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{
"Elysium":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology",
": paradise sense 2"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8li-zh\u0113-\u0259m",
"-z\u0113-"
],
"synonyms":[
"above",
"bliss",
"elysian fields",
"empyrean",
"heaven",
"kingdom come",
"New Jerusalem",
"paradise",
"sky",
"Zion",
"Sion"
],
"antonyms":[
"Gehenna",
"hell",
"Pandemonium",
"perdition"
],
"examples":[
"the mourners were comforted by their belief that the saintly woman was now experiencing the joys of Elysium",
"the universal pipe dream that there exists somewhere an earthly Elysium where people live trouble-free lives"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin, from Greek \u0112lysion ",
"first_known_use":[
"1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225648"
},
"Eternal":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": having infinite duration : everlasting",
": of or relating to eternity",
": characterized by abiding fellowship with God",
": continued without intermission : perpetual",
": seemingly endless",
": infernal",
": valid or existing at all times : timeless",
": god sense 1",
": something eternal",
": lasting forever : having no beginning and no end",
": continuing without interruption : seeming to last forever"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8t\u0259r-n\u1d4al",
"i-\u02c8t\u0259r-n\u1d4al"
],
"synonyms":[
"abiding",
"ageless",
"continuing",
"dateless",
"enduring",
"everlasting",
"immortal",
"imperishable",
"lasting",
"ongoing",
"perennial",
"perpetual",
"timeless",
"undying"
],
"antonyms":[
"Allah",
"Almighty",
"Author",
"Creator",
"deity",
"Divinity",
"Everlasting",
"Father",
"God",
"Godhead",
"Jehovah",
"King",
"Lord",
"Maker",
"Providence",
"Supreme Being",
"Yahweh",
"Jahveh",
"Yahveh"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"the eternal flames of hell",
"in search of eternal wisdom",
"When will his eternal whining stop?",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Ancient cultures from the Chinese to the Hebrews hung evergreen branches over doors to symbolize eternal life. \u2014 Faith Bottum, WSJ , 23 Dec. 2021",
"What could be a more consistent expression of the will to power than wanting eternal life for yourself, and dismissing concerns about a global pandemic as overblown? \u2014 Moira Weigel, The New Republic , 20 Dec. 2021",
"But despite her failings, that cat must have the gift of eternal life. \u2014 Irv Erdos Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Nov. 2021",
"Paxton plays this vamp as a floppy-haired hick punk who\u2019s having way too much fun being an undead psychopath on the open range, spending his eternal life wreaking bloody havoc. \u2014 Vulture Editors, Vulture , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Green is also a color closely linked to paradise, salvation and eternal life in Islam, the religion practiced by the Mughal rulers. \u2014 CNN , 14 Sep. 2021",
"To lead the survivors of the human race to an eternal life while the rest of society burned. \u2014 Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News , 1 Sep. 2021",
"The project did not confer eternal life on either of its makers. \u2014 Diana Budds, Curbed , 19 Aug. 2021",
"The Dark Crystal is more fantasy than horror, set in a world of magical creatures like Gelflings and Skeksis locked in eternal struggle over the universe. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"These ancient seas and islands offer some reassuring glimpse of the eternal . \u2014 Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Youth, like hope, seemingly springs eternal at the dawn of a new season. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
"But hope springs eternal , maybe more so in baseball than anywhere else. \u2014 John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
"More significantly, if life eternal is to know the only true God, as John 17:3 states, is their salvation at stake? \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Hope wasn\u2019t given much of a chance to spring eternal on Monday for the Diamondbacks. \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Hope springs eternal , though, as the two never confirmed their breakup with an official statement. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Hope for the success of the alien apocalypse springs eternal . \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 22 Oct. 2021",
"But just like every team in the NFL, hope springs eternal in Week 1. \u2014 David Moore, Dallas News , 9 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1573, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203016"
},
"Everlasting":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": lasting or enduring through all time : eternal",
": continuing for a long time or indefinitely",
": having or being flowers or foliage that retain form or color for a long time when dried",
": tediously persistent",
": wearing indefinitely",
": eternity",
": god sense 1",
": any of several chiefly composite plants (such as cudweed) with flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color \u2014 compare pearly everlasting",
": the flower of an everlasting",
": lasting forever : eternal",
": going on for a long time"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce-v\u0259r-\u02c8la-sti\u014b",
"\u02cce-v\u0259r-\u02c8la-sti\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"ceaseless",
"dateless",
"deathless",
"endless",
"eternal",
"immortal",
"permanent",
"perpetual",
"undying",
"unending"
],
"antonyms":[
"eternity",
"foreverness",
"infinity",
"perpetuity"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"To his everlasting credit, he never once gave in to temptation.",
"valentines typically express the giver's everlasting love and devotion",
"Noun",
"that special bond that has existed between mother and child from everlasting",
"people who believe that the magnificence of the natural world is proof of the existence of the Everlasting",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The Lord is the everlasting God, the creator of the ends of the earth. \u2014 Sophia Caraballo, Woman's Day , 1 June 2022",
"In ancient Rome, a group of young women known as the Vestal Virgins maintained the everlasting flame that burned in the Forum\u2019s Temple of Vesta\u2014a potent symbol of their civilization\u2019s legitimacy and political power. \u2014 Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 May 2022",
"In this era of the power hitter, of tee shots routinely traveling 350 yards, the 12th hole at Augusta National remains a source of everlasting cruelty. \u2014 Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Cultivating those contributions is to Jurich\u2019s everlasting credit and accounts in large part for the enthusiasm of multiple major donors in the possibility of his return. \u2014 Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal , 3 June 2022",
"This concept, termed \u2018caring for bliss,\u2019 consists of practices that cultivate sukha or a state of unlimited, everlasting inner joy induced by a peaceful state of mind and a compassionate heart. \u2014 Mark Travers, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"In photos of the British royal family over the years, corgis can often be spotted\u2014thanks to Queen Elizabeth's everlasting love of the breed. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Mark has openly discussed her mother Mia\u2019s 2013 death as an everlasting influence in her work, and many of her songs nod to her. \u2014 Sasha Urban, Variety , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Tucker, 48, opted to post a photo slideshow of the couple and echoed his wife's sentiments about their everlasting romance. \u2014 Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Venus et Fleur L\u00e9 Mini rose in round box, $39, venusetfleur.com Impress the host with an (almost) everlasting rose. \u2014 Michaela Bechler, Vogue , 14 Dec. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201900"
},
"e'er":{
"type":"adverb",
"definitions":[
"ever"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8er",
"synonyms":[
"always",
"aye",
"ay",
"eternally",
"ever",
"everlastingly",
"evermore",
"forever",
"forevermore",
"indelibly",
"permanently",
"perpetually"
],
"antonyms":[
"ne'er",
"never",
"nevermore"
],
"examples":[
"an act of heroism for which the nation will e'er be grateful"
],
"history_and_etymology":null,
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"eager":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": marked by enthusiastic or impatient desire or interest",
": sharp",
": sour",
": very excited and interested"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0113-g\u0259r",
"\u02c8\u0113-g\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"agog",
"antsy",
"anxious",
"ardent",
"athirst",
"avid",
"crazy",
"desirous",
"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":[
"\u2026 wine connoisseurs eager to visit cellars and late-fall pilgrims seeking the increasingly rare white truffle \u2026 \u2014 Corby Kummer , Atlantic , August 2000",
"\u2026 so many religions were steeped in an absolutist frame of mind\u2014each convinced that it alone had a monopoly on the truth and therefore eager for the state to impose this truth on others. \u2014 Carl Sagan , The Demon-Haunted World , 1996",
"She was eager to get started.",
"The crowd was eager for more.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The panel members, some of whom have treated hospitalized children for Covid and have comforted terrified parents, seemed eager to act. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"The Jukes\u2019 mix of heartland rock, blues and soul produced a party vibe for a band eager to make a name for itself. \u2014 cleveland , 12 June 2022",
"The company has always maintained an office downtown, but as bourbon tourism began to boom, Heaven Hill was eager to bring its production back to historic Whiskey Row in downtown Louisville. \u2014 Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal , 6 June 2022",
"The season is fully hopping for the first time since 2019 But coming out of the pandemic, Baker has seemed eager to get back at it, booking a hot-selling, eight-night run at the Venetian in Las Vegas. \u2014 Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press , 1 June 2022",
"Some seemed eager to embrace the limelight, but most therapists don\u2019t go into the business dreaming of pop-culture celebrity. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"Any decision that scientists make in June will have to involve assumptions about how SARS-CoV-2 will shape-shift in the future, which exactly no one is eager to make. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 13 May 2022",
"Tom DeLonge has never aspired to be a movie star, but the founder of punk-pop band blink-182 is eager to make his debut behind the camera. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 May 2022",
"But China\u2019s tightening of restrictions came at a time when the rest of the world seemed eager to drop them. \u2014 Stephanie Yangstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 20 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English egre , from Anglo-French egre, aigre , from Latin acer \u2014 more at edge ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214902"
},
"early":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"biographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": near the beginning of a period of time",
": near the beginning of a course, process, or series",
": before the usual or expected time",
": soon",
": sooner than related forms",
": of, relating to, or occurring near the beginning of a period of time, a development, or a series",
": distant in past time",
": primitive",
": occurring before the usual or expected time",
": occurring in the near future",
": maturing or producing sooner than related forms",
": at or near the beginning of a period of time",
": before the usual or expected time",
": occurring near the beginning or before the usual time",
"Anderson 1816\u20131894 American Confederate general"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0259r-l\u0113",
"\u02c8\u0259r-l\u0113",
"\u02c8\u0259r-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"beforehand",
"inopportunely",
"precociously",
"prematurely",
"unseasonably"
],
"antonyms":[
"ancient",
"primal",
"primeval",
"primitive",
"primordial"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Bitcoin\u2019s price was as low as $6,000 in late March 2020, early in the pandemic, before a rally began. \u2014 Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
"Jack Mayfield, who was around from the taxi squad as early as Wednesday but not officially recalled from the Salt Lake Bees until Friday, got the start at the hot corner for Friday\u2019s game. \u2014 Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
"If experts with the national public health agency support the vaccines, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky is expected to sign off and shots could be available for the age group as early as Tuesday. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
"Current English bulldog owners are encouraged to monitor all health issues and seek medical advice early if there are concerns. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"Gonzalez was well-regarded early in his career, but scouts began to believe Gonzalez swung at too many pitches out of the strike zone, even in the minors. \u2014 Terry Pluto, cleveland , 16 June 2022",
"After arriving in Kyiv to the sound of air raid sirens, the leaders headed to Irpin, a suburb of the capital that was the scene of intense fighting early in the war and where many civilians were killed. \u2014 John Leicester, Anchorage Daily News , 16 June 2022",
"After arriving in Kyiv to the sound of air raid sirens, the leaders headed to Irpin, a suburb of the capital that was the scene of intense fighting early in the war and where many civilians were killed. \u2014 John Leicester And Sylvie Corbet, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 June 2022",
"After arriving in Kyiv to the sound of air raid sirens, the leaders headed to Irpin, a suburb of the capital that was the scene of intense fighting early in the war and where many civilians were killed. \u2014 John Leicester And Sylvie Corbet, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Those early signs pointed to smartphones becoming the next big thing to impact society, and one has to only look at the current converging technologies to see what may be the next big thing that changes our world. \u2014 Tim Bajarin, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Called Ebiara, the fund will serve as an option for developers in their early stages to have access to capital through loans, technical assistance and coaching, according to a news release. \u2014 Chanel Stitt, Detroit Free Press , 21 June 2022",
"These early signs of slowdown across a broad range of products and industries, including travel and restaurants, challenge the notion that Americans have simply shifted their spending from goods to services. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"These early signs of slowdown across a broad range of products and industries, including travel and restaurants, challenge the notion that Americans have simply shifted their spending from goods to services. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, Anchorage Daily News , 18 June 2022",
"These early signs of slowdown across a broad range of products and industries, including travel and restaurants, challenge the notion that Americans have simply shifted their spending from goods to services. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
"The economy remains strong for now, but early signs of a pullback are surfacing. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
"The soft, delicate spots on the bones infants have soon after birth are among those that will harden and fuse during one\u2019s early life. \u2014 Liam Gravvat, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"On the upside, Jones said, home price acceleration is showing early signs of steadying. \u2014 Anna Bahney, CNN , 16 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adverb",
"first_known_use":[
"Adverb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Adjective",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225031"
},
"earn":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb",
"verb ()"
],
"definitions":[
": to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered",
": to bring in by way of return",
": to come to be duly worthy of or entitled or suited to",
": to make worthy of or obtain for",
": grieve",
": to get for work done",
": to deserve as a result of labor or service"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0259rn",
"\u02c8\u0259rn"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquire",
"attain",
"bag",
"bring in",
"capture",
"carry",
"come by",
"draw",
"gain",
"garner",
"get",
"knock down",
"land",
"make",
"obtain",
"procure",
"pull down",
"realize",
"reap",
"secure",
"win"
],
"antonyms":[
"forfeit",
"lose"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The 21-year-old junior was the first Iowa underclassman to earn All-Big Ten First Team honors since 1978, one of five finalists for the John R. Wooden Award and a consensus first-team All-American. \u2014 Chandler Engelbrecht, Detroit Free Press , 15 June 2022",
"Riley, the Lakers\u2019 coach at the time, had won two titles in a row, but in the end his team failed to earn him royalties with a third title in 1989. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"The Tampa Bay Lightning have a chance to earn a slice of hockey immortality and accomplish a feat that eluded those great Oilers, Penguins and Red Wings teams. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"Celsius lends out customer deposits to other users to earn a return. \u2014 Soma Biswas And Alexander Gladstone, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
"Jordan Marshall of Archbishop Moeller became the first running back to earn an offer from an OSU camp this summer. \u2014 Stephen Means, cleveland , 14 June 2022",
"Lido is the world's biggest liquid staking protocol, allowing users to stake their coins while retaining the liquidity that can be used across the DeFi space to earn extra yield. \u2014 Omkar Godbole, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"Furious, Gru fires the lot of them, effectively putting the pressure on these bumbling groupies to earn their jobs back. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 13 June 2022",
"Each year, more families seem to earn attention by taking to long trails with small children. \u2014 Outside Online , 13 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb (1)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb (2)",
"circa 1530, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222810"
},
"earnest":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"noun ()"
],
"definitions":[
": characterized by or proceeding from an intense and serious state of mind",
": grave , important",
": a serious and intent mental state",
": a considerable or impressive degree or amount",
": something of value given by a buyer to a seller to bind a bargain",
": a token of what is to come : pledge",
": not light or playful",
": something of value given by a buyer to a seller to bind a bargain"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0259r-n\u0259st",
"\u02c8\u0259r-n\u0259st",
"\u02c8\u0259r-n\u0259st"
],
"synonyms":[
"grave",
"humorless",
"no-nonsense",
"po-faced",
"sedate",
"serious",
"severe",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"solemn",
"staid",
"uncomic",
"unsmiling",
"weighty"
],
"antonyms":[
"earnestness",
"graveness",
"gravity",
"intentness",
"serious-mindedness",
"seriousness",
"soberness",
"sobriety",
"solemnity",
"solemnness",
"staidness"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"When the race began in earnest again on lap 17, Hamilton burst straight past Ricciardo into third while Vettel brilliantly defended the corner twice to fend off Bottas. \u2014 Associated Press, latimes.com , 16 Apr. 2017",
"And Wura O. is surprisingly earnest : Africa is a place full of beauty, exuberance, and culture. \u2014 Sebastian Modak, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 7 Apr. 2017",
"With a new administration in office and so much at stake, now is a good time to approach that task in earnest . \u2014 Liz Spayd, New York Times , 18 Feb. 2017",
"Yet in an era of fake news, overheated partisanship and general rancor, Mr. Mazza seems unfailingly earnest and without an agenda \u2014 aside from trying to become a reporter, with his own notion of what that means. \u2014 Marc Santora, New York Times , 17 Feb. 2017",
"This championship marked the culmination of a slow rebuilding process, which started in earnest when the Cubs hired Theo Epstein as president of baseball operations before the 2012 season. \u2014 Jared Diamond, WSJ , 3 Nov. 2016",
"Few music figures have made a more earnest attempt to break into fashion than Yeezus, and these sorts of collections follow in those Westian footsteps. \u2014 Pete Forester, Esquire , 22 Aug. 2016",
"The campaign kicked off in earnest Thursday night on a conference call with at least 30 delegates from 15 states, according to multiple participants. \u2014 Ed O'keefe, Washington Post , 17 June 2016",
"A team spokesman declined to be quoted, but expressed earnest affection for the Hall of Science; the Mets have a representative on the hall\u2019s board. \u2014 Jim Dwyer, New York Times , 19 May 2016",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The most immediate question is whether the British can map out in advance their negotiating partners\u2019 positions before the talks start in earnest . \u2014 Stephen Fidler, WSJ , 6 Oct. 2016",
"Then, the defending of the lead continued in earnest . \u2014 Andrew Das, New York Times , 11 June 2016",
"But Sanders appeared to be offering in earnest , prompted in part by the Clinton campaign\u2019s decision, announced Monday, not to follow through on an earlier pledge to debate him in California. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 27 May 2016",
"The battle for control of the living room just began in earnest . \u2014 David Streitfeld, New York Times , 18 May 2016",
"The term post-racial is almost never used in earnest . \u2014 Ta-nehisi Coates, The Atlantic , 26 June 2015",
"A guest brings up a television show in which each episode features a different sect of Americans, preparing in earnest for a different kind of doomsday. \u2014 Eric Boman, Vogue , 29 Apr. 2015",
"Will Ferrell has been making the publicity rounds in earnest since his new comedy Get Hard premiered at SXSW earlier this month. \u2014 Ryan Bort, Esquire , 27 Mar. 2015",
"Ersatz, every word, and yet all meant in good earnest . \u2014 Emma Donoghue, The Atlantic , 19 Feb. 2014"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1) and Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (1)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-175816"
},
"earth":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": the fragmental material composing part of the surface of the globe",
": cultivable soil",
": the sphere of mortal life as distinguished from spheres of spirit life \u2014 compare heaven , hell",
": areas of land as distinguished from sea and air",
": the solid footing formed of soil : ground",
": the planet on which we live that is third in order from the sun \u2014 see Planets Table",
": the people of the planet Earth",
": the mortal human body",
": the pursuits, interests, and pleasures of earthly life as distinguished from spiritual concerns",
": the lair of a burrowing animal",
": an excessive amount of money",
": to drive to hiding in the earth",
": to draw soil about (plants)",
": ground sense 4",
": to hide in the ground",
": the planet that we live on",
": land as distinguished from sea and air",
": soil entry 2 sense 1"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0259rth",
"\u02c8\u0259rth"
],
"synonyms":[
"globe",
"planet",
"world"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The moisture will eventually fall to earth in the form of rain or snow.",
"We could feel the earth shake.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Gnomes are the brainchildren of the Swiss philosopher Paracelsus, who envisioned them moving through earth as easily as fish move through water. \u2014 WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"This is enough plastic to circle the earth several hundred times, in the form of air pillows. \u2014 Matt Littlejohn, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
"For a moment Betty Sawyer held the soil in her palms, feeling the dark, gravelly earth against her skin. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"Dear Amy: My beloved husband left this physical earth 20 months ago. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 12 June 2022",
"Dear Amy: My beloved husband left this physical earth 20 months ago. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 12 June 2022",
"Dear Amy: My beloved husband left this physical earth 20 months ago. \u2014 cleveland , 12 June 2022",
"Dear Amy: My beloved husband left this physical earth 20 months ago. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune , 11 June 2022",
"Search-and-rescue groups use dogs to find lost people, dead people and people buried under earth and snow. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 11 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Step into nature, hike, perhaps try earthing (which is a practice of removing your shoes and walking on the earth to help rid you of stresses or clear your mind). \u2014 Krystyna Ch\u00e1vez, Marie Claire , 14 Jan. 2020",
"The outer cylinder is earthed while the inner one is not, creating a capacitor. \u2014 The Economist , 1 Aug. 2019",
"Practitioner John Manning will discuss earthing on Wednesday, Jan. 17, at 7 p.m. at the Enfield Public Library, 104 Middle Road. \u2014 Courant Community , 9 Jan. 2018",
"When the aerial is earthed , part of the carrier wave will be absorbed. \u2014 The Economist , 13 Sep. 2017",
"But Truth in Advertising, a consumer advocacy group, cited earthing in a database of 50-some instances in which Goop promoted unsubstantiated products or claims. \u2014 Olga Khazan, The Atlantic , 12 Sep. 2017",
"Inside, the ch\u00e2teau is an equal marvel, perfectly restored and filled with contemporary art and, for balance, fragments of a meteorite that fell to earth 200 million years ago. \u2014 Jon Maksik, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 20 Apr. 2017"
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"adjective"
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": earthshaking"
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"adjective"
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"a dull and earthbound mind",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On offense, Williams stayed relatively earthbound by his usual soaring standards. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 24 May 2022",
"Bocco and others believe the prices for projects stateside have become more earthbound post-pandemic. \u2014 Manori Ravindran, Variety , 23 May 2022",
"Three days later, Burna is in South London and decidedly more earthbound , slouched in an antique red leather chair. \u2014 Heran Mamo, Billboard , 12 May 2022",
"The lemon was a high note singing clearly and steadily over the earthbound meatiness of the lamb. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 9 May 2022",
"Their speeches have been practical yet soaring, theological yet earthbound . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Despite the performers spending time suspended about the stage, the production remains stubbornly earthbound . \u2014 New York Times , 11 Apr. 2022",
"As hip-hop and pop have edged toward the surreal, prizing fearlessness and deviation\u2014the most exciting young artists in those genres tend to be provocateurs, of a sort\u2014country has remained earthbound . \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 9 Apr. 2022",
"The transcendent poet of \u2018Ode on a Grecian Urn\u2019 was a young man with distinctly earthbound interests. \u2014 Wsj Books Staff, WSJ , 29 Mar. 2022"
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"a sermon against our obsession with earthly pursuits",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While the Arabidopsis sprouts weren\u2019t particularly impressive by earthly standards, that Robert Ferl and Anna-Lisa Paul, the study\u2019s authors, were able to grow plants at all is impressive. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 8 June 2022",
"The story follows what happens after Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed almighty powers of the Egyptian gods and immediately imprisoned. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
"But a recent tweet from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Southeast Region zeroed in on something not so earthly : the Lake Interchange. \u2014 Jordan Tilkens, Journal Sentinel , 3 June 2022",
"Collaboration in space typically transcends earthly politics, and cooperation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the Cold War served major symbolic significance. \u2014 Derek Saul, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"Mercury goes into earthly Taurus on the 3rd just a day before Saturn retrograde takes place in Aquarius on the 4th. \u2014 Meghan Rose, Glamour , 1 June 2022",
"The science-fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson delivers a guide to the earthly wilderness that has been his lifelong inspiration. \u2014 Wsj Books Staff, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
"Science tells us that these visions have an earthly cause: compounds that block or trigger certain neurotransmitters, sending our brains into overdrive. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
"In 1981, in the first hours of earthly bonding, the new mom wanted a tie to her childhood. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022"
],
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"of great importance momentous"
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"earthshaking news\u2014the President has been assassinated",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As with the box discovered underneath the Lee statue, the results were disappointing, mostly photographs and documents of no earthshaking importance. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Like others in his line of work, Paul said March 2020 was an earthshaking development the moment live performance screeched to a halt. \u2014 Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press , 16 May 2021",
"The effect is shattering, creating a visceral immediacy that parachutes the viewer into that earthshaking moment, with no clear resolution in sight. \u2014 Jason Bailey, New York Times , 1 Feb. 2021",
"His early songs, released as Elvis Presley was shaking up the music scene, were a sort of comfort food, jaunty yet melodic and not too earthshaking . \u2014 New York Times , 22 Jan. 2021",
"Something earthshaking has happened, but the first guest booked to talk about it has canceled, so Sanjay Gupta will be calling for an emergency Zoom chat in 30 minutes. \u2014 Joe Queenan, WSJ , 3 Dec. 2020",
"Nothing earthshaking happens in any of Brown\u2019s videos -- at least, not in the first eight -- but fans appear to be tuning in, eager to find out more about Alabama Hannah. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 17 Nov. 2020",
"Wucker's gray rhino is not an earthshaking event out of nowhere. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 6 May 2020",
"Of course, the answers are up to the individual reader and will vary based on things like family dynamics and how earthshaking the consequences of knowing might be. \u2014 Pam Belluck, New York Times , 3 Mar. 2020"
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": of, relating to, or consisting of earth",
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": practical , down-to-earth",
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"a blend of earthy colors",
"The wine had an earthy flavor.",
"Critics were impressed by the movie's earthy realism.",
"food made with simple, earthy ingredients",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Details include gold tile, raw wood, greenery and earthy tones paired with bright colors. \u2014 Annie Nickoloff, cleveland , 26 May 2022",
"For the beauty look, Styles stripped things back and opted for earthy , natural tones. \u2014 Elle Turner, Glamour , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The inaugural chapter of r.e.m. beauty, aptly named Ultra Violet, is filled with shimmer shades and earthy tones that will make technicolor fans and nude lovers alike very happy. \u2014 Jennifer Hussein, Allure , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Patchwork, soft leather, earthy tones, and vintage accessories are all perfect to wear to an indie concert. \u2014 Hannah Oh, Seventeen , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Affleck complemented her earthy warm tones in a gray T-shirt, red plaid button-up, and dark jeans. \u2014 ELLE , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Think warm, earthy sunshine colors, but in the shade. \u2014 Tish Weinstock, Vogue , 22 Mar. 2022",
"These casual joggers \u2014 which come in 12 earthy colors \u2014 feature an elastic waistband for a customizable and secure fit. \u2014 Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Each room comes with a distinctly Mediterranean feel thanks to the terracotta floors, faded floral accents, and earthy tones. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 18 Mar. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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"the state of being comfortable such as",
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"an easy fit",
"relief from discomfort or obligation",
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"an act of easing or a state of being eased",
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"free from restraint or formality",
"standing silently (as in a military formation) with the feet apart, the right foot in place, and one or both hands behind the body",
"to free from something that pains, disquiets, or burdens",
"to make less painful alleviate",
"to lessen the pressure or tension of especially by slackening, lifting, or shifting",
"to maneuver gently or carefully",
"to moderate or reduce especially in amount or intensity",
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"to let (a helm or rudder) come back a little after having been put hard over",
"to give freedom or relief",
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"to act in a less harsh manner",
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"lack of difficulty",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"Our testers loved this vacuum for its ease of use and effective cleaning abilities. \u2014 Madison Yauger, PEOPLE.com , 16 June 2022",
"In a heel turn, Diane leveraged her relationships with rich white clients\u2014and, implicitly, their greater ease with a white woman\u2014to preserve her position. \u2014 Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"Experts at the Good Housekeeping Institute Lab tested over half a dozen GPS trackers and researched a dozen more based on their ease of use, accuracy, fit and extra features to find the best options for each family's needs. \u2014 Jamie Spain, Good Housekeeping , 31 May 2022",
"Frances wants everything that Melissa has\u2014her man, her home, her writing career, her ease in the world\u2014and hates herself for wanting them. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 15 May 2022",
"Once the look of the pieces was finalized, their ease of wear was paramount. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 12 May 2022",
"The GoBQ grill is a great option for traveling, tailgating, or even for folks with small apartments, given its ease of packing, stowing, and carrying. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 28 Apr. 2022",
"There are a growing number of turntables in this price range \u2014 including a number from manufacturing partner Pro-Ject \u2014 but the Turntable Analog was built to Como Audio\u2019s specifications and stands out for its ease of setup. \u2014 Brad Moon, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Sonos smart speakers are known for their ease of use and audio quality, not their affordability. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
"That and a possible gas tax holiday may ease some inflationary pressures at the pump. \u2014 Jj Kinahan, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"The heat will ease into Tuesday, and the weather service warned of possible storms that could bring damaging winds and large hail. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 20 June 2022",
"Weather conditions are forecast to ease on Monday, with a high of 80 and winds between 5-10 mph. \u2014 Michelle Watson And Susannah Cullinane, CNN , 20 June 2022",
"Infrastructure investment and lower consumer spending can ease shipping costs Shipping rates won\u2019t fall until US consumer demand for goods balances out with the US\u2019s capacity to import goods. \u2014 Nicol\u00e1s Rivero, Quartz , 17 June 2022",
"Prices at the pump aren\u2019t likely to ease anytime soon, as oil production lags. \u2014 Damian J. Troise, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"Eventually, the slowdown should ease inflation, providing relief for households struggling to afford gas, groceries, and other necessities. \u2014 Max Zahn, ABC News , 16 June 2022",
"Prices at the pump aren\u2019t likely to ease anytime soon, as oil production lags. \u2014 Damian J. Troise, ajc , 16 June 2022",
"Nonetheless, planners managed to ease traffic with more buses, shifting deliveries to nighttime and encouraging flexible work schedules. \u2014 Rachel Urangastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022"
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": causing or involving little difficulty or discomfort",
": requiring or indicating little effort, thought, or reflection",
": not severe : lenient",
": not steep or abrupt",
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": readily taken advantage of",
": readily available",
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": pleasant",
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": free from pain, annoyance, or anxiety",
": marked by social ease",
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": not hard to do or get : not difficult",
": not hard to please",
": free from pain, trouble, or worry",
": comfortable sense 1",
": showing ease : natural",
": easily",
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": without much punishment"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Or to the 10 people mowed down 10 days before that, killed in a Buffalo supermarket by another teenager with the same easy access to a weapon meant for war, and ideal for mass murder? \u2014 Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
"Before getting vaccinated, Lehtinen saw a public service announcement on television explaining the best way to dress for the occasion \u2014 with clothing that allowed easy access to the upper arm. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"This public record serves as an important baseline and cache of information for future investigators, both inside and outside of Congress, and ensures that any member of the public has easy access to the most significant evidence. \u2014 Claire Leavitt, The Conversation , 7 June 2022",
"Golf Buddy will pair with all types of smartphones and allow easy access to your data. \u2014 John Thompson, Men's Health , 6 June 2022",
"Across the nation, easy access to firearms, coupled with societal systems that aren\u2019t built to protect women, allow this public health crisis to flourish. \u2014 Doreen Dodgen-magee, ELLE , 4 June 2022",
"The upshot is that relatively few people have easy access to miles and miles of untrammeled gravel (or a motor vehicle with which to travel to it), but pretty much everybody lives on or near a road. \u2014 Eben Weiss, Outside Online , 2 June 2022",
"These days, there are so many wonderful swimsuits designed for postpartum bodies with designs like easy access for breastfeeding or soft fabric for tender skin. \u2014 Nikhita Mahtani, SELF , 1 June 2022",
"Some require a little hiking, others are easy access from a parking lot. \u2014 Andrea Reeves, The Enquirer , 1 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"But even if fear of such economic pain prompts the Fed to go easy , the recession will come. \u2014 Milton Ezrati, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
"Jennifer Garner's mom Patricia Garner won't go easy on her daughter \u2014 even in front of her nearly 13 million Instagram followers. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 9 May 2022",
"And remember to go easy on yourself \u2014 adopt these measures gradually to reduce decision fatigue, one step at a time. \u2014 Megan Marples, CNN , 21 Apr. 2022",
"So why would the judiciary go so easy on such a heinous crime? \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Its heaping doses of sincerity make platitudes about finding your light and being true to yourself go down easy , giving hope to those who may be struggling with self-acceptance. \u2014 Courtney Howard, Variety , 29 Mar. 2022",
"For decades, Tablas Creek has been part of the phalanx in the lead of wine industry efforts to go easy on the earth on both farming and winemaking fronts. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Kentucky didn\u2019t go down easy once the Tigers made a run. \u2014 al , 22 Jan. 2022",
"That motive did not make Salten go easy on human beings. \u2014 Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker , 17 Jan. 2022"
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},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
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": relaxed and casual in style or manner",
": morally lax",
": unhurried , comfortable"
],
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"\u02cc\u0113-z\u0113-\u02c8g\u014d-i\u014b",
"-\u02c8g\u022f(-)i\u014b"
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"affable",
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"uptight"
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"examples":[
"counselors at the summer camp are pretty easygoing",
"some men are pretty easygoing about housekeeping",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As a conversationalist, Fantano was easygoing , even a bit fawning. \u2014 Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"Chihuahuas are labeled yappy and temperamental, whereas bulldogs are described as easygoing and sociable. \u2014 Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American , 28 Apr. 2022",
"But Jackson argues that beneath the seemingly easygoing and gregarious surface beats the heart of a fierce competitor. \u2014 Joe Leydon, Variety , 15 Mar. 2022",
"In 2022, as office dress-codes become more and more relaxed, American men focus on an easygoing and carefree vibe. \u2014 Joseph Deacetis, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
"My dad is an easygoing , curious, nonjudgmental guy, and a very good dad. \u2014 Amanda Mull, The Atlantic , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Hjerpe\u2019s quick wit and easygoing smile are replaced by a stoic, bulldog intensity. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 May 2022",
"His easygoing nature earned him many friends, but his mother and grandmother said coming from Kennedy Street brought problems. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Livorno is an easygoing seaside city with an active seaport on the western coast of central Italy\u2019s Tuscany region. \u2014 Lauren Beale, Forbes , 18 May 2022"
],
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"1674, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
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},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": to take in through the mouth as food : ingest, chew, and swallow in turn",
": to destroy, consume, or waste by or as if by eating",
": to bear the expense of : take a loss on",
": to consume gradually : corrode",
": to consume with vexation : bother",
": to enjoy eagerly or avidly : lap",
": to perform fellatio or cunnilingus on",
": to take food or a meal",
": to affect something by gradual destruction or consumption",
": to defeat, conquer, or overwhelm completely : crush",
": to consume more than one can easily provide or afford",
": to grieve bitterly",
": to be jealous",
": to retract what one has said",
": to accept the domination of another",
": to deprive of profit, dominance, or success",
": something to eat : food",
": to chew and swallow food",
": to take a meal",
": to destroy as if by eating : corrode",
": to take in through the mouth as food : ingest, chew, and swallow in turn",
": to consume gradually : corrode",
": to take food or a meal"
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"\u02c8\u0113t",
"\u02c8\u0113t",
"\u02c8\u0113t"
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"consume",
"ingest",
"partake (of)",
"put away",
"put down",
"tuck (away "
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"bread",
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"chuck",
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"eatables",
"edibles",
"fare",
"food",
"foodstuffs",
"grub",
"meat",
"provender",
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"table",
"tucker",
"viands",
"victuals",
"vittles"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"You'll feel better if you eat something.",
"I ate a big breakfast so I'm not very hungry.",
"They like to eat at home.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Eating it: Some folks spoon directly into their mouths. \u2014 Ann Maloney, NOLA.com , 19 July 2017",
"New this year to True Nature is a retreat for those with eating disorders and their family members. \u2014 Plain Dealer Guest Writer, cleveland.com , 19 July 2017",
"However hot dogs may have originated, the council estimates Americans will eat 7 billion of them between Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day. \u2014 Don Sweeney, sacbee , 19 July 2017",
"In fact, a recent survey showed that 36% of Chick-fil-A dinner customers take their meal to go from restaurants to eat at home. \u2014 Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living , 19 July 2017",
"The casual restaurant and bar also offers an all-you-can- eat breakfast buffet at 8 a.m. Sundays. \u2014 Vickie Snow Jurkowski, Daily Southtown , 19 July 2017",
"Miami was last in the NFL at 57 plays per game last season partly because the offense didn\u2019t convert effectively on third downs, but also because the porous run defense allowed opponents to eat up the clock. \u2014 Chris Perkins, Sun-Sentinel.com , 19 July 2017",
"Parents and their children can bring a lunch to eat during the program. \u2014 Michelle Mullins, Naperville Sun , 18 July 2017",
"Hammerhead worms contain the same toxin as blowfish and can be harmful if eaten . \u2014 Liz Langley, National Geographic , 15 July 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"And Zachary Smith has three stories on all of the things that the animals at the zoo eat . \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 27 May 2022",
"A year into motherhood, wellness entrepreneur Hannah Bronfman, like many moms, knows the value of time more than ever \u2014 and just how little there is available to do a lot of things, including eat . \u2014 Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence , 19 Apr. 2022",
"French doors can separate the family room from a large and amazing eat -in chef\u2019s kitchen. \u2014 James Alexander, courant.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
"The store, once a staple of teenage fashion, has in recent years seen competitors such as H&M and Forever 21 eat into its market share. \u2014 Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Walters said grocery chains did well during COVID-19 lockdowns as people rushed to fill up on groceries (and toilet paper), as well as eat at home while restaurants were closed. \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The Binders, however, have repurposed this room to serve as a comfortable den that flows effortlessly to the large eat -in kitchen. \u2014 James Alexander, Hartford Courant , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Viewers would be advised to do the same: The huskies are in a literal dog- eat -dog situation. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 15 Feb. 2022",
"These Hartford-area restaurants are serving on Thanksgiving day, some eat -in, some takeout only. \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 9 Nov. 2021"
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"we usually go to lunch at an eatery that is just around the corner from the office",
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"The new sports bar and eatery will open on Tuesday, June 14 at 2407 Lorain Ave. \u2014 Annie Nickoloff, cleveland , 13 June 2022",
"Rather than charge a commission on deliveries, Locale charges a flat $5 fee on a delivery, which covers delivery regardless of location, so a user in Los Angeles can order a bundle of food from an eatery in San Diego to be delivered days later. \u2014 Jonathan Keane, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"Travelers seeking a quick meal from a local eatery will have access to Blue Iguana and Vessel Kitchen. \u2014 Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 4 May 2022",
"But just a few steps away from the beloved eatery are other Pioneertown treasures worth exploring. \u2014 Rachel Schnalzer, Los Angeles Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
"This remains a good time to support your local economy by ordering from a local eatery . \u2014 Ed Silverman, STAT , 8 Feb. 2022",
"The offerings are a little different at Sanjiv and Vandana Dhar\u2019s four restaurants, from the oldest Indian eatery in Rhode Island to their latest location in Cranston, which marries spices from the subcontinent with mixology and tacos. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Mei\u2019s does offer up a few American Chinese dishes; for some time, Wang and her family operated a Longwood eatery called China Restaurant, where this was the specialty. \u2014 Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel , 2 June 2022",
"Another can't-miss morning eatery , Ani's blends the most delectably thick and creamy smoothie bowls. \u2014 Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure , 1 June 2022"
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"crab apples are not actually eating apples",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The remaining two are breathing on their own and eating . \u2014 Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
"Keep salumi in the refrigerator but bring it to cool room temperature (in the 60 degree range) for the best eating experience. \u2014 Katie Workman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Oct. 2021",
"This is linked to insulin resistance in people with PCOS\u2014specifically those who are overweight, have unhealthy eating habits, don't get enough exercise, or have a family history of diabetes. \u2014 Emilia Benton, Health.com , 14 Oct. 2021",
"In addition to weight gain and a lack of exercise, studies have shown excessive TV viewing is linked to the inability of children to pay attention and think clearly, while increasing poor eating habits and behavioral problems. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte And Virginia Langmaid, CNN , 17 Sep. 2021",
"Street-side tables and dining structures became ubiquitous around Manhattan as restaurants offered safe, outdoor eating options during the coronavirus pandemic. \u2014 NBC News , 29 July 2021",
"Deducting time for sleeping, eating and personal care, that would leave Lenamon about 3 hours a day to commute, manage his law firm and spend time with his family, according to JAC. \u2014 Monivette Cordeiro, orlandosentinel.com , 21 May 2021",
"There are some seeds and skin here, which makes for an active eating experience. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2021",
"Oz called out Kimmel's poor eating habits and lack of exercise \u2014 and as expected, Kimmel made a joke out of it. \u2014 Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping , 16 Sep. 2020"
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"the reflux of the tide toward the sea",
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"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"The ebb and flow in calls to the hotline in 2020 were just one concern of the children's advocates. \u2014 The Enquirer , 26 Apr. 2021",
"There are also idiosyncratic ones, including the rapid return of inflation after decades at a low ebb , a wobbling Chinese economy and a war in Ukraine that has shocked commodity markets. \u2014 Justin Baer, WSJ , 21 May 2022",
"Relations between the two nations were at a particularly low ebb in the decades-long Cold War, which had emerged out of the ashes of World War II. \u2014 Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Just save it for when your anger is at a low ebb and frame it as reconciling differences in style. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Stock markets are at their lowest ebb since the dark days of the pandemic. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 11 May 2022",
"This will not be a reprise of George Meany\u2019s AFL-CIO, and may only be limited as \u2014 despite the media coverage \u2014 the rate of private-sector unionization is at its lowest ebb in recent history. \u2014 Joel Kotkin, National Review , 29 Mar. 2022",
"After 22 consecutive months of job growth, the pool of unemployed people who are seeking work is at its lowest ebb in more than two decades, said Labor Commissioner Mark Butler. \u2014 Michael E. Kanell, ajc , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Little known internationally, director Antonio Capuano (played here by Ciro Capano) serves as Fabietto\u2019s conscience at his lowest ebb . \u2014 Bob Verini, Variety , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
"With the cost of consumer goods up 8.3% year over year, the report painted a picture of the highest inflation rate since 1981 and shattered hopes that the rising tide of inflation would ebb any time soon. \u2014 Christopher Hurn, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"And even if inflation continues to ebb , prices are still rising far more quickly than the Fed\u2019s target of 2 percent over time. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
"Public confidence in the various organs of American governance continues to ebb . \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 19 May 2022",
"That sort of equilibrium will take work to achieve and to maintain, as antibody levels ebb over time and new variants crop up. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 4 May 2022",
"The grounds of the museum will include a tidal pool where water will ebb and flow; on its bottom will be etched a ghostly cross section of a slave ship with prone figures of men, women, and children crowded as tightly as possible. \u2014 Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Health concerns last year shifted more people than ever to online, and many will continue to favor that option as the pandemic continues to ebb and flow. \u2014 Lorraine Mirabella, baltimoresun.com , 26 Nov. 2021",
"Biden\u2019s fortunes, and those of his party, could well improve in the coming months, but that may depend more on factors beyond his control Will inflation ebb ? \u2014 Eli Stokolsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Their power may ebb over time, as the recent hospitalization of Justice Clarence Thomas, 73, must have reminded them. \u2014 Adam Liptak, New York Times , 4 May 2022"
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"Morale seems to have reached its lowest ebb .",
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"the fortunes of the town slowly ebbed as factory after textile factory closed",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The ebb and flow in calls to the hotline in 2020 were just one concern of the children's advocates. \u2014 The Enquirer , 26 Apr. 2021",
"There are also idiosyncratic ones, including the rapid return of inflation after decades at a low ebb , a wobbling Chinese economy and a war in Ukraine that has shocked commodity markets. \u2014 Justin Baer, WSJ , 21 May 2022",
"Relations between the two nations were at a particularly low ebb in the decades-long Cold War, which had emerged out of the ashes of World War II. \u2014 Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Just save it for when your anger is at a low ebb and frame it as reconciling differences in style. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Stock markets are at their lowest ebb since the dark days of the pandemic. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 11 May 2022",
"This will not be a reprise of George Meany\u2019s AFL-CIO, and may only be limited as \u2014 despite the media coverage \u2014 the rate of private-sector unionization is at its lowest ebb in recent history. \u2014 Joel Kotkin, National Review , 29 Mar. 2022",
"After 22 consecutive months of job growth, the pool of unemployed people who are seeking work is at its lowest ebb in more than two decades, said Labor Commissioner Mark Butler. \u2014 Michael E. Kanell, ajc , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Little known internationally, director Antonio Capuano (played here by Ciro Capano) serves as Fabietto\u2019s conscience at his lowest ebb . \u2014 Bob Verini, Variety , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"With the cost of consumer goods up 8.3% year over year, the report painted a picture of the highest inflation rate since 1981 and shattered hopes that the rising tide of inflation would ebb any time soon. \u2014 Christopher Hurn, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"And even if inflation continues to ebb , prices are still rising far more quickly than the Fed\u2019s target of 2 percent over time. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
"Public confidence in the various organs of American governance continues to ebb . \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 19 May 2022",
"That sort of equilibrium will take work to achieve and to maintain, as antibody levels ebb over time and new variants crop up. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 4 May 2022",
"The grounds of the museum will include a tidal pool where water will ebb and flow; on its bottom will be etched a ghostly cross section of a slave ship with prone figures of men, women, and children crowded as tightly as possible. \u2014 Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Health concerns last year shifted more people than ever to online, and many will continue to favor that option as the pandemic continues to ebb and flow. \u2014 Lorraine Mirabella, baltimoresun.com , 26 Nov. 2021",
"Biden\u2019s fortunes, and those of his party, could well improve in the coming months, but that may depend more on factors beyond his control: Will inflation ebb ? \u2014 Eli Stokolsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Their power may ebb over time, as the recent hospitalization of Justice Clarence Thomas, 73, must have reminded them. \u2014 Adam Liptak, New York Times , 4 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"All three are in the upper echelon of NBA royalty, making Africa an attractive place to seek out further talent. \u2014 Morten Jensen, Forbes , 29 May 2022",
"One of his first moves\u2014even before the Ukraine invasion\u2014was to replace the entire top echelon of his ministry, including most of its 11 director-generals. \u2014 Bojan Pancevski, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"Come the 1870s\u2014the start of the Gilded Age in America\u2014white tie was the definitive formal dress for the upper echelon . \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 26 Apr. 2022",
"And yet, except for the highest echelon of product such as historic one-offs or iconic models in short supply, including the Riva Aquarama, prices for classic boats have generally remained flat and plenty of models remain available. \u2014 Michael Verdon, Robb Report , 12 Feb. 2022",
"An envy-inducing combination of size, quickness and athleticism push Diabate into the upper echelon of two-way players. \u2014 Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Only a handful of performers have moved as rapidly as Taylor into the upper echelon of pop artists. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Nov. 2021",
"Like Roberts, Swift has reached an echelon where doesn\u2019t need to use her romantic relationships for publicity or image-crafting. \u2014 Michelle Ruiz, Vogue , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Gibbons, a mostly unknown private businessman before entering the race, found himself in the upper echelon of candidates following his sustained massive ad spend. \u2014 cleveland , 22 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The first step in doing our part is to ensure the community has access to other opinions, articles, and sources that expose them to viewpoints outside of their echo chambers. \u2014 Jill Griffin, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"This below-the-surface Trump skepticism is an echo of 2016. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 24 May 2022",
"Jackson's plight is an echo of the Flint, Michigan water crisis, another majority Black community that has struggled with its water since 2014. \u2014 Maya Brown, CNN , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The trends in some of California\u2019s most populous areas are an echo of what has been seen in parts of the East Coast, where a small wave has begun in New York and Massachusetts. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
"And her self-doubt is similarly an echo of the internal voice that shames us for overreacting when the danger passes. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 21 Jan. 2022",
"The comment was seen as an echo of Russian talking points, leading to a clash with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and prompting rebukes from Russia watchers. \u2014 Eugene Scott, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"Her view finds an echo with Mike Schultz, the House majority leader. \u2014 Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"As Los Angeles County\u2019s coronavirus cases continue to climb, infections are rising fastest among wealthier residents, a likely echo of previous waves in which a greater rate of higher-income people became infected with the virus first. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Analysts say that could echo the United States\u2019 failed approach of supplying the Afghan military with equipment that couldn\u2019t be maintained absent massive logistical support. \u2014 New York Times , 6 June 2022",
"That pivotal interview scene fills in important blanks about Autumn's personal life -- and may echo the experiences of many viewers. \u2014 Scottie Andrew, CNN , 2 June 2022",
"Three of the candidates \u2014 Holdorff Polhill, Newhouse and Park \u2014 echo mayoral candidate Rick Caruso in calling for increasing the ranks of the LAPD to something close to 11,000 officers. \u2014 James Rainey, Los Angeles Times , 28 May 2022",
"As part of the 2022 Birdland Summer Music Series, Smash Mouth and other bands will visit Baltimore, and the band\u2019s biggest hit will surely echo around the ballpark. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 26 May 2022",
"Odis Johnson, executive director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Safe and Healthy Schools, said many of the proposals now echo those that were tried in the wake of other school shootings. \u2014 Moriah Balingit, Anchorage Daily News , 26 May 2022",
"When background singers echo the song\u2019s odd wish (supporting Van\u2019s faith), its meanings swell toward companionship, solidarity, and strength. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 25 May 2022",
"Several analysts say the current period may echo the late 1970s and early 1980s, when high inflation prompted the Fed to ratchet up interest rates. \u2014 Nick Timiraos, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"Yalumba is a prolific producer of viognier, from its introductory Y Series up through the top-of-the-line Virgilius, meant to echo the benchmark wines of Condrieu in France\u2019s Rh\u00f4ne Valley. \u2014 Dave Mcintyre, Washington Post , 19 May 2022"
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"spurious",
"suppositious",
"supposititious",
"unauthentic",
"unreal"
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"examples":[
"an echt New Englander wouldn't think of putting tomatoes in clam chowder"
],
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"1916, in the meaning defined above"
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},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": composed of elements drawn from various sources",
": heterogeneous",
": selecting what appears to be best in various doctrines , methods, or styles",
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": including things taken from many different sources",
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"i-\u02c8klek-tik",
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"i-",
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"assorted",
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"homogeneous"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Now in their eighth year, the house concerts draw an eclectic audience. \u2014 Kathy Cichon, Chicago Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"Vitija compiles an eclectic assortment of material into a breathless and compelling 84-minute collage. \u2014 Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
"My final stop was Salem, the most misunderstood city on the North Shore \u2014 it's usually associated with the infamous witch trials in 1692, but today Salem is modern, cultured, and eclectic . \u2014 Robin Catalano, Travel + Leisure , 9 June 2022",
"Nicolas Heller, aka Instagram\u2019s New York Nico, helms a short about some eclectic city characters. \u2014 Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 June 2022",
"All of the parade participants were observed by an equally eclectic throng of humanity, including lots of parents pushing their small children around in strollers. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 June 2022",
"His eclectic array of classmates, professors and outside influences during this wild time was intoxicating on many levels. \u2014 Dwain Hebda, Arkansas Online , 5 June 2022",
"A few years after meeting, the couple is very close to finishing the renovation of their eclectic dream home in Los Angeles. \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 3 June 2022",
"Perez-Gallardo is also a performance artist, and their eclectic wardrobe, much like their approach to food, flouts convention. \u2014 Von Diaz, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Central Lodi has blocks filled with bike shops and clothing stores, wine bars and beer joints, white-linen dining and ethnic eclectics . \u2014 Ken Van Vechten, latimes.com , 21 Dec. 2017",
"By allying himself with the eclectics , Lloyd was ostracized by regular pharmacists. \u2014 Jeff Suess, Cincinnati.com , 27 Oct. 2017",
"Borrow Vintage + Eclectic , which rents and retails furniture, home accessories by local designers, is hosting a designer's showcase and open house from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. \u2014 Nikki Delamotte, cleveland.com , 21 July 2017"
],
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"Adjective",
"1683, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
"Noun",
"1817, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214415"
},
"eclipse":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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": the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another",
": the passing into the shadow of a celestial body \u2014 compare occultation , transit",
": a falling into obscurity or decline",
": the state of being eclipsed",
": the state of being in eclipse plumage",
": to cause an eclipse of: such as",
": obscure , darken",
": to reduce in importance or repute",
": surpass",
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": a darkening of the moon caused by its entering the shadow of the earth",
": the hiding of any heavenly body by another",
": to cause an eclipse of",
": to be or do much better than : outshine"
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"i-\u02c8klips",
"i-\u02c8klips"
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"decadence",
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"devolution",
"downfall",
"downgrade",
"ebb",
"fall"
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"beat",
"better",
"exceed",
"excel",
"outclass",
"outdistance",
"outdo",
"outgun",
"outmatch",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"surpass",
"top",
"tower (over)",
"transcend"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"an eclipse of the sun",
"The popularity of television led to the eclipse of the radio drama.",
"an artist whose reputation has long been in eclipse",
"Verb",
"The sun was partially eclipsed by the moon.",
"Train travel was eclipsed by the growth of commercial airlines.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Lucy spacecraft captured a stunning lunar eclipse video during this month\u2019s eclipse . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 24 May 2022",
"People in South America and in the eastern part of North America were expected to get the best view of the lunar eclipse, said Noah Petro, chief of NASA's Planetary Geology, Geophysics and Geochemistry Lab, before the eclipse . \u2014 Katie Hunt, Megan Marples And Ashley Strickland, CNN , 16 May 2022",
"Night owls were treated to a massive nightlight phenomenon Sunday night and early Monday with the sort-of-super flower blood moon lunar eclipse . \u2014 Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel , 16 May 2022",
"When to see the \u2018Blood Moon\u2019 total lunar eclipse Although the various livestreams begin at different times the eclipse is a global event. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"The second eclipse of Taurus season \u2014 the full moon lunar eclipse in Scorpio on 16th May \u2014 however, isn't all sparkles and rainbows. \u2014 Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The eclipse 's peak will occur at 4:02 a.m. ET on Friday, November 19 and last for three hours and 28 minutes, the longest partial lunar eclipse of the century, Inverse reports. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Nov. 2021",
"May 2021 saw a total lunar eclipse, so November will be the second eclipse this year. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Lunar eclipse :The longest partial lunar eclipse of this century is coming. \u2014 Ayana Archie, The Courier-Journal , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Forecasting the Bucs to eclipse the 11.5-victory mark set by Bovada aligns with Tom Brady ending his 40-day retirement, as Brady had to see a broad road to the playoffs to come back. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 June 2022",
"Resale is expected to eclipse fast fashion by 2028. \u2014 Sanford Stein, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"Good enough to eclipse Sam Burns\u2019 62, which marked the best tournament round since the event moved to Craig Ranch from Trinity Forest Golf Club last year. \u2014 Adam Schupak, USA TODAY , 12 May 2022",
"The sale of the National Football League\u2019s Denver Broncos is expected to eclipse all others. \u2014 Cara Lombardo, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
"These days, cars are starting to eclipse 300 mph, but at the dawn of the 1970s the number to beat was 200 mph. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Bigsby followed that up with a 1,000-yard sophomore season, becoming the Tigers\u2019 first rusher to eclipse that mark since Kerryon Johnson back in 2017. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Prior to his arrival, Gunna performed a focused, fiery set \u2014 the kind of performance that threatens to eclipse a headliner. \u2014 Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rolling Stone , 18 Mar. 2022",
"As in the McGahn case, Jackson during those oral arguments showed regard for the House investigative mission, drilling down on whether a former president would ever be able to eclipse the judgment of a sitting president. \u2014 Joan Biskupic, CNN , 18 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
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"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205936"
},
"economical":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": marked by careful, efficient, and prudent use of resources : thrifty",
": operating with little waste or at a saving",
": economic sense 5",
": using what is available carefully and without waste : frugal",
": operating with little waste"
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"\u02cce-k\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4-mi-k\u0259l",
"\u02cc\u0113-k\u0259-",
"\u02cce-k\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4-mi-k\u0259l",
"\u02cc\u0113-"
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"economizing",
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"prodigal",
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"thriftless",
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"wasteful"
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"examples":[
"an economical way to heat your house",
"a practical and economical solution to the problem",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For instance, some cloud providers are starting to make limited use of decentralized Web3\u2014a more economical but potentially less secure option than Web 2.0\u2014for backup storage. \u2014 Jane Gilson, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"And Schick has grown only more economical in his gestures, the distribution of his energy. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
"As dreams of world domination fade and investors watch the bottom line, the cost of that ride might be pushing some potential customers to more economical forms of transportation. \u2014 Laura Forman, WSJ , 22 May 2022",
"In 2022, teams will race Next Gen cars, which are designed to be safer to drive and more economical to own. \u2014 Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic , 7 Nov. 2021",
"In one of the movie\u2019s bolder (or perhaps simply more economical ) choices, there is nothing inherently heroic or special about these men. \u2014 Andrew Lapin, sun-sentinel.com , 29 Sep. 2021",
"The truck is well-loved by the driving public and by fleet managers, but some of those customers are starting to look for greener and more economical options. \u2014 Jim Rossman, Dallas News , 22 July 2021",
"Several companies are working to come up with new supersonic jets that would be more economical on fuel \u2014 and create fewer climate-changing emissions \u2014 than the Concorde. \u2014 David Koenig, Star Tribune , 3 June 2021",
"Pork shoulder is easy to cook, economical and forgiving of culinary missteps. \u2014 Jennifer Mcclellan, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174222"
},
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"type":"verb",
"definitions":[
"to practice economy be frugal",
"to use frugally save",
"to be thrifty",
"to use less of save"
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"pinch",
"save",
"scrimp",
"skimp",
"spare"
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"waste"
],
"examples":[
"He was born into a wealthy family and never learned to economize .",
"in tough times people learn how to economize",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Viktor, a 35-year-old carpenter, says his small business has lost most of its clients, as they\u2019ve been forced to economize . \u2014 Robyn Dixon, Washington Post , 5 June 2022",
"There's also a new chapter that explains how to economize time and money when cooking and how to avoid food waste. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 3 June 2022",
"The ability to reduce time and labor and better economize resources comes quite handy during the current labor shortage. \u2014 Vaidya Aiyer, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
"The use of adjunct professors is another way universities economize , while tenured professors reap big sums for working 24/7\u201424 hours a week for seven months a year. \u2014 WSJ , 24 Dec. 2021",
"Also troubling are signals that suggest consumers now expect prices to keep rising \u2014 expectations that can hurt economic growth as people look to economize and trim their spending. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Employers, having to pay their staff more, economize by hiring fewer people, the belief holds. \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 11 Oct. 2021",
"James Bond may need to economize With 25 popular movies across six decades, Bond has cemented its place as a film franchise with few rivals. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 11 Oct. 2021",
"Over the past month-plus, Porter worked with Dr. Rick Celebrini \u2014 the Warriors\u2019 director of sports medicine and performance \u2014 to economize his movements, fine-tune his balance and improve his agility. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":null,
"first_known_use":[
"1780, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"economy":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
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": the structure or conditions of economic life in a country, area, or period",
": an economic system",
": thrifty and efficient use of material resources : frugality in expenditures",
": an instance or a means of economizing : saving",
": efficient and concise use of nonmaterial resources (such as effort, language, or motion)",
": the arrangement or mode of operation of something : organization",
": a system especially of interaction and exchange",
": the management of household or private affairs and especially expenses",
": designed to save money",
": the way in which goods and services are made, sold, and used in a country or area",
": the careful use of money and goods : thrift",
": the system of operation of the processes of anabolism and catabolism in living bodies",
": the body of an animal or plant as an organized whole"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8k\u00e4-n\u0259-m\u0113",
"\u0259-",
"\u0113-",
"i-\u02c8k\u00e4-n\u0259-m\u0113",
"i-\u02c8k\u00e4n-\u0259-m\u0113"
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"frugality",
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"thrift"
],
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"diseconomy",
"wastefulness"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The war altered the country's economy .",
"An increase in tourism will help the city's economy .",
"We must learn to practice economy .",
"We'll also benefit from the economies provided by more efficient energy sources.",
"It would be false economy to repair the leak without replacing the pipe.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"These sums eclipse the Russian median salary of about $600 dollars a month and, together with low-interest mortgages and various other subsidies, can be appealing, especially in a shrinking economy . \u2014 Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"Over the next two years, the officials are forecasting a much weaker economy than was envisioned in March. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 16 June 2022",
"And, while the most successful ESG funds may outperform the market, others lag, which could create issues in a down economy . \u2014 John M. Bremen, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Inflation means loan-holders have less disposable income to make payments, but a slowed economy that reduces inflation could bring some relief by fall. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"The feeling of security and productiveness lead to a prosperous city and a stable economy . \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022",
"Over the next two years, the officials are forecasting a much weaker economy than was envisioned in March. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, ajc , 15 June 2022",
"But the United States has long counted on comparatively cheap gas to fuel a car-centric economy . \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 June 2022",
"Coinbase is the latest firm in the crypto and tech world to contribute to a mounting wave of layoffs, sparking concern in an industry that has been typically insulated from a troubled economy for several years. \u2014 Chloe Berger, Fortune , 14 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
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"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4",
"Adjective",
"1821, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174847"
},
"ecstatic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or marked by ecstasy",
": one that is subject to ecstasies",
": very happy or excited"
],
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"ek-\u02c8sta-tik",
"ik-\u02c8sta-",
"ek-\u02c8sta-tik",
"ik-\u02c8sta-",
"ek-\u02c8sta-tik"
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"elated",
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"exhilarated",
"giddy",
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"rapt",
"rapturous",
"rhapsodic",
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"depressed"
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"examples":[
"Adjective",
"A few religious denominations\u2014Pentecostalism, for example\u2014still offer a collective ecstatic experience, as did rock culture at its height. But the ecstatic religions tend to be marginal, and rock has been tamed for commercial consumption \u2026 \u2014 Barbara Ehrenreich , Civilization , June/July 2000",
"\u2026 in dietary terms we are veritable troglodytes (which, speaking personally, is all right by me). I think this explains a lot, not least my expanding sense of dismay as the waiter bombarded us with ecstatic descriptions of roulades, ratatouilles, empanadas, langostinos \u2026 and goodness knows what else. \u2014 Bill Bryson , I'm a Stranger Here Myself , 1999",
"He was ecstatic when he heard that he was going to be a father.",
"a football player who was ecstatic upon receiving a full athletic scholarship to the college of his choice",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Yang and her 10 siblings were ecstatic that a fellow Hmong American was an Olympic champion. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 July 2021",
"Quick-drying, breathable and wicking, these leggings are already making fans, judging by the bevy of ecstatic online reviews. \u2014 CNN Underscored , 31 Mar. 2021",
"The Warriors were ecstatic that Mannion was still available so late in the November draft. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 30 Mar. 2021",
"Kelly Reichardt\u2019s poetic vision of frontier life and entrepreneurship circa 1820 opened in four theaters, to ecstatic reviews, on March 6. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 10 Dec. 2020",
"When the show becomes one with the music, the effect is ecstatic . \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 21 May 2022",
"But if Watson can come close to having the impact that former second rounders like Jennings, Nelson, Cobb and Adams had, Packer Nation will be ecstatic . \u2014 Rob Reischel, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The cinematic worlds of Gaspar No\u00e9 are bursting with people who, in the pursuit of ecstatic highs, sink to abominable lows. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 May 2022",
"Recordings of the cantor, and of an ecstatic congregation, lead the ascent through dance and prayer, the orchestra entering into its own jumpy or sorrowful klezmer-like riffs. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Tarantino recently waxed ecstatic about one of his favorite filmmakers, Sergio Corbucci, in director Luca Rea\u2019s documentary Django & Django. \u2014 Kory Grow, Rolling Stone , 2 June 2022",
"The collective energy was suddenly charged and borderline ecstatic . \u2014 Doug Bierend, Outside Online , 10 Mar. 2021",
"Chuck and Janie Hadley, who have lived in the neighborhood for 22 years, were nothing short of ecstatic to be in attendance. \u2014 Callan Tansill-suddath, baltimoresun.com , 11 Nov. 2021",
"In neither case was his audience ecstatic about his pronouncement. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 July 2021",
"When the studio finally offered her the part, Hathaway was beyond ecstatic . \u2014 Gabrielle Chung, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2021",
"Count Oddo among those ecstatic that Louisville will be part of it. \u2014 Shannon Russell, The Courier-Journal , 25 May 2021",
"Butler couldn't get off a shot on Miami's possession, sending the Bucks fans at Fiserv Forum home ecstatic . \u2014 Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 22 May 2021",
"Butler couldn't get off a shot on Miami's possession, sending the Bucks fans at Fiserv Forum home ecstatic . \u2014 Ben Steele, USA TODAY , 22 May 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
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"Noun",
"1659, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185755"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": of or relating to eating",
": voracious"
],
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"i-\u02c8d\u0101-sh\u0259s"
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"esurient",
"gluttonous",
"greedy",
"hoggish",
"piggish",
"rapacious",
"ravenous",
"swinish",
"voracious"
],
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"examples":[
"my edacious dining companion could always be counted on to order the largest\u2014and often most expensive\u2014item on the menu"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin edac-, edax , from edere to eat \u2014 more at eat ",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1798, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192811"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": the cutting side of a blade",
": the sharpness of a blade",
": force , effectiveness",
": vigor or energy especially of body",
": incisive or penetrating quality",
": a noticeably harsh or sharp quality",
": a secondary but distinct quality",
": keenness or intensity of desire or enjoyment",
": the line where an object or area begins or ends : border",
": the narrow part adjacent to a border",
": a point near the beginning or the end",
": brink , verge",
": the threshold of danger or ruin",
": a favorable margin : advantage",
": a line or line segment that is the intersection of two plane faces (as of a pyramid) or of two planes",
": anxious , nervous",
": to give an edge to",
": to be on an edge of",
": to move or force gradually",
": to incline (a ski) sideways so that one edge cuts into the snow",
": to defeat by a small margin",
": to advance by short moves",
": the line where a surface ends : margin , border",
": the cutting side of a blade",
": nervous sense 1 , tense",
": to give a border to",
": to move slowly and gradually"
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"\u02c8ej",
"\u02c8ej"
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"acerbity",
"acidity",
"acidness",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"acrimoniousness",
"acrimony",
"acuteness",
"asperity",
"bite",
"bitterness",
"harshness",
"keenness",
"poignance",
"poignancy",
"pungency",
"roughness",
"sharpness",
"tartness"
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"grind",
"hone",
"sharpen",
"stone",
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],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The work has an edge , not because Gethard is aggressive with his audience, but because of his vulnerability. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
"Simmons has been deployed as an inside and outside linebacker, edge rusher, nickel defensive back and safety. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
"The 6-foot-5-inch, 220-pound edge rusher has offers from Tennessee, Pitt, Boston College, Clemson, Ohio State, Bowling Green, Akron, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Kentucky, Arkansas, Michigan and Toledo. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 15 June 2022",
"The 34th installment of Shark Week promises new locations across the globe and cutting- edge technology that offers revelations about the mating and migration patterns of sharks. \u2014 Dan Snierson, EW.com , 14 June 2022",
"Last weekend presented a small group headlined by five-star edge rusher Matayo Uiagalelei just to get the ball rolling. \u2014 Stephen Means, cleveland , 14 June 2022",
"Democrat Mary Peltola currently sits in fourth place with 8,100 votes \u2014 a 2,400-vote edge over Republican Tara Sweeney, who\u2019s in fifth. \u2014 Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News , 14 June 2022",
"In the years since their clamorous beginnings, their songs have shifted and swayed, turning away ever-so-slightly from the harder edge of World of Noise and finding a home in rock music peppered with pop. \u2014 Niko Stratis, SPIN , 14 June 2022",
"But warning signs are also flashing in global bond markets, revealing the extent to which investors are on edge about the economy, inflation and what central bankers will do next. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"At the same time, the labor force grew by 330,000 people, and the share of adults employed or looking for work continued to edge closer to prepandemic levels. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022",
"Badin baseball needed extra innings to edge Taylor, 6-5, in a non-conference regular-season game on May 12. \u2014 Mark Schmetzer, The Enquirer , 3 June 2022",
"But managing a tremendous volume of data across on-premises, cloud and edge landscapes creates a high degree of complexity \u2014 especially when teams need to access insights at a millisecond\u2019s notice. \u2014 Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"The three-star recruit looked to have bulked up his 6-foot-3, 260-pound frame since the end of his junior season as a player who repped as both edge rusher and interior defensive lineman. \u2014 Stephen Means, cleveland , 1 June 2022",
"The nation\u2019s midsize cities, or those with populations of 500,000 up to one million, also saw their populations edge down. \u2014 Paul Overberg, WSJ , 26 May 2022",
"The Titans also cruised through the playoffs to reach the Robertson Cup semifinals, but needed three games to edge out New Mexico to reach the championship. \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 25 May 2022",
"The Washington Review folded in 2001 as Wittenberg and Ms. Swift began to edge toward retirement. \u2014 Adam Bernstein, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"Trailing by a run, the Warriors scored a run in the fifth and two more in the seventh to edge Morse 4-2 at Duke Snider Field and advance to the start of today\u2019s double-elimination round. \u2014 John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 May 2022"
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"always store your finely edged knives in a knife block",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With great attention to detail, the Summer 2022 collection revels in raw- edged knits, HTG\u00ae embroidery, and graphic tees that all have a refined, vintage feel. \u2014 Cassell Ferere, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"As part of their purchase, the anonymous owner of the NFT will have the right to view the paper copy \u2013 with its ragged- edged yellow paper and three-hole punch down the left side \u2013 but not to take it away. \u2014 Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The raw- edged collection includes textiles from denim and napa leather to cashmere. \u2014 Allyson Portee, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Mar. 2022",
"There\u2019s HiHo Cheeseburger\u2019s tangy, saucy fast-food-style vegan burger, better with a side of some of the most exquisite French fries in town \u2014 dark- edged and crisp and properly salted. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Ronnie Spector, whose hard- edged yet tremulous voice soared on the Ronettes\u2019 girl-group hits of the early \u201860s, died on Wednesday of cancer. \u2014 Chris Morris, Variety , 12 Jan. 2022",
"Police in LaGrange, Ga., have instituted a shoot-to-incapacitate training program, based on policing practices in Europe, where departments deal with fewer guns and more edged and blunt weapons, The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported in May. \u2014 Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 Oct. 2021",
"As might be evident, the OTA is a dual- edged sword. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Officers were told the target was a person with an edged or blunt weapon, according to Atlanta Journal-Constitution footage of the training. \u2014 Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 Oct. 2021"
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"the lace edging on the sleeves gives a blouse a pleasingly feminine look",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Traditional sidewalls make for powerful edging on cold and chalky alpine snow, since the ski has no caps. \u2014 Heather Schultz, Outside Online , 4 Mar. 2021",
"Let your garden or mulched area have a soft, natural boundary rather than pounding metal or plastic edging into the soil around a tree. \u2014 Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"Other improvements include a new pool deck, pool stairs, risers, handrails and deck edging , as well as an ADA-compliant path leading from the parking area to the pool deck. \u2014 Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Mar. 2022",
"The lowest temperatures in the metro area hit the area of Loxahatchee and Palm Beach Gardens in western Palm Beach County, which saw overnight temperatures reach 38 degrees, with the low edging down to 37 degrees farther west. \u2014 Austen Erblat, sun-sentinel.com , 24 Jan. 2022",
"To take it back to edging , that\u2019s the conflict with pleasure delaying. \u2014 Kelly Mcclure, Vulture , 7 Nov. 2021",
"The typical battery string trimmer will easily handle the trimming needed for a small, neat suburban California yard\u2013and the edging , too. \u2014 Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics , 14 Oct. 2021",
"For the edging , rip 4\u20444 hardwood stock into 3\u20448-in. \u2014 Ted Kilcommons, Popular Mechanics , 12 June 2021",
"Davey focused his attention at Timonium Elementary School by building an outdoor learning space which is filled with mulch and equipped with benches and a solid wood edging . \u2014 Melissa Whatley, baltimoresun.com , 9 June 2021"
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"examples":[
"Too much coffee makes me edgy .",
"Why are you so edgy ?",
"Their relationship has always been edgy .",
"one of the director's edgier films",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Not getting edgy The Chargers didn\u2019t draft an edge rusher, which was surprising. \u2014 Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
"But an eight-speed automatic smoothly harnesses the engine's 391 pound-feet of torque\u2014the most in this test\u2014and the GV70's drive modes can effectively alter its temperament from RX350 calm to M40i edgy . \u2014 Mike Sutton, Car and Driver , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Alice wields guns and does backflips off the wall in her asymmetrical gown, punctuated with edgy , leather knee boots. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The Spencer star has chopped her hair into a buzz cut, dyed it a warm, strawberry hue, and experimented with edgy updos. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 26 Jan. 2022",
"By the fire pit or heat lamps, pair edgy Viso with bruschetta topped with roasted butternut squash. \u2014 Robin Soslow, Chron , 14 Dec. 2021",
"These days, addresses that once seemed edgy \u2014Le Dauphin, La Buvette, Clamato\u2014are practically the establishment, and the new wave of bistronomy\u2014the rebellion against Michelin grandeur that initially defined these restaurants\u2014has begun to diversify. \u2014 Sophie Dening, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 27 Oct. 2021",
"The edgy look was offset with a pair of pristine white kitten heels. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 15 May 2022",
"The beloved brand has plenty of great options for men, including the classic backpack with padded straps and an interior laptop pocket and this more modern style with an edgy colorblock design. \u2014 Amanda Tarlton, USA TODAY , 11 Aug. 2020"
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": fit to be eaten : eatable",
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"a plant with edible leaves",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Twelve years later, Bennett and her team have designed around 200 gardens, all of which integrate the ornamental with the edible . \u2014 Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor , 13 June 2022",
"The remedy did not include potatoes, lemons, limes, cabbage, spruce tea, pickles or any edible cure-all. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 12 June 2022",
"From naturescaping to creating an edible landscape, workshops taught by experts from East Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District demonstrate ways to benefit people, water and wildlife at emswcd.org. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 June 2022",
"Another edible item was the General Mills E.T. Cereal, which tasted like peanut butter and chocolate and was exceptionally vile. \u2014 Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
"Customers have been asking for handheld, edible versions of the architecture since the store opened in early 2021, said Allen Morrison, general manager. \u2014 Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel , 3 June 2022",
"The general and historical premise is the same -- take all the hearty and edible ingredients available and put them in a pot or, more specifically, an earthenware cassole. \u2014 Foren Clark, CNN , 30 May 2022",
"Ormiston held up a wild leek, a green-leafed member of the onion family with a pungent, edible bulb, and pointed out coral bells, the green, native kind, not the colorful hybrids found at plant nurseries. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 27 May 2022",
"From sustaining animals with its edible nuts, fueling ironworks with its branches to providing structural integrity to ships and buildings, oak trees have been a constant presence throughout history. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 27 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Twelve years later, Bennett and her team have designed around 200 gardens, all of which integrate the ornamental with the edible . \u2014 Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor , 13 June 2022",
"The remedy did not include potatoes, lemons, limes, cabbage, spruce tea, pickles or any edible cure-all. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 12 June 2022",
"From naturescaping to creating an edible landscape, workshops taught by experts from East Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District demonstrate ways to benefit people, water and wildlife at emswcd.org. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 June 2022",
"Another edible item was the General Mills E.T. Cereal, which tasted like peanut butter and chocolate and was exceptionally vile. \u2014 Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
"Customers have been asking for handheld, edible versions of the architecture since the store opened in early 2021, said Allen Morrison, general manager. \u2014 Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel , 3 June 2022",
"The general and historical premise is the same -- take all the hearty and edible ingredients available and put them in a pot or, more specifically, an earthenware cassole. \u2014 Foren Clark, CNN , 30 May 2022",
"Ormiston held up a wild leek, a green-leafed member of the onion family with a pungent, edible bulb, and pointed out coral bells, the green, native kind, not the colorful hybrids found at plant nurseries. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 27 May 2022",
"From sustaining animals with its edible nuts, fueling ironworks with its branches to providing structural integrity to ships and buildings, oak trees have been a constant presence throughout history. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 27 May 2022"
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"The government issued an edict banning public demonstrations.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There is anger among Afghan women as a face veil edict splits the Taliban. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2022",
"In January, the Supreme Court blocked a Biden administration edict that large employers require workers to get vaccinated or submit to regular testing. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
"An unspoken edict amongst former Fed chairs has been to not speak ill of their successors to preserve the apolitical nature of and trust in the institution. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 16 May 2022",
"The edict said only a woman\u2019s eyes should be visible. \u2014 Kathy Gannon, The Christian Science Monitor , 9 May 2022",
"Slugger Frank Thomas, who often spent his pregame time watching video, was visibly upset by the edict and said the idea was nice but short-sighted. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The government edict comes as driving schools scramble to make up for pandemic closures. \u2014 David J. Lynch, Anchorage Daily News , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Ayatollah Khamenei had even issued an edict declaring that such a weapon would violate Islamic law. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Sep. 2021",
"The edict effectively barred any DGA members from working on the Georgia production. \u2014 Anousha Sakouistaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 6 Apr. 2022"
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": to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift",
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"These books will both entertain and edify readers.",
"a family-oriented show that tried to edify the television audience as well as entertain it",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And in part because of this idea that had been upheld since the nineteenth century, that at least classical music\u2019s purpose is to edify , right, unlike pop music, unlike hip-hop, or other things that are commercial that are for making money. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Interview clips with siblings Tito and Rebbie and mother Katherine, along with celebrity reflections from Questlove, Whoopi Goldberg, Missy Elliott, Norman Lear and Debbie Allen, among others, occasionally edify . \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 27 Jan. 2022",
"When crimes against the innocent are perpetuated by those spiritually entrusted to edify and protect the faithful, the damage is all the more devastating and its reverberation is wide and long. \u2014 Father Edward Beck, CNN , 6 Oct. 2021",
"Music helps, of course, as do games\u2014but nothing can entertain and edify quite like a good audiobook. \u2014 Vogue , 12 July 2021",
"Yet Beard seems delighted to edify and even befriend her haters. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 16 May 2021",
"If handled properly, change can be a great opportunity to edify your team and give your managers the skills to become better leaders. \u2014 Jane Sparrow, Forbes , 7 May 2021",
"Zimmer sprinkles his book with stories that both dazzle and edify the reader. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2021",
"Gossip helps edify listeners by determining what is and isn\u2019t acceptable, and who has violated social conventions and decorum. \u2014 Amy Collier, The New Yorker , 4 Dec. 2020"
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"she never misses a chance to editorialize on the issues of the day\u2014even the ones she knows nothing about",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Kurkov traces the development of his rustic hero with great subtlety and care, resisting the impulse to scold or editorialize . \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
"The Stanford Daily, the student newspaper, editorialized in 1991. \u2014 Sam Roberts, BostonGlobe.com , 24 Apr. 2020",
"The Stanford Daily, the student newspaper, editorialized in 1991. \u2014 Sam Roberts, BostonGlobe.com , 24 Apr. 2020",
"The Stanford Daily, the student newspaper, editorialized in 1991. \u2014 Sam Roberts, BostonGlobe.com , 24 Apr. 2020",
"The Stanford Daily, the student newspaper, editorialized in 1991. \u2014 Sam Roberts, BostonGlobe.com , 24 Apr. 2020",
"The Stanford Daily, the student newspaper, editorialized in 1991. \u2014 Sam Roberts, New York Times , 23 Apr. 2020",
"Avoid sharing any resources that could cause panic or push any conspiracy theories and don\u2019t speculate and editorialize the situation. \u2014 Ryan Nickerson, Houston Chronicle , 1 Apr. 2020",
"The House voted down the bill by a vote of 63-12, and The Republic editorialized against its passage. \u2014 Helena Wegner, azcentral , 29 Feb. 2020"
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"The school is devoted to the education of children with reading difficulties.",
"She received her education at private schools.",
"The applicants had comparable educations .",
"She earned her master's degree in education .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lawyers for Rhode Island public school students and parents sued the governor and education officials in federal court in 2018. \u2014 Jennifer Mcdermott, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"Peggy Slott and Donna Walker are special- education teachers in Miami-Dade County who traveled to Parkland to attend Saturday\u2019s rally. \u2014 Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel , 11 June 2022",
"Drawing on the research, Abramitzky and Boustan weigh in on a number of hot-button policy issues: For instance, should the United States focus on encouraging high- education immigration? \u2014 Michael Luca, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"Winchester Hagans, a student studying education and theology and the son of Evangelist Rick Hagans, was pulled over and arrested earlier this year while on his way to preach at church. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 10 June 2022",
"The 36-year-old\u2019s campaign priorities include access to healthcare, education , job training programs, criminal justice reform, reproductive freedom, the Green New Deal and immigration. \u2014 Essence , 10 June 2022",
"Apart from feeling empowered by their higher-ups, managers also need ongoing education and guidance, adds Murray. \u2014 Kells Mcphillips, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"Park officials had been discussing the idea of a permitting system for years, said Amber Kraft, interpretation and education program manager at Katmai. \u2014 Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News , 10 June 2022",
"Police acknowledge traffic enforcement is only one tool to fight reckless driving, and that other solutions lie in education and infrastructure. \u2014 Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star , 10 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The two-year runway hiatus from beloved designer Christopher John Rogers had no effect on fashion enthusiasts and fans\u2019 elation for his recent Collection 10 runway show. \u2014 Jailynn Taylor, Essence , 8 June 2022",
"But experts say virtually all those actions \u2014 like spiking part of the Keystone pipeline \u2014 had no effect on current production. \u2014 Michael E. Kanell, ajc , 7 June 2022",
"Jansen said the amount of soybean oil that goes into tires is so small compared with the volume produced in the United States that the resulting demand has no effect on price. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 7 June 2022",
"The state and city have already been doing this, to no discernible effect . \u2014 Allysia Finley, WSJ , 3 June 2022",
"Authorities said Salter fired at the gunman, but the bullets had no effect due to the bulletproof vest the suspect wore. \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 2 June 2022",
"Boats Unlimited, a boat parts sales and storage outfit in Utica, New York, said the Uvalde massacre will have no effect on its relationship with the NRA. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 1 June 2022",
"The report said officers tried using PepperBall launchers at Porter to no effect , and an electroshock weapon also didn\u2019t subdue Porter because of his thick winter coat. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"Prohibiting Russian oil deliveries aboard tankers would eliminate two-thirds of E.U. imports, while having no effect on Hungary, a landlocked nation. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022"
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"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 8a",
"Verb",
"1533, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223141"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": producing or able to produce a desired effect",
": producing or able to produce a desired effect"
],
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"i-\u02c8fek-ch\u0259(-w\u0259)l",
"-ch\u00fc(-\u0259)l",
"-\u02c8feksh-w\u0259l",
"i-\u02c8fek-ch\u0259-w\u0259l"
],
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"efficacious",
"efficient",
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"operative",
"potent",
"productive"
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"fruitless",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"inefficient",
"inoperative",
"unfruitful",
"unproductive",
"useless"
],
"examples":[
"acting like a jerk has generally not been a terribly effectual dating strategy",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For more than 150 years, HBCUs have played a vital role in ensuring that African Americans and students of all races can receive a competitive education and become influential leaders and effectual changemakers. \u2014 Glamour , 26 May 2022",
"The comedy of Dugan\u2019s writing and delivery aren\u2019t all that effectual . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2021",
"The work continues\u2014certainly more effectual , if not louder, than the sound bites. \u2014 Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker , 12 Oct. 2020",
"Susan\u2019s affectionate, dexterous, sensible activity was never more wanted, or more effectual . \u2014 Longreads , 27 Mar. 2020",
"The most that can be decisively taken from all this is that the factors that render radical action productive or counterproductive, effectual or ineffectual, are complex. \u2014 Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic , 30 May 2020",
"The effectual difference between them is like the difference in Coke, Pepsi, and RC Cola. \u2014 Richard Mann, Field & Stream , 16 Apr. 2020",
"The iron dike invented by Mr. S. B. Driggs, of New York, seems to put an effectual barrier in the way of these destructive agents. \u2014 Daniel C. Schlenoff, Scientific American , 13 July 2018",
"While history may remember Tillerson as one of the least competent and effectual secretaries of state in modern American history, in the final analysis, that\u2019s not why he was fired. \u2014 Jonah Shepp, Daily Intelligencer , 14 Mar. 2018"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
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"adjective",
"noun"
],
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": flowing out : emanating , outgoing",
": something that flows out: such as",
": an outflowing branch of a main stream or lake",
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],
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"\u02c8e-\u02ccfl\u00fc-\u0259nt",
"e-\u02c8fl\u00fc-",
"\u0259-"
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"The factory has been accused of discharging effluent into the river.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"One prong involves the agency\u2019s decision to issue the permit without setting specific effluent limits on mercury and other pollutants. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The soil under its 2.7 million South Florida residents allows septic tank effluent to reach groundwater, a problem intensified by climate change. \u2014 Jim Morrison, Anchorage Daily News , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Utah\u2019s scientific community, however, fears island building could compound the lake\u2019s ecological problems stemming from invasive plants and fish, a legacy of effluent dumping, algal blooms and a loss of native biodiversity. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Mar. 2022",
"On the west side of Phoenix, for example, effluent from a wastewater treatment plant pours into the Tres Rios Wetlands, covering about 700 acres along the Salt River. \u2014 Ian James, AZCentral.com , 8 Sep. 2021",
"That\u2019s necessary to protect the environment as effluent treatment prevents the discharge of hazardous substances that can contaminate ground water and cause illnesses and other issues. \u2014 Forbes , 1 Sep. 2021",
"But if Chicago were allowed to discharge a portion of its highly treated, if not Perrier-pure, effluent into the lake \u2014 as do Milwaukee, Toronto, Detroit, Cleveland and every other major Great Lakes city \u2014 the project's cost would plummet. \u2014 jsonline.com , 2 Sep. 2021",
"For instance, the company upgraded its effluent treatment plant with new technology from the U.S. \u2014 Forbes , 1 Sep. 2021",
"That same high water also threatened Conneaut\u2019s sewer plant, which discharges treated effluent into a channel that connects to the lake. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 20 Aug. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Aside from putting septic effluent into Utah\u2019s water supply, the Pacific pipeline is probably the most far-out item on the list. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 May 2022",
"The effluent is to be released into the soil in 1-foot intervals, rotated through 16 zones. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 May 2022",
"For example, 29% of wastewater effluent is now reused in the South Coast region, while only 9% of wastewater is recycled in the Bay Area. \u2014 Ian James, Los Angeles Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
"And high nitrogen levels caused by effluent from four sewage treatment plants were killing off fish and other creatures. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The effluent , along with uncontrolled industrial and agricultural runoff, degraded the water quality with nutrients and heavy metals. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Mar. 2022",
"My group first watched a video, which explained that the plant\u2019s effluent would be released into the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, a thirty-mile-long waterway built in the late nineteenth century to rid the city of its ordure. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New York Review of Books , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Residents of Likely are concerned for their health and economy in the wake of the breach, which released more than 2,000 football fields worth of effluent into waterways used for fishing, bathing, and drinking water. \u2014 Hannah Weinberger, Outside Online , 6 Aug. 2014",
"Where is the effluent flowing into the Fort Morgan plant originating? \u2014 al , 25 Feb. 2022"
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"noun"
],
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": an offensive exhalation or smell",
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": an invisible emanation",
": an offensive exhalation or smell"
],
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"e-\u02c8fl\u00fc-v\u0113-\u0259m",
"e-\u02c8fl\u00fc-v\u0113-\u0259m"
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"drek",
"dross",
"dust",
"garbage",
"junk",
"litter",
"offal",
"offscouring",
"raffle",
"refuse",
"riffraff",
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"scrap",
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"trash",
"truck",
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"examples":[
"the effluvia from local sewage treatment plants polluting the river",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Telogen effluvium is hair loss caused by high stress, surgeries or other internal issues like thyroid problems or vitamin D deficiency. \u2014 Garrett Munce, Men's Health , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Then there\u2019s Telogen effluvium , or TE, a condition where a physical or emotional stress leads to a rapid shedding of the hair, especially along the temples and sides of the scalp. \u2014 Kristin Auble, Vogue , 22 Sep. 2021",
"Over the eight decades of Hanford\u2019s existence, radioactive waste has seeped into the groundwater and radioactive effluvium has been released into the air that has blown for miles. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 Oct. 2021",
"Anagen effluvium is a nonscarring alopecia that affects the follicle in the growth stage when hair suffers a toxic shock (such as chemotherapy), fracturing the shaft in its active growth stage. \u2014 Kristin Auble, Vogue , 22 Sep. 2021",
"Telogen effluvium can be triggered by major stress, vitamin deficiencies, and the inevitable decrease in estrogen that occurs after delivery, the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) explains. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 20 May 2021",
"Telogen effluvium is technically hair shedding rather than full-on hair loss, SELF explained previously. \u2014 Sarah Jacoby, SELF , 11 Aug. 2020",
"The delayed result, a form of diffuse hair loss called telogen effluvium , was causing her hair to fall out in frightening clumps. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Feb. 2020",
"But this work\u2014to hold power to account, to safeguard the truth, to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable, in Finley Peter Dunne\u2019s immortal words\u2014has entered into a fatal bargain with an effluvium that demeans and yet supports it. \u2014 Greg Jackson, Harper's magazine , 6 Jan. 2020"
],
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"1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
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},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": showing or requiring effort"
],
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"\u02c8e-f\u0259rt-f\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"arduous",
"Augean",
"backbreaking",
"challenging",
"demanding",
"difficult",
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"formidable",
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"hard",
"heavy",
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"moiling",
"murderous",
"pick-and-shovel",
"rigorous",
"rough",
"rugged",
"severe",
"stiff",
"strenuous",
"sweaty",
"tall",
"testing",
"toilsome",
"tough",
"uphill"
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"cheap",
"easy",
"effortless",
"facile",
"light",
"mindless",
"simple",
"soft",
"undemanding"
],
"examples":[
"the book's abstruse subject matter and dense prose make for effortful reading",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But doing so always feels subtly effortful , like speaking a fluent but not native second language. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 28 May 2022",
"Ken Ueno\u2019s score is subtly chant-like, serving less to announce itself as to empower the performers on their effortful path to self-expression. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Her supportiveness sounded the slightest bit effortful . \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 29 Nov. 2021",
"Greer Grimsley\u2019s resonant bass-baritone was here faded and effortful , and not always easy to follow. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Thinking, on its own, is surprisingly effortful and even a little bit boring, and people will do almost anything to avoid it. \u2014 Matthew Baldwin, The Conversation , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The staging of a climactic act of family healing on the slopes, while nicely comic, requires a hefty suspension of disbelief, and the final neat switch from the film\u2019s coach journey-from-hell into an elevator disaster is a shade effortful . \u2014 David Benedict, Variety , 7 Jan. 2022",
"The latter appear onscreen subtitle-style, stripped of any cloyingly effortful attempts to appear overly modern. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 22 Nov. 2021",
"By comparison, the crispy-fish dish, which resembles a hornet\u2019s nest that\u2019s been battered and fried, is effortful and ungainly. \u2014 The New Yorker , 8 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1895, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-234101"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": showing or requiring little or no effort",
": showing or needing little or no effort"
],
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"\u02c8e-f\u0259rt-l\u0259s",
"\u02c8e-f\u0259rt-l\u0259s"
],
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"cheap",
"downhill",
"easy",
"facile",
"fluent",
"fluid",
"hands-down",
"light",
"painless",
"ready",
"royal",
"simple",
"smooth",
"snap",
"soft"
],
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"arduous",
"demanding",
"difficult",
"exacting",
"formidable",
"grueling",
"gruelling",
"hard",
"herculean",
"killer",
"labored",
"laborious",
"murderous",
"rough",
"severe",
"stiff",
"strenuous",
"toilful",
"toilsome",
"tough"
],
"examples":[
"She walked with effortless grace.",
"His writing is known for its seemingly effortless style.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Building products that are effortless for the user takes a tremendous amount of time and effort on the part of developers. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
"Since the TikTok starlet practically lives in Y2K clothing all the time, the transition from daywear to beachwear is effortless . \u2014 Seventeen , 16 May 2022",
"In Lab tests, the bag received perfect scores for being effortless to open and close. \u2014 Amanda Constantine, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
"And of course, leave it to Amazon to deliver a handful of effortless , seasonal styles in dozens of appealing colors and flattering silhouettes. \u2014 Jennifer Chan, PEOPLE.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Their At the Borderline Eyeliner Marker in Midnight Black, which features a tapered tip that makes creating a Grande-level cat-eyes truly effortless . \u2014 Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Do market research or a customer survey to understand and hone in on customer needs to make the process effortless . \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 21 June 2021",
"Hanah Bowen makes postseason softball look effortless . \u2014 Pj Brown, The Arizona Republic , 26 May 2022",
"Koral creative director Ilana Kugel frequently travels the world sourcing sustainable and technical fabrics to design fashion-forward pieces that feel luxurious, look effortless , and last through infinite wears and washings. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 5 Feb. 2022"
],
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"1801, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223755"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": shameless boldness : insolence"
],
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"i-\u02c8fr\u0259n-t\u0259-r\u0113",
"e-"
],
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"audaciousness",
"audacity",
"brashness",
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"chutzpa",
"hutzpah",
"hutzpa",
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"face",
"gall",
"nerve",
"nerviness",
"pertness",
"presumption",
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"sauce",
"sauciness",
"temerity"
],
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"examples":[
"the little squirt had the effrontery to deny eating any cookies, even with the crumbs still on his lips",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What Negro actor at this stage in the world\u2019s history could dare bring to the role the effrontery Olivier does? \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Bergman, who romanced his leading ladies and strip mined his personal demons for material, was hardly the least self-involved of European auteurs, and Hansen-L\u00f8ve has fittingly responded with her own teasing display of meta- effrontery . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Oct. 2021",
"His crowded, unmasked political rallies were reckless acts of effrontery . \u2014 Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker , 28 Dec. 2020",
"The book reaches a pitch of patronizing superiority in the sections about Mr. Akhtar\u2019s father, an award-winning cardiologist who briefly treated Donald Trump and then had the effrontery to vote for his former patient in the 2016 election. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 23 Oct. 2020",
"The first major payoff, like subsequent depredations, was both complex\u2014involving a thicket of shell corporations and offshore money-laundering entrep\u00f4ts\u2014and crude, in view of the fraud\u2019s effrontery . \u2014 Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine , 27 Apr. 2020",
"The weather in Springfield was gusty and frigid, and most people wore parkas and winter hats, but some of the younger attendees, hopped up on adrenaline and public displays of effrontery , got by with hoodies and track pants. \u2014 Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker , 9 Apr. 2020",
"Saul\u2019s effrontery has long driven fastidious souls from galleries, including me years ago. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 10 Feb. 2020",
"Murphy himself could have been the ambassador to Rudy Ray Moore\u2019s world (his 1980s concert films Raw and Delirious remain favorites among nostalgic young rappers who were emboldened by Murphy\u2019s profanity and effrontery ). \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 8 Nov. 2019"
],
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"1697, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201309"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": radiant splendor : brilliance"
],
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"i-\u02c8fu\u0307l-j\u0259n(t)s",
"e-",
"-\u02c8f\u0259l-"
],
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"brightness",
"brilliance",
"brilliancy",
"candor",
"dazzle",
"illumination",
"lambency",
"lightness",
"luminance",
"luminosity",
"luminousness",
"luster",
"lustre",
"lustrousness",
"radiance",
"refulgence",
"splendor"
],
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"blackness",
"dark",
"darkness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"duskiness"
],
"examples":[
"the exceptional effulgence of the harvest moon is always a striking sight"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Late Latin effulgentia , from Latin effulgent-, effulgens , present participle of effulg\u0113re to shine forth, from ex- + fulg\u0113re to shine \u2014 more at fulgent ",
"first_known_use":[
"1667, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173849"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb",
"verb ()"
],
"definitions":[
": the hard-shelled reproductive body produced by a bird and especially by the common domestic chicken",
": its contents used as food",
": an animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum together with its nutritive and protective envelopes and having the capacity to develop into a new individual capable of independent existence",
": ovum",
": something resembling an egg",
": person , sort",
": a state of embarrassment or humiliation",
": to incite to action",
": to cover with egg",
": to pelt with eggs",
": an oval or rounded body surrounded by a shell or membrane by which some animals (as birds, fish, insects, and reptiles) reproduce and from which the young hatches out",
": egg cell",
": the contents of the egg of a bird and especially a chicken that is eaten as food",
": to urge or encourage to do usually something foolish or dangerous",
": the hard-shelled reproductive body produced by a bird and especially by the common domestic chicken ( Gallus gallus )",
": an animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum together with its nutritive and protective envelopes and having the capacity to develop into a new individual capable of independent existence",
": ovum"
],
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"\u02c8eg",
"\u02c8\u0101g",
"\u02c8eg",
"\u02c8\u0101g",
"\u02c8eg, \u02c8\u0101g"
],
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"baby",
"being",
"bird",
"bod",
"body",
"character",
"cookie",
"cooky",
"creature",
"customer",
"devil",
"duck",
"face",
"fish",
"guy",
"head",
"human",
"human being",
"individual",
"life",
"man",
"mortal",
"party",
"person",
"personage",
"scout",
"slob",
"sort",
"soul",
"specimen",
"stiff",
"thing",
"wight"
],
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"encourage",
"exhort",
"goad",
"nudge",
"press",
"prod",
"prompt",
"urge"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The egg will hatch about 10 days after it is laid.",
"the smell of rotten eggs",
"I bought a carton of eggs .",
"a batter made from flour and egg",
"The egg is fertilized by the sperm."
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb (1)",
"13th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb (2)",
"1833, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211545"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": having the characteristics of an egghead"
],
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"\u02c8eg-\u02c8he-d\u0259d",
"\u02c8\u0101g-"
],
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"blue",
"cerebral",
"geeky",
"highbrow",
"highbrowed",
"intellectual",
"intellectualist",
"intellectualistic",
"long-haired",
"longhair",
"nerdish",
"nerdy"
],
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"anti-intellectual",
"lowbrow",
"nonintellectual",
"philistine"
],
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"a play that appeals mainly to the small body of eggheaded theatergoers"
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"1938, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223545"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world",
": egotism sense 2",
": self-esteem sense 1",
": the one of the three divisions of the psyche in psychoanalytic theory that serves as the organized conscious mediator between the person and reality especially by functioning both in the perception of and adaptation to reality \u2014 compare id , superego",
": the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world",
": the one of the three divisions of the psyche in psychoanalytic theory that serves as the organized conscious mediator between the person and reality especially by functioning both in the perception of and adaptation to reality \u2014 compare id entry 1 , superego"
],
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"\u02c8\u0113-(\u02cc)g\u014d",
"also",
"\u02c8\u0113-(\u02cc)g\u014d"
],
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"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-esteem",
"self-regard",
"self-respect"
],
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"examples":[
"I have enough ego not to want to give up easily in any contest or competition.",
"a star athlete with a refreshing lack of ego",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Director Gary Alazraki\u2019s uneven adaptation \u2014 the third in seven decades after Spencer Tracy and Steve Martin reached for the migraine medication \u2014 casts Andy Garcia as the beleaguered patron whose ego outshines his child\u2019s simpler desires. \u2014 Amy Nicholson, Variety , 14 June 2022",
"Not every apex predator has scales and claws and teeth the size of Elon Musk\u2019s ego . \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
"Is that worth the constant competition and ego trips? \u2014 Expert Panel, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"In 1972 Vidal became the owner of the property that would come to embody his own ego and self-projection, in its exclusivity and extravagance, in its isolation and ostentation. \u2014 Christopher Bollen, Town & Country , 8 June 2022",
"But Thibeault and Jonas said prickly attitudes and ego swirled within the group during season six. \u2014 Frederick Dreier, Outside Online , 3 June 2022",
"And in fact, the only thing that stimulates his search for Will is his own ego . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
"We\u2019re built that way to protect our ego and self-identity. \u2014 Henryk Krajewski, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"His philosophy is simple: the client as a person matters more than the objects being moved or the trainer\u2019s preferences and ego . \u2014 Roger Lockridge, Men's Health , 30 May 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1789, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190047"
},
"egocentric":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": concerned with the individual rather than society",
": taking the ego as the starting point in philosophy",
": limited in outlook or concern to one's own activities or needs",
": self-centered , selfish",
": a person who is egocentric : someone who is limited in outlook or concern to his or her own activities or needs : a self-centered person",
": limited in outlook or concern to one's own activities or needs",
": being self-centered or selfish",
": an egocentric individual"
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"\u02cc\u0113-g\u014d-\u02c8sen-trik",
"also",
"\u02cc\u0113-g\u014d-\u02c8sen-trik"
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"egoistic",
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"egotistic",
"egotistical",
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"self-absorbed",
"self-centered",
"self-concerned",
"self-infatuated",
"self-interested",
"self-involved",
"selfish",
"self-loving",
"self-obsessed",
"self-oriented",
"self-preoccupied",
"self-regarding",
"self-seeking",
"self-serving",
"solipsistic"
],
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"ego-tripper",
"egoist",
"egomaniac",
"egotist",
"narcissist"
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"examples":[
"Adjective",
"the cult attracts egocentric people who are preoccupied with reaching their potential as individuals",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Selling Up Instead Of Supporting Down Micromanaging, empire-building, selling up instead of supporting down and generally being egocentric in your leadership approach creates a toxic culture. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Roman\u2019s pedagogy, on the other hand, is proudly egocentric . \u2014 Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 13 Dec. 2021",
"Demanding new coach and egocentric crew captain immediately clash? \u2014 Joe Leydon, Variety , 28 Oct. 2021",
"By decreasing blood flow to the brain\u2019s default mode network, verbal planning and egocentric behavior are lessened. \u2014 Natan Ponieman, Forbes , 12 Oct. 2021",
"Frank came off as pompous, long-winded and egocentric . \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Sep. 2021",
"The biggest threat to their reputation is being seen as elitist or egocentric or a bad boss \u2014 the traits most associated with the old guard of magazine editors. \u2014 New York Times , 1 July 2021",
"And that vision was not egocentric , self-centered or nationalistic. \u2014 David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 June 2021",
"In a legal career that lasted more than four decades, Bailey was seen as arrogant, egocentric and contemptuous of authority. \u2014 Mark Pratt, USA TODAY , 4 June 2021"
],
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"Adjective",
"1894, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"1901, in the meaning defined above"
],
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},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being egocentric : excessive interest in oneself and concern for one's own welfare or advantage at the expense of or in disregard of others",
": egocentricity",
": the effort to get personal recognition especially by socially unacceptable behavior"
],
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"\u02cc\u0113-g\u014d-\u02c8sen-\u02cctri-z\u0259m",
"also",
"-\u02c8sen-\u02cctriz-\u0259m"
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"egocentricity",
"egoism",
"egomania",
"egotism",
"narcissism",
"navel-gazing",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-interest",
"self-involvement",
"self-preoccupation",
"self-regard",
"selfishness",
"selfness"
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"self-abandonment",
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"1900, in the meaning defined above"
],
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action",
": a doctrine that individual self-interest is the valid end of all actions",
": excessive concern for oneself with or without exaggerated feelings of self-importance \u2014 compare egotism sense 2",
": a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action",
": a doctrine that individual self-interest is the valid end of all actions",
": excessive concern for oneself without exaggerated feelings of self-importance \u2014 compare egotism"
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"\u02c8\u0113-g\u0259-\u02ccwi-z\u0259m",
"-g\u014d-\u02cci-",
"also",
"\u02c8\u0113-g\u0259-\u02ccwiz-\u0259m"
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"self-concern",
"self-interest",
"self-involvement",
"selfishness",
"selfness",
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"examples":[
"because of her egoism , she never gave a thought to asking how the others felt",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Remaining king of the mountain is a daily battle with self-satisfaction, egoism and complacency. \u2014 Brian H. Robb, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Some of this incoherence points to the plight of female ambition, its endless negotiations between egoism and self-effacement, toughness and delicacy. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"Pauli conveys the brilliant inventor\u2019s egoism and emotional stuntedness, qualities that at one point provoke a climactic showdown with Ada. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
"The novel was written during the heyday of rational egoism , when certain utopian thinkers believed that human behavior could be reduced to a series of logical rules so as to maximize well-being and create the ideal society. \u2014 Meghan O'gieblyn, Wired , 29 Nov. 2021",
"Rosick admirably fuses Jamie\u2019s egoism , charm and ambition. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 Apr. 2021",
"Rejecting this calculating egoism , but unable to accept traditional accounts of innate ethical knowledge, Shaftesbury attributed human kindness and sociability to sentiment. \u2014 Jeffrey Collins, WSJ , 12 Mar. 2021",
"Affinities of blood, however, can encourage a sort of collective egoism . \u2014 Samuel Goldman, National Review , 9 Jan. 2020",
"His egoism , laziness, arrogance, and above all his habitual dishonesty are crippling. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 27 Sep. 2019"
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"1800, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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"adjective",
"adverb",
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": a believer in egoism",
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"\u02c8\u0113-g\u0259-wist",
"-g\u014d-ist"
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"their boss is a demanding egoist who insists that everything be done her way"
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"1879, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"\u02c8\u0113-g\u0259-wist",
"-g\u014d-ist"
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"their boss is a demanding egoist who insists that everything be done her way"
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"adjective",
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": a believer in egoism",
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"\u02c8\u0113-g\u0259-wist",
"-g\u014d-ist"
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"egocentric",
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"their boss is a demanding egoist who insists that everything be done her way"
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"1879, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
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": the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world",
": egotism sense 2",
": self-esteem sense 1",
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": the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world",
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"\u02c8\u0113-(\u02cc)g\u014d",
"also",
"\u02c8\u0113-(\u02cc)g\u014d"
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"examples":[
"I have enough ego not to want to give up easily in any contest or competition.",
"a star athlete with a refreshing lack of ego",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Director Gary Alazraki\u2019s uneven adaptation \u2014 the third in seven decades after Spencer Tracy and Steve Martin reached for the migraine medication \u2014 casts Andy Garcia as the beleaguered patron whose ego outshines his child\u2019s simpler desires. \u2014 Amy Nicholson, Variety , 14 June 2022",
"Not every apex predator has scales and claws and teeth the size of Elon Musk\u2019s ego . \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
"Is that worth the constant competition and ego trips? \u2014 Expert Panel, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"In 1972 Vidal became the owner of the property that would come to embody his own ego and self-projection, in its exclusivity and extravagance, in its isolation and ostentation. \u2014 Christopher Bollen, Town & Country , 8 June 2022",
"But Thibeault and Jonas said prickly attitudes and ego swirled within the group during season six. \u2014 Frederick Dreier, Outside Online , 3 June 2022",
"And in fact, the only thing that stimulates his search for Will is his own ego . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
"We\u2019re built that way to protect our ego and self-identity. \u2014 Henryk Krajewski, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"His philosophy is simple: the client as a person matters more than the objects being moved or the trainer\u2019s preferences and ego . \u2014 Roger Lockridge, Men's Health , 30 May 2022"
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"1789, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174742"
},
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being extremely egocentric",
": the quality or state of being extremely egocentric"
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"\u02cc\u0113-g\u014d-\u02c8m\u0101-n\u0113-\u0259",
"-ny\u0259",
"\u02cc\u0113-g\u014d-\u02c8m\u0101-n\u0113-\u0259, -ny\u0259"
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"egocentricity",
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"egoism",
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"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-interest",
"self-involvement",
"self-preoccupation",
"self-regard",
"selfishness",
"selfness"
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"self-abandonment",
"self-forgetfulness",
"selflessness",
"unselfishness"
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"examples":[
"even by Hollywood standards, that movie star's egomania is of epic proportions",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The hour climaxed with Bob Odenkirk winning an Emmy, probably, with a burst of florid hallway egomania . \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 7 Apr. 2020",
"Her brothers are all grossly incompetent in their own ways, due to struggles with addiction (Kendall), immaturity (Roman) or pure egomania (Connor Roy 2020). \u2014 Eliana Dockterman, Time , 16 Dec. 2019",
"The soon-to-be-Emperor fawns over Anakin\u2019s heroism, while the Jedi scorn his egomania . \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 3 Dec. 2019",
"Welcome back, to fans and sad sack wasp traps alike, to the craven death pit of greed and egomania that is Succession. \u2014 Andrew R. Chow, Time , 8 Aug. 2019",
"Anyone who has hung around the creative and artistic professions knows about some of the most pernicious risks inherent to those worlds: excessive behavior, compulsions, egomania , drugs, booze. \u2014 Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com , 2 July 2019",
"But Scottie\u2019s obliviousness to his own professional failings speaks to his egomania , and the artifice of his situation. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 22 Feb. 2019",
"Virtually every great idea\u2014and plenty of bad ones\u2014pass through this small strip of land, where the concentration of wealth and egomania rival Riyadh. \u2014 Nick Bilton, The Hive , 15 Dec. 2017",
"The role of ringleader, originally played by Kiefer Sutherland, has been ceded to Ellen Page, whose performance is driven by grief rather than cartoonish egomania . \u2014 Nitin K. Ahuja, Slate Magazine , 3 Oct. 2017"
],
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"1825, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174427"
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"type":"noun",
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"the quality or state of being extremely egocentric",
"the quality or state of being extremely egocentric"
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"even by Hollywood standards, that movie star's egomania is of epic proportions",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The hour climaxed with Bob Odenkirk winning an Emmy, probably, with a burst of florid hallway egomania . \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 7 Apr. 2020",
"Her brothers are all grossly incompetent in their own ways, due to struggles with addiction (Kendall), immaturity (Roman) or pure egomania (Connor Roy 2020). \u2014 Eliana Dockterman, Time , 16 Dec. 2019",
"The soon-to-be-Emperor fawns over Anakin\u2019s heroism, while the Jedi scorn his egomania . \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 3 Dec. 2019",
"Welcome back, to fans and sad sack wasp traps alike, to the craven death pit of greed and egomania that is Succession. \u2014 Andrew R. Chow, Time , 8 Aug. 2019",
"Anyone who has hung around the creative and artistic professions knows about some of the most pernicious risks inherent to those worlds excessive behavior, compulsions, egomania , drugs, booze. \u2014 Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com , 2 July 2019",
"But Scottie\u2019s obliviousness to his own professional failings speaks to his egomania , and the artifice of his situation. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 22 Feb. 2019",
"Virtually every great idea\u2014and plenty of bad ones\u2014pass through this small strip of land, where the concentration of wealth and egomania rival Riyadh. \u2014 Nick Bilton, The Hive , 15 Dec. 2017",
"The role of ringleader, originally played by Kiefer Sutherland, has been ceded to Ellen Page, whose performance is driven by grief rather than cartoonish egomania . \u2014 Nitin K. Ahuja, Slate Magazine , 3 Oct. 2017"
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"adjective",
"adverb"
],
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": characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance"
],
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"\u02cc\u0113-g\u0259-\u02c8ti-sti-k\u0259l",
"also"
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"self-important",
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"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"swellheaded",
"vain",
"vainglorious"
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"egoless",
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"modest",
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"1797, in the meaning defined above"
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"characterized by egotism having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an unsubstantial image : phantom",
": ideal"
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"\u012b-\u02c8d\u014d-l\u0259n"
],
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"beau ideal",
"classic",
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"idea",
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"nonpareil",
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"an industrialist who remains an eidolon of the visionary and ambitious self-made man"
],
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"1828, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213837"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"conjunction",
"pronoun"
],
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": being the one and the other of two : each",
": being the one or the other of two",
": the one or the other",
": likewise , moreover",
": for that matter",
": each entry 1",
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": the one or the other",
": also"
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"\u02c8\u0113-t\u035fh\u0259r",
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"\u02c8\u012b-"
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"additionally",
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"withal",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"But some judges criticized the either -jail-or-probation sentencing aspect of the parading charge. \u2014 Rachel Weiner, Tom Jackman And Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Jan. 2022",
"But some judges criticized the either -jail-or-probation sentencing aspect of the parading charge. \u2014 Rachel Weiner, Tom Jackman And Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Jan. 2022",
"But some judges criticized the either -jail-or-probation sentencing aspect of the parading charge. \u2014 Rachel Weiner, Tom Jackman And Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Jan. 2022",
"But some judges criticized the either -jail-or-probation sentencing aspect of the parading charge. \u2014 Rachel Weiner, Tom Jackman And Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Jan. 2022",
"But some judges criticized the either -jail-or-probation sentencing aspect of the parading charge. \u2014 Rachel Weiner, Tom Jackman And Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Jan. 2022",
"But some judges criticized the either -jail-or-probation sentencing aspect of the parading charge. \u2014 Rachel Weiner, Tom Jackman And Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Jan. 2022",
"But some judges criticized the either -jail-or-probation sentencing aspect of the parading charge. \u2014 Rachel Weiner, Tom Jackman And Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Jan. 2022",
"But some judges criticized the either -jail-or-probation sentencing aspect of the parading charge. \u2014 Rachel Weiner, Tom Jackman And Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Conjunction",
"But scientists and doctors say things aren\u2019t that simple \u2014 and a belief that exposing children to marijuana, either directly or indirectly, is harmless isn\u2019t supported by the facts. \u2014 Daniel M. Jimenez, The Cannifornian , 22 June 2017",
"Consumers face two possible outcomes \u2014 insurers will either leave the marketplace or be forced to raise their rates. \u2014 Bloomberg News, The Denver Post , 5 May 2017",
"Either the gravitational influence from a passing star or group of stars, or the shock waves from an old exploding star in the distance, stirs up the nebula. \u2014 Mike Lynch / Sky Watch, Twin Cities , 11 Mar. 2017",
"Now either the president is flip-flopping or his staff is, once again, speaking out of turn. \u2014 Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist , 23 Feb. 2017",
"The tests use either a cheek swab or saliva and return autosomal DNA reports, sampling at more than 700,000 locations along a genome. \u2014 Katharine Gammon, Orange County Register , 30 Jan. 2017",
"The quarterbacks are the storyline for the 1:35 p.m. kickoff, but not in the way either team would\u2019ve liked. \u2014 Jimmy Durkin, The Mercury News , 3 Jan. 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"The distinction isn't permanent, either \u2013 once earned, the business must pass the same inspections the following year to earn it again. \u2014 Thomas Birmingham, The Courier-Journal , 10 June 2022",
"Releasing supplies from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve has had virtually no impact on fuel costs, and the modest increase in production Saudi Arabia recently announced won\u2019t either . \u2014 William A. Galston, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
"Threat actors don\u2019t sleep, so cybersecurity shouldn\u2019t either . \u2014 Evan Ramzipoor, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"The select committee issued a subpoena to Navarro in February, requiring him to produce documents and appear before the committee in March, but Navarro declined to do either . \u2014 Kathryn Watson, CBS News , 3 June 2022",
"Henry Kissinger has some ideas, but Ukrainians are not going to like them, and Americans might not either . \u2014 Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
"Some of the game's greatest players never do it, either . \u2014 Dave Skretta, ajc , 18 May 2022",
"In addition, the lawyers for legislative Republicans said the state constitution sets no time limit on redistricting, so the court shouldn\u2019t either . \u2014 Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland , 9 May 2022",
"Most Democrats don\u2019t want to overturn Roe v. Wade, but most Republicans and Independents don\u2019t either . \u2014 Liz Plank, Fortune , 9 May 2022"
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"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
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"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Pronoun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Conjunction",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Adverb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220620"
},
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"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": cheap sense 2a"
],
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"(\u02cc)el-\u02c8ch\u0113-(\u02cc)p\u014d",
"\u02c8el-"
],
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"affordable",
"bargain-basement",
"budget",
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"chintzy",
"cut-price",
"cut-rate",
"dime-store",
"dirt cheap",
"inexpensive",
"low",
"low-end",
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"costly",
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"pricy",
"spendy",
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],
"examples":[
"took an el cheapo vacation, staying at a friend's cabin the whole time",
"he bought el cheapo sneakers from someone on a street corner"
],
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"1967, in the meaning defined above"
],
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},
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"type":"adjective",
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"planned or carried out with great care",
"marked by complexity, fullness of detail, or ornateness",
"to expand something in detail",
"to become elaborate (see elaborate entry 1 )",
"to work out in detail develop",
"to produce by labor",
"to build up (something, such as complex organic compounds) from simple ingredients",
"made or done with great care or with much detail",
"to give more details about",
"to work out in detail",
"to alter the chemical makeup of (as a foodstuff) to one more suited to bodily needs (as of assimilation or excretion)",
"to build up (complex organic compounds) from simple ingredients"
],
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"complex",
"complicated",
"detailed",
"fancy",
"intricate",
"involved",
"sophisticated"
],
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"develop",
"evolve",
"unfold"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
"Twilight tween and more elaborate costumes, booze and daring aerial performances. \u2014 oregonlive , 31 May 2022",
"There are dreamlike dance sequences, elaborate costumes and bizarre insights into the mind of a creative genius. \u2014 Radhika Seth, Vogue , 12 May 2022",
"Expect the floor of the Con to be packed with fans dressed in elaborate costumes for the full Con experience. \u2014 Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press , 12 May 2022",
"For more than a century, glamorous showgirls wearing elaborate costumes have been high-kicking across the stage of the Moulin Rouge, the iconic cabaret in Paris. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 May 2022",
"The elaborate costumes underscore the role of celebration in self-determination. \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 4 May 2022",
"The Masked Singer involves celebrities singing while wearing elaborate costumes so their identities aren't known until a grand unmasking. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The more subdued spectators who attend the draft in person are known to wear their team colors, while others don more elaborate costumes representing their allegiances. \u2014 NBC News , 19 Apr. 2022",
"At the parade, Garner was accompanied by several of the theater troupe\u2019s members, who were dressed in elaborate costumes and drag. \u2014 Stephanie Morales, USA TODAY , 6 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
"Through a spokeswoman, Rollins declined to elaborate on the letter. \u2014 Adrian Walker, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
"Authorities confirm Gendron threatened an attack at his high school last year, but declined to elaborate on the specific nature of the threat. \u2014 Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY , 16 May 2022",
"Hilpert declined to elaborate on the questions and concerns. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"McKinney declined to elaborate on grand jury testimony about Holder and Hussle\u2019s conversation about snitching. \u2014 James Queallystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"Our picks include selections across categories that run the gamut from simple garden arches that offer great value to elaborate models on the pricier side. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 24 May 2022",
"But the actress and her director are reluctant to elaborate on the project's themes of toxic masculinity and visual parallels to Adam and Eve. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022",
"Arepas have been made in Venezuela and surrounding regions since long before the arrival of Europeans in South America, and the nourishing corn breads can range from simple to elaborate . \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, CNN , 4 May 2022",
"Guests who want to experience total privacy can have the resort chefs prepare a barbecue or other offerings from simple meals to elaborate feasts within the villa using ingredients from the resort\u2019s Dibba farm and organic garden. \u2014 Laurie Werner, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1611, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
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": planned or carried out with great care",
": marked by complexity, fullness of detail, or ornateness",
": to expand something in detail",
": to become elaborate (see elaborate entry 1 )",
": to work out in detail : develop",
": to produce by labor",
": to build up (something, such as complex organic compounds) from simple ingredients",
": made or done with great care or with much detail",
": to give more details about",
": to work out in detail",
": to alter the chemical makeup of (as a foodstuff) to one more suited to bodily needs (as of assimilation or excretion)",
": to build up (complex organic compounds) from simple ingredients"
],
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"i-\u02c8la-b(\u0259-)r\u0259t",
"i-\u02c8la-b\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
"i-\u02c8la-b\u0259-r\u0259t",
"-\u02c8la-br\u0259t",
"i-\u02c8la-b\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
"i-\u02c8lab-\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t"
],
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"complicated",
"detailed",
"fancy",
"intricate",
"involved",
"sophisticated"
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"develop",
"evolve",
"unfold"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Twilight tween and more elaborate costumes, booze and daring aerial performances. \u2014 oregonlive , 31 May 2022",
"There are dreamlike dance sequences, elaborate costumes and bizarre insights into the mind of a creative genius. \u2014 Radhika Seth, Vogue , 12 May 2022",
"Expect the floor of the Con to be packed with fans dressed in elaborate costumes for the full Con experience. \u2014 Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press , 12 May 2022",
"For more than a century, glamorous showgirls wearing elaborate costumes have been high-kicking across the stage of the Moulin Rouge, the iconic cabaret in Paris. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 May 2022",
"The elaborate costumes underscore the role of celebration in self-determination. \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 4 May 2022",
"The Masked Singer involves celebrities singing while wearing elaborate costumes so their identities aren't known until a grand unmasking. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The more subdued spectators who attend the draft in person are known to wear their team colors, while others don more elaborate costumes representing their allegiances. \u2014 NBC News , 19 Apr. 2022",
"At the parade, Garner was accompanied by several of the theater troupe\u2019s members, who were dressed in elaborate costumes and drag. \u2014 Stephanie Morales, USA TODAY , 6 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Through a spokeswoman, Rollins declined to elaborate on the letter. \u2014 Adrian Walker, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
"Authorities confirm Gendron threatened an attack at his high school last year, but declined to elaborate on the specific nature of the threat. \u2014 Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY , 16 May 2022",
"Hilpert declined to elaborate on the questions and concerns. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"McKinney declined to elaborate on grand jury testimony about Holder and Hussle\u2019s conversation about snitching. \u2014 James Queallystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"Our picks include selections across categories that run the gamut from simple garden arches that offer great value to elaborate models on the pricier side. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 24 May 2022",
"But the actress and her director are reluctant to elaborate on the project's themes of toxic masculinity and visual parallels to Adam and Eve. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022",
"Arepas have been made in Venezuela and surrounding regions since long before the arrival of Europeans in South America, and the nourishing corn breads can range from simple to elaborate . \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, CNN , 4 May 2022",
"Guests who want to experience total privacy can have the resort chefs prepare a barbecue or other offerings from simple meals to elaborate feasts within the villa using ingredients from the resort\u2019s Dibba farm and organic garden. \u2014 Laurie Werner, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Verb",
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"Adjective",
"1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1611, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215928"
},
"elapse":{
"type":"verb",
"definitions":[
"pass , go by",
"passage",
"to slip past go by"
],
"pronounciation":"i-\u02c8laps",
"synonyms":[
"break off",
"break up",
"cease",
"close",
"conclude",
"dead-end",
"determine",
"die",
"discontinue",
"end",
"expire",
"finish",
"go",
"halt",
"lapse",
"leave off",
"let up",
"pass",
"quit",
"stop",
"terminate",
"wind up",
"wink (out)"
],
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"continue",
"hang on",
"persist"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"in those coin-operated binoculars at scenic areas your viewing time seems to elapse almost before it has begun",
"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
"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",
"The wearer can set the alarm based on the number of hours that should elapse before the alarm rings. \u2014 Carol Besler, Robb Report , 22 Apr. 2022",
"As time went on, however, many of these benefits expired or were struck down in courts or permitted to elapse by Congress. \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Also, how much time had to elapse between the balloon landing and the actual tip-off of the game? \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 21 Mar. 2022",
"In the end, 20 months would elapse before Hegerberg played again. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"This month, the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs, which Haaland oversees, allowed a 45-day review period to elapse without taking action on the agreement. \u2014 Dara Kam, sun-sentinel.com , 19 Aug. 2021",
"Centuries may elapse before someone gives dissolution a name and a date. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Some have seen their entire careers elapse just for this telescope, while others have moved onto other fields. \u2014 Emre Kelly, USA TODAY , 25 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"1644, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun",
"circa 1677, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"elate":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to fill with joy or pride",
": elated",
": to fill with joy or pride"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8l\u0101t",
"i-\u02c8l\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"elevate",
"enrapture",
"exhilarate",
"intoxicate",
"transport"
],
"antonyms":[
"depress"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The discovery has elated researchers.",
"the winning of the state basketball championship elated the whole town",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"TO112 Hand & Body wash + lotion is a twofold practice intended to elate and enrich the surface and soul, granting symmetry to all skin types. \u2014 Joseph Deacetis, Forbes , 2 Nov. 2021",
"One or two election cycles ago, a candidate with McGrath\u2019s understanding of the climate crisis would have been enough to elate the state\u2019s environmental community. \u2014 James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal , 15 Sep. 2020",
"While the wind presented a challenge, Widmier was elated that the event was able to proceed and that a respectable fleet had turned out. \u2014 al , 20 May 2020",
"Williams was elated that the duchess wore one of her pieces and celebrated the look on Instagram last fall. \u2014 Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR , 20 Feb. 2019",
"Vescovo was elated when the lander reached the surface. \u2014 Ben Taub, The New Yorker , 10 May 2020",
"While Tesla fans have been elated with the stock gains, the advance has inflicted pain on investors who wagered that the shares would fall. \u2014 Julia-ambra Verlaine, WSJ , 20 Jan. 2020",
"Children were elated when the Easter Bunny was spotted turning on their street. \u2014 John Kuntz, cleveland , 4 Apr. 2020",
"Now he\u2019ll be elated if Premier brings in half that. \u2014 Cheryl Hall, Dallas News , 5 Apr. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
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"Verb",
"circa 1619, in the meaning defined above",
"Adjective",
"1647, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191638"
},
"elated":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": marked by high spirits : exultant"
],
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"i-\u02c8l\u0101-t\u0259d"
],
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"ecstatic",
"elevated",
"enrapt",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"giddy",
"heady",
"intoxicated",
"rapt",
"rapturous",
"rhapsodic",
"rhapsodical"
],
"antonyms":[
"depressed"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As elated graduates of Baltimore\u2019s Mergenthaler Vocational Technical High School lined up to receive their diplomas Sunday afternoon, the absence of one student was palpable. \u2014 Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun , 12 June 2022",
"Even Shawa, who has been leading safaris for 17 years, seemed elated . \u2014 Mary Holland, Travel + Leisure , 4 June 2022",
"After a 2-year wait, P-Valley finally returns to Starz on June 3, and the Pynk Posse, as the cast and creator lovingly call show fans, can\u2019t be more elated . \u2014 Rivea Ruff, Essence , 2 June 2022",
"An elated Jayson Tatum watches the clock wind down to zero as the Celtics roll to a Game 7 victory. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 May 2022",
"Love Island time meant claiming your chair in the living room with a throw, a bowl of ice cream, and elated anticipation. \u2014 Ali Wentworth, Town & Country , 8 May 2022",
"They are joined by two elated fans in the shot, with both young women wearing glittery tiaras and their own sashes over floor-length prom gowns. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The actor also shared a picture of their little one who was wrapped up in a blanket and enjoying an embrace from her elated parents. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Perhaps no one is more elated than her 27-year-old daughter, McClain said. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1619, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195624"
},
"elbow":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": the joint of the human arm",
": a corresponding joint in the anterior limb of a lower vertebrate",
": something (such as macaroni or an angular pipe fitting) resembling an elbow",
": at one's side",
": shabbily dressed",
": short of funds",
": to push with the elbow : jostle",
": to shove aside by pushing with or as if with the elbow",
": to force (one's way) by pushing with or as if with the elbow",
": to advance by pushing with the elbow",
": to make an angle : turn",
": the joint or the region of the joint of the arm or of the same part of an animal's front legs",
": a part (as of a pipe) bent like an elbow",
": to jab with an elbow",
": to push or force a way with or as if with the elbows",
": the joint between the human forearm and the upper arm that supports the outer curve of the arm when bent",
": a joint in the anterior limb of a lower vertebrate corresponding to the elbow"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8el-\u02ccb\u014d",
"\u02c8el-\u02ccb\u014d",
"\u02c8el-\u02ccb\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[
"bore",
"bull",
"bulldoze",
"crash",
"jam",
"jostle",
"muscle",
"press",
"push",
"shoulder",
"squeeze"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He wore a tattered coat with holes in the elbows .",
"Verb",
"The actor's bodyguards rudely elbowed everyone out of the way.",
"Everyone was shoving and elbowing to get a good position.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Her monochromatic looks are typically decorated with a three-strand pearl necklace and a sparkling antique brooch set in either gold or silver, while a glossy Launer handbag can usually be found in the crook of her elbow . \u2014 Leah Dolan, CNN , 1 June 2022",
"Honeywell was diagnosed with a stress reaction in the olecranon bone of his right elbow late in spring training. \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 May 2022",
"Ohtani signed a contract with the Angels worth $2.315M. After Ohtani signed his contract, it was announced that he was diagnosed with a sprain to his right ulnar collateral ligament-which is on the inner part of the elbow . \u2014 Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"Also in this category is the straight arm pushdown, which is aptly named: any flexion of the elbow at all will end up recruiting the triceps into the movement, so be mindful. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 6 Apr. 2022",
"When Maria put Azul on her arm, the parakeet walked up her sleeve and cuddled up on the inside of her elbow , finally feeling warm and safe. \u2014 Tribune News Service, al , 2 Jan. 2022",
"Imaging of the elbow taken after the Kings victory showed a tear, according to two people with knowledge of the situation not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. \u2014 Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times , 25 Dec. 2021",
"Van\u2019s tips are not limited to the physical art of running with a football tucked into the crook of his elbow . \u2014 Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Aside from hand and wrist positioning, be mindful of your elbow and neck, experts said. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The new 25-piece collection ($690 to $2,900) includes new riffs on bandage dresses, along with crop tops, catsuits, long and short skirts, and elbow gloves. \u2014 Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022",
"Malinowski must now fend off Tom Kean Jr., the son of former Gov. Thomas Kean, whose legacy helps him elbow out the competition from both more moderate and MAGA wings of the Jersey GOP. \u2014 Brittany Shepherd, ABC News , 11 June 2022",
"Salespeople know why prospects don't buy, are elbow -deep in the product experience and are a sounding board for customer feedback. \u2014 Vanessa Dreifuss, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Sofia Coppola is seated, elbow perched on knee, on the oak steps of the McKim, Mead, and White Stair Hall at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. \u2014 Chloe Malle, Vogue , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The Orioles are awaiting a second opinion on the state of left-hander John Means\u2019 elbow , but there\u2019s uncertainty surrounding whether the ace will return at all this season. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Bloomberg touted Guo as on the vanguard of mainland property developers poised to elbow aside Hong Kong's homegrown property tycoons as Beijing asserted greater control over the former British colony. \u2014 Yvonne Lau, Fortune , 8 Dec. 2021",
"The Clippers were also missing forwards Paul George ( elbow ) and Robert Covington (personal reasons), and guards Normal Powell (foot), Jason Preston (foot) and Jay Scrubb (foot) in a 106-102 win over the Pistons on Sunday. \u2014 Ashley Bastock, cleveland , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Wilson hit her head and elbow on the concrete during the fall, the report said, and was taken to a nearby hospital. \u2014 Lisa Maria Garza, orlandosentinel.com , 9 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"1605, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225402"
},
"elbow room":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": room for moving the elbows freely",
": adequate space for work or operation",
": free scope"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8el-\u02ccb\u014d-\u02ccr\u00fcm",
"-\u02ccru\u0307m"
],
"synonyms":[
"place",
"room",
"space",
"way"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"It's a small kitchen with very little elbow room .",
"help me move the furniture so that we'll have enough elbow room to do some aerobics"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215112"
},
"elder":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun ()"
],
"definitions":[
": elderberry sense 2",
": of earlier birth or greater age",
": of or relating to earlier times : former",
": of or relating to a more advanced time of life",
": prior or superior in rank, office, or validity",
": one living in an earlier period",
": one who is older : senior",
": an aged person",
": one having authority by virtue of age and experience",
": any of various officers of religious groups: such as",
": presbyter sense 1",
": a permanent officer elected by a Presbyterian congregation and ordained to serve on the session and assist the pastor at communion",
": minister sense 2",
": a leader of the Shakers",
": a Mormon ordained to the Melchizedek priesthood",
": elderberry sense 1",
": being older than another person",
": a person who is older",
": a person having authority because of age and experience",
": an official in some churches",
": elderberry sense 2"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8el-d\u0259r",
"\u02c8el-d\u0259r",
"\u02c8el-d\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"ancient",
"geriatric",
"golden-ager",
"old-timer",
"oldster",
"senior",
"senior citizen"
],
"antonyms":[
"youngster",
"youth"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213058"
},
"elderly":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": rather old",
": being past middle age",
": old-fashioned",
": of, relating to, or characteristic of later life or elderly persons",
": an elderly person",
": somewhat old"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8el-d\u0259r-l\u0113",
"\u02c8el-d\u0259r-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"aged",
"aging",
"ageing",
"ancient",
"geriatric",
"long-lived",
"old",
"older",
"over-the-hill",
"senescent",
"senior",
"unyoung"
],
"antonyms":[
"young",
"youthful"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The program is intended to provide medical care for elderly people.",
"elderly people who stay active are usually the healthiest and the happiest",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The majority of the victims in that shooting, at Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York, were elderly , the oldest victim 86 years old. \u2014 Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence , 25 May 2022",
"Barnes added that other congregants, who were elderly , also risked their lives and confronted the gunman, including a pastor who threw a chair at him. \u2014 Antonio Planas, NBC News , 17 May 2022",
"During an interview with CBS News on Tuesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci acknowledged there has been an increase in the number of vaccinated people who are dying of COVID-19, many of whom are elderly , immunocompromised or have underlying conditions. \u2014 Arielle Mitropoulos, ABC News , 11 May 2022",
"Kramatorsk\u2019s population has dwindled from 200,000 to 40,000, officials say, and most of those who remain are elderly . \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Whatever their races, many of the remaining nuns are elderly , and the influx of youthful novices is sparse. \u2014 David Crary, Chicago Tribune , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Whatever their races, many of the remaining nuns are elderly , and the influx of youthful novices is sparse. \u2014 David Crary, ajc , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Last month, the virus infected his parents, who are elderly and live near Boston. \u2014 Evan Osnos, The New Yorker , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Those who were elderly \u2014in addition to those with pre-existing conditions like heart disease, tuberculosis, or diabetes\u2014were more apt to take a fatal course, Bruessow wrote. \u2014 Erin Prater, Fortune , 23 Apr. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1865, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190352"
},
"elect":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": carefully selected : chosen",
": chosen for salvation through divine mercy",
": chosen for office or position but not yet installed",
": chosen for marriage at some future time",
": one chosen or set apart (as by divine favor)",
": a select or exclusive group of people",
": to select by vote for an office, position, or membership",
": to make a selection of",
": to choose (something, such as a course of action) especially by preference",
": to make a selection",
": to select by vote",
": to make a choice",
": chosen for office but not yet holding office",
": to select by vote for an office, position, or membership",
": to make a selection of",
": to choose an elective share"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8lekt",
"i-\u02c8lekt"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-picked",
"choice",
"chosen",
"favored",
"favorite",
"first-line",
"handpicked",
"picked",
"preferred",
"select",
"selected"
],
"antonyms":[
"A-list",
"aristocracy",
"best",
"choice",
"corps d'elite",
"cream",
"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
"elite",
"fat",
"flower",
"illuminati",
"pick",
"pink",
"pride",
"priesthood",
"prime",
"royalty",
"upper crust"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"this elect body of students represents the best that the nation's high schools have to offer",
"Noun",
"the members of this all-American team are the elect of collegiate football",
"Verb",
"He hopes to be elected to the committee.",
"I've elected to study French as my foreign language.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The National Rifle Association\u2019s board of directors voted Monday to re- elect longtime CEO Wayne LaPierre, signaling that the gun rights group isn\u2019t changing direction despite a rise in mass shootings and its own internal turmoil. \u2014 David Ingram, NBC News , 30 May 2022",
"The illusion of complete normality could prompt people to spend more and re- elect current politicians for office. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 9 Apr. 2022",
"In some cases, those who are vaccinated but elect to not receive a booster would be subjected to game-day testing again starting Dec. 1, the NBA said. \u2014 Tim Reynolds, chicagotribune.com , 7 Nov. 2021",
"In some cases, those who are vaccinated but elect to not receive a booster would be subjected to game-day testing again starting Dec. 1, the NBA said. \u2014 Tim Reynolds, ajc , 7 Nov. 2021",
"Voters chose to re- elect incumbents Daniel Ursu and Juanita Lewis. \u2014 cleveland , 4 Nov. 2021",
"And it\u2019s one of those moments when any leader expecting to slide into re- elect mode as early as November of next year starts to get worried. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 26 Aug. 2021",
"The pension fund is also withholding its votes to re- elect members of the board\u2019s audit and governance committees on grounds of failing to meet shareholder demands over climate-risk disclosures. \u2014 Justin Baer, WSJ , 30 Apr. 2021",
"State residents voted to re- elect Republican Sen. Steve Daines despite a challenge from popular former Gov. Steve Bullock. \u2014 Thomas Barrabi, Fox News , 17 Dec. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The governor- elect in 2026 will have a short time to organize an administration and craft a state budget before taking office the first week in January. \u2014 George Skelton, Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
"In his first interview since being named CEO- elect of FedEx, Raj Subramaniam talks about preparing for a high-profile succession and setting a path for what\u2019s next. \u2014 Jena Mcgregor, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"Hundreds attended the Rite of Priesthood Ordination, including the Archbishop Emeritus of Seattle, J. Peter Sartain; the Bishop of Shreveport, Francis I. Malone, and the Bishop- elect of Saint Augustine, Erik Pohlmeier. \u2014 Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online , 4 June 2022",
"On his first day as the presumptive Hamilton County prosecutor- elect , Greg Garrison didn\u2019t exactly tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. \u2014 John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star , 5 May 2022",
"Those in attendance virtually and in-person, according to committee testimony, were Hice, Biggs, Gosar, Reps. Perry, Gaetz, Jordan, Gohmert, Mo Brooks of Alabama, Debbie Lesko of Arizona, and Greene, then a congresswoman- elect . \u2014 Farnoush Amiri, Chicago Tribune , 1 May 2022",
"Those in attendance virtually and in-person, according to committee testimony, were Hice, Biggs, Gosar, Reps. Perry, Gaetz, Jordan, Gohmert, Mo Brooks of Alabama, Debbie Lesko of Arizona, and Greene, then a congresswoman- elect . \u2014 Farnoush Amiri, ajc , 1 May 2022",
"Marjorie Taylor Greene, while still a congressmember- elect , attended at least one meeting. \u2014 Ella Lee, USA TODAY , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Kim is preparing a special inauguration present for South Korean president- elect Yoon Suk-yeol: a new missile crisis. \u2014 Patrick M. Cronin, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Come November, Louisville will elect a new mayor for the first time in more than a decade, and housing advocates have a few ideas for policies the winning candidate should pursue. \u2014 Bailey Loosemore, The Courier-Journal , 9 June 2022",
"Of the 18 cities in San Diego County, only three \u2014 Carlsbad, Oceanside and National City \u2014 elect their city clerks. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"Voters will also elect a new commissioner for District 1. \u2014 Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel , 8 June 2022",
"California voters in 2022 will elect 52 members for its delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
"And on June 12, the French will elect a new parliament, where Macron, reelected just last month, needs a majority to implement his priorities. \u2014 David A. Andelman, CNN , 31 May 2022",
"In total, voters in 10 states will elect officials to their utility commissions this year with 17 seats up for election in those states, according to data from S&P Global. \u2014 Justin Worland, Time , 19 May 2022",
"In November, voters in north Alabama will elect a new member to Congress for the first time in more than a decade. \u2014 Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al , 19 May 2022",
"Alongside reelecting Whitmer and Nessel, Michigan voters could elect a state legislature that would change the law. \u2014 Abdul El-sayed, The New Republic , 18 May 2022"
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"the right of a person who has an interest in property that a deceased has disposed of by will either to claim his or her right to the property or to accept what he or she was devised under the will instead",
"the right of a party to a contract that has been breached by the other party to choose to continue or terminate the contract \u2014 see also election of remedies , equitable election"
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"He's favored to win the election .",
"The scandal may affect his chances for election .",
"Her election to the Senate was a surprise to many.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Trump pushed to overturn the 2020 election and called on Vice President Mike Pence to invalidate several states\u2019 electoral votes. \u2014 David M. Shribman, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"Trump's own advisers and family members didn't believe in Trump's efforts to overturn the election . \u2014 Joey Garrison, USA TODAY , 10 June 2022",
"Right-wing activists heavily utilized the platform in efforts to overturn the election , according to the Post. \u2014 Nicholas Reimann, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"At the hearing on Thursday, Ms. Cheney also asserted that Republican lawmakers who had been involved in helping Mr. Trump overturn the election sought pardons from the White House in the final days of the administration. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"The committee's central mission has been to uncover the full scope of former President Donald Trump's unprecedented attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election and stop the transfer of power to President Joe Biden. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 9 June 2022",
"There will be several more hearings in the coming weeks, addressing different elements of the plot to overturn the election described by the committee. \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 9 June 2022",
"Ivanka Trump, in another clip, was asked about Barr's statement that the Justice Department found no fraud sufficient to overturn the election . \u2014 Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News , 9 June 2022",
"Extensive reporting has made clear that these lawmakers have relevant information about the attack, as well as the monthslong campaign to overturn the election that preceded it. \u2014 WSJ , 8 June 2022"
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"Adjective",
"He's never held an elective office.",
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"Noun",
"She's taking several electives this year.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Moreover, investor focus within the healthcare sector could also move from Covid-era favorites, such as vaccine stocks, to other players that stand to benefit from the reopening of elective procedures. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Cosmetic surgery, nowadays more commonly associated with elective procedures for the wealthy and vain, in fact evolved under the most brutal conditions and with the noblest of aims. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"That\u2019s required Tufts to get creative with scheduling, such as delaying some elective procedures during peak periods. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
"The University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital is rescheduling elective imaging procedures and is running many scans without the contrast media, said Kierstin Kennedy, interim chief medical officer. \u2014 Peter Loftus, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"Many people deferred elective procedures and appointments that weren\u2019t urgent, and many hospitals had to restructure their facilities to treat an influx of patients with Covid-19. \u2014 Brian Blase, STAT , 14 May 2022",
"There were not enough hospital beds and elective surgical procedures were delayed. \u2014 Bydr. Jess Dawson, ABC News , 14 May 2022",
"Meanwhile, hospitals temporarily suspended elective procedures such as knee replacements, first to limit infections and then, later in the pandemic, in response to staff shortages that forced them to close beds. \u2014 Christopher Rowland, Anchorage Daily News , 12 May 2022",
"Meanwhile, hospitals temporarily suspended elective procedures such as knee replacements, first to limit infections and then, later in the pandemic, in response to staff shortages that forced them to close beds. \u2014 Christopher Rowland, Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Many times, these programs are short-term coding camps or a single semester of computer science as an elective . \u2014 Rod Berger, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"Though some choose extra academic time, most move to an elective . \u2014 Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The class, an elective , was open to any undergraduate student at NYU. \u2014 Joseph Pisani, WSJ , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Only one out of four California high school students attends a school that offers personal finance as an elective , according to the nonprofit. \u2014 Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Feb. 2022",
"At the time, an elective that Mercy taught was being taken away. \u2014 Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Right now, the course is offered as an elective , but will be a graduation requirement for the class of 2026 at those schools and is expanding to 13 more schools next semester. \u2014 jsonline.com , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Reducing the number of graduation credits to 21 will enable at-risk students to focus more on their English, mathematics and other core classes, rather than trying to also complete an elective , Smithberger said. \u2014 Beth Mlady, cleveland , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Lawmakers passed a bill allowing yoga as an elective in schools earlier this year, ended a ban imposed in the early 1990s. \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 15 Sep. 2021"
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},
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"i-\u02c8lek-trik",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Although Winnebago and its dealers are keenly interested in future electric RVs, this one is just a concept for now. \u2014 Sasha Richie, Car and Driver , 16 June 2022",
"By 2026, the company expects 40% will be traditional engines, 55% hybrids and 5% electric . \u2014 Eric Sylvers, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Check out our stories on the best hand saws, brad nailers, and electric scissors. \u2014 Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics , 16 June 2022",
"The restaurant\u2019s New York-style pizzas, which are available for takeout, are made in an electric oven near the counter. \u2014 Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic , 16 June 2022",
"For subscribers: An electric bike rode into the backcountry. \u2014 Will Carless, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"Typically, shares of electric and water utilities, consumer staples like food and drinks (both booze and non-alcoholic) hold up better in a downturn, especially since many of those stocks pay steady dividends. \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 16 June 2022",
"High gas prices are likely pushing Michigan residents to cut back on travel plans while also fueling demand for fully electric vehicles and ride-share services. \u2014 Freep.com , 16 June 2022",
"The Volt, its fully electric subcompact, was supposed to be GM\u2019s mass market EV. \u2014 Jon Markman, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"There are two types of pressure washers: gas and electric . \u2014 Kristina Mcguirk, Better Homes & Gardens , 11 May 2022",
"But for the low mileage private motorist, likely to involve massively more vehicles, that range will be enough to make their driving all electric . \u2014 Neil Winton, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"The powertrain is considerably quieter, though, when operating as an electric . \u2014 Joe Lorio, Car and Driver , 5 May 2022",
"The VonHaus corded electric dethatcher comes with aerator drums to lift organic material and perforate soil. \u2014 Alex Rennie, Popular Mechanics , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Next year, the company expects to start commercial production of trucks powered by hydrogen and capable of longer drives between fueling stops than its battery- electric models can achieve. \u2014 Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Photo: Volvo Price, as tested: $60,540 Propulsion: Battery- electric with AC synchronous motors on front and rear axle; 75.0 kWh lithium battery pack; full-time AWD with regenerative braking. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Enlarge / Volta Trucks' Zero has been designed from the ground up as a battery- electric logistics vehicle. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 5 May 2022",
"The battery- electric trucks now in production can travel around 350 miles between charging. \u2014 Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic , 27 Apr. 2022"
],
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"Many of the rural areas still aren't electrified .",
"The news electrified the nation.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"New Materials: As automakers seek to electrify their fleets and to direct electricity more efficiently, alternatives to silicon are gaining traction. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
"Finally, Biden's budget includes environmental justice funding and grants to help electrify and weatherize homes, lowering their emissions in the process. \u2014 Ella Nilsen, CNN , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The reconstruction is part of a $73 million project to rebuild and electrify the runway and a taxiway with LED lighting, according to the airport authority's 2022 capital improvement budget. \u2014 Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star , 6 Apr. 2022",
"In the rush to decarbonize and electrify our society, waste management is oftentimes overlooked. \u2014 Baker Institute, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022",
"One huge room was far easier to heat, cool, light, and electrify . \u2014 Anne Helen Petersen, Wired , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Jag is looking to electrify its lineup by 2025, but there's plenty of life in this XF. \u2014 K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver , 7 June 2021",
"As part of the three-phase plan, which is named after the brightest star in the Taurus constellation, Cor Tauri, Lamborghini will spend $1.8 billion to electrify its lineup. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 18 May 2021",
"Renewables are an obvious opportunity: Demand for clean power is expected to boom as economies decarbonize and transport and industry electrify . \u2014 Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2021"
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"Many of the rural areas still aren't electrified .",
"The news electrified the nation.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"New Materials: As automakers seek to electrify their fleets and to direct electricity more efficiently, alternatives to silicon are gaining traction. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
"Finally, Biden's budget includes environmental justice funding and grants to help electrify and weatherize homes, lowering their emissions in the process. \u2014 Ella Nilsen, CNN , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The reconstruction is part of a $73 million project to rebuild and electrify the runway and a taxiway with LED lighting, according to the airport authority's 2022 capital improvement budget. \u2014 Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star , 6 Apr. 2022",
"In the rush to decarbonize and electrify our society, waste management is oftentimes overlooked. \u2014 Baker Institute, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022",
"One huge room was far easier to heat, cool, light, and electrify . \u2014 Anne Helen Petersen, Wired , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Jag is looking to electrify its lineup by 2025, but there's plenty of life in this XF. \u2014 K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver , 7 June 2021",
"As part of the three-phase plan, which is named after the brightest star in the Taurus constellation, Cor Tauri, Lamborghini will spend $1.8 billion to electrify its lineup. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 18 May 2021",
"Renewables are an obvious opportunity: Demand for clean power is expected to boom as economies decarbonize and transport and industry electrify . \u2014 Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2021"
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"adjective"
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": of, relating to, or supported by charity",
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"\u02cce-li-\u02c8m\u00e4-s\u0259-\u02ccner-\u0113",
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"used his vast fortune for establishing and funding a host of eleemosynary institutions"
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"circa 1616, in the meaning defined above"
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"adjective",
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"\u02c8e-li-g\u0259nt",
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"examples":[
"an elegant solution to the problem",
"the most elegant First Lady in the nation's history",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The engraved luggage tag is crafted to look elegant while being durable. \u2014 Robin Raven, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"These simple yet elegant cakes can do the same for your evening. \u2014 Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
"Hers featured a smocked bodice waist and ruffles on the sleeves and neckline, while Princess Beatrice rocked the ruffle trend on the red carpet, proving the detail can look incredibly elegant , too. \u2014 Eva Thomas, PEOPLE.com , 15 May 2022",
"The smallest can be installed above doors and windows\u2014which look elegant and are an excellent way to save on your summer energy bill\u2014starting at 3 or 4 feet wide. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 15 May 2022",
"Bold red rubies look elegant when paired with soft gold tones. \u2014 Vogue , 10 May 2022",
"Reynolds kept it simple but elegant with a chocolate brown velvet suit, while Lively\u2019s Atelier Versace gown fused an Art Deco pattern with the lavish fabrics of the Gilded Age. \u2014 ELLE , 4 May 2022",
"Those doors open to reveal a simple and elegant cabin. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 29 Apr. 2022",
"With applications ranging from medicine to space robots, biomimicry is behind inventions that range from the simple or elegant to the futuristic or sci-fi. \u2014 Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic , 22 Apr. 2022"
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"Hoffs and Martin intertwined their voices, stripping the sweet lament to a gorgeously elegiac place. \u2014 Alex Suskind, EW.com , 22 Apr. 2020",
"The scale of Alan Yang\u2019s heartfelt debut feature is human, its tone elegiac . \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 10 Apr. 2020",
"These elegiac images, and the accompanying stories and videos, show us what silence looks like. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Mar. 2020",
"Vitalina Varela\u2019 is socially conscious, but dreamlike, elegiac . \u2014 Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 27 Mar. 2020",
"The language is more elegiac , almost mystical, though as precise as ever. \u2014 Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic , 5 Apr. 2020",
"Sciolino reaches the right elegiac note in her afterword. \u2014 Debra Bruno, Washington Post , 6 Dec. 2019",
"Now, four years later, Joe Biden's bid for the White House has taken on almost an elegiac air. \u2014 Susan Page, USA TODAY , 12 Feb. 2020",
"Norman F\u2013king Rockwell was beautiful, elegiac and witty, the culmination of Del Rey\u2019s many years exploring her sad-Americana style. \u2014 Raisa Bruner, Time , 22 Jan. 2020"
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"the sight of an old ruined church or castle can be a pleasantly elegiac experience",
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"Hoffs and Martin intertwined their voices, stripping the sweet lament to a gorgeously elegiac place. \u2014 Alex Suskind, EW.com , 22 Apr. 2020",
"The scale of Alan Yang\u2019s heartfelt debut feature is human, its tone elegiac . \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 10 Apr. 2020",
"These elegiac images, and the accompanying stories and videos, show us what silence looks like. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Mar. 2020",
"Vitalina Varela\u2019 is socially conscious, but dreamlike, elegiac . \u2014 Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 27 Mar. 2020",
"The language is more elegiac , almost mystical, though as precise as ever. \u2014 Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic , 5 Apr. 2020",
"Sciolino reaches the right elegiac note in her afterword. \u2014 Debra Bruno, Washington Post , 6 Dec. 2019",
"Now, four years later, Joe Biden's bid for the White House has taken on almost an elegiac air. \u2014 Susan Page, USA TODAY , 12 Feb. 2020",
"Norman F\u2013king Rockwell was beautiful, elegiac and witty, the culmination of Del Rey\u2019s many years exploring her sad-Americana style. \u2014 Raisa Bruner, Time , 22 Jan. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"But smoking food is elemental and soothing, whatever the vehicle. \u2014 Helen Rosner, The New Yorker , 27 May 2022",
"The love Ruth has for Angela is elemental and difficult. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 11 May 2022",
"How might that change our view of who and what is elemental to Los Angeles? \u2014 Daniel Drake, The New York Review of Books , 7 May 2022",
"The Hall of Fame also inducted two recordings musicians who were elemental to so many country songs and singers: Eddie Bayers and Pete Drake. \u2014 Kristin M. Hall, Anchorage Daily News , 2 May 2022",
"The Hall of Fame also inducted two recording musicians who were elemental to so many country songs and singers: Eddie Bayers and Pete Drake. \u2014 NBC News , 2 May 2022",
"The Hall of Fame also inducted two recordings musicians who were elemental to so many country songs and singers: Eddie Bayers and Pete Drake. \u2014 CBS News , 1 May 2022",
"Genshin Impact continues its march toward releasing its next new major continent, Sumeru, which should also come with a new elemental type, Dendro, only seen on a tiny amount of enemies so far. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"Here, the atonal strings and pipes seem to conjure ghosts, with echoes of elemental and intergenerational human violence, and the jarring music is mixed with a murky soundscape to foster a growing sense of dread. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
"Will Vest cleaned up the eighth inning, working around a two-out single by Charlie Culberson and finishing with a strikeout of Seager on an elevated fastball. \u2014 Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press , 18 June 2022",
"But Techcet estimates that neon contract prices have already increased fivefold since the invasion earlier this year, and will remain at those elevated levels in the near-term. \u2014 Anna Cooban And Uliana Pavlova, CNN , 17 June 2022",
"Around 500,000 children under age 6 in the US, and roughly 800 million children globally, still suffer from elevated blood lead levels, giving researchers an ongoing look at how lead harms the human body. \u2014 Michael J. Coren, Quartz , 16 June 2022",
"Severe cases are generally characterized by an overactive inflammatory response associated with elevated cytokine levels, a drop in the number of white blood cells, and infiltration of macrophages and monocytes into different tissues. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Some expressed concern after learning about elevated levels of carcinogens. \u2014 Kathleen Flynn, ProPublica , 20 May 2022",
"Last week, there were six sites with elevated levels and 17 sites on watch. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 May 2022",
"After walking Tyler Stephenson, the right-hander threw an elevated fastball that Aristides Aquino got the barrel to, whacking a two-run home run to center field. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Suzuki slugged a full-count elevated fastball over the right-center-field wall. \u2014 Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com , 13 Apr. 2022"
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"a plant species found only at higher elevations",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The man, identified as Fernando Birman, collapsed at 19,700 feet of elevation on Denali, the highest mountain peak in North America. \u2014 Rebekah Riess, Katia Hetter And Zoe Sottile, CNN , 5 June 2022",
"At nearly 10,000 feet of elevation , awe-inspiring views beckon from every direction. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 23 May 2022",
"Snow levels will fall as low as 3,000 feet of elevation Saturday afternoon, with possible snow accumulation overnight and into Sunday, when snow levels could drop to 2,000 feet. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 May 2022",
"Yellowstone Lake is the largest high- elevation lake in North America, at 7,733 feet above sea level. \u2014 Fox News , 21 May 2022",
"While recent weather systems brought a semblance of relief to higher elevation areas in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Wyoming, the human impact on climate change continues to outpace momentary signs of progress. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 12 May 2022",
"That\u2019s because there hasn\u2019t been enough rain to grow the grasses that often serve as fuel for Southern and Central California\u2019s lower- elevation fires, said U.S. Forest Service meteorologist Matt Shameson. \u2014 Paul Duginski, Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
"The Linda Falls Vineyard Cab follows, a higher- elevation wine from Howell Mountain; this one is darker, earthier, seeming a little more complex with blackberry fruit against a firm structure. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 3 May 2022",
"The military gets to train its pilots in the nuances of high- elevation aviation, skills that have been put to use during rescue missions and coordinated operations with Park Service. \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 2 May 2022"
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"Noun",
"elves are often portrayed as rather mischievous",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Just like the Shakespearean elf , after whom the wine is named. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"In featuring a dwarven princess without her race's telltale beard, as well as the first latino actor to portray an elf \u2014 in keeping with studio guidelines that stipulate diversity quotas \u2014 Amazon sparked heavy debate within the Tolkien community. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 20 Apr. 2022",
"This year, rapper Kid Cudi, in his elf ears, actually took the stage with an appearance from his beautiful daughter,Vada, with both gleefully getting slimed. \u2014 Essence , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Christina was dressed in a red elf costume, having come straight from the Grinch block party up in Daytona. \u2014 Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The title of this modern holiday classic basically explains it all: Billy Bob Thornton plays an alcoholic con man who makes end's meat by dressing up as Santa and running schemes with his cohort (who, naturally, dresses as an elf ). \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The aardvark calf \u2014 born overnight on Jan. 4 \u2014 received the nickname Dobby for its similarities to the iconic Harry Potter house- elf character. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Four years ago, an elf was taken to an emergency room in Orlando, Florida, after the family dog got ahold of him. \u2014 Mike Snider, USA TODAY , 9 Nov. 2021",
"All new characters that never appeared in the author's works were introduced, including Arondir the elf , and the dwarven princess Disa, both portrayed by a Latinx and Black actor respectively. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 19 Feb. 2022"
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"Just like the Shakespearean elf , after whom the wine is named. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"In featuring a dwarven princess without her race's telltale beard, as well as the first latino actor to portray an elf \u2014 in keeping with studio guidelines that stipulate diversity quotas \u2014 Amazon sparked heavy debate within the Tolkien community. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 20 Apr. 2022",
"This year, rapper Kid Cudi, in his elf ears, actually took the stage with an appearance from his beautiful daughter,Vada, with both gleefully getting slimed. \u2014 Essence , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Christina was dressed in a red elf costume, having come straight from the Grinch block party up in Daytona. \u2014 Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The title of this modern holiday classic basically explains it all: Billy Bob Thornton plays an alcoholic con man who makes end's meat by dressing up as Santa and running schemes with his cohort (who, naturally, dresses as an elf ). \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The aardvark calf \u2014 born overnight on Jan. 4 \u2014 received the nickname Dobby for its similarities to the iconic Harry Potter house- elf character. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Four years ago, an elf was taken to an emergency room in Orlando, Florida, after the family dog got ahold of him. \u2014 Mike Snider, USA TODAY , 9 Nov. 2021",
"All new characters that never appeared in the author's works were introduced, including Arondir the elf , and the dwarven princess Disa, both portrayed by a Latinx and Black actor respectively. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 19 Feb. 2022"
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"some unnecessary verbiage will need to be elided , but otherwise the article is publishable",
"the product presentation was not elided \u2014it's always only 15 minutes long",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The writers have fabricated resonances, but these only elide the specificity of each woman\u2019s life. \u2014 The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
"In fact, the day-to-day operations of many galleries are built around more banal forms of excess that elide easy parody but are equally pernicious. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Trump has often claimed the mantle of Reagan for himself, just as Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton (R) attempted to elide the differences between the 40th and 45th presidents in a recent speech (at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library no less). \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 14 Mar. 2022",
"And this visceral quality can elide the fact that Jackson seems allergic to disclosure. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Yet like any worthy storyteller, Mr. Adams has made choices about what to emphasize and what to elide , carefully guarding certain pieces of himself and working to recast others. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Oct. 2021",
"But the psychology and the practicalities of the story are ultimately thinly sketched, the abrupt transitions calculated to elide reflection in repose. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 5 Oct. 2021",
"Forget, also, the reckless growth of the state in America in recent years, a reality many prefer to elide . \u2014 Jack Butler, National Review , 22 Aug. 2021",
"Given the proliferation of anti-immigrant rhetoric in the past four years, this history seems too important to elide . \u2014 The New Yorker , 16 Nov. 2020"
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"Noun",
"the winners of this science award represent the elite of our high schools",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Many of the people mentioned on both tablets were part of the Athenian elite . \u2014 Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine , 7 June 2022",
"These members of the Black intellectual elite , with the support of wealthy patrons both white and Black, engineered the Harlem Renaissance. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
"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",
"But this season, Butler was a member of the NBA elite , as Friday again showed. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 28 May 2022",
"The Lebanese went to the polls last weekend in the first elections since a massive blast ripped through Beirut and an uprising calling for the unseating of the ruling elite . \u2014 Tamara Qiblawi, CNN , 20 May 2022",
"That's the question at the center of a 1937 novel, Bonds, that all of the elite of New York has read, based on the tale of financier Andrew Bevel. \u2014 Adam Rathe, Town & Country , 4 May 2022",
"If only good 'ol Gossip Girl could see this and call attention to the rest of Manhattan's elite . \u2014 Samantha Olson, Seventeen , 3 May 2022",
"Snyder is undoubtedly in an exclusive club, as one of the elite plying his trade. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Kennedy has been training on a stationary bike, elliptical machine and anti-gravity treadmill. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 18 May 2022",
"Five stories on interpersonal trust and unspoken truths intertwine in Annette K. Olesen\u2019s artful, elliptical , and bittersweet relationship drama. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Bags and shoes follow elliptical and eyelet shapes, resulting in meteor-like high summer accessories aptly Venus, Orbit and Mercury. \u2014 Bianca Salonga, Forbes , 5 July 2021",
"Juno is in a highly elliptical orbit of Jupiter, so spends most of its time far from the gas giant. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 25 May 2022",
"Similarly, the calorie counters on exercise equipment such as treadmills, stationary bikes and elliptical machines are unreliable, too. \u2014 Melanie Radzicki Mcmanus, CNN , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The old Russian Motor that just exploded was making its way around Earth in an elliptical orbit. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 6 May 2022",
"Earth\u2019s elliptical orbit around the sun changes its shape slightly on periods of 100,000 and 400,000 years known as the Milankovitch cycles. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Juno flies on an unusual elliptical orbit of Jupiter, which takes it far from the planet only to swing in close every 43 days. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"From laptop risers and an under-desk elliptical to posture-correcting seat cushions and more, see our top picks below. \u2014 Nicole Charky-chami, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 May 2022",
"This afternoon\u2019s double was a steady hour on the elliptical , with my heart rate between 130-140. \u2014 Outside Online , 4 Nov. 2020",
"From there, the former White House official set up a home gym in his basement with dumbbells and an elliptical . \u2014 Janine Henni, PEOPLE.com , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Over the past century, most home-workout equipment \u2014 the treadmill, the exercise bike, the elliptical , the Mirror, the Tonal \u2014 is centered around creating identical lean and lithe bodies. \u2014 Diana Budds, Curbed , 4 Nov. 2021",
"Just like with other new forms of exercise, start out slowly on the elliptical . \u2014 Korin Miller, Good Housekeeping , 12 Oct. 2021",
"Adults, freed from offices and their old, rigid hours, are jogging at noon, instead of going nowhere on an elliptical or Peloton in the tiny office gym. \u2014 Amanda Long, Washington Post , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Speaking in a higher-than-usual voice that rumbles with torment, rage and pop gravitas, Leung sets the vengeful tone for a drama that\u2019s Oedipal in its overtones and elliptical in its structure. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 31 Aug. 2021",
"Speaking in a higher-than-usual voice that rumbles with torment, rage and pop gravitas, Leung sets the vengeful tone for a drama that\u2019s Oedipal in its overtones and elliptical in its structure. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 31 Aug. 2021"
],
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"Adjective",
"1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"1936, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
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},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse",
": of, relating to, or marked by ellipsis or an ellipsis",
": of, relating to, or marked by extreme economy of speech or writing",
": of or relating to deliberate obscurity (as of literary or conversational style)",
": elliptical galaxy",
": elliptical trainer",
": having the shape of an ellipse"
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"i-\u02c8lip-ti-k\u0259l",
"e-",
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],
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"ambiguous",
"arcane",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"deep",
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"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"fuliginous",
"inscrutable",
"murky",
"mysterious",
"mystic",
"nebulous",
"obscure",
"occult",
"opaque"
],
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"accessible",
"clear",
"nonambiguous",
"obvious",
"plain",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The moon follows an elliptical path around the Earth.",
"a writer with an elliptical style",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Kennedy has been training on a stationary bike, elliptical machine and anti-gravity treadmill. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 18 May 2022",
"Five stories on interpersonal trust and unspoken truths intertwine in Annette K. Olesen\u2019s artful, elliptical , and bittersweet relationship drama. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Bags and shoes follow elliptical and eyelet shapes, resulting in meteor-like high summer accessories aptly Venus, Orbit and Mercury. \u2014 Bianca Salonga, Forbes , 5 July 2021",
"Juno is in a highly elliptical orbit of Jupiter, so spends most of its time far from the gas giant. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 25 May 2022",
"Similarly, the calorie counters on exercise equipment such as treadmills, stationary bikes and elliptical machines are unreliable, too. \u2014 Melanie Radzicki Mcmanus, CNN , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The old Russian Motor that just exploded was making its way around Earth in an elliptical orbit. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 6 May 2022",
"Earth\u2019s elliptical orbit around the sun changes its shape slightly on periods of 100,000 and 400,000 years known as the Milankovitch cycles. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Juno flies on an unusual elliptical orbit of Jupiter, which takes it far from the planet only to swing in close every 43 days. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"From laptop risers and an under-desk elliptical to posture-correcting seat cushions and more, see our top picks below. \u2014 Nicole Charky-chami, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 May 2022",
"This afternoon\u2019s double was a steady hour on the elliptical , with my heart rate between 130-140. \u2014 Outside Online , 4 Nov. 2020",
"From there, the former White House official set up a home gym in his basement with dumbbells and an elliptical . \u2014 Janine Henni, PEOPLE.com , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Over the past century, most home-workout equipment \u2014 the treadmill, the exercise bike, the elliptical , the Mirror, the Tonal \u2014 is centered around creating identical lean and lithe bodies. \u2014 Diana Budds, Curbed , 4 Nov. 2021",
"Just like with other new forms of exercise, start out slowly on the elliptical . \u2014 Korin Miller, Good Housekeeping , 12 Oct. 2021",
"Adults, freed from offices and their old, rigid hours, are jogging at noon, instead of going nowhere on an elliptical or Peloton in the tiny office gym. \u2014 Amanda Long, Washington Post , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Speaking in a higher-than-usual voice that rumbles with torment, rage and pop gravitas, Leung sets the vengeful tone for a drama that\u2019s Oedipal in its overtones and elliptical in its structure. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 31 Aug. 2021",
"Speaking in a higher-than-usual voice that rumbles with torment, rage and pop gravitas, Leung sets the vengeful tone for a drama that\u2019s Oedipal in its overtones and elliptical in its structure. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 31 Aug. 2021"
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"Adjective",
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],
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},
"elongate":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to extend the length of",
": to grow in length",
": stretched out",
": slender",
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": to extend the length of",
": to grow in length",
": long in proportion to width"
],
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"i-\u02c8l\u022f\u014b-\u02ccg\u0101t",
"(\u02cc)\u0113-",
"\u02c8\u0113-\u02ccl\u022f\u014b-",
"i-\u02c8l\u022f\u014b-\u02ccg\u0101-t\u0259d",
"(\u02cc)\u0113-",
"\u02c8\u0113-\u02ccl\u022f\u014b-",
"i-\u02c8l\u022f\u014b-\u02ccg\u0101t",
"i-\u02c8l\u022f\u014b-\u02ccg\u0101t"
],
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"drag (out)",
"draw out",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"outstretch",
"prolong",
"protract",
"stretch"
],
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"extended",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"lengthy",
"long"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"These stretching exercises can help elongate your leg muscles.",
"New medical procedures have elongated the careers of many athletes.",
"Adjective",
"the giraffe's elongate neck is thought to be the result of natural selection",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The metal doesn\u2019t physically elongate ; rather, the tolerances between the chain\u2019s individual parts increase as material wears away. \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Outside Online , 6 Nov. 2020",
"In every other direction, the emptiness seemed to elongate , growing bluer and more chilled. \u2014 Suzannah Showler, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Off star and Oscar winner to elongate the swear in such a dramatic way. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Tucked at the center of the exhibition are perhaps the most intimate and revealing images of Kahlo, showing her painting in bed with an inventive supine easel over her, her chin strapped to a contraption that helped elongate her spine. \u2014 Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
"To elongate your already tall ceilings, hang a pendant light high above the sitting area. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Foods here are often fermented or dried to elongate their shelf life. \u2014 Misbaah Mansuri, Chron , 25 Mar. 2022",
"In the comics, Kamala's main superpower is the ability to elongate herself, stretching parts (or all) of her body to extraordinary lengths. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 15 Mar. 2022",
"At the same time, elongate your neck and tip your chin down a little bit. \u2014 Kim Komando, USA TODAY , 27 Jan. 2022"
],
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"Verb",
"1578, in the meaning defined at transitive sense",
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],
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},
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"adjective",
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": to extend the length of",
": to grow in length",
": stretched out",
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": to extend the length of",
": to grow in length",
": long in proportion to width"
],
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"i-\u02c8l\u022f\u014b-\u02ccg\u0101t",
"(\u02cc)\u0113-",
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"i-\u02c8l\u022f\u014b-\u02ccg\u0101-t\u0259d",
"(\u02cc)\u0113-",
"\u02c8\u0113-\u02ccl\u022f\u014b-",
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"i-\u02c8l\u022f\u014b-\u02ccg\u0101t"
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"drag (out)",
"draw out",
"extend",
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"protract",
"stretch"
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"extended",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"lengthy",
"long"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"These stretching exercises can help elongate your leg muscles.",
"New medical procedures have elongated the careers of many athletes.",
"Adjective",
"the giraffe's elongate neck is thought to be the result of natural selection",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The metal doesn\u2019t physically elongate ; rather, the tolerances between the chain\u2019s individual parts increase as material wears away. \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Outside Online , 6 Nov. 2020",
"In every other direction, the emptiness seemed to elongate , growing bluer and more chilled. \u2014 Suzannah Showler, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Off star and Oscar winner to elongate the swear in such a dramatic way. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Tucked at the center of the exhibition are perhaps the most intimate and revealing images of Kahlo, showing her painting in bed with an inventive supine easel over her, her chin strapped to a contraption that helped elongate her spine. \u2014 Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
"To elongate your already tall ceilings, hang a pendant light high above the sitting area. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Foods here are often fermented or dried to elongate their shelf life. \u2014 Misbaah Mansuri, Chron , 25 Mar. 2022",
"In the comics, Kamala's main superpower is the ability to elongate herself, stretching parts (or all) of her body to extraordinary lengths. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 15 Mar. 2022",
"At the same time, elongate your neck and tip your chin down a little bit. \u2014 Kim Komando, USA TODAY , 27 Jan. 2022"
],
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"Verb",
"1578, in the meaning defined at transitive sense",
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"1751, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210334"
},
"eloquent":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": marked by forceful and fluent expression",
": vividly or movingly expressive or revealing",
": having or showing clear and forceful expression",
": clearly showing some feeling or meaning"
],
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"\u02c8e-l\u0259-kw\u0259nt",
"\u02c8e-l\u0259-kw\u0259nt"
],
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"articulate",
"fluent",
"silver-tongued",
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"inarticulate",
"ineloquent",
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],
"examples":[
"He [H. L. Mencken] relished the vagaries of vernacular speech and paid eloquent homage to them in The American Language . \u2014 Jackson Lears , New Republic , 27 Jan. 2003",
"Samuel Johnson is palmed off in classrooms as a harmless drudge of a lexicographer, yet open the Dictionary anywhere and find precision and eloquent plainness. \u2014 Guy Davenport , The Geography of the Imagination , (1954) 1981",
"There was a burst of applause, and a deep silence which was even more eloquent than the applause. \u2014 Thomas Hardy , The Mayor of Casterbridge , 1886",
"His success serves as an eloquent reminder of the value of hard work.",
"an eloquent writer and speaker, Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the founders of the women's rights movement",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"If there were a prize for the most eloquent politician in India, Shashi Tharoor would be a favorite to win. \u2014 Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Today\u2019s politicians aren\u2019t as gifted and eloquent as Lincoln or Douglas, but all parties have brilliant folk, so a few of them could do it. \u2014 Peggy Noonan, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
"Create high-quality and eloquent ways to solve problems. \u2014 Dr. Denise Trudeau-poskas, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"McMorrow, responding to Theis, gave a fierce and eloquent speech in the Senate chamber that made the case for decency and integrity in politics better than anything heard of late from a lectern in the District of Columbia. \u2014 David Remnick, The New Yorker , 1 May 2022",
"Employees can be surprisingly eloquent when asked to describe their corporate values. \u2014 Elizabeth Baskin, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"This dialogue of movement is by far the show\u2019s most eloquent . \u2014 Naveen Kumar, Variety , 3 Apr. 2022",
"The authors offer an eloquent and fact-filled refutation to the Reagans of the world who see untamed nature as a blank space on the map that cries out to be developed for human uses. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022",
"For King, who is one of the arts\u2019 most eloquent and determined advocates for the environment, the body and nature are one. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin \u0113loquent-, \u0113loquens \"capable of speech, expressing oneself fluently,\" from present participle of \u0113loqu\u012b \"to utter, put into words,\" from \u0113- e- entry 1 + loqu\u012b \"to talk, speak,\" probably going back to dialectal Indo-European *tlok w - \"talk,\" whence also Old Irish ad-tluichethar \"(s/he) gives thanks\" (originally with buide \"thanks\" as object, as in atluchedar buidi do D\u00eda \"he thanks God\"), do-tluichethar \"(s/he) desires, beseeches, asks,\" Old Church Slavic tl\u016dk \"interpreter\" (from *tl\u0325k w -o- )",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182256"
},
"elucidate":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis",
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"i-\u02c8l\u00fc-s\u0259-\u02ccd\u0101t"
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"obscure"
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"examples":[
"When asked for details, he declined to elucidate further.",
"colored charts that really help to elucidate the points made in the text",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Authorities have published intricate flow charts to try to elucidate the various routes to tanchuang. \u2014 Pei-lin Wu, Washington Post , 24 May 2022",
"Pinterest declined to elucidate whether the difference was due to rounding. \u2014 Laura Forman, WSJ , 2 May 2022",
"His vivid descriptions of some of the Parrotheads who have flocked to these developments elucidate Americans\u2019 growing fascination with unconventional retirement scenarios. \u2014 The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Parents that participated in the ZURU study also helped to elucidate this point. \u2014 Jennifer \"jay\" Palumbo, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Now researchers are using these concepts to elucidate the workings of something even more exotic: wormholes\u2014hypothetical tunnel-like connections between distant points in spacetime. \u2014 Adam Becker, Scientific American , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Maloney has an uncanny ability to recall and elucidate moments that couldn\u2019t have been very clear at the time. \u2014 Chris Vognar, USA TODAY , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Additionally, when symptoms are variable week-to-week, day-to-day, and even hour-to-hour, only continuous regular remote monitoring will be able to elucidate the causes. \u2014 Marija Butkovic, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
"Both of these techniques can elucidate the structure of proteins at near-atomic resolution. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Late Latin elucidatus , past participle of elucidare , from Latin e- + lucidus lucid",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1568, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195915"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis",
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"clarify",
"clear (up)",
"construe",
"demonstrate",
"demystify",
"explain",
"explicate",
"expound",
"get across",
"illuminate",
"illustrate",
"interpret",
"simplify",
"spell out",
"unriddle"
],
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"obscure"
],
"examples":[
"When asked for details, he declined to elucidate further.",
"colored charts that really help to elucidate the points made in the text",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Authorities have published intricate flow charts to try to elucidate the various routes to tanchuang. \u2014 Pei-lin Wu, Washington Post , 24 May 2022",
"Pinterest declined to elucidate whether the difference was due to rounding. \u2014 Laura Forman, WSJ , 2 May 2022",
"His vivid descriptions of some of the Parrotheads who have flocked to these developments elucidate Americans\u2019 growing fascination with unconventional retirement scenarios. \u2014 The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Parents that participated in the ZURU study also helped to elucidate this point. \u2014 Jennifer \"jay\" Palumbo, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Now researchers are using these concepts to elucidate the workings of something even more exotic: wormholes\u2014hypothetical tunnel-like connections between distant points in spacetime. \u2014 Adam Becker, Scientific American , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Maloney has an uncanny ability to recall and elucidate moments that couldn\u2019t have been very clear at the time. \u2014 Chris Vognar, USA TODAY , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Additionally, when symptoms are variable week-to-week, day-to-day, and even hour-to-hour, only continuous regular remote monitoring will be able to elucidate the causes. \u2014 Marija Butkovic, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
"Both of these techniques can elucidate the structure of proteins at near-atomic resolution. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Late Latin elucidatus , past participle of elucidare , from Latin e- + lucidus lucid",
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"circa 1568, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-032500"
},
"emancipate":{
"type":"verb",
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"to free from restraint, control, or the power of another",
"to free from bondage",
"to release from parental care and responsibility and make sui juris",
"to free from any controlling influence (such as traditional mores or beliefs)",
"to set free from control or slavery liberate",
"to free from restraint, control, or the power of another",
"to free from bondage",
"\u2014 compare enfranchise",
"to release from the care, responsibility, and control of one's parents \u2014 compare age of majority , legal age"
],
"pronounciation":"i-\u02c8man(t)-s\u0259-\u02ccp\u0101t",
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"discharge",
"disenthrall",
"disenthral",
"enfranchise",
"enlarge",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"manumit",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
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"bind",
"confine",
"enchain",
"fetter",
"restrain"
],
"examples":[
"He felt the only way to emancipate himself from his parents was to move away.",
"under the cover of darkness animal rights activists emancipated the inhabitants of the mink ranch",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Alexander Hamilton, Edmund Randolph, John Jay\u2014indeed, just about every one of the Founders who went on record\u2014affirmed that under the law of nations belligerents could emancipate enemy slaves in an effort to win a war or suppress a rebellion. \u2014 James Oakes, The New York Review of Books , 12 May 2022",
"As the season unfolds, Edwina finds a way to emancipate herself from her older sister's opinions, just as Kate will learn to want things for herself. \u2014 Sheena Scott, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"If money just gushes out of the ground in the form of hydrocarbons or diamonds or other minerals, the oppressors can emancipate themselves from the oppressed. \u2014 David Remnick, The New Yorker , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The Christmas Princess springs from the same need as my memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey \u2014 to emancipate the little girl in me. \u2014 Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com , 5 Feb. 2022",
"Over the past months, Spears has been using Instagram to communicate with fans and thank them for their continued support in her battle to emancipate herself from her conservatorship. \u2014 Ruth Kinane, EW.com , 21 Sep. 2021",
"Over the past months, Spears has been using Instagram to communicate with fans and thank them for their continued support in her battle to emancipate herself from her conservatorship. \u2014 Ruth Kinane, EW.com , 21 Sep. 2021",
"Over the past months, Spears has been using Instagram to communicate with fans and thank them for their continued support in her battle to emancipate herself from her conservatorship. \u2014 Ruth Kinane, EW.com , 21 Sep. 2021",
"Over the past months, Spears has been using Instagram to communicate with fans and thank them for their continued support in her battle to emancipate herself from her conservatorship. \u2014 Ruth Kinane, EW.com , 21 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin emancipatus , past participle of emancipare , from e- + mancipare to transfer ownership of, from mancip-, manceps contractor, from manus hand + capere to take \u2014 more at manual , heave entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1613, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"embargo":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports",
": a legal prohibition on commerce",
": stoppage , impediment",
": prohibition",
": an order by a common carrier or public regulatory agency prohibiting or restricting freight transportation",
": to place an embargo on",
": an order of a government forbidding ships engaged in trade from leaving its ports",
": an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports",
": a legal prohibition on commerce",
": an order by a common carrier or public regulatory agency prohibiting or restricting freight transportation",
": to place an embargo on"
],
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"im-\u02c8b\u00e4r-(\u02cc)g\u014d",
"im-\u02c8b\u00e4r-g\u014d",
"im-\u02c8b\u00e4r-g\u014d, em-"
],
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"ban",
"interdict",
"interdiction",
"prohibition",
"proscription",
"veto"
],
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"prescription"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"there's a standing embargo against the use of foul language in this house",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Gas prices in the U.S. have been rising for months due to a Russian oil embargo straining global supply and difficulties boosting domestic production. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
"The mounting evidence of war crimes and gruesome images of bodies lying in the streets of Bucha, in Kyiv\u2019s suburbs, spurred the 27-nation bloc to announce a phaseout of Russian coal and debate an oil embargo . \u2014 Ellen Francis, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"Saudi Arabia and other oil-producing countries imposed an oil embargo on the United States and other countries that supported Israel in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. \u2014 Paul Wiseman, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"In the 1970s, Saudi Arabia and other countries imposed an oil embargo on the United States and other nations. \u2014 Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY , 8 June 2022",
"An oil embargo by Arab nations sent gas prices skyrocketing, causing shortages and long lines at the pump. \u2014 Jim Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
"Matteo Villa, an analyst at the ISPI think tank in Milan, thinks that the Russian oil embargo could eventually backfire. \u2014 Irina Ivanova, CBS News , 1 June 2022",
"So after the inflation of the 70s and 80s, the oil embargo and the Vietnam War were the two big culprits that people always pointed to. \u2014 Kira Bindrim, Quartz , 31 May 2022",
"But hopes that the summit would also see the end to a standoff with Hungary over a possible Russian oil embargo appear to have faded. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"After Russia\u2019s February 24 invasion of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky and countless ordinary Ukrainians entreated Europe to embargo Russian energy, which has long been central to European economies. \u2014 Sophie Pinkham, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
"This week, European Union leaders agreed to embargo most Russian oil imports to members of the trading bloc by year-end. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 1 June 2022",
"Zelensky said more nations should embargo Russian oil and block its banks, and foreign companies should pull out of Russia. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 24 May 2022",
"At the same time, Hungary is blocking an E.U. plan to embargo imports of Russian oil. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
"More than two months into Russia's war on Ukraine, the European Union on Wednesday announced plans to embargo Russian oil, its biggest economic sacrifice yet to stifle the Russian economy and President Vladimir Putin. \u2014 Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 5 May 2022",
"But the conflict is also a war against NATO, given Ukraine\u2019s position as an applicant, NATO\u2019s military support for Ukraine, and NATO\u2019s willingness to embargo Russian products and cut off Russian energy. \u2014 Seth Cropsey, WSJ , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The government has resisted pressure to preemptively embargo Russian energy supplies, as the United States has done, saying that an immediate end to imports would wreak havoc on the German economy. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Mar. 2022",
"With resurgent post-Covid demand and US plans to embargo Russian crude imports, global prices will likely continue to climb. \u2014 Ariel Cohen, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022"
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"And Schr\u00f6der has become an increasing embarrassment to his party and much of the country as Russia has waged its new offensive in Ukraine. \u2014 Loveday Morris And Amy Cheng, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
"Putin must know that he is set to preside over an embarrassment . \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"The book, which details several private conversations between Republicans talking derisively about the former president, has quickly become an embarrassment and a potential political problem for Mr. McCarthy. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
"And compounding Iowa's issues was the botched reporting of the 2020 caucuses, which became a national and international story and an embarrassment for Iowa Democrats as well as the DNC. \u2014 Paul Steinhauser, Fox News , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The closures are an embarrassment to the ruling Communist Party and a setback for official efforts to shore up slumping growth in the world\u2019s second-largest economy. \u2014 Joe Mcdonald, ajc , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Aldermen voted in December to settle Young\u2019s lawsuit against the city for $2.9 million, ending a legal case that became an embarrassment for Lightfoot after her administration tried to prevent footage of the raid from airing. \u2014 Shanzeh Ahmad, chicagotribune.com , 26 Mar. 2022",
"India, for example, has been an especially prickly case, and potentially an embarrassment for the administration. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Feb. 2022",
"The piece was treated as an instant embarrassment upon arrival, and justifiably so. \u2014 Jason Linkins, The New Republic , 19 Feb. 2022"
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"In advance of the floral extravaganza, local residents gussy up their front yards while businesses, condos, apartments and schools embellish their storefronts and facades to prepare to welcome off-island visitors. \u2014 Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Apr. 2022",
"But the film becomes murkier in seeking to identify motives for Cline's actions, either in his personality or religious beliefs, while relying upon creepy music and camera angles to unnecessarily embellish the material. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 11 May 2022",
"Golden images of mythical gods and creatures embellish the ceiling, holding staffs, blowing horns, and spreading their wings. \u2014 Matthew Healey, BostonGlobe.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Alabama State Senator Tim Melson, R-Florence, an anesthesiologist who championed the legislation to legalize medical marijuana last year, also accused James of trying to embellish the law to create a political wedge issue in the governor\u2019s race. \u2014 al , 26 Mar. 2022",
"POOL/REUTERS Presidents typically embellish their achievements during their State of the Union addresses, but President Biden\u2019s pose as a budget deficit hawk is one for the ages. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Pomellato More than 750 diamonds totaling 15.30 carats embellish the 18-karat white gold of the La Gioia Sabbia Tie Chain; $90,500, at Pomellato, Beverly Hills Tiffany & Co. \u2014 Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Those clients are looking to reduce leaks and therefore losses, and embellish their environmental bona fides. \u2014 Jim Morrison, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Jan. 2022",
"But in the first or second sentence, his mind would be seized by an image (jaunty, visual, arresting), and pretty soon the seductive analogy would take over the story altogether, hijacking the news report that it was intended merely to embellish . \u2014 Lance Morrow, WSJ , 27 Dec. 2021"
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"In advance of the floral extravaganza, local residents gussy up their front yards while businesses, condos, apartments and schools embellish their storefronts and facades to prepare to welcome off-island visitors. \u2014 Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Apr. 2022",
"But the film becomes murkier in seeking to identify motives for Cline's actions, either in his personality or religious beliefs, while relying upon creepy music and camera angles to unnecessarily embellish the material. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 11 May 2022",
"Golden images of mythical gods and creatures embellish the ceiling, holding staffs, blowing horns, and spreading their wings. \u2014 Matthew Healey, BostonGlobe.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Alabama State Senator Tim Melson, R-Florence, an anesthesiologist who championed the legislation to legalize medical marijuana last year, also accused James of trying to embellish the law to create a political wedge issue in the governor\u2019s race. \u2014 al , 26 Mar. 2022",
"POOL/REUTERS Presidents typically embellish their achievements during their State of the Union addresses, but President Biden\u2019s pose as a budget deficit hawk is one for the ages. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Pomellato More than 750 diamonds totaling 15.30 carats embellish the 18-karat white gold of the La Gioia Sabbia Tie Chain; $90,500, at Pomellato, Beverly Hills Tiffany & Co. \u2014 Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Those clients are looking to reduce leaks and therefore losses, and embellish their environmental bona fides. \u2014 Jim Morrison, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Jan. 2022",
"But in the first or second sentence, his mind would be seized by an image (jaunty, visual, arresting), and pretty soon the seductive analogy would take over the story altogether, hijacking the news report that it was intended merely to embellish . \u2014 Lance Morrow, WSJ , 27 Dec. 2021"
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"In advance of the floral extravaganza, local residents gussy up their front yards while businesses, condos, apartments and schools embellish their storefronts and facades to prepare to welcome off-island visitors. \u2014 Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Apr. 2022",
"But the film becomes murkier in seeking to identify motives for Cline's actions, either in his personality or religious beliefs, while relying upon creepy music and camera angles to unnecessarily embellish the material. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 11 May 2022",
"Golden images of mythical gods and creatures embellish the ceiling, holding staffs, blowing horns, and spreading their wings. \u2014 Matthew Healey, BostonGlobe.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Alabama State Senator Tim Melson, R-Florence, an anesthesiologist who championed the legislation to legalize medical marijuana last year, also accused James of trying to embellish the law to create a political wedge issue in the governor\u2019s race. \u2014 al , 26 Mar. 2022",
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"Pomellato More than 750 diamonds totaling 15.30 carats embellish the 18-karat white gold of the La Gioia Sabbia Tie Chain; $90,500, at Pomellato, Beverly Hills Tiffany & Co. \u2014 Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Those clients are looking to reduce leaks and therefore losses, and embellish their environmental bona fides. \u2014 Jim Morrison, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Jan. 2022",
"But in the first or second sentence, his mind would be seized by an image (jaunty, visual, arresting), and pretty soon the seductive analogy would take over the story altogether, hijacking the news report that it was intended merely to embellish . \u2014 Lance Morrow, WSJ , 27 Dec. 2021"
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"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",
"The bride wore a strapless gown with a full skirt and an intricate floral embellishment just below the waist. \u2014 Nicole Briese, PEOPLE.com , 3 June 2022",
"Rosal\u00eda\u2019s custom Met Gala outfit hit all the hallmarks of a Gilded Age gown: heavily structured corset, cascade of ruffles and embellishment , and off-the-shoulder sleeves with plenty of volume. \u2014 Sarah Spellings, Vogue , 5 May 2022",
"Best Actress nominee Jessica Chastain and Best Supporting Actor nominee Kodi Smit-McPhee didn\u2019t shy away from color or embellishment . \u2014 Cady Lang, Time , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Keep the accessories and embellishment minimal for maximum sophistication. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 19 Mar. 2022",
"The Craft: In the 1990s, Heller began experimenting with stiffening thin silk fabrics and collaging onto the surfaces, keeping a transparency and using lightweight papers layered, and often stitching as embellishment . \u2014 Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The King Richard nominee\u2019s gorgeous tangerine Atelier Versace gown called out for fantastic gemstones as the perfect embellishment , making Irene Neuwirth, who excels in beautiful color mixes, an ideal choice. \u2014 Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Also on view are paintings by Erich Heckel, August Macke, Franz Marc and Vasily Kandinsky, in which heightened color, though exalted, never feels like mere embellishment . \u2014 Lance Esplund, WSJ , 8 Jan. 2022"
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"colossal statues and other monumental constructions that were intended to emblazon his name for eons to come",
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"In November, the Singapore and Hong Kong\u2013headquartered exchange inked a $700 million deal to emblazon its name on the former Staples Center\u2014home to the NBA\u2019s Los Angeles Lakers (James\u2019s team) and Clippers. \u2014 Yvonne Lau, Fortune , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Many also donated a few bucks to emblazon a message across the stream \u2014 typically some jab Tyler couldn\u2019t ignore. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Dec. 2021",
"This weekend, their efforts culminated in 16-plus hours of painting by six artists and more than 100 volunteers, who flocked to Essex Street to dip brushes and rollers into bright paints and emblazon their message onto the asphalt. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 July 2021",
"Dust loves me now, along with leaflets, plastic bags, anything unattached, anything looking for somewhere to stop, something to emblazon . \u2014 Monica Youn, The New Yorker , 7 Dec. 2020",
"Many residents of the city reacted angrily to his comment on its conduct of elections, while a few chose to emblazon the remark on T-shirts as a humorous declaration of civic toughness. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 6 Nov. 2020",
"Many street artists risk their lives to emblazon interstate exits and train cars with their work, while gallery hopefuls may toil their entire lives to reach the kind of audiences that billboard designers take for granted. \u2014 John Wenzel, The Know , 28 Feb. 2020",
"Its trucks, emblazoned with the company\u2019s mustachioed mascot, mostly serve downtown office districts in the U.S. Northeast, where the virus has hit the hardest. \u2014 Drew Fitzgerald, WSJ , 28 May 2020",
"His chief of staff, Mark Meadows, was seen aboard Air Force One wearing a mask emblazoned with the presidential seal. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2020"
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"They embraced one last time before going their separate ways.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"As the current competition for eyeballs fuels a multibillion-dollar content war, the need to embrace an advertising model has become the only logical step for addressing a decreasing subscriber universe and ballooning content budgets. \u2014 Dallas Lawrence, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"That includes their refusal to embrace false claims about the 2020 election that are back in public consciousness via Jan. 6 committee hearings this week. \u2014 Alisa Wiersema, ABC News , 14 June 2022",
"Pence has emerged as something of an unlikely rival to Trump, who has broken with Pence over the former vice-president\u2019s refusal to embrace Trump\u2019s false claims about the 2020 presidential election. \u2014 Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland , 14 June 2022",
"Dean Knudson said his party had rejected him over his refusal to embrace former President Donald Trump's false claims of widespread voter fraud, which Gableman continues to promote. \u2014 Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel , 8 June 2022",
"Fortunately, a number of publishers, some of them small, nonprofit operations, specialize in bringing out works of literary fiction in translation, affording English speakers an opportunity to embrace the larger world in their reading experience. \u2014 David Conrads, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 May 2022",
"Despite an ever-growing global movement to embrace curly and coily hair, terms like messy, unprofessional, or unruly are still often associated with textures other than straight. \u2014 Jada Jackson, Allure , 23 May 2022",
"Done sees in Sales and Plunkett a similar willingness to embrace inspiration in one\u2019s own backyard and not subscribe to a sense of cultural inferiority, a lingering quirk of Australians. \u2014 Vogue , 17 May 2022",
"Despite international warnings on using Bitcoin, some countries are moving forward with plans to officially embrace the cryptocurrency. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 10 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The latest embrace of Ukraine by its European allies also marks another setback for Russian President Vladimir Putin, who launched his war nearly four months ago, hoping to pull his ex-Soviet neighbor back into Russia\u2019s sphere of influence. \u2014 David Keyton, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
"In 1948, as train ticket sales declined due to the American embrace of the automobile, the Northern Pacific Railroad decided to end passenger rail service to Gardiner. \u2014 Megan Kate Nelson, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 June 2022",
"Germany\u2019s postwar embrace of freedom is equaled only by its horror of war. \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"In the tumultuous weeks following Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, the now elusive Kovaleva has emerged as a symbol of London\u2019s embrace of Russian money. \u2014 Simon Usborne, Town & Country , 15 June 2022",
"Before taking the ball, Roberts stopped his left-hander \u2014 who is now 8-0 with a 2.82 ERA in his first year with the Dodgers \u2014 and offered him one last embrace . \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"Older workers can contribute greatly to multigenerational teams, embrace technology, participate in encore careers and lead in entrepreneurship. \u2014 Jean Accius, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"Tactically, a 75 basis-point increase would be a communication shift for Powell who has preferred to telegraph moves in advance and embrace gradualism. \u2014 Molly Smith, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
"Despite many cities\u2019 recent embrace of using consumption vouchers and digital yuan subsidies to spur spending, these measures are seen by experts as far from being enough, as the hand outs only account for around 0.01% of some city\u2019s GDP. \u2014 Jane Li, Quartz , 13 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
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"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
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},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": disposed to embrace",
": inclusive , comprehensive"
],
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"im-\u02c8br\u0101-siv"
],
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"all-embracing",
"all-in",
"all-inclusive",
"broad-gauge",
"broad-gauged",
"compendious",
"complete",
"comprehensive",
"cover-all",
"cyclopedic",
"encyclopedic",
"exhaustive",
"full",
"global",
"in-depth",
"inclusive",
"omnibus",
"panoramic",
"thorough",
"universal"
],
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"examples":[
"\u201cpickle\u201d is an embracive term for any kind of food preserved in brine or vinegar"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1855, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195234"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": to ornament with needlework",
": to form with needlework",
": to elaborate on : embellish",
": to make embroidery",
": to provide embellishments : elaborate",
": to make with needlework",
": to decorate with needlework",
": to make more interesting by exaggerating or adding details"
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"im-\u02c8br\u022fi-d\u0259r",
"im-\u02c8br\u022fi-d\u0259r"
],
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"color",
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"embellish",
"exaggerate",
"hyperbolize",
"magnify",
"pad",
"stretch"
],
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"examples":[
"She embroidered tiny flowers on the baby's scarf.",
"a scarf embroidered with tiny flowers",
"He is known to embroider the truth about his service in the army.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the nature of such risky stage business, the playful interludes are hit or miss: Stunts are arranged to draw audience members into the play, which embroider the carnival atmosphere but feel a bit halfhearted. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Sometimes, the vyshyvanka\u2019s embroidery can signify health, happiness, good luck, while each piece can take weeks to even months to embroider . \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Growing up in Canton in the 1950s, Maria Kaczaniuk embraced her Ukrainian heritage, learning to embroider traditional dresses and pillows, dance in the Ukrainian style and cook Ukrainian food. \u2014 Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Brohi transformed the Women's Literacy and Skills Development centers into embroidery centers in each village where women learned how to embroider , how to earn an income and how to lead within their families. \u2014 Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Each coat takes a team of two to embroider with Swarovski crystals. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Dongre takes special pride in the women who intricately embroider and hand-paint her designs. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 4 Nov. 2021",
"One of the most worthwhile is the Tiny Pricks Project, in which people take direct quotations from Trump and embroider them. \u2014 Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, The New Yorker , 9 Aug. 2021",
"In a subsequent number, flags from the various cultures that embroider Washington Heights proudly decorate the scene as residents sing until their power is restored. \u2014 Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor , 11 June 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"alteration of Middle English embroderen , from Anglo-French embrouder , from en- + brosder, brouder to embroider, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English brord point, byrst bristle",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194849"
},
"embroil":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to throw into disorder or confusion",
": to involve in conflict or difficulties"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8br\u022fi(-\u0259)l"
],
"synonyms":[
"bog (down)",
"broil",
"embrangle",
"mire"
],
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"examples":[
"His stand on this issue has embroiled him in controversy.",
"The new drug has been embroiled in controversy.",
"They were embroiled in a complicated lawsuit.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But a severe weather forecast for the weekend could embroil travel plans. \u2014 Christine Chung, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
"For resellers, failing to weed out even one fake item can embroil them in a costly and damaging legal battle. \u2014 Tiffany Ap, Quartz , 21 May 2022",
"Two Bay Area lawmakers are leaders in the movement to not embroil the U.S. military in needless conflict. \u2014 Tal Kopan, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Several art world professionals were similarly gun-shy, citing the experience of the estate\u2019s authentication committee and their fear that publicly weighing in could embroil them in a lawsuit with the paintings\u2019 current owners. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Last week, Joe Biden tactlessly admitted that a minor incursion might embroil the U.S. in a fight with its allies about whether to do anything at all. \u2014 WSJ , 25 Jan. 2022",
"But Turley and Goldsmith both pointed out that prosecuting Bannon could embroil the department in partisan politics. \u2014 David Rohde, The New Yorker , 27 Oct. 2021",
"That same conversation will embroil coaches and programs in the playoff hunt, bringing unwanted distractions and attention as coaches preach the importance of remaining focused on the task at hand. \u2014 Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY , 15 Sep. 2021",
"Bin Laden later put a post-facto gloss on the strategic failure of 9/11 by dressing it up as a great success and claiming the attacks were a fiendishly clever plot to embroil the US in costly wars in the Middle East. \u2014 Peter Bergen, CNN , 11 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French embrouiller , from Middle French, from en- + brouiller to jumble, from Old French brooilier , from Vulgar Latin *brodiculare \u2014 more at broil ",
"first_known_use":[
"1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224750"
},
"embrown":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": darken",
": to cause to turn brown"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8brau\u0307n"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215312"
},
"emergency":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action",
": an urgent need for assistance or relief",
": an unexpected situation that requires immediate action",
": an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action: as",
": a sudden bodily alteration (as a ruptured appendix or surgical shock) such as is likely to require immediate medical attention",
": a usually distressing event or condition that can often be anticipated or prepared for but seldom exactly foreseen",
": an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action",
": an urgent need for assistance or relief"
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"i-\u02c8m\u0259r-j\u0259n(t)-s\u0113",
"i-\u02c8m\u0259r-j\u0259n-s\u0113",
"i-\u02c8m\u0259r-j\u0259n-s\u0113"
],
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"boiling point",
"breaking point",
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"conjuncture",
"crisis",
"crossroad(s)",
"crunch",
"crunch time",
"Dunkirk",
"exigency",
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"flash point",
"head",
"juncture",
"tinderbox",
"zero hour"
],
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"examples":[
"Her quick thinking in an emergency saved the baby's life.",
"an alert, quick-thinking girl who is good to have around in an emergency",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Leaders in the affected regions of Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto and Emilia-Romagna are calling for a state of emergency to be declared. \u2014 Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Such legislative action, or a certification of the ruling by the governor or attorney general, is needed to implement the state\u2019s trigger law, which bans abortions in the state except in cases of medical emergency . \u2014 Jennifer Calfas, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Similar to how people dial 911 when in any kind of emergency , 988 will serve as an easy-to-access hotline for people struggling with a mental health crisis. \u2014 Bellamy Richardson, PEOPLE.com , 15 June 2022",
"On Monday, the Coconino County Board of Supervisors declared a state of emergency due to the Pipeline and Haywire fires. \u2014 Meredith Deliso, ABC News , 14 June 2022",
"Monkeypox, after all, is a different sort of emergency , in which the downsides of mass vaccination\u2014for now\u2014outweigh the perks. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022",
"Investigators found that not only did an exterior door \u2014 through which the gunman entered \u2014 fail to lock, but most of the school\u2019s interior doors, including those on classrooms, could not be immediately locked in the event of an emergency . \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"Attackers are using ransomware to target more and more governments in recent months, with Costa Rica declaring a state of emergency after a Russian-speaking group took down systems at the finance and labor ministries. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 8 June 2022",
"Colorado's governor issued a state of emergency late last month. \u2014 Jen Christensen, CNN , 8 June 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"circa 1631, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181421"
},
"eminence":{
"type":"noun",
"definitions":[
"a position of prominence or superiority",
"one that is eminent , prominent, or lofty such as",
"a person of high rank or attainments",
"a natural elevation",
"an anatomical protuberance (as on a bone)",
"the condition of being well-known and respected",
"a piece of high ground hill",
"a protuberance or projection on a bodily part and especially a bone"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8e-m\u0259-n\u0259n(t)s",
"synonyms":[
"distinction",
"dominance",
"noteworthiness",
"paramountcy",
"preeminence",
"preponderance",
"preponderancy",
"prepotency",
"prestigiousness",
"primacy",
"superiority",
"supremacy",
"transcendence"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the eminence of the Nobel Prize in the field of awards and prizes",
"the old citadel sits on an eminence with a commanding view of the city",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There are no simple answers explaining tennis\u2019s pre- eminence . \u2014 Kurt Streeter, New York Times , 3 June 2022",
"As there wasn\u2019t yet a witness protection program, Roemer begged Outfit boss Tony Accardo to spare the boxing-world eminence . \u2014 Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Macron should use his newfound eminence to persuade the rest of Europe that keeping Ukraine out of NATO is humane and pragmatic policy. \u2014 Andrew Day, The Week , 4 Apr. 2022",
"However, while the Arkestra has always drawn a cult following, institutions were slow to recognize their eminence . \u2014 Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
"This is a show on which no less an eminence than Cynthia Nixon is content to play a relatively minor supporting role; many plates are spinning. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Ladd Observatory tops a considerable eminence about a mile from the house. \u2014 Carlos R. Mu\u00f1oz, BostonGlobe.com , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Naturally, Williams takes a certain amount of kidding about his new eminence . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Two years later, Poitier, now a graying, seventy-five-year-old eminence , was invited back to receive an honorary Academy Award. \u2014 Michael Schulman, The New Yorker , 12 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, \"exalted position, protuberance,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin eminentia \"state of standing out or projecting, protuberance,\" noun derivative of \u0113minent-, \u0113minens \"standing out above a surface, projecting, outstanding in merit or importance\" \u2014 more at eminent ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"eminently":{
"type":"adverb",
"definitions":[
"to a high degree very"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8e-m\u0259-n\u0259nt-l\u0113",
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"achingly",
"almighty",
"archly",
"awful",
"awfully",
"badly",
"beastly",
"blisteringly",
"bone",
"colossally",
"corking",
"cracking",
"damn",
"damned",
"dang",
"deadly",
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"especially",
"ever",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"extra",
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"fantastically",
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"fiercely",
"filthy",
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"full",
"greatly",
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"hugely",
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"incredibly",
"intensely",
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"mighty",
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"mortally",
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"right",
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"too",
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"vastly",
"very",
"vitally",
"way",
"whacking",
"wicked",
"wildly"
],
"antonyms":[
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"somewhat"
],
"examples":[
"an applicant who is eminently qualified for the job",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The enchanting setting is eminently romantic \u2014 this is a place to pop the question, commemorate an anniversary or sweep people off their feet. \u2014 Jennifer Kester, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"That could prove in all too many ways to be eminently counterproductive. \u2014 David A. Andelman, CNN , 24 May 2022",
"His playing here and elsewhere was eminently satisfying, a description equally applied to Pritsker and Krysa. \u2014 Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 May 2022",
"Breyer\u2019s official retirement set in motion the search for an eminently qualified Black woman who could win Republican support. \u2014 Nolan D. Mccaskill, Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"To be clear, smashing through the maternal wall is entirely and eminently possible. \u2014 Kristin Rowe-finkbeiner, CNN , 15 Mar. 2022",
"What the lyrics lack in substance, the melodies and instrumentation make up for with an eminently danceable, perfect summer song. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The instant torque of an electric motor compared to a gas engine, makes the bZ4X and other EVs feel eminently driveable. \u2014 Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Surprising as the late Sunday news may be, the preemptive split looks eminently predictable in hindsight. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 11 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":null,
"first_known_use":[
"1616, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"emissary":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one designated as the agent of another : representative",
": a secret agent",
": a person sent on a mission to represent someone else",
": a representative usually empowered to act more or less independently (as in collecting or conveying information or in negotiating)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-m\u0259-\u02ccser-\u0113",
"-\u02ccse-r\u0113",
"\u02c8e-m\u0259-\u02ccser-\u0113",
"\u02c8e-m\u0259-\u02ccser-\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"agent",
"ambassador",
"delegate",
"envoy",
"legate",
"minister",
"representative"
],
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"examples":[
"She acted as the president's personal emissary to the union leaders.",
"most of the industrialized nations of the world sent emissaries to the conference on global warming",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Vers une Europe forte et unie! Macron, a centrist in French politics, has been an emissary to Zelensky and Putin. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Naturally, the bishop of Iceland sends an emissary to investigate these goings-on. \u2014 The Atlantic , 16 May 2022",
"Kurt Volker, who served as Donald Trump\u2019s special emissary to Ukraine before resigning during the former president\u2019s first impeachment, has also been a leading advocate for a no-fly zone, as have several other foreign policyluminaries. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 15 Mar. 2022",
"In June, during a private meeting with a former American emissary to Moscow, Andropov expressed fears of a conflagration far worse than the Second World War, in which the two nations had been allies. \u2014 Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
"As the proverbial woman behind the most powerful man on earth, the first lady plays an often undefined role as political ally, emissary , hostess and, in some cases, arbiter of style. \u2014 Cathy Whitlock, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The Mohel knew of a Ukrainian Jew, a Chabad emissary in Vienna 800 miles away, named Kolomoitsev. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The Almighty wishes to intervene \u2013 and calls upon Moses to act as his emissary . \u2014 Robert F. Barsky, The Conversation , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Increasingly, Zuckerberg would take on a far more active role as Facebook\u2019s emissary in DC. \u2014 Benjamin Wofford, Wired , 10 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin emissarius , from emissus , past participle of emittere ",
"first_known_use":[
"1607, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225856"
},
"emit":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to throw or give off or out",
": to send out : eject",
": to issue with authority",
": to put (something, such as money) into circulation",
": publish",
": to give utterance or voice to",
": to send out from a source"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0113-\u02c8mit",
"\u0113-\u02c8mit"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"discharge",
"emanate",
"evolve",
"exhale",
"expel",
"expire",
"give out",
"irradiate",
"issue",
"radiate",
"release",
"send (out)",
"shoot",
"throw out",
"vent"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The telescope can detect light emitted by distant galaxies.",
"chimneys emitting thick, black smoke",
"The brakes emitted a loud squeal.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Broadly, wealthier countries still emit much more than poorer ones. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
"During the Cold War, ships that had been contaminated by atomic bomb tests docked at the bases and tainted the land with substances that can last for thousands of years and emit radiation that can damage human cells, increasing the risk of cancer. \u2014 Jason Fagone, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Aug. 2020",
"Snake plants also absorb excessive amounts of carbon monoxide, emit oxygen and filter other toxins released into the air from common household products. \u2014 Claire Reid, Los Angeles Times , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Even an efficient natural gas furnace installed today can emit carbon dioxide for 20 years or more. \u2014 Martin Heinrich, Star Tribune , 9 June 2021",
"Ideally, avoid using any devices that emit blue light for a couple of hours before bed. \u2014 Lauren Corona, chicagotribune.com , 29 Mar. 2021",
"The amount of carbon released differs according to the type of fuel burned: Coal tends to emit more carbon per energy unit released than does natural gas, for example. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 24 Oct. 2020",
"The split atoms are usually unstable and emit dangerous radiation. \u2014 Xuejian Wu, The Conversation , 17 May 2021",
"And last week, Apple began updating AirTag software to make the devices\u2019 speakers emit a louder chime when lost or triggered in an alert for an unknown AirTag. \u2014 Dalvin Brown, WSJ , 6 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin emittere to send out, from e- + mittere to send",
"first_known_use":[
"1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181704"
},
"emotionless":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": showing, having, or expressing no emotion"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8m\u014d-sh\u0259n-l\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"affectless",
"apathetic",
"cold-blooded",
"impassible",
"impassive",
"numb",
"passionless",
"phlegmatic",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"stolid",
"undemonstrative",
"unemotional"
],
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"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"fervent",
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"hot-blooded",
"impassioned",
"passional",
"passionate",
"vehement"
],
"examples":[
"She did her job with emotionless efficiency.",
"endured an unsatisfying marriage to a seemingly emotionless man",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Thankfully, Schreiber handles the seemingly impossible job of taking the Master Chief character\u2014defined by the plot as a necessarily emotionless husk of a human\u2014and imbuing life and empathy into him without betraying his origins. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 14 Mar. 2022",
"His main character has an emotionless face that looks like the porcelain face of an old doll crafted in Eastern Europe. \u2014 Karen Idelson, Variety , 8 Mar. 2022",
"After the jurors were discharged, Holmes, wearing a mask and seemingly emotionless , went down the line of her supporters in the San Jose courtroom. \u2014 Sara Ashley O'brien, CNN , 4 Jan. 2022",
"The 1999 film reflected an online world made up of a series of databases, in which the enemies were emotionless machines intent on keeping humanity under control. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Jurors were emotionless as the verdicts were read Tuesday afternoon. \u2014 Chao Xiong, Star Tribune , 28 Apr. 2021",
"Vision is literally fighting an evil, emotionless version of himself. \u2014 Chancellor Agard, EW.com , 5 Mar. 2021",
"Some say the financial industry is emotionless by default, but that's not true. \u2014 Alex Kreger, Forbes , 26 Feb. 2021",
"In the classic sci-fi film Invasion of the Body Snatchers, aliens come down to Earth and essentially start producing emotionless human duplicates. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 24 Feb. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1843, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205801"
},
"emotionlessness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": showing, having, or expressing no emotion"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8m\u014d-sh\u0259n-l\u0259s"
],
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"affectless",
"apathetic",
"cold-blooded",
"impassible",
"impassive",
"numb",
"passionless",
"phlegmatic",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"stolid",
"undemonstrative",
"unemotional"
],
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"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"fervent",
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"hot-blooded",
"impassioned",
"passional",
"passionate",
"vehement"
],
"examples":[
"She did her job with emotionless efficiency.",
"endured an unsatisfying marriage to a seemingly emotionless man",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Thankfully, Schreiber handles the seemingly impossible job of taking the Master Chief character\u2014defined by the plot as a necessarily emotionless husk of a human\u2014and imbuing life and empathy into him without betraying his origins. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 14 Mar. 2022",
"His main character has an emotionless face that looks like the porcelain face of an old doll crafted in Eastern Europe. \u2014 Karen Idelson, Variety , 8 Mar. 2022",
"After the jurors were discharged, Holmes, wearing a mask and seemingly emotionless , went down the line of her supporters in the San Jose courtroom. \u2014 Sara Ashley O'brien, CNN , 4 Jan. 2022",
"The 1999 film reflected an online world made up of a series of databases, in which the enemies were emotionless machines intent on keeping humanity under control. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Jurors were emotionless as the verdicts were read Tuesday afternoon. \u2014 Chao Xiong, Star Tribune , 28 Apr. 2021",
"Vision is literally fighting an evil, emotionless version of himself. \u2014 Chancellor Agard, EW.com , 5 Mar. 2021",
"Some say the financial industry is emotionless by default, but that's not true. \u2014 Alex Kreger, Forbes , 26 Feb. 2021",
"In the classic sci-fi film Invasion of the Body Snatchers, aliens come down to Earth and essentially start producing emotionless human duplicates. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 24 Feb. 2021"
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"an empathetic social worker who soon realized that the single mother was at her breaking point",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Throughout Spears\u2019 battle to end the conservatorship that controlled her personal and professional life for more than 13 years, Barrymore has been empathetic , given her own very public teen issues with fame, family and substance abuse. \u2014 Katie Atkinson, Billboard , 10 June 2022",
"But being empathetic doesn't have to mean being slow and overly deliberate, especially given the urgency of re-inventing work spaces now that the pandemic is receding. \u2014 Phil Wahba, Fortune , 24 May 2022",
"Cancer babies are known for being empathetic , nurturers and are emotionally intelligent. \u2014 Katarina Avendano, Good Housekeeping , 17 May 2022",
"This thrilling yet, at its core, empathetic and humanist film looks at the infamous trial of Adolf Eichmann, the architect of the mass extermination of Jews during the Second World War. \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 31 May 2022",
"One Woman\u2019s Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders, is a deeply empathetic and rigorously researched investigation into the murder. \u2014 Outside Online , 13 May 2022",
"And as someone who is a byproduct of empathetic and intentional teaching (shoutout to the real Mrs. Abbott), Brunson\u2019s collaboration with the initiative makes sense. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 9 May 2022",
"The more empathetic executives gave people updates from where everybody was in that moment. \u2014 Curtis Odom, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
"The film is an empathetic portrait of a complicated, colorful woman who overcame abuse, neglect and poverty only to be treated as a pawn in a high-stakes political game. \u2014 Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022"
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"1912, in the meaning defined above"
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"im-",
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"compassionate",
"empathetic",
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"understanding"
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"callous",
"cold-blooded",
"coldhearted",
"hard",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"insensate",
"obdurate",
"unfeeling",
"unsympathetic"
],
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"gave an empathic nod as I recounted my repeated efforts to land a decent-paying job in a tough economy",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The key to straddling this line, Bhat says, is trying to be empathic towards our community at large. \u2014 Katherine Singh, refinery29.com , 18 May 2022",
"The shift to remote work environments and employers being more empathic to childcare challenges during the pandemic has opened up a pandora\u2019s box\u2014and most employees are not looking to go back. \u2014 Jacqlyn Nedvin, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The Pilots underscored their readiness to make a run at their second WCC title in three years Saturday afternoon with an empathic 69-44 win over Loyola Marymount at Orleans Arena. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 Mar. 2022",
"DiFonzo, associate professor of psychology at Roberts Wesleyan College with a psychoanalyst\u2019s empathic style, tapped eight decades of research into the spread of rumors to understand what motivates and sustains groups like Sandy Hook Hoax. \u2014 Elizabeth Williamson, Wired , 11 Mar. 2022",
"As friends, family and colleagues recalled the life of former Lake County Coroner Barbara Richardson, the recollections centered on her personal and empathic touch dealing with people under the most difficult of circumstances. \u2014 Daniel I. Dorfman, chicagotribune.com , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Today, the best leaders are less authoritative and more empathic , often displaying more vulnerability than leaders did in the past. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Along with doing exercises in empathic communication, the couples learn to be vulnerable and trusting, even during conflict. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Jan. 2022",
"Senior\u2019s story is not just beautifully and deftly told, but is also an empathic , compassionate examination of the magnitude and vagaries of grief. \u2014 Longreads , 6 Sep. 2021"
],
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
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": uttered with or marked by emphasis",
": tending to express oneself in forceful speech or to take decisive action",
": attracting special attention",
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": spoken or done forcefully"
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"im-\u02c8fa-tik",
"em-",
"im-\u02c8fa-tik"
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"aggressive",
"assertive",
"dynamic",
"energetic",
"forceful",
"full-blooded",
"muscular",
"resounding",
"strenuous",
"vehement",
"vigorous",
"violent"
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"nonassertive",
"nonemphatic",
"unemphatic"
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"They were emphatic about their political differences.",
"the governor issued an emphatic denial of all charges",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Well more than 12 hours after Wiggins glided through the key and hammered home an emphatic dunk over Doncic, social media, sports talk radio and ESPN were still abuzz about the sequence. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 May 2022",
"Kevin McCullar made an emphatic dunk with 15 seconds left to cap a 10-1 closing run for No. 3 seed Texas Tech, which advanced to the Sweet 16 with a 59-53 victory over Notre Dame in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday. \u2014 Bernie Wilson, chicagotribune.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The Wildcats made the most of their second chance in overtime: Christian Koloko sealed the win with an emphatic dunk with 11 seconds left. \u2014 Laine Higgins, WSJ , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Bryant was down by seven in the first half, got it down to two and came out of the second half with an emphatic alley-oop dunk, tossed by Kiss to Hall Elisias, that tied the game. \u2014 Eric Rueb, USA TODAY , 17 Mar. 2022",
"After Saturday\u2019s 16-point outing in Milwaukee (one that included an emphatic baseline dunk), Martin has utilized 22 of his active games. \u2014 Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Walker Kessler starts the scoring with an emphatic two-handed dunk. \u2014 Nubyjas Wilborn | Nwilborn@al.com, al , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Martin\u2019s steal and emphatic dunk tied the game at 41. \u2014 Alexa Philippou, courant.com , 25 Nov. 2021",
"The court\u2019s pending decision in Roe vs. Wade may be the most emphatic , and damaging, expression of minority rule. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022"
],
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": a major political unit having a territory of great extent or a number of territories or peoples under a single sovereign authority",
": one having an emperor as chief of state",
": the territory of such a political unit",
": something resembling a political empire",
": an extensive territory or enterprise under single domination or control",
": imperial sovereignty, rule, or dominion",
": a juicy apple with dark red skin that is a cross between a McIntosh apple and a Red Delicious apple",
": of, relating to, or characteristic of a style (as of clothing or furniture) popular in early 19th century France",
": a group of territories or peoples under one ruler",
": a country whose ruler is called an emperor"
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"\u02c8em-\u02ccp\u012b(-\u0259)r",
"\u02c8\u00e4m-\u02ccpir",
"\u02c8em-\u02ccp\u012b(-\u0259)r",
"\u02c8em-\u02ccp\u012br"
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"conglomerate"
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"She built a tiny business into a worldwide empire .",
"He controlled a cattle empire in the heart of Texas.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"American empire of which Moscow and Beijing are so suspicious. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 30 May 2022",
"The first head of the dragon was the Russian empire (demolished by Lenin), the second the USSR (brought down by Gorbachev), and the third the Russian Federation. \u2014 Jennifer Wilson, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"This year\u2019s Graf von Faber-Castell Pen of the Year is inspired by the culture, aesthetics and religious rites of the Aztec empire , which was based on an alliance of three city-states, created in 1428, in what is now Mexico. \u2014 Nancy Olson, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
"More than a decade ago, the sisters quit acting, started flying under the radar and transitioned into focusing on building a fashion empire , which includes their labels Elizabeth and James and The Row. \u2014 Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping , 9 May 2022",
"Joining them in firm support of isolationism was William Randolph Hearst, whose media empire \u2014 newsreels, magazines, a wire service and 28 major newspapers \u2014 reached tens of millions of Americans. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
"Berkshire Hathaway empire , whose shareholders just rejected a climate resolution urging the company to disclose more about its emissions. \u2014 Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
"The actor burst onto the scene as a fresh-faced teen who falls for the heir to an underwear empire (Jordi Moll\u00e0) in Bigas Luna\u2019s surreal romp. \u2014 Radhika Seth, Vogue , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The two companies in September announced that Mr. Morgan had signed a global deal to appear on outlets across Rupert Murdoch\u2019s media empire , including TV and columns for the Sun and the New York Post newspapers. \u2014 Gareth Vipers, WSJ , 24 Apr. 2022"
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"Noun",
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"Adjective",
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],
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},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": charlatan sense 2",
": one who relies on practical experience",
": a member of an ancient sect of physicians who based their practice on experience alone disregarding all theoretical and philosophic considerations",
": quack",
": empiricist"
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"history_and_etymology":"Middle English emperiqe \"physician in ancient Greece and Rome who held that treatment should be based on observation rather than theory,\" borrowed from Latin emp\u012bricus, emp\u0113ricus, borrowed from Greek empeirik\u00f3s, derivative of empeirik\u00f3s, adjective, \"based on observation (of medical treatment), experienced,\" from empeir\u00eda \"experience, practice\" (derivative of \u00e9mpeiros \"experienced, practiced,\" from em- en- entry 2 + -peiros, derivative of pe\u00eera \"attempt, trial, test\") + -ikos -ic entry 1 ; pe\u00eera going back to *per-i\u032fa, derivative of a verbal base *per- perhaps going back to Indo-European *per- \"cross, pass\" \u2014 more at fare entry 1 ",
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"1600, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
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},
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"adjective",
"adverb"
],
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": originating in or based on observation or experience",
": relying on experience or observation alone often without due regard for system and theory",
": capable of being verified or disproved by observation or experiment",
": of or relating to empiricism",
": following or used in the practice of the empirics \u2014 compare rational sense 2",
": being or befitting a quack or charlatan",
": originating in or based on observation or experiment",
": capable of being confirmed, verified, or disproved by observation or experiment"
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"im-\u02c8pir-i-k\u0259l",
"em-",
"-i-k\u0259l"
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"existential",
"experiential",
"experimental",
"objective",
"observational"
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"nonempirical",
"theoretical",
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"unempirical"
],
"examples":[
"Eventually, access to electron microscopes and X-ray diffraction technology provided the necessary empirical evidence to test the hypotheses, and the jigsaw pieces began to fall into place. \u2014 Gail Nichols , Ceramics Monthly , February 2002",
"No religion, new or old, is subject to empirical proof, so what we have is a contest between faiths. \u2014 Harvey Cox , Atlantic , March 1999",
"They collected plenty of empirical data from their experiments.",
"guidelines for raising children that are based on empirical evidence",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Utilize empirical data to gain stakeholder engagement. \u2014 Abiola Salami, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"The model is designed to track the flow of materials from production to loss, estimating losses at each stage of the material's life cycle based on empirical data. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 20 May 2022",
"There is little empirical evidence that explains why. \u2014 Gina Barton, jsonline.com , 3 May 2022",
"There is little empirical evidence that explains why. \u2014 Gina Barton, USA Today , 3 May 2022",
"And though the journal is supposedly committed to empirical tests, no data were presented that might speak to alternative explanations, such as that the cause of the under-representation lies in the pipeline of prepared and interested students. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 4 May 2022",
"Among social scientists, economists have gone the farthest in trying to formalize their theories with abstract mathematical models, and in developing a rigorous empirical methodology to validate them with. \u2014 Francis Fukuyama, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Whether such an impact would be the same across all business/non-profit collaborations is certainly an empirical question. \u2014 David Hessekiel, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"My colleague found these two empirical truths difficult to reconcile. \u2014 Cara C. Heuser, Scientific American , 21 Mar. 2022"
],
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"1576, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192552"
},
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"verb"
],
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": to put into position"
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"im-\u02c8pl\u0101s"
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"situate",
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"the plan is to emplace more guns on the ridge north of the camp",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Kevin had personally watched this man bury IEDs and train others how to emplace bombs. \u2014 Annie Jacobsen, Wired , 20 Jan. 2021",
"Incentives, properly emplaced and communicated, are one excellent way to encourage behaviors based on your company\u2019s values. \u2014 Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY , 17 Mar. 2020",
"The state Transportation Department is offering to produce and emplace roadside memorials as a way to keep highways free of roadside safety hazards. \u2014 USA TODAY , 15 Nov. 2019",
"Older mine-hunting systems typically involved putting human divers or even marine mammals into the water to check out suspected mines, then emplacing explosives to destroy them at a distance. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 10 Sep. 2019",
"Mines are munitions that are emplaced on the battlefield in order to modify enemy behavior. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 16 July 2019",
"Mines are munitions that are emplaced on the battlefield in order to modify enemy behavior. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 16 July 2019",
"Consider such a system of anti-tank munitions emplaced in the path of an oncoming enemy tank force. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 14 Nov. 2018",
"How do such large lava flows get emplaced on the ocean floor? \u2014 Erik Klemetti, WIRED , 6 Sep. 2013"
],
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"circa 1627, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223448"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": the situation or location of something",
": a prepared position for weapons or military equipment",
": a putting into position : placement"
],
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"im-\u02c8pl\u0101-sm\u0259nt"
],
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"locale",
"locality",
"location",
"locus",
"place",
"point",
"position",
"site",
"spot",
"venue",
"where"
],
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"examples":[
"secret emplacement of missiles on the island",
"the emplacement of the house, which is between two hulking mansions, makes it seem smaller than it is",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The next artillery emplacement in the city was inspired by one of the most obscure campaigns of the Civil War. \u2014 Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 Aug. 2021",
"One song had to be composed on a sandbag, by candlelight, in a disused mortar emplacement . \u2014 Anthony Lan, The New Yorker , 5 July 2021",
"And at 10:59 am, Henry Nicholas Gunther of Baltimore\u2014once a supply sergeant, recently busted back to private\u2014charged alone toward a German emplacement , leveling a rifle. \u2014 Maryn Mckenna, Wired , 31 Dec. 2020",
"The plant is in the second phase of resuming normal operations after having slowed the emplacement of waste this spring when the pandemic began, said spokesperson Bobby St. John. \u2014 USA TODAY , 17 Aug. 2020",
"Ties between the northeastern neighbors nosedived in 2017 after Seoul accepted the emplacement of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, system in southern South Korea. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Dec. 2019",
"This quick-hardening ability allowed the French Army to build gun emplacements quickly in the first world war, and could have helped fortify rebel defenses on Hoth. \u2014 Alastair Marsh, Quartz , 29 Dec. 2019",
"The base is built into subterranean caves, but concrete is still needed for the roofs and floors of the spacecraft hangars, and the defensive laser cannon emplacements . \u2014 Alastair Marsh, Quartz , 29 Dec. 2019",
"The other exhibit is outdoors in what was once an artillery emplacement . \u2014 Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com , 21 Sep. 2019"
],
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"1742, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204303"
},
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"noun",
"verb"
],
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": to make use of (someone or something inactive)",
": to use (something, such as time) advantageously",
": to use or engage the services of",
": to provide with a job that pays wages or a salary",
": to devote to or direct toward a particular activity or person",
": use , purpose",
": occupation , job",
": the state of being employed",
": to give a job to : use the services of",
": to make use of",
": the state of being hired for a job by"
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"im-\u02c8pl\u022fi",
"em-",
"im-\u02c8pl\u022fi",
"\u02c8im-\u02ccpl\u022fi",
"\u02c8em-\u02ccpl\u022fi",
"im-\u02c8pl\u022fi"
],
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"assume",
"engage",
"fee",
"hire",
"lay on",
"pay",
"place",
"recruit",
"retain",
"sign (up ",
"take on"
],
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"employment",
"engagement",
"hire"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The company is accused of employing questionable methods to obtain the contract.",
"You should find better ways to employ your time.",
"I had to employ a lawyer to review the contract.",
"It's a small company, employing a staff of only 20.",
"Noun",
"while you're under our employ , you can't do outside work for our competitors",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Trump wanted to destroy governmental institutions; Nixon wanted to employ them to his ends but not to obliterate them. \u2014 David M. Shribman, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"It\u2019s about a fundamental tension of who ought to control the shape of employees\u2019 days: Workers, or the companies that employ them? \u2014 Sarah Todd, Quartz , 9 June 2022",
"This change is far from complex, and any practice can employ it. \u2014 Gideon Kimbrell, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"But sure enough, the Dodgers are expected to employ him as the starter or bulk reliever in the series finale with the Phillies. \u2014 Steve Hensonassistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times , 14 May 2022",
"By rule, members of the 13-person selection committee must recuse themselves from discussions centered around teams that employ them or members of their family. \u2014 Doug Lesmerises, cleveland , 2 May 2022",
"If the Jazz parted ways with the philosopher-coach, there would be other suitors lining up to employ him. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 May 2022",
"Public pension funds get their money from three sources: government workers, the state and local governments that employ them, and investment returns. \u2014 Heather Gillers, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022",
"His positive mindset feeds into his on-field consistency, the reason the Tigers employ him as their starting third baseman. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In a letter sent Friday to Democratic City Councilman Eric Costello, the chairman of the council\u2019s Ways and Means Committee that conducts the budget hearing process, Mosby counted 144 prosecutors in her employ . \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 6 June 2022",
"Waldman doesn't deny making the statements, but Depp's side argued that even though Waldman was under his employ , Depp was not involved or aware of these remarks. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 1 June 2022",
"Some private enterprises may be attracted to scrutinizing employees like an intelligence agency might keep tabs on analysts and spies, although employ don\u2019t have access to the same data sources. \u2014 Sarah Scoles, New York Times , 17 May 2022",
"Burna Boy\u2019s frequent employ of an a cappella or minimalist arrangement meant the eager attendees could often be heard singing clearly, their voices as sweet as Burna\u2019s smile. \u2014 Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Angell, who died earlier this month at the age of 101, spent 75 years in the employ of The New Yorker. \u2014 Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"Having begun the story before World War I, there's always been the lingering question of what awaits this aristocratic family and those in their employ as the second World War, and the conditions leading to it, come into view. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 20 May 2022",
"That decision was partially practical: Huffman and Cupp employ staff who understand how to draw maps and have crafted every proposal approved by the Commission or state lawmakers to date. \u2014 Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer , 11 Apr. 2022",
"But in 2018, the younger Dobbins left his father\u2019s employ and became a stay-at-home father of three, including twin girls who now are 3. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 12 Feb. 2022"
],
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"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1679, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191002"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": use , purpose",
": activity in which one engages or is employed",
": an instance of such activity",
": the extent or degree to which a labor force is employed",
": the act of employing : the state of being employed",
": the act of using something",
": job sense 1 , occupation",
": the act of hiring a person to do work",
": an activity or service performed for another especially for compensation or as an occupation",
": the act of employing : the state of being employed"
],
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"im-\u02c8pl\u022fi-m\u0259nt",
"im-\u02c8pl\u022fi-m\u0259nt"
],
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"application",
"exercise",
"operation",
"play",
"usage",
"use"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The other two Board of Review commissioners have since amended their policy following the public flap over Thielmann\u2019s employment . \u2014 Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune , 11 June 2022",
"Harrell declined to provide any information on the status of Arredondo\u2019s employment or on the multiple investigations into the May 24 massacre at Robb Elementary School. \u2014 Eric Killelea, San Antonio Express-News , 9 June 2022",
"However, overall employment is higher when the self-employed are counted, a category of work that appears to have grown in Alaska during the pandemic, Weller said. \u2014 Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News , 8 June 2022",
"Taking advantage of the plentiful job opportunities available now could come with upsides \u2014 employment can build r\u00e9sum\u00e9s and provide people with valuable experience and skills. \u2014 New York Times , 6 June 2022",
"Full employment is when everyone who wants to work has a job. \u2014 Somesh Jha, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
"Restrictions on women's employment have led to up to $1 billion of economic loss, or about 5 percent of Afghanistan's GDP, said U.N. Women executive director Sima Bahous. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 5 June 2022",
"Hundreds of students told investigators they were pressured to enroll with promises of lucrative employment , only to end up with huge sums of debt and few job prospects. \u2014 Collin Binkley, The Christian Science Monitor , 3 June 2022",
"Last month, Fed Chair Jerome Powell stressed that his institution\u2019s attempts to cool off prices were a part of ensuring a more sustainable form of full employment . \u2014 Talmon Joseph Smith, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191118"
},
"emporium":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a place of trade",
": a commercial center",
": a retail outlet",
": a store carrying many different kinds of merchandise"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8p\u022fr-\u0113-\u0259m",
"em-"
],
"synonyms":[
"bazaar",
"shop",
"shoppe",
"store"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an emporium for home electronic equipment filled with stuff I didn't know I needed but now desperately want",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Billed as Palm Beach\u2019s oldest shop (since 1928), Kassatly\u2019s is an emporium for fine linens, luxurious sleepwear, and classic cashmere. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 19 May 2022",
"Lavinia is a two-floor wine emporium in Salamanca that has sidewalk tables. \u2014 Christian L. Wright, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Their investigation leads them to a rare book emporium , whose owner Ada (Demetria McKinney) takes an interest to the occult and could provide the missing pieces to their puzzle. \u2014 Marc Berman, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"Lily et Cie, the vintage emporium frequented by A-list celebrities including Kim Kardashian West, Jennifer Lopez, and Kirsten Dunst for the Oscars. \u2014 Mackenzie Wagoner, Vogue , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Brian drove to five stores looking for ingredients, and not even Canyon Market, the emporium of the obscure, sold buckwheat honey. \u2014 Kevin Fisher-paulson, San Francisco Chronicle , 29 Mar. 2022",
"And, true to form with the celebrity sightings that helped to propel the chain\u2019s growth, the sweets emporium and restaurant will launch with star power. \u2014 Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Bvlgari, which began life as a small jewelry emporium , opened in 1884 by a Greek immigrant just a couple of miles east of the Vatican, has introduced a host of game-changing pieces to the horological canon. \u2014 Nick Scott, Robb Report , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The emporium traces its roots to a Georgia pecan dealer who started a stand to sell nut candies made by his wife. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin, from Greek emporion , from emporos traveler, trader, from em- en- entry 2 + poros passage, journey \u2014 more at fare ",
"first_known_use":[
"1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225121"
},
"empower":{
"type":[
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to give official authority or legal power to",
": enable sense 1a",
": to promote the self-actualization or influence of",
": to give authority or legal power to",
": to give official authority or legal power to"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8pau\u0307(-\u0259)r",
"im-\u02c8pau\u0307-\u0259r",
"im-\u02c8pau\u0307-\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredit",
"authorize",
"certify",
"charter",
"commission",
"enable",
"invest",
"license",
"licence",
"qualify",
"vest",
"warrant"
],
"antonyms":[
"disqualify"
],
"examples":[
"seeking changes in the workplace that will empower women",
"the federal agency empowered to collect taxes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Managers can attempt to inspire, but the real key is to find ways to empower employees' passion, so they are energized by the work. \u2014 Michael Benedek, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"StartOut StartOut aims to empower members of the LGBTQ+ community by helping budding entrepreneurs to start new companies and grow their businesses. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 6 June 2022",
"Lyndsay Levingston is a multimedia maven, breast cancer survivor and founder of SurviveHER, a breast cancer awareness nonprofit organization whose mission is to inform, inspire and empower year-round. \u2014 Lyndsay Levingston, Essence , 27 Apr. 2022",
"NFTs also empower holders with access to unique, valuable, and scarce experiences. \u2014 Falon Fatemi, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Currently, 19 states empower a judge to take away a firearm from anyone who poses an extreme risk to others or themselves. \u2014 Robert Costa, CBS News , 1 June 2022",
"Simply being informed and educated about mass shootings' contributing factors can empower you to help. \u2014 Ryan Bergeron, CNN , 25 May 2022",
"Republican lawmakers urge President Biden to halt efforts to ' empower ' the World Health Organization. \u2014 Fox News , 24 May 2022",
"So, harnessing data to make quick decisions, automation, and providing room for strategic thinking can empower an FP&A professional. \u2014 Sheryl Estrada, Fortune , 17 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1648, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210809"
},
"emptiness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": containing nothing",
": not occupied or inhabited",
": unfrequented",
": not pregnant",
": null sense 4a",
": lacking reality, substance, meaning, or value : hollow",
": destitute of effect or force",
": devoid of sense : foolish",
": hungry",
": idle",
": having no purpose or result : useless",
": marked by the absence of human life, activity, or comfort",
": to make empty : remove the contents of",
": deprive , divest",
": to discharge (itself) of contents",
": to fire (a repeating firearm) until empty",
": to remove from what holds or encloses",
": to become empty",
": to discharge contents",
": something (such as a bottle or can) that is empty",
": containing nothing",
": not occupied or lived in : vacant",
": not sincere or meaningful",
": to remove the contents of",
": to remove all of (something) from a container",
": to become unoccupied",
": to flow into"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8em(p)-t\u0113",
"\u02c8emp-t\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"bare",
"blank",
"clean",
"devoid",
"stark",
"toom",
"vacant",
"vacuous",
"void"
],
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"evacuate",
"vacate",
"void"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The arena was completely empty .",
"She felt trapped in an empty marriage.",
"unhappy people leading empty lives",
"Verb",
"She emptied the contents of her purse onto the table.",
"It's your turn to empty the trash.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Flour Girl & Flame, a carryout-only pizza restaurant that opened in December 2021 at 8121 W. National Ave., plans to open a new ice cream shop in the empty space next door. \u2014 Bob Dohr, Journal Sentinel , 3 June 2022",
"Style your pieces, so any empty space appears intentional. \u2014 Sarah Lyon, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
"Luna had been picturing a blank page\u2014no photo, just empty space. \u2014 Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker , 28 May 2022",
"But here, in Ames, Iowa, there is a hollow, an empty space. \u2014 Benjamin, Longreads , 20 May 2022",
"The image, released in six simultaneous news conferences in Washington and around the globe, showed a lumpy doughnut of radio emission framing empty space. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"However, art lovers will also appreciate the ample empty wall space to showcase their collection. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 9 May 2022",
"One way to find a use for the now empty space in your office is to add a home gym-style facility to the building. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"In addition to being especially compact, this composter is incredibly portable, and can be rolled around to fit in any empty space outside. \u2014 Kylee Mcguigan, Popular Mechanics , 1 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The vacuum, which is initially available through iRobot's website, costs $850 (or $650 if bought without a base that the vacuum can automatically empty dirt into). \u2014 Rachel Metz, CNN , 9 Sep. 2021",
"Build reservoirs in flood-prone areas with drainage systems to empty into them, then have the water transported to the drought-prone areas. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 2 July 2021",
"Six kids would empty out curbside, like so many clowns from a circus car. \u2014 Veronica Chater, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 May 2022",
"There, laborers must empty individual bags of wheat onto warehouse floors before the grain can be loaded onto bulk cargo ships for export. \u2014 Jesse Newman, WSJ , 2 May 2022",
"So, empty the tank against Montreal and build some momentum heading into the real meat of the 2022 schedule. \u2014 Pat Brennan, The Enquirer , 29 Mar. 2022",
"This happens when your bladder doesn't empty completely, causing too much urine to stay in your bladder, according to MedlinePlus. \u2014 Jessica Migala, Health.com , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Then the oxygen seemed to empty out of the parade route, as if a plug had been pulled. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Before taking your clothes to a professional, check them for stains and empty the pockets. \u2014 Kevin Brasler, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The change resulted from an intersection of migration with births and deaths, since the county draws retirees and empty -nesters, while young adults who want to have children move elsewhere, mostly for better schools, Smith said. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 6 June 2022",
"Kevin Shattenkirk and Vinni Lettieri had a goal and an assist apiece, and Nicolas Deslauriers added a short-handed empty -netter for the Ducks with 7:37 to play. \u2014 orlandosentinel.com , 22 Jan. 2022",
"The entire region is a buyer\u2019s market, burdened by other big empties . \u2014 At A Great Price, ProPublica , 18 May 2020",
"The horses are saddled in the paddock in two shifts, and at least one stall is kept empty between horses. \u2014 Joe Drape, New York Times , 12 May 2020",
"Coronavirus empties pediatrician offices in Michigan, decreases vaccinations As COVID-19 continues to churn through southeast Michigan and elsewhere, wary parents are avoiding health care settings. \u2014 Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press , 28 Apr. 2020",
"More than Christmas or New Year\u2019s Day, more than Easter week, when the city empties out. \u2014 Sylvia Poggioli, The New York Review of Books , 29 Mar. 2020",
"Heiskanen\u2019s goal came with the Stars\u2019 net empty and was his first since Dec. 3, a stretch of 33 games. \u2014 Matthew Defranks, Dallas News , 28 Feb. 2020",
"Days, even weeks, in a tent or a bivouac, the hours empty of all but numbing chores and the howling of the wind. \u2014 Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker , 24 Feb. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"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 1a",
"Noun",
"1844, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210022"
},
"empty-headed":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": vacuous sense 2"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccem(p)-t\u0113-\u02c8he-d\u0259d"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"bonehead",
"boneheaded",
"brain-dead",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"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":[
"1640, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174242"
},
"emulative":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": ambition or endeavor to equal or excel others (as in achievement)",
": imitation",
": the use of or technique of using an emulator",
": ambitious or envious rivalry",
": an attempt to be like or do better than others"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccem-y\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"-y\u00fc-",
"\u02ccem-y\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Using online tools to sensationalize his terror, and to invite participation and emulation , the 18-year-old broadcast his strike on the live-streaming service Twitch, using a GoPro camera mounted on his helmet. \u2014 Drew Harwell, Washington Post , 15 May 2022",
"Using online tools to sensationalize his terror, and to invite participation and emulation , the gunman broadcast his attack on the live-streaming service Twitch, using a GoPro camera mounted on his helmet. \u2014 Isaac Stanley-becker And Drew Harwell, Anchorage Daily News , 15 May 2022",
"All of this is in pretty clear pursuit of one thing, the emulation of a stream of revenue in the mobile games space where those free games are frequently ad-supported, sometimes to their detriment, sometimes to giant piles of money. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"But as with old video games, emulation offers a much more convenient way to run old software. \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Behind the scenes, a Proton emulation layer allows the Steam Deck to run Windows titles on Linux. \u2014 Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG , 4 Mar. 2022",
"The 64-bit versions of Windows can't run 16-bit software without some kind of virtualization or emulation . \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Roman\u2019s studied imperfectionism lowers the threshold for emulation , creating a strong sense of intimacy with her fans. \u2014 Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 13 Dec. 2021",
"Reid had a managerial style that deserves emulation . \u2014 Faiz Shakir, The New Republic , 29 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Latin aemul\u0101ti\u014dn-, aemul\u0101ti\u014d, from aemul\u0101r\u012b \"to vie with, rival, imitate\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at emulate entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1542, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185618"
},
"enable":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to provide with the means or opportunity",
": to make possible, practical, or easy",
": to cause to operate",
": to give legal power, capacity, or sanction to",
": to give strength, power, or ability to : make able"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8n\u0101-b\u0259l",
"i-\u02c8n\u0101-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"allow",
"empower",
"let",
"permit"
],
"antonyms":[
"prevent"
],
"examples":[
"The machine enables us to create copies without losing quality.",
"The system enables students to access class materials online.",
"These choices are part of what enabled the company to be successful.",
"a filing system that enables easy access to information",
"Be sure to enable your computer's firewall.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The show wisely deepens the story lines of its supporting characters, all of whom suffer the consequences of Barry\u2019s violence\u2014or enable it. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"Ventura still doesn't enable the installation of x86 operating systems on Apple Silicon Macs\u2014only running x86 apps within Arm operating systems. \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 7 June 2022",
"Drivers of the bZ4X can enable one-pedal driving, but the braking reportedly isn\u2019t as strong as on some models. \u2014 Stephen Wilmot, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"The problem is that most of the children did not have enough concentration of the virus to enable more-sophisticated testing for a specific strain or to find out whether that strain might be novel. \u2014 Lena H. Sun, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"TikTok is far from the only social media platform to enable payments or virtual gifting between users, or to offer live broadcasting features. \u2014 Alexandra S. Levine, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
"But the current environment does enable some employees to switch jobs or more easily vie for higher-level positions. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Peter\u2019s parents reportedly turned down the Queen\u2019s offer of a royal title for their son, hoping instead to enable him to lead a more normal life. \u2014 Emma Dibdin, Town & Country , 1 June 2022",
"Ukraine\u2019s foreign minister is pleading with Western nations to provide Kyiv with heavy weapons to enable it to push Russian forces back. \u2014 Ella Lee, USA TODAY , 27 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220007"
},
"encamp":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to set up or occupy a camp",
": to place or establish in a camp"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8kamp",
"en-"
],
"synonyms":[
"bivouac",
"camp (out)"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the hike will take several days, and we plan to encamp along the trail",
"as the hurricane raged outside, the stranded tourists were encamped overnight in the high school gym",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The local leaders are inviting the protesters, some armed, to encamp for the long haul. \u2014 WSJ , 12 June 2020",
"Get your game on at Midwinter Gaming Convention Games people play \u2014 a whole lot of them \u2014 are the focus of the Midwinter Gaming Convention, which encamps this weekend at the Hilton Milwaukee City Center, 509 W. Wisconsin Ave. \u2014 Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 9 Jan. 2020",
"Wong-Wilson is a leader of the Mauna Kea kia\u2019i, a group of Native Hawaiians who have been encamped near the volcano\u2019s base since July. \u2014 Alexandra Witze, Scientific American , 20 Jan. 2020",
"While the volcano remains dangerous, with large numbers of local villagers encamped in emergency shelters, officials have begun discussing post-eruption recovery. \u2014 Aaron Favila And Jim Gomez, SFChronicle.com , 19 Jan. 2020",
"Instead of encamping in France, as was intended, the league\u2019s Paris franchise will instead be based in New Jersey at the start of the season, according to two people familiar with the team\u2019s operations and housing situation. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Jan. 2020",
"It's believed that everyone else died while encamped for the winter, or while attempting to walk back to civilization. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 30 Aug. 2019",
"The number of caravan migrants encamped at Tijuana\u2019s main shelter has dropped by more than half, according to local government officials and social workers. \u2014 Juan Montes, WSJ , 18 Jan. 2019",
"Actor Jason Momoa, who has born in Hawaii, visited the hundreds of demonstrators encamped at the base of Mauna Kea on the Big Island on Wednesday. \u2014 Doug Criss, CNN , 2 Aug. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1563, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203301"
},
"encapsulation":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to enclose in or as if in a capsule",
": epitomize , summarize",
": to become encapsulated",
": to surround, encase , or protect in or as if in a capsule",
": to become encapsulated"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8kap-s\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8kap-s\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstract",
"boil down",
"brief",
"digest",
"epitomize",
"outline",
"recap",
"recapitulate",
"reprise",
"sum up",
"summarize",
"synopsize",
"wrap up"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The contaminated material should be encapsulated and removed.",
"can you encapsulate the president's speech in about a paragraph?",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Designer Richard Mier\u2019s and charity Perennial wanted to encapsulate the pleasure that gardens can give \u2013 like a gift of love. \u2014 Angelina Villa-clarke, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
"With raving 5-star reviews, the fragrance highlights the top note of bergamot, a middle note of clary sage, and a base note of patchouli to encapsulate a uniquely fresh scent. \u2014 Rolling Stone , 20 May 2022",
"From short phrases and one-liners to quotes and song lyrics to use as captions, get ready to encapsulate all the summertime feels for an iconic feed. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 9 May 2022",
"The look was minimal but sophisticated, elegant but magnetic enough to encapsulate the evening's dress code. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 3 May 2022",
"Our backgrounds encapsulate two main branches of it: therapy and coaching. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 May 2022",
"Some of the sprays encapsulate the coronavirus\u2019 spike proteins\u2014the prominent molecule that the virus uses to bind to human cells\u2014into tiny droplets that can be puffed into the sinuses. \u2014 Marla Broadfoot, Scientific American , 3 May 2022",
"The two songs encapsulate both musicians' unique styles \u2014 and their ability to crossover. \u2014 Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
"To encapsulate what is going on here, consider the line spoken by Amanda Drinkall\u2019s Desdemona, right before her husband snuffs out her life in their bedroom. \u2014 Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com , 19 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1872, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173040"
},
"encasement":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act or process of encasing : the state of being encased",
": case , covering"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8k\u0101-sm\u0259nt",
"en-"
],
"synonyms":[
"armor",
"capsule",
"case",
"casing",
"cocoon",
"cover",
"covering",
"housing",
"hull",
"husk",
"jacket",
"pod",
"sheath",
"shell"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an encasement of several inches of silt had helped to preserve the sunken remains of the historic ship",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On Sunday, a man disguised as an elderly woman jumped out of a wheelchair and attacked the Mona Lisa and her high-tech glass encasement with cake. \u2014 Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 May 2022",
"The plant\u2019s four reactors have been shut down ever since, and an encasement called a sarcophagus covers the location of the original explosion and fire. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 3 May 2022",
"Lake Barkley is joined by Kentucky Lake in its encasement of the National Recreation Area known as Land Between the Lakes, or what locals who were removed from the land decades ago called the land Between the Rivers. \u2014 Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal , 6 July 2021",
"In transport companies also use plastic trays and encasement to secure products in transit. \u2014 Danielle Bernabe, Fortune , 28 June 2021",
"So the team extracted the entire pit, protected it with a plaster encasement and moved it to the National Museums of Kenya in Nairobi, and later to a specialized laboratory at CENIEH. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 5 May 2021",
"Before bed, replace the protector or encasement and make your bed. \u2014 Sara Rodrigues, House Beautiful , 31 July 2020",
"Yves Gallet, an art historian at Bordeaux Montaigne University, oversees a group that aims to study stones that are still in place, such as the encasements that cradle the four-story-diameter rose windows. \u2014 Christa Lest\u00e9-lasserre, Science | AAAS , 12 Mar. 2020",
"When the time is right for germination, the encasement automatically dissolves, leaving new tree life to take root. \u2014 Sunny Fitzgerald, Washington Post , 5 Dec. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1741, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215015"
},
"enceinte":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": pregnant sense 1",
": a line of fortification enclosing a castle or town",
": the area so enclosed",
": pregnant"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4\u207f(n)-\u02c8sant",
"\u00e4\u207f(n)-\u02c8sant"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"caught",
"expectant",
"expecting",
"gone",
"gravid",
"heavy",
"pregnant",
"quick"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonpregnant"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"back in the days when a bride who was visibly enceinte was a cause for family embarrassment"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"1602, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun",
"circa 1708, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192209"
},
"enchain":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to bind or hold with or as if with chains"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8ch\u0101n"
],
"synonyms":[
"bind",
"chain",
"enfetter",
"fetter",
"gyve",
"handcuff",
"manacle",
"pinion",
"shackle",
"trammel"
],
"antonyms":[
"unbind",
"unfetter",
"unshackle"
],
"examples":[
"children who were enchained by an overprotective mother"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English encheynen , from Anglo-French enchaener , from en- + chaene chain",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225112"
},
"encipher":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to convert (a message) into cipher"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8s\u012b-f\u0259r",
"en-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1577, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204844"
},
"enclasp":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to seize and hold : embrace"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8klasp",
"en-"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear-hug",
"clasp",
"crush",
"embrace",
"enfold",
"grasp",
"hug",
"strain"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"reached around and enclasped all four children at once"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1584, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173355"
},
"enclose":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to close in : surround",
": to fence off (common land) for individual use",
": to hold in : confine",
": to include along with something else in a parcel or envelope",
": to close in : surround",
": to hold in : confine",
": to put in the same package or envelope with something else"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8kl\u014dz",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8kl\u014dz"
],
"synonyms":[
"box (in)",
"cage",
"closet",
"coop (up)",
"corral",
"encage",
"encase",
"envelop",
"fence (in)",
"hedge",
"hem (in)",
"house",
"immure",
"include",
"mew (up)",
"pen",
"wall (in)"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The pie's flaky crust encloses a fruit filling.",
"Enclose the fish in foil and bake.",
"She enclosed a photo with the card.",
"Please enclose a check with your application.",
"Enclosed with this letter are the tickets you ordered.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Shortages of some aluminum parts used to enclose the battery packs created particular bottlenecks, the people said, because those packs must be installed early in the assembly process. \u2014 Sean Mclain, WSJ , 4 June 2022",
"Created with portability in mind, the travel-friendly mosquito repellent bracelet mimics the shape of a hair elastic, easily slipping onto your wrist (or ankle) to enclose you in an invisible protective barrier against insects. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 3 June 2022",
"The OTR StillHouse\u2019s outdoor space comfortably accommodates hundreds of guests, and the buildings that enclose the courtyard provide a pleasant amount of shade for guests to enjoy. \u2014 Matt Koesters, The Enquirer , 28 Apr. 2022",
"For instance, designer David Zinn has built the show a lovely Buckingham Palace, repeating the gilt folderol of the Longacre Theatre\u2019s proscenium on the columns and gates that enclose the stage. \u2014 Helen Shaw, Vulture , 17 Nov. 2021",
"During the musical\u2019s finale, Walter sits alone in front of bars that enclose the immigrant couple. \u2014 Ayanna Prescod, Variety , 4 Nov. 2021",
"An eight-foot-high fence would enclose the entire site and a 20 foot-wide landscape buffer put in place along the fence\u2019s exterior, Latinovic said. \u2014 Gloria Casas, chicagotribune.com , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The winds enclose a large pool of extremely cold air. \u2014 Michael A. Rawlins, The Conversation , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Pull the dough up and around the filling, pinching the dough firmly to enclose the filling. \u2014 Jessica Battilana, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, probably from enclos enclosed, from Anglo-French, past participle of enclore to enclose, from Vulgar Latin *inclaudere , alteration of Latin includere \u2014 more at include ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213107"
},
"encode":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to convert (something, such as a body of information) from one system of communication into another",
": to convert (a message) into code",
": to convey symbolically",
": to specify the genetic code for",
": to specify the genetic code for"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8k\u014dd",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8k\u014dd, en-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Credit cards are encoded with cardholder information.",
"a technology that encodes images",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With its ability to encode information as quantum bits or qubits, quantum computing has the capacity to deal with big, messy data sets, at exponentially high speeds, far more quickly than conventional computers. \u2014 Nitin Rakesh, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"Frontal regions are indeed heavily involved in communicative control and the regulation of impulsivity, whereas posterior regions encode and integrate sensory information, enabling us to react to our environment. \u2014 Karen Hopkin, Scientific American , 15 Sep. 2021",
"That\u2019s also true for therapies that use mRNA to encode proteins such as the enzyme Cas9, which can slice the genome to make permanent edits. \u2014 Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS , 16 Dec. 2020",
"And lawmakers should encode these kinds of protections into regulation, so the companies aren\u2019t allowed to police themselves. \u2014 Drew Harwell, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
"But instead of soldiers jumping out, the adenovirus releases genes that encode the coronavirus' spike protein. \u2014 Jen Christensen, CNN , 20 Mar. 2022",
"It is based on the idea that any form of biology anywhere in the universe will encode life\u2019s information in complex assemblages of molecules that are measurably distinct from lifeless matter. \u2014 Natalie Elliot, Scientific American , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Other languages force speakers to encode information that English doesn\u2019t. \u2014 Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Not to get too nerdy, but studies on learning show that parceling out learning into bite-sized chunks allows the information to encode into long-term memory. \u2014 Sabrina Shafer, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1919, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191614"
},
"encompass":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": include , comprehend",
": envelop",
": to form a circle about : enclose",
": to go completely around",
": bring about , accomplish",
": to cover or surround : encircle",
": include"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8k\u0259m-p\u0259s",
"en-",
"also",
"in-\u02c8k\u0259m-p\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"circle",
"compass",
"embrace",
"encircle",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"environ",
"gird",
"girdle",
"ring",
"surround",
"wreathe"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The district encompasses most of the downtown area.",
"a neighborhood encompassed by a highway",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ultimately, Delta\u2019s state-of-the-art facility at LaGuardia will encompass both Terminal C and D and will span 1.3 million square feet, featuring 37 gates across four concourses. \u2014 Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"Since its start in 2011, the project has expanded to encompass 500 sites at 144 national parks and other federal lands. \u2014 Elissa Welle, Detroit Free Press , 28 May 2022",
"The Commerce Department on Tuesday reported that retail sales, which encompass spending in stores, at restaurants and online, rose a seasonally adjusted 0.9% in April from a month earlier. \u2014 Justin Lahart, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"The plan to modernize Milwaukee's streetlight system will encompass 79,000 streetlights across the city, according to Kruschke. \u2014 Vanessa Swales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 10 May 2022",
"Air-One will encompass a whole host of services, including aircraft command and control, eVTOL charging, cargo loading for unmanned drones and demo flights. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 2 May 2022",
