dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/bim_MW.json
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{
"bimolecular":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": being two molecules thick":[
"bimolecular lipid layers"
],
": relating to or formed from two molecules":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1899, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccb\u012b-m\u0259-\u02c8le-ky\u0259-l\u0259r",
"\u02ccb\u012b-m\u0259-\u02c8lek-y\u0259-l\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114349",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"bimonthly":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a bimonthly publication":[],
": occurring every two months":[],
": occurring twice a month : semimonthly":[],
": once every two months":[],
": twice a month":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"Undercover officers attended and videotaped some of the weekly or bimonthly fights held at eight secluded sites in Harris County. \u2014 Jennifer Leahy & Roma Khanna , Houston Chronicle , 16 Nov. 2008",
"Computer Book Review , a bimonthly magazine, carries reviews of 45-50 books in computer-related fields in each issue. \u2026 In the November/December issue, the Review publishes an annual buying guide containing summaries of the year's reviews. \u2014 Publishers Weekly , 3 June 1983",
"The group holds bimonthly meetings in January, March, May, and so on.",
"The group holds bimonthly meetings on the first and third Tuesday of each month.",
"Adverb",
"Opponents argued that the change is unnecessary and that it could result both in less productivity for the council and confusion for residents accustomed to watching council meetings on television. Supporters countered that meeting bimonthly will allow for lengthy subcommittee discussions on the off weeks. Subcommittee meetings also are televised live. \u2014 Michael Lafleur , Lowell (Massachusetts) Sun , 14 May 2008",
"This column will now appear bimonthly beginning with the March 15 issue. \u2026 we think we can cover quite handily the year's work from Christian publishers in six columns, leaving some space in the unscheduled months for the occasional feature column, such as a roundup of best books. \u2014 Booklist , 15 Jan. 1995",
"Noun",
"The original five Mental Floss staffers had no journalistic experience, except for one kid who'd worked on his high-school newspaper. Now they run a bimonthly with 10,000 subscribers and a newsstand presence of 50,000 copies. \u2014 Mary Carmichael , Newsweek , 23 Dec. 2002",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"For this year's selection, editors from the bimonthly British style magazine Dazed chose the Duchess of Sussex's Armani wrap dress. \u2014 Janine Henni, PEOPLE.com , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Smith\u2019s pop-up shop is part of the bimonthly Art and Market Aurora and features about a dozen different types of confections that sell at a pretty good clip. \u2014 David Sharos, chicagotribune.com , 9 May 2021",
"Last August, Artesanas Mexicanas launched Tianquiztli \u2014 a free bimonthly outdoor market celebrating Latino cuisine, artists and musicians. \u2014 Stephanie Garc\u00eda, baltimoresun.com , 20 Mar. 2021",
"Publishing under the DC Black Label, the bimonthly series began in November with art by Giuseppe Cammuncoli and Andrea Cucchi. \u2014 Jevon Phillips, Los Angeles Times , 2 Dec. 2020",
"That $2,725 spread across 24 bimonthly paychecks is about $113 in additional income per pay stub, which may not sound as enticing as a bigger lump sum. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, USA TODAY , 30 Dec. 2019",
"For a real shocker, head to the Spectacle, an adventurous micro-cinema in Williamsburg, for its Sunday Blood Brunch, a bimonthly horror matinee where the movie is a surprise. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Aug. 2019",
"At times the bimonthly publications have been devoted to specific themes, such as women and minorities who served in America's armed forces. \u2014 Brian Albrecht, cleveland.com , 2 May 2018",
"In 2010, Zordel was recruited to run Project Homeless Connect, a bimonthly day of service for homeless people that\u2019s usually held at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. \u2014 Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle , 24 Oct. 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Teen Open Mic Night, 7-9 p.m. July 15 through Nov. 18, bimonthly creative outlet for teens, featuring music, poetry and more. \u2014 Cindy Kent, Sun Sentinel , 24 June 2022",
"Teen Open Mic Night, 7-9 p.m. July 15 through Nov. 18, bimonthly creative outlet for teens, featuring music, poetry and more. \u2014 Cindy Kent, Sun Sentinel , 13 June 2022",
"For metro Detroit, overall prices for food were up 1% from March-April, according to the BLS bimonthly regional report. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 13 May 2021",
"The nonprofit also sponsors three families bimonthly , paying utilities, expenses and rent to relieve burdens brought on by the pandemic. \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com , 14 Dec. 2020",
"For metro Detroit, grocery prices rose 3.3% from February-April, according to the BLS bimonthly regional report. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 15 June 2020",
"The hikes ranged from 88 cents bimonthly during the 2009-10 fiscal year to $10.25 bimonthly for the 2015-16 fiscal year. \u2014 Alejandra Reyes-velarde, latimes.com , 22 June 2018",
"The GenForward Survey is a bimonthly , nationally representative survey of young adults, with particular focus on how race and ethnicity shape political attitudes. \u2014 Matthew Fowler, Washington Post , 15 Dec. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1832, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1839, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1846, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)b\u012b-\u02c8m\u0259n(t)th-l\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112930",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"bimorph":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a device consisting of two layers of a crystal (such as Rochelle salt) cemented together and often used in a phonograph pickup because of the ability to convert the vibration of the needle into electrical voltage":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"bi- entry 1 + -morph":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u012b\u02ccm\u022frf"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223826",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bimorphemic":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": consisting of two morphemes":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1942, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccb\u012b-m\u022fr-\u02c8f\u0113-mik"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004122",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bimotored":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": equipped with two separate motors":[
