  "dictionary":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a reference source in print or electronic form containing words usually alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations , functions, etymologies , meanings, and syntactic and idiomatic uses",
      ": a reference book listing alphabetically terms or names important to a particular subject or activity along with discussion of their meanings and applications",
      ": a reference book listing alphabetically the words of one language and showing their meanings or translations in another language",
      ": a computerized list (as of items of data or words) used for reference (as for information retrieval or word processing)",
      ": a book giving the meaning and usually the pronunciation of words listed in alphabetical order",
      ": a reference book explaining words of a particular subject listed in alphabetical order",
      ": a book listing words of one language in alphabetical order with definitions in another language"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dik-sh\u0259-\u02ccner-\u0113",
      "-\u02ccne-r\u0113",
      "\u02c8dik-sh\u0259-\u02ccner-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "lexicon",
      "wordbook"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Famed for his dictionary , \"Rambler\" essays and The Lives of the English Poets , Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) remains one of the most-quoted and carefully observed authors who ever lived. \u2014 Publishers Weekly , 21 July 2008",
      "I still read relatively slowly in Yiddish, with frequent recourse to a dictionary , and my first year of graduate school found me at my desk till two or three in the morning every night \u2026 \u2014 Aaron Lansky , Outwitting History , 2004",
      "Look it up in the dictionary .",
      "try to develop the habit of going to the dictionary whenever you encounter an unfamiliar word",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Look up \u2018fungible\u2019 in the dictionary and get back to me. \u2014 Michael Lynch, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "And, of course, the Democrats are facing a wipeout in November that will force everyone to rush to the dictionary to search for a weather term stronger than tsunami. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Our default on the matter is our base dictionary , Webster\u2019s New World College 5th, but the Journal stylebook has exceptions. \u2014 WSJ , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Parker Price-Miller would rather be studying a racetrack than a medical dictionary . \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 21 May 2022",
      "These guys spend ungodly amounts of time creating and tweaking (then re-creating and re-tweaking) new routine to get bigger and better pumps, with a list of exercises longer than a dictionary . \u2014 Jeff Tomko, Men's Health , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "While cleaning out the Father\u2019s things, for instance, Alice comes across a dictionary ; Chen tracks the wandering of her mind in a rangy mini-essay about literacy, from immigrant assimilation to prison libraries to the Internet. \u2014 Hua Hsu, The New Yorker , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Experts also pointed out that because of how the judge\u2019s decision was developed, the dictionary could become a star witness in future proceedings. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022",
      "In the Oxford dictionary , the technical definition of sacrificial is something designed to be used up or destroyed in fulfilling a purpose or function. \u2014 Isis Dallis, Quartz , 21 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "borrowed from Medieval Latin dicti\u014dn\u0101rium, name for an alphabetized guide to the Vulgate, earlier dicti\u014dn\u0101rius, name for a Latin textbook in which words are grouped by topic (apparently coined by its author, the 13th-century English-born university teacher John of Garland), from Latin dicti\u014dn-, dicti\u014d \"speech, (in grammar) word, expression\" + -\u0101rius, -\u0101rium -ary entry 1 \u2014 more at diction"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1526, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-175152"
  },
  "daytale":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the reckoning especially of work or wages by the day"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101t\u1d4al"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "day + tale (count)"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1548, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-175853"
  },
  "dat":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "abbreviation ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "dative",
      "differential aptitude test",
      "digital audiotape",
      "delayed action tablet"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-180003"
  },
  "dire wolf":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a large extinct wolflike mammal ( Canis dirus ) known from Pleistocene deposits of North America"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "For instance, using Snapchat to drop a dire wolf into your living room could demonstrate its size and strength much more powerfully than a description in a textbook could. \u2014 Sam Jones, Scientific American , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Earlier excavations in White Sands National Park have uncovered fossilized tracks left by a saber-toothed cat, dire wolf , Columbian mammoth and other ice age animals. \u2014 Wire Reports, oregonlive , 25 Sep. 2021",
      "Earlier excavations in White Sands National Park have uncovered fossilized tracks left by a saber-toothed cat, dire wolf , Columbian mammoth and other ice age animals. \u2014 Wire Reports, oregonlive , 25 Sep. 2021",
      "Earlier excavations in White Sands National Park have uncovered fossilized tracks left by a saber-toothed cat, dire wolf , Columbian mammoth and other ice age animals. \u2014 Wire Reports, oregonlive , 25 Sep. 2021",
      "Earlier excavations in White Sands National Park have uncovered fossilized tracks left by a saber-toothed cat, dire wolf , Columbian mammoth and other ice age animals. \u2014 Wire Reports, oregonlive , 25 Sep. 2021",
      "Earlier excavations in White Sands National Park have uncovered fossilized tracks left by a saber-toothed cat, dire wolf , Columbian mammoth and other ice age animals. \u2014 Wire Reports, oregonlive , 25 Sep. 2021",
      "Earlier excavations in White Sands National Park have uncovered fossilized tracks left by a saber-toothed cat, dire wolf , Columbian mammoth and other ice age animals. \u2014 Wire Reports, oregonlive , 25 Sep. 2021",
      "Earlier excavations in White Sands National Park have uncovered fossilized tracks left by a saber-toothed cat, dire wolf , Columbian mammoth and other ice age animals. \u2014 Wire Reports, oregonlive , 25 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1925, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-180308"
  },
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    "definitions":[
      ": a marriage gift or settlement required by law of the husband or his family early during the later Roman Empire and that was required by Justinian to be equal to the wife's dowry but permitted to be made after and used for expenses of the marriage"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccpr\u022fpt\u0259r\u02c8nu\u0307pt\u0113\u02cc\u00e4s",
      "-\u02ccpr\u00e4pt\u0259r\u02c8n\u0259psh\u0113\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin, gift because of marriage"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-180527"
  },
  "downness":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the state or condition of being down"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307nn\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-180636"
  },
  "De Voto":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Bernard Augustine 1897\u20131955 American author"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8v\u014d-(\u02cc)t\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-181130"
  },
  "discrimination time":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": reaction time"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-181430"
  },
  "dangersome":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dangerous"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-j\u0259(r)s\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-182255"
  },
  "danger pay":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": extra money that someone is paid for doing work that is dangerous : ( US ) hazard pay"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-182456"
  },
  "deficiency bill":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an advance made to the government by the Bank of England to meet a deficiency",
      ": a legislative bill appropriating supplementary funds to meet a deficiency"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-182522"
  },
  "dyebath":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a solution containing a dye used in dyeing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-182600"
  },
  "dispunge":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to pour down upon",
      ": expunge"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8sp\u0259nj"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Transitive verb (1)",
      "dis- entry 1 + spunge , obsolete variant of sponge",
      "Transitive verb (2)",
      "dis- entry 1 + -punge (as in expunge )"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-182926"
  },
  "dirty rice":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a Cajun dish of white rice cooked with chopped or ground giblets"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "What to order: The 5 Wine ($11.99), which includes five wings, one side (your choice from Frenchy fries, dirty rice , collard greens and red beans) and a 20-ounce drink. \u2014 Emma Balter, Chron , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "The all-you-can eat brunch buffet on Sundays (adults, $25.95 per person) features Southern staples like fried chicken and catfish, cheddar grits, BBQ spare ribs, dirty rice , and collard greens. \u2014 Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com , 6 May 2022",
      "There will also be free food, including pork sliders, dirty rice , barbecue and desserts; a kids area with games and art; plus free yoga and meditation classes. \u2014 Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "For barbecue fans, the ribs platter is a picture-perfect presentation of saucy jackfruit ribs with collard greens, mac and (vegan) cheese and dirty rice . \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Well-seasoned, but not overly spicy, entrees include the gumbos, dirty rice , and chicken Cajun pasta ($11.99 for a 12-ounce bowl, or any three 8-ounce items for $12.99). \u2014 Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "The local chain is popular for its chicken, dirty rice , boudin balls, red beans and rice, and sweet potato pie. \u2014 Chron Staff, Chron , 13 Oct. 2021",
      "Roots, which opened in June, is her take on Southern cooking, anchored firmly in her Louisiana upbringing, with plenty of seafood, okra and dirty rice to go around. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Oct. 2021",
      "The Third Ward Queen Beyonc\u00e9 is a huge fan of the crispy fried chicken and the dirty rice , and years ago, Paul Wall even did a commercial for the popular restaurant. \u2014 Shelby Stewart, Chron , 2 July 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1949, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-183217"
  },
  "data file":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a digital file on which data is stored"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1955, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-183452"
  },
  "distribution box":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a contrivance used to equalize the flow of septic-tank effluent into the various tile lines of the disposal field"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-184057"
  },
  "disabled":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": impaired or limited by a physical, mental, cognitive, or developmental condition : affected by disability",
      ": incapacitated by illness or injury",
      ": rendered inoperative (as by being damaged or deliberately altered)",
      ": impaired or limited in the ability to engage in certain physical or mental tasks (as due to injury or condition present at birth)",
      ": impaired or limited by a physical, mental, cognitive, or developmental condition : affected by disability",
      ": incapacitated by illness, injury, or wounds",
      ": having a disability"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8\u0101-b\u0259ld",
      "diz-\u02c8\u0101-",
      "dis-\u02c8\u0101-b\u0259ld"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "challenged",
      "differently abled",
      "exceptional",
      "impaired"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "able-bodied",
      "abled",
      "nondisabled",
      "unimpaired"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The organization is working to protect the rights of disabled veterans.",
      "the disabled man was unable to climb the stairs without help",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Raiff drew inspiration from his own life; his younger sister is disabled and can\u2019t walk or talk. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 23 June 2022",
      "My sister is disabled and my mom is very much where the Kate character that turned into Domino came from. \u2014 Jessica Radloff, Glamour , 17 June 2022",
      "Bly couldn\u2019t shake the image of the youngest girl, who was physically and intellectually disabled . \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
      "Of the five Haitian players who vanished, only one is intellectually disabled . \u2014 al , 8 June 2022",
      "The Kaiser report said populations most likely to lose coverage include adults who gained Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act, parents who are not disabled and some children. \u2014 Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY , 10 May 2022",
      "The mobile van will offer wellness for pets belonging to veterans (60+), seniors (70+), and those who are physically disabled . \u2014 Hartford Courant , 5 May 2022",
      "In 2017, Mark Gaspar worked as a home health aide, caring for a Green Township woman who has cerebral palsy and is borderline intellectually disabled . \u2014 Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer , 5 May 2022",
      "Datchinamurthy Kataiah, 36, was scheduled to be hanged Friday, just two days after the execution of a Malaysian man who was believed to be mentally disabled . \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "from past participle of disable"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1633, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-184513"
  },
  "disentail":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to free from entail"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-in-\u02c8t\u0101l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1641, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-184919"
  },
  "discriminant":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a mathematical expression providing a criterion for the behavior of another more complicated expression, relation, or set of relations"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8skri-m\u0259-n\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1948, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-185149"
  },
  "demulcent":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": soothing",
      ": a usually mucilaginous or oily substance (such as tragacanth) that can soothe or protect an abraded mucous membrane",
      ": tending to soothe or soften",
      ": a usually mucilaginous or oily substance (as tragacanth) capable of soothing or protecting an abraded mucous membrane"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8m\u0259l-s\u0259nt",
      "di-\u02c8m\u0259l-s\u1d4ant"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Adjective",
      "Latin demulcent-, demulcens , present participle of demulc\u0113re to soothe, from de- + mulc\u0113re to soothe"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1732, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "1732, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-185351"
  },
  "dispositor":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a planet which is in astrology lord of the sign where another planet is"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8sp\u00e4z\u0259t\u0259(r)"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin, arranger, from dispositus + -or"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-190920"
  },
  "depigment":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cause to undergo depigmentation : deprive of pigment"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u0113\u00a6pigm\u0259nt",
      "-\u02c8pig\u02ccment"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "de- + pigment (noun)"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-191006"
  },
  "Demospongiae":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a large class of Porifera comprising the majority of living sponges and being characterized by complex structure with a skeleton of tetraxial or simple siliceous spicules or of fibers of spongin or of both"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-j\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, alteration of Desmospongiae"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-191221"
  },
  "day student":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a student who attends regular classes at a college or preparatory school but does not live at the institution"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Some states are considering alternating which days students attend school or splitting the day into two shifts to help decrease class sizes. \u2014 Lily Altavena, azcentral , 28 May 2020",
      "In Ohio, this may require staggering which days students come to school. \u2014 Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland , 17 May 2020",
      "Upon my first day students were running around, screaming, throwing, hitting, swearing \u2014 a lot of awful things. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Oct. 2019",
      "Phillips Academy serves 1,130 boarding and day students . \u2014 John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com , 11 Feb. 2020",
      "In just a few days, all the day students were transferred. Classrooms were rearranged. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Dec. 2019",
      "The more than 40-year-old existing student center no longer meets the space or functional needs of the school community, according to the academy, which serves about 400 boarding and day students on its 456-acre campus. \u2014 John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com , 14 Jan. 2020",
      "These are values that are core to the mission and purpose of a college, and they should be taught starting the first day students arrive on campus. \u2014 Greg Lukianoff, National Review , 1 July 2019",
      "Tuition for day students is more than $24,000 per year, while tuition for boarding students can reach more than $58,000 annually. \u2014 Ashley Remkus | Aremkus@al.com, al.com , 18 June 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1883, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-191442"
  },
  "devove":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": devote , dedicate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8v\u014dv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin devov\u0113re"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-191914"
  },
  "degging":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of degging present participle of deg"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-191937"
  },
  "duplex steel":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": steel made by a duplex process"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-192147"
  },
  "dimidiate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to halve or reduce to the half",
      ": to represent the half of : cut in two : halve",
      ": divided into two equal parts : halved",
      ": consisting of only one half of the normal : seeming to lack one half or to have one part smaller than the other"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8mid\u0113\u02cc\u0101t",
      "-\u0113\u0259\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Transitive verb",
      "Latin dimidiatus , past participle of dimidiare , from di- (from dis- apart) + -midiare (from medius mid)",
      "Adjective",
      "Latin dimidiatus , past participle of dimidiare"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-192556"
  },
  "disproportionate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": being out of proportion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-pr\u0259-\u02c8p\u022fr-sh(\u0259-)n\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "He believes that middle-class people bear a disproportionate share of the tax burden.",
      "A disproportionate number of the students are poor.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Despite not being necessary for human survival, meat is heavily marketed to U.S. consumers, including through the beef checkoff, and occupies a disproportionate amount of advertising mindshare. \u2014 Errol Schweizer, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "Martha Joynt Kumar, a political scientist who studies the briefings, found that the five major TV networks gobble up a disproportionate amount of time in them. \u2014 Erik Wemple, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
      "Those editors therefore had a disproportionate amount of power over the entire industry. \u2014 Jacey Duprie, The Week , 7 June 2022",
      "The Israeli-Palestinian conflict receives disproportionate coverage compared with any other conflict on earth. \u2014 Yair Lapid, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
      "Companies that succeed will become the indispensable allies of innovative startups and drive disproportionate value for themselves and their entrepreneurial partners. \u2014 Forbes , 7 June 2022",
      "The disproportionate representation of women in true-crime stories doesn\u2019t negate the fact that the most dangerous place for women is often in their homes. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
      "Moreover, Oliver cited studies showing that students with disabilities and Black kids are more likely to be arrested, disproportionate to their share of enrollment. \u2014 Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter , 5 June 2022",
      "The prevalence of anxiety and depression for young females is greater than that for males, which may account for disproportionate treatment seeking. \u2014 John Duffy, CNN , 3 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1555, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-193031"
  },
  "discomfit":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert",
      ": to frustrate the plans of : thwart",
      ": to defeat in battle",
      ": the state of being confused, embarrassed, or upset : discomfiture"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8k\u0259m(p)-f\u0259t",
      "especially Southern"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "baffle",
      "balk",
      "beat",
      "checkmate",
      "foil",
      "frustrate",
      "thwart"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "advance",
      "cultivate",
      "encourage",
      "forward",
      "foster",
      "further",
      "nurture",
      "promote"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "constant interruptions discomfited her in her attempt to finish the speech, and she finally gave up",
      "he was discomfited by the awkward situation of having his ex-girlfriend meet his current one",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Daringly written mostly without gender pronouns, the poems discomfit the reader in the best possible way. \u2014 Wsj Books Staff, WSJ , 8 Dec. 2021",
      "It may also be seen as a way to discomfit the U.S. and serve as a bargaining chip to dissuade the U.S. from building missile defenses. \u2014 Michael Peck, Forbes , 18 Oct. 2021",
      "Singapore\u2019s long reliance on a vast underclass of cheap labor from places like India, China, Bangladesh and Myanmar has discomfited some Singaporeans. \u2014 Hannah Beech, New York Times , 10 Apr. 2020",
      "An equally discomfiting element of the later books is what happens to Meg. \u2014 Ruth Franklin, The New York Review of Books , 25 Feb. 2020",
      "But in these packages, and in live broadcasts, the editing is meticulous, omitting anything that might discomfit the N.F.L.\u2019s brass and team owners. \u2014 Jody Rosen, New York Times , 12 Dec. 2019",
      "The discomfiting fiction lends its name to a new exhibition of Kehinde Wiley\u2019s work at the William Morris Gallery in London. \u2014 The Economist , 28 Feb. 2020",
      "Lange endured a fractious relationship with Stryker, who seemed deeply discomfited by a strong-minded woman. \u2014 Arthur Lubow, New York Times , 13 Feb. 2020",
      "All is provisional \u2014 a discomfiting proposition at first, but ultimately a relief. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Aug. 2019",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The discomfit of his rivals has been a political gift to Macron. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Verb and Noun",
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French descumfit , past participle of descumfire , from des- dis- + cumfire to prepare \u2014 more at comfit"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2b",
      "Noun",
      "circa 1616, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-193109"
  },
  "discommend":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": disapprove , disparage",
      ": to cause to be viewed unfavorably"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-k\u0259-\u02c8mend"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English dyscommenden"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-193710"
  },
  "divisa":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": colored ribbons denoting the breeder that are attached by a barb to a bull's withers as it enters the bullfighting arena"
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      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8v\u0113s\u0259",
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      "Spanish, literally, emblem, heraldic device, from feminine of diviso (obsolete past participle of dividir to divide), from Latin divisus"
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-195103"
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      "verb"
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      ": to form in the mind : devise , concoct"
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1837, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-195455"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": the ability to be demulsified being sometimes expressed as the rate at which a liquid (such as an oil) separates from an emulsion"
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      "d\u0259\u0307\u02ccm\u0259ls\u0259\u02c8bil\u0259t\u0113",
      "d\u0113\u02cc-"
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      "demuls ify + -ibility"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-200218"
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      "noun"
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      ": display artist"
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      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8spl\u0101m\u0259n",
      "-\u02ccman"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-200435"
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      "idiom"
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    "definitions":[
      ": to disappear completely in a way that is mysterious"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-200606"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": one who devises property in a will"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-v\u0259-\u02c8z\u022fr",
      "di-\u02c8v\u012b-z\u0259r",
      "di-\u02ccv\u012b-\u02c8z\u022fr"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1543, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-200654"
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  "Dracut":{
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      "geographical name"
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    "definitions":[
      "town in northeastern Massachusetts north of Lowell population 29,457"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101-k\u0259t"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-201045"
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  "doorplate":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a nameplate on a door"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fr-\u02ccpl\u0101t"
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1822, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-201521"
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  "dumb sheave":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a block with a sheaveless hole or a groove in a spar for a rope to be rove through"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-201539"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": filled with or motivated by a sense of duty",
      ": proceeding from or expressive of a sense of duty",
      ": doing or showing the willingness to do what is expected or required"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-ti-f\u0259l",
      "also",
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-ti-f\u0259l",
      "\u02c8dy\u00fc-"
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      "deferent",
      "deferential",
      "regardful",
      "respectful"
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      "disrespectful",
      "undutiful"
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      "the dutiful way he took care of his sick mother",
      "the family showed a dutiful deference to their minister when he came to dinner",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In the patriarchal society, women are relegated to being dutiful , subservient wives or, for the fertile nonbelievers, enslaved people to the religious upper class with the sole purpose of bearing children for the man of the house. \u2014 Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post , 24 May 2022",
      "The dutiful son now applies those 1,000-year-old traditional techniques and aesthetics to all his work, combining his strong sense of the past with some realistic perspective \u2014 if not equipment. \u2014 Bob Hill, The Courier-Journal , 3 May 2022",
      "This was after the queen had already showered Camilla with other prestigious honors for her dutiful loyalty and charity work. \u2014 Maria Puente, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "By comparison, side plots involving Bridgerton siblings Eloise and Colin (Luke Newton) feel dutiful to a fault. \u2014 Katie Rife, Rolling Stone , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "After all, Daphne was fairly bland at the beginning of her courtship with the Duke, all doe eyes and dutiful smiles. \u2014 Eliana Dockterman, Time , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Mine is a suburban, aspirational, upper-middle-class city of a dutiful student who has her parents\u2019 support. \u2014 Graciela Mochkofsky, The New Yorker , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "And despite all the paper trails and testimonies stacked against him, the Russian president continues his charade of being a dutiful bureaucrat with a simple, middle-class lifestyle. \u2014 Mahnoor Khan, Fortune , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "Roman's character has chosen the dutiful good daughter role, as opposed to her scientist sister, who is less involved with their elderly parents. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 31 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-202714"
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  "doctrinarian":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": doctrinaire"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u00e4ktr\u0259\u0307\u02c8na(a)r\u0113\u0259n",
      "-ner-"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "modification of French doctrinaire + English -ian"
    ],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-202955"
  },
  "drooly":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": that drools : tending to drool"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-l\u0113",
      "-li"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-203149"
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dilative"
    ],
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      "(\u02c8)d\u012b\u00a6l\u0101t\u0259tiv",
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8l-",
      "\u02c8dil\u0259\u02cct\u0101-",
      "\u02c8d\u012bl\u0259-"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin dilatat us + English -ive"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-203528"
  },
  "discovery bond":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a fidelity bond covering losses discovered during the term of the bond regardless of when any dishonest act is committed"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-203533"
  },
  "disclimax":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a relatively stable ecological community often including kinds of organisms foreign to the region and displacing the climax because of disturbance especially by humans"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8kl\u012b-\u02ccmaks"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1935, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-203541"
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  "dictature":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": office of a dictator : dictatorship",
      ": a body of dictators"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "dik\u02c8t\u0101ch\u0259r",
      "\u02c8dikt\u0259\u02ccchu\u0307(\u0259)r"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin dictatura , from dictatus + -ura -ure"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-203758"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": toward a desert",
      ": sloping toward a desert : lying near to a desert"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dez\u0259(r)t\u2027w\u0259(r)d",
      "\""
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Adverb",
      "desert entry 1 + -ward"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-203823"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one to whom a devise of property is made",
      ": one to whom a devise of property is made \u2014 compare heir , legatee , next of kin"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-v\u0259-\u02c8z\u0113",
      "di-\u02ccv\u012b-\u02c8z\u0113",
      "\u02ccde-v\u0259-\u02c8z\u0113, di-\u02ccv\u012b-\u02c8z\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1543, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-203920"
  },
  "Debye unit":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a unit of electric moment equal to 10 \u221218 statcoulomb-centimeter"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "after P. J. W. Debye"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-204117"
  },
  "despotate":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a state or principality ruled by a despot"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "-p\u0259\u02cct\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "French despotat , from despote + -at -ate"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-204321"
  },
  "deferentially":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": showing or expressing respect and high regard due a superior or an elder : showing or expressing deference",
      ": deferent"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-f\u0259-\u02c8ren-ch\u0259l",
      "\u02ccdef-\u0259-\u02c8ren-ch\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "deferent",
