dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/tok_MW.json
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"token":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms":[],
": a piece resembling a coin issued as money by some person or body other than a de jure government":[],
": a unit of a cryptocurrency":[
"Bitcoin tokens"
],
": an outward sign or expression":[
"his tears were tokens of his grief"
],
": symbol , emblem":[
"a white flag is a token of surrender"
],
": an instance of a linguistic expression":[],
": souvenir , keepsake":[],
": a small part representing the whole : indication":[
"this is only a token of what we hope to accomplish"
],
": something given or shown as a guarantee (as of authority, right, or identity)":[],
": a distinguishing feature : characteristic":[],
": for the same reason":[],
": representing no more than a symbolic effort : minimal , perfunctory":[
"token resistance",
"token integration"
],
": serving or intended to show absence of discrimination":[
"a token female employee"
],
": done or given as a token especially in partial fulfillment of an obligation or engagement":[
"a token payment"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u014d-k\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"commemorative",
"keepsake",
"memento",
"memorial",
"monument",
"remembrance",
"reminder",
"souvenir"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for token Noun sign , mark , token , note , symptom mean a discernible indication of what is not itself directly perceptible. sign applies to any indication to be perceived by the senses or the reason. encouraging signs for the economy mark suggests something impressed on or inherently characteristic of a thing often in contrast to general outward appearance. a mark of a good upbringing token applies to something that serves as a proof of something intangible. this gift is a token of our esteem note suggests a distinguishing mark or characteristic. a note of irony in her writing symptom suggests an outward indication of an internal change or condition. rampant crime is a symptom of that city's decay",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"please accept this parting gift as a token of our lasting affection",
"Adjective",
"All the people who work there are men except for a couple of token women.",
"The ad campaign features a few token minorities.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Caesars Sportsbook will issue a free bet token of up to $1,500 if your bet loses. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 26 June 2022",
"Nexo's native token (NEXO), is currently trading at $0.6855, a 3.74% slump over the past 24-hours according to CoinGecko. \u2014 Fortune , 22 June 2022",
"By using blockchain technology to perform the token \u2019s transactions, the underlying assets can be more easily traded among a broader investor base. \u2014 Zinnia Lee, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"The second-largest digital token plummeted 10% on Saturday to $975, its lowest level since January 2021. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 18 June 2022",
"Higher interest rates were available to those willing to accept payment in Celsius\u2019s own CEL token . \u2014 Gregory Zuckerman, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Ether , the second largest token , fell as much as 12 percent to $1,045, a new 15-month low. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
"Each token has a limited number of versions, more like a limited print edition of a piece of art. \u2014 David Lyons, Sun Sentinel , 12 June 2022",
"Snape and his team will lead the company\u2019s foray into the Web3 space with NFT, token and marketplace strategies for Bron IP. \u2014 Manori Ravindran, Variety , 10 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Three Arrows was among a group of large investors that took part in a $1 billion token sale earlier this year by Luna Foundation Guard, a nonprofit organization started by South Korean developer Do Kwon, the creator of TerraUSD. \u2014 Serena Ng, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Terra, and its token Luna, offered similar yields on customer deposits. \u2014 Ken Sweet, Chicago Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"Terra, and its token Luna, offered similar yields on customer deposits. \u2014 Ken Sweet, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"Terra, and its token Luna, offered similar yields on customer deposits. \u2014 Ken Sweet, ajc , 13 June 2022",
"In April, the company filed 15 non fungible token (NFT) and metaverse trademark applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 17 May 2022",
"Every token holder has a say in the community, and this is not halted by location, jurisdiction or prejudice, similar to BLOCKS DAO. \u2014 Denise (ajayi) Williams, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"The announcement comes one week after Andreessen Horowitz set up a $4.5 billion crypto fund, bucking a recent decline in token values. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 1 June 2022",
"Ether, the native currency of the Ethereum blockchain, home to most nonfungible token (NFT) projects, has similarly lost half of its value since November 2021. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 31 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English t\u0101cen, t\u0101cn sign, token; akin to Old High German zeihhan sign, Greek deiknynai to show \u2014 more at diction":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
"1915, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-015909"
},
