dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/aid_MW.json
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"aid":{
"antonyms":[
"adjunct",
"adjutant",
"aide",
"apprentice",
"assistant",
"coadjutor",
"deputy",
"helper",
"helpmate",
"helpmeet",
"lieutenant",
"mate",
"sidekick"
],
"definitions":{
": a subsidy granted to the king by the English parliament until the 18th century for an extraordinary purpose":[],
": a tribute paid by a vassal to his lord":[],
": aide":[
"worked as a teacher's aid"
],
": something by which assistance is given : an assisting device":[
"an aid to understanding",
"a visual aid"
],
": the act of helping someone":[
"climbers in need of aid"
],
": to give assistance":[
"research that aided in the discovery of a new drug"
],
": to provide with what is useful or necessary in achieving an end":[
"aid a cause",
"aid a friend"
],
"Agency for International Development":[],
"artificial insemination by donor":[],
"\u2014 see hearing aid":[
"an aid to understanding",
"a visual aid"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"They gave money in order to aid the cause.",
"She aided them in their efforts.",
"He jumped into the water to aid the drowning child.",
"a home run that was aided by the wind",
"She aided the government in the attempt to fight illiteracy.",
"Noun",
"The project was completed with the aid of several students.",
"The work was done with the aid of a computer.",
"The government has given millions of dollars in economic aid to these nations.",
"She applied for financial aid in order to go to college.",
"The diagram is provided as an aid to understanding.",
"The computer is an aid to keeping costs down.",
"He teaches art with visual aids .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhand pledged $10 million to immediately aid families in Paktika and Khost provinces. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
"The gas tax increase emerged alongside calls from Indiana Democrats since March to suspend the tax to aid residents reeling from the worst inflation in 40 years. \u2014 Arleigh Rodgers, Chicago Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"Kiggans has also been boosted by the Winning for Women Action Fund, which launched a six-figure ad campaign last week to aid her campaign. \u2014 Mark Murray, NBC News , 21 June 2022",
"As a Native writer in Hollywood, I [have been called to aid ] white projects as the Native consultant. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 17 June 2022",
"As experienced personnel retires, fewer experts are around and aren\u2019t available to aid inexperienced personnel, as their time is spent elsewhere. \u2014 John Clemons, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"This is a Google News Sitemap to aid Google News finding news on your website. \u2014 quantamagazine.org , 16 June 2022",
"The Noblesville school board hired University Search Team in February to aid the district in the search process. \u2014 Mj Slaby, The Indianapolis Star , 15 June 2022",
"OpenAI pilots self-critiquing A.I. systems to aid human evaluators. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"As an on-campus housing option, a student's financial aid package can contribute to the cost of living at Trinity Woods. \u2014 Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel , 18 June 2022",
"The American aid package includes $350 million in rapid, off-the-shelf deliveries by the Pentagon and $650 million in other longer-term purchases. \u2014 Celina Tebor, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"Davis also criticizes Miller for being the lone Illinois delegation member to vote against a $40 billion aid package to Ukraine and for not speaking out against Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s invasion and war. \u2014 Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune , 17 June 2022",
"In the latest aid package, the U.S. will for the first time provide Ukraine with Harpoon antiship launchers, which defense officials said would arrive in roughly two months. \u2014 Daniel Michaels, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked Biden for the new aid package. \u2014 John Leicester And Yuras Karmanau, Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022",
"Reflecting similar sentiments, 57 House Republicans voted against the Ukraine aid package, as did 11 Senate Republicans, including longtime anti-interventionist Rand Paul and upstarts Josh Hawley and Tom Cotton. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 13 June 2022",
"The US$40 billion aid package recently signed by President Joe Biden includes $8.7 billion to replenish U.S. weapons stocks. \u2014 Terrence Guay, The Conversation , 7 June 2022",
"Since then, Biden\u2019s hallmark policy in the region \u2014 a $4 billion aid package to attack the root causes of migration in Central America \u2014 has stalled in Congress with no apparent effort to revive it. \u2014 Elliot Spagat, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English eyden , from Anglo-French aider , from Latin adjutare , frequentative of adjuvare , from ad- + juvare to help":"Verb and Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0101d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"abet",
"assist",
"back",
"backstop",
"help",
"prop (up)",
"support"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231801",
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"aide":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"The senate office hired several congressional aides .",
"the nurse's aide will bring you an extra pillow",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Okechukwu Okoye, a legislator in the Anambra state assembly and his aide went missing on May 15. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 23 May 2022",
"Ukraine is taking heavy blows on the battlefield and losing between 100 and 200 fighters daily, an aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. \u2014 Mar\u00eda Luisa Pa\u00fal, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"But unlike other museums, the Lucas museum would not receive taxpayer subsidies to cover a portion of its operations, a top mayoral aide said. \u2014 Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune , 13 May 2022",
"Another senior aide to Vice President Mike Pence, Chris Hodgson, was spotted at the panel's offices for an in-person deposition Wednesday. \u2014 Benjamin Siegel, ABC News , 30 Mar. 2022",