"The broader testing will encompass 10 other administrative districts and an economic development zone, which houses the headquarters for the e-commerce giant JD.com Inc. and other high-tech firms. \u2014 Time , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Maybe this detour into shootouts and explosions would be the start of something wonderful: a career pivot that could encompass both the Method to his madness and the multiplexes all at once. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The civil demonstrations, initially sparked by the rise of subway fares in the capital of Santiago, quickly grew to encompass a variety of grievances, including the rising cost of living, privatization and rampant inequality across the country. \u2014 Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety , 23 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222529"
},
"encounter":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to meet as an adversary or enemy",
": to engage in conflict with",
": to come upon face-to-face",
": to come upon or experience especially unexpectedly",
": to meet especially by chance",
": a meeting between hostile factions or persons : a sudden often violent clash",
": a chance meeting",
": a particular kind of meeting or experience with another person",
": a coming into the vicinity of a celestial body",
": to meet face-to-face or by chance",
": to experience or face often unexpectedly",
": a meeting face-to-face and often by chance",
": an often unexpected experience"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"catch",
"chance (upon)",
"happen (upon)",
"meet",
"stumble (upon)"
],
"antonyms":[
"brush",
"hassle",
"run-in",
"scrape",
"skirmish"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"There\u2019s never a good time for the emergency siren to sound at the track, but hearts race a bit faster when Derby and Oaks contenders may encounter danger. \u2014 Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal , 30 Apr. 2022",
"When people encounter problems with banks or other large organizations, Cooper said documenting the issue is a good first step. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Make a polished, highly polished, draft, until the words no longer encounter friction with their meanings? \u2014 Elena Ferrante, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022",
"That danger can be compounded when out-of-towners encounter unfamiliar weather. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Gilstrap is originally from South Carolina and had only been in the Tuscaloosa area for a few weeks prior to the Nov. 17, encounter with police. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Everything that could go wrong does, prompted by the disregard, bias or outright bigotry that has been at work when police officers encounter people of color or people with mental illness. \u2014 Lisa Kennedy, Variety , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Pok\u00e9mon also released a 3-minute trailer of the game, showing off the first gameplay of the game, as well as new characters and Pok\u00e9mon players will get to encounter . \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"Along the way, expect to encounter some 300 species of birds, alligators and white-tailed deer (keep your binoculars handy!). \u2014 Perri Ormont Blumberg, Chron , 29 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The deadly encounter happened around 4:47 p.m. in El Monte, a city east of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department said. \u2014 Phil Helsel, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
"After watching video of the most recent encounter , the officer arrested the resident for disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 15 June 2022",
"Wilkerson started the car and resumed driving, trying to digest the encounter . \u2014 John Blake, CNN , 11 June 2022",
"Despite the 50-plus years that have passed, the encounter largely remains absorbing and stingingly relevant. \u2014 Charles Isherwood, WSJ , 10 June 2022",
"The incident is the latest violent encounter in the city's transit system. \u2014 Fox News , 2 June 2022",
"The man whose car was shot on U.S. 26 told investigators the violent encounter changed his life. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 May 2022",
"The videos were revealed by prosecutors in a series of recent court filings that detailed not only Brown\u2019s purported hatred of police but also his movements in the days and weeks before the violent encounter . \u2014 Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Palmer stars as the titular Alice, a slave living on a Georgia plantation that flees captivity after a violent encounter with her owner. \u2014 Rivea Ruff, Essence , 16 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221431"
},
"encourage":{
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope : hearten",
": to attempt to persuade : urge",
": to spur on : stimulate",
": to give help or patronage to : foster",
": make more determined, hopeful, or confident : hearten",
": to give help or support to : aid"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8k\u0259r-ij",
"-\u02c8k\u0259-rij",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8k\u0259r-ij"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear up",
"buck up",
"buoy (up)",
"cheer (up)",
"chirk (up)",
"embolden",
"hearten",
"inspire",
"inspirit",
"steel"
],
"antonyms":[
"daunt",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dispirit"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Then, applicants would share that video on social media using a sponsor-specific hashtag and encourage their followers to vote for their pitch and follow the sponsor. \u2014 Lou Cysewski, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"To be ready, the Biden administration has been gearing up to get sufficient supplies of the shots to hospitals, retail pharmacies and other vaccination sites and encourage parents to sign up. \u2014 Jared S. Hopkins, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"The plans meet zoning requirements, would boost tourism and foot traffic, and encourage entrepreneurial, innovative businesses, the department says. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant , 15 June 2022",
"The women featured in Taylor\u2019s collages went on to form Artemis Medical Society, which is made up of physicians of color who work to promote diversity in the medical fields and encourage the next generation of doctors. \u2014 Karen Idelson, Variety , 15 June 2022",
"Its programs teach people of all abilities to sail, paddle and windsurf on the Charles River \u2014 and encourage volunteerism. \u2014 Erin E. Williams, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"The group had been in school for 90% of April, and the event was a way to award and encourage more students to attend school regularly. \u2014 CBS News , 7 June 2022",
"Strong labor markets often encourage people to forgo training, but this economic moment poses unusually difficult trade-offs for students with families or other financial responsibilities. \u2014 New York Times , 6 June 2022",
"Ten might have been unable to steal their weapons because of efforts to require or encourage safer gun storage. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English encoragen , from Anglo-French encorager , from en- + curage courage",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203613"
},
"encroach":{
"type":[
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another",
": to advance beyond the usual or proper limits",
": to take over the rights or property of another little by little or in secret",
": to go beyond the usual or proper limits",
": to enter especially gradually or stealthily into the possessions or rights of another"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8kr\u014dch",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8kr\u014dch",
"in-\u02c8kr\u014dch"
],
"synonyms":[
"creep",
"inch",
"worm"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The suburbs encroach further into the rural areas each year.",
"each year the sea continues to encroach upon the island's beaches",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Concerned that China\u2019s strict zero-COVID-19 controls will further encroach on basic freedoms and lead to economic and social stagnation, Carol and many of her peers are exploring contingency plans to move overseas. \u2014 Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 June 2022",
"And as humans continue to encroach on wild spaces, frogs are undoubtedly coming into more frequent contact with new species, or even unfamiliar objects, that could distract them from better prospects. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 17 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",
"Rodriguez looked pained, as if the conversation had begun to encroach on uncomfortable territory. \u2014 Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker , 26 May 2022",
"The new law might appear to encroach upon many of Hong Kong films\u2019 favorite themes, such as crime, corruption and triad gangs, but few have so far sought to test it. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 18 May 2022",
"That meeting also depends on the condition that Moscow's troops don't further encroach into Ukraine. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Starting in the 1930s, city development began to encroach on Fourth Ward, despite its importance as a historic and cultural center, to make room for a new City Hall and the Gulf Freeway, among other projects. \u2014 Lauren Mcdowell, Chron , 28 Apr. 2022",
"And soon, dozens of offshore wind turbines - part of President Joe Biden\u2019s clean energy agenda - will encroach their habitat as the administration tries to balance tackling global warming with protecting wildlife. \u2014 Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News , 22 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English encrochen to get, seize, from Anglo-French encrocher , from en- + croc, croche hook \u2014 more at crochet ",
"first_known_use":[
"1528, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203136"
},
"encrypt":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": encipher",
": encode sense 1a"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8kript",
"en-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The software will encrypt the message before it is sent.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The services encrypt your internet connection, preventing ISPs and governments from snooping on your web activities. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 18 May 2022",
"For Meta, there\u2019s another inherent risk in their plans to fully encrypt Messenger and Instagram. \u2014 Zak Doffman, Forbes , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Ensure that backups are regularly tested and that they are not connected to the business network, as many ransomware variants try to find and encrypt or delete accessible backups. \u2014 Edward Segal, Forbes , 4 June 2021",
"Apps that are unable to send or receive messages but can be used to encrypt communications have also found a market in authoritarian countries. \u2014 Elad Natanson, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
"B\u00f6ck also found four vulnerable PGP keys, typically used to encrypt email, on SKS PGP key servers. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Nvidia only managed to encrypt one of the group\u2019s virtual machines during the breach. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Brett Callow, a threat analyst at the cybersecurity firm Emisoft, said BlackByte's malware, like many ransomware variants, is hardcoded to not encrypt systems that use Russian or languages used by certain Russian allies. \u2014 CBS News , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Cybersecurity researchers have yet to independently confirm what sort of ransomware was used to encrypt Belarusian Railways' systems. \u2014 Andy Greenberg, Wired , 25 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":" en- entry 1 + -crypt (in cryptanalysis , cryptogram ), perhaps after decrypt ",
"first_known_use":[
"1944, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185514"
},
"encumbrance":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": something that encumbers : impediment , burden",
": a claim (such as a mortgage) against property",
": a claim (as a lien) against property",
": an interest or right (as an easement or a lease) in real property that may diminish the value of the estate but does not prevent the conveyance of the estate"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8k\u0259m-br\u0259n(t)s"
],
"synonyms":[
"balk",
"bar",
"block",
"chain",
"clog",
"cramp",
"crimp",
"deterrent",
"drag",
"embarrassment",
"fetter",
"handicap",
"hindrance",
"holdback",
"hurdle",
"impediment",
"inhibition",
"interference",
"let",
"manacle",
"obstacle",
"obstruction",
"shackles",
"stop",
"stumbling block",
"trammel"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"without the encumbrance of a heavy backpack, I could sprint along the trail",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The data from commercial spacecraft may not be as high-quality as those the latest U.S. spy satellites can reap, but they can be easily shared without the encumbrance of security restrictions. \u2014 Robert Wall, WSJ , 1 May 2022",
"Other skeptical reactions include preferences for the convenience of pills over the encumbrance of headsets, or fears that the widespread prescribing of V.R. will mean losing access to painkillers. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"However, the total quality of our freedom, the ability to move without encumbrance or a hindrance is a far piece off still. \u2014 Candace Mcduffie, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Don't like encumbrance rules or somatic requirements to cast spells? \u2014 Jason Bennett, Arkansas Online , 14 June 2021",
"While some of his ministers still live in Yemen, Hadi remains holed up in Riyadh, a mostly impotent encumbrance to his backers, his value limited to his (unopposed) election, and the aura of democracy that confers on his government. \u2014 Nic Robertson, Nada Bashir And Charbel Mallo, CNN , 23 Apr. 2021",
"Females are accused of Satanic encumbrance , hunted by law enforcement, tormented by reactionary bros, even lobotomized. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 8 Apr. 2021",
"Funds not obligated by Nov. 20 need to be returned to the county fiscal officer, and those will be redistributed to cities that have met the encumbrance requirements, Rubino said. \u2014 Ed Wittenberg, cleveland , 7 Oct. 2020",
"Freed from the encumbrances of physical infrastructure, fitness can happen anywhere, in any form, anytime. \u2014 Michael Owen, The Atlantic , 29 May 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190729"
},
"end":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"combining form",
"noun",
"verb",
"verb ()"
],
"definitions":[
": the part of an area that lies at the boundary",
": a point that marks the extent of something",
": the point where something ceases to exist",
": the extreme or last part lengthwise : tip",
": the terminal unit of something spatial that is marked off by units",
": a player stationed at the extremity of a line or team (as in football)",
": cessation of a course of action, pursuit, or activity",
": death , destruction",
": the ultimate state",
": result , issue",
": something incomplete, fragmentary, or undersized : remnant",
": an outcome worked toward : purpose",
": the object by virtue of or for the sake of which an event takes place",
": a share in an undertaking",
": a particular operation or aspect of an undertaking or organization",
": something that is extreme : ultimate",
": a period of action or turn in any of various sports events (such as archery or lawn bowling)",
": after all , ultimately",
": exceedingly",
": without a stop or letup",
": to bring to an end",
": destroy",
": to make up the end of",
": to come to an end",
": to reach a specified ultimate rank, situation, or place",
": die",
": final , ultimate",
": to put (grain or hay) into a barn or stack",
": within : inside",
"\u2014 compare ect- , exo-",
": taking in",
": the part near the boundary of an area",
": the point where something stops or ceases to exist",
": the first or last part of a thing",
": death sense 1 , destruction",
": purpose , goal",
": a player in football positioned at the end of the line of scrimmage",
": a part of an undertaking",
": to bring or come to an end : stop , finish",
": to reach or come to a place, condition, or situation unexpectedly"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8end",
"\u02c8end"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrest",
"arrestment",
"cease",
"cessation",
"check",
"close",
"closedown",
"closure",
"conclusion",
"cutoff",
"discontinuance",
"discontinuation",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"halt",
"lapse",
"offset",
"shutdown",
"shutoff",
"stay",
"stop",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
],
"antonyms":[
"close",
"close out",
"complete",
"conclude",
"finish",
"round (off ",
"terminate",
"wind up",
"wrap up"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"As a result, travel industry officials hiked pressure on U.S. government officials to lift the testing requirement, saying business could not fully recover without an end to the mandate. \u2014 Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc , 10 June 2022",
"The display was put there by Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America as part of Wear Orange Weekend, a national movement by the organization to honor the lives lost to gun violence and to demand an end to gun violence nationally and locally. \u2014 Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun , 10 June 2022",
"Fundamentally, the human brain is not designed to perform the same task repeatedly with no end in sight. \u2014 Lior Elazary, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"After the Parkland shooting, in which a gunman killed 14 students and three staff members, the teenage survivors sparked a political movement to demand an end to school shootings and everyday gun violence. \u2014 Ellie Silverman, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"Then, one weekend in March, the peace that had helped win Bukele wide support came to an abrupt end . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"Mayor London Breed said Wednesday that the recall of District Attorney Chesa Boudin does not signal an end to progressive approaches to law enforcement in San Francisco. \u2014 J.d. Morris, San Francisco Chronicle , 8 June 2022",
"So many poetry collections from the \u201980s and \u201990s capture loving in the face of an imminent end . \u2014 Joseph Osmundson, The Atlantic , 8 June 2022",
"Turkey has sought to play a role in negotiating an end to the war and in brokering the resumption of grain shipments. \u2014 Bernat Armangu\u00e9 And Yuras Karmanau, Anchorage Daily News , 8 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Reynolds lined out to right field to end that inning, and the Reds didn\u2019t have another runner reach third base until there were two outs in the eighth inning. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 11 June 2022",
"Mendick\u2019s throw to first made it just in time to end the inning. \u2014 Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune , 5 June 2022",
"Hayes and Bryan Reynolds, then got Daniel Vogelbach to ground out to first base to end the inning. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 5 June 2022",
"The freshman lefty from Howell then picked up a strikeout to end the inning, followed by four more scoreless innings, taking the Chips into the 12th. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 5 June 2022",
"Then Ayon gets consecutive strikeouts to end the inning. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 June 2022",
"Lindor came up with runners on first and second in the eighth but grounded out to end the inning. \u2014 Joe Reedy, ajc , 4 June 2022",
"Andrew Benintendi, the Royals\u2019 runner at first, was awarded two bases on the error and was at third when Plesac struck out MJ Melendez to end the inning. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 30 May 2022",
"Walls, in a 1-for-34 slide, homered on a 3-and-1 fastball from Luis Severino (3-1) for a 2-1 lead in the fifth and then made an outstanding defensive play at second to end the eighth inning. \u2014 Dick Scanlon, Hartford Courant , 29 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Another helpful metric to track during the digital journey is one that is very end -of-funnel-centric. \u2014 Ashlee Piga, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The response: The invasion of Ukraine is bringing to an end Western investment in Russia. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Mar. 2022",
"This is just before the end -Permian extinction event. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Curling: Four years after losing in the Pyeongchang final to American upstart John Shuster, Niklas Edin led Sweden to the gold medal, beating Britain 5-4 in the first extra- end men\u2019s final in Olympic history. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 19 Feb. 2022",
"The sale is especially great for travelers who haven't booked end -of-year trips\u2014or are looking to gift a stay to a friend. \u2014 Meredith Carey, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 29 Nov. 2021",
"When his parents find out, George's father comes up with a scheme to raise giant animals to get rich and end world hunger. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 17 Dec. 2020",
"The new facility will replace Gilchrist\u2019s inpatient hospice center on Eutaw Street downtown, which has provided end -of-life care for city residents for over 30 years. \u2014 Angela Roberts, baltimoresun.com , 10 Nov. 2020",
"Brown has received a request to host a virtual Wisdom Sharing Night at the monthly meeting of the Minnesota Death Collaborative, an organization of end -of-life professionals. \u2014 Julie Kendrick Next Avenue, Star Tribune , 14 Oct. 2020"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb (1)",
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"Verb (2)",
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},
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"type":[
"verb"
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": to cause loss or damage to"
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"in-\u02c8da-mij"
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"blemish",
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"a thoughtless indiscretion that endamaged a reputation that took a lifetime to build"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
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"noun",
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": to bring into danger or peril",
": to create a dangerous situation",
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": to create a dangerous situation"
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"examples":[
"Parents feared that the dog could endanger their children.",
"The severe drought has endangered crops throughout the area.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Public anger over the state\u2019s high taxes and rising prices could endanger their legislative supermajority and perhaps even the fate of Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who is running for re-election this fall. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"When faced with a stampede of buffaloes who may endanger them, lions escape up into the branches. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Mar. 2022",
"And the safety of women should not be compromised for the sake of a radical agenda that would endanger them. \u2014 Nate Grasz, National Review , 25 Feb. 2022",
"But the term doxxing\u2014which refers to publicly revealing information about someone, often to endanger them\u2014does not really fit what happened. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 17 Feb. 2022",
"No matter where or when they are used, explosive weapons endanger a child's most fundamental rights. \u2014 Alexandra Grossi, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Many players have either kept completely quiet or been extremely calculated in their comments about Griner, worried that talking about her situation could further endanger her. \u2014 Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Police allege the five conspired to endanger China\u2019s national security by calling on foreign entities to impose sanctions on Hong Kong, arresting them under a sweeping law imposed by Beijing in June 2020 that criminalizes most dissent. \u2014 Elaine Yu And Selina Cheng, WSJ , 15 May 2022",
"However, mine expansion may endanger and wipe out the species, Jameson explains to the Independent. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 May 2022"
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"1964, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
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"adventure",
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"examples":[
"Parents feared that the dog could endanger their children.",
"The severe drought has endangered crops throughout the area.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Public anger over the state\u2019s high taxes and rising prices could endanger their legislative supermajority and perhaps even the fate of Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who is running for re-election this fall. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"When faced with a stampede of buffaloes who may endanger them, lions escape up into the branches. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Mar. 2022",
"And the safety of women should not be compromised for the sake of a radical agenda that would endanger them. \u2014 Nate Grasz, National Review , 25 Feb. 2022",
"But the term doxxing\u2014which refers to publicly revealing information about someone, often to endanger them\u2014does not really fit what happened. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 17 Feb. 2022",
"No matter where or when they are used, explosive weapons endanger a child's most fundamental rights. \u2014 Alexandra Grossi, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Many players have either kept completely quiet or been extremely calculated in their comments about Griner, worried that talking about her situation could further endanger her. \u2014 Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Police allege the five conspired to endanger China\u2019s national security by calling on foreign entities to impose sanctions on Hong Kong, arresting them under a sweeping law imposed by Beijing in June 2020 that criminalizes most dissent. \u2014 Elaine Yu And Selina Cheng, WSJ , 15 May 2022",
"However, mine expansion may endanger and wipe out the species, Jameson explains to the Independent. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1964, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211818"
},
"endgame":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the stage of a chess game after major reduction of forces",
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"\u02c8en(d)-\u02ccg\u0101m"
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"capper",
"close",
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"conclusion",
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"end",
"ending",
"finale",
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"finish",
"grand finale",
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"windup",
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"baseline",
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"day one",
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"nascency",
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"examples":[
"they're now in the endgame of the negotiations for a new labor contract",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Will that be the case with Vecna or is his story a part of the endgame ? \u2014 Lauren Huff, EW.com , 3 June 2022",
"Either way, the endgame is the same \u2014 to empower companies and employees with the market observations and insights needed to make better decisions. \u2014 Josh Dunham, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"This entire method of determining a nominee is stupid because, as upsetting as Fessy leaving might have been for certain people, his exit benefits everyone\u2019s endgame . \u2014 Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture , 22 Sep. 2021",
"Not that the movie\u2019s endgame \u2014 a bloody, fiery spectacle of destruction that suggests the Revelations to that prologue\u2019s Genesis \u2014 would be entirely out of place in most Hollywood blockbusters, give or take a lot of CGI. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Aug. 2021",
"After 2\u00bd violent months, the standoff at the Azovstal plant appears to be entering an endgame . \u2014 David L. Stern, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
"An agreement is not yet final and may still fall apart, but what had initially seemed to be a highly improbable deal appeared to be nearing an endgame . \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Ultimately, fans know that KaToby is not endgame as a flashforward in the season 5 finale saw Kate getting married to music school boss Phillip (Chris Geere). \u2014 Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com , 22 Mar. 2022",
"As well as focusing on the endgame , position yourself to enjoy the journey. \u2014 Jodie Cook, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1881, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194925"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": something that constitutes an end: such as",
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"\u02c8en-di\u014b",
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"capper",
"close",
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"conclusion",
"consummation",
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"finale",
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"windup",
"wrap-up"
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"baseline",
"beginning",
"dawn",
"day one",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"opening",
"start"
],
"examples":[
"I didn't like the book's ending .",
"Common verb endings in English are \u201c-s,\u201d \u201c-ed,\u201d and \u201c-ing.\u201d",
"You can often recognize an English adverb by its \u201c-ly\u201d ending .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While these changes didn\u2019t require the filmmakers to also alter the story's ending , the writers have chosen to waive Saunders\u2019 more tragic finale in favor of conventional Hollywood escape. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 18 June 2022",
"That this brutal ending represents the beginning of something bigger. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
"Anyway, as the conclusion wisely, lightly, warmly affirms, at 22, no one should be hoping for a neat ending ; that\u2019s when adult life is only at its gloriously messy beginning. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
"There are a surprise twist and a jubilant happy ending . \u2014 Kathleen Walsh, Glamour , 16 June 2022",
"By beating the Celtics 103-90 in Game 6 of the Finals, Golden State authored a fitting ending to the most unexpected chapter of this dynasty. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 June 2022",
"But Raiff sends Andrew on what turns out to be an unexpected journey that makes its way to its own version of a happy ending with tenderness, warmth and knockabout wit. \u2014 Ann Hornaday, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"The movie\u2019s ending is misguided to the point of being perplexing rather than upsetting, recasting everything that came before it in a less favorable light. \u2014 Michael Nordine, Variety , 14 June 2022",
"Core inflation, which factors out food and energy rose 6% year-over-year ending in May, down just slightly from April's 6.2%. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 10 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204356"
},
"endlessly":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": being or seeming to be without end",
": extremely numerous",
": joined at the ends",
": lasting or taking a long time",
": joined at the ends : continuous"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8en(d)-l\u0259s",
"\u02c8end-l\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottomless",
"boundless",
"fathomless",
"horizonless",
"illimitable",
"immeasurable",
"immensurable",
"indefinite",
"infinite",
"limitless",
"measureless",
"unbounded",
"unfathomable",
"unlimited"
],
"antonyms":[
"bounded",
"circumscribed",
"confined",
"definite",
"finite",
"limited",
"restricted"
],
"examples":[
"There was an endless line at the bank.",
"There is endless work to do on the house.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Modern technology now moves at a lightning pace, with endless updates to phones, cameras and other gadgets. \u2014 Megan C. Hills, CNN , 10 June 2022",
"However, between sifting through the seemingly endless air purifier models and becoming familiarized with the technical jargon that plagues air purifier product descriptions, finding the best one for your budget and needs can be a challenge. \u2014 Will Briskin, Popular Mechanics , 10 June 2022",
"No one likes waiting on hold to reach a customer service agent, and navigating an endless phone tree is no fun. \u2014 Gaurav Tewari, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"The largest lake entirely in New York State, Oneida, has long been a magnet for vacationers who flock here to take in its natural beauty and stay active, thanks to a seemingly endless list of recreational activities. \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 9 June 2022",
"The festivities constituted a celebration of art in its endless forms. \u2014 Ian Malone, Vogue , 9 June 2022",
"The wars returned things to white, this time in an endless 4-by-4 square grid, while also bringing industrialization, standardization and the beginning of cheaper \u2014 and less durable \u2014 ways of building. \u2014 Krystal Chang, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"The old ways of building relationships between act and audience (liner notes, audio quality) are subordinated by the new: algorithmic curation, which invites endless listening but not active engagement. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022",
"Some used their monologues to lament years of inaction, even as the country swelled with more guns than people while being pummeled with a seemingly endless series of mass shootings. \u2014 Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post , 26 May 2022"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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},
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"transitive verb",
"verb"
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": to write on the back of",
": to sign one's name as payee on the back of (a check) in order to obtain the cash or credit represented on the face",
": to inscribe (one's signature) on a check, bill, or note",
": to inscribe (something, such as an official document) with a title or memorandum",
": to make over to another (the value represented in a check, bill, or note) by inscribing one's name on the document",
": to acknowledge receipt of (a sum specified) by one's signature on a document",
": to approve openly",
": to express support or approval of publicly and definitely",
": to recommend (something, such as a product or service) usually for financial compensation",
": to report or note the presence of (a symptom)",
": to show support or approval for",
": to sign the back of to receive payment",
": to write on the back of",
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": to inscribe (as one's signature or a notation accompanied by one's signature) on an instrument (as a note or bill) especially to transfer or guarantee it",
": to transfer (an instrument) to another by inscribing one's signature",
": to inscribe (as an official document) with a notation (as of date or title)",
": to inscribe (an instrument) with a blank endorsement"
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"in-\u02c8d\u022frs",
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"advocate",
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"plunk (for)",
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"support"
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"examples":[
"The newspaper has endorsed the conservative candidate for mayor.",
"We do not endorse their position.",
"She endorses a line of clothing.",
"That brand of sneaker is endorsed by several basketball stars.",
"You must endorse the check before you deposit it in the bank.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"If the agency's advisers endorse one or both shots for them -- and the FDA agrees -- there\u2019s still another hurdle. \u2014 Lauran Neergaard, ajc , 10 June 2022",
"His fellow IndyCar drivers endorse the idea \u2014 even Pato O\u2019Ward, a rival young series star who\u2019s hoping for a shot himself. \u2014 Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"Fifty plus candidates endorse some version of the big lie. \u2014 ABC News , 22 May 2022",
"Nobody would endorse you, or at least very few people would. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022",
"Delegates will debate whether the party should endorse candidates in statewide races, a process of unfair anointment to some, and whether to back policies that push the party further right. \u2014 Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel , 20 May 2022",
"Congressional Republicans, by contrast, won\u2019t endorse an international minimum even in principle. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 19 May 2022",
"On the other hand, the opinion does endorse the views of NFP sponsors. \u2014 Peter J Reilly, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"Even Nicolas Sarkozy, the party\u2019s last French president, from 2007 to 2012, didn\u2019t endorse her. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022"
],
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"1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184024"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": the act or process of endorsing",
": something that is written in the process of endorsing",
": a provision added to an insurance contract altering its scope or application",
": sanction , approval",
": money earned from a product recommendation",
": the act or process of endorsing",
": an inscription (as a signature or notation) on a document or instrument",
": an inscription usually on the back of a negotiable instrument that transfers or guarantees the instrument",
": an endorsement (as a signature) of a negotiable instrument that does not name a transferee and that makes the instrument payable to bearer",
": an endorsement of a negotiable instrument with words (as \u201cwithout recourse\u201d) that limit or qualify the endorser's liability",
": an endorsement of a negotiable instrument with words (as \u201cfor deposit only\u201d) that limit the further negotiation of the instrument",
": an endorsement of a negotiable instrument with words (as \u201cPay to Jane Doe\u201d) that make the instrument payable to a specified person",
": a provision added to an insurance policy that alters its coverage"
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"in-\u02c8d\u022fr-sm\u0259nt",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the weeks after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Ginni Thomas apologized to those on the email list for a rift that developed among them after her pro-Trump advocacy and endorsement of his Jan. 6 rally. \u2014 Rosalind S. Helderman, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"Trump\u2019s endorsement and the fact that the winner will likely prevail in November in a state Trump won twice by more than 25 percentage points. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
"In the weeks after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Ginni Thomas apologized to those on the email list for a rift that developed among them after her pro-Trump advocacy and endorsement of his Jan. 6 rally. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 21 June 2022",
"That endorsement stood for nearly a year until Trump rescinded it as the conservative firebrand languished in the polls. \u2014 CBS News , 20 June 2022",
"The power of former president Donald Trump\u2019s endorsement is being put to the test \u2014 again. \u2014 Charles Hilu, National Review , 20 June 2022",
"Caruso, who registered as a Democrat earlier this year, did not seek the group\u2019s endorsement . \u2014 David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times , 18 June 2022",
"Other school-choice candidates running for open seats also won, several with Ms. Reynolds\u2019s endorsement . \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Palin launched her campaign for the seat in April and almost immediately earned Trump\u2019s endorsement , likely boosting her fortunes in a state Trump won by 10 points in 2020. \u2014 Joe Walsh, Forbes , 16 June 2022"
],
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"1547, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185752"
},
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"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": provide , endow",
": imbue , transfuse",
": put on , don"
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"in-\u02c8d\u00fc",
"-\u02c8dy\u00fc",
"en-"
],
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"imbue",
"inculcate",
"infuse",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"inoculate",
"invest",
"steep",
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"professional soldiers endued with an ironclad sense of duty and honor",
"she's always been endued with an unquenchable optimism"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French enduire to introduce, imbue, from Latin inducere \u2014 more at induce ",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203913"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
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": capable of being endured : bearable"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8du\u0307r-\u0259-b\u0259l",
"-\u02c8dyu\u0307r-",
"en-"
],
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"bearable",
"sufferable",
"supportable",
"sustainable",
"tolerable"
],
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"insufferable",
"insupportable",
"intolerable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"unsupportable"
],
"examples":[
"a flu shot is never pleasant, but I find the momentary pain entirely endurable",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even the struggles the characters faced were, in the end, endurable with mutual support and winsome optimism. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Among his symptoms were blindness, paralysis, a weight of just seventy pounds, excruciating spinal pain\u2014made endurable only by opium taken three ways, including poured into wounds kept open for the purpose. \u2014 Michael Hofmann, The New York Review of Books , 22 July 2021",
"Among his symptoms were blindness, paralysis, a weight of just seventy pounds, excruciating spinal pain\u2014made endurable only by opium taken three ways, including poured into wounds kept open for the purpose. \u2014 Michael Hofmann, The New York Review of Books , 22 July 2021",
"Among his symptoms were blindness, paralysis, a weight of just seventy pounds, excruciating spinal pain\u2014made endurable only by opium taken three ways, including poured into wounds kept open for the purpose. \u2014 Michael Hofmann, The New York Review of Books , 22 July 2021",
"Among his symptoms were blindness, paralysis, a weight of just seventy pounds, excruciating spinal pain\u2014made endurable only by opium taken three ways, including poured into wounds kept open for the purpose. \u2014 Michael Hofmann, The New York Review of Books , 22 July 2021",
"Among his symptoms were blindness, paralysis, a weight of just seventy pounds, excruciating spinal pain\u2014made endurable only by opium taken three ways, including poured into wounds kept open for the purpose. \u2014 Michael Hofmann, The New York Review of Books , 22 July 2021",
"Among his symptoms were blindness, paralysis, a weight of just seventy pounds, excruciating spinal pain\u2014made endurable only by opium taken three ways, including poured into wounds kept open for the purpose. \u2014 Michael Hofmann, The New York Review of Books , 22 July 2021",
"Among his symptoms were blindness, paralysis, a weight of just seventy pounds, excruciating spinal pain\u2014made endurable only by opium taken three ways, including poured into wounds kept open for the purpose. \u2014 Michael Hofmann, The New York Review of Books , 22 July 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1796, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184253"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the ability to withstand hardship or adversity",
": the ability to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity",
": the act or an instance of enduring or suffering",
": permanence , duration",
": the ability to put up with strain, suffering, or hardship"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8du\u0307r-\u0259n(t)s",
"-\u02c8dyu\u0307r-",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8du\u0307r-\u0259ns",
"-\u02c8dyu\u0307r-"
],
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"abidance",
"ceaselessness",
"continuance",
"continuation",
"continuity",
"continuousness",
"durability",
"duration",
"persistence",
"subsistence"
],
"antonyms":[
"cessation",
"close",
"discontinuance",
"discontinuity",
"end",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
],
"examples":[
"The exercise program is designed to increase both strength and endurance .",
"the endurance of his love for his wife was not arrested even by her death",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With any luck, a few of the leaves will be just starting to change color on race day and the air will be a perfect temp in the 50s for the endurance athletes. \u2014 Lori Nickel, Journal Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
"Clingan\u2019s biggest weaknesses are his overall endurance and increasing lateral quickness on defense. \u2014 Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant , 9 June 2022",
"In contrast to such provocateurs as Lars von Trier or Nicolas Winding Refn, who bracket their cinematic endurance tests in compulsory irony, Cronenberg is in some senses a peculiarly earnest filmmaker. \u2014 Adam Nayman, The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
"Its overall carb content is quite high, which actually makes this a great bar for runners or other endurance athletes looking for a snack or meal replacement that will keep them full and energized. \u2014 Elaheh Nozari, Bon App\u00e9tit , 27 May 2022",
"Tifosi is clear that its Crit line of polarized sunglasses is purpose-built for endurance athletes. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 17 May 2022",
"Throughout the summer and fall, Big Bear Lake hosts a variety of events for endurance athletes, including the Tour de Big Bear, the Kodiak 100 Ultra Marathon, and a one-mile uphill race called Conquer the Wall. \u2014 Outside Online , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The second month is rehab and the third month is basically starting to get your physical endurance , stamina, strength back to 100 percent. \u2014 Aaron Falk, The Salt Lake Tribune , 4 June 2022",
"This complements testimony from aged performers (most recorded just before passing on) who recall the hardships and verify their endurance . \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 18 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184546"
},
"endure":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to continue in the same state : last entry 1",
": to remain firm under suffering or misfortune without yielding",
": to undergo especially without giving in : suffer",
": to regard with acceptance or tolerance",
": to continue to exist over a long time : last",
": to experience without giving in",
": to put up with"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8du\u0307r",
"-\u02c8dyu\u0307r",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8du\u0307r",
"-\u02c8dyu\u0307r"
],
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"experience",
"feel",
"have",
"know",
"pass",
"see",
"suffer",
"sustain",
"taste",
"undergo",
"witness"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She wants to make sure her legacy will endure .",
"He endured five years as a prisoner of war.",
"We endured the lecture for as long as we could.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Its wide brim keeps the sun from beaming on your neck, and the water-resistant nylon material is durable enough to endure some light rain. \u2014 Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping , 15 June 2022",
"Minors had been beaten and stabbed and had fingernails or teeth removed during interrogation, while some were made to endure mock executions, according to a report from Tom Andrews, the U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
"To go to Parris Island, South Carolina, to endure two days of training at the Marine Corps boot camp. \u2014 Fox News , 15 June 2022",
"Having a history, and in particular having a championship history, also means having to endure the what-if moments. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 14 June 2022",
"The challenge for many is that investing in anything outside of cash means having to endure volatility. \u2014 Jonathan Dash, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"And, for now, some neighborhoods are equipped with fewer trees to endure it. \u2014 Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"China\u2019s economic activity showed some signs of recovery in May, albeit at a slow pace, as Beijing, Shanghai and other big cities continued to endure pandemic restrictions. \u2014 Jeffrey Sparshott, WSJ , 12 June 2022",
"And maybe, at the hospital, we would have been given the option of a surgical evacuation instead of being sent home to endure a risky second-trimester fetal demise. \u2014 Jerald Walker, Washington Post , 10 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French endurer , from Vulgar Latin *indurare , from Latin, to harden, from in- + durare to harden, endure \u2014 more at during ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185938"
},
"enemy":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that is antagonistic to another",
": one seeking to injure, overthrow, or confound an opponent",
": something harmful or deadly",
": a military adversary",
": a hostile unit or force",
": a person who hates another : a person who attacks or tries to harm another",
": a country or group of people with which another country or group is at war or a person belonging to such a country or group",
": something that harms or threatens"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-n\u0259-m\u0113",
"\u02c8e-n\u0259-m\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"adversary",
"antagonist",
"foe",
"hostile",
"opponent"
],
"antonyms":[
"amigo",
"friend"
],
"examples":[
"He made a lot of enemies during the course of his career.",
"Tradition is the enemy of progress.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Nonetheless, the show was obviously able to make the scheduling work, since Solomons did indeed return in the last episode to once again pitch in with the plans of his sometimes- enemy , sometimes-ally Tommy Shelby. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 10 June 2022",
"In the early stages of the war, most entertainment programs were removed and replaced by all kinds of political talk shows, very aggressive, portraying the enemy and trying to find the right cause for the war. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 8 June 2022",
"Even the idea that there's no true name for the movie's enemy somehow works. \u2014 Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping , 4 June 2022",
"First, intelligence is gathered by locating enemy electronic signals. \u2014 Oleksandr Stashevskyi And Frank Bajak, Anchorage Daily News , 3 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",
"Browne recalls the program's grueling schedule, with lectures, flights, debriefs and lessons that involved studying the enemy 's aircraft, too. \u2014 Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 May 2022",
"Polling puts Hice in a neck-and-neck battle with incumbent Ben Raffensperger, who like Kemp was a popular establishment Republican-turned- enemy of the former president for refusing to act on the 2020 election conspiracy. \u2014 Isabella Murray, ABC News , 24 May 2022",
"The sides are fighting a battle of attrition in which the enemy is rarely seen. \u2014 Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post , 21 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English enmy, enemi, borrowed from Anglo-French enemi, going back to Latin inim\u012bcus, noun derivative of inim\u012bcus, adjective, \"of an opponent, unfriendly, hostile,\" from in- in- entry 1 + am\u012bcus \"friendly, well-disposed, loving\" \u2014 more at amiable ",
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220352"
},
"energetic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": operating with or marked by vigor or effect",
": marked by energy : strenuous",
": of or relating to energy",
": having or showing the ability to be active",
": of or relating to energy"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce-n\u0259r-\u02c8je-tik",
"\u02cce-n\u0259r-\u02c8je-tik",
"\u02ccen-\u0259r-\u02c8jet-ik"
],
"synonyms":[
"dynamic",
"flush",
"gingery",
"lusty",
"peppy",
"red-blooded",
"robust",
"vigorous",
"vital"
],
"antonyms":[
"dull",
"lethargic",
"listless",
"sluggish",
"torpid"
],
"examples":[
"She has an energetic personality.",
"The children are energetic workers.",
"They mounted an energetic campaign.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There\u2019s nothing quite like taking a good band and a good sound system in a highly energetic room and bringing all that together. \u2014 Richard Webner, San Antonio Express-News , 11 May 2022",
"That's quite unusual, given that most stars are composed of highly energetic hydrogen that's doing a lot of emitting. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 4 May 2022",
"Some people report feeling more relaxed after taking CBD, while others may feel more energetic . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The monochromatic drawings appear more energetic and spontaneous, with smeary blacks and large areas of white that pull the viewer's eye into the compositions. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022",
"This isn\u2019t the end of Riri's pregnancy style domination\u2014expect more energetic ensembles to come. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Most who knew me during college saw me as a highly energetic musician. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Refreshingly creative and highly energetic , Counsell is the type of individual that earns trust and respect from his owner, his front office, his players, and from his fans. \u2014 Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes , 14 Sep. 2021",
"It\u2019s saturated and rich color without being energetic or pushy. \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Greek energ\u0113tikos , from energein to be active, from energos ",
"first_known_use":[
"1700, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173259"
},
"energize":{
"type":"verb",
"definitions":[
"to make energetic , vigorous, or active",
"to impart energy to",
"to apply voltage to",
"to put forth energy act",
"to give the ability to be active to give energy to"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8e-n\u0259r-\u02ccj\u012bz",
"synonyms":[
"amp (up)",
"animate",
"brace",
"enliven",
"fillip",
"fire",
"ginger (up)",
"invigorate",
"jazz (up)",
"juice up",
"jump-start",
"liven (up)",
"pep (up)",
"quicken",
"spike",
"stimulate",
"vitalize",
"vivify",
"zip (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"damp",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dull",
"kill"
],
"examples":[
"His rousing speech energized the crowd.",
"You'll feel more energized after a bit of exercise.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Common sense dictates that that's not clever -- especially not for a CEO who's paid big bucks to motivate and energize . \u2014 CNN , 9 June 2022",
"The move came after Martin helped energize the bench over the first half of the season, before injuries began to exact a toll. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 5 June 2022",
"Whether used to wall off sleeping quarters in a loft or hung as art, considering clever room divider ideas can help energize a room. \u2014 Marisa Martin, Good Housekeeping , 31 May 2022",
"The organization is hoping that the gift will energize people to get involved. \u2014 Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star , 24 May 2022",
"Some proposals have broad support within the party, but others have divided progressives and moderates, with each wing making different arguments about what will energize or repel voters in November. \u2014 Andrew Restuccia, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Others have countered that loan forgiveness would energize young voters and provide an economic boost to low-income and minority borrowers, according to people familiar with the discussions. \u2014 Andrew Restuccia, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
"Democratic campaign officials immediately turned to the fall elections with the hope that the impending end of Roe v. Wade would energize young voters and turn Republican-leaning women in the suburbs against the G.O.P. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
"Bold contrasting colors, personal collections, and smart storage blend in rooms that both soothe and energize . \u2014 Mallory Abreu, Better Homes & Gardens , 17 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":null,
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1865, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"energy":{
"type":"noun",
"definitions":[
"dynamic quality",
"the capacity of acting or being active",
"a usually positive spiritual force",
"vigorous exertion of power effort",
"a fundamental entity of nature that is transferred between parts of a system in the production of physical change within the system and usually regarded as the capacity for doing work",
"usable power (such as heat or electricity)",
"the resources for producing such power",
"ability to be active strength of body or mind to do things or to work",
"strong action or effort",
"usable power or the resources (as oil) used to produce usable power",
"psychic energy",
"the capacity for doing work"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8e-n\u0259r-j\u0113",
"synonyms":[
"aura",
"chi",
"ch'i",
"qi",
"ki",
"vibe(s)",
"vibration(s)"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The kids are always so full of energy .",
"They devoted all their energy to the completion of the project.",
"They devoted all their energies to the completion of the project.",
"She puts a lot of energy into her work.",
"The newer appliances conserve more energy .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Surging global energy prices leading up to Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine have had a profound impact on global climate policies. \u2014 Matthew Dalton, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"But, Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine in February worsened already high energy prices. \u2014 Damian J. Troise, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"But, Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine in February worsened already high energy prices. \u2014 Damian J. Troise, ajc , 16 June 2022",
"Without those extra Iranian barrels, Biden has few options to tame energy prices. \u2014 Dan Eberhart, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"The former Michigan Democratic governor famously guffawed when a journalist previously asked her about a plan to curb high energy prices. \u2014 Fox News , 15 June 2022",
"Zandi noted in his tweet thread that higher energy prices have in turn spread into other sectors of the economy. \u2014 Christine Mui, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
"Higher energy prices hit lower-income families the hardest. \u2014 David Koenig, Anchorage Daily News , 13 June 2022",
"European officials also worry about the damage being done to their own economies by inflation and high energy prices, and about the likely domestic political backlash. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Late Latin energia , from Greek energeia activity, from energos active, from en in + ergon work \u2014 more at work ",
"first_known_use":[
"1783, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"enervated":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated",
": to reduce the mental or moral vigor of",
": to lessen the vitality or strength of",
": to cut the nerves or tendons of",
": to lessen the vitality or strength of"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8n\u0259r-v\u0259t",
"\u02c8e-n\u0259r-\u02ccv\u0101t",
"\u02c8en-\u0259r-\u02ccv\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"castrate",
"damp",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"devitalize",
"geld",
"lobotomize",
"petrify"
],
"antonyms":[
"brace",
"energize",
"enliven",
"invigorate",
"quicken",
"stimulate",
"vitalize",
"vivify"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"a lifetime of working in dreary jobs had enervated his very soul",
"the surgery really enervated me for weeks afterwards",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"This relationship, when successful, tends to enervate mediating institutions that thwart the immediate desires of both the populist leader and the public. \u2014 Cameron Hilditch, National Review , 28 Feb. 2021",
"The saving grace of this often enervating thriller is that Doscher grants time for his actors to build character and intimacy, and both Pinto and Odom offer warm, affectingly natural performances as two people facing the end of their world. \u2014 Teo Bugbee, New York Times , 5 Mar. 2020",
"To a great extent, that reflects the endless, enervating nature of the Brexit debate. \u2014 Mark Landler, New York Times , 31 Jan. 2020",
"Jack\u2019s enervating recovery in The Way Back is full of drab, predictable pathos instead of the stylized drama in Dawn of Justice. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 6 Mar. 2020",
"Perhaps the most intimate of these photographs presents her after a shower, wet and enervated , rubbing a cloth across her reflection in a mirror, as though the condensation were crud. \u2014 Eren Orbey, The New Yorker , 6 Feb. 2020",
"Then again, enervating her supporters has been Madonna\u2019s M.O. in recent years. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 3 July 2019",
"But the art which resists the slow sap of a chronic disease\u2014which repairs frames enervated by lust, swollen by gluttony, or inflamed by wine . . \u2014 Chris Pope, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2019",
"Such behavior is particularly enervating when the West aims to bring new countries into permanent and universal\u2014that is, Western-style\u2014guarantees of security and systems of relations. \u2014 I. William Zartman, WSJ , 24 June 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"1603, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205915"
},
"enfeebled":{
"type":"verb",
"definitions":[
"to make feeble deprive of strength"
],
"pronounciation":"in-\u02c8f\u0113-b\u0259l",
"synonyms":[
"debilitate",
"devitalize",
"enervate",
"etiolate",
"prostrate",
"sap",
"soften",
"tire",
"waste",
"weaken"
],
"antonyms":[
"beef (up)",
"fortify",
"strengthen"
],
"examples":[
"long periods of being confined to a hospital bed will enfeeble anyone",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"How, in other words, fear and neglect, rather than the waywardness Vogel rails against, are what really enfeeble the mind. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"The goal is to blunt criticism and enfeeble the opposition. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 24 Feb. 2021",
"The move may, in effect, enfeeble America's technology sector and, worse yet, leave the root problem\u2014investigating terrorism, child predation, and criminality\u2014unresolved as wrongdoers flock to alternative products. \u2014 Robert Hackett, Fortune , 29 June 2020",
"India entered its sixth week of a stringent nationwide lockdown on Tuesday, pushing an economy already enfeebled before the pandemic to the brink of collapse. \u2014 Fox News , 12 May 2020",
"Whatever the truth, the risk is the Anwar and Azmin camps wear each other down and enfeeble the Pakatan Harapan alliance, which Mahathir chairs. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 July 2019",
"Meanwhile, the danger AI poses is rather of human tyranny, with machines enfeebling most people, physically and intellectually, so as to leave them at the mercy of a master-class. \u2014 K.n.c., The Economist , 19 July 2019",
"More often than not, the result is to blunt the impact of the critique and enfeeble the opposition. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com , 25 June 2018",
"Mr Macron has been helped by a big parliamentary majority, and an opposition enfeebled by his new party\u2019s rise. \u2014 The Economist , 14 Apr. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English enfeblen , from Anglo-French enfebler, enfeblir , from en- + feble feeble",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"enfeeblement":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make feeble : deprive of strength"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8f\u0113-b\u0259l",
"en-"
],
"synonyms":[
"debilitate",
"devitalize",
"enervate",
"etiolate",
"prostrate",
"sap",
"soften",
"tire",
"waste",
"weaken"
],
"antonyms":[
"beef (up)",
"fortify",
"strengthen"
],
"examples":[
"long periods of being confined to a hospital bed will enfeeble anyone",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"How, in other words, fear and neglect, rather than the waywardness Vogel rails against, are what really enfeeble the mind. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"The goal is to blunt criticism and enfeeble the opposition. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 24 Feb. 2021",
"The move may, in effect, enfeeble America's technology sector and, worse yet, leave the root problem\u2014investigating terrorism, child predation, and criminality\u2014unresolved as wrongdoers flock to alternative products. \u2014 Robert Hackett, Fortune , 29 June 2020",
"India entered its sixth week of a stringent nationwide lockdown on Tuesday, pushing an economy already enfeebled before the pandemic to the brink of collapse. \u2014 Fox News , 12 May 2020",
"Whatever the truth, the risk is the Anwar and Azmin camps wear each other down and enfeeble the Pakatan Harapan alliance, which Mahathir chairs. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 July 2019",
"Meanwhile, the danger AI poses is rather of human tyranny, with machines enfeebling most people, physically and intellectually, so as to leave them at the mercy of a master-class. \u2014 K.n.c., The Economist , 19 July 2019",
"More often than not, the result is to blunt the impact of the critique and enfeeble the opposition. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com , 25 June 2018",
"Mr Macron has been helped by a big parliamentary majority, and an opposition enfeebled by his new party\u2019s rise. \u2014 The Economist , 14 Apr. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English enfeblen , from Anglo-French enfebler, enfeblir , from en- + feble feeble",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215449"
},
"enflame":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to excite to excessive or uncontrollable action or feeling",
": to make angry",
": to make more heated or violent : intensify",
": to set on fire : kindle",
": to cause to redden or grow hot from anger or excitement",
": to cause inflammation in (bodily tissue)",
": to burst into flame",
": to become excited or angered",
": to become affected with inflammation"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181734"
},
"enfold":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to cover with or as if with folds : envelop",
": to surround with a covering : contain",
": to clasp within the arms : embrace",
": to wrap up",
": embrace entry 1 sense 1"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8f\u014dld",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8f\u014dld"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosom",
"bower",
"circumfuse",
"cocoon",
"embosom",
"embower",
"embrace",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"encompass",
"enshroud",
"enswathe",
"envelop",
"enwrap",
"invest",
"involve",
"lap",
"mantle",
"muffle",
"shroud",
"swathe",
"veil",
"wrap"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The dish is made of vegetables enfolded in a pastry crust.",
"We watched as darkness enfolded the city.",
"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",
"Ambient keyboard chords chase and enfold themselves around Moody\u2019s voice, heightening the sparseness that always made Johnston\u2019s music great. \u2014 Kory Grow, Rolling Stone , 14 Feb. 2022",
"It's all headed somewhere, nominally, but the storyline doesn't so much unfold on screen as enfold the viewer into its discursive world of dilapidated car parks and sad-eyed pitbulls, Marlboro Reds and backlit oil rigs. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 29 Sep. 2021",
"But more than anything else, this enchantingly odd movie grows to enfold you in a lingering sense of melancholy that rings eerily true, especially right now. \u2014 Sara Stewart, CNN , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Part of their narcissistic behavior in child support litigation will enfold as them trying to prove you wrong. \u2014 Patricia Fersch, Forbes , 20 May 2021",
"Fourteen suites and guest rooms (with four more in the pipeline) and a pair of apartments enfold a courtyard shaded by umbrella pines and a century-old Lebanon cedar. \u2014 Lee Marshall, Travel + Leisure , 1 May 2021",
"Darkness enfolds the great room and all its alcoves. \u2014 Seija Rankin, EW.com , 26 May 2020",
"But their satiny sound remained intimate, the instrumentation enfolding drummer Julien Ehrlich\u2019s upper-register vocals and Max Kakacek\u2019s economical guitar fills. \u2014 Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com , 3 Dec. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174543"
},
"enforce":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to give force to : strengthen",
": to urge with energy",
": constrain , compel",
": to effect or gain by force",
": to carry out effectively",
": to make happen",
": to carry out or make effective",
": to cause to take effect or to be fulfilled"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8f\u022frs",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8f\u022frs"
],
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"administer",
"apply",
"execute",
"implement"
],
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"examples":[
"Police will be enforcing the parking ban.",
"the duty of the police is to enforce the law",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The denial of Kardashian\u2019s motion to enforce settlement was confirmed in a minute order posted on the court\u2019s website Thursday evening. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 17 June 2022",
"On Thursday, a judge from the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles County denied Kardashian's previous motion to enforce a settlement over Chyna's allegations, per court documents seen by PEOPLE. \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
"Exclusive use is hard to enforce , especially if a competitor copies your mark right at the onset. \u2014 Wen Xie, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"On Friday, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, who chairs the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, sent a letter to Myanmar\u2019s military leader, Min Aung Hlaing, urging him not to enforce the death sentences. \u2014 Rebecca Tan, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"Federal safeguards must expand to cover more health entities, including period-tracking apps, and explicitly prioritize and enforce protecting the privacy of individuals instead of allowing companies to simply rely on a user-consent model. \u2014 Katherine Yao And Megan L. Ranney, CNN , 16 June 2022",
"The official didn't point to any specific use of federal funds for conversion therapy but said the executive action will help HHS lawyers enforce any future attempts. \u2014 CBS News , 15 June 2022",
"His order also establish new rules to discourage conversion therapy, though efforts to enforce bans against it in places where state law allows the practice will rely on legal challenges from outside the White House. \u2014 Will Weissert, Sun Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
"His order also establish new rules to discourage conversion therapy, though efforts to enforce bans against it in places where state law allows the practice will rely on legal challenges from outside the White House. \u2014 Will Weissert, Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French enforcer , from en- + force force",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174646"
},
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"type":"verb",
"definitions":[
"to set free (as from slavery)",
"to endow with a franchise such as",
"to admit to the privileges of a citizen and especially to the right of suffrage",
"to admit (a municipality) to political privileges or rights",
"to grant franchise to",
"to admit to the privileges of a citizen and especially to voting rights",
"\u2014 compare emancipate"
],
"pronounciation":"in-\u02c8fran-\u02ccch\u012bz",
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"discharge",
"disenthrall",
"disenthral",
"emancipate",
"enlarge",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"manumit",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
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"bind",
"confine",
"enchain",
"fetter",
"restrain"
],
"examples":[
"in a way, modern labor-saving appliances enfranchised people, giving them much more leisure time",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The measure to enfranchise 16-year-olds failed, but voters approved amending the village charter to allow non-citizens to vote by a margin of 727 to 571, according to the Dayton Daily News. \u2014 Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland , 17 May 2022",
"CNN International reported last week on efforts to enfranchise noncitizens in Germany, where about 14% of the population cannot vote in federal elections like the one recently conducted there. \u2014 Zachary B. Wolf, CNN , 12 Dec. 2021",
"The full scope of the nationwide push to re- enfranchise the formerly incarcerated is difficult to assess because few states keep track of how many people with felony convictions register to vote. \u2014 Nicole Lewis And Andrew R. Calderon, USA TODAY , 23 June 2021",
"Ultimately, Raskin argued, the question was whether to enfranchise the taxpayers of Washington, D.C. \u2014 Jeremy Beaman, Washington Examiner , 14 Apr. 2021",
"This will enfranchise students who are immunocompromised or suffer from severe social anxiety and allow teaching to continue both inside and outside the traditional classroom as necessary. \u2014 Steve Schering, chicagotribune.com , 16 Mar. 2021",
"Proponents pointed to last year\u2019s elections, which set records for turnout as states emphasized mail-in voting during the pandemic, as evidence of how changing policies could enfranchise more voters. \u2014 Siobhan Hughes, WSJ , 3 Mar. 2021",
"Antis feared that giving women the right to vote would enfranchise Black citizens. \u2014 USA Today , 24 Aug. 2020",
"Of course, this move was not applicable to all women; for example, Native American women were not fully enfranchised in Utah until 1956, as a result of a ruling in Utah\u2019s Supreme Court. \u2014 Kate Kelly, Teen Vogue , 29 Oct. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French enfranchiss- , stem of enfranchir , from en- + franc free \u2014 more at frank ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"engage":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end",
": to entangle or entrap in or as if in a snare or bog",
": to attract and hold by influence or power",
": to interlock with : mesh",
": to cause (mechanical parts) to mesh",
": to bind (someone, such as oneself) to do something",
": to bind by a pledge to marry",
": to provide occupation for : involve",
": to arrange to obtain the use or services of : hire",
": to hold the attention of : engross",
": to induce to participate",
": to enter into contest or battle with",
": to bring together or interlock (weapons)",
": to deal with especially at length",
": to pledge oneself : promise",
": to make a guarantee",
": to begin and carry on an enterprise or activity",
": to do or take part in something",
": to give attention to something : deal",
": to enter into conflict or battle",
": to come together and interlock",
": committed to or supportive of a cause",
": to catch and keep fixed (as someone's attention)",
": to take part in or cause to take part in something",
": to enter into contest or battle with",
": to arrange for the services or use of : employ",
": mesh"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8g\u0101j",
"en-",
"\u02cc\u00e4\u207f-\u02ccg\u00e4-\u02c8zh\u0101",
"in-\u02c8g\u0101j"
],
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"absorb",
"bemuse",
"busy",
"catch up",
"engross",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"enwrap",
"fascinate",
"grip",
"immerse",
"interest",
"intrigue",
"involve",
"occupy"
],
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"He was engaged as a tutor.",
"He sure can engage an audience.",
"The story engaged my interest.",
"The troops prepared to engage the enemy.",
"The troops prepared to engage with the enemy.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"So Ya-Ya overloads itself in the wrong way, with a lot of big moments but precious few opportunities for the cast to really engage with each other. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
"Penalties include requiring removal of tweets and suspending accounts when the platform determines their primary intent is to engage in hateful conduct. \u2014 Musadiq Bidar, CBS News , 9 June 2022",
"The time is now for supervisors to engage with their team members around these three intersecting themes. \u2014 Carylynn Larson, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"The program includes a Global Connect database, which enables teachers in all 50 states and Puerto Rico to connect with volunteers from around the world to engage in educational conversations with their students. \u2014 Mariah Espada, Time , 8 June 2022",
"However, health experts say individual behavior can\u2019t be discounted as research has shown people living in Democratic counties are more likely to engage in healthy behaviors, experts say. \u2014 Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
"Offering a curated approach to support emerging filmmakers, the show also offers mentorship opportunities for each filmmaker to engage with creatives and executives across Paramount Global. \u2014 Carson Burton, Variety , 1 June 2022",
"Wednesdays in May are not usually a time for college football rivals to engage hostilities in a ferocious showdown. \u2014 Laine Higgins, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"The disasters of the last several years are among the reasons Crandall is hoping Friday\u2019s strike will be a chance for older people to engage with a movement that has, in the past, been mostly focused on younger generations. \u2014 oregonlive , 19 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
"Adjective",
"1946, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174928"
},
"engaged":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": involved in activity : occupied , busy",
": pledged to be married : betrothed",
": greatly interested : committed",
": involved especially in a hostile encounter",
": partly embedded in a wall",
": being in gear : meshed",
": busy with an activity",
": promised to be married"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8g\u0101jd",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8g\u0101jd"
],
"synonyms":[
"affianced",
"bespoke",
"bespoken",
"betrothed",
"promised"
],
"antonyms":[
"unattached"
],
"examples":[
"the engaged couple make a charming pair",
"I'm engaged right now, so call back some other time.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Data collected from more than two million workers show people are less engaged in their work compared with a year ago. \u2014 Bob Helbig, The Enquirer , 9 June 2022",
"Gallup also found that hybrid and remote workers are more engaged than on-site workers and that engagement is higher for companies that focus on culture and well-being. \u2014 Bryan Robinson, Forbes , 7 May 2022",
"The social media company fell 3.6% Tuesday, while Tesla slumped 11% over concerns that Musk will be distracted and less engaged in running the electric vehicle maker. \u2014 CBS News , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Executives view the lack of employee engagement as a sign of subpar performance to come: 93% of executives say employees who turn their camera off are generally less engaged in their work overall. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The conclusion to that fourth episode left me more engaged in the plot of Moon Knight than anything had in the preceding hours. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 29 Mar. 2022",
"For context, Lopez and Affleck first dated from 2002 to 2004 and became engaged before calling off their first wedding in September 2003. \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 26 May 2022",
"Pratt and his second wife became engaged in January 2019 after dating for less than a year; the two tied the knot five months later. \u2014 Kristina Garcia, Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
"Employees who feel engaged are more likely to stay in their jobs. \u2014 Jason Hennessey, Forbes , 13 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1629, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181859"
},
"engagement":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an arrangement to meet or be present at a specified time and place",
": a job or period of employment especially as a performer",
": something that engages : pledge",
": the act of engaging : the state of being engaged",
": emotional involvement or commitment",
": betrothal",
": the state of being in gear",
": a hostile encounter between military forces",
": the act of becoming engaged to be married : the state of being engaged to be married",
": employment sense 3",
": appointment sense 1",
": a fight between armed forces : battle",
": the phase of childbirth in which the fetal head passes into the cavity of the true pelvis"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8g\u0101j-m\u0259nt",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8g\u0101j-m\u0259nt",
"in-\u02c8g\u0101j-m\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"betrothal",
"espousal",
"troth"
],
"antonyms":[
"disengagement"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"According to the shelter's executive director Alison Fechino, the group's engagement and development director asked teachers at Booker T. Middle School in Newport News for help recently. \u2014 Saleen Martin, USA TODAY , 9 June 2022",
"One of the bigger changes was an increase of $6.7 million for youth engagement and employment programming. \u2014 Danny Mcdonald, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
"With greater fulfillment comes greater employee retention, engagement and performance\u2014all of which can lead to better results. \u2014 Chris Herndon, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Psychologists say people are balancing this yearning for social engagement and interaction with reality that this particular type of gathering can be a breeding ground for anxiety. \u2014 Alex Janin, WSJ , 7 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",
"In terms of practice, social gaming is an interesting mix of art (soft skills such as social engagement and an ability to read other players) and science (quantifiable and analytical). \u2014 Adam Rumanek, Rolling Stone , 6 June 2022",
"Art making, community engagement and talent development all bled together. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"Facebook\u2019s success depended on a business model that exploited personal data to maximize engagement and economic value. \u2014 Roger Mcnamee, Time , 2 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184049"
},
"engender":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": beget , procreate",
": to cause to exist or to develop : produce",
": to assume form : originate"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8jen-d\u0259r",
"en-"
],
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"beget",
"breed",
"bring",
"bring about",
"bring on",
"catalyze",
"cause",
"create",
"do",
"draw on",
"effect",
"effectuate",
"generate",
"induce",
"invoke",
"make",
"occasion",
"produce",
"prompt",
"result (in)",
"spawn",
"translate (into)",
"work",
"yield"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The issue has engendered a considerable amount of debate.",
"a suggestion to go out for pizza that didn't seem to engender any interest",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Could this engender a broader national agreement, or are American motives suspect? \u2014 Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor , 13 May 2022",
"Extending design theory into the cultural and political realm, Escobar described social design as a means by which traditional and Indigenous peoples engender innovative solutions to contemporary challenges. \u2014 Carolina Schneider Comandulli, Scientific American , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Harsin continued his endeavors to engender goodwill with the Auburn fanbase by throwing out the first pitch Sunday afternoon at the Tigers\u2019 baseball game against Alabama at Plainsman Park. \u2014 Nubyjas Wilborn | Nwilborn@al.com, al , 15 May 2022",
"The remote fortress, where wannabe magi are taught to engender what seem to be Frisbees of fire. \u2014 The New Yorker , 6 May 2022",
"For instance, posting about a violent rally on Pinterest does not align with their mission to engender inspiration and positivity (and if taken too far could run afoul of the platform\u2019s community guidelines). \u2014 Avery Blank, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"This utopic vision, however, would engender bitter and often heated discussions between the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) for the next eighty years. \u2014 Peter Labuza, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 Mar. 2022",
"This could engender even larger home price peaks and troughs, ultimately hurting lower-income households, which have the least wherewithal to withstand price declines. \u2014 Edward Pinto And Tobias Peter, WSJ , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Rising food prices engender increasing social and political instability. \u2014 Adam Strauss, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English engendren , from Anglo-French engendrer , from Latin ingenerare , from in- + generare to generate",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-092259"
},
"engine":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a machine for converting any of various forms of energy into mechanical force and motion",
": a mechanism or object that serves as an energy source",
": a railroad locomotive",
": something used to effect a purpose : agent , instrument",
": something that produces a particular and usually desirable result",
": machinery",
": any of various mechanical appliances",
": a mechanical tool: such as",
": an instrument or machine of war",
": a torture implement",
": computer software that performs a fundamental function especially of a larger program",
": ingenuity",
": evil contrivance : wile",
": to equip with engines",
": a mechanical tool or device",
": a machine for driving or operating something especially by using the energy of steam, gasoline, or oil",
": locomotive"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8en-j\u0259n",
"\u02c8en-j\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"machine",
"motor"
],
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"The car has a four-cylinder engine .",
"tanks, planes, and other engines of war",
"The tax cut could be an engine of economic growth.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Many of those fleeing are mid-career professionals whose expertise is needed to run engine and hand crews. \u2014 Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"Once imported and sold by dealerships, customers arrange for the engine and transmission to be installed by third parties or themselves. \u2014 Thomas Page, CNN , 8 June 2022",
"The hybrid powertrain's 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine and two motor-generators make a total of 194 horsepower. \u2014 Joe Lorio, Car and Driver , 1 June 2022",
"The entry hybrid \u2014 called the 350h \u2014 will combine a 2.5L engine and hybrid drivetrain for 246 hp. \u2014 Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press , 1 June 2022",
"That vehicle would come to be known as the C-Type and sported an even curvier aluminum body and came equipped with a dual-overhead cam 3.4-liter straight six engine and disc brakes, which was a first for a race car. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 18 May 2022",
"When work began, so few electric excavators existed that engineers had to retrofit a diesel excavator with an electric engine and battery. \u2014 Nick Romeo, The New Yorker , 4 May 2022",
"To an ordinary fan or a motorsport enthusiast, racing is all about the driver, the car, the engine and the crew. \u2014 Rohit Amarnath, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"Totaled my wife\u2019s car by ruining her engine and fuel system. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Vehicle telematics works by simply installing a device with a SIM card that allows remotely acquiring vehicle information like location, speed, tire pressure, and engine idle in real-time, faster and more accurately than ever before. \u2014 Ekim Saribardak, Forbes , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Every decision during a race, from timing a pit stop and choosing the tires to engine settings and brake balance, is grounded in granular data. \u2014 Luc Hennekens, Forbes , 28 Oct. 2021",
"From crying babies to engine turbines, the earbuds provided smooth listening and drowned out all distractions. \u2014 Nina Huang, EW.com , 23 Aug. 2021",
"Boeing and Airbus have often timed all-new aircraft to engine technology that provides a step-change in efficiency, such as the GEnx turbofans that made Boeing\u2019s 787 Dreamliner twin-aisle greener and quieter than its predecessors. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2021",
"Changes to the truck, from chassis to body to engine to interior, reflect consumer needs, requests and complaints. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 2 Jan. 2021",
"Changes to the truck, from chassis to body to engine to interior, reflect consumer needs, requests and complaints. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 2 Jan. 2021",
"Changes to the truck, from chassis to body to engine to interior, reflect consumer needs, requests and complaints. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 2 Jan. 2021",
"Changes to the truck, from chassis to body to engine to interior, reflect consumer needs, requests and complaints. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 2 Jan. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 6a",
"Verb",
"1841, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210505"
},
"engird":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": gird , encompass"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8g\u0259rd",
"en-"
],
"synonyms":[
"band",
"begird",
"belt",
"engirdle",
"enwind",
"gird",
"girdle",
"girt",
"girth",
"wrap"
],
"antonyms":[
"ungird",
"unwrap"
],
"examples":[
"her forehead engirded with a band of gold"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1566, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182059"
},
"engirdle":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": girdle sense 1"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8g\u0259r-d\u1d4al",
"en-"
],
"synonyms":[
"band",
"begird",
"belt",
"engird",
"enwind",
"gird",
"girdle",
"girt",
"girth",
"wrap"
],
"antonyms":[
"ungird",
"unwrap"
],
"examples":[
"the cloud- engirdled peaks of the Andes"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1596, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190919"
},
"engrossing":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": taking up the attention completely : absorbing"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8gr\u014d-si\u014b",
"en-"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"arresting",
"consuming",
"engaging",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"gripping",
"immersing",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting"
],
"antonyms":[
"boring",
"drab",
"dry",
"dull",
"heavy",
"monotonous",
"tedious",
"uninteresting"
],
"examples":[
"an engrossing lecture on Native American culture before the arrival of Europeans",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In fiction, for example, a premise that doesn\u2019t seem to promise much narrative possibility\u2014two people talking with each other in the same room again and again\u2014becomes engrossing and mysterious. \u2014 Ana Cecilia Alvarez, The Atlantic , 1 May 2022",
"Spacek and Simmons keep those eight hours from being a chore, and there\u2019s potential going forward for something more engrossing . \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
"BeReal\u2019s limited approach to posting and perusing is an alternate to apps such as TikTok and Instagram, which count more than a billion active monthly users apiece and plow money and engineers into making products more engrossing for users. \u2014 Dalvin Brown, WSJ , 20 Apr. 2022",
"During that time, Vile has steadily amassed one of the most engrossing discographies in all of indie rock. \u2014 Corbin Reiff, SPIN , 14 Apr. 2022",
"That makes Saint Peter's the first No. 15 seed to reach the Elite Eight and continues one of the most engrossing and unforeseen postseason runs in men's NCAA Tournament history. \u2014 Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY , 26 Mar. 2022",
"This engrossing , visceral ride through desire and self-deceit has a limited run and tickets are vanishing. \u2014 David Benedict, Variety , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Saint Peter's into the Elite Eight of the men's NCAA Tournament, continuing one of the most unpredictable and engrossing runs in postseason history. \u2014 Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Brendan Slocumb hits all the right notes in his engrossing debut about a young Black man whose natural talent for music has become the only way to secure his future. \u2014 Oline H. Cogdill, sun-sentinel.com , 16 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1749, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190446"
},
"engrossment":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act of engrossing",
": the state of being absorbed or occupied : preoccupation"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8gr\u014d-sm\u0259nt",
"en-"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorption",
"attention",
"concentration",
"enthrallment",
"immersion"
],
"antonyms":[
"inattention"
],
"examples":[
"my engrossment in the video game made me lose track of time"
],
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"noun",
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": to flow over and enclose : overwhelm",
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": to be overwhelmed by"
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"in-\u02c8g\u0259lf",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8g\u0259lf"
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"deluge",
"drown",
"flood",
"gulf",
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"overflow",
"overwhelm",
"submerge",
"submerse",
"swamp"
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"drain"
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"examples":[
"The valley was engulfed in a thick fog.",
"high waves from the hurricane engulfed large areas of the coastal community",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even as fighting begins to engulf parts of Lysychansk, some residents insisted on staying. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"Cooler temperatures will engulf the Midwest over the weekend, putting an end to this early-season hot stretch in that region. \u2014 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY , 11 May 2022",
"The smaller pieces draw you in close and tight to the work, while the larger works engulf you and require a step back to fully appreciate. \u2014 Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Family duty sends a lawman to London to look for his mob-assassin brother as a yakuza war threatens to engulf Tokyo. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 9 Sep. 2021",
"Fire engines have till now failed to put it out as toxic fumes engulf the area surrounding the Bhalswa landfill. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The inquiry has grown to engulf some of the most contentious aspects of the campaign between Trump and Hillary Clinton. \u2014 Bart Jansen, USA TODAY , 17 Mar. 2022",
"With that in mind, the San Antonio Fire Department, in partnership with USAA, demonstrated Monday how a dry Christmas tree can ignite and engulf a living room in flames in seconds. \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Danske Bank A/S in 2018 became the face of a money-laundering scandal that grew to engulf the entire Nordic region. \u2014 Dylan Tokar, WSJ , 3 Jan. 2022"
],
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"1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202702"
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"noun",
"verb"
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": heighten , increase",
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": raise",
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"in-\u02c8han(t)s",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8hans"
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"amend",
"better",
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"perfect",
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"worsen"
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"examples":[
"You can enhance the flavor of the dish by using fresh herbs.",
"The image has been digitally enhanced to show more detail.",
"The company is looking to enhance its earnings potential.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But my word, roasted garlic is good: The stickily sweet flesh, squeezed from the clove like toothpaste from a tube, will enhance almost anything from risotto to a salad dressing. \u2014 Bee Wilson, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
"Larger bubbles enhance the release of aerosols into the air above the glass\u2014bubbles approximately 1.7 mm across the surface. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 8 June 2022",
"The package of legislation will also enhance New York's red flag law, which allows courts to take away guns from people, and implement microstamping for new firearms, which is intended to help police track guns that are used in crimes. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 7 June 2022",
"More residents in the Center will further enhance walkability and support for local businesses. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant , 5 June 2022",
"According to the Israeli government, the deal will enhance the trade of medicine, medical equipment, food, plastic goods and fertilizer, as well as Israeli jewelry. \u2014 Patrick Kingsley, New York Times , 31 May 2022",
"When the fit is right, however, transfers can enhance a team\u2019s outlook. \u2014 Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun , 26 May 2022",
"Studies have shown that participating in music and art can alleviate pain, help people manage stress, promote wellness, enhance memory, improve communications, aid physical rehabilitation, and give people a way to express their feelings. \u2014 Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
"With four finalists remaining in a race too close to call, Pagliuca has emerged as a dark horse candidate, and his new partners should enhance his chances. \u2014 Justin Birnbaum, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English enhauncen , from Anglo-French enhaucer, enhauncer , from Vulgar Latin *inaltiare , from Latin in + altus high \u2014 more at old ",
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181614"
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"noun",
"verb"
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": heighten , increase",
": to increase or improve in value, quality, desirability, or attractiveness",
": raise",
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"in-\u02c8han(t)s",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8hans"
],
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"ameliorate",
"amend",
"better",
"enrich",
"help",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"perfect",
"refine",
"upgrade"
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"worsen"
],
"examples":[
"You can enhance the flavor of the dish by using fresh herbs.",
"The image has been digitally enhanced to show more detail.",
"The company is looking to enhance its earnings potential.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But my word, roasted garlic is good: The stickily sweet flesh, squeezed from the clove like toothpaste from a tube, will enhance almost anything from risotto to a salad dressing. \u2014 Bee Wilson, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
"Larger bubbles enhance the release of aerosols into the air above the glass\u2014bubbles approximately 1.7 mm across the surface. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 8 June 2022",
"The package of legislation will also enhance New York's red flag law, which allows courts to take away guns from people, and implement microstamping for new firearms, which is intended to help police track guns that are used in crimes. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 7 June 2022",
"More residents in the Center will further enhance walkability and support for local businesses. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant , 5 June 2022",
"According to the Israeli government, the deal will enhance the trade of medicine, medical equipment, food, plastic goods and fertilizer, as well as Israeli jewelry. \u2014 Patrick Kingsley, New York Times , 31 May 2022",
"When the fit is right, however, transfers can enhance a team\u2019s outlook. \u2014 Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun , 26 May 2022",
"Studies have shown that participating in music and art can alleviate pain, help people manage stress, promote wellness, enhance memory, improve communications, aid physical rehabilitation, and give people a way to express their feelings. \u2014 Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
"With four finalists remaining in a race too close to call, Pagliuca has emerged as a dark horse candidate, and his new partners should enhance his chances. \u2014 Justin Birnbaum, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022"
],
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204441"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or resembling an enigma : mysterious"
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"\u02cce-(\u02cc)nig-\u02c8ma-tik",
"also"
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"arcane",
"cryptic",
"deep",
"impenetrable",
"inscrutable",
"mysterious",
"mystic",
"occult",
"uncanny"
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"examples":[
"Space seethes with an enormous enigmatic energy, and, each second, trillions of cubic light-years more of it materializes from nothingness. \u2014 Bob Berman , Astronomy , November 2007",
"You'll recognize them by their enigmatic smile and faraway look as they jog, skate, commute, or wander the aisles of the supermarket. \u2014 Consumer Reports , December 2005",
"Despite all that has been written\u2014and surmised\u2014about him, Bill Gates remains the enigmatic ringmaster of the digital circus. \u2014 J. D. Reed , People , 15 Mar. 1999",
"the discovery of the abandoned ship in mid ocean remains one of the most enigmatic episodes in seafaring history",
"the Mona Lisa's enigmatic smile",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While Cruise\u2019s name wasn\u2019t as ubiquitous as the show\u2019s central figure, Laura Palmer, her voice and enigmatic character on the show lent an eerie musical throughline to the beloved series. \u2014 William Earl, Variety , 10 June 2022",
"The innovative and enigmatic Prince has been regarded as one of the greatest musicians of all time. \u2014 Okla Jones, Essence , 7 June 2022",
"Pavement\u2019s third studio album, Wowee Zowee, came out the same year, with an enigmatic yet memorable Keene cover (based on a photo of two Arab women in burkas and a goat from a 1972 Life publication called The Arab World). \u2014 Joe Lynch, Billboard , 17 May 2022",
"The 1986 nuclear disaster at Chernobyl, only 30 miles distant, inspired a series of troubling and enigmatic works. \u2014 Laura Kingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
"Payet portrays the alluring and enigmatic Isabella, the daughter of foreign diplomats, who is spending a year as an exchange student with the Landry family. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Citigroup said an enigmatic money manager who accused the bank of owing him $11.6 billion is a fantasist and a fraud. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Oct. 2021",
"But where Hofstadter is playfully enigmatic and brashly brainy, Chalmers\u2019s writing is perspicuous and teacherly \u2014 an approach that keeps it from collapsing into recalcitrant obscurity. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Soprano Maria Elena Altany is the Bird Mother, innocent, enigmatic , ever so slightly Masina-like. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Sep. 2021"
],
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"1609, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212434"
},
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"adjective",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
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": to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition",
": forbid , prohibit",
": to prohibit by a judicial order : put an injunction on",
": to prohibit by judicial order : issue an injunction against"
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"in-\u02c8j\u022fin",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8j\u022fin"
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"call (for)",
"claim",
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"He was enjoined by his conscience from telling a lie.",
"The judge enjoined them from selling the property.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On Monday, Scott Zweig, an attorney who has been a vocal opponent to changing the mascots, filed a lawsuit along with resident Mary McGowan seeking to enjoin the school board from voting on the matter. \u2014 Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant , 10 June 2022",
"Multiple lawsuits are pending to enjoin California\u2019s mandates. \u2014 Kenin M. Spivak, National Review , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Project Veritas tries to embarrass progressives by making secret videos of them, and last year petitioned the Court to enjoin Massachusetts from enforcing a state law that bans the surreptitious taping of public officials. \u2014 Jane Mayer, The New Yorker , 21 Jan. 2022",
"In the Arkansas case, plaintiffs are asking the court to enjoin Arkansas from using the maps for state House elections, setting up a legal fight months before the boundaries are set to be put to use. \u2014 Ryan Tarinelli, Arkansas Online , 30 Dec. 2021",
"Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett have declined to enjoin New York\u2019s and Maine\u2019s healthcare-worker vaccine mandates that deny religious, but not medical, exemptions. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 20 Dec. 2021",
"The lawsuit also seeks to enjoin James' involvement in any civil or criminal actions against the former President or his company. \u2014 Sonia Moghe, CNN , 20 Dec. 2021",
"The Court previously refused, by a slim 5-4 vote, to temporarily enjoin enforcement of the Texas law prior to holding a full oral argument on it. \u2014 Evan Gerstmann, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
"The Supreme Court has turned back several times already various efforts to enjoin other vaccine requirements. \u2014 NBC News , 7 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French enjoindre , from Latin injungere , from in- + jungere to join \u2014 more at yoke ",
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"in-\u02c8j\u022fin",
"en-",
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"call (for)",
"claim",
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"He was enjoined by his conscience from telling a lie.",
"The judge enjoined them from selling the property.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On Monday, Scott Zweig, an attorney who has been a vocal opponent to changing the mascots, filed a lawsuit along with resident Mary McGowan seeking to enjoin the school board from voting on the matter. \u2014 Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant , 10 June 2022",
"Multiple lawsuits are pending to enjoin California\u2019s mandates. \u2014 Kenin M. Spivak, National Review , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Project Veritas tries to embarrass progressives by making secret videos of them, and last year petitioned the Court to enjoin Massachusetts from enforcing a state law that bans the surreptitious taping of public officials. \u2014 Jane Mayer, The New Yorker , 21 Jan. 2022",
"In the Arkansas case, plaintiffs are asking the court to enjoin Arkansas from using the maps for state House elections, setting up a legal fight months before the boundaries are set to be put to use. \u2014 Ryan Tarinelli, Arkansas Online , 30 Dec. 2021",
"Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett have declined to enjoin New York\u2019s and Maine\u2019s healthcare-worker vaccine mandates that deny religious, but not medical, exemptions. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 20 Dec. 2021",
"The lawsuit also seeks to enjoin James' involvement in any civil or criminal actions against the former President or his company. \u2014 Sonia Moghe, CNN , 20 Dec. 2021",
"The Court previously refused, by a slim 5-4 vote, to temporarily enjoin enforcement of the Texas law prior to holding a full oral argument on it. \u2014 Evan Gerstmann, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
"The Supreme Court has turned back several times already various efforts to enjoin other vaccine requirements. \u2014 NBC News , 7 Nov. 2021"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205114"
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"verb"
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": to have a good time",
": to have for one's use, benefit, or lot : experience",
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": to have a good time",
": to get pleasure from",
": to have the use or benefit of"
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"in-\u02c8j\u022fi",
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"adore",
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"savor",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Vomo's baby butlers care for children under age three, and arrangements can be made for childcare until 11 p.m., so parents can enjoy dinner and an evening on their own. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 19 June 2022",
"Riding a hardtail is a very pure form of mountain biking that anyone can enjoy . \u2014 John Watson, Outside Online , 18 June 2022",
"Some people may enjoy the slimness of the iPhone and want to have a case that is protective, but not too bulky. \u2014 Douglas Helm, Popular Mechanics , 17 June 2022",
"New players can enjoy exploring the history of the world and the setting but still have a frame of reference for modern ideas. \u2014 Rob Wieland, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"While crowds grow steadily during the annual fireworks show, at-home viewers can enjoy the event without having to give up the comfort of your pajamas. \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 16 June 2022",
"Since then, the Trust has started working to expand access to allow more people to enjoy it at night. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"People will enjoy mixing and matching these flavors and configurations. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 10 June 2022",
"People enjoy premium quality sweet delights at Cloud Ninth Creamery on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, a seasonal artisanal ice cream shop that's only open from May to September. \u2014 Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 June 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194622"
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"noun"
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": the action or state of enjoying",
": possession and use",
": something that gives keen satisfaction",
": the action or condition of getting pleasure or satisfaction from something",
": something that gives pleasure",
": personal benefit, use, or possession (as of rights or property)",
": the receipt of the fruits or profits of property \u2014 see also right of use , usufruct"
],
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"in-\u02c8j\u022fi-m\u0259nt",
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"control",
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"She always found sports to be a source of great enjoyment .",
"I read the book strictly for my own enjoyment .",
"the enjoyment of good health",
"This is land set aside for the public's enjoyment .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But few do it with as much ease and enjoyment as Makar. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
"But even that moment or period of appreciation or enjoyment doesn\u2019t mean that the same feeling extended five years after the documentary. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 June 2022",
"According to a Springer Link study on how activity and weather impact seasonal and non-seasonal depression, activity level and enjoyment tends to be low in inclement weather, and those aren't season-specific. \u2014 Nikki Brown, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
"When done correctly, remote work increases productivity and work enjoyment . \u2014 Christopher Littlefield, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"The Civic proves both safety and behind-the-wheel enjoyment can live in harmony. \u2014 Austin Irwin, Car and Driver , 11 May 2022",
"The New Moon in sensual Taurus encourages us to take a walk on the indulgent side and manifest a life of enjoyment and comfort. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Find activities that offer you fulfillment and enjoyment . \u2014 cleveland , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Find activities that offer you fulfillment and enjoyment . \u2014 Annie Lane, oregonlive , 3 Apr. 2022"
],
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"1553, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214256"
},
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"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": encircle , enfold",
": entwine , interlace"
],
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"in-\u02c8l\u0101s",
"en-"
],
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"entwine",
"implicate",
"interlace",
"intertwine",
"intertwist",
"interweave",
"inweave",
"lace",
"ply",
"twist",
"weave",
"wreathe",
"writhe"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"enlaced the strips of leather to create a decorative headband"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French enlacer to ensnare, from en- + lace lace",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210603"
},
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"type":[
"phrasal verb"
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": to give more information about (something) : elaborate"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185836"
},
"enmesh":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to catch or entangle in or as if in meshes"
],
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"in-\u02c8mesh",
"en-"
],
"synonyms":[
"catch up",
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"ensnarl",
"entangle",
"entoil",
"entrap",
"mesh",
"net",
"snare",
"tangle",
"trap"
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"disentangle",
"untangle"
],
"examples":[
"soon after Eli Whitney had invented it, others copied his cotton gin, and he spent the rest of his life enmeshed in lawsuits trying to protect his invention",
"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",
"If some senators, such as Cruz and Josh Hawley, seemed especially eager to enmesh themselves in conspiracy theories (the concept that the Democratic Party is one big child-trafficking ring is a QAnon tenet), the attacks were a group effort. \u2014 Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Chinese leaders may be content to offer rhetorical support for Moscow and may not want to further enmesh themselves with Mr. Putin by providing military support for the war, those U.S. officials say. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Mar. 2022",
"For more than 50 years, Bonn and later Berlin had taken a pacific approach: Don\u2019t rile the Russians; enmesh them in trade and diplomacy. \u2014 Josef Joffe, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Its biological imperative is to enmesh itself into a suitable host, reproduce, and disperse, then begin the process anew. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 28 June 2021",
"The country\u2019s impending departure from the bloc could also enmesh regulators in a legal mess if an EU court were to hear challenges over a jurisdiction where the EU would no longer hold sway. \u2014 Aoife White, Bloomberg.com , 19 Nov. 2020",
"The proximity of the company\u2019s inner circle to power would enmesh Simulmatics in Vietnam a few years later. \u2014 J.c. Pan, The New Republic , 8 Sep. 2020",
"The party is enmeshed in a blame game for the defeat, with some members accusing the socialist Corbyn of veering too far to the left and making lavish spending promises that voters regarded as unrealistic. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Jan. 2020"
],
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"1604, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193252"
},
"enormous":{
"type":"adjective",
"definitions":[
"marked by extraordinarily great size, number, or degree",
"exceeding usual bounds or accepted notions",
"exceedingly wicked shocking",
"abnormal , inordinate",
"unusually great in size, number, or degree"
],
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"synonyms":[
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"Brobdingnagian",
"bumper",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"giant",
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"grand",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Himalayan",
"huge",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"massive",
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"monster",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"oceanic",
"pharaonic",
"planetary",
"prodigious",
"super",
"super-duper",
"supersize",
"supersized",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"vasty",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whopping"
],
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"bantam",
"bitty",
"diminutive",
"infinitesimal",
"Lilliputian",
"little bitty",
"micro",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"midget",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pocket",
"pygmy",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee"
],
"examples":[
"They live in an enormous house.",
"We chose not to undertake the project because of the enormous costs involved.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Spanish cava, Italian proseccos, and California sparklers have had an enormous impact over the last decade in the sparkling wine market. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Adding singers to the stage and finding the right organ to use outdoors are enormous challenges. \u2014 Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"The final round drew an enormous crowd, and Ouimet\u2019s feat was front-page news nationwide. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"The drop poses an enormous challenge for the state, which was already behind on educational attainment goals. \u2014 Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star , 10 June 2022",
"That program also suffered enormous cost increases after NASA\u2019s Constellation program was canceled, meaning the agency had to redesign the tower to fit a different rocket, the SLS. \u2014 Christian Davenport, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"In short, the noun has traditionally borne little relation to the sibling adjective enormous . \u2014 Bryan A. Garner, National Review , 9 June 2022",
"Max was born nine weeks early on June 4, 2021, via emergency C-section, in a moment of enormous uncertainty for his doctors and parents. \u2014 Fox News , 9 June 2022",
"Levin says that the Senate testimony and Kennedy\u2019s support for the case and the issue had an enormous effect. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022"
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"Paying interns in this prestigious program is enormously helpful. \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 2 June 2022",
"The Ephrussi family saga begins with Charles Ephrussi, the largest grain dealer and oil merchant in Odessa, who became enormously wealthy. \u2014 Tom Teicholz, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
"But even if Uber\u2019s own finances are troubled, the company has made executives and investors enormously wealthy. \u2014 Ben Mckenzie, The New Republic , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Gun purchases grew enormously during the pandemic, and a 2021 National Firearms Survey found that 81 million Americans are gun owners. \u2014 Lindsay Whitehurst, Hartford Courant , 28 May 2022",
"Gun purchases grew enormously during the pandemic, and a 2021 National Firearms Survey found that 81 million Americans are gun owners. \u2014 Lindsay Whitehurst, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"That setup mirrors the enormously complex ecosystem of companies and organizations that manage the internet's technical infrastructure. \u2014 Brian Fung, CNN , 2 Mar. 2022",
"By marshaling resources under extreme circumstances, the nongovernmental groups worked to alleviate an enormously complex humanitarian crisis and save lives. \u2014 Jon Swaine, Anchorage Daily News , 29 Sep. 2021",
"The project, called ITER, is an enormous, and enormously complex and costly, physics experiment. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Aug. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yet, during the past year, DeWine has been careful not to do anything that would enrage the Republican base. \u2014 Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Putin is the need for control, which is why the messy processes of democracy threaten and enrage him. \u2014 Mary Ann Gwinn, Los Angeles Times , 10 Mar. 2022",
"In either case, the sight of 70,000 people maskless in California is going to further enflame and enrage anti-maskers in California, who want an off-ramp for the pandemic. \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 14 Feb. 2022",
"The move worked often enough that Miller would enrage opposing defenders and coaches. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Dec. 2021",
"But even if some of his past fibs may have arguably been more harmful to others around him, this one hits on a particular sensitivity that, psychologists have found, holds special power to enrage . \u2014 New York Times , 22 Jan. 2022",
"Unlike the unit\u2019s televisions, which enrage or pacify, a good nurse can see and understand you. \u2014 Abraham Nussbaum, STAT , 25 Dec. 2021",
"The restrictions enrage Clare Daly, an Irish EU legislator who is a member of the European parliament\u2019s civil liberties and justice committee. \u2014 Fox News , 20 Nov. 2021",
"Did any of these issues annoy or enrage you as well? \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 5 Oct. 2021"
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"His thoughtless behavior enraged us.",
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"Yet, during the past year, DeWine has been careful not to do anything that would enrage the Republican base. \u2014 Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Putin is the need for control, which is why the messy processes of democracy threaten and enrage him. \u2014 Mary Ann Gwinn, Los Angeles Times , 10 Mar. 2022",
"In either case, the sight of 70,000 people maskless in California is going to further enflame and enrage anti-maskers in California, who want an off-ramp for the pandemic. \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 14 Feb. 2022",
"The move worked often enough that Miller would enrage opposing defenders and coaches. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Dec. 2021",
"But even if some of his past fibs may have arguably been more harmful to others around him, this one hits on a particular sensitivity that, psychologists have found, holds special power to enrage . \u2014 New York Times , 22 Jan. 2022",
"Unlike the unit\u2019s televisions, which enrage or pacify, a good nurse can see and understand you. \u2014 Abraham Nussbaum, STAT , 25 Dec. 2021",
"The restrictions enrage Clare Daly, an Irish EU legislator who is a member of the European parliament\u2019s civil liberties and justice committee. \u2014 Fox News , 20 Nov. 2021",
"Did any of these issues annoy or enrage you as well? \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 5 Oct. 2021"
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"Her melodious voice enraptured the audience.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And never forget that his cockiness has always been part of his appeal: Shyamalan is a showman who loves to enrapture you with a good yarn and then floor you with a killer twist. \u2014 Tim Grierson, Vulture , 26 July 2021",
"Desperate for any technology that would free me from the exhausting process of typing real-time notes during interviews, I was enraptured by Thompson's prediction. \u2014 Wade Roush, Scientific American , 1 May 2020",
"After the movie, the three go to the Cafe Espa\u00f1a, where the girls, enraptured by midcentury Hollywood\u2019s benign glossy dream clich\u00e9s of love, America, and beauty, discuss the movie\u2019s finer points over TruColas. \u2014 Deborah Eisenberg, The New York Review of Books , 27 May 2020",
"That duality\u2014of individualism and community\u2014is what the drones are mimicking to enrapturing effect. \u2014 Mary Alice Miller, Wired , 9 May 2020",
"The art house crowd is certain to be enraptured by this gem. \u2014 Jeff Menell, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 Feb. 2020",
"The journalist in me was enraptured by Meredith Levien, COO of the New York Times. \u2014 Samantha Barry, Glamour , 24 Feb. 2020",
"The show so enraptured the country that its tickets became the most expensive in theater history, going for an average of $1,200 (with at least one going for close to $10,000) and earning multiple millions each week. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Dec. 2019",
"He was enraptured by the film\u2019s portrayal of journalism\u2019s moral force, its critical distance and independence. \u2014 Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker , 9 Dec. 2019"
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"examples":[
"They tried to enrich themselves at the expense of the poor.",
"How can I enrich my vocabulary?",
"He used manure to enrich the soil.",
"The drink is enriched with vitamin C.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Stradivari decided to break with tradition and create a violin with new proportions that helped to enrich the tone. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 7 June 2022",
"Their presence can reveal many things for us and enrich our lives in the process. \u2014 Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day , 3 June 2022",
"Gathering more insights from the data the organization already has access to creates a flywheel of engagement, which in turn produces more data to inspect and enrich for the consumers of that data. \u2014 Chet Kapoor, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"The drama is built around action, stints on character, features very little dialogue that doesn\u2019t advance the plot, and offers neither psychology nor history nor social context to enrich the historical framework. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
"Once again, trying to stick it to regular people and enrich the electric utilities. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 31 May 2022",
"If switching career paths seems daunting, start with less drastic changes that can enrich your perspective. \u2014 Laurie Winger, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"In many ways, being aware of what\u2019s coming might enrich the experience, as well as serve as a trigger warning for readers and viewers especially sensitive about certain topics. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022",
"Allen Vigneron said Russell's global experience will help enrich the local archdiocese. \u2014 Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press , 23 May 2022"
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"dreamed that one day she would be enrobed in satins and silks",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The idea of enrobing an entire room in one color may seem like the exact opposite of balance, but sticking to a monochromatic scheme can actually make for a minimalist look. \u2014 Jessica Dailey, House Beautiful , 3 Apr. 2020",
"The whole thing is then enrobed in a bittersweet chocolate coating that has a nice candy-bar-like snap to it. \u2014 Alex Pastron, Bon App\u00e9tit , 4 Feb. 2020",
"For a small living space or entryway, check out West Elm\u2019s slim pop-up cone tree, which is enrobed in silver tinsel and trimmed with multicolored metallic dots. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Nov. 2019",
"Once your timer goes off, check the eggs: The whites should be firm, enrobing the liquidy centers\u2014like sturdy water balloons or packing peanuts. \u2014 Sarah Jampel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 21 Oct. 2019",
"Recently Rutgers University professor Jasbir Puar was celebrated for enrobing the canard of Jewish organ theft in a sumptuous fabric of critical theory. \u2014 John-paul Pagano, National Review , 23 Sep. 2019",
"Each bite is a matrix of muscle and fat cells, interlaced with blood vessels and enrobed by connective tissue. \u2014 Natalie R. Rubio, The Conversation , 5 July 2019",
"The handmade agnolotti that was served over a velvety puree of sweet English peas back in April now is enrobed in a breathtakingly rich corn, Parmesan and mascarpone sauce. \u2014 Patricia Esc\u00e1rcega, latimes.com , 27 June 2019",
"On hot days, misters enrobe the whole thing in a cool fog. \u2014 Julie V. Iovine, WSJ , 25 July 2018"
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"The college enrolls about 25,000 students.",
"They enrolled several volunteers for the study.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"All Xavier alumni who enroll in a graduate degree program at Xavier are eligible. \u2014 Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer , 2 June 2022",
"Any final approval of the policy change would likely be many months away\u2014at the earliest, affecting students who enroll in the fall of 2023. \u2014 Deanna Paul, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"Job Corps is free for people from low-income households who meet the eligibility requirements, and students can apply and enroll at any time. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 May 2022",
"In February, Art & Science Group, a higher education consulting and research firm, conducted online interviews with 786 U.S. high school seniors who plan to enroll full-time at a four-year college or university this coming fall. \u2014 Emma Whitford, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Under the policy passed Monday by a 5-3 vote, any student who does not turn 20 before Sept. 10 will be able to enroll in classes at Billings high schools. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Sharpe graduated early to enroll at UK in January but only practiced with the team and did not play in games. \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Brown plans to graduate in December and enroll at Arkansas in January. \u2014 Richard Davenport, Arkansas Online , 19 Apr. 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"
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"The college enrolls about 25,000 students.",
"They enrolled several volunteers for the study.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"All Xavier alumni who enroll in a graduate degree program at Xavier are eligible. \u2014 Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer , 2 June 2022",
"Any final approval of the policy change would likely be many months away\u2014at the earliest, affecting students who enroll in the fall of 2023. \u2014 Deanna Paul, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"Job Corps is free for people from low-income households who meet the eligibility requirements, and students can apply and enroll at any time. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 May 2022",
"In February, Art & Science Group, a higher education consulting and research firm, conducted online interviews with 786 U.S. high school seniors who plan to enroll full-time at a four-year college or university this coming fall. \u2014 Emma Whitford, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Under the policy passed Monday by a 5-3 vote, any student who does not turn 20 before Sept. 10 will be able to enroll in classes at Billings high schools. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Sharpe graduated early to enroll at UK in January but only practiced with the team and did not play in games. \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Brown plans to graduate in December and enroll at Arkansas in January. \u2014 Richard Davenport, Arkansas Online , 19 Apr. 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"
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"some teachers tend to enshrine their personal preferences as sacred rules of English grammar",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Congress is negotiating legislation that would enshrine those trade actions into law. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Activists Mark Kramer, a kayaker, and Todd Prager, a swimmer, sued the city, state and Department of State Lands that year in a bid to enshrine the public right to navigate Oswego Lake. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Apr. 2022",
"But neither Republican has been willing to break with her leaders and join Democrats in a bid to put an end to the filibuster, leaving Democrats with no path to bringing up a bill to enshrine Roe into federal law. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
"Their fight to enshrine anti-trans discrimination into law is just as audacious: So far in 2022, more than a dozen states have introduced anti-trans bills, which if passed would work step by step to exclude trans people from the public sphere. \u2014 Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Virginia's new Republican Attorney General ended a legal campaign to get the federal government to recognize the state's ratification of the landmark Equal Rights Amendment, the long-running effort to enshrine women's equality in the Constitution. \u2014 The Washington Post, Arkansas Online , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Ken Wissoker has helped to enshrine cultural studies in the American academy. \u2014 Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Lawmakers are trying again this year to enshrine the curtailment of solitary confinement in law. \u2014 Kelan Lyons, courant.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Indeed, a great dissent can help enshrine a Supreme Court justice\u2019s place in history and public memory. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 17 Feb. 2022"
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"the criminal organization uses a strictly enforced vow of silence to enshroud its villainous doings",
"a dense fog enshrouded the bridge spanning the harbor",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Then came the smoke \u2014 not just from the forest but also from some 14,000 houses and their contents that burned, generating a thick plume that enshrouded portions of Northern California for weeks and left Norton gasping. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Jan. 2020",
"Then came the smoke \u2014 not just from the forest but also from some 14,000 houses and their contents that burned, generating a thick plume that enshrouded portions of Northern California for weeks and left Norton gasping. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Jan. 2020",
"Then came the smoke \u2014 not just from the forest but also from some 14,000 houses and their contents that burned, generating a thick plume that enshrouded portions of Northern California for weeks and left Norton gasping. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Jan. 2020",
"Then came the smoke \u2014 not just from the forest but also from some 14,000 houses and their contents that burned, generating a thick plume that enshrouded portions of Northern California for weeks and left Norton gasping. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Jan. 2020",
"Then came the smoke \u2014 not just from the forest but also from some 14,000 houses and their contents that burned, generating a thick plume that enshrouded portions of Northern California for weeks and left Norton gasping. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Jan. 2020",
"Then came the smoke \u2014 not just from the forest but also from some 14,000 houses and their contents that burned, generating a thick plume that enshrouded portions of Northern California for weeks and left Norton gasping. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Jan. 2020",
"Then came the smoke \u2014 not just from the forest but also from some 14,000 houses and their contents that burned, generating a thick plume that enshrouded portions of Northern California for weeks and left Norton gasping. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Jan. 2020",
"Then came the smoke \u2014 not just from the forest but also from some 14,000 houses and their contents that burned, generating a thick plume that enshrouded portions of Northern California for weeks and left Norton gasping. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Jan. 2020"
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"1583, in the meaning defined above"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a flag that is flown (as by a ship) as the symbol of nationality and that may also be flown with a distinctive badge added to its design",
": a badge of office, rank, or power",
": emblem , sign",
": an infantry officer of what was formerly the lowest commissioned rank",
": a commissioned officer in the navy or coast guard ranking above a chief warrant officer and below a lieutenant junior grade",
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"\u02c8en(t)-s\u0259n",
"also",
"\u02c8en-s\u0259n",
""
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"hallmark",
"impresa",
"logo",
"symbol",
"totem",
"trademark"
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"that ensign of tutorial authority, the hickory stick",
"fittingly, the organization promoting the welfare of marine life features a dolphin on its ensign",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Her first tour as an ensign took her to Seattle for an assignment aboard an icebreaker, the Polar Star. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
"He was commissioned an ensign in 1963, and served aboard the USS Constellation as a nuclear weapons officer. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Melvin washes out, whereas Connell would become an ensign and train new recruits in New Orleans. \u2014 Gemma Sieff, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022",
"After initially saying Kazuo was dead, the navy sent a higher-ranking officer to confide that the ensign was missing. \u2014 Chieko Tsuneoka, WSJ , 7 Dec. 2021",
"Cervantes could have made the ensign read the manuscript aloud to the licentiate. \u2014 Phil Klay, Harper's Magazine , 23 Nov. 2021",
"On Friday, the day after Veterans Day, Ouellette will graduate top of her class from the U.S. Navy\u2019s Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island, as an ensign . \u2014 Lori Riley, courant.com , 10 Nov. 2021",
"In June 1954, Rumsfeld graduated and was commissioned an ensign in the Navy. \u2014 Robert Burns, ajc , 1 July 2021",
"In June 1954, Rumsfeld graduated and was commissioned an ensign in the Navy. \u2014 Robert Burns, ajc , 1 July 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English ensigne , sign, token, banner, from Anglo-French enseigne , from Latin insignia insignia, flags",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204005"
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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"definitions":[
": to reduce to or as if to slavery : subjugate",
": to make a slave of"
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"in-\u02c8sl\u0101v",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8sl\u0101v"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And so long as men die, liberty will never perish\u2026 Don\u2019t give yourselves to brutes, men who despise you, enslave you, who regiment your lives, tell you what to do, what to think and what to feel! \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Zelensky has described the Russian invasion as a means to enslave the Ukrainian people. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
"McKell shared several emails with The Tribune that accused lawmakers of being ignorant or willfully complicit with a plan to enslave Utah. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Conversely, bad ideas can divide, enslave , and immiserate. \u2014 Lindsay Craig, National Review , 31 Dec. 2021",
"Evidence suggests that another 3,166 congressmen did not enslave anyone. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Jan. 2022",
"The enforcement of slavery in the U.S. effectively stigmatized all African-descended persons in the country as potential insurrectionists, as to enslave someone is to simultaneously give rise to an impulse toward liberation. \u2014 Hawa Allan, Time , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Making landfall in what is now the Bahamas on Oct. 12, 1492, Columbus, an Italian, was the first of a wave of European explorers who decimated Native populations in the Americas in quests for gold and other wealth, including people to enslave . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Oct. 2021",
"Making landfall in what is now the Bahamas on Oct. 12, 1492, Columbus, an Italian, was the first of a wave of European explorers who decimated Native populations in the Americas in quests for gold and other wealth, including people to enslave . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Oct. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1628, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223420"
},
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"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to take in or as if in a snare"
],
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"in-\u02c8sner",
"en-"
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"catch up",
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnarl",
"entangle",
"entoil",
"entrap",
"mesh",
"net",
"snare",
"tangle",
"trap"
],
"antonyms":[
"disentangle",
"untangle"
],
"examples":[
"The animals got ensnared in the net.",
"The police successfully ensnared the burglar.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That can be a risky proposition, as creators face a near-constant battle against platform moderation efforts that can sometimes ensnare people who are not violating a company\u2019s rules. \u2014 Kat Tenbarge, NBC News , 17 June 2022",
"The cost of buying special rope designed to sink, so as not to ensnare right whales, is adding up for Jon Williams, a fisherman in New Bedford who owns 14 boats that catch lobster, crab and hagfish. \u2014 Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News , 22 Apr. 2022",
"As a genre, the scam started with victims in China, then began to ensnare Chinese-speaking residents of other countries. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Apr. 2022",
"In an attempt to help Jennifer Coolidge woo a cute UPS guy, Elle teaches her (and the entire salon) an ass-presenting move guaranteed to ensnare any man. \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Russia\u2019s richest men are on the run amid a global dragnet Western governments have cast to ensnare their yachts, villas, jets and bank accounts. \u2014 Nick Kostov, WSJ , 3 Mar. 2022",
"McKenzie thinks celebrities are going to help ensnare regular people desperate to get in on what appears to be, from the outside, a boom so big there is room for everyone. \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Complex issues involving your work or reputation could ensnare you at the moment. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 4 Mar. 2022",
"The break-in, its coverup and other political misdeeds would ensnare top members of President Richard M. Nixon\u2019s political circle and ultimately led to Nixon\u2019s resignation in 1974. \u2014 Emily Langer, Washington Post , 30 Nov. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1576, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182552"
},
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"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to involve in a snarl"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8sn\u00e4r(-\u0259)l",
"en-"
],
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"catch up",
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"entangle",
"entoil",
"entrap",
"mesh",
"net",
"snare",
"tangle",
"trap"
],
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"disentangle",
"untangle"
],
"examples":[
"for two years the couple was ensnarled in the red tape of an international adoption",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Those exact questions would divide state government and ensnarl Utah\u2019s COVID-19 response in politics as hundreds, and then thousands, of Utahns fell ill while the coronavirus spread worldwide. \u2014 Bethany Rodgers, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 Sep. 2021",
"All the while, their suspicions focused on Mr. Dulos, with whom she had been ensnarled in a bitter, yearslong custody battle. \u2014 Michael Gold, New York Times , 30 Jan. 2020",
"That led to a police chase that ended in Miramar, where the robbers became ensnarled in traffic and exchanged gunshots with the police. \u2014 Lisa J. Huriash, sun-sentinel.com , 12 Dec. 2019",
"The site is part of what was once envisioned as a downtown neighborhood featuring hundreds of new homes, but the original plan by developer Zaremba Inc. was ensnarled by challenges from the start. \u2014 Jordyn Grzelewski, cleveland.com , 5 Sep. 2019",
"Yost is leading a wide-ranging investigation into Cuyahoga County government and the jail that has ensnarled members of Budish\u2019s administration. \u2014 Eric Heisig, cleveland.com , 30 Aug. 2019",
"The world seems to be careening into more and more disorder, and American politics in particular is hopelessly ensnarled in partisan dysfunction. \u2014 Sean Illing, Vox , 20 Dec. 2018",
"The controversies that have ensnarled Chang have run the gamut, from budget cuts and school closures to turbulent leadership at Madison Park Technical Vocational High School. \u2014 James Vaznis, BostonGlobe.com , 18 Feb. 2018",
"McCabe has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, but is now ensnarled in a criminal investigation by the US Attorney's office in DC based on the inspector general's findings -- a searing reminder of the gravity of the office's powers. \u2014 Laura Jarrett, CNN , 16 May 2018"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203305"
},
"ensorcel":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": bewitch , enchant"
],
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"in-\u02c8s\u022fr-s\u0259l"
],
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"bewitch",
"charm",
"enchant",
"hex",
"overlook",
"spell",
"strike"
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"examples":[
"a dense, dark forest that is the scene for many a tale in which some unsuspecting traveler is ensorcelled by a witch or wizard"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle French ensorceler , alteration of Old French ensorcerer , from en- + -sorcerer , from sorcier, sorcer sorcerer \u2014 more at sorcery ",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1541, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210747"
},
"ensorcell":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": bewitch , enchant"
],
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"in-\u02c8s\u022fr-s\u0259l"
],
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"bewitch",
"charm",
"enchant",
"hex",
"overlook",
"spell",
"strike"
],
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"a dense, dark forest that is the scene for many a tale in which some unsuspecting traveler is ensorcelled by a witch or wizard"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle French ensorceler , alteration of Old French ensorcerer , from en- + -sorcerer , from sorcier, sorcer sorcerer \u2014 more at sorcery ",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1541, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223657"
},
"ensuing":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to strive to attain : pursue",
": to take place afterward or as a result",
": to come after in time or as a result : follow"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8s\u00fc",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8s\u00fc"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The stabilization would last for roughly five seconds before a rapid descent would ensue . \u2014 Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
"As wedding preparations immediately ensue , George earns a crash course on learning to let go and accepting that his little girl has grown up. \u2014 Leah Campano, Seventeen , 10 June 2022",
"Kelly said the Biden administration should not end Title 42 without preparing for the immigrant swell that would ensue . \u2014 Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Congress was facing a deadline of Friday at midnight to pass the bill or a government shutdown would ensue . \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 11 Mar. 2022",
"And its ultimate cost would not be determined by Congress, but instead by the response of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the military escalation that would ensue . \u2014 Saoirse Gowan, The Week , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Yet as clouds pile up, stormy conditions can ensue . \u2014 Eric Olden, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"His responses to the tweets on Tuesday, from Enjeti and online influencer Mike Cernovich, also reveal the chaos \u2014 and potential harm \u2014 that can ensue when the incoming owner of a company amplifies criticism of workers there. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Violence would often ensue , sometimes with a slap or a shove from Heard or his wife throwing a television remote control or a glass of wine in his face, Depp said. \u2014 CBS News , 20 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French ensivre (3rd singular ensiut ), from en- + sivre to follow \u2014 more at sue ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225335"
},
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"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to enfold or enclose with or as if with a covering : swathe"
],
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"in-\u02c8sw\u00e4t\u035fh",
"-\u02c8sw\u022ft\u035fh",
"-\u02c8sw\u0101t\u035fh",
"en-"
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"bosom",
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"circumfuse",
"cocoon",
"embosom",
"embower",
"embrace",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"encompass",
"enfold",
"enshroud",
"envelop",
"enwrap",
"invest",
"involve",
"lap",
"mantle",
"muffle",
"shroud",
"swathe",
"veil",
"wrap"
],
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"examples":[
"swelling buds still enswathed in their furry overcoats"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1597, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191840"
},
"entanglement":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the action of entangling : the state of being entangled",
": something that entangles , confuses, or ensnares",
": the condition of being deeply involved"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8ta\u014b-g\u0259l-m\u0259nt",
"en-"
],
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"mesh(es)",
"morass",
"net",
"noose",
"quagmire",
"quicksand",
"snare",
"tanglement",
"toil(s)",
"trap",
"web"
],
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"examples":[
"his life is greatly complicated by his romantic entanglements",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Whatever its provenance, the semantic entanglement with fire has taken on a self-fulfilling air, a quirk of history that provides an expressive frame for the island\u2019s reputation as a paradise that is also an inferno. \u2014 Jack Parlett, The New Yorker , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The entanglement broke Zinter\u2019s wrist and ultimately led to surgery. \u2014 Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press , 22 Sep. 2021",
"Morainic movement as both wines and lessons for optimism in this specific location of entanglement of fruit and sparkling wine. \u2014 Susan H. Gordon, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
"In her 12 novels, plot is often secondary to perspective and the cumulative impact of emotional, social and cultural entanglement . \u2014 Lauren Leblanc, Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
"The inevitable complications of that entanglement don't take long to manifest, and fresh beginnings prove equally fraught for Nora (Portrait star No\u00e9mie Merlant), a thirtysomething real-estate agent attempting to start over in law school. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
"In recent years, the number of whale entanglements in fishing gear increased, and a legal settlement between the state and the Center for Biological Diversity now requires the CDFW to close fishing zones where the risk of entanglement is high. \u2014 Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle , 6 Apr. 2022",
"In some cases, live dolphins that approached the shore were also visibly weak or dehydrated and showed no sign of infection or entanglement . \u2014 Naomi Cohen, NBC News , 13 May 2022",
"The entanglement between fantasies of love and power occupied Berlant for the rest of their career. \u2014 Jamie Lauren Keiles Ismail Muhammad Kim Tingley Benoit Denizet-lewis Sam Anderson Jazmine Hughes Irina Aleksander Sasha Weiss Rowan Ricardo Phillips Stella Bugbee Michael Paterniti Maggie Jones Robert Draper Rob Hoerburger Jason Zengerle Reginald Dwayne Betts Jane Hu David Marchese Hanif Abdurraqib Jenna Wortham Anthony Giardina Niela Orr Amy X. Wang, New York Times , 25 Dec. 2021"
],
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"1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223128"
},
"enter (into":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"combining form",
"intransitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to go or come in",
": to come or gain admission into a group : join",
": to make a beginning",
": to begin to consider a subject",
": to go upon land for the purpose of taking possession",
": to come onstage",
": to come into a preestablished situation or context like an actor coming onstage",
": to play a part : be a factor",
": to come or go into",
": inscribe , register",
": to cause to be received or admitted",
": to put in : insert",
": to make a beginning in",
": to go into (a particular period of time)",
": to become a member of or an active participant in",
": to make report of (a ship or its cargo) to customs authorities",
": to place in proper form before a court of law or upon record",
": to go into or upon and take actual possession of (something, such as land)",
": to put formally on record",
": to make oneself a party to or in",
": to form or be part of",
": to participate or share in",
": to engage in a fight or struggle",
": intestine",
": to come or go in or into",
": to stab into : pierce",
": to put into a list or book : write down",
": to put in or into",
": to become a member of",
": to become a participant in or take an interest in",
": enroll in : begin attending",
": to go or come in",
": to go upon real property by right of entry especially to take possession",
": to come or go into",
"\u2014 see also break , breaking and entering",
": record , register",
": to put in correct form before a court or on a record",
"\u2014 compare render",
": to go upon (real property) by right of entry especially to take possession",
"\u2014 compare distrain",
": to make oneself a party to or in"
],
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"\u02c8en-t\u0259r",
"\u02c8en-t\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"access",
"penetrate",
"pierce"
],
"antonyms":[
"depart",
"exit",
"leave"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Weaver likely will enter at some point to pitch multiple innings; he was built up to four innings and 60 pitches in his most recent rehab start. \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 11 June 2022",
"The Human Rights Watch released a report on June 6, stating that migrants and asylum-seekers who enter Mexico through its southern border face abuses and struggle to obtain protection or legal status. \u2014 Michelle Velez And Marlon Sorto, CNN , 11 June 2022",
"Lingo will be arraigned at 10:30 a.m. today, at which time she will likely be asked to enter pleas to the charges. \u2014 Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
"Laurens was sentenced Friday in federal court after admitting to being among the first to enter the Capitol through an exterior door on the Senate side. \u2014 Chris Joyner, ajc , 10 June 2022",
"Speaking with reporters Friday following the announcement about the exact timeline for the UCF, Houston and Cincinnati to enter the Big 12, UCF athletics director Terry Mohajir shared insight into the conference realignment. \u2014 Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
"That theory suggests that Democrats are allowing migrants to enter the United States to change the electorate and replace white voters, thereby reducing their political power. \u2014 Pedro Rios, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"Martin, who had been scheduled to make his third start of the season, is expected to enter the game after Lopez. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"Defense attorney Nayib Hassan said Tarrio never instructed nor encouraged anyone to enter the Capitol or to engage in any violence or destruction on Jan. 6. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212544"
},
"entertainment":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": amusement or diversion provided especially by performers",
": something diverting or engaging: such as",
": a public performance",
": a usually light comic or adventure novel",
": the act of entertaining",
": maintenance , provision",
": employment",
": the act of amusing or entertaining",
": something (as a show) that is a form of amusement or recreation"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccen-t\u0259r-\u02c8t\u0101n-m\u0259nt",
"\u02ccen-t\u0259r-\u02c8t\u0101n-m\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"amusement",
"distraction",
"diversion",
"recreation"
],
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"examples":[
"Entertainment was provided by jugglers.",
"plays, movies, and other forms of entertainment",
"They played games in the evening for entertainment .",
"plays, movies, and other entertainments",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Cooley cut his teeth in entertainment by starting out as an assistant to filmmaker Joel Schumacher in 2002. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 June 2022",
"But the arena also had a strong identity in entertainment \u2014 Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra and Diana Ross sang here. \u2014 Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun , 9 June 2022",
"Game Changers is a series profiling the people and projects making an impact in diversity, equity, and inclusion in entertainment . \u2014 Alamin Yohannes, EW.com , 9 June 2022",
"Women in Film, a nonprofit that advocates for women working in entertainment , echoed Heard\u2019s sentiment. \u2014 Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
"British-American comedian and actor Bob Hope, who passed away in 2003 at the age of 100, had an illustrious and dynamic career in entertainment . \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 30 May 2022",
"Marvel is the biggest name in entertainment , and now Disney is using it to boost its resorts business to attract families who may have found the previous iteration of the park a bit, well, boring. \u2014 Frank Pallotta, CNN , 28 May 2022",
"Other prominent figures in entertainment have been more pointed in their responses to the tragedy. \u2014 Sonia Rao, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
"In a bright spot for companies in live and in-person entertainment , consumers have been flocking to concerts, theme parks and theaters. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 18 May 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201219"
},
"enthrall":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to hold spellbound : charm",
": to hold in or reduce to slavery",
": to hold the attention of completely"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8thr\u022fl",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8thr\u022fl"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrest",
"bedazzle",
"catch up",
"enchant",
"fascinate",
"grip",
"hypnotize",
"mesmerize",
"spellbind"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"enthralled by the flickering fire in the hearth, we lost all track of time",
"for years these master magicians have been enthralling audiences with their astounding illusions",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bravado would see their son and scoop him up and whisk him toward the backstage area on the ship to enthrall the crowd even more. \u2014 Cassell Ferere, Forbes , 14 Sep. 2021",
"The portrayal is absorbing, committed and morbidly fascinating\u2014one of the more memorable aspects of the Holmes persona was her unnaturally deep voice, which seemed intended to enthrall and probably did. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Your zone of genius areas are your interests that engage and enthrall you. \u2014 Julia Wuench, Forbes , 5 Jan. 2022",
"The first games to really enthrall me were Starcraft and Guild Wars. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 30 Nov. 2021",
"No matter your genre preference, summertime music festivals are sure to enthrall . \u2014 Washington Post , 15 July 2021",
"While The Office ended more than eight years ago, the NBC series has continued to enthrall fans around the world. \u2014 Gabrielle Chung, PEOPLE.com , 16 July 2021",
"Weather is perpetrated by a somewhat predictable but ultimately uncontrollable force, and no Hollywood disaster flick can fully replicate the effects, those forces majeures that can enthrall , shock, or even humble. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 10 July 2021",
"Lakers owner Jack Kent Cooke\u2019s open checkbook, the Athens of America vs. Hollywood \u2014 will still enthrall fans of the game, more than a half-century later. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 July 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223651"
},
"enthrallment":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to hold spellbound : charm",
": to hold in or reduce to slavery",
": to hold the attention of completely"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8thr\u022fl",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8thr\u022fl"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrest",
"bedazzle",
"catch up",
"enchant",
"fascinate",
"grip",
"hypnotize",
"mesmerize",
"spellbind"
],
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"examples":[
"enthralled by the flickering fire in the hearth, we lost all track of time",
"for years these master magicians have been enthralling audiences with their astounding illusions",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bravado would see their son and scoop him up and whisk him toward the backstage area on the ship to enthrall the crowd even more. \u2014 Cassell Ferere, Forbes , 14 Sep. 2021",
"The portrayal is absorbing, committed and morbidly fascinating\u2014one of the more memorable aspects of the Holmes persona was her unnaturally deep voice, which seemed intended to enthrall and probably did. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Your zone of genius areas are your interests that engage and enthrall you. \u2014 Julia Wuench, Forbes , 5 Jan. 2022",
"The first games to really enthrall me were Starcraft and Guild Wars. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 30 Nov. 2021",
"No matter your genre preference, summertime music festivals are sure to enthrall . \u2014 Washington Post , 15 July 2021",
"While The Office ended more than eight years ago, the NBC series has continued to enthrall fans around the world. \u2014 Gabrielle Chung, PEOPLE.com , 16 July 2021",
"Weather is perpetrated by a somewhat predictable but ultimately uncontrollable force, and no Hollywood disaster flick can fully replicate the effects, those forces majeures that can enthrall , shock, or even humble. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 10 July 2021",
"Lakers owner Jack Kent Cooke\u2019s open checkbook, the Athens of America vs. Hollywood \u2014 will still enthrall fans of the game, more than a half-century later. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 July 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210452"
},
"enthrone":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to seat in a place associated with a position of authority or influence",
": to seat ceremonially on a throne",
": to assign supreme virtue or value to : exalt",
": to place on a throne",
": to seat or put in a place to indicate authority or value"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8thr\u014dn",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8thr\u014dn"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggrandize",
"canonize",
"deify",
"dignify",
"elevate",
"ennoble",
"enshrine",
"ensky",
"exalt",
"glorify",
"magnify"
],
"antonyms":[
"abase",
"degrade",
"demean",
"humble",
"humiliate"
],
"examples":[
"the literary world has enthroned Shakespeare for so long that his preeminence among writers seems unassailable",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"He will be officially enthroned on October 22nd, in a ceremony which the many grand guests, including the vice-president of China and the prime minister of South Korea, will watch only by video monitor from another part of the palace. \u2014 The Economist , 17 Oct. 2019",
"In 1928, Hirohito was enthroned as Emperor of Japan. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 Nov. 2019",
"In the upper level, Roma, the goddess of Rome, sits at the center on her throne in a relaxed pose, her eyes meeting those of Augustus, enthroned just to the right. \u2014 Judith H. Dobrzynski, WSJ , 21 Sep. 2018",
"Corporations have been enthroned , and an era of corruption in high places will follow. \u2014 Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News , 22 Aug. 2019",
"The spectacular folio on the left shows Christ in majesty, enthroned in an abstract eternity of glistening, polished gold. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 July 2019",
"Elpidophoros Lambriniadis, 51, a native of Istanbul and a longtime theology professor in Greece, was enthroned as archbishop in an elaborate ceremony at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Manhattan. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 June 2019",
"Inside the gendarmerie station, Javed was met by the commander\u2014an aristocratic-looking man with a powerful jaw\u2014in full military uniform, enthroned behind a big wooden desk. \u2014 Matthew Wolfe, Harper's magazine , 10 Feb. 2019",
"In the central niche are the remains of a fresco depicting Christ enthroned between angels. \u2014 Jim Berkeley, Town & Country , 5 Oct. 2016"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1543, in the meaning defined at sense 1b"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184721"
},
"enthusiasm":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": strong excitement of feeling : ardor",
": something inspiring zeal or fervor",
": belief in special revelations of the Holy Spirit",
": religious fanaticism",
": strong feeling in favor of something"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8th\u00fc-z\u0113-\u02cca-z\u0259m",
"en-",
"also",
"in-\u02c8th\u00fc-z\u0113-\u02ccaz-\u0259m",
"-\u02c8thy\u00fc-"
],
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"buzz",
"chic",
"craze",
"dernier cri",
"fad",
"fashion",
"flavor",
"go",
"hot ticket",
"last word",
"latest",
"mode",
"rage",
"sensation",
"style",
"ton",
"trend",
"vogue"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"My three-and-a-half-year-old\u2019s enthusiasm has been infectious. \u2014 Vogue , 3 June 2022",
"Cheng\u2019s enthusiasm for the project was palpable in a recent interview. \u2014 Gene Park, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
"Farr-Kaye says the younger players bring new enthusiasm . \u2014 Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic , 18 May 2022",
"The influence of its neighbor has been crucial \u2014 more than three quarters of Finns now support NATO membership, and the enthusiasm is contagious. \u2014 Patrick Smith, NBC News , 18 May 2022",
"That enthusiasm has been in short supply this year across markets. \u2014 Paul Vigna, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"The cast\u2019s enthusiasm for the sheer joy of music is contagious. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel , 16 May 2022",
"My impression is that local enthusiasm was quite muted. \u2014 Nick Vivarelli, Variety , 13 May 2022",
"The two millennials reinvigorated the benefit with a fresh vision, new enthusiasm and focus on fun, Drummey said. \u2014 Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Late Latin & Greek; Late Latin enth\u016bsiasmos \"inspiration, frenzy,\" borrowed from Greek enthousiasm\u00f3s, from enthousi \u00e1zein \"to be inspired or possessed by a god\" (re-formation of enthe\u00e1zein \u2014perhaps by crossing with thysi\u00e1zein \"to sacrifice\"\u2014 verbal derivative of \u00e9ntheos, \u00e9nthous \"possessed by a god, inspired,\" from en- en- entry 2 + -theos, adjectival derivative of the\u00f3s \"god\") + -asmos, variant after -i- of -ismos -ism ",
"first_known_use":[
"1595, in the meaning defined at sense 2a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221945"
},
"enthusiastic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": filled with or marked by enthusiasm",
": feeling strong excitement about something : full of enthusiasm"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02ccth\u00fc-z\u0113-\u02c8a-stik",
"en-",
"also",
"in-\u02ccth\u00fc-z\u0113-\u02c8a-stik",
"-\u02ccthy\u00fc-"
],
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"agog",
"antsy",
"anxious",
"ardent",
"athirst",
"avid",
"crazy",
"desirous",
"eager",
"enthused",
"excited",
"geeked",
"great",
"greedy",
"gung ho",
"hepped up",
"hopped-up",
"hot",
"hungry",
"impatient",
"juiced",
"keen",
"nuts",
"pumped",
"raring",
"solicitous",
"stoked",
"thirsty",
"voracious",
"wild"
],
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"apathetic",
"indifferent",
"uneager",
"unenthusiastic"
],
"examples":[
"They were enthusiastic supporters of the president.",
"I'm not wildly enthusiastic about your latest idea.",
"She received an enthusiastic welcome.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ghahramani is enthusiastic about the unsettling unknown of all of this. \u2014 Stephen Marche, The Atlantic , 19 June 2022",
"Thiel is enthusiastic about Musk running Twitter, two associates said. \u2014 Elizabeth Dwoskin, Anchorage Daily News , 19 June 2022",
"Gardeck stayed an hour and was enthusiastic about partnering with the organization. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 18 June 2022",
"By recognizing that certain investors, consumers and employees will be less enthusiastic about supporting ESG economically during recessions, bear markets and inflationary periods, leaders can maintain a more consistent approach to ESG. \u2014 John M. Bremen, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"The board of directors and Mr. Bezos were enthusiastic about the plan. \u2014 Dana Mattioli, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Lea Slusher, the symphony\u2019s vice president for artistic administration and audience development, is equally enthusiastic about Humphreys. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"The Diamonds of the Year Named for their resemblance to a river of gems, diamond rivi\u00e8res have long attracted an enthusiastic fan base. \u2014 Leena Kim And Olivia Hosken, Town & Country , 17 May 2022",
"The two-term senator has real political strengths: incumbency, an enthusiastic GOP base and the political tailwinds of running in a midterm election against the party of the president. \u2014 Craig Gilbert, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from New Latin & Greek; New Latin enth\u016bsiasticus, borrowed from Greek enthousiastik\u00f3s \"inspired, excited,\" from enthousiast\u1e17s \"person inspired by a god\" + -ikos -ic entry 1 \u2014 more at enthusiast ",
"first_known_use":[
"1603, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224738"
},
"entire":{
"type":"adjective",
"definitions":[
"having no element or part left out whole",
"complete in degree total",
"consisting of one piece",
"homogeneous , unmixed",
"intact",
"not castrated",
"having the margin continuous or free from indentations",
"stallion",
"the whole entirety",
"complete in all parts or respects",
"not capable of being divided into independent parts (as promises) constituting an undivided unit",
"\u2014 compare divisible , severable"
],
"pronounciation":"in-\u02c8t\u012b(-\u0259)r",
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"all",
"concentrated",
"exclusive",
"focused",
"focussed",
"undivided",
"whole"
],
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"diffuse",
"divided",
"scattered"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The war affected an entire generation of young Americans.",
"The fence runs along the entire length of the building.",
"She has dedicated her entire life to helping others.",
"Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
"Begich had filed to challenge Young, who represented the entire state for 49 years in the House, before his death. \u2014 Bridget Bowman, NBC News , 9 June 2022",
"By involving the entire organization in the process\u2014or even just making employees aware that a pilot is taking place\u2014will lead to much higher success rates. \u2014 Adam Bryant, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"According to recent reports, only around 500,000 properties in the entire state of California would qualify under SB 9, and there are no significant subsidies to incentivize homeowners to take advantage of it. \u2014 Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 June 2022",
"The effort took six months, but the owner was rewarded in the end with a $4,700 turf removal rebate check from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California that paid for almost the entire project. \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
"While every residence boasts spectacular views of the city and Hudson River, Jardim Norte 11A is the crown jewel of the entire project and is currently listed for $21 million. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 3 June 2022",
"The entire project is on schedule to open to traffic by the end of the year. \u2014 Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star , 3 June 2022",
"In 2021, new legislation for the entire state of Virginia restricted officers from pulling drivers over solely for minor infractions. \u2014 Fox News , 2 June 2022",
"The big draw is the site\u2019s reputation as the largest colony of wood storks in the entire state. \u2014 Hunter Boyce, ajc , 27 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"As storms and fires grow stronger in a warming world, so must the entire of infrastructure, including roads, power, buildings, and people need to be made resilient enough to withstand disasters. \u2014 Camille Squires, Quartz , 3 Sep. 2021",
"As of 2021, the media bail bond for a felony is $10,000 \u2014 an amount that is nearly an entire 's year worth of income for the people who can't afford it. \u2014 Li Cohen, CBS News , 23 July 2021",
"Frequently in this production, the entire back wall becomes a movie screen, sometimes capturing live scenes on or just off stage. \u2014 Brian Schaefer, Bloomberg.com , 6 May 2020",
"Vanore, a 37-year-old television producer, had an entire row to herself on the United Airlines flight last Thursday from Newark to Los Angeles. \u2014 Maxine Joselow, Scientific American , 23 Apr. 2020",
"EDsmart, a college ranking website, is looking for a real die-hard Potterhead to binge-watch the entire Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts film series. \u2014 Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure , 17 Apr. 2020",
"Red, Jackson-Posey and Donald Ghostone had three steals each while the entire Flower Mound team had just two for the game. \u2014 Dallas News , 29 Feb. 2020",
"Shop the entire Nordstrom sale The product experts at Reviewed have all your shopping needs covered. \u2014 Samantha Matt, USA TODAY , 18 Mar. 2020",
"Catch Pompeo's entire Late Late Show interview below. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Glamour , 28 Sep. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"1597, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"entirely":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": to the full or entire extent : completely",
": to the exclusion of others : solely"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8t\u012b(-\u0259)r-l\u0113",
"\u02c8en-\u02cct\u012b(-\u0259)r-"
],
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"all",
"all of",
"all over",
"altogether",
"clean",
"completely",
"dead",
"enough",
"entire",
"even",
"exactly",
"fast",
"flat",
"full",
"fully",
"heartily",
"out",
"perfectly",
"plumb",
"quite",
"soundly",
"thoroughly",
"through and through",
"totally",
"utterly",
"well",
"wholly",
"wide"
],
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"half",
"halfway",
"incompletely",
"part",
"partially",
"partly"
],
"examples":[
"are you entirely aware of what you're doing with that thing?",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That sour mood is almost entirely thanks to inflation, especially as gas and food prices continue their upward march into the summer travel season. \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 12 June 2022",
"Brows can lose their fullness over the years, and your tweezers aren't entirely to blame. \u2014 Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR , 10 June 2022",
"Multiple sources say the decision was entirely business and strategy-related and had nothing to do with any personal behavior on Rice\u2019s part. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 9 June 2022",
"Right now there are three that are entirely vine to bottle wines. \u2014 Kristine M. Kierzek, Journal Sentinel , 9 June 2022",
"Our dinners were usually thrifty and utilitarian, with lots of repeats, but holidays and birthdays \u2014 celebrations of any kind \u2014 were another thing entirely . \u2014 Emily Heil, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"Produced entirely by Zora herself, with just a few key contributions from Thornton and other friends on guest vocals and session parts, Z1 is a fearless expression of the person Zora truly is. \u2014 Simon Vozick-levinson, Rolling Stone , 7 June 2022",
"The Berry Amendment requires that all garments made for the military must be produced entirely in the United States. \u2014 Rick Helfenbein, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"An ingredient with the term glutinous in the title might be misleading, but rest assured, both rice flour and glutinous rice flour are entirely gluten-free. \u2014 Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens , 31 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192734"
},
"entitlement":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the state or condition of being entitled : right",
": a right to benefits specified especially by law or contract",
": belief that one is deserving of or entitled to certain privileges",
": a government program providing benefits to members of a specified group",
": funds supporting or distributed by such a program",
": the state or condition of being entitled : claim",
": a right to benefits that is granted especially by law or contract (as an insurance policy)",
": a government program that provides benefits to members of a group that has a statutory entitlement",
": the benefits distributed by such a program"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8t\u012b-t\u1d4al-m\u0259nt",
"en-"
],
"synonyms":[
"allocation",
"allotment",
"annuity",
"appropriation",
"grant",
"subsidy",
"subvention"
],
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"examples":[
"my entitlement to a refund",
"celebrities who have an arrogant sense of entitlement",
"entitlements such as medical aid for the elderly and poor",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"All the coding displays a fluency in the various ways that celebrity gayness can intersect with pride, vanity, narcissism, tension, injury, entitlement , persistence, weepiness and determination. \u2014 Mark Harris, New York Times , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Based on Sarah's addictive book, the show tackles entitlement , truth and the boundaries of consent. \u2014 Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR , 31 Jan. 2022",
"In this world, millennial malaise, narcissism, delusion, entitlement , and privilege (especially white privilege) are dangerous and insidious forces with catastrophic consequences\u2014for just about everyone but the offending party. \u2014 Leena Kim, Town & Country , 13 Jan. 2022",
"But this rhetoric, which is designed to stoke white fear and entitlement , has never really been fringe and has always found an eager audience. \u2014 Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune , 17 May 2022",
"And how complicit are people within that sort of structure, and obviously dealing with rape and how difficult that is to prosecute \u2014 and who\u2019s telling the truth and male entitlement . \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 5 May 2022",
"The Washington Democrats wasted their political capital in 2021 trying to create a once-and-for-all U.S. entitlement state with Build Back Better. \u2014 Daniel Henninger, WSJ , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Expanding Medicaid would only expand the entitlement 's inefficiencies and poor health outcomes. \u2014 Sally Pipes, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"And needless to say, Friend\u2019s achingly Tory haircut\u2014somehow too square and too soft, chiseled from a sad putty of inexhaustible entitlement \u2014stamps out any last embers of desire. \u2014 Raven Smith, Vogue , 21 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1782, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190615"
},
"entoil":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": entrap , enmesh"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8t\u022fi(-\u0259)l"
],
"synonyms":[
"catch up",
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"ensnarl",
"entangle",
"entrap",
"mesh",
"net",
"snare",
"tangle",
"trap"
],
"antonyms":[
"disentangle",
"untangle"
],
"examples":[
"entoiled by the strings of fate"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1581, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210733"
},
"entombing":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to deposit in or as if in a tomb : bury",
": to serve as a tomb for"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8t\u00fcm",
"en-"
],
"synonyms":[
"bury",
"hearse",
"inhume",
"inter",
"lay",
"put away",
"tomb"
],
"antonyms":[
"disinter",
"exhume",
"unearth"
],
"examples":[
"a number of Boston's historic notables are entombed in the Old Granary Burying Ground",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The occupiers attempted to counter the partisans by gassing the tunnels and sealing off access points to entomb them, but the rebels persisted. \u2014 Will Hunt, The New Yorker , 9 Apr. 2022",
"But even his flytraps were improbably large, big enough to entomb and consume a human. \u2014 Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The firefighters eventually used Portland cement to entomb the smoldering ruins. \u2014 Merrill Goozner, The New Republic , 28 Oct. 2021",
"For Palestinians in Gaza, watching their neighborhoods collapse and pillars of smoke entomb their homes, the suffering is only deepening. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 May 2021",
"After the water in their environment dries up, the minerals are left behind and entomb those microbes, forming stromatolites. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 3 Mar. 2021",
"Similar concrete pads are often used to entomb nuclear waste. \u2014 Jon Gambrell, Star Tribune , 25 Feb. 2021",
"Cemeteries rejected those they were meant to entomb . \u2014 Hisham Melhem, The Atlantic , 22 Nov. 2020",
"The site northwest of Las Vegas was first proposed in the 1980s to entomb 77,000 tons of the nation\u2019s most highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 Oct. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English entoumben , from Middle French entomber , from en- + tombe tomb",
"first_known_use":[
"1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203204"
},
"entourage":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one's attendants or associates",
": surroundings"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u00e4n-tu\u0307-\u02c8r\u00e4zh"
],
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"cortege",
"cort\u00e8ge",
"following",
"posse",
"retinue",
"suite",
"tail",
"train"
],
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"examples":[
"the President and his entourage",
"the gaggle of hangers-on that passes for the rock star's entourage",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The dwarfish figures with black skin depicted in the painting were part of the entourage of the Portuguese Queen Maria I. \u2014 Martin Dale, Variety , 30 May 2022",
"An entourage of a half-dozen male students escorted her from her car to her throne-like chair, ornately carved in dark wood, cushioned in red velvet and positioned near the front row. \u2014 Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022",
"Traveling through farming villages with an entourage of Japanese guards and interpreters, Thunberg documented how he would be mobbed by children shocked by the bizarre look of a foreigner with large, round eyes. \u2014 Rob Goss, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 May 2022",
"She was joined by a full entourage of dancers in pale green gowns to match her own feathery ensemble and the green surfaces of the tennis courts, like the ones where the Williams sisters, Venus and Serena, played growing up. \u2014 Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Jackson didn't realize an entourage of district officials and reporters were en route to Butler with a big check with her name on it. \u2014 Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal , 10 May 2022",
"Earlier in her testimony Thursday, Heard testified that Depp surrounded himself with an entourage of enablers to shield him from the consequences of his drug and alcohol use. \u2014 CBS News , 6 May 2022",
"Johnny Depp surrounded himself with an entourage of enablers to shield him from the consequences of his drug and alcohol use, his ex-wife Amber Heard testified Thursday. \u2014 Matthew Barakat, ajc , 5 May 2022",
"At the ceremony, the couple had an entourage of four people, three who were filming and one who provided security, Frierson said. \u2014 NBC News , 5 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French, from Middle French, from entourer to surround, from entour around, from en in (from Latin in ) + tour circuit \u2014 more at turn ",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1834, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185453"
},
"entrance":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": power or permission to enter : admission",
": the act of entering",
": the means or place of entry",
": the point at which a voice or instrument part begins in ensemble music",
": the first appearance of an actor in a scene",
": to put into a trance",
": to carry away with delight, wonder, or rapture",
": the act of going in",
": a door, gate, or way for going in",
": permission to join, participate in, or attend",
": to put into a trance",
": to fill with delight and wonder"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8en-tr\u0259n(t)s",
"in-\u02c8tran(t)s",
"en-",
"\u02c8en-tr\u0259ns",
"in-\u02c8trans"
],
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"access",
"accession",
"admission",
"admittance",
"door",
"doorway",
"entr\u00e9e",
"entree",
"entry",
"gateway",
"ingress",
"key",
"passport",
"ticket"
],
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"carry away",
"enrapture",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"rap",
"rapture",
"ravish",
"transport"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In cities, special prep schools are filled with teenagers hoping to pass the army\u2019s entrance exams. \u2014 Shams Irfan, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"Khoury was charged more than a year after Ernst and 49 others \u2014 including actors and prominent businesspeople \u2014 were arrested in the sprawling scheme involving bogus athletic credentials and rigged entrance exam scores. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
"Khoury was charged more than a year after Ernst and 49 others \u2014 including actors and prominent businesspeople \u2014 were arrested in the sprawling scheme involving bogus athletic credentials and rigged entrance exam scores. \u2014 CBS News , 16 June 2022",
"The Classical Learning Test, a new college entrance exam, was designed by members of the classical learning community to validate what students have learned. \u2014 Mike Mcshane, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"There is an entrance fee of KW3,000 (or $2.5) for daytime visitors. \u2014 Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN , 8 June 2022",
"In the entrance hall, large hanging planters help frame views out to the English perennial gardens, which have been redesigned to meld with the boundary established by the welcome center\u2019s architecture. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"Because the Water Gap is part of the National Park Service, the recent announcement by New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy that entrance fees at state parks are being lifted this summer does not apply. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"All classroom doors will be closed and locked during exams, and the entrance gate on Bristol Street will be closed, opening only for vendors, according to the statement. \u2014 Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"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 blue themes of Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook, not to mention the blue Apple uses for iMessages, entrance us. \u2014 Mark Naida, WSJ , 12 Jan. 2022",
"Taxi from Newbury station to entrance gate at Highclere about $27 and takes about 15 minutes. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Oct. 2021",
"On Twitch and YouTube, Vubters entrance live audiences, sometimes numbering thousands, with cutesy karaoke or the latest video games. \u2014 Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired , 28 Apr. 2021",
"The free day this weekend is one of six offered by the National Park Service in 2021, and applies only to entrance fees \u2013 camping and other fees will still be charged. \u2014 oregonlive , 13 Apr. 2021",
"Secure perimeter means classes continue but entrance to the campus is restricted. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 4 Nov. 2020",
"However, this summer he is eclipsed by Ronnie, a magician, and Evie, his glamorous assistant \u2014 and fianc\u00e9e \u2014 who entrance fresh crowds every night. \u2014 Malcolm Forbes Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune , 18 Sep. 2020",
"Yuan's freemium strategy worked and tech companies, entranced by Zoom's simplicity and efficiency, signed up for premium Zoom subscriptions. \u2014 Jon Sarlin, CNN , 21 May 2020"
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},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": power or permission to enter : admission",
": the act of entering",
": the means or place of entry",
": the point at which a voice or instrument part begins in ensemble music",
": the first appearance of an actor in a scene",
": to put into a trance",
": to carry away with delight, wonder, or rapture",
": the act of going in",
": a door, gate, or way for going in",
": permission to join, participate in, or attend",
": to put into a trance",
": to fill with delight and wonder"
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"\u02c8en-tr\u0259n(t)s",
"in-\u02c8tran(t)s",
"en-",
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"in-\u02c8trans"
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"access",
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"gateway",
"ingress",
"key",
"passport",
"ticket"
],
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"carry away",
"enrapture",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"rap",
"rapture",
"ravish",
"transport"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In cities, special prep schools are filled with teenagers hoping to pass the army\u2019s entrance exams. \u2014 Shams Irfan, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"Khoury was charged more than a year after Ernst and 49 others \u2014 including actors and prominent businesspeople \u2014 were arrested in the sprawling scheme involving bogus athletic credentials and rigged entrance exam scores. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
"Khoury was charged more than a year after Ernst and 49 others \u2014 including actors and prominent businesspeople \u2014 were arrested in the sprawling scheme involving bogus athletic credentials and rigged entrance exam scores. \u2014 CBS News , 16 June 2022",
"The Classical Learning Test, a new college entrance exam, was designed by members of the classical learning community to validate what students have learned. \u2014 Mike Mcshane, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"There is an entrance fee of KW3,000 (or $2.5) for daytime visitors. \u2014 Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN , 8 June 2022",
"In the entrance hall, large hanging planters help frame views out to the English perennial gardens, which have been redesigned to meld with the boundary established by the welcome center\u2019s architecture. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"Because the Water Gap is part of the National Park Service, the recent announcement by New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy that entrance fees at state parks are being lifted this summer does not apply. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"All classroom doors will be closed and locked during exams, and the entrance gate on Bristol Street will be closed, opening only for vendors, according to the statement. \u2014 Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"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 blue themes of Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook, not to mention the blue Apple uses for iMessages, entrance us. \u2014 Mark Naida, WSJ , 12 Jan. 2022",
"Taxi from Newbury station to entrance gate at Highclere about $27 and takes about 15 minutes. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Oct. 2021",
"On Twitch and YouTube, Vubters entrance live audiences, sometimes numbering thousands, with cutesy karaoke or the latest video games. \u2014 Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired , 28 Apr. 2021",
"The free day this weekend is one of six offered by the National Park Service in 2021, and applies only to entrance fees \u2013 camping and other fees will still be charged. \u2014 oregonlive , 13 Apr. 2021",
"Secure perimeter means classes continue but entrance to the campus is restricted. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 4 Nov. 2020",
"However, this summer he is eclipsed by Ronnie, a magician, and Evie, his glamorous assistant \u2014 and fianc\u00e9e \u2014 who entrance fresh crowds every night. \u2014 Malcolm Forbes Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune , 18 Sep. 2020",
"Yuan's freemium strategy worked and tech companies, entranced by Zoom's simplicity and efficiency, signed up for premium Zoom subscriptions. \u2014 Jon Sarlin, CNN , 21 May 2020"
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"Verb",
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],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201633"
},
"entrap":{
"type":[
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
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": to catch in or as if in a trap",
": to lure into a compromising statement or act",
": to catch in or as if in a trap",
": to cause (a person) to commit a crime by means of undue persuasion, encouragement, or fraud in order to later prosecute"
],
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"in-\u02c8trap",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8trap",
"in-\u02c8trap"
],
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"catch up",
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"ensnarl",
"entangle",
"entoil",
"mesh",
"net",
"snare",
"tangle",
"trap"
],
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"disentangle",
"untangle"
],
"examples":[
"We used the net to entrap a school of fish.",
"The air bubbles were entrapped in ice.",
"She felt that she was entrapped in an unhappy marriage.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Pentagon on Thursday said that Russian commanders are attempting to entrap Ukrainian forces defending key towns in Donbas even as the Kremlin\u2019s combat losses continue to mount in the face of significant resistance. \u2014 Alex Horton, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
"According to the team, as halite grows from salty surface waters, fluid inclusions entrap the water, becoming microenvironments or habitats for trapped microorganisms. \u2014 Saleen Martin, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
"Even large logs that appear immovable can crush or entrap victims underneath when a sneaker wave rolls in. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 Apr. 2022",
"The tactic would entrap a large portion of the Ukrainian military in a pocket in the eastern part of the country, and cut it off from retreating towards Kyiv. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Continuing the runaway semi-autonomous car example, imagine that the police don\u2019t have enough police cars on the scene to entrap the bolting car. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The federal suit, filed in San Francisco against Meta Platforms and Snap, claims the social media platforms operate on algorithms intentionally designed to entrap children and teens. \u2014 Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Often, a cover is all that is needed to entrap heat and keep the plants from frost or freezes. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com , 18 Dec. 2021",
"His playbook of operations was called the Trout Memo \u2013 after the fly-fishing technique designed to entrap trout. \u2014 Mike O'sullivan, Forbes , 23 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle French entraper , from en- + trape trap",
"first_known_use":[
"1531, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213550"
},
"entrust":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to confer a trust on",
": to deliver something in trust to",
": to commit to another with confidence",
": to give care of something to",
": to give to another with confidence",
": to deliver something to (a person) under a charge or duty",
": to give (something) over to the care of another",
": to deliver to a merchant who may transfer ownership to a buyer in the ordinary course of business",
"\u2014 see also negligent entrustment \u2014 compare bail , consign"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8tr\u0259st",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8tr\u0259st"
],
"synonyms":[
"assign",
"charge",
"commission",
"task",
"trust"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She was entrusted with the job of organizing the reception.",
"we entrusted our financial adviser with the investment of all of our savings",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Pence's instinct was there was no way the Founding Fathers would entrust a single person with this authority to determine an election, Jacobs testified. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro, Chron , 16 June 2022",
"What has inspired them to entrust one of the NFL\u2019s most crucial positions \u2014 backup quarterback \u2014 to Nate Sudfeld, 28, who is largely unknown and nearly wholly unproven? \u2014 Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle , 26 May 2022",
"The move was also an acknowledgment by the Daley administration that the city could not entrust such a major transportation improvement to the CTA alone. \u2014 Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune , 13 May 2022",
"State and local governments should entrust their money to managers that don\u2019t work against their residents\u2019 best interests. \u2014 Mike Pence, WSJ , 26 May 2022",
"Instead, business owners can entrust some of these projects to their employees. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
"When your kids get a little older, entrust them with pocketknives of their own. \u2014 Rachel Walker, Outside Online , 22 Apr. 2019",
"So, why do all of these celebrities and brands entrust their public-facing images to Lede? \u2014 Jessica Iredale, New York Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The best approach is a set of policies that entrust people with the ability to exercise responsibility and be cautious. \u2014 Megan Carnegie, Wired , 31 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184552"
},
"enunciate":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make a definite or systematic statement of",
": announce , proclaim",
": articulate , pronounce",
": to utter articulate sounds",
": to make known publicly",
": to pronounce words or parts of words"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0113-\u02c8n\u0259n(t)-s\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
"\u0113-\u02c8n\u0259n-s\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t"
],
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"articulate"
],
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"examples":[
"He set out to enunciate the basic principles of his system.",
"enunciate a basic set of beliefs",
"Children should be taught to enunciate clearly.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Waiting for the sourdough to rise has given people the patience to enunciate multisyllable names like Genevieve, Josephine, and Theodore. \u2014 Laura Lane, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
"The fatty meat and wok hei work well together to enunciate the charred flavor in each bite, offset by pungent Thai basil and young green peppercorns. \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Speaking at a measured pace can also help you to enunciate your words and ensure your colleagues understand each word communicated through the technology. \u2014 Avery Blank, Forbes , 7 Sep. 2021",
"To confront the truth is first to enunciate it, and on neither count was American society equal to the task. \u2014 Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2021",
"Abigail, the first deaf contestant in the franchise's history, reveals her cochlear implants to Matt, who promises to enunciate clearly for her. \u2014 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY , 5 Jan. 2021",
"James, in a particularly cute moment, promised to always enunciate clearly for her. \u2014 Devon Ivie, Vulture , 4 Jan. 2021",
"The former vice president, who struggled growing up with a stutter, stuttered slightly at the start of the program and at one point squeezed his eyes shut and slowed down his response to clearly enunciate his words. \u2014 The Associated Press, NOLA.com , 16 Oct. 2020",
"The former vice president, who struggled growing up with a stutter, stuttered slightly at the start of the program and at one point squeezed his eyes shut and slowed down his response to clearly enunciate his words. \u2014 Jonathan Lemire, Star Tribune , 16 Oct. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin enuntiatus , past participle of enuntiare to report, declare, from e- + nuntiare to report \u2014 more at announce ",
"first_known_use":[
"1623, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173138"
},
"environment":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the circumstances, objects, or conditions by which one is surrounded",
": the complex of physical, chemical, and biotic factors (such as climate, soil, and living things) that act upon an organism or an ecological community and ultimately determine its form and survival",
": the aggregate of social and cultural conditions that influence the life of an individual or community",
": the position or characteristic position of a linguistic element in a sequence",
": a computer interface from which various tasks can be performed",
": a person's physical surroundings",
": the surrounding conditions or forces (as soil, climate, and living things) that influence a plant's or animal's characteristics and ability to survive",
": the social and cultural conditions that affect the life of a person or community",
": the complex of physical, chemical, and biotic factors (as climate, soil, and living things) that act upon an organism or an ecological community and ultimately determine its form and survival",
": the aggregate of social and cultural conditions that influence the life of an individual or community"
],
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"in-\u02c8v\u012b-r\u0259(n)-m\u0259nt",
"-\u02c8v\u012b(-\u0259)r(n)-",
"in-\u02c8v\u012b-r\u0259n-m\u0259nt",
"-\u02c8v\u012b-\u0259rn-m\u0259nt",
"in-\u02c8v\u012b-r\u0259n-m\u0259nt",
"-\u02c8v\u012b(-\u0259)rn-"
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"ambient",
"atmosphere",
"climate",
"clime",
"context",
"contexture",
"environs",
"medium",
"milieu",
"mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
"setting",
"surround",
"surroundings",
"terrain"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The family includes 5,000 compounds, which are persistent, remaining both in the environment and the human body over time. \u2014 Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
"Moreover, what happens in the environment does not always track what happens in the laboratory. \u2014 Meg Wilcox, Scientific American , 15 June 2022",
"More recently, worries about inflation and the path of interest-rate increases have provoked turmoil in markets as well as vigorous debate over the right valuations for stocks in the current environment . \u2014 Nick Timiraos, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
"Despite the potentially transitory headwinds in the current environment , Palantir\u2019s long-term outlook remains intact. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"As a result, crypto exchanges have been among the quickest to cut jobs in the current environment . \u2014 Michael Bellusci, Fortune , 3 June 2022",
"Complete diversification means owning all sectors and companies, and, in the current environment , that definitely includes traditional fossil fuel companies. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022",
"The defense said their client could not get a fair trial in the current environment . \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"The current political environment , Naftali says, undermines the American political tradition of lawmakers being problem solvers. \u2014 Brian Bennett, Time , 1 June 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1827, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-012452"
},
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"type":"plural noun",
"definitions":[
"the districts around a city",
"environing things surroundings",
"an adjoining region or space vicinity"
],
"pronounciation":"in-\u02c8v\u012b-r\u0259nz",
"synonyms":[
"outskirts",
"purlieus",
"suburbia"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The horizontal, not vertical, presentation in open water environs has, on more than one occasion, saved the day for me when other more traditional tactics sputtered. \u2014 Jim Gronaw, Baltimore Sun , 29 May 2022",
"There are exotic fauna as well, not typically found in such urban environs gazelles, puffins, kangaroos and bears. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
"Erik Haula was leaning on a white concrete wall near the Bruins\u2019 dressing room at PNC Arena, chatting in familiar environs . \u2014 Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2022",
"Gerber/Hart Library and Archives, an independent library and archive of LGBTQ materials incorporated here in 1981, hasn\u2019t always operated in the most becoming environs . \u2014 Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
"When cleaning a bird feeder, care should be taken to keep it safe for you, your home's outdoor environs , and, of course, the birds who stop by for refreshments. \u2014 Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens , 31 May 2022",
"So every couple of years, Banas takes leave of his life for a few weeks and ventures into nature\u2019s harshest environs . \u2014 Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle , 26 Feb. 2022",
"And the artists have been Montclairians, live nearby, or take inspiration from Montclair\u2019s leafy environs . \u2014 Jeanine Barone, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
"The live fury of punk may have naturally been mooted by the art gallery environs , but there is plenty of visual excitement to be had here. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 1 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":null,
"first_known_use":[
"1665, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"envision":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to picture to oneself"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8vi-zh\u0259n",
"en-"
],
"synonyms":[
"conceit",
"conceive",
"conjure (up)",
"dream",
"envisage",
"fancy",
"fantasize",
"fantasy",
"feature",
"ideate",
"image",
"imagine",
"picture",
"see",
"vision",
"visualize"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The inventor envisioned many uses for his creation.",
"She envisioned a better life for herself.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The drop in efficacy may come as a shock to some Americans who still envision protection levels of over 90% against symptomatic infection that were initially reported by vaccine makers Pfizer and Moderna in late 2020. \u2014 Arielle Mitropoulos, ABC News , 9 June 2022",
"That decade of experience is one reason the Diamondbacks could envision Lovullo leading them back to respectability. \u2014 Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic , 27 May 2022",
"Consumer stocks of all stripes were thrashed as a growing chorus of economists envision recession on the horizon. \u2014 John Dobosz, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
"There\u2019s that one where somebody looks up into the sky and may envision some higher power. \u2014 Chuck Culpepper, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Feb. 2022",
"To picture articular cartilage, envision the tough, white coating on the end of a chicken bone. \u2014 Claudia Wallis, Scientific American , 1 June 2022",
"Taylor can even envision a day when people bank their own stem cells at a young age, taking them out of storage when needed to grow a heart -- and one day even a lung, liver or kidney. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 1 June 2022",
"Chris Chen, a 26-year-old personal trainer in New Taipei City, could envision a life in the military, given the proper training. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"When spreading mulch around your tree, envision a doughnut. \u2014 Mike Snider, USA TODAY , 22 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1855, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195522"
},
"eon":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age",
": a very large division of geologic time usually longer than an era",
": a unit of geologic time equal to one billion years"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0113-\u0259n",
"\u02c8\u0113-\u02cc\u00e4n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sanctions take a comparative eon in the scheme of war or a humanitarian crisis. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
"During this early period, the Archean eon , life was not yet a major planetary player. \u2014 Adam Frank, The Atlantic , 19 Feb. 2022",
"But for the largest museum of natural history in the world, the year-and-a-half-long closure to the public during the Covid-19 pandemic felt like an eon . \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 May 2021",
"Twelve years is an eon in information technology time. \u2014 Paul Krugman, Star Tribune , 21 May 2021",
"Over a year and a half, or a political eon ago, the focal point of our political discourse was a caravan of migrants trekking through Central America and Mexico in the hopes of winning asylum in the United States. \u2014 Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic , 3 June 2020",
"Over eons , the river carved the Grand Canyon and scattered billions of tons of sediment across its delta, flowing into the Sea of Cortez. \u2014 Ian James, AZCentral.com , 19 Apr. 2020",
"Its surface is extremely and uniformly red\u2014probably because of organic molecules that formed over eons of steady pummeling by cosmic radiation. \u2014 Lee Billings, Scientific American , 20 Feb. 2020",
"Hunter expects to hit $6 million in sales by May, eons ahead of its loftiest projections from January. \u2014 Kate Knibbs, Wired , 27 Apr. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Late Latin ae\u014dn \"age (in the world's history), evil spirit (in Gnosticism),\" borrowed from Greek ai\u1e53n \"lifetime, long period of time, age\" \u2014 more at aye entry 3 ",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1642, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220842"
},
"epic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero",
": a work of art (such as a novel or drama) that resembles or suggests an epic",
": a series of events or body of legend or tradition thought to form the proper subject of an epic",
": of, relating to, or having the characteristics of an epic",
": extending beyond the usual or ordinary especially in size or scope",
": heroic",
": a long poem that tells the story of a hero's deeds",
": telling a great and heroic story",
": heroic or impressive because of great size or effort"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-pik",
"\u02c8e-pik"
],
"synonyms":[
"august",
"baronial",
"gallant",
"glorious",
"grand",
"grandiose",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Homeric",
"imperial",
"imposing",
"magnific",
"magnificent",
"majestic",
"massive",
"monumental",
"noble",
"proud",
"regal",
"royal",
"splendid",
"stately"
],
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"humble",
"unheroic",
"unimposing",
"unimpressive"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Homer's ancient Greek epic \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d.",
"Adjective",
"The football game was an epic battle between two great teams.",
"The bridge was an epic achievement.",
"The company is engaged in an epic struggle for survival.",
"an accomplishment of epic proportions",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Her return to touring should be nothing short of epic . \u2014 Bobby Olivier, SPIN , 12 May 2022",
"The author has been criticized for the anachronisms inevitable in attempts to give the women of such an epic an interior life. \u2014 Dinitia Smith, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
"Russell\u2019s new film now has a title, Amsterdam, and was described from the stage as an original crime epic about three close friends who find themselves at the center of one of the most shocking secret plots in American history. \u2014 Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Indeed, there\u2019s virtually no erotic frisson in Patel\u2019s retelling of an epic that is aglow with passion. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Case in point: this photo Dax posted that can only be described as epic . \u2014 Katie Bowlby, Country Living , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Gate overcome its infamous history and take its rightful place as a staggeringly beautiful American epic for the ages. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 15 Apr. 2021",
"For Eric and his friends in SpeakEasy Stage Company\u2019s production of Matthew L\u00f3pez\u2019s epic , Tony-winning drama, there\u2019s nothing simple about that question. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
"Last May, Maggie Shipstead released Great Circle, a sweeping, 600-page epic that flips between the lives of a 20th-century pilot who goes missing and a present-day actor playing the pilot in a major biopic. \u2014 Annabel Gutterman, Time , 12 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The duo earned four no's from the judges \u2014 and became violent at their rejection, devolving into an epic fight between each other. \u2014 Charles Trepany, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
"Gather with friends and family for an epic 4th of July cookout, complete with appetizers, salads, drinks, desserts, and homespun patriotic decorations. \u2014 Leigh Crandall, Country Living , 14 June 2022",
"While there is little likelihood of a repeat of last year\u2019s epic supply jams, the recent improvement may prove fleeting. \u2014 David J. Lynch, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"And their friends coming to the rescue during that epic fight against Thanos (Josh Brolin). \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 13 June 2022",
"Each book comes fully charged and videos play automatically when the cover is opened \u2014 how epic is that? \u2014 Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day , 12 June 2022",
"The finale of the second season is nothing short of epic , yet against a backdrop of bittersweet heartbreak. \u2014 Ollie Barder, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"Fuzzy Door is in the eary stages of developing a remake of the epic 1983 miniseries set against the backdrop of World War II. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 12 June 2022",
"Beyonc\u00e9 was joined by musicians from the Compton community for the epic performance, with each performer also decked out in coordinating neon looks, plus braids and beads in their hair \u2014 a nod to the Williams sisters as young athletes. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 28 Mar. 2022"
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"by continually reinventing itself, Las Vegas has managed to remain a national epicenter for entertainment",
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"Not long ago, a single strip of land beside a freeway in Oakland, Calif., was the epicenter of innovation in American sports. \u2014 Jared Diamond, WSJ , 12 June 2022",
"With a stadium show, Birmingham would be the epicenter of Guns mania. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 11 June 2022",
"Mahogany\u2019s community was an epicenter of the first outbreak of COVID-19, and the months of preparation for the jubilee have lifted the performers, many of whom lost family members during the pandemic. \u2014 Danica Kirka, The Christian Science Monitor , 4 June 2022",
"Mahogany\u2019s community was an epicenter of the first outbreak of COVID-19, and the months of preparation for the jubilee have lifted the performers, many of whom lost family members during the pandemic. \u2014 Danica Kirka, ajc , 4 June 2022",
"And Maine\u2014whose sinuous coastline is home to thousands of craggy islands and inlets with faces that are rarely, if ever, climbed\u2014is an epicenter . \u2014 Outside Online , 15 May 2022",
"Palestinians and Israeli police clashed over the weekend in and around the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, which has long been an epicenter of Israeli-Palestinian violence. \u2014 Joseph Krauss, chicagotribune.com , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The site, which is the holiest for Jews and the third holiest in Islam, has frequently been the epicenter of Israeli-Palestinian violence. \u2014 Joseph Krauss, ajc , 30 May 2022",
"New York is the epicenter of financial services in the U.S., but a lot of the states are now really trying to become friendly domiciles for crypto, Wyoming in particular. \u2014 Steven Ehrlich, Forbes , 27 May 2022"
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"Oscar Wilde's epigrammatic observation, \u201cIn America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience\u201d.",
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"Munro\u2019s characters are drawn from the upper classes, and his prose is droll in the British way\u2014wry and epigrammatic . \u2014 The New Yorker , 28 June 2021",
"The writing, so heightened and epigrammatic , seems almost to mock the homespun fashions of traditional realist prose. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 30 Apr. 2021",
"There were fantasy stories \u2014 Peter Pan, Five Children and It, Mary Poppins \u2014 and there were works like Robert McCloskey\u2019s hilarious, epigrammatic Homer Price. \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 27 Mar. 2021",
"The intellectual wit of Oscar Wilde\u2014all that epigrammatic cleverness\u2014does not require a mise-en-sc\u00e8ne. \u2014 Willard Spiegelman, WSJ , 19 Feb. 2021",
"Grant unfolds her story in epigrammatic fashion, moving gracefully in time, drawing parallels between multiple generations. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Dec. 2020",
"Even much of the material left out of those books is tart and epigrammatic . \u2014 Paul Elie, The New Yorker , 15 June 2020",
"Modern life has rarely been articulated with such compression and epigrammatic precision. \u2014 Dustin Illingworth, latimes.com , 31 May 2018",
"Each of her subjects fascinates in a different way, and Shapiro has a wizardly epigrammatic knack for summing up paradoxes. \u2014 Laura Miller, Slate Magazine , 12 July 2017"
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"The show was the first episodic series to be filmed in Massachusetts in nearly three decades when production began in 2017 at New England Studios in Devens. \u2014 Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
"The Queen was, unfortunately, not present at the ceremony due to ongoing episodic mobility issues. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 3 June 2022",
"In his new role, Nemes will oversee business and creative strategies of AGBO\u2019s work in episodic series. \u2014 Sasha Urban, Variety , 2 May 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",
"For Anderson and Black-ish creator Kenya Barris, the show was more than an episodic display of a modern family. \u2014 Aley Arion, Essence , 27 May 2022",
"Be sure to follow me on this blog for all my episodic TV reviews, game reviews and more. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"But even there, the episodic storytelling helps, as the show rarely gets bogged down for long by angst or despair. \u2014 Zack Handlen, Variety , 2 May 2022",
"Beyond the mothership, AMC ordered episodic anthology Tales of the Walking Dead, which has already been casting ahead of its summer debut. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Mar. 2022"
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"The show was the first episodic series to be filmed in Massachusetts in nearly three decades when production began in 2017 at New England Studios in Devens. \u2014 Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
"The Queen was, unfortunately, not present at the ceremony due to ongoing episodic mobility issues. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 3 June 2022",
"In his new role, Nemes will oversee business and creative strategies of AGBO\u2019s work in episodic series. \u2014 Sasha Urban, Variety , 2 May 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",
"For Anderson and Black-ish creator Kenya Barris, the show was more than an episodic display of a modern family. \u2014 Aley Arion, Essence , 27 May 2022",
"Be sure to follow me on this blog for all my episodic TV reviews, game reviews and more. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"But even there, the episodic storytelling helps, as the show rarely gets bogged down for long by angst or despair. \u2014 Zack Handlen, Variety , 2 May 2022",
"Beyond the mothership, AMC ordered episodic anthology Tales of the Walking Dead, which has already been casting ahead of its summer debut. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Mar. 2022"
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"Fe Noel With Caribbean influencers, Fe Noel\u2019s designs are the epitome of vacation-dressing success. \u2014 Alexis Bennett, Vogue , 8 June 2022",
"Masseria Moroseta is the epitome of relaxation and rural simplicity. \u2014 Felicity Carter, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Just miles from the Pacific and nestled in a sea of Redwoods is an epitome of Northern California relaxation. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 1 June 2022",
"The epitome of Parisian elegance, Place Vend\u00f4me is the most familiar landscape of Gabrielle Chanel. \u2014 C\u00e9cilia Pelloux, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
"The epitome of a modern classic, Diptyque\u2019s craftsmanship is admirable. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 May 2022",
"Oversized in scale and rich with history, the piece was the epitome of Lotus\u2019 truly one-of-a-kind homages to Asian heritage. \u2014 Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report , 17 Sep. 2021",
"Swanson\u2019s five-hundred-page tome is the epitome of Hollywood memoir as a feat of self-aggrandizement. \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 30 July 2021",
"Aston Martin is the epitome of automobile luxury and the company has been making stunning sports cars since 1947, although its roots go back as far as the early 1900s when Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford set up their automobile business. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 20 May 2022"
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"This student's struggles epitomize the trouble with our schools.",
"his personal code of behavior on the playing field is epitomized by his favorite saying, \u201cNice guys finish last\u201d",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Always a classic, slip dresses epitomize the ease of elegance. \u2014 Gaby Keiderling, Vogue , 21 May 2022",
"Apart from having a good rapport with Snoop Dogg, Clarkson says the hosts epitomize the show\u2019s diversity through their own musical versatility. \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Three of Coachella\u2019s four 2022 headliners \u2014 Harry Styles, Billie Eilish and The Weeknd \u2014 epitomize how a festival that once thrived on its indie cool and underground credibility has embraced pop music for a new generation. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Even though the woman's name remains unknown, the images seen around the world epitomize the horror of an attack on humanity\u2019s most innocent. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Jalen Coleman-Lands may epitomize how college basketball has changed in recent years. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 4 Apr. 2022",
"His name is synonymous with a sport the way Babe Ruth, Michael Jordan and Tom Brady epitomize baseball, basketball and football. \u2014 Gregg Opelka, WSJ , 25 Feb. 2022",
"The 2022 Ferrari F8 Tributo and Spider epitomize the supercar formula. \u2014 Car and Driver , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Those opposing stances epitomize the divide in the nation over schools\u2019 handling of the two-year long pandemic, exacerbated in the past month by raging infections from the omicron variant. \u2014 Carole Carlson, chicagotribune.com , 25 Jan. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But those days now feel as distant as the Late Cretaceous epoch , and this sixth series installment, ostensibly another Mother Nature cautionary tale, feels awfully human-centric and human-driven. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"The line leading to modern-day domestic horses and wild Przewalski\u2019s horses split sometime in the middle of that epoch , between 35,000 and 50,000 years ago. \u2014 Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 May 2022",
"The red planet entered this period during what is called the Amazonian epoch , which began about 3 billion years ago and remains ongoing. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 11 May 2022",
"The most uneven pacing came in the first epoch , with massively fast starts, dramatic slowdowns, then big re-accelerations. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 20 Aug. 2020",
"Much remains a mystery about the first billion years of the universe\u2019s history, the epoch in which the cosmos emerged from its dark ages with the dawning of the earliest stars and galaxies. \u2014 Charles Q. Choi, Scientific American , 10 May 2022",
"The fossil dates to the late Oligocene epoch and is believed to be 24 million to 28 million years old. \u2014 Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 May 2022",
"The light from this epoch , now stretched to microwave wavelengths because of the universe\u2019s subsequent expansion, is detectable as the all-pervading cosmic microwave background. \u2014 Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Jacob Mchangama\u2019s history of free speech can feel rushed in its epoch -spanning opening chapters. \u2014 Graham Hillard, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
"Our comparisons wouldn\u2019t be equal ; apples would be up against non-apples. \u2014 Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 June 2022",
"All else being equal , yellow cars were found to depreciate an average of just 4.5 percent over a three-year ownership period. \u2014 Jim Gorzelany, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"One solar mass is equal to the mass of the sun, about the mass of 333,000 Earths (or 1.989 x 10^30 kilograms, to be specific). \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 14 June 2022",
"Cisgender girls can\u2019t win against them, the argument goes, so the playing field can never be equal . \u2014 Monica Hesse, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
"The money is equal , but the players get more up front. \u2014 Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"In July 2008, gas prices peaked at $4.11 a gallon, which would be equal to about $5.40 a gallon today. \u2014 Wyatte Grantham-philips, USA TODAY , 11 June 2022",
"Gas peaked at $4.11 a gallon in July 2008, which would be equal to about $5.40 a gallon today. \u2014 CBS News , 11 June 2022",
"The high of $4.11 a gallon then would be equal to about $5.40 a gallon today. \u2014 David Koenig, Anchorage Daily News , 9 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"The Cardinals don\u2019t have an equal for Hillmon, but Engstler could draw the heart of the Michigan defense out to the perimeter. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The sides are emblazoned with Berkeley, Abu Garcia, Plano, Push-Pole and other sponsor logos the equal of any NASCAR ride. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 9 Mar. 2022",
"For decades, champions of the video game industry have touted gaming\u2019s cultural impact as the equal of literature, film and music. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2020",
"After years atop the hill, our hero Wrangler has an equal for the throne. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 10 July 2021",
"The objective, say Chinese officials, was to make clear that Beijing sees itself as an equal of the U.S. \u2014 Bob Davis, WSJ , 12 Apr. 2021",
"While considered by many experts as the equal of the Sabre, Spencer believes the Soviet jet might have had a slight advantage. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 Apr. 2021",
"Those early critics eventually became among his closest allies and Turley their professional equal . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 May 2020",
"That someone regards you and treats you as an equal is the first square on the board of finding a partner or friend. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Nov. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
"His most optimistic forecast posits that Tesla will sell 7 million cars in 2030, capturing 27% of global deliveries (a big increase from today), at a 9% profit margin, which would equal the industry-leading numbers posted in recent years by Toyota. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 23 May 2022",
"British military aid to Ukraine has topped half a billion dollars which, if combined with humanitarian and economic aid, would equal a little over $1 billion. \u2014 Ben Evansky, Fox News , 11 Apr. 2022",
"And by 2032, annual interest payments are on track to equal 3.3% of gross domestic product, which would be the highest level in American history. \u2014 Ben Ritz, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"No expectation existed for his successor to equal that type of defense, yet Kevin Smith is playing more than capably at the position. \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 May 2022",
"Judge Terry Green said that law improperly mandated heterogeneous boards and must protect the right of individuals to equal treatment. \u2014 Theo Francis, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
"It\u2019s Cowboys-Buccaneers in Week 1 again, and \u2014 although there\u2019s nothing to equal the showdown with Bill Belichick \u2014 an early-season matchup between Kansas City and Tampa Bay. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
"The fifth-year salary for a player who has been chosen once in his first three seasons as original-ballot Pro Bowler is elevated to equal the transition tender. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Arizona State winner on Thursday to equal that feat. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 8 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)",
"Noun",
"1573, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"equatorial":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or located at the equator or an equator",
": being in the plane of the equator",
": of, originating in, or suggesting the region around the geographic equator",
": being or having a support that includes two axles at right angles to each other with one parallel to the earth's axis of rotation",
": extending in a direction essentially in the plane of a cyclic structure (as of cyclohexane)",
"\u2014 compare axial",
": relating to or lying near the equator",
": of, located at, or relating to an equator",
": extending in a direction essentially in the plane of a cyclic structure (as of cyclohexane)",
"\u2014 compare axial sense 2b"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0113-kw\u0259-\u02c8t\u022fr-\u0113-\u0259l",
"\u02cce-kw\u0259-",
"\u02cc\u0113-kw\u0259-\u02c8t\u022fr-\u0113-\u0259l",
"\u02cce-kw\u0259-",
"\u02cc\u0113-kw\u0259-\u02c8t\u014dr-\u0113-\u0259l",
"\u02ccek-w\u0259-",
"-\u02c8t\u022fr-"
],
"synonyms":[
"low",
"tropical"
],
"antonyms":[
"polar"
],
"examples":[
"a lush equatorial rain forest that is threatened by rampant development",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"La Nina conditions occur when parts of the equatorial Pacific ocean cool, changing global weather patterns. \u2014 Michael Phillis, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
"There are three jet streams that are thought to affect the Indian summer monsoon \u2013 the subtropical westerly, the tropical easterly, and the Somali or cross- equatorial jet stream. \u2014 Anusha Krishnan, Quartz , 30 May 2022",
"La Nina is a natural and cyclical cooling of parts of the equatorial Pacific that changes weather patterns worldwide, as opposed to El Nino's warming. \u2014 CBS News , 28 May 2022",
"La Nina is a natural and cyclical cooling of parts of the equatorial Pacific that changes weather patterns worldwide, as opposed to El Nino\u2019s warming. \u2014 Seth Borenstein, ajc , 28 May 2022",
"Most cocoa is grown in rainy equatorial countries in Africa and South and Central America, and climate change is already messing with crop yields. \u2014 Larissa Zimberoff, The Atlantic , 23 Feb. 2022",
"The virus was everywhere scientists looked, yet Burkitt\u2019s lymphoma was largely confined to equatorial Africa. \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Pass a library, observing room, and countless instruments before climbing the twisting stairs to the equatorial room. \u2014 Carlos R. Mu\u00f1oz, BostonGlobe.com , 18 Feb. 2022",
"After losing control, the rocket booster was to start up a second engine burn that would have sent the rocket to a higher equatorial orbit. \u2014 Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY , 8 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1664, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225248"
},
"equilibrium":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise",
": a state of adjustment between opposing or divergent influences or elements",
": a state of balance between opposing forces or actions that is either static (as in a body acted on by forces whose resultant is zero) or dynamic (as in a reversible chemical reaction when the rates of reaction in both directions are equal)",
": balance sense 3a",
": a state of balance between opposing forces or actions",
": the normal balanced state of the body that is maintained by the inner ear and that keeps a person or animal from falling",
": a state of balance between opposing forces or actions that is either static (as in a body acted on by forces whose resultant is zero) or dynamic (as in a reversible chemical reaction when the velocities in both directions are equal)",
": a state of intellectual or emotional balance"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0113-kw\u0259-\u02c8li-br\u0113-\u0259m",
"\u02cce-",
"\u02cc\u0113-kw\u0259-\u02c8li-br\u0113-\u0259m",
"\u02cce-kw\u0259-",
"\u02cc\u0113-kw\u0259-\u02c8lib-r\u0113-\u0259m",
"\u02ccek-w\u0259-"
],
"synonyms":[
"balance",
"counterpoise",
"equilibration",
"equipoise",
"poise",
"stasis"
],
"antonyms":[
"disequilibration",
"disequilibrium",
"imbalance",
"nonequilibrium",
"unbalance"
],
"examples":[
"Supply and demand were in equilibrium .",
"we must find an equilibrium between commercial development and conservation of our natural treasures",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This can upset the delicate equilibrium of microorganisms in your intestines, causing stomach issues such as diarrhea. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
"Whenever the price of UST dropped below $1, traders were encouraged to burn UST for Luna, which would decrease the supply of UST and theoretically push its price up to equilibrium . \u2014 Marco Quiroz-gutierrez, Fortune , 19 May 2022",
"At halftime, when the Golden State Warriors\u2019 game plan is in tatters and their emotional equilibrium has been shaken, head coach Steve Kerr and his pit crew have 10 minutes to fix everything. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 May 2022",
"Finding equilibrium with his parents, one of whom is essentially paying him to help take care of the other, often feels like the bigger crisis. \u2014 Anthony Lan, The New Yorker , 8 Aug. 2021",
"That sort of equilibrium will take work to achieve and to maintain, as antibody levels ebb over time and new variants crop up. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 4 May 2022",
"As the German series industry heats up, the market of stories and financiers, currently thrown out of equilibrium , looks to change dramatically before settling into a new balance. \u2014 Marta Balaga, Variety , 23 Mar. 2022",
"On early Earth, the atmosphere maintained a different kind of equilibrium , with producers and consumers of oxygen in balance, but in a way that didn't leave much extra oxygen for the atmosphere. \u2014 David Bressan, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Everything gets blanketed in vibrant tomato just before the charred bits burn, and, over several hours, the dish moves toward a kind of equilibrium , where the tomato\u2019s sharp edges are rounded, and the meat buckles under its own weight. \u2014 Danny Chau, The New Yorker , 13 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin aequilibrium , from aequilibris being in equilibrium, from aequi- + libra weight, balance",
"first_known_use":[
"1608, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215522"
},
"equipage":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": material or articles used in equipment : outfit",
": a set of small articles (as for table service)",
": etui",
": trappings",
": retinue",
": a horse-drawn carriage with its servants",
": such a carriage alone"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-kw\u0259-pij"
],
"synonyms":[
"carriage",
"rig"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"for their old-fashioned wedding, the couple arrived at the church in a Victorian-era equipage , complete with costumed driver"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1573, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202013"
},
"equipment":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the set of articles or physical resources serving to equip a person or thing: such as",
": the implements used in an operation or activity : apparatus",
": all the fixed assets other than land and buildings of a business enterprise",
": the rolling stock of a railway",
": a piece of such equipment",
": the equipping of a person or thing",
": the state of being equipped",
": mental or emotional traits or resources : endowment",
": supplies or tools needed for a special purpose",
": the implements used in an operation or activity",
": goods that are not inventory, farm products, or consumer goods"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8kwip-m\u0259nt",
"i-\u02c8kwip-m\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"accoutrements",
"accouterments",
"apparatus",
"gear",
"hardware",
"kit",
"material(s)",
"mat\u00e9riel",
"materiel",
"outfit",
"paraphernalia",
"stuff",
"tackle"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The photographer came early to set up his equipment .",
"I'm looking for a hobby that doesn't require a lot of fancy equipment .",
"an expensive piece of medical equipment",
"Not enough funds were provided for the equipment of the troops.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"During any time of the day, Peloton owners can hop onto their fitness equipment , turn on the screen, access a workout and enjoy a great fitness session led by star-like fitness instructors. \u2014 Jose Antonio Martinez Aguilar, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"The company also slashed prices for its equipment , projected slower growth and had to borrow $750 million to fund its operations. \u2014 Jennifer Williams-alvarez And Mark Maurer, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
"All of our equipment is meticulously cleaned and maintained every single day. \u2014 Kara Warner, PEOPLE.com , 5 June 2022",
"Our analysts test all sheet sets for performance and durability using our specialized lab equipment and work with hundreds of real consumer testers to collect first-hand feedback on comfort and feel. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 2 June 2022",
"The Marshall girls glumly gathered their equipment and prepared to walk to the bus. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
"He's got to ask himself what if my equipment isn't any better than the Russians? \u2014 CBS News , 22 May 2022",
"Producers, musicians, mixers & artists also lost all of their equipment . \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 20 May 2022",
"His plan for a quick subjugation of Ukraine after the Feb. 24 invasion has been upended by a series of bruising battles that have forced him to reduce his territorial ambitions and have left Russia\u2019s forces exhausted and its equipment diminished. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223333"
},
"equitable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": having or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally with all concerned",
": existing or valid in equity as distinguished from law",
": having or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally",
": existing or valid in equity or as a matter of equity as distinguished from law",
"\u2014 compare legal sense 4"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-kw\u0259-t\u0259-b\u0259l",
"\u02c8e-kwi-t\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"candid",
"disinterested",
"dispassionate",
"equal",
"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":[
"They reached an equitable settlement of their dispute.",
"fighting for a more equitable distribution of funds",
"an equitable system of taxation",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"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",
"To address this, the coalition has started the One Million Acres for the Future campaign, which calls for Congress to invest $2.5 billion in the 2023 Farm Bill to facilitate equitable access to land. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"Establishing fair and equitable processes from the start is key to eliminating arbitrary accountability that undermines trust and culture. \u2014 Ron Carucci, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"Advancing criminal justice reform has been central to my administration and this means creating a fair and equitable system that increases access to justice for all. \u2014 The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"None of this means that equitable college access is completely out of our reach, though. \u2014 Leah Asmelash, CNN , 5 June 2022",
"Local maker hubs ensure equitable access to workspace for local entrepreneurs to help support their endeavors when office space and expensive supplies are not an option at the startup stage. \u2014 Blake Caldwell, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"The facilities that are open reflect an effort to provide equitable access across the county, Smith said. \u2014 Alison Dirr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 May 2022",
"But the festive-looking scene, which the public is invited to participate in for free, is also a powerful statement meant to celebrate equitable access to public land in L.A. and advocate for its preservation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170736"
},
"equity":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": justice according to natural law or right",
": freedom from bias or favoritism",
": something that is equitable",
": the money value of a property or of an interest in a property in excess of claims or liens against it",
": the common stock of a corporation",
": a risk interest or ownership right in property",
": a right, claim, or interest existing or valid in equity",
": a system of law originating in the English chancery and comprising a settled and formal body of legal and procedural rules and doctrines that supplement, aid, or override common and statute law and are designed to protect rights and enforce duties fixed by substantive law",
": trial or remedial justice under or by the rules and doctrines of equity",
": a body of legal doctrines and rules developed to enlarge, supplement, or override a narrow rigid system of law",
": justice according to fairness especially as distinguished from mechanical application of rules",
": something that is equitable : an instance of equity",
": a system of law originating in the English chancery and comprising a settled and formal body of substantive and procedural rules and doctrines that supplement, aid, or override common and statutory law",
"\u2014 see also chancery \u2014 compare common law , law",
": the principles that developed in the courts of equity : justice in accordance with equity",
": justice in accordance with natural law",
": a court of equity",
": a body of doctrines and rules developed to enlarge, supplement, or override any narrow or rigid system of law",
": a right, claim, or interest existing or valid in equity",
": the money value of a property or of an interest in property in excess of any claims or liens (as mortgage indebtedness) against it",
": a risk interest or ownership right in property",
": the ownership interests of shareholders in a company",
": the common stock of a corporation \u2014 compare asset , debt"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-kw\u0259-t\u0113",
"\u02c8e-kw\u0259-t\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"detachment",
"disinterest",
"disinterestedness",
"evenhandedness",
"fair-mindedness",
"fairness",
"impartiality",
"justice",
"neutralism",
"neutrality",
"nonpartisanship",
"objectiveness",
"objectivity"
],
"antonyms":[
"bias",
"favor",
"favoritism",
"nonobjectivity",
"one-sidedness",
"partiality",
"partisanship",
"prejudice"
],
"examples":[
"In making these decisions we should be governed by the principle of equity .",
"We've been slowly paying off our mortgage and building up equity in our house.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Kathy Delaney-Smith has been at the forefront of fighting for women\u2019s equity in sports since Title IX was first signed into law. \u2014 Jene\u00e9 Osterheldt, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
"Yet, even with early success, Chasen remains grounded in his passion for bringing greater equity in education to the world. \u2014 Rod Berger, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"DeBeatham-Brown raised concerns about the timing of each flag raising since June is half over and Town Manager Stanley D. Hawthorne assured that the flags would be flown with equity in mind. \u2014 Deidre Montague, Hartford Courant , 14 June 2022",
"Garrett Nelson, a senior equity research analyst covering the automotive sector at the research firm CFRA, said U.S. new car and truck sales already started to roll over as consumers have begun pulling back on their discretionary spending. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 13 June 2022",
"Others are tapping the equity built up in their homes, said Steve Rick, chief economist at CUNA Mutual Group. \u2014 New York Times , 12 June 2022",
"What keeps me here in this work is the equity of it. \u2014 Michael Laris, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"Henningsen said then-Mayor Tom Barrett approached her about starting an IHAD affiliate in Milwaukee in late 2006 as a way to increase educational equity in the city. \u2014 Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel , 9 June 2022",
"If pay packages for CEOs are increasing, why do female executives not own more than 1% total equity in S&P 500 companies? \u2014 Colin Lodewick, Fortune , 7 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English equite , from Anglo-French equit\u00e9 , from Latin aequitat-, aequitas , from aequus equal, fair",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221921"
},
"equivalent":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": equal in force, amount, or value",
": equal in area or volume but not superposable",
": like in signification or import",
": having logical equivalence",
": corresponding or virtually identical especially in effect or function",
": equal in might or authority",
": having the same chemical combining capacity",
": having the same solution set",
": capable of being placed in one-to-one correspondence",
": related by an equivalence relation",
": alike or equal in number, value, or meaning",
": something like or equal to something else in number, value, or meaning",
": corresponding or virtually identical especially in effect or function",
": having the same chemical combining capacity",
": the relative weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element : the atomic weight divided by the valence",
": the relative weight of a radical or compound that combines with a given weight of an element, radical, or compound",
": the weight of a compound that reacts with one equivalent of a given chemical element",
": a psychopathological symptom replacing the usual one in a given disorder",
": something that performs substantially the same function as another thing in substantially the same way \u2014 compare aggregation , combination , invention"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8kwiv-l\u0259nt",
"-\u02c8kwi-v\u0259-",
"i-\u02c8kwi-v\u0259-l\u0259nt",
"-l\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Those less-known companies manufacture equivalent products at cheaper prices.",
"I haven't taken English 202, but I took an equivalent course at another university.",
"an equivalent amount of money",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The response from regional fire departments was equivalent to a six- or seven-alarm fire, and two statewide task forces were assisting at the scene, Young said. \u2014 Maria Elena Little Endara, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
"But when the price of UST rises above $1, traders can burn LUNA and get the equivalent amount in UST. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 13 May 2022",
"If the Celtics don\u2019t cover, however, the risk-free bet will bring back a site credit refund in the amount equivalent to the losing wager. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Emissions would be taxed high enough to fund clean energy projects that produce an equivalent amount of energy to that which caused further pollution. \u2014 Wal Van Lierop, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The group estimated that debt servicing for all of the world\u2019s poorest countries will amount to $43 billion this year \u2014 equivalent to almost half their food-import bills and public spending on health care combined. \u2014 Eric Martin / Bloomberg, Time , 12 Apr. 2022",
"One of them, nitrogen trifluoride, warms the atmosphere 17,200 times more than an equivalent amount of carbon dioxide over 100 years. \u2014 Tim De Chant, Ars Technica , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Still, proponents say that the idea of scraping together as much as $105 billion should be stacked against the costs of expanding highways and air service an equivalent amount. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Putin ordered the Russian government to offer 10,000 rubles (about $130) to each evacuee, an amount equivalent to about half of an average monthly salary in eastern Ukraine. \u2014 CBS News , 20 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French, from Late Latin aequivalent-, aequivalens , present participle of aequival\u0113re to have equal power, from Latin aequi- + val\u0113re to be strong \u2014 more at wield ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195423"
},
"equivocal":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse",
": uncertain as an indication or sign",
": of uncertain nature or classification",
": of uncertain disposition toward a person or thing : undecided",
": of doubtful advantage, genuineness, or moral rectitude"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8kwi-v\u0259-k\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"debatable",
"disputable",
"dodgy",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"dubitable",
"fishy",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"queer",
"questionable",
"shady",
"shaky",
"suspect",
"suspicious"
],
"antonyms":[
"certain",
"hands-down",
"incontestable",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"questionless",
"sure",
"undeniable",
"undoubted",
"unproblematic",
"unquestionable"
],
"examples":[
"When I go to galleries to see new art. \u2026 I don't care about what I see unless it holds my eye, and that is an almost involuntary experience; but once something has that hold on me\u2014even in a tentative, equivocal way\u2014other factors come into play, and I find myself reaching for analogies, ideas, theories. \u2014 Jed Perl , New Republic , 20 Mar. 2000",
"He [Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec] frequented the sleazy underworld of Paris, but moved in top circles too, and by virtue of his equivocal status as a landed gentleman-turned-bohemian artist, was sufficiently an outsider to be a detached observer of the diverse social classes among whom he ranged so freely. \u2014 Elizabeth Cowling , Times Literary Supplement , 8 Nov. 1991",
"\u2026 in the past, photographs of real situations in color have invited a sense of ambiguity, an element of distrust on the part of viewers, perhaps because the saturated dyes of color film seem to have an equivocal relationship to the harsher realities of social conditions. \u2014 Naomi Rosenblum , A World History of Photography , 1989",
"He responded to reporters' questions with equivocal answers.",
"The experiment produced equivocal results.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Trump\u2019s appeal to his fans, yet Trump himself seems equivocal about his project. \u2014 Steve Coll, The New Yorker , 5 June 2022",
"At the end of May, Lam gave an equivocal response when asked whether people who gathered at Victoria Park on June 4 would face legal repercussions. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 3 June 2022",
"As for other benefits, the literature is somewhat equivocal . \u2014 Oliver Lee Bateman, Men's Health , 19 May 2022",
"From his Fifth Symphony onward, Shostakovich practiced an art of equivocal triumph, and the finale of the Tenth might be his deftest feat in this line. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Officials at the State Department had previously seen more opportunity to split Beijing and Moscow over the war, arguing that Beijing\u2019s equivocal statements on the crisis pointed to discomfort at Moscow\u2019s actions. \u2014 Jennifer Jacobs, Fortune , 18 Mar. 2022",
"While Ukraine\u2019s Foreign and Defense Ministers spoke warmly of their meeting in Poland Saturday with Biden, there was less equivocal support for the president\u2019s remarks among people in Ukraine. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 26 Mar. 2022",
"But a cat is not a squirrel, and its menace looms above the oblivious father and uneasy daughter in images that convey the equivocal nature of the cat\u2019s predator mind. \u2014 Celia Storey, Arkansas Online , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Tens of thousands of Georgians have rallied to support Ukraine, and to criticize the government\u2019s equivocal approach to a brotherly nation. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Late Latin aequivocus , from aequi- equi- + voc-, vox voice \u2014 more at voice ",
"first_known_use":[
"1599, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181405"
},
"eradicate":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to do away with as completely as if by pulling up by the roots",
": to pull up by the roots",
": to destroy completely"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8ra-d\u0259-\u02cck\u0101t",
"i-\u02c8ra-d\u0259-\u02cck\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"black out",
"blot out",
"cancel",
"clean (up)",
"efface",
"erase",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"obliterate",
"root (out)",
"rub out",
"snuff (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"sweep (away)",
"wipe out"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The disease has now been completely eradicated .",
"His ambition is to eradicate poverty in his community.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In years way past, this would be my call to write a nasty column about the need to eradicate the yellow plague. \u2014 Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News , 9 June 2022",
"But the island had to build hospitals and schools, and eradicate poverty. \u2014 Ken Silverstein, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
"In Trash Out environmental initiative encourages geocachers worldwide to clean up parks, eradicate invasive species, and build trails. \u2014 Nick Davidson, Outside Online , 1 Oct. 2014",
"Yellowstone National Park: Scientists are using soy pellets dropped by helicopter to eradicate exotic lake trout from Yellowstone Lake, Wyofile.com reports. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
"The group says Putin's plan is to simply eradicate the Ukrainian people, and that the war strategy on display in Mariupol and the steel plant exposes his human rights abuses and war crimes. \u2014 Eric Shawn, Fox News , 2 May 2022",
"The pharmaceutical industry is innovating every day to eradicate disease and treat illness, and even accomplished a massive feat in the past year to create, test and distribute Covid-19 vaccines around the world. \u2014 Lawrence Ganti, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022",
"With Rosalynn at his side, Jimmy traveled the world to eradicate disease, monitor democratic elections and promote human rights. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 July 2021",
"The petition urges the Biden administration and Congress to have a comprehensive plan to end pediatric cancer as part of its national plan to eradicate the disease. \u2014 Rene Marsh, CNN , 9 May 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin eradicatus , past participle of eradicare , from e- + radic-, radix root \u2014 more at root ",
"first_known_use":[
"1532, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222959"
},
"erase":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to rub or scrape out (something, such as written, painted, or engraved letters)",
": to remove written or drawn marks from",
": to remove (recorded matter) from a magnetic medium",
": to remove recorded matter from",
": to delete from computer storage",
": to remove from existence or memory as if by erasing",
": to nullify the effect or force of",
": to yield to erasure",
": to cause to disappear by rubbing or scraping",
": to remove marks from",
": to remove recorded matter from",
": to seal and protect (criminal records) from disclosure"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8r\u0101s",
"British",
"i-\u02c8r\u0101s"
],
"synonyms":[
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"black out",
"blot out",
"cancel",
"clean (up)",
"efface",
"eradicate",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"obliterate",
"root (out)",
"rub out",
"snuff (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"sweep (away)",
"wipe out"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The recording can be erased and the tape used again.",
"Several important files were accidentally erased .",
"You can erase the tape and use it again.",
"She erased the wrong answer from her paper and filled in the correct one.",
"I erased the chalk marks from the blackboard.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Few could predict that Boston would rally to erase a 12-point deficit in route to a 40-point quarter. \u2014 Zack Jones, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
"Sanchez, meanwhile, recorded nine outs via ground ball in his first four innings, including inning-ending, double-play grounders in the second and third and then a third to erase a leadoff single by McCutchen in the fourth. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 22 May 2022",
"Across Latin America, the unfolding crisis threatens to erase decades of progress in boosting living standards. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
"Izzo\u2019s only goal of the night, off a feed from Kennedy Ziegler, helped the Bulls erase a 10-goal deficit in the first half. \u2014 Craig Clary, Baltimore Sun , 10 May 2022",
"The overhaul of a controversial loan forgiveness program was projected to erase the debt of 22,000 student loan borrowers in the effort's first weeks. \u2014 Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY , 21 Jan. 2022",
"In his hourslong conclusion, Mr. Schenk sought to erase any doubt in jurors\u2019 minds about Ms. Holmes\u2019s guilt. \u2014 Heather Somerville, WSJ , 16 Dec. 2021",
"The Roadrunners traveled to Denton hoping to erase memories of a lopsided 45-3 loss at Apogee Stadium in 2019, as well as setbacks thee in 2017 and 2015. \u2014 Greg Luca, San Antonio Express-News , 27 Nov. 2021",
"These numbers are probably better than what Republicans need to erase the Democrats' razor-thin congressional majorities in the midterm elections. \u2014 W. James Antle Iii, The Week , 17 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin erasus , past participle of eradere , from e- + radere to scratch, scrape \u2014 more at rodent ",
"first_known_use":[
"1605, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213729"
},
"erect":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": vertical in position",
": not spread out or decumbent",
": standing up or out from the body",
": characterized by firm or rigid straightness in bodily posture",
": directed upward",
": alert , watchful",
": being in a state of physiological erection",
": to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts : build",
": to fix in an upright position",
": to cause to stand up or stand out",
": to direct upward",
": to change (an image) from an inverted to a normal position",
": to elevate in status",
": set up , establish",
": encourage , embolden",
": to draw or construct (something, such as a perpendicular or figure) upon a given base",
": straight up and down",
": to put up by fitting together materials or parts",
": to set or place straight up",
": standing up or out from the body",
": being in a state of physiological erection",
": to give legal existence to by a formal act of authority"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8rekt",
"i-\u02c8rekt",
"i-\u02c8rekt"
],
"synonyms":[
"perpendicular",
"plumb",
"raised",
"standing",
"stand-up",
"upright",
"upstanding",
"vertical"
],
"antonyms":[
"pitch",
"put up",
"raise",
"rear",
"set up",
"upend",
"upraise"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"She sat erect , listening for her name.",
"a lone tree remained erect after the terrible tornado had passed",
"Verb",
"The city erected a statue in his honor.",
"They erected a marker over the grave.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Volunteers prepare the boots by carefully tying each lace and placing an empty water bottle inside each boot to keep it erect . \u2014 Fox News , 5 Aug. 2021",
"These experimental trees \u2014 only about 2,000 exist so far \u2014 grow erect , spineless and fast, while still being able to survive and thrive the in harsh, semi-arid climate of South Texas. \u2014 Richard A. Marini, ExpressNews.com , 22 Oct. 2019",
"One is correctly seated at the table when the figure is erect but not rigid, not self-consciously tense; feet firmly on the floor; elbows off the table; left hand in the lap when it is not engaged. \u2014 Dan Danbom, The Denver Post , 17 Oct. 2019",
"Someday, a human-sized version might even be able erect habitats in space. \u2014 Laura Yan, Popular Mechanics , 22 July 2018",
"This hybrid of two European/Asian species grows to be an almost architectural plant to about 5-feet tall with narrow, erect shape. \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 1 June 2018",
"The 5-7 Stanhope runs with erect posture and striking fluidity. \u2014 David Woods, Indianapolis Star , 15 May 2018",
"Natalie Mueller is an archaeobotanist at Cornell University who has spent years hunting for erect knotweed across the southern US and up into Ohio and Illinois. \u2014 Annalee Newitz, Ars Technica , 26 Jan. 2018",
"At up to 12 meters tall, these spindly species were topped by a clump of erect branches vaguely resembling modern palm trees and lived a whopping 393 million to 372 million years ago. \u2014 Giorgia Guglielmi, Science | AAAS , 27 Oct. 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The park\u2019s headquarters, museum and archives are also located at the northern entrance; as is the Roosevelt Arch, where Native American groups planned to erect a teepee village in late August. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 June 2022",
"Kevitt\u2019s group, along with Different Spokes Bicycling Club of Southern California and Jelmert\u2019s friends and family, plans to erect a bike painted white in memory of Jelmert. \u2014 Rachel Urangastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The city plans to erect a series of new monuments using feedback collected through its engagement efforts and is seeking project ideas from artists or community groups. \u2014 Grace Hauck, USA TODAY , 17 Feb. 2021",
"The invasion of Ukraine has also unleashed a wave of protectionism as governments, desperate to secure goods for their citizens amid shortages and rising prices, erect new barriers to stop exports. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"All along the four-kilometer-long road, small groups of people were carrying bundles of white crosses and quietly beginning to erect them on the roadside. \u2014 Menno Schilthuizen, Scientific American , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The invasion of Ukraine has also unleashed a wave of protectionism as governments, desperate to secure goods for their citizens amid shortages and rising prices, erect new barriers to stop exports. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
"Particularly American leaders leading the country most erect in carriage as this horrid war ended? \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The fencing finally came down with a promise to re- erect it if necessary. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 9 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192222"
},
"ergo":{
"type":[
"adverb",
"combining form"
],
"definitions":[
": for that reason : because of that : therefore , hence",
": ergot"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8er-(\u02cc)g\u014d",
"\u02c8\u0259r-"
],
"synonyms":[
"accordingly",
"consequently",
"hence",
"so",
"therefore",
"thereupon",
"thus",
"wherefore"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Adverb",
"There's no win-win situation for workers of the world, in the current era at least. American steelworkers here do better, ergo Russian and South Korean steelworkers overseas do worse. \u2014 Alexander Cockburn , Nation , 3 Jan. 2000",
"He that comforts my wife is the cherisher of my flesh and blood; he that cherishes my flesh and blood loves my flesh and blood; he that loves my flesh and blood is my friend; ergo , he that kisses my wife is my friend. \u2014 William Shakespeare , All's Well that Ends Well , 1603",
"The products are poorly constructed; ergo , they break easily.",
"according to that line of reasoning, the eyewitness couldn't identify the aircraft, ergo it must have been from another planet",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Somewhat cuter is the Oxo Good Grips Compost Bin ($20), a squarish plastic affair that bears the company\u2019s ergo -mod aesthetic and is offered in white or black. \u2014 Steven Sclaroff, New York Times , 20 Nov. 2019",
"Longtime Toronto pundit Damien Cox this past week suggested that the remedy might have to be a Marner trade, with the Leafs getting back young, promising ( ergo : cheap) talent in the form of, say, a top-six forward and top-four defenseman. \u2014 Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com , 7 Sep. 2019",
"Apparently, ergo gets into the food chain other than by mushroom consumption via fungi in the soil. \u2014 Robert Beelman, CNN , 25 Apr. 2018",
"In the hubbub around this controversy, likely many doctors felt too embarrassed to grab the pharma handout\u2014 ergo my reborn popularity. \u2014 Kent Sepkowitz, Slate Magazine , 17 Feb. 2017",
"The global television audience is (at least) sixteen hundred times as big; ergo , the halftime show is more music video than live concert. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 6 Feb. 2017",
"Isaacson helps us right away with The Big One: Jobs might have felt abandoned because he was put up for adoption, ergo , sentenced to a life of searching for approval. \u2014 John C Abell, WIRED , 27 Oct. 2011"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adverb",
"first_known_use":[
"Adverb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204619"
},
"erode":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to diminish or destroy by degrees:",
": to eat into or away by slow destruction of substance (as by acid, infection, or cancer)",
": to wear away by the action of water, wind, or glacial ice",
": to cause to deteriorate or disappear as if by eating or wearing away",
": to produce or form by eroding",
": to undergo erosion",
": to destroy or be destroyed by wearing away",
": to eat into or away by slow destruction of substance (as by acid, infection, or cancer)",
": to remove with an abrasive"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8r\u014dd",
"i-\u02c8r\u014dd",
"i-\u02c8r\u014dd"
],
"synonyms":[
"bite (at)",
"corrode",
"eat",
"fret",
"gnaw",
"nibble"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Crashing waves have eroded the cliffs along the beach.",
"The shoreline has eroded badly.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Skills erode over time, but charisma, like memories, last. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 16 June 2022",
"Without them, most trading portfolios, investment funds or family offices would eventually erode under the weight of slightly bad calculations, inflation or simple market downturns. \u2014 Radu Magdin, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"That could erode the current economic expansion, but if the U.S. weathers the storm without too much upheaval, then that potential pitfall may not be a factor. \u2014 Megan Leonhardt, Fortune , 19 May 2022",
"On teams where there is little distinction between good and bad work, morale can erode over time. \u2014 Callum Borchers, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"Ghosting can erode self-esteem and increase feelings of self-doubt. \u2014 Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
"Otherwise, the path will erode , gather debris, or change shape entirely as months of nature junk accumulates. \u2014 Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor , 18 May 2022",
"Persistently higher inflation can feed on itself and spark shortages and ever-escalating wages, erode personal wealth and, occasionally, lead to global unrest. \u2014 Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic , 15 May 2022",
"Thomas' words erode the concept of an independent judiciary that guards all our rights -- and replace it with a Supreme Court that is simply part of the GOP political apparatus. \u2014 Dean Obeidallah, CNN , 8 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin erodere to eat away, from e- + rodere to gnaw \u2014 more at rodent ",
"first_known_use":[
"1612, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204009"
},
"err":{
"type":[
"intransitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make a mistake",
": to violate an accepted standard of conduct",
": stray",
": to make a mistake",
": to make an error"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8er",
"\u02c8\u0259r",
"\u02c8er",
"\u02c8\u0259r",
"\u02c8er, \u02c8\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunder",
"boob",
"flub",
"fluff",
"foul up",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mess (up)",
"screw up",
"slip up",
"stumble",
"trip"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I may have erred in my calculations.",
"The court erred in refusing to allow bail.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Fed must decide where the greatest risks lie and then err on the side of doing too much to minimize those risks\u2014cut off the tails of the distribution, in statistics-speak. \u2014 WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Roberts, who will err on the side of shorter stints with his starters after losing Buehler, was thrilled with the resistance. \u2014 Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"Jassy said the company had made the decision early in the pandemic to err on the side of having too many workers and too much warehouse space rather than too little. \u2014 Emily Chang, Fortune , 9 June 2022",
"Officials tend to err on the side of caution under a system that readily punishes them for lax enforcement if outbreaks flare up or come back. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2022",
"Molly Goddard featured the technique on many pieces in her spring runway show, whose voluminous tulle shapes err on the maximalist side of things. \u2014 Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue , 27 May 2022",
"The professors also told me that nobody at the top had issued a direct command to not renew my contract, because the system created enough nervousness that people were likely to err on the side of caution. \u2014 Peter Hessler, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
"The bottom line was that the Tax Court did not err in determining the Reserve Mechanical policies sold to Peak to be unreasonably priced and not negotiated at arm's length. \u2014 Jay Adkisson, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"The new letter is in line with the Biden administration\u2019s decision to err on the side of disclosure, given the gravity of the events in the Jan. 6 attack by a pro-Trump mob. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French errer , from Latin errare to wander, err; akin to Old English ierre wandering, perverse, Goth airzeis deceived",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210126"
},
"errant":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": behaving wrongly",
": straying outside the proper path or bounds",
": moving about aimlessly or irregularly",
": fallible",
": traveling or given to traveling",
": wandering in search of adventure",
": straying from a proper course"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8er-\u0259nt",
"\u02c8e-r\u0259nt",
"\u02c8er-\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"contrary",
"froward",
"misbehaving",
"mischievous",
"naughty"
],
"antonyms":[
"behaved",
"behaving",
"nice",
"orderly"
],
"examples":[
"The teacher blamed the prank on errant students.",
"the errant gunslinger as a standard character in western novels",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Love\u2019s errant pass was intercepted by Matisse Thybulle who then flipped the ball ahead to Tobias Harris for a breakaway dunk, an exclamation point on the series sweep. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Teammate Vince Cole couldn\u2019t fight through a screen and Essam Mostafa\u2019s errant pass bounced right to Williams. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The Bluejays had a chance to go ahead in the final minute, but Alexander's errant pass went off Alex O'Connell's hands. \u2014 Schuyler Dixon, ajc , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Boston closed the first quarter on an 11-5 run with Jokic on the bench as Daniel Theis hit a jumper, a 3-pointer after saving an errant pass and an alley-oop dunk before Tatum closed the quarter with an uncontested 3. \u2014 Arnie Stapleton, courant.com , 20 Mar. 2022",
"An errant pass by Alexander gave Ochai Agbaji, the Big 12 player of the year who would finish on Saturday with 15 points and eight rebounds, a chance to steal and score and rebuild the Kansas lead to 3. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Dave Robinson nearly sacked Cowboys quarterback Don Meredith and instead coaxed an errant pass that Tom Brown hauled in for an interception in the end zone. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 22 Jan. 2022",
"Opinions differ on whether catchers on one knee block errant pitches as effectively as those in a traditional stance. \u2014 Star Tribune , 14 June 2021",
"On Monday, when Mercedes came to bat in the ninth, utilityman Willians Astudillo threw three errant pitches and then served up a 47 mph floater that Mercedes found enticing, jacking it out of the park. \u2014 Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle , 21 May 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English erraunt , from Anglo-French errant , present participle of errer to err & errer to travel, from Late Latin iterare , from Latin iter road, journey \u2014 more at itinerant ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223439"
},
"erratically":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": having no fixed course : wandering",
": characterized by lack of consistency, regularity, or uniformity",
": deviating from what is ordinary or standard : eccentric",
": transported from an original resting place especially by a glacier",
": nomadic",
": one that is erratic (see erratic entry 1 )",
": a boulder or block of rock transported from its original resting place especially by a glacier",
": not consistent or regular",
": characterized by lack of consistency, regularity, or uniformity",
": deviating from what is ordinary or standard"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8ra-tik",
"i-\u02c8ra-tik",
"ir-\u02c8at-ik"
],
"synonyms":[
"aimless",
"arbitrary",
"catch-as-catch-can",
"desultory",
"haphazard",
"helter-skelter",
"hit-or-miss",
"random",
"scattered",
"slapdash",
"stray"
],
"antonyms":[
"methodical",
"methodic",
"nonrandom",
"orderly",
"organized",
"regular",
"systematic",
"systematized"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"My sinker has been my most erratic pitch. And when your foundation pitch is lacking, you have to go to other pitches. My sinker has been in and out, but mostly out. \u2014 Orel Hershiser , in New York Times , 9 May 1999",
"In winning his two-month match in Yugoslavia against Boris Spassky, 10 games to five, Bobby Fischer was erratic , which was hardly surprising considering his two-decade layoff, but there were times when he played more brilliantly than anybody could have expected. \u2014 Sports Illustrated , 16 Nov. 1992",
"Over the centuries, in erratic ways, men have constructed a world in which they are relatively free of many kinds of threatening or harmful stimuli \u2026 \u2014 B. F. Skinner , Beyond Freedom and Dignity , (1971) 1972",
"so far your effort to land a summer job has been very erratic",
"because of your erratic attendance at practice, you're in danger of being cut from the team",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Her stepfather is erratic , her grandfather creepy, her stepbrother the fictional equivalent of an NPC. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
"Most of the panelists\u2019 track records are erratic at best, and pretty much none of the contestants are particularly skilled storytellers or liars. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 5 May 2022",
"One area to watch for Llewellyn is his free-throw shooting was erratic at Princeton: 57.9% in 2018-19; 78% in 2019-20; 69.6% in 2021-22 (39-for-56). \u2014 Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Powerful, erratic winds pushed the burn, ignited in a forest of ponderosa pines, to grow out of control and merge with another nearby wildfire. \u2014 Dan Frosch, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"Millions more Sudanese are set to go hungry this year as economic turmoil and erratic rains drive up prices and reduce harvests, with a halt to foreign assistance and the war in Ukraine putting food supplies at further risk. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Dart was the more erratic of the two, completing 47% of his passes for just 89 yards. \u2014 Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times , 7 Nov. 2021",
"Children will enjoy the lily pond with its frogs and turtles, an activity area crafted from logs, and the stegosaurus sculpture made from a glacial erratic by metal artist David Phillips. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 July 2021",
"The increase in moisture would affect most of Arizona and could help with overnight wildfire firefighting efforts, though the accompanying high winds could make fire movement more erratic , the service explained. \u2014 Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic , 20 June 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Speidel was inspired to create these artworks from her fascination with glacial erratics , a type of rock that once was carried inside glacial ice and traveled hundreds of miles sometimes across thousands of years to its current resting spot. \u2014 Nickole Kerner Bobley, Houston Chronicle , 25 Apr. 2020",
"One of the biggest boulders is now enshrined at the Erratic Rock State Natural Site in McMinnville, a small state park that aims to educate visitors about these odd erratics . \u2014 Jamie Hale, OregonLive.com , 6 June 2017",
"Erratics are also found in the Columbia River Gorge. \u2014 Jamie Hale, OregonLive.com , 6 June 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"circa 1623, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213116"
},
"erroneous":{
"type":"adjective",
"definitions":[
"containing or characterized by error mistaken",
"wandering",
"incorrect sense 1",
"containing or characterized by error \u2014 see also clearly erroneous"
],
"pronounciation":"i-\u02c8r\u014d-n\u0113-\u0259s",
"synonyms":[
"false",
"inaccurate",
"incorrect",
"inexact",
"invalid",
"off",
"unsound",
"untrue",
"untruthful",
"wrong"
],
"antonyms":[
"accurate",
"correct",
"errorless",
"exact",
"factual",
"precise",
"proper",
"right",
"sound",
"true",
"valid",
"veracious"
],
"examples":[
"When you're done, the programs scour your return for potential problems and erroneous data and let you correct them. Then, poof! Either print out your 1040 and related documents or follow the software prompts to file electronically. \u2014 Kathy Yakal , PC Magazine , 9 Mar. 1999",
"Here we come face-to-face with the uncompromising rules of golf as Mr. Dobereiner recounts how Roberto de Vincenzo lost the 1968 Masters Tournament by a single stroke because he signed an erroneous scorecard. \u2014 Robert R. Harris , New York Times Book Review , 21 Oct. 1984",
"To say truth, nothing is more erroneous than the common observation, that men who are ill-natured and quarrelsome when they are drunk, are very worthy persons when they are sober for drink, in reality, doth not reverse nature, or create passions in men which did not exist in them before. \u2014 Henry Fielding , Tom Jones , 1749",
"a news article about the new virus that was filled with much erroneous information",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Iraq was Israel\u2019s problem, yet Israeli intelligence, like virtually all other foreign intelligence bureaus, fed the U.S. intelligence community with erroneous information that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction and was ready to use them. \u2014 James Nalton, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Who cares if Apply Magic Sauce comes to comically erroneous conclusions? \u2014 Frank Luerweg, Scientific American , 14 Mar. 2019",
"Nobody has asserted the financial disorder amounts to any crimes, but erroneous information on company ledgers can generally lead to problems with creditors, regulators, the league and others. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
"The case for a no-fly zone is, like much misguided policy advice, premised on the erroneous assumption that moral and strategic imperatives necessarily align. \u2014 WSJ , 14 Mar. 2022",
"That accounts for roughly $99 billion in fraudulent and erroneous payments\u2014an amount equivalent to the GDP of Ecuador. \u2014 Sally Pipes, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Some of those loans may contain erroneous payment counts without any clear sense of how they will be fixed. \u2014 Danielle Douglas-gabriel, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The erroneous reports come as Taipei expresses concerns over China's potential military moves against the island following Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 Eric Cheung, CNN , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Kelly said Tuesday that the social media post was not authorized by her organization or any agency, and that its claim that Section 8 vouchers were being handed out freely at the location was erroneous . \u2014 al , 31 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin erroneus , from erron-, erro wanderer, from errare \u2014 see err ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"erroneously":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": containing or characterized by error : mistaken",
": wandering",
": incorrect sense 1",
": containing or characterized by error \u2014 see also clearly erroneous"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8r\u014d-n\u0113-\u0259s",
"e-",
"i-\u02c8r\u014d-n\u0113-\u0259s",
"i-\u02c8r\u014d-n\u0113-\u0259s, e-"
],
"synonyms":[
"false",
"inaccurate",
"incorrect",
"inexact",
"invalid",
"off",
"unsound",
"untrue",
"untruthful",
"wrong"
],
"antonyms":[
"accurate",
"correct",
"errorless",
"exact",
"factual",
"precise",
"proper",
"right",
"sound",
"true",
"valid",
"veracious"
],
"examples":[
"When you're done, the programs scour your return for potential problems and erroneous data and let you correct them. Then, poof! Either print out your 1040 and related documents or follow the software prompts to file electronically. \u2014 Kathy Yakal , PC Magazine , 9 Mar. 1999",
"Here we come face-to-face with the uncompromising rules of golf as Mr. Dobereiner recounts how Roberto de Vincenzo lost the 1968 Masters Tournament by a single stroke because he signed an erroneous scorecard. \u2014 Robert R. Harris , New York Times Book Review , 21 Oct. 1984",
"To say truth, nothing is more erroneous than the common observation, that men who are ill-natured and quarrelsome when they are drunk, are very worthy persons when they are sober: for drink, in reality, doth not reverse nature, or create passions in men which did not exist in them before. \u2014 Henry Fielding , Tom Jones , 1749",
"a news article about the new virus that was filled with much erroneous information",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Iraq was Israel\u2019s problem, yet Israeli intelligence, like virtually all other foreign intelligence bureaus, fed the U.S. intelligence community with erroneous information that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction and was ready to use them. \u2014 James Nalton, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Who cares if Apply Magic Sauce comes to comically erroneous conclusions? \u2014 Frank Luerweg, Scientific American , 14 Mar. 2019",
"Nobody has asserted the financial disorder amounts to any crimes, but erroneous information on company ledgers can generally lead to problems with creditors, regulators, the league and others. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
"The case for a no-fly zone is, like much misguided policy advice, premised on the erroneous assumption that moral and strategic imperatives necessarily align. \u2014 WSJ , 14 Mar. 2022",
"That accounts for roughly $99 billion in fraudulent and erroneous payments\u2014an amount equivalent to the GDP of Ecuador. \u2014 Sally Pipes, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Some of those loans may contain erroneous payment counts without any clear sense of how they will be fixed. \u2014 Danielle Douglas-gabriel, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The erroneous reports come as Taipei expresses concerns over China's potential military moves against the island following Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 Eric Cheung, CNN , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Kelly said Tuesday that the social media post was not authorized by her organization or any agency, and that its claim that Section 8 vouchers were being handed out freely at the location was erroneous . \u2014 al , 31 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin erroneus , from erron-, erro wanderer, from errare \u2014 see err ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211923"
},
"error":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an act or condition of ignorant or imprudent deviation from a code of behavior",
": an act involving an unintentional deviation from truth or accuracy",
": an act that through ignorance, deficiency, or accident departs from or fails to achieve what should be done",
": such as",
": a defensive misplay other than a wild pitch or passed ball made by a baseball player when normal play would have resulted in an out or prevented an advance by a base runner",
": the failure of a player (as in tennis) to make a successful return of a ball during play",
": a mistake in the proceedings of a court of record in matters of law or of fact",
": the quality or state of erring",
": illusion about the nature of reality that is the cause of human suffering : the contradiction of truth",
": an instance of false belief",
": something produced by mistake",
": a postage stamp exhibiting a consistent flaw (such as a wrong color) in its manufacture",
": the difference between an observed or calculated value and a true value",
": variation in measurements, calculations, or observations of a quantity due to mistakes or to uncontrollable factors",
": the amount of deviation from a standard or specification",
": a deficiency or imperfection in structure or function",
": a failure to be correct or accurate : mistake",
": a deficiency or imperfection in structure or function",
": an act that through ignorance, deficiency, or accident departs from or fails to achieve what should be done",
": a mistake made by a lower court in conducting judicial proceedings or making findings in a case",
"; \u2014 see also assignment of error , clearly erroneous",
": an error made by a judge in his or her findings of fact which is such that it leaves the reviewing court with the firm and definite conviction that a mistake has been made",
": plain error in this entry",
": an error that does not affect a substantial right or change the outcome of a trial and does not warrant reversal or other modification of the lower court's decision on appeal",
": an error resulting from a party's own request for or encouragement of an action by the court",
": an error that is obvious and indisputable and that warrants reversal on appeal",
": an obvious and prejudicial error that affects the substantial rights of the parties and that results or probably results in a miscarriage of justice",
": an error that affects or presumptively affects the outcome of a trial",
": a substantial and prejudicial error warranting reversal on appeal"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8er-\u0259r",
"\u02c8e-r\u0259r",
"\u02c8er-\u0259r",
"\u02c8er-\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunder",
"bobble",
"boob",
"boo-boo",
"brick",
"clanger",
"clinker",
"fault",
"flub",
"fluff",
"fumble",
"gaff",
"gaffe",
"goof",
"inaccuracy",
"lapse",
"miscue",
"misstep",
"mistake",
"oversight",
"screwup",
"slip",
"slipup",
"stumble",
"trip"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I made an error in my calculations.",
"They uncovered several errors in his report to the committee.",
"The paper contains numerous spelling errors .",
"horrifying cases of hospital error",
"The shortstop was charged with an error .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"He was charged with fielding errors in the seventh and eighth innings, but his error in the eighth was later changed to a single by the official scorer. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 18 June 2022",
"However, according to Orlando City communications, there was an error in one of the Lions\u2019 prior matches in which Jansson was not shown a yellow but was put down as being shown one. \u2014 Austin David, Orlando Sentinel , 17 June 2022",
"Mendonca grounded into a fielders\u2019 choice, scoring Aldrich and senior Kylie Thorpe darted all the way around the bases off of an error in right field to push the advantage to 5-0. \u2014 Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
"The error from Martin in the sixth inning momentarily marred his day, setting the Royals up for a three-run frame. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 12 June 2022",
"The most common error in the business terms of a lease is failure to plan for an exit strategy. \u2014 Robin Gagnon, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Gonzalez, playing in his 11th career game, reached base on an error in the second and is batting .372 with five RBI after picking up a pair of doubles in Tuesday\u2019s first contest. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 7 June 2022",
"There's really nothing that strikes us as a critical error in the way this car looks or drives, leaving us with the nagging questions posed at the top of the review. \u2014 Mark Takahashi, Car and Driver , 3 June 2022",
"An error in the communication module's SIM card software can cause a mobile network connection failure, disabling the emergency call (eCall) system. \u2014 National Highway Traffic & Safety Administration, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English errour , from Anglo-French, from Latin error , from errare ",
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173543"
},
"errorless":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an act or condition of ignorant or imprudent deviation from a code of behavior",
": an act involving an unintentional deviation from truth or accuracy",
": an act that through ignorance, deficiency, or accident departs from or fails to achieve what should be done",
": such as",
": a defensive misplay other than a wild pitch or passed ball made by a baseball player when normal play would have resulted in an out or prevented an advance by a base runner",
": the failure of a player (as in tennis) to make a successful return of a ball during play",
": a mistake in the proceedings of a court of record in matters of law or of fact",
": the quality or state of erring",
": illusion about the nature of reality that is the cause of human suffering : the contradiction of truth",
": an instance of false belief",
": something produced by mistake",
": a postage stamp exhibiting a consistent flaw (such as a wrong color) in its manufacture",
": the difference between an observed or calculated value and a true value",
": variation in measurements, calculations, or observations of a quantity due to mistakes or to uncontrollable factors",
": the amount of deviation from a standard or specification",
": a deficiency or imperfection in structure or function",
": a failure to be correct or accurate : mistake",
": a deficiency or imperfection in structure or function",
": an act that through ignorance, deficiency, or accident departs from or fails to achieve what should be done",
": a mistake made by a lower court in conducting judicial proceedings or making findings in a case",
"; \u2014 see also assignment of error , clearly erroneous",
": an error made by a judge in his or her findings of fact which is such that it leaves the reviewing court with the firm and definite conviction that a mistake has been made",
": plain error in this entry",
": an error that does not affect a substantial right or change the outcome of a trial and does not warrant reversal or other modification of the lower court's decision on appeal",
": an error resulting from a party's own request for or encouragement of an action by the court",
": an error that is obvious and indisputable and that warrants reversal on appeal",
": an obvious and prejudicial error that affects the substantial rights of the parties and that results or probably results in a miscarriage of justice",
": an error that affects or presumptively affects the outcome of a trial",
": a substantial and prejudicial error warranting reversal on appeal"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8er-\u0259r",
"\u02c8e-r\u0259r",
"\u02c8er-\u0259r",
"\u02c8er-\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunder",
"bobble",
"boob",
"boo-boo",
"brick",
"clanger",
"clinker",
"fault",
"flub",
"fluff",
"fumble",
"gaff",
"gaffe",
"goof",
"inaccuracy",
"lapse",
"miscue",
"misstep",
"mistake",
"oversight",
"screwup",
"slip",
"slipup",
"stumble",
"trip"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I made an error in my calculations.",
"They uncovered several errors in his report to the committee.",
"The paper contains numerous spelling errors .",
"horrifying cases of hospital error",
"The shortstop was charged with an error .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"He was charged with fielding errors in the seventh and eighth innings, but his error in the eighth was later changed to a single by the official scorer. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 18 June 2022",
"However, according to Orlando City communications, there was an error in one of the Lions\u2019 prior matches in which Jansson was not shown a yellow but was put down as being shown one. \u2014 Austin David, Orlando Sentinel , 17 June 2022",
"Mendonca grounded into a fielders\u2019 choice, scoring Aldrich and senior Kylie Thorpe darted all the way around the bases off of an error in right field to push the advantage to 5-0. \u2014 Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
"The error from Martin in the sixth inning momentarily marred his day, setting the Royals up for a three-run frame. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 12 June 2022",
"The most common error in the business terms of a lease is failure to plan for an exit strategy. \u2014 Robin Gagnon, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Gonzalez, playing in his 11th career game, reached base on an error in the second and is batting .372 with five RBI after picking up a pair of doubles in Tuesday\u2019s first contest. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 7 June 2022",
"There's really nothing that strikes us as a critical error in the way this car looks or drives, leaving us with the nagging questions posed at the top of the review. \u2014 Mark Takahashi, Car and Driver , 3 June 2022",
"An error in the communication module's SIM card software can cause a mobile network connection failure, disabling the emergency call (eCall) system. \u2014 National Highway Traffic & Safety Administration, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English errour , from Anglo-French, from Latin error , from errare ",
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184222"
},
"ersatz":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": being a usually artificial and inferior substitute or imitation"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8er-\u02ccs\u00e4ts",
"-\u02ccz\u00e4ts",
"er-\u02c8z\u00e4ts",
"-\u02c8s\u00e4ts",
"\u02c8\u0259r-\u02ccsats"
],
"synonyms":[
"artificial",
"bogus",
"dummy",
"factitious",
"fake",
"false",
"faux",
"imitation",
"imitative",
"man-made",
"mimic",
"mock",
"pretend",
"sham",
"simulated",
"substitute",
"synthetic"
],
"antonyms":[
"genuine",
"natural",
"real"
],
"examples":[
"an apartment complex designed as an ersatz Mediterranean villa",
"like everything else the restaurant served, the whipped cream on the dessert was ersatz",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There are no arches, golden or otherwise, in the ersatz McDonald\u2019s that opened Sunday in Moscow. \u2014 Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post , 12 June 2022",
"Akin to antlers on end tables, the aesthetics of national parks are being used in an ersatz way, tailored to the rich. \u2014 Antonia Hitchens, Town & Country , 8 June 2022",
"This amounts to a kind of malpractice in the editing room, transforming the actors\u2019 brave and devoted exertions into a seeming cheat, an ersatz experience that might as well have been created with C.G.I. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 26 May 2022",
"The city is celebrated as gaudy, flashy, ersatz , fake, a monument to excess. \u2014 Michael Goldstein, Forbes , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Always tentative about her abilities, Radziwill fell completely under Capote\u2019s ersatz Svengali spell. \u2014 Mark Peikert, Town & Country , 28 Jan. 2022",
"But Batiste\u2019s sense of himself is trapped in ethnic expression that\u2019s become ersatz . \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 6 Apr. 2022",
"But according to photos included in the lawsuit, customers are paying for puny, ersatz versions of what\u2019s shown in ads. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022",
"The ersatz third place is a consequence of a culture obsessed with productivity and status, whose subjects might have decent incomes but little recreational time. \u2014 Allie Conti, The Atlantic , 4 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"German ersatz- , from Ersatz , noun, substitute",
"first_known_use":[
"1871, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170603"
},
"erstwhile":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": in the past : formerly",
": former , previous"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0259rst-\u02cc(h)w\u012b(-\u0259)l"
],
"synonyms":[
"formerly",
"once",
"onetime"
],
"antonyms":[
"former",
"late",
"old",
"once",
"onetime",
"other",
"past",
"quondam",
"sometime",
"whilom"
],
"examples":[
"Adverb",
"there's now a store where erstwhile lay green and pleasant pastures",
"Adjective",
"my erstwhile friend ignored me when I ran into her at the mall",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"In South Africa\u2019s middle class suburban areas, including Randburg, where there\u2019s more visible policing, lockdown measures are being tightly enforced, leaving several erstwhile busy stalls and shopping areas empty. \u2014 Quartz Africa , 4 Apr. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"On paper, new society entrant Edwina Sharma (Charithra Chandran) makes a perfect choice for the erstwhile lothario. \u2014 David Oliver, USA TODAY , 23 Mar. 2022",
"De Blasio was constantly at war with erstwhile allies, and particularly with the press. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 24 May 2022",
"The Victor Pinchuk Foundation is one of the sponsors of Ukraine House, which sits across the promenade from the erstwhile Russia House. \u2014 Mark Landler And Matina Stevis-gridneff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 May 2022",
"Atlanta also anticipates the mid-season return of erstwhile star closer Kirby Yates, who signed a two-year, $8.25 million pact with the club last November but is still recuperating from Tommy John elbow surgery. \u2014 Dan Schlossberg, Forbes , 19 Mar. 2022",
"The tickets were a Christmas gift from our son Kelly, the erstwhile Kid Down the Hall. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 9 May 2022",
"In 2013, Robbie Fitzpatrick and Alex Freedman founded the erstwhile Freedman Fitzpatrick gallery in Los Angeles with the aim of introducing European artists to the U.S. market. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
"This erstwhile cultural hub has been converted into luxury homes. \u2014 Lydia Armstrong, CNN , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Faster data service like 4G was restored in the region only in January 2021, nearly 18 months after being withdrawn following the erstwhile state\u2019s restructuring by the Indian government. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz , 5 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"Adverb",
"1569, in the meaning defined above",
"Adjective",
"1849, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215813"
},
"escalate":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to increase in extent, volume, number, amount, intensity, or scope",
": expand sense 2"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-sk\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t",
"nonstandard"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerate",
"accumulate",
"appreciate",
"balloon",
"boom",
"build up",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"climb",
"enlarge",
"expand",
"gain",
"increase",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"rise",
"roll up",
"snowball",
"spread",
"swell",
"wax"
],
"antonyms":[
"contract",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"recede",
"wane"
],
"examples":[
"The conflict has escalated into an all-out war.",
"a time of escalating tensions",
"We are trying not to escalate the violence.",
"Salaries of leading executives have continued to escalate .",
"The cold weather has escalated fuel prices.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Kent walked from the train corridor to the bus platform and then back again during her shift, helping to de- escalate one mental health crisis after the next. \u2014 Eli Saslow, Anchorage Daily News , 7 June 2022",
"Kent walked from the train corridor to the bus platform and then back again during her shift, helping to de- escalate one mental health crisis after the next. \u2014 Eli Saslow, Washington Post , 6 June 2022",
"The judge said Mensah should have been aware that pulling his weapon on Anderson created an unreasonable risk of death and the officer should have taken steps to de- escalate the situation. \u2014 Minyvonne Burke, NBC News , 2 June 2022",
"Thompson said in a report that officers tried to de- escalate the situation for nearly 30 minutes, citing the commands officers gave Calva and their use of a police dog and peperball rounds. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2022",
"Their job is to give out anti-violence resources and connect with local families about upcoming opportunities, like learning how to de- escalate conflicts. \u2014 Ashley Luthern, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 May 2022",
"Callers questioned why several officers crowded around and yelled orders at the two men, saying that approach did not appear to de- escalate the situation. \u2014 Lauren Hern\u00e1ndez, San Francisco Chronicle , 27 May 2022",
"The pressure to de- escalate the conflict is likely to grow as the impact is felt around the world. \u2014 Brian Bennett, Time , 19 May 2022",
"Abramovich has served as an informal mediator between Russia and Ukraine, and has reportedly avoided U.S. sanctions because of his role in attempting to de- escalate the conflict. \u2014 Anna Kaplan, Forbes , 5 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"back-formation from escalator ",
"first_known_use":[
"1944, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194859"
},
"escape":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to get away (as by flight)",
": to issue from confinement",
": to run wild from cultivation",
": to avoid a threatening evil",
": to get free of : break away from",
": to get or stay out of the way of : avoid",
": to fail to be noticed or recallable by",
": to issue from",
": to be uttered involuntarily by",
": an act or instance of escaping : such as",
": flight from confinement",
": evasion of something undesirable",
": leakage or outflow especially of a fluid",
": distraction or relief from routine or reality",
": a means of escape",
": a cultivated plant run wild",
": escape key",
": providing a means of escape",
": providing a means of evading a regulation, claim, or commitment",
": to get away : get free or clear",
": to keep free of : avoid",
": to fail to be noticed or remembered by",
": to leak out",
": the act of getting away",
": a way of getting away",
": to avoid or find relief from something by means of an escape",
": to avoid or find relief from (something) by means of an escape",
": an act or instance of escaping : as",
": evasion of something undesirable",
": distraction or relief from routine or reality",
": mental distraction or relief by flight into idealizing fantasy or fiction that serves to glorify the self",
": providing a means of escape",
": to depart from lawful custody with the intent of avoiding confinement or the administration of justice",
": an act or instance of escaping",
": the criminal offense of escaping"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8sk\u0101p",
"e-",
"dialectal",
"i-\u02c8sk\u0101p",
"is-\u02c8k\u0101p"
],
"synonyms":[
"abscond",
"break out (of)",
"clear out",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"lam",
"run away",
"run off"
],
"antonyms":[
"break",
"breakout",
"bunk",
"flight",
"getaway",
"lam",
"rout",
"slip"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"That message was impossible to escape in the months before the invasion. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"Shotzi locked Aliyah in her dressing room this week, but Aliyah was able to escape just in time for this match. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"Russia also stepped up its efforts to capture the nearby city Lysychansk, where civilians rushed to escape persistent shelling. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 30 May 2022",
"Russia also stepped up its efforts to take nearby Lysychansk, where civilians rushed to escape persistent shelling. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 29 May 2022",
"Russia also stepped up its efforts to take nearby Lysychansk, where civilians rushed to escape persistent shelling. \u2014 Elena Becatoros And Ricardo Mazalan, Anchorage Daily News , 29 May 2022",
"The fall of Saigon prompted hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese to escape the country in the ensuing years. \u2014 Vicky Nguyen, NBC News , 29 May 2022",
"On the outskirts of Florence, Hooper and Kraczyna took me to Castello, a little town where many wealthy people built elaborate villas to escape the heat of Florence in a cooler, greener place. \u2014 Perri Klass, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 May 2022",
"Three errors put the pressure on Nichols to escape situations with runners in scoring positions. \u2014 Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The natural gem provides a weekend or day trip escape into natural, wild Florida. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
"Its primary purpose is to provide escape , rather than to challenge, to distract rather than to trigger deep moral or social questioning. \u2014 Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
"That journey, and the escape of others from the same day center in Mariupol, was the subject of a Wall Street Journal article that was read by Mr. Cena, who arranged a meeting in Huizen, the Dutch town where the family has been staying. \u2014 Maryna Dubyna, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
"The Collins' ranch was within the perimeter police were searching following Lopez's escape , which happened May 12 near Centerville as he was being taken from a facility in Gatesville to another unit in Huntsville for a medical appointment. \u2014 Ray Sanchez And Christina Maxouris, CNN , 4 June 2022",
"The Copes escape to Boston, where British troops offer immediate protection. \u2014 Christina Barron, Washington Post , 1 June 2022",
"Set on 10 acres of oak and cedar with beautiful views in every direction, the primitive accommodation offers a cozy, private escape from the hustle of everyday life. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 1 June 2022",
"Once a dark, drab trailer, the RV now exists as an airy, elevated escape \u2014perfect for family vacations to visit Dunlop\u2019s parents on Nova Scotia\u2019s Cape Breton. \u2014 Kelly Allen, House Beautiful , 1 June 2022",
"This is the quintessential American story: an escape from the pointless devastation of war, a precarious journey to a faraway land, a hopeful sacrifice for the future of a 2-year-old child. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Both works draw a line between the anti- escape devices used to control the enslaved and the subtler constraints on contemporary Black dissent. \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 4 May 2022",
"If possible, collect the bat in an escape -proof container with air holes and take to a local veterinarian for euthanasia. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 8 Mar. 2022",
"On Wednesday, the 40-year-old stunt performer shared an update on his health after he was hospitalized last week following an escape act gone wrong at the Atlanta Motor Speedway, where the show is being filmed. \u2014 Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Authorities searched around Stevenson Park but could not locate Tidwell, who will face additional escape charges, the sheriff\u2019s office said. \u2014 Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al , 4 Dec. 2019",
"Another epic escape act seems improbable, but can't be ruled out if Di Francesco gets his tactics right in Rome. \u2014 Stevens Griffiths, chicagotribune.com , 24 Apr. 2018",
"During his final three matches at the sectional, Skokna consistently employed a strategy of letting his opponent get escape points without trying to keep him down. \u2014 Patrick Kelly, chicagotribune.com , 16 Feb. 2018",
"The Saturn 5, which flew 13 times, had an Earth- escape payload capacity of more than 100,000 pounds, about three times the capability of the Falcon Heavy. \u2014 William Harwood, CBS News , 4 Feb. 2018",
"There are already escape room businesses in Aurora, Naperville, McHenry, St. Charles, Schaumburg, Wheaton, quite a few other suburbs and in Chicago. \u2014 Mike Danahey, Elgin Courier-News , 25 July 2017"
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],
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},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun"
],
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"e-\u02c8sh\u00fc",
"i-",
"es-\u02c8ch\u00fc",
"is-",
"also"
],
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"avoid",
"dodge",
"duck",
"elude",
"escape",
"evade",
"finesse",
"get around",
"scape",
"shake",
"shirk",
"shuffle (out of)",
"shun",
"weasel (out of)"
],
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"examples":[
"Though a doctor with psychiatric training, he eschewed the science that had so enamored earlier child-rearing professionals \u2026 \u2014 Sue Halpern , New York Review of Books , 29 May 2003",
"A fair number of academics eschew the simple title \"professor\" and call themselves economists, astronomers, historians, philosophers. \u2014 Tracy Kidder , Home Town , 1999",
"When introduced to a stranger, he eschewed formalities, stuck out a gnarled right hand and responded with a chummy, \"Hermann.\" \u2014 Tim Layden , Sports Illustrated , 2 Feb. 1998",
"They now eschew the violence of their past.",
"a psychologist who eschews the traditional methods of psychotherapy",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"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",
"Developing a new survey is an ambitious and time-consuming undertaking, one that many leaders eschew . \u2014 Eddie Comeaux, Forbes , 24 June 2021",
"Many new ideas pick up on people\u2019s willingness to eschew a casket, but are considered more environmentally viable than cremation. \u2014 Karen Heller, Anchorage Daily News , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Many new ideas pick up on people\u2019s willingness to eschew a casket, but are considered more environmentally viable than cremation. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The decision to eschew ticket sales to the general public means that a more subdued atmosphere at competition venues than at previous Winter Olympics has been all but inevitable. \u2014 WSJ , 12 Feb. 2022",
"And yet here on the lake, the traditional foods eschew pasta and pizza in favor of fish. \u2014 Julia Buckley, CNN , 12 May 2022",
"The result is a bare-bones body that has both style and edge, a scooter for those who eschew ornate flourishes for classic lines. \u2014 Kyle Schnitzer, Robb Report , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Americans typically eschew the marathon oven session, instead producing pumpernickel\u2019s dark hue by adding molasses or coffee. \u2014 Jill Gleeson, Country Living , 15 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French eschiver (3rd present eschiu ) of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German sciuhen to frighten off \u2014 more at shy ",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
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},
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"type":"noun",
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"a person or group of persons accompanying another to give protection or as a courtesy",
"a man who goes with a woman to a social event",
"a woman or a man who is hired to go with someone to a social event",
"a protective screen of warships or fighter planes or a single ship or plane used to fend off enemy attack from one or more vulnerable craft",
"accompaniment by a person or an armed protector (such as a ship)",
"to accompany as an escort",
"a person or group that accompanies someone to give protection or show courtesy",
"the man who goes with a woman to a social event",
"to accompany someone to protect or show courtesy"
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"pronounciation":"\u02c8e-\u02ccsk\u022frt",
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"attendant",
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"accompany",
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],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Visitors are not allowed to enter the building without an escort .",
"The bombers were protected by a fighter escort .",
"Everyone was surprised when she arrived at the party without an escort .",
"Verb",
"Several fighters escorted the bombers back to base.",
"a student from the college escorted my parents and me on our tour of the campus",
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"Twenty-four hours later, everyone reconvenes at an airplane hangar, protected by a military escort so that The Professor can deliver all the new passports and identities to these officially dead thieves. \u2014 Tara Ariano, Vulture , 5 Dec. 2021",
"Santa is slated to arrive by a firetruck escort , 5 20 p.m. Visit ci.solana-beach.ca.us. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 Nov. 2021",
"Guercio started his day with a ride to work from Senior Deputy Jamie Auer in his patrol vehicle, complete with a police motorcycle escort . \u2014 Matt Button, Baltimore Sun , 29 Mar. 2022",
"He was dropped off at Shell True North and told not to return to his room until the next day to pick up the rest of his belongings, and to do so with a police escort . \u2014 Thomas Jewell, cleveland , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Guided by a police escort , the parade will start at Paradise Valley Town Hall at 6 p.m. Details Paradise Valley Town Hall, 6401 E. Lincoln Drive, Paradise Valley. \u2014 Brieanna J. Frank, The Arizona Republic , 28 Nov. 2021",
"Occupants could be seen walking out under police escort with their hands in the air. \u2014 Peter Hermann, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
"Salah Abdeslam, who prosecutors say is the sole surviving attacker, arrived at the courthouse Wednesday under tight police escort and, when asked by the presiding judge to confirm his name, set a defiant tone. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 Sep. 2021",
"Fitted into a coach, the coffin was driven to Interstate 880 under police escort . \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 Aug. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
"As a member of the Eighth Air Force, McCubbin\u2019s main duty was to escort bombers, and on the way back to base, he was also allowed to find ground targets for strafing runs. \u2014 Olivia Morley, ajc , 5 June 2022",
"Law enforcement officers appeared to escort O'Rourke out of the press conference afterward. \u2014 Victoria Albert, CBS News , 26 May 2022",
"The mission would be to form an international coalition of warships to escort commercial vessels safely out of Odessa and the Black Sea. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"Authorities have said that White violated department policy by transporting Casey White alone; protocol calls for two jail guards to escort prisoners. \u2014 Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE.com , 9 May 2022",
"Second, as staff shortages continue to plague the industry, not all spas have the personnel to individually escort clients. \u2014 Dianna Mazzone, Allure , 6 May 2022",
"Two sworn deputies are supposed to escort incarcerated people. \u2014 Ashley Remkus | Aremkus@al.com, al , 2 May 2022",
"Insulin is necessary to escort glucose into the cells, and without insulin, glucose remains in the blood. \u2014 Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal , 7 Apr. 2022",
"There aren\u2019t many vessels left that can, or will, escort the landing craft. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 14 May 2022"
],
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"Noun",
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],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-163546"
},
"esoteric":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone",
": requiring or exhibiting knowledge that is restricted to a small group",
": difficult to understand",
": limited to a small circle",
": private , confidential",
": of special, rare, or unusual interest"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce-s\u0259-\u02c8ter-ik",
"-\u02c8te-rik"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstruse",
"arcane",
"deep",
"hermetic",
"hermetical",
"profound",
"recondite"
],
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"shallow",
"superficial"
],
"examples":[
"A kahuna is a master of Hawaiian esoteric practices. Recently, Mariko Gordon and Hugh Cosman engaged a kahuna to bless their house. \u2026 \u2014 Alec Wilkinson , New Yorker , 7 Oct. 2002",
"\u2026 he listens to a group of Malaysians playing reedy, plangent music on some esoteric kind of wind instrument. \u2014 Penelope Lively , City of the Mind , 1991",
"There was a new mall, an excellent bookstore with esoteric literary and policy journals, some restaurants with cosmopolitan menus, and engaging real estate advertisements. \u2014 Robert D. Kaplan , An Empire Wilderness , 1988",
"metaphysics is such an esoteric subject that most people are content to leave it to the philosophers",
"must have had some esoteric motive for leaving his art collection to a museum halfway around the globe",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The numbers that most normal people will care about aren't quite so esoteric . \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 14 June 2022",
"Tocqueville invited readers to join him in thinking aristocratically about their democracy, standing apart from it in their minds, translating its phrases about equality and popular sovereignty into something more subtle and esoteric . \u2014 Jedediah Britton-purdy, The New Republic , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The constitutional questions are, of course, esoteric at the moment. \u2014 Tax Notes Staff, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Over the past decade, the conversation has eased its way from academic and esoteric circles and onto social media and wellness platforms. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Feb. 2022",
"The titles of some concert tours can be a bit esoteric . \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The details on the invite were characteristically esoteric : Was the designer planning a runway presentation? \u2014 Chioma Nnadi, Vogue , 17 Feb. 2022",
"At a moment when many Americans are facing rising prices for basic goods and gasoline and are exhausted by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ukraine crisis seems distant and esoteric . \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Comics are ordinarily not the easiest market to crack because of the huge amount of esoteric knowledge necessary to identify what makes certain books collectible, but all bets are off if everything is going up in value in huge chunks. \u2014 Rob Salkowitz, Forbes , 23 June 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Late Latin esotericus , from Greek es\u014dterikos , from es\u014dter\u014d , comparative of eis\u014d, es\u014d within, from eis into; akin to Greek en in \u2014 more at in ",
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"circa 1660, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-230255"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
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": being distinctive: such as",
": directed toward a particular individual, group, or end",
": of special note or importance : unusually great or significant",
": highly distinctive or personal : peculiar",
": close , intimate",
": specific , particular",
": in particular",
": more than usual : special"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8spe-sh\u0259l",
"i-\u02c8spe-sh\u0259l"
],
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"aberrant",
"aberrated",
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"unexceptional",
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"examples":[
"This is a matter of especial importance.",
"a candidate who handled the stunning defeat with especial grace",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That could be an especial concern for people with long COVID, many of whose initial infections were asymptomatic or mild. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 16 Sep. 2021",
"The fact that Burgoyne stayed here on his trip back to London makes this house of especial historical interest. \u2014 Laura Euler For Dirt.com, Robb Report , 16 Sep. 2021",
"But they were pursued with especial vigor: the Fifth Republic, under Debr\u00e9, became an even more technocratic and administrative one than France had had before\u2014which is saying something. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 12 Aug. 2021",
"The show had especial significance to the American military community. \u2014 David W. Blight, The New Yorker , 9 June 2021",
"Conservatives, confronting the conundrum of woke capitalism, have had especial reason to consider this adage of late. \u2014 Jack Butler, National Review , 1 May 2021",
"For those familiar with the greater Boston area, the book is an especial treat, as many of her examples include familiar landmarks. \u2014 Michael P. H. Stanley, National Review , 20 Mar. 2021",
"The Giants have been paying attention to the former Blue Jays starter all off season and took especial notice last week, when Sanchez hit 98 mph in a bullpen session. \u2014 Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 Feb. 2021",
"One of Wallace\u2019s neighbors takes especial pride in having the biggest and most prominently displayed American flag on their street. \u2014 Michael Washburn, National Review , 10 Sep. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French \u2014 more at special ",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181448"
},
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"specially sense 1",
"in particular particularly",
"for a particular purpose"
],
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"particularly",
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"generally"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This is especially important for business leaders who deal with stressful decisions every day and need to be at the top of their game in a rushed, high-stakes environment. \u2014 Rachel Yarcony, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"For some, indoor golf is an office staple, especially among the C-suite brigade. \u2014 Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"Two markets, China and Europe, will be especially important to deciding leadership in electric vehicles over the next few years. \u2014 Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN , 14 June 2022",
"Wallpapering the back wall provides a bit of interest, which is especially important when creating an office area in the main living space. \u2014 Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens , 13 June 2022",
"That\u2019s especially important for pediatric patients, Glotzbecker said. \u2014 cleveland , 13 June 2022",
"That depth was especially important considering the loss to standout Adrian Yin. \u2014 Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel , 12 June 2022",
"Testing is especially important because cases in the current outbreak look so different from classical monkeypox. \u2014 Rachel Gutman, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022",
"The equity piece is especially important, Brand said. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
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": wedding",
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"i-\u02c8spau\u0307-z\u0259l",
"also"
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"wedding"
],
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"examples":[
"the expected espousal of the Hollywood actor and the singing superstar should attract the elite of show business",
"considering how long her previous marriage lasted, she'd be wise to have an extended espousal",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Spotify\u2019s Joe Rogan controversy\u2014with musicians and podcasters removing their material from the platform in protest of Rogan\u2019s espousal of COVID vaccine misinformation\u2014is exposing cracks in its content strategy. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Lev Tahor\u2019s choice of Iran is perhaps connected to its espousal of anti-Zionism. \u2014 Asaf Shalev, sun-sentinel.com , 10 Nov. 2021",
"As Travis Adkins and Judd Devermont recently pointed out in Foreign Policy, Cold Warriors both Black and White were painfully aware of the contradictions of their ringing espousal of freedom. \u2014 Heather Hurlburt, Washington Post , 4 Sep. 2020",
"Recent psychological research has found a surprising relationship between these types of personal convictions; espousal of conspiracy theories, pseudo-science and belief in the paranormal turn out to be highly correlated with one another. \u2014 Sander Van Der Linden, Scientific American , 1 Sep. 2015",
"The Eisenhower administration was angered by Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser\u2019s espousal of Cold War neutrality and his rather unsubtle efforts to play the Soviet and Western blocs off against each other. \u2014 Conrad Black, National Review , 15 Jan. 2020",
"And Democrats are concerned that President Donald Trump's nomination of Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court is a reward for his espousal of presidential powers. \u2014 Richard Wolf, USA TODAY , 12 July 2018",
"Her espousal of Black radical politics, among the few candidates in the country to do so, has not hindered her political success. \u2014 Essence.com , 29 Sep. 2017"
],
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},
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"noun",
"verb"
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": marry",
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"examples":[
"The new theory has been espoused by many leading physicists.",
"Those espousing unpopular views were often excluded.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some conservatives have seemingly co-opted language used by far-right extremists such as those who espouse the QAnon conspiracy theories over the last several years. \u2014 Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News , 7 May 2022",
"The Taliban espouse a harsh interpretation of Islamic law and often used suicide attacks in their nearly 20-year insurgency against the United States and its Afghan allies. \u2014 Kathy Gannon, chicagotribune.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
"In any number of YouTube videos and TikTok clips, these footwear surgeons espouse the decolorizing wonders of Salon Care\u2019s hair cream. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Rafferty said the bill was outside the spirit of small government and conservatism that Republicans espouse . \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Members of the boogaloo movement, a loose collection of extremists who espouse the violent overthrow of the U.S. government, have used auto sears in shootings and sold them to undercover agents. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"And, on TikTok, life coaches who espouse its doctrine, promising to teach people the skills to \u2018level up\u2019 are cashing in on the insatiable demand for self-optimisation. \u2014 Daisy Schofield, refinery29.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Now, those who espouse conspiracies and bigotries get air time\u2014and, consequently, our time\u2014precisely because their errors are so outrageously clickable. \u2014 Megan Garber, The Atlantic , 5 Mar. 2022",
"An award for the songwriters, song of the year tends to gravitate toward tunes with a message or that espouse a certain lifestyle. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 4 Mar. 2022"
],
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},
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"The new theory has been espoused by many leading physicists.",
"Those espousing unpopular views were often excluded.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some conservatives have seemingly co-opted language used by far-right extremists such as those who espouse the QAnon conspiracy theories over the last several years. \u2014 Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News , 7 May 2022",
"The Taliban espouse a harsh interpretation of Islamic law and often used suicide attacks in their nearly 20-year insurgency against the United States and its Afghan allies. \u2014 Kathy Gannon, chicagotribune.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
"In any number of YouTube videos and TikTok clips, these footwear surgeons espouse the decolorizing wonders of Salon Care\u2019s hair cream. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Rafferty said the bill was outside the spirit of small government and conservatism that Republicans espouse . \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Members of the boogaloo movement, a loose collection of extremists who espouse the violent overthrow of the U.S. government, have used auto sears in shootings and sold them to undercover agents. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"And, on TikTok, life coaches who espouse its doctrine, promising to teach people the skills to \u2018level up\u2019 are cashing in on the insatiable demand for self-optimisation. \u2014 Daisy Schofield, refinery29.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Now, those who espouse conspiracies and bigotries get air time\u2014and, consequently, our time\u2014precisely because their errors are so outrageously clickable. \u2014 Megan Garber, The Atlantic , 5 Mar. 2022",
"An award for the songwriters, song of the year tends to gravitate toward tunes with a message or that espouse a certain lifestyle. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 4 Mar. 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185542"
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"type":"noun",
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"vivacious cleverness or wit",
"esprit de corps"
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"beans",
"bounce",
"brio",
"dash",
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"energy",
"gas",
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"go",
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"pep",
"punch",
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"snap",
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"vim",
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],
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"lethargy",
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"sluggishness",
"torpidity"
],
"examples":[
"the dance company has an infectious esprit that captivates audiences",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As hip-hop rose from an underground phenomenon to a global vernacular, that esprit \u2014of being the best, the baddest, the most beautiful\u2014never vanished. \u2014 Outside Online , 28 Oct. 2021",
"Each outfit in the show is accompanied by a headpiece that features a corresponding term, such as esprit , vitality, and self-determination. \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 14 Sep. 2021",
"The assembly has moved online because of the coronavirus, compounding the pandemic's blows to the city's economy and worldly esprit . \u2014 Jennifer Peltz, Star Tribune , 21 Sep. 2020",
"Longtime residents credit the company for the city\u2019s somewhat international esprit and a level of spoken English beyond even the already-high Finnish norm (the city\u2019s street names\u2014Machine Alley; Adapter Street\u2014are more unambiguous). \u2014 Natasha Frost, Quartz , 29 Oct. 2019",
"College deans wanted to establish the same esprit -de-corps within houses as could be found in an exclusive fraternity, but that required engineering. \u2014 Carla Yanni, Smithsonian , 6 Sep. 2019",
"But Edin Dzeko Goal - AS Roma vs Barcelona 1-0 via https //t.co/GhO5giV09t https //t.co/j39rXfTUO7 -- esprit -foot (@esprit_foot) April 10, 2018 Pregame information Barcelona beat Roma 4-1 at home in the first leg of the series. \u2014 Jamie Goldberg, OregonLive.com , 10 Apr. 2018",
"Wait \u2014 months later, that\u2019s her big comeback, her esprit d\u2019escalier? \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 28 Aug. 2017",
"Staff members lawyer up and develop protective moats around themselves, undermining the esprit de corps essential for doing a high-pressure job well, \u2014 James Hohmann, Washington Post , 8 June 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French, from Old French espirit , Latin spiritus spirit",
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"1573, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
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"noun",
"verb"
],
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": an analytic or interpretative literary composition usually dealing with its subject from a limited or personal point of view",
": something resembling such a composition",
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"Noun",
"Your assignment is to write a 500-word essay on one of Shakespeare's sonnets.",
"The book is a collection of his previously unpublished essays on a variety of topics.",
"Verb",
"There is no hint as to which of the approaches essayed in this book will prove most useful.",
"he had been in gymnastics for some time before he even considered essaying that move",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Discussed in this essay : A Guardian Angel Recalls, by Willem Frederik Hermans, translated from the Dutch by David Colmer. \u2014 Francine Prose, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"This essay originally appeared in the Summer 2022 issue of ELLE DECOR. \u2014 Xochitl Gonzalez, ELLE Decor , 21 June 2022",
"In this essay , Zelermyer remembers her friend, their lives in West Virginia \u2014 and the sudden shock of losing her overnight. \u2014 Karen Zelermyer, Rolling Stone , 20 June 2022",
"The subject is troubling \u2014 and the images gorgeous \u2014 in this photo essay from Times photojournalist Luis Sinco. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
"However, basketball is not the focus of this essay . \u2014 Marshall Shepherd, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"This essay was delivered, in slightly different form, at Mercer University on March 24, 2022, as the first of three Malcolm Lester Phi Beta Kappa Lectures. \u2014 Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
"This essay was developed from Adichie's TEDx talk of the same name, which remains wildly popular. \u2014 Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day , 9 May 2022",