      "dutiful",
      "regardful",
      "respectful"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "disrespectful",
      "undutiful"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the man had the deferential attitude of someone who had been a servant his entire life",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And they are widely considered capable and smart in supporting roles but too deferential and submissive to run lines of business or entire organizations. \u2014 Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY , 5 May 2022",
      "Murkowski has been more deferential to Biden's judicial nominees than many of her Republican colleagues. \u2014 Manu Raju And Alex Rogers, CNN , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Some nuclear safety advocates say the NRC is being too deferential to Holtec and other companies. \u2014 Douglas Macmillan, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
      "DiPentima complained that the General Assembly is too deferential to labor. \u2014 Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant , 1 May 2022",
      "Unions, though, have spent decades fighting accountability and steering their support to deferential politicians. \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 4 Oct. 2021",
      "It\u2019s all part of a charm offensive portraying bots as safe, polite, cute and deferential . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Unfailingly polite and deferential to colleagues, Gilbert has formed friendships on both sides of the aisle \u2014 in part through a reputation for straight dealing. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "For most of their chummy conversations, Tomlinson appeared polite, deferential , even in awe of her friend and mentor, a more seasoned stand-up, writer and television star. \u2014 Jason Zinoman, New York Times , 8 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "defer(ence) + -ential, by analogy with other Latin-derived words where the suffixes -ence and -ential imply one another (as prudence , prudential )"
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1822, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-204644"
  },
  "dark matter":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": nonluminous matter not yet directly detected by astronomers that is hypothesized to exist to account for various observed gravitational effects"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Not dark matter , the mysterious form of matter that dominates the cosmos. \u2014 Paul Sutter, Ars Technica , 18 May 2022",
      "How is dark matter hidden in plain sight, and what are its qualities? \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Omega matter is a cosmological parameter that describes how much dark matter is in the universe. \u2014 Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "The working assumption is that dark matter consists of nonluminous elementary particles, and that dark energy is the energy of space itself. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Here, dark matter starts clumping together, and then those clumps grow. \u2014 Ramin Skibba, Wired , 21 Feb. 2022",
      "And in the last few years, there have been some truly promising ideas for detecting dark matter axions. \u2014 Zeeya Merali, Scientific American , 11 May 2022",
      "One idea is that dark matter is constituted at least in part by small primordial black holes, says Cardoso. \u2014 Bruce Dorminey, Forbes , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "Naming conventions aside, SUSY theories were attractive to physicists because the existence of supersymmetric particles could simultaneously explain the Higgs\u2019s low mass and provide a candidate for dark matter . \u2014 Daniel Garisto, Scientific American , 27 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1933, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-204932"
  },
  "divisible offense":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an offense the commission of which involves the commission of one of a lesser grade so that on the former there can be an acquittal and on the latter a conviction"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-205050"
  },
  "Donatism":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the doctrines of a Christian sect arising in North Africa in 311 and holding that sanctity is essential for the administration of sacraments and church membership"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u014d-n\u0259-\u02ccti-z\u0259m",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Donatus , 4th century bishop of Carthage"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1588, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-205113"
  },
  "drift copper":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": fragments of native copper carried from their source by glaciers"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-205257"
  },
  "dilatation":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the state of being expanded or widened",
      ": the condition of being stretched or enlarged beyond normal dimensions especially as a result of overwork, disease, or abnormal relaxation",
      ": the act or action of stretching, widening, or enlarging an organ or part of the body : dilation sense b",
      ": a dilated or enlarged part or formation",
      ": amplification in writing or speech",
      ": the condition of being stretched or enlarged beyond normal dimensions especially as a result of overwork or disease or of abnormal relaxation",
      ": the act or action of stretching, widening, or enlarging an organ or part of the body : dilation sense 1b",
      ": a dilated or enlarged part or formation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdi-l\u0259-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccd\u012b-",
      "\u02ccdil-\u0259-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccd\u012b-l\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Elevated feeders were once recommended as a way to prevent gastric dilatation and volvulus (GDV), also known as bloat, a life-threatening condition that\u2019s most prevalent in large and deep-chested breeds. \u2014 Lindsay Pevny, Popular Mechanics , 24 June 2022",
      "The couple\u2019s veterinarian later confirmed that Gus died from a stomach bloat, also known as gastric dilatation -volvulus (GDV). \u2014 Timothy Bella, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
      "In the case of Spix\u2019s little blue macaws, that disease was nasty and incurable: proventricular dilatation disease. \u2014 Grrlscientist, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "Overdrinking or drinking too rapidly may cause bloat, a term used to describe gastric dilatation -volvulus. \u2014 Bayliss Wagner, USA TODAY , 12 Aug. 2021",
      "In Arkansas, dilatation and evacuation was the only method used to end pregnancies after 12 weeks, according to the Arkansas Department of Health. \u2014 Neal Earley, Arkansas Online , 23 Dec. 2020",
      "Poppy had gastric dilatation volvulus (GDV), more commonly known as bloat. \u2014 Kim Campbell Thornton, sacbee , 21 Mar. 2018",
      "An enlarged stomach accompanied by drooling, panting and retching without bringing anything up is a sign of gastric dilatation volvulus, commonly known as bloat and often seen in deep-chested dogs. \u2014 Kim Campbell Thornton, sacbee , 8 Dec. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-205720"
  },
  "diuturnal":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of long continuance : lasting"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6d\u012by\u00fc\u00a6t\u0259rn\u1d4al"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin diuturn us (from diu lasting a long time, a long time ago) + English -al"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-205902"
  },
  "drainage":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act, process, or mode of draining",
      ": something drained off",
      ": a device for draining : drain",
      ": a system of drains",
      ": an area or district drained",
      ": the act or process of removing a liquid",
      ": the act or process of drawing off fluids from a cavity or wound by means of suction or gravity",
      ": a process of releasing internal conflicts or pent-up feelings (as hostility or guilt)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101-nij",
      "\u02c8dr\u0101-nij",
      "\u02c8dr\u0101-nij"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With sport sandal-style water shoes, which typically expose the upper parts of your feet and toes to the open air, drainage is almost instantaneous. \u2014 Nathan Borchelt, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022",
      "For that reason, drainage is the key to maintaining a sound foundation, ensuring that water is directed away from the building. \u2014 Robby Brown, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
      "Divers have been searching for an 11-year-old child and two Milwaukee men who were swept into a drainage tunnel near 27th and Loomis after heavy rains Monday. \u2014 CBS News , 14 June 2022",
      "The 2022 budget for the city\u2019s drainage levy fund is $2.4 million, Dean said. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 13 June 2022",
      "City water bills are calculated based on water usage, sewerage disposal, and flat service charges for water, sewerage and drainage . \u2014 Nushrat Rahman And Malachi Barrett, Detroit Free Press , 13 June 2022",
      "Site improvements include a mill and overlay of 4 inches of pavement, increasing the right-of-way in certain locations and rehabilitating drainage structures. \u2014 Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
      "The flood control plans include a handful of retention ponds, to hold water and then release it slowly, along with a huge drainage conduit, dubbed the North Tunnel, to carry water safely into the Patapsco. \u2014 Steve Thompson, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
      "The Harappans of the Indus Valley Civilization went one better, building public drainage systems that enabled even ordinary dwellings to have bathrooms and toilets. \u2014 Amanda Foreman, WSJ , 9 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1652, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-210316"
  },
  "deputy chief":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an official in a police or fire department usually second in command",
      ": the rank of a deputy chief"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-211450"
  },
  "doobie":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a marijuana cigarette : joint"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-b\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The stock was trading at around $360 at the time, making the doobie -smokin\u2019 price a substantial premium. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "For knocking around with, cracking a joke, sharing a doobie , firing a paintball? \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Scientists on both ends of the spectrum disagree on the effects of the doobie , and meanwhile the tokers just keep bogeying up on the high side. \u2014 Chris Hays, orlandosentinel.com , 10 July 2021",
      "Also known as doobie , fatty, J, bone, cone or a spliff, and mixed with tobacco Kief: The leftover residue when the flower is separated from the cannabis plant. \u2014 Kathleen Gray, Detroit Free Press , 3 Dec. 2019",
      "For much of the video, her hair is swept up in headscarves; it\u2019s no Rihanna doobie wrap, but it\u2019s striking (and maternal) all the same. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 29 May 2018",
      "Each model was given a doobie wrap of sorts, with hair blow dried, tightened, and flattened to the head in a circular pattern using Redken\u2019s Hardwear Hair Gel. \u2014 Kathleen Hou, The Cut , 13 Sep. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "origin unknown"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1967, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-211524"
  },
  "disaster area":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an area officially declared to be the scene of an emergency created by a disaster and therefore qualified to receive certain types of governmental aid (such as emergency loans and relief supplies)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "After the hurricane, the state was declared a disaster area .",
      "His office is a disaster area . How can he find anything in all this clutter?",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Application deadlines vary according to when a county was declared an agricultural disaster area . \u2014 Chron , 8 May 2022",
      "On Tuesday, Pace-O-Matic issued a press release announcing the company's $125,000 contribution to the Kentucky FOP to buy equipment for its disaster area response team. \u2014 Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Residents in Kiev reached by telephone early this morning said all bus service in the city had been suspended so that the vehicles could be used to evacuate the disaster area . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Investigators also compared the footage to a 2018 TV news report in San Francisco on his arrest for violating orders not to enter a disaster area after a wildfire. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "But more and more studies are finding that the negative mental health effects of disasters extend far beyond the immediate disaster area . \u2014 Anthony Steven Dick, The Conversation , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "Mae Ramphueng Beach in Rayong province was declared a disaster area after some oil came ashore there late on Friday. \u2014 CNN , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "The Biden administration has declared Arkansas a federal disaster area , securing funding and other support for people affected by a string of deadly tornadoes that swept through the northeastern part of the state on Dec. 10-11. \u2014 Lara Farrar, Arkansas Online , 25 Dec. 2021",
      "Hanania said some Cicero residents received payments from FEMA about a decade ago after the town and other nearby communities were declared a disaster area due to flooding. \u2014 Paige Fry, chicagotribune.com , 24 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1911, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-211713"
  },
  "decisive action":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an action or actions done quickly and with confidence"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-211943"
  },
  "dependableness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": capable of being trusted or depended on : reliable",
      ": trustworthy , reliable"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8pen-d\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "di-\u02c8pen-d\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "calculable",
      "good",
      "reliable",
      "responsible",
      "safe",
      "secure",
      "solid",
      "steady",
      "sure",
      "tried",
      "tried-and-true",
      "true",
      "trustable",
      "trustworthy",
      "trusty"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dodgy",
      "uncertain",
      "undependable",
      "unreliable",
      "unsafe",
      "untrustworthy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "seeking a dependable person to look after their summer home in the off-season",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Freshman Tara Gruca, sophomore Kylie Sturm, junior Ruby Gray and senior Ella Cochenour have all been dependable both at the plate and in the field. \u2014 Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star , 22 May 2022",
      "Prescott appreciates Brisker\u2019s toughness and sees his value to the defense as a player who can be impactful inside the box but still be dependable in coverage. \u2014 Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Using solar and battery storage to meet the same goals would be too expensive and would not be as dependable , Salt River Project executives said in an interview. \u2014 Jon Schuppe, NBC News , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "And LaVine was LaVine, dependable as ever despite an early-season thumb injury and then a lingering left knee issue, willing to cede his role as top dog during closing time to let DeRozan do his thing. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "But this guy was as dependable as any in the history of the game. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "With the aces Max Scherzer and Jacob deGrom out, David Peterson has been surprisingly dependable . \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
      "These are used for hiking and are quite dependable . \u2014 Brenda Yenke, cleveland , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "There\u2019s no controlling for shameless, intransigent men, but there urgently need to be more dependable limits over their influence. \u2014 Holly Thomas, CNN , 12 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "see depend"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1735, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-212221"
  },
  "Dubawnt Lake":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "lake in Nunavut, northern Canada, east of Great Slave Lake"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-212616"
  },
  "destitution":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the state of being destitute",
      ": such extreme want as threatens life unless relieved",
      ": the condition of being very poor"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-st\u0259-\u02c8t\u00fc-sh\u0259n",
      "-\u02c8ty\u00fc-",
      "\u02ccde-st\u0259-\u02c8t\u00fc-sh\u0259n",
      "-\u02c8ty\u00fc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beggary",
      "destituteness",
      "impecuniosity",
      "impecuniousness",
      "impoverishment",
      "indigence",
      "necessity",
      "need",
      "neediness",
      "pauperism",
      "penuriousness",
      "penury",
      "poorness",
      "poverty",
      "want"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "affluence",
      "opulence",
      "richness",
      "wealth",
      "wealthiness"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "widespread destitution in Third World countries",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "No matter the utter destitution of their subjects, politicians and those close to politicians will always eat, and eat well. \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "However, the last two years have clearly pushed a lot more people into harsh destitution . \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Shelter is an issue impacting many people, from those on the brink of destitution to a whole generation of younger Californians for whom homeownership appears increasingly out of reach. \u2014 Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "In wealthy countries especially, consumer spending makes up such a huge proportion of the economy that there was no choice but to offer huge rescue packages to prevent a self-perpetuating cycle of bankruptcies and destitution . \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 2 Nov. 2021",
      "Growing destitution could undermine the Taliban\u2019s so-far solid hold on power and serve as a recruiting tool for the local branch of Islamic State, their only significant rival. \u2014 Saeed Shah, WSJ , 16 Oct. 2021",
      "Those on the left like to emphasize push factors \u2014 things that drive people to leave their countries, like violence, natural disasters or destitution . \u2014 New York Times , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "Rising inequality Even as tens of millions of people were being pushed into destitution , the ultra-rich becamewealthier. \u2014 Michelle Toh, CNN , 26 Dec. 2021",
      "This retreat from an accomplishment that helped keep millions of Americans out of destitution is a disgrace. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 7 June 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-212812"
  },
  "deficiency account":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an account supplementing the balance sheet of a financially weak enterprise showing estimated realization values of assets and their insufficiency to meet creditors' claims and occasionally indicating the causes of the difficulty"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-084414"
  },
  "delectus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a book of selected passages especially for learners of Latin or Greek"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8lekt\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin, selection, from delectus , past participle of deligere to choose out, select, from de- + -ligere (from legere to gather)"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-084441"
  },
  "deducement":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": inference , deduction"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-sm\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-084602"
  },
  "disimagine":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to dispel from existence in the imagination"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6dis+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dis- entry 1 + imagine"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-084700"
  },
  "downtime":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": time during which production is stopped especially during setup for an operation or when making repairs",
      ": inactive time (such as time between periods of work)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02cct\u012bm"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "layoff",
      "time-out",
      "winter"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "After a busy day at work, I look forward to some downtime at home.",
      "The kids napped during their downtime .",
      "We need to minimize network downtime .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Instead of taking downtime , the students built sheds. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 June 2022",
      "But with a lot of downtime during those long events, Conrad came to know McClure as a friend. \u2014 Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star , 23 June 2022",
      "During a bit of downtime from his life on the road, Wimbish called up Rolling Stone from his home in Hartford, Connecticut, to look back on his incredible journey. \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 22 June 2022",
      "The report calculated the cost of downtime for the three tiers. \u2014 Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "While the trading hub did feel chaotic at times, the residents of Dejima also had plenty of downtime . \u2014 Rob Goss, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 May 2022",
      "After all, in a world often characterized by busyness and lack of downtime , who wouldn't want to try and sleep better? \u2014 Diletta De Cristofaro, The Week , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Trevor Stout and Tom Stankiewicz had a lot of downtime while they were stuck at home in 2020 during the pandemic. \u2014 Anne Nickoloff, cleveland , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Like many musicians, she was forced to cancel a string of shows during the pandemic, and the downtime led to the inspiration for her latest single, Backseat Of My Mind. \u2014 Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com , 3 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1928, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-085058"
  },
  "disgeneric":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": belonging to different genera"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6dis+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dis- entry 1 + generic"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-085105"
  },
  "Dungan":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of Dungan variant of tungan"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-085336"
  },
  "drony":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": like a drone : sluggish , lazy",
      ": characterized by or producing a drone"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u014dn\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "drone entry 1 + -y"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-085343"
  },
  "dil":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "dilute",
      "dilute"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-085558"
  },
  "disherit":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": disinherit"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259s\u02c8her\u0259\u0307t",
      "(\u02c8)dis\u00a6h-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English deseriten, disheriten , from Old French deseriter, desheriter , from des- dis- entry 1 + heriter to inherit, from Latin hereditare to inherit"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-085733"
  },
  "disc brake":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a brake that operates by the action of a frictional material pressed against the sides of a rotating disc by a caliper"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The hand levers activate the front drum brakes and the single rear disc brake . \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 26 May 2022",
      "Finally, its electric combination braking system features a front drum brake, rear disc brake , and electric brake. \u2014 Scott Kramer, Forbes , 15 May 2022",
      "Many disc brake pads are held in place by a horizontal screw or bolt. \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Outside Online , 3 June 2020",
      "With new suspension hung, the transmission rebuilt, a disc brake conversion mounted, and a limited-slip differential bolted into the rear-axle, it hasn't been touched in 22 years. \u2014 David Beard, Car and Driver , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "Less familiar are toggle switches on the left side for the regenerative-braking system, which blends with a conventional disc brake , and a switch for Range and Sport drive modes. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "The recall was prompted by an accident in which a rider became a quadriplegic after a quick-release lever on the front wheel came into contact with the disc brake . \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 22 Apr. 2015",
      "The single rear disc brake will require some tightening with a hex key. \u2014 Julian Chokkattu, Wired , 16 Jan. 2022",
      "And, with an EBS disc brake system, even easier to stop and take in the sights along the way. \u2014 Breanna Wilson, Forbes , 7 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1865, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-074738"
  },
  "denize":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": denizen"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "probably by alteration (influence of -ize )"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-075047"
  },
  "dominating":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": rule , control",
      ": to exert the supreme determining or guiding influence on",
      ": to overlook from a superior elevation or command because of superior height or position",
      ": to be predominant in",
      ": to have a commanding or preeminent place or position in",
      ": to have or exert mastery, control, or preeminence",
      ": to occupy a more elevated or superior position",
      ": to have a commanding position or controlling power over"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "conquer",
      "overpower",
      "pacify",
      "subdue",
      "subject",
      "subjugate",
      "subordinate",
      "vanquish"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "One company has dominated the market for years.",
      "He dominated her life for many years.",
      "His work dominated the art scene last year.",
      "Our team dominated throughout the game.",
      "Our team dominated play throughout the game.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Whites continue to dominate executive and C-suite level positions at most major banks and insurance companies, studies have shown. \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 8 June 2022",
      "The reversion to lockdown is the latest reminder that despite the easing of restrictions, the government's zero-Covid policy -- comprised of mass testing, extensive quarantine and snap lockdowns -- will continue to dominate everyday life. \u2014 Nectar Gan And Cnn's Beijing Bureau, CNN , 3 June 2022",
      "Despite their prevalence in our economy\u2014there are roughly 31 million small businesses in the U.S. alone\u2014major corporations continue to dominate . \u2014 Ed Jay, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
      "Also on board were the most advanced weapons system of its time, and the aircraft had the speed, maneuverability and all-out power needed to dominate the air. \u2014 Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 May 2022",
      "Young players continue to dominate golf's older stars: The last four winners of major championships have been in their 20s \u2014 Thomas, Scottie Scheffler (the Masters), Collin Morikawa (British Open), and Jon Rahm (U.S. Open champion). \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 23 May 2022",
      "But with Starship, SpaceX could disrupt the market yet again, and continue to dominate the industry. \u2014 Christian Davenport, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
      "Similarly, the White House's projection assumes Omicron subvariants continue to dominate and that a dramatically different strain of the virus doesn't evolve, The Post reported. \u2014 Erin Prater, Fortune , 8 May 2022",
      "This will be a very interesting matchup to see if Kelly can continue to dominate against one of the best teams in baseball. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 25 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin dominatus , past participle of dominari , from dominus master; akin to Latin domus house \u2014 more at dome"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1611, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-075256"
  },
  "dumb piano":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a portable keyboard used in past times for silent piano practice"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1842, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-075353"
  },
  "deferential":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": showing or expressing respect and high regard due a superior or an elder : showing or expressing deference",
      ": deferent"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-f\u0259-\u02c8ren-ch\u0259l",
      "\u02ccdef-\u0259-\u02c8ren-ch\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "deferent",
      "dutiful",
      "regardful",
      "respectful"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "disrespectful",
      "undutiful"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the man had the deferential attitude of someone who had been a servant his entire life",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And they are widely considered capable and smart in supporting roles but too deferential and submissive to run lines of business or entire organizations. \u2014 Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY , 5 May 2022",
      "Murkowski has been more deferential to Biden's judicial nominees than many of her Republican colleagues. \u2014 Manu Raju And Alex Rogers, CNN , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Some nuclear safety advocates say the NRC is being too deferential to Holtec and other companies. \u2014 Douglas Macmillan, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
      "DiPentima complained that the General Assembly is too deferential to labor. \u2014 Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant , 1 May 2022",
      "Unions, though, have spent decades fighting accountability and steering their support to deferential politicians. \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 4 Oct. 2021",
      "It\u2019s all part of a charm offensive portraying bots as safe, polite, cute and deferential . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Unfailingly polite and deferential to colleagues, Gilbert has formed friendships on both sides of the aisle \u2014 in part through a reputation for straight dealing. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "For most of their chummy conversations, Tomlinson appeared polite, deferential , even in awe of her friend and mentor, a more seasoned stand-up, writer and television star. \u2014 Jason Zinoman, New York Times , 8 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "defer(ence) + -ential, by analogy with other Latin-derived words where the suffixes -ence and -ential imply one another (as prudence , prudential )"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1822, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-075445"
  },
  "dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": absorptiometry in which the density or mass of a material (such as bone) is measured by comparing the material's absorption of X-rays of two different energies and which is used especially for determining the mineral content of bone",
      ": absorptiometry in which the density or mass of a material (such as bone or fat) is measured by comparing the material's absorption of X-rays of two different energies and which is used especially for determining the mineral content and density of bone"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc(-\u0259)l-\u02c8e-n\u0259r-j\u0113-",
      "also",
      "\u02c8d(y)\u00fc-\u0259l-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1988, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-075526"
  },
  "developed dye":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of a group of direct azo dyes that after application to the fiber can be further diazotized and coupled on the fiber to form shades faster to washing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-075619"
  },
  "deck curb":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a curb surrounding or edging a roof deck"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-075625"
  },
  "De Morgan's theorem":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one of a pair of theorems in logic: the denial of a conjunction is equivalent to the alternation of the denials and the denial of an alternation is equivalent to the conjunction of the denials"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8m\u022frg\u0259nz-",
      "d\u0113\u02c8-"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "after Augustus De Morgan \u20201871 English mathematician"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-080026"
  },
  "disc cultivator":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a cultivator consisting of discs that are grouped in sets and paired so that the discs of each pair incline in opposite directions"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-080123"
  },
  "downcome":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a coming down : descent : sudden fall : downfall , overthrow",
      ": downcomer sense a"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n\u02cck\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English (Scots) douncome , from Middle English doun down + come action of coming, alteration (influenced by comen to come) of kime , from Old English cyme , from cuman to come"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-080140"
  },
  "disscepter":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deprive of a scepter"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259(s)",
      "(\u02c8)di(s)+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dis- entry 1 + scepter (noun)"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-080301"
  },
  "diapason":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a burst of sound",
      ": the principal foundation stop in the organ extending through the complete range of the instrument",
      ": the entire compass of musical tones",
      ": range , scope",
      ": tuning fork",
      ": a standard of pitch"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u012b-\u0259-\u02c8p\u0101-z\u1d4an",
      "-s\u1d4an"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "gamut",