"\u2014 used especially of airplanes"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"bi- entry 1 + motored":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)b\u012b +"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020531",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bims":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220922",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bimuscular":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": having two adductor muscles":[
"most bivalves are bimuscular"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"bi- entry 1 + muscular":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)b\u012b +"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024742",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bimetallism":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the use of two metals (such as gold and silver) jointly as a monetary standard with both constituting legal tender at a predetermined ratio":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)b\u012b-\u02c8me-t\u0259-\u02ccli-z\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Milton Friedman also wrote an article in 1990 on the issue of bimetallism , revisiting the U.S. \u2014 Jon Hartley, National Review , 16 Nov. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French bim\u00e9tallisme , from bi- + m\u00e9tal metal":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1875, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170941"
},
"bimillenary":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a period of 2000 years":[],
": a 2000th anniversary":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02ccne-r\u0113",
"(\u02cc)b\u012b-\u02c8mi-l\u0259-\u02ccner-\u0113",
"\u02ccb\u012b-m\u0259-\u02c8le-n\u0259-r\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1850, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-151830"
},
"bimah":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a raised platform in a synagogue from which the Torah is read":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u0113-m\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Half was hidden in a safe under the bimah of a synagogue so that even the Germans could not find it. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
"On the bimah , Charlotte has shown her maturity \u2014 proving it even to herself. \u2014 Kate Aurthur, Variety , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Excavations led by a joint Israeli and Lithuanian team uncovered the Torah ark, or Aron Kodesh\u2014the cabinet that holds a synagogue\u2019s sacred scroll\u2014and the bimah , or raised prayer platform. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Aug. 2021",
"The team also found the entire fa\u00e7ade of the bimah , as well as the remains of one of four pillars that held up the building\u2019s roof. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Aug. 2021",
"The young man orders the bar-mitzvah boy off the bimah . \u2014 Peter Orner, The New Yorker , 12 Aug. 2021",
"As worshippers exited the sanctuary, Repp would make his way to the bimah \u2013 the pulpit \u2013 and stand alone near the ark holding the Torahs. \u2014 Robert Wilonsky, Dallas News , 14 Jan. 2020",
"Rows of tables and plastic chairs face an ornate wooden pulpit, or bimah . \u2014 Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker , 26 Aug. 2019",
"The boy had been halfway up the bleachers just to the right of the bimah . \u2014 Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker , 26 Aug. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Yiddish & Late Hebrew; Yiddish bime , from Late Hebrew b\u012bm\u0101h , from Late Greek b\u0113ma raised platform \u2014 more at bema":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1941, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-171758"
},
"bimaculate":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": marked with two maculae":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"bi- entry 1 + maculate":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-172515"
},
"bimillennium":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": bimillenary":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6b\u012b +"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from bi- entry 1 + millennium":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-184349"
},
"bimana":{
"type":[
"adjective or noun",
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": humans collectively considered as the sole representative of a group of primates distinguished by having hands unlike the feet \u2014 compare quadrumana":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8bim\u0259n\u0259",
"b\u012b\u02c8m\u0101n\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from French bimane two-handed, from bi- bi- entry 1 + -mane (from Latin manus hand)":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201729"
},
"bimetallic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": relating to, based on, or using bimetallism":[],
": composed of two different metals":[
"\u2014 often used of devices having a part in which two metals that expand differently are bonded together"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccb\u012b-m\u0259-\u02c8ta-lik"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The idea was that the laser would heat a bimetallic strip that would then open or close the dragonfly\u2019s exhaust. \u2014 David Hambling, Popular Mechanics , 18 Feb. 2020",
"According to the Mint, the design by Timothy Hsia of Richmond, British Columbia, will also be the first colored bimetallic coin produced in the world (settle down coin nerds). \u2014 Jason Daley, Smithsonian , 15 June 2017",
"According to the Mint, the design by Timothy Hsia of Richmond, British Columbia, will also be the first colored bimetallic coin produced in the world (settle down coin nerds). \u2014 Jason Daley, Smithsonian , 15 June 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1824, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221737"
},
"Bimini":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"two islands of the Bahamas northwest of Andros Island and east of southern Florida population 1717":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8bi-m\u0259-n\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-023342"
}
}