"Mark Pupo has a vested interest in his subject matter \u2014 the Cheese Boutique \u2014 in this essay for Toronto Life. \u2014 Longreads , 5 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Why not essay contests in high schools and community colleges on the benefits of voting, with scholarships for the winners? \u2014 Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
"Youth Speak Out, essay writing for individual students, and Youth Sing Out, songwriting for classrooms. \u2014 Carol Kovach, cleveland , 26 Apr. 2022",
"These are the full contest rules for Outside\u2019s survival stories essay contest. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 22 Sep. 2021",
"Meyers Taylor wrote in a recent USA Today essay that competing in the Beijing Olympics, despite human-rights concerns in the country, was important to her. \u2014 Rachel Bachman, WSJ , 1 Feb. 2022",
"The uncertainty about the oldest living tree perhaps illustrates larger questions about nailing down tree ages\u2014a point that the review essay tackles. \u2014 Robin Lloyd, Scientific American , 24 Dec. 2021",
"This is Katherine Dunn writing from COP26 in Glasgow, taking over the CEO Daily essay today from Alan. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 12 Nov. 2021",
"And any buzzy novel, or even essay collection, now seems to be sold as a television show almost immediately, as if the former were just a sketch for the inevitable latter. \u2014 Kyle Chayka, The New Republic , 4 Oct. 2021",
"Hansberry\u2019s essay about how A Raisin in the Sun fits into the history of American theater more broadly is one of the most powerful aspects of Godfrey\u2019s collection. \u2014 Imani Perry, The New York Review of Books , 15 June 2021"
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": being a substance that is not synthesized by the body in a quantity sufficient for normal health and growth and that must be obtained from the diet",
"\u2014 see also essential amino acid \u2014 compare nonessential sense 2",
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": extremely important or necessary",
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": something that is basic or necessary",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Nevertheless, a few products specific for camera-ready, longwear glam is essential . \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 13 June 2022",
"For one thing, great camaraderie among the underdogs is essential . \u2014 Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"Training laterally is essential for the kind of movement that New York Yankee Giancarlo Stanton is doing out on the diamond, and for athletes in pretty much any sport more generally. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 12 June 2022",
"Victoria Jackson, a former collegiate distance runner who is a sports historian at Arizona State, said such conversations are essential . \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"In the art of gauging inventory, predictability is essential . \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 10 June 2022",
"This flexibility is essential for students who are working to help support their parents or raising a child of their own, said Language Arts teacher Derick Varn. \u2014 Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"But running, catching balls and blocking are still essential to NFL success. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 9 June 2022",
"This is where accompanying technology with a methodology is essential . \u2014 Spencer O'leary, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"And that made Min essential for a potential season 3. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 9 June 2022",
"Not sure whether to invest in a classic essential like a white tank top or a more spotlight-stealing style from 2022's fashion roster, like a corset or micro mini skirt? \u2014 Irina Grechko, refinery29.com , 7 June 2022",
"Almost everyone who has ridden a bicycle, from a Sears Huffy to a multi-thousand-dollar eBike, knows the risks of this ubiquitous essential . \u2014 Lauren Mowery, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"This elevated essential boasts a relaxed style with a classic ribbed crew neck. \u2014 Karla Pope, Woman's Day , 24 May 2022",
"Biden has called nuclear essential to the nation\u2019s climate goals, and Washington last year set aside $6 billion for extending the licenses of some plants and $2.5 billion for developing new nuclear technologies. \u2014 Douglas Macmillan, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"This patio essential has a 4.8-star rating from Overstock customers, with many complimenting its sturdy, elegant design. \u2014 Nishka Dhawan, USA TODAY , 2 July 2021",
"Mo\u00ebt & Chandon's fantastic ros\u00e9 imperial Champagne is an essential at any summertime soir\u00e9e. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 18 May 2022",
"Transparent blouses have evolved from a mere eye-catching trend to a spring-slash-summer essential that\u2019s here to stay. \u2014 Vogue , 9 May 2022"
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": extremely important or necessary",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Nevertheless, a few products specific for camera-ready, longwear glam is essential . \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 13 June 2022",
"For one thing, great camaraderie among the underdogs is essential . \u2014 Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"Training laterally is essential for the kind of movement that New York Yankee Giancarlo Stanton is doing out on the diamond, and for athletes in pretty much any sport more generally. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 12 June 2022",
"Victoria Jackson, a former collegiate distance runner who is a sports historian at Arizona State, said such conversations are essential . \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"In the art of gauging inventory, predictability is essential . \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 10 June 2022",
"This flexibility is essential for students who are working to help support their parents or raising a child of their own, said Language Arts teacher Derick Varn. \u2014 Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"But running, catching balls and blocking are still essential to NFL success. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 9 June 2022",
"This is where accompanying technology with a methodology is essential . \u2014 Spencer O'leary, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"And that made Min essential for a potential season 3. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 9 June 2022",
"Not sure whether to invest in a classic essential like a white tank top or a more spotlight-stealing style from 2022's fashion roster, like a corset or micro mini skirt? \u2014 Irina Grechko, refinery29.com , 7 June 2022",
"Almost everyone who has ridden a bicycle, from a Sears Huffy to a multi-thousand-dollar eBike, knows the risks of this ubiquitous essential . \u2014 Lauren Mowery, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"This elevated essential boasts a relaxed style with a classic ribbed crew neck. \u2014 Karla Pope, Woman's Day , 24 May 2022",
"Biden has called nuclear essential to the nation\u2019s climate goals, and Washington last year set aside $6 billion for extending the licenses of some plants and $2.5 billion for developing new nuclear technologies. \u2014 Douglas Macmillan, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"This patio essential has a 4.8-star rating from Overstock customers, with many complimenting its sturdy, elegant design. \u2014 Nishka Dhawan, USA TODAY , 2 July 2021",
"Mo\u00ebt & Chandon's fantastic ros\u00e9 imperial Champagne is an essential at any summertime soir\u00e9e. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 18 May 2022",
"Transparent blouses have evolved from a mere eye-catching trend to a spring-slash-summer essential that\u2019s here to stay. \u2014 Vogue , 9 May 2022"
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": settle sense 7",
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": to introduce and cause to grow and multiply",
": to bring into existence : found",
": bring about , effect",
": to put on a firm basis : set up",
": to put into a favorable position",
": to gain full recognition or acceptance of",
": to make (a church) a national or state institution",
": to put beyond doubt : prove",
": to bring into being : found",
": to put beyond doubt : prove",
": to institute (as a law) permanently by enactment or agreement",
": to make firm or stable",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Cohen-Kettenis helped establish a treatment protocol that proved revolutionary. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"McConnell \u2014 who helped establish the current conservative majority on the court that, in turn, may decide this month to nix Roe v. Wade \u2014 slammed leading House Democrats for holding up that proposal since then. \u2014 Morgan Watkins, The Courier-Journal , 9 June 2022",
"Strengthening The Patient-Provider Relationship While telemedicine has certainly helped establish regular communication between patients and providers, the technology has been beneficial in other ways\u2014chief among them being greater accessibility. \u2014 Gideon Kimbrell, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"The Bard of Barking once addressed the British parliament wearing a Clash t-shirt and in 1985 helped establish Red Wedge, the loose umbrella organization which brought together like-minded artists to campaign for the election of a Labour government. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 1 June 2022",
"Its mission is to establish long-term relationships between people and technology, with a focus on older adults. \u2014 Colin Lodewick, Fortune , 28 May 2022",
"Lee Boggs, along with her husband James, a prominent Black activist and organizer, helped to establish the National Organization for an American Revolution. \u2014 Deena Zaru, ABC News , 27 May 2022",
"In addition, the group\u2019s aquaculture specialist, Anoushka Concepcion, who helped establish the National Seaweed Hub in 2019, was named last year to the United Nations\u2019 Safe Seaweed Coalition. \u2014 Carol Leonetti Dannhauser, Hartford Courant , 27 May 2022",
"In late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century England, the liberalisms expounded by reformist economists like William Beveridge and J. A. Hobson helped establish the modern welfare state, as the Oxford scholar Michael Freeden has shown. \u2014 Krithika Varagur, The New Yorker , 25 May 2022"
],
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": a public or private institution",
": an established order of society: such as",
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": a controlling group",
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": the act of founding or of proving",
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": something established: as",
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": a permanent civil or military organization",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Democrats, communists, establishment Republicans and Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook mogul, all feature prominently, as does billionaire George Soros, who has long been at the center of right-wing, often antisemitic tropes. \u2014 Alexandra Berzon, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
"Democrats, communists, establishment Republicans and Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook mogul, all feature prominently, as does the billionaire George Soros, who has long been at the center of right-wing, often antisemitic tropes. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"Trump also backed Michels for governor over a field that includes former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, whom many establishment Republicans see as the candidate who would give Democratic Gov. Tony Evers the toughest general election fight. \u2014 Mark Murray, NBC News , 3 June 2022",
"Pillen, who is also a veterinarian and a pig farmer, enjoyed the support of more establishment Republicans in Nebraska, including current Gov. Pete Ricketts. \u2014 David Jackson, USA TODAY , 11 May 2022",
"Despite a deluge of candidates backed by far-right activist groups in Tuesday's Republican Statehouse primary, establishment Republicans emerged with control of the Statehouse. \u2014 Kaitlin Lange, The Indianapolis Star , 6 May 2022",
"At a time when establishment Republicans are in increasingly short supply, Gov. Mike DeWine has emerged from a crowded GOP primary not only victorious, but the frontrunner to win re-election in November. \u2014 Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland , 4 May 2022",
"Lukewarm, inactive legislators have become standard with establishment Republicans, and our children are paying the price. \u2014 Anthony Kinnett, National Review , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Items with that establishment number were shipped to Alabama and seven other states: California; Connecticut; Michigan; New Jersey; North Carolina; Pennsylvania; and Texas. \u2014 Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al , 4 Mar. 2022"
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": possessions , property",
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": farm , plantation",
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": an estate that confers an absolute right to property and that is subject to no limitations, restrictions, or conditions : fee simple absolute at fee simple",
": an estate whose vesting is conditioned upon the happening or failure of some uncertain event",
": the estate of one that has a beneficial right to property which is legally owned by a trustee or a person regarded at equity as a trustee (as in the case of a use or power) \u2014 compare legal estate in this entry",
": the estate in property held by one who remains in possession of or on the property after his or her lawful right to do so has ended",
": an estate in property subject to termination at the will of another person",
": an estate held by a husband and wife together in which the whole property belongs to each of them and passes as a whole to the survivor upon the death of either of them to the exclusion of the deceased spouse's heirs",
": an estate that terminates after a set period",
": an estate the enjoyment of which will take place at a future time : future interest at interest",
": an estate that can be inherited (as a fee simple as opposed to a life estate)",
": an estate subject to a contingency whose happening permits the grantor of the estate to terminate it if he or she so chooses \u2014 compare fee simple determinable at fee simple",
": a life estate measured by the life of a third person rather than that of the person enjoying the property",
": an estate granted to a person and his or her direct descendants subject to a reverter or remainder upon the inheritance of the property by a grantee without direct descendants : fee tail at fee",
": an estate to which one person (as a trustee) has legal title but of which another person has the right to the beneficial use \u2014 compare equitable estate in this entry",
": an estate in property held only during or measured in duration by the lifetime of a specified individual and especially the individual enjoying the property \u2014 see also life tenant",
": an estate in which one has a right to enjoyment currently or sometime in the future",
": all or designated items of a person's or entity's property considered as a whole",
": the estate of a debtor in bankruptcy that includes all the debtor's legal and equitable interests in property as set out in the bankruptcy laws",
": all of a person's property except real property",
": all of the property belonging to a person",
": an estate whose ownership and control is enjoyed by a person free from any rights or control of another (as a spouse)",
": the assets and liabilities left by a person at death \u2014 see also bequest , devise , freehold , heir , inheritance , intestate , leasehold , legacy , probate , testate , will",
": a deceased person's probate estate increased in accordance with statutory provisions and especially by the addition of any property transferred by the deceased within two years of death, any joint tenancies, and any transfers in which the deceased retained either the right to revoke or the income for life",
": the estate of a person upon death defined by federal estate laws to include all of the deceased's real and personal property at death that may be passed by will or by intestate succession as well as specified property transferred by the deceased before death",
": all of a deceased person's estate that is administered under the jurisdiction of the probate court",
": all of what is left of an estate once the deceased person's debts and administration costs have been paid and all specific and general bequests and devises have been distributed",
": the estate of a deceased person that is subject to estate tax",
": the aggregate of a deceased person's property considered as a legal entity",
": a tract of land especially affected by an easement",
": a tract of land that is benefited by an easement burdening a servient estate",
": a tract of land that is burdened by an easement benefiting a dominant estate"
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"villa"
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"Noun",
"His estate is worth millions of dollars.",
"He inherited the estate from his parents.",
"the grounds of the estate",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Nearly 3,500 canines \u2014 the most since the 1970s \u2014 are expected at the historic Lyndhurst estate in Tarrytown, New York, show co-chairman David Haddock said. \u2014 Jennifer Peltz, ajc , 18 June 2022",
"Medley's cutting comments come after Gunvalson posted an Instagram Live complaining about her stay at her costar's sprawling Blue Stone Manor estate in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. \u2014 Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
"This past spring, a small group of women gathered at the Beaverbrook estate in Surrey, England, a 470-acre country idyll outside London that once received guests including Elizabeth Taylor and Ian Fleming. \u2014 Fiorella Valdesolo, Vogue , 1 June 2022",
"Surrounded by family and friends, the Poosh founder and Blink-182 drummer exchanged vows in an intimate ceremony at the seaside estate of fashion icons Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, TMZ reports. \u2014 Mitchell Peters, Billboard , 22 May 2022",
"The first annual Salt City Wine & Dine event will take place on August 27th at the stunning La Caille estate . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 May 2022",
"Traditionally, the Queen hosts four garden parties ahead of summer\u2014three at Buckingham Palace and one at the Holyroodhouse estate in Edinburgh, Scotland\u2014to celebrate those who have distinguished themselves in public service. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 18 May 2022",
"June wedding is at a 16th-century estate in Terrassa, Spain. \u2014 Jessica Iredale, WSJ , 14 May 2022",
"Amid rumors of affairs and divorce between Princess Diana (Kristin Stewart) and Prince Charles (Jack Farthing), Spencer is an imagining of what the princess may have been going through during a fateful Christmas at the queen's estate . \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 13 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Currently popular items among these shops include vintage cameras and typewriters, pocket watches and timepieces, Victorian and estate jewelry, military memorabilia and World War II posters, sterling silver, and advertising signs. \u2014 Cheryl P. Rose, Houston Chronicle , 15 Nov. 2019",
"The third lot was zoned estate single-family detached dwelling district zoning. \u2014 Steve Lord, Aurora Beacon-News , 12 Oct. 2017",
"First, the lawyer who drew up your estate documents might be willing to serve as your executor, says Holly Isdale, founder of Wealthaven, a consulting firm in Bryn Mawr, Pa., that focuses on financial and estate plans. \u2014 Glenn Ruffenach, WSJ , 27 Mar. 2017"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"1978, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202343"
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"verb"
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": the regard in which one is held",
": high regard",
": worth , value",
": opinion , judgment",
": to set a high value on : regard highly and prize accordingly",
": to view as : consider",
": think , believe",
": appraise",
": respect and affection",
": to think favorably of"
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"Noun",
"She has won esteem for her work with cancer patients.",
"an athlete who is held in great esteem by her peers",
"Verb",
"I had esteemed the whole affair to be a colossal waste of time.",
"although the works of the Impressionist painters are esteemed today, they met with scorn when they were introduced",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"And that will benefit others, too: Those with healthy self- esteem are often motivated to use their personal strengths to benefit their in-group. \u2014 Scott Barry Kaufman, The Atlantic , 6 Nov. 2021",
"This variety of perfectionism is known to be associated with low self- esteem and insecurity. \u2014 Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online , 18 Nov. 2020",
"Yet the likeliest explanation for his durability, for his heightened esteem among some peers, is deceptively simple. \u2014 New York Times , 23 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",
"That\u2019s a mindset that\u2019s incredibly damaging to abuse victims, who are already grappling with their self- esteem . \u2014 oregonlive , 20 May 2022",
"Your esteem for her and your regard for her really penetrated her heart. \u2014 al , 3 May 2022",
"The isolation increases a victim\u2019s dependency on their abuser and downgrades their self- esteem . \u2014 Erica Sweeney, Good Housekeeping , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Taking the leap, though, was difficult after her long history of struggling with her weight and her self- esteem . \u2014 Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"There\u2019s also esteem or respect from others (patient experience) and, finally, self-actualization (functional status). \u2014 Michael L. Millenson And J. Matthew Austin, STAT , 24 May 2022",
"For information on all that, and how fishing can help boost your self- esteem and clear your head, check out Take Me Fishing's blog on the additional mental benefits of fishing. \u2014 Outside Online , 17 June 2020",
"Many have shown their support for Jada over her struggle with alopecia, pointing out the disparities in how self- esteem around hair loss affects Black women. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Whether because of decency, laziness, or esteem for his reputation, Bourgoin\u2019s interlocutors tended not to press him very hard. \u2014 Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022",
"The Hierarchy of Needs continues, and includes more complex needs like love and belonging, esteem , and eventually, self actualization. \u2014 Lindy Brewster, Forbes , 12 Oct. 2021",
"In return for these privileges, idols must please their benefactors by hiding their shortcomings or risk losing their fan base, sponsorships, or esteem . \u2014 Dr. Richard Osibanjo, Forbes , 31 Aug. 2021",
"How might jurists who esteem their court, who value its history and integrity, respond to the credible threat of debasement by the executive? \u2014 WSJ , 4 May 2021",
"It was also esteemed in Assyria, Babylonia and Persia, and the authors attributed the high price to the efforts required for its import to demanding regions. \u2014 Kristen Rogers, CNN , 28 May 2020"
],
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"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215437"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
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": highly regarded"
],
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"i-\u02c8st\u0113md"
],
"synonyms":[
"estimable",
"name",
"prestigious",
"recognized",
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"reputed",
"respectable",
"respected"
],
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"disreputable"
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"1549, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182027"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful",
": artistic",
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": appreciative of, responsive to, or zealous about the beautiful",
": responsive to or appreciative of what is pleasurable to the senses",
": done or made to improve a person's appearance or to correct defects in a person's appearance",
": a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste and with the creation and appreciation of beauty",
": a particular theory or conception of beauty or art : a particular taste for or approach to what is pleasing to the senses and especially sight",
": a pleasing appearance or effect : beauty",
": relating to beauty and what is beautiful",
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"es-\u02c8the-tik",
"is-",
"British usually",
"es-\u02c8the-tik",
"is-",
"British usually",
"es-\u02c8the-tik",
"es-\u02c8the-tik,"
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"bonny",
"bonnie",
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"cute",
"drop-dead",
"fair",
"fetching",
"good",
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"goodly",
"gorgeous",
"handsome",
"knockout",
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"lovely",
"lovesome",
"pretty",
"ravishing",
"seemly",
"sightly",
"stunning",
"taking",
"well-favored"
],
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"attractiveness",
"beauteousness",
"beautifulness",
"beauty",
"comeliness",
"cuteness",
"fairness",
"gorgeousness",
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"loveliness",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The campus is also home to GM's Additive Industrialization Center, which opened in 2020 to pioneer GM's initiatives to 3D-print functional and aesthetic components for its vehicles. \u2014 Sasha Richie, Car and Driver , 16 June 2022",
"Added to the proceedings are artists who didn\u2019t record for Black Fire but represented the same era, ethos and aesthetic . \u2014 Michael J. West, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"Surgery could have been fully covered by her insurance provider in the U.S., but the GCS technique developed by Dr. Suporn \u2014 the Chonburi flap method \u2014 is known to produce excellent aesthetic and functional results. \u2014 Mailee Osten-tan, Longreads , 8 June 2022",
"But the campaign is not only about aesthetic and moral values -- there is an ideological component as well. \u2014 Nectar Gan, CNN , 30 May 2022",
"The idea was to make a film that had an aesthetic and a cinematic dimension. \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 28 May 2022",
"This extra feature focuses on designing the muscle car aesthetic and Mad Max engines, but that sensibility plus the final result on camera was pure Christine. \u2014 Mark Hughes, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
"Faced with that void, Selin interrogates aesthetic and social boundaries. \u2014 Lauren Leblanc, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
"Smith explains Marmo\u2019s elegant aesthetic and lively atmosphere sets it apart from Houston\u2019s existing Italian outposts. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 12 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The aesthetic is a nod to the New England waterfront and history from the glacial era, when ice transported massive rocks across land. \u2014 Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"The aesthetic is pitch-perfect for the noir-y tale Spielberg is telling. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022",
"That whimsical aesthetic is nothing new for the rising style star. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 6 June 2022",
"The streamlined aesthetic is stylish, yet streamlined enough to match just about any outfit. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 17 May 2022",
"With the exception of old standbys like Adirondack chairs and wicker settees, the current aesthetic of most outdoor furnishings is sleekly minimal, with sharp angles and unforgiving forms. \u2014 Michelle Slatalla, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"This in-house aesthetic has been a constant throughout Sheer Mag\u2019s career. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 18 Feb. 2022",
"This cold press juicer ticks a lot of boxes beyond its sleek aesthetic . \u2014 Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping , 31 May 2022",
"The sleek, jet-black aesthetic also makes these the most luxurious and sophisticated steak knives on this list. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 16 May 2022"
],
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"Adjective",
"1797, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1822, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213939"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": hungry , greedy"
],
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"i-\u02c8su\u0307r-\u0113-\u0259nt",
"-\u02c8zu\u0307r-"
],
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"edacious",
"gluttonous",
"greedy",
"hoggish",
"piggish",
"rapacious",
"ravenous",
"swinish",
"voracious"
],
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"examples":[
"the deli is frequented by young, single professionals, esurient after those long hours spent staring at the monitor of a computer"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin esurient-, esuriens , present participle of esurire to be hungry; akin to Latin edere to eat \u2014 more at eat ",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1672, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222628"
},
"eternal":{
"type":"adjective",
"definitions":[
"having infinite duration everlasting",
"of or relating to eternity",
"characterized by abiding fellowship with God",
"continued without intermission perpetual",
"seemingly endless",
"infernal",
"valid or existing at all times timeless",
"god sense 1",
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"lasting forever having no beginning and no end",
"continuing without interruption seeming to last forever"
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"abiding",
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"everlasting",
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"Divinity",
"Everlasting",
"Father",
"God",
"Godhead",
"Jehovah",
"King",
"Lord",
"Maker",
"Providence",
"Supreme Being",
"Yahweh",
"Jahveh",
"Yahveh"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"the eternal flames of hell",
"in search of eternal wisdom",
"When will his eternal whining stop?",
"Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
"Ancient cultures from the Chinese to the Hebrews hung evergreen branches over doors to symbolize eternal life. \u2014 Faith Bottum, WSJ , 23 Dec. 2021",
"What could be a more consistent expression of the will to power than wanting eternal life for yourself, and dismissing concerns about a global pandemic as overblown? \u2014 Moira Weigel, The New Republic , 20 Dec. 2021",
"But despite her failings, that cat must have the gift of eternal life. \u2014 Irv Erdos Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Nov. 2021",
"Paxton plays this vamp as a floppy-haired hick punk who\u2019s having way too much fun being an undead psychopath on the open range, spending his eternal life wreaking bloody havoc. \u2014 Vulture Editors, Vulture , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Green is also a color closely linked to paradise, salvation and eternal life in Islam, the religion practiced by the Mughal rulers. \u2014 CNN , 14 Sep. 2021",
"To lead the survivors of the human race to an eternal life while the rest of society burned. \u2014 Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News , 1 Sep. 2021",
"The project did not confer eternal life on either of its makers. \u2014 Diana Budds, Curbed , 19 Aug. 2021",
"The Dark Crystal is more fantasy than horror, set in a world of magical creatures like Gelflings and Skeksis locked in eternal struggle over the universe. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"These ancient seas and islands offer some reassuring glimpse of the eternal . \u2014 Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Youth, like hope, seemingly springs eternal at the dawn of a new season. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
"But hope springs eternal , maybe more so in baseball than anywhere else. \u2014 John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
"More significantly, if life eternal is to know the only true God, as John 17 3 states, is their salvation at stake? \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Hope wasn\u2019t given much of a chance to spring eternal on Monday for the Diamondbacks. \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Hope springs eternal , though, as the two never confirmed their breakup with an official statement. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Hope for the success of the alien apocalypse springs eternal . \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 22 Oct. 2021",
"But just like every team in the NFL, hope springs eternal in Week 1. \u2014 David Moore, Dallas News , 9 Sep. 2021"
],
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"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
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"1573, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"transitive verb"
],
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": of or relating to eternity",
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": continued without intermission : perpetual",
": seemingly endless",
": infernal",
": valid or existing at all times : timeless",
": god sense 1",
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": continuing without interruption : seeming to last forever"
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"i-\u02c8t\u0259r-n\u1d4al"
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"abiding",
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"dateless",
"enduring",
"everlasting",
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"Lord",
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"Yahveh"
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"examples":[
"Adjective",
"the eternal flames of hell",
"in search of eternal wisdom",
"When will his eternal whining stop?",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Ancient cultures from the Chinese to the Hebrews hung evergreen branches over doors to symbolize eternal life. \u2014 Faith Bottum, WSJ , 23 Dec. 2021",
"What could be a more consistent expression of the will to power than wanting eternal life for yourself, and dismissing concerns about a global pandemic as overblown? \u2014 Moira Weigel, The New Republic , 20 Dec. 2021",
"But despite her failings, that cat must have the gift of eternal life. \u2014 Irv Erdos Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Nov. 2021",
"Paxton plays this vamp as a floppy-haired hick punk who\u2019s having way too much fun being an undead psychopath on the open range, spending his eternal life wreaking bloody havoc. \u2014 Vulture Editors, Vulture , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Green is also a color closely linked to paradise, salvation and eternal life in Islam, the religion practiced by the Mughal rulers. \u2014 CNN , 14 Sep. 2021",
"To lead the survivors of the human race to an eternal life while the rest of society burned. \u2014 Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News , 1 Sep. 2021",
"The project did not confer eternal life on either of its makers. \u2014 Diana Budds, Curbed , 19 Aug. 2021",
"The Dark Crystal is more fantasy than horror, set in a world of magical creatures like Gelflings and Skeksis locked in eternal struggle over the universe. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"These ancient seas and islands offer some reassuring glimpse of the eternal . \u2014 Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Youth, like hope, seemingly springs eternal at the dawn of a new season. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
"But hope springs eternal , maybe more so in baseball than anywhere else. \u2014 John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
"More significantly, if life eternal is to know the only true God, as John 17:3 states, is their salvation at stake? \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Hope wasn\u2019t given much of a chance to spring eternal on Monday for the Diamondbacks. \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Hope springs eternal , though, as the two never confirmed their breakup with an official statement. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Hope for the success of the alien apocalypse springs eternal . \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 22 Oct. 2021",
"But just like every team in the NFL, hope springs eternal in Week 1. \u2014 David Moore, Dallas News , 9 Sep. 2021"
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],
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"examples":[
"They believed that sinners would spend eternity in hell.",
"We suffered through an eternity of delays during the lawsuit.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That\u2019s why the gleaming black mountain walls rise to a mighty temple where the sounds of eternity can freely roar. \u2014 WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"The endless expanse of ocean conjures up the idea of eternity . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Do that, even in battle to have a clear understanding of eternity , for even those that hurt us, is a profound acceleration chains and burdens that can hold us back from loving. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Conley also exhaled about holding up defensively for that full 17.9 seconds \u2014 something of an eternity in professional basketball. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Dec. 2021",
"His nearly seven-year tenure as creative director is something of an eternity in the current fashion system where folks hold that post for three or four years and then move on or are sent packing. \u2014 Robin Givhan, Washington Post , 15 Nov. 2021",
"One person\u2019s grave is marked by a tree trunk with a round rock on top, Capuano said the trunk represents a life cut short, and the stone is symbolic of eternity . \u2014 Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press , 10 Oct. 2021",
"Despite his best efforts, he was forced to keep pushing the rock up the hill for the rest of eternity . \u2014 Mario Fraioli, Outside Online , 24 Sep. 2021",
"There are a couple of clips that will live rent-free in my mind for the rest of eternity . \u2014 Brian Moylan, Vulture , 21 June 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English eternite , from Middle French eternit\u00e9 , from Latin aeternitat-, aeternitas , from aeternus ",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": of or relating to ethics",
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": conforming to accepted standards of conduct",
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": involving questions of right and wrong : relating to ethics",
": following accepted rules of behavior",
": conforming to accepted professional standards of conduct",
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": an ethical drug",
": of or relating to ethics",
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"\u02c8e-thi-k\u0259l",
"\u02c8e-thi-k\u0259l",
"\u02c8eth-i-k\u0259l",
"\u02c8e-thi-k\u0259l"
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"all right",
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"good",
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"just",
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"right",
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"true",
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"bad",
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"evil-minded",
"immoral",
"indecent",
"sinful",
"unethical",
"unrighteous",
"wicked",
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"examples":[
"Some doctors feel that this procedure is not medically ethical .",
"the ethical behavior expected of every member of the police force",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In December, the anchor Chris Cuomo was fired for ethical lapses, prompting an investigation that ultimately led to Mr. Zucker\u2019s ouster in February over an undisclosed relationship with a co-worker. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"Since Hawai\u02bbi is one of the only places in the world where vanilla can grow, owner Malia Reddekopp\u2019s goal is to help create a viable new industry for Hawai\u02bbi in an ethical and sustainable way. \u2014 Sarah Burchard, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"At the time, the HFPA was dealing with controversy resulting from a Times investigation that revealed ethical lapses and a lack of diversity within the organization. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022",
"Since 2011, Fix the Court has logged 52 ethical lapses among justices appointed by Republicans and Democrats alike. \u2014 Ella Lee, USA TODAY , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Moral and ethical considerations rarely figure in a President's calculations, especially when the public is not all that concerned and the issue on the table is military intervention. \u2014 Aaron David Miller, CNN , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The weapons are prompting a fresh round of moral and ethical questions about their use, as more nations look to take advantage of the relatively cheap, lethal equipment. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, reeling from a public relations storm over ethical lapses and a lack of internal diversity, announced its awards winners on social media. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Robbing banks is her way of doing right for herself, without any moral or ethical judgement, and that\u2019s the most fascinating aspect of this story. \u2014 Holly Jones, Variety , 16 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English etik , from Latin ethicus , from Greek \u0113thikos , from \u0113thos character \u2014 more at sib ",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191808"
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"noun",
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": a card game in which each player is dealt five cards and the player making trump must take three tricks to win a hand",
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": cheat , trick"
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"Verb",
"a fast-talking speculator who thought that euchring the tribe out of their land would be easy",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In my family, no Thanksgiving weekend has ever been complete without a euchre tournament. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 21 Nov. 2020",
"There were at various points a euchre and lotto party, a newsboy parade, an auto race and \u2014 a true novelty at the time \u2014 an air show, all to will Hope Haven into reality. \u2014 Mike Scott, NOLA.com , 29 Sep. 2020",
"Snarples is popular among hockey players, an apparent mix of euchre and hearts. \u2014 Matthew Defranks, Dallas News , 28 July 2020",
"Does the author dislike a round of euchre around the family table after dinner? \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 3 July 2020",
"Special to IndyStar Joe Kernan and his friends used to have euchre nights. \u2014 Jason Kelly, The Indianapolis Star , 10 July 2020",
"Evers, a 67-year-old former elementary school principal from Plymouth who indulges in Egg McMuffins and games of euchre , defeated Walker \u2014 one of the most formidable politicians the state had ever seen. \u2014 Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 Dec. 2019",
"Some get together and walk and still others get together and golf while others play euchre . \u2014 Sara Clarkson, chicagotribune.com , 13 Aug. 2019",
"Awestruck Festival Holy Cross Lutheran Church hosts a family fun event including water games, cornhole, food trucks, art vendors, a euchre tent, live music and more. \u2014 Chris Sims, Indianapolis Star , 12 June 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Good news for competitive Michiganders: Those family euchre tournaments that get a little too intense may be delaying the onset of Alzheimer\u2019s by five years, a new study reveals. \u2014 Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press , 31 July 2021",
"The American history of the game goes back a couple of centuries, but ties euchre to Midwestern auto workers, who could play an entire match during a single coffee and/or lunch break. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 21 Nov. 2020"
],
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"1835, in the meaning defined above",
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"1847, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or having good digestion",
": cheerful , optimistic",
": of, relating to, or having good digestion"
],
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"y\u00fc-\u02c8pep-tik",
"-\u02c8pep-tik"
],
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"blithe",
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"bright",
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"canty",
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"cheery",
"chipper",
"gay",
"gladsome",
"lightsome",
"sunny",
"upbeat",
"winsome"
],
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"dour",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"morose",
"saturnine",
"sulky",
"sullen"
],
"examples":[
"our eupeptic colleague was unfazed by our gloomy expressions and dire predictions"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1699, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220911"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": pleasing to the ear"
],
"pronounciation":[
"y\u00fc-\u02c8f\u014d-n\u0113-\u0259s"
],
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"lyric",
"lyrical",
"mellifluent",
"mellifluous",
"mellow",
"melodic",
"melodious",
"musical"
],
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"unlyrical"
],
"examples":[
"an opera singer with an appropriately euphonious name",
"the doorbell had a noticeably euphonious chime",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Although seemingly euphonious , such concepts and goals are anything but. \u2014 Daniel Buck, National Review , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Released in January 2021, the record is a poignant commentary on the restrictive beauty standards that society imposes on women, with the 18-year-old\u2019s euphonious vocals magnifying the song\u2019s triumphant message. \u2014 Rolling Stone , 20 May 2021",
"With a euphonious voice, tender lyrics, and smooth instrumentals, Brittanny Foushe\u00e9 believes her music speaks for itself. \u2014 Allison Hazel, Essence , 10 Mar. 2021",
"More surprising are passages of childlike innocence\u2014for example, a euphonious chorus of singing flowers\u2014and episodes of polyrhythmic orchestral exuberance, as in Kay\u2019s wild sleigh ride with the Queen. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 30 Dec. 2019",
"The super-producer hailing from Iowa changed hip-hop with an ear for flipping certain cadences into euphonious loops -- a production style that many attempted to mimic at the top of the decade. \u2014 Michael Saponara, Billboard , 13 Feb. 2018",
"If the cartoonists had christened weekends the way the Jacobins christened months, time would tick by in a succession of euphonious fairways: Silvermine, Millbrook, Burning Tree, Rockrimmon, Stanwich. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, Vanities , 9 Aug. 2017",
"If the cartoonists had christened weekends the way the Jacobins christened months, time would tick by in a succession of euphonious fairways: Silvermine, Millbrook, Burning Tree, Rockrimmon, Stanwich. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, vanityfair.com , 3 Aug. 2017",
"Sullivan\u2019s music is typically euphonious and sprightly, played deftly by the orchestra under the baton of David M\u00f6schler, but there are relatively few memorable ditties compared to some of the duo\u2019s most popular works. Reading this on your phone? \u2014 Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News , 10 Feb. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Late Latin euph\u014dnia euphony + -ous ",
"first_known_use":[
"1774, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200659"
},
"euphoria":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a feeling of well-being or elation",
": a feeling of well-being or elation",
": one that is groundless, disproportionate to its cause, or inappropriate to one's life situation \u2014 compare dysphoria"
],
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"y\u00fc-\u02c8f\u022fr-\u0113-\u0259",
"yu\u0307-\u02c8f\u014dr-\u0113-\u0259, -\u02c8f\u022fr-"
],
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"cloud nine",
"ecstasy",
"elatedness",
"elation",
"exhilaration",
"heaven",
"high",
"intoxication",
"paradise",
"rapture",
"rhapsody",
"seventh heaven",
"swoon",
"transport"
],
"antonyms":[
"depression"
],
"examples":[
"The initial euphoria following their victory in the election has now subsided.",
"The drug produces intense feelings of euphoria .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The euphoria that accompanied Friday\u2019s victory over Vanderbilt vanished into moist air at the Corvallis Regional, where Oregon State dealt the Toreros a decisive setback at Goss Stadium. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 June 2022",
"Most strangely of all, for a film that states and restates the bone-deep vocational importance of the acting process, there is little real sense of the euphoria of performance, or the irresistible lure that the stage exerts on these kids. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 24 May 2022",
"Getting high, feeling the adrenaline from the crowd at local shows, and experiencing the euphoria of being onstage was too much. \u2014 Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone , 20 May 2022",
"The uneasy realization that the businesses might never live up to the hype sapped the euphoria . \u2014 Jon Markman, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"First-time homeownership is a lot like first love: Interior designer meets house; house meets new owner; a mood board is drawn; euphoria ensues. \u2014 Mallory Abreu, Better Homes & Gardens , 17 May 2022",
"Such questions complicated the general euphoria at the march in Richmond. \u2014 David Montgomery, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
"Its stock price soon surged to $172 amid investor euphoria fed by free credit and expectations that Congress would sweeten electric vehicle subsidies. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 9 May 2022",
"And so when Istvan Kovacs blew the full time whistle in the 95th minute, the euphoria that erupted, both in the Air Tirana Stadium and in Rome, had been 60 years in the making. \u2014 Emmet Gates, Forbes , 26 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"New Latin, from Greek, from euphoros healthy, from eu- + pherein to bear \u2014 more at bear ",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1751, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211744"
},
"euphoric":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": marked by a feeling of great happiness and excitement : characterized by, based on, or producing euphoria"
],
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"y\u00fc-\u02c8f\u022fr-ik",
"-\u02c8f\u00e4r-"
],
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"ecstatic",
"elated",
"elevated",
"enrapt",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"exhilarated",
"giddy",
"heady",
"intoxicated",
"rapt",
"rapturous",
"rhapsodic",
"rhapsodical"
],
"antonyms":[
"depressed"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"From Troye Sivan and Jay Som\u2018s euphoric new song to Years & Years\u2018s new collaboration with Regard, check out just a few of our favorite releases from this week below. \u2014 Stephen Daw, Billboard , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Most people say that the experience is euphoric , even life-changing. \u2014 The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
"By turns intensely moving and utterly euphoric , the service made for a suitably special tribute to a very special person. \u2014 Marley Marius, Vogue , 30 Apr. 2022",
"My first memory is of being pulled out of a cardboard box to Chris Farren\u2019s euphoric screams. \u2014 Jonah Bayer, SPIN , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Awards felt the euphoric bromance between Jackson and his presenter Denzel Washington. \u2014 Cori Murray, Essence , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Dancehall not only penetrated the U.S., but the now-49-year-old hitmaker had the opportunity to tour the world with the euphoric Kingston riddims. \u2014 Neena Rouhani, Billboard , 23 Mar. 2022",
"With 1:03 left in the game here in Greenville, S.C., War Jabari instantly became the physical presence of this season\u2019s euphoric rise of Auburn basketball from great to national powerhouse. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Fentanyl produces a powerful high, but the euphoric feelings are shorter-lived than those offered by other opioids like heroin. \u2014 Andrew Joseph, STAT , 15 Mar. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1888, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173258"
},
"evanesce":{
"type":"verb",
"definitions":[
"to dissipate like vapor"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02cce-v\u0259-\u02c8nes",
"synonyms":[
"dematerialize",
"disappear",
"dissolve",
"evaporate",
"fade",
"flee",
"fly",
"melt",
"sink",
"vanish"
],
"antonyms":[
"appear",
"materialize"
],
"examples":[
"the kids' rainy-day gloom evanesced the minute they heard that we were going out for ice cream",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Other details \u2014 running water, a smudged kingfisher \u2014 appear only to evanesce . \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Jan. 2021",
"Monkfish in a gripping mussel broth found its voice in between sips of an off-dry Alsatian pinot gris, its honeyed sweetness just evanescing off the brine of the seafood. \u2014 Amiel Stanek, Bon App\u00e9tit , 3 Jan. 2020",
"The experience of simply having the experience, and letting each moment arrive unexpectedly and evanesce in its own time. \u2014 Bess Matassa, Teen Vogue , 29 June 2018",
"The number of daily active users in March was lower than the average for the first quarter as a whole, a signal that Snap's user base may be evanescing into the void. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com , 2 May 2018",
"The arc of his coming to America is dizzying mystery begat hype, hype yielded to skepticism, skepticism evanesced under sheer amazement. \u2014 Si.com Staff, SI.com , 9 Apr. 2018",
"And with every new meeting, my hatred has evanesced like fog in a bright sun. \u2014 Will Blythe, Esquire , 1 Apr. 2010"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin evanescere \u2014 more at vanish ",
"first_known_use":[
"1822, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
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"type":"verb",
"definitions":[
"to convert into vapor",
"to dissipate or draw off in vapor or fumes",
"to deposit (a substance, such as a metal) in the form of a film by sublimation",
"to expel moisture from",
"expel",
"to pass off in vapor or in minute particles",
"to pass off or away disappear",
"to diminish quickly",
"to give forth vapor",
"to change into vapor",
"to remove some of the water from something (as by heating)",
"to disappear without being seen to go"
],
"pronounciation":"i-\u02c8va-p(\u0259-)\u02ccr\u0101t",
"synonyms":[
"dematerialize",
"disappear",
"dissolve",
"evanesce",
"fade",
"flee",
"fly",
"melt",
"sink",
"vanish"
],
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"appear",
"materialize"
],
"examples":[
"Let the liquid start to evaporate .",
"The heat evaporated the water.",
"The opportunity evaporated before he could act on it.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"About 80 degrees if clouds dominate, but above 90 is possible if sunshine dominates and rain chances evaporate . \u2014 A. Camden Walker, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"But Democrats, who saw several potential pickups in the House of Representatives potentially evaporate , were outraged. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
"Just as the mineral oil used for larviciding, this technique does not have any residual effects, meaning once the droplets fall or evaporate , the pesticide is no longer able to kill mosquitoes. \u2014 Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star , 16 May 2022",
"The James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) will be very important for telling us whether rocky planets around red dwarfs can hold onto their atmospheres or whether these planets\u2019 atmospheres evaporate within a couple of million years, says France. \u2014 Bruce Dorminey, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
"Similar to Exxon Valdez, the oil is of a light variety, so 40 to 50 percent of it will probably evaporate in the hot Yemeni climate and cause some temporary episodic air pollution, Boufadel says. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 12 May 2022",
"Celsius \u2014 sweat cannot evaporate and humans can no longer cool themselves down. \u2014 Denise Chow, NBC News , 7 May 2022",
"Financial education can help people to not only resist a potential economic winter but also succeed and improve their quality of life while others see money evaporate from their bank accounts. \u2014 Gabriela Berrospi, Forbes , 4 May 2022",
"And this kind of hate just needs to evaporate from the planet, no matter who it's directed towards. \u2014 Rachel Yang, EW.com , 14 July 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin evaporatus , past participle of evaporare , from e- + vapor steam, vapor",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": having a horizontal surface : flat",
": being without break, indentation, or irregularity : smooth",
": being in the same plane or line",
": free from variation : uniform",
": level sense 4",
": equal , fair",
": leaving nothing due on either side : square",
": fully revenged",
": being in equilibrium : balanced",
": showing neither profit nor loss",
": candid",
": being any of the integers (such as \u22122, 0, and +2) that are divisible by two without leaving a remainder",
": marked by an even number",
": being a mathematical function such that f(x) = f(\u2212x) where the value remains unchanged if the sign of the independent variable is reversed",
": exact , precise",
": as likely as not : fifty-fifty",
": in a sound or stable condition",
": to a degree that extends : fully , quite",
": at the very time",
": exactly , precisely",
": to make even",
": to become even",
": evening",
": having a flat, smooth, or level surface",
": being on the same line or level",
": staying the same over a period of time",
": equal in size, number, or amount",
": not giving an advantage to one side : fair",
": able to be divided by two into two equal whole numbers",
": to a greater extent or degree : still",
": so much as",
": indeed",
": at the very time",
": to make or become smooth or equal"
],
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"\u02c8\u0113-v\u0259n",
"\u02c8\u0113-v\u0259n"
],
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"exact",
"flat",
"precise",
"round"
],
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"indeed",
"nay",
"truly",
"verily",
"yea"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Fukuhara started rehearsing with stunt coordinator John Koyama weeks, maybe even months in advance of the episode to drill the specific beats. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 11 June 2022",
"As an even conductor of heat, the bowl would encourage a splendid rise. \u2014 Brenda Yenke, cleveland , 9 June 2022",
"After more than a year of steadily rising prices, many Americans are beginning to rethink their spending habits to account for even inflation. \u2014 Jacob Bogage, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"Here are the areas with the lowest and highest prices \u2014 Median rent over the course of the past decade has risen by 31%, but increases across the city have not happened at an even rate. \u2014 Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal , 5 June 2022",
"The 57-year-old pilot of the Philadelphia Phillies was fired Friday with his team floundering in the National League East standings, seven games under .500 and an even dozen behind the first-place New York Mets. \u2014 Dan Schlossberg, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"Residents will be assigned watering days based on their addresses: Monday and Friday for odd addresses and Thursday and Sunday for even ones. \u2014 Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
"This hardworking hyperpigmentation treatment works overtime to fight dark spots for a more even and radiant tone. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"Therefore, Ophiuchus may very well lie on the sun\u2019s path but the sky is divided into 12 even sections, not 13. \u2014 Emily Simone, Allure , 20 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Millions have been forced to and opted to leave their jobs; even our aesthetic choices are seen as balms for a society that\u2019s been lit on fire and then left to burn out. \u2014 Madison Feller, ELLE , 16 June 2022",
"Holding a pen, climbing out of a car, even speaking and swallowing become titanic struggles. \u2014 Dan Horn, The Enquirer , 16 June 2022",
"But even if markets continue fading, investors should focus on valuations, given that the price-to-earnings ratio on the S&P 500 is now below its 25-year average, advised David Kelly, chief global strategist at JPMorgan Funds. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 15 June 2022",
"Yet even a temporary break for BTS is enough to spook Hybe's shareholders, and with good reason. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
"Dangerous heat is returning for the Valley on Wednesday and Thursday, but temperatures are forecast drop over the weekend and even come with a chance of rain, according to the National Weather Service. \u2014 Sam Burdette, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
"But the even bigger takeaway, Ghent said, was the university needs a much more robust recycling system. \u2014 Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"And then there is this: Clare isn\u2019t even nice to you! \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"And two county officials noted that staffers in their offices can flag suspicious filings for further investigation, even if those filings have to be initially accepted. \u2014 Mike Levine, ABC News , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Thankfully, my financial situation is starting to even out a little bit. \u2014 Arit Johnstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 30 May 2022",
"The second step in your routine is to even out the skin tone and balance the skin. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"The formula truly just glided onto my skin and all of the ingredients just sunk in, the pigment left very sheer coverage, but enough to even out any of my dark spots. \u2014 Angela Trakoshis, Allure , 18 May 2022",
"Petitgrain heals through its anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties, and citrus rind is rich in antioxidants that help to even out skin tone and fight the signs of aging. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 May 2022",
"Jane Campion\u2019s Power of the Dog is a slow-burn boiler that\u2019s robed in foreboding tension, ominous to even its final scene. \u2014 Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 May 2022",
"Cal State San Marcos (3-5) meets La Sierra (3-2) with a chance to even its record before opening play in the California Collegiate Athletic Association next week against Cal State Los Angeles. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Oregon State looks to even its Pac-12 record at 1-1 when the Beavers play host to No. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 Jan. 2022",
"Pittsburgh will try to even its 2021 record before hitting its bye week when the Steelers take on the Seattle Seahawks at 7:20 p.m. CDT Sunday at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 17 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Adverb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2c",
"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense",
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215708"
},
"evenfall":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the beginning of evening : dusk"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0113-v\u0259n-\u02ccf\u022fl"
],
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"crepuscule",
"crepuscle",
"dusk",
"eve",
"evening",
"eventide",
"gloaming",
"night",
"nightfall",
"sundown",
"sunset",
"twilight"
],
"antonyms":[
"aurora",
"cockcrow",
"dawn",
"dawning",
"daybreak",
"daylight",
"morn",
"morning",
"sunrise",
"sunup"
],
"examples":[
"with the coming of evenfall the Greek island takes on an entirely different mood"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1825, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215853"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": fair , impartial"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0113-v\u0259n-\u02c8han-d\u0259d"
],
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"candid",
"disinterested",
"dispassionate",
"equal",
"equitable",
"fair",
"impartial",
"indifferent",
"just",
"nonpartisan",
"objective",
"square",
"unbiased",
"unprejudiced"
],
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"biased",
"ex parte",
"inequitable",
"nonobjective",
"one-sided",
"partial",
"parti pris",
"partisan",
"prejudiced",
"unjust"
],
"examples":[
"I thought it was an evenhanded assessment of her performance.",
"an evenhanded meting out of punishment",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This will ensure an evenhanded , fast-moving overtime that appeals to everyone\u2014so, to compensate, referees will now call pass interference whenever a cornerback blinks. \u2014 Tommy Mcnamara, The New Yorker , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Fox News recently lost Chris Wallace, considered its most evenhanded journalist, who is joining CNN\u2019s streaming service. \u2014 Stephen Battaglio Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Wallace, whose contract at Fox News ends this month, was considered the most evenhanded journalist at the conservative-leaning Fox News. \u2014 Stephen Battaglio Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 12 Dec. 2021",
"Then a mortal named Kid Cudi wanders by with an evenhanded guest verse, reminding us that this music is still of this world. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Dec. 2021",
"But the tale is told against a solid background of domestic violence, female rivalries and solidarity, and an evenhanded sense of fairness regarding the community in which these events take place. \u2014 Diana Gabaldon, Star Tribune , 17 May 2021",
"But Cale gives every impression of being an evenhanded , terrific storyteller and historian. \u2014 Kevin Dettmar, The New Yorker , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Hosted by the channel\u2019s star science anchor, Sanjay Gupta, the program carries the veneer of an evenhanded approach. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 28 Sep. 2021",
"That would make more difficult the restoration of trust in evenhanded justice that is so essential after former Attorney General William Barr's gross political misuse of the department. \u2014 Donald Ayer And Norman Eisen, CNN , 20 Aug. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1611, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215838"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": something that happens : occurrence",
": a noteworthy happening",
": a social occasion or activity",
": an adverse or damaging medical occurrence",
": any of the contests in a program of sports",
": a postulated outcome, condition, or eventuality",
": the final outcome or determination of a legal action",
": outcome",
": the fundamental entity of observed physical reality represented by a point designated by three coordinates of place and one of time in the space-time continuum postulated by the theory of relativity",
": a subset of the possible outcomes of an experiment",
": in any case",
": in any case",
": as it turns out",
": something important or notable that happens",
": a social occasion (as a party)",
": the fact of happening",
": a contest in a program of sports",
": an adverse or damaging medical occurrence",
": something that happens : occurrence",
": the issue or outcome of a legal action or proceeding as finally determined"
],
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"i-\u02c8vent",
"i-\u02c8vent",
"i-\u02c8vent"
],
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"affair",
"circumstance",
"episode",
"hap",
"happening",
"incident",
"occasion",
"occurrence",
"thing"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The event is $15 per child or $20 for a family of two. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"This year\u2019s event is the first of its kind in three years, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"The event is family-friendly and open to cyclists of all ages. \u2014 Chloe Mcgowan, The Indianapolis Star , 16 June 2022",
"Organized by the Carroll County Department of Recreation and Parks, the event was an adaptive recreation program designed to meet the needs of individuals with disabilities, developmental differences or higher support needs. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 16 June 2022",
"Cash might rule everything around us, but this event is free. \u2014 Chris Kelly, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"The event is July 6 at Mudgie's Deli and Wine Shop. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 15 June 2022",
"This event will also be the lowest full moon on the horizon in 2022, NASA said. \u2014 Phil Helsel, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
"Other: The first-ever event in the stadium was a friendly between FC Barcelona and Manchester United FC. \u2014 Pat Brennan, The Enquirer , 15 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin eventus , from evenire to happen, from e- + venire to come \u2014 more at come ",
"first_known_use":[
"1539, in the meaning defined at sense 3c"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-230747"
},
"eventful":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": full of or rich in events",
": momentous",
": full of important happenings",
": very important"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8vent-f\u0259l",
"i-\u02c8vent-f\u0259l"
],
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"big",
"consequential",
"earth-shattering",
"earthshaking",
"historic",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"monumental",
"much",
"significant",
"substantial",
"tectonic",
"weighty"
],
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"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"little",
"minor",
"negligible",
"slight",
"small",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant"
],
"examples":[
"He led a short but eventful life.",
"It was an extremely eventful period in American history.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The action follows an eventful opening weekend that saw the Minnesota Timberwolves shock the Memphis Grizzlies on their floor, and the Boston Celtics won on a last second buzzer beater over the Brooklyn Nets in Game One. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Johnson was docked his two fastest laps by IndyCar race control for impeding Rahal and will start 25th Sunday after an eventful weekend for all the wrong reasons. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 9 Apr. 2022",
"The Bachelor couple spent an eventful weekend in New York City, which Kirkconnell documented with a slideshow of photos on Instagram Tuesday. \u2014 Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com , 10 Nov. 2021",
"The 94th Annual Academy Awards were, in a word, eventful . \u2014 Vogue , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Since that Super Bowl, it's been a long, eventful journey. \u2014 Andrea Reeves, The Enquirer , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Nash has led eventful life away from his music too. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 16 Mar. 2022",
"To learn more about Ruby and her eventful life, watch Rescued by Ruby, premiering on Netflix on March 17. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The dual latex looks are rounding out an eventful fashion season for the actress. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 Feb. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"circa 1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203059"
},
"eventide":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the time of evening : evening"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0113-v\u0259n-\u02cct\u012bd"
],
"synonyms":[
"crepuscule",
"crepuscle",
"dusk",
"eve",
"evenfall",
"evening",
"gloaming",
"night",
"nightfall",
"sundown",
"sunset",
"twilight"
],
"antonyms":[
"aurora",
"cockcrow",
"dawn",
"dawning",
"daybreak",
"daylight",
"morn",
"morning",
"sunrise",
"sunup"
],
"examples":[
"eventide was their favorite time for enjoying a quiet respite in the backyard"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221638"
},
"ever":{
"type":"adverb",
"definitions":[
"always",
"at any time",
"in any way",
"from time to time occasionally",
"at any time",
"in any way",
"always sense 1"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8e-v\u0259r",
"synonyms":[
"always",
"aye",
"ay",
"e'er",
"eternally",
"everlastingly",
"evermore",
"forever",
"forevermore",
"indelibly",
"permanently",
"perpetually"
],
"antonyms":[
"ne'er",
"never",
"nevermore"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This is a #MeToo-era movie if ever there was, using the kind of cultural conversations the movement has made possible to explore the idea that violence perpetrated against one woman amounts to violence against all. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 12 June 2022",
"Olmsted believed parks like these were essential to democracy \u2014 and have the delights of open space ever been so vital than during the pandemic? \u2014 providing space for solace, health, gatherings, even protests. \u2014 Malcolm Gay, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"From its runtime, cast of characters from two generations, and number of subplots, Dominion is the biggest Jurassic film ever . \u2014 Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 June 2022",
"Thursday\u2019s prime-time congressional hearing \u2014 the first from the select House committee established to investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol \u2014 was like none Capitol Hill had ever seen. \u2014 Mike Debonis, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"Although these countries are allies to the U.S., more nuclear powers means more opportunity for catastrophic wars and destruction unlike the world has ever seen. \u2014 Shannon K. Crawford, ABC News , 10 June 2022",
"Could there have ever been a greater one in the history of the Bowl? \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
"Will the marketplace for jobs or talent ever be less tight? \u2014 Phil Wahba, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"Has there ever been a lifeguard shortage in the United States before? \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 9 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old English \u01e3fre ",
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"everlasting":{
"type":"adjective",
"definitions":[
"lasting or enduring through all time eternal",
"continuing for a long time or indefinitely",
"having or being flowers or foliage that retain form or color for a long time when dried",
"tediously persistent",
"wearing indefinitely",
"eternity",
"god sense 1",
"any of several chiefly composite plants (such as cudweed) with flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color \u2014 compare pearly everlasting",
"the flower of an everlasting",
"lasting forever eternal",
"going on for a long time"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02cce-v\u0259r-\u02c8la-sti\u014b",
"synonyms":[
"ceaseless",
"dateless",
"deathless",
"endless",
"eternal",
"immortal",
"permanent",
"perpetual",
"undying",
"unending"
],
"antonyms":[
"eternity",
"foreverness",
"infinity",
"perpetuity"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"To his everlasting credit, he never once gave in to temptation.",
"valentines typically express the giver's everlasting love and devotion",
"Noun",
"that special bond that has existed between mother and child from everlasting",
"people who believe that the magnificence of the natural world is proof of the existence of the Everlasting",
"Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
"The Lord is the everlasting God, the creator of the ends of the earth. \u2014 Sophia Caraballo, Woman's Day , 1 June 2022",
"In ancient Rome, a group of young women known as the Vestal Virgins maintained the everlasting flame that burned in the Forum\u2019s Temple of Vesta\u2014a potent symbol of their civilization\u2019s legitimacy and political power. \u2014 Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 May 2022",
"In this era of the power hitter, of tee shots routinely traveling 350 yards, the 12th hole at Augusta National remains a source of everlasting cruelty. \u2014 Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Cultivating those contributions is to Jurich\u2019s everlasting credit and accounts in large part for the enthusiasm of multiple major donors in the possibility of his return. \u2014 Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal , 3 June 2022",
"This concept, termed \u2018caring for bliss,\u2019 consists of practices that cultivate sukha or a state of unlimited, everlasting inner joy induced by a peaceful state of mind and a compassionate heart. \u2014 Mark Travers, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"In photos of the British royal family over the years, corgis can often be spotted\u2014thanks to Queen Elizabeth's everlasting love of the breed. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Mark has openly discussed her mother Mia\u2019s 2013 death as an everlasting influence in her work, and many of her songs nod to her. \u2014 Sasha Urban, Variety , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Tucker, 48, opted to post a photo slideshow of the couple and echoed his wife's sentiments about their everlasting romance. \u2014 Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"Venus et Fleur L\u00e9 Mini rose in round box, $39, venusetfleur.com Impress the host with an (almost) everlasting rose. \u2014 Michaela Bechler, Vogue , 14 Dec. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":null,
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"everlastingly":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": lasting or enduring through all time : eternal",
": continuing for a long time or indefinitely",
": having or being flowers or foliage that retain form or color for a long time when dried",
": tediously persistent",
": wearing indefinitely",
": eternity",
": god sense 1",
": any of several chiefly composite plants (such as cudweed) with flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color \u2014 compare pearly everlasting",
": the flower of an everlasting",
": lasting forever : eternal",
": going on for a long time"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce-v\u0259r-\u02c8la-sti\u014b",
"\u02cce-v\u0259r-\u02c8la-sti\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"ceaseless",
"dateless",
"deathless",
"endless",
"eternal",
"immortal",
"permanent",
"perpetual",
"undying",
"unending"
],
"antonyms":[
"eternity",
"foreverness",
"infinity",
"perpetuity"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"To his everlasting credit, he never once gave in to temptation.",
"valentines typically express the giver's everlasting love and devotion",
"Noun",
"that special bond that has existed between mother and child from everlasting",
"people who believe that the magnificence of the natural world is proof of the existence of the Everlasting",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The Lord is the everlasting God, the creator of the ends of the earth. \u2014 Sophia Caraballo, Woman's Day , 1 June 2022",
"In ancient Rome, a group of young women known as the Vestal Virgins maintained the everlasting flame that burned in the Forum\u2019s Temple of Vesta\u2014a potent symbol of their civilization\u2019s legitimacy and political power. \u2014 Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 May 2022",
"In this era of the power hitter, of tee shots routinely traveling 350 yards, the 12th hole at Augusta National remains a source of everlasting cruelty. \u2014 Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Cultivating those contributions is to Jurich\u2019s everlasting credit and accounts in large part for the enthusiasm of multiple major donors in the possibility of his return. \u2014 Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal , 3 June 2022",
"This concept, termed \u2018caring for bliss,\u2019 consists of practices that cultivate sukha or a state of unlimited, everlasting inner joy induced by a peaceful state of mind and a compassionate heart. \u2014 Mark Travers, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"In photos of the British royal family over the years, corgis can often be spotted\u2014thanks to Queen Elizabeth's everlasting love of the breed. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Mark has openly discussed her mother Mia\u2019s 2013 death as an everlasting influence in her work, and many of her songs nod to her. \u2014 Sasha Urban, Variety , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Tucker, 48, opted to post a photo slideshow of the couple and echoed his wife's sentiments about their everlasting romance. \u2014 Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Venus et Fleur L\u00e9 Mini rose in round box, $39, venusetfleur.com Impress the host with an (almost) everlasting rose. \u2014 Michaela Bechler, Vogue , 14 Dec. 2017"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205125"
},
"evermore":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": forever , always",
": in the future"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce-v\u0259r-\u02c8m\u022fr"
],
"synonyms":[
"always",
"aye",
"ay",
"e'er",
"eternally",
"ever",
"everlastingly",
"forever",
"forevermore",
"indelibly",
"permanently",
"perpetually"
],
"antonyms":[
"ne'er",
"never",
"nevermore"
],
"examples":[
"he promised to love her evermore , if only she would consent to be his wife"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215216"
},
"everyday":{
"type":"adjective",
"definitions":[
"encountered or used routinely or typically ordinary",
"used or suitable for every day ordinary"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8ev-r\u0113-\u02ccd\u0101",
"synonyms":[
"average",
"common",
"commonplace",
"cut-and-dried",
"cut-and-dry",
"garden-variety",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"prosaic",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"standard",
"standard-issue",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"usual",
"workaday"
],
"antonyms":[
"abnormal",
"exceptional",
"extraordinary",
"odd",
"out-of-the-way",
"strange",
"unusual"
],
"examples":[
"Don't let the problems of everyday life get you down.",
"we're just an everyday family, with a dog and a cat and bills to pay",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The spate of shootings intensified questions about the safety of everyday life in America, but Buendia's family has different questions. \u2014 Eliott C. Mclaughlin And Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN , 11 June 2022",
"Less than two weeks remain before Daniels' glimpses of the NBA turn into everyday life. \u2014 James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star , 10 June 2022",
"For years, Polly has helped Thomas (Cillian Murphy) maneuver his way out of dangerous situations, advising him on everything from gypsy curses to everyday life. \u2014 Samantha Highfill, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
"Teller plays soldier Adam Schuman, who struggles to adjust to everyday life after returning home from a 15-month deployment in Iraq in 2007. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 9 June 2022",
"Air-raid sirens are now part of everyday life across Ukraine. \u2014 Matthew Luxmoore, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
"Then Stress is a reality of everyday life, and it\u2019s not necessarily bad. \u2014 Cheria Young, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"For nearly a century, gas stations dotting the American landscape wove themselves deep into the country\u2019s social fabric with pop artists like Edward Ruscha capturing these historic fixtures of everyday life. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
"This constant chasing of dopamine hits augments how pleasurable everyday life feels and diminishes our baseline capacity to enjoy and focus on simple things. \u2014 Dr Sanah Ahsan, refinery29.com , 6 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":null,
"first_known_use":[
"1628, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"evidence":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": an outward sign : indication",
": something that furnishes proof : testimony",
": something legally submitted to a tribunal to ascertain the truth of a matter",
": one who bears witness",
": one who voluntarily confesses a crime and testifies for the prosecution against one's accomplices",
": to be seen : conspicuous",
": as evidence",
": to offer evidence of : prove , evince",
": a sign which shows that something exists or is true : indication",
": material presented to a court to help find the truth about something",
": something that furnishes or tends to furnish proof",
": something (as testimony, writings, or objects) presented at a judicial or administrative proceeding for the purpose of establishing the truth or falsity of an alleged matter of fact \u2014 see also admissible , best evidence rule , exclusionary rule , exhibit , foundation , objection , preponderance of the evidence , relevant , scintilla , state's evidence , suppress , testimony , witness , Federal Rules of Evidence \u2014 compare allegation , argument , proof",
": evidence that is the most reliable and most direct in relationship to what it is offered to prove \u2014 see also best evidence rule",
": evidence of a particular human trait (as honesty or peacefulness) of a party or witness \u2014 see also character witness at witness",
": evidence that tends to prove a factual matter by proving other events or circumstances from which the occurrence of the matter at issue can be reasonably inferred \u2014 compare direct evidence in this entry",
": evidence showing a high probability of truth of the factual matter at issue \u2014 compare preponderance of the evidence , reasonable doubt",
": testimonial evidence in this entry",
": evidence that is admissible, relevant, and material to the factual matter at issue",
": evidence that is independent of and different from but that supplements and strengthens evidence already presented as proof of a factual matter",
": evidence that is of the same kind as evidence already offered as proof of the same factual matter \u2014 compare corroborating evidence in this entry",
": evidence in the form of objects (as maps, diagrams, or models) that has in itself no probative value but is used to illustrate and clarify the factual matter at issue",
": physical evidence in this entry",
": evidence obtained as a result of the unlawful gathering of primary evidence",
": evidence that if believed immediately establishes the factual matter to be proved by it without the need for inferences",
": evidence of a factual matter offered by a witness whose knowledge of the matter was obtained through the use of his or her senses (as sight or hearing) \u2014 compare circumstantial evidence in this entry",
": evidence that is to be used by a party in making its case in chief",
": evidence that tends to clear a defendant from fault or guilt \u2014 see also brady material",
": evidence regarding an agreement that is not included in the written version of the agreement",
": evidence about a witness's character obtained from the testimony of other witnesses rather than from cross-examination of the witness himself or herself",
": a statement made out of court and not under oath and offered in evidence as proof that what is stated is true : hearsay",
": demonstrative evidence in this entry",
": evidence that may be used to impeach a witness because it tends to harm the witness's credibility",
": derivative evidence in this entry",
": evidence that exists within a writing",
"\u2014 compare extrinsic evidence in this entry",
": evidence that is likely to affect the determination of a matter or issue",
": evidence that warrants reopening of a claim or reversal of a conviction because but for the circumstance that the evidence was unavailable the outcome of the first proceeding would have been different",
": evidence presented that is insufficient to prove a matter of especially vital fact : a point of error that insufficient evidence has been presented to support a finding",
": evidence of matters spoken (as an oral agreement) that are related to but not included in a writing \u2014 see also parol evidence rule",
": tangible evidence (as a weapon, document, or visible injury) that is in some way related to the incident that gave rise to the case",
": prima facie evidence in this entry",
": evidence that is sufficient to prove a factual matter at issue and justify a favorable judgment on that issue unless rebutted",
": best evidence in this entry",
": evidence obtained as a direct result of an unlawful search",
": physical evidence in this entry",
": evidence that tends to refute or discredit an opponent's evidence",
": evidence that tends to prove or disprove any issue of fact that is of consequence to the case",
": derivative evidence in this entry",
": evidence greater than a scintilla of evidence that a reasonable person would find sufficient to support a conclusion",
": evidence offered to prove a factual issue rather than merely for impeachment",
": evidence given in writing or speech or in another way that expresses the person's thoughts \u2014 compare physical evidence in this entry",
": as evidence",
": to provide evidence of"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-v\u0259-d\u0259n(t)s",
"-v\u0259-\u02ccden(t)s",
"\u02c8e-v\u0259-d\u0259ns",
"\u02c8e-v\u0259-d\u0259ns, -\u02ccdens"
],
"synonyms":[
"attestation",
"confirmation",
"corroboration",
"documentation",
"proof",
"substantiation",
"testament",
"testimonial",
"testimony",
"validation",
"voucher",
"witness"
],
"antonyms":[
"disproof"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In February, a Maricopa County grand jury indicted Davis and Desharnais on 11 felony counts, including first-degree murder, child abuse and tampering with evidence . \u2014 Gloria Rebecca Gomez, The Arizona Republic , 21 June 2022",
"Kyle Johnston, 38, is charged with murder, involuntary manslaughter, reckless homicide, felonious assault, tampering with evidence and a weapons charge. \u2014 Cameron Knight, The Enquirer , 21 June 2022",
"In some cases, even measurable targets were found to be inconsistent with existing public health evidence . \u2014 Laurie Winkless, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"The Golden State locker room was littered with evidence of a postgame party. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
"Experts worry that safari crowds in Masai Mara are actually hurting the animals now, with evidence that vehicle traffic is disrupting natural wildlife patterns. \u2014 Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online , 18 June 2022",
"The jury found Michael Horvath guilty on charges of homicide, kidnapping, tampering with evidence and abuse of a corpse nine years after Holly Grim's disappearance, FOX affiliate WOLF-TV reported. \u2014 Audrey Conklin, Fox News , 17 June 2022",
"Dunson and Boyers also pleaded guilty to obstructing justice, while Dunson also admitted to tampering with evidence . \u2014 CBS News , 17 June 2022",
"Douglas McGilbra, 32, of Willowick, a Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority police officer, is charged with theft in office, tampering with evidence and dereliction of duty. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"How these brands evidence their protest is as varied as the companies themselves. \u2014 Simon Mainwaring, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Presumably there is a 24 YO in the works that will evidence a similar DNA. \u2014 Joseph V Micallef, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021",
"But would evidence obtained through genetic genealogy be allowed in court? \u2014 CBS News , 20 Nov. 2021",
"The agreement expands Boeing\u2019s presence in a market dominated by Airbus, and adds to evidence the narrow-body workhorse is rebounding from groundings caused by two deadly crashes. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 Nov. 2021",
"It is expected to evidence a sharp deceleration from the robust second-quarter growth with supply chain disruptions and the Delta variant weighing on activity. \u2014 Bill Stone, Forbes , 24 Oct. 2021",
"If so, what metrics are being used to evidence the objectives? \u2014 Robert G. Eccles, Forbes , 19 Sep. 2021",
"Prosecutors did point to evidence the government said showed fraud. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 July 2021",
"Negative outcomes are not necessarily predictable from prior experimentation, and clinical trials cannot be wholly relied upon to evidence low-incidence adverse events. \u2014 Nicolas Noulin, Scientific American , 5 May 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"circa 1610, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201713"
},
"evident":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": clear to the vision or understanding",
": clear to the sight or to the mind : plain"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-v\u0259-d\u0259nt",
"-v\u0259-\u02ccdent",
"\u02c8e-v\u0259-d\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparent",
"assumed",
"ostensible",
"ostensive",
"presumed",
"prima facie",
"putative",
"reputed",
"seeming",
"supposed"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She spoke with evident anguish about the death of her son.",
"The problems have been evident for quite some time.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That\u2019s made evident yet again by Joachim Back\u2019s ambitious cinematic adaptation of Jonas Karlsson\u2019s acclaimed existentialist novel The Room, receiving its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. \u2014 Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
"That new generations of fans discovered the band over the years was evident in the multitude of generations represented by concertgoers \u2013 this isn\u2019t a mere oldies act playing MTV hits of yore. \u2014 Glenn Peoples, Billboard , 9 June 2022",
"This has been made manifestly evident by the public pushback against financial services systems that appear to discriminate against certain demographics and facial recognition software that has a high error rate for non-white subjects. \u2014 Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"This was made evident by looking at the student collections, which showed a myriad of perspectives on where fashion could go next. \u2014 Vogue , 25 May 2022",
"That becomes evident as flies, just like the one that once perched itself on Dolores' eyeball in the season 1 premiere, swarm around the characters. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 10 May 2022",
"Madeon has a palpable connection with his fans, made evident by the energy exchange between him and his audience at Day Club Palm Springs, who hung on every beat of his poolside DJ set. \u2014 Danny Klein, SPIN , 6 May 2022",
"Fresh air is a hot commodity in architecture, one that has been made only more evident by the pandemic. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
"These touches anticipate Hesse\u2019s later interest in structures and space made evident in her sculpture. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 3 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin evident-, evidens , from e- + vident-, videns , present participle of vid\u0113re to see \u2014 more at wit ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204113"
},
"evil":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": morally reprehensible : sinful , wicked",
": arising from actual or imputed bad character or conduct",
": inferior",
": causing discomfort or repulsion : offensive",
": disagreeable",
": causing harm : pernicious",
": marked by misfortune : unlucky",
": the fact of suffering, misfortune, and wrongdoing",
": a cosmic evil force",
": something that brings sorrow, distress, or calamity",
": in an evil manner",
": morally bad : wicked",
": causing harm : tending to injure",
": something that brings sorrow, trouble, or destruction",
": the fact of suffering or wrongdoing",
": bad behavior or moral state : wickedness"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0113-v\u0259l",
"British often and US sometimes",
"\u02c8\u0113-v\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"adverse",
"bad",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"damaging",
"dangerous",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"injurious",
"mischievous",
"nocuous",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"prejudicial",
"wicked"
],
"antonyms":[
"bad",
"evildoing",
"ill",
"immorality",
"iniquity",
"sin",
"villainy",
"wrong"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"She drank an evil potion.",
"The city has fallen on evil days.",
"It was an evil omen.",
"Noun",
"the battle of good versus evil",
"our free will allows us to choose between good and evil",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"But remember: Bose\u2013Einstein condensates are not evil . \u2014 Thilo St\u00f6ferle, Ars Technica , 18 July 2017",
"John Robert Lindsey made a properly evil Monostatos (a dead ringer for the vampire Nosferatu), accompanied by terrifying dogs rather than slaves. \u2014 Janelle Gelfand, Cincinnati.com , 16 July 2017",
"The Nazis and the Holocaust truly show the entire scope of humanity, at its most evil and its most resilient. \u2014 The Editors, Smithsonian , 2 May 2017",
"Pamina has the short bob hairdo of flapper-era star Louise Brooks, the birdcatcher is a Buster Keaton-style Papageno and the evil Monostatos reminds of Nosferatu. \u2014 Janelle Gelfand, Cincinnati.com , 6 July 2017",
"The Master's return isn't blockbuster enough for me, even with the good versus evil Superman III undertones in his cheeky exchanges with Missy. \u2014 Kelly Fiveash, Ars Technica , 3 July 2017",
"Well, not evil , really, but more bureaucratic, legalistic b.s. \u2014 Aaron Pressman, Fortune , 30 June 2017",
"The show unites Daredevil (Charlie Cox), Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter), Luke Cage (Mike Colter) and Iron Fist (Finn Jones) to battle the Hand, a band of evil mystical ninjas. \u2014 Pacific, Pacific San Diego Magazine , 15 June 2017",
"Here, Goron is summoned by his king to fight evil forces threatening their kingdom. \u2014 Redbook , 10 May 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Weirdness encompasses all the bipolar properties of our existence, its beauty and ugliness, kindness and cruelty, good and evil . \u2014 John Horgan, Scientific American , 14 June 2022",
"The painting is part of the artist\u2019s series exploring science-fiction struggles between the Mounds and the Vegans, proxies for universal forces of good and evil . \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 12 June 2022",
"For site administrators, this means an ongoing struggle between good and evil . \u2014 Arturs Kruze, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Through interviews and recreations, the series will follow people from all faiths who have faced off against malignant beings through exorcisms and those who are on the front lines of the battle between good and evil . \u2014 Jennifer Maas, Variety , 23 May 2022",
"The vivid swirl, similar to yin and yang, signifies the perpetually changing yet complementary forces of life: light and darkness, good and evil . \u2014 Hanna Park, NBC News , 21 May 2022",
"Religion, war, police brutality, lust, and violence all get a nod, but fundamentally, the unifying theme is that of good and evil . \u2014 Derek Scancarelli, EW.com , 12 May 2022",
"Others see a historic battle between good and evil , with a high-stakes clarity between right and wrong not seen for decades. \u2014 Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor , 11 May 2022",
"As on TikTok, many Twitch viewers regard the trial as a sky-scraping showdown between good and evil . \u2014 Washington Post , 5 May 2022"
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"type":"noun",
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"one who does evil"
],
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"immoralist",
"malefactor",
"sinner",
"wrongdoer"
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"examples":[
"The sheriff is protecting the community from evildoers .",
"if good people stand by and do nothing, evildoers will triumph",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Mission follows a group of scientists aiming to thwart the plans of an evildoer and is highlighted by a car chase through the desert, which was shot over five days last summer. \u2014 Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 Feb. 2022",
"There\u2019s no all-encompassing darkness threatening to swallow a peaceful realm, no sinister spiritualist coveting the soul of an innocent waif, and certainly no power-hungry evildoer plotting to usurp a mighty crown. \u2014 Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 Feb. 2022",
"An evildoer might focus on a particular set of self-driving cars made by company X. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 19 Oct. 2021",
"The evildoer would presumably have the AI driving system be on constant alert for anyone approaching the vehicle, and then have the self-driving car skirt away (or try to drive at the person). \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 19 Oct. 2021",
"If a malicious evildoer was somehow able to take command of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) such as self-driving cars, the outcome could be disastrous. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Majors is clearly delighted to be playing an evildoer . \u2014 Eliana Dockterman, Time , 16 July 2021",
"Suppose though the evildoer cracks through the locks. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 16 June 2021",
"If the camera lingers on a pair of stiletto heels, shouldn\u2019t some evildoer be gaffed on one by the end of the episode? \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 13 Apr. 2021"
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": to take out the entrails of : disembowel",
": to deprive of vital content or force",
": to remove an organ from (a patient) or the contents of (an organ)",
": to protrude through a surgical incision or suffer protrusion of a part through an incision",
": to remove the viscera of",
": to remove an organ from (a patient) or the contents of (an organ)",
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"the ancient Egyptians would eviscerate the bodies of the dead as part of the process of mummifying them",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And an expansive decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen may eviscerate almost all forms of state regulation of guns. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 26 May 2022",
"Now Mossad asks Skorzeny to eviscerate Nasser\u2019s program from the inside. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 18 May 2022",
"Lawmakers should oppose this bill because that one word would eviscerate the property rights of thousands of Bay Staters without compensation. \u2014 John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Eventually, order was restored, but not by Ukrainians; rather, by the conquering Bolsheviks, who promptly proceeded to eviscerate the nation. \u2014 David A. Andelman, CNN , 22 Feb. 2022",
"For all its touted aspirations to compile a comprehensive, definitive account of the Capitol riot, the committee\u2019s paramount objective is to eviscerate Donald Trump as a force in American politics. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 13 Feb. 2022",
"The latest demonstration of the extraordinary power the 6-3 conservative majority on the court could wield over Democratic presidents for years took place with Republicans already laying plans to eviscerate Biden's White House next year. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 14 Jan. 2022",
"The Islamic Republic has displayed an uncanny ability to advance its aspirations and eviscerate American red lines with impunity. \u2014 Reuel Marc Gerecht And Ray Takeyh, WSJ , 28 Nov. 2021",
"Stubborn inflation is threatening to eviscerate the value of raises, while workers\u2019 savings, in part from sizable government checks during the pandemic, are evaporating. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Dec. 2021"
],
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"1599, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
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": emit",
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": develop , work out",
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": to change or develop gradually",
": to produce by natural evolutionary processes",
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"Her company has evolved from a hobby into a thriving business.",
"Some flowers have evolved remarkable means of insect pollination.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Allow your organization to evolve and improve, but be intentional and apply resilience concepts as early on as the research and development process. \u2014 Brian Zawada, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"The filings are being turned back by both technicalities and a legal system that has struggled to evolve and recognize how perpetrators of violence can be victims too, advocates said. \u2014 Annie Sweeney, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"One of the highlights this season was seeing Molly evolve and go through puberty. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 14 June 2022",
"Jewelry sellers say the trend of men in pearls was emerging pre-pandemic as the fashion industry continues to evolve and embrace gender fluidity. \u2014 Parija Kavilanz, CNN , 13 June 2022",
"The high transmission in the US and elsewhere provides further opportunities for new variants to evolve and emerge. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 9 June 2022",
"Shorts and tank tops may never fail you in regards to being weather-friendly, but just like fall/winter fashion, summer style should evolve and your wardrobe should excite you even more for the summer festivities. \u2014 Greg Emmanuel, Essence , 19 May 2022",
"The exhibition\u2019s creators also recognize that all cultures\u2014including Native ones\u2014 evolve and change over time. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 May 2022",
"And having the business systems that have the agility to enable you to innovate and evolve to disrupt the market or keep up with competition is key. \u2014 Richard Howells, Forbes , 23 May 2022"
],
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": to change or develop gradually",
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": to develop by or as if by evolution : undergo evolutionary change"
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"Some flowers have evolved remarkable means of insect pollination.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Allow your organization to evolve and improve, but be intentional and apply resilience concepts as early on as the research and development process. \u2014 Brian Zawada, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"The filings are being turned back by both technicalities and a legal system that has struggled to evolve and recognize how perpetrators of violence can be victims too, advocates said. \u2014 Annie Sweeney, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"One of the highlights this season was seeing Molly evolve and go through puberty. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 14 June 2022",
"Jewelry sellers say the trend of men in pearls was emerging pre-pandemic as the fashion industry continues to evolve and embrace gender fluidity. \u2014 Parija Kavilanz, CNN , 13 June 2022",
"The high transmission in the US and elsewhere provides further opportunities for new variants to evolve and emerge. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 9 June 2022",
"Shorts and tank tops may never fail you in regards to being weather-friendly, but just like fall/winter fashion, summer style should evolve and your wardrobe should excite you even more for the summer festivities. \u2014 Greg Emmanuel, Essence , 19 May 2022",
"The exhibition\u2019s creators also recognize that all cultures\u2014including Native ones\u2014 evolve and change over time. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 May 2022",
"And having the business systems that have the agility to enable you to innovate and evolve to disrupt the market or keep up with competition is key. \u2014 Richard Howells, Forbes , 23 May 2022"
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": on or from one side or party only",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Such ex parte injunctions can be granted in exceptional situations where there is real urgency. \u2014 Dinesh Thakur, STAT , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Village Roadshow argues that Warner Bros. is bigfooting it out of rights to participate in those projects, and filed an ex parte motion on Monday for permission to file for an injunction. \u2014 Gene Maddaus, Variety , 15 Feb. 2022",
"There is also the temporary ex parte cohabitant abuse order and the continuous protective order that can result from a defendant receiving jail or prison time, according to Susan Griffith, executive director of Timpanogos Legal Center. \u2014 Becky Jacobs, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 Jan. 2022",
"The temporary restraining order \u2013 known as an ex parte order \u2013 was granted shortly thereafter, with a hearing scheduled for July 23, at which point Bauer can formally dispute the woman's accusations, which has publicly denied through his agent. \u2014 Josh Peter, USA TODAY , 2 July 2021",
"According to the ex parte document, the woman visited Bauer's home again on May 15. \u2014 Josh Peter, The Enquirer , 2 July 2021",
"The ex parte order was granted without Bauer having a chance to be heard, and the woman later voluntarily dismissed her petition, the Post reported. \u2014 Kevin Dotson, CNN , 15 Aug. 2021",
"According to the ex parte document, the woman visited Bauer's home again on May 15. \u2014 Josh Peter, The Enquirer , 2 July 2021",
"According to the ex parte document, the woman visited Bauer's home again on May 15. \u2014 Josh Peter, The Enquirer , 2 July 2021"
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": to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain",
": to call for as necessary or desirable",
": exhibiting or marked by strict, particular, and complete accordance with fact or a standard",
": marked by thorough consideration or minute measurement of small factual details",
": completely correct or precise : accurate",
": to demand and get by force or threat"
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"ig-\u02c8zakt",
"ig-\u02c8zakt"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The move came after Martin helped energize the bench over the first half of the season, before injuries began to exact a toll. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 5 June 2022",
"This compromise is shown to exact a brutal toll in somber bookending scenes set near the end of Sassoon\u2019s life. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"As Russia continued to bombard cities across Ukraine, the war began to exact an increasing toll beyond the battlefield and inside Russia itself. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Her death underscores the heavy price the conflict continues to exact on Palestinians. \u2014 Aya Batrawy, BostonGlobe.com , 11 May 2022",
"As the fighting, now in its third week, continues to exact a grievous human toll in Ukraine with Russian troops bombarding many of the country\u2019s most populous cities, the number of those crossing into the EU has begun to slowly wane in recent days. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
"But the number of new coronavirus deaths that medical examiners are confirming remains in the double digits each day, as January\u2019s surge from the highly contagious omicron variant of the virus continues to exact a toll. \u2014 Erin Alberty, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Despite allowing Syracuse to exact revenge from its 2020 loss, the Flames have a potential first-round NFL Draft selection in quarterback Malik Willis. \u2014 Evan Dudley, al , 28 Sep. 2021",
"The numbers are estimates and not exact counts, said Ethan Chernofsky, the company\u2019s vice president of marketing. \u2014 Chase Difeliciantonio, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The artwork is estimated to be worth $5 million; however, museum officials are not yet certain of the exact amount. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 3 June 2022",
"Times journalists spent more than a year sifting through thousands of pages of archival papers, ledgers and correspondences to calculate the exact amount that Haiti paid France: $560 million in today\u2019s dollars. \u2014 New York Times , 22 May 2022",
"But with Pritzker\u2019s signature on the tax relief plan, that bump will be pushed off until Jan. 1, with the exact amount of the increase to be determined by where inflation stands at the end of September. \u2014 Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune , 19 May 2022",
"The exact amount Americans pay for insulin varies quite widely, depending on their insurance coverage and which version of the medication they\u2019re prescribed. \u2014 Jing Luo, The Conversation , 9 May 2022",
"Made to easily remove even thicker, curly hair with absolute ease, this splurge-worthy hair remover applies the exact amount of pressure needed for a smooth and thorough shave that won't irritate skin. \u2014 Isadora Baum, Allure , 5 May 2022",
"The exact amount differs according to the state of the economy. \u2014 Maria Jimenez Moya, USA TODAY , 30 Apr. 2022",
"You might be tempted to bump prices up by the exact amount of your new production costs\u2014a thoughtful move that protects the bottom line without making an unnecessary play for greater profits. \u2014 Kyle Leighton, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"However, the exact amount of time will vary depending on the individual dog and the severity of their arthritis. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 Apr. 2022"
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"adverb"
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": in a manner or measure or to a degree or number that strictly conforms to a fact or condition",
": in every respect : altogether , entirely",
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"squarely"
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"The levers need to be exactly positioned.",
"we will meet at exactly six o'clock",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The investigations and even the leak of Kremlin documents demonstrating exactly how Russian President Vladimir Putin influenced the 2016 election through a sophisticated disinformation campaign are meaningless. \u2014 David Masciotra, CNN , 11 June 2022",
"Well, boardrooms themselves aren\u2019t exactly knocking it out of the park on diversity and inclusion yet. \u2014 Amy Glynn, Forbes , 11 June 2022",
"What exactly will go down at your brow lamination appointment with Benefit? \u2014 Chelsea Avila, Allure , 10 June 2022",
"And the traffic light system explained exactly what was allowed and what was not. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 10 June 2022",
"Complete genre rehaul, or even mild wheel reinvention, isn\u2019t exactly on the menu. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 10 June 2022",
"Now, almost exactly 17 years later, as the country artist with the most CMT Awards, 7 Grammy awards, and millions of album sales, Carrie returned to the iconic stage in Nashville ahead of the release of her upcoming album. \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 10 June 2022",
"EVs don\u2019t exactly come cheap and neither will the first one powered by solar energy. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 10 June 2022",
"Series creator Graham Roland, though, has led with a case that isn\u2019t exactly simple so much as needlessly simplified for expediency. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 June 2022"
],
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": one that serves as a pattern to be imitated or not to be imitated",
": a punishment inflicted on someone as a warning to others",
": an individual so punished",
": one that is representative of all of a group or type",
": a parallel or closely similar case especially when serving as a precedent or model",
": an instance (such as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate a rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of a rule",
": as an example",
": to serve as an example of",
": to be or set an example to",
": something to be imitated : model",
": a sample of something taken to show what the whole is like : instance",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Mercer, for example , tacked three years onto the end of his contract, which now expires in 2026. \u2014 Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star , 21 June 2022",
"The streaming data option, for example , might help your mobile app work better. \u2014 Murli Thirumale, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Mississippi, for example , has gone from one to about a dozen events, according to the Human Rights Campaign advocacy group. \u2014 Chris Kenning, USA TODAY , 21 June 2022",
"Sriracha has its place, to be sure \u2014 in pho restaurants, for example , where its presence is canon. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
"For example , Krahl cites sea turtles and penguins, which both have differences in their front and back appendages: flipper-like front legs and webbed hind legs. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 21 June 2022",
"Sightings in Oconomowoc and Racine County, for example , were reported on the same day, Hirchert said. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
"Women, for example , increasingly use the mobile internet for educational purposes to enrich themselves and for the benefit of their children. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
"For example , in December 2020, the association estimated that nearly 17 percent of food and drink establishments had shut their doors, based on survey responses from 6,000 restaurant operators and 250 supply chain companies. \u2014 Tim Carman, Washington Post , 21 June 2022"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213554"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
],
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": to cause irritation or annoyance to",
": to excite the anger of : enrage",
": to make more grievous : aggravate",
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": roughened with irregular prickles or elevations",
": to make angry"
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"ig-\u02c8za-sp\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
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"Verb",
"The criticism of his latest movie is sure to exasperate his admirers.",
"We were exasperated by the delays.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Bubbles also cause the dispensed product to expand, which is why your Slurpee or your Icee or your Arctic Blast inflates a bit after pouring, sometimes up and out of the domed lid to exasperate your parents. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Simpson\u2019s funny and moving tale is more successful, though its ambling pace and episodic structure may exasperate lovers of tight narrative. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
"But none of these disputes appeared to mean as much to the UAE \u2014 or more exasperate the Americans \u2014 as the failure to publicly show up in the Emirati hour of need. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Mar. 2022",
"This weekend\u2019s weather pattern, with its clear skies and early season heat, will only exasperate the situation by heating the ground and siphoning away more of its precious water moisture content. \u2014 Tom Sater, CNN , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Voting restrictions, like those outlined in Senate Bill 90, can exasperate health disparities. \u2014 Laken Brooks, Forbes , 8 Nov. 2021",
"His suggestions sometimes exasperate the garden designers, who have their own vision of where things should be. \u2014 Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Without enough rescue animals to go around, organizations wind up fielding dozens of applications for a single dog, incentivizing some groups to put up maddeningly high adoption barriers that exclude and exasperate capable guardians. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Filograna described it more as a giggle, which doesn\u2019t exasperate opponents as much as Forsythe\u2019s playmaking ability. \u2014 Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com , 22 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1b",
"Adjective",
"1541, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202432"
},
"excavate":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to form a cavity or hole in",
": to form by hollowing out",
": to dig out and remove",
": to expose to view by or as if by digging away a covering",
": to make excavations",
": to expose to view by digging away a covering",
": to hollow out : form a hole in",
": to make by hollowing out",
": to dig out and remove",
": to form a cavity or hole in",
": to make excavations or become hollowed out"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ek-sk\u0259-\u02ccv\u0101t",
"\u02c8ek-sk\u0259-\u02ccv\u0101t",
"\u02c8ek-sk\u0259-\u02ccv\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"dig",
"shovel"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"They excavated an ancient city.",
"It is the first site to be excavated in this area.",
"They began excavating the backyard for their new pool.",
"The excess dirt was carefully excavated .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As the water levels began to rise again, scientists rushed to excavate and document what is believed to be the urban center of the Mittani Empire, which stretched from northern Iraq through Syria and into Turkey. \u2014 Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN , 6 June 2022",
"Three recent books excavate this century-old story and shine light on its lasting importance. \u2014 Magda Teter, The New York Review of Books , 25 May 2022",
"From there, clammers can excavate the shellfish using a shovel or clam gun, or even their hands. \u2014 Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News , 10 May 2022",
"The state of Alabama owns the wreck and has so far appeared reluctant to spend the millions required to excavate it. \u2014 Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Master Chief is supposed to be completely controllable, but starts feeling new emotions after grabbing a mysterious glowing object that the Covenant is trying to excavate . \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 30 Jan. 2022",
"Memories of trauma \u2014 buried deep within the body, locked in a casket of shame \u2014 are difficult to excavate . \u2014 Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Jan. 2022",
"In January, the cones began to crack, allowing the olingos to excavate the now-mature, rank-smelling seeds with their teeth and claws. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 1 Apr. 2022",
"In 2016, Linda Shauvin pushed the DPAA to reconsider the decision not to excavate further. \u2014 Stephen Smith, CBS News , 24 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Latin excav\u0101tus, past participle of excav\u0101re \"to hollow out, form a hole in,\" from ex- ex- entry 1 + cav\u0101re \"to make hollow, hollow out,\" verbal derivative of cavus \"hollow, concave\" \u2014 more at hole entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1599, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191125"
},
"exceed":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to be greater than or superior to",
": to go beyond a limit set by",
": to extend outside of",
": predominate",
": overdo",
": to be greater than",
": to go or be beyond the limit of"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8s\u0113d",
"ik-\u02c8s\u0113d"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"outreach",
"outrun",
"overpass",
"overreach",
"overrun",
"overshoot",
"overstep",
"surpass",
"transcend"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The cost must not exceed 10 dollars.",
"The cost exceeded our estimate.",
"The demand for new housing has already exceeded the supply.",
"He's trying to match or exceed last year's sales.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But without those steps, demand for water in Salt Lake City would exceed supply around 2040, Ms. Briefer said. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"The volume could exceed pre-pandemic levels, TSA said. \u2014 Amanda Maile, ABC News , 28 May 2022",
"But one person with knowledge of the Russian cases said the maintenance costs will exceed the money in the accounts. \u2014 Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post , 16 May 2022",
"Often, the number of markers on the scene will exceed the amount of times a weapon was fired, officers said. \u2014 Tandra Smith | Tsmith@al.com, al , 26 Mar. 2022",
"During Thursday\u2019s call, Greidinger said if there are no COVID surprises, the company may even exceed the U.S. admissions target of hitting 85 percent of 2019 levels this year. \u2014 Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The cost of cleaning dangerous coal ash from the site of the former Indiana Transportation Museum in Noblesville will exceed $6 million, city officials said. \u2014 John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Housing prices across the wider region surrounding Salt Lake City now exceed those in 87% of all major U.S. metropolitan areas, the National Association of Realtors said. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Initial estimates for the cost of the first phase exceed $80 million, with Huna Totem seeking third-party financing, Richardson said. \u2014 Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News , 29 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English exceden , from Middle French exceder , from Latin excedere , from ex- + cedere to go",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183209"
},
"exceeding":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
"exceptional in amount, quality, or degree"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8s\u0113-di\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"aberrant",
"aberrated",
"abnormal",
"anomalous",
"atypical",
"especial",
"exceptional",
"extraordinaire",
"extraordinary",
"freak",
"odd",
"peculiar",
"phenomenal",
"preternatural",
"rare",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted"
],
"antonyms":[
"common",
"customary",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unextraordinary",
"usual"
],
"examples":[
"accepted the apology with exceeding graciousness"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-165846"
},
"excel":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to be superior to : surpass in accomplishment or achievement",
": to be distinguishable by superiority : surpass others",
": to do better than others : surpass"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8sel",
"ik-\u02c8sel"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"better",
"eclipse",
"exceed",
"outclass",
"outdistance",
"outdo",
"outgun",
"outmatch",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"surpass",
"top",
"tower (over)",
"transcend"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She excels everyone else in sports.",
"the special effects in this new sci-fi extravaganza excel any that we've seen previously",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Economic development is a bipartisan issue, and the states that excel at attracting new plants are the ones who present a bipartisan face to new projects. \u2014 Carol Cain, Detroit Free Press , 28 May 2022",
"Transformers involve a variety of neural networks, the software used for deep learning, that excel at teaching computers language skills. \u2014 Jonathan Vanian, Fortune , 15 Feb. 2022",
"With a series as modern as Halo, there are a handful of games that excel at both. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Dec. 2021",
"Good teams have an answer and can play lineups that excel on both sides of the ball. \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 5 Dec. 2021",
"But there are dozens of Chianti Classico producers that excel , yet are not well-known. \u2014 Tom Hyland, Forbes , 29 Oct. 2021",
"The researchers discovered that models that excel at next-word prediction are also best at anticipating brain activity patterns and reading times. \u2014 Anna Blaustein, Scientific American , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Their airways are teeming with these sentries, including ones that excel at recognizing the coronavirus. \u2014 Liz Szabo, CNN , 19 Sep. 2021",
"Their airways are teaming with these sentries, including ones that excel at recognizing the coronavirus. \u2014 Liz Szabo, USA TODAY , 19 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English excellen , from Latin excellere , from ex- + -cellere to rise, project; akin to Latin collis hill \u2014 more at hill ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182410"
},
"excellence":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality of being excellent",
": an excellent or valuable quality : virtue",
": excellency sense 2",
": high quality"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ek-s(\u0259-)l\u0259n(t)s",
"\u02c8ek-s\u0259-l\u0259ns"
],
"synonyms":[
"choiceness",
"distinction",
"excellency",
"first-rateness",
"greatness",
"perfection",
"preeminence",
"primeness",
"superbness",
"superiority",
"supremacy"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The school is known for the excellence of its teachers.",
"an award for academic excellence",
"setting a high standard of excellence",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The awards were created to honor and recognize excellence in nonfiction, unscripted and reality programming across broadcast, cable and streaming platforms. \u2014 Scott Huver, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
"As announced May 18, Court Theatre of Hyde Park is the winner of the 2022 Tony for excellence in regional theater. \u2014 Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"This category recognizes excellence in spoken word albums (not including Spoken Word Poetry). \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 9 June 2022",
"An album category that recognizes excellence in spoken word albums specific to the performance of poetry with or without music. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 9 June 2022",
"An album Category that recognizes excellence in spoken word albums specific to the performance of poetry with or without music. \u2014 Cathy Applefeld Olson, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"The family of Russell Menta, an alumni who was killed by a drunk driver, awarded a scholarship to Jordan Gaines for excellence in music and to Brian Hwang in science, representing two of Russ\u2019s passions. \u2014 Melissa Whatley, Baltimore Sun , 8 June 2022",
"The International Emmy\u2019s Founders Award celebrates excellence in television entertainment across all fields. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 June 2022",
"Held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, CA, the 30th edition of this popular ceremony celebrates excellence in film and television. \u2014 Admin, Essence , 6 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181325"
},
"excellency":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": excellence",
": outstanding or valuable quality"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ek-s(\u0259-)l\u0259n(t)-s\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"cardinal virtue",
"distinction",
"excellence",
"grace",
"merit",
"value",
"virtue"
],
"antonyms":[
"deficiency",
"demerit",
"disvalue"
],
"examples":[
"claimed that granite has so many excellencies as material for countertops that it is well worth the high price",
"the excellency of the violins crafted by Stradivarius is beyond dispute"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174315"
},
"excellent":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": very good of its kind : eminently good : first-class",
": superior",
": very good of its kind"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ek-s(\u0259-)l\u0259nt",
"\u02c8ek-s\u0259-l\u0259nt"
],
"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",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"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",
"topflight",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"topping",
"top-shelf",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
],
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
],
"examples":[
"Her new movie has received excellent reviews.",
"He is an excellent role model for young men everywhere.",
"The car is in excellent condition.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The All Day Shorts and At Ease Shorts are ideal for throwing on to run errands, whereas Richer Poorer's cotton shorts and Alo Yoga's French terry shorts are excellent for parking on the couch for the afternoon. \u2014 Sarah Madaus, SELF , 14 June 2022",
"This formulation is excellent for healing an irritated and inflamed scalp to provide a perfect foundation for hair growth. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"While testing, the team found that the towels are plush to lounge on, quick to absorb water, and excellent at repelling sand. \u2014 Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens , 9 June 2022",
"Igor Shesterkin was excellent from start-to-finish in this series and ended with an exclamation point. \u2014 Vincent Z. Mercogliano, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
"Garrel is excellent as the flawed director, channeling a man whose obsession with perfection masked some cruel behavior. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 May 2022",
"The technical contributions are uniformly excellent . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022",
"Lionel says his storytelling voice is fundamentally excellent . \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 25 Apr. 2022",
"This is also an excellent way to add storage for items such as vases and trays. \u2014 Sarah Lyon, Washington Post , 2 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin excellent-, excellens , from present participle of excellere ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224044"
},
"except":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"conjunction",
"preposition",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": with the exclusion or exception of",
": to take or leave out from a number or a whole : exclude",
": to take exception : object",
": on any other condition than that : unless",
": with this exception , namely",
": only",
": not including",
": other than : but",
": if it were not for the fact that : only",
": to leave out from a number or a whole : exclude",
": to take or leave out (as from insurance coverage or a deed) : exclude",
": object",
": to file a bill of exceptions or make a formal exception"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8sept",
"ik-\u02c8sept",
"ik-\u02c8sept"
],
"synonyms":[
"apart from",
"aside from",
"bar",
"barring",
"beside",
"besides",
"but",
"except for",
"excluding",
"exclusive of",
"other than",
"outside",
"outside of",
"save",
"saving"
],
"antonyms":[
"demur",
"expostulate",
"kick",
"object",
"protest",
"remonstrate (with)"
],
"examples":[
"Preposition",
"The stores will be open daily except Sundays.",
"the store is open daily except Sundays",
"Verb",
"Children were excepted from the study.",
"I must except to your remark that there are no great novelists currently living.",
"Conjunction",
"I'd go, except it's too far.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Preposition",
"At Dollywood\u2019s DreamMore Resort, face masks are required in public areas, except when dining or swimming, capacity of public areas will be limited, and housekeeping and public area attendants will increase their cleaning procedures. \u2014 Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure , 4 June 2020",
"The city advised all residents to stay inside except those going to and from work and anyone seeking or giving emergency care, according to Mayor Eric Garcetti's official Twitter account. \u2014 NBC News , 1 June 2020",
"Since then, every president except Nixon, Reagan, and George H.W. Bush has created national monuments. \u2014 National Geographic , 29 May 2020",
"Most of these pools, except McKie, are wheelchair accessible, according to the Cincinnati Recreation Commission's website. \u2014 Cincinnati Enquirer , 27 May 2020",
"No one is allowed inside her home except those helping her, White's representative told Today. \u2014 Alaa Elassar, CNN , 25 May 2020",
"Under Supreme Court precedents related to the principles of separation of power, Congress \u2013 one branch of government \u2013 cannot remove an official in the executive branch \u2013 another branch of government \u2013 except by impeachment. \u2014 Stanley M. Brand, The Conversation , 22 May 2020",
"The whole story sounds as apocryphal as most of the other origin stories connected to Warhol\u2014 except that one biographer claims to have seen the actual check Warhol wrote to Latow. \u2014 Blake Gopnik, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Apr. 2020",
"The government in Madrid has imposed some of the most restrictive lockdown measures in Europe, shuttering most businesses and forcing people to stay in their homes except to buy groceries and seek healthcare. \u2014 Sonia Sirletti, Bloomberg.com , 10 May 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Community transmissions in the country have mostly been brought to a halt, and most businesses \u2014 excepting cinemas, theme parks and live entertainment venues \u2014 have reopened their doors. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 May 2020",
"But this will be the first time viewers will be able to stream live programming from PBS through a digital service, excepting some anomalies over the years like the now-defunct Aero service and the like. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 29 July 2019",
"Diplomats, however, had been excepted and some have been trying to bend the rules to bring in their families. \u2014 Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times , 13 Mar. 2020",
"On Sunday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that gatherings be limited to 50 people or less for the next eight weeks, with the day-to-day operation of schools and businesses excepted . \u2014 Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY , 16 Mar. 2020",
"The measure is excepted to reduce the state\u2019s 96,000 prison population by 4,800 for a potential savings of $50 million. \u2014 John Haughey, Washington Examiner , 27 Feb. 2020",
"Trump\u2019s ban on admission of travelers from Europe ( excepting Ireland and the United Kingdom) took European governments by surprise. \u2014 Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner , 14 Mar. 2020",
"As the planet cooled in subsequent millennia, these canids expanded their range, evolving into foxes and eventually reaching every continent excepting Antarctica. \u2014 David James, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Feb. 2020",
"The rules for formal languages may grow more and more complex, but all robust general programming languages ( excepting regex, HTML, and a few other specific things) are reducible to a Turing-complete grammar like this. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 9 Jan. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Preposition",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense",
"Conjunction",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181427"
},
"excepting":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"conjunction",
"preposition",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": with the exclusion or exception of",
": to take or leave out from a number or a whole : exclude",
": to take exception : object",
": on any other condition than that : unless",
": with this exception , namely",
": only",
": not including",
": other than : but",
": if it were not for the fact that : only",
": to leave out from a number or a whole : exclude",
": to take or leave out (as from insurance coverage or a deed) : exclude",
": object",
": to file a bill of exceptions or make a formal exception"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8sept",
"ik-\u02c8sept",
"ik-\u02c8sept"
],
"synonyms":[
"apart from",
"aside from",
"bar",
"barring",
"beside",
"besides",
"but",
"except for",
"excluding",
"exclusive of",
"other than",
"outside",
"outside of",
"save",
"saving"
],
"antonyms":[
"demur",
"expostulate",
"kick",
"object",
"protest",
"remonstrate (with)"
],
"examples":[
"Preposition",
"The stores will be open daily except Sundays.",
"the store is open daily except Sundays",
"Verb",
"Children were excepted from the study.",
"I must except to your remark that there are no great novelists currently living.",
"Conjunction",
"I'd go, except it's too far.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Preposition",
"At Dollywood\u2019s DreamMore Resort, face masks are required in public areas, except when dining or swimming, capacity of public areas will be limited, and housekeeping and public area attendants will increase their cleaning procedures. \u2014 Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure , 4 June 2020",
"The city advised all residents to stay inside except those going to and from work and anyone seeking or giving emergency care, according to Mayor Eric Garcetti's official Twitter account. \u2014 NBC News , 1 June 2020",
"Since then, every president except Nixon, Reagan, and George H.W. Bush has created national monuments. \u2014 National Geographic , 29 May 2020",
"Most of these pools, except McKie, are wheelchair accessible, according to the Cincinnati Recreation Commission's website. \u2014 Cincinnati Enquirer , 27 May 2020",
"No one is allowed inside her home except those helping her, White's representative told Today. \u2014 Alaa Elassar, CNN , 25 May 2020",
"Under Supreme Court precedents related to the principles of separation of power, Congress \u2013 one branch of government \u2013 cannot remove an official in the executive branch \u2013 another branch of government \u2013 except by impeachment. \u2014 Stanley M. Brand, The Conversation , 22 May 2020",
"The whole story sounds as apocryphal as most of the other origin stories connected to Warhol\u2014 except that one biographer claims to have seen the actual check Warhol wrote to Latow. \u2014 Blake Gopnik, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Apr. 2020",
"The government in Madrid has imposed some of the most restrictive lockdown measures in Europe, shuttering most businesses and forcing people to stay in their homes except to buy groceries and seek healthcare. \u2014 Sonia Sirletti, Bloomberg.com , 10 May 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Community transmissions in the country have mostly been brought to a halt, and most businesses \u2014 excepting cinemas, theme parks and live entertainment venues \u2014 have reopened their doors. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 May 2020",
"But this will be the first time viewers will be able to stream live programming from PBS through a digital service, excepting some anomalies over the years like the now-defunct Aero service and the like. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 29 July 2019",
"Diplomats, however, had been excepted and some have been trying to bend the rules to bring in their families. \u2014 Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times , 13 Mar. 2020",
"On Sunday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that gatherings be limited to 50 people or less for the next eight weeks, with the day-to-day operation of schools and businesses excepted . \u2014 Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY , 16 Mar. 2020",
"The measure is excepted to reduce the state\u2019s 96,000 prison population by 4,800 for a potential savings of $50 million. \u2014 John Haughey, Washington Examiner , 27 Feb. 2020",
"Trump\u2019s ban on admission of travelers from Europe ( excepting Ireland and the United Kingdom) took European governments by surprise. \u2014 Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner , 14 Mar. 2020",
"As the planet cooled in subsequent millennia, these canids expanded their range, evolving into foxes and eventually reaching every continent excepting Antarctica. \u2014 David James, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Feb. 2020",
"The rules for formal languages may grow more and more complex, but all robust general programming languages ( excepting regex, HTML, and a few other specific things) are reducible to a Turing-complete grammar like this. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 9 Jan. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
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"Preposition",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense",
"Conjunction",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224216"
},
"exception":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act of excepting : exclusion",
": one that is excepted",
": a case to which a rule does not apply",
": question , objection",
"\u2014 see also take exception",
": an oral or written legal objection",
": someone or something that is not included",
": a case to which a rule does not apply",
": an objection or a reason for objecting",
": something that is excepted or excluded",
": a situation to which a rule does not apply",
": an act of excepting",
": exclusion of a section of real property from a conveyance \u2014 compare reservation",
": a usually written objection especially to a judge's ruling",
"\u2014 see also bill of exceptions at bill sense 3a"
],
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"ik-\u02c8sep-sh\u0259n",
"ik-\u02c8sep-sh\u0259n"
],
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"challenge",
"complaint",
"demur",
"demurral",
"demurrer",
"difficulty",
"expostulation",
"fuss",
"kick",
"objection",
"protest",
"question",
"remonstrance",
"stink"
],
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"examples":[
"There will be no exceptions to this rule.",
"I take strong exception to your assessment of his singing ability.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Stevens said the Celtics would look to add pieces where the fit seems ideal, pulling levers with their $6.3 million taxpayer\u2019s mid-level exception , or their trade exceptions. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
"The one exception to the ban on owning collectibles, and only under strict circumstances, has been precious metals. \u2014 Spencer Jakab, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Certainly in some years stocks have been down during those time frames, but that\u2019s been the exception , not the rule. \u2014 Jonathan Boyar, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"In an era of the NBA marked by parity and fleeting allegiances, the Warriors had cemented themselves as the great exception \u2014 title winners in four of the past eight seasons. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 June 2022",
"The exception , Diego Garcia, is inhabited by 2,500 American-military personnel and temporary foreign workers, mostly Filipino. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"One exception : bottles of sanitizer containing up to 12 ounces are permitted. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant , 7 June 2022",
"Many smartphones already use a USB-C charging port, but there's a notable exception : Apple, which still uses a Lightning port for its iPhones. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 7 June 2022",
"But Alpine County, set in the far eastern reaches of the state, is a notable exception \u2014 a Democratic speck bobbing alone in a sea of red. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205412"
},
"exceptional":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": forming an exception : rare",
": better than average : superior",
": deviating from the norm: such as",
": having above or below average intelligence",
": physically disabled",
": being unusual",
": better than average : superior"
],
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"ik-\u02c8sep-shn\u0259l",
"-sh\u0259-n\u1d4al",
"ik-\u02c8sep-sh\u0259-n\u1d4al"
],
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"aberrant",
"aberrated",
"abnormal",
"anomalous",
"atypical",
"especial",
"exceeding",
"extraordinaire",
"extraordinary",
"freak",
"odd",
"peculiar",
"phenomenal",
"preternatural",
"rare",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted"
],
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"common",
"customary",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unextraordinary",
"usual"
],
"examples":[
"We're bending the rules for this exceptional situation.",
"an exceptional student in math",
"The seafood dishes at this restaurant are exceptional .",
"a separate school for exceptional children",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Or go big on 4K, the latest and greatest in resolution, delivering exceptional picture quality, but at an extremely high price. \u2014 Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping , 10 June 2022",
"Tsukune, ground chicken formed in the shape of a drumstick and served with an egg yolk for dipping, is exceptional . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"Their Pineapple Express cartridge, like all of their other products, is exceptional . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"The tortoises were bred through a species conservation program, which considers any tortoise birth to be exceptional . \u2014 Camille Fine, USA TODAY , 5 June 2022",
"River Ridge High School Principal Todd Miller said Brian Bradley is exceptional in more ways than one. \u2014 Hunter Boyce, ajc , 5 June 2022",
"All the while, the Beavers\u2019 defense was exceptional , resembling the team that led the nation in fielding percentage most of the season rather than the one that committed an alarming 13 errors in the previous five games. \u2014 Joe Freeman, oregonlive , 5 June 2022",
"For the price, this headset delivers exceptional audio quality with a solid range of mids, highs, and lows. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 9 Feb. 2022",
"As before, the gallery proprietors have unearthed works that have never shown publicly, several of which are exceptional . \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 27 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1787, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-231318"
},
"excessively":{
"type":"adjective",
"definitions":[
"exceeding what is usual, proper, necessary, or normal",
"being too much",
"exceeding what is proper, necessary, or normal",
"being out of proportion to the offense"
],
"pronounciation":"ik-\u02c8se-siv",
"synonyms":[
"baroque",
"devilish",
"exorbitant",
"extravagant",
"extreme",
"fancy",
"immoderate",
"inordinate",
"insane",
"intolerable",
"lavish",
"overdue",
"overextravagant",
"overmuch",
"overweening",
"plethoric",
"steep",
"stiff",
"towering",
"unconscionable",
"undue",
"unmerciful"
],
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"middling",
"moderate",
"modest",
"reasonable",
"temperate"
],
"examples":[
"an excessive display of wealth",
"High fever, nausea, and excessive sweating are some of the symptoms.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"However, Spacey\u2019s barrister argued strongly that the bail conditions regarding travel were excessive . \u2014 K.j. Yossman, Variety , 16 June 2022",
"The city had argued that evidence in the lawsuit was wrongly kept from the jury and the verdict was excessive . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"Auditors estimated more than $730,000 worth of contributions would have still been excessive , even when excluding the dollars impacted by the Cruz decision. \u2014 Kaitlin Lange, The Indianapolis Star , 9 June 2022",
"However, the advantages vanish when the gaming is excessive . \u2014 Julie Jargon, WSJ , 14 May 2022",
"In a news release, Jameson said the lead times for delivery of physical books were excessive . \u2014 cleveland , 13 May 2022",
"Fryer's lawyer, Robert Goldman, said the 14-month sentence was excessive , asserting that the ticket brokers were the people truly in charge of the operation. \u2014 David K. Li, NBC News , 12 May 2022",
"Typically, a district attorney must agree the old sentence was excessive . \u2014 Ivana Hrynkiw | Ihrynkiw@al.com, al , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Any force that is not legally justified is excessive . \u2014 Alexa Gervasi, The Week , 5 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":null,
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"exchange":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": the act of giving or taking one thing in return for another : trade",
": the act or process of substituting one thing for another",
": reciprocal giving and receiving",
": something offered, given, or received in an exchange",
": funds payable currently at a distant point either in a foreign currency or in domestic currency",
": interchange or conversion of the money of two countries or of current and uncurrent money with allowance for difference in value",
": exchange rate",
": the amount of the difference in value between two currencies or between values of a particular currency at two places",
": instruments (such as checks or bills of exchange) presented in a clearinghouse for settlement",
": a place where things or services are exchanged : such as",
": an organized market or center for trading in securities or commodities",
": a store or shop specializing in merchandise usually of a particular type",
": a cooperative store or society",
": a central office in which telephone lines are connected to permit communication",
": as a substitute",
": to part with, give, or transfer in consideration of something received as an equivalent",
": to have replaced by other merchandise",
": to part with for a substitute",
": to give and receive reciprocally",
": to pass or become received in exchange",
": to engage in an exchange",
": an act of giving or taking of one thing in return for another : trade",
": a place where goods or services are exchanged",
": the act of giving and receiving between two groups",
": to give or take one thing in return for another : trade , swap",
": a giving of something of value (as real property) in return for something of equal value (as money or property of a like kind)",
": a giving of something of value in return for something of equal value except money \u2014 compare sale",
": an organized market or center for trading in securities or commodities"
],
"pronounciation":[
"iks-\u02c8ch\u0101nj",
"\u02c8eks-\u02ccch\u0101nj",
"iks-\u02c8ch\u0101nj"
],
"synonyms":[
"back-and-forth",
"barter",
"commutation",
"dicker",
"quid pro quo",
"swap",
"trade",
"trade-off",
"truck"
],
"antonyms":[
"change",
"commute",
"shift",
"substitute",
"swap",
"switch",
"trade"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Cardinals lost a fifth-round pick in the 2020 NFL Draft in exchange for taking Thompson in July 2019. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 11 June 2022",
"As part of the deal, ComEd has paid a record $200 million fine and agreed to cooperate in exchange for bribery charges being dropped after three years. \u2014 Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"Paramount even offered to include an advertisement for the Navy in exchange for debts owed to the service for its help with the film. \u2014 Taylor Vasilik, Popular Mechanics , 10 June 2022",
"Nina's located the lab that holds BCL Red, but in exchange for its location, the Boys will need to assassinate a Russian oligarch. \u2014 Alex Raiman, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
"In exchange for their guilty pleas, Osuna and her husband, Emrik's dad Erik Osuna, who also has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, were spared possible death sentences, according to a statement from prosecutors. \u2014 Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
"When Reconstruction was ended in exchange for the presidency, the election was resolved, and the victor, Rutherford B. Hays, assumed the presidency with a margin of one electoral vote. \u2014 CBS News , 10 June 2022",
"Net worths were based on stock prices and exchange rates as of the close of markets on May 20, 2022. \u2014 Forbes Press Releases, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"No doubt, one will eventually be found again on the company\u2019s auction block for well above its original asking price of CHF 132,900 (or approximately, $138,405 at current exchange rates). \u2014 Paige Reddinger, Robb Report , 3 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Experts also point to communication tools, such as handheld radios that allow school personnel to exchange information quickly among themselves and law enforcement. \u2014 Laura Meckler, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
"The event offers an opportunity for individuals to exchange handguns, assault rifles, shotguns, and airguns for monetary compensation, as well as an iPad. \u2014 Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"But venture investment came pouring in anyway to fund projects built on Luna\u2019s underlying technology, like services for people to exchange cryptocurrencies or borrow and lend TerraUSD. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
"Those two currencies are connected by what\u2019s known as a cross-chain bridge, which allows users to exchange ether for Axie Infinity\u2019s digital tokens and vice versa. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Apr. 2022",
"The new deadline for teams and players to exchange arbitration numbers is March 22, according to reports, and hearings would take place in-season if the sides don\u2019t agree on a figure. \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The torch also allowed the bearers to exchange the flame by connecting the two torches via ribbons which symbolize Beijing 2022's vision to promote mutual understanding and respect between different cultures, Olympics.com said. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 4 Feb. 2022",
"The test with Coinstar, which is known for the machines that let customers exchange U.S. coins for paper bills or gift cards, includes 200 kiosks in Walmart stores. \u2014 Susan Decker, Fortune , 17 Jan. 2022",
"The test with Coinstar, which is known for the machines that let customers exchange U.S. coins for paper bills or gift cards, includes 200 kiosks in Walmart stores. \u2014 Time , 16 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213527"
},
"excitable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun,"
],
"definitions":[
": capable of being readily roused into action or a state of excitement or irritability",
": capable of being activated by and reacting to stimuli",
": easily excited",
": capable of being activated by and reacting to stimuli : exhibiting irritability"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8s\u012b-t\u0259-b\u0259l",
"ik-\u02c8s\u012b-t\u0259-b\u0259l",
"ik-\u02c8s\u012bt-\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"fiddle-footed",
"flighty",
"fluttery",
"high-strung",
"hyper",
"hyperactive",
"hyperexcitable",
"hyperkinetic",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"skittery",
"skittish",
"spasmodic",
"spooky"
],
"antonyms":[
"imperturbable",
"nerveless",
"unexcitable",
"unflappable",
"unshakable"
],
"examples":[
"an excitable child who needs a stable home life",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Morrison was one of the most excitable members of the panel, making his grand entrance onto the stage with a traditional M\u0101ori haka and receiving a standing ovation from the audience. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 28 May 2022",
"One little girl sits in the grass and hugs Miriam, an excitable , floppy eared princess who loves to be cuddled. \u2014 Alaa Elassar, CNN , 30 May 2022",
"That Lux later redeemed himself with the game-winning hit was a sweet twist of fate that had the ever- excitable kid conjuring up big things. \u2014 Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times , 15 May 2022",
"The Downton staff \u2013 from excitable cook Mrs. Patmore (Lesley Nicol) to loyal lady\u2019s maid Anna (Joanne Froggatt) \u2013 is atwitter surrounded by celebrities. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 18 May 2022",
"Reportedly under pressure from ABC, after years of dwindling television ratings, the Academy gave in\u2014and received weeks of blowback, its detractors including everyone from Steven Spielberg to the excitable entity known as Film Twitter. \u2014 Michael Schulman, The New Yorker , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Standing nearby is Caroline Sanchez, 20, with her excitable little sister Elizabeth, 17, both dressed in a gothic shade of black, waiting for the band. \u2014 Steve Appleford, SPIN , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Moreover, the walking could be modeled as an excitable system \u2014 a system in which, under certain conditions, signals spread and get amplified rather than progressively damping out and coming to a stop. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Watching on inside The O2 was the regular mix of ticket holders, excitable Brit school students and industry executives, with the latter packing out the corporate boxes that circle the venue over two floors. \u2014 Richard Smirke, Billboard , 9 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1609, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194134"
},
"excited":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": having, showing, or characterized by a heightened state of energy, enthusiasm, eagerness, etc. : feeling or showing excitement",
": very enthusiastic and eager"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8s\u012b-t\u0259d",
"ek-",
"ik-\u02c8s\u012b-t\u0259d"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitated",
"feverish",
"frenzied",
"heated",
"hectic",
"hyperactive",
"overactive",
"overwrought"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But a manned mission to Mars isn\u2019t the only reason to get excited about the 2030s. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 8 June 2022",
"The 2021 third-round pick was excited when Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn informed him of the position switch accompanying the change in scheme. \u2014 Mason Young, Detroit Free Press , 8 June 2022",
"Summer is finally in full swing, and while there are plenty of reasons to get excited for the season\u2014long days, warm weather, summer vacations\u2014for fashion fans, one consideration always reigns supreme: the urge to do a major closet revamp. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 6 June 2022",
"So, naturally, when the Hotel Portofino filming crew showed up in September 2021 with cameras and drones in tow, not everyone was excited . \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 5 June 2022",
"Pittsburgh is in third place in the NL Central, which is nothing to get excited about but does represent improvement for a franchise that had finished in last three years in a row. \u2014 Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
"Annapurna Interactive has an excellent track record as an indie publisher, which is another reason to get excited for this one. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Whatever his next stage job will be, Williams is excited for the new horizons theater represents for him. \u2014 Gordon Cox, Variety , 31 May 2022",
"Put those things together until the beat stops, and get excited for its inevitable return \u2014 often accompanied by a handy countdown. \u2014 Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star , 29 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1855, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181112"
},
"excluding":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to prevent or restrict the entrance of",
": to bar from participation, consideration, or inclusion",
": to expel or bar especially from a place or position previously occupied",
": to shut out : keep out",
": to prevent or restrict the entry or admission of",
": to remove from participation, consideration, or inclusion (as in insurance coverage)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8skl\u00fcd",
"ik-\u02c8skl\u00fcd",
"ik-\u02c8skl\u00fcd"
],
"synonyms":[
"ban",
"bar",
"close out",
"count (out)",
"debar",
"eliminate",
"except",
"freeze out",
"rule out",
"shut out"
],
"antonyms":[
"admit",
"include"
],
"examples":[
"You can share files with some people on the network while excluding others.",
"The prices on the menu exclude tax.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The other faction, including climate advisers John Kerry and Gina McCarthy, prioritizes a quick global transition away from fossil fuels that could exclude projects like the gas line, according to Sullivan. \u2014 Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News , 11 June 2022",
"This reflects a desire by medical professionals to find a language that does not exclude and gives comfort to those who give birth and identify as nonbinary or transgender. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"In recent months, Biden has reportedly debated instituting widespread student loan forgiveness, while also considering adding income caps that would exclude high earners from student loan relief. \u2014 Andrew Marquardt, Fortune , 16 May 2022",
"It\u2019s a mistake to think that the decline of movie theaters is only a function of ticket prices, expensive popcorn, sticky floors, or the rise of comic-book chronicles that exclude vast swaths of the movie-loving public. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022",
"But the decision to exclude them \u2014 particularly Harry and Meghan \u2014 was perhaps inevitably interpreted by London\u2019s tabloids as a snub of family members who have generated reams of unflattering headlines over the last two years. \u2014 Mark Landler, New York Times , 6 May 2022",
"This Brenda is not perfect, which does not exclude her from the dead-wife trope in and of itself. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 29 Apr. 2022",
"For example, allowing caregivers, who are predominantly women, the flexibility to work from home could exclude them from important aspects of office life that could impede their careers. \u2014 Ali Vitali, NBC News , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Sonia helped her son exclude himself from some nearby clubs and pubs. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin excludere , from ex- + claudere to close \u2014 more at close entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194202"
},
"exclusive":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": excluding or having power to exclude",
": limiting or limited to possession, control, or use by a single individual or group",
": excluding others from participation",
": snobbishly aloof",
": accepting or soliciting only a socially restricted patronage (as of the upper class)",
": stylish , fashionable",
": restricted in distribution, use, or appeal because of expense",
": single , sole",
": whole , undivided",
": something exclusive: such as",
": a news story at first released to or reported by only one source",
": an exclusive right (as to sell a particular product in a certain area)",
": excluding or trying to exclude others",
": sole entry 4 sense 2",
": entire , complete",
": excluding or having power to exclude others",
": being independent from or not shared by others : sole",
": limiting or limited to possession, ownership, or use by a single individual or group"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8skl\u00fc-siv",
"-ziv",
"ik-\u02c8skl\u00fc-siv",
"-ziv"
],
"synonyms":[
"single",
"sole",
"unshared"
],
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"nonexclusive"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"He belongs to an exclusive club.",
"She attended an exclusive private school.",
"one of the city's most exclusive restaurants",
"They gave their exclusive attention to the job.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Situated within an exclusive golf and beach community on the Pacific Ocean, The Buenaventura provides attentive service and plenty of adventurous attractions. \u2014 Roger Sands, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"After Delivering exclusive analysis and commentary on the Patriots and the NFL right to your inbox, three times a week during the season. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
"There's also an exclusive color, Matira Blue, named for the coruscant turquoise waters of Bora Bora's Matira Beach. \u2014 Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver , 21 June 2022",
"Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. \u2014 Julie Appleby, CBS News , 20 June 2022",
"The financial intelligence firm provided this publication an exclusive look at their quarterly proprietary analysis of 414 regional U.S. housing markets. \u2014 Fortune , 20 June 2022",
"Only four teams have done that and gone on to win the College World Series, yet Thompson has confidence his team can join that exclusive club of underdogs who beat the odds\u2014so long as the Tigers don\u2019t get ahead of themselves. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 20 June 2022",
"Not only does Barstool Sportsbook have a great new user promo, but also a number of exclusive odds boosts. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 20 June 2022",
"The latter edition has 13 exclusive tracks \u2013 mostly demo recordings \u2013 not available on the digital or streaming album. \u2014 Keith Caulfield, Billboard , 19 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Subscriber exclusive : 5 batch cocktail recipes from top Chicago drink slingers for every summer gathering Our pandemic penchant for outdoor gatherings brought one particular type of boozy beverage to the forefront: the batch cocktail. \u2014 Ariel Cheung, Chicago Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"Other shows to look forward to include Obi-Wan Kenobi which also lands tomorrow as well as The Boys Season 3 which comes to Amazon Prime Video next week and the aforementioned The Orville: New Horizons which is now a Hulu exclusive . \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
"In this online exclusive , John Lowery (whose stage name is John 5) talks with CBS News' Jake Barlow about his musical obsessions. \u2014 CBS News , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Rift Apart is down to a new low of $40, while Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection, another PS5 exclusive that remasters the action flick-style shooters Uncharted 4 and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, is discounted to $30, another new low. \u2014 Ars Staff, Ars Technica , 25 May 2022",
"Well, in a clip exclusive to EW, the 118 seem plenty worried about Bobby \u2014 and new team member Lucy (Arielle Kebbel) \u2014 as the fire truck goes skidding off a cliff toward them performing a rescue below. \u2014 Patrick Gomez, EW.com , 16 May 2022",
"Again, recall that the new pill-design cutout will be an iPhone 14 Pro exclusive . \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 12 May 2022",
"According to an exclusive from Deadline, the dreamy Crazy, Stupid, Love actor initially passed on the role but eventually committed after his schedule freed up. \u2014 Hannah Oh, Seventeen , 27 Apr. 2022",
"In fact, retailers have never had any version of the album to sell in stores, as Tyler\u2019s website has also maintained the exclusive on CD and cassette editions, according to Billboard. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 25 Apr. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"1515, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221349"
},
"excoriate":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to wear off the skin of : abrade",
": to censure scathingly"
],
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"ek-\u02c8sk\u022fr-\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t"
],
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"abuse",
"assail",
"attack",
"bash",
"belabor",
"blast",
"castigate",
"jump (on)",
"lambaste",
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"He was excoriated as a racist.",
"The candidates have publicly excoriated each other throughout the campaign.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Russian President Vladimir Putin went on television Wednesday to excoriate Russians who don\u2019t back him. \u2014 Andrea Rosa, Anchorage Daily News , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Russian President Vladimir Putin went on television Wednesday to excoriate Russians who don\u2019t back him. \u2014 Andrea Rosa, ajc , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The letters, first published by The Washington Post on Tuesday, excoriate the decision to award a $482 million contract to Oshkosh Defense without properly examining the environmental impact, as required by law. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 3 Feb. 2022",
"More recently, writers like Ben Shapiro and Jonah Goldberg have revived the phrase to excoriate President Biden and his decision to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan. \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 7 Sep. 2021",
"In one session, Mr. Trump turned to Mr. Christie and began to excoriate him for recommending Christopher Wray for F.B.I. director. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Nov. 2021",
"After her suspension was lifted, Greene returned to Twitter to excoriate the platform. \u2014 Brett Molina, USA TODAY , 10 Aug. 2021",
"But critics, especially President Trump and his political allies, continue to excoriate him for supporting textbook public health measures like wearing face coverings and building immunity with vaccines. \u2014 Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times , 24 July 2021",
"Noem previously had supported the bill enthusiastically, leading many of its proponents to excoriate her sudden hesitation as a bow to the state\u2019s left-leaning Chamber of Commerce. \u2014 Nicholas Rowan, Washington Examiner , 24 Mar. 2021"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222347"
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"noun",
"verb"
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": to wear off the skin of : abrade",
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"ek-\u02c8sk\u022fr-\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t"
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"examples":[
"He was excoriated as a racist.",
"The candidates have publicly excoriated each other throughout the campaign.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Russian President Vladimir Putin went on television Wednesday to excoriate Russians who don\u2019t back him. \u2014 Andrea Rosa, Anchorage Daily News , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Russian President Vladimir Putin went on television Wednesday to excoriate Russians who don\u2019t back him. \u2014 Andrea Rosa, ajc , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The letters, first published by The Washington Post on Tuesday, excoriate the decision to award a $482 million contract to Oshkosh Defense without properly examining the environmental impact, as required by law. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 3 Feb. 2022",
"More recently, writers like Ben Shapiro and Jonah Goldberg have revived the phrase to excoriate President Biden and his decision to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan. \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 7 Sep. 2021",
"In one session, Mr. Trump turned to Mr. Christie and began to excoriate him for recommending Christopher Wray for F.B.I. director. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Nov. 2021",
"After her suspension was lifted, Greene returned to Twitter to excoriate the platform. \u2014 Brett Molina, USA TODAY , 10 Aug. 2021",
"But critics, especially President Trump and his political allies, continue to excoriate him for supporting textbook public health measures like wearing face coverings and building immunity with vaccines. \u2014 Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times , 24 July 2021",
"Noem previously had supported the bill enthusiastically, leading many of its proponents to excoriate her sudden hesitation as a bow to the state\u2019s left-leaning Chamber of Commerce. \u2014 Nicholas Rowan, Washington Examiner , 24 Mar. 2021"
],
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"adjective",
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": a projection or outgrowth especially when abnormal",
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"examples":[
"concerned about the weird excrescence that seemed to be developing on his hand",
"local residents regard the hulking apartment building as a hideous excrescence on their once-lovely street",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One suspects that that weird brown hair- excrescence thing had something to do with it. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 15 Jan. 2021",
"Each generation sees the technological advances of the previous era\u2014no matter how near\u2014as excrescences of an ancient world. \u2014 Ma\u00ebl Renouard, Harper's Magazine , 27 Apr. 2020",
"His nationalism, in expression hyperbolic enough, essentially takes the form of virulent tropes of anti-socialism, anti-feminism and homophobia, excrescences alien to the Brazilian soul. \u2014 Will Meyer, Longreads , 4 Oct. 2019",
"This concrete excrescence , remnant of a barbaric plan to encase the city in freeways, isn\u2019t necessary and could be scrubbed off the landscape with a little bit of enlightened leadership. \u2014 Philip Kennicott, Washington Post , 30 Aug. 2019",
"Various external forces coincided to make Kuma\u2019s flirtation with monumental excrescences an abortive one. \u2014 Nikil Saval, New York Times , 15 Feb. 2018",
"His evidence comes not only from obscure and difficult literary testimonia but from tree rings, ice cores and speleothems ( excrescences found in caves from which ancient humidity levels can be deduced). \u2014 James Romm, WSJ , 27 Oct. 2017"
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"noun",
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": to inflict intense pain on : torture",
": to subject to intense mental distress"
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"she has long been excruciated by a persistent pain in her knee",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Her daughter Kaitlyn, 13, suffers from juvenile inflammatory arthritis and an immune deficiency, which cause excruciating joint pain that often leaves her bedridden or reliant on a wheelchair to get around. \u2014 Anahad O\u2019connor, New York Times , 28 May 2020",
"For example, a person with a hernia who infrequently experiences minor discomfort likely wouldn't be as much of a priority as someone with a hernia that causes excruciating pain every day. \u2014 Perry Vandell, azcentral , 25 Apr. 2020",
"Exposed, incapacitated, and in excruciating pain, laboring moms rely on other people\u2014doctors, nurses, midwives, doulas, and especially their partners\u2014for help and support. \u2014 Minhae Shim Roth, Glamour , 1 Apr. 2020",
"For people who struggle with sobriety, for whom isolation is excruciating and group support essential, the ban on group gatherings to combat the spread of the coronavirus is pure hell. \u2014 Jan Hoffman, New York Times , 26 Mar. 2020",
"Among other problems the inspection report listed: One resident with a fractured pelvis spent hours in excruciating pain because workers didn\u2019t get the person medications. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 Apr. 2020",
"Sometimes their grandchildren are excruciated and appalled by what\u2019s meant to be lightly funny. \u2014 Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker , 6 Apr. 2020",
"One poor woman is left in excruciating pain for 24 hours, and Meredith\u2019s ex-boyfriend Andrew DeLuca (Giacomo Gianniotti) accuses the relative of a patient of being a human trafficker. \u2014 Ariana Romero, refinery29.com , 20 Mar. 2020",
"As part of that process, said Dr. Barbot, a person is asked in excruciating detail to account for their time in 15-minute intervals. \u2014 Melanie Grayce West, WSJ , 2 Feb. 2020"
],
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"circa 1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205205"
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"causing great pain or anguish agonizing",
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"examples":[
"I have an excruciating headache.",
"an excruciating moment of embarrassment",
"They described their vacation in excruciating detail.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Which one finally succeeded in 1905, condemning her to a cruel death of excruciating spasms far from home in a Honolulu hotel? \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
"Likewise, on social media, scenes from the strange and excruciating trial have become a sensation. \u2014 Madeleine Kearns, National Review , 12 May 2022",
"Dixon, 66, was the first person put to death since 2014, when the state suspended executions after an inmate died in an excruciating manner. \u2014 Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic , 11 May 2022",
"Ben knew people from the phallo groups who had stuck with the surgery through both excruciating complications and minor but persistently annoying disappointments. \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2022",
"For those caught in the crosshairs, like Maribel, the wait can be excruciating and leaves immigrants susceptible to policy changes by the Justice Department under different presidents that can throw their whole case into limbo. \u2014 Priscilla Alvarez, CNN , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Levy, finally liberated from such labors, has taken on the exhilarating, excruciating challenge of trying to produce something new, in life and on the page. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Fundraising is arduous in normal times, and during an economic crisis is an even more excruciating challenge. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 13 May 2021",
"Deciding between Mobley and Barnes was excruciating . \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 Apr. 2022"
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"1599, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"she has long been excruciated by a persistent pain in her knee",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Her daughter Kaitlyn, 13, suffers from juvenile inflammatory arthritis and an immune deficiency, which cause excruciating joint pain that often leaves her bedridden or reliant on a wheelchair to get around. \u2014 Anahad O\u2019connor, New York Times , 28 May 2020",
"For example, a person with a hernia who infrequently experiences minor discomfort likely wouldn't be as much of a priority as someone with a hernia that causes excruciating pain every day. \u2014 Perry Vandell, azcentral , 25 Apr. 2020",
"Exposed, incapacitated, and in excruciating pain, laboring moms rely on other people\u2014doctors, nurses, midwives, doulas, and especially their partners\u2014for help and support. \u2014 Minhae Shim Roth, Glamour , 1 Apr. 2020",
"For people who struggle with sobriety, for whom isolation is excruciating and group support essential, the ban on group gatherings to combat the spread of the coronavirus is pure hell. \u2014 Jan Hoffman, New York Times , 26 Mar. 2020",
"Among other problems the inspection report listed: One resident with a fractured pelvis spent hours in excruciating pain because workers didn\u2019t get the person medications. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 Apr. 2020",
"Sometimes their grandchildren are excruciated and appalled by what\u2019s meant to be lightly funny. \u2014 Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker , 6 Apr. 2020",
"One poor woman is left in excruciating pain for 24 hours, and Meredith\u2019s ex-boyfriend Andrew DeLuca (Giacomo Gianniotti) accuses the relative of a patient of being a human trafficker. \u2014 Ariana Romero, refinery29.com , 20 Mar. 2020",
"As part of that process, said Dr. Barbot, a person is asked in excruciating detail to account for their time in 15-minute intervals. \u2014 Melanie Grayce West, WSJ , 2 Feb. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin excruciatus , past participle of excruciare , from ex- + cruciare to crucify, from cruc-, crux cross",
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"circa 1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225920"
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"adjective",
"adverb",
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"verb"
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": to grant exemption or release to",
": to allow to leave",
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": to let off from doing something",
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"ik-\u02c8sky\u00fcz",
"imperatively often",
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"ik-\u02c8sky\u00fcs",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Perhaps just as striking was the focus on GOP lawmakers who appear to have enabled and, in many cases, continue to excuse the lawlessness around that horrific day. \u2014 Rick Klein, ABC News , 10 June 2022",
"Some courts have said this may excuse an employee from reporting or making multiple complaints about harassment. \u2014 Eric Bachman, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"The visual effects team ended up, excuse the bad pun, skinning it over to make the skin a little more realistic. \u2014 John Jurgensen, WSJ , 4 June 2022",
"Marie looked around the room, scanning it for reasons to excuse herself. \u2014 Ling Ma, The Atlantic , 16 May 2022",
"Post-pandemic, employees are coming up with every possible reason/ excuse to avoid going back into the office. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 7 May 2022",
"That may explain, if not exactly excuse , some of his behavior. \u2014 Tim Fernholz, Quartz , 7 May 2022",
"But, other experts say that that doesn't automatically excuse you from purchasing a gift. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 2 May 2022",
"Of course no one is perfect, but does that excuse bad behavior because someone, somewhere once did something worse? \u2014 Terry Pluto, cleveland , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"If a liberal and a libertarian can find solid common ground, who among us has an excuse not to join them? \u2014 Tamar Haspel, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"And past hypocrisy shouldn\u2019t serve as an excuse for failing to say that clearly, and act on it. \u2014 Matthew Duss, The New Republic , 1 June 2022",
"Ricketts has no excuse for fielding the current lousy team. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 24 May 2022",
"Putin had fixated on the Azov Battalion as an excuse for his pitiless assault on Mariupol, where the group was based. \u2014 Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
"There\u2019s little excuse for the Celtics losing Game 6 at home. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
"The Walking Dead\u2019s latest awful excuse for an episode of television. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
"The campaign also delivered the claims to the FBI, giving journalists another excuse to portray the accusations as serious and perhaps true. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"How, why, by what excuse is this guy still on the air? \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022"
],
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],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215056"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": deserving to be execrated : detestable",
": very bad : wretched"
],
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"\u02c8ek-si-kr\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
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"atrocious",
"awful",
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"horrible",
"lousy",
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"sucky",
"terrible",
"wretched"
],
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"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"wonderful"
],
"examples":[
"Living conditions in the slums were execrable .",
"her execrable singing finally brought a complaint from the neighbors",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Why hire this partisan, the White House acting chief of staff for a time, who had such an execrable record of enabling his boss\u2019s corruption and reinforcing his lies? \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Handing her an Oscar for the stunningly mediocre Eyes of Tammy Faye would be like giving Glenn Close her long-overdue Oscar for playing Ma Kettle, sorry, Mamaw, in the execrable Hillbilly Elegy. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 Mar. 2022",
"My grandfather purchased it\u2014along with a sweet fake Renoir and an execrable Modigliani\u2014while living in Buenos Aires in the early Sixties. \u2014 Claire Messud, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022",
"The first is the execrable former chancellor of Germany, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der. \u2014 Elliott Abrams, National Review , 15 Feb. 2022",
"And the aforementioned Land, Air & Sea, in which the fish and chicken patties of the Filet-O-Fish and the McChicken, respectively, were inserted into a Big Mac, was truly execrable . \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Russia views itself as a great power and wants to deal with other great powers directly, not via the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, an execrable reminder of Russian weakness and Soviet collapse. \u2014 Seth Cropsey, WSJ , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Theoretically, the execrable Buccos offer the Reds a last, best chance at winning WC2, but since no contender seems very interested in winning anything, maybe losing two of three up there won\u2019t make any difference. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 14 Sep. 2021",
"Even Fox News has wandered into the comedy-variety space, most recently with the execrable Gutfeld! \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 17 June 2021"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181052"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": the act of cursing or denouncing",
": the curse so uttered",
": an object of curses : something detested"
],
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"\u02ccek-s\u0259-\u02c8kr\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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"imprecation",
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"benediction",
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"blessing"
],
"examples":[
"upon discovering that someone had stolen his golf bag, he let loose a volley of execrations",
"a cowardly betrayal that earned him the execration of all who had remained loyal to the cause"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173110"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to carry out fully : put completely into effect",
": to do what is provided or required by",
": to put to death especially in compliance with a legal sentence",
": to make or produce (something, such as a work of art) especially by carrying out a design",
": to perform what is required to give validity to",
": play",
": to perform properly or skillfully the fundamentals of a sport or of a particular play",
": to perform indicated tasks according to encoded instructions",
": to kill according to a legal order",
": to put into effect : perform or carry out",
": to make according to a design",
": perform : as",
": to carry out fully",
": to do what is provided or required by",
": to deem (a use in property) to confer full seisin in a cestui que use by operation of the Statute of Uses",
": to perform what is required to give validity to",
": to complete (as by signing and delivering) in proper form",
": to put to death in compliance with a judicial death sentence"
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"\u02c8ek-si-\u02ccky\u00fct",
"\u02c8ek-s\u0259-\u02ccky\u00fct",
"\u02c8ek-si-\u02ccky\u00fct"
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"administer",
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"implement"
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"examples":[
"He was captured, tried, and executed for murder.",
"They carefully executed the plan.",
"The pilot executed an emergency landing.",
"The quarterback executed the play perfectly.",
"execute the provisions of the will",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For years now, Wainwright has been the template for how the Cardinals want their pitchers to prepare for games and execute a game plan. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"Will Varnell, a student at Indiana University, is home for the summer and interning for Indiana Sports Corp, which helped plan and execute the event at the Pavilion. \u2014 Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star , 10 June 2022",
"Bheem and Raju, despite never having met, immediately lock eyes from thousands of yards away and execute a complicated rescue. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 7 June 2022",
"If an order went unexecuted in an auction, the retail brokerage would need to find another place to execute and bear additional costs, such as exchange transaction fees. \u2014 Alexander Osipovich, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
"These types of vulnerabilities are dangerous, as attackers can execute commands and gain full control of a vulnerable system without credentials as long as web requests can be made to the Confluence Server system. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 3 June 2022",
"To O\u2019Connell, that new generation needs weekly game plans to respond to vastly different defensive structures, that response including identical personnel groupings that execute divergently to confuse and thus slow defenders. \u2014 Jori Epstein, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"In Belichick\u2019s 22 seasons, 2004 was the only year the team didn\u2019t execute at least one draft-day trade. \u2014 Kyle Hightower, Hartford Courant , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Customer marketing managers often sit between sales and marketing departments, helping develop and execute programs that drive client engagement, such as awards and events. \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French executer , from execucion execution",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173611"
},
"exegesis":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": exposition , explanation",
": an explanation or critical interpretation of a text"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccek-s\u0259-\u02c8j\u0113-s\u0259s",
"\u02c8ek-s\u0259-\u02ccj\u0113-"
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"clarification",
"construction",
"elucidation",
"explanation",
"explication",
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"illustration",
"interpretation",
"road map"
],
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"examples":[
"a psychobiography that purports to be the definitive exegesis of the late president's character",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In such a widening gyre, Mounk\u2019s calm mix of storytelling, political theory and social psychology exegesis , peppered with some charming insights, has a comforting seriousness. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
"In contrast to the letters, Gramsci\u2019s Prison Notebooks, some 3,000 pages of notes, are more sustained bursts of political reflection, the disentanglement and exegesis of which is today a major scholarly industry. \u2014 Thomas Meaney, The New Republic , 30 Mar. 2022",
"There is an exegesis on brainwashing and transcriptions of psychotherapy sessions; there are echoes and doublings. \u2014 David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and even Mark Zuckerberg have their own fan clubs, but there are no equivalents to Thielian exegesis ; few people seem to bother speculating on the intellectual roots of Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s business philosophy. \u2014 Anna Wiener, The New Yorker , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Each individual essay in this collection is complex, requiring an exegesis beyond what the scope of a single book review can handle, but certain moments stand out to me as impossible not to highlight. \u2014 Jennifer Wilson, The New Republic , 22 Sep. 2021",
"Patristic exegesis comprises all the more or less allegorical methods by which St. Augustine and other church fathers interpreted the Bible. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Aug. 2021",
"With all respect to any rabid Fall fan, Smith\u2019s voice really does demand a little exegesis . \u2014 Washington Post , 16 July 2021",
"Such a body of writing more closely resembles Talmudic exegesis than literary criticism. \u2014 Alex Traub, New York Times , 8 June 2021"
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"Until very recently, economists applauded Germany\u2019s penny-pinching as an exemplar of economic prudence. \u2014 Zachary D. Carter, The New Republic , 28 Feb. 2022",
"This 3700-mile 1982 Chrysler LeBaron convertible is a perfect exemplar . \u2014 Brett Berk, Car and Driver , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Set on the campus of a former maternity hospital \u2014 a notable exemplar of early 20th-century Paulista architecture in its own right \u2014 the hotel also features a brand-new garden tower courtesy of Atelier Jean Nouvel. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Jan. 2022",
"The mythology of Ali that emerged in the 1990s onward tends to sanitize this legacy, making the icon a more comfortable exemplar of American exceptionalism by smoothing his rough edges (and America's, too). \u2014 Peniel E. Joseph, CNN , 24 Sep. 2021",
"The Virungas could scarcely be a better exemplar of this phenomenon. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Apr. 2021",
"The about-face calls into question whether the Australian government has shown the world how to successfully bring Facebook to heel\u2014or offered a grim exemplar of the company\u2019s supra-national power. \u2014 Jacob Silverman, The New Republic , 23 Feb. 2021",
"For instance, members of the coalition talk frequently about Williams as an exemplar of interracial harmony, even though nothing is known about her relationship with her white employer. \u2014 Hanna Raskin, Smithsonian Magazine , 11 Mar. 2022",
"That doesn\u2019t exactly sound like the exemplar of a neoliberal night-watchman state to me. \u2014 Samuel Gregg, National Review , 13 Mar. 2022"
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"Each cantina has its own style, but almost all of them share several key traits: uniformed waiters offering exemplary service, a trio of musicians strolling from table to table playing songs on request, lots of men playing dominoes, plenty of good tequila and cold beer, and tasty home-cooked botanas (snacks) served free with each round of drinks. \u2014 Chris Humphrey , National Geographic Traveler , September 2008",
"A few Hollywood couples stayed hitched\u2014Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, 50 years and counting\u2014but such exemplary marriages had less entertainment value than the connubial career of, say, Elizabeth Taylor, eight times wed and divorced, including two volatile turns with Richard Burton. \u2014 Richard Corliss , Time , 28 Jan. 2008",
"Among the most important factors that distinguished the best Civil War regiments from the mediocre ones were the quality and exemplary courage of their officers. \u2014 James M. McPherson , New York Review of Books , 6 Oct. 2005",
"as a hospital volunteer you have given exemplary service to your community",
"armies have traditionally used public execution as an exemplary punishment for the crime of desertion",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Their attention to detail is exemplary across every aspect of a brand\u2019s communication \u2013 from the housekeeping of the stores to the unparalleled training of their sales staff. \u2014 Felicity Carter, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Zoey Johnson, Georgia Cyber Academy \u2014 Spelman College and the Georgia Institute of Technology Principal Jes O\u2019Kelley called Georgia Cyber Academy\u2019s Zoey Johnson an exemplary person with an impeccable record. \u2014 Hunter Boyce, ajc , 5 June 2022",
"Menaker, who also appeared at Baby\u2019 All Right, considers stories like Donziger\u2019s cautionary tales and exemplary victories all at once. \u2014 P.j. Mccormick, Rolling Stone , 3 June 2022",
"Brian Kemp has proven himself an exemplary conservative leader. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 26 May 2022",
"And Taiwan is very different, having become an exemplary democracy in an age where democracy seems almost everywhere in retreat (in my view, including in the United States). \u2014 David Rieff, The New Republic , 24 May 2022",
"Those exemplary design leaders can pilot programs in other areas of focus. \u2014 Nicole Gull Mcelroy, Fortune , 24 May 2022",
"And look, whatever was dysfunctional on Fury Road, by far, the majority of the work was done by exemplary professionals. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 May 2022",
"Rosero, 27, is an exemplary member of this burgeoning class. \u2014 New York Times , 16 May 2022"
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"a futile war that is now regarded as the exemplification of national na\u00efvet\u00e9 and arrogance",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Now, this divorce is poised to become the most powerful exemplification of big philanthropy intersecting with a very personal life moment. \u2014 Danielle Stein Chizzik, Town & Country , 5 May 2021",
"That includes exemplification of the development of Milwaukee's cultural, economic, social or historic heritage. \u2014 Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 5 May 2020",
"Sunday\u2019s game was an exemplification of a teacher versus student. \u2014 Tyler Dragon, Cincinnati.com , 10 Nov. 2019",
"His speech at Ajax's title ceremony in front of approximately a trillion people in Amsterdam was an exemplification of that. \u2014 SI.com , 17 July 2019",
"Juan Garc\u00eda Salazar, through grit and ingenuity, had become the living exemplification of the power of story and the force of oral history. \u2014 Charles David Kleymeyer, Smithsonian , 14 June 2019",
"Samantha Bee is a national treasure and one of the only exemplifications women have of anger in this country. \u2014 Tyler Mccarthy, Fox News , 1 June 2018",
"The behavior of the members of the VWO illustrates this, but a better exemplification can be found by taking the trolley to a different neighborhood of make-believe, one about 350 miles east of the Twin Cities, in Milwaukee. \u2014 George Dohrmann, SI.com , 17 Jan. 2018",
"But for all Turandot's popularity, and for all Puccini's efforts to weave Chinese melodies into his score, the opera has always been a problematic exemplification of Western projections about the Far East. \u2014 Robin Amer, Chicago Reader , 13 Dec. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Try to get a good night's sleep (but don\u2019t put too much pressure on it), eat a good breakfast and do some sort of exercise (even for 10 minutes), and you\u2019ll be energized for a great day ahead. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Designed to provide a fun and safe experience for kids to learn the basics of exercise while teaching them the importance of teamwork, effort, responsibility and respect, the program is in partnership with Premier Youth Training. \u2014 Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
"Del Toro said Lt. Gen. Joseph Osterman, who was commander of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, failed to recognize and address the risks of the exercise , including training and safety failures. \u2014 CBS News , 14 June 2022",
"Some communicate that the lockdown is a drill at the start of the exercise . \u2014 Alison Cross, Hartford Courant , 13 June 2022",
"This will put your shoulders in an extended position that stretches your biceps, which is the ultimate goal of the exercise . \u2014 Kirk Charles, Men's Health , 7 June 2022",
"Not to mention that some of the VR experiences might involve plenty of exercise . \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 7 June 2022",
"The brain is a muscle, and just like our biceps and glutes, it gets fatigued after lots of exercise . \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 7 June 2022",
"At the end of the exercise , group two seemed 23% more likely to be interested in work compared with the other two groups. \u2014 Lila Maclellan, Quartz , 3 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Keep an eye out for moose and exercise extra caution when driving in the dark, the Department of Natural Resources is telling motorists in the Upper Peninsula. \u2014 Sarah Raza, Detroit Free Press , 17 June 2022",
"People who exercise outdoors should pace themselves and schedule workouts to avoid the midday heat. \u2014 Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online , 16 June 2022",
"The Class has since become a cornerstone of my self-care, mental wellbeing, and exercise routine\u2014somewhere between therapy, meditation, and a good ol\u2019 sweat session. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 14 June 2022",
"If Golden State doesn\u2019t exercise that option, Wiseman would become an unrestricted free agent in summer 2023. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 June 2022",
"In 2013 a study found that 40 percent of Black women don\u2019t exercise because of their hair. \u2014 Ebony Williams, ajc , 10 June 2022",
"It was all dizzying, so Paperny decided to lie low and do what most inmates do \u2014 exercise and try to stay out of trouble. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"That idea is in line with recent research that suggests that people who exercise after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine may produce more antibodies than those who don\u2019t. \u2014 USA Today , 23 May 2022",
"Most people who don\u2019t exercise at high amounts will do just fine drinking water. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 20 May 2022"
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"He had to exert all of his strength to move the stone.",
"He exerts a lot of influence on the other members of the committee.",
"the force exerted by the machine",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The chair also sets the agenda for the commission and can exert influence over how questions are framed, an important power on the board that is evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats. \u2014 Todd Richmond And Scott Bauer, Chicago Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"The chair also sets the agenda for the commission and can exert influence over how questions are framed, an important power on the board that is evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
"How to cope with feelings, the awful intensity of them, is a central question in Kawakami\u2019s novels\u2014why the accrual of something as invisible and refutable as feeling can exert such power over our species. \u2014 Idra Novey, The Atlantic , 22 May 2022",
"Experts say his act was not episodic or unprecedented, but is part of America\u2019s violent history of using racial terror to intimidate and exert power over Black people. \u2014 Char Adams, NBC News , 18 May 2022",
"Elon Musk doesn\u2019t want to own Twitter, control it, or exert ideological influence over the company\u2019s content moderation policies. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Its control over the rare-earth metals market \u2013 with China producing roughly 80% of the world\u2019s supply of rare-earth metals \u2013 allowed the government to exert pressure on Japan by cutting the island nation off entirely. \u2014 Peter Aitken, Fox News , 27 May 2022",
"Finding ways to avoid a slowdown while continuing to exert pressure on Russia for its war in Ukraine will be the primary focus of finance ministers from the Group of 7 nations who are convening in Bonn, Germany, this week. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
"Geographically, China would control key sea lanes through the South and East China Seas, significantly increasing its ability to exert military pressure across the Western Pacific and political influence around the globe. \u2014 Chris Horton, The Atlantic , 6 May 2022"
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"He was panting from the exertion of climbing the stairs.",
"an easy sport that requires little physical exertion",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sigounas said Van Hollen could not identify any kind of exertion before giving his speech that could have caused the venous tear. \u2014 Meagan Flynn, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
"One of the most common symptoms of long Covid is postexertional malaise, which can make exertion \u2014physical, cognitive, or emotional\u2014exacerbate your symptoms. \u2014 Sumathi Reddy, WSJ , 9 May 2022",
"Calcaterra and fellow tight ends scribbled plays on Martin\u2019s white board, physically demonstrating leverage and hand placement until the exertion left them sweating. \u2014 Jori Epstein, USA TODAY , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Even after the accident that killed Bronson, Kelly continued to undertake climbing expeditions, needing it somehow, the exertion , the challenge, the risk. \u2014 oregonlive , 30 Mar. 2022",
"O\u2019Brien said that Crosby had an unusual ability to operate at maximum physical exertion while skating, carrying the puck and absorbing and delivering hits, and that his low heart rate helped him cognitively. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
"In a 2018 paper, authors including Jimmy Bagley, an associate professor of kinesiology at San Francisco State University and lead researcher at VRHI, found evidence that exercising in virtual reality leads people to underestimate their own exertion . \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
"During high exertion , the body burns mainly glycogen, a complex carbohydrate structure used to store energy in the muscles and liver. \u2014 Cameron Cook, The Conversation , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The first consideration for your question is: What are your oxygen saturation levels, both at rest and during exertion ? \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 27 Sep. 2021"
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"The list was long but not exhaustive .",
"after an exhaustive search of our house, we still hadn't found the cat",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This list may not be exhaustive , and the automakers are reportedly changing these lease terms for customers who are still in their current leases. \u2014 Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver , 23 Apr. 2022",
"However, not all toxic chemicals used by corporations are listed in the TRI, meaning that its inventory of toxin-emitting sites is not exhaustive . \u2014 Zachary Smith, cleveland , 19 Apr. 2022",
"In Arizona, Republicans behind that state's flawed election review introduced a bill to require an exhaustive review following every election. \u2014 Scott Bauer, ajc , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Here is a brief introduction into the various kinds of weddings in India, which is not exhaustive but offers an overview of distinct traditions. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Everyone\u2019s tax situation is different so the IRS list isn\u2019t exhaustive . \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel said investigators conducted an exhaustive review of last week\u2019s blaze in the Fairmount neighborhood, including X-ray analysis and examining other potential ignition sources, such as outlets near the tree. \u2014 Omar Abdel-baqui, WSJ , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Florida's former attorney general ordered the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to review the case in 2018, and state attorney Gladson began an exhaustive review soon after. \u2014 Celina Tebor, USA TODAY , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Below, a comprehensive but by no means exhaustive list of what Aatish Taseer, Maaza Mengiste and Thomas Page McBee read, watched and listened to in preparation for their travels. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022"
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": to present to view: such as",
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": to have as a readily discernible quality or feature",
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": an act or instance of exhibiting : exhibition",
": to show by outward signs : reveal",
": to put on display",
": an article or collection shown in an exhibition",
": an object or document presented as evidence in a court of law",
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": to present or offer officially or in legal form",
": to present to view or display outwardly",
": a document or object produced and identified in court as evidence",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The researchers said participants did not exhibit any signs of addiction, and MDMA side effects, such as nausea and jaw clenching, were minimal. \u2014 Jennifer Chesak, Health.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Some of these flying objects reportedly appeared to exhibit unusual flight characteristics, but these observations could be the result of sensor errors, spoofing, or observer misperception, the report said. \u2014 Joseph De Avila, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"The goal is to exhibit how a sequence of events isn\u2019t a guarantee the negative assumption will come to life. \u2014 Amiee Ball, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"But while curators in other parts of Europe embraced the chance to exhibit the paintings, the roadblocks went up with a shockingly loud clang in Norway, notably from the National Museum and, in a cruel paradox, the Munch Museum. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 May 2022",
"Experts say people embrace this aesthetic for a variety of reason, but a big one is to exhibit relatability. \u2014 Elise Brisco, USA TODAY , 12 May 2022",
"As part of her historic Platinum Jubilee celebrations, the Queen is loaning several pieces of her personal jewelry to the Royal Collection Trust to exhibit at the various royal palaces this summer. \u2014 Monique Jessen, PEOPLE.com , 12 May 2022",
"However, women may be more likely to also exhibit accompanying symptoms such as nausea and shortness of breath. \u2014 Julie Washington, cleveland , 10 May 2022",
"The city plans to keep at least two of the original lifeboats on the ship and one to exhibit on the ground near the ship. \u2014 Hugo Mart\u00ednstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"This jaw-dropping dinosaur exhibit is coming soon to Phoenix Zoo. \u2014 Gloria Rebecca Gomez, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
"In the Church History Museum\u2019s exhibit , for example, there are many images of Black and brown people, but they weren\u2019t necessarily done by Black and brown artists. \u2014 Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"RibbonFETs exhibit improved transistor performance relative to FinFETs because the RibbonFET gate completely surrounds the channel. \u2014 Steven Leibson, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"And when the greenhouse eventually comes down, the PS1 team says that the plants will go to exhibit collaborators who can then cultivate them in their own community gardens. \u2014 Abigail Glasgow, Vogue , 10 June 2022",
"With this exhibit , the Academy is making clear that its curatorial appetite goes beyond R2-D2 and Dorothy\u2019s ruby slippers. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"The Galleries @ Work_Space, 903 Main St., invite the community to visit the Art of Pride exhibit , which runs through June 30. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 10 June 2022",
"Lou Reed\u2019s, at the beginning of a media tour of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts\u2019 stunning exhibit on the legendary singer, songwriter and Velvet Underground co-founder. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 9 June 2022",
"The seal pup stays in the outdoor habitat most of the time but can also choose to go off- exhibit . Contact Amy Schwabe at (262) 875-9488 or amy.schwabe@jrn.com. \u2014 Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel , 8 June 2022"
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": a public showing (as of works of art, objects of manufacture, or athletic skill)",
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": a public showing (as of athletic skill or works of art)"
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"In addition to creating a lively avian arcadia, the exhibition seeks to bring awareness to the various threats birds face and to comment on the fragility of the natural world. \u2014 Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor , 17 June 2022",
"The exhibition takes its name from a book that was dedicated to classification and ranking even more stringent than the Federal Art Project\u2019s Index. \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"The exhibition is part of celebrations for the 40th anniversary of his winning the Nobel literature prize. \u2014 Fabiola S\u00e1nchez, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"The exhibition soon became an international movement. \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, House Beautiful , 13 June 2022",
"The exhibition will travel to Austin in October, and also make stops in Kyoto and Singapore later this year. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 June 2022",
"The announcement of the new production also marks what could be a sign of recovery of the local film industry, which has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic in both the production and exhibition sectors. \u2014 Vivienne Chow, Variety , 8 June 2022",
"The Center for Latter-day Saint Arts, an independent nonprofit, will bring LDS artists of color and their work to downtown Salt Lake City for a performance and exhibition June 18 at the Conference Center. \u2014 Tamarra Kemsley, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 May 2022",
"The city has set up 62 temporary quarantine sites at hotels, stadiums and exhibition centers, and is also converting the National Convention and Exhibition Center into a facility that can hold 40,000 people. \u2014 NBC News , 6 Apr. 2022"
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"The song is a study in contrasts, detailing the exhilaration of pursuing pleasure and pushing the envelope \u2014 and surviving the consequences later. \u2014 Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone , 19 May 2022",
"Now that the group has returned full time to its headquarters, is Morris wild with exhilaration ? \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Feb. 2022",
"The exhilaration is in the thought of it, that sense of invigoration and resuscitation. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"That, in a nutshell, sums up how months of 3-point exhilaration have turned into postseason desperation. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 9 May 2022",
"This feeling of exhilaration is based on recognizing some errors of my ways. \u2014 Joanna Dutra, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"But as in all powerful experiences, a feeling of exhilaration remains. \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Yeoh found exhilaration in exploring new terrain as an actor. \u2014 Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Each generation of Fascination players gets the opportunity to learn the exhilaration , the maddening frustration, and the sweet joy of the retro arcade game. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 Feb. 2022"
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"Olga Kotenko waits as investigators exhume the remains of her son last week in Vilhivka. \u2014 Lauren Egan, NBC News , 31 May 2022",
"Now Snoddy and the estate of Gilbreth, who died in 2005, are trying to market the tapes, hoping to exhume and showcase the music made at the Nugget 55 years ago. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Another issue is whether the Six Nations will decide to exhume remains to identify them through DNA tests and determine cause of death \u2014 a prelude to holding anyone accountable in court. \u2014 Ian Austen, BostonGlobe.com , 12 Dec. 2021",
"Another issue is whether the Six Nations will decide to exhume remains to identify them through D.N.A. tests and determine cause of death \u2014 a prelude to holding anyone accountable in court. \u2014 Ian Austen, New York Times , 11 Dec. 2021",
"The question of whether to exhume remains has been divisive in many Indigenous communities. \u2014 Ian Austen, BostonGlobe.com , 12 Dec. 2021",
"Workers in protective gear exhume the bodies of civilians found buried in a mass grave behind a church on April 13. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Instead, the field was bought by a Texas company, Plains Exploration and Production, which began intensive efforts to exhume difficult-to-reach oil, efforts that included the hydraulic fracturing of twenty-three vertical wells. \u2014 Emily Witt, The New Yorker , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Tonight we were brought slightly closer to finding Liz's murderer, with Red (James Spader) determined to exhume Liz's body from the grave. \u2014 Laura Sirikul, EW.com , 19 Mar. 2022"
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"The University has known since February that a financial exigency plan was forthcoming. \u2014 Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes , 4 May 2022",
"The predicament illustrates the exigency of the deepening refugee crisis. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Taxes levied for a temporary exigency become perpetual obligations. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 31 Jan. 2022",
"This was reduced to $1.5 million at a time of exigency for the studio, and Mr. Friedkin recalls on the 2009 Blu-ray disc from Fox that the film finally cost $1.8 million. \u2014 Peter Cowie, WSJ , 15 Oct. 2021",
"Her topsy-turvy life is a reminder, too, that if the personal is the political, the political is also the personal, driven by inconsistency and exigency . \u2014 Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker , 13 Sep. 2021",
"Barriers of language, culture, religion and even species would be dissolved in the exigency of a moment no one knew how long might last. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Sep. 2021",
"The question to me has been colleges consolidating plus institutions declaring financial exigency , which is accredited higher education\u2019s version of bankruptcy. \u2014 Michael B. Horn, Forbes , 27 May 2021",
"Vermont, America\u2019s second-whitest state (after Maine), has taken that exigency to heart. \u2014 The Economist , 11 Apr. 2021"
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"with their conquest of the Moors complete, Ferdinand and Isabella next exiled the Jews from Spain",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Many are in self- exile from Hong Kong, where nearly 3,000 political prosecutions have been leveled against participants and supporters of the 2019 pro-democracy protests, according to the Hong Kong Democracy Council. \u2014 Michael Saul Garber, Fox News , 4 June 2022",
"As these measures crippled Black radicalism, Carmichael fled to Guinea in self- exile , while Newton\u2019s once-promising BPP leadership unraveled in a spiral of drug abuse, paranoia, and violence before his murder on the streets of Oakland in 1989. \u2014 Brandon M. Terry, The New York Review of Books , 25 Feb. 2021",
"As a young man, Lagos had been nominated as Allende\u2019s Ambassador to the Soviet Union, and had fled into exile when Pinochet seized power. \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"The legislation eliminated much public dissent in Hong Kong and opposition figures have fled into exile or are imprisoned; a once vibrant civil society now censors itself. \u2014 Theodora Yu, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
"The legislation eliminated much public dissent in Hong Kong and opposition figures have fled into exile or are imprisoned; a once vibrant civil society now censors itself. \u2014 Theodora Yu, Washington Post , 4 June 2022",
"Censoring news reports, scrubbing all mentions from the internet, arresting and chasing into exile the organizers of the protests, and keeping the relatives of those who died under tight surveillance. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 3 June 2022",
"But the country\u2019s march toward democracy is also filled with stories of rebellion against the powerful: citizens driving a dictator into exile , taking up arms against a military junta and holding massive rallies to win a right to free election. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
"The legal determination was made five years after the government killed 9,000 Rohingya and forced over a million others into exile . \u2014 Ivan Pereira, ABC News , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Eventually, Edward caved and agreed to strip Piers of his title as earl of Cornwall and exile him. \u2014 Anne Th\u00e9riault, Longreads , 21 June 2022",
"In a country where conservative politicians and voters loudly express their concern for Mr. Petro\u2019s leftist roots, some Colombians say that his victory may lead them to exile . \u2014 Juan Forero, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
"But then this played out beautifully with him being sent to exile in Italy to live in his shame. \u2014 Ramin Setoodeh, Variety , 10 June 2022",
"For his revolutionary poetry, Shevchenko was sentenced to exile as a private in the Russian army. \u2014 Sasha Dovzhyk, CNN , 11 May 2022",
"The losses of invaders are as nothing next to the sufferings of ordinary Ukrainians, destroyed in their homes or starved to death; forced, if spared, to trek hundreds of miles to exile with only a few handheld bags per family. \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Charismatic and earnest, she was adored for her image as a Decembrist\u2019s wife \u2014 women who had given up their lives and followed their husbands to exile in Siberia. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Kramer fired him and Foreman, now blacklisted, fled to exile in England. \u2014 Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Mar. 2022",
"As part of the deal, Diess was also able to exile a potential rival for the CEO spot. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 9 Dec. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Kickstarter is great for projects that already exist or one-off books. \u2014 Rob Salkowitz, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"In her estimation, enhanced gun regulations would be useless because the ones that already exist didn\u2019t prevent her son\u2019s death. \u2014 Robin Givhan, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
"The limited research that does exist suggests that people do often lose weight by water fasting, but these difficult diets put you at risk for potentially harmful side effects. \u2014 Julie Stewart, Men's Health , 7 June 2022",
"But in Winnipeg\u2019s North End, where a hub of Indigenous activism addresses the many social problems that exist here, such interaction really can mean life or death. \u2014 Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 June 2022",
"As a third-generation hairstylist who grew up in salons, Kimble has grown deeply attuned to the power, vulnerability, and emotion that exist beneath the surface of our hair. \u2014 ELLE , 7 June 2022",
"The versatile line is also meant to be layered with pieces that already exist in your children's rooms. \u2014 Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping , 4 June 2022",
"The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works put together a map of bike paths, bike routes and bike lanes that do exist across the county. \u2014 Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
"Solar farms can also leverage resources that typically exist near landfills already, like access roads and connections to electric infrastructure. \u2014 Emily Barone, Time , 2 June 2022"
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"For most of its 80 years of existence , Plant McDonough-Atkinson \u2014 the hulking Georgia Power plant that hugs the Chattahoochee River about 10 miles northwest of downtown Atlanta \u2014 relied on burning coal to power the city and its sprawling suburbs. \u2014 Drew Kann, ajc , 10 June 2022",
"Mm-hmm , it\u2019s all, it\u2019s like they\u2019re being drummed out of existence by the Trumpy part of the Republican party, which is holy redefined, that party to be as fringe crazy bent on dictatorship as Laura: possible. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 10 June 2022",
"Leon knows that beyond the products, Opening Ceremony has created a connection with people over its 20 years of existence . \u2014 Laia Garcia-furtado, Vogue , 8 June 2022",
"Atlantic walruses in the archipelago of Svalbard, a major habitat, were nearly driven out of existence after 300 years of commercial hunting. \u2014 Nick Roll, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 June 2022",
"The Coyotes have never won a Stanley Cup title in their existence , which started in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1972. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 19 May 2022",
"Early in its existence , Crean said publicly IU had committed to appear five times in those first seven years. \u2014 Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star , 18 May 2022",
"The streamer is reportedly exploring the possibility of live streaming for the first time in its existence . \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 14 May 2022",
"Trump created the Space Force as a new branch of the military, while Biden has continued to invest in its existence . \u2014 Courtney Subramanianstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2022"
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"Kickstarter is great for projects that already exist or one-off books. \u2014 Rob Salkowitz, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"In her estimation, enhanced gun regulations would be useless because the ones that already exist didn\u2019t prevent her son\u2019s death. \u2014 Robin Givhan, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
"The limited research that does exist suggests that people do often lose weight by water fasting, but these difficult diets put you at risk for potentially harmful side effects. \u2014 Julie Stewart, Men's Health , 7 June 2022",
"But in Winnipeg\u2019s North End, where a hub of Indigenous activism addresses the many social problems that exist here, such interaction really can mean life or death. \u2014 Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 June 2022",
"As a third-generation hairstylist who grew up in salons, Kimble has grown deeply attuned to the power, vulnerability, and emotion that exist beneath the surface of our hair. \u2014 ELLE , 7 June 2022",
"The versatile line is also meant to be layered with pieces that already exist in your children's rooms. \u2014 Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping , 4 June 2022",
"The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works put together a map of bike paths, bike routes and bike lanes that do exist across the county. \u2014 Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
"Solar farms can also leverage resources that typically exist near landfills already, like access roads and connections to electric infrastructure. \u2014 Emily Barone, Time , 2 June 2022"
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"Verb",
"The team exited the tournament early.",
"Save your work and then exit the program.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Iranian officials have refused to speak directly to U.S. officials since Trump\u2019s exit from the deal. \u2014 Lara Jakes, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"Profound knowledge of the players in the space will also be essential in decreasing the risk for targets and increasing the successful exit rate for future combinations. \u2014 Gary Fowler, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"The Trump Deplorables and Their Future Main Street (01/11/21): After the Capitol was stormed by hard-line Trump supporters, Washington is consumed by just how humiliating the President's exit from the stage will be. \u2014 Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Now, as Corden preps a 2023 exit from The Late Late Show \u2014 and, likely, L.A. \u2014 his frequent producing partner is staying put. \u2014 Mikey O'connell, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022",
"The Congolese government shut down, which meant that no adopted children could leave because as exit letters had been suspended. \u2014 Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful , 15 June 2022",
"The United Kingdom\u2019s European allies were nowhere to be seen\u2014Britain\u2019s hasty, messy exit from the European Union had made sure of that. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"Stanton is leading a bipartisan resolution in Congress for Griner\u2019s immediate exit from Russia, according to a news release. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 14 June 2022",
"Auburn overcame an early exit in the first inning during Game 1 by starter Trace Bright. \u2014 Nubyjas Wilborn | Nwilborn@al.com, al , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Drivers who exit the road now pay $3.25 at the main toll plaza and $1.50 at a ramp. \u2014 Lori Aratani, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"The lack of a roadmap to exit from an approach that is increasingly challenged by the highly contagious Omicron variant has rattled investors and frustrated businesses. \u2014 Brenda Goh, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 June 2022",
"Little Miami Scenic Trail named one of best U.S. urban trails From the south, Old 3-C will be the last crossroad to exit the trail before the closure. \u2014 Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer , 25 Apr. 2022",
"American businesses to exit include Apple, Boeing, Caterpillar, Coca-Cola, Disney, Exxon, Ford, JPMorgan, MasterCard, McDonald's, Microsoft, Nike, Visa and many others. \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Participants will practice starting and stopping, the safe way to exit a driveway, negotiate an intersection, and avoid common road hazards. \u2014 cleveland , 13 Feb. 2022",
"That argument is set to be tested anew if EY does decide to exit from the multidisciplinary model, accounting academics said. \u2014 Jean Eaglesham, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
"The suspect refused to exit the car and had to be removed. \u2014 Cheryl Higley, cleveland , 15 May 2022",
"When the officers located the vehicle, the driver refused to exit the car upon their request. \u2014 Michelle Watson, CNN , 16 Apr. 2022"
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"Script annotation",
"circa 1548, in the meaning defined above",
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"1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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],
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},
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"type":"adjective",
"definitions":[
"not coming within the scope of the law",
"exceeding the customary or appropriate limits in intensity, quality, amount, or size",
"more than what is fair, reasonable, or expected"
],
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"baroque",
"devilish",
"excessive",
"extravagant",
"extreme",
"fancy",
"immoderate",
"inordinate",
"insane",
"intolerable",
"lavish",
"overdue",
"overextravagant",
"overmuch",
"overweening",
"plethoric",
"steep",
"stiff",
"towering",
"unconscionable",
"undue",
"unmerciful"
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"modest",
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"The citizens of Xiaoli Village move lazily, with a languor born of chronic underemployment. They are farmers by tradition, but exorbitant taxes have leached any profitability out of their profession. \u2014 Hannah Beech , Time , 27 Oct. 2003",
"As with the black truffle, foie gras is as exorbitant ($52 a pound) as it is decadent (one gram of foie gras can reportedly be 900 calories). \u2014 Heather Morgan , Traveler , April 2000",
"\u2026 I recommend that the Congress adopt \u2026 [a] continuation of the law for the renegotiation of war contracts\u2014which will prevent exorbitant profits and assure fair prices to the Government. \u2014 Franklin D. Roosevelt 11 Jan. 1944 , in Nothing to Fear by B. D. Zevin , 1946",
"They were charged exorbitant rates for phone calls.",
"the cost of our stay was so exorbitant you would have thought that we had bought the hotel and not just spent a few nights there",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Reunions gathering is a time for celebrating accomplishments, reconnecting with friends, and dancing to terrible music \u2014 all enhanced by an exorbitant amount of alcohol. \u2014 Abigail Anthony, National Review , 5 June 2022",
"Price turbulence is enough to induce the Bitcoin bends, and the system is environmentally destructive, since the computational network uses exorbitant amounts of electricity. \u2014 New York Times , 4 June 2022",
"But this is not a bottle to spend an exorbitant amount of time and money chasing on the secondary market. \u2014 Jonah Flicker, Robb Report , 22 May 2022",
"This is evidenced by the exorbitant amount of money Black consumers spend on hair and skincare each year\u2013 $1.5 trillion in 2022. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Supporters say consumers are already paying exorbitant amounts for health care, saying a single-payer system would save money by eliminating deductibles, copays and expensive monthly insurance premiums. \u2014 CBS News , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Set on the outskirts of Palermo, the fascinating historic city center can be reached easily enough by taxi\u2014even though the local cab drivers have a tendency to charge exorbitant amounts for the three-mile drive. \u2014 Isabelle Kliger, Forbes , 2 Nov. 2021",
"Griddy Energy\u2019s customers who paid exorbitant amounts for electricity during the Texas freeze last month now have a formal seat at the table in the company\u2019s bankruptcy. \u2014 Maria Halkias, Dallas News , 1 Apr. 2021",
"The investigation also said Roy McGrath collected exorbitant personal expenses and improperly hired close personal associates, The Baltimore Sun reports. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 24 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Late Latin exorbitant-, exorbitans , present participle of exorbitare to deviate, from Latin ex- + orbita track of a wheel, rut, from orbis disk, hoop",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration",
": to get rid of (something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive)",
": to free of an evil spirit"
],
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"\u02c8ek-\u02ccs\u022fr-\u02ccs\u012bz",
"-s\u0259r-"
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"cashier",
"cast (off)",
"chuck",
"deep-six",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"eighty-six",
"86",
"fling (off ",
"jettison",
"junk",
"lay by",
"lose",
"pitch",
"reject",
"scrap",
"shed",
"shuck (off)",
"slough (off)",
"sluff (off)",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"toss",
"unload"
],
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"examples":[
"The movie is about a priest who tries to exorcise demons from a young girl.",
"please exorcise that offensive word from your vocabulary",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Nathan Chen's quest to exorcise the Olympic demons from four years ago is now complete. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 10 Feb. 2022",
"In addition to the WJH meetings, Saal has participated in other activities, including leading a writing circle that has helped him exorcise some of his demons. \u2014 cleveland , 18 Apr. 2022",
"All this good news helped exorcise the memory of several ugly recent performances. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Nathan Chen's quest to exorcise the demons from the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang is nearly complete. \u2014 USA TODAY , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Along came Arby\u2019s and a chance to exorcise those demons. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The political order in Europe after 1945 was built to exorcise the ghosts of the past once and for all. \u2014 Bruno Ma\u00e7\u00e3es, Time , 1 Mar. 2022",
"The top seed in the east pod of districts looks to exorcise its demons at Euclid, where the Arcs lost in the 2019 and \u201820 district finals. \u2014 Matt Goul, cleveland , 28 Feb. 2022",
"But the woman who is known as the GOAT of her sport was laser-focused in the final this time in her fifth Olympics and can finally exorcise those demons. \u2014 Ellen J. Horrow, USA TODAY , 10 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French exorciscer , from Late Latin exorcizare , from Greek exorkizein , from ex- + horkizein to bind by oath, adjure, from horkos oath",
"first_known_use":[
"1539, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202152"
},
"expand":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to open up : unfold",
": to increase the extent, number, volume, or scope of : enlarge",
": to express at length or in greater detail",
": to write out in full",
": to subject to mathematical expansion",
": to open out : spread",
": to increase in extent, number, volume, or scope",
": to speak or write fully or in detail",
": to feel generous or optimistic",
": to grow or increase in size, number, or amount",
": to open wide : unfold",
": to take up or cause to take up more space",
": to speak or write about in greater detail"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8spand",
"ik-\u02c8spand"
],
"synonyms":[
"amplify",
"develop",
"dilate (on ",
"elaborate (on)",
"enlarge (on ",
"flesh (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"condense",
"shorten"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Limitless is also how Daniel sees the future of HFR, with plans to expand beyond the Manhattan neighborhood. \u2014 Irene Kim, Vogue , 15 June 2022",
"Several other companies have announced plans to expand existing soundstages or build new ones in the last couple of years. \u2014 Gene Maddaus, Variety , 14 June 2022",
"The pandemic has offered the state further rationale and opportunity to expand this power. \u2014 Michael Schuman, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022",
"As its intensity became clear, the Indian government suddenly reversed a decision to expand wheat exports, with global supplies already reduced by the war in Ukraine. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"The report comes amid growing Western concerns over efforts by both China and North Korea to expand their nuclear capabilities. \u2014 Heather Chen, CNN , 13 June 2022",
"These potential efforts dovetail with legislative efforts to substantively expand the antitrust laws to recognize theories of harm that have not been recognized by Courts. \u2014 David Reichenberg, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"The league is in no hurry to expand and its timeline will likely become clearer after the new collective bargaining agreement. \u2014 Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"Chief Executive Officer Michael Rubin barreled into the trading-card industry last year as part of a push to expand beyond Fanatics\u2019 roots as an apparel merchandiser, adding card licensing deals across football, basketball and baseball. \u2014 Fortune , 9 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English expaunden , from Latin expandere , from ex- + pandere to spread \u2014 more at fathom ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223407"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": having a capacity or a tendency to expand",
": causing or tending to cause expansion",
": characterized by high spirits, generosity, or readiness to talk : open",
": marked by or indicative of exaggerated euphoria and delusions of self-importance",
": marked by expansion",
": having a great expanse or extent : sizable , extensive",
": characterized by richness, abundance, or magnificence",
": marked by or indicative of exaggerated euphoria and delusions of self-importance"
],
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"ik-\u02c8span(t)-siv",
"ik-\u02c8span(t)-siv"
],
"synonyms":[
"broad",
"deep",
"extended",
"extensive",
"far-flung",
"far-reaching",
"rangy",
"sweeping",
"wide",
"wide-ranging",
"widespread"
],
"antonyms":[
"narrow"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But even so, the case against him now is far more extensive and expansive , after the committee conducted some 1,000 interviews and obtained more than 100,000 pages of documents. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"Large families and outdoor enthusiasts will appreciate the 18-cubic-foot interior of the Thule Force XT XL, which our engineers found to be extremely expansive and versatile, thanks to the smart proportions. \u2014 Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping , 7 June 2022",
"The expansive , almost 6,000-square-foot home harmoniously blends classic and modern elements. \u2014 Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant , 29 May 2022",
"Today, facial recognition technology is more expansive and integrated than ever before. \u2014 Tina D'agostin, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"The plot to use alternate electors was one of the most expansive and audacious schemes in a dizzying array of efforts by Trump and his supporters to deny his election loss and keep him in the White House. \u2014 Alan Feuer, BostonGlobe.com , 25 May 2022",
"The plot to use alternate electors was one of the most expansive and audacious schemes in a dizzying array of efforts by Mr. Trump and his supporters to deny his election loss and keep him in the White House. \u2014 Luke Broadwater, New York Times , 25 May 2022",
"After a few years in quarantine spent learning to grow kale and hypothesizing about the end of the world, Australia\u2019s leading electronic experimentalist and alt-pop crusader is back with another expressive, expansive and exotic collection of sounds. \u2014 Kat Bein, Billboard , 20 May 2022",
"The series of sculptures deserves a moment of quiet meditation on the artist's expansive and visceral portrayal of the Black female experience. \u2014 Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN , 14 May 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221125"
},
"expatiate":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to move about freely or at will : wander",
": to speak or write at length or in detail"
],
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"ek-\u02c8sp\u0101-sh\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t"
],
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"declaim",
"descant",
"discourse",
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"lecture",
"orate",
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"talk"
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"examples":[
"the naturalist is known for her willingness to expatiate on any number of issues relating to wildlife and the environment"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin exspatiatus , past participle of exspatiari to wander, digress, from ex- + spatium space, course",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182824"
},
"expatriate":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": banish , exile",
": to withdraw (oneself) from residence in or allegiance to one's native country",
": to leave one's native country to live elsewhere",
": to renounce allegiance to one's native country",
": living in a foreign land",
": a person who lives in a foreign country",
": to voluntarily withdraw (oneself) from allegiance to one's native country",
": to renounce allegiance to one's country and abandon one's nationality voluntarily"
],
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"ek-\u02c8sp\u0101-tr\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
"ek-\u02c8sp\u0101-tr\u0113-\u0259t",
"-tr\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
"ek-\u02c8sp\u0101-tr\u0113-\u0259t",
"-tr\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
"ek-\u02c8sp\u0101-tr\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t"
],
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"banish",
"deport",
"displace",
"exile",
"relegate",
"transport"
],
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"deportee",
"\u00e9migr\u00e9",
"emigr\u00e9",
"evacuee",
"exile",
"expat",
"refugee"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"members of the deposed dictator's once-feared political party were expatriated as well",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Her network of Black travelers boasts 20,000 members who've visited regions all over the world \u2013 19% of the community have also chosen to expatriate . \u2014 Keturah Kendrick, USA TODAY , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The city is now a tourist and expatriate destination. \u2014 Peter Canby, The New Yorker , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Maybe some of them will try to move, expatriate , or do an inversion. \u2014 Tax Notes Staff, Forbes , 18 May 2021",
"The building still housed a small but interesting collection of maps, rare books, and historical newspapers from Tangier, as well as a collection of art by some of the city\u2019s famous Moroccan and expatriate artist residents. \u2014 Graham Cornwell, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 May 2021",
"Gifts must be made long enough in advance that there is no appearance of a plan to gift and then expatriate , but a recent law might have made this more appealing. \u2014 Jo Craven Mcginty, WSJ , 16 Oct. 2020",
"Qatar is renewing efforts to make real estate more attractive to expatriate residents, foreign investors and real estate funds. \u2014 Simone Foxman, Bloomberg.com , 6 Oct. 2020",
"The protection of students\u2019 ability to express themselves freely should extend to expatriate communities. \u2014 H. R. Mcmaster, National Review , 22 Sep. 2020",
"Turkey has already expatriated some 7,600 suspected fighters over the past several years, officials in Ankara say. \u2014 The Economist , 28 Nov. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Later that year, Barnes himself bought more C\u00e9zannes in Paris, accompanied by the expatriate American modernist Alfred Maurer, expanding his holdings of the artist\u2019s preferred motifs. \u2014 Karen Wilkin, WSJ , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Haiti is one of about a dozen countries where Christian Aid Ministries has expatriate staff on the ground year round with local partners, said Dr. Nolt. \u2014 Kris Maher, WSJ , 19 Oct. 2021",
"The inaccuracies are shared back through YouTube videos or messaging apps with Spanish speakers in expatriate communities like those in Miami and Houston. \u2014 Amanda Seitz And Will Weissert, orlandosentinel.com , 29 Nov. 2021",
"His friend Jean Andr\u00e9 Rouquet, an expatriate Swiss miniaturist, helped to establish Hogarth\u2019s reputation in Europe by publishing a French-language monograph of his engravings. \u2014 Tobias Grey, WSJ , 22 Oct. 2021",
"By the end of 2015, all but one of the expatriate workers on the ship had evacuated. \u2014 The New Yorker , 4 Oct. 2021",
"Dubai has always embraced expatriate workers from around the world. \u2014 Ellen Paris, Forbes , 20 Sep. 2021",
"The following month, expatriate Koreans espousing varied but mostly liberal-democratic views formed a provisional government in Shanghai, as if to ready Korea for independence. \u2014 E. Tammy Kim, The New York Review of Books , 17 Dec. 2020",
"Kidman is an executive producer on the series through her Blossom Films production company and also stars in the show, which is adapted from a Janice Y. K. Lee novel about the privileged lives of a group of expatriate women. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 6 Sep. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The countries there are also home to a large Indian expatriate community. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz , 6 June 2022",
"Two gigaprojects recently merged, three have lost their expatriate chief executives and all have turned over senior management. \u2014 Rory Jones, WSJ , 31 May 2022",
"Chaoyang is home to one of Beijing\u2019s key central business districts, most foreign embassies and a lot of its expatriate community. \u2014 Bloomberg News, BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2022",
"The Paris film, directed by Michka Sa\u00e4l, features expatriate and French musicians Ford had gathered for a similar photo. \u2014 Bill Beuttler, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022",
"The Times last year published a sort of diary in which Geoffrey Woo, one such expatriate , wrote about his relocation to Miami to flee the crime and pandemic lockdown of San Francisco. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The Spanish-language department of the BBC was then at its apogee, populated by luminaries from the expatriate community of Iberian writers and poets. \u2014 The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"And France doesn\u2019t have preexisting Ukrainian expatriate networks to the extent that can be found elsewhere in Europe. \u2014 Rick Noack And Sandra Mehl, Anchorage Daily News , 13 May 2022",
"The nations of the world should support both Ukrainian and Russian scientists who are already within their borders by extending visas where necessary and offering financial support for expatriate scientists cut off from their home institutions. \u2014 Don Lincoln, CNN , 12 Apr. 2022"
],
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"Verb",
"1768, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
"Adjective",
"1812, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun",
"1818, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211515"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": removal or withdrawal from one's native land : the act or an instance of expatriating or the state of being expatriated"
],
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"(\u02cc)ek-\u02ccsp\u0101-tr\u0113-\u02c8\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
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"banishment",
"deportation",
"displacement",
"exile",
"expulsion",
"relegation"
],
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"1765, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222729"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": characterized by expectation",
": expecting the birth of a child",
": one who is looking forward to something",
": looking forward to or waiting for something",
": awaiting the birth of a child",
": expecting the birth of a child"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8spek-t\u0259nt",
"ik-\u02c8spek-t\u0259nt",
"-t\u0259nt"
],
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"agape",
"agog",
"anticipant",
"anticipatory"
],
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"applicant",
"applier",
"aspirant",
"campaigner",
"candidate",
"contender",
"hopeful",
"prospect",
"seeker"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"An expectant crowd waited for her arrival.",
"expectant crowds gathered at the spot where the President was scheduled to make an appearance",
"Noun",
"divinity students who were all expectants for a curacy",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"During pregnancy, expectant parents are often eager to get a glimpse of their developing child. \u2014 Haim Neerman, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"The call came in at 9:33 p.m. and Engine 2 was dispatched to a residence on Edgewood Road where the expectant mother, Safa Kidwai, was in labor with her second child. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 25 May 2022",
"Still, Carpenter worries about worst-case scenarios, as many expectant parents do. \u2014 Aria Bendix, NBC News , 11 May 2022",
"There are a plethora of resources dedicated to significant life events, including support for expectant parents, matriculating students, healthier lifestyles, career transitions, relationship goals and more. \u2014 Essence , 4 May 2022",
"Other times, the more painful parts of labor and delivery are purposely kept quiet from expectant parents as to not spark fear. \u2014 Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The coordinators monitor health needs, offer referrals to health professionals, and assist with questions and concerns from expectant mothers. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 8 May 2022",
"Harris has advocated throughout her political career to improve healthcare for expectant mothers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"One of the expectant mothers is reportedly Latonia Bellamy, convicted in connection with a 2010 double murder in Jersey City, according to the Daily Mail. \u2014 Fox News , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Their reluctance appears to be driven partly by months of unclear guidance and a lack of data for the expectant , both of which persisted until this summer \u2014 a consequence of their exclusion from early coronavirus vaccine trials. \u2014 Brittany Shammas, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Oct. 2021",
"Even as that service gap has narrowed, neobanks have retained a generation of digital-savvy customers, expectant of new product features and flexibility in managing their finances. \u2014 Luke Chittock, Forbes , 4 Oct. 2021",
"The expectant run a higher risk of serious illness and pregnancy complications from the coronavirus, including miscarriages and stillbirths. \u2014 Christal Hayes, USA TODAY , 11 Aug. 2021",
"Of greater consequence was the e-mail itself\u2014an apologetic note signed by ABC\u2019s C.E.O., Aaron Rose\u2014on which two hundred and three other couch- expectant recipients were cc\u2019d instead of bcc\u2019d. \u2014 Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker , 27 Mar. 2021",
"The setting is lush, yet claustrophobic; the mood expectant , but not without anxiety. \u2014 Colin B. Bailey, The New York Review of Books , 17 Nov. 2020",
"Meanwhile, the then- expectant mom gave updates on her pregnancy thus far. \u2014 Mary Green, PEOPLE.com , 30 July 2020",
"The club asked supporters to come dressed in lilywhite on what was a hot and murky September evening, expectant of a win to open this new chapter in their history. \u2014 SI.com , 25 Sep. 2019",
"This at a time when party operatives were worse that a dirty U.S. Congressmen, gift- expectant , institutionally incapable of hearing anything at all. \u2014 Robert Sullivan, Vogue , 27 May 2019"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"1609, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-231341"
},
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"adverb",
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": to consider probable or certain",
": to consider reasonable, due, or necessary",
": to consider bound in duty or obligated",
": to anticipate or look forward to the coming or occurrence of",
": suppose , think",
": await",
": to be pregnant : await the birth of one's child",
": to look forward",
": wait , stay",
": to think that something probably will be or happen",
": to await the arrival of",
": to consider to be obliged",
": to consider reasonable, due, or necessary",
": to be pregnant : await the birth of one's child"
],
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"ik-\u02c8spekt",
"ik-\u02c8spekt",
"ik-\u02c8spekt"
],
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"anticipate",
"await",
"hope (for)",
"watch (for)"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Proof, the group\u2019s latest release, is their most ambitious yet, but not necessarily in the way many would expect . \u2014 Natalie Morin, Rolling Stone , 10 June 2022",
"Experts don't expect car prices to settle anytime soon. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 10 June 2022",
"Though even if Kerr gives some of Poole\u2019s minutes to Stephen Curry as many expect , Poole must figure out how to contribute when he\u2019s on the court \u2014 a daunting task for a 22-year-old so new to this stage. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 June 2022",
"Results regarding peeing in bottles (or around a customer's house) and casual hookups were all higher than most people likely expect . \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 4 June 2022",
"Based on normal evolutionary timelines, scientists would expect a virus like monkeypox to pick up that many mutations over perhaps 50 years, not four, Neher said. \u2014 Andrew Joseph, STAT , 3 June 2022",
"The Tesla worker who spoke with The Post said some groups of employees expect to continue to be exempt from returning to the office. \u2014 Rachel Lerman, Faiz Siddiqui, Christian Davenport, Anchorage Daily News , 2 June 2022",
"As every organization can expect a cyberattack, cyber-specific goals must be aligned across the enterprise. \u2014 Jeffrey Alpaugh, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Some analysts said investors expect executives\u2014particularly founders\u2014to sell stock in or after an initial public offering after having their stakes locked up for so long. \u2014 Corrie Driebusch And Tom Mcginty, WSJ , 27 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin exspectare to look forward to, from ex- + spectare to look at, frequentative of specere to look \u2014 more at spy ",
"first_known_use":[
"1560, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220903"
},
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"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"verb"
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": to consider probable or certain",
": to consider reasonable, due, or necessary",
": to consider bound in duty or obligated",
": to anticipate or look forward to the coming or occurrence of",
": suppose , think",
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": to look forward",
": wait , stay",
": to think that something probably will be or happen",
": to await the arrival of",
": to consider to be obliged",
": to consider reasonable, due, or necessary",
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"ik-\u02c8spekt",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Proof, the group\u2019s latest release, is their most ambitious yet, but not necessarily in the way many would expect . \u2014 Natalie Morin, Rolling Stone , 10 June 2022",
"Experts don't expect car prices to settle anytime soon. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 10 June 2022",
"Though even if Kerr gives some of Poole\u2019s minutes to Stephen Curry as many expect , Poole must figure out how to contribute when he\u2019s on the court \u2014 a daunting task for a 22-year-old so new to this stage. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 June 2022",
"Results regarding peeing in bottles (or around a customer's house) and casual hookups were all higher than most people likely expect . \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 4 June 2022",
"Based on normal evolutionary timelines, scientists would expect a virus like monkeypox to pick up that many mutations over perhaps 50 years, not four, Neher said. \u2014 Andrew Joseph, STAT , 3 June 2022",
"The Tesla worker who spoke with The Post said some groups of employees expect to continue to be exempt from returning to the office. \u2014 Rachel Lerman, Faiz Siddiqui, Christian Davenport, Anchorage Daily News , 2 June 2022",
"As every organization can expect a cyberattack, cyber-specific goals must be aligned across the enterprise. \u2014 Jeffrey Alpaugh, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Some analysts said investors expect executives\u2014particularly founders\u2014to sell stock in or after an initial public offering after having their stakes locked up for so long. \u2014 Corrie Driebusch And Tom Mcginty, WSJ , 27 May 2022"
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"history_and_etymology":"Latin exspectare to look forward to, from ex- + spectare to look at, frequentative of specere to look \u2014 more at spy ",
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"1560, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203553"
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"suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance",
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"Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
"Speaking to as many consumers as possible at once might seem expedient , but there are potential hazards to be aware of when attempting to minimize the fallout of a narrative that has grown beyond the company\u2019s control via these channels. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Strategists saw the move as a politically expedient way to align with Mr. Musk. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"Even Italy's populist political parties no longer believe a rapprochement with Moscow is possible or politically expedient . \u2014 Daniel R. Depetris, The Week , 2 May 2022",
"The letter says the process will be conducted in a manner that is both expedient and respectful of all involved while maintaining the standards of the Academy. \u2014 Chloe Melas, CNN , 30 Mar. 2022",
"In this region, burying the past has always been politically expedient , as has been digging it out and manipulating it as convenient. \u2014 Cristina Florea, CNN , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Please trust that the Board of Governors will conduct this process in a manner that is both expedient and respectful of all involved while maintaining the standards of the Academy. \u2014 J. Kim Murphy, Variety , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Please trust that the Board of Governors will conduct this process in a manner that is both expedient and respectful of all involved while maintaining the standards of the Academy. \u2014 Trilby Beresford, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Those activists argue that adding more police is a politically expedient move that doesn\u2019t help reduce violence. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"In the end, Miles\u2019 book is a rich and nuanced meditation on the danger of manipulating messy contradictions to serve a politically expedient or emotionally fulfilling purpose. \u2014 Outside Online , 13 May 2022",
"Jerry Brown initially proposed an expedient process involving an algorithm. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
"The route through the Icefall varies from year to year, as the Icefall Doctors seek to find a way through the Icefall's many crevasses and seracs that is both safe (relatively speaking) and expedient . \u2014 Jonah Ogles, Outside Online , 6 Apr. 2015",
"His administration has alternated between turning the page on the pandemic or retaining COVID protocols (like the transit mask mandate or the pause on student loan repayment) when politically expedient . \u2014 W. James Antle Iii, The Week , 14 Apr. 2022",
"For generations, everyone from UC students to street vendors have enjoyed the expedient high that comes from bong hits. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Since political orientation is strongly correlated with perspective on trans acceptance, trans youth have become an expedient vehicle for showcasing one\u2019s conservatism. \u2014 Kristina R. Olson, Scientific American , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Quite obviously, the expedient action on both governors\u2019 parts would have been to wave these bills through. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Outsourcing theology and religious law to the big beards was both an expedient and a necessity, because no ruler had any training in religious law, or indeed a beard of any significant size. \u2014 Graeme Wood, The Atlantic , 3 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Prior to the name change, the mountain had been named after Gustavus Doane, a key member of an expedition in 1870 before Yellowstone became the first national park in the country. \u2014 Christopher Brito, CBS News , 13 June 2022",
"Conducting structured discovery workshops with business leaders is an important first step in determining where the business and the technologists are aligned on the value of the AI expedition . \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Professor Leonardo Ortiz, who was part of the expedition , named it Thanatosdrakon amaru. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 29 May 2022",
"Both the psychological and the physical rigors of the expedition are magnified in Alex Zhang Hungtai\u2019s other-worldly score, its ambient sounds and dissonant horns evoking everything from howling winds to whale calls. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
"Read more about each member of the expedition here. \u2014 Kimberly Wilson, Essence , 15 May 2022",
"Fewer than 10 Black mountaineers in total had reached the peak before, but this is the first time that all members of an expedition were Black, hiking officials said. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 13 May 2022",
"Fewer than 10 black mountaineers in total had reached the peak before, but this is the first time that all members of an expedition were Black, hiking officials said. \u2014 CNN , 13 May 2022",
"In 1807, President Thomas Jefferson sent Gen. William Clark, of the famous Lewis and Clark expedition , to collect fossils from Big Bone Lick for study. \u2014 Jeff Suess, The Enquirer , 8 May 2022"
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"adjective",
"verb"
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": to force out : eject",
": to force to leave (a place, an organization, etc.) by official action : take away rights or privileges of membership",
": to force to leave",
": to force out"
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"banish",
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"The club may expel members who do not follow the rules.",
"She was expelled from school for bad behavior.",
"expel air from the lungs",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To compensate, the heart twists in patients with diabetes \u2014 essentially wringing itself out like a towel to expel blood. \u2014 Akila Muthukumar, STAT , 18 June 2022",
"Instead, a heat wave had forced the corals to expel the symbiotic algae that give them nutrients and colors. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 13 June 2022",
"Kyiv and its Western partners have regularly blasted Moscow for looting the Ukrainian harvest, and Zelensky on Thursday called on the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization to expel Russia. \u2014 Mar\u00eda Luisa Pa\u00fal, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"The song is about taking that and twisting it into this idea of burning down your house and everything in it, including yourself, to expel the demons that live within you. \u2014 Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone , 1 June 2022",
"But, in the ensuing months, as Biden continued to expel migrants under Title 42\u2014albeit with new exemptions, including for unaccompanied children\u2014Pinheiro grew disillusioned. \u2014 Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker , 25 May 2022",
"Had Gregg Popovich been present, Sochan might have struck up a conversation with the outspoken, politically aware coach about Ukraine\u2019s fight to expel invading Russian forces. \u2014 Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News , 20 May 2022",
"Ever wonder what\u2019s actually going on in your body to make your butt expel its contents so violently? \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 18 May 2022",
"Fann reminded the senators that a two-thirds supermajority vote was needed to expel Rogers. \u2014 Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic , 16 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English expellen , from Latin expellere , from ex- + pellere to drive \u2014 more at felt ",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184216"
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"noun"
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": the act or process of expending",
": something expended : disbursement , expense",
": the act of spending (as money, time, or energy)",
": something that is spent",
": the act or process of paying out",
": something paid out \u2014 see also capital expenditure"
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"ik-\u02c8spen-di-ch\u0259r",
"-d\u0259-\u02ccchu\u0307r",
"-d\u0259-\u02cct(y)u\u0307r",
"ik-\u02c8spen-di-ch\u0259r",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The University of Louisville Athletic Association's Board of Directors approved an expenditure Friday morning of up to $1 million for renovations to the ballpark at 3015 S. Third St., a university spokesperson confirmed to The Courier Journal. \u2014 Brooks Holton, The Courier-Journal , 10 June 2022",
"Where was Bittker coming from, in his opposition to tax expenditure analysis? \u2014 Robert Goulder, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"The company also made in-state, non-payroll purchases and expenditures of $979.1 million bringing the company\u2019s total in-state expenditure to approximately $1.3 billion. \u2014 Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al , 7 June 2022",
"Wind turbines typically recoup this energy expenditure in less than a year. \u2014 Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
"But Riordan\u2019s $6-million personal outlay for the campaign \u2014 both primary and runoff \u2014 is the equivalent of just under $12 million in 2022 dollars, well short of Caruso\u2019s enormous expenditure . \u2014 James Rainey, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
"It is meant to help people who are having difficulty reducing weight by boosting calorie expenditure , promoting metabolism to work harder, and giving you more energy to power through your regular fitness exercises. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"In a few states where publicity expenditure was low in election year, the incumbent government mostly lost the election. \u2014 Mitali Mukherjee, Quartz , 19 May 2022",
"Unsurprisingly, marketing often falls into the latter category and is considered an unnecessary expenditure that does not translate into immediate measurable sales and profits. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 18 May 2022"
],
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": a loss, detriment, or embarrassment that results from some action or gain : sacrifice",
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": an expense made in furtherance of one's business especially as part of the cost of operating a business in the taxable year in which the expense is incurred \u2014 compare capital expense and personal expense in this entry",
": an expense made in a business that will provide a long-term benefit : capital expenditure",
": an expense incurred in changing one's residence that is tax deductible if incurred for business reasons (as when one's job requires relocation)",
": an expense that is normal or customary and helpful and appropriate for the operation of a particular business or trade and that is made during the taxable year",
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"Noun",
"I don't think a first-class ticket is worth the added expense .",
"The annual fee is simply an expense of doing business.",
"A new car is a major expense .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"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 reality is that one stance can\u2019t come at the expense of the other. \u2014 Sam Gill, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"While classic customer care metrics like the number of support tickets and handle times are important, the emphasis placed on those data points should never come at the expense of the customer experience. \u2014 Yvethe Tyszka, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Marcus Freeman has ensured Notre Dame will meet those qualifications at the expense of Michigan by landing CJ Carr. \u2014 Stephen Means, cleveland , 9 June 2022",
"In the footage, Stamos is seen reading his final text exchange with Saget at The Comedy Store in LA - which includes a friendly joke at the expense of his close friend, musician John Mayer, 44. \u2014 Phil Boucher, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
"Recip Tayyip Erdogan, the authoritarian Islamist leader of Turkey, is increasingly using NATO to leverage his own national interests at the expense of the organization. \u2014 Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News , 8 June 2022",
"Instead of spending money on innovating or increasing production, or investing in their employees, corporations are buying back stock and paying dividends to keep investors happy, at the expense of the rest of America. \u2014 David Cicilline, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
"The workplace environment should minimize avoidable injury and insult to health care providers, but not at the expense of that basic aim. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Some companies expense the credits at the time of purchase, while others capitalize and write them off later. \u2014 Mark Maurer, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"Giving Back: The company recently launched its Pay It Forward policy, which allows employees to expense any random acts of kindness while traveling for business. \u2014 Nick Davidson, Outside Online , 1 Oct. 2014",
"Employees of the company are encouraged to expense their annual National Parks Pass each year, as well as up to two nights per month camping and an additional two nights per month at any CampShare. \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
"One of her concerns is that staffers\u2019 addresses and other personal information might linger on the Internet, so the newspaper has advised them to engage services that scrub that material from public view and expense the cost to the newspaper. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Jan. 2022",
"People often expense their SaaS purchases and may connect their SaaS applications to the company\u2019s single sign-on provider, so making sure the SaaS tool talks to these systems is critical. \u2014 Andre Christ, Forbes , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Those who live within two hours of the Boston headquarters can now fully expense the cost of traveling into the office once a month. \u2014 Sarah Shemkus, BostonGlobe.com , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Another benefit coal owners get is the ability to immediately expense much of their mine development costs on their taxes instead of being forced to stretch such deductions over a longer period of time. \u2014 Ellis Simani, ProPublica , 4 Nov. 2021",
"Following the pandemic, The Zebra\u2019s employees also have been able to separately expense a curated list of subscriptions, including aromatherapy candles and House Plant Box, which sends people a new houseplant every month. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Oct. 2021"
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"The lights were expensive to install.",
"expensive clothing that only the truly wealthy can afford",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Mortgage interest rates have shot up in recent months, quickly making housing much more expensive . \u2014 Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"If passed, the legislation would impose a 1,000% tax on any type of semi-automatic weapon, making the firearms prohibitively expensive for most would-be buyers. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 14 June 2022",
"Bikes also proved less expensive and easier to maintain than the horses typically used by cavalries. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 June 2022",
"Drywall saws are affordable and effective, and considerably less expensive than power tools. \u2014 James Fitzgerald, Popular Mechanics , 13 June 2022",
"Plus, pet owners on a budget and low on time may like that dry food tends to be more convenient to feed and less expensive than wet cat food. \u2014 Sara Coughlin, SELF , 13 June 2022",
"At the same time, rising gas prices, inflation and fuel surcharges are making the former more expensive . \u2014 Amiad Solomon, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"But the restrictions are making the products more expensive and even harder to come by. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"The Fed\u2019s moves are making capital more expensive , and increasing the pressure on companies to preserve their cash. \u2014 Meghan Bobrowsky, WSJ , 29 May 2022"
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"The lights were expensive to install.",
"expensive clothing that only the truly wealthy can afford",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Mortgage interest rates have shot up in recent months, quickly making housing much more expensive . \u2014 Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"If passed, the legislation would impose a 1,000% tax on any type of semi-automatic weapon, making the firearms prohibitively expensive for most would-be buyers. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 14 June 2022",
"Bikes also proved less expensive and easier to maintain than the horses typically used by cavalries. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 June 2022",
"Drywall saws are affordable and effective, and considerably less expensive than power tools. \u2014 James Fitzgerald, Popular Mechanics , 13 June 2022",
"Plus, pet owners on a budget and low on time may like that dry food tends to be more convenient to feed and less expensive than wet cat food. \u2014 Sara Coughlin, SELF , 13 June 2022",
"At the same time, rising gas prices, inflation and fuel surcharges are making the former more expensive . \u2014 Amiad Solomon, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"But the restrictions are making the products more expensive and even harder to come by. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"The Fed\u2019s moves are making capital more expensive , and increasing the pressure on companies to preserve their cash. \u2014 Meghan Bobrowsky, WSJ , 29 May 2022"
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"The job calls for someone who is more experienced .",
"for this delicate eye operation, seek out an experienced eye surgeon",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Adoptive parents can be single, married, or partnered; experienced or not; renters or homeowners; LGBTQ+ singles and couples. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"For more confident or experienced users, a thinner or more exposed blade works well to get fine hairs. \u2014 Madison Yauger, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
"In today\u2019s dynamic market, an investor does not have three months as another more advanced and experienced investor will snatch all worthy opportunities. \u2014 Peter Abualzolof, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"But when surveying some of the most knowledgeable and experienced golfers in our state, one course kept coming up as must-play, despite ranking barely inside the top 10. \u2014 Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press , 1 June 2022",
"This cylindrical countertop compost bin is great for experienced and novice composters alike. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 28 May 2022",
"However, not all of the changes he's experienced are purely physical. \u2014 Elijah Rawls, Men's Health , 26 May 2022",
"Easygoing and experienced , would be a seamless fit. \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
"According to the report, 29% of students surveyed reportedly tested positive or experienced symptoms of COVID-19 last year. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 May 2022"
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"1567, in the meaning defined above"
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"one with the special skill or knowledge representing mastery of a particular subject",
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"an expert at planning dinner parties",
"Adjective",
"We received some expert advice.",
"The company has become expert at adapting its products for new clients.",
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"Arvid Buit is an expert on the leadership brain and works globally as a master executive coach. \u2014 Arvid Buit, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"Small businesses such as Ellana\u2019s nearly always rent, according to Edward Chazen, senior lecturer at Boston College\u2019s Carroll School of Management who is an expert in real estate and finance. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
"Christian Agrillo, one of Semenza's students who came to work with Butterworth, was an expert on fish and gave a talk on his research demonstrating that some small fish have numerical abilities. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 3 June 2022",
"For starters, Kl\u00e1ri was the expert in coding the ENIAC at this time. \u2014 Katie Hafner, Scientific American , 2 June 2022",
"Oftentimes, especially now, there\u2019s such a pressure to be an expert . \u2014 Vogue , 23 May 2022",
"Professor Curry, who is an expert in medieval history, is not the first woman to take part in the procession itself, as many of the Queen's Ladies in Waiting have previously accompanied her through Parliament. \u2014 Phil Boucher, PEOPLE.com , 10 May 2022",
"Ho Mei-shang is an expert in virology and adjunct research fellow at Academia Sinica. \u2014 Joyu Wang, WSJ , 4 May 2022",
"Umansky is an expert in mushrooms, from growth to cooking. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 2 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
"For his expert witness report, Saba performed a DCF enterprise valuation of Facebook that corroborated the results of the IRS's income method valuation. \u2014 Ryan Finley, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"Byrne also cited an expert report finding that Kreuper was addicted to gambling. \u2014 Michael Finnegan, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Byrne also cited an expert report finding that Kreuper was addicted to gambling. \u2014 Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Judge Donald Oda, however, described an expert analysis report about Uwadiegwu as unpersuasive. \u2014 Jennifer Edwards Baker And Lauren Artino, The Enquirer , 29 Dec. 2021",
"For more on what to do with your lawn and garden, The Times\u2019 Jeanette Marantos and others have expert advice. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
"The government also appointed an expert committee to examine manufacturing issues in electric vehicles and make policy recommendations. \u2014 Biman Mukherji, Fortune , 15 May 2022",
"In 2013, Texas created an expert committee to examine this issue. \u2014 Abigail Abrams, Time , 22 Sep. 2021",
"This was the principal finding of an expert committee appointed by the Transportation Research Board, responding to a 2015 request from Congress. \u2014 Robert Poole, WSJ , 30 June 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
"Afterward, the book lays out dozens of delicious recipes from easy (a wild-salmon poke bowl) to expert (a massive pot of spicy cioppino\u2014an Italian-American fisherman\u2019s stew). \u2014 Outside Online , 20 Apr. 2020",
"Classes are available in different exercise styles and intensities, and options are given to make the novice to expert feel comfortable and successful, the release said. \u2014 Pioneer Press Staff, chicagotribune.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Andurand isn\u2019t the only top commodities expert predicting oil prices will soar to record highs. \u2014 Will Daniel, Fortune , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Google not only looks to the content on the page, but to expert authorship and sourcing. \u2014 Allbusiness, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
"This opportunity is for any advanced to expert skiers over the age of 15 and is truly a bucket list experience. \u2014 Ski Utah, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 Nov. 2021",
"Contrary to expert medical consensus, Mr. Zywicki insists natural immunity from contracting Covid is at least as effective as a full vaccine regimen. \u2014 WSJ , 16 Aug. 2021",
"Pedro Mendes, a computational biologist at UConn Health who has modeled the COVID-19 pandemic, said Connecticut can likely expert further increases in COVID-19 cases in the coming weeks. \u2014 Alex Putterman, courant.com , 19 July 2021",
"Oz, a three-part documentary that finds the Australian comedian, maybe best known to American audiences for Nanette, putting her background in art history to expert use by both cataloguing and interrogating the history of Australian fine art. \u2014 Alexis Gunderson, Vulture , 1 July 2021"
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"Verb",
"circa 1889, in the meaning defined above"
],
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},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": the skill of an expert",
": expert opinion or commentary",
": the skill or knowledge of an expert"
],
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"\u02ccek-(\u02cc)sp\u0259r-\u02c8t\u0113z",
"-\u02c8t\u0113s",
"\u02ccek-sp\u0259r-\u02c8t\u0113z",
"-\u02c8t\u0113s"
],
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"chops",
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"inexperience"
],
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Typically, boards look for candidates with a specific skill-set, such as legal or IT expertise , or who have experience leading a business through a crisis or transition period, such as a merger or acquisition. \u2014 Next Avenue, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"That\u2019s a fact innately understood by Andrew (Raiff), a 22-year-old college graduate with a degree in marketing, a departing Fulbright-scholar girlfriend and no real life expertise beyond being adept at parties. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
"This route also offers the rare opportunity to go without a guide, though paying for a little extra expertise never hurts. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 15 June 2022",
"Another probable outcome is that the next generation of clean-energy technologies won\u2019t get scaled up in the United States; the expertise to produce them will be created elsewhere in the world. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"Alex Hewitt, CWP Global\u2019s chief executive, said BP brings engineering expertise , experience with complex projects at remote sites and a global energy-trading operation. \u2014 Jenny Strasburg, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
"From June 10-15, the French house is bringing a soup\u00e7on of that expertise \u2014and some of the accordant artisans\u2014to the greater Detroit metro area, with the exhibition Herm\u00e8s In The Making at the Somerset Collection in Troy, Michigan. \u2014 Alessandra Codinha, Vogue , 13 June 2022",
"Cheyenne, who left early, came into our lives and much like Winchester in his world of upland expertise , took to her hunting bloodline of water dogs in remarkable fashion. \u2014 Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News , 11 June 2022",
"But Birmingham, and Alabama, still face some challenges, such as expertise . \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 10 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from French, going back to Middle French, from espert, expert expert entry 2 + -ise -ice ",
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"1868, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
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},
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"type":"verb",
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"to breathe one's last breath die",
"to come to an end such as",
"to exceed its period of validity",
"to pass its expiration date (see expiration date sense 2 )",
"to emit the breath",
"conclude",
"to breathe out from or as if from the lungs",
"emit",
"to come to an end",
"die entry 1 sense 1",
"to breathe out exhale",
"to breathe one's last breath die",
"to emit the breath",
"to breathe out from or as if from the lungs"
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"break off",
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"close",
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"determine",
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"end",
"finish",
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"leave off",
"let up",
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"quit",
"stop",
"terminate",
"wind up",
"wink (out)"
],
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"continue",
"hang on",
"persist"
],
"examples":[
"My driver's license has expired .",
"She expired after a long illness.",
"measuring the volume of air expired from the lungs",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The 12-year contract is set to expire after the 2025 season, with no clear path afterward. \u2014 Nick Kelly, USA TODAY , 4 June 2022",
"The change would hurt Atlantic City in the short term, but lawmakers ensured that the cuts wouldn\u2019t last forever The tax break would expire halfway through the PILOT program, with the city seeing the full tax benefit again in 2022. \u2014 Alison Burdo, ProPublica , 2 June 2022",
"Some movies exit the streaming platform on random days of the month, but most of them expire on the month\u2019s final day\u2014and May is no exception. \u2014 Travis Bean, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
"The news comes about 10 months after the three-year contract between the Animation Guild and AMPTP was initially set to expire , July 29, 2021. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 27 May 2022",
"In June, the Interior Department\u2019s five-year offshore oil and gas lease program will expire , putting the nation\u2019s future economy and security at risk. \u2014 Christopher Barnard, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
"The patents in that case expire in August 2022 and January 2023. \u2014 Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 May 2022",
"In 2024, the copyright protection for Mickey Mouse \u2014 twice extended since 1984 \u2014 will expire , putting the original character into the public domain. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"Nursing contracts have also expired at Providence hospitals in Oregon City and Hood River, and contracts at Portland and Milwaukie hospitals will expire by year\u2019s end. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Anglo-French espirer to breathe out, from Latin exspirare , from ex- + spirare to breathe",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
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": dead , deceased",
": no longer valid : having exceeded its period of validity",
": having passed its expiration date (see expiration date sense 2 )",
": emitted as or in a person's breath : breathed out"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8sp\u012b(-\u0259)rd",
"ek-"
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"bygone",
"bypast",
"dead",
"defunct",
"departed",
"done",
"extinct",
"gone",
"nonextant",
"vanished"
],
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"alive",
"existent",
"existing",
"extant",
"living"
],
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"1631, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205652"
},
"expiry":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": expiration : such as",
": exhalation of breath",
": death",
": termination",
": the termination of a time or period fixed by law, contract, or agreement",
": exhalation of breath",
": death"
],
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"ik-\u02c8sp\u012b(-\u0259)r-\u0113",
"\u02c8ek-sp\u0259-r\u0113",
"ik-\u02c8sp\u012b(\u0259)r-\u0113",
"\u02c8ek-sp\u0259-r\u0113"
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"death",
"demise",
"expiration",
"termination"
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"alpha",
"beginning",
"birth",
"commencement",
"creation",
"dawn",
"genesis",
"inception",
"incipience",
"incipiency",
"launch",
"morning",
"onset",
"outset",
"start"
],
"examples":[
"the expiry of the waiting period",
"the expiry of a great empire is always a cataclysmic event",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On the expiry of the five-year term, E-2 visas can be renewed on an indefinite basis in five year increments. \u2014 Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes , 29 May 2021",
"The expiry date on food items has more to do with the quality of the products. \u2014 Naveen Joshi, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"If the license is not renewed within 30 days of expiry , the business must apply for a new license and pay the total new license fee of $5,300. \u2014 Alexandra Kanik, San Antonio Express-News , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The announcement comes less than a year ahead of the expiry of the 20-year concessions granted to Macau\u2019s casino operators. \u2014 Zinnia Lee, Forbes , 17 Sep. 2021",
"Adding cards is sublimely simple: hold the physical card where the iPhone camera can see it and the number, name and expiry date will be read and appear on the iPhone screen as if by magic. \u2014 David Phelan, Forbes , 9 Apr. 2022",
"The Mickey Mouse hand sanitizer from lot 20D21, with a June, 30, 2022, expiry , in blue, 2.11 fl oz bottles should also be discarded. \u2014 Zoe Sottile, CNN , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Too many possessions ended with Dickinson or Brooks improvising with the shot clock nearing expiry , and the Wolverines turned the ball over four times in the span of 2:22 near the midway point of the half. \u2014 Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Indonesia had to throw out 1.1 million vaccine doses that had been donated to the country, with the vast majority being close to expiry . \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 20 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1752, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212536"
},
"explain away":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to get rid of by or as if by explanation",
": to minimize the significance of by or as if by explanation"
],
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"account (for)",
"attribute",
"explain",
"rationalize"
],
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"after the surprise attack, military leaders struggled to explain away the nation's unpreparedness",
"tried to explain away his adulterous affairs by saying that men are promiscuous by nature"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1688, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211506"
},
"explanation":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act or process of explaining",
": something that explains",
": the act or process of making clear or giving reasons for",
": a statement that makes something clear or gives reasons for something"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccek-spl\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"\u02ccek-spl\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
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"clarification",
"construction",
"elucidation",
"exegesis",
"explication",
"exposition",
"illumination",
"illustration",
"interpretation",
"road map"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The professor's explanation was that the poem is really a parody.",
"an explanation of photosynthesis that most museum visitors will be able to understand",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This epigenetic modification suggests a potential explanation for how trauma might reset cortisol levels. \u2014 Rachel Yehuda, Scientific American , 18 June 2022",
"European officials, energy executives and analysts dismissed this explanation . \u2014 Joe Wallace, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Pence has given this explanation when asked by donors and activists, as recently as his trip to a crisis pregnancy center in South Carolina last month, according to a person who heard his comments. \u2014 Isaac Arnsdorf, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"Thompson mentioned Stan Lee\u2019s explanation of heroes and villains while addressing the Love and Thunder antagonist. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 15 June 2022",
"But Disney\u2019s explanation did not dissuade many observers of the company from believing that the move was tied to politics. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"For the record, Disney leaders have offered no explanation why Rice was so roughly treated after a scandal-free (for Hollywood) 30-plus years building a career in the industry. \u2014 Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 June 2022",
"Kelly offered a pragmatic explanation for why his model faltered. \u2014 Cal Newport, The New Yorker , 15 June 2022",
"Fatherly The woes of intensive parenting are well-established, but emerging research offers a compelling explanation for parents' tendency to do too much at their kids' expense. \u2014 Stephanie H. Murray, The Week , 14 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202421"
},
"explication":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to give a detailed explanation of",
": to develop the implications of : analyze logically"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ek-spl\u0259-\u02cck\u0101t"
],
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"clarify",
"clear (up)",
"construe",
"demonstrate",
"demystify",
"elucidate",
"explain",
"expound",
"get across",
"illuminate",
"illustrate",
"interpret",
"simplify",
"spell out",
"unriddle"
],
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"obscure"
],
"examples":[
"an essay explicating a theory",
"the physicist did his best to explicate the wave theory of light for the audience of laymen",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This passage epitomizes Hickey\u2019s unusual relationship to literature and his uncanny ability to draw forward an aspect of a poem or novel to explicate an artwork without reducing either to mere illustration. \u2014 Jarrett Earnest, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
"The truth is, no one can fully explicate why Kipchoge is the GOAT. \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 21 Aug. 2021",
"The truth is, no one can fully explicate why Kipchoge is the GOAT. \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 21 Aug. 2021",
"The truth is, no one can fully explicate why Kipchoge is the GOAT. \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 21 Aug. 2021",
"The truth is, no one can fully explicate why Kipchoge is the GOAT. \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 21 Aug. 2021",
"The truth is, no one can fully explicate why Kipchoge is the GOAT. \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 21 Aug. 2021",
"The truth is, no one can fully explicate why Kipchoge is the GOAT. \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 21 Aug. 2021",
"The truth is, no one can fully explicate why Kipchoge is the GOAT. \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 21 Aug. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin explicatus , past participle of explicare , literally, to unfold, from ex- + plicare to fold \u2014 more at ply ",
"first_known_use":[
"1531, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190913"
},
"explicit":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent",
"\u2014 compare implicit sense 1a",
": open in the depiction of nudity or sexuality",
": fully developed or formulated",
": unambiguous in expression",
": defined by an expression containing only independent variables \u2014 compare implicit sense 3b",
": so clear in statement that there is no doubt about the meaning"
],
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"ik-\u02c8spli-s\u0259t",
"ik-\u02c8spli-s\u0259t"
],
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"clear-cut",
"definite",
"definitive",
"express",
"specific",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"univocal"
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"implicit",
"implied",
"inferred"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Jeremy Kamperveen, the man accused of extorting State Sen. Lauren Book by threatening to release explicit photos of her, has entered a plea of no contest, WPLG-Ch. \u2014 Austen Erblat, Sun Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
"Others are accompanied by non- explicit photos of people who appear to be under 18. \u2014 Ben Goggin, NBC News , 10 June 2022",
"PimEyes unearthed the decades-old trauma, with links to where exactly the explicit photos could be found on the web. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
"Balark allegedly texted the student on several occasions beginning in early May, offering money for explicit photos of the student, according to court documents. \u2014 Adam Terro, The Arizona Republic , 13 May 2022",
"The family won a permanent injunction barring public release of the most explicit photos taken as part of the death investigation. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 25 Apr. 2022",
"On April 23, 2019, the Bexar County Sheriff\u2019s Office searched Gerstner\u2019s residence and found cellphones containing numerous images of child pornography, including explicit photos of children as young as 4. \u2014 Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News , 8 Mar. 2022",
"He was accused of all sorts of misdeeds, including ghosting, love-bombing, and sending unsolicited explicit photos. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Bertolino reportedly created a Facebook account and used explicit photos of the victim for the account profile. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 27 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French or Medieval Latin; French explicite , from Medieval Latin explicitus , from Latin, past participle of explicare \u2014 see explicate ",
"first_known_use":[
"1549, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220444"
},
"explode":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": to burst forth with sudden violence or noise from internal energy: such as",
": to undergo a rapid chemical or nuclear reaction with the production of noise, heat, and violent expansion of gases",
": to burst violently as a result of pressure from within",
": to give forth a sudden strong and noisy outburst of emotion",
": to move with sudden speed and force",
": to increase rapidly",
": to suggest an explosion (as in appearance or effect)",
": to cause to explode or burst noisily",
": to bring into disrepute or discredit",
": to drive from the stage by noisy disapproval",
": to burst or cause to burst with violence and noise",
": to suddenly show or say with great emotion",
": to cause to explode or burst noisily",
": to undergo a rapid chemical or nuclear reaction with the production of noise, heat, and violent expansion of gases"
],
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"ik-\u02c8spl\u014dd",
"ik-\u02c8spl\u014dd",
"ik-\u02c8spl\u014dd"
],
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"blow",
"blow up",
"burst",
"crump",
"detonate",
"go off",
"pop"
],
"antonyms":[
"implode"
],
"examples":[
"One of the shells failed to explode .",
"These occasional skirmishes may soon explode into all-out war.",
"The birds suddenly exploded into flight.",
"The building exploded in flames.",
"She looked like she was ready to explode with anger.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As process-inclined videos and content continue to explode , users can gain more step-by-step education in many areas of interest. \u2014 Josh Wilson, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Some other fun sequences involve fording jungle rivers and crawling through a tiny tunnel to reach the crown, just as the volcano begins to explode . \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 9 June 2022",
"This is a story that continues to explode it\u2019s today in Ohio, the news podcast discussion. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 9 June 2022",
"Otherwise, the resulting champagne will either be too flat, or too much pressure will cause the bottle to explode . \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 8 June 2022",
"Independent conflict mediators also hit the streets, using social media to identify simmering conflicts with the potential to explode into real-world violence. \u2014 Michael Tarm And Corey Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2022",
"However, the fire caused several large propane bottles to explode , Fitzpatrick said. \u2014 Kurt Chirbas, NBC News , 31 May 2022",
"Meth lab chemicals can easily catch fire or explode if stored or handled incorrectly, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. \u2014 Ken Serrano, USA TODAY , 18 May 2021",
"By 2035, it is expected that global data creation will explode and reach 2,000-plus zettabytes. \u2014 Alexey Posternak, Forbes , 6 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin explodere to drive off the stage by clapping, from ex- + plaudere to clap",
"first_known_use":[
"1615, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185436"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": deed , act",
": a notable, memorable, or heroic act",
": to make productive use of : utilize",
": to make use of meanly or unfairly for one's own advantage",
": an exciting or daring act",
": to get the value or use out of",
": to take unfair advantage of"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ek-\u02ccspl\u022fit",
"ik-\u02c8spl\u022fit",
"ik-\u02c8spl\u022fit",
"\u02c8ek-\u02ccspl\u022fit",
"\u02c8ek-\u02ccspl\u022fit",
"ik-\u02c8spl\u022fit"
],
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"deed",
"feat",
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"trick"
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"abuse",
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"cash in (on)",
"impose (on ",
"leverage",
"milk",
"pimp",
"play (on ",
"use",
"work"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"the fanciful exploits of the giant lumberjack Paul Bunyan",
"once famed as an actor, John Wilkes Booth is now remembered for a single exploit , his assassination of Lincoln",
"Verb",
"He has never fully exploited his talents.",
"Top athletes are able to exploit their opponents' weaknesses.",
"She said the tragedy had been exploited by the media.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"To gain persistent root access, the researcher used the exploit flow to create a backdoor. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 26 Apr. 2022",
"During the weekend of 16-17 October, Chinese hackers went on something of a rampage that saw all but three of the 15 target products breached during the exploit onslaught that was the Tianfu Cup. \u2014 Davey Winder, Forbes , 30 Oct. 2021",
"The power and ease of use of the Pantsdown exploit are by no means new. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 26 May 2022",
"The fruit of a year-long collaboration, War Pony is also a moving experiment in collective narrative filmmaking \u2014 an example of how stories can honor instead of exploit . \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
"There is no evidence that iPhones are still vulnerable to the exploit , which the Citizen Lab has given the working name Homage. \u2014 Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"One method of exploit used by criminal hackers can be deployed with devastating and widespread consequences, botnets. \u2014 Chuck Brooks, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Apple shipped updates for its platforms that rendered the exploit useless. \u2014 Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Only two vulnerabilities that stood out to the company involved last September's ForcedEntry zero-day exploit , which targeted iOS and Mac devices and likely came from an Israeli spyware company called NSO Group. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The idea that shared resources are inevitably ruined by people who exploit them is sometimes called the tragedy of the commons. \u2014 Eula Biss, The New Yorker , 8 June 2022",
"Burnham is gifted at mocking the performative liberal sanctimony of the moment as well as corporate attempts to exploit it, such as his very realistic YouTube ads that pop up below. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
"Women and children fleeing war zones in Ukraine are left vulnerable, often in foreign countries where traffickers can exploit them. \u2014 Josh Meyer, USA TODAY , 20 May 2022",
"Now that the presence of the backdoor is public knowledge, attackers are likely to exploit it on any website using a vulnerable version of the plugin. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 20 May 2022",
"Just about every free-living species on the planet has at least one parasite specially evolved to exploit it. \u2014 Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Over the course of the year, teams find ways to exploit you on both ends of the court. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Republicans are criticizing his economic policies with the midterm election just months away and are poised to exploit it as November gets closer. \u2014 Byjustin Gomez, ABC News , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Exploitation is relatively trivial in the sense that the attacker does not need any special knowledge about the system to initially exploit it, and the likelihood of exploitation is generally very high. \u2014 Eoin Keary, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022"
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"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
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],
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},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": deed , act",
": a notable, memorable, or heroic act",
": to make productive use of : utilize",
": to make use of meanly or unfairly for one's own advantage",
": an exciting or daring act",
": to get the value or use out of",
": to take unfair advantage of"
],
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"\u02c8ek-\u02ccspl\u022fit",
"ik-\u02c8spl\u022fit",
"ik-\u02c8spl\u022fit",
"\u02c8ek-\u02ccspl\u022fit",
"\u02c8ek-\u02ccspl\u022fit",
"ik-\u02c8spl\u022fit"
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"deed",
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"tour de force",
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"abuse",
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"cash in (on)",
"impose (on ",
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"pimp",
"play (on ",
"use",
"work"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"the fanciful exploits of the giant lumberjack Paul Bunyan",
"once famed as an actor, John Wilkes Booth is now remembered for a single exploit , his assassination of Lincoln",
"Verb",
"He has never fully exploited his talents.",
"Top athletes are able to exploit their opponents' weaknesses.",
"She said the tragedy had been exploited by the media.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"To gain persistent root access, the researcher used the exploit flow to create a backdoor. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 26 Apr. 2022",
"During the weekend of 16-17 October, Chinese hackers went on something of a rampage that saw all but three of the 15 target products breached during the exploit onslaught that was the Tianfu Cup. \u2014 Davey Winder, Forbes , 30 Oct. 2021",
"The power and ease of use of the Pantsdown exploit are by no means new. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 26 May 2022",
"The fruit of a year-long collaboration, War Pony is also a moving experiment in collective narrative filmmaking \u2014 an example of how stories can honor instead of exploit . \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
"There is no evidence that iPhones are still vulnerable to the exploit , which the Citizen Lab has given the working name Homage. \u2014 Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"One method of exploit used by criminal hackers can be deployed with devastating and widespread consequences, botnets. \u2014 Chuck Brooks, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Apple shipped updates for its platforms that rendered the exploit useless. \u2014 Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Only two vulnerabilities that stood out to the company involved last September's ForcedEntry zero-day exploit , which targeted iOS and Mac devices and likely came from an Israeli spyware company called NSO Group. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The idea that shared resources are inevitably ruined by people who exploit them is sometimes called the tragedy of the commons. \u2014 Eula Biss, The New Yorker , 8 June 2022",
"Burnham is gifted at mocking the performative liberal sanctimony of the moment as well as corporate attempts to exploit it, such as his very realistic YouTube ads that pop up below. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
"Women and children fleeing war zones in Ukraine are left vulnerable, often in foreign countries where traffickers can exploit them. \u2014 Josh Meyer, USA TODAY , 20 May 2022",
"Now that the presence of the backdoor is public knowledge, attackers are likely to exploit it on any website using a vulnerable version of the plugin. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 20 May 2022",
"Just about every free-living species on the planet has at least one parasite specially evolved to exploit it. \u2014 Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Over the course of the year, teams find ways to exploit you on both ends of the court. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Republicans are criticizing his economic policies with the midterm election just months away and are poised to exploit it as November gets closer. \u2014 Byjustin Gomez, ABC News , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Exploitation is relatively trivial in the sense that the attacker does not need any special knowledge about the system to initially exploit it, and the likelihood of exploitation is generally very high. \u2014 Eoin Keary, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022"
],
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"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"1795, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225114"
},
"explosion":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act or an instance of exploding",
": a large-scale, rapid, or spectacular expansion or bursting out or forth",
": the release of occluded breath that occurs in one kind of articulation of stop consonants",
": a sudden and noisy bursting (as of a bomb) : the act of exploding",
": a sudden outburst of feeling",
": the act or an instance of exploding"
],
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"ik-\u02c8spl\u014d-zh\u0259n",
"ik-\u02c8spl\u014d-zh\u0259n",
"ik-\u02c8spl\u014d-zh\u0259n"
],
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"blast",
"blowup",
"burst",
"bursting",
"detonation",
"eruption",
"outburst"
],
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"examples":[
"The filmmakers staged the car's explosion .",
"The island was rocked by a series of volcanic explosions .",
"The region has experienced a population explosion .",
"His comments prompted an explosion of laughter from the crowd.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The explosion was triggered by a pipe that had not been inspected since 1973. \u2014 Evan Halper, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
"That weekend, an explosion had rocked a nearby building. \u2014 Ed Caesar, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"Terrell Cooks, 37, and Seneca Mahan, 43, are each charged with three counts of second-degree murder and several other charges in Friday's explosion near Black Jack, about a 30-minute drive north of St. Louis. \u2014 Bradford Betz, Fox News , 19 June 2022",
"Greene's hit was the fourth of the inning for the Tigers, who had an offensive explosion by their standards to start the game. \u2014 Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press , 19 June 2022",
"People suggested pouring gasoline in the hole and lighting a match, pouring in Pepsi and Mentos to make an explosion and pouring boiling water. \u2014 Bethany Brookshire, Good Housekeeping , 18 June 2022",
"But the press was more focused on the dream explosion of boldface names: Sting, Luciano Pavarotti, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman. \u2014 Marissa Charles, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
"In a video posted by Shanghai residents on social media and reviewed by CNN, at least one explosion took place at the petrochemical plant as the fire billowed. \u2014 Wayne Chang And Yong Xiong, CNN , 17 June 2022",
"The drama at the Zaporizhzhia plant is unfolding 300 miles from history\u2019s worst nuclear disaster, the 1986 explosion at Chernobyl. \u2014 Drew Hinshaw, WSJ , 17 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin explosion-, explosio act of driving off by clapping, from explodere ",
"first_known_use":[
"1681, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-172542"
},
"explosive":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": relating to, characterized by, or operated by explosion",
": resulting from or as if from an explosion",
": tending to explode",
": likely to erupt in or produce hostile reaction or violence",
": an explosive substance",
": a consonant characterized by explosion in its articulation when it occurs in certain environments : stop",
": able to cause explosion",
": tending to show anger easily : likely to explode",
": a substance that is used to cause an explosion"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8spl\u014d-siv",
"-ziv",
"ik-\u02c8spl\u014d-siv",
"-ziv"
],
"synonyms":[
"acute",
"almighty",
"blistering",
"deep",
"dreadful",
"excruciating",
"exquisite",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"ferocious",
"fierce",
"frightful",
"furious",
"ghastly",
"hard",
"heavy",
"heavy-duty",
"hellacious",
"intense",
"intensive",
"keen",
"profound",
"terrible",
"vehement",
"vicious",
"violent"
],
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"light",
"moderate",
"soft"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"He has an explosive temper.",
"there's been an explosive interest in the sport since the Olympics",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Kliethermes, who struck out seven, held Arkansas\u2019 explosive offense to one hit through five innings on a rainy, unseasonably cool day. \u2014 Matt Jones, Arkansas Online , 21 May 2022",
"Ortiz has a vision for an explosive offense with Herring playing his part as a fullback/H-back type, who can run the ball and block. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 20 May 2022",
"Kingsbury guided an explosive offense with Mahomes at the helm, but the Texas Tech Red Raiders finished with just a 16-21 record while the quarterback was on the team. \u2014 Jeff Fedotin, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"The Cougars have won the last 12 meetings against Fairdale, but the Bulldogs' explosive offense could turn the tide in the series. \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 2 May 2022",
"Cincinnati selected the Gators\u2019 defensive lineman in third round with the No. 95 pick to help the AFC champion Bengals beef up their defense and support an explosive offense led by star quarterback Joe Burrow. \u2014 Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The scary part, and what earned them the No. 1 spot for the first time this season is their combination of strong pitching and an explosive offense. \u2014 Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Coach Matt Logan can\u2019t wait to see what the speedy Butler can add to his always explosive offense. \u2014 Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Springfield has an explosive offense as well, paced by Cole Dubicki, whose 74 points tied him for 6th in the NAHL. \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"After the four-day trial, the jury found Haydt guilty of conspiracy, malicious use of an explosive , and concealing the commission of a felony. \u2014 al , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Cluster munitions, a type of explosive known for their indiscriminate impact, have been reported. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Mar. 2022",
"And the explosive used was likely made locally rather than gunpowder imported from China. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 3 May 2022",
"In his closing argument on April 1, Assistant U.S. Attorney Nils Kessler said Croft wanted to test the explosive as a possible weapon to use against Whitmer\u2019s security team. \u2014 John Flesher And Ed White, chicagotribune.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
"In his closing argument on April 1, Assistant U.S. Attorney Nils Kessler said Croft wanted to test the explosive as a possible weapon to use against Whitmer\u2019s security team. \u2014 John Flesher And Ed White, Anchorage Daily News , 8 Apr. 2022",
"In his closing argument on April 1, Assistant U.S. Attorney Nils Kessler said Croft wanted to test the explosive as a possible weapon to use against Whitmer\u2019s security team. \u2014 NBC News , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Nestled nearby, unseen by them, was an antipersonnel device, a deadly tactic targeting anyone trying to defuse the larger explosive . \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Mas\u2019ud is charged in a criminal complaint with for allegedly providing the suitcase with the prepared explosive that was later placed onboard the flight. \u2014 CNN , 23 Dec. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"1696, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1773, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194553"
},
"expo":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": exposition sense 3"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ek-(\u02cc)sp\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[
"display",
"exhibit",
"exhibition",
"exposition",
"fair",
"show"
],
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"examples":[
"many of the bigger expos won't fit into the city's relatively small civic center",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The county\u2019s expo center has been providing shelter to livestock and domestic animals, the sheriff\u2019s office said. \u2014 Antonio Planas, NBC News , 19 May 2022",
"The expo continues Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. as NBA All-Star Weekend wraps up. \u2014 Anne Nickoloff, cleveland , 19 Feb. 2022",
"In 2010, an expo in Shanghai welcomed over 73 million visitors to the largest world\u2019s fairgrounds ever, spanning a staggering 2.5 square miles. \u2014 Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Apr. 2022",
"People passed a Tencent booth at an expo in Beijing last year. \u2014 Quentin Webb And Dave Sebastian, WSJ , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Explore the current world of wellness at this two-day public expo in the Palmer Events Center with three different programming areas, featuring vendors, fitness presentations and more. \u2014 Abigail Rosenthal, Chron , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The expo runs from noon-7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and from 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday at Sharonville Convention Center, 11355 Chester Road. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The expo will take place at the Indiana Convention Center when here in Indianapolis. \u2014 Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The expo is also a platform for India to showcase and invest in military innovation. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz , 4 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1913, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201349"
},
"exponent":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a symbol written above and to the right of a mathematical expression to indicate the operation of raising to a power",
": one that expounds or interprets",
": one that champions, practices, or exemplifies",
": a numeral written above and to the right of a number to show how many times the number is to be used as a factor"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8sp\u014d-n\u0259nt",
"\u02c8ek-\u02ccsp\u014d-",
"ik-\u02c8sp\u014d-n\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"advocate",
"advocator",
"apostle",
"backer",
"booster",
"champion",
"expounder",
"espouser",
"friend",
"gospeler",
"gospeller",
"herald",
"hierophant",
"high priest",
"paladin",
"promoter",
"proponent",
"protagonist",
"supporter",
"true believer",
"tub-thumper",
"white knight"
],
"antonyms":[
"adversary",
"antagonist",
"opponent"
],
"examples":[
"She has become one of America's foremost exponents of the romantic style in interior design.",
"The exponent 3 in 10 3 indicates 10 x 10 x 10.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Liberal academics have often described Mastriano as a leading exponent of Christian nationalism, because of his tendency to frame political events as theological challenges. \u2014 The New Yorker , 15 May 2022",
"Otake spent time with Manja Chmiel, an exponent of the German modern dance movement Neue Tanz, and the Butoh legend Kazuo Ohno; Tan was the prot\u00e9g\u00e9e of pioneering conceptual musician John Cage. \u2014 Amanda Lee Koe, Vogue , 25 May 2022",
"The British drill exponent (real name Rhys Angelo Emile Herbert) debuts at the summit of the Official U.K. Albums Chart with Noughty, this third mixtape. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 25 Apr. 2022",
"But Scalia was its most prominent, insistent, and eloquent exponent from the mid 1980s until his death in 2016. \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Blaise Aguirre, at McLean Hospital, is a leading exponent of D.B.T., having overseen the treatment of thirty-five hundred adolescents and young adults, many of whom have had as many as ten previous psychiatric hospitalizations. \u2014 Andrew Solomon, The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022",
"When India became independent in 1947, Kathak achieved fresh glory, with Birju as a leading exponent . \u2014 New York Times , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Her impressive rapping and street-friendly lyrics landed the up-and-coming young act a collaboration with the genre\u2019s biggest exponent at only 11 years old. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Bourne mentions Scott Sumner as the most prominent exponent of this view. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 4 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin exponent-, exponens , present participle of exponere \u2014 more at expose ",
"first_known_use":[
"1734, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224101"
},
"exposed":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": open to view",
": not shielded or protected",
": not insulated"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8sp\u014dzd"
],
"synonyms":[
"endangered",
"liable",
"open",
"sensitive",
"subject (to)",
"susceptible",
"vulnerable"
],
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"insusceptible",
"invulnerable",
"unexposed",
"unsusceptible"
],
"examples":[
"without our immune systems we'd be exposed to all sorts of deadly infections",
"the exposed electrical wires were a safety hazard",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That is proving easier in the company\u2019s consumer-health segment, which sells over-the-counter medication and other related products, than in its agricultural business, which is more exposed to commodity prices and weather changes, Mr. Nickl said. \u2014 Nina Trentmann, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"As the biggest player in the airport channel, Dufry is also the most exposed and the current slow recovery in Asia Pacific travel is not helping. \u2014 Kevin Rozario, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
"His position as the incumbent leaves him more exposed to criticism than five years ago. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
"European banks have over $84 billion total claims, with France, Italy and Austria the most exposed , and US banks owed $14.7 billion. \u2014 Charles Riley, CNN , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Among the spacefaring nations, the United States is by far the most exposed , operating more than half of all active satellites circling the globe. \u2014 Rachel Riederer, Harper's Magazine , 26 Oct. 2021",
"There are a few steep areas with exposed rocks but generally the hike is on the easier side. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 27 May 2022",
"Lead causes sickness, behavioral issues kidney and brain damage in exposed children. \u2014 Lucas Daprile, cleveland , 24 May 2022",
"Two to 3 inches of mulch applied over beds will help keep soil moisture balanced, but take care not to cover exposed tree roots. \u2014 Jessica Damiano, BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"circa 1623, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191112"
},
"exposition":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a setting forth of the meaning or purpose (as of a writing)",
": discourse or an example of it designed to convey information or explain what is difficult to understand",
": the first part of a musical composition in sonata form in which the thematic material of the movement is presented",
": the opening section of a fugue",
": a public exhibition or show",
": an explanation of something",
": a public exhibition"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccek-sp\u0259-\u02c8zi-sh\u0259n",
"\u02ccek-sp\u0259-\u02c8zi-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"display",
"exhibit",
"exhibition",
"expo",
"fair",
"show"
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"examples":[
"This is not an easy book, and the reader may find the layers of detail challenging. There are long expositions of the knotty tangles of monarchical lineage, and the necessary chronicle of historical events occasionally consumes the novel's narrative drive. \u2014 Lucy Lethbridge , Commonweal , 23 Oct. 2009",
"He is masterly in absorbing information and masterful in organizing it\u2014skeptical of fashion, clear in exposition , fluent in communication, unremittingly scholarly. \u2014 Felipe Fernandez-Armesto , New York Times Book Review , 11 June 2000",
"Although they were invited to use an early X ray machine on display at the exposition , they turned down the offer, and they never found the bullet. \u2014 T. Burton Smith , American Heritage , September 1992",
"The subject requires some exposition .",
"a clear exposition of his ideas",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The overwrought exposition , which feels like a structural holdover from the movie\u2019s developmental origins as a Quibi series, gums up the pacing. \u2014 Robert Daniels, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"Hare is thus painfully reliant on exposition , sometimes in narration, mostly in unadorned explanation. \u2014 David Benedict, Variety , 25 Mar. 2022",
"There is a great deal of exposition : historical, political and personal. \u2014 David Benedict, Variety , 23 May 2022",
"And yet the hand that instinctively moves to his face, the torso that recoils in horror before reluctantly stepping into the breach, more swiftly and surely telegraph Pyre\u2019s looming crisis of faith than hours of exposition . \u2014 Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022",
"So much of the play is filled with exposition that the emotional impact of the story's more dramatic moments are lost, the piece instead coming off as cloying as a Hallmark Christmas movie despite director Vivienne Benesch's best efforts. \u2014 Dave Quinn, EW.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
"The show is filled with exposition and clunky dialogue. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022",
"The exposition is nicely integrated into the action, which is a benefit of length \u2014 more room to buffer the facts with conversation. \u2014 Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
"The exposition was tremendously popular, attracting almost ten million visitors over its six-month run. \u2014 Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"see exposit ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214617"
},
"expostulate":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": discuss , examine",
": to reason earnestly with a person for purposes of dissuasion or remonstrance"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8sp\u00e4s-ch\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"demur",
"except",
"kick",
"object",
"protest",
"remonstrate (with)"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin expostulatus , past participle of expostulare to demand, dispute, from ex- + postulare to ask for \u2014 more at postulate ",
"first_known_use":[
"1573, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221256"
},
"expostulation":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an act or an instance of expostulating"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02ccsp\u00e4s-ch\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
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"challenge",
"complaint",
"demur",
"demurral",
"demurrer",
"difficulty",
"exception",
"fuss",
"kick",
"objection",
"protest",
"question",
"remonstrance",
"stink"
],
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"examples":[
"despite the earnest expostulations of her friends, Jessica continued to date the foul-tempered guy"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1540, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182209"
},
"expound":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to set forth : state",
": to defend with argument",
": to explain by setting forth in careful and often elaborate detail",
": to make a statement : comment",
": explain sense 1 , interpret"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8spau\u0307nd",
"ik-\u02c8spau\u0307nd"
],
"synonyms":[
"air",
"express",
"give",
"look",
"raise",
"sound",
"state",
"vent",
"ventilate",
"voice"
],
"antonyms":[
"stifle",
"suppress"
],
"examples":[
"The article expounds the virtues of a healthy diet.",
"When asked to expound , he had no comment.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And since Suga brought it up, RM felt free to expound on the apparent upcoming break following the group\u2019s relentless pace since forming in 2013. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 14 June 2022",
"Smith didn\u2019t really expound on why Westbrook being there is a bad thing. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 June 2022",
"And so people pull out individual lines and expound on them. \u2014 CBS News , 1 June 2022",
"Krien spoke about a study that Luminate put together on vinyl trends at the Music Biz conference in Nashville earlier this month, and Variety asked him to expound further on the company\u2019s findings. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 25 May 2022",
"Democratic Senators gave fiery speeches blasting Rogers, while Borrelli took time to defend her, and members on both sides debated their right to expound on the issue. \u2014 Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic , 16 May 2022",
"The report and the climate crisis were brought up sporadically by Democrats thereafter, in part as a means of asking executives to expound on their so-far meager spending on low-carbon energy. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Sitting at a corner table of the Four Seasons\u2019 lunch spot (a few seats away from Sharon Stone), Shear needs no caffeine boost to expound , rapid-fire, on his strategy for his star client. \u2014 Katie Bain, Billboard , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Over the past 30 years, Darnielle has used the Mountain Goats to expound a sort of small-scale, lo-fi humanism. \u2014 Robert Rubsam, The New Republic , 24 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French espundre, expondre , from Latin exponere to explain \u2014 more at expose ",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220043"
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"type":"verb",
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"to represent in words state",
"to make known the opinions or feelings of (oneself)",
"to give expression to the artistic or creative impulses or abilities of (oneself)",
"to give or convey a true impression of show , reflect",
"to represent by a sign or symbol symbolize",
"delineate , depict",
"to send by express",
"to force out (something, such as the juice of a fruit) by pressure",
"to subject to pressure so as to extract something",
"to cause (a gene) to manifest its effects in the phenotype",
"to manifest or produce (a character, molecule, or effect) by a genetic process",
"directly, firmly, and explicitly stated",
"exact , precise",
"of a particular sort specific",
"designed for or adapted to its purpose",
"traveling at high speed",
"traveling with few or no stops along the way",
"designed or intended to be used for fast movement or travel",
"delivered faster than usual",
"designated to be delivered without delay by special messenger",
"a system for the prompt and safe transportation of parcels, money, or goods at rates higher than standard freight charges",
"a company operating such a merchandise freight service",
"a messenger sent on a special errand",
"a dispatch conveyed by a special messenger",
"special delivery",
"an express vehicle",
"by express",
"expressly",
"to make known especially in words",
"to represent by a sign or symbol",
"to send by a quick method of delivery",
"clearly stated",
"of a certain sort",
"sent or traveling at high speed",
"a system for the quick transportation of goods",
"a vehicle (as a train or elevator) run at special speed with few or no stops",
"to make known or exhibit by an expression",
"to force out by pressure",
"to subject to pressure so as to extract something",
"to cause (a gene) to manifest its effects in the phenotype",
"to manifest or produce (a character, molecule, or effect) by a genetic process",
"directly and distinctly stated or expressed rather than implied or left to inference \u2014 compare implied",
"to make known (one's thoughts, ideas, or opinions) by words, conduct, or symbols \u2014 see also expression"
],
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"air",
"expound",
"give",
"look",
"raise",
"sound",
"state",
"vent",
"ventilate",
"voice"
],
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"concrete",
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"especial",
"peculiar",
"precise",
"set",
"special",
"specific"
],
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"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
"The resolution would push the city to educate residents on the history of the slave trade here and create a registry allowing Bostonians to express regret for past injustices. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"While council members did express support for restoring some or all of the arts center\u2019s funding at Wednesday\u2019s meeting, at least one member said that going forward, the city must reduce its subsidy of the arts center. \u2014 Joe Tash, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"Until everyone in your company can express , simply, the company\u2019s destination and motivation, this work is not yet done. \u2014 Lars Lehne, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"It\u2019s an extraordinarily sophisticated maneuver, one that doesn\u2019t ascribe intention based on personal information but rather allows the art to express its deeper content. \u2014 Jarrett Earnest, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