      "range",
      "scale",
      "spectrum",
      "spread",
      "stretch"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the survey ultimately recorded the full diapason of seemingly possible replies regarding sexual practices"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English, from Latin, from Greek (h\u0113) dia pas\u014dn (chord\u014dn symph\u014dnia) , literally, the concord through all the notes, from dia through + pas\u014dn , genitive feminine plural of pas all \u2014 more at dia- , pan-"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1501, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-080815"
  },
  "didelphid":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of or relating to Didelphidae or to Didelphis or to members of this family or genus",
      ": a marsupial of the family Didelphidae or genus Didelphis : opossum"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u012b\u00a6delf\u0259\u0307d",
      "\""
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Adjective",
      "New Latin Didelphidae"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-080950"
  },
  "dikereeve":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an English official in charge of the drains, sluices, and sea walls in a district of fen or marshy land"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "perhaps alteration (influenced by English reeve ) of dikegrave (official)"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-081714"
  },
  "defatted":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove fat from",
      ": to remove fat from"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8fat",
      "(\u02c8)d\u0113-\u02c8fat"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1892, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-082457"
  },
  "de mortuis nil nisi bonum":{
    "type":[
      "Latin phrase"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of the dead, (say) nothing but good"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0101-\u02c8m\u022fr-tu\u0307-\u02cc\u0113s-\u02ccn\u0113l-\u02ccni-s\u0113-\u02c8b\u022f-\u02ccnu\u0307m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-082801"
  },
  "develin":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of develin variant of deviling:1 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-083013"
  },
  "dossily":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in a dossy manner"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4s\u0259\u0307l\u0113",
      "-li"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-083625"
  },
  "doom ring":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a stone circle of Norway marking the limits of an ancient Norse court of justice"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "translation of Old Norse d\u014dmhringr , from d\u014dmr court, judgment + hringr ring"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-084615"
  },
  "de plano":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": beyond argument : manifestly",
      ": in a summary way : as a matter of course"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0101\u02c8pl\u00e4(\u02cc)n\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-084832"
  },
  "devow":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to dedicate especially by a vow : devote",
      ": renounce , disavow",
      ": to release from a vow",
      "[ de- + vow , verb]"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle French devouer , from de- (as in devot devout) + vouer to vow, verb"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-085138"
  },
  "duck sauce":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a thick sauce in Chinese cuisine that contains fruits (such as plums or apricots), vinegar, sweeteners, and seasonings"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1978, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-085148"
  },
  "divisible surplus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the part of the annual surplus fund of an insurance company which is available for payment in the form of dividends to policyholders"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-085433"
  },
  "defender office":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a staff of lawyers whose duty is to defend poor persons charged with crime",
      ": such a staff holding public office"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-085628"
  },
  "duckweed":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a small floating aquatic monocotyledonous plant (family Lemnaceae, the duckweed family)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259k-\u02ccw\u0113d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Fish can\u2019t survive there because duckweed depletes the oxygen that aquatic life needs to survive, Hulke said. \u2014 Gloria Casas, chicagotribune.com , 26 Nov. 2021",
      "The drama is heightened by the blanket of duckweed that has turned the placid, still water a surreal shade of green. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 July 2021",
      "To make up for any deficiency, dieters are asked to consume what's known as Wolffia globosa, or a byproduct of duckweed , an aquatic plant. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 7 Dec. 2020",
      "Scientists have learned that duckweed can produce almost the same amount of protein as soybeans, soak up heavy metals and be revived after months or years in a freezer, Harkess said. \u2014 Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al , 1 Sep. 2020",
      "Demmig-Adams and her colleagues are exploring the best possible ways to grow duckweed . \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 16 July 2020",
      "The tricky thing about growing duckweed (and all plants) in space is getting the conditions just right in order to maximize productivity and nutrient growth. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 16 July 2020",
      "And God was not waiting for artists among tupelo gum trees or brackish marsh or duckweed . \u2014 Zachary Fine, The New York Review of Books , 8 Feb. 2020",
      "Plants include bacopa, elodea, stream moss, duckweed , azolla and ludwigia. \u2014 Janene Holzberg, baltimoresun.com , 3 Sep. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-085840"
  },
  "Discomedusae":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adjective or noun",
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a large order of Scyphozoa equivalent to the modern orders Rhizostomae and Semaeostomeae, or more broadly, nearly equivalent to Scyphozoa"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6disk\u014d+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, plural, from disc- + medusae , plural of medusa"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-085916"
  },
  "desexualize":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deprive of sexual characters or power",
      ": to divest of sexual quality",
      ": to deprive of sexual characters or power",
      ": to divest of sexual quality"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8sek-sh(\u0259-)w\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz",
      "-\u02c8sek-sh\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz",
      "-\u02c8sek-sh\u00fc-\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In addition, many vaccination campaigns aim to desexualize the HPV vaccine, instead of focusing on its effectiveness in preventing cancers later in life. \u2014 USA Today , 23 May 2022",
      "In addition, many vaccination campaigns aim to desexualize the HPV vaccine, instead of focusing on its effectiveness in preventing cancers later in life. \u2014 USA Today , 23 May 2022",
      "In addition, many vaccination campaigns aim to desexualize the HPV vaccine, instead of focusing on its effectiveness in preventing cancers later in life. \u2014 USA Today , 23 May 2022",
      "In addition, many vaccination campaigns aim to desexualize the HPV vaccine, instead of focusing on its effectiveness in preventing cancers later in life. \u2014 USA Today , 23 May 2022",
      "In addition, many vaccination campaigns aim to desexualize the HPV vaccine, instead of focusing on its effectiveness in preventing cancers later in life. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 5 May 2022",
      "Participants see the march as an opportunity to normalize and desexualize women\u2019s breasts. \u2014 The Know Staff, The Know , 26 Aug. 2019",
      "Several told me stories of being advised to desexualize themselves, or of choosing to do so. \u2014 Hallie Lieberman, New York Times , 7 June 2019",
      "But beyond its shiny surface and real estate pornography, the film, is a way to talk about the ways in which older people are desexualized in our culture. \u2014 Katie Walsh, kansascity , 17 May 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1894, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-090421"
  },
  "disaccharidase":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an enzyme (such as maltase or lactase) that hydrolyzes disaccharides",
      ": an enzyme (as maltase or lactase) that hydrolyzes disaccharides"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u012b-\u02c8sa-k\u0259-r\u0259-\u02ccd\u0101s",
      "-\u02ccd\u0101z",
      "(\u02c8)d\u012b-\u02c8sak-\u0259-r\u0259-\u02ccd\u0101s, -\u02ccd\u0101z"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1961, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-090540"
  },
  "doubly ruled surface":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a ruled surface with two systems of rulings or generators",
      ": a quadric surface"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-091027"
  },
  "dialectical materialism":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the Marxist theory that maintains the material basis of a reality constantly changing in a dialectical process and the priority of matter over mind \u2014 compare historical materialism"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1898, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-091348"
  },
  "death instinct":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an innate and unconscious tendency toward self-destruction postulated in psychoanalytic theory to explain aggressive and destructive behavior not satisfactorily explained by the pleasure principle",
      ": an innate and unconscious tendency toward self-destruction postulated in psychoanalytic theory to explain aggressive and destructive behavior not satisfactorily explained by the pleasure principle"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1921, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-091407"
  },
  "dialectical theology":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": neoorthodoxy especially as holding against rationalism that one's attempts to know God by one's own reasoning reach contradictory conclusions and must give way to a faith that awaits God's word"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1925, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-104147"
  },
  "damnification":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the action of damnifying : an infliction of injury or loss"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdamn\u0259\u0307f\u0259\u0307\u02c8k\u0101sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccdaamn-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "French, from Middle French, damage, harm, from Medieval Latin damnification-, damnificatio , from Late Latin damnificatus (past participle of damnificare ) + Latin -ion-, -io -ion"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-122513"
  },
  "descending diphthong":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": falling diphthong"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-122712"
  },
  "deglutinate":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": unglue",
      ": to extract or remove gluten from (as wheat flour)",
      "[influenced in meaning by New Latin gluten (substance in flour)]"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u0113+\u02c8-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin deglutinatus , past participle of deglutinare , from de- + glutinare to glue, from glutin-, gluten glue; akin to Latin glut-, glus glue"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-122718"
  },
  "demos":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": populace",
      ": the common people of an ancient Greek state"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113-\u02ccm\u00e4s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "borrowed from Greek d\u00eamos \u2014 more at demo-"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1806, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-122824"
  },
  "diaryl":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": containing two aryl groups especially in place of hydrogen"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u012b+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "di- + aryl"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-123314"
  },
  "Dungannon":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "district of southern Northern Ireland, established 1974 area 301 square miles (783 square kilometers), population 53,000"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0259n-\u02c8ga-n\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-124235"
  },
  "despondent":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection , or depression",
      ": very sad"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sp\u00e4n-d\u0259nt",
      "di-\u02c8sp\u00e4n-d\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "despairing",
      "desperate",
      "forlorn",
      "hopeless"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "hopeful",
      "optimistic"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "His colleagues did not care for his despondent company, which made him suffer more, which perpetuated their distance \u2026 \u2014 Noah Charney , The Art Thief , 2007",
      "The Simpsons' plots are a bit more sophisticated than their Saturday morning counterparts and are occasionally tinged with pathos\u2014as when Homer loses his job at the nuclear-power plant and becomes despondent and even suicidal. \u2014 Jerry Lazar , TV Guide , 13 Jan. 1990",
      "Writers who spend much time in universities are likely to grow despondent over the future of literature, for there it is treated as a finished thing. \u2014 Louis Simpson , New York Times Book Review , 21 Nov. 1982",
      "I had never seen them looking so despondent .",
      "a group of despondent fans",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The other, Keystone, who served with the Army in the Middle East and suffered traumatic brain injury, was despondent about a contentious family drama and knew the Dreamer would help him through it. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 June 2022",
      "Over the past six months, Democrats have become increasingly despondent about their prospects in November's midterm elections. \u2014 CNN , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "So while everyone is despondent to saying goodbye to the Pearson family after six incredible seasons, at least fans get the opportunity to see Moore in person and celebrate her music. \u2014 Steve Baltin, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
      "And in her early 20s, despondent at a career setback, Ms. Jean-Pierre attempted suicide. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
      "And in her early 20s, despondent at a career setback, Jean-Pierre attempted suicide. \u2014 Michael M. Grynbaum, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
      "Grief trafficked in overwhelming negative feelings with their particular strain of sludge metal in the \u201890s, especially downtrodden even amongst their contemporaries like Eyehategod, Buzzov*en, and the punkier but ultra- despondent Dystopia. \u2014 Andy O'connor, SPIN , 24 May 2022",
      "Some bears were so despondent about the results in fact, that a number questioned their very validity. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "In the last stretch of a 26.2-mile trek in March\u2019s Los Angeles Marathon, Andrea called her mother, despondent . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin despondent-, despondens , present participle of despond\u0113re"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1699, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-124519"
  },
  "drop/dump (something) in/into/on someone's lap":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to give (something) to someone suddenly even though he or she did not want it or expect it"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-125205"
  },
  "discloak":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": uncloak"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dis- entry 1 + cloak (noun)"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-125556"
  },
  "diuron":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a persistent herbicide C 9 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O used especially to control annual weeds"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b-y\u0259-\u02ccr\u00e4n"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "di chlor- + ur ea + - on (as in parathion )"
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1957, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-125918"
  },
  "demiurgeous":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "definitions":[
      ": demiurgic"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-131323"
  },
  "detin":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
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    "definitions":[
      ": to remove or recover tin from"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u0113+"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-131535"
  },
  "down to the smallest/last/tiniest detail":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
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    "definitions":[
      ": taking into account even the smallest things"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-131644"
  },
  "drawpoint":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a pointed tempered steel tool used to scratch in transferred pencil lines or to stitch and pierce holes (as a mandrel for making small rings)"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-131720"
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  "drail":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling for fish (as bluefish)",
      ": a perforated iron projecting from the beam of a plow to which the horses are hitched",
      ": to fish by trolling with a drail"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101l",
      "",
      "\""
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    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Noun",
      "from obsolete English drail to drag or trail along, perhaps alteration (influenced by draw & drag ) of trail"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-131939"
  },
  "dictionary catalog":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a catalog having its entries (such as author, title, or subject) arranged in a single alphabet"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1869, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-131947"
  },
  "desert varnish":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a dark coating which is found on rocks after long exposure in desert regions and whose color is due to iron and manganese oxides"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1898, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-132020"
  },
  "denotative definition":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": ostensive definition"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-132531"
  },
  "decipherable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": decode sense 1a",
      ": depict",
      ": to make out the meaning of despite indistinctness or obscurity",
      ": to interpret the meaning of",
      ": to translate from secret or mysterious writing : decode",
      ": to make out the meaning of something not clear"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0113-\u02c8s\u012b-f\u0259r",
      "d\u0113-\u02c8s\u012b-f\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break",
      "crack",
      "decode",
      "decrypt"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "cipher",
      "code",
      "encipher",
      "encode",
      "encrypt"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "I couldn't decipher his sloppy handwriting.",
      "we deciphered the hidden message to find out when we were supposed to meet",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Research can help decipher whether scratches in the bone are due to animals or a murderer\u2019s knife, for example. \u2014 Monique Brouillette, Popular Mechanics , 23 June 2022",
      "While these plant selections are all low-maintenance and suited to outdoor hanging planters, local experts can help you decipher which are best for your growing conditions and how best to care for them in your environment. \u2014 Terri Robertson, Country Living , 21 June 2022",
      "The scientists, unfortunately were not able to decipher how to manipulate the perfect split Oreo split with equal cream on each side of the cookie. \u2014 Maria Jimenez Moya, USA TODAY , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Also, Henry\u2019s (Eddie Liu) findings lead him to an expert who may be able to decipher his research, while Jin and Mei-Li (Tzi Ma, Kheng Hua Tan) help settle an age-old dispute between Chinatown\u2019s oldest grocers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "His absentee boss, whose own messaging often has been the dickens to decipher , obviously feels OK with what\u2019s gone on here. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
      "Six years after Mustill was nearly killed by the humpback, a group of scientists from, among other institutions, Harvard, M.I.T., and Oxford formed the Cetacean Translation Initiative, or CETI, to try to decipher whale communications. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
      "Legislators intentionally make laws about our own bodies hard to decipher . \u2014 Glamour , 1 June 2022",
      "Connections to today's inequities aren't hard to decipher . \u2014 Jake Coyle, ajc , 21 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1545, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-132613"
  },
  "delectableness":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality of being delectable"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-b\u0259ln\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-132929"
  },
  "disilane":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a liquid compound Si 2 H 6 of silicon and hydrogen that is spontaneously flammable in air"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "di- + silane or silicane"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-133047"
  },
  "dew pond":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a shallow artificial pond on the English downs filled and kept up chiefly by the condensation of dew and mist and used to provide water for cattle"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-133408"
  },
  "dorbeetle":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of various beetles that fly with a buzzing sound",
      ": a common European dung beetle ( Geotrupes stercorarius )"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dor entry 1 + beetle"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-133712"
  },
  "dockwalloper":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a loafer about docks who picks up casual employment",
      ": a freight handler on a dock"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dock entry 4"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-134507"
  },
  "drift indicator":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a flight instrument used for measuring the angle of drift of an aircraft and equipped with a hairline or sight wire that may be rotated until objects on the ground appear to travel parallel with it so that from the position of the wire the drift angle may then be read directly from a calibration chart"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-134637"
  },
  "deglutition":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or process of swallowing",
      ": the act, power, or process of swallowing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113-gl\u00fc-\u02c8ti-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccde-gl\u00fc-",
      "\u02ccd\u0113-\u02ccgl\u00fc-\u02c8tish-\u0259n",
      "\u02ccdeg-\u02ccl\u00fc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "French d\u00e9glutition , from Latin deglutire to swallow down, from de- + glutire, gluttire to swallow \u2014 more at glutton"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1650, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-134701"
  },
  "decentralization":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the dispersion or distribution of functions and powers",
      ": the delegation of power from a central authority to regional and local authorities",
      ": the redistribution of population and industry from urban centers to outlying areas"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02ccsen-tr\u0259-l\u0259-\u02c8z\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Adherents believe Web3 will restore democracy to the internet, put users back in charge through decentralization , and respect user privacy. \u2014 Maritza Johnson, Fortune , 24 June 2022",
      "Many visions of how the metaverse will evolve include concepts like decentralization and uniqueness of digital assets. \u2014 Bernard Marr, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
      "More important than current price points is the confidence that decentralization of markets creates opportunities for financial inclusion and to solve economic inequity, Mesidor said. \u2014 Jake Traylor, NBC News , 23 June 2022",
      "Such radical decentralization would greatly affect the democracy-building mission of the public schools, say experts who support the traditional system. \u2014 Chelsea Sheasley, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 June 2022",
      "For Glen Weyl, an economist at Microsoft Research who was consulted on the research, this finding demonstrates how decentralization played a rhetorical rather than substantive role. \u2014 New York Times , 4 June 2022",
      "This decentralization of data distribution has made the story harder to track. \u2014 Amy Kellogg, Fox News , 3 June 2022",
      "Candidates in the recent election, as usual, made rural development and the decentralization of Manila prime talking points. \u2014 New York Times , 22 May 2022",
      "Despite varying opinions between internet denizens, decentralization is clearly emerging as the future of the internet. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 20 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1846, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-134748"
  },
  "descending line":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the portion of a line of direct descent that represents descendants of a given individual \u2014 compare consanguinity sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-134809"
  },
  "Dispholidus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a genus of boigid snakes that includes the boomslang"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8sf\u00e4l\u0259d\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, from dis- entry 1 + -pholidus (from Greek pholid-, pholis scale of a reptile)"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-134840"
  },
  "dock-tailed":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having a docked tail"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dock entry 2 + tailed"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-135217"
  },
  "dunker":{
    "type":[
      "noun ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that dunks",
      ": a basketball player who makes dunk shots",
      ": a member of the Church of the Brethren or any of several other originally German Baptist denominations practicing trine immersion and love feasts and refusing to take oaths or to perform military service"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259\u014b-k\u0259r",
      "\u02c8d\u0259\u014b-k\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "And if opposing teams go small instead to try to counter Williamson's bounce, Gobert in the dunker spot will feast more than Valanciunas ever could. \u2014 Mark Deeks, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "The 6-foot-9, 200-pound forward is already one of Kentucky's best defensive players and the team's most athletic dunker . \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 31 May 2022",
      "Of the five players who left the team in recent weeks, by far the biggest loss was Franklin, an athletic 6-foot-7 dunker who averaged 12.2 points and 7.8 rebounds per game last season. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 6 May 2022",
      "Meanwhile, stationing him in the dunker 's spot allows Miami to pack the paint and cut off driving lanes for James Harden, Tyrese Maxey and Tobias Harris. \u2014 Bryan Toporek, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
      "Griner is a six-time All-Star, won consecutive WNBA Defensive Player of the Year awards in 2014-15 and is the most prolific dunker in WNBA history. \u2014 John Marshall, ajc , 7 May 2022",
      "Fun fact: Junior 6-1 forward Francesca Belibi is the only dunker currently playing women\u2019s college basketball, having dunked twice last season. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "From time to time, Payton has even matched up with 7-foot centers in the dunker spot \u2014 the area along the baseline, just outside the lane, where players await a pass from a driver. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "My pursuit led me to the World Dunk Association, which was started in 2020 by Kadour Ziani a retired professional dunker , and Damian Le Nouaille-Diez, a software engineer, author and entrepreneur. \u2014 Justin Barber, The Conversation , 18 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "dunk entry 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "Pennsylvania German Dunker , from dunke"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "1919, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1744, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-135229"
  },
  "door knocker":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a small metal device on a door that a person moves in order to make a knocking sound"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-135322"
  },
  "double-dealer":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": action contradictory to a professed attitude : duplicity",
      ": given to or marked by duplicity"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0259-b\u0259l-\u02c8d\u0113-li\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "artifice",
      "cheating",
      "cozenage",
      "craft",
      "craftiness",
      "crookedness",
      "crookery",
      "cunning",
      "cunningness",
      "deceit",
      "deceitfulness",
      "deception",
      "deceptiveness",
      "dishonesty",
      "dissembling",
      "dissimulation",
      "dupery",
      "duplicity",
      "fakery",
      "foxiness",
      "fraud",
      "guile",
      "guilefulness",
      "wiliness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "crooked",
      "deceitful",
      "defrauding",
      "dishonest",
      "false",
      "fraudulent"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1529, in the meaning defined above",
      "Adjective",
      "1587, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-135647"
  },
  "dedans":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an open gallery that is one of the winning openings placed at the service end of the court in court tennis",
      ": the spectators at a court-tennis match"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u02c8d\u00e4\u207f"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "French, literally, interior, from Middle French, from dedans , adverb & preposition, within, in, from Old French dedenz , from de of, from (from Latin, from, away) + denz within, in, from Late Latin deintus , from Latin de from, away + intus within, in; akin to Greek entos within, in, Sanskrit antas tya intestines; derivative from a prehistoric Indo-European word represented by Latin in"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-135715"
  },
  "Deng Xiaoping":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "\u2014 see teng hsiao-p'ing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-140120"
  },
  "duiker":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of several small African antelopes comprising two genera ( Cephalophus and Sylvicapra )"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b-k\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There are only two blue duiker paired for breeding now, Walter and Peridot, Roath said. \u2014 Dallas News , 16 June 2021",
      "Ahead of us, tiny blue duiker antelope crashed through the undergrowth; up in the canopy, weaver birds announced our arrival with shrill cries and samango monkeys followed our progress with curious, darting eyes. \u2014 Peter Browne, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 20 Dec. 2019",
      "Gabonese chimpanzees were observed cracking tortoises open against tree trunks and preparing them on the half shell, and Tanzanian chimpanzees intimidated a leopard into surrendering its blue duiker . \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper's magazine , 22 July 2019",
      "Researchers don't know for sure which animals are Ebola carriers, but there's evidence that fruit bats may play a role in spreading the virus to other animals, such as chimpanzees, gorillas, and duikers . \u2014 Michael Greshko, National Geographic , 9 Apr. 2019",
      "In addition to the bongo, Hatwood said, three or four of the center\u2019s sable antelope, two or three eland and a duiker (DIKE-er) also are probably pregnant. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Dec. 2017",
      "Not every zoo animal gets a holiday gift box \u2014 some, like the bears and badger, are already hibernating; others, like the zebras and duikers could end up stepping on the boxes and getting their hooves stuck. \u2014 Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 Dec. 2017",
      "So, shortly after Aria moved in with the two bongos \u2014 like the duiker , a type of African antelope \u2014 the tortoises living in the same area were sent packing. \u2014 Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 21 June 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Afrikaans, literally, diver, from duik to dive, from Middle Dutch d\u016bken ; akin to Old High German t\u016bhhan to dive \u2014 more at duck entry 2"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1777, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-140203"
  },
  "deep-sea":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of, relating to, or occurring in the deeper parts of the sea"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113p-\u02c8s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blue-water",
      "oceanic",
      "pelagic"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1626, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-140226"
  },
  "disrelate":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to break the relationship between or among : disunite"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6dis+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dis- entry 1 + relate"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-140852"
  },
  "descendingly":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in a downward direction",
      ": southward in the sky"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-141055"
  },
  "drop ear":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": button ear"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-141416"
  },
  "decide for oneself":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of decide for oneself \u2014 used to say that a person is the only one who can make a decision about something that directly affects him or her You have to decide for yourself how you want to spend the evening."