"tokenism":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the policy or practice of making only a symbolic effort (as to desegregate)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u014d-k\u0259-\u02ccni-z\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Did the company choose her for her merits, or merely as an act of tokenism ",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Mugambwa, the Ugandan fintech managing director, says women still need help to make their way into leadership roles and board positions\u2014their appointment shouldn\u2019t happen as a result of tokenism . \u2014 Faustine Ngila, Quartz , 8 June 2022",
"If diversity sourcing is a focus, ensure it is done along with improving equity and inclusion at the organization to avoid tokenism or bringing new hires into an unhealthy work environment. \u2014 Jennifer Rozon, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"In their initial conversations, D\u00e9sir and Oiselle founder and CEO Sally Bergesen discussed how the company\u2019s diversity efforts could avoid the pitfalls of tokenism . \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 10 Nov. 2020",
"Along the lines of preventing tokenism , Kirkpatrick was eager to emphasize promoting accessibility awareness is not\u2014and absolutely should not be\u2014relegated to a mere one day a year at Adobe and anywhere else. \u2014 Steven Aquino, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"After the murder of George Floyd, it could be argued that tokenism has been on the rise. \u2014 Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
"Is everyone finally welcome in the crypto community\u2014or is this just non-fungible tokenism ",
"Instead, Trans Hilarious, debuting tonight at the Pack Theater, aims to avoid tokenism by changing things up and showing that there are as many ways to be trans as there are to be funny. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
"DuVernay\u2019s canon is based on tokenism : Chu is the representative Asian. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 23 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1960, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-020326"
},
"Tokelau Islands":{
"type":[
"geographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
"islands in the central Pacific north of Samoa belonging to New Zealand population 1466":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u014d-k\u0259-\u02cclau\u0307"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-043148"
},
"token money":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": money of regular government issue (such as paper currency or coins) having a greater face value than intrinsic value":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1889, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-060332"
},
"toke":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb, transitive + intransitive"
],
"definitions":{
": a puff on a marijuana cigarette or pipe":[
"Then he squatted a little distance away and rolled and lit a joint, taking a couple of long lazy tokes .",
"\u2014 John Nichols",
"After about three tokes each, they head off for 7-11, and return with chocolate grahams, Ritz crackers, ginger ale, and milk.",
"\u2014 Laura E. Fry"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u014dk"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Perhaps the tallest hurdle to cannabis consumption lounges might be that consumers would rather toke at home. \u2014 Rudy Sanchez, chicagotribune.com , 21 Nov. 2019",
"Puff, Pass and Paint is a great date option for the 420-lovebirds who want to get outside and socialize while enjoying a nice edible or toke of their choice. \u2014 Erica Boniface, The Know , 6 Feb. 2017",
"But a zero-tolerance standard might unfairly convict heavy pot users of impaired driving, because small amounts of THC can linger in their blood for days or even weeks after their most recent toke . \u2014 Keith Humphreys, The Cannabist , 31 May 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"American Spanish toque , from Spanish, touch, test, from tocar to touch, from Vulgar Latin *toccare \u2014 more at touch entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1968, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-102755"
},
"token book":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a book listing parishioners receiving communion tokens":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-154626"
},
"Tokay":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a naturally sweet wine from the area around Tokaj, Hungary":[],
": a blend of Angelica, port, and sherry made in California":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"t\u014d-\u02c8k\u0101"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1696, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-184333"
},
"Tokara Islands":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"island group of Japan in the northern Ryukyu Islands":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"t\u014d-\u02c8k\u00e4r-\u00e4"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-210536"
},
"tokara islands":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"island group of Japan in the northern Ryukyu Islands":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"t\u014d-\u02c8k\u00e4r-\u00e4"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-074305"
},
"token coin":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a coin having an intrinsic value less than its face value \u2014 compare standard coin":[
"\u2026 if the metal content of a quarter is worth less than its face value of 25 cents, the quarter is a token coin .",
"\u2014 Money and Banking , 1985"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-080352"
},
"token payment":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a very small payment made upon a debt and intended by the payer merely to acknowledge the existence of the obligation":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-081731"
},