"Davidson is known for his tendency to get tattoos to express affection. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 6 June 2022",
"If there is something that characterizes them is to have lost the fear of what society will say about them and express their emotions and personalities without fear and with pride. \u2014 Vogue , 19 May 2022",
"The criticism on state television echoes fears Russians express in private over the fate of the conflict and their own country. \u2014 Thomas Grove, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"One element of the platform\u2014the Away message\u2014became a crucial way to mold AIM into a space where teens could explore and express their developing identities. \u2014 Michelle Delgado, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
"Every day, the war in Ukraine reminds us of the gratuitous and appalling loss that occurs in a conflict between forces set up for the express purpose of killing. \u2014 John R. Macarthur, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"The messages appeared to be sent with the express purpose of forcing the candidate to drop out of the race, according to the Justice Department. \u2014 Tori B. Powell, CBS News , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Free People is offering free express shipping on every order right now, ensuring your supersoft tees, flowy dresses, and cozy loungewear will arrive before Memorial Day. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 24 May 2022",
"Walmart is offering the drone deliveries as a form of express delivery over the company\u2019s existing two-hour, next-day and two-day shipping services. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 24 May 2022",
"The express fees for speedy cash rankle consumer advocates too, especially since the apps typically advertise advances as free. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"There will be an express entrance line for fans that come without clear bags. \u2014 al , 17 May 2022",
"That effort seeks to include express language in the state Constitution indicating abortions are protected. \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 17 May 2022",
"Each city contributed about $84,000 a year for the express route. \u2014 Noel Oman, Arkansas Online , 13 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"Alabama's draft-pick express is showing no sign of a slowdown, particularly with its two best players \u2013 linebacker Will Anderson and quarterback Bryce Young \u2013 about to enter their first year of draft eligibility. \u2014 Chase Goodbread, USA TODAY , 1 May 2022",
"Yet the Russian military is making little headway halting what has become a historic arms express . \u2014 Robert Burns, Anchorage Daily News , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Preliminary investigation showed that, in a crash on the express , a driver involved in a prior crash got out to look at their vehicle, another vehicle couldn't stop, and the second vehicle hit the first and pushed it into the pedestrian, MSP said. \u2014 Elissa Welle, Detroit Free Press , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Considering the features of most dropshipping businesses whereas a majority of the parcels are relatively lightweight, smaller in size and with fewer items in one order, sellers often choose to send products by express shipping. \u2014 Andy Chou, Forbes , 7 Dec. 2021",
"Citizen petitions to the F.D.A.\u2014which anyone can file to request action or express concern\u2014are published online, and within hours Cassava\u2019s stock had plunged roughly thirty per cent. \u2014 Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker , 17 Jan. 2022",
"For those who paid extra for express shipping, packages arrived even more punctually. \u2014 Nicol\u00e1s Rivero, Quartz , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Nevertheless, international express can always be a backup alternative when delays in production happen and consumers are unsatisfied. \u2014 Andy Chou, Forbes , 7 Dec. 2021",
"Inflation, price increases and clogged shipping networks are threatening to put a crimp in maybe the most beloved supply chain of all the Santa Claus gift express . \u2014 Bill Keveney, USA TODAY , 26 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web Adverb",
"All express pleasant shock at their changed Sundays. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com , 5 Feb. 2018",
"EXPRESS -BUS SOLUTION Why the Metro Gold Line is not the solution to traffic congestion in St. Paul Congestion is primarily during rush hour and thus the solution must address commuters during typical business hours. \u2014 Letter Writers, Twin Cities , 15 June 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1f",
"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1619, in the meaning defined at sense 1b",
"Adverb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"expressionless":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": lacking expression"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8spre-sh\u0259n-l\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"blank",
"catatonic",
"deadpan",
"empty",
"impassive",
"inexpressive",
"numb",
"stolid",
"vacant"
],
"antonyms":[
"demonstrative",
"expressive"
],
"examples":[
"veteran poker players invariably have expressionless faces, regardless of the hand they're holding",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The man\u2019s small, expressionless eyes were fixed on Yura. \u2014 Vladimir Sorokin, The New Yorker , 27 Sep. 2021",
"For a stretch late last year into the early months of this year, the most withering style assessments available online came in the form of Mark Boutilier\u2019s very round, very calm, very expressionless face. \u2014 New York Times , 8 July 2021",
"Though Duncan played the game with the expressionless countenance of a Sphinx, inside beat the heart of a cold-blooded, competitive killer. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 14 May 2021",
"Cleveland Cavaliers rookie swingman Isaac Okoro, drenched in water and with a glow on his typically expressionless face following a wild postgame celebration, had just punctuated a remarkable debut with a pair of game-winning plays. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 22 Dec. 2020",
"He is known more for expressionless recitations of government policy than flashes of charisma. \u2014 Ben Dooley, New York Times , 14 Sep. 2020",
"Through all of them there is this central character, a mostly expressionless young man said to look like the artist but not meant to be, in Ishida\u2019s view, a self-portrait. \u2014 Steve Johnson, chicagotribune.com , 13 Nov. 2019",
"Soon enough, staring into Meyer\u2019s expressionless face, those fans added their own opinions, calling for Helton to be replaced by Meyer. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Sep. 2019",
"Already, Myanmar officials and thousands of supporters praised her expressionless demeanor at the court Tuesday, as Gambia spent hours detailing stories of systematic rape, murder and brutality. \u2014 Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post , 11 Dec. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1831, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210119"
},
"expressive":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": of or relating to expression",
": serving to express , utter, or represent",
": effectively conveying meaning or feeling",
": showing emotions : full of expression",
": making something known",
": of or relating to expression",
": serving to express or represent"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8spre-siv",
"ik-\u02c8spre-siv"
],
"synonyms":[
"eloquent",
"meaning",
"meaningful",
"pregnant",
"revealing",
"revelatory",
"significant",
"suggestive"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the expressive function of language",
"the teacher's expressive sigh showed that she had heard that excuse many times before",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Rather, those looking to maximize their rides\u2019 worth down the road should choose something a bit more expressive . \u2014 Jim Gorzelany, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"That close up on Murray\u2019s face is so expressive and perfect \u2026 holding on that just says it all. \u2014 Ethan Shanfeld, Variety , 16 June 2022",
"But the beauty of the outer-space environments and the expressive charm of the characters should make this play well as the first Pixar release to hit theaters since the pandemic began. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 June 2022",
"Minnelli and Garland share an emotional and artistic connection that elicited her freely expressive performance and his distinctive artistry. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 10 June 2022",
"McClarnon has always been an incredible camera subject, his face all lines and angles, his eyes so big and expressive . \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 9 June 2022",
"The roles reverse and intertwine, and the deep partnership between Sachs and Kondonassis results in a heartfelt and organic performance in which the two players share the expressive burden and the technical spotlight equally. \u2014 Zachary Lewis, cleveland , 4 June 2021",
"Meeks, a keyboard player, had been looking for a more expressive way to play without abandoning his piano prowess. \u2014 Danny Freedman, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"After the team\u2019s loss Tuesday, Westbrook was more expressive with his frustration than usual. \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191634"
},
"expropriate":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to deprive of possession or proprietary rights",
": to transfer (the property of another) to one's own possession",
": to take (property) of an individual in the exercise of state sovereignty (as by eminent domain)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ek-\u02c8spr\u014d-pr\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
"ek-\u02c8spr\u014d-pr\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t"
],
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"appropriate",
"arrogate",
"commandeer",
"convert",
"pirate",
"preempt",
"press",
"seize",
"take over",
"usurp"
],
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"examples":[
"dissidents were shot, and their lands expropriated under his regime",
"the state will have to expropriate scores of homeowners in order to build the new road",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Public concerns about similarities with Venezuela led Mr. Petro to publicly sign a document at a notary public pledging not to expropriate . \u2014 Kejal Vyas, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"Over the years, Prymachenko\u2019s iconic style was much imitated, with many paying tribute and some seeking to expropriate it. \u2014 Laura Kingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
"The history of exploration, after all, is inseparable from exploitation, the relentless drive of empires and private enterprise to claim territory and expropriate raw materials. \u2014 Jody Rosen, New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
"In November, El Salvador adopted a new law that will allow government to expropriate land for public use. \u2014 Mary Anastasia O\u2019grady, WSJ , 9 Jan. 2022",
"The city of Athens claimed the land using its power of eminent domain \u2014 that is, the right of a government to expropriate private property for public use. \u2014 Eric Stirgus, ajc , 29 Oct. 2021",
"This will allow Caiso to override utility contracts and expropriate power destined for other states. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 11 July 2021",
"The legal battle is already underway to expropriate the property, located in a relatively affluent part of Tijuana. \u2014 Wendy Fry, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 May 2021",
"The following year President Ollanta Humala signed a law allowing the government to expropriate land for the airport. \u2014 Colleen Connolly, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 Feb. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Medieval Latin expropriatus , past participle of expropriare , from Latin ex- + proprius own",
"first_known_use":[
"1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182823"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act of expropriating or the state of being expropriated",
": the action of the state in taking or modifying the property rights of an individual in the exercise of its sovereignty"
],
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"(\u02cc)ek-\u02ccspr\u014d-pr\u0113-\u02c8\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
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"appropriation",
"arrogation",
"commandeering",
"detainer",
"preemption",
"seizure",
"takeover",
"usurpation"
],
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"examples":[
"the development of the colony involved expropriation of large tracts of fertile farmland from the natives",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Presumably, in their view, the Western alliance\u2019s unilateral expropriation of Russia\u2019s sovereign wealth did not count as breach of contract. \u2014 Tilak Doshi, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"Political-risk insurance pays customers for losses caused by government actions including war, expropriation and forced sales of assets. \u2014 Patricia Kowsmann, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Political-risk insurance protects policyholders against sundry risks ranging from expropriation of assets to civil unrest. \u2014 Elisabeth Braw, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Its Russian assets are now at risk of expropriation by President Vladimir Putin\u2019s government. \u2014 Stephen Wilmot, WSJ , 15 Mar. 2022",
"His arguments, of course, served as a pretext for the violent expropriation of American Indian land and the unyielding commodification of it that followed. \u2014 Natalie Shure, The New Republic , 8 Feb. 2022",
"The drivers sat helplessly in their cabs, watching the expropriation . \u2014 Alec Macgillis, ProPublica , 31 Jan. 2022",
"In some cases, authorities say the buildings were illegally constructed or face expropriation orders. \u2014 Andrew Carey, Abeer Salman And Kareem Khadder, CNN , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Clear and consistent rules, political stability, protection from expropriation and IP theft, as well as skills of the labor pool, infrastructure quality, and size of the market are all important investment determinants. \u2014 Dan Ikenson, Forbes , 28 Oct. 2021"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-231402"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion",
": to efface completely : destroy",
": to eliminate from one's consciousness",
": to cancel out or destroy completely"
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"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8sp\u0259nj",
"ik-\u02c8sp\u0259nj"
],
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"abolish",
"annihilate",
"black out",
"blot out",
"cancel",
"clean (up)",
"efface",
"eradicate",
"erase",
"exterminate",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"obliterate",
"root (out)",
"rub out",
"snuff (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"sweep (away)",
"wipe out"
],
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"examples":[
"time and the weather have expunged any evidence that a thriving community once existed here",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To expunge the virus of imperialism from the national body. \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 2 June 2022",
"Private-sector funds like Amazon\u2019s could also essentially expunge any debt later on. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
"With great fanfare, Bibb announced April 6 that his administration was filing motions to expunge 4,077 minor-misdemeanor convictions and charges filed in Cleveland Municipal Court since 2017. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 9 May 2022",
"Despite the company\u2019s attempts to rein in the ugliest inciting political rhetoric, there was never going to be a way to expunge it. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The measure would require federal courts to expunge prior marijuana convictions and conduct resentencing hearings for those completing their sentences. \u2014 Kevin Freking, Chron , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Mark Griffin were all at the municipal court on Wednesday to file motions to expunge more than 4,000 convictions involving misdemeanor marijuana cases. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Apart from buying votes, the extensions are meant to buy time to prepare the legal work to expunge student loans. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Kiloh sees few bright spots in the law that established California\u2019s legal market, beyond a testing program that safeguards quality and programs to expunge old criminal records for marijuana. \u2014 Michael R. Blood, chicagotribune.com , 16 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin expungere to mark for deletion by dots, from ex- + pungere to prick \u2014 more at pungent ",
"first_known_use":[
"1602, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214118"
},
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"type":"adjective",
"definitions":[
"marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious , delicate, or elaborate execution",
"marked by nice discrimination , deep sensitivity, or subtle understanding",
"accomplished , perfected",
"pleasing through beauty, fitness, or perfection",
"acute , intense",
"having uncommon or esoteric appeal",
"carefully selected choice",
"accurate",
"one who is overly fastidious in dress or ornament",
"finely made or done",
"very pleasing (as through beauty)",
"intense sense 1 , extreme",
"acute sense 2a , intense"
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"pronounciation":"ek-\u02c8skwi-z\u0259t",
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"acute",
"almighty",
"blistering",
"deep",
"dreadful",
"excruciating",
"explosive",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"ferocious",
"fierce",
"frightful",
"furious",
"ghastly",
"hard",
"heavy",
"heavy-duty",
"hellacious",
"intense",
"intensive",
"keen",
"profound",
"terrible",
"vehement",
"vicious",
"violent"
],
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"light",
"moderate",
"soft"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"My dream was \u2026 to play smoky ballads of exquisite sweetness and sophistication with somebody like Michelle Pfeiffer leaning misty-eyed over my shoulder. Actually, since this was the middle of the fifties, my fantasy ideal was probably closer to Doris Day. \u2014 Daniel C. Dennett , Curious Minds , (2004) 2005",
"Also on view is one of Poussin's first classical landscape paintings; its exquisite geometry provides fresh insight into why C\u00e9zanne was one of this great painter's most passionate admirers. \u2014 Evelyn Toynton , Arts & Antiques , February 1996",
"a move executed with exquisite precision",
"Her singing voice is truly exquisite .",
"He chose his words with exquisite care.",
"Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
"The smell of orchids in Majorelle\u2019s private club room, where dinner was served that night, was indeed exquisite . \u2014 Vogue , 10 June 2022",
"Davies has never before filmed such a love story, but the emotional interplay and articulation by Lowden, Daniels, and Tennyson is exquisite . \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 3 June 2022",
"Tuch de Luna\u2019s brightly hued d\u00e9cor is exquisite but its windows facing La Casa\u2019s impressive infinity pool, with a 131-foot swimming lane jutted over the sea, is mesmerizing. \u2014 Cori Murray, Essence , 11 May 2022",
"The living room in particular is exquisite , with its dramatic domed ceiling, floor-to-ceiling windows and marble floors. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 29 Apr. 2022",
"David Chase's dance music \u2014 which is exquisite \u2014 and all those 850 books that get tossed! \u2014 Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Pulisic converted two first-half penalty kicks, and his 65th-minute strike was exquisite . \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The lucky babies born in June, have three main birthstones pearl, moonstone and alexandrite, all with exquisite and unique properties. \u2014 Beth Bernstein, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"The movie is both exquisite and rumbustious, stylized and energized. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 5 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"Why had all his predecessors failed to formulate such an exquisite , indeed mellifluous name for a place of spiritual quest? \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 2 Nov. 2021",
"The most exquisite is the Single Late tulip, whose pastel versions are called French tulips by florists. \u2014 Adrian Higgins, Washington Post , 20 Sep. 2021",
"The mac, resplendent in white cheese, was like putting a Mercedes in my mouth \u2013 that exquisite and that aerodynamic of an eat. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 30 Mar. 2021",
"Potter\u2019s ironies, veering between the blunt and the exquisite , the oblique and the confrontational, expose the cruel hazards of nature and the perversities of culture. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 20 Nov. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Noun",
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"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3",
"Noun",
"1819, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu",
": carefully prepared but delivered without notes or text",
": skilled at or given to extemporaneous utterance",
": happening suddenly and often unexpectedly and usually without clearly known causes or relationships",
": provided, made, or put to use as an expedient : makeshift"
],
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"(\u02cc)ek-\u02ccstem-p\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-n\u0113-\u0259s"
],
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"ad hoc",
"ad-lib",
"down and dirty",
"extemporary",
"extempore",
"impromptu",
"improvisational",
"improvised",
"offhand",
"offhanded",
"off-the-cuff",
"snap",
"spur-of-the-moment",
"unconsidered",
"unplanned",
"unpremeditated",
"unprepared",
"unrehearsed",
"unstudied"
],
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"considered",
"planned",
"premeditated",
"premeditative",
"prepared",
"rehearsed"
],
"examples":[
"caught by surprise, I had to make an extemporaneous speech at the awards banquet",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Teammates Rory Rohde and Will Allen tied after seven grueling debates and were declared by the judges as co-state champions in extemporaneous debate. \u2014 Ed Wittenberg, cleveland , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The president\u2019s extemporaneous comments repeatedly have created problems for his administration. \u2014 Philip Klein, National Review , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Biden\u2019s extemporaneous words could have unintended consequences. \u2014 Edward Segal, Forbes , 26 Mar. 2022",
"In the Power of the Pen regional tournament, 7th and 8th grade students competed in a series of extemporaneous rounds of creative writing tasks, each in response to an open-ended prompt. \u2014 cleveland , 25 Mar. 2022",
"His address lasted only 18 minutes \u2014 not a long-winded, extemporaneous marathon that is his style. \u2014 George Skelton, Los Angeles Times , 10 Mar. 2022",
"In one such chapter, Fowler describes Lincoln\u2019s forceful, extemporaneous speech against slavery at the 1856 convention where the Republican Party was being formed. \u2014 Heller Mcalpin, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 Mar. 2022",
"In the Power of the Pen district tournament, seventh- and eighth-grade students competed in a series of extemporaneous rounds of creative writing tasks, each in response to an open-ended prompt. \u2014 cleveland , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Extremely well-read, knowledgeable and an excellent extemporaneous public speaker as a three-term New Hampshire governor in the 1970s, my father had lost the power to generate speech. \u2014 WSJ , 8 July 2021"
],
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"adverb or adjective"
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"circa 1553, in the meaning defined above"
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"noun",
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": to do something extemporaneously : improvise",
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"ik-\u02c8stem-p\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz"
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"ad-lib",
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"a good talk show host has to be able to extemporize the interviews when things don't go as planned",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Feel free to extemporize , enthuse and connect with people, rather than overwork the data. \u2014 Palena Neale, Forbes , 26 Oct. 2021",
"In public appearances, Emanuel likes to extemporize , cajole, and find a connection. \u2014 Connie Bruck, The New Yorker , 19 Apr. 2021",
"The Trump that appeared in the East Room of the White House to honor the singers was not the same figure who likes to crack jokes and extemporize freely when rubbing shoulders with superstars. \u2014 Rob Crilly, Washington Examiner , 15 Jan. 2021",
"That meant players were able to extemporize , to take chances without being accused of departing too far from the team playbook. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Sep. 2019",
"And they are exacerbated by Mr. Trump\u2019s tendency to extemporize and the North Koreans\u2019 long track record of duplicitous negotiation. \u2014 Jonathan Cheng, WSJ , 9 Mar. 2018",
"Each presenter now has the freedom to extemporize on the warning \u2014 a nonnegotiable requirement of the program\u2019s opening \u2014 but not by much. \u2014 Rory Smith, New York Times , 14 Apr. 2017",
"Apparently the idea was to extemporize on some issues that had come up during the performance. \u2014 Sarah Lyall, New York Times , 7 Jan. 2016"
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": to exert (oneself) to full capacity",
": to increase the bulk of (as by adding a cheaper substance or a modifier)",
": adulterate",
": to take possession of (something, such as land) by a writ of extent",
": to take by force",
": to make the offer of : proffer",
": to make available",
": to cause to reach (as in distance or scope)",
": to cause to be longer : prolong",
": to prolong the time of payment of",
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": to cause to be of greater area or volume : enlarge",
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": to reach in scope or application",
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": to make longer",
": stretch entry 1 sense 2",
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"ik-\u02c8stend",
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"drag (out)",
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"abbreviate",
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"shorten"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The judge set a June 21 hearing on whether to extend the order into a temporary injunction blocking the investigations. \u2014 Andrew Demillo, Anchorage Daily News , 11 June 2022",
"Then there is a plan to extend Stuckey\u2019s turf by selling candy through outlets like Food Lion, TravelCenters of America and food brokers. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"Chris Correnti, Panera\u2019s SVP and off-premise lead, said the new model allows the chain to extend its footprint into urban trade areas that have historically been a challenge, whether due to space or cost constraints. \u2014 Alicia Kelso, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Adding a mesh network to your home's WiFi can help extend the signal outdoors. \u2014 Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping , 10 June 2022",
"The judge set a June 21 hearing on whether to extend the order into a temporary injunction blocking the investigations. \u2014 Andrew Demillo, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"Several days later, on June 3, employees said the woman who rented the truck still had not made arrangements to extend the rental agreement. \u2014 cleveland , 10 June 2022",
"Phillies interim manager Rob Thomson tries to extend his unbeaten run when Arizona visits Citizens Bank Park. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 10 June 2022",
"Equally important was the promise to extend the contract of coach Sean McVay. \u2014 Dylan Hern\u00e1ndez, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
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"adjective",
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": drawn out in length especially of time",
": fully stretched out",
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"figural",
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"examples":[
"the word \u201csnake\u201d in its extended sense refers to a contemptible or treacherous person",
"an extended portion of the valley is now devoted to the growing of grapes for wine",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Canada also mandates a 28-day waiting period, which is often extended , according to Scott Blandford, assistant professor of public safety at Wilfrid Laurier University. \u2014 Yvonne Lau, Fortune , 12 June 2022",
"For an extra $7510, there's an extended interior package that adds a lot more red accents. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 12 June 2022",
"The extended cut will include new, never-before-seen footage and deleted scenes as part of the celebration of 60 years of the Spider-Man comic book character and 20 years of Spider-Man films. \u2014 Sara Netzley, EW.com , 11 June 2022",
"Travelers with extended itineraries are also turning to Vacation rentals. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, Forbes , 11 June 2022",
"The state\u2019s previous records are becoming increasingly vulnerable, thanks to a combination of climate change and the extended drought, Nielsen-Gammon said. \u2014 Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY , 11 June 2022",
"Well, the song cuts out for an extended sequence in which the two main characters argue in the kitchen post-dinner, which becomes the short film\u2019s main showcase for character-building dialogue. \u2014 Jason Lipshutz, Billboard , 11 June 2022",
"Subsequent scenes will find Schwartzman getting a surprise visit from his conscience, Nash blowing off a sloppy-drunk Tinder date, and an extended full-circle encounter reintroducing Taylor\u2019s possible new boyfriend James on his own turf. \u2014 John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 June 2022",
"And now for the first time, a selection of those vivid dresses are available in extended sizes from XS through 5X, with same-day delivery. \u2014 Kristen Bateman, Vogue , 10 June 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-230127"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a family that includes in one household near relatives (such as grandparents, aunts, or uncles) in addition to a nuclear family",
": an extensive group of people who are related by blood or marriage or who otherwise regard themselves as a large family",
": a family that includes in one household near relatives in addition to a nuclear family"
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"home",
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"m\u00e9nage"
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"examples":[
"their extended family includes a grandmother and widowed aunt",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Always be empathetic to your employees and treat them like your extended family . \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"The Grists are hoping to travel to Toronto again soon, this time with their entire extended family . \u2014 Sydney Page, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
"In time, Defne\u2019s sister Meryem comes to stay with them, the first extended family member Ada has ever met. \u2014 Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine , 26 Oct. 2021",
"During the evening a friend of Collier\u2019s tried to tell 35-year-old Tanoah Jones, an extended family member, that Troy Reid, his 29-year-old brother-in-law, had been involved in Collier\u2019s death, records show. \u2014 Zach Murdock, courant.com , 15 Oct. 2021",
"The Hip Hop legend has returned to the Addams Family franchise to reprise his role as Cousin Itt, the charismatic extended family member with a flair and language all his own. \u2014 Rivea Ruff, Essence , 7 Oct. 2021",
"Then, when an extended family member was displaced a couple of months ago because of a weather emergency, Chaka went out-of-state to help, again. \u2014 Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY , 6 Mar. 2021",
"Her extended family gathered at at her home in Street in Harford County for celebrations, holidays and picnics. \u2014 Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun , 21 May 2022",
"Banks said Terriana isn\u2019t around her extended family as often since her family moved to Wisconsin in December. \u2014 Stephanie Casanova, Chicago Tribune , 21 May 2022"
],
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"circa 1935, in the meaning defined above"
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": having wide or considerable extent",
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": including or affecting many things"
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"ik-\u02c8sten(t)-siv",
"ik-\u02c8sten-siv"
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"antonyms":[
"narrow"
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"examples":[
"The storm caused extensive damage.",
"an extensive series of tests",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Strong and his team were able to weave in many experiences and perspectives from their extensive research into the character played by Kaitlyn Dever. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 10 June 2022",
"Savvy businesses are accustomed to putting every product through extensive research in the development phase. \u2014 Ivan Ong, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Guidance on how to use these assessments is freely available and based in extensive applied research. \u2014 Paul Boxer, The Conversation , 2 June 2022",
"Most recently, Whittier has become known for its extensive behavioral research around blood sugar control for Type 2 diabetics. \u2014 Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 May 2022",
"According to Livingston\u2019s extensive research on the subject, Fox is the only Unangax\u0302 known to have died in World War II or any American war since. \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 29 May 2022",
"Each of these developments was the product of extensive research, including research on embryos donated by patients who had undergone IVF. \u2014 Laura Beers, CNN , 27 May 2022",
"Infant formula is a nutrient-dense product, developed from extensive research, according to Corkins and Dr. Tanya Altmann, a pediatrician and author who practices in Southern California. \u2014 Ana Faguy, USA TODAY , 24 May 2022",
"That fits broader extensive research from cognitive science on how people can be impacted by nudges, meaning non-coercive efforts to shape the environment so as to influence people\u2019s behavior in a predictable manner. \u2014 Gleb Tsipursky, Fortune , 20 May 2022"
],
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"1604, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"noun"
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"narrow"
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"examples":[
"The storm caused extensive damage.",
"an extensive series of tests",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Strong and his team were able to weave in many experiences and perspectives from their extensive research into the character played by Kaitlyn Dever. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 10 June 2022",
"Savvy businesses are accustomed to putting every product through extensive research in the development phase. \u2014 Ivan Ong, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Guidance on how to use these assessments is freely available and based in extensive applied research. \u2014 Paul Boxer, The Conversation , 2 June 2022",
"Most recently, Whittier has become known for its extensive behavioral research around blood sugar control for Type 2 diabetics. \u2014 Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 May 2022",
"According to Livingston\u2019s extensive research on the subject, Fox is the only Unangax\u0302 known to have died in World War II or any American war since. \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 29 May 2022",
"Each of these developments was the product of extensive research, including research on embryos donated by patients who had undergone IVF. \u2014 Laura Beers, CNN , 27 May 2022",
"Infant formula is a nutrient-dense product, developed from extensive research, according to Corkins and Dr. Tanya Altmann, a pediatrician and author who practices in Southern California. \u2014 Ana Faguy, USA TODAY , 24 May 2022",
"That fits broader extensive research from cognitive science on how people can be impacted by nudges, meaning non-coercive efforts to shape the environment so as to influence people\u2019s behavior in a predictable manner. \u2014 Gleb Tsipursky, Fortune , 20 May 2022"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate",
"\u2014 see also extenuating",
": to lessen the strength or effect of (something) : weaken",
": to make light of",
": disparage",
": to make thin or emaciated"
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"ik-\u02c8sten-y\u0259-\u02ccw\u0101t",
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"deodorize",
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"whitewash"
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"examples":[
"don't even try to extenuate their vandalism of the cemetery with the old refrain of \u201cBoys will be boys\u201d",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"No sooner had news of the crime broken than the nationalist, anti-Semitic press began to extenuate and even to praise it as a blow against degenerate Jewish thought. \u2014 Adam Kirsch, The New Yorker , 12 Oct. 2020",
"Obviously, extenuating circumstances prevented the MLB season from getting underway. \u2014 Joey Hayden, Dallas News , 4 May 2020",
"The pandemic is an extenuating factor for some Republicans, important enough to make vote-by-mail a more viable option for some. \u2014 Grace Segers, CBS News , 22 Apr. 2020",
"Eligible users can email help@simplehabit.com noting extenuating financial circumstances due to the pandemic to receive free access until April 20. \u2014 Jazmin Goodwin, USA TODAY , 21 Mar. 2020",
"Now, there are exceptions to this idea: pregnancy, injury, extenuating life circumstances... \u2014 Stacy London, refinery29.com , 19 Mar. 2020",
"But because Japan does not fall under Airbnb\u2019s extenuating -circumstances policy, Dr. Shields struggled to secure refunds. \u2014 Erin Griffith, New York Times , 10 Mar. 2020",
"Government agencies can activate Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) review processes during extenuating circumstances such as an emerging disease outbreak. \u2014 Alice Park, Time , 3 Mar. 2020",
"Green Bay 41, Raiders 7 \u2014 These circumstances clearly qualify as extenuating . \u2014 Steve Kroner, SFChronicle.com , 14 Dec. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin extenuatus , past participle of extenuare , from ex- + tenuis thin \u2014 more at thin ",
"first_known_use":[
"1529, in the meaning defined at sense 3a"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220957"
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": to get rid of completely usually by killing off",
": to get rid of completely : wipe out"
],
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"ik-\u02c8st\u0259r-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t",
"ik-\u02c8st\u0259r-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t"
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"abolish",
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"black out",
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"cancel",
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"liquidate",
"obliterate",
"root (out)",
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"snuff (out)",
"stamp (out)",
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"wipe out"
],
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"examples":[
"We made arrangements to have the termites exterminated .",
"The invaders nearly exterminated the native people.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Gorr is on a personal quest to exterminate all gods. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 30 May 2022",
"Per city and state housing rules, the board cannot abdicate its responsibility to exterminate . \u2014 Ronda Kaysen, New York Times , 4 June 2022",
"Then there are the Ultron bots, which aren\u2019t set out to exterminate the human race. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 11 May 2022",
"Ukrainian President Zelenskyy also accused Russia of trying to exterminate Ukrainians after Russian missile hit food and grain warehouses, while the United States denies any involvement in the sinking of a Russian fleet. \u2014 Sarah Elbeshbishi, USA TODAY , 8 May 2022",
"Removing the name of a man who tried to exterminate the Lakota and replacing it with the name of Black Elk on the Lakota\u2019s sacred mountain is a step toward reconciliation and restorative justice. \u2014 Bonnie Mcgill, Scientific American , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The two disagree over politics \u2014 Grindelwald wants to exterminate all Muggles, while Dumbledore decidedly opposes that plan \u2014 and Grindelwald asks his former friend why he's changed his mind. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 16 Apr. 2022",
"In the spring of 1958, the Chinese government mobilized the entire nation to exterminate sparrows, which Mao declared pests that destroyed crops. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Opponents of the legislation framed it as a chilling mandate to exterminate ninety per cent of the state\u2019s fifteen hundred or so wolves. \u2014 Paige Williams, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin exterminatus , past participle of exterminare , from ex- + terminus boundary \u2014 more at term entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1591, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212322"
},
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": capable of being perceived outwardly",
": having merely the outward appearance of something : superficial",
": not intrinsic or essential",
": of, relating to, or connected with the outside or an outer part",
": applied or applicable to the outside",
": situated outside, apart, or beyond",
": situated near or toward the surface of the body",
": arising or acting from outside",
": of or relating to dealings or relationships with foreign countries",
": having existence independent of the mind",
": something that is external: such as",
": an outer part",
": an external feature or aspect",
": situated on or relating to the outside : outside",
": capable of being perceived outwardly : bodily",
": situated at, on, or near the outside",
": directed toward the outside : having an outside object",
": used by applying to the outside",
": situated near or toward the surface of the body",
": situated away from the mesial plane",
": arising or acting from outside : having an outside origin",
": of, relating to, or consisting of something outside the mind : having existence independent of the mind"
],
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"ek-\u02c8st\u0259r-n\u1d4al",
"ek-\u02c8st\u0259r-n\u1d4al",
"ek-\u02c8st\u0259rn-\u1d4al"
],
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"accidental",
"adventitious",
"alien",
"extraneous",
"extrinsic",
"foreign",
"supervenient"
],
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"inherent",
"innate",
"intrinsic"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"the external features of the building",
"the external signs of the disease",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Yet, many leaders prefer to let external factors influence their decisions and reactions both financially and emotionally. \u2014 Serenity Gibbons, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"While external factors won\u2019t have helped, Credit Suisse also is trying to dig itself out of a series of holes of its own making. \u2014 Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
"Beside early start times, what are some other external factors that can disrupt teen sleep? \u2014 Matt Villano, CNN , 7 June 2022",
"The narrative advances the perky protagonist\u2019s internal and external objectives with a gentle yet profound arc; technical contributions complement her journey, both visually and sonically. \u2014 Courtney Howard, Variety , 1 June 2022",
"For instance, business strategy is external and focuses on products, services, target audience and customers. \u2014 Kelly Kubicek, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"But city officials insisted Friday that their decision was about the data, not any external legal or political pressure. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Releasing ourselves from external pressure liberates us. \u2014 Alex Wagner, SPIN , 20 Apr. 2022",
"BCIs can be external , similar to medical EEGs in that the electrodes are placed onto the scalp or forehead with a wearable cap, or they can be implanted directly into the brain. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Information out to the Foundation, alumni and other externals , too. \u2014 Dawn Rhodes, chicagotribune.com , 13 July 2018",
"The externals extend upward from the hipbone to the ribs and spine, and the internals rise forward from the hip to ribs. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 Apr. 2018",
"While the Notebook 9 Pen carries the high-end internals that would justify a $1,399 price tag, its externals don't match up. \u2014 Valentina Palladino, Ars Technica , 4 Apr. 2018",
"The kind of love that isn\u2019t based on externals , but on a deep connection within. \u2014 Paige Davis, Health.com , 2 Apr. 2018",
"After a minute or so, the mind goes outward once again and attends to the externals . \u2014 Martin Seligman, BostonGlobe.com , 22 Mar. 2018",
"MEMBERS OF THE EXTERNAL EXPERT ADVISORY PANEL PETER HARVEY, Esq. \u2014 NOLA.com , 11 Aug. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"1542, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"circa 1635, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203003"
},
"externalize":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make external or externally manifest",
": to attribute to causes outside the self : rationalize",
": to transform from a mental image into an apparently real object (as in hallucinations) : attribute (a mental image) to external causation",
": to invent an explanation for (an inner problem whose actual basis is known only subconsciously) by attributing to causes outside the self : rationalize , project",
": to direct outward socially"
],
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"ek-\u02c8st\u0259r-n\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
],
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"body",
"embody",
"epitomize",
"express",
"incarnate",
"incorporate",
"instantiate",
"manifest",
"materialize",
"personalize",
"personify",
"substantiate"
],
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"examples":[
"an actress with an expressive face that wonderfully externalizes a wide range of emotions",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Corporate branding is about the core values and behaviors that your employees will externalize in the marketplace. \u2014 Braven Greenelsh, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Watching a reporter follow bum leads, spool out her own thinking, and otherwise externalize her shoeleather fact-finding turns this from a Shadowy Conspiracy saga to something somehow far more satisfying: a process story. \u2014 Peter Rubin, Longreads , 30 Oct. 2021",
"These pages have surged during the pandemic as young people have turned to Instagram to externalize their innermost id and seek connection, said Amanda Brennan, senior director of trends and the meme librarian at XX Artists, a social media agency. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Aug. 2021",
"The feminine style of grief is to externalize emotions and express them\u2014to talk with others, cry, lament, and reminisce, say by going to a support group. \u2014 Colleen Murphy, Health.com , 12 May 2021",
"Boys in general tend to externalize anger and sadness against other people, whereas girls are more likely to internalize those emotions and have higher rates of depression and anxiety, Peterson said. \u2014 Rebecca Boone And Lindsay Whitehurst, Star Tribune , 7 May 2021",
"Corporations should not be able to externalize their costs by pushing them onto government safety net programs or onto individual workers. \u2014 Erik Sherman, Forbes , 2 Mar. 2021",
"In order to externalize Brown\u2019s own emotional reality and character growth, Hawke focused on the beard, which Brown originally grew as a disguise but which artists often portray as his defining feature. \u2014 Salamishah Tillet, New York Times , 13 Oct. 2020",
"The nosiest, noisiest, and most persistent shareholders are usually those looking for a quick gain, and the market famously rewards businesses that discount the future and externalize costs onto communities and the environment. \u2014 Judith Samuelson, Quartz , 16 Sep. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1852, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210549"
},
"extinct":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": no longer burning",
": no longer active",
": no longer existing",
": gone out of use : superseded",
": having no qualified claimant",
": extinguish",
": no longer active",
": no longer existing",
": no longer existing : lacking living representatives"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8sti\u014b(k)t",
"\u02c8ek-\u02ccsti\u014b(k)t",
"ik-\u02c8sti\u014bkt",
"ik-\u02c8sti\u014b(k)t",
"\u02c8ek-\u02cc"
],
"synonyms":[
"bygone",
"bypast",
"dead",
"defunct",
"departed",
"done",
"expired",
"gone",
"nonextant",
"vanished"
],
"antonyms":[
"alive",
"existent",
"existing",
"extant",
"living"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"Many of these old traditions have since become extinct .",
"a few overgrown ruins are all that remain of that once mighty but now extinct civilization",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Burnham said this presents a teaching opportunity to educate the public about the giant creatures that went extinct millions of years ago. \u2014 Mary Kekatos, ABC News , 9 June 2022",
"There are 10 species of iguanas in the genus Cyclura, all endemic to West Indian islands (another went extinct sometime in the 1900s), and molecular analysis suggests they are all descended from the Anegada rock iguana. \u2014 Murray Carpenter, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
"The competition between both species could have been one reason why the megalodon went extinct . \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 June 2022",
"This competition could potentially have been one reason why the 65-foot-long (20-meter-long) megalodon went extinct , a new study has suggested. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 31 May 2022",
"The species went extinct within a few thousand years after humans arrived in the region. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 27 May 2022",
"Before this pivotal movement that celebrated and preserved Hawaiian culture, traditional practices like hula were banned or commodified, and the Hawaiian language almost went extinct because it was forbidden from being taught and spoken in schools. \u2014 Rachel Ng, Bon App\u00e9tit , 19 May 2022",
"At the end of the Permian Age 250 million years ago, approximately 90% of marine organisms went extinct because oceans became too hot, too acidic and deoxygenated. \u2014 Yvonne Lau, Fortune , 4 May 2022",
"During it, more than two-thirds of all ocean life in the Permian Period went extinct . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 1 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194445"
},
"extinguishable":{
"type":"verb",
"definitions":[
"to bring to an end make an end of",
"to reduce to silence or ineffectiveness",
"to cause to cease burning quench",
"to cause extinction of (a conditioned response)",
"to dim the brightness of eclipse",
"to cause to be void nullify",
"to get rid of usually by payment",
"to cause to stop burning",
"to cause to die out",
"to cause extinction of (a conditioned response)",
"to cause the nonexistence of do away with",
"to cause (as a claim or right) to be void nullify",
"to get rid of (a debt or other liability) by payment or other compensatory adjustment"
],
"pronounciation":"ik-\u02c8sti\u014b-(g)wish",
"synonyms":[
"blanket",
"douse",
"dowse",
"put out",
"quench",
"snuff (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"fire",
"ignite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"kindle",
"light"
],
"examples":[
"The fire department was called in to extinguish the blaze.",
"He extinguished his cigarette in the ashtray.",
"They ruthlessly extinguished all resistance.",
"News of the conflict extinguished our hopes for a peaceful resolution.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This product makes caring for your skin its highest priority, with the objective printed clear on the front of the tube extinguish the fire. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 May 2022",
"These days, Smith spends much of her free time learning to pull wounded people from fiery car wrecks, how to perform CPR or what methods are best to extinguish a fire. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 5 June 2022",
"Firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze that had run along the length of the attic. \u2014 Amaris Encinas, The Arizona Republic , 18 May 2022",
"FIrefighters were able to quickly extinguish the fire, but the market's fire suppression system had already damaged the store. \u2014 Lauren Wethington, Detroit Free Press , 8 May 2022",
"Rescue workers battled for nearly four hours to extinguish a fire caused by a bomb from a Russian plane, Haidai said. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 May 2022",
"Indonesian police try to extinguish a 2019 forest fire, some of which have been illegally ignited to clear forests. \u2014 Jon Emont, WSJ , 7 May 2022",
"Bryant and Vasquez had to extinguish the fire in order to reach the man trapped in his vehicle, according to the press release. \u2014 Fox News , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The city council said firefighters were able to quickly extinguish a fire following the attack. \u2014 NBC News , 21 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin exstinguere (from ex- + stinguere to extinguish) + English -ish (as in abolish ); akin to Latin in stigare to incite \u2014 more at stick ",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162711"
},
"extol":{
"type":"verb",
"definitions":[
"to praise highly glorify",
"to praise highly glorify"
],
"pronounciation":"ik-\u02c8st\u014dl",
"synonyms":[
"bless",
"carol",
"celebrate",
"emblazon",
"exalt",
"glorify",
"hymn",
"laud",
"magnify",
"praise",
"resound"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The health benefits of exercise are widely extolled .",
"campaign literature extolling the candidate's military record",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Schoolchildren in some places dress up in World War II military garb, and war movies extol the idea that Russia\u2019s battles were always righteous. \u2014 New York Times , 8 May 2022",
"The ad went on to extol the virtues of the house and the ex-husband. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 25 Apr. 2022",
"It\u2019s not unique in singing martial hymns that extol our own greatness and the crushing of our enemies. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"The Ukrainian government sought to extol the valor of the fighters, who refused to surrender until ordered. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
"Executives for companies with offices downtown continue to extol the virtues of working in an area with several hotels, restaurants and sports stadiums in walking distance. \u2014 Eric Heisig, cleveland , 12 Mar. 2022",
"On a business trip to Russia in 2016, Alibaba founder Jack Ma was having lunch and listening to his executives extol the success the company was enjoying in the country. \u2014 Jing Yang, wsj.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Howard\u2019s presence in Northeast Ohio over All-Star Weekend allows university officials to extol the school\u2019s proximity to the nation\u2019s government. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Tapping two fashion icons to extol the virtues of owning your website was an outside-the-box idea, but innovation is Mathur\u2019s specialty. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 17 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin extollere , from ex- + tollere to lift up \u2014 more at tolerate ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"extra":{
"type":"adjective",
"definitions":[
"more than is due, usual, or necessary additional",
"subject to an additional charge",
"superior",
"going beyond what is usual or standard such as",
"extremely or excessively elaborate extravagant",
"characterized by dramatic or eccentric behavior over-the-top",
"one that is extra or additional such as",
"a special edition of a newspaper",
"an added charge",
"an additional worker",
"one hired to act in a group scene in a motion picture or stage production",
"an attractive addition or accessory frill",
"something of superior quality or grade",
"beyond the usual size, extent, or degree",
"outside beyond",
"being more than what is usual, expected, or due",
"beyond the usual size, amount, or extent",
"something additional",
"an added charge",
"a special edition of a newspaper",
"a person hired for a group scene (as in a movie)",
"outside beyond"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8ek-str\u0259",
"synonyms":[
"excess",
"redundant",
"spare",
"supererogatory",
"superfluous",
"supernumerary",
"surplus"
],
"antonyms":[
"reserve",
"spare"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
"Being around Kauffman Stadium has extra meaning for Means. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 12 June 2022",
"Looking for somewhere to place an extra wedge of cheese or salami? \u2014 Kelsey Mulvey, Good Housekeeping , 12 June 2022",
"Regulation was not enough to decide the Division 2 title, but after two extra overtime periods, East Grand Rapids outlasted Birmingham Detroit Country Day, 12-11, to win the Division 2 state championship on Saturday in Rockford. \u2014 Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press , 12 June 2022",
"For an extra $7510, there's an extended interior package that adds a lot more red accents. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 12 June 2022",
"There are many products on Amazon and Sephora that incorporate aloe into their formulas for an extra boost of natural hydration. \u2014 Leah Prinzivalli, Allure , 12 June 2022",
"Travelers to high-volume destinations should also pack some extra patience in light of the staff shortages the travel industry continues to grapple with across the hotel, restaurant and airline sectors. \u2014 Blane Bachelor, CNN , 12 June 2022",
"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",
"And many companies are paying extra close attention to costs. \u2014 Rachel Lerman, Washington Post , 11 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"Some covers add air vents (a nice extra that keeps condensation off your grill, plus helps with wind control), and handles for easily sliding them on and off. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 4 May 2022",
"Long gloves proved to be a fashionable and practical pandemic extra . \u2014 Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 Dec. 2021",
"In Windows, OneDrive provides equally simple backup of your core data folders as well as the useful extra of Microsoft Office\u2019s apps. \u2014 Rob Pegoraro, USA TODAY , 28 Nov. 2021",
"Four of them are for shorts; about half of them credit him as an unnamed extra . \u2014 NBC News , 5 Oct. 2021",
"Four of them are for shorts; about half of them credit him as an unnamed extra . \u2014 NBC News , 5 Oct. 2021",
"Four of them are for shorts; about half of them credit him as an unnamed extra . \u2014 NBC News , 5 Oct. 2021",
"Four of them are for shorts; about half of them credit him as an unnamed extra . \u2014 NBC News , 5 Oct. 2021",
"Four of them are for shorts; about half of them credit him as an unnamed extra . \u2014 NBC News , 5 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web Adverb",
"And the butterflies shine in the dark for cats who get extra active at night. \u2014 Jessica Hartshorn, Good Housekeeping , 14 June 2022",
"Mickey Guyton is getting extra patriotic this year. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 13 June 2022",
"Friday night, the Yankees had to work extra hard just to squeak one out, but Saturday night in the Bronx the Bombers left no doubts. \u2014 Kristie Ackert, Hartford Courant , 12 June 2022",
"Reviewers noted their scalp was extra clean after each wash, but never irritated. \u2014 ELLE , 11 June 2022",
"The sun has never dropped from the daytime sky, and the moon seems extra bright. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 10 June 2022",
"Later in the episode, Lisa returned home to her friends, who were extra supportive of her after being away from the 90210 zip code for a week while tying up necessary loose ends for Lois. \u2014 Lanae Brody And Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 8 June 2022",
"Maybe just save the ice chewing for the comfort of your own home to be extra courteous to strangers. \u2014 Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day , 8 June 2022",
"The same attributes that make the shots ultrasafe in those populations should hold extra true in the youngest children. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 7 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"1757, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1793, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adverb",
"1807, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"extraneous":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": existing on or coming from the outside",
": not forming an essential or vital part",
": having no relevance",
": being a number obtained in solving an equation that is not a solution of the equation"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ek-\u02c8str\u0101-n\u0113-\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"accidental",
"adventitious",
"alien",
"external",
"extrinsic",
"foreign",
"supervenient"
],
"antonyms":[
"inherent",
"innate",
"intrinsic"
],
"examples":[
"Obviously, some degree of packaging is necessary to transport and protect the products we need, but all too often manufacturers add extraneous wrappers over wrappers and layers of unnecessary plastic. \u2014 Al Gore , An Inconvenient Truth , 2006",
"Industry sages argue that lump charcoal is poised for a back-to-the-future resurgence. They say that a new generation of consumers\u2014aware that most briquettes are shot through with all manner of extraneous materials, from fillers of pulverized limestone to binders of sugarcane bagasse and ignition catalysts of sodium nitrate\u2014are willing to pay the two-buck-a-bag premium for true lump, which, compared to traditional briquettes, lights quicker, burns hotter, and throws off no chemical residue. \u2014 John T. Edge , Gourmet , June 2003",
"The summer concert season is at hand, which means lots of warm nights wishing the guy in the row behind you would bogart that joint instead of blowing smoke into your hair, and lots of days spent wondering just how many extraneous \u2026 charges one ticket can possibly have added on. \u2014 Entertainment Weekly , 18 May 2001",
"She sped up the process by eliminating all extraneous steps.",
"the architect's streamlined modern style shuns any sort of extraneous ornamentation",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One of the core concepts of the channel is its simple presentation, stripping away every extraneous element. \u2014 Billboard Japan, Billboard , 20 June 2022",
"For a vehicle featuring almost nothing extraneous , the Super 3 will be hugely configurable. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 15 June 2022",
"The package-free store, which opened on May 20 at 2310 N.E. Broadway, is one of a handful of new vendors around Portland that specialize in selling foods and household goods minus all the extraneous packaging. \u2014 Kristine De Leon, oregonlive , 12 June 2022",
"Each of these celebrations was a time to block out the extraneous noise of the workaday world and feast on food and freedom. \u2014 New York Times , 6 June 2022",
"This is an effective way to bring in potential candidates without using extraneous resources. \u2014 Kara Dennison, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
"Its extraneous devices, including a multipurpose Greek chorus, have been stripped away, allowing its strongest elements \u2014 Strathairn and his moving narration \u2014 to tell the harrowing story. \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
"Tuberville\u2019s comments echoes those of Senate Republican leaders like Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who said on Tuesday that the best way to pass the Ukrainian aid is to strip it of extraneous items. \u2014 al , 5 May 2022",
"The answer though is not to add an extraneous purpose on top. \u2014 Steve Denning, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin extraneus \u2014 more at strange entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1638, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185232"
},
"extraordinaire":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": extremely good or impressive : extraordinary"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02ccstr\u022f(r)-d\u0259-\u02c8ner",
"ek-"
],
"synonyms":[
"aberrant",
"aberrated",
"abnormal",
"anomalous",
"atypical",
"especial",
"exceeding",
"exceptional",
"extraordinary",
"freak",
"odd",
"peculiar",
"phenomenal",
"preternatural",
"rare",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted"
],
"antonyms":[
"common",
"customary",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unextraordinary",
"usual"
],
"examples":[
"the sort of chef extraordinaire who can whip up a fantastic meal, regardless of the ingredients on hand"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French",
"first_known_use":[
"1840, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173640"
},
"extraordinary":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": going beyond what is usual, regular, or customary",
": exceptional to a very marked extent",
": nonrecurring",
": employed for or sent on a special function or service",
": so unusual as to be remarkable",
": going beyond what is usual, regular, or customary",
": of, relating to, or having the nature of a proceeding or action not normally required by law or not prescribed for the regular administration of law",
"\u2014 compare ordinary",
": of or relating to a financial transaction that is not expected to be repeated",
": employed for or sent on a special function or service"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8str\u022fr-d\u0259-\u02ccner-\u0113",
"\u02ccek-str\u0259-\u02c8\u022fr-",
"ik-\u02c8str\u022fr-d\u0259-\u02ccner-\u0113",
"\u02ccek-str\u0259-\u02c8\u022fr-",
"ek-\u02c8str\u022fr-d\u0259-\u02ccner-\u0113, \u02ccek-str\u0259-\u02c8\u022fr-"
],
"synonyms":[
"aberrant",
"aberrated",
"abnormal",
"anomalous",
"atypical",
"especial",
"exceeding",
"exceptional",
"extraordinaire",
"freak",
"odd",
"peculiar",
"phenomenal",
"preternatural",
"rare",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted"
],
"antonyms":[
"common",
"customary",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unextraordinary",
"usual"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Brenneman is extraordinary as a bitter divorcee dragged on the run with Chase. \u2014 Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
"On a night when Curry was ordinary, Wiggins was extraordinary . \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
"The basic process seems straightforward, but its details are extraordinary . \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 13 June 2022",
"That said, Annecy double-decade growth has been extraordinary : Some 4,000 badge-holders at the turn of the century, 7,000 when Jean became artistic director in 2013, which has now nearly doubled, Jean points out. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 12 June 2022",
"Despite the charges, the investor support of Alexandre is extraordinary . \u2014 Michelle Singletary, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"Elizabeth's personal story that goes through it is extraordinary also. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
"The diligence of this team in finding a new home for our content is extraordinary . \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
"What is extraordinary is that Skinner embarked on a path to define her own sense of purpose better, only to discover that her purpose in life is to help other people discover and enact their sense of purpose. \u2014 Dan Pontefract, Forbes , 3 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English extraordinarie , from Latin extraordinarius , from extra ordinem out of course, from extra + ordinem , accusative of ordin-, ordo order",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210908"
},
"extrapolate":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to predict by projecting past experience or known data",
": to project, extend, or expand (known data or experience) into an area not known or experienced so as to arrive at a usually conjectural knowledge of the unknown area",
": to infer (values of a variable in an unobserved interval) from values within an already observed interval",
": to perform the act or process of extrapolating"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8stra-p\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"conclude",
"decide",
"deduce",
"derive",
"gather",
"infer",
"judge",
"make out",
"reason",
"understand"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"We can extrapolate the number of new students entering next year by looking at how many entered in previous years.",
"With such a small study it is impossible to extrapolate accurately.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Romanovsky\u2019s boreholes, for instance, deliver very detailed measurements from specific places, but researchers have to extrapolate to draw larger conclusions. \u2014 Lois Parshley, Anchorage Daily News , 3 May 2022",
"What a coaching staff has to extrapolate from Sunday\u2019s breakout performance by Victor Oladipo is whether the same shots and the same payoff would have come if Jimmy Butler was in the mix. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Veronica Mars in this example already had a popular fan base to extrapolate funds from, most films are coming in cold which makes crowdfunding much more difficult. \u2014 Josh Wilson, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"Like a chef experimenting with different combinations of ingredients to see which version works, the AI develops a picture through experimental trials that extrapolate from different aspects of the existing images. \u2014 Rashed Haq, Wired , 20 Jan. 2022",
"What a coaching staff has to extrapolate from Sunday\u2019s breakout performance by Victor Oladipo is whether the same shots and the same payoff would have come if Jimmy Butler was in the mix. \u2014 Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Colleges and universities have struggled to extrapolate siloed data and share it across departments long before the pandemic began, but the problem was exacerbated when Covid-19 hit. \u2014 Jim Milton, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Can\u2019t help but maybe extrapolate that perhaps the Jazz just aren\u2019t really good enough. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The new study relied on data from 74 countries that tracked excess deaths and used computer models to extrapolate those figures out to 191 countries worldwide. \u2014 Jeffrey Kluger, Time , 11 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin extra outside + English -polate (as in interpolate ) \u2014 more at extra- ",
"first_known_use":[
"1874, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-234102"
},
"extravagance":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an instance of excess or prodigality",
": an excessive outlay of money",
": something extravagant",
": the quality or fact of being extravagant",
": the wasteful or careless spending of money",
": something that is wasteful especially of money",
": the quality or fact of being wasteful especially of money"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8stra-vi-g\u0259n(t)s",
"ik-\u02c8stra-v\u0259-g\u0259ns"
],
"synonyms":[
"extravagancy",
"lavishness",
"prodigality",
"profusion",
"wastefulness"
],
"antonyms":[
"economy",
"frugality",
"penny-pinching"
],
"examples":[
"The reorganization of the department was aimed at reducing extravagance .",
"That coat is an extravagance that you can't afford.",
"Going to the play will be our one extravagance for this vacation.",
"I was shocked by the extravagance of their lifestyle.",
"The church is known for the extravagance of its architecture.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"No stranger to delivering a stellar red carpet moment at the Croisette, Hadid chose a vintage design from the 1980s that embraced the decade\u2019s extravagance . \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 24 May 2022",
"Ren\u00e9e Zellweger continues to prove that great style doesn't need to mean colorful extravagance . \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 19 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",
"Since taking power in 2012, Mr. Xi has waged a high-profile campaign to fight corruption and curb displays of extravagance among officials, saying that the party faced an existential battle against moral decay within its ranks. \u2014 Chun Han Wong, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"Haircuts and meals out are now a less frequent extravagance to be savoured, even amongst those more financially fortunate. \u2014 Sairah Ashman, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The extravagant Prada gown featured a sheer fishnet bodice with floral details and a showstopping skirt that reflected the extravagance of the Gilded Age with a colossal train and ruched adornments. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 4 May 2022",
"To save money for a dream, rather than indulging in the extravagance that Los Angeles dangles like a carrot. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The passions of youth wobbled within a body run to seed; the simple pleasures of Elvis in the youth of his golden Sun recordings flowered into the sickly extravagance of Elvis in his lusting, swollen Vegas dotage. \u2014 Dominic Green, WSJ , 21 Jan. 2022"
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"ik-\u02c8stra-vi-g\u0259n(t)-s\u0113"
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"warned their spendthrift daughter that she would eventually pay the price for her extravagancy"
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"The company has been making extravagant claims about the drug's effectiveness.",
"The film is notable for its extravagant settings and special effects.",
"We're going on a less extravagant vacation this year.",
"Her extravagant spending has to stop.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Legroom is extravagant , and there's still significant cargo space behind the third row. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 7 June 2022",
"Chanel's creative director, Virginie Viard, tends to stage shows and collections that are far less extravagant than those of her predecessor, Karl Lagerfeld. \u2014 Nick Remsen, CNN , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Accessories were just as extravagant , with Rihanna wearing ruby-and-diamond Chopard hoop earrings, Maria Tash diamonds, and gold Jacquie Aiche body chains. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Because the display is so extravagant , many have often surmised that the rocket or missile must have malfunctioned. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Never one for a lowkey look, Doja Cat's manis are often extravagant . \u2014 Rasha Ali, USA TODAY , 2 Apr. 2022",
"The lentil stew rqaq w adas is extravagant on the table, but has its origins in thrift. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Although consumers splurged on gems in all regions, U.S. shoppers\u2014who typically buy half of the world\u2019s diamond jewelry by value, according to De Beers\u2014were especially extravagant . \u2014 Carol Ryan, WSJ , 19 Jan. 2022",
"With extravagant outfits brought to life by the film\u2019s costume designer, David C. Robinson, Mugatu embodies flamboyant fashion from his first moment on screen. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 28 Sep. 2021"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4b"
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"adjective",
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"The company has been making extravagant claims about the drug's effectiveness.",
"The film is notable for its extravagant settings and special effects.",
"We're going on a less extravagant vacation this year.",
"Her extravagant spending has to stop.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Legroom is extravagant , and there's still significant cargo space behind the third row. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 7 June 2022",
"Chanel's creative director, Virginie Viard, tends to stage shows and collections that are far less extravagant than those of her predecessor, Karl Lagerfeld. \u2014 Nick Remsen, CNN , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Accessories were just as extravagant , with Rihanna wearing ruby-and-diamond Chopard hoop earrings, Maria Tash diamonds, and gold Jacquie Aiche body chains. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Because the display is so extravagant , many have often surmised that the rocket or missile must have malfunctioned. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Never one for a lowkey look, Doja Cat's manis are often extravagant . \u2014 Rasha Ali, USA TODAY , 2 Apr. 2022",
"The lentil stew rqaq w adas is extravagant on the table, but has its origins in thrift. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Although consumers splurged on gems in all regions, U.S. shoppers\u2014who typically buy half of the world\u2019s diamond jewelry by value, according to De Beers\u2014were especially extravagant . \u2014 Carol Ryan, WSJ , 19 Jan. 2022",
"With extravagant outfits brought to life by the film\u2019s costume designer, David C. Robinson, Mugatu embodies flamboyant fashion from his first moment on screen. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 28 Sep. 2021"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4b"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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": having or showing the characteristics of an extrovert",
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"\u2014 compare introverted",
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"\u02c8ek-str\u0259-\u02ccv\u0259r-t\u0259d",
"\u02ccek-str\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259r-"
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"boon",
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"antisocial",
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"reclusive",
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"unsocial"
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"1915, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202914"
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"adjective",
"adverb",
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": existing in a very high degree",
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": the major term or minor term of a syllogism",
": a very pronounced or excessive degree",
": highest degree : maximum",
": an extreme measure or expedient",
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"ik-\u02c8str\u0113m",
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"remotest",
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"inmost",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Scientists say climate change is responsible for more intense and more frequent extreme events such as storms, droughts, floods and wildfires, though single weather events usually cannot be directly linked to climate change without extensive study. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"The low-lying Pacific islands, which include Fiji, Tonga and Samoa, are some of the most vulnerable countries in the world to the extreme weather events caused by climate change. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 13 June 2022",
"Scientists say climate change is responsible for more intense and more frequent extreme events such as storms, droughts, floods and wildfires, though single weather events usually cannot be directly linked to climate change without extensive study. \u2014 Amy Beth Hanson, Chicago Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"The low-lying Pacific islands, which include Fiji, Tonga and Samoa, are some of the most vulnerable countries in the world to the extreme weather events caused by climate change. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 12 June 2022",
"According to the humanitarian organization Save the Children, students today are up to seven times more likely than their grandparents to experience extreme weather events like wildfires, heat waves, or droughts. \u2014 Sabrina Toppa, Time , 8 June 2022",
"They can be monitored, aggregated, and sold into electricity markets \u2014 resources that can prevent widespread outages during extreme weather events. \u2014 Ken Silverstein, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Experts say having a greater frequency of reliable data can help predict and plan for future extreme weather events, mitigating their impact on human life. \u2014 Wanjohi Kabukuru, ajc , 6 June 2022",
"The study adds to a growing number of research that underlines how climate change is increasing extreme weather events across the world. \u2014 Kasha Patel, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Some corporate employers fear that employees could leak information, allow access to confidential files, contact clients inappropriately or, in the extreme , bring a gun to the office. \u2014 Sarah Scoles, New York Times , 17 May 2022",
"Biden did express his backing for Israel, but not to that extreme . \u2014 Rick Rouan, USA TODAY , 14 July 2021",
"Known for his dark humor, Vershynin commended his officers for protecting and serving to the extreme \u2014 fighting side-by-side with the Ukrainian military. \u2014 David L. Stern, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
"There are not a lot of actors that can do that, especially to the extreme . \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 12 May 2022",
"Offer some deeper wisdom about the mysteries of childhood, of a parent\u2019s nightmare scenario taken to the extreme ? \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 10 May 2022",
"The 2016 presidential election highlighted this issue to the extreme . \u2014 Jill Griffin, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"Late last year Bugatti launched its own bespoke division, Sur Mesure, giving customers the opportunity to take customizing their 200-plus-mph missiles to the extreme . \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The Guardians usually don\u2019t take things to the extreme . \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 26 Mar. 2022"
],
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"Adjective",
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"type":[
"adverb"
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": in an extreme manner",
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"ik-\u02c8str\u0113m-l\u0113"
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"wildly"
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"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
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"somewhat"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The third of three main bridges to the city was deemed impassable on Monday, making evacuations extremely difficult. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 14 June 2022",
"Some specific craft categories \u2013 senior animators, for instance \u2013 are extremely difficult to find, so salaries for those available for employment are going up, Loureiro says. \u2014 Emilio Mayorga, Variety , 13 June 2022",
"However, because of the unusual weight shift from the line to the pitching mound, playing both sports in college would have been extremely difficult. \u2014 Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al , 12 June 2022",
"Tampax Ultra apparently is a product that is extremely difficult to get right now. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 10 June 2022",
"Pet and smoke odors can be extremely difficult if not impossible to remove and might be a deal breaker, especially if the item is at the top of your budget. \u2014 Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens , 8 June 2022",
"The first is talking to clean tech entrepreneurs about doing something extremely difficult and understanding if there is a clear pathway to achieving it. \u2014 Brendan Doherty, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"However, reporting on events in Abadan remains extremely difficult as the threat of arrest looms. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
"That this particular play will be staged in support of women\u2019s access to safe and legal abortions \u2014 or that Schreck takes this subject extremely seriously \u2014 will come as no surprise to fans of her work. \u2014 Jessica Geltstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022"
],
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"1509, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203212"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"noun or adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being extreme",
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"ik-\u02c8str\u0113-\u02ccmi-z\u0259m"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The most pessimistic and culturally alienated thinkers on the American right have been given hope \u2014 and that distinctive mixture is an ideal fuel for political extremism . \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Multiple people from Ohio have been indicted or subpoenaed for their part in organizing or partaking in the riot, with researchers now looking at why Ohio is such a hotbed for right-wing extremism . \u2014 cleveland , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Ever the outsider wrecking ball, Bannon set the example for turning efforts to hold Trump acolytes accountable into fuel for more extremism . \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 16 Nov. 2021",
"But instability in Afghanistan threatens Russia, which continues to list the Taliban as a terrorist group, with support for radical Islamic extremism , particularly in the South Caucasus. \u2014 Ian Bremmer, Time , 2 Sep. 2021",
"And, as the 9/11 anniversary approaches, some are warning Afghanistan could become a safe haven for extremism once more. GEN. \u2014 ABC News , 15 Aug. 2021",
"Experts have for years sounded alarms about the potential for far-right extremism among members of law enforcement. \u2014 Jeff Weiner, orlandosentinel.com , 15 July 2021",
"Further restrictions on content about guns or even extremism will only backfire anyway, according to Amy Cooter, an expert on militias. \u2014 David Klepper, Anchorage Daily News , 4 June 2022",
"The infamous shooting became an early example of resurgent far-right extremism before the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and last month\u2019s racist mass shooting by a white supremacist in Buffalo. \u2014 Joshua Sharpe, San Francisco Chronicle , 3 June 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200816"
},
"extrinsic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous",
": originating from or on the outside",
": originating outside a part and acting upon the part as a whole",
": external",
": originating or due to causes or factors from or on the outside of a body, organ, or part",
": originating outside a part and acting on the part as a whole",
"\u2014 compare intrinsic sense 2",
": not contained in or occurring in something (as a contract)"
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"ek-\u02c8strin-zik",
"-\u02c8strin(t)-sik",
"ek-\u02c8strin-zik",
"-\u02c8strin(t)-sik",
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"accidental",
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"external",
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"inherent",
"innate",
"intrinsic"
],
"examples":[
"You have to consider any extrinsic factors in the success of the business.",
"the fact that the ring belonged to your grandmother is extrinsic to its value to a jeweler",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The intrinsic and extrinsic aspects of people in social situations aren\u2019t fixed and distinct but are continually shaping and transforming one another, so that there\u2019s no fact of the matter about which causes what. \u2014 Jessica Riskin, The New York Review of Books , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Don't forget that extrinsic motivation works a lot better when intrinsic motivation is in place. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Trust plays a crucial role in this virtuous cycle, compensating for the fewer opportunities for social status displays and other forms of extrinsic motivation typical of a remote work setting. \u2014 Caterina Bulgarella, Forbes , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Eugene, Oregon, coach Peter Thompson, likes to break them into two broad categories: intrinsic and extrinsic . \u2014 Richard A. Lovett, Outside Online , 27 June 2020",
"NFTs take this desire for an extrinsic reward to its logical conclusion: a financial incentive. \u2014 Will Bedingfield, Wired , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Culture needs to go beyond extrinsic rewards to include a clear mission that employees feel connected to and inspired by. \u2014 Caroline Castrillon, Forbes , 12 Dec. 2021",
"Such alignment between the intrinsic and extrinsic purpose may not always be possible. \u2014 John Baldoni, Forbes , 12 Nov. 2021",
"The top 10% of salespeople score highest on extrinsic motivation, followed more distantly by intrinsic drivers, while the bottom 10% score very low in those same drivers. \u2014 Joe Didonato, Forbes , 8 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French & Late Latin; French extrins\u00e8que , from Late Latin extrinsecus , from Latin, adverb, from without; akin to Latin exter outward and to Latin sequi to follow \u2014 more at exterior , sue ",
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"1613, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182654"
},
"extroverted":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": having or showing the characteristics of an extrovert",
": possessing or arising from an outgoing and gregarious nature",
"\u2014 compare introverted",
": having or suggesting the characteristics of an extrovert",
": possessing an outgoing and gregarious nature \u2014 compare introverted"
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"\u02c8ek-str\u0259-\u02ccv\u0259r-t\u0259d",
"\u02ccek-str\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259r-"
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"boon",
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"clubby",
"companionable",
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"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable",
"social"
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"antisocial",
"insociable",
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"nongregarious",
"reclusive",
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"1915, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-171307"
},
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"type":"verb",
"definitions":[
"to force, press, or push out",
"to shape (a substance, such as metal or plastic) by forcing through a die (see die entry 2 sense 3d )",
"to become extruded",
"to force, press, or push out",
"to become extruded"
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"banish",
"boot (out)",
"bounce",
"cast out",
"chase",
"dismiss",
"drum (out)",
"eject",
"expel",
"kick out",
"oust",
"out",
"rout",
"run off",
"throw out",
"turf (out)",
"turn out"
],
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"examples":[
"The machine extrudes enough molten glass to fill the mold.",
"The plastic is extruded as a strong, continuous sheet.",
"a toy made from extruded plastic",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Black cylindrical pellets of fake regolith, made of volcanic basalt, feed the printer, which will extrude (presumably) tough slabs. \u2014 Max G. Levy, Wired , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Unlike black widows, Silkworms extrude only one type of fiber, made of a protein complex called silk fibroin. \u2014 Max G. Levy, Wired , 28 June 2021",
"Turn the crank to extrude the meat into the casing. \u2014 Cameron Johnson, Popular Mechanics , 12 May 2021",
"At one time, the cooks dropped the batter off spoons into the hot oil, but most fish camps now rely on machines that extrude hushpuppies into the fryers at a pace that can keep up with demand. \u2014 Sheri Castle, Southern Living , 10 May 2021",
"Someone could scan an original section, fiddle with the coding and extrude the new piece layer by layer on a 3-D printer fitted with filament that contains wood fibers and plastic. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Mar. 2021",
"Well before the days of artisanal everything in Portland, Elephants Deli became one of the city\u2019s first modern markets to extrude its own pasta, squeeze its own orange juice, pour its own espresso and bake its own bread. \u2014 Michael Russell, oregonlive , 12 Sep. 2020",
"Potentially more promising approaches are to understand exactly how tau is extruded from cells and the receptors that neighboring cells use to pick the protein up; recent experiments in my lab may point to the identity of one such receptor. \u2014 Kenneth S. Kosik, Scientific American , 20 Apr. 2020",
"Dry Step 6 After the final rinse, drain the sink, move the clothing to one side and, one by one, press down on each garment to extrude the water held in its fibers. \u2014 Jolie Kerr, New York Times , 16 Apr. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin extrudere , from ex- + trudere to thrust \u2014 more at threat ",
"first_known_use":[
"1566, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being exuberant",
": an exuberant act or expression"
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"ig-\u02c8z\u00fc-b(\u0259-)r\u0259n(t)s"
],
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"animation",
"briskness",
"jazziness",
"liveliness",
"lustiness",
"peppiness",
"robustness",
"sprightliness",
"vibrance",
"vibrancy",
"vigorousness",
"vitality"
],
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"inactivity",
"lifelessness"
],
"examples":[
"the exuberance of the housing market was an encouraging economic indicator",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The contrast between the quiet, exclusive nature of Milan Fashion Week and the exuberance of its premier design week has never been more stark than this year. \u2014 Colleen Barry, ajc , 17 June 2022",
"Shirreffs and his jockey, Victor Espinoza, are just as much a feel-good story as the celebrity that Hot Rod Charlie has brought to the game with the youthful exuberance of his former football playing part-owners. \u2014 John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times , 26 Dec. 2021",
"The result is a triumph, with all the Belle \u00c9poque exuberance of the original interiors meticulously brought back to life. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Housing experts note that the exuberance in the housing market was also fueled by mortgage rates that were too low for too long as a result of the Federal Reserve Bank's monetary policy. \u2014 Anna Bahney, CNN , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Chen, known as the Quad King\u2014quadruple jumps galore\u2014did this to an Elton John medley, rocket-manning around in an outfit that evoked the cosmos and the sweetly nerdy exuberance of childhood. \u2014 Sarah Larson, The New Yorker , 10 Feb. 2022",
"The bullishness in December is more nuanced than the exuberance sometimes seen the rest of the year\u2014which means investors probably won\u2019t go on a buying spree. \u2014 Mark Hulbert, WSJ , 3 Dec. 2021",
"None of that, though, compared to the sheer exuberance of the Lox-Dipset battle. \u2014 New York Times , 16 July 2021",
"The book\u2019s structure attempts to create order from Robinson\u2019s sheer exuberance and enthusiasm, but only half-delivers on that promise. \u2014 Jeff Vandermeer, Washington Post , 21 May 2022"
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"1631, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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},
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"type":[
"verb"
],
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": to become exuberant : show exuberance",
": to have something in abundance : overflow"
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"ig-\u02c8z\u00fc-b\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t"
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"crow",
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"after their first World Series championship in 86 years, Bostonians felt that they had earned the right to exuberate with abandon"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
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},
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"adjective",
"adverb"
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": filled with or expressing great joy or triumph : jubilant",
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"ig-\u02c8z\u0259l-t\u1d4ant",
"ig-\u02c8z\u0259l-t\u1d4ant"
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"cock-a-hoop",
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"The crowd let out an exultant cheer.",
"Researchers are exultant over the new discovery.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And a student of Irish nationalism cannot help but anticipate the potential for civil war, for poverty, and terror at the end of an exultant struggle for a smaller nation\u2019s sovereignty. \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 18 Mar. 2022",
"In the 43-second clip, Chance contextualizes the Black experience with events past and present, from his exultant version of George Washington\u2019s death to modern day capitalism. \u2014 Hannah Dailey, Billboard , 2 Mar. 2022",
"The book begins with a quirkily exultant 30-page ode, relayed in the first person plural and filled with the author\u2019s signature lists. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Mar. 2022",
"His tears when his impatience costs them a part of the harvest carry a real sting, and his exultant win in a wine-guzzling contest at the town festival gives him a moment of cathartic release, a victory in the face of defeat. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Years later, Dixon would use the exultant feeling of victory as reason to form his nonprofit Marathon Kids Foundation. \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 6 Aug. 2020",
"Altogether, though, this pulsing, exultant musical connects a classic of American entertainment to a contemporary audience as never before. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 9 Dec. 2021",
"The real-world Everett has a brashly self-confident voice, put to work on exultant songs about seeking and finding pleasure. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Poggi, Michigan\u2019s associate head coach, had enjoyed many exultant moments in his football life, from his college days playing with Dan Marino at Pittsburgh to his prep coaching triumphs at Gilman and St. Frances. \u2014 Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com , 31 Dec. 2021"
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"1653, in the meaning defined above"
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"noun"
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"\u02ccek-(\u02cc)s\u0259l-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n",
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"examples":[
"The crowd cheered in exultation .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Their later falling-out over matters of pornography and pedophilia is not explored in the documentary, but Soko expresses its early exultation with an intoxicating expansiveness. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 June 2022",
"The track builds to a mammoth moment of vocal exultation , again orchestrated to bellow through arenas later this year. \u2014 Bobby Olivier, SPIN , 12 May 2022",
"But judging by the scenes of exultation and joy on the ice at China\u2019s National Indoor Stadium on Friday, the Italian national team will cope just fine without them. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Chen, who stumbled to a 17th-place ranking in the short program at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, pumped his fist in exultation at the end. \u2014 Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Nixon, a very fine actress, managed to invest this storyline with authentic anguish and exultation . \u2014 Tom Gliatto, PEOPLE.com , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Then came James\u2019s signature exultation : Wooooooooooooo! \u2014 Dan Charnas, Rolling Stone , 23 Jan. 2022",
"So how exactly did the game end with Curry and his teammates dancing in exultation , as giddy as schoolchildren on the playground at recess, while a capacity crowd at Chase Center roared? \u2014 Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle , 22 Jan. 2022",
"For Republicans, particularly those uneasy with Mr. Trump and battered by the party\u2019s string of losses on his watch, Mr. Youngkin\u2019s triumph delivered a moment of exultation . \u2014 Jonathan Martin, New York Times , 3 Nov. 2021"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
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": the nearly spherical usually paired hollow organ of sight in vertebrates that is filled with a jellylike material, is lined with a photosensitive retina, and is lodged in a bony orbit in the skull",
": all the visible structures within and surrounding the orbit and including eyelids, eyelashes, and eyebrows",
": the faculty of seeing with eyes",
": the faculty of intellectual or aesthetic perception or appreciation",
": skill or ability dependent upon eyesight",
": look , glance",
": an attentive look",
": attention , notice",
": close observation : scrutiny",
": point of view , judgment",
": something having an appearance suggestive of an eye: such as",
": the hole through the head of a needle",
": a usually circular marking (as on a peacock's tail)",
": loop",
": a loop or catch to receive a hook",
": an undeveloped bud (as on a potato)",
": an area like a hole in the center of a tropical cyclone marked by only light winds or complete calm with no precipitation",
": the center of a flower especially when differently colored or marked",
": the disk of a composite",
": a triangular piece of beef cut from between the top and bottom of a round",
": the chief muscle of a chop",
": a compact mass of muscular tissue usually embedded in fat in a rib or loin cut of meat",
": a device (such as a photoelectric cell) that functions in a manner analogous to human vision",
": something central : center",
": the direction from which the wind is blowing",
": retribution in kind",
": with awareness or contemplation of",
": with the object of",
": to fix the eyes on : look at",
": contemplate , consider",
": to watch or study closely",
": to furnish with an eye",
": seem , look",
": the organ of seeing that in vertebrates is a round organ filled with a jellylike material, is located in a bony cavity in the skull, and has a lens which focuses light on the retina",
": the eye along with its surrounding parts (as the eyelids)",
": the colored surface of the iris",
": the ability to see",
": the ability to recognize or appreciate",
": glance entry 2",
": close attention : watch",
": judgment sense 1",
": something like or suggesting an eye",
": the center of something",
": to look at : watch closely",
": an organ of sight",
": a nearly spherical hollow organ that is lined with a sensitive retina, is lodged in a bony orbit in the skull, is the vertebrate organ of sight, and is normally paired",
": all the visible structures within and surrounding the orbit and including eyelids, eyelashes, and eyebrows",
": the faculty of seeing with eyes"
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"\u02c8\u012b",
"\u02c8\u012b",
"\u02c8\u012b"
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"band",
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"round"
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"follow",
"observe",
"watch"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"With Jenny\u2019s eye for design, and Dave\u2019s handy craftsmanship and general contracting background, the couple has restored over 300 homes in their area. \u2014 Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful , 15 June 2022",
"But Billy Goat, who is a year and a half old, had a punctured eye and needed surgery at the shelter to remove it. \u2014 Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune , 14 June 2022",
"Keep a watchful eye for branches, bushes, or shrubs that touch your house and can provide easy access for ants to make their way inside. \u2014 Maribeth Jones, Country Living , 14 June 2022",
"For: Fashionistas who keep up with the latest trends, love to shop, and have an eye for piecing together stylish outfits. \u2014 Nicol Natale, Woman's Day , 13 June 2022",
"Lange has a perceptive eye for how spaces are designed \u2014 and for whom. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
"Whereas others might be drawn into false assertions about AI, the AI natives will have a wary eye . \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"Readers weigh in, quietly, on the gun control debate, retailers are getting the stink eye for commercializing Juneteenth, and nobody\u2019s quite sure if Queen Elizabeth\u2019s Jubilee celebration was racist or not. \u2014 Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"Or Bill\u2019s eye for casting Dave Franco, who hadn\u2019t done anything yet, or Kerry Bish\u00e9. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 9 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Sunshine rules, for the most part, as high temperatures eye a range of low to mid-70s for most of the region. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
"To the east, China continues to eye an invasion of Taiwan, which many U.S. officials predict is likely by 2027. \u2014 Roger Wicker, National Review , 18 Feb. 2022",
"These are major decisions for Key as England desperately eye a turnaround in what has been a rather feeble recent Test chapter. \u2014 Tristan Lavalette, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Key senators eye new, more ambitious legislation to lower insulin prices. \u2014 Nicholas Florko, STAT , 9 Apr. 2022",
"In the meantime, the rush to create SPACs has evaporated as investors eye a crowded field and regulators take a harder line. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 1 Apr. 2022",
"At the conference, junior scholars would nervously eye one another in the elevators, trying to figure out who might be headed to which suite. \u2014 Jacob Brogan, Washington Post , 14 Mar. 2022",
"While American oil and gas companies eye new opportunities in Europe, German lawmakers want to accelerate the transition to wind and solar. \u2014 Leah Garden, The New Republic , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Dedinkin tells us that the tag sale stopped just as Stalin\u2019s money men began to eye the Morozov things. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022"
],
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"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a(1)"
],
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": something that arrests the eye"
],
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"\u02c8\u012b-\u02ccka-ch\u0259r",
"-\u02ccke-"
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"first_known_use":[
"1787, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170705"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a drink intended to wake one up",
": something startling, surprising, or enlightening"
],
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"\u02c8\u012b-\u02cc\u014dp-n\u0259r",
"-\u02cc\u014d-p\u0259-"
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"first_known_use":[
"1817, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a usually small spot of color (as on the wing of a butterfly) that resembles an eye",
": a simple visual organ of pigment or pigmented cells covering a sensory termination : ocellus",
": a small pigmented body of various unicellular algae",
": any of several fungal diseases of cultivated grasses (such as corn, wheat, and sugarcane) characterized by yellowish oval lesions on the leaves and stem",
": a simple visual organ of pigment or pigmented cells covering a sensory termination : ocellus",
": a small pigmented body of various unicellular algae"
],
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"\u02c8\u012b-\u02ccsp\u00e4t",
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"blotch",
"dapple",
"dot",
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"speckle",
"splotch",
"spot"
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"examples":[
"a tie having eyespots of blue on a light gray background",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The eyespot is studded with light-sensitive proteins called channelrhodopsins. \u2014 Marc Zimmer, The Conversation , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Some of the earliest renditions might have been a simple pit eye, a kind of pit of tissue lined with light receptors, or what scientists call an eyespot , a simple region that detects light. \u2014 Leslie Nemo, Scientific American , 19 May 2021",
"It\u2019s a creepy little critter, with a single, distinctive black eyespot at the head of one to four spines. \u2014 Popular Science , 17 Feb. 2021",
"During two days in October, these break off from the rest of the worm, and using an eyespot within, swim toward the surface\u2014and the light of the moon. \u2014 Douglas Main, National Geographic , 17 Apr. 2019",
"Scientists suspect eyespots first evolved in Jurassic lacewings and then a second time in modern butterflies. \u2014 Rachael Lallensack, Smithsonian , 7 June 2019",
"Butterflies use the eyespots on their hindwings not for stealth but to scare away potential predators. \u2014 Carrie Arnold, National Geographic , 21 Dec. 2016",
"Dakin repeated part of Petrie\u2019s eyespot -snipping experiment. \u2014 Susan Milius, WIRED , 27 Apr. 2011"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1798, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220532"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": an act or instance of enlarging : the state of being enlarged",
": a photographic print larger than the negative that is made by projecting the negative image through a lens onto a photographic printing surface",
": an act of making or growing larger",
": the state of having been made or having grown larger",
": a larger copy of a photograph",
": an act or instance of enlarging : the state of being enlarged"
],
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"in-\u02c8l\u00e4rj-m\u0259nt",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8l\u00e4rj-m\u0259nt",
"in-\u02c8l\u00e4rj-m\u0259nt"
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"examples":[
"Symptoms include enlargement of the lymph nodes.",
"The plans call for an enlargement of the company's offices.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Enlargement of the prostate frequently causes partial obstruction of the urethra, and having to push to begin urinating is a common symptom of prostate enlargement in men. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 11 May 2022",
"The post-Cold War rounds of enlargement took place under conditions of unquestioned U.S. primacy and relative Russian economic weakness and international decline. \u2014 Chris Massaro, Fox News , 21 Jan. 2022",
"But before the war started, Putin presented the West with a list of demands including, most notably, a halt to NATO enlargement . \u2014 Jeffrey Sachs, CNN , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The Russians have demanded no NATO enlargement and no NATO membership for Ukraine. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The Kremlin wants to portray NATO enlargement as an imperial project aimed at destabilizing Russia. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The defense argued to block the photos, arguing the state crime lab expert who produced them from the video couldn't fully explain the algorithms that allow digital image enlargement . \u2014 Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Nov. 2021",
"In addition, there will be an enlargement of the existing warming hut and paddle tennis courts will be open until 11 p.m. when one local paddle tennis club league is in season. \u2014 Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune , 9 May 2022",
"Further enlargement of the 27-nation EU is suddenly back on the table with Moldova and Georgia, both formerly part of the Soviet Union, submitting applications for membership. \u2014 Kateryna Choursina, Bloomberg.com , 3 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-111404"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
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": to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship",
": to clear from accusation or blame",
": to relieve especially of a charge, obligation, or hardship",
": to clear from accusation or blame \u2014 compare acquit , exculpate"
],
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"ig-\u02c8z\u00e4-n\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
"eg-",
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],
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"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"vindicate"
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"criminate",
"incriminate"
],
"examples":[
"the results of the DNA fingerprinting finally exonerated the man, but only after he had wasted 10 years of his life in prison",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That wouldn\u2019t exonerate the killer but would offer his memory a gesture of understanding. \u2014 Lance Morrow, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"But in June the Missouri Supreme Court declined to hear Strickland's attempt to exonerate himself. \u2014 Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN , 11 Nov. 2021",
"In his efforts to chronicle the memories of the victims, Mr. Saotome never tried to exonerate Japan for its culpability in the war. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022",
"Despite the tribulations of their new circumstances, the children befriend travelers and staff of the nearby train station, helping friends in need, and ultimately managing to exonerate their father. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 17 Apr. 2022",
"On Monday afternoon, the state\u2019s highest criminal court issued a stay of execution and sent the case back to a trial court for consideration of new evidence that Lucio\u2019s lawyers say could exonerate her. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Smith has maintained his innocence in the triple murder, and his legal team argues there is DNA evidence that would exonerate him of the crime, but requests from his attorneys to reopen the case have been denied. \u2014 Nicholas Reimann, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Prior to the vote, Ravnsborg sent letters to lawmakers before the vote urging them to exonerate him, the Argus Leader reported. \u2014 Ivan Pereira, ABC News , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Vanessa Potkin, director of special litigation at the Innocence Project and one of Ms. Lucio\u2019s attorneys, said new evidence would exonerate her client. \u2014 Talal Ansari, WSJ , 25 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin exoneratus , past participle of exonerare to unburden, from ex- + oner-, onus load",
"first_known_use":[
"1524, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-112100"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
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": having an education",
": having an education beyond the average",
": giving evidence of training or practice : skilled",
": befitting one that is educated",
": based on some knowledge of fact",
": having an education and especially a good education",
": based on some knowledge"
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"\u02c8e-j\u0259-\u02cck\u0101-t\u0259d",
"\u02c8e-j\u0259-\u02cck\u0101-t\u0259d"
],
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"erudite",
"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"lettered",
"literate",
"scholarly",
"well-read"
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"benighted",
"dark",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"uneducated",
"unlearned",
"unlettered",
"unscholarly"
],
"examples":[
"These companies want an educated work force.",
"an educated woman with an impressive career",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Trump\u2019s crass, angry, shoot-from-the-hip style offered his base a cultural release after eight years of President Obama\u2014the portrait of America\u2019s growing, diverse, educated cosmopolitan elite. \u2014 Abdul El-sayed, The New Republic , 3 June 2022",
"There have always been critiques of France, particularly in more educated , urban circles in West Africa, but now that almost everyone either owns a cellphone or knows somebody who does, these ideas have spread. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Hopefully the backlash becomes an opportunity to support Black businesses, and more importantly, to become more educated on the holiday if not already. \u2014 Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence , 23 May 2022",
"Now is the time to become educated about what can be done. \u2014 Hersh Shefrin, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Good schools drive property values and attract young families, but also most importantly produce educated citizens who are able to self sustain and thrive. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 17 May 2022",
"Without food, the survivors, part of Uruguay\u2019s educated elite, are forced to eat the flesh of the deceased to stay alive. \u2014 Emilio Mayorga, Variety , 29 Apr. 2022",
"With all these inputs, the A.I. Captain must make and execute educated decisions to avoid collisions and stay upright and safe. \u2014 Smithsonian Magazine , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Prateek Srivastava and Piyush Harsh cofounded Terraview as an operating system designed to help wine producers analyze data and make more educated decisions around climate change challenges in the vineyard and the winery. \u2014 Stephanie Cain, Fortune , 5 Jan. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1569, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-112309"
},
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"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to bind in fetters : enchain"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8fe-t\u0259r",
"en-"
],
"synonyms":[
"bind",
"chain",
"enchain",
"fetter",
"gyve",
"handcuff",
"manacle",
"pinion",
"shackle",
"trammel"
],
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"unbind",
"unfetter",
"unshackle"
],
"examples":[
"enfettered by debt, she was in no position to take early retirement"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1599, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-112630"
},
"egis":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena",
": protection",
": controlling or conditioning (see condition entry 2 sense 5a ) influence",
": auspices , sponsorship",
": control or guidance especially by an individual, group, or system"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-112918"
},
"egomania":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being extremely egocentric",
": the quality or state of being extremely egocentric"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0113-g\u014d-\u02c8m\u0101-n\u0113-\u0259",
"-ny\u0259",
"\u02cc\u0113-g\u014d-\u02c8m\u0101-n\u0113-\u0259, -ny\u0259"
],
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"egocentricity",
"egocentrism",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"narcissism",
"navel-gazing",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-interest",
"self-involvement",
"self-preoccupation",
"self-regard",
"selfishness",
"selfness"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-abandonment",
"self-forgetfulness",
"selflessness",
"unselfishness"
],
"examples":[
"even by Hollywood standards, that movie star's egomania is of epic proportions",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The hour climaxed with Bob Odenkirk winning an Emmy, probably, with a burst of florid hallway egomania . \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 7 Apr. 2020",
"Her brothers are all grossly incompetent in their own ways, due to struggles with addiction (Kendall), immaturity (Roman) or pure egomania (Connor Roy 2020). \u2014 Eliana Dockterman, Time , 16 Dec. 2019",
"The soon-to-be-Emperor fawns over Anakin\u2019s heroism, while the Jedi scorn his egomania . \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 3 Dec. 2019",
"Welcome back, to fans and sad sack wasp traps alike, to the craven death pit of greed and egomania that is Succession. \u2014 Andrew R. Chow, Time , 8 Aug. 2019",
"Anyone who has hung around the creative and artistic professions knows about some of the most pernicious risks inherent to those worlds: excessive behavior, compulsions, egomania , drugs, booze. \u2014 Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com , 2 July 2019",
"But Scottie\u2019s obliviousness to his own professional failings speaks to his egomania , and the artifice of his situation. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 22 Feb. 2019",
"Virtually every great idea\u2014and plenty of bad ones\u2014pass through this small strip of land, where the concentration of wealth and egomania rival Riyadh. \u2014 Nick Bilton, The Hive , 15 Dec. 2017",
"The role of ringleader, originally played by Kiefer Sutherland, has been ceded to Ellen Page, whose performance is driven by grief rather than cartoonish egomania . \u2014 Nitin K. Ahuja, Slate Magazine , 3 Oct. 2017"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1825, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-115853"
},
"experimental":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
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": of, relating to, or based on experience or experiment",
": serving the ends of or used as a means of experimentation",
": relating to or having the characteristics of experiment : tentative",
": relating to, based on, or used for experiment",
": of, relating to, or based on experience or experiment",
": founded on or derived from experiment",
": intentionally produced especially in laboratory animals for the purpose of study"
],
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"ik-\u02ccsper-\u0259-\u02c8men-t\u1d4al",
"also",
"ik-\u02ccsper-\u0259-\u02c8men-t\u1d4al",
"ik-\u02ccsper-\u0259-\u02c8ment-\u1d4al"
],
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"developmental",
"pilot",
"trial"
],
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"examples":[
"The fuel is being used on an experimental basis.",
"an experimental procedure for patients suffering from leukemia",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Pfizer's experimental vaccine aims to prevent RSV infections with technology commonly used in vaccines for hepatitis and shingles. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The experimental group used a topical combination of water-soluble CBD and retinol, while the control group treated their skin with retinol alone. \u2014 Megan Decker, refinery29.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The key twist: there was no difference between the experimental group and control group: the fancy toothpaste didn\u2019t matter. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The experimental pop group has seven nominations, including record of the year for Jubilee (Dead Oceans). \u2014 Paul Grein, Billboard , 23 Mar. 2022",
"And then, in January 1933, just seven weeks after their first glimpse of the pathogen, Kendrick and Eldering produced their first experimental pertussis vaccine. \u2014 Richard Conniff, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 Feb. 2022",
"So throughout the 1990s, egg freezing was still very, very experimental . \u2014 Quartz Staff, Quartz , 7 Feb. 2022",
"But its experimental nasal vaccine may prove to be the real game changer. \u2014 Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times , 2 Feb. 2022",
"When they were later exposed to Covid-19, mice in this experimental group had no detectable amount of the virus in their nasal passages, compared to mice that received two intramuscular injections or two intranasal vaccines. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, borrowed from Medieval Latin exper\u012bment\u0101lis, from Latin exper\u012bmentum \"testing, experience, proof\" + -\u0101lis -al entry 1 \u2014 more at experiment entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-120543"
},
"evolution":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"noun or adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": descent with modification from preexisting species : cumulative inherited change in a population of organisms through time leading to the appearance of new forms : the process by which new species or populations of living things develop from preexisting forms through successive generations",
": the scientific theory explaining the appearance of new species and varieties through the action of various biological mechanisms (such as natural selection, genetic mutation or drift, and hybridization)",
": the historical development of a biological group (such as a species) : phylogeny",
": a process of change in a certain direction : unfolding",
": the action or an instance of forming and giving something off : emission",
": a process of continuous change from a lower, simpler, or worse to a higher, more complex, or better state : growth",
": a process of gradual and relatively peaceful social, political, and economic advance",
": something evolved",
": the process of working out or developing",
": the extraction of a mathematical root",
": a process in which the whole universe is a progression of interrelated phenomena",
": one of a set of prescribed movements",
": the theory that the various kinds of existing animals and plants have come from kinds that existed in the past",
": the process of development of an animal or a plant",
": a process of change in a certain direction",
": descent with modification from preexisting species : cumulative inherited change in a population of organisms through time leading to the appearance of new forms : the process by which new species or populations of living things develop from preexisting forms through successive generations",
": the scientific theory explaining the appearance of new species and varieties through the action of various biological mechanisms (as natural selection, genetic mutation or drift, and hybridization)",
": the historical development of a biological group (as a race or species) : phylogeny"
],
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"\u02cce-v\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fc-sh\u0259n",
"\u02cc\u0113-v\u0259-",
"\u02cce-v\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fc-sh\u0259n",
"\u02cc\u0113-v\u0259-",
"\u02ccev-\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fc-sh\u0259n"
],
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"development",
"elaboration",
"expansion",
"growth",
"progress",
"progression"
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"regress",
"regression",
"retrogression",
"reversion"
],
"examples":[
"changes brought about by evolution",
"an important step in the evolution of computers",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The way products are sold has changed drastically and Ratner acknowledges that Rhode is tapping into this evolution . \u2014 Celia Shatzman, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"There's a part of me that worries about Evil's evolution toward greater serialization, but the scripts successfully tee up big revelations even as the central mysteries get more confounding. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 15 June 2022",
"To mark the occasion, Landon spoke to PEOPLE about all things fashion, the collection and how his rockstar dad influenced his style evolution . \u2014 Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com , 15 June 2022",
"In March, Walker questioned evolution during an address at a Georgia church, asking why apes still exist if humans have evolved from them. \u2014 Timothy Bella, Anchorage Daily News , 14 June 2022",
"Here, Gad and Raver-Lampman reflect on Molly\u2019s evolution this season and how the show\u2019s catchiest ear worm, by Bobby Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, came together. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 14 June 2022",
"In 1925 during the Scopes monkey trial, when a Tennessee jury convicted a high school teacher of introducing evolution to his classroom, its anti-science stance was ridiculed. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
"Some experts worry about vaccine modifications keeping pace with the speed of the virus\u2019s evolution . \u2014 Noah Weiland, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
"Walter White\u2019s evolution from a family man desperate to provide for his family to the meth kingpin of the Southwest had audiences\u2026well, addicted. \u2014 Mike Postalakis, SPIN , 9 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from New Latin \u0113vol\u016bti\u014dn-, \u0113vol\u016bti\u014d \"unfolding of a curve (in geometry), emergence from an enclosing structure, historical development,\" going back to Medieval Latin, \"unfolding of a tale, lapse of time,\" going back to Latin, \"unrolling of a papyrus scroll while reading it,\" from \u0113vol\u016b-, variant stem of \u0113volvere \"to roll out or away, unwind, unroll\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at evolve ",
"first_known_use":[
"1616, in the meaning defined at sense 6"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-121626"
},
"except for":{
"type":[
"preposition"
],
"definitions":[
": with the exception of",
": were it not for"
],
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"apart from",
"aside from",
"bar",
"barring",
"beside",
"besides",
"but",
"except",
"excepting",
"excluding",
"exclusive of",
"other than",
"outside",
"outside of",
"save",
"saving"
],
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"examples":[
"except for newscasts, I hardly watch any television at all"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-122602"
},
"egress":{
"type":[
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a place or means of going out : exit",
": the action or right of going or coming out",
": to go or come out",
": the action or right of going or coming out",
": a place or means of going out or exiting \u2014 compare ingress",
": to go or come out"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0113-\u02ccgres",
"\u0113-\u02c8gres",
"\u02c8\u0113-\u02ccgres",
"i-\u02c8gres"
],
"synonyms":[
"exit",
"issue",
"outlet"
],
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"entrance",
"entranceway",
"entry",
"entryway",
"ingress"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The system lets you lower the truck to ease ingress and egress , and raise it for added ground clearance. \u2014 Scott Oldham , Popular Mechanics , August 1998",
"One comprehends how undisturbed he was, and how safe from any danger of interruption, when it is stated that he even carried off a unicorn's horn\u2014a mere curiosity\u2014which would not pass through the egress entire, but had to be sawn in two\u2014a bit of work which cost him hours of tedious labor. \u2014 Mark Twain , A Tramp Abroad , 1880",
"When she had laid the supper-cloth, the bridge was lowered to give her means of egress , and she withdrew for the night. \u2014 Charles Dickens , Great Expectations , 1861",
"The auditorium is designed to provide easy egress in an emergency.",
"the only egress from the nightclub was a dark, narrow stairway to the street below",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Brick and timber low-rise buildings with ample natural light, garden space, high ceilings, ease of ingress and egress and amenities including gyms and dog parks are in. \u2014 Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 June 2022",
"If certain politicians and gun rights advocates have their way, the schools will become temples of high security with bulletproof windows and limited egress and armed guards clearing everyone who enters through metal detectors. \u2014 Robin Givhan, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"Fisker also says the Ronin will have unique doors that improve ingress and egress , but didn\u2019t reveal what form these apertures will take. \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 4 May 2022",
"That included the city of Lakewood, which provided an easement onto Madison Park land solving one of the biggest issues with the library branch -- ingress and egress . \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 25 Mar. 2022",
"In times of peace, skilled immigration is a net positive for both the country of egress and the country of arrival. \u2014 Alex Salkever, Fortune , 4 Mar. 2022",
"However, running multi-cloud is both complex from an engineering perspective and expensive from an inter-cloud data egress cost perspective. \u2014 Saket Saurabh, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Develop crew firefighting and emergency egress training. \u2014 Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times , 7 Jan. 2022",
"But first, Torregrossa explained that Jackson\u2019s voucher had strict criteria and only allowed for bedrooms with an egress . \u2014 Sydney Brownstone, Anchorage Daily News , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"No word on whether the wasp was shot down or managed to safely egress the battlespace. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 3 Jan. 2017",
"In the event of an accident, passengers must always be able to safely egress from the aircraft. \u2014 R. Eric Jones, Fortune , 5 Aug. 2017"
],
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"Noun",
"1538, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
"Verb",
"1578, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-123035"
},
"embrangle":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": embroil"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8bra\u014b-g\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"bog (down)",
"broil",
"embroil",
"mire"
],
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"examples":[
"it seems everyone who was even remotely connected to the man became somehow embrangled in the scandal surrounding him"
],
"history_and_etymology":" en- + brangle (squabble)",
"first_known_use":[
"1664, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-123957"
},
"examine":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to inspect closely",
": to test the condition of",
": to inquire into carefully : investigate",
": to interrogate closely",
": to test by questioning in order to determine progress, fitness, or knowledge",
": to make or give an examination",
": to look at or check carefully",
": to question closely",
": to inspect or test for evidence of disease or abnormality",
": to make or give an examination",
": to investigate or inspect closely",
"\u2014 compare audit",
": to question closely especially in a court proceeding \u2014 compare depose"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8za-m\u0259n",
"ig-\u02c8za-m\u0259n",
"ig-\u02c8zam-\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"catechize",
"grill",
"interrogate",
"pump",
"query",
"question",
"quiz",
"sweat"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"An accountant has been hired to examine the company's books.",
"The police examined the evidence carefully.",
"You should have your eyes examined .",
"He was examined by several doctors, who found nothing wrong with him.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Freely available, the results will allow researchers and health advocates to examine life expectancy data in small geographic regions, down to the level of each of the nation\u2019s 3,110 counties. \u2014 Usha Lee Mcfarling, STAT , 18 June 2022",
"Investigators need to examine every aspect of that effort, from pressuring Georgia legislators and election officials to scheming to install Jeffrey Clark as Attorney General. \u2014 Mark Hosenball, The New Republic , 13 June 2022",
"The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will convene at 10 a.m. ET for a hearing to examine the path forward on U.S.-Syria policy, focusing on strategy and accountability. \u2014 Rick Klein, ABC News , 8 June 2022",
"Thoughtfully examine your assumptions about your employees. \u2014 Neil Bedwell, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"In two stories focused on unhoused mothers and fathers, the NBC Bay Area news teams examine the complexity and reach of the housing crisis produced by ineffective public policy and predations of economic greed. \u2014 Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 June 2022",
"Re- examine your habits around meal planning and food. \u2014 Alysha Witwicki, Journal Sentinel , 6 June 2022",
"Specifically, examine the lugs, which are the bumps on the outsole. \u2014 Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022",
"The complex of some 500 units remains mostly empty, as Ukrainian war-crimes prosecutors, aided by a French forensic team, examine the damage, tracking the trajectory of Russian fire. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French examiner , from Latin examinare , from examen ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-124457"
},
"estimation":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": judgment , opinion",
": the act of estimating something",
": the value, amount, or size arrived at in an estimate",
": esteem , honor",
": the act of making a judgment especially of value, size, or cost",
": opinion sense 2"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce-st\u0259-\u02c8m\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"\u02cce-st\u0259-\u02c8m\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
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"appraisal",
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"judgement",
"value judgment"
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"examples":[
"This is not, in my estimation , an efficient use of our resources.",
"She went down in her supporters' estimation after she voted against the plan.",
"Planning the project requires careful cost estimation .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Spurs, by most estimation , boast a nice, young roster full of nice, young players. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 13 June 2022",
"Sood said the government will encourage the manufacturing of satellites in the private sector for a range of applications, from health care and agriculture to urban development and property tax estimation . \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 3 June 2022",
"In Kirkland\u2019s estimation , based on all the replay angles available to the NBA, beyond even those on the ESPN broadcast, Strus had stepped out of bounds. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 30 May 2022",
"Otto said the UK Met Office\u2019s estimation , which was based off one model, is well within the uncertainty of their study. \u2014 Kasha Patel, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
"The estimation also doesn\u2019t account for the possibility that a new variant will change the country\u2019s trajectory \u2014 a scenario that can\u2019t be ruled out given how quickly the virus has mutated in just the last few weeks. \u2014 Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News , 6 May 2022",
"The coda left me with only one remaining unanswerable question: In the final estimation , just how good or bad is a good book with a bad ending? \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The estimation was based on modeling by GNS Science, a New Zealand geological research institute, the ministry said. \u2014 Jake Kwon, CNN , 20 Jan. 2022",
"In their estimation , viewers could easily have neglected the show. \u2014 Elaina Patton, NBC News , 1 June 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-130435"
},
"esthetical":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful",
": artistic",
": pleasing in appearance : attractive",
": appreciative of, responsive to, or zealous about the beautiful",
": responsive to or appreciative of what is pleasurable to the senses",
": done or made to improve a person's appearance or to correct defects in a person's appearance",
": a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste and with the creation and appreciation of beauty",
": a particular theory or conception of beauty or art : a particular taste for or approach to what is pleasing to the senses and especially sight",
": a pleasing appearance or effect : beauty",
": relating to beauty and what is beautiful",
": done or made to improve a person's appearance or to correct defects in a person's appearance"
],
"pronounciation":[
"es-\u02c8the-tik",
"is-",
"British usually",
"es-\u02c8the-tik",
"is-",
"British usually",
"es-\u02c8the-tik",
"es-\u02c8the-tik,"
],
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"attractive",
"beauteous",
"beautiful",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"comely",
"cute",
"drop-dead",
"fair",
"fetching",
"good",
"good-looking",
"goodly",
"gorgeous",
"handsome",
"knockout",
"likely",
"lovely",
"lovesome",
"pretty",
"ravishing",
"seemly",
"sightly",
"stunning",
"taking",
"well-favored"
],
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"attractiveness",
"beauteousness",
"beautifulness",
"beauty",
"comeliness",
"cuteness",
"fairness",
"gorgeousness",
"handsomeness",
"looks",
"loveliness",
"prettiness",
"sightliness"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The campus is also home to GM's Additive Industrialization Center, which opened in 2020 to pioneer GM's initiatives to 3D-print functional and aesthetic components for its vehicles. \u2014 Sasha Richie, Car and Driver , 16 June 2022",
"Added to the proceedings are artists who didn\u2019t record for Black Fire but represented the same era, ethos and aesthetic . \u2014 Michael J. West, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"Surgery could have been fully covered by her insurance provider in the U.S., but the GCS technique developed by Dr. Suporn \u2014 the Chonburi flap method \u2014 is known to produce excellent aesthetic and functional results. \u2014 Mailee Osten-tan, Longreads , 8 June 2022",
"But the campaign is not only about aesthetic and moral values -- there is an ideological component as well. \u2014 Nectar Gan, CNN , 30 May 2022",
"The idea was to make a film that had an aesthetic and a cinematic dimension. \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 28 May 2022",
"This extra feature focuses on designing the muscle car aesthetic and Mad Max engines, but that sensibility plus the final result on camera was pure Christine. \u2014 Mark Hughes, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
"Faced with that void, Selin interrogates aesthetic and social boundaries. \u2014 Lauren Leblanc, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
"Smith explains Marmo\u2019s elegant aesthetic and lively atmosphere sets it apart from Houston\u2019s existing Italian outposts. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 12 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The aesthetic is a nod to the New England waterfront and history from the glacial era, when ice transported massive rocks across land. \u2014 Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"The aesthetic is pitch-perfect for the noir-y tale Spielberg is telling. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022",
"That whimsical aesthetic is nothing new for the rising style star. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 6 June 2022",
"The streamlined aesthetic is stylish, yet streamlined enough to match just about any outfit. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 17 May 2022",
"With the exception of old standbys like Adirondack chairs and wicker settees, the current aesthetic of most outdoor furnishings is sleekly minimal, with sharp angles and unforgiving forms. \u2014 Michelle Slatalla, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"This in-house aesthetic has been a constant throughout Sheer Mag\u2019s career. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 18 Feb. 2022",
"This cold press juicer ticks a lot of boxes beyond its sleek aesthetic . \u2014 Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping , 31 May 2022",
"The sleek, jet-black aesthetic also makes these the most luxurious and sophisticated steak knives on this list. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 16 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"1797, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1822, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-132919"
},
"epilog":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work",
": a speech often in verse addressed to the audience by an actor at the end of a play",
": the actor speaking such an epilogue",
": the final scene of a play that comments on or summarizes the main action",
": the concluding section of a musical composition : coda"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-p\u0259-\u02ccl\u022fg",
"-\u02ccl\u00e4g"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As depicted in the episode and described in its epilogue , in addition to falling casualty to the quake itself, many Koreans were also blamed for post-quake destruction and killed by Japanese vigilantes in the aftermath. \u2014 Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Feast your eyes upon the latest news abuzz: Our favorite Netflix period drama is getting its very own epilogue . \u2014 Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Barring incredible viewership on HBO Max in 45 days, the graceful exit offered by The Secret Of Dumbledore\u2019s lovely epilogue will now likely serve as a series finale. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 17 Apr. 2022",
"The book episode, Franco writes, was something of the final straw and an epilogue to the Vigano debacle, both of which saw Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, Benedict's longtime secretary, as a key behind-the-scenes player. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, ajc , 21 Apr. 2022",
"In the book\u2019s epilogue , Assil reflects on her former partnership with famed chef Daniel Patterson, the start of the pandemic and her path to a worker-ownership model. \u2014 Reem Assil, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Apr. 2022",
"By the epilogue \u2019s final pages, the narrator realizes it\u2019s his own responsibility to build on a dense web of influences and develop a unique identity worth acting upon. \u2014 Annie Abrams, The New Republic , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Quinn's second epilogue takes place much later after the events of The Viscount Who Loved Me, whereas the show's last scene is just six months after everything goes down. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 25 Mar. 2022",
"In an epilogue , Vanasse describes the recovery of the Pribilof seal population and the privations of the Unangax people who were left in dire conditions during the moratorium. \u2014 Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News , 2 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English epiloge , from Middle French epilogue , from Latin epilogus , from Greek epilogos , from epilegein to say in addition, from epi- + legein to say \u2014 more at legend ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-133125"
},
"exhaust":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to consume entirely : use up",
": to tire extremely or completely",
": to deprive of a valuable quality or constituent",
": to draw off or let out completely",
": to empty by drawing off the contents",
": to create a vacuum in",
": to consider or discuss (a subject) thoroughly or completely",
": to try out the whole number of",
": discharge , empty",
": the escape of used gas or vapor from an engine",
": the gas or vapor thus escaping",
": the conduit through which used gases escape",
": an arrangement for removing fumes, dusts, or odors from an enclosure",
": exhaustion",
": to tire out : fatigue",
": to use up completely",
": to try out all of",
": the gas that escapes from an engine",
": a system of pipes through which exhaust escapes",
": to draw off or let out completely",
": to empty by drawing off the contents",
": to create a vacuum in",
": to use up : consume completely",
": to tire extremely or completely",
": to extract completely with a solvent",
": to use up or consume entirely: as",
": to try all of (available remedies)",
": to bring (a claim) through all available prior levels of review"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8z\u022fst",
"ig-\u02c8z\u022fst",
"ig-\u02c8z\u022fst"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"burn out",
"bust",
"do in",
"do up",
"drain",
"fag",
"fatigue",
"frazzle",
"harass",
"kill",
"knock out",
"outwear",
"tire",
"tucker (out)",
"wash out",
"wear",
"wear out",
"weary"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"If they keep spending this way, they'll exhaust their savings.",
"He can talk about baseball for hours and still feel that he hasn't exhausted the subject .",
"Noun",
"diesel exhaust from passing trucks",
"There's a problem with the car's exhaust .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Left in automatic mode while prowling the streets of Orange County, everything from ride quality to shift quality to exhaust note feels quite civilized. \u2014 Karl Brauer, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"In certain markets, like Phoenix, Arizona, the pressures are immediate: Amazon was projected to exhaust that potential workforce by the end of 2021. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 17 June 2022",
"Track hounds might have fun experimenting with the three engine-response modes, three suspension settings, three levels of stability control, six transmission-shift modes, adjustments for steering and nuances to exhaust sound. \u2014 Howard Walker, Robb Report , 8 June 2022",
"Mount Hood, an 11,249-foot active volcano, passes by two giant cavities that exhaust lethal sulfur dioxide and hydrogen sulfide. \u2014 Outside Online , 29 May 2022",
"The latter two records measure the power of application-layer attacks, which attempt to exhaust the computing resources of a target\u2019s infrastructure. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 28 Apr. 2022",
"As long as Ukraine is able to hold out with military aid against severe casualties, the sanctions will do more to exhaust Putin. \u2014 Josh Boak, Chron , 20 Mar. 2022",
"The high court\u2019s denial of the petition on Monday seems to exhaust any attempts to revisit Mr. Cosby\u2019s prosecution. \u2014 Kris Maher, WSJ , 7 Mar. 2022",
"That will exhaust our bankroll, but hopefully one of those bets will hit and turn Derby Day into a profitable venture. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 7 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The grill has a downward exhaust system located on the back instead of a traditional smokestack. \u2014 Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
"McLaren upgraded the internals, including pistons and gaskets; changed the ECU and fuel system to move more gas through; and reworked the exhaust system to minimize backpressure. \u2014 Elana Scherr, Car and Driver , 18 May 2022",
"Same goes for the Z\u2019s lack of an active exhaust system. \u2014 Bradley Iger, Ars Technica , 16 May 2022",
"Its design took notes more directly from the film, borrowing from an aerial security transport spaceship known as the Recognizer; a satin-black diamond-panel exhaust system was designed to resemble the spaceship itself. \u2014 Hannah Selinger, WSJ , 4 May 2022",
"Some of the lint is caught by the dryer\u2019s lint trap, but some gets into the dryer\u2019s exhaust system and dryer vent. \u2014 Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY , 27 Apr. 2022",
"On May 22, police stopped a driver for a loud exhaust . \u2014 Cheryl Higley, cleveland , 29 May 2022",
"The scent of gasoline and exhaust permeated the early-morning air. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 May 2022",
"In new construction, the cost of a heat pump may be more than a traditional furnace and air conditioner, but that can be offset by savings on gas pipes, ductwork and exhaust vents. \u2014 Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"1531, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1848, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-133412"
},
"evanescent":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": tending to vanish like vapor",
": tending to disappear quickly : of relatively short duration"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce-v\u0259-\u02c8ne-s\u1d4ant",
"\u02ccev-\u0259-\u02c8nes-\u1d4ant"
],
"synonyms":[
"brief",
"deciduous",
"ephemeral",
"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":[
"beauty that is as evanescent as a rainbow",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But from his vantage on the evanescent bridge to maturity, So is puzzling out some big questions, ones that might be exigent from different vantages at any age. \u2014 Deborah Eisenberg, The New York Review of Books , 19 Aug. 2021",
"But from his vantage on the evanescent bridge to maturity, So is puzzling out some big questions, ones that might be exigent from different vantages at any age. \u2014 Deborah Eisenberg, The New York Review of Books , 19 Aug. 2021",
"This is to try to capture and memorialize this volatile and evanescent mode of expression, with its references both obscure and shared by millions. \u2014 Patrick Iber, The New Republic , 5 Aug. 2021",
"This is to try to capture and memorialize this volatile and evanescent mode of expression, with its references both obscure and shared by millions. \u2014 Patrick Iber, The New Republic , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Still another is for people and institutions to realize that cancellation mobs are often powerless and evanescent (and unmerited), a fearsome tide from far off that recedes to nothing closer to shore, and simply wait them out before acting rashly. \u2014 Jack Butler, National Review , 26 Aug. 2021",
"This is to try to capture and memorialize this volatile and evanescent mode of expression, with its references both obscure and shared by millions. \u2014 Patrick Iber, The New Republic , 5 Aug. 2021",
"This is to try to capture and memorialize this volatile and evanescent mode of expression, with its references both obscure and shared by millions. \u2014 Patrick Iber, The New Republic , 5 Aug. 2021",
"This is to try to capture and memorialize this volatile and evanescent mode of expression, with its references both obscure and shared by millions. \u2014 Patrick Iber, The New Republic , 5 Aug. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin evanescent-, evanescens , present participle of evanescere ",
"first_known_use":[
"1717, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-134319"
},
"earthlike":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": the fragmental material composing part of the surface of the globe",
": cultivable soil",
": the sphere of mortal life as distinguished from spheres of spirit life \u2014 compare heaven , hell",
": areas of land as distinguished from sea and air",
": the solid footing formed of soil : ground",
": the planet on which we live that is third in order from the sun \u2014 see Planets Table",
": the people of the planet Earth",
": the mortal human body",
": the pursuits, interests, and pleasures of earthly life as distinguished from spiritual concerns",
": the lair of a burrowing animal",
": an excessive amount of money",
": to drive to hiding in the earth",
": to draw soil about (plants)",
": ground sense 4",
": to hide in the ground",
": the planet that we live on",
": land as distinguished from sea and air",
": soil entry 2 sense 1"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0259rth",
"\u02c8\u0259rth"
],
"synonyms":[
"globe",
"planet",
"world"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The moisture will eventually fall to earth in the form of rain or snow.",
"We could feel the earth shake.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Gnomes are the brainchildren of the Swiss philosopher Paracelsus, who envisioned them moving through earth as easily as fish move through water. \u2014 WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"This is enough plastic to circle the earth several hundred times, in the form of air pillows. \u2014 Matt Littlejohn, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
"For a moment Betty Sawyer held the soil in her palms, feeling the dark, gravelly earth against her skin. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"Dear Amy: My beloved husband left this physical earth 20 months ago. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 12 June 2022",
"Dear Amy: My beloved husband left this physical earth 20 months ago. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 12 June 2022",
"Dear Amy: My beloved husband left this physical earth 20 months ago. \u2014 cleveland , 12 June 2022",
"Dear Amy: My beloved husband left this physical earth 20 months ago. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune , 11 June 2022",
"Search-and-rescue groups use dogs to find lost people, dead people and people buried under earth and snow. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 11 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Step into nature, hike, perhaps try earthing (which is a practice of removing your shoes and walking on the earth to help rid you of stresses or clear your mind). \u2014 Krystyna Ch\u00e1vez, Marie Claire , 14 Jan. 2020",
"The outer cylinder is earthed while the inner one is not, creating a capacitor. \u2014 The Economist , 1 Aug. 2019",
"Practitioner John Manning will discuss earthing on Wednesday, Jan. 17, at 7 p.m. at the Enfield Public Library, 104 Middle Road. \u2014 Courant Community , 9 Jan. 2018",
"When the aerial is earthed , part of the carrier wave will be absorbed. \u2014 The Economist , 13 Sep. 2017",
"But Truth in Advertising, a consumer advocacy group, cited earthing in a database of 50-some instances in which Goop promoted unsubstantiated products or claims. \u2014 Olga Khazan, The Atlantic , 12 Sep. 2017",
"Inside, the ch\u00e2teau is an equal marvel, perfectly restored and filled with contemporary art and, for balance, fragments of a meteorite that fell to earth 200 million years ago. \u2014 Jon Maksik, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 20 Apr. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1575, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-141830"
},
"examination":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act or process of examining : the state of being examined",
": an exercise designed to examine progress or test qualification or knowledge",
": a formal interrogation",
": the act of checking closely and carefully",
": a test given to determine progress, fitness, or knowledge",
": the act or process of inspecting or testing for evidence of disease or abnormality \u2014 see physical examination",
": the act or process of examining",
": a formal questioning especially in a court proceeding \u2014 see also cross-examination , direct examination , recross-examination , redirect examination \u2014 compare affidavit , deposition"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02ccza-m\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"ig-\u02ccza-m\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"ig-\u02cczam-\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"exam",
"quiz",
"test"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In February, City Councilor Julia Mejia proposed a commission to study reparations for Black Bostonians, calling for a wide-ranging examination of ongoing harms and inequities. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
"Normally, defense attorneys receive the names of prosecution witnesses in advance, and can research their backgrounds while preparing for cross- examination . \u2014 Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"Some deaths that would have been brought in for external examination \u2014when coroners examine the victim\u2019s body, including scars, surgical incisions and medical devices\u2014are now investigated with medical records alone, Pinneri notes. \u2014 Sara Novak, Scientific American , 6 June 2022",
"The bodies were sent to morgues for forensic examination , and some 200 of the victims have not been identified, ministry spokeswoman Alyona Matveyeva said. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 5 June 2022",
"The California Department of Fish and Wildlife tranquilized the cat and sent it to the Oakland Zoo for examination . \u2014 CBS News , 2 June 2022",
"Kilpatrick said her body was taken to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences lab for examination . \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 24 May 2022",
"Dutch authorities conducted antibody testing on all farms and required farmers to report respiratory symptoms in mink and regularly submit carcasses for examination . \u2014 Emily Anthes, New York Times , 22 May 2022",
"Concepts introduced to audiences by Mosley for examination include excising the idea of owning a single-family home from the American dream. \u2014 Jessica Geltstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-143056"
},
"eyesore":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": something offensive to view",
": something that looks ugly"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u012b-\u02ccs\u022fr",
"\u02c8\u012b-\u02ccs\u022fr"
],
"synonyms":[
"fright",
"hideosity",
"horror",
"mess",
"monstrosity",
"sight"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The shack is a real eyesore .",
"the old abandoned house was a neighborhood eyesore",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The latest Prep Baseball Report/Kentucky High School Baseball Coaches Association poll was an eyesore for several Louisville teams that saw their momentum cut short during last week's Louisville Invitational Tournament. \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Child playmats found in the general market are a bit of an eyesore . \u2014 Tiffany Leigh, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"To Keyhayova, the makeshift dunk pool was an eyesore . \u2014 Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
"Many people at the time, including myself, were quick to call the notch an eyesore and unbefitting of an Apple product. \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 25 May 2022",
"Most pool heaters are large and cumbersome, but the EcoSmart Smart Pool has a compact tankless design that won\u2019t be as much of an eyesore in your yard. \u2014 Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics , 19 May 2022",
"Though some might find the keypad a bit of an eyesore , the lock\u2019s housing comes in a variety of sleek finishes, including matte black, polished chrome, satin nickel and Venetian bronze. \u2014 Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping , 10 May 2022",
"For at least 15 years, the three-story home at 103 Earle St. was an eyesore \u2013 a rotted blight in the neighborhood that sits in the city\u2019s northeast end. \u2014 Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant , 14 May 2022",
"The property is along Route 99 at Route 160, and has been an eyesore in town since Ames shut down its chain of department stores in 2002. \u2014 Don Stacom, courant.com , 24 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1530, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-151912"
},
"explicable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": capable of being explained"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ek-\u02c8spli-k\u0259-b\u0259l",
"\u02c8ek-(\u02cc)spli-"
],
"synonyms":[
"answerable",
"explainable",
"resolvable",
"soluble",
"solvable"
],
"antonyms":[
"hopeless",
"inexplicable",
"insoluble",
"insolvable",
"unexplainable",
"unresolvable",
"unsolvable"
],
"examples":[
"phenomena explicable by the laws of physics",
"the mystery of those strange noises became quite explicable once we realized that a colony of bats had taken up residence",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The news comes as Twitter has been roiled by market turbulence and Musk's not-entirely- explicable concerns about the number of fake accounts on Twitter. \u2014 CBS News , 26 May 2022",
"Instead, growing divergence between leading central banks is roiling exchange rates, primarily via a sustained and not fully explicable appreciation of the dollar. \u2014 Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2022",
"This one feels like an explicable blip: the two best players out for large stretches, others out due to era-defining pandemic, a tough schedule. \u2014 Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Remble and everyone around him are very aware of the stakes when Drakeo, a cause celebre for the L.A. rap world, or Nipsey Hussle, a universally beloved community figure, can be killed for barely explicable reasons. \u2014 August Brown Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 20 Jan. 2022",
"An explicable Anthony Brown pass on the next Oregon drive was picked off along the sideline by Malone Mataele, setting the Utes up inside the Oregon 40-yard line with eight seconds left in the half. \u2014 Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Science, after all, is about what is observable, quantifiable, testable, predictable, explicable \u2014 and dreams are none of these things. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Nov. 2021",
"These scenes are not very frightening, or even explicable . \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 1 Oct. 2021",
"As for the pundits laboring to explain the explicable , Paul Krugman of the New York Times has formed a conclusion on why some Democratic lawmakers aren\u2019t eager to embrace the Sanders agenda rejected by Democratic voters last year. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 28 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1545, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-183354"
},
"emend":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"trademark",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to correct usually by textual alterations"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0113-\u02c8mend",
"i-\u02c8mend"
],
"synonyms":[
"amend",
"correct",
"debug",
"rectify",
"red-pencil",
"reform",
"remedy"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the first printout quickly revealed that our computer program needed to be emended"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin emendare \u2014 more at amend ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-184051"
},
"extemporary":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": extemporaneous"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8stem-p\u0259-\u02ccrer-\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"ad hoc",
"ad-lib",
"down and dirty",
"extemporaneous",
"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":[
"caught red-handed, the would-be embezzler proceeded to give some extemporary and not very convincing explanations for her actions"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1596, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-190915"
},
"ensconce":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": shelter , conceal",
": establish , settle"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8sk\u00e4n(t)s"
],
"synonyms":[
"install",
"lodge",
"nestle",
"perch",
"roost",
"settle"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The sculpture is safely ensconced behind glass.",
"He ensconced himself in front of the television.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That probably extends to Mike Conley Jr., too, an All-Star a season ago whose arrival in Utah helped ensconce the Jazz as contenders. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 Dec. 2021",
"The appearance of an unfamiliar object is a surefire way to pique a cat\u2019s interest, perhaps even enough to try to ensconce themselves in it. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 12 May 2021",
"Spa days aren\u2019t complete without a cozy robe to ensconce yourself in, and this one from Riley will do the trick. \u2014 Courtney Thompson, CNN Underscored , 4 Nov. 2020",
"With Emmanuel Macron ensconced in the \u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace, the policy of European fiscal union enjoys the passionate support of one of Europe\u2019s two biggest powers for the first time. \u2014 Peter Rough, National Review , 22 Apr. 2020",
"Grandpa would ramble about his years as a meteorologist, at which point my younger cousins would slip away and ensconce themselves under the table, tug at someone\u2019s pants, or pluck one of my aunt\u2019s stockings. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 21 Nov. 2019",
"Scaramucci missed his son\u2019s birth while ensconced at the White House during his 11-day tenure before his epic firing following an expletive-laden New Yorker interview. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 June 2019",
"Just as the nineteenth-century flaneur gets intoxicated on a strange mix of empathy and detachment, the lurker sees their historic moment by being above it and very much ensconced in it. \u2014 Adrian Daub, The New Republic , 13 Apr. 2020",
"But don't worry -- the mice were safely ensconced in their own comfy little cages with bedding and food. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 24 Mar. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":" en- + sconce entry 2 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-192033"
},
"effeminate":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner",
": marked by an unbecoming delicacy or overrefinement",
": an effeminate person"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8fe-m\u0259-n\u0259t"
],
"synonyms":[
"effete",
"epicene",
"sissified",
"sissy",
"unmanly",
"womanish"
],
"antonyms":[
"manlike",
"manly",
"mannish",
"masculine",
"virile"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"He had a high and somewhat effeminate voice.",
"a comedian deliberately affecting effeminate mannerisms",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Last year, this manifested itself in sudden and disruptive bans on online tutoring, campaigns against effeminate celebrities, on-and-off restrictions on burning coal and regulatory assaults on consumer Internet companies. \u2014 Greg Ip, WSJ , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Smit-McPhee grew up in Melbourne not always fitting among the sporty boys at his school, a heterosexual young man with conspicuously effeminate traits. \u2014 Taylor Antrim, Vogue , 22 Nov. 2021",
"Soon after moving in together, Rose finds an unexpected adversary in George's lonely, jealous brother, Phil (Benedict Cumberbatch), who casually taunts and torments her and her effeminate teenage son, Peter (Kodi Smit-McPhee). \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Last Thursday, China\u2019s National Radio and Television Administration announced that Chinese media should stop effeminate male celebrities as well as celebrities who are not politically vocal from appearing on television. \u2014 Hakyung Kate Lee, ABC News , 13 Sep. 2021",
"Later in the season, the show introduces Rahim, a gay student from an Iranian Muslim family, who is more outwardly effeminate than Victor or Benji. \u2014 Jackson Mchenry, Vulture , 11 June 2021",
"Her father, eager to change his effeminate child\u2019s ways, would drag the child to boxing matches. \u2014 Frances Robles, New York Times , 2 Oct. 2020",
"There are fewer languid, sleek, effeminate bodies and more muscle. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 19 Sep. 2020",
"Performing slightly effeminate blundering outrage \u2014 not playing gay, exactly, but not not gay either \u2014 Lynde set a pattern. \u2014 James Hibberd, EW.com , 19 May 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Some of the reasons include stigma, shame and being perceived as effeminate . \u2014 Sean Loughran, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"As the effeminate , rangy Peter, 25-year-old Kodi Smit-McPhee taps into a rich vein of mystery. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Experts have said that Asian men, in particular, must deal with emasculation, or being cast as effeminate and weak. \u2014 NBC News , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Yet Grindr's disappearance in China may be also linked to Beijing's ongoing push to encourage 'traditional' family values and discourage ' effeminate ' and 'sissy' men as the country grapples with a demographic crisis. \u2014 Yvonne Lau, Fortune , 2 Feb. 2022",
"For Campion, the film\u2019s key dynamic is between Phil and Rose\u2019s effeminate son, Peter (Kodi Smit-McPhee) \u2014 the former constantly terrorizing the latter. \u2014 Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times , 1 Dec. 2021",
"As the story unfolds, Phil\u2019s disdain for Rose and her effeminate son drive Rose to drink. \u2014 Marc Malkin, Variety , 13 Nov. 2021",
"Why is Phil so cruel to the effeminate , slender young man? \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 7 Oct. 2021",
"In their collective eye, the word environmentalist suggests an effeminate , sentimental tree-hugger who is probably also a gun-control zealot. \u2014 Philip Caputo, Field & Stream , 22 Nov. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"1597, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-192152"
},
"encumber":{
"type":[
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": weigh down , burden",
": to impede or hamper the function or activity of : hinder",
": to burden with a legal claim (such as a mortgage)",
": to weigh down : burden",
": to cause problems or delays for : hinder",
": to burden with a claim (as a mortgage or lien)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8k\u0259m-b\u0259r",
"in-\u02c8k\u0259m-b\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"clog",
"cramp",
"embarrass",
"fetter",
"hamper",
"handcuff",
"handicap",
"hinder",
"hobble",
"hog-tie",
"hold back",
"hold up",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"interfere (with)",
"manacle",
"obstruct",
"shackle",
"short-circuit",
"stymie",
"tie up",
"trammel"
],
"antonyms":[
"aid",
"assist",
"facilitate",
"help"
],
"examples":[
"These rules will only encumber the people we're trying to help.",
"Lack of funding has encumbered the project.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The goal would be to reduce recidivism, provide workforce development and not encumber first-time offenders with a conviction on their records. \u2014 Thomas Jewell, cleveland , 26 Oct. 2021",
"The hope is that the testbed will remove much of the red tape that might otherwise encumber partnering with the government. \u2014 Adi Gaskell, Forbes , 4 Oct. 2021",
"In other words, unused oil and gas leases encumber 1.7 federal million acres in Utah, some of them within sight of national parks and monuments. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 4 Aug. 2021",
"Mitchell\u2019s own first publication at the company, on making smile-detection algorithms perform well for people of different races and genders, also met with a degree of corporate hesitancy that didn\u2019t seem to encumber more conventional AI projects. \u2014 Tom Simonite, Wired , 8 June 2021",
"At that time, Roach said that of the $18.7 million in FEMA funds, $13.6 million had been spent or encumbered, leaving $5.1 million to encumber over the next few weeks. \u2014 Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press , 5 May 2021",
"Roach said of the $18.7 million in FEMA funds, $13.6 million has been spent or encumbered as of Friday, leaving $5.1 million to encumber over the next few weeks. \u2014 Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press , 17 Apr. 2021",
"Suburban voters are convinced that taxes will cost them money, no matter where the hammer drops, and are perplexed that the White House would encumber an economy recovering from the coronavirus. \u2014 David M. Drucker, Washington Examiner , 12 Apr. 2021",
"Backlogs have caused unbearably long wait times for results, and the coming flu season might further encumber test processing. \u2014 Keith Gillogly, Wired , 15 Sep. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English encombren , from Anglo-French encumbrer , from en- + Middle French combre dam, weir",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-192203"
},
"epilogue":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work",
": a speech often in verse addressed to the audience by an actor at the end of a play",
": the actor speaking such an epilogue",
": the final scene of a play that comments on or summarizes the main action",
": the concluding section of a musical composition : coda"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-p\u0259-\u02ccl\u022fg",
"-\u02ccl\u00e4g"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As depicted in the episode and described in its epilogue , in addition to falling casualty to the quake itself, many Koreans were also blamed for post-quake destruction and killed by Japanese vigilantes in the aftermath. \u2014 Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Feast your eyes upon the latest news abuzz: Our favorite Netflix period drama is getting its very own epilogue . \u2014 Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Barring incredible viewership on HBO Max in 45 days, the graceful exit offered by The Secret Of Dumbledore\u2019s lovely epilogue will now likely serve as a series finale. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 17 Apr. 2022",
"The book episode, Franco writes, was something of the final straw and an epilogue to the Vigano debacle, both of which saw Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, Benedict's longtime secretary, as a key behind-the-scenes player. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, ajc , 21 Apr. 2022",
"In the book\u2019s epilogue , Assil reflects on her former partnership with famed chef Daniel Patterson, the start of the pandemic and her path to a worker-ownership model. \u2014 Reem Assil, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Apr. 2022",
"By the epilogue \u2019s final pages, the narrator realizes it\u2019s his own responsibility to build on a dense web of influences and develop a unique identity worth acting upon. \u2014 Annie Abrams, The New Republic , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Quinn's second epilogue takes place much later after the events of The Viscount Who Loved Me, whereas the show's last scene is just six months after everything goes down. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 25 Mar. 2022",
"In an epilogue , Vanasse describes the recovery of the Pribilof seal population and the privations of the Unangax people who were left in dire conditions during the moratorium. \u2014 Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News , 2 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English epiloge , from Middle French epilogue , from Latin epilogus , from Greek epilogos , from epilegein to say in addition, from epi- + legein to say \u2014 more at legend ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-192550"
},
"environ":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": encircle , surround"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8v\u012b-r\u0259n",
"-\u02c8v\u012b(-\u0259)rn"
],
"synonyms":[
"circle",
"compass",
"embrace",
"encircle",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"encompass",
"gird",
"girdle",
"ring",
"surround",
"wreathe"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a decaying, impoverished city environed by affluent suburbs"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English envirounen , from Anglo-French enviruner , from envirun around, from en in (from Latin in ) + virun circle, from virer to turn \u2014 more at veer entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-200938"
},
"escapade":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct",
": a daring or reckless adventure"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-sk\u0259-\u02ccp\u0101d",
"\u02c8e-sk\u0259-\u02ccp\u0101d"
],
"synonyms":[
"antic",
"caper",
"capriccio",
"dido",
"frolic",
"gag",
"jest",
"knavery",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"practical joke",
"prank",
"rag",
"roguery",
"shavie",
"shine(s)",
"trick",
"waggery"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"As a teenager he embarked on a series of ill-advised escapades .",
"their escapades at the prep school became the stuff of boarding-school legend",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Mysterious shapes in the shrubbery add humor to this puckish escapade for children ages 3-6. \u2014 Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
"Since his escapade , Dillon has inspired peers to put pencil to paper. \u2014 Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor , 27 Apr. 2022",
"His wife, the girl of his childhood, the accomplice in his American escapade , had died. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
"For many, the days of dusting off your passport, heading abroad and traversing a foreign country on a summer escapade haven\u2019t happened since at least 2019. \u2014 cleveland , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The play, with a top-rank cast including Jane Kaczmarek, E. Faye Butler and Eugene Lee, does aspire to something more textured and thought-provoking than your basic 30-minute escapade -with-a-laugh-track. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
"The latest escapade is yet another original and provides an unfamiliar opportunity for a program in only a decade of existence. \u2014 Evan Dudley, al , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Sure, Newsom survived his French Laundry escapade , then brazenly performed an encore at the NFC Championship game in Los Angeles, where he was photographed maskless indoors among celebrities. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Luann and Ramona learn about Sonja\u2019s escapade with a party guest; Leah re-connects with her siblings for the first time since their grandmother\u2019s funeral; Eboni receives DNA results. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Aug. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French, action of escaping, from Spanish escapada , from escapar to escape, from Vulgar Latin *excappare ",
"first_known_use":[
"1667, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-201837"
},
"exculpate":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to clear from alleged fault or guilt",
": to clear from alleged fault or guilt",
"\u2014 compare acquit , exonerate"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ek-(\u02cc)sk\u0259l-\u02ccp\u0101t",
"(\u02cc)ek-\u02c8sk\u0259l-",
"\u02c8ek-sk\u0259l-\u02ccp\u0101t, ek-\u02c8sk\u0259l-"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exonerate",
"vindicate"
],
"antonyms":[
"criminate",
"incriminate"
],
"examples":[
"The court exculpated him after a thorough investigation.",
"I will present evidence that will exculpate my client.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Prosecutors said examining Suzanne Morphew's body could incriminate or exculpate her husband. \u2014 Emily Shapiro, ABC News , 6 May 2022",
"Lloris was keen to exculpate his manager, emphasizing that Mourinho sent them out to be positive and attack. \u2014 Joshua Law, Forbes , 19 Mar. 2021",
"After all, if Mulvaney or Bolton could give testimony that would exculpate Trump in the Ukraine scandal, the president would have frog-marched them to the House Intelligence Committee himself last month. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 19 Dec. 2019",
"The East defined itself in the tradition of communists who had resisted fascism, giving rise to a state doctrine of remembrance that effectively exculpated it from wartime atrocities. \u2014 Katrin Bennhold, New York Times , 9 Nov. 2019",
"No evidence emerged linking the man to the crime at the school in Myanmar\u2019s capital, Naypyitaw, and some testimony exculpated him. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Dec. 2019",
"Thus, Harvey\u2019s magnitude does not exculpate the government of liability for its actions. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 Dec. 2019",
"The fact that the bombardiers are Saudi hardly exculpates the United States. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 5 Oct. 2019",
"Another investigator, retired federal judge Barbara Jones, took on the task of laying out the larger context of the league\u2019s gross mishandling of the Rice case apart from the tiny, exculpating factoid that Mr. Mueller was assigned to document. \u2014 Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ , 26 Mar. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Medieval Latin exculpatus , past participle of exculpare , from Latin ex- + culpa blame",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1656, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-203025"
},
"etiolate":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight",
": to make pale",
": to deprive of natural vigor : make feeble",
": to make pale and sickly"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0113-t\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t",
"\u02c8\u0113t-\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"debilitate",
"devitalize",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"prostrate",
"sap",
"soften",
"tire",
"waste",
"weaken"
],
"antonyms":[
"beef (up)",
"fortify",
"strengthen"
],
"examples":[
"the long, stressful days and sleepless nights gradually etiolated him"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French \u00e9tioler ",
"first_known_use":[
"1784, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-203601"
},
"estrange":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to arouse especially mutual enmity or indifference in (someone) where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness : alienate",
": to remove from customary environment or associations"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8str\u0101nj"
],
"synonyms":[
"alien",
"alienate",
"disaffect",
"disgruntle",
"sour"
],
"antonyms":[
"reconcile"
],
"examples":[
"she estranged several of her coworkers when she let her promotion go to her head",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As China has aligned itself more closely with Russia \u2014 regarding it as an ally to blunt U.S. global influence \u2014 its position is likely to estrange Europe further. \u2014 Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Ending the filibuster for nominations fueled polarization in the Senate, and nuking it for legislation would probably further estrange political factions. \u2014 Fred Bauer, National Review , 2 Nov. 2020",
"Ensuing legal challenges from both sides would further estrange the two halves of the country. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 2 Nov. 2020",
"At the time, the writer Albert Camus was working on The Rebel, a book that would estrange him instantly and permanently from the Communist left in France. \u2014 Sean B. Carroll, The Atlantic , 6 Oct. 2020",
"Lipolelo had been estranged from Thabane, who had filed for divorce when she was shot dead near her Maseru home on the night of June 14, 2017. \u2014 Herbert Moyo, BostonGlobe.com , 21 Feb. 2020",
"Lipolelo had been estranged from Thabane, who had filed for divorce when she was shot dead near her Maseru home on the night of June 14, 2017. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Feb. 2020",
"In other cases where parents are estranged , improvisation has necessitated billable hours with divorce attorneys and unearthed old wounds, making an already stressful time even harder. \u2014 Matt Villano, CNN , 1 Apr. 2020",
"Farrow, who is estranged from the film director, shared that she is particularly disturbed by the decision to publish Allen\u2019s book for a number of very personal, very obvious reasons. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 4 Mar. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French estrangir, estranger , from Medieval Latin extraneare , from Latin extraneus strange \u2014 more at strange entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-210219"
},
"expeditious":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": marked by or acting with prompt efficiency"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccek-sp\u0259-\u02c8di-sh\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"alacritous",
"alert",
"prompt",
"quick",
"ready",
"willing"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a company that is well-regarded for its expeditious handling of any request or complaint",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lingering for three days cannot be considered expeditious or continuous. \u2014 Jill Goldenziel, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The most expeditious way to discover whether your whatnot is worth something or nothing is to visit an actual consignment shop in an actual building. \u2014 Patricia Marx, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Many entrants in digital health look for a big brand to buy them, enabling an expeditious exit. \u2014 Dave Kuraguntla, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
"While quick to applaud the decision to feed manatees, Save the Manatee Club was equally expeditious in reminding the general public to avoid giving food to the animals. \u2014 Max Chesnes, USA TODAY , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Coming into Bond Avenue Fish and Poultry isn\u2019t meant to be an expeditious experience. \u2014 Tara Adhikari, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 Nov. 2021",
"Britney files her own request with the court demanding the expeditious end to her conservatorship. \u2014 Claudia Rosenbaum, Vulture , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Also, time is the enemy of all deals, so having all of your ducks in a row for an expeditious and diligent process is paramount to the successful close of a transaction. \u2014 Jay Jung, Forbes , 15 Oct. 2021",
"In a previous Goodluck court order, Judge Mehta ordered the State Department to make expeditious good faith efforts to adjudicate DV-2021 visas. \u2014 Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes , 26 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1599, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-220843"
},
"egotist":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun",
": the practice of talking about oneself too much",
": an exaggerated sense of self-importance : conceit \u2014 compare egoism sense 2",
": an exaggerated sense of self-importance \u2014 compare egoism sense 2"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0113-g\u0259-\u02ccti-z\u0259m",
"also",
"\u02c8\u0113-g\u0259-\u02cctiz-\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[
"amour propre",
"bighead",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-assumption",
"self-conceit",
"self-congratulation",
"self-esteem",
"self-glory",
"self-importance",
"self-love",
"self-opinion",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"swelled head",
"swellheadedness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity"
],
"antonyms":[
"humbleness",
"humility",
"modesty"
],
"examples":[
"In his egotism he thought everyone was coming just to see him.",
"for someone who has won a Nobel Prize in physics, he is remarkably without egotism",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But Kouchner doesn\u2019t demand we be revolted by her mother\u2019s egotism . \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022",
"Her stubbornness and egotism helped kick-start and prolong the massive prodemocracy protests of 2019. \u2014 Timothy Mclaughlin, The Atlantic , 8 May 2022",
"Former Oscar host Chris Rock appeared secure in his status as Hollywood jester, but his attempt at celeb bonhomie hit the roadblock of unpredictable hip-hop egotism . \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Under the lash of Mami\u2019s disdain, Olga feels even more determined to chase the American Dream while trying to maintain a sense of her Puerto Rican heritage that isn\u2019t soiled by her mother\u2019s egotism . \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Making unsubtle, faulty linkage between Orange Man arrogance and Red Rocket egotism is Baker\u2019s real judgment. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Spielberg\u2019s own career then seemed upended by misguided egotism , not necessarily his own, but that of a faction hiding behind a facetious pretense of moral values and public trust. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 10 Dec. 2021",
"In a profession not without egotism and elitism, Vincent was among the friendliest. \u2014 Joe Lapointe, Detroit Free Press , 31 Dec. 2021",
"Citizens aspired to self-reliance and spiritualized egotism , and the many revolutions of the period facilitated the shift. \u2014 Mark Greif, The Atlantic , 9 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin ego + English -tism (as in idiotism )",
"first_known_use":[
"1714, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-222537"
},
"edit":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to prepare (something, such as literary material) for publication or public presentation",
": to assemble (something, such as a moving picture or tape recording) by cutting and rearranging",
": to alter, adapt, or refine especially to bring about conformity to a standard or to suit a particular purpose",
": to direct the publication of",
": delete",
": to modify a gene or gene product of by inserting, deleting, or replacing DNA sequences",
"\u2014 see gene editing",
": an instance or result of editing",
": to correct, revise, and get ready for publication : collect and arrange material to be printed",
": to be in charge of the publication of something (as an encyclopedia or a newspaper) that is the work of many writers"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-d\u0259t",
"\u02c8e-d\u0259t"
],
"synonyms":[
"redraft",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The young engineer continued to furiously edit and post clips. \u2014 Cal Newport, The New Yorker , 15 June 2022",
"No word yet on when Americans might edit away for free. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
"On the next page, edit and add any details to the listing, including a title and a description. \u2014 Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
"Every member of the group has the same level of access and is able to add, edit or delete images from the library. \u2014 Paul Monckton, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"This brings us to the iOS 16 Messages update that lets users undo send and edit messages. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 7 June 2022",
"However, the volunteer editors of the Wikipedia community make decisions on what to remove or edit . \u2014 Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN , 20 May 2022",
"Users can also tap the keyboard button to type replies, and may redo or edit an answer as many times as required. \u2014 Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG , 18 May 2022",
"TikTok released a step-by-step guide for how to add a video credit to a post: Create or edit a TikTok video. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 18 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Below, an edit of face and body spray-on sunscreen formulas to protect your skin on vacation\u2014and beyond. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 21 June 2022",
"Despite a lack of fans, Apple says the M2 MacBook Air applies image filters and effects 20% faster than its M1 counterpart and edit video 38% faster. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 6 June 2022",
"Welcome the official start of summer with our June dress edit , below. \u2014 Madeline Fass, Vogue , 2 June 2022",
"Ahead, shop our edit filled with our favorite luxury fragrances that are included in So Avant Garde\u2019s Memorial Day sale. \u2014 Greg Emmanuel, Essence , 25 May 2022",
"Read below for Jenner's take on the season, her current go-to designers, and shop some of her summer edit . \u2014 Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 May 2022",
"Through a series of DMs, models, actors, and founders clamored for his meticulous edit . \u2014 Killian Wright-jackson, Allure , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Ahead, shop our edit of vintage jewelry essentials for one-of-a-kind ideas. \u2014 Nicole Kliest, Vogue , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Montgomery\u2019s group used pig organs with one edit , while the Maryland team transplanted a pig organ with 10 edits. \u2014 Isabella Cueto, STAT , 4 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"1704, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1917, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-223720"
},
"examen":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": examination",
": a critical study"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8z\u0101-m\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"delving",
"disquisition",
"examination",
"exploration",
"inquest",
"inquiry",
"inquisition",
"investigation",
"probation",
"probe",
"probing",
"research",
"study"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an examen of the president's assasination that has been plagued by controversy since its original publication",
"an insightful examen of the poet's works"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin, tongue of a balance, examination, from exigere \u2014 more at exact ",
"first_known_use":[
"1502, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-230603"
},
"engaging":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": tending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive",
": attractive or interesting"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8g\u0101-ji\u014b",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8g\u0101-ji\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluring",
"appealing",
"attractive",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charismatic",
"charming",
"elfin",
"enchanting",
"entrancing",
"fascinating",
"fetching",
"glamorous",
"glamourous",
"luring",
"magnetic",
"seductive"
],
"antonyms":[
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repelling",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"unalluring"
],
"examples":[
"movie stars often have an engaging aura that is hard to describe",
"a movie with an engaging story that will hold your interest for a couple of hours",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The observations are, at once, witty and engaging and sad. \u2014 Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 June 2022",
"Chief Creative Officer of The Game Agency (a division of ELB Learning) - exciting, engaging and educating audiences. Think about employee training at your company. \u2014 Stephen Baer, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"That said, your style of writing is engaging and your voice has merit. \u2014 Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com , 16 May 2022",
"At the same time, however, a rival faction in the capital, the Russian Association of Proletarian Musicians, was calling for compositional techniques that remained intelligible, engaging and edifying for a modern socialist listener. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
"Taking inspiration from his day job as a music teacher, Slocumb has orchestrated an engaging and suspenseful story about an aspiring musician and his great-great-grandfather\u2019s violin. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Feb. 2022",
"At the same time, Wang occasionally deploys an ironic, almost satirical hyperbole that is engaging and funny, but can shift the novel\u2019s register closer to moralistic fable. \u2014 Claire Messud, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022",
"This will allow members of our own travel communities to provide engaging and collaborative travel tips that are exclusive to the Elude platform. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Because this surprising reset of a cult series that didn\u2019t air that long ago is intriguing, engaging and actually has something to say. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1673, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-231610"
},
"entice":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt",
": to attract by raising hope or desire : tempt"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8t\u012bs",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8t\u012bs"
],
"synonyms":[
"allure",
"bait",
"beguile",
"betray",
"decoy",
"lead on",
"lure",
"seduce",
"solicit",
"tempt"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"every commercial seemed to be for some tempting snack specifically designed to entice me from my diet",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Block understandably didn't give too much away about the hunt and hopes the mystery will entice more folks to sign up. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 10 May 2022",
"As rivals' efforts continue to weigh on sales, Popeyes is hoping the Buffalo Ranch Chicken Sandwich will entice customers. \u2014 Danielle Wiener-bronner, CNN , 3 May 2022",
"Tristano says a couple dozen donuts for the price of a few might entice managers trying to ease the transition. \u2014 NBC News , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Chiambaretta hopes the renovations, which will be completed in phases over the next eight years, will not only entice Parisians to return to their beloved avenue but also serve as a model for cities around the world. \u2014 Gisela Williams, Travel + Leisure , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Officials recently launched a fundraising campaign to support the city's largest ever gun buyback program, with the goal of raising $1 million to entice people to turn in guns during two large events this year. \u2014 Rebekah Riess And Steve Almasy, CNN , 20 May 2022",
"Streaming services aim to entice people to subscribe with compelling TV series and movies. \u2014 Wendy Leestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
"But stadium officials are hoping something else will entice people to come back to the 30-year-old ballpark: the food. \u2014 Christina Tkacik, Baltimore Sun , 11 Apr. 2022",
"To entice younger people, Ocean County has run pop-up clinics that have dangled incentives like free admission to Six Flags Great Adventure, an amusement park in Jackson, and season-long access to the park\u2019s popular safari ride. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French enticer , from Vulgar Latin *intitiare , from Latin in- + titio firebrand",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-232506"
},
"ennoblement":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make noble : elevate",
": to raise to the rank of nobility"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8n\u014d-b\u0259l",
"e-\u02c8n\u014d-"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggrandize",
"canonize",
"deify",
"dignify",
"elevate",
"enshrine",
"ensky",
"enthrone",
"exalt",
"glorify",
"magnify"
],
"antonyms":[
"abase",
"degrade",
"demean",
"humble",
"humiliate"
],
"examples":[
"a life ennobled by suffering",
"Her skill and talent ennoble her profession.",
"He was ennobled by the queen.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Set aside for a moment the fact that the conduct of a war can ennoble even when the outcome is likely doomed, as is generally believed of the Ukrainians, led by the astonishing Volodymyr Zelensky. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
"At the same time, the religious elements in Crossroads work to ennoble the minutiae that Franzen embraces at last. \u2014 Becca Rothfeld, The Atlantic , 4 Oct. 2021",
"Donald Trump did not heroically take up the cross of COVID-19 in order to ennoble or inspire the masses to reclaim their lives. \u2014 Joel Mathis, TheWeek , 5 Oct. 2020",
"Ruin is ennobled without being prettified, aestheticized, pushed into the mental distance. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 27 Apr. 2020",
"The parasocial nature of fan-artist bonds, in which followers invest one-sided emotional energy into the relationship, ennobles celebrities\u2019 words. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 24 Apr. 2020",
"As Cromwell has grown in the public\u2019s esteem, so has Mantel; in 2014, she was ennobled by the Queen who now sits on Henry\u2019s throne, entitled to call herself Dame Hilary. \u2014 Dan Stewart, Time , 6 Mar. 2020",
"On a beautiful afternoon last September, Fiennes drove me from his house to the grounds of Holkham Hall, which was built by the Coke family, who were ennobled as the Earls of Leicester by King George II, in 1744. \u2014 Sam Knight, The New Yorker , 10 Feb. 2020",
"For a concerto is supposed to be a grand affair, an individual instrument ennobled by a major orchestra. \u2014 Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com , 5 Sep. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English ennobelen , from Middle French ennoblir , from Old French, from en- + noble noble",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-232722"
},
"engineer":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a member of a military group devoted to engineering work",
": a crafty schemer : plotter",
": a designer or builder of engines",
": a person who is trained in or follows as a profession a branch of engineering",
": a person who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance",
": a person who runs or supervises an engine or an apparatus",
": to lay out, construct, or manage as an engineer",
": to contrive or plan out usually with more or less subtle skill and craft",
": to guide the course of",
": to modify or produce by genetic engineering",
": a person who designs and builds machinery or technical equipment : a person who studies or works in a branch of engineering",
": a person who runs or is in charge of a railroad engine or other machinery or technical equipment",
": to plan, build, or manage as an engineer",
": to plan out in a skillful or clever way : contrive",
": to modify or produce by genetic engineering"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccen-j\u0259-\u02c8nir",
"\u02ccen-j\u0259-\u02c8nir",
"\u02ccen-j\u0259-\u02c8ni(\u0259)r"
],
"synonyms":[
"architect",
"mastermind"
],
"antonyms":[
"contrive",
"finagle",
"finesse",
"frame",
"machinate",
"maneuver",
"manipulate",
"mastermind",
"negotiate",
"wangle"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Design engineers are working on ways to make the cars run more efficiently.",
"The engineer stopped the train.",
"Army engineers were called in to construct the canal.",
"Verb",
"The rebels engineered a successful attack.",
"the mayor engineered an agreement to have a major league team play in our city",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Mena Lockwood, assistant state traffic engineer for VDOT, said in a statement that the occasional lower speeds will reduce the risk of crashes and injuries while keeping traffic moving. \u2014 Gaya Gupta, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
"Having begun the project by interviewing such participants as engineer -producer Glyn Johns, Jackson adopted not only Johns\u2019 wisdom that the real Beatles magic lay not in the guitars, etc., but in the harmonies. \u2014 Fred Schruers, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
"Max Zhang, an engineer living in another province, found his health code flipped to red earlier this week, with a line saying it had been flipped by Henan authorities remotely. \u2014 Wenxin Fan, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Lowther Loudspeakers has a reputation as one of the top British hi-fi designers of all time and was born out of a collaboration between engineer Paul Voigt and OP Lowther. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Rachel Rothman, Chief Technologist and head engineer , has a B.S.E. in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics with a mathematics minor from the University of Pennsylvania and has been at GH for 14 years. \u2014 Olivia Lipski, Good Housekeeping , 16 June 2022",
"The project\u2019s architect and structural engineer were let go in August 1971. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
"The musician produced it herself alongside mixing engineer Ryan Freeland. \u2014 Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone , 15 June 2022",
"Three experienced-looking, middle-aged engineer types staffed the video boards. \u2014 Cal Newport, The New Yorker , 15 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The committee must drive home this point: Plenty of powerful people never stormed the Capitol but nonetheless are responsible for trying to engineer a coup. \u2014 Elie Honig, CNN , 8 June 2022",
"For its part, the Fed is trying to engineer a soft landing for the U.S. economy by raising interest rates and signaling more hikes to come. \u2014 Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 May 2022",
"The Fed is now trying to engineer a slowdown because of its belief that too much economic activity causes inflation. \u2014 Steve Forbes, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"Alice does it all, trying to engineer a happier future \u2013 one that doesn\u2019t include her father on his deathbed on her 40th birthday. \u2014 Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY , 15 May 2022",
"After making the ruble unpalatable to investors and savers, President Vladimir Putin is trying to engineer extra demand for the Russian currency from its only remaining market: captive commodity buyers. \u2014 Jon Sindreu, WSJ , 30 Mar. 2022",
"After weakening to a record intraday low of about 158 rubles per dollar on March 7, a series of maneuvers by Russia\u2019s central bank, combined with the country\u2019s big export business, helped engineer a ruble rebound. \u2014 WSJ , 28 May 2022",
"Orbiting the 3-point arc is how Williams helped engineer the Celtics\u2019 fourth trip to the Eastern Conference Finals since 2017, setting a Game 7 record for 3-point attempts. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 May 2022",
"By refusing to sign President Mikhail Gorbachev\u2019s treaty to restructure the Soviet Union, Kravchuk helped engineer its collapse in December 1991. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"circa 1635, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
"Verb",
"1828, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-001654"
},
"exhaustion":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act or process of exhausting : the state of being exhausted",
": the condition of being very tired",
": the act of using up completely",
": the act or process of exhausting : the state of being exhausted",
"\u2014 see heat exhaustion",
": neurosis following overstrain or overexertion especially in military combat",
": the act or process of exhausting",
": exhaustion of remedies"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8z\u022fs-ch\u0259n",
"ig-\u02c8z\u022fs-ch\u0259n",
"ig-\u02c8z\u022fs-ch\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"burnout",
"collapse",
"fatigue",
"frazzle",
"lassitude",
"prostration",
"tiredness",
"weariness"
],
"antonyms":[
"refreshment",
"rejuvenation",
"rejuvenescence",
"revitalization"
],
"examples":[
"He worked to the point of complete exhaustion .",
"the exhaustion of our natural resources",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These practices will only result in the same degree of exhaustion , slowing the team\u2019s momentum. \u2014 Karl Moore, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Their work was essential to preventing any catastrophic systems failures, and the Russians forced them to work past the point of exhaustion . \u2014 Serhiy Morgunov, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
"What could have used the same level of control is Martone\u2019s treatment of nostalgia, which gets telegraphed to the point of exhaustion . \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 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",
"Always look for signs of exhaustion and make sure to provide adequate restroom breaks. \u2014 Malia Wollan, New York Times , 24 May 2022",
"Cameron was one of several people who told Rolling Stone that Hawkins had complained of exhaustion due to the group\u2019s breakneck schedule. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
"Cameron was one of several people who told Rolling Stone that Hawkins had complained of exhaustion due to the group\u2019s breakneck schedule. \u2014 al , 17 May 2022",
"But the day was hot and Pietri had reached the edge of exhaustion . \u2014 Roger Robinson, Outside Online , 10 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1615, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-003912"
},
"eject":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to throw out especially by physical force, authority, or influence",
": to evict from property",
": to throw out or off from within",
": to force or push out",
": to force out or expel from within",
": dispossess"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8jekt",
"i-\u02c8jekt",
"i-\u02c8jekt",
"i-\u02c8jekt"
],
"synonyms":[
"banish",
"boot (out)",
"bounce",
"cast out",
"chase",
"dismiss",
"drum (out)",
"expel",
"extrude",
"kick out",
"oust",
"out",
"rout",
"run off",
"throw out",
"turf (out)",
"turn out"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The machine automatically ejected the CD.",
"The pilot ejected when his plane caught fire.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Because anything that goes to a bot will not go to real members, individuals will, in most cases, be motivated to eject the fake accounts from their groups, instead of hoping that the platform will provide that service. \u2014 Jaron Lanier, The Atlantic , 26 May 2022",
"Occasionally, plumes eject from holes in the ice out into space. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Most of the world\u2019s coral reefs, including the Great Barrier Reef, will undergo bleaching every few years, meaning the water will be so hot that the coral will eject their symbiotic microorganisms into the water, starving themselves in the process. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 11 May 2022",
"The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed the incident, telling NBC Los Angeles that the male suspect had been armed with a replica gun that could eject a knife blade when discharged correctly. \u2014 NBC News , 4 May 2022",
"Lee also had a replica gun that could eject a knife blade in his possession when he was arrested and booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, the Los Angeles Times reported. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 4 May 2022",
"Jones\u2019 motorcycle struck the Malibu that Searcey was driving, causing Jones to eject off the bike and crash into the passenger side of the car. \u2014 Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Two Marines were able to eject and walk away alive when their fighter jet crashed on the family plantation of South Carolina's former governor. \u2014 Fox News , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Hollywood studios are likely to be impacted by the decision of the European Union over the weekend to eject Russia from the global banking system SWIFT. \u2014 Pamela Mcclintock, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin ejectus , past participle of eicere , from e- + jacere ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-004352"
},
"emasculate":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken",
": to deprive of virility or procreative power : castrate",
": to remove the androecium of (a flower) in the process of artificial cross-pollination",
": to deprive of virility or procreative power : castrate",
": to deprive (as a law or judicial opinion) of force or effectiveness"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8ma-sky\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t",
"i-\u02c8mas-ky\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t",
"i-\u02c8mas-ky\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"demoralize",
"paralyze",
"undo",
"unman",
"unnerve",
"unstring"
],
"antonyms":[
"nerve"
],
"examples":[
"He plays the role of a meek husband who has been emasculated by his domineering wife.",
"Critics charged that this change would emasculate the law.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As played by Jackson, Kanan is malice personified, a gleeful killer with a hair-trigger temper and a tendency to humiliate and emasculate his foes. \u2014 Joshua Alston, Variety , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The idea that Aladdin is self-conscious about being small is not a strong enough game to carry a sketch, and bringing on Cowboys running back Zeke Elliott to emasculate Aladdin throws this immediately off the rails. \u2014 Alexis Pereira, Vulture , 10 Oct. 2021",
"When Peter sends an apparently sincere email begging him to visit and hear his apology, though, C.W. finally decides to confront his past \u2014 or, at the very least, flaunt his success and emasculate the guy who got the girl. \u2014 Ben Rosenstock, Vulture , 11 June 2021",
"Asian men have generally been emasculated , demasculinized, and historically, black men have often been over-sexualized, the reverse. \u2014 Annie Howard, Billboard , 16 May 2019",
"Both women know that forceful men are all often described as strong and assertive, while forceful women are dismissed as angry, emasculating or hectoring. \u2014 Charlotte Alter, Time , 21 Nov. 2019",
"Here is a president who seems not to feel shame but who does seem to fear, more than anything else, appearing weak or emasculated . \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Oct. 2019",
"The terms are in and of themselves wrong, but being judged on those terms, there\u2019s a level of shame, of feeling emasculated . \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 29 Sep. 2019",
"He was fitted with a catheter, which was emasculating enough, but the specter of prostate cancer also loomed. \u2014 Carolita Johnson, Longreads , 28 Oct. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin emasculatus , past participle of emasculare , from e- + masculus male \u2014 more at male ",
"first_known_use":[
"1607, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-011630"
},
"enjoy":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to have a good time",
": to have for one's use, benefit, or lot : experience",
": to take pleasure or satisfaction in",
": to have a good time",
": to get pleasure from",
": to have the use or benefit of"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8j\u022fi",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8j\u022fi"
],
"synonyms":[
"adore",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"fancy",
"get off (on)",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
"rejoice (in)",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"savor",
"savour"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Vomo's baby butlers care for children under age three, and arrangements can be made for childcare until 11 p.m., so parents can enjoy dinner and an evening on their own. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 19 June 2022",
"Riding a hardtail is a very pure form of mountain biking that anyone can enjoy . \u2014 John Watson, Outside Online , 18 June 2022",
"Some people may enjoy the slimness of the iPhone and want to have a case that is protective, but not too bulky. \u2014 Douglas Helm, Popular Mechanics , 17 June 2022",
"New players can enjoy exploring the history of the world and the setting but still have a frame of reference for modern ideas. \u2014 Rob Wieland, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"While crowds grow steadily during the annual fireworks show, at-home viewers can enjoy the event without having to give up the comfort of your pajamas. \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 16 June 2022",
"Since then, the Trust has started working to expand access to allow more people to enjoy it at night. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"People will enjoy mixing and matching these flavors and configurations. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 10 June 2022",
"People enjoy premium quality sweet delights at Cloud Ninth Creamery on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, a seasonal artisanal ice cream shop that's only open from May to September. \u2014 Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English enjoien , from Anglo-French enjoir, enjoier to gladden, enjoy, from en- + joie joy",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-013403"
},
"etch":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to produce (something, such as a pattern or design) on a hard material by eating into the material's surface (as by acid or laser beam)",
": to subject to such etching",
": to delineate or impress clearly",
": to practice etching",
": the action or effect of etching a surface",
": a chemical agent used in etching",
": to produce designs or figures on metal or glass by using acid to eat into the surface"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ech",
"\u02c8ech"
],
"synonyms":[
"engrave",
"grave",
"incise",
"inscribe",
"insculp"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"etched an identification number on the back of the television",
"glass that has been etched with an identification number",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Ukraine is the world\u2019s largest exporter of neon, a gas used in lasers that etch circuits onto computer chips. \u2014 Tom Krisher And Kelvin Chan, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Chip manufacturers employ lasers to etch hyperfine circuit patterns onto wafers of silicon. \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 28 Feb. 2022",
"On the other hand, give Glossier\u2019s beloved Brow Flick a try to subtly etch faux hairs and add fullness. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 20 May 2022",
"At the event, hosted by the LAPD\u2019s Northeast Division and sponsored by a grant from the L.A. County Sheriff\u2019s Department, drivers had their cars lifted slightly off the ground so a mechanic could etch their VIN numbers with a power tool. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Nevertheless, etch your calendar in stone for an aggressive investigation into why. \u2014 Shakeel Ahmed, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Fractal wood burning pairs high-voltage electricity and a chemical solution to etch intricate designs into slabs of wood. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Enormous machines project designs for chips across each wafer, and then deposit and etch away layers of materials to create their transistors and connect them. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The process to etch the Black authors' names by the Center for Black Literature and Culture began about two years ago, Twyman said. \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"There seems to be a limitless number of products available to clean, strip, etch , degrease, and brighten various surfaces around the home, yard, and workshop. \u2014 Popular Mechanics , 6 Oct. 2020",
"If your floors have deep scuffs or scratches, start by using etch remover. \u2014 Emma Bazilian, House Beautiful , 28 May 2020",
"From the clearing where we\u2019d laid out our tents and camp pads, the opposite bank of the river was barely perceptible except for a faint Etch -a-Sketch panorama of sandstone buttes and towers. \u2014 Jim Buchta, chicagotribune.com , 11 Aug. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"1634, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-025244"
},
"embody":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate",
": to deprive of spirituality",
": to make concrete and perceptible",
": to cause to become a body or part of a body : incorporate",
": to represent in human or animal form : personify",
": to give form to",
": to represent in visible form",
": to make something a body or system or part of a body or system"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8b\u00e4-d\u0113",
"im-\u02c8b\u00e4-d\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorb",
"assimilate",
"co-opt",
"incorporate",
"integrate"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The legislature embodied a revenue provision in the new law.",
"they must embody their ideas in substantial institutions if they are to survive",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Who could possibly embody this country\u2019s music legacy and its ties to fashion within the event\u2019s typical three-song set? \u2014 Celia Ellenberg, Vogue , 3 May 2022",
"These are the sorts of performances, and performers, the Grammys crave: appearing young but aiming to embody old-fashioned values of musicianship. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Merkel, however, came to embody the opposite impulse. \u2014 Fintan O\u2019toole, The New York Review of Books , 18 Oct. 2021",
"In his return back from injury, Smith came to embody dedication and hope. \u2014 Emily Iannaconi, Forbes , 19 Apr. 2021",
"Brees retirement brings an end to a career that came to embody resilience and renewal on multiple levels. \u2014 Brett Martel, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 Mar. 2021",
"Brees retirement brings an end to a career that came to embody resilience and renewal on multiple levels. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 Mar. 2021",
"Since its debut in 1929, the Monaco Grand Prix has come to embody exclusivity and a lavish lifestyle\u2014an event emblazoned on the psyche and calendars of both the jet-set and ardent gearheads alike. \u2014 Viju Mathew, Robb Report , 18 May 2022",
"Located in the West African nation of Mali, the name Timbuktu has come to embody the idea of a distant place, but this city was once famed as a center of learning, religion and trade. \u2014 Gertrude Kitongo, CNN , 11 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-063607"
},
"espouse":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": marry",
": to take up and support as a cause : become attached to"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8spau\u0307z",
"also"
],
"synonyms":[
"marry",
"match",
"wed"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The new theory has been espoused by many leading physicists.",
"Those espousing unpopular views were often excluded.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some conservatives have seemingly co-opted language used by far-right extremists such as those who espouse the QAnon conspiracy theories over the last several years. \u2014 Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News , 7 May 2022",
"The Taliban espouse a harsh interpretation of Islamic law and often used suicide attacks in their nearly 20-year insurgency against the United States and its Afghan allies. \u2014 Kathy Gannon, chicagotribune.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
"In any number of YouTube videos and TikTok clips, these footwear surgeons espouse the decolorizing wonders of Salon Care\u2019s hair cream. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Rafferty said the bill was outside the spirit of small government and conservatism that Republicans espouse . \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Members of the boogaloo movement, a loose collection of extremists who espouse the violent overthrow of the U.S. government, have used auto sears in shootings and sold them to undercover agents. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"And, on TikTok, life coaches who espouse its doctrine, promising to teach people the skills to \u2018level up\u2019 are cashing in on the insatiable demand for self-optimisation. \u2014 Daisy Schofield, refinery29.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Now, those who espouse conspiracies and bigotries get air time\u2014and, consequently, our time\u2014precisely because their errors are so outrageously clickable. \u2014 Megan Garber, The Atlantic , 5 Mar. 2022",
"An award for the songwriters, song of the year tends to gravitate toward tunes with a message or that espouse a certain lifestyle. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 4 Mar. 2022"
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"verb"
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": to fill with delight"
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"in-\u02c8rap-ch\u0259r",
"en-"
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"examples":[
"Her melodious voice enraptured the audience.",
"enraptured upon learning that he would be attending college on a full sports scholarship",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And never forget that his cockiness has always been part of his appeal: Shyamalan is a showman who loves to enrapture you with a good yarn and then floor you with a killer twist. \u2014 Tim Grierson, Vulture , 26 July 2021",
"Desperate for any technology that would free me from the exhausting process of typing real-time notes during interviews, I was enraptured by Thompson's prediction. \u2014 Wade Roush, Scientific American , 1 May 2020",
"After the movie, the three go to the Cafe Espa\u00f1a, where the girls, enraptured by midcentury Hollywood\u2019s benign glossy dream clich\u00e9s of love, America, and beauty, discuss the movie\u2019s finer points over TruColas. \u2014 Deborah Eisenberg, The New York Review of Books , 27 May 2020",
"That duality\u2014of individualism and community\u2014is what the drones are mimicking to enrapturing effect. \u2014 Mary Alice Miller, Wired , 9 May 2020",
"The art house crowd is certain to be enraptured by this gem. \u2014 Jeff Menell, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 Feb. 2020",
"The journalist in me was enraptured by Meredith Levien, COO of the New York Times. \u2014 Samantha Barry, Glamour , 24 Feb. 2020",
"The show so enraptured the country that its tickets became the most expensive in theater history, going for an average of $1,200 (with at least one going for close to $10,000) and earning multiple millions each week. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Dec. 2019",
"He was enraptured by the film\u2019s portrayal of journalism\u2019s moral force, its critical distance and independence. \u2014 Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker , 9 Dec. 2019"
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"1740, in the meaning defined above"
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": to become familiar with by testing or experimenting",
": to travel over (new territory) for adventure or discovery",
": to examine especially for diagnostic purposes",
": to make or conduct a systematic search",
": to search through or into : study closely",
": to go into or through for purposes of discovery or adventure",
": to examine (as by surgery) especially for diagnostic purposes"
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"ik-\u02c8spl\u022fr",
"ik-\u02c8spl\u022fr",
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"probe",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Kassabova, who left Bulgaria as a teen after the collapse of the Soviet Union, returned to her homeland 20 years later to explore the layered communities along its borders with Greece and Turkey. \u2014 Sarah Souli, Travel + Leisure , 18 June 2022",
"The national mood has shifted in the two years since George Floyd\u2019s killing at the hands of Minneapolis police, a time when many Democratic lawmakers promised to explore alternatives to policing or reduce departments\u2019 funding in local budgets. \u2014 Michael Brice-saddler, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
"The idea was to explore and cultivate the beauty and botanical benefits of this signature bloom. \u2014 Jessica Matlin, Harper's BAZAAR , 7 June 2022",
"One option for the water authority right now is to explore a deal within the 2026 negotiations that could bring down the cost of water. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 June 2022",
"One goal in the plan is to explore the feasibility of east-west street connections to the Mountain View Corridor, Bangerter Highway, Utah 111 (also known as the Bacchus Highway), Interstate 80, I-215, I-15 and other high-speed roadways. \u2014 Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 May 2022",
"While the name of the organization will be the Granby/Simsbury Chamber of Commerce, one of Juarez\u2019s first tasks will be to explore , with a marketing committee, a new name and brand for the new chamber. \u2014 Steve Smith, Hartford Courant , 20 May 2022",
"Details here from Grist\u2019s Emily Pontecorvo, who writes that these local governments are some of the first to seriously explore removing carbon from the atmosphere (while also moving aggressively to cut emissions). \u2014 Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"To visit the show is to explore his darkly romantic world, teeming with nymphs, crustaceans, and Macbeth skulls. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 13 May 2022"
],
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"1531, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
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": to represent by a sign or symbol : symbolize",
": delineate , depict",
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": to force out (something, such as the juice of a fruit) by pressure",
": to subject to pressure so as to extract something",
": to cause (a gene) to manifest its effects in the phenotype",
": to manifest or produce (a character, molecule, or effect) by a genetic process",
": directly, firmly, and explicitly stated",
": exact , precise",
": of a particular sort : specific",
": designed for or adapted to its purpose",
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": traveling with few or no stops along the way",
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": delivered faster than usual",
": designated to be delivered without delay by special messenger",
": a system for the prompt and safe transportation of parcels, money, or goods at rates higher than standard freight charges",
": a company operating such a merchandise freight service",
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": a dispatch conveyed by a special messenger",
": special delivery",
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": by express",
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": to represent by a sign or symbol",
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": sent or traveling at high speed",
": a system for the quick transportation of goods",
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": to make known or exhibit by an expression",
": to force out by pressure",
": to subject to pressure so as to extract something",
": to cause (a gene) to manifest its effects in the phenotype",
": to manifest or produce (a character, molecule, or effect) by a genetic process",
": directly and distinctly stated or expressed rather than implied or left to inference \u2014 compare implied",
": to make known (one's thoughts, ideas, or opinions) by words, conduct, or symbols \u2014 see also expression"
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"ik-\u02c8spres",
"ik-\u02c8spres",
"ik-\u02c8spres, ek-"
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"air",
"expound",
"give",
"look",
"raise",
"sound",
"state",
"vent",
"ventilate",
"voice"
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"precise",
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"specific"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The resolution would push the city to educate residents on the history of the slave trade here and create a registry allowing Bostonians to express regret for past injustices. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"While council members did express support for restoring some or all of the arts center\u2019s funding at Wednesday\u2019s meeting, at least one member said that going forward, the city must reduce its subsidy of the arts center. \u2014 Joe Tash, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"Until everyone in your company can express , simply, the company\u2019s destination and motivation, this work is not yet done. \u2014 Lars Lehne, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"It\u2019s an extraordinarily sophisticated maneuver, one that doesn\u2019t ascribe intention based on personal information but rather allows the art to express its deeper content. \u2014 Jarrett Earnest, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
"Davidson is known for his tendency to get tattoos to express affection. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 6 June 2022",
"If there is something that characterizes them is to have lost the fear of what society will say about them and express their emotions and personalities without fear and with pride. \u2014 Vogue , 19 May 2022",
"The criticism on state television echoes fears Russians express in private over the fate of the conflict and their own country. \u2014 Thomas Grove, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"One element of the platform\u2014the Away message\u2014became a crucial way to mold AIM into a space where teens could explore and express their developing identities. \u2014 Michelle Delgado, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The crash closed express lanes in both directions, one lane on I-4 East and reduced I-4 West to just one lane. \u2014 Desiree Stennett, Orlando Sentinel , 6 June 2022",
"Every day, the war in Ukraine reminds us of the gratuitous and appalling loss that occurs in a conflict between forces set up for the express purpose of killing. \u2014 John R. Macarthur, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"The messages appeared to be sent with the express purpose of forcing the candidate to drop out of the race, according to the Justice Department. \u2014 Tori B. Powell, CBS News , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Free People is offering free express shipping on every order right now, ensuring your supersoft tees, flowy dresses, and cozy loungewear will arrive before Memorial Day. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 24 May 2022",
"Walmart is offering the drone deliveries as a form of express delivery over the company\u2019s existing two-hour, next-day and two-day shipping services. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 24 May 2022",
"The express fees for speedy cash rankle consumer advocates too, especially since the apps typically advertise advances as free. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"There will be an express entrance line for fans that come without clear bags. \u2014 al , 17 May 2022",
"That effort seeks to include express language in the state Constitution indicating abortions are protected. \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 17 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Alabama's draft-pick express is showing no sign of a slowdown, particularly with its two best players \u2013 linebacker Will Anderson and quarterback Bryce Young \u2013 about to enter their first year of draft eligibility. \u2014 Chase Goodbread, USA TODAY , 1 May 2022",
"Yet the Russian military is making little headway halting what has become a historic arms express . \u2014 Robert Burns, Anchorage Daily News , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Preliminary investigation showed that, in a crash on the express , a driver involved in a prior crash got out to look at their vehicle, another vehicle couldn't stop, and the second vehicle hit the first and pushed it into the pedestrian, MSP said. \u2014 Elissa Welle, Detroit Free Press , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Considering the features of most dropshipping businesses whereas a majority of the parcels are relatively lightweight, smaller in size and with fewer items in one order, sellers often choose to send products by express shipping. \u2014 Andy Chou, Forbes , 7 Dec. 2021",
"Citizen petitions to the F.D.A.\u2014which anyone can file to request action or express concern\u2014are published online, and within hours Cassava\u2019s stock had plunged roughly thirty per cent. \u2014 Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker , 17 Jan. 2022",
"For those who paid extra for express shipping, packages arrived even more punctually. \u2014 Nicol\u00e1s Rivero, Quartz , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Nevertheless, international express can always be a backup alternative when delays in production happen and consumers are unsatisfied. \u2014 Andy Chou, Forbes , 7 Dec. 2021",
"Inflation, price increases and clogged shipping networks are threatening to put a crimp in maybe the most beloved supply chain of all: the Santa Claus gift express . \u2014 Bill Keveney, USA TODAY , 26 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"All express pleasant shock at their changed Sundays. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com , 5 Feb. 2018",
"EXPRESS -BUS SOLUTION Why the Metro Gold Line is not the solution to traffic congestion in St. Paul: Congestion is primarily during rush hour and thus the solution must address commuters during typical business hours. \u2014 Letter Writers, Twin Cities , 15 June 2017"
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"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-113819"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
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": of, relating to, or resembling an enigma : mysterious"
],
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"\u02cce-(\u02cc)nig-\u02c8ma-tik",
"also"
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"arcane",
"cryptic",
"deep",
"impenetrable",
"inscrutable",
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"mystic",
"occult",
"uncanny"
],
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"examples":[
"Space seethes with an enormous enigmatic energy, and, each second, trillions of cubic light-years more of it materializes from nothingness. \u2014 Bob Berman , Astronomy , November 2007",
"You'll recognize them by their enigmatic smile and faraway look as they jog, skate, commute, or wander the aisles of the supermarket. \u2014 Consumer Reports , December 2005",
"Despite all that has been written\u2014and surmised\u2014about him, Bill Gates remains the enigmatic ringmaster of the digital circus. \u2014 J. D. Reed , People , 15 Mar. 1999",
"the discovery of the abandoned ship in mid ocean remains one of the most enigmatic episodes in seafaring history",
"the Mona Lisa's enigmatic smile",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While Cruise\u2019s name wasn\u2019t as ubiquitous as the show\u2019s central figure, Laura Palmer, her voice and enigmatic character on the show lent an eerie musical throughline to the beloved series. \u2014 William Earl, Variety , 10 June 2022",
"The innovative and enigmatic Prince has been regarded as one of the greatest musicians of all time. \u2014 Okla Jones, Essence , 7 June 2022",
"Pavement\u2019s third studio album, Wowee Zowee, came out the same year, with an enigmatic yet memorable Keene cover (based on a photo of two Arab women in burkas and a goat from a 1972 Life publication called The Arab World). \u2014 Joe Lynch, Billboard , 17 May 2022",
"The 1986 nuclear disaster at Chernobyl, only 30 miles distant, inspired a series of troubling and enigmatic works. \u2014 Laura Kingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
"Payet portrays the alluring and enigmatic Isabella, the daughter of foreign diplomats, who is spending a year as an exchange student with the Landry family. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Citigroup said an enigmatic money manager who accused the bank of owing him $11.6 billion is a fantasist and a fraud. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Oct. 2021",
"But where Hofstadter is playfully enigmatic and brashly brainy, Chalmers\u2019s writing is perspicuous and teacherly \u2014 an approach that keeps it from collapsing into recalcitrant obscurity. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Soprano Maria Elena Altany is the Bird Mother, innocent, enigmatic , ever so slightly Masina-like. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"see enigma ",
"first_known_use":[
"1609, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-114037"
},
"exult":{
"type":[
"adverb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to be extremely joyful : rejoice",
": to leap for joy",
": to feel or show great happiness : rejoice"
],
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"ig-\u02c8z\u0259lt",
"ig-\u02c8z\u0259lt"
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"crow",
"delight",
"exuberate",
"glory",
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"joy",
"kvell",
"rejoice",
"triumph"
],
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"examples":[
"\u201cThat was the best meal I've ever had!\u201d he exulted .",
"the winners of the Super Bowl spent the next week exulting in their victory",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Weinreich did not plan to stay awake until dawn to exult in that achievement, to revel in the perpetuation of the sort of uncontested primacy that most fans, in theory, crave. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
"For fifteen years, Zabihullah Mujahid was the Tokyo Rose of the Taliban: a clandestine operative who called reporters to claim responsibility for his fighters\u2019 attacks and to exult in their victories. \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
"For the city\u2019s mayor, Ras Baraka, the progress has provided a chance to exult after he was long accused of neglecting, mismanaging and denying the severity of the problem. \u2014 Kevin Armstrong, New York Times , 11 Aug. 2021",
"The day when artists and audiences can breathe and exult together in the same room is getting ever closer. \u2014 Rohan Preston, Star Tribune , 8 June 2021",
"And, if the ninety-fourth Academy Awards will no longer exult in the period luxury of Union Station, perhaps another grand arena can be found. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 26 Apr. 2021",
"But the new display feels liberating, giving permission to exult in simple aesthetic experience. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 Mar. 2021",
"Just as American adults exult in their individuality, so too are children encouraged to think of themselves as imbued with their own personality. \u2014 Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ , 26 Feb. 2021",
"In different times, the result might have been cause to exult . \u2014 Glenn Gamboa, ajc , 27 Jan. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle French exulter , from Latin exsultare , literally, to leap up, from ex- + saltare to leap \u2014 more at saltation ",
"first_known_use":[
"1548, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-114610"
},
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"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to impart boldness or courage to : to instill with boldness, courage, or resolution enough to overcome timidity or misgiving"
],
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"im-\u02c8b\u014dl-d\u0259n"
],
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"bear up",
"buck up",
"buoy (up)",
"cheer (up)",
"chirk (up)",
"encourage",
"hearten",
"inspire",
"inspirit",
"steel"
],
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"daunt",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dispirit"
],
"examples":[
"his poor showing in his first swim meet just emboldened him to train even harder",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Does our fear of being called antisemites ensure and embolden Israel to continue its atrocities against Palestinians? \u2014 Doris Bittar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 June 2022",
"For now, as reactionary media continues to embolden the worst in their listeners, and opportunists like Jones prey on the ignorant and vulnerable, conspiracy theories, and those who adhere to them, aren't going away anytime soon. \u2014 Josh Owens, CNN , 12 June 2022",
"Tim Lineberger said the news out of the Bay Area would embolden volunteers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"Similarly, someone that believes AI ought to be supported and promulgated could also take such actions to express their aims to embolden AI efforts. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"Possible Effects: Lawyers say that the outcome of the trial could embolden others accused of abuse or misconduct to try their luck with juries. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"Stimson and Smith both explained that something as seemingly innocuous as not cracking down on turnstile jumping can embolden criminals. \u2014 Fox News , 2 June 2022",
"Officials and community members worry divisive politics could embolden future attacks. \u2014 Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 May 2022",
"Drake, one of the museum\u2019s restoration crew, used gold acrylic paint to embolden the tire\u2019s logo. \u2014 Rachel Fradette, The Indianapolis Star , 23 May 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-114724"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
],
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": to make known",
": to make plain or understandable",
": to give the reason for or cause of",
": to show the logical development or relationships of",
": to make something plain or understandable",
": to clarify one's statements or the reasons for one's conduct",
": to make clear : clarify",
": to give the reasons for or cause of"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8spl\u0101n",
"ik-\u02c8spl\u0101n"
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"clarify",
"clear (up)",
"construe",
"demonstrate",
"demystify",
"elucidate",
"explicate",
"expound",
"get across",
"illuminate",
"illustrate",
"interpret",
"simplify",
"spell out",
"unriddle"
],
"antonyms":[
"obscure"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That may explain why Black women, many of whom suffer from uterine fibroids, are more often diagnosed later in the disease process, Doll said. \u2014 Roni Caryn Rabin, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"The BlackRock team has gone to greater lengths in recent years to explain the reasoning behind high-profile votes, such as in the Exxon proxy fight. \u2014 Angel Au-yeung, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
"Byrne\u2019s team also processed fraud tips in Washington, where Byrne said he was occasionally asked to speak by phone with county officials or prosecutors to explain his theory about voting machine fraud. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
"When a disagreement comes\u2014when another employee challenges another autonomous employee\u2019s decision\u2014there must be transparency in decision-making to adequately explain why such a decision was made. \u2014 Dylan Taylor, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"The company is even asking schools to explain how teams use and distribute the stickers on players\u2019 helmets week to week to re-create the same detail over the course of a season, for example. \u2014 Teddy Amenabar, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"That may explain why Black women, many of whom suffer from uterine fibroids, are more often diagnosed later in the disease process, Dr. Doll said. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
"That can look like adding more sentences to explain something, including punctuation to clarify intentions, or using emojis to keep messages light. \u2014 Chloe Berger, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
"Of all the models to explain the high mortality, high temperatures seemed to correlate best, Litzow said. \u2014 Elizabeth Earl For Alaska Journal Of Commerce, Anchorage Daily News , 16 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English explanen , from Latin explanare , literally, to make level, from ex- + planus level, flat \u2014 more at floor ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1b"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-120118"
},
"encouragement":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act of encouraging : the state of being encouraged",
": something that encourages",
": something that gives hope, determination, or confidence",
": the act of giving hope or confidence to"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8k\u0259r-ij-m\u0259nt",
"-\u02c8k\u0259-rij-",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8k\u0259r-ij-m\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"boost",
"goad",
"impetus",
"impulse",
"incentive",
"incitation",
"incitement",
"instigation",
"momentum",
"motivation",
"provocation",
"spur",
"stimulant",
"stimulus",
"yeast"
],
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"counterincentive",
"disincentive"
],
"examples":[
"Our aim is the encouragement of investment.",
"the encouragement of plant growth",
"teachers who give their students a lot of encouragement",
"With support and encouragement from their parents, the students organized a fundraiser.",
"They offered him gifts of money and other encouragements .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Despite the distress at the heart of these young men\u2019s circumstances, Love convincingly offers a sense of hope, showing how outside encouragement and a commitment to self-improvement are crucial to their liberation. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"Among Milk\u2019s legacies was the encouragement of LGBTQ+ people to come out in their communities. \u2014 Marina Gomberg, The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 May 2022",
"As of late, our favorite celebrities have been listening, and listening well, to what has seemingly been encouragement from the hair gods. \u2014 Jennet Jusu, Allure , 5 May 2022",
"And as many great artists as there are out there, there has to be encouragement for new, emerging ones. \u2014 Zachary Weiss, Vogue , 21 Apr. 2022",
"This award is an encouragement on a deeply human level to learn to listen to each other. \u2014 Fred Bronson, Billboard , 8 Feb. 2022",
"The rest of it is the encouragement from the friendly crowds, the dancing in Chinatown and Greektown. \u2014 Alison Bowen, chicagotribune.com , 7 Oct. 2021",
"And while summer 2021 provided some domestic encouragement for air travel, 2022 looks even more promising domestically and internationally. \u2014 Ben Baldanza, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Some encouragement in curiosity should be seen as a positive \u2014 this way, the person can start developing a deeper understanding, connection and relationship with the plant. \u2014 Philip Wolf, Rolling Stone , 29 Apr. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1549, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-122702"
},
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"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": direct observation of or participation in events as a basis of knowledge",
": the fact or state of having been affected by or gained knowledge through direct observation or participation",
": practical knowledge, skill, or practice derived from direct observation of or participation in events or in a particular activity",
": the length of such participation",
": something personally encountered, undergone, or lived through",
": the conscious events that make up an individual life",
": the events that make up the conscious past of a community or nation or humankind generally",
": the act or process of directly perceiving events or reality",
": to have experience of : undergo",
": to learn by experience (see experience entry 1 )",
": the process of living through an event or events",
": the skill or knowledge gained by actually doing a thing",
": something that someone has actually done or lived through",
": to undergo or live through : have experience of"
],
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"ik-\u02c8spir-\u0113-\u0259n(t)s",
"ik-\u02c8spir-\u0113-\u0259ns"
],
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"chops",
"expertise",
"know-how",
"moxie",
"proficiency",
"savvy",
"skills"
],
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"endure",
"feel",
"have",
"know",
"pass",
"see",
"suffer",
"sustain",
"taste",
"undergo",
"witness"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Sure, tasting my way through The Shuk marketplace in Jerusalem was an experience unlike any other, as was ringing the bell at the opening ceremony of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange alongside a group of brilliant and talented Under 30 alums. \u2014 Kristin Stoller, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"So is convincing people that taking public transportation is not only a safe experience , but a comfortable one. \u2014 Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 June 2022",
"Opening this restaurant is an emotional experience for Bianco. \u2014 Andy Wang, Robb Report , 16 June 2022",
"While it has long been celebrated in the African American community, Sims says the museum will be a learning experience for all. \u2014 CBS News , 16 June 2022",
"Finding the de Kooning has been a life-changing experience for the Silver City antique dealers. \u2014 Anne Ryman, The Arizona Republic , 16 June 2022",
"So one of the positive consequences of the pandemic is a more rewarding concert experience in 2022. \u2014 The Enquirer , 15 June 2022",
"Going on a cruise with family or friends can be a great experience , but there are also downsides. \u2014 Morgan Hines, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
"Olivia Hernandez\u2019s introduction to high school soccer was an eye-opening experience , both for her and for everyone who saw her play. \u2014 Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"People who experience poverty are 49% more likely to live in areas that exceed the national pollution threshold, the report found. \u2014 Zachary Schermele, NBC News , 16 June 2022",
"And it\u2019s a California pastime that everyone, no matter the skill level or interest, should experience at least once in their life. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
"Finding that stars also experience similar events is fascinating. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 16 June 2022",
"The Arizona Republic has previously reported that south and west Phoenix residents experience higher levels of air pollution due to wind patterns that push polluted air toward the areas, which sit at lower elevations than other places in the Valley. \u2014 Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic , 14 June 2022",
"Over the past decade, many forecasters were actually more concerned that the global economy would experience persistent deflation rather than inflation. \u2014 Will Daniel, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
"Mammoth, Osprey Falls, Indian Creek Campground and Lava Creek Campgrounds, all located in the park, are locations that will experience floods, the NWS said. \u2014 Claudia Dominguez, CNN , 13 June 2022",
"Assuming that the transition doesn\u2019t experience yet another delay, investors can also expect the switch to dramatically impact the value of their portfolios. \u2014 Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"But the more people who get sick, the greater the likelihood that someone will experience a rare and serious complication. \u2014 Rachel Gutman, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"1580, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-123825"
},
"effete":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": no longer fertile",
": having lost character, vitality, or strength",
": marked by weakness or decadence",
": soft or delicate from or as if from a pampered existence",
": characteristic of an effete person",
": effeminate sense 1"
],
"pronounciation":[
"e-\u02c8f\u0113t",
"i-"
],
"synonyms":[
"decadent",
"decayed",
"degenerate",
"overripe",
"washed-up"
],
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"examples":[
"effete members of the aristocracy",
"the soft, effete society that marked the final years of the Roman empire",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The addition of Tom Hardy as Alfie Solomons, the hilariously effete and savage leader of a Jewish London gang, was a stroke of brilliance. \u2014 Taylor Antrim, Vogue , 10 June 2022",
"The guns were symbols of outdoorsmanship, both rugged and effete . \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The former investment banker is attacked both by Le Pen and his critics to the left as an effete figure ruling for the rich, disconnected from the concerns of ordinary French workers. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Many West Pakistanis\u2014particularly those in the military establishment\u2014also regarded the Bengalis as racially inferior, dismissing them as effete and unmanly. \u2014 Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Battling Butler: One of Buster Keaton\u2019s biggest hits at the time, the silent film about a wealthy, effete young man who ends up forced to train as a boxer showcased Keaton\u2019s signature physical humor as well as his ability as a director and editor. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 29 Dec. 2021",
"The oppressive clouds of misogyny ever hovering over her protagonists not only menace Rose and the effete Peter, but force Phil, who has a Yale degree in classics, into near-parodic displays of rugged, working-class masculinity. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Dec. 2021",
"Francis is portrayed as snippy and effete , but his politics are more uncompromising than Bernie Sanders\u2019. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Haynes is an effete pop-nerd who imitates pop-culture precedents. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 15 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin effetus , from ex- + fetus fruitful \u2014 more at feminine ",
"first_known_use":[
"1660, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-130425"
},
"endangered":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": being or relating to an endangered species",
": close to becoming extinct"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8d\u0101n-j\u0259rd",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8d\u0101n-j\u0259rd"
],
"synonyms":[
"exposed",
"liable",
"open",
"sensitive",
"subject (to)",
"susceptible",
"vulnerable"
],
"antonyms":[
"insusceptible",
"invulnerable",
"unexposed",
"unsusceptible"
],
"examples":[
"a daring attempt to rescue the endangered passengers from the burning boat",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Despite Mexico outlawing some fishing and the use of gillnets in 2017, these practices continue to push vaquitas, which share a habitat with the endangered totoaba fish, to the brink of extinction. \u2014 Camille Fine, USA TODAY , 10 May 2022",
"Tule Lake is home to two endangered fish and serves as a critical stopover for migratory birds on the Pacific Flyway, Kurtis Alexander writes for the San Francisco Chronicle. \u2014 Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Other crews will staff the site in the coming weeks, and close to 200 endangered fish are expected to be transported in total. \u2014 Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Delisting, or moving a species off the endangered or special concern lists, isn\u2019t always straight forward. \u2014 Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The federal government also monitors the water levels in the lake to protect endangered fish essential to tribal life. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Nov. 2021",
"But climate change is altering normal expectations, and the farmers worry that the government will cut them off again to bolster water supplies for the endangered fish. \u2014 Doug Struck, The Christian Science Monitor , 18 Oct. 2021",
"In Washington, biologists estimate the fires have killed 50% of the state\u2019s endangered pygmy rabbits, which inhabit sagebrush flats that burned this year. \u2014 Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS , 30 Sep. 2020",
"Nearby, the Redwood Coast Land Conservancy will soon be adding trails though Mill Bend, an estuary and lagoon that\u2019s a habitat for endangered and threatened species such as steelhead, Coho salmon and red-legged frogs. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1964, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-131615"
},
"employable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": capable of being employed",
": one who is employable"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8pl\u022fi-\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"available",
"exploitable",
"fit",
"functional",
"operable",
"practicable",
"serviceable",
"usable",
"useable",
"useful"
],
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"impracticable",
"inoperable",
"nonfunctional",
"unavailable",
"unemployable",
"unusable"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"this wall map of the bay is for decoration only\u2014it's not employable for actual navigation",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"In fact, 74% of workers are willing to learn new skills to remain employable , and 76% find companies that offer additional training for staff more appealing. \u2014 Nancy Xiao, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"The days of long tenures at businesses and thinking that the skill sets someone gained with a college degree are enough to keep them employable is changing rapidly. \u2014 Jaime Taets, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"These statistics are not driven by a lack of employable skills. \u2014 Vicki Salemi, Forbes , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Instead, colleges feed the narrative that a degree is required to be employable \u2014which is currently true in much of the business world. \u2014 WSJ , 26 Oct. 2021",
"One study says one of out five American men are no longer employable as a result. \u2014 Oliver Staley, Quartz , 21 Sep. 2021",
"As recently as last summer, there was even uncertainty about whether Anthony, the aging 10-time All-Star, was employable as a professional basketball player and could accept being a part of a supporting cast. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Aug. 2021",
"This is a prime opportunity to respond to both the nationwide shortage of skilled professionals in fields like K-12 education and social work and the pressing need among students to gain immediately employable credentials. \u2014 Michael Horowitz, Forbes , 28 June 2021",
"That\u2019s a huge number of people who will need to re-skill in order to remain relevant and employable . \u2014 David James, Forbes , 27 May 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"1588, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun",
"1865, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-131950"
},
"economizer":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to practice economy : be frugal",
": to use frugally : save",
": to be thrifty",
": to use less of : save"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8k\u00e4-n\u0259-\u02ccm\u012bz",
"i-\u02c8k\u00e4-n\u0259-\u02ccm\u012bz"
],
"synonyms":[
"pinch",
"save",
"scrimp",
"skimp",
"spare"
],
"antonyms":[
"waste"
],
"examples":[
"He was born into a wealthy family and never learned to economize .",
"in tough times people learn how to economize",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Viktor, a 35-year-old carpenter, says his small business has lost most of its clients, as they\u2019ve been forced to economize . \u2014 Robyn Dixon, Washington Post , 5 June 2022",
"There's also a new chapter that explains how to economize time and money when cooking and how to avoid food waste. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 3 June 2022",
"The ability to reduce time and labor and better economize resources comes quite handy during the current labor shortage. \u2014 Vaidya Aiyer, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
"The use of adjunct professors is another way universities economize , while tenured professors reap big sums for working 24/7\u201424 hours a week for seven months a year. \u2014 WSJ , 24 Dec. 2021",
"Also troubling are signals that suggest consumers now expect prices to keep rising \u2014 expectations that can hurt economic growth as people look to economize and trim their spending. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Employers, having to pay their staff more, economize by hiring fewer people, the belief holds. \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 11 Oct. 2021",
"James Bond may need to economize With 25 popular movies across six decades, Bond has cemented its place as a film franchise with few rivals. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 11 Oct. 2021",
"Over the past month-plus, Porter worked with Dr. Rick Celebrini \u2014 the Warriors\u2019 director of sports medicine and performance \u2014 to economize his movements, fine-tune his balance and improve his agility. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1780, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-134547"
},
"enfranchisement":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to set free (as from slavery)",
": to endow with a franchise: such as",
": to admit to the privileges of a citizen and especially to the right of suffrage",
": to admit (a municipality) to political privileges or rights",
": to grant franchise to",
": to admit to the privileges of a citizen and especially to voting rights",
"\u2014 compare emancipate"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8fran-\u02ccch\u012bz",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8fran-\u02ccch\u012bz"
],
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"discharge",
"disenthrall",
"disenthral",
"emancipate",
"enlarge",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"manumit",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"antonyms":[
"bind",
"confine",
"enchain",
"fetter",
"restrain"
],
"examples":[
"in a way, modern labor-saving appliances enfranchised people, giving them much more leisure time",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The measure to enfranchise 16-year-olds failed, but voters approved amending the village charter to allow non-citizens to vote by a margin of 727 to 571, according to the Dayton Daily News. \u2014 Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland , 17 May 2022",
"CNN International reported last week on efforts to enfranchise noncitizens in Germany, where about 14% of the population cannot vote in federal elections like the one recently conducted there. \u2014 Zachary B. Wolf, CNN , 12 Dec. 2021",
"The full scope of the nationwide push to re- enfranchise the formerly incarcerated is difficult to assess because few states keep track of how many people with felony convictions register to vote. \u2014 Nicole Lewis And Andrew R. Calderon, USA TODAY , 23 June 2021",
"Ultimately, Raskin argued, the question was whether to enfranchise the taxpayers of Washington, D.C. \u2014 Jeremy Beaman, Washington Examiner , 14 Apr. 2021",
"This will enfranchise students who are immunocompromised or suffer from severe social anxiety and allow teaching to continue both inside and outside the traditional classroom as necessary. \u2014 Steve Schering, chicagotribune.com , 16 Mar. 2021",
"Proponents pointed to last year\u2019s elections, which set records for turnout as states emphasized mail-in voting during the pandemic, as evidence of how changing policies could enfranchise more voters. \u2014 Siobhan Hughes, WSJ , 3 Mar. 2021",
"Antis feared that giving women the right to vote would enfranchise Black citizens. \u2014 USA Today , 24 Aug. 2020",
"Of course, this move was not applicable to all women; for example, Native American women were not fully enfranchised in Utah until 1956, as a result of a ruling in Utah\u2019s Supreme Court. \u2014 Kate Kelly, Teen Vogue , 29 Oct. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French enfranchiss- , stem of enfranchir , from en- + franc free \u2014 more at frank ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-135648"
},
"earnestness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"noun ()"
],
"definitions":[
": characterized by or proceeding from an intense and serious state of mind",
": grave , important",
": a serious and intent mental state",
": a considerable or impressive degree or amount",
": something of value given by a buyer to a seller to bind a bargain",
": a token of what is to come : pledge",
": not light or playful",
": something of value given by a buyer to a seller to bind a bargain"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0259r-n\u0259st",
"\u02c8\u0259r-n\u0259st",
"\u02c8\u0259r-n\u0259st"
],
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"grave",
"humorless",
"no-nonsense",
"po-faced",
"sedate",
"serious",
"severe",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"solemn",
"staid",
"uncomic",
"unsmiling",
"weighty"
],
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"earnestness",
"graveness",
"gravity",
"intentness",
"serious-mindedness",
"seriousness",
"soberness",
"sobriety",
"solemnity",
"solemnness",
"staidness"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"When the race began in earnest again on lap 17, Hamilton burst straight past Ricciardo into third while Vettel brilliantly defended the corner twice to fend off Bottas. \u2014 Associated Press, latimes.com , 16 Apr. 2017",
"And Wura O. is surprisingly earnest : Africa is a place full of beauty, exuberance, and culture. \u2014 Sebastian Modak, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 7 Apr. 2017",
"With a new administration in office and so much at stake, now is a good time to approach that task in earnest . \u2014 Liz Spayd, New York Times , 18 Feb. 2017",
"Yet in an era of fake news, overheated partisanship and general rancor, Mr. Mazza seems unfailingly earnest and without an agenda \u2014 aside from trying to become a reporter, with his own notion of what that means. \u2014 Marc Santora, New York Times , 17 Feb. 2017",
"This championship marked the culmination of a slow rebuilding process, which started in earnest when the Cubs hired Theo Epstein as president of baseball operations before the 2012 season. \u2014 Jared Diamond, WSJ , 3 Nov. 2016",
"Few music figures have made a more earnest attempt to break into fashion than Yeezus, and these sorts of collections follow in those Westian footsteps. \u2014 Pete Forester, Esquire , 22 Aug. 2016",
"The campaign kicked off in earnest Thursday night on a conference call with at least 30 delegates from 15 states, according to multiple participants. \u2014 Ed O'keefe, Washington Post , 17 June 2016",
"A team spokesman declined to be quoted, but expressed earnest affection for the Hall of Science; the Mets have a representative on the hall\u2019s board. \u2014 Jim Dwyer, New York Times , 19 May 2016",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The most immediate question is whether the British can map out in advance their negotiating partners\u2019 positions before the talks start in earnest . \u2014 Stephen Fidler, WSJ , 6 Oct. 2016",
"Then, the defending of the lead continued in earnest . \u2014 Andrew Das, New York Times , 11 June 2016",
"But Sanders appeared to be offering in earnest , prompted in part by the Clinton campaign\u2019s decision, announced Monday, not to follow through on an earlier pledge to debate him in California. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 27 May 2016",
"The battle for control of the living room just began in earnest . \u2014 David Streitfeld, New York Times , 18 May 2016",
"The term post-racial is almost never used in earnest . \u2014 Ta-nehisi Coates, The Atlantic , 26 June 2015",
"A guest brings up a television show in which each episode features a different sect of Americans, preparing in earnest for a different kind of doomsday. \u2014 Eric Boman, Vogue , 29 Apr. 2015",
"Will Ferrell has been making the publicity rounds in earnest since his new comedy Get Hard premiered at SXSW earlier this month. \u2014 Ryan Bort, Esquire , 27 Mar. 2015",
"Ersatz, every word, and yet all meant in good earnest . \u2014 Emma Donoghue, The Atlantic , 19 Feb. 2014"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1) and Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (1)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-141021"
},
"enchantress":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a woman who practices magic : sorceress",
": a fascinating or beautiful woman",
": a woman who casts magic spells : witch , sorceress"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8chan-tr\u0259s",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8chan-tr\u0259s"
],
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"hag",
"hex",
"sorceress",
"witch"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"when misfortune occurred, it was not uncommon for some unpopular woman of the village to be branded an enchantress",
"Scarlett O'Hara is one of literature's most celebrated enchantresses .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This enchantress is the Millay whom many came to know. \u2014 Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
"Taylor-Joy reunites with her Witch director as a different kind of enchantress , Olga, a character Eggers prefers to keep somewhat a mystery. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 20 Dec. 2021",
"In 2019, Johnson made history as the first actor of color to take the Broadway stage as the bubbly, blond enchantress while understudying the coveted part. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Dec. 2021",
"When accused, the enchanter or enchantress will likely attempt to label you a hypocrite for supporting vaccine mandates. \u2014 Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com , 2 Sep. 2021",
"But in one of a few key deviations from the original text, Gawain is also the son of the enchantress Morgan le Fay (Sarita Choudhury), whose determination to secure his future sets the story in motion. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 July 2021",
"Players will start out controlling a centaur with a whip as their dungeon manager, but eventually a dryad enchantress and monkey engineer can also be unlocked, with each master necessitating various styles of gameplay. \u2014 Jason Bennett, Arkansas Online , 24 May 2021",
"It was deemed a line straight to God \u2014 staggering, the voice of an enchantress , a sibyl, a siren. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 May 2021",
"She's generally depicted as a mysterious and often unnamed enchantress who lives beneath a lake and is probably best known for bestowing Excalibur on King Arthur. \u2014 Emma Dibdin, Harper's BAZAAR , 17 July 2020"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-143824"
},
"excursion":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a going out or forth : expedition",
": a usually brief pleasure trip",
": a trip at special reduced rates",
": deviation from a direct, definite, or proper course",
": digression",
": a movement outward and back or from a mean position or axis",
": the distance traversed : amplitude",
": a brief trip for pleasure",
": a trip at special reduced rates",
": a movement outward and back or from a mean position or axis",
": the distance traversed",
": one complete movement of expansion and contraction of the lungs and their membranes (as in breathing)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8sk\u0259r-zh\u0259n",
"ik-\u02c8sk\u0259r-zh\u0259n",
"ik-\u02c8sk\u0259r-zh\u0259n"
],
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"jaunt",
"junket",
"outing",
"ramble",
"sally",
"sashay",
"sortie",
"spin"
],
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"examples":[
"They went on a brief excursion to the coast.",
"our weekend excursions have encompassed virtually all parts of our home state",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Since that excursion to Keizer in May, the Lions didn\u2019t lose a single game. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 June 2022",
"The Roman residency is being inaugurated with a cocktail party and dinner at fashion favorite canteen Pierluigi, followed by a weekend excursion to the seaside La Posta Vecchia hotel. \u2014 Todd Plummer, Robb Report , 5 May 2022",
"May is ideal for being outdoors, and hikers will enjoy the two-mile trail on Whiteside Mountain and an excursion to Whitewater Falls. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The excursion to California lasted a week, but the Wings played three times in four days \u2014 with just two points, and no wins \u2014 because their Jan. 6 game at Anaheim was rescheduled to Jan. 9 when the Ducks had COVID-19 issues. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Eboni brings Sonja to a matchmaker in Philadelphia; Leah hosts an excursion to Salem, Mass.; at Leah\u2019s dinner, Eboni questions some of the ladies\u2019 allegiances after the election. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 July 2021",
"Brian Williams reminded viewers about Cruz\u2019s brief excursion to Mexico in February. \u2014 Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News , 25 May 2021",
"The change meant many details of the cruise weren\u2019t settled until the last minute, including an excursion to tour a glacier. \u2014 Jacob Passy, WSJ , 24 May 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":"Latin excursion-, excursio , from excurrere ",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1587, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-144025"
},
"evince":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to constitute outward evidence of",
": to display clearly : reveal"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8vin(t)s"
],
"synonyms":[
"bespeak",
"betray",
"communicate",
"declare",
"demonstrate",
"display",
"expose",
"give away",
"manifest",
"reveal",
"show"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She evinced an interest in art at an early age.",
"the teenager caught shoplifting seemed to evince no remorse",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These candidates also evince another hallmark of Trumpery: purveying dishonesty and disinformation. \u2014 Norman Eisen And Colby Galliher, CNN , 10 May 2022",
"But federal endorsement of organizational policies that require employees to choose between conscience and livelihood does not exactly evince a civil libertarian spirit. \u2014 Bonnie Kristian, The Week , 20 Apr. 2022",
"My use of force has to evince hostility against the United States, the American people, and/or their government. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Record-breaking inflation and shortages evince the wisdom of Mr. Manchin\u2019s counsel to slow the process so the economy can digest the Covid spending. \u2014 Bobby Jindal, WSJ , 20 Dec. 2021",
"Matrix practically draws blood in its bid to evince ecstasy, physical, spiritual, and emotional. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, Vulture , 15 Dec. 2021",
"But such tedious accounting, Kang argues, doesn\u2019t necessarily evince a definitive balance. \u2014 Marella Gayla, The New Yorker , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Indeed, that is the only way to evince systematically the differentials. \u2014 Harry G. Broadman, Forbes , 29 Aug. 2021",
"Sparkly, eye-catching platforms and high heels \u2014 in metallic leather or shimmering sequins \u2014 evince a sense of optimism. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Aug. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin evincere to vanquish, win a point, from e- + vincere to conquer \u2014 more at victor ",
"first_known_use":[
"1777, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-145555"
},
"embellisher":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate",
": to heighten the attractiveness of by adding decorative or fanciful details : enhance",
": decorate sense 1"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8be-lish",
"im-\u02c8be-lish"
],
"synonyms":[
"color",
"elaborate (on)",
"embroider",
"exaggerate",
"hyperbolize",
"magnify",
"pad",
"stretch"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a book embellished with colorful illustrations",
"He embellished his speech with a few quotations.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In advance of the floral extravaganza, local residents gussy up their front yards while businesses, condos, apartments and schools embellish their storefronts and facades to prepare to welcome off-island visitors. \u2014 Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Apr. 2022",
"But the film becomes murkier in seeking to identify motives for Cline's actions, either in his personality or religious beliefs, while relying upon creepy music and camera angles to unnecessarily embellish the material. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 11 May 2022",
"Golden images of mythical gods and creatures embellish the ceiling, holding staffs, blowing horns, and spreading their wings. \u2014 Matthew Healey, BostonGlobe.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Alabama State Senator Tim Melson, R-Florence, an anesthesiologist who championed the legislation to legalize medical marijuana last year, also accused James of trying to embellish the law to create a political wedge issue in the governor\u2019s race. \u2014 al , 26 Mar. 2022",
"POOL/REUTERS Presidents typically embellish their achievements during their State of the Union addresses, but President Biden\u2019s pose as a budget deficit hawk is one for the ages. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Pomellato More than 750 diamonds totaling 15.30 carats embellish the 18-karat white gold of the La Gioia Sabbia Tie Chain; $90,500, at Pomellato, Beverly Hills Tiffany & Co. \u2014 Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Those clients are looking to reduce leaks and therefore losses, and embellish their environmental bona fides. \u2014 Jim Morrison, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Jan. 2022",
"But in the first or second sentence, his mind would be seized by an image (jaunty, visual, arresting), and pretty soon the seductive analogy would take over the story altogether, hijacking the news report that it was intended merely to embellish . \u2014 Lance Morrow, WSJ , 27 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French embeliss- , stem of embelir , from en- + bel beautiful \u2014 more at beauty ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-152203"
},
"envelop":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering",
": to mount an attack on (an enemy's flank)",
": to put a covering completely around : wrap up or in"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8ve-l\u0259p",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8ve-l\u0259p"
],
"synonyms":[
"box (in)",
"cage",
"closet",
"coop (up)",
"corral",
"encage",
"encase",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"fence (in)",
"hedge",
"hem (in)",
"house",
"immure",
"include",
"mew (up)",
"pen",
"wall (in)"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a chronic mistrust of outsiders envelops that neighborhood, cutting it off from the rest of the city",
"the truth of the presidential assassination is enveloped in a dense fog of myths and conspiracy theories",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Dinner is an event, an exploration where Holley\u2019s nurturing spirit and the luxurious atmosphere envelop you. \u2014 Dwight Brown, Essence , 18 May 2022",
"Naya had a laugh that would envelop you and hold you captive. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Soothing vitamin E and niacinamide will envelop the skin in an invisible protective film to fight against daily aggression, leaving your complexion healthy and radiant. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 May 2022",
"The soft and velvety walls envelop the space and also offer a tactile element to the room, which opens to the master bedroom. \u2014 Kelsey Mulvey, ELLE Decor , 3 May 2022",
"Poles born in the post-communist era appear less likely to fear that the conflict will envelop their country. \u2014 Patrick J. Mcdonnell, Los Angeles Times , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Forces around Kyiv have been waiting for reinforcements and are attempting to envelop the city. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Seesaw battles have unfolded in the areas of Hostomel, Bucha and Irpin \u2014 a possible harbinger of the urban, street-by-street warfare that could envelop the capital if Russian forces break through. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
"This national park in the south of France lends itself to exploring craggy coves and the turquoise waves that envelop them. \u2014 Emily Pennington, Outside Online , 25 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English envolupen , from Anglo-French envoluper, envoleper , from en- + voluper to wrap",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-153102"
},
"eliminate":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to put an end to or get rid of : remove",
": to remove from consideration",
": to remove from further competition by defeating",
": to expel (waste) from the living body",
": to cause to disappear by combining two or more equations",
": to expel waste from the living body",
": to get rid of : do away with",
": to expel (as waste) from the living body"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8li-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t",
"i-\u02c8li-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t",
"-\u02ccn\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"ban",
"bar",
"close out",
"count (out)",
"debar",
"except",
"exclude",
"freeze out",
"rule out",
"shut out"
],
"antonyms":[
"admit",
"include"
],
"examples":[
"Doctors seek to eliminate the causes of the epidemic.",
"The body naturally eliminates waste products.",
"The company plans to eliminate more than 2,000 jobs in the coming year.",
"She's trying to eliminate fatty foods from her diet.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Leaders want to eliminate two year waits by July - but with an emergency care crisis unfolding in parallel and covid admissions once again starting to rise, there's no guarantee this goal will be met. \u2014 Katherine Hignett, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Northam aimed to eliminate the racial disparity in maternal mortality by 2025. \u2014 Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"Florida Power & Light and its parent company, NextEra Energy, on Tuesday unveiled plans to eliminate carbon emissions from its operations by 2045. \u2014 Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel , 14 June 2022",
"Planning the project has been in the works for more than three years inside the city's Planning and Development Department, backed by Turner and his Vision Zero pledge to eliminate roadway deaths here by the end of the decade. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 14 June 2022",
"Both locations are on track to eliminate the backlog by the end of July, the National Archives said. \u2014 Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN , 12 June 2022",
"But while New Zealand\u2019s predator-free campaign aspires to eliminate predators in the long term, fenced reserves offer immediate safety. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"The hope is to eliminate the need for the large metal tripod traditionally used to weigh the bears, which requires that they be captured and immobilized, according to Mangipane. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 June 2022",
"Days later, Young and the Hawks went on to eliminate the Knicks in the first round, four games to one. \u2014 Natasha Dye, PEOPLE.com , 3 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin eliminatus , past participle of eliminare , from e- + limin-, limen threshold",
"first_known_use":[
"1628, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-154354"
},
"eros":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the Greek god of erotic love \u2014 compare cupid",
": the sum of life-preserving instincts that are manifested as impulses to gratify basic needs, as sublimated impulses, and as impulses to protect and preserve the body and mind \u2014 compare death instinct",
": love conceived by Plato as a fundamental creative impulse having a sensual element",
": erotic love or desire",
": the sum of life-preserving instincts that are manifested as impulses to gratify basic needs (as sex), as sublimated impulses motivated by the same needs, and as impulses to protect and preserve the body and mind"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8er-\u02cc\u00e4s",
"\u02c8ir-",
"\u02c8e(\u0259)r-\u02cc\u00e4s",
"\u02c8i(\u0259)r-"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardor",
"concupiscence",
"eroticism",
"horniness",
"itch",
"lust",
"lustfulness",
"passion"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Greek Er\u014ds , from er\u014ds sexual love; akin to Greek erasthai to love, desire",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-160216"
},
"entrancing":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": power or permission to enter : admission",
": the act of entering",
": the means or place of entry",
": the point at which a voice or instrument part begins in ensemble music",
": the first appearance of an actor in a scene",
": to put into a trance",
": to carry away with delight, wonder, or rapture",
": the act of going in",
": a door, gate, or way for going in",
": permission to join, participate in, or attend",
": to put into a trance",
": to fill with delight and wonder"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8en-tr\u0259n(t)s",
"in-\u02c8tran(t)s",
"en-",
"\u02c8en-tr\u0259ns",
"in-\u02c8trans"
],
"synonyms":[
"access",
"accession",
"admission",
"admittance",
"door",
"doorway",
"entr\u00e9e",
"entree",
"entry",
"gateway",
"ingress",
"key",
"passport",
"ticket"
],
"antonyms":[
"carry away",
"enrapture",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"rap",
"rapture",
"ravish",
"transport"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Ciampa\u2019s whole entrance is basically attacking babyfaces from behind. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"One morning in January, several dozen protesters blocked the entrance , leading to at least nine arrests. \u2014 Abby Goodnough, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
"Construction crews and materials that were already in the park for a deferred maintenance project to repair Grand Loop Road will be diverted to Old Gardiner Road, a 5-mile gravel road at the north entrance , the agency said. \u2014 Tyler Kingkade, NBC News , 20 June 2022",
"Farmington Avenue entrance , has offered children\u2019s camps in the summer, along with swimming, sailing, trail biking and, in the winter, skating and cross country skiing. \u2014 James Alexander, Hartford Courant , 19 June 2022",
"The main entrance is by the City Library, in Library Square. \u2014 Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"The railway underpass between the parking lot and the museum entrance , for instance, features artist Stefan Strumbel\u2019s pop-art takes on local symbols, like a slice of Black Forest cake topped with a skull in place of a cherry. \u2014 Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Damage came into sharp view from above where a flight by helicopter showed huge sections of roadway inside the park's north entrance that had been swallowed up by the violent torrent. \u2014 Fox News , 17 June 2022",
"The school normally locks its doors during the day, Cerebelli said, but has to keep the entrance to the polling place open. \u2014 Julie Zauzmer Weil, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"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 blue themes of Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook, not to mention the blue Apple uses for iMessages, entrance us. \u2014 Mark Naida, WSJ , 12 Jan. 2022",
"Taxi from Newbury station to entrance gate at Highclere about $27 and takes about 15 minutes. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Oct. 2021",
"On Twitch and YouTube, Vubters entrance live audiences, sometimes numbering thousands, with cutesy karaoke or the latest video games. \u2014 Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired , 28 Apr. 2021",
"The free day this weekend is one of six offered by the National Park Service in 2021, and applies only to entrance fees \u2013 camping and other fees will still be charged. \u2014 oregonlive , 13 Apr. 2021",
"Secure perimeter means classes continue but entrance to the campus is restricted. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 4 Nov. 2020",
"However, this summer he is eclipsed by Ronnie, a magician, and Evie, his glamorous assistant \u2014 and fianc\u00e9e \u2014 who entrance fresh crowds every night. \u2014 Malcolm Forbes Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune , 18 Sep. 2020",
"Yuan's freemium strategy worked and tech companies, entranced by Zoom's simplicity and efficiency, signed up for premium Zoom subscriptions. \u2014 Jon Sarlin, CNN , 21 May 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1569, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-175901"
},
"enflamed":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to excite to excessive or uncontrollable action or feeling",
": to make angry",
": to make more heated or violent : intensify",
": to set on fire : kindle",
": to cause to redden or grow hot from anger or excitement",
": to cause inflammation in (bodily tissue)",
": to burst into flame",
": to become excited or angered",
": to become affected with inflammation"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-183049"
},
"eruption":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an act, process, or instance of erupting",
": the breaking out of a rash on the skin or mucous membrane",
": a product of erupting (such as a skin rash)",
": an instance of a volcano exploding",
": the bursting out of material from a volcano",
": the sudden occurrence or appearance of something",
": an act, process, or instance of erupting",
": the breaking out of an exanthem or enanthem on the skin or mucous membrane (as in measles)",
": something produced by an act or process of erupting: as",
": the condition of the skin or mucous membrane caused by erupting",
": one of the lesions (as a pustule) constituting this condition"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8r\u0259p-sh\u0259n",
"i-\u02c8r\u0259p-sh\u0259n",
"i-\u02c8r\u0259p-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"agony",
"blaze",
"burst",
"ebullition",
"explosion",
"fit",
"flare",
"flare-up",
"flash",
"flush",
"gale",
"gush",
"gust",
"outburst",
"paroxysm",
"spasm",
"storm"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a great eruption of glee as it suddenly dawned on her that she had won",
"the eruption of the volcano Krakatoa was one of the most violent in global history",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program reported in November the volcano began to erupt in October and discoloration in water from the eruption could be seen by satellite data in April and May. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 26 May 2022",
"When a volcano erupts, and under pressure from this eruption , volcanic ash is formed. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"The plume from the eruption was catapulted high into the atmosphere, reaching up to 36 miles in altitude. \u2014 Eric Mack, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
"That eruption , combined with a dominant performance from Phillips (5-1) put Louisville in a strong position to advance despite its loss to the Wolverines on Saturday. \u2014 Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal , 5 June 2022",
"The Beavers qualified for the title game thanks to a one-of-a-kind Saturday double-header that featured two walk-offs, an offensive eruption for the ages and endless drama. \u2014 Joe Freeman, oregonlive , 29 May 2022",
"Since its first recorded eruption in 1939, Kavachi has created several islands that have eroded and washed away by wave action. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 27 May 2022",
"Now, for the first time, researchers have fully sequenced the complete DNA of a Pompeiian, offering an inside view of one person who died in the eruption \u2019s aftermath. \u2014 Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 May 2022",
"Large eruption have been reported in 2007 and 2014, NASA said, when residents on nearby islands could seen steam and ash. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 26 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190202"
},
"episode":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a usually brief unit of action in a dramatic or literary work: such as",
": the part of an ancient Greek tragedy between two choric songs",
": a developed situation that is integral to but separable from a continuous narrative : incident",
": one of a series of loosely connected stories or scenes",
": the part of a serial presented at one performance",
": an event that is distinctive and separate although part of a larger series",
": a digressive subdivision in a musical composition",
": an event or one of a series of events that stands out clearly",
": one in a series of connected stories or performances",
": an event that is distinctive and separate although part of a larger series",
": an occurrence of a usually recurrent pathological abnormal condition"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-p\u0259-\u02ccs\u014dd",
"also",
"\u02c8e-p\u0259-\u02ccs\u014dd",
"\u02c8ep-\u0259-\u02ccs\u014dd"
],
"synonyms":[
"affair",
"circumstance",
"event",
"hap",
"happening",
"incident",
"occasion",
"occurrence",
"thing"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"It was a brief romantic episode in a life devoted to work.",
"He tried to forget the whole embarrassing episode .",
"a painful episode from my childhood",
"Millions of people are expected to watch the show's final episode .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Outlaw Video Production YouTube channel (which is a tiny channel with fewer than 2,000 subs) posted this video shortly after watching the episode . \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 18 June 2022",
"All that being said, Plec does feel that the episode works as a series ender. \u2014 Samantha Highfill, EW.com , 17 June 2022",
"To hear the whole episode , press play above, or listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. \u2014 Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone , 17 June 2022",
"From anger, shock, and fascination, perhaps all of that multiple times \u2014 and in the same episode even. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 17 June 2022",
"With only 24 episodes in the entire series, every episode packs a punch. \u2014 Milan Polk, Men's Health , 17 June 2022",
"The second episode will air on Paramount Network after Yellowstone on November 20. \u2014 Katie Bowlby, Country Living , 17 June 2022",
"In last week\u2019s episode , for example, Fieri and his group spent time in Florence, Oregon. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 June 2022",
"The episode occurred after two U.S. Navy F-18s that had been on patrol near the base left to refuel. \u2014 Gordon Lubold, WSJ , 17 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Greek epeisodion , from neuter of epeisodios coming in besides, from epi- + eisodios coming in, from eis into (akin to Greek en in) + hodos road, journey \u2014 more at in ",
"first_known_use":[
"1678, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190315"
},
"eccentricity":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being eccentric",
": deviation from an established pattern or norm",
": odd or whimsical behavior",
": a mathematical constant that for a given conic section is the ratio of the distances from any point of the conic section to a focus and the corresponding directrix",
": the eccentricity of an astronomical orbit used as a measure of its deviation from circularity"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccek-(\u02cc)sen-\u02c8tri-s\u0259-t\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"crotchet",
"curiosity",
"erraticism",
"idiosyncrasy",
"individualism",
"kink",
"mannerism",
"oddity",
"peculiarity",
"quiddity",
"quip",
"quirk",
"singularity",
"tic",
"trick",
"twist"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Some people weren't very tolerant of his eccentricity .",
"Talking to her plants is one of her many eccentricities .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In his adaptation of the first half of Herbert's novel, Denis Villeneuve opts for a sober approach that wisely emphasizes story and character over eccentricity . \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 16 May 2022",
"Jessie and Tom fit into this odd couple mold, with Jessie\u2019s occasional chaos and frequent eccentricity balanced by Tom\u2019s steadiness. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Its twinkling eye is instead trained on three redoubtable forces: dreams, family and British eccentricity . \u2014 Kyle Smith, WSJ , 2 June 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",
"What\u2019s more, in the fictional pop-culture world, when girls are named after their mother, the act tends to be used to portray eccentricity . \u2014 Maggie Mertens, The Atlantic , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Her co-stars can match her comic energy, especially Dennis, whose cartoonish characters have a mischievous eccentricity . \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The movie is not for stubbornly mainstream tastes or the eccentricity -resistant. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Maybe somebody needs to kick up a reboot with Rock in place of the kid and Smith as the out-of-control adult, drunk on fame and eccentricity and, perhaps, on the ghost of proximity to his lifelong dream. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Medieval Latin excentricit\u0101t-, excentricit\u0101s, from ecentricus, excentricus \"not having the earth exactly at its center, eccentric entry 1 \" + Latin -it\u0101t-, -it\u0101s -ity ",
"first_known_use":[
"1545, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190336"
},
"eyeful":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a full or completely satisfying view",
": one that is visually attractive",
": a strikingly beautiful woman"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u012b-\u02ccfu\u0307l"
],
"synonyms":[
"babe",
"beauty",
"beauty queen",
"cookie",
"cooky",
"cutie",
"cutey",
"dolly bird",
"enchantress",
"fox",
"goddess",
"honey",
"knockout",
"queen",
"stunner"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The view of the mountains is an eyeful .",
"they watched their teenage daughter, once something of an ugly duckling, blossom into quite an eyeful",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The families snacking on the lunch buffet that Wednesday were getting an eyeful . \u2014 Tim Zimmermann, Outside Online , 30 July 2010",
"In a moment of instantaneous recognition, an eyeful of singular automotive icons leaves the group speechless. \u2014 Basem Wasef, Robb Report , 15 Feb. 2022",
"The cast is huge and hugely talented, the sets and costumes are an eyeful , and the stage effects are cleverly inventive. \u2014 Marilyn Stasio, Variety , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Ten years ago, showgoers got an eyeful of the iPotty, a toilet training device for kids that had an iPad attached to it. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 7 Jan. 2022",
"The golf equipment cognoscenti got their first eyeful of TaylorMade\u2019s next generation driver at the PNC Championship at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Orlando. \u2014 Mike Dojc, Forbes , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Moody, who brings Notre Dame students into stores like Empire Professional Pharmacy in Glen Burnie for the clinical component of the program, said the aspiring pharmacists are getting an eyeful . \u2014 Jean Marbella, baltimoresun.com , 23 Nov. 2021",
"As the sun sets and sailboats and ferries drift by, a spectator gets a hypnotic eyeful of the city\u2019s liquid border. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Aug. 2021",
"For the cap and gown recipient who loves fashion, there\u2019s an eyeful of trendy options on the market that are also on sale due to Memorial Day Weekend sneaking up. \u2014 Nandi Howard, Essence , 26 May 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1847, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190427"
},
"extremity":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the farthest or most remote part, section, or point",
": a limb of the body",
": a human hand or foot",
": extreme danger or critical need",
": a moment marked by imminent destruction or death",
": an intense degree",
": the utmost degree (as of emotion or pain)",
": a drastic or desperate act or measure",
": the farthest limit, point, or part",
": an end part (as a foot) of a limb of the body",
": an extreme degree (as of emotion)",
": the farthest or most remote part, section, or point",
": a limb of the body",
": a human hand or foot"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8stre-m\u0259-t\u0113",
"ik-\u02c8strem-\u0259-t\u0113",
"ik-\u02c8strem-\u0259t-\u0113"
],
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"boiling point",
"breaking point",
"clutch",
"conjuncture",
"crisis",
"crossroad(s)",
"crunch",
"crunch time",
"Dunkirk",
"emergency",
"exigency",
"flash point",
"head",
"juncture",
"tinderbox",
"zero hour"
],
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"examples":[
"The extremity of her grief is impossible to imagine.",
"made offers of aid to the refugees, and of asylum in extremity",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Moreover, the researchers were able to develop reliable digital measures for symptoms like upper- extremity bradykinesia and rest tremor. \u2014 Mario Aguilar, STAT , 3 June 2022",
"The smoothness of travelling as a tourist seemed irreconcilable with the state of exertion and extremity that Pellegrin thought of as inherent to the creation of good work. \u2014 Ben Taub, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"Burbach's services include digital X-rays, spinal/ extremity adjustments, electrical muscle stimulation, hot/cold therapy, stretching, therapeutic exercise and more. \u2014 Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 16 May 2022",
"Sunday services were drowned out by sloganeering, while those who couldn\u2019t get inside chuntered around with even more extremity . \u2014 Arjun Singh, National Review , 9 May 2022",
"But given the extremity of the current conditions, Cloud believes the WNBA should take action to at least soften its rule. \u2014 Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant , 1 June 2022",
"Immobilize the affected extremity in a neutral position with s splint. \u2014 Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2022",
"In his confrontation scene with Rodriguez, Steiger does things that are almost inhuman in their emotional extremity . \u2014 Isaac Butler, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The set design, costumes, cinematography, music selection and timing, and script serve to hammer home the extremity of the characters\u2019 lives. \u2014 Caroline Downey, National Review , 13 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190642"
},
"eaves trough":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": gutter sense 1a"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"drainpipe",
"gutter",
"rainspout",
"spout",
"trough",
"waterspout"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"rain so heavy that the eaves trough couldn't handle it"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1851, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190705"
},
"entrenched":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to place within or surround with a trench especially for defense",
": to place (oneself) in a strong defensive position",
": to establish solidly",
": to cut into : furrow",
": to erode downward so as to form a trench",
": to dig or occupy a trench for defensive purposes",
": to enter upon or take over something unfairly, improperly, or unlawfully : encroach"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8trench",
"en-"
],
"synonyms":[
"bed",
"embed",
"imbed",
"enroot",
"fix",
"impact",
"implant",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"lodge",
"root"
],
"antonyms":[
"dislodge",
"root (out)",
"uproot"
],
"examples":[
"officials who have tried to entrench themselves in office",
"a father who entrenched in our minds the belief that hard work pays off",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For the past six years the Annecy Animation Film Festival has looked to entrench VR producers within the global animation community. \u2014 Ben Croll, Variety , 12 June 2022",
"Instead, tech monopolies use their power to further entrench their dominance by capitalizing off of users' personal data and ignoring privacy rights. \u2014 Evan Greer For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 10 May 2022",
"Russian forces and their local proxies, meanwhile, have tried to entrench their hold on Melitopol. \u2014 Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"The city has never looked better, especially since the disruptive gash of construction to entrench the center\u2019s tram system is now gone. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Each shooting seems to entrench everyone's respective convictions. \u2014 Paul Leblanc, CNN , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The ultimate aim was to entrench a new communist social order in Italy as comprehensively as the church had entrenched Roman Catholicism over the course of centuries. \u2014 Thomas Meaney, The New Republic , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Enjoy the scenic grounds and entrench yourself in its rich history. \u2014 Shirley Macfarland, cleveland , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Whether the management uses the poison pill for the benefit of the shareholders or to entrench themselves ultimately depends on the board. \u2014 Amiyatosh Purnanandam, Forbes , 18 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1548, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191016"
},
"exhaustively":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": including all possibilities : thorough"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8z\u022f-stiv"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-out",
"clean",
"complete",
"comprehensive",
"full-scale",
"out-and-out",
"thorough",
"thoroughgoing",
"total"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The list was long but not exhaustive .",
"after an exhaustive search of our house, we still hadn't found the cat",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This list may not be exhaustive , and the automakers are reportedly changing these lease terms for customers who are still in their current leases. \u2014 Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver , 23 Apr. 2022",
"However, not all toxic chemicals used by corporations are listed in the TRI, meaning that its inventory of toxin-emitting sites is not exhaustive . \u2014 Zachary Smith, cleveland , 19 Apr. 2022",
"In Arizona, Republicans behind that state's flawed election review introduced a bill to require an exhaustive review following every election. \u2014 Scott Bauer, ajc , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Here is a brief introduction into the various kinds of weddings in India, which is not exhaustive but offers an overview of distinct traditions. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Everyone\u2019s tax situation is different so the IRS list isn\u2019t exhaustive . \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel said investigators conducted an exhaustive review of last week\u2019s blaze in the Fairmount neighborhood, including X-ray analysis and examining other potential ignition sources, such as outlets near the tree. \u2014 Omar Abdel-baqui, WSJ , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Florida's former attorney general ordered the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to review the case in 2018, and state attorney Gladson began an exhaustive review soon after. \u2014 Celina Tebor, USA TODAY , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Below, a comprehensive but by no means exhaustive list of what Aatish Taseer, Maaza Mengiste and Thomas Page McBee read, watched and listened to in preparation for their travels. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1789, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191104"
},
"encomium":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": glowing and warmly enthusiastic praise",
": an expression of this"
],
"pronounciation":[
"en-\u02c8k\u014d-m\u0113-\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[
"accolade",
"citation",
"commendation",
"dithyramb",
"eulogium",
"eulogy",
"homage",
"hymn",
"paean",
"panegyric",
"salutation",
"tribute"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the encomiums bestowed on a teacher at her retirement ceremonies",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The first was that the canticle contains an encomium of Saint Dominic, who in Merwin\u2019s eyes was the most villainous churchman of the Middle Ages. \u2014 Robert Pogue Harrison, The New York Review of Books , 17 Aug. 2017",
"This encomium seems a little like awarding the season\u2019s M.V.P. during spring training, simply because an intrepid player announces his plan to bat .400. \u2014 Bill Mckibben, The New Yorker , 24 Dec. 2020",
"The encomiums his cheerleaders offer him, a veteran professional politician in a baggy suit, are as extreme as his ideas. \u2014 The Economist , 23 Jan. 2020",
"Here\u2019s a second reason for caution: Despite heady media claims that pizza is now being made by artificial intelligence (and a similar suggestion from the company itself), Picnic\u2019s device doesn\u2019t quite earn that encomium . \u2014 Stephen L. Carterbloomberg, Houston Chronicle , 31 Jan. 2020",
"Certainly there was no evidence in its encomium to Koch. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 26 Aug. 2019",
"Such encomiums haven\u2019t helped her popularity in her home state, though. \u2014 oregonlive.com , 22 July 2019",
"Ralph Lauren is admired throughout the fashion industry as the quintessential American designer, and singer-songwriter John Legend\u2019s success is evident from countless encomiums and a shelf full of awards. \u2014 Kristina O\u2019neill, WSJ , 8 Nov. 2018",
"But agreeing to write a Trump encomium for Time is a whole other thing. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 19 Apr. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin, from Greek enk\u014dmion , from en in + k\u014dmos revel, celebration",
"first_known_use":[
"1567, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191143"
},
"excessive":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": exceeding what is usual, proper, necessary, or normal",
": being too much",
": exceeding what is proper, necessary, or normal",
": being out of proportion to the offense"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8se-siv",
"ik-\u02c8se-siv"
],
"synonyms":[
"baroque",
"devilish",
"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":[
"an excessive display of wealth",
"High fever, nausea, and excessive sweating are some of the symptoms.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"However, Spacey\u2019s barrister argued strongly that the bail conditions regarding travel were excessive . \u2014 K.j. Yossman, Variety , 16 June 2022",
"The city had argued that evidence in the lawsuit was wrongly kept from the jury and the verdict was excessive . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"Auditors estimated more than $730,000 worth of contributions would have still been excessive , even when excluding the dollars impacted by the Cruz decision. \u2014 Kaitlin Lange, The Indianapolis Star , 9 June 2022",
"However, the advantages vanish when the gaming is excessive . \u2014 Julie Jargon, WSJ , 14 May 2022",
"In a news release, Jameson said the lead times for delivery of physical books were excessive . \u2014 cleveland , 13 May 2022",
"Fryer's lawyer, Robert Goldman, said the 14-month sentence was excessive , asserting that the ticket brokers were the people truly in charge of the operation. \u2014 David K. Li, NBC News , 12 May 2022",
"Typically, a district attorney must agree the old sentence was excessive . \u2014 Ivana Hrynkiw | Ihrynkiw@al.com, al , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Any force that is not legally justified is excessive . \u2014 Alexa Gervasi, The Week , 5 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191219"
},
"endearing":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": arousing feelings of affection or admiration"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8dir-i\u014b",
"en-"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorable",
"darling",
"dear",
"disarming",
"lovable",
"loveable",
"lovesome",
"precious",
"sweet",
"winning",
"winsome"
],
"antonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"detestable",
"hateful",
"loathsome",
"odious",
"unlovable"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Kumari Small is endearing as Ella\u2019s kind stepsister Gabrielle. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"These habits can often be cute, endearing , and maybe even attractive to your partner. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 15 June 2022",
"Navalny\u2019s human imperfections aren\u2019t always endearing . \u2014 David Klion, The New Republic , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The moment was especially endearing when Gaga stepped back to allow Minnelli to accept the Dolby Theatre audience's warm applause. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Seeing a glimpse of their pets, kids running around and interesting decor choices is endearing and makes for a great way to connect and learn more about a person\u2019s real life. \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Not as sentimentally endearing but threatened and critically key to the health of oceans is the shark. \u2014 Louise Schiavone, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The scenes between Simone Ashley and Charithra Chandran are most endearing . \u2014 Sheena Scott, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"So there\u2019s not a whiff of entitlement about him, which many who played or worked with Pederson insist is one of his many endearing qualities. \u2014 Gene Frenette, USA TODAY , 6 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1766, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191519"
},
"exude":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to ooze out",
": to undergo diffusion",
": to cause to ooze or spread out in all directions",
": to display conspicuously or abundantly",
": to ooze out",
": to undergo diffusion",
": to cause to ooze or spread out in all directions"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8z\u00fcd",
"ig-\u02c8z\u00fcd"
],
"synonyms":[
"bleed",
"ooze",
"percolate",
"seep",
"strain",
"sweat",
"transude",
"weep"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Pine trees exude a sticky substance.",
"The flowers exuded a sweet fragrance.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Rocky Mountain peaks, unburdened from heavy snow, exude their full majestic glory. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 11 May 2022",
"To contrast the toughness of leather, Jacobs suggests adding feminine silhouettes and textures, or colors that exude softness and sensuality, like lilac and red. \u2014 Frances Sol\u00e1-santiago, refinery29.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The rooms and suites \u2014 which range from 52 to 3,300-square-feet \u2014 exude a clean, elevated elegance. \u2014 Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure , 15 July 2021",
"The living quarters, which span roughly 7,500 square feet, were brought to life by Francesco Guida and exude that effortless Italian elegance. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 17 May 2022",
"Staying true to himself meant Thibodeaux was willing to exude confidence one last time while at UO. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Pieces like a fringed yellow coat, comfy knits, a jacket made from upcycled jeans pockets, corset dresses, flowery frocks, and chartreuse work boots exude hope and a belief in a future that looks much less certain after Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 Vogue , 24 Feb. 2022",
"The retro rooms exude happiness, with pops of bright hues in the curtains and seating. \u2014 Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping , 19 May 2022",
"To contrast the toughness of leather, Jacobs suggests adding feminine silhouettes and textures, or colors that exude softness and sensuality, like lilac and red. \u2014 Frances Sol\u00e1-santiago, refinery29.com , 7 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin exsudare , from ex- + sudare to sweat \u2014 more at sweat ",
"first_known_use":[
"1574, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191604"
},
"exasperation":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the state of being exasperated",
": the act or an instance of exasperating someone",
": extreme annoyance : anger"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02ccza-sp\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"ig-\u02ccza-sp\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravation",
"aggro",
"annoyance",
"bother",
"botheration",
"bugbear",
"frustration",
"hair shirt",
"hassle",
"headache",
"inconvenience",
"irk",
"irritant",
"nuisance",
"peeve",
"pest",
"rub",
"ruffle",
"thorn",
"trial",
"vexation"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"They had all experienced the exasperation and frustration of holiday shopping.",
"add people who use cell phones inconsiderately to the list of daily exasperations",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And lots of people are responding to that with exasperation . \u2014 The New Yorker , 19 May 2022",
"Sighing deeply with exasperation , Baumgartner ponders whether to pop Ed in the snout or to play along out of politeness. \u2014 Paul Auster, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
"In Virginia, exasperation over public schools became a defining moment in last year\u2019s race for governor. \u2014 John J. Miller, National Review , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Although its source is different, the gloom on Wall Street is mirroring a sense of exasperation across the country. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 21 May 2022",
"The findings reflect a widespread sense of exasperation in a country facing a cascade of challenges ranging from inflation, gun violence, and a sudden shortage of baby formula to a persistent pandemic. \u2014 Nicholas Riccardi, ajc , 20 May 2022",
"Sonenshein said exasperation over the pace of school reopenings was crucial last winter in helping recall supporters gather more than 1.7 million signatures to get on the ballot. \u2014 Dustin Gardiner, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 Sep. 2021",
"What McCarthy said in exasperation about Trump's responsibility for the Capitol riot probably reflects the sentiments of the majority of House and Senate Republicans. \u2014 Charlie Dent, CNN , 1 May 2022",
"The interplay between Guttenberg and Reiser, and Guttenberg's exasperation with Reiser is what makes the scene work. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 20 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1547, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191617"
},
"elation":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being elated",
": pathological euphoria",
": the quality or state of being filled with joy or pride",
": pathological euphoria sometimes accompanied by intense pleasure"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8l\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"i-\u02c8l\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"i-\u02c8l\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"cloud nine",
"ecstasy",
"elatedness",
"euphoria",
"exhilaration",
"heaven",
"high",
"intoxication",
"paradise",
"rapture",
"rhapsody",
"seventh heaven",
"swoon",
"transport"
],
"antonyms":[
"depression"
],
"examples":[
"most people can't imagine the kind of elation that comes with winning a super lottery's grand prize, but they're dying to find out",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"How do those six words manage to perfectly encompass that feeling of elation and relief when the phone finally rings and the right person is on the other end of it? \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 1 June 2022",
"Weaving together found video footage, Jafa creates a narrative of both collective elation and despair. \u2014 Jacqui Palumbo, CNN , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The orchestral vocals, futuristic production and sonic ingenuity soundtrack the characters\u2019 quest for elation and ecstasy. \u2014 Delisa Shannon, Rolling Stone , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The response has been a combination of elation and relief as the Mets are finally thinking and acting like a major market franchise with World Series aspirations. \u2014 Wayne G. Mcdonnell, Jr., Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"The two-year runway hiatus from beloved designer Christopher John Rogers had no effect on fashion enthusiasts and fans\u2019 elation for his recent Collection 10 runway show. \u2014 Jailynn Taylor, Essence , 8 June 2022",
"Two poets laureate\u2014Alyssa Gaines and Daniel B. Summerhill\u2014turn their thoughtful attention to fashionable objects\u2014while Robert Wrigley imagines the top-of-the-world elation of being in a treehouse. \u2014 WSJ , 3 June 2022",
"The elation continued for Mendes, who was noticeably moved accepting as the youngest Canadian to win the international achievement award, and then later taking the stage to accept the Juno TikTok Fan Choice award. \u2014 Michele Amabile Angermiller, Variety , 15 May 2022",
"In the days since, the elation has remained at both Mahoning Valley and Thistledown as regulars have enjoyed reveling in the local connection while trying to put this feat into context. \u2014 Ashley Bastock, cleveland , 12 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191718"
},
"evacuate":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to remove the contents of : empty",
": to discharge from the body as waste : void",
": to remove something (such as gas or water) from especially by pumping",
": to remove especially from a military zone or dangerous area",
": to withdraw from military occupation of",
": vacate sense 1",
": to withdraw from a place in an organized way especially for protection",
": to pass urine or feces from the body",
": to leave or cause to leave a place of danger",
": to make empty : empty out",
": to discharge waste matter from the body",
": to remove the contents of",
": to discharge (as urine or feces) from the body as waste : void",
": to pass urine or feces from the body"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8va-ky\u0259-\u02ccw\u0101t",
"-ky\u00fc-\u02cc\u0101t",
"i-\u02c8va-ky\u0259-\u02ccw\u0101t",
"i-\u02c8vak-y\u0259-\u02ccw\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"clear",
"empty",
"vacate",
"void"
],
"antonyms":[
"fill",
"load"
],
"examples":[
"People who live along the coast are being evacuated as the hurricane approaches.",
"During World War II, children were evacuated from London to the country.",
"Residents were ordered to evacuate the building.",
"Residents have been ordered to evacuate .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After it was destroyed, hundreds \u2014 if not thousands \u2014 of Ukrainians, including elderly and disabled people helped by volunteers, scrambled across rubble and planks of wood to evacuate to the safety of Kyiv. \u2014 Phil Mccausland, NBC News , 27 Apr. 2022",
"As Lviv scrambles to help evacuate Ukrainians to safety, the war has also forced the city to urgently preserve its artwork and culture. \u2014 Angie Leventis Lourgos, chicagotribune.com , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Almost immediately, the studio opened its doors to people from the surrounding Troyeschina district, many who were older, vulnerable and unable to easily evacuate to safer locations. \u2014 Manori Ravindran, Variety , 8 Apr. 2022",
"After the attack, the family was able to evacuate to the relative safety of western Ukraine. \u2014 Francesca Trianni, Time , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Efforts are being made to evacuate civilians to safety and restore communications where possible. \u2014 Isabel Coles And Evan Gershkovich, WSJ , 26 Mar. 2022",
"And as thousands of civilians in Mariupol and other cities evacuate to neighboring countries like Poland, Slovakia, Moldova and Romania, the influx could overwhelm their health systems. \u2014 Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The Israeli website builder Wix offered to evacuate 1,000 of its Ukrainian staff and their families to Turkey. \u2014 Camille Squires, Quartz , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Vadim Mozyrsky has been lucky -- his family members who still live in Ukraine were able to evacuate temporarily to the United States and Canada. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, to draw off morbid humors, from Latin evacuatus , past participle of evacuare to empty, from e- + vacuus empty",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191741"
},
"empty":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": containing nothing",
": not occupied or inhabited",
": unfrequented",
": not pregnant",
": null sense 4a",
": lacking reality, substance, meaning, or value : hollow",
": destitute of effect or force",
": devoid of sense : foolish",
": hungry",
": idle",
": having no purpose or result : useless",
": marked by the absence of human life, activity, or comfort",
": to make empty : remove the contents of",
": deprive , divest",
": to discharge (itself) of contents",
": to fire (a repeating firearm) until empty",
": to remove from what holds or encloses",
": to become empty",
": to discharge contents",
": something (such as a bottle or can) that is empty",
": containing nothing",
": not occupied or lived in : vacant",
": not sincere or meaningful",
": to remove the contents of",
": to remove all of (something) from a container",
": to become unoccupied",
": to flow into"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8em(p)-t\u0113",
"\u02c8emp-t\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"bare",
"blank",
"clean",
"devoid",
"stark",
"toom",
"vacant",
"vacuous",
"void"
],
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"evacuate",
"vacate",
"void"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The arena was completely empty .",
"She felt trapped in an empty marriage.",
"unhappy people leading empty lives",
"Verb",
"She emptied the contents of her purse onto the table.",
"It's your turn to empty the trash.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Flour Girl & Flame, a carryout-only pizza restaurant that opened in December 2021 at 8121 W. National Ave., plans to open a new ice cream shop in the empty space next door. \u2014 Bob Dohr, Journal Sentinel , 3 June 2022",
"Style your pieces, so any empty space appears intentional. \u2014 Sarah Lyon, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
"Luna had been picturing a blank page\u2014no photo, just empty space. \u2014 Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker , 28 May 2022",
"But here, in Ames, Iowa, there is a hollow, an empty space. \u2014 Benjamin, Longreads , 20 May 2022",
"The image, released in six simultaneous news conferences in Washington and around the globe, showed a lumpy doughnut of radio emission framing empty space. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"However, art lovers will also appreciate the ample empty wall space to showcase their collection. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 9 May 2022",
"One way to find a use for the now empty space in your office is to add a home gym-style facility to the building. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"In addition to being especially compact, this composter is incredibly portable, and can be rolled around to fit in any empty space outside. \u2014 Kylee Mcguigan, Popular Mechanics , 1 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The vacuum, which is initially available through iRobot's website, costs $850 (or $650 if bought without a base that the vacuum can automatically empty dirt into). \u2014 Rachel Metz, CNN , 9 Sep. 2021",
"Build reservoirs in flood-prone areas with drainage systems to empty into them, then have the water transported to the drought-prone areas. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 2 July 2021",
"Six kids would empty out curbside, like so many clowns from a circus car. \u2014 Veronica Chater, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 May 2022",
"There, laborers must empty individual bags of wheat onto warehouse floors before the grain can be loaded onto bulk cargo ships for export. \u2014 Jesse Newman, WSJ , 2 May 2022",
"So, empty the tank against Montreal and build some momentum heading into the real meat of the 2022 schedule. \u2014 Pat Brennan, The Enquirer , 29 Mar. 2022",
"This happens when your bladder doesn't empty completely, causing too much urine to stay in your bladder, according to MedlinePlus. \u2014 Jessica Migala, Health.com , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Then the oxygen seemed to empty out of the parade route, as if a plug had been pulled. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Before taking your clothes to a professional, check them for stains and empty the pockets. \u2014 Kevin Brasler, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The change resulted from an intersection of migration with births and deaths, since the county draws retirees and empty -nesters, while young adults who want to have children move elsewhere, mostly for better schools, Smith said. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 6 June 2022",
"Kevin Shattenkirk and Vinni Lettieri had a goal and an assist apiece, and Nicolas Deslauriers added a short-handed empty -netter for the Ducks with 7:37 to play. \u2014 orlandosentinel.com , 22 Jan. 2022",
"The entire region is a buyer\u2019s market, burdened by other big empties . \u2014 At A Great Price, ProPublica , 18 May 2020",
"The horses are saddled in the paddock in two shifts, and at least one stall is kept empty between horses. \u2014 Joe Drape, New York Times , 12 May 2020",
"Coronavirus empties pediatrician offices in Michigan, decreases vaccinations As COVID-19 continues to churn through southeast Michigan and elsewhere, wary parents are avoiding health care settings. \u2014 Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press , 28 Apr. 2020",
"More than Christmas or New Year\u2019s Day, more than Easter week, when the city empties out. \u2014 Sylvia Poggioli, The New York Review of Books , 29 Mar. 2020",
"Heiskanen\u2019s goal came with the Stars\u2019 net empty and was his first since Dec. 3, a stretch of 33 games. \u2014 Matthew Defranks, Dallas News , 28 Feb. 2020",
"Days, even weeks, in a tent or a bivouac, the hours empty of all but numbing chores and the howling of the wind. \u2014 Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker , 24 Feb. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"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 1a",
"Noun",
"1844, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191917"
},
"empyrean":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": empyreal",
": the highest heaven or heavenly sphere in ancient and medieval cosmology usually consisting of fire or light",
": the true and ultimate heavenly paradise",
": firmament , heavens",
": an ideal place or state"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccem-\u02ccp\u012b-\u02c8r\u0113-\u0259n",
"-p\u0259-",
"em-\u02c8pir-\u0113-\u0259n",
"-\u02c8p\u012b-r\u0113-"
],
"synonyms":[
"celestial",
"elysian",
"empyreal",
"ethereal",
"heavenly",
"supernal"
],
"antonyms":[
"above",
"bliss",
"elysian fields",
"Elysium",
"heaven",
"kingdom come",
"New Jerusalem",
"paradise",
"sky",
"Zion",
"Sion"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"movie scenes set in heaven often suggest that harps are the favored instruments for empyrean music",
"Noun",
"ascended into the empyrean after a life filled with good deeds",
"most ticket buyers have no trouble envisioning the empyrean that winning the lottery would inevitably bring about",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"At their best, Harjo\u2019s poems inform each other, linking her different modes, facilitating her tendency to zoom from a personal experience to a more empyrean one. \u2014 Maya Phillips, The New Yorker , 29 Aug. 2019",
"Louis leaves Prior, drawing the first line in a pattern of abandonment that informs the entire play, and finally stretches all the way into the empyrean kingdom of an absent God. \u2014 Ben Brantley, New York Times , 25 Mar. 2018",
"Our badges looked different, we were afforded fewer privileges, and we were certainly kept in the dark about The Algorithm (pause for heavenly-choir noise effect) and other such empyrean secrets. \u2014 Lucas Peterson, GQ , 22 May 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"O\u2019Keeffe places the viewer aloft, level with the bone, high up in the empyrean . \u2014 Roxana Robinson, The New Yorker , 11 Oct. 2021",
"Unfortunately, for those who see Mr. Donnelly\u2019s empyrean status less as the result of an Immaculate Kawnception and more as another harbinger of Artistic Kawpocalypse, the show will do little to change previous conceptions about him or his art. \u2014 Brian P. Kelly, WSJ , 6 Mar. 2021",
"That could quickly propel a few black schools into the athletic empyrean , and change the place of HBCUs in American culture. \u2014 Jemele Hill, The Atlantic , 5 Sep. 2019",
"Grahm reaches for the empyrean , and Locke brings him back to earth, a table full of wine bottles between them. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 14 May 2018",
"Grahm reaches for the empyrean , and Locke brings him back to earth, a table full of wine bottles between them. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 14 May 2018",
"But even in the empyrean reaches of premium cable, Shondaland has a voice. \u2014 Wesley Morris And James Poniewozik, New York Times , 10 Feb. 2016"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun",
"1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191925"
},
"exchequer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes",
": a former superior court having jurisdiction in England and Wales primarily over revenue matters and now merged with King's Bench",
": the department or office of state in Great Britain and Northern Ireland charged with the receipt and care of the national revenue",
": the national banking account of this realm",
": treasury",
": a national or royal treasury",
": pecuniary resources : funds",
": a royal office in medieval England at first responsible for the collection and management of the royal revenue and later for the adjudication of revenue cases",
": a former superior court having law and equity jurisdiction in England and Wales over primarily revenue cases and now merged with the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice",
": the office in Great Britain and Northern Ireland responsible for the collection and care of the national revenue"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8eks-\u02ccche-k\u0259r",
"iks-\u02c8che-",
"\u02c8eks-\u02ccche-k\u0259r, iks-\u02c8che-"
],
"synonyms":[
"bankroll",
"coffers",
"finances",
"fund",
"pocket",
"resources",