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-142039"
  },
  "derivative":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation",
      ": something derived",
      ": the limit of the ratio of the change in a function to the corresponding change in its independent variable as the latter change approaches zero",
      ": a chemical substance related structurally to another substance and theoretically derivable from it",
      ": a substance that can be made from another substance",
      ": a contract or security (see security sense 3 ) that derives its value from that of an underlying asset (such as another security) or from the value of a rate (as of interest or currency exchange) or index (see index entry 1 sense 1b ) of asset value (such as a stock index)",
      ": formed from another word or base : formed by derivation",
      ": having parts that originate from another source : made up of or marked by derived elements",
      ": lacking originality : banal",
      ": a word formed from an earlier word or root",
      ": something that is formed from something else",
      ": formed from something else",
      ": formed by derivation",
      ": made up of or marked by derived elements",
      ": something that is obtained from, grows out of, or results from an earlier or more fundamental state or condition",
      ": a chemical substance related structurally to another substance and theoretically derivable from it",
      ": a substance that can be made from another substance",
      ": a contract or security that derives its value from that of an underlying asset (as another security) or from the value of a rate (as of interest or currency exchange) or index of asset value (as a stock index)",
      ": arising out of or dependent on the existence of something else \u2014 compare direct",
      ": of, relating to, or being a derivative"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8ri-v\u0259-tiv",
      "di-\u02c8ri-v\u0259-tiv",
      "di-\u02c8riv-\u0259t-iv",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8ri-v\u0259-tiv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "by-product",
      "derivate",
      "derivation",
      "offshoot",
      "outgrowth",
      "spin-off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "secondary",
      "secondhand"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The word \u201cchildish\u201d is a derivative of \u201cchild.\u201d",
      "Tofu is one of many soybean derivatives .",
      "Petroleum is a derivative of coal tar.",
      "Adjective",
      "A number of critics found the film derivative and predictable.",
      "His style seems too derivative of Hemingway.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Tying in the Nettuno derivative was key if the Gracale was to have any real gravitas. \u2014 Viju Mathew, Robb Report , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "By stimulating cell turnover, the vitamin A derivative offers its consistent, long-term users a host of benefits. \u2014 Marci Robin, Allure , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "The night treatment features retinol, the vitamin-A derivative known for boosting cell turnover to improve fine lines, wrinkles, and discoloration, while the facial milk keeps skin calm and hydrated with soothing plant oils. \u2014 Erica Metzger, Better Homes & Gardens , 9 Sep. 2021",
      "Glycyrrhetinic Acid is a derivative of liquorice extract and is an anti-irritant agent that softens your skin while also eliminating bacteria that can cause body odor. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 May 2022",
      "The serum is also formulated with hydrating hyaluronic acid, soothing niacinamide, bisabolol (a derivative of chamomile), and vitamin C. \u2014 Sarah Madaus, SELF , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Though English and French are official languages, everyone speaks Creole (Seselwa), a French derivative with Bantu and Malagasy influences. \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "They are all made from a derivative of silicon, called Silinvar, which is known for being lightweight, rugged and antimagnetic. \u2014 Paige Reddinger, Robb Report , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Pycnogenol, a derivative of pine trees, is the antioxidant of choice in this formula. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Lots of good imitators have lived in the Big Brother house but these derivative caricatures are often simplistic and never stand the test of time. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 28 June 2022",
      "Chris Bae, chief executive and co-founder at structured- derivative -solutions provider EDG and a former trader at UBS and Goldman Sachs, is looking at open interest and is tracking global exchanges that offer options trading. \u2014 Vildana Hajric, Fortune , 25 June 2022",
      "And to pull back the film\u2019s own Pennywisian mask of derivative fright-making is to find nothing much underneath. \u2014 A.a. Dowd, Rolling Stone , 23 June 2022",
      "Commodities fall outside of its lane though interestingly its sister agency, the Commodity and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which currently oversees derivative markets and contracts based on digital commodities. \u2014 Steven Ehrlich, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "Readers who give themselves over fully to Yuknavitch\u2019s aqueous story will catch strains of Jeanette Winterson and David Mitchell, but there\u2019s nothing derivative about her insightful reverie. \u2014 Ron Charles, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
      "Italian Modernism had always been seen through a French lens, and her New York shows shed that perspective to better establish avant-garde Italian art as an independent rather than derivative movement. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Calo is a language that cholos use here that\u2019s derivative of Spanish, English and sometimes even Nahuatl used by some nations in Mexico. \u2014 Gary \u201cganas\u201d Garay, Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Griner was detained on Feb. 17 at an airport in Russia after authorities there said a search of her bag revealed vape cartridges containing a cannabis derivative . \u2014 Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News , 14 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Noun",
      "see derive",
      "Adjective",
      "see derive"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "circa 1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-142336"
  },
  "Demospongea":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of Demospongea taxonomic synonym of demospongiae"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-142410"
  },
  "disbark":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": disembark"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "probably from Middle French desbarquer, debarquer"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-142415"
  },
  "dictatrix":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a woman who is a dictator : dictatress"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dik\u02c8t\u0101\u2027triks"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin, feminine of dictator"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1623, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-143212"
  },
  "draw a conclusion":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make a judgment or judgments"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-143310"
  },
  "dock brief":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a brief from a prisoner in the dock who is unable to provide his or her own counsel",
      ": the privilege granted such a prisoner at the discretion of the trial judge of selecting a barrister from among those present to represent the prisoner for a nominal fee"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dock entry 6"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-143327"
  },
  "diminished shaft":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the shaft of a tapering column"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-143920"
  },
  "discant":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a melody or counterpoint sung above the plainsong of the tenor",
      ": the art of composing or improvising contrapuntal part music",
      ": the music so composed or improvised",
      ": soprano , treble",
      ": a superimposed counterpoint to a simple melody sung typically by some or all of the sopranos",
      ": discourse or comment on a theme"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8di-\u02ccskant"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-144302"
  },
  "de-air":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove air from (wet clay) by pugging under vacuum thereby increasing wet strength and density"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "de- + air (noun)"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-144711"
  },
  "doom palm":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a large African fan palm ( Hyphaene thebaica ) that is important as a soil stabilizer in desert areas and that has fibrous leafstalks used for ropes and a fruit with a gingerbread-flavored pulp and a rind which is used in making a beverage"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fcm-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "French doum , from Arabic dawm"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-144846"
  },
  "dog collar":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a collar for a dog",
      ": clerical collar",
      ": a wide flexible snug-fitting necklace"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "choker",
      "collar",
      "lei",
      "necklace"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a gala at which one can expect to see a number of trophy wives wearing diamond-encrusted dog collars",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Keep an eye on your pup with this lightweight LED light that clips to any dog collar . \u2014 Matt Jancer, Wired , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "We were impressed by the older iteration of this smart dog collar . \u2014 Louryn Strampe, Wired , 28 Nov. 2021",
      "But a new dog collar is aiming to act as a dog-to-human health translator, of sorts. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "The snap on the left featured the other pup glaring at the camera, while Cherry's dog, sporting a floral cotton dog collar , posed for the photo shown on the right. \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 13 Jan. 2022",
      "And of course Gunther was wearing his very best faux diamond dog collar for the meeting \u2014 his real gold collar is back at his main home in Tuscany. \u2014 NBC News , 18 Nov. 2021",
      "Two packages containing an electronic guitar pickup, a dog collar and leash, a Miami Hurricanes rain jacket and hooded sweatshirt were reported stolen Dec. 17 from the front porch of a home in the 800 block of Belleforte Avenue. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "And of course Gunther was wearing his very best faux diamond dog collar for the meeting \u2014 his real gold collar is back at his main home in Tuscany. \u2014 NBC News , 18 Nov. 2021",
      "And of course Gunther was wearing his very best faux diamond dog collar for the meeting \u2014 his real gold collar is back at his main home in Tuscany. \u2014 NBC News , 18 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-145342"
  },
  "dilapidation":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin",
      ": squander",
      ": to decay , deteriorate , or fall into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse : to become dilapidated"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-\u02c8la-p\u0259-\u02ccd\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "On the one hand, the structure is dilapidated and inaccessible to people with disabilities \u2014 a significant problem when a good portion of your regulars are senior citizens. \u2014 Ben Sales, sun-sentinel.com , 19 Nov. 2019",
      "There\u2019s a sparkly new grocery store and dozens of the greystones that were near the complex and were once dilapidated have been renovated and modernized. \u2014 Lolly Bowean, chicagotribune.com , 6 Sep. 2019",
      "Though the house was dilapidated , Goodman coaxed her kids into helping her spruce it up. \u2014 Brian Goldstone, The New Republic , 21 Aug. 2019",
      "Prepa\u2019s generation plants and distribution lines were dilapidated after years of inadequate maintenance when Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico last year, knocking out power for millions of customers. \u2014 Andrew Scurria, WSJ , 11 July 2018",
      "This week, England ended their infamous penalty kick shootout jinx, Sweden continued their unlikely run, Belgium survived a thriller and Brazil dilapidated Mexico\u2019s dreams. \u2014 Juan Pimiento, chicagotribune.com , 5 July 2018",
      "It was riddled with vacancies and by all accounts was dilapidated . \u2014 Meg Kelly, Washington Post , 28 Feb. 2018",
      "Rossello highlighted how the island\u2019s electrical grid, which was severely dilapidated even prior to the storms, was obsolete and working off of a generation system that was 28 years older than the average electric power utility in the United States. \u2014 Reuters, Fortune , 23 Jan. 2018",
      "One of Poway\u2019s most historic structures \u2014 one that has become rat-infested and dilapidated since being shuttered and fenced off 15 years ago \u2014 will likely be torn down to make way for a low-income housing complex for veterans. \u2014 J. Harry Jones, sandiegouniontribune.com , 6 Jan. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin dilapidatus , past participle of dilapidare to squander, destroy, from dis- + lapidare to pelt with stones, from lapid-, lapis stone"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1565, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-145536"
  },
  "dataflow":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a computer architecture that utilizes multiple parallel processors to perform simultaneous operations as data becomes available"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-145730"
  },
  "dead nettle":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a plant of the genus Lamium having leaves resembling those of the nettle but destitute of stinging hairs",
      ": hemp nettle",
      ": hedge nettle",
      ": richweed sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-150414"
  },
  "discursive":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": moving from topic to topic without order : rambling",
      ": proceeding coherently from topic to topic",
      ": marked by a method of resolving complex expressions into simpler or more basic ones : marked by analytical reasoning",
      ": of or relating to discourse"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sk\u0259r-siv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "desultory",
      "digressional",
      "digressionary",
      "digressive",
      "excursive",
      "leaping",
      "maundering",
      "meandering",
      "rambling",
      "wandering"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the speaker's discursive style made it difficult to understand his point",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This will probably remain true, making any kind of democracy-first strategy a primarily discursive one. \u2014 Daniel Bessner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
      "In conjunction with the opening week of the Biennale Internazionale dell\u2019Arte di Venezia, tomorrow will start the African Art in Venice Forum (AAVF), a public and free discursive event presented every other year in Venice. \u2014 Vogue , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "It\u2019s certainly true that this short book contains many of his trademarks: discursive and periodic sentences, arcane jargon, endless self-analysis. \u2014 Jonathan Russell Clark, Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Farrar, Straus & Giroux), demonstrates that, regardless of whether Handke labels a work fiction or nonfiction, his technique remains much the same\u2014the tone discursive , the narratives eddying and associative, the point of view inward and subjective. \u2014 Ruth Franklin, The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "The second half of the book is a non-linear, eclectic romp through the early history of technology, and readers will have to surrender to Mr. Smith\u2019s often- discursive writing style. \u2014 Christine Rosen, WSJ , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Pat Hackett, who edited his discursive journals, and Bob Colacello, a key contributor at Interview. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Dumont takes plenty of amusing if discursive time for minor characters\u2019 expressions of fawning, or rich-liberal smugness. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "An entertaining and discursive journey into Dante\u2019s life and work. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "borrowed from Medieval Latin discurs\u012bvus \"showing reasoned thought, logical,\" from discursus, past participle of discurrere \"to range over, discuss\" (going back to Latin, \"to run off in different directions, [of a mind or speaker] branch out, range\") + Latin -\u012bvus -ive \u2014 more at discourse entry 1"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1595, in the meaning defined at sense 1b"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-150732"
  },
  "discandy":{
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": melt , dissolve"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dis- entry 1 + candy"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-150937"
  },
  "demotic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing",
      ": popular , common",
      ": of or relating to the form of Modern Greek that is based on everyday speech"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8m\u00e4-tik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a more demotic way of speaking",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "What does her embrace of the Republican base's most demotic superstitions tell us about the character of the contemporary right \u2014 and the character of contemporary American politics more generally? \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Instead, Baker does trash-and-vaudeville as in his demotic fashion ad Khaite FW21. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 29 Dec. 2021",
      "While Urdu education was severely restricted along with its script as well as its high, ultra Persianised register, demotic Urdu along with a substantial part of its Persian loans still lives on in India. \u2014 Shoaib Daniyal, Quartz , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "Formally commanding, the multicolored suite captures in sprightly imagery and describes in demotic words a host of Black citizens\u2014real lives, really led\u2014in windows of tenements along a city street that\u2019s past due for intersecting with Fifth Avenue. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 23 Nov. 2020",
      "The American right has been molded in his anti-elitist, grassroots, demotic , irreverent, patriotic, hard-charging image. \u2014 Matthew Continetti, National Review , 8 Feb. 2020",
      "Saudi Arabia sponsors demotic Sunni radicalism throughout the Middle East, which has extended human conflict and contributed to the waves of refugees heading into Europe. \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 20 Sep. 2019",
      "Sports have always been a more demotic proposition. \u2014 Joseph Epstein, WSJ , 12 July 2018",
      "But the words Perdita speaks, defending the aesthetics of the natural over the artificial and refined, could be applied as well to the ambitious use of demotic language, a practice that, at the time Shakespeare wrote, was still new. \u2014 Marilynne Robinson, New Republic , 12 Dec. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "borrowed from Greek d\u0113motik\u00f3s \"of the people, common, ordinary, of the cursive Egyptian script,\" from d\u0113m\u00f3t\u0113s \"one of the people, commoner\" (from d\u00eamos \"people\" + -t\u0113s, suffix of persons) + -ikos -ic entry 1 \u2014 more at demo-"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1822, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-151107"
  },
  "dictating machine":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a machine used especially for the recording of human speech for transcription"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1907, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-151658"
  },
  "dilacerate":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to tear apart or in pieces"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u012b",
      "d\u0259\u0307+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin dilaceratus , past participle of dilacerare , from di- (from dis- apart) + lacerare to tear"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-152707"
  },
  "disphenoid":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a wedge-shaped crystal form of the tetragonal or orthorhombic system having four like triangular faces that correspond in position to alternate faces of the tetragonal or orthorhombic dipyramid and being symmetrical about each of three mutually perpendicular diad axes of symmetry in all classes except the tetragonal-disphenoidal in which the form is generated by an inverse tetrad axis of symmetry",
      ": a form of crystal bounded by eight scalene triangles arranged in pairs : the tetragonal scalenohedron"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u012b+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "di- + sphenoid"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-154153"
  },
  "doxorubicin":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an antibiotic with broad antineoplastic activity that is obtained from a bacterium ( Streptomyces peucetius ) and is administered in the form of its hydrochloride C 27 H 29 NO 11 \u00b7HCl",
      ": an anthracycline antibiotic with broad antineoplastic activity that is obtained from a bacterium of the genus Streptomyces ( S. peucetius ) and is administered in the form of its hydrochloride C 27 H 29 NO 11 \u00b7HCl"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u00e4k-s\u0259-\u02c8r\u00fc-b\u0259-s\u0259n",
      "\u02ccd\u00e4k-s\u0259-\u02c8r\u00fc-b\u0259-s\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "d e ox y- + -orubicin (as in daunorubicin )"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1971, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-154556"
  },
  "dissemblance":{
    "type":[
      "noun ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lack of resemblance : dissimilitude",
      ": the act or the art of dissembling : dissimulation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307sembl\u0259n(t)s",
      "\""
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "Middle English, from Middle French dessemblance , from dessembler to be unlike (from des- dis- entry 1 + -sembler , as in resembler to resemble) + -ance",
      "Noun (2)",
      "dissemble + -ance"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-154729"
  },
  "Debye theory":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a theory in wave mechanics: the energy of thermal agitation in a crystal is distributed among the possible systems of standing waves that correspond to the normal modes of elastic vibration"
    ],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-155329"
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  "Debye temperature":{
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": the temperature at which the atomic heat of a pure cubic crystal equals 5.67 calories per gram atom per degree"
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    "antonyms":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "after P. J. W. Debye"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-155406"
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    "type":[
      "verb"
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      ": endure , suffer"
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      "\u02c8dr\u0113"
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English, from Old English dr\u0113ogan ; akin to Goth driugan to perform military service"
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      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-155558"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-155758"
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      "Definition of degged past tense of deg"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-160722"
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      "transitive verb"
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      ": to remove part of the nicotine from (tobacco)"
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      "denicotinize from de- + nicotine + -ize; denicotine from de- + nicotine (noun)"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-160812"
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      "Definition of drash dialectal variant of thrash"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-160817"
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
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      ": having the characteristics of a daisy cutter"
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    "antonyms":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-161128"
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  "downtick":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a small decrease, decline, or downward trend",
      ": a stock market transaction at a price below the last previous transaction in the same security",
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dau\u0307n-\u02cctik"
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    "antonyms":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "down entry 4 + tick entry 1"
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1952, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-161246"
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  "DTP":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation"
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      "desktop publishing",
      "diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis",
      "diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (vaccine)"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "You need to have the DTaP vaccine before you can enroll in school."