"tokamak":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a toroidal device for producing controlled nuclear fusion that involves the confining and heating of a gaseous plasma by means of an electric current and magnetic field":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u00e4-",
"\u02c8t\u014d-k\u0259-\u02ccmak"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"So in a tokamak reactor, plasma is heated more and more until its charged ions start to merge. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 18 Feb. 2022",
"This pumps out the diverted particles and removes any excess heat to protect the tokamak . \u2014 David Donovan, The Conversation , 4 Apr. 2022",
"So what goes wrong with magnets in a typical tokamak run? \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 18 Feb. 2022",
"The inner vessel wall of the tokamak was upgraded from graphite to beryllium. \u2014 David Donovan, The Conversation , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Tokamak Energy, an amusingly hard-to-Google company based in Oxford in the south of England, has been working on tokamak reactors since 2009. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The tokamak comes courtesy of the Swiss Plasma Center at the EPFL in Lausanne. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Developing the control software for a tokamak is a complicated process. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 16 Feb. 2022",
"For about ten years, the original JET tokamak operated with the same goal that fusion projects have today: to generate enough energy to be productive against the fusion reactor's enormous energy cost for operation. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 16 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Russian, from to roidal'naya kam era s ak sial'nym magnitnym polem (toroidal chamber with an axial magnetic field)":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1965, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-181217"
},
"token coinage":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the manufacture of token coins":[],
": token coins":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1826, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-000141"
},
"token sheet":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the last sheet of each token printed that is turned down to help in counting":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-061218"
},
"toko":{
"type":[],
"definitions":{
"\u2014 see toco-":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-010232"
},
"tokugawa":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Ieyasu 1543\u20131616 originally Matsudaira Takechiyo Japanese shogun (1603\u201305); founder of last Japanese shogunate (1603\u20131867)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cct\u014d-ku\u0307-\u02c8g\u00e4-w\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-104840"
},
"tok-tokkie":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of several African beetles of the genus Psammodes (family Tenebrionidae)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Afrikaans toktokkie (formerly spelled toktokje ), of imitative origin":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-104847"
},
"tokus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": buttocks":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u014dk\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Yiddish tokhes , from Hebrew ta\u1e25ath under, below":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-141646"
},
"Tokugawa":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Ieyasu 1543\u20131616 originally Matsudaira Takechiyo Japanese shogun (1603\u201305); founder of last Japanese shogunate (1603\u20131867)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cct\u014d-ku\u0307-\u02c8g\u00e4-w\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-160657"
},
"Tokyo":{
"type":[
"geographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
"city in southeastern Honshu, Japan, on":[
"Tokyo Bay (an inlet of the Pacific)"
],
"population 8,945,695":[
"Tokyo Bay (an inlet of the Pacific)"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u014d-k\u0113-\u02cc\u014d",
"-\u02ccky\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-182513"
},
"Tok Pisin":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an English-based creole that is a national language of Papua New Guinea":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u022fk-\u02c8pi-z\u0259n",
"-s\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Tok Pisin, literally, pidgin talk":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1974, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-193116"
},
"Tokorozawa":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"city on Honshu, Japan population 342,000":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cct\u014d-k\u014d-\u02c8r\u014d-z\u00e4-(\u02cc)w\u00e4"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-211038"
},
"tokonoma":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a niche or alcove in the wall of a Japanese house for the display of a decorative object":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cct\u014d-k\u0259-\u02c8n\u014d-m\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The 34 Japanese-style rooms are archetypal of such establishments: tatami mat floors, low tables with legless chairs, an ornamental alcove ( tokonoma ), and sliding shoji screens characterize the accommodations. \u2014 Christina Liao, Vogue , 12 Jan. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Japanese":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1871, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-230304"
},
"toko-":{
"type":[],
"definitions":{
"\u2014 see toco-":[]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-234644"
}
}