"wherewithal"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"their son would make beseeching requests for more money whenever his personal exchequer was getting low",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In October, every household will get 200 pounds ($260) off their bills to cushion the impact of rising gas prices, at a cost of around 6 billion pounds to the exchequer . \u2014 Philip Aldrick, Bloomberg.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The likely loss to the exchequer of between \u20ac2 billion to \u20ac2.4 billion is equivalent to a fifth of the State\u2019s annual corporate tax revenue. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 9 June 2021",
"Some 64m meals were consumed at 84,000 venues over the first nine days, at a cost of \u00a3336m to the exchequer . \u2014 The Economist , 31 Aug. 2020",
"The Resolution Foundation\u2019s Torsten Bell estimates Hunt\u2019s plan would cost the exchequer in the region of 13 billion pounds ($16.6 billion), while Johnson\u2019s would cost about 10 billion pounds. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Sep. 2019",
"The company plans to ship \u00a32.5bn-worth of polyhalite a year at full production and send an annual \u00a3470m to the exchequer . \u2014 The Economist , 17 Oct. 2019",
"Why can\u2019t Modi\u2019s all-pervasive goods and services tax pull some of it back for the exchequer to ease the financial constraints on infrastructure? \u2014 Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg, Washington Post , 10 Sep. 2019",
"Under the programme, state exchequers are taking on three-fourths of the utilities\u2019 debt. \u2014 Kuwar Singh, Quartz India , 18 June 2019",
"Very often such firms are loss-making and a burden to the exchequer . \u2014 The Economist , 14 Sep. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English escheker , from Anglo-French, chessboard, counting table, exchequer \u2014 more at checker ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192239"
},
"entrails":{
"type":[
"noun plural",
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": bowels , viscera",
": internal parts",
": the inner workings of something",
": the internal parts of an animal",
": the bowels or viscera especially of an animal"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8en-\u02cctr\u0101lz",
"-tr\u0259lz",
"\u02c8en-\u02cctr\u0101lz",
"-tr\u0259lz",
"\u02c8en-tr\u0259lz",
"-\u02cctr\u0101lz"
],
"synonyms":[
"gut",
"innards",
"inside(s)",
"inwards",
"viscera",
"vitals"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And there is a close connection between these two films that delve deep into the entrails of Martone\u2019s native Naples. \u2014 Nick Vivarelli, Variety , 25 May 2022",
"In his canvases, Mr. Nitsch used materials including blood and pig entrails in addition to acrylics. \u2014 Emily Langer, Washington Post , 23 Apr. 2022",
"The dogs, intrigued by the entrails , give themselves a good roll in the filth. \u2014 Nathaniel Adams, Chron , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Protesters left deer entrails on the mayor\u2019s car and hired detectives to trail White Buffalo\u2019s sharpshooters, who began wearing bulletproof vests. \u2014 Brooke Jarvis, The New Yorker , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Hybrids are popular these days: cars that run on electricity and gas, people who run on pig hearts and other animal entrails , journalists who blend fact, fiction and malevolence. \u2014 Dave Shiflett, WSJ , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Take those measurements, perhaps swirl them with the entrails of a goat, and out pops a score. \u2014 David Mccloskey, CNN , 11 Oct. 2021",
"Dogpatch neighborhood was reportedly named for the packs of strays that hunted for scraps from a now extinct row of nearby slaughterhouses, where industrial meat operations could discard entrails into marshes and mudflats. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 29 Sep. 2021",
"In late 1985, Feinstein started rallying again for a baseball-only ballpark; a sports arena that was somehow even uglier than the dome, with Interstate 280 overpasses beyond right field, looking like human entrails coming out of the ballpark. \u2014 Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle , 19 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English entrailles , from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin intralia , alteration of Latin interanea , plural of interaneum intestine, from neuter of interaneus interior",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192338"
},
"encage":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": cage sense 1"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8k\u0101j",
"en-"
],
"synonyms":[
"box (in)",
"cage",
"closet",
"coop (up)",
"corral",
"encase",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"envelop",
"fence (in)",
"hedge",
"hem (in)",
"house",
"immure",
"include",
"mew (up)",
"pen",
"wall (in)"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a stay-at-home mom who somehow felt encaged in her home"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1592, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192418"
},
"extraction":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act or process of extracting something",
": ancestry , origin",
": something extracted",
": the act of pulling out",
": origin sense 2 , descent",
": the act or process of extracting something"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8strak-sh\u0259n",
"ik-\u02c8strak-sh\u0259n",
"ik-\u02c8strak-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"ancestry",
"birth",
"blood",
"bloodline",
"breeding",
"descent",
"family tree",
"genealogy",
"line",
"lineage",
"origin",
"parentage",
"pedigree",
"stock",
"strain"
],
"antonyms":[
"issue",
"posterity",
"progeny",
"seed"
],
"examples":[
"tooth extractions and other dental procedures",
"the extraction of teeth by dentists",
"the extraction of juices from plant matter",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But its exploits in Haiti left a crippling legacy of financial extraction and dashed hopes \u2014 even by the standards of a nation with a long history of both. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
"This is the safest and most effective method of extraction . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 May 2022",
"The method of chemical extraction should not produce toxic waste. \u2014 Abby Dupes, Seventeen , 16 May 2022",
"The industry is largely aligned with the Responsible Business Alliance for sourcing raw materials, which provides guidance on reducing the social and environmental impacts of mineral extraction and processing. \u2014 K.e.d. Coan, Ars Technica , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Food is connected to land, and to the way people relate to the land, and unfortunately, in our world, resources are scarce, and there\u2019s a lot of extraction of resources. \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 19 Apr. 2022",
"To replace a natural ingredient that traditionally has contained methyl eugenol, makers like Mane have to return to the raw materials, trying to find a new means of extraction whose result complies with the rules. \u2014 Genevieve Fullan, Longreads , 12 Apr. 2022",
"In other words, without even accounting for possible violations based on method of extraction , more than half of the country\u2019s timber is illegally harvested. \u2014 Alexander Sammon, The New Republic , 16 Feb. 2022",
"For example, part of this metadata extraction might include using computer vision or natural language processing algorithms to understand the content of picture, text, or voice files that are dumped as raw, unlabelled data into the lakehouse. \u2014 Bernard Marr, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192539"
},
"enthral":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to hold spellbound : charm",
": to hold in or reduce to slavery",
": to hold the attention of completely"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8thr\u022fl",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8thr\u022fl"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrest",
"bedazzle",
"catch up",
"enchant",
"fascinate",
"grip",
"hypnotize",
"mesmerize",
"spellbind"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"enthralled by the flickering fire in the hearth, we lost all track of time",
"for years these master magicians have been enthralling audiences with their astounding illusions",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bravado would see their son and scoop him up and whisk him toward the backstage area on the ship to enthrall the crowd even more. \u2014 Cassell Ferere, Forbes , 14 Sep. 2021",
"The portrayal is absorbing, committed and morbidly fascinating\u2014one of the more memorable aspects of the Holmes persona was her unnaturally deep voice, which seemed intended to enthrall and probably did. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Your zone of genius areas are your interests that engage and enthrall you. \u2014 Julia Wuench, Forbes , 5 Jan. 2022",
"The first games to really enthrall me were Starcraft and Guild Wars. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 30 Nov. 2021",
"No matter your genre preference, summertime music festivals are sure to enthrall . \u2014 Washington Post , 15 July 2021",
"While The Office ended more than eight years ago, the NBC series has continued to enthrall fans around the world. \u2014 Gabrielle Chung, PEOPLE.com , 16 July 2021",
"Weather is perpetrated by a somewhat predictable but ultimately uncontrollable force, and no Hollywood disaster flick can fully replicate the effects, those forces majeures that can enthrall , shock, or even humble. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 10 July 2021",
"Lakers owner Jack Kent Cooke\u2019s open checkbook, the Athens of America vs. Hollywood \u2014 will still enthrall fans of the game, more than a half-century later. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 July 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192746"
},
"encampment":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the place where a group (such as a body of troops) is encamped",
": the individuals that make up an encampment",
": the act of encamping : the state of being encamped",
": the act of making a camp",
": camp entry 1 sense 1"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8kamp-m\u0259nt",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8kamp-m\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"bivouac",
"camp",
"campground",
"campsite",
"hutment"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a recreational area that will serve as this year's encampment for the Scouts' jamboree",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ken Saffer, a 57-year-old resident of the encampment on and off since 2017, said his belongings were confiscated, including clothing, tools and a generator. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"The last days of a homeless encampment in San Pedro. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
"Five Central American migrants, including a young Guatemalan couple with a 3-year-old boy, showed up this week at the edge of the encampment where the Ukrainians were waiting. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
"In nearby Pensacola, some city officials became concerned with the closure of a homeless encampment under Interstate 110 last month. \u2014 al , 2 Mar. 2022",
"The pastor who runs it opened a second space last month for migrants who were sleeping in a makeshift encampment in a nearby public park. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"The pastor who runs it opened a second space last month for migrants who were sleeping in a makeshift encampment in a nearby public park. \u2014 Eileen Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
"Officials are investigating the death of a woman who was found with gunshot wounds in a homeless encampment near South Gate early Saturday. \u2014 Alejandra Reyes-velardestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 7 May 2022",
"In the encampment across the street, a few people sat in a lawn chairs, watching the press conference over the roar of passing trucks. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192838"
},
"exhausted":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": completely or almost completely depleted of resources or contents",
": depleted of energy : extremely tired"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8z\u022f-st\u0259d"
],
"synonyms":[
"all in",
"aweary",
"beat",
"beaten",
"bleary",
"burned-out",
"burnt-out",
"bushed",
"dead",
"done",
"drained",
"fatigued",
"jaded",
"knackered",
"limp",
"logy",
"loggy",
"played out",
"pooped",
"prostrate",
"spent",
"tapped out",
"tired",
"tuckered (out)",
"washed-out",
"wearied",
"weary",
"wiped out",
"worn",
"worn-out"
],
"antonyms":[
"unwearied"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192857"
},
"expounder":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to set forth : state",
": to defend with argument",
": to explain by setting forth in careful and often elaborate detail",
": to make a statement : comment",
": explain sense 1 , interpret"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8spau\u0307nd",
"ik-\u02c8spau\u0307nd"
],
"synonyms":[
"air",
"express",
"give",
"look",
"raise",
"sound",
"state",
"vent",
"ventilate",
"voice"
],
"antonyms":[
"stifle",
"suppress"
],
"examples":[
"The article expounds the virtues of a healthy diet.",
"When asked to expound , he had no comment.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And since Suga brought it up, RM felt free to expound on the apparent upcoming break following the group\u2019s relentless pace since forming in 2013. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 14 June 2022",
"Smith didn\u2019t really expound on why Westbrook being there is a bad thing. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 June 2022",
"And so people pull out individual lines and expound on them. \u2014 CBS News , 1 June 2022",
"Krien spoke about a study that Luminate put together on vinyl trends at the Music Biz conference in Nashville earlier this month, and Variety asked him to expound further on the company\u2019s findings. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 25 May 2022",
"Democratic Senators gave fiery speeches blasting Rogers, while Borrelli took time to defend her, and members on both sides debated their right to expound on the issue. \u2014 Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic , 16 May 2022",
"The report and the climate crisis were brought up sporadically by Democrats thereafter, in part as a means of asking executives to expound on their so-far meager spending on low-carbon energy. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Sitting at a corner table of the Four Seasons\u2019 lunch spot (a few seats away from Sharon Stone), Shear needs no caffeine boost to expound , rapid-fire, on his strategy for his star client. \u2014 Katie Bain, Billboard , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Over the past 30 years, Darnielle has used the Mountain Goats to expound a sort of small-scale, lo-fi humanism. \u2014 Robert Rubsam, The New Republic , 24 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French espundre, expondre , from Latin exponere to explain \u2014 more at expose ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192958"
},
"ebony":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a hard heavy blackish wood yielded by various tropical chiefly southeast Asian trees (genus Diospyros of the family Ebenaceae, the ebony family)",
": a tree yielding ebony",
": any of several trees yielding wood like ebony",
": made of or resembling ebony",
": black , dark",
": a hard heavy blackish wood that comes from tropical trees",
": made of or like ebony",
": very dark or black"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-b\u0259-n\u0113",
"\u02c8e-b\u0259-n\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"pitchy",
"raven",
"sable"
],
"antonyms":[
"white"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"the ebony loudspeakers on their chrome stands look very sleek and modern",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The palette is a mixture of dark gray and ebony with warm wood and white walls. \u2014 Nancy Hass, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
"The elegant frames are made of a combination of four natural, sustainable woods\u2014maple, zebra, walnut, and ebony . \u2014 Irene S. Levine, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"The room includes his personal objects of interest like ebony chairs, exotic oriental carpets and a rare black silk prayer rug. \u2014 Joanne Shurvell, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The wood floors were treated with an ebony stain and then cerused. \u2014 Monique Valeris, ELLE Decor , 6 May 2022",
"Paying homage to her character\u2019s quills, Coughlan wore a feathery baby pink and ebony gown with matching eyeshadow and dainty diamond jewels. \u2014 ELLE , 4 May 2022",
"Guests are welcomed in a sophisticated lobby with a black and cream cabochon marble floor reflected in the mirrored ceiling and a bespoke reception desk with an ebony finish and brass detailing. \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The head-to-toe look by the Italian fashion house also included a choker and slingback pumps in the brand's signature beige-and- ebony original GG print from the Aria collection, inspired by Tom Ford's Gucci era. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Jared also supplied ebony from his father\u2019s studio for the fingerboard, bridge and binding, and Richard\u2019s chisels for the tuner buttons. \u2014 Jeff Campagna, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The kitchen provides granite counters, a glass tile backsplash, Sub-Zero refrigerator, Dacor gas cooktop, double ovens and ebony maple cabinets. \u2014 Dallas News , 14 Mar. 2020",
"Meanwhile, the Black Cat Incident, as it was dubbed, became another chapter in the Cubs' long-running history of misery, with the ebony feline\u2014a notorious symbol of bad luck, of course\u2014blamed for jinxing the team. \u2014 Paul Lukas, SI.com , 6 Sep. 2019",
"Calder would take a break from sculptures and mobiles to craft a silver milk skimmer with a spiderweb design or an ebony toilet paper holder shaped like a hand. \u2014 Jennie Yabroff, Town & Country , 20 Oct. 2017",
"The white-walled living room features ebony wood floors and a wall fireplace. \u2014 Neal J. Leitereg, latimes.com , 15 July 2017",
"Today brunettes, redheads, and ebony -haired beauties all lay claim to their place in the sun. \u2014 Leslie Camhi, Vogue , 4 Feb. 2014",
"That's owing to the fact that 10 Roam is Odin's first incense fragrance, with smokey base notes rooted in resin, but also coconut milk and ebony wood. \u2014 Jonathan Evans, Esquire , 3 May 2013",
"Brick arches, ebony -paneled walls and murals of drinking monks. \u2014 Anya Yurchyshyn, Esquire , 8 Sep. 2008"
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"1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of or relating to elves",
": mischievous"
],
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"\u02c8el-vish"
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"arch",
"devilish",
"espi\u00e8gle",
"impish",
"knavish",
"leprechaunish",
"mischievous",
"pixie",
"pixy",
"pixieish",
"prankish",
"puckish",
"rascally",
"roguish",
"scampish",
"sly",
"tricksy",
"waggish",
"wicked"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But there are other, darker incarnations of elvish creatures in folklore from around the world. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 24 Dec. 2021",
"Geddy Lee impression toward something like an elvish Bon Scott. \u2014 Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone , 16 Apr. 2021",
"And don\u2019t forget about the scene in Fellowship where Galadriel gives everyone a personalized elvish gift on their way out of Lothlorien. \u2014 Megan Mccluskey, Time , 22 Dec. 2020",
"Her astonishing business skills earn her a reputation for being able to spin silver into gold \u2014 and thereby catches the eye of the king of the Staryk, the elvish personification of winter in the story\u2019s Lithuanian-analogue fantasy world. \u2014 Constance Grady, Vox , 20 July 2018",
"Piece-y and slightly elvish , the look played well with EmRata's trademark pout and power brow, all while forcing followers to imagine the ensemble that this trompe-l'\u0153il look could have accompanied. \u2014 Calin Van Paris, Vogue , 7 May 2018",
"The highway department has been known to route new roads around rocks that are thought to be elvish residences. \u2014 Richard Mcgill Murphy, Town & Country , 18 Jan. 2013",
"The sounds were quickly recorded and put into an Elvish translator. \u2014 Rebecca Angel, WIRED , 1 Apr. 2011"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
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"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": to bring into or keep in equilibrium : balance",
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": to bring about, come to, or be in equilibrium"
],
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"i-\u02c8kwi-l\u0259-\u02ccbr\u0101t",
"i-\u02c8kwil-\u0259-\u02ccbr\u0101t"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But unlike a diamond, this prethermal time crystal is not forever; if the experiment ran for long enough, the system would gradually equilibrate and the cyclical behavior would break down. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 2 Aug. 2021",
"There is no magic formula that says value and growth stocks must equilibrate . \u2014 Mike Bird, WSJ , 10 May 2021",
"Once the pressure equilibrated to zero across the outer hatch door, the men pushed it open and swam the remaining 20 vertical feet between them, sunlight, and safety. \u2014 Rachel Lance, Wired , 7 Apr. 2020",
"The longer the crisis continues, and if supply and demand do not equilibrate , the more energy jobs could be in jeopardy. \u2014 NBC News , 9 Mar. 2020",
"This allowed the debris to evenly mix and equilibrate , producing the body's current spherical shape. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 29 Oct. 2019",
"Oceans acidify in the blink of a geologic eye In the late 1700s, the oceans had equilibrated to be slightly alkaline, with a pH of about 8.1\u2014roughly the same level of acidity as an egg white. \u2014 Alejandra Borunda, National Geographic , 7 Aug. 2019",
"This tendency to equilibrate , like a cup of coffee cooling to room temperature, is the most familiar outcome of the second law of thermodynamics, which says that energy constantly spreads and the entropy of the universe always increases. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 16 June 2019",
"The room eventually equilibrates with the outside environment, and the environment drifts even more slowly toward equilibrium with the rest of the universe. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 16 Apr. 2014"
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"1635, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-193418"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": the act or art of enchanting",
": the quality or state of being enchanted",
": something that enchants",
": a magic spell"
],
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"in-\u02c8chant-m\u0259nt",
"en-"
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"abracadabra",
"bewitchment",
"charm",
"conjuration",
"glamour",
"glamor",
"hex",
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"invocation",
"spell",
"whammy"
],
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"examples":[
"Our enchantment faded when we found that the house needed even more repairs.",
"the enchantment of a snowy field bathed in moonlight",
"He writes about the dangers as well as the enchantments of sailing.",
"stories about wizards and enchantments",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The lesson of Reinhardt\u2019s production still holds: Hire an expert director who isn\u2019t afraid to dream big or let the Bowl\u2019s open-air enchantment intermittently steal the show. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"But there\u2019s just as much enchantment in what for most people would be a dreary setting. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Mar. 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",
"The show\u2019s enchantment has often stemmed from its ability to make Atlanta types more recognizable and more surreal at the same time \u2014 and in doing so, highlighting the humanity within their absurdities. \u2014 Inkoo Kang, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"This brand new play, which turned the Civic theater into a place of steadily increasing enchantment last night, is still fluid with change, but it is vividly written, and in the main superbly acted. \u2014 Claudia Cassidy, Chicago Tribune , 19 May 2022",
"The ritual and romance that turns a military leader into a king is one of the most powerful sorts of enchantment . \u2014 William Tipper, WSJ , 23 May 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",
"From thereon, the anthropologist found himself in a state of enchantment \u2013 a feeling that has never left him and which continues to drive him to explore Pakistan\u2019s tangible and intangible heritage. \u2014 Sonya Rehman, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-193529"
},
"elliptically":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse",
": of, relating to, or marked by ellipsis or an ellipsis",
": of, relating to, or marked by extreme economy of speech or writing",
": of or relating to deliberate obscurity (as of literary or conversational style)",
": elliptical galaxy",
": elliptical trainer",
": having the shape of an ellipse"
],
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"i-\u02c8lip-ti-k\u0259l",
"e-",
"i-\u02c8lip-ti-k\u0259l"
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"ambiguous",
"arcane",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"deep",
"Delphic",
"double-edged",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"fuliginous",
"inscrutable",
"murky",
"mysterious",
"mystic",
"nebulous",
"obscure",
"occult",
"opaque"
],
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"accessible",
"clear",
"nonambiguous",
"obvious",
"plain",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The moon follows an elliptical path around the Earth.",
"a writer with an elliptical style",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Kennedy has been training on a stationary bike, elliptical machine and anti-gravity treadmill. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 18 May 2022",
"Five stories on interpersonal trust and unspoken truths intertwine in Annette K. Olesen\u2019s artful, elliptical , and bittersweet relationship drama. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Bags and shoes follow elliptical and eyelet shapes, resulting in meteor-like high summer accessories aptly Venus, Orbit and Mercury. \u2014 Bianca Salonga, Forbes , 5 July 2021",
"Juno is in a highly elliptical orbit of Jupiter, so spends most of its time far from the gas giant. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 25 May 2022",
"Similarly, the calorie counters on exercise equipment such as treadmills, stationary bikes and elliptical machines are unreliable, too. \u2014 Melanie Radzicki Mcmanus, CNN , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The old Russian Motor that just exploded was making its way around Earth in an elliptical orbit. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 6 May 2022",
"Earth\u2019s elliptical orbit around the sun changes its shape slightly on periods of 100,000 and 400,000 years known as the Milankovitch cycles. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Juno flies on an unusual elliptical orbit of Jupiter, which takes it far from the planet only to swing in close every 43 days. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"That makes calisthenics routines a great option for people who want to get in some cardio, but aren\u2019t quite jazzed about traditional cardio exercises, like running or hitting the elliptical . \u2014 Jenny Mccoy, SELF , 21 May 2022",
"From laptop risers and an under-desk elliptical to posture-correcting seat cushions and more, see our top picks below. \u2014 Nicole Charky-chami, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 May 2022",
"This afternoon\u2019s double was a steady hour on the elliptical , with my heart rate between 130-140. \u2014 Outside Online , 4 Nov. 2020",
"From there, the former White House official set up a home gym in his basement with dumbbells and an elliptical . \u2014 Janine Henni, PEOPLE.com , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Over the past century, most home-workout equipment \u2014 the treadmill, the exercise bike, the elliptical , the Mirror, the Tonal \u2014 is centered around creating identical lean and lithe bodies. \u2014 Diana Budds, Curbed , 4 Nov. 2021",
"Just like with other new forms of exercise, start out slowly on the elliptical . \u2014 Korin Miller, Good Housekeeping , 12 Oct. 2021",
"Adults, freed from offices and their old, rigid hours, are jogging at noon, instead of going nowhere on an elliptical or Peloton in the tiny office gym. \u2014 Amanda Long, Washington Post , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Speaking in a higher-than-usual voice that rumbles with torment, rage and pop gravitas, Leung sets the vengeful tone for a drama that\u2019s Oedipal in its overtones and elliptical in its structure. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 31 Aug. 2021"
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"Adjective",
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"1936, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
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},
"eduction":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": to bring out (something, such as something latent)",
": deduce"
],
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"i-\u02c8d\u00fcs",
"also"
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"evoke",
"inspire",
"raise"
],
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"the gift of a puppy finally educed a response from the shy boy"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin educere to draw out, from e- + ducere to lead \u2014 more at tow entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-194030"
},
"espi\u00e8glerie":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being roguish or frolicsome"
],
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"e-spye-gl\u0259-\u02c8r\u0113"
],
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"coltishness",
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"mischief",
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"sportfulness",
"sportiveness",
"tricksiness"
],
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"earnestness",
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"sobersidedness"
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"a delightful young woman whose espi\u00e8glerie and sophisticated wit make her a favorite party guest",
"a femme fatale with a penchant for sophisticated espi\u00e8glerie that men found irresistible"
],
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"1815, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-194045"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": formation of a bay",
": a bay or a conformation resembling a bay"
],
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"im-\u02c8b\u0101-m\u0259nt"
],
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"arm",
"bay",
"bight",
"cove",
"creek",
"estuary",
"firth",
"fjord",
"fiord",
"gulf",
"inlet",
"loch"
],
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"examples":[
"a fingerlike embayment of the Bay of Fundy",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Those are: Baker\u2019s Creek embayment at Wheeler Reservoir in Morgan County \u2013 Do not eat any species due to presence of PFOs. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 7 June 2022",
"The explorers paddled down the western side of the Door Peninsula into an embayment and river system teeming with wild rice, wild celery, waterfowl, beavers and fish \u2014 lots and lots of fish. \u2014 jsonline.com , 2 Sep. 2021",
"The Tonto wends into a huge, red-walled embayment , called the Inferno, and our view \u2014 while stirring \u2014 holds distressingly steady. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Mar. 2021",
"The town's prime spot on the Mississippi Sound, an embayment of the Gulf of Mexico, provides a glorious stretch of white-sanded beach with virtually no crowds. \u2014 Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living , 8 Mar. 2021",
"In many places, ice shelves attach to the land along the sides of an embayment , providing some anchoring that slows their forward motion. \u2014 Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica , 26 Aug. 2020",
"As recently as 2014, geological consensus held that the Mississippi began flowing through the embayment around 20 million years ago. \u2014 Dean Kilnkenberg, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Aug. 2020",
"Green Bay, a massive embayment on the lake\u2019s west shore, is shallow and fertile, and offers some of the best smallmouth bass and muskie fishing in the country. \u2014 Steve Quinn, Outdoor Life , 18 June 2020",
"Georgian Bay represents yet another key embayment of Lake Huron, extending northeast into Ontario. \u2014 Steve Quinn, Outdoor Life , 18 June 2020"
],
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"1815, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
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},
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"type":[
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
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": to cover, line, or overlay with or as if with a crust",
": to form a crust",
": to cover with or as if with a crust",
": to cover, line, or overlay with a crust",
": to form a crust"
],
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"in-\u02c8kr\u0259st",
"i\u014b-",
"in-\u02c8kr\u0259st"
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"cake",
"crust",
"rime"
],
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"examples":[
"refrigerator shelves that were encrusted with the residue of many spills",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That last one was a rare find that triggered all kinds of childhood memories from an era where parents used Corn Flakes to encrust chicken, top casseroles and make desserts. \u2014 Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com , 25 Aug. 2020",
"The sand particles that encrust the crystals give these pieces wonderful texture. \u2014 Elizabeth Pash, House Beautiful , 23 June 2020",
"Like many American holidays, it is now encrusted with humbug and commercialism. \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 5 May 2020",
"The ring's 18-karat beige gold band is also encrusted with diamonds, making the piece incredibly sparkly. \u2014 Amy Mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR , 9 Dec. 2019",
"Instead of the smooth exterior of a tokamak, stellarators are encrusted with hundreds of strange cylinders and rectangular compartments for magnets. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 7 May 2020",
"The protein is encrusted in sugars known as glycans, which camouflage the virus from the human immune system, as healthy human cells are covered in the same glycans. \u2014 Sophia Chen, Wired , 8 Apr. 2020",
"Steel mills, after the molten metal was poured from their kilns, found the enormous vats encrusted with slag, which is the stony residue that results when metal is melted out of its ore. \u2014 David E. Petzal, Field & Stream , 18 Mar. 2020",
"Dafoe remains in his element, and there\u2019s a startling moment in which he is shown, or imagined, as a kind of Triton, encrusted with barnacles and shells. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 18 Oct. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"probably from Latin incrustare , from in- + crusta crust",
"first_known_use":[
"1596, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-194203"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to hold spellbound : charm",
": to hold in or reduce to slavery",
": to hold the attention of completely"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8thr\u022fl",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8thr\u022fl"
],
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"arrest",
"bedazzle",
"catch up",
"enchant",
"fascinate",
"grip",
"hypnotize",
"mesmerize",
"spellbind"
],
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"examples":[
"enthralled by the flickering fire in the hearth, we lost all track of time",
"for years these master magicians have been enthralling audiences with their astounding illusions",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bravado would see their son and scoop him up and whisk him toward the backstage area on the ship to enthrall the crowd even more. \u2014 Cassell Ferere, Forbes , 14 Sep. 2021",
"The portrayal is absorbing, committed and morbidly fascinating\u2014one of the more memorable aspects of the Holmes persona was her unnaturally deep voice, which seemed intended to enthrall and probably did. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Your zone of genius areas are your interests that engage and enthrall you. \u2014 Julia Wuench, Forbes , 5 Jan. 2022",
"The first games to really enthrall me were Starcraft and Guild Wars. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 30 Nov. 2021",
"No matter your genre preference, summertime music festivals are sure to enthrall . \u2014 Washington Post , 15 July 2021",
"While The Office ended more than eight years ago, the NBC series has continued to enthrall fans around the world. \u2014 Gabrielle Chung, PEOPLE.com , 16 July 2021",
"Weather is perpetrated by a somewhat predictable but ultimately uncontrollable force, and no Hollywood disaster flick can fully replicate the effects, those forces majeures that can enthrall , shock, or even humble. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 10 July 2021",
"Lakers owner Jack Kent Cooke\u2019s open checkbook, the Athens of America vs. Hollywood \u2014 will still enthrall fans of the game, more than a half-century later. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 July 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-194240"
},
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"type":[
"noun,",
"verb"
],
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": to give life, action, or spirit to : animate",
": to put life or spirit into"
],
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"in-\u02c8l\u012b-v\u0259n",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8l\u012b-v\u0259n"
],
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"amp (up)",
"animate",
"brace",
"energize",
"fillip",
"fire",
"ginger (up)",
"invigorate",
"jazz (up)",
"juice up",
"jump-start",
"liven (up)",
"pep (up)",
"quicken",
"spike",
"stimulate",
"vitalize",
"vivify",
"zip (up)"
],
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"damp",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dull",
"kill"
],
"examples":[
"He enlivened his speech with a few jokes.",
"a soup enlivened by chili peppers",
"A few touches of color will enliven the room.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Adding a little touch of greenery will enliven any space, no matter how small. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 14 June 2022",
"This family-heirloom was painted two times before Katie decided to enliven it with a vibrant pink shade. \u2014 Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping , 13 June 2022",
"The nine directors were tapped to enliven the storytelling with their own varying aesthetics. \u2014 Jocelyn Novek, USA TODAY , 2 May 2022",
"In response to corporate consolidation and a declining population, Hartford has in recent years focused on developing residential housing to enliven a downtown area that has long focused on serving commuters. \u2014 WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Hints of invigorating apple, grapefruit, and ginger enliven this sultry blend that offers great longevity and notable sillage. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Mar. 2022",
"This appointment is part of a larger effort at The Times to accelerate and enliven our news coverage across all departments. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Feb. 2022",
"And, as importantly, a good old court fight should enliven a Democratic base that had looked increasingly moribund of late. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Each year the Venice Film Festival introduces the world to groundbreaking movies from across the globe, and the performers behind those projects enliven the fashion scene with expressive daily looks. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 2 Sep. 2021"
],
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"1604, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-194315"
},
"extraneousness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": existing on or coming from the outside",
": not forming an essential or vital part",
": having no relevance",
": being a number obtained in solving an equation that is not a solution of the equation"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ek-\u02c8str\u0101-n\u0113-\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"accidental",
"adventitious",
"alien",
"external",
"extrinsic",
"foreign",
"supervenient"
],
"antonyms":[
"inherent",
"innate",
"intrinsic"
],
"examples":[
"Obviously, some degree of packaging is necessary to transport and protect the products we need, but all too often manufacturers add extraneous wrappers over wrappers and layers of unnecessary plastic. \u2014 Al Gore , An Inconvenient Truth , 2006",
"Industry sages argue that lump charcoal is poised for a back-to-the-future resurgence. They say that a new generation of consumers\u2014aware that most briquettes are shot through with all manner of extraneous materials, from fillers of pulverized limestone to binders of sugarcane bagasse and ignition catalysts of sodium nitrate\u2014are willing to pay the two-buck-a-bag premium for true lump, which, compared to traditional briquettes, lights quicker, burns hotter, and throws off no chemical residue. \u2014 John T. Edge , Gourmet , June 2003",
"The summer concert season is at hand, which means lots of warm nights wishing the guy in the row behind you would bogart that joint instead of blowing smoke into your hair, and lots of days spent wondering just how many extraneous \u2026 charges one ticket can possibly have added on. \u2014 Entertainment Weekly , 18 May 2001",
"She sped up the process by eliminating all extraneous steps.",
"the architect's streamlined modern style shuns any sort of extraneous ornamentation",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One of the core concepts of the channel is its simple presentation, stripping away every extraneous element. \u2014 Billboard Japan, Billboard , 20 June 2022",
"For a vehicle featuring almost nothing extraneous , the Super 3 will be hugely configurable. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 15 June 2022",
"The package-free store, which opened on May 20 at 2310 N.E. Broadway, is one of a handful of new vendors around Portland that specialize in selling foods and household goods minus all the extraneous packaging. \u2014 Kristine De Leon, oregonlive , 12 June 2022",
"Each of these celebrations was a time to block out the extraneous noise of the workaday world and feast on food and freedom. \u2014 New York Times , 6 June 2022",
"This is an effective way to bring in potential candidates without using extraneous resources. \u2014 Kara Dennison, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
"Its extraneous devices, including a multipurpose Greek chorus, have been stripped away, allowing its strongest elements \u2014 Strathairn and his moving narration \u2014 to tell the harrowing story. \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
"Tuberville\u2019s comments echoes those of Senate Republican leaders like Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who said on Tuesday that the best way to pass the Ukrainian aid is to strip it of extraneous items. \u2014 al , 5 May 2022",
"The answer though is not to add an extraneous purpose on top. \u2014 Steve Denning, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022"
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": resulting from or as if from an explosion",
": tending to explode",
": likely to erupt in or produce hostile reaction or violence",
": an explosive substance",
": a consonant characterized by explosion in its articulation when it occurs in certain environments : stop",
": able to cause explosion",
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"Adjective",
"He has an explosive temper.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"He\u2019s not as powerful as Wade was, at least yet, coming out of Marquette back in 2003, but what an explosive athlete. \u2014 Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star , 21 June 2022",
"What evidence does the Jan. 6 committee have?:Is the Jan. 6 committee sitting on explosive evidence of Trump's role in the Capitol assault? \u2014 Katherine Swartz, USA TODAY , 21 June 2022",
"Indeed, his discussion of Garrow\u2019s use of government intercepts omits mention of Garrow\u2019s explosive publication, in 2019, of an F.B.I. agent\u2019s notes about the contents of one particular hotel-room recording. \u2014 Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"Their explosive break-up was the first scene the two actually shot together for the show. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 18 June 2022",
"Episode 4 of Season 3 ended with Soldier Boy (Jensen Ackles) reawakening and catching Kimiko in an explosive blast. \u2014 Jordan Moreau, Variety , 18 June 2022",
"Golden State went on an explosive 21-0 run in the first half to claim a big lead and held off several attempts by the Celtics to close the gap. \u2014 Jared Diamond, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"From underneath, the mines seven-kilo explosive charge will destroy the heaviest tank, but even getting close should be enough to damage a track and immobilize it. \u2014 David Hambling, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"The second lawsuit came from the student who had published her explosive allegations of being raped at sea under the pseudonym of Midshipman-X. \u2014 Blake Ellis And Melanie Hicken, CNN , 15 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"After the four-day trial, the jury found Haydt guilty of conspiracy, malicious use of an explosive , and concealing the commission of a felony. \u2014 al , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Cluster munitions, a type of explosive known for their indiscriminate impact, have been reported. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Mar. 2022",
"And the explosive used was likely made locally rather than gunpowder imported from China. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 3 May 2022",
"In his closing argument on April 1, Assistant U.S. Attorney Nils Kessler said Croft wanted to test the explosive as a possible weapon to use against Whitmer\u2019s security team. \u2014 John Flesher And Ed White, chicagotribune.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
"In his closing argument on April 1, Assistant U.S. Attorney Nils Kessler said Croft wanted to test the explosive as a possible weapon to use against Whitmer\u2019s security team. \u2014 John Flesher And Ed White, Anchorage Daily News , 8 Apr. 2022",
"In his closing argument on April 1, Assistant U.S. Attorney Nils Kessler said Croft wanted to test the explosive as a possible weapon to use against Whitmer\u2019s security team. \u2014 NBC News , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Nestled nearby, unseen by them, was an antipersonnel device, a deadly tactic targeting anyone trying to defuse the larger explosive . \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Mas\u2019ud is charged in a criminal complaint with for allegedly providing the suitcase with the prepared explosive that was later placed onboard the flight. \u2014 CNN , 23 Dec. 2021"
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"help",
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"examples":[
"The declining retirement security faced by growing numbers of Americans is being exacerbated by increasing longevity and quickly rising health care costs. \u2014 Jeff Madrick , New York Review of Books , 20 Mar. 2008",
"\u2026 the sway that pack journalism holds on the Beltway press corps persists. The Crowd is never so influential as in the ever-lengthening season of presidential campaigns. The feverish obsessions of the blogosphere have only exacerbated the phenomenon: Now the herd just turns faster in pursuit of some ginned-up \"controversy\" or faux scandal. \u2014 Editor & Publisher , April 2007",
"The proposed factory shutdown would only exacerbate our unemployment problems.",
"His angry comments have exacerbated tensions in the negotiation process.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Spending most of your time alone and avoiding connection with others can exacerbate S.A.D. \u2014 Nikki Brown, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
"The experience in the District of Columbia highlights how aggressive tactics to seize guns can exacerbate tensions with communities and collide with the realities of successful prosecutions. \u2014 Peter Hermann, Anchorage Daily News , 7 June 2022",
"Protesters and leaders in communities of color have said the presence of military hardware can exacerbate tensions and create a threatening image. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Certain drugs and supplements (including some decongestants, bronchodilators, and even echinacea) can exacerbate caffeine's effects, causing your heart to race or your blood pressure to go up more, notes the Mayo Clinic. \u2014 Marygrace Taylor, SELF , 31 May 2022",
"And regardless of intention, research shows that such images can exacerbate viewers\u2019 implicit racial biases. \u2014 Julia Wickstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 28 May 2022",
"Other experts, including some at the CDC, say it\u2019s more appropriate to capture a wider group of patients in hospitalization counts, since Covid can exacerbate other underlying conditions that can lead to a hospitalization. \u2014 Drew Armstrong, BostonGlobe.com , 16 May 2022",
"But the pervasiveness of copper theft disrupting mining operations could lead to higher operational costs, which could exacerbate preexisting labor unrest issues in the industry and make meeting the elevated demand a challenge. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 14 May 2022",
"In fact, research claims that wearing the wrong shoe can exacerbate pain in other areas of the body such as the knees, hips, and even the back. \u2014 Ni'kesia Pannell, Woman's Day , 6 May 2022"
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"1660, in the meaning defined above"
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"adjective",
"noun"
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"The scientists see their experiment as a positive result for what may be possible as humans push the boundaries of space exploration . \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 12 May 2022",
"SpaceX sent another crew of astronauts to the International Space Station early Wednesday, its 16th launch since the beginning of the year as the company shoots rockets into orbit at a cadence unequaled in the history of U.S. space exploration . \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022",
"According to the powers that be, the top priority for the next decade of space exploration is spending several billion dollars on a shiny, new flagship mission to Uranus. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Works in the exhibit feature the themes of exploration and humor. \u2014 Megan Becka, cleveland , 18 May 2022",
"The companies are largely using the cash to reduce debt, accelerate share buybacks and otherwise reward investors, rather than increase exploration and other capital spending. \u2014 Summer Said, WSJ , 15 May 2022",
"The entire menu centers around the exploration and education of Indigenous cuisine. \u2014 Chadd Scott, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"According to information released Thursday by the Alabama Historical Commission, the commission and Resolve Marine plan to begin a 10-day exploration and evaluation project on Monday. \u2014 al , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The British television and celebrity market is known the world over, and is ripe for exploration and satire. \u2014 Scott Bryan, Variety , 27 Apr. 2022"
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"My sinker has been my most erratic pitch. And when your foundation pitch is lacking, you have to go to other pitches. My sinker has been in and out, but mostly out. \u2014 Orel Hershiser , in New York Times , 9 May 1999",
"In winning his two-month match in Yugoslavia against Boris Spassky, 10 games to five, Bobby Fischer was erratic , which was hardly surprising considering his two-decade layoff, but there were times when he played more brilliantly than anybody could have expected. \u2014 Sports Illustrated , 16 Nov. 1992",
"Over the centuries, in erratic ways, men have constructed a world in which they are relatively free of many kinds of threatening or harmful stimuli \u2026 \u2014 B. F. Skinner , Beyond Freedom and Dignity , (1971) 1972",
"so far your effort to land a summer job has been very erratic",
"because of your erratic attendance at practice, you're in danger of being cut from the team",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Her stepfather is erratic , her grandfather creepy, her stepbrother the fictional equivalent of an NPC. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
"Most of the panelists\u2019 track records are erratic at best, and pretty much none of the contestants are particularly skilled storytellers or liars. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 5 May 2022",
"One area to watch for Llewellyn is his free-throw shooting was erratic at Princeton: 57.9% in 2018-19; 78% in 2019-20; 69.6% in 2021-22 (39-for-56). \u2014 Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Powerful, erratic winds pushed the burn, ignited in a forest of ponderosa pines, to grow out of control and merge with another nearby wildfire. \u2014 Dan Frosch, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"Millions more Sudanese are set to go hungry this year as economic turmoil and erratic rains drive up prices and reduce harvests, with a halt to foreign assistance and the war in Ukraine putting food supplies at further risk. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Dart was the more erratic of the two, completing 47% of his passes for just 89 yards. \u2014 Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times , 7 Nov. 2021",
"Children will enjoy the lily pond with its frogs and turtles, an activity area crafted from logs, and the stegosaurus sculpture made from a glacial erratic by metal artist David Phillips. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 July 2021",
"The increase in moisture would affect most of Arizona and could help with overnight wildfire firefighting efforts, though the accompanying high winds could make fire movement more erratic , the service explained. \u2014 Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic , 20 June 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Speidel was inspired to create these artworks from her fascination with glacial erratics , a type of rock that once was carried inside glacial ice and traveled hundreds of miles sometimes across thousands of years to its current resting spot. \u2014 Nickole Kerner Bobley, Houston Chronicle , 25 Apr. 2020",
"One of the biggest boulders is now enshrined at the Erratic Rock State Natural Site in McMinnville, a small state park that aims to educate visitors about these odd erratics . \u2014 Jamie Hale, OregonLive.com , 6 June 2017",
"Erratics are also found in the Columbia River Gorge. \u2014 Jamie Hale, OregonLive.com , 6 June 2017"
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"adverb",
"noun"
],
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"He delivered a moving eulogy at his father's funeral.",
"several eulogies were given at the special assembly marking the retirement of the company's longtime president",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Don\u2019t mean to overreact here, spilling into eulogy mode, writing in the past tense. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Presidential historian Jon Meacham will deliver the keynote eulogy . \u2014 Steve Karnowski, ajc , 1 May 2022",
"Each old building is a testament to survival and community; every empty lot, a eulogy . \u2014 Frank Shyongcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Indeed, one of her last public appearances was delivering a funny, poignant and affectionate eulogy for Mr. Powell in the same cathedral in November. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
"During the funeral, his bandmates served as pallbearers and his wife Kelsey delivered an emotional eulogy honoring her late husband. \u2014 Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
"In 2018, Farnham, who hadn\u2019t seen Lavin in three years, was delivering the eulogy for his father-in-law, who passed away after a 14-year bout with cancer. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
"After Hermosa fails at putting a hit on Veronica, Veronica delivers the eulogy at Hiram's service. \u2014 Samantha Highfill, EW.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The juxtaposition of that character\u2019s showiness and the actor\u2019s stillness is jarring, like watching a famous comedian give a somber eulogy . \u2014 Lauren Larson, Men's Health , 21 Mar. 2022"
],
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": the action or process of educating or of being educated",
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": the knowledge and development resulting from the process of being educated",
": the field of study that deals mainly with methods of teaching and learning in schools",
": the act or process of teaching or of being taught",
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"The school is devoted to the education of children with reading difficulties.",
"She received her education at private schools.",
"The applicants had comparable educations .",
"She earned her master's degree in education .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lawyers for Rhode Island public school students and parents sued the governor and education officials in federal court in 2018. \u2014 Jennifer Mcdermott, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"Peggy Slott and Donna Walker are special- education teachers in Miami-Dade County who traveled to Parkland to attend Saturday\u2019s rally. \u2014 Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel , 11 June 2022",
"Drawing on the research, Abramitzky and Boustan weigh in on a number of hot-button policy issues: For instance, should the United States focus on encouraging high- education immigration? \u2014 Michael Luca, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"Winchester Hagans, a student studying education and theology and the son of Evangelist Rick Hagans, was pulled over and arrested earlier this year while on his way to preach at church. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 10 June 2022",
"The 36-year-old\u2019s campaign priorities include access to healthcare, education , job training programs, criminal justice reform, reproductive freedom, the Green New Deal and immigration. \u2014 Essence , 10 June 2022",
"Apart from feeling empowered by their higher-ups, managers also need ongoing education and guidance, adds Murray. \u2014 Kells Mcphillips, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"Park officials had been discussing the idea of a permitting system for years, said Amber Kraft, interpretation and education program manager at Katmai. \u2014 Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News , 10 June 2022",
"Police acknowledge traffic enforcement is only one tool to fight reckless driving, and that other solutions lie in education and infrastructure. \u2014 Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star , 10 June 2022"
],
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"adverb"
],
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": in a different manner or place or at a different time",
": in an additional manner or place or at an additional time",
": if not : otherwise",
": other :",
": being different in identity",
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": in a different way or place or at a different time",
": if the facts are or were different : if not",
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": being in addition"
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"\u02c8el(t)s",
"\u02c8els"
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"another",
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"fresh",
"further",
"more",
"other"
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"Adverb",
"We decided to go someplace else for dinner.",
"if you could do it over again, how else would you have done it?",
"Adjective",
"is there anything else you would like to add to your list?",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Here is what else to know about developments in and around Ukraine on Monday. \u2014 Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News , 13 June 2022",
"Don\u2019t forget to write in and tell me what else is worth checking out these days. \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 June 2022",
"Teasing what else the committee learned in its 11-month investigation, Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming said the public will soon hear testimony from former White House staffers who saw first-hand Trump's reaction to the rioters. \u2014 Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News , 10 June 2022",
"What else helps this deodorant stand out against others that might be good for sensitive skin? \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"Beyond having a growth mindset and a strong work ethic, what else should startups assess while interviewing a trajectory hire? Church: Perseverance. \u2014 Frederick Daso, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"If Spielberg could bring a Tyrannosaurus rex back from extinction\u2026 what else was possible? \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 9 June 2022",
"Despite the founders\u2019 wish, students continued to depend on slaves for blackening their shoes, supplying fresh water, and who knows what else . \u2014 Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
"And, who knows what else Hubble captures during its operations. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 7 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"But there\u2019s little else voters approve of, and Democratic strategists believe that knocking Trump on the economy could be his campaign\u2019s death knell. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, Fortune , 9 July 2020",
"My resting state is giving someone else attention -- not actually receiving it. \u2014 Brooke Baldwin, CNN , 19 Apr. 2020",
"And no different than anyone else tests and launches, et cetera. \u2014 Time Staff, Time , 20 June 2019",
"These can be chores (do a load of laundry), exercise (bang out a set of push-ups), or something else (break for coffee and tea). \u2014 Fortune Editors, Fortune , 27 Mar. 2020",
"There are also interviews, bedtime stories, and everything else celebrities can come up with to keep our spirits afloat. \u2014 Kathryn Lindsay, refinery29.com , 19 Mar. 2020",
"To put him on the 40-man, and thus give him a chance to get called up in September, the Rockies would have had to cut somebody else and risk losing them on waivers. \u2014 Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post , 10 Sep. 2019",
"Have a question about the Senate trial or something else impeachment-related? \u2014 NBC News , 23 Jan. 2020",
"But events since then have been so fast-paced and chaotic by the standards of Mr. Putin\u2019s deliberate, no-drama style of domestic leadership that many observers now wonder whether something else might be afoot. \u2014 Anton Troianovski, New York Times , 21 Jan. 2020"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Adjective",
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
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": not coming within the scope of the law",
": exceeding the customary or appropriate limits in intensity, quality, amount, or size",
": more than what is fair, reasonable, or expected"
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"ig-\u02c8z\u022fr-b\u0259-t\u0259nt"
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"The citizens of Xiaoli Village move lazily, with a languor born of chronic underemployment. They are farmers by tradition, but exorbitant taxes have leached any profitability out of their profession. \u2014 Hannah Beech , Time , 27 Oct. 2003",
"As with the black truffle, foie gras is as exorbitant ($52 a pound) as it is decadent (one gram of foie gras can reportedly be 900 calories). \u2014 Heather Morgan , Traveler , April 2000",
"\u2026 I recommend that the Congress adopt \u2026 [a] continuation of the law for the renegotiation of war contracts\u2014which will prevent exorbitant profits and assure fair prices to the Government. \u2014 Franklin D. Roosevelt 11 Jan. 1944 , in Nothing to Fear by B. D. Zevin , 1946",
"They were charged exorbitant rates for phone calls.",
"the cost of our stay was so exorbitant you would have thought that we had bought the hotel and not just spent a few nights there",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In April, 2011, Thylmann was able to secure a three-hundred-and-sixty-two-million-dollar loan, arranged in part by a New York hedge fund called Colbeck Capital, at an exorbitant interest rate. \u2014 Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"Or in ending Apartheid, once golfers quit taking exorbitant sums to play in segregationist Pretoria. \u2014 Sally Jenkins, Anchorage Daily News , 11 June 2022",
"The Reunions gathering is a time for celebrating accomplishments, reconnecting with friends, and dancing to terrible music \u2014 all enhanced by an exorbitant amount of alcohol. \u2014 Abigail Anthony, National Review , 5 June 2022",
"Price turbulence is enough to induce the Bitcoin bends, and the system is environmentally destructive, since the computational network uses exorbitant amounts of electricity. \u2014 New York Times , 4 June 2022",
"But this is not a bottle to spend an exorbitant amount of time and money chasing on the secondary market. \u2014 Jonah Flicker, Robb Report , 22 May 2022",
"This is evidenced by the exorbitant amount of money Black consumers spend on hair and skincare each year\u2013 $1.5 trillion in 2022. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Supporters say consumers are already paying exorbitant amounts for health care, saying a single-payer system would save money by eliminating deductibles, copays and expensive monthly insurance premiums. \u2014 CBS News , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Set on the outskirts of Palermo, the fascinating historic city center can be reached easily enough by taxi\u2014even though the local cab drivers have a tendency to charge exorbitant amounts for the three-mile drive. \u2014 Isabelle Kliger, Forbes , 2 Nov. 2021"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
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},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": a child whose inopportune remarks cause embarrassment",
": a person known for shocking remarks or outrageous behavior",
": a usually young and successful person who is strikingly unorthodox, innovative, or avant-garde"
],
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"\u00e4\u207f-f\u00e4\u207f-te-\u02c8r\u0113bl\u1d4a"
],
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"bohemian",
"boho",
"counterculturist",
"deviant",
"free spirit",
"heretic",
"iconoclast",
"individualist",
"lone ranger",
"lone wolf",
"loner",
"maverick",
"nonconformer",
"nonconformist"
],
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"conformer",
"conformist"
],
"examples":[
"an author who reveled in his role as the enfant terrible of American letters",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hopper, the movies\u2019 enfant terrible , and Hayward, the taste-making daughter of showbiz royalty, made for one of Hollywood\u2019s more unlikely yet influential power couples during the 1960s. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 May 2022",
"Elon Musk does relish playing to the crowd as the enfant terrible of auto manufacturing, generating an insulating admiration from his fans, but Kanye and Jay-Z are truly in a bind. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Now, fashion\u2019s enfant terrible returns to the ever-versatile seating, this time for a bold new outdoor edition that debuts just in time for the warmer months. \u2014 Helena Madden, ELLE Decor , 11 Mar. 2022",
"After rave reviews but slow sales, Lollapalooza kick-started the career of enfant terrible de la Rocha and his band of merry muckrakers. \u2014 Katherine Turman, SPIN , 26 Feb. 2022",
"His style earned him the title of the German opera world\u2019s enfant terrible . \u2014 New York Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Humored my enfant terrible by inquiring about a tattoo. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Dec. 2021",
"Architecture's enfant terrible Odile Decq is known for her distinct style inspired by punk and goth, a result of her spending time in London in the early 1980s. \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 28 Oct. 2021",
"In the summer of 2004, Hoffman, who had recently founded LinkedIn, and Sean Parker, the Silicon Valley enfant terrible , introduced Thiel to Mark Zuckerberg, who was looking for a major investor in Facebook, then a site for college students. \u2014 Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker , 11 Aug. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French, literally, terrifying child",
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"1851, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-200659"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": showing or requiring little or no effort",
": showing or needing little or no effort"
],
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"\u02c8e-f\u0259rt-l\u0259s",
"\u02c8e-f\u0259rt-l\u0259s"
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"cheap",
"downhill",
"easy",
"facile",
"fluent",
"fluid",
"hands-down",
"light",
"painless",
"ready",
"royal",
"simple",
"smooth",
"snap",
"soft"
],
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"arduous",
"demanding",
"difficult",
"exacting",
"formidable",
"grueling",
"gruelling",
"hard",
"herculean",
"killer",
"labored",
"laborious",
"murderous",
"rough",
"severe",
"stiff",
"strenuous",
"toilful",
"toilsome",
"tough"
],
"examples":[
"She walked with effortless grace.",
"His writing is known for its seemingly effortless style.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Building products that are effortless for the user takes a tremendous amount of time and effort on the part of developers. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
"Since the TikTok starlet practically lives in Y2K clothing all the time, the transition from daywear to beachwear is effortless . \u2014 Seventeen , 16 May 2022",
"In Lab tests, the bag received perfect scores for being effortless to open and close. \u2014 Amanda Constantine, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
"And of course, leave it to Amazon to deliver a handful of effortless , seasonal styles in dozens of appealing colors and flattering silhouettes. \u2014 Jennifer Chan, PEOPLE.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Their At the Borderline Eyeliner Marker in Midnight Black, which features a tapered tip that makes creating a Grande-level cat-eyes truly effortless . \u2014 Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Do market research or a customer survey to understand and hone in on customer needs to make the process effortless . \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 21 June 2021",
"Hanah Bowen makes postseason softball look effortless . \u2014 Pj Brown, The Arizona Republic , 26 May 2022",
"Koral creative director Ilana Kugel frequently travels the world sourcing sustainable and technical fabrics to design fashion-forward pieces that feel luxurious, look effortless , and last through infinite wears and washings. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 5 Feb. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1801, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-201940"
},
"exit":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"script annotation",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a departure from a stage",
": the act of going out or away",
": death",
": a way out of an enclosed place or space",
": one of the designated points of departure from an expressway",
": to go out or away : depart",
": die",
": leave sense 3a",
": to cause (a computer program or routine) to cease running",
": the act of going out of or away from a place : departure",
": a way of getting out of a place",
": leave sense 5 , depart"
],
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"\u02c8eg-z\u0259t",
"\u02c8ek-s\u0259t",
"\u02c8eg-z\u0259t",
"\u02c8ek-s\u0259t"
],
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"egress",
"issue",
"outlet"
],
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"bail",
"bail out",
"begone",
"book",
"bug off",
"bug out",
"bugger off",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"clear out",
"cut out",
"depart",
"dig out",
"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"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Use the emergency exit in case of fire.",
"There are 12 exits in the building.",
"We can't get out this way: the sign says \u201cNo Exit .\u201d",
"Verb",
"The team exited the tournament early.",
"Save your work and then exit the program.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Iranian officials have refused to speak directly to U.S. officials since Trump\u2019s exit from the deal. \u2014 Lara Jakes, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"Profound knowledge of the players in the space will also be essential in decreasing the risk for targets and increasing the successful exit rate for future combinations. \u2014 Gary Fowler, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"The Trump Deplorables and Their Future Main Street (01/11/21): After the Capitol was stormed by hard-line Trump supporters, Washington is consumed by just how humiliating the President's exit from the stage will be. \u2014 Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Now, as Corden preps a 2023 exit from The Late Late Show \u2014 and, likely, L.A. \u2014 his frequent producing partner is staying put. \u2014 Mikey O'connell, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022",
"The Congolese government shut down, which meant that no adopted children could leave because as exit letters had been suspended. \u2014 Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful , 15 June 2022",
"The United Kingdom\u2019s European allies were nowhere to be seen\u2014Britain\u2019s hasty, messy exit from the European Union had made sure of that. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"Stanton is leading a bipartisan resolution in Congress for Griner\u2019s immediate exit from Russia, according to a news release. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 14 June 2022",
"Auburn overcame an early exit in the first inning during Game 1 by starter Trace Bright. \u2014 Nubyjas Wilborn | Nwilborn@al.com, al , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Drivers who exit the road now pay $3.25 at the main toll plaza and $1.50 at a ramp. \u2014 Lori Aratani, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"The lack of a roadmap to exit from an approach that is increasingly challenged by the highly contagious Omicron variant has rattled investors and frustrated businesses. \u2014 Brenda Goh, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 June 2022",
"Little Miami Scenic Trail named one of best U.S. urban trails From the south, Old 3-C will be the last crossroad to exit the trail before the closure. \u2014 Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer , 25 Apr. 2022",
"American businesses to exit include Apple, Boeing, Caterpillar, Coca-Cola, Disney, Exxon, Ford, JPMorgan, MasterCard, McDonald's, Microsoft, Nike, Visa and many others. \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Participants will practice starting and stopping, the safe way to exit a driveway, negotiate an intersection, and avoid common road hazards. \u2014 cleveland , 13 Feb. 2022",
"That argument is set to be tested anew if EY does decide to exit from the multidisciplinary model, accounting academics said. \u2014 Jean Eaglesham, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
"The suspect refused to exit the car and had to be removed. \u2014 Cheryl Higley, cleveland , 15 May 2022",
"When the officers located the vehicle, the driver refused to exit the car upon their request. \u2014 Michelle Watson, CNN , 16 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Script annotation",
"first_known_use":[
"Script annotation",
"circa 1548, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun",
"1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1607, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-202403"
},
"embark":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to go on board a vehicle for transportation",
": to make a start",
": to cause to go on board (a boat, an airplane, etc.)",
": to engage, enlist, or invest in an enterprise",
": to go on or put on board a ship or an airplane",
": to begin a project or task"
],
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"im-\u02c8b\u00e4rk",
"im-\u02c8b\u00e4rk"
],
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"begin",
"commence",
"enter (into ",
"fall (to)",
"get off",
"kick off",
"launch",
"lead off",
"open",
"start",
"strike (into)"
],
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"conclude",
"end",
"finish",
"terminate"
],
"examples":[
"The troops are waiting to embark .",
"Millions of Europeans embarked for America in the late 19th century.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Best known for her Retinol Reform product, Darden recommends her clients embark on a minimal but effective home-care regime to keep the skin barrier strong and healthy, while treating any concerns. \u2014 Hannah Coates, Vogue , 6 May 2022",
"In a meeting on Tuesday, President Xi Jinping said that the country will embark on an infrastructure spending spree to increase domestic demand and promote growth. \u2014 Diksha Madhok, CNN , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Since starting in 2016, REACH has helped more than 150 young people embark on hundreds of wilderness experiences. \u2014 Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online , 4 Feb. 2022",
"The Akron duo of Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney will embark on a 32-date North American tour that includes a stop at Blossom Music Center on Sept. 9, reports Troy Smith. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 1 Feb. 2022",
"When all the factors come together, a kind of snowball effect can occur that allows the film to embark on a long and intense journey. \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 31 Jan. 2022",
"The difference is the difference between deciding whether to duck when a bullet is speeding toward your head and deciding whether to embark on a long, costly war with uncertain benefits. \u2014 WSJ , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Fans also got a sneak peek at some of the other dates that Echard will embark on this season. \u2014 Tristan Balagtas, PEOPLE.com , 3 Jan. 2022",
"When a heartless wrangler plans to capture Spirit and his herd, Lucky and her new friends embark on the adventure of a lifetime to rescue the horse that forever changed her life. \u2014 Travis Bean, Forbes , 29 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle French embarquer , from Old Occitan embarcar , from em- (from Latin in- ) + barca bark",
"first_known_use":[
"1533, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-202523"
},
"efficacious":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": having the power to produce a desired effect"
],
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"\u02cce-f\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259s"
],
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"effective",
"effectual",
"efficient",
"fruitful",
"operative",
"potent",
"productive"
],
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"fruitless",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"inefficient",
"inoperative",
"unfruitful",
"unproductive",
"useless"
],
"examples":[
"taking a cookie break while studying is one of the most efficacious ways of rejuvenating the mind that I have ever discovered",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Seriously, who can say no to efficacious clean concealers and foundations? \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 13 June 2022",
"Conversations on access and successfully treating psychiatric diagnoses often return to the question of efficacious medicines. \u2014 Kathleen Frazier, Variety , 20 May 2022",
"Though the idea of the best clean concealers might conjure up depictions of serum-like dewy makeup formulas, Lawless\u2019s concealer proves that even skin-friendly offerings can deliver an efficacious matte finish. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 18 May 2022",
"L'Occitane Known for botanical scents and pampering textures, L'Occitane's skincare and haircare products have also been multiple time GH Sustainability Award winners for their efficacious formulations and thoughtful, minimal waste packaging. \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The two-dose regimen didn\u2019t prove as efficacious in protecting the youngest children from infection and disease, especially against the Omicron variant, as health officials had hoped. \u2014 Alice Park, Time , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The cutting-edge Swiss skincare brand is famous for their impressively efficacious formulas and this assortment turns back the clock in style. \u2014 Celia Shatzman, Forbes , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Because mRNA vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna need to be kept cold and their global supply is sparse, medical authorities instead used less efficacious but easier to transport vaccines like Sinovac, Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca. \u2014 USA Today , 20 Mar. 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"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Middle French efficace \"effective\" or its source Latin effic\u0101c-, effic\u0101x \"capable of fulfilling a function, effective\" (from efficere \"to make, bring about, produce, carry out\" + -\u0101c-, -\u0101x, deverbal suffix denoting habitual or successful performance) + -ious \u2014 more at effect entry 1 , audacious ",
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"1528, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-203018"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": of or relating to the regions beyond the earth",
": celestial , heavenly",
": unworldly , spiritual",
": lacking material substance : immaterial , intangible",
": marked by unusual delicacy or refinement",
": suggesting the heavens or heaven",
": relating to, containing, or resembling a chemical ether",
": suggesting heaven or the heavens",
": very delicate : airy",
": relating to, containing, or resembling a chemical ether"
],
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"i-\u02c8thir-\u0113-\u0259l",
"i-\u02c8thir-\u0113-\u0259l",
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],
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"bodiless",
"formless",
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"incorporeal",
"insubstantial",
"nonmaterial",
"nonphysical",
"spiritual",
"unbodied",
"unsubstantial"
],
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"bodily",
"corporeal",
"material",
"physical",
"substantial"
],
"examples":[
"The windows give the church an ethereal glow.",
"that ethereal attribute that every performer should have\u2014charisma",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But even before thinking about those literal incorporations of music, Hannah had to find the more ethereal vibe or spirit of the show itself. \u2014 Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"For the show\u2019s finale, Viard showed ethereal dresses that would make for stunning wedding looks for any non-traditional bride. \u2014 Frances Sol\u00e1-santiago, refinery29.com , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Chao\u2019s latest Four Seasons Collection piece interprets the ethereal beauty of the early morning with winding vines and leaves moistened by crystal clear dewdrops. \u2014 Anthony Demarco, Forbes , 12 Dec. 2021",
"What the diaries do reveal is that this supposedly ethereal creature was in fact solidly earthbound. \u2014 Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
"Singer-songwriter Rakiyah has an ethereal and ambitious approach to her music. \u2014 Masiyaleti Mbewe, refinery29.com , 13 May 2022",
"The struggle is all internal, a bit ethereal and definitely personal. \u2014 Tom Roland, Billboard , 3 May 2022",
"In the purple light, the banner was ethereal and simple \u2014 the logo of their group, a peace sign and the words NO WAR. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
"One of the protagonists of the series is Galadriel, the ethereal elven queen made famous by Cate Blanchett's portrayal in the Peter Jackson film trilogy. \u2014 Janae Mckenzie, Glamour , 11 Feb. 2022"
],
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"1522, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-203957"
},
"expletive":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
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": a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense",
": a word (such as it in \"make it clear which you prefer\") that occupies the position of the subject or object of a verb in normal English word order and anticipates a subsequent word or phrase that supplies the needed meaningful content",
": an exclamatory word or phrase",
": one that is obscene or profane",
": one that serves to fill out or as a filling",
": serving to fill up",
": marked by the use of expletives"
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"\u02c8ek-spl\u0259-tiv"
],
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"curse",
"cuss",
"cussword",
"dirty word",
"four-letter word",
"obscenity",
"profanity",
"swear",
"swearword",
"vulgarism"
],
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"Angry expletives filled the air.",
"Expletives were deleted from the transcript of their conversation.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"After Randle fell to the ground, the officer uttered an expletive . \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
"Sacha Baumann, who publishes the L.A. arts broadsheet Full Blede, posted Kruger\u2019s image with an accompanying expletive . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022",
"Trump reportedly asked an aide to text the group's president, David McIntosh, an expletive after the group aired another anti-Vance ad last week. \u2014 Haley Bemiller, The Enquirer , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Later, as Obama\u2019s vice president, Biden was captured on a microphone whispering an expletive to Obama at the bill signing for the landmark health care law. \u2014 Tyler Pager And Matt Viser, Anchorage Daily News , 27 Mar. 2022",
"An arrest record from the Broward County Sheriff's Office shows that a deputy responded to a call of a naked man by a school, at which point McDowell allegedly stood up from a curb and spoke an expletive . \u2014 NBC News , 18 Jan. 2022",
"After referring to the Russian army with an expletive , Tinkov turned his attention towards criticizing the Russian government directly. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Rosenbaum yelled an expletive at Rittenhouse and lunged for his gun before Rittenhouse fired at him, according to the defense. \u2014 Michael Tarm, Amy Forliti, Scott Bauer, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Nearly 400 Russian-language stories mentioned Fox News the week that Mr. Biden directed an under-the-breath expletive at Peter Doocy, a Fox News reporter, according to Zignal Labs. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
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"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-204110"
},
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"type":[
"intransitive verb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an act or course of action that enhances and satisfies one's ego"
],
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"examples":[
"He's on a self-indulgent ego trip with his latest movie, which he wrote, directed, and starred in himself.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Otherwise, our ego trip may not end well, similarly to the experience of the dinosaurs, which dominated Earth until an object from space tarnished their illusion. \u2014 Avi Loeb, Scientific American , 15 Oct. 2021",
"Far from being a nostalgic ego trip , though, Lapine\u2019s book is astonishingly frank about the show\u2019s troubles and his own shortcomings. \u2014 New York Times , 28 July 2021",
"If a human resources person acts curt, dismissive or is on an ego trip , they should be relieved of their duties, as this is not the right job for them. \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 10 June 2021",
"The donor, John Beresford Tipton \u2014 the best name for a plutocrat since Scrooge McDuck \u2014 withheld his identity from the recipient; the gift was supposed to be an anonymous rain of wealth, not an ego trip for the philanthropist. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 May 2021",
"When doing renovations and expansions, American museum leaders sometimes go on ghastly, gluttonous ego trips and spending sprees \u2014 adventure travel that never ends well. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 14 Mar. 2020",
"But communicating your worth and championing your contributions doesn\u2019t have to look or sound like an ego trip . \u2014 NBC News , 10 Jan. 2020",
"This was a literal ego trip , paid for by our taxes. \u2014 Kyle Whitmire, al , 13 Nov. 2019",
"There is a purity of design and purpose to the E400 coupe but, alas, an ego trip that few will take. \u2014 Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com , 27 Oct. 2017"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1967, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-204531"
},
"extermination":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to get rid of completely usually by killing off",
": to get rid of completely : wipe out"
],
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"ik-\u02c8st\u0259r-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t",
"ik-\u02c8st\u0259r-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t"
],
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"abolish",
"annihilate",
"black out",
"blot out",
"cancel",
"clean (up)",
"efface",
"eradicate",
"erase",
"expunge",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"obliterate",
"root (out)",
"rub out",
"snuff (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"sweep (away)",
"wipe out"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"We made arrangements to have the termites exterminated .",
"The invaders nearly exterminated the native people.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Gorr is on a personal quest to exterminate all gods. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 30 May 2022",
"Per city and state housing rules, the board cannot abdicate its responsibility to exterminate . \u2014 Ronda Kaysen, New York Times , 4 June 2022",
"Then there are the Ultron bots, which aren\u2019t set out to exterminate the human race. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 11 May 2022",
"Ukrainian President Zelenskyy also accused Russia of trying to exterminate Ukrainians after Russian missile hit food and grain warehouses, while the United States denies any involvement in the sinking of a Russian fleet. \u2014 Sarah Elbeshbishi, USA TODAY , 8 May 2022",
"Removing the name of a man who tried to exterminate the Lakota and replacing it with the name of Black Elk on the Lakota\u2019s sacred mountain is a step toward reconciliation and restorative justice. \u2014 Bonnie Mcgill, Scientific American , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The two disagree over politics \u2014 Grindelwald wants to exterminate all Muggles, while Dumbledore decidedly opposes that plan \u2014 and Grindelwald asks his former friend why he's changed his mind. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 16 Apr. 2022",
"In the spring of 1958, the Chinese government mobilized the entire nation to exterminate sparrows, which Mao declared pests that destroyed crops. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Opponents of the legislation framed it as a chilling mandate to exterminate ninety per cent of the state\u2019s fifteen hundred or so wolves. \u2014 Paige Williams, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin exterminatus , past participle of exterminare , from ex- + terminus boundary \u2014 more at term entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1591, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-205513"
},
"embarrass":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to cause to experience a state of self-conscious distress",
": to place in doubt, perplexity , or difficulties",
": to involve in financial difficulties",
": to hamper the movement of",
": hinder , impede",
": to make intricate : complicate",
": to impair the activity of (a bodily function) or the function of (a bodily part)",
": to become anxiously self-conscious",
": to cause to feel confused and foolish in front of other people",
": to impair the activity of (a bodily function) or the function of (a bodily part)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8ber-\u0259s",
"-\u02c8ba-r\u0259s",
"im-\u02c8ber-\u0259s",
"im-\u02c8bar-\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"abash",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"discountenance",
"faze",
"fluster",
"mortify",
"nonplus",
"rattle"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Unexpected laughter embarrassed the speaker.",
"She's worried about embarrassing herself in front of such a large audience.",
"I would never do anything to embarrass my family.",
"The protest was staged as a deliberate attempt to embarrass the government.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That should launch this nearly three-ton electric brick to 60 mph in about 3.3 seconds (C/D estimate), quick enough to embarrass any Tesla Model Y and Model X owners. \u2014 Car and Driver , 28 May 2022",
"Once a rising star in Pennsylvania politics, Kane resigned as attorney general after being convicted in 2016 of perjury, obstruction and other counts for leaking grand jury material to embarrass a rival prosecutor. \u2014 Michael Rubinkam, ajc , 23 May 2022",
"For 17 years, Speraw was a good basketball coach, a mentor to his players and a loyal employee who never did anything to embarrass the program. \u2014 Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel , 14 May 2022",
"Ukrainian boots on Russian ground might divert forces from the main Russian offensive to the south, embarrass the Russian government. \u2014 Michael Peck, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Think about that, lots of room to embarrass yourself. \u2014 Zack Sharf, Variety , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Manafort's lawyer, Jeffrey Neiman, characterized the lawsuit as an attempt to embarrass his client. \u2014 Tyler O'neil, Fox News , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The crime, whose sounds Turkish intelligence captured with bugs planted inside the consulate, shocked the world, and Mr. Erdogan\u2019s government trickled out gory details to keep the story in the headlines and embarrass Prince Mohammed. \u2014 Ben Hubbard, New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Each new revelation \u2014 frequently heavy on lying and depravity \u2014 threatens to embarrass any organization that has hired Trump appointees. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French embarrasser , from Spanish embarazar , from Portuguese embara\u00e7ar , from em- (from Latin in- ) + bara\u00e7a noose",
"first_known_use":[
"1578, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-211007"
},
"efface":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface",
": to cause to vanish",
": to make (oneself) modestly or shyly inconspicuous",
": to cause to fade or disappear"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8f\u0101s",
"e-",
"i-\u02c8f\u0101s"
],
"synonyms":[
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"black out",
"blot out",
"cancel",
"clean (up)",
"eradicate",
"erase",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"obliterate",
"root (out)",
"rub out",
"snuff (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"sweep (away)",
"wipe out"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"coins with dates effaced by wear",
"a memory effaced by time",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The emperors who followed Nero swept it away in a frenzy, attempting to efface him and his works from Roman memory. \u2014 Gaia Squarci, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Sep. 2020",
"To suggest that better factory farms are environmentally desirable\u2014or just\u2014solutions is to efface all ecological and ethical concerns in the name of greenhouse gas reduction. \u2014 Jan Dutkiewicz, The New Republic , 31 Aug. 2020",
"Small plaques for cremations are easily and gracefully effaced by rose bushes and grass. \u2014 1843 , 21 May 2020",
"Over time, the self- effacing and unpretentious Mr. Mubarak was eclipsed by one with an almost imperial sense of entitlement. \u2014 Michael Slackman, New York Times , 25 Feb. 2020",
"This is a little sad and self- effacing but great to see the show use her. \u2014 Andy Hoglund, EW.com , 26 Apr. 2020",
"Ryota\u2019s widowed mother, in After the Storm, is kinder, more self- effacing , but prone to attacks of ruefulness. \u2014 Terrence Rafferty, The Atlantic , 8 Apr. 2020",
"They have been effaced by the end of the Cold War, the apparent global victory of neo-liberal capitalism, and the resurgence of religious extremism. \u2014 Julian Gewirtz, Harper's Magazine , 30 Mar. 2020",
"That sort of self- effacing , apparently unflappable management style served Iger brilliantly. \u2014 Bill Carter For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 27 Feb. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French esfacer, effacer , from e- + face face",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-211400"
},
"expressway":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a high-speed divided highway for through traffic with access partially or fully controlled",
": a highway for rapid traffic"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8spres-\u02ccw\u0101",
"ik-\u02c8spres-\u02ccw\u0101"
],
"synonyms":[
"arterial",
"artery",
"avenue",
"boulevard",
"carriageway",
"drag",
"drive",
"freeway",
"high road",
"highway",
"pass",
"pike",
"road",
"roadway",
"route",
"row",
"street",
"thoroughfare",
"thruway",
"trace",
"turnpike",
"way"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a baffling maze of high-speed expressways encircles the city",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The shooting was at least the 171st on a Cook County expressway so far in 2021, Robinson said. \u2014 Katherine Rosenberg-douglas, chicagotribune.com , 16 Sep. 2021",
"Included were a public dashboard mapping every expressway shooting in the state since 2019 and a law named after Tamara Clayton, 55, a mail handler who was gunned down on her way to work three years ago. \u2014 Tim Stelloh, NBC News , 3 June 2022",
"The Buffalo News \u2014 like the region\u2019s civic leadership \u2014 didn\u2019t seem to have the best interests of the Black community as a top priority as decisions were being made about the expressway , the football stadium and the university. \u2014 Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"As one of the characters announces, anyone driving on a road that is an expressway is on a road designed by Moses. \u2014 David Benedict, Variety , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Besides routing traffic around downtown, the Crosstown would have given trucks from the industrial belt on the West and Southwest Sides direct access to the regional expressway network without having to use arterial streets or the downtown route. \u2014 Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune , 13 May 2022",
"The revenue from each $40 fine will be used for the operating cost of the camera system and to clean and make repairs to the expressway . \u2014 Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun , 12 Apr. 2022",
"When the detective initiated a traffic stop, the driver fled and wrecked into multiple police cars before eventually coming to a stop on the Long Island expressway . \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 27 Apr. 2022",
"While driving on the expressway their car collided with a truck. \u2014 Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com , 25 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1944, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-212600"
},
"effloresce":{
"type":[
"intransitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to burst forth : bloom",
": to change to a powder from loss of water of crystallization",
": to form or become covered with a powdery crust",
": to change to a powder from loss of water of crystallization"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce-fl\u0259-\u02c8res",
"\u02ccef-l\u0259-\u02c8res"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloom",
"blossom",
"blow",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"flower",
"unfold"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"created an artificial environment in which plants grew and effloresced regardless of season"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin efflorescere , from ex- + florescere to begin to blossom \u2014 more at florescence ",
"first_known_use":[
"1775, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-212605"
},
"entr\u00e9e":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act or manner of entering : entrance",
": freedom of entry or access",
": the main course of a meal in the U.S."
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4n-\u02cctr\u0101",
"also"
],
"synonyms":[
"access",
"accession",
"admission",
"admittance",
"door",
"doorway",
"entrance",
"entry",
"gateway",
"ingress",
"key",
"passport",
"ticket"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"We had steak as an entr\u00e9e .",
"entr\u00e9e to the country club is through sponsorship by someone who is already a member",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For The Deep's entree , Homelander brings out Deep's octopus pet and close friend Timothy. \u2014 Alex Raiman, EW.com , 3 June 2022",
"Through June 12 at Edge Off-Broadway, 1133 W. Catalpa Ave.; tickets $20 at 773-828-9129 and astonrep.com/young K-RNB Brunch: Listen to Korean R&B music at a bash including a welcome mimosa or bloody mary, a soju cocktail and a brunch entree . \u2014 Samantha Nelson, Chicago Tribune , 27 May 2022",
"The entree arrives with all sorts of cross-cultural references. \u2014 Leslie Kelly, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"The deal is valid on June 20 and the free entree must be redeemed between June 21 and 27. \u2014 Rebecca Norris, Country Living , 6 May 2022",
"The restaurant advises pairing the entree with a Cinco Rita, which is $5 all day. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel , 4 May 2022",
"The ticket price of $20 per child (ages 2-9) includes the egg hunt, an entree and photo opportunities. \u2014 Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic , 9 Apr. 2022",
"The heartiest entree starts with a basic notion, lasagna, and deploys bechamel, black trumpet mushrooms and wild boar to enrich layers of tender egg noodles. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The final entree option, like so many places up and down the economic scale, was a burger. \u2014 Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News , 7 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French entr\u00e9e , from Old French \u2014 more at entry ",
"first_known_use":[
"1692, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-213537"
},
"embittered":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to excite bitter feelings in",
": to make bitter",
": to make sad and angry : make bitter"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8bi-t\u0259r",
"im-\u02c8bi-t\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"antagonize",
"empoison",
"envenom"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The soldier was embittered by the war.",
"the family refused to let their devastating collision with a drunk driver permanently embitter them",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To an extent not seen in a century, America\u2019s two major parties have gone to battle over the rules that govern voting \u2014 an intensifying fight that threatens to dominate and embitter the country\u2019s politics. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Mar. 2021",
"Many of the impulsive political intrusions by technology companies have done more to embitter American debate than to clean it up. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 14 Jan. 2021",
"In other words, impeachment embittered both sides \u2014and also created a lot of winners, politically, many of them from Texas. \u2014 Tom Benning, Dallas News , 6 Feb. 2020",
"While work can form a core part of a person\u2019s identity, worklessness can depress and embitter . \u2014 Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 May 2020",
"Being close to death, rather than embittering them against their enemies or inflating them with a sense of superiority, lent the Moltkes a greater moral clarity. \u2014 Mary Spencer, National Review , 29 Feb. 2020",
"The women \u2014 all of whom had been fervent Patrick supporters \u2014 came away from their tenure embittered by the experience and stunned the governor did not stand up for equal pay. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Dec. 2019",
"Though the Trump administration says its details are ironed out and ready to be presented, there\u2019s no buy-in from the Palestinians, who have been systematically sidelined and embittered by Trump\u2019s staunchly pro-Israel approach. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 9 Dec. 2019",
"Hamilton, whose role as the embittered , emotionally battered and relentlessly badass mother of future-savior-of-humanity John Connor set a high bar for future action-movie heroines, pretty-much pooh-poohs the idea of a career revival. \u2014 Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com , 4 Sep. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-213554"
},
"elysian fields":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": elysium"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"above",
"bliss",
"Elysium",
"empyrean",
"heaven",
"kingdom come",
"New Jerusalem",
"paradise",
"sky",
"Zion",
"Sion"
],
"antonyms":[
"Gehenna",
"hell",
"Pandemonium",
"perdition"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1579, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-220421"
},
"exaggeration":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an act or instance of exaggerating something : overstatement of the truth",
": a statement that exaggerates something",
": the act of describing as larger or greater than what is true",
": a statement that has been enlarged beyond what is true"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02ccza-j\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"ig-\u02ccza-j\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"caricature",
"coloring",
"elaboration",
"embellishment",
"embroidering",
"embroidery",
"hyperbole",
"magnification",
"overstatement",
"padding",
"stretching"
],
"antonyms":[
"meiosis",
"understatement"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1565, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-221452"
},
"ensky":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": exalt"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8sk\u012b",
"en-"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggrandize",
"canonize",
"deify",
"dignify",
"elevate",
"ennoble",
"enshrine",
"enthrone",
"exalt",
"glorify",
"magnify"
],
"antonyms":[
"abase",
"degrade",
"demean",
"humble",
"humiliate"
],
"examples":[
"a society that seems to have enskied celebrity as an end in itself"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1603, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-221716"
},
"enthused":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": feeling or showing enthusiasm : enthusiastic"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8th\u00fczd",
"en-",
"also"
],
"synonyms":[
"agog",
"antsy",
"anxious",
"ardent",
"athirst",
"avid",
"crazy",
"desirous",
"eager",
"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":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Westbrook, for his part, hasn\u2019t seemed too enthused with the Lakers, either. \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Though many Disney fans were thrilled about the mouse's makeover, others were not so enthused that Minnie would be ditching her usual polka dot dress. \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 28 Jan. 2022",
"That disparity could shrink if the Democratic base was more enthused . \u2014 Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle , 26 Jan. 2022",
"While some borrowers are elated with the outcome, other advocates are less enthused . \u2014 Zack Friedman, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
"But the event exceeded expectations as the orchestra\u2019s music director, Rafael Payare (who first appeared in dramatic silhouette), led the enthused orchestra in its first live performance in 16 months. \u2014 Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Dec. 2021",
"Both renowned as top-tier acts, BTS and Chris Martin took the stage in front of the enthused AMA audience and hugged exuberantly at the conclusion of the song. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 22 Nov. 2021",
"Lennox ended the enthused note with a string of hand-clapping emojis and hashtag #adele. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 28 Oct. 2021",
"Rather, her followers were not super enthused about another glaring fact: that she is also covered in fake blood. \u2014 Iris Goldsztajn, Marie Claire , 13 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"from past participle of enthuse ",
"first_known_use":[
"1843, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-225714"
},
"empyreal":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of or relating to the empyrean : celestial",
": sublime"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccem-\u02ccp\u012b-\u02c8r\u0113-\u0259l",
"-p\u0259-",
"em-\u02c8pir-\u0113-\u0259l",
"-\u02c8p\u012b-r\u0113-"
],
"synonyms":[
"celestial",
"elysian",
"empyrean",
"ethereal",
"heavenly",
"supernal"
],
"antonyms":[
"chthonic",
"chthonian",
"hellish",
"infernal",
"plutonian",
"sulfurous",
"Tartarean"
],
"examples":[
"a painting depicting the Deity as seated on an empyreal throne surrounded by saints and angels"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Late Latin empyrius, empyreus , from Late Greek empyrios , from Greek em- en- entry 2 + pyr fire",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-225908"
},
"eats":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to take in through the mouth as food : ingest, chew, and swallow in turn",
": to destroy, consume, or waste by or as if by eating",
": to bear the expense of : take a loss on",
": to consume gradually : corrode",
": to consume with vexation : bother",
": to enjoy eagerly or avidly : lap",
": to perform fellatio or cunnilingus on",
": to take food or a meal",
": to affect something by gradual destruction or consumption",
": to defeat, conquer, or overwhelm completely : crush",
": to consume more than one can easily provide or afford",
": to grieve bitterly",
": to be jealous",
": to retract what one has said",
": to accept the domination of another",
": to deprive of profit, dominance, or success",
": something to eat : food",
": to chew and swallow food",
": to take a meal",
": to destroy as if by eating : corrode",
": to take in through the mouth as food : ingest, chew, and swallow in turn",
": to consume gradually : corrode",
": to take food or a meal"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0113t",
"\u02c8\u0113t",
"\u02c8\u0113t"
],
"synonyms":[
"consume",
"ingest",
"partake (of)",
"put away",
"put down",
"tuck (away "
],
"antonyms":[
"bread",
"chow",
"chuck",
"comestibles",
"eatables",
"edibles",
"fare",
"food",
"foodstuffs",
"grub",
"meat",
"provender",
"provisions",
"table",
"tucker",
"viands",
"victuals",
"vittles"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"You'll feel better if you eat something.",
"I ate a big breakfast so I'm not very hungry.",
"They like to eat at home.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Eating it: Some folks spoon directly into their mouths. \u2014 Ann Maloney, NOLA.com , 19 July 2017",
"New this year to True Nature is a retreat for those with eating disorders and their family members. \u2014 Plain Dealer Guest Writer, cleveland.com , 19 July 2017",
"However hot dogs may have originated, the council estimates Americans will eat 7 billion of them between Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day. \u2014 Don Sweeney, sacbee , 19 July 2017",
"In fact, a recent survey showed that 36% of Chick-fil-A dinner customers take their meal to go from restaurants to eat at home. \u2014 Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living , 19 July 2017",
"The casual restaurant and bar also offers an all-you-can- eat breakfast buffet at 8 a.m. Sundays. \u2014 Vickie Snow Jurkowski, Daily Southtown , 19 July 2017",
"Miami was last in the NFL at 57 plays per game last season partly because the offense didn\u2019t convert effectively on third downs, but also because the porous run defense allowed opponents to eat up the clock. \u2014 Chris Perkins, Sun-Sentinel.com , 19 July 2017",
"Parents and their children can bring a lunch to eat during the program. \u2014 Michelle Mullins, Naperville Sun , 18 July 2017",
"Hammerhead worms contain the same toxin as blowfish and can be harmful if eaten . \u2014 Liz Langley, National Geographic , 15 July 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"And Zachary Smith has three stories on all of the things that the animals at the zoo eat . \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 27 May 2022",
"A year into motherhood, wellness entrepreneur Hannah Bronfman, like many moms, knows the value of time more than ever \u2014 and just how little there is available to do a lot of things, including eat . \u2014 Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence , 19 Apr. 2022",
"French doors can separate the family room from a large and amazing eat -in chef\u2019s kitchen. \u2014 James Alexander, courant.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
"The store, once a staple of teenage fashion, has in recent years seen competitors such as H&M and Forever 21 eat into its market share. \u2014 Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Walters said grocery chains did well during COVID-19 lockdowns as people rushed to fill up on groceries (and toilet paper), as well as eat at home while restaurants were closed. \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The Binders, however, have repurposed this room to serve as a comfortable den that flows effortlessly to the large eat -in kitchen. \u2014 James Alexander, Hartford Courant , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Viewers would be advised to do the same: The huskies are in a literal dog- eat -dog situation. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 15 Feb. 2022",
"These Hartford-area restaurants are serving on Thanksgiving day, some eat -in, some takeout only. \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 9 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-231437"
},
"exordium":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a beginning or introduction especially to a discourse or composition"
],
"pronounciation":[
"eg-\u02c8z\u022fr-d\u0113-\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[
"foreword",
"intro",
"introduction",
"preamble",
"preface",
"prelude",
"proem",
"prologue",
"prolog",
"prolusion"
],
"antonyms":[
"epilogue",
"epilog"
],
"examples":[
"in his exordium the author warns his readers that they should expect a radically different interpretation of the causes of the war"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin, from exordiri to begin, from ex- + ordiri to begin \u2014 more at order ",
"first_known_use":[
"1577, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-231757"
},
"epithet":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing",
": a disparaging or abusive word or phrase",
": the part of a taxonomic name identifying a subordinate unit within a genus",
": expression",
": the part of a scientific name identifying the species, variety, or other subunit within a genus \u2014 see specific epithet"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-p\u0259-\u02ccthet",
"also",
"\u02c8ep-\u0259-\u02ccthet"
],
"synonyms":[
"alias",
"byname",
"cognomen",
"handle",
"moniker",
"monicker",
"nickname",
"sobriquet",
"soubriquet",
"surname"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"His charitable works have earned him the epithet \u201cMr. Philanthropy.\u201d",
"Many were offended by her use of racial epithets .",
"a group of angry people hurling epithets at one another",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Screenshots purporting to be from the broadcast appear to show a racial epithet scrawled on his rifle, as well as the number 14 \u2014 a likely reference to a white supremacist slogan. \u2014 Carolyn Thompson And Michael Balsamo, Anchorage Daily News , 15 May 2022",
"Screenshots purporting to be from the Twitch broadcast appear to show a racial epithet scrawled on the rifle used in the attack, as well as the number 14, a likely reference to a white supremacist slogan. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"Screenshots purporting to be from the broadcast appear to show a racial epithet scrawled on his rifle, as well as the number 14 \u2014 a likely reference to a white supremacist slogan. \u2014 Michael Balsamo, BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2022",
"Screenshots purporting to be from the Twitch broadcast appear to show a racial epithet scrawled on the rifle used in the attack, as well as the number 14, a likely reference to a white supremacist slogan. \u2014 CBS News , 15 May 2022",
"Screenshots purporting to be from the live Twitch broadcast appear to show a racial epithet scrawled on the rifle used in the attack, as well as the number 14, a likely reference to a white supremacist slogan. \u2014 Carolyn Thompson And Michael Balsamo, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 May 2022",
"The chip on her shoulder led her to write a grand statement song, its title a vulgar epithet . \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"The epithet was scrawled on both sides of the sign in red spray-paint. \u2014 Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle , 12 May 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":"Latin epitheton , from Greek, from neuter of epithetos added, from epitithenai to put on, add, from epi- + tithenai to put \u2014 more at do ",
"first_known_use":[
"1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-232933"
},
"endless":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": being or seeming to be without end",
": extremely numerous",
": joined at the ends",
": lasting or taking a long time",
": joined at the ends : continuous"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8en(d)-l\u0259s",
"\u02c8end-l\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottomless",
"boundless",
"fathomless",
"horizonless",
"illimitable",
"immeasurable",
"immensurable",
"indefinite",
"infinite",
"limitless",
"measureless",
"unbounded",
"unfathomable",
"unlimited"
],
"antonyms":[
"bounded",
"circumscribed",
"confined",
"definite",
"finite",
"limited",
"restricted"
],
"examples":[
"There was an endless line at the bank.",
"There is endless work to do on the house.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The alternatives are endless : chicken burgers, turkey burgers, even salmon burgers! \u2014 Mehreen Karim, Bon App\u00e9tit , 21 June 2022",
"The list of reasons why Andy Butler decided to revamp his sound is seemingly endless . \u2014 Stephen Daw, Billboard , 21 June 2022",
"There are endless reports in the press about yet another vulnerable elder who got ripped off by an unscrupulous financial manager, wealth advisor or other in a position of control over money. \u2014 Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Style it casually with sneakers for backyard barbecues, wear it as cover-up over your swimsuit for the beach, or pair it with wedges for a brunch \u2014 the possibilities are endless . \u2014 Alex Warner, PEOPLE.com , 11 June 2022",
"From the naked dress look to whale tails and peering boxers, the options to flash your intimates are endless . \u2014 Frances Sol\u00e1-santiago, refinery29.com , 9 June 2022",
"The possibilities for spicy summer looks are endless \u2014 especially because the collection is size-inclusive (US 2-24) with prices ranging from $10 to $100. \u2014 Samantha Olson, Seventeen , 7 June 2022",
"While her list of honors and activities are endless . \u2014 Hunter Boyce, ajc , 5 June 2022",
"From ornamental pendants to unobtrusive track lighting, the options for kitchen light fixtures are endless . \u2014 Alicia Mies, Good Housekeeping , 31 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-235916"
},
"entombment":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to deposit in or as if in a tomb : bury",
": to serve as a tomb for"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8t\u00fcm",
"en-"
],
"synonyms":[
"bury",
"hearse",
"inhume",
"inter",
"lay",
"put away",
"tomb"
],
"antonyms":[
"disinter",
"exhume",
"unearth"
],
"examples":[
"a number of Boston's historic notables are entombed in the Old Granary Burying Ground",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The occupiers attempted to counter the partisans by gassing the tunnels and sealing off access points to entomb them, but the rebels persisted. \u2014 Will Hunt, The New Yorker , 9 Apr. 2022",
"But even his flytraps were improbably large, big enough to entomb and consume a human. \u2014 Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The firefighters eventually used Portland cement to entomb the smoldering ruins. \u2014 Merrill Goozner, The New Republic , 28 Oct. 2021",
"For Palestinians in Gaza, watching their neighborhoods collapse and pillars of smoke entomb their homes, the suffering is only deepening. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 May 2021",
"After the water in their environment dries up, the minerals are left behind and entomb those microbes, forming stromatolites. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 3 Mar. 2021",
"Similar concrete pads are often used to entomb nuclear waste. \u2014 Jon Gambrell, Star Tribune , 25 Feb. 2021",
"Cemeteries rejected those they were meant to entomb . \u2014 Hisham Melhem, The Atlantic , 22 Nov. 2020",
"The site northwest of Las Vegas was first proposed in the 1980s to entomb 77,000 tons of the nation\u2019s most highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 Oct. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English entoumben , from Middle French entomber , from en- + tombe tomb",
"first_known_use":[
"1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-000142"
},
"easily":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": in an easy manner : without difficulty",
": without question : by far",
": at the minimum : at least",
": well sense 10b",
": without difficulty",
": without doubt : by far"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0113z-l\u0113",
"\u02c8\u0113-z\u0259-",
"\u02c8\u0113-z\u0259-l\u0113",
"\u02c8\u0113z-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"easy",
"effortlessly",
"facilely",
"fluently",
"freely",
"handily",
"hands down",
"lightly",
"painlessly",
"readily",
"smoothly",
"well"
],
"antonyms":[
"arduously",
"hardly",
"laboriously",
"strenuously"
],
"examples":[
"These ingredients are easily obtained.",
"I'm too heavy to be carried easily .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These probiotics are all-natural and can help improve your gut health quickly and easily . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 June 2022",
"Monkeypox doesn\u2019t spread easily from person-to-person but can spread through contact with infected animals or humans. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 6 June 2022",
"The game challenges, but so do the changing addresses, languages and lifestyles shuffled through as quickly and easily as snapshots on a slide projector. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 June 2022",
"About 90% of those viral genomes were the omicron subvariant BA.2, which seems to spread more easily than the omicron variant but does not appear more severe, said the American Medical Association in late April. \u2014 Caroline Catherman, Orlando Sentinel , 3 June 2022",
"Think about the primary reason customers will visit your site, and ensure that goal is met quickly and easily . \u2014 Jia Wertz, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Most importantly, monkeypox is not spread as easily as Covid-19. \u2014 Rob Picheta And Hafsa Khalil, CNN , 1 June 2022",
"The dynamics of the Hillside \u2014 homes in wooded areas with lots of the coniferous trees that spread fire easily , access via limited road grids, exposure to high winds, areas without fire hydrants \u2014 have long caused alarm. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 28 May 2022",
"But healthcare providers are keen to point out that the disease isn't as easily spread as COVID-19. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-010620"
},
"eroticism":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an erotic theme or quality",
": a state of sexual arousal",
": insistent sexual impulse or desire",
": the arousal of or the attempt to arouse sexual feeling by means of suggestion, symbolism, or allusion (as in an art form)",
": a state of sexual arousal or anticipation (as from stimulation of erogenous zones)",
": insistent sexual impulse or desire"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8r\u00e4-t\u0259-\u02ccsi-z\u0259m",
"i-\u02c8r\u00e4t-\u0259-\u02ccsiz-\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardor",
"concupiscence",
"eros",
"horniness",
"itch",
"lust",
"lustfulness",
"passion"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the subtle eroticism of his films",
"an actress known for her smoldering eroticism",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Severed from the workplace intrigue of costumes and shoots, the show\u2019s eroticism blooms. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The director has since won a cult following for his idiosyncractic style, vivid depictions of violence and eroticism , and provocative imagery. \u2014 Gavin Blair, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Rather, her face was a Baroque cathedral of angles and folds, angels and cherubs, that captured, at once, the sublime eroticism and starry-eyed na\u00efvet\u00e9 of the counterculture\u2019s new religion of desire. \u2014 Erik Morse, Vogue , 17 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",
"In the third act, the mirrors are tilted even further to objectify and sexualize the literal and metaphorical climax of the play, making its violence and eroticism inescapable. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Both schools reflect the myopic optimism of their makers, Rococo, with its excesses of ornamentation, pastel color palette, and curvaceous shapes evoking youth and eroticism ; Disney with its flattened ideas about good and evil and tidy endings. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Dec. 2021",
"In addition to its eroticism , the show is often, well, gross. \u2014 Sean T. Collins, Vulture , 19 Oct. 2021",
"As for the platform heels favored at red carpet events this year, Hemmelsack said the style plays off this eroticism as well as the surge in '90s nostalgia. \u2014 CNN , 2 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1881, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-012422"
},
"ended":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"combining form",
"noun",
"verb",
"verb ()"
],
"definitions":[
": the part of an area that lies at the boundary",
": a point that marks the extent of something",
": the point where something ceases to exist",
": the extreme or last part lengthwise : tip",
": the terminal unit of something spatial that is marked off by units",
": a player stationed at the extremity of a line or team (as in football)",
": cessation of a course of action, pursuit, or activity",
": death , destruction",
": the ultimate state",
": result , issue",
": something incomplete, fragmentary, or undersized : remnant",
": an outcome worked toward : purpose",
": the object by virtue of or for the sake of which an event takes place",
": a share in an undertaking",
": a particular operation or aspect of an undertaking or organization",
": something that is extreme : ultimate",
": a period of action or turn in any of various sports events (such as archery or lawn bowling)",
": after all , ultimately",
": exceedingly",
": without a stop or letup",
": to bring to an end",
": destroy",
": to make up the end of",
": to come to an end",
": to reach a specified ultimate rank, situation, or place",
": die",
": final , ultimate",
": to put (grain or hay) into a barn or stack",
": within : inside",
"\u2014 compare ect- , exo-",
": taking in",
": the part near the boundary of an area",
": the point where something stops or ceases to exist",
": the first or last part of a thing",
": death sense 1 , destruction",
": purpose , goal",
": a player in football positioned at the end of the line of scrimmage",
": a part of an undertaking",
": to bring or come to an end : stop , finish",
": to reach or come to a place, condition, or situation unexpectedly"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8end",
"\u02c8end"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrest",
"arrestment",
"cease",
"cessation",
"check",
"close",
"closedown",
"closure",
"conclusion",
"cutoff",
"discontinuance",
"discontinuation",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"halt",
"lapse",
"offset",
"shutdown",
"shutoff",
"stay",
"stop",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
],
"antonyms":[
"close",
"close out",
"complete",
"conclude",
"finish",
"round (off ",
"terminate",
"wind up",
"wrap up"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Prince Salim and Anarkali\u2019s love, forbidden by taboos of nobility and class, comes to a tragic end when Akbar orders Anarkali to be buried alive. \u2014 Mansi Choksi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"Carefully crafted to maximize the impact and energy of modern electronic music, the S-80 headphones have a punchy low end , smooth midrange and clear highs. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"With the end of the school year and the official beginning of summer, outdoor festival season is heating up. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 21 June 2022",
"According to multiple outlets, the change was made to focus on the new titular year, which will have storylines about the end of World War I and the start of the Prohibition era. \u2014 Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022",
"According to the Modern Lifecycle Policy, which applies to Windows 10, users will be notified a year before the end . \u2014 Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"Mercer, for example, tacked three years onto the end of his contract, which now expires in 2026. \u2014 Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star , 21 June 2022",
"Promontory is an area of high ground at the north end of the Great Salt Lake. \u2014 Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"The site has Beauchamp getting picked four picks before the end of the first round. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 21 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The interactive display is near the new Andrew J. Brady Music Center, but the significance of the location does not end there. \u2014 Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer , 24 June 2022",
"The agreement to destroy those spots doesn't end the case. \u2014 Ed White, Detroit Free Press , 23 June 2022",
"Just banning assault weapons won\u2019t end all the damage guns do. \u2014 Christopher Colwell, Scientific American , 22 June 2022",
"Forcing kids to pose with characters often does not end well, Daniels said. \u2014 Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic , 21 June 2022",
"Indeed, most mainstream portrayals of trailblazing gay men in Ulrich\u2019s lifetime didn\u2019t end well. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
"That online effort didn\u2019t end with his candidacy but rather continues today, said Jonathan Ong, a disinformation researcher at the University of Massachusetts and Harvard University who studied the 2016 and 2022 elections. \u2014 Michael E. Miller And Regine Cabato, Anchorage Daily News , 20 June 2022",
"But the decision does not completely end Assange's decade-long fight to avoid facing a U.S. trial in a case that could have implications for First Amendment protections. \u2014 Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"The list of advantages that SPACs offer doesn\u2019t end with lower risks, though. \u2014 Gary Fowler, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Another helpful metric to track during the digital journey is one that is very end -of-funnel-centric. \u2014 Ashlee Piga, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The response: The invasion of Ukraine is bringing to an end Western investment in Russia. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Mar. 2022",
"This is just before the end -Permian extinction event. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Curling: Four years after losing in the Pyeongchang final to American upstart John Shuster, Niklas Edin led Sweden to the gold medal, beating Britain 5-4 in the first extra- end men\u2019s final in Olympic history. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 19 Feb. 2022",
"The sale is especially great for travelers who haven't booked end -of-year trips\u2014or are looking to gift a stay to a friend. \u2014 Meredith Carey, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 29 Nov. 2021",
"When his parents find out, George's father comes up with a scheme to raise giant animals to get rich and end world hunger. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 17 Dec. 2020",
"The new facility will replace Gilchrist\u2019s inpatient hospice center on Eutaw Street downtown, which has provided end -of-life care for city residents for over 30 years. \u2014 Angela Roberts, baltimoresun.com , 10 Nov. 2020",
"Brown has received a request to host a virtual Wisdom Sharing Night at the monthly meeting of the Minnesota Death Collaborative, an organization of end -of-life professionals. \u2014 Julie Kendrick Next Avenue, Star Tribune , 14 Oct. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb (1)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
"Adjective",
"13th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb (2)",
"1607, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-015403"
},
"enough":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"pronoun"
],
"definitions":[
": occurring in such quantity, quality, or scope as to fully meet demands, needs, or expectations",
": in or to a degree or quantity that satisfies or that is sufficient or necessary for satisfaction : sufficiently",
": fully , quite",
": in a tolerable degree",
": a sufficient number, quantity, or amount",
": equal to the needs or demands",
": in the amount necessary or to the degree necessary",
": a number or amount that provides what is needed"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8n\u0259f",
"\u0113-",
"\u0259-",
"i-\u02c8n\u0259f"
],
"synonyms":[
"adequately",
"satisfactorily",
"sufficiently",
"suitably"
],
"antonyms":[
"inadequately",
"insufficiently",
"unsatisfactorily"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"After more than two years of battling to get sufficient goods into the country, many U.S. companies suddenly have too much of some items and not enough of others. \u2014 David J. Lynch, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"It\u2019s a blast, but there isn\u2019t enough of an opportunity to turn a marginal or decent player card into a great one. \u2014 Brian Mazique, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"To that list, Dr. Melnyk adds fatigue, irritability, the tendency to get angry easily, and sleeping too much or not enough . \u2014 Maggie O'neill, SELF , 10 June 2022",
"Not enough of the supporting characters have the same texture as Leaphorn and Chee. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
"There\u2019s been enough in the last 20 years for the Buckeyes to want to be careful. \u2014 Doug Lesmerises, cleveland , 9 June 2022",
"Given the volume and seriousness of the allegations against the Cleveland Browns quarterback, our columnist wonders if an N.F.L. suspension is enough of a punishment. \u2014 Kurt Streeter, New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"In this case, that\u2019s still not enough to build a movie around. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 9 June 2022",
"More than a few readers, encountering his columns in the Washington Post in the 1980s and 1990s, might say: not enough . \u2014 Dave Shiflett, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Anxiety, stagnancy, not feeling good enough , heaviness, bitterness, frustration. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 14 June 2022",
"This week, Bad Bunny earned 137,000 equivalent album units in the U.S., good enough to land on top again and, along with the Post Malone premiere, push Styles\u2019 album from first to third. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 13 June 2022",
"The Mets wound up going 5-5 against the Dodgers, the Padres and the Angels, still good enough to head back to New York with the second best record in the majors, trailing only the Yankees. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"Would Robinson be willing to be a backup if the money offer was good enough ? \u2014 Jason Patt, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"Plus, when Omer started while Bam Adebayo was gone, his defense was good enough to help keep Miami afloat and in many ways his play on both ends was key in Miami being in position to get the number-one seed. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 12 June 2022",
"Rob Williams looks good, but not good enough to be catching Jaylen lobs 11 feet high. \u2014 Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"At Belmont Park on May 14, Golden Glider finished 10.25 lengths behind We the People in the Peter Pan Stakes, but that was good enough for second in the Grade 3 race. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 11 June 2022",
"But La Jolla\u2019s season was good enough to get the team a berth in the Southern California Regional playoffs. \u2014 Terry Monahan, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Adverb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Pronoun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-015709"
},
"exiguous":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": excessively scanty : inadequate"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8zi-gy\u0259-w\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"hand-to-mouth",
"light",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"scarce",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"sparing",
"sparse",
"stingy"
],
"antonyms":[
"abundant",
"ample",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"generous",
"liberal",
"plenteous",
"plentiful"
],
"examples":[
"computer equipment that would be prohibitively expensive, given the rural school's exiguous resources"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin exiguus , from exigere ",
"first_known_use":[
"1630, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-020435"
},
"extemporization":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act of extemporizing : improvisation",
": something extemporized"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02ccstem-p\u0259-r\u0259-\u02c8z\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"ad-lib",
"impromptu",
"improv",
"improvisation"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1860, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-023205"
},
"espy":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to catch sight of",
": to catch sight of"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8sp\u012b",
"i-\u02c8sp\u012b"
],
"synonyms":[
"behold",
"catch",
"descry",
"discern",
"distinguish",
"eye",
"look (at)",
"note",
"notice",
"observe",
"perceive",
"regard",
"remark",
"see",
"sight",
"spot",
"spy",
"view",
"witness"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"out of the corner of my eye I espied the squirrel making another raid on the bird feeder"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English espien , from Anglo-French espier \u2014 more at spy ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-025108"
},
"expect":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to consider probable or certain",
": to consider reasonable, due, or necessary",
": to consider bound in duty or obligated",
": to anticipate or look forward to the coming or occurrence of",
": suppose , think",
": await",
": to be pregnant : await the birth of one's child",
": to look forward",
": wait , stay",
": to think that something probably will be or happen",
": to await the arrival of",
": to consider to be obliged",
": to consider reasonable, due, or necessary",
": to be pregnant : await the birth of one's child"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8spekt",
"ik-\u02c8spekt",
"ik-\u02c8spekt"
],
"synonyms":[
"anticipate",
"await",
"hope (for)",
"watch (for)"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Proof, the group\u2019s latest release, is their most ambitious yet, but not necessarily in the way many would expect . \u2014 Natalie Morin, Rolling Stone , 10 June 2022",
"Experts don't expect car prices to settle anytime soon. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 10 June 2022",
"Though even if Kerr gives some of Poole\u2019s minutes to Stephen Curry as many expect , Poole must figure out how to contribute when he\u2019s on the court \u2014 a daunting task for a 22-year-old so new to this stage. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 June 2022",
"Results regarding peeing in bottles (or around a customer's house) and casual hookups were all higher than most people likely expect . \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 4 June 2022",
"Based on normal evolutionary timelines, scientists would expect a virus like monkeypox to pick up that many mutations over perhaps 50 years, not four, Neher said. \u2014 Andrew Joseph, STAT , 3 June 2022",
"The Tesla worker who spoke with The Post said some groups of employees expect to continue to be exempt from returning to the office. \u2014 Rachel Lerman, Faiz Siddiqui, Christian Davenport, Anchorage Daily News , 2 June 2022",
"As every organization can expect a cyberattack, cyber-specific goals must be aligned across the enterprise. \u2014 Jeffrey Alpaugh, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Some analysts said investors expect executives\u2014particularly founders\u2014to sell stock in or after an initial public offering after having their stakes locked up for so long. \u2014 Corrie Driebusch And Tom Mcginty, WSJ , 27 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin exspectare to look forward to, from ex- + spectare to look at, frequentative of specere to look \u2014 more at spy ",
"first_known_use":[
"1560, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-033456"
},
"erection":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the state marked by firm turgid form and erect or elevated position of a previously flaccid bodily part containing cavernous tissue when that tissue becomes dilated with blood",
": an occurrence of such a state in the penis or clitoris",
": the act or process of erecting something : construction",
": something erected",
": the state marked by firm turgid form and erect or elevated position of a previously flaccid bodily part containing cavernous tissue when that tissue becomes dilated with blood",
": an occurrence of erection in the penis or clitoris"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8rek-sh\u0259n",
"i-\u02c8rek-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"construction",
"structure"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the erection of a new apartment building",
"when it was brand-new, the Eiffel Tower was considered as ugly an erection as Europe had ever seen",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There's also the intriguing test that measures the overnight erections of three college athletes. \u2014 Daniel Gallan, CNN , 18 Dec. 2019",
"An angina medication with a side effect of erections became Viagra. \u2014 Eric Boodman, STAT , 10 Feb. 2020",
"Prouse likes to reference a study where researchers placed a vibrator on mens\u2019 penises to see what, if anything, the sensation did for their erections . \u2014 Wired , 14 Nov. 2019",
"April 24, 201800:56 That function includes the ability to have erections and orgasm, as well as urinate standing up (with the aid of his leg prostheses). \u2014 Erika Edwards, NBC News , 6 Nov. 2019",
"At that age for men, the most embarrassing thing is unwanted erections , right? \u2014 Cady Drell, Marie Claire , 20 Mar. 2019",
"This surrounds components like the urethra and swells in order to allow erections . 2. \u2014 Zahra Barnes, SELF , 29 Dec. 2018",
"While being abused, women can get wet, men can get erections , and many people even orgasm. \u2014 Vanessa Marin, Allure , 11 Oct. 2018",
"Men who are disgusted or terrified can still have erections or orgasms. \u2014 Joanna Schroeder, Vox , 23 Aug. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-034333"
},
"entertain":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to show hospitality to",
": to provide entertainment for",
": to keep, hold, or maintain in the mind",
": to receive and take into consideration",
": to play against (an opposing team) on one's home field or court",
": maintain",
": receive",
": to provide entertainment especially for guests",
": to host a social event",
": to have as a guest",
": to perform for or provide amusement for",
": to have in mind"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccen-t\u0259r-\u02c8t\u0101n",
"\u02ccen-t\u0259r-\u02c8t\u0101n"
],
"synonyms":[
"amuse",
"disport",
"divert",
"regale",
"solace"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"They like to entertain their friends at their summer home.",
"Much of his job as a salesman involves entertaining clients.",
"Jugglers were on hand to entertain the crowd.",
"Our father entertained us with stories.",
"Our father's stories entertained us.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These gatherings happen at libraries, bookstores, and other free public places, where the performers entertain and delight children while introducing them to new types of people and teaching them acceptance and inclusion through storybooks. \u2014 Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone , 16 June 2022",
"Fans accustomed to seeing Biles smiling and winning, as if her reason for being was to entertain and amaze, were surprised. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Feb. 2022",
"We are known to be extremely hospitable and generous, and love to entertain and celebrate, especially at Christmas. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Everyone from the owner to the Grind Liners to the trainers was back at The Joe for a 2\u00bd-hour rally \u2014 a chance to relive one of the greatest moments in Detroit sports history, sell thousands of T-shirts and entertain a TV audience. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 9 June 2022",
"His departure means that UCLA could more seriously entertain the transfer portal as a possibility with only 10 players on scholarship heading into next season. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
"Rock Radio, which features radio hits from the \u201860s, \u201870s, \u201880s and \u201890s, will entertain attendees 1-3:15 p.m. \u2014 Carol Kovach, cleveland , 31 May 2022",
"One way to create binge-able content for your audience is by developing a branded video series to inspire and entertain your audience. \u2014 Chris Savage, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
"Broadway-style shows, held in a new outdoor theater, entertain all generations. \u2014 Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping , 19 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English entertinen , from Middle French entretenir , from entre- inter- + tenir to hold \u2014 more at tenable ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 5a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-035832"
},
"enchantingly":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": powerfully pleasing, appealing, or delightful : charming",
": very attractive : charming"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8chan-ti\u014b",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8chan-ti\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluring",
"appealing",
"attractive",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charismatic",
"charming",
"elfin",
"engaging",
"entrancing",
"fascinating",
"fetching",
"glamorous",
"glamourous",
"luring",
"magnetic",
"seductive"
],
"antonyms":[
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repelling",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"unalluring"
],
"examples":[
"visitors have long found the Highlands of Scotland to be an enchanting place",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Both are often wrong as historians, yet both are enchanting stylists. \u2014 Dominic Green, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"With ample winter rain, the desert in springtime can be an enchanting place. \u2014 Mare Czinar, USA TODAY , 10 Apr. 2022",
"This enchanting book was written for readers of fantasy, young and old, and anyone with an active imagination who loves fantasy, food and cooking. \u2014 Elizabeth Karmel, Forbes , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Just as enchanting as the food, however, is the restaurant\u2019s ambiance. \u2014 Liam Hess, Vogue , 11 May 2022",
"One of the easiest ways to make your backyard more beautiful is by attracting hummingbirds, one of the most enchanting \u2014and elusive\u2014birds in the animal kingdom. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 14 Apr. 2022",
"With ample winter rain, the desert in springtime can be an enchanting place. \u2014 Mare Czinar, USA TODAY , 10 Apr. 2022",
"With ample winter rain, the desert in springtime can be an enchanting place. \u2014 Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Yet replacing an actor with an avatar struck me as oddly charming, just as the worlds our avatars moved in were enchanting \u2014beautiful, even. \u2014 Merve Emre, The New Yorker , 22 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1589, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-045648"
},
"enwrap":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to wrap in a covering : enfold",
": envelop",
": to preoccupy or absorb mentally : engross"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8rap",
"en-"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorb",
"bemuse",
"busy",
"catch up",
"engage",
"engross",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"fascinate",
"grip",
"immerse",
"interest",
"intrigue",
"involve",
"occupy"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"enwrapped in my own reverie, I failed to notice the coworker standing outside my cubicle",
"an air of serene self-satisfaction enwraps the leafy, well-to-do suburb"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-052811"
},
"excusable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make apology for",
": to try to remove blame from",
": to forgive entirely or disregard as of trivial import : regard as excusable",
": to grant exemption or release to",
": to allow to leave",
": to serve as excuse for : justify",
": the act of excusing",
": something offered as justification or as grounds for being excused",
": an expression of regret for failure to do something",
": a note of explanation of an absence",
": justification , reason",
": to make apology for",
": to overlook or pardon as of little importance",
": to let off from doing something",
": to be an acceptable reason for",
": a reason given for having done something wrong",
": something that is an acceptable reason for or justifies",
": a reason for doing something",
": to grant exemption or release to",
": justify",
": to serve as an excuse or justification",
": excusal",
": a circumstance that allows for release under the law from an obligation, duty, or contractual liability \u2014 compare act of god , force majeure , fortuitous event , impossibility of performance",
": a circumstance (as a physical threat) that grants immunity for otherwise tortious or criminal conduct \u2014 compare justification , privilege"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8sky\u00fcz",
"imperatively often",
"ik-\u02c8sky\u00fcs",
"ik-\u02c8sky\u00fcz",
"ik-\u02c8sky\u00fcs",
"ik-\u02c8sky\u00fcz",
"ik-\u02c8sky\u00fcs"
],
"synonyms":[
"blink (at)",
"brush (aside ",
"condone",
"discount",
"disregard",
"forgive",
"gloss (over)",
"gloze (over)",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"paper over",
"pardon",
"pass over",
"remit",
"shrug off",
"whitewash",
"wink (at)"
],
"antonyms":[
"alibi",
"apology",
"defense",
"justification",
"plea",
"reason"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Perhaps just as striking was the focus on GOP lawmakers who appear to have enabled and, in many cases, continue to excuse the lawlessness around that horrific day. \u2014 Rick Klein, ABC News , 10 June 2022",
"Some courts have said this may excuse an employee from reporting or making multiple complaints about harassment. \u2014 Eric Bachman, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"The visual effects team ended up, excuse the bad pun, skinning it over to make the skin a little more realistic. \u2014 John Jurgensen, WSJ , 4 June 2022",
"Marie looked around the room, scanning it for reasons to excuse herself. \u2014 Ling Ma, The Atlantic , 16 May 2022",
"Post-pandemic, employees are coming up with every possible reason/ excuse to avoid going back into the office. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 7 May 2022",
"That may explain, if not exactly excuse , some of his behavior. \u2014 Tim Fernholz, Quartz , 7 May 2022",
"But, other experts say that that doesn't automatically excuse you from purchasing a gift. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 2 May 2022",
"Of course no one is perfect, but does that excuse bad behavior because someone, somewhere once did something worse? \u2014 Terry Pluto, cleveland , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"If a liberal and a libertarian can find solid common ground, who among us has an excuse not to join them? \u2014 Tamar Haspel, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"And past hypocrisy shouldn\u2019t serve as an excuse for failing to say that clearly, and act on it. \u2014 Matthew Duss, The New Republic , 1 June 2022",
"Ricketts has no excuse for fielding the current lousy team. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 24 May 2022",
"Putin had fixated on the Azov Battalion as an excuse for his pitiless assault on Mariupol, where the group was based. \u2014 Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
"There\u2019s little excuse for the Celtics losing Game 6 at home. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
"The Walking Dead\u2019s latest awful excuse for an episode of television. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
"The campaign also delivered the claims to the FBI, giving journalists another excuse to portray the accusations as serious and perhaps true. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"How, why, by what excuse is this guy still on the air? \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-053308"
},
"equilibrated":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to bring into or keep in equilibrium : balance",
": to bring about, come to, or be in equilibrium",
": to bring into or keep in equilibrium",
": to bring about, come to, or be in equilibrium"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8kwi-l\u0259-\u02ccbr\u0101t",
"i-\u02c8kwil-\u0259-\u02ccbr\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But unlike a diamond, this prethermal time crystal is not forever; if the experiment ran for long enough, the system would gradually equilibrate and the cyclical behavior would break down. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 2 Aug. 2021",
"There is no magic formula that says value and growth stocks must equilibrate . \u2014 Mike Bird, WSJ , 10 May 2021",
"Once the pressure equilibrated to zero across the outer hatch door, the men pushed it open and swam the remaining 20 vertical feet between them, sunlight, and safety. \u2014 Rachel Lance, Wired , 7 Apr. 2020",
"The longer the crisis continues, and if supply and demand do not equilibrate , the more energy jobs could be in jeopardy. \u2014 NBC News , 9 Mar. 2020",
"This allowed the debris to evenly mix and equilibrate , producing the body's current spherical shape. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 29 Oct. 2019",
"Oceans acidify in the blink of a geologic eye In the late 1700s, the oceans had equilibrated to be slightly alkaline, with a pH of about 8.1\u2014roughly the same level of acidity as an egg white. \u2014 Alejandra Borunda, National Geographic , 7 Aug. 2019",
"This tendency to equilibrate , like a cup of coffee cooling to room temperature, is the most familiar outcome of the second law of thermodynamics, which says that energy constantly spreads and the entropy of the universe always increases. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 16 June 2019",
"The room eventually equilibrates with the outside environment, and the environment drifts even more slowly toward equilibrium with the rest of the universe. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 16 Apr. 2014"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1635, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-071404"
},
"equip":{
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to furnish for service or action by appropriate provisioning",
": dress , array",
": to make ready : prepare",
"equipment",
": to provide with necessary supplies or features"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8kwip",
"i-\u02c8kwip"
],
"synonyms":[
"fit",
"prepare",
"qualify",
"ready",
"season",
"train"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"More money was needed to train and equip the troops.",
"Equipped with a hoe and a shovel, I headed for the garden.",
"Her training has equipped her to deal with emergencies.",
"She is well- equipped to deal with emergencies.",
"Those students are not equipped for the challenges of college.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Secure access service edge (SASE) can equip organizations to not only take advantage of all the benefits 5G has to offer but address and protect against new security threats 5G networks introduce. \u2014 Kelly Ahuja, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"How does having more comprehensive data enable or equip Indigenous communities to better protect women, girls, non-binary, and two-spirit people in their communities? \u2014 Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Yet new research suggests that MBAs equip corporate leaders with one overriding skill: cutting workers' pay. \u2014 Irina Ivanova, CBS News , 4 Apr. 2022",
"The Mount Airy Police Department will soon equip its officers with body cameras, after receiving state funding to purchase the equipment, Chief Douglas Reitz said. \u2014 Cameron Goodnight, Baltimore Sun , 20 Mar. 2022",
"But Boss argues that many losses do not follow such models, and our reliance on them does not equip us to cope. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Dec. 2021",
"But\u2014as the Russians have been showing us\u2014there\u2019s nothing like actual fighting to equip a military with lessons to succeed in actual fighting. \u2014 Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
"And finally, for peer listening programs, investing in training to equip mental health champions confirms a standard of quality for employees seeking support, and ensures listeners feel both comfortable and knowledgeable to provide support. \u2014 Mind Share Partners, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"To equip 150 young, inner-city Phoenix parents with the skills and resources needed to provide safe, stable homes for their children. \u2014 Haleigh Kochanski, The Arizona Republic , 20 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"1523, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-072657"
},
"effectuate":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect sense 2"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8fek-ch\u0259-\u02ccw\u0101t",
"-ch\u00fc-\u02cc\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"beget",
"breed",
"bring",
"bring about",
"bring on",
"catalyze",
"cause",
"create",
"do",
"draw on",
"effect",
"engender",
"generate",
"induce",
"invoke",
"make",
"occasion",
"produce",
"prompt",
"result (in)",
"spawn",
"translate (into)",
"work",
"yield"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the hope that the greater social interaction between native residents and the immigrants will effectuate greater understanding and harmony",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the groundwork is still being laid to effectuate real change, Hedden-Nicely said. \u2014 Susan Montoya Bryan And Felicia Fonseca, Chron , 3 Apr. 2022",
"On the contrary, true digital transformations encompass reevaluating current business processes and re-architecting them from the ground up to effectuate radical change. \u2014 Jonathan Cardella, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"But the groundwork is still being laid to effectuate real change, Hedden-Nicely said. \u2014 Susan Montoya Bryan And Felicia Fonseca, Chron , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Allen cited that conversation as the catalyst to effectuate change for the greater good, by building the world\u2019s biggest media company. \u2014 Essence , 26 June 2020",
"But the groundwork is still being laid to effectuate real change, Hedden-Nicely said. \u2014 Susan Montoya Bryan And Felicia Fonseca, Chron , 3 Apr. 2022",
"But the groundwork is still being laid to effectuate real change, Hedden-Nicely said. \u2014 Susan Montoya Bryan And Felicia Fonseca, Chron , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Friday\u2019s pledge by Florida lawmakers to effectuate change in our industry is welcome. \u2014 Adam Sabes, Fox News , 7 Apr. 2022",
"But the groundwork is still being laid to effectuate real change, Hedden-Nicely said. \u2014 Susan Montoya Bryan And Felicia Fonseca, Chron , 3 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"probably borrowed (with addition of -ate entry 4 ) from Middle French effectuer, affectuer, borrowed from Medieval Latin effectu\u0101re, verbal derivative of Latin effectus \"achievement, result, effect entry 1 \"",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1586, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-094230"
},
"equivocation":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": deliberate evasiveness in wording : the use of ambiguous or equivocal language",
": an ambiguous or deliberately evasive statement"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02cckwi-v\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"circumlocution",
"shuffle",
"tergiversation"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1609, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-095642"
},
"empoison":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": poison",
": embitter"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8p\u022fi-z\u1d4an"
],
"synonyms":[
"antagonize",
"embitter",
"envenom"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a series of misfortunes had empoisoned him against the whole world"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English empoysonen , from Anglo-French empoisener , from en- + poison poison",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-110110"
},
"embrittled":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make brittle",
": to become brittle"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8bri-t\u1d4al"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1902, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-113602"
},
"estimate":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to judge tentatively or approximately the value, worth, or significance of",
": to determine roughly the size, extent, or nature of",
": to produce a statement of the approximate cost of",
": judge , conclude",
": esteem",
": appraise",
": a rough or approximate calculation",
": a numerical value obtained from a statistical sample and assigned to a population parameter",
": a statement of the cost of work to be done",
": an opinion or judgment of the nature, character, or quality of a person or thing",
": the act of appraising or valuing : calculation",
": to give or form a general idea of (as the value, size, or cost of something)",
": an opinion or judgment especially of the value or quality of something",
": an approximation of the size or cost of something"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-st\u0259-\u02ccm\u0101t",
"\u02c8e-st\u0259-m\u0259t",
"\u02c8e-st\u0259-\u02ccm\u0101t",
"\u02c8e-st\u0259-m\u0259t"
],
"synonyms":[
"appraise",
"assess",
"evaluate",
"guesstimate",
"rate",
"set",
"valuate",
"value"
],
"antonyms":[
"appraisal",
"appraisement",
"assessment",
"estimation",
"evaluation",
"reckoning",
"valuation"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Western analysts estimate far higher Russian military casualties, in the many thousands. \u2014 John Leicester And Hanna Arhirova, Chicago Tribune , 4 June 2022",
"Western analysts estimate far higher Russian military casualties, in the many thousands. \u2014 Hanna Arhirova, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
"For each marketing strategy in your overall annual plan, estimate the cost and the return on your investment. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Community leaders estimate that the number of resident observant Jews in Dubai has doubled, to 500, in the last year, and at least five kosher restaurants have opened in that time. \u2014 Patrick Kingsley, New York Times , 31 May 2022",
"School leaders estimate the projects will cost between $54 million to $67 million. \u2014 Lillian Reed And Sabrina Leboeuf, Baltimore Sun , 31 May 2022",
"While the lawsuit lists 64 plaintiffs, lawyers estimate that hundreds more may have been affected. \u2014 Johnny Magdaleno, The Indianapolis Star , 31 May 2022",
"Hubble's precision observations estimate that the Milky Way will merge with the Andromeda Galaxy (our closest major galactic neighbor) in a few billion years. \u2014 Wyatte Grantham-philips, USA TODAY , 27 May 2022",
"Police estimate the value of the catalytic converters to be more than $195,000. \u2014 Adam Terro, The Arizona Republic , 27 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Relying on such an enormous network of energy intensive hardware produces astronomical amounts of carbon emissions (according to one estimate , Bitcoin mining devours the same amount of energy annually as the Netherlands did in 2019). \u2014 Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"One estimate puts the number of Christians massacred in Nigeria since 2015 when Buhari became president at 11,500. \u2014 Alexander Onukwue, Quartz , 6 June 2022",
"Whether to prohibit guns in schools has been a contentious point in Oregon, where one estimate suggests gun ownership is more prevalent than in many other states. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
"According to one estimate by several aid agencies, more than 120,000 children have been bartered for some sort of financial incentive in the eight months since the Taliban captured Kabul. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 1 June 2022",
"As much as 3% of gift card dollars are never redeemed, and about $3 billion in gift cards went unspent in 2020, according to one estimate . \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 19 May 2022",
"But an uncontrolled Covid-19 exit wave with the potential to kill, according to one estimate , over a million Chinese at current levels of vaccination coverage and healthcare capacity, would be worse. \u2014 Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"One estimate shows family caregivers lose $300,000 in lifetime earnings, which cuts into social security contributions, pensions, stable retirements, and other benefits. \u2014 Rebecca Gale, Fortune , 28 Apr. 2022",
"More than three centuries of whaling killed at least 5,500 right whales in the western Atlantic, according to one conservative estimate from biologists. \u2014 Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News , 22 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"circa 1532, in the meaning defined at sense 3a",
"Noun",
"1552, in the meaning defined at sense 4"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-122741"
},
"encircle":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to form a circle around : surround",
": to pass completely around",
": to make a circle around : surround",
": to go completely around"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8s\u0259r-k\u0259l",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8s\u0259r-k\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"circle",
"circuit",
"circumnavigate",
"circumvent",
"compass",
"girdle",
"orbit",
"ring",
"round"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"A crowd of reporters encircled the mayor.",
"communication satellites encircling the earth",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Many, but by no means all, of the 2 million inhabitants who Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said had fled when Russian forces tried to encircle the city in March are now returning. \u2014 John Leicester, ajc , 11 June 2022",
"Russia is also trying to encircle the eastern city of Severodonetsk, but the regional governor said Saturday that the city has not been cut off. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 28 May 2022",
"The offensive aims to encircle Ukraine's most experienced and best-equipped troops, who are deployed in the east, and to seize parts of the Donbas that remain in Ukraine's control. \u2014 Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 15 May 2022",
"Russia\u2019s offensive aims to encircle Ukraine\u2019s most experienced and best-equipped troops, who are deployed in the east, and to seize parts of the Donbas that remain in Ukraine\u2019s control. \u2014 Oleksandr Stashevskyi And David Keyton, Chicago Tribune , 14 May 2022",
"Russia\u2019s offensive aims to encircle Ukraine\u2019s most experienced and best-equipped troops, who are deployed in the east, and to seize parts of the Donbas that remain in Ukraine\u2019s control. \u2014 David Keyton, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2022",
"The Ukrainian military was holding the line in the Donbas region more than three weeks after the massive Russian offensive that aims to encircle Ukraine\u2019s best forces there began. \u2014 WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"To fully encircle Kyiv, the Russians must engage in several more suburban battles. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
"The Ukrainian military's commander-in-chief warned Monday afternoon local time that Russian forces were redoubling their effort in the south while also trying to encircle Kyiv. \u2014 NBC News , 7 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English enserclen ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-131211"
},
"elude":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to avoid adroitly : evade",
": to escape the perception, understanding, or grasp of",
": defy sense 2",
": to avoid or escape by being quick, skillful, or tricky"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0113-\u02c8l\u00fcd",
"i-\u02c8l\u00fcd"
],
"synonyms":[
"avoid",
"dodge",
"duck",
"escape",
"eschew",
"evade",
"finesse",
"get around",
"scape",
"shake",
"shirk",
"shuffle (out of)",
"shun",
"weasel (out of)"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The killer was able to elude the police.",
"The killer has eluded capture.",
"The cause of the disease continues to elude researchers.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some also faced additional allegations, including weapon possession and fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer. \u2014 oregonlive , 13 June 2022",
"Despite this intriguing news regarding the onset of microbial evolution here on earth, the road to intelligence seems to have hills and valleys and curves and blind spots that completely elude us. \u2014 Bruce Dorminey, Forbes , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Rodney Plunkett, 34, of the 1100 block of West 83rd Street, Chicago, was arrested and accused of speeding and fleeing and attempting to elude a peace officer at U.S. 30 and Raintree on March 12, police said. \u2014 Daily Southtown Staff, chicagotribune.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Instead, the driver took off and was able to elude the officer. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 8 Sep. 2021",
"To study how moths elude bats, scientists at Boise State University cut off some moths\u2019 tails and fitted out others with fake wing extensions. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"This allows filmmakers to play with symbolism that might elude less identifiable protagonists. \u2014 ELLE , 3 June 2022",
"Leahey has 2020 convictions for unauthorized use of a vehicle, attempt to elude police and reckless endangerment of another person. \u2014 oregonlive , 31 May 2022",
"At this pace, eliminating racial disparities will continue to elude even our grandchildren. \u2014 Jared Council, Forbes , 23 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin eludere , from e- + ludere to play \u2014 more at ludicrous ",
"first_known_use":[
"1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-140645"
},
"enmity":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will",
": hatred especially when shared : ill will"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8en-m\u0259-t\u0113",
"\u02c8en-m\u0259-t\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"animosity",
"animus",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bad blood",
"bitterness",
"gall",
"grudge",
"hostility",
"jaundice",
"rancor"
],
"antonyms":[
"amity"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Still, the seeming enmity is troubling for some Democrats who believe that the appearance of party unity is crucial to staving off serious electoral losses in this year\u2019s midterms and beyond. \u2014 New York Times , 9 May 2022",
"While enmity toward Putin and a desire to send assistance to the region is virtually universal in Congress, lawmakers have had a hard time finding unity on other steps. \u2014 Alan Fram, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Mar. 2022",
"While enmity toward Putin and a desire to send assistance to the region is virtually universal in Congress, lawmakers have had a harder time finding unity on other steps. \u2014 Alan Fram, ajc , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The fiercest enmity has been reserved toward Fenerbahce, a domestic powerhouse whose influence spreads well beyond the soccer field. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
"But there is enmity to spare for the West in general for vaccine hoarding, which is seen as just the latest example of a centuries-long disregard for African lives. \u2014 Glen Retief, The New Republic , 18 Dec. 2021",
"After an employee uproar, Disney stated that the company's goal was for the law to be repealed or struck down in the courts, earning the enmity of right-wing lawmakers. \u2014 Eric Levenson And Steve Contorno, CNN , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Often seeming as fixated on his enmity toward Enrico as on his love of Lucia, this character actually contributes to her burden rather than relieving it. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
"This mounting isolation came on top of a foreign policy whose driving force was enmity toward the imperialist West. \u2014 Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English enmite , from Anglo-French enemit\u00e9, enemist\u00e9 , from enemi enemy",
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-142118"
},
"exorcise":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration",
": to get rid of (something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive)",
": to free of an evil spirit"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ek-\u02ccs\u022fr-\u02ccs\u012bz",
"-s\u0259r-"
],
"synonyms":[
"cashier",
"cast (off)",
"chuck",
"deep-six",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"eighty-six",
"86",
"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":[
"The movie is about a priest who tries to exorcise demons from a young girl.",
"please exorcise that offensive word from your vocabulary",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Their demise is meant to exorcise their polluting power and symbolize hope for the coming year. \u2014 Dimitris Xygalatas, The Conversation , 23 June 2022",
"Nathan Chen's quest to exorcise the Olympic demons from four years ago is now complete. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 10 Feb. 2022",
"In addition to the WJH meetings, Saal has participated in other activities, including leading a writing circle that has helped him exorcise some of his demons. \u2014 cleveland , 18 Apr. 2022",
"All this good news helped exorcise the memory of several ugly recent performances. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Nathan Chen's quest to exorcise the demons from the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang is nearly complete. \u2014 USA TODAY , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Along came Arby\u2019s and a chance to exorcise those demons. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The political order in Europe after 1945 was built to exorcise the ghosts of the past once and for all. \u2014 Bruno Ma\u00e7\u00e3es, Time , 1 Mar. 2022",
"The top seed in the east pod of districts looks to exorcise its demons at Euclid, where the Arcs lost in the 2019 and \u201820 district finals. \u2014 Matt Goul, cleveland , 28 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French exorciscer , from Late Latin exorcizare , from Greek exorkizein , from ex- + horkizein to bind by oath, adjure, from horkos oath",
"first_known_use":[
"1539, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-151057"
},
"euphonic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": pleasing or sweet sound",
": the acoustic effect produced by words so formed or combined as to please the ear",
": a harmonious succession of words having a pleasing sound"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u00fc-f\u0259-n\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In more recent ones, Harris has expanded the scope of her ambient sound to include brushes of folk, the suspension of drone music, and the euphony and tunefulness of pop. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 26 Oct. 2021",
"For all the euphony and alliteration of the phrase, winter white is more of a squirrel-meat gray. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 7 Feb. 2020",
"The combination of Freddy Cole\u2019s reedy voice and Lionel Cole\u2019s chesty baritone made for a most appealing euphony , accompanied by Freddy Cole\u2019s silvery pianism, Randy Napoleon\u2019s buoyant guitar work and a chugging backbeat from the rest of the band. \u2014 Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com , 30 Aug. 2019",
"Both the music and the film footage conveyed a sense of lyricism, rhythmic relaxation, peace and euphony . \u2014 Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com , 30 June 2019",
"Intersections in the Washington area do not seem to be ranked officially for euphony or the way the names of the individual streets sound when they are linked together. \u2014 Martin Weil, Washington Post , 31 Mar. 2018",
"Commercials for one of the biggest brands, Bolla, played regularly on radio and television, and the euphony of the phrase was as catchy as Orson Welles declaring that Paul Masson would sell no wine before its time. \u2014 Eric Asimov, New York Times , 5 Oct. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Late Latin euph\u014dnia, borrowed from Greek euph\u014dn\u00eda \"good voice quality (of a public speaker), good tone (of horns),\" from e\u00faph\u014dnos \"pleasant-sounding, musical\" (from eu- eu- + -ph\u014dnos \"having a sound [of the kind specified],\" adjective derivative of ph\u014dn\u1e17 \"sound made by something living, voice, speech\") + -ia -ia entry 1 \u2014 more at phono- ",
"first_known_use":[
"1606, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-202810"
},
"ecstasy":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a state of overwhelming emotion",
": rapturous delight",
": a synthetic amphetamine analog C 11 H 15 NO 2 used illicitly for its mood-enhancing and hallucinogenic properties",
": trance",
": a mystic or prophetic trance",
": a state of being beyond reason and self-control",
": swoon",
": very great happiness or delight",
": a trance state in which intense absorption (as in religious ideation) is accompanied by loss of sense perception and voluntary control",
": a synthetic amphetamine analog C 11 H 15 NO 2 used illicitly for its mood-enhancing and hallucinogenic properties"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ek-st\u0259-s\u0113",
"\u02c8ek-st\u0259-s\u0113",
"\u02c8ek-st\u0259-s\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"cloud nine",
"elatedness",
"elation",
"euphoria",
"exhilaration",
"heaven",
"high",
"intoxication",
"paradise",
"rapture",
"rhapsody",
"seventh heaven",
"swoon",
"transport"
],
"antonyms":[
"depression"
],
"examples":[
"His performance sent the audience into ecstasies .",
"actors are typically in ecstasy upon winning an Oscar",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the signs offer the promise of ecstasy from within. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"By then, more than 20 years had passed since she was caught with seven ecstasy pills in her purse, and more than 16 since a resultant conviction triggered a final order of deportation. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 May 2022",
"Their inherent order is punctuated by moments of ecstasy . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The investigators also seized over 200 fentanyl pills, 40 ecstasy pills, $7,128 in cash and three firearms, one of which was reported stolen. \u2014 City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Sep. 2021",
"The ecstasy pills were shaped like grenades and Transformers. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 4 Aug. 2021",
"After police handcuffed Oliver and an unidentified female companion, officers discovered a small bottle containing marijuana and several ecstasy pills in his pocket. \u2014 Dale Ellis, Arkansas Online , 20 July 2021",
"Sangok\u2019s quest is found, above all, not in her dream of recording another performance for posterity but in the ecstasy of vision itself. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 5 May 2022",
"The tests showed that, aside from minimal amounts of ecstasy , there were no other drugs in his system. \u2014 Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English exstasie, extasy \"elation,\" borrowed from Middle French extasie, \"stupor, transported state,\" borrowed from Late Latin ecstasis, extasis \"trance, swoon, profound sleep,\" borrowed from Greek \u00e9kstasis \"displacement, mental distraction, astonishment, trance,\" from eksta-, stem of exist\u00e1nai \"to displace, drive out of one's senses, confound,\" ex\u00edstasthai \"to be astonished, lose consciousness\" (from ex- ex- entry 3 + hist\u00e1nai \"to cause to stand, place,\" h\u00edstasthai \"to be standing\") + -sis -sis \u2014 more at stand entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-204759"
},
"egotism":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun",
": the practice of talking about oneself too much",
": an exaggerated sense of self-importance : conceit \u2014 compare egoism sense 2",
": an exaggerated sense of self-importance \u2014 compare egoism sense 2"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0113-g\u0259-\u02ccti-z\u0259m",
"also",
"\u02c8\u0113-g\u0259-\u02cctiz-\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[
"amour propre",
"bighead",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-assumption",
"self-conceit",
"self-congratulation",
"self-esteem",
"self-glory",
"self-importance",
"self-love",
"self-opinion",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"swelled head",
"swellheadedness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity"
],
"antonyms":[
"humbleness",
"humility",
"modesty"
],
"examples":[
"In his egotism he thought everyone was coming just to see him.",
"for someone who has won a Nobel Prize in physics, he is remarkably without egotism",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But Kouchner doesn\u2019t demand we be revolted by her mother\u2019s egotism . \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022",
"Her stubbornness and egotism helped kick-start and prolong the massive prodemocracy protests of 2019. \u2014 Timothy Mclaughlin, The Atlantic , 8 May 2022",
"Former Oscar host Chris Rock appeared secure in his status as Hollywood jester, but his attempt at celeb bonhomie hit the roadblock of unpredictable hip-hop egotism . \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Under the lash of Mami\u2019s disdain, Olga feels even more determined to chase the American Dream while trying to maintain a sense of her Puerto Rican heritage that isn\u2019t soiled by her mother\u2019s egotism . \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Making unsubtle, faulty linkage between Orange Man arrogance and Red Rocket egotism is Baker\u2019s real judgment. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Spielberg\u2019s own career then seemed upended by misguided egotism , not necessarily his own, but that of a faction hiding behind a facetious pretense of moral values and public trust. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 10 Dec. 2021",
"In a profession not without egotism and elitism, Vincent was among the friendliest. \u2014 Joe Lapointe, Detroit Free Press , 31 Dec. 2021",
"Citizens aspired to self-reliance and spiritualized egotism , and the many revolutions of the period facilitated the shift. \u2014 Mark Greif, The Atlantic , 9 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin ego + English -tism (as in idiotism )",
"first_known_use":[
"1714, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-004704"
},
"endeavor":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to attempt (something, such as the fulfillment of an obligation ) by exertion of effort",
": to strive to achieve or reach",
": to work with set purpose",
": serious determined effort",
": activity directed toward a goal : enterprise",
": to make an effort : try hard",
": a serious effort or attempt"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8de-v\u0259r",
"in-\u02c8de-v\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang away",
"beaver (away)",
"dig (away)",
"drudge",
"fag",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slave",
"slog",
"strain",
"strive",
"struggle",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"tug",
"work"
],
"antonyms":[
"assay",
"attempt",
"bash",
"bid",
"crack",
"essay",
"fling",
"go",
"offer",
"pass",
"shot",
"stab",
"trial",
"try",
"whack",
"whirl"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Tim Smeeding, a distinguished economics and public policy professor at UW-Madison, is part of a National Aacademy of Sciences endeavor to study income, wealth and consumption statistics for policy and research purposes. \u2014 Talis Shelbourne, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 Mar. 2022",
"This is the type of thing that a functional modern society should endeavor to provide to its members, regardless of individual ability to pay. \u2014 Amanda Mull, The Atlantic , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The work completed on the F-35 will help keep the United States in the lead as warfighters endeavor to bring other platforms\u2014friendly aircraft, networked UAVs, attritable drones and other warfighting networks\u2014together. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The documents are part of the back-and-forth that occurs over many months as corporations endeavor to convince the government not to file charges. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Feb. 2022",
"On one side, participants endeavor to dismantle a city and kill the occupants. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
"In line with this, the United States can endeavor to find ways to creatively bolster its support for Russian civil society and fund Russian opposition movements. \u2014 Mick Mulroy, ABC News , 26 Feb. 2022",
"In 2022, partly thanks to No Way Home, studios will endeavor to return to it. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 4 Jan. 2022",
"The Hansons training plans endeavor to keep you from falling victim to the less-than-satisfying results that such a haphazard approach to training can produce. \u2014 Keith And Kevin Hanson, Outside Online , 21 Feb. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Social impact investing is though quite different from philanthropy as there is an expectation of return on the investment for those accepting capital for their endeavor or business. \u2014 Michael Gale, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Chavez and Le hope to inspire and help guide other entrepreneurs with their endeavor . \u2014 Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic , 25 May 2022",
"As the world awaits Taylor Swift\u2019s next installment in her six-album re-recording endeavor , the superstar is keeping plenty busy. \u2014 Jason Lipshutz, Billboard , 19 May 2022",
"British officials have spoken about wanting to, at a minimum, see Russia pushed back to its Feb. 23 position and ensure that Russia is seen to have failed in its military endeavor . \u2014 Vivian Salama, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
"This is our third endeavor of trying to put this up. \u2014 Jessi Virtusio, Chicago Tribune , 13 May 2022",
"Cronin said Riley had a cleanup procedure in his knee three days after the season ended but is now fully recovered and training for his next basketball endeavor . \u2014 Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022",
"Ultimately attracting more attention to its newfound endeavor . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 6 May 2022",
"Kravis lean into the relatability of their endeavor , while also adding their trademark touch of absurdity. \u2014 Vogue , 5 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2",
"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-012303"
},
"elfin":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or produced by an elf",
": resembling an elf especially in its tiny size",
": having an otherworldly or magical quality or charm",
": relating to elves"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8el-f\u0259n",
"\u02c8el-f\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluring",
"appealing",
"attractive",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charismatic",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"engaging",
"entrancing",
"fascinating",
"fetching",
"glamorous",
"glamourous",
"luring",
"magnetic",
"seductive"
],
"antonyms":[
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repelling",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"unalluring"
],
"examples":[
"They were delighted with the child's elfin charm.",
"the heroine in the story has an elfin beauty that men find irresistible",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Precisely the sorts of things that a federal coronavirus task force and its elfin leader should be focused on, in other words. \u2014 Libby Watson, The New Republic , 15 May 2020",
"Before leading me on a tour of the outdoor sets and soundstages, Logan, an elfin presence with a demeanor that splits the difference between fanatical and very nice, greeted me at his office in a repurposed hacienda. \u2014 Alexis Soloski, New York Times , 24 Apr. 2020",
"The elfin Smart car made a noble stab at our market, but is leaving it while remaining in Europe. \u2014 Tom Voelk, New York Times , 4 Mar. 2020",
"Advocates say the change, which the agency wants to make permanent, softens protections for the New England cottontail, golden eagle, frosted elfin butterfly and other animals along with some that are subject to separate federal protections. \u2014 USA TODAY , 20 Feb. 2020",
"Cunningham was easily both, and Bozek\u2019s film\u2014narrated by Sarah Jessica Parker\u2014captures both his artistry and his fizzy, elfin charm. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 14 Feb. 2020",
"The road winds up the mountain through the elfin forest of red shank ribbonwood that were carpeting the hills with a pale yellow-green hue from the tiny blossoms on the plant. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 Sep. 2019",
"The new story follows three elfin Gelflings who discover the horrifying secret behind the malevolent Skeksis\u2019 power. \u2014 Mark Dawidziak, cleveland.com , 24 Aug. 2019",
"Over his nearly five decades with the Spurs, Pete Anton Sr., an elfin figure in a sport of giants, was a constant, delightful presence. \u2014 John Maccormack, ExpressNews.com , 24 Aug. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"irregular from elf ",
"first_known_use":[
"1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-061939"
},
"emanate":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to come out from a source",
": emit",
": to come out from a source",
": to give off or out",
": to come out from a source",
": to give out or emit"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t",
"\u02c8e-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t",
"\u02c8em-\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t"
],
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"cast",
"discharge",
"emit",
"evolve",
"exhale",
"expel",
"expire",
"give out",
"irradiate",
"issue",
"radiate",
"release",
"send (out)",
"shoot",
"throw out",
"vent"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Good smells emanated from the kitchen.",
"Constant criticism has emanated from her opponents.",
"Happiness seems to emanate from her.",
"She seems to emanate happiness.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The plan drew significant opposition from neighbors, who objected to the bright light that would emanate from the tower at night and to the increased traffic and noise from delivery trucks. \u2014 Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune , 29 May 2022",
"Crowd noise can overwhelm the low-fidelity sounds that emanate from the stadium speakers. \u2014 David M. Zimmer, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The goal of leadership is to inspire relevant conversations, even when those conversations do not emanate from us. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"And finally, when Professor X uses his telepathic power to show Doctor Strange what happened to their Stephen Strange on Earth-838, circular ripples emanate from his forehead, just like when the character used his powers in the cartoon. \u2014 Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 May 2022",
"Battlefield directions will no longer emanate from the Kremlin or Moscow but from a field headquarters. \u2014 Mark Kimmitt, WSJ , 13 Apr. 2022",
"While shooting stars will emanate from Lyra, to see the best meteors trailing away from that spot, don\u2019t look directly into the constellation, but toward the northeast. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The disconnect sometimes extends to immigration and climate, too, amid concerns about border security in the Latino community here and anxiety about some Democrats' embrace of the Green New Deal in a region where jobs emanate from oil and gas. \u2014 Tamir Kalifa For Cnn, CNN , 27 Feb. 2022",
"The show will emanate from its usual home, the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, for the first time since 2019. \u2014 Paul Grein, Billboard , 8 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin emanatus , past participle of emanare , from e- + manare to flow",
"first_known_use":[
"1756, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-064546"
},
"exciting":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": producing excitement",
": producing excitement"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8s\u012b-ti\u014b",
"ik-\u02c8s\u012b-ti\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"breathtaking",
"charged",
"electric",
"electrifying",
"exhilarating",
"exhilarative",
"galvanic",
"galvanizing",
"hair-raising",
"heart-stopping",
"inspiring",
"intoxicating",
"kicky",
"mind-bending",
"mind-blowing",
"mind-boggling",
"rip-roaring",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"stirring",
"thrilling"
],
"antonyms":[
"unexciting"
],
"examples":[
"an exciting trip to Africa",
"an exciting account of her adventures",
"This isn't a very exciting book.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There are more ways to find cheaper therapy today, and that\u2019s exciting . \u2014 Jennifer Chen, SELF , 16 June 2022",
"The band should be well tuned and the drinks flowing for several novels in this exciting new series. \u2014 Sun Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
"While the state championship is great and exciting , the win that everyone wanted including Maisy. \u2014 Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun , 16 June 2022",
"Just having the freedom to explore more styles and techniques, combined with the boost of confidence the first game gave me, made the whole process very exciting . \u2014 Josh Chesler, SPIN , 15 June 2022",
"Other innovations are equally as exciting , revolutionary, and sometimes even life-changing. \u2014 Serenity Gibbons, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Taking the best of every world and creating something new, exciting , with concepts never seen before. \u2014 Emiliano De Pablos, Variety , 6 June 2022",
"The technology rolling out at breakneck speed is new, untested, risky, exciting and rewarding. \u2014 Denise (ajayi) Williams, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"The future is exciting , and our city and fan base have embraced this new generation of incredible young players. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 2 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1647, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-104927"
},
"envoy":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a minister plenipotentiary accredited to a foreign government who ranks between an ambassador and a minister resident",
": a person delegated to represent one government in its dealings with another",
": messenger , representative",
": a representative sent by one government to another",
": messenger"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8en-\u02ccv\u022fi",
"\u02c8\u00e4n-",
"\u02c8en-\u02ccv\u022fi",
"\u02c8\u00e4n-"
],
"synonyms":[
"agent",
"ambassador",
"delegate",
"emissary",
"legate",
"minister",
"representative"
],
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"examples":[
"the president sent the secretary of state as his personal envoy to gain the support of the country's allies",
"one of the hostage takers was chosen as the group's envoy for all dealings with the authorities",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In particular, Mary\u2019s struggle to reconcile her love for her brother with that for her Catholic faith eventually gives Garai more to do than cry with frustration, especially with the introduction of Pedro (Ekow Quartey), a concerned Spanish envoy . \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 10 June 2022",
"The subprefecture of some remote French region may not be the dream of a polished polyglot envoy . \u2014 Roger Cohen, BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022",
"Over the weekend, a video went viral of actor Angelina Jolie \u2014 a special envoy of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees \u2014 meeting orphans in Lviv as sirens blared in the background. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
"The junta has refused to allow her visits, including by a special Southeast Asian envoy trying to end the crisis. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Dawn reported that the document that Khan was referring to was a cable sent by a former Pakistani envoy to the U.S. who said he was warned by a U.S. official of serious consequences if Khan survived the no-confidence vote. \u2014 Kamran Haider, Bloomberg.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The State Department\u2019s announcement this month said that Biden\u2019s special envoy for hostage affairs would lead an interagency team to secure Griner\u2019s release. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
"State Department spokesman Ned Price on Wednesday confirmed that Ibrahim met with Roger Carstens, the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs. \u2014 Suzan Haidamous, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
"Roger Carstens, the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, who leads the interagency team that\u2019s working for Griner\u2019s release, had no comment. \u2014 Gerald Posner, Forbes , 19 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French envoy\u00e9 , from past participle of envoyer to send, from Old French enveier ",
"first_known_use":[
"1635, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-105028"
},
"emulsion":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a system (such as fat in milk) consisting of a liquid dispersed with or without an emulsifier in an immiscible liquid usually in droplets of larger than colloidal size",
": the state of such a system",
": suspension sense 2b(3)",
": a suspension of a sensitive silver salt or a mixture of silver halides in a viscous medium (such as a gelatin solution) forming a coating on photographic plates, film, or paper",
": two liquids mixed together so that tiny drops of one liquid are scattered throughout the other",
": a system (as fat in milk) consisting of a liquid dispersed with or without an emulsifier in an immiscible liquid usually in droplets of larger than colloidal size",
": the state of such a system",
": suspension sense 2",
": a suspension of a sensitive silver salt or a mixture of halides of silver in a viscous medium (as a gelatin solution) forming a coating on photographic plates, film, or paper"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8m\u0259l-sh\u0259n",
"i-\u02c8m\u0259l-sh\u0259n",
"i-\u02c8m\u0259l-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"admixture",
"alloy",
"amalgam",
"amalgamation",
"blend",
"cocktail",
"combination",
"composite",
"compound",
"conflation",
"fusion",
"intermixture",
"meld",
"mix",
"mixture",
"synthesis"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"milk is basically an oil-in-water emulsion",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Miller, a Little Rock lawyer who now lives in South Carolina, said bacteria was eating away at the animal-gelatin emulsion on the negatives. \u2014 Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online , 27 May 2022",
"Castletownbere salmon comes on a sourdough crisp with a light buttermilk and horseradish emulsion . \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"Starting as a gel that is massaged into an oil, the Genius Anti-Aging Melting Cleanser turns into a milky emulsion when in contact with water. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"The stars include a trio of handmade blue corn tortillas piled with marinated tuna, shaved red onion and avocado and lashed with a creamy citrus emulsion . \u2014 Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
"Then apply water to create a milky emulsion that will rinse away all debris and impurities. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"Jung made a shrimp boil dish with an andouille sausage emulsion and crispy potatoes. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 12 May 2022",
"Avgolemono, a delicate emulsion of eggs and lemon juice added at the very last moment, provides the velvety texture and vibrant flavor in this riff on a classic. \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2022",
"Or for tuna tartare and mussels in vadouvan curry, cuttlefish ink spaghetti with uni and salmon with pork belly, spring peas, fava beans, and fiddleheads in a carbonara emulsion . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 6 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"New Latin emulsion-, emulsio , from Latin emulg\u0113re to milk out, from e- + mulg\u0113re to milk; akin to Old English melcan to milk, Greek amelgein ",
"first_known_use":[
"1612, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-105554"
},
"entranceway":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": entryway"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8en-tr\u0259n(t)s-\u02ccw\u0101"
],
"synonyms":[
"entry",
"entryway",
"foyer",
"hall",
"hallway",
"lobby",
"vestibule"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the visitor thoughtfully removed her snow-covered hat and gloves in the entranceway",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Photos showed damage to an Aldi Grocery Store, with debris crowding a crushed entranceway . \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 22 May 2022",
"Photos also showed damage to an Aldi Grocery Store, with debris crowding a crushed entranceway . \u2014 Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press , 21 May 2022",
"Performances will take place in three spaces \u2014 Unity House, the entranceway , and the sanctuary. \u2014 Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com , 15 Feb. 2022",
"The solo work features Elijah Guardiola, a member of Banks\u2019 company since 2019, who will perform at the entranceway . \u2014 Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Located in the main event entranceway and vestibule at the school, the new display honors the rich history of Warriors athletic teams. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 26 Jan. 2022",
"The Ways and what were once cracked stone steps leading to nowhere turn into an entranceway into the dark unknown. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Future phases at the venue will include semi-permanent seating, landscaping with a brick entranceway and walking paths, art installations, a playground and a concession stand, as well as improvements to the pavilion. \u2014 Linda Girardi, chicagotribune.com , 17 Aug. 2021",
"It was held in the echoing marble entranceway of the Public Library just atop Bryant Park, erstwhile home of New York Fashion Week, the stairs outside speckled once more with street-style photographers. \u2014 New York Times , 29 June 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1800, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-105922"
},
"exasperating":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": causing strong feelings of irritation or annoyance"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8za-sp\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101-ti\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"abrasive",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"carking",
"chafing",
"disturbing",
"frustrating",
"galling",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"maddening",
"nettlesome",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pesky",
"pestiferous",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"pesty",
"plaguey",
"plaguy",
"rankling",
"rebarbative",
"riling",
"vexatious",
"vexing"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1592, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-110156"
},
"economic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or based on the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services",
": of or relating to an economy",
": of or relating to economics",
": economical sense 1",
": having practical or industrial significance or uses : affecting material resources",
": profitable",
": of or relating to a household or its management",
": of or relating to the study of economics",
": relating to or based on the making, selling, and using of goods and services"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce-k\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4-mik",
"\u02cc\u0113-k\u0259-",
"\u02cce-k\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4-mik",
"\u02cc\u0113-"
],
"synonyms":[
"fat",
"gainful",
"juicy",
"lucrative",
"money-spinning",
"moneymaking",
"paying",
"profitable",
"remunerative"
],
"antonyms":[
"unprofitable"
],
"examples":[
"a program to prevent inflation and economic collapse",
"the President's chief economic adviser",
"We're looking for a more economic way of doing business.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Refugees living in the camp continue to stay in the country due to the economic and political problems in Afghanistan. \u2014 Camilo Montoya-galvez, CBS News , 20 June 2022",
"The economic and political effects generated by COVID-19 have caused discomfort and frustration in people, something Petro and other politicians have taken advantage of. \u2014 Fox News , 18 June 2022",
"The country already has an agreement in place to develop close economic and political ties with the bloc but Kyiv\u2019s pursuit of full membership has been hampered by historic opposition from Moscow. \u2014 Robert Hart, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"That has caused growing complaints from EU officials and politicians in the west Balkans that the EU enlargement process is no longer credible and is losing its power to encourage economic and political reforms. \u2014 Laurence Norman, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"And some of those candidates, including Vice President Kamala Harris, are now weighed down by new questions about their viability and do not appear to be strong candidates against Trump in the current economic and political environment. \u2014 Julian Zelizer, CNN , 16 June 2022",
"President Biden and leaders of Latin American countries signed a new agreement to confront the consequences of mass migration, making specific numerical pledges to allow more people fleeing political and economic strife to cross their borders. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"The findings come as inflation takes center stage as a leading economic and political hurdle for the Biden administration. \u2014 Jacob Bogage, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"As in those cities, there is severe residential segregation, which keeps Black and white residents living in different social, economic , and political realities. \u2014 Keeanga-yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1599, in the meaning defined at sense 5"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-111414"
},
"enervate":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated",
": to reduce the mental or moral vigor of",
": to lessen the vitality or strength of",
": to cut the nerves or tendons of",
": to lessen the vitality or strength of"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8n\u0259r-v\u0259t",
"\u02c8e-n\u0259r-\u02ccv\u0101t",
"\u02c8en-\u0259r-\u02ccv\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"castrate",
"damp",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"devitalize",
"geld",
"lobotomize",
"petrify"
],
"antonyms":[
"brace",
"energize",
"enliven",
"invigorate",
"quicken",
"stimulate",
"vitalize",
"vivify"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"a lifetime of working in dreary jobs had enervated his very soul",
"the surgery really enervated me for weeks afterwards",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"This relationship, when successful, tends to enervate mediating institutions that thwart the immediate desires of both the populist leader and the public. \u2014 Cameron Hilditch, National Review , 28 Feb. 2021",
"The saving grace of this often enervating thriller is that Doscher grants time for his actors to build character and intimacy, and both Pinto and Odom offer warm, affectingly natural performances as two people facing the end of their world. \u2014 Teo Bugbee, New York Times , 5 Mar. 2020",
"To a great extent, that reflects the endless, enervating nature of the Brexit debate. \u2014 Mark Landler, New York Times , 31 Jan. 2020",
"Jack\u2019s enervating recovery in The Way Back is full of drab, predictable pathos instead of the stylized drama in Dawn of Justice. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 6 Mar. 2020",
"Perhaps the most intimate of these photographs presents her after a shower, wet and enervated , rubbing a cloth across her reflection in a mirror, as though the condensation were crud. \u2014 Eren Orbey, The New Yorker , 6 Feb. 2020",
"Then again, enervating her supporters has been Madonna\u2019s M.O. in recent years. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 3 July 2019",
"But the art which resists the slow sap of a chronic disease\u2014which repairs frames enervated by lust, swollen by gluttony, or inflamed by wine . . \u2014 Chris Pope, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2019",
"Such behavior is particularly enervating when the West aims to bring new countries into permanent and universal\u2014that is, Western-style\u2014guarantees of security and systems of relations. \u2014 I. William Zartman, WSJ , 24 June 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"1603, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-112454"
},
"equable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": marked by lack of variation or change : uniform",
": marked by lack of noticeable, unpleasant, or extreme variation or inequality"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-kw\u0259-b\u0259l",
"\u02c8\u0113-"
],
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"clement",
"genial",
"gentle",
"mild",
"moderate",
"soft",
"temperate"
],
"antonyms":[
"harsh",
"inclement",
"intemperate",
"severe"
],
"examples":[
"an area with an equable climate would be our first choice for a place in which to settle"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin aequabilis , from aequare to make level or equal, from aequus ",
"first_known_use":[
"1677, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-112617"
},
"ear":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun ()",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": the characteristic vertebrate organ of hearing and equilibrium consisting in the typical mammal of a sound-collecting outer ear separated by the tympanic membrane from a sound-transmitting middle ear that in turn is separated from a sensory inner ear by membranous fenestrae",
": any of various organs (as of a fish) capable of detecting vibratory motion",
": the external ear of humans and most mammals",
": the sense or act of hearing",
": acuity of hearing",
": sensitivity to musical tone and pitch",
": the ability to retain and reproduce music that has been heard",
": sensitivity to nuances of language especially as revealed in the command of verbal melody and rhythm or in the ability to render a spoken idiom accurately",
": something resembling a mammalian ear in shape, position, or function: such as",
": a projecting part (such as a lug or handle)",
": either of a pair of tufts of lengthened feathers on the head of some birds",
": attention , awareness",
": a space in the upper corner of the front page of a periodical (such as a newspaper) usually containing advertising for the periodical itself or a weather forecast",
": a person who listens : listener",
": eagerly listening",
": without reference to or memorization of written music",
": through one's mind without making an impression",
": in or into a state of irritation, shock, or discord",
": deeply involved : heavily implicated",
": the fruiting spike of a cereal (such as wheat or corn) including both the seeds and protective structures",
": to form ears in growing",
": the organ of hearing and balance of vertebrates that in most mammals is made up of an outer part that collects sound, a middle part that carries sound, and an inner part that receives sound and sends nerve signals to the brain",
": the outer part of the ear",
": the sense of hearing",
": willing or sympathetic attention",
": the seed-bearing head of a cereal grass",
": the characteristic vertebrate organ of hearing and equilibrium consisting in the typical mammal of a sound-collecting outer ear separated by the tympanic membrane from a sound-transmitting middle ear that in turn is separated from a sensory inner ear by membranous fenestrae",
": the external ear of humans and most mammals",
": a human earlobe",
": the sense or act of hearing",
": acuity of hearing"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ir",
"\u02c8ir",
"\u02c8i(\u0259)r"
],
"synonyms":[
"advertence",
"advertency",
"attention",
"awareness",
"cognizance",
"consciousness",
"eye",
"heed",
"knowledge",
"mindfulness",
"note",
"notice",
"observance",
"observation"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun (2)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-113203"
},
"extinction":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act of making extinct or causing to be extinguished",
": the condition or fact of being extinct or extinguished",
": the process of becoming extinct",
": the process of eliminating or reducing a conditioned response by not reinforcing it",
": the state of being, becoming, or making extinct",
": the process of becoming extinct",
": the condition or fact of being extinct",
": the process of eliminating or reducing a conditioned response by not reinforcing it"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8sti\u014b(k)-sh\u0259n",
"ik-\u02c8sti\u014bk-sh\u0259n",
"ik-\u02c8sti\u014b(k)-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilation",
"decimation",
"demolishment",
"demolition",
"desolation",
"destruction",
"devastation",
"extermination",
"havoc",
"loss",
"mincemeat",
"obliteration",
"ruin",
"ruination",
"wastage",
"wreckage"
],
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"building",
"construction",
"erection",
"raising"
],
"examples":[
"the extinction of all life in the region",
"the extinction of many old traditions",
"Mass extinctions of prehistoric animals are known to have occurred.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Refreshingly, these creatures are not threatened with extinction but are thriving thanks to the overfishing of the ocean which has eliminated many of their predators. \u2014 Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"The move comes after state biologists in April recommended against designating the iconic plant as threatened with extinction . \u2014 Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
"So, any observation, no matter how unusual, helps researchers understand how the creatures, threatened with extinction , may spend their time, per Science Alert. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 12 May 2022",
"Of the 10,196 species assessed, scientists found that at least 1,829 (21%) of species were threatened with extinction . \u2014 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY , 27 Apr. 2022",
"More than 1 in 5 species of reptiles worldwide are threatened with extinction , according to a comprehensive new assessment of thousands of species published Wednesday in the journal Nature. \u2014 Christina Larson, ajc , 27 Apr. 2022",
"For The Conservation of Nature estimates there are 432 species of sharks, with 33% of them threatened with extinction of species. \u2014 Louise Schiavone, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The 2020 law affecting Medicaid followed years of complaints from community pharmacists who say the PBM business practices leave smaller, independent pharmacies threatened with extinction . \u2014 Deborah Yetter, The Courier-Journal , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Wildlife service officials now say malathion could cause limited harm to hundreds of species, but is unlikely to jeopardize any of them with extinction as long as labels that dictate its use are changed. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 8 Mar. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-113223"
},
"eccentric":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways",
": deviating from an established or usual pattern or style",
": deviating from a circular path",
": elliptical sense 1",
": located elsewhere than at the geometric center",
": having the axis or support so located",
": a person who behaves in odd or unusual ways : an eccentric person",
": a mechanical device consisting of an eccentric (see eccentric entry 1 sense 2b ) disk communicating its motion to a rod so as to produce reciprocating motion",
": acting or thinking strangely",
": not of the usual or normal kind",
": a person who behaves strangely",
": deviating from an established pattern or from accepted usage or conduct",
": an eccentric individual"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8sen-trik",
"ek-",
"ik-\u02c8sen-trik",
"ek-",
"ik-\u02c8sen-trik, ek-"
],
"synonyms":[
"bizarre",
"bizarro",
"cranky",
"crazy",
"curious",
"erratic",
"far-out",
"funky",
"funny",
"kinky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"odd",
"off-kilter",
"off-the-wall",
"offbeat",
"out-of-the-way",
"outlandish",
"outr\u00e9",
"peculiar",
"quaint",
"queer",
"queerish",
"quirky",
"remarkable",
"rum",
"screwy",
"spaced-out",
"strange",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"weird",
"weirdo",
"wild"
],
"antonyms":[
"character",
"codger",
"crack",
"crackbrain",
"crackpot",
"crank",
"flake",
"fruitcake",
"head case",
"kook",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"nutter",
"oddball",
"oddity",
"original",
"quiz",
"screwball",
"weirdo",
"zany"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Musk takes control of the digital town square Musk, an eccentric billionaire with a history of courting controversy on and off Twitter, has personally pitched the acquisition in soaring rhetoric. \u2014 Brian Fung, CNN , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Day portrayed the eccentric billionaire as stilted and awkward. \u2014 William Earl, Variety , 16 Apr. 2022",
"In the hours after Agrawal announced that Musk would not join Twitter\u2019s board, the eccentric billionaire deleted many of his recent tweets about the social media platform. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 11 Apr. 2022",
"She\u2019s kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire (Radcliffe), and a real-life adventure ensues. \u2014 Pamela Mcclintock, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Mar. 2022",
"The Lost City, centered on a reclusive romance novelist (Bullock) who gets swept up into a kooky jungle adventure after an eccentric billionaire (Radcliffe) kidnaps her to find an ancient city's treasure, featured in her latest novel. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Naples, Italy, The Hand of God follows Fabietto Schisa (played by Filippo Scotti), a teenager with an eccentric family. \u2014 Sheena Scott, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
"The hilarious, gay holiday rom-com centers on the antics of Peter's eccentric family as the pair of best friends begin to see their romantic potential. \u2014 Alamin Yohannes, EW.com , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Charm Circle is a cin\u00e9ma v\u00e9rit\u00e9 portrait of an eccentric New York Jewish family navigating the chaos that divides them. \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 22 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The game of baseball has always had a special place for the eccentric . \u2014 Leigh Montville, WSJ , 26 May 2022",
"And this Spring/Summer 2022 is all about high/low, bold, the look for less and an abundance of attitude \u2014 a playground for the good, the great and the eccentric . \u2014 Tyrus Townsend, Essence , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Most people and the press interpreted a grown man conversing with an inanimate object in front of 48,000 fans as colorful or eccentric . \u2014 Demetria Gallegos, WSJ , 14 May 2022",
"First, the bench stops your arms from descending too far during the eccentric (lowering) part of the movement. \u2014 Kirk Charles, Men's Health , 24 May 2022",
"Perhaps not surprisingly, considering the impracticality of such a project at the time, three of the earliest calls came from a maverick, an eccentric and a madman. \u2014 Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 Mar. 2022",
"The Duke Jim Broadbent plays a British eccentric accused of pilfering a Goya painting, while Helen Mirren is his long-suffering wife. \u2014 Wsj Arts, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
"In 1890, a mustachioed eccentric named Eugene Schieffelin released a few dozen European starlings into New York City. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Swedish skier Henrik Harlaut is known as an eccentric on the slopes. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 9 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"circa 1630, in the meaning defined at sense 1b",
"Noun",
"1827, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-113405"
},
"energized":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make energetic , vigorous, or active",
": to impart energy to",
": to apply voltage to",
": to put forth energy : act",
": to give the ability to be active to : give energy to"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-n\u0259r-\u02ccj\u012bz",
"\u02c8e-n\u0259r-\u02ccj\u012bz"
],
"synonyms":[
"amp (up)",
"animate",
"brace",
"enliven",
"fillip",
"fire",
"ginger (up)",
"invigorate",
"jazz (up)",
"juice up",
"jump-start",
"liven (up)",
"pep (up)",
"quicken",
"spike",
"stimulate",
"vitalize",
"vivify",
"zip (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"damp",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dull",
"kill"
],
"examples":[
"His rousing speech energized the crowd.",
"You'll feel more energized after a bit of exercise.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Common sense dictates that that's not clever -- especially not for a CEO who's paid big bucks to motivate and energize . \u2014 CNN , 9 June 2022",
"The move came after Martin helped energize the bench over the first half of the season, before injuries began to exact a toll. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 5 June 2022",
"Whether used to wall off sleeping quarters in a loft or hung as art, considering clever room divider ideas can help energize a room. \u2014 Marisa Martin, Good Housekeeping , 31 May 2022",
"The organization is hoping that the gift will energize people to get involved. \u2014 Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star , 24 May 2022",
"Some proposals have broad support within the party, but others have divided progressives and moderates, with each wing making different arguments about what will energize or repel voters in November. \u2014 Andrew Restuccia, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Others have countered that loan forgiveness would energize young voters and provide an economic boost to low-income and minority borrowers, according to people familiar with the discussions. \u2014 Andrew Restuccia, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
"Democratic campaign officials immediately turned to the fall elections with the hope that the impending end of Roe v. Wade would energize young voters and turn Republican-leaning women in the suburbs against the G.O.P. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
"Bold contrasting colors, personal collections, and smart storage blend in rooms that both soothe and energize . \u2014 Mallory Abreu, Better Homes & Gardens , 17 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1865, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-115350"
},
"effluvium":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an invisible emanation",
": an offensive exhalation or smell",
": a by-product especially in the form of waste",
": an invisible emanation",
": an offensive exhalation or smell"
],
"pronounciation":[
"e-\u02c8fl\u00fc-v\u0113-\u0259m",
"e-\u02c8fl\u00fc-v\u0113-\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaff",
"deadwood",
"debris",
"dreck",
"drek",
"dross",
"dust",
"garbage",
"junk",
"litter",
"offal",
"offscouring",
"raffle",
"refuse",
"riffraff",
"rubbish",
"scrap",
"spilth",
"trash",
"truck",
"waste"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the effluvia from local sewage treatment plants polluting the river",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Telogen effluvium is hair loss caused by high stress, surgeries or other internal issues like thyroid problems or vitamin D deficiency. \u2014 Garrett Munce, Men's Health , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Then there\u2019s Telogen effluvium , or TE, a condition where a physical or emotional stress leads to a rapid shedding of the hair, especially along the temples and sides of the scalp. \u2014 Kristin Auble, Vogue , 22 Sep. 2021",
"Over the eight decades of Hanford\u2019s existence, radioactive waste has seeped into the groundwater and radioactive effluvium has been released into the air that has blown for miles. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 Oct. 2021",
"Anagen effluvium is a nonscarring alopecia that affects the follicle in the growth stage when hair suffers a toxic shock (such as chemotherapy), fracturing the shaft in its active growth stage. \u2014 Kristin Auble, Vogue , 22 Sep. 2021",
"Telogen effluvium can be triggered by major stress, vitamin deficiencies, and the inevitable decrease in estrogen that occurs after delivery, the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) explains. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 20 May 2021",
"Telogen effluvium is technically hair shedding rather than full-on hair loss, SELF explained previously. \u2014 Sarah Jacoby, SELF , 11 Aug. 2020",
"The delayed result, a form of diffuse hair loss called telogen effluvium , was causing her hair to fall out in frightening clumps. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Feb. 2020",
"But this work\u2014to hold power to account, to safeguard the truth, to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable, in Finley Peter Dunne\u2019s immortal words\u2014has entered into a fatal bargain with an effluvium that demeans and yet supports it. \u2014 Greg Jackson, Harper's magazine , 6 Jan. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin effluvium act of flowing out, from effluere ",
"first_known_use":[
"1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-115743"
},
"exhilarate":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make (someone) very happy and excited or elated",
": to make cheerful or excited"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8zi-l\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
"ig-\u02c8zi-l\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"charge",
"electrify",
"excite",
"galvanize",
"intoxicate",
"pump up",
"thrill",
"titillate",
"turn on"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the exhilarating feeling of flying that hang gliding offers",
"the climactic moment of commencement ceremonies usually exhilarates graduates and proud parents alike",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What did devastate and exhilarate , all these years, was Issa and Molly. \u2014 The New Yorker , 22 Nov. 2021",
"Such applications of ambiguous irony allow President Trump to embarrass conventional media in ways that exhilarate his supporters. \u2014 Dan Brooks, New York Times , 7 Oct. 2020",
"That said, don\u2019t expect to exhilarate in the Ghost\u2019s ability to carve canyon roads. \u2014 Hannah Elliott, Bloomberg.com , 30 Sep. 2020",
"Like so many elements of this wise, empathetic, exhilarating show, the title, in its specificity, radiates a vitality that\u2019s universal. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 22 Apr. 2020",
"If anything she was exhilarated at the way her staff at the Providence Portland emergency room performed under considerable pressure. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 Apr. 2020",
"The terrain is exhilarating , with punchy climbs; long, leisurely downhills; and minimal traffic. \u2014 National Geographic , 22 Jan. 2020",
"In these exhilarating , vertiginous landscapes, technology triumphs, and the individual human being has vanished. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 5 Jan. 2020",
"The production values, at their best, are exhilarating . \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 6 Apr. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin exhilaratus , past participle of exhilarare , from ex- + hilarare to gladden, from hilarus cheerful \u2014 more at hilarious ",
"first_known_use":[
"1540, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-120910"
},
"educate":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to provide schooling for",
": to train by formal instruction and supervised practice especially in a skill, trade, or profession",
": to develop mentally, morally, or aesthetically especially by instruction",
": to provide with information : inform",
": to persuade or condition to feel, believe, or act in a desired way",
": to educate a person or thing",
": to provide schooling for",
": to develop the mind and morals of especially by formal instruction : teach",
": to provide with necessary information"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-j\u0259-\u02cck\u0101t",
"\u02c8e-j\u0259-\u02cck\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"indoctrinate",
"instruct",
"lesson",
"school",
"teach",
"train",
"tutor"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Parents trust schools to educate their children.",
"The job of our public schools is to educate .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In April, FutureEd, a think tank at Georgetown University\u2019s McCourt School of Public Policy, released an analysis of spending plans from almost 4,000 school districts that educate 65 percent of the country\u2019s public school students. \u2014 Daniella Silva, NBC News , 10 June 2022",
"Equally important, IDShield has an educative blog section that can educate you into making fewer ID security mistakes. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
"The Alabama Football Coaches Association has partnered with an information company that can educate high school coaches on the constant challenges of navigating Name, Image and Likeness contracts. \u2014 Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al , 10 May 2022",
"CDOs are also playing the long game by making investments that educate their employees on tech-agnostic fundamentals like critical thinking or basic data terminology. \u2014 Andrew Beers, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"This comes at great cost to the institutions that educate young doctors and to the young people who are willing to submit to this grueling process. \u2014 Christin Drake, STAT , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Additionally, the league and the NCAA are in the process of launching a collaborative effort that will educate high school athletes on eligibility requirements for continuing their careers on the collegiate level. \u2014 Mike Jones, USA TODAY , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Today, the San Diego Zoo and many others have exhibits that educate visitors about animals, their native habitats, and how humans are responsible for protecting both. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Connecticut now has 86 magnet schools, which educate nearly 40,000 students in grades Pre-K through 12, and 3.5 million students attend magnet schools nationwide. \u2014 Seamus Mcavoy, courant.com , 17 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, to rear, from Latin educatus , past participle of educare to rear, educate, from educere to lead forth \u2014 more at educe ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-121311"
},
"emaciate":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to cause to lose flesh so as to become very thin",
": to make feeble",
": to waste away physically",
": to cause to lose flesh so as to become very thin",
": to waste away physically"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8m\u0101-sh\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
"-\u02c8m\u0101-s\u0113-",
"i-\u02c8m\u0101-sh\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"decay",
"droop",
"fade",
"fail",
"flag",
"go",
"lag",
"languish",
"sag",
"sink",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt",
"wither"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"without adequate medical supplies, doctors could only look on helplessly as cholera victims continued to emaciate",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Many were emaciated , unlike the examples in the current study. \u2014 Joshua Sokol, New York Times , 25 Feb. 2020",
"Three of them were severely malnourished and the rest were emaciated , according to the Sheriff's Office. \u2014 James Carr, azcentral , 21 Feb. 2020",
"Detectives noted that much of the food in the home was locked away and that James' body was emaciated when found. \u2014 Sarah Sarder, Houston Chronicle , 18 Feb. 2020",
"Scores of common murres, one of the most prolific seabirds, washed up on beaches, and many were emaciated , the researchers said. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 Jan. 2020",
"The 6-month-old calico and her sibling were found to be emaciated , with low body temperatures and stomach issues. \u2014 Arizona Republic, azcentral , 22 Nov. 2019",
"Since the creature seemed healthy and wasn't emaciated , police released him in a wooded area nearby. \u2014 Author: Antonia Noori Farzan, Anchorage Daily News , 21 June 2019",
"Rocket was an owner surrender that came to Wizard of Paws Wildlife emaciated , with a collar growing into his neck. \u2014 Kelly Wilkinson, Indianapolis Star , 27 Aug. 2019",
"Since the creature seemed healthy and wasn't emaciated , police released him in a wooded area nearby. \u2014 Author: Antonia Noori Farzan, Anchorage Daily News , 21 June 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin emaciatus , past participle of emaciare , from e- + macies leanness, from macer lean \u2014 more at meager ",
"first_known_use":[
"1646, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-121430"
},
"exhale":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to rise or be given off as vapor",
": to emit breath or vapor",
": to breathe out",
": to give forth (gaseous matter) : emit",
": to cause to be emitted in vapor",
": to breathe out",
": to send forth : give off",
": to emit breath or vapor",
": to breathe out"
],
"pronounciation":[
"eks-\u02c8h\u0101l",
"ek-\u02c8s\u0101l",
"eks-\u02c8h\u0101l",
"eks-\u02c8(h)\u0101(\u0259)l"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow (out)",
"breathe (out)",
"expel",
"expire"
],
"antonyms":[
"inbreathe",
"inhale",
"inspire"
],
"examples":[
"She inhaled deeply and exhaled slowly, trying to relax.",
"before answering, the suspect exhaled a cloud of cigarette smoke",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Inhale through your nose for the count of four, and exhale through your mouth for the count of six. \u2014 Jeannine Amber, Essence , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Inhale gently and then exhale fully, but not forcefully. \u2014 Dana Santas, CNN , 7 July 2021",
"During the doldrums, the grid will exhale , driving energy to factories, homes, offices, and devices. \u2014 Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Someone coughing and sneezing will exhale droplets that can transmit the virus. \u2014 Katia Hetter, CNN , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Inhale, then exhale and pull your belly button in towards your spine. \u2014 Jenny Mccoy, SELF , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The brace came off, and Jamail Spivey Jr. could exhale . \u2014 Matt Goul, cleveland , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Contract pelvic floor muscles and hold for 3 counts, then exhale and return to starting position. \u2014 Tiffany Ayuda, Health.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Soon, the Bruins were back up by 11 points and everybody could exhale . \u2014 Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times , 21 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English exalen , from Latin exhalare , from ex- + halare to breathe",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-123434"
},
"efficient":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": productive of desired effects",
": capable of producing desired results with little or no waste (as of time or materials)",
": being or involving the immediate agent in producing an effect",
": capable of bringing about a desired result with little waste (as of time or energy)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8fi-sh\u0259nt",
"i-\u02c8fi-sh\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"effective",
"effectual",
"efficacious",
"fruitful",
"operative",
"potent",
"productive"
],
"antonyms":[
"fruitless",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"inefficient",
"inoperative",
"unfruitful",
"unproductive",
"useless"
],
"examples":[
"Like a page-turner of a novel, [Nomar] Garciaparra keeps you eager to see what comes next, especially this season, when he will have the most efficient RBI machine in baseball, free-agent signee Manny Ramirez, riding shotgun with him. \u2014 Tom Verducci , Sports Illustrated , 5 Mar. 2001",
"Short and muscular, he is as efficient as a surgeon, cracking eggs with one hand and tossing the shells into the basket under the counter behind him without looking, flipping bread into the slots of a row of toasters, and literally throwing \"to go\" orders ten feet down the counter to the guy manning the cash register. \u2014 Paul Baumann , Commonweal , 18 July 1997",
"Wilde was wearing two emeralds, \u2026 one on the little finger of each hand. That on the left was the efficient cause of all joys, that on the right of misfortunes. Asked why he continued to wear the one on the right, Wilde said, \"One needs misfortunes to live happily.\" \u2014 Richard Ellmann , Oscar Wilde , (1984) 1988",
"Originally designed for the preparation of desserts, the woks eventually proved their versatility as efficient vessels for stir-frying, deep-frying, and the reduction of liquids. \u2014 Kemp Miles Minifie , Gourmet , November 1988",
"that manual lawn mower is not a very efficient tool for doing a huge yard",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"According to the World Bank, ports on the U.S. West Coast remain the world's least efficient . \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
"When that margin narrows, the most efficient banks will be better equipped to handle the slimmer spreads. \u2014 John Dobosz, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Arkansas pitcher Connor Noland took the Cardinal offense down with an efficient 79-pitch outing in 7 2/3 innings in 90-plus degree heat and the Razorbacks' offense made Williams eat his words. \u2014 Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online , 19 June 2022",
"Flandro, who was working part-time at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., had been tasked with finding the most efficient way to send a space probe to Jupiter or perhaps even out to Saturn, Uranus or Neptune. \u2014 Tim Folger, Scientific American , 18 June 2022",
"Cambridge Systematics, the author, interviewed industrial leaders to determine their transportation connection needs to improve freight movement in the region, arguing that an efficient network is essential to keeping Indiana competitive. \u2014 Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star , 16 June 2022",
"When combusted in a new, efficient natural gas power plant, natural gas emits 50 to 60 percent less CO2 than a typical new coal plant, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
"The Celtics boast the league\u2019s most efficient defense, one that allows the NBA\u2019s fewest points per game and lowest opposing field goal percentage. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 16 June 2022",
"Cheaper autonomous infrastructure could change the game for companies that believe unique goods can be manufactured in microgravity, like ultra- efficient fiber optics or novel drugs. \u2014 Tim Fernholz, Quartz , 16 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, \"active, immediate (of a cause),\" borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, borrowed from Latin efficient-, efficiens \"producing or giving rise to something, immediate (of a cause), active,\" from present participle of efficere \"to make, bring about, produce, carry out\" \u2014 more at effect entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-123843"
},
"elevate":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": elevated",
": to lift up or make higher : raise",
": to raise in rank or status",
": to improve morally, intellectually, or culturally",
": to raise the spirits of : elate",
": to become elevated : rise",
": to lift up : raise"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-l\u0259-\u02ccv\u0101t",
"-v\u0259t",
"\u02c8e-l\u0259-\u02ccv\u0101t",
"\u02c8e-l\u0259-\u02ccv\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"elate",
"enrapture",
"exhilarate",
"intoxicate",
"transport"
],
"antonyms":[
"depress"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"exercises that elevate the heart rate",
"seeing their son ordained as a priest was one of the most elevating moments in their lives",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The National Park Service has launched a lot of recent initiatives in an effort to increase racial equity, make sure that people in more urban centers have adequate access to public lands, and elevate tribal voices. \u2014 Emily Pennington, Outside Online , 16 June 2022",
"These plush throw pillows have accumulated more than 23,800 five-star ratings and instantly elevate your living room or bedroom with their simple look and elegant pom-pom trim. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 13 June 2022",
"The heat wave could also worsen air quality and elevate the risk of a wildfire spreading should a blaze ignite, officials said. \u2014 Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"One of my favorites: these old heels that elevate any outfit, thanks to the fun metallic fringe detailing. \u2014 Mariah Morrison, Harper's BAZAAR , 6 June 2022",
"This time, the focus is turned to improving hand-eye coordination skills with a trio of drills that will elevate your quick-thinking\u2014and quick hitting\u2014ability for table tennis and other activities. \u2014 Men's Health , 31 May 2022",
"Identifying your unique point of difference can elevate you above your competition. \u2014 Judy Herbst, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Hall knows the Tigers have to elevate higher against a quarterback with a 75% completion rate. \u2014 al , 10 Nov. 2021",
"One point of concern is that a strong labor market will further elevate inflation. \u2014 Matt Grossman, WSJ , 6 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-124131"
},
"expose":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition",
": to submit or make accessible to a particular action or influence",
": to subject (a sensitive photographic film, plate, or paper) to radiant energy",
": to abandon (an infant) especially by leaving in the open",
": to make known : bring to light",
": to disclose the faults or crimes of",
": to cause to be visible or open to view : display : such as",
": to offer publicly for sale",
": to exhibit for public veneration",
": to reveal the face of (a playing card) or the cards of (a player's hand)",
": to engage in indecent exposure of (oneself)",
": a formal statement of facts",
": an exposure of something discreditable",
": to leave without protection, shelter, or care : subject to a harmful condition",
": to cause to be affected or influenced by something",
": to let light strike the photographic film or plate in taking a picture",
": to make known : reveal",
": to subject to risk from a harmful action or condition",
": to lay open to view: as",
": to conduct (oneself) as an exhibitionist",
": to reveal (a bodily part) especially by dissection",
": to subject to risk from a harmful action or condition: as",
": to make (one) open to liability or financial loss",
": to leave (a child) uncared-for and lacking shelter from the elements",
": to cause to be visible or open to view: as",
": to offer publicly for sale",
": to purposely uncover (one's private body parts) or leave open to view in a place or situation in which such conduct is likely to be deemed offensive or indecent especially as set forth by statute \u2014 see also indecent exposure"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8sp\u014dz",
"\u02ccek-sp\u014d-\u02c8z\u0101",
"-sp\u0259-",
"ik-\u02c8sp\u014dz",
"ik-\u02c8sp\u014dz"
],
"synonyms":[
"debunk",
"nail",
"show up",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"undress",
"unmask"
],
"antonyms":[
"camouflage",
"cloak",
"disguise",
"mask"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The shingles had fallen off, exposing the wood underneath.",
"Undercover investigators exposed the scam.",
"They threatened to expose him.",
"Noun",
"a newspaper expos\u00e9 of government corruption",
"The show aired an expos\u00e9 on the candidate's financial indiscretions.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In 2018, a plea for help on Twitter helped expose a case in Anzo\u00e1tegui state. \u2014 Ana Vanessa Herrero, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"Do not expose leather bands to sunlight, high temperatures, or high humidity. \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 June 2022",
"This could expose the SEC\u2018s market deception and force a settlement with Ripple. \u2014 Roslyn Layton, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"But in rare cases, those scans can expose just the opposite: plots of brain regions where an injury miraculously relieves someone\u2019s symptoms, offering clues about how doctors might accomplish the same. \u2014 Benjamin Mueller, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"Special counsel John Durham did more than expose Hillary Clinton\u2019s dirty political tricks. \u2014 Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ , 2 June 2022",
"Thawing Arctic permafrost will expose local populations to more radon, and the iodine of desert dust may decrease ozone pollution but increase greenhouse gas longevity. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"Two sides of the exterior of the train slide in and out to expose the dining car. \u2014 Michelle F. Solomon, Sun Sentinel , 25 May 2022",
"Any frustration of this sort may expose a flaw in your beliefs about how life should work. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 22 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"John Kolber penned the Saturday Evening Post expose . \u2014 Cameron Knight, The Enquirer , 26 May 2022",
"Apple is no stranger to toeing the PRC line on human rights abuse like censorship, surveillance, or slave labor, as an expose by the New York Times detailed. \u2014 Roslyn Layton, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Charles later did a variety of freelance work for CBS News, notably on an award-winning expose of abuse by U.S. military personnel at the Abu Ghraib prison facility in Iraq. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Apr. 2022",
"On the limited series finale of Hulu's The Dropout, Elizabeth Holmes (Amanda Seyfried) and Sunny Balwani (Naveen Andrews) face the consequences of a damning Wall Street Journal expose \u2014 and their relationship crumbles along with Theranos. \u2014 Ew Staff, EW.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
"On this date in 1887 a reporter for The San Diego Union wrote an expose on San Diego\u2019s vice that catalogued some 50 licensed saloons, 35 bawdy houses, three opium joints and a mysterious fortuneteller called Madam Coara. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 Apr. 2022",
"The story follows a journalist who decides to write an expose about antisemitism by pretending to be a Jew himself. \u2014 Jonathan Greenblatt, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 Mar. 2022",
"During an audience with members of the Vatican\u2019s congregation for religious orders, Francis cited a new investigative expose of the problem written by a reporter for the Holy See\u2019s media, Salvatore Cernuzio. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, ajc , 11 Dec. 2021",
"Robert Kennedy, Jr, ostracized for his criticisms of vaccines, has written an explosive expose of America\u2019s Doctor, Anthony Fauci. \u2014 Bob Guccione Jr, SPIN , 17 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1803, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-124959"
},
"enjoyably":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to have a good time",
": to have for one's use, benefit, or lot : experience",
": to take pleasure or satisfaction in",
": to have a good time",
": to get pleasure from",
": to have the use or benefit of"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8j\u022fi",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8j\u022fi"
],
"synonyms":[
"adore",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"fancy",
"get off (on)",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
"rejoice (in)",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"savor",
"savour"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Vomo's baby butlers care for children under age three, and arrangements can be made for childcare until 11 p.m., so parents can enjoy dinner and an evening on their own. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 19 June 2022",
"Riding a hardtail is a very pure form of mountain biking that anyone can enjoy . \u2014 John Watson, Outside Online , 18 June 2022",
"Some people may enjoy the slimness of the iPhone and want to have a case that is protective, but not too bulky. \u2014 Douglas Helm, Popular Mechanics , 17 June 2022",
"New players can enjoy exploring the history of the world and the setting but still have a frame of reference for modern ideas. \u2014 Rob Wieland, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"While crowds grow steadily during the annual fireworks show, at-home viewers can enjoy the event without having to give up the comfort of your pajamas. \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 16 June 2022",
"Since then, the Trust has started working to expand access to allow more people to enjoy it at night. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"People will enjoy mixing and matching these flavors and configurations. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 10 June 2022",
"People enjoy premium quality sweet delights at Cloud Ninth Creamery on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, a seasonal artisanal ice cream shop that's only open from May to September. \u2014 Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English enjoien , from Anglo-French enjoir, enjoier to gladden, enjoy, from en- + joie joy",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-130817"
},
"envious":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": feeling or showing envy",
": emulous",
": enviable",
": feeling or showing unhappiness over someone else's good fortune and a desire to have the same"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8en-v\u0113-\u0259s",
"\u02c8en-v\u0113-\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"covetous",
"green-eyed",
"invidious",
"jaundiced",
"jealous",
"resentful"
],
"antonyms":[
"unenvious"
],
"examples":[
"a family that is envious of their neighbors' big house",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And if that's not fancy enough for you, there's also another figurine that'll truly make any diehard Moon Knight fan envious . \u2014 Milan Polk, Men's Health , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The Warriors\u2019 efforts Wednesday revived the old rumblings from around the envious league that the Warriors are soft. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 May 2022",
"Ignelzi\u2019s sequence of photos got nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and drew envious grumbles from other newspaper photographers in town. \u2014 John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 May 2022",
"The feeling of triumph extended to employees across the board, who benefited from massive spending budgets and envious compensation packages buoyed by high salaries and lucrative stock options. \u2014 J. Clara Chan, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Apr. 2022",
"On the contrary, his first 15 months in office have produced an envious record of relief, recovery and reform \u2013 to borrow a slogan from the New Deal. \u2014 John Zogby, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"It\u2019s the kind of show that also takes us along for the ride, keeping us entertained but also envious of everyone\u2019s wealth, luxuries, status, and privilege along the way. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Her party scenes play out the inevitable clash: youth and money, mutually envious . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Five words to describe Jafar? Mercurial; malevolent; jealous (not to be confused with envious ); vain; and self-important. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-131535"
},
"entail":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result",
": to restrict (property) by limiting the inheritance to the owner's lineal descendants or to a particular class thereof",
": to confer, assign, or transmit (something) for an indefinitely long time : to confer, assign, or transmit as if by entail",
": to fix (a person) permanently in some condition or status",
": a restriction especially of lands by limiting the inheritance to the owner's lineal descendants or to a particular class thereof",
": an entailed (see entail entry 1 sense 2 ) estate",
": something transmitted as if by entail",
": to make (an estate in real property) a fee tail : limit the descent of (real property) by restricting inheritance to specific descendants who cannot convey or transfer the property",
": an act or instance of entailing real property",
": the practice of entailing property",
"\u2014 see also De Donis Conditionalibus",
": an entailed estate in real property",
": the fixed line of descent of an entailed estate"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8t\u0101l",
"en-",
"\u02c8en-\u02cct\u0101l",
"in-\u02c8t\u0101l",
"in-\u02c8t\u0101l"
],
"synonyms":[
"carry",
"comprehend",
"contain",
"embrace",
"encompass",
"include",
"involve",
"number",
"subsume",
"take in"
],
"antonyms":[
"exclude",
"leave (out)",
"miss out",
"omit"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The White House Correspondents\u2019 Association manages briefing-room seating assignments, which don\u2019t entail an outlet-by-outlet content analysis. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Nov. 2021",
"There are no indications of what the redesign will entail except that wireless charging is on the cards. \u2014 David Phelan, Forbes , 6 Dec. 2021",
"But that path could be fraught with its own political challenges, given the wide array of opinions within the president\u2019s own party over what infrastructure reform should entail , and how to pay for it. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2021",
"They could be limited to providing protection for humanitarian evacuations, tasked to stop Russian aircraft from flying or even to prevent missiles from being launched, which would entail attacking Russian ground facilities. \u2014 Stephen Fidler, WSJ , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The company has also agreed to implement up to $27 million in measures to minimize future eagle injuries and deaths, the prosecutors said without detailing what that would entail . \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Apr. 2022",
"That could entail stepping up sanctions and isolation for Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Rose Gottemoeller, deputy secretary-general of NATO from 2016 to 2019. \u2014 Ellen Knickmeyer, chicagotribune.com , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Amazon has used the regular meetings, which typically include a few dozen employees and last roughly 30 minutes, to create a false impression of what unionizing would entail , the union supporters said. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
"The key question is what neutrality for Ukraine would entail . \u2014 Jan Smole\u0144ski, The New Republic , 22 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-131654"
},
"enfeeble":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make feeble : deprive of strength"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8f\u0113-b\u0259l",
"en-"
],
"synonyms":[
"debilitate",
"devitalize",
"enervate",
"etiolate",
"prostrate",
"sap",
"soften",
"tire",
"waste",
"weaken"
],
"antonyms":[
"beef (up)",
"fortify",
"strengthen"
],
"examples":[
"long periods of being confined to a hospital bed will enfeeble anyone",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"How, in other words, fear and neglect, rather than the waywardness Vogel rails against, are what really enfeeble the mind. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"The goal is to blunt criticism and enfeeble the opposition. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 24 Feb. 2021",
"The move may, in effect, enfeeble America's technology sector and, worse yet, leave the root problem\u2014investigating terrorism, child predation, and criminality\u2014unresolved as wrongdoers flock to alternative products. \u2014 Robert Hackett, Fortune , 29 June 2020",
"India entered its sixth week of a stringent nationwide lockdown on Tuesday, pushing an economy already enfeebled before the pandemic to the brink of collapse. \u2014 Fox News , 12 May 2020",
"Whatever the truth, the risk is the Anwar and Azmin camps wear each other down and enfeeble the Pakatan Harapan alliance, which Mahathir chairs. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 July 2019",
"Meanwhile, the danger AI poses is rather of human tyranny, with machines enfeebling most people, physically and intellectually, so as to leave them at the mercy of a master-class. \u2014 K.n.c., The Economist , 19 July 2019",
"More often than not, the result is to blunt the impact of the critique and enfeeble the opposition. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com , 25 June 2018",
"Mr Macron has been helped by a big parliamentary majority, and an opposition enfeebled by his new party\u2019s rise. \u2014 The Economist , 14 Apr. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English enfeblen , from Anglo-French enfebler, enfeblir , from en- + feble feeble",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-134550"
},
"emulate":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to strive to equal or excel",
": imitate",
": to imitate by means of an emulator",
": to equal or approach equality with",
": emulous sense 1b",
": to try hard to be like or do better than : imitate"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8em-y\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t",
"-y\u00fc-",
"\u02c8em-y\u0259-l\u0259t",
"\u02c8em-y\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"add up (to)",
"amount (to)",
"come (to)",
"correspond (to)",
"equal"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"If you are talking to someone younger, do not condescend. If you are talking to someone older, back up feelings with facts and never be in such a rush to make your point that you forget the art of listening. And please, no one try to emulate the histrionic, discursive style of any talking heads you see on television. \u2014 William Norwich , Vogue , 9 Sept. 2008",
"Although some schools are postponing new projects because of the faltering economy, others are forging ahead with plans to emulate freshman programs that have long existed at some of the nation's oldest colleges. \u2014 Jeninne Lee-St. John , Time , 27 Oct. 2008",
"I started out emulating Chandler in that first book, maybe the first book and a half, because I was in my novitiate, and whenever I wasn't clear on what to do I would actively think about Chandler and what Marlow would have done. \u2014 Robert B. Parker et al. , Colloquium on Crime , 1986",
"She grew up emulating her sports heroes.",
"artists emulating the style of their teachers",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Taylor brought his own style to the band and didn\u2019t try to emulate Dave, who is obviously one of the greatest rock drummers of all time. \u2014 Jonathan Cohen, Variety , 29 Mar. 2022",
"This interior does not try to emulate conventional cars, instead underscoring that the EV6 is something different. \u2014 Jens Meiners, Car and Driver , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Try modeling successful businesses and emulate what's working. \u2014 Expert Panel, Forbes , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Lismore\u2019s mayor, Steve Krieg, urged the ANZAC Day crowd to emulate the resilience of the war generations and rebuild. \u2014 Michael E. Miller, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"Democrats should stop trying to pass this resolution and emulate the executive branch, which prohibits collective bargaining for the Executive Office of the President. \u2014 Mary Vought, WSJ , 9 May 2022",
"Europe\u2019s largest land war since 1945 \u2014 the image of a Russian military as one that other countries should fear, let alone emulate , has been shattered. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Dobson was also known for his dance skills, including the Woo Walk or Woo Dance, which went viral on TikTok over the past couple of years, as fans tried to emulate his moves and shared their videos with the #woowalkchallenge. \u2014 Deena Zaru, ABC News , 3 Feb. 2022",
"These early settlements encouraged other entities to vacuum up patents and emulate the unsavory extortionate practices. \u2014 Ike Brannon, Forbes , 4 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"1582, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Adjective",
"1602, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-135533"
},
"exhilarative":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make (someone) very happy and excited or elated",
": to make cheerful or excited"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8zi-l\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
"ig-\u02c8zi-l\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"charge",
"electrify",
"excite",
"galvanize",
"intoxicate",
"pump up",
"thrill",
"titillate",
"turn on"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the exhilarating feeling of flying that hang gliding offers",
"the climactic moment of commencement ceremonies usually exhilarates graduates and proud parents alike",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What did devastate and exhilarate , all these years, was Issa and Molly. \u2014 The New Yorker , 22 Nov. 2021",
"Such applications of ambiguous irony allow President Trump to embarrass conventional media in ways that exhilarate his supporters. \u2014 Dan Brooks, New York Times , 7 Oct. 2020",
"That said, don\u2019t expect to exhilarate in the Ghost\u2019s ability to carve canyon roads. \u2014 Hannah Elliott, Bloomberg.com , 30 Sep. 2020",
"Like so many elements of this wise, empathetic, exhilarating show, the title, in its specificity, radiates a vitality that\u2019s universal. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 22 Apr. 2020",
"If anything she was exhilarated at the way her staff at the Providence Portland emergency room performed under considerable pressure. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 Apr. 2020",
"The terrain is exhilarating , with punchy climbs; long, leisurely downhills; and minimal traffic. \u2014 National Geographic , 22 Jan. 2020",
"In these exhilarating , vertiginous landscapes, technology triumphs, and the individual human being has vanished. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 5 Jan. 2020",
"The production values, at their best, are exhilarating . \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 6 Apr. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin exhilaratus , past participle of exhilarare , from ex- + hilarare to gladden, from hilarus cheerful \u2014 more at hilarious ",
"first_known_use":[
"1540, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-140146"
},
"embed":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix",
": to make something an integral part of",
": to prepare (a microscopy specimen) for sectioning by infiltrating with and enclosing in a supporting substance",
": to insert (a media file, such as a graphic, video, or audio clip) into a computer document (as on a website or in an email)",
": to attach (a journalist) to a military unit for the purpose of covering a conflict",
": to attach (someone) to a group (such as a military unit or government agency) for the purpose of advising, training, or treating its members",
": to surround closely",
": to become embedded",
": to enclose in or as if in a surrounding substance",
": to prepare (a microscopy specimen) for sectioning by infiltrating with and enclosing in a supporting substance"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8bed",
"im-\u02c8bed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bed",
"enroot",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"fix",
"impact",
"implant",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"lodge",
"root"
],
"antonyms":[
"dislodge",
"root (out)",
"uproot"
],
"examples":[
"embed a post in concrete",
"the nails were solidly embedded in those old plaster walls",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The company plans to use the money to embed its software platform within hospital service lines and specialties. \u2014 Casey Ross And Katie Palmer, STAT , 23 June 2022",
"Please don\u2019t embed links in text; just copy and paste the URL above or below your song; otherwise the Empress ends up with garble. \u2014 Pat Myers, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
"The Web, initially a medium for scientific publishing and collaboration, made publishing online vastly easier by allowing users to embed images within text and to provide easy-to-follow links between different documents. \u2014 Ethan Zuckerman, The New York Review of Books , 25 May 2022",
"Why were those important to embed in the album\u2019s DNA? \u2014 Heran Mamo, Billboard , 31 May 2022",
"Find your way to an ecosystem and embed yourself there. \u2014 Davis Bell, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
"According to Andrew Lynch, Co-Founder and COO of Huckletree, which builds workspaces for innovative startups, the best VCs embed themselves within local ecosystems and use their position to help forge connections across the wider market. \u2014 Kjartan Rist, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
"And one of the best ways to monitor product impact is to embed impact data collection and measurement in the product itself. \u2014 Ariane Bucaille, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Some of his proposals include potentially charging websites a fee to quote or embed tweets from verified accounts. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 12 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1794, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-141053"
},
"expanse":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": firmament",
": great extent of something spread out",
": a wide area or stretch"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8span(t)s",
"ik-\u02c8spans"
],
"synonyms":[
"breadth",
"distance",
"expansion",
"extent",
"field",
"length",
"plain",
"reach",
"sheet",
"spread",
"stretch",
"waste"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The explorer gazed across the vast Arctic expanse .",
"the great explorers who crossed the vast expanses of the seven seas in small ships",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Originally, Waymo started teaching its robotaxis to drive in the flat, sunny expanse of Chandler, Arizona. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Indonesia is home to the third-largest expanse of tropical rainforest, following Brazil and the Democratic Republic of Congo. \u2014 Rachel Ramirez, CNN , 26 Jan. 2022",
"That is how a list of great resort courses ends up highlighting locations on both edges of Oregon, the windy coast of Wisconsin, the Nebraska prairie, the Missouri wilderness and the flat, landlocked expanse of central Florida. \u2014 J. George Gorant, Robb Report , 2 Jan. 2022",
"The Shape of Water \u2014 ended, appropriately, in water: a plunging turquoise expanse , an eternal resting place for two doomed, sinking, but finally unencumbered lovers. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Rolling Stone , 16 Dec. 2021",
"Instead, Rachael was gazing out across the vast expanse of blue ocean, enjoying the calm. \u2014 Francesca Street, CNN , 31 May 2022",
"The work depicted a solitary figure gazing at an inviting home, across a white expanse that looks like a frozen lake. \u2014 Raffi Khatchadourian, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
"On a recent sunny afternoon at Freedom Plaza in downtown Washington, hip-hop provided the soundtrack as skateboarders hurtled across the marbled expanse , practiced leaps and landings, and impressed onlookers with gravity-bending tricks. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
"This year, colder weather and northern winds have helped push the winter ice across a much broader expanse of the Bering Sea that included a dramatic, late-March surge south to the Pribilof Islands. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 10 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"New Latin expansum , from Latin, neuter of expansus , past participle of expandere ",
"first_known_use":[
"1637, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-143706"
},
"esthetics":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful",
": artistic",
": pleasing in appearance : attractive",
": appreciative of, responsive to, or zealous about the beautiful",
": responsive to or appreciative of what is pleasurable to the senses",
": done or made to improve a person's appearance or to correct defects in a person's appearance",
": a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste and with the creation and appreciation of beauty",
": a particular theory or conception of beauty or art : a particular taste for or approach to what is pleasing to the senses and especially sight",
": a pleasing appearance or effect : beauty",
": relating to beauty and what is beautiful",
": done or made to improve a person's appearance or to correct defects in a person's appearance"
],
"pronounciation":[
"es-\u02c8the-tik",
"is-",
"British usually",
"es-\u02c8the-tik",
"is-",
"British usually",
"es-\u02c8the-tik",
"es-\u02c8the-tik,"
],
"synonyms":[
"attractive",
"beauteous",
"beautiful",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"comely",
"cute",
"drop-dead",
"fair",
"fetching",
"good",
"good-looking",
"goodly",
"gorgeous",
"handsome",
"knockout",
"likely",
"lovely",
"lovesome",
"pretty",
"ravishing",
"seemly",
"sightly",
"stunning",
"taking",
"well-favored"
],
"antonyms":[
"attractiveness",
"beauteousness",
"beautifulness",
"beauty",
"comeliness",
"cuteness",
"fairness",
"gorgeousness",
"handsomeness",
"looks",
"loveliness",
"prettiness",
"sightliness"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The campus is also home to GM's Additive Industrialization Center, which opened in 2020 to pioneer GM's initiatives to 3D-print functional and aesthetic components for its vehicles. \u2014 Sasha Richie, Car and Driver , 16 June 2022",
"Added to the proceedings are artists who didn\u2019t record for Black Fire but represented the same era, ethos and aesthetic . \u2014 Michael J. West, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"Surgery could have been fully covered by her insurance provider in the U.S., but the GCS technique developed by Dr. Suporn \u2014 the Chonburi flap method \u2014 is known to produce excellent aesthetic and functional results. \u2014 Mailee Osten-tan, Longreads , 8 June 2022",
"But the campaign is not only about aesthetic and moral values -- there is an ideological component as well. \u2014 Nectar Gan, CNN , 30 May 2022",
"The idea was to make a film that had an aesthetic and a cinematic dimension. \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 28 May 2022",
"This extra feature focuses on designing the muscle car aesthetic and Mad Max engines, but that sensibility plus the final result on camera was pure Christine. \u2014 Mark Hughes, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
"Faced with that void, Selin interrogates aesthetic and social boundaries. \u2014 Lauren Leblanc, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
"Smith explains Marmo\u2019s elegant aesthetic and lively atmosphere sets it apart from Houston\u2019s existing Italian outposts. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 12 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The aesthetic is a nod to the New England waterfront and history from the glacial era, when ice transported massive rocks across land. \u2014 Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"The aesthetic is pitch-perfect for the noir-y tale Spielberg is telling. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022",
"That whimsical aesthetic is nothing new for the rising style star. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 6 June 2022",
"The streamlined aesthetic is stylish, yet streamlined enough to match just about any outfit. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 17 May 2022",
"With the exception of old standbys like Adirondack chairs and wicker settees, the current aesthetic of most outdoor furnishings is sleekly minimal, with sharp angles and unforgiving forms. \u2014 Michelle Slatalla, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"This in-house aesthetic has been a constant throughout Sheer Mag\u2019s career. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 18 Feb. 2022",
"This cold press juicer ticks a lot of boxes beyond its sleek aesthetic . \u2014 Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping , 31 May 2022",
"The sleek, jet-black aesthetic also makes these the most luxurious and sophisticated steak knives on this list. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 16 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"1797, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1822, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-144151"
},
"earsplitting":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": distressingly loud or shrill"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ir-\u02ccspli-ti\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaring",
"blasting",
"booming",
"clamorous",
"clangorous",
"deafening",
"loud",
"piercing",
"plangent",
"resounding",
"ringing",
"roaring",
"slam-bang",
"sonorous",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
],
"antonyms":[
"gentle",
"low",
"soft"
],
"examples":[
"The train's whistle made an earsplitting noise.",
"the earsplitting noise coming from the jackhammers at the construction site",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Those rounded up included Mr. Ding, who later told his lawyer that investigators forced him to stay awake by constantly showing him an adulatory documentary about China\u2019s leader, Mr. Xi, at an earsplitting volume for 10 days and nights. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Jan. 2022",
"The Aztecs have played in some earsplitting environments since their ascension into college basketball relevance. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 Feb. 2022",
"The Bell model produced an earsplitting 130 decibels. \u2014 David A. Taylor, Washington Post , 24 Jan. 2022",
"In Libya, the radio from a passing car spurs rage in Majid Mokhtar Sasy al-Maghrebi, reminding him of the C.I.A. prison where earsplitting music was just one assault to his senses. \u2014 Sam Roberts, New York Times , 12 Aug. 2021",
"The earsplitting sound of rockets shrieking above the tidal flats has caused some, such as shorebirds, to flee in terror or to stop nesting in the area altogether. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2021",
"Many fans call the amorphous sound social reject music, which captures their ironic sense of themselves as the lowest of the low, playfully dissing one another for devouring such low-quality, earsplitting , coarse rap tunes. \u2014 New York Times , 16 May 2021",
"Periodical cicadas are known for their earsplitting sounds, which are produced by the male of the species to attract females. \u2014 USA Today , 30 Mar. 2021",
"Instead of asking fans to rattle Aaron Rodgers with earsplitting noise, the Vikings will rely on a recorded soundtrack that can't be played above 75 decibels and showcase cardboard cutouts that fans can purchase for $150 apiece. \u2014 Ben Goessling, Star Tribune , 12 Sep. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1761, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-160914"
},
"enter (into ":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"combining form",
"intransitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to go or come in",
": to come or gain admission into a group : join",
": to make a beginning",
": to begin to consider a subject",
": to go upon land for the purpose of taking possession",
": to come onstage",
": to come into a preestablished situation or context like an actor coming onstage",
": to play a part : be a factor",
": to come or go into",
": inscribe , register",
": to cause to be received or admitted",
": to put in : insert",
": to make a beginning in",
": to go into (a particular period of time)",
": to become a member of or an active participant in",
": to make report of (a ship or its cargo) to customs authorities",
": to place in proper form before a court of law or upon record",
": to go into or upon and take actual possession of (something, such as land)",
": to put formally on record",
": to make oneself a party to or in",
": to form or be part of",
": to participate or share in",
": to engage in a fight or struggle",
": intestine",
": to come or go in or into",
": to stab into : pierce",
": to put into a list or book : write down",
": to put in or into",
": to become a member of",
": to become a participant in or take an interest in",
": enroll in : begin attending",
": to go or come in",
": to go upon real property by right of entry especially to take possession",
": to come or go into",
"\u2014 see also break , breaking and entering",
": record , register",
": to put in correct form before a court or on a record",
"\u2014 compare render",
": to go upon (real property) by right of entry especially to take possession",
"\u2014 compare distrain",
": to make oneself a party to or in"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8en-t\u0259r",
"\u02c8en-t\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"access",
"penetrate",
"pierce"
],
"antonyms":[
"depart",
"exit",
"leave"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Friends have told her that Chin\u2019s case inspired them to enter activism, law or politics. \u2014 Harmeet Kaur, CNN , 23 June 2022",
"Carter and his financial backer, the Earl of Carnarvon, hosted the international press in 1923 but didn\u2019t allow most of the visitors to enter the crypt. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"Costs to enter Hoosier National Forest include a daily use permit for a trail for $5 per day if riding a horse or bicycle. \u2014 Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star , 23 June 2022",
"That decision eschewed opting for the NBA's G-League lucrative offer for high profile prep prospects looking to enter the NBA. \u2014 Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic , 23 June 2022",
"Young is expected to enter the NFL draft after this season and projects to be a first-round pick. \u2014 Erick Smith, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
"Police later cleared the vehicle and allowed guests to re- enter the affected areas. \u2014 Bradford Betz, Fox News , 23 June 2022",
"The Accord may no longer be Honda's bread and butter\u2014that would be the CR-V crossover nowadays\u2014but the perennially 10Best-winning sedan is set to enter a new generation soon. \u2014 Joey Capparella, Car and Driver , 23 June 2022",
"Individuals pried open the back door to enter the property, Dobridnia said. \u2014 Marlene Lenthang, NBC News , 22 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-174025"
},
"extinguish":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to bring to an end : make an end of",
": to reduce to silence or ineffectiveness",
": to cause to cease burning : quench",
": to cause extinction of (a conditioned response)",
": to dim the brightness of : eclipse",
": to cause to be void : nullify",
": to get rid of usually by payment",
": to cause to stop burning",
": to cause to die out",
": to cause extinction of (a conditioned response)",
": to cause the nonexistence of : do away with",
": to cause (as a claim or right) to be void : nullify",
": to get rid of (a debt or other liability) by payment or other compensatory adjustment"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8sti\u014b-(g)wish",
"ik-\u02c8sti\u014b-gwish",
"ik-\u02c8sti\u014b-(g)wish"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanket",
"douse",
"dowse",
"put out",
"quench",
"snuff (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"fire",
"ignite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"kindle",
"light"
],
"examples":[
"The fire department was called in to extinguish the blaze.",
"He extinguished his cigarette in the ashtray.",
"They ruthlessly extinguished all resistance.",
"News of the conflict extinguished our hopes for a peaceful resolution.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This product makes caring for your skin its highest priority, with the objective printed clear on the front of the tube: extinguish the fire. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 May 2022",
"These days, Smith spends much of her free time learning to pull wounded people from fiery car wrecks, how to perform CPR or what methods are best to extinguish a fire. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 5 June 2022",
"Firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze that had run along the length of the attic. \u2014 Amaris Encinas, The Arizona Republic , 18 May 2022",
"FIrefighters were able to quickly extinguish the fire, but the market's fire suppression system had already damaged the store. \u2014 Lauren Wethington, Detroit Free Press , 8 May 2022",
"Rescue workers battled for nearly four hours to extinguish a fire caused by a bomb from a Russian plane, Haidai said. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 May 2022",
"Indonesian police try to extinguish a 2019 forest fire, some of which have been illegally ignited to clear forests. \u2014 Jon Emont, WSJ , 7 May 2022",
"Bryant and Vasquez had to extinguish the fire in order to reach the man trapped in his vehicle, according to the press release. \u2014 Fox News , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The city council said firefighters were able to quickly extinguish a fire following the attack. \u2014 NBC News , 21 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin exstinguere (from ex- + stinguere to extinguish) + English -ish (as in abolish ); akin to Latin in stigare to incite \u2014 more at stick ",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-174110"
},
"employed":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make use of (someone or something inactive)",
": to use (something, such as time) advantageously",
": to use or engage the services of",
": to provide with a job that pays wages or a salary",
": to devote to or direct toward a particular activity or person",
": use , purpose",
": occupation , job",
": the state of being employed",
": to give a job to : use the services of",
": to make use of",
": the state of being hired for a job by"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8pl\u022fi",
"em-",
"im-\u02c8pl\u022fi",
"\u02c8im-\u02ccpl\u022fi",
"\u02c8em-\u02ccpl\u022fi",
"im-\u02c8pl\u022fi"
],
"synonyms":[
"assume",
"engage",
"fee",
"hire",
"lay on",
"pay",
"place",
"recruit",
"retain",
"sign (up ",
"take on"
],
"antonyms":[
"employment",
"engagement",
"hire"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The company is accused of employing questionable methods to obtain the contract.",
"You should find better ways to employ your time.",
"I had to employ a lawyer to review the contract.",
"It's a small company, employing a staff of only 20.",
"Noun",
"while you're under our employ , you can't do outside work for our competitors",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Trump wanted to destroy governmental institutions; Nixon wanted to employ them to his ends but not to obliterate them. \u2014 David M. Shribman, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"It\u2019s about a fundamental tension of who ought to control the shape of employees\u2019 days: Workers, or the companies that employ them? \u2014 Sarah Todd, Quartz , 9 June 2022",
"This change is far from complex, and any practice can employ it. \u2014 Gideon Kimbrell, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"But sure enough, the Dodgers are expected to employ him as the starter or bulk reliever in the series finale with the Phillies. \u2014 Steve Hensonassistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times , 14 May 2022",
"By rule, members of the 13-person selection committee must recuse themselves from discussions centered around teams that employ them or members of their family. \u2014 Doug Lesmerises, cleveland , 2 May 2022",
"If the Jazz parted ways with the philosopher-coach, there would be other suitors lining up to employ him. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 May 2022",
"Public pension funds get their money from three sources: government workers, the state and local governments that employ them, and investment returns. \u2014 Heather Gillers, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022",
"His positive mindset feeds into his on-field consistency, the reason the Tigers employ him as their starting third baseman. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In a letter sent Friday to Democratic City Councilman Eric Costello, the chairman of the council\u2019s Ways and Means Committee that conducts the budget hearing process, Mosby counted 144 prosecutors in her employ . \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 6 June 2022",
"Waldman doesn't deny making the statements, but Depp's side argued that even though Waldman was under his employ , Depp was not involved or aware of these remarks. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 1 June 2022",
"Some private enterprises may be attracted to scrutinizing employees like an intelligence agency might keep tabs on analysts and spies, although employ don\u2019t have access to the same data sources. \u2014 Sarah Scoles, New York Times , 17 May 2022",
"Burna Boy\u2019s frequent employ of an a cappella or minimalist arrangement meant the eager attendees could often be heard singing clearly, their voices as sweet as Burna\u2019s smile. \u2014 Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Angell, who died earlier this month at the age of 101, spent 75 years in the employ of The New Yorker. \u2014 Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"Having begun the story before World War I, there's always been the lingering question of what awaits this aristocratic family and those in their employ as the second World War, and the conditions leading to it, come into view. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 20 May 2022",
"That decision was partially practical: Huffman and Cupp employ staff who understand how to draw maps and have crafted every proposal approved by the Commission or state lawmakers to date. \u2014 Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer , 11 Apr. 2022",
"But in 2018, the younger Dobbins left his father\u2019s employ and became a stay-at-home father of three, including twin girls who now are 3. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 12 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1679, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-175420"
},
"embroidering":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to ornament with needlework",
": to form with needlework",
": to elaborate on : embellish",
": to make embroidery",
": to provide embellishments : elaborate",
": to make with needlework",
": to decorate with needlework",
": to make more interesting by exaggerating or adding details"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8br\u022fi-d\u0259r",
"im-\u02c8br\u022fi-d\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"color",
"elaborate (on)",
"embellish",
"exaggerate",
"hyperbolize",
"magnify",
"pad",
"stretch"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She embroidered tiny flowers on the baby's scarf.",
"a scarf embroidered with tiny flowers",
"He is known to embroider the truth about his service in the army.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the nature of such risky stage business, the playful interludes are hit or miss: Stunts are arranged to draw audience members into the play, which embroider the carnival atmosphere but feel a bit halfhearted. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Sometimes, the vyshyvanka\u2019s embroidery can signify health, happiness, good luck, while each piece can take weeks to even months to embroider . \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Growing up in Canton in the 1950s, Maria Kaczaniuk embraced her Ukrainian heritage, learning to embroider traditional dresses and pillows, dance in the Ukrainian style and cook Ukrainian food. \u2014 Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Brohi transformed the Women's Literacy and Skills Development centers into embroidery centers in each village where women learned how to embroider , how to earn an income and how to lead within their families. \u2014 Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Each coat takes a team of two to embroider with Swarovski crystals. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Dongre takes special pride in the women who intricately embroider and hand-paint her designs. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 4 Nov. 2021",
"One of the most worthwhile is the Tiny Pricks Project, in which people take direct quotations from Trump and embroider them. \u2014 Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, The New Yorker , 9 Aug. 2021",
"In a subsequent number, flags from the various cultures that embroider Washington Heights proudly decorate the scene as residents sing until their power is restored. \u2014 Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor , 11 June 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"alteration of Middle English embroderen , from Anglo-French embrouder , from en- + brosder, brouder to embroider, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English brord point, byrst bristle",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-190643"
},
"excite":{
"type":[
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to call to activity",
": to rouse to an emotional response",
": to arouse (something, such as a strong emotional response) by appropriate stimuli",
": energize",
": to produce a magnetic field in",
": to increase the activity of (something, such as a living organism) : stimulate",
": to raise (an atomic nucleus, an atom, a molecule, etc.) to a higher energy level",
": to stir up feeling in",
": to increase the activity of",
": to increase the activity of (as a living organism) : stimulate",
": to raise (as an atomic nucleus, an atom, or a molecule) to a higher energy level"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8s\u012bt",
"ek-",
"ik-\u02c8s\u012bt",
"ik-\u02c8s\u012bt"
],
"synonyms":[
"charge",
"electrify",
"exhilarate",
"galvanize",
"intoxicate",
"pump up",
"thrill",
"titillate",
"turn on"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"ideas that excite young people",
"Our announcement excited the children.",
"The posters excited much interest in the show.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At the same time, observers marveled at his ability to come back from scandal and his popularity as a campaigner who could excite voters and turn them to his party. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
"Google Chrome just got a new feature that should excite some users. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 24 May 2022",
"The whole organization recognized the importance talent played in sustaining the vitality of the organization; everyone at every level was expected to pitch in to excite and bring on the next generation of talent. \u2014 Sachin H. Jain, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"The one corrida Manolete went to as a child didn\u2019t excite him in the least, and when kids at school pretended to be bulls and matadors, play-fighting with one another, Manolete kept to himself. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
"And signature mocktails, of course, can excite guests in the way that their alcoholic cousins do, said Ms. Megerdichian. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Jan. 2022",
"The progressive riposte to these contentions typically assert that Democrats should excite people by running on bold and transformative ideas, deliver on these promises, and then run again on the promise to deliver more. \u2014 Natalie Shure, The New Republic , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Make a list of the content and collaboration tools from across the web that will best engage, excite , connect and inspire your audience. \u2014 Amber Allen, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"What unanswered questions about the universe excite you most? \u2014 Corinne Purtillstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French exciter , from Latin excitare , from ex- + citare to rouse \u2014 more at cite ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-191923"
},
"eventuality":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a possible event or outcome : possibility"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02ccven-ch\u0259-\u02c8wa-l\u0259-t\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"capability",
"possibility",
"potential",
"potentiality",
"prospect"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"He planned carefully and was ready for any eventuality .",
"a cure for that form of cancer seems like a certain eventuality \u2014it's just a matter of time",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There have been swings that hinted this was on the horizon, an eventuality Adley Rutschman would soon achieve if fans were patient enough to wait. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 16 June 2022",
"Goodness is not a constant, and the good fight is not always fought, but there is a strength and a resiliency and an eventuality to vox populi. \u2014 David Marchese, New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"Perhaps planning for this eventuality , AIM\u2019s creators had made the program intentionally difficult to remove. \u2014 Michelle Delgado, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 May 2022",
"But this view has at least one major shortcoming; other than in the simplest of contracts, code cannot necessarily account for every eventuality . \u2014 John Quinn, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"Unlike in Crimea, the overwhelming majority of people in the Kherson region will oppose any such eventuality , experts said. \u2014 Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News , 5 May 2022",
"But Lynch suggested that Mack\u2019s return was an eventuality . \u2014 Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Mar. 2022",
"One benefit here is that the conflict feels more focused, setting up a classic battle of wits between the central duo, with Elena having seemingly calculated each potential scenario and anticipated every eventuality . \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Most of the largest U.S.-listed Chinese companies have already prepared for this eventuality by making another listing in Hong Kong. \u2014 Jacky Wong, WSJ , 11 Mar. 2022"
],
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"1650, in the meaning defined above"
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": being on an outside surface : situated on the outside",
": observable by outward signs",
": suitable for use on outside surfaces",
": an exterior part or surface : outside",
": outward manner or appearance",
": a representation (as on stage or film) of an outdoor scene",
": a scene filmed outdoors",
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"ek-\u02c8stir-\u0113-\u0259r",
"ek-\u02c8stir-\u0113-\u0259r",
"ek-\u02c8stir-\u0113-\u0259r"
],
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"external",
"outer",
"outside",
"outward"
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"face",
"outside",
"shell",
"skin",
"surface",
"veneer"
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"Adjective",
"the house's exterior walls badly need to be painted",
"Noun",
"The building has a rather plain exterior .",
"the exterior of the tooth consists of very hard enamel",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Japanese architecture is known for its blend of interior and exterior space. \u2014 Elizabeth Sweet, Better Homes & Gardens , 14 June 2022",
"When gutters become clogged with leaves and debris, rainwater can overflow and cause expensive moisture damage to interior and exterior walls. \u2014 Alex Rennie, Popular Mechanics , 12 June 2022",
"About $27,000 has been budgeted for an interior and exterior lighting conversion to LED, while $15,000 was budgeted for the parking lot repairs. \u2014 Carrie Napoleon, Chicago Tribune , 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",
"The car has had a lot of work done in the past five years, including interior and exterior restorations as well as powertrain maintenance. \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 8 June 2022",
"Our test car was beautifully appointed, in Ambit pearl blue and with nearly every option checked, including multiple carbon fiber interior and exterior packages. \u2014 Karl Brauer, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"That idea\u2014that the world is exterior to ourselves, and moves irrevocably at its own pace, beyond our wills to alter it\u2014is a more empirical version of Moli\u00e8re\u2019s moral vision. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Amenities will include an exterior patio tucked around the side of the building, a tenant lounge and bike storage, both inside and out, and some parking under the building. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant , 5 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The interior look follows some of the basic motifs of the exterior , with light-colored renewable wood throughout and blue wool upholstery on the couch. \u2014 Sasha Richie, Car and Driver , 16 June 2022",
"Yeh shared behind-the-scenes footage of the restaurant's journey including clips of a chef in the kitchen throwing some food together as well as shots of the exterior of the historic space in Minnesota. \u2014 Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com , 1 June 2022",
"Lissoni\u2019s interior matches the minimalist look of the exterior with large open spaces and nonstop floor-to-ceiling windows. \u2014 Michael Verdon, Robb Report , 31 May 2022",
"Two sides of the exterior of the train slide in and out to expose the dining car. \u2014 Michelle F. Solomon, Sun Sentinel , 25 May 2022",
"The wave-like appearance of the exterior was inspired by the aurora borealis, which are a common sight above Nuuk in the long nights of winter. \u2014 David Nikel, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
"Images posted on social media showed part of the exterior of the hotel completely destroyed, revealing the insides of its rooms. \u2014 Greg Norman, Fox News , 6 May 2022",
"The man snapped a few cell phone photos of the exterior of the woman\u2019s house and drove away. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The Magellan shot was a significant upgrade over existing images of Venus\u2019s exterior , captured by a space probe in the \u201970s, which showed creamy-white cloud tops and not much else. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 3 Feb. 2022"
],
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"Adjective",
"1528, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
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],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-203210"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to pour out (a liquid)",
": to flow out : emanate",
": to make a great or excessive display of enthusiasm",
": diffuse",
": spread out flat without definite form",
": spread out flat without definite form"
],
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"i-\u02c8fy\u00fcz",
"e-",
"i-\u02c8fy\u00fcs",
"e-",
"i-\u02c8fy\u00fcs, e-"
],
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"drool",
"enthuse",
"fuss",
"gush",
"rave",
"rhapsodize",
"slobber"
],
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"pundits who should have known better effused endlessly about this idealistic but naive senator"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"1526, in the meaning defined at transitive sense",
"Adjective",
"circa 1530, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-205539"
},
"emotion":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"noun,"
],
"definitions":[
": a conscious mental reaction (such as anger or fear) subjectively experienced as strong feeling usually directed toward a specific object and typically accompanied by physiological and behavioral changes in the body",
": a state of feeling",
": the affective aspect of consciousness : feeling",
": excitement",
": disturbance",
": strong feeling (as anger, love, joy, or fear) often accompanied by a physical reaction",
": the affective aspect of consciousness",
": a state of feeling",
": a conscious mental reaction (as anger or fear) subjectively experienced as strong feeling usually directed toward a specific object and typically accompanied by physiological and behavioral changes in the body \u2014 compare affect"
],
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"i-\u02c8m\u014d-sh\u0259n",
"i-\u02c8m\u014d-sh\u0259n",
"i-\u02c8m\u014d-sh\u0259n"
],
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"chord",
"feeling",
"passion",
"sentiment"
],
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"examples":[
"a display of raw emotion",
"The defendant showed no emotion when the verdict was read.",
"She was overcome with emotion at the news of her friend's death.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Tim clearly put a premium on storytelling, clarity and pacing \u2014 cherishing emotion above all. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
"With a disarming candor, the film is the true expression of false emotion . \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 16 June 2022",
"The instantly emotion -altering drugs also provide what look like fun acting challenges with sudden, drastic changes in perception. \u2014 Michael Ordo\u00f1a, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
"Attaching emotion to successful outcomes will help program your mind and body into producing better golf shots in the future. \u2014 Paul Christianson, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"James, who was in disbelief and overcome with emotion on stage, tells PEOPLE that even now the excitement still hasn't settled in. \u2014 Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
"Given our never-ending, emotion -stunting, streak of gunplay and death, Anderson\u2019s important historical interrogation of the Second Amendment demands close reading. \u2014 Hanif Abdurraqib, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"Research on emotion theory has led to the four primary DiSC personality types: dominant, influential, steady and conscientious. \u2014 Nicholas Kraus, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Representatives who had been in the House chamber when the rioters first breached the Capitol sat towards the back of the room, emotion visible on their faces. \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 9 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle French, from emouvoir to stir up, from Old French esmovoir , from Latin emov\u0113re to remove, displace, from e- + mov\u0113re to move",
"first_known_use":[
"1579, in the meaning defined at sense 2b"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-210911"
},
"encyclopedic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or suggestive of an encyclopedia or its methods of treating or covering a subject : comprehensive"
],
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"in-\u02ccs\u012b-kl\u0259-\u02c8p\u0113-dik"
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"all-embracing",
"all-in",
"all-inclusive",
"broad-gauge",
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"complete",
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"cover-all",
"cyclopedic",
"embracive",
"exhaustive",
"full",
"global",
"inclusive",
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"omnibus",
"panoramic",
"thorough",
"universal"
],
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"examples":[
"She published an encyclopedic study of ancient Egypt.",
"The event was described in encyclopedic detail.",
"his almost encyclopedic knowledge of movies",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Banks tends to show up to interviews with an encyclopedic knowledge of his hero\u2019s achievements. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 6 June 2022",
"The Librarian Aptly known onstage as The Librarian for her encyclopedic knowledge of breaks and drum & bass, the emotional release of her set at LiB was two years in the making. \u2014 Graham Berry, Billboard , 1 June 2022",
"Informed by O\u2019Sullivan\u2019s encyclopedic knowledge of design and architecture\u2014projects span residential, hospitality, restaurants, bar, and yachts. \u2014 Bridget Arsenault, Forbes , 15 May 2022",
"Dedicated Laurenites will be pleased to find an encyclopedic archive of the shirt\u2019s most coveted iterations, illustrating its seemingly infinite adaptability. \u2014 Kareem Rashed, Robb Report , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Accompanied by three friends, Romero wandered the museum\u2019s halls, which boast an encyclopedic collection of Indigenous Mexican art that spans dozens of cultures and dates back thousands of years. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Liverpool, who has the endearingly encyclopedic manner of a music nerd, had converted the second-floor guest room into a studio. \u2014 The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
"There are plenty of novels that manage to balance an encyclopedic tendency with a commitment to the evocation of empathy. \u2014 Jake Bittle, The New Republic , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Unfiltered opinions, witty remarks, and encyclopedic sports knowledge collide, but this is enthusiastic and accessible enough for casual sports fans to enjoy. \u2014 Simon Hill, Wired , 20 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1824, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-211902"
},
"exonerate":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship",
": to clear from accusation or blame",
": to relieve especially of a charge, obligation, or hardship",
": to clear from accusation or blame \u2014 compare acquit , exculpate"
],
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"ig-\u02c8z\u00e4-n\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
"eg-",
"ig-\u02c8z\u00e4-n\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t, eg-"
],
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"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"vindicate"
],
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"criminate",
"incriminate"
],
"examples":[
"the results of the DNA fingerprinting finally exonerated the man, but only after he had wasted 10 years of his life in prison",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That wouldn\u2019t exonerate the killer but would offer his memory a gesture of understanding. \u2014 Lance Morrow, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"But in June the Missouri Supreme Court declined to hear Strickland's attempt to exonerate himself. \u2014 Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN , 11 Nov. 2021",
"In his efforts to chronicle the memories of the victims, Mr. Saotome never tried to exonerate Japan for its culpability in the war. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022",
"Despite the tribulations of their new circumstances, the children befriend travelers and staff of the nearby train station, helping friends in need, and ultimately managing to exonerate their father. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 17 Apr. 2022",
"On Monday afternoon, the state\u2019s highest criminal court issued a stay of execution and sent the case back to a trial court for consideration of new evidence that Lucio\u2019s lawyers say could exonerate her. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Smith has maintained his innocence in the triple murder, and his legal team argues there is DNA evidence that would exonerate him of the crime, but requests from his attorneys to reopen the case have been denied. \u2014 Nicholas Reimann, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Prior to the vote, Ravnsborg sent letters to lawmakers before the vote urging them to exonerate him, the Argus Leader reported. \u2014 Ivan Pereira, ABC News , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Vanessa Potkin, director of special litigation at the Innocence Project and one of Ms. Lucio\u2019s attorneys, said new evidence would exonerate her client. \u2014 Talal Ansari, WSJ , 25 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin exoneratus , past participle of exonerare to unburden, from ex- + oner-, onus load",
"first_known_use":[
"1524, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-212329"
},
"enthusiast":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a person filled with enthusiasm : such as",
": one who is ardently attached to a cause, object, or pursuit",
": one who tends to become ardently absorbed in an interest",
": a person who is very excited about or interested in something"
],
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"in-\u02c8th\u00fc-z\u0113-\u02ccast",
"-\u0259st",
"en-",
"also",
"in-\u02c8th\u00fc-z\u0113-\u02ccast",
"-\u02c8thy\u00fc-"
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"addict",
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"afficionado",
"buff",
"bug",
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"fan",
"fanatic",
"fancier",
"fiend",
"fool",
"freak",
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"head",
"hound",
"junkie",
"junky",
"lover",
"maniac",
"maven",
"mavin",
"nut",
"sucker"
],
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"nonfan"
],
"examples":[
"skiing enthusiasts can't wait for the first snowfall of the season",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Described by his friends as a passionate tech enthusiast , Brown loved his Tesla and often filmed videos behind the wheel. \u2014 Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"We like Mercedes-AMG's twin-turbo V-8 as much as the next car enthusiast . \u2014 Greg Fink, Car and Driver , 18 May 2022",
"Radcliffe's status as devout Bachelor Nation enthusiast is well documented. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
"The official profile for Young at cbs.com depicts Young as a fitness enthusiast who owns a beach services company and whose dislikes include bullies, wearing shirts and disrespectful behavior. \u2014 al , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Named for the late United States senator from Pennsylvania, who was a squash enthusiast , the $40 million facility has 20 courts. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
"If your mom is a passionate plant enthusiast , choosing a gift that caters to her hobby is the perfect way to show some appreciation to the favorite woman in your life. \u2014 Noma Nazish, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Daniels is a motorcycle enthusiast and rides a Harley Davidson. \u2014 CNN , 29 Mar. 2022",
"My college classmate and friend Nicole Lucier happens to be a fellow Wordle enthusiast . \u2014 Kavita Das, Wired , 14 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"earlier, \"person claiming to receive divine communication or inspiration, member of a putative early Christian sect making such claims,\" borrowed from Late Greek enthousiast\u1e17s, going back to Greek, \"person possessed by a god,\" from enthousiad-, stem of enthousi\u00e1zein \"to be inspired or possessed by a god\" + -t\u0113s, agent suffix \u2014 more at enthusiasm ",
"first_known_use":[
"1748, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-214254"
},
"exclude":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to prevent or restrict the entrance of",
": to bar from participation, consideration, or inclusion",
": to expel or bar especially from a place or position previously occupied",
": to shut out : keep out",
": to prevent or restrict the entry or admission of",
": to remove from participation, consideration, or inclusion (as in insurance coverage)"
],
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"ik-\u02c8skl\u00fcd",
"ik-\u02c8skl\u00fcd",
"ik-\u02c8skl\u00fcd"
],
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"ban",
"bar",
"close out",
"count (out)",
"debar",
"eliminate",
"except",
"freeze out",
"rule out",
"shut out"
],
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"admit",
"include"
],
"examples":[
"You can share files with some people on the network while excluding others.",
"The prices on the menu exclude tax.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The other faction, including climate advisers John Kerry and Gina McCarthy, prioritizes a quick global transition away from fossil fuels that could exclude projects like the gas line, according to Sullivan. \u2014 Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News , 11 June 2022",
"This reflects a desire by medical professionals to find a language that does not exclude and gives comfort to those who give birth and identify as nonbinary or transgender. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"In recent months, Biden has reportedly debated instituting widespread student loan forgiveness, while also considering adding income caps that would exclude high earners from student loan relief. \u2014 Andrew Marquardt, Fortune , 16 May 2022",
"It\u2019s a mistake to think that the decline of movie theaters is only a function of ticket prices, expensive popcorn, sticky floors, or the rise of comic-book chronicles that exclude vast swaths of the movie-loving public. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022",
"But the decision to exclude them \u2014 particularly Harry and Meghan \u2014 was perhaps inevitably interpreted by London\u2019s tabloids as a snub of family members who have generated reams of unflattering headlines over the last two years. \u2014 Mark Landler, New York Times , 6 May 2022",
"This Brenda is not perfect, which does not exclude her from the dead-wife trope in and of itself. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 29 Apr. 2022",
"For example, allowing caregivers, who are predominantly women, the flexibility to work from home could exclude them from important aspects of office life that could impede their careers. \u2014 Ali Vitali, NBC News , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Sonia helped her son exclude himself from some nearby clubs and pubs. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin excludere , from ex- + claudere to close \u2014 more at close entry 1 ",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-215856"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": having no fixed course : wandering",
": characterized by lack of consistency, regularity, or uniformity",
": deviating from what is ordinary or standard : eccentric",
": transported from an original resting place especially by a glacier",
": nomadic",
": one that is erratic (see erratic entry 1 )",
": a boulder or block of rock transported from its original resting place especially by a glacier",
": not consistent or regular",
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"i-\u02c8ra-tik",
"i-\u02c8ra-tik",
"ir-\u02c8at-ik"
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"aimless",
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"catch-as-catch-can",
"desultory",
"haphazard",
"helter-skelter",
"hit-or-miss",
"random",
"scattered",
"slapdash",
"stray"
],
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"methodical",
"methodic",
"nonrandom",
"orderly",
"organized",
"regular",
"systematic",
"systematized"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"My sinker has been my most erratic pitch. And when your foundation pitch is lacking, you have to go to other pitches. My sinker has been in and out, but mostly out. \u2014 Orel Hershiser , in New York Times , 9 May 1999",
"In winning his two-month match in Yugoslavia against Boris Spassky, 10 games to five, Bobby Fischer was erratic , which was hardly surprising considering his two-decade layoff, but there were times when he played more brilliantly than anybody could have expected. \u2014 Sports Illustrated , 16 Nov. 1992",
"Over the centuries, in erratic ways, men have constructed a world in which they are relatively free of many kinds of threatening or harmful stimuli \u2026 \u2014 B. F. Skinner , Beyond Freedom and Dignity , (1971) 1972",
"so far your effort to land a summer job has been very erratic",
"because of your erratic attendance at practice, you're in danger of being cut from the team",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Her stepfather is erratic , her grandfather creepy, her stepbrother the fictional equivalent of an NPC. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
"Most of the panelists\u2019 track records are erratic at best, and pretty much none of the contestants are particularly skilled storytellers or liars. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 5 May 2022",
"One area to watch for Llewellyn is his free-throw shooting was erratic at Princeton: 57.9% in 2018-19; 78% in 2019-20; 69.6% in 2021-22 (39-for-56). \u2014 Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Powerful, erratic winds pushed the burn, ignited in a forest of ponderosa pines, to grow out of control and merge with another nearby wildfire. \u2014 Dan Frosch, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"Millions more Sudanese are set to go hungry this year as economic turmoil and erratic rains drive up prices and reduce harvests, with a halt to foreign assistance and the war in Ukraine putting food supplies at further risk. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Dart was the more erratic of the two, completing 47% of his passes for just 89 yards. \u2014 Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times , 7 Nov. 2021",
"Children will enjoy the lily pond with its frogs and turtles, an activity area crafted from logs, and the stegosaurus sculpture made from a glacial erratic by metal artist David Phillips. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 July 2021",
"The increase in moisture would affect most of Arizona and could help with overnight wildfire firefighting efforts, though the accompanying high winds could make fire movement more erratic , the service explained. \u2014 Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic , 20 June 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Speidel was inspired to create these artworks from her fascination with glacial erratics , a type of rock that once was carried inside glacial ice and traveled hundreds of miles sometimes across thousands of years to its current resting spot. \u2014 Nickole Kerner Bobley, Houston Chronicle , 25 Apr. 2020",
"One of the biggest boulders is now enshrined at the Erratic Rock State Natural Site in McMinnville, a small state park that aims to educate visitors about these odd erratics . \u2014 Jamie Hale, OregonLive.com , 6 June 2017",
"Erratics are also found in the Columbia River Gorge. \u2014 Jamie Hale, OregonLive.com , 6 June 2017"
],
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"Adjective",
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],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-220702"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a brief period of time : instant",
": blink sense 3"
],
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"\u02c8\u012b-\u02ccbli\u014bk"
],
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"beat",
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"heartbeat",
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"jiff",
"jiffy",
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"moment",
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"twinkling",
"wink"
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"examples":[
"within an eyeblink I accepted their offer on the house",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the overall timeline of getting meat, firing the gun is little more than an eye blink . \u2014 David James, Anchorage Daily News , 28 Aug. 2021",
"Defunding police won\u2019t get an eye blink \u2019s consideration in Florida, but a coalition of conservative groups has been questioning ever-increasing state and local law enforcement, courts and corrections costs for more than a half-decade. \u2014 Washington Examiner , 10 June 2020",
"Dowd\u2019s father said with a chuckle, his eyes blinking away tears. \u2014 Matthias Gafni, SFChronicle.com , 23 Apr. 2020",
"That point occurred roughly 100 million years before the solar system formed, an eye blink in astronomical time scales. \u2014 Nola Taylor Redd, Scientific American , 27 Mar. 2020",
"Glasses made by Optalert measure the driver\u2019s eye blinking with an LED light monitor. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Feb. 2020",
"Removing Asia Durr from the University of Louisville women\u2019s basketball team has resulted in a period of adjustment that might be measured in eye blinks . \u2014 Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal , 1 Mar. 2020",
"The way his eyes blink wide open illustrate the feeling of suddenly remembering something. \u2014 Rachel E. Greenspan, Time , 19 Sep. 2019",
"In less time than an eye blink , these mysterious objects can release enough energy to power the world for three centuries. \u2014 Seth Shostak, NBC News , 3 Sep. 2019"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1838, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-223310"
},
"estimable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": capable of being estimated",
": valuable",
": worthy of esteem"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-st\u0259-m\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"admirable",
"applaudable",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"laudable",
"meritorious",
"praiseworthy"
],
"antonyms":[
"censurable",
"discreditable",
"illaudable",
"reprehensible"
],
"examples":[
"She has written an estimable novel.",
"We owe thanks to our estimable colleague.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Her history, in other words, has been estimable , even as various failures and missteps over the years make her legacy quite mixed. \u2014 Jill Filipovic, CNN , 8 June 2022",
"The Bridge Theatre\u2019s elegant space gives Fiennes another platform for his estimable gallery of cold men. \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"But Mirren's career dates back to the late 1960s, beginning with her estimable stage work in Britain and roles that capitalized on her sensuality in projects such as 1979's Caligula. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Jaguar is a carmaker steeped in tradition, a fact demonstrated more than 30 years ago when the marque\u2019s then-new XJ220 was named in reference to its top speed, as was its estimable predecessor in 1948, the XK120. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 31 Jan. 2022",
"The Mastersons, who have performed at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach with the estimable Steve Earle. \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Two years later, Remy joined NESN and came under the guidance of the estimable , elegant Ned Martin. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 Oct. 2021",
"Late in the film, a video of a violent incident threatens Rahim\u2019s estimable status, thus his future hinges on its dissemination. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Jan. 2022",
"This is the turning point when fitness became thin, hard, and estimable \u2014a sign of moral and mental fortitude\u2014and softness became its opposite. \u2014 Kelsey Miller, SELF , 11 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-224723"
},
"excursus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an appendix or digression that contains further exposition of some point or topic"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8sk\u0259r-s\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"addendum",
"afterword",
"appendix",
"codicil",
"supplement"
],
"antonyms":[
"foreword",
"introduction",
"preface",
"prologue",
"prolog"
],
"examples":[
"this biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine contains an interesting excursus on the status of women in the Middle Ages"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin, digression, from excurrere ",
"first_known_use":[
"1803, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-230245"
},
"effulgent":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": radiant splendor : brilliance"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8fu\u0307l-j\u0259n(t)s",
"e-",
"-\u02c8f\u0259l-"
],
"synonyms":[
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"brilliancy",
"candor",
"dazzle",
"illumination",
"lambency",
"lightness",
"luminance",
"luminosity",
"luminousness",
"luster",
"lustre",
"lustrousness",
"radiance",
"refulgence",
"splendor"
],
"antonyms":[
"blackness",
"dark",
"darkness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"duskiness"
],
"examples":[
"the exceptional effulgence of the harvest moon is always a striking sight"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Late Latin effulgentia , from Latin effulgent-, effulgens , present participle of effulg\u0113re to shine forth, from ex- + fulg\u0113re to shine \u2014 more at fulgent ",
"first_known_use":[
"1667, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-233843"
},
"enchanting":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": powerfully pleasing, appealing, or delightful : charming",
": very attractive : charming"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8chan-ti\u014b",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8chan-ti\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluring",
"appealing",
"attractive",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charismatic",
"charming",
"elfin",
"engaging",
"entrancing",
"fascinating",
"fetching",
"glamorous",
"glamourous",
"luring",
"magnetic",
"seductive"
],
"antonyms":[
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repelling",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"unalluring"
],
"examples":[
"visitors have long found the Highlands of Scotland to be an enchanting place",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Both are often wrong as historians, yet both are enchanting stylists. \u2014 Dominic Green, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"With ample winter rain, the desert in springtime can be an enchanting place. \u2014 Mare Czinar, USA TODAY , 10 Apr. 2022",
"This enchanting book was written for readers of fantasy, young and old, and anyone with an active imagination who loves fantasy, food and cooking. \u2014 Elizabeth Karmel, Forbes , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Just as enchanting as the food, however, is the restaurant\u2019s ambiance. \u2014 Liam Hess, Vogue , 11 May 2022",
"One of the easiest ways to make your backyard more beautiful is by attracting hummingbirds, one of the most enchanting \u2014and elusive\u2014birds in the animal kingdom. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 14 Apr. 2022",
"With ample winter rain, the desert in springtime can be an enchanting place. \u2014 Mare Czinar, USA TODAY , 10 Apr. 2022",
"With ample winter rain, the desert in springtime can be an enchanting place. \u2014 Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Yet replacing an actor with an avatar struck me as oddly charming, just as the worlds our avatars moved in were enchanting \u2014beautiful, even. \u2014 Merve Emre, The New Yorker , 22 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1589, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-000709"
},
"expend":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to pay out : spend",
": to make use of for a specific purpose : utilize",
": use up",
": to pay out : spend",
": to use up"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8spend",
"ik-\u02c8spend"
],
"synonyms":[
"disburse",
"drop",
"fork (over, out, ",
"give",
"lay out",
"outlay",
"pay",
"shell out",
"spend"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Are we willing to expend the time and resources required to solve the problem?",
"redecoration will have to wait, since we've just expended our last dollar in buying the house",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For instance, if the city approved an ordinance that allowed sales of pets raised by what a retailer claims are ethical breeders, the city would have to be willing to expend a significant effort to verify that claim. \u2014 Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel , 17 June 2022",
"Software companies typically expend significant sales and marketing dollars to chase high growth rates. \u2014 Dan Gallagher, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
"While other stars around the league were able to manage their minutes \u2014 and save their legs \u2014 during the stretch run, the 33-year-old Durant had to expend more energy than usual just to drag his team into the playoffs. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
"In many cases, just the promise to act if needed was enough to persuade the private sector to continue lending at reasonable rates, greatly reducing the resources the Fed had to expend . \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022",
"There are about 20 other potential Republican candidates, and none of them has lost an election to Joe Biden before, and none of them has to expend any energy trying to explain away such a defeat. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Vanderbilt didn\u2019t have to expend much energy Wednesday beating a Georgia team that went more than 12 minutes without making a field goal. \u2014 Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al , 9 Mar. 2022",
"There's a point at which FC Cincinnati will expend significant resources in pursuit of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. \u2014 Pat Brennan, The Enquirer , 10 May 2022",
"Observers already have noted that the new regime would require companies to expend considerable resources to craft these disclosures. \u2014 Richard Vanderford, WSJ , 26 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin expendere to weigh out, expend, from ex- + pendere to weigh \u2014 more at spin ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-004257"
},
"equate":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make equal : equalize",
": to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard or obtain a correct result",
": to treat, represent, or regard as equal, equivalent, or comparable",
": to correspond as equal"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8kw\u0101t",
"\u02c8\u0113-\u02cckw\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"compare",
"liken"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"You shouldn't equate those two things.",
"a value system that equates money with success",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Earnings are based on the amount of movement measured by GPS tracking that is made during five-minute increments that equate to one unit of Energy, which naturally replenishes over time once fully depleted. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 27 May 2022",
"Gilbert said about 20% of ASAE attendees historically book events in the host city within five years, which could equate to about $500 million in business. \u2014 Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland , 10 May 2022",
"Around this time, notices of a green stone were listed in a London newspaper with a price attached that would equate to about $7 million dollars, or four tons of gold. \u2014 Stellene Volandes, Town & Country , 14 Apr. 2022",
"So, if education and experience don\u2019t necessarily equate to great job performance, then what does? \u2014 Kevin Coker, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Marissa Grayson, a political science professor at Samford University in Birmingham, said the attack ads spent largely by outside groups and super PACs, did not equate to a voter turnout effort. \u2014 al , 26 May 2022",
"Some folks may get outraged, but by in large that rage doesn\u2019t equate to much real action. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 May 2022",
"But Sand said offering a shelter bed doesn\u2019t equate to true support. \u2014 oregonlive , 12 May 2022",
"Not to mention, these price points don\u2019t necessarily equate to durable products, Akhtar says. \u2014 Sarah Wells, Popular Mechanics , 28 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin aequatus , past participle of aequare ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-004742"
},
"expression":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an act, process, or instance of representing in a medium (such as words) : utterance",
": something that manifests, embodies, or symbolizes something else",
": a significant word or phrase",
": a mathematical or logical symbol or a meaningful combination of symbols",
": the detectable effect of a gene",
": expressivity sense 1",
": a mode, means, or use of significant representation or symbolism",
": felicitous or vivid indication or depiction of mood or sentiment",
": the quality or fact of being expressive",
": facial aspect or vocal intonation as indicative of feeling",
": an act or product of pressing out",
": the act or process of making known especially in words",
": a meaningful word or saying",
": the look on someone's face",
": a way of speaking, singing, or playing that shows mood or feeling",
": something that manifests, represents, reflects, embodies, or symbolizes something else",
": the detectable effect of a gene",
": the sum of the processes (as transcription and translation) by which a gene is manifested in the phenotype",
": expressivity",
": facial aspect or vocal intonation as indicative of feeling",
": an act or product of pressing out",
": an act, process, or instance of representing or conveying in words or some other medium : speech",
": a mode or means of expressing an idea, opinion, or thought"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8spre-sh\u0259n",
"ik-\u02c8spre-sh\u0259n",
"ik-\u02c8spresh-\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulation",
"formulation",
"phrasing",
"statement",
"utterance",
"verbalism",
"voice",
"wording"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yet another would require public colleges and universities to sign a pledge and create a plan to ensure freedom of expression on campus. \u2014 Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"This doesn\u2019t seem far-fetched since West has always been a proponent of boundless creative expression . \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 10 June 2022",
"Under a sweeping national security law imposed by Beijing, the vigil - now a broader symbol of political expression in the city - has been banned. \u2014 Vic Chiang, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
"Coming to Taiwan, for me the most important thing is the 100% freedom of artistic expression . \u2014 Michael Saul Garber, Fox News , 4 June 2022",
"Beyond the experimental depiction of creative expression , Cronenberg\u2019s film is a larger interpretation of what the next step of human evolution might look like. \u2014 Antonio Ferme, Variety , 3 June 2022",
"So makeup became my one vehicle of creative expression . \u2014 Lindy Segal, Harper's BAZAAR , 26 May 2022",
"McKenzie\u2019s mastery of facial expression and body language conveys some of the best comic moments Ludwig has written for Monsieur Bouc. \u2014 Michelle F. Solomon, Sun Sentinel , 25 May 2022",
"Fearless trailblazers, both women have expanded the possibilities of expression in dance and music and are still actively making new work. \u2014 Amanda Lee Koe, Vogue , 25 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-025025"
},
"epigonous":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": follower , disciple",
": an inferior imitator"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-p\u0259-\u02ccg\u014dn"
],
"synonyms":[
"acolyte",
"adherent",
"convert",
"disciple",
"follower",
"liege man",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"pupil",
"votarist",
"votary"
],
"antonyms":[
"coryphaeus",
"leader"
],
"examples":[
"few of director Alfred Hitchcock's many epigones possess much of the master's wit or style"
],
"history_and_etymology":"German, from Latin epigonus successor, from Greek epigonos , from epigignesthai to be born after, from epi- + gignesthai to be born \u2014 more at kin ",
"first_known_use":[
"1865, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-050536"
},
"extort":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring",
": to gain especially by ingenuity or compelling argument",
": to obtain (as money) from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or unlawful use of authority or power"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8st\u022frt",
"ik-\u02c8st\u022frt"
],
"synonyms":[
"exact",
"wrest",
"wring"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The criminals extorted large sums of money from their victims.",
"He was arrested for extorting bribes.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In South Sudan, soldiers and rebels extort millions of dollars annually along key routes used for trade and aid. \u2014 Peer Schouten, WSJ , 21 Apr. 2022",
"There was no other way to understand it except as an effort to extort this investigation. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The Department of Justice announced that Joseph O'Connor, a 22-year-old from the UK, had been apprehended by National Police in Spain and has been charged with multiple complaints including intent to extort and cyberstalking. \u2014 Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY , 22 July 2021",
"After being threatened with torture, their cellphones can be used to extort family members for thousands of dollars (which can often put them in severe debt). \u2014 Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes , 22 Oct. 2021",
"The scammers later attempt to extort money from victims by threatening to post the content online. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Unionizing legislative staffers is a nakedly political power grab to extort money from staff to fill the campaign coffers of lawmakers and elect only those the union likes. \u2014 Jason Dudash, National Review , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Scammers are impersonating law enforcement and government officials, in an effort to extort money and personal information, the FBI warns. \u2014 Luke Barr, ABC News , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The abuse often accompanies efforts to extort money from families before migrants are allowed to leave Libya on traffickers\u2019 boats. \u2014 Samy Magdy, BostonGlobe.com , 26 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin extortus , past participle of extorqu\u0113re to wrench out, extort, from ex- + torqu\u0113re to twist \u2014 more at torture entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-050642"
},
"exclusively":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": in an exclusive manner : in a way limited to a single person, group, category, method, etc."