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-161505"
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  "discrimination box":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a laboratory apparatus in which the experimental subject responds discriminatively to cues in order to gain a reward or avoid a punishment"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-161626"
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  "Del\u00e9mont":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
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    "definitions":[
      "commune in northwestern Switzerland population 11,467"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259-l\u0101-\u02c8m\u014d\u207f"
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    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-161746"
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    "type":[
      "adverb"
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      ": in a twofold manner",
      ": to twice the degree",
      ": in two ways : for two reasons",
      ": to two times the amount or degree"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259-b(\u0259-)l\u0113",
      "\u02c8d\u0259-bl\u0113"
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      "double",
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      "twofold"
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      "Her grades and musical talent make her parents doubly proud of her.",
      "we were doubly certain of her guilt after we read the article in the newspaper",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Julia Garner is a lock for a nomination, and deserves to be, because Ruth has always been the best part of Ozark and that was doubly true for the two-part final season. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 June 2022",
      "This is doubly important for charities who receive a donation. \u2014 Matthew Erskine, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "The shooting seemed doubly hard to comprehend for many in Ukraine. \u2014 Alexander Smith, NBC News , 25 May 2022",
      "But what's even better than a recommendation is knowing that a dermatologist actually uses a product themselves \u2014 and that's doubly true of skin-care devices. \u2014 Marci Robin, Allure , 18 May 2022",
      "Founding a new company is never easy, but doing so with bipolar disorder is doubly hard. \u2014 Jena Mcgregor, Forbes , 26 Dec. 2021",
      "This is doubly true for seasoned hikers with tons of backcountry miles under their belts\u2014er, boots. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Staying healthy is important for every team, doubly so for a Cubs franchise whose top talent is still at the lower levels of the organization. \u2014 Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "He's doubly boosted, and most of the time, people who get anywhere near him need to be tested. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 11 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-161832"
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  "docking keel":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": either of two keels placed near and parallel to the bilge keels of some ships and between them and the main keel and used for supporting the ship in dry dock"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-162559"
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  "dissentious":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": characterized by dissension or dissent"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sen(t)-sh\u0259s"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1560, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-162645"
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  "dispositively":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": as a possibility : in respect to a tendency or to a future eventuality"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-163932"
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    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": a formal declaration enumerating the rights of the citizen \u2014 compare bill of rights"
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-164312"
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  "decimosexto":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": sixteenmo"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdes\u0259(\u02cc)m\u014d\u02c8sek(\u02cc)st\u014d"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin decimo sexto, sexto decimo , ablative of decimus sextus, sextus decimus sixteenth, from decimus tenth + sextus sixth"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-164459"
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  "dialectician":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one who is skilled in or practices dialectic",
      ": a student of dialects"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u012b-\u0259-\u02cclek-\u02c8ti-sh\u0259n"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Nothing if not a rigorous dialectician , Bong refuses to sentimentalize the Kims\u2019 togetherness or their poverty. \u2014 Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 Oct. 2019",
      "Nothing if not a rigorous dialectician , Bong refuses to sentimentalize the Kims\u2019 togetherness or their poverty. \u2014 Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 Oct. 2019",
      "Nothing if not a rigorous dialectician , Bong refuses to sentimentalize the Kims\u2019 togetherness or their poverty. \u2014 Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 Oct. 2019",
      "Nothing if not a rigorous dialectician , Bong refuses to sentimentalize the Kims\u2019 togetherness or their poverty. \u2014 Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 Oct. 2019",
      "Nothing if not a rigorous dialectician , Bong refuses to sentimentalize the Kims\u2019 togetherness or their poverty. \u2014 Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 Oct. 2019",
      "Nothing if not a rigorous dialectician , Bong refuses to sentimentalize the Kims\u2019 togetherness or their poverty. \u2014 Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 Oct. 2019",
      "Nothing if not a rigorous dialectician , Bong refuses to sentimentalize the Kims\u2019 togetherness or their poverty. \u2014 Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 Oct. 2019",
      "Nothing if not a rigorous dialectician , Bong refuses to sentimentalize the Kims\u2019 togetherness or their poverty. \u2014 Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 Oct. 2019"
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1560, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-164645"
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  "disconsider":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deprive of consideration or esteem",
      ": view without regard or respect"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6dis+"
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dis- entry 1 + consider"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-165404"
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  "disappearing stair":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a stair built to swing upward and be concealed in a space in the ceiling"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-165957"
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    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove excessively fine particles of the same material or other material from"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u0113+"
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "de- + dust , noun"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-170331"
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  "donzel":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a young gentleman in training for knighthood : squire , page"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4nz\u0259l"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Italian donzello , from Old Italian, from Old Proven\u00e7al donzel , from (assumed) Vulgar Latin domnicillus , diminutive of Latin dominus master"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-171609"
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  "doctress":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a woman in some cultures who is believed to have magic powers and to be able to cure illness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4ktr\u0259\u0307s"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "doctor + -ess"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-171826"
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  "disaccharide":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": any of a class of sugars (such as sucrose) that yields on hydrolysis two monosaccharide molecules",
      ": any of a class of sugars (as sucrose) that on hydrolysis yields two monosaccharide molecules"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u012b-\u02c8sa-k\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bd",
      "(\u02c8)d\u012b-\u02c8sak-\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1864, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-172301"
  },
  "downthrust":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": downward movement of an object under impact or steady pressure",
      ": an impact or pressure tending to cause downthrust"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-172419"
  },
  "de Sitter space":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the simplest hypothetical space-time that has positive curvature",
      "\u2014 compare anti-de sitter space"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1988, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-172423"
  },
  "duplicate board":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": board sense 5f(1)"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-173356"
  },
  "deprive of":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to take (something) away from (someone or something) : to not allow (someone or something) to have or keep (something)"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-173758"
  },
  "duffle coat":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a heavy usually woolen medium-length coat with toggle fasteners and a hood"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Burberry polo shirt, hoodie, jogging pants and light brown duffle coat , Givenchy hoop earrings, Nike x Off-White Dunk sneakers. \u2014 WSJ , 5 Mar. 2020",
      "Dan Cohen got his English navy-blue duffle coat in 1971 after spotting it in the window of a J. Press and Co. store in Cambridge, Mass. \u2014 John Kelly, Washington Post , 28 May 2018",
      "Model Jean Campbell wears a Wales Bonner duffle coat ($2,214) and pants; walesbonner.net. \u2014 Vogue , 20 Sep. 2017",
      "Model Jean Campbell wears a Wales Bonner duffle coat ($2,214) and pants \u2014 Vogue , 20 Sep. 2017",
      "Try wearing your black brassiere on top of your Burberry duffle coat , and get back to me. \u2014 Michael Avedon, Harper's BAZAAR , 28 Aug. 2017",
      "In a mix of pleated chiffon, duffle coats , and alpaca sweaters Lepore played with proportions, mixing in feminine and utilitarian focal points. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Marie Claire , 13 Feb. 2014"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1684, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-173859"
  },
  "disrelated":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": not related"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-ri-\u02c8l\u0101-t\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1894, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-174154"
  },
  "deciphering alphabet":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a substitution alphabet with its cipher component in normal alphabetic order \u2014 see alphabet sense 1j , conjugate alphabet"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "deciphering from gerund of decipher entry 1"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-175037"
  },
  "deal a blow":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to hit (someone or something) so as to cause harm"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-175202"
  },
  "doublure":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the lining of a book cover",
      ": an ornamental lining (as of tooled leather, painted vellum, or rich brocade)",
      ": the reflexed margin of a trilobite's carapace"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0259\u02c8blu\u0307(\u0259)r",
      "d\u00fc\u02c8-"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "French, from Middle French, lining of a garment, from doubler to line, double + -ure"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-175301"
  },
  "demarcation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the marking of the limits or boundaries of something : the act, process, or result of demarcating something",
      ": something that marks or constitutes a boundary",
      ": a marked or perceived distinction between one area, category, etc., and another"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113-\u02ccm\u00e4r-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "discreteness",
      "discrimination",
      "distinction",
      "separation"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1728, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-175324"
  },
  "downthrown":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": thrown down : depressed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "down entry 2 + thrown , from past participle of throw"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-180104"
  },
  "duplicate bridge":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a tournament form of contract bridge in which identical deals are played in order to compare individual scores"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In Houston, Margie Beegle, 79, was sitting down Saturday morning to play duplicate bridge online when her partner in the game bailed. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Nov. 2020",
      "Throughout his life Malouf was also an avid tennis player at the Olympic Club and California Tennis Club of San Francisco, a Giants season tickets holder and a weekly competitive duplicate bridge player. \u2014 Tony Bravo, SFChronicle.com , 3 July 2019",
      "Dave\u2019s passion for life was evident as a loving husband, doting father & grandfather, a fierce adversary in the courtroom, an avid and accomplished duplicate bridge player and was addicted to all sports Gators. \u2014 Orlando Sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com , 3 June 2018",
      "Sherman was an avid golfer, duplicate bridge player, world traveler, and enjoyed his home computer. \u2014 Orlando Sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com , 23 May 2018",
      "Dorothy was an avid golfer and an excellent duplicate bridge player. \u2014 courant.com , 6 Mar. 2018",
      "Upon retirement, Harold continued to meet new people and see new places while cruising and playing duplicate bridge . \u2014 Sun-Sentinel.com , 4 Mar. 2018",
      "The bridge union promotes a form known as duplicate bridge , which minimizes the role of chance by having teams score points based on how well each plays the same hands. \u2014 Liam Stack, New York Times , 26 Oct. 2017",
      "Middleburg duplicate bridge Open game. 12:30 p.m. Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 105 E. Washington St., Middleburg. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Sep. 2010"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1926, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-180502"
  },
  "damper winding":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a short-circuited squirrel-cage winding placed in the pole faces and around the pole shoes of synchronous machines, the currents induced in the winding by the periodic variations in synchronous speed having the effect of a damper"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
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      ": a narrow ropelike strand of hair formed by matting, braiding, or twisting",
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Another student alleges that a teacher at the school cut a dreadlock from the student's head without his permission after his glasses became stuck on his head. \u2014 Evan Simko-bednarski And Maya Brown, CNN , 16 Oct. 2021",
      "One teacher allegedly cut off a student\u2019s dreadlock and threw it in the trash, the parents say. \u2014 NBC News , 11 Oct. 2021",
      "Tatis said, taking off his cap and letting his platinum dyed dreadlock hair flow. \u2014 Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY , 23 Sep. 2020",
      "Richter got an annoyed look and brushed a rogue dreadlock off her face. \u2014 August Cole, Wired , 5 June 2020",
      "Once was to avoid a group of four young adults with dreadlocks and wearing Birkenstocks and toe socks. \u2014 Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal , 14 May 2020",
      "Not long ago, a Texas principal attempted to keep an African-American student from walking in his own graduation because of his dreadlocks . \u2014 Lizzie Skurnick, New York Times , 16 Apr. 2020",
      "Last year, Kaden would wear a headband to keep his dreadlocks off his shoulders, his mother said. \u2014 Janelle Griffith, NBC News , 24 Jan. 2020",
      "Dwyane Wade, Gabrielle Union and Dove, the brand, invited De\u2019Andre Arnold, an 18-year-old high school senior in Texas, to attend the Oscars after he was suspended in December for wearing dreadlocks . \u2014 Jessica Testa, New York Times , 11 Feb. 2020"
    ],
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1960, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-180907"
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      "noun"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The first book is a do-it-yourself guide to understanding every aspect of the Jewish faith from keeping Kosher to affixing a mezuzah on the doorpost of a home and every other ritual and practice in between. \u2014 Alan Goch, sun-sentinel.com , 8 Oct. 2021",
      "In Israel, the country's chief rabbi urged observant Jews to refrain from kissing the mezuza, the small box containing a prayer scroll that is posted by Jews on their doorposts . \u2014 Nicole Winfield, Anchorage Daily News , 4 Mar. 2020",
      "In Jewish tradition, the case containing parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah is attached to the doorpost of a Jewish home. \u2014 Chris Kaltenbach, baltimoresun.com , 17 Nov. 2019",
      "Carter notes how commands were sewn into their clothing, posted on their doorposts , and bound to their wrists. \u2014 Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor , 11 July 2018",
      "They were told to mark their doorposts of their homes with the blood of a lamb. \u2014 Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire , 29 Mar. 2018",
      "For that reason, mezuzahs, the miniature prayer scrolls that millions of Jews in the U.S. and elsewhere display on their front doorposts , are rarely visible in France. \u2014 Time , 29 Mar. 2018",
      "A mezuzah is a parchment inscribed with religious texts and attached in a case to the doorpost of a Jewish house as a sign of faith. \u2014 Sergio Carmona, Jewish Journal , 22 June 2017",
      "In Canada, a 70-year-old Toronto woman named Helen Chaiton said that her mezuza, the case containing Hebrew verse traditionally affixed to a doorpost , had been vandalized twice over the weekend. \u2014 The Washington Post, The Mercury News , 21 Feb. 2017"
    ],
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1535, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-181002"
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      "adjective"
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      "deputat ion + -ive"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-181032"
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      "noun"
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      ": one of the large irregular cells formed in the decidua of pregnancy"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-181139"
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      "noun,",
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      ": to deprive (a spirit or an acid) of phlegm (see phlegm sense 3 ) : free from an excess of water especially by distillation",
      ": to rectify (a liquid) by distillation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u0113\u02c8fleg\u02ccm\u0101t"
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      "de- + phlegm + -ate"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-181714"
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      "adjective"
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    "definitions":[
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-182017"
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      "noun"
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      ": disingenuous state, behavior, or act"
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      "dis- entry 1 + ingenuity"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-182524"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a Christian woman of New Testament times who made clothing for the poor"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fr-k\u0259s"
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Greek Dorkas"
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1553, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-182715"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-182752"
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-182811"
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      ": abnormal distribution of personal associations",
      ": a theory in sociology: continuous contact with criminals is chiefly responsible for the development of criminal behavior in an individual"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-182831"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": any of certain earthworms living in dung heaps",
      ": a common pink worm ( Eisenia foetida ) sometimes used as bait",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-183406"
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      "noun"
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      ": a small genus of tall Asiatic and Indian trees (family Bombacaceae) with tapering leaves and small greenish flowers",
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, from Malay durian"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-183542"
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      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
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      ": to reduce the size of (something, such as a photographic image or an electron beam)"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u0113",
      "d\u0259\u0307+"
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    "history_and_etymology":[
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-183901"
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  "devil theory":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a theory of history: political and social crises arise from the deliberate actions of evil or misguided leaders rather than as a natural result of conditions"
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1937, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-184308"
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-185115"
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  "Devils Postpile":{
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      "geographical name"
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    "definitions":[
      "lava formation in east central California southeast of Yosemite National Park"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-185417"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-185522"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a plant of the genus Eremurus"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-185930"
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  "Dematiaceae":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "plural noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a family of imperfect fungi (order Moniliales) having hyphae, conidia, or both that are dark colored, brownish, or black"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02ccmat\u0113\u02c8\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113",
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113\u02cc-"
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, from Dematium , type genus (from Greek demation small cord, rope, diminutive of dema band) + -aceae"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-190556"
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "definitions":[
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-191116"
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      "abbreviation"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-191747"
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  "dukat":{
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a gold trade coin of Bosnia and Herzegovina",
      ": a gold trade coin of former Czechoslovakia",
      ": a gold trade coin of former Yugoslavia"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-\u02cck\u00e4t"
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1993, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-192126"
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  "disposable income":{
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": income that is left after paying taxes and for things that are essential, such as food and housing",
      ": income available for disposal: as",
      ": the income remaining to an individual after deduction of taxes",
      ": the income of a debtor in bankruptcy that is not necessary to support the debtor or the debtor's dependents"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-192848"
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  "Demerol":{
    "type":[
      "trademark"
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    "definitions":[
      "Definition of Demerol \u2014 used for meperidine"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-m\u0259-\u02ccr\u022fl",
      "-\u02ccr\u014dl",
      "\u02c8dem-\u0259-\u02ccr\u022fl",
      "-\u02ccr\u014dl"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-193439"
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  "doctrinarily":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": with respect to basic principles and outlook"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6d\u00e4ktr\u0259\u0307\u00a6ner\u0259\u0307l\u0113",
      "-na(a)r-"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-194213"
  },
  "drastic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": acting rapidly or violently",
      ": extreme in effect or action : severe",
      ": severe in effect : harsh",
      ": acting rapidly or violently",
      ": a powerful medicinal agent",
      ": a strong purgative"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dra-stik",
      "\u02c8dra-stik",
      "\u02c8dras-tik"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The situation calls for drastic measures.",
      "Maybe we should try something less drastic first.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Partly due to the drastic decrease in the value of crypto as of late. \u2014 Josh Wilson, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
      "Being prepared can save many from the drastic effects of a hurricane. \u2014 Mythili Devarakonda, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
      "The increase in home values and record-low interest rates during the heart of the pandemic further widened the already drastic wealth gap between homeowners and renters, as well as racial inequities, according to the study. \u2014 Alicia Wallace, CNN , 22 June 2022",
      "Ten years later, even more drastic revisions of the curriculum are taking place with barely a murmur, as an all-encompassing security law written by Beijing crushes dissent in a city once characterized by its open debate. \u2014 Theodora Yu, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
      "Nonetheless, discursively centering democracy could have drastic repercussions. \u2014 Daniel Bessner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
      "This drastic jump follows a 6-7 finish to the 2021 season, which ended with losses to rival Kentucky and Air Force in the Servpro First Responder Bowl. \u2014 Brooks Holton, The Courier-Journal , 21 June 2022",
      "Investors may be asking what sparked this drastic shift in market sentiment toward the digital assets. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 20 June 2022",
      "The drastic sell-offs show how intertwined and complex the crypto markets have become in recent years, said R.A. Farrokhnia, a professor at Columbia Business School who specializes in financial technology. \u2014 Erin Griffith, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Greek drastikos , from dran to do"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1691, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-194822"
  },
  "dialectologist":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a specialist in dialectology"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u012b-\u0259-\u02cclek-\u02c8t\u00e4-l\u0259-jist"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1871, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-194831"
  },
  "Dinornis":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the type genus of Dinornithidae comprising the largest of the moas"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u012b\u02c8n\u022frn\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "borrowed from New Latin, from din- dino- + -ornis -ornis",
      "Note: Name introduced by the British biologist and paleontologist Richard Owen (1804-92) in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London , Part 11 (1843), Session of January 24, 1843, p. 10: \"The results of the foregoing comparisons justify the reference of the Great Bird of New Zealand to a distinct genus in the Struthious order, for which I propose the name Dinornis , with the specific appellation Nov\u00e6 Zealandi\u00e6. \" Owen's earlier surmisal of the existence of the species from a single bone fragment was a signal episode in the history of 19th-century biology. For details, see Gowan Dawson \"On Richard Owen's Discovery, in 1839, of the Extinct New Zealand Moa from Just a Single Bone,\" BRANCH: Britain, Representation and Nineteenth-Century History [on-line publication, www.branchcollective.org, accessed 9/10/2014]."
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-194850"
  },
  "dilative":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": causing dilation : tending to dilate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u012b-\u02c8l\u0101-tiv",
      "\u02c8d\u012b-\u02ccl\u0101-"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1634, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-195721"
  },
  "dumb watches":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": pitcher plant sense a"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "so called from the disk-shaped style"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-200518"
  },
  "display pipe":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a pipe forming part of an organ case",
      ": a dummy pipe"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-201135"
  },
  "dichroscope":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an instrument for examining crystals for dichroism"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b-kr\u0259-\u02ccsk\u014dp"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dichro- (as in dichroism ) + -scope"
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1857, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-201918"
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  "dorcas gazelle":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a common gazelle ( Gazella dorcas ) of northern Africa and parts of southwestern Asia"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022frk\u0259s-"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin dorcas (specific epithet of Gazella dorcas ), from Latin, gazelle, from Greek dorkas, dorkos, dorx , alteration of zorkas, zorx gazelle, deer; akin to Welsh iwrch roebuck, Cornish yorch , Breton yourc'h"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-202745"
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  "dibstone":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dib sense 1b",
      ": the game of jacks"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dib entry 1 + stone"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-203007"
  },
  "Devils Tower":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "columnar rock formation in northeastern Wyoming rising 867 feet (264 meters)"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-203147"
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  "Deneb Kaitos":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an orange giant star of the second magnitude that is the brightest star in the constellation Cetus"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8k\u012b-\u02cct\u00e4s"
    ],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1813, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-203352"
  },
  "daydreaming":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a pleasant visionary usually wishful creation of the imagination",
      ": to have a daydream",
      ": a person's pleasant and usually wishful thoughts about life",
      ": to think pleasant and usually wishful thoughts while awake",
      ": a visionary creation of the imagination experienced while awake",
      ": a gratifying reverie usually of wish fulfillment"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101-\u02ccdr\u0113m",
      "\u02c8d\u0101-\u02ccdr\u0113m",
      "\u02c8d\u0101-\u02ccdr\u0113m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chimera",
      "conceit",
      "delusion",
      "dream",
      "fancy",
      "fantasy",
      "phantasy",
      "figment",
      "hallucination",
      "illusion",
      "nonentity",
      "phantasm",
      "fantasm",
      "pipe dream",
      "unreality",
      "vision"
    ],
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    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "I drifted off in a daydream during the class.",
      "hoped that one day world peace would be a reality and not just a daydream",
      "Verb",
      "Instead of studying, he spent the afternoon daydreaming about his vacation.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The Devil Wears Prada fueled many a fashion daydream during the early 2000s and to this day remains a beloved classic. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 22 June 2022",
      "Casey McQuiston burst onto the scene with this fizzy daydream of a rom-com about the U.S. President's son, Alex, and the Prince of Wales, Henry, and their unexpected romance. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 9 June 2022",
      "Portorosso, the fictional setting of the new Pixar movie, Luca, is a bright daydream of Italy. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 17 June 2021",
      "In the video, Lane lives out this nostalgic daydream . \u2014 Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone , 2 June 2022",
      "Hjerpe is three weekends away from living out that daydream . \u2014 oregonlive , 24 May 2022",
      "This success \u2014 28 wins in their final 35 games, blowout after blowout down the stretch, a final tally of 51 wins and the second seed in the Eastern Conference \u2014 still feels sudden, a little like a daydream . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "The captivating show, which introduced listeners to new talents, was over, like a brief daydream , but the baton had been passed to the next group of up-and-comers. \u2014 Billboard Japan, Billboard , 6 May 2022",
      "Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate During this series, the Memphis Grizzlies can look over at the opposing bench and daydream of being in the 2030 playoffs together. \u2014 Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Indeed, as the calendar creeps past Memorial Day toward the solstice and beyond, many of us feel the pull of wanderlust or daydream about stealing a piece for ourselves of the radiant endless summer that our city\u2019s boosters promote. \u2014 Jim Millercommunity Voices Contributor, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 June 2022",
      "As the summer months approach, travelers daydream about their vacations. \u2014 Laken Brooks, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
      "The multiverse is a fascinating idea to daydream about \u2014 and, along with simulation theory, may be on track to become something like an agnostic, nihilism-friendly new religion. \u2014 John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 May 2022",
      "Anytime the temperature dips below freezing is a good time to daydream about the Caribbean. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "To have visited the Middle Fork is to be cursed to daydream forever about returning to the Middle Fork. \u2014 Christopher Solomon, Travel + Leisure , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "But that doesn't mean the three don't daydream about a reunion one day. \u2014 CNN , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "This is a hugely inspirational cycle, so be sure to stretch your creative muscles and give yourself permission to daydream more than normal. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "While recreational runners might daydream about having fewer obligations, some professional runners opt to work full time. \u2014 Elizabeth Carey, Outside Online , 10 June 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1651, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "1820, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-203441"
  },
  "divertible":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": capable of being diverted"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8v\u0259r|t\u0259b\u0259l",
      "d\u012b\u02c8-",
      "-v\u0259\u0304|",
      "-v\u0259i|",
      "|t\u0259b-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-203541"
  },
  "direption":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a tearing apart or away",
      ": despoliation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8repsh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin direption-, direptio , from direptus (past participle of diripere to tear apart, plunder, from di- \u2014from dis- apart\u2014+ -ripere , from rapere to seize and carry off) + -ion-, -io -ion"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-203829"
  },
  "detonable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": capable of being detonated"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-t\u1d4an-\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "-t\u0259-n\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1884, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-204039"
  },
  "depriver":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that deprives"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-v\u0259(r)"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English deprivere , from depriven + -ere -er"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-204124"
  },
  "divinylbenzene":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a liquid hydrocarbon C 6 H 4 (CH\u2212CH 2 ) 2 obtained usually as a mixture containing the ortho, meta, and para isomers and used in polymerization (as with styrene for making ion-exchange resins)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "divinyl entry 1 + benzene"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-204627"
  },
  "discomfortably":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in a discomfortable manner"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-210136"
  },
  "disinformation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": false information deliberately and often covertly spread (as by the planting of rumors) in order to influence public opinion or obscure the truth"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02ccin-f\u0259r-\u02c8m\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The government used disinformation to gain support for the policy.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Swedish politicians distinguish between the two groups, and Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde on Friday accused Turkey of spreading disinformation . \u2014 Sune Engel Rasmussen, WSJ , 22 May 2022",
      "Those spreading disinformation are growing more sophisticated, experts say. \u2014 Ana Ionova, The Christian Science Monitor , 9 May 2022",
      "Shariy had been spreading disinformation to harm Ukraine\u2019s national security, and was allegedly paid to do so by Russia, according to Ukraine\u2019s Security Service. \u2014 Katya Soldak, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
      "Israeli police accused Palestinians of spreading disinformation on social media, heightening the tensions. \u2014 Time , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "Israeli police accused Palestinians of spreading disinformation on social media, heightening the tensions. \u2014 Josef Federman, ajc , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "With that, the disinformation was spread in the US and solidified in Russia. \u2014 Frida Ghitis, CNN , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Ukraine\u2019s ambassador, Sergiy Kyslytsya, accused the Russian ambassador of spreading disinformation . \u2014 New York Times , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Those included Russian oligarchs whose money, Borrell said, is important for the Russian economy, as well as other key officials, notably those spreading disinformation . \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 28 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1939, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-210247"
  },
  "de profundis":{
    "type":[
      "Latin phrase"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": out of the depths : from a state of affliction and anguish"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0101-pr\u014d-\u02c8fu\u0307n-d\u0113s",
      "-\u02c8f\u0259n-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-210327"
  },
  "dispensing power":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the authority of a judge, an executive, or an agent to suspend the operation of a specific statute or rule of law where the interests of justice can be better served by such action"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-210540"
  },
  "devis":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of devis plural of devi"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-210818"
  },
  "dispositive":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": directed toward or effecting disposition (as of a case)",
      ": directed toward or effecting a disposition (as of a case)",
      ": relating to a disposition of property",
      ": providing a final resolution (as of an issue) : having control over an outcome"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8sp\u00e4-z\u0259-tiv",
      "dis-\u02c8p\u00e4-z\u0259-tiv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Yet Lemoine insisted, first to his Google colleagues and then to the world at large, that his ability to feel an emotional attachment to a chatbot was itself dispositive of the chatbot\u2019s sentience. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022",
      "Cold hard cash could be dispositive in close races, but not if Republicans have enough money to be competitive. \u2014 Karl Rove, WSJ , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The fact that no one has taken a run at Davidson in the week since the video dropped is likely dispositive of the issue. \u2014 Daniel Novack, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "The fact that the Nazis thought so is hardly dispositive \u2014fascist regimes are not known for their sophisticated literary criticism\u2014and, for every passage that supports such a reading, numerous others complicate or contradict it. \u2014 Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker , 17 Jan. 2022",
      "And Hamburger strains mightily not only to portray this dissent as the dispositive objection to progressive curricula, but to portray such curricula as a violation of the constitutional right to free speech. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 25 Oct. 2021",
      "As many scientists have since pointed out, the mere presence of the furin cleavage site is not dispositive of a Frankenstein experiment gone wrong. \u2014 Adam Federman, The Atlantic , 25 Sep. 2021",
      "While economic factors were not dispositive in this list, other factors are more so. \u2014 William P. Barrett, Forbes , 17 Sep. 2021",
      "But with the replacement of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the chief justice\u2019s vote will not be dispositive when the court hears Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization this term. \u2014 Brianne Gorod, The New Republic , 9 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1618, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-212012"
  },
  "dukaton":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of dukaton variant of ducaton"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-212124"
  },
  "doubting mania":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": compulsive doubt and indecision permeating the entire personality"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "probably translation of French folie du doute"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-212841"
  },
  "daystar":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": morning star",
      ": sun sense 1a"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101-\u02ccst\u00e4r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-214522"
  },
  "disbar":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges",
      ": to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of a license to practice law usually for engaging in unethical or illegal practices \u2014 compare debar"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8b\u00e4r",
      "dis-\u02c8b\u00e4r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The poll body on Tuesday upheld its dismissals of complaints filed by different groups, including victims of martial law, that had sought to disbar Marcos from the presidential race based on a 1995 tax evasion conviction. \u2014 Fox News , 10 May 2022",
      "Franks called on the State Bar of Arizona to disbar Adel for her and her office\u2019s role in pursuing felony charges against protesters. \u2014 Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "The State Bar filed disciplinary charges against Yeghiayan and made an unsuccessful attempt to disbar his wife. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "In light of Curtis\u2019 criminal case, the Utah State Bar filed a petition on Dec. 1 to disbar him, court documents show. \u2014 Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 Dec. 2021",
      "Parker previously ordered her sanctions be sent to the Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission and similar associations around the country that have the capacity to disbar and punish attorneys. \u2014 Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "Other courts and state bar associations have the capacity to disbar or otherwise punish these attorneys. \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 26 Aug. 2021",
      "Other courts and state bar associations have the capacity to disbar or otherwise punish these attorneys. \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 26 Aug. 2021",
      "Other courts and state bar associations have the capacity to disbar or otherwise punish these attorneys. \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 26 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1633, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-214618"
  },
  "dog daisy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of several composite plants having flower heads with white rays (as certain daisies, the mayweed, or the field chamomile)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1821, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-214756"
  },
  "dark meat":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the meat that comes from the legs and thighs of chickens, turkeys, ducks, etc."