"An aide to President Voldymyr Zelenskiy said Russian troops continue their offensive at the town of Izyum in Kharkiv region. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 26 Mar. 2022",
"One senior Senate aide said that Rotenberg investigators found countless examples of banks filing reports with the Department of Treasury, to no avail. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
"George Gasc\u00f3n, who was elected last year on a platform of criminal justice reform, does not support the efforts and has no plans to follow suit, an aide said. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Nov. 2021",
"An aide to Clinton said the former president had a urological infection that spread to his bloodstream but was on the mend and never went into septic shock, a potentially life-threatening condition. \u2014 NBC News , 21 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1777, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"short for aide-de-camp":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0101d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"adjunct",
"adjutant",
"aid",
"apprentice",
"assistant",
"coadjutor",
"deputy",
"helper",
"helpmate",
"helpmeet",
"lieutenant",
"mate",
"sidekick"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052734",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"AIDS-related complex":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a group of symptoms (such as fever, weight loss, and lymphadenopathy) that is associated with the presence of antibodies to HIV and is followed by the development of AIDS in a certain proportion of cases":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1984, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165037"
},
"AIDS":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a disease of the human immune system that is characterized cytologically especially by reduction in the numbers of CD4-bearing helper T cells to 20 percent or less of normal thereby rendering the subject highly vulnerable to life-threatening conditions (such as Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia) and to some (such as Kaposi's sarcoma) that become life-threatening and that is caused by infection with HIV commonly transmitted in infected blood especially during illicit intravenous drug use and in bodily secretions (such as semen) during sexual intercourse":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0101dz"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"a cquired i mmuno d eficiency s yndrome":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1982, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-210254"
},
"AIDS virus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": hiv":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1983, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-223603"
},
"aid/relief convoy":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a group of vehicles carrying emergency food and supplies":[
"The United Nations is sending an aid/relief convoy to the region."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-225128"
},
"aided school":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a usually denominational voluntary English school receiving one half of its maintenance costs from public funds but retaining control over appointments and religious instruction \u2014 compare controlled school":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1832, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-233251"
},
"aide-m\u00e9moire":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a written summary or outline of important items of a proposed agreement or diplomatic communication":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0101d-m\u0101m-\u02c8w\u00e4r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from aider to aid + m\u00e9moire memory":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1836, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-033116"
},
"aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera":{
"type":[
"French phrase"
],
"definitions":{
": help yourself (and) heaven will help you : God helps those who help themselves":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"ed-tw\u00e4 l\u0259-\u02c8syel-te-dr\u00e4"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-050817"
},
"aid prayer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a defendant's appeal for aid":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1523, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-081703"
},
"aide-de-camp":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8k\u00e4\u207f",
"\u02cc\u0101d-di-\u02c8kamp"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French aide de camp , literally, camp assistant":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1670, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-094704"
},
"aidful":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": abounding in aid : helpful":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0101d-f\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1535, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-100342"
},
"aidman":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an army medical corpsman attached to a field unit":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0101d-\u02ccman"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When the medical aidman had become a casualty, Sgt. \u2014 Drew Broach | Staff Writer, NOLA.com , 7 Dec. 2020",
"When the medical aidman had become a casualty, Sgt. \u2014 Drew Broach | Staff Writer, NOLA.com , 7 Dec. 2020",
"When the medical aidman had become a casualty, Sgt. \u2014 Drew Broach | Staff Writer, NOLA.com , 7 Dec. 2020",
"When the medical aidman had become a casualty, Sgt. \u2014 Drew Broach | Staff Writer, NOLA.com , 7 Dec. 2020",
"When the medical aidman had become a casualty, Sgt. \u2014 Drew Broach | Staff Writer, NOLA.com , 7 Dec. 2020",
"When the medical aidman had become a casualty, Sgt. \u2014 Drew Broach | Staff Writer, NOLA.com , 7 Dec. 2020",
"When the medical aidman had become a casualty, Sgt. \u2014 Drew Broach | Staff Writer, NOLA.com , 7 Dec. 2020",
"When the medical aidman had become a casualty, Sgt. \u2014 Drew Broach | Staff Writer, NOLA.com , 7 Dec. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1934, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-211430"
}
}