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8skl\u00fc-siv-l\u0113",
"-ziv-"
],
"synonyms":[
"alone",
"just",
"only",
"purely",
"simply",
"solely"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1650, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-064505"
},
"exam":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": examination",
": examination",
": examination"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8zam",
"ig-\u02c8zam",
"ig-\u02c8zam"
],
"synonyms":[
"examination",
"quiz",
"test"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Your final exam will count for half of the semester's grade.",
"the exam will cover everything we have studied this term",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In June 2019, Dugan encouraged her newfound sister to take Nevada\u2019s real estate licensing exam . \u2014 Cathy Free, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"Molly Flanagan, a workplace coach who was a member of a Lean In circle in New York, recalled that reading the book prompted her to take a competitive exam at work. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"In grade 9, the exam schools received 984 applications, an increase from last year, but down notably from two years ago. \u2014 James Vaznis, BostonGlobe.com , 11 May 2022",
"In a typical year, 10,000 to 20,000 people take the exam and 2% to 3% of those are hired. \u2014 Dave Seminara, WSJ , 2 May 2022",
"Four months after Ben's murder, Lynlee was in front of cops again and agreed to take a polygraph exam . \u2014 CBS News , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Board member Mirah Anti questioned the emphasis on a score benchmark, arguing that the pressure to take the exam and achieve a certain score could, alone, constitute a barrier to AP participation. \u2014 Joshua Irvine, chicagotribune.com , 9 Mar. 2022",
"In order to become a sheriff\u2019s deputy, candidates must take a polygraph exam as part of their background check, Carballo said. \u2014 Kaylee Remington, cleveland , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Very few people take the exam and very few of them pass it. \u2014 Peter J Reilly, Forbes , 30 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1568, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-073107"
},
"entwine":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to twine together or around",
": to become twisted or twined",
": to twist or twine together or around"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8tw\u012bn",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8tw\u012bn"
],
"synonyms":[
"enlace",
"implicate",
"interlace",
"intertwine",
"intertwist",
"interweave",
"inweave",
"lace",
"ply",
"twist",
"weave",
"wreathe",
"writhe"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The snake entwined itself around the branch.",
"marveled at how the vines had delicately and intricately entwined themselves on the trellis",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The various narrative strands entwine somewhat improbably, though not as improbably as a literate octopus\u2019 skill at detective work. \u2014 Heller Mcalpin, The Christian Science Monitor , 2 May 2022",
"These variations demonstrate the complexity of the spiritual tradition, in which distant folk origins entwine with the individual creative choices of latter-day performers. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Progressive and traditional education often entwine . \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Nov. 2020",
"Mr Jansa, whose entire adult life has been entwined with the history of modern Slovenia, has a point. \u2014 The Economist , 6 June 2020",
"That\u2019s entwined with a story of two officers (one British, one American) in love with the same woman. \u2014 Mike Hughes, Cincinnati.com , 31 May 2020",
"By turns compassionate and investigative, Mr. Taub entwined his exploration of Salahi\u2019s plight with a broader examination of America\u2019s yearslong war on terrorism. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2020",
"But entwined is a indictment of how far the rest of us may have fallen. \u2014 Thomas Page, CNN , 7 Feb. 2020",
"One element that stays mysteriously stable across the centuries is rat kings\u2019 geographic spread: the history of the rat king is uncannily, at times uncomfortably entwined with the history of Germany. \u2014 Adrian Daub, Longreads , 13 Dec. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1590, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-082529"
},
"enticement":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt",
": to attract by raising hope or desire : tempt"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8t\u012bs",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8t\u012bs"
],
"synonyms":[
"allure",
"bait",
"beguile",
"betray",
"decoy",
"lead on",
"lure",
"seduce",
"solicit",
"tempt"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"every commercial seemed to be for some tempting snack specifically designed to entice me from my diet",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The JPMorgan board had also awarded Mr. Dimon a $50 million special bonus earlier in 2021 outside of the annual pay to entice him into staying at the bank for at least five more years. \u2014 David Benoit, WSJ , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Block understandably didn't give too much away about the hunt and hopes the mystery will entice more folks to sign up. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 10 May 2022",
"As rivals' efforts continue to weigh on sales, Popeyes is hoping the Buffalo Ranch Chicken Sandwich will entice customers. \u2014 Danielle Wiener-bronner, CNN , 3 May 2022",
"Tristano says a couple dozen donuts for the price of a few might entice managers trying to ease the transition. \u2014 NBC News , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Chiambaretta hopes the renovations, which will be completed in phases over the next eight years, will not only entice Parisians to return to their beloved avenue but also serve as a model for cities around the world. \u2014 Gisela Williams, Travel + Leisure , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Officials recently launched a fundraising campaign to support the city's largest ever gun buyback program, with the goal of raising $1 million to entice people to turn in guns during two large events this year. \u2014 Rebekah Riess And Steve Almasy, CNN , 20 May 2022",
"Streaming services aim to entice people to subscribe with compelling TV series and movies. \u2014 Wendy Leestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
"But stadium officials are hoping something else will entice people to come back to the 30-year-old ballpark: the food. \u2014 Christina Tkacik, Baltimore Sun , 11 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French enticer , from Vulgar Latin *intitiare , from Latin in- + titio firebrand",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-091734"
},
"embitter":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to excite bitter feelings in",
": to make bitter",
": to make sad and angry : make bitter"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8bi-t\u0259r",
"im-\u02c8bi-t\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"antagonize",
"empoison",
"envenom"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The soldier was embittered by the war.",
"the family refused to let their devastating collision with a drunk driver permanently embitter them",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To an extent not seen in a century, America\u2019s two major parties have gone to battle over the rules that govern voting \u2014 an intensifying fight that threatens to dominate and embitter the country\u2019s politics. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Mar. 2021",
"Many of the impulsive political intrusions by technology companies have done more to embitter American debate than to clean it up. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 14 Jan. 2021",
"In other words, impeachment embittered both sides \u2014and also created a lot of winners, politically, many of them from Texas. \u2014 Tom Benning, Dallas News , 6 Feb. 2020",
"While work can form a core part of a person\u2019s identity, worklessness can depress and embitter . \u2014 Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 May 2020",
"Being close to death, rather than embittering them against their enemies or inflating them with a sense of superiority, lent the Moltkes a greater moral clarity. \u2014 Mary Spencer, National Review , 29 Feb. 2020",
"The women \u2014 all of whom had been fervent Patrick supporters \u2014 came away from their tenure embittered by the experience and stunned the governor did not stand up for equal pay. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Dec. 2019",
"Though the Trump administration says its details are ironed out and ready to be presented, there\u2019s no buy-in from the Palestinians, who have been systematically sidelined and embittered by Trump\u2019s staunchly pro-Israel approach. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 9 Dec. 2019",
"Hamilton, whose role as the embittered , emotionally battered and relentlessly badass mother of future-savior-of-humanity John Connor set a high bar for future action-movie heroines, pretty-much pooh-poohs the idea of a career revival. \u2014 Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com , 4 Sep. 2019"
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"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-091743"
},
"entreaty":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an act of entreating : plea",
": a serious and urgent request"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8tr\u0113-t\u0113",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8tr\u0113-t\u0113"
],
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"adjuration",
"appeal",
"conjuration",
"cry",
"desire",
"petition",
"plea",
"pleading",
"prayer",
"solicitation",
"suit",
"suppliance",
"supplication"
],
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"examples":[
"our entreaties to give us another few minutes to answer the test questions fell on deaf ears",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Moore never tried to call police that night and rejected his brother's entreaty to get in their car to get away from Scott, the prosecutor said. \u2014 John Lynch, Arkansas Online , 4 May 2022",
"More than 11,000 people have put their signatures on the entreaty so far. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 7 Nov. 2014",
"In another message stashed in the attackers\u2019 wallet, someone claiming to be a Wormhole user made an even more desperate entreaty . \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 4 Feb. 2022",
"But as the pandemic races on, the entreaty to them remains the same, still urgent but hopeful: Please, do more. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Dec. 2021",
"A few days later, convinced their entreaty was a scam, Ms. Singh ceased communication. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Dec. 2021",
"The California Supreme Court on Thursday decided to leave the state\u2019s death penalty law intact, refusing an entreaty from Newsom that would have overturned scores of death sentences. \u2014 John Myers, Los Angeles Times , 27 Aug. 2021",
"Zola tells Stefani at one point, King\u2019s most pull-quote-worthy line turned into an entreaty for someone to accept, if not their own worth, then that of everyone else. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 30 June 2021",
"If your gentle entreaty falls on deaf ears, pass on a slice for yourself, and for subsequent visits to her home, bring a dessert that end-runs the issue \u2014 a confection whose presentation involves neither licking nor onsite slicing. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 18 May 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1530, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-092023"
},
"exotic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": introduced from another country : not native to the place where found",
": strikingly, excitingly, or mysteriously different or unusual",
": of or relating to striptease : involving or featuring exotic dancers",
": foreign , alien",
": one (such as a plant or animal) that is exotic",
": exotic dancer",
": exotic shorthair",
": very different, strange, or unusual",
": introduced from another country : not native"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8z\u00e4-tik",
"ig-\u02c8z\u00e4-tik"
],
"synonyms":[
"bizarro",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"glamorous",
"glamourous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"outlandish",
"romantic",
"strange"
],
"antonyms":[
"curio",
"curiosity",
"objet d'art",
"objet",
"oddity",
"oddment",
"rarity"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"She's known for her exotic tastes.",
"the gradual disappearance of exotic lands in a culturally homogenized world",
"Noun",
"Some native species are being crowded out by exotics .",
"the botanical garden boasts an array of horticultural exotics from around the world",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Like scenes out of a narco television series, exotic animals have been long been part of the Mexican criminal underworld. \u2014 Mark Stevenson, ajc , 17 June 2022",
"Known for its exotic animals and aerobatic performances, it was considered a wholesome entertainment option for families. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 18 May 2022",
"In 1931, the Coca-Cola heir purchased an elephant \u2014 followed shortly by the acquiring of a bear and several other exotic animals. \u2014 Hunter Boyce, ajc , 16 May 2022",
"When a shell landed on a nearby private zoo that housed exotic animals, Serpinska watched in horror as flames engulfed the building. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Catera Northup, an exotic dancer from Rhode Island, said. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
"Zola is based on a viral Twitter thread about an exotic dancer\u2019s long weekend with a new friend and her homicidal pimp. \u2014 Katherine Schaffstall, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 Mar. 2022",
"To the delight of thirsty fans all over the world, Channing Tatum recently announced that a third movie in the Magic Mike stripper saga, based on his own experiences as an exotic dancer in Tampa, Florida, is finally happening. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 27 Feb. 2022",
"The snub brought to mind Jennifer Lopez\u2018s omission from the 2020 Oscar nods, when she was thought to be a strong contender for her performance as a veteran exotic dancer in Hustlers. \u2014 Keith Caulfield, Billboard , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In the event that August\u2019s Monterey Car Week auctions present too long a wait, the Bonhams sale at the Palace Hotel in Gstaad, Switzerland, on July 3 offers lovers of big 1960s-era GTs some interesting ways to scratch one\u2019s itch for an old exotic . \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 6 June 2022",
"The show will move on to a different exotic -to-white-people location, presumably with new people of colour to disappear into the background of The Real Story. \u2014 Brooke Obie, refinery29.com , 22 Aug. 2021",
"New words seemed to appear all the time \u2014 from the exotic -sounding to the common. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 11 Apr. 2021",
"Early cars can be plagued with other gremlins, and maintenance history, as with any exotic of the era, is essential in establishing value. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 29 Mar. 2021",
"Asian giant hornets could also have deadly impacts on pollinators like native bee species, many of which are already suffering from competition with other exotics , Looney says. \u2014 National Geographic , 4 May 2020",
"Use both in exotics along with Winning Impression and My Friends Beer. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 May 2020",
"Azaleas fall into two camps: Natives are indigenous to parts of the U.S. and lose their leaves in winter; exotics are evergreens that come primarily from Japan, and most are hybrids. \u2014 Southern Living Editors, Southern Living , 22 May 2020",
"But the couple did not share his passion and shipped off some of his exotics to the Jardin des Plantes, the national botanical garden in Paris, where their descendants flourish today. \u2014 Kathleen Beckett, New York Times , 6 Apr. 2020"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"1670, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-092534"
},
"eurythmic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": harmonious",
": of or relating to eurythmy or eurythmics"
],
"pronounciation":[
"yu\u0307-\u02c8rit\u035fh-mik"
],
"synonyms":[
"balanced",
"congruous",
"consonant",
"harmonic",
"harmonious"
],
"antonyms":[
"disharmonic",
"disharmonious",
"incongruous",
"inharmonic",
"inharmonious",
"unbalanced"
],
"examples":[
"the ratio of the height of the temple's colonnade to the width of the entablature and pediment make for an eye-pleasing and eurythmic facade"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1855, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-092629"
},
"exaggerate":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth : overstate",
": to enlarge or increase especially beyond the normal : overemphasize",
": to make an overstatement",
": to describe as larger or greater than what is true"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8za-j\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
"ig-\u02c8za-j\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t"
],
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"color",
"elaborate (on)",
"embellish",
"embroider",
"hyperbolize",
"magnify",
"pad",
"stretch"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The book exaggerates the difficulties he faced in starting his career.",
"It's impossible to exaggerate the importance of this discovery.",
"He tends to exaggerate when talking about his accomplishments.",
"He exaggerated his movements so we could see them more clearly.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Without the training to grapple with the cascade of thoughts, people obsess or exaggerate or imagine threats. \u2014 Jan Bruce, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Claims of casualties by government officials \u2014 who may sometimes exaggerate or lowball their figures for public relations reasons \u2014 are all but impossible to verify. \u2014 John Leicester And Hanna Arhirova, Chicago Tribune , 4 June 2022",
"Claims of casualties by government officials \u2014 who may sometimes exaggerate or lowball their figures for public relations reasons \u2014 are all but impossible to verify. \u2014 Hanna Arhirova, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
"The very implausibility of attempts to dismiss human agency heightens the appeal of conspiracy theories that exaggerate it. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 18 May 2022",
"He\u2019s humble, not one to brag or talk tough, and not one to exaggerate either. \u2014 Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star , 19 May 2022",
"However increasingly, these statements massively exaggerate the cosmic relevance of a firm, obscuring its actual product and means of generating revenue. \u2014 Scott Galloway For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Some election law experts say Democrats exaggerate their impact in any case. \u2014 John Harwood, CNN , 23 Jan. 2022",
"While calming in the moment, my doctor explained that alcohol can exaggerate menopausal symptoms. \u2014 Outside Online , 12 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Latin exagger\u0101tus, past participle of exagger\u0101re \"to heap up, construct by piling up, increase in significance,\" from ex- ex- entry 1 + agger\u0101re \"to heap up over, form into a heap,\" verbal derivative of agger \"rubble, earthwork, rampart, dam,\" noun derivative of aggerere \"to bring, carry (to or up), push close up (against),\" from ag- ag- + gerere \"to carry, bring\" \u2014 more at jest entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1613, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-092727"
},
"explicitness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent",
"\u2014 compare implicit sense 1a",
": open in the depiction of nudity or sexuality",
": fully developed or formulated",
": unambiguous in expression",
": defined by an expression containing only independent variables \u2014 compare implicit sense 3b",
": so clear in statement that there is no doubt about the meaning"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8spli-s\u0259t",
"ik-\u02c8spli-s\u0259t"
],
"synonyms":[
"clear-cut",
"definite",
"definitive",
"express",
"specific",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"univocal"
],
"antonyms":[
"implicit",
"implied",
"inferred"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Jeremy Kamperveen, the man accused of extorting State Sen. Lauren Book by threatening to release explicit photos of her, has entered a plea of no contest, WPLG-Ch. \u2014 Austen Erblat, Sun Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
"Others are accompanied by non- explicit photos of people who appear to be under 18. \u2014 Ben Goggin, NBC News , 10 June 2022",
"PimEyes unearthed the decades-old trauma, with links to where exactly the explicit photos could be found on the web. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
"Balark allegedly texted the student on several occasions beginning in early May, offering money for explicit photos of the student, according to court documents. \u2014 Adam Terro, The Arizona Republic , 13 May 2022",
"The family won a permanent injunction barring public release of the most explicit photos taken as part of the death investigation. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 25 Apr. 2022",
"On April 23, 2019, the Bexar County Sheriff\u2019s Office searched Gerstner\u2019s residence and found cellphones containing numerous images of child pornography, including explicit photos of children as young as 4. \u2014 Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News , 8 Mar. 2022",
"He was accused of all sorts of misdeeds, including ghosting, love-bombing, and sending unsolicited explicit photos. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Bertolino reportedly created a Facebook account and used explicit photos of the victim for the account profile. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 27 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French or Medieval Latin; French explicite , from Medieval Latin explicitus , from Latin, past participle of explicare \u2014 see explicate ",
"first_known_use":[
"1549, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-093300"
},
"excrescency":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": excrescence"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8skre-s\u1d4an-s\u0113",
"ek-"
],
"synonyms":[
"excrescence",
"growth",
"lump",
"neoplasm",
"tumor"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"fortunately, the excrescency could be removed with surgery",
"some feel that the planned skyscraper would be an excrescency on the city's low-rise skyline"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1545, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-093537"
},
"explain":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make known",
": to make plain or understandable",
": to give the reason for or cause of",
": to show the logical development or relationships of",
": to make something plain or understandable",
": to clarify one's statements or the reasons for one's conduct",
": to make clear : clarify",
": to give the reasons for or cause of"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8spl\u0101n",
"ik-\u02c8spl\u0101n"
],
"synonyms":[
"clarify",
"clear (up)",
"construe",
"demonstrate",
"demystify",
"elucidate",
"explicate",
"expound",
"get across",
"illuminate",
"illustrate",
"interpret",
"simplify",
"spell out",
"unriddle"
],
"antonyms":[
"obscure"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That may explain why Black women, many of whom suffer from uterine fibroids, are more often diagnosed later in the disease process, Doll said. \u2014 Roni Caryn Rabin, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"The BlackRock team has gone to greater lengths in recent years to explain the reasoning behind high-profile votes, such as in the Exxon proxy fight. \u2014 Angel Au-yeung, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
"Byrne\u2019s team also processed fraud tips in Washington, where Byrne said he was occasionally asked to speak by phone with county officials or prosecutors to explain his theory about voting machine fraud. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
"When a disagreement comes\u2014when another employee challenges another autonomous employee\u2019s decision\u2014there must be transparency in decision-making to adequately explain why such a decision was made. \u2014 Dylan Taylor, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"The company is even asking schools to explain how teams use and distribute the stickers on players\u2019 helmets week to week to re-create the same detail over the course of a season, for example. \u2014 Teddy Amenabar, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"That may explain why Black women, many of whom suffer from uterine fibroids, are more often diagnosed later in the disease process, Dr. Doll said. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
"That can look like adding more sentences to explain something, including punctuation to clarify intentions, or using emojis to keep messages light. \u2014 Chloe Berger, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
"Of all the models to explain the high mortality, high temperatures seemed to correlate best, Litzow said. \u2014 Elizabeth Earl For Alaska Journal Of Commerce, Anchorage Daily News , 16 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English explanen , from Latin explanare , literally, to make level, from ex- + planus level, flat \u2014 more at floor ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1b"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-093842"
},
"extraordinarily":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": going beyond what is usual, regular, or customary",
": exceptional to a very marked extent",
": nonrecurring",
": employed for or sent on a special function or service",
": so unusual as to be remarkable",
": going beyond what is usual, regular, or customary",
": of, relating to, or having the nature of a proceeding or action not normally required by law or not prescribed for the regular administration of law",
"\u2014 compare ordinary",
": of or relating to a financial transaction that is not expected to be repeated",
": employed for or sent on a special function or service"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8str\u022fr-d\u0259-\u02ccner-\u0113",
"\u02ccek-str\u0259-\u02c8\u022fr-",
"ik-\u02c8str\u022fr-d\u0259-\u02ccner-\u0113",
"\u02ccek-str\u0259-\u02c8\u022fr-",
"ek-\u02c8str\u022fr-d\u0259-\u02ccner-\u0113, \u02ccek-str\u0259-\u02c8\u022fr-"
],
"synonyms":[
"aberrant",
"aberrated",
"abnormal",
"anomalous",
"atypical",
"especial",
"exceeding",
"exceptional",
"extraordinaire",
"freak",
"odd",
"peculiar",
"phenomenal",
"preternatural",
"rare",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted"
],
"antonyms":[
"common",
"customary",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unextraordinary",
"usual"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Brenneman is extraordinary as a bitter divorcee dragged on the run with Chase. \u2014 Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
"On a night when Curry was ordinary, Wiggins was extraordinary . \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
"The basic process seems straightforward, but its details are extraordinary . \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 13 June 2022",
"That said, Annecy double-decade growth has been extraordinary : Some 4,000 badge-holders at the turn of the century, 7,000 when Jean became artistic director in 2013, which has now nearly doubled, Jean points out. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 12 June 2022",
"Despite the charges, the investor support of Alexandre is extraordinary . \u2014 Michelle Singletary, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"Elizabeth's personal story that goes through it is extraordinary also. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
"The diligence of this team in finding a new home for our content is extraordinary . \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
"What is extraordinary is that Skinner embarked on a path to define her own sense of purpose better, only to discover that her purpose in life is to help other people discover and enact their sense of purpose. \u2014 Dan Pontefract, Forbes , 3 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English extraordinarie , from Latin extraordinarius , from extra ordinem out of course, from extra + ordinem , accusative of ordin-, ordo order",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-094004"
},
"excess":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": the state or an instance of surpassing usual, proper, or specified limits : superfluity",
": the amount or degree by which one thing or quantity exceeds another",
": undue or immoderate indulgence : intemperance",
": an act or instance of intemperance",
": to an amount or degree beyond : over",
": more than the usual, proper, or specified amount",
": to eliminate the position of",
": a state of being more than enough",
": the amount by which something is or has too much",
": more than is usual or acceptable",
": more than a usual or specified amount",
": additional to an amount specified under another insurance policy"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8ses",
"\u02c8ek-\u02ccses",
"ik-\u02c8ses",
"\u02c8ek-\u02ccses"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellyful",
"fat",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"overplus",
"oversupply",
"plethora",
"plus",
"redundancy",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"surplusage"
],
"antonyms":[
"extra",
"redundant",
"spare",
"supererogatory",
"superfluous",
"supernumerary",
"surplus"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The parent and student are seeking in excess of $15,000 in damages, according to the court filing. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 17 June 2022",
"While Saudi Arabia\u2019s box office is indeed growing substantially, its current relatively low level compared to major territories \u2014 like China \u2014 where films can earn in excess of $100 million, appears to be behind the lack of concern from Hollywood. \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 June 2022",
"Raffel sought in excess of $10 million and in damages for patent infringement, trade dress infringement, misappropriation and false marking. \u2014 Bruce Vielmetti, Journal Sentinel , 17 June 2022",
"In the case of the Mid-States corridor, that could be in excess of $1 billion. \u2014 Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star , 16 June 2022",
"To be called a derecho, severe storms must have winds in excess of 58 mph and cause damage spanning at least 250 miles. \u2014 Judson Jones, CNN , 13 June 2022",
"All residual profit in excess of this routine return was converted into a royalty rate and paid to LuxSCS. \u2014 Ryan Finley, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"NBC News reached out to real estate agents who had a successful year in sales in 2020 and obtained PPP loans in excess of $90,000 that were then wholly or partially forgiven by the federal government. \u2014 Alexandra Chaidez, NBC News , 4 June 2022",
"There is not much disagreement that many companies have marked up goods in excess of their own rising costs. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"In May, the World Health Organization estimated that there were about 14.9 million excess deaths associated with the pandemic in 2020 and 2021. \u2014 Time , 7 June 2022",
"Older people also made up an overwhelming share of the excess deaths \u2014 the difference between the number of people who actually died and the number who would have been expected to die if the pandemic had never happened. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
"The Mothers\u2019 Milk Bank in Newton, which collects excess breast milk donations, has seen a spike in interest since formula first ran low. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022",
"The campaign did not immediately provide a total number and dollar amount of the excess donations, but the campaign has been sending money back to donors and updating prior campaign finance reports for the last few years. \u2014 Pamela Wood, baltimoresun.com , 15 Dec. 2021",
"One donation will not cause the donor\u2019s platelets to go too low, but there is a risk of too-low platelets with excess donations. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 8 Oct. 2021",
"During the pandemic, there have been around 1.1 million excess deaths, according to the CDC, a metric that captures the difference between how many deaths are observed and how many would have been expected. \u2014 Robert Hart, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"Eighty-five percent of all excess deaths occurred in developing nations, Philip Schellekens of the World Bank noted last week, despite the fact that these countries have younger populations that should be less susceptible to serious illness. \u2014 Adam Taylor, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
"More than 252,000 people in South Africa have died from the virus, but the numbers are considered to be much higher when considering the number of excess deaths recorded since the pandemic compared to the same periods before the pandemic. \u2014 Mogomotsi Magome, ajc , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"That suggests existing protections won\u2019t have much force until the state extends its new worker-misclassification law (which cracks down on employers who rely to excess on gig workers) to temporary employees. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 22 Sep. 2021",
"You\u2019ve been quoted as saying that that is really what the film is about \u2014 not so much drinking to excess as embracing the uncontrollable. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 15 Apr. 2021",
"Meacham is a nonideological historian and McGraw is a country star, two professions that were built for caution, something McGraw occasionally takes to excess . \u2014 Allison Stewart, chicagotribune.com , 11 July 2019",
"Meacham is a nonideological historian and McGraw is a country star, two professions that were built for caution, something McGraw occasionally takes to excess . \u2014 Allison Stewart, chicagotribune.com , 11 July 2019",
"Meacham is a nonideological historian and McGraw is a country star, two professions that were built for caution, something McGraw occasionally takes to excess . \u2014 Allison Stewart, chicagotribune.com , 11 July 2019",
"Meacham is a nonideological historian and McGraw is a country star, two professions that were built for caution, something McGraw occasionally takes to excess . \u2014 Allison Stewart, chicagotribune.com , 11 July 2019",
"Meacham is a nonideological historian and McGraw is a country star, two professions that were built for caution, something McGraw occasionally takes to excess . \u2014 Allison Stewart, chicagotribune.com , 11 July 2019",
"Meacham is a nonideological historian and McGraw is a country star, two professions that were built for caution, something McGraw occasionally takes to excess . \u2014 Allison Stewart, chicagotribune.com , 11 July 2019"
],
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"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"1971, in the meaning defined above"
],
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},
"edginess":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": having an edge : sharp",
": being on edge : tense , irritable",
": characterized by tension",
": having a bold, provocative, or unconventional quality"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-j\u0113"
],
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"aflutter",
"antsy",
"anxious",
"atwitter",
"dithery",
"goosey",
"het up",
"hinky",
"hung up",
"ill at ease",
"insecure",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"nervy",
"perturbed",
"queasy",
"queazy",
"tense",
"troubled",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"upset",
"uptight",
"worried"
],
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"calm",
"collected",
"cool",
"easy",
"happy-go-lucky",
"nerveless",
"relaxed"
],
"examples":[
"Too much coffee makes me edgy .",
"Why are you so edgy ?",
"Their relationship has always been edgy .",
"one of the director's edgier films",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Cool kids of Lagos, aka the Alt\u00e9ists, delivered a masterclass on edgy style, complete with statement-making dyed hair and colorful locs. \u2014 Vogue , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Lucky for us, she's taken full advantage of her ambassadorship with Chanel to deliver memorable looks that reflect her edgy , slightly punk personal style while honoring Princess Diana's \u201990s elegance. \u2014 Glamour , 29 Dec. 2021",
"In the two decades since her death, the fascination with Aaliyah's music and laid-back, edgy style has intensified. \u2014 Toyin Owoseje, CNN , 17 Dec. 2021",
"The dotted look takes the edgy style of this photo shoot to the next level. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 29 June 2021",
"Not getting edgy : The Chargers didn\u2019t draft an edge rusher, which was surprising. \u2014 Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
"But an eight-speed automatic smoothly harnesses the engine's 391 pound-feet of torque\u2014the most in this test\u2014and the GV70's drive modes can effectively alter its temperament from RX350 calm to M40i edgy . \u2014 Mike Sutton, Car and Driver , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Alice wields guns and does backflips off the wall in her asymmetrical gown, punctuated with edgy , leather knee boots. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The Spencer star has chopped her hair into a buzz cut, dyed it a warm, strawberry hue, and experimented with edgy updos. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 26 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1775, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-101829"
},
"extension":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the action of extending : state of being extended",
": an enlargement in scope or operation",
": the total range over which something extends : compass",
": denotation sense 4",
": the stretching of a fractured or dislocated limb so as to restore it to its natural position",
": an unbending movement around a joint in a limb (such as the knee or elbow) that increases the angle between the bones of the limb at the joint \u2014 compare flexion sense 4a",
": a property whereby something occupies space",
": an increase in length of time",
": an increase in time allowed under agreement or concession",
": a program that geographically extends the educational resources of an institution by special arrangements (such as correspondence courses) to persons otherwise unable to take advantage of such resources",
": a part constituting an addition",
": a section or line segment forming an additional length",
": an extra telephone connected to the principal line",
": a length of natural or synthetic hair that is worn attached to one's natural hair",
": a series of usually three or four characters following a dot at the end of the name of a computer file that specifies the file's format or purpose",
": a mathematical set (such as a field or group) that includes a given and similar set as a subset",
": the act of making something longer or greater",
": an increase in length or time",
": a part forming an addition or enlargement",
": the stretching of a fractured or dislocated limb so as to restore it to its natural position",
": an unbending movement around a joint in a limb (as the knee or elbow) that increases the angle between the bones of the limb at the joint \u2014 compare flexion sense 1",
": an increase in length of time",
": an increase in the time allowed under an agreement"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8sten(t)-sh\u0259n",
"ik-\u02c8sten-sh\u0259n",
"ik-\u02c8sten-ch\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"drawing out",
"elongation",
"lengthening",
"prolongation",
"prolonging",
"stretching"
],
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"abbreviation",
"abridgment",
"abridgement",
"curtailment",
"cutback",
"shortening"
],
"examples":[
"extension of the patient's life",
"He's asking for a contract extension .",
"Make sure that the muscles get the proper amount of extension .",
"I missed the deadline but was granted an extension .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This encounter unleashes the protagonist\u2019s passion for art and, by extension , for a better life away from the village. \u2014 Nick Vivarelli, Variety , 17 June 2022",
"This indicates there may be genetic differences governing ORF7a interaction and, by extension , disease outcome. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"While there are some short- and long-term downsides to remote and hybrid working, many see it as an exciting opportunity to improve their workplaces and, by extension , the lives of their employees. \u2014 Dan Reilly, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
"Nothing makes our faces light up like a sitewide sale on our favorite beauty products \u2014 and by extension , making your day as well. \u2014 Sarah Han, Allure , 14 June 2022",
"Though there are significant differences, the labor histories of the WNBA and the USWNT \u2013 and, by extension , the NWSL \u2013 are similar. \u2014 Nancy Armour, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
"Dimon echoes the prevailing sentiment that\u2019s been weighing down stocks, and by extension , cryptos this year. \u2014 Dan Runkevicius, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"The organization Drew helped build has been on the forefront of fighting for poor people, people of color \u2014 and, by extension , cities themselves. \u2014 Adrian Walker, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
"Established in 2019, the collective sees police violence as a feminist issue, where prisons are impacting their children and by extension impacting them. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune , 26 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Late Latin extension-, extensio , from Latin extendere ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-102536"
},
"erudite":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying : possessing or displaying erudition"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8er-\u0259-\u02ccd\u012bt",
"\u02c8er-y\u0259-"
],
"synonyms":[
"educated",
"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"lettered",
"literate",
"scholarly",
"well-read"
],
"antonyms":[
"benighted",
"dark",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"uneducated",
"unlearned",
"unlettered",
"unscholarly"
],
"examples":[
"He wasn't bashful about showing himself to be feverishly erudite , \u2026 terminally droll, and a wizard phrasemaker. \u2014 Susan Sontag , New Yorker , 18 & 25 June 2001",
"\u2026 an engaging fellow: erudite , entertaining, intolerant of trendiness and fearlessly old-fashioned. \u2026 He can turn a nice phrase, too. \u2014 Mordecai Richler , Wall Street Journal , 2 May 1995",
"He was well read, especially in the works of Kipling, a field in which Violet could give him a game, and from time to time they would exchange erudite letters about Kipling characters. \u2014 Anthony Powell , The Strangers All are Gone , 1982",
"the most erudite people in medical research attended the conference",
"an erudite lecture on the latest discoveries in astronomy",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Landgraf is one of the most highly regarded and erudite executives in the entertainment industry. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 9 June 2022",
"Mishra tells a rich and erudite story that highlights the contributions of three intellectuals\u2014Jamal al-Din al-Afghani, Liang Qichao, and Rabindranath Tagore\u2014to the rise of modern Asia. \u2014 Bo Seo, The Atlantic , 1 June 2022",
"In the hands of a less erudite and playful designer, such attentiveness to history might produce a rigid monotony of style. \u2014 Victoria Johnson, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
"Moore transitioned to journalism and fashioned a 25-year career as an erudite writer for Sports Illustrated, covering track and field among other subjects. \u2014 Ken Goe For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 4 May 2022",
"But what elegant gossip, dressed up in Brown's stylish sentences and erudite insights. \u2014 Maria Puente, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2022",
"An erudite Islamic scholar by night, Mr. Touray moved into a third-floor apartment in a new 19-story building known as Twin Parks North West. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Jan. 2022",
"But even Finnegans Wake, an unrivaled imagining of mental dark matter, consists entirely of Joyce\u2019s hyperconscious, insanely erudite meta-thoughts. \u2014 John Horgan, Scientific American , 6 Feb. 2021",
"For all his virtuosity, Wallace specialized in erudite neurotics from Middle America who suffer from various degrees of mental illness. \u2014 Jonathan Russell Clark, Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English erudit , from Latin eruditus , from past participle of erudire to instruct, from e- + rudis rude, ignorant",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-102747"
},
"eatable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": fit or able to be eaten",
": something to eat",
": food",
": fit to be eaten : edible"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0113-t\u0259-b\u0259l",
"\u02c8\u0113-t\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"comestible",
"eating",
"edible",
"esculent"
],
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"bread",
"chow",
"chuck",
"comestibles",
"eats",
"edibles",
"fare",
"food",
"foodstuffs",
"grub",
"meat",
"provender",
"provisions",
"table",
"tucker",
"viands",
"victuals",
"vittles"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"a survival course in which you learn which wild plants are eatable"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun",
"1672, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-104912"
},
"elementary":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or dealing with the simplest elements or principles of something",
": of or relating to an elementary school",
": elemental sense 1a",
": elemental sense 2",
": relating to the beginnings or simplest principles of a subject",
": relating to or teaching the basic subjects of education"
],
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"\u02cce-l\u0259-\u02c8men-t\u0259-r\u0113",
"-\u02c8men-tr\u0113",
"\u02cce-l\u0259-\u02c8men-t\u0259-r\u0113",
"-\u02c8men-tr\u0113"
],
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"abecedarian",
"basal",
"basic",
"beginning",
"elemental",
"essential",
"fundamental",
"introductory",
"meat-and-potatoes",
"rudimental",
"rudimentary",
"underlying"
],
"antonyms":[
"advanced"
],
"examples":[
"He is lacking even the most elementary notions of fairness.",
"The researchers made an elementary error.",
"He has an elementary understanding of calculus.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It's used to teach physics, chemistry, biology, mechatronics, programming, robotics and engineering in elementary schools through colleges and assess core competences of resident urologists. \u2014 Roy Schwartz, CNN , 18 June 2022",
"The armed security officers will guard the district's nine elementary schools, Pike View Early Childhood Center and the North Little Rock Academy. \u2014 Neal Earley, Arkansas Online , 18 June 2022",
"Vincenzo Ruggiero, director of personnel and employee relations, said the purpose was to help the fourth-graders transition to fifth grade by meeting classmates from all three elementary schools -- Grindstone, Big Creek and Brook Park Memorial. \u2014 cleveland , 16 June 2022",
"More than $124 million worth of facilities projects have been completed in four Wauwatosa elementary schools, as part of a referendum Wauwatosa School District voters approved in 2018. \u2014 Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
"On Friday, Glenbrook High School District 225 graduating seniors visited their former elementary schools as part of Senior Walk 2022. \u2014 Pioneer Press Staff, Chicago Tribune , 7 June 2022",
"Many of them are smaller districts that feed into regional high schools and only have elementary schools in their districts. \u2014 Dave Altimari And Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant , 7 June 2022",
"Within hours of the school shooting in Uvalde that left 19 students and two teachers dead, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said armed police need to be stationed in elementary schools. \u2014 Sanya Mansoor, Time , 1 June 2022",
"Everyone deserves to feel safe in their community, and especially in our elementary schools. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 29 May 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-105436"
},
"expansion":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": expanse",
": the act or process of expanding",
": the quality or state of being expanded",
": the increase in volume of working fluid (such as steam) in an engine cylinder after cutoff or in an internal combustion engine after explosion",
": an expanded part",
": something that results from an act of expanding",
": the result of carrying out an indicated mathematical operation : the expression of a function in the form of a series",
": the act of growing or increasing : enlargement",
": the act or process of expanding",
": the quality or state of being expanded"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8span(t)-sh\u0259n",
"ik-\u02c8span-sh\u0259n",
"ik-\u02c8span-ch\u0259n"
],
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"accretion",
"accrual",
"addendum",
"addition",
"augmentation",
"boost",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"more",
"plus",
"proliferation",
"raise",
"rise",
"step-up",
"supplement",
"uptick"
],
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"abatement",
"decline",
"decrease",
"decrement",
"depletion",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop-off",
"fall",
"falloff",
"lessening",
"loss",
"lowering",
"reduction",
"shrinkage",
"step-down"
],
"examples":[
"The league is undergoing expansion .",
"the expansion of a lecture series into a book",
"This book is an expansion of a lecture series.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The expansion is already underway, with a groundbreaking ceremony held Tuesday. \u2014 Ana Roc\u00edo \u00c1lvarez Br\u00ed\u00f1ez, The Courier-Journal , 23 June 2022",
"The expansion includes all of Goblin Valley Road and a portion of Little Wild Horse Road. \u2014 Anastasia Hufham, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"But the expansion has proved to be expensive, with each state launch requiring a local marketing blitz. \u2014 Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022",
"The price tag for what would be the WNBA\u2019s first expansion team or teams since the Atlanta Dream in 2008 will be an important barometer of the league\u2019s trajectory. \u2014 Rachel Bachman, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
"In addition to Parker, the NHL expansion team sent several members of its player development coaching staff whose duties include structuring practice plans, curriculum and growing the game. \u2014 Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News , 13 June 2022",
"This season, the Thorns rank second at 13,222 behind expansion team Angel City FC (Los Angeles) at 19,202. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 June 2022",
"The Golden Knights become the second expansion team in the NHL, NBA, NFL or MLB since 1960 to reach a championship series in their first season. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
"Eniola Aluko is the sporting director of Angel City FC, a new expansion team in the National Women\u2019s Soccer League (NWSL). \u2014 Corey Seymour, Vogue , 16 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-110227"
},
"era":{
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a fixed point in time from which a series of years is reckoned",
": a memorable or important date or event",
": one that begins a new period in the history of a person or thing",
": a system of chronological notation computed from a given date as basis",
": a period identified by some prominent figure or characteristic feature",
": a stage in development (as of a person or thing)",
": a large division of geologic time usually shorter than an eon",
"earned run average",
"Equal Rights Amendment",
": a period of time starting from some special date or event or known for a certain feature",
": an important period of history"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8er-\u0259",
"\u02c8e-r\u0259",
"\u02c8ir-\u0259",
"\u02c8er-\u0259",
"\u02c8ir-\u0259"
],
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"age",
"day",
"epoch",
"period",
"time"
],
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"the era of the horse and buggy",
"We're just now entering an era of great prosperity.",
"His death marks the end of an era .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In the modern era , even adversaries interact extensively. \u2014 Daniel Bessner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"Then came the client/server era , which democratized computing to a much larger range of businesses. \u2014 Ravi Mayuram, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"The paper argues Baltimore in the 1950s and 1960s was on the same downward trajectory as San Francisco in the post-World War II era . \u2014 Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun , 21 June 2022",
"Nuggets get backup prospect behind Nikola Jokic, ending DeMarcus Cousins era . \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
"While the top of this draft features talent that could potentially headline an era for the Pacers, misses in the draft are inevitable. \u2014 Joel Lorenzi, The Indianapolis Star , 21 June 2022",
"What happened last year was the Lightning became the second franchise since the salary cap era began in 2005 to win the Cup back-to-back. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 20 June 2022",
"What happened last year was the Lightning became the second franchise since the salary cap era began in 2005 to win the Cup back-to-back. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 20 June 2022",
"The local authorities have also revived colonial era laws on sedition to silence opposition voices. \u2014 Vivienne Chow, Variety , 16 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1615, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-111624"
},
"etiquette":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the conduct or procedure required by good breeding or prescribed by authority to be observed in social or official life",
": the rules governing the proper way to behave or to do something"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-ti-k\u0259t",
"-\u02ccket",
"\u02c8e-ti-k\u0259t",
"-\u02ccket"
],
"synonyms":[
"form",
"manner",
"mores",
"proprieties"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Her failure to respond to the invitation was a serious breach of etiquette .",
"the couple exhibited poor etiquette when they left the party without saying good-bye to the host and hostess",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The sort of lacking of social etiquette and on so on, but there's a strange naivete about the consequences of his actions. \u2014 Clarissa Cruz, EW.com , 17 June 2022",
"Imani anticipates that there will be people at Fan Fusion who are new to attending fan conventions and not aware of proper etiquette for approaching and photographing cosplayers. \u2014 Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic , 27 May 2022",
"Not if it's done in accordance to the rules of etiquette posted above. \u2014 Drew Dorian And Laura Sky Brown, Car and Driver , 25 May 2022",
"As with rules of etiquette on the trails, which are shared by cyclists and pedestrians, public education is critical, especially as use of the greenway system increases. \u2014 Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Merrick\u2019s student club, AISL, posted a notice of powwow etiquette on their website, which features guidance for showing respect to Native performers and powwow traditions. \u2014 Valene Peratrovich, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The list is based on her observations over the years and time spent advising companies, organizations and individuals on an array of etiquette issues \u2014 including dining habits, workplace behavior and tipping practices at holiday time. \u2014 Maureen Mackey, Fox News , 21 May 2022",
"There is no etiquette rule that mandates the respective ages of an adult couple who want to marry. \u2014 Jacobina Martin, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"The Law & Order star also revealed his top gym gripe: bad equipment etiquette . \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 18 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French \u00e9tiquette , literally, ticket \u2014 more at ticket entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1737, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-112100"
},
"emendation":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act or practice of emending",
": an alteration designed to correct or improve"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0113-\u02ccmen-\u02c8d\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"\u02cce-m\u0259n-",
"e-\u02ccmen-"
],
"synonyms":[
"amendment",
"correction"
],
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"examples":[
"the governor's numerous emendations to the speechwriter's first draft left nary a sentence untouched",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One emendation to the oddsmaker\u2019s craft was the shocking triumph of Leicester City in the English Premier League in 2016. \u2014 Hayden Bird, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2018",
"Likewise, a 2004 emendation and intensification of the act was also ratified, in part, as a response to the death of another child, Victoria Climbi\u00e9, at the hands of her guardians. \u2014 Tara Isabella Burton, Vox , 27 Apr. 2018",
"Richard Ouellette\u2019s d\u00e9cor, with a central pavilion amid a grove, serves for both productions, with slight emendations . \u2014 Alastair Macaulay, New York Times , 4 Feb. 2018",
"Even with the emendations , fewer seats will be available for each production. \u2014 Alexis Soloski, New York Times , 31 Jan. 2018",
"These letters often included a handwritten emendation of grief or praise. \u2014 Phillip Carter, Slate Magazine , 17 Oct. 2017",
"Nor would any textual emendation be required to make the point. \u2014 Jesse Green, New York Times , 9 June 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1536, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-114537"
},
"ephemeral":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": lasting a very short time",
": lasting one day only",
": something that lasts for a very short time : something ephemeral",
": a plant that grows, flowers, and dies in a few days",
": lasting a very short time"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8fem-r\u0259l",
"-\u02c8f\u0113m-",
"-\u02c8fe-m\u0259-",
"-\u02c8f\u0113-",
"i-\u02c8fem(-\u0259)-r\u0259l",
"-\u02c8f\u0113m-"
],
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"brief",
"deciduous",
"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":[
"Adjective",
"\u2026 several rather inflated pages of material about an ephemeral love affair Fitzgerald allegedly had with an English woman named Bijou \u2026 \u2014 Joyce Carol Oates , Times Literary Supplement , 5 Jan. 1996",
"As a consequence North Africa was easily reconquered by the Byzantine emperor in the 530s, and the Vandals' influence on North African development was ephemeral and negligible. \u2014 Norman F. Cantor , The Civilization of the Middle Ages , 1993",
"This accounts for the peculiar sense most observers have that the ephemeral , sensationalist, polymorphous, magpie popular culture of the United States is at bottom remarkably conservative \u2026 \u2014 Louis Menand , Harper's , March 1993",
"the autumnal blaze of colors is always to be treasured, all the more so because it is so ephemeral",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The shots of snowy mountains and rugged ocean beaches are ephemeral . \u2014 oregonlive , 26 May 2022",
"The underlying motif is that material items are ephemeral , and art can\u2019t be commodified. \u2014 Will Dukes, Rolling Stone , 6 May 2022",
"In this idiosyncratic home goods store, some of the most attractive merchandise is ephemeral . \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
"This tender waltz beautifully addresses the ephemeral nature of time and love and the permanence of art. \u2014 Melinda Newman, Billboard , 25 Mar. 2022",
"For the past few years, a Finnish artist has been walking on a frozen lake near his hometown to create beautiful ephemeral art that disappears as the weather changes. \u2014 Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure , 20 Dec. 2021",
"Adaptability might mean contextualizing old monuments with additional signage or simply creating monuments that are more ephemeral in nature. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Marking its return to the mountaintop city with a 3,353-square-foot boutique, the storied maison's ephemeral location is fully stocked with everything shoppers need to hit the slopes in style and more. \u2014 Shelby Ying Hyde, Harper's BAZAAR , 17 Mar. 2022",
"As social media has grown to account for a larger share of internet content, that content has become more ephemeral , vulnerable to the disappearance of the platform on which it was shared or deletion by the user who created it. \u2014 Drew Austin, Wired , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The plant grows in clumps and is a spring ephemeral \u2014producing leaves and flowers for about a month, then going dormant for the rest of the year. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 28 Mar. 2022",
"There isn\u2019t a growing season for native plants, although ephemerals bloom and die in a few days and others flower even when there\u2019s snow on the ground. \u2014 Hattie Bernstein, BostonGlobe.com , 5 July 2018",
"Early-blooming wildflowers called spring ephemerals \u2013 such as spring beauty, yellow trout lily, marsh marigold, and more \u2013 pop up in fields and woods across Northeast Ohio during early spring. \u2014 cleveland.com , 8 May 2017",
"Spring ephemerals bloom before tree leaves block the sunlight from reaching the forest floor. \u2014 cleveland.com , 8 May 2017",
"Like all spring ephemerals , the clock is always ticking for the wood anemone. \u2014 Dave Taft, New York Times , 26 Apr. 2017",
"The timing of this fleeting wildflower, as with other spring ephemerals , is critical to the balance of the ecosystem. \u2014 National Geographic , 24 Apr. 2016"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Noun",
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"Adjective",
"1576, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
"Noun",
"1807, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-114603"
},
"ennoble":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make noble : elevate",
": to raise to the rank of nobility"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8n\u014d-b\u0259l",
"e-\u02c8n\u014d-"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggrandize",
"canonize",
"deify",
"dignify",
"elevate",
"enshrine",
"ensky",
"enthrone",
"exalt",
"glorify",
"magnify"
],
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"abase",
"degrade",
"demean",
"humble",
"humiliate"
],
"examples":[
"a life ennobled by suffering",
"Her skill and talent ennoble her profession.",
"He was ennobled by the queen.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Set aside for a moment the fact that the conduct of a war can ennoble even when the outcome is likely doomed, as is generally believed of the Ukrainians, led by the astonishing Volodymyr Zelensky. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
"At the same time, the religious elements in Crossroads work to ennoble the minutiae that Franzen embraces at last. \u2014 Becca Rothfeld, The Atlantic , 4 Oct. 2021",
"Donald Trump did not heroically take up the cross of COVID-19 in order to ennoble or inspire the masses to reclaim their lives. \u2014 Joel Mathis, TheWeek , 5 Oct. 2020",
"Ruin is ennobled without being prettified, aestheticized, pushed into the mental distance. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 27 Apr. 2020",
"The parasocial nature of fan-artist bonds, in which followers invest one-sided emotional energy into the relationship, ennobles celebrities\u2019 words. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 24 Apr. 2020",
"As Cromwell has grown in the public\u2019s esteem, so has Mantel; in 2014, she was ennobled by the Queen who now sits on Henry\u2019s throne, entitled to call herself Dame Hilary. \u2014 Dan Stewart, Time , 6 Mar. 2020",
"On a beautiful afternoon last September, Fiennes drove me from his house to the grounds of Holkham Hall, which was built by the Coke family, who were ennobled as the Earls of Leicester by King George II, in 1744. \u2014 Sam Knight, The New Yorker , 10 Feb. 2020",
"For a concerto is supposed to be a grand affair, an individual instrument ennobled by a major orchestra. \u2014 Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com , 5 Sep. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English ennobelen , from Middle French ennoblir , from Old French, from en- + noble noble",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-120505"
},
"everyplace":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": everywhere"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ev-r\u0113-\u02ccpl\u0101s"
],
"synonyms":[
"all over",
"everywhere",
"far and wide",
"high and low",
"throughout"
],
"antonyms":[
"nowhere"
],
"examples":[
"We've been seeing them everyplace .",
"We see them everyplace we go."
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1854, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-132902"
},
"ensure":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make sure, certain, or safe : guarantee",
": to make sure, certain, or safe : guarantee"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8shu\u0307r",
"in-\u02c8shu\u0307r"
],
"synonyms":[
"assure",
"cinch",
"guarantee",
"guaranty",
"ice",
"insure",
"secure"
],
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"examples":[
"A combination of \u2026 personal courage, dashing leadership from the front, willingness to share the toughest rigours suffered by the ordinary soldiers, and a liberal dose of sheer good fortune ensured his stature as a great general. \u2014 Paul Cartledge , History Today , July 2004",
"Indeed, even though she's been off the mainstream radar for more than a decade, her passionate love for and commitment to rock & roll have ensured that she's managed to make a steady living. \u2014 Tom Sinclair , Entertainment Weekly , 24 Nov. 2000",
"At 20, [Kobe] Bryant is already living the modern American dream, a $70 million man on the NBA's glamour team in the nation's starriest city. His acrobatic moves make him the envy of teenage boys and his good looks and megawatt smile a heartthrob for teenage girls, ensuring his status as one of the NBA's premier pitchmen \u2026 \u2014 Allison Samuels et al. , Newsweek , 31 May 1999",
"They took steps to ensure the safety of the passengers.",
"regulations that ensure the wholesomeness of our food",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Landing rocket boosters instead of discarding them in the ocean, as other rocket companies have done for decades, is at the core of SpaceX's and Blue Origin's plans to bring down the cost of a launch and ensure profitability. \u2014 Jackie Wattles, CNN , 23 June 2022",
"The operational readiness designation allows Metro to simulate service, run emergency drills with first responders, work out security issues, fully train workers and ensure that construction issues are resolved before taking full possession. \u2014 Lori Aratani, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"Companies need to provide a wide variety of connection opportunities\u2014social clubs, events and more\u2014and must ensure everyone is invited and feels truly welcomed. \u2014 Natalie Baumgartner, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Congress must work towards solutions that preserve our environment for the next generation and ensure a greener, healthier future for all Americans. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 22 June 2022",
"The change will increase the number of teams competing at a regional from six or seven to 12-14 and essentially ensure competition at all weight classes. \u2014 Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel , 22 June 2022",
"One dollar of each ticket sale will go to PLUS1, which supports non-profits working to secure social justice, ensure mental health care for all, and confront the climate crisis. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 21 June 2022",
"Some of the coming renovations to the decades-old buildings are designed to improve energy efficiency, upgrade the heating and cooling systems and ensure that new restrooms and lockers meet the standards of the Americans With Disabilities Act. \u2014 New York Times , 19 June 2022",
"Take the time to wash, clean, repair, sand, and seal your deck annually to protect it and ensure its longevity. \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens , 17 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French ensurer , alteration of assurer \u2014 more at assure ",
"first_known_use":[
"1660, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-134235"
},
"evening":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the latter part and close of the day and early part of the night",
": afternoon",
": the period from sunset or the evening meal to bedtime",
": the latter portion",
": the period of an evening's entertainment",
": suitable for formal or semiformal evening social occasions",
": the final part of the day and early part of the night"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0113v-ni\u014b",
"\u02c8\u0113v-ni\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"afterlife",
"afternoon",
"age",
"autumn"
],
"antonyms":[
"springtime"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But when Justin shows up at David\u2019s home, the evening goes terribly wrong, turning into a psychological cat-and-mouse game. \u2014 Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel , 22 June 2022",
"Tennis courts, an expansive fitness facility and daily classes keep you busy during the day, while seasonal poolside movie screenings, complete with movie snacks and drinks, make for a relaxing evening activity. \u2014 Anna Haines, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"Tells us about some eighty-year-old dude called Sasson, who comes every day for evening prayers and on Saturday mornings, too. \u2014 Etgar Keret, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"The capital\u2019s streets were filled with the sound of honking cars and motorcycles as drivers rolled down their windows and cheered, and a smattering of fireworks filled the cloudy evening skies. \u2014 New York Times , 19 June 2022",
"Between Saturday and Sunday, temperatures are not expected to rise past the 80s, with evening and early-morning temperatures in the 50s and 60s. \u2014 Ana Roc\u00edo \u00c1lvarez Br\u00ed\u00f1ez, The Courier-Journal , 17 June 2022",
"They were pictured heading there in a vintage jaguar from Windsor Castle, however no media was allowed to cover the private evening event for just 200 guests. \u2014 Victoria Murphy, Town & Country , 16 June 2022",
"Venerable Scottish ensemble Belle and Sebastian closed out the evening with a delightful set that had their die-hard fans dancing, shouting and sweating under the suburban stars. \u2014 Patrick Foster, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"Nevada, though, will likely be the most important state of the evening as who advances in the Republican primary for both the Senate and governorship could have big ramifications come November. \u2014 Alisa Wiersema, ABC News , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"During his flight, Trump complained on Twitter that the cable networks were not carrying the roll call (the networks also did not air pre- evening events for the Democratic convention). \u2014 John Fritze, USA TODAY , 24 Aug. 2020",
"Evening temperatures slip back through the 70s with overnight lows in the low-to-mid 60s downtown, upper 50s elsewhere. \u2014 Jason Samenow, Washington Post , 26 Aug. 2017",
"Evening procession: The Feast closes with an procession following the 8 p.m. Mass on Aug. 15. \u2014 Laura Demarco, cleveland.com , 10 Aug. 2017",
"Evening practice brings back high school memories for some Ducks. \u2014 Tyson Alger, OregonLive.com , 9 Aug. 2017",
"Evening entertainment runs to joining locals at the town's ever-hopping Mini Golf Club, open until someone has finally had enough. \u2014 Cnt Editors, CNT , 31 May 2017",
"Evening session tickets are $12 for general admission and $22 for reserved seating. \u2022 \u2014 Steve Fryer, Orange County Register , 19 Jan. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Adjective",
"1782, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-134950"
},
"embarrassed":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": feeling or showing a state of self-conscious confusion and distress"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8ber-\u0259st",
"-\u02c8ba-r\u0259st"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"My mother is super embarrassed about having her friends and relatives who will be invited to the shower see this registry. \u2014 Jacobina Martin, Washington Post , 4 June 2022",
"Too often Mayfield said a young person is embarrassed about their inability to read well or not at all. \u2014 Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Adults are often embarrassed about asking for help. \u2014 Scientific American , 14 Feb. 2022",
"But there\u2019s another thing going on: radio is embarrassed about the word radio. \u2014 Shirley Halperin, Variety , 20 Jan. 2022",
"The space where the nonprofit operates is only accessible through a separate external door, so that workers don\u2019t have to feel embarrassed about requesting help. \u2014 Nick Romeo, The New Yorker , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Agentowicz, who returned for 20 starts among 26 games in 2019-20 and 24 starts in 2020-21, is not embarrassed about being the oldest player on the team. \u2014 Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com , 19 Dec. 2021",
"Some actors with horror movie credits can be a little embarrassed about dabbling in the genre. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 19 Nov. 2021",
"There\u2019s nothing to be embarrassed about in showing what has been addressed. \u2014 Ewan Spence, Forbes , 13 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1756, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-145236"
},
"eighty-six":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to refuse to serve (a customer)",
": to eject or ban (a customer)",
": to eject, dismiss, or remove (someone)",
": to remove (an item) from a menu : to no longer offer (an item) to customers",
": to reject, discontinue, or get rid of (something)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0101-t\u0113-\u02c8siks"
],
"synonyms":[
"cashier",
"cast (off)",
"chuck",
"deep-six",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"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":"probably rhyming slang for nix entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1948, in the meaning defined at sense 2b"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-154357"
},
"envenomed":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make poisonous",
": embitter"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8ve-n\u0259m",
"en-"
],
"synonyms":[
"antagonize",
"embitter",
"empoison"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"thoughtless, self-indulgent antics that only managed to envenom his teammates"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English envenimen , from Anglo-French envenimer , from en- + venim venom",
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-172125"
},
"experiential":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": relating to, derived from, or providing experience : empirical"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02ccspir-\u0113-\u02c8en(t)-sh\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"empirical",
"empiric",
"existential",
"experimental",
"objective",
"observational"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonempirical",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"unempirical"
],
"examples":[
"possesses the kind of experiential knowledge that is gained only from a long and eventful life",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Superblue is a market response to an audience shift in the past years surrounding installation and experiential art. \u2014 Tom Teicholz, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
"That means red carpets, galas, dinners, experiential events for fans -- all of that high-touch precursors to a broadcast. \u2014 Mia Nazareno, Billboard , 3 Sep. 2021",
"The marketing team presents 110 slides showcasing plans that include an expansion of Fever-Tree branded outdoor bars known as porches, Cinco de Mayo parties, experiential events, and new drinks to hit the market in the coming months. \u2014 John Kell, Fortune , 4 Apr. 2021",
"But the extension of these findings to subtler experiential influences is tenuous at best, and related studies tend to be freighted with morality. \u2014 Madeleine Watts, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"This means a sweeping change in architecture, furniture and spatial orientation where experiential technology is infused into every facet of the space. \u2014 Marc Deluca, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
"What is true in the realm of learning is similarly valid on an experiential plane. \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel , 16 May 2022",
"There are a number of other factors, which the university has a multiyear plan to add to our comprehensive admissions model, and which include experiential activities, such as community service, and leadership and work experience. \u2014 Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"Schwerner worked with experiential environment designer Pink Sparrow as well as JUST Design and Art Mafia in creating the show. \u2014 Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from New Latin experienti\u0101lis, from Latin experientia experience entry 1 + -\u0101lis -al entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1658, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-172941"
},
"entry":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the right or privilege of entering : entr\u00e9e",
": the act of entering : entrance",
": a place of entrance : such as",
": vestibule , passage",
": door , gate",
": the act of making or entering a record",
": something entered: such as",
": a record or notation of an occurrence, transaction, or proceeding",
": a descriptive record (as in a card catalog or an index)",
": headword",
": a headword with its definition or identification",
": vocabulary entry",
": a person, thing, or group entered into something (such as a contest or market)",
": the act of going in : entrance",
": the right to go in or join",
": a place (as a hall or door) through which entrance is made",
": the act of making a written record of something",
": something written down as part of a list or a record",
": a person or thing taking part in a contest",
": the privilege of entering real property \u2014 see also right of entry",
": the act of entering real property",
"\u2014 see also trespass",
": the act of making or entering a record (as a plea or judgment)",
": a record entered"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8en-tr\u0113",
"\u02c8en-tr\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"entranceway",
"entryway",
"foyer",
"hall",
"hallway",
"lobby",
"vestibule"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"His parents tried to make his entry into school life as smooth as possible.",
"His friends were surprised by his entry into politics.",
"She was denied entry into the courtroom.",
"students competing for entry into the college",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The first entry was giant global cycling and hiking luxury specialist Butterfield & Robinson (read here). \u2014 Allison Olmsted, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Woodward and Herblock would share in The Post\u2019s 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for coverage of Watergate; 10 supplemental editorial cartoons were included in the entry . \u2014 Michael Cavna, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"Just inside the first-floor entry is an old, preserved wooden wall telephone, the kind with a crank on the side. \u2014 Bill Pennington, New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"The eighth entry in the Forza Motorsport series doesn\u2019t have a number, signaling a reboot of sorts for the sim-style racing game. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 13 June 2022",
"In other words:stay tuned for the below entry on Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 13 June 2022",
"This new entry into the splash pad market is a brilliant mash-up between classic Twister and a splash pad. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 13 June 2022",
"This week sees the release of Jurassic World Dominion, the sixth entry in the Jurassic franchise. \u2014 Keaton Bell, Vogue , 10 June 2022",
"The meal is the latest entry in the growing trend of musical artists collaborating with fast food companies on their own combo meals. \u2014 Morayo Ogunbayo, ajc , 10 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English entre , from Anglo-French entree , from feminine of entr\u00e9 , past participle of entrer to enter",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-181045"
},
"exaltation":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an act of exalting : the state of being exalted",
": an excessively intensified sense of well-being, power, or importance",
": an increase in degree or intensity",
": marked or excessive intensification of a mental state or of the activity of a bodily part or function",
": an abnormal sense of personal well-being, power, or importance : a delusional euphoria",
": an increase in degree or intensity"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cceg-\u02ccz\u022fl-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"\u02ccek-\u02ccs\u022fl-",
"\u02cceg-\u02ccz\u022fl-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"\u02ccek-\u02ccs\u022fl-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"feelings of joy and exaltation",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yet Buckley turns the moment into a kind of exaltation . \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022",
"How to explain, then, the exaltation that comes with ingesting substances that have no such chemical profile \u2014 that are endowed only with our perception of the divine? \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
"This was less the language of Kant than of fascist nationalist exaltation laced with Mr. Putin\u2019s hardscrabble, brawling St. Petersburg youth. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Despite her exaltation , when Ginsburg died, she was replaced by a woman who is in every way her ideological foe. \u2014 Kate Knibbs, Wired , 2 Mar. 2022",
"That joyous exaltation might be a bit of an overstatement, but after its two-year hiatus the parade and its traditions are welcomed. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Crying for art is an honor, an exaltation , a salute. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Feb. 2022",
"The episode also features Jerry\u2019s exaltation of another New York bakery mainstay, the black and white cookie, as something of a model for better race relations. \u2014 Annabelle Williams, New York Times , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Many observers, including some in China itself, recoil from this exaltation of a single leader. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-182055"
},
"exculpation":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to clear from alleged fault or guilt",
": to clear from alleged fault or guilt",
"\u2014 compare acquit , exonerate"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ek-(\u02cc)sk\u0259l-\u02ccp\u0101t",
"(\u02cc)ek-\u02c8sk\u0259l-",
"\u02c8ek-sk\u0259l-\u02ccp\u0101t, ek-\u02c8sk\u0259l-"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exonerate",
"vindicate"
],
"antonyms":[
"criminate",
"incriminate"
],
"examples":[
"The court exculpated him after a thorough investigation.",
"I will present evidence that will exculpate my client.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Prosecutors said examining Suzanne Morphew's body could incriminate or exculpate her husband. \u2014 Emily Shapiro, ABC News , 6 May 2022",
"Lloris was keen to exculpate his manager, emphasizing that Mourinho sent them out to be positive and attack. \u2014 Joshua Law, Forbes , 19 Mar. 2021",
"After all, if Mulvaney or Bolton could give testimony that would exculpate Trump in the Ukraine scandal, the president would have frog-marched them to the House Intelligence Committee himself last month. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 19 Dec. 2019",
"The East defined itself in the tradition of communists who had resisted fascism, giving rise to a state doctrine of remembrance that effectively exculpated it from wartime atrocities. \u2014 Katrin Bennhold, New York Times , 9 Nov. 2019",
"No evidence emerged linking the man to the crime at the school in Myanmar\u2019s capital, Naypyitaw, and some testimony exculpated him. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Dec. 2019",
"Thus, Harvey\u2019s magnitude does not exculpate the government of liability for its actions. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 Dec. 2019",
"The fact that the bombardiers are Saudi hardly exculpates the United States. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 5 Oct. 2019",
"Another investigator, retired federal judge Barbara Jones, took on the task of laying out the larger context of the league\u2019s gross mishandling of the Rice case apart from the tiny, exculpating factoid that Mr. Mueller was assigned to document. \u2014 Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ , 26 Mar. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Medieval Latin exculpatus , past participle of exculpare , from Latin ex- + culpa blame",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1656, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-182812"
},
"enduring":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": lasting , durable"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8du\u0307r-i\u014b",
"-\u02c8dyu\u0307r-",
"en-"
],
"synonyms":[
"abiding",
"ageless",
"continuing",
"dateless",
"eternal",
"everlasting",
"immortal",
"imperishable",
"lasting",
"ongoing",
"perennial",
"perpetual",
"timeless",
"undying"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"science fiction's enduring fascination with worlds beyond our own",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The precise workings of the metabolic system, its nuances and contingencies, are, in many respects, an enduring mystery. \u2014 Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker , 1 Nov. 2021",
"Scientists have taken another step toward solving an enduring mystery with a new tool that may allow for more precise comparisons between the DNA of modern humans and that of our extinct ancestors. \u2014 Fox News , 17 July 2021",
"Scientists have taken another step toward solving an enduring mystery with a new tool that may allow for more precise comparisons between the DNA of modern humans and that of our extinct ancestors. \u2014 Christina Larson, chicagotribune.com , 16 July 2021",
"What Americans actually tip, both now and before the pandemic, is an enduring mystery. \u2014 Saahil Desai, The Atlantic , 29 June 2021",
"Now, Pomerantz and Patel have done more than just find the butterflies\u2014they\u2019ve also solved an enduring mystery: how their wings are transparent in the first place. \u2014 Anil Oza, Science | AAAS , 22 June 2021",
"An enduring mystery of the Covid-19 pandemic is why East Asian countries across the board have experienced far fewer cases and deaths than the U.S. and Europe. \u2014 Peter Landers, WSJ , 5 Dec. 2020",
"Cary Grant, one of the most enduring leading men of all time, became a major star in 1937 and retired 29 years later. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 1 June 2022",
"The most enduring consequence of the shooting for Maggie was what his killing did to her. \u2014 The Washington Post, Arkansas Online , 29 May 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
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"adverb"
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": in spite of that : nevertheless"
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"howbeit",
"however",
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"though",
"withal",
"yet"
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"examples":[
"I know you claim not to care about the breakup; even so , you keep talking about it.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There's not a lot that's being taught in schools but even so less being taught at home about it. \u2014 The Indianapolis Star , 20 June 2022",
"In the end, Giannis Antetokounmpo had to take on too much, too often, and even so led the team to an improbable Game 7, underlining his rightful place in history as one of the most dominant forces the NBA has ever seen. \u2014 Morten Jensen, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"But even so , the case against him now is far more extensive and expansive, after the committee conducted some 1,000 interviews and obtained more than 100,000 pages of documents. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"Brady said some lawmakers who submitted no-confidence letters had asked for them to be held back until after the jubilee weekend \u2014 but even so , the threshold was still reached on Sunday. \u2014 Jill Lawless, Chicago Tribune , 6 June 2022",
"The four-day celebrations surrounding the Queen\u2019s Platinum Jubilee this weekend have been marked by their pomp and pageantry\u2014but even so , in terms of sheer spectacle, nothing was going to rival tonight\u2019s Party at the Palace. \u2014 Vogue , 4 June 2022",
"But even so , Clorox sales have become a good proxy for the public\u2019s level of pandemic worry, especially in the US, the company\u2019s largest market. \u2014 Nicol\u00e1s Rivero, Quartz , 20 May 2022",
"But even so , Microsoft would have every incentive also to make games for rival platforms and the world\u2019s six billion-plus smartphones. \u2014 Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
"Berkeley is a culinary mecca with farmers markets, abundant produce at supermarkets and great restaurants, but even so my cooking was hampered by limitations, namely time, knowledge, budget, tools and energy. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022"
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"1561, in the meaning defined above"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": joyously unrestrained and enthusiastic",
": unrestrained or elaborate especially in style : flamboyant",
": produced in extreme abundance : plentiful",
": extreme or excessive in degree, size, or extent",
": filled with energy and enthusiasm",
": characterized by extreme proliferation"
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"ig-\u02c8z\u00fc-b(\u0259-)r\u0259nt",
"ig-\u02c8z\u00fc-b\u0259-r\u0259nt",
"ig-\u02c8z\u00fc-b(\u0259-)r\u0259nt"
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"bouncy",
"bubbly",
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"crank",
"effervescent",
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"frolicsome",
"gamesome",
"gay",
"high-spirited",
"vivacious"
],
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"low-spirited",
"sullen"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some industry experts have long said the exuberant growth of the last two years wasn\u2019t going to last forever, comparing it to the late-1990s dot-com boom. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, the six wives of Henry VIII take the mic to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into an exuberant celebration of 21st-century girl power. \u2014 cleveland , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Where some would channel futurism by referencing the starkness of sci-fi, his dresses\u2014with their rainbow colors and plentiful pleats\u2014reflect a more exuberant path forward. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 22 Feb. 2022",
"The cheers after each work got louder and more exuberant . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Sep. 2021",
"Edith Wharton, writing about a stroll through Italy, notes the exuberant growth of the foliage in certain ravines, and remarks that the same quarries once hosted torture and killing. \u2014 Alejandro Chacoff, The New Yorker , 23 Aug. 2021",
"The movie, a street-level song-and-dance spectacle to rival the MGM musicals of old, is an exuberant celebration of the Latino immigrant experience, of a diverse neighborhood, of a teeming summertime New York, of life. \u2014 Jake Coyle, Star Tribune , 8 June 2021",
"Neuroscientists showed that puberty ushers in a period of exuberant neuronal growth followed by a pruning of neural connections that is second only to the similar process that occurs in the first three years of life. \u2014 Lydia Denworth, Scientific American , 28 Apr. 2021",
"The effect is redoubled in his exuberant , earthy drawings in which, often, faces and figures share spaces with visual equivalents of improvisatory jazz. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
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"adjective",
"noun"
],
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": edible",
": being edible"
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"\u02c8e-sky\u0259-l\u0259nt",
"\u02c8es-ky\u0259-l\u0259nt"
],
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"comestible",
"eatable",
"eating",
"edible"
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"inedible",
"nonedible",
"uneatable"
],
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"harvesting wild mushrooms is no business for amateurs, since some of the esculent ones closely resemble poisonous varieties"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin esculentus , from esca food, from edere to eat \u2014 more at eat ",
"first_known_use":[
"1626, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-183339"
},
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"noun"
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"noun"
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": building",
": a large or massive structure",
": a large abstract structure",
": a large or impressive building"
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"\u02c8e-d\u0259-f\u0259s",
"\u02c8e-d\u0259-f\u0259s"
],
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"cathedral",
"hall",
"palace",
"tower"
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"examples":[
"a magnificent edifice with a domed ceiling",
"the U.S. Capitol is one of our nation's most impressive edifices",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It was replaced in the early 1600s with a splendid edifice that was one of the largest churches in the then-confederation of Poland and Lithuania. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 May 2022",
"Tatishchev crafted a unique edifice that combined typical Georgian architectural features, such as curvaceous wooden lace balconies, with Baroque and Rococo details. \u2014 Inna Lazareva, Town & Country , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The church met at the courthouse for almost two decades and then in a stone edifice ; the current structure was built shortly after the Civil War. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 29 Dec. 2021",
"The Hoover building, a hulking edifice that occupies an entire block of prime real estate in downtown Washington, D.C., is falling apart and doesn\u2019t meet the agency\u2019s security requirements. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
"For critics, private takeovers of public buildings have gone too far, particularly in the case of Admiralty Arch, a majestic edifice that has languished for years as a construction site, blighting the view toward Buckingham Palace. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The eight months of travel that lay ahead, in stripping away the edifice of habit, into which all enduring lies insinuate themselves, would bring me to a truer self. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"Visits to the bank\u2014a grand, echoing edifice clad in gleaming marble\u2014 particularly stood out. \u2014 Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor , 29 Apr. 2022",
"For decades the towering marble edifice that is the Washington, D.C. Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has posed a mystery to those outside the faith. \u2014 CBS News , 14 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin aedificium , from aedificare ",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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"definitions":[
": to deposit in or as if in a tomb : bury",
": to serve as a tomb for"
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"in-\u02c8t\u00fcm",
"en-"
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"bury",
"hearse",
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"inter",
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"put away",
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"disinter",
"exhume",
"unearth"
],
"examples":[
"a number of Boston's historic notables are entombed in the Old Granary Burying Ground",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The occupiers attempted to counter the partisans by gassing the tunnels and sealing off access points to entomb them, but the rebels persisted. \u2014 Will Hunt, The New Yorker , 9 Apr. 2022",
"But even his flytraps were improbably large, big enough to entomb and consume a human. \u2014 Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The firefighters eventually used Portland cement to entomb the smoldering ruins. \u2014 Merrill Goozner, The New Republic , 28 Oct. 2021",
"For Palestinians in Gaza, watching their neighborhoods collapse and pillars of smoke entomb their homes, the suffering is only deepening. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 May 2021",
"After the water in their environment dries up, the minerals are left behind and entomb those microbes, forming stromatolites. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 3 Mar. 2021",
"Similar concrete pads are often used to entomb nuclear waste. \u2014 Jon Gambrell, Star Tribune , 25 Feb. 2021",
"Cemeteries rejected those they were meant to entomb . \u2014 Hisham Melhem, The Atlantic , 22 Nov. 2020",
"The site northwest of Las Vegas was first proposed in the 1980s to entomb 77,000 tons of the nation\u2019s most highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 Oct. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English entoumben , from Middle French entomber , from en- + tombe tomb",
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"1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-185737"
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"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
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": to establish by legal and authoritative act",
": to make into law",
": act out",
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": to make into law",
": to establish by legal and authoritative act : make into law"
],
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"i-\u02c8nakt",
"i-\u02c8nakt",
"i-\u02c8nakt"
],
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"constitute",
"lay down",
"legislate",
"make",
"ordain",
"pass"
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"repeal",
"rescind",
"revoke"
],
"examples":[
"Congress will enact legislation related to that issue.",
"The law was finally enacted today.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The groundbreaking legislation, which would make New York the first state to enact such a moratorium, has the potential to influence regulations in other states or at the federal level. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"That's a process where advocates collect hundreds of thousands of signatures to try and enact a law by going around the Legislature, putting the issue to voters on a ballot in a future election. \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 2 June 2022",
"New York City is on the cusp of becoming the first major city to enact a law requiring employers to post certain types of salary information with job postings. \u2014 Tom Spiggle, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Meanwhile, Democrats in Congress are currently attempting to enact a measure enshrining some form of Roe v. Wade into federal law. \u2014 Charlie Dent, CNN , 9 May 2022",
"In 1974, Maryland became the first state to enact a Law Enforcement Officers\u2019 Bill of Rights. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun , 6 May 2022",
"Doing so would make Ohio the 14th state to enact such a law, including the neighboring Kentucky and several southern and Midwestern states with Republican state legislatures. \u2014 Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland , 4 May 2022",
"The European Union, for example, is poised to enact a new law called the Digital Services Act, which would require tech companies to catch certain content deemed problematic in real-time and may lead to more filtering of speech, not less. \u2014 NBC News , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Idaho became the first state to enact a law modeled after a Texas statute banning abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy when Republican Gov. Brad Little signed the measure into law last month. \u2014 Kyle Morris, Fox News , 8 Apr. 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"adjective"
],
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": tending or serving to exculpate",
": tending or serving to exculpate",
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"ek-\u02c8sk\u0259l-p\u0259-\u02cct\u022fr-\u0113",
"ek-\u02c8sk\u0259l-p\u0259-\u02cct\u014dr-\u0113"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While the court did not address the felony murder issue, the court did find major violations of prosecutorial duty to share exculpatory evidence with the defense before trial. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
"The attorneys are obligated to disclose potentially exculpatory information to defendants. \u2014 Lewis Kamb, Star Tribune , 31 July 2021",
"In the Sadr case, government lawyers acknowledged failures in quickly disclosing potentially exculpatory information during, before and after the trial. \u2014 Mengqi Sun, WSJ , 19 Feb. 2021",
"The Sea Lady might be an exculpatory study of romantic folly and erotic pursuit. \u2014 Stephanie Burt, The New Republic , 29 Mar. 2022",
"But very early on, Dr. Stone came to believe that their job was in fact to rubber-stamp the government\u2019s own self- exculpatory assessment. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Feb. 2022",
"There is the persistent use of the exculpatory passive voice, for one thing. \u2014 Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times , 2 Dec. 2021",
"While largely admiring in tone, no grisly detail is omitted \u2014 and who would want to answer for any number of the stories told, especially when, in 2021, young and extremely high is no longer considered exculpatory . \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Dec. 2021",
"The defense lawyers also accused the prosecutors of trying to prevent them from accessing potentially exculpatory materials from Cognizant. \u2014 Rebecca Davis O\u2019brien, WSJ , 3 June 2021"
],
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"1781, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-190505"
},
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"type":[
"verb"
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": to call forth or up: such as",
": to bring to mind or recollection",
": to cite especially with approval or for support : invoke",
": conjure sense 2a",
": to re-create imaginatively",
": to bring to mind"
],
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"i-\u02c8v\u014dk",
"i-\u02c8v\u014dk"
],
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"educe",
"elicit",
"inspire",
"raise"
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"examples":[
"The old house evoked memories of his childhood.",
"His photographs evoke the isolation and solitude of the desert.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Flushed with a variety of colorful oversized knits, vests, shirting and relaxed suiting, the collaborative capsule is designed to evoke LA\u2019s relaxed vibe. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 20 May 2022",
"While these questions and answers are logical ones, the goal is to evoke emotional reactions filled with curiosity, understanding and excitement\u2014almost as if investors knew this was the answer all along. \u2014 Albert Dong, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Silano\u2019s intentions aside, his work is suffused with desire, which is exactly what the original material was designed to evoke . \u2014 Vince Aletti, The New Yorker , 6 May 2022",
"It is being designed to evoke Texas\u2019 historic dance halls. \u2014 Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News , 4 May 2022",
"Study participants took part in writing exercises designed to evoke feelings of nostalgia. \u2014 Ebony Williams, ajc , 14 Apr. 2022",
"It\u2019s a sheet mask designed to evoke the childhood memory of biting eye and mouth holes into a slice of luncheon meat and then wearing it on your face. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021",
"The long length is to evoke an almost flasher feel. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 14 Dec. 2021",
"The property was designed to evoke nostalgic feelings of family getaways, but with a modern spin. \u2014 Mia Taylor, Better Homes & Gardens , 21 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French \u00e9voquer , from Latin evocare , from e- + vocare to call \u2014 more at vocation ",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1622, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-191641"
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"extoll":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to praise highly : glorify",
": to praise highly : glorify"
],
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"ik-\u02c8st\u014dl",
"ik-\u02c8st\u014dl"
],
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"bless",
"carol",
"celebrate",
"emblazon",
"exalt",
"glorify",
"hymn",
"laud",
"magnify",
"praise",
"resound"
],
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"examples":[
"The health benefits of exercise are widely extolled .",
"campaign literature extolling the candidate's military record",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Schoolchildren in some places dress up in World War II military garb, and war movies extol the idea that Russia\u2019s battles were always righteous. \u2014 New York Times , 8 May 2022",
"The ad went on to extol the virtues of the house and the ex-husband. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 25 Apr. 2022",
"It\u2019s not unique in singing martial hymns that extol our own greatness and the crushing of our enemies. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"The Ukrainian government sought to extol the valor of the fighters, who refused to surrender until ordered. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
"Executives for companies with offices downtown continue to extol the virtues of working in an area with several hotels, restaurants and sports stadiums in walking distance. \u2014 Eric Heisig, cleveland , 12 Mar. 2022",
"On a business trip to Russia in 2016, Alibaba founder Jack Ma was having lunch and listening to his executives extol the success the company was enjoying in the country. \u2014 Jing Yang, wsj.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Howard\u2019s presence in Northeast Ohio over All-Star Weekend allows university officials to extol the school\u2019s proximity to the nation\u2019s government. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Tapping two fashion icons to extol the virtues of owning your website was an outside-the-box idea, but innovation is Mathur\u2019s specialty. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 17 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin extollere , from ex- + tollere to lift up \u2014 more at tolerate ",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-191849"
},
"each":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"pronoun"
],
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": being one of two or more distinct individuals having a similar relation and often constituting an aggregate",
": each one",
": to or for each : apiece",
": every one of two or more individuals considered separately",
": each one",
": to or for each : apiece"
],
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"\u02c8\u0113ch",
"\u02c8\u0113ch"
],
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"any",
"every"
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"all",
"apiece",
"per",
"per capita"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"A rope was tied to each end of the boat.",
"Each student had a different explanation.",
"Pronoun",
"He took shot after shot, each missing by inches.",
"Adverb",
"They cost 50 cents each .",
"We were allowed two tries each .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"The trust will be led by an independent stewardship committee of five members, who will each represent the beneficiary communities. \u2014 Louis Metzger Iv, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The nuclear families behind that fence were as broken and troubled as yours and mine by divorce, perversion, addiction, deceit, disaffection, violence, adultery, and we can each complete our personal list. \u2014 David Mamet, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022",
"As part of those partnerships, GM said its new partners will each build a new factory in the United States \u2014 one in Fort Worth, Texas, and the other location yet to be announced, with production starting in 2023 and 2024. \u2014 Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Frisco ISD produced four soccer state champions (Wakeland boys twice and Wakeland girls and Centennial girls once each ) from 2016 to 2018, and Memorial is looking to be the next FISD team to make a long playoff run. \u2014 Greg Riddle, Dallas News , 24 Mar. 2021",
"The place was spacious enough that my husband and I could each have a work area and even host guests without having to change our routine. \u2014 Ay\u015feg\u00fcl Sava\u015f, The New Yorker , 22 Mar. 2021",
"The pot busts that took place in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic were each well over 1 ton. \u2014 Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner , 29 Oct. 2020",
"Providence Hospital and Infirmary Health are set to receive 1,000 test kits each , while USA Health would receive 1,200. \u2014 Christopher Harress | Charress@al.com, al , 16 Apr. 2020",
"Each will each receive an additional $4,000 scholarship. \u2014 Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al , 20 Mar. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Pronoun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Adverb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-192147"
},
"equitableness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": having or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally with all concerned",
": existing or valid in equity as distinguished from law",
": having or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally",
": existing or valid in equity or as a matter of equity as distinguished from law",
"\u2014 compare legal sense 4"
],
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"\u02c8e-kw\u0259-t\u0259-b\u0259l",
"\u02c8e-kwi-t\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
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"candid",
"disinterested",
"dispassionate",
"equal",
"evenhanded",
"fair",
"impartial",
"indifferent",
"just",
"nonpartisan",
"objective",
"square",
"unbiased",
"unprejudiced"
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"antonyms":[
"biased",
"ex parte",
"inequitable",
"nonobjective",
"one-sided",
"partial",
"parti pris",
"partisan",
"prejudiced",
"unjust"
],
"examples":[
"They reached an equitable settlement of their dispute.",
"fighting for a more equitable distribution of funds",
"an equitable system of taxation",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"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",
"To address this, the coalition has started the One Million Acres for the Future campaign, which calls for Congress to invest $2.5 billion in the 2023 Farm Bill to facilitate equitable access to land. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"Establishing fair and equitable processes from the start is key to eliminating arbitrary accountability that undermines trust and culture. \u2014 Ron Carucci, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"Advancing criminal justice reform has been central to my administration and this means creating a fair and equitable system that increases access to justice for all. \u2014 The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"None of this means that equitable college access is completely out of our reach, though. \u2014 Leah Asmelash, CNN , 5 June 2022",
"Local maker hubs ensure equitable access to workspace for local entrepreneurs to help support their endeavors when office space and expensive supplies are not an option at the startup stage. \u2014 Blake Caldwell, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"The facilities that are open reflect an effort to provide equitable access across the county, Smith said. \u2014 Alison Dirr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 May 2022",
"But the festive-looking scene, which the public is invited to participate in for free, is also a powerful statement meant to celebrate equitable access to public land in L.A. and advocate for its preservation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022"
],
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"1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": any of the four substances air, water, fire, and earth formerly believed to compose the physical universe",
": weather conditions",
": violent or severe weather",
": the state or sphere natural or suited to a person or thing",
": a constituent part: such as",
": the simplest principles of a subject of study : rudiments",
": a part of a geometric magnitude",
": a generator of a geometric figure",
": a line or line segment contained in the surface of a cone or cylinder",
": a basic member of a mathematical or logical class or set",
": one of the individual entries in a mathematical matrix or determinant",
": a distinct group within a larger group or community",
": one of the necessary data or values on which calculations or conclusions are based",
": one of the factors determining the outcome of a process",
": any of the fundamental substances that consist of atoms of only one kind and that singly or in combination constitute all matter",
": a distinct part of a composite device",
": a subdivision of a military unit",
": the bread and wine used in the Eucharist",
": any of more than 100 substances that cannot by ordinary chemical means be separated into different substances",
": one of the parts of which something is made up",
": the simplest principles of a subject of study",
": a member of a mathematical set",
": the state or place natural to or suited to a person or thing",
": the forces of nature",
": any of the four substances air, water, fire, and earth formerly believed to compose the physical universe",
": a constituent part: as",
": any of more than 100 fundamental substances that consist of atoms of only one kind and that singly or in combination constitute all matter",
": one of the distinct parts (as a lens) of a composite device (as a microscope)",
": one of the basic constituent units (as a cell or fiber) of a tissue",
": one of the constituent parts (as a particular act, a mental state, or an attendant circumstance) of a crime as defined by statute that the prosecution must prove to win a conviction"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-l\u0259-m\u0259nt",
"\u02c8e-l\u0259-m\u0259nt",
"\u02c8el-\u0259-m\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"building block",
"component",
"constituent",
"factor",
"ingredient",
"member"
],
"antonyms":[
"whole"
],
"examples":[
"Water is composed of the elements hydrogen and oxygen.",
"a free press is an essential element of a democracy",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The concept of a digital twin is to create a virtual replica of a real-world element whether that be a warehouse, a physical product, a factory floor etc. \u2014 Betsy Atkins, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"The way to get the best of the dish is to pile a fork with a bite of every element and let those flavors loose on your palate. \u2014 Gordon Hamersley, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"The Guardians may have been out of their element , but the bullpen wasn\u2019t. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 5 June 2022",
"The personnel implicated in Seoul were reported to be part of this element . \u2014 Bydonald J. Mihalek, ABC News , 20 May 2022",
"Don't put plastic items on the bottom rack as the high temperature of the heating element can leave them warped. \u2014 Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY , 12 May 2022",
"What intrigued you about taking Hollywood stars out of their element and putting them on a safari? \u2014 Denise Davidsonwriter, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022",
"Similarly, for induction cooktops, which are the most energy efficient option, make sure to align the size of your pan with the size of the heating element on the stove to not overuse electricity when cooking or prolong the heating process. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022",
"In fact, House Beautiful has featured plenty examples of this timeless design element over the years, as seen in articles about the modern farmhouse aesthetic, modern farmhouse kitchens, and modern farmhouse decor. \u2014 Mary Elizabeth Andriotis, House Beautiful , 27 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin elementum ",
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-200103"
},
"earmark":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a mark of identification on the ear of an animal",
": a distinguishing mark",
": a provision in Congressional legislation that allocates a specified amount of money for a specific project, program, or organization",
": to mark (livestock) with an earmark",
": to mark in a distinguishing manner",
": to designate (something, such as funds) for a specific use or owner"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ir-\u02ccm\u00e4rk"
],
"synonyms":[
"allocate",
"consecrate",
"dedicate",
"devote",
"give up (to)",
"reserve",
"save",
"set by"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The project uses funds that had been earmarked for education.",
"the earnings from my second job have been earmarked for a down payment on a car",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Cloud is a member of the Freedom Caucus, a group of the most conservative House Republicans that includes five Texans who did not request or receive earmark funding. \u2014 Andrew Zhang, San Antonio Express-News , 16 Apr. 2022",
"And earmark years back called pathway to the building trades. \u2014 cleveland , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Only in recent decades that funding dried up, as earmark programs \u2014 specific funding directed at local projects \u2014 basically ended about a decade ago. \u2014 Jesse Wright, chicagotribune.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The earmark became a talk-show punchline and was eventually removed amid uproar over pork-barrel projects. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Mar. 2022",
"The biggest health care earmark of all actually went to another southern institution: the medical school at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. \u2014 Nicholas Florko, STAT , 4 May 2022",
"From the dock, the visitors drove up to the village health clinic, which was upgraded after a $37.5 million congressional earmark in the late 1990s. \u2014 Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Apr. 2022",
"In 2008, Congress asked the Justice Department to investigate Young\u2019s role in securing a $10 million earmark to widen a Florida highway; the matter was dropped in 2010, and Young denied any wrongdoing. \u2014 Becky Bohrer, BostonGlobe.com , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The earmark was included in the $1.5 trillion omnibus federal spending bill approved Thursday night by the U.S. Senate. \u2014 Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The bill also would earmark $750 million to provide incentive grants to provide three free months of free public transportation and a $439-million pause to the state\u2019s diesel sales tax. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
"Or at least earmark some of that ridiculous money for other, more worthwhile university endeavors. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 10 May 2022",
"The online betting measure would earmark 85% of the online betting tax dollars for homelessness and mental health support, while 15% would go to tribes not participating in the marketplace. \u2014 Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY , 4 May 2022",
"The Biden administration\u2019s decision to place thousands of U.S. troops on high alert and earmark them for potential NATO duty is significant for three reasons. \u2014 John R. Deni, WSJ , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Ledwith wants to earmark $3 million toward the start of a long-term plan for improving the air-circulation system at the elementary schools. \u2014 Don Stacom, courant.com , 8 Mar. 2022",
"The Biden administration would also earmark almost $82 billion over five years on preparing for another pandemic and for biodefense, including investing in the making of vaccines. \u2014 Amara Omeokwe, WSJ , 28 Mar. 2022",
"But the request, as connected to a StartEngine fundraising campaign, doesn't clearly earmark any of its $5 million toward paying down the company's considerable debts. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 8 Feb. 2022",
"State lawmakers are expected to consider legislation that would earmark $5 million to help police and fire agencies provide mental health resources to its employees. \u2014 Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1591, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-201810"
},
"evenhanded":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": fair , impartial"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0113-v\u0259n-\u02c8han-d\u0259d"
],
"synonyms":[
"candid",
"disinterested",
"dispassionate",
"equal",
"equitable",
"fair",
"impartial",
"indifferent",
"just",
"nonpartisan",
"objective",
"square",
"unbiased",
"unprejudiced"
],
"antonyms":[
"biased",
"ex parte",
"inequitable",
"nonobjective",
"one-sided",
"partial",
"parti pris",
"partisan",
"prejudiced",
"unjust"
],
"examples":[
"I thought it was an evenhanded assessment of her performance.",
"an evenhanded meting out of punishment",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This will ensure an evenhanded , fast-moving overtime that appeals to everyone\u2014so, to compensate, referees will now call pass interference whenever a cornerback blinks. \u2014 Tommy Mcnamara, The New Yorker , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Fox News recently lost Chris Wallace, considered its most evenhanded journalist, who is joining CNN\u2019s streaming service. \u2014 Stephen Battaglio Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Wallace, whose contract at Fox News ends this month, was considered the most evenhanded journalist at the conservative-leaning Fox News. \u2014 Stephen Battaglio Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 12 Dec. 2021",
"Then a mortal named Kid Cudi wanders by with an evenhanded guest verse, reminding us that this music is still of this world. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Dec. 2021",
"But the tale is told against a solid background of domestic violence, female rivalries and solidarity, and an evenhanded sense of fairness regarding the community in which these events take place. \u2014 Diana Gabaldon, Star Tribune , 17 May 2021",
"But Cale gives every impression of being an evenhanded , terrific storyteller and historian. \u2014 Kevin Dettmar, The New Yorker , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Hosted by the channel\u2019s star science anchor, Sanjay Gupta, the program carries the veneer of an evenhanded approach. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 28 Sep. 2021",
"That would make more difficult the restoration of trust in evenhanded justice that is so essential after former Attorney General William Barr's gross political misuse of the department. \u2014 Donald Ayer And Norman Eisen, CNN , 20 Aug. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1611, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-204849"
},
"Eden":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"biographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": paradise sense 2",
": the garden where according to the account in Genesis Adam and Eve first lived",
": a place of pristine or abundant natural beauty",
"(Robert) Anthony 1897\u20131977 Earl of",
"English statesman; prime minister (1955\u201357)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0113-d\u1d4an",
"\u02c8\u0113-d\u1d4an"
],
"synonyms":[
"Camelot",
"Cockaigne",
"Elysium",
"empyrean",
"fantasyland",
"heaven",
"lotusland",
"never-never land",
"New Jerusalem",
"nirvana",
"paradise",
"promised land",
"Shangri-la",
"utopia",
"Zion",
"Sion"
],
"antonyms":[
"anti-utopia",
"dystopia",
"hell"
],
"examples":[
"The new store is an Eden for book lovers.",
"some of the first Europeans to explore Polynesia thought that they had indeed discovered a tropical Eden"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Late Latin, from Hebrew \u02bd\u0112dhen ",
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-212612"
},
"enlarge (on ":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to give more information about (something) : elaborate"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-212652"
},
"evidently":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": in an evident manner : clearly , obviously",
": on the basis of available evidence"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-v\u0259-d\u0259nt-l\u0113",
"-\u0259-\u02ccdent-",
"especially for sense 2 often"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparently",
"ostensibly",
"ostensively",
"presumably",
"putatively",
"seemingly",
"supposedly"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Evidently you and I have different feelings on this issue.",
"\u201cWe seem to have different feelings on this issue.\u201d \u201c Evidently !\u201d",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But by then DeSantis had evidently decided that much of the media was not worth trying to convince. \u2014 Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"The Utah Inland Port Authority swooped in with the highest offer, evidently to the frustration of SLGW\u2019s operators. \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 June 2022",
"Rich people are evidently running out of things to spend money on. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 15 June 2022",
"My ex was evidently surfing Facebook recently, found us, and now wants to meet his son. \u2014 Tribune News Service, al , 1 June 2022",
"The crowd was friendly and enthusiastic, excited about Whitters in general, though evidently not familiar with her entire catalogue. \u2014 Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"Pro Football Focus is evidently not included in that group. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 9 June 2022",
"House speaker Nancy Pelosi evidently received the message and has been stalling House passage of the bill for the past month. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 9 June 2022",
"One indication of her lack of status is that your hospital\u2019s risk managers evidently decided that the institution could safely eject her without being held accountable for the consequences. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1532, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-213210"
},
"eyeless":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a specialized light-sensitive sensory structure of animals that in nearly all vertebrates, most arthropods, and some mollusks is the image-forming organ of sight",
": the nearly spherical usually paired hollow organ of sight in vertebrates that is filled with a jellylike material, is lined with a photosensitive retina, and is lodged in a bony orbit in the skull",
": all the visible structures within and surrounding the orbit and including eyelids, eyelashes, and eyebrows",
": the faculty of seeing with eyes",
": the faculty of intellectual or aesthetic perception or appreciation",
": skill or ability dependent upon eyesight",
": look , glance",
": an attentive look",
": attention , notice",
": close observation : scrutiny",
": point of view , judgment",
": something having an appearance suggestive of an eye: such as",
": the hole through the head of a needle",
": a usually circular marking (as on a peacock's tail)",
": loop",
": a loop or catch to receive a hook",
": an undeveloped bud (as on a potato)",
": an area like a hole in the center of a tropical cyclone marked by only light winds or complete calm with no precipitation",
": the center of a flower especially when differently colored or marked",
": the disk of a composite",
": a triangular piece of beef cut from between the top and bottom of a round",
": the chief muscle of a chop",
": a compact mass of muscular tissue usually embedded in fat in a rib or loin cut of meat",
": a device (such as a photoelectric cell) that functions in a manner analogous to human vision",
": something central : center",
": the direction from which the wind is blowing",
": retribution in kind",
": with awareness or contemplation of",
": with the object of",
": to fix the eyes on : look at",
": contemplate , consider",
": to watch or study closely",
": to furnish with an eye",
": seem , look",
": the organ of seeing that in vertebrates is a round organ filled with a jellylike material, is located in a bony cavity in the skull, and has a lens which focuses light on the retina",
": the eye along with its surrounding parts (as the eyelids)",
": the colored surface of the iris",
": the ability to see",
": the ability to recognize or appreciate",
": glance entry 2",
": close attention : watch",
": judgment sense 1",
": something like or suggesting an eye",
": the center of something",
": to look at : watch closely",
": an organ of sight",
": a nearly spherical hollow organ that is lined with a sensitive retina, is lodged in a bony orbit in the skull, is the vertebrate organ of sight, and is normally paired",
": all the visible structures within and surrounding the orbit and including eyelids, eyelashes, and eyebrows",
": the faculty of seeing with eyes"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u012b",
"\u02c8\u012b",
"\u02c8\u012b"
],
"synonyms":[
"band",
"circle",
"hoop",
"loop",
"ring",
"round"
],
"antonyms":[
"follow",
"observe",
"watch"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"With Jenny\u2019s eye for design, and Dave\u2019s handy craftsmanship and general contracting background, the couple has restored over 300 homes in their area. \u2014 Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful , 15 June 2022",
"But Billy Goat, who is a year and a half old, had a punctured eye and needed surgery at the shelter to remove it. \u2014 Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune , 14 June 2022",
"Keep a watchful eye for branches, bushes, or shrubs that touch your house and can provide easy access for ants to make their way inside. \u2014 Maribeth Jones, Country Living , 14 June 2022",
"For: Fashionistas who keep up with the latest trends, love to shop, and have an eye for piecing together stylish outfits. \u2014 Nicol Natale, Woman's Day , 13 June 2022",
"Lange has a perceptive eye for how spaces are designed \u2014 and for whom. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
"Whereas others might be drawn into false assertions about AI, the AI natives will have a wary eye . \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"Readers weigh in, quietly, on the gun control debate, retailers are getting the stink eye for commercializing Juneteenth, and nobody\u2019s quite sure if Queen Elizabeth\u2019s Jubilee celebration was racist or not. \u2014 Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"Or Bill\u2019s eye for casting Dave Franco, who hadn\u2019t done anything yet, or Kerry Bish\u00e9. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 9 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Sunshine rules, for the most part, as high temperatures eye a range of low to mid-70s for most of the region. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
"To the east, China continues to eye an invasion of Taiwan, which many U.S. officials predict is likely by 2027. \u2014 Roger Wicker, National Review , 18 Feb. 2022",
"These are major decisions for Key as England desperately eye a turnaround in what has been a rather feeble recent Test chapter. \u2014 Tristan Lavalette, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Key senators eye new, more ambitious legislation to lower insulin prices. \u2014 Nicholas Florko, STAT , 9 Apr. 2022",
"In the meantime, the rush to create SPACs has evaporated as investors eye a crowded field and regulators take a harder line. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 1 Apr. 2022",
"At the conference, junior scholars would nervously eye one another in the elevators, trying to figure out who might be headed to which suite. \u2014 Jacob Brogan, Washington Post , 14 Mar. 2022",
"While American oil and gas companies eye new opportunities in Europe, German lawmakers want to accelerate the transition to wind and solar. \u2014 Leah Garden, The New Republic , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Dedinkin tells us that the tag sale stopped just as Stalin\u2019s money men began to eye the Morozov things. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a(1)"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-213238"
},
"espi\u00e8gle":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": frolicsome , roguish"
],
"pronounciation":[
"e-\u02c8spyegl\u1d4a"
],
"synonyms":[
"arch",
"devilish",
"elvish",
"impish",
"knavish",
"leprechaunish",
"mischievous",
"pixie",
"pixy",
"pixieish",
"prankish",
"puckish",
"rascally",
"roguish",
"scampish",
"sly",
"tricksy",
"waggish",
"wicked"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the espi\u00e8gle light in the young princess's eye faded when she contemplated the stifling restrictions of court life"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French, after Ulespiegle (Till Eulenspiegel), peasant prankster",
"first_known_use":[
"1816, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-214259"
},
"elicit":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response)",
": to draw forth or bring out (something latent or potential )"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8li-s\u0259t"
],
"synonyms":[
"educe",
"evoke",
"inspire",
"raise"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The best sequin dresses evoke a festive feel that only a little sparkle and shine can truly elicit . \u2014 Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue , 8 June 2022",
"The snippets of mRNA in the vaccine code for 19 different proteins found in ticks' saliva, which will trigger the body to produce those proteins and elicit an immune reaction. \u2014 Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Nov. 2021",
"But a trip to the neighborhood dispensary might not elicit similar feelings of sticker shock. \u2014 Alicia Wallace, CNN , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Watching him may elicit wonder at his cosmic luck\u2014a mathematical sublimity. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 18 May 2022",
"The interviewers elicit confessions from the dirty cops a little too easily \u2014 though, satisfyingly, there\u2019s no honor among thieves, the reckless profligacy of Jenkins\u2019s thefts stirring an unexpected self-disgust among his troops. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Once feared as vigilantes whose every twist was reason for policy makers to rethink their course, markets are finding their tantrums elicit little notice from governments bent on punishing Russia and reeling from the hottest inflation in 40 years. \u2014 Katherine Greifeld, Bloomberg.com , 12 Mar. 2022",
"This WildLands newsletter has often diverged into a lane of personal expression on topics that don\u2019t necessarily have anything to do with the outdoors or the sensations such theaters elicit . \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Diaz explained that the device has crystals that move around three plains and elicit a voltage that is read as acceleration or steps. \u2014 Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant , 2 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin elicitus , past participle of elicere , from e- + lacere to allure",
"first_known_use":[
"1605, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-214454"
},
"ecclesiastic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": ecclesiastical",
": clergyman"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02cckl\u0113-z\u0113-\u02c8a-stik",
"e-\u02cckl\u0113-"
],
"synonyms":[
"churchly",
"ecclesial",
"ecclesiastical"
],
"antonyms":[
"clergyperson",
"cleric",
"clerical",
"clerk",
"deacon",
"divine",
"dominie",
"minister",
"preacher",
"priest",
"reverend"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"a council to make final determinations on ecclesiastic matters",
"Noun",
"as the leading ecclesiastic for his church in the state, the bishop must be beyond reproach in everything he does",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"America has no aristocracy or ecclesiastic master class. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 12 Feb. 2022",
"The Vatican defended the extension by saying the agreement was purely ecclesiastic and pastoral in nature, and not political. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, Star Tribune , 22 Oct. 2020",
"The motif appeared in ecclesiastic architecture from the 13th to the 15th centuries. \u2014 Jasper Bastian, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Sep. 2020",
"The church is an example of early ecclesiastic architecture, is the second oldest synagogue remaining in Cincinnati and is the oldest still church still used for religious purposes. \u2014 Max Londberg, Cincinnati.com , 5 Aug. 2019",
"Wuerl\u2019s denial corresponds with the public record, which provides ample evidence that McCarrick lived a life completely devoid of ecclesiastic restriction after the sanctions were said to have been imposed in 2009 or 2010. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, The Seattle Times , 28 Aug. 2018",
"To Poroshenko, who came to power in 2014 after violent protests ousted his pro-Moscow predecessor, Ukraine's ecclesiastic independence is not just a matter of squabbles of elderly, long-bearded men with archaic names. \u2014 Mansur Mirovalev, latimes.com , 29 May 2018",
"At both, models wore crucifix-adorned masks that nodded to the dark universe of Joel-Peter Witkin and brocades that seemed to reference ecclesiastic garments. \u2014 Vogue , 24 Apr. 2018",
"The church is an example of early ecclesiastic architecture, is the second oldest synagogue remaining in Cincinnati and is the oldest still church still used for religious purposes. \u2014 Max Londberg, Cincinnati.com , 5 Aug. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"This shop for ecclesiastics has an exquisite selection of high-quality pieces. \u2014 Zoe Ruffner, Vogue , 19 Dec. 2019",
"Rather, Ryrie, a prize-winning historian as well as an ecclesiastic , has broadened his scope to take in nearly 750 years of doubt and disbelief in the professedly Christian West. \u2014 Graham Hillard, National Review , 5 Dec. 2019",
"The old cloister, as the walled domain of the Chapter of Canons was called, housed unusual and not invariably pious persons, as well as the worldly ecclesiastics themselves. \u2014 Bruce Dale, National Geographic , 17 Apr. 2019",
"This was the Fairy Tree L\u2019Arbre des Dames or Le Beau Mai tree, whereupon extra- ecclesiastic celebrations were staged. \u2014 C.d. Wright, Harper's magazine , 10 Jan. 2019",
"There are nearly 70 community leaders \u2014 from entrepreneurs to ecclesiastics (and a rabbi thrown in for good measure) \u2014 who have joined to address the problems that have held Louisville back for decades. \u2014 Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal , 2 Feb. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun",
"1651, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-223554"
},
"encouraging":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": giving hope or promise"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8k\u0259r-i-ji\u014b",
"-\u02c8k\u0259-ri-",
"en-"
],
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"auspicious",
"bright",
"fair",
"golden",
"heartening",
"hopeful",
"likely",
"optimistic",
"promising",
"propitious",
"rose-colored",
"roseate",
"rosy",
"upbeat"
],
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"bleak",
"dark",
"depressing",
"desperate",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismal",
"downbeat",
"dreary",
"gloomy",
"hopeless",
"inauspicious",
"pessimistic",
"unencouraging",
"unlikely",
"unpromising",
"unpropitious"
],
"examples":[
"We've just heard some encouraging news.",
"encouraging signs that the economy is improving",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But researchers noted that encouraging signs of other tortoises \u2014 from scat to tracks \u2014 have been found on Fernandina. \u2014 Sammy Westfall, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"Companies are increasingly encouraging staff to come back to the office, travel and attend in-person meetings and events. \u2014 Carylynn Larson, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Especially compared to other harmful viruses in circulation right now, the chances of avoiding monkeypox are pretty encouraging \u2014for now, at least. \u2014 Melody Schreiber, The New Republic , 7 June 2022",
"Yet the results of Australia\u2019s gun buyback are encouraging . \u2014 Philip Alpers, CNN , 1 June 2022",
"Fans and other parents are generally encouraging as well. \u2014 Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News , 16 May 2022",
"Saturday, though, certainly was encouraging , the way the offense took off from the outset and kept going. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 27 Apr. 2022",
"That\u2019s hardly encouraging , given the recent increase in attacks. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 25 Apr. 2022",
"And even these examples are not necessarily encouraging . \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 6 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1593, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-223609"
},
"evaluation":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act or result of evaluating",
": determination of the value, nature, character, or quality of something or someone",
": the act or result of judging the condition or value of"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02ccval-y\u0259-\u02c8w\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"-y\u00fc-\u02c8\u0101-",
"i-\u02ccval-y\u0259-\u02c8w\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
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"appraisal",
"appraisement",
"assessment",
"estimate",
"estimation",
"fix",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"value judgment"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1622, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-234800"
},
"equisonance":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": consonance of the unison or its octaves"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":" equi- + sonance ",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-235632"
},
"edificial":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": relating to an edifice : structural",
": imposing"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6ed\u0259\u00a6fish\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Late Latin aedificialis , from Latin aedificium + -alis -al",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-001050"
},
"eurhythmic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": harmonious",
": of or relating to eurythmy or eurythmics"
],
"pronounciation":[
"yu\u0307-\u02c8rit\u035fh-mik"
],
"synonyms":[
"balanced",
"congruous",
"consonant",
"harmonic",
"harmonious"
],
"antonyms":[
"disharmonic",
"disharmonious",
"incongruous",
"inharmonic",
"inharmonious",
"unbalanced"
],
"examples":[
"the ratio of the height of the temple's colonnade to the width of the entablature and pediment make for an eye-pleasing and eurythmic facade"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1855, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-001520"
},
"extirpate":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to destroy completely : wipe out",
": to pull up by the root",
": to cut out by surgery"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ek-st\u0259r-\u02ccp\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"black out",
"blot out",
"cancel",
"clean (up)",
"efface",
"eradicate",
"erase",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"liquidate",
"obliterate",
"root (out)",
"rub out",
"snuff (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"sweep (away)",
"wipe out"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the triumph of modern medicine in extirpating certain diseases",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Brave nonconformists across Cuban civil society, whom the regime is determined to extirpate , are merely collateral damage in a wider war against the values of the West. \u2014 Mary Anastasia O\u2019grady, WSJ , 12 June 2022",
"In Indonesia, the V.O.C. eventually followed up the massacre of a people with an effort to extirpate a botanical species. \u2014 Olufemi O. Taiwo, The New Yorker , 25 Oct. 2021",
"The plain fact of the matter is that violent leftist revolutionaries of the kind that Salazar promised to extirpate in Portugal are nowhere to be seen on the American political landscape today. \u2014 Cameron Hilditch, National Review , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Now, by moving against the commission, Mr. Biden looks to extirpate classical roots. \u2014 James Panero, WSJ , 26 May 2021",
"The state has a liberal reputation today, but in the 19th century its white settlers attempted to extirpate almost any nonwhite population and create a Jim Crow system that lasted well into the 20th century. \u2014 Brian Smale, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Apr. 2021",
"But habitat loss and unregulated hunting combined to extirpate the big animals by 1900. \u2014 Tom Carpenter, Outdoor Life , 2 Mar. 2021",
"The Chinese Communists aren\u2019t trying to extirpate every last trace of theism, thereby inviting the undivided opposition of religious believers and institutions (as the Soviets did with regard to John Paul II\u2019s Vatican). \u2014 Cameron Hilditch, National Review , 21 Feb. 2021",
"The modern left\u2019s mission to extirpate sin from society is the product of a secular religion of the most austere sort. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 21 Dec. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin exstirpatus , past participle of exstirpare , from ex- + stirp-, stirps trunk, root",
"first_known_use":[
"1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-023208"
},
"emblem":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a picture with a motto or set of verses intended as a moral lesson",
": an object or the figure of an object symbolizing and suggesting another object or an idea",
": a symbolic object used as a heraldic device",
": a device, symbol, or figure adopted and used as an identifying mark",
": emblematize",
": an object or an image used to suggest a thing that cannot be pictured"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8em-bl\u0259m",
"\u02c8em-bl\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[
"ensign",
"hallmark",
"impresa",
"logo",
"symbol",
"totem",
"trademark"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The flag is the emblem of our nation.",
"He has come to be regarded as an emblem of conservatism.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Camera-toting tourists dressed in plaid shorts and short-sleeve jerseys hold the hands of young children in sandals, and silently \u2014 almost solemnly \u2014 pause before the searing emblem of an era. \u2014 Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
"The original emblem was a single red shield with a stag head, meant to reflect Dunbar's Scottish family crest, GM said. \u2014 Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press , 1 June 2022",
"Perhaps the most striking emblem of collaboration is Michigan Central Station. \u2014 Jaclyn Trop, Fortune , 1 June 2022",
"The attention to detail \u2014 down to the Hawkins High emblem and creepy black vines from the Upside Down \u2014 on each component not only tells a small part of the Stranger Things story but serves as a playful, creative vessel for each shade. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 26 May 2022",
"The Boat Tail subverts the signature Pantheon grille with an unexpected twist on the imposing emblem . \u2014 Basem Wasef, Robb Report , 23 May 2022",
"When the fluorescents come on, any eye would be magnetized to the beloved, fiery red 1964 Ferrari 250LM parked behind a crisp, silver 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 with that famous three-point emblem adorned on the hood. \u2014 Rachel Fradette, The Indianapolis Star , 23 May 2022",
"Kardashian wore a black mini dress with a Virgin Mary emblem and black veil earlier in the weekend. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 23 May 2022",
"As People pointed out, Kim wore a variation of the dress back in 2017, which featured the same emblem . \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 22 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In 2015, the court held that Texas need not place a Sons of Confederate Veterans emblem on its license plates, despite offering a commemorative program allowing private groups to sponsor tags. \u2014 Jess Bravin, WSJ , 18 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"circa 1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1584, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-023256"
},
"enkindle":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to set (something, such as fuel) on fire : to cause to ignite",
": to make bright and glowing",
": to take fire : flame"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8kin-d\u1d4al",
"en-"
],
"synonyms":[
"burn",
"fire",
"ignite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"kindle",
"light",
"torch"
],
"antonyms":[
"douse",
"dowse",
"extinguish",
"put out",
"quench",
"snuff (out)"
],
"examples":[
"see if you can enkindle some paper in the fireplace while I look for logs"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1542, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-030118"
},
"exuberancy":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": exuberance"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-ns\u0113",
"-si"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin exuberantia ",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-032626"
},
"elastic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": capable of recovering size and shape after deformation",
": relating to or being a collision between particles in which the total kinetic energy of the particles remains unchanged",
": capable of recovering quickly especially from depression or disappointment",
": capable of being easily stretched or expanded and resuming former shape : flexible",
": capable of ready change or easy expansion or contraction : not rigid or constricted",
": receptive to new ideas : adaptable",
": easily stretched rubber usually prepared in cords, strings, or bands",
": rubber band",
": an elastic fabric usually made of yarns containing rubber",
": something made from this fabric",
": capable of returning to original shape or size after being stretched, pressed, or squeezed together",
": rubber band",
": material that can be stretched",
": capable of recovering size and shape after deformation",
": capable of resisting compression",
": capable of indefinite expansion",
": capable of being easily stretched or expanded and resuming former shape",
": easily stretched rubber usually prepared in cords, strings, or bands",
": a band of elastic used especially in orthodontics",
": one placed around a tooth at the gumline in effecting its nonsurgical removal",
": an elastic fabric usually made of yarns containing rubber",
": something made from this fabric"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8la-stik",
"i-\u02c8la-stik",
"i-\u02c8las-tik"
],
"synonyms":[
"bouncy",
"flexible",
"resilient",
"rubberlike",
"rubbery",
"springy",
"stretch",
"stretchable",
"stretchy",
"supple",
"whippy"
],
"antonyms":[
"inelastic",
"inflexible",
"nonelastic",
"rigid",
"stiff"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"when vacationing, we generally have very elastic daily sightseeing plans",
"Noun",
"She wrapped an elastic around the cards.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Each topper is encased in an organic cotton cover and has an elastic anchor band to prevent any shifting on your bed \u2014 a standout feature that's not always seen in toppers. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 13 June 2022",
"Joggers, on the other hand, have an elastic band at the ankle that gives them a slightly more fitted feel. \u2014 Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics , 18 May 2022",
"This shower cap is a great deal at less than $5 and has a flexible elastic band that won't leave behind an awkward line on your forehead once you're done using it. \u2014 Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 May 2022",
"The cool tropical pattern stands out without being too flashy, and the convenient elastic band makes sure nothing goes awry. \u2014 Thomas Hindle, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 May 2022",
"The star has stayed true to her word: No smocks, tent dresses or elastic band denim in sight. \u2014 Elise Brisco, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022",
"These sheets have been manufactured specifically for deep mattresses, complete with an elastic band that can stretch to fit over extra-large and tall mattresses measuring in at 18, 20, 22, and 24 inches deep. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Credit just the right amount of compression around the midfoot and a strong elastic added in around the ankle. \u2014 Ariella Gintzler, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
"For example, elastic is sourced from Austria and crafted from organic cotton and natural, biodegradable, and recyclable rubber. \u2014 Bettina Zilkha, Forbes , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The sleeves also have an elastic around the bottom, giving it a ruffled appearance. \u2014 Sanah Faroke, PEOPLE.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Unlike other bungee leashes on the market, Ruffwear integrates the elastic into its webbing, so there\u2019s a smooth dispersion of force up and down the leash\u2014not too stiff, not too loose\u2014with no bunching. \u2014 Outside Online , 26 June 2020",
"Our testers appreciated the double elastic on the fitted sheet, making bed-making simple and easy. \u2014 Grace Wu, Good Housekeeping , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Use a safety pin to help guide the elastic through. \u2014 Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Bring the ends underneath the base of the low ponytail, and secure them together with a clear elastic . \u2014 Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living , 1 July 2021",
"To prevent the elastic from rubbing against your heel, the sandals have a leather strap on the back. \u2014 Eden Lichterman, PEOPLE.com , 26 July 2021",
"The elastic can get wound around wildlife, which can result in serious injury to birds and/or animals. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 July 2021",
"Tighten the elastic to secure it firmly against the bottom base of the ponytail. \u2014 Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living , 1 July 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"1674, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1847, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-040053"
},
"existent":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": having being : existing",
": existing now : present"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8zi-st\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"actual",
"concrete",
"de facto",
"effective",
"factual",
"genuine",
"real",
"sure-enough",
"true",
"very"
],
"antonyms":[
"conjectural",
"hypothetical",
"ideal",
"inexistent",
"nonexistent",
"platonic",
"possible",
"potential",
"suppositional",
"theoretical",
"theoretic"
],
"examples":[
"I think we should improve existent parks rather than create new ones.",
"to some people, angels are as existent as aardvarks or astronomers",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In terms of political opposition, there are political parties that have successfully opposed the BJP at the state level in Tamil Nadu, Bengal, Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab, but opposition is virtually non- existent at the national level. \u2014 Arundhati Roy, CNN , 22 June 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",
"By and large, disabled people make very little money, if any; savings are virtually non- existent too. \u2014 Steven Aquino, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Last winter\u2019s flu season was virtually non- existent . \u2014 NBC News , 18 Feb. 2022",
"But beyond the Olympic paycheck, investment in women\u2019s hockey is virtually non- existent . \u2014 Glamour , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Don't leave home without Somewear Global Hotspot that provides dad (and the rest of the family) peace of mind for times when cell service is unreliable or non- existent . \u2014 Jordi Lippe-mcgraw, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"More than half of her college years were dominated by COVID, with online classes, takeout meals, masked or non- existent social events. \u2014 Susan Glaser, cleveland , 2 June 2022",
"Our only real quibble is that instructions for some meals are unclear or non- existent , which required a bit of trial-and-error on our part to prepare. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 29 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French, borrowed from Late Latin existent-, existens/exsistent-, exsistens, from present participle of Latin existere, exsistere \"to come into view, appear, show oneself, come into being\" (Late Latin, \"to have real being, be, be present\") \u2014 more at exist ",
"first_known_use":[
"1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-042918"
},
"eyeable":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": that may be seen",
": visually attractive"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u012b\u0259b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1633, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-043113"
},
"envelope stamp":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an embossed postage stamp on an envelope"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-044156"
},
"envisage":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to view or regard in a certain way",
": to have a mental picture of especially in advance of realization"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8vi-zij",
"en-"
],
"synonyms":[
"conceit",
"conceive",
"conjure (up)",
"dream",
"envision",
"fancy",
"fantasize",
"fantasy",
"feature",
"ideate",
"image",
"imagine",
"picture",
"see",
"vision",
"visualize"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I envisage a day when proper health care will be available to everyone.",
"I'm trying to envisage you on a surfboard.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To envisage , too, a future that will thrillingly marry the old and new. \u2014 Claire Messud, Travel + Leisure , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Leaders across all industries were faced with a new reality, requiring them to determine how, in an already competitive market for talent, companies would envisage their future path while retaining their existing workforce. \u2014 Andrew Dawson, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Until this time, they are surrounded by sky And can, as yet, envisage no way out. \u2014 Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The idea that California might one day ballot-initiative its way out of its ballot-initiative fetish is a fascinating one, but hard to envisage . \u2014 Nathan Heller, The New Yorker , 19 Sep. 2021",
"In between those two extremes, many organizations envisage hybrid modes of working where face-to-face and digital working can blend seamlessly. \u2014 Imperial Business Insights, Forbes , 2 Sep. 2021",
"But a new wave of mycoprotein companies envisage a future far beyond turkey dinosaurs. \u2014 Matt Reynolds, Wired , 8 Aug. 2021",
"All told, the IMF offers numerous recommendations that envisage a world in which taxing authorities incrementally push the needle toward larger reforms. \u2014 Nana Ama Sarfo, Forbes , 10 June 2021",
"The resolution should also envisage a broader mediation framework that starts with the acknowledgment that this has never been a war just between two sides. \u2014 Jamal Benomar, CNN , 5 May 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French envisager , from en- + visage face",
"first_known_use":[
"1660, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-050648"
},
"Ecclesiastes":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a book of wisdom literature in canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture \u2014 see Bible Table"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02cckl\u0113-z\u0113-\u02c8a-(\u02cc)st\u0113z",
"e-\u02cckl\u0113-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Late Latin Eccl\u0113siast\u0113s, borrowed from Greek Ekkl\u0113siast\u1e17s, from ekkl\u0113siast\u1e17s \"participant in an assembly of citizens\" (adapted by the Septuagint translators as a rendering of Hebrew q\u014dheleth, named in the title verse as the author of the Biblical book), from ekkl\u0113si\u00e1zein \"to hold a public assembly, be a member of the assembly\" (verbal derivative of ekkl\u0113s\u00eda \"assembly of citizens\") + -t\u0113s, agent suffix \u2014 more at ecclesial ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-050914"
},
"emolument":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites",
": advantage",
": a return arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8m\u00e4l-y\u0259-m\u0259nt",
"i-\u02c8m\u00e4l-y\u0259-m\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"hire",
"packet",
"pay",
"pay envelope",
"paycheck",
"payment",
"salary",
"stipend",
"wage"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the annual emolument for the director of the charity is officially only one dollar",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Now, however, some Democrats are second-guessing whether the impeachment investigation should have included charges related to campaign finance and an emoluments probe of whether Trump properties profit from foreign nationals. \u2014 Billy House, Bloomberg.com , 10 May 2020",
"But few tales better show the mix of hard power and emoluments that embodied imperial China\u2019s tributary relations with others. \u2014 The Economist , 6 Feb. 2020",
"Clearly, there were also going to be debates on whether the charges should include obstruction of justice and emoluments (the president using his office to profit). \u2014 Susan Dominus, New York Times , 18 Nov. 2019",
"This is the third year the company has made such a donation, part of an effort to avoid violating the foreign emoluments clause of the Constitution, which bars the president from accepting gifts or payments from foreign governments. \u2014 Jonathan O'connell, Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2020",
"Several lawsuits claiming the president violated the Constitution's emoluments clause by accepting gifts from foreign and state interests are making their way through the federal courts. \u2014 Melissa Quinn, CBS News , 12 Feb. 2020",
"The emoluments clause bars presidents from accepting gifts or money from foreign governments without approval from Congress. \u2014 Katherine Doyle, Washington Examiner , 27 Feb. 2020",
"The congressional emoluments case in Washington was initiated last year by about 200 Democrats. \u2014 Ann E. Marimow, courant.com , 25 June 2019",
"No one knows, because no court has ever made a final emoluments clause judgment. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Dec. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin emolumentum advantage, from emolere to produce by grinding, from e- + molere to grind \u2014 more at meal ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-061920"
},
"eat (up)":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":[
"Definition of eat up \u2014 used to tell someone to start or continue eating Eat up ! Your dinner is getting cold."
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-073900"
},
"ere":{
"type":[
"conjunction",
"preposition"
],
"definitions":[
": preceding in time : earlier than : before entry 2 sense 2",
": before entry 3",
": before entry 2 sense 2",
": before entry 3 sense 4"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8er",
"\u02c8er"
],
"synonyms":[
"afore",
"ahead of",
"before",
"fore",
"'fore",
"of",
"previous to",
"prior to",
"to"
],
"antonyms":[
"after",
"following"
],
"examples":[
"Preposition",
"an old typewriter that was a relic of that ancient time ere the invention of word processors"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Preposition",
"first_known_use":[
"Preposition",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Conjunction",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-083949"
},
"edificatory":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": intended or suitable for edification",
": edifying"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u0307\u02c8dif\u0259k\u0259\u02cct\u014dr\u0113",
"\u0113\u02c8dif-",
"ed\u0259f-",
"\u02c8ed\u0259f\u0259\u0307\u02cck\u0101t\u0259r\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Late Latin aedificatorius , from aedificatus (past participle of aedificare to edify) + Latin -orius -ory",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-112152"
},
"enaction":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": enactment"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u0307\u02c8naksh\u0259n",
"e\u02c8-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":" enact entry 1 + -ion ",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-112804"
},
"eleme figs":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": Smyrna figs of superior quality packed flat"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Turkish eleme selected, sifted",
"first_known_use":[
"1852, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-112902"
},
"ecclesiast":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": ecclesiastic",
": a member of the Athenian ecclesia"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-z\u0113\u02ccast",
"-\u0113\u0259\u0307st",
"-\u0113\u02ccaa(\u0259)st"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English ecclesiaste , from Late Latin ecclesiastes , from Greek ekkl\u0113siast\u0113s , literally, member of a Greek ecclesia, from ekkl\u0113sia church, ecclesia + -ast\u0113s -ast",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-112950"
},
"enterprising":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act",
": bold and energetic in trying or experimenting"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8en-t\u0259r-\u02ccpr\u012b-zi\u014b",
"\u02c8en-t\u0259-\u02ccpr\u012b-",
"\u02c8en-t\u0259r-\u02ccpr\u012b-zi\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggressive",
"ambitious",
"assertive",
"fierce",
"go-getting",
"high-pressure",
"in-your-face",
"militant",
"pushy",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive"
],
"antonyms":[
"ambitionless",
"low-pressure",
"nonassertive",
"unaggressive",
"unambitious",
"unassertive",
"unenterprising"
],
"examples":[
"As an enterprising young reporter, she covered many important stories.",
"the company is claiming that there will be huge financial rewards for enterprising sales representatives",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One of our more enterprising residents, Amanda, just launched a support group for millennials whose tattoos of birds flying through hexagons now resemble angry clouds birthing meatballs. \u2014 Cara Michelle Smith, The New Yorker , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Some enterprising businesspeople became full-time car dealers. \u2014 Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Last year, a counterfeit Banksy NFT netted an enterprising copycat over $1 million. \u2014 Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Frank doesn\u2019t spend any time on Truman\u2019s service in World War I or his stint as an enterprising haberdasher in Kansas City. \u2014 Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor , 29 Mar. 2022",
"In 1977, four years into Lee\u2019s sentence, an enterprising Korean investigative reporter came across his case. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Balloons were invented in 1824, when an enterprising scientist stacked two sheets of rubber, sprinkled flour between them and sealed the sides to create perhaps the most valuable ravioli of all time. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
"What keeps the film from being anything more than an enterprising but minor diversion is that, with Shawn being is such a loud comic character from the get-go, scares and laughs alike don\u2019t have much space to build. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 13 Mar. 2022",
"An enterprising publisher reissued an account of the 1706 bigamy trial of Robert Fielding, with prints of the interior view and a key of where famous people had sat. \u2014 Catherine Ostler, Town & Country , 24 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1601, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-113534"
},
"effervescent":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": having the property of forming bubbles : marked by or producing effervescence",
": marked by or expressing an appealingly lively quality"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce-f\u0259r-\u02c8ve-s\u1d4ant"
],
"synonyms":[
"bouncy",
"bubbly",
"buoyant",
"crank",
"exuberant",
"frolic",
"frolicsome",
"gamesome",
"gay",
"high-spirited",
"vivacious"
],
"antonyms":[
"low-spirited",
"sullen"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1833, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-114100"
},
"existency":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": existence"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Late Latin existentia, exsistentia ",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-121110"
},
"excogitate":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to think out : devise"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ek-\u02c8sk\u00e4-j\u0259-\u02cct\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"concoct",
"construct",
"contrive",
"cook (up)",
"devise",
"drum up",
"fabricate",
"invent",
"make up",
"manufacture",
"think (up)",
"trump up",
"vamp (up)"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she's a master at excogitating reasons not to do her assigned work"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin excogitatus , past participle of excogitare , from ex- + cogitare to cogitate",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1530, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-122240"
},
"eventually":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": at an unspecified later time : in the end"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8ven(t)-sh(\u0259-)w\u0259-l\u0113",
"-\u02c8ven-ch\u0259-l\u0113",
"-ch\u00fc-\u0259-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"finally",
"someday",
"sometime",
"sooner or later",
"ultimately",
"yet"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Eventually , I did get better and returned to work.",
"I am sure that we'll succeed eventually .",
"Her constant campaigning eventually got her the nomination.",
"This plant eventually reaches a height of 15 feet.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"From its beginnings, the United States expanded westward, displacing and killing indigenous peoples and eventually seizing a number of populated colonies in the Pacific and Caribbean. \u2014 Daniel Bessner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"But proponents say phasing it in over six years would ease that blow and eventually generate more revenue as people return to the city and grow the tax base. \u2014 Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun , 21 June 2022",
"Now, amid the uncertainty of Tucker\u2019s fate, the games on the Nevada-Las Vegas campus could be the perfect laboratory for perhaps eventually pairing Yurtseven more often next season with Bam Adebayo. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
"Brittany\u2019s 5-year-old son told police at one point, Tommorrow began playing with the toy BB gun while inside the room and eventually Douglas pointed his real handgun at her forehead. \u2014 Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
"At the center of the plot were efforts by Trump allies to press for alternative slates of electors, who would eventually flip the Electoral College results against then-candidate Joe Biden. \u2014 Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY , 21 June 2022",
"All three women went to horny jail, though one of them was eventually pardoned. \u2014 Anne Th\u00e9riault, Longreads , 21 June 2022",
"Authorities have said that officers eventually entered the classroom using keys provided by a janitor. \u2014 Phil Helsel, NBC News , 21 June 2022",
"The smoldering fire was eventually located in the basement of the three-story, concrete-block building. \u2014 Matt Yan, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1667, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-124731"
},
"engrained":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
": to work indelibly into the natural texture or mental or moral constitution"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-131824"
},
"effective":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect",
": impressive , striking",
": being in effect : operative",
": actual",
": ready for service or action",
": equal to the rate of simple interest that yields the same amount when the interest is paid once at the end of the interest period as a quoted rate of interest does when calculated at compound interest over the same period \u2014 compare nominal sense 4",
": one that is effective (see effective entry 1 )",
": a soldier equipped for duty",
": producing or able to produce a desired effect",
": impressive",
": being in operation",
": producing a decided, decisive, claimed, or desired effect",
": producing a desired effect",
": capable of bringing about an effect",
"\u2014 see also ineffective assistance of counsel",
": being in effect",
": equal to the rate of simple interest that yields the same amount when the rate is paid once at the end of the interest period as a quoted rate of interest does when calculated at compound interest over the same period \u2014 compare nominal"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8fek-tiv",
"e-",
"\u0113-",
"\u0259-",
"i-\u02c8fek-tiv",
"i-\u02c8fek-tiv"
],
"synonyms":[
"effectual",
"efficacious",
"efficient",
"fruitful",
"operative",
"potent",
"productive"
],
"antonyms":[
"fruitless",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"inefficient",
"inoperative",
"unfruitful",
"unproductive",
"useless"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"These commercials were extremely effective as marketing tools, but we now know that chocolate swimming pools and candy-coating showers play no part in the manufacture of real M&M's. Instead, the ellipsoid chocolate centers of plain M&M's are formed by machines. \u2014 David Owen , Atlantic , October 1988",
"My feeling is that by waiting for the right moment to let rip, a film is infinitely more effective , especially with characters you have come to like. \u2014 Clive Barker , in Cinefantastique , September 1987",
"But Tammy's most effective remedy for stress, both then and now, was the same as Imelda Marcos's: shopping up a storm. \"It's kind of a hobby to help my nerves,\" she explained \u2026 \u2014 Jean Seligman , Newsweek , 8 June 1987",
"It's a simple but effective technique.",
"He gave an effective speech.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Convents and monasteries can be cost- effective alternative accommodations. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
"Others might want to bring more attention to their new business or offer a cost- effective content platform for audiences to connect with a brand. \u2014 Ginni Saraswati, Rolling Stone , 23 June 2022",
"Domestic manufacturing of these types of chips is also vital and could be far more cost- effective and economically scalable. \u2014 Scott White, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Increasingly, content is becoming the most cost- effective way to achieve that result. \u2014 Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022",
"The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, a Boston drug pricing watchdog, recently said that beti-cel could be considered cost- effective in that price range. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
"FEMA Press Secretary Jeremy Edwards said in a statement the process can be lengthy, in part, because the agency must determine that a buyout is cost- effective and complies with environmental and historic preservation requirements. \u2014 Ben Finley, ajc , 18 June 2022",
"The system is designed to meet electricity consumption in the most cost- effective way by instantaneously matching supply to demand. \u2014 Chloe Taylor, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
"This will minimize the amount of time the latter is opened, works out to be more cost effective , and easier than buying a bigger primary cooler. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 15 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Laurent Morali, president of Kushner Cos., will take over as chief executive effective immediately, the firm said. \u2014 Peter Grant, WSJ , 19 Oct. 2021",
"California\u2019s coronavirus dashboard showed an R- effective of 0.81 for San Francisco as of Wednesday. \u2014 Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 June 2021",
"AstraZeneca is working with the Serum Institute, as is Novavax, whose vaccine looks to be ninety-six-per-cent effective . \u2014 Sue Halpern, The New Yorker , 3 June 2021",
"One way is through applied topical insect repellent, the most (and arguably only) effective of which contain DEET. \u2014 Larry Olmsted, Forbes , 28 Apr. 2021",
"But even for a team loaded at the position, the effective of Oregon\u2019s ground game, especially in the second half, in its first two games is outlandish. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Nov. 2020",
"The agency had already announced that a vaccine would have to prove at least 50-percent effective at preventing COVID-19 to earn full approval. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 24 Sep. 2020",
"In this scenario, infections will decline even if face masks are only 50-percent effective . \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 12 June 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1708, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-132341"
},
"Evodia":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a genus of Asian and Australasian shrubs and trees (family Rutaceae) having opposite aromatic leaves, unisexual flowers, and dry fruits",
": any plant of the genus Evodia or a related genus ( Tetradium ) \u2014 see also korean evodia"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8v\u014d-d\u0113-\u0259",
"\u0113-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"New Latin, irregular from Greek eu\u014ddia fragrance, from eu\u014dd\u0113s fragrant (from eu- + -\u014dd\u0113s , from ozein to smell) + -ia -y",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-132418"
},
"e-reader":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a handheld electronic device designed to be used for reading e-books and similar material",
": an electronic device used for reading e-books and similar material"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0113-\u02ccr\u0113-d\u0259r",
"\u02c8\u0113-\u02ccr\u0113-d\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1999, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-133320"
},
"envelope":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a flat usually paper container (as for a letter)",
": something that envelops : wrapper",
": the outer covering of an aerostat",
": the bag containing the gas in a balloon or airship",
": a natural enclosing covering (such as a membrane, shell, or integument)",
": a lipoprotein unit membrane that forms the outer layer of some virions",
": a curve tangent to each of a family of curves",
": a surface tangent to each of a family of surfaces",
": a set of performance limits (as of an aircraft) that may not be safely exceeded",
": the set of operating parameters that exists within these limits",
": a conventionally accepted limit",
": a flat usually paper container (as for a letter)",
": a natural enclosing covering (as a membrane or integument)",
": a lipoprotein unit membrane that forms the outer layer of some virions and surrounds the viral capsid"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8en-v\u0259-\u02ccl\u014dp",
"\u02c8\u00e4n-",
"\u02c8en-v\u0259-\u02ccl\u014dp",
"\u02c8\u00e4n-",
"\u02c8en-v\u0259-\u02ccl\u014dp",
"\u02c8\u00e4n-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Instead, organizations should constantly be looking for ways to push the envelope on security, and leaders should invest in tools that always monitor assets for threats. \u2014 Evan Ramzipoor, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"The consensus view seems to be that the bZ4X performs well enough but offers little to push the envelope or otherwise stand out in an increasingly crowded field. \u2014 Stephen Wilmot, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"While Air Vodka serves as the flagship Air Company product at the moment, expect the company\u2019s work with NASA to continue to push the envelope . \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 23 May 2022",
"The county government must continue to push the envelope in procuring strong funding for our schools. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 17 May 2022",
"All eyes are on the Met Gala to watch designers push the envelope of fashion, but eyes are also watching a historically exclusive fashion industry that's proven itself hesitant to push toward inclusion. \u2014 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY , 2 May 2022",
"In that spirit, WWDC22 invites developers from around the world to come together to explore how to bring their best ideas to life and push the envelope of what\u2019s possible. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The jar and its enigmatic contents may seem to suggest a time capsule or, with envelope and stamp, a message in a bottle to Cavell\u2019s future self. \u2014 Christopher Benfey, The New York Review of Books , 27 Apr. 2022",
"At one point, two Roseville police officers delivered a small yellow envelope to sheriff's detectives. \u2014 Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press , 26 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1714, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-133537"
},
"elusive":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": tending to elude : such as",
": tending to evade grasp or pursuit",
": hard to comprehend or define",
": hard to isolate or identify",
": hard to find or capture",
": hard to understand or define"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0113-\u02c8l\u00fc-siv",
"-\u02c8l\u00fc-ziv",
"i-\u02c8l\u00fc-siv"
],
"synonyms":[
"evasive",
"fugitive",
"slippery"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This would dramatically slow the spread of the virus, but, for COVID-19 and many other pathogens, sterilizing vaccines have remained elusive . \u2014 Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"On Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen cautioned that immediate relief for gas prices remained elusive . \u2014 Taylor Telford, Anchorage Daily News , 19 May 2022",
"Some pieces of wreckage eventually washed up on shores thousands of miles away, though the flight recorders remained elusive . \u2014 Benedikt Kammel, Bloomberg.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
"But completely free tuition at all levels of college has remained elusive . \u2014 Leah Asmelash, CNN , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Talks between Russian and Ukrainian officials ended without a breakthrough Monday, and safe passage from cities under attack remained elusive , as the 12-day-old war continued to create a humanitarian catastrophe. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Jacobellis came in fifth in 2010 in Vancouver, seventh in 2014 at Sochi, and fourth in 2018 at PyeongChang, but the gold remained elusive . \u2014 NBC News , 12 Feb. 2022",
"But the contents of the Tavistock letter remained maddeningly elusive \u2014until now. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 10 Feb. 2022",
"But direct evidence for WIMPs has been elusive , despite decades of looking for them in particle accelerators and exquisitely sensitive detectors buried deep underground to minimize spurious signals from cosmic rays and other sources. \u2014 Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American , 8 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"see elusion ",
"first_known_use":[
"1719, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-134210"
},
"elastic afterwork":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the plastic yielding or creep of certain crystals of a metal on recovery after the release of a stress that has previously caused plastic deformation"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-134456"
},
"enlarge":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make larger : extend",
": to give greater scope to : expand",
": to set free",
": to grow larger",
": to speak or write at length : elaborate",
": to make or grow larger : expand",
": to make larger",
": to grow larger"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8l\u00e4rj",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8l\u00e4rj",
"in-\u02c8l\u00e4rj"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerate",
"accumulate",
"appreciate",
"balloon",
"boom",
"build up",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"climb",
"escalate",
"expand",
"gain",
"increase",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"rise",
"roll up",
"snowball",
"spread",
"swell",
"wax"
],
"antonyms":[
"contract",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"recede",
"wane"
],
"examples":[
"We had the photograph enlarged .",
"as the number of people with cell phones enlarges , more transmission towers will have to be built",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The procedures, more technically called gluteal fat grafting, involve injecting fat to enlarge or reshape patients\u2019 buttocks. \u2014 Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
"This can be seen in the rise in the Brazilian Butt Lift for example or people trying to enlarge their buttocks, the sexualization of Black women in music videos, and the reclaiming of that sexualization through pop stars currently working today. \u2014 Rica Cerbarano, Vogue , 8 June 2022",
"These will accumulate over time to enlarge the portion of the budget and of the GDP absorbed by entitlements. \u2014 Milton Ezrati, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"Most Western analyses of the war suggest that Moscow\u2019s Plan B\u2014to concentrate forces in the east and southeast and enlarge its foothold in the Donbas region\u2014is going much more slowly than the Russians hoped. \u2014 Stephen Fidler, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"This is a critical time when digital frontiers will power in to enlarge and expand. \u2014 Rachel Ooi, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Russians have made modest gains in the east, and their focus now may be to enlarge territory controlled by separatists and declare victory. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Mar. 2022",
"There are also another two platforms amidship that open up to enlarge the main living area and master stateroom. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 27 May 2022",
"With more funds at its disposal, the theocracy is bound to enlarge its auxiliary forces and bring more havoc to the region. \u2014 Reuel Marc Gerecht, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French enlarger, enlargir , from en- + large broad, large",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-135049"
},
"equalize":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make equal",
": to compensate for",
": to make uniform",
": to distribute evenly or uniformly",
": to adjust or correct the frequency characteristics of (an electronic signal) by restoring to their original level high frequencies that have been attenuated",
": to tie the score",
": to make even or equal"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0113-kw\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz",
"\u02c8\u0113-kw\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
],
"synonyms":[
"balance",
"equate",
"even",
"level"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"They are hoping to equalize pay for workers with similar jobs.",
"Educational opportunities have not yet equalized .",
"trying to equalize the pressure",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Reapportionment redraws the Assembly\u2019s district boundaries, happening usually every 10 years after the U.S. census is complete, in order to help equalize representation of Anchorage residents on the Assembly as the population changes. \u2014 Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Districts are redrawn after each U.S. census every 10 years to equalize populations within them. \u2014 Doug Thompson, Arkansas Online , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Adeyemi was the player to equalize the record in the Austrian Klassiker on Sunday against Rapid. \u2014 Manuel Veth, Forbes , 20 Sep. 2021",
"Redistricting \u2014 the redrawing of congressional boundaries to roughly equalize district populations \u2014 accounts for a big part of the Republican optimism. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Aug. 2021",
"Women account for approximately 50% of the world\u2019s population, so organizations, employers and VC firms need to put intentional processes in place to equalize gender representation. \u2014 Alyson Watson, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"Orlando battered Cincinnati for long stretches of the match, dominated possession and seemed to be constantly threatening to equalize over the final 35 minutes. \u2014 Pat Brennan, The Enquirer , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Districts were redrawn to equalize populations in them. \u2014 Doug Thompson, Arkansas Online , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Under the new agreement, USSF becomes the first federation in the world to equalize FIFA World Cup prize money. \u2014 Carrie Wittmer, Glamour , 18 May 2022"
],
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"1600, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-135611"
},
"elements":{
"type":[
"noun"
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": any of the four substances air, water, fire, and earth formerly believed to compose the physical universe",
": weather conditions",
": violent or severe weather",
": the state or sphere natural or suited to a person or thing",
": a constituent part: such as",
": the simplest principles of a subject of study : rudiments",
": a part of a geometric magnitude",
": a generator of a geometric figure",
": a line or line segment contained in the surface of a cone or cylinder",
": a basic member of a mathematical or logical class or set",
": one of the individual entries in a mathematical matrix or determinant",
": a distinct group within a larger group or community",
": one of the necessary data or values on which calculations or conclusions are based",
": one of the factors determining the outcome of a process",
": any of the fundamental substances that consist of atoms of only one kind and that singly or in combination constitute all matter",
": a distinct part of a composite device",
": a subdivision of a military unit",
": the bread and wine used in the Eucharist",
": any of more than 100 substances that cannot by ordinary chemical means be separated into different substances",
": one of the parts of which something is made up",
": the simplest principles of a subject of study",
": a member of a mathematical set",
": the state or place natural to or suited to a person or thing",
": the forces of nature",
": any of the four substances air, water, fire, and earth formerly believed to compose the physical universe",
": a constituent part: as",
": any of more than 100 fundamental substances that consist of atoms of only one kind and that singly or in combination constitute all matter",
": one of the distinct parts (as a lens) of a composite device (as a microscope)",
": one of the basic constituent units (as a cell or fiber) of a tissue",
": one of the constituent parts (as a particular act, a mental state, or an attendant circumstance) of a crime as defined by statute that the prosecution must prove to win a conviction"
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"\u02c8e-l\u0259-m\u0259nt",
"\u02c8e-l\u0259-m\u0259nt",
"\u02c8el-\u0259-m\u0259nt"
],
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"building block",
"component",
"constituent",
"factor",
"ingredient",
"member"
],
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"whole"
],
"examples":[
"Water is composed of the elements hydrogen and oxygen.",
"a free press is an essential element of a democracy",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The concept of a digital twin is to create a virtual replica of a real-world element whether that be a warehouse, a physical product, a factory floor etc. \u2014 Betsy Atkins, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"The way to get the best of the dish is to pile a fork with a bite of every element and let those flavors loose on your palate. \u2014 Gordon Hamersley, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"The Guardians may have been out of their element , but the bullpen wasn\u2019t. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 5 June 2022",
"The personnel implicated in Seoul were reported to be part of this element . \u2014 Bydonald J. Mihalek, ABC News , 20 May 2022",
"Don't put plastic items on the bottom rack as the high temperature of the heating element can leave them warped. \u2014 Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY , 12 May 2022",
"What intrigued you about taking Hollywood stars out of their element and putting them on a safari? \u2014 Denise Davidsonwriter, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022",
"Similarly, for induction cooktops, which are the most energy efficient option, make sure to align the size of your pan with the size of the heating element on the stove to not overuse electricity when cooking or prolong the heating process. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022",
"In fact, House Beautiful has featured plenty examples of this timeless design element over the years, as seen in articles about the modern farmhouse aesthetic, modern farmhouse kitchens, and modern farmhouse decor. \u2014 Mary Elizabeth Andriotis, House Beautiful , 27 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin elementum ",
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-140426"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": marked by high spirits : exultant"
],
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"i-\u02c8l\u0101-t\u0259d"
],
"synonyms":[
"ecstatic",
"elevated",
"enrapt",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"giddy",
"heady",
"intoxicated",
"rapt",
"rapturous",
"rhapsodic",
"rhapsodical"
],
"antonyms":[
"depressed"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Despite the muggy conditions at Saint Vitus, the crowd \u2014 which included men and women of all ages and races and was more diverse demographically than your average pop concert \u2014 looked elated to be there. \u2014 Kory Grow, Rolling Stone , 3 June 2022",
"As elated graduates of Baltimore\u2019s Mergenthaler Vocational Technical High School lined up to receive their diplomas Sunday afternoon, the absence of one student was palpable. \u2014 Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun , 12 June 2022",
"Even Shawa, who has been leading safaris for 17 years, seemed elated . \u2014 Mary Holland, Travel + Leisure , 4 June 2022",
"After a 2-year wait, P-Valley finally returns to Starz on June 3, and the Pynk Posse, as the cast and creator lovingly call show fans, can\u2019t be more elated . \u2014 Rivea Ruff, Essence , 2 June 2022",
"An elated Jayson Tatum watches the clock wind down to zero as the Celtics roll to a Game 7 victory. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 May 2022",
"Love Island time meant claiming your chair in the living room with a throw, a bowl of ice cream, and elated anticipation. \u2014 Ali Wentworth, Town & Country , 8 May 2022",
"They are joined by two elated fans in the shot, with both young women wearing glittery tiaras and their own sashes over floor-length prom gowns. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The actor also shared a picture of their little one who was wrapped up in a blanket and enjoying an embrace from her elated parents. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 14 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1619, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-140445"
},
"enter someone's mind/head":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
": to occur in someone's thoughts"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-140451"
},
"elysian":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of or relating to Elysium",
": blissful , delightful"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8li-zh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"celestial",
"empyreal",
"empyrean",
"ethereal",
"heavenly",
"supernal"
],
"antonyms":[
"chthonic",
"chthonian",
"hellish",
"infernal",
"plutonian",
"sulfurous",
"Tartarean"
],
"examples":[
"the dream of retiring to a tropical isle and enjoying a life of elysian ease"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-141043"
},
"earthquake":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a shaking or trembling of the earth that is volcanic or tectonic in origin",
": upheaval sense 2",
": a shaking or trembling of a portion of the earth"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0259rth-\u02cckw\u0101k",
"\u02c8\u0259rth-\u02cckw\u0101k"
],
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"quake",
"shake",
"temblor",
"tremor"
],
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"examples":[
"a building destroyed by earthquake",
"the San Andreas Fault is notorious for its earthquakes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In 2010, during the devastating earthquake in Haiti, medical devices were printed quickly, allowing doctors to provide health care without waiting for equipment to ship from abroad. \u2014 Pranshu Verma, Washington Post , 12 June 2022",
"The administration also briefly stopped expulsion flights to Haiti after it was hit by a devastating earthquake in August. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"Bay to Breakers started in 1912 as part of a series of morale building civic programs to assist in the city\u2019s recovery from the devastating 1906 earthquake . \u2014 Tony Bravo, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 May 2022",
"South American countries like Chile and Brazil have seen large quantities of Haitian migrants since 2010, when a devastating earthquake claimed more than 200,000 lives in Haiti. \u2014 Armando Garcia, ABC News , 8 Dec. 2021",
"The Armenians emerged from the Soviet Union in the 1990s, its country and economy in shambles following a devastating earthquake . \u2014 Peter Aitken, Fox News , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Victor and his family were among hundreds of thousands of Haitians who sought refuge in Brazil and Chile after Haiti\u2019s devastating 2010 earthquake . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Oct. 2021",
"With crowding comes tragedy, such as an avalanche in 2014 that killed 16 Sherpas and an earthquake in 2015 that claimed as many as two dozen climbers. \u2014 Michael O\u2019donnell, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"World Central Kitchen has been around a dozen years, born in 2010 during the deadly earthquake in Haiti, but the organization came into its own after Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico. \u2014 Tim Carman, Washington Post , 24 May 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-141108"
},
"edification":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an act or process of edifying"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce-d\u0259-f\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This was not for any tactical advantage, but rather for Brown\u2019s personal edification . \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 May 2022",
"Reading here is not embraced as mere escape, nor glorified as edification . \u2014 Nina Renata Aron, Los Angeles Times , 28 Feb. 2022",
"For decades, hit records have offered instruction and edification , lessons from the Book of Love, step-by-step guides to dance crazes. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Mar. 2022",
"International arts exchanges are not just forms of entertainment or edification but a birthright of global citizenship. \u2014 Suzanne Nossel, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Feeders have long been a popular way to connect with nature and draw in native species and passing migrants for our edification . \u2014 Asher Elbein, Scientific American , 4 Mar. 2022",
"In 1712 King Louis XIV of France signed the lettres patentes that formally established Bordeaux\u2019s Royal Academy of Sciences, Belles Lettres, and Arts, a social club of intellectual inquiry and public edification . \u2014 Andrew S. Curran, The New York Review of Books , 1 Dec. 2021",
"For your own edification , Miss Manners assures you that snooping is a transgression, but so is offering to give a present back. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Nov. 2021",
"The only way to protect ourselves against the damage caused by Facebook is to start relying on other information sources for joy and edification -- like parks, hobbies, friends and legitimate news sources. \u2014 Kara Alaimo, CNN , 5 Oct. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-141133"
},
"exhort":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly",
": to give warnings or advice : make urgent appeals",
": to try to influence by words or advice : urge strongly"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8z\u022frt",
"ig-\u02c8z\u022frt"
],
"synonyms":[
"egg (on)",
"encourage",
"goad",
"nudge",
"press",
"prod",
"prompt",
"urge"
],
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"examples":[
"He exhorted his people to take back their land.",
"She exhorted her listeners to support the proposition.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Following each harrowing miss leading up to his breakthrough trick at the 1999 X Games, the crowd and Hawk\u2019s fellow competitors exhort him to try again. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Apr. 2022",
"In dueling cover pieces, former assistant secretary of defense Elbridge Colby argued the U.S. should defend Taiwan, while Professor Patrick Porter contended America\u2019s proper role was to help and exhort Taiwan to defend itself. \u2014 Jim Geraghty, National Review , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Trump has endorsed Youngkin multiple times and called into a rally organized by a right-wing radio host this month to exhort the crowd to vote for him. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Opinion shapers and policymakers would exhort moderate Muslims to do more to combat extremism. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Insiders right now would exhort that the tall truck early bird detection is no more than a flighty distractor from the real issues that need to be addressed for making the AI driving system readied to drive on our public roadways. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Trump has endorsed Youngkin multiple times and called into a rally organized by a right-wing radio host this month to exhort the crowd to vote for him. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Trump has endorsed Youngkin multiple times and called into a rally organized by a right-wing radio host this month to exhort the crowd to vote for him. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Trump has endorsed Youngkin multiple times and called into a rally organized by a right-wing radio host this month to exhort the crowd to vote for him. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 25 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French exorter , from Latin exhortari , from ex- + hortari to incite \u2014 more at yearn ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-141702"
},
"equisignal":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of or relating to a radio system used in navigation in which two distinguishable signals of different amplitude emitted by a radio range station merge and become indistinguishable when the receiver is in the on-course region"
],
"pronounciation":[
""
],
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"history_and_etymology":" equi- + signal ",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-141821"
},
"equipoise":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a state of equilibrium",
": counterbalance",
": to serve as an equipoise to",
": to put or hold in equipoise"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-kw\u0259-\u02ccp\u022fiz",
"\u02c8\u0113-"
],
"synonyms":[
"balance",
"counterpoise",
"equilibration",
"equilibrium",
"poise",
"stasis"
],
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"disequilibration",
"disequilibrium",
"imbalance",
"nonequilibrium",
"unbalance"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"when participating in any dangerous sport, one should maintain an equipoise between fearless boldness and commonsense caution",
"her frugality is a much-needed equipoise to her husband's spendthrift ways",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But the particular soil composition, plus the balance achieved through bright sunlight hours and the cool climate, indeed produce fully mature tannins and equipoise of acidity and alcohol. \u2014 Jill Barth, Forbes , 27 Sep. 2021",
"Western Europe at the end of the 15th century was characterized by a unique equipoise between political fracture and civilizational unity. \u2014 Razib Khan, National Review , 31 July 2021",
"C\u00e9zanne\u2019s scattershot approach triumphed in his conflations of surface with depth, which abolished perspective by locating the near and the relatively distant with shading and color, perceived all at once in increasingly perfect equipoise . \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 21 June 2021",
"But the slickness and equipoise of Tangled Up in Blue betray themselves. \u2014 Patrick Blanchfield, The New Republic , 25 May 2021",
"Faye rarely looks inward; those books exude a kind of chilly spiritual equipoise . \u2014 Helen Shaw, Vulture , 29 Apr. 2021",
"His stance is one of equipoise , and his lifelong theme, which answers to his forgiving instincts, is human error: the gravest, the looniest, and the most enduring of all tautologies. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 22 Feb. 2021",
"Hughes\u2019s mastery of American sentimentalizing rhetoric and his irony regarding the country\u2019s actual workings sit in stark equipoise . \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 2 Nov. 2020",
"Russia, meanwhile, had recovered its equipoise and some of its strength and turned decidedly \u2014 in some ways, violently \u2014 against a friendly approach toward the West. \u2014 Elbridge Colby, National Review , 5 Dec. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The authors do a great job demonstrating that allowing respect for autonomy has, at a minimum, equipoise with the authoritarian approach, if not superiority, when considering a range of measures of health and happiness. \u2014 WSJ , 3 Jan. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1658, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1664, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-142453"
},
"elastical":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of elastical obsolete variant of elastic:1"
],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-143049"
},
"elastase":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an enzyme especially of pancreatic juice that digests elastin",
": an enzyme especially of pancreatic juice that digests elastin"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8la-\u02ccst\u0101s",
"-\u02ccst\u0101z",
"i-\u02c8las-\u02cct\u0101s, -\u02cct\u0101z"
],
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"history_and_etymology":" elast in + -ase ",
"first_known_use":[
"1949, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-143126"
},
"explicate":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to give a detailed explanation of",
": to develop the implications of : analyze logically"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ek-spl\u0259-\u02cck\u0101t"
],
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"clarify",
"clear (up)",
"construe",
"demonstrate",
"demystify",
"elucidate",
"explain",
"expound",
"get across",
"illuminate",
"illustrate",
"interpret",
"simplify",
"spell out",
"unriddle"
],
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"obscure"
],
"examples":[
"an essay explicating a theory",
"the physicist did his best to explicate the wave theory of light for the audience of laymen",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This passage epitomizes Hickey\u2019s unusual relationship to literature and his uncanny ability to draw forward an aspect of a poem or novel to explicate an artwork without reducing either to mere illustration. \u2014 Jarrett Earnest, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
"The truth is, no one can fully explicate why Kipchoge is the GOAT. \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 21 Aug. 2021",
"The truth is, no one can fully explicate why Kipchoge is the GOAT. \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 21 Aug. 2021",
"The truth is, no one can fully explicate why Kipchoge is the GOAT. \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 21 Aug. 2021",
"The truth is, no one can fully explicate why Kipchoge is the GOAT. \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 21 Aug. 2021",
"The truth is, no one can fully explicate why Kipchoge is the GOAT. \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 21 Aug. 2021",
"The truth is, no one can fully explicate why Kipchoge is the GOAT. \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 21 Aug. 2021",
"The truth is, no one can fully explicate why Kipchoge is the GOAT. \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 21 Aug. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin explicatus , past participle of explicare , literally, to unfold, from ex- + plicare to fold \u2014 more at ply ",
"first_known_use":[
"1531, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-143652"
},
"extricate":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty",
": to distinguish from a related thing",
": unravel",
": to free from a trap or difficulty"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ek-str\u0259-\u02cck\u0101t",
"\u02c8ek-str\u0259-\u02cck\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"clear",
"disembarrass",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"untangle"
],
"antonyms":[
"embroil",
"entangle"
],
"examples":[
"Several survivors were extricated from the wreckage.",
"They extricated the tractor from the mud.",
"She hasn't been able to extricate herself from her legal problems.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Those of us who received our property tax appraisals in the mail this week have something to look forward to over the weekend: trying, with the possible assistance of a forklift, to extricate our jaws from the floor. \u2014 Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Uncertain how to extricate herself from the situation, Ault retired. \u2014 The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"Emergency responders had to pull one person from a vehicle, though the others managed to extricate themselves, Eisan wrote in a memo to Fairfield city officials. \u2014 Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 May 2022",
"Germany now must chart a path to extricate itself from dependency upon Russia for nearly half of its energy requirements. \u2014 Jerry Hendrix, National Review , 23 Feb. 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",
"Rescuers were working to extricate him so he could be transported to a hospital, firefighters said. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Burger King\u2019s experience illustrates the difficulty many corporations face when trying to extricate themselves from decades-old investments. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Mar. 2022",
"This unconventional true-crime thriller concludes as Pam Hupp (Ren\u00e9e Zellweger) resorts to desperate, shocking and absurd extremes to extricate herself from her web of lies. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin extricatus , past participle of extricare , from ex- + tricae trifles, perplexities",
"first_known_use":[
"1601, in the meaning defined at sense 2b"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-144410"
},
"eye agate":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": aleppo stone"
],
"pronounciation":[],
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-144617"
},
"exhilarating":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8zi-l\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101-ti\u014b"
],
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"breathtaking",
"charged",
"electric",
"electrifying",
"exciting",
"exhilarative",
"galvanic",
"galvanizing",
"hair-raising",
"heart-stopping",
"inspiring",
"intoxicating",
"kicky",
"mind-bending",
"mind-blowing",
"mind-boggling",
"rip-roaring",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"stirring",
"thrilling"
],
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"unexciting"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1634, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-150823"
},
"enterprise":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky",
": a unit of economic organization or activity",
": a business organization",
": a systematic purposeful activity",
": readiness to engage in daring or difficult action : initiative",
": a project or undertaking that is difficult, complicated, or risky",
": willingness to engage in daring or difficult action",
": a business organization or activity",
": an economic organization or activity",
": a business organization"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8en-t\u0259r-\u02ccpr\u012bz",
"\u02c8en-t\u0259-\u02ccpr\u012bz",
"\u02c8en-t\u0259r-\u02ccpr\u012bz",
"\u02c8en-t\u0259r-\u02ccpr\u012bz"
],
"synonyms":[
"business",
"company",
"concern",
"establishment",
"firm",
"house",
"interest",
"outfit"
],
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"examples":[
"Moving the drilling rig offshore was a costly enterprise .",
"Agriculture is the main economic enterprise among these people.",
"When he purchased the company it was a thriving commercial enterprise .",
"He was criticized for his lack of enterprise in dealing with the crisis.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Then the storied actress\u2019 performance takes off as Marge does, as the thrill of the enterprise gets into her blood. \u2014 Michael Ordo\u00f1a, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"Back-end payments software used by more than 100 enterprise customers, including Marqeta, ClassPass and BlockFi, to move money in and out of bank accounts through wire transfers, ACH and Real-Time Payments transactions. \u2014 Jeff Kauflin, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Revenue from enterprise customers jumped 31% year over year and now comprise a little over half its business on a quarterly basis. \u2014 Dan Gallagher, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"What does have to stop right now, scientists say, is the expansion of the fossil-fuel enterprise . \u2014 Bill Mckibben, The New Yorker , 20 May 2022",
"Garc\u00eda, 42, represents the kind of professional golfer who might be most receptive to the promises of the LIV Golf enterprise . \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
"Cristina Silva will continue her role as deputy managing editor of enterprise and will oversee education coverage in addition to race and social justice. \u2014 Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The success of the enterprise is made possible by both a first-rate team headed by director Stephen Brackett and a supporting cast of singing actors \u2014 each now a veritable Broadway star in their own right. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The phenomenal success of this enterprise was one of the key foundations of the family's fortune. \u2014 Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure , 24 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from entreprendre to undertake, from entre- inter- + prendre to take \u2014 more at prize ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-150952"
},
"elastic band":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a thin, flexible loop that is made of rubber and used to hold things together : rubber band"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-151614"
},
"envisagement":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act or an instance of envisaging : conception"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-m\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-151709"
},
"establish":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to institute (something, such as a law) permanently by enactment or agreement",
": settle sense 7",
": to make firm or stable",
": to introduce and cause to grow and multiply",
": to bring into existence : found",
": bring about , effect",
": to put on a firm basis : set up",
": to put into a favorable position",
": to gain full recognition or acceptance of",
": to make (a church) a national or state institution",
": to put beyond doubt : prove",
": to bring into being : found",
": to put beyond doubt : prove",
": to institute (as a law) permanently by enactment or agreement",
": to make firm or stable",
": to bring into existence : found",
": to found (a national bank) pursuant to a charter",
": to make (a church) a national or state institution \u2014 see also establishment , establishment clause",
": to put beyond doubt : prove",
": to place in a position of being accepted or followed"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8sta-blish",
"i-\u02c8sta-blish"
],
"synonyms":[
"demonstrate",
"prove",
"show",
"substantiate"
],
"antonyms":[
"disprove"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Cohen-Kettenis helped establish a treatment protocol that proved revolutionary. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"McConnell \u2014 who helped establish the current conservative majority on the court that, in turn, may decide this month to nix Roe v. Wade \u2014 slammed leading House Democrats for holding up that proposal since then. \u2014 Morgan Watkins, The Courier-Journal , 9 June 2022",
"Strengthening The Patient-Provider Relationship While telemedicine has certainly helped establish regular communication between patients and providers, the technology has been beneficial in other ways\u2014chief among them being greater accessibility. \u2014 Gideon Kimbrell, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"The Bard of Barking once addressed the British parliament wearing a Clash t-shirt and in 1985 helped establish Red Wedge, the loose umbrella organization which brought together like-minded artists to campaign for the election of a Labour government. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 1 June 2022",
"Its mission is to establish long-term relationships between people and technology, with a focus on older adults. \u2014 Colin Lodewick, Fortune , 28 May 2022",
"Lee Boggs, along with her husband James, a prominent Black activist and organizer, helped to establish the National Organization for an American Revolution. \u2014 Deena Zaru, ABC News , 27 May 2022",
"In addition, the group\u2019s aquaculture specialist, Anoushka Concepcion, who helped establish the National Seaweed Hub in 2019, was named last year to the United Nations\u2019 Safe Seaweed Coalition. \u2014 Carol Leonetti Dannhauser, Hartford Courant , 27 May 2022",
"In late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century England, the liberalisms expounded by reformist economists like William Beveridge and J. A. Hobson helped establish the modern welfare state, as the Oxford scholar Michael Freeden has shown. \u2014 Krithika Varagur, The New Yorker , 25 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English establissen , from Anglo-French establiss- , stem of establir , from Latin stabilire , from stabilis stable",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-153118"
},
"emblema":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a featured picture or ornament in mosaic work used frequently by the ancients for decorating pavement or wall",
": separate ornament done in relief and often in precious metal that was attached as decoration (as to a ship or piece of furniture) especially by the ancient Romans"
],
"pronounciation":[
"em\u02c8bl\u0113m\u0259",
"-l\u0101m\u0259",
"-lem\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-153523"
},
"eat (something) up":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
": to eat all of (something)",
": to use up (time, resources, etc.)",
": to enjoy (something) greatly"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-153623"
},
"effort":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": conscious exertion of power : hard work",
": a serious attempt : try",
": something produced by exertion or trying",
": effective force as distinguished from the possible resistance called into action by such a force",
": the total work done to achieve a particular end",
": hard physical or mental work : exertion",
": a serious attempt : try",
": something produced by work"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-f\u0259rt",
"-\u02ccf\u022frt",
"\u02c8e-f\u0259rt"
],
"synonyms":[
"elbow grease",
"exertion",
"expenditure",
"labor",
"pains",
"sweat",
"trouble",
"while",
"work"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Thursday\u2019s announcement was deflating for promoters and city leaders alike who had hoped the joint effort would be a winning combination to lure the international sporting event to the region. \u2014 Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun , 17 June 2022",
"Former President Donald's Trump's effort to pressure Pence to overturn the election in his favor is what the committee will address when the hearing begins at 1 p.m. ET. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"Still, critics say Connecticut\u2019s effort is clearly under-budgeted \u2014 and that\u2019s not the only problem. \u2014 Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant , 16 June 2022",
"And an effort is underway to draw attention to Utah\u2019s history of Black lynchings \u2014 by gathering handfuls of soil. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"The massive effort to restore the Everglades is a test of the ability to revive or mimic the natural forces that created the unique area, while balancing a tangle of political interests. \u2014 Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 June 2022",
"However, writing and sending a letter requires more effort and is considered more personable and formal. \u2014 Maggie Horton, Country Living , 14 June 2022",
"Sure, this pair has a higher price tag, comes with a much larger case, has only IPX4 splashproof-ing (no waterproofing), and takes more effort to hook around your ears. \u2014 Will Palmer, Outside Online , 13 June 2022",
"Being organized takes a bit more effort up front but will save hours on the back end. \u2014 John Shufeldt, Forbes , 10 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle French, from Old French esforz, esfort , from esforcier to force, from ex- + forcier to force",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-153652"
},
"excreta":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun plural",
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": waste matter (such as feces) eliminated or separated from the body",
": waste matter (as feces) eliminated or separated from the body \u2014 compare excretion sense 2"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8skr\u0113-t\u0259",
"ik-\u02c8skr\u0113t-\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[
"dirt",
"doo-doo",
"dropping",
"dung",
"excrement",
"feces",
"ordure",
"poop",
"scat",
"slops",
"soil",
"waste"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Monster is living in a year or more of his own excreta , nearly a foot deep. \u2014 Gene Weingarten, Washington Post , 8 Nov. 2021",
"In this particular case, the Inspiration4 crew, however, did not notice any excreta floating around the cabin because the leakage was still relegated to contained areas underneath the floor, Gerstenmaier said. \u2014 Jackie Wattles, CNN , 26 Oct. 2021",
"State inspectors found excessive excreta , dirt and grime, and lack of proper cleaning at facility previously found with a bleeding dog (repeat offender). \u2014 Sarah Brookbank, The Enquirer , 11 May 2021",
"Previous research has shown that toilet flushes can generate germ-laden aerosols from the excreta , the China CDC scientists said. \u2014 Jason Gale, Bloomberg.com , 28 Aug. 2020",
"Previous research has shown that toilet flushes can generate germ-laden aerosols from the excreta , the China CDC scientists said. \u2014 Jason Gale, Bloomberg.com , 28 Aug. 2020",
"Previous research has shown that toilet flushes can generate germ-laden aerosols from the excreta , the China CDC scientists said. \u2014 Jason Gale, Bloomberg.com , 28 Aug. 2020",
"Previous research has shown that toilet flushes can generate germ-laden aerosols from the excreta , the China CDC scientists said. \u2014 Jason Gale, Bloomberg.com , 28 Aug. 2020",
"Previous research has shown that toilet flushes can generate germ-laden aerosols from the excreta , the China CDC scientists said. \u2014 Jason Gale, Bloomberg.com , 28 Aug. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"New Latin, from Latin, neuter plural of excretus ",
"first_known_use":[
"1757, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-153945"
},
"emblaze":{
"type":[
"verb ()"
],
"definitions":[
": to illuminate especially by a blaze",
": to set ablaze",
": emblazon sense 1",
": to adorn sumptuously"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8bl\u0101z"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorn",
"array",
"beautify",
"bedeck",
"bedizen",
"blazon",
"caparison",
"deck",
"decorate",
"do",
"do up",
"doll up",
"drape",
"dress",
"embellish",
"emboss",
"enrich",
"fancify",
"fancy up",
"festoon",
"garnish",
"glitz (up)",
"grace",
"gussy up",
"ornament",
"pretty (up)",
"trim"
],
"antonyms":[
"blemish",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"mar",
"scar",
"spoil"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb (2)",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb (1)",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb (2)",
"1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-154258"
},
"expat":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an expatriate person : expatriate"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8eks-\u02ccpat"
],
"synonyms":[
"deportee",
"\u00e9migr\u00e9",
"emigr\u00e9",
"evacuee",
"exile",
"expatriate",
"refugee"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a network of expats in London keeps her from missing the family she left behind",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Pre-pandemic, Oren Saar, a young Israeli immigrant living in New York, was introduced to a fellow- expat who had a side hustle making and selling Israeli food. \u2014 Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
"Clearly not busy enough: A chance encounter in Manhattan with Paul (Olivier Martinez), a Parisian expat with impossible bone structure and a seemingly unlimited capacity for afternoon delight, leads to a passionate affair. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 10 May 2022",
"In a recent conversation with THR at Moon Knight\u2018s virtual junket, Isaac also discusses the English actor who inspired his portrayal of Steven, who was originally conceived as an American expat in London. \u2014 Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 Mar. 2022",
"When an encounter with an American expat sparks a new connection, Emilia begins to see herself in a new light\u2014both as a woman and as an artist. \u2014 Keely Weiss, Harper's BAZAAR , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The British expat who lives with his family in the Western Cape province of South Africa told a radio show Wednesday that each year, his wife, Marcela, and their children spend hours decorating the Christmas tree. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Ansel Elgort plays Jake Adelstein, an expat from Missouri who, as the series begins, is about to become the first American journalist at Tokyo\u2019s biggest newspaper. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Cleanness tells of an American expat living and teaching in Sofia, Bulgaria. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Hollander is portraying Quentin, an English expat traveling with his friends and nephew, while Richardson stars as Portia, a young woman on a trip with her boss. \u2014 Ellise Shafer, Variety , 18 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1962, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-154624"
},
"effervescible":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": able or ready to effervesce"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-155046"
},
"energetically":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": operating with or marked by vigor or effect",
": marked by energy : strenuous",
": of or relating to energy",
": having or showing the ability to be active",
": of or relating to energy"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce-n\u0259r-\u02c8je-tik",
"\u02cce-n\u0259r-\u02c8je-tik",
"\u02ccen-\u0259r-\u02c8jet-ik"
],
"synonyms":[
"dynamic",
"flush",
"gingery",
"lusty",
"peppy",
"red-blooded",
"robust",
"vigorous",
"vital"
],
"antonyms":[
"dull",
"lethargic",
"listless",
"sluggish",
"torpid"
],
"examples":[
"She has an energetic personality.",
"The children are energetic workers.",
"They mounted an energetic campaign.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In addition to the energetic ambiance the cocktails are winners, too. \u2014 Christina Liao, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
"Very well hidden, though, behind a flood of energetic storytelling. \u2014 Marion Winik, Washington Post , 26 June 2022",
"Within the energetic watercolors all around, Homer had shaded subtly from enigma to threat. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"Between couples cozying up and friends in pure bliss, their energetic set proved more rousing against the backdrop of a mesmerizing Manhattan skyline. \u2014 Isabela Raygoza, Rolling Stone , 22 June 2022",
"This fresh, energetic fragrance feels like a sunny summer day, thanks to bright notes from ginger, lemon, bergamot and tangerine. \u2014 Kristin Corpuz, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022",
"Dripping with potential, the energetic forward has what the NBA looks for in modern-day wing defenders -- size, switchability, strength, length, quickness, athleticism, non-stop motor. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 17 June 2022",
"Flo Milli delivers memorable bars with a side of attitude that exudes a powerful and unfaltering confidence over an energetic beat. \u2014 Wisdom Iheanyichukwu, refinery29.com , 17 June 2022",
"The working theory is that the energetic blast from Soldier Boy rendered her powerless. \u2014 Alex Raiman, EW.com , 17 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Greek energ\u0113tikos , from energein to be active, from energos ",
"first_known_use":[
"1700, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-155219"
},
"earliest":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"biographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": near the beginning of a period of time",
": near the beginning of a course, process, or series",
": before the usual or expected time",
": soon",
": sooner than related forms",
": of, relating to, or occurring near the beginning of a period of time, a development, or a series",
": distant in past time",
": primitive",
": occurring before the usual or expected time",
": occurring in the near future",
": maturing or producing sooner than related forms",
": at or near the beginning of a period of time",
": before the usual or expected time",
": occurring near the beginning or before the usual time",
"Anderson 1816\u20131894 American Confederate general"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0259r-l\u0113",
"\u02c8\u0259r-l\u0113",
"\u02c8\u0259r-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"beforehand",
"inopportunely",
"precociously",
"prematurely",
"unseasonably"
],
"antonyms":[
"ancient",
"primal",
"primeval",
"primitive",
"primordial"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Bitcoin\u2019s price was as low as $6,000 in late March 2020, early in the pandemic, before a rally began. \u2014 Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
"Jack Mayfield, who was around from the taxi squad as early as Wednesday but not officially recalled from the Salt Lake Bees until Friday, got the start at the hot corner for Friday\u2019s game. \u2014 Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
"If experts with the national public health agency support the vaccines, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky is expected to sign off and shots could be available for the age group as early as Tuesday. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
"Current English bulldog owners are encouraged to monitor all health issues and seek medical advice early if there are concerns. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"Gonzalez was well-regarded early in his career, but scouts began to believe Gonzalez swung at too many pitches out of the strike zone, even in the minors. \u2014 Terry Pluto, cleveland , 16 June 2022",
"After arriving in Kyiv to the sound of air raid sirens, the leaders headed to Irpin, a suburb of the capital that was the scene of intense fighting early in the war and where many civilians were killed. \u2014 John Leicester, Anchorage Daily News , 16 June 2022",
"After arriving in Kyiv to the sound of air raid sirens, the leaders headed to Irpin, a suburb of the capital that was the scene of intense fighting early in the war and where many civilians were killed. \u2014 John Leicester And Sylvie Corbet, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 June 2022",
"After arriving in Kyiv to the sound of air raid sirens, the leaders headed to Irpin, a suburb of the capital that was the scene of intense fighting early in the war and where many civilians were killed. \u2014 John Leicester And Sylvie Corbet, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Those early signs pointed to smartphones becoming the next big thing to impact society, and one has to only look at the current converging technologies to see what may be the next big thing that changes our world. \u2014 Tim Bajarin, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Called Ebiara, the fund will serve as an option for developers in their early stages to have access to capital through loans, technical assistance and coaching, according to a news release. \u2014 Chanel Stitt, Detroit Free Press , 21 June 2022",
"These early signs of slowdown across a broad range of products and industries, including travel and restaurants, challenge the notion that Americans have simply shifted their spending from goods to services. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"These early signs of slowdown across a broad range of products and industries, including travel and restaurants, challenge the notion that Americans have simply shifted their spending from goods to services. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, Anchorage Daily News , 18 June 2022",
"These early signs of slowdown across a broad range of products and industries, including travel and restaurants, challenge the notion that Americans have simply shifted their spending from goods to services. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
"The economy remains strong for now, but early signs of a pullback are surfacing. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
"The soft, delicate spots on the bones infants have soon after birth are among those that will harden and fuse during one\u2019s early life. \u2014 Liam Gravvat, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"On the upside, Jones said, home price acceleration is showing early signs of steadying. \u2014 Anna Bahney, CNN , 16 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adverb",
"first_known_use":[
"Adverb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Adjective",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-155236"
},
"elem":{
"type":[
"abbreviation"
],
"definitions":[
"elementary"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-155245"
},
"ereb":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": eve :",
": the part of the day or the day immediately preceding the Jewish Sabbath or a Jewish holiday",
": an indefinite period preceding a Jewish holiday"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Hebrew \u02bderebh ",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-160246"
},
"embroidery":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the art or process of forming decorative designs with hand or machine needlework",
": a design or decoration formed by or as if by embroidery",
": an object decorated with embroidery",
": elaboration by use of decorative and often fictitious detail",
": something pleasing or desirable but unimportant",
": needlework done to decorate cloth",
": the act or art of embroidering"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8br\u022fi-d(\u0259-)r\u0113",
"im-\u02c8br\u022fi-d\u0259-r\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"needlework"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She learned embroidery from her grandmother.",
"His stories about his travels include a good deal of embroidery .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And don\u2019t forget the numerous trims and detailing like eyelet, lace, embroidery , and smocking to really keep things noteworthy. \u2014 Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue , 21 June 2022",
"Looks were decorated with naive embroidery , tiny patches or childlike doodles. \u2014 Colleen Barry, ajc , 19 June 2022",
"With great attention to detail, the Summer 2022 collection revels in raw-edged knits, HTG\u00ae embroidery , and graphic tees that all have a refined, vintage feel. \u2014 Cassell Ferere, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"Art objects, including quilting, knitting, crocheting, embroidery , needlework, basket weaving, ceramics and glassblowing, were historically relegated to low art made predominantly by women. \u2014 Shantay Robinson, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
"Synonymous with high quality, this luxury machine offers embroidery , quilting and standard sewing capabilities. \u2014 Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping , 22 May 2022",
"The heaviness of the floral embroidery and abundance of silk made movement slow and deliberate\u2014ideal for, say, sitting still in a Joseon courtyard. \u2014 Vogue , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Plus, the bottom of the dress is trimmed with embroidery as well as a slit in the front. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 13 May 2022",
"For this special ceremony, Amrit wore a nude lace saree with all-over sequin embroidery by Seema Gujral. \u2014 Alexandra Macon, Vogue , 5 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-160348"
},
"evaluate":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to determine or fix the value of",
": to determine the significance, worth, or condition of usually by careful appraisal and study",
": to judge the value or condition of"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8val-y\u0259-\u02ccw\u0101t",
"-y\u00fc-\u02cc\u0101t",
"i-\u02c8val-y\u0259-\u02ccw\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"appraise",
"assess",
"estimate",
"guesstimate",
"rate",
"set",
"valuate",
"value"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"We need to evaluate our options.",
"evaluate a training program as effective",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the Lab, our scientists use devices that evaluate skin's hydration levels, firmness and the appearance of wrinkles, dark spots and pores, both before and after use of a formula. \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 17 June 2022",
"As part of the study, Dr. Kaufer determined that being able to gather and evaluate data on stress is the first step to reducing it. \u2014 Rachel Yarcony, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"The $28 million study could recommend building an entirely new structure in the same location and will also evaluate what happens to traffic and the environment if the state did nothing at all. \u2014 Erin Cox, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"After the shooting, and again on Thursday, city officials pledged to learn from the encounter and evaluate Police Department policies. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"The Food and Drug Administration has set a meeting in late June for its scientific advisers to debate those questions and evaluate data from vaccine makers' tests of potential new formulas. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 8 June 2022",
"Unlike similar programs at other schools, which typically ask school leaders or other teachers who observe classrooms to assess and evaluate teachers, says Bross, the goal here is for the observers to be the ones doing the learning. \u2014 Time , 8 June 2022",
"The Food and Drug Administration has set a meeting in late June for its scientific advisers to debate those questions and evaluate data from vaccine makers\u2019 tests of potential new formulas. \u2014 Lauran Neergaard, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"And the NAMM Show is like a family reunion where everyone from every aspect of the industry gets together to talk shop, evaluate instruments, see what\u2019s coming next, or just catch up with old friends. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"back-formation from evaluation , from French \u00e9valuation , from Middle French evaluacion , from esvaluer to evaluate, from e- + value value",
"first_known_use":[
"1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-160936"
},
"extremum":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a maximum or a minimum of a mathematical function"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8str\u0113-m\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"New Latin, from Latin, neuter of extremus ",
"first_known_use":[
"1904, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-161023"
},
"enervation":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated",
": to reduce the mental or moral vigor of",
": to lessen the vitality or strength of",
": to cut the nerves or tendons of",
": to lessen the vitality or strength of"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8n\u0259r-v\u0259t",
"\u02c8e-n\u0259r-\u02ccv\u0101t",
"\u02c8en-\u0259r-\u02ccv\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"castrate",
"damp",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"devitalize",
"geld",
"lobotomize",
"petrify"
],
"antonyms":[
"brace",
"energize",
"enliven",
"invigorate",
"quicken",
"stimulate",
"vitalize",
"vivify"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"a lifetime of working in dreary jobs had enervated his very soul",
"the surgery really enervated me for weeks afterwards",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"This relationship, when successful, tends to enervate mediating institutions that thwart the immediate desires of both the populist leader and the public. \u2014 Cameron Hilditch, National Review , 28 Feb. 2021",
"The saving grace of this often enervating thriller is that Doscher grants time for his actors to build character and intimacy, and both Pinto and Odom offer warm, affectingly natural performances as two people facing the end of their world. \u2014 Teo Bugbee, New York Times , 5 Mar. 2020",
"To a great extent, that reflects the endless, enervating nature of the Brexit debate. \u2014 Mark Landler, New York Times , 31 Jan. 2020",
"Jack\u2019s enervating recovery in The Way Back is full of drab, predictable pathos instead of the stylized drama in Dawn of Justice. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 6 Mar. 2020",
"Perhaps the most intimate of these photographs presents her after a shower, wet and enervated , rubbing a cloth across her reflection in a mirror, as though the condensation were crud. \u2014 Eren Orbey, The New Yorker , 6 Feb. 2020",
"Then again, enervating her supporters has been Madonna\u2019s M.O. in recent years. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 3 July 2019",
"But the art which resists the slow sap of a chronic disease\u2014which repairs frames enervated by lust, swollen by gluttony, or inflamed by wine . . \u2014 Chris Pope, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2019",
"Such behavior is particularly enervating when the West aims to bring new countries into permanent and universal\u2014that is, Western-style\u2014guarantees of security and systems of relations. \u2014 I. William Zartman, WSJ , 24 June 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"1603, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-161225"
},
"elaborate (on)":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
"to add to the interest of by including made-up details my friend tends to elaborate on his hiking experiences, turning an ordinary walk in the woods into a hair-raising adventure",
"to express more fully and in greater detail the candidate for governor refused to elaborate on how she would balance the state's budget"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-162245"
},
"equalization period":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a period when a previously unmanaged forest will yield regular and continuous crops"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-162706"
},
"emphasis":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": force or intensity of expression that gives impressiveness or importance to something",
": a particular prominence given in reading or speaking to one or more words or syllables",
": special consideration of or stress or insistence on something",
": a forcefulness in the way something is said or written that gives it special attention or importance",
": special force given to one or more words or syllables in speaking or reading",
": special attention or importance given to something"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8em(p)-f\u0259-s\u0259s",
"\u02c8em-f\u0259-s\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"accent",
"accentuation",
"stress",
"underscoring",
"weight"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasis"
],
"examples":[
"Our candidate's plan has a different emphasis .",
"a prep school with a long-established emphasis on sports",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Under Cohen's leadership, the intelligence office has been trying to revamp its stature, putting more emphasis on analyzing online threats of violence and working to revive its state and local partner relationships. \u2014 Priscilla Alvarez, CNN , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The intention is clear: Auburn is putting an emphasis on forcing more turnovers this fall under new defensive coordinator Jeff Schmedding. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Barnes Arico said the team has used the time to strengthen weaknesses, especially end-of-game play, securing the basketball and putting an emphasis on transition defense. \u2014 Julie Walker, Detroit Free Press , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Hillsong stood out by putting an emphasis on music as a part of worship. \u2014 Kate Aurthur, Variety , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Disney\u2014like all media giants\u2014is putting greater emphasis on streaming to better compete against Netflix Inc. and others. \u2014 Joe Flint, WSJ , 19 June 2022",
"Valdez hurdler Dillon Fowler took the 110 title for DII, putting the emphasis on competing on the runner in the next lane and not clearing the hurdles. \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 29 May 2022",
"The state is putting more emphasis on allowing local emergency officials to drive storm responses --- based upon coordinated information between the state and National Hurricane Center. \u2014 Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel , 23 May 2022",
"The state is putting more emphasis on allowing local emergency officials to drive storm responses --- based upon coordinated information between the state and National Hurricane Center. \u2014 Jim Turner, Orlando Sentinel , 23 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Latin, \"use of language to imply more than is actually said, implication\" (Late Latin also \"appearance,\" Medieval Latin \"prominence of expression, stress\"), borrowed from Greek \u00e9mphasis \"appearance in a smooth surface, reflection, outward appearance, setting forth, exposition, significance, force of expression,\" from empha-, stem in noun derivation of empha\u00ednein \"to exhibit, display, indicate,\" empha\u00ednesthai \"to be reflected, become visible\" (from em- en- entry 2 + pha\u00ednein \"to bring to light, cause to appear,\" and pha\u00ednesthai \"to become visible, appear\") + -sis -sis \u2014 more at fantasy entry 1 , phase entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1b"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-164103"
},
"eliasite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": gummite"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u0307\u02c8l\u0113\u0259\u02ccs\u012bt",
"-l\u012b\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"German eliasit , from the Elias mine in Czechoslovakia + German -it -ite",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-164209"
},
"engram":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a hypothetical change in neural tissue postulated in order to account for persistence of memory : memory trace",
": a hypothetical change in neural tissue postulated in order to account for persistence of memory : memory trace"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8en-\u02ccgram"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That\u2019s an engram every 3-6 games or so, depending on your rank. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 12 Sep. 2021",
"Over the last decade or so, several groups conducting engram research have begun to suspect that structural changes in the chromatin prime the cell to make and preserve memories. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 2 Nov. 2020",
"Right after the memory formed, there weren\u2019t huge differences in how the engram cells expressed their genes. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 2 Nov. 2020",
"This approach, in an impressive achievement, is now allowing researchers to observe and manipulate specific neurons that encode a specific memory known as an engram , as noted in a 2020 paper in Science. \u2014 Kenneth S. Kosik, Scientific American , 20 Apr. 2020",
"The road to that discovery started back in 2012, when Tonegawa\u2019s lab came up with a way to highlight brain cells known as engram cells, which hold a unique memory. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 14 Dec. 2017",
"Josselyn helped lead this wave of research with some of the earliest studies to capture engram neurons in mice. \u2014 Helen Shen, Scientific American , 14 Mar. 2018",
"But these types of memory-suppression study sketch out only half of the engram . \u2014 Helen Shen, Scientific American , 14 Mar. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":"International Scientific Vocabulary",
"first_known_use":[
"1908, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-164852"
},
"Erebus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a personification of darkness in Greek mythology",
": a place of darkness in the underworld on the way to Hades"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8er-\u0259-b\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin, from Greek Erebos ",
"first_known_use":[
"1578, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-170612"
},
"expiration":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the last emission of breath : death",
": the act or process of releasing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth : exhalation",
": the escape of carbon dioxide from the body protoplasm (as through the blood and lungs or by diffusion)",
": the fact of coming to an end or the point at which something ends : termination",
": the end of something that lasts for a certain period of time",
": the act of breathing out",
": the act or process of releasing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth : exhalation",
": the escape of carbon dioxide from the body protoplasm (as through the blood and lungs or by diffusion)",
": the last emission of breath : death",
": something produced by breathing out"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccek-sp\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"\u02ccek-sp\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"\u02ccek-sp\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"death",
"demise",
"expiry",
"termination"
],
"antonyms":[
"alpha",
"beginning",
"birth",
"commencement",
"creation",
"dawn",
"genesis",
"inception",
"incipience",
"incipiency",
"launch",
"morning",
"onset",
"outset",
"start"
],
"examples":[
"one month after the expiration of the contract",
"directed that upon her expiration her splendid Italian-style villa be given to the public as a museum",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For all of the Heat\u2019s developmental projects over the years, many have come with expiration dates, with Duncan Robinson the latest concern in that regard. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 12 June 2022",
"Despite the diminishing sunset clauses\u2014 expiration dates of provisions in the nuclear agreement\u2014Vaez argues the JCPOA still holds value and is the most straightforward path to curbing Iran. \u2014 Shannon K. Crawford, ABC News , 10 June 2022",
"The drama lead actress field is packed with contenders starring in shows that are long past their expiration dates. \u2014 Glenn Whippentertainment Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
"The bar and restaurant at 639 Conner St. announced in a Facebook post its last day would be July 23 when its lease nears expiration . \u2014 John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star , 9 June 2022",
"The impending expiration has Alabama\u2019s education department\u2019s child nutrition program director worried. \u2014 Trisha Powell Crain | Tcrain@al.com, al , 8 June 2022",
"Now school districts are already being impacted by the looming waiver expiration . \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 7 June 2022",
"The expiration of the enhanced subsidies will simply usher in a return to the status quo \u2014 one where Obamacare premiums continue to increase while Democrats look the other way. \u2014 Sally Pipes, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"Since the expiration of the ban, mass shooting deaths in the United States have climbed steadily. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1526, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-171108"
},
"ensorcellment":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": bewitch , enchant"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8s\u022fr-s\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"bewitch",
"charm",
"enchant",
"hex",
"overlook",
"spell",
"strike"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a dense, dark forest that is the scene for many a tale in which some unsuspecting traveler is ensorcelled by a witch or wizard"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle French ensorceler , alteration of Old French ensorcerer , from en- + -sorcerer , from sorcier, sorcer sorcerer \u2014 more at sorcery ",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1541, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-171219"
},
"enter":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"combining form",
"intransitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to go or come in",
": to come or gain admission into a group : join",
": to make a beginning",
": to begin to consider a subject",
": to go upon land for the purpose of taking possession",
": to come onstage",
": to come into a preestablished situation or context like an actor coming onstage",
": to play a part : be a factor",
": to come or go into",
": inscribe , register",
": to cause to be received or admitted",
": to put in : insert",
": to make a beginning in",
": to go into (a particular period of time)",
": to become a member of or an active participant in",
": to make report of (a ship or its cargo) to customs authorities",
": to place in proper form before a court of law or upon record",
": to go into or upon and take actual possession of (something, such as land)",
": to put formally on record",
": to make oneself a party to or in",
": to form or be part of",
": to participate or share in",
": to engage in a fight or struggle",
": intestine",
": to come or go in or into",
": to stab into : pierce",
": to put into a list or book : write down",
": to put in or into",
": to become a member of",
": to become a participant in or take an interest in",
": enroll in : begin attending",
": to go or come in",
": to go upon real property by right of entry especially to take possession",
": to come or go into",
"\u2014 see also break , breaking and entering",
": record , register",
": to put in correct form before a court or on a record",
"\u2014 compare render",
": to go upon (real property) by right of entry especially to take possession",
"\u2014 compare distrain",
": to make oneself a party to or in"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8en-t\u0259r",
"\u02c8en-t\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"access",
"penetrate",
"pierce"
],
"antonyms":[
"depart",
"exit",
"leave"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Friends have told her that Chin\u2019s case inspired them to enter activism, law or politics. \u2014 Harmeet Kaur, CNN , 23 June 2022",
"Carter and his financial backer, the Earl of Carnarvon, hosted the international press in 1923 but didn\u2019t allow most of the visitors to enter the crypt. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"Costs to enter Hoosier National Forest include a daily use permit for a trail for $5 per day if riding a horse or bicycle. \u2014 Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star , 23 June 2022",
"That decision eschewed opting for the NBA's G-League lucrative offer for high profile prep prospects looking to enter the NBA. \u2014 Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic , 23 June 2022",
"Young is expected to enter the NFL draft after this season and projects to be a first-round pick. \u2014 Erick Smith, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
"Police later cleared the vehicle and allowed guests to re- enter the affected areas. \u2014 Bradford Betz, Fox News , 23 June 2022",
"The Accord may no longer be Honda's bread and butter\u2014that would be the CR-V crossover nowadays\u2014but the perennially 10Best-winning sedan is set to enter a new generation soon. \u2014 Joey Capparella, Car and Driver , 23 June 2022",
"Individuals pried open the back door to enter the property, Dobridnia said. \u2014 Marlene Lenthang, NBC News , 22 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-171426"
},
"emigr\u00e9":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": emigrant",
": a person who emigrates for political reasons"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-mi-\u02ccgr\u0101",
"\u02cce-mi-\u02c8gr\u0101"
],
"synonyms":[
"deportee",
"evacuee",
"exile",
"expat",
"expatriate",
"refugee"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"He was one of a group of Soviet \u00e9migr\u00e9s living in New York.",
"the revolution resulted in a flood of \u00e9migr\u00e9s into neighboring countries",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Subtler tactics were used to lure back various homesick emigre artists and writers. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Mar. 2022",
"But anecdotal evidence suggests the number is at least in the tens of thousands, amid reports of burgeoning Russian-speaking emigre communities arising in Dubai, Istanbul and other places where air service from Russia still exists. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Back then, Nina Kostina, a Russian emigre , ran the Frank Foundation. \u2014 CBS News , 4 Dec. 2021",
"Carly Patterson, who began the streak in 2004, and 2008 victor Nastia Liukin, a Russian emigre . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 July 2021",
"On Saturday, Sotheby\u2019s auctioned a canvas by Chinese emigre artist Sanyu for $25.2 million, with four bidders pushing the painting of a nude female above its $19 million target. \u2014 Fortune , 8 Oct. 2019",
"Mark Obbie\u2019s Sicilian- emigre family began its American life in the same Rochester, N.Y., neighborhoods where this story takes place. \u2014 Mark Obbie, Longreads , 10 Mar. 2020",
"These things are posed on simple backgrounds, their only context the gray-haired emigres in adjacent photos. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 31 Jan. 2020",
"Retiree Marie Diaz, 59, of San Jose is among the emigres . \u2014 Tony Bizjak, sacbee , 18 June 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French \u00e9migr\u00e9 , from past participle of \u00e9migrer to emigrate, from Latin emigrare ",
"first_known_use":[
"1792, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-171528"
},
"equalization fund":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a fund for equalizing payments or income to various classes of persons",
": a fund raised by tariff duties on certain products and used for equalizing the income of producers of those products in proportion to their respective ratios of production",
": stabilization fund"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-172021"
},
"extent":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the range over which something extends : scope",
": the amount of space or surface that something occupies or the distance over which it extends : magnitude",
": the point, degree, or limit to which something extends",
": seizure (as of land) in execution of a writ of extent in Great Britain",
": the condition of being so seized",
": a writ giving to a creditor temporary possession of his debtor's property",
": valuation (as of land) in Great Britain especially for taxation",
": the distance or range that is covered or affected by something",
": the point, degree, or limit to which something reaches or extends"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8stent",
"ik-\u02c8stent"
],
"synonyms":[
"bound",
"boundary",
"cap",
"ceiling",
"confines",
"end",
"limit",
"limitation",
"line",
"termination"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She tried to determine the extent of the damage.",
"the full extent of human knowledge",
"He questions the extent to which these remedies are needed.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Scientists have also tied cycles in the Aleutian Low \u2014 which switches from strong to weak every few decades \u2014 to Arctic sea-ice extent and the strength or weakness of salmon runs along the Pacific Coast from California to Alaska. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 26 June 2022",
"Under the deal, Spire will continue to provide NASA with data related to ocean conditions, soil moisture, sea ice extent , and other environmental data. \u2014 Alex Knapp, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"The extent of how tight the election may be was made clear Wednesday with the latest Marquette University Law School poll. \u2014 Scott Bauer, ajc , 22 June 2022",
"Joseph Jensen, data manager of the state office, said officials are studying the extent to which the pandemic and housing costs are affecting homelessness. \u2014 Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 June 2022",
"The district\u2019s eastern extent reaches parts of Bella Vista. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 22 June 2022",
"The extent of how tight the election may be was made clear Wednesday with the latest Marquette University Law School poll. \u2014 Scott Bauer, Chicago Tribune , 22 June 2022",
"Tuesday's evidence further underscored the extent to which Johnson or his team pursued means of contesting the last presidential race. \u2014 Benjamin Siegel, ABC News , 21 June 2022",
"Andrault says more work is needed to understand the extent to which water is escaping in this way. \u2014 Theo Nicitopoulos, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French estente, extente land valuation, from extendre, estendre to survey, evaluate, literally, to extend",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-173310"
},
"endow":{
"type":[
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to furnish with an income",
": to make a grant of money providing for the continuing support or maintenance of",
": to furnish with a dower",
": to provide with something freely or naturally",
": to provide with money for support",
": to provide with something freely or naturally",
": to furnish with income",
": to make a grant of money providing for the continuing support or maintenance of"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8dau\u0307",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8dau\u0307",
"in-\u02c8dau\u0307"
],
"synonyms":[
"bless",
"endue",
"indue",
"favor",
"gift",
"invest"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The wealthy couple endowed a new wing of the hospital.",
"She plans to endow a faculty position at the university.",
"The money will be used to endow the museum and research facility.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Caruso and his wife, Tina, donated $25 million to endow the USC Tina and Rick Caruso Department of Otolaryngology \u2014 Head and Neck Surgery. \u2014 Sonja Sharpstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"In March, the foundation awarded $1 million to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra to endow a long-term position of jazz music director. \u2014 Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press , 18 May 2022",
"These were echoed by the Gospels of Luke and Matthew, which took pains to endow Jesus with descent from Adam and Abraham, respectively; and by later Arabic genealogies that traced the Prophet Muhammad\u2019s ancestry to Abraham. \u2014 Maya Jasanoff, The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
"Invaleon is donating the solar array at one of the buildings \u2014 estimated at $25,000 in value \u2014 and another $25,000 to endow a scholarship at the college. \u2014 John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com , 25 May 2022",
"Independent front suspension\u2014that still features more articulation than the Wrangler\u2019s solid axle\u2014will endow the Bronco with good ride quality, more capable on-pavement handling, and the ability to travel in a straight line at highway speeds. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 1 Jan. 2021",
"The artists adopt formats and motifs familiar from modernist abstraction, but endow them with meaning connected to personal heritages. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Cezanne is considered a pivotal figure in the history of modern art who sought to endow the Impressionist style with a sense of gravity and solidity, rather than to focus on capturing fleeting effects of light and weather. \u2014 cleveland , 9 Jan. 2022",
"Per Forbes, Cash App will endow an initial $100,000 Bitcoin donation. \u2014 Alexa Philippou, courant.com , 8 Feb. 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
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},
"excrement":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": waste matter discharged from the body",
": feces",
": waste matter discharged from the body",
": feces"
],
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"\u02c8ek-skr\u0259-m\u0259nt",
"\u02c8ek-skr\u0259-m\u0259nt"
],
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"dirt",
"doo-doo",
"dropping",
"dung",
"excreta",
"feces",
"ordure",
"poop",
"scat",
"slops",
"soil",
"waste"
],
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"examples":[
"an ordinance that requires dog walkers to remove their animal's excrement from city streets",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The swimming pool in the center of Kiara\u2019s apartment complex is filled with brackish water and dog excrement . \u2014 Ron Charles, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"Others are hunkering down to await an uncertain fate under Mr. Musk, who recently tweeted an image of cartoon excrement at the current CEO. \u2014 Deepa Seetharaman, WSJ , 21 May 2022",
"On the floor of another sat two lumps of human excrement . \u2014 Time , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Many of the animals had crusted excrement on their coats. \u2014 Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Additionally, researchers have found fossilized excrement that also contains trilobite shells, strengthening the cannibalism theory (which, while strong, is still merely a theory). \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Turner was a co-chair of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders\u2019 2020 presidential campaign, and famously compared supporting Biden to eating a bowl of excrement . \u2014 Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland , 2 May 2022",
"Mayor London Breed declared a state of emergency in the Tenderloin district last December, after it became littered with human excrement and used syringes. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 1 May 2022",
"New York inhabitants alone produce about 8 million pounds of excrement a day. \u2014 Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times , 29 Apr. 2022"
],
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"1533, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-173935"
},
"eventuate":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to come out finally : result , come about"
],
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"i-\u02c8ven-ch\u0259-\u02ccw\u0101t"
],
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"1814, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-174041"
},
"embroidery hoop":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": either of two hoops fitting snugly one over the other for holding fabric taut while embroidering"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-174251"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make a definite or systematic statement of",
": announce , proclaim",
": articulate , pronounce",
": to utter articulate sounds",
": to make known publicly",
": to pronounce words or parts of words"
],
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"\u0113-\u02c8n\u0259n(t)-s\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
"\u0113-\u02c8n\u0259n-s\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t"
],
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"articulate"
],
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"examples":[
"He set out to enunciate the basic principles of his system.",
"enunciate a basic set of beliefs",
"Children should be taught to enunciate clearly.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Waiting for the sourdough to rise has given people the patience to enunciate multisyllable names like Genevieve, Josephine, and Theodore. \u2014 Laura Lane, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
"The fatty meat and wok hei work well together to enunciate the charred flavor in each bite, offset by pungent Thai basil and young green peppercorns. \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Speaking at a measured pace can also help you to enunciate your words and ensure your colleagues understand each word communicated through the technology. \u2014 Avery Blank, Forbes , 7 Sep. 2021",
"To confront the truth is first to enunciate it, and on neither count was American society equal to the task. \u2014 Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2021",
"Abigail, the first deaf contestant in the franchise's history, reveals her cochlear implants to Matt, who promises to enunciate clearly for her. \u2014 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY , 5 Jan. 2021",
"James, in a particularly cute moment, promised to always enunciate clearly for her. \u2014 Devon Ivie, Vulture , 4 Jan. 2021",
"The former vice president, who struggled growing up with a stutter, stuttered slightly at the start of the program and at one point squeezed his eyes shut and slowed down his response to clearly enunciate his words. \u2014 The Associated Press, NOLA.com , 16 Oct. 2020",
"The former vice president, who struggled growing up with a stutter, stuttered slightly at the start of the program and at one point squeezed his eyes shut and slowed down his response to clearly enunciate his words. \u2014 Jonathan Lemire, Star Tribune , 16 Oct. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin enuntiatus , past participle of enuntiare to report, declare, from e- + nuntiare to report \u2014 more at announce ",
"first_known_use":[
"1623, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-174319"
},
"Emilia":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"district of northern Italy comprising the western part of Emilia-Romagna"
],
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"\u0101-\u02c8m\u0113l-y\u00e4"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-174644"
},
"excitement":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": something that excites or rouses",
": the action of exciting : the state of being excited",
": something that stirs up feelings of great enthusiasm and interest",
": a feeling of great enthusiasm and interest : the state of being excited",
": the act of exciting",
": the state of being excited : as",
": aroused, augmented, or abnormal activity of an organism or functioning of an organ or part",
": extreme motor hyperactivity (as in catatonic schizophrenia or bipolar disorder)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8s\u012bt-m\u0259nt",
"ik-\u02c8s\u012bt-m\u0259nt",
"-\u02c8s\u012bt-m\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"incitation",
"incitement",
"instigation",
"provocation"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Childhood friendship can be a time of innocence, enchantment and perpetual excitement as portrayed in Sophia Silver\u2019s modest yet assured debut feature, Over/Under. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 June 2022",
"Companies such as Ferrari, Nike, and Red Bull have already advertised themselves in virtual worlds to generate awareness and excitement for their products. \u2014 Mark Minevich, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"The milestone could open doors for investment and new excitement around 3D tissue printing, potentially paving the way for new therapies in regenerative medicine. \u2014 Evan Bush, NBC News , 2 June 2022",
"But to those who know them best, a Capricorn rising is full of wonder and excitement just waiting to be expressed at the right time. \u2014 Glamour , 27 May 2022",
"Her voice is full of laughter and excitement ; her sentences punctuated by laughter. \u2014 Kat Bein, SPIN , 25 May 2022",
"Compared to a conventional internal-combustion vehicle, an EV's fewer moving parts, lack of exhaust ruckus, and firewall of computerized insulation limit its avenues for excitement . \u2014 Mike Sutton, Car and Driver , 24 May 2022",
"The student section, in conjunction with the band and multiple programs who perform in the gym, will create an environment conducive to building a sense of comradery and excitement for MHS activities. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 19 May 2022",
"In seductive prose, Kay\u2019s historical fantasies transport the reader to a Renaissance Europe that never quite existed and rival the works of George R.R. Martin and Robin Hobb for sheer excitement . \u2014 Michael Dirda, Washington Post , 15 June 2022"
],
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"1604, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-175716"
},
"excurrent":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": characterized by a current that flows outward",
": having the axis prolonged to form an undivided main stem or trunk (as in conifers) \u2014 compare deliquescent sense 2"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)ek-\u02c8sk\u0259r-\u0259nt",
"-\u02c8sk\u0259-r\u0259nt"
],
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"history_and_etymology":"Latin excurrent-, excurrens , present participle of excurrere to run out, extend, from ex- + currere to run \u2014 more at car ",
"first_known_use":[
"1826, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-180436"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to separate and eliminate or discharge (waste) from the blood, tissues, or organs or from the active protoplasm",
": to separate and give off cellular waste matter from the body usually as urine or sweat",
": to separate and eliminate or discharge (waste) from the blood, tissues, or organs or from the active protoplasm"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8skr\u0113t",
"ik-\u02c8skr\u0113t",
"ik-\u02c8skr\u0113t"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"According to the International Hyperhidrosis Society, there are approximately two to four million sweat glands all over our bodies, the majority of which are eccrine glands and excrete a clear, odorless fluid. \u2014 Dianna Mazzone, Allure , 17 June 2022",
"The biological carbon pump, for example, relies a great deal on bigger fish that eat plankton and excrete the waste in larger particles that sink much more readily than individual plankton would. \u2014 Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica , 14 Dec. 2021",
"Facilities regularly excrete excess fish feed, fish waste, antibiotics, and other chemicals that pollute the water, threaten wildlife, and hurt natural habitats. \u2014 Marianne Cufone, Fortune , 4 Nov. 2021",
"Those operations alone are home to 69,392 animal units \u2014 enough cows to excrete more waste than all the residents of Milwaukee County. \u2014 jsonline.com , 2 Sep. 2021",
"Greater salt intake can prompt your kidneys to excrete more calcium. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 13 Oct. 2021",
"Females have their stomachs popped with the needle from a hose hooked to a carbon dioxide tank and are gassed up until their bellies excrete a stream of bright orange eggs into a bucket \u2014 about 5,000 per fish. \u2014 jsonline.com , 2 Sep. 2021",
"Even insects that suck plant sap are forced to excrete surplus sugars, in the form of liquids known as honeydew or lerp. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 8 July 2021",
"Many species have enzymes that break alcohol down and allow the body to excrete it, avoiding death by poisoning. \u2014 Kate Julian, The Atlantic , 1 June 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin excretus , past participle of excernere to sift out, discharge, from ex- + cernere to sift \u2014 more at certain ",
"first_known_use":[
"1620, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-180716"
},
"enumerator":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that enumerates",
": a census taker"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8n(y)\u00fc-m\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101-t\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Out of financial necessity during the pandemic, reporter Jeremy Miller becomes a census enumerator in Richmond, California, for $25 an hour. \u2014 Longreads , 24 Oct. 2021",
"After his job as an enumerator for the Census Bureau ended, Freddy Sweet of San Francisco signed up for unemployment. \u2014 Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle , 22 July 2021",
"Over the weekend, an enumerator in Texas contacted the court, saying census employees there were being instructed to wrap up operations by Sept. 30 despite the ruling. \u2014 Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post , 29 Sep. 2020",
"Even so, like most people, Shandiin Herrera, a Din\u00e9 citizen and census enumerator who lives in Navajo Nation in southern Utah, didn\u2019t think too much about the census before last year. \u2014 Nick Martin, The New Republic , 25 Sep. 2020",
"Freddy Sweet, a 78-year-old who lives in the Inner Richmond, worked as a census enumerator in 2010 and said this year has been a very different experience. \u2014 Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com , 18 Sep. 2020",
"His wife, a teacher, took a temporary second job this month with the U.S. Census Bureau as an enumerator . \u2014 Jessica Menton, USA TODAY , 25 Aug. 2020",
"The Florida enumerator said her mask was flimsy and too big for her face. \u2014 Mike Schneider, Star Tribune , 16 Aug. 2020",
"The Florida enumerator said her mask was flimsy and too big for her face. \u2014 Mike Schneider, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Aug. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1835, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-181313"
},
"epistle":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one of the letters adopted as books of the New Testament",
": a liturgical lection usually from one of the New Testament Epistles",
": letter",
": a formal or elegant letter",
": a composition in the form of a letter"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8pi-s\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"dispatch",
"letter",
"memo",
"memorandum",
"missive",
"note"
],
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"examples":[
"St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans.",
"He penned lengthy epistles to her.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In its paper-thin hypocrisy, his video epistle Was a minute-long rendition of his usual dog whistle. \u2014 John Lithgow, The New Yorker , 27 Sep. 2021",
"The group epistle was sent to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, a division of HHS that works on research and tools to improve health care and policy. \u2014 Tom Simonite, Wired , 24 Sep. 2020",
"His epistle to the American legal community drew cheers from Ahmari, who already shares his skepticism of the prevailing liberal order. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 2 Apr. 2020",
"Nearly everything that worked so well the first time falls apart in the new series, which becomes a languorously long, frequently cryptic epistle on the sin of letting style conquer substance. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Jan. 2020",
"An epistle from space, written by an older and wiser society, could be detected by our radio telescopes; the aliens might then invite us to join a galactic federation of enlightened peers who communicate in a universal tongue. \u2014 Adam Mann, The New Yorker , 3 Oct. 2019",
"The first epistle came from Sheldon Whitehouse, who wrote on behalf of fellow Democrats Mazie Hirono, Richard Blumenthal, Richard Durbin and Kirsten Gillibrand. \u2014 S.m. | New York, The Economist , 11 Sep. 2019",
"This kind of aphorism fills the space left not only by the epigram but by the epistles once exchanged by friends with time to be funny. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 15 July 2019",
"Consider the question of the authorship of Paul\u2019s epistles . \u2014 Barton Swaim, WSJ , 9 July 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, letter, Epistle, from Anglo-French, from Latin epistula, epistola letter, from Greek epistol\u0113 message, letter, from epistellein to send to, from epi- + stellein to send",
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-181538"
},
"equisetum":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": horsetail"
],
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"\u02cce-kw\u0259-\u02c8s\u0113-t\u0259m"
],
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"history_and_etymology":"New Latin, from Latin equisaetum horsetail plant, from equus horse + saeta bristle",
"first_known_use":[
"1761, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-181710"
},
"exult (in)":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
"as in delight , glory (in)"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-181903"
},
"ex comitate":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
": from courtesy"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccek\u02ccsk\u00e4m\u0259\u02c8t\u00e4t\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"history_and_etymology":"Latin",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-182838"
},
"emotional":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": of or relating to emotion",
": dominated by or prone to emotion",
": appealing to or arousing emotion",
": markedly aroused or agitated in feeling or sensibilities",
": relating to a person's feelings",
": likely to show or express feelings",
": expressing strong feelings"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8m\u014d-shn\u0259l",
"-sh\u0259-n\u1d4al",
"i-\u02c8m\u014d-sh\u0259-n\u1d4al"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardent",
"blazing",
"burning",
"charged",
"demonstrative",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"feverish",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"glowing",
"hot-blooded",
"impassioned",
"incandescent",
"intense",
"passional",
"passionate",
"perfervid",
"red-hot",
"religious",
"superheated",
"torrid",
"vehement",
"warm",
"warm-blooded"
],
"antonyms":[
"cold",
"cool",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"unemotional"
],
"examples":[
"He's a very emotional person.",
"worship at revival meetings often takes a markedly emotional form",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But, yeah, walking on the stage at Warner Bros. was the most emotional thing. \u2014 Kate Aurthur, Variety , 18 June 2022",
"Research suggests such programs can be key to encouraging healthier emotional expression in young people, breaking down gender stereotypes and ultimately reducing violence. \u2014 Julianne Mcshane, NBC News , 18 June 2022",
"And whatever people need\u2014time alone, sleep, comfort food\u2014try to make that accessible because burnout and emotional collapse are very, very real. \u2014 Jennifer Chen, SELF , 18 June 2022",
"Nothing can prepare you for the overwhelming emotional power of this film\u2019s finale, that is, if you\u2019ve remained invested in the characters and universe since 1995. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 17 June 2022",
"Cooper Raiff's goal is to make emotional movies\u2014not feel-good ones. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 17 June 2022",
"But the unique cultural details add fresh flavor; and the big emotional buttons at the movie\u2019s end are as effective as ever. \u2014 Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
"The three stories in American Crime are dark and poignant, touching on modern day crimes and the race, class, and gender politics involved in the three emotional trials. \u2014 Milan Polk, Men's Health , 17 June 2022",
"In the portions that previously aired on Today, Heard spoke of the emotional toll of the verdict, which saw a Virginia jury ruling in Depp\u2019s favor and awarding him $10.35 million in his suit against Heard. \u2014 Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 June 2022"
],
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"1834, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-182915"
},
"Empetrum":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a genus (the type of the family Empetraceae ) of low shrubs having flowers scattered and solitary or few in the axils \u2014 see crowberry"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8emp\u0259\u2027tr\u0259m"
],
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"history_and_etymology":"New Latin, from Greek empetron , neuter of empetros growing on rock, from em- en- entry 2 + -petros (from petra rock)",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-182950"
},
"earth quadrant":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a fourth of the earth's circumference"
],
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"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-182957"
},
"excretion":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act or process of excreting",
": something excreted",
": metabolic waste products (such as urea and carbon dioxide) that are eliminated from the body",
": the act or process of separating and giving off cellular waste matter from the body",
": waste material given off from the body",
": the act or process of excreting",
": something eliminated by the process of excretion that is composed chiefly of urine or sweat in mammals including humans and of comparable materials in other animals, characteristically includes products of protein degradation (as urea or uric acid), usually differs from ordinary bodily secretions by lacking any further utility to the organism that produces it, and is distinguished from waste materials (as feces) that have merely passed into or through the digestive tract without being incorporated into the body proper",
": a waste product (as urine, feces, or vomit) eliminated from an animal body : excrement"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8skr\u0113-sh\u0259n",
"ik-\u02c8skr\u0113-sh\u0259n",
"ik-\u02c8skr\u0113-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[
"The kidneys are organs of excretion .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Both of these bone types (jawbones and pectoral fins) grow via the excretion of rows of osteoblasts (large cells responsible for the synthesis and mineralization of bone). \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 23 Feb. 2022",
"But how dog excretion affects nature reserves, which increasingly abut urban or populated areas, had yet to be analyzed. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Instead, it is caused by a mutation in an area between genes, resulting in the excretion of a toxic chemical that kills muscle cells. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Nov. 2021",
"The virus spreads among common carp quickly by excretion or through the epidermis and gills. \u2014 Minnah Arshad, Detroit Free Press , 18 Sep. 2021",
"Overall, study authors concluded that more research needed to be done regarding povidone iodine's effect on excretion and transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. \u2014 Ashley Abramson, Health.com , 17 Sep. 2021",
"Large boluses of food remain in the digestive tracts of competitive eaters for days before excretion . \u2014 James M. Smoliga, Harper's Magazine , 22 June 2021",
"Fortunately, the excretion is not a danger, much like the cicadas themselves. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 27 May 2021",
"That\u2019s sooty mold, a fungus that grows in the honeydew excretion of either aphids or scale insects. \u2014 Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News , 9 Apr. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1578, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-183724"
},
"endorsingly":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": so as to endorse"
],
"pronounciation":[],
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"history_and_etymology":" endorsing (present participle of endorse entry 1 ) + -ly ",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-184232"
},
"expilation":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act of plundering : spoliation"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cceksp\u0259\u0307\u02c8l\u0101sh\u0259n",
"-\u02ccsp\u012b\u02c8-"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the doctrines or tenets of the Encratites"
],
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"\u02c8e\u014bkr\u0259\u02cctiz\u0259m",
"\u02c8enk-"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-191346"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": the act or action of empowering someone or something : the granting of the power, right, or authority to perform various acts or duties",
": the state of being empowered to do something : the power, right, or authority to do something"
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"im-\u02c8pau\u0307(-\u0259)r-m\u0259nt"
],
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"accreditation",
"authorization",
"commission",
"delegation",
"license",
"licence",
"mandate"
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"first_known_use":[
"1651, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-191826"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a raised structure (as of earth or gravel) used especially to hold back water or to carry a roadway",
": the action of embanking",
": a raised bank or wall to carry a roadway or hold back water"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8ba\u014bk-m\u0259nt",
"in-\u02c8ba\u014bk-m\u0259nt"
],
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"dam",
"dike",
"head",
"levee"
],
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"examples":[
"the embankment is steep, so be careful walking along the ridge",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Deputies are investigating after a man who was allegedly impersonating a law enforcement officer crashed a vehicle down an embankment in Fallbrook, sheriff\u2019s officials said. \u2014 City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"An arriving officer located a Nissan Versa, which crossed the left shoulder and crashed into a snow embankment before ending up on a guardrail. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 1 Mar. 2022",
"The plaintiffs contend the highway expansion felled a cluster of old-growth Douglas Fir trees and turned part of the sacred site into a grass embankment . \u2014 oregonlive , 17 Nov. 2021",
"The car, which lost its front right wheel, ended up on a small embankment along a KFC drive-thru on the northeast corner of the intersection. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 June 2022",
"Shady Brook Lane will be undergoing concrete work, and embankment work is continuing on North Frontage Road. \u2014 Alyssa Alfano, cleveland , 6 June 2022",
"The collision caused the truck to run off the roadway and into the guardrail then overturned on a large embankment while the 47-year-old struck the barrier and rotated, FHP said. \u2014 Natalia Jaramillo, Orlando Sentinel , 5 June 2022",
"Things go awry when something hits the windshield of the bus, sending it careening over an embankment and into the woods. \u2014 Angela Dawson, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"In Longyearbyen, snow barriers sit like giant eyebrows on Sugar Top mountain, above a stone embankment , to help protect against avalanches. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2022"
],
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"1786, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-191927"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous",
": to expunge objectionable parts from before publication or presentation"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ek-sp\u0259r-\u02ccg\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowdlerize",
"censor",
"clean (up)",
"launder",
"red-pencil"
],
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"examples":[
"They felt it was necessary to expurgate his letters before publishing them.",
"the newspaper had to expurgate the expletive-laden speech that the criminal made upon being sentenced to life imprisonment"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin expurgatus , past participle of expurgare , from ex- + purgare to purge",
"first_known_use":[
"1678, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-192539"
},
"epigram":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought",
": a terse, sage, or witty and often paradoxical saying",
": epigrammatic expression"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-p\u0259-\u02ccgram"
],
"synonyms":[
"adage",
"aphorism",
"apothegm",
"byword",
"maxim",
"proverb",
"saw",
"saying",
"sententia",
"word"
],
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"examples":[
"Benjamin Franklin's famous epigram , \u201cRemember that time is money\u201d.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The epigram is applicable to the current stock market flavor-of-the-year, SPACs, or Special Purpose Acquisition Corporations. \u2014 Jerry Weissman, Forbes , 9 Apr. 2021",
"Some female citizens managed huge fortunes, such as those that appear in epigrams by the first century poet Martial. \u2014 National Geographic , 4 Nov. 2019",
"By then the epigrams had paled, and voters suspected that his business strengths, the risk-taking and stubborn autocratic personality, might not serve a president constrained by Congress and public opinion. \u2014 Robert D. Mcfadden, New York Times , 9 July 2019",
"This kind of aphorism fills the space left not only by the epigram but by the epistles once exchanged by friends with time to be funny. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 15 July 2019",
"These are the regal epigrams that stand alone, can seem like platitudes, and yet supply arch but indirect commentary on a turn of events without naming or tagging the players. \u2014 Jason Pontin, WIRED , 4 May 2018",
"Its writing resembles nothing so much as Scripture; ideas are condensed to epigrams , four or five to a paragraph. \u2014 Bill Mckibben, New Republic , 12 July 2017",
"The beauty of Bangs's writing is its messiness\u2014the musings, tangents, anecdotes, and epigrams that somehow end up addressing the main point of his essay, and the way all this ephemera congeals into a coherent body of work. \u2014 Tal Rosenberg, Chicago Reader , 12 July 2017",
"Like the moralist Nietzsche, who also spun off disconcerting and misquotable epigrams , Machiavelli is at once overfamiliar and obscure. \u2014 Edmund Fawcett, New York Times , 16 June 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English epigrame , from Latin epigrammat-, epigramma , from Greek, from epigraphein to write on, inscribe, from epi- + graphein to write \u2014 more at carve ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-192802"
},
"entreat":{
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently",
": to deal with : treat",
": to make an earnest request : plead",
": negotiate",
": intercede",
": to ask in a serious and urgent way"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8tr\u0113t",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8tr\u0113t"
],
"synonyms":[
"appeal (to)",
"beg",
"beseech",
"besiege",
"conjure",
"impetrate",
"implore",
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"petition",
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"pray",
"solicit",
"supplicate"
],
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"examples":[
"I entreat you to help me.",
"she began her letter by entreating me to forgive the belatedness of her reply",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Kimmel entreated viewers to vote Trump out of office in November, but also went further, attempting to grapple with the larger issues of racial injustice at play. \u2014 Tyler Aquilina, EW.com , 30 May 2020",
"At climate rallies, Granett entreats strangers to keep it terrestrial. \u2014 Alex Davies, Wired , 1 Apr. 2020",
"Over the past three years, priests, bishops, and Pope Francis have condemned U.S. immigration policy under the Trump Administration and entreated Catholics around the world to stand up for the rights of migrants. \u2014 Time , 7 Jan. 2020",
"Those things are forbidden, as entreating the angels with prayer. \u2014 Jake Cline, Washington Post , 17 Sep. 2019",
"In the developing movie (based on the 2019 sequel to Ahern's original work) Holly's sister Ciara entreats her to share her touching story with the world on a podcast. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 13 Feb. 2020",
"Or Tinkerbell, a sassy alpha sprite who in a burst of feminist solidarity entreats her sisters to a call for girl power? \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Jan. 2020",
"Kahn entreats the reader on the first page of her biography. \u2014 Vogue , 6 Nov. 2019",
"Trump entreated black voters at numerous whistle stops. \u2014 Deroy Murdock, National Review , 9 Aug. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English entreten , from Anglo-French entreter , from en- + treter to treat",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 2a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-192925"
},
"En-Sof":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the absolutely infinite God"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Hebrew \u0113n s\u014dph without end",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-193009"
},
"effusive":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": marked by the expression of great or excessive emotion or enthusiasm",
": pouring freely",
": characterized or formed by a nonexplosive outpouring of lava"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8fy\u00fc-siv",
"e-",
"-ziv"
],
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"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"touchy-feely",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"unrestrained"
],
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"inhibited",
"reserved",
"restrained",
"undemonstrative",
"unemotional"
],
"examples":[
"They offered effusive thanks for our help.",
"often effusive no matter what the occasion, my aunt is even more so at weddings and funerals",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That starts with Cora, who checks in regularly with Tracy and has been effusive in his praise for the WooSox staff. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"NTT IndyCar Series driver was effusive in his praise of Road America and Wisconsin in general Saturday in his television interview after qualifying for Sunday\u2019s Sonsio Grand Prix. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel , 11 June 2022",
"Baseball America's Josh Norris was effusive in his praise of Chourio during a May episode of the Baseball America podcast, hinting that Chourio would soon be regarded as the Brewers' biggest prospect. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 June 2022",
"Having turned to experimental therapies to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injuries, addiction and depression, many former military members have become effusive advocates for a wider embrace of psychedelics. \u2014 New York Times , 21 May 2022",
"Jack Dorsey is lavishing effusive praise\u2013\u2013full of new-age rhapsodizing\u2013\u2013on Elon Musk for his surprise deal to buy Twitter. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The effusive offers of help, experts says, could portend a turf war among national union brass over future Amazon campaigns. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Jansa is an effusive admirer of former U.S. President Donald Trump and a key ally of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. \u2014 Peter Weber, The Week , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Ri\u2019s passionate, effusive style has sometimes generated laughter in other countries. \u2014 NBC News , 14 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Medieval Latin eff\u016bs\u012bvus \"generating profusely, lavish,\" from Latin eff\u016bsus (past participle of effundere \"to pour out, discharge, expend\") + -\u012bvus -ive \u2014 more at effuse entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1687, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-193658"
},
"evilly":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": morally reprehensible : sinful , wicked",
": arising from actual or imputed bad character or conduct",
": inferior",
": causing discomfort or repulsion : offensive",
": disagreeable",
": causing harm : pernicious",
": marked by misfortune : unlucky",
": the fact of suffering, misfortune, and wrongdoing",
": a cosmic evil force",
": something that brings sorrow, distress, or calamity",
": in an evil manner",
": morally bad : wicked",
": causing harm : tending to injure",
": something that brings sorrow, trouble, or destruction",
": the fact of suffering or wrongdoing",
": bad behavior or moral state : wickedness"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0113-v\u0259l",
"British often and US sometimes",
"\u02c8\u0113-v\u0259l"
],
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"adverse",
"bad",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"damaging",
"dangerous",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"injurious",
"mischievous",
"nocuous",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"prejudicial",
"wicked"
],
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"bad",
"evildoing",
"ill",
"immorality",
"iniquity",
"sin",
"villainy",
"wrong"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"She drank an evil potion.",
"The city has fallen on evil days.",
"It was an evil omen.",
"Noun",
"the battle of good versus evil",
"our free will allows us to choose between good and evil",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"But remember: Bose\u2013Einstein condensates are not evil . \u2014 Thilo St\u00f6ferle, Ars Technica , 18 July 2017",
"John Robert Lindsey made a properly evil Monostatos (a dead ringer for the vampire Nosferatu), accompanied by terrifying dogs rather than slaves. \u2014 Janelle Gelfand, Cincinnati.com , 16 July 2017",
"The Nazis and the Holocaust truly show the entire scope of humanity, at its most evil and its most resilient. \u2014 The Editors, Smithsonian , 2 May 2017",
"Pamina has the short bob hairdo of flapper-era star Louise Brooks, the birdcatcher is a Buster Keaton-style Papageno and the evil Monostatos reminds of Nosferatu. \u2014 Janelle Gelfand, Cincinnati.com , 6 July 2017",
"The Master's return isn't blockbuster enough for me, even with the good versus evil Superman III undertones in his cheeky exchanges with Missy. \u2014 Kelly Fiveash, Ars Technica , 3 July 2017",
"Well, not evil , really, but more bureaucratic, legalistic b.s. \u2014 Aaron Pressman, Fortune , 30 June 2017",
"The show unites Daredevil (Charlie Cox), Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter), Luke Cage (Mike Colter) and Iron Fist (Finn Jones) to battle the Hand, a band of evil mystical ninjas. \u2014 Pacific, Pacific San Diego Magazine , 15 June 2017",
"Here, Goron is summoned by his king to fight evil forces threatening their kingdom. \u2014 Redbook , 10 May 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Weirdness encompasses all the bipolar properties of our existence, its beauty and ugliness, kindness and cruelty, good and evil . \u2014 John Horgan, Scientific American , 14 June 2022",
"The painting is part of the artist\u2019s series exploring science-fiction struggles between the Mounds and the Vegans, proxies for universal forces of good and evil . \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 12 June 2022",
"For site administrators, this means an ongoing struggle between good and evil . \u2014 Arturs Kruze, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Through interviews and recreations, the series will follow people from all faiths who have faced off against malignant beings through exorcisms and those who are on the front lines of the battle between good and evil . \u2014 Jennifer Maas, Variety , 23 May 2022",
"The vivid swirl, similar to yin and yang, signifies the perpetually changing yet complementary forces of life: light and darkness, good and evil . \u2014 Hanna Park, NBC News , 21 May 2022",
"Religion, war, police brutality, lust, and violence all get a nod, but fundamentally, the unifying theme is that of good and evil . \u2014 Derek Scancarelli, EW.com , 12 May 2022",
"Others see a historic battle between good and evil , with a high-stakes clarity between right and wrong not seen for decades. \u2014 Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor , 11 May 2022",
"As on TikTok, many Twitch viewers regard the trial as a sky-scraping showdown between good and evil . \u2014 Washington Post , 5 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Adverb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-194253"
},
"Epistle of Jeremiah":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": letter of jeremiah"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1658, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-194341"
},
"enterprise zone":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an economically depressed area in which business growth is encouraged by the government through tax relief and financial concessions"
],
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"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The state\u2019s enterprise zone program places no limits on how much local governments can give away and provides small communities with no assistance in their negotiations with the companies seeking tax breaks. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 May 2022",
"Each of those earlier deals were reached under Oregon\u2019s enterprise zone program, which exempts data centers from all the property taxes other businesses pay in exchange for comparatively small, offsetting payments. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 Oct. 2021",
"The tax exemptions could be extended to 30 years if a $400 million investment is made, or a $200 million investment in an enterprise zone . \u2014 Erica E. Phillips, courant.com , 14 Sep. 2021",
"Hitachi\u2019s new facility is in a Hillsboro enterprise zone , though, which could exempt it from local property taxes. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 June 2021",
"Aggarwal said the state made the land beneath his plant an enterprise zone , which eliminates sales tax on construction materials for the building. \u2014 Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com , 7 May 2021",
"According to the enterprise zone agreement, Joseph was to create 50 jobs during the first two years, 100 new full-time jobs during years three and four, and another 87 jobs during year five. \u2014 Dan O\u2019brien, ProPublica , 31 Mar. 2021",
"The owner of the data center must spend at least $50 million to qualify if the center is in a federal opportunity zone or an enterprise zone and $200 million if it is located outside those zones. \u2014 Christopher Keating, courant.com , 24 Feb. 2021",
"Fairview city administrator Nolan Young said Amazon\u2019s property is in an enterprise zone , which would provide property tax exemptions to the company. \u2014 Mike Rogoway, oregonlive , 15 Dec. 2020"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1978, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-194535"
},
"eye appeal":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": visual attractiveness"
],
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"1916, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-194909"
},
"embank":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to enclose or confine by an embankment"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8ba\u014bk"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1576, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-194957"
},
"engrave":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to impress deeply as if with a graver",
": to form by incision (as on wood or metal)",
": to cut figures, letters, or designs on for printing",
": to print from an engraved plate",
": photoengrave",
": to cut or carve (as letters or designs) on a hard surface",
": to cut (as letters or designs) on or into",
": to print from a cut surface"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8gr\u0101v",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8gr\u0101v"
],
"synonyms":[
"etch",
"grave",
"incise",
"inscribe",
"insculp"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"They will engrave your initials on the ring for free.",
"She had the ring engraved with her initials.",
"The image was engraved on the plaque.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Community members will also play a part in the installation\u2014Newark residents can engrave a tile that will become part of a mosaic wall. \u2014 Carly Olson, ELLE Decor , 13 June 2022",
"Pick a quote to engrave , plus the deceased person's name and years of life. \u2014 Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day , 24 May 2022",
"Have the kids write a handwritten note (or draw a picture!) and send a photo to this Etsy seller\u2014they'll engrave it on this leather wallet for a gift that's useful and sentimental. \u2014 Brittney Morgan, House Beautiful , 18 May 2022",
"Some police agencies have hosted special events to help car owners engrave their vehicle\u2019s identification number onto their converters. \u2014 Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Send a photo of one of her most beloved handwritten recipes and this Etsy maker will engrave it onto a light or dark wood cutting board. \u2014 Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping , 16 Apr. 2022",
"The timeline for that depends on funding and identifying the best area to engrave the names, Twyman said. \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Three weeks ago Chula Vista police partnered with an auto shop \u2014 Wheel Depot \u2014 to engrave vehicle identification numbers on 50 catalytic converters at no cost to the public. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Now police are urging car owners to engrave their vehicle\u2019s identification number on their converter to link the part to their vehicle. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle French engraver , from en- + graver to grave, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English grafan to grave",
"first_known_use":[
"1509, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-195238"
},
"eagerness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": marked by enthusiastic or impatient desire or interest",
": sharp",
": sour",
": very excited and interested"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0113-g\u0259r",
"\u02c8\u0113-g\u0259r"
],
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"agog",
"antsy",
"anxious",
"ardent",
"athirst",
"avid",
"crazy",
"desirous",
"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":[
"\u2026 wine connoisseurs eager to visit cellars and late-fall pilgrims seeking the increasingly rare white truffle \u2026 \u2014 Corby Kummer , Atlantic , August 2000",
"\u2026 so many religions were steeped in an absolutist frame of mind\u2014each convinced that it alone had a monopoly on the truth and therefore eager for the state to impose this truth on others. \u2014 Carl Sagan , The Demon-Haunted World , 1996",
"She was eager to get started.",
"The crowd was eager for more.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The panel members, some of whom have treated hospitalized children for Covid and have comforted terrified parents, seemed eager to act. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"The Jukes\u2019 mix of heartland rock, blues and soul produced a party vibe for a band eager to make a name for itself. \u2014 cleveland , 12 June 2022",
"The company has always maintained an office downtown, but as bourbon tourism began to boom, Heaven Hill was eager to bring its production back to historic Whiskey Row in downtown Louisville. \u2014 Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal , 6 June 2022",
"The season is fully hopping for the first time since 2019 But coming out of the pandemic, Baker has seemed eager to get back at it, booking a hot-selling, eight-night run at the Venetian in Las Vegas. \u2014 Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press , 1 June 2022",
"Some seemed eager to embrace the limelight, but most therapists don\u2019t go into the business dreaming of pop-culture celebrity. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"Any decision that scientists make in June will have to involve assumptions about how SARS-CoV-2 will shape-shift in the future, which exactly no one is eager to make. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 13 May 2022",
"Tom DeLonge has never aspired to be a movie star, but the founder of punk-pop band blink-182 is eager to make his debut behind the camera. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 May 2022",
"But China\u2019s tightening of restrictions came at a time when the rest of the world seemed eager to drop them. \u2014 Stephanie Yangstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 20 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English egre , from Anglo-French egre, aigre , from Latin acer \u2014 more at edge ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-200244"
},
"elephant":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
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": a thickset, usually extremely large, nearly hairless, herbivorous mammal (family Elephantidae, the elephant family) that has a snout elongated into a muscular trunk and two incisors in the upper jaw developed especially in the male into long ivory tusks:",
": a tall, large-eared mammal ( Loxodonta africana ) of tropical Africa that is sometimes considered to comprise two separate species ( L. africana of sub-Saharan savannas and L. cyclotis of central and western rain forests)",
": a relatively small-eared mammal ( Elephas maximus ) of forests of southeastern Asia",
": any of various extinct relatives of the elephant \u2014 see mammoth , mastodon",
": one that is uncommonly large or hard to manage \u2014 see also elephant in the room",
": a huge typically gray mammal of Africa or Asia with the nose drawn out into a long trunk and two large curved tusks"
],
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"\u02c8e-l\u0259-f\u0259nt",
"\u02c8e-l\u0259-f\u0259nt"
],
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"behemoth",
"blockbuster",
"colossus",
"dinosaur",
"dreadnought",
"giant",
"Goliath",
"jumbo",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"mastodon",
"monster",
"titan",
"whale",
"whopper"
],
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"diminutive",
"dwarf",
"half-pint",
"midget",
"mite",
"peewee",
"pygmy",
"pigmy",
"runt",
"shrimp"
],
"examples":[
"by any standard, the new shopping mall will be an elephant and one that is certain to alter the retail landscape",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"David Lamfrom, vice president of regional programs at NPCA, recommends a 50-foot buffer around elephant seals and sea lions, whose males are territorial, and at least six feet between you and a venomous snake. \u2014 Andrea Sachs, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"Adachi recently reported that migrating female elephant seals dive almost continuously for 20 or more hours each day. \u2014 Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
"After soaking in the ocean views, animal lovers may want to budget time to visit the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach, which rescues, rehabilitates and releases California sea lions, northern elephant seals and more. \u2014 Rachel Schnalzer, Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Part of a UNESCO World Heritage site, San Ignacio is also home to four endangered marine turtle species and attracts sea lions and elephant seals. \u2014 Sara Clemence, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2022",
"In a photo shared on Twitter by the National Park Service, the elephant seals were stretched out on their sides on the beach, with many lounging close to each other. \u2014 Lauren Hern\u00e1ndez, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Built in 1875, the still operating light station is named for the unique white rocks offshore, home to seabirds, sea lions, and elephant seals. \u2014 Mimi Slawoff, Travel + Leisure , 30 Jan. 2022",
"McInnes says the new group of whales targets elephant seals, oceanic dolphins, and grey whale calves. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 7 Oct. 2021",
"From tussling elephant seals and panoramic views of Big Sur\u2019s cliffs and coastal redwoods to whale-watching from countless seaside restaurants, this drive is the epitome of California living, with plenty of sunshine, mountains, and ocean for miles. \u2014 Emily Pennington, Outside Online , 26 Aug. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French olifant, elefant , from L. elephantus , from Greek elephant-, elephas ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-200455"
},
"engrain":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
": to work indelibly into the natural texture or mental or moral constitution"
],
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"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-201259"
},
"emprise":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an adventurous, daring, or chivalric enterprise"
],
"pronounciation":[
"em-\u02c8pr\u012bz"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventure",
"experience",
"exploit",
"gest",
"geste",
"happening",
"time"
],
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"examples":[
"he always seems to be having the sort of high emprise that most of us experience only in our dreams"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, undertaking, from Anglo-French, from emprendre to undertake, from Vulgar Latin *imprehendere , from Latin in- + prehendere to seize \u2014 more at get ",
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-201822"
},
"envenom":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make poisonous",
": embitter"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8ve-n\u0259m",
"en-"
],
"synonyms":[
"antagonize",
"embitter",
"empoison"
],
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"examples":[
"thoughtless, self-indulgent antics that only managed to envenom his teammates"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English envenimen , from Anglo-French envenimer , from en- + venim venom",
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-202644"
},
"engrailed":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": indented with small concave curves",
": made of or bordered by a circle of raised dots"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8gr\u0101ld",
"en-"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"history_and_etymology":"Middle English engreled , from Anglo-French engresl\u00e9 , literally, reduced, thinned, from en- + gresle slender, from Latin gracilis ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-202956"
},
"edicule":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of edicule variant of aedicula"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ed\u0259\u02ccky\u00fcl"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-203434"
},
"evil-minded":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": having an evil disposition or evil thoughts"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0113-v\u0259l-\u02c8m\u012bn-d\u0259d",
"-vil-"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1531, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-203753"
},
"enterpriseless":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": lacking enterprise : unambitious"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-l\u0259\u0307s"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-204304"
},
"elephant's ear":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": any of several large-leaved plants of the arum family: such as",
": taro",
": any of a genus ( Alocasia ) of tropical Asian perennial herbs cultivated as ornamentals for their large heavily veined basal leaves"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1866, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-204529"
},
"emphasize":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to place emphasis on : stress",
": to give special attention or importance to"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8em(p)-f\u0259-\u02ccs\u012bz",
"\u02c8em-f\u0259-\u02ccs\u012bz"
],
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"accent",
"accentuate",
"feature",
"foreground",
"highlight",
"illuminate",
"play up",
"point (up)",
"press",
"punctuate",
"stress"
],
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"de-emphasize",
"play down"
],
"examples":[
"supermarket tabloids that emphasize sensational news stories",
"that huge belt buckle only emphasizes his big gut",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sadly, Bethesda's demo didn't include a VATS-like system that might emphasize loadout-specific tactics or give non-combat character archetypes a fighting chance. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 12 June 2022",
"The aim of his statement, the former adviser said, was to emphasize that Ivanka Trump wasn't involved in legal discussions. \u2014 Josh Dawsey, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"The resolution alludes to a New Testament passage that emphasize Christ's love for children and Hebrew Bible teachings about children being a gift from God. \u2014 Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online , 4 June 2022",
"Gen Z, teens and young adults born after 1996, have been flocking to apps that emphasize private messaging, live-streaming or allow their users to post content that disappears from public profiles after a certain amount of time. \u2014 Naomi Nix And Cat Zakrzewski, Anchorage Daily News , 27 May 2022",
"And so there\u2019s been a really fruitful counter-narrative, which is to emphasize the way that music and people, and also scores or recordings, can be transnational, can go across borders and travel all around the world. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The original intent of some of these legal collections may have been to emphasize the need for freedom against larger dominant imperial forces. \u2014 Samuel L. Boyd, The Conversation , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The other, less-common approach was to emphasize the Old World exoticism of the artists. \u2014 Tim Gray, Variety , 21 Jan. 2022",
"One goal of attending is to emphasize the role that subnational governments, like states and provinces, can play in advancing climate policy, said Lauren Sanchez, Newsom\u2019s senior adviser for climate. \u2014 Kathleen Ronayne, ajc , 29 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":" emphas(is) + -ize ",
"first_known_use":[
"1793, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-204952"
},
"enlighten":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to furnish knowledge to : instruct",
": to give spiritual insight to",
": illuminate",
": to give knowledge or understanding to"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8l\u012b-t\u1d4an",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8l\u012b-t\u1d4an"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquaint",
"advise",
"apprise",
"brief",
"catch up",
"clear",
"clue (in)",
"familiarize",
"fill in",
"hip",
"inform",
"instruct",
"tell",
"verse",
"wise (up)"
],
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"examples":[
"I don't understand what's going on; can someone please enlighten me?",
"the lecturer at the planetarium enlightened us about the latest astronomical discoveries",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That\u2019s where my family and Kamau helped enlighten me. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Whatever the case, Kaplan was happy to help enlighten me. \u2014 Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
"But sharing Shabbat with someone observing it for the first time can enlighten even the most seasoned Shabbat observer. \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel , 16 May 2022",
"Woman's Day/Getty Images Please enlighten my mind with truth, inflame my heart with love, inspire my will with courage, enrich my life with service. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 3 May 2022",
"This is the type of theater that will comfort and enlighten us in our dark days, and lead us back into the light. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 18 Jan. 2022",
"TikTok creator and key proponent of the trend\u2014to enlighten you. \u2014 Kerry Mcdermott, Vogue , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Ellis also hopes that Disney will double down on LGBTQ storylines, which can enlighten viewers to the prejudices that allow bills like the one in Florida to pass. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Mar. 2022",
"As Beverly Bain, an assistant professor in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Toronto Mississauga explains, these accounts treat knowledge as a product to be consumed rather than something to enlighten . \u2014 Zeahaa Rehman, refinery29.com , 16 Feb. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1b"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-205712"
},
"exacting":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands",
": requiring careful attention and precision",
": expecting a lot from a person"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8zak-ti\u014b",
"ig-\u02c8zak-ti\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"choosy",
"choosey",
"dainty",
"delicate",
"demanding",
"fastidious",
"finical",
"finicking",
"finicky",
"fussbudgety",
"fussy",
"nice",
"old-maidish",
"particular",
"pernickety",
"persnickety",
"picky"
],
"antonyms":[
"undemanding",
"unfastidious",
"unfussy"
],
"examples":[
"He has very exacting standards.",
"he was shocked when his normally exacting supervisor complimented him on a job well done",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the intervening years, helicopters have grown more powerful and reliable, and the helicopter services that contract with heli-ski outfitters have become more exacting in their training and protocols. \u2014 Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online , 10 Apr. 2021",
"The transboundary nature of the grueling long-distance race, which many mushers believe to be more exacting than its higher-profile sibling, the Iditarod Sled Dog Race, complicated operations during the pandemic. \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 3 May 2022",
"Waterston and Sam Fragoso, a close friend and collaborator of Bravo\u2019s who contributed voiceover, commented on her exacting , singular, consistent visual style, from her very first short, Eat (2011), to her most recent for Miu Miu. \u2014 Eliza Harper Wallace, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 Mar. 2022",
"His vision and work ethic become more exacting , his drive to best himself at once breathtaking and worrisome. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 Feb. 2022",
"But much of the game\u2019s appeal can be chalked up to players\u2019 ability to create an increasingly exacting vision of how their Sims live, dress and eat. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Feb. 2022",
"It has been designed and engineered to the same exacting standards as our T.50, with the same emphasis on driver focus, performance, lightweight and superlative, pure design, but the outcome is a very different motorcar. \u2014 Alistair Charlton, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Also stuck were several gravely ill patients in the E.R. who could not be transferred to the I.C.U., where care is far more exacting . \u2014 New York Times , 23 Jan. 2022",
"Unlike the complicated and more exacting route of listing via an initial public offering, these reverse mergers offer unique advantages for startups. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 6 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"from present participle of exact entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1634, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-210147"
},
"excpt":{
"type":[
"abbreviation"
],
"definitions":[
"exception"
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"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-210454"
},
"encase":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to enclose in or as if in a case",
": to cover or surround : enclose in or as if in a case"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8k\u0101s",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8k\u0101s"
],
"synonyms":[
"box (in)",
"cage",
"closet",
"coop (up)",
"corral",
"encage",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"envelop",
"fence (in)",
"hedge",
"hem (in)",
"house",
"immure",
"include",
"mew (up)",
"pen",
"wall (in)"
],
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"examples":[
"Ice encased the trees and power lines after the storm.",
"fear of the outside world can encase a person just as surely as stone walls",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That prompted the Louvre to encase the painting in safety glass, Reuters reports. \u2014 Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 May 2022",
"Hardside or hardshell luggage is made of plastic or metal materials that hold their shape to encase and protect your belongings. \u2014 Amanda Constantine, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
"Almost every traditional pit-cooking method utilizes some sort of large leaves to encase the food and add steam during the process. \u2014 Murat Oztaskin, Outside Online , 10 July 2021",
"Overhead sprinklers that encase grape buds in a protective coating of ice are another popular method of frost protection. \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 22 Apr. 2022",
"To drive home the message that this is no ordinary sports watch, Patek Philippe chose to encase the Ref. \u2014 Paige Reddinger, Robb Report , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Here again, Latter-day Saints seem to broadly reflect attitudes expressed by their religious leaders, who issued a strong statement in 2019 opposing the bill, known as the Equality Act, designed to encase LGBTQ protections in federal law. \u2014 Tamarra Kemsley, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Samosas are individual hand pie\u2013size creations that encase tasty fillings in an equally tasty crust. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 14 Mar. 2022",
"To make the pastry portable, the dough needs to be sturdy enough to encase the filling without breaking, which makes bread flour ideal for using in the pasty crust. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Apr. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1633, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-210836"
},
"extensor thrust":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a sudden reflex extension of a leg in response to upward pressure applied to the sole"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-211126"
},
"eurythmics":{
"type":[
"noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
],
"definitions":[
": the art of harmonious bodily movement especially through expressive timed movements in response to improvised music"
],
"pronounciation":[
"yu\u0307-\u02c8rit\u035fh-miks"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1912, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-211329"
},
"exemplify":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to show or illustrate by example",
": to make an attested copy or transcript of (a document) under seal",
": to be an instance of or serve as an example : embody",
": to be typical of",
": to serve as an example of"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8zem-pl\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b",
"ig-\u02c8zem-pl\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b"
],
"synonyms":[
"demonstrate",
"illustrate",
"instance"
],
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"examples":[
"His works exemplify the taste of the period.",
"The city's economic growth is exemplified by the many new buildings that are currently under construction.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The pair exemplify the different ways in which economic challenges impact companies selling technologies that are already in use or still in development. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
"Two contractors\u2019 tenures at TSM and Blitz exemplify the companies\u2019 approaches to contracting. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022",
"The plastic pollution problem, and solutions to it, exemplify the challenges posed by climate change. \u2014 Sofia Lotto Persio, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Of course, red is Rothko\u2019s leitmotif and both works, arresting in scale, exemplify the artist\u2019s torrid love affair with the color. \u2014 Ian Malone, Vogue , 11 May 2022",
"Welcome to the unconventional arena of concerns that a new generation of AI might exemplify a criminal mind. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Cuts were made to poetic passages that both exemplify the expressive montage sequences of silent cinema and reflect Epstein\u2019s artistry. \u2014 The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Mutual aid, which community fridges exemplify , differs from charity because there is no decision on who gets what and why. \u2014 Leah Abucayan, CNN , 15 Apr. 2022",
"These directors do not exemplify cinema as a visual form that moves. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 23 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English exemplifien , from Anglo-French exemplifier , from Medieval Latin exemplificare , from Latin exemplum ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-211349"
},
"en grande tenue":{
"type":[
"French phrase"
],
"definitions":[
": in full dress"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4\u207f-gra\u207fd-t\u0259-n\u1d6b"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-211740"
},
"elicitable":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": capable of being elicited"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-\u0259\u0307t\u0259b\u0259l",
"-\u0259\u0307t\u0259-"
],
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"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-212058"
},
"elatement":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": elation"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-\u0101tm\u0259nt"
],
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"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-212721"
},
"effusion":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an act of effusing",
": unrestrained expression of words or feelings",
": the escape of a fluid from anatomical vessels by rupture or exudation",
": the flow of a gas through an aperture whose diameter is small as compared with the distance between the molecules of the gas",
": the fluid that escapes",
": the escape of a fluid from anatomical vessels by rupture or exudation",
": the flow of a gas through an aperture whose diameter is small as compared with the distance between the molecules of the gas",
": the fluid that escapes by extravasation \u2014 see pleural effusion"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8fy\u00fc-zh\u0259n",
"e-",
"i-\u02c8fy\u00fc-zh\u0259n, e-"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Her poetic effusions became tiresome.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Brewers did make a couple roster moves, placing right-hander Luis Perdomo on the IL with right elbow effusion and recalling Miguel S\u00e1nchez from Nashville. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 May 2022",
"Possible bad news for Jake Cousins Right-hander Jake Cousins, on the IL since Sunday with what was diagnosed as an elbow effusion , is undergoing further examination after an MRI revealed the possibility of more serious damage. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 7 May 2022",
"If a writer like Rachel Cusk confronts the reader with the power of a taut, single consciousness, Bennett is stretching the forms that consciousness can take, to include effusion and hesitation, self-indulgence and equivocation. \u2014 Lynn Steger Strong, The New Republic , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Lakers: For the Lakers, Anthony Davis (right wrist; soreness) and Malik Monk (left groin; soreness) are available; LeBron James (left knee; soreness/ effusion ) is out. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 Feb. 2022",
"It\u2019s not a powerful effusion , like anger, fear, or joy, but a refocusing of attention away from something. \u2014 Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Near the end, an effusion of Puccinian warmth yields to yet more punchy percussion, then a fanfaring pastiche of the Handelian Baroque before the work\u2019s grimly quiet conclusion. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Nov. 2021",
"Pleural inflammation is often accompanied by a buildup of fluid between two layers of the pleura (pleural effusion ). \u2014 SELF , 26 Nov. 2020",
"Shoppers will also notice an effusion of labradorite and diamonds throughout the collection. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English effusioun \"emission, shedding,\" borrowed from Anglo-French effusiun, borrowed from Latin eff\u016bsi\u014dn-, eff\u016bsi\u014d, from effud-, variant stem of effundere \"to pour out, discharge, expend\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of action nouns \u2014 more at effuse entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-213726"
},
"earlywood":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": springwood"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0259r-l\u0113-\u02ccwu\u0307d"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1893, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-214041"
},
"everyone":{
"type":[
"pronoun"
],
"definitions":[
": every person : everybody",
": every person"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ev-r\u0113-(\u02cc)w\u0259n",
"\u02c8ev-r\u0113-w\u0259n",
"-\u02ccw\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"all",
"everybody"
],
"antonyms":[
"nobody",
"none",
"no one"
],
"examples":[
"He hated the movie but everyone else enjoyed it.",
"Not everyone got the joke."