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-214828"
  },
  "doit":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an old coin of the Netherlands and Dutch controlled territories equal to about \u00b9/\u2088 stiver",
      ": trifle sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fit"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Dutch duit ; akin to Old Norse thveiti small coin, thveita to hew"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-215446"
  },
  "denization":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of making one a denizen : the process of being made a denizen"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccden\u0259\u02c8z\u0101sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-220247"
  },
  "disappearing carriage":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a carriage for heavy coast guns on which the gun is raised above the parapet for firing and upon discharge is lowered automatically behind the parapet for protection"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-220628"
  },
  "Devanagari":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an alphabet usually employed for Sanskrit and also used as a literary hand for various modern languages of India \u2014 see Alphabet Table"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0101-v\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4-g\u0259-r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Sanskrit devan\u0101gar\u012b , from deva divine + n\u0101gar\u012b (writing) of the city \u2014 more at deity"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1781, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-222146"
  },
  "dunfish":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": fish cured by dunning"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dun entry 1 + fish"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-222256"
  },
  "deadname":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the name that a transgender person was given at birth and no longer uses upon transitioning",
      ": to speak of or address (someone) by their deadname"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ded-\u02ccn\u0101m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "2010, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "2013, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-222340"
  },
  "domain name":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a sequence of usually alphanumeric characters (such as Merriam-Webster.com) that specifies a group of online resources (as of a particular company or person) and that forms part of the corresponding Internet addresses",
      ": the characters (as Merriam-Webster.com) that form the main part of an Internet address"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Tubbs filed for an LLC and bought a domain name eight years ago for Tubby\u2019s Taste Vegan Cookies. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
      "Buterin\u2019s donations can be seen on Etherscan, which displays cryptocurrency transactions, under his Ethereum domain name , vitalik.eth. \u2014 Taylor Locke, Fortune , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Grattagliano\u2019s activity was in 2019, when a website appeared online under the domain name BenBranson.com. \u2014 Louise Matsakis, Wired , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "In 1997, Parsons started a web design company that would eventually become his most famous venture\u2014 domain name reseller GoDaddy, which would become notorious for its raunchy Super Bowl commercials. \u2014 Will Yakowicz, Forbes , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "Opponents registered the domain name recallchesaboudin.org. \u2014 Miriam Pawel, Los Angeles Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Apple has told staff that the outage stemmed from domain name system, or DNS, problems. \u2014 Mark Gurman/bloomberg, Time , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "For this reason, some individual users might want to buy a domain name and set up Google Workspace for Business. \u2014 Justin Pot, Wired , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "Its website domain name , 200rf.com, probably refers to Cargo 200, a Soviet military term for how soldiers\u2019 bodies are shuttled back from war. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1982, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-222959"
  },
  "drastically":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in a drastic manner : severely or seriously"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dra-sti-k(\u0259-)l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1850, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-223218"
  },
  "deep-fry":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cook in deep fat",
      ": to cook in deep fat"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113p-\u02c8fr\u012b",
      "\u02c8d\u0113p-\u02c8fr\u012b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1922, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-223455"
  },
  "discriminable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": capable of being discriminated"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8skri-m\u0259-n\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1669, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-223530"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a knob that releases a door latch"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fr-\u02ccn\u00e4b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Yet the dweeb, the doorknob insists he is being guided by the spirit. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 May 2022",
      "Fotis left behind two pieces of evidence critical to the investigation, says the sergeant: his DNA on the doorknob of the mudroom and a mixture of his and Jennifer's DNA on a faucet inside Jennifer's house. \u2014 Erin Moriarty, CBS News , 21 May 2022",
      "Kyle Pudenz wedged himself next to the vacuum cleaner in his hall supply closet and white-knuckled the doorknob , pulling with all his might. \u2014 William Deshazer For Cnn, CNN , 7 May 2022",
      "While studying the twisting motion, the engineers also discovered the torque required to successfully open an Oreo is about the same as what\u2019s needed to turn a doorknob \u2014a tenth of the torque required to open a bottle cap. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Her bedroom doorknob is heavy with medals, which hang alongside posters from her favorite Broadway shows. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Christo swiped the doorknob to his room for an installation at the Leo Castelli Gallery. \u2014 Jay Cheshes, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Seemingly mesmerized by its power, Suzume reaches for the doorknob . \u2014 Ollie Barder, Forbes , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "For a touch more pizazz, the client swapped in an octagonal doorknob of chunky green glass. \u2014 Alice Welsh Doyle, WSJ , 29 Mar. 2022"
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1835, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-223545"
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  "dirgie":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dirge",
      ": a funeral feast"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dirj\u0113"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English derge, dirige"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-223619"
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  "Dinopithecus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a genus of extinct Pleistocene African baboons that were nearly the size of gorillas"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-p\u0259\u0307\u02c8th\u0113k\u0259s",
      "-\u02c8pith\u0259\u0307k\u0259s"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "borrowed from New Latin, from dino- dino- + -pithecus -pithecus",
      "Note: Genus name introduced by the Scottish-born South African physician and paleontologist Robert Broom (1866-1951) in \"On Some New Pleistocene Mammals from Limestone Caves of the Transvaal,\" South African Journal of Science , vol. 33 (March, 1937), pp. 753-55. The full species name of Broom's baboon was Dinopithecus ingens."
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-224150"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": poker in which each player is dealt five cards face down and after betting may get replacements for discards"
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1847, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-224235"
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  "disnature":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make unnatural : deprive of a natural quality or appearance"
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      "d\u0259s",
      "(\u02c8)dis+"
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English disnaturen , from Middle French desnaturer , from des- dis- entry 1 + nature"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-224410"
  },
  "Descartes's rule of signs":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": a rule of algebra: in an algebraic equation with real coefficients, F( x ) = 0, arranged according to powers of x , the number of positive roots cannot exceed the number of variations in the signs of the coefficients of the various powers and the difference between the number of positive roots and the number of variations in the signs of the coefficients is even"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u0101\u00a6k\u00e4rts-",
      "-k\u0227ts-"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "after Ren\u00e9 Descartes \u20201650 French philosopher and mathematician"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-224553"
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  "detectorist":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": one who uses a portable metal detector as a hobby"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8tek-t(\u0259-)rist"
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1984, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-224638"
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  "dum casta":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
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    "definitions":[
      ": while chaste"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "du\u0307m\u02c8k\u00e4st\u0259"
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-230359"
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  "dark lightning":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a lightning that gives black photographic streaks where white ones ordinarily occur \u2014 compare clayden effect"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-231237"
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  "Dunfermline":{
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      "geographical name"
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    "definitions":[
      "royal burgh of eastern Scotland northwest of Edinburgh population 129,910"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0259n-\u02c8f\u0259rm-l\u0259n"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-232257"
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  "drag down":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
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    "definitions":[
      ": to force (someone) into a bad situation or condition",
      ": to make (someone) unhappy",
      ": to make (something) lower in amount or quality"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-232352"
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  "dad bod":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a physique regarded as typical of an average father",
      ": one that is slightly overweight and not extremely muscular"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "2003, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-233156"
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  "dec":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "abbreviation ()"
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      "deceased",
      "declaration; declared",
      "declination",
      "decorated; decorative",
      "decrease",
      "decrescendo",
      "December",
      "December",
      "deceased",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-233703"
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  "digressional":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work",
      ": a going aside"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u012b-\u02c8gre-sh\u0259n",
      "d\u0259-"
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    "synonyms":[
      "aside",
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      "excursion",
      "tangent"
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    "examples":[
      "the professor's frequent and extended digressions are the stuff of campus legend",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But in a sense that\u2019s a digression given the total redefinition of inflation that Hilsenrath and Timiraos are attempting. \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Following a brief, but delightful digression as Malone and Lowe traded quotes from the movie, the rapper did return to the topic at hand. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 1 June 2022",
      "All of which calls for a digression , or acknowledgement. \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Interstitial case studies could merit entire chapters, from a Monacan burial mound in Thomas Jefferson's backyard to a digression on whether gender or occupation can be inferred from remains. \u2014 Amy Brady, Scientific American , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "In one startling but illuminating digression , Mr. Lowenstein even offers a pinch of compassion for the draft rioters who marauded through Manhattan in July 1863. \u2014 Harold Holzer, WSJ , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "This digression hopefully makes sense in consideration of the always breathy commentary that follows statements from Federal Reserve officials. \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "Ok, that was a digression , but some of you as parents feel me on that. \u2014 Marshall Shepherd, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "Eternals as an ambitious digression from the core MCU arc. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 24 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "see digress"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-233707"
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  "definite-time":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "definitions":[
      ": having a purposely delayed action, the periods of delay being substantially alike regardless of the magnitude of the operating forces"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-234158"
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  "daisy family":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": compositae"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-234609"
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  "disjunction":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a sharp cleavage : disunion , separation",
      ": a compound sentence in logic formed by joining two simple statements by or :",
      ": inclusive disjunction",
      ": exclusive disjunction",
      ": the separation of chromosomes or chromatids during anaphase of mitosis or meiosis"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "dis-\u02c8j\u0259\u014b(k)-sh\u0259n",
      "dis-\u02c8j\u0259\u014b(k)-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There\u2019s now a radical disjunction between public celebrations of big givers and their gifts, on the one hand, and a growing body of critique of philanthropy, on the other. \u2014 Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
      "Despite the apparent disjunction between Mr. Bersani\u2019s literary criticism and his work on gay identity, there are themes running through both. \u2014 Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "It was meant admiringly, and Schjeldahl is absolutely right: A disjunction between intentions and effects can produce aesthetic dynamite. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "The quotations from Crane\u2019s harsh, haiku-like poems spit out from Auster\u2019s gently loquacious pages in unmissable disjunction . \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 18 Oct. 2021",
      "The other underlying regularity of the election is the larger one, easily overlooked, which perhaps governs politics in all the liberal democracies now, and that is the enormous and ever-growing disjunction between urban and rural voters. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "Still, if past and present, fiction and nonfiction never fully cohere, that formal disjunction nonetheless achieves its own strange power. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 June 2021",
      "Current practices often hinge on bad data, an approach that exacerbates the disjunction fueling the patchwork of standards against which to measure and report. \u2014 Andrew Bruce, Forbes , 11 June 2021",
      "In Jacobs\u2019s previous film, The Lovers, the storytelling seemed to be going nowhere, but this film finds drollery in the disjunction between life and relationships. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 23 Apr. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-001315"
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  "despotize":{
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to act the despot"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-p\u0259\u02cct\u012bz",
      "-p\u0259t\u02cc\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "French despotiser , from despote + -iser -ize"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-003053"
  },
  "devisability":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of being devisable"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02ccv\u012bz\u0259\u02c8bil\u0259t\u0113",
      "d\u0113\u02cc-"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-003741"
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  "daise":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of daise chiefly Scottish variant of daze"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101z"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-004353"
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  "disappointing":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": failing to meet expectations"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-\u0259-\u02c8p\u022fin-ti\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Dodgers\u2019 slim lead in the National League West got thinner (a half game over San Diego) after their disappointing extra-inning loss Sunday to the Phillies, in which the tying and winning runs scored on an error. \u2014 John Scheibe, Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
      "Real Salt Lake, coming off a disappointing loss a week earlier at Nashville, was trailing 1-0 at halftime. \u2014 Aaron Falk, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 May 2022",
      "Tuesday\u2019s performance comes after a disappointing 4-1 loss on the road against CF Montreal last Saturday, a game in which Orlando posted just 2 shots in 90 minutes. \u2014 Mike Gramajo, Orlando Sentinel , 10 May 2022",
      "Joel Embiid has called out James Harden and coach Doc Rivers as the Philadelphia 76ers look to bounce back from a disappointing loss and finally knock Pascal Siakam and the Toronto Raptors out of the first round of the 2022 NBA playoffs. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The disappointing loss resulted in Charlotte's elimination from the NBA playoffs. \u2014 Natasha Dye, PEOPLE.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "In 2012, after a disappointing first-round loss in the NCAA Tournament, UConn\u2019s one-year ban from postseason play pending and the air rife with rumors of Jim Calhoun\u2019s imminent retirement, several players transferred out or turned pro. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "But then, a punted battle with the Clippers and a disappointing loss to Dallas has them back in the fight for a top-two playoff positioning. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Given what was at stake, with so few games remaining in the regular season, clinging to hope for a late-season miracle to make the top 6, the Cavs suffered their most disappointing loss of the season to the flailing Magic, 120-115. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 5 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1530, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-004357"
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  "draigon":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of draigon Scottish variant of dragon"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0101g\u0259n"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-004924"
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  "draw press":{
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    "definitions":[
      "Definition of draw press variant of drawing press"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-005943"
  },
  "deprogram":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to dissuade or try to dissuade from strongly held convictions (such as religious beliefs) or a firmly established or innate behavior",
      ": to dissuade or try to dissuade from strongly held convictions (as of a religious nature) or a firmly established or innate behavior pattern"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8pr\u014d-\u02ccgram",
      "-gr\u0259m"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1973, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-010803"
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  "Dravidianist":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a specialist in Dravidian languages"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-d\u0113\u0259n\u0259\u0307st"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-011919"
  },
  "depauperate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": falling short of natural development or size",
      ": impoverished"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8p\u022f-p\u0259-r\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English depauperat , from Medieval Latin depauperatus , past participle of depauperare to impoverish, from Latin de- + pauperare to impoverish, from pauper poor \u2014 more at poor"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-012231"
  },
  "diapasonal":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": relating to or like a diapason"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6d\u012b\u0259\u00a6p\u0101z|\u1d4an\u1d4al",
      "-\u0101s|",
      "|n\u0259l"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-012423"
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  "desponsories":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": betrothal",
      ": a writing formally announcing a betrothal"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "modification (influenced by Latin desponsare ) of Spanish desposorios , from desposar to marry, betroth, from Latin desponsare to betroth, from de- + sponsa spouse"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-012852"
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  "Deacon process":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a method of obtaining chlorine gas by passing air and hydrogen chloride over a heated catalyst (as copper chloride)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113k\u0259n-"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "after Henry Deacon , 19th century English chemist"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-012902"
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  "discriminability":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality of being discriminable",
      ": the ability to discriminate",
      ": the quality of being distinguishable",
      ": the ability to distinguish between different stimuli"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02ccskri-m\u0259-n\u0259-\u02c8bi-l\u0259-t\u0113",
      "dis-\u02cckrim-\u0259-n\u0259-\u02c8bil-\u0259t-\u0113"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1901, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-013014"
  },
  "diurnation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the habit of sleeping or being quiescent by day",
      ": a daily recurrent fluctuation in an ecological community (as the vertical movement of plankton)"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u012b(\u02cc)\u0259r\u02c8n\u0101sh\u0259n"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin diurn us of the day, daily + English -ation (as in hibernation )"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-013335"
  },
  "despect":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": contempt"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8spekt"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin despectus , from despectus past participle of despicere to look down upon, despise"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-014156"
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  "derivationist":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": evolutionist"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccder\u0259\u02c8v\u0101sh(\u0259)n\u0259\u0307st"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-014402"
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  "damnedest":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": utmost , best"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dam-d\u0259st"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Human explorers are doing their damnedest to expand our species\u2019 influence to every corner of the globe, from the highest peaks to the ocean floor. \u2014 Ryan Huling, Wired , 21 Jan. 2020",
      "Heck, even West Virginia has such a law, and that state\u2019s been doing its damnedest to displace Mississippi as 50th in Everything. \u2014 al , 1 Oct. 2019",
      "Ever since Captain America went *back* into the ice, Waid\u2019s run has been a bit bizarre, but with first Chris Samnee and now artists who are doing their damnedest to make the run visually consistent, the art has been stellar. \u2014 Will Nevin, OregonLive.com , 7 May 2018",
      "For as long as she's been in the public eye, Tyra Banks has been open and vulnerable about what goes on behind the scenes in the modeling world \u2014 and has done her damnedest to change it. \u2014 refinery29.com , 28 Mar. 2018",
      "But Walmart, the biggest retailer in the U.S., is doing its damnedest to convince that customer to get into some shorter shorts. \u2014 Cam Wolf, GQ , 1 Mar. 2018",
      "And Robbie Ray has done his damnedest in that department. \u2014 Si.com Staff, SI.com , 12 Feb. 2018",
      "As viewers have flocked to CNN and MSNBC for the latest on Trump\u2019s scandals, Hannity has done his damnedest to ignore them, casting about desperately for other topics to cover. \u2014 Will Oremus, Slate Magazine , 23 May 2017",
      "One of the great joys of these routines is watching Martin do his damnedest not to crack up. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 20 Aug. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1682, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-014604"
  },
  "disrespective":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": disrespectful"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dis- entry 1 + respective"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-015311"
  },
  "duplicate factor":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of two or more nonallelic factors having the same expression"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-021258"
  },
  "dislogistic":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of dislogistic variant spelling of dyslogistic"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-021402"
  },
  "descriptionist":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one proficient in description",
      ": descriptivist"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-sh(\u0259)n\u0259\u0307st"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-023143"
  },
  "dibranch":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one of the Dibranchia"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b\u02ccbra\u014bk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin Dibranchia"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-023520"
  },
  "deshabille":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": negligee",
      ": the state of being dressed in a casual or careless style",
      ": a deliberately careless or casual manner"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-s\u0259-\u02c8b\u0113l",
      "-\u02c8bil",
      "-\u02c8b\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-025509"
  },
  "duathlon":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a three-part long-distance race typically having a running phase, a bicycling phase, and a final running phase"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u00fc-\u02c8ath-l\u0259n",
      "-\u02ccl\u00e4n",
      "also"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Founded by a former duathlon champion and Ironman winner, On began with innovative technology to deliver running shoes with a soft landing and explosive propulsion. \u2014 Todd Plummer, Robb Report , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Iron Girl is a women\u2019s-only sprint triathlon of a half-mile swim, 11-mile bike ride and 3.1-mile run; the duathlon is a 1.75-mile run, 11-mile ride and 3.1-mile run. \u2014 Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 19 Aug. 2021",
      "Ben Piecuch, a Providence resident who has twice raced internationally on Team USA in the duathlon , has covered many miles biking on the roads and bike trails of Rhode Island. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 Aug. 2020",
      "In 2015, Chris Mosier earned a spot on the Team USA sprint duathlon men\u2019s team for the 2016 World Championship \u2013 becoming the first out transgender athlete to qualify for a U.S. national team. \u2014 Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com , 10 Sep. 2020",
      "Some 5,000 road races, roughly 775 cycling events and more than 250 multisport events (triathlons and duathlons ) will not happen this spring. \u2014 Matthew Futterman, New York Times , 21 Apr. 2020",
      "Lauren Fritz won the 8-kilometer duathlon , which started with four kilometers of freestyle skiing and ended with four kilometers of classic skiing. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Feb. 2020",
      "Francisco Postlethwaite, 24 from Mexicali, Mexico, was born with spina bifida and on Sunday competed in his first duathlon (originally set to be a triathlon) at the Chula Vista Challenge San Diego Half Triathlon held at Bayside Park in Chula Vista. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Aug. 2019",
      "Still, that didn\u2019t stop roughly 13,000 people from participating in a duathlon , just running and biking. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Aug. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "du o- + - athlon (as in triathlon )"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1988, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-030230"
  },
  "dilactone":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a chemical compound containing two lactone groupings"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u012b+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "di- + lactone"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-030917"
  },
  "down-calving":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": nearly ready to calve"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "down entry 2 + calving , from present participle of calve"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-031027"
  },
  "Douglas":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name ()",
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "1844\u20131900 8th Marquess and Earl of",
      "Scottish boxing patron",
      "Stephen Arnold 1813\u20131861 American politician",
      "William Orville 1898\u20131980 American jurist",
      "town in the United Kingdom population 22,214"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259-gl\u0259s",
      "\u02c8d\u0259-gl\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-031359"
  },
  "discursive reason":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the faculty of drawing inferences"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-031945"
  },
  "de-emulsify":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of de-emulsify variant of demulsify"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-032010"
  },
  "descriptionless":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": being without description"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-sh\u0259nl\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-032200"
  },
  "discept":{
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": debate , discuss , disagree"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8sept"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin disceptare to separate, decide between, debate, from dis- apart + -ceptare (from captare to chase, strive to seize)"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-032216"
  },
  "doxology":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a usually liturgical expression of praise to God"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u00e4k-\u02c8s\u00e4-l\u0259-j\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Medieval Latin doxologia , from Late Greek, from Greek doxa opinion, glory (from dokein to seem, seem good) + -logia -logy \u2014 more at decent"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1645, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-033219"
  },
  "distill house":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a building used for distilling",
      ": distillery"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8stil-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-033524"
  },
  "dossier":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fs-\u02ccy\u0101",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4s-",
      "\u02c8d\u022f-s\u0113-\u02cc\u0101",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The indictment against Danchenko alleges that some of the information in the dossier came to Danchenko from a Democratic Party operative. \u2014 Brian Bennett, Time , 26 May 2022",
      "Two late-night filings from Sussmann and Durham provided the first indication that the special counsel plans to introduce Steele and his politically fraught dossier from 2016 into the case. \u2014 Marshall Cohen, CNN , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Lutsenko had been feeding information to Giuliani for his dossier on Biden and his son Hunter, who had worked for a Ukrainian energy company called Burisma that had been accused of corrupt practices. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Last year, Durham charged a Russia analyst who was a source for that dossier with lying to the FBI about his own sources of information \u2014 among them, a longtime Hillary Clinton supporter. \u2014 Eric Tucker, ajc , 17 May 2022",
      "The dossier , published by BuzzFeed News, used code names to conceal its sources. \u2014 Alan Cullison, WSJ , 9 May 2022",
      "His campaign publicly posted the dossier along with the complaint on a website, FactsMD.com, that attempts to rebut the allegations. \u2014 Bryn Stole, Baltimore Sun , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "The Moore campaign\u2019s lawyer, Amanda S. La Forge, alleged without direct evidence that another campaign was behind the dossier and accused it of criminal activity. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "And most news organizations, Chris, didn't publish the dossier . \u2014 ABC News , 3 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "French, bundle of documents labeled on the back, dossier, from dos back, from Latin dorsum \u2014 see dorsal entry 2"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1835, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-033544"
  },
  "dimication":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": contest , strife"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdim\u0259\u02c8k\u0101sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin dimication-, dimicatio , from dimicatus (past participle of dimicare to fight, from di- \u2014from dis- apart\u2014+ micare to flash) + -ion-, -io -ion; akin to Welsh dir mygu to despise, Persian mi\u017ea, mu\u017ea eyelash, Greek omichl\u0113 mist"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-034305"
  },
  "developmental disorder":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a condition (such as autism or dyslexia ) that is typically marked by delayed development or impaired function especially in learning, language, communication, cognition, behavior, socialization, or mobility : developmental disability",
      ": a condition (such as autism or dyslexia ) that is typically marked by delayed development or impaired function especially in learning, language, communication, cognition, behavior, socialization, or mobility : developmental disability"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1834, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-034341"
  },
  "doubled-die":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having doubled design elements"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6d\u0259-b\u0259ld-\u00a6d\u012b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1858, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-034740"
  },
  "diapason normal":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the standard pitch adopted by the French government in 1859 establishing A above middle C as 435 vibrations per second"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "French, literally, normal diapason"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-035041"
  },
  "death knell":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": passing bell",
      ": an action or event presaging death or destruction"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1773, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-040710"
  },
  "disused":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": no longer used or occupied : abandoned",
      ": not used any more"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)dis-\u02c8y\u00fczd",
      "dish-",
      "dis-\u02c8y\u00fczd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abandoned",
      "derelict",
      "deserted",
      "desolate",
      "forgotten",
      "forsaken",
      "rejected",
      "vacant",
      "vacated",
      "void"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a disused warehouse that had become a den for drug dealers",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Down the path from a disused glass factory that also became a Russian base, a security guard was shot dead, then beheaded. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "Down the path from a disused glass factory that also became a Russian base, a security guard was shot dead, then beheaded. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "Swap your car for two wheels then bike the Monon Trail, a disused train track that has been lovingly reimagined as a recreational path. \u2014 Brandon Presser, Harper's BAZAAR , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "The video shows the disused Rosevale Tin Mine in Cornwall, and hand developed in water from the mine. \u2014 Izzy Col\u00f3n, SPIN , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "For the upcoming Gerard Butler action thriller Kandahar, which recently wrapped filming in Saudi Arabia, production had go down the unusual route of building a makeshift studio inside a disused date processing plant. \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "In fact, the towers are relics of a disused , century-old steelworks, an unremarkable part of Beijing\u2019s sprawl. \u2014 Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Enterprising Syrians, working with local pharmacists and machinery from disused pharmaceutical factories, began making it. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Dec. 2021",
      "Catford Mews, which opened in late 2019, is located in the site of a disused PoundLand. \u2014 Catherine Erdly, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1611, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-041014"
  },
  "datal":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": containing a date",
      ": daytale"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101t\u1d4al",
      "-\u0101t\u1d4al",
      "\u02c8d\u0101t\u1d4al"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Adjective",
      "date entry 2 + -al",
      "Noun",
      "by alteration"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-041502"
  },
  "drap d'\u00e9t\u00e9":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a thin woolen or blended fabric that has a twill weave and is used especially for summer clothing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdr\u00e4(\u02cc)d\u0101\u02c8t\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "French drap d' \u00e9t\u00e9 , literally, summer cloth"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-042212"
  },
  "desi":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": indigenous",
      ": an Indian jute obtained from tossa jute"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101s\u0113",
      "\u02c8des\u0113",
      "\""
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Adjective",
      "Bengali des\u012b , from Sanskrit de\u015b\u012bya , from de\u015ba point, country, district, from di\u015bati he points out",
      "Noun",
      "Bengali des\u012b indigenous"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-042434"
  },
  "deplorability":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of being deplorable"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02ccpl\u014dr\u0259\u02c8bil\u0259t\u0113",
      "d\u0113\u02cc-",
      "-\u022fr-",
      "\u0259t\u0113",
      "-i"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-044545"
  },
  "dracunculiasis":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": infestation with or disease caused by the Guinea worm that is marked by painful blisters especially on the lower legs or feet from which one or more mature female Guinea worms slowly emerge and that has been eradicated in most regions except Africa",
      ": infestation with or disease caused by the Guinea worm that is marked by painful blisters especially on the lower legs or feet from which one or more mature female Guinea worms slowly emerge"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "dr\u0259-\u02cck\u0259\u014b-ky\u0259-\u02c8l\u012b-\u0259-s\u0259s",
      "dr\u0259-\u02cck\u0259\u014b-ky\u0259-\u02c8l\u012b-\u0259-s\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, from Dracunculus , the guinea worm genus, from Latin, diminutive of dracon-, draco serpent, dragon \u2014 more at dragon"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1942, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-045022"
  },
  "desiatin":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of desiatin variant of dessiatine"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-050247"
  },
  "drop elbow":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an elbow made with ears or lugs for attachment to a wall and used for joining pipes"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-050928"
  },
  "draw against":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to choose (a team) to play against (another team) without knowing which teams are being chosen (as by drawing names)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-052038"
  },
  "disempower":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deprive of power, authority, or influence : make weak, ineffectual, or unimportant"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-im-\u02c8pau\u0307(-\u0259)r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "They have been disempowered by a society that believes they are intellectually inferior.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Power differentials, on the other hand, can occur when one partner uses manipulation or force to disempower the other and gain control of the relationship. \u2014 Katie Hurley, CNN , 5 June 2022",
      "America worked hard to disempower Haiti and put them in poverty. \u2014 Jene\u00e9 Osterheldt, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2022",
      "But they are not deliberately engineered by the elites who oversee them to disempower or manipulate ordinary people. \u2014 Francis Fukuyama, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Russia has long been fabled as the Internet\u2019s most wily mischief-maker, and the nation\u2019s propaganda machine has for years used social and state-backed media to deceive and disempower its enemies. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Feb. 2022",
      "Now is the perfect time for different voices to enter the room to be able to reimagine a new system that isn\u2019t working with the police but working to disempower them. \u2014 Ernest Owens, Rolling Stone , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "Eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a treatment that uses eye movements to disempower disturbing memories and beliefs. \u2014 Rebecca Joy Stanborough, SELF , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "The easiest way to disempower Manchin is to elect another Democratic senator or two in 2022 so that the West Virginian is not always the deciding vote in a 50-50 body. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 23 Dec. 2021",
      "At the same time, FKA twigs told her story to the New York Times in the hopes of raising of awareness of the tactics abusers employ to disempower their victims. \u2014 Bethy Squires, Vulture , 16 June 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1813, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-052448"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": any of the numerous luminous or dark formations or irregularly distributed dust and gas seen within the Milky Way galaxy and in other spiral galaxies but not including the planetary nebulae"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-052756"
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  "dune plant":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a plant (as beach heather, certain bayberries, and many grasses) adapted to growth on a sand dune especially by its ability to resist drought"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-055454"
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  "day blindness":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": hemeralopia"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1587, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-055820"
  },
  "disc ridge buster":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": ridge buster"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-061816"
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  "deputation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of appointing a deputy",
      ": a group of people appointed to represent others"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-py\u0259-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Many countries will be sending deputations to the peace conference."