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-214204"
},
"earlship":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the rank or dignity of an earl"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0259rl\u02ccship",
"\u02c8\u0259\u0304l-",
"\u02c8\u0259il-"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1588, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-214518"
},
"Elyria":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"city in northeastern Ohio southwest of Cleveland population 54,533"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8lir-\u0113-\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-214756"
},
"endowment":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act or process of endowing",
": something that is endowed",
": the part of an institution's income derived from donations",
": natural capacity, power, or ability",
": the act of providing money for support",
": money provided for support",
": the act or process of endowing",
": a result or product of endowing: as",
": the income of an institution derived from donations",
": the property (as a fund) donated to an institution or organization that is invested and producing income",
": an endowed organization or institution : foundation",
": endowment insurance"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8dau\u0307-m\u0259nt",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8dau\u0307-m\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"aptitude",
"bent",
"faculty",
"flair",
"genius",
"gift",
"head",
"knack",
"talent"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The hospital's endowment was established by a local family.",
"The college has a large endowment .",
"the endowment of a hospital wing",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Under Bacow, Harvard\u2019s endowment swelled to $53.2 billion from $41.9 billion in fiscal year 2021. \u2014 Emma Whitford, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"In memory of late Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas, Peyton Manning has announced a scholarship endowment with Georgia Tech in Thomas' name. \u2014 Analis Bailey, USA TODAY , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Of course, genetics cannot be completely discounted because the capacity of an organism\u2019s behavior to be affected by the environment is a function of the species\u2019 evolutionary history and genetic endowment . \u2014 Jessica Riskin, The New York Review of Books , 21 Apr. 2022",
"To fund his purchases, Dr. Staley used endowment income, private donations and university allocations. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Or, the institution may even sell the work to build endowment or scholarship funds. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"The family hopes to create an endowment or scholarship fund to aid young tennis players. \u2014 William Lee, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"Saber Six Foundation also supports a Rotary Club of Milwaukee scholarship endowment for disadvantaged youths who aspire to public service. \u2014 Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 May 2022",
"The endowment gift, part of the museum\u2019s $1 billion fundraising campaign, is from Jewish philanthropist and author David M. Rubenstein. \u2014 Jns Staff Report, Sun Sentinel , 25 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-214937"
},
"exemplificatory":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": exemplifying : designed to exemplify"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-k\u0259\u02cct\u014dr\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Medieval Latin exemplificat us + English -ory ",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-215808"
},
"emphasise":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of emphasise British spelling of emphasize"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-220133"
},
"erupt":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"intransitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to burst from limits or restraint",
": to emerge through the gum",
": to force out or release suddenly and often violently something (such as lava or steam) that is pent up",
": to become active or violent especially suddenly : break forth",
": to break out with or as if with a skin eruption",
": to force out or release usually suddenly and violently",
": to send out lava, rocks, and ash in a sudden explosion",
": to burst out in a sudden explosion",
": to happen, begin, or appear suddenly",
": to emerge through the gum",
": to break out (as with a skin eruption )"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8r\u0259pt",
"i-\u02c8r\u0259pt",
"i-\u02c8r\u0259pt"
],
"synonyms":[
"belch",
"disgorge",
"eject",
"eruct",
"expel",
"jet",
"spew",
"spout",
"spurt"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The volcano erupted with tremendous force.",
"A bitter dispute has erupted among the members of the team.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The judge's mistake wasn't the only controversy to erupt this week in the case. \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 28 Apr. 2022",
"In a recent video, Teixidor talks about maintaining a poker face during a crisis, only to erupt in tears once everything has settled down. \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Drama at work could erupt seemingly out of nowhere. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 14 May 2022",
"Protests erupt across Europe as tens of thousands rally to honor workers on May Day. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 1 May 2022",
"Conflicts erupt between all three characters, but there are also unexpected flights of joy, dancing, music, love and laughter. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Feb. 2022",
"If your environment feels like a volcano that is ready to erupt , clearly outline those pressures, but also highlight higher-than-market compensation or special benefits. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 21 June 2021",
"Now a two-time All-Star, the more seasoned Booker is primed and ready to erupt on the playoff stage for the first time. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 1 May 2021",
"Brees kept catching himself waiting for the crowd to erupt after a big offensive play. \u2014 Luke Johnson, NOLA.com , 18 Sep. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin eruptus , past participle of erumpere to burst forth, from e- + rumpere to break \u2014 more at reave ",
"first_known_use":[
"1657, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a(1)"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-220138"
},
"equivocate":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive",
": to avoid committing oneself in what one says"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8kwi-v\u0259-\u02cck\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"fudge",
"hedge",
"pussyfoot",
"tergiversate",
"waffle",
"weasel"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The applicant seemed to be equivocating when we asked him about his last job.",
"When asked about her tax plan, the candidate didn't equivocate .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Admire or equivocate , behold in reverie or with suspicion. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 May 2022",
"In a 5,000-word article published in July 2021, Putin does not equivocate in articulating his worldview of historical grievance which includes Ukraine as an integral part of the Russian Nation. \u2014 Chris Massaro, Fox News , 9 Dec. 2021",
"In a battle between freedom and authoritarianism, Europe can\u2019t equivocate . \u2014 Anders Fogh Rasmussen, WSJ , 10 Oct. 2021",
"At its most political, Kuriki-Olivo\u2019s work is also at its most literal, and tends not to equivocate . \u2014 New York Times , 18 Aug. 2021",
"Don\u2019t apologize or equivocate about your job search. \u2014 Gerry Valentine, Forbes , 26 May 2021",
"As the fall approaches, first-year students who have already paid their admission deposits have been left in the dark as schools equivocate . \u2014 NBC News , 20 May 2021",
"And some of them, such as members of KISS, Deep Purple and Bon Jovi, wind up having to eat or at least equivocate on their words. \u2014 Gary Graff, Billboard , 12 May 2021",
"There\u2019s no reason to doubt or to equivocate with calls to unite. \u2014 Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner , 19 Nov. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-220505"
},
"enwind":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to wind in or about : enfold"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8w\u012bnd",
"en-"
],
"synonyms":[
"band",
"begird",
"belt",
"engird",
"engirdle",
"gird",
"girdle",
"girt",
"girth",
"wrap"
],
"antonyms":[
"ungird",
"unwrap"
],
"examples":[
"a parcel enwound with red ribbons"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1631, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-220552"
},
"effervescence":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing",
": an appealingly lively quality"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce-f\u0259r-\u02c8ve-s\u1d4an(t)s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-220626"
},
"expulsion":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act of expelling : the state of being expelled",
": the act of forcing to leave : the state of being forced to leave"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8sp\u0259l-sh\u0259n",
"ik-\u02c8sp\u0259l-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"banishment",
"deportation",
"displacement",
"exile",
"expatriation",
"relegation"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The government engaged in mass expulsions .",
"the expulsion of air from the lungs",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the family\u2019s return to power nonetheless has come as a shock to the millions who once celebrated its expulsion . \u2014 Michael E. Miller And Regine Cabato, Anchorage Daily News , 20 June 2022",
"But the family\u2019s return to power nonetheless has come as a shock to the millions who once celebrated its expulsion . \u2014 Regine Cabato, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"Until their expulsion , more than 1,000 Chagossians lived on Diego Garcia. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"His conviction for a felony triggers an internal review process for the Academy, which is all but certain to end with his expulsion from the Hollywood institution. \u2014 William Earl, Variety , 21 May 2022",
"The speech led two Democrats in Congress to introduce resolutions to punish Brooks \u2013 one calling for his censure, the other for his expulsion . \u2014 Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al , 10 May 2022",
"And in the months leading up to their 2017 expulsion from Myanmar, nearly all Rohingya students were unable to go to school because of restrictions on their movement imposed by the Burmese government. \u2014 New York Times , 2 May 2022",
"Michelangelo\u2019s depictions of scenes from the book of Genesis, including God\u2019s creation of Adam and of Eve, their expulsion from Eden, Noah\u2019s sacrifice and the flood. \u2014 Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune , 29 Apr. 2022",
"National Review was there to rebuke the Republican president who, fearful of incurring Soviet displeasure, refused to meet Solzhenitsyn after his dramatic expulsion from Russia in 1974. \u2014 Peter J. Travers, National Review , 29 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French expulsioun , from Latin expulsion-, expulsio , from expellere to expel",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-221140"
},
"elbow grease":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": hard work",
": vigorously applied physical labor or effort"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"effort",
"exertion",
"expenditure",
"labor",
"pains",
"sweat",
"trouble",
"while",
"work"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"It's going to take some elbow grease to get this counter clean.",
"with a little polish and a lot of elbow grease , I was able to make the old silver teapot shine again",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Most hose reels require some manual elbow grease , and there are also more expensive retractable hose reels. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 17 May 2022",
"The material is eminently learnable with a little bit of elbow grease . \u2014 Sandra Scheinbaum, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Unlike most microfiber cloths, this set of four features a rough and rigid surface with extremely short pile height, perfect for applying elbow grease and scrubbing the grime off of windshields and mirrors, as well as chrome surfaces. \u2014 Talon Homer, Popular Mechanics , 27 May 2022",
"These tools are designed to make your elbow grease go further thanks to their dust- and gunk-grabbing textures and durable materials. \u2014 Better Homes & Gardens , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Don\u2019t be intimidated by the extra elbow grease the letters DIY can imply. \u2014 Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Use a microfiber cleaning cloth and some elbow grease to start. \u2014 Simon Hill, Wired , 8 Feb. 2022",
"With a few common household ingredients and some elbow grease , these methods for cleaning stainless-steel pans will restore their shiny, spot-free finish. \u2014 Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens , 5 Oct. 2021",
"Pick up a box and use once per month for clean water bottles without the elbow grease . \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 12 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1672, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-223356"
},
"enumerate":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to ascertain the number of : count",
": to specify one after another : list",
": count entry 1 sense 1",
": to name one after another : list"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8n(y)\u00fc-m\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
"i-\u02c8n\u00fc-m\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
"-\u02c8ny\u00fc-"
],
"synonyms":[
"detail",
"itemize",
"list",
"numerate",
"recite",
"reel off",
"rehearse",
"tick (off)"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Let me enumerate my reasons for doing this.",
"I proceeded to enumerate the reasons why I would be justified in filing a lawsuit for negligence.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Steven Mu\u00f1oz\u2019s exceptionally detailed, poster-like woodcuts enumerate threats to bees and butterflies. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"The report stipulates that due to missing records, the exact numbers may never be known, but Haaland said one goal of the new initiative is to enumerate them as fully as possible. \u2014 Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic , 11 May 2022",
"Conversely, the Constitution does appear to enumerate a right to vote, notably in the Fifteenth Amendment. \u2014 Katherine Stewart, The New Republic , 10 May 2022",
"Any serious music lover can enumerate without difficulty three-dozen Soviet pianists who made important Beethoven recordings. \u2014 Norman Lebrecht, WSJ , 1 Apr. 2022",
"One historian, years ago, decided to collect and enumerate all the scholarly explanations for the fall of Rome. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 1 Mar. 2022",
"There was a part of me that wanted Janet to take this opportunity to unload on everybody involved \u2014 to enumerate the layers of hypocrisy involved in the whole moral panic of it all. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Loyal fans can fiercely debate and enumerate the merits of each, like which has the best rides, fireworks and food. \u2014 Victoria Brown, USA TODAY , 25 Oct. 2021",
"The documents do not enumerate in detail who is eligible for an additional vaccine dose. \u2014 Helen Branswell, STAT , 16 Aug. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin enumeratus , past participle of enumerare , from e- + numerare to count, from numerus number",
"first_known_use":[
"1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-223908"
},
"extensor":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a muscle serving to extend a bodily part (such as a limb)",
": a muscle serving to extend a bodily part (as a limb)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8sten(t)-s\u0259r",
"ik-\u02c8sten(t)-s\u0259r",
"-s\u022f(\u0259)r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Without proper coaching cues, however, many runners do not extend the hips properly and incorporate mostly the helper hip extensor muscles, like the hamstrings, whilst not activating the Gluteus Maximus at all. \u2014 Jon-erik Kawamoto, Outside Online , 11 Aug. 2020",
"Jin had previously damaged the tendons in his left index finger and underwent surgery to repair its extensor , which Big Hit informed ARMY about in March. \u2014 Hannah Dailey, Billboard , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Generally, pain on the top of the foot is an inflammation of the tendons that straighten the toes, which run along the top of the foot and are called extensor tendons. \u2014 Jeff Gaudette, Outside Online , 12 Oct. 2021",
"Thus, the clinical name for this injury is extensor tendonitis. \u2014 Jeff Gaudette, Outside Online , 12 Oct. 2021",
"The problem is, this creates tightness in your extensor muscles (think triceps, quads, and back extensors), which can impact your form and increase your risk of injury. \u2014 Pam Moore, SELF , 25 Aug. 2021",
"My left index finger would scoop a small chunk of Tiger Balm and slowly spread it over my right arm extensor muscle down to my wrist and then to my palm and finger tips, all five of them. \u2014 Longreads , 4 Mar. 2020",
"Hembree was 1-0 with a 2.51 ERA in 31 appearances before going on the disabled list June 14 with a right elbow extensor strain. \u2014 Julian Benbow, BostonGlobe.com , 4 July 2019",
"Using ultrasound and CT scans, the scientists determined the precise dimensions of two separate sets of muscles in that joint: the extensors , which move the wrist back and away from the body; and the flexors, which pull it in, toward the forearm. \u2014 Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times , 16 May 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1615, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-224039"
},
"extant":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": currently or actually existing",
": still existing : not destroyed or lost",
": standing out or above"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ek-st\u0259nt",
"ek-\u02c8stant",
"\u02c8ek-\u02ccstant"
],
"synonyms":[
"alive",
"around",
"existent",
"existing",
"living"
],
"antonyms":[
"dead",
"extinct",
"nonextant"
],
"examples":[
"There is, he reports, no extant copy of the Super Bowl I television broadcast; nobody bothered to keep the tapes. \u2014 Joe Queenan , New York Times Book Review , 1 Feb. 2009",
"First produced in the spring of 472 BC, Persians is noteworthy in the corpus of the thirty-two extant Greek tragedies in that it is the only classical Greek drama that dramatizes an actual historical event. \u2014 Daniel Mendelsohn , New York Review , 21 Sept. 2006",
"[George] Lucas' brain teemed with plots and characters, exotic creatures, worlds to be spun out of the words and sketches in his notebooks. Also, by numbering the extant episodes IV, V and VI, he was implicitly promising a prequel trilogy \u2026 \u2014 Richard Corliss , Time , 9 May 2005",
"There are few extant records from that period.",
"one of the oldest buildings still extant",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Pianist Glenn Kramer founded AmateurPianists, which grew out of a still- extant meetup group, in 2011. \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 June 2022",
"The front probably won\u2019t make any additional southward progress before the next pulse of arriving warmth scours out any extant temperature air. \u2014 Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"The largest extant portion of Washington\u2019s personal library resides here, as does the King\u2019s Chapel Library, a set of 221 ecclesiastical books sent over from London in 1698 for Boston\u2019s first Anglican church. \u2014 Robert Polidori, Town & Country , 9 June 2022",
"As previously mentioned, if ancient crocodilians had the same highly acidic digestive system of extant crocodiles, then this ornithopod meal couldn\u2019t have been digested for long. \u2014 Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica , 6 June 2022",
"The Native Sons of the Golden West is a still- extant fraternal organization founded to honor the pioneers and prospectors who arrived in California in the middle of the 19th century. \u2014 Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic , 16 May 2022",
"Nonetheless, she was all but forgotten by the art world, and though all of her extant works are originals, per the National Trust, she was described as a mere copyist of the Old Masters after her death. \u2014 Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 May 2022",
"The student paper, The Harvard Crimson, now practically makes a game of finding the Royall crest extant on some university property. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Trump\u2019s family and one of the worst regimes extant \u2014are the kinds of egregious violations of public trust in which the Trump family has long traded. \u2014 Casey Michel, The New Republic , 20 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin exstant-, exstans , present participle of exstare to stand out, be in existence, from ex- + stare to stand \u2014 more at stand ",
"first_known_use":[
"1545, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-225009"
},
"elbow in hawse":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
": a foul hawse resulting from a 360 degree turn made by a ship riding at two anchors \u2014 compare round turn"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-225726"
},
"Encratite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a member of certain 2d century ascetic sects that condemned sexual intercourse, clericalism, and the use of animal food and strong drink \u2014 compare apostolici"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02cct\u012bt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Late Latin encratita , from Late Greek enkratit\u0113s , from Greek enkrat\u0113s self-disciplined (from en in +0 -krat\u0113s , from kratos strength) + -it\u0113s -ite",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-230347"
},
"explication de texte":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a method of literary criticism involving a detailed analysis of a work"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ek-spl\u0113-k\u00e4-sy\u014d\u207f-d\u0259-\u02c8tekst"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"French, literally, explanation of text",
"first_known_use":[
"1935, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-230608"
},
"ensorcerize":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": ensorcell"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u0307n\u02c8s\u022frs(\u0259)\u02ccr\u012bz",
"en-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":" en- entry 1 + sorcerize ",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-231130"
},
"embroideress":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a woman who embroiders",
": one whose work is doing embroidery"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-d(\u0259)r\u0259\u0307s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-231923"
},
"enlight":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": enlighten"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u0307n",
"en+"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":" en- entry 1 + light , noun",
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-232034"
},
"erdvark":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of erdvark variant of aardvark"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the pitch of a screw to be cut having the number of threads per inch a multiple or a submultiple of the number of threads per inch of the lead screw of the lathe used to cut it"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-232422"
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"type":[
"preposition"
],
"definitions":[
": enduring"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-232735"
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"elicitate":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": elicit"
],
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"-s\u0259\u02cct\u0101t"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-233030"
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"adverb",
"noun"
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": belonging or native to a particular people or country",
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": an organism that is restricted or peculiar to a locality or region : an endemic organism",
": restricted or peculiar to a locality or region",
"\u2014 compare epidemic sense 1 , sporadic sense 1",
": an endemic disease or an instance of its occurrence",
": an endemic organism"
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"en-\u02c8de-mik",
"in-",
"en-\u02c8de-mik",
"in-",
"en-\u02c8dem-ik, in-"
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"aboriginal",
"autochthonous",
"born",
"domestic",
"indigenous",
"native"
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"nonindigenous",
"nonnative"
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"examples":[
"Adjective",
"Divorce has become so endemic in our society that a whole lore has risen up around it: that divorce is a temporary crisis; that so many children have experienced their parents' divorce that children nowadays do not worry much about it; that in fact it makes things easier, and it is itself a mere rite of passage; that if the parents feel better, so will the children. \u2014 Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn , New Republic , 6 May 2002",
"Situated only 250 miles off the coast of Africa, Madagascar is biologically unique. Not only does it have a rich animal and plant life, it also houses a huge number of endemic species found nowhere else on earth. \u2014 Jim Milliot et al. , Publishers Weekly , 15 May 2000",
"The rap performers I enjoy are those who emphasize production values, songcraft and that quality of playfulness endemic to all good pop. \u2014 Francis Davis , Atlantic , October 1993",
"the fish is not an endemic species of the lake, and it is rapidly devouring the native trout population",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"However, as humans have increasingly come into contact with rainforests and jungles, human monkeypox has become endemic in several central and west African regions. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"McQuiston pointed out that the virus didn't become endemic after the last monkeypox outbreak in the United States, in 2003, when pet prairie dogs led to dozens of infected people across multiple states. \u2014 Jacqueline Howard And Michael Nedelman, CNN , 2 June 2022",
"Monkeypox is an infectious disease of the orthopoxvirus virus family that was first detected in 1970 in west Africa, and has since become endemic in the region. \u2014 Annalisa Merelli, Quartz , 31 May 2022",
"According to Global Health, more than 1,700 monkeypox cases have been identified in non- endemic countries, mostly in Europe and North America. \u2014 Mary Kekatos, ABC News , 14 June 2022",
"Conversely, some messaging might stigmatize people in Africa, where the virus is endemic and where it was first identified. \u2014 Jason Mast, STAT , 13 June 2022",
"This strongly suggests that despite an endemic lack of trust, New Yorkers really want basic reforms. \u2014 John Zogby, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"No deaths have been reported in non- endemic countries thus far. \u2014 Aria Bendix, NBC News , 9 June 2022",
"Nonetheless, there has been some deja vu as monkeypox cases tick upward, reaching 780 in 27 non- endemic countries as of the World Health Organization\u2019s latest update two days ago. \u2014 Jamie Ducharme, Time , 7 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"China has grappled in aggressive fashion, using mass testing and citywide lockdowns, with coronavirus case numbers that are smaller than the figures that are considered as endemic in other parts of the world. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 5 June 2022",
"As Hong Kong moves to treat the virus as endemic , at least de facto, mainland China is sticking to its tough approach of mass testing and lockdowns. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 4 May 2022",
"Some health officials even suggested a mass outbreak was necessary to spur the shift toward a strategy of treating it as endemic , meaning a disease that circulates among the population more predictably. \u2014 Dasl Yoon, WSJ , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Most of the world starts treating the disease as endemic . \u2014 David Axe, Rolling Stone , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The financial hub is proceeding with its plans to treat the virus as endemic -- after moving away from a strict Covid Zero strategy some months ago -- while ensuring its healthcare system isn\u2019t overwhelmed. \u2014 Faris Mokhtar, Bloomberg.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
"There are 10 species of iguanas in the genus Cyclura, all endemic to West Indian islands (another went extinct sometime in the 1900s), and molecular analysis suggests they are all descended from the Anegada rock iguana. \u2014 Murray Carpenter, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
"The disease is endemic in parts of Africa, where people have been infected through bites from rodents or small animals. \u2014 Mike Stobbe, ajc , 3 June 2022",
"Healthcare workers in areas where CCHF is endemic who are exposed to blood or bodily fluids without sufficient protections are also at risk for catching the blood-borne virus. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 3 June 2022"
],
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"Adjective",
"1759, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1926, in the meaning defined above"
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},
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"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to treat (a dead body) so as to protect from decay",
": to fill with sweet odors : perfume",
": to protect from decay or oblivion : preserve",
": to fix in a static condition",
": to treat a dead body so as to preserve it from decay",
": to treat (a dead body) so as to protect from decay"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8b\u00e4(l)m",
"em-",
"im-\u02c8b\u00e4m",
"-\u02c8b\u00e4lm",
"im-\u02c8b\u00e4(l)m,"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In June 2020, Jackie Carlisle hired the funeral home to embalm and prepare her mother\u2019s body for a wake, according to a lawsuit Carlisle filed in January. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Deep inside a shaft in the cemetery of Abusir, near Cairo, a team of Egyptian and Czech Egyptologists has found a significant cache of equipment used more than 2,500 years ago to embalm mummies. \u2014 CNN , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Why had there been a seeming rush to embalm the body, without an autopsy? \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Dec. 2021",
"There was this outlaw who died in a shootout with police, and no one came to collect the body, so the guy at the funeral home decided to embalm him and charge admission to see him. \u2014 Geek's Guide To The Galaxy, WIRED , 6 Aug. 2021",
"Ever the enigma, while her choice to embalm may be traditional, her last look will be anything but. \u2014 Megan Decker, refinery29.com , 29 July 2021",
"But Almereyda, never one to embalm unconventional minds in conventional storytelling, has no interest in a mere recitation of his subject\u2019s accomplishments. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 24 Aug. 2020",
"Used to embalm and preserve bodies in morgues, some butchers use formalin to keep meat from going off. \u2014 Julien Chongwang, Quartz Africa , 7 July 2020",
"None of the bodies had been refrigerated or embalmed . \u2014 USA TODAY , 17 Feb. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English embaumen , from Anglo-French enbaumer, enbasmer , from en- + basme balm \u2014 more at balm ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-235020"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a substance related to keratin and occurring in small granules that stain deeply with hematoxylin and are located in the cells of the stratum lucidum of the epidermis"
],
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"\u0259\u0307\u02c8l\u0113\u0259\u0307d\u0259\u0307n"
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"history_and_etymology":"French eleidine , from eleo- elaio- + -ide -ide + -ine -in",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-000719"
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"adjective",
"adverb"
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": of or relating to a church especially as an established institution",
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"i-\u02cckl\u0113-z\u0113-\u02c8a-sti-k\u0259l",
"e-\u02cckl\u0113-"
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"churchly",
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"ecclesiastic"
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"nonchurch",
"nonecclesiastical"
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"ecclesiastical laws that have been in existence for centuries",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The largest extant portion of Washington\u2019s personal library resides here, as does the King\u2019s Chapel Library, a set of 221 ecclesiastical books sent over from London in 1698 for Boston\u2019s first Anglican church. \u2014 Robert Polidori, Town & Country , 9 June 2022",
"Since Russia seized Crimea and supported separatists in the Donbas in 2014, however, there has been a growing movement in Ukraine for a separate ecclesiastical body. \u2014 Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor , 31 May 2022",
"Moscow has held ecclesiastical authority over Ukraine since the 17th century, but after the fall of the Soviet Union, a group of believers formed the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and began petitioning for autocephaly. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 29 May 2022",
"Olivetti\u2019s ecclesiastical trial is expected to begin in early March. \u2014 Holly V. Hays, USA TODAY , 12 Jan. 2022",
"But those who visit San Jose also have the chance to take in some ecclesiastical grandeur. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"This charitable, ecclesiastical institution catered to the poor and infirm until it was dissolved to create St. John's College. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Art Deco gems, which is then whizzed up with ecclesiastical furniture and a rather mysterious fantastical bent. \u2014 Mark Holgate, Vogue , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Its founding was the direct result of the burgeoning movement to peel away from the Russian Orthodox Church and create a purely independent ecclesiastical entity for Ukraine. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English ecclesiasticall, from Late Latin eccl\u0113siasticus \"of the Christian Church\" + Middle English -all -al entry 1 \u2014 more at ecclesiastic entry 1 ",
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"adjective"
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"definitions":[
": exemplifying"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-002851"
},
"Elyot":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
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"definitions":[
"Sir Thomas 1490?\u20131546 English scholar and diplomat"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-l\u0113-\u0259t",
"\u02c8el-y\u0259t"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-003656"
},
"ecclesiarch":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a high church official or ruling prelate",
": a sacristan in the Eastern Church",
"[Middle Greek ekkl\u0113siarch\u0113s , from Greek ekkl\u0113sia church + -arch\u0113s -arch]"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-l\u0113z\u0113\u02cc\u00e4rk"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-003728"
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"extract":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun,",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
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"definitions":[
": to draw forth (as by research)",
": to pull or take out forcibly",
": to obtain by much effort from someone unwilling",
": to withdraw (something, such as a juice or a constituent element) by physical or chemical process",
": to treat with a solvent so as to remove a soluble substance",
": to separate (a metal) from an ore",
": to determine (a mathematical root) by calculation",
": to select (excerpts) and copy out or cite",
": a selection from a writing or discourse : excerpt",
": a product (such as an essence or concentrate) prepared by extracting",
": a solution (as in alcohol) of essential constituents of a complex material (such as meat or an aromatic plant)",
": to remove by pulling",
": to get out by pressing, distilling, or by a chemical process",
": to choose and take out for separate use",
": a selection from a writing",
": a product obtained by pressing, distilling, or by a chemical process",
": to pull or take out forcibly",
": to withdraw (as the medicinally active components of a plant or animal tissue) by physical or chemical process",
": to treat with a solvent so as to remove a soluble substance",
": something prepared by extracting",
": a medicinally active pharmaceutical solution",
": a certified copy of a document that forms part of or is preserved in a public record"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8strakt",
"usually in sense 5",
"\u02c8ek-\u02ccstrakt",
"ik-\u02c8strakt",
"\u02c8ek-\u02ccstrakt",
"ik-\u02c8strakt",
"\u02c8ek-\u02ccstrakt",
"\u02c8ek-\u02ccstrakt"
],
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"corkscrew",
"prize",
"pry",
"pull",
"root (out)",
"tear (out)",
"uproot",
"wrest",
"wring",
"yank"
],
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"excerpt",
"passage"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Tate said an aggressive program of capturing and using methane, where a drainage and vent system is used to extract and store the gas from mines, could reduce the damage of new projects, but there are few signs this approach is widely used. \u2014 Christian Shepherd, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"For the more recent experiments, cooler water and more sensitive study methods were used to extract and identify the nucleobases cytosine and thymine, while more sensitive study methods found the molecules, researchers say. \u2014 Mike Snider, USA TODAY , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Zuboff\u2019s work argues that Facebook, Twitter and others extract as much data about users as possible and then attempt to maximize their time on the site because that earns them money. \u2014 Joseph Menn, Cat Zakrzewski And Craig Timberg, Anchorage Daily News , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Zuckerberg denied any such agreement, saying Voskerician was looking to extract more money and embarrass him. \u2014 Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel , 9 June 2022",
"Deploying deep analytics and machine learning to extract and reveal actionable understanding from vast volumes of structured and unstructured EDA metrics and tool-flow data. \u2014 Karl Freund, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"This means scalpers can extract little profit from buying and then reselling a new GPU at current cost levels. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 19 May 2022",
"Successful talks could clear Chevron to extract and sell Venezuelan crude. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 18 May 2022",
"If the talks are successful, Chevron could be allowed to extract and sell Venezuelan oil. \u2014 Anthony Faiola, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Don\u2019t forget a little seaweed extract for nutrition every couple months. \u2014 Dean Kuipers, Outside Online , 8 May 2022",
"The National Geographic Edition Acer Aspire Vero includes the familiar yellow borders of the National Geographic magazine, as well as a small extract from a topographic map across the lid. \u2014 Zackery Cuevas, PCMAG , 3 Jan. 2022",
"For starters, La Mer\u2019s eye balm deeply penetrates the skin with hydrating shea butter and algae , while Jurlique\u2019s Supreme Eye Balm includes spilanthes flower extract to relax facial muscles and reduce the appearance of fine lines. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 9 Nov. 2021",
"It's infused with a blend of marine ingredients, such as blue sea kale, sea algae, and a marine flower extract , as well as two nourishing staples, aloe and botanical shea butter. \u2014 Erica Metzger, Better Homes & Gardens , 9 Sep. 2021",
"The ingredients are worth it, too: Myristoyl Pentapeptide-17 makes an appearance, alongside clover flower extract and vitamin B5. \u2014 Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR , 8 June 2022",
"Formulated with comfrey leaf, oat extract , and panthenol, this moisturizer is a bomb of hydration that will treat your dry skin, soothe it, and provide lasting moisture. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"Developed for sensitive skin, the full ingredient list features organic coconut, olive and jojoba oils, natural rosemary extract , and organic aloe vera. \u2014 Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health , 26 May 2022",
"Between 1967 and 2009, the US Food and Drug Administration gradually approved cochineal extract and carmine for such purposes, and these cochineal insect derivatives still add color to various yogurts, cakes, candies, beverages and meats. \u2014 Brittany J. Miller, Smithsonian Magazine , 29 Mar. 2022"
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"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-004239"
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"expurgatorial":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": relating to expurgation or an expurgator : expurgatory"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)ek-\u02ccsp\u0259r-g\u0259-\u02c8t\u022fr-\u0113-\u0259l"
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"1807, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-004352"
},
"Eyck, van":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"Hubert or Huybrecht circa 1370\u20131426 and his brother Jan before 1395\u20131441 Flemish painters"
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"van-\u02c8\u012bk"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-005248"
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"exclusive of":{
"type":[
"preposition"
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"definitions":[
": not taking into account"
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"apart from",
"aside from",
"bar",
"barring",
"beside",
"besides",
"but",
"except",
"excepting",
"except for",
"excluding",
"other than",
"outside",
"outside of",
"save",
"saving"
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"examples":[
"all food and beverages are included in the price, exclusive of any alcoholic drinks ordered from the bar"
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"1722, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-012300"
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"equipment trust certificate":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an interest in an equipment trust on which payments are made out of rentals received from lease of the equipment"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-012829"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a differential expression of the form X 1 dx 1 + \u2026 + X n dx n where the X's are the partial derivatives of a function f ( x 1 , \u2026 , x n ) with respect to x 1 , \u2026 , x n respectively"
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"1825, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-012900"
},
"endemial":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": endemic"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)en\u00a6d\u0113m\u0113\u0259l"
],
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"history_and_etymology":"Greek end\u0113mi os native, endemic (from en in + d\u0113mos ) + English -al ",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-013647"
},
"edenite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a light-colored variety of aluminous amphibole"
],
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"\u02c8\u0113d\u1d4an\u02cc\u012bt"
],
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"history_and_etymology":"German edenit , from Edenville , New York + German -it -ite",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-013758"
},
"equitable assets":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": assets that are charged with or have become a fund for the payment of debts only by operation of equity",
": assets charged with the payment of debts by a debtor that would be exempted by law (as real estate of a decedent)"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-013842"
},
"entry-level":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of or being at the lowest level of a hierarchy"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8en-tr\u0113-\u02ccle-v\u0259l"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1946, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-014457"
},
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"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"village in southeast central Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis population 60,797"
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"\u02c8\u0113-d\u1d4an"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-014908"
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"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to represent in words : state",
": to make known the opinions or feelings of (oneself)",
": to give expression to the artistic or creative impulses or abilities of (oneself)",
": to give or convey a true impression of : show , reflect",
": to represent by a sign or symbol : symbolize",
": delineate , depict",
": to send by express",
": to force out (something, such as the juice of a fruit) by pressure",
": to subject to pressure so as to extract something",
": to cause (a gene) to manifest its effects in the phenotype",
": to manifest or produce (a character, molecule, or effect) by a genetic process",
": directly, firmly, and explicitly stated",
": exact , precise",
": of a particular sort : specific",
": designed for or adapted to its purpose",
": traveling at high speed",
": traveling with few or no stops along the way",
": designed or intended to be used for fast movement or travel",
": delivered faster than usual",
": designated to be delivered without delay by special messenger",
": a system for the prompt and safe transportation of parcels, money, or goods at rates higher than standard freight charges",
": a company operating such a merchandise freight service",
": a messenger sent on a special errand",
": a dispatch conveyed by a special messenger",
": special delivery",
": an express vehicle",
": by express",
": expressly",
": to make known especially in words",
": to represent by a sign or symbol",
": to send by a quick method of delivery",
": clearly stated",
": of a certain sort",
": sent or traveling at high speed",
": a system for the quick transportation of goods",
": a vehicle (as a train or elevator) run at special speed with few or no stops",
": to make known or exhibit by an expression",
": to force out by pressure",
": to subject to pressure so as to extract something",
": to cause (a gene) to manifest its effects in the phenotype",
": to manifest or produce (a character, molecule, or effect) by a genetic process",
": directly and distinctly stated or expressed rather than implied or left to inference \u2014 compare implied",
": to make known (one's thoughts, ideas, or opinions) by words, conduct, or symbols \u2014 see also expression"
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"ik-\u02c8spres",
"ik-\u02c8spres",
"ik-\u02c8spres, ek-"
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"air",
"expound",
"give",
"look",
"raise",
"sound",
"state",
"vent",
"ventilate",
"voice"
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"peculiar",
"precise",
"set",
"special",
"specific"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Snowden did express admiration for Harvard lecturer Bruce Schneier, one of the lead signatories of the letter, for his work on cryptography. \u2014 Jamie Crawley, Fortune , 11 June 2022",
"Even in the slick, futuristic world of K-pop, fans express their devotion by snapping up CD bundles laden with such delights as key chains and postcards. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022",
"Even conservative pundits express gratitude for Tom Cruise\u2019s comeback action picture, finding relief from the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal and other embarrassments of the current regime. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 8 June 2022",
"Strain into coupe or martini glass, express a lemon peel over the top of the foam for aroma and discard and garnish with one to three raspberries, on a pick. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 4 June 2022",
"Old Navy: Rainbows and words express LGBTQIA+ pride on attire from OId Navy. \u2014 cleveland , 3 June 2022",
"Speaking of winning, both Commerson and Holt both, separately, express to THR why deaf gamers tend to perform highly. \u2014 Trilby Beresford, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 May 2022",
"Community members express shock and grief in Uvalde, Tex., at a memorial for the 19 students and two adults killed in a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on Tuesday. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"Since the casting announcement, social media has been abuzz with mixed reactions, many of which also express disappointment at the lack of cultural diversity amongst the bachelors. \u2014 Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com , 24 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The crash closed express lanes in both directions, one lane on I-4 East and reduced I-4 West to just one lane. \u2014 Desiree Stennett, Orlando Sentinel , 6 June 2022",
"Every day, the war in Ukraine reminds us of the gratuitous and appalling loss that occurs in a conflict between forces set up for the express purpose of killing. \u2014 John R. Macarthur, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"The messages appeared to be sent with the express purpose of forcing the candidate to drop out of the race, according to the Justice Department. \u2014 Tori B. Powell, CBS News , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Free People is offering free express shipping on every order right now, ensuring your supersoft tees, flowy dresses, and cozy loungewear will arrive before Memorial Day. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 24 May 2022",
"Walmart is offering the drone deliveries as a form of express delivery over the company\u2019s existing two-hour, next-day and two-day shipping services. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 24 May 2022",
"The express fees for speedy cash rankle consumer advocates too, especially since the apps typically advertise advances as free. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"There will be an express entrance line for fans that come without clear bags. \u2014 al , 17 May 2022",
"That effort seeks to include express language in the state Constitution indicating abortions are protected. \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 17 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Parents on both sides of the gun control debate express concern about their children's safety. \u2014 Fred Backus, Anthony Salvanto, CBS News , 5 June 2022",
"Alabama's draft-pick express is showing no sign of a slowdown, particularly with its two best players \u2013 linebacker Will Anderson and quarterback Bryce Young \u2013 about to enter their first year of draft eligibility. \u2014 Chase Goodbread, USA TODAY , 1 May 2022",
"Yet the Russian military is making little headway halting what has become a historic arms express . \u2014 Robert Burns, Anchorage Daily News , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Preliminary investigation showed that, in a crash on the express , a driver involved in a prior crash got out to look at their vehicle, another vehicle couldn't stop, and the second vehicle hit the first and pushed it into the pedestrian, MSP said. \u2014 Elissa Welle, Detroit Free Press , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Considering the features of most dropshipping businesses whereas a majority of the parcels are relatively lightweight, smaller in size and with fewer items in one order, sellers often choose to send products by express shipping. \u2014 Andy Chou, Forbes , 7 Dec. 2021",
"Citizen petitions to the F.D.A.\u2014which anyone can file to request action or express concern\u2014are published online, and within hours Cassava\u2019s stock had plunged roughly thirty per cent. \u2014 Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker , 17 Jan. 2022",
"For those who paid extra for express shipping, packages arrived even more punctually. \u2014 Nicol\u00e1s Rivero, Quartz , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Nevertheless, international express can always be a backup alternative when delays in production happen and consumers are unsatisfied. \u2014 Andy Chou, Forbes , 7 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"All express pleasant shock at their changed Sundays. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com , 5 Feb. 2018",
"EXPRESS -BUS SOLUTION Why the Metro Gold Line is not the solution to traffic congestion in St. Paul: Congestion is primarily during rush hour and thus the solution must address commuters during typical business hours. \u2014 Letter Writers, Twin Cities , 15 June 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1f",
"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1619, in the meaning defined at sense 1b",
"Adverb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-015031"
},
"empowered":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": having the knowledge, confidence, means, or ability to do things or make decisions for oneself"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8pau\u0307(-\u0259)rd"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1983, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-015101"
},
"endellite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a clay mineral consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminum with varying amounts of water and being more hydrous than halloysite"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8end\u0259\u02ccl\u012bt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"from Kurd Endell \u20201946 German ceramic engineer + English -ite ",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-015155"
},
"escutcheon":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a defined area on which armorial bearings are displayed and which usually consists of a shield",
": a protective or ornamental plate or flange (as around a keyhole)",
": the part of a ship's stern on which the name is displayed",
": the configuration of adult pubic hair"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8sk\u0259-ch\u0259n",
"is-\u02c8k\u0259ch-\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English escochon , from Anglo-French escuchoun , from Vulgar Latin *scution-, scutio , from Latin scutum shield \u2014 more at esquire ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-020444"
},
"eat someone's or something's lunch":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
": to outdo or defeat someone or something very badly"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-021034"
},
"edifier":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that edifies"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ed\u0259\u02ccf\u012b(\u0259)r",
"-\u012b\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from edifien + -er ",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-021702"
},
"excression":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": excrescence"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"modification of Late Latin excretion-, excretio (excrescence)",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-022509"
},
"Emballonuridae":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a family of insectivorous bats having the face obliquely truncated, no nose leaf, and the tail partly free"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)em\u02ccbal\u0259\u02c8n(y)u\u0307r\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"New Latin, from Emballonura , type genus (from Greek emball\u014dn \u2014present participle of emballein to throw in\u2014+ New Latin -ura ) + -idae ; from the loose appearance of the tail",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-022719"
},
"en creux":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": being in intaglio : sunk below the surface"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4\u207f\u02c8kr\u0259\u0304",
"-r\u0259r(\u2027)",
""
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"French, literally, in the hollow",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-024027"
},
"enunciative":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": serving to enunciate : declarative",
": relating to enunciation"
],
"pronounciation":[
"|t|",
"|\u0113v"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin enunciativus, enuntiativus , from enunciatus, enuntiatus + -ivus -ive",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-025703"
},
"every once in a while":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
": sometimes but not often : from time to time : occasionally"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-025909"
},
"extasy":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of extasy archaic variant of ecstasy"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-030434"
},
"ear-minded":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": having one's mental imagery predominantly auditory : inclined to remember and think of things in terms of their sounds : audile \u2014 compare eye-minded"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1888, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-030613"
},
"Eagan":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"city in southeastern Minnesota population 64,206"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0113-g\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-031217"
},
"each and every":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
"Definition of each and every \u2014 used as a more forceful way of saying each I want to thank each and every person who has contributed to this project."
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-031243"
},
"egg (on)":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to urge or encourage (someone) to do something that is usually foolish or dangerous"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-031729"
},
"exhilarator":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that exhilarates"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-\u0101t\u0259(r)",
"-\u0101t\u0259-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-032329"
},
"Elias":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": elijah"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8l\u012b-\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Late Latin, from Greek \u0112lias , from Hebrew \u0112l\u012by\u0101h ",
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-032353"
},
"excurse":{
"type":[
"intransitive verb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a sally or digression",
": digress , ramble",
": to journey or pass through : make an excursion"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ek\u02c8sk\u0259rs",
"\""
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-033803"
},
"eat right":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
": to eat healthy foods"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-033927"
},
"envenomation":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": an act or instance of poisoning by venom (as of a snake or spider)",
": an act or instance of impregnating with a venom (as of a snake or spider)",
": envenomization"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02ccve-n\u0259-\u02c8m\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"en-",
"in-\u02ccven-\u0259-\u02c8m\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1902, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-034659"
},
"evaluable":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": able to be evaluated"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8val-y\u0259-b\u0259l",
"-y\u0259-w\u0259-b\u0259l",
"-y\u00fc-\u0259-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1880, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-034756"
},
"entree":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act or manner of entering : entrance",
": freedom of entry or access",
": the main course of a meal in the U.S."
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4n-\u02cctr\u0101",
"also"
],
"synonyms":[
"access",
"accession",
"admission",
"admittance",
"door",
"doorway",
"entrance",
"entry",
"gateway",
"ingress",
"key",
"passport",
"ticket"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"We had steak as an entr\u00e9e .",
"entr\u00e9e to the country club is through sponsorship by someone who is already a member",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For The Deep's entree , Homelander brings out Deep's octopus pet and close friend Timothy. \u2014 Alex Raiman, EW.com , 3 June 2022",
"Through June 12 at Edge Off-Broadway, 1133 W. Catalpa Ave.; tickets $20 at 773-828-9129 and astonrep.com/young K-RNB Brunch: Listen to Korean R&B music at a bash including a welcome mimosa or bloody mary, a soju cocktail and a brunch entree . \u2014 Samantha Nelson, Chicago Tribune , 27 May 2022",
"The entree arrives with all sorts of cross-cultural references. \u2014 Leslie Kelly, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"The deal is valid on June 20 and the free entree must be redeemed between June 21 and 27. \u2014 Rebecca Norris, Country Living , 6 May 2022",
"The restaurant advises pairing the entree with a Cinco Rita, which is $5 all day. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel , 4 May 2022",
"The ticket price of $20 per child (ages 2-9) includes the egg hunt, an entree and photo opportunities. \u2014 Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic , 9 Apr. 2022",
"The heartiest entree starts with a basic notion, lasagna, and deploys bechamel, black trumpet mushrooms and wild boar to enrich layers of tender egg noodles. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The final entree option, like so many places up and down the economic scale, was a burger. \u2014 Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News , 7 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French entr\u00e9e , from Old French \u2014 more at entry ",
"first_known_use":[
"1692, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-040228"
},
"engrossed":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to copy or write in a large hand",
": to prepare the usually final handwritten or printed text of (an official document)",
": to purchase large quantities of (as for speculation)",
": amass , collect",
": to take or engage the whole attention of : occupy completely",
": to take the attention of completely",
": to prepare the usually final handwritten or printed text of (as a bill or resolution) especially for final passage or approval",
"\u2014 see also engrossed bill at bill sense 1 \u2014 compare enroll",
"[Middle English, from Anglo-French engrosser , from en gros wholesale, in quantity]"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8gr\u014ds",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8gr\u014ds",
"in-\u02c8gr\u014ds"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorb",
"bemuse",
"busy",
"catch up",
"engage",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"enwrap",
"fascinate",
"grip",
"immerse",
"interest",
"intrigue",
"involve",
"occupy"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a mystery story that will engross readers all the way to the surprise ending",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Like the characters populating his novels, who are terrified of their own irrelevance, Franzen has a habit of proffering bells and whistles as compensation for the modest scope of the domestic sagas that engross him. \u2014 Becca Rothfeld, The Atlantic , 4 Oct. 2021",
"Readers will engross themselves in two beefy chapters on Hatfield\u2019s eight years as governor, but for the nearly 30 years that Hatfield spent in the U.S. Senate, Etulain serves up a scant 28 pages, inclusive of several full-page photographs. \u2014 oregonlive , 26 Aug. 2021",
"Buyers can dig deeper into the country of origin and engross themselves in modern experiences from contemporary creatives without saying a word. \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, House Beautiful , 13 May 2021",
"Amid a social justice movement and COVID-19 pandemic that engross the nation, the term gains gravitas. \u2014 Michael Gehlken, Dallas News , 11 Mar. 2021",
"His mother sang and played piano and was a big supporter, and Benet would engross himself in his detective father's extensive classical music collection. \u2014 Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 8 Mar. 2021",
"The Senate voted to engross the bills ahead of debate Tuesday, which blocked changes to the measures. \u2014 Nyamekye Daniel, Washington Examiner , 24 Feb. 2021",
"Two days is enough time to engross yourself in a curriculum, build a solid foundation, sleep on it and continue to build on that foundation the next day. \u2014 Chris Mudgett, Outdoor Life , 1 July 2020",
"The intricate synergies of coffee and capitalism form the subtext of the historian Augustine Sedgewick\u2019s thoroughly engrossing first book, Coffeeland: One Man\u2019s Dark Empire and the Making of Our Favorite Drug. \u2014 Michael Pollan, The Atlantic , 6 Apr. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French engrosser to put (a legal document) in final form, from Medieval Latin ingrossare , from in grossam (put) into final form, literally, (written) in large (letter)",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-041022"
},
"exciter":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that excites",
": a generator or battery that supplies the electric current used to produce the magnetic field in another generator or motor",
": an electrical oscillator that generates the carrier frequency (as for a radio transmitter)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8s\u012b-t\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitator",
"demagogue",
"demagog",
"firebrand",
"fomenter",
"incendiary",
"inciter",
"instigator",
"kindler",
"provocateur",
"rabble-rouser"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"many of the exciters of the so-called \u201ctax revolt\u201d were actually campaign workers for one of the gubernatorial candidates"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-042028"
},
"Elian":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or like the essayist Lamb or his writing"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0113l\u0113\u0259n",
"-ly\u0259n",
"",
""
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":" Elia , pseudonym of Charles Lamb \u20201834 English essayist and critic + English -an ",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-050859"
},
"emblematic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or constituting an emblem : symbolic , representative"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccem-bl\u0259-\u02c8ma-tik"
],
"synonyms":[
"representational",
"representative",
"symbolic",
"symbolical"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonsymbolic"
],
"examples":[
"the dove is emblematic of the organization's mission to bring some peace to a troubled world",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Activists and legal experts point to the case of Anastasio Hern\u00e1ndez-Rojas, who was fatally beaten and shot with a Taser in 2010 while being deported to Mexico, as being emblematic of what\u2019s at stake. \u2014 Wendy Fry, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"But the shift is emblematic of an indecisiveness that underlines almost everything Loot tries to do. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 21 June 2022",
"Shipley says that the film is emblematic of Safe Space\u2019s mission to amplify projects with the potential for significant, positive impact. \u2014 Addie Morfoot, Variety , 21 June 2022",
"Such incidents, Patricia said, are emblematic of a recent increase in anti-Asian hate crimes, which rose during the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 June 2022",
"These two new organizations are emblematic of the maturing of the freelance economy. \u2014 Jon Younger, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"The outcome came as little surprise to political observers, who said that while Shellenberger and Schubert made strategic flubs, the scope of their defeats is emblematic of the uphill slog independents face competing against the partisan grain. \u2014 Dustin Gardiner, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 June 2022",
"Even after Hong Kong\u2019s retrocession to Chinese control in 1997, the right to protest the Tiananmen Square massacre was emblematic of the greater freedom of speech and civil liberties that citizens of the city enjoyed. \u2014 Michael Saul Garber, Fox News , 4 June 2022",
"The arrival of McDonald\u2019s\u2014an iconic symbol of American capitalism\u2014in the Soviet Union was emblematic of a wider thaw in Soviet-American tensions. \u2014 Eloise Barry, Time , 24 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from New Latin embl\u0113maticus, from embl\u0113mat-, embl\u0113ma emblem entry 1 + -icus -ic entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1645, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-050958"
},
"escalated":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to increase in extent, volume, number, amount, intensity, or scope",
": expand sense 2"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-sk\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t",
"nonstandard"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerate",
"accumulate",
"appreciate",
"balloon",
"boom",
"build up",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"climb",
"enlarge",
"expand",
"gain",
"increase",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"rise",
"roll up",
"snowball",
"spread",
"swell",
"wax"
],
"antonyms":[
"contract",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"recede",
"wane"
],
"examples":[
"The conflict has escalated into an all-out war.",
"a time of escalating tensions",
"We are trying not to escalate the violence.",
"Salaries of leading executives have continued to escalate .",
"The cold weather has escalated fuel prices.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Things escalate until Ben orders Christopher to attack the Umbrellas. \u2014 Maggie Fremont, EW.com , 22 June 2022",
"Warming ties between the two could significantly de- escalate regional tensions. \u2014 Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN , 20 June 2022",
"Things escalate , and Roscoe can be seen allegedly shoving Miller, per the complaint as reported by WISH-TV. \u2014 Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
"That would escalate a pressure campaign aimed at forcing the United States to accept North Korea as a nuclear power and negotiating economic and security concessions from a position of strength. \u2014 Kim Tong-hyung, Anchorage Daily News , 7 June 2022",
"Tensions and obsessions escalate until it is revealed that one of the competitors is dead and the police suspect murder. \u2014 Nick Vivarelli, Variety , 31 May 2022",
"That figure can escalate quickly when one-off commissions are concerned. \u2014 Alistair Charlton, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"Similarly, the hermetic North Korea has been test-firing ballistic missiles amid a coronavirus outbreak, a possible risk to South Korea\u2019s manufacturing sector should the brinksmanship escalate . \u2014 Josh Boak, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
"Even if battlefield nukes were used, the conflict wouldn\u2019t automatically escalate into an exchange of intercontinental ballistic missiles between Russia and the West. \u2014 Stephen Fidler, WSJ , 19 May 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1944, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-051649"
},
"equitable attachment":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an attachment of debts, choses in action, or other property that cannot be attached at law or secured under statute, by injunction, or by other equitable process : an attachment effected in a suit in equity or by a court of equity"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-052229"
},
"engrail":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to indent (something, such as a heraldic ordinary) with small curves \u2014 see engrailed",
": to ornament especially with a pattern indented on the edge",
": to carve in intaglio",
": roughen",
": to cause to appear serrated"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u0307n\u02c8gr\u0101l",
"en-",
""
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English engrelen , from Middle French engresler , from en- en- entry 1 + gresle, graisle slender, from Latin gracilis ",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-052345"
},
"eulogium":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": eulogy"
],
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"y\u00fc-\u02c8l\u014d-j\u0113-\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[
"accolade",
"citation",
"commendation",
"dithyramb",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"homage",
"hymn",
"paean",
"panegyric",
"salutation",
"tribute"
],
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"examples":[
"on the centennial of its completion, the building received the greatest possible eulogium : it remains a unique achievement in architectural design"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Medieval Latin",
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"1621, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-052939"
},
"earnings":{
"type":[
"noun plural",
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": something (such as wages) earned",
": the balance of revenue after deduction of costs and expenses",
": money received as wages or gained as profit",
": something (as wages or dividends) earned as compensation for labor or the use of capital",
": the balance of revenue for a specified period that remains after deducting related costs and expenses incurred \u2014 compare profit"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0259r-ni\u014bz",
"\u02c8\u0259r-ni\u014bz"
],
"synonyms":[
"gain(s)",
"income",
"incoming(s)",
"proceeds",
"profit",
"return",
"revenue",
"yield"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"During the last Disney earnings call it was revealed that Hotstar had over 50 million paying subscribers, or some 35% of Disney+\u2019s worldwide subscriber total. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 14 June 2022",
"Mark Smucker, president and CEO, said on an earnings call that the company is working with the FDA to get the Lexington facility back up and running. \u2014 Sean Mcdonnell, cleveland , 7 June 2022",
"Given all this, why is Roblox still reporting negative earnings ? \u2014 Rob Walker, Fortune , 3 June 2022",
"Online pet store Chewy surged 22% after reporting strong earnings . \u2014 Damian J. Troise, ajc , 2 June 2022",
"Rival Target painted a similar picture during its most recent earnings call, saying shoppers were holding back on nonessential purchases home goods, furniture, TVs and kitchen appliances. \u2014 Parija Kavilanz, CNN , 2 June 2022",
"In tandem with the deal, Broadcom released its quarterly results, reporting earnings of $2.59 billion on $8.1 billion in sales. \u2014 Aaron Tilley, WSJ , 26 May 2022",
"Netflix revealed its advertising plans during its quarterly earnings call April 19. \u2014 Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 May 2022",
"After reporting first-quarter earnings that fell well short of analysts' forecasts, Target shares dropped 25% on Tuesday, its largest single-day decline since 1987. \u2014 Benzinga, Detroit Free Press , 21 May 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-053041"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
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": shaken by earthquakes : subject to earthquakes"
],
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"-kt"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-053423"
},
"entryway":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a passage for entrance"
],
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"\u02c8en-tr\u0113-\u02ccw\u0101"
],
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"entranceway",
"entry",
"foyer",
"hall",
"hallway",
"lobby",
"vestibule"
],
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"examples":[
"a small entryway to receive visitors",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Artists, filmmakers, designers, writers and more have walked through its bright-yellow entryway to indulge in cocktails and French fare. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 20 May 2022",
"Behind it, a floor-to-ceiling wall filled with beveled glass reflects the villa's dramatic entryway . \u2014 Dan Koday, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022",
"Every few minutes a couple or a family would walk past 21 white paper bags, each containing a candle, that lined the entryway . \u2014 Claire Bryan, San Antonio Express-News , 27 May 2022",
"The former Fredicktown High School football player had officially found the entryway into the art world. \u2014 John Canale, cleveland , 23 May 2022",
"Board games were piled next to the fireplace, shoes strewn about the entryway . \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"Some conservative lawmakers worry Ireland\u2019s decision to lift visa requirements for Ukrainians after the Russian invasion could create another entryway for those who don\u2019t meet British security checks or who are awaiting British visas. \u2014 Rachel Pannett, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
"The piano nobile\u2019s entryway has wall decorations inspired by the princess\u2019s family coat-of-arms. \u2014 J.s. Marcus, WSJ , 11 May 2022",
"One person set it up as a sleek storage solution for bathroom essentials, another used it as a home for their succulents, and a separate buyer even designated it as a front entryway shoe rack. \u2014 Melissa Epifano, PEOPLE.com , 8 May 2022"
],
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"1746, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-053701"
},
"excretory":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or functioning in excretion",
": of or relating to excretion : used in excreting",
": of, relating to, or functioning in excretion"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ek-skr\u0259-\u02cct\u022fr-\u0113",
"\u02c8ek-skr\u0259-\u02cct\u022fr-\u0113",
"\u02c8ek-skr\u0259-\u02cct\u014dr-\u0113, -\u02cct\u022fr-"
],
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"circa 1681, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-054222"
},
"exaction":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act or process of exacting",
": extortion",
": something exacted",
": a fee, reward, or contribution demanded or levied with severity or injustice"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8zak-sh\u0259n"
],
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"history_and_etymology":"Middle English exaccioun, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French exaccion, borrowed from Latin ex\u0101cti\u014dn-, ex\u0101cti\u014d \"driving out, demanding of payment,\" from exigere \"to drive out, enforce payment of or the performance of (a task)\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at exact entry 1 ",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-054515"
},
"extremophile":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an organism that lives under extreme environmental conditions (as in a hot spring or ice cap)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8str\u0113-m\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b(-\u0259)l"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Out of more than 1,000 different extremophile species gathered from those sites, the team managed to grow just 31 in the lab. \u2014 Brianne Palmer, Scientific American , 21 July 2021",
"Orphan\u2019s work with extremophiles \u2014 organisms that survive under extreme conditions like high pressure or a complete lack of sunlight \u2014 could shed light on the origins of life on Earth and the potential for life on other worlds, among other things. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Apr. 2020",
"Some organisms\u2014 extremophiles \u2014have adapted to live life in these severe environments. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 29 Dec. 2019",
"One major factor that many extremophiles share is their ability to tolerate or even feed off of methane instead of oxygen or carbon dioxide, like methanotrophs, which are bacteria that eat methane and release oxygen as a byproduct. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 21 Nov. 2019",
"The overall family of extremophiles that live on or despite radiation includes both fungi and bacteria, and different species have different mechanisms for absorbing or tolerating radiation. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 6 Feb. 2020",
"These extremophiles can also be found in highly salty or highly acidic environments. \u2014 Robin George Andrews, New York Times , 1 Nov. 2019",
"But one of the new nematodes from the genus Auanema did reproduce in the lab, which will provide researchers a new model extremophile to work with. \u2014 Jason Daley, Smithsonian , 1 Oct. 2019",
"The star ingredients in Nature in a Jar, which is billed specifically to address fatigued, sensitive and dry skin, are extremophile desert plants (aka succulents), including agave, jojoba, cactus, and prickly pear oil. \u2014 Rebecca Dancer, Allure , 13 Dec. 2019"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1989, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-060138"
},
"enthuse":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make enthusiastic",
": to express with enthusiasm",
": to show enthusiasm"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8th\u00fcz",
"en-",
"also"
],
"synonyms":[
"drool",
"effuse",
"fuss",
"gush",
"rave",
"rhapsodize",
"slobber"
],
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"examples":[
"\u201cThis dinner is wonderful!\u201d he enthused .",
"His presentation failed to enthuse the committee.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Instead of infuriating and alienating web users, companies can enthuse , engage and delight them. \u2014 Michael Adair, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"Analysts say earnings of Indian corporates in the December quarter so far have failed to enthuse . \u2014 Mimansa Verma, Quartz , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Feel free to extemporize, enthuse and connect with people, rather than overwork the data. \u2014 Palena Neale, Forbes , 26 Oct. 2021",
"The judges are slightly lukewarm about the tango, though all of them enthuse that Jimmie has a lot of potential. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Sep. 2021",
"But the birth-order effect seems to particularly enthuse and preoccupy us. \u2014 Lynn Berger, Time , 13 Apr. 2021",
"Either way, there is a paradox emerging: while old established, bricks and mortar businesses enthuse about remote working, tech companies are rushing to put down roots, perhaps while office space is going cheap. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 12 Mar. 2021",
"His challenge will be to enthuse his conservative base to reelect the state\u2019s two incumbent senators, David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler. \u2014 Victor Davis Hanson, National Review , 26 Nov. 2020",
"And Ms Warren, especially, has a raft of detailed policy ideas that could enthuse large numbers of Democrats. \u2014 A.r. | Chicago, The Economist , 10 July 2019"
],
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"1827, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-060523"
},
"encased knot":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a dead or loose knot or portion of a branch partially or entirely embedded in the bole of a tree"
],
"pronounciation":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":" encased from past participle of encase ",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-061426"
},
"enteral":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": enteric",
": enteric"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8en-t\u0259-r\u0259l",
"\u02c8ent-\u0259-r\u0259l"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1905, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-061545"
},
"eat out of someone's hand":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
": to be completely controlled by someone"
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"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-062049"
},
"eruct":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": belch",
": belch"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8r\u0259kt",
"i-\u02c8r\u0259kt"
],
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"belch",
"disgorge",
"eject",
"erupt",
"expel",
"jet",
"spew",
"spout",
"spurt"
],
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"examples":[
"he suddenly snapped and began eructing his repressed anger"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin eructare , frequentative of erugere to belch, disgorge; akin to Old English rocettan to belch, Greek ereugesthai ",
"first_known_use":[
"1596, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-062406"
},
"entreating":{
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently",
": to deal with : treat",
": to make an earnest request : plead",
": negotiate",
": intercede",
": to ask in a serious and urgent way"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8tr\u0113t",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8tr\u0113t"
],
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"appeal (to)",
"beg",
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"besiege",
"conjure",
"impetrate",
"implore",
"importune",
"petition",
"plead (to)",
"pray",
"solicit",
"supplicate"
],
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"examples":[
"I entreat you to help me.",
"she began her letter by entreating me to forgive the belatedness of her reply",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Kimmel entreated viewers to vote Trump out of office in November, but also went further, attempting to grapple with the larger issues of racial injustice at play. \u2014 Tyler Aquilina, EW.com , 30 May 2020",
"At climate rallies, Granett entreats strangers to keep it terrestrial. \u2014 Alex Davies, Wired , 1 Apr. 2020",
"Over the past three years, priests, bishops, and Pope Francis have condemned U.S. immigration policy under the Trump Administration and entreated Catholics around the world to stand up for the rights of migrants. \u2014 Time , 7 Jan. 2020",
"Those things are forbidden, as entreating the angels with prayer. \u2014 Jake Cline, Washington Post , 17 Sep. 2019",
"In the developing movie (based on the 2019 sequel to Ahern's original work) Holly's sister Ciara entreats her to share her touching story with the world on a podcast. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 13 Feb. 2020",
"Or Tinkerbell, a sassy alpha sprite who in a burst of feminist solidarity entreats her sisters to a call for girl power? \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Jan. 2020",
"Kahn entreats the reader on the first page of her biography. \u2014 Vogue , 6 Nov. 2019",
"Trump entreated black voters at numerous whistle stops. \u2014 Deroy Murdock, National Review , 9 Aug. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English entreten , from Anglo-French entreter , from en- + treter to treat",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 2a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-063014"
},
"extracranial":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": situated or occurring outside the cranium",
": situated or occurring outside the cranium"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccek-str\u0259-\u02c8kr\u0101-n\u0113-\u0259l",
"-\u02c8kr\u0101-n\u0113-\u0259l"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1884, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-063243"
},
"equalizer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that equalizes : such as",
": a score that ties a game",
": an electronic device (as in a sound-reproducing system) used to adjust response to different audio frequencies"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0113-kw\u0259-\u02ccl\u012b-z\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[
"He scored the equalizer in the 60th minute.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sacramento took an early lead on Rodrigo L\u00f3pez\u2019s goal in the fourth minute, but the Galaxy were gifted the equalizer 14 minutes later when Republic defender Conor Donovan accidentally headed in an Efra\u00edn \u00c1lvarez corner kick. \u2014 Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
"The Warriors didn't allow a single goal in the final quarter, giving enough time for McNulty to cut the lead in half and Klein to score the equalizer with 3:55 left in regulation to force overtime. \u2014 Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press , 11 June 2022",
"United beat Wigan 2-0 away thanks to goals by Cristiano Ronaldo and Ryan Giggs, while Chelsea could only draw at Bolton 1-1 after conceding a late equalizer . \u2014 Steve Douglas, ajc , 19 May 2022",
"Fall was the hero of the previous contest between these two teams, scoring a late equalizer in stoppage time to draw that early-season match, 1-1. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 May 2022",
"Oshie\u2019s go-ahead goal came not long afterward, and Florida never got the equalizer . \u2014 Tim Reynolds, Sun Sentinel , 4 May 2022",
"This seems highly plausible social media has become a great equalizer for many aspiring business owners. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 4 June 2022",
"The Lions felt aggrieved following several calls in those final 45 minutes, including a second yellow card to Rodrigo Schlegel in the 60th minute and the last corner of the game that led to Austin FC\u2019s equalizer . \u2014 Austin David, Orlando Sentinel , 22 May 2022",
"Smith made a couple strong saves as the Flames pressed for the equalizer and Evander Kane scored an empty-net goal. \u2014 Mike Brehm, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1792, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-064052"
},
"enlard":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": lard"
],
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-064106"
},
"emoluments clause":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a clause in Article 1, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution that prohibits federal officeholders from accepting any present, emolument , office, or title from any foreign state or its rulers or representatives",
": a clause in Article 2, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution that prohibits the president from receiving any emolument from the federal government or from any state other than the compensation Section 1 provides for service as chief executive"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1906, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-064227"
},
"entrench":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to place within or surround with a trench especially for defense",
": to place (oneself) in a strong defensive position",
": to establish solidly",
": to cut into : furrow",
": to erode downward so as to form a trench",
": to dig or occupy a trench for defensive purposes",
": to enter upon or take over something unfairly, improperly, or unlawfully : encroach"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8trench",
"en-"
],
"synonyms":[
"bed",
"embed",
"imbed",
"enroot",
"fix",
"impact",
"implant",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"lodge",
"root"
],
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"dislodge",
"root (out)",
"uproot"
],
"examples":[
"officials who have tried to entrench themselves in office",
"a father who entrenched in our minds the belief that hard work pays off",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For the past six years the Annecy Animation Film Festival has looked to entrench VR producers within the global animation community. \u2014 Ben Croll, Variety , 12 June 2022",
"Instead, tech monopolies use their power to further entrench their dominance by capitalizing off of users' personal data and ignoring privacy rights. \u2014 Evan Greer For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 10 May 2022",
"Russian forces and their local proxies, meanwhile, have tried to entrench their hold on Melitopol. \u2014 Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"The city has never looked better, especially since the disruptive gash of construction to entrench the center\u2019s tram system is now gone. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Each shooting seems to entrench everyone's respective convictions. \u2014 Paul Leblanc, CNN , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The ultimate aim was to entrench a new communist social order in Italy as comprehensively as the church had entrenched Roman Catholicism over the course of centuries. \u2014 Thomas Meaney, The New Republic , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Enjoy the scenic grounds and entrench yourself in its rich history. \u2014 Shirley Macfarland, cleveland , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Whether the management uses the poison pill for the benefit of the shareholders or to entrench themselves ultimately depends on the board. \u2014 Amiyatosh Purnanandam, Forbes , 18 Apr. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1548, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-064824"
},
"explicans":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the meaning of a word or an expression"
],
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"\u02c8ekspl\u0259\u02cckanz"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"New Latin, from Latin, present participle of explicare ",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-070218"
},
"egg parasite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": any of numerous small hymenopterons that develop within the eggs of other insects"
],
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"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-071351"
},
"endosarc":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the central usually semifluid part of the protoplasm of some unicellular organisms (such as amoebas) : endoplasm"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8end\u0259\u02ccs\u00e4rk"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":" end- + -sarc ",
"first_known_use":[],
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": feeling or showing envy",
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"\u02c8en-v\u0113-\u0259s",
"\u02c8en-v\u0113-\u0259s"
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"a family that is envious of their neighbors' big house",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And if that's not fancy enough for you, there's also another figurine that'll truly make any diehard Moon Knight fan envious . \u2014 Milan Polk, Men's Health , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The Warriors\u2019 efforts Wednesday revived the old rumblings from around the envious league that the Warriors are soft. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 May 2022",
"Ignelzi\u2019s sequence of photos got nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and drew envious grumbles from other newspaper photographers in town. \u2014 John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 May 2022",
"The feeling of triumph extended to employees across the board, who benefited from massive spending budgets and envious compensation packages buoyed by high salaries and lucrative stock options. \u2014 J. Clara Chan, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Apr. 2022",
"On the contrary, his first 15 months in office have produced an envious record of relief, recovery and reform \u2013 to borrow a slogan from the New Deal. \u2014 John Zogby, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"It\u2019s the kind of show that also takes us along for the ride, keeping us entertained but also envious of everyone\u2019s wealth, luxuries, status, and privilege along the way. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Her party scenes play out the inevitable clash: youth and money, mutually envious . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Five words to describe Jafar? Mercurial; malevolent; jealous (not to be confused with envious ); vain; and self-important. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Jan. 2022"
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": environmentalist"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Watkins wrote two brilliant books before this \u2014 the otherworldly good story collection Battleborn and a terrifying enviro -novel, Gold Fame Citrus \u2014 but this is the work that should put her on the map. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, Vulture , 15 Dec. 2021",
"In a bad way, a very bad way, the Huntington Beach oil spill is the enviro -disaster equivalent of the giant panda. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Oct. 2021",
"The foot soldiers of enviro -imperialism are confident in the righteousness of their cause. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 20 July 2021",
"Watch enviro -films and join discussions during EarthX 2021 events. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2021",
"But Baker just gave enviros a reason to celebrate \u2014 and to join him at a press conference. \u2014 Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com , 3 Apr. 2018",
"Curiously absent, as noticed by enviros , is the lack of revenue expected from a cap-and-trade program to cut greenhouse-gas emissions. \u2014 Newsweek , 14 Mar. 2018",
"By putting his boot on the neck of China, NAFTA, enviros , immigrant labor, liberal elites, etc. \u2014 Michelle Cottle, The Atlantic , 31 July 2017",
"Enviros who also don\u2019t walk the walk but enjoy their AC, Labrador, hamburgers etc. \u2014 Jon Caldara, The Denver Post , 9 June 2017"
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"1987, in the meaning defined above"
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"noun",
"verb"
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": to influence by or as if by charms and incantation : bewitch",
": to attract and move deeply : rouse to ecstatic admiration",
": to put under a spell by or as if by magic : bewitch",
": to please greatly : delight"
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"in-\u02c8chant",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8chant"
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"allure",
"beguile",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"fascinate",
"kill",
"magnetize",
"wile",
"witch"
],
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"examples":[
"The book has enchanted children for almost a century.",
"The beauty of the place enchants .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Opening this latest Fox date is the War and Treaty, the Michigan husband-wife duo who enchant with their organic R&B. \u2014 Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Ivy Getty is no stranger to high fashion\u2014see her wedding for further proof\u2014but still, the magic of Paris Fashion Week can enchant even the most jaded among us. \u2014 Sarah Spellings, Vogue , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Perhaps the most quintessential escape for New Yorkers, the Catskill Mountains are a stunning series of rolling, forested hills ready to enchant you with big vistas and quirky mountain towns. \u2014 Emily Pennington, Outside Online , 26 Aug. 2021",
"If the location of Four Seasons Resort Maui doesn\u2019t enchant enough, the artwork certainly will. \u2014 Beck Bamberger, Forbes , 24 Oct. 2021",
"The lunar landscape, the dusty village with its dark, smoky interiors, the eerily placid sea shimmering marvelously in the moonlight \u2014 the film\u2019s textures, all shot in black-and-white, enchant us with their spectral beauty. \u2014 Bilge Ebiri, Vulture , 10 July 2021",
"Eric also revealed that Loki and Sylvie joining hands to enchant Alioth in episode 5 arrived late in the game. \u2014 Chancellor Agard, EW.com , 9 July 2021",
"Although the witch has the ability to enchant people, there\u2019s no sign of her physical form beyond a few flashbacks. \u2014 Danielle Broadway, Los Angeles Times , 2 July 2021",
"The flaws of each character will surprise and perhaps even enchant you \u2014 and only a clairvoyant could anticipate the book\u2019s ending. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2021"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"noun"
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": inductive verification of a universal proposition by enumeration and examination of all the instances to which it applies"
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"adverb"
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": energetic"
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": to enclose in or as if in a capsule",
": epitomize , summarize",
": to become encapsulated",
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": to become encapsulated"
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"wrap up"
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"The contaminated material should be encapsulated and removed.",
"can you encapsulate the president's speech in about a paragraph?",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Few phrases encapsulate the ethos of investing as well as this. \u2014 Ilona Limonta-volkova, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"The Oregon coastline is pure magic, and few stretches encapsulate its allure more than the Three Capes Scenic Loop. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 23 May 2022",
"As the dreamy name implies, the Wish will encapsulate everything true fairy tale fans adore. \u2014 Brie Schwartz, Woman's Day , 11 May 2022",
"How did those lines encapsulate the experience of playing Wendy in this last act? \u2014 Nojan Aminosharei, Harper's BAZAAR , 5 May 2022",
"His writings on growing up as a first-generation Korean American in Atlanta perfectly encapsulate the push and pull between these cultural identities. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The choice, which then becomes part of the institution's far-reaching collection, is meant to encapsulate the prevailing mood of fashion, represent the past year and capture the imagination. \u2014 Jacopo Prisco, CNN , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Designer Richard Mier\u2019s and charity Perennial wanted to encapsulate the pleasure that gardens can give \u2013 like a gift of love. \u2014 Angelina Villa-clarke, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
"With raving 5-star reviews, the fragrance highlights the top note of bergamot, a middle note of clary sage, and a base note of patchouli to encapsulate a uniquely fresh scent. \u2014 Rolling Stone , 20 May 2022"
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"idiom"
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"ig-\u02c8zak-t\u0259-\u02cct\u00fcd",
"-\u02ccty\u00fcd"
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"accurateness",
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"exactness",
"fineness",
"nicety",
"perfection",
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"precision",
"rigor",
"rigorousness",
"ultraprecision",
"veracity"
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"imprecision",
"inaccuracy",
"inexactitude",
"inexactness",
"roughness"
],
"examples":[
"after its opening weekend, a movie's final box office gross can be estimated with considerable exactitude",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Alex Perry manages to reconstruct a multi-day standoff and escape attempt with cinematic exactitude , folding in centuries of context and colonialism to create a marathon piece that leaves you exhausted in more ways than one. \u2014 Longreads , 1 June 2022",
"Given the exactitude of Sondheim\u2019s music, exact rhyme is essential to snap his word into place, where Joni Mitchell can croon right past it. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"Shooting on location in Northern Ireland, the production built numerous outdoor sets that were striking in their exactitude . \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Now a team of researchers has addressed this ongoing controversy with a degree of mathematical exactitude . \u2014 Viviane Callier, Scientific American , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Such exactitude belies the fact that Lissoni likes to change his mind. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Reis moves with the exactitude of a ballet dancer: Her swift punches are followed by elegant dodges; the grunts and groans adopt a strange musicality. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Predicting the first round of the NFL draft more than three months before it's scheduled tends to be an exercise based more in impressionism than exactitude . \u2014 Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY , 13 Jan. 2022",
"The comb story was part of a larger narrative about the senator\u2019s treatment of her staff, which Klobuchar bravely tried to spin into evidence of her exactitude . \u2014 New York Times , 27 Dec. 2021"
],
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"1734, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-090832"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": envenomation",
": a poisoning caused by a bite or sting"
],
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"in-\u02ccve-n\u0259-m\u0259-\u02c8z\u0101-sh\u0259n",
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"noun"
],
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],
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"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a rough tufted tall Hawaiian grass ( Eragrostis variabilis )"
],
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"\u02cc\u0101m\u0259\u02c8l\u014d\u0259",
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],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The whole thing works magnificently, allowing Gray to essentially be his own eulogist . \u2014 Tim Grierson, Vulture , 7 July 2021",
"In an era when political differences have metastasized into tribal warfare, at least 74 million voters turned to a figure who has become known as the eulogist in chief for his empathy and friendships with Republicans and Democrats alike. \u2014 Jonathan Martin, New York Times , 7 Nov. 2020",
"The pop culture account posted about an unsubstantiated claim that an $80 million bounty had been set for President Trump (something apparently proposed by one eulogist at the funeral for Iranian Maj. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Jan. 2020",
"Amy Harris/Invision, via Associated Press Last year, Juice WRLD emerged as SoundCloud rap\u2019s best hope, and also its eulogist . \u2014 Jon Caramanica, New York Times , 9 Dec. 2019",
"Like one of the official eulogists said Saturday, Hayden Fry taught his players how to live. \u2014 Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News , 25 Jan. 2020",
"But the bounty to kill Mr. Trump is not an official threat from the Iranian government \u2014 it was merely suggested by a eulogist during Soleimani's funeral, according to Al Arabia. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 6 Jan. 2020",
"In the age of oversharing, even grieving has gone viral, and social media has turned everyone into a hot-winded eulogist . \u2014 Bob Morris, Town & Country , 6 Aug. 2019",
"Obama is reportedly expected to be one of the eulogists at McCain\u2019s funeral service. \u2014 Emily Stewart, Vox , 26 Aug. 2018"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-094109"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
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": even sense 7",
": without odds or a handicap being granted by either side in a bet or competition"
],
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"\""
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"noun",
"verb"
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": to wrap or twist together : interweave",
": ensnare",
": to involve in a perplexing or troublesome situation",
": to make complicated",
": to make tangled or confused",
": to catch in a tangle"
],
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"in-\u02c8ta\u014b-g\u0259l",
"en-",
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"intertwine",
"intertwist",
"interweave",
"knot",
"snarl",
"tangle"
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"unsnarl",
"untangle",
"untwine",
"untwist"
],
"examples":[
"in the process of taking down the Christmas tree, we managed to entangle the string of lights into a hopeless mess of wires",
"the young runaway gradually became entangled in a web of lies",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Waters free from whalers now brim with ships that strike them, and ropes that entangle them. \u2014 Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News , 22 Apr. 2022",
"School districts have shared concerns that the new state law could entangle them in a legal fight over differing interpretations of the law. \u2014 Stephen Gruber-miller And Ian Richardson, USA TODAY , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Football is over, and baseball has none of the exposure to international politics that entangle the NBA with China or the NHL with Russian players. \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Birds, fish and whales are unlikely to suffer much harm from the Block Island wind farm, but no one knows how a thousand turbines might affect those creatures, especially floating turbines, whose cables could potentially entangle large whales. \u2014 Elizabeth Royte, Smithsonian Magazine , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Few other platforms in the U.S. arsenal have done more to irreversibly entangle the U.S. in alliance structures that are, today, proving their value in standing tall against creeping authoritarianism. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Successful negotiations, however, could improve views of China as a responsible global leader, while failure could further entangle it in the centuries-old security disputes of Europe. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The crisis has threatened to entangle countries far beyond Eastern Europe, including Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, whose airlines have been accused of playing into Mr. Lukashenko\u2019s hands by flying migrants to Minsk, the Belarusian capital. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Once the saw pierces the outer fabric, the chain tears into the synthetic fibers below, which so thoroughly entangle the chain and its sprocket that both are stopped dead in their tracks. \u2014 Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics , 11 Nov. 2021"
],
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"noun"
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"earthquake insurance":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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"idiom"
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"adjective"
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"definitions":[
": of or relating to a church"
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"e-\u02c8kl\u0113-"
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"ecclesiastical"
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],
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"the elongation of artificial fibers in the manufacturing process",
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"And forced bacteria to survive only by using this particular ancient elongation protein. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 1 June 2022",
"This elongation makes distant objects appear blurred. \u2014 Emily Mullin, Wired , 30 Mar. 2022",
"On Thursday, the National Park Service announced that the blossom buds reached their fourth stage out of six: peduncle elongation . \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Last year, peak bloom occurred just four days after the peduncle elongation stage because of exceptionally warm temperatures in the 70s and 80s. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Since the arms are not completely preserved, the authors acknowledge that the elongation might just be an artifact; more fossil specimens are needed to confirm this. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 8 Mar. 2022",
"In 2017, a prolonged and bitter cold spell befell the Washington region in mid-March when the buds were already between stage 4, peduncle elongation , and 5 (puffy white), following the warmest February on record and a mild start to March. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Just 30 days after being born, doctors attempted to remove a birthmark and correct an elongation of his left arm and leg with radiation. \u2014 Daniel I. Dorfman, chicagotribune.com , 17 Feb. 2022",
"The cinematography highlighted the levels: Camera angles \u2014 close pans and crops \u2014 emphasized the elongation of the hair. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Oct. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The evidentiary portion of Doughty\u2019s trial lasted less than two full days. \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 24 June 2022",
"What has gotten press coverage is that the prosecutors are using the rappers\u2019 lyrics against them in an evidentiary manner. \u2014 Josh Wilson, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"The questionable testimony from Billiot came on the second day of an evidentiary hearing on those motions in open court. \u2014 Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune , 17 May 2022",
"In the filing, Tully asks for there to be an evidentiary hearing where attorneys can question multiple forensic examiners, FBI special agents involved in the case, two federal prosecutors, two witnesses and others. \u2014 Sonia Moghe, CNN , 3 May 2022",
"In a March 15 evidentiary hearing in front of the Foreign Affairs Committee, called in the wake of the invasion, witnesses and members of parliament discussed the novel use of privacy laws by oligarchs. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Mar. 2022",
"It\u2019s a stock market theory that is more self-fulfilling than evidentiary . \u2014 Jon Markman, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"One Massachusetts exoneree, Gary Cifizzari, served 35 years for a conviction based entirely on the comparison of bitemarks \u2014 an evidentiary technique that is no longer considered scientifically sound. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Under criminal procedures, prosecutors may oppose Cunningham\u2019s request, and Judge Robert Wilbrandt would consider whether to dismiss it or hold an evidentiary hearing, according to Illinois Legal Aid Online. \u2014 Robert Mccoppin, chicagotribune.com , 4 Apr. 2022"
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"noun"
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": an act of ejaculating",
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": something ejaculated",
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"i-\u02ccja-ky\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101-sh\u0259n",
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"He was greeted with ejaculations of surprise.",
"uttered a profane ejaculation upon stubbing his toe in the dark",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The average volume of the semen which gets ejaculated is between 2 to 5 ml, with each ejaculation containing 200 to 300 million sperms. \u2014 Sophie Saint Thomas, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"Vasectomies don\u2019t lead to sterility or changes in ejaculation (other than the lack of sperm), and can often be reversed. \u2014 Annalisa Merelli, Quartz , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Around the time omicron panic set in, the On/Go at-home tests appeared on Roman\u2019s website, improbably grafted in between medications for hair loss and premature ejaculation . \u2014 Molly Osberg, The New Republic , 28 Dec. 2021",
"One form of male sterilization that is better known than the rest is the vasectomy, a procedure which blocks the vas deferens, the tubes that carry sperm during ejaculation . \u2014 Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Say goodbye to premature ejaculation with ProSolution Plus. \u2014 Norcal Marketing Llc, Chron , 4 Feb. 2021",
"The two steps of insertion and ejaculation can take no more than a five-count in some species. \u2014 Emily Willingham, Wired , 22 Sep. 2020",
"Today, practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine sell antler velvet soups and powders to treat ailments ranging from back pain and anemia to premature ejaculation . \u2014 Alec Luhn, National Geographic , 12 Aug. 2020",
"One company, called Morari, showed off a prototype of a perineum patch that is supposed to help those who struggle with premature ejaculation . \u2014 Lauren Goode, Wired , 8 Jan. 2020"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-130354"
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"adjective or noun"
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": concerned with the individual rather than society",
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": limited in outlook or concern to one's own activities or needs",
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": limited in outlook or concern to one's own activities or needs",
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"\u02cc\u0113-g\u014d-\u02c8sen-trik",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Selling Up Instead Of Supporting Down Micromanaging, empire-building, selling up instead of supporting down and generally being egocentric in your leadership approach creates a toxic culture. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Roman\u2019s pedagogy, on the other hand, is proudly egocentric . \u2014 Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 13 Dec. 2021",
"Demanding new coach and egocentric crew captain immediately clash? \u2014 Joe Leydon, Variety , 28 Oct. 2021",
"By decreasing blood flow to the brain\u2019s default mode network, verbal planning and egocentric behavior are lessened. \u2014 Natan Ponieman, Forbes , 12 Oct. 2021",
"Frank came off as pompous, long-winded and egocentric . \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Sep. 2021",
"The biggest threat to their reputation is being seen as elitist or egocentric or a bad boss \u2014 the traits most associated with the old guard of magazine editors. \u2014 New York Times , 1 July 2021",
"And that vision was not egocentric , self-centered or nationalistic. \u2014 David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 June 2021",
"In a legal career that lasted more than four decades, Bailey was seen as arrogant, egocentric and contemptuous of authority. \u2014 Mark Pratt, USA TODAY , 4 June 2021"
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"1551, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-134403"
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"a scholar of remarkable erudition",
"a theologian of impressive erudition but with a down-to-earth manner",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Known for his entertaining and often searing punditry, Harvard law grad Mystal here guides readers through the US Constitution with equal parts wit, erudition , and a ferocious fervor for all of us to understand and fight for our rights. \u2014 Hanif Abdurraqib, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"For all its density of detail and flourish of erudition , the book falls short of its promise to make a truly original case that Britain\u2019s geography has been its destiny\u2014any more than geography has been Japan\u2019s, to name another proud island-nation. \u2014 Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
"Miranda\u2019s instinct for the balance between erudition and entertainment is a template well worth taking purposefully to heart. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Apr. 2022",
"These engrossing novels, written with an effortless erudition , were also a proving ground for Tynianov\u2019s theories, demonstrating how literature emerges from the web of everyday life and is transformed by the movement of history. \u2014 Sophie Pinkham, The New York Review of Books , 29 Apr. 2021",
"In bringing many obscure sources to light, Mr. Holton, a professor of history at the University of South Carolina and the author of an acclaimed biography of Abigail Adams, demonstrates an impressive range of erudition . \u2014 Adam Rowe, WSJ , 14 Jan. 2022",
"The erudition on Projector can be pretty staggering. \u2014 Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone , 28 Oct. 2021",
"Every issue was filled with this kind of erudition , and an attendant beauty, which made the magazine\u2019s disappearance all the more spectacular. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Their characters are both pompous, which gives the actors countless opportunities to display absurd erudition and flagrant self-regard \u2014 and make fun of them at the same time. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 Aug. 2021"
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"noun"
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": a poem in elegiac couplets",
": a song or poem expressing sorrow or lamentation especially for one who is dead",
": something (such as a speech) resembling such a song or poem",
": a pensive or reflective poem that is usually nostalgic or melancholy",
": a short pensive musical composition"
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"threnody"
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"\u201cO Captain! My Captain!\u201d is Walt Whitman's elegy on the death of President Lincoln",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"David Cronenberg\u2019s dystopian film could double as an elegy to the entertainment industry itself. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 2 June 2022",
"Hugh's adaptation is an elegy on love and perseverance, mostly told through the lens of resilient women. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Visual flourishes and a Fellini-esque menagerie of larger-than-life characters combine in an elegy to the city and the director's youth -- one defined by a tragedy that set Sorrentino on his path. \u2014 Thomas Page, CNN , 24 Mar. 2022",
"As a video clip to accompany an elegy , the utterance would almost be too perfect. \u2014 Laura King, Los Angeles Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
"For a band whose polyrhythms and headiness really do require musicians to have and use math skills, Fripp\u2019s elegy comes close enough to feeling like love. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Maggie Gyllenhaal's directorial debut, The Lost Daughter, is an elegy on maternal ambivalence. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Her essay is also an elegy for the natural world and our appreciation of it. \u2014 Longreads , 4 Jan. 2022",
"But there\u2019s also a breathtaking elegy to the grove, which was eventually clear-cut: a majestic chandelier of neon green paracord from which dangle still-fragrant woodchip remains. \u2014 Lori Waxman, chicagotribune.com , 18 Dec. 2021"
],
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"Latin elegia poem in elegiac couplets, from Greek elegeia, elegeion , from elegos song of mourning"
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"noun"
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"noun"
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"noun"
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": church mode"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-141926"
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": ornamented with or formed by decorative needlework",
": ornamented with embroidery"
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism",
": of, relating to, or suited to an epicure",
": a follower of Epicurus",
": epicure sense 1"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce-pi-kyu\u0307-\u02c8r\u0113-\u0259n",
"-\u02c8kyu\u0307r-\u0113-"
],
"synonyms":[
"bon vivant",
"epicure",
"gastronome",
"gastronomist",
"gourmand",
"gourmet"
],
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"examples":[
"Adjective",
"a person of epicurean tastes",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Olvera is among many chefs lately teaming up with cannabis brands to bring a more epicurean edge to the edibles market, a smokeless industry that\u2019s seen an increase in sales since the COVID-19 pandemic began. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Over at the historic Hotel Jerome, a curated epicurean passport stay is being offered to guests who want a full-on gastro experience. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 3 June 2022",
"The name gianduiotto is thought to come from carnival figure Gianduja, a jolly wine-loving peasant, popular in the 1800s, who embodied the epicurean nature of locals. \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 5 May 2022",
"In the S\u00e1mi hub of Jokkmokk, the reindeer herder and specialty meat purveyor works closely with Eva Gunnare, a local forager and cultural guide to bring guests on an epicurean journey. \u2014 Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure , 4 Mar. 2022",
"The menu presents an appealing hybrid of old-world traditions\u2014Mayan healing stones, clay wraps made of local herbs\u2014as well as more modern, epicurean treatments. \u2014 Jessie Heyman, Vogue , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Since Rene Redzepi and Claus Meyer converted an old warehouse into the world-class Noma restaurant in 2003, Copenhagen has gone from culinary wasteland to epicurean epicenter. \u2014 Helen Russell, CNN , 14 Dec. 2021",
"The biographer\u2019s gift lay in fusing the personal and impersonal, his experience as an art student and jobbing critic, the stoic\u2019s sense with an epicurean sensibility. \u2014 Maxwell Carter, WSJ , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Stay Here: Lucknam Park Hotel & Spa, an epicurean retreat in the nearby market town of Chippenham, offers a fantastic base for exploring Avebury, Stonehenge, and the surrounding countryside. \u2014 Jonathan Thompson, Travel + Leisure , 22 Nov. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"1561, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-142428"
},
"eat-out":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to consume the herbage from especially to excess",
": to reprimand (a person) severely",
": to eat away from home, especially at a restaurant",
": an area of marsh denuded of vegetation by the feeding of an excessive population (as of muskrats or waterfowl)"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Noun",
"eat out"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-142504"
},
"elastic bitumen":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": elaterite"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-142528"
},
"evilhearted":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": having an evil heart"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-142934"
},
"entrefer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an air gap between the armature and the field magnets of a dynamo or motor"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6\u00e4n\u2027tr\u0259\u00a6fe(\u0259)r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French, from entre- + fer iron, from Latin ferrum"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-143038"
},
"entamoeba":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": any of a genus ( Entamoeba ) of amoebas parasitic in vertebrates and including one ( E. histolytica ) that causes amebic dysentery in humans",
": a genus of amoeboid protozoans (order Amoebida) that are parasitic in the vertebrate digestive tract and especially in the intestines and that include the causative agent ( E. histolytica ) of amebic dysentery \u2014 see endamoeba",
": any protozoan of the genus Entamoeba"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccen-t\u0259-\u02c8m\u0113-b\u0259",
"\u02ccent-\u0259-\u02c8m\u0113-b\u0259, \u02c8ent-\u0259-\u02cc"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1914, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-143401"
},
"emblematical":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or constituting an emblem : symbolic , representative"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccem-bl\u0259-\u02c8ma-tik"
],
"synonyms":[
"representational",
"representative",
"symbolic",
"symbolical"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonsymbolic"
],
"examples":[
"the dove is emblematic of the organization's mission to bring some peace to a troubled world",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Activists and legal experts point to the case of Anastasio Hern\u00e1ndez-Rojas, who was fatally beaten and shot with a Taser in 2010 while being deported to Mexico, as being emblematic of what\u2019s at stake. \u2014 Wendy Fry, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"But the shift is emblematic of an indecisiveness that underlines almost everything Loot tries to do. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 21 June 2022",
"Shipley says that the film is emblematic of Safe Space\u2019s mission to amplify projects with the potential for significant, positive impact. \u2014 Addie Morfoot, Variety , 21 June 2022",
"Such incidents, Patricia said, are emblematic of a recent increase in anti-Asian hate crimes, which rose during the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 June 2022",
"These two new organizations are emblematic of the maturing of the freelance economy. \u2014 Jon Younger, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"The outcome came as little surprise to political observers, who said that while Shellenberger and Schubert made strategic flubs, the scope of their defeats is emblematic of the uphill slog independents face competing against the partisan grain. \u2014 Dustin Gardiner, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 June 2022",
"Even after Hong Kong\u2019s retrocession to Chinese control in 1997, the right to protest the Tiananmen Square massacre was emblematic of the greater freedom of speech and civil liberties that citizens of the city enjoyed. \u2014 Michael Saul Garber, Fox News , 4 June 2022",
"The arrival of McDonald\u2019s\u2014an iconic symbol of American capitalism\u2014in the Soviet Union was emblematic of a wider thaw in Soviet-American tensions. \u2014 Eloise Barry, Time , 24 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"borrowed from New Latin embl\u0113maticus, from embl\u0113mat-, embl\u0113ma emblem entry 1 + -icus -ic entry 1"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1645, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-143404"
},
"experient":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": having experience",
": a person undergoing an experience or having experience"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-nt",
"\""
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Adjective",
"Middle English, from Latin experient-, experiens , present participle of experiri to try"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-143927"
},
"Ext D&C color":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": any of the synthetic dyes that in certified batches are permitted for use only in drugs and cosmetics to be applied externally \u2014 compare d&c color , fd&c color"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8eks(t)\u02ccd\u0113\u0259n\u02ccs\u0113-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"abbreviation of external drug and cosmetic color"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-144003"
},
"encha\u00eenement":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a short series of steps in ballet comprising a phrase which can be repeated or varied"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4\u207fsh\u0101nm\u00e4\u207f",
"-shen-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French, encha\u00eenement, series, action of binding with chains, from Middle French enchainement chain, from enchainer + -ment"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-144141"
},
"effusiometer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an apparatus for determining the effusion velocities of gases and hence their densities"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"effusio n + -meter"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-144454"
},
"ext":{
"type":[
"abbreviation"
],
"definitions":[
"extension",
"exterior",
"external; externally",
"extra",
"extract",
"external",
"extract",
"extremity"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-144601"
},
"exodus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture \u2014 see Bible Table",
": a mass departure : emigration",
": the departure of a large number of people at the same time"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ek-s\u0259-d\u0259s",
"\u02c8eg-z\u0259-",
"\u02c8ek-s\u0259-d\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"gush",
"outflow",
"outpour",
"outpouring"
],
"antonyms":[
"flux",
"inflow",
"influx",
"inrush"
],
"examples":[
"the mass exodus from the cities for the beaches and the mountains on most summer weekends",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The exodus also claimed Kelley, the hard-hitting outfielder who, foreseeing an Orioles\u2019 meltdown, skedaddled to Cincinnati to be the NL team\u2019s player-manager. \u2014 Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun , 16 June 2022",
"This year's exodus of millionaires is expected to be more than nine times that of 2021, Henley & Partners' data shows. \u2014 Anna Cooban, CNN , 14 June 2022",
"The exodus is leaving behind empty streets and a silence that amplifies the dull thump of artillery exchanges just outside city limits. \u2014 Matthew Luxmoore, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
"The sanctions themselves did not drive the exodus , Blinken said. \u2014 Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
"The top-end talent exodus from the Astros over the last three years is startling. \u2014 Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
"Amid the exodus , Indian retailers have also spied an opportunity. \u2014 Mark Faithfull, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"The duo were part of the team that won the Pulitzer for covering the Rohingya exodus in 2018, and Abidi\u2019s work during the Hong Kong protests was awarded in 2020. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz , 10 May 2022",
"The deteriorating political and economic conditions are feeding the growing exodus . \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin, from Greek Exodos , literally, road out, from ex- + hodos road"
],
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-144821"
},
"endorsed bond":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a bond the payment of which is guaranteed by endorsement"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"endorsed from past participle of endorse entry 1"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-144911"
},
"eulogism":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an expression of eulogy"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u00fcl\u0259\u02ccjiz\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"eulogy + -ism"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-145020"
},
"exodontia":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a branch of dentistry that deals with the extraction of teeth",
": a branch of dentistry that deals with the extraction of teeth"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccek-s\u0259-\u02c8d\u00e4n(t)-sh(\u0113-)\u0259",
"\u02ccek-s\u0259-\u02c8d\u00e4n-ch(\u0113-)\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from ex- entry 1 + -odontia"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1913, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-145752"
},
"engraft":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to join or fasten as if by grafting",
": graft sense 1",
": graft sense 2",
": to become grafted and begin functioning normally",
": graft"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8graft",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8graft"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1549, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-150321"
},
"earmuff":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one of a pair of ear coverings connected by a flexible band and worn as protection against cold or noises",
": one of a pair of coverings joined by a flexible band and worn to protect the ears from cold or noise"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ir-\u02ccm\u0259f",
"\u02c8ir-\u02ccm\u0259f"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"wearing a pair of earmuffs",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"So electronic earmuffs , which let in normal sound but block loud noises such as gunshots, are such an advantage for shooters. \u2014 The Editors, Field & Stream , 29 Apr. 2020",
"Follow these foolproof guidelines: Parents everywhere: earmuffs . \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 10 Apr. 2020",
"If the Target in Lake Forest has a sale on earmuffs and blinders, Nagy would be wise to fill a shopping cart or two. \u2014 Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com , 31 Oct. 2019",
"But while traditional headphones block sound by using earcup designs that fully enclose your ears \u2014 like a set of earmuffs \u2014 active noise cancelling is something different entirely. \u2014 NBC News , 19 Mar. 2020",
"Prizes like electronic earmuffs , knives and fire starters were given to the best score out of 10, said Rachael Tuckett, a wildlife recreation specialist with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, which organized the event. \u2014 USA TODAY , 28 Jan. 2020",
"Today\u2019s fight over Life of Washington pits old-school lefty artists who understand the First Amendment\u2019s value in shocking the bourgeoisie against a new generation of lefties for whom history \u2014 and language \u2014 must come with earmuffs . \u2014 Will Swaim, National Review , 3 Jan. 2020",
"Toward the end of the parade route, Esprit Jones, 39, held her 7-year-old daughter, Brielle, who was wearing pink earmuffs with a unicorn horn. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Jan. 2020",
"Protecting vision and hearing at the same time is easy with a forestry helmet that includes integrated earmuffs . \u2014 The Editors, Outdoor Life , 19 Nov. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1881, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-150611"
},
"exactness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain",
": to call for as necessary or desirable",
": exhibiting or marked by strict, particular, and complete accordance with fact or a standard",
": marked by thorough consideration or minute measurement of small factual details",
": completely correct or precise : accurate",
": to demand and get by force or threat"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8zakt",
"ig-\u02c8zakt"
],
"synonyms":[
"call (for)",
"claim",
"clamor (for)",
"command",
"demand",
"enjoin",
"insist (on)",
"press (for)",
"quest",
"stipulate (for)"
],
"antonyms":[
"accurate",
"bang on",
"correct",
"dead-on",
"good",
"on-target",
"precise",
"proper",
"right",
"so",
"spot-on",
"true",
"veracious"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The move came after Martin helped energize the bench over the first half of the season, before injuries began to exact a toll. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 5 June 2022",
"This compromise is shown to exact a brutal toll in somber bookending scenes set near the end of Sassoon\u2019s life. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"As Russia continued to bombard cities across Ukraine, the war began to exact an increasing toll beyond the battlefield and inside Russia itself. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Her death underscores the heavy price the conflict continues to exact on Palestinians. \u2014 Aya Batrawy, BostonGlobe.com , 11 May 2022",
"As the fighting, now in its third week, continues to exact a grievous human toll in Ukraine with Russian troops bombarding many of the country\u2019s most populous cities, the number of those crossing into the EU has begun to slowly wane in recent days. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
"But the number of new coronavirus deaths that medical examiners are confirming remains in the double digits each day, as January\u2019s surge from the highly contagious omicron variant of the virus continues to exact a toll. \u2014 Erin Alberty, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Despite allowing Syracuse to exact revenge from its 2020 loss, the Flames have a potential first-round NFL Draft selection in quarterback Malik Willis. \u2014 Evan Dudley, al , 28 Sep. 2021",
"The numbers are estimates and not exact counts, said Ethan Chernofsky, the company\u2019s vice president of marketing. \u2014 Chase Difeliciantonio, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The artwork is estimated to be worth $5 million; however, museum officials are not yet certain of the exact amount. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 3 June 2022",
"Times journalists spent more than a year sifting through thousands of pages of archival papers, ledgers and correspondences to calculate the exact amount that Haiti paid France: $560 million in today\u2019s dollars. \u2014 New York Times , 22 May 2022",
"But with Pritzker\u2019s signature on the tax relief plan, that bump will be pushed off until Jan. 1, with the exact amount of the increase to be determined by where inflation stands at the end of September. \u2014 Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune , 19 May 2022",
"The exact amount Americans pay for insulin varies quite widely, depending on their insurance coverage and which version of the medication they\u2019re prescribed. \u2014 Jing Luo, The Conversation , 9 May 2022",
"Made to easily remove even thicker, curly hair with absolute ease, this splurge-worthy hair remover applies the exact amount of pressure needed for a smooth and thorough shave that won't irritate skin. \u2014 Isadora Baum, Allure , 5 May 2022",
"The exact amount differs according to the state of the economy. \u2014 Maria Jimenez Moya, USA TODAY , 30 Apr. 2022",
"You might be tempted to bump prices up by the exact amount of your new production costs\u2014a thoughtful move that protects the bottom line without making an unnecessary play for greater profits. \u2014 Kyle Leighton, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"However, the exact amount of time will vary depending on the individual dog and the severity of their arthritis. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Verb",
"Middle English exacten \"to require as payment,\" borrowed from Latin ex\u0101ctus, past participle of exigere \"to drive out, achieve, enforce payment of or the performance of (a task), require, inquire into, examine\" from ex- ex- entry 1 + agere \"to drive (cattle), be in motion, do, perform\" \u2014 more at agent",
"Adjective",
"borrowed from Latin ex\u0101ctus, from past participle of exigere \"to drive out, achieve, require, inquire into, examine, measure\" \u2014 more at exact entry 1"
],
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"Verb",
"1564, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adjective",
"1533, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-150831"
},
"exorbitance":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an exorbitant action or procedure",
": excessive or gross deviation from rule, right, or propriety",
": the tendency or disposition to be exorbitant"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8z\u022fr-b\u0259-t\u0259n(t)s"
],
"synonyms":[
"excess",
"excessiveness",
"immoderacy",
"immoderation",
"insobriety",
"intemperance",
"intemperateness",
"nimiety"
],
"antonyms":[
"moderateness",
"moderation",
"temperance",
"temperateness"
],
"examples":[
"an exorbitance that seemed to have been brought about by a midlife crisis"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1609, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-150906"
},
"exaggerated":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": excessively or inappropriately heightened, inflated, or overstated",
": enlarged or increased beyond the normal : greater than normal"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8za-j\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101-t\u0259d"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloated",
"hyperbolized",
"inflated",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overblown",
"overdrawn",
"overweening"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"from past participle of exaggerate"
],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1632, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-150931"
},
"eveque":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": madder violet"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0101\u02c8vek"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French \u00e9v\u00eaque bishop, from Late Latin episcopus"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-151114"
},
"exorbitancy":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": exorbitance"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-\u0259ns\u0113",
"-\u1d4an-",
"-si"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"from exorbitance , after such pairs as English elegance: elegancy"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-151317"
},
"etceteras":{
"type":[
"Latin phrase",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a number of unspecified additional persons or things",
": unspecified additional items : odds and ends",
": and others especially of the same kind : and so forth",
": and others of the same kind : and so forth : and so on"
],
"pronounciation":[
"et-\u02c8se-t\u0259-r\u0259",
"-\u02c8se-tr\u0259",
"also",
"nonstandard",
"nonstandard",
"et-\u02c8se-t\u0259-r\u0259",
"-\u02c8se-tr\u0259",
"also",
"nonstandard",
"nonstandard",
"et-\u02c8se-t\u0259-r\u0259",
"-\u02c8se-tr\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[
"notion",
"novelties",
"odds and ends",
"sundries"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin phrase",
"Latin"
],
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Latin phrase",
"12th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-151949"
},
"edental":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": edentate"
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"noun"
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": the act of enacting : the state of being enacted",
": something (such as a law) that has been enacted",
": the act of enacting : the state of being enacted",
": something (as a law) that has been enacted"
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"i-\u02c8nak(t)-m\u0259nt"
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"act",
"bill",
"constitution",
"law",
"ordinance",
"statute"
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"as a result of an enactment by Congress, this breathtaking canyon will be permanently protected from development",
"the enactment of the murder is never actually shown on screen",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As Title IX marks its 50th anniversary this year, Gilder is one of countless women who benefited from the enactment and execution of the law and translated those opportunities into becoming leaders in their professional careers. \u2014 Tim Booth, ajc , 20 June 2022",
"Since the law\u2019s enactment , the relative cost of flying has fallen by half, opening the skies to economy-boosting air traffic for many more travelers. \u2014 Glenn G. Lammi, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"While there are many steps that must take place between the agreement on a framework and the enactment of a law, this deal gives the lie to the notion that the power of the gun lobby can never be checked. \u2014 Kris Brown, CNN , 14 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",
"In the wake of Alito\u2019s leaked opinion, Democrats pleaded with Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, to release the bill\u2019s funding ahead of its July 1 enactment date. \u2014 Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun , 8 June 2022",
"The House is expected to vote on \u2013 and pass \u2013 a red flag bill in the next two weeks, leaving enactment up to the Senate. \u2014 Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
"The lawsuit and the enactment of the state\u2019s new ban comes on the heels of two mass shootings in New York and Texas that claimed 31 lives and left the country reeling over holes in gun-control laws and the limits of laws on the books. \u2014 Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"The original bill would have made that requirement effective upon enactment , but the amendment extends it until March 1, 2023. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2022"
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"noun",
"verb"
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": to hold spellbound : charm",
": to hold in or reduce to slavery",
": to hold the attention of completely"
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"in-\u02c8thr\u022fl",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8thr\u022fl"
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"arrest",
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"catch up",
"enchant",
"fascinate",
"grip",
"hypnotize",
"mesmerize",
"spellbind"
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"examples":[
"enthralled by the flickering fire in the hearth, we lost all track of time",
"for years these master magicians have been enthralling audiences with their astounding illusions",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Written by a marine biologist and illustrated by an artist in coastal Spain, this wondrous compendium will enthrall beachcombers and landlubbers alike. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"Bravado would see their son and scoop him up and whisk him toward the backstage area on the ship to enthrall the crowd even more. \u2014 Cassell Ferere, Forbes , 14 Sep. 2021",
"The portrayal is absorbing, committed and morbidly fascinating\u2014one of the more memorable aspects of the Holmes persona was her unnaturally deep voice, which seemed intended to enthrall and probably did. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Your zone of genius areas are your interests that engage and enthrall you. \u2014 Julia Wuench, Forbes , 5 Jan. 2022",
"The first games to really enthrall me were Starcraft and Guild Wars. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 30 Nov. 2021",
"No matter your genre preference, summertime music festivals are sure to enthrall . \u2014 Washington Post , 15 July 2021",
"While The Office ended more than eight years ago, the NBC series has continued to enthrall fans around the world. \u2014 Gabrielle Chung, PEOPLE.com , 16 July 2021",
"Weather is perpetrated by a somewhat predictable but ultimately uncontrollable force, and no Hollywood disaster flick can fully replicate the effects, those forces majeures that can enthrall , shock, or even humble. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 10 July 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-153656"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an operator of a machine for forming the eyes of leaf springs"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-154153"
},
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"type":[
"combining form"
],
"definitions":[
": elasticity",
": elastic and"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin elast- , from Late Greek elastos ductile"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-154421"
},
"emcee":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": master of ceremonies",
": a person who acts as host for a program of entertainment",
": to act as master of ceremonies of",
": to act as master of ceremonies"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccem-\u02c8s\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"announcer",
"host",
"MC"
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"acted as emcee for the evening's entertainment at the political convention",
"Verb",
"She agreed to emcee at an awards dinner.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Ray will play the role of Larry, a tuxedo-wearing, roller-skating emcee at the club. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 2 June 2022",
"Acceptance speeches by the new emcee Baby Keem and the long-underrated R&B singer Jazmine Sullivan, each for wins in genre-specific categories, made for some of the most endearing moments of the telecast. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 4 Apr. 2022",
"That includes the inimitable Murray Hill, who plays agricultural expert and Choir Practice emcee Fred Rococo. \u2014 Ok Mccausland, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
"Hosted by legendary emcee Grandmaster Caz, the podcast dives into core elements of the musical genre and its surrounding culture. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 6 May 2022",
"NBC Sports host and correspondent Maria Taylor will serve as the event's emcee . \u2014 Jonathan Landrum Jr., ajc , 5 May 2022",
"Veneziale is leading the national tour as the show\u2019s emcee . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 May 2022",
"Introducing the show, emcee Sherri Shepherd noted the name of Kem\u2019s current outing: The Full Circle Tour. \u2014 Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Night of Vonnegut starts at 7 p.m. with emcee David Brancaccio from NPR's Marketplace Morning Report, comedian Gary Gulman and music by Rob Dixon and Friends. \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Entertainment Tonight hosts Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner are set to emcee the 49th annual Daytime Emmy Awards, which will air live June 24. \u2014 Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 June 2022",
"Dawne Gee, a Juneteenth Jubilee commissioner, will emcee the event. \u2014 Eleanor Mccrary, The Courier-Journal , 26 May 2022",
"Trevor Noah will once again emcee music's biggest night. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Grand Crew star Nicole Byer joined by All American\u2018s Taye Diggs to emcee the event, simulcast on The CW and TBS. \u2014 Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Up next, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness star Benedict Cumberbatch will emcee the May 7 episode, with musical guest Arcade Fire. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 6 May 2022",
"After last year\u2019s scaled back ceremony at Los Angeles\u2019 Union Station, this year the Oscars are returning to the Dolby Theatre in the heart of Hollywood with three hosts, Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes, to emcee the proceedings. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 27 Mar. 2022",
"After several years sans-host, the Oscars will turn to the trio of Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes and Regina Hall to emcee the broadcast, which is also streaming on platforms including Hulu Live TV, YouTubeTV and on ABC.com with provider authentication. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 27 Mar. 2022",
"After several years sans-host, the Oscars will turn to the trio of Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes and Regina Hall to emcee the broadcast, which is also streaming on platforms including Hulu Live TV, YouTubeTV and on ABC.com with provider authentication. \u2014 Jake Coyle, Anchorage Daily News , 27 Mar. 2022"
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"MC"
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"1930, in the meaning defined above",
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"1937, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-154617"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": example , model",
": an anecdote or short narrative used to point a moral or sustain an argument"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8zem-pl\u0259m",
"eg-"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin"
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"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-154646"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that envies"
],
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"\u02c8en-v\u0113-\u0259r"
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"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-154719"
},
"escutcheoned":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": having or decorated with escutcheons"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-nd"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-155754"
},
"edictally":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": by means of an edict"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-\u1d4al\u0113"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-160122"
},
"eremite":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": hermit",
": a religious recluse"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8er-\u0259-\u02ccm\u012bt"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchorite",
"hermit",
"isolate",
"recluse",
"solitary"
],
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"examples":[
"an eremite wandering the desert alone as a test of his faith"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English \u2014 more at hermit"
],
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-160440"
},
"enterpriser":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": entrepreneur"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8en-t\u0259r-\u02ccpr\u012b-z\u0259r",
"\u02c8en-t\u0259-\u02ccpr\u012b-"
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1882, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-161641"
},
"encapsulated":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": surrounded by a gelatinous or membranous envelope",
": condensed",
": surrounded by a gelatinous or membranous envelope"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8kap-s\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101-t\u0259d",
"en-"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The implementation of a digital twin is an encapsulated software object or model that mirrors a unique physical object, process, organization, person or other abstraction. \u2014 Daniel Fallmann, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"Closing arguments played out over three days, and offered a encapsulated versions of the different approaches to the evidence. \u2014 Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com , 26 Sep. 2021",
"The encapsulated bottom is conducive to heat retention. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 1 July 2021",
"With a focus on 100% recyclable packaging, this line offers a proprietary Bleu Molecule Complex (aka micro- encapsulated sugar molecules acting as a natural ingredient delivery system) that Rosales loves for clients who dye. \u2014 Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue , 15 Mar. 2021",
"The encapsulated powder loads through the breech and sits directly under the projectile. \u2014 Brad Fenson, Outdoor Life , 28 Oct. 2020",
"In 2020, Federal Premium Ammunition introduced the FireStick, an encapsulated propellant that is easy to load and impervious to the elements, and that allows a break-action muzzleloader to be charged or uncharged within seconds. \u2014 Brad Fenson, Outdoor Life , 28 Oct. 2020",
"Such encapsulated spaces promote pretend play, give children a sense of agency and power over their environment and even change social hierarchies among children \u2014 from leadership by brute physical strength to imaginative world-building skills. \u2014 Malia Wollan, New York Times , 5 May 2020",
"Working with Marty became almost like an encapsulated ecosystem that vastly enhanced my knowledge and appreciation for cinema as an entire art form historically. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 Nov. 2019"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1894, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-161726"
},
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"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of eulogise British spelling of eulogize"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-162515"
},
"excoct":{
"type":[
"noun,",
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to obtain, refine, or drive off by heat"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin excoctus , past participle of excoquere , from ex- ex- entry 1 + coquere to cook, boil, melt"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-163205"
},
"embusqu\u00e9":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a person seeking to avoid military service (as by working in a government office) : shirker , slacker"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6\u00e4m(\u02cc)b\u00fc\u00a6sk\u0101",
"\u00e4\u207fb\u1d6b\u0305sk\u0101"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French, from past participle of ( s' ) embusquer to lie in ambush, shirk, from Old French embuschier to place in ambush"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-164122"
},
"elegize":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to write an elegy",
": to write an elegy on"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-l\u0259-\u02ccj\u012bz"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[
"1640, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-164815"
},
"evensong":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": vespers sense 1",
": evening prayer"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0113-v\u0259n-\u02ccs\u022f\u014b"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English, from Old English \u01e3fensang , from \u01e3fen evening + sang song"
],
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-164910"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": any of a genus ( Enterovirus ) of picornaviruses that occur especially in the gastrointestinal tract but may infect other tissues (such as nerve and muscle) and that include the poliovirus, Coxsackievirus, and echovirus",
": a genus of single-stranded RNA viruses of the family Picornaviridae that multiply especially in the gastrointestinal tracts of humans and swine but may infect other tissues (as nerve and muscle), that may produce clinically evident conjunctivitis, encephalitis, meningitis, myelitis, or myocarditis, and that include the poliovirus and several species including numerous serotypes named as Coxsackieviruses and echoviruses",
": any picornavirus of the genus Enterovirus"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccen-t\u0259-r\u014d-\u02c8v\u012b-r\u0259s",
"-\u02c8v\u012b-r\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The researchers found something unusual: evidence of a common pathogen called an enterovirus , but in the fluid that bathes the spinal cord. \u2014 Andrew Joseph, STAT , 29 May 2022",
"Models show the same pattern for enterovirus D68, and probably for acute flaccid myelitis too. \u2014 Adam Rogers, Wired , 16 Mar. 2021",
"An outbreak of a rare enterovirus that can cause a deadly respiratory illness swept through North America, affecting mostly children. \u2014 The Editors, Scientific American , 12 Dec. 2014",
"Another enterovirus , called EV-A71, has also been linked to some cases. \u2014 Mike Stobbe, chicagotribune.com , 5 Aug. 2020",
"Another enterovirus , called EV-A71, has also been linked to some cases. \u2014 Mike Stobbe, chicagotribune.com , 5 Aug. 2020",
"Another enterovirus , called EV-A71, has also been linked to some cases. \u2014 Mike Stobbe, chicagotribune.com , 5 Aug. 2020",
"Another enterovirus , called EV-A71, has also been linked to some cases. \u2014 Mike Stobbe, chicagotribune.com , 5 Aug. 2020",
"Another enterovirus , called EV-A71, has also been linked to some cases. \u2014 Mike Stobbe, chicagotribune.com , 5 Aug. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1957, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-165156"
},
"exclusive or":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": xor"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1949, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-165836"
},
"eat up/run out/kill the clock":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
": to keep control of the ball or puck near the end of a game so that the opponent will not have a chance to score"
],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-165933"
},
"excrementous":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": like or constituting excrement"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"excrement entry 1 + -ous"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-170519"
},
"enabler":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that enables another to achieve an end",
": one who enables another to persist in self-destructive behavior (such as substance abuse) by providing excuses or by making it possible to avoid the consequences of such behavior",
": one that enables another to achieve an end",
": one who enables another to persist in self-destructive behavior (as substance abuse) by providing excuses or by helping that individual avoid the consequences of such behavior"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8n\u0101-bl\u0259r",
"-b\u1d4al-\u0259r",
"i-\u02c8n\u0101-b(\u0259-)l\u0259r"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Companies are on a war footing to attract and retain top talent, and in such a scenario, the metaverse serves as a key enabler to not just build a company\u2019s brand but also build an engaged and productive workforce. \u2014 Sudhir Pai, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Fossil fuel exports have been a key enabler of Russia\u2019s military buildup. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"One of the most impactful trends in developing an impactful employee listening strategy is HR becoming less of a filter and more of an enabler . \u2014 Rob Catalano, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
"To his critics, the arrangement has made Kirill far more than another apparatchik, oligarch or enabler of Mr. Putin, but an essential part of the nationalist ideology at the heart of the Kremlin\u2019s expansionist designs. \u2014 New York Times , 21 May 2022",
"Recognizing digital structures as an enabler of speed, Dadlani said Mars had an ambitious goal to operate 100 times faster (100X). \u2014 Rogayeh Tabrizi, Forbes , 4 May 2022",
"If an unlikely enabler , Mr. Garber proved a valuable conduit who donated large sums of money to nationalist parties enamored with Moscow. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
"For all of its devastation, the pandemic has also been an enabler of action and change. \u2014 Tom Sequist, STAT , 30 Mar. 2022",
"But the spirit of ambiguity and simplicity that shines through in the book were my guiding lights, and time was my enabler . \u2014 Rebecca Hall, Los Angeles Times , 18 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1615, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-170548"
},
"empress tree":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a paulownia ( Paulownia tomentosa )"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"empress entry 1 ; after Anna Pavlovna, after whom the genus Paulownia was named"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-171212"
},
"egg on":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to urge or encourage (someone) to do something that is usually foolish or dangerous"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-171621"
},
"eyeball":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": the more or less globular capsule of the vertebrate eye formed by the sclera and cornea together with their contained structures",
": people who view something (such as an advertisement)",
": to look at intently especially in making an evaluation or choice",
": based on observation",
": the whole eye",
": the more or less globular capsule of the vertebrate eye formed by the sclera and cornea together with their contained structures"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u012b-\u02ccb\u022fl",
"\u02c8\u012b-\u02ccb\u022fl",
"\u02c8\u012b-\u02ccb\u022fl"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"The children were eyeballing the desserts.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Lambourn removes an eyeball the size of a grapefruit. \u2014 Peter Wayne Moe, Longreads , 25 Feb. 2022",
"This 30-foot structure of an eyeball by Tony Tasset sits outside The Joule hotel in downtown Dallas. \u2014 Kristi Eaton, Chron , 13 Sep. 2021",
"The paintings range from abstracts and landscapes to specific objects, such as an eyeball or a cube. \u2014 Sam Boyer, cleveland , 26 Sep. 2021",
"That becomes evident as flies, just like the one that once perched itself on Dolores' eyeball in the season 1 premiere, swarm around the characters. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 10 May 2022",
"The gas and electric power sources combine for an insane 680 horsepower, which in our testing was enough to send the 2018 Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid to 60 mph in an eyeball -flattening 2.9 seconds. \u2014 Austin Irwin, Car and Driver , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Glenn, brutally murdered by Negan, his eyeball popping out of his skull like some grotesque cartoon death. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The infestation was only external ophthalmomyiasis, meaning the larvae didn't get inside his eyeball . \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 6 Apr. 2022",
"In rare cases, the larvae can also burrow their way inside the eyeball . \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Don\u2019t eyeball it \u2014 use measuring cups and spoons and level them off with the flat side of a knife. \u2014 Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Download apps, such as GasBuddy, Gas Guru, and AAA, for free to eyeball the going rate. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Don't eyeball your cocktail ingredients Just as with baking, precision makes a difference in a lot of craft cocktails. \u2014 Dana Mcmahan, The Courier-Journal , 11 Jan. 2022",
"How might an analyst begin to eyeball the riches up for grabs? \u2014 Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ , 26 Oct. 2021",
"With a rise in offers of bogus vaccination cards, vendors will have to eyeball each one for forgeries. \u2014 Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 Aug. 2021",
"With a rise in offers of bogus vaccination proof around the world, some California campuses, including San Francisco State University, have hired vendors to eyeball each card for signs of anything amiss. \u2014 Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 Aug. 2021",
"So when the researchers then took DyRET outside onto novel terrain, the robot could eyeball the ground with its camera and sense the give beneath its feet with the force sensors. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 15 Mar. 2021",
"That hasn\u2019t happened, in large part because most shoppers prefer to squeeze their produce and eyeball their steaks. \u2014 Matt Day, Bloomberg.com , 18 Nov. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Sure, in some locales there is an eyeball war that takes place. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Not that the Spartans aren\u2019t already eyeball deep in it, with their annual nonconference gauntlet slowly coming to an end. \u2014 Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press , 7 Dec. 2021",
"An assortment of artwork on the walls, ranging from an eyeball abstract and alligator collage to photos of buoys and herons. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 18 Aug. 2021",
"The eyeball view through the windshield was a different story, with darkness providing an effective camouflage. \u2014 Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press , 25 Oct. 2020",
"Parents in Berkeley, California, may soon be spared having their kids at eyeball level with candy and other sugar-laden temptations waiting in the checkout lines of the city's larger retail stores. \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 25 Sep. 2020",
"Teal pumpkins on display indicate that a house has non-food treats such as glow-sticks or eyeball bouncy balls for trick-or-treaters. \u2014 Karina Bland, azcentral , 31 Oct. 2019",
"The mask was accessorized with sunglasses, a dinner jacket, a Residents eyeball T-shirt, and Under Armour sweatpants. \u2014 Sarah Larson, The New Yorker , 3 Feb. 2020",
"The usual blood splatter, witch claws, and bloody eyeball nails have made their way into the collective, while new designs, including our dear friend Penny Wise, are extremely popular this year. \u2014 Shalwah Evans, Essence , 3 Oct. 2019"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1575, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1901, in the meaning defined above",
"Adjective",
"1914, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-171850"
},
"easy street":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a situation with no worries"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"beer and skittles",
"fun and games",
"hog heaven",
"picnic"
],
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"examples":[
"just knew that if I hit the lottery, I'd be on easy street for the rest of my life",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The deadline to participate has been extended to June 3. Traversing the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic over the past year while staying in business hasn\u2019t always been easy street for most employers or employees. \u2014 Tony Semerad, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 Apr. 2022",
"With a few fetching friends in tow, Hadid hunkers down on easy street in a graphic hoodie and pants, her Chanel bag transforming the otherwise casual set into an intentional, polished daytime look. \u2014 Rachel Besser, Vogue , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Lopez paired the bra with crisp white wide-legged pants that have a paper-bag waist, which gives the whole outfit a relaxed and easy street -style feel. \u2014 Carrie Wittmer, Glamour , 19 Jan. 2022",
"But that doesn\u2019t mean the NFL has been easy street for Hentges. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 3 Mar. 2021",
"However, given his position\u2019s lack of job security, along with his zig-zagging career arc, Pepper knows better than to assume his rugged road has been replaced by easy street . \u2014 Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com , 9 Oct. 2020",
"The former Dallasite might appear to be living on easy street these days with his stack of glowing reviews and a famous surname that dates back to American folk hero Davy Crockett, a distant relative. \u2014 Dallas News , 6 Aug. 2020",
"As longtime fans are well aware, The Walking Dead has not been on easy street lately. \u2014 Laura Bradley, HWD , 29 May 2018",
"Life on the dole in Florida isn\u2019t easy street : Barkley\u2019s benefits come to $270 a week and max out at three months. \u2014 Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor , 27 Mar. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1889, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-172319"
},
"exorable":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": capable of being moved by entreaty"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8eks(\u0259)r\u0259b\u0259l",
"\u02c8egz-"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin exorabilis"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-173111"
},
"entry word":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a word or term often in distinctive type placed at the beginning of an entry (as in a dictionary) : headword"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1890, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-173359"
},
"enthronize":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": enthrone"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u0307n\u02c8thr\u014d\u02ccn\u012bz",
"en\u02c8thr\u014d\u02cc-",
"\u02c8enthr\u0259\u02cc-"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English entronizen, intronisen , from Middle French entroniser , from Late Latin enthronizare , from Greek enthronizein , from en- en- entry 2 + thronos throne + -izein -ize"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-173402"
},
"elongato-":{
"type":[
"combining form"
],
"definitions":[
": elongated and"
],
"pronounciation":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"elongate + -o-"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-173601"
},
"eau":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a watery solution (as of perfume)",
": a liqueur of moderate density and sweetness"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French, literally, water, from Latin aqua"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-174148"
},
"even permutation":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a permutation that is produced by the successive application of an even number of interchanges of pairs of elements"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1881, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-174338"
},
"entrenched meander":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": incised meander",
": one with slopes of about the same steepness on each side of the stream \u2014 compare ingrown meander"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-174441"
},
"equanimity":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": evenness of mind especially under stress",
": right disposition : balance"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0113-kw\u0259-\u02c8ni-m\u0259-t\u0113",
"\u02cce-kw\u0259-"
],
"synonyms":[
"aplomb",
"calmness",
"collectedness",
"composedness",
"composure",
"cool",
"coolness",
"countenance",
"equilibrium",
"imperturbability",
"placidity",
"repose",
"sangfroid",
"self-composedness",
"self-possession",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness"
],
"antonyms":[
"agitation",
"discomposure",
"perturbation"
],
"examples":[
"Those who are doomed to become artists are seldom blessed with equanimity . They are tossed to drunken heights, only to be brought down into a sludge of headachy despair; their arrogance gives way to humiliation at the next curve of the switchback. \u2014 Patrick White , Flaws in the Glass , (1981) 1983",
"She's heading straight for us\u2014he thought. \u2026 And his uneasiness grew by the recollection of the forty tons of dynamite in the body of the Ferndale ; not the sort of cargo one thinks of with equanimity in connexion with a threatened collision. \u2014 Joseph Conrad , Chance , (1913) 1924",
"an Olympic diver who always displays remarkable equanimity on the platform",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His relationship with painting was akin to that of a besotted lover with a domineering partner: The pleasure is deranging, but the cost to one\u2019s equanimity steep. \u2014 Sebastian Smee, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"Similarly, the contributors all seem to have achieved equanimity , even those who have suffered hardships. \u2014 Tom Teicholz, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Alzheimer\u2019s has given her a refreshing dollop of equanimity . \u2014 Longreads , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Continetti greeted Trump\u2019s candidacy with equanimity at first. \u2014 Timothy Shenk, The New Republic , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Not everyone is accepting the ban on male departures with equanimity . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Spacek and Simmons are a sublime on-screen couple, with his get-off-my-lawn gruffness balancing beautifully against her determined equanimity . \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 16 May 2022",
"Caity was astonished by my equanimity in the face of hundreds of opportunities to complain. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
"True to the character's credo, Dusek embodies equanimity as Scott. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin aequanimitas , from aequo animo with even mind"
],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-174641"
},
"entwicklungsroman":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an often autobiographical novel dealing with the development of a character from childhood to maturity"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ent\u2027\u00a6vik(\u0259)lu\u0307\u014b(k)sr\u014d\u02c8m\u00e4\u00e4n"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"German, from entwicklung development + roman novel"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-174832"
},
"escutcheon of pretense":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
": an inescutcheon on the center of the shield of the husband of an heiress or coheiress"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-174958"
},
"Efik":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a member of a people of southeastern Nigeria",
": the language of the Efik people"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-fik"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1849, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-175356"
},
"enthronization":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": enthronement"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u0307n\u02ccthr\u014d|n\u0259\u0307\u02c8z\u0101sh\u0259n",
"(\u02cc)en\u02ccthr\u014d|",
"\u02ccenthr\u0259|",
"|\u02ccn\u012b\u02c8z-"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-175431"
},
"every nook and cranny":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
": every place : everywhere",
": every part"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-181314"
},
"endellionite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": bournonite"
],
"pronounciation":[
"en\u02c8dely\u0259\u02ccn\u012bt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"German endellionit , from Endellion , Cornwall, England, its locality + German -it -ite"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-181753"
},
"eulogize":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to speak or write in high praise of : extol"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u00fc-l\u0259-\u02ccj\u012bz"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"He was eulogized at his funeral as a great actor and a good friend.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"President Joe Biden is slated to eulogize the trailblazing diplomat during the service held at Washington National Cathedral. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 27 Apr. 2022",
"President Joe Biden will eulogize Albright at the funeral, and her daughters, Anne, Alice and Katie, will also speak. \u2014 Oren Oppenheim, ABC News , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Stamos and Saget appeared as guests on the show to eulogize the comedian Don Rickles, who died in April 2017. \u2014 J. Kim Murphy, Variety , 10 Jan. 2022",
"As The Day is dying, the reporters and editors gather at a bar to eulogize it, and one talks about her misbegotten career choice, which has left her with two weeks\u2019 severance and $81 in the bank. \u2014 Christopher Bonanos, Vulture , 7 Dec. 2021",
"There are too many lyrics with which to eulogize him: on art, on show biz, on mothers, on grief. \u2014 Michael Schulman, The New Yorker , 27 Nov. 2021",
"Cindy McCain, wife of former U.S. Sen. John McCain, and former Phoenix Suns basketball star Charles Barkley will eulogize Woods, who died Oct. 23 of a heart attack. \u2014 Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic , 1 Nov. 2021",
"Arriving three years after Bourdain, the celebrated chef, writer and world traveler, died by suicide at the age of 61, the movie doesn\u2019t just politely explore or recount or even eulogize . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 July 2021",
"After delivering a powerful speech at Kobe\u2019s memorial, expect Vanessa to eulogize Kobe just as poignantly during his posthumous Hall-of-Fame induction. \u2014 Mark Medina, USA TODAY , 15 May 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1810, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-182202"
},
"extemporal":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": extemporaneous"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ek-\u02c8stem-p(\u0259-)r\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin extemporalis , from ex tempore"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1570, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-182447"
},
"exsufflation":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the action of breathing forth or blowing",
": this action used as an exorcism in some rites of baptism",
": forcible breathing or blowing out (as in clearing the respiratory tract) : forcible expiration"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cceks\u0259\u02c8fl\u0101sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Late Latin exsufflation-, exsufflatio , from exsufflatus (past participle of exsufflare to blow away, from Latin ex- ex- entry 1 + sufflare to inflate, blow upon) + Latin -ion-, -io -ion"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-182509"
},
"exody":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": exodus"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-\u0259d\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Greek exodia expedition, journey out, from exodos + -ia -y"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-182659"
},
"elaborateness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": planned or carried out with great care",
": marked by complexity, fullness of detail, or ornateness",
": to expand something in detail",
": to become elaborate (see elaborate entry 1 )",
": to work out in detail : develop",
": to produce by labor",
": to build up (something, such as complex organic compounds) from simple ingredients",
": made or done with great care or with much detail",
": to give more details about",
": to work out in detail",
": to alter the chemical makeup of (as a foodstuff) to one more suited to bodily needs (as of assimilation or excretion)",
": to build up (complex organic compounds) from simple ingredients"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8la-b(\u0259-)r\u0259t",
"i-\u02c8la-b\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
"i-\u02c8la-b\u0259-r\u0259t",
"-\u02c8la-br\u0259t",
"i-\u02c8la-b\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
"i-\u02c8lab-\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"complex",
"complicated",
"detailed",
"fancy",
"intricate",
"involved",
"sophisticated"
],
"antonyms":[
"develop",
"evolve",
"unfold"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"With Rotoscope Spiritbox elaborate upon their unique modern sound but with a more 90\u2019s-industrial flourish. \u2014 Quentin Singer, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"Its themes, too, elaborate upon the Grimm brothers' favorite. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
"With this at the top of his mind, even the most eye-popping set piece becomes a puckish way of speaking truth to power \u2014 like a very, very elaborate prank. \u2014 Michael Ordo\u00f1a, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
"The conceits deployed, however elaborate , communicate the most primal of emotions\u2014loss, pain, stoical endurance, fits of despair\u2014as well as the survivor\u2019s inability to make sense of the wanton destruction of so much promise. \u2014 Mark Ford, The New York Review of Books , 25 May 2022",
"The most elaborate of these, a Super Deluxe Edition, will contain 11 vinyl LPs and one CD and including demos, drafts, instrumentals, a full 2002 concert recording and a September 2001 radio performance and interview. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The dispatch suggested the weapon tested is likely capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, but KCNA didn\u2019t elaborate . \u2014 NBC News , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Sedering, be sure to check out Loser Barbara Sarshik\u2019s ever more elaborate \u2014 but still just as free \u2014 collection of ace Passover parodies at, where else: PassoverSongParodies.com. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Petro didn\u2019t immediately elaborate on who the criminals are, or what their motives might be. \u2014 Matthew Bristow, Bloomberg.com , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Cooley declined to elaborate on his role in the Hensel case, citing attorney-client privilege. \u2014 James Queally, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
"The statement didn\u2019t elaborate what trades Elliott had executed or the impact of the cancellation. \u2014 Alfred Cang, Fortune , 6 June 2022",
"Cawthorn\u2019s spokesperson, Luke Ball, declined to elaborate . \u2014 Peter Slevin, The New Yorker , 27 May 2022",
"Her cause of death is not yet clear and the family's statement did not elaborate further. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 3 May 2022",
"The statement did not elaborate on North Korea\u2019s possible future actions. \u2014 Choe Sang-hun, BostonGlobe.com , 14 Jan. 2022",
"The statement did not elaborate on North Korea\u2019s possible future actions. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Through a spokeswoman, Rollins declined to elaborate on the letter. \u2014 Adrian Walker, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
"Authorities confirm Gendron threatened an attack at his high school last year, but declined to elaborate on the specific nature of the threat. \u2014 Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY , 16 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Adjective and Verb",
"Latin elaboratus , from past participle of elaborare to work out, acquire by labor, from e- + laborare to work \u2014 more at laboratory"
],
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1611, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-182701"
},
"ecclesiasticism":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": excessive attachment to ecclesiastical forms and practices"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02cckl\u0113-z\u0113-\u02c8a-st\u0259-\u02ccsi-z\u0259m",
"e-\u02cckl\u0113-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"ecclesiastic entry 1 or ecclesiastic(al) + -ism"
],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1859, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-183206"
},
"Empetraceae":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a small family of heathlike shrubs (order Sapindales), having small diclinous flowers and drupes that resemble berries \u2014 compare crowberry sense 1a"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccemp\u0259\u2027\u02c8tr\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from Empetrum , type genus + -aceae"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-183254"
},
"Engraulidae":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a family of small fishes related to the herrings and comprising the anchovies"
],
"pronounciation":[
"en\u02c8gr\u022fl\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from Engraulis , type genus (from Greek engraulis anchovy) + -idae"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-183540"
},
"entremets":{
"type":[
"noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
],
"definitions":[
": dishes served in addition to the main course of a meal",
": dessert"
],
"pronounciation":[
"as a singular",
"as a plural"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French, from Old French entremes , from entre between + mes food, dish"
],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-183620"
},
"explicative":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": serving to explicate",
": serving to explain logically what is contained in the subject"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ek-\u02c8spli-k\u0259-tiv",
"\u02c8ek-spl\u0259-\u02cck\u0101-"
],
"synonyms":[
"elucidative",
"exegetical",
"exegetic",
"explanative",
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"a dearth of explicative material to help the layman understand the difficult subject matter"
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"1602, in the meaning defined above"
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"noun",
"noun ()"
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": evening",
": the evening or the day before a special day",
": the period immediately preceding",
": the first woman, the wife of Adam, and the mother of Cain and Abel",
": evening",
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"\u02c8\u0113v",
"\u02c8\u0113v",
"\u02c8\u0113v"
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"crepuscule",
"crepuscle",
"dusk",
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"morning",
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"examples":[
"Noun (1)",
"from morn to eve the settlers toiled to eke a living from the harsh land",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The letter emerged on the eve of the House Oversight Committee's congressional hearing into the toxic culture within the Commanders, a hearing Snyder has declined to testify in. \u2014 Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
"Just before the pandemic hit in 2020, on the eve of her 95th birthday, Manuelita was honored for her life and work with a City Council resolution presented by Ald. \u2014 Laura Rodr\u00edguez Presa, Chicago Tribune , 17 June 2022",
"On the eve of Russia's invasion, President Volodymyr Zelensky sought both EU and NATO membership. \u2014 Cristian Gherasim, CNN , 17 June 2022",
"Defining his role as a father by his partnership with his wife James Melton was on the eve of becoming an empty nester. \u2014 Brandon Drenon, The Indianapolis Star , 17 June 2022",
"Also, Queen Victoria\u2019s favorite emerald and diamond diadem will arrive from Kensington Palace on the eve of the exhibition. \u2014 Carol Woolton, Vogue , 16 June 2022",
"ABC News is publishing the image for the first time on the eve of the House Jan. 6 committee's hearing Thursday focused on former President Donald Trump's pressure campaign against Pence. \u2014 Jonathan Karl, ABC News , 15 June 2022",
"On the eve of the 122nd U.S. Open, will Whan\u2019s statements slow the exodus of players from the PGA Tour, especially after the British Open has been played? \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"But on the eve of the 122nd US Open, the players and the Country Club are ready. \u2014 Jayna Bardahl, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022"
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"Noun (1)",
"Middle English eve, even",
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"Old English \u0112fe , from Late Latin Eva , from Hebrew \u1e24aww\u0101h"
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"Noun (1)",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
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"definitions":[
": occurring or based outside the living body",
": occurring or based outside the living body"
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"\u02ccek-str\u0259-k\u022fr-\u02c8p\u022fr-\u0113-\u0259l",
"-k\u022fr-\u02c8p\u014dr-\u0113-\u0259l, -\u02c8p\u022fr-"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Their lungs simply cannot heal without mechanical ventilation or other intensive care, such as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Apr. 2022",
"And, he had been placed on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine, a device that pumps blood out of the body to give the vital organs time to recuperate during intense bodily stress. \u2014 Hallie Miller, baltimoresun.com , 10 Jan. 2022",
"One doctor called every hospital in the Pacific Northwest trying to find an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine \u2014 better known as ECMO \u2014 to help serve as an artificial lung for the 47-year-old, whose condition was continuing to deteriorate. \u2014 oregonlive , 26 Nov. 2021",
"There, she was connected to an extracorporeal life support machine (ECMO), as her lungs were unable to produce enough oxygen to keep herself and her baby alive. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 5 Nov. 2021",
"All seven patients who died of Covid and all of the 13 patients who received a last-ditch treatment called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation were unvaccinated, according to the findings. \u2014 Robert Langreth, Fortune , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Medical staff ultimately decided to put Ivan on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation , or ECMO, machine \u2014 a type of life support that bypasses the lungs by pumping oxygen directly into the blood and filtering out carbon dioxide. \u2014 Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News , 12 Jan. 2022",
"Eight of those patients are in the intensive care unit, with four on ventilators and one on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation -- known as ECMO -- machine. \u2014 Jeannie Roberts, Arkansas Online , 24 Dec. 2021",
"After a few hours, the two learned that Erik had survived the flight and would be put on an ECMO ( extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) machine. \u2014 Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com , 17 Dec. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1865, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-184443"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one who before Texas became part of the U.S. entered into a contract with the Spanish or Mexican government to settle a certain number of families in Texas in exchange for sizable grants of land"
],
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"\u02ccempr\u0259\u02c8s\u00e4r\u0113\u02cc\u014d",
"-sa(a)r-",
"-ser-",
"-s\u0227r-"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Spanish, contractor, manager, probably from Italian impresario"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-185001"
},
"evidentness":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": evident quality : clearness"
],
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"\u02c8ev\u0259d\u0259ntn\u0259\u0307s",
"-\u02ccden-"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-185228"
},
"embus":{
"type":[
"intransitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to get aboard a bus"
],
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"\u0259\u0307m",
"em+"
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"en- entry 1 + bus (noun)"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-185711"
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"elephantine":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
": having enormous size or strength : massive",
": clumsy , ponderous",
": of or relating to an elephant",
"island in the Nile River opposite Asw\u00e2n in southern Egypt population 1814"
],
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"\u02cce-l\u0259-\u02c8fan-\u02cct\u0113n",
"-\u02cct\u012bn",
"\u02c8e-l\u0259-f\u0259n-",
"\u02cce-l\u0259-\u02ccfan-\u02c8t\u012b-n\u0113",
"-f\u0259n-",
"-\u02c8t\u0113-"
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"astronomical",
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"Brobdingnagian",
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"giant",
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"heroic",
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"jumbo",
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"mammoth",
"massive",
"mega",
"mighty",
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"pharaonic",
"planetary",
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"tremendous",
"vast",
"vasty",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whopping"
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"bantam",
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"diminutive",
"infinitesimal",
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"little bitty",
"micro",
"microminiature",
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"midget",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pocket",
"pygmy",
"teensy",
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"teeny",
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"tiny",
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"He has an elephantine ego.",
"the wedding reception was held under an elephantine tent on the great lawn",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The life of a mastodon, an elephantine creature that roamed across North America 13,000 years ago, has been illuminated by a study of its tusks. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 18 June 2022",
"Tweaks to its air springs and adaptive dampers lessen this elephantine SUV's body motions with little sacrifice to its ride quality. \u2014 Greg Fink, Car and Driver , 13 June 2022",
"In the wet season, elephantine clouds roll in from the Congolese interior and the land glows with startling fecundity. \u2014 Outside Online , 18 May 2015",
"Pop goddesses were not diving from the rafters and guitar heroes were not casting elephantine shadows. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Johns\u2019s entire body of work, to go by this elephantine show of more than 500 works, is akin to a trove of Nabokovian love letters \u2014 obscure and thwarted, but also punning, mordant, full of life. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Sep. 2021",
"The final thing Heels\u2019 second episode does solidify, though, is that in spite of the elephantine pressure to overexplain most of its characterization, there are the lovely little beats that arrive first. \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 13 Aug. 2021",
"The company has become elephantine in such a short time by offering customers the ability to make purchases and pay later, making money by charging merchants to utilize Klarna\u2019s payment technology. \u2014 Alexandra Sternlicht, Forbes , 1 June 2021",
"On one hand are the traditionalists and their elephantine memories, who cling to negative, decades-old impressions of pinotage the way former athletes cling to romantic idealizations of their long-ago glory days in sports. \u2014 Cathy Huyghe, Forbes , 24 May 2021"
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"1610, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make or dye crimson"
],
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"in-\u02c8krim-z\u0259n"
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"first_known_use":[
"1597, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-190904"
},
"enverdure":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to clothe or cover with verdure"
],
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"\u0259\u0307n",
"en+"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"en- entry 1 + verdure (noun)"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-191248"
},
"erumpent":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": tending to grow out vigorously from a substrate so as to burst through or rise above its surface",
": grown or burst through a surface (as of a host's tissue) so as to form a projecting mass"
],
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"\u0259\u0307\u02c8r\u0259mp\u0259nt",
"\u0113\u02c8-"
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"Latin erumpent-, erumpens , present participle of erumpere"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-191827"
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"expiative":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": expiatory"
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"\u02c8eksp\u0113\u02cc\u0101tiv"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-192806"
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"exclusive proposition":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a proposition in logic whose predicate is asserted to apply to its subject and no other"
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"engroove":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to fit or form into a groove"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u0307n\u02c8gr\u00fcv",
"en-"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"en- entry 1 + groove , noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-194225"
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"effectible":{
"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":[
": capable of being effected"
],
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"-t\u0259b\u0259l"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-195555"
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"earning power":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the relative ability of an individual or an organization to command earnings in return for services or goods"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"earning from gerund of earn entry 1"
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"1865, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-200515"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine",
": one devoted to sensual pleasure : sybarite"
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"\u02c8e-pi-\u02cckyu\u0307r"
],
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"bon vivant",
"epicurean",
"gastronome",
"gastronomist",
"gourmand",
"gourmet"
],
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"examples":[
"Thomas Jefferson was one of America's first great epicures .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The flaneur was a familiar figure in nineteenth-century Paris: a solitary, quasi-artistic man (though not always) who strolled the streets like an urban epicure . \u2014 Julian Barnes, The New York Review of Books , 27 Apr. 2022",
"An epicure is particular about his pleasures; a snob is particular about everyone else\u2019s pleasures, forever lecturing others about their tastes in music, clothes, restaurants, and their general modes of life. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Visitors to downtown Napa can further embrace their inner epicure at the Oxbow Public Market, a food hall included by Times travel writer Christopher Reynolds on his list of the 40 best autumn experiences in California. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Jan. 2022",
"The Portland, Maine, seafood epicure offers a wide assortment of caviars from around the world and outstanding collections like this Royal Osetra Tasting. \u2014 Megan Murphy, Robb Report , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Picture a plateful of flounder leaping off the dish and chomping the epicure \u2019s nose. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 Nov. 2021",
"We\u2019ve been subjected to the bottom of the barrel: cheap, salty, scratchy little things that any epicure would despise. \u2014 Ruth Reichl, Town & Country , 28 Feb. 2021",
"All kinds of scams proliferate in the truffle world\u2019s lawless climate, fed by the appetites of epicures and consumers of culinary bling alike, and most of us are mycologically illiterate\u2014and thus easily duped. \u2014 Eugenia Bone, WSJ , 10 July 2019",
"Victoria has numerous tea rooms, many geared to budget-conscious epicures like us, Charlie and Jean told us. \u2014 Roy Harris Jr., latimes.com , 20 May 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Epicurus"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1551, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-200716"
},
"emball":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": encircle"
],
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"\"+"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"en- entry 1 + ball (noun)"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-201219"
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"exhume":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
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"definitions":[
": disinter",
": to bring back from neglect or obscurity",
": disinter"
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"ig-\u02c8z\u00fcm",
"igz-\u02c8y\u00fcm",
"iks-\u02c8(h)y\u00fcm",
"igz-\u02c8(y)\u00fcm",
"iks-\u02c8(h)y\u00fcm"
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"inhume",
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"examples":[
"the remains of John Paul Jones were exhumed in Paris and transported with great ceremony to the U.S. Naval Academy",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Olga Kotenko waits as investigators exhume the remains of her son last week in Vilhivka. \u2014 Lauren Egan, NBC News , 31 May 2022",
"Now Snoddy and the estate of Gilbreth, who died in 2005, are trying to market the tapes, hoping to exhume and showcase the music made at the Nugget 55 years ago. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Another issue is whether the Six Nations will decide to exhume remains to identify them through DNA tests and determine cause of death \u2014 a prelude to holding anyone accountable in court. \u2014 Ian Austen, BostonGlobe.com , 12 Dec. 2021",
"Another issue is whether the Six Nations will decide to exhume remains to identify them through D.N.A. tests and determine cause of death \u2014 a prelude to holding anyone accountable in court. \u2014 Ian Austen, New York Times , 11 Dec. 2021",
"The question of whether to exhume remains has been divisive in many Indigenous communities. \u2014 Ian Austen, BostonGlobe.com , 12 Dec. 2021",
"Workers in protective gear exhume the bodies of civilians found buried in a mass grave behind a church on April 13. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Instead, the field was bought by a Texas company, Plains Exploration and Production, which began intensive efforts to exhume difficult-to-reach oil, efforts that included the hydraulic fracturing of twenty-three vertical wells. \u2014 Emily Witt, The New Yorker , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Tonight we were brought slightly closer to finding Liz's murderer, with Red (James Spader) determined to exhume Liz's body from the grave. \u2014 Laura Sirikul, EW.com , 19 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English, from Medieval Latin exhumare , from Latin ex out of + humus earth \u2014 more at ex- , humble"
],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-201401"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one of the constants that express the elastic behavior of a given material \u2014 compare bulk modulus , elastic limit , poisson's ratio , shear modulus , yield point , young's modulus"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-202301"
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"abbreviation"
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"external"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-202739"
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"expulse":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": expel"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8sp\u0259ls"
],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-203109"
},
"expositive":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": descriptive , expository"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8sp\u00e4-z\u0259-tiv"
],
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"elucidative",
"exegetical",
"exegetic",
"explanative",
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"explicatory",
"expository",
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"illustrative",
"interpretative",
"interpretive"
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"examples":[
"the writer's descriptions are objectively expositive and entirely without editorialization"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-203717"
},
"excited state":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a state of a physical system (such as an atomic nucleus, an atom, or a molecule) that is higher in energy than the ground state"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The quasiparticles are expected to quickly lose energy and so won't be able to transfer enough to raise a qubit from its ground state to its excited state . \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 14 Dec. 2021",
"Vilke said that people in Prude\u2019s excited state often die with or without restraint, and that being restrained from further exertion had actually helped him. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 Oct. 2021",
"When a team of experimentalists at Caltech\u2019s Kellogg Radiation Laboratory verified that such a carbon-12 excited state existed in nature, Hoyle\u2019s hunch was splendidly confirmed. \u2014 Paul Halpern, Scientific American , 18 Aug. 2021",
"The system transitions by passing through a mixture of the excited state and ground state, a quantum phenomenon known as superposition. \u2014 Eleni Petrakou, Scientific American , 29 Dec. 2020",
"Thorium-229 is special among isotopes because of the extremely low energy of its lowest excited state , meaning it\u2019s the best candidate for a measurable standard that can be used to make a practical clock. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 12 Oct. 2020",
"All the excess electrons knock the plasma molecules into an excited state , which then emit photons to produce that telltale glow. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 20 Aug. 2020",
"Related Stories Several years ago, researchers began to make these diodes using copper in a similar excited state to the way precious metals work in PHOLEDs. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 5 May 2020",
"Our current understanding of the triple-alpha process largely came from astronomer Fred Hoyle, who famously predicted, in 1954, that a special excited state of carbon-12 must arise during synthesis . \u2014 Ling Xin, Scientific American , 19 Mar. 2020"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1927, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-203826"
},
"estuary":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a water passage where the tide meets a river current",
": an arm of the sea at the lower end of a river",
": an arm of the sea at the lower end of a river"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8es-ch\u0259-\u02ccwer-\u0113",
"\u02c8esh-",
"\u02c8es-ch\u0259-\u02ccwer-\u0113"
],
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"arm",
"bay",
"bight",
"cove",
"creek",
"embayment",
"firth",
"fjord",
"fiord",
"gulf",
"inlet",
"loch"
],
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"examples":[
"the city sits on the shores of a deep estuary where the Hudson River meets the Atlantic Ocean",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Along Florida\u2019s Atlantic coast, the die-off began last year, after the Indian River Lagoon, a 156-mile estuary that had been a seasonal manatee refuge, turned into a barren underwater desert. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Add two days to sturgeon retention fishing in the estuary . \u2014 Bill Monroe, oregonlive , 2 June 2022",
"The San Francisco Bay Delta is the largest estuary on the West Coast. \u2014 Ian James, Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Poachers, following a similar logic, have long raided the great estuary of Jamaica Bay, at the southeastern edge of Brooklyn and Queens\u2014in the metro area, it\u2019s where the wildlife is. \u2014 Erik Baard, The New Yorker , 6 Apr. 2022",
"In a Telegram post Monday, regional government spokesman Serhiy Bratchuk said that a key bridge on the Dniester estuary had been hit for the third time. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
"Plastic bottles and car tires clog the estuary in Imperial Beach and pollute the city\u2019s shoreline, where the refuse can harm everything from birds and lobsters to dolphins and gray whales. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Apr. 2022",
"For outdoor enthusiasts, the development is also known for its estuary , the Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve, Florida\u2019s first-ever aquatic reserve, which is surrounded by state parks and recreational sites apt for kayaking, boating, fishing and more. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 30 Mar. 2022",
"As the Santa Ynez River spilled out of a nearby estuary into coastal waters, Anna\u2019s hummingbirds hovered over bright yellow giant coreopsis flowers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Mar. 2022"
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"Latin aestuarium , from aestus boiling, tide; akin to Latin aestas summer \u2014 more at edify"
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"1538, in the meaning defined above"
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"mountain 18,510 feet (5642 meters) high in southern Russia in Europe; highest in the Caucasus and in Europe"
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"el-\u02c8br\u00fcz",
"-\u02c8br\u00fcs"
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"transitive verb"
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": to interrupt or impede (something, such as commerce) by an embargo",
": enclose , imprison",
": to put a stop to by legal means : bar"
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"\u0259\u0307m",
"em+"
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"Middle English enbarren , from Middle French embarrer , from em- en- entry 1 + barre bar"
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"noun"
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"\u02cc\u0113-",
"i-\u02ccr\u0259k-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n, \u02cc\u0113-"
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"belch",
"burp"
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"an enormous eructation that startled everyone within earshot"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-205510"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a mineral AgTe consisting of telluride of silver"
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"\u02c8empr\u0259\u02ccs\u012bt"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Empress Josephine mine, Kerber creek district, Colorado + English -ite"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-210451"
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"idiom"
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": to suddenly begin laughing"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-210955"
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"adjective"
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": of or relating to exegesis : explanatory"
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"\u02ccek-s\u0259-\u02c8je-ti-k\u0259l"
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"a new edition of Shakespeare with an abundance of exegetical commentary for the modern reader"
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"Greek ex\u0113g\u0113tikos , from ex\u0113geisthai"
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"1607, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-212559"
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"entryman":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": one who enters upon public land with intent to secure an allotment under homestead, mining, or other laws",
": a coal miner engaged in driving a haulageway, airway, or passageway"
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"-m\u0259n"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-212844"
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"noun"
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": the quality or state of being extemporaneous"
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"(\u02cc)ek-\u02ccstem-p\u0259-r\u0259-\u02c8n\u0113-\u0259-t\u0113",
"-\u02c8n\u0101-"
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"1937, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-213908"
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": one that elaborates"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-214055"
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"epistilbite":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a zeolitic mineral CaAl 2 Si 6 O 16 5H 2 O consisting of aluminosilicate of calcium and occurring in usually white prismatic crystals or granular forms"
],
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"\u00a6ep\u0259\u0307",
"\u00a6ep\u0113+"
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"German epistilbit , from epi- + stilbit stilbite"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-214739"
},
"enumeration clause":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a clause in Article 1, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution requiring a count of the population in each state every ten years for the purpose of apportioning representatives"
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"1862, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-215406"
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"biographical name",
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": near the beginning of a period of time",
": near the beginning of a course, process, or series",
": before the usual or expected time",
": soon",
": sooner than related forms",
": of, relating to, or occurring near the beginning of a period of time, a development, or a series",
": distant in past time",
": primitive",
": occurring before the usual or expected time",
": occurring in the near future",
": maturing or producing sooner than related forms",
": at or near the beginning of a period of time",
": before the usual or expected time",
": occurring near the beginning or before the usual time",
"Anderson 1816\u20131894 American Confederate general"
],
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"\u02c8\u0259r-l\u0113",
"\u02c8\u0259r-l\u0113",
"\u02c8\u0259r-l\u0113"
],
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"beforehand",
"inopportunely",
"precociously",
"prematurely",
"unseasonably"
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"ancient",
"primal",
"primeval",
"primitive",
"primordial"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Bitcoin\u2019s price was as low as $6,000 in late March 2020, early in the pandemic, before a rally began. \u2014 Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
"Jack Mayfield, who was around from the taxi squad as early as Wednesday but not officially recalled from the Salt Lake Bees until Friday, got the start at the hot corner for Friday\u2019s game. \u2014 Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
"If experts with the national public health agency support the vaccines, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky is expected to sign off and shots could be available for the age group as early as Tuesday. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
"Current English bulldog owners are encouraged to monitor all health issues and seek medical advice early if there are concerns. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"Gonzalez was well-regarded early in his career, but scouts began to believe Gonzalez swung at too many pitches out of the strike zone, even in the minors. \u2014 Terry Pluto, cleveland , 16 June 2022",
"After arriving in Kyiv to the sound of air raid sirens, the leaders headed to Irpin, a suburb of the capital that was the scene of intense fighting early in the war and where many civilians were killed. \u2014 John Leicester, Anchorage Daily News , 16 June 2022",
"After arriving in Kyiv to the sound of air raid sirens, the leaders headed to Irpin, a suburb of the capital that was the scene of intense fighting early in the war and where many civilians were killed. \u2014 John Leicester And Sylvie Corbet, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 June 2022",
"After arriving in Kyiv to the sound of air raid sirens, the leaders headed to Irpin, a suburb of the capital that was the scene of intense fighting early in the war and where many civilians were killed. \u2014 John Leicester And Sylvie Corbet, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Those early signs pointed to smartphones becoming the next big thing to impact society, and one has to only look at the current converging technologies to see what may be the next big thing that changes our world. \u2014 Tim Bajarin, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Called Ebiara, the fund will serve as an option for developers in their early stages to have access to capital through loans, technical assistance and coaching, according to a news release. \u2014 Chanel Stitt, Detroit Free Press , 21 June 2022",
"These early signs of slowdown across a broad range of products and industries, including travel and restaurants, challenge the notion that Americans have simply shifted their spending from goods to services. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"These early signs of slowdown across a broad range of products and industries, including travel and restaurants, challenge the notion that Americans have simply shifted their spending from goods to services. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, Anchorage Daily News , 18 June 2022",
"These early signs of slowdown across a broad range of products and industries, including travel and restaurants, challenge the notion that Americans have simply shifted their spending from goods to services. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
"The economy remains strong for now, but early signs of a pullback are surfacing. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
"The soft, delicate spots on the bones infants have soon after birth are among those that will harden and fuse during one\u2019s early life. \u2014 Liam Gravvat, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"On the upside, Jones said, home price acceleration is showing early signs of steadying. \u2014 Anna Bahney, CNN , 16 June 2022"
],
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"Adverb",
"Middle English erly , from Old English \u01e3rl\u012bce , from \u01e3r early, soon \u2014 more at ere"
],
"first_known_use":[
"Adverb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Adjective",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-215504"
},
"ensphere":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to enclose in or as if in a sphere"
],
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"in-\u02c8sfir",
"en-"
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"first_known_use":[
"1612, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-215726"
},
"exor":{
"type":[
"abbreviation"
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"definitions":[
"executor"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-221457"
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"exacta":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": perfecta"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8zak-t\u0259"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The $2 exacta of Early Voting and Epicenter paid $25.80. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 21 May 2022",
"The Flavien Prat-Umberto Rispoli exacta boxes came up empty despite Rispoli winning the eighth race with Crew Dragon. \u2014 Jeff Nahill, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Aug. 2021",
"Bet $10 to win and a $1 reverse exacta of all with No. 4 ($6). \u2014 Jeff Nahill, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Aug. 2021",
"On today\u2019s card, there is one Flavien Prat and Umberto Rispoli exacta box in the eighth race so bet a $5 box of No. 3 and No. 4 ($10). \u2014 Jeff Nahill, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Aug. 2021",
"Thursday was another profitable day as Chollima ($6.20) won the fifth race while our Flavien Prat-Umberto Rispoli exacta box came up short three times with a valuable lesson learned. \u2014 Jeff Nahill, San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 July 2021",
"The Wild pulled off the shocking exacta of signing the NHL's premier free agents, forward Zach Parise and defenseman Ryan Suter, on Wednesday, and our long sports nightmare was instantly transformed into runaway giddiness. \u2014 Jeff Day, Star Tribune , 13 July 2021",
"The $2 exacta of Rombauer and Midnight Bourbon paid $98.60. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 16 May 2021",
"The Euros provided plenty of long prices, the turf races produced an average $2 win ticket return of $54.95 and the average $1 exacta returned $398.42. \u2014 John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times , 9 Nov. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"probably borrowed from American Spanish ( quiniela ) exacta \"exact quiniela\""
],
"first_known_use":[
"1964, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-221812"
},
"entered apprentice":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the first degree of Freemasonry",
": one who has taken the degree of entered apprentice \u2014 compare blue lodge"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-221846"
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"epicureal":{
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"definitions":[
"Definition of epicureal obsolete variant of epicurean"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-222035"
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"every man for himself":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
"Definition of every man for himself \u2014 used to describe a situation in which people do not help each other and each person has to take care of himself or herself As soon as there was a crisis, it was every man for himself ."