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-063959"
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    "type":[
      "adverb"
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    "definitions":[
      ": in a dictating manner"
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dictating (present participle of dictate ) + -ly"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-070545"
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  "distance meter":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a photographic range finder"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-070835"
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  "deacylate":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
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    "definitions":[
      ": to remove an acyl group from (a compound)"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "de- + acylate"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-071055"
  },
  "desecration":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an act or instance of desecrating : the state of being desecrated"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccde-si-\u02c8kr\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blasphemy",
      "defilement",
      "impiety",
      "irreverence",
      "profanation",
      "sacrilege"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "adoration",
      "glorification",
      "worship"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the communicants were aghast at the desecration of the altar",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "To some of us, any blending of the American flag and the Confederate flag borders on desecration . \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "One observer described the attack with gusto, decrying a surprise attack on families and the subsequent desecration of their bodies. \u2014 Peter C. Mancall, Time , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "An Ottawa law enforcement spokeswoman said Monday that the police had begun several criminal investigations following the desecration of monuments and other threatening behavior during the weekend protests in Canada\u2019s capital. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "These actions, according to the Estonian parliament, have consisted of murders, enforced disappearances, deportations, imprisonment, torture, rape, and the desecration of corpses. \u2014 Katya Soldak, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "And various outbursts of violence are staged awkwardly, with no real sense of danger \u2014 the eventual desecration of what little order existed in the junk shop plays almost like comedy. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Police described the recent throwing of fireworks from inside the mosque, at least one of which caused a small fire in a carpet, as an act of desecration . \u2014 Andrew Carey, Abeer Salman And Hadas Gold, CNN , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Johns Creek, Georgia, agreed in 2021 to allocate $100,000 to the Macedonia African Methodist Church Cemetery and enforce a law to prevent desecration and vandalism of local cemeteries, said the town\u2019s mayor, John Bradberry. \u2014 Char Adams, NBC News , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Diana was charged under Article 341, the desecration of structures and damage to property, punishable by up to three years in prison. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1717, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-071249"
  },
  "DUI":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "abbreviation or noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or crime of driving a vehicle while affected by alcohol or drugs",
      ": an arrest or conviction for driving under the influence",
      ": a person who is arrested for or convicted of driving under the influence",
      "driving under the influence"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113-(\u02cc)y\u00fc-\u02c8\u012b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "d riving u nder the i nfluence"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1969, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-071508"
  },
  "decree of nullity":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": a declaration that a marriage has been void from its beginning"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-071702"
  },
  "dehydr-":{
    "type":[
      "combining form"
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    "definitions":[
      ": dehydrated",
      ": dehydrogenated"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "International Scientific Vocabulary, from de- + hydr-"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-072159"
  },
  "doctrinarity":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": doctrinality"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u00e4ktr\u0259\u0307\u02c8nar\u0259t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-072649"
  },
  "donor card":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a card that says a person wants to donate his or her organs when he or she dies"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-073729"
  },
  "dorcastry":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a church auxiliary organized to plan and execute benevolent work"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022frk\u0259str\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Dorcas , Christian woman of Joppa celebrated in the early church for her good works (Acts 9:36) + English -try (as in deviltry )"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-074211"
  },
  "downcomer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a pipe to conduct something downward : such as",
      ": a pipe for leading the hot gases from the top of a blast furnace downward to the dust collectors and flue system",
      ": a tube larger in diameter than the water tubes in some watertube boilers to conduct water from each top drum to a bottom drum under the influence of thermal circulation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "down entry 2 + comer"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-074244"
  },
  "doom merchant":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a person who is always saying that bad things are going to happen"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-074502"
  },
  "Dedalian":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of Dedalian archaic variant of daedalian"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-074704"
  },
  "demd":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of demd chiefly British spelling of damned"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8demd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-074821"
  },
  "dilatometer":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "noun,"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an instrument for measuring expansion",
      ": an instrument for measuring thermal dilatation or expansion especially in determining coefficients of expansion of liquids or solids"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdi-l\u0259-\u02c8t\u00e4-m\u0259-t\u0259r",
      "\u02ccd\u012b-",
      "\u02ccdil-\u0259-\u02c8t\u00e4m-\u0259t-\u0259r",
      "\u02ccd\u012bl-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "International Scientific Vocabulary"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1883, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-074904"
  },
  "dispost":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove from a position"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u02c8sp\u014dst",
      "(\u02c8)di\u00a6s-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dis- entry 1 + post (position)"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-075141"
  },
  "diffuse placenta":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a placenta made up of villi diffusely scattered over almost the whole surface of the chorion (as in whales, swine, and horses)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-075227"
  },
  "door-key child":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a school-age child of working parents who spends part of the day at home unsupervised : latchkey child"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-075603"
  },
  "Donnybrook":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": free-for-all , brawl",
      ": a usually public quarrel or dispute",
      "city in the province of Leinster, eastern Ireland"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-n\u0113-\u02ccbru\u0307k",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-n\u0113-\u02ccbru\u0307k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "affray",
      "brawl",
      "broil",
      "fracas",
      "fray",
      "free-for-all",
      "melee",
      "m\u00eal\u00e9e",
      "rough-and-tumble",
      "row",
      "ruckus",
      "ruction"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "A donnybrook has erupted over the court's decision.",
      "a dozen people were arrested after the donnybrook at the stadium",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The unequal three-way donnybrook \u2014 film critics on one side, the vox populi and aggrieved artists on the other \u2014 is a digital-era twist on a perennial Hollywood story. \u2014 Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "Second, there is that political donnybrook sense of a right ugly fight while people hammer each other in hopes of furthering their own agendas. \u2014 Erik Sherman, Forbes , 25 Dec. 2021",
      "City officials said the donnybrook between FirstEnergy and Cleveland Public Power has spanned several years, both inside and outside courtrooms, fights that are likely to continue. \u2014 John Caniglia, cleveland , 13 Jan. 2021",
      "Wilson then followed up his battering of Buchnevich by body-slamming Artemiy Panarin to the ice during the ensuing donnybrook . \u2014 Jim Reineking, USA TODAY , 4 May 2021",
      "What followed is a legal donnybrook that has the region\u2019s top law firms fighting to keep documents about the hospital under seal. \u2014 John Caniglia, cleveland , 17 Apr. 2021",
      "But in the partisan donnybrook surrounding the bill\u2019s passage, little attention was paid to the fact that the benefits cut off at the margin rather than sloping down. \u2014 The Economist , 27 Feb. 2021",
      "On top of this, the legislatures appointing electors would trigger a historic donnybrook in Congress, which considers objections to electoral ballots under the Electoral Count Act of 1887. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 13 Nov. 2020",
      "The other Senate race in Georgia is a donnybrook featuring eight Democrats, six Republicans, five independents, and one from the Libertarian and Green Party. \u2014 al , 27 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Donnybrook Fair, annual Irish event known for its brawls"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1852, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-075615"
  },
  "disappearing bed":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a bed that can be concealed (as in a recess or closet) when not in use"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-075901"
  },
  "dispositios":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of dispositios plural of dispositio"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-080155"
  },
  "derivation":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix )",
      ": an act of ascertaining or stating the derivation of a word",
      ": etymology sense 1",
      ": the relation of a word to its base or root (see root entry 1 sense 6 )",
      ": source , origin",
      ": descent , origination",
      ": something that originates from something else : something derived : derivative",
      ": an act or process of deriving",
      ": a sequence of statements showing that a result is a necessary consequence of previously accepted statements",
      ": the formation of a word from an earlier word or root",
      ": etymology",
      ": origin sense 1 , source",
      ": an act or process by which one thing is formed from another"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccder-\u0259-\u02c8v\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccde-r\u0259-",
      "\u02ccder-\u0259-\u02c8v\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "by-product",
      "derivate",
      "derivative",
      "offshoot",
      "outgrowth",
      "spin-off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "origin",
      "root",
      "source"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "He is doing research into the derivation of \u201cYankee.\u201d",
      "\u201cChildish\u201d was formed by derivation from \u201cchild.\u201d",
      "Scientists are debating the possible derivation of birds from dinosaurs.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Decision-makers need to be much better equipped to maximize value derivation from the manufacturing process. \u2014 Mykola Striletskyi, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "The album\u2019s title, Viajante (a derivation of traveler), explains it. \u2014 Leila Cobo, Billboard , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "But how to keep the project from feeling like a copy of a copy, a derivation of something that was already loudly, intentionally derivative? \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "But released into a country changed by the racial reckonings of the 2020s, the derivation of the beloved '90s show is filled with discussions about race, gender and sexuality. \u2014 NBC News , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "The forest, whose name is a Spanish derivation of an Indigenous Taino word, offers one of the most diverse ecosystems in the network, with wildlife including the famed Coqui frog, the island\u2019s unofficial symbol. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "Here two most famous red wines are Veneroso - a derivation of the family name - and Nambrot, which was the first name of the founder of the family. \u2014 Tom Hyland, Forbes , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "The performance levels these platforms are capable of returning come from their special sauce, which include derivation of psychological and emotional factors by holding users captive on their platforms. \u2014 Hessie Jones, Forbes , 18 Oct. 2021",
      "The name Harlow is a derivation of his father\u2019s stage name. \u2014 Julian Voloj, sun-sentinel.com , 1 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "see derive"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-080422"
  },
  "doxologize":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to give glory to God (as in a doxology )",
      ": to praise (God) with doxologies"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u00e4k\u02c8s\u00e4l\u0259\u02ccj\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "doxology + -ize"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-080645"
  },
  "dedal":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of dedal archaic variant of daedal"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-080725"
  },
  "doxological":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": relating to doxology or a doxology",
      ": giving praise to God"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6d\u00e4ks\u0259\u00a6l\u00e4j\u0259\u0307k\u0259l",
      "-j\u0113k-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "doxology + -ical"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-080750"
  },
  "dodginess":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": evasive , tricky",
      ": not sound, good, or reliable",
      ": questionable , suspicious",
      ": requiring skill or care in handling or coping with"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-j\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "catchy",
      "delicate",
      "difficult",
      "hairy",
      "knotty",
      "nasty",
      "prickly",
      "problematic",
      "problematical",
      "sensitive",
      "spiny",
      "sticky",
      "thorny",
      "ticklish",
      "touchy",
      "tough",
      "tricksy",
      "tricky"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The car's got a dodgy engine.",
      "They got into a dodgy situation.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In case of a dodgy activity, IdentityIQ will send you a timely alert and also go all the way towards restoring your identity. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
      "Formerly dodgy neighborhoods like Malasa\u00f1a\u2014from which La Movida movement and Pedro Almod\u00f3var came\u2014and the once druggy Chueca have been cleaned up and reinvented with stylish storefronts, sunny cafes, and a chorus of languages, including English. \u2014 Christian L. Wright, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Online marketplaces like Amazon would have to do the same for dodgy products, such as counterfeit sneakers or unsafe toys. \u2014 Kelvin Chan And Raf Casert, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Online marketplaces like Amazon would have to do the same for dodgy products, such as counterfeit sneakers or unsafe toys. \u2014 Kelvin Chan And Raf Casert, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Online marketplaces like Amazon would have to do the same for dodgy products, such as counterfeit sneakers or unsafe toys. \u2014 Kelvin Chan, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "Lo and behold, Lumon is up to plenty of dodgy activities, though none of the Innies know precisely what. \u2014 ELLE , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Its debut episode introduced Steven Grant, a maladroit museum gift-shop clerk with a dodgy British accent, played by Oscar Isaac. \u2014 New York Times , 2 May 2022",
      "In an evocative example, Lee\u2019s story describes a dodgy online marketplace where people pay for discounted access to others\u2019 login information. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 19 Apr. 2022"
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1861, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-081225"
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
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      ": not punishable"
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Anglo-French, from dis- entry 1 (from Old French des- dis- entry 1 ) + punishable , from Middle French punissable"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-082332"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a mischievous person : imp of Satan"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-082524"
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
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      ": having vessels more or less evenly distributed throughout an annual ring and not varying greatly in size \u2014 compare ring-porous"
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      "di-\u02ccfy\u00fcs-\u02c8p\u022fr-\u0259s"
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1895, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-082741"
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-083218"
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      "adjective",
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a member of an ancient dark-skinned people of southern India",
      ": dravidian languages"
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      "dr\u0259-\u02c8vi-d\u0113-\u0259n"
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Sanskrit Dr\u0101vi\u1e0da"
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1856, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-083820"
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      "noun"
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      ": a difficult or complicated situation"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-083823"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "noun,"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a collector and compiler of extracts from and commentator on ancient Greek philosophers"
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      "d\u00e4k\u02c8s\u00e4gr\u0259f\u0259(r)"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "modification (influenced by English -grapher ) of New Latin doxographus , from doxo- (from Greek doxa opinion) + -graphus writer, from Greek -graphos"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-083941"
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  "deep fryer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a utensil suitable for deep-fat frying"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The truck will accommodate 36-inch grill and oven, plus small countertop deep fryer that can handle 30 pounds along with a full-size refrigerator and freezer, and other kitchen accoutrements. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 23 May 2022",
      "Alternatively, heat the vegetable oil to 350 degrees in a deep fryer following the manufacturer\u2019s directions. \u2014 USA TODAY , 5 June 2022",
      "The recipe is simple: Take a scoop of fat (butter) and drop it into a deep fryer . \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
      "Kare pan, or curry bread, is rolled in panko before a dunk in the deep fryer , ensuring a crispy crust that provides maximum textural contrast with the soft, saucy interior. \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, CNN , 4 May 2022",
      "What happens when three sportswriters in the college football deep fryer of America go to an off-brand pro football game and sit in the cheap seats with real people? \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "In a deep cast iron skillet or deep fryer , heat the vegetable oil at 350\u00b0 F. Fry the plantains until golden brown for about 4 to 6 minutes. \u2014 Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Along with fry pans and saucepans in multiple sizes, the set features a 4.8\u2013quart- deep fryer and steamer rack, a 5\u2013quart casserole and steamer, and a grill pan. \u2014 Kylee Mcguigan, Popular Mechanics , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Then, they are quickly chilled before being dropped into a deep fryer and sauced with five flavor choices\u2014original BBQ, the house sauce, Thai chili, raspberry habanero and mild buffalo. \u2014 Anna Mazurek, Chron , 25 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1950, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-084644"
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "definitions":[
      ": deferential",
      ": of, relating to, or supplying the vas deferens"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-f\u0259-r\u0259nt",
      "\u02c8def-r\u0259nt",
      "\u02c8def-\u0259-r\u0259nt",
      "-\u02ccer-\u0259nt"
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      "deferential",
      "dutiful",
      "regardful",
      "respectful"
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      "disrespectful",
      "undutiful"
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      "though he's already attained star status, the rookie remains deferent to the team's veteran players"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "back-formation from deference"
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1822, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-085021"
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  "descriptio personae":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": matter merely descriptive of the persons of the parties and not essential to the validity of a legal document \u2014 compare designatio personae"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8skripsh\u0113\u02cc\u014dp\u0259(r)\u02c8s\u014d(\u02cc)n\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin, description of the person"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-085939"
  },
  "deprival":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of depriving or the state of being deprived : deprivation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-v\u0259l"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-090432"
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  "demagnetize":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to deprive of magnetic properties"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8mag-n\u0259-\u02cct\u012bz"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1839, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-090558"
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  "deen":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of deen Scottish variant of done"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0113n"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-090905"
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  "do dinner/lunch":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
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    "definitions":[
      ": to have dinner/lunch together"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-091056"
  },
  "debenture stock":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a corporate security issue common in Great Britain that usually has no fixed maturity date for the principal but that has a fixed claim to interest payments which takes precedence over preferred and common stocks"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-091136"
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  "deponential":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of, relating to, or characteristic of a deponent verb",
      ": deponent"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6d\u0113p\u0259\u00a6nench\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-091220"
  },
  "Duffy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "biographical name ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": relating to, characteristic of, or being a system of blood groups determined by the presence or absence of any of several antigens in red blood cells",
      "Dame Carol Ann 1955\u2013 British poet; poet laureate (2009\u20132019)",
      "Sir Charles Gavan 1816\u20131903 Irish nationalist and Australian politician"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259f-\u0113",
      "\u02c8d\u0259-f\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-091529"
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  "dock boss":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a foreman who checks carloads of newly mined coal to estimate the amount of slate and other foreign matter that has been included in order to establish a rate of dockage"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dock entry 3"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-091626"
  },
  "dredge up":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to start talking or thinking again about (something unpleasant that happened a long time ago)"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-091641"
  },
  "doomsman":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": doomster"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-m\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English domesman , from domes (genitive of doom judgment) + man"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-092431"
  },
  "desecrate":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to violate the sanctity of : profane",
      ": to treat disrespectfully, irreverently, or outrageously",
      ": to treat a sacred place or sacred object shamefully or with great disrespect"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8de-si-\u02cckr\u0101t",
      "\u02c8de-si-\u02cckr\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "defile",
      "profane",
      "violate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The vandals were accused of desecrating graves.",
      "vandals desecrated the cemetery last night by covering the tombstones with graffiti",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Opponents say the quarry would desecrate the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band\u2019s most sacred site and wildlife habitat. \u2014 Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "To think that 80 years later, Russian forces would strike the area of the Babyn Yar memorial site and desecrate the memories of the Jews who were murdered there, is sickening. \u2014 Liora Rez, CNN , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "The most meaningful divide in American politics is no longer between left and right but between those who uphold democracy and those who desecrate it. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "The golem became destructive, either rising upon his creator, killing others, continuing to grow uncontrollably or simply setting out to desecrate the Sabbath, and the rabbi was forced to destroy it. \u2014 Roy Schwartz, CNN , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "The plan to keep the site a secret is based on concerns about relic hunters and others who might desecrate a war grave, officials said. \u2014 al , 23 Aug. 2021",
      "Native activists said the plan would contaminate the peaks and desecrate the land held sacred by so many Indigenous peoples and upset the balance of life. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 20 Aug. 2021",
      "Joe Biden is the first president to desecrate not only the tenets of Friedman\u2019s economic ideas, but the anti-democratic implications of his entire philosophy. \u2014 Zachary D. Carter, The New Republic , 17 June 2021",
      "Former Marine Corps reservist Yonathan Melaku is sentenced to 25 years in prison for attempting to desecrate graves at the cemetery. \u2014 Cnn Editorial Research, CNN , 16 June 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "de- + -secrate (as in consecrate )"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1675, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-092527"
  },
  "disregardful":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to pay no attention to : treat as unworthy of regard or notice",
      ": the act of treating someone or something as unworthy of regard or notice : the state of being disregarded (see disregard entry 1 ) : neglect",
      ": to pay no attention to",
      ": the act of paying no attention to"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-ri-\u02c8g\u00e4rd",
      "\u02ccdis-ri-\u02c8g\u00e4rd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "despise",
      "flout",
      "scorn"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "apathy",
      "casualness",
      "complacence",
      "disinterestedness",
      "incuriosity",
      "incuriousness",
      "indifference",
      "insouciance",
      "nonchalance",
      "torpor",
      "unconcern"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Please disregard what I said before.",
      "He disregarded his father's advice and left school.",
      "Some students completely disregard the rules of the school.",
      "Noun",
      "They treated the rules with complete disregard .",
      "revelers firing guns in the air with complete disregard for the possible consequences",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "My instinct is to disregard his instructions and throw him under the bus for every minor setback. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "My instinct is to disregard his instructions and throw him under the bus for every minor setback. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "My instinct is to disregard his instructions and throw him under the bus for every minor setback. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "My instinct is to disregard his instructions and throw him under the bus for every minor setback. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, BostonGlobe.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "And yet there\u2019s some strange form of intellectual schizophrenia at work when some of these same executives blatantly disregard these myths and purchase new workplace surveillance tools masquerading as productivity management platforms. \u2014 Mark Settle, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Africa might seem remote from the current war in Ukraine; worse yet, some may disregard Africa as a strategic priority for the U.S. \u2014 Time , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "She was told to disregard that email, which had a slightly different email address. \u2014 cleveland , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "What White men choose to disregard comes to bear the taint of effluvium. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Nov. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The driver was arrested and charged with OVI, speeding, right of way and willful disregard of safety on streets. \u2014 Cheryl Higley, cleveland , 25 June 2022",
      "The first cognition is pleasant, but is inconsistent with the second, so the path of least resistance, for some people, is simply to disregard or reason away the second. \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 23 June 2022",
      "The leading explanation is that this is a mixture of a high risk survival strategy by Johnson, coupled with the usual disregard for the consequences of his actions (notably the prime minister\u2019s ethics advisor has just resigned). \u2014 Mike O'sullivan, Forbes , 18 June 2022",
      "The United States strongly condemns the Burmese military regime\u2019s reported plans to execute pro-democracy and opposition leaders, exemplifying the regime's disregard for human rights and the rule of law. \u2014 Rebecca Tan, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
      "Still, the The TaTa Top\u2019s lighthearted disregard for nudity laws would garner attention well on social media, where playfulness is rewarded, Humphreys said. \u2014 Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022",
      "The high toll is blamed on wide disregard for traffic laws, unsafe vehicles and inadequate emergency services. \u2014 Nasser Karimi, USA TODAY , 8 June 2022",
      "The first isn\u2019t viewed as an opportunity for advancement, and the latter is often the treated with disregard and discrimination. \u2014 al , 8 June 2022",
      "The high toll is blamed on wide disregard for traffic laws, unsafe vehicles, and inadequate emergency services. \u2014 Time , 8 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1613, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "1659, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-094738"
  },
  "Debye-Scherrer method":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a method of forming a diffraction pattern by directing a beam of X rays onto an aggregate of small crystals (as in the powdered form of a substance) and by photographing the pattern so formed to provide a means of identifying crystalline substances"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u02c8b\u012b\u02c8sher\u0259(r)-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "after P. J. W. Debye and Paul Scherrer , born 1890 Swiss physicist"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-094912"
  },
  "disentrance":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": disenchant"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6dis+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dis- entry 1 + entrance (to put into a trance)"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-095741"
  },
  "double-deck":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having two decks, levels, or layers"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0259-b\u0259l-\u02ccdek"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1850, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-100447"
  },
  "digressionary":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work",
      ": a going aside"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u012b-\u02c8gre-sh\u0259n",
      "d\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aside",
      "divagation",
      "excursion",
      "tangent"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the professor's frequent and extended digressions are the stuff of campus legend",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But in a sense that\u2019s a digression given the total redefinition of inflation that Hilsenrath and Timiraos are attempting. \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Following a brief, but delightful digression as Malone and Lowe traded quotes from the movie, the rapper did return to the topic at hand. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 1 June 2022",
      "All of which calls for a digression , or acknowledgement. \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Interstitial case studies could merit entire chapters, from a Monacan burial mound in Thomas Jefferson's backyard to a digression on whether gender or occupation can be inferred from remains. \u2014 Amy Brady, Scientific American , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "In one startling but illuminating digression , Mr. Lowenstein even offers a pinch of compassion for the draft rioters who marauded through Manhattan in July 1863. \u2014 Harold Holzer, WSJ , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "This digression hopefully makes sense in consideration of the always breathy commentary that follows statements from Federal Reserve officials. \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "Ok, that was a digression , but some of you as parents feel me on that. \u2014 Marshall Shepherd, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "Eternals as an ambitious digression from the core MCU arc. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 24 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "see digress"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-100543"
  },
  "diapause":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a period of physiologically enforced dormancy between periods of activity",
      ": a period of physiologically enforced dormancy between periods of activity"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b-\u0259-\u02ccp\u022fz",
      "\u02c8d\u012b-\u0259-\u02ccp\u022fz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Outside of the tropics, winter temperatures cause mosquitoes to go into a kind of hibernation called diapause . \u2014 Todd Nelson, Star Tribune , 22 June 2021",
      "The state, scientifically known as diapause , prevents the embryos from needing critical resources when none is available in its environment. \u2014 Joel Goldberg, Science | AAAS , 20 Feb. 2020",
      "This video compares the embryos and life spans of killifish who either experienced or skipped diapause , capturing time-lapses and detailed snapshots of their embryonic development. \u2014 Joel Goldberg, Science | AAAS , 20 Feb. 2020",
      "As the soil dries, the animals enter a state of diapause \u2014or dormancy\u2014that can last for decades, Tim Maret, an ecologist at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania, says by email. \u2014 Liz Langley, National Geographic , 20 Mar. 2019",
      "Meanwhile, toward the equator, warmer temperatures are disrupting other insects\u2019 diapause cycles. \u2014 Ben Panko, Smithsonian , 15 Feb. 2017",
      "Insects have their own version of this powerful tool: diapause . \u2014 Ben Panko, Smithsonian , 15 Feb. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Greek diapausis pause, from diapauein to pause, from dia- + pauein to stop"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1893, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-100754"
  },
  "dayspring":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the beginning of day : dawn",
      ": the beginning of a new era or order of things"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English, from day + spring"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-101438"
  },
  "downcountry":{
    "type":[
      "adverb (or adjective)"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in, toward, or of the seaboard or peripheral regions of an area"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "down entry 3 + country"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-101820"
  },
  "down to size":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of down to size \u2014 used with cut, bring, etc., to refer to making someone realize that he or she is not as powerful and important as he or she thought He thinks he's so smart! I wish someone would cut him down to size ."
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-101842"
  },
  "Debye-H\u00fcckel theory":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a theory in physical chemistry: the deviation of solutions of electrolytes from the laws of ideal solutions is due to electrical forces between ions"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u02c8b\u012b\u02c8hik\u0259l-",
      "-h\u1d6bk-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "after Peter J. W. Debye , born 1884 Dutch physicist and E. H\u00fcckel , born 1896 Swiss physicist"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-102006"
  },
  "driven":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having a compulsive or urgent quality",
      ": determined to succeed : highly energetic and motivated",
      ": propelled or motivated by something"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dri-v\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "besetting",
      "compulsive",
      "impulsive",
      "obsessional",
      "obsessive"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "They are driven , successful people.",
      "a man with a driven need to be loved or liked by everyone",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Steve Jbara, President at Grand Rapids Gold, is a driven and innovative entrepreneur. \u2014 Steve Jbara, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
      "Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine has disrupted trade in energy, grains and other commodities and driven fuel and food prices dramatically higher. \u2014 Paul Wiseman, Chicago Tribune , 26 May 2022",
      "Vlasic, a driven , decisive and impeccably dressed Bloomfield Hills business executive, played pivotal roles on the boards of Henry Ford Hospital and Cranbrook Educational Community. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 11 May 2022",
      "According to a new study, women feel burned out, less driven and less inspired since the pandemic. \u2014 Kim Elsesser, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Hair and makeup artist Jason Rail, who\u2019d joined Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s project through fellow glam squad member Mathu Andersen (best known these days for his work with RuPaul), recalls a driven but funny young star who made a lot of eye contact. \u2014 Sydney Urbanek, Billboard , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Top candidates for these jobs are typically sharp, driven and hard-working. \u2014 Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "Completed in only two months, the text has a frantic, driven quality. \u2014 Ruth Franklin, The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Those who know Whaley -- former colleagues and aides, friends, and a former boss -- painted a similar picture of her in interviews with cleveland.com: gregarious, straightforward, compassionate and driven . \u2014 Henry J. Gomez & Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland , 27 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "see drive entry 1"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1797, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-102529"
  },
  "draft chair":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": wing chair"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-102639"
  },
  "deputy surveyor":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": mineral surveyor"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-102902"
  },
  "dysteleology":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": absence of purpose in nature especially as manifested in rudimentary or nonfunctional structures",
      ": the doctrine of purposelessness in nature \u2014 compare teleology",
      ": frustration or evasion of a normal functional end",
      ": a vestigial organ"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "German dysteleologie , from dys- + teleologie teleology"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-103010"
  },
  "demarcative":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": serving to point out or draw attention to a significant dividing place"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-103624"
  },
  "disimpassioned":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": divested of warmth of passion or feeling : calm , cool , dispassionate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6dis+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dis- entry 1 + impassioned"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-103733"
  },
  "dead-leaf butterfly":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of several tropical Asian butterflies (genus Kallima ) with underside of wings suggesting dead leaves when at rest \u2014 compare leaf butterfly"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-104017"
  },
  "duckweed family":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lemnaceae"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-104527"
  },
  "deciduary":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": deciduous"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccwer\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "decidu ous + -ary"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-105331"
  },
  "domal mountain":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dome mountain"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-105529"
  },
  "dropping bottle":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a small pitcher-shaped bottle with a curved or tapered neck used to supply liquids in small amounts (as to test tubes) \u2014 compare burette",
      ": a small bottle with a grooved glass stopper and neck permitting the contents to be poured out in drops",
      ": a bottle furnished with a dropper or a glass rod applicator"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-105807"
  },
  "disimprison":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to release from confinement"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6dis+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dis- entry 1 + imprison"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-110218"
  },
  "diapasm":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a perfume of powdered aromatic herbs sometimes made into little balls and strung together"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b\u0259\u02ccpaz\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin diapasma , from Greek diapasma , from diapassein to sprinkle, from dia- + passein to sprinkle"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-110327"
  },
  "descending node":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the node passed as an astronomical body goes south"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-110550"
  },
  "discursion":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": discursive reasoning",
      ": a turning away from the main subject : roving , roaming , digression"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8sk\u0259rzh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle French (also, act of running about), from Late Latin discursion-, discursio act of running about, motion, course, from Latin discursus (past participle of discurrere to run about) + -ion-, -io -ion"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-111833"
  },
  "daisy fleabane":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of several white-rayed American plants of the genus Erigeron (especially E. annuus and E. strigosus )"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-111858"
  },
  "diminished triad":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a triad consisting of a minor third and a diminished fifth"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1813, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-112304"
  },
  "decreet":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": decree sense 3c"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8kr\u0113t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English decret from Middle French or Latin; Middle French decr\u00e9, decret , from Latin decretum"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-112313"
  },
  "derivate":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": derivative"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8der-\u0259-\u02ccv\u0101t",
      "\u02c8de-r\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "by-product",
      "derivation",
      "derivative",
      "offshoot",
      "outgrowth",
      "spin-off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "origin",
      "root",
      "source"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a cuisine that is regarded by some as a derivate of creole cookery"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1660, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-113012"
  },
  "dissentive":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marked by dissent : disagreeing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307\u02c8sentiv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-113429"
  },
  "disselboom":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the pole of a horse-drawn wagon"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dis\u0259l\u02ccb\u00fcm",
      "-\u02ccb\u014dm"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Afrikaans, from Dutch, from dissel tongue or shaft of a wagon (from Middle Dutch) + boom pole, tree, from Middle Dutch; akin to Old Saxon th\u012bsla tongue or shaft of a wagon, Old English th\u012bxl , Old High German d\u012bhsala , Old Norse th\u012bsl tongue or shaft of a wagon, Old Slavic t\u0119gn\u0105ti to pull, and to Old High German boum tree"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-114649"
  },
  "doctorfish":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": surgeonfish"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "so called from the sharp spines on each side of the tail"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1818, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-115225"
  },
  "disconformity":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": nonconformity",
      ": a break in a sequence of sedimentary rocks all of which have approximately the same dip"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccdis-k\u0259n-\u02c8f\u022fr-m\u0259-t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1572, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-115605"
  },
  "De Vries":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Hugo \u2014 see vries, de"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-115913"
  },
  "declamatory":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of, relating to, or marked by declamation or rhetorical display"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8kla-m\u0259-\u02cct\u022fr-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The play\u2019s director is an ambitious modernist whose project for the tragedy involves a declamatory style of performance and an abstractedly ritualistic choreography. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 17 June 2022",
      "Bass-baritone Dav\u00f3ne Tines was a gripping, theatrical Malcolm, making the most of the character\u2019s monochromatic, declamatory vocal line and physically embodying his transformation from bitter hustler to magnetic, instinctive spokesman. \u2014 Heidi Waleson, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
      "In fashion meetings Andr\u00e9 was highly opinionated, and loudly declamatory . \u2014 Hamish Bowles, Vogue , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "This music\u2019s restlessness stood out, muted chords giving way to declamatory strings, great swaths of orchestral sound punctuated by bursts of percussion and startling pauses. \u2014 Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com , 30 Oct. 2019",
      "The actors deliver their lines with stark and declamatory fervor, and their gestures have a sharp, sculptural stillness that\u2019s reminiscent of the grand artifices of classic-Hollywood productions. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 30 Aug. 2019",
      "What lets her down is the by-numbers plotting, together with the sort of flat, declamatory dialogue that might have been lifted from a teen-magazine photo story. \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 30 Aug. 2019",
      "The scenes are generally painted with urbane, rhythmically punchy big-band-style jazz, beefed up with strings, under declamatory vocal lines. \u2014 Zachary Woolfe, New York Times , 16 June 2019",
      "Slam poets, inheriting the declamatory style of African American feminist poet Ntozake Shange, democratized poetry from its literary journal stuffiness with beer, wine and laughter, as well as hip-hop bravado. \u2014 Ed Morales, Washington Post , 27 June 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1581, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-120928"
  },
  "Davenant":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Sir William 1606\u20131668 English poet and dramatist; poet laureate (1638\u201368)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dav-n\u0259nt",
      "\u02c8da-v\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-121158"
  },
  "disseisin":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of disseising : the state of being disseised",
      ": the act of disseising : the state of being disseised"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)di(s)-\u02c8s\u0113-z\u1d4an"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English dysseysyne , from Anglo-French disseisine , from disseisir"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-121428"
  },
  "descending raceme":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a scorpioid cyme"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-121440"
  },
  "disidentify":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to rid of identity or characteristic qualities",
      ": dissociate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6dis+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "dis- entry 1 + identify"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-122043"
  },
  "donnot":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": donought"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4n\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "by alteration"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-122420"
  },
  "Damon":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a legendary Sicilian who pledges his life for his condemned friend Pythias"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0101-m\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin, from Greek Dam\u014dn"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1557, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-122605"
  },
  "ducking":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of various swimming birds (family Anatidae, the duck family) in which the neck and legs are short, the feet typically webbed, the bill often broad and flat, and the sexes usually different from each other in plumage",
      ": the flesh of any of these birds used as food",
      ": a female duck \u2014 compare drake",
      ": person , creature",
      "\u2014 see also odd duck",
      ": darling",
      ": to lower the head or body suddenly : dodge",
      ": bow , bob",
      ": to move quickly",
      ": to evade a duty, question, or responsibility",
      ": to plunge under the surface of water",
      ": to descend suddenly : dip",
      ": to lower (the head, the body, etc.) quickly : bow",
      ": avoid , evade",
      ": to thrust (someone or something) underwater : dunk",
      ": an instance of ducking",
      ": a durable closely woven usually cotton fabric",
      ": light clothes and especially trousers made of duck",
      ": a swimming bird that has a broad flat bill and is smaller than the related goose and swan",
      ": to push under water for a moment",
      ": to lower the head or body suddenly",
      ": to avoid by moving quickly",
      ": to avoid a duty, question, or responsibility",
      ": any of various swimming birds (family Anatidae, the duck family) in which the neck and legs are short, the feet typically webbed, the bill often broad and flat, and the sexes usually different from each other in plumage"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u0259k",
      "\u02c8d\u0259k",
      "\u02c8d\u0259k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "baby",
      "being",
      "bird",
      "bod",
      "body",
      "character",
      "cookie",
      "cooky",
      "creature",
      "customer",
      "devil",
      "egg",
      "face",
      "fish",
      "guy",
      "head",
      "human",
      "human being",
      "individual",
      "life",
      "man",
      "mortal",
      "party",
      "person",
      "personage",
      "scout",
      "slob",
      "sort",
      "soul",
      "specimen",
      "stiff",
      "thing",
      "wight"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "avoid",
      "dodge",
      "elude",
      "escape",
      "eschew",
      "evade",
      "finesse",
      "get around",
      "scape",
      "shake",
      "shirk",
      "shuffle (out of)",
      "shun",
      "weasel (out of)"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "Middle English duk, doke , from Old English d\u016bce",
      "Verb",
      "Middle English douken ; akin to Old High German t\u016bhhan to dive, Old English d\u016bce duck",
      "Noun (3)",
      "Dutch doek cloth; akin to Old High German tuoh cloth"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1554, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (3)",
      "1640, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-122705"
  },
  "dirty pool":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": underhanded or unsportsmanlike conduct"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1918, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-122901"
  },
  "drap":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": cloth"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u0227",
      "\u02c8drap"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Noun",
      "French (cloth)"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-123027"
  },
  "door prize":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a prize awarded to the holder of a winning ticket passed out at the entrance to an entertainment or function"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There will be child passport stops and door prize for children will be awarded every half hour with passport participation, starting at 11:30 a.m. \u2014 Carol Kovach, cleveland , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "Admission of $10 includes a chance to win a door prize . \u2014 Hartford Courant , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "For every three cans of Friskies or two rolls of paper towels, guests will get a ticket into the door prize drawing. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Each ticket includes an open bar, live music, hors d\u2019oeuvres, taco and dessert stations, one raffle entry for a door prize and a wine pull, organizers said. \u2014 Beacon-news Staff, chicagotribune.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "The Main Garden will feature a Butterfly Garden, at the center of which will be a whimsical butterfly bench that will be given away as a door prize . \u2014 Sam Boyer, cleveland , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Everyone who brings a door prize is welcomed to the front for an introduction and to pull the winning ticket. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Oct. 2021",
      "Football squares and a door prize are also part of the event. \u2014 cleveland , 9 Jan. 2022",
      "The $25 registration fee includes open bowling or mini golf, shoe rental, a hot dog and soda, T-shirt and one door prize ticket. \u2014 courant.com , 12 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1884, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-123412"
  },
  "descripta":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of descripta plural of descriptum"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-123604"
  },
  "Dispharynx":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a genus of spiruroid nematodes including destructive parasites of the proventriculus and gizzard of gallinaceous birds and usually having intermediate stages in sow bugs"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u0307s+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, from dis- entry 1 + pharynx"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-124645"
  },
  "daisy ham":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a boned and smoked piece of pork from the shoulder"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1933, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-125043"
  },
  "divekeeper":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a keeper of a dive"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-125051"
  },
  "drone":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen",
      ": one that lives on the labors of others : parasite",
      ": an uncrewed aircraft or ship guided by remote control or onboard computers",
      ": drudge sense 1",
      ": drudge sense 2",
      ": to make a sustained deep murmuring, humming, or buzzing sound",
      ": to talk in a persistently dull or monotonous tone",
      ": to pass, proceed, or act in a dull, drowsy, or indifferent manner",
      ": to utter or pronounce with a drone",
      ": to pass or spend in dull or monotonous activity or in idleness",
      ": a deep sustained or monotonous sound : hum",
      ": an instrument or part of an instrument (such as one of the fixed-pitch pipes of a bagpipe ) that sounds a continuous unvarying tone",
      ": pedal point",
      ": a male bee",
      ": to make or to speak with a low dull tone or hum",
      ": a low dull tone or hum"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dr\u014dn",
      "\u02c8dr\u014dn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "couch potato",
      "deadbeat",
      "do-nothing",
      "idler",
      "layabout",
      "lazybones",
      "loafer",
      "lotus-eater",
      "slouch",
      "slug",
      "slugabed",
      "sluggard"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bumble",
      "burr",
      "buzz",
      "hum",
      "whir",
      "whirr",
      "whish",
      "whiz",
      "whizz",
      "zip",
      "zoom"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "We could hear wasps droning in the garden.",
      "the sound of droning bees all around us"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Noun (1), Verb, and Noun (2)",
      "Middle English, from Old English dr\u0101n ; akin to Old High German treno drone, Greek thr\u0113nos dirge"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "circa 1520, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1502, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-125837"
  },
  "duarchy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a government by two rulers having equal power"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d(y)\u00fc\u02cc\u00e4rk\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "irregular from Late Greek dyarchia , from Greek dy- + -archia -archy"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-130236"
  },
  "disproportionated rosin":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a substance consisting essentially of dehydrogenated resin acids (as dehydro-abietic acid) together with hydrogenated resin acids (as dihydro-abietic acid) obtained by heating rosin or by treating it with acid and used chiefly in the form of a soap as an emulsifier in making GR-S-type rubber"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-130447"
  },
  "Depew":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Chauncey Mitchell 1834\u20131928 American lawyer and politician"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8py\u00fc"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-130734"
  },
  "deepgoing":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": reaching or penetrating to the heart : serious",
      ": fundamental"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-130738"
  },
  "determinism":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "noun or adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a theory or doctrine that acts of the will (see will entry 2 sense 4a ), occurrences in nature, or social or psychological phenomena are causally determined by preceding events or natural laws",
      ": a belief in predestination",
      ": the quality or state of being determined",
      ": a theory or doctrine that acts of the will, occurrences in nature, or social or psychological phenomena are causally determined by preceding events or natural laws",
      ": the quality or state of being determined"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "di-\u02c8t\u0259r-m\u0259-\u02ccni-z\u0259m",
      "d\u0113-",
      "di-\u02c8t\u0259r-m\u0259-\u02ccniz-\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Passages like this one, which directly contradict their characterization of the book\u2019s alleged determinism , reductionism, and essentialism, are easy to find! \u2014 Jessica Riskin, The New York Review of Books , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "And, of course, Olympic telecast producers proved powerless before its romantic determinism . \u2014 Brad Shoup, Billboard , 23 May 2022",
      "Finland has traditionally been militarily neutral and enjoyed good relations with Moscow \u2014 but the war in Ukraine has led the country to rethink its security and self- determinism . \u2014 Patrick Smith, NBC News , 12 May 2022",
      "To what extent can causation be seen as determinism ? \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "What happens to Didion when a narrow and cracked determinism swallows not just the women\u2019s movement but the whole world? \u2014 Zadie Smith, The New Yorker , 24 Dec. 2021",
      "Hossenfelder\u2019s commitment to determinism puts her in good company. \u2014 John Horgan, Scientific American , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Yet his pitch has hardened into litany: technological determinism , political pessimism, cultural relativism, and so on. \u2014 Frank Guan, The New Yorker , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "Technological determinism is not exactly the vogue among academic historians these days. \u2014 Stephen Budiansky, WSJ , 6 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "see determine"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1838, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-131348"
  },
  "drag conveyor":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a conveyor consisting of wooden or steel plates attached to endless chains and running in a trough through which the material is dragged"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-131442"
  },
  "dredging bucket":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a bucket (as an orange-peel or clamshell bucket) used in dredging"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-131532"
  },
  "domani":{
    "type":[
      "Italian adverb and noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": tomorrow : an indefinite time in the future"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u014d-\u02c8m\u00e4-n\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-131725"
  },
  "diverticle":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": byway , bypath"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "|t\u0259\u0307k\u0259l",
      "|t\u0259\u0307-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin diverticulum"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-131946"
  },
  "discumber":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": disencumber"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259s",
      "(\u02c8)dis+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "probably by alteration"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-132412"
  }
}