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-222715"
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"exuberantness":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": exuberance"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-223321"
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"engross":{
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"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
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"definitions":[
": to copy or write in a large hand",
": to prepare the usually final handwritten or printed text of (an official document)",
": to purchase large quantities of (as for speculation)",
": amass , collect",
": to take or engage the whole attention of : occupy completely",
": to take the attention of completely",
": to prepare the usually final handwritten or printed text of (as a bill or resolution) especially for final passage or approval",
"\u2014 see also engrossed bill at bill sense 1 \u2014 compare enroll",
"[Middle English, from Anglo-French engrosser , from en gros wholesale, in quantity]"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8gr\u014ds",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8gr\u014ds",
"in-\u02c8gr\u014ds"
],
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"absorb",
"bemuse",
"busy",
"catch up",
"engage",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"enwrap",
"fascinate",
"grip",
"immerse",
"interest",
"intrigue",
"involve",
"occupy"
],
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"examples":[
"a mystery story that will engross readers all the way to the surprise ending",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Like the characters populating his novels, who are terrified of their own irrelevance, Franzen has a habit of proffering bells and whistles as compensation for the modest scope of the domestic sagas that engross him. \u2014 Becca Rothfeld, The Atlantic , 4 Oct. 2021",
"Readers will engross themselves in two beefy chapters on Hatfield\u2019s eight years as governor, but for the nearly 30 years that Hatfield spent in the U.S. Senate, Etulain serves up a scant 28 pages, inclusive of several full-page photographs. \u2014 oregonlive , 26 Aug. 2021",
"Buyers can dig deeper into the country of origin and engross themselves in modern experiences from contemporary creatives without saying a word. \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, House Beautiful , 13 May 2021",
"Amid a social justice movement and COVID-19 pandemic that engross the nation, the term gains gravitas. \u2014 Michael Gehlken, Dallas News , 11 Mar. 2021",
"His mother sang and played piano and was a big supporter, and Benet would engross himself in his detective father's extensive classical music collection. \u2014 Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 8 Mar. 2021",
"The Senate voted to engross the bills ahead of debate Tuesday, which blocked changes to the measures. \u2014 Nyamekye Daniel, Washington Examiner , 24 Feb. 2021",
"Two days is enough time to engross yourself in a curriculum, build a solid foundation, sleep on it and continue to build on that foundation the next day. \u2014 Chris Mudgett, Outdoor Life , 1 July 2020",
"The intricate synergies of coffee and capitalism form the subtext of the historian Augustine Sedgewick\u2019s thoroughly engrossing first book, Coffeeland: One Man\u2019s Dark Empire and the Making of Our Favorite Drug. \u2014 Michael Pollan, The Atlantic , 6 Apr. 2020"
],
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French engrosser to put (a legal document) in final form, from Medieval Latin ingrossare , from in grossam (put) into final form, literally, (written) in large (letter)"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-223625"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a hand-operated kitchen utensil used for beating, stirring, or whipping",
": a rotary device for these purposes",
": helicopter"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8eg-\u02ccb\u0113-t\u0259r",
"\u02c8\u0101g-"
],
"synonyms":[
"chopper",
"copter",
"helicopter",
"helo",
"whirlybird"
],
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"examples":[
"told stories of his days flying eggbeaters during the Vietnam War",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Duane kills with kitchen tongs, an eggbeater , an iron. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 May 2021",
"Four years ago, Jennie Fogarty\u2019s granddaughter Claire asked for an eggbeater for Christmas. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Feb. 2021",
"There is some speculation that the currents flowing around wind farms could turn into a giant eggbeater , mixing warm surface water into the cold pool, but that hasn\u2019t been shown in any direct field observations, Miles says. \u2014 Eric Niiler, Wired , 11 Mar. 2021",
"As with mousetraps, inventors tweaked and improved the eggbeater over the decades. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Feb. 2021",
"Paul drew Teeny\u2019s onto kitchen objects: an eggbeater bike, little kids on dixie cups, a dog leash and collar as a swing. \u2014 Elizabeth Isadora Gold, Longreads , 2 Oct. 2020",
"Too bad the little motor feels like an eggbeater with too many eggs in its basket. \u2014 Tony Assenza, Car and Driver , 30 June 2020",
"From 1850 onward, eggbeaters became a veritable obsession in the American household. \u2014 Ben Huberman, Longreads , 3 Nov. 2019",
"Whip chilled Jell-O mixture with an eggbeater until fluffy and thick. \u2014 Philip Potempa, Post-Tribune , 16 Mar. 2018"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1828, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-224302"
},
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"type":[
"idiom"
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"definitions":[
": to be similar to"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-224407"
},
"entre nous":{
"type":[
"French phrase"
],
"definitions":[
": between us : in confidence"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4\u207ftr\u1d4a-n\u00fc"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-224443"
},
"eurythmy":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a system of harmonious body movement to the rhythm of spoken words"
],
"pronounciation":[
"yu\u0307-\u02c8rit\u035fh-m\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"German Eurhythmie , from Latin eurythmia rhythmical movement, from Greek, from eurythmos rhythmical, from eu- + rhythmos rhythm"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1949, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-224748"
},
"envermeil":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to color with or as if with vermilion"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"en- entry 1 + vermeil (adjective)"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-224940"
},
"Eurytomidae":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a family of black or black and yellowish chalcid flies which have the abdomen rounded and compressed and some of which are parasitic on other insects while others are plant feeders and important pests especially of grains \u2014 see jointworm"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccyu\u0307r\u0259\u02c8t\u00e4m\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from Eurytoma , type genus (from eury- + -toma ) + -idae"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-230358"
},
"emblazer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that emblazes"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-z\u0259(r)"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-231013"
},
"engraff":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": engraft"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English engraffen, ingraffen , from en- entry 1 or in- entry 2 + graffen to graft, insert (a scion)"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-232149"
},
"envy":{
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with a desire to possess the same advantage",
": malice",
": an object of envious notice or feeling",
": to feel envy toward or on account of",
": begrudge",
": to feel or show envy",
": a feeling of unhappiness over another's good fortune together with a desire to have the same good fortune",
": a person or a thing that is envied",
": to feel unhappiness over the good fortune of (someone) and desire the same good fortune : feel envy toward or because of"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8en-v\u0113",
"\u02c8en-v\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"covetousness",
"enviousness",
"green-eyed monster",
"invidiousness",
"jealousy",
"resentment"
],
"antonyms":[
"begrudge",
"resent"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"my envy of his success",
"Their exotic vacations inspired envy in their friends.",
"We watched with envy as the yacht slid past us.",
"Verb",
"I envy you for your large group of friends.",
"I envy the way you've made so many friends.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Price aside, the San Diego County Water Authority has become the envy of other water districts for its diverse supply from recycling projects, a desalination plant, a Colorado River water deal and conservation efforts. \u2014 Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 May 2022",
"Homeowners who have envy -worthy pads but don't necessarily want to rent out their entire home or rooms on Airbnb or others, might be more comfortable showcasing their kitchens instead. \u2014 Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY , 10 June 2022",
"Another is with the hardware itself, giving your neighborhood a bad case of grill envy . \u2014 Larry Olmsted, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"As practically the only outside (non-reservation) characters in the film, this couple can be supportive one moment and shady the next, representing a lifestyle that Bill and his friends envy , but can\u2019t bring themselves to respect. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 21 May 2022",
"This ballet explores themes of love, vengeance, and envy while examining the juxtaposition between nature and modern life. \u2014 Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal , 17 May 2022",
"And there are plenty of chances to experience order envy . \u2014 Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Its success spurred envy from schools elsewhere in the city, and grumbling about its extra cost. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Those who want to clearly separate envy from jealousy are zealous in their nitpicking. \u2014 Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Artists bound by agreements with their labels may envy this freedom, but some, including Halsey, don\u2019t seem to have been barred from saying as much. \u2014 Sonia Rao, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
"On Vanuatu, which boasts verdant volcanic landscapes and turquoise waters, Philbrick lived a life many an international fugitive would envy . \u2014 Victoria Bekiempis, Rolling Stone , 23 May 2022",
"Its members oversee a six-figure fundraising juggernaut that any PTA president would envy . \u2014 oregonlive , 8 May 2022",
"Roy, who has coached every track and field event at one time or another, will also hand off a legacy any coach would envy . \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 4 May 2022",
"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has earned admiration and respect across a spectrum of leaders in the kind of way most American politicians would envy these days. \u2014 Rick Klein, ABC News , 8 Mar. 2022",
"The family matriarch, Joan Wicks, a teacher, built a haven of creation that Marmee would envy \u2014 the primary difference being that the idyllic landscape was firmly rooted in Black culture. \u2014 Allure , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Veering from immature to sophisticated, hilarious to heartfelt, Haim delivered a performance that actors with a dozen films under their belt would envy . \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 12 Jan. 2022",
"The quiet self-certainty of fellow citizens stifled dissent with a reach and power that a censor\u2019s office could only envy . \u2014 Jedediah Britton-purdy, The New Republic , 22 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Noun",
"Middle English envie , from Anglo-French, from Latin invidia , from invidus envious, from invid\u0113re to look askance at, envy, from in- + vid\u0113re to see \u2014 more at wit"
],
"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":"20220630-232536"
},
"elegit":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a judicial writ of execution by which a defendant's goods and if necessary his or her lands are delivered for debt to the plaintiff until the debt is paid"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8l\u0113-j\u0259t"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin, literally, he has chosen, from eligere"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1504, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-233023"
},
"extollingly":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": in an extolling manner"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-234542"
},
"experimenter":{
"type":[
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": test , trial",
": a tentative procedure or policy",
": an operation or procedure carried out under controlled conditions in order to discover an unknown effect or law, to test or establish a hypothesis, or to illustrate a known law",
": experience",
": the process of testing : experimentation",
": to carry out experiments : try out a new procedure, idea, or activity",
": a trial or test made to find out about something",
": to try or test a new way, idea, or activity : to make experiments",
": a procedure carried out under controlled conditions in order to discover an unknown effect or law, to test or establish a hypothesis, or to illustrate a known law",
": the process of testing : experimentation",
": to carry out experiments"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8sper-\u0259-m\u0259nt",
"also",
"ik-\u02c8sper-\u0259-\u02ccment",
"also",
"ik-\u02c8sper-\u0259-m\u0259nt",
"ik-\u02c8sper-\u0259-\u02ccment",
"ik-\u02c8sper-\u0259-m\u0259nt",
"-\u02ccment"
],
"synonyms":[
"essay",
"experimentation",
"test",
"trial"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Students will carry out simple laboratory experiments .",
"They did some experiments with magnets.",
"These theories have not yet been confirmed by experiment .",
"an experiment in living more frugally",
"the city's experiment with a longer school year",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Democratic campaigns had trivialized the issue, even as the hearings were elevating it as a mortal threat to the American experiment . \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"The table below shows 45 companies which have committed to the experiment . \u2014 Lila Maclellan, Quartz , 6 June 2022",
"Sometimes, the group switches it up, like a social experiment , to see if different things will change how students respond. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 May 2022",
"The project is a bit of a social experiment , too, to see if the reusable cup habit will stick. \u2014 Jordan Hernandez | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 28 Apr. 2022",
"In 1905 the social experiment gave way to a hybrid apartment building and hotel. \u2014 Jay Cheshes, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The show is a social experiment where 100 people try to stay on a remote desert island for two months for a chance at winning $1 million. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Of course, no good social experiment is complete without a hilarious narrator \u2014 and Love in the Jungle is no different. \u2014 Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Two years ago this week, the U.K. was, like much of the rest of the world, plunged into a huge social experiment \u2014 working from home. \u2014 Roger Trapp, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Those two matches in East Asia are the only ones that Brazil have lined up for this international break, so head coach Tite won\u2019t have much of a chance to experiment with his squad either. \u2014 Steve Price, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Sure, Cannes has also had tons of tulle or sequin dresses, but these stars\u2019 willingness to experiment with and commit to different fashion ideas has given Cannes a wake up call. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 25 May 2022",
"Cinema is such a costly medium that directors have little chance to experiment between features. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 4 May 2022",
"What impresses him about Sobhy is her willingness to experiment . \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
"The artist interpreted this as a chance to experiment . \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Scoring Manifold Garden was extremely unique because I was given so much freedom to experiment . \u2014 Josh Chesler, SPIN , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Shenseea\u2019s desire to experiment with her artistry has been a feature throughout her career. \u2014 Sharine Taylor, refinery29.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The Diamonds\u2019 willingness to experiment , explains Gussie, put them at an advantage over other acts. \u2014 Patricia Meschino, Rolling Stone , 4 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Noun",
"Middle English, \"testing, proof, remedy,\" borrowed from Anglo-French esperiment, borrowed from Latin exper\u012bmentum \"testing, experience, proof,\" from exper\u012br\u012b \"to put to the test, attempt, have experience of, undergo\" + -mentum -ment \u2014 more at experience entry 1",
"Verb",
"verbal derivative of experiment entry 1"
],
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"1787, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-235008"
},
"excursionist":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a person who goes on an excursion"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8sk\u0259rzh-nist",
"-\u02c8sk\u0259r-zh\u0259-"
],
"synonyms":[
"rubberneck",
"rubbernecker",
"sightseer",
"tourist",
"traveler",
"traveller",
"tripper"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a list of things to do for weekend excursionists in the city"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1830, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-235736"
},
"escutcheon pin":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a small round-headed ornamental usually brass nail for attaching escutcheon plates"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-235827"
},
"Ecclesiasticus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a didactic book included in the Protestant Apocrypha and as Sirach in the Roman Catholic canon of the Old Testament"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02cckl\u0113-z\u0113-\u02c8a-sti-k\u0259s",
"e-\u02cckl\u0113-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"borrowed from Late Latin Eccl\u0113siasticus, probably short for liber eccl\u0113siasticus \"church book\" (from its use in church readings) \u2014 more at ecclesiastic entry 1"
],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-000259"
},
"exempt":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject",
": set apart",
": to release or deliver from some liability or requirement to which others are subject",
": one exempted or freed from duty",
": free or released from some requirement that other persons must meet or deal with",
": to release from a requirement that others must meet",
": free or released from some obligation or duty to which others are subject : not subject or liable",
": to release or exclude from some liability (as in taxation), obligation, or duty to which others are subject"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8zem(p)t",
"ig-\u02c8zempt",
"ig-\u02c8zempt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Council members ultimately resisted calls to exempt menthols, citing their harmful effect on the health of Black communities. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
"The companies responded by qualifying an initiative for the November 2020 ballot to exempt drivers from the law. \u2014 Brody Mullins And Ryan Tracy, WSJ , 8 Mar. 2022",
"In fact, one proposal sitting in an Illinois Senate committee would amend the law to exempt counties whose population is above 3 million, which would apply only to Cook County. \u2014 Jeremy Gorner, chicagotribune.com , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Austin has rejected a request by Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt to exempt Oklahoma members from the mandate. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 12 Dec. 2021",
"Other companies find more creative ways to exempt billionaire founders from pledging bans. \u2014 John Hyatt, Forbes , 11 Nov. 2021",
"In March, Lujan Grisham wrote President Joe Biden, asking to exempt New Mexico from an executive order halting gas and oil production on federal land. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 Oct. 2021",
"In March, Lujan Grisham wrote President Joe Biden, asking to exempt New Mexico from an executive order halting gas and oil production on federal land. \u2014 Kathleen Ronayne, ajc , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Advocacy groups pushing to exempt feminine hygiene products from these taxes have provided the items for free to thousands who need them. \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 14 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Ricard's requests for religious accommodations that would exempt her from having to follow the guidance and policies were denied, according to the lawsuit. \u2014 Alaa Elassar, CNN , 12 Mar. 2022",
"The new rules exempt the sale of shisha tobacco at hookah lounges and bar patios that got their tobacco retailer permits before January. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
"The City Council, which is likely to vote on the matter on Thursday, may also exempt companies from being charged a monetary fine for the first violation and limit lawsuits related to the pay information to current employees. \u2014 Jeff Green, Fortune , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Unlike tens of thousands of other migrants, fleeing violence in other countries, border guards could exempt Ukrainians from the public health order, Title 42. \u2014 Jasmine Aguilera, Time , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The third bill Ivey signed will exempt homeless students from paying fees to get or replace a driver\u2019s driver license fees. \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The bill would also exempt laptops, notebooks and tablet computers priced less than $2,000 from sales tax during the holiday. \u2014 cleveland , 14 Apr. 2022",
"This bill would exempt UC Berkeley and other public universities from lengthy environmental reviews when building housing. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Austin said having that requirement now allows BYU to have a universal set of rules for all faculty, which helps exempt it from appearing to discriminate, particularly with the LGBTQ community. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The electric-car maker clashed with Fremont officials last month over whether its factory was an essential business exempt from shutdown orders. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 Apr. 2020",
"Donations made directly to the NRA would not qualify as tax exempt . \u2014 Stephen Gandel, CBS News , 27 Nov. 2019",
"The rustic retreat boasts 28 acres, 27 of which are classified as agricultural exempt improved pasture land, according to Milliorn. \u2014 Rebecca Hennes, Houston Chronicle , 3 Sep. 2019",
"The Senate plan also places sales taxes on upgrades to homes and buildings -- such as installing new window treatments and new roofs -- that are currently tax exempt . \u2014 Julia O'donoghue, NOLA.com , 3 June 2018",
"Harrisburg is burdened by the fact that a majority of its real estate is owned by the state or is tax exempt . \u2014 Michaelle Bond, Philly.com , 16 Mar. 2018",
"By the end of the current abatement, the building will have been tax exempt for 15 years. \u2014 Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com , 13 Dec. 2017",
"The department is taking more steps to detect fraud, including checking the IRS website to see if an organization really is tax exempt , said Jeff Fleming, spokesman for the department. \u2014 Mary Spicuzza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 3 Nov. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Adjective",
"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin exemptus , past participle of eximere to take out \u2014 more at example"
],
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun",
"1532, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-000447"
},
"enduro":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a long race (as for automobiles or motorcycles) stressing endurance rather than speed"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8du\u0307r-(\u02cc)\u014d",
"-\u02c8dyu\u0307r-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Thankfully, not all top-end enduro bikes are going that way. \u2014 Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
"For mountain bikes, our categories were cross-country, short travel/trail, long travel/ enduro , women\u2019s mountain bikes, and e-mountain bikes. \u2014 Josh Patterson, Outside Online , 18 May 2020",
"The bike generally fought above its weight class but would occasionally pull a punch or two when it was thrown into fights more appropriate for enduro bikes. \u2014 Zach White, Outside Online , 23 Apr. 2021",
"Cross-country and enduro racers will certainly benefit from Live Valve, which imposed a weight penalty of about five ounces on my setup but makes up for it with improved efficiency and speed. \u2014 Kelly Bastone, Outside Online , 31 Dec. 2019",
"So were cruisers and choppers, enduro bikes, and trikes. \u2014 Denise Coffey, courant.com , 19 Aug. 2019",
"That\u2019s fast for a 15-kW, 3,000-rpm enduro -style bike weighing just under 150 lb. \u2014 Jill Kiedaisch, Popular Mechanics , 8 Feb. 2019",
"Crankworx has free admission and features the world\u2019s best enduro , downhill, and freestyle riders competing around the mountain. \u2014 Megan Michelson, Outside Online , 18 May 2018",
"Brake levers are completely revamped with a new bracing point to improve rigidity and control, and a new enduro -specific pedal adds stability and contact area for sneaker-styles shoes. \u2014 Aaron Gulley, Outside Online , 29 May 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"endur ance + -o (Italian or Spanish masculine noun ending)"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1935, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-000615"
},
"exopterygote":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": hemimetabolous"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin Exopterygota"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-000846"
},
"egg nucleus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": female pronucleus"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-002426"
},
"engraved glass":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": glass ornamented with intaglio cutting that is usually left unpolished \u2014 compare cut glass"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-002734"
},
"elastic currency":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a currency that automatically increases and decreases in volume with the demands of business"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-003034"
},
"excorticate":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": decorticate"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)ek\u00a6sk\u022f(r)t\u0259\u02cck\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Late Latin excorticatus , past participle of excorticare , from Latin ex- ex- entry 1 + cortic-, cortex bark"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-003344"
},
"empt":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": empty"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8em(p)t"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English empten, emptien , from Old English \u01e3mettigian to empty, be at leisure, from \u01e3mtig, \u01e3mettig empty, unoccupied"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-005041"
},
"Eau Claire":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"city on the Chippewa River in western Wisconsin population 65,883"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u014d-\u02c8kler"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-010715"
},
"Endek":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a member of the fascist anti-Semitic National Democratic party of Poland"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8en\u02ccdek"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Polish, from en (name of the letter n , here standing for the initial letter of the first word of Narodowa Demokracja National Democratic party, literally, National Democracy) +0 -dek (irregular from the d and k in Demokracja )"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-011111"
},
"engrandize":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make great or grandiose"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u0307n\u02c8gra(a)n\u02ccd\u012bz",
"en-",
"\u02c8engr\u0259n-",
"\u02c8e\u014bgr\u0259n-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"modification (influenced by -ize ) of obsolete French engrandiss- , stem of engrandir , from Old French, from en- en- entry 1 + grant, grand great, large"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-011255"
},
"em dash":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a dash that is one em wide"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"em entry 1"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-011657"
},
"empressement":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": demonstrative warmth or cordiality"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4\u207f-pres-\u02c8m\u00e4\u207f"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French, from ( s' ) empresser to hurry, from en- + presser to press"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1709, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-020020"
},
"excrescential":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": relating to or being an excrescence"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6ekskr\u0259\u00a6sench\u0259l",
"\u00a6ek(\u02cc)skre\u00a6-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin excrescentia + English -al"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-021049"
},
"Eaton":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"Theophilus 1590\u20131658 English colonial administrator in America; governor of New Haven colony (1638\u201358)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0113-t\u1d4an"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-021131"
},
"earning asset":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an asset (such as a loan or security) of a bank on which interest is received"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"earning from present participle of earn entry 1"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-023018"
},
"equanimous":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": possessing or displaying equanimity"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)\u0113\u00a6kwan\u0259m\u0259s",
"(\u02c8)e\u00a6k-",
"\u0259\u0307\u02c8k-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Late Latin aequanimus , back-formation from aequanimitas"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-023531"
},
"epistle side":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": the right side of an altar or chancel as one faces it : south side"
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},
"embale":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": bale , wrap"
],
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"\u0259\u0307m",
"em+"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"en- entry 1 + bale (noun)"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-030110"
},
"enwomb":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to shut up as if in a womb"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8w\u00fcm",
"en-"
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"first_known_use":[
"1590, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-030816"
},
"escutellate":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": having no visible scutellum"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u00a6)\u0113+"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"e- + New Latin scutell um + English -ate"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-031317"
},
"epistolar":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": epistolary"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Late Latin epistolaris , from Latin epistola + -aris -ar"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-033957"
},
"enlacement":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the process or result of interlacing",
": a pattern of interlacing elements"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8l\u0101-sm\u0259nt",
"en-"
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"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-035608"
},
"engrandizement":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an act of engrandizing or the state of being engrandized"
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"\u0259\u0307n\u02c8gra(a)nd\u0259\u0307zm\u0259nt",
"en-",
"-\u02ccd\u012bz-",
"\u02c8en\u02ccgra(a)n\u02ccd\u012bz-",
"\u02ccen\u02ccgra(a)n\u02c8d\u012bz-"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-041134"
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"Equisetites":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a form genus of fossil pteridophytes closely related and possibly belonging to Equisetum"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccekw\u0259s\u0259\u02c8t\u012bt(\u02cc)\u0113z"
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"New Latin, from Equisetum + Latin -ites -ite"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-041441"
},
"estuarine crocodile":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": saltwater crocodile"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-041511"
},
"eyeglasses":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": eyepiece",
": a lens worn to aid vision",
": monocle",
": a device used to correct defects of vision or to protect the eyes that consists typically of a pair of glass or plastic lenses and the frame by which they are held in place : glasses",
": eyecup sense 1",
": a glass lens used to help a person to see clearly",
": glass sense 3",
": eyepiece",
": a lens worn to aid vision",
": monocle",
": glasses , spectacles",
": eyecup sense 1"
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u012b-\u02ccglas",
"\u02c8\u012b-\u02ccglas",
"\u02c8\u012b-\u02ccglas"
],
"synonyms":[
"glass",
"specs",
"spectacles"
],
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"examples":[
"She left her eyeglasses at work.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Another man with the condition required multiple eyeglass prescriptions, shifting even between nearsightedness and farsightedness in the span of a day. \u2014 Joe Didonato, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Related Video Warby Parker was one of the original direct-to-consumer brands, but now, the eyeglass -maker\u2019s sales are split about evenly between its more than 140 bricks-and-mortar locations and its online store. \u2014 Charity L. Scott, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022",
"At one eyeglass store in Alexandria, a man used a hammer to smash glass display cases and the group escaped with Gucci products and a tray of sunglasses worth more than $17,000. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Last week, at least two eyeglass stores in Chicago were broken into overnight and robbed of designer frames, FOX32 Chicago reported. \u2014 Fox News , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Warby Parker, the eyeglass retailer, has also seen its shares plunge 40 percent in recent months, as its once rapid growth has started to slow. \u2014 NBC News , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Satisfied for the moment, Mr. Grint turned his attention to picking an eyeglass frame, moving through the store shyly, unassumingly, never asking for help, but also never declining it. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Just as eyeglass lenses can focus near or far, so can the scientists tune a magnetic field. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Police found a crushed white substance, substances in the form of four white rocks and three green rocks, three capsules and marijuana paraphernalia in the woman\u2019s eyeglass case. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 19 Nov. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1c"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-043339"
},
"energetics":{
"type":[
"noun, plural in form but singular in construction"
],
"definitions":[
": a branch of mechanics that deals primarily with energy and its transformations",
": the total energy relations and transformations of a physical, chemical, or biological system",
": a branch of physics that deals primarily with energy and its transformations",
": the total energy relations and transformations of a physical, chemical, or biological system"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce-n\u0259r-\u02c8je-tiks",
"-iks"
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[
"1855, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-043349"
},
"exegetical":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of or relating to exegesis : explanatory"
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"\u02ccek-s\u0259-\u02c8je-ti-k\u0259l"
],
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"elucidative",
"explanative",
"explanatory",
"explicative",
"explicatory",
"expositive",
"expository",
"illuminative",
"illustrative",
"interpretative",
"interpretive"
],
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"examples":[
"a new edition of Shakespeare with an abundance of exegetical commentary for the modern reader"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Greek ex\u0113g\u0113tikos , from ex\u0113geisthai"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1607, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-043401"
},
"extorsive":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": serving for or obtained by extortion"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik\u02c8st\u022frsiv",
"(\u02c8)ek\u00a6s-"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin extors- (stem of extorqu\u0113re ) + English -ive"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-043803"
},
"exodium":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": exode sense 1"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ek\u02c8s\u014dd\u0113\u0259m",
"eg\u02c8z\u014d-"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-045446"
},
"EST":{
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"abbreviation ()",
"adjective suffix or adverb suffix",
"verb suffix"
],
"definitions":[
"established",
"estimate; estimated",
"eastern standard time",
"electroshock therapy"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259st"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Adjective suffix or adverb suffix",
"Middle English, from Old English -st, -est, -ost ; akin to Old High German -isto (adjective superlative suffix), Greek -istos",
"Verb suffix",
"Middle English, from Old English -est, -ast, -st ; akin to Old High German -ist, -\u014dst, -\u0113st , 2nd singular ending"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-045525"
},
"endoxerosis":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a physiological disease of citrus causing the juice sacs especially in the stylar end of the fruit to collapse and leave a hollow region"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6en(\u02cc)d\u014d+"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from end- + xer- + -osis"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-050930"
},
"elegist":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a composer of an elegy"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8el\u0259j\u0259\u0307st"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"elegy + -ist"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1762, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-050948"
},
"emancipation":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act or process of emancipating",
": an act of setting someone free from control or slavery",
": gradual separation of an original homogeneous embryo into fields with different specific potentialities for development",
": the act or process of emancipating"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02ccman(t)-s\u0259-\u02c8p\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"i-\u02ccman-s\u0259-\u02c8p\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"i-\u02ccman(t)-s\u0259-\u02c8p\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"i-\u02ccman-s\u0259-\u02c8p\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"enfranchisement",
"freeing",
"liberation",
"manumission"
],
"antonyms":[
"enslavement"
],
"examples":[
"a book discussing the role that the emancipation of slaves played in the nation's history",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After emancipation , the couple married and had eight children, according to Sherrod. \u2014 Ligaya Figueras, ajc , 19 June 2022",
"Hopkins established the first parade to commemorate emancipation in the nation. \u2014 Christina Tkacik, Baltimore Sun , 18 June 2022",
"June 19 is Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day, and is a nationwide celebration to commemorate the emancipation from slavery. \u2014 Genesis Malone, The Courier-Journal , 13 June 2022",
"Central Florida events this weekend provide plenty of ways to celebrate Juneteenth \u2014 marked annually on June 19 to commemorate the emancipation of slaves in the United States. \u2014 Kathleen Christiansen, orlandosentinel.com , 16 June 2021",
"Passover, the Jewish festival held to commemorate the Israelites\u2019 emancipation from slavery in ancient Egypt, is set to begin this Wednesday. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 Apr. 2020",
"Juneteenth is a holiday that observes the end of slavery in the U.S. and marks the day, June 19, 1865, when news of emancipation reached people in the deepest parts of the former Confederacy in Galveston, Texas. \u2014 Gareth Vipers And Ann-marie Alc\u00e1ntara, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"This continued even after the emancipation proclamation. \u2014 Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022",
"In the Civil War, the U.S. issued an emancipation proclamation\u2014in the Revolution, the British did. \u2014 Kermit Roosevelt Iii, Time , 17 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1631, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-051829"
},
"easy virtue":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": sexually promiscuous behavior or habits"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1785, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-060019"
},
"engravement":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": engraving"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-vm\u0259nt"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-060148"
},
"excessiveness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": exceeding what is usual, proper, necessary, or normal",
": being too much",
": exceeding what is proper, necessary, or normal",
": being out of proportion to the offense"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8se-siv",
"ik-\u02c8se-siv"
],
"synonyms":[
"baroque",
"devilish",
"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":[
"an excessive display of wealth",
"High fever, nausea, and excessive sweating are some of the symptoms.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"However, Spacey\u2019s barrister argued strongly that the bail conditions regarding travel were excessive . \u2014 K.j. Yossman, Variety , 16 June 2022",
"The city had argued that evidence in the lawsuit was wrongly kept from the jury and the verdict was excessive . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"Auditors estimated more than $730,000 worth of contributions would have still been excessive , even when excluding the dollars impacted by the Cruz decision. \u2014 Kaitlin Lange, The Indianapolis Star , 9 June 2022",
"However, the advantages vanish when the gaming is excessive . \u2014 Julie Jargon, WSJ , 14 May 2022",
"In a news release, Jameson said the lead times for delivery of physical books were excessive . \u2014 cleveland , 13 May 2022",
"Fryer's lawyer, Robert Goldman, said the 14-month sentence was excessive , asserting that the ticket brokers were the people truly in charge of the operation. \u2014 David K. Li, NBC News , 12 May 2022",
"Typically, a district attorney must agree the old sentence was excessive . \u2014 Ivana Hrynkiw | Ihrynkiw@al.com, al , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Any force that is not legally justified is excessive . \u2014 Alexa Gervasi, The Week , 5 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-061609"
},
"excess insurance":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": insurance in which the underwriter's liability does not arise until the loss exceeds a stated amount and then only on the excess above that amount",
": insurance over and above that necessary to meet the requirements of a coinsurance clause"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-062809"
},
"encapsulant":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a material used for encapsulating"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u0307n\u02c8kaps\u0259l\u0259nt",
"en-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"encapsul ate + -ant"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-063552"
},
"encrinal":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or made up of encrinites"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)en\u00a6kr\u012bn\u1d4al",
"(\u02c8)e\u014b\u00a6-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin Encrinus + English -al"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-064107"
},
"effervesce":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to bubble, hiss, and foam as gas escapes",
": to show liveliness or exhilaration",
": to bubble, hiss, and foam as gas escapes"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce-f\u0259r-\u02c8ves",
"\u02ccef-\u0259r-\u02c8ves"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The 3,472-square-mile park encompassing the caldera is filled with geologic wonderlands of sprouting geysers and effervescing pools, all ultimately driven by magma and superheated fluids churning in the rock below the surface. \u2014 National Geographic , 19 Mar. 2020",
"Sulfur dioxide, which effervesces from active volcanic vents and craters, reacts with sunlight, moisture, particulate and oxygen to produce clouds of fine particles. \u2014 Maya Wei-haas, Smithsonian , 25 May 2018",
"For decades, when not effervescing over royal weddings and births, the tabloids have castigated the royals as lazy, frumpy, dissipated or self-indulgent. \u2014 Lisa Ryan, The Cut , 2 May 2018",
"For decades, when not effervescing over royal weddings and births, the tabloids have castigated the royals as lazy, frumpy, dissipated or self-indulgent. \u2014 Ellen Barry, New York Times , 1 May 2018",
"Siphons charge the cocktails with CO2, which change their texture, making the flavors effervesce and pop. \u2014 Lauren Le Vine, Redbook , 28 June 2013",
"For decades, when not effervescing over royal weddings and births, the tabloids have castigated the royals as lazy, frumpy, dissipated or self-indulgent. \u2014 Lisa Ryan, The Cut , 2 May 2018",
"For decades, when not effervescing over royal weddings and births, the tabloids have castigated the royals as lazy, frumpy, dissipated or self-indulgent. \u2014 Lisa Ryan, The Cut , 2 May 2018",
"For decades, when not effervescing over royal weddings and births, the tabloids have castigated the royals as lazy, frumpy, dissipated or self-indulgent. \u2014 Lisa Ryan, The Cut , 2 May 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin effervescere , from ex- + fervescere to begin to boil, inchoative of ferv\u0113re to boil \u2014 more at brew"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1784, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-064249"
},
"expugnatory":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": adapted for attack"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ek\u02c8sp\u0259gn\u0259\u02cct\u014dr\u0113"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Late Latin expugnatorius overpowering, from Latin expugnatus + -orius -ory"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-070009"
},
"eaceworm":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": earthworm"
],
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"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"English dialect eace, easse earthworm (from Middle English ees bait, carrion, from Old English \u01e3s ) + English worm ; akin to Old High German \u0101s carrion, Latin esca food, bait, Lithuanian edesis food, Old English etan to eat"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-070512"
},
"expositor":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a person who explains : commentator"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8sp\u00e4-z\u0259-t\u0259r"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English expositour , from Anglo-French expositur , from Late Latin expositor , from Latin exponere"
],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-070658"
},
"earn one's stripes":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
": to do something which shows that one deserves to be accepted and respected by the other people in a field or profession"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-071243"
},
"eliad":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of eliad obsolete variant of oeillade"
],
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-071746"
},
"escarpment":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a steep slope in front of a fortification",
": a long cliff or steep slope separating two comparatively level or more gently sloping surfaces and resulting from erosion or faulting"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8sk\u00e4rp-m\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"barranca",
"barranco",
"bluff",
"cliff",
"crag",
"palisade",
"precipice",
"scar",
"scarp"
],
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"examples":[
"the castle sits atop an escarpment that for hundreds of years made it virtually invulnerable to attack",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"So, along with the convenience, the eastern escarpment of the Sierra is a 10,000-foot high wall that extends for about a hundred miles, with a desert below and another mountain range to the east. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 20 June 2022",
"Simone\u2019s childhood home, located in Tryon, N.C., a small town of 1,600 nestled at the base of the southern escarpment of the Blue Ridge Mountains, was at risk of succumbing to age and neglect. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The main wreckage was found perched on a 2,500-foot escarpment within a mile of the western park entrance. \u2014 Charlie Zaharoff, Outside Online , 8 Oct. 2014",
"As much as a foot of snow could fall near the edge of the Blue Ridge escarpment in Greenville and as much as 20 inches of snow could accumulate above 4,000 feet of elevation in that area. \u2014 Alanne Orjoux, CNN , 16 Jan. 2022",
"Swifts dipped and dove overhead as the setting sun silhouetted an escarpment on the other side of the river. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Feb. 2022",
"What remains are mostly tiny and tricky lots like 1490, which faces onto a subway viaduct and is partly taken up by a rock escarpment . \u2014 New York Times , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Below him, the river drops ferociously over a roughly 30-mile stretch before abruptly reaching the unrunnable 140-foot Murchison Falls itself, at the edge of the Rift Valley escarpment . \u2014 Grayson Schaffer, Outside Online , 7 Feb. 2011",
"Eagle-eyed excavators spotted a couple of leg bones sticking out of the edge of an escarpment ; a prior excavation had chopped the skeleton off at the feet. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 2 Dec. 2021"
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"French escarpement , from escarper to scarp, from Middle French, from escarpe scarp, from Old Italian scarpa \u2014 more at scarp"
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"circa 1802, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"noun"
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": spontaneous generation",
": spontaneous generation involving the origination of a living organism from a living organism of a different species"
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"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-072413"
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"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-072949"
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"evade":{
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"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
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": to slip away",
": to take refuge in escape or avoidance",
": to elude by dexterity or stratagem",
": to avoid facing up to",
": to avoid the performance of : dodge , circumvent",
": to fail to pay (taxes)",
": to avoid answering directly : turn aside",
": to be elusive to : baffle",
": to get away from or avoid meeting directly",
": to unlawfully fail to pay (taxes) through fraudulent or deceptive means \u2014 compare avoid",
": to avoid answering directly"
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"i-\u02c8v\u0101d",
"\u0113-",
"i-\u02c8v\u0101d",
"i-\u02c8v\u0101d"
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"avoid",
"dodge",
"duck",
"elude",
"escape",
"eschew",
"finesse",
"get around",
"scape",
"shake",
"shirk",
"shuffle (out of)",
"shun",
"weasel (out of)"
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"examples":[
"The criminals have so far managed to evade the police.",
"a politician skilled at evading difficult questions",
"The governor has been accused of evading the issue.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The subvariant, nicknamed for its ability to evade detection on PCR tests, was dominant in the U.S. until last month, when it was overtaken by another Omicron subvariant, BA.2.12.1. \u2014 Erin Prater, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
"Previous studies have documented Omicron\u2019s galling ability to evade existing vaccine antibodies. \u2014 Corinne Purtillstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"However, staggeringly infectious members of the Omicron family have demonstrated an ability to evade some of those protections. \u2014 Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"One of the major advantages of hypersonic weapons is the ability to evade radar detection from distant targets. \u2014 Matt Seyler, ABC News , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The prospect of a new variant popping up that can evade the Covid immunity that has been built up so far is a situation that scientists aren\u2019t eager to study. \u2014 NBC News , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Some sellers boasted of their phishing kit\u2019s ability to evade anti-phishing tools and even offered detailed reporting dashboards that show how many victims have been successfully targeted. \u2014 Tony Pepper, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
"The increase in risk for the unvaccinated fell to 13 times during the rise of Omicron, which has shown ability to evade the protection offered by vaccines. \u2014 Time , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Now, omicron\u2019s ability to evade vaccine\u2019s immune response is further proof that the United States cannot vaccinate itself out of the pandemic. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Jan. 2022"
],
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"Middle French & Latin; Middle French evader , from Latin evadere , from e- + vadere to go, walk \u2014 more at wade"
],
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"1513, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-074238"
},
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"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": european bird cherry"
],
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"alteration of hagberry"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-074401"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": elegist"
],
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"\u02ccel\u0259\u0307\u02c8j\u012b\u0259st",
"-l\u0113\u02c8-",
"-\u012b\u02ccast",
"\u0259\u0307\u02c8l\u0113j\u0113\u02ccast",
"\u0113\u02c8l\u0113-",
"-j\u0113\u0259\u0307st"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"by alteration"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1720, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-075926"
},
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"type":[
"adverb (or adjective)"
],
"definitions":[
": outward"
],
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"\u00e4\u207fd\u0259(h)\u022f\u022fr"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"French, outside"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-080537"
},
"Evatt":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"Herbert Vere 1894\u20131965 Australian jurist and statesman"
],
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"\u02c8e-v\u0259t"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-081139"
},
"enlightened":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": freed from ignorance and misinformation",
": based on full comprehension of the problems involved"
],
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"in-\u02c8l\u012b-t\u1d4and",
"en-"
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"examples":[
"an enlightened approach to prison reform",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Whatever the outcome of Breivik\u2019s request for early parole, which will be decided by a three-judge panel in coming weeks, some take an enlightened view of the Norwegian government\u2019s apparent commitment to treat him like any other prisoner. \u2014 Mark Lewis, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Jan. 2022",
"The more enlightened companies share profits with their shareholders along the way and gain greater loyalty. \u2014 Walter Loeb, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022",
"And the fact remains that for all of Northam\u2019s more enlightened rhetoric, Black Virginians continue to be incarcerated at a higher rate, live in worse poverty, and struggle to get quality health care and education. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Jan. 2022",
"Hollywood apologizes for over 100 years of stereotyping Latinos and promises a new, enlightened era. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Dec. 2021",
"In these more enlightened times, the director\u2019s challenge is to find a balance between the original script and contemporary social mores. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Dec. 2021",
"According to the principal, the students frequently have a more enlightened view of depression, anxiety and mental health issues than many adults. \u2014 cleveland , 15 Oct. 2021",
"There are more and more enlightened leaders, like Joly, in the American private sector. \u2014 Peter Georgescu, Forbes , 16 Sep. 2021",
"This is where, in a more enlightened world, the education would flow in the other direction, from Mitchell to the Senate leader. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Sep. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1578, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-081227"
},
"enterotoxin":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a toxin that is produced by microorganisms (such as some staphylococci) and causes gastrointestinal symptoms (as in some forms of food poisoning or cholera)",
": a toxic substance that is produced by microorganisms (as some staphylococci) and causes gastrointestinal symptoms (as in some forms of food poisoning or cholera)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccen-t\u0259-r\u014d-\u02c8t\u00e4k-s\u0259n",
"\u02ccent-\u0259-r\u014d-\u02c8t\u00e4k-s\u0259n"
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"first_known_use":[
"1900, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-082909"
},
"epigonus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": epigone"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8pi-g\u0259-n\u0259s",
"e-"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1922, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-083223"
},
"emancipatio":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": emancipation sense 2"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)\u0101\u02ccm\u00e4n(t)s\u0259\u02c8p\u00e4t\u0113\u02cc\u014d"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-083446"
},
"E-flat":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the note a semitone below E"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-083459"
},
"eyeglassed":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": wearing eyeglasses"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u012b\u02ccglast",
"-laa(\u0259)st",
"-laist",
"-l\u0227st"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"eyeglass es + -ed"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1830, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-084929"
},
"eye view":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": point of view"
],
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"synonyms":[
"angle",
"outlook",
"perspective",
"shoes",
"slant",
"standpoint",
"vantage point",
"viewpoint"
],
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"examples":[
"from my eye view , it looks as if both of you are in the wrong",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The bird\u2019s eye view of the race could come down to those two programs, but there are other entities with a shot at gold. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 2 May 2022",
"From the gondolas, riders get a view of the New York skyline, the New Jersey Meadowlands and the Hackensack River, and the New Jersey Turnpike, as well as a bird\u2019s eye view of the 3-million square foot American Dream complex, and Metlife Stadium. \u2014 Joan Verdon, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Throughout, readers have a bird\u2019s eye view of segregated American troops in Britain and how U.S. military police worked to keep the races apart, both on and off military bases. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Mar. 2022",
"The audience\u2019s vantage point \u2014 a bird\u2019s- eye view \u2014 is critical. \u2014 Deborah Vankin Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 23 Aug. 2021",
"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s annual HIV Surveillance Report, published Tuesday, provides the first major bird\u2019s- eye view of the turn the country\u2019s four-decade-old epidemic took after the coronavirus upended society. \u2014 Benjamin Ryan, NBC News , 24 May 2022",
"Instead of taking a bird\u2019s- eye view , Shuang places his gaze at the level of his characters. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The legal delay likely to come will give a bird\u2019s- eye view of why unions represent just 6% of the private sector workforce. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The band\u2019s bird\u2019s- eye view of the human condition has always been a dark one, and Haake still doesn\u2019t have high hopes for mankind\u2019s overall trajectory. \u2014 Hank Shteamer, Rolling Stone , 15 Mar. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"circa 1771, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-085132"
},
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"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of Exopterygota taxonomic synonym of hemimetabola"
],
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"\u00a6ek\u02ccs\u00e4p\u02ccter\u0259\u00a6g\u014dt\u0259",
"\u00a6ek(\u02cc)s\u014d\u02ccter-"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from exo- + Greek pteryg\u014dta , neuter plural of pteryg\u014dtos winged"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-091137"
},
"exalt":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to raise in rank, power, or character",
": to elevate by praise or in estimation : glorify",
": elate",
": to raise high : elevate",
": to enhance the activity of : intensify",
": to induce exaltation",
": to raise to a higher level",
": to praise highly",
": to cause (virulence) to increase",
": to increase the virulence of"
],
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"ig-\u02c8z\u022flt",
"ig-\u02c8z\u022flt",
"ig-\u02c8z\u022flt"
],
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"aggrandize",
"canonize",
"deify",
"dignify",
"elevate",
"ennoble",
"enshrine",
"ensky",
"enthrone",
"glorify",
"magnify"
],
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"abase",
"degrade",
"demean",
"humble",
"humiliate"
],
"examples":[
"His behavior has exalted the power and prestige of his office.",
"The essay exalts the simple beauty of the country.",
"We exalt thee, O Lord.",
"He shamelessly exalts his own role in the peace process.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This week marked the 40th anniversary of Celebration, a biennial festival drawing thousands to Juneau every other year to honor and exalt the region\u2019s Indigenous peoples. \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 11 June 2022",
"What the exhibition does throughout 13 period rooms is exalt the unsung heroes and the less-than-always-glamorous backbone of American style. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 2 May 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",
"Kings have used it to exalt themselves, tyrants to decide which people to purge. \u2014 Maud Newton, WSJ , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Graham sought to exalt the ordinary becoming extraordinary, citing the moment of happiness in the film Grave of the Fireflies (1988) when a character tries on everyday objects, like blankets and sheets. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Our literature, our films, our drama, our folklore all exalt it... \u2014 Nicole Chavez, CNN , 17 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",
"Since taking office in late 2018, L\u00f3pez Obrador\u2019s government and its supporters have made strategic attempts to exalt the country\u2019s Indigenous roots in official events and cultural projects. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English, from Latin exaltare , from ex- + altus high \u2014 more at old"
],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-091201"
},
"evade capture/arrest":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
": to avoid being captured/arrested"
],
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"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-091523"
},
"exsudation":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of exsudation obsolete variant of exudation"
],
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"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-093438"
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"exsuccous":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": devoid of all juices or sap : having no moisture whatsoever : dried up"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)ek(s)\u00a6s\u0259k\u0259s"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin exsuccus , from ex- ex- entry 1 + succus juice"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-093606"
},
"enervator":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that enervates"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8en\u0259(r)\u02ccv\u0101t\u0259(r)",
"-\u0101t\u0259-"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-095940"
},
"end use":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the ultimate specific use to which a manufactured product (such as paper) is put or restricted"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-095959"
},
"endozoa":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": entozoa"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccend\u0259\u02c8z\u014d\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from end- + -zoa"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-100743"
},
"escudo":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": any of various former gold or silver coins of Hispanic countries",
": the basic monetary unit of Portugal from 1910 to 2001",
": the basic monetary unit of Cape Verde \u2014 see Money Table",
": the basic monetary unit of Chile from 1960 to 1975"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8sk\u00fc-(\u02cc)d\u014d"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Spanish & Portuguese, literally, shield, from Latin scutum"
],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1821, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-100948"
},
"enlightened self-interest":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": behavior based on awareness that what is in the public interest is eventually in the interest of all individuals and groups"
],
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"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1790, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-101249"
},
"everybody":{
"type":[
"pronoun"
],
"definitions":[
": everyone",
": every person"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ev-r\u0113-(\u02cc)b\u0259-d\u0113",
"-\u02ccb\u00e4-",
"\u02c8ev-ri-\u02ccb\u0259-d\u0113",
"-\u02ccb\u00e4-"
],
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"all",
"everyone"
],
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"nobody",
"none",
"no one"
],
"examples":[
"The president waved to everybody in the crowd.",
"Everybody hates to hear bad news."
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-101737"
},
"end effector":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": any of various tools that can be mounted at the end of a robotic arm and that are used to interact with or manipulate objects"
],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[
"1968, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-102235"
},
"entry table":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a conveyor that feeds material or objects (such as bottles to be capped or labeled) into a processing machine"
],
"pronounciation":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-104813"
},
"epistolary":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or suitable to a letter",
": contained in or carried on by letters",
": written in the form of a series of letters",
": a lectionary containing a body of liturgical epistles"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8pi-st\u0259-\u02ccler-\u0113",
"\u02cce-pi-\u02c8st\u022f-l\u0259-r\u0113"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Rosenthal brings his epistolary jazz opera to Charter Oak Cultural Center, 21 Charter Oak Ave., Hartford on April 2 at 8:15 p.m. in a concert version sung by vocalists from the NYC Opera premiere and played by the Ted Rosenthal Trio. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
"There is an epistolary chapter that reads less like a series of emails than a diagram of human manipulation. \u2014 Lauren Mechling, Vogue , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Cowritten by two beloved and award-winning sci-fi writers, this epistolary romantic novel tells the story of two time-traveling rivals who fall in love. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Hirshman turns these epistolary spats into page-turning reading, revealing backbiting and pettiness more at home in a teenage clique than in a moral crusade. \u2014 Lydia Moland, BostonGlobe.com , 3 Feb. 2022",
"This epistolary book by the famed Atlantic writer reflects on racism\u2019s long shadow. \u2014 Emma Sarappo, The Atlantic , 1 Feb. 2022",
"The epistolary impulse, Tiller knows, often comes from a desire to correct or to confess, and to extract meaning from the mess of our days. \u2014 Alejandro Chacoff, The New Yorker , 3 Jan. 2022",
"This 1950s Egyptian epistolary novel is told by a young woman looking back on the misery, patriarchy and middle-class life that surrounded her upon her return from boarding school. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Dec. 2021",
"In the American countryside during the middle decades of the nineteenth century, the mail came once a week, on the same day, providing a nice rhythm for epistolary romances and a chance to scold relatives. \u2014 The New Yorker , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"One of my favorite works of the transfeminine epistolary is an unpublished poem by Cat Fitzpatrick, a long letter written to her best cis male friend. \u2014 Jeanne Thornton, Harper's BAZAAR , 9 Nov. 2021",
"In the case of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker, poets and public intellectuals, a friendship to a great extent epistolary flourished despite the geographical distance \u2014 Lorde was in New York City, Parker in California. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Apr. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"circa 1900, in the meaning defined above"
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"adjective"
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": producing enterotoxin",
": producing enterotoxin"
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"\u02ccen-t\u0259-r\u014d-\u02cct\u00e4k-s\u0259-\u02c8jen-ik",
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"adjective"
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": deprived of or lacking virility, strength, or vigor"
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"1670, in the meaning defined above"
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"plural noun"
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": a class of lower tracheophytes coextensive with the subdivision Sphenopsida"
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"noun",
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": the practice of excluding or of being exclusive"
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"-\u02c8skl\u00fc-z\u0259-"
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"1834, in the meaning defined above"
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"adjective"
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"International Scientific Vocabulary end- + -zoic"
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"adjective"
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"\u0259\u0307\u02c8r\u0259kt\u0259tiv",
"\u0113\u02c8r-"
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"verb"
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": establish , implant"
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"-\u02c8ru\u0307t"
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"breed",
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"inseminate",
"instill",
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"sow"
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"everyone remembers that special teacher who enrooted within them a love of learning",
"a deeply enrooted tradition of respect for the elderly"
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"Middle English"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
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"adjective"
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": of or relating to deserts or sandy regions"
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"-\u0113mik",
"-em-"
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"adjective",
"adverb"
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"definitions":[
": evidentiary sense 1",
": evidentiary sense 1"
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"\u02cce-v\u0259-\u02c8den(t)-sh\u0259l",
"\u02cce-v\u0259-\u02c8den-ch\u0259l"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The evidential standard is not \u2018beyond a reasonable doubt,\u2019 as in a criminal case. \u2014 The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
"Motion can be detected at distances up to 30 feet away and activity is automatically recorded for evidential purposes. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 12 Dec. 2021",
"The result is 7-Eleven\u2019s evidential pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance: five videos of what appear to be confrontations between Mr. Matsumoto and various customers in the parking lot. \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2021",
"Those holes soak up fingerprints like a sponge, quickly obscuring evidential marks from even the most meticulous forensic expert. \u2014 Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American , 11 Nov. 2015",
"The devices are extremely reliable when properly calibrated and maintained, and the discrepancies do not appear to directly impact or deal with the results of the evidential tests, according to police. \u2014 Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press , 15 Jan. 2020",
"However, my overall assessment is that the evidential situation has been weakened to such an extent that there is no longer any reason to continue the investigation. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 Nov. 2019",
"Other equipment is used to measure the friction of the roadway, slopes and to interpret/measure other evidential facts for their reconstructions. \u2014 Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post , 17 June 2019"
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"1610, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-124555"
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"noun"
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"adjective"
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"definitions":[
": relating to or affected with edema : abnormally swollen with fluid",
": affected with edema"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-130340"
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"noun",
"transitive verb"
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": scarp sense 1",
": scarp"
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"\u0259\u0307\u02c8sk\u00e4rp",
"(\u02c8)e\u00a6s-",
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"Noun",
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"Transitive verb",
"French escarper , from Middle French, from escarpe"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being equal",
": equation sense 2a",
": the condition or state of being the same in number, amount, degree, rank, or quality",
": the quality or state of being equal: as",
": sameness or equivalence in number, quantity, or measure",
": likeness or sameness in quality, power, status, or degree"
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"i-\u02c8kw\u00e4-l\u0259-t\u0113",
"i-\u02c8kw\u00e4-l\u0259-t\u0113"
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"coordinateness",
"equivalence",
"equivalency",
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"parity",
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"nonequivalence"
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"the ideals of liberty and equality",
"it's absurd to suggest that there's an equality in the evil committed by the Nazis and the crimes of the government of that Asian country",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Many of us \u2014 me included \u2014 had assumed that the US was generally moving toward more equality in STEM. \u2014 Kara Miller, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
"Therefore, Justice Alito wrote, the right to end an unwanted pregnancy couldn\u2019t be derived from the amendment\u2019s provisions protecting individual liberty and equality from infringement by state governments. \u2014 Jess Bravin, WSJ , 24 June 2022",
"While King advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest, Malcolm X argued forcefully for Black empowerment, identity and self-determination. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 23 June 2022",
"The achievements born through equality of opportunity were not immediate, though, and have still not been felt evenly. \u2014 Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star , 23 June 2022",
"Ellis says having equal protection under the law is a precedent-setting move for achieving social equality . \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
"Officials with Nordic combined and the leaders of FIS, skiing\u2019s world governing body, have been told the issue for the I.O.C. is not only equality but also relevance. \u2014 New York Times , 21 June 2022",
"Boggs was a representative from Louisiana who served 18 years in the House as a strong advocate for women\u2019s equality . \u2014 Erin Spencer Sairam, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Like the Pullman Porter Museum a lot of Black labor history and struggles for work equality are documented in those archives. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune , 21 June 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"adjective",
"noun"
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": making soft or supple",
": soothing especially to the skin or mucous membrane",
": making less intense or harsh : mollifying",
": something that softens or soothes",
": making soft or supple",
": soothing especially to the skin or mucous membrane",
": an emollient agent"
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"i-\u02c8m\u00e4l-y\u0259nt",
"i-\u02c8m\u00e4l-y\u0259nt"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Some are gentle and emollient , while others can be harsh and astringent. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"The emollient -rich formula is also moisturizing, which helps eliminate streaks when working it into your skin and offers just the right amount of dewiness. \u2014 Theresa Holland, PEOPLE.com , 6 June 2022",
"This gentle cleanser is formulated with an emollient -rich surfactant and 3% concentration of key ingredients combining allantoin, glycerin, and orange oil to calm irritated skin while softening and restoring the skin\u2019s surface. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 May 2022",
"Plus, ultra- emollient squalane and jojoba oil combine to nourish and soften the skin for a dewy glow. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Some are gentle and emollient , while others can be harsh and astringent. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Next, Devgan recommends adding an emollient moisturizer into your lineup. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Often, those with dry skin types will benefit from using an emollient -rich body wash that has hydrating ingredients (but of course, this requires knowing what those ingredients are). \u2014 Joseph Deacetis, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Powell also advises against emollient -heavy formulas. \u2014 Blake Newby, Allure , 11 June 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"This multitasking oil also contains emollient properties, provides antioxidants to fight oxidative stress and inflammation, has antimicrobial benefits, and even gets your skin rolling on collagen production. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 May 2022",
"The coconut derivative in this body wash is an emollient that helps condition the skin and heal any rough, dry areas of the skin. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 June 2022",
"For shiny hair that rivals that of shampoo commercial model's, this hydrating hemisqualane and emollient blend delivers a silky finish and tames flyaways. \u2014 Health.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Pineapple extract soothes and softens the skin while honey melon extract delivers a host of vitamins and nutrients, and shea butter comes in as a rich emollient . \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"Shake the product to activate the two-phase product, which uses a lipid phase to easily lift heavy waterproof mascara and other cosmetics and an emollient phase that clears away makeup residue. \u2014 Celia Shatzman, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 May 2022",
"Next, prep the skin with an emollient like a face oil or a balm that\u2019s silky and doesn\u2019t absorb right away to avoid tugging your skin. \u2014 ELLE , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Pineapple extract soothes and softens the skin while honey melon extract delivers a host of vitamins and nutrients, and shea butter comes in as a rich emollient . \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
"This multitasking oil also contains emollient properties, provides antioxidants to fight oxidative stress and inflammation, has antimicrobial benefits, and even gets your skin rolling on collagen production. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 Apr. 2022"
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"Latin emollient-, emolliens , present participle of emollire to soften, from e- + mollis soft \u2014 more at mollify"
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"Adjective",
"1626, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"1656, in the meaning defined above"
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"noun"
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": a reddish gray that is yellower and deeper than mist and lighter, stronger, and slightly bluer than opal gray"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-132739"
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": every important or well-known person"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-135040"
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"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
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": to become level",
": to make (something) even and smooth",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-135223"
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or constituting a division of the Palaearctic region including northern Africa, northern Arabia, and desert regions of Asia"
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"\u0259\u0307\u02c8r\u0113m\u0113\u0259n"
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"Greek er\u0113mia solitude, desert + English -an"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-135250"
},
"enterer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that enters or makes entries",
": drawer-in"
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"Definition of enweave variant of inweave"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-140153"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": the reader of the liturgical Epistle especially in Anglican churches"
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"i-\u02c8pi-st\u0259-l\u0259r"
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"1530, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-142808"
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"enchanter":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": one that enchants",
": sorcerer"
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"in-\u02c8chan-t\u0259r",
"en-"
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"charmer",
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"Magian",
"magician",
"magus",
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"witch",
"wizard"
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"in Shakespeare's play an enchanter creates a storm at sea that causes his rivals to be cast upon the shores of his magical isle"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-143009"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": eyepiece",
": a lens worn to aid vision",
": monocle",
": a device used to correct defects of vision or to protect the eyes that consists typically of a pair of glass or plastic lenses and the frame by which they are held in place : glasses",
": eyecup sense 1",
": a glass lens used to help a person to see clearly",
": glass sense 3",
": eyepiece",
": a lens worn to aid vision",
": monocle",
": glasses , spectacles",
": eyecup sense 1"
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"\u02c8\u012b-\u02ccglas",
"\u02c8\u012b-\u02ccglas",
"\u02c8\u012b-\u02ccglas"
],
"synonyms":[
"glass",
"specs",
"spectacles"
],
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"examples":[
"She left her eyeglasses at work.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Another man with the condition required multiple eyeglass prescriptions, shifting even between nearsightedness and farsightedness in the span of a day. \u2014 Joe Didonato, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Related Video Warby Parker was one of the original direct-to-consumer brands, but now, the eyeglass -maker\u2019s sales are split about evenly between its more than 140 bricks-and-mortar locations and its online store. \u2014 Charity L. Scott, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022",
"At one eyeglass store in Alexandria, a man used a hammer to smash glass display cases and the group escaped with Gucci products and a tray of sunglasses worth more than $17,000. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Last week, at least two eyeglass stores in Chicago were broken into overnight and robbed of designer frames, FOX32 Chicago reported. \u2014 Fox News , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Warby Parker, the eyeglass retailer, has also seen its shares plunge 40 percent in recent months, as its once rapid growth has started to slow. \u2014 NBC News , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Satisfied for the moment, Mr. Grint turned his attention to picking an eyeglass frame, moving through the store shyly, unassumingly, never asking for help, but also never declining it. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Just as eyeglass lenses can focus near or far, so can the scientists tune a magnetic field. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Police found a crushed white substance, substances in the form of four white rocks and three green rocks, three capsules and marijuana paraphernalia in the woman\u2019s eyeglass case. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 19 Nov. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1c"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-143107"
},
"expositorily":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": in an expository manner"
],
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"ik\u00a6sp\u00e4z\u0259\u00a6t\u014dr\u0259\u0307l\u0113",
"(\u00a6)ek\u00a6-",
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"-li"
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"easy rider":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a parasitical hanger-on",
": pimp"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-145639"
},
"eminent":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent",
": standing out so as to be readily perceived or noted : conspicuous",
": jutting out : projecting",
": successful, well-known, and respected"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-m\u0259-n\u0259nt",
"\u02c8e-m\u0259-n\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"astral",
"bright",
"distinguished",
"illustrious",
"luminous",
"noble",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"preeminent",
"prestigious",
"redoubtable",
"signal",
"star",
"superior"
],
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"examples":[
"The trend discerned by Wilde a century ago, of course, has only accelerated in recent years, as the line between trashy celebrity expos\u00e9s and serious biographies of eminent artists, statesmen and thinkers has grown increasingly blurred. \u2014 Michiko Kakutani , New York Times , 20 May 1994",
"Next year sees the 150th anniversary of the 'invention' of the dinosaurs by the eminent English anatomist and palaeontologist, Richard Owen. \u2014 Nicholas Fraser , Nature , 20 & 27 Dec. 1990",
"many eminent surgeons are on the hospital's staff",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Joel Whitburn, one of the pre- eminent chart historians of the last 50-plus years, has died. \u2014 Andrew Unterberger, Billboard , 14 June 2022",
"Israel's assassinations in recent years of top officials -- including a pre- eminent nuclear scientist -- have also failed to curb Iran's uranium enrichment. \u2014 Tamara Qiblawi, CNN , 12 June 2022",
"Many eminent Democratic Members of Congress went down to defeat. \u2014 Charles Tiefer, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
"Joshua Katz is an eminent classics professor who holds degrees from Yale, Oxford, and Harvard, and is the Cotsen Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 23 May 2022",
"The enormous impact of this transition on the food world was illustrated by the deaths of the pre- eminent chefs Leah Chase and Martha Lou Gadsden in recent years. \u2014 Osayi Endolyn, New York Times , 17 May 2021",
"Over the decades, Salone, which is widely judged to be the world\u2019s pre- eminent design fair, has evolved into a platform for about 2,000 international exhibitors and a laboratory for ideas about sustainability in design materials and manufacturing. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"Then there\u2019s Scientific American, the pre- eminent publication of its day, which often wrote extensively and glowingly about weapons development, devoting long, detailed, technical articles to the latest and greatest innovations. \u2014 Mark Yost, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
"Other than the Hospices de Beaune auction, the wine world\u2019s pre- eminent annual philanthropic sale, these bottles compose the largest quantity and highest value of wines to come directly from ch\u00e2teau cellars to the auction block for charity. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 13 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English, \"standing out, exceed other things in quality or degree,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, \"high, lofty\" (also continental Old French), borrowed from Latin \u0113minent-, \u0113minens \"standing out above a surface, projecting, outstanding in merit or importance,\" from present participle of \u0113min\u0113re \"to stick out, protrude, project, be preeminent, excel,\" from \u0113-, variant of ex- ex- entry 1 + -min\u0113re, taken to mean \"stand out, rise above\" (unattested without a prefix) \u2014 more at minatory"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-151730"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": plumpness of person : stoutness"
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"corpulence",
"corpulency",
"fat",
"fatness",
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"fleshiness",
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"portliness",
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"1670, in the meaning defined above"
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": encircle"
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"en-"
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": form , shape"
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"Late Latin efformare , from Latin ex- + formare to form"
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": a plant of the genus Elephantopus",
": a southern African vine ( Dioscorea elephantipes ) having a massive rootstock covered with a deeply fissured bark",
": a ram with a foot for holding the work to the block in a flanging machine"
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"noun"
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": the act of exempting or state of being exempt : immunity",
": one that exempts or is exempted",
": a source or amount of income exempted from taxation",
": freedom from having to do something that other people are required to do",
": the act of exempting or state of being exempt",
": one that exempts or is exempted: as",
": an amount of income exempted from taxation that may be deducted from adjusted gross income under the tax laws \u2014 see also Internal Revenue Code \u2014 compare deduction , exclusion , tax credit",
": an exemption that is allowed for each dependent who qualifies under the tax laws (as sections 151 and 152 of the Internal Revenue Code)",
": an exemption that is allowed for the taxpayer or for the taxpayer and spouse if filing a joint return",
": the right created by federal and state laws to exempt specified types of property from a bankruptcy estate",
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": homestead exemption"
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"ig-\u02c8zemp-sh\u0259n",
"ig-\u02c8zemp-sh\u0259n"
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"impunity"
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"examples":[
"They were granted exemptions from military service.",
"You can claim a tax exemption for each of your dependents.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Two Afghan education ministers are no longer allowed to travel abroad for any peace and stability talks after the United Nations Security Council removed them from a sanctions exemption list, diplomats said Tuesday. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"James, who received a sponsor\u2019s exemption into the field, will tee off at 2 p.m. on Thursday. \u2014 Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant , 21 June 2022",
"On dismissal, the MLB relied on its exemption from antitrust laws, among other arguments. \u2014 Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022",
"Although never sold in the United States, the RS2 is now legal to import under the 25-year exemption rule. \u2014 Joe Lorio, Car and Driver , 15 June 2022",
"DeSantis signed laws to dissolve Disney World\u2019s Reedy Creek Improvement District and void Disney\u2019s exemption under social media censorship legislation. \u2014 Katie Rice, Orlando Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
"The council will decide whether to increase the homestead exemption , which gives homeowners some relief on their tax bills. \u2014 Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News , 15 June 2022",
"That could be really important considering that the exemption amount will be cut in half in 2026. \u2014 Martin Shenkman, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Our office created a new, easier-to-use, online appeals process, now processing hundreds of thousands of cases per year; and created an online exemption application process. \u2014 The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune , 2 June 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-162913"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": an extracellular enzyme",
": an extracellular enzyme \u2014 compare endoenzyme"
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"\u02ccek-s\u014d-\u02c8en-\u02ccz\u012bm",
"\u02ccek-s\u014d-\u02c8en-\u02ccz\u012bm"
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"International Scientific Vocabulary"
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"1908, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-163020"
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"type":[
"idiom"
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"definitions":[
": to eat foods that will not cause one to gain weight"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-170038"
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"essonite":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a yellow to brown garnet"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-171148"
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"noun"
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": armchair"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-171254"
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"transitive verb",
"verb"
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": to give a title to : designate",
": to furnish with proper grounds for seeking or claiming something",
": to give a title to",
": to give a right or claim to",
": to give an enforceable right to claim something"
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"in-\u02c8t\u012b-t\u1d4al",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8t\u012b-t\u1d4al"
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"authorize",
"privilege",
"qualify"
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"disqualify"
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"He entitled his book \u201cMy Life on Mars.\u201d",
"the card entitles my grandmother to the discount for senior citizens",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At the very least, the commission should have identified the correct profit-split allocation key or explained why any of LuxOpCo\u2019s contributions would necessarily entitle it to a greater return under a contribution analysis, the judgment says. \u2014 Ryan Finley, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"Paying money doesn\u2019t entitle anyone to be abusive to an athlete. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Senate Bill 1341, which cleared its first legislative hurdle last week, would entitle high school seniors who fit the definition of homelessness to at least four monthly cash payments between April 2023 and August 2023. \u2014 Deborah Netburnstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The first one is rights\u2014are there certain basic rights that either impose constraints on what we are permitted to do to others, or are their basic rights that entitle people to certain claims on us? \u2014 Walter Frick, Quartz , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Measures across the country now entitle the obese to preferential seats on subways, priority at places such as banks, and in some cases, protection from discrimination. \u2014 Jack Nicas, BostonGlobe.com , 27 Feb. 2022",
"He may also be rudely awakened to learn that in most divorce settlements, her contribution would entitle her to half of all the marital assets. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com , 25 Dec. 2021",
"He may also be rudely awakened to learn that in most divorce settlements, her contribution would entitle her to half of all the marital assets. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 25 Dec. 2021",
"He may also be rudely awakened to learn that in most divorce settlements, her contribution would entitle her to half of all the marital assets. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 25 Dec. 2021"
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French entitler , from Late Latin intitulare , from Latin in- + titulus title"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-172536"
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": the ultimate consumer of a finished product"
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"Programmers should always keep the end user in mind when designing a new piece of software.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Engaging a nontechnical audience will require a different PR approach, starting with establishing key messages that clearly state the value for the end user . \u2014 Ayelet Noff, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
"When developing your product pages, keep both the decision-maker and the end user in mind. \u2014 Steve Ohanians, Forbes , 4 May 2022",
"One of many examples of how that works is an ad for a Turkish company, which promises to purchase any goods the customer wants, and pass them on for payment in rubles to the Russian end user . \u2014 Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor , 2 May 2022",
"As such, a Member Agency choosing this compliance path also must submit to Metropolitan an enforcement plan with real consequences to the consumer or end user for failing to abide by the one-day-per-week restriction or ban on outdoor water use. \u2014 Ian James, Los Angeles Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Withholding names from the fragrances was dually intentional to ensure that the end user is not influenced to think, or feel, something predetermined when wearing them. \u2014 Celia Ellenberg, Vogue , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Cronobacter can be introduced into baby formula in different ways, according to the CDC, including after a container has been opened by the end user . \u2014 NBC News , 15 Apr. 2022",
"During the discovery phase, the team identifies customer, end user and stakeholder needs as well as product strengths and weaknesses. \u2014 Expert Panel, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Although, the Starlink network would be under SpaceX\u2019s control instead and comes at a cost: roughly $99 per month for the end user . \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 10 Feb. 2022"
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"circa 1945, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-172623"
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"biographical name"
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"definitions":[
"1881\u20131922 Turkish soldier and politician"
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"\u02c8en-\u02ccver-\u02c8p\u00e4-sh\u0259",
"-\u02c8pa-sh\u0259",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-175808"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":[
": yearning"
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"probably alteration of yearnful"
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"1569, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-180038"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a verse in classical Greek or Latin poetry composed of half an elegiac pentameter and four iambic feet"
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"\u02ccel\u0259\u02ccj\u012b\u02c8amb\u0259s",
"\u0259\u0307\u02ccl\u0113j\u0113\u02c8am-"
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"Late Latin, from Late Greek elegiambos , from Greek elegeion + iambos iamb"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-180219"
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": the letter l",
": an urban railway that operates chiefly on an elevated structure",
": a train belonging to such a railway",
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": an unfledged bird",
": a nestling hawk"
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"Middle English, alteration (by incorrect division of a neias ) of neias , from Anglo-French niais taken in the nest, from Vulgar Latin *nidax nestling, from Latin nidus nest \u2014 more at nest"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-182544"
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"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-190728"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":[
": relating to or engaged in emigration",
": migratory"
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"\u02c8em\u0259\u0307gr\u0259\u02cct\u014dr\u0113",
"-m\u0113g-",
"-\u022fr-",
"-ri"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-193342"
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"adjective"
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"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or formed in an estuary"
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"\u02c8es-ch\u0259-(w\u0259-)\u02ccr\u012bn",
"-\u02ccr\u0113n",
"-\u02ccrin",
"\u02c8esh-"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That plant has already exceeded its yearly limits for nutrients like phosphorous, which clog bay ecosystems with algae that robs estuarine life of oxygen. \u2014 Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun , 22 June 2022",
"The iconic marsh, however, is only one of the Everglades\u2019 several distinct habitats, which also include pine rocklands, tropical hardwood hammocks, mangrove forests and marine and estuarine areas. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Until now, Connecticut was one of the few remaining coastal states without an estuarine reserve system. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Warmer water holds less dissolved oxygen, and, all the while, estuarine animals require more oxygen to stay alive. \u2014 Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Lake Maracaibo, spanning some 5,019 square miles in northwestern Venezuela, is an estuarine lake \u2014 meaning the fresh water it was filled with thousands of years ago converges with the Caribbean\u2019s salty seawater. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Oct. 2021",
"According to the California Water Quality Monitoring Council, the cyanobacteria and HABs can occur in both freshwater and estuarine waterbodies. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 25 Aug. 2021",
"Cormorants, Canada geese, and mallards patrol the shores of this estuarine environment, alert for children with telltale bags of bread. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Apr. 2021",
"The Wildlife Area spans 12,900 acres and is set within the 88,000-acre Suisun Marsh, the largest estuarine marsh in America. \u2014 Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com , 26 June 2020"
],
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"1846, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-194650"
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"egocentric predicament":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": the epistemological predicament of apparently being unable to get outside one's own mind because all that the knower can know will be what is present to his own mind"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-201220"
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"definitions":[
"Definition of escas plural of esca"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-202028"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":[
": snobbish"
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"-s\u0113"
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"eyeglass (monocle) + -y"
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"1871, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-202251"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": psychopathic personality"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-202414"
},
"emollience":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being emollient"
],
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"-ly\u0259n(t)s",
"-l\u0113\u0259-"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-203417"
},
"earl palatine":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": count palatine sense 2"
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"first_known_use":[
"circa 1599, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-203910"
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"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of eremeyevite variant spelling of jeremejevite"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-205059"
},
"escarole":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an endive having slightly bitter broad, flat leaves used especially cooked as a vegetable"
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"\u02c8e-sk\u0259-\u02ccr\u014dl"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Warm up some leftover gravy or pan juices with big handfuls of greens, such as spinach or escarole , just until wilted and served atop crusty bread. \u2014 Kim Sun\u00e9e, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Nov. 2021",
"The escarole in brodo ($8.75) and stracciatella egg drop soup ($8.75) are based on a strong chicken stock. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 24 June 2021",
"Meal for two, sans drinks: $60-$140 What to order: Pork chop, diver scallop crudo ($16), short rib, filet mignon, escarole ($11) Meat-free options: Most of the sides are vegetarian; no entrees. \u2014 Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com , 20 Feb. 2020",
"Sometimes made even more compl\u00e8te with a garlicky, acidic escarole salad mounded right on top and a bottle of the local hard cider to drink. \u2014 Gabrielle Hamilton, New York Times , 25 Mar. 2020",
"Add drained beans, stir them around, then add veg stock (or just water), Parm rinds, and chopped winter greens like mustard, escarole , kale, chard. \u2014 Sarah Jampel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 24 Feb. 2020",
"Minestra is a simple soup of greens and beans \u2014 escarole and white cannellinis for our family. \u2014 NBC News , 17 Nov. 2019",
"Add escarole , feta, and walnuts and toss gently to combine. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 June 2019",
"Season with salt and pepper to taste, then set aside. Drizzle the quarters of escarole with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. \u2014 Alexandra Hall, BostonGlobe.com , 17 July 2019"
],
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"French escarole, scarole , from Old French escariole , from Late Latin escariola , from Latin escarius of food, from esca food, from edere to eat \u2014 more at eat"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1897, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-210446"
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"each other":{
"type":[
"pronoun"
],
"definitions":[
": each of two or more in reciprocal action or relation",
": each of two or more in a shared action or relationship"
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"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-211015"
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"eager beaver":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a person who is extremely zealous about performing duties and volunteering for more"
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"examples":[
"When she first started working she was a real eager beaver ."
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1943, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-211817"
},
"egg bird":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": any of various sea birds whose eggs are used for food",
": sooty tern"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-213506"
},
"elongate nut shell":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": beaked cockle"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-214306"
},
"engrace":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to endue with grace"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u0307n",
"en+"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"en- entry 1 + grace , noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-214359"
},
"explanatory":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": serving to explain",
": giving explanation"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8spla-n\u0259-\u02cct\u022fr-\u0113",
"ik-\u02c8spla-n\u0259-\u02cct\u022fr-\u0113"
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"elucidative",
"exegetical",
"exegetic",
"explanative",
"explicative",
"explicatory",
"expositive",
"expository",
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"illustrative",
"interpretative",
"interpretive"
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"examples":[
"There are explanatory notes at the front of the book.",
"the explanatory section has as its heading \u201cWhat the New Tax Changes Mean\u201d",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In Norwegian, Saturday is l\u00f8rdag, which translates to \u2018bath day\u2019 which is fairly self- explanatory . \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 11 June 2022",
"Mow May is pretty self- explanatory \u2013 just hold off on cutting your lawn for the month. \u2014 Lauren Wethington, Detroit Free Press , 11 May 2022",
"The differences were partly self- explanatory \u2014 one ball was harder than the other \u2014 but softball also used a wider court. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
"The iPhone, Mac, and iPad categories are self- explanatory . \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Lower or reduced sodium is pretty self- explanatory . \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Apr. 2021",
"This explanatory article may be periodically updated. \u2014 Amara Omeokwe, WSJ , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The White House official said digital creators have produced explanatory content about Ukraine, generating millions of views and providing information about the crisis to younger generations in particular. \u2014 Sara Cook, CBS News , 11 Mar. 2022",
"There are simply too many possible explanatory variables to say with any certainty which ones were the most important only by observing outcomes. \u2014 Dominic Pino, National Review , 17 Feb. 2022"
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"1600, in the meaning defined above"
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"noun"
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"\u02cce-pi-kyu\u0307-\u02c8r\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccni-z\u0259m",
"-\u02c8kyu\u0307r-\u0113-"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-214725"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": the external branch on the protopodite of a typical limb of a crustacean"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a drink consisting of eggs beaten with sugar, milk or cream, and often alcoholic liquor",
": a drink made of eggs beaten with sugar, milk or cream, and often alcoholic liquor"
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"\u02c8eg-\u02ccn\u00e4g",
"\u02c8\u0101g-",
"\u02c8eg-\u02ccn\u00e4g",
"\u02c8\u0101g-"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For Snoop Noggy Nog, de Soto kicked classic eggnog up a few notches\u2014and gave it a dope name for an extra dose of holiday merriment. \u2014 Megan Murphy, Robb Report , 21 Dec. 2021",
"This elevated take on traditional eggnog is sure to be a crowd pleaser this season. \u2014 Megan Murphy, Robb Report , 21 Dec. 2021",
"The vegan eggnog can be refrigerated for up to 3 days. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Alexandre Family Farms in Crescent City, California, uses A2 milk to make its top-selling eggnog . \u2014 Magdalena O'neal, Sunset Magazine , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Heck, maybe Travis Barker just didn't want to spill his eggnog and found a creative solution! \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Meantime, Happy Reading and Happy Holidays! Special thanks and a glass of eggnog to my friends at Impact International and MediaWorks, especially Owen Marshall, for suggesting this topic. \u2014 Mark Nevins, Forbes , 22 Dec. 2021",
"No, it\u2019s not about remembering to double up on our statins before chugging the eggnog . \u2014 Tom Nichols, The Atlantic , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Don\u2019t take my word for it\u2014people have been writing ecstatically about aging eggnog since George Washington was in short pants. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 14 Dec. 2021"
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"first_known_use":[
"circa 1775, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-223318"
},
"equivalence":{
"type":[
"noun"
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": the state or property of being equivalent",
": the relation holding between two statements if they are either both true or both false so that to affirm one and to deny the other would result in a contradiction",
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": equality in metrical value of a regular foot and one in which there are substitutions",
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"i-\u02c8kwiv-l\u0259n(t)s",
"-\u02c8kwi-v\u0259-",
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"coequality",
"coordinateness",
"equality",
"equivalency",
"par",
"parity",
"sameness"
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"imparity",
"inequality",
"nonequivalence"
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"the equivalence of the two propositions",
"moviegoers who mistakenly believe that there is an equivalence between the personality of an actor and that of his character",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This distinction, between topological and smooth equivalence , doesn\u2019t apply in three dimensions and is one of the deep mysteries of four-dimensional space \u2014 though less so now for Seifert surfaces. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 16 June 2022",
"This is an unnecessary attempt at balance: Is there really still a significant cohort of viewers who need such blunt equivalence in order to understand the basic humanity of the German civilian victims of the Allied air raids? \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 13 June 2022",
"And there is no moral equivalence between Joseph Stalin, the Soviet dictator, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. \u2014 John Blake, CNN , 2 Apr. 2022",
"The equity comes through a mandated 10-mill equivalence in local property tax which a local school system commits to the Foundation Program. \u2014 al , 5 May 2022",
"Those examples are not intended to suggest any moral equivalence between those conflicts but rather how slippery the slope can get when individual athletes are punished for the actions of a government that have nothing to do with sports. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Some conservatives have tried to establish a false equivalence between conventional reporting and the mudslinging directed at Ketanji Brown Jackson. \u2014 Jane Mayer, The New Yorker , 16 Apr. 2022",
"These ideas of mass-energy equivalence are not new. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 30 Mar. 2022",
"How much of an equivalence is there between the old Soviet Union and modern China? \u2014 WSJ , 15 Dec. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"circa 1541, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-230556"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": ecclesiastical matters"
],
"pronounciation":[
""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-230757"
},
"entom-":{
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"combining form"
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"definitions":[
": insect",
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Combining form",
"French, from Greek entomon"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-235516"
},
"equal temperament":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the division of the octave into twelve equal half steps"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-235749"
},
"equalizer set":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": balancer set sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-235948"
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"eat out":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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"definitions":[
": to consume the herbage from especially to excess",
": to reprimand (a person) severely",
": to eat away from home, especially at a restaurant",
": an area of marsh denuded of vegetation by the feeding of an excessive population (as of muskrats or waterfowl)"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Noun",
"eat out"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-000937"
},
"endenization":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act or process of naturalizing : denization"
],
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"\u0259\u0307n\u02ccden\u0259\u0307\u02c8z\u0101sh\u0259n",
"(\u02cc)en\u02ccd-"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"en- entry 1 + denize + -ation"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-001339"
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"enlightener":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that enlightens"
],
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"-t(\u1d4a)n\u0259(r)"
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"first_known_use":[
"1582, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-001934"
},
"enspirit":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of enspirit variant of inspirit"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-004304"
},
"explicandum":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a word or an expression whose meaning is to be explicated"
],
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"\u02ccekspl\u0259\u02c8kand\u0259m"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from Latin, neuter of explicandus , gerundive of explicare to explicate"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-012045"
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"exclusory":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": able to exclude : excluding or tending to exclude"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik\u02c8skl\u00fcs(\u0259)r\u0113",
"-\u00fcz(-",
"-ri"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Late Latin exclusorius , from Latin exclusus + -orius -ory"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-013732"
},
"earn/turn an honest penny":{
"type":[
"idiom"
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"definitions":[
": to earn money for honest hard work"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-013738"
},
"excess-loss reinsurance":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": reinsurance by a company agreeing to bear any loss in excess of a stipulated amount often with some maximum limitation \u2014 compare excess insurance , excess reinsurance"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-014136"
},
"eyewash":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an eye lotion",
": misleading or deceptive statements, actions, or procedures",
": an eye lotion"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u012b-\u02ccw\u022fsh",
"-\u02ccw\u00e4sh",
"\u02c8\u012b-\u02ccw\u022fsh, -\u02ccw\u00e4sh"
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"examples":[
"He says he'll quit his job, but we know that's just eyewash .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Meanwhile, the Rooney Rule, which requires teams to interview minority candidates for head coaching and senior football leadership positions, has become toothless, modern-day eyewash . \u2014 Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Feb. 2022",
"It was regularly infested with pigeons and other animals (which had to be wrangled out annually), and was outfitted with eyewash stations only in 2018, after numerous requests from various teams. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Sep. 2021",
"The Sox were losing for the 11th time in 14 games, turning a five-game lead into a five-game deficit after giving us nothing more than a little eyewash at the trade deadline. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 Aug. 2021",
"In 2010, the farm was fined $305 for repeatedly failing to post that information and for failing to provide workers with an eyewash station when pesticides were being used that could cause irreversible eye damage. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 July 2021",
"Chemical showers and eyewash stations loomed; sometimes, in a distant room, a dot-matrix printer burred. \u2014 Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker , 28 Sep. 2020",
"Gleason Elementary School and Post Elementary will also receive eyewash stations. \u2014 Chevall Pryce, Houston Chronicle , 10 Mar. 2020",
"Instead, pack along some sterile emergency eyewash . \u2014 Richard Mann, Field & Stream , 18 Feb. 2020",
"San Diego let nine months pass between flushing the eyewash stations. \u2014 Joy Resmovits, latimes.com , 25 Apr. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1703, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-015107"
},
"emptins":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a liquid leavening usually made at home from potatoes or hops and kept from one baking to the next"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8em(p)t\u0259\u0307nz"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"alteration of emptyings , plural of emptying , from gerund of empty entry 2"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-020654"
},
"exoplasm":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": ectoplasm sense 1"
],
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"\u02c8eks\u014d\u02ccplaz\u0259m"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"International Scientific Vocabulary exo- + -plasm"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-021559"
},
"egg picking":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a game in which two contestants strike boiled Easter eggs together until one egg is cracked"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-021758"
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"equivalence class":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a set for which an equivalence relation holds between every pair of elements"
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"first_known_use":[
"1952, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-023351"
},
"everyman":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the typical or ordinary person"
],
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"\u02c8ev-r\u0113-\u02ccman"
],
"synonyms":[
"Joe Blow",
"Joe Six-Pack",
"John Doe",
"little guy",
"little man",
"lug",
"slob"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an actor who is seen as the image of everyman",
"despite his superstar status, in his movies the actor is able to play the role of an everyman quite convincingly",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After his plane crashes in the Pacific, Hanks's everyman washes up on an uninhabited island and is forced to fend for himself for months, all alone\u2013except for Wilson. \u2014 Emma Dibdin, Town & Country , 17 June 2022",
"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",
"McDermott finds a frighteningly effective balance between a magnanimous everyman who would be a scout leader and a deranged man who gives in to his darkest impulses of murdering and strangling women. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 30 May 2022",
"Veteran actor Fred Ward, who parlayed rugged everyman looks into a lengthy career playing everything from historic American heroes to a monster-fighting repairman, has died, his representative said Friday. \u2014 Diana Dasrath, NBC News , 13 May 2022",
"Was the typically tranquil Scheffler, with his everyman nonchalance, about to wilt under the pressure? \u2014 New York Times , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Jim Gaffigan has become one of the most reliable everyman comic voices of the 21st century. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Curtis says his instinct for the home was always to infuse more color and go larger than life, but Linklater instructed him that the house needed to be almost painfully average and dull \u2014 to reflect the film\u2019s everyman framing. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Also, despite his wealth and power, Brooks has an everyman appeal that continues to be his forte. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 30 Mar. 2022"
],
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"Everyman , allegorical character in The Summoning of Everyman , 15th century English morality play"
],
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"1901, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-023958"
},
"evolute":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the locus of the center of curvature or the envelope of the normals of a curve"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-v\u0259-\u02ccl\u00fct",
"also"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"borrowed from New Latin \u0113vol\u016bta (short for l\u012bnea \u0113vol\u016bta, literally, \"unrolled line\"), noun derivative from feminine of Latin \u0113vol\u016btus, past participle of \u0113volvere \"to roll out or away, unwind, unroll\" \u2014 more at evolve",
"Note: The New Latin term was introduced by Christian huygens in Horologium oscillatorium (Paris, 1673), p. 60."
],
"first_known_use":[
"1704, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-024213"
},
"experiential time":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": subjective time"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-031639"
},
"escalado":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": escalade"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccesk\u0259\u02c8l\u00e4(\u02cc)d\u014d",
"-l\u0101(-"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"modification of Spanish escalada , from feminine of escalado , past participle of escalar to scale, from escala ladder, from Late Latin scala (ladder)"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-035539"
},
"Esd":{
"type":[
"abbreviation"
],
"definitions":[
"Esdras"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-043011"
},
"extravaganza":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a lavish or spectacular show or event",
": something extravagant",
": a literary or musical work marked by extreme freedom of style and structure and usually by elements of burlesque or parody"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02ccstra-v\u0259-\u02c8gan-z\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[
"circus",
"pageant",
"raree-show",
"spectacle",
"spectacular"
],
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"examples":[
"the over-the-top extravaganzas that are usually staged at halftime during the Super Bowl",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Of course, no Kentucky Derby season fashion extravaganza in Kentucky is complete without hats. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Next Sunday will be a three-hour extravaganza and feature the top 20 singers. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Many of the headliners will be joined by supporting artists, with Avril Lavigne scheduled to accompany MGK for what will almost certainly be a pop-punk extravaganza . \u2014 Hannah Dailey, Billboard , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The other is Derek McLane\u2019s eye-popping extravaganza of a set, a celebration of romance and glamour. \u2014 Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com , 3 Jan. 2022",
"Love and Thunder is part superhero extravaganza , part rom-com, reuniting Thor with his astrophysicist ex-girlfriend Jane Foster (Natalie Portman). \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 10 May 2022",
"At the iconic Wrigley Mansion, an indulgent five-course extravaganza ($125, $60 for ages 5-12) awaits from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. \u2014 Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic , 3 May 2022",
"The Festival is the entertainment company\u2019s most ambitious foray into live, in-person events since it was founded 25 years ago: an 11-day, 250-show comedy extravaganza across more than 30 venues in Los Angeles. \u2014 NBC News , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The Easter Egg Roll extravaganza , which is hosted by the president and first lady, has been held nearly every year since 1878. \u2014 Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY , 25 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Italian estravaganza , literally, extravagance, from estravagante extravagant, from Medieval Latin extravagant-, extravagans"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1754, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-053819"
},
"excrescent":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": forming an abnormal, excessive, or useless outgrowth",
": of, relating to, or constituting epenthesis"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8skre-s\u1d4ant",
"ek-"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin excrescent-, excrescens , present participle of excrescere to grow out, from ex- + crescere to grow \u2014 more at crescent"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1633, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-054142"
},
"experimentation":{
"type":[
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": test , trial",
": a tentative procedure or policy",
": an operation or procedure carried out under controlled conditions in order to discover an unknown effect or law, to test or establish a hypothesis, or to illustrate a known law",
": experience",
": the process of testing : experimentation",
": to carry out experiments : try out a new procedure, idea, or activity",
": a trial or test made to find out about something",
": to try or test a new way, idea, or activity : to make experiments",
": a procedure carried out under controlled conditions in order to discover an unknown effect or law, to test or establish a hypothesis, or to illustrate a known law",
": the process of testing : experimentation",
": to carry out experiments"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8sper-\u0259-m\u0259nt",
"also",
"ik-\u02c8sper-\u0259-\u02ccment",
"also",
"ik-\u02c8sper-\u0259-m\u0259nt",
"ik-\u02c8sper-\u0259-\u02ccment",
"ik-\u02c8sper-\u0259-m\u0259nt",
"-\u02ccment"
],
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"essay",
"experimentation",
"test",
"trial"
],
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"Students will carry out simple laboratory experiments .",
"They did some experiments with magnets.",
"These theories have not yet been confirmed by experiment .",
"an experiment in living more frugally",
"the city's experiment with a longer school year",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Democratic campaigns had trivialized the issue, even as the hearings were elevating it as a mortal threat to the American experiment . \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"The table below shows 45 companies which have committed to the experiment . \u2014 Lila Maclellan, Quartz , 6 June 2022",
"Sometimes, the group switches it up, like a social experiment , to see if different things will change how students respond. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 May 2022",
"The project is a bit of a social experiment , too, to see if the reusable cup habit will stick. \u2014 Jordan Hernandez | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 28 Apr. 2022",
"In 1905 the social experiment gave way to a hybrid apartment building and hotel. \u2014 Jay Cheshes, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The show is a social experiment where 100 people try to stay on a remote desert island for two months for a chance at winning $1 million. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Of course, no good social experiment is complete without a hilarious narrator \u2014 and Love in the Jungle is no different. \u2014 Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Two years ago this week, the U.K. was, like much of the rest of the world, plunged into a huge social experiment \u2014 working from home. \u2014 Roger Trapp, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Those two matches in East Asia are the only ones that Brazil have lined up for this international break, so head coach Tite won\u2019t have much of a chance to experiment with his squad either. \u2014 Steve Price, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Sure, Cannes has also had tons of tulle or sequin dresses, but these stars\u2019 willingness to experiment with and commit to different fashion ideas has given Cannes a wake up call. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 25 May 2022",
"Cinema is such a costly medium that directors have little chance to experiment between features. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 4 May 2022",
"What impresses him about Sobhy is her willingness to experiment . \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
"The artist interpreted this as a chance to experiment . \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Scoring Manifold Garden was extremely unique because I was given so much freedom to experiment . \u2014 Josh Chesler, SPIN , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Shenseea\u2019s desire to experiment with her artistry has been a feature throughout her career. \u2014 Sharine Taylor, refinery29.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The Diamonds\u2019 willingness to experiment , explains Gussie, put them at an advantage over other acts. \u2014 Patricia Meschino, Rolling Stone , 4 Apr. 2022"
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"Noun",
"Middle English, \"testing, proof, remedy,\" borrowed from Anglo-French esperiment, borrowed from Latin exper\u012bmentum \"testing, experience, proof,\" from exper\u012br\u012b \"to put to the test, attempt, have experience of, undergo\" + -mentum -ment \u2014 more at experience entry 1",
"Verb",
"verbal derivative of experiment entry 1"
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"1787, in the meaning defined above"
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"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make weak, ineffective, or effeminate"
],
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"\u0259\u0307\u02c8m\u00e4l\u0113\u02cc\u0101t",
"\u0113\u02c8-"
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"Latin emolli re to soften + English -ate"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-060519"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": an act or instance of exhorting",
": language intended to incite and encourage"
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"\u02ccek-\u02ccs\u022fr-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"-s\u0259r-",
"\u02cceg-\u02ccz\u022fr-",
"-z\u0259r-"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Part of that is an exhortation to spend less time sending tweets; but a bigger concern is that too many journalist have come to see the Twitter audience as a proxy for the public. \u2014 Jeremy Barr, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"That sounds good, but there are downsides to this popular exhortation , see my analysis and coverage at the link here. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Not to mention the shot glass bearing his exhortation to enivrez-vous sans cesse! \u2014 Ange Mlinko, The New York Review of Books , 23 Mar. 2022",
"His stirring message was also, above all, an appeal to conscience and bravery, a blend of inspiration and exhortation , lofty ideals and, notably, concrete requests. \u2014 Frida Ghitis, CNN , 9 Mar. 2022",
"But moral exhortation does not persuade soldiers to put down their guns when facing undercover combatants willing to use medicine as a shield for their own military objectives. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Praise houses served as places of religious intercession, exhortation and devotion, and also as sites for conflict resolution, political development and education. \u2014 Imani Perry, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 Feb. 2022",
"First Avenue is a full-volume tunnel of exhortation . \u2014 Roger Robinson, Outside Online , 30 Oct. 2020",
"His exhortation bore fruit in subsequent work that included the Orphism of the French painter Robert Delaunay, for one, who was shown with him in the vastly influential 1913 Armory Show, in New York. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 8 Nov. 2021"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": the value of an alternating or otherwise variable current that would result in the same heat production in a circuit as that of a direct current in the same length of time : the square root of the means of the squares of the instantaneous values of an alternating current"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-070743"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":[
": releasing energy : exothermic"
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"\u02ccek-s\u014d-\u02c8\u0259r-jik"
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"first_known_use":[
"1942, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-071522"
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"type":[
"adverb (or adjective)"
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"definitions":[
": inward"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"French, inside"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-074131"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a function such that f(x)=f(\u2212x) where the value remains unchanged if the sign of the independent variable is reversed"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-075919"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a genus of coarse herbs (family Compositae) commonly with whitish discoid flower heads and a silky pappus that facilitates their wide distribution as weeds",
": any plant of the genus Erechtites"
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"\u02ccer\u0259\u0307k\u02c8t\u012bt(\u02cc)\u0113z",
"\u02cce\u02ccrek-"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from Greek erechthitis groundsel, from erechthein to rend, break"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-080117"
},
"enchanted":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": placed under or as if under a magic spell",
": having or seeming to have a magical quality",
": made to feel delightfully pleased or charmed"
],
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"in-\u02c8chan-t\u0259d",
"en-"
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"bewitched",
"charmed",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-080656"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": principle of equivalence"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-081142"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": something placed between two things",
": insertion sense 2b"
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"\u00a6\u00e4\u207f\u2027tr\u0259\u00a6d\u0259",
"-d\u0259\u0304",
"-\u00a6d\u0259r(\u2027)",
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"history_and_etymology":[
"French, from entre- + deux two, from Latin duos , accusative of duo"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-082814"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": cologne"
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"\u02cc\u014d-d\u0259-k\u0259-\u02c8l\u014dn"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"French, literally, Cologne water, from Cologne , Germany"
],
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"1802, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-084510"
},
"effective date":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": the day when a law, rule, contract, etc., starts to be used"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-085053"
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"Definition of effecter variant spelling of effector 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-092308"
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"type":[
"adverb"
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"definitions":[
": to an extreme degree : extremely",
": to a very great degree"
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"ik-\u02c8s\u0113-di\u014b-l\u0113",
"ik-\u02c8s\u0113-di\u014b-l\u0113"
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"achingly",
"almighty",
"archly",
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"awfully",
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"blisteringly",
"bone",
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"cracking",
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"unco",
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"vastly",
"very",
"vitally",
"way",
"whacking",
"wicked",
"wildly"
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"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"somewhat"
],
"examples":[
"The weather was exceedingly cold.",
"The crime rate is exceedingly high.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Most members had been eager to keep the bloc from growing, partly because its 27 members already find it at times exceedingly hard to agree on key issues such as democratic freedoms, economic overhauls, and the role of the courts. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"Of 19 states that allow their governor to be recalled, California is by far the most permissive, with an exceedingly low signature requirement. \u2014 Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"Even though the lawsuits are rare and the chances of giant payouts exceedingly slim, American courts have recently awarded a few plaintiffs money derived from seized North Korean assets. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"Customary and exceedingly ordinary driving controls are a bit of mystery to this person. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Over the years, the actress, best known for roles on NYPD Blue and The Jamie Foxx Show, found ways to mitigate her condition, although a recent flare-up last summer proved to be exceedingly painful. \u2014 Aili Nahas, PEOPLE.com , 20 June 2022",
"That said, though, this is also an exceedingly dark season, unfolding against a backdrop of bloodlust and revenge, as well as the rise of fascism that seduced some corners of pre-WWII England. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 13 June 2022",
"All of that makes any remnant of extinct life exceedingly important. \u2014 Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica , 6 June 2022",
"Novavax took issue with the FDA analysis, arguing that the rates of heart inflammation were exceedingly low and were the same in the vaccine and placebo groups. \u2014 Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News , 6 June 2022"
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"first_known_use":[
"1535, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-093452"
},
"ex-all":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": without any accrued supplementary values, rights, or privileges"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"ex entry 2 + all (pronoun)"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-093642"
},
"eruginous":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of eruginous variant of aeruginous"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-100636"
},
"eminency":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": eminence"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-m\u0259-n\u0259n(t)-s\u0113"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"emin(ence) + -ency"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1604, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-102911"
},
"Enkianthus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a genus of erect Asian shrubs (family Ericaceae) that have whorled branches, leaves which are mostly clustered at the twig ends, and nodding flowers in terminal clusters and that are often cultivated as ornamentals"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce\u014bk\u0113\u02c8an(t)th\u0259s"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from enki- (perhaps irregular from Greek enkyos pregnant, from en in + kyos fetus) + -anthus ; akin to Latin cavus hollow"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-103121"
},
"emigrational":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": concerned with emigration"
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"-shn\u0259l"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-103735"
},
"emption":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act of buying : purchase",
": right of emption"
],
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"\u02c8em(p)sh\u0259n"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin emption-, emptio , from emptus (past participle of emere to buy) + -ion-, -io -ion"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-104630"
},
"energeia":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": energy sense 4a"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccen\u0259r\u02c8j|\u012b\u0259",
"-r\u02c8g|",
"|\u0101\u0259",
"|\u0113(y)\u0259",
"e\u02c8ner(\u02cc)g\u0101\u02cc\u00e4"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Greek, activity, operation"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-104803"
},
"E-flat major":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the major key having a key signature of three flats"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-110220"
},
"escarmouche":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": skirmish"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle French"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-110458"
},
"eulogious":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": eulogistic"
],
"pronounciation":[
"y\u00fc\u02c8l\u014dj\u0113\u0259s"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"eulogy + -ous"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-120257"
},
"emblematist":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a writer, designer, or inventor of emblems"
],
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"em\u02c8blem\u0259t\u0259\u0307st"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"emblematist from Latin emblemat-, emblema + English -ist; emblemist from emblem entry 1 + -ist"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-122321"
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"excess-profits tax":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a tax imposed especially during war on business profits that are in excess of the average profits over a specified base period, of a specified rate of return on invested capital, or of a specified rate of return on certain military contracts"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-122711"
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"evacuee":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an evacuated person"
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"i-\u02ccva-ky\u0259-\u02c8w\u0113",
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"deportee",
"\u00e9migr\u00e9",
"emigr\u00e9",
"exile",
"expat",
"expatriate",
"refugee"
],
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"examples":[
"One hundred evacuees spent the night at a school during the storm.",
"evacuees by the thousands poured into the camps for displaced persons",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On one such evacuation mission, Vostok staff recently drove through back lanes to reach the home of their latest evacuee , Mykhaylo Silichkin. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"Putin ordered the Russian government to offer 10,000 rubles (about $130) to each evacuee , an amount equivalent to about half of an average monthly salary in eastern Ukraine. \u2014 Jim Heintz, Dasha Litvinova And Lori Hinnant, Anchorage Daily News , 19 Feb. 2022",
"Putin ordered the Russian government to offer 10,000 rubles (about $130) to each evacuee , an amount equivalent to about half of an average monthly salary in eastern Ukraine. \u2014 Jim Heintz, Dasha Litvinova And Lori Hinnant, Anchorage Daily News , 19 Feb. 2022",
"There are 40 bunkers underground, said one evacuee who worked at the plant, five of which are equipped with basic supplies and triple bunk beds to host civilians. \u2014 Vivian Salama, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"Shakib Hokat, 30, another Afghan evacuee getting help from the IRC in San Diego, is familiar with that feeling of a life suddenly pulled in half. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Putin ordered the Russian government to offer 10,000 rubles (about $130) to each evacuee , an amount equivalent to about half of an average monthly salary in eastern Ukraine. \u2014 Jim Heintz, Dasha Litvinova And Lori Hinnant, Anchorage Daily News , 19 Feb. 2022",
"Putin ordered the Russian government to offer 10,000 rubles (about $130) to each evacuee , an amount equivalent to about half of an average monthly salary in eastern Ukraine. \u2014 CBS News , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Putin ordered the Russian government to offer about $130 to each evacuee , an amount equivalent to about half of an average monthly salary in eastern Ukraine. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 20 Feb. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1918, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-133642"
},
"entreasure":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to store in a treasury"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"en- entry 1 + treasure (noun)"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-134831"
},
"endways":{
"type":[
"adverb or adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": in or toward the direction of the ends : lengthwise",
": with the end forward (as toward the observer)",
": on end : upright"
],
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"\u02c8end-\u02ccw\u0101z"
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"first_known_use":[
"circa 1608, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-135100"
},
"edema":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an abnormal infiltration and excess accumulation of serous fluid in connective tissue or in a serous cavity",
": watery swelling of plant organs or parts",
": any of various plant diseases characterized by such swellings",
": an abnormal excess accumulation of serous fluid in connective tissue or in a serous cavity"
],
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"i-\u02c8d\u0113-m\u0259"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The infected patient was originally thought to be suffering from high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) and was evacuated by helicopter to a hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. \u2014 Taylor Gee, Outside Online , 20 Apr. 2021",
"Your doctor will mark the border of any edema \u2013 tissue swelling \u2013 and track it every two hours until progression stops. \u2014 Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Sometimes edema calls for a simple intervention, such as a protein shake; at other times, the correct treatment might be open-heart surgery. \u2014 Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker , 20 Sep. 2021",
"George\u2019s injury is in the same foot as the bone edema that previously sidelined him for seven games in February. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Mar. 2021",
"His son Czeslaw said the cause was asphyxia resulting from high-altitude pulmonary edema . \u2014 New York Times , 11 Mar. 2021",
"High-altitude pulmonary edema is the biggest threat. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Jan. 2021",
"For the last 30 years of his life, his legs had to be kept tightly wrapped in bandages and compression stockings because of chronic edema and varicose veins. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Dec. 2020",
"At the same time, there\u2019s edema : fluid trapped in the body. \u2014 Virginia Heffernan, Wired , 10 Dec. 2020"
],
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"New Latin, from Greek oid\u0113ma swelling, from oidein to swell; akin to Armenian aytnu- swell, Old English \u0101tor poison"
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"type":[
"adjective",
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": one who believes in experientialism",
": of or relating to experientialism"
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"-ch\u0259l\u0259\u0307st",
"\""
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"phrasal verb"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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": capable of being moved by feeling"
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"noun"
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"type":[
"idiom"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-163932"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": the military service required of a knight incident to his fee",
": scutage"
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"\u02c8e\u02ccsky\u00fcij",
"\u02c8esky\u0259wii"
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"Middle French escuage , from Old French, from escu shield (from Latin scutum ) + -age"
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"noun"
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": an eye or glance held capable of inflicting harm",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On the day that Smart Works was announced as one of Meghan's royal patronages, the duchess paid the charity a visit while wearing this climber with evil eye charms. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 3 June 2022",
"Plus, in a last-minute extravagance by my partner, the evil eye studs. \u2014 Mariam Rahmani, Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"On top of the exquisite craftsmanship, the dress incorporated sweet personal details: the bride\u2019s mother added an evil eye as a talisman for her daughter, along with a message that the Valentino team stitched into the wedding gown using blue thread. \u2014 Kerry Mcdermott, Vogue , 10 Apr. 2022",
"So potent that the stone stands in for the evil eye , warding off jealousy, a blank blue eye open and unblinking. \u2014 Mariam Rahmani, Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Sewn into the dress at the request of Peltz' mother, former fashion model Claudia Heffner Peltz, was an evil eye talisman (a charm intended to ward off the curse of jealousy) and a private message in blue thread. \u2014 Leah Dolan, CNN , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Rayn\u2019s line also features a modernized take on the evil eye amulet, long a symbol of warding off maleficence. \u2014 Malina Saval, Variety , 24 Mar. 2022",
"The Rich History of Kohl as a Sacred Practice In South Asia, traditional kohl transcends surface-level beauty and is often used as a form of protection against the evil eye , a jealous gaze believed to cause fatalistic harm and injury. \u2014 Stephanie Gonot, Allure , 20 Mar. 2022",
"The diamond\u2019s shape was inspired by the Middle Eastern palm symbol of Khamsa, often used in jewelry and wall hangings as a talisman to ward off the evil eye . \u2014 Ashley Stimpson, Popular Mechanics , 24 Jan. 2022"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-165031"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a tendency to regard things emotionally",
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"i-\u02c8m\u014d-shn\u0259-\u02ccli-z\u0259m",
"-sh\u0259-n\u0259-\u02ccli-"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Infused with Waititi\u2019s brand of humor, the show is balanced with deep emotionalism . \u2014 Scott Huver, Variety , 14 June 2022",
"There\u2019s a kind of opening for women there, with that emotionalism . \u2014 Karin Wulf, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 Mar. 2022",
"No plan ever works perfectly, but setting such standards is the only way that policy makers can resist emotionalism on one side and wishful thinking on the other. \u2014 Milton Ezrati, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022",
"No amount of emphatic emotionalism , heroic grandstanding, or Instagrammable, earthbound beauty can distract from this fact. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Sometimes his fluttery trills, when combined with lyrics extolling his own sensitivity and emotionalism , are just too much. \u2014 Mark Richardson, WSJ , 4 Oct. 2021",
"The prickly strumming of his guitar heroes and the steely-eyed emotionalism of his norte\u00f1o heritage planted the seeds for Maverick to grow his own rapturous desert soundscapes, which sprawl outward and spiral into the cosmos. \u2014 Suzy Exposito Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2021",
"As Jean-Jacques\u2019s emotionalism proliferates in the culture, as people are socialized to see themselves as self-validating vectors of desire, the groundwork of the republic trembles. \u2014 John D. Hagen, National Review , 20 Aug. 2020",
"The display of emotionalism going on around you could drive you a little crazy. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2020"
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"first_known_use":[
"1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-174337"
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"type":[
"noun",
"noun or adjective"
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": an artificial international language based as far as possible on words common to the chief European languages"
],
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"\u02cce-sp\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4n-(\u02cc)t\u014d",
"-\u02c8ran-(\u02cc)t\u014d"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Dr. Esperanto , pseudonym of L. L. Zamenhof \u20201917 Polish oculist, its inventor"
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"1892, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-180823"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": elephant grass"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-181021"
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"noun",
"transitive verb",
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": a deed, a bond, money, or a piece of property held in trust by a third party to be turned over to the grantee only upon fulfillment of a condition",
": a fund or deposit designed to serve as an escrow",
": in trust as an escrow",
": to place in escrow",
": an instrument and especially a deed or money or property held by a third party to be turned over to the grantee and become effective only upon the fulfillment of some condition",
": a fund or deposit designed to serve as an escrow",
": held as an escrow : in trust as an escrow",
"\u2014 compare trust",
": to cause to be held as an escrow : place in escrow"
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"\u02c8e-\u02ccskr\u014d",
"e-\u02c8skr\u014d",
"e-\u02c8skr\u014d",
"\u02c8e-\u02ccskr\u014d",
"\u02c8es-\u02cckr\u014d"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Alperin added that Spacey\u2019s acting fees are being held in escrow ahead of the production start date. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 May 2022",
"And although nearly all pairs of the Wavy Baby have already been sold and shipped, Judge Kuntz ordered the company to hold all revenue earned from them in escrow , to be repaid to consumers if Vans ultimately prevails. \u2014 Bill Donahue, Billboard , 3 May 2022",
"Low interest rates also mean that any money being held in escrow by the servicer isn\u2019t earning much in interest. \u2014 Telis Demos, WSJ , 29 Mar. 2022",
"After paying your earnest money, there are a handful of steps left in escrow . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The 1,134-square-foot condo is now in escrow for $490,000. \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Engoron told Trump to pay the money directly to James' office and for the attorney general to hold the money in an escrow account while Trump's legal team appeals the judge's original contempt finding. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 21 May 2022",
"Engoron told Trump to pay the money directly to James\u2019 office and for the attorney general to hold the money in an escrow account while Trump\u2019s legal team appeals the judge's original contempt finding. \u2014 Michael R. Sisak, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
"Engoron told Trump to pay the money directly to James\u2019 office and for the attorney general to hold the money in an escrow account while Trump\u2019s legal team appeals the judge\u2019s original contempt finding. \u2014 Michael R. Sisak, Chicago Tribune , 20 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Even with the approval, the Tailgate Park transaction must close escrow before the end of the year to remain shielded from the state\u2019s stricter disposition laws for surplus land. \u2014 Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Buyers would escrow the difference with the U.S. Treasury. \u2014 Patrick Jenevein, Fortune , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The Tailgate Park transaction must close escrow before the end of the year to remain shielded from the state\u2019s stricter disposition laws for surplus land. \u2014 Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The city and Padres are racing against the clock \u2014 because of state disposition laws, the transaction must close escrow by Dec. 23 or it will be aborted altogether. \u2014 Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Starting next summer, McCarty\u2019s AB 1466 will require Realtors, title companies and escrow companies to notify buyers of any racial covenants, as well as their right to modify them. \u2014 Lauren Hepler, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Nov. 2021",
"While the seller is going to get the same amount of money, many local agents say sellers will go with cash offers to make sure the purchase closes escrow . \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 July 2021",
"The building, which includes two other small businesses at the corner of Vista Way, has been sold to a developer who plans extensive renovations once escrow closes in August. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 July 2021",
"At the very start of the pandemic, agency lenders required borrowers to escrow 18 months of property taxes and interest payments to qualify for acquisition loans. \u2014 Lee Kiser, Forbes , 13 May 2021"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Noun",
"Anglo-French escroue scroll \u2014 more at scroll"
],
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"Noun",
"1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"1946, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-191710"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":[
": tolerant of wide variation in one or more environmental factors"
],
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"\u02ccyu\u0307r-i-\u02c8t\u00e4-pik"
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"International Scientific Vocabulary eury- + Greek topos place"
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"1937, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-200027"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": gradual oxidation of organic matter from exposure to air and moisture"
],
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"\u02ccer\u0259m\u0259\u02c8k\u022fs\u0259\u0307s"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from Greek \u0113rema gently, softly, slowly + kausis burning, from kaiein to burn"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-200428"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism",
": of, relating to, or suited to an epicure",
": a follower of Epicurus",
": epicure sense 1"
],
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"\u02cce-pi-kyu\u0307-\u02c8r\u0113-\u0259n",
"-\u02c8kyu\u0307r-\u0113-"
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"a person of epicurean tastes",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Olvera is among many chefs lately teaming up with cannabis brands to bring a more epicurean edge to the edibles market, a smokeless industry that\u2019s seen an increase in sales since the COVID-19 pandemic began. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Over at the historic Hotel Jerome, a curated epicurean passport stay is being offered to guests who want a full-on gastro experience. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 3 June 2022",
"The name gianduiotto is thought to come from carnival figure Gianduja, a jolly wine-loving peasant, popular in the 1800s, who embodied the epicurean nature of locals. \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 5 May 2022",
"In the S\u00e1mi hub of Jokkmokk, the reindeer herder and specialty meat purveyor works closely with Eva Gunnare, a local forager and cultural guide to bring guests on an epicurean journey. \u2014 Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure , 4 Mar. 2022",
"The menu presents an appealing hybrid of old-world traditions\u2014Mayan healing stones, clay wraps made of local herbs\u2014as well as more modern, epicurean treatments. \u2014 Jessie Heyman, Vogue , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Since Rene Redzepi and Claus Meyer converted an old warehouse into the world-class Noma restaurant in 2003, Copenhagen has gone from culinary wasteland to epicurean epicenter. \u2014 Helen Russell, CNN , 14 Dec. 2021",
"The biographer\u2019s gift lay in fusing the personal and impersonal, his experience as an art student and jobbing critic, the stoic\u2019s sense with an epicurean sensibility. \u2014 Maxwell Carter, WSJ , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Stay Here: Lucknam Park Hotel & Spa, an epicurean retreat in the nearby market town of Chippenham, offers a fantastic base for exploring Avebury, Stonehenge, and the surrounding countryside. \u2014 Jonathan Thompson, Travel + Leisure , 22 Nov. 2021"
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"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"1561, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-200922"
},
"exodist":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": emigrant"
],
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"\u02c8eks\u0259d\u0259\u0307st",
"\u02c8egz\u0259-"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"exod us + -ist"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-201939"
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"economize":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to practice economy : be frugal",
": to use frugally : save",
": to be thrifty",
": to use less of : save"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8k\u00e4-n\u0259-\u02ccm\u012bz",
"i-\u02c8k\u00e4-n\u0259-\u02ccm\u012bz"
],
"synonyms":[
"pinch",
"save",
"scrimp",
"skimp",
"spare"
],
"antonyms":[
"waste"
],
"examples":[
"He was born into a wealthy family and never learned to economize .",
"in tough times people learn how to economize",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Viktor, a 35-year-old carpenter, says his small business has lost most of its clients, as they\u2019ve been forced to economize . \u2014 Robyn Dixon, Washington Post , 5 June 2022",
"There's also a new chapter that explains how to economize time and money when cooking and how to avoid food waste. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 3 June 2022",
"The ability to reduce time and labor and better economize resources comes quite handy during the current labor shortage. \u2014 Vaidya Aiyer, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
"The use of adjunct professors is another way universities economize , while tenured professors reap big sums for working 24/7\u201424 hours a week for seven months a year. \u2014 WSJ , 24 Dec. 2021",
"Also troubling are signals that suggest consumers now expect prices to keep rising \u2014 expectations that can hurt economic growth as people look to economize and trim their spending. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Employers, having to pay their staff more, economize by hiring fewer people, the belief holds. \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 11 Oct. 2021",
"James Bond may need to economize With 25 popular movies across six decades, Bond has cemented its place as a film franchise with few rivals. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 11 Oct. 2021",
"Over the past month-plus, Porter worked with Dr. Rick Celebrini \u2014 the Warriors\u2019 director of sports medicine and performance \u2014 to economize his movements, fine-tune his balance and improve his agility. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 Oct. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1780, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-203402"
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"endwise":{
"type":[
"adverb or adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": endways"
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"\u02c8end-\u02ccw\u012bz"
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"first_known_use":[
"1655, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-204551"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a plant structure functioning in the dispersal of spores: such as",
": one of the elongated filaments among the spores in the capsule of a liverwort",
": one of the filamentous appendages of the spores in the horsetails"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-l\u0259-t\u0259r"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from Greek elat\u0113r driver, from elaunein to drive"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1830, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-210725"
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": epicurean sense 2"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin Epicureus"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-213212"
},
"enepidermic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": applied to the unbroken skin for medicinal purposes"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u00a6)en+"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"en- entry 2 + epidermic"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-221519"
},
"every little thing":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
": everything"
],
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"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-225306"
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"existential":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or affirming existence",
": grounded in existence or the experience of existence : empirical",
": having being in time and space",
": existentialist"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cceg-(\u02cc)zi-\u02c8sten(t)-sh\u0259l",
"\u02ccek-(\u02cc)si-"
],
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"empirical",
"empiric",
"experiential",
"experimental",
"objective",
"observational"
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"nonempirical",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"unempirical"
],
"examples":[
"child psychologist Bruno Bettelheim believed that fairy tales help children cope with their existential anxieties and dilemmas",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For either company, adding another Goliath competitor to that list represents an existential threat. \u2014 Nicol\u00e1s Rivero, Quartz , 22 June 2022",
"Accordingly, restrainers do not consider China an existential threat. \u2014 Daniel Bessner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 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",
"It\u2019s an existential threat to the PGA Tour, which for nearly a century has been the dream destination of millions of competitive players. \u2014 Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"Still, Italy remains an existential threat for the euro in an environment of rising borrowing costs. \u2014 Jon Sindreu, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"To the dockworkers\u2019 union, automation is an existential threat. \u2014 Paul Berger, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
"Indeed, the convoluted plot operates on parallel tracks that only gradually begin to intersect, with giant prehistoric locusts sweeping across the land, creating an existential threat to the food chain. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 8 June 2022",
"The prime-time January 6 committee hearings that begin on Thursday\u2014the first of at least six, which will run until September\u2014are the Democrats\u2019 last, best chance to make the case that Republicans are an existential threat to American democracy. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 8 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"borrowed from Late Latin existenti\u0101lis, exsistenti\u0101lis, from existentia, exsistentia existence + Latin -\u0101lis -al entry 1 ; in the 19th and 20th centuries in part as translation of Danish existentiel (later eksistentiel ) & German existentiell",
"Note: Compare \"Existentielt Indl\u00e6g\" (\"existential contribution\") in the subtitle of S\u00f8ren Kierkegaard's Afsluttende uvidenskabelig Efterskrift til de philosophiske Smuler (1846; Concluding Unscientific Postscript to the Philosophical Fragments ), used also elsewhere in the work."
],
"first_known_use":[
"1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-230006"
},
"equivocalness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse",
": uncertain as an indication or sign",
": of uncertain nature or classification",
": of uncertain disposition toward a person or thing : undecided",
": of doubtful advantage, genuineness, or moral rectitude"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8kwi-v\u0259-k\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"debatable",
"disputable",
"dodgy",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"dubitable",
"fishy",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"queer",
"questionable",
"shady",
"shaky",
"suspect",
"suspicious"
],
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"certain",
"hands-down",
"incontestable",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"questionless",
"sure",
"undeniable",
"undoubted",
"unproblematic",
"unquestionable"
],
"examples":[
"When I go to galleries to see new art. \u2026 I don't care about what I see unless it holds my eye, and that is an almost involuntary experience; but once something has that hold on me\u2014even in a tentative, equivocal way\u2014other factors come into play, and I find myself reaching for analogies, ideas, theories. \u2014 Jed Perl , New Republic , 20 Mar. 2000",
"He [Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec] frequented the sleazy underworld of Paris, but moved in top circles too, and by virtue of his equivocal status as a landed gentleman-turned-bohemian artist, was sufficiently an outsider to be a detached observer of the diverse social classes among whom he ranged so freely. \u2014 Elizabeth Cowling , Times Literary Supplement , 8 Nov. 1991",
"\u2026 in the past, photographs of real situations in color have invited a sense of ambiguity, an element of distrust on the part of viewers, perhaps because the saturated dyes of color film seem to have an equivocal relationship to the harsher realities of social conditions. \u2014 Naomi Rosenblum , A World History of Photography , 1989",
"He responded to reporters' questions with equivocal answers.",
"The experiment produced equivocal results.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Amid the lukewarm notes and contempt of lying for hire, this wryly equivocal review says something genuinely important: Feeling, in a poet, is the source of others\u2019 feeling. \u2014 Susan J. Wolfson, The Atlantic , 18 June 2022",
"Lee, 64, has kept his public appearances brief and tightly choreographed, and his statements have been vague and equivocal , said Chan, showing his lack of knowledge in many policy areas. \u2014 Robert Olsen, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"Trump\u2019s appeal to his fans, yet Trump himself seems equivocal about his project. \u2014 Steve Coll, The New Yorker , 5 June 2022",
"At the end of May, Lam gave an equivocal response when asked whether people who gathered at Victoria Park on June 4 would face legal repercussions. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 3 June 2022",
"As for other benefits, the literature is somewhat equivocal . \u2014 Oliver Lee Bateman, Men's Health , 19 May 2022",
"From his Fifth Symphony onward, Shostakovich practiced an art of equivocal triumph, and the finale of the Tenth might be his deftest feat in this line. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Officials at the State Department had previously seen more opportunity to split Beijing and Moscow over the war, arguing that Beijing\u2019s equivocal statements on the crisis pointed to discomfort at Moscow\u2019s actions. \u2014 Jennifer Jacobs, Fortune , 18 Mar. 2022",
"While Ukraine\u2019s Foreign and Defense Ministers spoke warmly of their meeting in Poland Saturday with Biden, there was less equivocal support for the president\u2019s remarks among people in Ukraine. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 26 Mar. 2022"
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"Late Latin aequivocus , from aequi- equi- + voc-, vox voice \u2014 more at voice"
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"1599, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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"type":[
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"definitions":[
": a bond, certificate, or share serving as a direct lien on a specific lot of railroad rolling stock"
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"adverb",
"verb"
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": to be extremely joyful : rejoice",
": to leap for joy",
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"ig-\u02c8z\u0259lt",
"ig-\u02c8z\u0259lt"
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"exuberate",
"glory",
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"rejoice",
"triumph"
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"examples":[
"\u201cThat was the best meal I've ever had!\u201d he exulted .",
"the winners of the Super Bowl spent the next week exulting in their victory",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Weinreich did not plan to stay awake until dawn to exult in that achievement, to revel in the perpetuation of the sort of uncontested primacy that most fans, in theory, crave. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
"For fifteen years, Zabihullah Mujahid was the Tokyo Rose of the Taliban: a clandestine operative who called reporters to claim responsibility for his fighters\u2019 attacks and to exult in their victories. \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
"For the city\u2019s mayor, Ras Baraka, the progress has provided a chance to exult after he was long accused of neglecting, mismanaging and denying the severity of the problem. \u2014 Kevin Armstrong, New York Times , 11 Aug. 2021",
"The day when artists and audiences can breathe and exult together in the same room is getting ever closer. \u2014 Rohan Preston, Star Tribune , 8 June 2021",
"And, if the ninety-fourth Academy Awards will no longer exult in the period luxury of Union Station, perhaps another grand arena can be found. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 26 Apr. 2021",
"But the new display feels liberating, giving permission to exult in simple aesthetic experience. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 Mar. 2021",
"Just as American adults exult in their individuality, so too are children encouraged to think of themselves as imbued with their own personality. \u2014 Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ , 26 Feb. 2021",
"In different times, the result might have been cause to exult . \u2014 Glenn Gamboa, ajc , 27 Jan. 2021"
],
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"Middle French exulter , from Latin exsultare , literally, to leap up, from ex- + saltare to leap \u2014 more at saltation"
],
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"1548, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-000255"
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": an act of scaling especially the walls of a fortification"
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"\u02c8e-sk\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101d",
"-\u02ccl\u00e4d"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"French, from Italian scalata , from scalare to scale, from scala ladder, from Late Latin \u2014 more at scale entry 5"
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"1598, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-000517"
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"phrasal verb"
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": to have (something) at the end",
": to cause (something) to have (something) at the end"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-000800"
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"adjective"
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"definitions":[
": liable to or deserving excommunication"
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"-n\u0113k-"
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"excommunic(ate) + -able"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-001536"
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"definitions":[
": any plant of the genus Circaea (especially C. lutetiana ) of the family Onagraceae characterized by inconspicuous white flowers and bristly fruit"
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"exch":{
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"abbreviation"
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"definitions":[
"exchange ; exchanged"
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"abbreviation"
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"definitions":[
"engineer",
"engraved ; engraver ; engraving"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-003905"
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"type":[
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"definitions":[
": a layer of the outer living cortical cells of plants that takes over the functions of the epidermis in roots lacking secondary thickening"
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"\u02ccek-s\u014d-\u02c8d\u0259r-m\u0259s"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin"
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"first_known_use":[
"1889, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-011550"
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"biographical name"
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"definitions":[
"John 1588\u20131665 colonial governor of Massachusetts"
],
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"\u02c8en-di-k\u0259t",
"-d\u0259-\u02cck\u00e4t"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-013444"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a special-rate ticket for making a round-trip journey on an excursion"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-014419"
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"evo-devo":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": evolutionary developmental biology"
],
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"\u02c8\u0113-v\u014d-\u02c8d\u0113-v\u014d"
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"first_known_use":[
"1997, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-015637"
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"essoiner":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": one that essoins another"
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"\u0259\u0307\u02c8s\u022fin\u0259(r)"
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"Anglo-French essonier, essoneour , from essonier , verb + -er, -our -or"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-173527"
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"embodiment":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": one that embodies something",
": the act of embodying : the state of being embodied"
],
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"im-\u02c8b\u00e4-di-m\u0259nt"
],
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"abstract",
"avatar",
"embodier",
"epitome",
"externalization",
"genius",
"icon",
"ikon",
"image",
"incarnation",
"incorporation",
"instantiation",
"manifestation",
"objectification",
"personification",
"personifier"
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"examples":[
"She's the embodiment of all our hopes.",
"Mother Theresa was often regarded as the embodiment of selfless devotion to others.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"According to Altman, Isabella is the embodiment of that mission. \u2014 Brian Lisik, cleveland , 31 May 2022",
"Be prepared to be the embodiment of the man who effortly exudes the unconditional joy of life. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"That\u2019s what Feyi needed, someone who would be the embodiment of being alive, even through their work. \u2014 Juliana Ukiomogbe, ELLE , 24 May 2022",
"To them, Ming\u2019s was the embodiment of their father\u2019s American Dream - the reason their family had been afforded so many opportunities. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 8 May 2022",
"These folks are the true embodiment of ride-or-die energy. \u2014 Glamour , 27 May 2022",
"Abbott, cut from the \u201870s character actor mold, is a riveting embodiment of Kevin\u2019s high-strung unpredictable energy, while Carmichael holds the screen as the somber Val. \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
"Moms are the true embodiment of \u2018non-stop\u2019 because the work never ends. \u2014 Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence , 3 May 2022",
"Mary considered the option for her junior prom (where, in a perfect embodiment of the Gen Z paradox, one classmate showed up in a bin bag to protest throwaway fashion, while another spent hundreds on a dress unlikely ever to be worn again). \u2014 Fedora Abu, refinery29.com , 27 Apr. 2022"
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"first_known_use":[
"1828, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-173950"
},
"enl\u00e8vement":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the lift into the air of a ballerina by her supporting male dancer"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4\u207flevm\u00e4\u207f"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"French, action of lifting, from Middle French enlevement , from enlever to lift, raise (from Old French, to raise, from en from that place\u2014from Latin inde , akin to Latin is he and to Latin de from\u2014+ lever to raise) + -ment"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-174033"
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"explant":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to remove (living tissue) especially to a medium for tissue culture",
": living tissue removed from an organism and placed in a medium for tissue culture",
": to remove (living tissue) especially to a medium for tissue culture",
": living tissue removed from an organism and placed in a medium for tissue culture"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)ek-\u02c8splant",
"\u02c8ek-\u02ccsplant",
"(\u02c8)ek-\u02c8splant",
"\u02c8ek-\u02ccsplant"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Verb",
"ex- + -plant (as in implant )"
],
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"1914, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun",
"1915, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-174057"
},
"emoji":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": any of various small images, symbols, or icons used in text fields in electronic communication (as in text messages, email, and social media) to express the emotional attitude of the writer, convey information succinctly, communicate a message playfully without using words, etc.",
"\u2014 compare emoticon"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0113-\u02c8m\u014d-j\u0113"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Atop the frame balance an apple and one of Crivelli\u2019s mysterious green vegetables, which looks like an emoji for which the referent has been forgotten. \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
"Liubov sent back an emoji with its eyes downcast in distress, then three prayer hands. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
"The caption ends with an emoji of two hands held together in prayer. \u2014 Timothy Bella, Anchorage Daily News , 7 June 2022",
"On Wednesday, Binance tweeted out a new Twitter emoji , known as a hashflag, that is essentially a logo designed to accompany mentions of Binance online. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 21 Apr. 2022",
"As if to add insult to injury, James tweeted an emoji of an ice cube in the closing seconds \u2014 a nod to Young \u2014 as the Hawks were ending Cleveland\u2019s season. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Scott posted a comment with one blue heart emoji , followed by six brown hearts. \u2014 Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 Feb. 2022",
"Angry emoji , like other emotional reactions, initially had five times the weighting of a like, the documents show. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Keep it short and sweet with an adorable emoji or long and lyrical with all the hashtags that can fit \u2014 the caption choice is yours. \u2014 Seventeen , 14 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"borrowed from Japanese, literally, \"pictograph,\" from e \"picture, drawing\" + moji \"letter, character\""
],
"first_known_use":[
"1997, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-174106"
},
"exoderm":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": exodermis",
": ectoderm",
": an external integument"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8eks\u014d\u02ccd\u0259rm"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"International Scientific Vocabulary exo- + -derm"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-174325"
},
"Elymus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a genus of tall tufted perennial grasses comprising the lyme grasses, having closely flowered terminal flower spikes, and being sometimes used as fodder and to bind loose sandy soil \u2014 see wild rye"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-m\u0259s"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from Greek elymos millet"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-174838"
},
"ea":{
"type":[
"abbreviation"
],
"definitions":[
"each",
"each",
"each",
"educational age"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-175024"
},
"everywhere":{
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": in or to every place or part",
": every place : all places",
": in or to every place"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ev-r\u0113-\u02cc(h)wer",
"\u02c8ev-r\u0113-\u02cchwer",
"-\u02ccwer"
],
"synonyms":[
"all over",
"everyplace",
"far and wide",
"high and low",
"throughout"
],
"antonyms":[
"nowhere"
],
"examples":[
"Adverb",
"Everywhere we went, people were friendly.",
"His new book is anxiously awaited by fans everywhere .",
"I seem to hear his music everywhere these days!",
"We went everywhere we could.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Yet content is everywhere , and standing out from the crowd is a real challenge. \u2014 John Hall, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
"Bad prose is everywhere , and no impediment to popularity. \u2014 New York Times , 26 June 2022",
"From fashion week to fashion insiders' closets, kelly and citrus greens are everywhere . \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 24 June 2022",
"The signs of the devastating crisis are everywhere , including medicine shortages at hospitals and businesses on the brink of closure. \u2014 Hafeel Farisz, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"The group was everywhere , and everyone seemed to be into them. \u2014 E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker , 21 June 2022",
"According to Nick Drewe, a trend forecaster and founder of coupon website WeThrift, butterfly nails are going to be everywhere this season due to its universal appeal. \u2014 Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour , 17 June 2022",
"These days, Membre\u00f1o has the luxury of spending more time relaxing in his hammock, but everywhere are reminders of a family apart. \u2014 Soudi Jim\u00e9nez, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
"For seven-year-old Holland Nicole Moreno, the risk of exposure is everywhere . \u2014 Quartz , 16 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"It\u2019s not so easy to warm to James, a toxic belch that causes cancer of the everywhere . \u2014 Brian Moylan, Vulture , 20 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"Adverb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun",
"1533, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-175058"
},
"exaggeratingly":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": so as to exaggerate"
],
"pronounciation":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-175801"
},
"endovenous":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": intravenous"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6en(\u02cc)d\u014d+"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"International Scientific Vocabulary end- + venous"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-180206"
},
"effective horsepower":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the net horsepower required to move a vehicle or boat that is the part of the total propelling engine horsepower that remains after deducting losses due to engine friction and propeller and other inefficiencies"
],
"pronounciation":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-180415"
},
"Elymi":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an ancient people of northwest Sicily"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8el\u0259\u02ccm\u012b"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin, from Greek Elymoi"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-180448"
},
"extravagate":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to go beyond proper limits"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8stra-v\u0259-\u02ccg\u0101t"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1755, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-180826"
},
"elusory":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": evasive , elusive"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-\u00fcs(\u0259)r\u0113",
"-\u00fcz(-",
"-ri"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Medieval Latin elusorius , from Latin elusus + -orius -ory"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-181807"
},
"essence":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the permanent as contrasted with the accidental element of being",
": the individual, real, or ultimate nature of a thing especially as opposed to its existence",
": the properties or attributes by means of which something can be placed in its proper class or identified as being what it is",
": the most significant element, quality, or aspect of a thing or person",
": one that possesses or exhibits a quality in abundance as if in concentrated form",
": a constituent or derivative possessing the special qualities (as of a plant or drug) in concentrated form",
": a preparation of such an essence or a synthetic substitute",
": a volatile substance or constituent (as of perfume)",
": odor , perfume",
": something that exists : entity",
": in or by its very nature : essentially , basically",
": of the utmost importance",
": the basic part of something",
": a substance made from a plant or drug and having its special qualities",
": perfume entry 1 sense 1",
": a substance considered to possess in high degree the predominant qualities of a natural product (as a plant or drug) from which it is extracted (as by distillation or infusion)",
": essential oil",
": an alcoholic solution especially of an essential oil",
": an artificial preparation (as an alcoholic solution of one or more esters) used especially in flavoring",
": elixir",
": the real or ultimate nature of a thing : the properties that make a thing what it is",
"\u2014 see also essence test",
": the predominant purpose of a thing",
": of the utmost importance",
": so material in nature that failure to satisfy its requirements constitutes a breach of contract"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-s\u1d4an(t)s",
"\u02c8e-s\u1d4ans",
"\u02c8es-\u1d4an(t)s",
"\u02c8es-\u1d4ans"
],
"synonyms":[
"being",
"essentiality",
"nature",
"quiddity",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"stuff",
"substance"
],
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"examples":[
"The perennial debate about nature and nurture\u2014which is the more potent shaper of the human essence ?\u2014is perennially rekindled. \u2014 Matt Ridley , Time , 2 June 2003",
"In essence , the positivists were the first sociologists, rejecting both superstition and metaphysics and studying behavior as a natural phenomenon that could be perfected. \u2014 Stephan Talty , Mulatto America , 2003",
"I had come to Orange Cove on a statewide tour, looking for the essence of Latino life in a changing California and a good bowl of the Mexican stew \u2026 \u2014 Joe Rodriguez , San Jose Mercury News , 20 May 2003",
"The essence of love is unselfishness.",
"The book's illustrations capture the essence of the story.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Just as the holiday sort of implies, there's always a new way of scaring, and these TV episodes truly capture the essence of the holiday in a way that only the small screen knows how to do. \u2014 Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022",
"Both stories, narrated by each man\u2019s son, capture the essence of a child struggling to make sense of the adults in their lives. \u2014 Leah Tyler, ajc , 30 May 2022",
"Joswiak said Apple's other products \u2014 including its HomePod mini smart speaker and iPad tablet \u2014 capture the essence of what the company set out to achieve with the iPod. \u2014 Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com , 10 May 2022",
"Michael [John Warren] managed to capture the essence . \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 25 Apr. 2022",
"But so is self-awareness, and Bell's been working for years to capture that essence of himself. \u2014 Indianapolis Star , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Crafted in collaboration with the Roca brothers, Distil Your World New York aims to capture the essence of the city by paying tribute to its eclectic culinary scene and singular architecture. \u2014 Rachel.maree.cormack@gmail.com, Robb Report , 14 Apr. 2022",
"This new film aims to capture the essence of an Italian summer, with Ulman exploring themes of escapism, possibility and rediscovering one\u2019s childhood. \u2014 Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Jan. 2022",
"It\u2019s that thing of not doing an impersonation but trying to capture the essence of what the [real-life Anderson and Lee] were feeling. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 20 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English essencia , from Latin essentia , from esse to be \u2014 more at is"
],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-181905"
},
"emptio-venditio":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the consensual contract between two parties for the purchase of something by one party and its sale by the other at an agreed price"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8em(p)t\u0113\u02cc\u014d\u02ccwen\u02c8dit\u0113\u02cc\u014d"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin emptio et venditio buying and selling"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-182009"
},
"engreaten":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make great"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"en- entry 1 + great , adjective + -en"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-182742"
},
"emodin":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an orange crystalline phenolic compound C 15 H 10 O 5 that is obtained from plants (such as rhubarb and cascara buckthorn) and is used as a laxative",
": an orange crystalline phenolic compound C 15 H 10 O 5 that is obtained from plants (as rhubarb and cascara buckthorn) and is used as a laxative"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-m\u0259-d\u0259n",
"\u02c8em-\u0259-d\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"International Scientific Vocabulary emodi- (from New Latin Rheum emodi , species of rhubarb) + -in entry 1"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1858, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-182833"
},
"enlegended":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": legendary , fabulous"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u0307n\u02c8lej\u0259nd\u0259\u0307d",
"en-"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"en- entry 1 + legend , noun + -ed"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-183614"
},
"exode":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a comic afterpiece in the ancient Roman theater : farce , travesty",
": exodus sense 2"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ek\u02ccs\u014dd",
"\u02c8eg\u02ccz\u014dd"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French or Latin; French exode , from Latin exodium , from Greek exodion part of a drama following the last song of the chorus, from neuter of exodios of a departure or exit, from exodos departure, going out"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-184104"
},
"elute":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": extract",
": to remove (adsorbed material) from an adsorbent by means of a solvent",
": to wash out or extract",
": to remove (adsorbed material) from an adsorbent by means of a solvent"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0113-\u02c8l\u00fct",
"\u0113-\u02c8l\u00fct"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin elutus , past participle of eluere to wash out, from e- + lavere to wash \u2014 more at lye"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1731, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-184126"
},
"exemptive":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": relating to, securing, or providing exemption"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-m(p)tiv"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"exempt entry 2 + -ive"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-184935"
},
"expunction":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act of expunging : the state of being expunged : erasure",
": the act of expunging : the state of being expunged"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8sp\u0259\u014b(k)-sh\u0259n",
"ik-\u02c8sp\u0259\u014bk-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The only articles that will be considered are those involving criminal cases in which an expunction order has been granted. \u2014 Tom Steele, Dallas News , 17 Sep. 2021",
"Creuzot said his office has been encouraging other counties to offer expunction programs. \u2014 Praveena Somasundaram, Dallas News , 6 July 2021",
"The expunction fee is $450, but court costs may be waived for some applicants under income guidelines. \u2014 Sarah Bahari, Dallas News , 22 Mar. 2021",
"The lawyers will meet with the applicants and prepare petitions for expunction . \u2014 Dallas News , 31 Mar. 2021",
"Securing an expunction can be costly, and especially burdensome for those who struggle to get a job because of a criminal arrest. \u2014 Dallas News , 31 Mar. 2021",
"What happened next is unclear, obscured by the expunction of the arrest. \u2014 Emilie Eaton, San Antonio Express-News , 24 Mar. 2021",
"Despite the expunction , Chasnoff obtained and the Express-News published a copy of the report. \u2014 Marc Duvoisin, ExpressNews.com , 1 May 2020",
"The event will also offer help with legal matters, including expunction of criminal records, immigration, child support and landlord/tenant concerns. \u2014 Brian Rogers, Houston Chronicle , 13 July 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin expungere"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1606, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-185900"
},
"earock":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": pullet"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0113\u02ccr\u00e4k",
"\u02c8\u0113r\u0259k"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Scottish Gaelic eireag & Irish Gaelic eireog"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-185958"
},
"escalator":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a power-driven set of stairs arranged like an endless belt that ascend or descend continuously",
": an upward course suggestive of an escalator",
": an escalator clause or provision",
": providing for a periodic proportional upward or downward adjustment (as of prices or wages)",
": a moving stairway for going from one level (as of a building) to another"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-sk\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101-t\u0259r",
"nonstandard",
"\u02c8e-sk\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101-t\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Last fall, a red rope blocked off the entrance to the escalator leading to the store, but the atrium still featured a large Starbucks sign, and a spokesperson for the Trump Organization said the coffee chain was continuing to pay rent. \u2014 Dan Alexander, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Related: This video shows people tumbling down a malfunctioning MBTA escalator . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"The now $331 million cost includes the excavation and construction of the tunnel, the additional train cars, new elevators and a fourth escalator for passengers getting off the Plane Train at baggage claim. \u2014 Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc , 9 June 2022",
"El Nino, La Nina and a handful of other natural weather variations are like taking steps up or down on that escalator , scientists said. \u2014 Seth Borenstein, Anchorage Daily News , 10 May 2022",
"The moment, in 1963, when Ireland acquired its first escalator . \u2014 James Wood, The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Each color line has wacky quirks; Sometimes your escalator works! \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
"In September, an ascending escalator malfunctioned at the Back Bay Station and suddenly plummeted in reverse, causing a bloody pileup of people at the bottom. \u2014 Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"Jeudy, the third-year player and former first-round draft pick out of Alabama, was arrested May 12 on a misdemeanor criminal tampering charge with a domestic violence escalator . \u2014 Parker Gabriel, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Noun",
"from Escalator , a trademark"
],
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1900, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Adjective",
"1930, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-190535"
},
"episternum":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": interclavicle",
": any of several other sternal elements of similar origin or position (such as the presternum of a mammal or the epiplastron of a turtle)",
": a lateral division or piece of a somite of an arthropod",
": the anterior sclerite of the pleuron of an insect \u2014 compare epimeron",
": manubrium sense 1a"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6ep\u0259\u0307",
"\u00a6ep\u0113+"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from epi- + sternum"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-190644"
},
"empest":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to infect with or as if with a contagion"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u0307m",
"em+"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"en- entry 1 + pest (noun)"
],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1617, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-191652"
},
"eminent domain":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a right of a government to take private property for public use by virtue of the superior dominion of the sovereign power over all lands within its jurisdiction",
": the right of the government to take property from a private owner for public use by virtue of the superior dominion of its sovereignty over all lands within its jurisdiction \u2014 see also condemn , expropriate , take sense 1b"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-m\u0259-n\u0259nt-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The state took the homes by eminent domain to build the new road.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Last month, the water project\u2019s governing body, the Joint Powers Authority, voted unanimously to authorize seizing the pump station by eminent domain , if necessary. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"Endres said, however, that taking the property by eminent domain is an overstep of authority. \u2014 Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 13 June 2022",
"Four of the houses \u2013 home to 11 family members \u2013 are to be taken by eminent domain as the state widens U.S. 43 to reduce travel time between Mobile and Tuscaloosa. \u2014 John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al , 31 May 2022",
"On Thursday, the governing board for the East County project voted unanimously to authorize taking the East Mission Gorge Pump Station in Santee by eminent domain . \u2014 Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 May 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",
"After years of unfulfilled promises of a retail center from the lot\u2019s owner, a real estate developer in Beverly Hills, the property was taken by eminent domain by the County of Los Angeles. \u2014 Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The years-long fight over Northeastern University\u2019s plan to expand its Marine Science Center in Nahant took another turn last week as the town moved to seize by eminent domain the coastal site where the college wants to build. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 Sep. 2021",
"Last April, a federal judge ruled that the government could seize a portion of the family\u2019s land through eminent domain . \u2014 Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker , 30 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1783, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-192433"
},
"ejaculate":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to eject from a living body",
": to eject (semen) in orgasm",
": to utter suddenly and vehemently",
": to eject a fluid",
": the semen released by one ejaculation",
": exclaim",
": to eject from a living body",
": to eject (semen) in orgasm",
": to eject a fluid (as semen)",
": the semen released by one ejaculation"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8ja-ky\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t",
"i-\u02c8ja-ky\u0259-l\u0259t",
"i-\u02c8jak-y\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t",
"i-\u02c8jak-y\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t",
"-l\u0259t"
],
"synonyms":[
"blat",
"blurt (out)",
"bolt",
"cry (out)",
"exclaim"
],
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"He was unable to ejaculate .",
"\u201cEureka!\u201d the Greek mathematician Archimedes is said to have ejaculated upon discovering a method for determining the purity of gold"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Verb",
"Latin ejaculatus , past participle of ejaculari to throw out, from e- + jaculari to throw, from jaculum dart, from jacere to throw \u2014 more at jet"
],
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"1578, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
"Noun",
"1927, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-192818"
},
"enteric":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or affecting the intestines",
": alimentary",
": being or having a coating designed to pass through the stomach unaltered and disintegrate in the intestines",
": of, relating to, or affecting the intestines",
": alimentary",
": being or possessing a coating designed to pass through the stomach unaltered and to disintegrate in the intestines"
],
"pronounciation":[
"en-\u02c8ter-ik",
"in-",
"en-\u02c8ter-ik, in-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Livestock includes manure and enteric fermentation from the digestive systems in cattle, sheep and other ruminants. \u2014 Rachel Ramirez, CNN , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Livestock includes manure and enteric fermentation from the digestive systems in cattle, sheep and other ruminants. \u2014 Rachel Ramirez, CNN , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Livestock includes manure and enteric fermentation from the digestive systems in cattle, sheep and other ruminants. \u2014 Rachel Ramirez, CNN , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Livestock includes manure and enteric fermentation from the digestive systems in cattle, sheep and other ruminants. \u2014 Rachel Ramirez, CNN , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Livestock includes manure and enteric fermentation from the digestive systems in cattle, sheep and other ruminants. \u2014 Rachel Ramirez, CNN , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Scientists call this little brain the enteric nervous system (ENS) because it is hidden within the digestive system\u2019s walls. \u2014 Aaraf Adam, Essence , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Livestock includes manure and enteric fermentation from the digestive systems in cattle, sheep and other ruminants. \u2014 Rachel Ramirez, CNN , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Livestock includes manure and enteric fermentation from the digestive systems in cattle, sheep and other ruminants. \u2014 Rachel Ramirez, CNN , 7 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1764, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-193118"
},
"exoplanet":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a planet orbiting a star that is not our sun"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ek-s\u014d-\u02ccpla-n\u0259t",
"\u02ccek-s\u014d-\u02c8pla-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Scientists now have a large enough exoplanet sample size to be able to narrow the search for habitable worlds. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 20 June 2022",
"Scientists also plan to observe another exoplanet , called LHS 3844 b, that is much cooler than its lakes-of-lava counterpart. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 2 June 2022",
"Cameron also consulted with multiple scientists while designing the world of Pandora (a moon orbiting a gas giant exoplanet called Polyphemus in the Alpha Centauri A system). \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 9 May 2022",
"Yeah, so, an exoplanet is actually any planetary body outside of the solar system. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 18 May 2022",
"First spotted in Kepler data in 2017, comet transits are steeper and more lopsided than exoplanet transits, in part a result of the comet\u2019s long tail. \u2014 Briley Lewis, Scientific American , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Images of the exoplanet were captured by the Hubble Space and Subaru telescopes. \u2014 Wyatte Grantham-philips, USA TODAY , 5 Apr. 2022",
"More exoplanet discoveries would give scientists more opportunities to do this kind of work, and new missions, including telescopes on the ground and in space, are expected to grow the inventory in the coming decades. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Exoplanets are everywhere, and researchers have detected several thousand of them around the Milky Way, but there\u2019s something special about finding an exoplanet close to home. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 18 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1992, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-193205"
},
"every cloud has a silver lining":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
"Definition of every cloud has a silver lining \u2014 used to say that every bad situation holds the possibility of something good"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-193302"
},
"elaboratory":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": laboratory"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-b(\u0259)r\u0259\u02cct\u014dr\u0113",
"-\u022fr-",
"-ri"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin elaborat us + English -ory"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-194241"
},
"either way":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
"Definition of either way \u2014 used to say that whether one or the other of usually two possible decisions, actions, or results is chosen the result will be the same I'm not sure if I will take the bus or train, but either way I will be there tonight."
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-194529"
},
"estuarial":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": estuarine"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cces-ch\u0259-\u02c8wer-\u0113-\u0259l",
"\u02ccesh-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1883, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-200004"
},
"enumerable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": countable"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8n(y)\u00fcm-r\u0259-b\u0259l",
"-\u02c8n(y)\u00fc-m\u0259-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1889, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-200613"
},
"explanator":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": explainer"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ekspl\u0259\u02ccn\u0101t\u0259(r)"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin, from explanatus + -or"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-202003"
},
"emblossom":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to cover or adorn with blossoms"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u0307m",
"em+"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"en- entry 1 + blossom (noun)"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-204909"
},
"exclamation":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a sharp or sudden utterance",
": vehement expression of protest or complaint",
": a sharp or sudden cry or expression of strong feeling"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccek-skl\u0259-\u02c8m\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"\u02ccek-skl\u0259-\u02c8m\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"cry",
"ejaculation",
"interjection"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Her unexpected announcement caused a few exclamations of surprise.",
"the good news was greeted with a chorus of joyous exclamations",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Since that series against Florida State, Rushing has been putting an exclamation mark on a season that will go down in the Louisville baseball record book. \u2014 Brooks Holton, The Courier-Journal , 8 June 2022",
"Brayan Bello\u2019s seven-inning no-hitter for Double A Portland last week put an exclamation mark on a striking development. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022",
"Arkansas placed an exclamation mark on its 2022 regular season campaign, taking down Texas A&M 9-5 on Sunday at Davis Diamond in College Station, Texas, capping a year with zero SEC series losses. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 9 May 2022",
"Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell also quote tweeted the video, posting simply two red exclamation points. \u2014 Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"The Isles scored the game\u2019s first goal, three unanswered to break a tie in the second period, and a pair of empty netters for a couple of unnecessary exclamation points. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2022",
"Alabama baseball\u2019s hot April got an early exclamation mark Sunday. \u2014 Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al , 10 Apr. 2022",
"But the Confederation\u2019s content generally does well, including a slew of anti-lockdown, anti-immigration, vaccine-skeptic posts often punctuated with large red exclamation marks. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Oct. 2021",
"These act as exclamation points along the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, the second-largest reef system in the world and one of the healthiest of its size. \u2014 Graham Averill, Outside Online , 7 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-205811"
},
"externalization":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the action or process of externalizing",
": the quality or state of being externalized",
": something externalized : embodiment"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ek-\u02ccst\u0259r-n\u0259-l\u0259-\u02c8z\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
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"abstract",
"avatar",
"embodier",
"embodiment",
"epitome",
"genius",
"icon",
"ikon",
"image",
"incarnation",
"incorporation",
"instantiation",
"manifestation",
"objectification",
"personification",
"personifier"
],
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"examples":[
"bizarre paintings that are the externalization of a very troubled psyche"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1803, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-211024"
},
"efferent":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": conducting outward from a part or organ",
": conveying nervous impulses to an effector",
"\u2014 compare afferent",
": conducting outward from a part or organ",
": conveying nerve impulses to an effector",
"\u2014 compare afferent entry 1",
": an efferent part (as a blood vessel or nerve fiber)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-f\u0259r-\u0259nt",
"-\u02ccfer-",
"\u02c8\u0113-",
"\u02c8ef-\u0259-r\u0259nt; \u02c8ef-\u02ccer-\u0259nt",
"\u02c8\u0113-\u02ccfer-"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French eff\u00e9rent , from Latin efferent-, efferens , present participle of efferre to carry outward, from ex- + ferre to carry \u2014 more at bear"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1856, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-211528"
},
"enacture":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": enactment , resolution"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-212442"
},
"eyehole":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": orbit entry 1",
": peephole",
": orbit"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u012b-\u02cch\u014dl",
"\u02c8\u012b-\u02cch\u014dl"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For bread, all vanished into an emptiness thirsty as old iron, a plowshare Left in a fallow field for decades beside a snakeskin wound through the eyehole Of a steer\u2019s skull. \u2014 The New Yorker , 17 Jan. 2022",
"Arredondo-Brock\u2019s piece really opens up when one looks inside the eyeholes of the mask and sees a stream of words in the form of thought bubbles that have been created inside. \u2014 Darryl Ratcliff, Dallas News , 27 Jan. 2020",
"Will Cousin Greg throw up out of the eyeholes of a children\u2019s costume again? \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 25 Sep. 2019",
"Cut eyeholes in your pumpkin, and attach plastic eyeballs (available at party supply stores) inside the sockets to give the face a spooky stare. \u2014 Woman's Day Staff, Woman's Day , 9 Sep. 2019",
"On the book\u2019s cover, a rabbit residing in the hollow head of a hawk-nosed mannequin-man peers out through an eyehole at dangers that are left unspecified. \u2014 Joel Smith, The New York Review of Books , 18 Apr. 2019",
"To re-create, simply roll out the clay and cut into circles using a cookie cutter or knife. Poke two eyeholes and drape over foam craft balls or ping pong balls to dry. \u2014 Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living , 2 Oct. 2018",
"There is nothing silly about what these women are up to, and yet we are supposed to laugh at the concept of Hendricks in a face mask, her sparkling blue eyes radiating out from the eyeholes . \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Republic , 28 Feb. 2018",
"The soft-foam helmet has black eye inserts shaped like eggs and tilted out so that the bottoms splay outward to keep the eyeholes from falling in on themselves when the sheet is on top. \u2014 Tim Grierson, Popular Mechanics , 26 Feb. 2018"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1572, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-212622"
},
"exegetics":{
"type":[
"noun plural but singular or plural in construction"
],
"definitions":[
": the science of interpretation especially of the Scriptures"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cceks\u0259\u02c8jetiks"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-085111"
},
"essenced":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": scented , perfumed"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-n(t)st"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-085229"
},
"enkolpion":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of enkolpion variant spelling of encolpion"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-090101"
},
"epicurism":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the practices or tastes of an epicure or an epicurean"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-pi-\u02cckyu\u0307r-\u02cci-z\u0259m",
"\u02cce-pi-\u02c8kyu\u0307r-"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1550, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-074504"
},
"Eli":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a judge and priest of Israel who according to the account in I Samuel was entrusted with the care of the boy Samuel"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0113-\u02ccl\u012b"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Hebrew \u02bd\u0112l\u012b"
],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-074520"
},
"enrough":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make rough : roughen"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u0307n",
"en+"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"en- entry 1 + rough (adjective)"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-074644"
},
"entrem\u00e9s":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an interlude sometimes inserted in Spanish mystery plays of the middle ages",
": a short comic piece usually with music and dancing in the Spanish theater"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccen\u2027tr\u0259\u02c8m\u0101s"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Spanish, from Catalan entrem\u00e8s , from Latin intermissus , past participle of intermittere to intermit"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-075031"
},
"educe":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to bring out (something, such as something latent)",
": deduce"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8d\u00fcs",
"also"
],
"synonyms":[
"elicit",
"evoke",
"inspire",
"raise"
],
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"examples":[
"the gift of a puppy finally educed a response from the shy boy"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin educere to draw out, from e- + ducere to lead \u2014 more at tow entry 1"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-075348"
},
"evasive":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": tending or intended to evade : equivocal",
": tending or intending to evade"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8v\u0101-siv",
"-ziv",
"\u0113-",
"i-\u02c8v\u0101-siv, -ziv"
],
"synonyms":[
"elusive",
"fugitive",
"slippery"
],
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"examples":[
"She gave an evasive answer.",
"They took evasive action to avoid capture.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And don\u2019t engage in evasive or obstructionist behavior during an IRS audit. \u2014 Robert W. Wood, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"When asked about the social boycott, elders in Bilawar Kalan were not evasive or apologetic at all. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Publications have offered more critical takes of Facebook\u2019s response framing it as evasive , deflection of blame and absent of an apology for the users impacted. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 21 Apr. 2021",
"The Trump years consisted of lies, sometimes leavened by mere bad faith and evasive behavior. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Feb. 2021",
"The extended and incisive questioning of these representatives of power and moneyed interests yields copious answers, but those answers prove, in their generous fullness, nonetheless evasive . \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Your crypto landlord is being evasive about lead content. \u2014 Devorah Blachor, The New Yorker , 17 Mar. 2022",
"And why are helmet companies so evasive about how effective their products are at performing their function? \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Outside Online , 10 Feb. 2021",
"Shea likes Beth, although the older woman appears cold and evasive . \u2014 Sun Sentinel , 19 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1637, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-075438"
},
"exoerythrocytic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": occurring outside the red blood cells",
": occurring outside the red blood cells"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccek-s\u014d-i-\u02ccri-thr\u0259-\u02c8si-tik",
"\u02ccek-s\u014d-i-\u02ccrith-r\u0259-\u02c8sit-ik"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1942, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-075936"
},
"ejaculative":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": ejaculatory"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-l\u0259|",
"|t|",
"|\u0113v"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-080217"
},
"Eleotridae":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a large widely distributed family of chiefly small fishes comprising the sleepers that are closely related to and sometimes included among the gobies from which they are distinguished by pelvic fins that are separate and do not form a cup or disk"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccel\u0113\u02c8\u014d\u2027tr\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from Eleotris , type genus (from Greek ele\u014dtris , a fish of the Nile river) + -idae"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-080453"
},
"epic theater":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": epic drama"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-081745"
},
"either-or":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an unavoidable choice or exclusive division between only two alternatives",
": of or marked by either-or : black-and-white"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0113-t\u035fh\u0259r-\u02c8\u022fr",
"also"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1922, in the meaning defined above",
"Adjective",
"1926, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-082111"
},
"exultance":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": exultation"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8z\u0259l-t\u1d4an(t)s"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1650, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-082853"
},
"Earl of Coventry":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": snipsnapsnorum"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-083213"
},
"earth plum":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": any of several leguminous plants (genera Astragalus and Geoprumnon ) of the southwestern U.S. and adjacent Mexico with pods which suggest plums and are edible when unripe",
": the pod of an earth plum"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-083554"
},
"ecclesia":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a political assembly of citizens of ancient Greek states",
": the periodic meeting of the Athenian citizens for conducting public business and for considering affairs proposed by the council",
": church sense 4d",
": one of the local organizations of the Christadelphians"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u0307\u02c8kl\u0113z\u0113\u0259",
"e\u02c8-",
"-l\u0113zh(\u0113)\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"in sense 1, from Latin, from Greek ekkl\u0113sia ; in other senses, from Late Latin, church, from Latin"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-084243"
},
"elutriate":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to purify, separate, or remove by washing"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0113-\u02c8l\u00fc-tr\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin elutriatus , past participle of elutriare to put in a vat, perhaps from *elutrum vat, from Greek elytron reservoir, literally, covering"
],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1727, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-084349"
},
"everywhen":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": at any or all times"
],
"pronounciation":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-090512"
},
"exegetist":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one who practices exegesis : exegete"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccek-s\u0259-\u02c8j\u0113-tist",
"-\u02c8je-"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1829, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-090803"
},
"emony":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": anemone"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8em\u0259n\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"by shortening & alteration (resulting from incorrect word division of anemone , taken as an emone )"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-091012"
},
"en travesti":{
"type":[
"French phrase"
],
"definitions":[
": in drag"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4\u207f-tr\u00e4-ve-st\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-091336"
},
"excommunicate":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to subject to excommunication",
": excluded from the rights of church membership : excommunicated"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccek-sk\u0259-\u02c8my\u00fc-n\u0259-\u02cck\u0101t",
"\u02ccek-sk\u0259-\u02c8my\u00fc-ni-k\u0259t"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"On Saturday, just a little more than five years after Cheney scored that first congressional win, Wyoming Republicans disavowed her and called on their national counterparts to excommunicate her from the party entirely. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Nov. 2021",
"Many, if not most, of those investors were Mennonites, and the religious community\u2019s judgment has been swift: Three of the owners have been excommunicated . \u2014 Tim Carman, Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2019",
"The Pope\u2014not angry, just disappointed\u2014 excommunicated him. \u2014 Anna Russell, The New Yorker , 16 Mar. 2020",
"The main LDS Church, headquartered in Utah, abandoned polygamy and began to crack down on its practice by excommunicating members. \u2014 Brittany Shammas, Washington Post , 5 Nov. 2019",
"Ron Lafferty eventually adopted his brother\u2019s thinking and the two were excommunicated from the faith in 1983. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Nov. 2019",
"And yet, there the old man sits, hunched over in some lifeless, windowless palace of gaming or at a speaking engagement in Poughkeepsie, signing his name to baseballs, excommunicated . \u2014 Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com , 14 Jan. 2020",
"The priest declared that she would be excommunicated . \u2014 Emma Green, The Atlantic , 12 Dec. 2019",
"Because of that, my daughter has been excommunicated from the entire family. \u2014 cleveland , 17 Nov. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Verb",
"Middle English, from Late Latin excommunicatus , past participle of excommunicare , from Latin ex- + Late Latin communicare to communicate"
],
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Adjective",
"1521, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-103404"
},
"endyma":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": ependyma"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8end\u0259m\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from Greek endyma garment, from endyein"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-122748"
},
"edentate":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": lacking teeth",
": being an edentate",
": any of an order (Edentata) of mammals having few or no teeth and including the sloths, armadillos, and New World anteaters and formerly also the pangolins and the aardvark",
": lacking teeth",
": being an edentate",
": any mammal of the order Edentata"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)\u0113-\u02c8den-\u02cct\u0101t",
"(\u02c8)\u0113-\u02c8den-\u02cct\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Adjective",
"Latin edentatus , past participle of edentare to make toothless, from e- + dent-, dens tooth \u2014 more at tooth"
],
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"1828, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"1835, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-122904"
},
"extrasensory perception":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": perception (as in telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition) that involves awareness of information about events external to the self not gained through the senses and not deducible from previous experience",
": perception (as in telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition) that involves awareness of information about events external to the self not gained through the senses and not deducible from previous experience"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"clairvoyance",
"second sight",
"sixth sense"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"discouraged by the lack of progress in the case, the police were willing to listen to a woman claiming extrasensory perception"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1934, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-123651"
},
"externality":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being external or externalized",
": something that is external",
": a secondary or unintended consequence"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccek-\u02ccst\u0259r-\u02c8na-l\u0259-t\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The before and after that comes into such stark relief, thanks to an externality like war. \u2014 Andy Meek, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
"This is irrespective of whether such projects are cash-flow generating or create a public good that does not yield financial returns but generates a positive externality . \u2014 Shreyans Jain, Quartz , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Such a tax would dissuade people from burning fossil fuels by taxing them for the damage those emissions cause \u2013 the negative externality . \u2014 Jim Krane, The Conversation , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Amazon Prime, with its more than 100 million members, is a classic beneficiary of a network externality . \u2014 Joe Lonsdale, WSJ , 7 Feb. 2022",
"That argument starts by asserting that these policies are the best means of preventing the negative externality of some people inflicting harm on innocent third parties. \u2014 WSJ , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Another is that the poor are a negative externality of the creative destruction of capitalism. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Thus, Singaporeans are asking why they are being held hostage by a minority, whose choice is placing a huge externality on the rest of the nation. \u2014 Devadas Krishnadas, Fortune , 28 Oct. 2021",
"For hydrogen to be low carbon, the negative CO2 externality must be abated, which pushes the production technology options away from grey and brown, which represent the dominant production technology deployed today, to other options. \u2014 Baker Institute, Forbes , 22 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1673, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-124008"
},
"extensivity":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being extensive"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)ek\u02ccsten\u02c8siv\u0259t\u0113",
"ik\u02cc-"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-124315"
},
"encapsule":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": encapsulate"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8kap-s\u0259l",
"-(\u02cc)s\u00fcl",
"en-"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1877, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-124750"
},
"elbow bump":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a gesture in which two people bump their elbows together especially as an alternative to a handshake"
],
"pronounciation":[],
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"\u02c8em-b\u0259-l\u0259s",
"\u02c8em-b\u0259-l\u0259s"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The surgeon removed the cement embolus and repaired the man\u2019s right atrium. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 6 Oct. 2021",
"Out of the next 83 Covid-19 patients Fowkes\u2019 team autopsied, only one had died from a pulmonary embolus . \u2014 Emma Yasinski Undark, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Oct. 2020",
"Spider intromitta are called palpal organs, and each is tipped with a hard structure called an embolus . \u2014 Emily Willingham, Wired , 22 Sep. 2020",
"New England\u2019s David Andrews, hospitalized with blood clot, will need time before possible safe return Andrews is the third NFL lineman to have a scare from a pulmonary embolus . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Aug. 2019",
"There are different types and causes of pulmonary embolus . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 July 2019",
"Bengals guard Chris Boling announced his retirement this month due to a pulmonary embolus discovered after last season. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 July 2019",
"Her symptoms seemed to suggest a possible blood clot but with an IVC filter in place, the likelihood of her having a dangerous pulmonary embolus , or blockage, was quite low. \u2014 Philly.com , 24 June 2018",
"Mueller, William \u2014 March 2, 1928: Mueller, a motor policeman, died of an embolus while investigating a hit-and-run accident. \u2014 Indianapolis Star , 6 July 2014"
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"New Latin, from Greek embolos wedge-shaped object, stopper, from emballein"
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"1859, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-125106"
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"Elephantidae":{
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"plural noun"
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"definitions":[
": a family of bulky mammals (order Proboscidea) comprising the recent elephants and related extinct forms (such as the mammoths) that differ from these chiefly in respect to their dentition and in former classifications including also the mastodons"
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"\u02ccel\u0259\u02c8fant\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
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"New Latin, from Elephant-, Elephas , type genus + -idae"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-125501"
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"noun"
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": merit rating (as in a state unemployment compensation system) that consists of the manual rate modified by the loss experience of the particular risk"
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"definitions":[
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-125743"
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"evenoo":{
"type":[
"adverb"
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"definitions":[
": just now : in this moment"
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"\u02cc\u0113v(\u0259)\u02c8n\u00fc",
"\u02cc\u0101v-"
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"even entry 3 + Scots noo now"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-130448"
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"equipment note":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a note issued by a railroad to purchase equipment (such as locomotives)"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-130529"
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"extra commercium":{
"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":[
": not subject to private ownership or acquisition (as of the air, navigable waters, property owned by the government)"
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"pronounciation":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin, literally, outside of commerce"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-130608"
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"ejaculatory":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": marked by or given to vocal ejaculation",
": casting or throwing out",
": associated with or concerned in physiological ejaculation",
": casting or throwing out",
": of, relating to, or functioning in physiological ejaculation"
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"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8ja-ky\u0259-l\u0259-\u02cct\u022fr-\u0113",
"i-\u02c8jak-y\u0259-l\u0259-\u02cct\u014dr-\u0113, -\u02cct\u022fr-"
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"first_known_use":[
"1644, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-131040"
},
"educationist":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a professional educator",
": an educational theorist"
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"\u02cce-j\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-sh(\u0259-)nist"
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"educator",
"instructor",
"pedagogue",
"pedagog",
"preceptor",
"schoolteacher",
"teacher"
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"educationists around the U.K. were largely in support of the reforms"
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"first_known_use":[
"1829, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-132908"
},
"eluviate":{
"type":[
"intransitive verb"
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"definitions":[
": to undergo eluviation"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin eluvi um + English -ate"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-133129"
},
"earnestly":{
"type":[
"adverb"
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"definitions":[
": in an earnest and serious manner : not lightly, casually, or flippantly"
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"\u02c8\u0259r-n\u0259st-l\u0113"
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"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-133915"
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"excitedness":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being excited"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-135043"
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"Emilia-Romagna":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
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"definitions":[
"region of northern Italy that has Bologna as its capital and is bounded by the Po River, the Adriatic Sea, and the Apennines area 8543 square miles (22,126 square kilometers), population 4,342,135"
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"\u0101-\u02c8m\u0113l-y\u00e4-r\u014d-\u02c8m\u00e4-ny\u00e4"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-135855"
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"every confidence":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a strong belief"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-140542"
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"even on":{
"type":[
"adverb"
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"definitions":[
": all the time : continuously"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-140623"
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"every other":{
"type":[
"idiom"
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"definitions":[
": all those that are different or separate from the person or thing that has already been mentioned"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-140649"
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"every penny helps/counts":{
"type":[
"idiom"
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"definitions":[
"Definition of every penny helps / counts \u2014 used to say that even a small amount of money is important When you're trying to save money, every penny helps/counts ."
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-140843"
},
"educt":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": something that is educed :",
": a substance separated from material in which it already existed",
": inference"
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0113\u02ccd\u0259kt"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin eductus , past participle of educere to lead forth, draw out"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-141303"
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"expressage":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a carrying of parcels by express",
": a charge for such carrying"
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"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8spre-sij"
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"first_known_use":[
"1857, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-141346"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":[
": evocative"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u0307\u02c8v\u00e4k\u0259\u02cct\u014dr\u0113"
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"Late Latin evocatorius , from Latin evocatus + -orius -ory"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-141626"
},
"egg membrane":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a membrane enveloping an egg",
": vitelline membrane"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-142234"
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"effectiveness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect",
": impressive , striking",
": being in effect : operative",
": actual",
": ready for service or action",
": equal to the rate of simple interest that yields the same amount when the interest is paid once at the end of the interest period as a quoted rate of interest does when calculated at compound interest over the same period \u2014 compare nominal sense 4",
": one that is effective (see effective entry 1 )",
": a soldier equipped for duty",
": producing or able to produce a desired effect",
": impressive",
": being in operation",
": producing a decided, decisive, claimed, or desired effect",
": producing a desired effect",
": capable of bringing about an effect",
"\u2014 see also ineffective assistance of counsel",
": being in effect",
": equal to the rate of simple interest that yields the same amount when the rate is paid once at the end of the interest period as a quoted rate of interest does when calculated at compound interest over the same period \u2014 compare nominal"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8fek-tiv",
"e-",
"\u0113-",
"\u0259-",
"i-\u02c8fek-tiv",
"i-\u02c8fek-tiv"
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"synonyms":[
"effectual",
"efficacious",
"efficient",
"fruitful",
"operative",
"potent",
"productive"
],
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"fruitless",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"inefficient",
"inoperative",
"unfruitful",
"unproductive",
"useless"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"These commercials were extremely effective as marketing tools, but we now know that chocolate swimming pools and candy-coating showers play no part in the manufacture of real M&M's. Instead, the ellipsoid chocolate centers of plain M&M's are formed by machines. \u2014 David Owen , Atlantic , October 1988",
"My feeling is that by waiting for the right moment to let rip, a film is infinitely more effective , especially with characters you have come to like. \u2014 Clive Barker , in Cinefantastique , September 1987",
"But Tammy's most effective remedy for stress, both then and now, was the same as Imelda Marcos's: shopping up a storm. \"It's kind of a hobby to help my nerves,\" she explained \u2026 \u2014 Jean Seligman , Newsweek , 8 June 1987",
"It's a simple but effective technique.",
"He gave an effective speech.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Convents and monasteries can be cost- effective alternative accommodations. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
"Others might want to bring more attention to their new business or offer a cost- effective content platform for audiences to connect with a brand. \u2014 Ginni Saraswati, Rolling Stone , 23 June 2022",
"Domestic manufacturing of these types of chips is also vital and could be far more cost- effective and economically scalable. \u2014 Scott White, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Increasingly, content is becoming the most cost- effective way to achieve that result. \u2014 Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022",
"The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, a Boston drug pricing watchdog, recently said that beti-cel could be considered cost- effective in that price range. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
"FEMA Press Secretary Jeremy Edwards said in a statement the process can be lengthy, in part, because the agency must determine that a buyout is cost- effective and complies with environmental and historic preservation requirements. \u2014 Ben Finley, ajc , 18 June 2022",
"The system is designed to meet electricity consumption in the most cost- effective way by instantaneously matching supply to demand. \u2014 Chloe Taylor, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
"This will minimize the amount of time the latter is opened, works out to be more cost effective , and easier than buying a bigger primary cooler. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 15 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Laurent Morali, president of Kushner Cos., will take over as chief executive effective immediately, the firm said. \u2014 Peter Grant, WSJ , 19 Oct. 2021",
"California\u2019s coronavirus dashboard showed an R- effective of 0.81 for San Francisco as of Wednesday. \u2014 Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 June 2021",
"AstraZeneca is working with the Serum Institute, as is Novavax, whose vaccine looks to be ninety-six-per-cent effective . \u2014 Sue Halpern, The New Yorker , 3 June 2021",
"One way is through applied topical insect repellent, the most (and arguably only) effective of which contain DEET. \u2014 Larry Olmsted, Forbes , 28 Apr. 2021",
"But even for a team loaded at the position, the effective of Oregon\u2019s ground game, especially in the second half, in its first two games is outlandish. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Nov. 2020",
"The agency had already announced that a vaccine would have to prove at least 50-percent effective at preventing COVID-19 to earn full approval. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 24 Sep. 2020",
"In this scenario, infections will decline even if face masks are only 50-percent effective . \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 12 June 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Adjective",
"Middle English effectif, borrowed from Late Latin effect\u012bvus \"producing a result, efficient,\" going back to Latin, \"involving an end product,\" from effectus, past participle of efficere \"to make, bring about, produce, carry out\" + -\u012bvus -ive \u2014 more at effect entry 1",
"Noun",
"derivative of effective entry 1"
],
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"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1708, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-142540"
},
"equitable garnishment":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a proceeding under statutory provisions by a judgment creditor to compel discovery of property of, due to, or held in trust for the judgment debtor and to secure payment from it"
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"pronounciation":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-142734"
},
"encaptive":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make captive"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"en- entry 1 + captive , noun or adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-142742"
},
"entrep\u00f4t":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an intermediary center of trade and transshipment"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4\u207f(n)-tr\u0259-\u02ccp\u014d"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Much of central Shashamene, a booming entrepot some 200km south, was burned to the ground. \u2014 The Economist , 1 Aug. 2020",
"His children are now at the age (early 30s) when in years past the Sassoons, an Asian trading dynasty, would dispatch them to entrepots to advance the family concern. \u2014 The Economist , 7 Nov. 2019",
"That faith, already shaken during weeks of political protests against the entrepot \u2019s pro-Beijing government, is in tatters following China\u2019s treatment of Cathay Pacific, an airline based in Hong Kong. \u2014 The Economist , 22 Aug. 2019",
"Singapore is a trading entrepot , with a big and busy port. \u2014 The Economist , 1 Aug. 2019",
"Occult-minded visitors streamed in and added their own legends and theories, and today Mount Shasta is an entrepot for all things New Age. \u2014 Brian Coyne, SFChronicle.com , 11 July 2019",
"Fibonacci lived in a professional entrepot then called Bugia, not as a warrior or an enemy, but as a regular person and student who respected his teachers. \u2014 Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic , 11 June 2019",
"Dubai, an Arabian Peninsula entrepot , long has been a favorite port of call for those skirting the law. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 June 2018",
"Occult-minded visitors streamed in and added their own legends and theories, and today Mount Shasta is an entrepot for all things New Age. \u2014 Brian Coyne, SFChronicle.com , 11 July 2019"
],
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"French, from Middle French entrepost , from entreposer to put between, from entre- inter- + poser to pose, put"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1732, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-143116"
},
"emblic":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an East Indian tree ( Phyllanthus emblica ) used with other myrobalans for tanning",
": the fruit of emblic"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8emblik"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin emblica , from Arabic amlaj , from Persian \u0101mlah"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-143154"
},
"early winter cress":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a biennial European weedy cress ( Barbarea verna ) that is naturalized widely in North America, has pinnatifid leaves and deep yellow flowers, and is sometimes used for a salad plant or potherb"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-144324"
},
"equal sign":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a sign = indicating mathematical or logical equivalence"
],
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"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For obligatory purchases like gas and groceries, add an equal sign . \u2014 cleveland , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The new album's cover features a black equal sign atop an abstract painting created by Sheeran, as well as several butterflies that symbolize new life. \u2014 Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com , 19 Aug. 2021",
"Andre Rochester painted a scales of justice, an equal sign and people of different races. \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 13 Nov. 2020",
"But there is a growing community of mathematicians who regard the equal sign as math\u2019s original error. \u2014 Wired , 13 Oct. 2019",
"But there is a growing community of mathematicians who regard the equal sign as math\u2019s original error. \u2014 Wired , 13 Oct. 2019",
"But there is a growing community of mathematicians who regard the equal sign as math\u2019s original error. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 10 Oct. 2019",
"But algebra performs its gymnastics over the fixed bars of the equal sign . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 10 Oct. 2019",
"Start by respecting that their home ( equal sign ) their choices. \u2014 Carolyn Hax, Detroit Free Press , 31 Oct. 2019"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"circa 1909, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-144917"
},
"empery":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": wide dominion : empire"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8em-p(\u0259-)r\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English emperie, borrowed from Anglo-French emperie, empirie, probably altered from empire empire , with the addition of the suffix -ie -y entry 2"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1533, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-145813"
},
"existentialism":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a chiefly 20th century philosophical movement embracing diverse doctrines but centering on analysis of individual existence in an unfathomable universe and the plight of the individual who must assume ultimate responsibility for acts of free will without any certain knowledge of what is right or wrong or good or bad"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cceg-(\u02cc)zi-\u02c8sten(t)-sh\u0259-\u02ccli-z\u0259m",
"\u02ccek-(\u02cc)si-"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Herzog has always been attuned to the ways in which survivalism functions as a form of existentialism . \u2014 Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker , 16 June 2022",
"These extended from themes such as existentialism and Marxism to modernist techniques like streams of consciousness. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
"Employees in an environment of philosophical existentialism feel pride, value and loyalty. \u2014 Kelley Swing, Rolling Stone , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Movies about the future tend to come in one of two forms, aesthetically: Cold Apple Store (gleaming white surfaces, chilly existentialism ) or Unhinged Apocalypse (dust, chaos, primal fear). \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Existential, of course, is linked to existentialism , a focus of Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard (1813-55). \u2014 Peter Funt, WSJ , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Didn\u2019t Allen learn anything about fidelity, faith, and existentialism from the great European films parodied in Rifkin\u2019s Festival? \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Chapters focus on major theories, such as utilitarianism, Kant\u2019s ethics of duty, Aristotle\u2019s virtue ethics and Sartre\u2019s existentialism . \u2014 Julian Baggini, WSJ , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Like, for example, noir to me is a philosophy of disappointment, dissolution and existentialism . \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 15 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"existential + -ism , in part as translation of German Existentialismus (or Existenzialismus ) or French existentialisme"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1941, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-151221"
},
"endotrophic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": penetrating into the associated root and ramifying between the cells \u2014 compare ectotrophic"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccen-d\u0259-\u02c8tr\u014d-fik"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1899, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-151650"
},
"exhumate":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": exhume"
],
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"eks\u02c8(h)y\u00fc\u02ccm\u0101t",
"eg\u02c8z\u00fc-",
"egz\u02c8y\u00fc-"
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"Medieval Latin exhumatus , past participle of exhumare"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-152530"
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"eruciform":{
"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":[
": having a soft cylindrical body with a distinct head and usually having short thoracic legs : like a caterpillar in form"
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"-s\u0259\u02ccf\u022frm"
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"International Scientific Vocabulary eruci- + -form"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-153314"
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"equivocacy":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": equivocality sense 1"
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"\u0259\u0307\u02c8kwiv\u0259k\u0259s\u0113",
"\u0113\u02c8-"
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"equivoca l + -cy"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-153417"
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"every-way":{
"type":[
"adverb"
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"definitions":[
": in every way or respect"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-153452"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":[
": having a right to certain benefits or privileges",
": having or showing a feeling of entitlement (see entitlement sense 2 )"
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"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8t\u012b-t\u1d4ald",
"en-"
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"1817, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-153622"
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"enteric fever":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": typhoid fever",
": paratyphoid",
": typhoid fever",
": paratyphoid"
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"first_known_use":[
"1833, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-153901"
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"Epictetus":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"biographical name"
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"definitions":[
"circa a.d. 55\u2013 circa 135 Greek Stoic philosopher in Rome"
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"\u02cce-pik-\u02c8t\u0113-t\u0259s"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-154347"
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"enterostomy":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a surgical formation of an opening into the intestine through the abdominal wall",
": a surgical formation of an opening into the intestine through the abdominal wall"
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"\u02ccen-t\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4-st\u0259-m\u0113",
"\u02ccent-\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4s-t\u0259-m\u0113"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"International Scientific Vocabulary"
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"first_known_use":[
"1878, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-154908"
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"even-span greenhouse":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a greenhouse in which the pitch of the roof is the same on both sides"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-155120"
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"expugnable":{
"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":[
": capable of being conquered or taken by storm"
],
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"ek\u02c8sp\u0259gn\u0259b\u0259l",
"-\u02c8spy\u00fcn\u0259-"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin expugnabilis , from expugnare + -abilis -able"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-155541"
},
"ecclesiolatry":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": excessive devotion to the church"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u0307\u02cckl\u0113z\u0113\u02c8\u00e4l\u0259\u2027tr\u0113",
"-e\u02cc-"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"ecclesi- + -latry"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-161539"
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"everywheres":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": everywhere"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-z"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"everywhere + -s"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-163457"
},
"eremitish":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": resembling an eremite : suitable to an eremite"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-164036"
},
"engraven":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": engrave"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"by alteration"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-164523"
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"execution":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act or process of executing : performance",
": a putting to death especially as a legal penalty",
": the process of enforcing a legal judgment (as against a debtor)",
": a judicial writ directing such enforcement",
": the act or mode or result of performance",
": effective or destructive action",
": the act of killing someone as a legal penalty",
": the act of doing or performing something",
": the act or process of executing",
": a putting to death as fulfillment of a judicial death sentence",
": the process of enforcing a judgment (as against a debtor)",
": a judicial writ (as fieri facias) by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect \u2014 see also levy"
],
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"\u02ccek-si-\u02c8ky\u00fc-sh\u0259n",
"\u02ccek-s\u0259-\u02c8ky\u00fc-sh\u0259n",
"\u02ccek-si-\u02c8ky\u00fc-sh\u0259n"
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"accomplishment",
"achievement",
"commission",
"discharge",
"enactment",
"fulfillment",
"fulfilment",
"implementation",
"performance",
"perpetration",
"prosecution",
"pursuance"
],
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"nonfulfillment",
"nonperformance"
],
"examples":[
"He is in prison awaiting execution .",
"The quarterback's execution of the play was perfect.",
"skillful execution of the dance steps",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The standard output and error data from process execution are sent back as plain text to the operator in the HTTP response body. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 30 June 2022",
"Staying consistent with all Underbelly Hospitality concepts, the focus at Georgia James 2.0 is on sourcing quality meat and produce directly from farmers and ranchers, and proper cooking technique and execution . \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 29 June 2022",
"The best power-play execution by the Bruins this season belongs to pals and coach-killing coconspirators president Cam Neely and general manager Don Sweeney. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
"These findings were disputed and for years, even after Woyzeck\u2019s execution , a heated debate was carried out in medical journals. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 24 June 2022",
"This resulted in the exile, imprisonment, or death of many of Edward\u2019s enemies, including the old earl of Lancaster, whose execution mirrored Piers\u2019 murder all those years before. \u2014 Anne Th\u00e9riault, Longreads , 21 June 2022",
"As Title IX marks its 50th anniversary this year, Gilder is one of countless women who benefited from the enactment and execution of the law and translated those opportunities into becoming leaders in their professional careers. \u2014 Tim Booth, ajc , 20 June 2022",
"Pass was pleased with his team\u2019s execution in scoring the winning run. \u2014 Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal , 18 May 2022",
"The second reason for Intel\u2019s market losses, said Gelsinger, was execution . \u2014 Steven Leibson, Forbes , 18 May 2022"
],
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"Middle English execucion , from Anglo-French, from Latin exsecution-, exsecutio , from exsequi to execute, from ex- + sequi to follow \u2014 more at sue"
],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-165842"
},
"emigrant":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one who emigrates",
": a migrant plant or animal",
": departing or having departed from a country to settle elsewhere",
": a person who leaves one country or region to live in another"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-mi-gr\u0259nt",
"\u02c8e-mi-gr\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"\u00e9migr\u00e9",
"emigr\u00e9",
"immigrant",
"incomer",
"in-migrant",
"migrant",
"out-migrant",
"settler"
],
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"nonimmigrant"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Millions of European emigrants came to America in the 19th century.",
"a city teeming with emigrants from many lands",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Such a policy would require a thorough disclosure of each emigrant \u2019s background and assets, which would be made public. \u2014 Alex Garcia, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022",
"His father was the patriarch of a Manhattan office and apartment building empire founded in 1927 by Robert\u2019s grandfather, Joseph Durst, an Austrian emigrant . \u2014 New York Times , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Keynigshteyn, a Soviet Union emigrant who did not understand English, found himself in an unfamiliar place with masked caregivers. \u2014 oregonlive , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Jesse Applegate, a white 19th-century emigrant to Oregon, worked to keep slavery from becoming established in Oregon. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 Dec. 2021",
"His father was a seasonal emigrant who worked in mines in Northern Europe and Argentina. \u2014 Francis X. Rocca, WSJ , 13 Oct. 2021",
"It\u2019s told by 10 people affected by the disaster, such as a drug trafficker, an emigrant musician and an old woman selling produce in a market. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Sep. 2021",
"Indya Moore, a foster kid who was bullied as a teen and has since walked runways and fronted fashion campaigns; and Dominique Jackson, an emigrant from Trinidad and Tobago who became a true ballroom icon. \u2014 Nojan Aminosharei, Harper's BAZAAR , 6 June 2021",
"Barzun himself was a French emigrant to the United States, along with his cultured, Parisian parents, in the immediate aftermath of the catastrophic World War I, which affected them all deeply. \u2014 M. D. Aeschliman, National Review , 30 May 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Lithuania was part of the Soviet Union then, and the senders were emigrant relatives or pen pals from places such as Australia, Poland, or Russia. \u2014 CNN , 27 Jan. 2022",
"On September 11, 1857, 50 to 60 Latter-Day Saint militiamen aided by Native American allies killed 120 in an emigrant wagon train headed to California. \u2014 Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY , 17 Oct. 2021",
"In a remarkable commitment by a foreign government, Driscoll\u2019s salary is being paid for the year by Ireland\u2019s Foreign Affairs Department through its emigrant support program. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2021",
"One of the most unusual political leaders during the era after the Civil War was William Hines Furbush, a Black soldier, photographer, emigrant to Liberia, state legislator and the first sheriff of Lee County. \u2014 Tom Dillard, Arkansas Online , 14 Dec. 2020",
"Lebanon, a country of 5 million, takes massive pride in its emigrant community \u2013 including the many successful businessmen and celebrities of Lebanese heritage. \u2014 Zeina Karam, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 July 2020"
],
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"Noun",
"1735, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adjective",
"1773, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-170249"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": explicative"
],
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"ek-\u02c8spli-k\u0259-\u02cct\u022fr-\u0113",
"\u02c8ek-(\u02cc)spli-"
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"elucidative",
"exegetical",
"exegetic",
"explanative",
"explanatory",
"explicative",
"expositive",
"expository",
"illuminative",
"illustrative",
"interpretative",
"interpretive"
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"most of the medical film's voice-over narration consists of explicatory remarks on the images being shown"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1606, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-170929"
},
"eye indexing":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the indexing of potatoes that is done by preplanting an eye of each potato"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-172416"
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"entrec\u00f4te":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a steak cut from between the ribs"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4\u207f(n)-tr\u0259-\u02cck\u014dt"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"French entrec\u00f4te , from entre- inter- + c\u00f4te rib, from Latin costa \u2014 more at inter- , coast"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1840, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-172847"
},
"Emden":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"city and port at the mouth of the Ems River in northwestern Germany population 51,103"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8em-d\u0259n"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-175715"
},
"epigonos":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": epigone entry 1"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u0307\u02c8pig\u0259n\u0259s",
"e\u02c8-",
"-\u02ccn\u00e4s"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Greek"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-180144"
},
"elucidative":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis",
": to give a clarifying explanation"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8l\u00fc-s\u0259-\u02ccd\u0101t"
],
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"clarify",
"clear (up)",
"construe",
"demonstrate",
"demystify",
"explain",
"explicate",
"expound",
"get across",
"illuminate",
"illustrate",
"interpret",
"simplify",
"spell out",
"unriddle"
],
"antonyms":[
"obscure"
],
"examples":[
"When asked for details, he declined to elucidate further.",
"colored charts that really help to elucidate the points made in the text",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Authorities have published intricate flow charts to try to elucidate the various routes to tanchuang. \u2014 Pei-lin Wu, Washington Post , 24 May 2022",
"Pinterest declined to elucidate whether the difference was due to rounding. \u2014 Laura Forman, WSJ , 2 May 2022",
"His vivid descriptions of some of the Parrotheads who have flocked to these developments elucidate Americans\u2019 growing fascination with unconventional retirement scenarios. \u2014 The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Parents that participated in the ZURU study also helped to elucidate this point. \u2014 Jennifer \"jay\" Palumbo, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Now researchers are using these concepts to elucidate the workings of something even more exotic: wormholes\u2014hypothetical tunnel-like connections between distant points in spacetime. \u2014 Adam Becker, Scientific American , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Maloney has an uncanny ability to recall and elucidate moments that couldn\u2019t have been very clear at the time. \u2014 Chris Vognar, USA TODAY , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Additionally, when symptoms are variable week-to-week, day-to-day, and even hour-to-hour, only continuous regular remote monitoring will be able to elucidate the causes. \u2014 Marija Butkovic, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
"Both of these techniques can elucidate the structure of proteins at near-atomic resolution. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022"
],
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"Late Latin elucidatus , past participle of elucidare , from Latin e- + lucidus lucid"
],
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"circa 1568, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-180853"
},
"endpaper":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a once-folded sheet of paper having one leaf pasted flat against the inside of the front or back cover of a book and the other pasted at the base to the first or last page"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8en(d)-\u02ccp\u0101-p\u0259r"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"An endpaper ripped out of one of the old books was on the table, someone having scribbled in pencil, Stay off. \u2014 Lauren Groff, The New Yorker , 27 Apr. 2021",
"No animal is injured, thank goodness, in this playful introduction for children ages 3-6 to Blake\u2019s famous poem, which appears unaltered in the endpapers . \u2014 Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ , 15 Feb. 2019",
"Each book comes with an inside cover designed especially for the book in colorfully patterned endpaper and a matching bookmark. \u2014 Catie L'heureux, The Cut , 2 Feb. 2018",
"The book\u2019s gorgeous endpapers are based on vintage Disneyland shopping bags. \u2014 Chris Nichols, Los Angeles Magazine , 14 Dec. 2017",
"In the opening endpapers , against a backdrop of darkness, an angel carrying a lighted candle leads a sleepy parade of small children forward, into the book. \u2014 Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ , 7 July 2017",
"The book's endpapers , that wallpaper glued to the inside cover, are both adhesive and cohesive, serving as a visual table of contents and tone-setting allegory. \u2014 Claire Howorth, Time , 12 Oct. 2017",
"Willems began the story on the endpapers , rather than after the title page. \u2014 Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker , 6 Feb. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1818, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-180903"
},
"egg axis":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an embryonic axis passing through the animal and vegetal poles of an egg"
],
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"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-181040"
},
"elope":{
"type":[
"noun",
"noun,",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent",
": to run away from one's spouse with a lover",
": to slip away : escape",
": to leave a health-care or educational facility without permission or authorization",
": to run away to be married"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8l\u014dp",
"i-\u02c8l\u014dp"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[
"The couple eloped in the middle of the night.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"During one 19th-century family feud, a young Romeo tried to elope with his Juliet. \u2014 Pat Myers, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"Lindsie and Campbell began dating in 2009 and chose to elope three years later in 2012. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 7 Oct. 2021",
"The reality stars decided to elope in Gibraltar, which is located on the southern tip of Spain, according to Kailah's Instagram post. \u2014 Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Stewart spoke to Stephen Colbert in late January about how the two could just elope . \u2014 ELLE , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Lindsie and Campbell began dating in 2009 and chose to elope three years later in 2012. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 7 Oct. 2021",
"Not making matters easier in that department was Judy's decision between seasons to secretly elope with the ever-sensitive BJ (Tim Baltz), who continually serves as the family's punching bag. \u2014 Derek Lawrence, EW.com , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Anna Faris is offering more details on her decision to elope with Michael Barrett. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 23 Aug. 2021",
"Arminta and Pat Jones had moved to Southern California from Arkansas, stopping in Arizona to elope . \u2014 Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times , 19 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Anglo-French aloper, esloper to abduct, run away"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1b"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-181826"
},
"extirp":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": extirpate"
],
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"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English extirpen , from Latin exstirpare, extirpare"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-185012"
},
"essence d'orient":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": pearl essence especially from bleak fish"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6es\u1d4an(t)s\u02c8d\u014dr\u0113\u0259nt",
"-d\u022fr-",
"-\u0113\u02ccent",
"es\u00e4\u207fsd\u022fry\u00e4\u207f"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French, literally, essence of the Orient"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-185119"
},
"enigma":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": something hard to understand or explain",
": an inscrutable or mysterious person",
": an obscure speech or writing",
": someone or something that is hard to understand"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8nig-m\u0259",
"e-",
"i-\u02c8nig-m\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[
"closed book",
"conundrum",
"head-scratcher",
"mystery",
"mystification",
"puzzle",
"puzzlement",
"riddle",
"secret",
"why"
],
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"examples":[
"Despite the enigma of the singularity, the big bang theory is unquestionably one of the most successful ideas in the history of science. \u2014 Tom Yulsman , Astronomy , September 1999",
"Many scholars call it the ultimate enigma of the Nazi era, indeed perhaps of modern history: How did the Holocaust happen? And why in Germany? \u2014 Ralph Blumenthal , New York Times , 10 Jan. 1998",
"Indeed, the bond that in every individual connects the physiological life and the psychic life\u2014or better the relation existing between the contingence of an individual and the free spirit that assumes it\u2014is the deepest enigma implied in the condition of being human, and this enigma is presented in its most disturbing form in woman. \u2014 Simone de Beauvoir , translated and edited by H. M. Parshley, The Second Sex , 1953",
"To his friends, he was always something of an enigma .",
"one of the great enigmas of our time",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Latino paradox concept was hardly an enigma for Boyle Heights resident Carlos Montes. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
"As China rose, as America fought and lost its forever wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as technology networked the world, a Russian enigma took form in the Kremlin. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Mar. 2022",
"John Ibrahim is \u2013 amongst so many things \u2013 an enigma wrapped in a mystery. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Right now, Allan is the biggest enigma of the Christie family. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Her luminous beauty in part explains her effect, but so too does the enduring enigma of Garbo, who died in 1990 at age 84. \u2014 Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Despite the enigma of the man\u2019s midsection, the date is a success. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Since she was cast in her breakout role as Maddy Perez on Euphoria in 2019, Alexa Demie has been a true enigma on the Hollywood scene. \u2014 Samantha Olson, Seventeen , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Serving as one of the most challenging tracks on the circuit, Daytona has essentially been an enigma since NASCAR began fielding races there unless your last name is Earnhardt. \u2014 Cole Cusumano, The Arizona Republic , 19 Feb. 2022"
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"Latin aenigma , from Greek ainigmat-, ainigma , from ainissesthai to speak in riddles, from ainos fable"
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"1539, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
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"adjective"
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"definitions":[
": having valves equal in size and form",
"\u2014 compare equilateral"
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"\u02c8\u0113kw\u0259",
"\u02c8ek-+\u02cc-"
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"noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Directed with \u00e9lan by Tony-winner Kenny Leon, the production raises the energy level with stadium-style razzle-dazzle. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"Jocelyn Alo brought the energy level to a fever pitch on a muggy Friday afternoon at Oklahoma\u2019s Marita Hynes Field. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 2 June 2022",
"His set was a bit of a letdown, given the energy level and growing crowd size as the familiar DJ hit the stage. \u2014 Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star , 29 May 2022",
"The Mustangs energy level picked up throughout that day. \u2014 Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun , 27 Apr. 2022",
"In order to get up to the energy level needed for operation, operators ramp up the current so that a few magnets quench. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Silk Sonic set the energy level at the top of the show, momentarily making the high camp of a 1970s pastiche feel like a get-on-up good thing. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 4 Apr. 2022",
"The energy level discrepancy was apparent between the two lineups. \u2014 Shane Young, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
"As for specific features, the Venu Sq offers an always-on LCD touchscreen, blood oxygen monitoring, energy level monitoring, and sleep tracking. \u2014 Gear Team, Wired , 30 Nov. 2021"
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": of or relating to eternity",
": characterized by abiding fellowship with God",
": continued without intermission : perpetual",
": seemingly endless",
": infernal",
": valid or existing at all times : timeless",
": god sense 1",
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"i-\u02c8t\u0259r-n\u1d4al"
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"enduring",
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"Almighty",
"Author",
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"Divinity",
"Everlasting",
"Father",
"God",
"Godhead",
"Jehovah",
"King",
"Lord",
"Maker",
"Providence",
"Supreme Being",
"Yahweh",
"Jahveh",
"Yahveh"
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"Adjective",
"the eternal flames of hell",
"in search of eternal wisdom",
"When will his eternal whining stop?",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Donald Trump is not a man who has any worries about the second coming of Jesus Christ or his eternal salvation. \u2014 Alex Morris, Rolling Stone , 18 June 2022",
"In December, a langur monkey who frequently visited the village of Dalupura died of cold exposure, and was sent to its eternal rest by a crowd of about fifteen hundred people. \u2014 Susan Orlean, The New Yorker , 19 Apr. 2022",
"But for a select group of people in the religious realm, a more important matter is at stake \u2013 eternal salvation. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 26 Sep. 2021",
"The eucharist is essential and central to our faith as the bread of life that sustains our faith journeys to eternal salvation. \u2014 Star Tribune , 2 May 2021",
"Ancient cultures from the Chinese to the Hebrews hung evergreen branches over doors to symbolize eternal life. \u2014 Faith Bottum, WSJ , 23 Dec. 2021",
"What could be a more consistent expression of the will to power than wanting eternal life for yourself, and dismissing concerns about a global pandemic as overblown? \u2014 Moira Weigel, The New Republic , 20 Dec. 2021",
"But despite her failings, that cat must have the gift of eternal life. \u2014 Irv Erdos Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Nov. 2021",
"Paxton plays this vamp as a floppy-haired hick punk who\u2019s having way too much fun being an undead psychopath on the open range, spending his eternal life wreaking bloody havoc. \u2014 Vulture Editors, Vulture , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"These ancient seas and islands offer some reassuring glimpse of the eternal . \u2014 Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Youth, like hope, seemingly springs eternal at the dawn of a new season. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
"But hope springs eternal , maybe more so in baseball than anywhere else. \u2014 John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
"More significantly, if life eternal is to know the only true God, as John 17:3 states, is their salvation at stake? \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Hope wasn\u2019t given much of a chance to spring eternal on Monday for the Diamondbacks. \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Hope springs eternal , though, as the two never confirmed their breakup with an official statement. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Hope for the success of the alien apocalypse springs eternal . \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 22 Oct. 2021",
"But just like every team in the NFL, hope springs eternal in Week 1. \u2014 David Moore, Dallas News , 9 Sep. 2021"
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"Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin aeternalis , from Latin aeternus eternal, from aevum age, eternity \u2014 more at aye"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
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"1573, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-191112"
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"adjective"
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"definitions":[
": encrinal"
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"(\u02c8)en\u00a6krinik",
"(\u02c8)e\u014b\u00a6-"
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"encrinic from New Latin Encrinus + English -ic; encrinital from encrinite + -al"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-191530"
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a lamp whose light passes through the sound track of a motion-picture film and enters a photoelectric cell causing the current fluctuations that actuate the loudspeaker"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-192946"
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"adjective"
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"definitions":[
": having the same score : capable of going one way or the other : tied , even , fifty-fifty"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"from the name Stephen, Steven , used as rhyming slang"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-194604"
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"noun"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Friedman-Stanley paper, as well as the new work by Paolini and Shelah, focused on an equivalence relation \u2014 called isomorphism \u2014 between structures. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 10 Aug. 2021",
"The Friedman-Stanley paper, as well as the new work by Paolini and Shelah, focused on an equivalence relation \u2014 called isomorphism \u2014 between structures. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 10 Aug. 2021",
"The Friedman-Stanley paper, as well as the new work by Paolini and Shelah, focused on an equivalence relation \u2014 called isomorphism \u2014 between structures. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 10 Aug. 2021",
"The Friedman-Stanley paper, as well as the new work by Paolini and Shelah, focused on an equivalence relation \u2014 called isomorphism \u2014 between structures. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 10 Aug. 2021",
"The Friedman-Stanley paper, as well as the new work by Paolini and Shelah, focused on an equivalence relation \u2014 called isomorphism \u2014 between structures. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 10 Aug. 2021",
"The Friedman-Stanley paper, as well as the new work by Paolini and Shelah, focused on an equivalence relation \u2014 called isomorphism \u2014 between structures. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 10 Aug. 2021",
"The Friedman-Stanley paper, as well as the new work by Paolini and Shelah, focused on an equivalence relation \u2014 called isomorphism \u2014 between structures. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 10 Aug. 2021",
"The Friedman-Stanley paper, as well as the new work by Paolini and Shelah, focused on an equivalence relation \u2014 called isomorphism \u2014 between structures. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 10 Aug. 2021"
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"circa 1949, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-194922"
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"noun"
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": exclusive rights or services"
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"\u02ccek-\u02ccskl\u00fc-\u02c8si-v\u0259-t\u0113",
"ik-",
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"a symbol of wealth and exclusivity",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Given its exclusivity and curatorial heft, inclusion in the collection is an honor. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 11 June 2022",
"In 1972 Vidal became the owner of the property that would come to embody his own ego and self-projection, in its exclusivity and extravagance, in its isolation and ostentation. \u2014 Christopher Bollen, Town & Country , 8 June 2022",
"But in its first such concession, Amazon agreed to drop its exclusivity for the night, allowing anyone in France to watch it. \u2014 Vivienne Walt, Fortune , 30 May 2022",
"Known for its exclusivity and extraordinary uniqueness, this luxurious retreat, which opened at the end of 2017, concentrates on guests being able to experience the unique Migration every year. \u2014 Shelby Knick, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"Now, its exclusivity is maintained not by racial code but mainly through economic inequality, even if the racial impact is not that different. \u2014 Michael A. Fletcher, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"In principle, free-to-air channels only have a one-month exclusivity on movies which are produced in-house by streamers with budgets above \u20ac25 million. \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 8 June 2022",
"Some companies are building exclusivity into their charging systems. \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 8 June 2022",
"For all their tacky, accessible glamour, the guys knew that real luxury was about exclusivity . \u2014 Christina Catherine Martinez, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022"
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"1926, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-195551"
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a former convict in Australia who has served out the term of his sentence"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-200050"
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"transitive verb"
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"definitions":[
": enervate entry 2"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-200848"
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"noun"
],
"definitions":[
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-201111"
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a heraldic scroll"
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"modification (influenced by English scroll ) of Middle French escroele, escrouelle small piece, bit, diminutive of escroe, escroue bit, scroll"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-202105"
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"plural noun"
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"transitive verb"
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"definitions":[
": ulcerate",
": ulcerated"
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"Adjective",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-204001"
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"transitive verb"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-204247"
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-205440"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": efferent activity"
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"first_known_use":[
"1869, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-210923"
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": one of a group of Harmonites who in 1803 settled in Pennsylvania, who in 1825 formed the settlement of Economy, Pennsylvania, and whose religious community came to an end in 1903 following the introduction of celibacy in 1807"
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"plural noun"
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"definitions":[
": an order or other division of hemichordate worms consisting of Balanoglossus and related genera"
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"New Latin, from enter- + -pneusta"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-211433"
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"esperance":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": hope , expectation"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English esperaunce , from Middle French esperance"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-211616"
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": an agent (such as water) that extinguishes fire"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-212101"
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
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"first_known_use":[
"1834, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-212158"
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
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"first_known_use":[
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-212614"
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"entering port":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a port cut down to the level of the gun deck (as in old battleships) for convenience in landing or in entering the ship"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": javel green"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-214836"
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"ens rationis":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an abstract logical entity usually having no positive existence outside the mind \u2014 compare ens reale"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6enz\u02ccrash\u0113\u02c8\u014dn\u0259\u0307s",
"\u00a6en(t)s\u02ccr\u00e4t\u0113\u02c8-",
"-\u00e4ts\u0113\u02c8-"
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"history_and_etymology":[
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-220903"
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"E-flat minor":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the minor key having a key signature of six flats"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-221151"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":[
": situated or controlled by factors outside the chromosome",
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccek-str\u0259-\u02cckr\u014d-m\u0259-\u02c8s\u014d-m\u0259l",
"-\u02c8z\u014d-",
"-\u02cckr\u014d-m\u0259-\u02c8s\u014d-m\u0259l, -\u02c8z\u014d-"
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"first_known_use":[
"1906, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-223812"
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"exalt\u00e9":{
"type":[
"French adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": excited : elated",
": hotheaded"
],
"pronounciation":[
"eg-z\u00e4l-t\u0101"
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"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-223904"
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"every last one":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
": every one"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-225303"
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"ex officio":{
"type":[
"adverb or adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": by virtue or because of an office",
": by virtue or because of an office"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccek-s\u0259-\u02c8fi-sh\u0113-\u02cc\u014d",
"-s\u0113-",
"\u02c8eks-\u0259-\u02c8fi-sh\u0113-\u014d, -s\u0113-\u014d"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lara, who is openly gay, is a former vice chair of the committee and remains an ex officio member. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
"The board also includes ex officio member John Falcicchio, Bowser\u2019s chief of staff, deputy mayor for planning and economic development, and political adviser. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Nov. 2021",
"The chairs of the education committees of the Ohio House of Representatives and Ohio Senate serve as non-voting ex officio members. \u2014 Sam Boyer, cleveland , 4 Mar. 2022",
"The board, composed of the House and Senate sergeants-at-arms and the architect of the Capitol, along with the police chief as a nonvoting ex officio member, took no position on the recommendations. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 26 Feb. 2022",
"In Howard County, officials initially proposed having two law enforcement officers sit as ex officio members on the PAB and binding members of the board to a code of confidentiality. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Feb. 2022",
"The commissioners include the deputy mayor for planning and economic development, now John Falcicchio, who serves as an ex officio member, giving Bowser\u2019s appointees majority control. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Nov. 2021",
"An ex officio member of the board resigned in protest. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Nov. 2021",
"Under the law, Secretary of Transportation Jamey Tesler \u2014 appointed by Baker \u2014 will serve as an ex officio member. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 Sep. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Poole provided the exclamation point as the third quarter closed, taking a pass in the final seconds, dribbling over the midcourt stripe, creating a bit of space for himself and letting fly. Swish. \u2014 Tim Reynolds, Hartford Courant , 5 June 2022",
"Bakeman added the exclamation point with an alley-oop slam off a Willis feed. \u2014 Dana Gauruder, Detroit Free Press , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Parton\u2019s breezy and enthusiastic version earns the song its exclamation point and sets the stage for more tasty covers to come. \u2014 Stephen L. Betts, Rolling Stone , 4 May 2022",
"With this being the final season, Kim says there was an impetus to add a kind of visual exclamation point . \u2014 Catherine Springer, Variety , 29 Apr. 2022",
"In the final minute, Sanchez scored her first career goal to provide the final exclamation point on the night. \u2014 Adam Jardy, The Courier-Journal , 10 Apr. 2022",
"That has been a shocking exclamation point to a lengthening list of Russian strikes against civilians, including the entrapment of tens of thousands in the battered and besieged port city of Mariupol, that have horrified European public opinion. \u2014 Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Love\u2019s errant pass was intercepted by Matisse Thybulle who then flipped the ball ahead to Tobias Harris for a breakaway dunk, an exclamation point on the series sweep. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 3 Apr. 2022",
"That kind of work does deserve an exclamation point . \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 25 Mar. 2022"
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"1824, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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": to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion",
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"ik-\u02c8skl\u0101m",
"ik-\u02c8skl\u0101m"
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"blat",
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"bolt",
"cry (out)",
"ejaculate"
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"\u201cHere he comes!\u201d someone exclaimed .",
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"Jolson would famously exclaim when the audience would beg for more \u2014 and then keep performing, way past the stagehands\u2019 overtime call. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Whoa, some might exclaim , this is like one of those wild conspiracy theory notions, for which a lot of oddball and unlikely elements would need to line-up for this to become real. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 28 Oct. 2021",
"There, the two did some business that caused Josh to exclaim an apology to his mom, knowing that the cameras were rolling. \u2014 Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic , 22 July 2021",
"Rubin speaks his language, but is also wise enough \u2013 and enamored by the opportunity \u2013 to mostly listen, smile and exclaim . \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 16 July 2021",
"It\u2019s way more than just preparing to get excited and exclaim in a game-winning moment. \u2014 Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times , 4 Apr. 2021",
"The wine was officially unveiled during a nighttime gala at the winery, complete with an emcee, a world-renowned champagne expert to exclaim its virtues, and an apparently famous Slovenian singer crooning lengthy ballads from a balcony. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Dec. 2020",
"As Lozada shows, some Trump books exclaim over the norms that this Administration has broken; others take a longer view, considering the White House\u2019s channelling of dark American traditions. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 24 Oct. 2020",
"Dean Unglert agreed, exclaiming that the pair should date. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 13 Mar. 2020"
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"Middle French exclamer , from Latin exclamare , from ex- + clamare to cry out \u2014 more at claim"
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"1566, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
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"adjective",
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": evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response"
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"i-\u02c8v\u00e4-k\u0259-tiv"
],
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"reminiscent",
"suggestive"
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"examples":[
"He wrote a powerful and evocative biography.",
"the Italian-American restaurant is decorated in a manner evocative of the charming outdoor caf\u00e9s in Italy",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Instead of another call where participants stare blankly at a gallery of faces, employing a virtual breakout room can offer a more immersive and engaging experience, evocative of brainstorming in a room together. \u2014 Max Silber, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"The songs are off-center and withdrawn, evocative of lonely nights spent watching the dots on a phone screen appear and vanish. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 16 June 2022",
"The Duffers draw primarily from the iconographic genre of the '70s and '80s for Stranger Things, which makes sense for a show so evocative of Amblin-style suburbs. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 31 May 2022",
"Upon entering the theater, the vibrant colors of the set (designed by Regina Garc\u00eda) transport the audience into a whimsical storybook setting, with an urban landscape rendered in a style evocative of a watercolor painting. \u2014 Emily Mcclanathan, Chicago Tribune , 24 Apr. 2022",
"The film does an unusually evocative job of mixing straightforward talking-heads interviews, conducted recently, with archival footage of Chicago of the \u201860s and early \u201870s. \u2014 Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"Engaging driving dynamics and an evocative aesthetic are calling cards. \u2014 Nicholas Wallace, Car and Driver , 7 June 2022",
"Ken\u2019s inspired original songs and Christina\u2019s evocative artwork and spoken word poetry, celebrating faith, family, and the joy of expansive Black and Afro-Latina artistry. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 3 June 2022",
"With its surprising turns from one voice-over to the next, the film presents a swirling, evocative variety of insights. \u2014 The New Yorker , 1 June 2022"
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"1657, in the meaning defined above"
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"city in a coal-mining region of southern Nigeria population 408,000"
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
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"reduplication of easy entry 1"
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"definitions":[
": condemnation under eminent domain of an area of land greater than needed for the immediate purposes for which the land is being condemned"
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"definitions":[
": an action on contract brought to recover damages on a bilateral contract express or implied in fact"
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a heavy metal turntable with clamps for securing articles to be engraved"
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"definitions":[
": of, being, or relating to a crystal having equal or nearly equal diameters in all directions"
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"\u02c8\u0113kw\u0259nt",
"-\u02cckwant"
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": egalitarian"
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"1799, in the meaning defined above"
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"transitive verb"
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": endenizen"
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"en- entry 1 + denize"
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"Definition of Eneolithic variant of aeneolithic"
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"definitions":[
": eurythermal"
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"1940, in the meaning defined above"
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a low perennial white-flowered trillium ( Trillium nivale ) of the southeastern U.S."
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"definitions":[
": the inside ledge formed by the projecting board covering the bottom of a window frame"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-035453"
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"adverb"
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"definitions":[
": in an equal or uniform manner : evenly",
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"examples":[
"The money will be distributed equally among the winners.",
"My opinions are equally valid.",
"She's respected equally by the young and old.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Research shows that client experience is equally important for a business and its clients. \u2014 Mokhtar Jabli, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"There are hundreds, if not thousands, of other equally important stories from the Disability Rights Movement that have not yet received adequate attention. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 23 June 2022",
"Creating an artificial majority out of a very diverse Hindu community that consists of thousands of castes and ethnicities is equally important if the BJP is to remain in power. \u2014 Arundhati Roy, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"Lowering utility costs by providing tax incentives for energy is another piece, but, equally important, lowering the federal deficit by enacting long-overdue tax reform. \u2014 CBS News , 19 June 2022",
"While folks can give by advocating or volunteering, philanthropy remains equally important. \u2014 Courtney Howard, Variety , 17 June 2022",
"Ronald Reagan is widely recognized for articulating and mainstreaming a conservative ideology that was diametrically opposed to the New Deal, but equally important was a guard-changing among GOP congressional leaders. \u2014 Ed Burmila, The New Republic , 15 June 2022",
"The handy attachments that come along with your vacuum are equally important. \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 14 June 2022",
"The number of kids and the number of opportunities is equally important to a continuing education. \u2014 Gregory Harutunian, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"adjective",
"plural noun"
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": a family of brown algae (order Ectocarpales) found on other marine algae especially of the family Fucaceae"
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"\u02ccel\u0259k\u0259\u0307\u02c8st\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
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"New Latin, from Elachista , type genus (from Greek elachist\u0113 , feminine superlative of elachys small) + -aceae (in weight)"
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"definitions":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": an entity that has either actual or potential existence beyond the confines of the finite mind \u2014 compare ens rationis"
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"\u00a6enzr\u0113\u02c8\u0101(\u02cc)l\u0113",
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Medieval Latin, literally, real being"
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"type":[
"adverb"
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"definitions":[
": in an effective manner",
": in effect : virtually"
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"i-\u02c8fek-tiv-l\u0113",
"e-",
"\u0113-",
"\u0259-"
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"examples":[
"Try to communicate your ideas more effectively .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This means that teams effectively have three bonus spots on their squad. \u2014 Steve Price, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"That means that much of the time, this laptop effectively has one port. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 23 June 2022",
"In a system that works by consensus, any nation effectively has a veto over new members. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
"The Food and Drug Administration has effectively banned vaping company Juul\u2019s products from the U.S. marketplace, issuing denial orders for all of its e-cigarette products that are currently available. \u2014 Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone , 23 June 2022",
"World swimming\u2019s governing body has effectively banned transgender women from competing in women\u2019s events, starting Monday. \u2014 Ciar\u00e1n Fahey, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
"World swimming\u2019s governing body effectively banned transgender athletes from competing in women\u2019s events on Sunday. \u2014 Ciar\u00c1n Fahey, ajc , 19 June 2022",
"The 1720 Bubble Act effectively banned new joint stock companies but didn\u2019t eliminate existing corporations. \u2014 WSJ , 5 June 2022",
"This is especially important since the centre effectively has a veto in the GST Council. \u2014 Umang Poddar, Quartz , 22 May 2022"
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"1652, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
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": equal in force, power, or validity",
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"\u02cc\u0113-kw\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4-l\u0259nt",
"\u02cce-"
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin aequipollent-, aequipollens , from aequi- equi- + pollent-, pollens , present participle of poll\u0113re to be able"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-051749"
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"noun,"
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": an illuminated usually fiber-optic flexible or rigid tubular instrument for visualizing the interior of a hollow organ or part (such as the bladder or esophagus) for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes that typically has one or more channels to enable passage of instruments (such as forceps or scissors)",
": an illuminated usually fiber-optic flexible or rigid tubular instrument for visualizing the interior of a hollow organ or part (as the bladder or esophagus) for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes that typically has one or more channels to enable passage of instruments (as forceps or scissors)"
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8en-d\u0259-\u02ccsk\u014dp",
"\u02c8en-d\u0259-\u02ccsk\u014dp"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"An enteroscopy is used to examine the small intestine with a specialized endoscope that can reach further down your GI tract and give a better view of the area. \u2014 Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF , 13 Jan. 2022",
"The endoscope goes down your esophagus and gives your doctor a good look at your throat, stomach, and duodenum (the beginning of your small intestine) to see if there is any inflammation or bleeding. \u2014 Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF , 13 Jan. 2022",
"According to hospital officials, a review of safety procedures found that tubing used in endoscope procedures was rinsed but not disinfected. \u2014 CNN , 3 Oct. 2021",
"Three times, doctors tried to stop the bleeding with an endoscope \u2014 a flexible tube that can be used to see and treat internal bleeding \u2014 to no avail, daughter Dottie Glatz said. \u2014 John Fauber And Coulter Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 Aug. 2021",
"Johns injects less than one-tenth of a teaspoon\u2019s worth of the silk and hyaluronic acid mixture through a special catheter wired through his endoscope . \u2014 Max G. Levy, Wired , 28 June 2021",
"And the industrial endoscope lens is water-resistant. \u2014 Maren Estrada, BGR , 26 Mar. 2021",
"This wireless WiFi endoscope can work with Android 5.0+ smartphone and iPhone with iOS 9+ system. \u2014 Maren Estrada, BGR , 16 Apr. 2021",
"Debra then called John to come to Gulfport to try to remove the hook with an endoscope . \u2014 Debra Moore, The Conversation , 13 May 2021"
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"International Scientific Vocabulary"
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"1861, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-052605"
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"estuate":{
"type":[
"intransitive verb",
"noun,"
],
"definitions":[
": heave , surge , boil"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin aestuatus , past participle of aestuare to be in commotion, boil, from aestus"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-052802"
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"enviable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": highly desirable"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8en-v\u0113-\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
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"examples":[
"The company is in the enviable position of having no real competitors.",
"She has an enviable reputation for honesty.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"No means are beyond bounds when the ends are so enviable . \u2014 New York Times , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Sally Mann has taken no end of indelible photographs \u2014 her strike rate is enviable . \u2014 Sebastian Smee, Washington Post , 9 Feb. 2022",
"As the punny title suggests, Schumer plays a woman named Beth(*), whose life on paper seems enviable . \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 8 Mar. 2022",
"The sleeper hit was sincere and defiant in its messaging, establishing Lipa as a new kind of pop star, someone whose confidence was enviable but not unattainable. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Feb. 2022",
"The Rams won it on Sunday, inside the multibillion-dollar SoFi Stadium, in Inglewood, California, where the weather both outside and in looked warm, dry, and generally enviable from back East. \u2014 Ian Crouch, The New Yorker , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Sakai enjoys strong support from an enviable group of Latina leaders representing a lot of fields. \u2014 Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News , 11 May 2022",
"Kristy Burns, Annette Demel, and Lynn Edmiston from Colorado Springs, Colorado, live up to their name with a nomadic lifestyle that's both age-defying and enviable . \u2014 Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Esports in Kenya presents numerous, valuable opportunities that can be potentially modeled into an enviable career. \u2014 Ian Mugo Wanyeki, Quartz , 11 Nov. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1602, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-053506"
},
"equalise":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of equalise British spellings of equalize , equalizer"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-053711"
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"escrod":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of escrod variant of scrod"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-054543"
},
"en carr\u00e9":{
"type":[
"adverb"
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"definitions":[
": on the intersection of four numbers in roulette so as to include all four"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4\u207fk\u0227r\u0101"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"French, literally, in the form of a square"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-054723"
},
"enucleate":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
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"definitions":[
": explain",
": to deprive of a nucleus",
": to remove without cutting into",
": to deprive of a nucleus",
": to remove without cutting into",
": lacking a nucleus"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)\u0113-\u02c8n\u00fc-kl\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
"-\u02c8ny\u00fc-",
"(\u02c8)\u0113-\u02c8n(y)\u00fc-kl\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
"-kl\u0113-\u0259t, -\u02cc\u0101t"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin enucleatus , past participle of enucleare , literally, to remove the kernel from, from e- + nucleus kernel \u2014 more at nucleus"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-060555"
},
"entrepreneur":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u00e4n-tr\u0259-p(r)\u0259-\u02c8n\u0259r",
"-\u02c8n(y)u\u0307r",
"\u02cc\u00e4\u207fn-"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"People are showing up at New York\u2019s Metropolitan Museum of Art to see a marble statue of Rihanna, the music superstar and entrepreneur . \u2014 Joseph Pisani, WSJ , 23 June 2022",
"Previously, Murdoch was married to Wendi Deng, an entrepreneur and investor, from 1999 to 2014. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
"Ludacris, the Atlanta rap star, actor and entrepreneur , is one of 24 entertainers to be given a Hollywood Walk of Fame star next year. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 21 June 2022",
"Gullah Geechee tour guide, entrepreneur and content creator Akua Page. \u2014 Maya Eaglin, NBC News , 20 June 2022",
"Today winners were announced for the second annual Yu Prize, founded by entrepreneur and philanthropist Wendy Yu to support up-and-coming Chinese fashion designers. \u2014 Laia Garcia-furtado, Vogue , 19 June 2022",
"Stephanie Nguyen is an entrepreneur and the owner of DC Lash Bar, Washington D.C.'s premier eyelash extension bar. \u2014 Stephanie Nguyen, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Anitta wears many hats: superstar artist, boss woman, and entrepreneur . \u2014 Griselda Flores, Billboard , 16 June 2022",
"The singer and entrepreneur spoke about all of his endeavors before the Backstreet Boys\u2019 extensive summer tour \u2013 which stops at Riverbend on July 26 \u2013 kicked into high gear. \u2014 The Enquirer , 15 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French, from Old French, from entreprendre to undertake \u2014 more at enterprise"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1762, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-062721"
},
"effendi":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a man of property, authority, or education in an eastern Mediterranean country"
],
"pronounciation":[
"e-\u02c8fen-d\u0113",
"\u0259-"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Turkish efendi master, from Modern Greek aphent\u0113s , alteration of Greek authent\u0113s \u2014 more at authentic"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1614, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-062910"
},
"excursional":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of or relating to an excursion"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-zh\u0259n\u1d4al",
"-zhn\u0259l",
"-sh-"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-064039"
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"entrepreneurial":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": having to do with the creation and development of economic ventures : of, relating to, characteristic of, or suited to an entrepreneur",
": engaged or interested in the development of economic ventures"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u00e4n-tr\u0259-p(r)\u0259-\u02c8n\u0259r-\u0113-\u0259l",
"-\u02c8n(y)u\u0307r-",
"\u02cc\u00e4\u207fn-"
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1890, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-064404"
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"exalted":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": elevated in rank, power, or character : lofty",
": held in high estimation : glorified or praised",
": raised high : elevated"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8z\u022fl-t\u0259d"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1616, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-071022"
},
"express car":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a railroad car built for carrying express"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-071255"
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"eluviation":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the transportation of dissolved or suspended material within the soil by the movement of water when rainfall exceeds evaporation"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)\u0113-\u02ccl\u00fc-v\u0113-\u02c8\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"eluvi al of eluviation (from e- + -luvial \u2014as in alluvial ) + -ation"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1899, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-072209"
},
"Exaltolide":{
"type":[
"trademark"
],
"definitions":[
"Definition of Exaltolide \u2014 used for a crystalline macrocyclic lactone used in perfumes"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig\u02c8z\u022flt\u0259\u02ccl\u012bd",
"eg-"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-073122"
},
"emic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or involving analysis of cultural phenomena from the perspective of one who participates in the culture being studied \u2014 compare etic"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0113-mik"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"phon emic"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1954, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-073233"
},
"escargotiere":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an artificial mound or kitchen midden made up primarily of snail shells but containing artifacts (as found in Algeria)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce\u02ccsk\u00e4rg\u0259\u2027\u02c8tye(\u0259)r"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French escargoti\u00e8re , literally, snailery, from escargot snail"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-073907"
},
"existentialist":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an adherent of existentialism",
": of or relating to existentialism or existentialists"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cceg-(\u02cc)zi-\u02c8sten(t)-sh\u0259-list",
"\u02ccek-(\u02cc)si-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"That\u2019s made evident yet again by Joachim Back\u2019s ambitious cinematic adaptation of Jonas Karlsson\u2019s acclaimed existentialist novel The Room, receiving its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. \u2014 Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
"Famous French existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre argued that without God, we are left with the decision to come up with our own moral theory. \u2014 Theodore Mcdarrah, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"To an existentialist , this should not come as a grand scoop or groundbreaking news. \u2014 Anahid Nersessian, The New York Review of Books , 13 Jan. 2022",
"The existentialist philosopher argued that the commandment offers a far more radical proposition, one that requires us to surrender our commitment to justice, fairness, and private property. \u2014 Meghan O'gieblyn, Wired , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Although an extremely difficult commercial path lies ahead, this epic-length existentialist road movie should enjoy a strong festival run following its world premiere at Rotterdam. \u2014 Richard Kuipers, Variety , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Without spoiling too much, Lain\u2019s existentialist character arc and isolation echo much of Neo\u2019s, a vibe accentuated by the show\u2019s \u201990s alt-rock soundtrack and trippy, almost psychedelic take on cyberpunk imagery. \u2014 Eric Vilas-boas, Vulture , 23 Dec. 2021",
"The philanthropist Pat Buckly, actress Joan Collins, poets Keats and Shelley, and the existentialist Sartre are also part of the Libertine clan. \u2014 Vogue , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Barbara Stanwyck, a slinking powerhouse in the role), before instructing her in the work of existentialist Fredrich Nietzsche. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"To escape a conversation that\u2019s turning into a monologue on existentialist philosophy. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Apr. 2022",
"In existentialist philosophy, freedom entails a fundamental uncertainty and even anxiety. \u2014 Anahid Nersessian, The New York Review of Books , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Savio\u2019s politics, like Hayden\u2019s, were a kind of existentialist anti-politics. \u2014 Louis Menand, The New Yorker , 15 Mar. 2021",
"In this existentialist delight, whimsical and profound, the mundane gains new enlightenment. \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2021",
"Singer and turtleneck icon Juliette Gr\u00e9co in 1946 co-founded the Paris club Le Tabou, which became famous for existentialist philosophy and jazz. \u2014 Ephrat Livni, Quartzy , 23 Nov. 2019",
"Morality, and its absence, is the novel\u2019s defining theme: in this sense, Sagan is far more of a classicist than others of her existentialist brethren, such as Sartre and Camus. \u2014 Rachel Cusk, The New Yorker , 21 Aug. 2019",
"Paris was producing existentialist literature, but London had Bacon, the artist of existentialist life, a reckless gambler and homosexual masochist. \u2014 Dominic Green, WSJ , 15 June 2018",
"And certain strands of her more recent work have a meditative, existentialist cast \u2014 a reminder of Ms. Piper\u2019s initial hopes for the transcendent potential of abstraction. \u2014 Holland Cotter, New York Times , 19 Apr. 2018"
],
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"Noun",
"existential + -ist entry 1",
"Adjective",
"existential + -ist entry 2"
],
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1930, in the meaning defined above",
"Adjective",
"1895, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-074219"
},
"equal protection":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a guarantee under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that a state must treat an individual or class of individuals the same as it treats other individuals or classes in like circumstances",
": a guarantee under the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that a state must treat an individual or class of individuals the same as it treats other individuals or classes in like circumstances"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The document, obviously, thus contained no guarantee of equal protection anywhere, including the Bill of Rights. \u2014 James Oakes, The New York Review of Books , 12 May 2022",
"In addition to due process, Obergefell v. Hodges relies on the equal protection clause of the Constitution\u2019s 14th Amendment. \u2014 Julie Moreau, NBC News , 8 June 2022",
"The letter contrasts with a California judge\u2019s recent ruling that such a requirement\u2014law there since 2018\u2014is unconstitutional under the equal protection clause of the state\u2019s constitution. \u2014 Rachel Layne, Fortune , 6 June 2022",
"Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis said the law violated the equal protection clause of the California constitution. \u2014 Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2022",
"Six months later, attorneys for Kushi and a dozen other Asians and Latinos filed the suit, asserting that the existing system violated the 1965 Voting Rights Act and the equal protection clause of the Constitution. \u2014 Don Leestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
"Despite the law's successful outcome, a judge ruled that the requirement is unconstitutional under the equal protection clause in the state's constitution, striking down the 3-year-old mandate. \u2014 Fortune , 17 May 2022",
"Quotas no more: A Superior Court of California judge struck down a state law that required companies in the state to include women on their boards of directors, saying the 2018 law violated the equal protection clause of the state\u2019s constitution. \u2014 Jena Mcgregor, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"Last month, the Department of Justice joined the complaint against Alabama, alleging that the banning legislation, titled the Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act, violates the 14th Amendment\u2019s equal protection clause. \u2014 Anne Branigin, Washington Post , 14 May 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1868, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-074248"
},
"eyetooth":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a canine tooth of the upper jaw",
": a canine tooth of the upper jaw",
": a canine tooth of the upper jaw"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u012b-\u02c8t\u00fcth",
"\u02c8\u012b-\u02c8t\u00fcth",
"\u02c8\u012b-\u02c8t\u00fcth"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1530, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-074348"
},
"equipment ground":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an electrical grounding connection that is required for equipment that may become energized if the winding insulation fails"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-074546"
},
"experiment":{
"type":[
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": test , trial",
": a tentative procedure or policy",
": an operation or procedure carried out under controlled conditions in order to discover an unknown effect or law, to test or establish a hypothesis, or to illustrate a known law",
": experience",
": the process of testing : experimentation",
": to carry out experiments : try out a new procedure, idea, or activity",
": a trial or test made to find out about something",
": to try or test a new way, idea, or activity : to make experiments",
": a procedure carried out under controlled conditions in order to discover an unknown effect or law, to test or establish a hypothesis, or to illustrate a known law",
": the process of testing : experimentation",
": to carry out experiments"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8sper-\u0259-m\u0259nt",
"also",
"ik-\u02c8sper-\u0259-\u02ccment",
"also",
"ik-\u02c8sper-\u0259-m\u0259nt",
"ik-\u02c8sper-\u0259-\u02ccment",
"ik-\u02c8sper-\u0259-m\u0259nt",
"-\u02ccment"
],
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"essay",
"experimentation",
"test",
"trial"
],
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"Students will carry out simple laboratory experiments .",
"They did some experiments with magnets.",
"These theories have not yet been confirmed by experiment .",
"an experiment in living more frugally",
"the city's experiment with a longer school year",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Democratic campaigns had trivialized the issue, even as the hearings were elevating it as a mortal threat to the American experiment . \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"The table below shows 45 companies which have committed to the experiment . \u2014 Lila Maclellan, Quartz , 6 June 2022",
"Sometimes, the group switches it up, like a social experiment , to see if different things will change how students respond. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 May 2022",
"The project is a bit of a social experiment , too, to see if the reusable cup habit will stick. \u2014 Jordan Hernandez | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 28 Apr. 2022",
"In 1905 the social experiment gave way to a hybrid apartment building and hotel. \u2014 Jay Cheshes, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The show is a social experiment where 100 people try to stay on a remote desert island for two months for a chance at winning $1 million. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Of course, no good social experiment is complete without a hilarious narrator \u2014 and Love in the Jungle is no different. \u2014 Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Two years ago this week, the U.K. was, like much of the rest of the world, plunged into a huge social experiment \u2014 working from home. \u2014 Roger Trapp, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Those two matches in East Asia are the only ones that Brazil have lined up for this international break, so head coach Tite won\u2019t have much of a chance to experiment with his squad either. \u2014 Steve Price, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Sure, Cannes has also had tons of tulle or sequin dresses, but these stars\u2019 willingness to experiment with and commit to different fashion ideas has given Cannes a wake up call. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 25 May 2022",
"Cinema is such a costly medium that directors have little chance to experiment between features. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 4 May 2022",
"What impresses him about Sobhy is her willingness to experiment . \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
"The artist interpreted this as a chance to experiment . \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Scoring Manifold Garden was extremely unique because I was given so much freedom to experiment . \u2014 Josh Chesler, SPIN , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Shenseea\u2019s desire to experiment with her artistry has been a feature throughout her career. \u2014 Sharine Taylor, refinery29.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The Diamonds\u2019 willingness to experiment , explains Gussie, put them at an advantage over other acts. \u2014 Patricia Meschino, Rolling Stone , 4 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Noun",
"Middle English, \"testing, proof, remedy,\" borrowed from Anglo-French esperiment, borrowed from Latin exper\u012bmentum \"testing, experience, proof,\" from exper\u012br\u012b \"to put to the test, attempt, have experience of, undergo\" + -mentum -ment \u2014 more at experience entry 1",
"Verb",
"verbal derivative of experiment entry 1"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"1787, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-075147"
},
"easy on the eye":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
": easy or pleasant to look at"
],
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-075515"
},
"embosk":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to shroud or conceal especially with plants or greenery"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u0307m",
"em+"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"en- entry 1 + bosk"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-075639"
},
"elegiac stanza":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a quatrain in iambic pentameter with alternate lines rhyming"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1764, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-080250"
},
"enwoven":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of enwoven variant of inwoven"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-080257"
},
"edentulate":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": lacking teeth : edentate"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)\u0113\u00a6dench\u0259l\u0259\u0307t",
"-\u02ccl\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin edentul us + English -ate"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-081359"
},
"explicatum":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": explicans"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccekspl\u0259\u02c8k\u00e4t\u0259m",
"-k\u0101t-"
],
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"New Latin, from Latin, neuter of explicatus , past participle of explicare"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-081642"
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"erd shrew":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the common European shrew ( Sorex vulgaris )"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-082657"
},
"energy drink":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a usually carbonated beverage that typically contains caffeine and other ingredients (such as taurine and ginseng) intended to increase the drinker's energy"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Pregnant and breastfeeding woman should limit energy drink usage as well. \u2014 Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Cdn, Nasm-cpt, Good Housekeeping , 10 June 2022",
"Red Bull\u2019s Max Verstappen and Checo Perez raced swamp buggies for their energy drink sponsor. \u2014 Joshua Robinson, WSJ , 8 May 2022",
"An energy drink once brought an entire generation of computer gamers together, and a few chips can turn into a bedtime ritual with a loved one. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Space Boost energy drink , best fuel to save the day. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Sneak in some low-carb tortillas and an energy drink before heading off to see my second patient (a young-at-heart 69-year-old). \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Bigger swings, like hybrid products, can potentially help reinvigorate the category by encouraging people who favor coffee or an energy drink for an afternoon pick-me-up to try a Coke instead. \u2014 Danielle Wiener-bronner, CNN , 13 Dec. 2021",
"Be a hero and cover all your bases with Space Boost energy drink . \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 20 Apr. 2022",
"De Lorme, meanwhile, was a beverage industry veteran who was most recently the vice president of innovation at Monster Energy, a leading energy drink company. \u2014 Tim Casey, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022"
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"first_known_use":[
"1904, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-082721"
},
"even number":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a whole number that is able to be divided by two into two equal whole numbers"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-082926"
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"eau de Javelle":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": javelle water"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"French, literally, Javel water, from Javel , former town now included in Paris, France"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-083454"
},
"exalbuminous":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": exendospermous"
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"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6ek\u02ccs+"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"ex- entry 1 + albuminous"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-083628"
},
"evadable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to slip away",
": to take refuge in escape or avoidance",
": to elude by dexterity or stratagem",
": to avoid facing up to",
": to avoid the performance of : dodge , circumvent",
": to fail to pay (taxes)",
": to avoid answering directly : turn aside",
": to be elusive to : baffle",
": to get away from or avoid meeting directly",
": to unlawfully fail to pay (taxes) through fraudulent or deceptive means \u2014 compare avoid",
": to avoid answering directly"
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"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8v\u0101d",
"\u0113-",
"i-\u02c8v\u0101d",
"i-\u02c8v\u0101d"
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"avoid",
"dodge",
"duck",
"elude",
"escape",
"eschew",
"finesse",
"get around",
"scape",
"shake",
"shirk",
"shuffle (out of)",
"shun",
"weasel (out of)"
],
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"examples":[
"The criminals have so far managed to evade the police.",
"a politician skilled at evading difficult questions",
"The governor has been accused of evading the issue.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The subvariant, nicknamed for its ability to evade detection on PCR tests, was dominant in the U.S. until last month, when it was overtaken by another Omicron subvariant, BA.2.12.1. \u2014 Erin Prater, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
"Previous studies have documented Omicron\u2019s galling ability to evade existing vaccine antibodies. \u2014 Corinne Purtillstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"However, staggeringly infectious members of the Omicron family have demonstrated an ability to evade some of those protections. \u2014 Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"One of the major advantages of hypersonic weapons is the ability to evade radar detection from distant targets. \u2014 Matt Seyler, ABC News , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The prospect of a new variant popping up that can evade the Covid immunity that has been built up so far is a situation that scientists aren\u2019t eager to study. \u2014 NBC News , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Some sellers boasted of their phishing kit\u2019s ability to evade anti-phishing tools and even offered detailed reporting dashboards that show how many victims have been successfully targeted. \u2014 Tony Pepper, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
"The increase in risk for the unvaccinated fell to 13 times during the rise of Omicron, which has shown ability to evade the protection offered by vaccines. \u2014 Time , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Now, omicron\u2019s ability to evade vaccine\u2019s immune response is further proof that the United States cannot vaccinate itself out of the pandemic. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle French & Latin; Middle French evader , from Latin evadere , from e- + vadere to go, walk \u2014 more at wade"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1513, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-083745"
},
"enter (into) the equation":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
": to become something that must be considered or dealt with"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-084454"
},
"Endotrophi":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of Endotrophi taxonomic synonym of entotrophi"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6en(\u02cc)d\u014d\u00a6tr\u014d\u02ccf\u012b"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from end- + trophi"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-084544"
},
"exhortingly":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": in the manner of one exhorting"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"exhorting (present participle of exhort entry 1 ) + -ly"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-085458"
},
"exactingness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands",
": requiring careful attention and precision",
": expecting a lot from a person"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8zak-ti\u014b",
"ig-\u02c8zak-ti\u014b"
],
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"choosy",
"choosey",
"dainty",
"delicate",
"demanding",
"fastidious",
"finical",
"finicking",
"finicky",
"fussbudgety",
"fussy",
"nice",
"old-maidish",
"particular",
"pernickety",
"persnickety",
"picky"
],
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"undemanding",
"unfastidious",
"unfussy"
],
"examples":[
"He has very exacting standards.",
"he was shocked when his normally exacting supervisor complimented him on a job well done",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Based on the 2009 novel by Suzanne Allain, the film tells the story of the titular Mr. Malcolm, a very exacting bachelor in 1818 England with a long list of standards. \u2014 Lakshmi Gandhi, NBC News , 30 June 2022",
"In the intervening years, helicopters have grown more powerful and reliable, and the helicopter services that contract with heli-ski outfitters have become more exacting in their training and protocols. \u2014 Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online , 10 Apr. 2021",
"The transboundary nature of the grueling long-distance race, which many mushers believe to be more exacting than its higher-profile sibling, the Iditarod Sled Dog Race, complicated operations during the pandemic. \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 3 May 2022",
"Waterston and Sam Fragoso, a close friend and collaborator of Bravo\u2019s who contributed voiceover, commented on her exacting , singular, consistent visual style, from her very first short, Eat (2011), to her most recent for Miu Miu. \u2014 Eliza Harper Wallace, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 Mar. 2022",
"His vision and work ethic become more exacting , his drive to best himself at once breathtaking and worrisome. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 Feb. 2022",
"But much of the game\u2019s appeal can be chalked up to players\u2019 ability to create an increasingly exacting vision of how their Sims live, dress and eat. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Feb. 2022",
"It has been designed and engineered to the same exacting standards as our T.50, with the same emphasis on driver focus, performance, lightweight and superlative, pure design, but the outcome is a very different motorcar. \u2014 Alistair Charlton, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Also stuck were several gravely ill patients in the E.R. who could not be transferred to the I.C.U., where care is far more exacting . \u2014 New York Times , 23 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"from present participle of exact entry 1"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1634, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-085807"
},
"evagation":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a wandering of the mind",
": the act or an instance of wandering",
"[Latin evagation-, evagatio ]"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0113v\u0259\u02c8g\u0101sh\u0259n",
"\u02cc\u0113(\u02cc)v\u0101\u02c8-",
"\u02ccev\u0259\u02c8-"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English evagacioun , from Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French evagation , from Medieval Latin evagation-, evagatio , from Latin, wandering, from evagatus (past participle of evagari to wander, from e- + vagari to stroll, wander) + -ion-, -io ion"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-091353"
},
"elhi":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or designed for use in grades 1 to 12"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)el-\u02c8h\u012b"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"el ementary (school) + hi gh (school)"
],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1948, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-091459"
},
"explement":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the difference between an angle and 360 degrees"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ekspl\u0259m\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin explementum something that fills, from expl\u0113re + -mentum -ment"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-091538"
},
"every":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": being each individual or part of a group without exception",
": being each in a series or succession",
": being all taken severally",
": being each within a range of possibilities",
": complete , entire",
": at intervals : occasionally",
": including each of a group or series without leaving out any",
": at regularly spaced times or distances"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ev-r\u0113",
"\u02c8ev-r\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"any",
"each"
],
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"examples":[
"I heard every word you said.",
"He devotes every spare moment to his hobby.",
"His every move was carefully watched.",
"She's beautiful in every way.",
"Ceramics of every kind were on display."
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English everich, every , from Old English \u01e3fre \u01e3lc , from \u01e3fre ever + \u01e3lc each"
],
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-091758"
},
"ejaculatory duct":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a duct through which semen is ejaculated",
": either of the paired ducts in the human male that are formed by the junction of the duct from the seminal vesicle with the vas deferens and that pass through the prostate to empty into the urethra",
": either of the paired ducts in the human male that are formed by the junction of the duct from the seminal vesicle with the vas deferens, pass through the prostate, and open into or close to the prostatic utricle"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1751, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-092037"
},
"encarpus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an ornament on a frieze or capital consisting of festoons (as of fruit or flowers)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"en\u02c8k\u00e4rp\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"alteration (influenced by Greek enkarpos ) of earlier encarpa festoons as an architectural ornament, from Latin, from Greek enkarpa , neuter plural of enkarpos containing fruit, from en- en- entry 2 + -karpos -carpous"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-092408"
},
"erucic acid":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a crystalline fatty acid C 22 H 42 O 2 found in the form of glycerides especially in rapeseed oil",
": a crystalline fatty acid C 22 H 42 O 2 found in the form of glycerides especially in rapeseed oil"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8r\u00fc-sik-",
"i-\u02ccr\u00fc-sik-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin Eruca , genus of herbs, from Latin, colewort"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1869, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-092548"
},
"eurythermic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": eurythermal"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccyu\u0307r-i-\u02c8th\u0259r-mik"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"International Scientific Vocabulary"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1903, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-092609"
},
"enl":{
"type":[
"abbreviation"
],
"definitions":[
"enlarged",
"enlisted",
"enlarged"
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-092750"
},
"educative":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": tending to educate : instructive",
": of or relating to education"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-j\u0259-\u02cck\u0101-tiv"
],
"synonyms":[
"educational",
"enlightening",
"illuminating",
"informational",
"informative",
"informatory",
"instructional",
"instructive"
],
"antonyms":[
"unenlightening",
"unilluminating",
"uninformative",
"uninstructive"
],
"examples":[
"college students discover that what they experience outside the classroom can be just as educative as anything that happens within"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1844, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-092833"
},
"execrate":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce",
": to detest utterly"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ek-s\u0259-\u02cckr\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"anathematize",
"censure",
"condemn",
"damn",
"decry",
"denounce",
"reprehend",
"reprobate"
],
"antonyms":[
"bless"
],
"examples":[
"She came to execrate the hypocritical values of her upper-class upbringing.",
"leaders from around the world execrated the terrorists responsible for the bomb blast"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin exsecratus , past participle of exsecrari to put under a curse, from ex + sacr-, sacer sacred"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1531, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-093038"
},
"excursive":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": constituting a digression : characterized by digression"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik-\u02c8sk\u0259r-siv"
],
"synonyms":[
"desultory",
"digressional",
"digressionary",
"digressive",
"discursive",
"leaping",
"maundering",
"meandering",
"rambling",
"wandering"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an excursive story line that some readers of Melville's novel find very rewarding"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1659, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-093438"
},
"Entyloma":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a genus of parasitic fungi (family Tilletiaceae) that produce abundant conidia on long conidiophores and that comprise the white smuts"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccent\u1d4al\u02c8\u014dm\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from en- entry 2 + Greek tyl\u014dma callus"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-094118"
},
"Earp":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"Wyatt 1848\u20131929 American lawman"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0259rp"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-094357"
},
"enure":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to accustom to accept something undesirable",
": to become of advantage"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8nu\u0307r",
"-\u02c8nyu\u0307r",
"e-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-094405"
},
"even now/then":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
"Definition of even now/then 1 \u2014 used to stress that something is or was happening at a particular time They are even now preparing for his arrival. Enemy troops were even then approaching the city. 2 \u2014 used to stress that something (such as a person's attitude or behavior) was or is very surprising and unexpected We showed her the proof, but even then , she wouldn't admit she was wrong. Despite all that went wrong, he insists even now that he would do it again."
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-094454"
},
"exalate":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": lacking winglike appendages"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)eks+"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"ex- entry 1 + alate"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-095346"
},
"excommunication":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an ecclesiastical censure depriving a person of the rights of church membership",
": exclusion from fellowship in a group or community"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccek-sk\u0259-\u02ccmy\u00fc-n\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There\u2019s a flashback to Ron going to his parents\u2019 house right after his excommunication . \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 May 2022",
"The murders were believed to have been triggered by Ron Lafferty\u2019s religious views, which has led to his excommunication from the LDS Church and prompted his wife to divorce him in early 1984. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Mar. 2022",
"The murders were believed to have been triggered by Ron Lafferty\u2019s religious views, which prompted his excommunication from the LDS Church and prompted his wife to divorce him in early 1984 and move to Florida with their six children. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 June 2021",
"An apostate from the faith, a heretic, or a schismatic automatically incurs excommunication , when the delict (or violation) is committed. \u2014 Fr. Goran Jovicic, National Review , 13 June 2021",
"Last month, the Vatican released a new penal code that specified automatic excommunication for any attempt to ordain a woman. \u2014 Francis X. Rocca, WSJ , 16 July 2021",
"To the modern ear, excommunication evokes images of dueling popes, Protestant heretics, the Spanish Inquisition and Henry VIII. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 June 2021",
"In this scenario, the Church\u2019s supreme authority will have no other option than to declare the excommunication publicly. \u2014 Fr. Goran Jovicic, National Review , 13 June 2021",
"Knowing that contacting law enforcement can lead to excommunication and being cut off from family and friends who remain in the church, members often remain silent, according to Rinder and testimony delivered in court last week. \u2014 James Queally, Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-095501"
},
"economist":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one who practices economy",
": a specialist in economics"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8k\u00e4-n\u0259-mist"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Economists are predicting rapid inflation.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Brad Hershbein, senior economist at the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, said there were few signs of competition for workers decreasing or hiring slowing down. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"Peter Doyle, a former senior economist at the International Monetary Fund, pointed out something else to consider. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 22 June 2022",
"Helping to ease the concerns is the strength of Americans' balance sheets and income statements, said Tim Mahedy, a senior economist with KPMG. \u2014 Alicia Wallace, CNN , 17 June 2022",
"University of Michigan economist Don Grimes said he's tended to have a higher forecast for inflation than most colleagues. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 15 June 2022",
"In a note to clients, Bank of America economist Ethan Harris said the key risk to the economy is that inflation remains elevated next year. \u2014 Jonathan Ponciano, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"University of Connecticut economist Fred Carstensen also is skeptical the state can keep raking in big income tax receipts. \u2014 Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant , 8 May 2022",
"The authors are University of Chicago economist Casey Mulligan and Stephen Moore and Phil Kerpen of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 10 Apr. 2022",
"University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers, whose work is separate from the sentiment survey, noted there is evidence that the public\u2019s perception of inflation may be worse than actual inflation. \u2014 Chris Megerian, Fortune , 3 Apr. 2022"
],
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"1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-100419"
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"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a small family of Indian egg-eating snakes comprising a single genus that is sometimes placed with the egg-eating snakes of southern Africa in the family Dasypeltidae"
],
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"\u02ccel\u0259\u02cckist\u0259\u02c8d\u00e4nt\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
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"New Latin, from Elachistodont-, Elachistodon , type genus (from Greek elachistos \u2014superlative of elachys \u2014+ New Latin -odont-, -odon ) + -idae"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-100443"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a snail prepared for use as food"
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"\u02cce-\u02ccsk\u00e4r-\u02c8g\u014d"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Fletcher closes the video by panning to five escargot on the plate. \u2014 Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com , 7 June 2022",
"In the video, the couple is dining al fresco as Rodgers de-shells his escargot with special utensils. \u2014 Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com , 7 June 2022",
"Expect a cuisine to match, including escargot , nicoise salads, and lobster. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 26 May 2022",
"For a fashion label as French as escargot , Balenciaga has mastered American pop culture. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"Oysters Rockefeller was invented at New Orleans restaurant Antoine\u2019s at the end of the 19th century as an alternative for hard-to-source escargot . \u2014 Jessica Battilana, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Once, in Paris, he was subjected to physical punishment amid a miscommunication over the number of brochette of escargot that were needed. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Regional delicacies include roast suckling pig, escargot and a rice dish of sausage, vegetables and spices. \u2014 Lauren Beale, Forbes , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Think French onion soup and escargot bathed in garlic butter. \u2014 Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com , 5 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French, snail, from Middle French, from Old Occitan escaragol"
],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1892, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-100925"
},
"Elasmotherium":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a genus of rhinoceroses of the Pleistocene of Russia"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from elasm- + -therium ; from the enamel plates of the molars"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-101341"
},
"Emim":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": Rephaim originally inhabiting Moab"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0113\u02ccmim"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Hebrew \u0113m\u012bm , literally, terrible ones"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-101545"
},
"endecha":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a short mournful Spanish song usually having four lines of six or seven syllables"
],
"pronounciation":[
"en\u02c8d\u0101ch\u0259"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Spanish, probably from Latin indicta , neuter plural of indictus , past participle of indicere to proclaim, announce, from in + dicere to say"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-101556"
},
"exclamative":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": exclamatory"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ik\u02c8sklam\u0259tiv",
"ek-"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"exclamat ion + -ive"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-101618"
},
"ecclesi-":{
"type":[
"combining form"
],
"definitions":[
": church"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Late Latin ecclesia , from Greek ekkl\u0113sia assembly of citizens, church, from ekkalein to call forth, summon, from ex- + kalein to call \u2014 more at low entry 3"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-101700"
},
"every which way":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": in every direction",
": in a disorderly manner : irregularly"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After all, most designs these days are Brazilian cut or feature lots of string and cut-outs every which way . \u2014 Vogue , 2 June 2022",
"Her fear is that progressive voters will split their vote every which way so that none of their candidates will advance. \u2014 Liz Ruskin, Anchorage Daily News , 18 May 2022",
"Rookie outfielders Steven Kwan and Richie Palacios were turned every which way but loose and Shane Bieber failed to register a strikeout for the first time in 86 career starts as the Blue Jays soared to a 8-3 victory. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 7 May 2022",
"On most weekend nights, lines snake every which way as excited customers wait to enter three new concepts that recently opened in one long building. \u2014 Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic , 7 Apr. 2022",
"In these films and others, cameras point every which way to capture the artists on the stage and the crowd below. \u2014 Peter Tonguette, WSJ , 6 Apr. 2022",
"The Ukrainian ones show the enemy controlling only filaments of highways, the Russian ones show broad arrows swooping every which way . \u2014 Richard Brookhiser, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Covey\u2019s vision is of nature at risk, yet nonetheless growing abundantly and every which way . \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Cascading canons move those robes every which way , creating a glorious visual effect. \u2014 Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com , 3 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"probably by folk etymology from Middle English everich way every way"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1820, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-102757"
},
"equatability":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being equatable"
],
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"(\u02cc)\u0113\u02cckw\u0101t\u0259\u02c8bil\u0259t\u0113",
"\u0259\u0307\u02cck-"
],
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"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-105248"
},
"every time":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
": each time : whenever"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-105327"
},
"embuia":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": any of several Brazilian timber trees of the genera Nectandra and Phoebe (family Lauraceae)",
": the light to dark brown lustrous durable often strikingly figured wood of the imbuias that is readily polished and much used for fine cabinetwork"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-105631"
},
"Enid":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"city north-northwest of Oklahoma City in northern Oklahoma population 49,379"
],
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"\u02c8\u0113-n\u0259d"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-110620"
},
"equatable":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": capable of being equated"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)\u0113\u00a6kw\u0101t\u0259b\u0259l",
"\u0259\u0307\u02c8k-"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-111635"
},
"erem-":{
"type":[
"combining form"
],
"definitions":[
": solitary",
": desert"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from Greek er\u0113m-, er\u0113mo- , from er\u0113mos lonely, solitary and er\u0113mia desert, from er\u0113mos + -ia -y"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-112156"
},
"enuresis":{
"type":[
"adjective or noun",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the involuntary discharge of urine : incontinence of urine",
": an involuntary discharge of urine : incontinence of urine"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccen-yu\u0307-\u02c8r\u0113-s\u0259s",
"\u02ccen-yu\u0307-\u02c8r\u0113-s\u0259s"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from Greek enourein to urinate in, wet the bed, from en- + ourein to urinate \u2014 more at urine"
],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1800, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-112217"
},
"existentialize":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to cause to become existential or transform into existential terms"
],
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"synonyms":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-112227"
},
"Exod":{
"type":[
"abbreviation"
],
"definitions":[
"Exodus"
],
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"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-112337"
},
"Elgon, Mount":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"extinct volcano 14,178 feet (4321 meters) high in eastern Africa on the boundary between Uganda and Kenya northeast of Lake Victoria"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8el-\u02ccg\u00e4n"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-112427"
},
"extrasensory":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": residing beyond or outside the ordinary senses",
": residing beyond or outside the ordinary senses"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccek-str\u0259-\u02c8sen(t)s-r\u0113",
"-\u02c8sen(t)-s\u0259-",
"\u02ccek-str\u0259-\u02c8sen(t)s-(\u0259-)r\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"From the above example, friend one and two demonstrate a relatively standard range of sensitivity, while friend three and four exhibit more extreme extrasensory abilities. \u2014 Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure , 2 July 2018",
"Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner\u2019s extrasensory musical comes back to us courtesy of the Irish Repertory Theater. \u2014 Alexis Soloski, New York Times , 21 June 2018",
"Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner\u2019s extrasensory musical comes back to us in a revival courtesy of the Irish Repertory Theater. \u2014 Alexis Soloski, New York Times , 14 June 2018",
"Making out with Elektra Natchios in the rain demonstrates Daredevil\u2019s extrasensory abilities. \u2014 Peter Nagy, The Atlantic , 19 Mar. 2018",
"So, in addition to her boundless cleverness, Matilda develops some extrasensory powers as a defense against the small-mindedness of the adults around her. \u2014 Punch Shaw, star-telegram.com , 15 June 2017",
"The laboratory has conducted studies on extrasensory perception and telekinesis from its cramped quarters in the basement of the university\u2019s engineering building since 1979. \u2014 Randy Dotinga, WIRED , 12 Feb. 2007"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1934, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-113008"
},
"Esdraelon, Plain of":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"plain in northern Israel northeast of Mount Carmel in the valley of the upper Qishon River"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccez-dr\u0259-\u02c8\u0113-l\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-113108"
},
"Endymion":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a beautiful youth loved by Selene in Greek mythology"
],
"pronounciation":[
"en-\u02c8di-m\u0113-\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin, from Greek Endymi\u014dn"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1567, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-113657"
},
"evasional":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": constituting an evasion : evasive"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-zh\u0259n\u1d4al",
"-zhn\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-114109"
},
"eremology":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a science concerned with the desert and its phenomena"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccer\u0259\u02c8m\u00e4l\u0259j\u0113"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"erem- + -logy"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-115240"
},
"en route":{
"type":[
"adverb",
"adverb or adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": on or along the way",
": on or along the way"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4n-\u02c8r\u00fct",
"\u00e4\u207f(n)-\u02c8r\u00fct",
"en-",
"in-",
"-\u02c8rau\u0307t",
"\u00e4n-\u02c8r\u00fct"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"According to Sudhanshu Kaushik, executive director of the organization, representatives from the North American Association of Indian Students are currently en route to Baltimore to obtain more details on Nakka's death. \u2014 Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer , 23 June 2022",
"While officers were en route , they were notified two victims had been transported to Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden. \u2014 Remington Miller, Arkansas Online , 17 June 2022",
"The dispatcher said emergency medical services were en route about 11 seconds after that. \u2014 Peter Nickeas And Ray Sanchez And Tanika Gray, CNN , 10 June 2022",
"According to The Hill, While the masks were en route to their respective cities several boxes were confiscated by law enforcement which delayed shipment for 48 hours. \u2014 Ashlee Banks, Essence , 6 June 2022",
"The two were photographed en route to a f\u00eate, with Kardashian in a houndstooth corset mini dress. \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 4 May 2022",
"Lily Cassell, Keystone, sr. \u2014 Committed to Northern Illinois, Cassell took to the circle for 31 of Keystone\u2019s 34 games last season en route to the Division II state crown. \u2014 Matt Goul, cleveland , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The first exchange took place Thursday aboard Air Force One en route to New York as Psaki fielded questions about the U.S. special forces raid in Syria, which resulted in the death of Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi. \u2014 Chris Megerian, ajc , 5 Feb. 2022",
"But that mystique came crashing down on Jan. 4, 2003, when Michael Vick and the Atlanta Falcons took a 24-0 lead at halftime en route to a 27-7 victory in the wild-card round. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 25 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1779, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-115550"
},
"equaling file":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a blunt almost parallel but slightly bulging double-cut file of rectangular section used especially in fine toolmaking"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-120358"
},
"eggplant":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a widely cultivated perennial Asian herb ( Solanum melongena ) of the nightshade family yielding edible fruit",
": the usually smooth ovoid typically blackish-purple or white fruit of the eggplant",
": a dark grayish or blackish purple",
": an oval vegetable with a usually glossy purplish skin and white flesh"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8eg-\u02ccplant",
"\u02c8\u0101g-",
"\u02c8eg-\u02ccplant",
"\u02c8\u0101g-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Add soy sauce-vinegar mixture and toss with eggplant and mushrooms to coat. \u2014 Kim Sun\u00e9e, Anchorage Daily News , 17 Feb. 2022",
"In a medium bowl, toss the eggplant with the sugar, cocoa and half of the olive oil. \u2014 The View, ABC News , 14 Jan. 2022",
"The first important step is crucial - cut the eggplant into slices and put them under a thick layer of coarse salt for a couple of hours. \u2014 Benjamin Liong Setiawan, Forbes , 29 Dec. 2021",
"The eggplant can be grilled and refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 3 days. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Sep. 2021",
"When all of the eggplant has been fried, carefully pour off all but 1 tablespoon of the oil into a heat-proof bowl and return the pan to medium-high heat. \u2014 Jessica Battilana, San Francisco Chronicle , 30 July 2021",
"Our first eggplant became tempura, along with green beans and zucchini blossoms. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 July 2021",
"Don\u2019t be afraid to get a good char on the eggplant . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 July 2021",
"Return the eggplant and zucchini to the pan and bring to a boil. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1767, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-122117"
},
"extrasolar":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": originating or existing outside the solar system"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccek-str\u0259-\u02c8s\u014d-l\u0259r",
"-\u02ccl\u00e4r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Now, the authors say that, along with the distance from its host star, planetary mass can be another marker to determine if an extrasolar planet can hold onto enough water for life. \u2014 Elizabeth Fernandez, Forbes , 30 Sep. 2021",
"Bean will use the telescope to study extrasolar planets, also called exoplanets, which are planets that orbit stars outside Earth\u2019s solar system. \u2014 Angie Leventis Lourgos, chicagotribune.com , 24 Dec. 2021",
"As the project schedule lengthened, its science objectives expanded, especially as extrasolar planets became an increasing topic of interest in the field. \u2014 Adam Mann, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 Dec. 2021",
"As for potential extrasolar Mercury-type planets out there? \u2014 Bruce Dorminey, Forbes , 16 Oct. 2021",
"Putative extrasolar earths and speculation about microbial fossils on Mars, or even extant life deep within the oceans of one of our solar system\u2019s far-flung frozen moons, remains speculation at this point. \u2014 Bruce Dorminey, Forbes , 28 June 2021",
"The motivation there is to understand what happens in the mantle of large extrasolar planets. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 15 June 2021",
"At the time, exomoons, or extrasolar moons\u2014those moons that orbit a planet outside of our own solar system, or exoplanets\u2014were something astrophysicists knew about, but had never captured data from. \u2014 Courtney Sexton, Smithsonian Magazine , 11 Aug. 2020",
"These objects have been called extrasolar planets, exosolar planets or exoplanets. \u2014 Christopher Palma, The Conversation , 16 Dec. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1872, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-122529"
},
"emptor":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": purchaser , buyer"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8em(p)t\u0259r",
"-\u02cct\u022f(\u0259)r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin, from emptus + -or"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-122858"
},
"excerpt":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract",
": to select (a passage) for quoting : extract",
": to take or publish extracts from (something, such as a book)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ek-\u02ccs\u0259rpt",
"\u02c8eg-\u02ccz\u0259rpt",
"ek-\u02c8s\u0259rpt",
"eg-\u02c8z\u0259rpt",
"\u02c8ek-\u02ccs\u0259rpt",
"\u02c8eg-\u02ccz\u0259rpt"
],
"synonyms":[
"extract",
"passage"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"This is an excerpt from Deal Flow, Forbes\u2019 twice-weekly newsletter about the latest billion-dollar deals from venture capital, private equity, M&A and beyond. \u2014 Kevin Dowd, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"What follows is an edited excerpt from our conversation. \u2014 Michael Roberts, Outside Online , 17 June 2022",
"Head over to Vulture\u2019s website to read the excerpt in its entirety. \u2014 Zack Sharf, Variety , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Read an excerpt from the book below, or listen to it above, as read by Laura Kirman. \u2014 Ew Staff, EW.com , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Scroll down to read an excerpt of the episode, and click the player or the app badges above to listen to the full story. \u2014 Total Sf Podcast, San Francisco Chronicle , 8 Oct. 2021",
"This is an excerpt from Deal Flow, Forbes\u2019 twice-weekly newsletter about the latest billion-dollar deals from venture capital, private equity, M&A and beyond. \u2014 Kevin Dowd, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"The following is an excerpt from Unstoppable After 40. \u2014 Milo F. Bryant, Men's Health , 1 June 2022",
"This article is an excerpt from his forthcoming memoir releasing in 2023 from Farrar Straus & Giroux. \u2014 Ricky Ian Gordon, SPIN , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"And, which Vogue was privileged to excerpt in the November issue. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 2 Nov. 2021",
"In other words, Google's copying of API code was OK in the same way that Data Sheet can excerpt reporting from across the web without fear of getting sued. \u2014 Robert Hackett, Fortune , 6 Apr. 2021",
"This analysis was excerpted from the June 1 edition of CNN's Meanwhile in America, the daily email about US politics for global readers. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 1 June 2020",
"Below is the four-part Heritage plan for reopening some businesses, excerpted from the report: Businesses in counties with low incidences should be allowed to reopen. \u2014 Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner , 20 Apr. 2020",
"One story from the collection, excerpted in The White Review earlier this year, is told in the style of a brain surgeon\u2019s FAQ for patients. \u2014 Dana Snitzky, Longreads , 19 Mar. 2020",
"The letters excerpted here are from a handful of detainees at the Harris County Jail, the second largest in the country and the site of a fast-moving outbreak of COVID-19. \u2014 Ian Macdougall, ProPublica , 1 May 2012",
"The group will distribute the guideline excerpts that have appeared on the Internet. \u2014 Margaret Newkirk, Bloomberg.com , 8 May 2020",
"Below, excerpted from Lesser\u2019s book, are her three top recommendations in the genre. \u2014 Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times , 1 May 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Verb and Noun",
"Latin excerptus , past participle of excerpere , from ex- + carpere to gather, pluck \u2014 more at harvest"
],
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1627, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-124925"
},
"explementary angle":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": either of two angles whose sum is 360 degrees"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6ekspl\u0259\u00a6ment\u0259r\u0113-",
"-n\u2027tr\u0113-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"explement + -ary"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-124936"
},
"emo":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a style of rock music influenced by punk rock and featuring introspective and emotionally fraught lyrics"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0113-(\u02cc)m\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Daniel can credit the emo -rap track\u2019s success largely to TikTok. \u2014 Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone , 31 May 2022",
"Rich Egan and Jon Cohen, the men who started the independent label, are responsible for signing some of its most pivotal emo artists including Dashboard Confessional, Saves the Day, and Alkaline Trio. \u2014 Candace Mcduffie, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
"The first single from All Get Out\u2019s new album, Kodak, smartly swirls folk-rock, emo , and a dash of country into a potent cocktail of paranoia, self-doubt, and hesitant nostalgia. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 3 June 2022",
"The iPod boom went with the rise of emo , backpack rap, and other mass-romantic cult genres. \u2014 Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone , 13 May 2022",
"Wide belts and emo realness is all anyone will be talking about this summer. \u2014 Ana Escalante, Glamour , 13 May 2022",
"The song is a welcome return, with its blend of emo and post-hardcore. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 12 May 2022",
"Rising out of such communities are threads of goth, emo and punk in which the shaved head stands in as an aesthetic signifier. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Underoath is known as a post hardcore band with some elements of emo and metalcore. \u2014 Eric Fuller, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"short for emotional"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1988, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-125040"
},
"enkephalin":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": either of two pentapeptides with opiate and analgesic activity that occur naturally especially in the brain and have a marked affinity for opiate receptors \u2014 compare endorphin",
": either of two pentapeptide endorphins :",
": leucine-enkephalin",
": methionine-enkephalin"
],
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8ke-f\u0259-l\u0259n",
"-(\u02cc)lin",
"en-",
"in-\u02c8kef-\u0259-l\u0259n, -(\u02cc)lin"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"enkephal- (alteration of encephal- ) + -in"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1975, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-125115"
},
"educationese":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the jargon used especially by educational theorists"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce-j\u0259-\u02cck\u0101-sh\u0259-\u02c8n\u0113z",
"-\u02c8n\u0113s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1954, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-125148"
},
"exultancy":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": exultation"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8z\u0259l-t\u1d4an(t)-s\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1621, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-132041"
}
}
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